Kiss from the Rose Chapter 1: She Will Be Loved
Moon Comix: Yes, I'm here again!!! And wow, thanks to everyone for their reviews for Not A Second Time!!!! I love you guys!
Robin: but not in that way! NOT IN THAT WAY!!!
Starfire: yes, he just wishes to thank you for the story reviews
Cyborg: yeah, and he wants to give everyone those cookies he promised throws cookies to all reviewers
Moon Comix: how did you three get in?
Robin: secretary
Moon Comix: I don't have a secretary
Comix glares at Terra who is outside his door. Terra walks away, whistling
Cyborg: me or you, y'all?
Robin: I'll do it, Comix doesn't own Teen Titans but he does own Sonic and people he made up AND Dark Reflections (yes, they're back)
Starfire: also he is liking of the cheese
Moon Comix: well, I guess you guys can stay…
Everyone in the office: Enjoy!
Summary: Sequel to Not A Second Time. Past, it's a mysterious topic. It's even harder when you know nothing about it. Sonic's back and someone's leading him on a trail back in time. All he needs is the Titans help. And a Kiss from the Rose. Couples? I'M NOT TELLING!!!!
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A lonely figure stood at the very top of Jump City. All he had was a guitar on his back and a grin on his face. The teenage boy walked down the road, whistling a familiar tune and walking familiar streets. It was early, yes, but the few people and bakers in the streets stopped to look at him. There was even a small child with her mother who pointed at him.
"Mamma! Look, it's a Titan!"
"You're right! Hello, young man!"
"Hey! You stay safe now," shouted the boy, still grinning, "It's a great day to be home."
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The sky was covered with clouds but Raven didn't care. It was past six in the morning, the time she always got up at, the time she always meditated on the roof. The time she always talked with him. She opened her eyes and sighed. The goth couldn't stop thinking about him, and that worried her a bit.
Raven walked down stairs to find Beastboy and Terra, asleep in each other's arms. She was slightly shocked, mainly because she didn't see them when she walked in the first time to get to the roof, but then she remembered that that was what they did almost every night.
It was a year since the day Terra came back to them, and a year since he left them. A year since he left her. She remembered that day well and she could still feel his arms around her in that final embrace goodbye.
Raven fixed herself a mug of tea and sat down across from the couple, not troubling them, picking up a book to read. It was the book she had bought over a year ago and it was a very interesting book about ancient spells that were apparently used by witches hundreds and hundreds of years ago. She snuggled down with her mug of tea and book and just read for three hours straight.
She jumped with a start when Terra shook her shoulder. She dropped her book and spilled a tiny drop of tea on the couch, "ooh, sorry Rae… didn't mean to do that! Anyway, Robin and Star want to know what you want for breakfast. They've asked you about three times!"
"What, oh, just another mug of tea, please," said Raven and Terra took the mug out of Raven's outstretched hand, "thank you Terra."
It was a big difference having Terra there instead of him. Terra was a great asset to the team, as she was before, but she brought the boy/girl quota to an equal stand and she made Beastboy slightly less annoying. But there was always a tiny gap where he had left. But it had made Raven a better person. She was now more interactive with the others and she accepted Terra quicker than she accepted him, she had first hand experience.
"Where is friend Cyborg?" asked Starfire as Beastboy, Robin and Terra sat down at the table with the Tamaranian princess, "would you care to participate in the ritual of breakfast, Raven?"
"Yeah, sure, why not?" said Raven, smiling slightly and she stood up and sat with t he others, drinking her tea.
"So… what's everyone doing today?" asked Robin, like he did practically everyday, "me and Star are going to the library to read to the kids again, anyone wanna come with?"
"I'll tell you what we're doing tonight, y'all, we're goin' to a dance!" said Cyborg as he came through the door leading to the front door of the Tower, "we got invited! The Mayor's guests of honor!"
"Wait, start from 'dance'," said Robin and Cyborg handed him an opened letter, which Robin read, "To the Teen Titans. The Mayor is holding a dance for the most important people of Jump City and you have been invited as the Mayor's guests of honor. Please come in formal dress (not super hero costumes) and every Titan must attend the dance. Yours sincerely, Secretary to the Mayor, Janet Bornigart. Well, Titans, I guess we need to go… and since it's a dance, we need to go with someone. Let's decide now, I guess."
"I wish to go with you, Robin, if you allow," said Starfire and Robin blushed slightly, "do you not wish to go to the dance of the Mayor with me?"
"Yeah! I'll go with you Star…" said Robin, trialing off and still blushing, Starfire still had not seen this yet Cyborg, Beastboy and Terra were giggling like mad, Robin quickly changed the subject, "what about the rest of you?"
"Well, I wonder who I'm going with?" said Beastboy, putting a finger to his chin in mock thought. Terra just giggled again and they embraced once more, "Rae, how 'bout you? Who are you going with?"
"I don't dance," said Raven, monotonically, "but if Cyborg needs someone, I guess…" she was cut off by Cyborg's loud voice.
"Yeah, is Bee there? Thanks. Hey Bee, it's Cyborg," there was a slight pause before Cyborg laughed, "That's a good one! Hey listen, I have a dance that I need to go to, yeah, uh huh, uh huh, yeah, okay! Pick you up at eight!" Cyborg hung up the phone and formed a fist with his hand, "SCORE!"
"Fine, I'll just sit at the sidelines, drinking punch," said Raven, taking another sip of her tea, "not that I'm complaining."
She glanced around the room and suddenly realized how much had changed over the past year, minus the fact that Terra was there. For the first thing, Robin had opened up a lot more and wasn't holding grudges as much. And they had all grown in different ways, Terra, who was once slightly shorter than Raven, was now taller than her, but not by much. Raven had grown too, but, not as much as Terra. Beastboy was now taller than Starfire, who hadn't grown that much either, but Cyborg was still the tallest. As Raven thought about that, she wondered how Cyborg could grow since he had grown at least half an inch over the year. Sadly, Robin had not grown at all physically and he was still drew the short straw when it came to jokes (A/N: Pardon the pun).
"You sure," asked Robin, looking at her.
"Yeah," said Raven, "like I said, I don't dance." She stood up and walked off, turning on the TV.
"With any of us…" added Beastboy, earning a chuckle from Cyborg and a skeptical look from Robin.
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"Did you hear, there's a huge dance going on tonight," said a teenaged girl who was walking with her friend, "I wish I could go."
"Bernie, I didn't know you liked that kinda stuff," said her friend. Bernie just smiled at her.
"Well, I like this dance because Beastboy's gonna be there! Remember when we met him, Chanel?" said Bernie.
"Well, duh! Of course I do, but isn't his girlfriend going with him?" asked Chanel.
"Yeah, all of the Titans are going, but I wonder what happened to that other good looking one? You know, the sound guy?" wondered Bernie as they walked past the boy. He grinned at the fact that he had been remembered but thought his plan through.
There was going to be some party crashing involved.
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"Well, what do you think?" asked Beastboy as he stepped out of his room, "am I like the best looking super hero or not?"
"Well, there is Superman…" said Terra, causing Beastboy to pout, "you look great!"
"Thanks Terra, what do the rest of you think?"
"Not bad!" said Robin and the others nodded in agreement. Beastboy was wearing a black tuxedo with a blue inline and under the jacket was a white shirt. He was wearing polished black Italian shoes that made the suit look even better.
He looked at Robin, who was back in the tuxedo he took Kitten to the prom in, except with a red flower in his pocket. Everyone also noticed that his mask was still pinned to his face as if it could never be taken off.
Cyborg wasn't there with them, having gone to pick up his date, but he was dressed in a large black tuxedo with a light blue shirt under it. He didn't have shoes on and was thinking about using the holographic generator he had used when he infiltrated the HIVE but decided against it. He also decided to wear a top-hat too.
"Ahem, what about me?" asked Terra, playfully. She was dressed in a golden dress with a slit down the left leg so she could dance easier. She also had a necklace around her neck. Beastboy just hugged her and told her she was the most beautiful girl he knew.
Raven rolled her eyes but smiled none the less. She had taken off her cloak and was dressed in a very dark purple dress that went down to half way between her knees and feet. She had her cloak in a small bag just in case she wanted to put it on.
Starfire was in a magnificent, pink dress which had many ruffles at the bottom so it would dance around her as she did the same thing. She also had a pink jacket over her shoulders and a pair of white gloves over her slender hands. She was holding Robin's hand and smiling at the couple in front of her.
"Now, where's our ride?" wondered Robin as Cyborg honked the horn of the T-Car, "good timing."
They all walked down the stairs to the garage to find, not two people in the T-Car, but Cyborg and Bumble Bee standing in front of a long stretch limousine! Robin and Beastboy's jaws dropped when they saw this and Starfire cried 'wonderful!'
"The city sent this as our ride, yo!" said Cyborg, holding the door open for Bumble Bee, who thanked him, "everybody in!"
Bumble Bee was dressed in a blue dress, to match her eyes, a blue version of the dress that Starfire wore at Kitten's prom. She also had large gold hoops hanging from her ears and a pair of yellow high heels on her feet.
"You're looking good," said Robin and Bumble Bee smiled, "let's go, who's driving?"
Everyone was inside the passenger area and the car started and they drove off. Cyborg and Bee grinned, "Thank you Robin, you're looking nice too but they sent us a driver! I guess it comes with the package."
Everyone enjoyed the trip to the dance and Beastboy and Terra had their heads out the sun roof and were cheering and waving to passers-by. Many people outside laughed with them and waved back, but Raven pulled them down before they got there.
"Welcome to the Mayor's estate," said a butler as he opened the door of their limo. Cyborg got out first; holding his hand out for Bee, Then Raven; Beastboy got out and helped Terra before Robin and Starfire. The limo drove off and Beastboy waved back to the driver, "follow me." The Titans followed the butler into a gigantic hall with a large staircase leading down to a flat dancing area.
"Wow," said every one of the Titans as the butler announced their presence to the hall. Everyone turned to the team of superheroes and clapped, Beastboy and Terra waving back, and Robin lead the way down the steps.
The hall was magnificent. The stairs lead down to the golden, marble floor on which everyone was dancing on under a large golden candelabrum. On the outside of the dance floor were many small tables, all of which had a few roses and a candle. At the end of the floor were a stage and a long buffet table, filled with every gourmet food they could think of.
"Dude, I think tonight is gonna rock!" said Beastboy as he dragged Terra over to the buffet.
"Isn't Terra the luckiest?" asked Raven and Bumble Bee nodded in agreement, "enjoy your dance with Cyborg."
"Raven, aren't you gonna dance?" asked Bee and Raven shook her head, "oh, okay, you should though, it'll be fun!"
Raven just nodded and sat down at a table, watching the couples of nobles dance around to a relatively quick song, the hems of dresses flying around. She just sat there, one hand under her chin, the elbow on the table, bored. All the letter said was that she had to be here, not that she had to do anything.
"Maybe there's something outside," muttered Raven, "maybe he's out there…"
The half demon stood up and walked outside, but only for a couple of minutes. Outside was almost as boring as inside. She walked onto the balcony and stared out into the garden. It was beautiful, yes, but there was nothing to do there. Raven sighed and wandered back over to her seat, pulling out her small, golden guitar. The only thing she had that he had given her.
Elsewhere, Beastboy and Terra looked at each other as a Spanish song came on, "shall we dance?"
"Of course," answered Terra and she took her boyfriend's hand and walked onto the dance floor. Right into the centre.
They got into a ballroom stance and began to dance. Beastboy span Terra under his arm and pulled her back in. They then stepped backwards, back to where they began and then forward. Their arms separated, they span out, clapped and span back in again, back into the ballroom pose. Beastboy then dipped Terra until her head almost touched the ground; her hair messed up and pulled her back up, quickly. They repeated this until the song had finished and Terra said she had to go to the bathroom. Beastboy walked over to Cyborg, who was also waiting for Bee to get back from the bathroom.
"Since when could you dance, yo?" asked Cyborg as Beastboy got a drink, "you got some nice moves!" The two hi-fived and Beastboy grinned even more widely.
"Yeah, she's great, isn't she?" asked Beastboy and Cyborg nodded, "and you suit Bee, too!"
"You guys are lucky, you know that?" said Cyborg, "you guys love each other and you knew that from the very beginning!"
"If only I could kiss her," said the green teen, sadly, and Cyborg clapped him on the back, "there are the girls, c'mon!"
Raven watched as Cyborg and Beastboy joined their dates and as Starfire and Robin twirled past. The princess was smiling, romantically, and Robin was staring into her eyes. Why didn't they just admit it to each other already?
"Isn't this an enchanting evening?" asked Raven to herself, "I can't believe im stuck here."
"Hey there, little lady, can I have this next dance?" said a voice and Raven groaned.
"I'm sorry, but I… don't… da…" she began as she looked up and saw who it was, "SONIC!!!" Raven jumped up and wrapped her arms around the boy standing there.
"Well, I'm glad someone remembers me! I must have passed at least five news stands and no one said hi!" joked Sonic and he hugged Raven back. Sonic was dressed in a white tuxedo with a white shirt and black tie. His feet, however, were covered in his black trainers. The teenaged boy and the teenaged girl hugged each other for about three minutes, "how have you been?"
"I've been missing you," was the girl's reply as she let go, "come on, let's go outside." The two kids walked outside onto the balcony and stood under the stars, "where have you been?"
"I'll save that story for the Tower," grinned Sonic and he stared at the stars, "did you look up at these every night, wondering if someone who cared for you was looking at them too?" Raven nodded slowly and Sonic smiled again, "I did too, I guess we're connected in more ways that one."
"I really missed you, you can't believe how much I've missed you" said Raven, hugging Sonic again, "and I'm glad you're back." She looked up into Sonic's eyes and stared into the comforting vortex of his gaze.
"I'm glad…" Sonic's head moved closer to Raven's, eyes closed, "… I'm back…" they moved closer still until they were barely a centimeter apart, "… with you…" Their lips met and the warm feeling of the kiss flooded through them. A black aura surrounded many pot plants and they began to fly into the air, but as the kiss continued, they floated down, back to a spot in the garden. Still, many small bits of stone, soil and other things flew around them. A shooting star flew over head of the pair and the stars sparkled romantically. A nuclear bomb could have gone off around them but they wouldn't have broken the kiss they had been waiting for. Waiting for over a year to do.
Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Bumble Bee, Terra and Beastboy stood at the archway, staring at the kissing couple.
"Splendid! Friend Sonic has returned! We should go greet him!" cried Starfire and she tried to fly out to see him but everyone, save Bee who didn't know who he was, grabbed onto the alien, "why must you halt my flight?"
"Dude! We're not gonna break up that!" cried Beastboy, pointing at the kissing couple, "it's, like, beautiful!"
"And Beastboy's views of beautiful are different from ours," said Robin, grinning, "but this is something we can all agree on!"
"Yeah, Star, we knew it for ages but," Cyborg added in a whisper, "like you and Robin," he spoke normally again, "they didn't admit it!"
"All it took was for the love of her life to go away for a year," pointed out Terra and the others nodded in agreement, except for Bumble Bee.
"Um… who is he and why is he sticking his tongue in Raven's mouth?" asked Bee and they all laughed quietly, so as not to disturb Raven and Sonic.
"We didn't see them, okay?" said Robin as they walked back into the dance, "Just act like we don't know Sonic's here."
Back with the kissing people, Sonic pulled his lips away from Raven's and stared at a semi-shocked girl, whose eyes were still closed. He just smiled at her and waited for her to open her eyes. She savored the moment in her head and opened her eyes, staring into Sonic's again.
"Wow," was all she said before they kissed once more.
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"That was some dance!" moaned Terra as she collapsed onto the couch, her boyfriend following her, "have they showed up yet?"
"Nope, no sign," said Robin, looking out the window, "although Cyborg and Bumble Bee are having a lengthy talk by the T-Car." Instantly, every pair of eyes were on the two people down below.
"We need a social life," said Beastboy but continued to stare in case of a scandal.
Cyborg and Bee continued to talk until she looked up, spotting the others. Cyborg scowled and pressed a button on his wrist and the windows became black instantly. Everyone moaned at the fact they couldn't watch and went back to the couch, Terra under BB's arm, Robin (who had changed out of his tux the minute he stepped into the Tower) was drinking a soda and Starfire was playing with a piece of string that she had found on the table.
"And there they go," said Robin as they heard a car driving off into the distance, "he better take her directly to the other Tower." Beastboy burst out laughing at this and hi-fived Robin, "thanks, I've been practicing."
While the discussion about Cyborg and Bee's relationship was going on below, Raven and Sonic had landed on the roof and were about to come down the stairs when Sonic stopped her.
"Shouldn't I come through the front door?" asked Sonic, "I mean, that way we can pretend you haven't seen me yet and no one has to know about the kiss… es…"
Raven agreed and floated Sonic down with her powers. She then walked in through the stairs and came into the lounge.
"Friend Raven! You have returned! How was the joining of the mouth for…?" Starfire was about to say more when three hands clamped over her mouth, shutting her up.
"Why'd you come back on your own?" asked Terra, teasingly, "embarrassed by us? Something happen?"
"I am informing you now! Raven and So…" again, three hands were clamped over Starfire's lips and she made a 'we are not amused' noise.
"Nothing happened," said Raven, smiling slightly, "I just needed some fresh air, didn't like the crowd." When she finished the sentence, there was a loud banging at the door. Everyone jumped, except for Starfire who flew into the ceiling. While Terra and Robin helped Starfire, Raven and Beastboy walked down to the front door, both of them secretly grinning. When all five of the Titans in the building were there, Beastboy opened the door. The large pieces of metal slid apart to reveal a familiar figure.
"SONIC!!!" cried everyone, all of them trying to act surprised. The boy just grinned, he had changed back into his normal clothes in the time Raven and he separated, the clothes being a long sleeved T-shirt, a pair of faded jeans and his sleeveless jacket and a pair of fingerless gloves, and groaned as Beastboy tackled him to the ground and as Starfire tried to hug his spine to pieces.
"Good to see you," said Robin and he clasped hands with Sonic after he had gotten Beastboy off of him and Starfire to leave his back alone, "how have you been?"
"Like I told Rav… I mean, I'll tell you later!" said Sonic as Terra approached him, "hey, Ter, how's life as a carbon based life form," everyone looked a tiny bit shocked when he said this, "what? I know words like that!" Everyone laughed and the two newest Titans hugged. Then Sonic reached Raven and they hugged again, trying to make it look like they had not seen each other earlier that night.
"Wow, it's been ages since we've seen you!" said Beastboy as they went in, "dude! You promised you would call!"
"I was gonna!" said Sonic and he grinned at Raven again, "where's Cyborg?"
"Dropping off his date," grinned Robin, "you never met the Titans East, did you?"
"Nope!" said Sonic, "what are they, fans?" The other five Titans laughed at this but Sonic was confused, "seriously, what are they?" Everyone laughed again and they walked up the stairs to the living room, "TELL ME!!!"
When they reached the room, and when they had told Sonic who the Titans East, Terra and Beastboy sat down beside each other, everyone not surprised, Robin grabbed four sodas, Starfire picked up two and Sonic sat down, Raven sitting down at the other end of the couch, both of them blushing. Robin threw Beastboy, Sonic and Terra a soda and Starfire placed the extra one on the table, obviously for Cyborg.
"So, where have you been?" asked Robin again as Cyborg walked up the stairs, "so many interruptions! How was the ride back?"
"Not bad," said Cyborg, catching the soda Starfire threw to him.
"Were the conditions bad? I heard they would be as I came in from Steel City," said Sonic and Cyborg shook his head.
"Nope, perfect riding, Sonic," said Cyborg, taking a sip of his drink. Until he realized who it was, "SONIC!!!" The metal man and the sound master shook hands and they were all sitting down, so Sonic could tell his story.
"Okay… um, can I tell this tomorrow? I'm really tired," said Sonic, grinning widely, "really tired."
Everyone fell off the couch, except Raven, who smiled at him, "if he's going to bed then so am I." Raven walked out and people called 'goodnight', Sonic stood up too and said night to everyone too.
"Wow, he's home," said Beastboy, Terra snuggling into him, "everything's back to normal."
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"It's been how long!" whispered Sonic as he and Robin sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee and staring at Terra and Beastboy asleep on the couch, still in the clothes they were wearing to the dance.
"About eight months," said Robin, taking a sip, "and they still haven't kissed."
"WHAT!!!" cried Sonic, but he slapped his hand over his mouth directly after. All the couple did was groan a bit but they didn't wake, "I've known people to get married in less than that amount of time!"
"They're taking things really slow, I mean, we all expected them to get together the day she came back, but they were very shy and I think worried about what happened last time," said Robin, smiling slightly, "so he asked her out a few months after you left, just for pizza or something, and they've been dating but they haven't kissed."
"Holy crap! That's just weird," muttered Sonic and he finished his coffee, "well, I reject this reality, and substitute my own!"
"Meaning?"
"Everything is gonna be different!" grinned Sonic, "and I know who's gonna help me!"
"I never forget that look in your eye," said Robin, drinking again, "you're gonna do something drastic."
At that moment, Terra woke up, stirring a bit, before stretching her arms and noticing Sonic and Robin, "hey guys, what time is it? Oh, nice clothes, Sonic." She had just noticed that Sonic was now in his Titan's uniform.
"It's an hour before the dance, you should get ready," said Sonic and Robin smirked at him, "nah, it's about seven and Raven's not up… strange."
"I'll check on her on the way to my room," said Terra before looking at Beastboy, still sleeping away, "he looks so cute!"
"More like 'he looks so much like a sick pig'," whispered Robin as the girl walked out, "so, what are you gonna do?"
"You'll see, heh, heh, heh," laughed Sonic before picking up a napkin, rolling it up and throwing it at Beastboy and hitting him on the nose, "someone should do it!" Nothing happened and Beastboy slept on.
Meanwhile, Terra knocked on Raven's door and after hearing the goth's voice, she opened the door. Raven wasn't meditating; she was lying on her bed, arms behind her head and staring at the ceiling.
"Raven, are you okay?" asked Terra and Raven nodded, "is something wrong?"
"Um… I don't know," said Raven, sitting up, "what would you do if someone kissed you and you didn't know what would happen after that?"
Terra was shocked at this question but knew what she was talking about "isn't their something in your millions of books that could help you?"
"I have spells, stories, architecture, scriptures and diary entries but nothing can help me with love," said Raven, sadly, "and what's even sadder is that I'm asking you for love advice."
Terra laughed and pointed out of the window. Raven looked there and saw a single rock float up, "here, when you know what to do, give this to him." Raven looked at Terra before looking at the rock again and the rock was in the shape of a love heart, "believe me, it helps. This is kinda what convinced me to go out with Beastboy the first time, a love heart gift. Oh, and go see the others, they're worrying about you." Terra walked out, golden dress flicking around her feet.
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The next day, Cyborg and Beastboy were playing the Gamestation once again and Robin was cooking breakfast solo this morning. Raven was reading, Terra was cheering Beastboy on and Sonic was talking to Starfire on the roof, "you're concerned about Terra and Beastboy, right?"
"Of course! A relationship should always consist of the lip joining and the tongue down throat experience!" cried Starfire, gleefully, "why do you ask?"
"Cause, tonight, we're gonna make them kiss, okay?" grinned Sonic and Starfire smiled back, "great! I'll tell Beastboy to take Terra out and then we'll go along with this plan," he handed Starfire a piece of paper, "this is gonna be great!"
"Correct! We shall assist our good friends in maturing their relationship!" said Starfire, "while we are in the mood for talking about relationships, what is happening between you and friend Ra…"
"STAR!!! I NEED HELP!!! I BLEW UP THE TOASTER AGAIN!!!" cried Robin out of the window and Starfire sighed again.
"Alas, Friend Robin can take down robotic armies, disembowel slime monsters and open a can of 'whoop butt' on most enemies but he cannot make toast." Starfire flew down into the kitchen and began to help Robin and his toast problem.
Sonic sighed and walked down into the lounge to receive a breakfast of burnt toast and semi-raw pancakes.
"We really need to give him lessons," said Raven as she poked a fork into a pancake, "sometimes he does well and sometimes…"
"You feel like eating Cyborg instead?" finished Sonic and Raven nodded. Along with everyone else, except for Starfire and Robin.
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"So, tonight, you have to take Terra out somewhere," said Sonic, in his room, to a confused Beastboy, "what about that restaurant she likes?"
"Um, dude, one: it's a diner, and two: why do you care so much?" asked Beastboy, causing Sonic to panic.
"Um… I… uh… need the place empty tonight?" said Sonic, "yeah, I'm setting up this huge 'I'm Back' prank and if you don't want Terra to be slimed, go!"
"Oh, okay," said the changeling, suspiciously, "yeah, we can have pie and I can take my moped and we can just, you know, sit there and talk… without Cyborg bothering us…"
"Yeah! So go prepare! Fill the 'Ped with petrol, dust off your cleanest looking Titans costume, get her some flowers!" Sonic threw ideas at him, "go! Go!"
Beastboy walked out to the lounge, still wondering what was happening.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Starfire was talking to Terra in her room, "you should date Beastboy on this day's evening!"
"Huh?"
"If Beastboy wishes you to date him on this day's evening you should!" repeated Starfire and Terra nodded, "you should dress in your finest garments and spray on your finest smelling spray!"
"Okay, but I don't know why you're so concerned," said Terra, standing up, "could I get some privacy?"
"Of course!" said Starfire, blushing slightly. She walked out and as the door slid behind her, she opened up her communicator and said, "I have passed the information on to Friend Terra."
Sonic's face appeared on her screen, "perfect, now go launch phase two!" Starfire nodded and flew out a window, a large duffle bag in her hand and a grin on her face.
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"YOU'RE DOING WHAT?!?!?!" screamed Cyborg before Raven shut his mouth with some dark magic.
"You can't be serious," said Robin, turning off the T.V, "we've tried for months! Nothing will get them to kiss!"
"Why can't I come?" said Cyborg, pouting, "and why does Starfire get to go?"
Sonic sighed and looked out the window, spotting Beastboy and Terra ride out on the B-Ped, both with helmet and goggles on, "you can't come because you'll take the micky out of Beastboy every time we see them, you'll make too much noise when we're trying to hide from them and you're too bulky and you stand out."
"And why Starfire?" asked Robin, grinning along with Sonic.
"She's helping me with Terra," said Sonic, "I've never understood the opposite gender."
"So why isn't Raven helping Terra?" asked Cyborg and everyone knew he was asking a stupid question.
"Can you see me giving love advice," Raven blushing slightly under her hood when she remembered earlier that day, "to anyone?"
"Good point," said Cyborg and he threw Sonic's car keys to him, "here, take your car, and good luck."
"Do you know who you're talking to?" asked Sonic grinning, "believe me, if the plan works well enough, they might even get married!"
"Do I need to mention that they're both only sixteen?" said Raven, "they can't get married yet and I don't think I can handle any weddings at this point in my life."
Everyone laughed at this and Sonic felt the vibrating of his communicator, Star's face appeared on the screen, "yeah?"
"I have had a conversation with the diner manager and he shall contact me when Friends Terra and Beastboy arrive and leave," said Starfire, she appeared to be chewing, "this pie is really the best pie ever!"
"That's great, Star, see ya in about ten minutes," said Sonic, "okay, I'm off and I'll alert you guys if the mission was a success."
"Sonic," Cyborg approached him with a very serious voice on, "this will be the deadliest mission the Titans have ever come up against," a smile crept onto his face, "can you do it?"
"I will, mission control," said Sonic, grinning too, "We'll make it back, alive and, in Terra and Beastboy's case, kissing."
Sonic left the lounge with laughter and he jumped into his old car, smirked at the way it had been nicely preserved and drove out of the opened garage door, into the night.
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"My god, that was the best pie, I have ever tasted!" said Terra, "it had to be the best they have ever made!"
"Yeah, it was too good even for me to throw at someone!" laughed Beastboy as they got onto the moped. He blushed slightly as she wrapped her arms around him and he drove off.
"Beastboy," said Terra, "I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt that I was at a high school but I didn't remember you. And you tried to help me but I shot you down… do you think it will happen in real life?"
"Nah, you couldn't forget a handsome mug like this, right!" joked Beastboy but Terra was unsure. She knew her boyfriend was worried and his outer exterior was joking.
They were driving back to the Tower when they came to a road block and a police officer was standing in front of it. His hat was pulled down low on his face and he shook his head when Beastboy and Terra came close.
"I'm sorry, but the road's blocked off, you'll need to wait until we can fix the bridge to Jump City. We're almost done, but why don't you go down there until we're finished." The officer was pointing down the hill at a carnival. A carnival that had broken their hearts two years before.
"I would," said Beastboy, both of them staring at the carnival, "but I spent all my money on the diner." The police officer quickly shoved a couple of hundred dollars in Beastboy's pocket without anyone noticing, "Wait… I have about," Beastboy had found and counted the newly acquired money, "three hundred bucks, you'd think I would have known about this."
"Right, we'll be done in about four hours," said the officer, "off you go!"
He watched as the couple drove down the hill side, laughter coming from them after about thirty seconds. He grinned as he pulled his hat off and pulled out his Titans communicator, "Starfire, Sonic here. I've sent them into the carnival. Keep people away from he…" there was a large bang and a truck flew over his head, "crap! We have trouble! But we can't let the happy lovers find out!"
"Of course!" said Starfire and Sonic turned around to see Plasmus wrecking havoc on some parked cars. He groaned as he pulled off the police uniform and ran at the giant purple-pink blob, blasting it with a couple of sonic blasts.
"Don't let it get near the carnival!" cried Sonic as Starfire flew over to his side, "and try to make it quick, we can't distract Beastboy and Terra!"
It took another ten minutes to get Plasmus down and Sonic sighed as he called the police, "and please don't have sirens on, make it low key." He then turned to Starfire, "go after the others, make sure they do romantic things."
"Yes sir," giggled Starfire and she flew down to the carnival.
Since it was quite late, there were only a few people in the carnival so they got on the rides without waiting more than five minutes. Beastboy and Terra walked around the side shows, playing the games and Beastboy winning Terra a giant stuffed dog.
"It's not green and it's not you," said Terra, "but it comes second."
They ran over to a rollercoaster and screamed the entire time before trying out the strength machine. Terra first picked up the hammer and slammed it down, the small thing just falling short of the bell. A large muscley man saw who she was with and laughed.
"My dear," he said to Terra, "what are you doing with a wimp like him? Why not try your hand with someone like me?"
Terra said nothing but Beastboy picked up the hammer, slammed it down on the button and heard the ringing of the bell, "now, do you want this thing to go down on your foot?"
"No, I'm sorry," said the man and he ran off.
"Think twice before messing with the Titans!" cried Terra and they both laughed as they got a drink, "you'd think we would get sick of sodas, wouldn't you."
They finished their drinks and headed over to the Big Wheel, "should we?" asked Terra, remembering the last time on the Big Wheel.
"There isn't any Slade right now, come on. What could happen?" said a confident Beastboy and led the way to the Big Wheel. It was a rather smooth ride with nothing out of the ordinary happening. But Starfire, who was in the carriage behind them, thought that it wasn't romantic enough. So she flew over to the man outside a ride called, 'The Tunnel of Love' and talked to him. He agreed to try and draw their attention.
Meanwhile, back on the Big Wheel, Terra was in a tight embrace with Beastboy and they were reminiscing, "do you think we would be like this if Slade hadn't showed up?" asked Terra and Beastboy wondered.
"I think we would be close, but not as close because in that year you were away, I appreciated you more and I knew that I had to get you back," said Beastboy and they cuddled until the ride came to a stop.
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"So, do you think they've kissed yet?" asked Cyborg as he moved his queen to another place on the chess board, "check."
"I dunno, we don't know what the plan was. And Plasmus was active tonight, so that might have killed the mood," said Robin as his knight took Cyborg's queen, "We'll just have to wait."
"Just don't make fun of them when they come in," said Raven, "and remember that they may have kissed and you never have kissed anyone."
"And you have?" said Cyborg before he could stop himself. He stared at Raven and saw her do two things, first she blushed and then a tear ran down her cheek, "Raven?"
"I'll be in my room," said Raven and a couple of cushions flew into the air, and three lights burst, showering Cyborg with glass. Before anyone could do anything, the door to the other rooms had shut leaving two confused boys.
"Um… check mate?" said Robin when Cyborg saw that he had lost the game, "what was that about?"
"Don't think it was about Sonic, though," said Cyborg as they set up a new game, "I mean, he wouldn't make her feel like that. She was…"
"Upset," completed Robin and Cyborg nodded, "she looked as if it was a really old pain. Do you think it was Malchior?"
"Maybe, who knows?"
"Raven does," said Robin as he made the first move.
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"You there!" said a man standing next to a ride, pointing at Beastboy and Terra, "you look like a happy couple, why not ride the Tunnel of Love?"
"Yeah, I guess," said Terra and Beastboy nodded in agreement, "how much?"
"Free for happy couples," winked the man and the two Titans thanked him. After they had sat down in a boat and gone in, he called to a hiding Starfire, "they're in, little miss."
"Many, many thanks," said Starfire as Sonic came running towards her, "friend Sonic! The authorities took Plasmus away?"
"Yeah, but that stupid admission guy wouldn't let me through without paying!" cried Sonic, "where's the love birds? Have I missed anything?"
"They're in there," pointed Starfire and Sonic jumped on one of the boats; "we are to enter too?"
"Yeah, we need to be watching, they can't kiss yet!" cried Sonic and Starfire floated into the seat behind him, "thanks man." The man nodded to them and the ride began. Inside were things like love hearts, little models of Cupid and cuddly bears. And everything was pink. Starfire was amazed but Sonic felt like yawning loudly, this wasn't his style, "come on, Star, we need to get closer, they're about four boats in front."
And with that, Sonic jumped from the boat onto the land around him, Starfire following him, "such delightful colours! And the lovely bears! I wish Robin would buy me one…"
Sonic almost tripped when he heard this but caught himself, thinking that it would attract attention to himself as he was beside Beastboy and Terra, "shush!" he hissed at Starfire and they both watched the two going through the ride. They were actually looking more like Sonic was than Starfire. That wasn't good.
"Oh no!" whispered Starfire, "They are being put off! We should go set up for the mirrors!"
"Yeah, I'll go do that, you keep an eye on them and make sure they go to the Hall of Mirrors," said Sonic and he took off, a duffle bag in his hand.
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"So, what do you want for dinner?" asked Cyborg as he and Robin stopped throwing the chess pieces at each other, "I can make something."
"Yeah, okay, how about hot dogs?" asked Robin and he helped Cyborg get everything out, "do you think Raven would want something?"
"I dunno, you wanna go ask?" said Cyborg, putting on a chef's hat, "it's your life, man."
Robin ignored the last comment and walked to Raven's room, knocking on her door, "Raven?"
There was a slight gasp and soon Raven had opened the door a slither, her hood over her eyes, "yes?"
"Um… do you want dinner?" asked Robin, nervously.
"Oh… um… just a herbal tea," said Raven and she turned around to put something away. While she was gone, Robin saw that the room was in a mess and the book she had put down was labeled 'Happy Memories' with the 'Happy' bit crossed out. Robin's eyes widened but they went back to normal when Raven came back, "come on."
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"Well that was pointless," said Terra when they got out of the boat, "it was just a bunch of love hearts!"
"Yeah, you'd think it'd be better, the way that guy was talking about it," said Beastboy and he wrapped his arm around Terra, "you cold?"
"Nah, what should we do next?" asked Terra, scanning the area, "There isn't much new things."
"Well, you threw up on that," Beastboy pointed to a large, spinning thing, "I was totally freaked out on that," he pointed to the ghost train, "all that's left, really, is the… Hall of Mirrors."
Terra looked worriedly at her boyfriend but her expression changed as she remembered all she had done over the year she had been back, "come on, we can't let the past catch up on us."
"Right," said Beastboy and they headed over to the Hall, Starfire following gleefully.
They entered the Hall and laughed at the funny reflections that were staring back at them, Beastboy enjoyed a particular one that made him rather muscley and he loved pretending in front of Terra, who laughed quite a bit. They were too busy laughing; they didn't see Starfire zoom past. Beastboy stopped pretending he was a body builder and walked along with the Geomancer, laughing when Terra became unbelievably short in one mirror. Even with past experiences in this place, they had a good time in there and they finally entered the circular room at the end of the Hall.
As soon as they stepped in, music stared playing, not just any music. Their music. 'She Will Be Loved' was echoing in the dark room and the two looked around trying to see where it coming from. And then, suddenly, a disco ball came down from the ceiling and a light as shining on it, sending small spots of light everywhere.
"Well," Beastboy took advantage of the situation and held out his hand, "shall we dance?"
Terra looked at him for a moment before giving him a large grin and saying, "gladly." They stepped out into the middle of the room and began to sway to the music, Terra's head on Beastboy's shoulders. They didn't know how long they stayed like that, but the music and lights continued, but to them, it was magical.
"Beastboy," said Terra, finally, "do you think we were meant for each other?"
He considered his answer before pulling away and staring into her deep, blue eyes, "no force in the universe could stop me from being with you."
Sonic and Starfire, who were hiding in the rafters of the roof, both silently, went 'awww'.
Below them, Terra and Beastboy were still staring into each other's eyes before they closed simultaneously. Beastboy leant in slightly and Terra did the same, closer and closer they leant before their lips touched, ever so softly. Terra gasped as this happened but then she brushed Beastboy's lips, the brush turning into a passionate kiss. The music continued to play, the lights were still flashing and the kiss continued.
Sonic stared down at them, smiling and thinking that it looked as good as his kiss with Raven's felt.
Starfire looked down, her hands clasped, wondering when that was going to happen to her.
Beastboy thought that he didn't want the kiss to stop, it was his first and he loved it.
Terra had tears of happiness sprouting in her eyes, this was the best time of her life and she was glad that she had met Beastboy.
After what felt like forever, they broke the kiss up and embraced, "we did it," whispered Terra as Beastboy stared up at the roof.
"Thanks guys," said Beastboy and Starfire flew down with Sonic, "really."
"It's what we do," said Sonic, grinning like mad, "we'll leave you two alone, I guess."
"Congratulations Friends!" smiled Starfire and they walked out, leaving Terra and Beastboy in the circular room, "my little clorbag's in love."
"Beastboy, this was a wonderful night," said Terra, "but how did you know it was them?"
Beastboy simply shrugged and they continued to dance deep into the night.
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Sonic and Starfire walked up the stairs to find their three friends sitting there, Robin asleep.
"Well?" asked Cyborg, shaking Robin violently to wake him, "how'd it go."
Sonic looked at Starfire who nodded and she said, "Mission Successful!"
"Booya!" cried Cyborg and he jumped up, "I knew you guys could do it!!!"
"Nice work, how did you do it?" asked Robin but Sonic just tapped his nose.
"That's something you'll never find out," said Sonic, "the Love-Master does not reveal his secrets."
"So where are they?" asked Raven and Sonic shrugged.
"We left them at the carnival; they could be anywhere," said Sonic, and then yawned, "wow, getting people to kiss really takes it out of ya. Night guys." And he walked to his room.
"Wow, it's pretty late," said Robin, "I'm going too. Night guys, night Starfire."
"Pleasant Slorvaks," said Starfire and she followed Robin through.
It was quiet for a few minutes before Cyborg said, "Sorry about getting you upset."
"What?" asked Raven, "oh, never mind."
"No, Raven, why did that make you upset?" asked Cyborg, turning into 'Big Brother' mode, "can you tell me?"
"It's just something I'd like to forget," said Raven, "a part of my life before the Titans. I'm going to bed."
So Raven left Cyborg wondering in that room for hours and he eventually gave up and went to bed before Beastboy and Terra got home.
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Sonic woke at about three in the morning for two reasons. One, Beastboy and Terra had gotten home and had woken him up and two, his computer was flashing. So he got up and found he had one new email. He opened it and this message as displayed.
Dear Sonic
I know who you are, I knew who you were and I know that you don't know who you are, yourself. If you want answers about your origin, meet me at Terra's old grave on Thursday at twelve noon.
See You There
And it ended there. Sonic's eyes widened as he read and re-read it over and over again. His past, he always wanted to know how he got his powers and how he ended up as a pawn of Darkening. And soon he would.
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Cyborg: cool chapter long pause I think I should have had a bigger part
Robin: yeah, me too!
Starfire: I am not complaining!
Cyborg: that's cause you had a decent part! Ok, here's a deal, I'll just make fun of Beastboy and Terra in the next chapter!
Robin: me too!!!!!
Moon Comix: you see what I have to put up with… YOU TRY LIVING WITH THEM!!!!!!!!
Starfire: I wish to inform the readers that Moon Comix does not actually live with us… we simply visit his office
Moon Comix: please review and you get the next chapter
Cyborg: where we make fun of Beastboy and Terra!
Comix Out!