A/N: Boing! Wow, I haven't written a fanfic in such a long time! Not to mention actually posting it on Well, this isn't my first TT fic, but it definitely is the first one I posted. Ha! If you knew me you'd know I rarely finish these fics…but I promise to God I will finish this one! Unless if you all hate it…ne? Okay, now let's hop to the story!
Summary: A who-knows-how-long fic about the relationship between Starfire and Robin. They say true love is forever, but can it withstand Slade's mind-ray when it's turned at Starfire?
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Star-Crossed Enemies
By: Karen
It was the time of the day where the sun just began to show a portion of its beauty and the stars began to prepare for their own sleep.
And where silence was beginning to be stirred awake, the chitter-chatter of birds and other animals alike began to sound through the city.
And it was also the time of the day where the crimson-haired alien's internal clock told her it was time to awaken.
Of course, her internal clock forgot to mention that it was almost six AM and the last night patrol of the city left her in bed at one AM. Needless to say, the girl was tired.
However tired she was, she still dragged herself out of bed with a smile, trailing to the bathroom that connected to both her room and Raven's room, to take a shower. When they first began the Teen Titans, Robin and the others insisted that the girls would have separate bathrooms than the boys, for a reason Raven described as 'Gynophobia' or the fear of women. That reason, did nothing more than confuse Starfire more, but she had ignored it at the time and continued to as of now. After her shower, she returned to her room to get dressed and brush out her already tangled hair. By the time she finished, it was already past six and time for her to prepare breakfast, even if it was not her turn.
Opening her door she noted the sounds of the morning, the sound of Raven turning on the shower, the sound of Beast Boy's latest video game still on, and the sound of the coffee maker bubbling. Wait, coffee maker?
Wandering towards the kitchen area she paused when she saw Robin pouring coffee into a mug before sitting back down to a mess of papers.
"You did not sleep?" Starfire asked, sending Robin a scolding glance. He grumbled in response, confirming her suspicions, and sipped his coffee. "Robin…it is not healthy for one to-"
"I know Starfire," he said quickly, his pen moving rapidly as he continued the paperwork of filing villains. Not wanting to start a confrontation over the matter, she sidestepped him and began the task of making breakfast.
"Forgive me for interrupting you, but do you have any desires for today's meal?" she asked timidly to the leader.
He sighed, putting his pen down. "No, whatever you make is fine. Er…whatever you make that is-"
"Of Earth?" she finished, opening the freezer and taking out the pre-packaged waffles, sausage and bacon.
"Yeah…" his pen began to write again before he paused, looking back at her. "It's not your turn to make breakfast, Starfire."
"It is Beast Boy's turn."
"Oh…yeah…well. Continue then," his pen started up again and Starfire concealed a giggle. That boy wonder and his work, she thought, turning on the burner and putting the bacon in a pan as well as the sausage in another.
After a few minutes of silence Robin stood up, his paper gathered and headed out.
"You are returning for breakfast, Robin?" she asked, turning around to look at him. He stopped, running a hand through his hair.
"Maybe later, Starfire. Right now I need to send these files to HQ," he said, walking out of the room. She sighed softly, continuing to make breakfast for the others when Raven entered the room.
"Please tell me that's real and not tofu," Raven said, pouring a cup of coffee and sitting down on the sofa, opening the paper.
"It is one-hundred percent created from the insides of the hog and has no tofu that I am aware of," Starfire replied, turning the sausage over with a spatula.
"Well that's reassuring…"
"It is almost done…if you are wishing for some of the breakfast," Starfire added, opening the refrigerator again to take out a carton of eggs. 'Let us see…Cyborg will consume six of the eggs, Raven and I consume two each…And Robin usually will have three, but I do not know if he will be eating and-"
"Dude! Star! You're making bacon…and sausage!" Beast Boy skidded into the room, Cyborg behind him.
"Er…yes. It is what we had in our box of coldness…"
"Hell yeah! Real food! Hurry it up, Star! I could eat a whole pig, I'm starved!"
"Dude! That is so not funny! I can't believe you'd say that!"
"Friends! Please do not bicker over the decapitated hog!"
"That wasn't funny either Star!"
"WILL YOU ALL BE QUIET!" Robin's voice thundered from the doorway.
"Let me guess, Killer Moth was sent by Slade," Raven said from her perch on the couch.
"We're a team and we can't continue arguing over breakfast. Now I have some battle plans we need to work on," Robin instantly sat down at the table, papers in front of him.
"Definitely Slade…" Cyborg muttered, walking over to help Starfire finish breakfast.
"Thank you, Cyborg…" Starfire said, recovering from her initial shock when Robin yelled. Scooping the finished food onto their respective plates, she handed them out to her teammates, sitting down to respect Robin's wishes on the plans.
"Alright. So there must be a reason why he used someone like Killer Moth for this instead of himself."
"It doesn't seem like him…" Raven agreed, sitting down across from Starfire, next to Robin.
"Maybe he wants us to believe it was him but it wasn't and he knew we'd think it was him believing that he wanted us to believe it wasn't him and…dude, I'm confusing myself," Beast Boy said, poking his eggs hesitantly.
"Uhh…doubt it BB. But maybe Slade wants to lure us out or something," Cyborg added, finishing off his plate.
"Gross…" Raven muttered as Cyborg licked his plate clean.
"We need to focus here, Titans," Robin said impatiently, his food untouched.
"Robin, perhaps you-" Starfire was interrupted by the Titan alarm going off, the computer instantly whirred to life.
"It's him…Titans, Go!"
"Slade…" Robin growled into his helmet's built-in communicator for the tenth time. Raven and Starfire exchanged glances but continued to head towards the abandoned building where Slade had been last located.
Once everyone was on the ground they spread out into their normal fighting pattern.
"Slade!" Robin yelled out, glaring at his foe.
"Robin…and the rest of the Teen Titans," Slade nodded, his arms folded over his chest. "Should I say it for you, Robin? Are you going to tell your titans to try to defeat me? Or will you do something more that you haven't seen yet?" He chuckled, Robin's temper rose.
"What the hell are you talking about? Titans, Go!" He lunged at Slade bo-staff extended as Starfire was at Robin's left, throwing starbolts.
Slade jumped out of the way, back flipping to a ledge, dodging both Robin and Starfire. "You missed."
Her eyes narrowed as she dove at Slade, stopping when his hand grabbed her throat.
"Let her go!" Robin yelled, charging at Slade again but froze when Slade pulled out a revolver to Starfire's head.
"Don't move Titans, or the girl will not live to another day." The gun began to glow as Raven started to use her powers but her concentration broke when Slade threw a smoke bomb-like object at the group.
"Damnit! Beast Boy!" Robin's voice called as Slade punched Starfire in the gut, causing her to fall over unconscious.
The dust cleared and neither Slade nor Starfire were in sight.
Wow…I really really wanted this to be longer….but I suck at battle scenes.
Sooo…thanks to my Beta--> Fuzzy!
On the shuffled playlist: Twilight- Vanessa Carlton, There is Life Outside your Apartment- Avenue Q, I Wish I Could go Back to College– Avenue Q, One of These Days- Michelle Branch, It Sucks to be Me- Avenue Q, For Now- Avenue Q, Special- Avenue Q (I'm seeing a trend…), Purpose- Avenue Q (wow…Windows Media Player can't shuffle…), The Money Song- Avenue Q (Yup…has to be broken), Breathe- Michelle Branch (There!), Rinse- Vanessa Carlton, Find Your Way Back- Michelle Branch, Paradise- Vanessa Carlton, Along for the Ride- Vanessa Carlton.