A/N: This is the last T-shirt contest prize! A drabble for shinjubo09 (or fluffy09 here on ff)

She had a few specific ideas, which I will mention in the bottom A/N, as it might explain a few things… ;)

Freestanding story

Warnings: Actually a bit murky, not dark, but not the cutest, happiest story out there… it's a bit… different…

This also switches POV's a bit but you are so good at coping with that by now, so… ;)

What's Yours is Mine

She had been looking for Robin for hours, and when she finally found him… he was in the arms of their enemy. What was worse; it was clearly consensual. Starfire surged forward, her eyes glowing, all but filling the alley with eerie green light.

"Let him go!"

"Star!" Robin gasped in surprise and pulled away from Slade, like he could hide the fact that they had been kissing only a second ago. Starfire landed between them, hands glowing as much as her eyes. "Star, take it easy, I'm not in dang-" the leader of the Titans tried to explain, grasping her arm. The next moment he went flying, hitting the wall on the other side of the alley hard enough to knock the air out of his lungs.

"I could see that you were not in a harmful position!" the alien shrieked. "I am not unintelligent!"

"Let's put that to a vote," Slade muttered, and she threw a blast of energy at him. The man stepped out of the way, looking unimpressed, as he slipped his mask back on.

"You will stay away from my Robin!" the redhead yelled.

"So you can kill him in peace?" the criminal snorted, gesturing to the teen who was just picking himself up, gasping for breath.

"Star, what the hell?" Robin growled.

"He has no right to touch you! You are mine!" Starfire clarified.

"Umm… maybe we should talk about this at home?" Robin tried, glancing nervously at Slade.

"What's this? Have you been sleeping around on me, little bird?" the man asked in the flippant voice which Robin knew was very dangerous.

"Robin sleeps on his bed, not on you," the alien girl said, confusion crossing her face before the anger returned. "And he will not ever!"

"Star, what are you talking about?" Robin asked, trying to keep his temper in check. He had to do that a lot when dealing with the alien. This whole thing had to be a misunderstanding of some sort, but what?

"No, you are mine! You agreed! We are to be wed!"

"I never said that! Really, never!" Robin said the last part to Slade, who was standing very still. Robin might not particularly care about the man's feelings, but he did care whether or not the mercenary killed his teammate.

"You did! You accepted my card!"

The two males in the alley stared at the young woman, trying to understand what she was saying.

"Your… card?" her leader asked carefully.

"The card of Valentines!"

At this Slade made a noise which could be from either amusement or disgust, it was hard to tell.

"Valentines…? Three months ago?"

"Yes! You have not declared your intentions to break our engaging ment!"

"Eng… you mean engagement? You think we are engaged?" Robin yelled.

"You accepted my claim!"

"What fucking claim!" Robin finally let his irritation shine through. Someone must be setting him up, surely?

"You agreed to be my mate, my 'valentine' as it is called here. The card stated the question, you read it, and you nodded!"

"All the damn cards say things like that! And you made them for everyone!" Robin objected.

"The cards I made for my friends did not propose any such thing!" Starfire yelled back.

Robin took a deep breath. Two members of Jump's famous group of heroes, standing yelling at each other in an alley… well, it didn't look good. After another breath, he was ready to talk about things more calmly.

"Okay… Star, I'm sorry. I thought it was just a sweet card. I didn't know that it meant more to you, I wish you would have said something. You see, on Earth-"

"No! No, you will not tell me that! You always do! I do not care about Earth! I am Tamaranian! I am a princess! My laws count too!"

"Well, actually-"

"No! If you did not understand my claim before, now you do. Slade is not to see any more of you!"

"And I suppose none of us have a say?" Slade snorted. "I've seen so little, after all," he added in a mutter.

"No, you do not!"

"Sorry, little alien. Robin's mine," the man then growled, obviously tired of hysterical aliens and their inane claims.

"Then I will challenge you."

"Really?" Robin could hear the man's sneer. "Very well, little girl… I guess Robin has to look for a new team-mate."

"You accept my challenge?" the redhead asked.

"Yes," Slade growled.

"Good! The challenge will take place in one week to the north of the city. By the lake at the base of the mountains. Do you know that place?"

"I do… and why can't we do it right here, right now? I'd rather like to have some more fun with your young leader tonight," the mercenary purred.

"You will not! This is a royal mate-challenge, it will take place according to tradition!" Starfire snarled. "MY tradition!"

"Stop it, both of you, you-" the Titan's leader began.

"We are going home!" Starfire declared, and before Robin knew it she had grabbed his arm and was flying away with him, like he weighed nothing. Slade was staring up after them and Robin wished he could have seen the expression on his face.

Half an hour later Robin was under attack from all sides. At least it felt like it.

"You were what?" Raven exclaimed, for once losing a bit of her cool.

"Dude! You were kissing Slade?" Beast Boy yelled at the top of his voice.

"Man, you're gay?" Cyborg said, looking confused.

"Listen, that's not the point!" Robin defended himself. "You need to talk to Star; she seems to think that we are getting married!"

"We are, Robin. As soon as Slade is defeated," the alien confirmed.

"But Star, I don't love you! Really! I don't even like girls! I like you a lot, but I won't marry you!"

"But, come on, you're practically a couple aren't you?" Beast Boy said.

"No!" Robin answered.

"Yes!" Starfire said at the same time.

"Are you sure you're gay?"

"Yes, BB!" Robin sighed "Star, I'm sorry, but I can't marry you. I don't like you that way, don't you understand?"

"That is next to the dot!" the alien said, and all faces went blank until the team managed to translate it to 'besides the point'. "I have chosen you."

"Team? Please? Help me out here?" Robin groaned.

"Seriously, man? You're not only gay, you're with Slade? He's the enemy!" Cyborg's otherwise brilliant mind seemed to have stuck on that particular piece of information.

"We just have a… thing, okay?" Robin muttered.

"Slade is dangerous. He might have ulterior motives." Raven said darkly.

"He only wants to get into my pants, that's all!" their leader snapped, and then blushed.

"He took you away from us!

"He worked for my father."

"He almost burned the city down, dude."

"He hired the H.I.V.E!"

"Yes… well… he's also a great kisser…" Robin mumbled and then looked ashamed. "Fine! Fine, I'll break it off with him, it's not like it was serious anyway, but the challenge has to be stopped! He can hurt you, Star, don't you see that?"

"He will not."

"He will, and no matter what, I won't marry you!"

"When I win, you will have to."

Robin just wanted to scream. A few deep breaths didn't change that, but he managed to control himself for now.

"Team? Talk to her!"

"I think it's romantic." Beast Boy grinned.

"You think boogies are romantic," Raven snorted.

"You are all insane. Stop this before someone gets hurt. I've had enough. I'm going to the gym." Robin declared and stomped off.

The young hero tore into the sandbag, his eyes prickling. He knew it would all go to hell sooner or later, but this much? He'd never really expected a warm coming-out, and he was more than prepared for his team to be shocked, but Starfire's outrageous claim had just made things so much worse.

He didn't want her to be hurt, and if she was going up against Slade, she would be. Not only that, but Robin didn't want to face the fact that Slade was able to do it. He had been very good at developing partial blindness when it came to the man's 'occupation', and all because of curiosity and raging hormones. He had been almost flattered when Slade had approached him outside of work, so to speak, and quite eager as well. It hadn't gone further than kissing and groping, however, and the teen knew that the villain was getting frustrated. So was Robin, but he was also careful. He didn't want to get in too deep, after all, because his heart was with the Titans.

The week that followed was filled with arguments. Robin yelled, and got yelled at, by Starfire, the Titans and Slade as well, although in the last case Robin did all the yelling. Slade merely smirked and refused to back down. No matter what the teen did, or how much he threatened, on the morning of the battle he was still standing with the rest of the Titans facing Slade across a small field of dry grass.

Robin shuddered when he saw that Slade was not only holding his bo-staff, he also had a sword strapped to his back.

"Are you ready, little girl?" the man asked, and Robin could see Slade's eye glinting behind his mask. The man was amused!

"Very soon," Starfire said haughtily.

Suddenly there was a strange hum in the air, growing louder.

"What the…?" Robin looked up and his eyes widened. It was a spaceship. A Tamaranian one, to be exact. "Star, what…?" Robin couldn't continue, however, since the roar was now deafening. The back of the ship opened and a small army of Tamaranian soldiers filed out before the engines had even shut down.

"K'norfka!" Starfire yelled and threw herself into the arms of Galfore, the enormous redheaded Tamaranian man who had raised her and was now the planet's official ruler. The two of them started speaking in their own language, and Robin had no idea what they were saying.

"Star, why are they here?" he asked, a feeling of dread filling the pit of his stomach.

"They are the royal guard. They will fight in my stead." the redhead declared.

"What? All of them?"

"That is my right," the young woman nodded.

Robin looked over at Slade, who seemed somewhat tenser by now, but still radiated confidence. The teen had no idea how he managed that, facing at least a hundred huge alien soldiers. The royal guards were armed with what Robin knew was their traditional sharp weapons, thankfully no guns or lasers, probably according to some rules. Still, Slade might very well have to be picked up from the ground in very small bags after this.

"Stop it!" Robin tried one more time. "Galfore, I do not accept this challenge! I will not marry Starfire no matter who wins!"

"You have no rights here, only the challenger or the challenged can end this by admitting defeat," the man answered in his guttural voice.

Robin looked over at Slade again, but knew the man wouldn't give up. Also, if he did, the teen would have to face the Tamaranian legal system, which didn't really seem to exist. The hero paled. He would have to call Batman. Embarrassment didn't really begin to describe it. He could just picture it… 'Hi Bruce… yeah, I made out with one of the most dangerous criminals of our time, who is a guy, by the way, and now Starfire demands that I marry her. Help?' The man might very well hang up on him.

"Starfire, please?" Robin wasn't ashamed to beg at this point, although he heard Slade snort derisively.

"No. Begin!" the princess shouted, and a hundred voices joined hers.

Robin expected it to be over in minutes, but that was not the case. Slade was surrounded but no more than five to eight Tamaranians could reach him at once, and they all needed room to swing their weapons, so, for a while, Slade could hold his own.

Robin gaped as he watched the man fight, he didn't know f he should be impressed by his strength and agility or appalled at the number of fallen warriors around him. There was no doubt that many of them were dead, and the rest most likely dying. Slade was not holding back.

"Call this off! Now! He's killing your people, can't you see that?" Robin screamed at Starfire.

"They are honored to die for the royal family," she responded coldly.

For the first time Robin really saw her as an alien. Before she had been a fun, somewhat strange looking, quirky girl, but this attitude, the look in her eyes… Robin didn't know this part of the young woman… this… wasn't human.

The rest of his team seemed frozen to the spot, staring at the bloody scene, unable or unwilling to do anything to help. Robin knew it was up to him.

Slade had just taken a hit for the first time, a shallow cut to his upper arm, and there was no way that Robin would stand by any longer. He ran forward and threw himself into the thick of it, with a very special target in mind. Clearing his way with his bo-staff, Robin ignored the cries from his team, and especially Starfire, who sounded outraged. No matter. She would be more pissed in a moment.

As the number of warriors thickened, Robin jumped and started running on top of them instead, finding footing on shoulders and heads. Finally he reached his target. He landed on the shoulders of Galfore who just had gotten close enough to face Slade. Robin drew a sharp bird-a-rang and pressed it to the warrior's throat. Everything stopped more or less instantly.

"Call it off, Starfire, or I'll kill him!" Robin yelled. The Tamaranians didn't move, and Robin had counted on it, hoping for immunity as he was the object of the fight. Not even Galfore could do much but growl out something the teen guessed were curses.

"You will not do this!" the redhead yelled, but the hysteric edge to her voice told Robin that she wasn't sure.

"I will. I won't let this continue!" the hero growled. "Call it off!"

Starfire's eyes, which had been glowing a bright green, dulled somewhat.

"I withdraw my claim," she then let them know between clenched teeth.

The soldiers all put away their weapons and started to gather their dead and injured instantly. Robin jumped down from Galfore's shoulders, meeting his cold glare with an equally cold one of his own. The teen moved aside, away from the blood-drenched soil, and then gasped as he was caught from behind by an arm around his shoulders.

"Seems you're mine then…" a voice purred in his ear.

"I'm not anybody's, Slade, let me go," Robin hissed and pulled himself free, heading toward his team. When he reached them, he faced the one he only could think about now as his former friend.

"Starfire, considering everything… I think it would be better if you left the team," he said seriously.

"Hey, Slade was the one killing all those people!" Beast Boy objected. "You're not on his side, are you?"

"None of them would have had to die if she had stopped this ridiculous challenge!" Robin snorted and met the eyes of the others. He found surprisingly little sympathy there.

"She's from another culture, you know…" Cyborg shrugged, "Besides, you were still with Slade."

"I told you I'll break that off!" Robin growled.

"Oh, I don't think so, Robin," the man's voice said behind him. "I would suggest that the Titans leave you to me… or things will get… uncomfortable…"

"We fought you before, Slade, we can do it again…" Robin muttered.

"Yeah, but it was worth it back then…" Cyborg muttered.

"We can't trust you, Robin." Raven said gravely. "I think you should step down as leader. Take a time out."

"I never wanted to be the damn leader in the first place!" Robin muttered, somewhat childishly perhaps, but he was too hurt to take the high road at the moment.

"I just… really can't believe you're gay…" the teen heard Beast Boy mumble. With a pang in his chest Robin realized that the younger boy had idolized him and that the simple fact of his sexuality had put a stop to that. It made him both angry and sad. He never would have thought that his teammates were so shallow.

There was a strange, outdrawn pause until Cyborg turned and walked away and the rest of the Titans followed him. The Tamaranian ship started up and left, but Robin barely noticed the dust whipping up around him.

"Come," Slade said behind him.

"No," Robin said dully. He didn't want to go with the man. He didn't love him, and, he had to admit that Raven had been right; Slade could not be trusted.

"Oh? So where else are you going to go then? Who will take you in after this?"

Robin grew cold. The rumors would spread like wildfire and he doubted they would be kind to him. The treacherous leader, turning against his own team…

Slade had began to walk away, and looked back over his shoulder.

Robin drew a deep breath… and followed.

The End

A/N: Got the names and Tamaranian words from the TT episode "Betrothed".

So… shinjubo09's original idea took place in the Terms-universe, but I felt that it was a bit too close to "Back Where I Belong", so, after checking with her I reworked it a bit. The main point she wanted to be included was that she really don't like Starfire… she wanted her to suffer, but now, after the story is done, I realize that Robin is really the victim here… ops… ;) Still, this does not, you must agree, portray Starfire as a very nice (sane) person…

Normally I'm not fond of "bashing"-stories, but I have to admit that this IS one… I felt I needed it to be to drive the Titans apart… I didn't even make Slade's and Robin's relationship fluffy, because somehow I felt that if the battle had been for "true love", it would have been easier to take a stand… I didn't want Robin to be completely in the "right", if you know what I mean… I wanted the story to be a bit more unsettling and… strange… than a normal straight-forward "Slade and Robin should be together forever" one… I hope you have mixed feelings about the story, because I want you to!

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