Chapter 2 — New Relations

After being given the tour of the Tower, the new Bean Titans dispersed to get settled and situated.

Ewey went to the kitchen because she was a little hungry. Once she stepped onto the tiled floor, Ewey exhaled silently because she saw Fleece working the dishes with Mystic. Ewey had missed so much, having been in an "anti-age" coma. Fleece was 43 years old now, and yet, still Ewey's step-sister. Ewey was more than ready now to reunite with her.

"Fleece?" Ewey called out.

Fleece looked to Mystic first. "Did you call me?"

"No." the unicorn responded. Fleece resumed washing the dishes, but Mystic sensed that someone else was in the kitchen. She looked back to see Ewey. "Wait a minute... where have I seen her before? ...Oh!" Mystic finally recognized her. "Fleece, you might want to see this..."

"See what?" Fleece asked, carrying a dish before she dropped it upon seeing who it was. She was shocked. "Ewey? Is it really you?"

"Hi, Fleece..." Ewey said, happy to see her. Fleece was too, immediately rushing to hug her step-sister, with tears in her blue eyes.

"I'll leave you two alone." Mystic uttered, continuing to wash dishes in hyper-drive mode, using telekinesis to levitate the dishes and move the sink's faucet.

Sweet enters the kitchen and notices that the lambs are together again.

"It's been so long... I thought that you had died." Fleece said.

"I thought I did too. Who was it again, that did that to me... Wrinkle?" Ewey questioned.

"Yes."

"What's the story about him now?"

"He's still alive—immortal now; Wrinkle's our worst enemy." Sweet answered.

"I oughta trample on him the next time I see him... using Tsukuyomi on me like that. That's why I'm so young now; I'm 16 here! He needs his just desserts..."

"You'll get your chance one day—" Fleece said, "both of us will."

"Until the time arises, keep yourself in check. Right now, nothing is happening... so take the time to get accustomed here." Sweet said.

Ewey hugged Fleece once more before leaving the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Hoppity was strolling through the Suites of the Tower and happened to run into Floppity. When Floppity saw Hoppity, she could not believe her eyes.

"Hold on a sec..." Floppity said to Hoppity.

"Are you Floppity, by any chance?" Hoppity asked.

"Yeah...why?" Floppity uttered, before another thought struck her mind. "How does she look a bit like me, back when I was young?"

"I think you, me and our father are related."

This surprised Floppity. "Okay... what's your name and makes you say that?"

"Hoppity. The last time I saw him, he had a bunch of stitches in his chest..."

Floppity gasped. "We ARE related—half-sisters. But, how is he your father too? I was the one that injured him; I thought that he was finished... no offense."

"None taken. I understand where you're coming from. He betrayed my mother too, after I ran away... I sensed it clearly."

"Wait—you sensed it?" Floppity questioned.

"Yeah. Being psychic and telekinetic are two of my powers."

"What are some of your others?"

"Let's see... invisibility, ghost mode, flight, and Wizardry (includes Black Magic)."

Floppity was blown away. "Wow... that's a lot. Those are all of my powers, except for the psychic and wizard part."

Hoppity smiled. "So... what now?" she asked.

"Do what you want... meet the family, or something."

"All right."

Floppity left. Hoppity thought that the meeting went well, seeing as Floppity was not completely freaked out about meeting her half-sister. Hoppity continued on with her business, heading down to the Game Room in the Zone, one Tower-section below the Suites. Hoppity was no stranger to games; her favorite ones were role-playing games, especially Halo.

After a moment's walk, Hoppity found the Game Room, where she found eleven other Bean Titans playing Halo 3 in the back. She walked up to the group.

"Ooh! Halo 3!" Hoppity exclaimed.

"Yeah, what's it to ya?" Tracker asked.

"Um, it's awesome."

The group finished the free-for-all match and turned back to Hoppity.

"Dude, she's hot..." Bongo thought to himself, almost drooling upon the sight of the bombshell before the group. He did not know that she was psychic, as she heard his thought.

"Casanova..." Hoppity said, lowering one of her thin eyebrows in a bit of disgust of his thought.

"All right, let's see what'cha got. Ears, plug in another 360 controller. Ears...?" Fetch said, wondering why Ears was silent.

"Fetch, can I have a moment?" Ears asked suddenly.

"Sure."

On the way out of the room, Ears grabbed Hippie to talk with him.

"Hey Ears, what's going on with you?" Hippie asked.

"Um..." Ears murmured. This was the first time that Ears was hesitant.

"Come on, man... it's not like you just met the girl of your dreams, did you?"

Ears blushed. "Don't tell anyone about it..." he said.

"I won't, okay? Good luck."

"Guys, the game is starting..." Fetch called to Ears and Hippie, who immediately re-entered the room and picked up their controllers. Hoppity sat next to Ears, which made him a bit nervous.

This match had a set stock; everyone each had ten lives. After the first fifteen minutes, everyone but Hoppity and Ears was eliminated, mostly by Hoppity; she and Ears had two lives left. The rest of the group were still watching the match, as they both scored a kill against each other.

After that, they both looked at each other. This was actually the first time they made direct eye contact.

"Not giving up yet?" Ears said. He saw that she was still staring at him. "What's up?"

"You're so kawaii... oh, nothing..." she said, turning back to the game to hide her blushing face.

"Yeah, how about we finish the match, instead of having a staring contest..." Slowpoke joked.

"Slowpoke...! Ix or bricks!" Ears responded. It was his way of saying that he would beat Slowpoke down if he did not quit saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

"Let's finish the match in a tie." Hoppity spoke telepathically to Ears. He heard that she was speaking to him.

"All right." he said.

Both rabbits aimed at each other's heads in the game and simultaneously scored a headshot, ending the match as both were on their last life. After the match, Hoppity led Ears out of the Danger Room, saying that she needed to talk with him.

"What did you want to talk about?" Ears asked.

"Well... us." Hoppity replied, blushing again.

Ears turned red also, as he was within reach of his sexy pink beauty. "Um... can I ask my mom about something first?"

"Floppity?"

"You know her?"

"Yeah. I'm her little half-sister." she revealed to him.

Ears looked shocked for a second. "This changes a couple of things. I know that you wanna hook up, but wouldn't that be bad because there's half a dose of incest?"

Hoppity's sex appeal was astounding, as she then walked to Ears while smiling lightly, batting her eyes, fondling on his chest and rubbing his shoulders. "I dunno about you, but I'm willing to break a few rules..."

Ears exhaled steadily with her touch. "All right—just give me a minute." he finally said.

As it turned out, Floppity was just passing by the Game Room. Ears asked her about the situation between himself and Hoppity. Floppity said that it was perfectly fine; she really did not care what kind of girl Ears wound up with, as long as she was around his age. It was set, and they were both 16. Ears re-entered the Game Room and found Hoppity again.

"She said that it was—" Ears started to say, before being stopped by Hoppity's lips upon his. They shared a very passionate kiss; to Ears, it was the greatest sensation thus far.

"I know what she said... I'm psychic." Hoppity told him.

"I know... now, shhh. *grabs her by the waist* I want more." Ears said, kissing her again irresistably. She moaned pleasurably in the lip lock, finding a deep connection with Ears. The two of them, despite their feeble relation, were madly in love with each other.

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