WBH: OMG OMG! How late am I! EEEEEIIIIIAAAH! Has a spaz attack
Raven: Sighs I'll take over…
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Raven: OK, Hayate told me beforehand of some messages she wants me to convey to you. First was…takes out a sheet of paper…um…that she has finally posted reasons of why she didn't update in her profile page. And…oh, she says that she is out of school but has a lot going on in her life right now so don't be too hard on her. Huh…? There's a side note here…it says that school people should know what she means. And…that's it. So, read and review, I guess.
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The rest of the day went normally with a few setbacks. One was that Mumbo Jumbo attacked downtown and Cyborg was a bit hesitant (A/N: OK, he was paranoid) in using his sonic-cannon. Another was that Beast Boy would not touch the game controllers or anything else to do with video games for the rest of the day. So what did he spend his time doing, you ask? Bugging Raven.
"Raven? Whatcha doin' out here?" Beast Boy asked, coming out onto the roof and approaching the Goth.
"I'm meditating. What does it look like I'm doing?" Raven answered nastily.
"Oh."
Beast Boy sat down next to her and watched her frown while trying to concentrate.
"Stop watching me! I can't focus!" were Raven's thoughts as her chanting grew increasingly choppy and uneven. Finally she opened her eyes and came out of her trance. "OK, what is it?"
"I'm just…disturbed…about that image," he said, pretending to be very interested in the sunset to hide his embarrassment.
"Any normal person would be," she replied simply, also looking at the horizon.
"But…don't you get the feeling that something weird is happening? Like some evil force is coming or something?"
Raven sighed. "I guess…"
But she held her tongue about the voice. Why was it that only she heard it, and no one else did? Well, maybe Starfire had heard it, and arrived to question its whereabouts. The more she thought about it, the more it made sense. And the more she believed what Beast Boy was saying.
"Look, we shouldn't worry too much about it," she said to fill in the long silence that had occurred.
Beast Boy gave her a doubtful look, but then turned his head back to the sky and replied, "Yeah…sure."
They sat there for a few more minutes, neither of them moving but never wanting the moment to end. Then Raven took a deep breath and turned to the changeling.
"Beast Boy, there's something I—"
She was cut off by the sound of Cyborg opening the door and walking out onto the roof. He stopped short.
"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"
Raven made an irritated noise in her throat and stalked off to her room. Cyborg watched her curiously.
"Jeez, it was just a simple question," he muttered, making his way to the rooftop fuse box.
All the while Beast Boy dwelled on Raven's unfinished sentence and attempted to fill in the rest. But after a while he gave up and also went to his room.
Day 4
Starfire tensed. She wasn't sleeping very well. Her mind was full of scary images and thoughts. She wanted it to end, to just go away…
A distant voice aroused her and she sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes. Looking around, the blurry images of her room became clear and she jumped when she heard the voice right beside her ear.
"Starfire? Are you all right? You've been asleep forever."
The Boy Wonder's face swam into view and Starfire felt relieved.
"But, Robin, how can someone be asleep forever? I have merely been asleep until daylight hours."
Robin laughed. "It's an expression, Star. It's like saying you've been asleep for a very long time."
"Oh…for how long, may I ask?"
"It's already 10:00. You were pretty tired, huh?"
Starfire's eyes widened in surprise and she immediately leapt out of bed. She had failed to notice that Robin was also sitting on the bed and knocked him off in her haste.
"Robin! I apologize! Are you injured?" Starfire asked.
Robin got up and rubbed his head. "I'm fine, but now I know what Raven felt like when Cyborg hit her over the head."
"Let us go and join our friends!" Starfire suggested, and took Robin by the hand and pulled him into the hallway. "Have I missed breakfast?"
"Uh…Well, I-I'm sure Beast Boy and Cyborg must've made something," Robin replied, a bit taken aback by the sudden burst of energy.
When they entered the living room, Starfire still had not let go of his hand. Only when he cleared his throat loudly did she remember and let go reluctantly. Fortunately for them, no one had noticed.
"Dudes, there's an Anime fair downtown. Wanna go?" Beast Boy asked, his head hanging upside down over the back of the couch. He was sitting next to Cyborg, who was hunched over and held the remote lazily in one hand, flipping through the channels.
"Why, do you want to?" Raven asked from behind her book.
Beast Boy straightened into proper positioning and addressed her directly. "I'm bored! Besides, it could be fun. Something you don't have a lot of…" Raven shot him a warning look.
"He's right, you know," Robin agreed. "The first part, anyway," he added quickly, noting Raven's ominous stare.
"I agree with Robin! We shall go to this fair of the Anime and enjoy ourselves!" Starfire chimed in. Cyborg grunted his approval and Raven shrugged.
"Come, friends! We will leave now!" Starfire said, tapping Raven on the shoulder and attempting to pull Cyborg away from the TV.
"Oh, Cyborg…You can drive," Robin said, knowing that would get him out of his seat.
"BOO YAH!" Cyborg shouted, dashing to the garage and creating a huge wind after him. The other titans had to hold onto furniture in order to prevent themselves from losing their footing.
"Great…I suppose we'll be eating there, too?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, at least everyone can get something different," Robin answered.
"CAR'S READY! WHAT'S TAKING YOU GUYS SO LONG?" called Cyborg from downstairs. Raven sighed heavily and rubbed her temple as she followed everyone else down to the car.
…
"Whoa! Check out these weird costumes!" Beast Boy cried, tugging on Raven's hood. She gagged slightly.
"Yes, Beast Boy, we see them."
"Look at all the stores!"
"Yes, there are a lot of stores."
"And look how many people there are!"
"Too many if you ask me." (A/N: Quotes from Kiki's Delivery Service!)
The group of five edged their way around the crowds, attempting to stay together. Robin had devised a plan of everyone holding each other's hand, but he had met some major objections. So now, a long procession of teens revealed Cyborg in front (so everyone could see him, as the fair was full of Asians and they are usually short no offense to anyone! I'm Asian too!), Robin behind him, Starfire holding onto his cape, Raven following her, and Beast Boy holding onto her cloak. The titans were lucky enough not to stand out too much because of the many people dressed up as Anime characters.
"So, where to now?" Cyborg asked.
"Well, we've eaten, so…"
"Comic store! Comic store!" Beast Boy cried from the back, tugging on Raven's hood again.
"You're…choking…me…"
"Oh sorry!" Beast Boy quickly released it.
"Comic store? OK, then," Robin said. Once Cyborg had spotted it, he led them all towards it.
"Please, Robin, could you explain to me how you read these 'comic books?'" Starfire asked, flipping through one.
"Well, you usually would read them frame by frame, left to right, but in these particular comics, you would read them…"
"Hey, where's BB?" Cyborg asked.
"Ugh…he must've gotten distracted and left behind…" Raven thought. She instantly felt a pang of guilt for making him let go of her hood. He had probably not wanted to bother her again and didn't hold on at all. "I'll go look for him," Raven told him, and disappeared into the crowd going out.
Once outside, she knew it was a task easier said than done. There were too many people and she couldn't get a good view of them. She would've used her powers to fly but Robin had told them all specifically not to do anything "out of the ordinary." She cursed under her breath and pushed her way back to where they were before.
Meanwhile, Beast Boy was left standing all by himself in the middle of the chaotic rush of people.
"Guys? Where are you?"
No one answered him. He looked around again, but only the costumes and strange faces greeted him. He felt as though he had been left behind on purpose. Not that he was afraid or anything, but…
A teenage girl dressed up as a modified version of Inu-Yasha with black hair and black dog-ears stopped by him.
"Hi!" she said enthusiastically.
"Hey…" he replied.
The girl frowned slightly and asked, "Do I know you from somewhere?"
Beast Boy studied her features. He knew she was around thirteen or so, but her height was that of a younger person. "No, I don't think so."
"Huh. Weird. Anyway, my name is Chibi. You can call me Inu-Yuki if you want. Nice ta meet'cha!" (A/N: Yes, Chibi, that's you! I hope you won't kill me for the description, though.)
She extended the sleeve of her kimono, which was much too big for her. Beast Boy just grunted.
"Are you lost?" Inu-Yuki asked.
"Yeah. How'd you guess?" he asked her.
Inu-Yuki grinned. "You looked sort of lonely and clueless, so I guessed you were probably lost or something."
"I thought he always looked that way. Maybe it's just me," said a voice behind them. Beast Boy whirled around to find Raven standing there. "Where were you? I've been looking everywhere for—"
"RAVEN!" Without thinking, Beast Boy had Raven in a tight embrace. Inu-Yuki laughed at the expression on her face.
"HAHAHA! Well, I guess you're not lost anymore, Beast Boy of the Teen Titans," she said. "I thought I had seen you somewhere. But I guess you don't need anymore company now that your girlfriend Raven came to get you!"
Inu-Yuki watched with a smirk as the two titans turned beet red and Beast Boy released Raven.
"HEY, CHIBI! Come on! We don't want to leave you behind!" A shout rang out across the street.
"Oh! Those are my friends! I gotta go! See ya!" Inu-Yuki told them. Turning, she yelled, "OK! BE RIGHT THERE, YUNIE!" Then she ran towards a group of middle school girls dressed in various costumes.
"So where are we going now, Lani-san?"
"Fluffy said she wanted to go to the comic store."
"What the frik! Do NOT call me Fluffy! You guys have serious identity crisis!"
"AHAHAHA!"
"Let's go already!"
"OK OK! We're going already, Riku!"
"Hey, wait up for us!"
"Hurry up, Hayate and Koga!"
"Jeez, could you guys be any slower?"
"Oh shut up."
(A/N: You don't have to get that. I wrote it for my school friends. That's what we would be like at an Anime convention. Right, guys?)
"What was that all about?" Beast Boy asked, while Raven muttered, "The nerve of that girl! In the name of Azarath, she'll be cursed!"
"So, where's everyone else?" Beast Boy asked her.
"At the comic store," Raven replied, still flustered by Inu-Yuki's comment. "Let's go. And don't get lost this time."
Beast Boy obeyed and grabbed onto Raven's hood again. He concentrated only on where they were going and did not let go of her until they had made it safely inside.
"Finally! What took so long?" Cyborg asked them. Beast Boy cleared his throat nervously and Raven said, "Don't even ask…"
"Lemme guess. Someone made a comment about you two—" Cyborg started, but was silenced with a death glare from Raven. "So that means yes," he thought, wandering over to the shelves again.
Raven walked to an isolated part of the store and hoped that she would not run into that girl again. After saying some Azarath curses under her breath (A/N: I'm not trying to offend you, Chibi, it's just how she would react, you know?), she took note of her surroundings. She had ended up in the horror section. And her eyes rested on a particular book. She took it down off the shelf and read the title: The Ring 0 Birthday.
DUN DUN DUN! I hope you liked it! And forgive me if I got the title of the comic wrong. Anyway, I will try to update ASAP and do more parodies for you guys! And please check my profile page, as I have put up reasons for delay as well as some stuff about fanart and crap. Review please! Byyyyyye!
