(Thanks to all for reviewing! I loved the few that I got, hehe. Yet, one person, thank god, asked when the romance was going to be happening. Well, you will see glimmer bits of it in this Chapter...not telling yet! Read it for yourselves...lazy asses....*giggle*)

Chapter Two

There and Back Again: Tale of the Beast Boy (And a few others!)

As we last left our heros, Starfire, Robin, Cyborg, and Raven were gathered around a campfire, enjoying a nice meal of fruit and berries. Well, at least Starfire, Robin, and Raven were...Cyborg was vomiting in the bushes from rancid berries. Beast Boy was...somewhere in the jungle.

"Don't...eat..." he gasped between hurls, "...the purple berries..."

"Is Cyborg alright, Robin?" Starfire questioned, munching on some piece of fruit that looked like a peach and a pineapple.

"He's losing his lunch, Starfire," Raven said, grimacing at the berries she was chewing. She hadn't been feeling well since she got off the MiniMimi, and she hoped the food would make her feel better. It did...but not alot.

"What does that mean?" she asked, blinking.

"It means that whatever he ate is coming out of him," Robin said. "In reverse."

Starfire blinked again, then a look of knowledge passed over her face. "Ooooh!" she said. "You mean he is...ewww..."

They sighed.

Raven continued eating, but her mind was elsewhere. Was Beast Boy okay? Was he hurt? What if an enemy had caught him and he was being tortured? And why the hell was she asking these questions?! She didn't care about the stupid annoying green boy. He was stupid, annoying and GREEN! "...maybe he just found some tofu..." she whispered to herself, picking out the purple berries.

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Splashing water on his face, Beast Boy growled. "Stupid Robin. Why couldn't he have sent Cyborg to find water? At least he has navigator thingies in his armor..." he said, cupping his hands and taking a drink from his handful of water.

He was kneeling next to a river at the base of a waterfall, the darkness surrounding him. The only light was the moon that hung full in the sky. It was a really romantic spot, unless you were alone, in a strange jungle, lost, and hungry. So Beast Boy thought that it was all but romantic.

"Food...tofu...need...FOOD!" he yelled, smashing his hands in the water. "Maybe I should just forget tofu and eat a fish..." There were plenty of them in the river. "NO! Must not eat animals! Toooofuuuu!"

Whining, Beast Boy barely heard the rustling in the bushes. Barely. "Who's there?!" he asked, trying to sound brave and strong...which failed. His voice was quivering, and he even in the dark, anyone could see he was shivering.

There was another rustle, which caused Beast Boy to jump up quickly. Unforunately, that then caused him to fall into the river. He was about to change into an aquatic creature and swim away from the noisemaker, but he crashed his green haired head on a rock, knocking him unconcious...

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The last few embers of the fire were dying, and the four Titans were asleep. Well, all but one. Raven layed awake, her clock drawn around her, the hood on her head as she stared at the embers. 'Why do I care so much that Beast Boy is missing? He only went to get water...Robin said we would look for him in the morning if he didn't show up, and not to worry. So why am I worrying? I don't care about the imbecile. I don't care about anyone.' Raven's thoughts swirled around her head, like the little birds one gets after they have been bopped on the head with something hard.

"Do I honestly care about him...?" she questioned the night and stars. "If I do...how much so...?"

"Obviously alot, since you are up so late and talking to no one..." the night answered in a feminine voice, which made Raven jump. All the times she talked to the darkness, if never answered...and now?!

Starfire, who was laying a few feet away, rolled over so that she was facing Raven. It was she who was speaking. Propping herself on her elbow, she asked, "You really care for him?"

Raven blushed in the dark. Thank god she couldn't be seen....wait...she was blushing!? Cursing herself, she said, "No. Of course not. Me? Care for something that stupid? Never."

Starfire shook her head. "You lie to everyone Raven. Myself, Beast Boy, your friends...even yourself."

Raven opened her mouth, but stopped. For once, Starfire was right. She couldn't deny that she had lied to the group before, but could she lie to herself? If she did, why would herself believe what she said? A paradox...her head hurt.

"I think that you should tell me how you honestly feel about Beast Boy, Raven..." Starfire said softly, so as not to wake the two...snoring males.

Raven mumbled something inaudible, pulling her hood off her head and running a hand through her hair. "What was that?" Starfire said a bit louder, tugging on her ear. "I could not hear you."

Growling, Raven said, "None of your damn business!". She floated up, twirling her cape around herself. "I don't need to tell you or anyone else anything about my...feelings!" The word filled her with disgust. She flew to the ground, and turned on her heel, walking into the gloom of the jungle.

Starfire sighed. She couldn't let Raven go out by herself. Raven was obviously going to look for Beast Boy herself, but Starfire didn't think she could handle whatever was out there on her own. Quickly scrawling with a stick from the fire, she wrote on the ground that she and Raven had left to look for Beast Boy, and they would meet up the next night at the MiniMimi. Floating up, she dashed after Raven.

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First reaction: His head hurt. Really. Really bad.

Beast Boy lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes shut. He felt like total crap. It hurt to even be awake right now. 'Where am I?' he thought. 'What happened...why does my head hurt so bad?' Beast Boy slowly reached up and rubbed the back of his head, his eyes fluttering open. In the early morning darkness, he saw a figure kneeling over top of him, a small orb floating next to its head. The figure let of a gasp, and fell back onto its rear, the orb around it blending into the dark.

Crawling back, Beast Boy had the same look. His eyes were adjusting, and his head was pounding horribly. "Who...who're you?" he breathed, the words hurting his head. Anything seemed to make the pain intensify.

The figure stood up shakily. "My name is Aku," it said, its voice lost somewhere in between the tenor and bass tones. With the sun barely on the horizon, it could be seen that the figure was male. He stood at a few inches taller that Beast Boy would, his hair a dark brown color, tied in thin braids that fell down his back, all of them, which seemed to be hundreds, tied into only long ponytail that reached the small of his back. The boy looked to be about fifteen or sixteen, Beast Boy's age, and he was clothed only in a waistcloth-like object, which came down to around his mid-calf, and his chest was bare. What struck Beast Boy most were his eyes. Aku had a pair of mysterious, silvery-violet eyes.

Beast Boy shook his head, staring at the youth. He looked, like some of the girls who called him the same names....hot. "My name's Beast Boy," Beast Boy said, rubbing his arm, which was wet. He looked at himself, sitting on the ground. He was soaking wet! "How did I get so wet?!"

At this, Aku blushed. "You sorta...fell into the river. I think I startled you when I was in the bushes, and you jumped, you lost your balance, and you fell..." He had an accent, something that Beast Boy couldn't quite place.

"So you recused me?" Beast Boy asked. It could happen; the boy had some nice muscle tone on him, and he looked like he was a good swimmer. He had a swimmer's build, after all.

Aku nodded. "Yeah. You knocked your head on a rock pretty hard...it's amazing that you didn't suffer any brain damage!" At this, he seemed happy, and he smiled, a white, dazzling smile.

Beast Boy nodded, and noticed that the orb he had seen before was gone. "Dude...where did that orb thingy ma jigger go? The flying thingy?"

The other boy tilted his head, his silver-violet eyes shimmering in the new morning light. "An...orb? Are you sure? Maybe you were seeing things..."

Beast Boy shrugged. It could've just been a trick of the dark, or he was really seeing things. He did just conk his head on a rock. "You're right..." he said, standing up. "I must've been seein' things." Suddenly, it was if a lightning bolt struck Beast Boy. "Arrrgh! Dude! My friends! I just remembered! They're waiting for me and I got lost while looking for water! Duuuude!" he said heatedly, rubbing his hair exasperatedly, making his head throb harder. "Owies..."

Aku almost laughed. "Beast Boy, don't worry. I know this forest like the back of my hand! I can lead you any way your heart desires."

"Really?!" Beast Boy's eyes lit up. "Sweet, dude! Can you take me back to my friends?"

He nodded. "Sure. Just follow me, and don't try to go too fast. You need to rest your head and body from the river, but since you want to get back...just don't push yourself, okay?" Aku turned and looked at Beast Boy, concern written all over his face.

Beast Boy was actually taken aback a bit. This boy actually looked concerned over him. More than the other Titans did...more than Starfire, Robin, Cyborg...Raven, but she didn't count. She was a stick in the mud, and didn't care about anyone, barely even herself. Smiling, Beast Boy rubbed his head again. "Don't worry about me. I've had alot worse than this!"

"Really? Well, tell me about how you got worse injuries then. It'll make the walk go by faster."

And he wanted to hear Beast Boy talk too! 'This guy is gonna be a great friend!' thought Beast Boy as he began to recall his battles with the rest of the Titans.

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Hrmmm...so yeah. The seedlings of romance and the storyline have been planted. Now I shall sow them...WITH REVIEWS! Come on people! Please review? The more I get, the faster I get the next Chapter done! Plllleeeease review?

Beast Boy: DUDES! COME ON!!!

Raven: Azarath...

Beast Boy: *shuts up and whimpers*

.....alright...yeah....