Chapter four
Five years later
Rae wandered down the old street, a flood of memories in her head.
'Jump city.'
She smelt in the familiar scent of the city, which she had missed so much. Having been in the mountains in intense meditation and training for five years had changed her on the outside, but inside she was the same girl she ever was.
Wistfully, holding her bag she saw the T shaped tower still standing there gleaming, as good as new. She smiled. So many memories.
"I wonder how you all are," Raven faltered, feeling hot tears prick the back of her eyes. Walking down the high street she caught a glimpse of herself in one of the shop windows and stopped. She truly had changed.
At nineteen years old she had matured. Her hair had grown, long and tousled down her slender back. Her clothes, now made from fragments she had sown and found, were simple.
A pair of white three quarter-length trousers, her belt hanging across them at the usual angle, a top constructed of the same material as the trousers, baggy over her torso.
She pulled her cloak around her – now the similar white colour, mingling with her violet hair. Her brooch shone proudly at its prime spot. Raven sighed, touching the gem which shone in her forehead, lightly.
"They wouldn't recognise me."
She paced backwards still staring, before looking away and walking smack into something. She recoiled slowly, rubbing her nose.
"Well now, I'm sorry!"
That voice, so familiar. She looked up at the face and almost let out a squeak. The person continued to talk, flustered.
"I wasn't watchin' where I was goin' and—"
He looked up.
Cyborg stared at the face in front of him and couldn't suppress a gasp. "Raven?"
"Hello Cyborg," answered the girl, standing upright and shaking her hair out of her lilac eyes.
"You're…back," breathed the android, smiling. "Where did you go?"
"I…had to get out of titans tower," Rae confided. "Something I needed time to deal with."
"Are you comin' back now?" asked Cy, hopefully. "We've all missed you."
"All of you?" Raven sighed and closed her eyes. "Or just you, Star and Robin."
"All of us!" reiterated the metal man. "Including Beastboy and Terra."
"Terra?" Raven spoke the name as if it was foreign. She looked down. "Terra."
"Is somethin' the matter, Rae?"
"You mean you don't know?"
"No," answered Cy, truthfully. "Should I?"
"Star didn't tell you why I left?"
"Nope."
"Well…what did she say?"
"She said somethin' along the lines of 'Raven wished for me to tell you she has left the titans and that she is sorry.'"
"What and you didn't ask her why?"
"Are you kiddin'?" laughed Cy, spreading his hands. "We spent weeks interrogating her. But she would only say this: 'When you are supposed to know, you will.'"
'She kept my secret all these years,' thought Rae, grateful.
"I see."
"So, are you going to tell me? Why you left?"
"It's a long story."
"I've got the time if you've got the money for a smoothie."
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"So you're tellin' me you've been all alone for five years? In the mountains!" Cy almost laughed. Raven nodded solemnly, a blush creeping up on her face.
"Yes. But now I am almost fully in control of my emotions. It's what I needed to do. The way I was before I left I could have killed someone."
Cyborg slurped the smoothie then sighed. "Well, I get what you mean. But what sparked it off, Rave? Was it one of us?"
"Um," Raven looked down at her own smoothie. "Sort of."
"Terra," Cyborg stated, almost certain. "Terra?"
"Yes, among things," Raven wrinkled her nose. "I still don't trust her."
"Aw, c'mon," Cy argued. "She's been with us for five years now, and she has done nothin'."
"I know, she probably hasn't," Raven nodded. "But something I have learned is to always trust your instincts."
"I guess so," Cy tutted, leaning back and stretching. "It's been weird without havin' my little sister around."
"Ha ha," Rae mocked, pushing the straw down and folding her arms. "Like you missed the grumpy one of the group."
"We aren't a group, Raven," Cy answered, philosophically. "We're a family. We stick together, and live together, and love each other in our own ways."
"Some more than others," muttered Raven, frowning. Cyborg laughed openly.
"Yeah, Starfire and Robin are a trial sometimes!" he exclaimed, catching Raven off guard. But she didn't mind. Anything to avert the conversation from herself was gladly appreciated.
"Have they said it yet?" she asked, knowing that Cy understood. He shook his head.
"Naw, they haven't said it dawg," he confirmed. "But they are practically a couple, ya know?"
"I know," Raven agreed, smiling. "So, I guess things are the same as ever."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Well, I'd better be…you know…going."
"Going?"
"Yeah," Raven looked down again. "The truth is, Cy, I wasn't ever coming back. I just wanted to see Jump city one more time."
"Raven," Cy shook his head. "I don't understand."
"You will one day, like Starfire said."
"Can't you just come back and see everyone? I mean, I know Star would never forgive me if I let you go without saying goodbye."
"I hate goodbyes," Raven growled. However she thought about her friend keeping quiet all these years, and felt she owed her this much. "But alright."
"Good," Cy nodded, standing up. "Lets go."
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A/N: I just wanted to say how much I admire CyxR relationship. It's just so nice – a total brotherly, sisterly type of thing in my opinion. And I really wanted to build on it in this chapter, so I hope I succeeded. And it was not fluff because I don't think of them like that! Well enjoy the rest of the story!
Replies:
Greenlobster: Aww…don't puke :hugs: Hehe, it'll get better, you'll see. (:
Lyzz2nwn: Yes you do suck! Nah, just kidding with you, of course you don't :huggles: Hehe, I hope you enjoy this story. And yes, Terra is a BE-YOTCH. (:
Gladdecease: Glad it makes sense for ya. Also, I think it takes a few hours for the review to show up on Anywho, thanks for the kind remarks, and yes BB will see sense. He's just erm…loved up? Well, we'll see. (:
Toast: TOASTIE:huggle glomp: Good to hear from you. Boys suck as per usual, and it's snowing here. SNOWING. I'm freezing. Good old sunny Britain, eh? Review again soon!
Eww she's back: Thanks…I think, hehe, yes I don't like Terra either.
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Spunksterdawg: I do agree. I actually nearly stopped watching Teen titans when she joined, I joke you not. And if she comes back I shan't watch it anymore. OOC means out of character and OC means own character. I will update if you review! That's a promise (:
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