Titans Forever

Chapter 1:

Breezy Days and Warm Embraces

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Chapter Summary:

Hello, all to my new fic!

This chapter includes so kick-arse slow motion stylings, and some weird flirtations, and pizza fights, and memories!

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Story Summary:

All of the Titans are on the brink of adulthood, which leaves all of them unsure of what the future holds for them. Will the Titans break off? Will they remain together? Do they all have a mortal destiny? And can they keep their minds off of romance for just FIVE minutes?

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"Azarath Metrion Zinthos . . . Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos . . ."

Raven hovered over the rocky surroundings of Titans Tower, whispering the 3 words over and over again as she meditated peacefully.

It was a beautiful day outside, with the sun shining over head and sending warmth down below. Cool breezes swept across the island, and gave the reality of a pleasant spring day. Large cumulus clouds slowly traveled across the robin's egg blue skies, taking the shapes of different forms along its journey.

Aside from Raven, the titans were enjoying a competitive game of football, dressed in their team jerseys.

Beast Boy and Cy were one team, while Robin and Starfire were another.

"BB! Go long!" Cy cried, as he got bombarded by Robin. Beast Boy nodded, backing up while waiting for Cyborg to throw the ball out of his possession.

Starfire flew towards Beast Boy, earning a groan from Cy of "Awww that's not fair!"

Beast Boy yelped continuing to back up, but also trying to keep in mind of the sharp rocks that would await him if he fell.

Cyborg stretched back, throwing the football towards the awaiting Changeling. The android lost his balance after the throw, and fell to the grass with a thud, while BB scrambled to catch the ball.

The football soared over their heads, seeing as Cyborg threw too hard. And the wind wasn't helping any either.

Raven continued to chant her words, oblivious to her active surroundings and the ball that was flying in her direction.

Beast Boy squeaked when he realized the ball's destination, and put his hands to his mouth, cupping it and shouting "RAVEN, LOOK OUT!"

Raven woke up a moment later, raising an eyebrow. "Huh?"

In the next minute, many things happened.

So let us slow down time, shall we?

The ball flew closer to Raven, etching closer and closer towards her, while the other Titans looked on shocked.

Beast Boy took action, furrowing his brow as he ran forward, shouting "LOOOOOK OOOOUUUUUTTTT!"

In slow motion, he tripped over a small rock, and yelped as he flew towards Raven, following the ball's path.

The green teen stretched his arms out, grabbing the ball 5 inches before it smacked Raven in the back of the head.

His introvert almost-victim slowly turned around just in time to see Beast Boy scream. She screamed also, falling backwards into the sandy water while Beast Boy landed on top of her, forcing her to go down farther.

After that one minute, the other Titans were laughing as Raven lifted her head up, spitting water out of her mouth and frowning at Beast Boy. Beast Boy was lying on top of her, straddling her waist, blushing profusely.

Raven suddenly realized their positioning, and found herself blushing also, while Cyborg slapped his thighs, trying hard not to go insane from laughter.

Starfire gaped, covering her eyes. "Robin! Cover your eyes! Our friends are . . . being the 'naughty' that I have heard of!"

Robin brushed a few strands of hair out of the Tamaranean's face. "Star, I don't think it's something THAT intimate. Beast Boy just ran into her . . ."

Starfire flushed. "Oh . . ." Once again, she had embarrassed herself in front of the boy she liked. She shivered in another gust of wind, and Robin draped an arm over her shoulders, causing the alien to greatly appreciate his efforts.

Cyborg cleared his throat loudly towards Beast Boy and Raven. "Can we have our ball back? We have plenty of empty rooms upstairs . . ." he snickered.

Raven glared at Beast Boy, still blushing. "What are you waiting for?"

Beast Boy froze, rubbing the back of his neck. "Hehe . . . sorry." The green teen climbed off of her, extending a hand to help her up. Raven took the hand, putting all of her wait on his arm as she stood up.

Her cloak was heavy with the water it had absorbed, which weighed her body down kind of. Beast Boy's jersey was stained with darker blotches from the water's impact, but he was still smiling grandly at Raven.

Raven wrung her hair out. "What are you smiling about? You almost raped me."

"I didn't almost rape you," he rolled his eyes, unhooking her cape. Raven gaped.

"What're you doing?"

"Common sense, Rae," Beast Boy twisted the cloak up, squeezing the water out, and draped it over one of the rocks. Raven raised an eyebrow, but nodded her thanks.

She then realized how revealing her leotard was, glancing down and feeling her face heat up into a light blush. "Uhh . . ."

Beast Boy tossed her the ball. "Wanna play?"

Raven sweat-dropped. "I don't play."

"Pleeeease?" the changeling's eyes implored her.

"No." The introvert folded her arms after throwing the ball back at Beast boy.

The ball smacked him in the stomach, sending him doubling over after getting the wind knocked out of his system. "Ooof!" he yelped, falling back.

"Sorry!" Raven bent over and helped him up.

"You can make it up to me by playing on my team," Beast Boy waggled his eyebrows, winking flirtatiously.

Raven raised an eyebrow. Was he actually trying to flirt? "No thanks. I need to meditate."

The green Titan sighed. "Fine," he said, giving in. "But!"

Raven, on her way to trek back inside, paused. "Yeah?"

"You'll have to make it up to me SOMEHOW," the Changeling tossed the ball up and down. Raven rolled her eyes, muttering a "Whatever" and walking back inside. Which left Beast Boy to grin wistfully after her, and then go back to playing.

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Later that evening, Raven sat on her bed, holding the large book on her lap. Her fingers gently slid down the cover, across the words 'Titans Forever'.

Swallowing, she opened it, examining the contents.

It was a photo scrapbook, put together by all of the Titans over their years of team-ness.

5 years, and counting, she thought, as she smiled diminutively at one of the team photos.

Beast Boy had been trying to slide his arm around her waist, smirking, while she glared at him and tried to smile at the same time.

Robin had an arm around Starfire, of course, and Starfire was hugging Robin. Cy did the bunny sign to Robin and Beast Boy, as he smiled slyly.

Memories swallowed her whole, and finally she closed the book shut, placing it underneath her bed. They had all changed so much . . . and yet they were still the same.

Where to begin?

There was herself . . . No longer was she the lanky short girl that she had once been. Well . . . she was still shorter than the others . . . but still. She was now 19, and already a woman. Her body was . . . developed in places, and she had decided purple wasn't her type of hair-color. She dyed the tips of her hair black, evening it out to a chin-length cut. And while her uniform was mostly the same, she had realized that guys stared at her legs a lot more in public, so she obtained some regular clothing.

And then Robin . . . he had grown taller. Much taller. But not as tall as Cyborg or Beast Boy. His uniform was slightly more robust and manly, but he still harbored the same big crush on Starfire. He had been contemplating changing his name lately . . . but Starfire claimed that 'Nightwing' was a name for people with long hair and gothic suits . . . and Robin was 20.

Starfire had developed also, but her speaking patterns had not changed much. Understandings of Earth were still slightly confused, but with Robin, it was much easier. Speaking of Robin, she still had that crush on him . . .

Raven rolled her eyes, muttering "When will they EVER admit it?"

Cyborg, of course, had not changed a lot. Okay, so he didn't change at all . . . but he was 21.

Last, but DEFINITELY not least, was Beast Boy.

He had probably changed the most out of the group. Seeing as the 19 year old had been affected greatly by puberty, and had learned to catch the eye of many females.

Especially, Raven thought, Myself.

His voice had deepened, he had gone through a major growth-spurt, he had developed more muscles a heart-throbbing body, and . . . He was, in general, much hotter. His hair was shagged and spiked at the edges, darker green at the roots, and lighter at the tips. He never lost that goofy attitude, but he learned to flirt more, using better pick-up lines than 'Do your feet hurt? 'Cause you've been wandering in my mind all day.' (A/N: Or whatever it is. XD)

Raven blushed, leaning back on her pillows and letting her thoughts get the best of her.

After all of those battles with her father and emotions had drifted into the past, she was able to show much more emotion at will. At will, because she still decided she had a reputation to live up to.

Her thoughts had distracted her so much, she didn't even notice the figure standing in her doorway, smirking.

"When will WHO ever admit it?" Beast Boy asked, leaning against the doorframe watching her.

Raven blushed, bolting upright. "When did you get here?" she exclaimed.

"I was just passing by when I saw you looking through 'The Book'," Beast Boy pointed to the large photo album barely obscured by hiding underneath her bed.

"'The Book'?" Raven raised an eyebrow, then her gaze followed his pointing finger and she blushed. "Oh."

"Yeah," the green teen stepped inside of her room, assuming he had permission, and sat on her bed next to her. "So . . ."

"Wait, if you were only passing by and looking at me, why are you in here?" Raven asked, sitting up and covering her bare legs with her cloak.

"'Cause I dunno . . ." Beast Boy shrugged. "Any reason why I'm not supposed to be in here?"

"Other than the reason that I will pound you to within an inch of your mortal sanity?" Raven asked, lifting her eyebrow again.

"Oh c'mon Rae!" Beast Boy tugged at the empath's right arm. "You wouldn't actually go through with that, would you?"

"I don't know. Want to find out?" She looked at him, as if daring him to go a step further.

"Quit it with your 'gothic attitude of doom' attitude thingy," the Changeling scrunched up his nose. "I'm only trying to be nice . . ."

"But your idea of 'nice' is MY idea of 'annoyance'," Raven pointed out.

"But EVERYTHING involving me is your idea of annoyance," Beast Boy replied dryly.

"Not everything."

"Yeah-huh!"

"No it's not," the introvert tugged her arm out of his grip, or attempted to. Because he tugged harder, but not too hard as in painfully, and pulled his comrade closer to him.

"Yes it is," Beast Boy moved his face closer to hers, whispering into her ear. His hot breath tickled the sensitive skin of her face, and Raven felt herself blushing again.

'Oh God, what's with all the blushing?' Raven screamed mentally, but she didn't pull away from her team-mate.

His lips almost touched her cheek, or maybe it was her ear, or her jaw lining. She didn't know.

All she knew was that he had a good way of flirting, or seducing. She didn't know that either.

His lips then found the spot right underneath her ear, and Raven almost kicked herself for ruining her reputation by not struggling. She felt Beast Boy's lips kiss that area, and oh, how it tickled.

But it felt warm.

He kissed the spot right next to it, and Raven finally got a grip on herself. "Are we having dinner soon?" she asked, totally random.

Beast Boy gazed down at the covers disappointedly, and reluctantly removed his lips from her neck. "Uhh . . . yeah, I think so . . ." he blushed. "I forgot to tell you. I came here to say we're going out for pizza."

Raven was blushing also. "Right." Her skin still felt warm from his touch, but she stood up, opening her closet and rummaging through her regular clothing.

Beast Boy was still sitting on her bed, rubbing the back of his neck.

" . . . Uhh . . . Do you mind?" she asked, leaning against the closet door.

"Awww man, do you mean I don't get to see?" Beast Boy asked, grinning goofily.

"Ugh, you pervert," Raven grunted, almost forgetting the moment they were having on her bed just a minute before.

Her green crush smirked, rolled his eyes, and exited her room, closing the door.

The empath pulled out black jeans, and a black shirt which advertised one of her favorite bands, Marilyn Manson.

She slid out of her uniform and pulled on the gothic-styled outfit, using her foot to push the photo album farther underneath her bed.

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"Pepperoni!"

"Tofu!"

"Extra Cheese!"

"Mint Frosting!"

After 5 years, the Titans still fought over which pizza topping pwned the other.

Raven sat in her chair, arms folded underneath her breasts, glaring at her team-mates. "Can you guys NOT fight FOR ONCE?" she snapped.

Her 4 friends turned towards her.

"No!" Cy answered her, turning to BB and using his arms to punctuate every part of his speech on why meat was better than tofu.

Beast Boy folded his arms crossly, glaring. "You MURDERER!"

"You . . ." Cy thought for a moment. "PLANT KILLER!"

Beast Boy facefaulted. "That's not even a real insult!"

"WELL IT IS NOW!"

The two continued to fight verbally, waving their arms about like a couple of insane birds, until Robin sighed.

"Raven's right, can't you guys just . . . I dunno, maybe STOP for once?" the now MAN-wonder asked exasperatedly.

Cyborg and Beast Boy exhaled heavily.

"Fine," they both agreed.

"Thank you," Raven muttered.

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When the Titans arrived home, Robin walked inside with Starfire, while Cyborg dashed in first to unlock all of the security system parts.

Which left the changeling and introvert alone.

Raven walked towards the door, and turned around, watching BB stand right behind her.

"Hello, my pretty," he said, mocking the Wicked Witch of the West from the 'Wizard of Oz'.

His comrade rolled her eyes, opening the door and sliding inside.

He frowned. "Hey, come onnnn!"

"No," Raven replied, walking towards the elevator.

"Yes," Beast Boy followed her, pressing the button for her. When the doors opened, and Raven walked inside, Beast Boy waited until the last minute to stick his foot inside and stop the doors from closing.

Raven rolled her eyes, facing away, while the green teen stepped inside, standing beside her.

She tried to ignore him, while he attempted to use each form of flirting on his crush. Finally, she locked eyes with him.

"Good night, Beast boy," she said in an annoyed tone. The elevator dinged, and the doors opened, letting Raven exit down the hall to her room.

Beast Boy watched her go, until the elevator doors closed.

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed this first chapter! n.n Read and review!

This is my shabby replacement for 'Downward Spiral', which, sadly celebrated its demise on . . . I think it was yesterday . . . or maybe Friday. -shrugs- Dunno.

PWEEZ REVIEW-gets on knees and begs-

I'll give you all cookies and- Dude, I just had a craving for turkey dripping with gravy, mounted atop a mound of white, smooth mashed potatoes.

-mouth waters- ANYWAY

Later days, dudes!

-Mari-Chan