A/N

Not much to say here, this chapter is pretty repetitive if you ask me. Mostly what I imagine to be an average day for the Titans. More action will be coming in the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own the Teen Titans, but I do own a few of their comics!

Starfire had a rather uneventful day in the tower so far. It was already after dinner and she just didn't have much to do. She had already cleaned her room twice and re-organized her closet. It took her a lot longer to do both of these things without the use of powers but she was alright with that. It was not something she'd want to deal with forever though, and she hoped that this situation would work itself out soon. She was saddened as it didn't seem like the switch was bringing her and Robin closer, if not having the opposite effect. After finding out Robin had gone out last night on patrol and not told anyone, she was feeling like he didn't trust her. If it was just a simple patrol like he had said then why could he not inform one of the Titans in case he got hurt? She partially wished this switch allowed her to get inside of Robin's mind too so she could see what he was thinking. It was worse when he came back with the large cut on his cheek, which was actually her cheek. He was lucky that was all that had happened…

Starfire tried not to dwell on the fact as she made her way up to the roof. She often found herself up here when she needed time to herself to think. Robin would always be a mystery to her but she still hoped that one day it wouldn't have to be like that… As she was sitting on the edge of the roof she didn't hear the door open behind. It wasn't until he tapped her on the shoulder did Starfire notice Robin was also on the roof.

"Oh! Robin! I did not hear you approach!"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. I was thinking…" Starfire couldn't help the train of thoughts that flooded her mind. Perhaps he was coming to apologize? Maybe he wanted to just talk? "About our training yesterday," Starfire's heart dropped, she should have known the Boy Wonder was only hear to talk strategy. "You taught me how to use all of your powers but I forgot to show you how to use all of the tools in my belt."

"Oh of course."

"Can I see the belt?" Robin held his hand out and waited for her to remove it from her waist. He sat down and waited for her to sit as well. He then emptied out all of the equipment stored in the utility belt. It was surprising to see how much he could fit in there. "I care all the essentials for combat. This is a birdarang, it's kind of like a boomerang," Robin paused after receiving a strange look from Starfire. "A boomerang is a toy that's sort of 'V' shaped and made of wood, it's supposed to always return to you when you throw it. Anyway, the birdarang has two blades on either end so it can essentially cut through metal. There's a lot of different ways you can use them, so you can probably just experiment with that.

"This here is my Bo staff, it's collapsible so it fits in the belt. These here are smoke pellets and flash bombs, basically used for distraction and easy get-a-ways. These are a few of my ammunition discs, I usually carry two of each kind, an explosive one and a freeze disc. This is the grapple, used for swinging from buildings or catching myself when I fall. It's faster than getting around on foot but you have to be careful with it because in my body you're not as indestructible…." Robin paused again, gazing at Starfire to make sure she understood.

"I am aware of that Robin, please continue."

"This here is the bola. I use it tie up criminals usually, but if you throw it right you can trip up an enemy too. The rest of this is emergency equipment like a flashlight and lock picks. Do you want to try any of it out?" Starfire looked down at the array of tools in front of her. She'd never used any of them but had seen Robin use them a lot. If she was going to be expected to fight in this condition she assumed it would be best to know how to use the tools available to her.

"Perhaps I could try the birdarang first?" Robin stood up and Starfire followed.

"Alright, I usually throw it like you would throw a Frisbee, but it works with an overhand throw too." Robin walked about 10 feet away from her and turned to face her again. "See if you can hit me."

"I remember playing the Frisbee with friends Cyborg and Beastboy in the park! Are you sure you want me to hit you though? I do not wish to hurt you?"

"I'll be fine, I've been hit by worse." Starfire, although hesitant, gripped the birdarang in her hand and faced Robin. She extended her arm out, pulled it in to her chest and thrust it out. It flew upward instead of outward and did a flip in the air before landing on the ground directly in front of her. "Here, let me show you." Robin picked up the tool and moved to her side. "Most of the power comes from your wrist and you have to make sure you extend your arm straight because even the slightest curve will send it higher than you were intending it to go. Robin then threw the birdarang, which flew around the basketball hoop before making its way back to him where he caught it. "Here." He handed her the birdarang and she gripped it in her hand again. Robin position her arm for her, and gently pushed her arm out to show her how it should be when she throws it. "Does that make sense?"

"I think so."

"Alright," Robin walked back to his place before. "Let's try again." Starfire concentrate as best she could, ignoring the tingling feeling she felt on her arm where Robin had put his hand. Once again she pulled her arm in then thrust it back out, this time the birdarang went out in the direction she was aiming for. It flew past Robin before turning back around and hitting him in the back of the head. He hardly reacted before bending over and picking it up. He walked back over to Starfire, a smile on his face. "Good job." Starfire couldn't help the smile that crept onto her face. "Ah… we can go over the Bo staff tomorrow during training, you really just have to get a feel for it. Do you want to try the grapple?"

"Most certainly! I will not fall though, correct?"

"I'll catch you." Robin's cheeks turned a shad of pink and he cleared his throat before picking up the grapple. "It can shoot out a line from both ends and it's incredibly strong. You just have to push this button to shoot the line out and this button to retract it. Maybe try grappling the basketball hoop first to make sure you know how to use it before we try anything else." Starfire looked the grappling hook over, noting the buttons Robin had pointed out to her. She lifted it up and aimed at the basketball hoop. Her aim had not always been the best, she'd learned this when using her starbolts, but she had an idea of how to aim. With a push of a button the line launched from the gun and was soon wrapped around the basketball hoop. It wasn't quite where she'd been aiming but it was good enough.

"Glorious!" Starfire was genuinely excited as she'd always wanted to try out Robin's tools.

"Ok when you retract it it's going to pull you to the hoop. It's faster than you might expect so make sure you're holding on tight." Starfire pushed the retract button and instantly was launched forward. In a blur of motion she was suddenly at the bottom of the basketball hoop. The hook at completely unlatched itself from the hoop and was now fully back in the gun. She was shocked at how quick it was but tried not to show it. "Do you want to try something a bit more difficult?" Starfire nodded in reply. Robin walked over and took the grappling gun from her hands. "I like to use buildings and other structures to swing around and come at the criminal from the back. If you attach the grappling hook to the basketball hoop closest to the edge of the roof, you should be able to at least swing down on the front side. Let me show you." Robin turned and shot the grappling hook at the basketball hoop and after it latched on he ran toward the edge of the roof and jumped off. Starfire peered over the edge to see Robin swinging downward and then back up in a sweeping motion, covering most of the distance of the front side of the tower. He managed to swing upward enough that he could land back on the roof and retract his grappling hook all in one motion.

"Oh that looked… easy?"

"You'll do fine, don't worry." Robin handed over the grapple and Starfire took aim at the hoop. She pressed the button and the hook latched onto the basketball hoop. She inhaled deeply before jumping off the edge of the roof. She gripped the handle of the grappling hook tightly, as she rapidly swung downward. It wasn't like flying at all, knowing that she wasn't in control and she wasn't going to being able to stop herself at any moment. She couldn't stop herself from screaming as she arced downward and then began to swing back up. "You're doing great." She risked a glance to the side to see Robin flying alongside her. She relaxed a bit, knowing that he was with her and wouldn't allow her to be hurt. Once she felt she was near enough to the edge of the roof she pushed the retract button which pulled her all the way up to the roof. She wasn't able to stick the landing however as she awkwardly landed on one foot and fell forward into a roll. She couldn't help but laugh when she stopped rolling, she knew she probably looked ridiculous but she didn't care. Robin landed on the ground next to her. "Are you alright?"

"I am most wondrous! I truly enjoy the use of your tools!" She stood up and handed him the grappling hook.

"You did great!" Robin allowed another smile before going back to where he'd laid out his tools. He quickly put them all back into their correct compartments and handed her the belt. She put it back on and looked up at Robin expectantly. "Um well… it's getting late… you probably want to be rested up for tomorrow." Robin turned and made his way for the roof door. Starfire, a smile still on her face, followed him back into the tower. His room was before hers and he paused a moment before going into his room.

"Night, Star."

"Goodnight Robin!" She would probably be floating back to her room if she still had her powers. Back inside her room she removed the mask and utility belt and placed them on her dresser. She pulled off the bulky shoes and gloves as well. She picked up the long shorts and t-shirt that she had slept in last night and quickly changed into them. She didn't feel comfortable sleeping in a uniform anyways, and Robin's was very uncomfortable for sleeping. She'd found the shorts and t-shirt in the dryer yesterday while she was washing her clothes and assumed they were Robin's. She hoped he wouldn't mind that she'd borrowed them for the time being. She fell into her bed with a smile still plastered on her face and was soon asleep.

Robin awoke early as usual. It didn't seem to matter what time he went to sleep, his internal alarm would always wake him before 7. The first thing he did when he woke up was put his mask on, it had become such a habit that he didn't even think about it anymore. He made his way over to the mirror next to his closet. What he saw was both shocking and frightening: surrounding his head was a mass of red hair. He didn't understand how it could have gotten that bad overnight and how he was supposed to fix it. Of course he'd woken up with bed-head before but he obviously had a lot less hair than Starfire and therefore it was never this bad. He picked up the small comb he used on his hair in the morning and tried to pick though the hair on to end up snapping it in half on the second brush. Sighing, he decided there could be only one person who would know how to deal with this.

Robin made his way down the hall and over a room. He knocked quietly on the door and Starfire opened it shortly after. She made a half-squeaking sound at the sight of Robin before pulling him into her room. Robin noted she was not dressed in his uniform which meant she would have had to change out of it… The thought of her seeing him in nothing but his underwear… He was glad Star wasn't facing him at the moment because he was sure his face was a whole new shade of red.

"Sit please." She indicated toward the edge of her bed where Robin sat down. Starfire retrieved her hairbrush from the top of her dresser. "I apologize for the condition of my hair." Robin couldn't help but laugh internally that Starfire was embarrassed by this. She kneeled on the bed behind him and began brushing through the mess of hair.

"Ow. OW. Geez Star, you're going to rip the hair out."

"Please friend Robin, it is my hair and I do know how to take care of it." She continued to forcefully brush through I despite Robin's continued protest. After what seemed like forever Starfire finally stopped brushing his hair.

"Do you have to do this every day?" Robin rubbed the back of his head where it still hurt from the pulling and tugging on his hair.

"No… but I prefer to brush it every day so that it does not get as bad as it is this morning. Perhaps you should take this." Star handed him the hairbrush as she got up off the bed and walked over to the mirror. "If you mind, I would like to change now." Robin stood up and quickly made his way to the door.

"I'll leave then, thanks Star." He added on his way out. He realized it wasn't a huge deal that she had to change, she was in his body so it wasn't like he hadn't seen it before. It just felt odd the notion of her changing in front of him… once again he found himself thinking things he shouldn't be thinking.

After a quick breakfast he made his way down to the gym. He figured it couldn't hurt to "warm up" a bit before training in the afternoon. It was interesting to use the moves and combinations he was used to but have the added effect of Star's super strength. He realized how useful the combination could be in a fight. After replacing his third punching bag Cyborg walked into the gym. He made his way over to the weights and began lifting.

"Hey Cy."

"Sup Rob. How you handling the switch man? You haven't seemed any different."

"It's pretty cool actually…" Robin paused as he let out several blows to the new bag. "I've never had powers before you know and they've really come in handy."

"Don't get too used to it man." Cyborg laid down on the bench press and readied himself to lift. "Speaking of that, have you gotten any leads on Mumbo yet?"

"No. I've got someone keeping an eye out for me though." The conversation ended as the two became too focused on their workout to keep it going.

After the team had a quick meal they all met outside on the obstacle course. Robin was very nervous for this training session what with most of his team in the wrong bodies, but he had faith in them nonetheless. Cyborg had volunteered to go first and Robin was manning the controls. He figured it couldn't hurt to make the course a bit harder than usual for the half robot since he would have to put forth a lot more effort if they had to fight in this condition. Cyborg of course made it through with minor scratches, failing to set a new time record but still performing well. Robin was up next.

He made his way out onto the course and readied himself. Righteous fury. Unbridled joy. Boundless confidence. This shouldn't be too hard. The buzzer went off and Robin's fighting instincts kicked in. He was running down the course dodging the first set of projectiles aimed his way easily. It wasn't until the ground began to open up in front of him that he remembered he could fly. It was getting easier to get into the air now that he'd been practicing. He shot forward over the large gap in the ground that had appeared and weaved in and out of the lasers now shooting at him. Two sentries rose from the ground and launched off three missiles each into the sky. They zoomed a ways up before heading back toward Robin. He recognized immediately that they were heat-seeking missiles. He soon felt the green energy balls forming in his hands and launched a volley of them at the missiles. His aim was better than Starfire's and he hit all of them as planned. The finish line was in site now and he pressed himself forward even faster. Right before he crossed it though another obstacle appeared, this one being two large steel doors blocking his path. He flew up to go over them only to realize there was an electric beam fence shooting out across and down, essentially locking him in a cage. He landed on the ground and faced the doors and knew what he had to do. He approached them and slipped his fingers between the cracks and with all the force he could muster, pried them apart slowly but surely. As soon as a gap big enough for him to fit through opened up he flew through it and crossed the finish line. He could hear Starfire clapping happily from the viewing area near Cyborg. He checked the time clock: 2:54, not bad, but he could do better.

Up next was Raven. She approached the start line and waited for the buzzer. She was off in an instant, transforming into the first animal she could think of: a cheetah. Racing down the course she was actually doing pretty well, dodging lasers and clay discs aimed at her, and jumping over obstacles without having to change form yet. Robin decided he needed to make the course a bit more difficult and pulled the same trick Cyborg had pulled on him. The ground in front of Raven slowly began to open up creating a gap that was too large for her to jump. Skidding to a halt and nearly falling over the edge, she paused for a moment before changing into a Raven. She flew over the gap and fast enough that the next set of missiles couldn't hit her. She was down in an instant though when one of the sentries shot out a large net which she managed to get caught in and pinned to the ground. Back in human form she paused for another moment before transforming into a large crocodile and biting through the net. Deciding a croc was too slow she once again transformed into a cheetah and darted for the finish line. She crossed it before the final obstacle, a guillotine type stone block, could get to her. She was back in human form and made her way over to the rest of the Titans.

"You need to work on quicker transformations." Robin added before nodding to Beastboy, who was up next. He looked more nervous than the others had, and Robin only hoped he would get through this without getting injured. Beastboy was off to a rocky start, almost getting taken out by an exploding disc within the first 10 seconds. He reacted just in time to shoot himself up into the air with a burst of black energy. He began flying through the rest of the course, using his telekinesis a few times to smash the first couple of sentries. The last one got him in the shoulder with a laser however and as a result Beastboy blew the sentry up. After barely getting past the last obstacle Beastboy crossed the finish line. His time was drastically longer than it normally would be. As soon as he got to where the rest of the team was Raven pulled him aside and began to talk to him about making shields and projectiles, apparently he wasn't the only one who forget to teach something.

Starfire stepped up to the course and looked to Robin at the controls. She flashed a smile then became focused and determined. When the buzzer sounded she began running, leaping off the rock formations that began jutting out of the ground in front of her. Her landings weren't perfect but she was keeping her balance so that was good. The last rock formation was at least 20 feet high and taking a risk, Starfire jumped from it, turning in the air to shoot the grapple at the top of the spire, catching herself before she hit the ground. Once she was back on her feet she began running again, this time four sentries popped up from the ground and began shooting clay discs at her. She pulled from her belt two freeze discs and launched them at the first two sentries. They exploded and ice covered the sentries leaving them disabled. With a birdarang she attempted to knock some of the clay discs out of the air but missed and ended up having to duck at the last second. She made her way past the sentries and onto the next obstacle.

Several "dummy" soldiers popped up from the ground and began shooing pellet guns at her. After getting hit by a few she leapt into the air and landed on top of the first one. She began hopping from dummy to dummy as they were unable to aim upwards and she made it to the next obstacle. Two large poles stood on either end of the course and between them ran an electrical netting she wasn't able to get under or over. Reaching into the utility belt she pulled out the last freeze disc and tossed it at the netting. When it exploded it turned the electric current to ice and she was able to kick through and roll into the final obstacle. The ground in front of her was an open stretch of dirt but every few seconds tons of large spikes would shoot up through the dirt and then disappear back into the ground. The area was too large to run across without getting impaled so Starfire looked around for something to grapple on. She turned around to face one of the large poles that belonged to the previous obstacle. It was at least 25 feet tall with two small prongs sticking out on either side at the top. Deciding to risk it she shot the grapple to the top of the pole. She took a few steps back then began running out around the pole. Once she got enough momentum going she pushed the retract button which in turn pulled her into the air while still swinging around the pull. Once around the back side of the pull she let go of the grapple gun and launched herself over the spike pit. Managing to do a flip in the air she landed in a roll on the other side of the finish line. She ignored the fact that her ankle now hurt from landing on it from that high and stood to face the others. The time clock read 2:47.

Robin was stunned. He had no idea Starfire was capable of all the things she just did. Not to mention that last trick, she could have gotten seriously hurt but she executed it almost perfectly. Not to mention she had beaten his time. Robin had to admit he was actually kind of jealous. Starfire hobbled over to join the rest of the Titans.

"Star that was… incredible!" Robin exclaimed.

"Yeah way to go Star!" Beastboy high fived her.

"Alright team, we're going to run through the course one last time as a team. The course has to fix itself first so in the meantime Beastboy do you think you can heal Star's ankle?" Robin walked over to the computer to begin setting up the course for the team run through. He turned soon enough to not see Beastboy mock-salute him, thankfully. After a couple of minutes the course was ready to go. The Titans made their way down to the starting line, assuming their positions. Cyborg initiated the countdown from the computer built into his arm. At the sound of the buzzer they all sprang into action.

Robin and Beastboy took to the air while Starfire and Cyborg spread out to the sides on foot. Raven had once again taken from of a cheetah and was sprinting ahead of the rest. Robin took out the first sentry on his side with a few starbolts and Beastboy encased the other in black energy the exploded it. Starfire had decided to use Robin's Bo staff this time and was spinning it to make a shield-of-sorts, causing the lasers shot at her to bounce back and hit the sentry that fired them. Cyborg ended up just pulling the next sentry right out of the ground. Raven, still as a cheetah, was still slightly ahead but didn't seem to notice the two large boulders closing in on her from either side.

"Raven, look out!" Beastboy called. He used his telekinesis to surround one of the rocks in black energy, stopping it in its path. The other was still headed towards her though and soon collided with her, knocking her to side, unconscious and in human form. Beastboy dropped immediately and went to her side. Cyborg quickly picked up a rock and chucked it at the missiles that were now headed toward the two. Starfire used her birdarang to tear through the rope that had wrapped itself around Robin's ankle, pulling him down from the sky.

"Come on team!" Robin called as he got back into the sky. Raven, now conscious, was running after Beastboy. Starfire and Cyborg were right with them as well. The finish line was soon in sight when a square wooden frame with a large swinging mallet rose up from the ground. It was moving back and forth at a pace that made it hard to simply jump through. The edges of the square met the edges of the course and so they couldn't go around it. Robin, being the first to reach it, began to fire starbolts at it but did not cause any damage. Cyborg shot his sonic canon at it as well but the mallet held up. Beastboy and Raven stopped next to their leader and Beastboy reached a hand out and, focusing, surrounded the mallet in black energy. He caused the swinging to slow down tremendously but it was obviously straining him to do so.

"Go! I'll be right behind you guys!" The others hesitated a moment before diving through the frame and landing on the opposite side, across the finish line. Once everyone was through Beastboy inched his way toward the frame, still straining to hold the mallet in place. Once he was in front of it he decided to go for it and unleashed the mallet which resumed it full pace. At the same time Beastboy dove through the frame and nearly got his leg smashed in the process. Tumbling to a stop on the other side he checked himself over before standing up and cheering which caused several rocks around him to shoot up into the air.

"Good work team, I'll see you all at dinner." With that Robin turned and made his way back into the tower. He wasn't in there long though before the alarm went off.

A/N

Wow this was a hard chapter for me to write! I discovered I don't know as much about Robin as I thought I did, I especially know next-to-nothing about his tools! This chapter required quite a lot of research so I could get an idea on how he uses the weapons, what they look like, they correct names, and basically to get a gist of his fighting style. I didn't notice until now how much acrobatics he uses in his fighting! I did discover after some digging that Robin's grapple is more of a handle-type thing that shoots off a grapple that looks like one of his birdarangs. I realized that this was not easy to describe so for the sake of my sanity and writing skills I decided to pretend he has a grappling gun similar to Batman's. It's just a lot easier for me to describe (sorry if this upsets you). Anyways, I hope this provided an accurate enough description of his tools and fighting techniques, and if you believe it is different let me know and I might change it!

In case you couldn't tell I had fun writing the obstacle course scene! It was fun to think up different scenarios for them to go through of course. Also I like getting to write Starfire as a bad ass because she often gets pinned as the weakling that needs saving when honestly she's one kick ass girl! I figured Beastboy would struggle the most not having as many offensive abilities as he's used to. Once again Cy kind of gets left out but hopefully I can write him in more in the next couple of chapters!