AN: Each portion is a different person's POV. I generally don't put who's POV it is, because you are smart people and can figure it out. This story is a Beast Boy tribute that I did, without once using his name. If you find his name somewhere, please tell me so I can fix it. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I in no way, shape, or form own Teen Titans. If I did, I doubt I would write on here.
Raven was the first to notice something different with him. When she would go down for her early morning tea, he was there. Staring out the window at something only he could see. Randomly he would transform into a wolf and head towards something that only he knew. If they were in battle, and he used the form of a wolf, he would leave the other Titans and start to head off somewhere, ignoring everyone but her. Even if he wasn't in the form of a wolf, he would sometimes transform into one and start to head off until she would call for him. When he would get like that no one could reach him, no one but her that is. She was the only one who was able to snap him out of his reveries and back to reality. When he did come back, he would have no knowledge of what had happened when he was transfixed.
Raven knew something was wrong with her green friend, but she knew not of what was wrong or of how to fix it. It was not the Beast, she was sure of it, nor was it his Sakuita acting up again. The team had dealt with both of these problems before and his behavior reflected none of what had transpired then. It both concerned and confused the young half-demon. The others had no explanation, they hardly noticed the change. She noticed. She noticed from the first time it happened. He was in the middle of telling her one of his awful jokes when he stopped. Just stopped in the middle of his word and stood there, frozen. At first she wondered if it was part of the joke, but after five minutes of silence, she knew something was up. His ears were moving, as if trying to catch a sound, his breathing had gotten quieter, as if he wished for that to stop so he could hear better, his emotions calmed. No longer was she able to feel his emotions next to her, she could barely make out the sound of his breaths, and if it were not for the fact that she was staring at him, she might have thought he was gone. He appeared to be listening to some sound, to some command, because he shot off, transforming into a wolf as he did, towards the door. It wasn't until he ran full on into it that he seemed to come out of his trance. Instead of complaining about his head, joking about what had happened or giving an explanation as to his behavior, he continued with his joke as if he had never been interrupted. He even started by finishing the word that he had not finished. It wasn't until she commented on his behavior several episodes later that she realized he had no idea of what was going on.
Once, she caught him walking down her hall in the middle of the night. She barely stopped him from going through a window. (She had nailed his shut earlier and placed a spell on it to prevent it from breaking. She was afraid that he might try to jump out in the middle of the night) Another time she had only just kept him from attacking Starfire and Cyborg who stood in his path to the door. That was when they started to take note of his transformation. She had noticed he had spent more time than before in his wolf form. He was more aggressive towards everyone, except her she noticed, and he would appear to challenge Robin in almost every decision (almost as if he wanted to be leader), he was up at sunrise and would spend the entire time staring off into the rising sun. As soon as the sun set, he would get uncharacteristically tired and fall into bed, no matter the time. Never before had he gone to bed before midnight, never before did he wake before noon. The entire team knew he wasn't a morning person.
In his training sessions, he was more….more primal. He growled and bared his fangs at any opponent except her, and he refused to fight her. If he was ordered to spar with Raven he would only defend himself, never attack. She wondered why no one else seemed to take note of this. He was more friendly and nicer to her than ever before. Her customary mug of tea would be ready for her when she entered the common room, any villains that would attack her would soon have to deal with him. He even took down an entire army of minions because whenever he would attack one, another would go after her. He would quickly finish whoever he was battling, and rush to her aid. She asked him if he thought she was suddenly an invalid who needed to be protected, because she could take care of herself. He responded so sweetly that she couldn't move for a few moments, and then it was only to raise her hood to cover her blushing face. He had become a wolf again and lopped off a few steps, before returning to her and nuzzling her hand to wake her.
He didn't leave her side unless he had to for decency reasons. (bathroom/changing/etc.) When she was meditating, he would follow and remain silent the entire time. He stopped playing video games and replaced them with books, her books. Cyborg took enough notice to call his attention to it, but their friend was unaware that he was doing anything out of the ordinary.
Robin had the bright idea to let him go when he next slipped into that mode and to follow him. Unfortunately for Robin, no one could keep up with him. Soon he was out of sight, and range. "No matter how hard we tried, I tried, no one could find him, our communicators couldn't reach him, and no one knew where he went. Way to go Robin. No, I'm not upset. I'm perfectly fine. He bothered me, he was a pain, he was in the way."…..'So why does my heart ache at the thought that I will never see him again, never hear another bad joke, never anything again?'
