As Black As The Raven
 

Jump City was under attack........for the umpteenth time. It seemed like the officials over the town just didn't care what went down from day to day. The Teen Titans were called in and were already fighting them. Jynx was mostly causing the trouble as she had some gem that amplified the ability and range of her curses and jinxes. The guys paired up and the girls did as well, until Jynx let out a large spherical blast that shot off everyone into bad situations.

Robin was tossed off his motorcycle into a bush. Cyborg was tossed into a telephone pole with a transformer that shocked and blew up on him. Starfire blew back into a pet store, being trampled by puppies and kittens. Beast Boy, as a Gorilla was knocked back into an open manhole, and he came up as a seal.

Lastly Raven was knocked high over a building and would find herself falling down a number of clotheslines hitting kinds of clothes, and would be strung up about 10 feet over the concrete alleyway.

Raven couldn't believe her luck, no pun intended. Not only had Jinx gotten the upper hand against her magically thanks to the gem she now had, she was dangling above the alley below, wrapped in the clothing she hit on the way down, most embarrassing of all was a cloth diaper around her waist.

Her emotional state was so frazzled by the shock of what happened, her magic was failing to set her free. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she shouted again and again to no avail. She just hoped she could get down before she was seen the way she was. There was no telling when her friends would be able to come rescue her thanks to Jinx's curses and the bad luck they likely suffered.

Raven dangled there and bounced slightly as if she were an infant. Her unitard tore in the worst place and somehow her underwear was replaced by the diaper pinned on the front. Fortunately it was a dry one so that was some benefit.

All the yelling though caught the attention of a human citizen who poked his head out his back door to the alley. He stood at 6’1, 250 lbs, short black hair, and green eyes. He wore a purple shirt and blue jeans. “Raven?” he falls out while looking up to her.

“The town is being attacked, are you alright?” he asks while reaching up, just able to tap at her foot. He could get her down if he grabbed at her or jumped slightly.

Raven stopped her incantations and blushed when she looked down, seeing a civilian below her. "Y-yeah, I'm alright." She could feel him tapping her foot, giving her a sense of hope that maybe he could help her escape her bounds.

"P-please help me down." she said in a small voice.

“Well okay, but can’t you use witchcraft or call for help? I’ve seen those communicator things before on the news” he says then grabbed her foot, and was able to tug her until the line snapped and he caught her with his hands under her arms then set her on her feet.

“At least you’re not injured” he says.

Raven smiled a bit. "Thanks for your help. Now...I need to go stop Jinx." she said, grabbing her communicator and trying to get ahold of the others. "Anyone there? Robin? Star? Beast Boy? Cyborg?"

When she got no response, she chalked it up to Jinx's magic interfering with the communications. She found her cloak nearby and donned it. "If...if you would, please forget that you saw me like this." she told the man who saved her as she went back towards the fight.

The citizen was a bit confused as he tugged on her cape. “Wait Raven! Don’t you want to....y’know, take off your, I mean i’m THE diaper?” he asks.

When she had called out and stopped from his tugging, she got the replies she was after.

“Robin here. Everythung’s fine Raven, Jynx saw a reflection of Beast Boy in a puddle and somehow jinxed herself. We should really figure out how she does this stuff”

“Ugh I need a bath, that sewer is worse than cyborg’s food in the fridge” Beast Boy moaned

“That’s all yo vegetarian goop that stinks! I guess it comes from the sewer after all!” Cyborg replied.

“Raven we have got the victory! Please join us for some Earth greasy slices of dairy!” she chined.

So it seemed like Jynx was alone or the one tested on villain for that episo.....day. Phew that was close (Xp)

"I'm glad everyone's okay. I'll be back to the tower in a bit." Raven said to her friends.

When it donned on her that she was about to run off in a diaper, she turned a shade of red so dark it served as a perfect contrast to her cloak, not helped by the civilian stating accidentally that it was her own diaper. "It...It's fine for the moment. But I would like to thank you for helping me earlier...Since you know me, mind if I ask your name?"

“I’m Matt” he says simply. So do you want to borrow a shirt of mine or some shorts? Everything I have will drape over you. And what happened when you got caught on the line? You seem fairly powerful and dependable when you’re out there fighting with the other titans” he reasons while looking at her, still visible in the diaper as her cloak waved to her sides.

"That'd be nice, I need to cover up." Raven admitted.

"My magic runs on my emotions, and when I lose control of them, I lose control of my magic." she explained in a deadpan voice. "Not only was I frustrated that Jinx got the upper hand, I was embarrassed to be seen in a diaper so I lost my focus and...you know what happened after."

“I see. If it’s any consolation you look adorable, even with your hood on” he says with a wink as he led her inside the home and got her a pair of his shorts that had a draw strings but were certainly oversized for her.

“So do you need time to take the diaper off? Do you need a ride to the Titan Tower? How can I help?” he asks

Raven was stunned. Nobody had ever told her she was cute like that, let alone adorable. It ranked perhaps the highest on the list of phrases she wasn't ever expecting to hear. She was the sullen, withdrawn, brooding Teen Titan, not exactly what she would call...adorable.

The diaper rustled as she walked, reminding her that it was still there, but she was so caught up in everything, she just didn't pay it any mind.

"Actually, if you don't mind...I'd like to stay and talk for a bit. My friends won't be worried about me." she said, ignoring the diaper for the moment.

He sat down on his couch while listening to her. "Um alright. What would you like to talk about? This is the first time I've gotten to spend any one on one time with a super hero" he replies while looking to her. "Unless it's an identity thing you can remove your hood if you'd like" he suggests.

Raven took her hood down, exposing her face, she felt no reason to worry about her true identity being exposed at the moment. "It's...its just that you called me adorable. I've...never been called that before." she said, walking towards him. "Would you mind if I sat with you?"

His eyes went wide as he listened to her. "S...sure....and I'll have to take back my previous comment. I'm sorry....You're actually very beautiful" he says seeing her purple hair and lighter purple skin, but honestly her appearance was wonderful to him. "I'm surprised if no one has shown this interest in you. I appreciate the dark and powerful type, rather than the weak minded and flashy type of woman" he explains.

Raven blushed, taken aback by his interest in her. "Well...I...er..." she stuttered, her great intellect failing her at the moment. She took a seat and tried to collect her thoughts, to set the proverbial house in order so she could function. "That means a lot to me...you don't understand." she said softly.

"Hmm? Tell me more. You wanted to talk" he says then gently grabbed her hand and held it with one while his other hand went over the top of hers. "I can't guarantee you're in a safe place since we're strangers, but I feel I'm an open minded person" he insists.

Raven gasped when the man touched her. "It's just...all my life, I've been an outcast. I've really never had anyone take much notice of me other than the monks of Azarath and my friends. But none of them ever said I was...well, beautiful. It's nice to know somebody, even a complete stranger, thinks that of me."

"I see. Well to be fair, when you hide yourself in a hood it's understandable. That's why I was so shocked when you took the hood off. Though I guess with it on you look like a badass" he reasons while looking into her eyes.

"So diaper butt, why don't you show me how you meditate? I haven't seen any of your powers yet. You're being a very inhospitable super hero" he teases in a voice that she could read he was being playful and not mean.

Raven smiled a bit. "I tried to cultivate the image of...to use your own words a badass. I became the shadows and the darkness that lurks. I hid myself away because I didn't ever know there'd be people who saw me as anything but anathema to the world itself."

Raven shifted so that she sat cross-legged, her diaper making noise with every motion. She wasn't sure why she still hadn't discarded the thing but there was something calming about it. "First, I calm myself...then I close my eyes and focus my energy." As she spoke, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Then I chant the mantra that is also the incantation for my magic; Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos."

He listened to her and watched her begin to float up in the air as she chanted with a purple and black aura around her. "Whoa. That's pretty intense" he says while watching her.

"So a bit of an odd question. If you're staying for a bit, do you want to make yourself more comfortable? That get up with my oversized shorts don't seem that comfortable"

Raven stopped her chanting and gently floated back down. "Yeah, it's pretty hard to relax with my cloak on." she said, unclasping it and letting it fall onto the couch behind her. "Do you happen to have a shirt I can borrow? The rest of my costume is pretty beat up."

"Sure thing......wait.....are you going to be half naked then?" he asks as he grabbed a shirt from his nearby room anyway and waited for an answer as he brought her a deep blue shirt.

"No, it's just a bunch of cuts in my suit, you can't see anything." Raven remarked, her tone becoming less deadpan as she got more comfortable being around him. "Once I get a shirt on, I'll just use my magic to teleport the costume to my room at the tower."

Matt started to think of her suit just appearing there and wondering how that would go. "Okay" he says as he sat back down beside her. "Are you hungry? Or thirsty? You don't seem like you're in any pain"

Raven put the shirt on, and a shadowy black aura surrounded her for a second, her torn costume sent elsewhere, leaving her in Matt's clothes and the diaper under the shorts. "Other than a bit of a dull ache where I took the brunt of that spell from before, I'm fine. Though I could use some water right about now." she replied.

"Okay but I don't have any baby bottles" he taunts with a wink as he went to the kitchen and came back with a glass of water then looked her over.

"Hey.....if you can just transport clothes off of you......" he starts then tugged at her shorts. "Nope still there hehehe"

"I don't need a bottle." Raven muttered, a bit embarrassed at the suggestion. She took the glass from him and sipped it a bit before he tugged her shorts and saw she was still wearing the diaper. "H-hey, didn't anyone tell you it's rude to expose someone else's underwear?" she asked, looking a bit mortified.

He saw her face then smirked. "Come on now Raven. You drew yourself into your own trap. You knew you could teleport clothes off, yet you're still wearing the diaper. That's a bit more interesting than me trying to look at your underwear. I never lifted your shirt or anything" he reasons.

"And as far as I know, you have a great body" he says then turned his head with a light blush.

Raven blushed. "So what if I'm still wearing it? It's actually comfortable." she said, still embarrassed that her secret was exposed.

"You'd be the first to see my body like that." she said, looking away from him as she finished drinking the water.

"Well, if you like it, I know where to get more. And this would be a good place to hide your new secret" he reasons while looking back to her as he gently slid an arm around her waist as he scooted closer.

"You don't think I'm weird?" Raven questioned, wondering why Matt would be so accepting of her recent fascination. "Well, you've done nothing but accept me." she said softly, letting him get close to her. While she couldn't read minds outright, she was good at reading emotions in general, and Matt bore no form of ill will towards her that she could find.

"Weird? Not at all. If you just fall into a diaper and like it, I'm not going to make fun of you for it. I may tease you though" he says playfully. "But I'm a teasing type of guy. It sounds like people don't accept a lot of things you do or like. You're free to explore with me. Is there something you'd be too embarrassed to go out and do?" he asks

"Thanks...It's good to know I have somewhere I can do something like this." Raven said, feeling much calmer now. "I don't mind the teasing as long as you don't look down on me, that would be the worst thing you could do."

After some thought, she was interested in what Matt mentioned earlier. "Why don't you show me where I can get some more? That way I know."

"I'd have to take you there to show you, would you be okay with that? And for the record, I'm fairly sure you could kill me unless I like tickled you. Plus you're a celebrity. I'm nothing but the dirt you hover over" he says being a very cheesy poet while he lowered himself over her lap while on his back looking up at her.

"I suppose I'll be fine with you taking me there." Raven said.

"While I could kill you with a thought, you don't deserve that. And you're not dirt. Dirt would have left me stuck in my previous predicament." she added, smiling down at him.

"I don't 'think' you could kill me though. You're too nice. The bad version of you would be Jynx" he reasons, while he got up and grabbed his wallet and house keys. "Shall we go? Well........I think you might want to wear a hooded jacket to hide yourself. If you're feeling brave I don't mind, but people aren't used to seeing heroes, nor purple people around town"

"A jacket would be nice. I'd wear my cloak but, like I said, it'd be weird wearing regular clothes with it." Raven said, admitting that if she went out without something to hide her pale, purplish skin it might draw undue attention. "That is...if you don't mind me stealing more of your clothing."

"It's only stealing if you don't give it back" he replies as he grabbed a black jacket with a hood and gave that to her as well before walking to the store.

He held her hand and stayed by her side while he walked her down the infants aisle, which was beside the adult incontinence aisle, and he let her look at the diapers, though he was eyeing the thickest ones possible. He.........had a thing for butts.

Raven donned the jacket and walked with Matt, smiling a bit as they held hands. It was nice to have such contact with someone she felt she could trust.

When they got to the aisle, she looked around at all their options but couldn't decide on what would work best. "Matt...would you mind picking out some, just so I have an idea? I'm out of my element here." she whispered, continuing to look.