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"Titans, GO!" he bellowed, stressing the word "go".
The weak titans glared at their leader, their hands resting on their knees as they were panting hard and out of breath. Cyborg shot him a look.
"Yo, Nightwing! Man, we've been 'goin' and he still as strong as ever!" he exclaimed as he put his arm around the now limping Bee.
Bumblebee sent him the same look Cyborg did. "BB and Raven are pinned to the walls with those stupid X's you just HAD to make for this guy, your girlfriend is acting like a distressed hippo over there, and Sparky and I are injured!" She paused to look at him. "Why don't you just call for backup or something?"
Nightwing clenched his fists. "I. Don't. CARE! I won't call for backup, okay? CAUSE WE DON'T NEED IT!" he exploded.
Just as Cyborg was going to open his mouth to defend his girlfriend, a voice interrupted him.
"Hey Birdboy, are finished throwing your little tantrum already?", a criminal in a black suit with an X marked across his skull mask asked impatiently. "You know I don't like to be kept waiting."
"That's why I'M going to finish you off myself right NOW!" He charged towards the criminal, only to have his attack calmly dodged.
Nightwing halted to a stop, on the verge of falling off the towering building's roof. Red-X did a chain of flips towards the hero, and at his final one he kicked him swiftly at his face, causing Nightwing's nose to bleed. Nightwing doubled up in pain on the cold, hard cement. Kicking his gut as hard as ever, Red-X sneered as the black-suited hero grabbed hold of his stomach, trying desperately to ease away his pain. Red-X took this as the right time for his final attack. He aimed a small laser blaster on his wrist at Nightwing, who's eyes widened at the familiar weapon.
"Bye, bye Birdbo-"
He was cut off as a sharp whip slashed against his suit, making him cry out in pain. Nightwing on the other hand, couldn't believe his eyes, as well as the other titans.
There stood Kori, her whip in hand making her look like the warrior princess they last remembered her as...except with a few uniform changes. He couldn't even describe how her outfit contributed to her appearance. She wore a cropped halter-top, which only covered her chest. The denim jeans that hugged her long, slender legs were matched along with her famous trademark- thigh high boots, only this time they were not leather, but a suede black.
She smirked as she caught Red-X's awed and surprised look. "What's wrong, X? You haven't forgotten about me, have you?"
Red-X returned her smirk with a mischievous tone. "Actually, I think it's about time we met again...Cutie."
They circled around each other with caution, like vultures on the look out for dinner. Kori threw her whip to the side, taking out her retractable staff. As she did this, she and the masked criminal drew closer to each other.
The titans watched closely as Kori stuck her staff in the ground, gracefully twirling around it, her back against the staff. You could almost hear their mouths drop to the ground in shock. She almost seemed...seductive?
"As much as I would LOVE to see you do that in front of me all day, I'd have to ask," Red-X said, "What else can you do?"
Kori turned her back as she faced the Titans, giving them a look of disgust. This was somewhat of a relief to Nightwing for some apparent reason. Her facial expression changed quickly as she turned back to face Red-X smoothly.
Digging her hands in her pockets, a small smile formed on her ruby lips. "This," and with that, she pulled out a handful of knives, throwing each one towards him with even so much as a care. He dodged each blade thanks to his good reflexes, though one caught and ripped his cape off. He reacted quickly though, pinning her and the rest of the gawking titans against the walls with his X's. He strode up to his favorite one, the crimson-haired beauty. He ran his fingers down her face gently, but nevertheless sending her a message that he clearly wanted her badly.
"You know, you never DID give me that date I asked for," he remarked flirtatiously, "You haven't forgotten about THAT, have you?"
She chuckled slightly, mischief written all over her once innocent face. "You know I have a boyfriend, right? His name's Speedy."
Nightwing, who was struggling to break free from the wall (He was right beside Starfire),froze from his frantic actions of escaping and stopped towince at the mention of his best friend's name.
Red-X too stopped and leaned against the wall, his arm supporting him and his face only inches away from Kori. He whispered with total seriousness, but loud enough for Nightwing to hear. "Do you love him?"
For the first time since he had seen her, Nightwing saw that Kori's face was no longer in her victorious glow. Her mouth had suddenly dried and she looked as if she was about to have an anxiety attack any minute.
"Wh-Why do you need to know? Of course I love him!"
Suddenly anger arose from the princess as soon X had uttered the word "love". Why did everyone want to know if she loved Speedy? She paused for a moment...or was she just indenial?
'Indenial about...what?' she questioned herself.
Her thoughts went back to Red-X, was getting punched by Nightwing for some random reason (but i think we all know why). Of course she loved Speedy...right? Her eyes flashed dangerously green, then turned into a dismal shade of jade that could have been easily mistaken as black.
Raven noted on this too and cautiously warned the others, "Stay back for second you guys."
Kori held her breath in and in no time burst out from her "X". She walked up to Red-X, and everywhere she stepped caught on fire in emerald flames.
"I'm not gonna hurt you...but I WILL warn you," she growled while holding him up by his collar. "NEVER ask me that again."
Red-X remained levelheaded in his calm state. "Why? Is someone indenial?" he asked sarcastically.
"SHUT UP!"
She threw him across the building. The rest of the titans just stared. Beastboy was the first to speak.
"Uhhhhh," he said dumbly, "I see you've learned some new things."
She quickly noticed that she was frowning and turned it upside down. She walked back to the motorcycle, twisting the handle and making its engine roar.
"Hey, what about X?" Nightwing looked at her skeptically.
Her grin disappeared as she noticed his arm around Supergirl's waist. That little b-
"Hey Kori? Are you okay?" he asked worriedly.
"Huh?...Oh yeah, I called the cops on my way here. Looks like they got here just on time," she murmured softly as police sirens began to echo loudly.
A sad smile crossed her face. "See you guys at the tower," she called out as she rode off in the sunset.
Kori bolted from her bed and sat upright. Thunderstorms always scared her- even up till now. She rubbed her arms anxiously as the sound of falling raindrops echoed in her ears.
"It's just rain," she assured herself. "It'll go away soon..."
The thunder clapped once more.
"...I hope."
She lay like a doll in her bed, not making a single move. Just as she began to close her eyes, hail began to pound on her window noisily.
'It's just hail...nothing to worry ab-'
CLASH! BANG!
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeekkk!"
This time she leaped out of her bed and sat on the floor, her legs sprawled out against the carpet.
"What time is it?" she wondered aloud to herself. She moodily kneeled over to check her old Mumbo Jumbo alarm clock. 2:58. Just in time for an early start.
She stood up and made her way to her shower.
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'I'm sure no one else is awake,' Kori pondered as she walked cautiously through the halls with only a towel wrapped around her slender body. 'Besides,' she continued, 'Skipping dinner last night was NOT the best thing to do.'
The lights flickered on brightly as she lifted the switch. She strolled leisurely across the spacey recreation room to the fridge and couldn't help but suppress a groan when all she found was tofu and ham.
"Looking for something?"
Her body snapped upright as she turned to search who the voice belonged to, only to find Richard standing in the doorway with nothing but boxer-shorts on, revealing his well-toned abs.He looked shocked to find her in nothing but a white towel clothed around her flawless, golden-tanned skin and fuzzy purple slippers. A curtain of her hair fell in front of her face as it glistened in the light.His eyes widened though, when he realized what both of them were wearing; unfortunately, Kori didn't.
Noticing his dumbstruck facial expression, she waved her hand in front of his face. "Richard? Richard?...Richard!"
He shook himself mentally and made it a note to bang his head on the wall a hundred times later.
'Bad Dick! BAD DICK!...for some reason that didn't sound right.'
"Uh, nothing, it's just...you're in a towel," he rushed as he pointed to her.
"What?" She looked down at her attire and gasped. "Omigosh!"
She ran out through the doors. About ten seconds later, she rushed back in, still wrapped in her white linen. She gestured quickly to her room.
"I'm gonna go and change." She looked at him dubiously and cluelessly confused. "You...probably already figured that out, huh?"
After seeing her run out the room hastily, Nightwing chuckled lightly to himself. That was the same old Starfire all right; the same, old absentminded Starfire.
Within a couple of minutes she made her appearance at the doorway- this time in slightly baggy camouflage cargo pant and a moss colored halter top that fit her curvy frame.
"Wow, um...new clothes?"
Kori blushed. "You'd be surprised at how different I am these days."
"I should say though, you've changed a lot since I last saw you," he said smiling. They both settled themselves on opposite sides of the couch, not realizing that this would be the first actual conversation they've had since they met again.
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"And so that's how Beastboy ended up eating meat for a week without even knowing it!"
Kori snorted so hard that she almost choked on her soda.
"So how did he find out?" she questioned as her eyes flashed with curiosity.
"Raven had to break it to him slowly- but that was only because he couldn't get it the first five times she tried explaining it to him!"
Again, he made the poor girl laugh hysterically, even so he still enjoyed hearing her angelic giggle once more.
It had been an hour since they began to catch up with each others' lives, cringing at times when one mentioned his or her boyfriend or girlfriend's name, or just killing themselves with fits of laughter for no apparent reason at all.
The two calmed themselves down and sighed in unison. That was when Richard noticed how close they were sitting. When they had started their little conversation, both were at opposite ends of the couch, as if they were purposely avoiding each other. Now they were sitting only inches away from one another.
Her emerald orbs stared into his icy pools of blue, and their eyes locked. Staring at each other was exhilarating; once you stared you never could stop, and as they both failed to realize this, they fell into a trance-like state. They soon broke away, crimson red blushes taking over their faces.
"Kori?"
She twisted a lock of her hair absentmindedly. "Hmm?"
"I...I kind of miss times like this. You know, when we used to just hang out and talk."
A warm smile made its way on her face as her eyes twinkled. "Yeah, me too. It's been so long...everyday in New York I would just wonder if I would ever see you guys again."
A long silence followed after that. Kori stared down at her feet while Richard's eyes wandered nervously around the room.
"Why did you leave?"
This time Kori looked up. "What?"
"Why did you leave?" Richard questioned again gently.
"I-I...I just can't...tell you right now."
He tenderly slipped his hand into hers. "Oh, okay.I just want you to know that...you didn't have to leave...I didn't want you to go."
Tears swam in her eyes as she tried to fight them back. "I, um...didn't know. You didn't come after me," she whispered, close to tears.
He held on to her hand tighter, more desperate for her forgiveness. Just the look on her face was tearing his heart into two.
"I didn't know you wanted me to."
Part of him wanted to kill himself for doing this to Kori, and another part of him was telling him to just run back to Supergirl and forget about everything they had just talked about.
Kori, on the other hand was trying to keep her self-control. Another crack in the little dam that held her tears back formed. Something about the way Richard was staring at her right at that second was unnerving. She just couldn't pinpoint the way she felt.All she knew was that she felt uneasy.
Afraid of her tears slipping out, she avertingly tried to avoid making eye contact with Richard. She pulled her hand out from his gentle grasp and stood up abruptly.
Her mind began to rack up excuses; anything to get her out of the dreadful and awkward situation she was in- too bad it just made things even worse. "I, um...I have to go." She ran out the room to seek comfort from a certain boyfriend of hers.
A/N: So what did you think? i got alot of reviews for the last chapter, so i'm hoping to get more this time! Just tell me what you thought, and if you have any suggestions or anything, just say it in your review or send me a message or whatever. anyways, bye for now!