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Beast boy awoke feeling exhausted.

I had a hell of a night. He thought as his memory replayed everything. And to think it started so well.

He wakes up early, feeling refreshed, and goes to see his girlfriend after beating a bad guy with his own plan. Then it just goes down hill from there. Each of his teammates arrive and crashes his dates. When he think's it's getting really good, hint hint, it went down hill.

"Okay Mr. Tummy, I'll feed you."

Just then her advice ran through his head. Meat. He began rattling the thought around in his head, trying to decide if he should do it or not. Her logic was pretty sound, but there was no guarantee he'd gain any benefits.

No harm in trying it. He thought. Right?

Slowly and dreadfully, he made his way to the one Titan in the tower who could help him.

Knocking on the door, he was greeted by a yawning Cyborg. The metal man looked down at his friend questionably.

"Cyborg...I need to your help." Beast boy spoke uneasily.

Seeing that his best friend was obviously uncomfortable, he did the best friend/big brother thing to do. He made it worse for the green hero.

"Is it girl trouble?" He asked, earning a blush. "First thing you need to know is that girls are like ovens, you need to get them warmed up before you put a bun in-"

"No dude, not that!" Beast boy stated hastily. "But it's funny you mention food."

"Oh?"

"I need you to make me breakfast, a m-meat breakfast.

"I told you tofu ain't meat you-"

"No." He cut it tensely. "I mean a-animal meat."

Cyborg was shocked by his friends statement. He thought it was a joke at first, until he saw that Beast boy was serious.

"I-I-I prayed for this day for so long!" He stated as he began bawling like a baby. "Dreams do come true!"

"So you'll do it?" The green teen asked hopefully.

Cyborg went all out with Beast boys breakfast. He proceeded to make anything and everything he could with meat and not only meat, he was trying to kill the vegan in the green hero. Scrambled eggs with real cheese, American and Canadian bacon, both patty and sausage links. All in a double helping. To wash it down, Cyborg placed a cold glass of one hundred percent dairy and zero percent soy bean milk beside him.

Beast boy looked at the food placed before him and grimaced.

Cyborg noticed his friends discomfort started feeling bad. Maybe I went a little overboard. He thought as he examined the table, it was a bit much for a recovering vegetarian. From what he understood Beast boy had spent most of his life as a vegetarian, this was a big step for him. He loved good humored picking, but he didn't want to push him too far.

"Hey B.B, you don't have to eat it if you don't want to." Cyborg stated.

"No, it's...fine." Beast boy assured. "It smells...good."

That wasn't a lie. He may have been a vegetarian, heck a vegan, but that didn't mean he couldn't appreciate a well cooked meal by smell alone.

He picked up a sausage with his fork and held it close.

He took the first bite.

Damn. He thought. That's...good!

Beast boy tore into his food with a savagery. He had forgotten how good it was! How juicy and savory meat could be. How the meat felt as his fangs tore through it.

Maybe I can get him to do this for me more often! Beast boy thought as he tore into the food. Maybe for dinner I can get something with meat, something rare...still bleeding! Still-

"Stop!"

All of Beast boy's food was enveloped in a black a ura before they were thrown away, scattered across the kitchen.

"Hey!" Both he and Cyborg shouted.

They turned to see Raven in the doorway with Robin and Star fire by her side.

Cyborg ran towards the mess and fell to his knees in silent tears.

"All my hard work." He whispered. "It's okay, your in God's stomach now."

"What's your problem?!" Beast boy demanded. "I was eating that!"

"You were thinking about tearing into flesh with your bare fangs!" She shouted. "Still living flesh!"

"I wasn't thinking humans!"

"Beast boy, why are you eating the flesh of animals?" Star fire asked. "Are you no longer a vegetarian?"

Beast boy sighed. Well, I knew this was coming.

"Rose thought-"

"Oh here we go!" Raven drawled with a roll of her eyes.

Beast boy sent her a glare before continuing. "Rose thought it would benefit me to expand my diet."

"Explain."

"An Omnivore can't survive off of one half of his diet a stay healthy." He stated, using Rose's expression. "So I decided to see if I was being unhealthy to my body."

"So you don't even know if this will work?" Raven snarked.

"...No."

"This has to be one of the top dumbest things you've ever done."

"I'm trying something new, what's so bad about that?!"

"This isn't you!"

"What the do you know about me?!" He asked angrily. "We can't even have a conversation without you trying to ridicule me!"

"I know your an idiot trying to impress some bimbo!"

"Raven, would you just shut the Hell up!" Beast boy snapped at the dark hero. "You think this is easy for me, fun? Well it isn't, it's one of the hardest things for me to do!"

Beast boy had shocked the entire room with his outburst, he never cursed. With nothing more to say, he stormed from the room.

Star Fire flew up towards her gothic friend and did something shocking, she slapped the sorceress. Without a word, she flew after her green friend.

"You deserved that." Cyborg stated.

"What?" She asked quietly.

"Beast boy is throwing away one of his life choices for a chance to get better that might not even work." The metal hero stated. "What does he get from his friend, put downs."

He's changing his beliefs for her? Timid spoke.

We can't even get him to stop making those stupid jokes. Raven thought.

I like his jokes. Happy defended.

You like everything. Rude stated.

Not this hussy moving in on our Beast boy. Happy stated almost angrily.

Our Beast boy, where's that come from? Raven asked. And since when do you get upset?

Beast boy was on the roof, clearing his mind when he smelt his friend. Star fire had a smell unique to herself, a mixture of alien flowers mixed with perfume and sugar. He wasn't sure where the sugar came from, must be natural or a part of her diet.

"Hello friend Beast boy, are you well?" She asked as she made her way towards him.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"...No your not." The alien stated stated as she sat down next to him.

"I almost can't believe her." He states. "Then I think, it's Raven, and it all comes down to not being a shock."

"These changes in your food is hard for you." She stated curiously. "Why?"

"You wouldn't understand." He stated.

"I can try."

Beast boy looked at the alien princess, right after Cyborg, she was his closest friend.

"I eat vegetables to feel...normal." He states. "Not normal to the public eye, I'll probably never seem normal to them, I do it to feel normal for myself. To know that it's my decision and not instinct telling me what to do, ruling me, like an..."

"An animal?" She offers as a seagull lands by them.

"Yeah." He sighed.

"I understand a little." She states reached out and began petting the bird, which tensed but stayed. "I know the things I do seem strange, my habits and culture are bizarre to you all. But to me, they are the only things normal while you all are so alien." Her hands made their way towards the birds head. "You are my friends and I wish to share my ways so as not to seem to strange. I try to change, to fit in with you humans, but I will always be Tamaranean." With a simple twitch of her hand, she snapped the bird's neck. "I don't know what you wish to be, but I will support you." She states as she hands him the dead bird. "Just know you will always be Beast boy to me."

The green teen felt a tear fall from his eye as he accepted the bird.

"Thank Star."

The alien smiled as she left her friend alone to enjoy his meal.

"There you are Star." Robin spoke.

"Hello boyfriend Robin." She greeted.

"I hope you talked some sense into him."

"Sense?"

"Yeah, all this nonsense about not doing our jobs properly."

For a moment the two Titans just stared at each other, you could have cut the tension with a knife.

"Is this about Rose?" Robin asked.

"Is it?" She countered.

"...She's a distraction." Robin stated. "Filling his head with all this nonsense about us not doing what needs to be done."

"Beast boy can make up his mind." Star Fire stated.

"Not when it comes to anything other than junk." Robin stated harshly. "Besides, he's always been weak-minded."

Star gasped at his insult to their friend. "How can you say such things!"

"It's the truth."

"Twice she has motivated friend Beast boy!" Star declared. "Once to take down Cinderblock with little damage to the area and to us. Now he is trying to better himself on her advice."

"We can't have Beast boy acting all gun-ho like he did after his date!" Robin shouted. "It was reckless and it's her fault."

"He was irritated from the blue-balls, that was more your fault than his!" She shouted, not aware of the insinuation. "Any single Titan could have beaten Doctor Chang and Control Freak, yet you pulled him from his date to do what we would have."

"We need the team together with this new Slade related threat around!" Robin exclaimed. "I can't have him being emotional because of a pretty face, just as last night showed."

"He has always followed his emotions, as have I!" She stated. "And he has proven his loyalty even when we had none in him. Such as the Beast incident and-"

"That was a justifiable mistake!" Robin stated.

"Turning on your friend is never justified!"

"She's making him emotional, reckless, and most of all he's a liability!"

"That is how I am with you, and we have seen that you are the same with me!" Star Fire claimed. "Then...that would mean I am a distraction to you."

There was a deafening silence between the two as the words hung in the air. The young detective turned on the alien princess.

"...I guess you are."

The alien princess turned to leave. "Goodbye friend Robin."

Beast Boy was still burping up feathers when he heard a whimpering sound. Being the curious one that he was, he listened and found that the sound was what he dreaded. Crying.

Why would Star be crying? He asked himself. She's he definition of joy, on a inhuman level.

He began knocking on the door. There was a short shuffle as he heard her

"Who is it?" She asked.

"Beast boy, is everything okay in there?" He asked.

"Everything is fine." She lied.

Man, now we have to do this the awkward way. He thought.

"Sensitive ears Star." He stated.

After a moment of silence, she finally cracked the door enough to look at him. Her eyes, red and puffy, wouldn't meet his gaze.

"Hello fr-"

"What happened?" He asked.

"Robin and I did the down break." She answered lowly.

So they broke up. He thought understandingly. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be." She stated. "I could not be with one who's... like that."

"Wait, you broke up with him?"

"Yes, he did not approve of my supporting you in your pursuit of romance."

"Star," He mentally sighed. "You angel.

"I know what you need." He stated brightening up.

"Oh?" She questioned.

Beast boy ran from her sight and returned minutes later brandishing a pint of ice cream as if it were gold.

"The cure to a broken heart."

The alien princess looked at her friend and felt smile tugging at her lips.

"This would be a perfect moment for girl time." She stated. "Though I doubt Raven will want much to do with me at the moment, you will do."

...D-Did you just...settle for me? He asked himself as she ushered him in. He suddenly felt used.

He quickly squashed the feeling, his friend needed him. He knew exactly what he had to do.

"...Can you keep a secret?" He asked nervously.

"Yes." She answered. "I will even swear with the pinkie."

Beast boy closed his eyes in concentration and discomfort.

Star Fire watched in amazement as his chest began to expand, his hips widen and his hair lengthen. His face lost some of it's edge and began to soften and his lips began to fill out.

"Beast...boy?" Star Fire spoke in wonder.

"Beast girl." The green teen emphasized.

The alien princess flew towards him and began poking and prodding in...places. After and awkward moment for the former hero, now heroine, she stopped and stared.

"How?"

"There are several hermaphrodite and asexual animals in the world." 'She answered. "It was just a matter of tossing out my Y chromosome and adding another x."

"Is it...painful?" She asked.

"Not painful, just...uncomfortable." BG admitted. "I kinda turned my...male part inside out, or right side in...or just in."

"...Why?"

"Same reason you came to my comfort on the roof." The green teen answered. "We're friends."

Robin sat in his room staring at the monitor. It was a live video feed of Star Fire and Beast boy.

There was no emotion on his face, but his hands were tensed.

"Titans." He called in the communicator. "Team meeting, now."

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