Alice: Here's the next chapter.

Emily: It was pretty hard because it was a Beast boy x Starfire bonding episode... so I decided to change it up a litte.

Alice: Enjoy! I think it'll be a little shorter than the others though... for example, it's only going to be one chapter, so yeah.

Forces of Nature

Robin hated storms. Not only did they cease to let him think but it often reminded him of... well, Gotham. According to the news, Bruce Wayne would be visiting Jump City for some sort of project. Robin nearly seethed at the fact. Of course. His... well, he didn't know anymore. Ex-mentor? No, he was more than a mentor to him. He was a...

Don't think about it, Robin quickly shouted in his mind, unknown to him though, his thought was so loud it woke up another one in the tower. Raven.

Raven personally liked the storm. Though many would disagree when talking about themselves, it was calming to her. She walked down the halls silently only to hear a giggle. Raven raised an eyebrow as she continued walking until she caught Beast boy smirking, leaning down. Raven raised an eyebrow and sighed, knowing very well it was probably a stupid prank on Cyborg from the shampoo incident. Raven sighed, wondering how pointless pranks could be. All they seemed to do was give her a headache. Sighing, she took a step back and began walking the other way, knowing she didn't want to deal with Beast boy. Instead, she ran into Cyborg, who was grinning as he walked. Raven raised an eyebrow ony to sigh. Cyborg, who noticed her, raised an eyebrow. "You alright, Rae?"

Raven frowned before glancing back at Beast boy, who was screaming at someone to get out of the way. Raven glanced to the side a bit, wondering if she should tell Cyborg what had been occuping her mind. Lately, the closeness between Robin and Starfire had been bothering her but not as much as that feeling. The one when Robin called her beautiful. Strangely enough, Raven could be... content with that. Yet, it caused a strange feeling in her chest which she was not... fond of but... she didn't even know. It was strange. Something she's never felt before. "I'm fine." She decided it wasn't worth telling Cyborg. Instead, though, he heard Starfire screaming at Beast boy. Ah, the prank had been pulled. She was about to say something when Robin shouted something in his mind: don't think about it...

Even from here, she could feel the stress.

Yet, Raven could only wonder for a moment or two before Robin shouted to go. This time, though, it was outloud.

Raven frowned as Robin glared at the two strange... whatever they were. One was a bright yellow with a lightning symbol on his chest. The next was bigger, like Cyborg, only it was blue and had a cloud. Something was weird about these guys though. Off to her even. Yet, she couldn't ask anything about it because Robin had already shouted for them to go. Quickly, Raven bounced up and into action.

Starfire quickly chased down the yellow one, her eyes glowing green as she shot her starbolts at him with a growl. She continued to hurl them until finally she was hit by his lightning. She gasped before falling down. Raven narrowed her eyes and quickly grabbed her arm just as Starfire regained herself and allowed herself to fly. Smiling at her, Starfire quickly departed, chasing after him once again. Raven glanced over and saw Cyborg trying to hit the blue one only to be blown back, along with him. Quickily, though, she flew towards Lightning, knowing Cyborg could take care of himself. Lightning, as she dubbed him, tried to fire at her, using lightning, but she dodged it and quickly flew towards him, kicking him as he blocked her. Frowning, he quickly shot another lightning bolt at her, causing her to go flying back. Robin, who noticed, quickly shot up and caught her.

"Raven," he shouted. Raven opened her eyes and nodded. Robin quickly nodded, placing her down and dashing towards the scene. Raven, who tried to ignore her pounding heart, followed behind him.

"Why are you doing this?" she heard Beast boy ask with a frown. She only heard the response of it was fun. Beast boy frowned and quickly pointed to the people, screaming at him. Raven frowned, wondering if Beast boy was actually trying to teach him a lesson. Raven let go of her defenses just a bit, seeing the expression of Thunder going soft and regretful. She raised an eyebrow. Beast boy was actually... teaching someone a lesson?

A lightning bolt suddenly came out of nowhere and hit Beast boy directly in the chest, causing him to go flying back. Lightning whispered something into Thunder's ear as they both flew off. Raven frowned as she raced towards Beast boy, who popped out of the rocks with messed up hair. "So... that was a shock."

Starfire quickly ignored him, letting out a sound of anger. Probably something to do with the prank. "I'm guessing you're still mad?"

Cyborg walked over to her, grabbing her hand and pulling her up a little. Raven nodded and she turned towards Robin, who was wiping the dust off of his uniform. Robin frowned as he looked at the team, who was crowded around him. "Okay, we need to find them. Cyborg, take the west. Raven, the east. I'll search downtown while you and Starfire can search through the skies."

"Um... can't I go with Cyborg?" Beast boy mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. Starfire only turned away from him, crossing her arms and daring to not look.

"Um... Cyborg can't fly?" Robin looked at the two questionably.

"What about Raven?" Beast boy suddenly exclaimed. "And Star can search the east! I mean, Raven and I are so much closer! I-in fact, I'd say we even have a thing going on!"

"A thing?" Cyborg tilted his head to the side. Raven just scowled while Robin blinked.

"Huh?" Robin blinked before scowling. "What do you mean, a thing?"

"Hehe... Romance baby!" Beast boy rushed to the side and swung his arm around Raven's shoulders, making Raven's scowl appear even stronger. Robin frowned.

"Since when!" Robin practically shouted.

"Since... she called me funny when we first met!" Beast boy quickly made it up, remembering the first time they formed the team, and Raven actually called him funny. Well, that was the last time anyway. Starfire even appeared confused before she walked up to Robin.

"If they are romantically involved, we should let them work together," Star suggested, though there was a hint of bitterness in her voice, like she didn't want to work with him anyway. Raven just continued to frown, wondering how this came up. Robin, however, only glared at Beast boy. Raven just sighed and glanced at Beast boy, who was silently pleading with his eyes. Raven sighed, knowing she should at least help him a little. After all... he could do her dishes later.

"Sure," Raven said plainly. "We have a thing going on."

Robin flushed red as Cyborg nearly burst out laughing but held it in. Star gasped suddenly. Raven then sighed again. "So... yeah... we should... work together?"

Her tone was questioning, even to herself. Robin frowned but nodded anyway. Sighing in relief, Beast boy lowered his hand before Raven tried to kill him. Well, at least he wasn't with Starfire...

"They've been here," Raven said through her communicator, glancing around at the destroyed town. Beast boy nodded slowly, knowing he shouldn't try to make a joke while Raven was here. He did have some explaining to do. She turned to him, raising an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Star's mad at me."

"Then apologize. Don't make up some stupid lie about how we're together," Raven hissed through her teeth, trying to control her anger. If only she had her mirror with her! Beast boy just bit his lip and sighed.

"The thing is... I just... I'm not good with apologizing," Beast boy mumbled. "So... I just... came up with some lies. I guess I should apologize. I mean, this is no fun. I'm just curious though... why was Robin so angry?"

"He doesn't like interpersonal relationships between teammates," Raven mumbled, her eyes becoming sad for just a bit.

"Oh, well then he's wrong. I mean, he's got that thing with Star!" Beast boy exclaimed only to gasp as one of the blocks blew up due to a dark magic. At first, he thought it was thunder and lightning. Only, it was Raven's powers. Beast boy turned to her, eyes wide as she continued to stare at the ground, her face emotionless. Beast boy took a step back, his eyes going wide. It suddenly made sense. When she pulled Robin away from Blackfire... when she made him angry by mentioning Junior... even blowing up their remotes because they kissed! How could he be so blind? "You... you like Robin."

Another block blew up.

"He is a good friend," Raven replied. "That's all there is to it."

Beast boy suddenly looked down, gaping at the floor. All this time he had been supporting Star and Robin... saying they were meant to be and that they liked each other. So... what about Raven and Robin? He honestly never thought about it. Robin would be jealous sometimes but he thought that was because he was worried about his teammates. It still could be that with all the time he spent with Star. Now, though, he completely understood. "I'm... I'm sorry."

"Yeah," Raven mumbled. "I am too."

"This is no fun," Beast boy mumbled.

"On the countrary," a voice boombed above them. They looked up and gasped when they saw Thunder and Lightning. Raven nearly cursed at herself. She had been too focused on what Beast boy was saying to notice their presence. Raven frowned as they combined their powers, directing it towards them. Raven glared and grabbed Beast boy, running. Beast boy nodded and quickly turned into a bird, flying up while Raven leaped up and kicked him, glaring. He frowned and sent a blue shock wave towards her, which she quickly avoided.

Lightning threw bolts at him until he turned into a bunny and hopped away. Turning into various animals, he quickly ran into him, throwing him back. Raven shot up and sent dark energry towards him as he sent his lightning bolts. Beast boy frowned and quickly raced towards Thunder, holding him up and growling. "I don't want to hurt you. And you don't want to hurt me."

"Pain is no fun," Thunder agreed.

"Then why are you harming innocent people?" Beast boy screamed at him. The soft expression returned to Thunder's face. They didn't notice, however, a man in the background, hiding in the shadows, smirking. He quickly removed the wooden lid from a box and pointed at the blocks. Smirking, he blasted a red light. Lightning quickly ran out of the way. Raven, however, could only gasp as the blocks began to fall.

"Raven!" Beast boy screamed.

Lightning and Thunder's eyes went wide until a voice filled their ears. "Your gifts are your own. Who are they that tell you how to use them?"

"And who are you that commands such power?" Lightning hissed. "Show yourself!"

"As you wish," the voice whispered. An old man with a hat and an eyepatch appeared. His hair was long as he wore long robes as well. He promised them more destruction as Lightning's eyes widened.

"Yes!" he shouted. "More fun!"

Thunder, however, looked more uncertain. "Will we harm anyone?"

Lightning blinked and burst out laughing. "What? The green one has corrupted your mind."

Thunder ignored his brother though, staring at the old man. "Will we harm the innocent?"

The old man's expression stayed the same. "Would it matter if you did? You are unique. Gifted. Why should anything get in the way of your enjoyment? I am going. Follow, if you wish."

With that, Lightning followed with hesitant Thunder while Beast boy continued to look through the mess, his eyes wide with grief until he turned human, trying to move pieces out of the way. "Raven? Look, I'm sorry! Okay! I mean, I didn't mean to... dissuade you on your crush with Robin. I didn't even mean to... I don't know, lie and give you less chances with him. I shouldn't have said that. I should have just apologized to Starfire!"

He shut his eyes tightly, wondering if he should tell the rest about what happened. Frowning, he turned his communicator on, and directly called Starfire. Starfire, who answered but never spoke a word. Suddenly, Beast boy found himself blurting out everything. That he was sorry... that he shouldn't have pulled the prank and it was supposed to be fun. Starfire, though he couldn't see, let out a small noise of forgiveness, showing that she was smiling.

"Good job," someone commented from behind him. Beast boy gasped and turned to see Raven there.

"Thank you!" a voice squealed from the other end. Starfire's voice, Raven recongized. "Now we just need to stop the evil brothers."

"I don't think they are evil, actually," Beast boy mumbled. "I think they're just like me..."

"So... you had a fight with Star and wanted to go with Raven instead? That whole "thing" you made up was a lie," Robin clarified. Beast boy shrunk under the gazes of a mad, yet relieved, Robin, an emotionless Raven, and an amused Cyborg. Beast boy nodded his head in return and all of them glanced at each other. Okay, now that the situation was cleared up and no one was fighting anymore... where were the brothers?

"I know where they are," Raven finally spoke.

"How?" Robin raised an eyebrow. Raven only stared over and pointed up where a patch of flames were growing in the distance. The team nodded and quickly ran that direction, hoping they weren't too late.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you?" Robin hissed at them. "Play with fire, and you get burned."

Though, he tried to hide his surprise. Before him stood a giant form of flame. Like a human was burning though he coudln't recongize the human. It was huge and quickly wiped its arm around, throwing the flames in their direction. Raven quickly put up a shield just in time only to see the monster slowly walking away from them and towards the village.

"Brother," Thunder whispered at his awe struck brother. "What have we done?"

Robin raced, screaming his usual titan's go. They all quickly ran towards him. Raven frowned. "Fire can't spread if there is nothing to burn. Clear it's path!"

"Good idea," Robin shouted. "Beast boy and Star, help her out!"

They nodded and quickly brought down some of the trees in its path in order to stop a forest fire. Cyborg quickly ran in front of him and turned around, growling as he punched the ground using his sonic arm. A giant trail of blue blast hit the monster, causing it to fall back in a pile of smoke and dust. The titans looked at it suspiciously, wondering if it was really that easy to take it down. "Um..." Beast boy mumbled. "Did we win?"

Suddenly, the fire blasted up, standing as it howled. Raven narrowed her eyes. "You just had to ask..."

Robin opened his mouth to give them a plan until his eyes rested on an older man in a robe. Changing his direction, he quickly leaped up and faced the front of the man. He raised his eyebrow but continued to frown. The man smirked as he grabbed his staff. "Robin, at last we meet."

"Who are you?" Robin whispered before the man attacked.

Thunder glanced around hesitantly. The girl with the blue hood tried casting some sort of chant, a spell perhaps, that only froze the monster for a second. He glanced over to see a green tiger standing there, growling at him. He frowned, only to open his mouth to explain he did not want to hurt the green one when all the words came tumbling back. He glanced over and finally noticed the villiage. The villiage where people lived... innocent people. Beast boy followed his gaze and nodded, causing Thunder to collapse on his knees before turning to Lightning, who was about to send a bolt to the red haired girl. Frowning, he quickly shot some of his powers, hitting his brother.

Lightning, though looking shocked, did not stop fighting and continued to send bolts to his brother, who sent them right back using his powers.

Robin, who was fighting the old man, stopped next to a tree only to gasp when he was cornered by the man.

"We gotta stop that fire!" Cyborg cried out.

"How?" Raven nearly cried out but resisted herself from doing so.

"Anyway we can," Cyborg hissed before running down. Beast boy turned into an elephant to release water onto the fire monster while Raven tried to hold it still.

The two brothers though, were having a different type of battle.

"Are you still having fun, brother?" Thunder whispered only for Lightning to slowly release his bolts, though not throwing them anywhere. Now that he thought about it, the moment his brother turned against him it wasn't nearly as fun. He frowned and sighed, shaking his head. Thunder stood up and pointed at the villiage making Lightning gasp. They were hurting the innocent after all. "They have powers too," Thunder explained. "But they use them for good."

"How can we thought?" Lightning whispered. "All we do is destroy..."

"But together," Thunder whispered to make Lightning's eyes widen. Nodding, they took each other's hands and quickly flew up together into the sky. Lightning closed his eyes along with Thunder, focusing on one thing and one thing only: making it rain.

Robin hissed as he was pinned against the tree. "Robin," the voice whispered, "is that the best you can do?"

Robin gasped as the man took a step back, smirking. Robin growled and quickly hit him only to gasp when the man's mask began to fall apart. The man... had a mask underneath. Half of an orange mask came out. Robin growled just as the man disappeared in a pile of smoke. "Slade..."

He growled as he made his way down the hill only to blink when he saw Thunder and Lightning bowing down to the titans in apology. Robin softly smiled, wondering what would happen to the two. Jumping down, he turned to face them. "So, what are you going to do now that you won't have your... fun anymore?"

"We will..." Lightning began only to pause.

"Use our powers for good elsewhere," Thunder turned towards Lightning, who nodded in response. "We will travel many places to help using our powers. Thanks to the green one."

Beast boy blushed as the two nodded to each other, holding hands and flying off into the sky again. Raven sighed only to hear Cyborg shout something. "Hey, check out the view!"

The titans turned around to see a rainbow forming over the Titans Tower. All their eyes widened, except for Raven who snorted in disgust. She would rather have a storm. Robin, however, quickly changed his mind from the view to what happened. Shortly discussing it with Cyborg while Beast boy smiled at Starfire, Raven wondered if they would ever run into the two brothers again. Star giggled and flew off while Cyborg raced after her. Beast boy, who glanced at Raven and Robin, smiled softly. "Hey, Robin, can I talk to Raven for a bit?"

"Why?" Robin suddenly got defensive. Sure, he knew the whole thing was a lie but lies came from somewhere, right? Either way, he was not fond of this.

"I just need to apologize," Beast boy answered honestly. Robin hesitated before walking ahead. Waiting until he was out of earshot, Beast boy turned to Raven, whose arms were crossed and eyebrows were raised. "I'm... I support you... and Robin."

Raven narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you like him," Beast boy told her.

"I don't-" Raven began to deny.

"I... I finallhy noticed," Beast boy shrugged with a blush. "I guess everyone but Robin and Star knows, right? Well, I'm just saying I don't know if you'll be with him like that... as long as Star is around, but I do support you. I hope that you will find love."

"Beast boy," Raven sighed, "I can't love. My emotions would go everywhere and cause distruction. I can't have too many emotions. Starfire... she can. That's why she's better in every way possible."

Beast boy's eyes widened. Raven was... insecure?

Raven sighed, wondering why she was discussing this with Beast boy. She wanted to tell Cyborg earlier but... she didn't. Something stopped her. Yet, when Beast boy brought it up, she just suddenly confessed it all. Worried she would confess too much, she began to walk ahead. "They will be waiting for us."

Beast boy frowned and nodded before quickly following after her.

Maybe, Beast boy thought, maybe Robin doesn't like Starfire after all.

Alice: As an apology for having you all wait so long, I'm going to start typing the next chapter now.

Emily: Thanks for reading!

Alice: Now only Robin and Star don't know about her crush.

Emily: Anyways, thanks again for reading!