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Beastboy opened his eyes the next morning to find Raven still sleeping peacefully in his arms. He looked down at her, love in his emerald eyes. Her chest was rising and falling in a steady rhythm that relaxed Beastboy. He remembered it was Saturday, he didn't have work today so he could afford to sped time with the girl he had loved for five years. He leaned in a little and pressed his lips against her warm cheek. He leaned back and pulled Raven closer. Her eyes were closed, but they blinked open, their beautiful Amethyst orbs looking into his own.

Raven opened her yes, feeling more peaceful then she had in five years. Suddenly she realized that she was in Beastboy's arms. She racked her mind and remembered dreaming that he had held her through the terrors of the night, then she realized that it was not a dream, she had asked him to stay. Raven felt Beastboy's arms tighten around her, but she was not afraid of his touch. Still, even if she had purged her body of her fathers evil and gotten more control over her powers, she felt different in a mans arms. Suddenly they heard a stifled laugh come from the doorway and they sprang apart like rabbits, Demeter had just ducked into the kitchen hallway. Both were blushing madly. Beastboy mumbled something about getting a shirt and walked out of Raven's room.

Raven watched Beastboy leave, her heart screamed to speak out, to stop him, to call him back to her. Still, that was how Raven remained, still as a stone. The years of holding her emotions in kept her in check. She just watched him leave, her heart screaming, her mind silencing. It was her mind that won, her mind always won over her heart. She sighed; Beastboy cared for her like a sister, nothing more and nothing less. It sounded convincing to her head, but her heart still was not convinced. Raven walked over to her dresser and pulled out some dance pants, a tank top, and an overlarge ballet top to cover her arms. Raven, still barefoot, plodded out to the kitchen to make her traditional tea before morning meditation.

Beastboy left Raven's room, all the time knowing that he should say something, though at that point he would settle for anything. He pulled a white tee on over his head; he noticed he was still wearing the jeans Raven had given him. He looked in the mirror. "Chicken," he thought, "Why didn't you just kiss her, why didn't you tell her that you love her?" The other part of his brain answered the question. "Because, she'd probably blast us where we stood and leave nothing but a crater. She doesn't love us like we love her, she thinks of us as a brother, nothing more. And we don't love her; we thought we loved Terra too, and look where that got us. Just leave her behind, we aren't Titans anymore." Beastboy's heart, thankfully, was stronger then his head. "You know what," he told both personalities, "Both of you SHUT UP! I'm going to deal with this. Just drop it and stop bickering." Beastboy looked back in the mirror, then glanced at his watched and jumped. Ten minutes had passed while he was arguing with himself. He mussed his hair up a little more, attempting, and failing, to tame it. He walked out into the kitchen; the girls were not there. After a moment of panic he noticed the note on the table.

"Beastboy," it said, the note was in Raven's handwriting, "Demeter and I meditate every morning before breakfast. We should be back in a few minutes. There's some tofu in the freezer. Help yourself, I know you to well to classify you as 'company.' After that we usually spar and work out. You're welcome to join us, if you're not too rusty. –Raven."

Beastboy smiled, tofu, she must think of everything. He put the tofu in the microwave and let his mind wander aimlessly, knowing that several of his friends would be worried that he had not called since he was not at his apartment. The timer rang and he pulled out a steaming plate of tofu, and his stomach rumbled. He found a fork and sat down at the table. He finished scarfing down his food to find Demeter walking in; she looked just a little sweaty.

"Hey Gar," she said, taking a towel from her shoulder and rubbing down her face. "What's up?"

"Nothing," he replied, "How're you?"

"Good," she replied, "I always feel energized after sparring in the morning. Anyway, I've got the early shift at the arcade. Raven says you're welcome to join her when you're ready. She's practicing forms until you get there."

"Thanks" Beastboy replied, depositing his dish in the sink. He smoothed his hair again; whishing it didn't fuzz like it always did after a thunderstorm. Suddenly Beastboy heard a scream come from the dojo.

"Shit," Demeter said, and ran off towards the room. Raven was kneeling on the floor, her hands clawing at her head; her breathing was jagged between screams. Her body was racking and trembling violently. Her hands were morphing into claws and her hair was slowly turning white. Demeter must have somehow been related to a NFL player, Beastboy had seen some good tackles, but Demeter took Raven down so efficiently that he doubted a linebacker could have faced the slight woman. Demeter was quickly thrown off, but she rolled and soon had Raven in a headlock on her knees. It was only then that Beastboy got out of shock and was able to act. He began to run towards her to help.

"Stay back," Demeter growled, still struggling with Raven, "It's her demon side. She's been battling with it for a while." She turned her attention back to the half-demon in front of her. "Raven! Raven, I know you can here me! Fight it! Raven this isn't you, come back!" It didn't seem to be working. Raven's voice was deeper and her hair was now fully white. Her frame had also expanded, her shoulders now half as big as they had been before. Her crystal was searing gold.

'Wait," Beastboy thought to himself, 'I've seen this happen before. When she lost control her katra still remained amethyst.' He saw Demeter still struggling; also, hair color did not change. He remembered the demon brother who had attacked her five years ago. He saw her crystal flash black and heard her mumble something.

"Not me," she whispered before screaming again. Demeter was about to put a sleeper hold on her when Beastboy stopped her.

"Wait," he said, "It's not Raven." He broke Demeter away from Raven and took her head in his hands, kneeling down next to her. "Raven, fight him. You're stronger then he is, you've already proved that." Her voice rasped and gagged, almost like it was failing for a moment, then it drawled out one word.

"Bastard," the voice said, but it wasn't Raven. This voice was deep, the voice of a true demon. Beastboy almost let Raven go when he heard that voice, then he remembered what Raven had said.

Flashback:

"Raven," Beastboy said, "I know someone attacked you, and I know he was a demon."

Raven hung her head and shook Beastboy from her shoulders. Beastboy sighed and stood up, she probably needed to be alone. He looked back, she looked so vulnerable, Raven never looked vulnerable, he wanted to protect her, but he also understood that she needed her space.

Raven watched Beastboy get up to walk out. For a reason she couldn't explain, she didn't want him to leave. "He's my brother," Raven said, her sightline directed towards her knees. Beastboy turned and looked at her, a pool of hate, fear, and pain were reflected in her eyes. He sat on her bed and took her hand.

End Flashback

"You bastard," Beastboy growled, "Get out of Raven. Let her go!" He shook Raven a little. "Raven, I know you're in there! Stay with me! Fight him, you're stronger then this! Where's the girl who took on her father and won? I guess this is what happens when you don't train, I never thought you'd be one to go soft!" The challenge seemed to be exactly what Raven needed. The next thing Beastboy knew she was unconscious in his arms, her katra back to its normal amethyst color.

"What was that," Demeter asked, "Or who?"

"It was her brother, I think," Beastboy said, lifting Raven in his arms, "I guess he was trying to get into her head."

"I thought it was just another slip," Demeter said, "Sometimes her demon side has come thought, but its never been that bad before."

"Her katra changed," Beastboy said, "That's how I knew. If she just lost control her katra could still be its normal color."

"Oh," Demeter said, not knowing anything else to say, "Get her to her room. I'll be right back." Beastboy carried Raven into her room and put her on the bed. Demeter came in soon after wards, her finger on her lips and a cordless phone by her ear. "Jack," she said, "Yeah its me. I'm going to be a few minute late."

"Why," he heard over the phone.

"Rea had an episode," she said.

"God," he heard, it must have been Jack, "Will she be alright? Do you need me to send someone over?"

"She'll be fine," Demeter said, "It wasn't a bad one. We'll still be in today."

"Tell Rea that if she need to take off she can," Jack said, "Tell her she can take the weekend off if she needs to."

"Thanks Jack," Demeter said, "But she'll probably come in. You know how Rea is; don't tell her you know okay. She'll kill me."

"Yeah, I know how Rea is," Jack said, "I'll have David cover for you."

"Thanks," she said, hanging up the phone and looking at Raven. Beastboy raised an eyebrow at Demeter. "We told everyone at the arcade that's she's epileptic. It will cover for any episodes she has like this if we're ever in public."

"It looks like she'll come around soon," Beastboy said as Raven stirred a little. "She usually bounces back pretty quickly." Sure enough Raven blinked her eyes open.

Raven looked up at a very worried Beastboy and Demeter, wondering why she was in her bed and not in the dojo. Suddenly the pain in her head hit her back as she tried to sit up. She decided that getting her head intruded by her demon brother was not on her "to do" list anymore then it used to be.

"Ow," she groaned, putting a hand on her head.

"Relax," Beastboy said, putting a pillow behind her back, "You were just attacked by your brother."

"Remind me to kill him," she said.

"If only you could," Demeter said, darting into the bathroom for a damp washcloth. She applied it to Raven's forehead. "Is this going to be like when you had to get rid of your father?"

"No," Raven said, "This is different. I'm just going to have to deal with him."

"I could always go after him," Beastboy prompted, imagining all the ways to torture Raven's brother and eventually kill him.

"No," Raven suddenly snapped, and then put the cloth back on her brow, "If I can't take him then you certainly can't. Facing a demon isn't like facing guys in the old days."

"After the fight with her father she came home and crashed for a week," Demeter said, "I was almost afraid she would die. She came pretty close." Beastboy looked at Raven, his heart breaking at the thought of loosing her again.

"Besides," she said, "I'm not the portal into Azerath anymore. Not since my father's evil was removed from the universe."

"I thought you couldn't kill him," Beastboy said.

"No," Raven said, "But I did through him into Oblivion. It a dimension far outside any of the others, including my home dimension. It's going to be a long time before he ever finds his way out of there." Demeter saw the way Beastboy was looking at Raven and got up.

"I need to get to work," she said, "You don't have to come today, I'll cover for you."

"I'll be there," Raven said, "You know we can't afford it."

"Yeah, yeah," Demeter said, "Anyway, Beastboy I don't want to leave her alone. Can you stay for a while?"

"Yeah," he said, "I'll look after her."

"I don't need to be babied," Raven protested, attempting and failing to rise from the bed. "I hurt Mikal (Me-keye-el) pretty bad."

"I'm just worried about you hurting yourself," Demeter said, sticking her head out of her room, "I'll put the tea water on and see you later." She waved goodbye and locked the apartment on her way out. Beastboy and Raven sat in an uncomfortable silence after that, it wasn't until he saw Demeter's car pull out of the garage that he rushed back to the bed and threw his arms around Raven.

"I was so scared," Beastboy said, "I thought I might loose you again." He just held her close, Raven's surprise and Beastboy's arms kept her from moving anywhere, even if she had wanted to.

"It's all right Beastboy," Raven said, finally squirming enough to get her arms around his neck, "You couldn't get rid of me that easily." Raven just let him hold her; it just felt so right to be in his arms. She felt safe, like Mikal could never hurt her again. Her chest was pressed up against his, she was suddenly aware of how close they were, and of how little she cared.

Beastboy felt Raven's arms slide around his neck and a shiver ran down his spine. His arms tightened around her and she squeaked a little. Beastboy loosed his hold and drew back, looking deep into her eyes. He fell into the jeweled orbs like a man drowning in water, but he felt like he was falling upwards. 'God, I love her.' He thought to himself. She just looked back at him, her mouth slightly open. He could not help himself; he imagined her smooth lips under his own and leaned his head in. He tilted his head to the side, time slowed down. They were inches away; he could feel Raven's surprise, her breath mingling with his own. They were centimeters away, so close, so close. They were nearly touching, and...the tea water shrilled loudly as it boiled causing the two to jump.

"I'll get it," Beastboy said, tearing himself unwantingly from Raven and hurrying to the kitchen, cursing the tea in his mind.

BWA HA HA! I laugh at my evilness. You actually thought they were going to get to kiss this chapter didn't you? Well, you were wrong. I'll update soon. Keep checking.

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Authors note: I am looking for the name of the Covenant Elite who becomes the Arbiter in HALO 2, if any of y readers know this information please review and get it to me. Thank you.

-- Verya