Chapter 1: Second chance Jump City received its first ray of sunlight and the morning routine of certain superheroes started as usual.
First breakfast then workout and fighting crime. If there is no crime anywhere at the moment, the Titans go on about their own things.
Robin would usually sit in his room, organizing files, analyzing the various items stored in the evidence room or if he had done all of these, workout or play some basketball with Cyborg.
Cyborg would either fix his T-Car/T-Sub, check on the Tower's security system or play some videogames.
Raven would either read one of her spell books, meditate or listen to some relaxing music.
Starfire would at times spend time with Silkie, either bathing or feeding it, cook some Tamaranian dish she would later force her friends to try, go to the mall, give herself a make-over (sometimes convincing Raven to do the same) or just see what Robin was up to.
Beast Boy would usually just go back to sleep, play some games on the Gamestation or try to convince the others to do something fun (usually without success, especially if he pesters Raven long enough to give him some bruises).
But this morning, Beast Boy was not doing any of these things.
Ever since he met that girl that resembled Terra so much, he had been always wandering around her school.
And no matter what she said, he just couldn't keep distance to her – there was always a part of him that needed to make sure she was ok.
It was like he knew that Terra was still on the run – on the run from Slade, on the run from her lies, on the run from herself.
But there was also a part that refused to forget her – that still hoped that the previous girl was still in that…shell.
And like every morning for the past week…he was passing the High School, his eyes scanning the yard for the blonde-haired girl.
His spirits lifted when he saw her just entering the building.
For several days he tried hard to stop himself from following her, but today his willpower wasn't as strong.
He hated himself for what he was about to do and with quick strides, he walked into the building.
Rows and rows of lockers lined the hallway of the school but not many students had arrived this early.
Beast Boy found himself turning into an early bird, each day waking up one hour earlier only so he could see a little more of his former crush.
It was 7:15 and Beast Boy let out a yawn, realizing that last night's fight against Johnny Rancid took quite a toll on him.
His footsteps quickened as his impatience grew and soon he found himself nearly race-walking through the hallway, his footsteps echoing in the eerie silence. "Terra?" he murmured, unsure if she would get mad that he had come back to her.
Only his footsteps answered him and his hope dimmed down.
But he wouldn't give up on her!
When she became Slade's apprentice, he might have shunned her away…but he never betrayed her.
And this led to her change from apprentice to Titan – from villain to…anti-hero.
But he will make sure that she'll become a hero again – if it's the last thing he would do!
And suddenly he stopped as a squeaking sound caught his attention.
Beast Boy turned around and saw that a door just swung closed to his left.
He felt heat rise to his face, recognizing what room Terra might have entered.
The shape-shifter was facing the girls' locker room.
Meanwhile the rest of the Titans woke up from their slumber and were currently gathering for breakfast.
"Who's up for some bacon?" Cyborg beamed presenting his hungry teammates with sizzling strips of pure meat.
"Who is the up for some of my healthy 'Kripnilk'?" Starfire followed close up and held a pot of bubbling and steaming black stew.
Everybody made moaning sounds, realizing that it must twice as bad as it looked and Starfire slammed the pot angrily against the table, causing the others to flinch.
"This time you have to try some of the dish have prepared," Starfire insisted and she was rewarded with nervous looks.
Raven smirked as Starfire's eyes glowed angrily at Robin and Cyborg.
"I…have gotten sick after our fight with Johnny Rancid," Robin said meekly and coughed afterwards and Starfire narrowed her eyes at him.
"And my systems can't handle any of this…'Krapmilk'. I might shut down or lose precious data, Star," Cyborg cried and Starfire's eyes glowed brighter, causing the boys to go pale.
"Hm, then I believe you do not deserve any of this traditional delicacy," Starfire said, turning away from the almost gagging males.
She leaned over her pot and dug her spoon inside and Cyborg and Robin watched with disgust as the black stew left a trail hanging from the spoon as Starfire lifted it. "Raven is much more 'the nice' and will try my dish because a friend will do anything for you," she said with a smile and brought the spoon closer to the half-demon who stared wide-eyed at the…thing coming closer to her.
"Did you even bother to ask!?" Raven shouted horrified. "Let Beast Boy try it first."
Starfire blinked in confusion but turned to the changeling's seat nonetheless. "Do the 'open wide'," she cooed before Cyborg's voice broke in.
"Uh…Star? Where is Beast Boy?"
She opened her eyes and saw that her spoon was moving towards an empty chair.
"I would like to know that too," Robin murmured, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Don't act like you don't know," Raven said and the 3 teammates looked at her before their eyes lowered at the same time.
"I know where he has gone," Starfire murmured.
"He goes there every day for the past week," Cyborg said in the same tone.
"And he always thinks that she will come back," Robin mumbled glumly.
"But he won't see that that girl doesn't even want to remember him. He doesn't realize that he's only hurting himself," Raven said and stood up from her chair.
"But what can we do to make him see that he should forget about her?" Cyborg wondered aloud and looked at Raven for answers.
"The only thing we can do is…talk to him."
Their expressions remained grim, realizing that if he still looked for her after one week…that they might not be able to change his mind.
"But it ultimately depends on him. He can choose to let go of her…or be haunted by her previous self he desperately searches for inside that stranger for the rest of his life."
Raven's words sent shivers down their spines.
But they knew she was right!
The shape-shifter felt his heart speed up its beating, realizing that he might see more of Terra than he actually bargained for.
His hands clenched to fists, not willing to let some intriguing images stop him from helping Terra find her way back into her old life.
Beast Boy stepped closer to the door and swallowed. But what if she will push him away again – like all the other times she did?
His face fixed in determination – he will make sure that she won't push him away this time.
He lifted his hand and slowly pushed open the door and his face turned to utter surprise.
Terra stood in front of him and she immediately took a step back when she saw him attempting to enter a rather private area.
The shape-shifter closed the space she created, letting the door slowly swing closed.
And suddenly the blonde-haired girl felt intimidated, realizing that must have a very specific purpose if he came looking for her here after she had told him that he couldn't enter this room and her thoughts made herself obvious through the red color that sneaked onto her cheeks and she avoided eye-contact. "W-what are you doing here?" she asked and her voice came out low and almost unsure. He gave her a smile and she felt a smile trying to force itself onto her lips but she kept her thin line.
"I just wanted to see you," he said in an equally low voice and she frowned, wondering how he actually wanted to see her.
"I told you…that the girl you look for doesn't exist," she said firmly and saw that his brows furrowed in determination.
"And I told you…that I know who you are!"
Terra's eyes went to her shoes. "Beast Boy…"
She felt him inch slightly closer at the softened tone in her voice and she wished to have kept her cold demeanor. "Just leave."
She dared to look up and saw a frown appear on his face. "Not before I do something."
And with surprising reflexes the shape-shifter had grabbed Terra's wrist, causing her to gasp. "N-no!"
She felt herself being pulled forward and suddenly her legs felt like jelly, staggering awkwardly towards the Titan.
Something slammed into her right hand and she opened her eyes.
She noticed a titan communicator in her palm and her face heated up once again in embarrassment, feeling silly having such thoughts from Beast Boy. But part of the heat was also because of rage – because he just was too blind to see that she was trying to live a life.
"Please come back!" he said, her wrist still in his hand.
Her eyes narrowed at him as the sentence emptied her patience. "Don't you understand that I don't want to see you anymore!" she shouted angrily and threw the communicator angrily against his head before she dashed out of the locker room.
"Terra!" Beast Boy cried after recovering from the hit and dashed after her, refusing to let her go.
He saw the blonde-haired girl turn the corner and he turned as well.
And suddenly he collided with something, causing him to fall down.
"Ow. Watch where you're going!" he said angrily.
"Gomenasai," came a girl's voice and Beast Boy's eyes shot open at the strange words.
A dark-haired girl knelt in front of him, probably having fallen down as well when they collided. Her eyes seemed small unlike Terra's or her friends.
Beast Boy was sure she was Chinese!
And somehow she seemed familiar.
"Who are you?" he asked her, suddenly wanting to know from where he knew her.
The girl looked confused at the finger he pointed at her before she pointed to herself and answered with a smile: "Miko Tezumi-chan!"
First breakfast then workout and fighting crime. If there is no crime anywhere at the moment, the Titans go on about their own things.
Robin would usually sit in his room, organizing files, analyzing the various items stored in the evidence room or if he had done all of these, workout or play some basketball with Cyborg.
Cyborg would either fix his T-Car/T-Sub, check on the Tower's security system or play some videogames.
Raven would either read one of her spell books, meditate or listen to some relaxing music.
Starfire would at times spend time with Silkie, either bathing or feeding it, cook some Tamaranian dish she would later force her friends to try, go to the mall, give herself a make-over (sometimes convincing Raven to do the same) or just see what Robin was up to.
Beast Boy would usually just go back to sleep, play some games on the Gamestation or try to convince the others to do something fun (usually without success, especially if he pesters Raven long enough to give him some bruises).
But this morning, Beast Boy was not doing any of these things.
Ever since he met that girl that resembled Terra so much, he had been always wandering around her school.
And no matter what she said, he just couldn't keep distance to her – there was always a part of him that needed to make sure she was ok.
It was like he knew that Terra was still on the run – on the run from Slade, on the run from her lies, on the run from herself.
But there was also a part that refused to forget her – that still hoped that the previous girl was still in that…shell.
And like every morning for the past week…he was passing the High School, his eyes scanning the yard for the blonde-haired girl.
His spirits lifted when he saw her just entering the building.
For several days he tried hard to stop himself from following her, but today his willpower wasn't as strong.
He hated himself for what he was about to do and with quick strides, he walked into the building.
Rows and rows of lockers lined the hallway of the school but not many students had arrived this early.
Beast Boy found himself turning into an early bird, each day waking up one hour earlier only so he could see a little more of his former crush.
It was 7:15 and Beast Boy let out a yawn, realizing that last night's fight against Johnny Rancid took quite a toll on him.
His footsteps quickened as his impatience grew and soon he found himself nearly race-walking through the hallway, his footsteps echoing in the eerie silence. "Terra?" he murmured, unsure if she would get mad that he had come back to her.
Only his footsteps answered him and his hope dimmed down.
But he wouldn't give up on her!
When she became Slade's apprentice, he might have shunned her away…but he never betrayed her.
And this led to her change from apprentice to Titan – from villain to…anti-hero.
But he will make sure that she'll become a hero again – if it's the last thing he would do!
And suddenly he stopped as a squeaking sound caught his attention.
Beast Boy turned around and saw that a door just swung closed to his left.
He felt heat rise to his face, recognizing what room Terra might have entered.
The shape-shifter was facing the girls' locker room.
Meanwhile the rest of the Titans woke up from their slumber and were currently gathering for breakfast.
"Who's up for some bacon?" Cyborg beamed presenting his hungry teammates with sizzling strips of pure meat.
"Who is the up for some of my healthy 'Kripnilk'?" Starfire followed close up and held a pot of bubbling and steaming black stew.
Everybody made moaning sounds, realizing that it must twice as bad as it looked and Starfire slammed the pot angrily against the table, causing the others to flinch.
"This time you have to try some of the dish have prepared," Starfire insisted and she was rewarded with nervous looks.
Raven smirked as Starfire's eyes glowed angrily at Robin and Cyborg.
"I…have gotten sick after our fight with Johnny Rancid," Robin said meekly and coughed afterwards and Starfire narrowed her eyes at him.
"And my systems can't handle any of this…'Krapmilk'. I might shut down or lose precious data, Star," Cyborg cried and Starfire's eyes glowed brighter, causing the boys to go pale.
"Hm, then I believe you do not deserve any of this traditional delicacy," Starfire said, turning away from the almost gagging males.
She leaned over her pot and dug her spoon inside and Cyborg and Robin watched with disgust as the black stew left a trail hanging from the spoon as Starfire lifted it. "Raven is much more 'the nice' and will try my dish because a friend will do anything for you," she said with a smile and brought the spoon closer to the half-demon who stared wide-eyed at the…thing coming closer to her.
"Did you even bother to ask!?" Raven shouted horrified. "Let Beast Boy try it first."
Starfire blinked in confusion but turned to the changeling's seat nonetheless. "Do the 'open wide'," she cooed before Cyborg's voice broke in.
"Uh…Star? Where is Beast Boy?"
She opened her eyes and saw that her spoon was moving towards an empty chair.
"I would like to know that too," Robin murmured, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Don't act like you don't know," Raven said and the 3 teammates looked at her before their eyes lowered at the same time.
"I know where he has gone," Starfire murmured.
"He goes there every day for the past week," Cyborg said in the same tone.
"And he always thinks that she will come back," Robin mumbled glumly.
"But he won't see that that girl doesn't even want to remember him. He doesn't realize that he's only hurting himself," Raven said and stood up from her chair.
"But what can we do to make him see that he should forget about her?" Cyborg wondered aloud and looked at Raven for answers.
"The only thing we can do is…talk to him."
Their expressions remained grim, realizing that if he still looked for her after one week…that they might not be able to change his mind.
"But it ultimately depends on him. He can choose to let go of her…or be haunted by her previous self he desperately searches for inside that stranger for the rest of his life."
Raven's words sent shivers down their spines.
But they knew she was right!
The shape-shifter felt his heart speed up its beating, realizing that he might see more of Terra than he actually bargained for.
His hands clenched to fists, not willing to let some intriguing images stop him from helping Terra find her way back into her old life.
Beast Boy stepped closer to the door and swallowed. But what if she will push him away again – like all the other times she did?
His face fixed in determination – he will make sure that she won't push him away this time.
He lifted his hand and slowly pushed open the door and his face turned to utter surprise.
Terra stood in front of him and she immediately took a step back when she saw him attempting to enter a rather private area.
The shape-shifter closed the space she created, letting the door slowly swing closed.
And suddenly the blonde-haired girl felt intimidated, realizing that must have a very specific purpose if he came looking for her here after she had told him that he couldn't enter this room and her thoughts made herself obvious through the red color that sneaked onto her cheeks and she avoided eye-contact. "W-what are you doing here?" she asked and her voice came out low and almost unsure. He gave her a smile and she felt a smile trying to force itself onto her lips but she kept her thin line.
"I just wanted to see you," he said in an equally low voice and she frowned, wondering how he actually wanted to see her.
"I told you…that the girl you look for doesn't exist," she said firmly and saw that his brows furrowed in determination.
"And I told you…that I know who you are!"
Terra's eyes went to her shoes. "Beast Boy…"
She felt him inch slightly closer at the softened tone in her voice and she wished to have kept her cold demeanor. "Just leave."
She dared to look up and saw a frown appear on his face. "Not before I do something."
And with surprising reflexes the shape-shifter had grabbed Terra's wrist, causing her to gasp. "N-no!"
She felt herself being pulled forward and suddenly her legs felt like jelly, staggering awkwardly towards the Titan.
Something slammed into her right hand and she opened her eyes.
She noticed a titan communicator in her palm and her face heated up once again in embarrassment, feeling silly having such thoughts from Beast Boy. But part of the heat was also because of rage – because he just was too blind to see that she was trying to live a life.
"Please come back!" he said, her wrist still in his hand.
Her eyes narrowed at him as the sentence emptied her patience. "Don't you understand that I don't want to see you anymore!" she shouted angrily and threw the communicator angrily against his head before she dashed out of the locker room.
"Terra!" Beast Boy cried after recovering from the hit and dashed after her, refusing to let her go.
He saw the blonde-haired girl turn the corner and he turned as well.
And suddenly he collided with something, causing him to fall down.
"Ow. Watch where you're going!" he said angrily.
"Gomenasai," came a girl's voice and Beast Boy's eyes shot open at the strange words.
A dark-haired girl knelt in front of him, probably having fallen down as well when they collided. Her eyes seemed small unlike Terra's or her friends.
Beast Boy was sure she was Chinese!
And somehow she seemed familiar.
"Who are you?" he asked her, suddenly wanting to know from where he knew her.
The girl looked confused at the finger he pointed at her before she pointed to herself and answered with a smile: "Miko Tezumi-chan!"