Author's note: I didn't really describe their apparel in the first chapter
so I think I will here... I'd like to change their outfits considering it's
getting cold and I doubt that Starfire and Raven would be fighting in the
cold in what they're wearing...Especially Starfire. :D and I know that Raven
is more of the caster type but I want to put a little hand-to-hand in her
style. Please be gentle with the reviews.....

Chapter 2: Gold Meets Purple

The leaves were already beginning to fall at a fast rate and the park was
now a brilliant shade of oranges and reds. Cyborg got a bunch of new games
to fill the long void of time before anything exciting might happen.
They've only gone out twice that month to apprehend criminals. Every other
time was just to get food or mall rat... But the cold hasn't exactly been
cooperative for everyone. Robin had been training as usual.
After long, harsh, and brainwashing meditation, she somehow managed to
suppress her feelings. At least, for the time being. It's been a month
since Raven's "bird of courage" crashed back into her icy pits. Beast Boy
had been asking her questions like:
"Hey, you're a shade grayer than usual! What's buggin' ya?"
Which, of course, she dismissed with a polite:
"None of your business."
That was that.
She always thought of Beast Boy as an extremely unusual baby brother. He
was a pain, but he does kind of want to help out with her problems... He just
doesn't have the ability. Or the permission.
Starfire had begun to love the cold weather and her new clothes for it. She
sported a body fit, long-sleeved top instead of her usual sports bra look,
with matching earmuffs. Raven herself sought a change in her wardrobe. Not
for fashion's sake or anything but just the fact that it was friggin cold
out there. Her hooded cloak was still there along with a pair of more
modern boots with buckles, she now wore fingerless gloves, and a one piece
body suit that covered her all the way to her legs in place of her
leotards...Black of course. Seeing as everyone was busy, she decided to go to
that café that had poetry readings, hoping to pass the time and take in
some enlightening "not stupid/not embarrassing" experiences. She locked her
door, took her cloak and began to head for the door...

"Hey."
"Beast Boy, I hardly have the time to..."
Once again, it was red, yellow, and black.
"What do you want?" she was cold as usual.
Gee congratulations on the "training yourself to sound normal"
"Are you busy? I need a sparring partner. Beast Boy and Cyborg are kind of
hooked on their games and Starfire went to buy more clothes....I know you're
not the fist fight type but hey, practice is practice right?"
'Gee, I'm out of my locked room, dressed, and heading for the door and
you're asking me if I'm busy...' she thought.
"No. I'm not." She said.
Nice...real nice.
"Great! Can't allow ourselves to get rusty." He said in a cheesy cliché
tone....
Which she liked.
"No, I suppose not."
The headed for the training room. Robin had already warmed up and Raven did
a few stretches. Raven had removed her cloak because it would give her more
mobility. This was strictly a "no powers" session so she'd have to put a
little more effort than usual. Remembering Jinx's remark of her fighting
like a boy came to mind...
"Ei... ready?" Robin called.
"Yes." She waited for him to attack.
"Ladies first."
He smiled.
She held her stance... trying not to swoon.
"Fine."
She lunged towards him and tried to sweep him. He jumped, only to find that
her other foot suddenly made contact with his jaw. She's gotten a bit
better at this hand-to-hand thing. He flew back but landed perfectly. He
was good at recovering his stances. She began to attack him again throwing
a few punches that were blocked. She evaded his counter attack and flipped
backwards to keep a distance between them. He ran towards her, jumped in
the air and extended his right leg for the kick. She took a step back to
dodge. He landed... He was quick...He managed to get behind her...
He grappled her from behind.
'Shit! That was fast!'
He had her left arm twisted behind her and his right arm around her
neck...which of course would mean that his head was somewhere near her left
ear... And he breathes...considering the sparring session...He breathes hard.
'.....wow.'
Raven blushed at the sensation. And got mad at her self for doing so. She
elbowed him with her free arm, which made him release his hold, long enough
for her to grab him and throw him over...
Robin has a nice cloak. It's strong, warm...
and big enough to hook itself on her head...
which made her go down with him...
They rolled... And something slipped from Robin.
Raven, dizzy from the rolling which she wasn't used to, opened her eyes and
they began to focus...She could make out Robin's face which was a little too
close... But she didn't seem to complain...
And found her eyes focused on a mask-less face with the most beautiful
brown eyes she ever saw... they were almost amber, golden irises that swirled
her out of her purple ones. They left her breathless...or rather heaving
hard...
She made the most feminine (as feminine as it was gonna get) look on her
face without realizing. That made Robin stare at her like she was sick with
Malaria.
"What? Am I too heavy or something?" he shifted his weight.
"No...Robin..." she was blushing at the feeling of him on her and the fact that
she saw his eyes for the first time. And she didn't lie about the weight
part either. He wasn't too heavy at all. She focused. She thought. And she
spoke...
"...your mask is gone."
Strike two....
"What?! Oh...shit." He leapt off her and scrambled for the mask. He had a
look of mixed emotions on his face.
"...sorry about that."
"No...no...it's alright. I guess I shouldn't have worn the cape while
sparring."
"Well... I don't know who you are anyway so it doesn't matter."
"You mean you don't know my name." he joked.
"...right."
She began to take her cloak as he began to fit his mask on.
"I'm going to take a shower and rest." She concluded more to herself than
to Robin.
"Yeah I think we've had enough practice for today...." He said in a nervous
tone.
She left the sparring room and headed straight for her room leaving a
contemplating Robin.