A/N: Well, here it is, the much anticipated fight scene. I hope it doesn't disappoint you. And as for the chapter title, I have no idea what is has to do with. But first, A word of advice, do NOT eat sushi right after eating a bunch of jelly beans. I'm going to go throw up, while you read this new chapter. A special thanks to Rachel Astraea Doshiimi and Haven Artemis Roth for some great ideas for this chapter. OKAY, READ AND ENJOY!

Disclaimer: Why do I even do these, obviously no one here thinks that I own Teen Titans. For the record, I DON"T OWN TEEN TITANS, DAMN IT!

Chapter Nine: Torn
Beast Boy rested his head on Raven's motionless corpse. Tears streamed down his face and wet the dead girl's leotard. "Raven, why?" he sobbed. "It should have been me who died, why'd you have to save me?"

Slasher stared down at his blood stained hand in amazement. Flexing his fingers, he looked down at his hand as if it were the most interesting thing he had ever seen. The blood was so fresh that it was still wet.

The three other Titans still stood in the corner, not completely sure what was going on. "Raven...?" Starfire whispered.

"She... she's dead, Star," Robin choked, trying to hold back tears behind his mask.

"No, this cannot be," Starfire insisted, her voice began to waver as tears began to blur her eyes. "Raven is not dead."

"Star... She's not breathing, and she's lost a lot of blood. With that wound, she never had a chance," Cyborg agreed with Robin.

"No,"Starfire protested as tears flowed down her face. "Raven cannot die!" Robin grabbed Starfire into a tight embrace. At first she fought against him, but then she gave in and cried on his shoulder.

"We should have done something to stop him," Cyborg grumbled. Punching the metal wall beside him, Cyborg's metal fist made a dent. Tears streamed from his human eye. Three years ago they had thought Raven was dead, but now it seemed so much more real.

"This is all your fault," Beast Boy growled at Slasher without lifting his head.

"I-I... She wasn't supposed to... What have I done?" Slasher cried. Taking one hand, he drove his fingers through the palm of the hand drenched with Raven's blood. The fingers went all the way through his other hand. He grunted as his blood mixed with Raven's, now both of his hands were covered with blood. Wiggling his fingers, he grunted again as he watched more blood spill out. A single tear fell from under Slasher's hood and the small tear splashed onto the ground, burning into the floor like acid. "This wasn't supposed to happen," Slasher said weakly.

"I'm going to make you pay for what you've done," Beast Boy said softly. "I'm going to kill you," he growled in a voice that wasn't human. Looking up at Slasher, Beast Boy's bared fangs glinted in the light and his eyes were filled with pure rage.

Gently lifting Raven off of his lamp, Beast Boy set her on the floor carefully. Then, Beast Boy stood up and got into a stance. He just watched Slasher for a moment, breathing heavily with anger. Slasher pulled his fingers out of his palm and placed his hands at his sides as blood dripped from his fingertips and tapped onto the floor. Raven's body was on the floor between the two.

Jumping over Raven's corpse, Beast Boy charged towards Slasher. Beast Boy's animal instincts had taken over. Swinging his arm Beast Boy tried to cut Slasher with the claws that now grew out of his fingers. Before his hand could meet with Slasher, he was thrown against the wall. All Slasher had to do swipe him away with the back of one of his bloody hands.

Beast Boy hit the wall and fell to the floor, but he forced himself to stand up and attack again. Although Slasher merely swatted him away again. Beast Boy stumbled back a little, becoming frustrated, but refusing to give up. Luckily for Beast Boy, Slasher wasn't up for a fight, if he was Beast Boy would probably be dead by now.

Tears still streamed down the changeling's green face as he charged one more time. This time Slasher grabbed the front of the green boys shirt. Beast Boy waited for Slasher to hit him as he knew he would, but Slasher didn't raise a hand to him. "Why are you so persistent? Can't you see I don't want to fight you?" Slasher said in a tone that wasn't irritated or angry like normal, but instead somewhat sad and understanding.

"Raven didn't want to fight you, but you killed her anyway," Beast Boy cried as he struggled to get loose from Slasher's grip.

"She wasn't supposed to die. I wasn't going to kill her," Slasher replied solemnly.

"No, you just planned to force her to kill and then beat her to an inch of life. You weren't going to kill her, you were just going to make her suffer for all of eternity," Beast Boy answered with disgust.

Slasher didn't have a response. What was he supposed to say? "I... But... I wasn't..." Slasher stuttered. The demon had never felt this way before: guilty, tormented, and speechless. Killing was supposed to be easy, wasn't it? He had killed so many, so why would one little half-demon make him feel like this? Demons don't cry, demons don't feel anything, ever.

"You weren't what? You weren't the one forcing her to work for you? You weren't the one who gave her all of those bruises and scars?" Beast Boy retorted. He had stopped struggling against the demon, Slasher wasn't going to hurt him.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this!" Slasher yelled. "It was supposed to be easy. I wasn't supposed to feel this way. It was supposed to be just another job. I'm not supposed to care about anyone except myself." He released Beast Boy as he let his arm fall back to his side. Beast Boy didn't move from where he was.

"Maybe you're more human than you thought," Beast Boy said. Beast Boy hated Slasher for what he had done, he would kill him, but first he would listen. "Maybe you still have a heart, no matter how small it may be."

"I see. If that is so than I have no point in living anymore. I can't be a demon any longer, and I can never be a human," Slasher agreed, although his voice didn't show self-pity, it showed understanding. "My time here has ended."

"What?" Beast Boy was extremely surprised. He would never believe the demon had just said that if he hadn't heard it himself.

"You heard me. Take revenge for your love," Slasher repeated.

Beast Boy didn't know what to say, he had thought he was going to fight Slasher, but he wanted him dead either way. This way would be much easier.

"But, before you kill me, I want you to know. Raven never truly loved you," Slasher said calmly. "She tried to kill you, remember?"

"Shut up! You don't know what you're talking about!" Beast Boy yelled. "That was her demon side, that was because of you."

"Raven is a demon, that was the real her. Yes, I did push her a little, but she was going to lose control eventually, whether I was here or not... I'm sorry," told Slasher.

"You're not sorry! You wanted all of this to happen!" Beast Boy couldn't control himself any longer, he acted on pure rage. Pouncing onto the demon, Beast Boy knocked him onto the ground and fell on top of him.

Slasher's hood fell of, exposing his blue face. Beast Boy's animallike claws sliced into Slasher's face. Looking up at his attacker, Slasher had a sickening smile on his face as if he was enjoying being sliced.

Beast Boy looked wild, he had lost control completely, although he was not fighting to regain it either. Staring down as he cut up Slasher, he stared into his blood-red eyes. Those red eyes seemed so deep, filled with anguish, understanding, satisfaction, and something else that Beast Boy didn't recognize.

The crimson blood contrasted with Slasher's blue skin as it poured from his wounds. Blood spilled onto his shining white teeth as he continued to smile insanely.

Beast Boy panted loudly as he thrashed his arms around, the motion becoming slower. Then, he stopped and just stared down at Slasher's bloody face. His blue skin had been shredded into ribbons. Slasher wheezed heavily, showing that he was still alive, but just barely. Slasher began to chuckle lightly, although he sounded horrible. Baring his fangs, Beast Boy bit down hard on Slasher's neck. "Good luck," Slasher whispered to Beast Boy. Then, pulling his teeth out of his blue flesh, Beast Boy ended Slasher's pitiful life.

What did he mean by good luck? Good luck with what? Beast Boy cast the thought from his head, it didn't matter. Pushing off of the demon, Beast Boy stood up and glared down at the body. Spitting Slasher's blood out of his mouth, Beast Boy wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Some of the blood smeared from his lips. Tears were still falling lightly from his brilliant green eyes.

The other Titans just watched in shock. All of their faces stained with tears, even Robin's. Then, Beast Boy turned around and picked Raven into his arms. Carrying the half-demon's body he walked over to his friends and nodded, signaling that it was time to go.

Cyborg typed on his arm silently, while Starfire and Robin just stared at the ground. Looking down at the beautiful girl in his arms, Beast Boy was overcome with sadness. Finally, they all stepped through the portal that Cyborg had just made, and left that cold, metal room forever.

Raven closed her eyes and opened once more, she was surrounded. Surrounded by darkness. Her breath was the only thing that could be seen. Suddenly, she heard something that sounded like foot steps on a tile floor.

She saw someone approaching her, slowly walking out of the darkness. Looking up, Raven saw a girl, no more than 18 years old. The girl wore a purple cloak with black designs, and her eyes glistened with a purple light.

"Hello, Raven," the mysterious girl greeted.

"Where am I? What am I doing here...? And who are you," Raven asked with confusion.

"You're on the boundary, silly!" the girl said. "This is the boundary of the living world and the afterlife." Raven wore an expression of confusion. "As to answer why you're here, you're a lucky ducky! You get an extra shot!"

"An extra shot at what?" Raven questioned once more.

"At Life, be happy you're getting this." The girl held out a white piece of paper, "think of this as a 'Get out of Death Free!' card!"

"You mean...I can go back?" Raven asked hopefully.

"Yes, of course you would be sent back to where to your home, the Titan Tower..." the girl told her.

"Wait, what's the catch? Why do I get one of these?" Raven questioned, suspiciously.

"You're a very interesting case, Raven. You've killed hundreds, yet saved billions. You're a half demon, but a half angel, so we decided to give you a second chance to prove yourself. The only catch is that you have to continue to help people, and never kill again," the girl explained cheerfully.

Raven nodded silently, then another thought came to her. "But, what about Beast Boy, and the others?"

"Actually, they're already back at home. It's a few days ahead in time now, so they're all back home, and... Slasher is kind of dead," she replied softly.

"How? I didn't think he could die," Raven was rather surprised.

"Killing you kind of...shocked him...and he let Beast Boy kill him," the girl informed Raven.

"What? Why would Slasher ever do that?" Raven knew Slasher and that didn't sound at all like him.

"He really cared about you. Personally, I think he might have loved you...but that's just me...," the girl said in a bored tone as if it were obvious.

Raven's eyes grew wide. "HE WHAT!"

The girl looked at her impatiently, wanting to change the subject back to the matter at hand. "I hate to break it to you, but I need your answer soon. So, what's it gonna be? Life or death? Beast Boy happy, or Beast Boy sad? It's your choice you know," the girl said as she inspected her perfect finger nails.

Raven had to think, it was a harder question than anyone would think. Yes, she did love Beast Boy more than ever, but her demon was harder to control and she didn't want to hurt anyone...

"Want a hint?" the girl asked. "It's you or your demon side that's going to the grave, so if you want to live, you're demon side won't," the girl informed.

Raven shot her a glare that seemed to say are-you-kidding-me. "YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT BEFORE!" Raven yelled. The words echoed through The Boundary.

"So is your answer yes?" the girl said, unaffected by the yelling

"Y-yes, I want to go back..." Raven stuttered. The girl gave a small nod, and then Raven disappeared.

A/N: Well, that whole being dead thing didn't last very long. I'm not too sure of this chapter, so tell me what you think. It seemed a bit anticlimactic to me, but I don't know. I only read while I was typing, so maybe it's a little better than I remember. Please review if you can. You're people are too cool!

Sorrowbyrd: LOL, poor pillow. Just put the pillow down and we can talk this out, no one has to get hurt. I don't want anymore deaths!

Hide-because-it's-me: I can tell, LOL. whispers You just gotta hang in there. Fight it! Never give in to the orange juice zombies! With Rudiger on their side they'll be unstoppable. What are we going to do? pulls out samurai sword and yells I'm not going down with out a fight! I'll kill all of you zombies! I shall defend my honor and avenge Hide-because-it's-me's death! swings sword violently and manages to chop of some zombie head and limbs as blood sprays everywhere You cannot stop me because I am no longer afraid of death! That song gave me the courage to fight the orange juice company. Birthday strudel! I accidentally forgot to blow out one of the candles and the hot wax burned my throat, but it still tasted delicious! Giant cinnamon rolls with extra frosting and extra cinnamon for you! Enjoy, it's really good. I'll go down swinging and die with honor! I am a samurai!

blue-flamed-pheonix2010: LOL, short and simple. By your response I think I did a job well-done.

Sage Vale: Yes she is dead! I have a twist coming up, Terra is going to become a zombie. Then, Beast Boy and Terra will start dating again and he'll forget about Raven completely, it's genius! Please don't kill me, I'm just the innocent little author. I can't help it if I'm evil. :)

ravenmasteroftele: I know, I am cute aren't I? LOL. If you do wear a metal dress, I suggest you stay out of extreme heat, it would be like when you touch metal monkey bars on a 100 degree day. I love you too! You are the best! And thank you, you're so nice to me. :D

beautifulpurpleflame: Thanks, I just wanted to make sure. I'll try to make this as exciting as possible, tell me what you think. :)

FantasyDreamLand13: LOL, it's not the end, so calm down. Take a deep breath. You know in the end everything will probably work out, or will it? Tell me what you think about this chapter. :)

Shay Bo Bay: You're right, I could never seriously kill one of the Titans, at least not in this story. I really like that idea. I had no idea how I was gonna bring her back, but I knew all along that she wasn't gonna stay dead. I hadn't planned this chapter out at all, but hopefully you liked the way I did it.

Lilliesofthevaley: Don't worry about it, I totally understand. Thank you, I wrote most of that at 5 in the morning. Thanks for the Birthday song, it made my day. :)

Haven Artemis Roth: Thank you. Slasher was extremely shocked. I really like number 5, although I'm not sure if I'm up to writing another sequel. It's impossible to choose right now.

rovak: LOL, sorry. She's back now though. Will you ever be able to forgive me?

Rachel Astraea Doshiimi: I love it! I hope you don't mind that I changed it a little. I tried to keep it the way you wrote it, but I wanted to add some other details. Thanks for the excellent idea, if it weren't for you I would have been completely stuck.

Crazy Sugar Girl: Thank you, thank you. It was pretty obvious that she was gonna come back, wasn't it? Well, I think you just got pretty much everything you wanted. Tell me what you think.

XnvrmoreX: Thanks, but it was okay, I rescheduled my birthday to the Friday after, which wasn't too bad. It's just a birthday anyway. I shouldn't have brought Raven back so soon, it took away from the suspense, but oh well. :)

WickedWitchoftheSE: Yeah, the death scene kinda sucked, but I wrote at 5 on Sunday morning and I wanted to submit it on Sunday, so I guess I rushed it a bit. Everything you predicted came true, either you're psychic or this story is extremely predictable. Your wish has been granted. :)

Anita King: Mmm! Frosting! speaks with a mouth full of cookies I hope this was fast enough. 20 cookies? You're the best! Thanks for the cookies, they tasted good:)

BlackoutHart: I did everything you asked, so do I get the cakes now? That kick sounds pretty awesome, now I want to see it in real life! Trust the force! ;)

Moon's Darkness: Yeah, that one was just for you! Thanks, your too kind. It might seem corny how I brought Raven back, but I couldn't leave it too sad or I would be depressed for a while. I guess you didn't have to mourn for too long. Hope you like this chapter. :)

merdixkicksxass: Calm down, I was only joking. Hopefully this chapter some how reversed the damaged caused by that stroke and heart attack, I don't want you to be brain damaged, then you might not be able to read the next chapter. Thanks, and I hope some of the brain cells regenerate or something. :)

Kaos Kraze: Thank you, I hope that was fast enough for you. Your wish has been granted. Tell me what you thought. :)

ChocolateSoGood: Yeah, I had the whole dream thing planned, although I had planned to use the exact words from the dream, but when I read them I didn't like it. Thank you, you're too kind. You're right, I can't kill Raven. :)