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Date Night-A Rath Story

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I only have time to upload a story today. But, when I return from seeing a christmas parade, I'll start answering comments/reviews. Okay? Kay!!! I hope you enjoy this installment!

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Feel My Rath Series- One Shot.

"DATE NIGHT"

Pacing… All he was doing was pacing. Rath hadn't been on a date with Julie in what seemed like forever. So naturally, he was nervous. Gwen and Kevin were there to help the alien get himself together for his big date night.

Well, Gwen was there to help. Kevin, on the other hand, wanted to see the tiger epically fail.

Gwen turns to her over sized cousin. "Ben, you really need to just relax. You act like this is your first date with Julie."

Rath looked to his cousin. He gave her his usual crazy eyes stare.

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING GWEN TENNYSON! RATH IS RELAXED! RATH IS SO RELAXED THAT HIS ARMPITS DON'T SMELL LIKE SOMETHING JUST DIED ANYMORE! SO DROP IT!"

Gwen listened to her cousin rant for a moment, and groaned. "Ben, that was absolutely disgusting!"

Kevin was sitting next to Gwen on the couch in Rath's living room. He was laughing at the feline. To the older teen, this was just pure entertainment.

"So, Benji, where ya takin' Julie?" He snaps his fingers ….."Oh, I've got it!" He chuckles. "Your taking her to the worlds biggest kitty litter convention, right?"

The older teen laughs at his own joke. But the Tennyson cousins were not sharing in his enthusiasm. Rath seemed as though he was ready let lose to pound the boy, and Gwen was sending him a look in the form of shooting daggers.

"Kevin! That isn't funny! Ben is a wreck as it is. You teasing him like this, is not helping."

Kevin turns to his girlfriend, still plastering that signature grin of his. "Look, I was only kidding. Geeze, Gwen, you act like your going on a date. Your more of a wreck on this then Ben is."

The girl sneers at Kevin. "Yeah? Well, if I was, it would probably be an improvement."

Kevin's jaw drops. But the girl ignores his facial gesture, and continues on with helping Rath prepare for his night out with Julie. The cousins head to the front door.

"Ok, Ben, make sure you keep your attitude in check. You don't wanna screw this up by flying off the handle on a whim. Ok?"

Rath turns to his cousin. "YEAH! I GOT IT! CAN I GO NOW?"

Gwen smiles. "Sure Ben, have fun, relax, and please be careful."

Kevin sticks his head out of the door way and yells to his friend. "Make sure you get the kind with baking soda in it. I hear its best on odor control!"

Before Rath could retort that last insulting blow from Kevin, he heard a loud thud, and an 'ow, Gwen!' escape from the older teen's lips. Gwen had closed the door purposely on the older boy's head. Rath grinned. The deed had been done.

Rath made it to Julie's front door. He was still nervous as ever. The other problem was, was that he wasn't in his normal human form. How will his girlfriend react? This played over and over in his mind as he waited impatiently at her door.

Two long minutes past, and Julie finally came to the door, as she opened it, she let out a huge scream . "AAAHHH!" She grabbed the tennis racket next to her, and immediately started hitting the poor tiger.

"OW! JULIE! OW! JULIE! IT'S RATH! OW! UH, I MEAN, BEN! STOP! OW! HITTING! OW! ME!

The girl froze. Her eyes widen in mere shock. Julie couldn't believe it. Last time she saw Ben, he was a normal teenage boy. Well, as normal as Ben could be she guessed.

"Ben? Is it really you? I mean….. What happened?"

The tiger put his hand behind his head, he was a little embarrassed by his appearance.

"AH, UUH… UMM…. FISHING ACCIDENT?" Rath smiles sheepishly.

Julie raised a brow, was she supposed to believe him? Or take it as a bad joke? This 'Rath' character of Ben's was very hard to read.

. Okaaay? Well, um, Ben? I guess if your ready, then I guess I am too."

Rath wasn't so sure this 'date' thing was a good idea. In reality, if Julie reacted this way at first, what would others say? Or for that matter, what would they do? The tiger figured if he just got a smack down from a tennis racket, by a 15 year old girl no less, what would other people in public use? The thought of it was scary. Not so much for himself, but for his girlfriend. The tiger worried about her.

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING JULIE YAHMAMOTO! RATH JUST GOT POUNDED TO A PULP BY A TENNIS RACKET! ARE YOU SURE THIS 'DATE' THING IS A GOOD IDEA?!"

Julie seemed a little put off and a bit hurt by Rath's sudden out burst. She wasn't sure at first, as to how to respond. But she gathered her courage and spoke.

"Ben, it's ok. You know I don't care what you look like." She giggles. "Just as long as I'm with you, everything will be great. Don't worry."

The girl takes the tiger's hand in hers. She turns to him and smiles. Rath, who thought he was nervous ealier seemed to be even more so now. He puts on his best grin that he could muster. Yep, nothing but teeth. Julie laughed. She thought his smile looked sort of, cute.

"So, where are you taking me?"

Rath started to panic. The feline hadn't gotten that far yet. He hadn't a clue. So he figured he'd just wing it.

"UM, LET'S JUST HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT. UH, HERE!"

Before Julie could answer to his suggestion, Rath, quickly puts up his defenses, in fear of the idea being rejected, and turns to face Julie.

"YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT?!!"

Julie really had to get used to the new Ben's forwardness. This was something she was not used to. She puts on her best smile.

"Sure, that would be nice, Ben. Lets go pick out a movie then."

Rath wipes off his brow and lets out a sigh. Thankful that Julie was so forgiving. It made him feel a little more at ease. Having to keep his attitude in check, was becoming a challenge to say the least.

The girl lead the tiger to her living room. "So, what movie would you like to watch? Horror, action, adventure." She blushes. "Romance?"

Rath wasn't really paying any attention. The feline's stomach let out gurgling noise, he was getting kind of hungry.

"YEAH, WHATEVER."

He looks around as if he were lost.

"WHERES THE CHOW?! RATH'S STARVIN'!"

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Kevin had a plan. To mess with Tennyson on his 'date.' The older teen found it to be quite entertaining getting under the Tiger's skin. This was one of Kevin's favorite pass times. Well, other than Gwen of course. But the girl kicked him about out an hour ago, due to the fact that he was getting on her last nerve. If he couldn't get under her skin, Ben was always a nice back up.

Kevin parked far enough away so that the couple wouldn't notice him being there. He peeked in the window and noticed them chatting in the girls living room.

"Oh, this is perfect." He grins.

The older teen sneaks to the back entrance that led to the kitchen. He quietly went in. The boy made sure that he was not seen or heard. He figured if it was movie night, they would eventually be making some popcorn. So he gently put a firecracker in the microwave, in hopes that Rath would do the honors of making the snack. He knew the alien would be hungry at some point. Rath was always hungry.

Then Kevin quietly exited the kitchen, sat underneath the window, and waited.

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Julie just rolled her eyes, but kept the sweet smile on her face. In her mind, he was still the same old Ben.

Well, sort of.

"How bout I pick out the movie, while you go make some popcorn?"

Rath turned to his companion, he shrugs his shoulders.

"SURE, WHATEVER!"

The feline headed to the kitchen, grabbed the snack off the counter and put it in the microwave, and waited.

The smell of popcorn was finally filling the air. It wouldn't pop fast enough for the food deprived feline. He was hungry, and he wanted the food, now.

POP, FIZZLE, POW, POP, POW, SHRIIEEEK, POW!!!!!!!!!!!

The firecrackers started to blow. Julie heard a girlish type growl, slash, scream coming from the kitchen. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her towards the sound. The girl's eyes went wide at what she saw. Her microwave was in shambles, and she didn't see Rath right away, then her eyes slooowly drifted up to the ceiling.

"Ben! Oh my gosh! Are you ok!"

Rath seemed to be hanging on for dear life on Julie's kitchen ceiling. Breathing heavily from the sound in obvious shock, and his fur had looked as though he got caught in a light socket. The tiger was just one big giant ball of fur.

"NO! RATH ALMOST GOT HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF BY POPCORN! …..SO NOT COOL!"

Julie couldn't help it, she brought a hand up to her face and tried to suppress her laughter. Rath looked absolutely hilarious to the girl.

"Ben, you probably should get down from my ceiling. Not much of date if you stay up there."

Rath only nodded in agreement, and finally got down. The couple still hadn't figured out why their snack had exploded, but started to hear fits of laughter coming from underneath the kitchen window. Rath knew right away who the prankster was. The tiger went to the door and swung it open with so much force that it came off the hinges.

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN' KEVIN E. LEVIN! RATH'S, FOOD WAS JUST ANNIHILATED! NOT TO MENTION ALMOST GETTING HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF! BUT THE FOOD PART? THAT WAS A BIT HARSH! SO RATH THINKS IT'S TIME TO POUND SOME SENSE INTO YOUR BIG HEAD!"

Kevin was still laughing so hard that he hadn't noticed right away that his friend was running at full speed towards him. That is until he heard his name being called. The boy looks up... Yeeeaah, he was in trouble.

"Uh, oh…"

Kevin made a mad dash towards his car. He scrambled to get inside. He breathed a sigh of relief when he made it in, but it was short lived. Rath was standing in front of the older boys car. The tigers eyes were twitching from anger.

"YOUR GOING DOWN LEVIN! YOU MESS WITH RATH'S FOOD?! YOU MESS WITH RATH!"

Kevin knew the tiger was making empty threats. Or at least he was hoping the tiger was bluffing.

"Yeah? What are you going to do, Tennyson?" He grins. "Call my Mommy?" A devilish smile sweeps upon Kevin's face.

Rath stood there for a moment thinking of what he should do to the dark haired teen, even the thought about just wrecking the boy's car came into mind. But that didn't seem to be a big enough payback in his eyes. The tiger smiles.

"NOPE! I'M SURE GWEN TENNYSON WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW RATH'S DATE'S GOING SO FAR!"

Kevin's eyes widen. "You wouldn't."

Rath began to grin from ear to ear. (Just imagine where his ears are, that's one freakishly huge smile) He pulls out his cell phone, and hits the speed dial button.

It rings only twice by the time his cousin answers. Before the tiger could get a word in edge wise his cousin spoke. Well…. more like yelled.

"What did Kevin do now!"

If it was possible, Rath's smile grew even wider.

Kevin was in biiig trouble. Gwen was going to bring hell on to the boy, Rath knew what lied ahead for his unfortunate friend.

Kevin, was going to die…

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