First off… I would like to say… I am soooo sorry for taking over eighteen hundred million years to update this chapter. First it was AP testing. Then it was finals. Then it was me wanting to do nothing for the start of summer. Then it was me being lazy.
Aaa—and then more laziness and so, my sincerest of sincere apologies for not updating. :o) Hopefully this chapter will be decent, I went through and revamped this chapter quite a few times. So enough of me yapping here is the far too long awaited chapter 11 Hope it doesn't suck. :o)
Oh yes, and I believe that someone asked where the Titans 'normal' names were from, anyway, they're the Titans aliases from the comics :o)
Disclaimer: Surprisingly, after all this time, I still haven't managed to own the Teen Titans. Shocking, I know.
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Purple Hair.
"Well…" Garfield said, chin in his hand, eyes narrowed, "We're waiting…"
"I don't know… it's a pointless question…"
"Sharing your talents is most certainly not pointless friend Raven!" Kori interjected earnestly, "Please, please share,"
"Yeah Rae, you know you're good at something other than reading," Victor added with a smile.
Raven rolled her eyes. Looking at the four people sitting with her in a circle on the floor. Her eyes falling on Kori who was coming up to her on her knees.
"Please friend Raven, Victor has shared," Kori tried, as Victor laughed, rubbing his feet rapidly on the carpet then poking Garfield with his index finger.
"OW! Du-uudeee! We all know you're good at the shocking thing you metal electricity conductor dude!" Garfield growled, rubbing his arm. Victor just laughed.
"You see, it can be something small, like the ability to call kittens, or to grow flowers or to create the laughter in children or—"
"Agh, alright already," Raven sighed in her monotone, "I'm good at…" She looked to the ground and finished in a grumpy mumble, "braiding hair…"
Kori let out a zealous gasp and squeak. While Garfield and Victor burst into silent giggles while Richard smirked.
Ravens eyes narrowed viciously.
"What?"
"Nothing," Garfield waved, still bursting at the seams. "It…it—you just don't seem like the 'braiding hair' type ya know,"
"Yeah, not that there's any thing wrong with you being able to braid hair," Victor added at the look on Raven's face. Kori however was still staring at Raven gleefully.
"You are quite talented at the braiding maneuvers! Please, perhaps you could perform the braids on my hair?" Kori questioned hopefully, her green eyes sparkling.
Raven looked at her, her face deadpan. Kori bit her lip pushing her index fingers together.
"Because my sister never did perform the braiding maneuvers and I was hoping that maybe you would like to, if it is not to big a deal and that perhaps after I could do the same for—"
"I'll braid your hair Kori," Raven said finally.
A gong sounded. Crickets chirped. Kori lit up with glee. Victor rubbed his feet on the carpet and touched Garfield on the arm with his index finger.
"OW! DUUUDDDEEEE!" Garfield cried, rubbing his own feet on the carpet in hopes for revenge as Victor grinned.
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"What of your talents Richard?" Kori questioned as she sat in front of Raven who was surprisingly braiding the redheads' hair.
"Uhmmm…" Richard rubbed the back of his neck.
There was a long pause.
"I know Kung Fu," He finally stated in a monotone.
"Dude!"
"Really!"
"Glorious!"
"Um… cool?"
"Dude show me some moves! I was a triple chocolate fudge sundae belt in my kindergarten class," Garfield proclaimed, standing up and kicking at the air making ridiculous "Waaaahhhh--- waaaachhaaa! Huyaa!" noises.
"Hmm... I think I skipped that lesson…" Richard grinned. "Been taking 'em since I was a kid. Had the same teacher for nearly ten years…" Richard stroked his chin reminiscently. "He's a little bats if you know what I mean," He added with a smile rotating his index finger in a circle by his ear.
"Dude, all those karate people are loco," Garfield added, "Ninja Showdown 8, despite the sweet fight scenes, I don't understand how smashing a fly qualifies you as a master ninja,"
"You have to catch the fly genius," Raven corrected dully as she braided Kori's long locks.
"Same difference,"
"Man, you're just jealous cause you don't have fly catching skills," Victor waved.
"Oh and you do Mr. Tough guy?" Garfield questioned.
"No, but I'm not in Karate,"
"What about you Rich? Are you a master at catching annoying little pests?"
"Yeah, but I really don't feel like crossing the room to get to you," Richard smirked.
"Oh snap! Zinger!" Victor proclaimed laughing.
"Ha ha, never knew that Bruce Lee was a comedian," Garfield said mockingly eyes narrowed.
"I'm also quite talented in the hair gelling arts," Richard continued as though Garfield had said nothing.
"Pffttt! Please! Look at your hair dude, did you put glue in it?" Garfield rolled his eyes, "You could impale someone with that,"
"Yeah man, you gotta get it so that it spikes but so it still moves in the wind,"
"What would you know about it Victor? You're bald," Richard stated bluntly.
"First off, I shave it, so I'm not really bald, and secondly, bald people are people too, no reason to hate just cause your hair belongs in a petrified forest." Victor announced.
"Ooh, Ba-zing!" Garfield quipped complete with arm gesture.
"My hair is perfectly styled thank you very much. And it is quite soft to the touch,"
"Just admit it Rich… You got a black porcupine on your head," Garfield nodded sadly.
Richard rolled his blue eyes and turned to Kori, who was looking awfully cute with her hair pulled back in a braid. Two strands of hair and her tuft of bangs framing her face. Richard shook his head.
"How about you Kori?" He questioned with a smile that Kori was starting to like more and more.
"Hmm…" She responded cutely, tapping her finger on her lip, before a light bulb appeared above her head. "I too am good at the hair braiding maneuvers! Friend Raven, perhaps I could—"
"Don't push it," Raven responded narrowing her eyes.
"Heh heh…" Kori responded blushing and pushing her two index fingers together as Raven continued braiding her hair. "Well… I am also good at…hmm… Oh! Observe!"
And with that Kori bent her thumbs and put them together sliding her left thumb, giving the illusion that she could separate and move the top half of her thumb along her index finger.
Everyone gave her black stares as she giggled and continued with the old magic trick. Richard and Victor smiled as Garfield tried to do the magic trick to no avail. Raven rolled her eyes, but had the tiniest hint of a smile on her face.
"Well BB, it looks as though it is your turn to share," Kori grinned stopping with her magic trick. Garfield smirked, interlocking his fingers and cracking his knuckles, a smug look on his face.
"Oh I will, try not to be jealous," He remarked, looking at everyone in turn, waggling his eyebrows. Raven rolled her eyes at the action.
Narrowing his eyes and re-evaluating everyone, his gaze fell on Victor. Cocking a grin he walked over and whispered in the jocks ear. Victor smiled and nodded.
"Got it?"
"Sounds good," Victor confirmed, "I might have to jump in though…"
"By all means," Garfield asserted with a bow. "Ladies and gentlemen, Dudes and Dudettes! I hereby invite and entreat you to one of, Garfield, 'BB', Logan's, many, many talents! Guaranteed to awe you, thrill you—"
"Just get on with it," Raven snapped as she tied off Kori's braid.
Crossing his arms, looking insulted, he looked at Raven. She shrugged.
"Yeah, well, this number's for you," Garfield stated, Raven quirked a brow and Garfield turned to Victor, "Right?"
"You got it," Victor confirmed.
With a grin and a bow the lanky teen picked up his pencil.
"If you will Mr. Stone," Garfield gestured.
"Don't mind if I do Mr. Logan," Victor grinned.
He then began making a beat on the table as Garfield tapped his foot in tune while clapping. Then it happened.
Garfield stood up abruptly, pencil in hand, and brought up to his mouth like a microphone.
"Listen baby!" Garfield cried, eyes closed as he did a pelvic thrust that sent Victor and Kori into a fit of laughter. Encouraged, Garfield stood up on his chair pointing and winking to Raven who rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Ain't no tower high—" Garfield sang in a higher pitched voice that didn't really go with the song. "Ain't no cavern low—Ain't no ocean- wi-ide!" He jumped to his desk intently singing while tapping his foot, pointing at Raven.
Then with a loud stomp Victor was soon on the table with Garfield, clapping along with the beat.
"If you need to fall—" He began in a deep voice, pointing to Raven as well. "Don't worry I'll be there! Baby I swear!" Victor gave the girl a wink. Raven put her face in her hands with a moan.
The jock and the geek then stood back to back, both holding their microphone pencils as Kori and Richard laughed and clapped to the beat. The two soon began to belt out the rest of the song.
"Cause baby there ain't no tower high enough! Ain't no cavern low enough! Ain't no ocean wi-ide enough—"
"To keep me from catching you baby!" Kori rang out, as she too jumped on the table.
"All right Kori!" Garfield beamed.
"Sing it girl!" Victor added.
"No, no, really, the…singing… is unnecessary…" Raven asserted hopelessly.
"But, friend Raven, the singing is much fun!" Kori beamed.
"Is it? Is it really?" Raven questioned in monotone.
"Why-- yes it is," Garfield answered singing to the tune.
"Cause Raven we care," Victor continued singing to the beat.
"You have purple hair!" Garfield sang pointing. His finger drooped as he looked at everyone's odd stares. "Well she does!" He snapped defensively.
"Cause baby there ain't no tower high enough!" Victor picked up, waving his arms in flourish.
"Ain't no cavern low enough!" Garfield supplemented.
"Ain't no ocean wi-iide enough!" Richard finally added, his voice cracking a bit. Causing Kori to giggle and drag Richard up onto a table.
"To keep me from catching you baby!" Kori grinned, reaching her hand down for Raven to grab.
Raven sighed with a small smile as she grabbed Kori's hand, allowing herself to be pulled up onto the table with her new friends. All of them with smiles that took up their entire faces.
"You all know you can't sing right?"
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One more chapter to go… The sadness :o( … Anyway, hope this chapter was okay, my replacement for the crazy dancing scene, and again sorry for the wait! And couldn't resist the very slight Batman reference there :oP
Oh yeah, since song's in fic's aren't allowed, I took a song concept (Ain't no Mountain High Enough) and changed up the lyrics. So technically it's legal right :o) Like a fanfic, took something and gave it my own twist :oP
