CHAPTER #2 : Combat Practice

"Friend! What have you been up to?" questioned Starfire.

DarkRose looked down at the ground then back up at Starfire. "Nothing really."

Starfire tilted her head to the side with a questioned looked on her face. " Why do you seem shy? I am your friend remember?"

The brunette sighed and tried to think of something to say. "I'm just a little exhuasted... That's all."

The conversation was disturbed by a loud crashing noise, and the sounds of beast boy and Cyborg screaming. "Catch that cat!"

Starfire darted out of her seat and gave a huge smile. "Friend DarkRose! There is a cat!" With that she levatated up and flew out the door. DarkRose gave a worried look and fled out the door as well. As soon as she came out she saw Beast Boy morphing into a cat himself and chasing after the poor kitten. The kitten was black and orange with a few blotches of white here and there like a calico cat. DarkRose held out her hand and called to it. " Come here Starflame! Over here!" The scared feline low rided over to her, and purred as she got the awaiting scratch behind the ears.

"That's your cat?" asked Raven, with one eye brow raised.

With a nervous laugh DarkRose hesitated. "Uh... Yeah she is. Her name is Starflame."

"We can see that, since you called to her in the first place." replied Robin.

"I'm sorry, are pets not allowed at the Titan's Tower?"

"No, it's not that." said Cyborg with a smile.

"It's just that we never had a cute little kitty in the tower before!" said Beast Boy as he scratched the kitten under her chin. Starflame (the cat) gave a big kitty smile under all her fur, happy to know that her owner's new friends liked her. She could tell by the tones in their vioces. DarkRose gave a smile herself. She was happy to know that her new friends exepted her so far. Once scared kitten now purred in the arms of Beast Boy.

"Have you finished unpacking yet?" asked Robin.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Good. I know you have just arrived but, you would'nt mind doing some combat practice with us?"

"No, of coarse not."

"Alright then! Let's go!"

DarkRose stepped onto the obstacle coarse, her long brownish hair blew out of her way as she waited for the obstacle to take it's place. The timer started to count her minutes as lasers aimed and shot in her drection. She back flipped and pulled out her whip. She snapped it and the whip hooked around the laser cannon. She pulled and the cannon broke in half. She ran and jumped onto the other cannon sending another one hitting the cannon she stood on (I know... it's confusing). Robots came out of a doorway in the ground. She pulled out a bo staff one much like Robin's. She struck one robot with it wacking of it's head. Dropping the bo staff and the whip she fled off towards the other robots. DarkRose punched one, then turning around she kicked another one. She jumped over another robot and picked up the whip, with another snap it was around the robot and she flug it across the obstacle coarse. Another one aimed at her, as she made another backflip overhead. With one last punch from the fist another one fell. Pulling off a cannon from one, she blasted the robot. With that she walked over to the rest of the Titans.

"So, how did I do?" Gasped DarkRose, struggling for air.

The Titans stared at her in amazment. Cyborg stared at the stop watch, then looked up at DarkRose.

"I guess that means I'm pretty good right?"

"Good? You were better then good." said Robin.

"You were great!" pipped Beast Boy.

"1:18! A new coarse record! Wait a go!" said Cyborg with his thumb up.

"Congratulations" said Raven with a smile. "You did great on your first day."

"You were glorious!" screeched Starfire.

"Uh... thanks! I did do pretty good on my first huh!"

"Yeah. And with your abitities we won't have any problems defeating evil." rmarked Robin.

"Alright Yall. It's getting late, I think we should go inside. Plus... I'm tired." Yawned Cyborg.

"Already? But, I only just got here not so long ago."

"Yeah, well you know we really should get some sleep since it's almost 12:00 a.m."

With that all the Titans exept for DarkRose went back inside.

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See! I told that the story is getting a little better. Please review! And I'm working on chapter 3 right now.