Well, this is it. The big 1 0. number 10…

The one I've been planning since I started the story. All the others, except for the first, were more filling space and letting me lead up to this one. Like I said, this one will be looooonnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggg, and several days in the making. Well, maybe not THAT long. But definitely gonna be the longest. And NOT the final chapter, just a important one. Before I stop rambling, I would like to say I DO OWN TEEN TITANS!!!! "DEAL BITCH!". Anyway, im gonna try to keep up better, since ive been kinda slacking in the pervy department. I don't mean… 'intercourse'… or anything, but just stupid and pervy.

…lol, I saw that line on the forums, and just had to use it. I really don't own it 

and I would like to give major props to whoever DID use that line, I can't remember the penname right now. You, dude, are awesome. I said it, so it MUST be true.

onward. The big one.

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"Raven, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Robin had called over to her from his doorway. His words didn't register at first, since her mind was still on what that man in white was after. It was all she had been thinking about, even during the reading. She almost forgot her cue… and now she was forgetting to go talk to Robin. She walked over to him, and he closed the door behind her, and flipped on the lights. His room was more along the lines of simple and bear essentials. A picture of him and the other titans, one of him and Starfire, and a Fratellis poster. That was about the limit of his personal items. While he was getting out chairs, she thought about how the others had all been cleaning, and wondered what had happened here. It almost looked like a fight. When he finished, they both sat down facing each other, Robin looking back at her a bit nervously.

"Raven, I wanted you to identify something for me."

"Uhm, okay? Couldn't we have done this out t-…"

"No, I wanted to talk to you in private. About this." And he pulled out the cupid demon, which Starfire had managed to tame. When it saw Raven, it grew another pair of eyes. Now the count was six, and its large, toothy mouth was squished near the bottom of its face.

"Is that what caused all the damage out there?"

"Yes. I wanted to ask you what this is." It let out a noise resembling a squeal, and its eyes glinted a deeper red than before.

"It looks a bit like a demon. It reminds me of the ones my powers accidentally create." She decided she mine as well be honest. She had so much on her mind that it took a lot of control to keep her powers subdued as it was.

"We thought so too. And usually their shape has something to do with what emotion you are denying that caused them. What does it look like to you?"

"I don't know, this isn't exactly a good time Robin. It looks a bit like cu-…" It was around then that she knew what he had been driving at. "OH, you thought… I mean, you had the idea,… I can explain, its not,… I mean it IS,… don't…" She could feel her powers starting to engage. Twice in one day was not good. She started to get the tingly feeling as the shadows started to appear. But Robin managed to head her off.

"Raven, its okay, calm down. This isn't an interrogation."

After a moment of focusing, she was okay.

"Anyway, I just wanted to talk to you about that. Its just that, I know we are-…"

"Its not you Robin… I mean, not that it IS anyone anyway. Its-… I need to go. Need to clear my head. And I have it under control. I don't really have emotions, so this isn't a problem I should have anyway. I've just been rattled since fighting Slipstream."

"Okay, well, we can't have more of these things breeding."

"Right. When I'm done, I'll come help you guys with the cleaning." And she walked out. Now she was worried. That thing must have caused the mistletoe, she was sure of it. They shared the same essence. And she was still under the weird delusion of attraction to Beast Boy. It didn't make any more sense now. She wasn't in denial, she just was shaken. She had some new incense. That would help.

As Robin watched her walk out, he shook his head sadly. She was in denial, that's for sure. She may be the one in her head, but in this case she didn't really know what was best for her. Thinking back, she had trouble accepting she had been afraid that one Halloween too. Looks like she was just a bit stubborn.

And now he wondered who it was, and what was really going on… And then it hit him. What had caused her to lose control when fighting Slipstream? When he threatened to kill Beast Boy. But he couldn't tell him. That would just be stupid, Beast Boy wouldn't handle this right. He and Raven had the love hate thing going, but Beast Boy wasn't really that smart about relationships. No, he would just have to make sure things stayed under control until this thing sorted itself out. He just hoped this wouldn't take time away from him spending time with Starfire…

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Beast Boy could have grinned so wide his face would have split in half. Once again, being a fly on the wall and learning to be quiet had its advantages. He flew out the door after Raven, and back into the living room. Cyborg and Starfire were almost finished. They hadn't even noticed he was gone. And it was almost certain that she liked him. He had known it all along. It was the best feeling in the world, knowing the girl of his dreams actually thought about him. He used this surge of energy to annoy Cyborg while still pretending to be a fly. When Cyborg pulled out the flyswatter, he turned back to normal.

"You should have stayed a fly longer, I was getting ready to squish you."

"Ah, lighten up, it's Christmas Eve Cyborg!" he added while helping put the couch back in the right spot.

"What are you so happy about?"

"Something…"

"Wanna let me in on it?" he said with a wink.

"Nope. Wanna play me in Mortal Kombat?"

"You are ON! BOOYAH!!!"

A few moments later…

"HEY, you cheated!"

"Hey, scorpion ALWAYS wins, haven't I showed you that before?"

"And I'm sure you didn't use any cheat codes at all."

"Don't need to, loser. MK is my game!"

"Yeah, whatever," Beast Boy said while throwing his controller down.

"What, done already?"

"Yeah, I got stuff I need to do."

"Your loss. Hey Starfire, wanna play?"

She called over something about disgusting, violent, and taking of Kupid. Cyborg had suggested the name, thought it was funny to just change the spelling. Starfire thought it was cute, and the demon seemed to like it. So 'Kupid' it was.

"Awww. Fine, I'll do arcade mode…"

As Beast Boy walked past the table, he saw Raven's romance book sitting there. The bookmark was near the end. She could read fast. And that was a big book. Come to think of it, he wasn't sure where she was. She said something about clearing her head, so he figured she was in her room. He wanted to see her, just because, so he figured he'd return it too her. She didn't like to leave her things laying around.

He went up and knocked on her door. It turned out to be slightly propped open. When he knocked it flew the rest of the way. Her room looked empty, and this one time he wasn't scared of going in. Usually he would be terrified, but it seemed different now. It really was nice in here. Creepy atmosphere, but it was very clean. She had all of her cloaks on a hanger by the door. As he walked along, deciding to put the book on the desk, he tripped over what he realized was her clothes. His face started to go red, even though he knew it wasn't bad to see her clothes there on the floor. It was just because he realized she must be in the shower, and he started to see the image of her naked again. Unluckily, he dropped the book.

Why was this unlucky? He understood the minute he realized she still hadn't taken the teleportation charm off (A/n yes, I'm going to do this same shtick AGAIN!!!). He tried to run from the room, but it was too late. He slipped again on her clothes on the floor the same moment she landed on top of him.

After he pulled her bra off his face, he said jokingly, "We have to stop meeting like this."

"I'm going to have to hurt you." It looked like she had had more warning, and used her powers to charm a towel into working like a dress, so she was covered this time.

"This time it was a total accident, I swear. I tripped on your underwear and dropped the book. I was just returning it, since I knew you don't like your stuff lying around. It was on the table. Being nice?" He wasn't sure why he was so nervous now. He had never been like this before, but there just seemed like there was more pressure now.

He was lucky. Her expression softened. Whether she believed him or found this amusing he couldn't tell. But she wasn't going to bite his head off. "Fine, but be more careful next time. Please. I mine as well start walking around naked." She got up from on top of him and pulled one of her cloaks on, so she could let the towel fall. She made sure it was buttoned tight first though. "Now, I'm going to watch you to make sure you are able to leave the room."

Beast Boy couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic or not, so he didn't test it.

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He was almost to the door when there was a sudden sucking sensation from behind her. She held her cloak down so it wouldn't get blown up, and turned around. The door slammed shut on its own, and beast boy had turned into a falcon, and was flying against the wind. The book the dragon was sealed in was somehow upright, and was sucking them into its pages with a glowing, spiraling center. It wasn't affecting her as strongly as it was Beast Boy, but she was being dragged in, and everything she did couldn't hold her back. Before she knew it, they were both flying through the strange limbo and landing in the plane where Malchior was being held. He had managed to pull up enough strength to suck them both in even though he was bound. She began to wonder how, and then saw why. He wasn't bound anymore. And who else was standing on top of him, but the man in white.

From on top of the dragon, holding the chains that had bound Malchior was the man that had been haunting her these past few days. All he did was blow a kiss at the two of them, and vanish in a puff of black smoke, the chains evaporating with him.

"Beast Boy, you remember Malchior?" she mumbled.

"Yea, that dragon thing, that was sealed in this book, right?"

"That's right. Only now he isn't sealed. And the only thing standing between him and his getting back to our dimension would be us."

"Well, we beat him once, right?"

"Yes, but at the time I was very motivated from anger. And it was all of us, not just the two of us. Right now I'm a bit confused, and also naked."

"If you two are done," the dragon snarled, "You are in my way." He snorted out steam to show that he wasn't kidding.

"Beast Boy, get in your were-beast form from fighting Adonis. The one you save for emergencies. And hold him off while I get another binding charm together."

"Are we going to die?" he asked innocently.

"Maybe. Now get on it." She watched him morph and jump at Malchior, slamming the dragon's head onto the ground, and began chanting, performing the hand motions to weave the spell correctly. If she were interrupted she would have to start over.

That seemed to be what Malchior was aiming to do. He threw Beast Boy off with no effort at all. Even his most powerful form couldn't compare to a dragon's strength. He spoke a few magic words in his telepathic broadcasting, and a seal appeared around Raven's image on the white, endless floor. It began glowing, and then shooting up rays of energy, creating a type of magic prison. The rays of energy also created force, which (A/n: yup, you guessed it…) was blowing her cloak up.

'Great,' she started thinking in her head. 'Now I'm trapped in this seal and can't move or do magic, and I'm flashing Beast Boy at the same time. It couldn't be better.'

But Beast Boy didn't seem to notice. He had been wrestling with Malchior, and was actually holding his own. They were both slashing back and forth, and attempting to knock each other around as much as possible. Beast Boy performing some interesting acrobatics while fighting and grappling, and Malchior mostly standing still. Beast Boy was starting to get some good hits in. He knocked the huge dragon back about thirty feet by getting in a strong blow on the dragon's chest. Malchior then pounced back forward before Beast Boy could move, and the dragon's huge claws landed right on his chest.

There was a silence. The dragon started to give off an aura of victory. All Raven could hear was a ringing in her ears. All her problems and confusion before seemed to be gone. All her thoughts were that Beast Boy couldn't have survived that. Despite her situation, this time she couldn't take it any longer. Without trying to stop it anymore, she began to cry. She couldn't move, but if she could she would have been broken down on the ground. It just wouldn't stop. All that she had been feeling before, everything that confused her faded away. He was dead, he was dead… it just didn't feel right. She didn't even care about anything anymore. 'Why was I so stupid!? Now he's gone, gone.' She didn't even know what was going on around her. The fact that this level of sobbing and sadness had activated her powers was one she didn't notice. The dragon began to advance forward on her, and deactivated the seal. She crumbled to the ground, and didn't get up.

'Why go on living? Why did this happen, WHY!!!?? WHAT IS THIS!?!' The most emotion she had ever felt in her life didn't show until she lost a friend. But the tears stopped as she picked herself up. She had clothes on again. The white robe that appeared on her mysteriously from time to time was back. And then came a holy rage like nothing she had ever felt before. It didn't engage her powers, it simply seemed to fuel her, and she began lifting off the ground. Malchior started to back away in terror. The energy circles on her hands were a glowing red, and were almost pulsating. Malchior started to lift off the ground to fly off in this dimension, but it was too late. With magic words she had never used before and seemed to come from somewhere far off in her brain, she cried out 'Antioch Trelszezane Artyion!'

At that moment, all hell seemed to break loose. This was even more power than she had ever felt when her body was taken over demonically. It was endless, like she could do anything. But all she needed was a powerful blast, and that was what came. The strange energy that came from nowhere read her subconscious. A huge energy blast that blinded her and turned the whole dimension red flew from her hands. When the dust settled and she landed on the ground after the blast finished, there was the smoldering body of Malchior. He was dead. One of the most powerful dragon demons in existence, one not even the best wizards from her world could defeat, and she killed it. But that strange power was gone, and she was back in her normal cloak again, and completely naked once more. And she had no idea how she had done any of it. Then the sadness hit her again. Beast Boy was still dead, and she couldn't bring him back.

"Wow, that was amazing,… R-raven."

Her hear skipped a beat. Beast Boy! She ran over to where his body was laying, forgetting that she was naked underneath her cloak that was blowing behind her, an stood over him. Then she remembered herself, and soon didn't understand what had come over her before. He was fine, he had been hit harder before.

"You know, that's the first time I've ever had a dragon on top of me. That hurt… and nice view, heh…"

She looked down, and almost blushed. She was still naked. She covered herself with her cloak again, and was back to her old mentality. The simple feeling from before was gone. She just reacted that way because he's a good friend. Nothing more.

"So, anyway," he said to keep things from getting awkward, "any idea how you activated those powers? They would be good to use on that Mr. White. He's the guy who let Malchior loose. And I'm fine, don't worry." He had noticed her leaning down to examine the wounds. "They'll heal."

She started worrying again. What was this guy up to? And why was he after her? She started asking Beast Boy about him, and all of a sudden they were back in Raven's room. The book had a black arrow with a heart tip pointing into it, and it was self-destructing and fading away. Kupid floated there mischievously. 'Well,' Raven thought, 'at least he brought us back.'

As Beast Boy walked out and reminded her of the Christmas party later, she accidentally dropped her cloak and he got one last view, but quickly closed the door so she wouldn't see him trying to hide a grin. It looked like things were back to normal. She was worried and confused about Mr. White, and she was still trying to understand why she was so confused about Beast Boy. She couldn't have feelings for him, it was just stupid. That was a fluke back in the book.

'But, I wonder. How DID I bring on those powers?' This was too much emotion for one day. And there was still more left. 'The party will help. I usually don't like them, a bit stupid, but its Christmas, mine as well act nice.' She stepped back into the shower to finish her incense bath. 'Parties may not be my thing, but it will get her mind off everything else.'

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Beast Boy went to his room to get some rest. That was a big ordeal. And before the day ended, he still had to put his plan in action. He knew now what he was determined to do before tonight. He could worry about Mr. White later. He had told Raven about how he met him and thought he was good. He told her everything except for letting her no about the present. Just to let her know how manipulative he was, even though she wouldn't be fooled as easily. 'I really am in idiot, aren't I?'

Whatever that guy wanted from Raven, he wasn't going to get it. She had had to save him again today, and revealed herself to have even MORE inner strength. The best he had was that monster form he still got beat while using. Eventually, he would get to save her. And really, how strong could this guy be? At least he's only human, not another dragon.

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A few hours later, the party went off more or less without a hitch. Raven and Beast Boy were somehow acting more normal around each other than they had been for days. The mood brought out the best in everyone. It IS Christmas after all. It was like nothing happened, and it was the old Titans again. But there was a difference. They seemed closer to the others, as if they had gone through something traumatic in the past few hours. But that couldn't have happened, right? Raven even put up with Beast Boy better than usual, and actually showed that she found him entertaining. Something was just different between them, and only Robin knew what.

'I'm not interfering, I'm just making sure the team doesn't get hurt,' he told himself. But he DID feel protective of Raven, and couldn't help being watchful of what was going on.

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But even Robin wasn't able to be very serious. It was just a contagious mood of happiness, almost like a blur. And it wasn't interrupted by some trouble in town. Even the criminals looked like they were being considerate. Kupid managed to join in the festivities, in between napping and playing with Starfire. His version of joining in was causing trouble. Lets check in, shall we?

9:00:

The titans were starting to hit the eggnog (suspicions arose that someone spiked it, but it couldn't be proven; meanwhile Kupid was giggling up in a corner of the ceiling). Raven's cloaks had all gone missing. Kupid only giggled more.

First things first was decorating the tree.

"How is this Robin?" "Starfire, you have five red ones next to each other…" "Why is that wrong?" "Never mind."

"Beast Boy, come tell me how this looks and hold the ladder for me." "Sure Raven… wow, pretty nice!" "I haven't hung it yet… and you're looking straight forward." "Whazzat?… OW, don't kick me…" "Heh."

"Guy's I built an attachment for my arm to shoot the balls, WATCH!!!" … "OW, Cyborg, TURN it OFF, tu-…" [THUNK.… "Friends, is Beast Boy going to be okay?" "He's been hit harder today Starfire, he'll wake up soon." [Two minutes later… "Ugh, where am I… OKAY very funny, WHY I am at the top of the tree in a dress?" "Because you didn't fit in the little star costume."

"KUPID, give back Beast Boy!!" "AAAAA, I hate you guys…." [Raven, Cyborg, and Robin would have commented, but they were too busy laughing

"You know guys, the tree doesn't look half bad. Even though half of it is red, and the other half is blue." "But I like the color red, and in Tamaran-…" "Not now Starfire, Christmas specials are on!"

And that is mostly how that part of the evening went.

10:30:

"Awww, they're over." "They'll be on next year, don't worry." "But I LOVE Frosty!"

"Actually, I think they're kinda stupid. Too happy. Christmas is fine and all, but still." "I think you're just weird Raven." "Look who's talking green boy." "Point taken."

"And what about Charlie Brown? I know I pull off the bald look, but on a little kid from the suburbs?" "Yea, yea, you think you're handsome, we get it Cyborg."

"Friends, why is the room spinning?" "Starfire, how much of that eggnog have you had!? You're tipping over! Didn't we all agree there was something wrong with it?" "Oh, I am F-f-fine, Robin…, now help me sit down…"

But luckily, Tamaranians recover quickly, so she was back on her feet in no time.

This is around where the blur started. Not that everyone was drunk. In fact no one was. But it was just all so crazy, and this chapter is getting very long, and I'm running out of ideas. Raven remained the sanest, at some times bemusedly watching the others, and other times being the source. She managed to balance out Beast Boy well, who was the most 'out there.' Overall, the party was a success. They ended it putting all the gifts under the tree for tomorrow morning, as well as leaving plenty to clean up. And for some reason several of Starfire's bras were hanging from the ceiling. The only clue was Kupid occasionally flying down the hallway towards their bedrooms. They didn't bother worrying what else he had stolen. He could have hidden in anywhere with the huge mess they had made.

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"That was the most fun I've had in a while, guys," Beast Boy said.

"Yea, but we have plenty of cleaning tomorrow."

"You mean the day AFTER Christmas."

"Whatever… Beast Boy, don't trip over the… oh."

Although Beast Boy thought this had been a rough night for him, with getting thrown around so much, it still was a lot of fun. He didn't mind tripping over the corner of a wall. As he got up, he even made a discovery while everyone was laughing at him: "Raven, I believe the underwear on my face is yours. You guys should lock your drawers, I think Kupid has some kind of fetish."

"How do you know what her underwear looks like?"

"No reason, and shut up," he finished dramatically.

"Well, I'm gonna hit the sack guys," Cyborg yawned out. Robin and Starfire agreed too, and walked off, while Robin helped Starfire carry her clothes that had been scattered around the room. Raven lagged back, still with Beast Boy near the middle of the room, but she kept walking. Once he saw that the others were out of sight, he caught her shoulder.

"Wait, Raven." It was now or never, he thought. And he had no idea why, usually he was smug, but he was getting extremely nervous for no reason. 'Oh well, can't get cold feet when I've gone this far.' He just tried to swallow it, but there was still a lump in his throat.

"What is it Beast Boy?" She just stood there, with an unreadable facial expression, hips leaning awkwardly to the right. He couldn't help noticing her figure, but tried to avoid it, because he knew she was watching him.

"Its just that, uh…" [Ba-dump, Ba-dump. "I just wanted to say that, well,…" [Ba-dump, Ba-dump. "You see…" [Ba-dump, Ba-dump.

"What is it?" she asked again, this time somewhere between nervousness and some type of confusion.

'What am I doing?' he asked himself. 'This is crazy when did I decide this was a good idea. I'll just wimp out.' Meanwhile Raven was repeating her question again, and asking why he was just standing there silently. He was getting ready to just say goodnight instead when it happened. Kupid came out of nowhere and shot an arrow into the ceiling between the two of them. Almost instantly, a piece of black mistletoe grew out of the hole.

Raven looked up and examined it in shock. This more than anything else seemed to do it, and he couldn't even tell why. She just looked back down at him, and he took a step closer. She just stood awkwardly for another moment; hips swung to one side looking dumbfounded, and then just seemed to almost lose herself and rushed towards Beast Boy, practically falling into his arms. Their lips met, and they began pressing them together, slowly searching around each other's mouths. Their bodies were pressed together into a tight embrace, almost like they were connected. Beast Boy couldn't ever string words together, only knew that he didn't want to stop.

And then he got an odd feeling. While they were kissing, he began feeling the sensation of a shadow falling around him. He didn't bother stopping or opening his eyes, but he could tell the mistletoe was dissolving, and it was effecting Raven's powers. They were actually rushing into him and flowing through them both. Then he realized what was going on. Their minds were bonding because of the emotional contact. It felt almost like they were one being, surrounded by a flowing, energy shadow. He could feel control over her powers. The shadow feeling started to fade, but the rest didn't. After what seemed like an eternity, they finally broke apart, but still holding each other. Beast Boy was a bit taller, but they were still eye-to-eye. Raven was smiling larger than he had ever seen, and her face was beat red. Her eyes were twinkling like they never had before. He actually felt a wave of true happiness from her. He could feel his face red too, which makes an odd shade combined with the green.

"Did it have to stop?" he wondered out loud.

"Beast Boy, that was… well, I can't describe it." She just smiled, and stared into his eyes.

"I think I'm still in shock. We should do it again to make sure," he said with a smirk.

"You're funny," she added playfully. She really was different. Her emotions were showing greatly, but it wasn't causing any problems.

"I guess there's a loophole for love," she added.

"Did you read my thoughts?"

"I can if I want to."

"Well, guess what I'm thinking now…"

"Ha, goodnight, I'll see you Christmas morning." She winked, gave him another peck on the lips, and then walked off, still smiling.

As Beast Boy watched her, he couldn't even move, he just stood there, thinking '…wow…'

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As Raven lay down in her bed, she still hadn't stopped smiling. She really was stupid. Why did she deny it so much? She was just afraid, and for no reason. Love didn't affect her powers at all. This was the happiest she had been in a long time. She had to try and make sure she didn't lose her personality. She didn't want to let this changer her.

'Although, I really can't think of anything I'm worried about. Who cares about some weirdo with a top hat?'

And that was that. She fell asleep, wondering what tomorrow would bring.

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