I came back from a sleepover (2/5/05) and I missed 'Birthmark'. I wanted to see it so damn bad! Did any of you guys see it? If you did, please tell me what it's about…I'm so anxious!

Oh, and to MorbidFair, yeah dude HIM rocks. Rock out loud, my friend.

By the way, you finally read about the mystery dude I've been telling you about. Er…wait...I mean girl/boy! Aww, Damnit.

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"I can NOT BELIEVE her!" Raven yelled packing a bag. "If she wanted him THAT bad, then she should have just taken him! I don't give a damn! She has no idea what she's done to me. They all have it so easy and care free, while I have to meditate everyday to keep everything under control. I hate it! I hate my powers, I hate myself, I hate my goddamn team, and I hate my past." Raven shuffled around the room only grabbing things she would need to get by.

(Flashback)

"Raven…she…She pushed me off the tower!" Starfire whimpered as she pointed an accusing finger at Raven.

"What the HELL are you talking about! You just jumped off and I rescued you! Plus, if I pushed you off you would have just floated back!" Raven fired at her.

The guys on the team were confused about that also…they knew Starfire LOVED to just float around and barely walk anywhere, so why DIDN'T she use her powers?

"Raven is lying! She has grabbed my arm and put this…this…ugly THING on it! I can not do anything of flying or shooting green starbolts!" Starfire said looking at the boys, hoping their trust lied with her.

'The bracelets…it all makes since now. Raven used the information I told her yesterday about where they were and what they did, just to knock off Star!' Robin thought.

"RAVEN! She is your teammate, and how dare you just use me for your own use of knowledge." Robin said yelling at her.

"Wait, Raven knew about that stuff we made…and USED IT ON STAR! Man…that is LOW." Shot Cyborg.

"I can't believe you won't trust me Robin, after the whole trust talk yesterday…" Raven said looking down.

"Oh please Raven! I take back EVERYTHING I did or said last night…it meant NOTHING to me. If you STILL have such hate in the ones you're jealous of, then maybe you should leave for a while!" Robin said staring her down.

"I hate you all." Raven whispered coldly, but still audible.

"Right back at you, you creepy ice-queen." Beast Boy said before Raven teleported to her room.

(End Flashback)

Raven only brought one backpack. It held 1 extra jumpsuit and cloak, baggy jeans and fitted T-shirt, with extra sneakers. She also brought a big horror book, and those were in one zipper, another smaller one held her Nevermore mirror and hygiene stuff such as her brush, lotion, feminine products (A/N: I think you know what those are) a toothbrush/paste, body spray and deodorant. In another smaller pocket she kept her wallet with enough money in it to get by, and a journal. She didn't trust her teammates enough to leave her most valuable item here for the time she would leave. It held all of her thoughts, feelings, and poems she wrote.

But before she would leave her room, she remembered the two capes on her window. She took them off and put away hers, but held onto Robins. She held it close to her face and hugged it as tight as she could.

'This is the remains of my Robin.' She thought as she stuffed it in her backpack.


She went downstairs to a normal day. She noticed Starfire was being her usual happy self, Cyborg and Beast Boy were competing in mindless video games, and Robin was reading the newspaper.

'Was it all just a dream?' Raven thought eyeing them weirdly while shoving the backpack on her back, still gripping the straps. She noticed everyone was now looking at her, and Robin walked up to her while pulling her into a different room.

"Robin-" Raven said but was cut off by his hand in her face.

"I don't want to hear it. Glad you packed and you're on your way. But to still be on the team you still have to be in the crime scene, fighting the bad guys…so when your communicator goes off, do the normal deal. By the way, how long were you going leave? We were all hoping to go somewhere fun."

'He only needs me for my powers…I knew I should have never trusted him.' But she was confused; did he want her to come with them to somewhere 'fun'? But that was answered at Robin's last comment.

" We wouldn't want you to get consumed in our fun…" He said rolling his eyes.

'Oh, so he wants me to leave long enough so they can take their first vacation.' Raven thought sadly.

"I'll be gone for as long as I want to, this is my home too, and I can come home whenever I want to. I'm not leaving because you said I should, I'm leaving because I want to get away from my goddamn team. The same team that had betrayed my trust and I. Especially YOU Boy Wonder, I HATE you. You said I could trust you…you said all this SHIT. And now you take it back. I thought you cared for me. I bet you were just playing some mindless game with me again, right? Just to make Beast Boy and Cyborg, who were probably hiding behind a bush, laugh their ass off, right? Well you know what, it meant NOTHING to me either! You're a lousy team member, you're a lousy comedian, you're a lousy kisser, and you're a lousy FRIEND! I HATE YOU SO MUCH." All this hate towards Robin made Cyborg's coke bottle explode on to him.

"Are you done?" Asked and obviously offended Robin.

"No, not even close. How dare you come parading into my life, make me feel like I was the best thing in the world…and then drop me at the sight of your precious falling Star. Oh yeah, about Starfire…tell her NO, I NEVER want to be her friend again. Same with Beast Boy and Cyborg, and I don't want ANYONE in my room while I'm away." She turned around to walk out of the room, but looked back at him one more time.

"I can't believe I even liked you at one point."


Before Raven left the Tower, she grabbed 3 hand fulls of those bracelets Robin and Cyborg had made, and also stuffed that in her backpack.


She was now flying over the sea that surrounded Jump City.

''How would Starfire know how that bracelet works? I thought Robin, Cyborg and I only knew. Then again she is a filthy, lying, sneaky, little naive girl." Raven said, talking to no one in particular.

Raven reached the ground of Jump City's national park. It was around 3 in the afternoon.

'Look what my powers have don't to me, I'm back on the streets.' She thought as she pulled out a bracelet and put it on. She was hoping no trouble came in the next 20 minutes, because she doesn't know how to take it off before the 20-minute period had ended.

Raven left the park and turned the corner to club Black Avenger.


Robin was so frustrated. 'How dare she say all those things to my face, I have feelings too you know…' But he thought about it a second. 'Could it true that Raven was right about Starfire? I mean, we all know starfire would never lie…but I think we can all bet that Raven wouldn't hurt somebody without intending to.' He got so confused 'Unless her powers…'. Deep in his heart he wanted to believe her, or forgive her almost instantly and just let her hold him in her arms, letting their heart beat to the same rhythm 'Then again, she did say I was a lousy kisser.' He said gritting his teeth. 'Starfire would have never said that…even if it were true! But there's no way in hell that's true.' He reassured himself.

He joined the others on the couch and carried on with his day, until the alarm went off.


Raven was sitting on a barstool talking to Lethal about everything that was going on, even though half of her wanted to keep it deep within her soul. But she didn't have a choice since Lethal threatened to get lethal in her if Raven didn't tell her what that 'Momma's Boy, Gender-Confused, Sissy' did to her. After Raven finished, Lethal was angry.

"He did WHAT! I can't believe…that…UGH!" Lethal said looking through the crowd.

"Yeah…" Raven said simply as she gulped down her 15th root beer.

"Oh there he is…hold on, I'm gonna get Rumziel." Lethal said running off.

"WAIT! No…" Raven told LETHAL this stuff for a reason, because Rumziel would be so angry that he'd probably walk over to the tower and do his best at getting to Robin to beat him silly. Raven knew Rumziel wouldn't be able to even lay a finger on Robin, since birdbrain was a martial arts expert.

Raven turned back around to stare down at her cup as she heard a few glasses fall and break, then loud running towards her.

"HE DID WHAT?" Rumziel yelled at Raven after dropping the tray of beers he was holding and ran over to her. "I'm gonna break that little son of a bitch's face!"

"Rumziel, it's not worth it. I left already, besides I can take care of myself"

The 2 bartenders stood there gawking at her.

"But you're the best and strongest of the team! They need you!" Lethal said, being the first to recover from Raven's declaration of independence.

"Well I didn't really leave, but Robin told me to leave for a while…but I left because I needed air. Ill go back there in a week or so I guess."

"Why don't you just stay here, Instead of going to that horrid place you call a home!" Asked Rumziel.

"Like Lethal said, I'm strong enough to help the city from danger, they need me." 'Or do they…' Raven thought suspiciously.

Lethal and Rumziel invited Raven to stay with them for the week she was gonna stay away from the Titans. But Raven politely declined, referring back to her statement that she was strong enough to take care of herself. Raven did promise to visit everyday and check in, though. After Raven changed in the club bathroom to her baggy jeans and fitted black T-shirt that said, 'And If You Continue To Annoy Me Any Further, I Will Spork Your Eyes Out' which had a picture of a spork on it (A/N: Dear God, I hope you all know what a spork is…half fork/half spoon), and her sneakers. She waved goodbye to the bartenders, and walked out. The bouncer waved good bye, and she returned it, even though she didn't know him since Bruce's shift starts at nine in the afternoon.

She took a looooooooooooong stroll in the park. She might have circled it ten times, but she didn't notice. Every 20 minutes she would take off the bracelet and add a new one. She found out from the night with Robin that if this bracelet could really contain her power, she could express her emotion a little more than before. Not totally or else she would get used to it and accidentally explode the bracelet.

It was now 7:30, and the night sky was setting. It looked so romantic as she would dream of two lovers holding eachother under the pink tinted sky. Time was up, 20 minutes passed. She took off her bracelet as she now walked down the streets of Jump City. Lights made the streets flutter with excitement as people crowded the clubs and restaurants. She walked by an alley, but noticed a dark shadow jump from corner to corner in the corner of her eye. She jerked her head to the exact location of the swift movement, but nothing was there. If two guys with masks on hadn't bumped into her holding bags over their shoulders, she would have entered the alley. The two guys didn't look muscular at all, they just looked lucky. 'Or were they…?' Raven smiled wickedly. She remembered she hadn't put another bracelet on, so she could take them out in one stroke.

"Hey!" Raven yelled looking at them.

They turned around to face a, what looked like to them, a normal girl.

"What, stupid?" Said one of them laughing.

"I believe you stole those contents. Give them to me" Raven said walking over to them, extending her hand.

That shadow was not just extracted from her imagination, there really was someone following her. He planted himself on the ledge of a roof building, speculating Raven and what she was doing. 'Nice attempts, but that's hardly gonna work.' He thought.

"And what are YOU gonna do about it, girl?" asked the other burglar with a cocky smile.

"Anything I want, I can beat both of you with one hand behind my back. You're both very foolish to steal in this city. Police and Titans are everywhere." She said smirking.

They both looked around sarcastically. "Well, gee…I don't see any of them around. No one to take us to jail," Their sarcastic faces turned into trouble some faces, ready to fight, "No one to save you, little girl."

Raven kept smiling as her hair started to lift still swaying in the wind, and her eyes turned from amethyst to an eerie, glowing white. She raised her hands that were now engulfed in black energy.

"Look again." She laughed evily.

The burglars seemed surprised, as they remembered 'The Raven' their group was always warning about. But they were prepared; they put on their poker faces and pulled out a gun and a stick much like Robin's in each hand.

"That…won't…STOP ME!" Raven yelled a battle cry as she let out a dark energy that grabbed one of the boys' gun and stick. She let them drop somewhere out of their reach and let out another dark energy to grab the other boy's weapons, but he just let her grab the stick as he shot numerous bullets in her direction. She dropped the stick and shielded herself with the move of her hand making a rather large smear of black appear.

'Oh…God…' She saw a bullet coming right at her chest in mid air, she had not shielded herself in time for that bullet to be blocked. She clamped her eyes shut as she braced herself for a sudden surge of pain, but it never happened. She opened her eyes to see a huge rubbery red X cover her.

'What…is that?' Raven thought. The burglars got a taste of their own medicine as the rubbery X let the bullets bounce off and strike them. None of them were planted in any fatal parts of their body, so they survived the impact.

Raven saw the X infront of her fall, and she took that advantage to lift the burglars into the air, and tie them around a lamp post. She grabbed the bags the boy's were stealing and opened them. Surely enough there was about 30,000 in each bag.

She walked into an alley as she saw the police show. She knew the Titans weren't coming, they usually dealt with much more important criminals. Raven remembered the red X and tried to sense if someone was following her. She felt a brave aura from above her. She looked up to nothing. It freaked her out that someone was following her, but since that person had just saved her life, she gave him or her a brake. She opened her backpack and took out another bracelet. She slipped it on as she walked down another sidewalk. Raven hoped nothing else bad would happen in the next 20 minutes; or else she would be toast. 'Unless that person came and saved me again.' Her love emotion thought of a man on a faithful steed, extending his arm out to his damsel in distress, to save her and live happily ever after. 'Stop it. Stop thinking like that, just because you can doesn't mean its right. It's just a tease, stop doing that.' She told herself.

The shadowy savior jumped from building to building watching her intently. 'If I hadn't saved her, she probably would have died. Gee, I feel like such a hero…its disgusting.' He thought. He had grown a little a crush for the dark girl over the past few days. He would watch her go about the tower, being her usual mysterious self, and he liked that. 'I don't get how someone can not believe her, she may not be pure…but she wouldn't kill someone. Besides, who can still be mad at this girl?' He smirked to himself.

Raven was now walking around the place looking for a place to sit down. She had gotten tired and just wanted to take a quick nap. She found a nice place she could lay her back on a tree without interruption. If she could get just one hour of sleep, she would get more energy to say up most of the night. She sat down and rested her head. 10 minutes later she was out cold. (A/N: still sleeping, it's an expression, but u knew that already…OK on with the story.) Her savior walked by her and smiled down at her.

"Peaceful doesn't suit you Raven, just wanted to tell you that." He said talking to a sleeping Raven. He looked through her bag and found a black and yellow cape. 'Hmm…this should do for now.' He said not realizing it was Robin's cape. He tucked it around her warmly and let her sleep, keeping an eye on her. Before he left to get something to eat, he moved the hair that was in her face behind her ear and laying 3 red roses on her lap with a note.


Raven woke up an hour later expecting to be freezing, but she wasn't. She was warm and comfortable. Raven looked down to see Robin's cape draped around her tightly, and she ripped it off. Wanting to throw it out, she stopped herself and tucked it back into her bag, not realizing the roses and note fall to the floor. 'Wait, if someone got the cape…they probably went through my bag!' She furiously checked everything in her bag to find nothing was missing. She sighed in relief and slipped on another bracelet as she stepped on something, which didn't make the sound of normal grass. Raven looked down and grabbed the note.

Dear Raven,

You're welcome, for saving you and all. I couldn't let such an innocent, beautiful lady die with such determination as yourself. Meet me here tomorrow, same time. Besides, the flowers are for you.

Birds of a feather fly together. But no, I'm not your bird. Doesn't mean we can't glide together, if you know what I mean. You intrigue me, and meeting you face to face would be an honor.

-X

Raven felt nothing wrong with this, especially since she felt the same way. This guy had saved her life; the least she could do was thank him. Besides, she felt the paper had nothing to with pervertness, she felt the sincerity of this and was not afraid of this guy.

Raven felt a negative energy surround her. She looked behind her but was clubbed in the stomach by Johnny Rancid. She got back up and summoned her energy.

"SHIT!" She yelled, the bracelet was still into affect.

"What? Cant save yourself without your stinkin' powers?" Yelled Rancid.

"Try me." She said standing in a fight stance.

"If you say so!" He charged towards her and sent a punch flying towards her face, she ducked and kneed him in the stomach. She let out a loud battle cry and sent him a series of punches and kicks towards his torso. With a last jump, she turned in mid-air kicking him, sending him flying back a few feet. She stood there satisfied, waiting for him to get up.

"You've done nothing but aggravate me! Now your gonna get it!" Rancid said getting up. He pulled out a button and pressed it. Out of no where a large punk-looking robot started charging at Raven from behind. She turned around but was too late and got knocked off her feet. She grunted in anger as she tried to stand up, but couldn't without her healing powers…things hurt a lot worse than usual. The robot ran towards her and grabbed her tightly. It started to shake her violently and lift her very high into the air. It dropped her, sending her falling down and becoming unconscious.

"That was almost easier than buying some ice-cream form little kids." Laughed Rancid.

"Yeah well we aren't that easy to take down like her, But you will be." A voice said from behind him and a motionless Raven.

Rancid twirled around to face the four remaining Teen Titans.

"Yeah…bring it on Bird Brain!" Rancid yelled at Robin.

"Titans, GO!" Robin shot back.

Cyborg pointed his sonic cannon threateningly at Rancid as Starfire was sneaking up on him.

"What you gonna do? Show me your weapons and tell me all your secrets? Or are you gonna fight me!" Rancid said.

Starfire shot her bolts at him from behind, making him about to fall forward, but was pushed back far away as Cyborg's cannon shot at Rancid.

Beast Boy changed into a T-rex and easily chopped down at Rancid's robot. Turning his attention towards Rancid, he turned into a bear and punched Rancid as he tried to stand back up. Last, Robin swung at him with his staff that knocked him back a foot or so. Rancid finally regained his footing and came charging at Robin and closed the space between Rancid's fist, and Robin's torso. Robin fell as Starfire came from behind him. She let out a battle cry and shot at Rancid with her eye lasers.

"Come on ugly, gimme your best shot!" Cyborg said punching Rancid's stomach.

"Gladly" He smiled as he cracked one of Cyborg's legs with a fierce kick.

"HEY! THAT WAS MY LEG!" Cyborg whined.

"Hate to leave you all in your time of need, but I'm needed else where-" Rancid was cut off with a black energy surrounding him. It brought him slamming into the nearest wall, and let him go, falling to the cement floor. Rancid grunted as he tried to get up, but Raven sent a few trashcans flying towards him. He ducked, but couldn't avoid one of them as it hit him in the head, making him become unconscious. The police came and were ready to take Rancid to jail.

Raven glanced at her team eyeing her coldy and getting into the T-car. She let a few tears drop as she watched them rocket away. Probably talking about her, laughing, and having a fun time.

'Not even a 'Good Job Raven' or an 'Awesome!'…Nothing.' She got angry again and let a few tires pop.

(A/N: Just to let you know, that alarm that went off at the tower was to this Rancid incident.)


Her shadow savior came out of the shadows furious.

"Humph, what a team you got there." He said leaning on a close by tree with his arms crossed.

This startled her and she looked at him. He was taller than she was and he had on a full black attire. Except for the belt and mask. The mask was a white looking skull with a red x crossing through the eyehole. On the torso was another red x, while the silver metal belt's buckle was also a red x. His cape flowed with the wind, same with Raven's hair.

"Who are you?" Raven asked in a monotonous voice.

"Call me Red-X, I'm glad to meet ya, Raven." He said shaking her hand.

"How do you know who I am?"

"Who doesn't know you is missing quite a nice sight for sore eyes."

Raven blushed, "So are you the one who left me the roses and note?"

"Indeed, but instead of meeting tomorrow, why waste time now?" Red X said grabbing her hand. To his surprise she didn't pull away.

'This guy really is a mystery…hmm, pretty attractive.' She smiled to herself.


They talked on their way to the movies. He persuaded her to answer his questions truthfully. He found out what he had already known, but in her point of view.

"So here I am, saving their tooshes, for nothing."

"That's really a waste, next time they call…lets ignore it."

"But-"

"Believe me, their gonna miss you, but not as much as I will miss you."

Even though Raven couldn't see any part of his face, she could tell he was smiling at her, Raven blushed yet again.


Blah.i think this chapter sucks. RR!

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-M-