And here's Chapter 4. I don't own Teen Titans. 'nough said.

Many thanks to my first reviewer, Alienvspredator5 for inspiring me to continue writing! Now, on with the story!

The Titans were back from fighting the Hive Five. While they'd managed to keep anything from being stolen, the Hive students had gotten away. Robin blamed it on himself.

Robin: "I'm such an idiot! I should have known better than to make all do that run! I should have known they would strike today! I should've—"

Cyborg: "Dude, stop kicking yourself."

Beast Boy: "We all make mistakes."

Raven: "Some of us more than others."

Beast Boy: "Hey!"

Robin: "(Exhale) you're right, guys. In any case, it's time for ZYX's lessons. I'll call when I'm done with him."

Beast Boy: "Sounds good, dude. I want some tofu."

Cyborg: "I'll be down in the garage."

Raven: "I'm going to meditate."

Starfire: "(gasp) I forgot to feed silky!"

Everyone scattered to the far corners of the tower, while ZYX and Robin headed to the Investigation room.

Robin: "Today we're going to go over the procedure for turning in underage criminals."

ZYX: "(inhale) here goes…"

One boring hour later, ZYX headed for the garage.

ZYX: "Hi, Cyborg. What are we doing today?"

Cyborg: "More circuit schematics. Then maybe we'll design a laser gun."

ZYX: "Sounds cool."

Cyborg: "So, to make a speaker beep at a steady rate, you put a semiconductor here, and…"

When they were finished, Cyborg had a new laser to put in the T-car. ZYX then went to track down Starfire.

ZYX: "Hi, Star, who are we learning about today?"

Starfire: "Today I shall tell you of the Skano, a vicious people who eat the races they conquer."

ZYX: "Ugh."

Starfire: "Long, long ago, in the Feyney quadrant lived the peaceful Skano people. Until…"

After another of Starfire excellent tales, and a quick detour to the basement, ZYX headed to Raven's room. At first, he had sat outside her door and refused to come in, but after Robin almost caught them talking about 900 channels of TV actually worth watching, instead of nothing showing on half the channels, he'd agreed to come inside. He still didn't go more than 20 feet from the door, however. He also knocked.

ZYX: bambambam "Raven, are you in there?"

Raven: "I'm coming, I'm coming."

The door whooshed open.

Raven: "What's in the bag?"

ZYX: "Magic stuff. Were you doing anything? If so, I can wait."

Raven: "Nothing important. Now what sort of magic stuff?"

ZYX: "Things to transform."

So far, Raven initial assessment had proven correct. He could only do two spells on his own. Cathen; hide, and singcacco, reveal. But with Raven as a channeling partner, they could do some pretty cool stuff.

Raven: "So, you want to turn this hunk of graphite into a diamond?"

ZYX: "It's already made of carbon, that should make it easier, right?"

Raven: "It does help to not have to rearrange atoms."

ZYX: "So let's do it!"

Raven drew a pentagram on the floor while ZYX lit candles at the five points. Then he placed a one pound piece of graphite in the center. Raven settled into her meditating position, while ZYX sat Indian style, and they started chanting:

"Ska-par-ren-tae-ni-ta-woe,

Shey-na-po-ke-santa-ley,

Peishan-nee-ga-woo-ni-coe,

Kei-ah-conna-skorra-ney!"

The graphite, shimmered, glowed, and morphed into a diamond the size of your fist. ZYX picked it up, and after examining it, gave it to Raven.

ZYX: "Looks like it worked."

Raven: "Yes, it did."

ZYX: "That was the test run, now for the real goal."

He leaned over and whispered in Raven's ear. Her eyes widened for a moment, but she quickly hid her surprise.

ZYX: "What do you think?"

Raven: "It sounds good, but first I want you to tell me more about DC comics."

ZYX: "All right. Which part?"

Raven: "Tell me about Robin and Batman."

ZYX: "Okay. In Gotham city, 10 years ago, there was a family of acrobats on tour…"

After he'd finished recounting Robin's origin story, they started setting up for the next transformation.

Raven: "Now I know why he's so determined to stamp out crime. That's a nasty way to lose your parents."

ZYX: "You said it. Now remember, Robin will go bonkers if he finds out you know. It might drive him completely over the brink. So don't say anything about what you heard. Are we ready?"

Raven: "Just about."

The arrangement was the same as before, except now the graphite was laid in two parallel lines. They settled into position and began to chant.

"Ska-par-ren-tae-ni-ta-woe,

Shey-na-po-ke-santa-ley,

Peishan-nee-ga-woo-ni-coe,

Kei-ah-conna-skorra-ney!"

"One will be of purest hue,

And glow with inner white,

The other black as darkest caves,

To gobble up the light."

This one was a much more powerful spell. Instead of just glowing, the graphite flashed so bright it blinded them for a moment. Once the spots faded, the gazed upon the results. Surrounded by a ring of unused graphite dust were two medieval double-edged straight swords made of pure diamond, one so white it seemed to glow, the other so black it sucked in any light that touched it.

ZYX: "Wow."

He picked them up, the white one in his left hand, the black in his right. He swung them around a little.

ZYX: "They're so light. And perfectly balanced. Perfect hilt, perfect pommel, perfect cross guard, perfect height. Can I go try these out?"

Raven: "After you tell me more about Spiderman."

ZYX: "All, right. Now, one of his biggest foes was Doctor Octopus, Doc Oc, for short…"

After he finished he got up to leave.

Raven: "What do I do with this?"

She held up the first diamond they made. As ZYX walked out the door, he said, "Oh, that? That's for you. Happy Birthday."

Her mouth turned into a small O of surprise, but since he was already gone, he didn't see it. He headed to the training room to test the edges. First up was a set of wooden breaking blocks. The blades passed through without slowing down. Next up was a breaking stone. That only barely slowed them down.

ZYX: "Hmm. I need something tougher."

Robin: "What are those things?"

ZYX: "Diamond swords."

Robin: "That's sweet! I should make some! How did you get them?"

ZYX: "Raven and I used magic."

Robin: "Oh."

ZYX: "I'll make you some daggers. They don't break easily."

Robin: "Thanks."

He headed back to the Garage. Cyborg had just finished installing the laser they'd built earlier.

Cyborg: "Hey, ZYX, you want to see what my baby can do now?"

ZYX: "Maybe later, Cyborg. Do you have any armor scraps?"

Cyborg: "Sure, I got a whole pile of them over there. But what do you need them for?"

ZYX attacked the pile. Nothing, not steel, not titanium, not even a force field, slowed his new toys down for more than a second.

Cyborg: "Woah, man, what are those? Where did you get them?"

ZYX: "Raven and I made them. They're diamond swords with edges exactly one carbon atom wide. That's as thin an edge as you can get."

Cyborg: "Wow, that's so cool!"

ZYX: "I know."

Cyborg: "I'm gonna make one that comes out my arm. How'd you make yours?"

ZYX: "Magic."

Cyborg: "Oh."

ZYX: "Don't worry, I'll make you one too."

Cyborg: "Thanks."

ZYX went back to Raven's room.

ZYX: bambambam "Hey, Raven, if you're not doing anything, can you come out for a moment?"

Raven: "I'll be right there."

She opened her door just enough to show half her face.

ZYX: "I'll make this quick. Can you please make one your forces fields?"

Raven: "Umm, fine. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos."

She conjured an energy wall. ZYX swung his swords at it. They almost bounced off, but at the last second, pierced it.

Raven: "Impressive. Is that all?"

ZYX: "That's all."

Raven: "Good."

She shut the door. ZYX headed back to his room to practice with his new things.

ZYX: "I think I'll call you Light and Dark."

So that's chapter 4! Remember, reviews=happy writer=faster updates, and constructive criticism=better writer=better story. See you next time!