Hi! Thanks for reviewing. And Ferian.D, to answer your question, no I won't be updating the same day, but I might if more people review. So to keep everyone happy, I will try to update in a day, okay? Also, I'm getting a little stuck on chapter 5, but no worries! I just got to look for my inspiration!
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Chapter 3- Leaving
It was a week after the fight with Mad Mod and since Robin asked Cyborg to check Beast Boy's DNA for any traces of the Beast. The crime rate of Jump City was surprisingly low. So a few of the Titans wanted to take a small leave. Of course, Robin was not happy about this.
"A few days? You want to abandon the team for a few days?! A villain could take over the city in a few days!" Robin yelled.
"Man, relax! There hasn't been any crime in days!" Cyborg said.
"Please Robin, I need to attend the traditional Tamaranean festival of prosperity! It is my duty as princess of Tamaran to host this most joyous of events!" Starfire begged.
"Fine, Starfire, you can go." Robin relented.
Starfire shrieked with excitement and immediately flew to her room to pack.
"But the rest of you can't!" Robin continued.
"What! You only let Starfire go because you like her!" Cyborg argued.
"N-no, of course not! Only because she had a valid reason." Robin stammered, his cheeks slightly pink.
"I gave a valid reason! I promised to check on Titans East Tower in a year!" Cyborg said angrily.
"Their Tower has been working fine since then! Besides, you just want to have an excuse to visit Bumblebee!" Robin shot back.
Cyborg growled angrily. Every image of strangling Robin came to his mind.
Raven stepped up, "You're being very unreasonable, Robin. You know very well that none of Titans East can handle electronics. So it is necessary for Cyborg to check on Titans East. As for my valid reason, I need to attend the Azarathian meditation ceremony."
"Why do you need to attend this ceremony anyway?!" Robin huffed.
Raven glared at Robin, "This ceremony cleanses my soul of any traces of Trigon. So, if you want a repeat of last year where Trigon took over the world-"
Robin waved his hand, "Okay okay you can go! But you're still not going, Cyborg!"
"And why not?" Cyborg asked, getting in Robin's face.
"I can't protect Jump City alone! What if there is an emergency? Unless you can teleport or fly at the speed of light like Raven and Starfire, you can't go!" Robin snapped.
"There's Beast Boy." Raven pointed out.
"Oh, him. Well, he isn't much of a help." Robin said lamely.
"Isn't much of a help? He took out all those robots single-handedly last week!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Besides, this will be the chance for the two of you to make up." Raven added, referring to the tense relationship between the two since that day.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Things are fine between us and-!" Robin stopped suddenly, then he smiled and said, "You know what? You're right, Raven. Okay, Cyborg you can go. But only for three days!"
Robin left to go to his room, humming a little tune.
Cyborg whistled, "Whoa, what did you do, Raven? Did you magicked him or something?"
"No, I didn't. I wonder what made him change his mind." Raven replied, looking equally surprised.
Robin sat in his room and sighed. On his desk were a few papers, all containing the information regarding Beast Boy's DNA. Cyborg passed the documents to him just before heading to Steel City.
"Damn it! This doesn't make any sense!" Robin said in frustration.
"So if the Beast is not the problem, then that means he knew all those moves all along? No wait, he never used those moves in practice! Maybe he's hiding something? But what? I thought that Beast Boy of all people would be the first to show off!"
A knock on his door distracted Robin from his thoughts. Robin opened the door and saw Beast Boy standing there.
"Oh, hi, Robin, I wanted to ask you-"
"Don't tell me you want to take a leave too!" Robin interrupted.
Beast Boy looked at Robin oddly, "Uh, no, I wanted to know where are the other Titans."
"Oh. Well, Starfire went to Tamaran for some festival, Raven needed to attend a ceremony in Azarath and Cyborg went to visit Titans East." Robin finished.
"Without telling me? Oh, man, I'm so kicking tin man's butt when he gets back. He left me with Mr. Stick in the Ass!" Beast Boy complained.
Robin raised an eyebrow, "Excuse me?"
"Uh, heh heh. What are you doing here?" Beast Boy asked nervously.
"This is my room in case you haven't noticed. And what did you mean by that last comment?" Robin asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Oh, that! I mean …uh…Silkie! Yeah, Silkie. He is very annoying and irritating! Actually I got to go check on him now!" Beast Boy said quickly before running off.
"Weird." Robin muttered, returning to his room.
An hour later, Robin walked to the common room and found Beast Boy drinking something that looked strangely like herbal tea.
"Is that Raven's herbal tea?" Robin asked, going behind Beast Boy.
Beast Boy spat out whatever he was drinking. "Robin! Don't do that!"
"I'm guessing my first presumption was correct. What if Raven finds out you're drinking her tea?"
Beast Boy sipped his tea and replied, "What Raven doesn't know won't hurt her. Besides, she's in another one of her freaky dimensions."
"Well, after you're finished with that tea, I want you to train with me in the training room." Robin said.
Beast Boy turned to stare at Robin in disbelief, "Wait, what? You said that training didn't start till next month!"
"That's what I told the others. But I want to see you use those moves last week again. This way I can tell you how to improve." Robin replied.
"That's why you let them leave, huh? I knew you wouldn't just let them leave like that, except maybe Starfire." Beast Boy added.
"No, they each gave a valid reason. And what do you mean by 'except Starfire'?" Robin asked.
"Oh, come on, everyone knows you have a 'thing' for Starfire!" Beast Boy huffed.
Robin's ears tinged red and he protested, "I don't! Why does everyone keep saying that?!"
"Probably because it's true." Beast Boy muttered in reply.
Robin calmed down before saying, "Anyway, I'll see you in the training room in an hour."
"I don't want to train! This is so unfair!" Beast Boy whined.
"If you don't train, I'm telling Raven you're drinking her tea." Robin threatened.
Beast Boy eyes widened, "You can't do that! She'll kill me!"
Robin smirked, "Watch me."
Robin took out his communicator from his pocket, opened it and pressed a button.
Robin spoke into the communicator, "Hello, Raven?"
Beast Boy jumped up, "NO!" He snatched the communicator from Robin and slammed it shut.
Beast Boy glared at Robin, "Fine! I'll train with you in that stupid training room in an hour!"
Robin wordlessly took back his communicator and proceeded to walk out of the room.
At the doorway, he stopped and looked back at Beast Boy. "Remember, if you're not there in one hour, Raven will get a surprise call."
"Stick in the ass." Beast Boy muttered angrily.
