Yay! Here's the fifth chapter! I'm so grateful to ALL of my reviewers. I'm so happy you like my fic! I was kinda surprised I got so many good reviews...thanks SO much. I love all of ya! Thanks for actually sparing my fic some time!
Okay, lets get started.
Chapter Dedication: To Christina, the only person in tae kwan do that our dear friend Jennifer is afraid to spar. Hehe...we have some demonic Christmas Party planning to do, dont we? Jennifer...Frank...oh dear this year's gonna be interesting now that we have actual proof to go on...mwahahaha...No, seriously, he LIKES her, like, a LOT...n she's all flirty with him...of course she's the same way with Calvin...Matthew...Henry...like every guy in tkd...anyways, you're awsome. Love ya!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. Anyone who would like to dispute with me on this subject can contact my friend Carolyn, for she is the closest thing I have to a lawyer. Actually, she's certifiably insane and she eats too much chocolate n burns ppl with hot glue guns but hey, she knew that Bob was a builder so I suppose that she's politically "in the know"...
Let the fun begin...
Robin could hear someone knocking on his door. He didn't really feel like answering it. Another knock, harder this time. Robin sighed and climbed out of his bed, not really all that ready to wake up yet.
Starfire stood before him.
"I wish to return the cape to you friend Robin, and also I am wishing to thank you for your hospitality. I am greatly in your debt." Starfire smiled and passed the cape to Robin.
"Any time Star." This made Starfire blush slightly as she turned to leave. "…Any time..."
"Greetings friends! Shall we commence in eating the feast of breakfasting?" Starfire looked worried as Beast Boy and Cyborg sat at the table, glairing at each other menacingly.
"Tofu."
"Meat."
"Tofu."
"Meat."
"Friends, what is it that is troubling you?"
"Tofu."
"Meat."
"Tofu."
"Meat."
"Don't worry Starfire. It's just the timeless classic war between the carnivore and the vegetarian." Raven appeared from behind the door, pulling Starfire into the kitchen. "C'mon, lets make some food for everyone. By the time those two idiots are done fighting it'll be time for dinner."
"Shall I make pudding?" Raven looked slightly alarmed.
"Ah...Star...how about just making a regular breakfast?"
"Would you ladies like some assistance?" Scorpio glided into the kitchen. Raven spun around, her eyes hooded but glowing.
"Not from you. We already have all the pudding this household needs. Get out of the kitchen before I get so mad that I kill you. I can, you know..." Scorpio tried to make eye contact with the psychic, but with the hood and her anger causing her eyes to glow, it was impossible.
"I'm truly sorry if I've offended you in any way, miss." Scorpio bowed.
"Save the sweet talk. It doesn't affect me. In the words of whatever-her-name-is- Kerry, shove it!" (A/N: sorry, I couldn't resist. It's not an insult to her, I just wanted to use that line and since I forget her first name Kerry said it first, I figured, why not?) Raven sent a blast of dark energy hurdling in Scorpio's direction, causing him to go flying backwards and eventually crash into the dining table.
"Why does she hate me?" Beast Boy winced at the familiar words, turning his attention away from the argument at hand.
"She...kinda...hates...everyone..." Memories, good and bad, were coming back to him. Memories that he was trying to get over were forcing their way into his mind.
"Great..." Scorpio slouched to the table.
"Morning everyone..." Robin entered the scene, looking weary with a lopsided grin on his face at the sight of Starfire. She returned the smile while flipping two pancakes, one soy and one regular.
"Good morning, friend Robin."
"Seriously, Robin, would you rather have tofu or meat?"
"Sorry, B, but I'd have to say meat."
"THANK YOU!" Cyborg slammed his fist down on the table.
"Traitor..." Beast Boy's eyes narrowed. Robin held up his hands in the universal sign for peace.
"Sorry, I'm just not a tofu person."
"Breakfast is served friends!" Starfire and Raven came out of the kitchen, plates and pans layered on their arms. They distributed both tofu and non tofu breakfast items before taking a seat and picking up some food themselves.
"Rae, I think you made a mistake." Cyborg pointed to a pancake that Raven had just picked up. "That's a tofu pancake."
"...So…what's your point?"
"HA! SEE? SOMEONE'S FINALLY SIDING WITH ME!" Beast Boy jumped up onto his chair, shaking an accusing finger at Cyborg.
"Uh...Rae...?"
"What!"
Robin reached over and felt her forehead.
"Her temperature seems normal..." Raven pushed his hand away.
"Of course it's normal! Why wouldn't it be?"
"Rae, think about it." Cyborg looked her straight in the eye and spoke slowly, as though she were three. "You. Are. Eating. A. Tofu. Pancake." He put a good amount of emphasis on the word tofu.
"...And...?"
"Friends! How is it that you are enjoying the feast of breakfasting?" Starfire smiled brightly, oblivious to the conversation that had taken place before she had spoken.
"Yeah..."
"It's great, Star."
"Wonderful Starry!" Scorpio got a few sour looks for that comment.
"SOMEONE'S SIDING WITH ME!'
"Pretty good..."
Starfire was pleased that she had accomplished making a good Earth breakfast.
Raven pushed open the cold steel door of her dark room and stood at the entrance, gazing inside. It was so dark. That was the way she liked it...right? Cold. Dark. Alone.
Alone?
Yes, alone.
You like being alone?
Yes, I prefer being alone.
Do you? Do you really?
Yes.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Positive?
YES.
But what about Beast Boy?
Why am I talking to myself?
Beats me. Don't change the subject.
What if I don't wanna talk about the subject?
Well I am your mind...if you didn't wanna talk about the subject, aka Beast Boy, we wouldn't be. Seeing as how we've carried on this lovely conversation for a while now, I think that you would like to discuss Beast Boy.
I do not. Don't be ridiculous. Oh God, this is ridiculous. I'M TALKING TO MYSELF!
That's not really the point. Now about Beast Boy...
I DON'T want to talk about him.
Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
NO, I don't.
YES, you do.
"I DON'T!" Raven clamped a hand over her mouth. She had just screamed 'I don't' aloud.
"Wow...uh...Rae, you okay?" Raven spun around to see Beast Boy behind her.
"I'm fine."
"...Are you sure?"
"I'm FINE." Beast Boy hesitated, then smiled.
"Okay. I just wanted to say...thanks...for...you know...the whole tofu thing..."
Raven smiled. Beast Boy's eyes popped open. Raven, Psychic Goth Queen of Jump City, her Royal Telekeneticness, was smiling. At him.
"Hey, are you okay?" Raven waved a hand in front of Beast Boy's face.
"Yeah...I'm great..." Beast Boy turned and walked off in a daze. Raven's smile would keep him like that for hours on end.
"Hey, Starry, would you mind if we had...another talk...? You know, where we could be a little more...rational?" Scorpio hooked his arm around Starfire's, leading her up to the roof again. Starfire yanked her arm away.
"What is it that you mean, more rational?"
"Yeah, what'd you do to her?" Cyborg looked over at the two from the table. Robin was too angry to speak.
"I did nothing. Your precious Starfire nearly attacked me yesterday!" Starfire screamed and chucked a starbolt at him.
"I DID NO SUCH THING..."
"See? There she goes again!" Scorpio dodged the starbolt gracefully.
"Sorry, Star, but I do think that you should at least listen to the guy..." Robin stood quickly, getting as close as possible to Cyborg's face without touching it.
"You don't know what he did to her. You have no right to tell her to listen to him. YOU don't know what could happen if we leave her alone with him. What you SHOULD know is that Starfire would never attack someone irrationally like that." Robin's voice was barely audible, but Cyborg nodded, understanding.
"Sorry, man." The half robot turned to look at Scorpio. "Whatever you have to say to Star, you can say in front of us." Surprisingly, the alien boy nodded.
"You make an excellent point." He suddenly began speaking rapidly in a rather familiar yet unknown language. Robin and Cyborg groaned.
It was Tamaranian.
"So much for that idea..." Cyborg's eyes wandered to a gaming magazine that was set on the table beside him. Robin, on the other hand, watched the conversation intently. Starfire was lost in Scorpio's eyes. Again. They were getting...glazed? Quite suddenly, Starfire's voice lost it's angry edge and her face seemed a bit more...caring? Something wasn't right. Something wasn't the way it should be.
Another kinda-sorta-cliffhanger. Only not. Hmmm more of a Raven BB chapter...hehe...Raven's talkin to herself...sorry if it was short...Change of plans actually, imma take my laptop with me to Japan, so I will be updating. Once school starts, though, I'll only be updating on the weekends. Sorry! I hope you liked that chapter. The next one should be up...by tomorrow! Okay? Okie!
Love forever,
Linka aka SushiChica
Edited 6/22/05
