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Explination, Disclaimer

This is a very odd fic.

To begin with, it's important that you know some background history. In this, the Titans have split after almost ten years of being together. Starfire is back on her home planet, trying to stop a civil war; Robin has taken up with Batman, and is starting to feel the chafe of being a sidekick. Raven began with Starfire on a journey back home, but eventually left to practice the meditation and energy control of the planet Jliam. Cyborg has tried to develop a new computer system, while Beastboy joined a Buddhist shrine where animals were held sacred, and spends his days with his animal friends and the monks.

Five seperate lives; five seperate jobs.

But they are brought together in a way no one expects, in such an odd way that it will seem as if fate itself is pulling for them in the most extrodinary of coincidences.

I own none of the characters you recognize: Starfire, Raven, Beastboy, Robin, Cyborg, Blackfire. I own most of the ones you don't: Windfire (now a graying woman), Cassandra (Raven's meditation instructor), Cyran (who is pulling Robin away from Batman), Aclica (the seductive woman trying to lure Cyborg into danger), and all other characters I may make up on the spur of the moment.

This is written in the same style as 'The Creek at White's Crossing' by Zefyr1 (under my favorites). If you read it, you'll probably recognize this. I'm not sure how far this will go; I like long stories but I have a tendency to get bored and cut off the end (just a warning).

So, if you think you're ready, read on...