I, The Hooded Menace, present you with a ficlet that DARES to use the word 'duck' a million times! It is a sequel to Hide And Seek, but you can read this as a stand alone fic. Read and review, or no one will ever play with you again!
Disclaimer - I own neither Teen Titans or Duck Duck Goose. However, the insanity is mine.
Duck Duck Goose
It was the morning after the epic defeat of the Brotherhood of Evil, and after a massive breakfast of waffles, waffles, orange juice, and more waffles, the Titans were ready for action. They didn't want to all go home yet, so they decided to play another game. After ruling out tag and kick-the-can, they decided on duck duck goose. They went outside to play, sitting in a large circle on the grass. This time, Speedy was chosen to be it.
"Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck," he said, tapping each Titan on the head, "Duck, duck, GOOSE!"
He dashed around the circle, followed closely by Hotspot, who had kindly turned off his flames for the game. Just when he was about to get his seat, Hotspot tackled him, stopping him just in time. Sulkily, Speedy sat in the middle of the ring.
"Goose!" Hotspot yelled on his first tap, running away very quickly, followed by Starfire, who was giggling, obviously enjoying herself. He was able to sit down, so the Tameranian was next to go.
"Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, GOOSE!" she squealed, tagging Beastboy. He cheated, turning into a cheetah and pouncing on her. She was sent to the middle anyway.
"Duck, duck, duck, duck," started Beastboy, "Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck –"
"JUST SAY GOOSE!" shouted the other Titans, irritated.
"Alright! Duck, duck, goose." He tapped Robin on the head. The boy wonder had been tuning him out, so realized a moment too late that he had been tagged. Beastboy got the spot easily.
"Duck, duck, duck, GOOSE!" called Robin, tagging Argent. He quickly around the circle, diving for the spot. He got there first, but also fell into Raven's lap, as she was sitting close to where he had leapt.
"Oooo, looks like he's fallen hard for you, Raven," teased Cyborg, grinning.
"Yeah, he sure took the dive for her," Kid Flash wisecracked.
The birds blushed. Robin got off of Raven, somewhat reluctantly. She was a very comfy person, though you wouldn't guess it.
From that point on, the players had a new objective – try as much as possible to have Raven and Robin collide. This gave the game a whole new hilarity as the expressions of the pair were, in a word, priceless. Argent tagged Raven, then stopped suddenly so that the empath tripped and fell against Robin. Technically, Raven got there first, so Argent was sent to the middle. Raven tagged Aqualad, who tackled her, squishing her between him and Robin, making a delicious Raven sandwich. Unfortunately, that meant that their fun was put on hold for a few minutes, until Jinx caught Kid Flash, who obviously let her. He was sent to the middle, and Raven was back into play. Jericho possessed Robin and had him glomp Raven, leaving his body at an opportune moment.
The game continued for about an hour more, with many more collisions on the part of the birds. Finally, the game ended. Robin slouched over to Raven.
"Sorry about that," he mumbled.
Raven actually laughed. "I think our friends are trying to tell us something."
"That love is child's play?" he smiled.
She leaned forward on her tiptoes and kissed him. "Something like that," she murmured, and walked away, smirking at his goofy expression.