WWHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I am sssssoooooooooooooooooo happy!!!! And also I'm kinda hyper so BEWARE. Yea, like one half of me is slapping myself saying, "Pull yourself together you idjit!!" While the other side says "There ya go! Let out those emotions of happiness!" I know it's scary. I'm telling you now! I swear I'm not crazy! I'm just having trouble with my ego, hence the name: troubled-ego. Thanks again for all the wonderful reviews and letters. The winner to the letter writing contest thing is none other than Raven Demon!! I thought all of your letters were great, but I had to only choose one( :( ) and I would like to give a big thanks to some of you especially Raven Demon. Deciding on which letter to choose as winner was so hard. Raven Demon's letter has given me a great Idea for the next chapter! So enough waiting and more reading! Yes, Keep the Secret Keys, Raven will be in P.E. THIS CHAPTER! Oh how exciting!
Raven: Remember, no foolish mortals were hurt in the making of this story and troubled-ego does not own any of the Teen Titans. Especially me! Thank Azarath.
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Robin smiled at the blue-eyed brunette staring back at him. Robin wouldn't lie for she was a pretty girl and health class was boring so he could just say "hi".
"Hi Robin." The girl beat him to what he was going to say.
"Um, Hi uh--"
"June. My name is June."
Robin smiled again. "Nice to meet you June. Heh, and nice name. So what's up?"
June placed her long silky hair behind her ear and giggled. "I'm fine, and you?"
"Couldn't be better." Stated Robin as he confidently stuck his thumb up.
June giggled once more but something seemed a little off about her. She was really nice and pretty but something seemed just strange. Robin couldn't put a finger on it. He thought about it that she kinda almost looked like Blackfire except with Brown hair. That made him a little nervous.
The brunette put a look of curiosity and confusion on her face as she inquired, "What exactly are you doing in school Robin? I mean, don't you have any crime to fight?"
A look of worry crept its way up to Robin's face. "I hope there's no crime to fight. Being enrolled in school was supposed to be a gift from the Gotham City council. We excepted it just to polite."
"That's so very nice of you."
Robin blushed. "Um, thanks I-I guess."
June grinned in a playful manor. "Do you know who my favorite Titan is?"
Robin gulped "No...who?"
June smiled just as she was about to answer, "My favorite Titan is..."
"Feel the brush and let it FLOOOOOW!! WHHHEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Mr. Flora screamed as he pretended to be a butterfly and fluttered around the classroom. He jumped to where Cyborg was working. "Move those shapely arms little fella! Let them glide!" Now Cyborg was scared. He was never good at art in fact, he wanted weight training but nooooo they just had to screw up HIS schedule.
'Oh well, it could be worse.' Cyborg mentally noted. But just then the paint next to his canvas spilled onto him and it was permanent paint! To make it worse, it was...PINK!!! Cyborg jumped up and screamed like a girl trying to quickly rub off the paint with a moist towel.
"Pink is the color that will free us all !!!!!" Mr. Flora continued to babble on of his gay fantasies while Cyborg tried desperately to take the paint off. The class was in total chaos.
Finally the bell rings dismissing the classes for lunch.
"WWWWHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" Yell the school children.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Are the screams of Raven. "Must...get...to lunch...safely."
As we take a look away from the stampede chasing Raven to a one way road of hell so to speak, we meet up with some familiar faces.
"Yo, freshmen punk. Gimme yo lunch money," The Junior (11th grader) demands while holding up the poor freshmen sucka (*cough* I mean kid. *cough*) by the collar. "Okay I'll do anything, just don't hurt me!" The kid reaches into his pocket to fetch some money.
Those weren't the familiar faces I was really talking about. I was talking about Starfire and Allison. They are just slowly walking along to lunch with a "few" of Allison's friends chatting.
"So Star", Allison began. "Who do you like?"
Starfire innocently thought about it for a few seconds. " I am certain I am have liking for all of you my friends!"
One of Allie's friends corrected her saying "'Who do you like' as in 'who do you have a crush on'"
Realization came to the green eyed Tamaraenean. " Oh, I like Robin."
"Awwwwww." Her friends squealed.
All of a sudden, as if on queue, June comes running past them holding a tight grip on Robin's hand. Robin saw Starfire and made a quick opportunity to say hello.
"Hi Star...Bye Star." And at that Robin waved with his free arm as June kept running to get to the lunch line.
Starfire just stopped walking and her friends stopped with her. She had all the friends, all the fame, and all the looks, but she did not have Robin. She just stared. Allison waved a hand in front of her face trying to snap her back into reality. "Yoohoo, Star? Starfire back to reality."
Something deep inside the mind of Starfire clicked. Her rage broke loose. "KLORBACK-VARBLANELK!!" she screamed and ran after the direction June and Robin took.
Allison blinked a few times before asking her friends, "So, like, should we help her?" Her friends nod their heads in agreement and follow pursuit.
Beast boy slowly walked with his head held low and his arms heavy. His backpack added extra weight to his already sore body. BB sighed, "I wonder if I'm the only one with a bad day..." Just then, the ground started rumbling. Beast boy quickly looked up. "Huh?" A huge stampede with Raven in the front being chased by millions of Gothic guys comes racing toward the shape shifter.
"Beast boy, RUN!" Raven panted.
"Why don't you just levitate?"
"Um, I haven't thought of that..." Raven blushed. She felt stupid now. "Hold on." shouted Raven as she scooped up Beast boy in her arms and took flight to the roof of the school. Beast boy, being surprised over Raven's actions blushed. Raven noticed this and asked, "What?" Beast boy rubbed his arm and asked, "What's with you trying to be all heroic?" Raven just scratched her head and blushed but the blush faded quickly as she made a smart remark about dropping him off the roof. Beast boy just laughed it off and asked, "So, got any lunch money?" The boys kept on begging for Raven to come down and booed at Beast boy.
Cyborg was also having a...strange day. A light blemish of pink lie on the torso of Cyborg's robotic body. Most of the pink was removed but still little remained and was quite noticeable for being such a bright color and all. A few kids (who hate Cyborg of course) snickered at the poor android. He ignored this and slowly walked on to the cafeteria.
June bought Robin a whole box (for $10.00) of pepperoni pizza. It was a little strange. Some people stared. Mostly girls stared out of jealousy at them. They were thinking how lucky she was to be with Robin the boy wonder. But, their jealousy did not even BEGIN to compare with Starfire's. She was so jealous that her eyes were glowing a bright green. A few people moved away from the angry alien girl. Her teeth were grit and if you listened hard enough you could here her lightly growling. She stomped up to the table where June and Robin were enjoying their lunch. She kept on mumbling the same thing over and over saying, "Toofond korin klorback-varblanelk, toofond korin klorback-varblanelk!" (Let's just say that what she was saying means "Must kill trouble-maker!") She marched toward the table with her eyes practically burning with fire as she slammed her fist on the table in full rage. Robin jumped, as did June while Starfire glowered down at the brunette.
"Um, may I help you?" inquired June.
Starfire's eye twitched, "Yes, you may help me by...STAYING AWAY FROM ROBIN!!!!"
Robin fell back in his chair after hearing Starfire scream like that. June was also surprised as well as about everybody in the cafeteria. By this time, Cyborg has reached the entrance of the lunch room and witnessed the scene going on. On top of the roof, where a swarm of Goth boys awaiting Raven's attention had also heard the commotion and quit waving their lighters in the air and calling for their beloved black bird. Beast boy and Raven had instantly recognized their alien friend's voice.
"Let me guess...Starfire in distress," Raven spat.
Beast boy smiled at the hooded Azra, "Maybe we should risk going down there to help. What do you think?"
Raven just shrugged her shoulders, "Let's go."
Beast boy turned into a raven and Raven cocked an eyebrow at this. 'Copycat.' She thought and flew off with Beast boy flapping his wings right behind her.
Right now, Starfire and June were in a fierce stare down. Robin and Cyborg's mouths stood wide open. They could not understand what had come over Starfire.
June narrowed her eyes, really making herself look like Blackfire now. "What the hell has gotten over you?" Starfire didn't respond for a few seconds but words began to flow from her mouth. "You cannot go near Robin at all. He is complete territory of me, not you. You cannot just take something I have worked so hard for, something that I still need. I need Robin and you are taking him away. He has helped to guide me through thick and thin ever since I have reached this planet Earth. We are like peanut butter and jelly, ketchup and mustard, cream and cheese! A heart is a precious thing to loose and if you take Robin, you take my heart. Robin is my heart! I-I.….…I LOVE HIM!!!"
Everyone gasped. Allison and her friends awed and shed a few tears of joy. Robin's eyes widened and Cyborg was on the verge of laughing, that is, until some jerk kid kicked him in the shin and said, "You joik!" Now Cy was on the verge of crying. Raven and Beast boy had their mouths wide open in shock.
"That's just...wrong!" said Raven.
Beast boy looked at Raven questioningly, "Why can't we be like that?" Raven gave him a sharp predator-like stare and answered, "Because we are in no sort of relationship." Beast boy fell to his knees and wailed. "That means you don't love me?" Raven just walked away with no response.
June began to express her feelings too. "Well, I just hope you know, just like any Robin crazy fan girl, that I love him TOO!!!"
"Well you cannot have him," Star shouted.
"Then you can't have him either!" countered June.
Robin scratched his head. "I don't like where this is going..."
Starfire grabs one of Robin's arms and June grabs the other and they play tug-o-war with his body.
"He's mine!"
"No, MINE!"
"MINE!!"
"Keep dreaming!"
Robin yelled and screamed as they continued pulling at his arms. He felt as if his arms would snap at any minute. Suddenly, something unexpected saved him.
...The bell rang.
Everyone rushed to their classes. The three were lost in a crowd of swarming school people. In the confusion, Robin got away to his next class and Allison took Starfire by the hand to drag her out leaving June in the crowd. The Titans traveled to their third classes.
Spanish Class...
Everyone sat down and stared at the two alien girls sitting next to each other. Raven glanced at Starfire to see the anger built into her.
'Such inferior emotions get in the way of life too much. Looks like Starfire is a victim of one of these. Poor girl.' Raven thought.
Raven's thoughts were interrupted when the teacher greeted her class.
"¡Hola clasé! ¡Buenas tarde!" Mrs. Señora chirped. (Hello class! Good afternoon!)
"¡Buenas tarde señora!" (Good afternoon ma'am!)
(Sorry if I say something in spanish wrong. My Spanish is a little rusty. Any of you Spanish speaking people can correct me! ¡Gracias! (Thanks!))
Mrs. Señora looked over toward Starfire. "¡Hola Starfire! ¿Cómo estas?" (Hello Starfire! How are you?)
Starfire was confused. She barely knew English yet she is in a foreign language classroom. A kid whispers something into her ear and she slowly repeats it saying, "Tengo un gato en mi pantelonés (I have a cat in my pants.)." The class roared with laughter. Raven looked up the words in the Spanish/English dictionary as her eyes widened. If she could not conceal her emotions, she would be roaring with laughter right now. Starfire was completely befuzzled. Raven told her what she had said and Starfire started giggling. The class calmed down and the teacher said, "Very good Starfire, but next time try to answer the question with an answer that makes sense." Starfire just smiled. The class continued.
Pathways
Sadly all the freshmen have to have Pathways class (Raven will get it next quarter.). Beast Boy had to sit through it with Cyborg and Robin. The three of them had Mrs. Geyerg too. Robin wondered why Starfire was so jealous. He had never seen her so.aggressive before and he never really knew that Starfire felt so strongly about him. Somehow, the thought of June bothered him too. They were both fighting over him! He never had anyone care for him so deeply except for his parents but they were not around anymore. He pondered how he can get them together without making them fight over him.
Cyborg kept looking down at himself and wondered how he would ever get the annoying paint off. Now he would probably need a new paint job or something. Good thing it was Friday. He could spend his WHOLE weekend trying to fix this problem.
After some boring lecture from the teacher, the bell rings for...that's right, FOURTH PERIOD!
Robin traveled to Science class with Mr. Chobit, Beastboy went to English class with Mrs. Spell, Cyborg traveled to Algebra with Mr. Takanu, Starfire floated after Cyborg to go to Algebra also, and Raven slowly walked towards her greatest fear...P.E.
The Demon girl stood just outside the locker room wondering what terrible horror she would face. What if she met up with some cheerleaders? What if she had to dress up in pink? What if she accidentally walked into the boys' locker room? So many questions unanswered, so little time. She decided 'To hell with it.' And walked inside.
The locker room was small, filled with many blue colored lockers, the office for one of the teachers named Mrs. Woodenburg, and many girls...undressing. Raven closed her eyes and couldn't believe this. All of a sudden, she felt something being dropped on her head. She carefully looked up to see her gym clothes. The shirt was white with the school logo 'Gotham high' and her name in blue on the back. The shorts were blue shorts with her name in white on the left leg. Raven once again looked around to see the girls staring at her. Raven could feel her face getting hot so she took her cloak off and with her telekinetic powers, suspended it in the air as to make a covering around her while she changed into her gym clothes. After changing she put her cloak around her and put the hood over her head trying to look as serious as possible while crossing her arms.
The bell rang and all the girls walked out of the locker room with Raven following close behind.
It was hot outside. Raven did not like the sun. She could recall reading books about the ozone layer being destroyed allowing the sun's ultraviolet rays to sink in raising chances of skin cancer. 'Sun burn.' Thought Raven.
Mrs. Woodenburg clapped her hand together to get the class's attention, "Alright children, school's almost over. Just an hour and a half. And just to let you all know, this hour and a half is going to be your WORST! I love to drive my last classes the hardest!" She paused for a moment and looked at Raven. "My my Raven, looks like you can use some sun. You're all grey!" Raven sighed, "That's my natural skin color, Miss." The teacher laughed, "Now that's funny! I know why you're all pale. You always wear that cloak! C'mon Raven, take it off." Raven did not want to take her cloak off but she cooperated anyway. She sighed while removing it and handed it to her teacher.
"See that wasn't so bad now was it?" asked Mrs. Woodenburg.
Raven paused. She looked up at the sky and at herself. "Actually, it was."
Mrs. Woodenburg took a few seconds before laughing as if she had heard the world's funniest joke. "Alright. Time to start. EVERYONE RUN AROUND THE TRACK SEVEN TIMES! THEN AFTER THAT, RUN THE TRACK SEVEN MORE TIMES!!" She cracked up again and blew into her whistle. The kids raced along the track like a herd of wild antelope, that is, except for Raven who was levitating along the track.
"RAVEN!!" Her teacher screamed, "You're suppose to run, not FLY!!!!"
Raven stopped and stood in the middle of the track dumbfounded. "But, running is too hard."
"Awwwwwww, it's nice of you to express you're opinion to me but you will RUN! RUN UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE HUNG ON THE SCHOOL FLAG POLE!!!"
Raven saluted to her teacher and ran around the track 15 times. She was suppose to run 14 laps but she just wanted to be sure that she got it right so she WON'T be hung on the school flagpole. While running, she was still faster than all the other kids so she beat them even though she started late and ran an extra lap. Soon enough, all the students (I gotta start using that word more often. . .)finished running the track and lined up near the teacher.
"Everyone finished with their first task of torcher?" She inquired.
The class except for Raven shouted, "Yes Mrs. Woodenburg!"
"Good! Now, for the remainder of the hour, you will all play a nice friendly game of BASKETBALL!"
She blew into her whistle once again and some students went to fetch some balls.
Raven ( who you have already figured out isn't very athletic, like me.)was new to the game of basketball. So after a few rounds of explanations on how to play, they got started.
The other team had the ball and one of the guys was dribbling. Raven moved in for the grabs for being smart and all she quickly used her telekinesis to steal the ball from the person and levitated throwing it into the hoop with her dark powers.
"RAVEN!!!" Her teacher boomed.
Raven winced and walked over to her instructor. "What did I do now?"
"You are not supposed to use your powers!"
Raven scratched the back of her head while sheepishly adding, "But it's so hard to resist..."--
"RAVEN! I'm warning you. NO MORE POWERS!!!"
That last sentence left Raven flying backwards. Her teacher sure had a strong voice. Raven gave a fake smile and whispered, "It won't happen again."
Mrs. Woodenburg lean over toward Raven. "Good."
Raven walked back to the court and continued playing. Her team was winning. Without the use of her powers, she got a lot of bumps, bruises, and scratches. One of her teammates has stolen the ball and shouted to Raven, "Raven! Catch!"
Raven opened up her hands preparing to catch it. "I'm open!" The ball went straight for her and she caught it...right when it hit her in the face at the same time and she fell on her butt (That happened to me when I was playing kickball. I felt like my nose broke but I was glad that I actually caught the ball.). The kids stopped playing and ran up to Raven who was just lying on the ground. One of the girls asked, "Hey Reye, you alright?" Raven just stared at the sky and out of nowhere, burst out laughing. The students all looked at her strangely and the wind started to blow violently while Raven just laughed. Fortunately, (Oh man. I wanted to see some wind blowing action. . .)Raven stopped laughing just in time before she made a tornado and the sky calmed down as the wind stopped blowing. "What? Can't a girl laugh?" inquired Raven.
"A girl can laugh, but a demon girl can't." The kid who passed her the ball said.
Mrs. Woodenburg walked up to the crowd of students with Raven sitting up. "The bell is going to ring soon. Everyone inside...NOW!"
The student marched into the school as Raven chased after them.
Raven was back in the locker room getting ready for a shower when she decided to take a peak just so she could choose where she wants to shower. She walks into the shower room to see that there are no curtains. . .
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Raven screamed and ran out of the shower room still screaming and covering her eyes. "BAD IMAGES!!" She ran around the locker room while her sudden panic caused a black aura to surround the lockers which opened up with one hitting her in her face in the same place where the basketball hit causing extra hurt. Raven yelped in pain and held her nose and slipped on a brush that fell from one of the lockers that opened. She screamed more. Girls were running around everywhere as some of their belongings pretty much attacked them. Raven eventually calmed down as the bell rang dismissing school. The girls ran out of the locker room and Mrs. Woodenburg stood over Raven.
"Still wanna take that shower?" She asked handing Raven her cloak back.
"I'll take one when I get home." Answered Raven as she stood up and put her cloak on.
She took her back pack and her other clothes (she's still wearing the gym clothes under the cloak) and walked out of the locker room while lifting her hood over her head to hide some of her bandages and that sunburn.
Robin stood out of the school waiting for the girls. June was already talking to him while Cyborg and Beast boy laughed. It wasn't funny having two girls that he liked fight over him. Starfire arrived and as soon as she set eyes on June, a war set off in her brain. In her head, she pictured her shooting June's head off with one of her starbolts and smiled at it. Raven arrived too with her cloak wrapped tightly around her body to keep any one from seeing her gym clothes as well as her "battle scars" and that sunburn. June spotted her ride and before leaving said, "I'll see you on Tuesday Robin. Remember, you have my phone number and address. And. . .you can sleepover any time." And with that said, she kissed him on the cheek and ran to the car. Starfire's eyes glowed. Oh how she yearned to blow up that car but if she did, Robin wouldn't like that very much. Starfire looked at Robin with sad eyes. "Robin, you have a smudge on your face." And she wiped off the area where June had kissed. After that, she smiled and kissed him on his opposite cheek, which made him blush even more.
Beast boy got a little jealous that Robin was getting all the attention so he asked Raven, "Hey Raven, you see that? Can I have a kiss too?"
Raven glanced at him. "If you want a kiss, you'll get a kiss. Now, close your eyes."
Beast boy did exactly what he was told and puckered up his lips. Raven dug for something in her backpack and placed it against his lips. Beast boy tasted something like...chocolate?
He opened his eyes to see Raven smiling, satisfied and Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin laughing hysterically. Beast boy took the chocolate tasting object out of his mouth, revealing that it was a Hershey's kiss. BB put it back in his mouth and growled in frustration.
Robin was the first to speak. "Come on Titans, let's go home."
Back at the T-Tower, the Titans took off their backpacks and relaxed. Raven forgot about her bandages and gym clothes so she put her hood down and unwrapped the cape of her cloak. Everyone laughed.
" Nice...sunburn...Raven." Cyborg struggled.
"What happened? Got into a fight with a football?" Beast boy asked while holding back his laughter.
Raven took awhile to think. "Hmm. No, it was a basketball."
Beast boy couldn't take it any longer and joined Cyborg in the eruption of laughter.
Even Robin had something to say. "Um...nice uniform." He and Starfire laughed as Raven began to walk upstairs.
"Where are you heading to Raven?" Starfire inquired.
"I'm gonna take a shower."
"WAIT! We got mail!" cried Robin.
Raven walked back down.
"What is it? A diploma?" Beast boy sarcastically added.
"No. It's a letter from one of our fans."
"Ooooooooh." Everyone began to listen.
"This letter is from Raven Demon." Robin began.
"Why does everyone want my name?" wailed Raven.
"Can I read it now?"
"Sure, knock yourself out."
"Alright. It goes a little something like this...
Howdy all Teen Titans!,
My name is Raven Demon! I'm new to this school, but I remember that you saved my grandmother once before! I would love to repay you by inviting you to my party Saturday Night. It's going to be at my house in the basement. All my friends will be there and I'd love for you to meet them. I hope you can make it! You guys are my heros! Tell me if you can stop by saturday. My house is one block from the school on "Cherry Street". Tell me if you can make it call me at 5-0375 can't wait! Bye! From, Raven Demon P.S.: You can invite anyone if you so desire."
Starfire danced around, "I love the letter! I can't wait for the party! And you are welcome for having your grandmother saved!"
Beast boy scratched his head. "We saved her grandma?" Raven jabbed Beast boy in the stomach with her elbow. "Can I take my shower now?" Now Beast boy jabbed Raven in her stomach.
"Uh sure." Okayed Robin.
Raven growled at Beast boy before walking upstairs.
"Star, chill." Cyborg commanded while the alien girl danced around and talked to no one.
"You want me to go into the freezer, dawg?" asked a confused Starfire.
"NO I- Did you just say 'dawg'?" Cyborg inhaled for a few seconds and laughed like crazy.
Robin faced the Titans. "Saturday is tomorrow and we get no homework since we are heroes so we better prepare for some house rockin'."
"Yes dude!" Beast boy saluted.
Cyborg smiled. "Saturday's gonna be da bomb!"
"Totally!" giggled Starfire.
"Yeah totally! Wait, did you just say 'totally'?"
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Yeah, well that's it for now. I have some news to deliver. My computer will NOT allow me to send reviews to anyone. The window pops up but it won't load. I would really like to send reviews to all of your stories but I can't unless I e-mail you but I'm not sure if all of you want that so if it's okay tell me. If it's not, I'll just put my reviews in the chapters of my stories. Speaking of that, there is this wonderful story by SuNsHiNe10 (in the comics section) called "Hopelessly Devoted". It has got to be the BEST Starfire/Robin story I have ever read! I loved it! And SuNsHiNe10, if you are reading this now, I would like to tell you how much I love your stories. Also read the sequel to that story. It's a Raven/Beast boy story. Last but not least, Raven Demon, since the teen titans are coming to your house for a party, what will you guys do there? Tell me so I can make the chapter seem more...you. After all, it is your party. Think of the best things you can! Thanks again! Ja Ne!!!!