Finally I've been able to post this! Beast Boy and Raven are my favorite couple, with Robin and Starfire following on their heels. The idea of a class clown and a goth chick getting together makes for a great story, and BB and Raven, I think, make one of the most interesting stories out there. So I think I'll make it even more interesting by sending them into my own twisted little universe and seeing how they'll fare. Yes, that's right, I don't own Teen Titans. If I did, well… I wouldn't have cancelled it.

And just for fun, I think I'll add a little summary. Here goes:

Everyone must grow up, but when Beast Boy finally begins to mature, Raven discovers that she just wasn't ready for it. How can she deal with this new Beast Boy? And how will the Titans fare when they meet Hotwire, a mysterious cyber combatant who sends them into her own twisted reality, a world she hopes to bring to life through her five desperate prisoners. Faced with all their darkest enemies, who will fall, and who will be left? BBXRae; hint of RobXStar

Okay, now that you're (hopefully) psyched, the story shall begin…

For You…

Chapter 1

An Oath of Bitter Maturity

Like a beacon to the citizens of Jump City, the T-shaped structure known as Titans Tower stood against the stars of a Friday night. It's residents, however, if viewed by the citizens of the said city on that particular night at that particular hour, would have hardly been described as a 'beacon' of any sort…

"I'm telling you," Beast Boy yelled at Cyborg, "Super Ninja Pirates 4.5 is WAY cooler than Super Ninja Pirates 4.4! The main character as totally modeled after me!"

Their team members, sitting on a semi-circle sofa, ignored the two. Robin was easily busied with teaching Starfire how to play 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' (they hoped to choose the movie without the two arguers noticing). Only Raven seemed interested in this last statement. She peeled her midnight eyes out of her book and raised a dark eyebrow at the scrawny green boy.

"You're serious?" she questioned dryly. "It's just a movie."

Beast Boy looked at her, a triumphant smile lighting up his face as he flexed his invisible muscles. "Sure! He's big, bad, and - !"

"Bowled over in every scene? Yeah, I can see the resemblance."

Cyborg took up the argument with newfound sarcasm. "But maybe he should have screamed a bit more. Then we could be sure they based him on you."

Beast Boy turned red as a flank steak, then pointed a gloved finger at Cyborg. "You're just jealous 'cuz I'm the hero in it!"

Raven jumped in again, her voice as cool as ever, though drowned in sarcasm. "Like I said, it's a movie. No basis in reality whatsoever."

"C'mon, Raven!" Beast Boy whined, growing desperate. "You tease me all the time. Can't you knock off the sarcasm just this once, please?"

Raven gave him a long, uninterested stare. "No," she finally answered flatly, earning a smoldering glare from her green teammate.

"You never take me seriously, do you, Raven?" he pouted heatedly.

"You have yourself to blame for that," Raven agreed, planting her dark eyes in her book once more.

Beast Boy's eyebrows met in a serious frown. "You don't think I can do anything. But you're wrong. I'm sick of you treating me like a little kid! I can be just as mature as you can."

Interested, Raven looked up. Was he actually being serious? Him, Beast Boy, the clown of the Titans? Had he finally made a statement that was remotely profound? She didn't believe it for one second. He would crack. He would smile, and say it was all a joke, that he just wanted to freak her out. But no. His green eyes smoldered intensely, filled with all sorts of emotions. Anger, hurt, embarrassment; how could he have gotten so upset all of a sudden? She had been treating him the same since the Titans first began. Again, she thought that it was an act. Beast boy always had wanted to go into show business. Maybe he had finally started to take it seriously.

She stood up, laying her book stiffly on the sofa, and strode silently over to Beast Boy, toe to toe, leaning in until their noses almost touched. If it was a trick, she would scare it out of him.

"Prove me wrong," she challenged quietly. By now, Robin and Starfire sat still, watching, while Cyborg just stood off to the side, all jokes forgotten.

Shape shifter and sorceress glared into each other's eyes, into each other's souls, for a long moment. Then another… then another. Not a muscle twitched, not a hair stirred. Though she was surprised by Beast Boy's intense swirling emotions, Raven easily hid it. It also amazed her how the green kid didn't even flinch under her icy stare. They stood in complete silence for a few seconds that felt like eternity to their worried companions. Finally Beast Boy spoke, his voice choked with determination.

"I will," he vowed. "You'll see, and you won't ever get to tease me again. I'm a better Titan than you give me credit for." His oath complete, he brushed past her and stalked to the door. Raven didn't move until the door had hissed shut. Only after she felt his presence move down the hall and the door of his room slam closed did she finally move. She snatched up her book and glided soundlessly to her room.