Part 4: So much to learn, so little time

(Ah! The morning! A great time to relax,, play at the park, rejuvenate, swim, or anything outdoors! Ani and BB are in the pool, which was just filled, Raven and Rick are on the roof just relaxing on pool chairs. Cyborg and Tin are at the nearby park, and the other four are just conversing and taking in the fresh air. Howabout starting with the kids on the roof)

Ani: C'mon Beast Boy! The water's fine! (splashes BB while he shivers)

Beast Boy: H-H-Howabout n-n-n-not! Brrrr!

Raven: Shut up! You're bothering me, as always.

Beast Boy: But if we always bother you, then you should be used to us by now.

Ani: We better leave them alone. Now, to solve the first problem... (pulls BB into the water, causing him to yell)

Beast Boy: Agh! cold water!

Ani: *gets out of water* Well, one problem solved. Now, Get out and show me what stunts you can do underwater.

Beast Boy: Great! First you get me into the water, then you get me out, then you want me in again!

Ani: Nevermind! Now, can you do a 720 flip dive?

Beast Boy: And how! *dolphin form* (flips and lands in the water perfectly) Pretty good, huh!

Ani: Great! Can you do it in human form?

Beast Boy: Uhhhhhh... Hey! What's up Raven?

Raven: Try not to change the subject. Hmph!

Ani: *shakes head* How am I gonna live with this? Okay! Watch me! (does 720 perfectly in human form)

Beast Boy: *sweatdrop* OH MY! How do you do that?

Ani: Practice! You guys got a pool. Why don't you use it for training?

Beast Boy: *big eyes* *blinks* What?

ani: GRRR! You got a lot to learn. Let's start practicing your technique.

(Now the park, where the siblings have a family reunion all to themselves)

Cyborg: Are you any good at fighting bad guys?

Tin: Are you kidding?

Cyborg: Okay! Well, I got a sonic cannon in my arm. Do you?

Tin: No, but I have a rocket shooter. (opens arm to reveal multiple explosive rockets, four of them protruding out of her wrist like fingers)

Cyborg: *red eye twitching* whoa.

(some kids come over to the duo)

Kid #1: Cyborg, Is she your girl friend?

Tin: I'm his older sister.

Kid #2: Can I have one of those rockets?

Cyborg and Tin: No! They're explosives!

All kids: WOW!

Kids #1-2: Can you autograph our shirts?

(hands Cyborg a pen)

Tin: Sure!

(while BB is practicing, Ravin is trying to tolerate them, and Cyborg is signing T-shirts with his sister, the other four are just conversing in the frontyard)

Supernova: Did you sleep well?

(robin and Starfire look terrible because of a bad night's sleep)

Robin: Whadda you think?

Starfire: I couldn't sleep the first part of the night. But, then like a miracle, I could sleep well the other half.

Robin: It's no miracle. Star slept at the foot of my bed, then, in the middle of the night, she crawled up, took my blanket, and went back down to the foot. It was torture.

Nightingale: *snicker*

Robin: Hey! That's not all. Starfire ate almost half my toothpaste tube!

Supernova: Was it mint flavored?

Starfire: Yes.

Supernova: Oh! That answers a lot of questions.

Nightingale: Well, give her mint frosting every night.

Robin: Nevermind! I'm gonna practice my stick skills. *spins metal rod* THIS is cake! Whoa! (loses control of stick, Nightingale catches it, still spinning)

Nightingale: Not so easy, huh? (spins it round and round)

Robin: Hey! GIVE IT BACK! (Robin tries to retrieve the rod, and Nightingale spins it to and fro, dodging Robin's attempts to get to it. Nightingale switches the spinning rod from hand to hand, and when Robin tires, she spins faster and faster)

Nightingfale: Hit me! (Supernova throws a blue mini fire explosion at the spinning rod, causing it to turn red and soft. Nightingale then spins the hot rod in front of her, then quickly, in one movement, puts her hands together, turning the rod into a perfect metal ring)

Nightingale: SSSMOKIN'! (tosses ring and lands perfectly around Robin's neck)

Robin: *big swirly eyes* (speachless)

(Now we're back to the roof, where BB is suffering)

Ani: How's that for beginner's class? Don't worry. The classes are free.

Beast Boy: *pant* It was bad enough making me swim long distances non-stop, but following me around with an underwater camera, recording my weak spots? Now, that was too much! (believe it or not, I got that idea from what my dad would do to me every other day!)

Rick: Quiet down! (Raven and Rick both put on their sunglasses, lie down and brace themselves for Ani's reply)

Ani: You'll thank me. Now! Do another ten laps.

Beast Boy: What? GRRR! (starts swimming, then gets a new idea) Hey, Ani! I think I'm getting the hang of it!

Ani: Great! You can stop!

Beast Boy: it worked!

Ani: (says under her breath, "it worked, alright!" and sits on the ledge of the pool, opposite Raven and Rick) NOW! Since you're better, howabout a little challenge? It's not that intense. Now, swim to the middle of the pool.

Beast Boy: Okay! (thinking it's a piece of cake)

Ani: (watches BB swim to middle) Try to swim THIS! (shows her feet turning into a whale tail, then splashing the water, to create a huge wave. BB looks at the wave, shows him as a crying baby. the wave shadow creeps up on Rick and Raven, who don't notice a thing)

Ani: 3...2...1...

(tower seen from a distance rumbles, and water gushes down from the roof)

Beast Boy: (eyes shut, in crouching position, opens eyes one by one, then relaxes) I'm alive!

(there's almost no water in the pool, and Raven and Rick are shown drenched)

Raven and Rick: *slowly get up and veins pop at the same time*

Rick: *watches Ani laughing* Remind me to destroy you.

(lunch time at the pizza place. The ten teens have A LOT to talk about)

Nightingale: (to waitress) Two large pizzas with extra cheese, please!

Robin: Whew! Who knew that so much excitement could come out of one morning?

Cyborg: What excitement?

Tin: We were busy with autographs.

Nightingale: Tin, I showed Robin the stick trick we worked on last week.

Tin: That explains it.

Robin: She learned that trick in a WEEK?!

Ani: Yeah! That's the second easiest trick she learned so far! Robin: Incredible! And I thought I was good with a rod.

Beast Boy: You should thank your lucky stars You weren't in any danger! I'm glad I'm still alive. Ani really worked me! I was so scared, I even forgot about morphing.

Raven: That was the worst disaster I was ever in, bar none!

Rick: She never did that at home!

Supernova: We do not have a swimming pool at home.

Rick: the bathtub's big enough.

Ani: I would have done that at home, if you peeked.

Cyborg: Too much info! Whoa! Robin, what's that thing around your neck?

Robin: My best practice rod.

Cyborg: Whoa! That was some trick!

Beast Boy: Nevermind. The pizza's here!

(all dig in except for Rick and Raven)

Rick: That's the most disgusting sight I've ever lived to see.

Raven: I have to put up with that every day.

Starfire: Why didn't we get drinks?

(everyone points to a soda vending machine)

Starfire: *blushes* Oh. Okay.

Rick: Raven and I will get the drinks, seeing that you are too hungry to do anything else but disgust us.

(Rick and Raven leave the table with grossed out looks)

Raven: We didn't ask them what they wanted.

Rick. A soda is a soda, nothing more. They won't notice a thing.

Raven: Right. Common sense. (gets ten different sodas and gives five to Rick. they both come back to the table to see that the pizza's gone, and the other eight are dying of thirst)

Robin: Finally!

(the drinks are passed around, then BB grabs Ani's soda and shakes it while she's not looking)

Ani: OOOH! Cherry! My favorite! Wait! *puts soda to her ear and listens closely* *smiles* (she opens it in BB's direction, spraying him completely. All laugh as BB shakes off)

Beast Boy: That's enough excitement I can handle for one day.