Everyone, I am incredibly sorry for the long updates. Now, I know I haven't updated in a long time but I'm back.
I really like writing the sparing secessions, well I've envisioned them for a long time.
Ever since I got out of school, my writers edge sort of died down and I lost my drive to write. Like I told my friend, Dreamzcometrue, I think I write better under pressure, again I don't know.

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On with the story

Chapter 4: Raven's Refuge

"Let's begin."

The Titans looked at each other and nodded. Robin then stepped forward and said, "I'm up first."

Raven gave a curt nod before resuming her fighting stance. Within a second, the Titan leader hurled a punch at his former teammate. The young empath sidestepped to the right, completely avoiding Robin's attack. She then took hold of Robin's wrist and slammed the back of her hand at his chest. While Robin recoiled, she used the opportunity to knee him in the face. The dark empath spun in mid-air and kicked Robin in the head. Robin staggered backwards holding his head and quickly shook of the dizziness. He rushed at Raven again and leapt in the air, hoping to catch her off guard. Raven looked emotionlessly as Robin sent her a kick. As the kick came within a yard of contact, Raven snaked around the kick and caught Robin's leg beneath her arm. She closed the gap between them by grabbing a firm hold of Robin's shoulder and flung him several feet away. Robin rose to his feet and charged at the dark Titan. He sent her a flurry of kicks and jabs, only for the attacks to be futile; all attacks were deflected and blocked. He sent her a punch that she caught it with her hand and swept Robin off his feet. He lost his footing but quickly got it back. The Boy Wonder looked up to see that Raven had disappeared and looked around, his senses on overdrive. Robin whirled behind him, Raven punched Robin in the stomach and he lurched forward feeling the wind getting knocked out of him. The dark empath spun around and kicked him square in the chest; Robin was sent flying across the room and landed on a padded mat.

"Okaay...I've had enough", Robin huffed.

"Duude! Raven pwned you again!" Beast Boy laughed. "That was awesome!" The Titan leader sent his green teammate a dangerous look.

"I'm up against Rae next!" Cyborg claimed.

"Go for it", Robin said as he grabbed Starfires outstretched hand and rose to his feet, rubbing his stomach while catching his breath. "But, she isn't gonna go easy on you."

"Wait. You're good for another round, right Rae?" Cyborg asked to make sure that he had his teammate's consent. Raven didn't answer; she merely nodded her head and faced Cyborg.

"Okay, here goes... HRRAAAHHHH!"

Cyborg charged at Raven, ready to ram her and whatever counterattack she had planned. Raven waltzed to her right and got behind Cyborg. The former Titan slammed her left palm into her teammates back, nearly toppling the tin-man over. She slammed the back of her right hand into Cyborg's temple, his head recoiling from the hit. The robotic man stumbled forward and about-faced his opponent to shake off the dizziness. He looked up to see Raven's usual stoic expression but when he blinked she had disappeared! The cybernetic Titan glanced to his left then his right when he saw a shadow three feet from his face, his eyes wide with shock. Cyborg barely had a moment to register Raven's movement until he saw her twirl in mid-air and spin-kicked him. With her teammate still in shock, Raven used the remaining kinetic energy to land in a crouched position and jumped up to knee Cyborg in the face. The tin-man was recoiling from the onslaught of attacks, so he was unable to counter attack when Raven landed on her hands, correcting herself into an upright position, and sent Cyborg a Butterfly kick. Cyborg thudded to the ground, stunned that he hadn't even got a single hit. Raven walked up to him and stretched out her hand. He gave an astonished look before he took her hand and got to his feet. The fight hadn't even lasted a minute!

"Cyborg didn't even get a chance to fight back! He didn't even throw a punch! Dude! Rae's kicking our ass!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"You can say that again", Terra added.

"Friend Raven, I wish to do battle with you next!" Starfire beamed.

Raven stood there with an empty expression and said, "Alright but if you're going to fly, we'll need to fight outside. Is that alright if we take this fight this outside?"

Everyone nodded their heads and Starfire shrilled while she clapped her hands together excitedly. Raven closed her eyes, black energy swirled around the group, and they melted through the floor. The next thing the Titans knew, they rose up through the roof, and the symptoms of vertigo began to appear. During teleportation, they felt like they had floated for an instant of the ground before falling to the ground on their bottom. To the exception of Starfire, who had been levitating,, was perfectly fine and still grinning ear-to-ear.

"Ugh! I haven't done that in so long that I forgot what it feels like! I feel kinda sick!" Robin groaned as he got to his feet.

"Ditto", Cyborg concurred.

Raven put her hands back to her sides and examined at her surroundings. She felt the ocean wind blow in her face and the ocean glittered like gems had been dropped into it. The sun was close to setting, turning the sky scarlet and the white clouds into a midnight-like color. Waves were lapping on the rocks of the island; the scent of the ocean hit Raven's senses and slightly calmed her. Birds flew overhead and the lights of the city began to illuminate. Oddly, the scenery and the roof had not changed much in the five years of her absence. The only difference was that the roof now had benches and a long table.

"Starfire, are you ready?".

"Oh yes!" Starfire announced and flew up into the sky.

Everyone moved out of the way and went to the sidelines to observe the fight. "Let us begin, Friend Raven!"

"Five bucks on Rae, Cy", Beast Boy side-commented to Cyborg.

"You're on! I'll go with Star, she can fly, and Rae uses lots of ground moves! So there's no way-"

"Shut up! They're starting!" Terra scolded her teammates.

"Sorry!"

Starfire started off fast by firing starbolts at Raven but she easily zoomed past all her attacks. Raven jumped off the roof, her black cloak billowing in the wind, and kneed Starfire in the face. The dark Titan dropped back to the roof and took one last look at the floating auburn haired princess. Starfire shook her head and dove towards the empath. Raven sidestepped to the right and delivered another powerful kick in the Tameranean's side.

"Oof!"

Starfire was sent flying a few feet away but she quickly corrected herself and flew up high. The dark empath looked unfazed and stood silently. Starfire hurled starbolts again only for one of her attacks to be caught by Raven and volleyed back to her. The blast hit her causing her to fall a few feet until she recovered and reclaimed her place in the sky. Her remaining starbolts were absorbed by Raven's newly acquired powers, so she around to anticipate its' location. It was then that she saw green light above her and saw an enormous green ray coming towards her. The Tameranean princess flew to the side and barely avoided her own attack.

'How did Friend Raven combine all those blasts into a singular attack?'

Her thoughts were quickly cut short when she Raven flying towards her with incredible speed. Starfire flew to the side and tried to maneuver away from her female teammate, only to fail. She hurled starbolt after starbolt; but was too fast and all her attacks missed. Raven got in close and tried to strike Starfire again. Raven's attack missed and instead was in a deadlock. The two girls were now trying to force each other off; green energy was emanating off Starfire's hands while black energy swirled around Raven and lapped off her hands. Not wanting to use her Tameranean strength or risk hurting her teammate, Starfire was struggling to force Raven off and looked at her. Not a hint of determination or desire to win was in her expression, only an empty void. Eventually, a green sphere with black lightning surrounded the two girls and expanded. The sphere grew until it exploded releasing green and black particles that snowed on the tower. The Titans silently looked up in awe at Starfire and Raven but it Starfire who whited out As Starfire began to fall backwards, Raven stretched out her hand and a black triangle appeared beneath the Tameranean princess carefully catching her.

Starfire rubbed her head and told her "Thank you, Friend Raven."

Raven withdrew her hand, making the shield disappear and the pair flew down on the ground.

"You owe me five bucks Cy", Beast Boy smirked at his metallic friend.

"Damn. I guess should've seen that coming..."

"I'll go up against Rae next then... I guess Beast Boy is last", Terra suggested.

"No thanks! I don't wanna go up against Rae", Beast Boy declined.

"Ok! Suit yourself", Cyborg uttered.

Terra ran to the edge of the roof and jumped off, drawing up a large boulder and landing on it. The other Titans, except Raven headed towards the door, instead she teleported. Raven had disappeared and reappeared on the obstacle course and the two girls waited for their teammates, an awkward silence ensued.

"...'

"So...traveling? How'd that go?"

"..."

"Did you meet anyone interesting?"

"..."

"What kinda places did you go to?"

"..."

Fed up with no response from the quiet empath, the young geomancer decided to give up on any conversation.

"Look! There they are now! Good timing! What took you guys so long?" Terra called over to her teammates.

"Sorry. You guys can start any-"

Within a second, Terra had hurled boulders at the former Titan and hoped that she had been off-guard. Raven had waltzed through the boulders like it nothing was there. Terra hurled another boulder at Raven, hoping that at least one would make contact. The boulder was slapped away by Raven's hand and crumbled away. She looked stoically at the growling blond girl while destroying the large rocks. Irritated, Terra decided to take an alternative and charged at the dark empath while riding on a large boulder. The blond Titan jumped off the boulder at the last second and the boulder zoomed towards Raven. She dodged out of the way and headed towards Terra's direction but the young Titan had something else planned. Terra crushed the large boulder into five large pieces and stopped them in mid-air. Then she pulled the rocks back, the rocks receded towards Raven and Terra. The rocks encircled Raven before they crushed her from all sides. However, Raven's new powers deflected the rocks and were obliterated.

"HYAAH!"

A large quake rocked the small inlet and swept the Titans off their feet. Raven levitated in the air and jetted toward Terra. The former Titan stretched out her hand and trapped the young geomancer in a black sphere. Terra tried to break the sphere with her hands but it didn't work. She tried instead to summon rocks but nothing happened; it was as if her powers were useless in the sphere.

'What the-?'

Terra struggled to get out of the sphere until she got tired and gave up. Raven lifted her hand and released the Titan from the sphere.

"Awesome work, Rae!" Cyborg congratulated as he patted her on the shoulder.

"It's good to have you back!"

"Thank you."

"Hey Rae! Do you have anywhere to stay tonight?" Robin asked.

"Well, I did. I had asked the church if I could stay there for a night but it seems that they were full. Why?"

"You wanna stay with us tonight?"

"Is there sufficient room for everyone?"

"Yea! Of course!"

"Yes Friend Raven! We can do the painting of toenails and the art of catching!" Starfire beamed.

"I think you mean catching up, Star", Robin corrected weakly.

"I do not wish to impose..."

"It's nothing Rae! I mean, you lived here before...um, well you know."

"That was a long time ago..." Raven mumbled low enough so no one could hear.

"You say something Rae?"

"No."

"Hey! Why don't we head back inside? It's going to turn dark soon," Beast Boy suggested.

Everyone agreed and headed towards the tower. Beast Boy noticed that Raven had stayed behind and gazed at the ocean, so he told everyone to go ahead without him and that he'd join in a few minutes.

"Hey Rae. What'cha doing?"

"I'm looking at the ocean. I haven't seen it in a long time."

"Why?"

"The places I've been to, you couldn't see the ocean."

"Oh. I guess it is kinda pretty, huh?"

Raven nodded her head and continued looking for a few more minutes. Beast Boy glanced at Raven gave a slight smile and felt a blush creep onto his face.

End.

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