A/N: MUHAHA! I'm surprised you guys actually liked Star's weird drug enduced dream. Thought I'd get some flameage for that. lol. Anyways, I'll respond to reviewers this chapter, 'cause you guys still manage to make me laugh. Yeah, this chapter won't be as insane as the last one...I was sort of, kind of, really hyper after I ate a couple (voice in background coughs 20) Valentine's day cupcakes...XD So, I guess you could say I was on drugs. Anyways here are responses to reviews!
Greg867: Wow, your music videos sound awsome! I'm gonna include my email/aim account for all at the end of this chapter, send me those videos any time. Glad you enjoy the story.
Jason Cristerna: Oh, you are dreadfully worthy. lol. Damn, I almost didn't update because I NEED to see someone cry dr.pepper...damn..tha'd be so sexy. (lmao) I'd like lick you face...wait. that came out SO f'ing wrong. Just gonna...go now...
Beastboyluver: Thanks so much for the review! Glad you liked Star's drug dream. I got the idea for the talking trees from Lord Of The Rings actually...don't ask about the one tree being gay...eh...
A. Nonymous: I was planning on giving Raven another name, it's just that I didn't really have a right moment to introduce it but I think I'll make an appropriate time in this chapter. Hmm, where'd that baby names book go to? (I get all my OC names from baby books..but I guess new names could work also, lol). Oh, and on your last review, I actually wasn't planning on mentioning September 11th, but now that you mention it, I think it'd be a great idea. Thanks very much. I'm going to have something quite funny (in my mind anyways) happen with Starfire and the statue of liberty. lol. Thanks for bouncing your ideas off me! I'm like a wall in...dogeball! Hate sports ever so much...
Jackdaw: Yes. I realize Star's dream was really friggen random, but that's my whole personality-lol. Thanks for reviewing.
Hikari Moriyaku: Lol. Yeah, Star's dream was weird. As I explained above, mass hyperness. Anyways, thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you like the chapter. Wait a sec...(points to user name) I KNOW YOU! You wrote that story 'Mind Of A Psychic'! I loved that story! lol.
XME: Thank you so much!
Cluelessbutdark: Are you seriously in Puerto Rico? O.o; I'm going there in one week...maybe I shall find you there-lol. Thanks for the review.
Warprince2000: Thanks for the review.
Simply CC: Yeah, the guy who attacked Star was an idiot. Glad you liked Star's drug induced dream, lol. What I plan to do in Puerto Rico...huh...Well, tan mostly and see a Spanish Mcdonalds. I WANT TO SEE A HISPANIC RONALD! (lmao) Thanks for reviewing.
Thanks so much for the reviews guys! Looks like I'm going to reach 100 reviews...wowie! Anyways, on with the story.
Disclaimer: Don't own Teen Titans, Star Wars, Chai Tea (Damn, that stuff is AWSOME. I have some in my mug right here..does that count?) or my own sanity.
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In this chapter of Keeping Secrets : Star's unexpected arrival in New York leads Raven to become a tour guide to the alien princess. Meanwhile, Robin and Cyborg find that Starfire is gone and believe the Titans are no more.
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Raven looked at Starfire wide eyed. How in the hell did she manage to get to New York so fast?
"Starfire...hi...how'd you find us?" Raven stepped aside and the alien girl floated in.
"Oh, it was not very hard. All I did was walk around asking if anyone had seen a green boy and eventually I reached they fabulous Toys argh us! The manager said he had just hired a boy whose name was Garfield. Once I overheard Cyborg doing the teasing of Beast Boy for his noodle loving cat name. The man at the Toys argh us was very strange...he kept looking at a small, still girl as if she was his bungorf...but he gave me Beast Boy's adress and a very nice group of people lead me to here!" She took a big gasp of air after all her talking.
Raven scratched her head. "Hey Beast Boy! Get your lazy ass down here!" Raven yelled up the staircase.
Beast Boy, eyes half open, walked down the stairs in a pair of american flag boxers. He nearly screamed when he realized Starfire was in the house.
"Oh Beast Boy! I was not aware that this countries flag could be worn as undergarments! They are most handsome!" She exclaimed.
Raven put her head in her hands. Then Starfire flew quickly over to Beast Boy and gave him one of her death hugs. He blinked slowly, for the fact he was slowly loosing oxygen.
"Friends! I am so pleased to see that you are doing well!" Star exclaimed, sitting down on the couch.
"Hey americana boy, go get some pants and a shirt on...I'll keep Star company.." Raven said towards Beast Boy and joined Star on the couch.
"Star, how has everyone been doing back at Titans tower?" Raven had actually been worried sick about the team's condition.
The floor suddenly became very interesting to Starfire as she bowed her head. "We are...drifting apart very slowly. Robin has grown very distant ever since you and friend Beast Boy have left the tower. Just a few days ago, he punched a hole in the vision of tele because of Slade...I try and try to make him happy with my love, but he does not reply.."
Sadness entered Raven's cold heart as she looked at the alien girl. Starfire had always been so cheerful, so naive to the world around her. But now, she was slowly begging to feel it's heavy burden. She was now experiencing the effect of human emotions on others. Her innocence would begin to slowly slip away and Raven felt horrible for it. It wasn't her fault really, this slipping of innocence, but Raven couldn't help but feel sorry for she knew Starfire would never be the same.
Raven felt she had caused the team to fall apart. If she haden't run away with Beast Boy, Cyborg and Robin probably wouldn't be in such a stressful state. There was always the underlying question of how long the Titans would last. Always this uncertianty of would they really be friends forever. But now it was brought to the surface and they just didn't know how to handle it. Everyone began to realize that questions this large should be answered, not just hidden away to bubble up later.
"Star..it's alright...the team will be fine, you'll see..." Raven said this to merely comfort Starfire, she honestly had no idea if anything was going to be alright at the moment. All she knew was that she had to keep going. She had to watch her back and survive in the world, then you'd get your final reward of death.
Beast Boy walked back down the stairs and took the other side of Starfire. He could tell she wasn't herself. He put a comforting arm around her. "Starfire, you alright?"
The alien girl looked over at Beast Boy and sighed. "I am not quite sure...I feel fine physically...but emotionally..there is something lurking deep within me...like something is just not all that right.."
Raven gave a quick worried glance to Beast Boy. "Alright Star, let's go to sleep. You can stay in my room...I'll talk to you in a bit Gar.." Raven said towards Beast Boy.
He nodded and walked over to the kitchen. He was going to make Raven and himself some tea. Previously, he had always just reserved the tea as a 'raven thing' but once he tried it, he found that it was quite relaxing and delicious.
Raven walked Starfire to her room. Luckily, Raven had purchased a queen sized bed so both her and Star could sleep in the same bed. But, Raven wasn't ready to go to sleep yet, she needed to talk to Beast Boy about Starfire's state. She seemed so...opposite of her usual, flowery dispostion.
"You gonna be alright in here?" Raven asked, draping the silk quilt over her friend.
Starfire nodded and closed her eyes. She needed a nice, long sleep. Raven made sure that she was fully asleep and slipped out of the bedroom. She sighed as she saw Beast Boy, and a mug of tea waiting for her in the living room.
"Hey.." Beast Boy said, handing her a black mug of chai tea.
She took the mug and sat next to him. He wrapped his free arm around her contently.
"Somethings...not quite right with Starfire..." Raven said, sipping her tea slowly.
Beast Boy nodded and put his mug down on the table, waiting for the tea to cool off. "Yeah...I think she's just a little shaken up by Robin's...well, insanity. I mean, that's what it really is at times like this. Maybe you should show her a good time tomorrow, ya know, to get the cheery Star back..."
Raven looked up at him. He was beginning to have good idea sprees. "Hey, that's actually a really good idea. I can get to see some nice parts of New York, and spend some time with Starfire. But, what will you do?"
Beast Boy grinned to himself. "Oh you know...watch
...Pretty...uh...birds! YES! Pretty birds flying by! This window is great for bird watching!"
Raven rolled her eyes and snuggled closer to him. "Quick question..."
He looked down at her. "Anything for you."
"Do you...uh...think Starfire is..ya know, attractive?" She looked up at him.
A light and mostly guilty blush spread across his cheeks. "Well, I used to...eh..I think she's pretty...but you, Raven, you're gorgeous. and besides, there's a difference between thinking someone is attractive and loving someone. You know very well, or atleast you should know, that I love you with all my heart." He kissed her softly, his hand resting upon her cheek.
When they broke apart, Raven smiled slightly. "Nice Save. I don't care honestly, just something I was curious about. Well, I've gotta go make sure Star is okay. Love you..." She kissed him on the cheek and stood up.
He held her back. "Raven, Star will be fine...just stay here with me, won't you?"
She sighed. "Anything in particular you wanna talk about, or do you just wanna kiss my brains out."
He laughed quietly. "Well, sort of both. One more than the other. I was going to talk to you in your room, but then Star showed up..."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "What is it? You wanna go back to Jump City?"
He frowned deeply at that. "No..." Then his face brightened up a bit. "I wanna...ya know...show my love for you in a different way..."
Raven's eyes widened. She heard her cup began to crack slowly. "You m-mean..."
He didn't notice the crackling cup and leaned down to her ear. "I want you so bad..." He muttered softly.
The cup of steaming chai tea burst all over the couple. Raven jumped up quickly.
"Oh! Raven! I'm so sorry!" He smacked his head. He should've known not to ask for it so...so...seductively.
"No. I'm the one who should be sorry..." She used her powers to pick up the pieces of broken glass, while Beast Boy cleaned up the tea.
"Night." She stated simply and flew up the stairs in a rush.
Beast Boy cursed to himself in the dark. 'Dammit. You're such a fool! She's not like you are, so vulgar and mostly, sex driven. Damn homones! Ahh!'
Meanwhile, Raven had hastily changed into her pajamas and slipped into bed next to the peaceful Starfire. Her thoughts began to wander again to her powers, they affected her life so much. Something so simple as loving someone became so compilcated in the blink of an eye. She forced her eyes shut and waited for sleep to come.
-The Following Day-
Starfire woke up slowly and looked around. Raven's room made everything feel so dark, even if the sun was shining brightly through the windows. She floated out of the room down to the kitchen, where beast boy was flipping through the channels boredly.
"Good morning Star." He said, turning around to face the alien girl.
She still looked a little shaken up. Overall, she just felt scared. For some reason there was a fear lurking inside her that just wouldn't go away. Without saying anything, she sat next to her friend and stared at the television.
Beast Boy looked at her, concerned. "Star...something wrong?"
The alien girl suddenly broke into uncontrolable tears. It caught Beast Boy off guard. "Beast Boy...have you ever had a feeling where you feel as if your life has just gone...no place in particular...that it has just been one huge waste of time.."
Raven walked down the stairs and saw Star crying. "Starfire...don't cry. C'mon, let's get you dressed. You and I can...go shopping...or something..."
Starfire brightened up and looked at Raven. "We are traveling to the mall of shopping at this time?"
Raven sighed and looked over at Beast Boy. "You're coming with. I don't want you here all day watching 'pretty birds'."
Beast Boy gave an innocent grin and they all walked upstairs to their rooms.
"Friend Raven, if I may ask you one question..." Starfire said, brushing her long, flaming hair.
"Yeah?" Raven responded, putting on some black eyeliner.
"Have you and Beast Boy...done the kissing and hugging?"
Raven nearly stabbed herself in the eye with the makeup. "Eh...well..." The hotel flashed back into her mind and Raven couldn't help but smile. "Yes. We're very much in...love" Raven was quite pleased to call it that.
Starfire gave a weak smile. "Oh, I knew that you two would eventually get together..."
Raven sighed and walked over to the door. "Yeah...you ready to go?"
Starfire nodded and the two girls walked out the door.
-At the mall-
"Where did he go to?" Raven asked, she had quite a few shopping bags in her hands.
"I belive I saw him around the under wering section..." Starfire said, her hands were full to the brink with multicolored shopping bags.
"Oh no..." Raven grumbled. Beast Boy in a woman's underwear section could only mean one of two things. One, he was buying underwear for her to 'model'. Or two, he was trying to look like princess lea from starwars again.
"Oh luke! Come save me!" Beast Boy cried out.
Raven smacked her head. He was trying to be Lea again. He had a brown bra on his head as his 'hair' and he had a white sheet wrapped around his body as a dress. For some reason, he wore a children's tiara inbetween the bra.
"Beast Boy! You are wearing your under clothing so very wrong! " Starfire rushed over and clipped the bra onto beast boy. So, that makes Beast Boy standing in the middle of a mall in a brown bra.
Raven nearly cracked up laughing. "I think brown is a very nice color for you Gar."
He ripped the bra off himself and returned it to the rightful section. They continued shopping for a long while.
Finally, they decided they would show Star the statue of liberty.
-Ellis Isle, NYC-
"Oh no! This York of New is under attack by a green giant!" Starfire cried.
Beast Boy laughed. "No Star, it's just a statue! It's made out of copper, like a penny."
The alien girl blinked. "So, this is a giant penny? Then why is it green..." She walked over to it.
"It's because after time copper rusts and...ya know, I'm not quite sure." Beast Boy tried to explain.
Starfire looked at the statue. It must be green for some reason. Maybe it was mint like the tasty mint ice cream back home?
"Star what are you...NO!" Raven cried out.
Starfire began to lick, yes lick, the statue of liberty. She grimaced at it's horrible, salty and bitter taste.
Raven pulled her away from the statue and they watched as all the tourists gave them beyond disapproving looks.
"Beast Boy, this statue is perhaps one of your relatives, for she is also green?" Starfire asked as they quickly pulled her away.
Beast Boy sweat dropped. "Uh...let's go somewhere else."
They wandered aimlessy around the city until they reached a part of the city that was complete silence.
Raven looked onto the barren ground. She knew where they were. The sacred place where the twin towers once stood. Beast Boy knew where they were also.
Starfire looked onto the land. The few people that passed by said a quite prayer. The land almost resembled how she felt inside. So barren and desolate.
"Raven...what has happened here?" Starfire asked quietly.
Raven looked over at the girl. "Many people died here a couple years back. It was all because of two airplanes that were taken over by some very evil people..."
The three teens stood in silence, then decided to keep moving on. The night began to fade to black as it always did. The moon appeared, swollen in the sky.
At this time, Beast Boy, Raven and Starfire sat on the roof of the loft apartments watching the beautiful night sky.
"Beast Boy...Raven...how do you belive that Robin and Cyborg are doing without us?" Star asked, still looking up at the sky, hoping to catch a glance of her home planet.
Raven sighed and lie down on the roof. "I'm not sure Star...I just hope their alright.."
"Yes. I hope they are alright also..." Star said quietly.
-Back at Titans Tower-
"Robin! You can't do this!" Cyborg shouted to the boy wonder.
"What else is there to do? We're not even a team any more! This is just worthless!" Robin picked up a chair and threw it across the room. He then stormed towards the door.
"Robin, please! I know they'll come back! Don't just leave!" Cyborg watched as everything fell apart.
"Slade won. He tore us apart so fast, we couldn't even prevent it. Good Bye Cyborg. Nice knowing you." and with that, Robin chucked his communicator on the ground and walked out of the tower.
Cyborg's mouth dropped open. Even if Star, Beast Boy and Raven did come back, they'd be nowhere without their leader. The Teen Titans were no more...
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A/N: Okay, Okay. Before you start throwing full wine bottles at your computer screen, no, Beast Boy is not gonna end up boinking Star's brains out b/c Raven won't (XD) Like Beast Boy said, there's a difference between thinking someone is attractive and loving someone. Ya know? Rae was just trying to get some secrets out of Beast Boy. So yeah, I had Star lick the statue of liberty and then them visit the two towers resting place. I really like the part I wrote about Star like loosing her innocence and stuff, it came out more dark than intended, but hell, that's fine. Hmm, what else...Oh yeah, don't worry, the Titans will get back together eventually, just gotta wait a bit. Yeah, think thats it for this chapter. Thanks for readin'. Keep Reading and Reviewing! 'Till Next Chapter-Emmery.
P.S: If you guys ever want to send me any fan art or music videos or anything cool in general (except porn...blink) My Email is Punkrockchick74 at and my AIM adress is InsrSanityHere. (Stands for insert sanity here-heh) Hell, I might even put up some fan art for you guys too. I'm pretty damn interested in drawing Beast Boy with a bra on his head-lmao.
