I LOVE CLIFFHANGERS (when I write them) mwahahahahaha! I'm so evil, leaving you all to rot in wait to see what happens to poor Starfire, seemingly frozen while Scorpio attempts to kiss her. Reviewers, I love you all more than you can imagine. I was actually really surprised when so many ppl reviewed just two chapters. I'm so grateful! Thanks SO much.
Thanks especially to: HelgaMoon, who has great fics and has reviewed every single fic I've written...'cept Toxic but I don't really care. Thanks for being there. Another BIG thanks to StarFireFlower, for always being there to talk to me, insisting what I say isn't completely idiotic...hehe...and for just being a great friend and reviewer. (READ BOTH HELGAMOON AND STARFIREFLOWER'S FICS AS SOON AS YOU FINNISH MINE! Read both of HelgaMoon's and StarFireFlower's Once Again, Going Home, and Complicated a continuing series Okay? Okie!)
Chapter Dedication: To Jennifer. You are such an awesome person. You're strength and endurance in tae kwan do amazes me beyond belief. You are one of the friendliest people I know. Don't lose that quality, and don't lose Henry (JK about Henry, JK...have you given him up for Frank? DONT BEAT ME UP NEXT CLASS...plz?) I know we're always making fun of you, but we all love you. You're the best.
Disclaimer: Does it LOOK like I own the Teen Titans, what with this state-of-the-crap laptop and rundown (but positively lovable) house? No I didn't think so.
IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE! READ THIS OR DIE!
On Saturday, I'm off to Japan and Hong Kong on VACAY FOR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS! (aren't I lucky?) So imma try to fit as many chapters in as possible before I go, okay? THANK YOU!
Okay, here's what you've all been waiting for...
Raven found herself floating silently just beneath the roof of Titans Tower, listening to Scorpio's absolutely revolting speech. Something wasn't right though. Starfire seemed to be struggling against invisible bonds as the unwelcome guest neared her for a kiss. Raven had only seconds to come up with a plan to aid her friend and even less time to execute it. In two swift movements, the psychic flew forward and clocked Scorpio in the head with a well aimed kick, knocking him unconscious and preventing him from getting too close to Starfire. As though suddenly released from tight bonds, the alien girl collapsed, trying to smile at Raven.
"Th-thank you friend, for your assistance...I was frozen...he..." Starfire's eyes suddenly seemed slightly glazed. "IS HE UNHARMED?" Raven took note of the strange glaze in the red head's eyes as she swooped down to check on the unconscious alien on the floor.
"Uh...Star...?"
"Oh, he is injured! My dear Scorpio...!"
"I thought so," Raven gave Starfire a good whack in the head.
"OW!" Starfire looked a bit annoyed, but the glaze was gone.
"You okay now?"
"Yes...I am...fine..." Starfire shook her head. "What has happened?"
"I think you're ex over here is a little to charming for your own good." Raven helped the Tamaranian up and lead her to the stairs into the Tower.
"...What of Scorpio? Shall we carry him in?" Starfire was no longer under her old boyfriend's influence, but being a rather kindhearted person in general, she was concerned for the well being of all...even Scorpio.
"Eh...he'll wake up eventually." Raven was tempted to give Scorpio a second kick for hurting Beast Boy, but for Starfire's sake resisted the urge and lead her friend down the stairs.
On the roof of Titans Tower, quite near the entrance to the stairwell, a small light exploded, black veins of power crawling along it's shattered pieces.
It was well past midnight, and once again, Starfire sat on the roof of Titans Tower. There was even more to think about then the night before. Why was Scorpio back anyway? If he had wanted to find her so badly, Starfire was sure that it would've taken less than two years. So why was he suddenly back, and just as she found herself falling for-
"We meet again, Starfire." Robin took a seat beside his friend, staring at the moon, then at the girl beside to him.
"Yes. I have much more to think about tonight, as you might imagine." Starfire sighed.
"No kidding." Robin almost laughed. "To tell you the truth, the reason I'm up here right now is because of you."
"What did I...?"
"Last night, you told me that the roof was the best place to think. I had some thinking to do myself...so I ended up here." Starfire smiled kindly, her eyes sparkling.
"Yes, it is a good place to think, this roof."
"I…uh…I don't mean to pry, but..." Robin hesitated, brushing his hair back with one hand. "Well, it's really none of my business but...who is this Scorpio guy, really?" Starfire sighed.
"That is a complicated question which you ask."
"If you don't wanna talk about it then-"
"No, I shall tell you." Starfire closed her eyes, concentrating. "Scorpio comes from a family of thirteen children including he. Each child was named after a sign of the Zodiac."
"But I thought there were only twelve-"
"That is true, but Gemini is a twin." Starfire smiled at Robin's slight confusion. "My best friend on my planet, however, was a girl by the name of Taurus. She was...killed...at the hands of the Gordanians..." Starfire shuddered, a tear rolling down her cheek. "Her brother, Scorpio, came to me after...it...happened. He was kind and comforted me. I fell in love with his eyes the moment I saw them. They are a glorious blue. Soon we were...as you say…'going out'?" Robin nodded and Starfire, noting his approval at her correct word usage, continued. "A few months after, he asked if I would like to . I came mere minutes early...and..." Starfire sniffled, "I...I entered to find him...how is it that you say it on Earth? Kissing? Yes, kissing...someone else...he yelled at me, threatened me...and so I fled and never returned..."
"God, Star..." Robin was trying to understand how Starfire had become the bubbly personality of the present when so much darkness laced her past. "The...the someone else you said..."
"Blackfire." Another two tears escaped Starfire's eyes. Suddenly she shivered, rubbing her slim fingers up and down her arms to generate heat.
"Are you cold?" Robin quickly took off his cape and wrapped it around Starfire's shoulders.
"Thank you friend Robin." Starfire pulled the cape around herself tightly. She could smell the cheap hair gel on the fabric that enveloped her being. It was strangely comforting...
"No problem." Robin looked at the girl beside him. "You know, Scorpio has got to be a complete idiot."
"Why...?"
"How could he just give up someone like you? I mean, you're intelligent and beautiful and...just...amazing..." Robin caught himself before he completely humiliated himself. "Well, you get the idea. I'm just saying that anyone who would even think of leaving you is a loser." Starfire's eyes were sparkling even brighter than before.
"Th...thank you..." The alien girl smiled, "You are enticing me to feeling abundantly better..." Starfire shivered again, in spite of the cape that was draped around her back. "I believe I shall retire to my room now. It is getting rather frigid." The girl stood up and began floating back towards the stairs.
"Night then, Star." Robin, too, stood up. Suddenly, Starfire spun around and flew back to Robin, taking him by complete surprise as she threw her arms around his neck and nestled her face into her his shoulder.
"Thank you...for being my best friend..." Robin wrapped his arms around Starfire's waist, continually reminding himself that this sudden embrace was the result of friendship and nothing more. Nevertheless, as his hand brushed against the skin on the lower half of her back, neither could help but shiver.
"You want me to go back inside with you?"
"I would like that...very much..."
In the shadows of the tower, floating just below the roof, Scorpio, who had regained his consciousness since the afternoon's little episode, watched as the scene between Robin and Starfire unfolded. He caught his breath when he saw Starfire's eyes. They were sparkling like bright, everlasting emeralds. Though a normally enthusiastic girl, Scorpio had seen Starfire's eyes sparkling so brightly only once before.
The last time had been with him.
"So that's it." Scorpio's face was twisted with hatred as Starfire flung her arms around Robin, "That's why you won't return to me. You are in love with another. Well that can be easily altered I suppose..." Scorpio's expression only got nastier when he saw Robin slowly put his arms around his girl. "When there's a problem, always treat the source." Scorpio vanished into the shadows once again.
Robin took Starfire down the stairs and led her into her room. He turned to leave, but Starfire had a different idea.
"Stay...please? Until I am asleep..." Starfire slid into her bed, the cape still around her shoulders, and Robin took a seat in a small chair in the corner of her room. "Thank you Robin..." Almost as soon as Starfire's head hit the pillow, she was out.
Robin took some time to carefully examine the room he was in, having never entered it before. It was not as pink as he expected it to be. Sure, there was the odd pink pillow here and there, but it was more in tones of white and purple. Calming colors.
Robin sat back and thought about what he had said to Starfire only minutes before.
"How could he just give up someone like you? I mean, you're intelligent and beautiful and...just...amazing...well, you get the idea. I'm just saying that anyone who would even think of leaving you is a loser."
Very slowly, Robin rose from the chair he had been sitting in and went to the side of Starfire's head and leaned down, lightly kissing the top of her forehead.
"I'd never leave you..."
Starfire stirred slightly and Robin jumped back, afraid he had awoken the girl. Realizing that he hadn't, he sighed with relief and, as quietly as he could, exited the room.
"You'd better watch it." Robin spun around to see Scorpio behind him.
"Watch what?"
"That would be my girlfriend you had your arms all over." Scorpio's eyes narrowed and a blue starbolt formed in his hand.
"Well she doesn't seem to be all too fond of you." Robin withdrew his bo-staff, ready to fight if necessary.
"She's simply shocked with happiness because of my sudden appearance."
"Well I don't know about happiness, but I'd be shocked too if I caught my boyfriend making out with my sister then freaks out on me and doesn't contact me for two years."
"Strike one human scum." Scorpio shot the starbolt at Robin's feet. The Boy Wonder, true to his name, quickly danced out of the way. The alien boy prepared another starbolt, this one visibly stronger than the last. "Your stomach is next, and this time I won't miss."
ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! I don't know if this one's as dramatic as the first...(hehe) but I hope it's at least somewhat worthy of your attention. Thank you to everybody! (as of right now, I don't even know who I'm thanking so...yeah...hehe...anyways, the update should come soon...maybe tomorrow or the next day...prolly the next day. Now go review!
Love, SushiChica aka Linka
PS: Oh, did you like the very, very, VERY light fluff? I couldn't put in too much, not yet, but I hope you enjoyed the torture...I mean the teaser...hehe...Anywho...um...bye I guess...until next time!
Edited 6/22/05