Disclaimer: If I owned the Teen titans, chances are I wouldn't be writing fan fiction about it.
A Matter of Perspective
Chapter nine - forgiveness
by: Eternity Bites
"Kyd Wykkyd?" I asked slightly bewildered. The titan's turned to me with questioning stares.
"Raven, you know this guy?" Beast boy asked in a shocked manner. Ignoring him I turned my attention back to our extremely unexpected guest.
"Raven?" sounded a cautious voice inside my head.
I did a mental double take as I realized I could hear him, inside my head. Twin bolts of hurt and anger flashed through me and I struggled to contain them. One of the many light bulbs overhead shattered and as a unit the titan's turned to look at me then back at the new comer. Not even pausing to think about it I grabbed the door and mercilessly slammed it in Kyd's face.
"Friend Raven, what has this man done to make you so upset?" Starfire asked curiously.
"Raven, who was that just now?" Robin questioned me suspiciously.
"He's nobody." I answered tonelessly. "Now if you don't mind I'm going to meditate."
"Sure didn't seem like nobody." I could hear Cyborg mutter as I make a hasty retreat from the room.
"That wasn't very nice." Kyd Wykkyd told me disapprovingly.
I ignored him and continued to make my way towards my room. Once there I proceeded to clear my mind and center myself. I had been meditating for a few minutes before I heard the equivalent of a mental sigh.
"It's rude to ignore people you know." Kyd Wykkyd told me, breaking my concentration.
"That's rich coming from you." I answered, snorting out loud.
"Raven-"Kyd started pleadingly before I cut him off.
"Leave me alone, go back to the academy." I told him, covering up the hurt in my voice as best as I could.
Suddenly I felt a hand grab my shoulder and I let out a little shriek as I lost my concentration and fell. I glared up angrily at Kyd Wykkyd and moved away from his hand. He looked hurt and I tried my best not feel guilty.
"Look Kyd-" I started but was cut off by the banging coming from my door.
"Raven?" I could hear a voice call to me from the other side. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," I consoled Robin as I opened the door to him and my three other teammates.
"Dude you are not fine! First you get mad at this random freak and now you're screaming. You are not fine!" Beast boy wailed, waving his arms wildly to enforce his point.
"Yeah Rae, the kids are worried. It's unlike you to just fly off the handle like that." Cyborg told me.
"I just," I paused to take a deep breath. "I just need to sort some things out. I need to be alone right now."
"If you say so Raven. Just remember to call us should you need anything." Robin said backing up.
"Yeah I will," I told him, closing the door too soon to see the concerned look that flashed across Robin's face.
Turning my back on the door, I looked further into the room and found Kyd lounging casually on my bed.
"Why are you still here?" I asked. "You were only too willing to ditch me back with I left the academy."
"Raven-" He started but I was quick to cut him off.
"You were the only person I thought of as a friend, but I guess-" My breath hitched for a moment and a few books flew off the shelves before I continued, "I guess I was wrong."
"Raven I did think of you as a friend, do." Kyd corrected himself.
"Then why didn't you answer my whenever I tried to talk to you? If you didn't want to be my friend I'd rather you told me then ignored me." I told him
Kyd gave out a weary sigh before looking up at me with crimson eyes that seemed incredibly troubled.
"The academy changed drastically after you left Raven." Kyd started quietly.
Kyd Wykkyd then went on to tell me how the old headmistress had 'mysteriously' disappeared. Then a man who went by the name Brother Blood came and took control. If what Kyd said was anything to go by it was more than just control; it was a dictatorship. Apparently Brother Blood had some way of mentally brainwashing all of the students. When I asked him why he wasn't a mindless drone he vaguely replied that he had strong mental barriers.
"So he's basically turned you all into slaves." I asked and Kyd nodded in agreement.
"Why did you finally choose now to leave? Why not earlier?" Why didn't you contact me? I silently added.
"Brother Blood has been watching us extremely closely. He heard about you joining up with the Titan's after you left. I couldn't get away any earlier because I needed to make sure he trusted me. This is my first time out of the academy." Kyd explained to me.
"Do you need to be getting back soon?" I asked after a few moments had passed.
"What do you mean? Didn't you just hear me? The place is entirely corrupted. I may be evil but I have standards. I steal but I don't go on mass killing sprees." Kyd informed me, managing to sound indignant.
"Well then what are you going to do now?" I asked, mildly curious. I certainly hoped he chose to do something other than be a crook because I rather liked him and did not want to send him to jail. Although, it wasn't like any common jail could hold him for long.
"Well, I was wondering if maybe-" Here Kyd paused and scratched the back of his head in embarassment, a light blush dusting his cheeks. "Iwaswonderingificouldbecomeateentitan." Kyd blurted out.
I looked at him with a raised eyebrow before telling him I had no idea what he had just said. Kyd took a deep breath before repeating what he had said, this time with pauses.
"I was wondering if I could become a teen titan."
My head whipped to him so fast it was a miracle i didn't get whiplash. Did I just hear correctly? Kyd Wykkyd wanted to become a teen titan. Finally there would be someone I could connect to. Someone who actually understood me. Inside Nevermore I could see a pink clothed Raven jumped for joy.
A cough caught my attention and I was ripped from my silent musings. Kyd was sitting on my bed casting a questioning look in my direction. I sighed and turned to look at him.
"Are you serious about wanting to become a titan?" I asked outloud to show how much the answer to this question meant.
Kyd nodded sat up a little straighter on the bed, seeming to sense that the situation was serious.
"I can try to talk to Robin, but I'm still on probation as it is so I can't make any promises." I told him, trying to ensure that he was prepared incase he was disappointed.
"Now," I asked with a stony, unreadable expression. "Why do you want to become a teen titan?"
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Yes I know it's been an incredibly long time since i've updated I'm terribly sorry. I was traveling for a month and then I had finals and so on an so forth you get the idea. Thanks to those of you who've stuck with the story. I'll try to be more dilligent with the updates in the future.
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