Earth's Titans

Full summary: A few years have passed since the incident in Tokyo, the Titans have grown and matured, but are they ready for the trials that lay ahead? New and old friends, new and old enemies, maybe even new Titans.. RobStar, BBRae etc

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or any other copyrighted or trademarked names in this work.

Author's notes: This story was originally going to be just a few chapters long but then the ideas just started flowing! So this is gonna be a bunch of 'episodes' grouped together as one big story. However the episodes flow together quite well, I think. Any ways this is gonna be quite a long one, but hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I have. This is my first fan fic by the way so please go easy on me! Its rated M for future chapters, language etc. Please review if you can! Thanks

EARTH'S TITANS

As the Sun reached its highest point in the sky its rays penetrated through the concrete jungle of Jump city. They reflected off the huge glass windows of the Titans tower, out in the bay. The Titans themselves were in the main living room.

The 'Boy Wonder' , Robin, really a boy no more, was sitting at the dining table silently enjoying a mug of coffee. He had matured well, now aged nineteen his jaw was beginning to square up and his frame was broadening. He was taller, 5'10''. His hair, still fairly spiky, was longer and more down than up. He had changed his costume as well, gone was his bright green and red spandex. He now wore a black battle suit similar to that of his old mentor, however this suits upper torso and shoulders were a deep red. His cape had lengthened again similar to the 'dark knight's'. However Robin's mask, his real face he sometimes thought, hadn't changed.

Starfire sat next to him. Her was head resting on her arms that lay crossed on the dining table, her eyes watched his. She had a small smile on her face as she watched him slowly drinking his coffee. She had also changed in the past few years. Ever so slightly taller now at 5'8'', but that was not her only physical change, she had real curves now. She was no longer the scared little alien girl who had run away to Earth all those years ago. Her costume had also evolved to suit her changing tastes, she had swapped her violet mini skirt for violet denim jeans and she had changed her lilac high boots for shorter ones. Starfire felt that these were a lot comfier to wear in battle, plus the denim jeans lasted longer than her miniskirts, she had explained to Robin, who still wasn't entirely convinced about this change.

Beast Boy was sitting on the couch and was watching T.V. He had done a lot of changing over the years himself. He was still the joker of the group of course, he clung on to his immature sense of humour with a childish defiance that the other Titans almost admired. However he bared little resemblance to the little green changeling that had joined the Titans years previously. He had grown considerably taller, now 5'11' making him the second tallest Titan. Beast Boy, like Robin, had filled out a bit and his hair was much longer. His costume had also changed, as he had rid himself of his old Doom Patrol uniform in favour of an all black costume with a short sleeved top. He kept his grey gloves however. He hadn't yet worked up the courage to get the others to call him 'Beast Man' yet, "Maybe 'Beast Dude' would sound better", he thought.

Raven sat next to Beast Boy, her head resting on his shoulder, her legs on the couch. She was reading a favourite book of hers. She hadn't grown all that much, height wise, but she had a more feminine and curvy form. She had let her hair grow, it now reached past her shoulders. Her costume on the other hand had remained the same.

Cyborg was standing by the fridge, scanning its contents for something partially edible to make for lunch. He hadn't changed much over the past few years, now 21, he had grown a little taller, and a year or so previously, he had had his chin plate removed and cosmetic work done to fix the damage. This had allowed him to grow a goatee, or as Starfire called it "Friend Cyborg's fur of the face!". Robin and Beast Boy has suspected that facial hair had probably been Cyborg's reason for going through with the rather expensive, amd painful, procedure.

The Titans had been through much in their time together and had matured not just physically but emotionally as well. Robin and Starfire were now in a fulltime committed relationship. It had taken a lot for Robin to fully come to terms with what this meant and admit it, his mentor's 'lessons' still clung to the back of his mind. However they were happy now and to their fellow titans that's all that really mattered.

Beast Boy and Raven, surprisingly were also in a relationship. This had come as quite a shock to their fellow team mates. Starfire, however, claimed that she had suspected that it was going to happen. Robin and Cyborg just couldn't figure out how they had gone from arguing every day to suddenly being deeply in love with each other. Either way, Beast Boy and Raven had developed feelings for one another, come to terms with them and then eventually acted upon them. For Raven's sake though, they had taken things slowly, so as to allow her to develop more control over her abilities when around Beast Boy. During the first few months of them dating it wasn't unusual for furniture or a few cars to be overturned when they kissed, much to Ravens embarrassment. Over the past year her increasing maturity had allowed her more control over her powers and even allowed her to express her emotions outwardly, especially towards Beast Boy. Beast Boy himself had calmed down in terms of antics towards Raven, however he still made it his mission to make her laugh every day, with varying success.

Cyborg, not one to be left out, was currently in an on-off relationship with Titans East leader, Bumblebee. This relationship had been the subject of much gossip and heated debate amongst many of the young heroes. There seemed to be a triangle developing between Cyborg, Bumblebee and another young hero named Herald. This had, a while ago, heated up to the point where Herald and Cyborg were ready to literally fight for Bumblebee's affection. Robin and the other Titans stepped in before anybody was seriously hurt, thankfully. Cyborg hasn't mentioned the incident since and talks very little about his current status with Bumblebee, no matter how hard Beast Boy and Starfire press him to do the 'spilling of the beans'.

All in all the Titans were very happy with life as it was. Life, however, rarely stays this way for very long.

Robin placed his mug on the table and checked his watch, "Beast Boy, switch to channel 8, the mid day report is on"

Beast Boy complied, "Dude! I wonder if they'll show us fighting that mutant sludge thing from yesterday? That guy was sick!"

Cyborg shot Beast Boy an angry look to his back, " Yeah. Sick. Next time your gunna knock a ball of sludge through the air, don't aim it at me, man!"

Beast Boys ears lowered as he looked at Cyborg, " Sorry Cy…"

" Whatever man…", he sighed

The girls giggled. Cyborg, having given up on the fridge, crossed the room and sat down on the couch.

After the news introduction had finished, the news anchor appeared and begin with a serious tone.

"Good afternoon Jump city. Today's stories… The Titans once again heroically defend the citizens of Jump city from another super powered villain."

Camera footage was shown of the Titans fighting the monster. Then Beast Boy was shown turning into his T-Rex form and whacking off the monsters 'head' with his tail. The camera tracked the ball of sludge as it launched through the air, then finally hit Cyborg square in the face. Which is then followed by a close up of Cyborg's shocked expression.

All the Titans exploded with laughter. Beast Boy turned to Cyborg "Dude…I got you square in the face…"

" I know!" Cyborg said, still laughing.

The news anchor continued.

"On the national side of the news, millionaire Bruce Waine of Gotham city gave a speech this morning at the press conference for a new scheme to bring better education to the underprivileged. He stated that more organisations and those with affluent wealth or power in the country should do more to help the less fortunate. Interestingly, and on that note, former billionaire and current Mayor of Star city Oliver Queen announced a new initiative today to get tough on crime…"

Beast Boy looked out of the window, towards the bay, " All these people in the country who have enough money and power to do whatever they want, and it's still left to us to clean up the mess…dude…I don't get it.

Raven looked up at him, " Because they don't have abilities we have…"

Beast Boy looked down at her, " Oh…yeah…I forgot about that…"

Cyborg stood up laughing, and started walking towards the lift " Man, sometimes, I worry about you."

Beast Boy's ears lowered again and as he looked back at the television he blushed slightly. Raven sensed his embarrassment but knew how to remedy it. She placed her book down, then hugged him from her sitting position. He looked at her and he gave her a weak smile. Raven then gently kissed him on the lips. She looked into his eyes, he now had one of his trade mark smiles on his face, all trace of embarrassment gone. Raven liked his smile, it always made her feel happier, lighter somehow. Raven picked up her book, and both she and Starfire giggleg again. Raven continued to read and the others continued to watch the news report.

" Sorry, I'm getting a message from the studio…yes…we a have a breaking news story…"

At this point the crime alarm went off. Robin stood up and ran toward the ops display, " Three guesses what the breaking news is."

The others stand up and look at the big screen, as the news report is minimised and the alert filled the screen. The lift doors opened and Cyborg came running out, "Whats goin' on?"

Robin answered, "Bank robbery in progress. Unknown perpetrators. Location, downtown"

"Unknown…?"Beast Boy said as he looked at Raven.

Robin started for the lift, " Looks like we get the pleasure of welcoming the new villains in town…Titans GO!"

END OF CHAPTER

Well that was the first chapter, kinda slow I know but its just really to bring you up to speed as to where the Titans are in their live in my fic. But from here on things will start to pick up, action, drama, romance…maybe more…so please leave any comments, thoughts, idle threats (joking) and let me know what you think.

the chapters are being edited for spelling and such every now and again, but the bulk of the chapter will remain the same.

Next chapter coming really soon. Thanks again!