(A/N- Starting notes: @.@;; I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry I wasn't back on Friday… My mom decided to make my siblings and I stay with her in Georgia till the END OF MY THANKSGIVING BREAK. *grumbles* I didn't get any vacation time at home… But, anyway, my misfortune shouldn't have to trouble you all. Again, I'm VERY sorry for the delay. I, um, hope this new update will maybe help you all forgive me… a little?)

{(Chapter 12- Revalations)}

A silence passed between the car's three occupants as Sayuri turned off the radio, and handed it back to Robin. It lasted for quite a few minutes, as Sayuri continued cruising towards the high-tech company they were heading to. After a while, though, the quiet atmosphere became too much for Starfire.

"Would you like to talk? This silence is… uncomfortable."

"No, not really…"

"You sound like Raven." Starfire observed.

Sayuri smiled. "I'm sorry. I'm normally annoyingly talkative… but I've just been a little depressed lately…"

"Would you like to talk about that? I might be able to make you feel better."

Sayuri sighed. "No… thanks, though."

"Then… maybe I could tell you about myself?"

Sayuri thought back to the months of studying she'd done on the Teen Titans, trying to prepare for this mission. A pang of guilt briefly went through her, but she shook it off, telling herself that Takeshi would live because of what she did.

"No. There's not much you could tell me I don't already know."

"Oh…" Starfire's smile faded for a moment, then brightened again. "Then, perhaps you could tell me about yourself? You don't have to tell me why you're so… sad, if you don't want to…" She briefly thought over what would be a safe topic. "…Why don't you tell me about your energy blasting techniques?"

Sayuri couldn't help but smile at the Tamaranian's strange choice of words. "My powers, you mean?"

"Yes!"

"Alright then…… Well, for starters, my power is based on something called spirit energy. Every human has two energies running through them… their life energy, and their spirit's energy. Spirit warriors can use their life energy and their spirit energy, to make themselves stronger… but they'd die in the process, so most don't."

In the back seat of the convertible, Robin was absorbing all the information being said in front of him. "But how do you use your spirit energy … And why can't everyone else use it?"

Sayuri gave him a nod. "Good observation. If everyone has spirit energy, why can't everyone use it? It takes a lot of training and strict discipline to learn to channel your energy. Some people have it lucky, and are born with a high spirit awareness- so they don't need very much training. Me, though… I had to go under training with my great-aunt; Genkai and my mother for 8 years, before I could even use the spirit gun. In fact… she gave up on me after the first 5 years, and went out on a search for a better apprentice to her powers. I hear she found one… but I've never met the guy…"

"….You still haven't said how you use your "spirit energy"…"

"Oh, you're right. What you do is channel your spirit's energy into a certain part of your body. If you want a small, precise point, then you channel it all into your finger, for a spirit gun blast. If you want a more wide, spread out shot, then you can use something like the shot gun, or the spirit wave (my great-aunt's own invention), you can send the energy through your entire hand, or fist. You can also channel your energy, sparsely, throughout your entire body to do things like teleportation, speeding up or flying."

Starfire gasped. "You can do all that?"

Sayuri laughed. "I wish! My mom could, though, and probably would have taught me to… but… my training had to end a bit earlier then she'd planned. So, as a result, I can only use two of the techniques… the spirit gun and teleportation."

"Oh…"

"But… even though I'm probably no match at all for whoever Genkai's apprentice was… I'm still pretty powerful." Sayuri paused as they reached a stoplight. She turned to look at Starfire, and put up three fingers. A small orange spirit bullet appeared on each of the fingers' tips. "Those little spheres there… that's all the power I have inside me as of now. It'll replenish itself tomorrow, but for now it's all I have. I do have the choice of how I use each of them… either a bullet, or teleportation. It takes the same amount of energy for me to do each… But I am limited to those three. After that, the only choice I have is to use my life energy, and kill myself."

Starfire fell silent. As far as she could tell, Sayuri's powers were dangerous and unreliable. She almost wondered why Sayuri used them at all.

Robin's mind seemed to have drifted away from the subject at hand. His next question was blurted out rather unexpectedly.

"Hey… who's Starfire?"

Sayuri and Starfire both looked back at him, confused. "What?"

"That guy on the radio… he said that I loved Starfire… But, who is she? Her name sounds like it was of great importance to me… but… I just can't remember who she is."

Starfire faltered for an answer. Sayuri interrupted before she could come up with one.

"You'd have a lot of trouble accepting any answer we give you to that question, so best not to answer it just yet… As soon as we straighten your brainwaves back out, though, we'll tell you anything you want."

Robin nodded, satisfied for the time being.

Only a few minutes later, Sayuri pulled into the parking lot for a large company called "Compu-Tech". She stepped out of her convertible, locking the door behind her.

"I'll be back in a few minutes." She told Starfire and Robin. "You two wait here while I see if my fiancé's friend is still at work. If he is, I'll be back to get you."

With that, she quickly walked in through the building's front doors.

An uncomfortable silence once again passed over the car's occupants. Starfire sighed drearily; something very uncharacteristic of her. It didn't used to be like this strange between us… I miss just being able to talk to him… But… I will get him back soon…

She looked back at Robin, and nodded to herself. "…That I will promise."

"Huh?"

"Was that outloud?!"

23 minutes later…

Sayuri stalked out of the Compu-Tech building, frowning. She climbed back into her car, slamming the door shut behind her. She started up the engine, and drove out of the parking lot.

"…Was your computer friend not there?"

Sayuri sighed and looked at Starfire. "They said his wife came by the office about an hour ago. She wasn't feeling too well, so he left with her so she'd get some fresh air… So… I really have no clue were he is. But we can go pick up your friends, and wait for him at his apartment… if we're lucky, he'll go back there… so he can work online or something…"

The car fell into silence again, but this time Starfire made no effort to get a conversation going. For the moment, she was silently enjoying the feel of the wind on her face, and trying to forget about her current troubles.

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Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg all waited patiently outside the front of the city hospital. Raven was sitting quietly on one of the many plastic, blue benches. Cyborg and –now back in human form- Beast Boy were both playing around on the parking lot's only entertainment; a coin-operated horse ride. They were just starting to run out of quarters, when Raven spotted a golden yellow convertible pull into the hospital entrance.

"Look," she said. Both boys immediately turned to what she'd been looking at. They grinned when the convertible pulled up next to them, and they saw Starfire and Robin both seated inside.

"Robin! Starfire! You're safe!"

Robin's head snapped up from where he'd been staring at the car's carpet. "What? Starfire? Where is she?"

He looked around from Raven, to Sayuri, to Starfire, wondering which of them "Starfire" could be. Raven frowned and shook her head. "You really did take his memory."

Sayuri nodded and sighed. "Well, get in. I haven't found the guy who can fix it, yet. But I think I know where he might be…"

Starfire climbed into the backseat, to make more room for her friends. Cyborg decided to sit up front in the passenger's seat, since he was the largest of the group, and would probably squish the rest if he squeezed into the back. Raven and Beast Boy both hopped into the back seat… but it was only built for three. Since there were four of them, Raven was "forced" to sit on Beast Boy's lap during the ride.

"Ready?" Sayuri asked them.

After a moment's struggle, while Raven buckled the seat belt over herself and Beast Boy, she nodded. Sayuri revved the engine, but before she took off, she seemed to realize something. She sped out of the car, leaving the keys in.

"I'll be right back!" She called behind her, as she hurried inside the hospital building.

The Titans glanced at each other, a little confused. It didn't last long, when Sayuri rushed back out of the building under a minute later. She was smiling happily as she climbed back into her car, and pulled out of the hospital.

"Er… what's got you so happy?" Cyborg asked, curious.

"They say they're sending him into surgery as we speak." Sayuri said cheerily.

"Huh?"

"Oh, sorry… I guess I should keep my mind on the task at hand… we've got to get to Seiku's place…" She said this as she sped through a red light.

"Seiku?" Something clicked in the back of Beast Boy's mind. "Seiku…. Wasn't that the name of that "old geezer" Raven snubbed on our way to the hospital?"

Raven nodded, as she took off the brown wig she'd been wearing. Her eyes widened as the realization dawned on her. "Oh, no…"

Sayuri's face fell. "You did what?"

Cyborg groaned. "Oh, man… I knew disrespecting an elder was bad luck…"

Beast Boy nodded. "Dude, this is pretty bad… I guess you were right."

Sayuri sighed. "Just pray Seiku doesn't recognize you guys without your disguises. Or if we're really lucky, he won't even remember you "snubbed" him earlier."

"Not him," corrected Beast Boy. "His wife."

Sayuri groaned. "Great."

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Back in Slade's Lair…

Slade tapped his fingers on his chair's armrest in annoyance. His eyes were all but glued to his giant plasma screen, which now showed a live shot from a spy cam he'd planted in Sayuri's car. It showed his little "employee", and all five of the Teen Titans, talking together in her car.

A little frustrated, Slade swiveled his chair away from the screen. So… you're nothing but a traitor after all, Sayuri… How annoying… Still, he couldn't help it when a wicked smile crept up his face. It felt so good to be working alone again.

He stood up from his chair, and began to form a comeback plan. "I'll make you pay for your backstabbing, Sayuri… and when I'm done, I'll kill off all four of those Titans… there's more then one way to skin a cat, and I will make Robin my apprentice. There's nothing anyone can do to stop that."

(A/N- *Laughs evily* Oh, yeah!!! Slade's back in the game! ^___^ What fun it is to have villains. It almost makes me want to make Sayuri turn evil. And Robin! And Starfire! And… Er… guess I should stop rambling. The thing is, though, if I made Robin (or anyone else) go evil, I'd be accused by about a million TT fans that I made their favorite character OC. @.@

Well, maybe not a million… My story isn't quite that popular. ^^;;;

Oh… know what, though?! I got 175 reveiws! 178 at last count!! That's wicked awesome, desu ne?! We've almost hit 200!!!!! ^____^ Eeep! Total yayness. Oh, yeah… review responses and stuff…

Gothic-Wolf: Yes. Much more fluff, I hope. I'm glad to like it. I'm a hopeless BB/Ra fan.

Well-Well: Thank you very much for the advice and compliment. It's greatly appreciated. Maybe this isn't a very good reason, but I was hoping to put in more info on the "old geezers" later, since they'll be fairly main characters in my plotline.

Weirdo Coffee High Girl: oo;; I messed up your name?! Gomen nasi!!! I guess I was just a little tired… and, yes, I've been getting more and more flames and complaints as of late… it's a little depressing, but I'll live. After all, I still have very, very many reviewers who're actually enjoying my story… so… I'll be keeping my spirit's up.

BTW, You guys should know that this story's getting more reviews then any of my other stories ever did… so, every review you post is breaking a new record for me!

^^ Is that a good enough reason to review? Well… I really do greatly appreciate it when people review my stories. Seeing an e-mail titled "[FanFiction.net] Review Alert!" never fails to make my day.

So… please, please keep reviewing. And domo arigatou for the comments you've posted thus far! I'm really glad you like (or strongly dislike) my story enough to review it.

LOL. I think I must put the word "review" at least a dozen times in every author note I've ever written. Still… it's a rather hard habit to break…

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