Wow, chapter 9. I honestly am surprised. Thanks to all of those that have reviewed. Anyway, enough banter, let's get it on. Oh, and guess what. I still don't own Teen Titans.

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The mask slipped from Robin's fingers as he slowly stumbled backwards.

"No, it isn't possible, how can you be…me?" Robin continued to back away until he hit the opposite wall and there sank to his knees.

Len spoke clearly and calmly. "I already told you, there is more than one world, I am you from one of those worlds." With that Len grabbed the blade that was keeping him pinned to the wall and ripped it cleanly out of his shoulder. He took a moment to gather himself and began to advance slowly towards Robin, blade in hand. "Like I said, Lord Orican destroyed my home, so I came here in hope that I could grow strong enough to defeat him when he arrived. I know not when he will come, but I expect it will be sometime in the next two years, though most likely less, and he will bring death and destruction with him. I survive now out of the smallest of beams of hope in that destroying him will reverse all that the Dark One has done. I came here, to this city, in order to test you Robin; to see not only how far you would go, but if it would be enough. I have seen that even though you are willing, you are not yet strong enough, and neither am I." As he spoke Len's voice grew weaker and his movements slightly sluggish, as if the blood loss was finally taking its toll. Len took one last step and stood directly over Robin, bloody sword in hand. "I do not wish to see what happened on my world repeated, so I tell you this, never forget what is written on that necklace." Len reached inside his collar and pulled out an older, more worn, version of the necklace he had bought for Starfire. "These words, this belief, are all that has kept me from death. Remember them for they are strong." With that Len knelt down and handed Robin his sword. "Go to her, she needs you." Len then slumped to the ground, unconscious from blood loss.

After taking a moment to process what had just been told to him Robin got to his feet and moved as quickly as he could towards the door on the other side of the room. He opened it into a long hallway with a single door at the end. Gaining speed as he moved closer to the door Robin nearly collapsed into it when he got there. I lost more blood then I thought, I'd better be careful. With a shaky hand that had nothing to do with his exhaustion Robin grabbed the knob and turned it, pushing the door open.

Inside the room was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Starfire lay on the bed, and other than the chains holding her there, she was completely unharmed. Robin stood there for a moment, stunned beyond reason. Ever since he had seen the tower destroyed, since he thought her dead, a part of Robin had been dead with her. The last few hours of his life had felt like an eternity, he could imagine no worse torture than what he had been through, and now it was all over. She was safe, alive and well, there right in front of him, and all he could manage to do was stare stupidly at her from the doorway.

The sudden light caused Starfire to squint as she looked at the door. After a moment her eyes began to clear and she saw a somewhat familiar silhouette.

"Ro… Robin, is that you?" she asked in barley a whisper.

Her voice seemed to snap Robin out of his trance, "It's me Star, I'm here." As he spoke he made his way to the bed and, using a key that he found placed conveniently just out of Starfire's reach, he undid her chains.

Without even thinking about it Robin gathered Starfire up in a hug, holding her close. "Thank God, I'm so glad you're okay, I thought I had lost you."

A little bit surprised, though not unpleasantly so, by Robin's sudden show of emotion Starfire returned the hug happily, though gently so as not to cause him any further injury. "It is alright Robin, I am unharmed. We must get you some medi…"

Robin cut her off. "No Star, it isn't all right. When I thought you were… gone all I could think about was everything I had lost, all the chances I had missed to tell you."

Starfire looked Robin in the eyes. "To tell me what?"

Robin took a slow breath, "To tell you that I… Oh God that I love you Starfire, I love you. Ever since the day we met I've cared about you. I love you, with everything that I am, I do."

Starfire looked at him in shock. Did he just say what I think he said? Please, if there is a God out there please don't let my ears be deceiving me. Tears of joy began to appear in Starfire's eyes and she pulled Robin back into her arms. "I love you too Robin, I always have, and I always will."

After a few moments of holding her Robin pulled back so he could look Starfire in the eyes. Slowly he brought his face closer to hers until they were almost nose to nose. Taking a breath Robin closed the rest of the distance and their lips met.

The kiss was soft and gentle, but warm and passionate at the same time, and all to brief for the two of them. Robin took Starfire by the hand, "Come on, let's go find the others."

Together they looked around the room and saw a door partially hidden behind a book case. Starfire pushed the case out of the way and opened the door. Inside they found the rest of the team. It only took a few minutes to fill them in on what had happened over the last eight hours and for Raven to heal Robin's wounds.

Cyborg was the first to speak up after Robin's story. "This is some pretty heavy stuff, and when we get to our secondary base while the T tower is being rebuilt I'll see what I can find on this Lord Orican guy, but right now I think it's pizza time."

Robin smiled and took Starfire's hand, "Agreed, God knows I could go for some food and a little R&R. Though we need to take care of Len first." Together the team left the room and headed for the main room where Robin had fought with Len. However all they could find was a pool of blood on the ground and a not that stated simply "We will meet again." Though they searched the room for another hour they found no sign of where Len had gone, not a drop of blood or even a hint of a hidden passage, Raven couldn't even sense where he was.

After finishing their search, and sending the cops to the location to continue searching, the team made its way to the pizza place. Though more questions had been raised then answered as of late Robin looked to his side where Starfire walked with her hand in his. 'Well, I guess there was something good that came from this, something very good.' Even though a resolution was far from being reached the Teen Titans couldn't help but think they, Robin and Starfire most of all, deserved a nice little vacation, maybe Japan.

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Well, I finally finished. I'm so sorry that it took so long, I hit major writers block during this chapter. I apologize if this chapter isn't as good as the others; I'm not very good at writing stuff like this so yeah. I did my best, and hopefully my next story will be better. I will be writing a sequel, but not for a little while, I have another story that I'm going to be working on first. I don't have a title yet but it is a DBZ story and will have my own characters with a few cameos from the stars. Well, that's it; please review, constructive criticism is welcome. Peace out yo!