I'm Back Baby! Five years later and I am going to finally finish my multi-chapter song fic! It's been a long time coming, but here is chapter 4. Thanks to everyone that has read or reviewed my stuff in the past. Hope I don't disappoint y'all too much.
Songs used-
Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid movie by Disney
I do not own the Teen Titans nor any of the songs used in this fic and all are used without permission. They are used only for a good laugh or meaningful dribble.
Beast Boy rushed out the bar and took to the skies, hoping he hadn't just ruined everything. The lights below him blurred and the wind howled in his ears as he rushed towards the tower. His mind was racing, trying to decide the most likely place Raven would have run to. Right as he decided on checking her room first, he passed over the rolling bay and closed in on Titan Island and spotted something in the moonlight; Raven was sitting on a rock formation staring out to sea.
The falcon swooped down and landed a few yards behind Raven, once again taking the form of a teenage boy. "Raven I'm so sorry for embarrassing you like that, I never should have sung that song, I didn't mean…"
"You meant every single word." Raven countered softly, and he fell silent. A few seconds of silence passed before she spoke again. "You keep forgetting that I can read your emotions." Beast Boy froze; he had forgotten. "I admit that I have been pretty wrapped up in myself lately, but when you started singing, my focus shifted. I try hard not to read the emotions of you and the others, but strong emotions break though.
"Just tonight You, Speedy, Cyborg, and Kid Flash had a spike of lust when Jinx was on stage. When Starfire is home I am constantly bombarded with her love for Robin, and his fear, love, and lust for her. Cyborg is lonely more often than not." Raven spoke softly, but the changeling's heightened hearing picked up on everything she was saying. "Mas and Menos are generally happy kids, and Bumblebee has a thing for Cyborg that he doesn't return. Speedy tries not to let anything get to him but sometimes you guys go too far in teasing him, and from what I can tell, Aqualad is in love with Speedy."
Raven stood and turned to look at Beast Boy, "And you," she paused looking him in the eye, "You have had a crush on me almost since the day we met, but I always just thought that was all it was." Beast Boy swallowed hard, waiting for Raven to get mad at him. But she just continued on in the same soft voice and intense stare with the waves in the background crashing on the rocks behind her. "What I don't understand, is how I didn't see this coming; you are in love with me." The Sorceress stated plain as day. "How did I not notice the change? It all hit me like a tidal wave tonight when you picked up that damned microphone. How did you hide such a strong feeling from me?"
Her voice never wavered as she spoke, but Beast Boy could see her emotions in her eyes. She was opening herself up, and bearing herself at him; and her fragility made him nervous. One misspoken word could close her off and ruin the relationship he had worked hard at building with her. "Raven, I wasn't trying to hide it, I just couldn't come to you. I don't know how you didn't know; I didn't even think about you feeling it from me." He shuffled his feet a little under her gaze.
Silence followed as he looked into her eyes, and she into his. A minute passed with no words spoken until Beast Boy had to break the silence. "Raven I know this is hard, but I have no idea what you are thinking right now, and it's killing me."
Raven took a moment to answer, but when she spoke her voice was its normal monotone. "Beast Boy I am dangerous. My powers have been better, but I still lose control sometimes. Right now I am trying to keep control of my powers and come to terms with this at the same time."
The green boy was downtrodden, he felt his heart breaking. "I will leave you alone, I'm sorry Raven. I didn't want to hurt you." He turned toward the tower intent upon spending the rest of the night in his room.
Raven was in front on him in an instant, a black burst of her power carrying her. She threw her arms around his neck and pressed her lips against his. Time seemed to stop for the sorceress and the changeling as the waves crashed against breaking rocks as her powers went wild. Their first kiss turned into their first kisses as Beast Boy brought his hands up to hold her; one on her lower back, the other on the back of her neck.
When the two finally parted, the rocks around them were much smaller than before and neither one gave a damn. "Whoa." Beast Boy breathed as he realized what had happened.
Raven simply looked into his eyes and said, "I love you too."
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"So your telling me," Jinx said disbelievingly, "That Beast Boy, our green jester, he who pranks and jokes, just sang a love song to the Dark Queen herself?" Her eyes were staring at Cyborg as he leaned back in his chair and nodded. "That's hilarious!" She roared, throwing her head back in laughter. "Bumblebee you owe me fifty bucks!" Jinx stood in a victory pose with one fist held high and the other hand pointing at the black and yellow striped heroine.
The rest of the Titans, save Cyborg and Mas and Menos, who just didn't get it, were too dumbfounded to say anything until Jinx's outburst finished with her declaration of the money she made.
"Wait," Aqualad said still confused, "Why does she owe you money?"
"Back when we were both in the Hive Academy we made a bet about which of the Titans would get together. I predicted Robin and Starfire, and Beast Boy and Raven would get together!" She was still standing at the end of her proclamation, both hands on her hips.
Bumblebee crossed her arms in front of her, "I don't owe you a damn cent until they actually get together. Do you really think Raven is going to go for Beast Boy?" She asked, like the answer was obviously no.
"Are you kidding me?" Jinx shot back, "Think about all of the things Raven puts up with from everyone?" She paused a moment to let Bumblebee do just that. "Even with no one else being as annoying as he can be, she tolerates more from him than she would from any of the rest of us combined! And still she lets him live. If you ask me, she has green-jungle fever." Jinx sat back down and leaned her elbows on the table, challenging Bumblebee to question her. Bumblebee didn't even wait to answer the challenge and the two continued to argue over the table, occasionally bringing Speedy or Aqualad, who were sitting between them, into their heated debate.
"Wow." Robin said as he turned away from the argument in front of him. "This is a little hard to swallow." He said as he turned to Cyborg and Kid Flash, the only others not caught in Jinx and Bumblebee's crossfire.
Kid Flash zipped from his chair between Jinx and Cyborg and took Beast Boy's chair to get further from the commotion his girlfriend was making. "What's so hard to believe? Everyone needs someone."
Cyborg's face fell a little at Kid Flash's comment, but neither of the others noticed. "But they are so different. They are almost complete opposites." Robin said.
Kid Flash smirked at Robin at that comment. "Right, because you and Starfire are so similar. Oh and Jinx and I are almost the same person. Face it bro, opposites attract."
Cyborg gave a chuckle, "He's got a point. You and Star are in love and you don't really have a lot in common, but that doesn't stop you does it?"
The boy wonder nodded at that. "Fair enough, I see your point. I guess we will have to see what happens. In the meantime though, maybe we should be singing. Who hasn't sung yet?" Robin asked everyone at the table, drawing Bumblebee and Jinx out of their conversation.
Flash answered him, "Cyborg, Aqualad, Bumblebee, and the twins." He moved back to his seat next to Jinx as he spoke, glad she was done arguing with Bumblebee.
"Hey wait a minute." Aqualad cut in, "Both Cyborg and I sang with you and Speedy."
"That doesn't count." Speedy said "You just sung the chorus, I did all the real singing. You were just my backup." He smiled at the black haired Atlantian, "You need to sing a song of your own."
"But I don't have one, I didn't find one I wanted to sing." Aqualad whined at Speedy.
"Oh don't you worry," Jinx smiled at him, "I'm sure the one I picked out for you will be just fine. Let's go fish boy." Jinx grabbed Aqualad's arm and pulled him to his feet and dragged him to the stage saying, "And if you don't sing with all your might, you will just have to sing another song I pick." Jinx was smiling like the cat that ate the canary as she set the song up and headed back to the table.
The music picked up with light precussion as the lyrics started to scroll and Aqualad sighed as he realized what song he was being forced to sing.
The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?
The Titans at the table were roaring with laughter as Aqualad started to get into the song, going so far as to try his best at a Jamaican accent.
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate
Taking a page out of Speedy's book, Aqualad started to bob and dance to the song as he sung with a big smile on his face.
Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea
Under the sea
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea
The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
(Yeah)
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow
Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me
What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band
Each little clam here
know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
Aqualad finished by dropping to his knees and sliding to the front of the small stage, but he misjudged how far he would go and ended up falling off of the stage and landing in a pile on the floor. All of the patrons in the bar were laughing now, including the Karaoke Master as he helped Aqualad up and took the microphone for the next singer.
"Ladies and Gentlemen; Aqualad!" The bar erupted in applause for the horribly embarrassed hero as he made his way back to the table blushing.
"Where did that come from?" Speedy laughed
"Well you and Beast Boy are always doing silly dances like that, I guess I just wanted to try it too." Aqualad said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head and he took his seat.
"Dude you need to pace yourself, Speedy and Beast Boy have years of experience making asses of themselves, you can't just pick that up in one night." Cyborg said with a chuckle.
Speedy gave Cyborg a mock hurt look as the rest of the table, still partially laughing from what had happened, turned to other topics.
A few minutes later Cyborg got an alert on his communicator. "Trouble?" Robin asked instantly.
"Relax dude, if it were trouble you would have gotten called too. The tower just registered a very small amount of seismic activity on the island. I'm gonna call Beast Boy and see if he is there." Cyborg stood up and walked out of the bar leaving the others to come to their own conclusions.