Keefe
Chapter 5
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Disclaimer: Nope. Nuttin'. Nuttin' but Keefe and all that stuff.

Thanks to:
Lessa-13-2004: Every other chapter, something will be revealed about him.
Mrs. Manta Oyamada: Thanks, I think she would too.
Rouge07: LoL, when I'm typing it I'm not of , so I can't really tell the color, LoL. But they are worried, you'll see it in the next chapter, when we go back to Jump City.
SocialButterfli: Okay, more with Keefe, just don't hurt me! ::wimpers::

AN: Every chapter, I will go to either Chesmer Palace, or to Titan Tower. Every other chapter. Confusing? No. When I explain it? Yes. Okay then, let's get started.

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Raven was nervous. She would be earning her stripes tonight. She watched from her throne next to Keefe as about two dozen Sotos were marched in and lined up by the walls. The one at the front of the line was pulled out and marched up to about 10 feet in front of Raven. She looked at Keefe, who nodded.

Raven stood up, and placed her hand on the Soto's forehead. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to see into his future. All she saw was a lot of fire and bloodcurling screams. He was to be burned at the stake.

She turned back to face Keefe, who said, "What have you seen?"

"I see this man burning. To the death." As she said this, the guard took him away to a different room.

Raven continued this process with every warrior. Some burned, some drowned, some returned home, and some were used for experimentsby the philosophers. After she had finished, she collapsed ontoher throne. Twenty five men, and she had sealed each of their fates, with a kiss of poisened honey.

The guards left the room after all the warriors had been taken away. It was only Raven, Keefe, and the five men of the court. Keefe dismissed them and they left. "How are you feeling Raven?" He pulled her onto his lap and she buried her face into his shoulder.

"Like shit," she said, muffled. Her shoulders shook with her silent sobs. Keefe held her and rubbed her back in large circles. He didn't know how to get a young woman to stop crying, he was just doing what felt right.

Apparently, it worked for Raven. She eventually stopped crying, and looked up at Keefe. "Can we go back up to the room?" She asked softly, her eyes still shining from her tears.

He nodded. Raven wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. She wanted to be carried. He stood up, and held her so she wouldn't slip, and walked up to their room. Some people stared, but when Keefe looked at them, they averted their eyes to the floor. He arrived at the bedroom, and Joe and William hurried to unlock the door to let the two in.

"Lock it when we're in," Keefe muttered to them. They did so, sliding the bolt and turning the key.

Keefe set Raven on the bed and pulled the covers over her. He got her a cup of tea from the teapot on a table in the corner, and handed it to her. She took it gratefully, not looking Keefe in the face.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Keefe asked, getting on the bed and under the covers next to her.

"I just killed twenty two men. Only three make it back home. I save people, not kill them. It's just something I don't do."

She knew he wouldn't be able to find an answer to this, no one could. Not even herself. So she put her tea on the nightstand, and lay bad on the bed. Keefe picked up soemthing from his nightstand. She was half-asleep, when she realized something.

"Keefe?" He looked up from the book he was reading. "Do you have any PJs for me?"

"Yeah, in the bathroom. What color do you want? They're in the drawer under the closet."

"Is there black?"

He nodded, and went to go get them. He came out with a black flyaway babydoll and matching v-string.

"You've got to be kidding me Keefe. You think I'm going to wear that?"

"I didn't pick them out, the caretakers did. I think they're women, though. I don't even know what this thing is, but it looks..."

Raven cut him off. She didn't want to hear what he thought about that. "Can I sleep in this?" She asked, pointing at her outfit.

"I don't think you should, you might rip it, or mess it up. Here. Go into the bathroom, put these on, and put that in the hamper." Raven crawled out of the bed, snatched the babydoll from Keefe, and huffed to the bathroom. Why did she always have to dress like a slut here? She wasn't one, and everyone who knew her knew that. But she put it on, and put her charmed day-clothes into the hamper next to the door. She looked in the mirror.

She didn't look terrible. Actually, she looked hott, but she would neveradmitthat to herself. But at least she could wear real underwear now. She couldn't with those charmed clothes.

She put her hand on the door knob and almost opened it up, but she got nervous and stopped. She went back to the mirror, and brushed her hair, pinningit backaway from her face,and added a little lip gloss. She wanted to look good for Keefe. She didn't know why, but she thought she should.

She opened the door, and found a small set of stairs on her side of the bed. She walked up, and crawled back under the covers. Keefe had turned the lights off, and laid down. He wore a pair of boxers, Raven could see, as she lifted up the covers to get under them. She thought he was asleep, so she snuggled next to him and lay her head on his shoulder. It was so out of character for her, but she was just messing around and felt like doing wierd things, keeping her mind off the trial earlier that day.

So she was surprised when Keefe looked down at her and wrapped him arms around her.

"I thought... I thought you were asleep Keefe."

"Really. What would you have done if you knew I was awake?" He didn't let go of her, and she didn't try to move.

"I don't know. I'm tired though."

"Okay, me too." He leaned down a little more, and pressed a tiny kiss onto Raven's glossy lips. She went to return the kiss, but by the time she realized what was going on, Keefe had pulled away. He pulled a rope, and it closed the curtains around the bed. It was very dark, almost pitch black, but Raven could see glints of light coming off Keefe's eyes.

He lay back down, stroking Raven's hair. He wished she had known he was awake. Oh, well. He could save that for another day. He fell asleep with a grin on his face and a beautiful girl in his arms.

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You know what to do... you're smart.