To all of the fans of my "Ugly?" fanfic:

That was my first ficcie (my god that word is fun to say… I mean type.), so it isn't very good. I'm going to rewrite what's already uploaded and rename it. Also, Greyson really wasn't so reliable with typing up the written down portion (he typed up 3 out of 31 pages since OCTOBER!) so I'm giving it to Kate (tessylove, author of "A Raven's Song") to type. SHE might actually type it up. As for Greyson, I make fun of his ears. XD

I just realized I've been forgetting this:

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, BUT I own some pretty cool things in this here ficcie. Have fun, my few faithful reviewers!

And Jianxo is pronounced Jie-ainks-oh. So when (in this chapter) raven says Ji- Jinx she's pronouncing it Jie- Jinx. Just to clear that up.

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"Please tell me it isn't that 'Magic Beanstalk' guy again." Raven said, referring to some idiot of a gardener who believed for some reason that he should cover the city in…plants. She looked over Robin's shoulder as he typed quickly.

"Uh… no. It looks like a…" He stared at the screen in confusion. "It's nothing." Sure enough, the screen came up showing nothing. Cyborg frowned.

"Thas whack. Lemme see." Robin moved for Cyborg to get to the console. Subsequent to a few moments of typing, the screen came up… blank. "Damn."

"But friends, why would the alarm of noisiness and flashing lights become off when there is no crime in the city?"

"For people who managed to kick our asses the number of times you guys have, how can your alarm be that screwed up?" Jinx walked over and sat on the edge of the couch.

"You realized that's your boyfriend's technology you're spitting on." Jinx narrowed her eyes at Raven's back, but the girl either didn't notice or didn't care. Cyborg chuckled a little, not even noticing the obvious tension between them. Starfire did. Robin did. Only the latter wanted to do anything about it. The planning wheels started turning in his head as he dismissed himself with an excuse of 'training in the gym'. Starfire dragged Jinx away to her own bedroom, while Cyborg continued to try to reprogram the alarm. Just in case. Raven just wandered away from the room in no general direction.

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Robin pounded away at the swinging dull red punching bag. It was safe to say that this thing was heavier than most bags, and harder, too. Robin liked it that way. It made him work harder and harder work meant making himself stronger. Also, it helped him to think. And thinking was something he needed to do.

Raven had already stated that she didn't trust Jinx. To tell the truth, he was only a half-believer. So far, he hadn't seen any harm in letting her stay, but he hadn't with Terra either. That's why he had been worried about Malchior's relationship with Raven. Even if he didn't voice it, he was still concerned. At this point, he figured that if Jinx was innocent, what with quitting the HIV and apparently 'betraying' it enough to have former friends attack her, then she should stay. Who could tell if the HIVE would pursue their active wishes to bring harm upon her person? Now, why was Raven so open about her distrust of the girl? And Jinx was more than a little cold towards the former. It was almost as if they knew each other before. Robin stopped attacking the dull red training essential as this new revelation occurred to him. After that thought, he was certainly going to speak with raven. Now, how to catch her alone?

Little did he know how easy of a task that would be.

"Robin? When is the next shopping day?" Robin whipped around to see none other than the girl in his thoughts standing clearly agitated in the door way. As easy of an answer to give it was, (Tuesday) Robin dismissed the question and jumped into his own.

"Did you and Jinx know each other before this morning?" Raven pulled her hood up hastily.

"Well… in fights, like you guys." Her eyes darted to his face to see if the lie was believable. Unfortunately, she could have said that America was going to hell and Robin wouldn't have believed her until he saw a contract from God. That's what growing up with the Bat taught you: don't believe it until there is no other story.

"You know what I mean, raven."

She sighed. "No."

Robin raised his eyebrows at her.

"Then why are you two acting so cold to each other?" Raven hesitated, but for the first time, it wasn't picked up by robin. She spoke the first thing that came to her lips.

"You know how it is, Robin." She took another breath. "I always had a hard time trusting people. First I had to learn to trust you guys, then Terra. After Terra, there was Malchior. How fast do you really expect me to get used to Ji-Jinx."

"Okay. Do you know where Beast Boy was when the alarm went off?" Robin said in response, finally letting the previous subject drop. It was usually a bad omen if Raven had to answer a question in so many words.

"No…" She didn't sound like she was telling him everything. Robin waited for a few moments until she decided to tell him what she knew. It didn't look like it was going to pay off.

"What aren't you telling me?"

"If I tell you, do you promise not to do anything about it?" Raven watched the masked boy with concern.

"Why do I need to promise that?"

"Because I don't want you to meddle in this issue. I'll help Beast Boy with it." Seeing he was about to speak, Raven quickly added, "The problem won't hurt anyone at all. It's more of a…" Raven searched for the right words.

"Trust problem?" Robin offered.

"No… More like a…" She looked at her feet for a moment. "I don't know what it is, but its Beast Boy's and I'm not going to let anyone push him on it." Robin nodded, understanding. Cyborg was more often or not the one who kept, or tried to keep, the others from messing with raven.

"Are you going to tell me what the problem is?" Raven shook her head and disappeared from view, into the hallway.

"I expected as much." Robin muttered, heading out of the room as well for a quick shower.

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"So… friend Jinx? You are going to stay in the tower, correct?" Jinx twisted the nail polish brush around and coated Starfire's left thumbnail in metallic purple nail polish. She then capped the small bottle and sat up straight. Jinx thought for a moment, spinning the top closed on the little glass vile.

"Only if all of you guys want me to, I guess." The two girls sat cross-legged facing each other upon Starfire's round pink bed.

"Why wouldn't we?" Starfire thought about her statement. "Alright, Raven is less than happy, but she is distrustful of most people."

"Well, yeah… Why do you want me to stay?" Starfire gave the hex sorceress a questioning look and so she continued. "I mean, after what Terra did to you, how can you trust anyone?" Starfire smiled. In her view, this was really a simple question.

"Jinx, you are not Terra. I do not see why you should not be trusted because of the betrayal of someone you never met."

'But I did meet her, Starfire.' Jinx smirked inwardly. The more she said that she shouldn't be trusted, the more her innocence was pushed into their subconscious. Raven, however, would be tougher. As well as Beast Boy, this wasn't a surprise, either. He'd been close to Terra.

Jinx reached across and pulled Starfire's other hand to her and uncapped the nail polish. Starfire giggled happily as Jinx began to paint. "Girl Time" had been at a minimum since Terra left, and even she was generally a tomboy.

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Cyborg finally found the problem. It was either Jinx, which made little to no sense, or it was the fact that a circus was in town. Normally, something of this nature didn't affect anything, but the circus had been large enough that it was viewed as harmful to the city.

"…guess by the time we went to check it… it figured out that it wasn' a problem…" While he was at it, he looked up the circus to see if it was actually any good. Occasionally, he could enjoy things like this, but Starfire and Beast Boy would be ecstatic. He put the console back into stand-by mode and wandered out the door fully intending to finish fixing the drone.

His titanium feet made a steady low pounding on the floor as he walked down the hall to the stairs. The elevator was off limits due to the perpetually emanating stench of tofu. At least Beast Boy was now smart enough not to mess with Raven while she was carrying anything in a bowl and he was eating tofu. Especially if it has the potential to create a baby seal (inside joke- means tofu) explosion. The door slid open with its patented swish and Cyborg smiled remembering Raven's five hour shower which wasn't so funny at the time. He reached another level and was just about to pass the next door until he heard voices.

Cyborg slid through the opened door and looked down then hall. He could see raven's back as she talked to someone in the room. His internal navigation system of the tower told him that it was the gym. How could anyone not be curious what Raven and Robin were talking about in seclusion without fighting? Unfortunately, he was catching the tail end of the conversation, and only bits of it at that.

"…I…promise…." Robin said. Cyborg turned up the volume on his hearing.

"…I don't want you to meddle…issue. I'll…Beast Boy… -ith it." He still wasn't getting everything. The gym was far off. He crept towards Raven's form silently still straining to hear.

"…problem…hurt anyone…" Finally, Cyborg was close enough to hear everything.

"It's more of a-" Raven continued.

"Trust problem?" Cyborg heard Robin offer from within the gym.

"No. More like a…I don't know what it is, but its Beast Boy's and I'm not going to let anyone push him on it." Cyborg frowned, wondering.

"Are you going to tell me what the problem is?" Robin's voice again. Cyborg tensed up, but watched Raven shake her head and turn away. She walked down the hall away from the Cyborg and disappeared into a wall. Cyborg peeked into the gym as Robin walked out towards the showers on the other side of the room. Cyborg frowned, wondering what they had been talking about, and strode back into the stairwell.

The door swished opened. Cyborg went to take a step in as he saw the small figure there and yelled.

"AAHHRG!" Finally, he got a better look at the dark silhouette. "Whew. It's only you. Ya scared me half to-"

Cyborg was cut off as the figure jumped forward, slamming him into a wall and covering his mouth. The strength surprised him as he struggled slightly to get free. His assailant leaned forward and whispered maliciously in his ear, "Don't struggle. Don't say a word. Just follow me."

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Who attacked Cyborg? What is wrong with beast Boy? Why is raven being so protective? Is Jinx planning something? And how long will it take for me to update my wildly popular Harry potter crossover?

Answers:

1. There are two answers, but I'm almost sure which answer it is.

2. I've been planning this for WEEKS! And you won't find out for a long time :maniacal laughter:

3. She doesn't even know how protective she's being.

4. Uhm….

5. God only knows… wait a minute… if he did, so would I…

So bye, y'all! I wanna see Hide and Seek, Boogyman, and the Ring 2!

Wild Spirit