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Chapter 9
Starfire
She was soaring through the skies of her home planet, Tamaran. Her sister, Komiand'r, was flying close by her. Koriand'r felt another burst of happiness and flew even faster. She looked back to see her sister now a few feet behind her.
"Komiand'r, why do you not fly as fast as I do?" she asked.
"Because," Komiand'r said simply. "I could never be as carefree and happy as you." Then, a mischievous smile lit her features. "I'll race you through the Forest of Teeth little sister."
She flew off with a small smile on her face. Koriand'r floated there for a moment before sighing and following Komiand'r.
The Forest of Teeth was actually a graveyard for the giant beasts that died defending Tamaran. Their skulls were left above ground to guard against any unwelcome enemies. Their mouths were wide open to reveal sharp teeth that made a deadly trap for anyone unfortunate enough to step between the teeth when the mouth shut. The mouths shut unexpectedly even when they aren't touched. Anyone caught in them hadn't ever been strong enough to break out and had either starved to death or killed themselves.
Koriand'r was greatly afraid of going near the Forest of Teeth in fear of death, but she wasn't about to let Komiand'r know that. Koriand'r sped up and caught up with her sister.
"Are you ready?" Komiand'r asked. Koriand'r nodded and they took off. Out of fear, Koriand'r flew slowly. Komiand'r quickly outdistanced her. As she was weaving between another set of jaws, Kori saw something that made her blood freeze. The mouth before her was shut. She would have to backtrack. Just as she thought it, the teeth on all four sides of her closed. Koriand'r looked up and gasped to see a giant pair of jaws only inches from her head.
She called out, "Komiand'r! Komiand'r!" but her sister must have gotten so much farther than her that she couldn't hear Kori's screams. Koriand'r began to pace back and forth. Finally, she sighed and thought, It is going to happen anyway, I might as well speed up the process. Koriand'r strode over to the skull blocking her path to the castle. She pulled back her fist and with one swing, smashed her fist into the beast's mouth.
To her surprise, the bone shattered. Koriand'r looked at her way out in wonder, then stared down at her hands. Deciding to talk to Father about it later, she picked up a tooth and flew as quickly as possible back to the castle.
She found her mother almost immediately and went to her. She bowed before her and held out the tooth. "Mother," Koriand'r said. "I have somehow managed to break out of a bone prison in the Forest of Teeth. I bring you a tooth and ask that you may mark me for it." Starfire felt a finger touch her shoulder and slowly stood up.
Her mother looked her in the eye and said, "Koriand'r, you know, you are not supposed to be in the Forest of Teeth. I need your promise that you will never go there again." Koriand'r slowly nodded and replied, "I promise, Mother."
Her mother took the tooth and marked Kori with the tooth. A star on her chest.
"Now," her mother said. "Go upstairs, your sister has been frantic-." Suddenly, there was a shriek from upstairs and Koriand'r had just enough time to suck in a breath before she was swept up into a hug by Komiand'r.
"My sister. You are alright!" Komi breathed. Kori nodded as Komi pulled back slightly. As their mother came over to lay a hand on Komiand'r's shoulder, Kori saw Komi's smile fade and a different look came to her face. It was a look that said I will get rid of you somehow. Koriand'r gave her a look that told her You will not be rid of me that easily, sister. I am stronger, faster, and stealthier than you will ever be.
Suddenly, the dream changed and Starfire saw a pair of yellow eyes glaring at her with the same look Blackfire had had that night so many years ago. These eyes were surrounded by pitch-black hair, but they were not the purple of Blackfire. Instead, they were yellow, a very familiar pair of yellow eyes. The features around the eyes were becoming familiar.
Suddenly, Starfire shot up out of bed and hovered near the ceiling, her hands glowing. A hand gently touched her shoulder and Starfire grabbed it, throwing its owner at the wall. Her vision was a bit fuzzy, but she recognized Robin laying against the wall. She floated down to stand beside him, looking him over before slowly backing away. He stirred and Starfire backed away even faster, making contact with another body. It was Cyborg. Starfire turned and fled away from the slightly taller teen. She came face-to-face with beat boy.
Whimpering in fear, her hearts beating so fast it hurt her chest, Starfire crouched down and covered her head, crying softly. "Back up, you guys are going to give her a panic-attack that'll make her go into another coma." Starfire's ears perked up at the sound of the voice and she slowly removed her arms from over her head. Glancing around, she spotted Raven making her way over to the triangle of boys around her.
Starfire looked around and saw the boys slowly advancing on her. That peaked even more fear and in one burst of undulated terror, she launched herself across the distance and fell into Raven's arms. Looking behind her, Starfire saw the boys coming again. She whimpered again and hid behind Raven. A green fly buzzed past her ear and Starfire watched in horror as Beast Boy materialized in front of her.
With a strangled cry, she ran to her bedroom and locked the door. Moments later, she heard a soft knock on the door. "Who-who is there?" she asked cautiously.
"It's Ro-Raven, Starfire." It was a very good imitation of Raven, but Starfire had spent too much time around Raven not to notice the deeper and livelier tone in the voice at the door. Plus, she knew Raven would not have knocked, but would have just phased through her door.
She backed up, away from the door and called, "You are not coming in, whoever you are. You are not my Raven." There was the sound of an energy gun charging, then the door exploded in and the boys entered her room. They looked so imposing and Starfire's vision began to blur. As the three boys came closer, Starfire felt as though she was floating. In a matter of seconds, she fainted again.
Raven
"What did I tell you?" Raven screamed. "I specifically told you to back up. Are you so stupid and jealous and determined that you would put finding the person that tried to kill Starfire higher than the health of Starfire herself?" she turned to face the three titan boys.
They were all cowering before her, frightened that she was going to lash out at them.
"We were just trying to see if we could convince her to tell us what had happened." Beast Boy squeaked softly.
"I told you that you were going to give her a panic-attack!" Raven shouted. "I told you before she woke up, not to go near her! What do you imbeciles do? You go and walk toward her like it was just another day in the common room! Did you forget what I told you about the last time she was scared stiff of you three?" The boys all shook their heads. "Then what the hell did I tell you?" Raven asked.
Robin perked up and answered, "You told us that when we attacked her in cat-form the night you two had a picnic planned, she was afraid of us in the morning because she was scared we would hurt her again." Raven nodded and took a deep breath, trying to reign in her emotions enough to concentrate on reviving Starfire. Again.
"Azarath, Metrion Xynthos!" With a burst of magic, Raven sent a healing spell into Starfire's body and revived the young alien. Then, before Starfire could awaken, Raven put a telekinetic wall around them so that the boys couldn't come any closer than five feet.
Starfire groaned and sat up, rubbing her head. Raven took a tentative step toward her and Starfire looked up. "Hey, Star," Raven said gently. "How are you feeling?"
"Not well." Starfire replied, shaking her head and standing. She pitched forward and stumbled, but managed to stay on her feet. Raven kept an arm on her to make sure she didn't fall and gently knelt so that they were sitting.
"Star," Raven began in a serious voice. "I need to ask you a favor. I need you to tell me who attacked you." Starfire stared at her uncomprehendingly for a moment before shuddering and closing her eyes tight. "It was-it was-the c-cat c-creature from b-before. The one th-that first b-bit me."
Raven had never heard Starfire stutter and it was slightly unnerving. "He was waiting in the hall. He cornered me near your bedroom and attacked me. He was still in cat-form but while he was attacking me, he began changing back. He fled when he heard you coming. He must have thought I was dead; I would not blame him. I too thought I was dead. I left consciousness before you got to me. I had a dream about my sister and I. she was trying to get rid of me again and she gave me a look that said she was going to get rid of me."
Starfire paused and shuddered. "I saw that same look in the eyes of the other creature."
A look of confusion passed over Starfire's features. "How long was I asleep?" Raven looked down and blushed. "Two weeks." She mumbled. Starfire glanced at her in surprise. "It took me a while to heal you after what he did to you."
Starfire nodded in understanding and sighed. "I am hungry. Could we perhaps get something to eat?" As if to ask the question as well, her stomach gave a tremendous growl. Raven smiled and helped Starfire to her feet.
When she let the wall down, the boys all took small steps forward, being wary of how they approached. Starfire seemed just as wary of them. She took tentative steps forward, one by one, and came to a stop before Cyborg who was closest.
She stared at him for a moment, then jumped into his arms and started crying into his shoulder. "Cyborg, I am so sorry for the things I said and did to you. I should not have asked that horrible question about freaks. It's just that you hurt my feelings when you called me one. Please forgive me!"
Cyborg patted her back awkwardly and said, "Of course I can forgive you Starfire. I started the fight anyway." Starfire cried into his shoulder for a few more minutes before letting go, a teary smile on her lips.
She turned to the other boys and her expression went blank. "Hello Robin, Beast Boy." She said in a monotone voice like Raven's. they waved and half-heartedly opened their arms for hugs. In one swift movement, Starfire backhanded both boys into the wall. They slid to the floor, dazed by the unexpected display of aggressiveness. Starfire's face was still a mask devoid of emotion, but her eyes were just a bit harder.
"What was that for? Beast Boy whined.
"For attacking me out of anger and…" she turned to Raven and smirked. "Jealousy."
"How did you know?" Robin asked, rubbing his slightly smarting cheek.
"When you, Raven, and Beast Boy were arguing about why I was the actual hero, I was coming back into consciousness." Starfire strode over and touched Robin's cheek. A green glow came to her hand and Robin winced away. Starfire huffed. "How am I supposed to heal you if you keep moving away?" Robin glanced at her nervously and said, "I think I'll leave that to Raven."
Starfire shrugged and went over to Beast Boy. Before the green changeling could give her the same response, she put her hand to his cheek and healed him quickly. In amazement, Beast Boy touched his cheek, gaping at Starfire.
"You just healed me." He said in awe. "How did you just heal me?" Starfire stood and helped him to his feet. "That's a small secret." She replied.
Everyone stared at her in wonder. "What?" she asked.
"Star," Raven breathed. "You just used a consonant."
"A what?"
"A consonant is two words stuck together as one, such as, it's, that's, he's, couldn't, and didn't." Robin replied automatically, still staring at Starfire as though she had grown a second head.
Starfire cocked her head to the side and half-glanced at Raven. "I'm going to take Star out to breakfast, if you guys don't mind?" she and Starfire strode quickly out the door. Raven led Starfire to the top of city hall and rounded on her. "What were you thinking?" she demanded. "I'm supposed to be the team healer. If you go healing everyone as well, they're going to suspect something."
Starfire took a step back. "I don't know what I was thinking Raven," she said softly. "It was an impulse I had to give in to. Growing up, I was told that impulses were good. Are they wrong on this planet?"
Raven threw her hands into the air. "Starfire, you've been here for a year. You should know by now that impulses aren't wrong, but people don't give in to every single impulse they feel." Starfire looked down in shame at her mistake. "I'm sorry, Rae." She said softly.
Turning, she flew away as fast as possible. Raven flew after her, feeling guilty for getting angry with her lover. "Star, wait." Starfire flew steadily faster until Raven couldn't see her. Sighing, Raven headed back to the tower.
"Hey Raven, you've got some competition with the healing thing now, huh?"
Raven felt her anger flare at Beast Boy's comment. She opened her mouth to retort, but before she could say anything, she heard a voice behind her.
"Shut up, Beast Boy. I'm not healing anyone unless I'm the one that hurts them. Keep your mouth shut and mind your own business." Everyone turned to see Starfire walking down the hallway wearing the cloak Raven had given her. But it was different. It was longer, thinner, and the color was scarlet. Starfire came to a stop at the door and turned to Raven. I'm sorry for running off. I'm not myself today.
Raven nodded her understanding. Thinking carefully about her words, Raven sent a message back. How can you send mind messages? Starfire smiled and said, "I'll explain later."
Beast Boy opened his mouth but then shut it. Instead, Robin and Cyborg asked, "Explain what?" Starfire shot them a glare. "Personal business." She responded.
Striding over to the kitchen she took out a small apple and bit into it, walking over to the couch to sit with the boys. All three stared at her.
"Starfire, you're chewing your food?" Beast Boy blurted out.
"So?" Starfire replied, not taking her eyes off of the TV.
Raven intervened quickly. "Star, I think you should explain the entire thing now." Starfire turned to her and nodded. She jumped over the back of the couch and went to her room, with Raven right behind her. Starfire sat down on her bed and patted the space beside her for Raven. Once Raven was seated comfortably, Starfire leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to her temple.
"Okay, here's how it goes." She said. "You know that my people can aquire different languages through the contact of our lips, right?" when Raven nodded, Starfire continued. "Well, we can also acquire the powers of the one we kissed. Robin didn't have any special powers when I kissed him a year ago, so I stayed the same. But, since I kissed you so deeply, over and over, I have your powers as well as my own."
"Oh," Raven muttered. "Now it makes perfect sense." She leaned up so she could kiss Starfire's lips.
It started out sweet and tender, but something animalistic appeared in Starfire's eyes and she pulled Raven closer to deepen the kiss. Raven had never thought of Starfire as anything but gentle, so when the alien pulled her still closer, gripping her tighter and kissing her harder, Raven began to protest. Starfire let go immediately.
"Sorry Raven." She said sheepishly. "I don't know what that was. Are cats naturally sexual creatures?" Raven thought about that for a moment, a leer forming on her face. "Actually," she murmured. "They are."
Starfire didn't have time to blink before Raven's mouth was on hers again. This time, the animalistic desire consumed Starfire and she ripped off Raven's leotard and cloak, doing the same with her upper and lower clothes. Her boots stayed on for a while longer before they too were ripped to shreds. Starfire pushed Raven back on the bed and kissed her with such intensity that the throbbing between Raven's legs was agony. "Please Starfire," Raven moaned. "Please." Starfire smiled and leaned down. She was halfway to Raven's mouth again when her ears perked up and she sat bolt upright.
Turning off the lights so that the room was in complete darkness, she walked slowly towards the door. Raven let her demon side take over so that she could see. Starfire leaned toward the door and waited for a moment. Then she straightened up and reached for the button to open it. Just before she pushed it, a knock sounded at the door.
The door slid open just a little to reveal Beast Boy, completely naked and grinning widely at Starfire. All four of Raven's eyes bugged out as she watched Beast Boy grip Starfire's face and pull her into a very deep kiss, pressing his body against that of the young alien. Starfire was frozen in place by shock so Raven stood and began making her way toward the door. Before she got there, Starfire snapped out of her trance. She pulled back from the kiss and pulled Beast Boy inside, slamming the door.
In the near-darkness, Raven could see Beast Boy grinning widely as he moved to cup Starfire's face again, thinking she was actually going to have sex with him. Raven came to stand beside Starfire as the orange skinned girl backed up a step. "What was that for Beast Boy?" Even Raven shivered at the amount of ice in Starfire's voice. Beast Boy stopped cold (pardon the pun) and stepped back.
"It was a bet." He said slowly. "Cyborg and Robin told me that I couldn't get a chance to kiss you and I wanted to prove them wrong."
Then he stopped and stared at Raven. "Who's your boyfriend?" he asked suddenly. "She's my girlfriend, thank you." Starfire said coolly. "I told her she could come into the tower through my window. You interrupted us."
Beast Boy's smile was back. "So that's why you're naked." He grinned, shooting Starfire an eyebrow raise. He held his hand out to Raven. "Hey, I'm Beast Boy. And you are…?"
Raven took the hand and forced her voice into an insanely high pitch. "Hi Beast Boy, I'm Raven. It's nice to meet you."
Beast Boy nodded and turned back to Starfire. "Anyway, I had better get out of your hair." He turned to leave but Starfire caught his shoulder, the leer appearing on her face now. "Wait, stay. We can have some fun with you." She twitched her eyebrows at Raven. "What do you think Raven?"
Raven nodded and, forcing her voice into that high pitch again, said, "I've always wondered what it would be like to be pleasured by a spider or perhaps an octopus. Though I must warn you, when I'm doing it with Star, my voice reaches insanely low levels. Is there any other girl on the team that has a deadpan voice?"
Beast Boy nodded. "Yeah, our friend Raven."
"I don't think I've met Raven. I might sound like her just a teensy bit, but not much." Raven could see Starfire getting impatient. "Come on, Star. Let's show him how it's really done."
Raven stepped over to Beast Boy and pressed her lips to his. Starfire went behind Beast Boy and began kissing his neck. The green boy moaned and leaned into the kiss he and Raven were sharing. Raven pulled him over to the bed and laid down with him on top of her. Beast Boy moved from her mouth to her neck and began sucking her pulse point.
Starfire was already at work, kneading and pinching Raven's breasts. Raven smiled at her over Beast Boy's shoulder and flipped the two of them over. Now Beast Boy was on the bottom as Starfire and Raven tended to him and each other. Raven moaned as Starfire's mouth closed around one of her nipples while Beast Boy turned into a baby kitten and began suckling on the other. All at once, he turned into an octopus and reached down to enter her.
One of his arms went inside her as another rubbed against her nub. Starfire was also rubbing against her nub and from the sounds coming from her mouth as she sucked on Raven's breastplate, two more of Beast Boy's arms were inside of her. Raven was very close to coming and she heard that Starfire was too. Another rub from Beast Boy sent lightning through her body.
She and Starfire came at the same time, their screams mingling together, one high soprano and the other low alto. Then it was starting all over, Beast Boy turned into a tarantula and went down to taste Starfire as Raven tended to Starfire's breasts. One sharp nip from Raven and a nonpoisonous bite from Beast Boy sent Starfire over the edge again. She screamed out her pleasure for the whole tower to hear.
Then it was Beast Boy's turn. Since he only had one bit of anatomy to work on, Raven went first, sucking and nibbling (slightly) on his cock and cockhead. Starfire was thrusting her so hard. Raven and Beast Boy came at the same time. Their screams were as perfectly in synch as Starfire's and Raven's. they screamed almost as loud as Starfire.
Finally it was Raven's turn on the bottom. Beast Boy went to work on her breasts while Starfire continued thrusting and licking her. "Please," Raven said thickly. "Oh, please." Starfire started thrusting harder and faster while sucking and nipping at Beast Boy. All three came at the same time. The screams of pleasure must have reached all the way across town.
When they were finished, they all lay in each other's arms. Beast Boy was the first one to go to sleep, snoring loudly. Starfire smiled at Raven. They picked him up and Raven teleported them to his room. Starfire set Beast Boy down on his bed and she and Raven went back to Starfire's room.
They curled up together on Starfire's bed and cuddled for a bit. "Now how are we going to tell them we're dating?" Raven asked her with a giggle.
"Mm, I don't know." Starfire murmured. "But I do know, though that was fun I don't wish to do it again."
Raven chuckled softly. "Don't worry star. We won't." They cuddled some more before falling asleep.
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