Satan's Child

Castles: In light of some reviews I have gotten from various readers, I have decided to post replies to these reviews, in order to clear up any questions you may have. I may include some reviews from readers who have seen chapter 5 as well.

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Starfire8905: Thank you! Hopefully updates will come along quicker, as my dedication to my writing is very important to me.

Nine Taled demon Fox: Darker than before? Well if you spent 5 years locked up and treated like a lab rat, wouldn't you be a bit less trusting and quieter? It was a horrific experience for BB and Rae, and both have changed a lot in this fic. =^_^=

Evil Knievel: Actually, although I have seen use of their actual names in other fanfics, I prefer to use their Titan names for some unknown reason. I might use their real names somewhere tho.. Anything much that Star and Robin get up to is in private, but they are together. I just like writing BBxRae! And I have plans for Beast Boy, Slade just has to get him angry…Thank you for your support!

Fallen Angel X: Robin and Star are a private couple, but I'm going to twist things around a bit there. You'll see, it starts in this chapter! Thanks for the support!

Change-Of-Heart2: Going between being an author and an artist can be difficult. But I am a woman! It's said we can do more than one thing at once! And I love creating fan art.

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Kitty: We have not put this in! See first chapter for disclaimer! This goes for any chapters without disclaimers beforehand…The only person we own is Kiya!

Castles: I think we'll just reflect on everyday life, and how it has changed a lot in this chapter. Kiya is NOT happy at all!

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Kiya was most unimpressed.

In fact she was more than that.

She was bored to death, and unimpressed. After all, spending the day with the rest of the Titan team was not a good way to spend the day. Well, Mum and Dad had said this might be good for her, but if learning how to fight and mend cars was good for her, then she didn't think she needed any training in being a superhero.

Then again, did she want to be a superhero? After all, there was nothing to stop her from choosing a different path to her family.

At least.. She thought I can get to know these guys a bit better, but boredom is a good method of punishment.

"Can I go yet?" She asked Cyborg, who was bent over a car's bonnet.

"Not yet. You still have to help me fix these turbo thrusters. Then…I'll consider it. " A sigh of frustration produced from beside him, causing him to laugh a bit. "Hey, you was the one who got into trouble. Your punishment for that is to spend the week with the rest of us. I really don't think your

mum's nerves can handle you as an out-of-control teenager. "

"Yeah, but it's still boring." Kiya grumpily replied.

"Well you know how to fix that, don't ya?"

"How?"

"Don't get into trouble." Cyborg smiled, handing the girl a spanner. "You can start by screwing those bolts in over there."

"Fine." It was going to be a long week…

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"Do you think we should move it there, or over here?" Robin asked his girlfriend, debating whether to put the bookshelf to the left, or to the right.

"I don't know. Maybe to the left? It doesn't seem to look too big there." Starfire pointed towards the wall, picking up some CD's to file them in another bookshelf to her right.

"Left it is. Thanks." Robin smiled, kissing her on the cheek, before proceeding to move back towards the bookshelf.

"Robin, wait." Starfire called back to him. "Please, we need to talk. You've put this off for ages, you always tell me that we'll talk some other time."

"Star…you know how tied…"

"How tied up you are in work? How tied up you are in fighting crime and villains, so much that you never have time for me? "Starfire cut Robin off sharply, determined to have her way.


"And? That doesn't mean that I don't love you."

"The point I am trying to say is not whether you love me or not. That is of no use to me, if you don't have time to spend some time with me." Her voice lowered, her initial anger dying down.

"But I do." Robin insisted.

"No Robin, you do not. And that is why I think you should reconsider your priorities." Her eyes saddened, she turned, and rushed out, bumping into Beast Boy as she went.

"Whoa! Star?! Star! What's wrong?!" Beast Boy, startled, called after the alien girl. But she ignored the changeling, running to her bedroom in tears.

"What's wrong Robin? Why is she upset?" Beast Boy, still having not learnt the art of being subtle, questioned the quiet Boy Wonder.

"She's upset because of me. Tell me Beast Boy, how do you manage to do all the things you do, and still have time for Raven?" Beast Boy looked slightly taken aback by this, but pulled himself together enough to answer.

"Well, that's normally because I do everything I do during the daytime, and normally find Raven for some quality time in the evenings. Sometimes in the morning as well, but that depends on how awake I am. Why, haven't you been giving Star enough  of your time?"

"I don't think I have. It's something I never  took the chance to learn." Robin sadly answered.

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"Okay…So which part of your world crashed this time, and how can I help you to fix it?" Raven silently prodded the upset Starfire, looking for answers after she had rushed past her in distress, tears streaming from her face.


"Oh Raven, it is Robin. Why doesn't he have the time to spend with me? Why is he always too wrapped up in his own little world to care about anybody else? I appreciate that he has a lot of things to do every day, but that always leaves him exhausted, and with no time to share with me." Starfire dejectedly lowered her almost feline, green eyes, as she finished her little outburst.

"Well I'm guessing that he's like quite a lot of guys, he doesn't understand the importance of keeping a girl's attention. If he thinks that running around doing everything else, whilst hoping you'll quietly stand on the sidelines. You're right, he's always up late trying to finish some work. I remember one night when I was going to the loo at about 3.00am, and he was still up working."

"Did Beast Boy miss you?" The alien girl asked nervously.

"Well, he was kinda zed-ding it away in bed, but I think he finds it a bit uncomfortable without me to lie on." Raven smiled, recalling how her boyfriend would normally thrash about and end up on the floor, - until Raven came back and picked him up again.

"But you are happy with how things are between you and Beast Boy? I mean, no offence but the two of you can be very different to one another. "

"Hey, nobody's perfect, but Beast Boy has learnt to never try jokes on me, they DO NOT amuse me at all. Learning to divide your personality to suit the situation is a good talent to learn. Beast Boy has learnt to tone down the 'group jester' act on me, and act a bit more sensibly.

"Beast Boy, sensible? Now I have yet to see that." Starfire smiled through her tears, her misery lifting a bit.

"Hey, you'd faint if you found him in a romantic mood. " Raven gave a mischievous smile, actually hugging Starfire for a minute.

"Thanks Raven, you're a good friend. I will talk to Robin about things." Starfire continued to smile, hugging her friend back.


"Anytime. And I normally see Beast Boy in the evenings anyway, he normally spends most of the day playing on the game cube with the other guys." She cocked her head slightly to the side, suddenly producing another one of her 'bubbles'. It was very small, small enough to fit in the alien's hand.

"Maybe things won't be so bad after all." Starfire suddenly added.

"Hey, I find a few harmless threats normally wake a guy up. You don't actually carry the threat through, but Robin might get a bit worried and….Well you know what I mean." She gave a bit of an evil laugh, glad that she'd cheered the alien girl up.

Starfire could only smile, hoping that things would be okay.

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"Please? Please can I go now? PLEASE?!" Kiya begged desperately for her captor to let her go, and finally she was allowed her freedom, as Cyborg waved her towards the door, burying his head back in the bonnet of the car he was working on.

"Yes! Oh yeah, go Kiya, go Kiya…." Kiya adopted the familiar dance that went with the little saying, Cyborg laughing as he saw the true comical nature of her father in the girl.

"Go on, scram. But don't forget, you gotta go to Robin next. And if you're not there, lets just hope you escape your mother's wrath…"

"Yeah, I know…." She sighed.

"Go on then."

Kiya sighed as she worked her way back up to the main room. She was surprised to hear shouting and yelling from the main room, and as she walked in, the girl was greeted by the sights of Robin shouting immensely at Beast Boy, who was looking rather bored standing there. With every outburst from Robin, the changeling frequently replied coolly and calmly. Both looked around in surprise as they heard the sound of a throat being clearly behind them.


"I hate to interrupt guys, but, uh, I'm supposed to be here next, Cyborg just let me go." Kiya obviously hadn't inherited the subtle art of waiting out arguments from her mother either, but if anything, her crystal green eyes gave it away, with the look of innocence pictured in them.

Beast Boy took one look at the fuming Robin next to him, and made up his mind. "There's been a slight change of plan. You can stay with me for a while, and then we'll see if Star's up to it after that."

"Oh, okay." Kiya shrugged her shoulders, clearly uninterested in who she was with, just with how long she had to wait until she got this over and done with.

"I'd try talking to Star if I were you Robin. I think she might appreciate it if you actually listened to what she has to say for once." Beast Boy smiled, and led the way out, followed by his daughter.

"What was all that about? " She asked him as they walked along in silence.

"Oh, Robin and Star have a bit of a problem at the moment. I figured one of me is enough, I don't think Robin would be able to cope with you for the afternoon. We'll go check things are okay with your mum, and if so, you can come help me with a few issues." Figuring that giving Kiya a reason for things was easier than ignoring the question, he decided not to go into too much detail.

"Lovely." Kiya added, as Starfire walked past them, her eyes looking red. Despite that, she still smiled, walking briskly towards the main lounge.

"Wonderful Starfire, the undying optimist." Raven sarcastically remarked as the two came into view. "What have you been up to this time then Kiya?" She commented, focusing a glare at the girl.

"Don't worry, I'm guessing Star came to you for advice because of hers and Robin's latest issue. Kiya hasn't done anything wrong, it's just that Robin's a bit, well, pissed off, and I figured more than one of the lovely comical me would be too much for him. So Kiya's with me if that's alright with you." Beast Boy quickly covered Kiya's back, knowing how temperamental Kiya could get.

"Oh, sure, that's fine. Star may not be up to it later on, so maybe we'll be a bit lenient with 'miss runaway' here this evening…"

"Please, no more of this torture! I promise I'll never go near that witch Jinx again! Please!" But from her's parents looks, she gathered that that was not going to happen.

"We'll consider it. You seem to have gathered that running of with the likes of our resident bad guys is a bad thing when we save your but." Raven added with a smile.

"Maybe we'll cut a few days off." Beast Boy added as well.

"Damn, my life is hell." Kiya sighed.

"Get used to it." Raven said.

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Robin was starting to regret things by now. Starfire had ignored him, and he was feeling terribly guilt ridden.

Maybe I should wait until tomorrow, and then talk to her….

Starfire merely went on squirting mustard into a glass.

No I'll wait until the right moment tonight, and then talk to her…

The glass was full, and the mustard returned to the fridge. The alien had always said that she preferred chilled mustard then room temperature mustard.

Nah, I'll give a couple of days, and then speak to her…

A straw was added, and the beverage was complete. Drinking mustard was an old, and much favoured tradition of Starfire's.

 Okay, so I'll let her talk to me first…

Starfire went to leave. It was now or never…

"Starfire? " Robin gulped. The girl turned, and registered his pained, guilt stricken look, the one filled with a desperate need to make things right.

"I do not want to talk to you right now Robin. When I want to talk, you will know." With perhaps the coldest tone, and darkest look ever, she turned, and strode out, the Boy Wonder looking with a most distressed expression, a heavy weight upon his heart.

"Ya know, I've yet to see Star that unhappy. You really did upset her, didn't ya?" Cyborg appeared, carrying a huge toolkit in one hand, and followed quickly by Beast Boy and a very nervous Kiya.

"No! Please! Anything but that again! Please Dad, don't send me down with the cars again!" Kiya begged on bended knee for her dad not to send her away with Cyborg again, and luck was on her side as he sent her back down to the training room instead.

"I think you know enough about cars Ky, you can get yourself down to the training room and practise a few of your more 'difficult to manage' talents. " Beast Boy waved the girl down the hallway, turning back to the refrigerator.

All three males looked up at two unison screams echoing from the two girls down the corridor. There was a rush of feet as Kiya came tearing back down the opposite walkway she had just been sent down.

"Who was that?! Is mum okay?" She panted.

"Move it. Now." Robin grimly snarled.

The four of them hustled together through the doorway, and started off down the corridor, the first screams quickly followed by a dozen more. Something was wrong, and they needed to get there quickly….

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Castles: Robin and Starfire fighting? Well that's a start….

Kitty: An unexpected twist! And Kiya doesn't like her punishment, obviously….

Castles: C ya when we update!