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PS The rating of this story will later on become rated M for lemon scenes, but until then, it will simply be rated K for language. :p

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The Sparrow Calls

Chapter 1: Always

"Titans, GO!" Robin exclaimed.

The group of superheroes sped into action, each of them vibrating with pent up energy.

Cyborg started lifting his rod of iron weights, pumping his muscles. Next to him his large monitor recorded the amount of weight he was lifting, his stamina levels, as well as the stress he was applying to his heart.

Starfire took flight, eyes turning green, and hands forming her signature starbolts. She aimed the green pieces at the targets arranged in front of her, pieces of wood flying off the targets from the force of her attacks.

Raven used her dark energy to pick up various heavy objects, switching from one to another, and building up as must weight as she could.

Beast Boy started his stopwatch and began to shift into several different animals, speeding up his pace between each switch.

And at last there was Robin, who like Starfire, was aiming his own weapons and utilities at the targets popping up before him.

Training was perhaps one of the most important aspects of the Teen Titans' agenda. It was a time where they could not only discipline their personal abilities, but manage them, control them, and exceed their limitations.

It was only then that they could grew stronger-strong enough to take down even the wickedest of opponents.

The Titans trained hard and long, the training room filled with their grunts and the occasional sounds of groaning metal.

It got to the point where Raven was forced to grind her teeth to hold back her cries, her body bending under the weight of the three cars she was keeping afloat. The weight had become too much for her body and magic.

It was too heavy.

With great effort Raven gave her magic a push, urging the cars away from herself, and back to their respective places. It was a gentle push, not any different from the past few times she had unloaded herself of such weights.

But this time it was different.

The moment Raven started to release the cars, a sudden explosion of emotional terror and fear consumed her, causing her magic to leap out of control.

Two of the three cars being held in her field of dark energy, exploded midair. The debris escaped her energy field, shooting out in all directions.

One of the pieces launched itself at an airborne Starfire, it's dull edge slamming into the girl's back. "Ack!" Starfire shrieked, arching her back away from the source of her pain.

The attack caused her happy emotions to lapse, and with her happiness, went her flight.

She started to fall.

"Starfire!" Robin yelled when he heard her scream. He looked over his shoulder, panic gnawing at him when he saw her droop. He immediately changed course from the wooden targets, to catching the falling princess.

He performed a skilled tumble halfway through his run, catching Starfire as he pulled out of his crouched form. It was almost too perfect of a catch.

As the Boy Wonder rescued the Tamaran, another disk of debris flew past Robin's fingers and sliced Cyborg's arm. Cyborg howled and dropped his weights. The rod fell against Cyborg's stomach, and a rush of air left him. "Ooof!" He gasped.

And of course once the domino effect had started, there was no stopping until the last remaining member of the team also fell.

Thus it came as no surprise when the disk of debris continued to fly past several obstacles to mere inches from Beast Boy's elephant leg's form. The metal lightly grazed the green skin as it finally pivoted to a stop into a pillar.

Beast Boy yelped and switched back to his human form, clutching his leg in pain. "My leg! Dude, my leg!"

Raven moaned, staggering and clutching her head throughout the entire events. He eyes grew red as she tried to control the burst of emotions that had unsettled her. Her muscles slowly became less tense when the emotions had been contained, before she looked up and stared at the damage she had caused. Her heart thumped madly in her chest. Shit.

There were a couple of grunts and moans as the team resettled themselves, brushing themselves off as they stood.

"Is everyone ok?" Robin asked, pulling up Starfire with a free hand.

They all voiced their presence in the form of pained grunts, except for Raven, who was still too stunned to say much of anything.

"Uh guys, what just happened?" Beast Boy asked as his pain finally subsided.

Robin turned to Raven. "Raven, everything ok?" He asked confused.

'Thank Azar.' Raven thought, her heart returning to its normal state. He hadn't seen.

"What happened?" Robin continued to ask, when Raven still did not reply.

"It-it was a momentary slip up." Raven said, her brain rapidly coming up with a lie. "Won't happen again." She continued in a monotone voice.

Robin gave her a dubious. "Okay..." He said, slowly nodding his head, and trying to wrap his head around Raven's words.

"Robin," Starfire started. "Perhaps it would be best for us to take a small break as they say?" She suggested kindly, wincing when she raised her hand and a sharp line of pain came from her back.

Robin looked at his teammates who all nodded their consent before he released them for lunch and a little leisure. They had earned themselves a free day. They cheered.

After tidying up the training room, the Titans went their separate ways. Starfire and Robin decided to start lunch, Cyborg thought of completing some repairs on his baby AKA the T-Car, and Raven decided to return to her room for a little meditation.

The only one left was Beast Boy, who was still trying to comprehend the events that he had just witnessed.

It irked him, even more than the other Titans, to have seen Raven spin out of control.

Despite what the others thought, Beast Boy had a soft spot for the quiet empath, and was always doing his best to try to look out for her. It could even be said that he was fascinated by the girl. Fascinated enough to watch her during her training sessions as she exercised her dark energy. Which led him to the puzzle of the day-Raven had messed up-messed up because of her emotions. Or so it appeared. He had been watching her closely throughout that day's training session, mainly because she had been attempting to exceed her weight limitation. He had seen the look of pain that broke her wall of concentration. And that's what scared him. He had never once before such an emotion on Raven's face-not since Trigon. But he was dead. He had watched the Titans defeat him.

But still, it wasn't like her. Even when she was injured during battle, Raven still held strong. So what made this time any different?

Beast Boy knew she had been meditating, he watched her do that practically three if not more times a day. She had been eating consistent meals, her emotions were perfectly in check, with the exception of today's outburst, and there didn't seem to be any other factors that could have caused her magic to act so wonky...unless she was severely injured.

Beast Boy's heart clenched as he realized he might just be onto something. Raven could be badly injured. She could be hiding it from them, something that wasn't too unlike her character.

Beast Boy frowned, biting his lower lip in deep thought before he came to a final decision. He needed to check up on Raven. If she was in fact ill then she needed medical attention fast, and if she wasn't, then he could stick around and try to help her figure out what had caused the magical interference. Because that was what a good friend would do-right?

Without further ado, Beast Boy followed the hallway to Raven's room, catching her just as she was about to code in her room key.

"Wait, hold up, Rae!" He said.

Raven sighed, lowering her fingers from the lock, and turning to glare at the changeling. "What is it Beast Boy?"

Beast Boy stopped in front of her, sucked in a large breath of air (probably his last), gathered as much confidence as he could, grabbed Raven by her arms, and proceeded to give her the quickest and thoroughest inspection of his life. All caution was thrown to the wind.

"Fever?" He asked, pressing the palm of his hand against her forehead. "No, too cool." He mumbled quickly, a frown on his face.

He grabbed one of Raven's gray arms. "Injuries?" He shifted into a large dog, running his tongue over the expanse of skin, and giving it a sniff. He shifted back. "No, don't smell any blood." He grumbled.

He shifted again, this time into a monkey, and pressed his large ear against Raven's stomach, holding her hips to steady the young girl. He shifted back with a thoughtful look on his face. "Stomach ache?" He asked, this time directing his question to Raven herself.

Raven's cheeks became a deep red, embarrassed when she realized that Beast Boy was touching her, before flaming up with anger once she realized she was actually allowing him to touch her.

"What," She hissed through clench teeth. "Do you think you're doing?"

Raven used her magic to form a black energy band, wrapping it tightly around Beast Boy's torso and upper arms.

Beast Boy yelped as he was pulled away from the empath and shoved up against the wall behind himself.

"Dude, Rae! What-"

"What are you thinking?" She snapped, eyes clouded with anger.

Raven didn't care about the fact Beast Boy was her teammate. At this point she didn't care if he was even related, because if there was one thing Raven couldn't stand, it was people touching her.

That's where she drew the line, time and time again, regardless if that person was Robin, their leader, or even her mother. The only person who had even come close to touching her was Starfire, only on the basis she was female, not from Earth, and one of her only friends.

Beast Boy gave an audible gulp when he saw the murderous intent in Raven's eyes.

"N-n-nothing." He stuttered.

"Nothing? Then what the hell was all that?" She demanded, pointing an accusing finger to his chest.

Beast Boy narrowed his eyes, his confidence returning at the edge in Raven's voice, and gave her his own glare. She had no right to yell at him-no right.

"What was I doing? I was looking out for my teammate!" He snapped.

Raven started, staring at him with an astonished look. "Explain." She ordered.

And just like that, all of Beast Boy's confidence vanished.

"W-well," He began, his own blush creeping up his neck. "During training, w-when you messed up,"

Raven scowled.

"I thought maybe you might be sick, ya know?" He explained. "Cause, you don't make 'slip ups' Rae, even I'm not dumb enough to believe that." He stressed the words 'slip ups,' and gave her a pointed look. "And all the other times I've watched you-"

"You watch me?" Raven interrupted, openly gawking at the green boy.

Beast Boy's blush grew darker. "No! Not like that! I'm not a creeper or-"

Raven held up her hand, pinching the bridge of her nose with the other.

"Stop," She ordered. "Just continue with the previous explanation."

"Uh," Beast Boy gulped. "Right. So like I was saying, based on all the other times I uh, noticed you doing your magic, unless you're sick or something's bothering you, your magic is usually right on target, Rae. And seeing as how you took out the entire team today, there is something wrong with you- something you're not telling us."

Raven stared at Beast Boy, her mind processing his words, and trying to understand his logic. Either way Raven found it to make little sense, and her cheeks were without a doubt going to become a permanent shade of red.

"You are the stupidest person I know." Raven said exasperated. None of what he said made any sense.

Beast Boy scowled. "At least I'm not the one hiding things from my friends! What do you expect me to think if you don't tell me anything, Rae? How can you expect any of us to watch you hide things behind our backs and pretend like everything's ok? I thought we were your friends!"

Raven's eyes glowed red at Beast Boy's implied accusation. "Look," She snapped. "Even though I'm a demon, I'm still half human. I can make mistakes. I'm not perfect!"

Despite Raven's firm handle of her emotions, Beast Boy was able to see past her mask, and decipher her true feelings. And from what experience he had in solving the emotional puzzle that was Raven, every word she spoke dripped with pain and anger-pain and anger directed at him.

Silence followed her words.

Beast Boy stared at Raven, unsure of what to say. Raven wasn't one for consolation. She was too proud to show anyone her emotions-not even to the Team.

'Say something Beast Boy!' He mentally screamed.

But there wasn't anything left to say-there wasn't anything he could say.

They stayed liked that a few moments longer until Raven's eyes finally cleared up, her energy loosening itself from his body, and dropping him unceremoniously to the floor. Beast Boy let out a yelp and rubbed his sore bottom.

Raven chose to bow her head, and draw up the hood of her cowl. She didn't wait for Beast Boy to say anything. She simply turned and punched in the password to her room.

"Rae, I…" Beast Boy trailed off.

"I've always considered you my friend-always." Raven said at last, giving him one last sparing look before disappearing into her room.

Beast Boy clenched his fist.

"I've always considered you my friend too, Raven. Always." He whispered.

A/N: Please leave reviews! And yeah, everyone is a little OOC, but I plan on working on that throughout the next few chapters. :)