Teen Titans Song Fiction: Against All Odds

VERY IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Everyone, I am very sorry that I have not updated for days. For those past missing days, I have been in the hospital due to an infection in my lungs. Currently, I am recovering and I will soon be taking some sleeping pills. But, for the next few days, I might not be able to upload a chapter or so.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, DC Comic based stuff, and songs that I will use.

Warning: Mild Language

Enjoy :D - MaestroLucario

Oh yeah, and happy 50th chapter guys. Thanks for hanging with me this past month, it means a lot to me. Hopefully, when I recover better, I will bombard all of you with chapters :)


Chapter 50: New Friends

September 29, 2010; Wednesday; 7:30 p.m.

Jump City High School; Big Gym

Richard stared at her in awe as the ball did a rainbow and went swoosh in the basket. His eyes travelled to Kori, who looked equally shocked as well. After a few seconds, she was bombarded by hugs from her teammates. Beside him, he heard Karen squeal in excitement and Vic giving his famous 'Booyah's.' Toni and Jade lifted her up by their shoulders and walked towards the Knights' bench.

Vic ran to them and lifted Kori off their shoulders and spun her around while she laughed. "Lil' lady, that was amazin'!"

Karen squealed again and hugged Kori, "That's what I'm talkin' about, girl! Feminine power!"

As soon as Vic dropped her down, I wrapped her up in my arms and whispered in her ear, "You were amazing, Kori." He squeezed her tighter, ignoring the her sticky sweat

She pulled back and grinned beautifully at him, "Thanks a lot, Richard."


7:40 p.m.

Most of the crowd and watchers had left the gym, some pissed that their school lost but some joyous that Blaze has returned – they stayed for a few minutes to talk and take pictures with her, happy that they had a chance to talk with her again.

Richard sat on the bench with Vic, Karen, and the rest as they wait for the bus, watching her interact and socialize with people. For a foreigner, she was doing great – acting human. As a group of students said their goodbyes to her, she sighed and walked back to the bench. She was still in her jersey and shorts, he handed her her sweater hoodie and she smiled a thanks as she slipped in on.

"I haven't seen those people in a while," she commented as she pulled some gray sweats up, tied the strings, and fixed her pony tail.

"Kori!" Cassie's voice echoed throughout the gym.

She turned around and saw Cassie, wearing black sweats and a Jump City Jaguarettes hoodie. Kara was at her side wearing the same thing. But there were two boys behind them. There was a tall boy, almost as tall as Richard and Kori, who was wearing an elbow length black shirt and blue, denim pants. He was muscular and had pale skin, similar to Richard's, and short black hair. Beside him was a boy, who was a few inches shorter, that had reddish-brown long hair with locks. He too was a little muscular and he was wearing a red hoodie and black baggie pants.

"Dude!" the redheaded boy jumped excitedly and sprinted towards Kori. He stomped his feet down to stop himself and suddenly grabbed Kori and gave her a tight hug. "Kori!"

Kori laughed as she did a fist bump with him, "Hey, Bart. Long time no see?"

"Dude! That half court shot was awesome!" Bart Allen exclaimed while throwing his hands up wildly.

"Kori," the black haired boy walked up with a grin and Kori hugged him. Richard felt a flash of jealousy inside of him. Who is this guy?

"Conner, good to see you," she smiled and did a fist bump with him as well.

"Yeah, me, too. How's Gotham?" Conner Kent, Kara's fraternal twin brother, asked politely.

"Oh, good. School's going great. I've got some friends," Kori pointed to Richard, Vic, and Karen behind her. They all shook hands with each other and chatted. Kara brought a box of pizza and they ate and shared stories with each other. Soon, they exchanged phone numbers and added each other in Facebook.

Conner talked to Richard and Vic about football, saying that he was in the team and they would go against each other in the future.

"Oh, man. I can't wait to see your moves," Vic grinned and gave Conner a high five.

"Yeah," Richard nodded with a smile, happy to have made a new acquaintance and a friendly rival. "I wanna see what you can do."

Conner chuckled, "Thanks, guys." Then, he wiggled his eyebrows and smirked at Richard, "Kori's good at football too, you know."

Richard cleared his throat, trying hard not to blush, "T-that's nice to know."

He beamed wider, "Did Dick Grayson just stutter?" he asked in mock surprise.

"Shuddup," Richard grumbled annoyingly.

Conner nudged his arm with his elbow, "C'mon, Dick. You like her."

"Yeah. As a friend."

"Nu-uh. Like like her."

"No, I don't."

"Yes, you do."

"I don't."

"You do."

"No."

"Yes."

Richard rubbed his temples and sighed in defeat, giving up knowing that he wouldn't stop until he admits it, "Okay, I do."

Conner's playful mood turned into a serious one, "Don't hurt her. Because I'll know. We'll know." He gestured his hands to Cassie, Kara, and Bart. "We care about her, she's a great friend. Don't mess this up, Dick."

Richard gulped and, surprisingly, answered in a confident voice, "Don't worry. I won't hurt her." But he had a feeling that he will though. Someday.

He softened his expression, "Okay . . . cool."

Bart bursted into a howl of laughter, Richard and Conner looked at him. "Man! Hey, Cass? Can I tell the Halloween musical story? Please, please?" he begged childishly.

Kori and Conner's faces turned bright red as they looked at each other.

"No, Barty. I'm the one that's gonna say it, 'kay?" Cassie gave a wicked smile at Kori.

Karen raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"

Kara and Bart snickered at the memory and let Cassie tell the story. "Okay, so last Halloween we had a musical. We were only doing it because Conner needed extra credit since he had football games. So he had the lead role as king and he had to wear this huge robe that reached the ground," Cassie paused to giggle. "Kori was a peasant, wearing rag clothes and all. So what happened was –

"Don't do it, Cas," Conner warned. "If you do, I'll say something back."

Cassie scoffed, "You've got nothin' on me."

"I do," Conner answered back confidently.

"Oh yeah? What?"

"The locker incident," Conner grinned smugly.

This time Kori bursted into a fit of giggles with Kara and Bart as well. Cassie narrowed her eyes. "You will not."

"I can and I will. If you continue," he gave her a choice. To tell the story, or to not tell the story. Decisions, decisions.

"Hmm," she placed a finger to her chin in thought. Richard, Vic, and Karen watched them with amused expressions, waiting to see what happens next. "Nah. I think I'll tell the musical," she smirked and continued while Conner's mouth opened wide in shock. "Okay, so Con here was about to go walk to Kori. And then – Cassie paused again to snicker. "H-He tripped on his r-robe and then fell on K-Kori! Haha, after t-that, Kori was a-about to fall off the stage when she g-grabbed the curtain which made the e-entire stage c-collapse!" She was nearly in tears of laughter, as did Kara and Bart.

Richard, Vic, and Karen joined their laughter as Conner and Kori hid themselves. Kori had her hood on and Conner slipped on his baseball hat.

"It was just an accident," Kori mumbled, embarrassed.

"That was mean!" Conner exploded. "Now it's my turn to –

At that moment, Toni rushed in and shouted, "Bus is here!" They heard a faint beep beep outside.

Kori stood up swiftly and grabbed her things as did the three of them. "It was so good to see you all again, I wish we had more time." She hugged each of them and said her goodbyes.

"It's okay, Kor," Cassie patted her shoulder. "Stay safe and keep in touch."

"You, too, Cas."

The others also said their goodbyes, take cares, see you soons, have a safe trip, and call me.

Kori gave on last wave to the foursome before she entered the bus and sat at the back seat with Richard. She yawned as the bus started to drive away from the school.

"Tired?" Richard asked softly as he leaned his head against the seat.

She nodded her head and leaned her head on his shoulder. Richard didn't mind, so after a few minutes, he heard he snore lightly on his shoulder. He tried his best not to grin.


9:43 p.m.

Gotham High School

Vic stretched his limbs and looked outside the bus windows. They were almost back to school. He glanced beside him and saw Karen fast asleep, her head against the window. He looked back to see Richard and Kori. As he saw their sleeping form, he grinned. Kori's head was leaning on Richard's right shoulder and his head slightly on top of hers. Vic took out his phone and quickly snapped a photo of the pair as he chuckled to himself.

Heh heh . . . blackmail guarantee . . .


Hehe, I hope you are liking this story so far. Sigh, my brother just told me that nurse was about out come in and do some rounds on me. :) See ya later - MaestroLucario