Disclaimer: don't own the Teen Titians and neither do I own anything Batman related, but I do own the plot.

A/n: Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the reviews, you people are so nice. Anyway, yeah questions are cool, but it don't mean I'm gonna' tell you anything to spoil the fun.

Enjoy this chapter for now, cause this is the result of listening to way to much music while you work.

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Let's Get Down To Business

Raven sat in Grayheart's conference room learning everything and anything she could. Note pad in hand she sat in a chair from the main glass black table her boss was at the head of. Announcing and telling other workers what to do, she learned things like the business was education and health and saw that Grayheart was good at his job if not a bit demanding. Not only that, but she learned the true reason why Crimson and Wayne co. was such a big deal in combining forces. They were the two top and most richest corporations in the world! The wonders of not really caring about the world when you're saving it.

"Roth," Raven blinked up from automatically writing down the last piece of information from the pad. She had been writing anything important said and done in the meeting for Grayheart incase he needed to look back on it. An easy job to start with on the first day, so he held out his hand and for a moment Raven had to gulp down a growl, as she handed him the notes with a straight poker face.

He flipped the first few pages over and a smile graced his handsome features, he looked down at Raven and nodded, "Very good, but now I want you to set my agenda, and sort out the papers on the table. You could ask Linda for help if you need it, you remember her right?"

Linda, the front desk secretary that had given Raven a dirty look when she had passed by with Grayheart and into his office. Nothing but a normal human female with overly exaggerated mark-up, Raven had matched her glare and turned the room into Antarctica. Just because she was new and had to keep to a human concealment didn't mean she had to take crap from anyone. Looking up to Grayheart after her memory she nodded and stood up, "I remember her, and you could trust me."

"Good," he turned and grabbed the files on the table and handed them to her afterwards headed to the door that lead straight into his office and hers across his.

After entering her office she sat at her desk and got to work, now with the papers she was looking at most new interns would have immediately gone to the suggested help. However when you had mind reading abilities it didn't matter, cause all Raven had to do was pluck anything and everything needed to go through this business. She smirked, it was like she had schooled about this all her life, this'll be a snap to finish.

Just then the office phone rang, Raven picked up with out a second thought, "Daniel Grayheart's office, Rae Roth speaking whom may I ask is calling?"

Still doing her desk job there was a laugh on the other side, deep and wise Raven paused and took the phone from her ear to stare at it quizzically. She heard that voice somewhere before, but where? Putting it back to her ear she heard that he had started to settle down and she glared, "Excuse me, but this is a business line so if you don't mind, get to the point."

"Don't fret Rae, I'm just surprised that you knew how to answer the phone. I could have swore Grayheart didn't teach you, just like all the others."

"Who is this?" Raven demanded with a harsh tone already loosing her patients.

"Oh, sorry, this is Bruce Wayne, Grayheart's expecting me."

Raven could kicked herself in the head if she didn't have this ridiculous business skirt on. "Oh, Mr. Wayne, sorry let me patch you into Grayheart."

Pressing a red button on the phone she said, "Bruce Wayne line one."

With that she hung the phone down and let Daniel handle the rest, shaking her head she couldn't hold back a smile on her face. Oh yes, the wonders of mind reading, gotta love it. Getting back to her job and being very careful not to over look anything, Raven for once had her mind locked and concentrated since the appearance of her tattoo. Which she remembered she had to look it up, I'll check up on it when I get to the apartment.

Notice she said apartment and not home, the reason for this was calling the apartment a home was not right. Her home was with the Titans; this was just a getaway, a place of shelter. No offence to Grayheart she was flattered he cared; it was just not much her style, the apartment that is.

At that moment Grayheart knocked on her door then opened it, "Miss Roth?"

Raven looked up from her computer and turned in her chair, "Yes?"

"I hope you weren't planning anything this Friday," for a second there Raven's heart stopped as she looked into his crimson stare and notice he had a strange look. Something crossed with determination and mischief; she blinked and held back a shiver praying he wasn't going to ask her what he thought, "Bruce just told me we're flying to Japan for a little business negotiation, this could be good for you. That is if you're up to it."

Raven inwardly let out a breath that was it? That was all he was going to tell her? She felt better with herself now that she knew he wasn't going to ask her out to a date or something cause than that would have been totally wrong with her morals. Then as an after thought she scowled, Damn, not another plane trip. With a forced smile she nodded, "Not a problem, so Friday was it?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll put it in the agenda, which by the way you have a meeting with a Mr. Frame after lunch."

Grayheart grinned, "Very good, I'm actually impressed with your effort, even Bruce who told me to tell you to keep up the good job. By the way, would you like to join me for lunch? My treat."

Now this was where Raven would turn around protest, to make up an excuse of sorts, but his crimson gaze was so … alluring. Slowly she asked, "Where are you going?"

He shrugged, "No where special just a restaurant around the block, we could walk there."

Now this was the part she really did decline and say her sorrys for not going. However a little voice in the back of her head just whispered and told her to go. That it wasn't really a date, that it was just a business-to-business thing, just being polite to ask another fellow worker for their company in doing the same thing. Grabbing a bite to eat … besides even if it was a date, it wasn't like she was seeing someone else right? The little voice frightened her; so looking up to Grayheart she quickly regretted the action. Not only was he waiting for her answer, he looked almost like Robin had when he kissed her.

Not good, thoughts were swaying across her mind, not good at all. Taking a deep breath she gulped and nodded, "Uh … okay."

He smiled, "Okay then, I'll get you at 11."

With that he closer her door and Raven dropped her head in her hands with an exasperated sigh, What the hells wrong with you? It's just lunch nothing big! You act as if you're cheating, when you're not even seeing anybody. At least not yet … or … at least … until I get my fucked up head straight! Damn you Robin this is all your fault, how is it that you could make me lose my mind over you so much? Ow! What the hell? Not again.

Raven shot her left hand to her right shoulder to massage it gently, the pain had come again, but not as harsh as all the other times. Gees, it was like every time she thought of a certain blue-eyed spiky haired little ball of fury her marking acted up. She thought of that for a moment … was it Robin that was making her feel this ache? Shaking her head she tried to forget about that thought and save it for some other time, right now it was time for her to return to her work. However her mark thought differently cause it was still pulsing.

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The dreaded time that Raven would dub the most hated time in the world. Eleven sharp rolled around all to quickly and no sooner than a few seconds later had Grayheart walked in and asked if she was ready to go.

"Sure just let me close this file." She took her time on the closing whatever was on the computer then stood up and straightened herself off. Afterwards she looked up and almost dropped dead in shock to see that Grayheart had put on a pair of dark frameless sunglasses. Not that it was a problem it was just the way he wore them and how he looked in it. Sliding to the tip on his nose where his red eyes were half exposed and his head titled down, Raven gulped and looked way. He was giving that look again, the one she didn't like.

"Something wrong Ms. Roth?" he asked with a smirk, Raven shot up and glared ever so slightly at him. What was he playing at?

"Nothing of the sort, are we going?" Raven controlled a growl rising up her throat as she smirked remembering she had a pair of shades of her own. Taking them out of her drawer she put them on and he laughed shaking his head.

"You are something Rae, I hope you don't mind that I address you as such."

Raven shuddered, her alias rolling off his tongue made her wonder what her real name would sound like coming from him. Damn it! She shook her head, what the hell was he doing to her? Just then her mark pulsed again, but hard this time, so hard it made her eyes widen a fraction of an inch and stifle a gasp. Whoa, that was sudden, where did that come from? She huffed; she really had to look this thing over, "Not a problem Grayheart."

"Please call me Daniel, I insist." His smirk widens and she nodded trying to ignore his smirk as she followed him from her office to the hall and to the elevator then finally out on the busy sidewalk. Walking in nothing but silence for the first half of their journey, Raven had found herself comfortable with it.

Gave her a chance to think about everything that's happened to far and what was she going to tell her friends about the company travel. Not only was it going to upset Robin, she felt that it was beginning to upset her as well. She was going further and further from him, and she knew that she wanted to be far from Robin, but second thoughts and backfiring plans seemed to be targeting her for some reason. Now … she didn't want to believe it … but she was actually regretting leaving her Robin. The feeling of doubt and deep want pulsed through her body and she found herself longing for him again.

Not for just his touch, but his presents, she hadn't realized it till now that not even seeing him was driving her crazy. Quite literally, look at what it was doing do her with other males. She was either snapping at them, or wanted to kill them for their roaming eyes. None was worthy of her other than her Robin, none and that was how it was going to be. At least that was what her demon side was snarling in her head, maybe that was why she was suspicious of Grayheart, or rather Daniel, because he was treading on taken turf.

Speaking of which, her eyes trailed down to his hand glad that she was to his left to see an inkling of his mysterious scar. Now or never, "If you don't me asking Gra –Daniel, where'd you get the scar?"

Daniel looked down at her, but didn't turn his head, for a moment Raven felt his aura swirl with protectiveness. Then diminish just as quickly, with a sigh he answered as he lifted his hand and pulled back his sleeve to show her a huge gash traveling up the back of his wrist to his elbow. Ouch, it made her cringe, "To be honest I'd rather not talk about it. Brings up to many bad memories."

I'll bet it does, Raven thought sarcastically, she could feel him struggle to keep up the uncomfortable act, to make it look good. Like he wasn't lying and she would have believed him to, his face showed genuine hurt, but his barrier slipped and she was able to read something more. A sadistic smile crossed her mind making sure to train her face to stay neutral, Gotcha "Daniel" now just what are you hiding.

"Oh, well I'm sorry to bring it up." Raven acted with a nodded of her head, the faint trace of a smirk on the corner of her lips. She couldn't help it, it may have been a small victory on her part, but it was big enough dirt to get on the most innocent, well-rounded gentleman on this planet.

"Please, it wasn't your fault, oh look here we are." He rushed them in, but now Raven was watching him with a close eye and open senses.

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"Hey guy!" Raven greeted when all her friends faces appeared on the screen of her communicator. She chuckled when she heard Robin growl in irritation from being crushed between Cyborg and Starfire.

"Hey what's cracalacin' my home town homie? So what's the low down in the get down?" Raven raised a brow at Beast Boy's choice of words … if it was even words to begin with.

Cyborg shoved him away and shrugged, "Been watchin' to much MTV since you left, don't ask why. Any way it translates into 'Hey girl, what's going on over there?'"

"Dude, not cool I was talking to Raven ya over grown light bulb!" Beast Boy growled, Cyborg glared,

"I'll show you light bulb ya nasty little zit, come'ere!" with that the two ran off the screen Cyborg chasing after a morphed Beast Boy, leaving only Starfire and Robin on screen with looks of confusion on their faces.

Starfire was the quickest to recover, "So tell us friend, and do not leave out the goodness of the juices about you're life thus far. You haven't told us the last time, will you tell now?"

Raven smiled, "Sure, well it hasn't been all to bad … but it hasn't been all to good either."

"Something wrong?" trust Robin to be the first to ask that question, Raven just wanted to rip that silly mask off his face to see what he was feeling other than guess by his tone and body language.

She sighed, "Um … no … not really, only that I'll be going much further away from you guys this Friday."

In the background Beast Boy and Cyborg stopped the chase, to turn and face the screen then run up to it in a blink of an eye. Starfire's mouth dropped open and Robin just glared in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Business trip," Raven shrugged, "We're going to Japan with Bruce to work out some kind of business negotiation."

"Japan! You're not serious!" Beast Boy shouted, "Come on Raven I know you don't like my jokes but that's a bit extreme!"

"This has nothing to do with you Beast Boy, I'm leaving because I have to." Raven looked away from the screen her friends all fighting to try and be happy for her, but she could tell that they didn't want her to go.

Starfire looked ready to cry again, "Friend Raven, did you not take into consideration of our feelings when you accepted this flight?"

"I'm sorry Star, but maybe you could ask Robin for a little help in understanding my position." Raven glanced at Robin to see he had not looked away from the screen at all, his glare very much the same. He was probably convincing himself not to shout again, knowing Robin you'd know he was a bit of a control freak. So when something doesn't go his way you could tell he wanted to manipulate it so it will go his way. "After all, he did have Bruce for a father."

"That's not the point Raven and you know it," Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire all shrank away from Robin, he sounded like he was ready to rip something apart. His masked eyes giving him that edge, everything screamed back off or die.

However Raven was not one to heed this warning, "Yes I know, you're worried about me, you don't want me to go. You want me to come back isn't that right?"

"Well since you're smart enough to figure that much out, why don't you act on it?" Robin challenged and Raven shook her head with amethyst eyes pleading for him to go no further with this subject.

"Don't be stupid Robin, I can't do that now." Raven pleaded.

"Oh, you can't leave him, but you could leave us just fine?" Venom was the tone, and hurt was the afterthought.

"Robin stop!" Raven glared matching his masked persona with as much force as she could muster, "I called to say hi and for you to see I'm alright yet you're chewing me out! What the hell? I'll admit I fucked up royally when I left, but now I can't just turn back because you think I should. Just drop it. I already promised you I'm coming back and I'll keep to my word that should be enough for you."

"No Raven," Robin said so low, so strained that even the other Titian's had to struggle to here what he had to say. His head bowed and fist balled so tight you could see him shaking, his next string of words were chocked and forced. Raven had a sick feeling in her stomach, the kind that you get when you knew you screwed up royally as he whispered, "it's never enough … when I can't get enough of you."

With a swoosh of his cape Raven prayed to what ever god out their would listen that this wouldn't be their last meeting. However, the pain in her shoulder had grown and now that she knew the meaning of its nagging she was starting to regret ever leaving in the first place. "Raven?"

Raven blinked, never realizing her eyes had glazed over with tears and one had fallen. She quickly wiped it hoping her teammates hadn't seen it, but she couldn't hide her shaky breathing as she sighed and looked into the eyes of the changeling, the cyborg, and the alien princess. All were worried and stricken with concerned, she loved them all for it so to not fail them and see them frown like her robin she tried to smile, "Ye-yeah guys?"

It came out chocked and semi-high pitched, but at least it was a shot. Cyborg spoke next, "You want us to talk to Robin?"

Raven shook her head and took a deep breath; damn she was still shaky, "No … not if you don't want to."

"Please dear friend, do not shed a single tear, I'm sure our leader did not … how you say? Have his head on in the right way? Apologizes will be made even if I must beat him to sense." Starfire nodded, proud with herself for her little speech of encouragement.

Raven had to chuckle, well that made her feel a little better, "It's okay Star, I'll be fine no need to do anything drastic."

"Anyway, you sure you're gonna' be okay Rae?" Beast Boy popped in looking the most concerned, "I mean Japan is a long way, we're not going to be able to back you up if anything happens."

Raven waved her hand to dismiss the thought, "I'll be cool on my own BB, anyway," she gulped down her dry throat and tried to forget about her confrontation with Robin for the moment to tell her friends her discovery, "since Ro … since Robin's not here to here this, I hope you guys could do something for me."

"Anything." Beast Boy answered quickly his ears open and ready to listen as well as the other two.

"Okay, I want you to dig up anything and everything on Grayheart. Especially if he has gotten into any kind of accident involving a slash on his left arm, if you do this I'll greatly appreciate it."

"Cool, but why the sudden suspicion?" Cyborg inquired.

Raven smirked, feeling a little better then before, "I have a strong feeling our perfect little gentleman has a big secret. Anyway see you guys later, been on for to long I've gotta' get to bed work tomorrow ya know. Ugh, normal is not my thing."

"Take it easy Rae, don't work yourself to hard." Cyborg saluted with a comforting smile.

"I hope your next call will be soon." Starfire beamed, and Raven smiled.

"Come on I already said I'd call every single day."

Starfire looked lost, "I am sure you never said anything of the sort."

Raven grinned playfully, "I already had not a few seconds ago."

The lost look magnified, until it turned into a grin and a giggle, "Oh now I understand. You are tricky friend Raven."

"Catch you flip side my talon of death," Beast Boy winked and Raven nodded.

"Straight up keepin' it real home dawg, this is number one fly, keepin' it real all the time. Peace out." with that the screen went black leaving Beast Boy gaping in shock while Cyborg was laughing his head off. Starfire twirled up in the air feeling happy they were able to talk to their friend.

"Dude, Raven's whack!" Beast Boy shouted shaking his head in disbelief.

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a/n: Oh this may be nothing, but when I was writting the mini argument with Robin and Raven I was listening to Franky J's "How To Deal" and I thought that the course matched it! I may have just been in a sappy mood but I almost cried! Especially when I was picturing it all in my head as music video. What's up with that?