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Ranma looked down at what was supposed to be a pancake and gulped. He took a hesitant look at the beaming Raven and knew he couldn't stand to turn her down. He hesitantly cut into the rock hard pancake causing the knife to snap. He looked at the knife and then to the pancake that had just snapped his knife. He picked up the pancake and slowly brought it to his mouth. He opened his mouth and took a bite which almost broke his teeth and his lower jaw. He chewed the pancake making a noise like that of grinding metal and swallowed and took another bite, and another until he had eaten the entire thing. The other Titans minus the girls were staring in obvious admiration of the boy who had just swallowed an entire 'pancake'. Raven smiled at Ranma and Ranma felt butterflies in his stomach, though that was because of the pancakes and he knew that, he still felt good. Raven said,
"You like it then?"
Ranma cracked his cocky smile and said,
"Good enough for seconds."
When she pulled out another plate, Ranma mentally kicked himself and promised to put that stupid foot in his mouth in its place. He quickly swallowed the next one which was pretty runny and solid at the same time. As her smile kept getting bigger and bigger, Ranma kept thinking to himself,
'It's not as bad as Akane's cooking, it's not as bad as Akane's cooking, it's not as bad as Akane's cooking.'
The men were dumbstruck that Ranma could have possibly eaten all of those 'pancakes' and walk away like nothing had happened. When he walked over to the gaping Titans he said,
"You aren't gonna believe this, but I've had worse."
The others 'ooed' and gave him a respectful nod before seeing an almost sunlight bright smile from Raven. Their jaws literally dropped and they tried to fix them but all they could do was stare and drool. Ranma, being around such things from his stay in Nerima did the next best thing. He stuttered.
"Um-well-ah-pancakes, yeah-um-good-uh."
Raven began to giggle and gave him the best glomp she could muster. The other Titans gaped at the open affection being shown by Raven but Ranma just 'oophed' and tried to return the glomp with a smile on his face. When he had effectively run out of air and turned blue she let go and said,
"Thanks for eating my pancakes, I know they're kind of bad."
Ranma smiled and dismissed with a wave of his hand while everyone else snickered at the understatement. When she heard the three boys in the corner trying to hold in their laughter, she took a fish tank out of nowhere and using her powers, dumped the water on their heads. She laughed as the boys looked downcast and then gaped at something behind Raven. She turned around and gaped herself when she saw the busty red head muttering angrily and turning to the sink and filling a glass with hot water. Raven said,
"Ranma?"
He looked at her and dumped the water over his head and said,
"Yeah?"
They all gaped at the boy who had changed sexes right before their eyes and Robin said,
"Wow, you weren't kidding."
He turned towards Robin and said,
"I don't kid...much anyway."
They stared at him for a few moments until Robin took a water pistol out of nowhere and sprayed him. When they saw the transformation take place, they clapped and Robin pulled a thermos out of nowhere land and threw it on Ranma, changing him back. He sighed and said,
"Are you happy now?"
Robin shrugged and said,
"Yeah sure, just one question."
Ranma smiled and said,
"Alright, shoot."
Robin looked from the tank to the drenched Ranma and said,
"You were halfway across the room when she threw the water. Even though you were standing next to her, your drenched and she's not. How is this possible?"
He sighed and said,
"After I got my curse, I turned into a water magnet. Doesn't matter where I am or what I'm wearing, I will always get drenched."
Robin was about to test out the new theory with a newly conjured bucket of water when Raven said,
"Hey Ranma, you remember our conversation from last night, right?"
He looked nervously at her and said,
"Well yeah, why?"
She walked up to him slowly and said in a very low voice,
"When are we going to finish it?"
The other Titans couldn't hear what they were saying so when Ranma turned red in the face they were pretty surprised. He stuttered out,
"Well-um-ah-um-how about we-um"
She invaded what little personal space he owned and began angle towards his face. She said,
"Yes?"
"How about we finish it-"
He gulped as she moved closer and was about nose to nose with him. He gazed deeply into her violet eyes and squeaked out,
"Tonight?"
She smiled that five hundred kilowatt smile and said,
"Alright, it's a date."
She floated away to her room leaving four flabbergasted boys and a happy Starfire. Ranma moved from his spot with a tired smile on his face and he muttered out,
"She'll never change."
Cyborg, Beast Boy and Robin sat there gawking because the most reclusive girl any of them had known had just pushed Ranma into a date and he just said that she had always been like that. Deciding that if the Apocalypse was going to come it would, Cyborg and Beast Boy went over to Ranma to see if they could play a little game...
0-0-0-0
After the breakfast shock, everyone went back to their normal activities, or as normal as their activities got. Beast Boy and Cyborg challenged Ranma to a game of extreme stank ball. When both almost passed out from the stench of their creation, Ranma laughed and said,
"Guys, if you think this is a stinky ball, I have to tell you I've smelled worse."
Both of their faces fell until Ranma pulled out his own stinkier ball and said,
"We'll have to play with this one instead."
They immediately brightened and were about to tackle him when the stench caught their noses and they passed out and twitched. Ranma looked at the ball and said,
"Looks like it was a good thing I kept some of Akane's cooking handy."
He held the food at arms length and poked and prodded Cyborg and Beast Boy trying to wake them up. Unbeknownst to him and the other Titans, they were being watched. A figure in a half black, half bronze mask was eying Ranma with an intense interest that spelled only trouble for the future to come. The man slinked back off into the waters to go back to his HQ and observe this 'Ranma'. If he couldn't get Robin, perhaps he could get him. Something at the back of his mind thought he had seen the youth somewhere before but he shrugged it off and ignored the feeling completely, leaving it at just another random face.
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Raven sat in her room smiling, bullying Ranma into doing something was just too easy. She laughed as she remembered the expression on his face when she had leaned in too close to him. Thinking about Ranma, she looked out the window to see a passed out Beast Boy and Cyborg and Ranma practically kicking them to get them awake. She saw what looked like a green glob of something and it was actually moving. Ranma tried to pull the cloth over it but it was too late as the thing escaped and bit his hand. She heard him yell,
"OW! BAD CHICKEN! BAD! I"M SUPPOSED TO BE EATING YOU, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!"
She laughed at him waving his hand around and cursing the 'uncute tomboy' and the 'chicken' currently trying to eat him. He quickly kicked it and it let go of his hand. It landed on it's legs and got up into a battle stance. Beast Boy and Cyborg finally woke up to see Ranma duking it out with Thursday night's dinner and trading blow for blow with it. They both joined in and by the end, had subdued the volatile 'chicken' and soon after destroyed it. Cyborg said,
"Uh Ranma? Not to be rude but, WHY DID A DEAD CHICKEN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EATEN FOR LAST NIGHTS DINNER GET UP AND ATTACK US!"
Ranma scratched the back of his head and said,
"I told you Akane's cooking was dangerous!"
Beast Boy came back from prodding the 'dead' meal and said,
"Geez, you weren't kidding. We almost were killed by your old girlfriends cooking."
Ranma scoffed and said,
"You guys got off easy. She made me eat the stuff that she calls cooking."
Cyborg paled and said,
"My god, no wonder you could stomach Raven pancakes."
A giant boulder covered in a black aura hit Cyborg in the head and he said,
"Ouch."
Ranma sweat dropped and said,
"Yeah, but I keep that stuff around just in case I get bored and need to do something."
The other two looked nervously at him and Cyborg and said,
"Uh Ranma? Just how much of your old fiancees food do you have on you?"
He looked at Cyborg and said,
"You really don't want to know."
Both made the smart move and decided that it was in their best interests to take his word for it. Raven who was still eaves dropping looked down at the thing that was supposedly called 'food' and shuddered to think about how much of that stuff he actually had on him. She went out of her room and for some reason, thought back to their times at the temple.
FLASHBACK
Raven had brought the boy back to the temple and had the monks bandage him up. They said that he had a few good gashes along his back and that he shouldn't move too much or he might open them up. She asked the monks if she could watch over him for the night and after a little 'persuasion' they agreed to let her do it. During the night, the boy seemed to have constant nightmares and always woke her from writhing and crying out for anyone to help him. Raven sat helpless at his side the entire night and tried to help him but found that she couldn't do anything. Being alone most of her life left her lacking skills in helping people and she hated it for that. When a new day dawned and a weary Raven looked out at the rising sun, she was surprised to hear a yawn from the injured boy. She turned around and saw that he was trying to stretch and wince at the same time. He yawned again and rubbed his eyes clearing away any signs of sleepiness. In a flash, he got up and was already walking outside as if he was going to do something. Raven got up and gently layed her hand on his shoulder causing him to jump up and hit his head on the roof in surprise. He yelped and landed on the floor rubbing his head and looking back at Raven and looking at her as if he was seeing her for the first time. His eyes glazed over for a second and then he grew nervous and said,
"Y-your the girl from yesterday?"
She looked at him quizzically and said,
"Yeah, you didn't remember me? How hard did you hit your head just now?"
The boy smiled sheepishly and started to tug nervously on the back of his ponytail. He said,
"Sorry, I was kinda delirious from starvation yesterday. I was just runnin' from those animals on instinct."
Raven sweat dropped and said,
"You had every single kind of meat ever created strapped to your body. How could you starve?"
He looked at her oddly before saying,
"The meat was poisoned so I couldn't eat it."
Raven stood there shocked and said,
"The meat was poisoned? What did you eat?
He looked at her confused as if that was the stupidest thing in the world to ask and said,
"I didn't. It's not like I can stop with all the animals chasing me anyway."
Her mouth went dry and she asked,
"How long were you running for?"
He shrugged and said,
"I'd say a couple of days, three at most."
Raven stared at him open mouthed and said,
"You were running for three days without food or water?"
The boy smiled proudly and said,
"Yup, but I've gone longer before."
Raven was looking at him as if he were crazy and she said,
"Who would do this to you."
He looked at her with annoyance written all over his face and said,
"My Pop's."
She was shocked, to say the least. He started to walk toward the door to go outside and she snapped back to her senses. She rushed over and said,
"You shouldn't be out of bed, you still need to heal." He looked down and saw all the bandages. He sighed and began to unwrap the bandages around his chest and mid section. Raven went to grab him but he just jumped out of her reach. She tried to grab at him again but he just evaded again and she stopped. She tapped her foot impatiently and when he was halfway done she said,
"What are you doing?"
He looked at her as if it was obvious and said,
"Taking off the bandages and tightening them."
She saw the monks put the bandages on and knew that they were on as tight as they were going to get. She hesitantly took a step toward the boy and said,
"Look, those are as tight as they're going to get, why don't you rest."
He looked at her considering it and then shook his head. He had finished unwrapping and she saw that he had already healed the from all the small cuts and the big ones were already healing. He said,
"Sorry, but I gotta practice."
He put the bandage to his chest and began to wrap, tighter than what she thought possible and saw the bandages soaking up blood as he wrapped the around himself. She looked to his face to see an expressionless mask on his face but felt his pain as if it was a blaring siren. She took more hesitant steps closer to him and said,
"Doesn't it hurt?"
He looked at her and smiled. He said,
"Naw. Besides, I've been through worse."
She knew he was lying about the first part, but she could tell he wasn't lying about the second. She came closer and touched his hand. He stopped rolling and looked at her quizzically. She said,
"Look, just let me finish it, okay?"
He looked hesitant for a moment before handing her the bandage and letting her finish rolling. She pulled as hard as she could and began to wrap the bandage again. The boy smiled and said,
"Look, your not doing it right, let me help. Here."
He brought his hand on hers and started to guide her across the bandages and helped pulling at the same time so she could see how he was doing. She took the time to check everything else and noticed that he had an eight pack for a stomach and long, barely seen scars running all across his body. He remained oblivious and they finished the wrappings in silence, just rolling the bandages together and enjoying each others touch. When they finished the impossibly tight roll, Ranma stretched and said,
"You can watch me practice if you want."
She looked worried and said,
"I don't know about this...um, what's your name?"
Ranma's face faulted and he said,
"Oh right I forgot. The name's Ranma Saotome of Anything Goes martial arts."
Raven smiled and said,
"My names Raven, nice to meet you Ranma."
"Nice to meet ya too Raven."
Both shook hands and smiled because now, they had a new friend and friends to them were worth more than gold. He then went outside to greet the morning sun with his normal Kata's and an astounded Raven watching.
END FALSHBACK
Raven had floated outside to see Ranma showing them some of the moves he could do and his apparent defiance of gravity. Both 'oooooooooed' and 'aaaaaahhhhhhhed' as he went through some of his simpler Kata's. He finished and bowed toward the whistling and clapping boys. Raven came over and they instantly stared, frozen in place and fearing for their lives. Ranma looked over at Raven and instantly smiled, forgetting the mornings weirdness because compared to Nerima it was normal. He said,
"Hey Ray."
She waved back and said,
"You were doing one of the simpler Kata's, weren't you."
He looked sheepish and said,
"Well, yeah...'
She sat down next Cyborg and Beast Boy who instantly paled and inched their way away from her in an act of self preservation. She smiled and said,
"Why not show us a complex one, hmm?"
He quirked an eyebrow and said,
"Was that a challenge Ray?"
She smirked and said,
"No, that was a dare."
He smirked back and said,
"Your on."
He got into a relaxed position and sat there for a moment. Then he flipped into the air and did kicks and punches in the blink of an eye. He landed on the ground and began to attack invisible enemies at speeds that made his arms and feet a blur. He repeated those for another good ten minutes with the continuous flips and swipes and by the end, was panting, but smiling. When he turned to look at his friends, they were gaping and there jaws didn't seem to want to lift. Cyborg was the first to recover and he said,
"That...was...AWSOME!"
He latched onto Ranma and gave him a bear hug and Beast Boy said,
"That was crazy dude, how'd you do that."
He looked abashed and said,
"Well, I trained a lot and did a whole lot of things that would give you nightmares for years. Trust me when I say you don't want to go through the training I went through."
Cyborg released him and said,
"Knowing what we learned about your Father Ranma, I'll leave the Kung Fu to you and live with with a less scarred childhood."
Raven got up and said,
"Well, what did he do after the speed training and Neko-Ken?
He smiled that usual smirk of his and said,
"Well we are going out tonight, right? Why don't you wait until then."
She grinned and said,
"I'm not that patient Ranma, now come on, tell us."
He smirked and said,
"You can't make me."
Raven smiled predatorilly and said,
"Actually Ranma, I can and will."
Ranma chuckled nervously and said,
"Now now Ray, you aren't gonna do what I think your going to do, right?"
She just kept smiling and Ranma was starting to get nervous at the sure signs of his pants being kidnapped. He was about to jump away when Ray muttered something and he was encased in a black aura. She laughed a laugh very similar to her Father's and began to shake and roll Ranma in his black prison. When she stopped, Ranma sat there looking a little woozy and had his eyes closed. Raven smiled and said,
"You can't fake me out like last time Ranma, I know your awake."
He suddenly looked a whole lot better and sighed. He mouthed, 'I didn't wanna do this' and instantly slipped out of her cage and dissapeared from sight. The three Titans blinked in surprise and tried to find him. They looked all around them in hopes of seeing him and nothing, Ranma was no where to be found. She was about to send her powers out in a sweep for his aura when a hand touched her shoulder and she heard,
"BOO!"
If Raven could have, she would have jumped out of her skin, but instead she launched a black wave at Ranma who flew back and landed solidly into the wall behind her. She winced and turned around, hoping that she hadn't hurt the boy too much. When she looked, Ranma was visible and quite woozy. He shook it off and walked over to Raven laughing. He said,
"That was pretty rough Raven don't ya thin-ooph!"
Ranma tripped on a rock in mid sentence and barreled his way into Raven Raven put her arms up in defense and was about to summon another wave for his landing when Ranma landed straight into her open arms and was bringing both of them down. Ranma easily rolled so that he would be the one that hit the ground and braced for impact. But god it seems had other plans for Ranma though. Even though he braced for the impact, he still bounced a little which caused Raven's head to bounce and she met with him on the last, though the only problem was, it wasn't their heads that met. Up in heaven, God and the Devil stopped their game of Shogi to laugh at how clever they were at making Ranma's life Hell. While they were doing this, the Devil stole some of God's pieces while God did the same, but back down on Earth...what had accidentally impacted was her knee and his crotch. Ranma cursed both God and the Devil for letting things like this happen. He had seen enough messengers of theirs to know that all they did was play Shogi and figure out new ways to make his life a living Hell. But back to the present, here was a beautiful girl sitting on top of him with her knee being removed from his crotch and staring into his eyes. You all know what's going to happen next right? Well, half of you are wrong, she started to lean in and close the distance between them. Cyborg and Beast Boy's brain went into overload and crashed leaving their shock riddled minds trying to accept it. Robin chose that moment to walk in on the scene to see Raven on top of Ranma in a very revealing position. Robin raised an eyebrow in amusement and cleared his throat to get their attention. Raven realized just what she was going to do and backed off to see a very anxious Ranma and an amused Robin. He said,
"Well now, I hope I'm not interrupting..."
Raven added a new shade of red to the rainbow and said,
"Uh-well-um-he fell and-um-yeah..."
Robin looked over to the spaced out Cyborg and Beast Boy and waved a hand in front of their eyes and said,
"Hey guys? Cy? Beast Boy?"
He sighed and said,
"Hey Cyborg, I got PIZZA and DONUTS!"
Cyborg snapped out of his trance and said zombie style,
"Doooooonuuuuuutsssssssss, Piiiiiiiiiiiiiizzzzzzzaaaaaaaaa."
Robin smiled triumphantly and said,
"Beast Boy, I rented Wicked Scary four."
Beast Boy followed Cyborg and said,
"Wicked Scary four? Dude, I thought they were up to six?"
He shrugged and dusted himself off, quickly following suit, Cyborg did the same and looked warily at Raven and Ranma. Beast Boy was about to throw out a funny quip when four communicators beeped a deep red.
A/N: You know, I changed a lot here, so tell me if I did the right thing. I hope I did. So...You like? Review! For thos who review, I LOVE YOU ALL!