Chapter 2
A/N: Someone said I should change the format, so I did it like this. I hope it's easier to read! Review answers are at the bottom. Thanks for all the feedback! It made my day! Tee hee. I hope you enjoy the second chapter of "Kiss Away My Tears"!
"Pregnancy sucks."
"We know, Raven. You only told us fifty times!" Cyborg said exasperatingly. Raven was laying on the couch, her head and feet elevated and her very large stomach covered by a blanket. Beast Boy sat by her head, stroking her hair, while Robin and Star were off for "English lessons" again. By now all of them had caught on to Robin and Star, but none of them told the two of them yet. Maybe it was a touchy subject, or maybe they were afraid of Robin's wrath, but the other three titans let Robin and Star believe they were being discreet (though it pleased Raven immensely to tease Star about her "lessons"). The last eight months had dragged by. It had been tough on the titans. They were always short two titans – Raven and someone to watch her, who was usually Beast Boy. It made crime fighting harder, a LOT harder, but none of them ever complained – they were not only afraid of Raven's reaction, but also because they were genuinely excited about the baby. They remade Raven's room, changing it from the somewhat spooky room it was before into a slightly toned down, but luxurious Victorian room. They set up a mahogany cradle next to the king-sized bed.
"So, you guys sharing a room now?" Cyborg had asked upon seeing the king-sized bed that Beast Boy and Raven had ordered few weeks before. Both Raven and Beast Boy nodded. "Well, I'll carry it in for you." Raven's room was pretty big, so it was no problem to fit both of their belongings in the room. It wierded out the other titans a little to see them go to bed in the same room, but after the first week or so it became old hat. What was more of a problem were the tabloids.
The newspaper came out about three months into Raven's pregnancy, and she threw it on the table disgustedly. "'Raven pregnant with baby shapeshifter? Jump City Times tells all?' What is this crap?" The others read it and laughed.
"'Raven is currently pregnant with her and Beast Boy's love child,' says an inside source at their common hangout – Pizza Palace, 'It's affecting the team in a big way,'" Star read. "It is not a bad problem!" She passed the paper on, and each of them read incredulously about the current drama in the tower – some of which even the titans themselves weren't privy to! In the end they threw the whole thing in the garbage.
"The press will use anything they can get their hands on and turn it into lies," Cyborg said consolingly, "Don't worry about it."
They didn't worry about it. Now, about nine months into Raven's pregnancy, they had bigger things to worry about. For example, by now Raven was much more irritable than usual, snapping at almost anyone within hearing range. Her cravings were getting more and more outrageous, from coconut-flavored yogurt to bananas dipped in chunky peanut butter. Not only that, but every day it was getting harder and harder for her to move, to the point where there was no way she could fly and she could barely walk. Raven was confined to spending most of her days on the couch watching enough reality T.V. to drive anyone insane.
The big day started out as a rainy day in May, less than two weeks short of Raven's due date. Raven woke up early in the morning; Beast Boy curled around her with his hand draped over her swollen belly. She felt something wet between her legs. Did I pee the bed or something? She carefully lifted the sheets so she wouldn't wake him, and she saw a lot of watery liquid all over the bed. Oh shit.
"Beast Boy!" She shook him awake, and gradually he came to.
"What is it Rae?" He asked in a groggy voice, his eyes still closed.
"My water broke!" That woke him up. He looked down at the sheets and saw the mess, and then hopped out of bed, running down the hall to get the other titans up. It was time for a trip to the hospital.
An hour later Raven and Beast Boy were in a hospital room and Star, Robin, and Cyborg were waiting outside. Starfire paced back and forth nervously, Robin sat back, trying to read a magazine, and Cyborg was wringing his hands. "You do know this usually takes hours. Your gonna wear a hole in the floor if you keep that up, Star," Robin said, not even looking up from his magazine, but Star could see he was nervous too from the way his hands were shaking a little.
"In my home it takes only a few short minutes for a mother to-"
"DON'T wanna know, Star, don't wanna know," Cyborg said, cutting her off. This would be a looong day.
Raven sat in the bed, sweating and breathing hard. She held Beast Boy's hand, maybe a little too tightly judging by his pained expression. "How long have we been here?" She asked irritably, "Can't it just come out?"
"About six hours. Hey, if you want it out, push it out." She glared at him, but he smiled back. "You're cute when you're mad." If she weren't having excruciatingly painful contractions she would have hit him with something, but as it was, all she could do was squeeze his hand to the point where the tips of his fingers turned purple. All of a sudden, her contractions got quicker and bigger. A nurse came in.
"Okay, honey, work with me. We'll get through this." She paged a doctor. "We got a birth right now."
Star, Cyborg, and Robin raced to the nursery, looking for Raven and Beast Boy's child. It wasn't hard to find. It was dressed in blue pajamas – a boy – and had Raven's white skin. His fuzzy baby hair was dark greenish-black, and his eyes were bright violet. To say the least he stuck out a little bit from the others.
"He is so adorable!" Star cooed, her face practically pressed up against the glass. The new little titan looked up at the glass, rubbing his eyes with tiny fists. Robin and Cyborg had to practically drag Starfire away from the nursery to go check on Raven and Beast Boy.
"How's our new mom feeling?" Cyborg asked, a grin on his face.
"Like shit, but I think Beast Boy took it worse than I did." Beast Boy was sitting on a chair next to Raven, holding her hand, but looking pale and shocked.
"That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It reminded me of the movie Alien." Raven whacked him. "Hey, what was that for?" She sighed and rolled her eyes, then she looked up at the other three titans and smiled. "Didja see him?" She asked with misted-over eyes.
"We did, friend. He is beautiful. What did you name him?" Star asked.
"Jalen," Raven replied, "It was a name I picked out for him ages ago. It's perfect."
"It's pretty," Star agreed. "How long must you stay here in the hospital?"
"Three days, then I can go home, and I'll be back to fighting crime in no time."
Three days later the titans brought Raven home in the T-car. They lead her up the stairs and into hers, Beast Boy's, and Jalen's room. They set Jalen in the cradle, where he didn't make a ruckus. He was an extremely quiet baby, preferring to watch what was going on around him rather than scream about it. After the hospital trip life returned to normal around the tower, and Raven slimmed down to her normal skinny self. Star told her she was lucky that she lost all the weight again and didn't get any stretch marks. Raven just laughed. As soon as she was in shape enough Raven went back to fighting crime, although one of the titans had to stay home at all times to watch Jalen. Overall, if anything, Jalen brought stability to the titans' lives, as well as a little fun.
"Guys, guys, come here!" Raven yelled, and they all came rushing into the room. They all looked down at Jalen, who was building a huge tower with his blocks, so high that there was no way he could've reached the top of it. He was big for his age, he was only six months old but he was as big as most two year olds. He could walk when he was three months old, and he had begun talking at four months. Sleek green locks with streaks of deep purple had replaced the soft, dark green baby fuzz on top of his head. However his skin remained very pale, and his eyes remained very intense. "Look what Jalen's doing!" Raven said happily. They all watched as Jalen stared at a block and a weak halo of white light surrounded the blue square. He levitated it into the air and placed it on the top of the now four foot tall tower. They all clapped, and Beast Boy raised his son up in the air, laughing. Beast Boy himself had changed, too. He was taller, having gone through a major growth spurt, and his hair had grown out so now it was wispy and long (Jalen liked to play with it). He was skinny, but muscled, and his voice was deeper.
"Yea, Jay, way to go, man!" He yelled, and Jalen laughed as Beast Boy swung him around.
However, now that Jalen was born it was hard to take him places without being bogged down by the paparazzi. Apparently now that the titans were acting like Hollywood dramas, the press decided to check out the savvy lives of the teen crime-fighting team. The titans couldn't even go to the pizza place without being photographed. At long last they finally decided – takeout. Though whenever a villain raised its ugly head there were no reporters to be seen. "Damn pansies," Raven had remarked once, "They're okay taking pictures of us eating pizza, but when we're kicking bad-guy ass they all go underground."
A year passed, and Jalen suddenly looked like a boy twice his age. He was over two feet tall, and his green and purple hair curled around his pale face. He could speak almost perfectly, though he had a sweet baby lisp. His favorite color was dark green, which Raven didn't hesitate to buy because it made his eyes look all the prettier – deep violet eyes with flecks of lavender and gray, and it matched his curly green hair. He was still quiet, not speaking unless spoken to, but he had this father's love of fun and jokes. It was hard to keep him occupied with normal baby toys anymore, so they bought him more advanced toys for toddlers. He got his own room when he wanted it, too – Beast Boy's old room. They took out the cradle and put it in the basement... just in case. They got Jalen a small bed with a dark green comforter, and his own tiny sets of drawers. Beast Boy and Raven now had their room to themselves, which they weren't too upset about.
"Well, it's just you and me, Rae. What do you suggest?" He smiled at her. He was sitting naked on the bed, while Raven was taking off her cape. Just in her leotard, Raven walked over to the bed, wispy strands of her hair in her face, smiling seductively. They were both eighteen now, and had been together for over two years, so they were much more comfortable together than they were on that fateful night that Beast Boy kicked down Raven's door. She stood at the foot of the bed, and she slipped off her leotard, which fell with a soft rustle to the ground. She got up on the bed, and he grabbed her bare skin, pulling her over to him. They both kneeled on the bed, looking directly at each other.
"How can we be so happy, Beast Boy?" Raven asked, doubt clouding in her eyes, "How is this supposed to last. I just know, something's coming – something big."
"Rae, you think too much." Beast Boy whispered, leaning in and kissing her softly. They sat, forehead to forehead, and Beast Boy ran his hands down her spine and over her rump. She playfully leapt on top of him. She kissed him sweetly on the cheek, and then left a lingering kiss on his lips. She pulled back and looked at him – he was so different from that first night they had been together. She saw now that they had been children playing adult games. His eyes, hiding under his bangs, showed more wisdom. His body was more mature, too. He was taller, stronger, and plainly put – better looking. "What're you thinking?" He asked in a husky whisper.
"I'm thinking about how different this is from our first time. How you're so different."
"Well, you know, you aren't exactly the same, either." And he was right. She was more mature, her hips wider and her breasts fuller. She had grown out her dusty violet hair a few inches below her shoulders, and she was less girlishly skinny and more voluptuous. Beast Boy wasn't waiting to contemplate, though. He pressed his lips against hers and pulled her on top of him. She sat on his lap, battling for the top. In the end Beast Boy rolled on top of her, kissing her demandingly. She complied subordinately, arching her body against him. He pulled away, breathing heavily as she was. "Ready?" She nodded. He pushed inside her, and they were together. He stayed for a moment, just still inside her, before beginning to thrust. She pushed back, and they were sweaty and their muscles were tired by the time they both came. They lay post-coitus on the bed, Raven in Beast Boy's strong arms.
"I love you, Beast Boy."
"I love you, too."
She snuggled closer into his chest, and tried to sleep, but she couldn't help the foreboding feeling in her gut that there was something wrong coming their way. Finally she fell into dark dreams, tossing in Beast Boy's embrace.
Author's note and review answers:
Okay, chappie two! Shorter than the last one, but the third one is coming so you guys can deal, teehee. Yea, to explain Jalen's name (yes, there is a meaning behind it. There's a meaning behind all my names!). Jalen means Bird of Light. This reflects his personality, which is light, whereas his mother Raven's name means blackbird, which reflects her personality! Hooray for inside meanings! Okay, answering my awesome reviewers, thank you guys sooo much for commenting, I love you! Here are your own little blabs, hehe.
Warprince2000 – My first reviewer! Thank you!
Sokar the Destroyer – Yea, I put spaces between the paragraphs in this chapter. I think it looks better. Thanks!
FLCLFanaticMyora – Hehehe, Cyborg is fun. I somehow picture him as the one with the really blunt attitude and dirty mouth, teehee. Gracias!
Mycookienotyours – Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be using it, muahahaha, you will just have to see how later!
Zodiac Kitty – Thank you for all your help so far with the child and for being my beta reader. You rock my world!
ThessalyD – I have problems lingering, it all just comes out, heh. Thank you!
Raven-Vegeta – Merci for the review. Raven and Vegeta? That's a strange pair to pull off, lol. I wanna see how you do it!
AzarathMetrionZynthos12 – Thank you for reading my stories! I'm updating as fast as I can for ya ;-)
Princess310889 – Thank you! Are you really a princess?
SpydrgrlAna – Thanks for the review! I hope you liked the little scene at the end. It was a little short, but there will be more coming later. There is definitely going to be a twist, don't worry. Do you really think I'm gonna let em off the hook? Bwahahaha. As for the being pregnant thing, it happens on the first time. It happened to my friend. The whole thing in the first chapter is based off of both my and my friends' experiences... yea, no comment...
Snowlax – Yea, it's a bit hard to decide what the kid would look like... hmmm, Edgar... teehee, I like you. Sorry, though, I already had a name picked out ï Thanks for the review!
Adactus Naturae – Yea, I had a hard time writing them myself... I like your description, and I wrill be using it. Shhh, I'm not telling how though.
ElectraBlack – Sorry it took so long. I swear the next chapter is coming really soon. Thanks!
Dakya – Wham, bam, thank ya ma'am, teehee. Yup, next chapter will have a lot more Robin/Star. Yea, I'll try to slow it down, I have a bad habit of whizzing through everything, heh. Thank you for the review!
Raveninblack90 – I try Thanks so much!
Lil Sango and Miroku babies – LOL, I LOVE your name! I am with you on that one! Yea, I love BB/Raven... I'll have the next chappie out soon!
Riley Shi-Anne – Hehehe, sooner or later they'll have to put some romance in, right? Well, wishful thinking anyway. I'd love to give you tips and stuff, whatever you need ï
Aryia – Thanks ï Yea, I didn't want to heep the pregnancy thing too long, because I have a lot of other stuff I want to fit in... muahahaha. There may be more, though, depends on how evil I'm feeling. Thanks for the review!
Thank you everyone; please review with ideas and comments!
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A/N: Someone said I should change the format, so I did it like this. I hope it's easier to read! Review answers are at the bottom. Thanks for all the feedback! It made my day! Tee hee. I hope you enjoy the second chapter of "Kiss Away My Tears"!
"Pregnancy sucks."
"We know, Raven. You only told us fifty times!" Cyborg said exasperatingly. Raven was laying on the couch, her head and feet elevated and her very large stomach covered by a blanket. Beast Boy sat by her head, stroking her hair, while Robin and Star were off for "English lessons" again. By now all of them had caught on to Robin and Star, but none of them told the two of them yet. Maybe it was a touchy subject, or maybe they were afraid of Robin's wrath, but the other three titans let Robin and Star believe they were being discreet (though it pleased Raven immensely to tease Star about her "lessons"). The last eight months had dragged by. It had been tough on the titans. They were always short two titans – Raven and someone to watch her, who was usually Beast Boy. It made crime fighting harder, a LOT harder, but none of them ever complained – they were not only afraid of Raven's reaction, but also because they were genuinely excited about the baby. They remade Raven's room, changing it from the somewhat spooky room it was before into a slightly toned down, but luxurious Victorian room. They set up a mahogany cradle next to the king-sized bed.
"So, you guys sharing a room now?" Cyborg had asked upon seeing the king-sized bed that Beast Boy and Raven had ordered few weeks before. Both Raven and Beast Boy nodded. "Well, I'll carry it in for you." Raven's room was pretty big, so it was no problem to fit both of their belongings in the room. It wierded out the other titans a little to see them go to bed in the same room, but after the first week or so it became old hat. What was more of a problem were the tabloids.
The newspaper came out about three months into Raven's pregnancy, and she threw it on the table disgustedly. "'Raven pregnant with baby shapeshifter? Jump City Times tells all?' What is this crap?" The others read it and laughed.
"'Raven is currently pregnant with her and Beast Boy's love child,' says an inside source at their common hangout – Pizza Palace, 'It's affecting the team in a big way,'" Star read. "It is not a bad problem!" She passed the paper on, and each of them read incredulously about the current drama in the tower – some of which even the titans themselves weren't privy to! In the end they threw the whole thing in the garbage.
"The press will use anything they can get their hands on and turn it into lies," Cyborg said consolingly, "Don't worry about it."
They didn't worry about it. Now, about nine months into Raven's pregnancy, they had bigger things to worry about. For example, by now Raven was much more irritable than usual, snapping at almost anyone within hearing range. Her cravings were getting more and more outrageous, from coconut-flavored yogurt to bananas dipped in chunky peanut butter. Not only that, but every day it was getting harder and harder for her to move, to the point where there was no way she could fly and she could barely walk. Raven was confined to spending most of her days on the couch watching enough reality T.V. to drive anyone insane.
The big day started out as a rainy day in May, less than two weeks short of Raven's due date. Raven woke up early in the morning; Beast Boy curled around her with his hand draped over her swollen belly. She felt something wet between her legs. Did I pee the bed or something? She carefully lifted the sheets so she wouldn't wake him, and she saw a lot of watery liquid all over the bed. Oh shit.
"Beast Boy!" She shook him awake, and gradually he came to.
"What is it Rae?" He asked in a groggy voice, his eyes still closed.
"My water broke!" That woke him up. He looked down at the sheets and saw the mess, and then hopped out of bed, running down the hall to get the other titans up. It was time for a trip to the hospital.
An hour later Raven and Beast Boy were in a hospital room and Star, Robin, and Cyborg were waiting outside. Starfire paced back and forth nervously, Robin sat back, trying to read a magazine, and Cyborg was wringing his hands. "You do know this usually takes hours. Your gonna wear a hole in the floor if you keep that up, Star," Robin said, not even looking up from his magazine, but Star could see he was nervous too from the way his hands were shaking a little.
"In my home it takes only a few short minutes for a mother to-"
"DON'T wanna know, Star, don't wanna know," Cyborg said, cutting her off. This would be a looong day.
Raven sat in the bed, sweating and breathing hard. She held Beast Boy's hand, maybe a little too tightly judging by his pained expression. "How long have we been here?" She asked irritably, "Can't it just come out?"
"About six hours. Hey, if you want it out, push it out." She glared at him, but he smiled back. "You're cute when you're mad." If she weren't having excruciatingly painful contractions she would have hit him with something, but as it was, all she could do was squeeze his hand to the point where the tips of his fingers turned purple. All of a sudden, her contractions got quicker and bigger. A nurse came in.
"Okay, honey, work with me. We'll get through this." She paged a doctor. "We got a birth right now."
Star, Cyborg, and Robin raced to the nursery, looking for Raven and Beast Boy's child. It wasn't hard to find. It was dressed in blue pajamas – a boy – and had Raven's white skin. His fuzzy baby hair was dark greenish-black, and his eyes were bright violet. To say the least he stuck out a little bit from the others.
"He is so adorable!" Star cooed, her face practically pressed up against the glass. The new little titan looked up at the glass, rubbing his eyes with tiny fists. Robin and Cyborg had to practically drag Starfire away from the nursery to go check on Raven and Beast Boy.
"How's our new mom feeling?" Cyborg asked, a grin on his face.
"Like shit, but I think Beast Boy took it worse than I did." Beast Boy was sitting on a chair next to Raven, holding her hand, but looking pale and shocked.
"That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It reminded me of the movie Alien." Raven whacked him. "Hey, what was that for?" She sighed and rolled her eyes, then she looked up at the other three titans and smiled. "Didja see him?" She asked with misted-over eyes.
"We did, friend. He is beautiful. What did you name him?" Star asked.
"Jalen," Raven replied, "It was a name I picked out for him ages ago. It's perfect."
"It's pretty," Star agreed. "How long must you stay here in the hospital?"
"Three days, then I can go home, and I'll be back to fighting crime in no time."
Three days later the titans brought Raven home in the T-car. They lead her up the stairs and into hers, Beast Boy's, and Jalen's room. They set Jalen in the cradle, where he didn't make a ruckus. He was an extremely quiet baby, preferring to watch what was going on around him rather than scream about it. After the hospital trip life returned to normal around the tower, and Raven slimmed down to her normal skinny self. Star told her she was lucky that she lost all the weight again and didn't get any stretch marks. Raven just laughed. As soon as she was in shape enough Raven went back to fighting crime, although one of the titans had to stay home at all times to watch Jalen. Overall, if anything, Jalen brought stability to the titans' lives, as well as a little fun.
"Guys, guys, come here!" Raven yelled, and they all came rushing into the room. They all looked down at Jalen, who was building a huge tower with his blocks, so high that there was no way he could've reached the top of it. He was big for his age, he was only six months old but he was as big as most two year olds. He could walk when he was three months old, and he had begun talking at four months. Sleek green locks with streaks of deep purple had replaced the soft, dark green baby fuzz on top of his head. However his skin remained very pale, and his eyes remained very intense. "Look what Jalen's doing!" Raven said happily. They all watched as Jalen stared at a block and a weak halo of white light surrounded the blue square. He levitated it into the air and placed it on the top of the now four foot tall tower. They all clapped, and Beast Boy raised his son up in the air, laughing. Beast Boy himself had changed, too. He was taller, having gone through a major growth spurt, and his hair had grown out so now it was wispy and long (Jalen liked to play with it). He was skinny, but muscled, and his voice was deeper.
"Yea, Jay, way to go, man!" He yelled, and Jalen laughed as Beast Boy swung him around.
However, now that Jalen was born it was hard to take him places without being bogged down by the paparazzi. Apparently now that the titans were acting like Hollywood dramas, the press decided to check out the savvy lives of the teen crime-fighting team. The titans couldn't even go to the pizza place without being photographed. At long last they finally decided – takeout. Though whenever a villain raised its ugly head there were no reporters to be seen. "Damn pansies," Raven had remarked once, "They're okay taking pictures of us eating pizza, but when we're kicking bad-guy ass they all go underground."
A year passed, and Jalen suddenly looked like a boy twice his age. He was over two feet tall, and his green and purple hair curled around his pale face. He could speak almost perfectly, though he had a sweet baby lisp. His favorite color was dark green, which Raven didn't hesitate to buy because it made his eyes look all the prettier – deep violet eyes with flecks of lavender and gray, and it matched his curly green hair. He was still quiet, not speaking unless spoken to, but he had this father's love of fun and jokes. It was hard to keep him occupied with normal baby toys anymore, so they bought him more advanced toys for toddlers. He got his own room when he wanted it, too – Beast Boy's old room. They took out the cradle and put it in the basement... just in case. They got Jalen a small bed with a dark green comforter, and his own tiny sets of drawers. Beast Boy and Raven now had their room to themselves, which they weren't too upset about.
"Well, it's just you and me, Rae. What do you suggest?" He smiled at her. He was sitting naked on the bed, while Raven was taking off her cape. Just in her leotard, Raven walked over to the bed, wispy strands of her hair in her face, smiling seductively. They were both eighteen now, and had been together for over two years, so they were much more comfortable together than they were on that fateful night that Beast Boy kicked down Raven's door. She stood at the foot of the bed, and she slipped off her leotard, which fell with a soft rustle to the ground. She got up on the bed, and he grabbed her bare skin, pulling her over to him. They both kneeled on the bed, looking directly at each other.
"How can we be so happy, Beast Boy?" Raven asked, doubt clouding in her eyes, "How is this supposed to last. I just know, something's coming – something big."
"Rae, you think too much." Beast Boy whispered, leaning in and kissing her softly. They sat, forehead to forehead, and Beast Boy ran his hands down her spine and over her rump. She playfully leapt on top of him. She kissed him sweetly on the cheek, and then left a lingering kiss on his lips. She pulled back and looked at him – he was so different from that first night they had been together. She saw now that they had been children playing adult games. His eyes, hiding under his bangs, showed more wisdom. His body was more mature, too. He was taller, stronger, and plainly put – better looking. "What're you thinking?" He asked in a husky whisper.
"I'm thinking about how different this is from our first time. How you're so different."
"Well, you know, you aren't exactly the same, either." And he was right. She was more mature, her hips wider and her breasts fuller. She had grown out her dusty violet hair a few inches below her shoulders, and she was less girlishly skinny and more voluptuous. Beast Boy wasn't waiting to contemplate, though. He pressed his lips against hers and pulled her on top of him. She sat on his lap, battling for the top. In the end Beast Boy rolled on top of her, kissing her demandingly. She complied subordinately, arching her body against him. He pulled away, breathing heavily as she was. "Ready?" She nodded. He pushed inside her, and they were together. He stayed for a moment, just still inside her, before beginning to thrust. She pushed back, and they were sweaty and their muscles were tired by the time they both came. They lay post-coitus on the bed, Raven in Beast Boy's strong arms.
"I love you, Beast Boy."
"I love you, too."
She snuggled closer into his chest, and tried to sleep, but she couldn't help the foreboding feeling in her gut that there was something wrong coming their way. Finally she fell into dark dreams, tossing in Beast Boy's embrace.
Author's note and review answers:
Okay, chappie two! Shorter than the last one, but the third one is coming so you guys can deal, teehee. Yea, to explain Jalen's name (yes, there is a meaning behind it. There's a meaning behind all my names!). Jalen means Bird of Light. This reflects his personality, which is light, whereas his mother Raven's name means blackbird, which reflects her personality! Hooray for inside meanings! Okay, answering my awesome reviewers, thank you guys sooo much for commenting, I love you! Here are your own little blabs, hehe.
Warprince2000 – My first reviewer! Thank you!
Sokar the Destroyer – Yea, I put spaces between the paragraphs in this chapter. I think it looks better. Thanks!
FLCLFanaticMyora – Hehehe, Cyborg is fun. I somehow picture him as the one with the really blunt attitude and dirty mouth, teehee. Gracias!
Mycookienotyours – Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be using it, muahahaha, you will just have to see how later!
Zodiac Kitty – Thank you for all your help so far with the child and for being my beta reader. You rock my world!
ThessalyD – I have problems lingering, it all just comes out, heh. Thank you!
Raven-Vegeta – Merci for the review. Raven and Vegeta? That's a strange pair to pull off, lol. I wanna see how you do it!
AzarathMetrionZynthos12 – Thank you for reading my stories! I'm updating as fast as I can for ya ;-)
Princess310889 – Thank you! Are you really a princess?
SpydrgrlAna – Thanks for the review! I hope you liked the little scene at the end. It was a little short, but there will be more coming later. There is definitely going to be a twist, don't worry. Do you really think I'm gonna let em off the hook? Bwahahaha. As for the being pregnant thing, it happens on the first time. It happened to my friend. The whole thing in the first chapter is based off of both my and my friends' experiences... yea, no comment...
Snowlax – Yea, it's a bit hard to decide what the kid would look like... hmmm, Edgar... teehee, I like you. Sorry, though, I already had a name picked out ï Thanks for the review!
Adactus Naturae – Yea, I had a hard time writing them myself... I like your description, and I wrill be using it. Shhh, I'm not telling how though.
ElectraBlack – Sorry it took so long. I swear the next chapter is coming really soon. Thanks!
Dakya – Wham, bam, thank ya ma'am, teehee. Yup, next chapter will have a lot more Robin/Star. Yea, I'll try to slow it down, I have a bad habit of whizzing through everything, heh. Thank you for the review!
Raveninblack90 – I try Thanks so much!
Lil Sango and Miroku babies – LOL, I LOVE your name! I am with you on that one! Yea, I love BB/Raven... I'll have the next chappie out soon!
Riley Shi-Anne – Hehehe, sooner or later they'll have to put some romance in, right? Well, wishful thinking anyway. I'd love to give you tips and stuff, whatever you need ï
Aryia – Thanks ï Yea, I didn't want to heep the pregnancy thing too long, because I have a lot of other stuff I want to fit in... muahahaha. There may be more, though, depends on how evil I'm feeling. Thanks for the review!
Thank you everyone; please review with ideas and comments!
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