Wow, you guys are awesome. I had no idea this story was going to be such a big hit. In the first day, I received more reviews then I have over the last couple of months on my 7 chapter fanfic. Although, that one is in the Escaflowne category. But whatever. The next chapter for 'Saving Grace' will be going up later this evening. I need to finish the next chapter. :)
For those of you wondering my schedule of uploading, It goes like this: Sunday, Thursday, Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, Tuesday. In that order. It's about 5 days apart that way. Except if you're following 'Down Feathers' you'll have to wait on that one...I know the ending, I just don't know how to get there.
I think Robin's getting more and more OOC...I blame the hormones. :D
They each went to their respective rooms and all was quiet until a shrill scream broke the silence. The team waited to see if they should respond or not.
"What happened to my room?! Have I always been such a slob?! OMG, is there something growing in that pizza box?! EEEEEWWWWW!"
Mass laughter took over the tower as Cyborg yelled back, "Now do you see what we mean when we say your room is a hazard!?"
"CCYYYBBOOORGGGGG….Help me! I can't do this myself! Where the heck did all these clothes come from? I don't wear anything but my uniform!"
"That has been my question!" Starfire's timbre called.
Throughout the evening, each member took turns checking in on BB and his amazing cleaning skills. Outside his room, Five laundry baskets sat full, and ripe. BB was wearing a hazmat suit and gas mask. The amount of times he had to run out of the room and barf was amazing. "Why are boys soo gross!?"
Raven called back loud and clear, "NOW YOU KNOW OUR PAIN!"
Later that evening, it was time for dinner.
"So what we gonna do for food? I ain't goin' out like this."
"Robin could get something for us, if she wears her uniform, they might give it to her for free." Beast Beauty smirked.
"Stow it, Gracie."
"Whatever you say, V."
Robin gave a death glare across the table.
"I cannot go. I only have my uniform to wear, people will recognize me."
"Everyone will recognize me, I'm green!"
Everyone looked to Raven. "Why don't you girls make us some sandwiches?" Needless to say, that suggestion fell flat. "Fine, I'll go. Beast Girl, let me borrow some clothes."
"It's Beast Beauty, and there's a basket of clean clothes folded outside my room."
"I like this new hygiene conscience BB." Star whispered to Robin. He nodded.
Sometime after dinner, they were sitting on the couch, waiting for Star to pick a movie, when suddenly a face appeared on the screen. They looked to the person in anger.
"Well hello my dysfunctional friends! How are you liking your transformations?"
"TURN US BACK NOW!" Robin screamed in his shrill voice.
"I take it, not very well…Not to fear. This is only temporary. In the end, you'll even thank me. It will wear off when you can finally understand the sex you were turned into. It should only take…about a month. Depending on when you new girls get….THE CURSE."
Robin and Beast Boy froze in horror. "What curse?"
"The monthly, painful, curse. Prepare to forever understand our pain!" With a cynical laugh, the screen went blank.
Robin suddenly turned to Cyborg and Beast Boy. "Tomorrow, we're going to the mall and getting our hair and nails done and shop until we drop." He said seriously.
"Why…?"
"We need to learn everything we can about girls, so why not dive right in?"
"Uh uh! I know you ain't suggestin' we go out in public and show everyone in jump what happened to us!"
"Fine, Star, can you help us out?"
Normally, she would be ecstatic to have the opportunity to do the 'painting of the nails' and the 'doing of the hair' but for some reason…it didn't sound appealing. "I don't know…"
"Please?"
"Let her go Rob, just get some clothes and go downtown by yourself. Don't worry about us."
Robin looked disappointed that he was the only one that would have to go through it. Star saw this as an opportunity to spend some alone time with him. "I will go with you so you are not alone. I will have to borrow some clothes, though."
"Yay!" He jumped and clapped his hands, then immediately stopped in horror.
The next morning, the team woke up in surprise, momentarily forgetting their predicament. But soon enough, they met in the common room for breakfast. That is, everyone but Starfire. She woke up very tired, not being able to sleep from nightmares of Robin being attracted to men. She wore a pair of shorts, what her underwear had turned into, and walked out of her room without another thought. The doors swished open and revealed her to the rest of the team.
"Hey Star! We-…whoa…" She scratched her butt, and yawned. Walking to the fridge, the team watched her carefully. She pulled out the mustard and took a seat with them, generously squirting the liquid into her mouth, wiping her face with the back of her hand, and then let out a deep belch.
"Um…Ew?" BB provided.
"Oh please, you did the same this with orange juice!" Robin countered.
"I didn't realize it looked so disgusting!"
"Trust us, it's nastier when you do it."
"Hmph! Well, can someone pass the tofu spread for my low-fat bagel?"
"Well, there's one thing you don't need to worry about…you all ready eat like a girl."
"I take offense to that."
Later that afternoon, Starfire made a call to Titans east, when her search for clothes came up empty. Robin and Beast Beauty's clothes were too small, and Cyborg…well, he didn't have any clothes.
"Hello friends, um…we seem to be in sort of a predicament." She said when Bumblebee answered.
"Star…fire…?" She asked carefully. The other team assembled around the screen to see the Titans' beauty.
"Yes, it is I. There is a new villain in Jump who is most evil. He calls himself Gender Bender and turned us all…well…"
"What do you need?" Bee asked sympathetically.
"Is friend Speedy there?"
"Hell-o!" He said popping into view. "How can I be of assistance?"
"Well, the only clothes that fit me in this form in the uniform I have on now. My other clothes are mostly skirts…Beast Boy and Robin's sizes are too small. I was wondering if you might have some clothes I could borrow?"
"Sure thing, do you think we could come visit? Steel's pretty lax."
"Um…Well, just be prepared…things are scary around here."
"Star, who you talkin' to?" A voice called in the background.
"To the eastern Titans, they are going to stop in a little. Speedy is letting me borrow some clothing."
"I see!" Cyborg popped into view and the other titans looked in confusion.
"Sparky? Is that you?"
"He~y! Girl, you gotta come over here! Things are hilarious! I can laugh at myself, because it's really not that bad, but Beast Boy and Robin? Oh girl, you will die on sight!"
"Fo sho? 'ight! You can count me in! We'll get packed now, we should be there later to-night."
"See ya then, girlfriend!"
"He~y!" Then the transmission ended. Bee turned around to see all the boys in shock. "What's with you?"
"That's the most disturbing thing I've ever seen."
"Oh stop! Let's get going! Pack up your clothes Speeds!"
Back at the Jump City tower, a bird softly knocked on Starfire's door. She opened it to Robin playing with his bare hands and looking nervous. "Can I help you?" She asked sweetly.
"Um…I know the titan's east are coming later, but um…can you help me?"
"With what?"
"I tried to put on my other clothes…even the few civvies that I have…but nothing fits! It's so…constricting! Can you help me find something I can fight in?"
"Of course!" She yanked him into the room and locked the door. He took a seat on her bed while she went to her drawer and pulled out a tape measure. "First I must know your size to know what I must work with." She walked determined and wrapped the tape around his chest.
Robin, needless to say, was weirded out on many levels. "Serendipity! You are the same bust size as me! Or, as I was!"
Robin blushed twenty shades of red. That was something a teenage boy did not need to know about the girl he liked.
"Here! This is a sports bra. It will 'hold you in' better when you fight and the straps will not slip." She explained as she handed him the article.
He held it in contempt. "Do I have to?"
"It will be a lot easier for you. Robin, you are well endowed."
He looked down at his chest like he hadn't noticed earlier. They weren't that big were they? "Doesn't it hurt? I mean, isn't it tight?"
"Yes. But most bras are. It is just something to get used to. While we are on the subject of breasts…"
"Oh god…"
"I have noticed with the absence of them, my back feels much better. And you also may run into these problems…" She began to list everything unwanted that comes with breasts. Robin's eyes widened with dread as the list grew more and more horrible.
"You mean bras can do that?"
"Underwire is an evil thing." She walked over to her closet and began to rifle through while Robin tried the 'device' on. "I have noticed many of times that men on your planet have an attraction to women's breasts. Whether it be on the street or in movies."
"Yeah…" He replied in shame.
"They look good, but they do not feel good. Be careful when you cross your arms, and do not sleep with a bra on. You will not like the feeling."
"What?" He asked, not quite understanding. She walked over and gave him a sharp pinch on the side of the breast. "OW! Holy crap that hurt!" He wrapped his arms protectively around himself.
"That is what it feels like."
"I didn't realize how much of a burden these were…" He tried to adjust the restrictive piece, but to no avail. "I came here to get clothes that I could fight in comfortably, not squeeze me to death."
"You want to wear a shirt that fits tightly to you so it doesn't get in the way."
"Yes."
"You have to wear a bra."
Again, he pulled at the elastic band. "But it's hard to breathe in."
"You will have to get used to it." She simpered.
"This is awful."
"Now you know my pain."
Later that evening, the titan's east arrived and a very sassy robo-gal met them at the door. I needn't say all but Bee were terrified of this change. Raven was sitting in the living room on the couch reading. She looked over and gave them a half wave as a greeting. There seemed to be no change in her attitude or mannerisms. Beast…uh…Beauty on the other hand was sitting on the other side of the couch with a nail file muttering to himself, "Why is there so much dirt!? I'm such a slob!"
Aqualad and Speedy grimaced. Then Starfire came into the room and threw the whole team off. Sure they had seen her face and heard her voice, but that bod…definitely didn't see that coming.
"Whoa…" The two boys said together.
Mas y Menos just looked in horror at their once revered idol. "¿Qué vamos a hacer? No podemos amar a un hombre!"
"No, Dios mío, por favor, decir que no es así!" They cried.
"Here you go Star, try these." Speedy said interrupting the heart broken twins.
"Thank you, I will try them on quickly to make sure they fit…hm…I will have to do so in Robin's room."
"Why? What about yours?"
"Robin is in there currently trying on clothes that she can fight in. She did not appreciate the uniform Gender Bender provided her with."
"Though I doubt she'll come out and talk to you!" BB called from the couch. "She'll all like, OMG I'm so hideous! Only Starfire understands me! Gosh, such a drama queen."
"Robin is not like that…she is just sensitive right now. She is the most beautiful creature that we have ever seen." Star defended.
"Well, that's not awkward at all." Aqualad said sarcastically.
"I so have to see this! Let's go!" Speedy said, excited to torture his friend. Starfire was unsure but showed them to her room.
The door opened and Robin was wearing black legging that were super bunched up at the bottom and the sports bra. "Hey Star, these are kinda long…besides, I think they make my butt look big."
"Um…" Robin turned to see his teammates using all of their might not to laugh.
Instead of being angry, the following happened. "EEEKK! PERVERTS!" And he tumbled to hide himself behind the bed.
The boys lost it. "Like the criminal's going to care about your butt!"
"It's not funny you jerks!" Robin yelled back teary eyed.
"Is that a wonder bra?!" They laughed again.
Robin threw a pillow. "Get out!"
"Uh Oh, she's feisty too!" They still laughed.
Robin seethed. He sprang from the floor and vaulted on the bed, giving him momentum to fly across the room and give Speedy a sidekick to the stomach. Before Aqualad could react, Robin swung a swift kick to the nuts and sent him howling. They ran off, still laughing internally.
Starfire held him back. "Let me go! I'm going to scratch their eyes out with my newly manicured nails!"
"Robin. Stop." She said gently. "It was my fault. They said they wanted to see you, I thought they meant to say hi, not make fun of you. I am very sorry. I did not know you would be indecent."
Robin calmed himself down. "It's okay…It's just…they hurt my feelings." He suddenly paused and thought about what he just said. Since when did anything people say hurt my feelings? "Does that happen a lot to you?"
"I am an alien from another world. I do not understand your culture all the time. What do you think?"
"Gosh Star…I never realized how fragile your heart is. I'll try to be more careful what I say when I change back."
She smiled and put her hands on his shoulders. "Do you know what makes me feel better when my feelings are hurt?"
"What?"
"A great big hug!" And with that, she pulled him into her arms and practically choked him. Thing was, he really did feel better. Normally, hugs weren't…his thing. But he didn't mind it so much now.