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This is a collab fic with JP-Ryder, writer of several awesome stories such as Green Legionnaire, Greenpool, Beastly Lantern, An Alpha to his pride, Underdogs Redux and many more.
Summary: Beast Boy is assigned to be the leader for a newly formed Titan team in LA. Their job is to reduce crime rating that has been increasing significantly and to expose the criminal mastermind of LA, Doflamingo of the Donquixote family. Anime multi-crossovers, rated T but will become rated M in the future.
In a dark void, surrounded by fog, a green boy was running. He ran and ran as he was searching for somebody. He looked around as he finds himself alone.
"Robin! Starfire!" he calls out looking for his friends. "Cyborg! Raven! Please answer me!"
"Beast Boy..." spoke Raven who appears to be fading away.
"Raven!" Beast Boy shouts as he ran towards her to reach for her. But Raven faded out of existence. "No!" he cried out as he heard Cyborg's voice.
"B, help!" shout Cyborg who's being dragged down into the darkness.
Beast Boy went for Cyborg's aid, but he can only watch as his metallic buddy is being consumed into the darkness. He couldn't believe it, but his friends were disappearing one by one.
"Beast Boy!" shout Robin as Beast Boy looks at him, unharmed as the boy wonder still.
"Robin! Thank god you're alright!" he shouts as Robin was about to walk towards to him, only to tap into something. Next thing Beast Boy knew Robin was being sucked into a blue light.
"NNNOOOOOOOO!" Robin screams out as his whole skin peels off, as well as his muscle tissue as he's only bones being sucked into a vacuum.
"Holy shi-" Beast Boy fell back, as he crawled away from what just happened 'What's happening? Why are my friends...!?' he tripped and fall as he was about to land on the floor, but then he was caught by a pair of orange hands.
"Beast Boy...are you alright?" asked Starfire as the changeling looks up to see the orange skinned alien before him, showing concern.
"I-It's horrible, Star! Raven, Cyborg, Robin...they're disappearing one by one! I don't know what's going on anymore!" he shouts as he cried onto her, as Star hugs him in comfort. "W-Why is-"
"Shh, Beast Boy." Star whispered to him as she stroke his hair "Can you promise me something?"
He looks up to her as he asked "Promise you what?"
"That you don't forget about your fffrrriiiiieeeeennnnnnddddddsssss!" Star answered as her face starts to melt in front of him. All he can look is shock and horror in seeing Star's head melted off, as he screams in horror as a toaster appeared in place of her head, popping up a pair of toast.
Dream Ends.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Beast Boy screams as he shot out of bed. He was breathing heavily as he finds himself sweating in his room "Geez, what a nightmare." he said as he shakes it off from the nightmare.
Soon the green skinned elfish teen wearing a purple and black bodysuit, gray gloves and boots heads down to the common room where the kitchen is. After shaking off the nightmare he had, he meets up with his friends who were having breakfast. He sigh in relief as he finds his friends alright as he walks at the pantry to get some cereal.
"Good morning, friend Beast Boy!" Star greets excitedly.
"Hey, Star." he replied as he grabs some cereal, follow by picking up a gallon of soy milk.
"Would you like some toast for your cereal?" Star asked holding a plate of toast towards the changeling. Beast Boy looks at the toast as he is reminded of the nightmare which made him gasp and back away. He ends up bumping into Cyborg.
"Yo, what's with you, Grass stain?" Cyborg asked him, seeing Beast Boy tensed up.
"I-Its nothing, Cy." Beast Boy replied as he pour his soy milk into his cereal.
Raven can sense something up from him. She can tell that he's not up to his usual goofy and immature attitude he usually radiates off. She can sense something's up.
"You're not up to your immature-self like usual in the morning." she points out as Beast Boy looks at her.
"Eh, maybe I'm just tired." he shrugs off as he set his cereal in the counter, eating it while forgetting about the nightmare. Though, he questioned about the toast thing.
"Alright team, after breakfast we shall have a meeting." Robin announced as he drinks his coffee and eat his eggs and sausage links.
'Wonder what kind of meeting is it?' Beast Boy thought as he continues to eat 'Must be Slade-related.'
Soon after the team had breakfast, they all gather up at the couch. Robin stood in front of them with his arms behind his back. He was looking at his team, ready to prepare the news.
"I have looked up for crime around California lately, and from what I've gathered, Los Angeles has a much higher crime rate." Robin states. "Not the usual higher crime rate but it peaked up very high. I say, more higher than Gotham and Bludhaven combined."
"That's L.A. for you, with the drugs, murder and gang violence." Cyborg listed off the many crimes in L.A.
"Of course and since that crime rate has increased exponentially, the mayor of LA has requested to send out a team of Titans to set up base there. I agreed and I have handpicked and recruited six heroes in the Titans, but they lack leadership." he said as he looks at Beast Boy "So I've decided Beast Boy would be their leader."
"Wha...?" Beast Boy was confused as the information sinks in "WWHHAAAAATTT!? ME!?" he exclaimed as he feels like he's going to faint.
"That's right. You'll be the leader of your own team of Titans." Robin told him.
"No, no way, Rob! I'm not the leader material here! If anything, why can't Cyborg go? He's got the potential!" Beast Boy said pointing at Cyborg.
"Oh come on, it was a onetime thing, really." Cyborg said feeling flattered.
"You have potential as well, Beast Boy." Robin states as he place his hand on the changeling's shoulder "When you lead a rag tag team of Titans into the Brotherhood's base, and defeating the Brotherhood of Evil. I see that you have what it takes to be a leader of the Titans. You'll be showing the ropes of these rookies to protect L.A. from the high crime rate." he said as he also adds "Plus, you'll be closer to us."
Beast Boy thought about it for a moment. His leader's words have given him faith and confidences boost into him. He has never thought of himself in leading a team until now as he turns to his leader.
"Alright, I'll consider the offer." He responds to his leader.
Beast Boy had decided to go sit on his thinking rock outside the tower. The same rock where he had talk to Terra when she first joined and with Raven after the whole incident with the beast. He had been sitting there for hours on end, thinking about Robin's proposal, just starring into the ocean.
"Tell me again, why am I the one who has to go down there and convince him?" Raven asked as she looked down on her green teammate from the common room window.
"Well, for one, he listens to you more than any of us." Robin replied.
"Yeah, for someone who barely talks you sure have a way with words with the little grass stain." Cyborg said.
Raven let out a sigh. "Fine," She said and phased through the window and flew down next to him. "Hello Beast Boy," She said but didn't get any response. "Hello?" She said again but he didn't say anything. "Beast Boy, it's very rude to ignore someone when she's talking to you." She said but she still went ignored. "I'm losing my patience," She warned him and rounded him. "What is your problem anyway…?" She asked but stopped when she saw that Beast Boy was actually sleeping while sitting up. His head was hanging on the said as he snored as a snot bubble was growing and shrinking. Raven sighed in annoyance again and used her magic to tilt the rock forward so that Beast Boy fell into the water. Moments later he came out of the water, spitting out the salty content he had chocked on.
"Dude, what the hell happened?!" He cried out.
"You fell asleep and fell forward," Raven replied, catching the shape shifter's attention.
"Raven? What're you doing here?" Beast Boy asked as he got out of the water.
"I'm here on behalf of our leader to try and convince you to take the job as leader for the Titans LA." Raven replied in her usual monotone.
"Oh, is that right? Well you don't have to. I've already decided to take the job." Beast Boy said.
"What, really?" Raven said with a surprised expression to which Beast Boy nodded. "Oh…well…okay then."
"Gonna miss you guys. But I know you're all gonna miss me more." Beast Boy said with a grin.
"Don't count on it," Raven said, crossing her arms.
"This is you on the phone the day after I've left," Beast Boy said, bringing his right up to his ear in a phone like way. "Oh 'sob' Gar 'sob' field 'sob' I 'sob' miss 'sob' you 'sob' so 'sob' much." He joked to which Raven only raised an eyebrow. "You'll laugh eventually."
"Another thing you shouldn't count on," Raven replied.
After packing whatever he needed and getting his ribs crushed by a sobbing Starfire, Beast Boy was on his way south towards Los Angeles. As he was flying in his jet craft which was a part of the T-Sub, Beast Boy activated the auto pilot.
"At this speed, I'll be LA in ten minutes." He said and brought out some files Robin had given him. "I should read about the people I'll be working with." He said and opened one file. On it was a picture of an Asian teenager with orange hair.
"…Ichigo Kurosaki from Japan. Super hero name: Blood Moon. Powers include super strength, flight, durability and remarkable speed. He wields a magic sword of unknown origin. The sword can fire an energy wave of dark red energy that can destroy anything in its wake…"
He read and put away the file and opened the next. It had a beautiful red haired woman in armor
"…Erza Scarlet. Super hero name: Scarlet Knight. She has the magical power to summon different type of armors and weapons, each one has a different unique power…"
He put aside the file and read the next. This one had a orange haired woman with a ridiculous large bust. Something which made Beast Boy's eyes to go wide. "JESUS!" He cried. It took all his will power to avert his attention away from valley of goddesses and read the file.
"…Rangiku Matsumoto from Japan. Super hero name: Sandstorm. She has the power to manipulate sand. She can move sand so quickly she can tear through metal. She always carries around an urn of sand with her in case of an emergency…"
Beast Boy put away the file and noticed the Indian tent between his legs. "How am I gonna talk to that woman when I meet her in person?" He groaned. He decided to worry about that later and went to read the next file. This one contained another beautiful girl. A hot blonde, also with a large bust, though not as big as Rangiku's.
"…Lucy Heartfilia from New Orleans. Super hero name: Celestial. Posses the powers of the 12 stars of zodiac. Her powers are similar to Erza's as she can summons dresses that will grant her a different power based on each of the 12 stars of zodiac…"
"Heartfilia? As in the Heartfilia family?" Beast Boy asked. "Sweet. We got a rich kid on the team." He said with a smile and brought out the next file.
"…Rukia Kuchiki from Japan. Super hero name: White Mist. She has the power of ice. She can freeze almost anything to subzero temperature. She can fire ice daggers, cover her enemies in ice and freeze her body so that if touching her you will freeze to death…"
"That's pretty nasty. I better stay out of her bad side." Beast Boy said. "Sure got a lot of Japanese on this team, huh." He said picked up the last file.
"…Natsu Dragneel, place of birth unknown. Super hero name: Red Dragon. Powers include fire control, super strength, enhanced speed and durability. Natsu can summon fires that can melt even titanium. He can fire blasts that can destroy a large building, is strong enough to lift cars with ease and can reach a speed up to 100 miles per hour…"
"Some team Robin has assembled for me. I wonder what they'll be like." Beast Boy said and could finally se Los Angeles in the horizon.
Finding a T-shaped tower is never hard. Even in a city as big as Los Angeles. The tower was located at a hilltop which overlooked the whole city. It was slightly different in appearance compared to the one back in Jump City. It had a better yard however. With an outdoor pool, tennis court, a basket ball court and even a nice looking garden. Beast Boy landed on the basket ball court as couldn't find a landing bay. He jumped out of his jet with his bag hanging from his shoulder, took a deep breath, inhaling the Californian scent and let out a delightful breather.
"Sunny California. Home of movie stars, surfers and beautiful women in tight bikinis. I gotta thank Robin for this." He said and started walking towards the tower. "Well, time to meet my team." He said but just then, someone was sent flying out of the window. A teenager with pink hair. It was Natsu he had read about. Beast Boy rushed over to him. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked but Natsu jumped to his feet, ignoring Beast Boy and rushed back into the tower.
"He thinks he's so great. I'll show him." Natsu growled. Moments later, he was sent flying out of the same hole from before. And just as quickly, he was back on his feet and went back in. "Okay, go for the left. He won't see me coming from the left." A few more moments went by and Natsu was sent flying out of the hole again, this time shouting. "He saw me coming!" After recovering for the third time and went and stood at the side of the entrance. "Fine, I'll just wait here and catch him of guard." He said with a grin.
That's when an orange haired teenager appeared out of nowhere, behind Natsu. It was Ichigo. "Hey, how's it going?" He asked, arms crossed.
Natsu turned his head to Ichigo and said, "Oh, hey. I'm just waiting for that carrot top so I can surprise him."
"Neat," Ichigo replied.
"Yeah," Natsu said, turning his attention back to the door. "He'll never see it com-" Natsu stopped and turned his head around again and realized who was talking to. "Oh," He said before being karate chopped into oblivion by the Japanese.
"Excuse me," Beast Boy said, catching Ichigo's attention. Natsu couldn't answer as he was lying unconscious in a crater.
"Oh hey, you're beast boy. Nice to meet you." Ichigo said.
"Mind telling me what this is all about?" Beast Boy demanded.
"He started it." Ichigo said, pointing at Natsu. "I came into the room and immediately he bounced me, demanding a fight."
"Terrific," Beast Boy said. "So one of my teammates is a warmonger. Fantastic. Are the rest here as well?"
"Up in the common room," Ichigo replied.
"Then I should go greet them. You can carry him." Beast Boy said, pointing at Natsu.
"Why do I have to carry the deadweight?" Ichigo complained.
"Because I'm the leader. My orders, my rules." Beast Boy replied and entered the building. Ichigo groaned and picked up the still unconscious Natsu.
The inside of the tower looked pretty good. The kitchen was nice and the TV room had three couches similar in size, lined up in a U formation, with a glass table in the middle and a large plasma TV in front. All the girls were sitting on the couch watching The Big Bang Theory.
"You're kidding," Beast Boy said catching everyone's attention. "You guys like that show to?"
"Oh hey, it's our leader. On your feet, you scoundrels!" The one named Erza spat with much authority and everyone jumped to their feet.
'That may be a potential second in command.' Beast Boy thought before speaking. "There really is no need for that. We're not the army you know." He said. "Now, most of you may know who I am but to those of you who don't my name is Beast Boy and I'll be the leader of this team."
"You don't look like a boy," The one named Rangiku said and now Beast Boy had to look away. She was wearing a black dress with two slits. It was not only revealing her incredibly well shaped legs but it also showed of a large part of her delicious boobies. Rangiku noticed he looked away and the blush on his face. "What's the matter?" She asked.
"Nothing," Beast Boy said, still not looking at her.
"Aw, he's the shy type. How cute. I think I'm gonna like you." Rangiku said as she petted him.
"S-s-stop that. It-it's very unprofessional." Beast Boy objected, not moving an inch as he was frozen from embarrassment.
"Unprofessional? And you just said we're not the army." Rangiku said, continuing to coy with him. Until Ichigo picked her up by her dress and carried her away from him. "Hey! What do you think you're doing? This is no way to treat a lady." She complained. Ichigo put her down and scolded her.
"Try and be serious," He told her before turning to Beast Boy. "And you. You're our leader. Try and show some balls."
"I got plenty of that," Beast Boy replied before continuing. "Now, I've read your files but I think it's proper if we all introduce ourselves." Just then he heard a groaning coming from the pink haired wonder from before. "Oh good, you're awake. Come and join your team." Beast Boy said with a grin.
"Who are you?" Natsu asked, rubbing his sore head.
"I'm Beast Boy. I'm the elected leader of this team." Beast Boy replied.
"And I'm Natsu Dragneel." Natsu replied, staggering forward.
"Red Dragon. Pretty cool name." Beast Boy said before turning to the rest.
"You've already met me. I'm Sandstorm but my real name is Rangiku Matsumoto. I look forward to working with you." Rangiku said with a wink.
"And I'm Scarlet Knight. Real name Erza Scarlet. Please take good care of me and I'll take care of you." Erza said with authority once again.
"Lucy Heartfilia, at your service." The blonde girl in the group said, bowing respectfully. "My super name is Celestial but you can call me Lucy outside of work."
"Rukia Kuchiki, at your service." The shortest member of the group said, mimicking Lucy. "My super name is White Mist. Thanks for having me."
"And I'm Ichigo Kurosaki. Blood Moon," Ichigo introduced solemnly with his arms crossed.
"It's nice to meet you all. And seeing as you all gave me your real names I will give you mine." Beast Boy said. "My real name is Garfield Logan." To this Natsu bursted out laughing.
"Your name is Garfield?" He asked in between laughter. "What? Did your parents like that orange cat a lot or something?" This made Beast Boy turned his head towards Natsu with eyes glowing red. "Would you like lasagna, Garfield?" Natsu asked and kept on laughing. About a minute later, Natsu was laying on the floor, covered with blood and bruises and a large lump on his head was steaming.
"Well, now that we've gotten introductions out of the way, let's get down to business." Beast Boy said, shaking the blood of his hand. "What's the deal here in LA? Anyone who knows?" He asked.
Everyone was a little frightened to go near their leader after that ordeal, except Ichigo and Erza. The latter spoke. "According to the reports the authorities gave us there is a criminal mastermind who is said to run all the things that goes on in the city. Drug traffic, gun selling, smuggling of illegal immigrants you name it. They don't know what the suspect looks like but he is the most influential underworld broker. He goes by the nickname Joker. Probably to have us confuse him with that freak in Gotham."
"Okay and they weren't able to get anything out of anyone?" Beast Boy asked.
"None of the thugs they captured knew anything about the higher ups they've been working for." Erza replied.
"Then the best thing to do would be…" Before Beast Boy could lay out his plan, the alarm went on. "We'll talk about it later. Looks like we've got our first mission." He said and went over to the TV. If it was anything like the one back in Jump City it should also be the tower monitoring system of the city. And sure enough it was. It showed a group of villains robbing a bank. "Alright, only six of them. We've got them outnumbered. This should be easy." He said with a confident grin and turned to his team. "Let's get down business. Titans go."
Soon the newly formed group of Titans headed down to the bank being robbed. Beast Boy hopes that his team can manage to work together and stop the robbers. 'Alright Logan, you can do this!' he thought as he thought with confidences as they head down the bank.
Soon as they came in the bank, Beast Boy shouts "Freeze!" as the six criminals turn around to look at the team. The changeling looks in shock to see the recognized villains "Sinestro, Cheetah, Grundy, Icicle, King Shark and…who's that?"
The villain with the red star-shaped mask look offended as he answered "My name is Evil Star! Enemy of the Green Lantern!"
"Never heard of you." Beast Boy deadpans as Evil Star sweat drops.
"Well, well, I never realize there be superheroes in Los Angeles." Sinestro said with his usual suave and evil tone, obviously the leader of this team of villains "But do you think you kids, and that woman over there (Rangiku) can take on a bunch of A-Listers and Evil Star?"
"Hey!" Evil Star complained.
"You villains shall be strike down!" Erza declares with her sword raised.
"Alright team, listen to me-" Beast Boy was giving orders until Natsu jumps in.
"PREPARE TO GET BURNED!" Natsu shouts as his hands grew flames as he charges at the villains, ignoring Beast Boy's orders.
"Red Dragon, wait!" Beast Boy calls in to him but didn't listen, which leads to the others to do the same. "Guys, wait!"
"Prepare to get a taste of my dragon's-!" Natsu was about to charge at Icicle, but the ice-themed villain quickly defeats him by shooting ice at the pink-haired teen, freezing him in a block of ice. Natsu in the ice only gave a flabbergasted look.
"HE'S FROZEN!" Lucy exclaimed comically as she is quickly tackled by Cheetah.
Ichigo looks at Sinestro as he gave a determined look 'Sinestro's one of the most strongest villains out of these guys. Looks like I've found my opponent!' Ichigo thought as he charges at Sinestro who only gave a confident smirk.
Beast Boy watches his team fighting against random opponents that they don't have the advantage. He tries to call them out to stop but they don't listen to him. Sighing in frustration, he rush into action to reorganize his team "Guys, I said sto-!" he was cut short mid sentence as Grundy punches him to the floor, knocking him out.
"Beast Boy!" Lucy shouts as she struggles to get Cheetah to get off of her, and after succeeding she gets the spotted cat woman off of her, only to tear up the top of her blouse showing her bra covered boobs "NOOO! MY BLOUSE!" she screams as she covers herself as Cheetah chuckled.
Erza didn't do so well when she faces off against Evil Star, who projects light projection energy by blasting her to the wall. Erza hits the wall as Evil Star gave a confident smirk "Ha! Now you shall remember my name of the one who has defeated you!"
"Curse you…Evil…Dried Rice." Erza said as she fell unconscious.
"IT'S EVIL STAR, YOU BRAT!" Evil Star complained.
Meanwhile Rangiku tries to fight off King Shark, but King Shark due to being from Atlantis possesses water to splash her against. Rangiku fell onto Rukia, who tried to counter against Grundy until she is knocked out by Rangiku's wet b***, as they collided to the wall next to Beast Boy. Ichigo meanwhile was also defeated after Sinestro uses his ring to contain him and separate his sword from him.
"This is supposed to be a team of Titans?" Sinestro laughs as he threw Ichigo towards the frozen Natsu, as Icicle does the job in freezing him too.
"How pathetic." Cheetah states with a smirk of triumph.
"Eh Grundy think so too. Green one didn't put up a fight!" Grundy said as the villains agreed as they look at the bystanders/hostages.
"We'll be making our leave with your money, and next time call in some real heroes." Sinestro told as he and his gang head out of the bank as they laugh about their victory.
Later on Beast Boy groans as he opens his eyes. His blurred vision shows two large round shapes above him. 'What happened?' he thought as his vision became clear as he saw Rangiku's upside down face from his view.
"Hey there, you're awake!" she said as Beast Boy notice how wet her cleavage were as well as the position he's in. His head was laying on her lap.
"W-What happened!?" he asked her.
"Well…we got our asses handed to those villains." Rangiku honestly answered. Beast Boy looks around as he saw Natsu and Ichigo wearing blankets and having hot cocoa after being frozen. Lucy wearing a new shirt after her blouse was torn, as she, Rukia, and Erza, were being treated by the medic.
"I can't believe this!" spoke one man in a Hawaiian shirt "These idiots cost me my withdraw!" he complains as the other bystanders agreed with him.
"Yeah, these so-called heroes let those creeps get away with our hard earned money!" one woman shouts angrily that hit Beast Boy and his team's confidence as they get chewed out. Beast Boy look sad as he felt his team mates looking sad as well. He felt too ashamed to even look at his teammates as the bystanders continues to call them out.
"You heroes are a bunch of losers!"
"Get out of town and find some other city to mess up!"
"More like Titans Lame!"
"Everyone quiet!" shouted someone behind the crowd of angry bank goers.
Everyone stops talking which lead the Titans confused. The crowd's mood suddenly changed as someone came into view. Beast Boy and the others got a good look at the man before them; a tall, blond haired man with tanned skin, rose colored sunglasses and seems to be carrying a warm smile. His tall stature shows him wearing a flamboyant outfit of a white suit with a pink tie, beads around his neck, and purple suit pants with matching sandals.
"Now, why don't everyone calm down. This is a family bank for crying out loud." he spoke in a well mannered tone. "Sure, these Titans lost, but they were only trying to help stop the criminals from robbing my bank." he told as the crowd looks at the Titans. "They are just young heroes who only wants to help, don't cha know?"
Beast Boy then came to Erza as he asked her "Who's that guy?"
"That man in front of us is the most wealthiest man in the west coast, Donquixote Doflamingo." Erza replied giving a calm look "He also owns most of Los Angeles."
"And I must thank you Titans for putting up a fight in an attempt to stop the villains to save my bank." Doflamingo told them as he shakes Beast Boy's hand, or arm which makes his body shake.
"B-B-But we failed to save your bank, sir." Beast Boy replied to him, as he feels Doflamingo's hand on his shoulder.
"Oh don't worry about that. I'm not mad, what's important is that no one got hurt did they?" Doflamingo assured him as he looks at the police "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to file a report to the police about these villains that robbed my bank. Later, Titans L.A." he said as he head towards the police leaving the crowd to whisper amongst themselves.
"Man, Mr. Doflamingo sure is nice enough to defend these Titans." said one bank teller.
"Yeah, even though these Titans screwed up." one woman replied.
"Figures, since their leader couldn't lead this team." an old man states.
"Yeah, some heroes they turned out to be." one teenager states as a couple of them laughed.
Beast Boy has had enough of the crowd taunting as he looks at his team "Ichigo, pick up Natsu, and everyone else, we're going back home." he orders them as Ichigo picks up Natsu by the jacket.
"Hey!" Natsu shouts as he tries to struggle, but is still too cold to move.
"Shut up, we're enough trouble as it is." Ichigo scolds him as he as well as everyone else looks at their leader who's marching front.
"We messed up real bad." Lucy sadly said as she felt like she didn't do her best.
'God I am not looking forward to tell Robin.' Beast Boy thought as he knew he's about to get chewed out by the leader.
"Those were the footage of a robbery that toke place today at Los Angeles national bank by a group of well known super villains led by the devilish Sinestro." A news anchor woman said on the big screen TV in the Titans tower. "The newly form Teen Titans group that had been sent to protect our beloved city had failed miserably at their attempt to stop the robbery as we can clearly see them be taken down one by one. And in spite of their humiliating defeat and failure, the infamous Donquixote Doflamingo, L.A.'s most beloved man, was kind enough to defend the young heroes from an angry crowed who berated them. Not only that, but Doflamingo has even offered to donate his own money to replace the ones what were stolen. Yet this news anchor reporter can sleep easily tonight knowing that the city is under watch by incompetent teenage vigilantes who has no business being heroes. This is Felicia Baxter reporting live, disappointed in Los Angeles."
The team let their heads hang in embarrassment as the news reporter fades away and Robin appears on the screen in her place.
"What the hell was that?!" He cried angrily.
"That was us getting our asses kicked." Ichigo replied.
"I'm not talking to you," Robin said and turned his attention to Beast Boy who was sitting on the couch, looking on his hands as his head hung. "What happened out there today?"
"I'm sorry Robin. I screwed up big time." Beast Boy said, looking directly into his leader's eyes.
"No, you all screwed up. You disobeyed orders ignored your leader. You acted like a bunch of undisciplined monkeys making, not only yourselves, but rest of the titans look like fools." Robin scolded. "Beast Boy, I made you the leader of this team because I believed in you. Don't make me regret my decision. I'm gonna give you all one more chance. But if you screw up like you did today I will disband this team and replace it with another group with another leader. Do I make myself clear?"
"Chrystal clear," Beast Boy replied, sadly.
"Alright, that'll be all. Robin out," The Titan leader said, ending the message.
Beast Boy went back to mopping on the couch. Lucy walked over to try and comfort him. "Garfield, we're sorry we-"
"Don't," Beast Boy said, getting off the couch. "I'm bed early. See you guys in the morning." He said walking out of the room, leaving the rest of the Titans in silence.
"We really fucked it, didn't we?" Ichigo said.
"Some team we turned out to be," Rukia said, sinking down on the couch. "I don't think I ever wanna show myself in public again after today."
"Hey, try and cheer up." Lucy said with a reassuring smile. "You can't win all the time. We just have to remember to follow orders next time." She said.
"If you say so," Rukia said, looking over at Ichigo who was starring out the window, looking thoughtful. "What's on your mind, Ichigo?" She asked.
"Hm?" Ichigo said, turning around to face his teammate. "Just thinking. There was something about that Doflamingo guy I didn't like."
"What? But he seemed really nice. He even defended us from insulting crowd." Lucy objected.
"Yeah, well be careful. Sometimes it's the one you least suspect who is your greatest enemy." Ichigo advised.
Somewhere else in Los Angeles, Doflamingo was sitting in his office on the top floor of a skyscraper that labeled Flamingo Industries on it. He was sporting a twisted grin as he spoke in his phone. "Those brats are nothing to be afraid of. You did very well today, Sinestro. And expect you to return my money to me." He said and heard his partner's response. "Don't worry. I'm a man of my word." He said and held up a green lantern ring. "You can have this stupid ring. That Kyle Rayner put up a good fight but he wasn't much of a challenge." He listened to Sinestro's response. "I agree, though that's none of my concerns. I'll see you in the morning then. Bye." He said and hung up. He fidgeted the ring between his fingers and let go of it. It floated away but it suddenly stopped when Doflamingo held up his finger. "Silly thing," He said as it was mystically pulled back to him. "I got my expectations up for nothing. Those brats will not cause me any trouble."
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