The next morning came; and Connor was back at Cyborg's garage.

"So." Connor said, watching his friend as he analyzed the device. "Do you really think you can fix it?"

"Can't promise anything, kid. But it's worth the try."

Connor sighed. "Yeah." He then let his eyes travel the Titan's officine, spotting something that caught his attention.

"Oh. My. Kripton." He said in awe and got closer to it. "I-Is it what I think it is?!"

Cyborg raised his head to see what he was talking about. A smile grew on his face. "A non-covencional spacial-"

"-spectrometer." The boy finished the name along with Cyborg. "That's sick! I never thought I'd see one."

"What? But they exist for a while n-" Then he remembered. "Oh, right, The future. I forgot about that. Hey, you wanna go to the basement? There're a few things there that I think you may like. And you can take with you when you go back. It'll tecnically never be taken from this tower anyway."

Connor's eyes were wide. "Seriously?!"

The titan gave a shrugged and smiled. "Yeah, man."

"Thanks a lot, Cy!" He said, as his arms went around his friend's robotic trunk in a hug. Then he let go and ran to the place.

"Don't forget to turn invisible!"

Robin showed up at the door at that exact moment, raising an eyebrow.

"Just turn invisible, c'mon!" Cyborg reapeated, shouting at a computer monitor next to him. Then he looked at Robin and pointed accusingly at it. "That thing must go, I don't wanna see it anymore."

There was a pause between them. Robin's face was frozen. "Oooh right. Buy a new one, then."

The half-robot titan snaped his finger and pointed at his friend. "That's why you're the leader."

Without an extra word, Robin nodded slowly and went out of Cyborg's view. A long breath of relief was released by his chest.

"Hey, Mar'i, hey MAR'I."

Mar'i was standing in front of the kitchen countertop, heating some milk, when she felt an unseen poke. That made her heart skip a beat.

"What?!"

"Look at what I found!" Since there was no one else in the room, he turned back visible and showed her his treasure. "It's a VHS Player!"

Mar'i looked at it for a few seconds. "A what?"

His eyebrows fell in a annoyed look. "You're a disappointment to our history."

"Yes, right." She went back to her milk, with a smirk. "Seems like you're having fun. For someone who didn't wanna stay in first place."

"Hey, I'm just trying to make the best out of this situation."

Suddenly, the doors opened and Connor disappeared, along with his present. Robin walked in, followed by his team; exept for Raven. For quite obvious reasons.

"Greetings, friend Mar'i! How did you spend the night?!"

Mar'i smiled. "It was good, Star. Thanks."

While the girl drank her milk, Robin decided to break the news.

"Well, kid, we were talking yesterday about you. I think you've got great powers and great potential as well. So, to sum up, we decided that it'd be a good idea to train you. Help you to get better. What do you think?"

The girl's chest was filled with hope. Of course, her father already trained her back then; but this was an oportunity to train specifically for combat. She nodded as fast as she could. "Are you kidding?! Of course I want to!"

"Great. We begin this afternoon, then."

"Okay." Said Cyborg, clapping his hands in a confident way. "Let's begin. Hold your weapon firmly against your body."

Mar'i held the big canon, a little uncomfortable by its size but it was sure no big deal for her to hold it. She looked doubtfully to the weapon in her arms.

"What's this thing again?"

"It's a Massive Laser Canon Capacity 200."

"No way!" She heard Connor whisper from behind her. That made her roll her eyes.

"No fanboy attacks!" She hissed.

"What ya say, girl?"

"Nothing." Her smile grew as a disguise. "Let's do this?" She said and pressed a red button right away, aiming at the target on the wall.

"NO GIRL DON'T PRESS THAT IT'S THE-"

Before Cyborg could finish, a bright flash of light covered his vision, along with an explosion. After it ceased, his eyes looked at Mar'i, who was totally black from the incident. The cannon was destroyed on its back.

"It's the reverse shot button."

The girl frowned and raised both eyebrows. "No kidding."

As soon as Beast Boy heard Cyborg's signal, he turned himself into a tiger and attacked Mar'i. She held the escrima sticks, flipped it a few times between her hands and ran towards him.

After a few missed blows, she was able to hit him in the head; and he turned himself back right away, a little dizzy, but gave her a thumbs up.
She smiled.

Her mother stood before her with glowing fists. Mar'i bended her knees to get prepared; and, when the signal was given, both attacked. Starfire threw her starbolts at the girl, who jumped and ducked to avoid them.

One of them, though, hit her on the right foot. She managed to do a flip and jump on a rope attached to the ceiling, swinging a few times (while avoiding more starbolts) before kicking Starfire; who flew and fell down.

The titan sat up and clapped at Mar'i's victory.

The rest of the team watched the moment.

"You know... She reminds me of someone." Cyborg remarked; and Robin smiled in response.

"I know. I mean, look at her green, bright eyes-"

"I wasn't talking about Starfire."

The leader looked at the half-robot titan right away, doubtful. But Cyborg did nothing but glance at him and walk away, leaving him and his team behind.

Two weeks passed by. Mar'i kept training with the titans; and her techniques visibly improved. While she trained, Connor kept trying to help Cyborg to fix the device. Although they thought they were getting somewhere, the objective was far from being reached.

"YOHOO!" Mar'i shouted and raised her fist to the air, while holding the joystick with the other hand, celebrating her victory. Reaction-less and with a jumping nerve on his right eye, Beast Boy stared at the giant tv screen, sitting next to her on the couch. The rest of the team watched the scene, enjoying themselves; except for Raven. Considering all the bad emotions inside her right at the moment, she preferred just to sit away from Mar'i, quiet and with a book on her lap.

"I can't believe it..." Beast Boy said. "I-I just can't believe it. How could she beat the biggest score on the planet?!" He repeated, looking around; and then suddenly climbed on Cyborg's chest holding his cheeks. "HOW COULD SHE?!"

Cyborg laughed. "Have you noticed that everyone who comes here beats you at videogames? No ofense man, but it's getting repetitive."

"I know, b-but... She... She's twelve! C'mon, dude!"

Mar'i rolled her eyes at that observation. "I was lucky to play advanced versions of these games." She said from the couch, which caught their attention. But still, Beast Boy didn't climb down from his big friend.

The green boy gave her a sarcastic laughter. "No. That's impossible."

Cyborg cleared his throat. "Do you mind?!" The half-robot titan pointed his index finger down, with a raised eyebrow and a serious face. Beast Boy slowly smiled shyly and got down.

"My dad..." She continued her lie. "He used to work in a video game studio. And they were developing newer versions of many games. I was chosen to test them."

Beast Boy's eyes started to shine. "Dude... That's like paradise."

"Indeed." Raven whispered, so that the others wouldn't hear; but she was aware, again, of Mar'i's lies. Angrier and down-headed, she grabbed the book with a way bigger strength then before.

"Yeah, just 'till they found out I was playing for you." An unseen Connor whispered in her ear. But she tried to stop herself from laughing and to ignore his remark, since the team could notice. "You know, guys..." She said. "I had so much fun today. You guys are the best."

"That's what friends do, new friend Mar'i!" Starfire said. "I just wish you could stay longer."

That made Raven start to heat the book up. Mar'i shrugged it off. "But I don't even know how long I'll have to stay..."

"Maybe you don't have to leave."

They turned their heads to their leader, who had just spoke. And by the look on their faces, they knew what was coming; but not really sure about the idea.

"You've trained with us. And you were great. You're smart, brave and strong; on both meanings. So..." Robin smiled. "Would you like to join the titans?"

The girl was speechless. That was a moment for which she had waited so long, it didn't seem to be real. She then reminded herself that indeed it wasn't - she was away from her time and she needed to go home. But the feeling of being accepted was amazing anyway.

The happy silence was broken by the sound of paper burning. Raven had turned her book into ashes before her teammates' eyes, that were now staring at her. With the fire still on her fingers and eyes, she started to walk away.

"Raven..."

"Don't!" She shouted, cutting Robin off. "How can you be so stupid?! Oh sure, let's invite a complete stranger to the team AGAIN, what could possibly go wrong?!"

"Okay, just calm down!"

Raven stared at him and then looked at Mar'i. "What have you done to him? Are you some kind of witch? DID YOU PUT A SPELL ON HIM?!"

"Raven!" Robin shouted. "Stop!"

That was unbelievable. No matter what she tried, he wouldn't listen to her. There was definitely some kind of magic blinding her friend, and she would find how to reverse it. With no extra word, she turned around and left the room.

As soon as she stepped on her hallway, Raven heard footsteps getting louder. Finally, Beast Boy arrived, breathless.

"Rae!" He called. "Wait!"

"Go away."

"Just listen." He said, still tired. She then turned around to face him.

"You're not going to convince me to trust that girl. She has been lying since she got here."

"I'm not asking you to trust her. But... Just to give her a chance."

Raven rolled her eyes. "What's the matter with you?! Am I seriously the only one here who learned something from what happened with Terra?!"

Beast Boy looked down. "No... You're not."

Surprised, she stared at him. And knowing she did so, he continued his point. "I learned. Learned not to fall in love so easily."

She nodded slowly, feeling bad somehow. "I... Know the feeling. Sorry."

He gave a shrug. "I moved on. Really. That's in the past. Dude, besides, not everyone that comes here brings trouble."

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Really? Tell me one."

"Uh..." He started to think, rubbing his chin. "Ah! Jericho! Remember him? He helped us to defeat The Brotherhood of Evil..."

"And then possessed Robin and tried to destroy the Titans. Yes, I do recall."

His eyes formed a thin line in frustration. "Okay... Oh! What about Bee?"

"Was in mind control by Brother Blood."

"Silkie?"

"Got giant and almost killed us."

"Blackfire?"

"Tried to get Star arrested."

"...Larry?"

"Broke. The. Universe."

There was brief a moment of silence between them, while the boy thought about it; until the titan alarm rang.

Beast Boy scratched the back of his head. "Trouble..."

"Well... Guess that's the moment Mar'i was waiting for." She replied sarcastically and flew away. He sighed.

"As I said... Trouble."

Author Notes:

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