A/N: Hey everybody! What's happpenin'? How y'all doin'? How's your pie, is it stale? I hope not, pie is the root of all happiness. I'm currently obsessed with the movie/musical RENT and the movie AeonFlux (Woot Woot!), and so is pretty much everyone in my classes…but who cares about them, this is MY fanfic which was written for YOUR entertainment! So let the fun begin!

P.S.- I'm writing a fanfic with my friend Silvertongue, so stay tuned for that. I also may be making 2 other versions of this story, just so you know. I also might be writing a Teen Titans + DNAngel crossover fanfic soon too, so…ya…

P.P.S- I'm deleting my other story; it's not going anywhere…

P.P.P.S- I would like to dedicate this chapter to my friend Rhiannon, cuz she helped me a lot with this chapter.

Disclaimer: Me no own TT. If I did, reality would cease to exist as we know it.

Chapter 7: Welcome Back

"Ok y'all, Rob and Rae will probably wake up sometime this week, so we gotta be prepared for almost anything. Got it?" the 23-year-old Cyborg announced.

"Dude, we gotta last week when you said it…" 21-year-old Beast Boy/ Gar said. After 5 years, he pretty much looked the same, but taller and more muscular. His hair was slightly longer, but no one could really notice. His voice had gotten deeper, but you wouldn't be able to notice it until he got to blabbing. (His voice was kinda like in the first two episodes; it was deeper back then. I would know, I have two DVDs of Teen Titans: One that has Season One on it, and the Divide and Conquer Volume 1 one.)

"We also got it everyday up to now when you said it." 21-year-old Starfire/ Kori. (I'm gonna call them by their shorter names now, okay?) She had matured aver the years and wasn't afraid of as much as before. Her voice had gotten slightly deeper, and it wasn't as squeaky as before. Her hair was almost always tied up in a ponytail, and it was also slightly shorter. She cut so that no w it was about 3-4 inches below her shoulders when it was out. Now, in a ponytail, it was about 1 inch below her shoulders.

"We don't need you to say it again!" Both said at the same time.

"Okay, okay. I just don't want y'all freaking out and saying that I didn't tell you anything."

"We won't, okay?" Gar assured. "It'll be fine."

"You got it?" Kori asked.

"Yeah. But somethin's gotta be done about the kid." Cyborg looked at a girl of about age 3 sitting on the couch and staring at each of them.

Kori picked up the girl and cradled her. "Yeah, we know. But they're gonna have to know sometime anyway." Kori stared at the girl. "You hungry?" She asked. The little girl nodded and smiled. "Okay, let's get you something to eat." She walked over o the kitchen and began looking for something for the child to eat.

"Lemme help you with that, Kor." Gar ran up to her and turned into an ant, searching around. The girl giggled when she saw this. Apparently, she loved it when Garfield shape-shifted.

"I'm gonna go wax my baby. See y'all in a bit." Cyborg walked down to the garage. "Remember. Be prepared."

"We know!" Kori exclaimed.

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In the infirmary, Robin and Raven were sound asleep. Well, that's what it looked like. But they were actually awake, just not moving.

'Where am I? This feels weird. I feel numb. What just happened? I remember I was in Star's room and… oh no. Starfire! Where is she? Is she okay? Where's Raven? Star was mad at both of us before, and she was really ticked. Am I in heaven? The pain I felt before I blanked out was so immense. Star was hurt; I was hurt physically and emotionally. From what happened between me and Raven, I should be dead. How could I betray her like that? But then again, it was Raven that really betrayed her. Why did she kiss me? Man, I gotta stop asking questions or I just might pass out again.' All these thoughts were racing through Robin's mind. He finally opened his eyes and looked around. He saw that he was in the infirmary. He began to sit up, which pained him a lot. Being stuck in one position for 5 years does hurt when you try to move. "Ouch." Robin looked to his left and saw Raven. She was floating up and down, healing herself. "Well, at least she survived… Hmm, how do I know that I'm not in heaven? I mean, it may look like the tower, but that doesn't make it the tower. We're wearing white for God's sake!…. Are you aloud to say that in heaven?" (Don't hate me bcuz I made Robin a little dull here, blame the computer for letting me type such things. –whacks computer- Bad computer, bad! –computer whimpers-)

'Ugh, I feel horrible. What happened after that fight with Star? I hope Robin's okay. Oh well, I might as well heal myself. Now's not the time to think about so much. Now's the time to be calm while I still can.' This is what Raven thought a little while ago, before Robin woke up.

Robin and Raven were wearing a white hospital-like robe (Not the kind where you can see their buttocks, but the other kind.) Robin was thinking about heaven, while Raven healed. It was quiet. Until—

"Robin. Are you awake?"

"What the- Raven?"

"Yeah." The empath sat up in her "bed" and looked at her friend. "So…How you feeling?"

"Okay, you?"

"I'm fine."

"No offense, but you kinda look older…" Robin saw that his friend had gotten taller. Her hair was longer, as well as a slightly darker purple. She looked less pale for some strange paranoid reason.

"You SOUND a little older…" Sure, Robin's voice had gotten deeper, like most guys, but there were other aspects too. His hair was slightly longer than it normally is, but spiked all the same. He was now officially taller than 16-year-old Starfire as well.

" Yeah, how long were we in a coma?"

"You expect me to know this why?"

"…. I dunno… "

"Wow… I guess you lost some of your memory in the coma."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You just…seem…. dumber…" Raven admitted calmly.

"How kind of you…" Robin said sarcastically.

Raven couldn't resist the urge any longer. She smacked Robin o hard that his head was spinning and you could hear his brains juggling in his head.

After his head stopped spinning and his head stopped juggling, Robin just stood there for a little while, staring at nothing. "…" Then he snapped. "OK, so we know that we're in the tower. "

"Wow, just smack any guy and their intelligence is restored. I must have the magic touch." Raven said with a satisfactory smile.

"I suggest that we should lie low for the day and figure out how the others have been during our… shall we say… absence…"

"You mean spy on them?"

"Yeah, sure. I think that if we do this, then we can see what it was like without us, and not how it is with us. We can also figure out how long we've been 'out' while we're spying on them. Got it?"

"Yeah. So we're figuring out how long we were in. A coma, I'm guessing, and

also trying to see how Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire's lives were while were weren't with them?"

"Exactly." The two were just about to leave the infirmary when they heard a voice very unfamiliar to them.

"WHEEEEEE! LOOK AT ME! I'M AN AIRPLANE! VRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" A little girl around the age of 3 came running down the hall. When she saw Robin and Raven, she stopped "flying" and stared at the two.

Robin and Raven just stood there, staring at the girl. It was a good solid 2 minutes until someone said anything….

"……………..Hi, who are you?" The girl said.

"Better question: Who are you?" Raven responded. "We live here. You don't. Either way, shouldn't you be in school?"

"I'm on spring break!" She announced. Then she acted as if she had just remembered something very important. "...Oops! I'm not supposed to tell you that!. "

"Why not?" Robin finally spoke up.

"Because my mommy says not to talk to strangers. And since I don't know you, I shouldn't be talking to you. Bye-Bye!" the girl began skipping off until Robin grabbed her by the arm. (OMG, he's a molester!) "We're not strangers, we're friends of your mother." Robin said.

"I've never seen you before," she said in response. She wasn't looking at Robin when they were talking to each other because she was too busy trying to get out of his grasp. "L-Lemme go!" She finally burst out.

"Tell who your parents are, give me their names!" Robin demanded. His grip was tightened.

Raven was just watching the scene, not knowing what to do. She knew who the father was, just by looking at the girl. Her eyes were green and big, just like Starfire. They showed curiosity. Her hair was a really dark green, almost black. Her ears were slightly pointed at the top. To be honest, one part of Raven thought that the girl was cute, but when she found out who the father was; she was in total shock and disbelief. No, it can't be him. It just can't, she thought. Why, how could he do something like that! It just doesn't make sense! Raven needed to be sure whether or not her assumptions about the father were correct. Azarath, Metrione, Zinthos!

Raven began to search the child's brain for clues. She found out that her name was Keira. She also found out that she was right about who the father was. When she came out of Keira's brain, Raven just stood there in shock.

Robin hadn't noticed anything about Raven at the time. He was too busy interrogating Keira. "Tell me! NOW!" he yelled.

Keira stopped wriggling and looked Robin dead in his eyes…. mask. "Y-You're hurting me."

Robin just loosened his grasp on her arm. W-What did she just say? He thought.

Flashback:

It was a rainy night. Robin was pursuing Slade in a forest, with Starfire behind. Robin chased Slade until they came to a clearing.

"Tick-tock, Robin. This is going to be easier than I thought. You've gotten sloppy while I was away." Slade jeered.

This taunt spurred Robin into a yelling charge, accompanied by a handful of discs flung forward; they whistle toward the armored figure and explode at its feet, but he does not even twitch. As the smoke clears, the former apprentice rushes through it but is easily sidestepped. Slade stops the next attack and counters with a palm thrust that drives Robin to his knees; a steel-clad foot comes down next, but the Boy Wonder slides away and faces off again. This time, he tries a low roundhouse kick that Slade avoids without difficulty. As Robin stands up, the masked psychopath comes into view behind him, raises one arm, and knocks Robin flat. Starfire's in view at a distance.

"Robin! " Starfire yelled. Robin. Slade whirls and ran in her direction.

"Starfire, stop him!" yelled Robin.

Their enemy charges straight past, but she looks wildly around as if still trying to figure out where he is. Up comes Robin after a moment, finding nothing but rain-soaked forest as far as the eye can see. His, teeth were clenched in frustrated fury, and Starfire sure was one totally bewildered Tamaranian. She looked around, still trying to bend her brain around what has just happened, and Robin seized her arm, startling a gasp out of her.

"What happened?" he scolded angrily. His green-gloved fingers clamped into her flesh.

Starfire was rattled, "You are hurting me."

"Slade ran right by you! How could you let him get away?" Robin yelled in frustration.

Starfire's eyes teared up briefly. " But…Robin…there was no one there".

Her puzzlement was now explained: she never saw Slade coming. Robin's eyes were bugging out; he was panting hard, having no clue what to make of her words.

End Flashback

"Robin, just so you know, she's only three. If you torture her anymore, she'll tell her mother. And you'll blow our cover." Raven reminded him. (A/N: WOOT! I'm a poet and I just don't know it! Mother-cover. It doesn't really rhyme but who gives? XDDDD)

Robin let Keira go, and she just stood there for a while. She was staring at her arm. It had a purple bruise on it. Keira looked like she was about to cry. "Th-That h-h-hurt. You're mean." She then began to cry a bit, her eyes tearing up. "I'm gonna tell my mommy anyway… you meanie…" She wiped her sleeve across her face and ran toward the main room. "Mommy!" she yelled as she ran.

"No! Wait! I'm sorry! Please don't go to your mother, please!" Robin yelled.

Raven just rolled her eyes. "You're not good with kids, are you?" She looked at Keira. "Keira! We'll get you ice cream if you don't tell your mother about us!"

Keira paused for a moment. "Really?"

"Yes"

Keira walked towards Raven slowly and cautiously. Then she realized something and stopped. "H-How do you know my name?"

At the same exact moment as Keira, Robin said, "H-How do you know her name?"

"I just do, okay?" Raven said. "Now, Keira, come here. Everything will be okay. Come on…" Raven looked Keira in the eye.

Keira was about to give in until someone said, "Keira, what are you doing? I thought you said you were going to get Mr. Smurgles! It shouldn't take that long!" The voice sounded like a woman's, and it sounded like it was coming from the main room. "It's like you're having a conversation down there! Oh…and come get lunch!"

Keira then backed away down the hallway towards the main room. "Y-Yes Mommy!" Keira ran towards the main room. She at last ran out of sight.

"Her mother? But that must mean… Starfire! Star! " Robin began to run after Keira, but then black energy surrounded his feet and pinned him to the floor.

"You're going to deny your plan that quickly and easily?" Raven's voice said from behind. "Make up your mind, what's the plan?" She calmly released his feet

"You're right! Sorry, I just go t carried away. We gotta lay low…literally. Let's get back to the beds in the infirmary. We have to pretend that we're still asleep if anyone comes down here." Robin said as he headed for the bed. He put all the plugs back where they were on his body and closed his eyes, trying to make a good impression.

Raven casually walked over to the other bed and lied down. She used her powers to put the plugs where they were before. She closed her eyes and quietly meditated. She then heard the sound of footsteps coming closer.

Kori, Gar, and Keira walked in the room. Cyborg was still waxing "his precious". Kori just stood there, slightly pitying the two. Remembering that she was the cause of it all gave her a bad feeling in the pit(s) of her stomach(s). She just stared at the two for a while until,

"Mommy, that meanie man gave me a boo-boo." Keira said, tugging on her mother's pant leg. She showed Kori the big purple handprint on her left arm.

"What? He did that to you?" Gar said, staring at the bruise. "That son of a— "

"Garfield, shhh! Watch it, she's only three!"

"Oh, my oops."

"Ooooh, Gar almost said a bad word." Keira said, pointing an accusing finger at the Titan. She called him Gar because Kori and Gar didn't want Robin and Raven to know that he was the father…At least not yet.

"Keira, are you sure that this guy hurt you?" She could still remember when the same thing happened to her not too long ago.

"Kori, she's 3. I don't think that she would lie about that. She has evidence too!" Gar pointed to the bruise.

"Okay, I guess that—Keira, what is it?" Once again the girl was tugging at Kori's pant leg.

"Mommy, will you kiss it for me? It hurts." Keira looked up at her mother with pleading eyes. It was SOOOO adorable.

"Huh? Oh, of course, sweetie." Kori bent down to give the bruise a small peck on the arm. "Better?"

"Yes. Thank you, Mommy." She walked over to where Robin lay. "This is the meanie man who gave me the boo-boo." She poked Robin's side. Robin had to try really hard not to laugh, because it REALLY tickled there. "See, Mommy? See Gar? He moved." She poked him again. He twitched while holding his breath. "He moved again." She poked him once more. He twitched and shifted slightly. "That means that he's alive, right?"

Kori giggled. "I guess so. Let's see if he'll wake up." Then she walked over and began poking Robin with her daughter. They then turned into all these little chibis and poked Robin everywhere. (Like in "X", when Star poked him constantly)

This whole time, Gar was cracking up. "Dude, this is hilarious, I wanna try Raven!" He cautiously walked over to the cloaked woman and lifted his index finger. (FEAR DA FINGA!)

At this comment, Kori stopped and stared at Gar. "You know what temper she has…" When Kori said this, Keira stopped poking the masked man for a while. Robin took this as his chance to breathe. He let out a huge exhale. He thought nobody noticed. Apparently, Keira, with her ears, heard the breath and turned around to look at Robin.

"Mommy, he's breathing. I told ya he's awake!" Keira said, while tugging at Kori's pant leg… again.

"Yes, honey, I'm sure he-"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kori and Keira turned around to see Gar with his finger broken and swollen. He was also slowly being lifted onto the ceiling fan by black energy. When his shirt caught onto the fan, the black energy flicked the switch for the fan. The fan turned on, and Gar was spinning madly.

"GAAAAAAAAAHHH! ZOMBIES! BRAIN-EATING ZOMBIES! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he yelled. "Hey, this is kinda fun. WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

All of a sudden, the fan stopped abruptly and he went flying across the room. He crashed into the wall. Then he sat up and stared at his torn shirt and broken finger. "It was my new shirt…and this was my favorite finger!"

"You do know that you have a whole stack of them in your room incase this happened. For the finger, I can't help you. Maybe Cy can. Though. I dunno." Kori said obviously.

"Oh yeah! To the room!" Then Gar disappeared into the hall.

"Same old Beast Boy…" She then looked at Keira.

"Mommy, is Gar's finger okay?"

"Well, it will be soon…but you have to admit, that was pretty funny."

Keira giggled. "Yeah, and when he flew across the room-"

"I guess he doesn't need wings to fly, huh?"

"He was like, ZOOM just like an airplane!"

"He sure was!" Then Kori looked around. "Weren't we doing something before?"

"Oh yeah!" She turned towards Robin. "Pokey Time!"

"Very well then, you first."

When Keira was just about to poke Robin again, he jumped off the bed. "No. More. Poking." He gasped, looking very irritated.

"Mommy, he's back again! I don't wanna get another boo-boo!" Keira hid behind her mother, scared completely out of her mind.

Kori stood defensively in front of Keira. "Robin. Leave her alone. It's me. Starfire, remember?"

Robin calmed down and looked into her eyes. "Starfire….you look so… so.." he stuttered.

"Yes?" She said, arching an eyebrow. She looked hopeful and skeptical at the same time.

"So… elderly…"

SMACK!

"Hey! I was joking!" Robin said, rubbing the hand mark on his left cheek.

"Well I'm not laughing…" Kori said with a stern voice.

"Go Mommy, get that meanie!" Keira cheered.

"Nice one." A monotone voice said from behind.

Robin, Keira, and Kori turned to see Raven sitting up in her bed.

"Same to you too, Raven. You made a human fly without wings. That's a miracle." Robin said, smirking.

"…Hello Raven." Kori said, without feeling, but not mean. You know when someone tries to say something nice, and it comes out mean? Well, that was Kori's current position. Trust me, that position can get you in a whole lotta mess…

"Hello…and what's that supposed to mean?" Raven said in monotone.

"What?" Kori asked, slightly panicking.

"That sounded kinda harsh…are you sure you're the Starfire I remember?" Raven said, eyeing Kori suspiciously.

"Mommy, what are they talking about? Who's Starfire?" Keira asked, obviously confused.

"What are you talking about, girl? It's her name! Starfire's your mother!" Robin said.

"No it's not, it's Kori! And how would you know, you big meanie man!" Keira protested.

"I'm her best friend, you little—"

"Robin, leave my daughter ALONE. She's just a child, she doesn't know any better!"

"Why haven't you told her that you're a Titan!"

"I have!"

"Then why doesn't she know you're name!"

"Because I don't use that name around her!"

"Why not, it's your birth name!"

"No it's not! You should know that! None of the Titans' superhero names are their birth names!"

"When we first met you, you said that your name in English is Starfire! Not Kori! What's with the name Kori, anyway?"

"What's with it? It's my real name! Koriand'r was the name I was given at birth! My friends call me Kori, okay? You don't think I know my own name!"

"…S-Sorry, I didn't know."

" And next time, don't yell at my daughter about things that even you don't know! Especially about me! She knows me more than you, no matter what you say…"

"Sorry Star. I--"

"Besides, you're not my best friend. You haven't been for five years. You're just one of my companions, like Cyborg."

"Come on, Star, I--"

"Could you just stop calling me that…just…call me Kori, okay…?"

"Sure…" Robin sat down on the bed again. "…Kori."

"See? Told ya her name was Kor--"

"Keira? Could you go see if you can bring Cyborg here?"

"Uncle Cy? Sure!"

"And go get Gar on the way…tell him I said that…that it's 'time'…"

"Yes, Mommy." Keira then ran out of the room, heading for the garage.