well, here's another chapter! there will probably be one more after this.

disclaimer~I don't own Teen Titans.

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So Starfire waited patiently for Raven's return. Beastboy had opened one eye and invented several new

shades of red at her kissing him, but had them returned to his meditation. Star passed Raven's actions off

as wonderful, it was after all about time they started showing affection for each other.

Robin emerged from wherever it was that he had been (Star handn't thought to ask)and preceded to bug

the heck out of everone with his constant perkyness.

Starfire, realizing that Raven wasn't going to return within the next several hours, decided they

would need something to eat. With that in mind she procured 'Pudding of Sadness', which as fate would have

it was the only thing she could cook. At least now Beastboy was too mature to call it 'cream of toenails.'

Before the trio knew it, Monday rolled around and brought with it the return of Cyborg. He was happy

to see that the Tower hadn't come to a chaotic end, but was dismayed by the boy's present state. The good

news was no more Pudding of Sadness after he informally kicked Star out of the kitchen. That led to it's

own set of problems however when Cyborg made an extremely meaty pizza, which Beastboy flat-out refused

to eat. A fight over tofu vs. meat ensued, and didn't end until Starfire shouted loudly that she wished to

initiate a group hug, after which the other Titans stayed clear of her for several hours.

They saw neither hide nor hair of Raven for several more days, until Thursday when a loud crashing

noise echoed through the Tower.

Beastboy had confined himself to his room by then, having had his full of Cyborg's constant meat

consumption and Robin's loopy-ness. Cyborg was playing vidio games, and Starfire was reading a

Webster's Dictionary to improve her knowledge of earthly things. She was effectively driving Cyborg insane

with her questions of "What does this look like?", or "How is this pronounced?" She was asking him what

'subsidy' meant when a loud *BANG* interrupted her question.

Cyborg looked up instantly. "It came from the roof!"

They rushed to the stairs, meeting Beastboy and Robin halfway there. Upon arriving on the roof they

found Raven, her cloak torn on several places with the hood gone entirely. She was missing her belt, and

her hair was askew. Her leotard was torn by chance in rather revealing places, and in it's current state

her cloak was no protection.

Star saw it instantly, and ordered the boys away. Her eys glowed a murderous green when they

hesitated, so they ran for the relative safety of their rooms. Starfire helped Raven down into the Tower

after discovering she was too weak to walk. She managed to get her to her room, where She found Raven a

new outfit consisting of a leotard and cloak, and waited outside while Raven changed. She came out holding

an armful of metalic silver leaves that gave off a faint glow.

"Let's brew some tea." Star nodded and followed her obediently down to the kitchen.

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there, short and sweet!

Ja'ne minna!