Hola my fellow readers. I'm BACK! I thought I'd write out something that has been playing in my mind for a while. I'm sure you've read the summery or else you wouldn't have clicked on this.

Disclaimer: I own nothing...but Blue Jay. Muah ha ha ha ha haaaa *cough cough* Sorry. On with the story!

A Test of Faith

They'd always been together.

'The Grayson Twins' that's what people had always called them. The prince of Gotham and the Grayson Twins.

No amount of threats and punishment could possibly keep them away from each other.

Dick and Nick. The inseparable twins.

Dick, naturally being the oldest, had always felt as if, instead of being seconds apart, he was years. Every minute of the day, he shared with his younger brother. Laughing and pulling pranks on there old butler.

Though easily mistaken for each other, the British butler always seemed to tell them apart. It annoyed them both to no end to think that their own adoptive father had always had a hard time telling them apart, yet the elderly butler had no trouble at all.

Though, Alfred was much more than a butler to them. Ever since they were adopted at 9 he had been their chafer, homework helper, chef, and guardian. There very own grandfather.

Now at 15, he was still all these things.

Ever since the falling out they had had with Bruce the two had set off on their own. The only one they had kept in touch with, ironically was Alfred.

He demanded to know where they were quite often. If Alfred had been a few years younger, he would have passed for their guardian quite well.

Now in Jump City, Dick and Nick, remained extremely close. Although they were now known as Robin and Blue Jay.

After only being in Jump for a couple of hours the two had already found themselves already in the mix of a heated battle.

They met a beautiful princess named Starfire, who Robin had called dibs on right away. She had intoxicating crimson hair that fell all the way down to her hips. She carried herself in a way the could only be said to be like a princess. Though, while fighting you may miss it. She kept her dainty ways, but quickly ignored them when or if she felt some of her friends were in danger. Her strength in itself was remarkable, but with the help of her solar powered 'starbolts' as she called them, she seemed almost invincible. Her relationship with Robin could only be seen as 'magical.' The two just...had something. His obsessive, dark, and focused ways of life collided with her happy carefree way. He had always liked her, and any male with eyes could see that she was attractive, but when he began to actually love her was beyond him.

She was always happy and smiling at something, but she seemed almost like the hooded girl Raven when they had first met. Raven had hid herself under a dark blue cloak. Even to this day, she preferred not to show her face and emotions; although her emotions were never shown, hood up or hood down. She was level headed and was a small and petite girl. Hiding her body and leotard under her cloak. She possessed a strange dark power, that could only be said to 'frighten people.'

Her hard, detached personality clashed fiercely with the youngest on the team. Beast Boy, as he liked to be called, was a short boy with green hair, only shades darker than his actual body. His carefree and confident persona could be described as childlike, but in contrast with Raven's, it was welcome. Although it seemed as if they two would become nothing less than sworn enemies, a spark, a connection rather, was always present. He cared for her in a way that made her small show of emotions flutter. It was as if light and dark had clashed and made something beautiful.

Though the spark between Raven and Beast Boy was all but hidden to outsiders eyes, one relationship that was evident was between him and Cyborg. The half human, half robot being, could at times seem monstrous, but anyone who took the time to really look at him could easily see that not only was he a genius being but a soft loving human inside. He was serious occasionally, but his happy fun-loving side showed much more often.

Together the six of them made the Teen Titans. Teen hero's of the world. Sworn to protect the innocent people. Risking there lives everyday, so that the innocent didn't have to. Blah blah blah. Beneath all this heroism was just normal teenagers. Normal hormonal, emotional, mentally unstable teenagers. Teens with feelings and hidden feelings and deep jealousy. But like all secrets, they begin to unravel. And when one piece unravels the rest falls suite.

Robin cracked open a sleepy eye. He sent himself into a slight panic as he realized that he was staring into a intense light. Was he dieing? Was he in the infirmary?

He couldn't piece together what had caused him injury.

After blinking a few times he came to realization that the bright light was actually the sun shining in through his windows. He chuckled at his own panic attack and threw the covers off himself.

He looked out his open curtains. A slightly cloudy overcast lay above. His cracked window let in a refreshing breeze, pushing his curtains slightly in a tangle of the wind. In the few light that had shown in, danced dust particles. They flittered this way and that, free and uncaring.

In a way, that was what Robin and Blue Jay had wanted. A life free and uncaring. Helping people this way and that, not bond by their ruthless guardian. Now that he had a team though, Robin felt as if he was once again bond to people.

Not that he minded. Being bond by friends was a lot different than being bond by a moody crusader. No one here told him that his triple back hand spring was to sloppy or that his stamina was slipping and he needed to exercise more. Here, his friends admired his moves and praised his abilities, despite not having powers.

Shaking his matted down hair, Robin made his way to his bathroom.

After a quick shower and countless minutes of trying to tame his untrainable hair, Robin made his way to the common room. Although it was still early he could hear someone moving on the other side of the sliding door.

His reflexes kicked in as his over analyzing brain went to work. If it was Beast Boy, no doubt he would be louder than this, not that he was ever up so early.

The same went with Cyborg. Although his structure was impeccable, he was still heavy footed.

If it was Raven, Robin doubted if he would hear anything at all. Plus, she almost always had a cup of herbal tea going.

Robin could almost always tell when it was his brother. They had a certain bond. He knew his brothers moves before his brother even knew them. He knew what his brother was thinking before his brother could even think them.

That only left one person...

Sliding open the door Robins heart skipped a beat. Even if he anticipated Starfire being up, it didn't prove to prepare him. He almost always felt a heart attack on the horizon when he was with her. And now here they were...up early...alone.

Robin took a deep breath before walking into the common room.

Starfire was dressed as usual. Her short purple miniskirt sending shock waves down Robin's back. Her short tank top drawing Robins eyes to them. Her ruby hair looked as if they themselves were made of strawberries that Robin wanted to stuff his face into. Had she any idea what she was doing to him?

"Good morning, friend Robin." she said cheerfully.

Robin wanted to test himself. How long did it take before her infectious smile spread through him, making him smile.

"Hey Star." he replied grinning. Not very long.

He walked towards the kitchen where she was currently making something unearthly.

"What are you making?" he asked, staring intently at the oddly pink colored object she was stirring in a pot.

Robin was sure to keep his distance from it, but it did seem to have a smell that seemed to be begging him to come forward.

"It's is a traditional Tameranian dish, Gogleblorg." she replied, adding something that seemed to be moving, into the pot.

Robin shook his head absently. The smell drew him in, yes, but whatever she just added, well lets just say it seemed to be pleading for it's life.

At that moment Starfire snapped her fingers,as if she forgot something.

"Oh, X'hal." she said, sounding upset. "I forgot the Glorkaberries."

Hating to see her upset, Robin looked at her to see how he could make her feel better. But Starfire seemed to already have found the answer.

Robin watched her as she turned and walked towards the kitchen cabinet. She made her way over, dripping some of the Gogleblorg from the spoon she was carrying. She began rummaging through the cabinet, humming a peaceful tune.

"Need any help?" he asked to her backside.

Robin couldn't help but notice how perfectly round and entrancing her backside was.

Starfire shook her head no at his help. She looked up realizing that what she wanted was on the top shelf. After realizing that she couldn't reach, she flew up and grabbed it.

Making her way back to the pot, she slipped on some of the Gogleblorg she had spilled from the spoon. She gave a squeal and dropped whatever she was holding onto the floor.

Robin was quick to react. He reached out and caught her just as she was heading down.

She landed with a 'oomph' onto his chest. Robin realized that his left hand was sprawled on her hip and his right hand wrapped around her back.

Robin looked down at her, realizing every movement she made. He could feel her eyes, boring holes through his mask. He could feel all her weight pressed against him and her hands that were splayed on his chest as well.

His breathing suddenly became deeper as she slowly rose towards his face. He wanted nothing more than to kiss her extremely kissable pink lips. His head involuntarily began to meet her halfway.

They were so close that he could feel her minty breath on his lips. His spine was tingling and he felt like if he were to do anything rash that he would drop her.

They were so close. He parted his lips, ready for the pleasure he knew he would feel from her. But right as their lips were about to touch the common room door opened and a still tired looking Raven walked in.

They were quick to part. Starfire stood next to him, much closer than any normal friend would, with her hands clasped behind her back. Robin immediately looked down, hoping his hair could cover at least some of his increasingly red face.

While looking down, though he had a perfectly good view of Stars chest. He quickly turned his head away, scolding himself for being a pervert. Starfire should have more respect than that, he thought.

"Um...hello friend Raven." Starfire said, seeming as if nothing had happened.

"Erm, yeah, hey Rae." Robin said playing along.

He hoped she hadn't seen anything, but the look on her face proved him wrong. Her mouth was slightly ajar. Her hand was still on her head from when she walked in, wiping a strand of dark purple hair from her face and her eye brows were high arches on her head.

The hard core look Raven was now giving him made Robin uncomfortable. She seemed to want to drop him into a portal to a very dark place.

When she switched her gaze to Starfire, Robin almost wanted to stand in front of her, just so Star couldn't see the vicious look she was getting. "Star and I were just-" Robin started, trying to get Ravens evil glare off of Starfire.

"-I don't care what you do or when you do it." Raven snapped, cutting him off.

She marched back through the doors, fuming.

Robins face was still beat red, but putting it aside he bent down and began to pick up whatever Starfire had dropped when she tripped.

Was he really about to kiss her? He wondered.

He loved her, yes, but was his feelings one sided after all?

It was possible that she actually liked him back.

But then, what was up with Raven. She was grouchy a lot, but never snapping at him like that. Had he even done something wrong? Maybe she was just overwhelmed by the emotions she felt in the room. Or maybe she was just startled by seeing them so close.

Whatever it was, he'd apologize for it later.

Starfire bent down beside him and helped pick up the reddish berries that were splattered across the kitchen floor.

She seemed to be avoiding eye contact with him just as much as he was avoiding contact with him.

"Why do you think friend Raven snapped at us?" Starfire asked.

"I dont know." he responded truthfully.

Starfire had seen lately that Raven was strangely more...agitated. Trying to cheer her up Starfire had asked her to go shopping with her, suggested a sleepover, anything to get Raven out of the funk she was currently in, but of course, Raven refused.

Starfire wondered if it was anything she had done to make her upset. Surely Robin would never do anything purposely to anger anyone.

The moment she thought his name a blush came to her face.

She felt stupid for what she was about to do. In all honesty though, she had know idea what she about to do. Sure, he caught her in a compromising position, but it was just to help her. Sure he held her longer than necessary, but was that his fault or hers? So many questions.

She was merely doing what she had seen on TV. Or...was she acting out of instinct? Deciding to push the thought away for later she gathered the last bit of berries and rinsed them off in the sink.

Robin offered to stay and help, but she was embarrassed enough. She instead asked him to wake the others for breakfast.

Robin was more than happy to leave her presence.

The fact that they had almost kissed was still lingering in his mind. Did she lean in on her own accord or did he unconsciously persuade her to do so? Would she even want to kiss him? Did she even know what a kiss was?

That was a topic he chose not to get to deep into. He tried to push the thoughts away. He normally chose to think about the heavy stuff later on in the day. Preferably in the shower, and not so early in the morning.

Coming up to Beast Boys room he knocked heavily, knowing full well that the green changeling hated waking up almost as much as he hated meat.

When he heard nothing he entered the override code the door and walked in.

Piles of clothes and trash were strewn about everywhere, an odd smell was emanating from what seemed like everywhere, but there was no Beast Boy.

Scratching his head, Robin wondered what had prompted the changeling to be up so early.

Hearing a breaking in the wind behind him, Robin quickly crouched down towards the dirty floor and back flipped out the room standing in a fighting stance.

Looking back into the room, Robin saw Beast Boy, laying on the floor and twisted in odd angles.

"What are you doing?" Robin asked, walking into the room and looking at the spot Beats Boy had just previously occupied.

"Surprise." Beast Boy said in a pained sarcastic voice.

Robin figured Beast Boys was just trying to catch him off guard and decided to press it no farther.

"Breakfast in five minutes." he said turning around.

"Is it vegetarian?" asked Beast Boy, finally standing up out of his uncomfortable position.

"I have no idea." Robin answered back to Beast Boy.

-ATOF-

Raven recited her mantra in a low, comforting voice.

She had blown a gasket back there. And for what? Raven herself wasn't sure.

What was the big deal? Sure there were a lot of feelings coming from the room, but none of them concerned her, so why was she still thinking about it? And why was her powers suddenly going haywire.

She ignored the dark pillows that floated around her and focused more on containing her powers.

Robin and Starfire were her friends. Robin especially. No, wait. Shouldn't it be Starfire especially?

Her and Starfire were the only girls on the team. Shouldn't they be the closest on the team?

Yet, Raven couldn't bring her self to say that Starfire was her bestest friend. Best friend, sure. In a over hyper, much-to-joyous, weird language kind of way.

Immediately Raven scolded herself for thinking about Starfire that way. If not for Starfire, she might be in Azarath right now. Starfire was from another planet. Why wasn't she giving her any credit? She deserved it.

Robin, though, seemed to be who Raven was most comfortable with. He never seemed irritated at her chronic mantra repeating. Although, neither did Starfire, she found herself more at ease around Robin.

When she was with Starfire, she found she always had to choose her words carefully, so not to hurt her feelings and so that she'd be able to understand her. But with Robin, he seemed to understand almost everything. He had a calm personality that always put her at ease. Even when he was confused about something, he organized his mind so that at least he was confused neatly.

Raven was pulled out her mind by a knocking on her door.

Irritated she walked over to her door.

When she found that it was Robin, her irritation went away. She wanted to apologize for snapping at him and Starfire like that. Truthfully she had no idea what had prompted that, but nevertheless, she was sorry.

"Hey, Rae." he said sheepishly.

Raven could feel that he had something he wanted to say, so she waited.

Looking at Raven, she still seemed angry at something. She stood staring at him, waiting. Robin hated being expected to something. It always made him nervous.

"Um...breakfast will be ready soon." he said and turned to leave.

The way she was staring at him creeped him out, and he wasn't creeped out by much.

He heard her give a deep sigh and immediately he felt guilty. He wasn't sure what had pissed her off, but she seemed really down by it. If it was something he had did, he was sorry.

"Raven, look. About what happened in the kitchen-" he started, not quite sure where he was going with it.

Raven perked up, seeing him turn back around.

Maybe he was going to say something along the lines of 'I don't know what I was thinking. Me and Star are just friends. Nothing more. Promise.'

Although it wouldn't really be any of her business, the thought had lifted her spirits considerably.

Why she wanted to hear that Robin and Starfire were nothing more than friends was beyond her. She didn't have feelings for Robin, so why did it matter. She didn't. Right?

"Rae, im sorry you saw what you saw," He started. "or...felt what you felt. I'm not sure exactly what happened-"

Raven tunes the rest of his apology out. Obviously he wasn't going to say 'I'm in love with someone more reasonable than her. Someone who wears a shakra, actually.'

For what seemed like the millionth time that day she scolded herself. Getting between Robin and Starfire would be like getting in the middle of a battle field and screaming 'Peace.' Someone was bond to shoot her, accident or not, and she wouldn't be surprised if it happened to be Starfire who shouted 'Fire!'. Beneath all that happy energy lay a warrior. She knew, she had seen it.

What she really needed was to plan her moves carefully. She needed a coordinated plan to get in between the two and prove that he needed to be with her, not Starfire.

Raven noticed that Robin had stopped talking and was looking at her expectantly.

"Uh...it's okay." she said, trying to play it safe.

It seemed like a good enough answer. Robin gave one of his boyish smiles and turned, leaving down the hall.

So does this mean you love him? Her lustful inner voice asked.

Raven wasn't sure if love was the proper term, but if saying she was in love convinced herself to give her all, than so be it. She loved him.

Ravens in love. Ravens in love. Sang her happy self. She was actually taunting her. So what if she was in love. At least it was to someone worthy.

Starfire did have good taste. Robin was worth it.

Unfortunately, Starfire knew this too. Robin was worth it, but how could she get Starfire out of the picture without making either suspicious?

She'd have to meditate on it, but for now, breakfast was ready.

-ATOF-

As Robin made his way to Cyborg's room, the entire hallway was suddenly engulfed in red. A loud alarm gave a warning that someone was in danger.

Before Robin could even knock on the door, Cyborg burst out the room. Neither spoke as they dashed down the hall together. Cyborg's heavy feet completely drowned out the sound of the alarm in Robin's ears. His own quiet feet seemed to shutter whenever one of Cyborg's feet touched the ground.

Robin made a mental note to add stealth practice into training sessions.

When they reached the common room, Raven was already typing on the computer.

"Report." Robin said sternly.

He kept his calm, even as his adrenaline pulsed through his every vein.

"The docks." Raven spoke, a twinge of anticipation in her usually monotone voice.

"Any idea who we're dealing with?" Beast Boy asked.

Raven gave a shake of her head.

And with that, the Titans were off.

Flying down the street on his R-Cycle, Robin glanced above him.

Starfire was flying above him, to his right, as she normally did. It always reassured him that she was in the same spot as always, that way he'd have a easier time finding her.

Raven, who was normally just behind him, was directly to his left. Much closer than she usually was. Robin wondered why she was almost ahead of him. The thought made him uneasy. Were they dealing with someone so bad that Raven wanted to get there quickly? The fact that they had no idea who they were dealing with did nothing to calm Robins nerves. So he sped his bike up.

Beast Boy watched as Robin hit the acceleration button. Even in his cheetah form, Beast Boy wouldn't be able to keep up. If the docks were close by than yeah, he could do it. But seeing as the docks were still about a mile away, he knew that he couldn't do that.

Transforming into a hawk he flew up alongside Starfire and Raven. Both were effortlessly keeping up with Robin.

Glancing down, he swore Cyborg was smiling. Anytime Cyborg got to over 80 miles an hour in his T-Car made him happy. He'd laugh as he moved the shift and press harder on the pedal.

Beast Boy couldn't very well just fly into a car going that fast. Plus, whenever Cyborg drove this fast, he became kinda reckless. Beast Boy may not have won any academy awards for being smart, but he was a born survivor, and getting in the car with Cyborg would lessen his surviving chances considerably.

So, he did the next best thing; he tried to get a ride with one of the girls.

He flew over to Raven and gently perched himself on her shoulder, silently asking permission, since Hawks and animals cant talk.

Raven shrugged her shoulders, knocking him off.

Beast Boy tried again, this time turning into something akin to a green tweety bird, so as not to bother her with his size.

This time, she glanced down at him with four red eyes.

"Don't touch me." she glared, in a voice that wasn't hers.

Beast Boy was so shocked that he let the wind currents push him off. What was her problem? Geeze. He only wanted a ride. No one but him had to actually work to get to where he wanted to go.

Turning into a eagle, he attempted to try and ride the wind currents, but they were going the opposite way. He huffed as well as a eagle could, flapping his wings frantically and wearily at the same time, trying to keep up.

Glancing over, he noticed that Starfire was staring at him. She held out her arm the way a bird lover would do if they wanted the bird to land on their arm.

Beast Boy took the hint and, with great effort, he landed on her arm.

Shifting back to a tweety bird, so he didn't slow her down, he held on to her arm tightly with his wings so that he wouldn't fly off.

Surprisingly, she took his small form into her right hand and closed her left hand over top of it, creating a cage-like structure.

Beast Boy finally took a deep breath.

Robin looked up into the sky again. Strangely, he didn't see any green animals. Glancing in back of him, he looked in the T-Car. He saw a immensely happy looking Cyborg, but no Beast Boy. He did a few more glances around. He could find no green feathered road runners or any other animal Beast Boy would become.

He was beginning to worry when he glanced back up at Starfire. She held her hands to her chest, seemingly holding something.

After a lot of squinting, he noticed that she was holding something green. With a twinge of jealousy he realized that she was carrying Beast Boy in some smaller form.

He grit his teeth, focusing back onto the road.

Finally arriving at the docks Starfire landed.

She set the small green bird on the ground and watched as he shifted into Beast Boy. He smiled at her sheepishly.

"Heh, thanks Star. Kinda got tired goin so fast." he admitted.

"That is not a problem, friend. Anytime necessary." she responded joyously.

Really he hadn't bothered her. His feathers tickled her hands making her giggle. The happiness she felt when laughing actually helped her fly. She did have a problem, however.

Glancing down at Robin whiles flying, she noticed that he was extremely tense. Though not very uncommon when they were about to enter a battle, he didn't normally tense up when he was on his R-Cycle. That was one of the few places he actually seemed at ease.

She wondered if he knew some unspoken bit of information that had him on end.

He was still tense as he removed his helmet.

Starfire put a hand on his shoulder, trying to lend silent strength and comfort him. It seemed to work as he smiled at her, but it quickly vanished when they heard a splash coming from the water, right off one of the docks.

Robin pulled out his bo-staff and made his way closer to the water.

Raven levitated closely behind him as did Starfire. Cyborg's hand was transformed into his sonic cannon and Beats Boy was a tiger, ready to pounce.

Robin, peeked over the dock edge, looking into the water.

In the clear, blueness of the water he realized that something small and dark was floating in it, just below the surface.

Extending his staff, he poked it. When nothing happened he poked it again.

This time, the small something seemed to cloud. It made the water around it a inky black, and suddenly, with a small splash, it exploded from the water, shooting straight up into the air.

Robin took a few rapid steps back, almost stepping on a now human Beast Boy as he stared into the air.

The suns rays caught whatever was in the air and temporarily blinded Robin. He brought his head down and began rubbing his eyes, trying to see again.

He was gaining back his vision when he heard the familiar cry of Beast Boy.

"I'm dead!" he screamed "I've been shot!"

Robin looked as Beast Boy ran around in circles holding his head. Clearly he hadn't been shot. Robin hadn't even heard gunfire.

Robin looked down at where Beast Boy had been standing. There, on the ground lay a single card. Bending down, he picked it up and turned it over. He was both shocked and surprised to find it had a joker on it.