I AM SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW! I WROTE A WHOLE DAMN CHAPTER AND THEN MY COMPUTER CRASHED SO I HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

On a good note; I changed this from a boring normal Highschool AU to a fun Superhero Highschool AU

Starfire's English is good...she's just a little 'out of there'. (translation: she's kinda weird because she still doesn't understand Earth very well.)

PS: Everyone knows KF's name because he isn't really...discreet about it.


The True You

"Starfire, I swear Nightwing isn't an alien who has no eyes!"

"But Raven! No one has ever seen him without his mask!"

Raven rolled her eyes. "I can name a few," she calmly placed her books in her locker. "Batgirl, Red Hood, Robin, oh, let's not forget about the man who adopted all of them; Batman." She listed.

Starfire sighed. "You could just say the Bat Family," she muttered.

Jump City High was a weird school, they didn't have the typical popular clique or nerd group; oh no, JCH was for heroes and villains only.

Why someone would make a school for heroes and villains combined; nobody would ever know. Hell, some of the teachers were villains!

...Including Deathstroke and Mad Mod...

But instead of the cliche groups mentioned above; JHC had teams.

There was the Doom Patrol with Mento, Elasti-Girl, Negative Man, Robot Man and Beast Boy. Although the green changeling was more of a Titan then a Doom Patrol member.

The Brotherhood of Evil had only French people for some reason, The Brain, Monsieur Mallah and Madame Rouge.

The Bat Family, the 'mysterious ones' since they were never seen without their masks. Just as their father/mentor. They had Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Hood, which confused a lot of people. What was an anti-hero doing in a group of heroes?

The H.I.V.E. with Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, Kid Wyykyd and Billy Numerous.

And finally, the Teen Titans; they probably had the most members of all teams. Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy, (he was considered a Titan, he was rarely seen with the Doom Patrol anyway) Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Bumble Bee, Speedy, Mas y Menos, Jericho (despite being Slade's/Deathstroke's son) and Aqualad.

"Star, how many aliens do you know with no eyes?" Raven sighed.

Her best friend paused, thinking about the question. "Many kinds, actually."

"Have any of them the ability to shape shift?"

"No," she frowned. "Wait, yes. But their skin stays blue so Nightwing can't be one of them..." She sighed. "Fine, you're right."

Raven rolled her eyes, a small smile on her face as she put the books she needed in her bag and closed her locker.

Someone placed their arm around Raven's shoulder. "Heeeeyyyy Rae!" A certain annoying green changeling sang.

Raven rolled her eyes and lightly pushed him away. "Personal space, Beast Boy, I told you before." She deadpanned.

"Cy invades your personal space all the time! So does Starfire!" He whined.

"That's because no one can stop Starfire," the alien princess blushed and giggled. "And Cyborg is like a brother. He's allowed to." She deadpanned.

"Besides, nobody simply likes you, grass stain!" The mechanic teen joked as he walked in on the conversation.

Beast Boy rolled his eyes but smiled when he saw the things his best friend was carrying. "Sweet!" He turned to the girls. "All of the Titans- excluding Bumble Bee and Jericho -are about to play Stankball in Mother Mae Eye's class, wanna join?" He was practically bouncing on his feet.

"No thank you," the half-demon declined quickly.

The alien princess glanced at Raven. "We...were going to meditate later..." she said a bit hesitantly.

Raven rolled her eyes. "Starfire, go, I know you want to."

The alien of joy beamed and hugged the girl happily before following Beast Boy.

"You can sit and watch us play with Jericho and Bumble Bee." Cyborg offered.

Raven shook her head. "I'll be fine. Besides, Bee will most likely join when someone challenges her and Jericho is simply too nice to decline if someone asks." She shrugged. "Starfire did just tell you I need to meditate, I can't do that in a class full of chaos."

He raised an eyebrow. "You're skipping class. You sure you're okay, Dark Girl?"

Raven's eyes glowed white as a fuchsia colored backpack levitated beside her. "I'm fine. Besides, from what I'm hearing, I won't be missing anything." She dropped the backpack in her 'brother's' hands. "Give this to Starfire and tell her she needs to stop forgetting her backpack." She waved and floated away.

She floated quietly through the walls, her hood up. A gasp escaped her lips as her peaceful silence got roughly interrupted when she was slammed against the wall rather violently, causing her hood to fall down and reveal her face.

She knew enough, only one person that was stupid enough to do this.

"How's it going, feisty lady?"

Adonis.

The 'villain' was obsessed with her, but for some reason, Beast Boy's animal instincts went crazy whenever he was near. The green changeling wouldn't hesitate to attack, he couldn't help it, Adonis clearly challenged his 'dominance' the first time they met, ever since then, his animal side took a huge dislike to him.

Luckily for Raven, Adonis rarely made a move on her because of that, she was usually with the Titans, including Beast Boy. He only made a move when she was alone, like now.

"Unless you want to be ripped apart limb by limb, I suggest you let me go." She growled, her eyes glowing red, but her second set of eyes hadn't appeared...yet.

He scoffed. "You and I both know you wouldn't do that, babe. You would be the exact thing you're trying to avoid; a Demon." He grinned and trailed a hand up and down her side.

"Maybe she won't tear you apart, but I most certainly will."

Raven frowned, her red eyes going back to amethyst in her confusion. Nightwing? Why the hell was he standing up for her? They barely spoke to each other all the years they were at Jump City High; the only time they had a conversation was when they had to work on a project together.

What was he doing?

Adonis scoffed and momentarily let go of the half-demon. "As if you could break me. Don't make me laugh."

Raven flinched, apparently, Adonis hadn't gotten the message, this was Nightwing they were talking about. The first person to be trained by the Goddamn Batman of all people!

He most certainly could break a guy like Adonis.

And just for that reason, Raven sat back and watched. She knew she could easily end both of them by simply saying 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos', she was the daughter of Trigon for Azar's sake! But that wouldn't make her a hero, now would it?

And besides, she just had a feeling this would be interesting.

Nightwing smirked and walked forward. "Wanna bet?"

"Why would you care about her anyway?"

"Because," Nightwing walked up to the half-demon and hugged her sideways. "Best friends help each other."

Raven nearly choked on her spit. Best friends? Wait, when was this established?!

She quickly pulled her hood up to hide her surprise; if she wanted Adonis gone, she needed to play along. It wouldn't really help with the surprise all over her face.

Adonis growled and threw a punch, before Raven could act and create a shield to help her 'savior', he had pushed her aside and jumped over the 'villain'. The extra strength of his mechanic suit leaving a crack in the wall as Adonis punched it, the Principal wouldn't be happy...

She watched as Nightwing pulled out his Escrima sticks out of nowhere, jumping behind Adonis again and pushing the parts that were electrified into one of his 'arms', causing it to stop functioning and forcing him to take it off before it messed with the rest of the suit.

Before Raven knew it, Adonis was lying on the ground, groaning in pain as Nightwing calmly tucked his weapons away and crouched down beside the injured student; a smirk on his face. "Thought you said I couldn't break you?"

Adonis frowned. "What are you talking about? You didn't break any bones!"

Nightwing got up, and placed a foot on the villain's chest. "Remember," he grabbed the arm that wasn't covered by the suit. "You asked for this, I was happy with leaving you here, groaning in pain." He chirped, and before Adonis could realize what was going on, the former Boy Wonder pulled, stopping when he heard the familiar pop! of a dislocated shoulder.

"Wasn't that a bit extreme?" Raven asked after allowing him to drag her away from a screaming Adonis.

Nightwing shook his head. "Nah, he's been annoying me for a while now, seeing him harass you was simply the push I needed to act on it." That, and the fact that he's been hanging way too much with Jason.

Raven pulled her arm away from him a bit roughly when she realized he was still holding it. "Okay, what is your deal? We haven't talked at all for years! Why now?" She questioned suspiciously.

Nightwing grinned, she didn't trust people easily, smart girl. "I wanted to get to know you for a while now, today was a perfect opportunity, don't you think?"

"And how come you suddenly wanted to 'get to know me?"

He paused. "Honest answer?"

"Honest answer."

"You've always...intrigued me, made me curious." He confessed and shrugged. "I just acted on it now." Not to mention Barbara and Tim threatened to tell everyone about his 'fascination' with the half-demon if he didn't do something about it.

"I want to know the true you, not the girl who's always hiding behind her hood because of her Demon heritage." He continued.

"Says the boy who's never seen without his mask." She shot back, although her tough demeanor was fading, he just had this...aura around him. It was the perfect balance of dark and light, although it was more light than dark in this moment.

His smile just widened. "See? You're warming up to me! As for the mask thing, it's kinda a family thing." He shrugged. "Batman made all of us wear a mask."

Before she could respond, an explosion could be heard from a nearby classroom; making Nightwing blink in confusion and Raven flinch as she realized what was going on.

"The Titans and Stankball are not a good combination," she gave as only explanation at his confused stare. She levitated herself and made her way towards the classroom. "I should probably clean up their mess before Mae-Eye snaps."

Raven paused in front of the door, her hand on the handle. She turned her head to find him in the same spot she left him, her lips quirked upwards a bit. "I'll see you later."

She walked in the room.


In the cafeteria, Starfire leaned her head on Aqualad's shoulder while she watched Cyborg and Bumble Bee playfully argue with a small smile. Speedy and Wonder Girl were once again not talking to each other and sitting far away from each other. Jericho calmly played his banjo (?) as Mas y Menos and Kid Flash were racing to see who was faster. Beast Boy was nowhere to be seen and Raven had yet to arrive.

Everything stopped as said girl walked in, a certain masked hero following her.

"What's up, Dark Girl?" Cyborg greeted a bit awkwardly.

"I see you've noticed my personal stalker," she deadpanned before taking a seat next to Wonder Girl.

She- and the rest of the Titans -were a bit surprised when Kid Flash rushed towards Nightwing and high fived him. "It's about time you came to sit with us!"

Nightwing rolled his eyes. "You can blame Batgirl for that, you know how she gets when she starts ranting."

"Ugh, is she giving you the 'we never see you anymore' speech?" He groaned.

"Yep."

"Last time we hung out was in Middle School, all the missions don't count. That girl has nothing to rant about."

"Tell her that."

"Uhmmm...what is going on?" Bumble Bee questioned, the others nodded while Jericho simply tilted his head to the side to show his confusion.

"Childhood best friend." The speedster explained, giving the masked hero a shove.

Nightwing rolled his eyes and punched his friend in the shoulder, grinning when he yelped and rubbed his shoulder. "I swear, Wally, you're weak."

Kid Flash rolled his eyes. "Well, it's not my fault you're insanely strong for a human!"

"Nope," Nightwing sat down beside Raven. "You're just a sissy."

"Now that that's settled," Wonder Girl piped in. "How come you decided to sit with us now?"

A blur of yellow rushed by, Kid Flash was leaning against the table and smirking when it stopped. "Hanging with Rae-Rae, are we?" He teased his friend.

"Wally," Raven warned. Her hands glowing with black energy.

He jumped up and backed away. "Okay, okay! Sorry! Raven." He corrected.

She sighed. "If only Beast Boy could take the hint that easily."

As if on cue, the green changeling walked in, looking anything but happy as he tugged on the red gum-like material stuck in his hair. "Stupid Red-X and his stupid gadgets." He growled. He was so annoyed, he didn't even notice Nightwing sitting at the table.

"X got you again?" Aqualad asked carefully.

"What do you think?!"

Mas y Menos mumbled something in Spanish, but without Panther here, no one could understand.

Starfire sighed and pulled out a pair of scissors she kept with her for times like these before standing up and carefully cutting the red material from the changeling's hair.

"Stop laughing, Tin Man." Beast Boy said, glaring at Cyborg who was trying to stifle his laughter, only stopping when Bumble Bee elbowed him sharply.

Nightwing rolled his eyes. "Hold on." He pulled out a communicator shaped like a bat. "Robin, Batgirl. Time to give Red Hood a dose of his own medicine." He said.

"We can?! YES! I've been waiting to get back at him!" Robin's voice said through the communicator, followed by Batgirl's.

"Just yesterday the idiot messed with his toys and it got stuck in my hair!"

Nightwing rolled his eyes. "We know, Batgirl. We were there. If Batman hadn't stepped in you would have killed him."

"My ears still hurt from how loud you were yelling." Robin chirped.

"Okay, he'll be here in about ten minutes, we have to work quickly. You guys know what to do."

"Roger that." Robin logged off.

"He's so going to get it." Batgirl disappeared soon after.

"Red Hood is Red X?" Raven asked.

Nightwing nodded. "He's been terrorizing all of us since he made his X's, as you just heard, we're all kinda fed up with it; including Batman." And Alfred.

As the Titans waited for the 'plan' to take action, they made small talk with Nightwing. Finding him to be a pretty nice guy. About eight minutes later, his communicator beeped and coincidentally, Mas y Menos happened to crash into a trashcan at that moment; causing everyone to look at them.

When they looked back; Nightwing was gone.

"Man, I hate it when he does that!" Kid Flash whined.

The doors opened and Red Hood and Batgirl walked in. Before anyone could realize what was happening, Batgirl had pushed him forward into the open and Nightwing and Robin grappled through the air; both of them holding a bucket with the same material Red X's x's were made off.

Even Raven chuckled when they dropped the contents on Red Hood.

Instead of throwing a tantrum, the anti-hero calmly wiped the material from his mask instead. "I hope you three realize this means war." He stated simply.

"As if, we wouldn't make it through." Robin protested.

"Batman would kill us. Remember the last prank war?" Batgirl agreed.

Nightwing shrugged. "He won though, I didn't even know he was playing to begin with!"

"Either way, watch your backs." The mask hid his whole face, but the Titans and remaining Bat Family members just knew he was smirking as he walked out of the room.

"Dude! That was awesome!" Beast Boy said when Nightwing walked back to the table.

He shrugged.

As the weeks passed, Nightwing spent more and more time with Raven; effectively spending more time with the Titans. And before they knew it, he was a Titan himself.

Raven learned he was more than just Batman's son. She found out he was caring, a dork, a bit protective and sometimes dangerous if someone hurt the people he loved.

And he learned that she wasn't just a moody creepy Demon girl. (he suspected she was more then that since the beginning) She could be sweet and caring if she wanted to, she was fun to be with and could rival him in sarcasm.

Sooner or later, the birds ended up knowing each other better then themselves.