Disclaimer: I don't own either shows. *Pouts*
Raven sighed. It was dinner time in the tower, and the last bit of life was drained from the sky, leaving only the endless black. Humming softly, she began her meditation in the darkening room.
"Hey Raven." It was Robin.
"Hey." She was too tired to snap at him, the whole The Brain fiasco was still fresh in her mind.
"Dinner is ready, Raven." That was all he said as he walked away from her door, trying to give her the peace she needed. And she was grateful for that, but still a little uneasy. Something was bugging her to no end. The question is... what?
Robin walked around the corner, passing Cyborg's room in the process. Raven seemed upset, more then usual he corrected. Robin was forced to end his train of thought as he entered the dinning room. Dinner was already set out on the table, courtesy of Starfire, and all of the team was seated by the food, all except Raven.
"Greetings Robin, did you tell Raven friend that served is dinner?" Starfire questioned as Robin took a seat next to Beast Boy.
"She's upset today. I thought it was best to leave her alone for a while to sort things out." Robin answer, looking down at his food guiltily.
Cyborg took note of Robin's guilty looks, "Hey man, you did the right thing. When she gets like that, no one should mess with her. Well, except Beast Boy, and we all know how she gets when he comes."
His attempt at humor had worked, as the table laughed along with Beast Boy's shouts of protest. No one noticed Robin look down with tight lips, so the laughs rang on, and the cheer was held.
As the last morsels of food had been cleared, they all nodded good night to each other. Beast Boy watched as Cyborg walked carelessly to his room, ready to recharge. And he watched as Starfire flew herself out the dining room, her usual bubbly-ness turned down a notch by exhaustion. He stood watching as the last of the group left the dinning room. The sixteen year old with spiky black hair that many in the group looked to for guidance, was the last to leave the room, a little depressed he may add.
This was his family. The changeling smiled fondly, as he too went off to get a good nights worth of unconscious adventures that he would most likely forget the minute he awakens.
"You will learn respect. And suffering will be your teacher." His father's harsh words compared to nothing by the harsh tones he used as a flaming fist entered the frame.
Fire engulfed him and he couldn't see beyond the black flames of anger surrounding him. Pain seared through his left eye. And he felt his body go numb. He didn't want this to be the end. He never got to say good bye. He never got to do anything he wanted. Pain was all he felt now, engulfing him.
Zuko's eyes widened and his breath was in sharp gasps, he awoke to just be greeted by the cold night winds biting into his skin. He had just relived his worst memory…again.
The Western Air Temple had begun to show signs of daybreak, but the Avatar and his team showed no sign of being up. Zuko had just joined the Avatar a while ago, his once hated enemy, now a friend. No, he wasn't a friend, just an acquaintance, or an unwanted ally. Everyone had avoided him, all that could anyway, and they didn't even try to hide it. He felt so alone and something else, but he couldn't put a finger on it.
The Avat- Aang seemed nice enough, but he could tell the nervousness and fear in the twelve year old boy. And it did not bring him any pride, when he saw the almost hidden fear in their eyes, he wanted to hide in a hole and be gone when he saw it. He felt like his Father when they did that and it didn't bring him any joy.
Ending his lovely train of thought, Zuko decided to make the most of the day as he could, before being verbally abused by everyone except the two twelve year olds. He silently walked out to the fountain area, and slipped his burning hands in the water and splashed his face. The nightmare was still alive in his mind as he cooled himself down.
"I don't know Aang. I just… don't like it."
Voices grew nearer to the scarred boy, so on reflex he silently and softly ducked behind a decaying column. In his head, he thanked the gods that he was the Blue Spirit, and that the training he had was paying off.
The two talking seemed not to notice that there was someone there and they continued on their conversation.
"I know how you feel. I mean, he did do a bunch of stuff that he hopefully regrets. But, I really think he's supposed to be my teacher, it's like all these annoying voices in my instantly quieted when I accepted him to be my teacher.'
"Yeah, but the spirits have been wrong before. I don't trust him. And he'll never become one of us." The water tribe boy finally finished the conversation he had had with Aang all morning. "I am going to get something to eat. You coming?"
"Na, I think I'm going to hang out here for a second." The water tribe warrior nodded and set off to find the food, his eyes already glazed in determination. If one listened closely, they would be likely to hear 'meat' and 'must have meat.'
Aang looked in the direction of a decaying column before sighing. He opened his mouth before he closed it again, rethinking. Finally sighing in defeat, the Avatar turned to the direction Sokka left and ran there.
He knew. That was all that needed to be said. Aang knew he was hiding there the whole time. Zuko slumped down in defeat. He knew he wasn't supposed to become one of them, but… he wanted to. He wanted to have real friends.
As Zuko got up from the ground, he wandered off in the group's direction. Noting his surroundings, so to not get lost in the gigantic, upside down world they now lived in.
A/N: Hi! I am happy today. I don't know why. I just am. :) But anyways... I really like Avatar so I read alot of those fanfics, and I don't really read Teen Titans alot, though I do like the show. So, if my characters are a bit off, just tell me. :) (I have seen both shows, and I like both of 'em) In case you didn't notice too, but this takes place when Zuko has just joined the group (After the Western Air Temple) and the Teen Titans have finished fighting The Brain.
I hope you have a good day... or night. :)
Wait! Also... I just want to know, if you have watched the end of the episode when the Teen Titans take down The Brain... look in the crowd when they are all groaning at Beast Boy's bad joke. Do you see that Up dude? You know, the one that looks like an alien and has an up arrow on his shirt? He's one of the enemies. :) Maybe he helped all the enemies unfreeze. :)