Disclaimer: No, I don't own Teen Titans.

Chapter 2

Starfire usually woke up to one of three things: her alarm clock, the crime alert, or the unpleasant pressure on her scalp as Silkie tried to eat her hair. On this occasion, however, Starfire awoke to what felt like teeth scratching at the back of her hand. Though this was not his typical behavior, Starfire recognized that as her beloved pet grew, he might develop other tastes and peculiarities that she could not possibly anticipate. So if this meant that Silkie wanted to gnaw at her wrists in the morning, she would be supportive and endure it. Still hanging off her bed in her usual sleep position, Starfire smiled out at her distorted view of the bay outside her window. The sun was shining, the water was glistening, and the fact that she was not on the floor meant that Silkie had not managed to eat all of her bedding as she slept - it was going to be a good day.

The scraping at her skin was getting more insistent, so Starfire closed her eyes and prepared her biggest smile for her favorite mutant larva, then swung her torso up and scooped up her darling pet from off the bed.

"Good morning my little bumgo-AHHH!"

Starfire shrieked, eyes widening in confusion when she looked at the creature in her arms. Not only was it not Silkie, whom she now realized had indeed been enjoying her hair this morning, judging by the red strands hanging out of his mouth as he peeked out from under her bed, but the thing she was holding was furry...and...green.

"Meow!" the kitten pawed lightly at her chest, then nuzzled its pale nose into her arm.

"Friend Beast Boy?" She questioned, holding the cat an arms length in front of her, "why have you come into my room unannounced? Please, is there something I might-"

"Star!" Her questions were halted by the sound of her door being knocked down, courtesy of Robin's steel-toed boots.

"What happened?"

Cyborg and Raven were right behind him, sonic cannon and black orbs of energy at the ready. The three intruding titans scanned the room, ready to face any foe that had threatened their friend. But apparently the only threat here was -

"Beast Boy?" Robin asked, "why is he in your room? Did he do something to you?"

His tone was accusatory, but it was clear to Raven and Cyborg that if Beast Boy was still in one piece and not blasted into bits, there was nothing to be concerned about. Starfire was nothing if not capable of defending herself. As such, Cyborg powered down and Raven lowered herself back to the ground.

"I know not why he is in my dwelling. He was beside me when I woke up. But, friend Beast Boy," Starfire turned from Robin to the kitten, "perhaps you would enlighten us?"

Raven raised an eyebrow, and Cyborg folded his arms. This was not going to end well for Beast Boy, they could tell.

"Yes, Beast Boy," Robin gritted his teeth, "enlighten us as to why you were in my girlfriend's bed."

The kitten leapt from Starfire's outstretched arms onto her chest, then crawled onto her shoulders and hid in her long red locks.

"Beast Boy!" Robin stepped closer to the pair, "get out from there!"

The cat mewled and burrowed deeper into Starfire's hair, pulling and tangling it in the process.

"Oh - friend Beast Boy, that is most uncomfortable! Might you please remove yourself from me?"

The cat ignored her.

"BEAST BOY!" Robin growled.

"Dude!" The teen in question stepped through the broken doorway, "I'm here! Stop yelling at me!"

Everyone's eyes snapped immediately from the cat to Beast Boy.

"Uh...did I do something wrong?"

Robin furrowed his brow.

"But you...you weren't here?" Robin looked behind him once more, confirming that he wasn't hallucinating the green creature behind him.

"You were just yelling for me to get up! Why would you have done that if I was here?" Beast Boy looked at him blankly.

"Because," Raven answered, gesturing to the animal hidden in Starfire's mane, "we thought you were here."

Beast Boy looked quizzically at Starfire.

"Uh...what? Why would you think that?"

Starfire, with much difficulty considering her Tamaranean strength, managed to remove the whining kitten from her hair and placed it on the ground in front of her.

"Eek!" Beast Boy cried, jumping back in fear, "it's green!"

Raven rolled her eyes.

"You're green, Beast Boy."

"Yeah," he protested, "but other cats aren't supposed to be!"

Cyborg scratched his head.

"Well if this ain't BB, then who is it?"

"Or what is it! It could be another one of those green dog aliens here to force me to take their place as a pet!" Beast Boy fell to his knees in front of his teammates, "don't let them take me!"

Cyborg rested a firm hand on the teen's shoulder.

"No one's gonna take you, BB."

Raven folded her arms and shook her head at him.

"Drama queen."

Now that it was confirmed that Beast Boy had nothing to do with the strange visitor, Starfire was warming up to the cat, and picked it back up, sitting down with it on her bed.

"Maybe Beast Boy's right," Robin agreed, thinking it over, "it could be another animal from whatever planet the green dog came from."

"Could be," Cyborg opened a panel on his arm, "I still got the DNA signature from the other one, so we can check it against this little guy and see if there are any similar genetic markers."

As Cyborg pulled up the necessary data, Beast Boy morphed into a cat himself, and jumped up next to Starfire so he could get a closer look. He swatted a friendly paw at the youngster, and the kitten swiped back.

"How wondrous!" Starfire giggled.

"Adorable." Raven deadpanned. Beast Boy hissed and clawed the air in her direction.

"Now, now, my little bumgorf, you have played for long enough!" Starfire shooed Beast Boy off the bed, and pulled her new furry friend towards her. "It is almost the time for Silkie's bath, but since you are our most treasured guest, you may go first!"

Robin's ears perked up at the mention of the tongue-swathing 'bath' ritual Starfire performed for her pets.

"Uh, Star, maybe you shouldn't do that."

"Yeah," Cyborg nodded, "that thing might not even be from this planet - you don't know what kind of weird microbes it might be carrying."

Beast Boy, still in cat form, leaped back onto the bed and licked the kitten's cheek, sat back for a moment, waiting for something to happen, then meowed in approval.

"See," Starfire grinned, "friend Beast Boy has confirmed that my new bumgorf is harmless." Starfire snuggled the kitten closer. "So now, may the bathing commence!"

Beast Boy jumped away, and the rest of the titans tried not to gag as Starfire unleashed her sizeable tongue and brought it towards the helpless animal. It squirmed in her arms, but Starfire held him in place. Her tongue came ever closer, and when seemed the kitten could back away no more, a sudden force caused Starfire to lose her grip, and something green, but no longer so catlike, rolled onto the ground. It lifted its head and waved its shaggy tail, barking at Starfire and playfully nipping at her feet as she tried in vain to catch it.

"I told you it was the dog!" Beast Boy reverted to his own human form, and dove behind Raven, using her cloak as a shield.

Raven was about to rip the cloth away and lecture him about touching other people's things, when, before their eyes, the small green dog transformed into a small green boy.

"I don't want a bath, Mommy! I don't wanna!"

Raven's focus jumped immediately back to Starfire.

"Mommy?" Cyborg repeated, incredulous, as the boy scampered behind him, hiding from the threat of cleanliness.

"Three guesses who 'Daddy' is," Raven glared at Beast Boy behind the cloak.

"Ew!" Beast Boy scowled, dropping the blue material, "like I would ever..."

Robin couldn't focus on the rest of the conversation. All he was aware of was that his girlfriend was the apparent mother of a green child that clearly must belong to his equally as green teammate, which meant that-

"BEAST BOY!" Robin lunged for him.

"AHHH!"

Beast Boy dove again for Raven's cloak, but this time he didn't have to. Cyborg and Raven were already blocking Robin's path.

"Let go of me!" Cyborg held Robin in a death grip, waiting for him to cool down.

"Chill man. We would know if Starfire and Beast Boy were up to any hanky panky - dude can't keep a secret!"

"Hey! Can to!" Beast Boy wriggled out from behind his friends, missing the point completely. "But I don't even like Starfire that way! And there are like 50 reasons that kid could be green!" Beast Boy started counting off on his fingers, "green hair dye, paint ball gone wrong, jumping in a pool of green jello, zombie apocalypse where the first sign of the virus is the green skin ro- " Raven slapped a hand over Beast Boy's mouth while Robin fumed.

"Those are all stupid examples!" Robin seethed.

"Mphre nopht!" Beast Boy struggled to be heard behind the empath's palm.

"Guys, we don't even know what we're dealing with here!"

"I do not understand - what is it that Beast Boy and I did?"

"Nphnthng!"

"Stop trying to talk!"

"If you know what's good for you, you'll-"

"DADDY!" the little boy cried, tugging on the leg of his second names parent, "don't be mad, please?"

The titans all stopped and turned towards the sound of the little boy's voice. He had tears running down his cheeks, and the owner of the calf that he was clinging to was none other than...Robin.