Sorry it took so long…My comp had been evil. Enjoy.

Chapter 5: Thanks

Raven walked down the hall towards the living room. It was a little past two in the morning and the clock on the wall struck two with a loud gong.

Walking into the kitchen she poured herself a glass of water and drank it quickly. Sensing Robin's presence she turned around.

"What are you doing up at this time?" He asked and couldn't help but add a tone of suspicion.

"Same to you." She said as she walked into the living room and plopped down on the couch.

"Excuse me for asking." He said, annoyed.

"You're excused." She said, annoyed as well.

"You really have changed." Robin said with a heavy sigh sitting down next to her. "So, you wanna talk about anything?" He asked, hoping to start a conversation.

"No, not really." She said calmly looking out the window.

"You're being difficult." He muttered.

"Obviously." She muttered back.

"If we really wished to carry on like this, it could last all night." He stated leaning back onto the cushions.

"I know." She said with a slight smile. She closed her eyes for a moment as she continued to face the window calmly. She had gained control over her emotions over the last two years, she had strengthened her powers, but she had missed her friends.

"What's wrong?" Robin asked seeing her expression even though it was dark in the room, the only light coming from the moon outside.

"I missed this place." Raven replied opening her eyes. "I really missed it." She said quieter than before.

"We missed you, or at least the real you." Robin said with a smile.

"You and the others are the closest thing I have to a family. I had to leave, because if I didn't, I'd lose all of you." Raven looked at Robin for a moment then looked back at the window once more.

"Rae…" Robin said. "We had no idea what happened to you, we were all worried."

"I know." She said quietly as she looked down at her folded hands.

It was around three in the morning now, and the clock made a loud gong sound and went back to quietly ticking as the two stayed silent.

"Robin," Raven said suddenly after nearly a half an hour of silence.

"Yeah?" he asked looking at her illuminated features. She wasn't as pale as she had been. If any thing, she actually had what looked like, a tan. This thought made him smile a bit as he looked at her.

"I…" She started but didn't know what to say. She was different yes, but she still had troubled speaking of things she was embarrassed to speak of. "I…I really missed you." She said looking away from him and once again focusing on her hands.

Robin was a little shocked that she was actually admitting to missing him. Yeah, the others thought him as a leader, and were sometimes thoroughly irritated by his stubbornness, and sure StarFire was in love with him, but Raven sounded as if she really meant it.

"I thought you weren't supposed to show emotions." Robin said with a smile.

Raven turned to glare at him, "Excuse me." She muttered as she stood and walked from the room back to hers, leaving Robin sitting on the couch by himself and a little annoyed at her.

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Moon muttered curses under her breath as she walked down one of the halls in the emperor's palace, a cup in one hand, and a piece of paper she was reading in the other.

"Damn it all." She growled angrily as she turned a corner and knocked over a bright green colored servant. "Out of my way!" She growled, and the servant quickly jumped out of her way.

"I see you're not in a good mood this morning are you?" D'Rello said laughingly as he watched her walk towards him a bit further down the hall.

"Shut up you dumb ass. You'll be the first one I blow up when I get my powers back." She said angrily as she glared at him and walked through the door into the study where they would be meeting, D'Rello following right after.

"When you get your powers back little sister, you'll probably be dead soon after, you know how dear little Raven enjoys picking on you." He laughed coldly.

"Go to hell." She muttered angrily and plopped down in a chair.

"Ah yes, I just got back actually." He said grinning as she threw her cup at him. He caught it though and set it down infront of her on the desk, still smiling.

Controlling the urge to hit him, she mumbled something under her breath and started rummaging through the papers that were on the desk.

"Well now, have you two been playing nicely?" Asked the pale blue emperor as he walked in.

"Of course we have." Moon smiled innocently as she sent her foot slamming down on D'Rello's who was standing beside her.

"Ow!" He shrieked as pulled his foot from hers and limped to a chair away from her.

"I see…" The emperor said with a sigh. He had no idea who was worse, Moon or D'Rello.

"Now then, shall we get down to business?" He asked after a few moments and went to take his seat behind the desk.

"Yes, let's." Moon said innocently.

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"Hey Rae." Cyborg said as he walked into the workout room where she was making a few pieces of equipment float around near the ceiling.

"Hey." She replied looking at him. Her lavender eyes watched him suspiciously as he smiled and sat down on the bench she was sitting on. "What do you want?" She asked wiping her hands on her sweater to get the dust off of them.

"Just wanted to see how you were." He stated as he watched one of the punching bags narrowly miss running in with one of the poles that were flying around.

"When pigs fly." She muttered back as she smiled when one of the five or six poles that were flying around zoomed past him, barely missing him.

"Yeah, no torture please. If you really want to know, I just wanna talk." He said glaring suspiciously at another pole that was circling closer.

Smiling, she let all of the poles go back towards the center of the room and begin circling eachother. "What do you want to talk about?" She asked with a sigh.

"Well, I want to know about Moon and why you two hate eachother." He said as if she were supposed to be happy about bringing up the subject.

"Moon?" She said with a sarcastic laugh. "She's my older sister, only a year older, but I out rank her in power. She's weak, and I stripped her powers when I cursed her. I didn't get to kill her though because I didn't complete the spell."

"Do you have any other family?" he asked, curious.

"Family? More like murderers." She said glaring a one of circling poles and it bent itself around another one. "Yes, I do. The oldest, my brother, D'Rello. He's the one you have to look out for in a fight. His power is either stronger or the same as mine. He's not someone you want to trust." She said, saying his name with obvious hate. "After all, the last time I trusted him, he tried to kill me, as did Moon." Raven said thinking back to that day where she had almost been killed.

"Sorry if I brought up painful memories." Cyborg said sighing as he watched her bend the poles around eachother and for what looked like, a knot.

"Memories are better left alone. They can't help the future or change the past." Raven said as half of the items went back into their places while the others began spinning faster.

"You're right about that." Cy mused to himself. "Anyways, I saw you and Robin in the living room last night." He said as if inquiring that they had been doing something.

"We were talking." Raven stated as she shot a glance at him and eyed him again suspiciously.

"Sure." He said as if he didn't believe her. "You know Robin really missed you."

"I missed all of you too." She said watching him closely.

"We all missed you, but Robin seemed the most shaken up about it. He didn't really eat for a few days until StarFire tied him to a chair and forced him to eat." Cyborg said with a smile.

"Is this going somewhere?" She asked glaring at him. She had a pretty good idea of what he was getting at, and she wanted him to just spit it out.

Cy smiled sheepishly when Raven glared at him. "Yeah, kinda I guess." He said glancing at the flying objects which had sped up even more.

All Raven did was glare at him, waiting for him to go on.

"Do you have feelings for Robin?" he asked so suddenly that it took Raven a moment to understand what he had just asked.

"What?" She asked, suddenly nervous. "Well yeah I guess, after all he is the leader of this team." She said a little too quickly.

Cyborg smiled at her, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Raven smiled back, "Thanks."

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Hey everyone, sorry it's taken me so long to get these chappy's up, my comp is evil, and as I write this, it is being evil. I'm glad I'll have internet hopefully be Wed, but if I don't then…I'LL GO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slowly losing it,

-DHM-