AN: Again, We Do Not Own Teen Titans Nor Inuyasha. We Merely Write About It.
A young teen with ebony hair strolled down the sidewalk; wide, bright blue eyes taking in the new city.
For most, they would overlook her, assuming she was only a visitor touring the city and the vast features it had to offer. However, not many would take notice to the sharpness in her gaze, nor the intensity.
Not many would think she was merely scoping out the city, getting familiar with her new home...
It was half past noon by now, and as she turned the corner the enticing aroma of pizza teased at her nose. Her stomach growled - loudly.
Embarrassed, the teen's eyes flickered around to see if anyone noticed as she blushed hotly, even more so when she overheard a sound that sounded suspiciously like snickering. Lifting her arm up, she looked down in her purse and glared.
Glowing orange orbs stared up at her, and she swore she could see amusement swirling in them.
"Cute," she muttered dryly, "Real cute. I ate a small breakfast this morning, okay? Sue me..." she mumbled as she made her way towards the smell, happy that in this day and age, not many would turn their heads and stare when a person started talking to seemingly no one...
Thank God for whoever invented bluetooth headsets...
A small 'mrrow' was her answer and she rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. I'll get you some anchovies to snack on..."
A group of five teens walked into the pizza place, starving and practically desperate for food.
However, their moods dropped significantly once when they saw the long line of people and how busy that place was.
One, a boy with peculiar green skin, even darker green hair, and a lanky build groaned. "Man, you've got to be kidding me...I'm so hungry..."
Another one, a violet-blue haired girl dressed in a blue, almost black leotard and a midnight blue cloak rolled her also violet-blue eyes. "You're always hungry..." she muttered dryly, unfazed by the irritated stare turned her way.
Not wanting to hear yet another fight today already, a masked boy with dark eyes and hair, wearing a red and green outfit with a yellow cape, sighed wearily "C'mon guys, don't start."
The only other girl, a redhead whose feet levitated above the ground a good foot, looked around the place; her emerald eyes shifted anxiously as her eyebrows furrowed innocently. A small frown was set upon her tanned face. "Do you think we will even find a place to sit?" she wondered worriedly.
The last of the group, the one who really stood out the most (which, considering his companions, was saying a lot) rubbed his neck unconsciously. The boy was half-machine, and half-man, his dark skin contrasting greatly to the metallic silver and neon blue pieces that made up the rest of his body. "I'll go check outside for our usual spot," he offered, turning his one gray eye and his other red eye toward his friends.
The masked one nodded gratefully, "Thanks Cyborg,"
Cyborg shrugged, giving an easy smile. "No prob man. You know what I like," he reminded before walking away.
The line took a bit of time to pass through, and it was when they were only third that the green-skinned member of the group gaped. His eyes were wide, his head turning slowly as his gaze trailed after someone. "Whoa..." he breathed out dreamily, eyes practically sparkling.
Hearing him, his friends turned to the object of his momentary brain-fail. They sighed, exasperated.
A girl carrying a few slices of pizza was walking away from the register with her order, on her way to pass by them.
Of course, what caught the boy's attention were the slim figure, china doll-like face, and wide baby blues. Well, that, and the delicious shorts that just fit those mile-long legs oh so well, and the slightly loose, but still form-fitting t-shirt.
The dark-haired girl rolled her eyes, and snorted. "Oh geeze, knock it off," she muttered sharply.
Her friend didn't seem to hear her as he just kept staring. After a moment, he managed to mumble a word. "Huh...?"
The girl twitched. "Careful BeastBoy, I think you're drooling..." she drawled out sarcastically.
Beastboy's eyes widened frantically, and he panicked, wiping an arm across his face. When he realized he was tricked, his eyes narrowed, but his lips drew together in a pout. "You suck Raven."
It only made the girl chuckle.
As the unknown girl came closer and closer, Beastboy was even more entranced. "Dude, she's smoking!" The teen exclaimed. "She's gotta be new here, I'd remember those legs anywhere..."
The other male in the group couldn't help but agree. But he'd rather fight to the death before voicing that out.
Beastboy, who was too caught up in his own attraction, didn't notice how the girl stiffened. Or how her eyes narrowed.
His friends did of course, and their eyes widened as they watched the girl's expression darken.
They could only watch as their friend dug his own grave deeper and deeper...
"You think I can score a date with that!" he said eagerly.
Raven snorted amusedly. "Never know unless you try," she barely managed to get out without laughing.
Then BeastBoy's eyes widened with glee when the girl bee-lined towards them. "Oh, oh, oh! She's coming!" he exclaimed in a loud whisper. "She must have seen me!"
The other male politely covered his laugh with a cough, and Raven ran an exasperated hand over her face.
The other girl just blinked innocently. "What is so funny?"
That just made it harder for the other two to hold in their laughter.
As soon as the furious girl approached them, BeastBoy gave a confident wave.
Raven smirked. "Ooh, this will be good..." she mumbled under her breath.
"Yo, I'm BeastBoy, what's -"
He didn't get to finish his sentence as he was slugged in the gut. "Oof!"
The girl glared down at his bent form. "That was for talking about me like I'm some object," she bit out, quite crossly.
Raven actually let out a light laugh. "I - I thought she would tell you off, or something. I didn't think she'd actually punch you... that's so much better!" she managed between her chuckles.
BeastBoy stopped short in his groaning long enough to glare hotly at her. "You knew - oooh, I'll get you for that Rae. Count on it..." he hissed through the pain, still doubled over.
Raven merely snorted. "I doubt that," she muttered.
BeastBoy's eyes flashed. "You wanna bet on it?" he exclaimed, straightening to his full height as he momentarily forgot about the pain.
A slim, violet-blue eyebrow rising in pure skepticism was his only reaction.
The smug silence only served to further his frustration.
And that was when the bickering began...
The girl watched, eyebrows shot up to her hairline and her lips curled up into an amused smile as the two snapped at each other with retorts ranging from witty, sarcastic, to down right ridiculous.
It got even more interesting when the red-haired girl tried stepping in to break it up to no avail, her green eyes wide and pleading, "Please, do not fight! We are friends, are we not? Friends should not fight!"
It garnered looks from all around the room, though most turned away, used to the eccentrics.
After a few minutes the other male, the one in the mask, rubbed his neck sheepishly. "Yeah..." he said slowly, wincing when BeastBoy let out an indignant yell. "Sorry about him...err, both of them..."
The girl blinked at his voice, her eyes snapping towards him. She let out a quiet sigh and flashed him a small smile. "Nah, it's alright... I should be used to it, really. One of my friends is very similar to him, sometimes even worse," she reassured him, recalling Miroku and his wayward hands with fondness.
The boy chuckled. "Well still, he can get out of hand...a lot... I'm Robin by the way," he introduced himself sticking out a hand.
It was then the girl really took a good look at the guy, taking in his outfit and looks. Then she stared at him, freezing. Her eyes took on a dazed quality for a moment, causing Robin's eyebrows to furrow in confusion. "Uh, hello?" he said rather awkwardly, about to pull his hand away.
It brought the girl out of her reverie, her eyes blinking rapidly. "Err, sorry, I'm Kagome," she introduced herself quickly, flushing. Her hand shot out to grab his and shook it.
Robin studied the girl closely, before deciding to disregard the unusual reaction. His shoulders dropped slightly - maybe she recognized the name? That could explain it...
It would be just his luck; she'll probably turn out to be one of those over-obsessive girls that fawn over him...
When it came to the point that even Raven was raising her voice, Robin groaned. "Guys? Cut it out," he said sharply, almost commandingly.
It had the desired effect as both Raven and BeastBoy stopped in their tracks, before looking away, sulking. The red-haired girl sighed with relief.
Floating over to Kagome, the red-head offered a smile. "Hello, I am Starfire!" she chirped cheerfully.
Kagome nodded, smiling back. "Nice to meet you!"
"And these two over here," Robin begun, gesturing to his other friends, "Are BeastBoy and Raven,"
Raven nodded, and BeastBoy grinned, to which Kagome raised a dry eyebrow at him. Then he pouted.
"Hey there," Kagome greeted politely. "So uh, not to sound rude or anything, but...obviously you're not like normal people," she murmured, looking pointedly at Starfire, who was still floating.
The four of them stared at her, shocked.
BeastBoy blinked owlishly at her. How could she now know who they were? "You mean you've never heard of us?"
Kagome's eyes shot up. "Uh...no? Should I have...?" she asked warily.
Robin stared at her, confused. If her reaction earlier wasn't because of recognition, then what...?
When they just kept on staring, Kagome fidgeted slightly. "I just moved here from Japan, if that means anything..."
Most of the confusion cleared up at that, but Robin was still stuck on her earlier reaction.
BeastBoy recovered the quickest. "Well, we're the Teen Titans!" he exclaimed.
Kagome's eyes widened. "Ohh! Alright, I've heard of you guys. That makes a lot of sense then..." she laughed nervously.
She would have said more, but was cut off by the man at the register taking everyone's order. "Next!"
And coincidentally, the next in line were them.
Looking back at the group, she smiled apologetically. "Well, you guys should probably order. It was nice meeting you though, even you BeastBoy," she said kindly, and BeastBoy flushed sheepishly.
"Yeah, sorry about that..." he trailed off, grinning nervously.
Kagome just waved it off though. "Ah, it's okay, just... next time? Make sure not to be so loud, huh?" she teased, winking at him. "Probably could save a lot of trouble."
BeastBoy laughed. "Thanks for the advice,"
Raven though snorted. "Good luck with that..." she muttered, causing BeastBoy to glare at her.
Not wanting another fight to start, Robin shoved the both of them. "Just order," he interrupted, rolling his eyes as they stumbled and glared back before reluctantly doing what they said.
"Good-bye!" Starfire said pleasantly, turning to order once Kagome waved farewell.
Robin, looking back at Kagome, who was biting her lip from smiling, he nodded back at her, exasperated. "Nice to meeting you too. Maybe we'll see you around?"
Kagome only shrugged though, offering a mysterious smile. "Maybe, you never know..."
Robin watched her walk away with curious eyes, until his heard his name called out to order.
With their orders, the group walked out to the rooftop, searching for their friend.
The moment they were outside, Raven stiffened slightly, something pricking her senses. Before, when they first entered their favorite pizza place, she thought she felt something too, but it was so unnoticeable so she just passed it off as nothing. And then Beastboy started talking, so she forgot about it.
She looked around, eyebrows furrowed as she tried to figure out what it was, but nothing was amiss.
"Raven?"
Said girl looked up, finding Starfire peering at her curiously, her head cocked. "Is something wrong?"
Raven glanced around once more, hesitating, before shaking her head. "No, Starfire. Everything is fine," she murmured softly.
Reassured, the sprightly girl smiled. "Then let us feast on our wonderful meal!" she cheered, before gliding over to catch up with Robin and Beastboy.
Raven, still unsettled, followed at a slower pace, wary.
She didn't see the pair of orange eyes following her every move...
As Kagome stepped up to the roof, she looked for an empty seat, mentally cheering when there was one by the edge of the roof, great for looking over the city for a view.
She made her way over, settling her food on the table first before gently depositing her purse. It didn't take long for the purse to tip over, and out came a small, single tailed, completely normal, cream colored cat.
Kirara.
Kagome snickered as the small animal stretched out languidly. "And you laughed at me for being hungry, you can't even wait until I sit down..." she muttered.
Kirara mewed indignantly, pawing at the plate with a single slice decorated with anchovies.
"Patience," Kagome clucked, snickering at the huff that came soon after.
Picking off the little fish, she started placing it on another plate for Kirara. "So, any particular reason you made yourself scarce during that little talk?" Kagome asked wryly.
She blinked at the answering meow. "You've met one of them before? You actually let them see you? Which one?" Another meow, and Kagome tilted her head thoughtfully. "The cute mysterious one, huh?"
Kagome looked back over at the door, deep in thought. "Yeah, he caught my interest too..." she murmured, remembering what happened inside. 'I need to remember to ask Cuz about these Titans later...'
Taking her eyes off the door, she turned back to her pizza. "Better keep an eye on that one..."
Cyborg looked up when he saw his friends approaching. "Geeze, took ya'll long enough..."
"We ran into a little confrontation," Raven said bluntly, staring hard in BeastBoy's direction as they all sat down.
Cyborg let out a chuckle. "Should have figured,"
BeastBoy growled. "It's not my fault. The line was long, and slow!"
Starfire giggled at him. "You forgot to mention the girl that hit you BeastBoy!"
"Wait, what? And I missed this?" Cyborg snickered.
BeastBoy looked away, embarrassed. "She was really cute..."
Robin shook his head, wryly. "And she also had a mean right hook..."
Cyborg let out a loud laugh. "What happened?" he managed to get out.
A smirk crossed Raven's face. "What do you think? He opened his mouth..."
Cyborg winced, knowing what must have happened. He patted BeastBoy's back with mock sympathy. "Man, you really need to think before you speak when it comes to the ladies..."
BeastBoy only pouted and snatched a slice of his pizza, taking a bite out of it. He didn't dignify that with any response.
Noticing something, Starfire's eyes widened and she pointed. "Look, that is her right there," And she let out cooing sound. "Awh, she has a kitten! It is so adorable!"
Robin blinked. "A cat?" He glanced over to where his friend pointed, and his eyes widened at the sight of the cream colored feline. "I didn't notice her carrying a cat..." he muttered.
Raven followed his line of sight, and her eyes narrowed. The weird feeling she had earlier only intensified. But it couldn't be...
Cyborg grimaced. "Hopefully she doesn't bring it over here then. I don't like cats..." he muttered. And then he took a closer look at the girl herself, and blinked. "Whoa, she is pretty cute." He glanced over at his green friend. "Dude, that sucks,"
BeastBoy shot him a dirty look. "I know," and then looked over there himself before shrugging. "A lot of people carry their pets in their purse," he suggested, seeing one on the table, knocked over.
His eyes still on the cat, Robin couldn't help but think it seemed familiar. "Hey guys... have you ever heard of a two-tailed cat?"
His friends stopped eating long enough to send him incredulous looks. "Dude, did you just say two-tailed cat?" BeastBoy couldn't help but ask.
Robin sighed. "Yes, I did. And no, I'm not crazy..." he said flatly.
Cyborg stared at him. "When was this?"
Robin glanced over at him, before scratching his head. "Uhh, a couple days ago. I was patrolling at night, and I swore I saw a cat with two tails..." he trailed off for a moment, glancing back over to Kagome's cat. "It looks a lot like that actually, but it had these weird black markings over its body, a black diamond at its forehead, and you know, two tails." He shrugged. "Pretty weird..."
That caught Raven's attention. "Wait, markings? Black diamond?" she repeated.
Robin looked back over to her, and his eyes widened. "Yeah, kinda like what you have. What, you mean you know what it is?"
Raven didn't answer right away, her eyes narrowing at the feline. 'No way, is that what I think it is...' she thought to herself in disbelief. Turning back to Robin, she went to answer but five simultaneous beeping noises interrupted her.
Their communicators...
Quickly, Robin had his out in a flash, opening it up. "We have trouble down at the park, let's go," he said, slipping into leader mode flawlessly and forgetting their conversation. That could wait until later.
With that, his team nodded, getting up and throwing their stuff away as they got ready.
Wordlessly, BeastBoy leapt up into the air, transforming into a green hawk. Starfire flew up, grabbing Robin as Raven levitated herself and Cyborg, leaving the rooftop.
They dropped the boys to the ground, getting into Cyborg's car while Robin took to his bike.
They left for the park, Robin and his motorcycle leading the way.
Back on the roof, Kagome watched the scene with a critical gaze. She looked on as they started to disappear along the road.
Glancing down, she spoke softly to the nekomata. "Well, looks like we're going to the park today Kirara. Let's go..."