Kiss of the Rose Chapter 2: Remind Me
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"Where were you, young man?" asked Cyborg, a laughing Sonic and Robin standing behind him, or barely standing, "we were worried sick!"
"And… ha, ha, ha… you, little lady!" spluttered Robin, holding his side, "we told you to be… ha, ha, ha… home before midnight!"
"Oh shut up," said Raven, looking out from behind the daily paper, glasses perched on her nose, "leave them alone."
"Raven?" asked Beastboy, staring at her with his girlfriend, "are you wearing glasses?"
"Yeah, so what?" said Raven returning to her paper. Sonic tried to stop laughing and walked over to her, "what do you want?"
"You've never had them before," said Sonic, eyeing her suspiciously, "these small kinds of changes are the first signs of ALIEN MIND CONTROL!!!" This was all Robin needed; he doubled over in fits of laughter, along with Beastboy.
"I have contact lenses, and I didn't feel like putting them in first thing, I will before we go out," said Raven, "Starfire knew about them." Everyone stared at Starfire, who had suddenly become rather small in her seat.
"Why didn't you tell us?" cried Cyborg, "this is perfect blackmail material!"
"The mail coloured black is not my concern," said Starfire officially, "yet I am very interested into discovering what happened after Friend Sonic and I left Friends Beastboy and Terra in the Hall of Mirrors."
All minds, well, most minds, were turned back to Beastboy and Terra, the latest scandal in the Tower, "yeah, what did happen?"
Beastboy half glared at Starfire and Terra half glared at Cyborg, "there is nothing you guys need to know." Terra walked off in the direction of her room, "Beastboy, are you coming?"
"Yeah, sure, see ya later dudes!" Beastboy smirked at Cyborg and Sonic, with a look saying 'at least I'm in a relationship!'
"We have to do something about his ego," said Raven from behind her paper, "it's getting too inflated."
"And we still don't know what happened," mumbled Cyborg, going to join Starfire on the couch, "who's up for Mega Monkeys?"
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"Alright, so we're off to the mall… and we have a shortage of seats in the T-Car," said Cyborg, standing next to the four Titan land vehicles, "so… who's taking what?"
"I'll go in mine," said Sonic, "who's with me?" Raven walked over to the black car and got in the front seat, "uh… that settles it then."
"Actually, Starfire and I were gonna take the R-Cycle for a ride," said Robin, picking up his helmet, "so that leaves you three," he pointed at Terra, Cyborg and Beastboy, "in the T-Car."
"Well…" said Beastboy and he motioned towards the B-Ped.
"Fine! I guess I'm on my own!" said Cyborg, climbing in the T-Car, "I wonder if Jinx is doing anything today."
"Didn't you hear?" said Robin, Starfire waiting for him on his motorbike, "Jinx has left town!"
"What!" cried Cyborg, his head popping out his window, "when did this happen?"
"Oh yeah, I met her when I was coming into town!" cried Sonic, adjusting the CD player, "she was with this kid called Kid Flash and I told him about the Titans, he's a nice guy, told me that he might pop by some time," Sonic started the engine and smirked back at Cyborg, "oh, and Jinx really liked him." And with that he drove out, followed by Beastboy and Terra.
"I thought you knew," said Robin, half smirking too, "see ya at the mall."
"Farewell Friend Cyborg and his baby!"
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"Well, here we are," said Sonic as he and Raven entered the mall, "I haven't been here in ages."
"You have been gone a while," said Raven and she pointed over at a new store that Sonic didn't remember, "I think you'll like that one."
Sonic's eyes widened at the sight and almost collapsed, "Raven, you are the best." He then ran over to the largest music store he had ever seen, leaving a blushing Raven, wishing that he had said something different and she heard someone scream as they tripped over some Dark Matter. She walked over to find Sonic already with a guitar and playing the opening rift to 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Greenday. She walked past and picked up some music books, beginning to flick through them.
"Oh Robin, this is a wonderful shop!" cried Starfire as she wiggled her finger at a small puppy. She was bent over in a pet shop with a grinning Robin, then she giggled as the puppy jumped up to get her finger yet missed and fell face first onto the ground, "could we purchase a young of a canine? They are too cute."
"Yeah, they are," said Robin, not really looking at the puppy, but who was playing with it. He then walked over to another cage with a bat inside, "hey, look at this!" The bat was asleep and it brought memories back into his head, "I haven't seen a bat since…"
"Robin!" said Starfire again as one of the store owners picked up the puppy she was playing with, "come play with us!"
Robin grinned at the bat and walked over to the princess, who was now allowing the puppy to lick her face.
Beastboy and Terra parked the B-Ped and walked to the mall, Beastboy's arm in his usual place around Terra's shoulders, and Terra pulled Beastboy's wallet out of his pocket, "hey!"
"Well I need some money!" said Terra, slipping a couple of hundreds into her pocket, "is that okay?" She pecked him on the lips and he instantly turned to jelly, she knew that it would work. Girls know that kind of thing, it's what they do.
"Yeah," he said, grinning like a mad man, well, a sane mad man, "that's fine." They walked into the large mall and Terra dragged Beastboy over to the CD shop, saying something about a new CD being out that day, "who's the singer?"
"The Greatest Hits of ACDC!" said Terra, "I can't believe they have some left!"
"They're okay…" said Beastboy, trailing off and walking over to the Comedy section and picking up a Weird Al Yankovic CD and laughing, "I need this one! It has Don't Download This Song on it!"
"Hey!" said Cyborg as he walked in, nodding to the woman behind the counter, "what are we looking at?"
"CDs," said Terra, grinning slightly, "I'll be back in a sec." Beastboy watched as his girlfriend bought her CD with his money and grinned at Cyborg, who waved him away. She came back with a small bag in her hand and gave Beastboy some change, "for your CD."
Beastboy laughed again and bought his CD, the trio leaving with this. Cyborg then split off to look at a computer shop and the couple walked to the food court.
"You hungry?" asked Beastboy and Terra nodded, it was around lunchtime, "I'll buy. What do you want?"
"How about some Chinese?" asked Terra and her green boyfriend nodded, walking over to the Chinese stall in the court. She watched him go and smiled to herself, she considered herself very lucky to be with him.
"Um… Sonic, I think you should stop playing," said Raven as Sonic played his 12th song, "we're supposed to try out the guitars, not play a concert." Sonic finished the song and took off the guitar, walking towards the counter, "um… what are you doing?"
"Buying it!" said Sonic, grinning, "you can never have too many guitars." Raven just rolled her eyes as he bought the instrument, coming back about a minute later, "cost me a fortune! Lucky I memorized Cyborg's credit card number ages ago."
Raven laughed and lead the way out of the shop, thanking the shop owner as they left, and they walked to Raven's favorite book shop. They entered and Raven said hi to Agetha, "anything new?"
"Nothing since you were last in," said Agetha, kindly, "I see your friend is back." Raven smiled at the old woman, "has he improved?"
"No, he's still an idiot," said Raven, and Agetha nodded, smiling too, "may I have a look around?"
"Of course, dear, of course."
"Why can we not purchase the young of the dog?" asked Starfire, sadly, as Robin lead her out of the pet shop, "it was adorable."
"What about Silkie?" asked Robin, smiling slightly, "but we should ask the others before we do something like that."
"But what if the young of the dog is purchased between now and the time of day we return?" asked Starfire, suddenly looking very scared, "it shall be gone!" She began to say 'it shall be gone' in different ways before Robin finally cracked.
"Fine, we'll buy the puppy," said Robin and Starfire let out a squeal of delight, causing everyone around them to stare at her, "come on, the others better like it."
"So did you get some for us?" asked Sonic as Beastboy sat down with his Chinese food, handing Terra her's. Raven and Cyborg pulled up chairs for everyone and Beastboy grumbled, getting up to get more food, "so what did you buy?"
"CD," said Terra, pulling it out. To no one's surprise, Sonic's eyes widened at the sight, "you like?"
"Me love!" said Sonic, grinning and scanning the song list, "ACDC rock!"
"What did you guys buy?" asked Terra staring at the black case Sonic had set down beside him.
"Book," said Raven, opening it up.
"Got a new program for the Tower," said Cyborg, smiling and accepting his Chinese food from Beastboy.
"Guitar," said Sonic calmly, "hey Robin! What do you have there, Star?"
Terra squealed in a quieter, yet almost identical, way that Starfire did when she saw the small puppy with a dark patch around one eye, "he's so cute!"
"You got a dog!" said Beastboy, smiling, "cool!"
Terra took the dog from Starfire and cuddled it, "what's his name?" Starfire beamed at her as Terra passed the dog to Cyborg.
"His name is Mustard!" said Starfire, sitting down. The name did suit the dog; his fur was a dark blonde colour with a brown patch over his right eye. Mustard barked happily at the sound of his name and attempted to lick Cyborg's face, everyone grinning.
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"Raven?" asked Terra, walking towards the girl meditating on the roof, "can you help me with something?"
"So now I'm the Tower psychiatrist?" muttered Raven, getting out of the meditation stance, "what is it, Terra?"
"Well, I've been having this dream, but it's not like a normal dream, it's like it's real, and you're the person that we go to when it's stuff like this and I tried to talk to Beastboy but he just kinda shook it off…" Terra began to ramble until Raven sealed her mouth with her magic.
"Calm down," said Raven, getting back into the meditation stance but facing Terra, "try this. You have to relax and then tell me about it." Terra obeyed by levitating a rock for her to sit on up to the roof, copying the position and taking a deep breath, "now, what happens in this dream?"
"Well, I'm a student at Murakami High and I'm normal, I don't have powers or anything. And I can't remember anything about being a Titan," said Terra, taking a breath again, "so then Beastboy comes and tries to make me remember but I… I make him leave me alone; I think I broke his heart…"
"Is that all?" asked Raven, opening one eye in concern.
"No, I watch him leave and I feel like I don't want to exist anymore," said Terra, a single tear welling in her left eye, "I felt like I didn't matter anymore… and it ends with me running away from everything. From the school, from Beastboy… from life."
"It is true that dreams can be premonitions," said Raven after about a minute of silence and thinking, "but… this one seems unlikely, I mean, you know us now and you couldn't forget us easily."
"I just hope you're right," said Terra, jumping off the rock, "thank you, Raven."
"Just paying you back for the love advice," said Raven, smiling.
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Thursday came and Sonic was up even before Raven, pacing around the roof. Before six, which was when Raven came up to the roof, Sonic was down, fixing his car, ready for the trip. Cyborg let him use his power tools and Sonic grinned remembering that time Beastboy tried to fix his moped with them. He could still hear Cyborg screaming sometimes.
Before around midday, Sonic had just avoided all the other Titans, staying locked up in his room and occasionally strumming a few chords on his new guitar. When 11:30 came, he left his room and walked down to see Beastboy and Terra playing Gamestation, the former letting the latter win, and Raven with a book open, shadowing her face.
"I'm going out for a while," said Sonic, not looking at any of them, "I'll be back in an hour." Everyone looked up to talk to him but he was already out the door.
"What do you think's up?" asked Terra, turning back to her game with her boyfriend, "he hasn't been talking much today."
"We all have our stuff," said Beastboy, 'accidentally' dropping his control, "he'll be fine."
Sonic drove through the town, waving to some people who were waving to him, until he found the small opening to Terra's old prison. He jumped down the hole and stared around, the only thing he saw was a figure standing on the pedestal, exactly the way Terra used to. Sonic took one cautious step towards the figure and it moved, jumping down and walking towards him.
"Well, you came on time," said the figure and Sonic recognized that voice was male, "Darkening did always say you were resourceful." At his former master's name, anger boiled up inside of him. The man seemed somehow knew what was happening, "ah, you do not like your former master?"
"He was an evil man," said Sonic, "and he's lucky I didn't kill him too brutally." The man laughed at this, it wasn't warm and friendly, but it wasn't cold either, "what's so funny."
"We all have masks, even those that aren't on out faces. Those that usually wear a mask on their face have no mask underneath," the man took a closer step towards Sonic and came out of the darkness. He was tall and broad across the shoulders with a long, brown trench-coat which fell to his ankles, black boots on his feet. Sonic couldn't see his face; it was covered by a wide-brimmed hat, shadow falling over it, "I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I am Benedict, but most people call me Theft."
"What kinda name is Theft?" asked Sonic, grinning slightly. The man, however, laughed again and walked towards Sonic, stopping less than a foot away.
"Here's the reason," said Benedict and he held up Sonic's Titan's communicator. Sonic gasped and checked his belt, making sure it was his, "are you impressed?"
"Only slightly," said Sonic, grabbing his communicator back, "now, what do you want from me?" Benedict turned around and took five steps away from Sonic, turning around.
"You've watched the Amazing Race, haven't you?" asked Benedict and Sonic nodded, "you know the rules?" Sonic nodded again, "well, I'm going to send you on a little treasure hunt. You shall go to certain places and collect clues leading to your past."
"Why would I do that?" asked Sonic and Benedict chuckled.
"You will because you shall finally know how you got that amazing power of yours," Benedict walked back towards the pedestal, "your first clue is this: Murakami High School. Undercover is the key."
Sonic watched as Benedict walked further and disappeared. He turned around to walk away but Benedict was standing right in front of him, "what the…?"
"I forgot to mention, to truly find out your past, you must have the Kiss from the Rose." The man smiled at him yet Sonic was confused.
"You mean I need to buy a flower and kiss it?" asked Sonic and the man laughed once more.
"No, it's a figure of speech," said Benedict, "the Rose is a person, someone who is like you, who knows what you are going through."
"And I have to kiss them?" a thought crossed his mind, "what is the Rose is a guy! I can't kiss a guy!"
Benedict laughed, "the 'kiss' is just a blessing, not an actual kiss."
"So, I need to find someone and they have to give me a blessing?" asked Sonic, and he looked down for a split second, "yeah, I could do that." But when he looked up, Benedict had gone.
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"So, this guy knows about your past?" asked Robin as they all sat down at the breakfast table, "and he's leading you on a hunt?"
"Yeah… I never knew about my past," said Sonic, "And when this guy contacted me, I needed to know more…" Everyone nodded at this, the past was a subject the Titans didn't talk about, "well, he gave me a clue to my past… and he said I had to go to Murakami High to find it."
Terra gasped and Raven's eyes widened but no one really noticed, "and he said 'undercover is the key' so I think I need to go into the school and look."
"It also means that you have to go disguised as a student," said Robin, a slight smile on his face, "if we could… it should work! I'll be back in a few!"
They all stared at the caped boy as he exited the room. When the door had slid back, Cyborg said, "I love it when he tells us things."
Everyone went to do their own thing, Beastboy and Terra went back to the Gamestation, Raven opened a book, Cyborg typed on the lounge computer and Sonic and Starfire played with Mustard, trying to teach him to sit. It wasn't going so well because Mustard loved to lick their faces.
Robin burst back into the room ten minutes later saying, "we're in!"
"You need to tell us what happens before the end..." said Raven from behind her book, "otherwise only you know what's happening…"
"I've gotten us into the school," said Robin, "I talked with the headmaster and he's gonna let us attend while we look for this clue."
"Wait," said Beastboy, his dictionary in his head working overtime, "doesn't attend mean… go to?"
Raven stared at him as Sonic clapped slowly and sarcastically, "I knew buying those dictionaries would do him good."
"But Beastboy's right, we're going to school," said Robin, grinning. Everyone dropped what they were holding, "well, not all of us." He walked to the fridge, grabbed a soda and opened it, "Sonic's going because it's his past," the boy in question fell anime style, "Terra's coming because she can fit in easily," Beastboy hugged her sympathetically, "and I'm going to supervise."
"Hey!" Sonic was back on his feet, his finger pointing at the hugging pair, "why can't Beastboy come?!?! If I suffer, he does too!"
"He's green."
"Oh… Cyborg then!"
"He's made of metal," Robin sipped his drink, "Starfire isn't going because she's an alien and doesn't know too much about Earth schools and Raven's… Raven."
"He means my emotions will be a lot to handle," said Raven, standing up and fixing herself some tea, "and he couldn't make me if he tried."
"That's true," said the guys at the same time, "that's true."
"Anyway, we start next week," said Robin, "can I play?" Terra handed her control to Robin and the two boys battled it out in Mega Monkeys. Terra and Cyborg cheering them on.
Sonic left Starfire to play with her puppy and followed Raven to her room, "so… school, huh?" She didn't answer him so he got to the point, "um… Rae, have you been avoiding me?"
"No, we just haven't been at the same place…" she began, sarcastically but Sonic cut her off.
"Raven, I'm serious, we haven't really looked eye to eye since the day I got back," Sonic had stepped in front of her, stopping her path, "we need to talk about that kiss." She looked him in the eye, "what did that mean to you?"
"It was a kiss," said Raven, trying to sound as if it was no big deal, "so what?"
"Raven, a kiss is never just a kiss," said Sonic, seriously, "do you feel that way about me?"
She looked away from him, muttered, "I need to meditate," and sank into the floor. Sonic stared at where she was for about a minute and marched to her room, knowing she wouldn't be there. He sank onto the end of her bed, his head in his hands.
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"Night, guys," said Sonic as he stood up, three days before the fateful school day. He would have continued but Robin stopped him.
"We have to decide a few things," said Robin and Sonic groaned, "I know you can't decide things after nine pm but you have to make an exception. We need to decide how and who we're going to school as."
Sonic forcefully sat himself back down opposite the lounge computer, on which Terra was typing on, "what do you mean, man?"
"He means, if we go the way we are now, people will get suspicious," explained Terra, still typing for a few seconds before crying out, "FINISHED!!!" She hi-fived Robin and held out the hand for Sonic to slap, the boy in question stared at her with a confused expression on his face, "I'm enrolled in the school!"
"Is that a good thing?" asked Beastboy and the blonde sweat-dropped, "I mean, I hate the idea of learning!"
"Anyway," continued Robin, ignoring the green teen, "we need new names, new identities, and new personalities. Terra's gonna try and be one of those popular girls who do nothing but talk about boys and things that don't really matter."
"God I hate those people," said Terra, a vein over one eye, "lousy things that can't do more than lift a freakin' mirror…"
"Anyway," Robin continued again, "she needs to do this because she has to be the exact opposite of what Terra is. But, when we're at school, she's not Terra, she's…"
"Tara Rokinbird!" smiled Terra, standing up in a traditional superhero pose, head staring up boldly and her fists on her hips, "she's gonna rock the school."
"Oh yeah," said Robin, cowering at bit, "you can't like rock." The reaction was what he had expected. To put it lightly, the world shook a bit and Robin was hiding in a corner.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T LIKE ROCK!!!" screamed Terra, so loudly that even Sonic had to cover his ears, "ROCK SHALL RULE THE EARTH!!! YOU'LL SEE!!!! YOU'LL ALL SEE!!!!!"
Sonic felt a small bump on his head and turned towards Robin, who pointed at Terra then mimicked turning the sound down on a TV. Sonic gave the thumbs up and pressed a finger on Terra's back. Her voice quieted instantly and she stared daggers at Robin and Sonic. She then coughed (silently) and Sonic returned her voice to normal volume.
"That feels weird, you know," said Terra, "anyway, why can't I like rock?"
"How many girls who can barely lift a mirror like rock?" asked Cyborg, coming out from behind the kitchen bench. Terra pouted and sat down beside Beastboy, deflated quite a bit.
"Anyway, I'm going to become," Robin took a breath, knowing to would hold them in suspense, "the nerdy kid." If they were drinking anything, it would now be over the carpet. Beastboy was in a fit of giggles and Cyborg's brain was bursting with pay-outs. "We need to change, so I'm going for the extreme. And also… I'm using my real name."
Everyone was silent at this. Robin had never said anything about his life before the Titans before, "go on, Friend Robin."
"Okay," Robin took a deep breath, for real this time, "I'm going to be Richard Grayson." Beastboy come over in giggles again, "something funny?"
"Not really, Dick," laughed Beastboy and he burst out laughing, "nothing at… ha, ha… all!" Terra slapped him on the back of the head, but all that did was get her laughing. In seconds, Cyborg and Sonic had joined in, Beastboy actually on the floor.
"Please, tell me what you mean by 'Dick'?" asked a confused Starfire, "Friend Robin's name is Richard, not Dick."
"Not... ha, ha… it!" cried Sonic, laughing almost as hard as Beastboy. If looks could kill, half the Titans would be dead by now. But instead of grabbing a knife, Robin waited calmly for everyone to stop laughing.
"As I was saying, I'm going to be the nerdy kid and my name is Richard," said Robin, "and now, it's you, Sonic. You're gonna be the bad guy."
"And what does that include?"
"Well, you basically push people around, but not too much, and you ignore the teachers, break the rules," explained Robin as if it were a business position, "and I'm going to give you permission to give me a hard time."
"And you won't give me payback in training?" said Sonic, eyes wide and a grin on his face.
"Can't promise anything," said Robin, grinning too, "Anyway, you need a name."
"Tom O'Riley," Sonic said at once, "it's one of the names I went by when I was on the road."
"Okay, Tom, I'll put you into school." That was Robin's dismissal so Sonic gave a large yawn and walked off, saying goodnight to everyone else, "this is going to be interesting."
"You got that right, Dick," said Cyborg as he walked off, leaving the others to explain Robin's 'name problem' to Starfire.
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"Hurrah, school day," mumbled Sonic as he walked out of his room, dressed in a white shirt with a blue tie and navy blue trousers. His hair was also concealed by a wool beanie, it was Robin's idea. He walked into the lounge and spotted Robin, in similar attire but instead of a beanie, his shirt pocket was filled with pens and a small ruler. His hair was combed over (much like the way he had it with Mother May-Eye) and his mask was still on.
Terra, however, was fiddling with something in her eye and when she faced Sonic, her eyes were a light brown, "contacts," she said, "Robin's idea."
"So are you going to go to school like that?" asked Raven, "I mean, the mask looks natural but the pens and ruler really give you away."
"I'll take it off before I get there," said Robin, putting a bag on, "oh, you have twenty minutes to get there. Here's your timetable and school books," he handed a piece of paper and a bag to Sonic and walked to the door, patting Mustard on the head as he passed the small puppy, "see ya."
"I shall see you off," said Starfire, floating along after him. Terra picked up a piece of toast from a plate on a table, put a small backpack on her back and walked to the door too.
"See ya there," said Terra, kissing Beastboy on the way out, everyone looking away to give them privacy, "have fun, okay?"
"Yeah, sure," said Beastboy, a bit crestfallen, what was he going to do? A whole day without Terra.
"I'll go too," said Sonic and he said bye to everyone, walking down to his car. He opened the door and sat in, leaning down to check something at his feet, saying, "Miss me already, Rae?"
She smiled at the fact he knew and walked over to the door of the car, bending over and pecking Sonic on the cheek, "have a good first day." She was blushing and her magic covered a drill near by and threw it against the opposite wall.
"Thanks Rae," he said, blushing too, "I need to go. I'll be back soon, don't worry." He drove off through the garage and Raven watched him go, a tear running down her face. That's what he said before it happened.
Before he died…
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Terra: oooh… who died?
Moon Comix: Why would I tell you? You will find out soon enough!
Beastboy: was it her pet pie?
Moon Comix: what? Why would she have a pet pie?
Terra: please review the story and stay tuned for the next part!!!!!
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