Disclaimer: Chapter 14- Leaving

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Hey people! How do you do? This is now my 14th, yes, 14th chapter, and my story will probably end in the next chapter. I love you guys! Thank you to all of my reviewers and thank you everyone who was ever part of my great life. And thank you all, for witnessing my great story. Have a great day, and…

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Raven woke up in the middle of the night, still closing her eyes and soaking in the silence. She tried falling asleep, but no avail. Sleep would not come.

Restless, she tosses and turned, but her eyes refused to close. She tried closing her eyes in hope that she would fall asleep, hope that she knew was fake. Not a bit of tiredness crept through her. Not one part of her was willing to go to sleep, save her mind. Not one minute of sleep she thought she would get. And she was almost right. After what happened next.

She blinked. Huh? Looking up, her vision suddenly blurred in one eye. What? Wiping her eye, she felt something on her arm. But- oh. Great. Now she understood. She sighed and gave what sounded like a half-whimper. Not rain!

She woke Beast Boy up. "Beast Boy. Beast Boy." She shook him gently. "Wake up." Beast Boy's round emerald eyes soon opened. "Hey Rae. AHH! HEY! WHO DID THAT?!" He looked up and stuck a hand out. "Hey! Rain…"

"Yeah… and we have no shelter." Raven sighed. Wrapping her arms about her, she shivered and looked up. "It's going to be a long night…." Shivering once more, she sat up on her arms. Her eyes filled with face hope that soon the rain would stop. But, alas, the hope soon faded as it just rained harder, and harder until it couldn't possibly rain harder. Raven was soaked, along with Beast Boy, and both were freezing.

I wish it would stop, thought a desperately cold Raven. I wish that I didn't have to go back to Azarath… I wish that none of this had ever happened and that I didn't have any of these stupid powers. I wish I had some normal powers, ones that don't go off every time you feel something. I want to be normal for once, just have a normal life, or maybe just be great in martial arts, like Robin. But I can't… it's impossible. She sighed softly inside. I wish that I could love Beast Boy… but I can't… just like I just can't feel…

Beast Boy was shaking slightly in his damp blankets, damp blankets which only made him colder than he already was, if possible. I want Raven not to leave…I want the rain to stop… I want to go back home, to the tower. I want to play video games with Cy, and most of all have a relationship with Raven. I wish that she never ever would leave. He sighed. It's so cold! I wonder how Raven's doing… He peeked over his shoulder at the girl.

She was shivering uncontrollably, soaked, trying to think happy thoughts. But nothing could cheer her up.

Suddenly the rain miraculously lightened a little, and then more, then at last it stopped, making Raven smile. Unfortunately though, a flower next to her, a little sprout of green and red in the ground, wilted. Her mood instantly changed a little bit. Great. She sighed. More things to worry about. Anyway…let's get Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy. It stopped." She uncovered him from the blanket he put his head under. He smiled happily.

"Great!" Raven looked around her. Everything was drenched. And surprisingly, some frogs and other creatures had gotten the idea that this was their home swamp. Beast Boy tapped Raven on the shoulder.

"Raven. Look!" He pointed to the frogs, croaking happily and hopping around. The green boy smiled. "You know, frogs are one of my favorite animals, cause they're green like me and I can change into them and just blend in, you know? I'm always green in morphs, so when I morph frogs, since they're green and all, I don't stand out like I normally do. I'm just a frog with the intellect of a normal average human being." Raven looked at him, surprised. "Really? I didn't know that you had the intellect of a normal human being. Wow, I thought more of bird wise." Beast Boy glared at her. She smirked under her hood, glad fro once that she had it up. "Well, now that I know that you have the intellect of a human being and that one of your favorite animals are frogs, can we sleep? I'm getting tired."

"Ok," Beast Boy said. Raven shivered. "Y-yeah, sure…" She looked down. "… cold …" Beast Boy thought he heard her whisper under her icy breath. Beast Boy put his blanket over her shoulders without hesitation. Raven looked at him. "But you'll be so cold!" Beast Boy smiled. "To me, it's more important that you are cold than if I am." Raven smiled inside. How sweet of him! Now more than ever she really wished she didn't have to leave…and now more than ever…she wished she could love him…

"Thank you, but it really does no good since it's wet. Thank you for the kind gesture, but no thanks." Beast Boy shrugged. "If you insist."

With that, they both soon fell asleep in their cold, wet blankets.

Back at the tower, no one was sleeping. Yeah, they were all in their own rooms, trying to close their eyes and ship off to dreamland, but whatever they did, nothing could stop them from thinking about Beast Boy and Raven. No one could sleep. Especially Starfire.

Poor Starfire, she was so worried, she hardly could keep herself from going out right then and looking for them. She couldn't keep her tears in at all, and so down they went, making their way down her cheeks silently, one after the other. She hardly had any sleep at all; in fact, you could almost say she had none that night.

In the morning, her eyes were puffy and red. She was so sad, so tired and sleepy. But she knew however much she tried, she couldn't get one minute of sleep. She sighed and got up. Getting dressed, her eyes couldn't help closing every now and then.

She glumly walked to the kitchen and opened the 'cold, white box' (refrigerator). She saw some tofu, and memories came flooding back to her.

Beast Boy.

She remembered every one of his 'corny' jokes, the ones that she could never get. She remembered distinctly his green face, his perpetual grin, and his eternal positive attitude. More tears ran down her face. Beast Boy… Now all he is… is a memory… Star took out some mustard and set it down on the table glumly. She looked over at the couch. Raven's spell book lay over there, open at the page she left it. A dark silk bookmark lay on top of the foreign words. At seeing this, Starfire burst into hysterical tears, not surprising the two boys who entered the room, dragging their feet behind them.

"Hey Star…" mumbled Robin. "Have a good night's sleep…? I didn't…didn't get one minute of sleep." He drowsily stumbled into a chair, mumbling nonsense and gibberish to himself.

Cyborg kept trying to fall asleep, but as always awakened by the sound of Star's tears, mixed with the rain falling harshly outside. After attempt after hopeless attempt of trying to fall asleep, he decided he had had enough of the sound of wailing and sobbing. He stood up and faced her.

"Star! Quit your crying! Yeah, we all are sad and depressed about BB and Raven leaving, but my lord girl, no one has the right to cry that much! So quit it! There's no use of crying anyway! It's won't change a thing!" he yelled at her.

Star took one look at Cy and ran into the dark hallway, tears flying from her emerald eyes. They hate me… was the last thought that crossed her mind. She ran… and just ran… until total grief, agony and despair drove her onto the roof.

They hate me…

Back in the kitchen, shouting could be heard.

"You didn't have to yell at her, tin man!" Robin screamed at Cyborg.

"YES I DID! Do YOU like her wailing about this, wailing about that?! WELL I DON'T! I'M FED UP WITH HER NONSENSE!" Robin stared at Cy in disbelief and almost felt sorry for him that he just didn't understand.

"Don't you get it? She only cries because she is feeling sympathy for YOU!" Robin shouted. "AND ME!"

"Another reason I don't like her…" Cy mumbled, "sympathy for you…"

"AT LEAST SHE HAS SOME, UNLIKE SOMEONE I KNOW!" Robin screeched. "AT LEAST SHE HAS THE DIGNITY NOT TO GET UP IN YOUR FACE ALL THOSE TIMES YOU'VE YELLED AT HER! AT LEAST SHE SYMPATHIZES BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE CAN! AT LEAST SHE DOESN'T SCREAM AT SOMEONE WHO'S CRYING EVERYTIME THEY'RE JUST DOING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE SAD!" Robin roared.

That was the quietus to the argument. No more words were spoken for quite a while, and quietude filled the room. After many what had seemed like years, Robin spoke softly.

"I'm gonna go try to find her… be thankful if she didn't run away…" With that he left.

He searched for her throughout the tower. In Star's room, in Beast Boy's room, in his room, Cy's room, the living room, the kitchen and everywhere else you could imagine besides Raven's room.

Finally he stood in a hallway, at he brink of tears.

"She left…" he cried softly. "She really left…" He stood in silence for quite a long time.

Then, sound. He whirled around to see the metal door of the roof against the wall bang against the wall a little bit. Drying his tears, he climbed up them with new hope that she might be there, but also with hope that she did not fly off.

Star was sitting on the edge of the rooftop, gazing out to sea. The girl was getting soaked to her skin, but to her it didn't matter. Her red hair was tangled and disheveled and was sopping wet. Her skin had a thousand goose bumps and was pale, almost white. But nothing of that kind of thing mattered, really. The only thing that mattered was… well… nothing really mattered. She was just musing about her life. The Titans were all that mattered. Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven and… Robin. Robin had been so kind to her, the one reason why she didn't just leave right there and then. He was always so strong, even when all of their lives were in his hands. He had always been the leader for Cyborg, her, and Raven and Beast Boy. The thought of Beast Boy and Raven crossed her mind.

Why did they have to leave? We are their friends… We help them in times of need, we treat them like family…what else do they need? She sniffed. I became so attached…I felt as if they truly wanted me to be a part of their lives… but now I see that they don't care…

Don't say that! Another part of her said. They care just as much! Raven left for your sake! And Beast Boy wanted her to come back, for the team's sake! They love the whole team, sans nobody, especially not you! They wouldn't hate you! What have YOU done wrong? They have no reason to want you to leave, and the thought certainly doesn't even cross their minds even once, and it probably won't ever!

But what about Cyborg? He obviously wants me to leave. Her thoughts were silent after that.

"Perhaps I should leave…" The soaked girl got up and stood at the edge of the tower. She levitated two feet in the air, and was just about to go when the door to the roof was thrown open.

"Star!" Robin ran to her. Starfire burst out into tears and levitated without her knowing it back down to the edge of the tower. Robin sat down next to her, and she sank into him, sobbing.

"O-oh R-Robin!" she choked out. "W-Why d-did they h-have to l-leave? I- I'm a-afraid they h-hate m-me… al-long w-with our f-friend Cyborg…" her eyes brimmed with tears, and she couldn't keep them from falling.

"No, Star… they don't hate you… Who could hate you?" The Boy Wonder slid his arm around her shoulders. "They… they just need time to adjust to what's happened so fast… It has nothing to do with you. Stop worrying. I'm here." Star sniffed.

"Thank you my friend…" The rain beat down harshly, soaking the couple to their skin, but it didn't matter. Star had Robin, and Robin had Star. They sat in silence for a long time. Yet, there was no need for words as they both looked deep into the other's eyes.

A few minutes later, the rain became lighter and lighter until finally it stopped.

Starfire looked around at her new surroundings.

The sky had turned from gray to a cheerful light blue, and a bright rainbow painted the sky. Birds chirped happily, singing the day away. The city was again as busy as before, and the streets were as crowded. Seagulls flew overhead, announcing their presence with a loud, "SQUAWK!" Dark gray wisps of clouds dissipated into thin air. Any trace of darkness, glumness faded into dark shadows. The clouds above had transformed from black to a pure white, and the sun was shining as bright as ever.

Star smiled. The day seemed almost perfect.

But the sight of a green boy and a pale gothic girl popped into her mind, and the happiness vanished. The alien girl was jerked rudely back to reality, crude, crude reality.

Robin gazed at the mysterious navy blue sea that stretched out before him. The sea shimmered on the sunlight, a dark glass on water under a lamp. Dolphins leaped, spraying the air with salty sea. Large curtains of flashy scales danced around the sea with flamboyance and a sporadic flap or two of their fins. Ducks waddled awkwardly on the dark brown sea rocks poised high above water, piercing the blue sea surface. Ghostly, green, unidentified, glowing creatures darted in and out of shadows, hoping not to be seen in the inky water. Jellyfish pushed themselves through the black sea, glowing an eerie lavender and periodically waving a tentacle or perhaps three. Dolphins leaped about the ocean, celebrating with the dancing water. Restless, the navy blue waves tossed and turned, never to be satisfied, never to stop.

Robin smiled and looked over at Starfire. His happiness faded as he saw her looking down with a somber face.

"What's wrong?"

"Raven… and… Beast Boy… They have left… Our lives will never be the same… will it? With them gone?" Robin looked at her with sorrowful eyes. "No, it will never be the same without them… But look on the bright side. At least Beast Boy's coming back sometime." Starfire said nothing and looked up at the bright blue sky. It was if nature was mocking them, giving them bright days when they were filled with sorrow, and rainy days when energetic.

"Come back… dear friends…" whispered a lonely Star, as Robin hugged her tight. "Come back soon…"

Raven woke up. It was 5:00. And time to have breakfast.

She took out a small dagger and stabbed three times. Good, she thought, holding up the bloody dagger. Breakfast is dead.

The girl found a few sticks and a couple of stones and had soon made fire. She roasted some and took it off of the spit (A/N: not the saliva kind of spit. The roasting sticks thingy kind of spit.). Popping a piece of green skin into her mouth, she didn't hear noise behind her.

"Hey." Raven turned around. "Oh, hey Beast Boy. Didn't hear you get up."

"What are you eating?"

"… Nothing…?"

"No, tell me."

"You don't want to know. Really." Beast Boy grinned. "Really?" Before Raven could say another word, he had grabbed a piece and started chewing it.

Raven gaped in horror.

"Beast Boy…"

"Yeah?"

"You just ate… a… frog…" Beast Boy froze. Then he started spitting and wiping his tongue with his fingers, trying to get it off. "I'VE BEEN CURSED! HELP ME! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!" He went into hysterics, screaming, and ranting and raving, tugging at his throat and running around screaming like an infant.

"Quiet!" Raven hissed to him at last. "I've had enough of your stupid nonsense!" A black aurora covered his mouth as she said this. Beast Boy's muffled shouts could be heard faintly through the black shield.

"You're making a scene! Stop it! Now!" Beast Boy slowly quieted down.

"I told you not to eat it, and you did! Ii is not my fault! Now quiet down! It was not my fault that you were stupid enough to disobey me, so why should I suffer?! SO QUIET! NOW!" Beast Boy gave one last whimper of fear and quieted down.

"Thank you…" Raven mumbled as she let Beast Boy go. Beast Boy rubbed his mouth. Ouch… She sure has a tight grip…Beast Boy started picking at some leaves, as he gulped them down miserably.

Raven ate the rest of the frog and sat down by the fire. Beast Boy soon followed, seeing as he was freezing. After a long silence with no sound whatsoever but the cawing of birds in the distance and the crackle of the fire, Raven spoke.

"Looks like it rained while we were asleep." Beast Boy was silent for a while. "Yeah…. I guess…"

No one spoke after that, and nothing but nature could be heard.

Crickets chirped their last words as daylight came and it was time to quiet down. Wolfs howled mournfully into the rainbow sky. Why, they never knew. Hawks called to their partners and together they sailed on the wind to their home. In the distance a haunting, eerie song was sung as a group of whales descended into the waters slowly. Squirrels chattered quietly with each other, discussing the latest news. Snakes gave a low hiss, weaving in and out of the tall, wavy, grass, and mice scurried away into their holes in fear of being tonight's dinner. As the North wind flew by in a rush of air and dust, he whistled a low note, filling creatures' ears with his song. The gusts of wind that blew tore through the thin grass and crooked tree branches. Fish splashed playfully in a rushing river nearby, seeming to laugh and leap all of their pain and worries way. A small, thin clear brook broke off of the river's side, wanting to be independent and free. The brook glided along the forests, twisting and turning and snaking through the forest, happily rushing on and on, never wanting the fun to end. Nightingales sang their sweet, lovely tunes, and sparrows joined in their song. Bears lumbered their way across the dirt-covered ground, making small earthquakes for ants.

And if they had really truly listened, they would have heard their hearts calling out to them, pleading them to love the other, to cherish them as long as they lived, and longer still.

But no, no one heard the silent pleas their hearts gave out. No one listened to what they truly deep down inside wanted.

No one ever listened, it seemed…

No one listened…

Ever…

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Robin finally coaxed Star to come back into the tower, where he led her to the kitchen.

Cyborg was leaning against the counter with his head down. As soon as they came in, he looked up at them. Robin slid behind Cyborg as Cy began to talk. "Star… I'm sorry…" Starfire just smiled. "It is fine dear friend!" She ran to hug him, but he stepped away and instead she hugged Robin. Robin blushed and gently pushed Star away. Then, still blushing, he headed for his room where he could be embarrassed in peace.

"I… did something wrong? Did I…. Offend him?" Cy chuckled. "No, Star…. It was… something else." Star looked downcast. "I have hurt my friend's feelings. I must go see what I have done." With that, she headed for Robin's room.

Back in the kitchen Cy chuckled and after a few seconds sighed. Oh, boy. Can't wait to hear what happened.

Robin shut himself in his room for a certain reason: To be alone for a while. But that lasted, what, only about 25 seconds before he heard a polite knock at the door. He immediately knew who it was.

Starfire knocked on Robin's door. Without waiting for so much as a "Come in," she opened the door and stepped inside.

Starfire marveled at the sight of Robin's room. She had never been inside, let alone seen the wonderful decorations he had put up. There were posters of the team everywhere. Picture frames hung on the wall, filled with photographs of the team. He had a messy desk in the corner, filled with papers. He had a night table next to his bed, and on it rested a lamp, a picture of him, and… a picture of her.

Raven rose. It was time to leave.

"Where are you going?" Raven whipped around, surprised by the sudden noise. The surprised look once plastered on her face faded away as she realized it was only Beast Boy.

"I'm leaving now, Beast Boy. Say goodbye to all the Titans for me."

"No! Raven, you can't leave! Not now, not ever! The team needs you…" But not as nearly as much as me… He thought. "Please, don't go, for the team's sake." Raven looked at him with eyes full of sorrow. "Goodbye, Beast Boy."

With that, she gathered her things and started to ascend into the cloudy sky above her…

A/N: That's chapter 14 for ya! Don't expect another chapter for a long time! This story's almost over, and it will end in the next chapter!

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