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Chapter 2: Starfire's Problem
The next morning, Kira was the first to wake up. Her new room was Terra's old room. She walked down the long hallway, entering the common room and admiring the water.
"It is quite lovely is it not, friend Kria?" Starfire approached her from behind with her happy morning face on. Her natural beaming smile was so doubt to be in visible sight through the reflection of the window.
Kria shifted her body to face the smiling Tamaranean. "Don't, for starters, call me friend…ever." Kria observed the fact that Starfire looked a bit taken aback by what she just said, so she proceeded to provoke her even more. "I never liked you sweetie, and I'm sure you're not that dumb not to notice. You're so pathetic you know? Stay away from me or I'll make you'll pay, got it?" Kira smiled at Starfire, giving her a wink before rolling her eyes at the redhead.
Starfire was enraged at her. She wasn't pathetic and she sure wasn't dumb, so why were her words bugging Starfire so much? Pointing a finger at Kira, Starfire yelled "I do not wish to be talked to like that! I wish for us to be friends, but I shall honor your request and not call you friend." Starfire's hands were glowing her lime green star energy right when Cyborg happened to enter the room and witness only the part where Starfire said "-and not call you friend."
"Uh, is everything okay?" Cyborg looked at Kira first, then at Starfire.
Starfire lower her finger, collecting herself and her anger so it wouldn't look like she was the one who caused the little dispute. Starfire sure didn't want to look like the bad guy in the situation.
"Yes, Cyborg, fri- Kira and I were talking about the beautiful scenery." Starfire couldn't be in the room anymore, at least not with Kira in it. Rapidly, she ran out of the room as soon as possible, slightly crying due to what Kira had said to her, but once she turned a major corner in the hallway, she crashed into Robin.
Robin had just woken up from sleep, even if he only got a few hours because he wouldn't stop working on files, and walked out of his room only to be mauled by a certain redhead.
"Oh, Robin! I am deeply sorry! I did not mean to run you over!" Starfire's voice sounded a little horsed, and she was defiantly trying to hide the fact that she was crying a few moments ago. "Star, were you crying ?"Robin wasn't focused on how his head hurt like a bitch, but all he could think about was the way Starfire's voice hinted she was crying. A crying Starfire made the Boy wonder extremely concerned, especially since she's was acting a bit different since Kira arrived.
"No, Robin. I have not." Robin wasn't by a long shot convinced by Starfire's statement.
"Star?"
"Yes Robin?"
"Are you lying?"
There was a long mute pause before Starfire gathered up the strength to give him a response.
"Why would you ask such a question?"
"Because Starfire, you're my best friend. I know when you're not okay."
Raven, Beast boy, and Kira were all talking around the table when an enraged fuming Robin enter the main room with Starfire floating right behind him with a worried stared towards the floor. She wasn't sure telling Robin was the best thing to do if she knew that this was the way he was going to react.
"Kira, what's your problem with Starfire?" Robin demanded, marching over the girl with a narrowed gaze.
The team all stunned by Robin's outburst and faced Kira to see what her reaction was going to be. Kira was not intimidated by Robin when he walked up to her, flaring with anger. It kind of made the girl feel like her plan was going to work.
"I don't have a problem with Starfire. She was the one threatening me this morning. Right, Cyborg?" Now that was a questioned Cyborg was not expecting.
"Well, all I heard was Star saying she wasn't going to call Kira friend, nothing else." He shrugged, plopping another waffle in his mouth to hide his nervousness.
"Is that true, Starfire?" BB questioned since he was the only one that dared to speak next. The room felt a billion times hotter for Starfire. Was she really being pinned as the bad guy?
"Kira request I not call her friend, so I will respect her wish."
"Starfire, I never said that! Are you putting words in my mouth?" Kira shouted at Starfire, faking a shocked look and began to form fake tears.
Robin, Beast boy, Cyborg, and Raven were all confused at this point. What was going on?
"You know what? Everyone just forget what just happened." And that was it. Every Titan forgot what just happened, except for a certain Tamaranean.
"Wow, dude, what just happened?"Beast boy scratched his head, looking over at Raven who just shrugged her shoulders before furrowing her brows together.
"I don't know, I don't remember coming in here" Robin looked around, rubbing the back of his neck and rubbing his chin.
"Oh you guys are funny!" Kira laughed, clutching her stomach and leaning on the table for support as if she was laughing that hard.
"Uh, I don't remember either." Raven confessed, eyeing the girl holding onto the ledge carefully. It was right at that instant that Raven decided she didn't like her. The vibe Kira gave off made Raven want to hurl.
"Well, if you don't remember, we were talking about how Starfire is the greatest friend we could ever ask for." Starfire looked at Kira with such rage, Kira could actually feel her violent stare 'It didn't work on her! Man I knew this would happen!' Kira thought, looking from side to nervously.
"Oh, it's great to hear you two are getting along." Robin gave the team an unsure nod, still hazy about what just happened as he headed over to sit at the table.
"Forgive me friends, I must stay in my room for a while with no disturbance." The Tamaranean stated before anyone could say anything to her. Within seconds, she was already out the door and in the hall. Robin quickly stood up with concern, stepping forward to go follow her until he felt a force pull him back.
"She said she wanted to be alone, Robin" Raven repeat what the fellow team member had just told them with a small sigh. Robin gave up without any protest because he knew Raven wouldn't let him go see her no matter what he said. He retreated back to his seat, slumping down on the chair slightly disappointed.
'I cannot believe my friends didn't see the evil in that monster!' Starfire sat down on her bed, the nasty words Kira said to her swirled in her mind. "I NEVER LIKED YOU" blasted though the redheads mind, cutting each and every one of those words into her heart. She didn't get why Kira didn't like her, I mean, Starfire's never did anything to hurt her or harm her feelings in any way, shape, or form.
"Robin." She whispered, closing her eyes as she stuffed a pillow in her face. If only he knew the true evil Kira was.
A tear tried to flow down her cheek, but thankfully the pillow that was placed on her face absorbed the tears. "What must cyborg think of me now since he did see me enraged, not Kira?"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Yes?" 'Who could that be? Did I not say I did not want to be disturbed?'
"Hey it's Kira, open the door." The girl yelled with irritation, rolling her eyes when Starfire yelled a go away. "Open or I'll open it." Kira stated, kicking the door because the girl had no patience whatsoever. The Tamaranean opened her door to some extent to only show some of her face, but Kira pushed it open and entered her room instead.
"What the hell are you? You didn't fall under my powers and I wanna know why?"
Starfire laughed a bit, raising a brow at the girl. "I'm not human for instance"
"So? My powers work on nasty aliens too." Now that angered the redhead.
"Did you come here to insult me or what?"
"Partly, I want to know why my powers didn't work…..wait are you…no never mind that's impossible" That statement made Starfire wonder what she was going to say. "What were you going to say, Kira?"
"Are you royalty? But you… royalty... Please!" Kira managed to spit out, crossing her arms and cackling.
A sly smile appeared on Starfire's lips. "Why yes I am, dear." Starfire smiled at a stunned Kira in front ofher, placing both hand on her hips.
"Whatever, just stay out of my way." Kira turned her back to Starfire, rolling her eyes with a snarl and left the aliens room.
'I have to tell the others
But what if they don't believe me?'
There your friends! Of course they'll believe you! It took a moment for the warrior's confidence to kick in, and right when it did, she rapidly rushed to Cyborgs room.
'Cyborgs like a brother to me, so I know he'll believe me.'
Kira watched Starfire skip over towards Cyborgs room and carefully she tip toed over to the door once Starfire went in. Kira pressed her ear against the door, listening to what Starfire was telling Cyborg.
"I believe Kira is evil, friend Cyborg, and I am worried she is trying to get the riding of me." The princess watched as the half human, half robotic friend paced back and forth in his room with hesitation.
"Are you sure she would do that? She seems pretty cool."
"Of course, Cyborg! She threatened me and insulted me just a few minutes ago! Do you not believe me?" Starfire's eyes felt a strange sting after telling Cyborg what happen, but from the looks of it, it doesn't look like he believes her.
Outside the door, Kira whispered "Don't believe her Cyborg and tell her to leave your room" and after that Kira got up and ran as far as she could before collapsing.
"You know what, Star? I think you're jealous that Kira flirts with Robin. That's low Star, even for you."
Starfire was out of words. Rejection was something Starfire didn't think she would have to fear until Cyborg clearly rejected her plead for help. He didn't believe her, and for that, Starfire was in utter shock. Her jaw seemed to weigh a ton. "But-" She managed to say before she was cut off.
"Out. Now." Cyborg point to his door and she hovered her way out.
'He doesn't believe me, my own friend, my own brother doesn't believe me' She walked a few steps until she couldn't take it anymore, throwing her back against a wall in the hall and started to bawl her eyes out.
'Jealous? Please! I would not be jealous of that evil girl!'
She cried for what seemed like centuries until the Titans alarm started to go off.
'Glorious!' She stood up warily stood up, running over to the common room.
When she walked in the room all causally and waited for Robin to tell everyone what the trouble was, she began to feel odd when Robin, Raven, and Beast boy were all staring at her. Again, she failed to notice that her eyes defiantly showed that she had been crying.
"Oh! Friends! Please do not pay attention to my eyes! They are red and puffy because of the allergy attack I had not very long ago!" Starfire nervously smiled, blinking her eyes to maybe lessen the redness in her green eyes. Even though her eyes were green, it was almost as noticeable as a regular person's eyes when they have been crying.
"And what are you allergic to that caused this?" Raven quizzed the princess with one eyebrow arched upwards. Raven wasn't easily to fool, and Starfire knew that.
"Uhhh" Starfire looked around the room, pondering fake names to tell her.
"Blungoo! Silly Raven, I am the most alright!" The redhead stared at the couch, knowing if she'd looked at any one of them she would break and reveal why she was truly crying about.
"Star." Robin stopped everything he was doing, looking at her with sadden eyes, though his mask covered half of his expression.
"Starfire, look at me." Robin asked pleadingly, but Starfire proceeded to refuse to look at him.
"Starfire, please?" Robin's voice sounded hurt, but he didn't give up begging her. He wouldn't give yp, no matter what she did to him, he'd never give up on her.
She never gave up on him when he worked with Slade, so why would he give up on her when she was in need of help?
Starfire couldn't take it anymore, so with a quick glance upward, she looked straight at Robin, holding back the tears when she remembered Cyborg telling her to get out of his room in a harsh tone.
All of a sudden, Cyborg and Kira appeared behind her.
"Yo Robin, what's the problem?"
Robin looked away from Starfire and back to the computer, but Raven and Beast boy never took their eyes offher.
"Slade" Robin looked down, his lip twitching with irritation. Slade had this effect on Robin.
"Titan, head over to the abandon carnival. Titans go."
Cyborg hitched a ride with Beast boy as pterodactyl and Raven levitated Kira.
"Wait, Kira. I thought you were scared of heights?" Robin questioned, throwing his leg over the seat of his R-cycle, pivoting his torso towards Kira with an arched brow underneath his mask.
"I was, but now I'm not." She gave him a wink, making Robin shutter a little with disgust. 'Don't tell me she's hitting on me?' Robin closed his eyes, slapping a gloved hand on his forehead with dismay.
Starfire tried to fly, but due to her messed up emotions, she couldn't even fly an inch. 'No, my friends must not know I cannot fly or they will know that my allergies were not real!' Starfire began to panic, looking out at the city with a distressed gaze. One of her worst nightmares was for her powers to stop working.
Robin noticed Starfire's distraught expression and knew he had to step in. "Hey Star, you want to ride with me?" Robin smiled gently when Starfire sighed with relief, walking over to him with a rapid pace. "Thank you, Robin" Starfire grinned at Robin, causing butterflies to fly around in his stomach. Robin always got like that when she smiled at him. It was his weak spot, and he could swear she knew that too.
The Titans took off to the abandon carnival to stop Slade.
"Stop right there, Slade!" Robin shouted, throwing a birdarang in Slade direction.
"If it isn't the Teen Titans- I see you have a new team member." Slade stared at Kira like he was a predator waiting to take his chance at his victim.
"Titans go!" Robin jumped in the air and hit Slade once in the chest with this bow staff. Slade recover easily, hitting Robin directly in the stomach, making him fly into a cheetah form Beast boy who was getting ready to attack, but instead the both of them hit the ground with a thud. Raven chanting her famous words, levitating a photo booth machine and aimed it other at Slade. Slade flipped over the mahince, kicking Raven hard in the arm, throwing her off balance right after Robin threw one of his birdarangs at Slade. Slade jumped back and was struck by Cyborg's cannon, while Kira ran toward Slade and fought one on one combat with him. While the rest of the team fought, Starfire was trying to feel the confidence to lift the barrel that was right next to her and throw it at Slade to slow him down. Slade turn his attention toward Starfire who was having difficulty using her powers an took this as an opportunity to hit every Titan and run toward the struggling Tamaranean. Starfire, seeing Slade coming near, stared to panic, but thankfully her starbolts were fired up in her hands ready for action and hit him with everything see could.
Slade fell back and retreated.
"What happened out there, Starfire! Why didn't you help? You're so pathetic!" Kira shouted at the redhead, her anger boiling underneath her skin.
"Kiar we don't-"
"Team, tell her she was slacking off and she was no help." And with that said, everyone followed Kira's orders.
"Sorry Starfire" and "She's right" and "Yeah Star, you were no help!"and "Dude, Star, sorry but she's right" was what her teammates told her.
"I do agree friends and I am terribly sorry." Starfire mumbled, somehow managed to think of something happy and flew towards the Tower with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Starfire ran as fast as I could to her room without crashing into anything due to all the tears that clouded her vision.
'My friends say I'm no help. Why would they say that? I know I was having trouble with my powers but saying I was no help hurt' There was a knock on her door. 'Please go away, just go away' but the person outside her door wouldn't give up. Starfire opened her door and saw Beast boy standing there. Kira followed behind him, hiding close by the door so she can ease drop on their conversation. 'This will be fun' Kira thought.
"Can I come in?"
"Of course Beast boy. Come in." Starfire sniffled, wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand.
Drina crouched next to door, smiling with such evil desire.
"What is it Beast boy ?"Starfire turned toward her bed, looking anywhere but at him. She was afraid he might just insult her even more, but she knew he wouldn't. They were best friends, right?
"You. What's going on Star?" Beast boy inquired, looking at Starfire with troubled eyes. It hurt him to see her like this.
Starfire looked down, feeling ashamed at her own thoughts 'I cannot tell him, he will not believe me just like Cyborg. I can't have this happen again'
"Friend, there is nothing wrong with me. I-" She didn't have a chance to finish before Beast boy interrupted.
"What the heck Starfire! Why won't you tell us! We are your friends remember!" Beast boy didn't know why he yelled at her like that. It didn't feel natural, nor did it feel like himself.
"Yes, I remember" Starfire whispered, biting her bottom lip. She wasn't expecting Beast boy to ever yell at her like this, so seeing him acting so serious towards her frightened her a bit.
"Then why won't you let us in, Starfire?" Beast boy grab Starfire's wrist, tightening his grip on her wrist with such rage. It was an overwhelming feeling that was surging throw Beast boy's head, and he couldn't control himself. The Tamaranean winced in pain, looking away from Beast boy as the tears stung her eyes.
"Please, you are hurting me." She whimpered, moving her wrist in his tight grip in hopes that her hand would somehow slip out.
"Now you know how I feel. If you won't let us in, then forget I've ever came in here. I don't care anymore!" Beast boy unraveled his hand from her wrist, leavening a bright red mark in its place. Starfire huffed in disbelief, staring at her throbbing wrist as she proceeded to cry after he left.
After the fight, everything seemed to be a bit strange. Cyborg was in his room and Beast boy slammed his door. Beast boy and Cyborg are never in their rooms in the evening- they're usually playing video games or getting something to eat or messing with Star and laughing.
'I need to talk to Robin' Raaven thought, walking down the hall when she stopped in front of Starfires door. Faint whimpers were seeping through her door. This was something that Raven needed to check out, no matter how much she didn't want to.
"Uh, Star? You okay in there?"
No answerer.
"Starfire?"
The noise stopped.
"Come on Star, talk to me." Raven was getting a bit irritated with Starfire lately. She's been hiding something from the Team and Raven couldn't pin point what.
"Go away" Raven blinked, squinting her eyes in confusion. Something was defiantly wrong.
"Starfire, open the door now or I'll just come in there." The purple haired girl waited a minute for the door to open. Right as the door opened, Raven couldn't see a thing. Normally, Raven liked the dark, but it was odd to find Starfire's room engulfed in the dark.
"What do you need, Raven?" Starfire snapped her best friend, or so she hoped they were still best friends. "I wanted to know what's up with you lately?" Raven lightly replied to Starfire, not wanting her to get upset even more than what she was already. "There is nothing wrong with me, Raven"
"Starfire why won't you tell me? I thought we were best friends? We're like sisters." Raven felt a strange surge of anger arise from within her. This wasn't normal for the half demon, nope, this wasn't normal at all. Something in the Tower was messing with her emotions, and Raven wasn't going to stand for that, but Raven didn't have the strength to fight back the urged that ran threw her veins.
"Because I am afraid, Raven. That is why I won't tell you." Starfire looked directly at Raven, waiting for Raven to ask why she's afraid, but Raven couldn't stay there any longer. Something was trying to control her, and if she let it consume her, she'd end up hurt Starfire.
Without a warning, Raven ran out of Starfire's room, leaving a miserable Starfire all alone.
Starfire wanted to tell her friends about Kira, she really did, but she's too afraid they won't believe her.
Starfire walked out of her room to tell Robin that she wasn't feeling all that well during the mission, so it would be an excuse for why she didn't participate in the fight with Slade.
Starfire was walking down the hallway when she heard Robin talking to someone. Quickly, Starfire hid behind the corner and listened.
"Robin, you're so cool." Robin laughed, shaking his head. "Thanks, your pretty cool yourself." Kira laughed as well.
Hearing Kira laugh made Starfire's wound throb and created her a headache. Starfire looked around the corner and saw the shadows of Robin and Kira get even closer. "So Robin-" And right then and there, the shadow of Kira was kissing Robin. Starfire didn't want to be there, nor did she want to see the kiss, so she ran back to her room.
"Kira, what are you doing!" Robin shouted, pushing Kira off of him after she gave him an unexpected kiss.
"What are you talking about you wanted that!"Kira protested, throwing her hands in the air in defense.
"No, I didn't .I just met you, Kira." Robin walked off with a scwol, wiping his lips with the back of his glove.
"I think my plan to get Starfire off the team is complete." Kira then wiped her own lips, a smirk growing upward on her lips as she leaned back against the wall.
Little did Kira know-
Raven was listening.
I hope this chapter was okay! Next chapter will be the last time the Titans are together with Starfire! Technically, this is the last chapter with Starfire in it for the most part. Next chapter is based around the Titans.
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