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"Approaching final destination, 5 miles ahead." The computerized voice announced.

The T-Ship began to descend over the small ocean side town below. Its sole occupant throttled back on the engines, reducing the ship's speed. The sleepy town of Happy Harbor lay below during the mid afternoon, oblivious to the famous jet that approached the town's signature landmark, Mount Justice. The locals were used to seeing Justice League Javelins approach the headquarters of the now famous Young Justice League, and few paid any mind to the bright orange flying machine associated with the west coast team of young superheroes.

"T-Ship, you are cleared for landing." A disembodied voice called out over the radio.

"Roger" The T-Ship's pilot replied.

A cave opened up on the side of the mountain and swallowed up the orange vessel as if it were a giant vitamin, closing after consuming the T-Ship.

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Titans Tower, 3 months earlier.

"What are you talking about?" Beast Boy shrieked as he leaped to his feet from the chair where he was sitting, opposite from Robin, across his desk. "You're kicking me off the team?"

Robin sighed as he leaned back in his chair.

"No one is getting kicked off the team, Beast Boy. I'm just placing you on indefinite leave until you can improve your fighting skills."

The green teen stared dumbfounded at his leader.

"What's wrong with my fighting skills? Have you forgotten that I beat Soto, when you guys couldn't? That I avoided capture and lead the Titans back to defeat the Brotherhood of Evil when you couldn't? That I saved Raven from Adonis when you didn't have a freaking clue as to what actually happened?"

Robin narrowed his eyes in response to the stinging accusation.

"That's in the past, Beast Boy, I'm talking about now. Don't take it personally, but you haven't kept up with the rest of the team."

"Says you." The changeling hissed angrily.

"No, Beast Boy, the team says so. We were unanimous when we discussed this; everyone thinks you need to improve your fighting skills, so we're going to train you. The decision to place you on leave was mine, however."

"Train me? I'm not a freaking rookie!"

"Beast Boy, just calm down, this is for your own good. I think that after a couple of months you'll be ready to rejoin the team."

The changeling stood up and glared at the Boy Wonder.

"Oh, I'm perfectly fine, Robin. Before this training begins, I'd like to take a couple of weeks off, you know, to take a vacation. Since I'm temporarily not a Titan I can take one, right?"

"Beast Boy, you're still a Titan, but I think that's a good idea, some time off will do you some good."

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The T-Ships engines powered down and the pilot's cowling popped open. The pilot silently climbed down from the cockpit. Looking around, the lone Titan found that the hangar was empty. The sound of sliding doors opening broke the silence and Batman entered the large room, which also housed Miss Martian's bio-ship.

"Welcome to Mount Justice, may I ask what is the purpose of this visit?"

"You know very well what the purpose of my visit is; I've come to reclaim what belongs to us."

The Dark Knight didn't flinch at the accusation. He stared coldly at the visitor.

"Belongs to you? I seem to recall that you ran him out of your team."

"We did no such thing, it was your team that took advantage of the situation and stole him from us."

"Stole him? He approached us and shared with us his dissatisfaction with being a Teen Titan. He asked to join Young Justice. Need I remind you that you yourself are perhaps the main reason he left?"

The lone Titan glared at Batman.

"You think I don't know that? Why do you think I came here by myself? But that doesn't change the fact that you stole him from us."

"I'm afraid that we'll have to agree to disagree. Now come with me, I'll show him to you. You can then decide if he isn't better off with us."

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Titans Tower, 3 months earlier.

Beast Boy stopped in front of Cyborg's door and began to pound it with his fists.

"Open the door, tin man; I know you're in there!"

The door slid open and Cyborg's voice echoed out from the room.

"I see you had you chat with Robbie, come in B."

Cyborg gasped at the sight that stood before him. Until that moment he thought that only Raven was capable of giving people a red eyed glare, and for some reason it was even scarier on Beast Boy's face.

"You voted with Robin to kick me off the team?" He bellowed.

"No one's kicking you off the team…"

"Don't give me that crap, Cy! I'm on probation; we all know what that means!"

"Yeah, it means you need to improve."

"What are you talking about?"

"Who beat you at no powers sparring last week?"

"Raven got lucky."

"No B, she didn't, you've been goofing off. So much so that now even Raven can beat you on the mat, and between you and me, she still fights like a girl."

Beast Boy turned around to leave.

"I thought you were my friend."

"I am your friend."

"Well, I'm not your friend anymore!" He shouted as the door slid shut behind him.

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Batman led his visitor to a large room, which was a natural cavern, and they remained hidden in the shadows. In the middle of that room was a large circular sparring mat. It was surrounded by the members of the Young Justice League: a younger Robin, Miss Martian, Superboy, Artemis the archer, Kaldur'ahm (the new Aqualad who replaced Garth after he joined Titans East) and Kid Flash. Kid Flash's defection to the Young Justice League came as a bitter surprise to Robin's team 6 months' before, right after the speedster broke up with Jinx. Little did they know at the time that Beast Boy would soon be following in his steps.

In the middle of the mat Beast Boy was sparring with Black Canary. That the changeling's skills had improved dramatically was self evident, as he was holding his own against the skilled martial artist. She knocked him down a couple of times, but he got back on his feet quickly each time. With just seconds left on the clock she threw a jab at him. With his animal like reflexes he dodged the jab and with a fluid motion worthy of a jujitsu grand master he trapped her arm and threw her. Just as her butt hit the mat the buzzer sounded, ending the match. The six spectators applauded their approval as Black Canary stood up, with a large grin on her face.

"Well done, Beast Boy!" She congratulated him, wrapping an arm around his shoulder. She then pecked him on the cheek. Beast Boy blushed while his teammates had a laugh at his expense.

Batman's guest frowned at the sight.

"He's always had a soft spot for blonds, hasn't he?" Batman remarked.

"Don't remind me." The visitor replied.

"Rumor has it that Green Arrow is beginning to get worried that he might steal his girlfriend."

"What? Beast Boy's still a minor! She can't be serious about …"

"Relax, it's only a joke."

The lone visitor glared at the Caped Crusader.

"Since when do you joke about anything?"

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Titans Tower, 3 months earlier.

"You really voted against me?"

Starfire looked away.

"Boyfriend Robin was most persuasive, and as Cyborg mentioned, Raven did defeat you in the 'no powers' sparring."

"Oh for Pete's sake, that only happened once."

The princess gave him a nervous smile.

"Beast Boy, you are our friend, why are you so upset about this? Once your training is complete you will be able to rejoin the team."

He snorted before replying.

"You don't get it. I guess I can't blame you, you're an alien, you don't know how things are done here."

She gave him a perplexed look.

"I do not understand."

He heaved a big sigh before explaining the situation to her.

"Star, when people are placed on probation, it's just a polite way of telling them that they aren't good enough and that it's to move on. And even if I do complete the training and Robin decides to let me stay, I'll always be damaged goods, Robin will always be looking over my shoulder, second guessing me. I hate to say this Star, but I think my days as a Titan are over."

She gasped upon hearing his remark. She then balled her right hand into a fist and shook it angrily.

"No! That will not happen. That would be the beginning of the Rekmas, and I will not allow it!"

Beast Boy was already walking out the door from her room.

"You should have thought about that before voting the way your boyfriend told you."

Starfire was about to protest his remark, but the door slid shut before she could say anything. Beast Boy's posture slumped as he walked down the hallway and he suddenly found himself in front of Raven's door. He raised his hand to knock, but immediately withdrew it.

"Why bother? She'll be glad that I'm leaving." He muttered to himself

He continued walking to his room, where he hastily packed his bag. He had no ideas where he would go on his 'vacation', he would figure that out later. As he finished packing his bag his Titan communicator chirped. His first instinct was to ignore it, but he decided to pick it up to see who he was blowing off. The device's display indicated that it was Raven calling. He ignored the call and tossed the device on his lower bunk, then double checked that he packed everything he needed. After a minute it chirped again. Irritated, he slammed his suitcase shut and picked up his communicator, ready to give Raven a piece of his mind.

To his immense surprise, it was Kid Flash calling.

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"Unlike you, I'm known to occasionally be light hearted." Batman replied.

"That's news to me. And as for poaching Beast Boy from us, we know that Kid Flash recruited him. He used his Honorary Titan communicator to call him."

"If he had been happy being a Teen Titan we never would have been able to recruit him. We didn't steal him from you, you drove him away."

The visitor frowned at the Batman.

"We didn't drive him away. And Robin's right, you are a manipulator. There's no doubt in my mind that that you sweet talked him into quitting the Titans and joining Young Justice."

"If you mean that I gave him the pitch, of course I did. Having Beast Boy join the team is definitely a win, he's one of the great teen superheroes in the world, even if your team couldn't appreciate him. But let there be no misunderstanding, Raven, he was dying to leave the Titans. Snapping him up was easy."

"I don't care what you say, he's coming back."

"What if he doesn't want to return with you?"

"Don't be absurd." She growled at him.

"Beast Boy told us that he left on his 'vacation' without even saying goodbye to any of you. I understand that he only called after 3 weeks to let you know he was staying with us and wouldn't be coming back to the Tower."

"Understandable, he was angry; we were heavy handed with him."

"And?"

"I've come to apologize to him on behalf of the team."

"So why didn't the whole team come?"

She glared at him.

"That's not your concern."

"I see. I suppose that this is as good a time as any."

Raven turned her gaze back to the sparring mat. Black Canary was gone and the seven teen superheroes were happily bantering, discussing what to have for dinner. Batman and Raven emerged from the shadows and approached the mat.

"We have a visitor." He announced in his own monotone.

The seven teens turned their attention towards them and frowned, except for Beast Boy who grinned.

"Raven! Wassup? Did you come to join Young Justice too?"

The gray sorceress approached the changeling. She could feel the hostile glares from the other six heroes bearing down on her like hot laser beams, which she calmly ignored. She could also sense their emotions, and while Beast Boy was glad to see her, they were not.

"No, Beast Boy, I've come to take you home."

"He is home, witch." Superboy growled.

"Don't be ridiculous." She replied. "He's a Teen Titan. He belongs with us. And I'm not a witch!"

"He was a Teen Titan." Artemis corrected her. "He's ours now. Get used to it. You guys had your chance, but you blew it, understand?"

Miss Martian and Superboy moved next to Beast Boy, flanking him on either side.

"Artemis is right, he isn't going anywhere." The green Martian piped up as she wrapped an arm around Beast Boy's shoulder while Kon-El crossed his arms defiantly.

"Shouldn't Beast Boy decide that?" Raven retorted.

"There is no doubt as to what his choice will be." Kaldur'ahm interjected.

Raven calmly approached Beast Boy. To his teammates she appeared to be expressionless but the changeling knew her well enough to see that she was nervous and anxious underneath her gray mask.

"Beast Boy … we're sorry about what happened."

"About what happened? You make it sound like it was an accident."

"About what we did, about how we treated you. We really are sorry. I'm really sorry; we never intended it to turn out this way."

Beast Boy processed her words. Then he smiled.

"Thanks! That means a lot to me."

Raven took his hand and began to drag him back to the T-Ship.

"Good, now let's go home …"

"Whoa! Wait a minute." He replied.

"Oh sorry, of course, you need to pack your things … I'll help you."

He shook his head.

"Raven … I … how can I say this … you guys will always be my friends … I mean … I love you guys … but … you see, I'm Young Justice now. I don't want to go back to the Tower. I want to stay here."

Raven froze. She slowly released his hand and her arm limply fell to her side.

"I … I see. Beast Boy … please come home with me. We miss you … we … we need you. We love you too and we aren't complete without you."

He sighed wearily.

"Raven, I won't lie. It still hurts that you guys voted me off the team."

"We never did that …"

"Yes, you did. Look … I now know that being team clown was dumb, I'm older now and here I can start over."

"Garfield, please come back with me." She pleaded. "You don't have to change. I promise that we'll take you seriously … I promise to take you seriously … I'll never insult you again, I swear by Azar herself."

He took Raven's hands into his own.

"I'm sorry Raven. Look, it's not like I won't come to visit; in fact, I can even come by next week. But this is my new home. The training has been awesome, and the team is … well … they're all great. This is where I belong now …"

Raven pulled away from him, he saw tears welling in her eyes.

"I understand. I'll … I'll leave now."

"I'm really sorry, Raven, I really am."

Raven raised her hood to hide her face. As Batman led her out of the sparring room Beast Boy's new teammates congregated around him and congratulated him on his choice. She turned to kid Flash.

"This is your fault. You lured him away from us … I'll never forgive you, Wally."

"Whoa, don't blame me Raven; he came here because he wanted to join our team. This is your fault, not ours."

She glared at the speedster before walking away.

Batman and Raven walked in silence until they reached the T-Ship.

"I'm sorry Raven, I now understand how much he means to you, perhaps had you told him earlier it might not have come to this."

"Whatever." She mumbled. "Goodbye, Batman."

Raven hovered up to the cockpit and took her seat. Batman left the hanger. As Raven was doing the flight pre-check her radio came to life.

"Raven! We were wondering where you went! Our tracking system says you took the T-Ship to Happy Harbor, it that correct?"

"Yes, Robin, I came to see Beast Boy."

"Raven, we discussed this, he's better off with them."

"He refused to return, if that makes you happy."

"This has nothing to do with how I feel. He's happy with them and that's all that matters … look, I know he's been gone for three months and you miss him … we all miss him … but you went there against my orders to leave him alone."

"He was right; you did want to get rid of him … and you conned us into playing along."

"Raven … just come home … OK?"

"I'm on my way." She replied flatly. "Raven out."

Raven flipped the switch to start the engines. While they warmed up she cradled her face in her hands … and began to weep.

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Before anyone says anything, yes, I know that the Young Justice Robin is Dick Grayson, but we couldn't have two Dick Graysons in this story now, could we?