OMFG!! I haven't been here in like, ever! Well, yes, I've been on FanFic, but not working on this story. I deeply apologize to all my faithful reviewers who have this story on their favs or alerts. I thank you all SOOO much!! I lurve you all!! :3 Please please PLEASE forgive me for not updating in about a year! I'm sorry!

To be honest, I actually doubted this story. I didn't think that many people read and liked this story. Then one day, I was snooping around my profile, and saw the stats for this story. I can't believe you guys like this so much! You know, I'm just grateful to have even 100 reviews. So I Have this to say:

THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO ALL YOU GREAT READERS OUT THERE!

It may not be the best chapter yet (I personally don't like it, seeing as I had to make MAJOR changes, and edits to Kori's "past". I also dislike the dialogue a bit. Too repetitive. And I think everyone's a bit OOC here…), but I don't want to disappoint you all. I got rid of my story The Mark Of Hidden Treasure, and I got major disappointment points from my reviewers. And the story only had 1 chapter!! I know what it feels like when a story you love is stopped, and I don't want you to feel that.

But that will NOT happen with this story! I vow that to you all! I have many plans for this story, and I will NOT let my low self-esteem hurt you!

T.T You guys are the greatest, okay? If ever someone tells you otherwise, tell him or her to come visit me! You guys are awesome! LOVE YA!!

On to finish YDKMP! Tally-ho!

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……. O.o I just noticed, that in all my stories except Cardian, either the story's AU or Starfire is a kickass half-bitch…. Wow… Just wow…

You Don't Know My Pain

Here's The Truth. Now Leave Me Alone A.K.A: SHUT UP!!

As soon as she said that, there was slow, eerie clapping.

"Impressive child. You've improved over time."

"Damn right I have!" shouted one Kori to the Slade simulation.

Well that's the first time I've heard her curse in English, thought Robin.

"So, how have you been since our last battle?" the Slade simulation asked.

"Pissed, that's how I've been!" said another Kori.

Her language has improved with contractions, but has been devalued because of the curses. I think she sounded better without them. But hey, I knew she'd learn them someday. Robin wondered from the observation deck.

"I would assume so, since you failed."

All the replicas (and Kori herself) gritted their teeth.

"How's the arm?" Now that Robin thought about it, he did notice that Kori used her right arm more than her left, and that her left arm seemed injured or weak.

"It's better," one Kori said, presumably the original.

"Good, then this should be a fair fight . . .. Well, it would be, without the replicas."

"You're evil, since when do you play fair?"

"True, but you're not."

"Fine," Kori let one replica fade into her body, "Now, you've threatened me and my friends four times. We're even."

"And when exactly was that?"

"One: When you made Robin your apprentice. Two: When we fought with you against Terra. Three: When we were helping Raven defeat Trigon. Four: Our recent battle. Surely Slade, you're smarter than that; you don't need me to count for you. If you need an accountant, I'll go get Beast Boy's monkey."

"Feeling brave today, aren't you?"

"I try," one Kori boasted, in result getting elbowed by another replica who whispered, "Rhetorical question, much?"

"Anyway, I've noticed before and during our recent battle that two essential members of your team were missing. I decided to do some research on the subject."

Kori rolled her eyes when Slade didn't continue, "And what did you find?" She said it as if she were speaking to a child.

"How you were deceived, my dear."

Getting slightly irked by Slade's short answers, she rolled her eyes once more, "And when was I deceived, exactly?"

"How could you forget, child? Your little boyfriend and your best friend deceived you. Please don't tell me you've forgotten. Honestly, 'you're smarter than that'."

Kori just sent him a hard glare. One of her replicas nudged another, while pointing at Slade and said, "We gotta talk to Cyborg about how real Slade's supposed to seem." The Kori next to her nodded in agreement.

"How are they, anyway?" Kori eased up at the mention of her "ex-friends".

She crossed her arms across her chest and confidently said, "They're awake. Not like that matters."

Robin couldn't tell whether to be angry or hurt at the words she used. She can't have not missed me at all; I was her best friend, maybe even more. She's probably just saying that to make Slade unsuspicious. God, I hope that what she's doing.

"You sound like you don't even care," Slade said with a hint of laughter.

"Who said I did?" Kori asked with a smirk. That smirk faded when she heard Slade laugh out loud. One Kori let out a breath of relief and commented (once again) on the simulation, saying that instead of realistic, it sounded psychotic. But then again, since when is Slade not a psychopath? He seems to have a fetish over young adults for no reason, for crying out loud! The man needs help… "… If that's not psychotic, I don't know what is anymore."

"You can't hide anything from me, child! I have surveillance over everything in your tower! I watched the weeks of mourning and sorrow. I watched you progress from depression to frustration. I saw the real you. The unwanted lonely, and surprisingly vengeful child."

"Shut up!" One replica yelled.

"I saw how you mourned for a few months, then you went a little sick in the head." Slade pointed to his head for emphasis, "First, you attempted various acts of suicide, guilty over the fate you brought your once friends. A jump off the roof, a slit in the wrist, a puncture in the side, a gun/starbolt to the head. All of these acts failed, much to my amusement. If you want to die, child, I'll do it for you!"

"Shut. UP!" The same replica yelled, clutching her head. She eventually fell to her knees and faded, merging with the original, who winced at the contact. (1)

"Second, which amazed me, you even refused to go to Tamaran, your logic being that when Tamaran found out what creel act you did to your friends, they wouldn't trust you anymore. Fortunately for you, your little friends saved you from yourself."

"Okay, now you're getting on my nerves!" Another Kori yelled

"Oh, but I'm not finished yet. I seem to recall you going mad with rage and demolishing Robin and Raven's rooms, disintegrating almost everything. It took a lot of work to repair, didn't it?

"If it wasn't for the green one, you'd probably be dead. And the only thing on your mind was revenge. Maybe even if Robin and Raven did wake up, you'd have killed them on the spot. Like you almost killed Beast Boy."

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" The Kori that spoke last shot at him with her eyebeams, which were easily dodged. She then faded into Kori as well. (2)

The original Kori looked at her remaining replica (the one that kept commenting on the simulation),"Please tell me that you're going to stay true to the phrase referring to sticks and stones…"

"They'll break my bones (Well in my case, only bruise me), but words… Well, they emotionally hurt me." The replica responded, rubbing the back of her neck.

Kori slapped her forehead in despair, "You might as well fade away now, then."

"Nuh-uh. I'm a vault baby, locked down." The replica said confidently.

Kori turned back to Slade and noticed that he wasn't where she last saw him. In the blink of an eye he appeared in front of her. She jumped slightly at the intrusion of personal space.

"You almost gave Beast Boy the same fate you gave Robin and Raven, if not even worse. And to think that all he wanted was to talk to you. A simple errand, a helping hand. But you weren't in the mood. You choked him until he couldn't breathe, but right before his heart stopped Cyborg gave you a good sonic blast, which knocked you back into your senses temporarily. Shame that Beast Boy was sent to the hospital for a week. In the worry for him your senses came back, and you visited him everyday, wishing for his recovery.

"When he was recovering, you got depressed one day, and went out for a drink to calm your nerves. Unbeknownst to you, Beast Boy got out of the hospital that day, and found you. In your drunken stupor, you were a bit happier than planned. Funny what a chain of events can make. Now you're an adolescent mother at the age of 21." Slade turned to the replica, "… I know your every move, how you do it, when you do it."

The replica's face twisted in disgust, "Ew, you're a stalker." Definitely a psychopath, I knew it, it thought.

"Yes, but think about it… Frightening, isn't it?"

"Oh my X'hal, you're right!" The replica then burst out crying, "You're so mean to me!" She then faded into Kori.

"Oh wow, that was extremely unexpected… Talk about random…" Kori commented. Her eyes then widened as Slade moved closer to her, and she backed up slowly until she was against the wall.

Robin could only stare in a stupor, trying to recover from the onslaught of Slade's revealing facts on Kori's history. Suicide, Alcohol, Revenge, Attempted Murder? … Oh my God, Star, what did I do to you? He returned his gaze to the scene before him.

"What's done in the dark comes into the light, my dear."

"Save it, I know you're not real," Kori retorted, looking away.

"But to you I am very real indeed."

"… Fuck you." Kori then shot a starbolt with her hand toward a red button. Upon contact, Slade disappeared as well as the setting of the simulation.

Robin watched Kori leave and chased after her into the hallway, "W-Wait up!" he called. He eventually caught up with her, "Star, was everything he said true?" He almost walked into Kori as she abruptly halted.

Kori turned to face Robin, "First off, call me Kori. How many times am I gonna have to tell you that?"

"Well, your name is Koriand'r, which means Starfire in Tamaranian. Kori is a nickname for Koriand'r, and Star is a nickname for Starfire. So technically, I am calling you Kori, but I'm saying it in English." Robin smirked at his "foolproof" explanation.

Kori looked at him for a while with her eyes narrowed. She then shrugged, turned around and kept walking. "… Good point."

Robin caught up with her pace and walked next to her on her right, "Thanks. But you still haven't answered my question…"

Kori just stared at the wall ahead, thinking how long until they got to her room. Well, we gotta go down the hallway, which is taking forever. Then we have to go in the elevator to go upstairs. After that there's two more hallways to go… Man, this is gonna be a long walk. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, taking out the ponytail it was previously in. She wrapped the band around her wrist and put her hands in her pockets.

"You can't hide from me forever…" Robin pointed out.

Kori sighed, "I guess I can't, can I?" Kori then fiddled in her pockets. She eventually discovered a cotton ball in one pocket. Now how did that get there? she thought. After fiddling with the cotton ball for a while, she heard Robin clear his throat. She knew he was right; especially now, no one else to cover for her. Gar, I could really use your help…

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Wow… I really don't like this chapter… Really, I think it sucks eggs. Wow…

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