A/N: Hello. I just wanted to let you know, this is my first Teen Titans fanfic, so if any of the characters are out-of-character, please let me know and I apologize in advance. So, this takes place after the battle of the Brotherhood of Evil. This will also have alot of JeriKole (My favorite Teen Titans couple), and maybe some Flinx if I can find a way to tastefully put either of them in the story. This will obviously take place in the cartoon universe, because I don't particularly like the comics (Especially since they killed off Kole). Also, most of this chapter takes place in Jericho's home in Tibet, I just want you to know that I have never been to or seen Tibet, so I do not know the geographical features in the area. All I know is that Jericho lives on a rther beautiful summit in Tibet. So, I hope you like it.
The first and possibly second chapter will mainly focus around Jericho, just an FYI.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.
Chapter 1: Oh Where, Oh Where Have the Mountains Gone?
Jericho walked along dirt path, fiddling with the strap of his guitar. He had been walking for about a half an hour now, working his way to the top of his summit to spend the remainder of the day at rest with the sunshine beating down on his face and that warm feeling surrounding him, and maybe strum a few chords, depending on the time got to the top. Sure it was a two-day walk, but he was surely used to it by now, how else would he get food from the market in the small village that surrounded his large mountain?
Jericho always enjoyed his walks down this path, he could wave a hello to all of the locals he saw on his trail, or he could just simply enjoy the lively scenery, whether it be in the folks in the town or all the wildlife that was part of the community. He loved the wildlife, they were part of the reason he lives secluded on the top of the mountain. He also enjoyed the company of the people of the village, even though he could not fully speak to them.
But, he was not venturing home because he simply wanted to visit. He was going home after battling the Brotherhood of Evil, along with the Titans, and his fellow Honorary Titans. It was a long battle, but the Titans triumphed over the Brotherhood of Evil, and all is right once again.
After the battle, the Honorary Titans stayed at the Titans West's Tower for almost two weeks, not only for saftey reasons but to celebrate their victory. Although, Jericho wasn't all that social with all the Titans, not only because he was incapable of speech, but because he was too... shy... if that's the proper term. It's not that he didn't like talking to people, he just seemed pefer his own company rather than the company of others. He did, in a sense, socialized with a few people. Let's see, he remembered having a brief conversation with Starfire, although she did use a lot of Tamaranean words that he was not familiar with, and he simply nodded most of the time. Starfire was a sweet girl, but rather strange.
Jericho also remembered socializing with Beast Boy a few times, and Jericho appreciated that he did his best to try and understand sign language, but he eventually had to start writing things down on a piece of notebook paper. They shared a few laughs with their times together, most of them were because Beast Boy started various agruements with Cyborg. Beast Boy was nice, and smarter than he seemed, despite his immense immaturity.
He took a liking to Raven, the two had socialized many times during Jericho's time in the tower. He assumed she took a liking to him, she's never told him otherwise. He wasn't that surprised when he found out that Raven knew sign language, he could tell she was an extremely bright girl.
The only time he didn't find her pleasant was when Argent and Bumblebee tried to play match-maker with Raven and Beast Boy, but little did they know is that Raven had grudgingly agreed to help Starfire play match-maker with Argent and Hot Spot. When Raven and Argent found out about the other's plan is when all hell broke loose. Raven and Argent fighting each other on the roof of the tower, with Bumblebee siding with Argent and Starfire siding with Raven. Even though Starfire didn't wish to fight, and tried to covince them of something else, no one listened to her, so she grudgingly agreed to side with Raven. It was a battle with a few bruises, a missing tooth, and a nose almost broken. No one spoke much that night.
Raven and Argent decided to never discuss that matter again the next day, and made amends for the sake of their fellow Titan's safety, much to everyone's relief.
He also remember talking another girl, Kole. Jericho took a liking to her, as she did with him. They also socialized throughout the two weeks, she vaguely understood sign language, but at least she knew the basics. They shared a lot of laughs, Kole was very easy to amuse. He listened intently as Kole explained her past and how she befriended G'narrk after he had rescued her from a few dinosaurs, although G'narrk was uneasy near her at first, which was completely understandable. When Kole asked about his past, he refused to tell her. She kept asking, though Jericho did his best to try and avoid the subject until she gave up trying. Jericho found Kole rather interesting, and very eccentric.
Jericho ponder through the mostly happy memories he had at Titans Tower and he smiled to himself. In fact, Jericho was so absorbed in his memories, he failed to see what was right in front of him, and he collided with a tree. Jericho fell to the ground, and quickly looked around to see if anyone witnessed the embarrassing collision. When he saw no one, he got up, dusted himself off, and continued on his path.
The next day, Jericho knelt down into the small pond, splashed his face with water a few times to keep himself awake, and kept moving. It was early morning, and Jericho had just woken up from his long rest along his two day trip. As the Titans could not use their jet, as it had been damged while battling the Brotherhood of Evil, and Herald had already left before Jericho could ask him to take him home, but he didn't mind walking.
Jericho smiled when he saw the familiar meadow in sight, he broke into a run. Once he made it, he immediately lied down, his legs burning from the eternal walk up the mountain. He breathed heavily from the tiring run. He ran his fingers through the soft grass and feel the sunshine beaming down on his face and a familiar warmness surrounded him. He was home.
Once he had relaxed, and his legs stopped aching, he took out his guitar and started strumming softly. He closed his eyes, peaceful and content, and leaned against a rock. Even a few small animals stopped to hear him play the beautiful melody, even though he didn't notice them gather around. All of these melodies he knew by heart, most of them have a happy or loving meaning to them. But, he did know a few tragedies; the few he liked, that is.
Jericho spent the rest of the hour playing his most favorite melodies; it gave a warm, loving feeling inside him. Not even Jericho could explain his immense love for music, he just did, it had always been that way. He loved how each song had a different meaning, how each song was unique, but most of all he loved the sound.
He opened his eyes and smiled at the pristine, cloudless sky. He set his guitar on the rock and grabbed the brown paper bag he got at the market the day before, and pulled out a red, crisp apple. Taking a bite out of the apple, he stood up and walked over to a nearby tree. He climbed up a branch, disappeared into the blanket of leaves, and came back down with a few nuts which he had kept hidden there. He ate them all before he sat back down against the rock.
A few hours went by, then Jericho noticed that the sun had began to set. He let out a silent yawn and laid on his side. He let himself think peacefully; he thought about playing his music in the sunlight, being surrounded by nature. He brought up the happiest memory, being with his friends, the Teen Titans and his fellow honorary Titans. Remembering the day that Starfire had abruptly volunteered an unwilling, shy, nervous-as-heck Jericho to play his guitar in front of every single Titan, who, by the end of the performance, uproared in applause followed by a standing ovation. Jericho didn't think that his face could turn anymore red than it had that day.
He remembered being with Beast Boy, who had always made him laugh from his outragous arguements with Cyborg, he also laugh at how unfunny his jokes were, though he still let Beast Boy think he was funny. He also recalled Beast Boy convincing Starfire that he spoke French, only to be caught in the act when she asked him to demonstrate the language the next day.
He thought about Raven, how she taught him a spell, albeit a beginner's spell, but still a spell. This spell filled any container with water, which came in handy during his two day trip. He thought about her helping him meditate, and be more at peace with himself and the world around him. She complinmented his work on the guitar after his nervous performance (Courtesy of Starfire). He couldn't remember exactly what she had said, though he did remember trying to hide his blush from her with his hand. Though, he tried not to bring up her and Starfire's fight with Argent and Bumblebee.
Then, he remembered the other girl he had took a liking to. Kole. He remembered how she asked for an encore of his performance on the roof, this time with just her. For a moment, he thought she had asked him to serenade her, but quickly shook the thought from his head. He was glad Kole loved his music enough to listen to a piece with just him and her. He remembered Kole's exact words on his performance. They were:
"That was so amazing, Jericho! I haven't heard music like that in while! You have a serious talent! Is it possible for you to make a CD? Hey, you're pretty cute when you blush!"
Then he remembered even more heat making it's way to his cheeks and a girlish giggle come from the pink-haired girl. Then he heard Kid Flash, who was near the two at the time, mumble something. He could vaguely hear the words 'Those two' and 'Too clueless to figure it out'. He could not hear what they were apperently clueless about.
He relayed them in his mind: Starfire, performance, Beast Boy, Raven, Kole. Kole... were the last words in his mind before he drifted into sleep.
Jericho's eyes snapped open, he stood up shakily. Not because he just woke up, but because the ground itself was shaking. It was still dark, he had only been alseep for a few hours. He looked around, one part of the mountain started to crumble. Jericho looked around, ready to battle anything that was thrown at him. The ground was now shaking rapidly and violently, he was almost knocked off his feet. Then, it appeared.
Springing out of the ground, a large, worm-like creature roared at Jericho. It's body streched higher than any of the trees in the once calm meadow. Shiny and slippery, it's skin was coated black, with a purple pigment lining it's back. The creature roared at Jericho, it's circle-shaped mouth filled with moving teeth sharper than blades.
The creature was about to eat Jericho, but he jumped out of it's was for the monster to miss and get a mouthful of dirt. It dove underground once more, leaving a startled Jericho to wonder where it was. It wormed out of the ground once more, this time milimeters away from Jericho, only to have it's tail caught under a large boulder. He took the time to think of a way to try and get on it's back so that he could look in it's eyes as the creature thrashed violently to get free. Jericho was about ready to try this strategy, when he heard the familiar blow of a horn. He turned to the direction of the noise, and gave a great smile when he saw Herald step out of one of his portals.
Herald smiled back at Jericho and said, "Ready Jericho?"
Jericho nodded with a confident look, and turn back to the worm, who had managed to get free from the boulder. Herald blew his horn to make a large portal directly under the worm. It fell inside.
Herald turned to Jericho, "Jericho, this thing's quick, you have to be ready get on it's back as soon as it lands, or you'll miss your chance. Got it?"
Jericho nodded, then Herald blew his horn once more and made a portal about seven feet in the air, close so that Jericho could quickly get on it's back. It landed with a boom, and Jericho quickly got on it's back. Getting on it's back proved difficult, as the worm wouldn't stop rapidly thrashing, but he managed to grab hold. He was ready to make eye contact, but, he studied the worm intently as it thrashed, only to make a horrible discovery.
Jericho hopped off the creature. He noticed Herald gave him a confused glance while dodging the worm's whip-like tail.
'It has no eyes.' Jericho signed to him. Despite the fact that he was fighting a giant worm, Herald understood what he had signed. This caused Herald to worry about Jericho's safety, since his power was rendered useless to the creature, and his only other weapon was a guitar. Herald had to think fast, then had an idea. He ran over to Jericho and said:
"Jericho, you have to go!" He said to the mute mountain boy.
Jericho looked startled for a moment, then signed, 'I'm not leaving without you!'
Herald didn't respond, he blew his horn and push Jericho through the portal that had appeard.
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