Well, here's the next chapter! Thank you again to everyone who as reviewed, it's a pleasure to see your comments. This chapter was originally twice as long but I decided to break it up in the middle. The second half should be up by either Monday or Tuesday of this week. Hope you enjoy this one!

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Chapter 9: Recalling Revelations

Much to his dismay, Beast Boy once again found himself lying on a cot in the infirmary as his friends buzzed worriedly around him. He had chased Raven down the corridors to her room but she had promptly locked herself in, and no amount of clawing at the door seemed to sway her to do otherwise. Finally, her voice screaming "GO AWAY" followed by loud explosion echoing from the room convinced Beast Boy to tuck his tail between his legs and mope back to Robin, Starfire and Cyborg. The other two reserve Titans, Jinx and Kid Flash, quietly left the room when he returned, but not before giving him a reassuring pat on the head. Presently, Beast Boy lay on a bed with his green fuzzy cat head resting between his paws while looking contemplatively at the others. Cyborg was to his right and running several tests while Starfire paced slowly in the air. She shot him a concerned look every so often and bit her lip as she continued to circle. Robin seemed to be brooding in the corner, and though he did look worried for his friend, Beast Boy could tell something else was bothering him. After thinking about it for a moment, Beast Boy got back up to have another go at reassuming human form. His meow caught Starfire's attention and she watched with disappointment as a menagerie of animals appeared over and over on the bedspread as he morphed from one shape to another. But, like before, this only yielded fruitless results. Eventually, after being exhausted by the effort, he conceded back to a feline form and awaited his test results.

"Well, you check out fine," said Cyborg as he walked up to the bed with a clipboard in hand, "Diagnostics say that you're more or less fully recovered and I can't find any anomalies present in your body."

"Mew."

"What that means is that there isn't anything wrong with your genetic code. In fact, after closer examination, I can see that the human genome is still present in your system."

"Mew. Meow, mew hissssssssss."

Cyborg placed the clipboard down with a frown. "What I'm trying to say is that there's nothing wrong with you. Theoretically, you should be able to become human again."

"Then why can't he?" said Robin, startling everyone. He got up from his seat and walked over to see the test results for himself. "There's gotta be something wrong with him."

"That's the thing," explained Cyborg, "There really isn't. I'm not sure but it may just be mental, like an internal block or something. The little guy did undergo quite a bit of trauma…"

Beast Boy's head shot straight up in bed. Changing quickly in size, the green cat suddenly became a green chimpanzee. The ape screeched loudly at the two confused Titans while make some complex hand gesture. The bed rattled as Beast Boy shook back and forth.

"Look, man," said Cyborg, "calm down. I don't – I don't know what that means, BB." He motioned to his hand gestures with a quizzical look on his face. The green primate lowered its arms in defeat and the changeling morphed once again into a dejected kitten. Starfire slowly floated down and gingerly picked up the cat in her arms.

"Oh…Beast Boy. What is the matter with you?" She held the kitten in front of her face as she puckered her brow. "Why can you not return to us? We miss you so." The kitten purred loudly in reply which was followed with a loud mew. It was Beast Boy's way of trying to tell them that things would be ok, but Starfire merely placed the kitten back down while petting him softly.

"Well," said Robin as he stepped forward to face the cat, "you should probably take it easy for another day or two. But after that, do you think you can return to active duty?" Cyborg immediately shot him a glare while Starfire gasped aloud.

"No!" exclaimed Starfire as she continued to pet Beast Boy, "You cannot expect him to go to battle in such conditions."

Robin's voice was surprisingly stiff as he spoke. "If Slade or Cyrus attacks again, he'll have to."

The cat suddenly morphed into a small monkey and gave the team leader a quick salute.

"If you insist, Beast Boy, I guess there is no use arguing." The monkey gave her a high five but that did little to deter her worried face.

"Well, I'm going to go. Glad to have you back, Beast Boy." Robin let out a faint smile as the animal on the table gave him a sharp nod and a thumbs-up. "You'll know where to look if you want to find me." He passed Starfire without looking at her and left the room.

As Robin left, Cyborg sat down on the table next to his friend. Despite the unusual complications, it was plain to see that he was extremely relieved to have Beast Boy up and running again. "We missed ya man." The monkey jumped once and pounded Cyborg's fist with his own. Finally, there were no more comatose patients and the Titans were whole again. Mostly, anyhow.

"So…" said Cyborg as he rubbed the green head in front of him, "what's up with you and Raven?"

Beast Boy raised his arms in the air and shrugged. When he opened his mouth, a small screech exuded that sounded an awful lot like "Iono." Starfire giggled.

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As soon as she was sure that Beast Boy was no longer pawing at her door and had receded down the hallway, Raven turned her back to the door and slid to the floor while a loud exhale wheezed from her lungs. She shut her eyes and rested her head on her knees while contemplating the day's events.

"Ugh…"

The room was a mess. She had exploded most of the western side of the room and as a result, books, charms, totems and other miscellaneous trinkets lay mish mashed on the floor. Some were still in tact but most were either missing pages, broken in half, or completely shattered. Raven tried to will herself get up a few times in an attempt to reassume meditation but failed miserably. Instead, she settled for finally opening her eyes and surveying the wreckage. At her feet lay a small vanity mirror, the very same that her two friends had traversed into more than a year ago. She peeped over the top of her knees and saw that her hair was in no better shape than her room.

God help me…What am I going to do? He'll still be able to access my thoughts and, knowing him, he'll be poking in and out constantly. I'm going to be the only person he can talk to so he'll be demanding my attention once he gets bored with the others and I'll have absolutely no privacy. On top of it all, my emotions are on the fritz and everybody is radiating their own feeling so much, it's overwhelming. Robin is obsessively worried, Starfire is depressed, Cyborg is nervous, Kid Flash is scared and Beast Boy, like always, is exceedingly happy. The only collected one among them in Jinx, which is a little surprising. What is wrong with everyone? I'm gone for a month and everything goes crazy and aaaaugh! This room is such a MESS!!

A flash of dark energy accompanied the exclamation of that lost thought and, without warning, there was another loud bang as her bed exploded sheets and comforters everywhere. With a large groan, Raven blew a strand of hair out from the front of her face.

Today was not a good day.

Maybe some ME time will help.

Picking up the mirror, Raven was thankful it hadn't shattered (she shuddered as she remembered the last time that had happened see the Titans GO! comic book for the reference). After a second or two of looking into the reflection of her deep cerulean eyes, there was a loud whoosh and a gust of red smoke before the girl disappeared into the depths of her own mind.

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Once Cyborg gave him the all go, Beast Boy hurriedly left the med wing. Hospitals always gave him the chills and while the Tower's med wing was a lot more accommodating and familiar, the idea of staying in there any longer just made him uncomfortable. He screeched at Cyborg in the hallways while making some complex motions with his hands that he hoped conveyed the message that he'd see him in the lounge later. The Titan merely replied with a bemused laugh and a slow wave before they parted ways. The green chimpanzee made his way halfway down one of the long passageways before morphing back into a kitten. For some reason, this felt the most comfortable for Beast Boy and he nimbly made his way to the one thing he presently had his mind set one: a grilled tofu dog and a large caesar salad. The cat licked its lips in anticipation.

Unfortunately, as he rounded a familiar corner, a loud obtrusive thought blared in his head, causing him to screech loudly in reply.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?!

"SCRAAW!" said Beast Boy in shock. What in the hell. What in the name of tofu was that? Almost sounded like-

This room is such a MESS!! The loud noise that followed and echoed in the hall was this time not made from Beast Boy's screeching but rather came in the form of a loud resounding boom.

Yup, that's gotta be Raven. Wow, she must be pretty ticked off. The cat cautiously made its way towards the kitchen. This path was the fastest route but it also unfortunately entailed passing by Raven's room on the way.

I wonder what's got her so riled up. Heh, knowing my luck it's probably me. But I didn't even do anything. All I did was wake up and she ran like hell. I've been in a coma for almost a month and a half. It's not like she's had to deal with me at all during that time. The least she could have done was say, 'hey Beast Boy, I missed you, glad you're back.' I mean, come on, that's the least of common courtesies. But noooo, me and my ugly mug show up and she slams the door in my face. That's the kind of reception she gives me? Who the hell does she think she is? She's suddenly too good to talk to me or something? I mean she's psychic, she's the only person I can talk to right now. And she can't even give me a crummy old howdy do? You know what…I ought to give her a piece of my mind! I…I think I will! And this time, she won't be able to tune me out!

By now the green kitten was in a fit of rage and snarled adorably as it came upon Raven's door. He mewed and scratched at the bottom for a second before stopping and thinking, "Man, screw this," and morphed into an ape. He banged on the door loudly.

Silence.

He banged another time.

Nothing.

Urrgh…what is she doing? I know she's in there.

The ape pounded his fist again, but this time the door fell over with a loud crash. Beast Boy stood in the doorway with a look akin to one being caught with their pants down. It wasn't like this was the first time this had happened but, with a grimace, he remembered that all those other times never ended very well with him either. Luckily, he noticed, there didn't seem to be anyone in the dark room. Instead he found the tenement to be a complete and utter mess with torn books and furniture tossed everywhere. The sheets were scattered around the room and it seemed like no shelf or cabinet had remained unturned. Beast Boy morphed into a small monkey and uneasily stepped into the room.

What…happened? Did Raven get attacked?

No, he concluded. There was no real sign of struggle, just a giant mess. In fact, the image looked almost exactly identical to when he had pulled a prank on Raven last Halloween. Raven apparently did "do" holidays but that didn't ever seem to stop Beast Boy from trying. That year he had snuck into her room when she had gone out reluctantly with Starfire in search of a Halloween costume and had attempted to give Raven's room the spooky haunted look (it wasn't hard) in celebratory surprise.

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"Man, Beast Boy, I really don't think you should be doing this. Remember what happened last time you went into Raven's room?"

"Yeah," said Beast Boy as he tried to hang some fake bats from the ceiling, "I got to know her better. Maybe it'll happen again." He laughed quietly while balancing on the top-this is not a step-rung of the ladder. "I dunno, I just want her to open up for once. Get her to cut loose and maybe even get into the holiday spirit for a change." He looked over his shoulder from the ladder and gave Cyborg a sneaky grin.

"I'm tellin you, the only thing she's going to open for you is a can of whoop-ass."

Beast Boy slowly stepped down the ladder and turned around. "Look, we've grown a lot as a team over this past year. Raven and I are totally cool now. Even if she does get mad, which I'm totally expecting, I doubt it'll be that bad. We're her friends. How mad could she get?"

Cyborg just stared at him blankly for a second before replying, "How mad could she get? You're seriously asking…how mad…could Raven get…before pulling a prank-"

"This isn't a prank."

"-well she's going to take it like one!" He shook his arms in frustration.

"C'mon, Cy, Raven likes her room being spooky." As he spoke, Beast Boy walked over to a large box of decorations he had placed on Raven's bed. "I'll even bet you ten bucks at Arcade World she likes the decorations I put up and thanks me for em. Whattaya say?" He pulled out some rubber glow in the dark skeletons and chuckled to himself before turning back around to face his friend.

"Cy?" But the doorway was empty and Cyborg was nowhere in sight. Shrugging it off, Beast Boy got back to work.

"Pfft. Whatever"

About fifteen minutes later, he had managed to get all the skeletons up as well as quite a bit fake cobwebs up in the corners. It was almost too easy. The room seemed to be half decorated already. He was just about to put up some black veils on the ceiling when he suddenly felt the temperature drop all around him.

"What…are…you doing…in my room."

Beast Boy's hands immediately dropped the fabric back into the box. With a look of sheer terror on his face, he slowly turned around to match the voice with the face he knew all too well.

"I repeat. What are you doing in my room." Raven's silhouette could be seen in the door way and, even though her cowl was down, Beast Boy could swear he could feel her large, livid eyes piercing a hole straight through his head.

"Uh…surprise?"

She slowly walked into her room and dropped her bag. Once again, she repeated her previous statement, only this time Beast Boy could see the shock and all consuming anger present in her stare.

"What. The. Hell. Are you. Doing in my room."

"So…did you find anything good for Starfire?"

Raven took three quick steps forward towards him and Beast Boy swore he shat his kidneys. A lump started forming in his throat as Raven raised one slow, shaking finger up to his face and spoke.

"Just answer my question, Beast Boy."

"A-All I wanted to do was do you a favor. Y-Ya know, get you into the h-halloween spirit?"

"This? This was a FAVOR?" With those words, the skeletons on the wall suddenly exploded, sending pale green plastic everywhere. Beast Boy flinched terribly as he cowered under her furiously glowing eyes.

"Chill out Raven, I was just-"

"I ask very little of you, Beast Boy," she said, interrupting him, "I put up with your stupid jokes, your constant pestering, the way you go out of your way to irritate me, and all I ask in return is that you leave me alone when I'm meditating and that you STAY OUT OF MY ROOM!!" Raven's voice had slowly began to elevate as she spoke until she ended the sentence in an outright scream. This seemed to snap Beast Boy from he terrified state and, as if having just been splashed in the face with cold water, shot immediately straight back up.

"I TRY to do something NICE for you and-"

"THIS IS NOT NICE. THIS is you NOT staying OUT of MY ROOM." Books literally exploded behind her and various utensils, pots and potions flew out of their respective cupboards and came crashing loudly on the floor.

"What, so you can HIDE in it all the time?" shouted back Beast Boy as he stepped aggressively forward to confront her, unfazed by the destruction.

"What is WRONG with you? Do you not remember what happened LAST time you came barging in my room? How you almost got yourself KILLED?"

"Yeah, and if you haven't NOTICED, I haven't touched any of your spooky stuff. Your creepy vanity mirror is still over there by your creepy desk full of death and HORROR. Or are you too busy blowing up your own room to notice that I didn't lay a FINGER on anything??"

"That's not the point!" she screamed, waving her arms, "Why can't you just do what I ask? One simple, tiny thing, that you stay OUT of my room. Why? WHY CAN'T YOU LISTEN?"

"And WHY can't YOU understand that all I have for you are the BEST of intentions? All I wanted to do was something nice for you, something that might make you come out and join me during a holiday instead of holing up in this room like you ALWAYS do. Even if it was just to get back at ME. What, is it just too much HAPPY for lil' miss goth girl?? I mean, what the hell do you THINK I wanted? For you to come in here and BLOW EVERYTHING UP?" Suddenly, the large box full of assorted decorations behind Beast Boy erupted in an explosion of plastic, cardboard, and orange and black confetti. Instead of looking back at the mess behind him, Beast Boy took another step forward and continued shouting.

"This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about Raven. I know you have trouble controlling your emotions but maybe if you let them OUT once in awhile you'd get used to them instead of bottling them up and exploding everything the second you're uncomfortable. I've been in there, I've MET your emotions, and HELLOOOO, in case you didn't notice, they WANT OUT." As he spoke, several land mines seemed to go off all around Beast Boy. The bed behind him flipped over, the statues and artifacts mounted on the walls splintered and burst and page after page of uncountable books seemed to swarm around the room in a tornado of black fury. But regardless, Beast Boy continued to speak.

"See?" he said as he waved to the chaos around him, "see what happens when you push everyone away? See what happens when you push your team away? It's not your emotions that make you loose control, it's all YOU. It's YOU pretending like you don't even HAVE emotions. You think those parts of you wont fight back? Just LOOK AROUND you, Raven. Then what happens? Look at me, look at all of your teammates. We're HERE for you. We-"

"Get out." The flurry of black wind and energy suddenly died down and everything that had been dangerously flying around the room fell with a loud thud. The sudden sound of silence finally snapped Beast Boy from his rant and he was, uncharacteristically, at a loss for words.

"Please…get out."

The shadow of her cowl seemed to cover everything. He could no longer see her eyes. He could no longer see her face. He could barely hear her voice.

"Raven, I-"

"Beast Boy." She looked up and met his eyes. For the first time in his life, the changeling could see tears clouding her vision. "Please. Get out.

Without another word, the green Titan slowly made his way through the wreckage and out the half blocked doorway. Outside, the other three members of the team stood in the hallway with terrified looks on their faces.

"What the hell happened??" asked Robin.

Starfire gently touched Beast Boy's shoulder. "Is our friend Raven alright?"

"B, you still alive, bro?"

Beast Boy froze in the hallways and spoke quickly before walking on out of sight.

"…no Cy. Not really."

Cyborg was the only one brave enough to chance a last peak into Raven's room before running away to catch up to Beast Boy. All he could see of her in the dim light was a curled body sitting on the wreckage of what was once her bed with nothing but the well known mystic mirror in her hand, glimmering the hallways light faintly back at him.

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Beast Boy sighed loudly as he recalled those sordid events that did transpire less than half a year ago. He had run away for awhile and avoided everyone in the Tower while the rest of the Titans dealt with the enormous amount of debris and trash left in Raven's room. Once that was done, both he and Raven had locked themselves away in their own quarters for quite some time, only coming out when missions required their attention. It wasn't until Cyborg and Starfire each convinced their respective best friends to finally come out and talk, some two or three weeks later, that they were forced into a confrontation. Surprisingly, it had been easy for them to make up. Both were quick to apologize and, at Beast Boy's suggestion, they had taken a long walk in the park to sort things out. It had been a hot night. Beast Boy smiled as he remembered buying Raven shaved ice during their stroll. As they discussed what had happened, it became more and more evident that something had to change and that there was something wrong between them. Their fight had been somewhat of a purge for both of them and strangely, after their talk, their friendship only grew to improve afterwards. Beast Boy seemed to have gotten better at recognizing Raven's quirks and Raven was slowly becoming more accustomed at seeing the genuine concern and friendly intentions Beast Boy employed in his antics, though this didn't mean they annoyed her any less. Now, standing in front of the destroyed room that look all too familiar, Beast Boy felt a wave of shame for having forgotten everything about that fight how far the two had come since then.

After morphing into a smaller chimp, Beast Boy quietly made his way into the room. Raven was no longer there but he was determined to wait until she came back. Until then, he thought as he flipped on the lights, the least he could do was help clean up the room. He had been in there several times since the aforementioned fight and though he knew she still wouldn't be comfortable with him being in there without her, he hopped she would understand. After sprinting to the kitchen to microwave up a tofu dog, Beast Boy slowly combed through the room, picking up scraps of books and splinters and placing them in large plastic bags as the night loomed on. It was difficult, his hands while great for climbing did not feel as nimbly suited for a prolonged session of garbage retrieval as his humans hands did. Still, he made some good headway and by around midnight, he had finished all but the few scraps left by the doorway. When he looked at the clock, he made a small yelp in shock.

Midnight already? But where's Raven?

Frowning a sordid ape-frown, Beast Boy continued to clean the small remaining mess. When he came to the door, he jumped in surprise. Just at the top of where the door had fallen lay the mirror he had once traveled into before. Much to Beast Boy's relief, the door had barely missed it.

What do I do with it? I can't just leave it on the floor…what if somebody else comes in and looks at it? But if I get too close to it, I'll get sucked into Raven's mind and she'll kill me for sure.

After silently deliberating for a couple minutes, Beast Boy finally came to a conclusion.

Well…I guess I should probably move it, especially if I want to get out of this room. I might accidentally look into it while passing by or while fixing the door.

Taking the necessary precautions, Beast Boy went to the far side of the room and turned into the eight armed giant octopus. Turning away so as to not unintentionally catch a glimpse of the mirror, one of his tentacles reached out across the floor and delicately took a hold of the handle.

Yes! Got it.

He had just about returned it back to its spot on the dresser when abruptly Beast Boy felt a familiar icy cold touch on his outstretched limb.

Oh wait…oh crap! Let go of the mirror, let it go!

But it was too late. A large red arm sprung from its reflective face and wrapped tightly around Beast Boy's body. With a muffled gurgling yelp, the green octopus found itself being pulled forcefully through a portal and into Raven's mind. The mirror fell with a clatter the floor as the rest of the Tower slept peacefully into the night.

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End Chapter 9

Boo for predictable endings. Still, I felt I had to do it. The whole "Raven's separate emotions" thing is way overdone but I must confess, that is exactly what the next chapter is going to be. Hopefully my take on it will be unique. And if it isn't, hopefully you'll like it anyways. Until then, PLEASE REVIEW, all opinions are welcome.