Romantic Raven( ): Thanks for the review. We will see where Beastboy ends up
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Chapter 2: Curiosity killed the Cat.
Teen Titan's Tower: living room -----------
Beastboy was a little worried about Raven. He could feel that something was not right with her. 'Every always thinks that I'm oblivious, just because I'm the joker. I wonder what's up with Raven, she doesn't usually snap so quickly. And what's with her blushing all the time today as well? I'm going to go and check up on her… but I can't let the others know… think BB think.' "Hey guys, there isn't anything that I want to watch at the movies, I think that I'll just stay here and watch the TV."
"You sure BeastBoy," asked Robin.
"Yeah, I'll just chill here."
"Then the blankets are in the cupboard if you need them." Starfire replied with a little concern.
"No Star, he means that he is just going to stay here and relax, not that he is cold or anything." Robin patiently explained to the confused alien.
"In that case BB, we'll see you later," Cyborg called over his shoulder as the three headed towards the garage and the T-car.
Beastboy waited until he saw the lights from the T-Car heading towards the city.(a/n the T-Car can hover over water.) and then crept quietly to Ravens room. He listened at the door for a few minutes before opening the door a crack and peeking in. the first thing he noticed was that Raven's meditation mirror was lying out on her bed. 'She must have gone into her mind for some reason. Oh well, I'll check back in an hour. But I can't resist snooping in her room… she must have something interesting in her from her past.' with that thought in his mind, he slowly crept farther into Raven's room.
Raven's Mindscape-----------------
Books were stacked in piles around her, as far as her eyes could see. In the middle of all the piles sat a yellow coloured version of herself. There was a slight breeze flowing through that smelt like an old library, even though the books were in the middle of the field.
"So where is my new emotion?" asked a slightly peeved Raven.
"She's not here anymore, she went back to her own realm." Stated Knowledge calmly.
"Well, who is she, and how long has she been here?"
"She's always been here, she just never came out."
"What?"
"Honestly, you never asked if you had anymore emotions, and she asked me not to mention her to you."
At this point Raven was fuming at her emotion for not telling her about this before. But she was even more upset at herself that she hadn't noticed the emotion before.
"Where can I find her?"
"Well, you probably won't be to find her realm, so I would suggest that you go to the meeting place and call for her, or just call for all of your emotions."
"Will that work?"
"That depends on weather or not she feels like answering you call. Though I think she will, she wants to talk to you, but I suggested that she let you make the first move."
"Very well the, you may as well come along. I don't know where this will lead."
With that both Raven and her emotion Knowledge headed to the meeting area.(a/n I decided that the place where Trigun fell in 'NeverMore' is to be considered their meeting place.) Raven was surprised that all of her other emotions were already there and crowded around each other, except that Rage was still tied up at the edge of the group. Through the crowd, Raven could see glimpses of silver, and she guessed that it was the colour of her new emotion.
As soon as the crowd of Emotions noticed that Raven was there they parted way to give her access to the newcomer. After Courage got out of the way, Raven had to suppress a gasp, her new emotion was more vibrant and bright then any of her other emotions, more real seeming, but not as real as herself. It was a disturbing thought.
"Welcome Raven, I've been waiting for you," said her new emotion.
"Who the Hell are you?"
"I'm Love," stated Love calmly, but with a little giggle.
"WHAT!"
"We need to talk in private, lets go to my realm," with that Love lead Raven to her realm. Once there Raven was once again shocked, Love's realm was filled with pictures, of her friends, people she had had crushes on, but what really caught her eye was that there seemed to be an entire area devoted to Beastboy. All Raven could do was stare.
"Ok, explain why it is that you've come out now? What has changed? And why Beastboy?"
"First, I have come out now because of our feelings for Beastboy have gotten stronger, to the point where I can start to gain some control of you (winks at Raven). Second, With Beastboy's recent problems with his Inner Beast, we've feel that we now have a kindred spirit in him, and because we feel that we can help him understand how to deal with inner Beasts. And finally, because he's always trying to make you laugh or smile, and he always looks out for us."
Raven was complete blown away by this. Normally she would have to pick and prod her emotions to tell her anything of importance, but apparently Love was willing to spill the beans. While she was still in shock, Love blindsided her with another point.
"I'm not going anywhere, and you can't repress me anymore. I'm going to come out."
Raven was completely stymied until she had a thought. "If I relax my control over my emotions, my powers will get out and could hurt him," she said with a triumphant smile.
Love just laughed, "That's not exactly true, the reason that your powers seep out is because you keep them locked up because of Rage and Trigun. They need to get out too. If you start letteing out one or two of us at a time you may be surprised. You are becoming an adult."
Raven was getting angrier as Love was speaking, not because Love was arguing but because Raven was secretly hoping Love was right. "Listen, why can't I keep you in check like the others?"
"Simple, I come from the heart, not the mind, an the heart is stronger than the mind."
With that, Raven left Love's realm and headed to the exit. Just before she left though she looked over her shoulder at Love and was surprised to see Love looking at Beastboy's picture, with a longing in her eyes.
Once Raven reached the vortex, she took once last glance around her mind. She noticed again the slight changes and really wondered if it was for the better. On the other side of the vortex was another surprise. Beastboy was waiting for her in her room.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING IN MY ROOM, SITTING ON MY BED?"
Beastboy visible cringed at the outburst, but simply looked at her with sad eyes. Raven couldn't help but melt inside. 'Damn you Love, You'll pay for that.' She was able to keep her cool demeanour however.
"I need your help Rae, the beast is starting to get stronger and I'm afraid of hurting someone. Like you." He said the last part so quietly she almost didn't hear him. "You're the only person I can think of who could help me."
'Damn, he's right.' "Ok, I'll help you, but only on three conditions. One, stop calling me Rae. Two, Keep this to your self. Three, only come into my room when invited. Got that?"
"No problem, when can we start?" He said with a little more bounce in his voice.
"How about right now?"
Living room: a while later--------------------
The other three titans return to still standing, quiet tower and assume the worst. Robin leads the trio into the main room to find… nothing, almost dead quiet. And no sign of Beast boy anywhere.
"This can't be good," Cyborg said to the group, "she knows how to hide bodies."
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