My Strength, and Greatest Weakness
by Blue Ten
Summary:
Jump City has been quiet on the crime front for the past few months and the Titan's are starting to get restless. Starfire tries her best to raise the Titan's spirits, even after Slade meets a rather pointless death. A night at the fair brings Robin and Starfire closer than ever. But when a man calling himself Fear shows up, things start to go horribly wrong. RobinxStarfire.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Teen Titans, if I did, I'd be rich!
Chapter 1: A Glorious Morning
The morning sun's light shone brightly on the sea, causing the surface to light up and sparkle like a million dancing diamonds on the horizon. Sunrise, the promise of a new day. A tower set apart from the large city, split the sun's rays casting long shadows through a mid-morning haze. Titan's Tower. A figure stood alone on the rooftop, facing the light. Robin had always been thought of as focused, serious and determined, his mind always on his work. The tough and unflinching leader of a band of heroes. This was the picture he painted to fool the world, sometimes even trying to fool himself. Even so, he still woke up early every morning to admire the beauty of the sunrise on the rooftop.
There was one person, however, that never failed to see through his tough exterior. This person always managed to bring out the side of Robin that he hid behind the painting. Little did he know, she had come to join him on this morning.
'It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...' he thought to himself, words he would never let escape his mouth, of course. His mind began to wander, the word beautiful seemed to bring something to the front of his thoughts. 'Scratch that, it's the second most beautiful thing you've ever seen... a thousand sunrises couldn't compare to s--'
"A glorious morning is it not?" However soft and melodic the voice was, Robin was so startled, he nearly fell off the roof. Regaining his composure, he looked at Starfire, and lost it again. His face grew warm and red when he realized the person he was thinking about, had been standing right next to him. Starfire noticed the scene Robin had just made and suddenly looked worried, "Are you okay robin? Are you feeling the altitude sickness?" She lightly placed her hand on his forehead and gasped, "You are warm! I did not know altitude sickness produced fevers!"
"I'm not, and it doesn't," He managed to let out a nervous chuckle, still trying to fight the blush from his face. "It's just that I didn't expect anyone else to be up this early, so you kinda startled me." He said, finally calming down. It was a lie of course, only she had control over his heart rate.
"Oh! I am sorry. Do forgive me." Starfire replied apologetically.
"Huh--Of course." Robin said quickly, not expecting an apology. "So... What are you doing up here?" he continued, trying hard not to sound like he was prodding.
"Well, if it is okay. I have come to admire the waking of the sun with you." Starfire said sweetly as a smile graced her face. Robin loved to see her happy, how could he say no? He nodded and they both sat on the edge of the tower. Robin was never good at light conversation, but he always seemed to open up around her. They began to talk about nothing in particular, Starfire always had questions about Earth and Robin always had answers. Lost in each other's words, both forgot about the sun as it continued to pave its path through the sky. Robin loved how her eyes lit up when she was learning something new, it was times like these when he knew he really had her attention, and he reveled in it. He barely noticed how close they were sitting, just barely.
Cyborg stood in the doorway to the rooftop as he had been for several minutes, a sly smirk on his face. Cyborg sighed loudly so Robin and Starfire, but mostly Robin, could hear him, "HOW CUTE!" He said jokingly, "I was gonna tell you breakfast was ready... But maybe I should leave you two alone for a while, hm?" He mocked, raising an eyebrow, he and Beastboy loved messing with Robin about this. Robin could feel his neck muscles tensing, and his face heating up, he couldn'tdecidewhether he was embarrassed, orangry.Starfire looked a little confused, and robin shot a deathglare at Cyborg. Cyborg proceeded to make kissy faces until a birdarang hit him in the head.
'Breakfast?' Robin thought, 'Have we been up here that long?'
"Ah, breakfast! Thank you friend Cyborg, for I am ravenous this morning!" Starfire said as she shot up from her perch and flew down the stairs. Robin, dissappointed and dumbfounded, still glared at Cyborg. Starfire peeked her head back up the stairwell, "Robin? Are you not coming?" she wondered. Robin snapped out of it and made his way to the door. Cyborg, who had just recovered from the hit, saw Robin walking towards him and instinctively placed his arms infront of his face as though he were about to get punched. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Robin and Starfire walking down the stairs together, smiles on their faces.
'OK, that's the last time I do that.' Cyborg thought to himself.
Later, in the main room. "So where were they?" Beastboy questioned Cyborg, a plate of tofu waffles infront of him.
"Oh they were just on the roof... Y'know..." Having completely forgotten about his previous thought, Cyborg made the faces again. Smooch Smooch. Kissy Kissy. Birdarang. This caused Beastboy to spit out his food laughing. Raven snickered, Robin pretended he didn't throw anything, and Starfire was too busy scarfing down waffles and mustard to notice anything.
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The tension in the common room grew as all eyes were focused on the large screen. Teeth gritted. Fists clenched. Minutes turned into hours. Finally the clock struck noon and the Titans breathed a sigh of relief and dissappointment. It had been months since the alarm had gone off, months since they had foiled anything more than a simple robbery. The Titans hated to admit it, but they needed crime. If they had successfully rooted evil out of Jump City, then they were successfully rooted out of a job.
Several hours later, Beastboy stood in the common room staring at the vacant Gamestation, he realized he had no desire to play it as he had exhausted the replay value of every game they owned, over the past few months. Cyborg held the remote in his hand, a dark circle under his human eye. Raven levitated in her corner of the room, reading a book, she didn't voice it, but she had never been more bored in her entire life. Robin sat at the kitchen table restlessly tapping his fingers on the counter. Starfire sat across from him, feeding Silkie the 'leftover' tofu waffles. Robin wondered how she could stay so calm, she wore a smile all morning. It calmed his spirit to know that at least one of them wasn't affected by the crime drought. He stopped tapping his fingers.
Still a little on edge, Robin sat up, "I'm gonna go train... or something." He said.
"Ugh.", "Yeh...", "Uh, Huh..." Cyborg, Beastboy, and Raven answered in unison, not taking their eyes away from their respective objects of boredom. Just then, the alarm broke the moment like a sledghammer through glass. The Titans stared in disbelief as a map of the city lit up the screen. Robin was still a little skeptical, "What is it, another hold up at the local convenience store?" He directed his sarcastic question to Cyborg, who was standing right next to the monitor.
"Even better... It's Slade."
Author's Note: Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnn! What has caused Slade to resurface after so long? Will Silkie die of tofu poisoning? Like a sledgehammer through glass... What the hell was that? I was running low on similies, so sue me. :) Smilies.
But seriously, I realize this was a pretty short chapter, however it's the first of many if you people approve of it. It's also my first fanfic.
R&R fellow Titan fanatics, R&R... No not that kind of R&R.
Next Chapter Preview: Slade is on the run from the police force. As if this wasn't hard enough for the Titans to believe, they soon find that he has become scared out of his mind. Will they be able to handle fighting their arch enemy in this state? Stay tuned for Chapter 2: A Fallen Nemesis.