Jedi: Boy, it's been awhile! Soul Calibur 2 is so darn addictive! I thank
those who miraculously found my last chapter in the sea of all the new TT
ficcies. You are such brave souls... I would have never found this if it
wasn't mine...
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 8
"This is so embarrassing," Raven muttered to BeastBoy.
"Don't worry! You'll be fine!" he encouraged.
All Titans, including Omen, were standing in a clearing near the bay. BeastBoy had brought them all there for a little demonstration. Starfire was on her toes, clasping her hands together in excitement. Robin stood with arms akimbo and a small smile. Cyborg kept looking at his watch and Omen was on the ground, practically ready to fall asleep.
"Okay, okay guys! Look up here!" BeastBoy said. "Lady, gentlemen and Omen, I am honored to present my honorable student--"
"And only student, thank goodness," Cy added.
BeastBoy paused to give him a glare and then continued. "--who will be demonstrating her newest awesome talents that were all practiced to perfection with much help from yours truly!"
"Um, BeastBoy?" Raven murmured.
"Oh, right. Do your stuff, Raven."
For the next five minutes, the Titans stood astounded at Raven's now rapid transformations. She had learned to perch, swoop, and to perfect her gliding. When she morphed back to herself and touched ground, the rest of the team applauded. Omen ran around in circles happily.
"Not bad, not bad at all," Cyborg said.
"How wonderful! Your new skills will aid us well, Raven!" Starfire said.
"She's right," Robin agreed. "That was great."
BeastBoy and Raven exchanged knowing glances.
It has been two and a half weeks since Mistress Megara's humiliating defeat and Omen's arrival. Since then, so much has changed.
Omen had begun to join the Teen Titans in missions whenever he wasn't lazing about. Unbelievably, he was a great addition to the team, always full of energy and very quick on his feet. He could trip over running burglars, dodge attacks swiftly, and his bite was sure worse than his bark.
Starfire was completely enchanted by him. She always wanted him to sleep in her room, but Omen really slept wherever he felt like. Every night, he'd go to sleep somewhere he hasn't slept in before.
And this one particular night two and a half weeks later, Omen found himself going somewhere the Titans never thought they would end up seeing him. Up in her room, Raven had just finished her meditating and was nearing her bed. She heard a shuffle behind her and turned to see the retriever, sitting down and glancing up at her innocently. She half-smiled and rubbed his chin... and then pushed the dog hard into the ground.
He yelped slightly but Raven kept a straight face. "If you ever pull that on me again BeastBoy, you will have to learn to play video games with your tongue," she said to him.
BeastBoy morphed back to normal, but he was smiling despite Raven's grimness.
"At least I made you smile," he said cleverly.
Raven didn't respond and turned her back from him and sat on the edge of her bed. She closed her eyes and hoped he would just leave. Raven and BeastBoy's duo training got them closer than ever, but there was something about them together that just didn't feel right to her. BeastBoy, however, didn't leave and sat down beside her.
"Nice weather today, huh?" he said hesitatingly.
"Mm-hmm..."
"Moon looks pretty cool from up on the roof..."
"Yeah..."
She knew this was torture to BeastBoy. But if he wanted to start a chat with someone like Raven, he's gonna have to do it right.
"So Raven..... do you think you're doing well enough to cancel our little training sessions now?" he asked curiously.
Raven turned to him. "Why? You don't want to train me anymore?"
"No, no, no, it's not that," he blurted out. "I'm just wondering if you really don't want to spend much time with me anymore. Besides, I think you're ready."
"You... do?"
"Yeah, sure!"
Raven blushed... something that she has been doing quite lately. She rested her head on her hands and thought hard. She was unconvinced. BeastBoy was doing this to prove if she really did like to spend her mornings with him. Waaaaaaayyy too obvious...
"Seriously," she said. "What do you really think?"
He gathered his thoughts silently and half-smiled. "I think you're going soft," he said.
"Elaborate."
"You've been different ever since Omen came. You react a lot to him, too."
As if on cue, Omen entered the room and gave both Titans a doggy smile before curling up against Raven's bed to sleep. Raven sighed and got up. She didn't have the stomach to throw either BeastBoy or Omen out at the moment, so she paced the room silently.
"See, I'm sure that normally I would be out of your room by now," Beast added.
"That's true," she said. "But you have to remember that even if you're teaching me something as ridiculous as how to be a bird, I still respect you as my personal mentor."
BeastBoy shuffled his feet and got up as well. "Rae?"
Raven eyed him with a side-glance. "What?"
"I really think that-- I mean, I... you and I and... the practices and... I- -"
Before Beast could stammer any further, there was an explosion downstairs. They both turned to the doorway and Omen's head shot straight up. He barked twice before getting up and running downstairs. Starfire appeared at Raven's door.
"Quick! We are being ambushed!!" she cried out and flew back down.
BeastBoy grinned and looked at Raven. "Alright!! You ready to test those new powers?"
Raven nodded and they both hurried downstairs to confront their opponent.
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To Be Continued...
Jedi: Okay, baaaaaad way to post my triumphant return... but I promise the next chapter will be longer! Until next time!
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 8
"This is so embarrassing," Raven muttered to BeastBoy.
"Don't worry! You'll be fine!" he encouraged.
All Titans, including Omen, were standing in a clearing near the bay. BeastBoy had brought them all there for a little demonstration. Starfire was on her toes, clasping her hands together in excitement. Robin stood with arms akimbo and a small smile. Cyborg kept looking at his watch and Omen was on the ground, practically ready to fall asleep.
"Okay, okay guys! Look up here!" BeastBoy said. "Lady, gentlemen and Omen, I am honored to present my honorable student--"
"And only student, thank goodness," Cy added.
BeastBoy paused to give him a glare and then continued. "--who will be demonstrating her newest awesome talents that were all practiced to perfection with much help from yours truly!"
"Um, BeastBoy?" Raven murmured.
"Oh, right. Do your stuff, Raven."
For the next five minutes, the Titans stood astounded at Raven's now rapid transformations. She had learned to perch, swoop, and to perfect her gliding. When she morphed back to herself and touched ground, the rest of the team applauded. Omen ran around in circles happily.
"Not bad, not bad at all," Cyborg said.
"How wonderful! Your new skills will aid us well, Raven!" Starfire said.
"She's right," Robin agreed. "That was great."
BeastBoy and Raven exchanged knowing glances.
It has been two and a half weeks since Mistress Megara's humiliating defeat and Omen's arrival. Since then, so much has changed.
Omen had begun to join the Teen Titans in missions whenever he wasn't lazing about. Unbelievably, he was a great addition to the team, always full of energy and very quick on his feet. He could trip over running burglars, dodge attacks swiftly, and his bite was sure worse than his bark.
Starfire was completely enchanted by him. She always wanted him to sleep in her room, but Omen really slept wherever he felt like. Every night, he'd go to sleep somewhere he hasn't slept in before.
And this one particular night two and a half weeks later, Omen found himself going somewhere the Titans never thought they would end up seeing him. Up in her room, Raven had just finished her meditating and was nearing her bed. She heard a shuffle behind her and turned to see the retriever, sitting down and glancing up at her innocently. She half-smiled and rubbed his chin... and then pushed the dog hard into the ground.
He yelped slightly but Raven kept a straight face. "If you ever pull that on me again BeastBoy, you will have to learn to play video games with your tongue," she said to him.
BeastBoy morphed back to normal, but he was smiling despite Raven's grimness.
"At least I made you smile," he said cleverly.
Raven didn't respond and turned her back from him and sat on the edge of her bed. She closed her eyes and hoped he would just leave. Raven and BeastBoy's duo training got them closer than ever, but there was something about them together that just didn't feel right to her. BeastBoy, however, didn't leave and sat down beside her.
"Nice weather today, huh?" he said hesitatingly.
"Mm-hmm..."
"Moon looks pretty cool from up on the roof..."
"Yeah..."
She knew this was torture to BeastBoy. But if he wanted to start a chat with someone like Raven, he's gonna have to do it right.
"So Raven..... do you think you're doing well enough to cancel our little training sessions now?" he asked curiously.
Raven turned to him. "Why? You don't want to train me anymore?"
"No, no, no, it's not that," he blurted out. "I'm just wondering if you really don't want to spend much time with me anymore. Besides, I think you're ready."
"You... do?"
"Yeah, sure!"
Raven blushed... something that she has been doing quite lately. She rested her head on her hands and thought hard. She was unconvinced. BeastBoy was doing this to prove if she really did like to spend her mornings with him. Waaaaaaayyy too obvious...
"Seriously," she said. "What do you really think?"
He gathered his thoughts silently and half-smiled. "I think you're going soft," he said.
"Elaborate."
"You've been different ever since Omen came. You react a lot to him, too."
As if on cue, Omen entered the room and gave both Titans a doggy smile before curling up against Raven's bed to sleep. Raven sighed and got up. She didn't have the stomach to throw either BeastBoy or Omen out at the moment, so she paced the room silently.
"See, I'm sure that normally I would be out of your room by now," Beast added.
"That's true," she said. "But you have to remember that even if you're teaching me something as ridiculous as how to be a bird, I still respect you as my personal mentor."
BeastBoy shuffled his feet and got up as well. "Rae?"
Raven eyed him with a side-glance. "What?"
"I really think that-- I mean, I... you and I and... the practices and... I- -"
Before Beast could stammer any further, there was an explosion downstairs. They both turned to the doorway and Omen's head shot straight up. He barked twice before getting up and running downstairs. Starfire appeared at Raven's door.
"Quick! We are being ambushed!!" she cried out and flew back down.
BeastBoy grinned and looked at Raven. "Alright!! You ready to test those new powers?"
Raven nodded and they both hurried downstairs to confront their opponent.
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To Be Continued...
Jedi: Okay, baaaaaad way to post my triumphant return... but I promise the next chapter will be longer! Until next time!