Chapter 2
"I'm gonna pass ya, I'm gonna beat ya, and baby, I'm gonna..." Cyborg, a half machine half human, stared blankly at the screen in front of him as it read:
Congratulations Player 2! You Won! "He beat me."
A green child sitting next to Cyborg put a smirk on. He dropped the controller and jumped up onto the half circle couch. "Oh ya! Who's the man? That's right, it's Beast Man! Come on now, get funky!"
The green changeling continued jumping on the couch, turning into various animals with each bounce. Finally he plopped right back down smirking at Cyborg, who was pouting at the moment.
"I want a rematch!"
"Ooh, sorry dude. The Beast Dude don't do no rematches, yo."
"Beast Boy, stop foolin' around! I want a rematch, and I want it now!"
"You might as well save your breath," a girl with violet eyes and hair spoke up from her spot. She sat on the floor, Indian style, reading one of her favorite books. Her name was Raven. Without looking up from her book, she continued, "'Cause like he said, 'the Beast Dude don't do no rematches."
"Yo. You can't forget the yo, Raven!"
"Whatever."
"Most glorious friends, please stop the fighting, for I am frightened that it shall, how you say 'wreak havoc' on our most glorious friendship," A beautiful girl with long red hair and emerald eyes said as she walked into the game room. "Is it not just a game?"
"Ya, Starfire, but it's more fun this way."
"As you wish," Starfire shrugged and sat down in a seat next to the still arguing boys...and Raven.
"Why do you always have to be so mysterious?" Beast Boy yelled at Raven.
"Why do you always have to be so annoying?" She yelled back.
"Dude, Beast Boy! I want that rematch you little green munchkin!"
"Who you callin' a munchkin?" Beast Boy turned into a T-Rex. He roared, towering over the other three Titans.
The swish of the door was heard and all noise stopped and looked at the figure coming into Titans Tower. Robin stepped in with something hiding behind him. Robin looked at the Titans in front of him. "Beast boy." Beast boy immediately morphed back into human form. "Thank You. OK, guys I want you to meet someone. She'll be staying here for a while so be friendly. Everyone meet Vanilla."
Vanilla stepped out a little from her hiding spot, just enough to show herself. Everyone put on a smile, even Raven. Beast boy had the biggest smile of all of them. She's beautiful! He thought.
"Oh, this is most glorious!" Starfire flew over to Vanilla.
"You can fly?"
"As also other things! Now, I abound with questions. Where do you come from? What is your favorite color? And would you like to be my friend?"
"Earth, every color, and most definitely."
"Oh, joy! Welcome, new friend!" Starfire squeezed Vanilla in a giant bear hug.
"Ok, Star, that's enough." Starfire let go and Vanilla gave a gasp of air.
"That's Starfire. She's friendly to everyone. She comes from Tammeran."
"Cool."
Robin pointed to Raven. "That's Raven."
"How's it going?" Raven telepathed.
"Great so far." Vanilla thought back. "So I guess this is your power."
"Actually I have other powers, but how did you..."
"I was just thinking that question, you probably just read it."
"Oh."
"She comes from Azarath," Robin explained. He pointed to Cyborg.
"That's Cyborg."
"Rock on it's good to meet you girl," he greeted.
"Dido. Cool machinery, by the way."
"Thanks."
Robin pointed to Beast boy. "And that is Beast boy."
"Dude, it's Beast Dude!" He came over to Vanilla. "But you can call me Beast Boy or BB, if you want." Beast boy turned into a small green kitten and leapt on her shoulder. He rubbed against her neck sending her into a giggle fit.
"Stop. That tickles." She said between laughs.
The kitten jumped down and morphed into Beast boy again.
"So you can morph into any animal?"
"Any animal you name."
"How 'bout a zebra?"
"Green with black stripes or black with green stripes?" He joked. She giggled.
"Ok that's enough tiger," Cyborg joked.
"I'm no tiger, but now I am." Beast boy morphed into a tiger. Vanilla giggled again, then bent down and stroked the tiger's fur.
"You're funny," she whispered in its ear. She stood up again and Beast boy turned human again, blushing a considerable amount of crimson.
"So if you don't mind me asking, do you have any super powers?" Cyborg asked.
Vanilla responded, "No, I wish."
"Come friend. We must go to the mall of shopping to buy you new clothes."
"I don't have any money."
"That's ok," Robin spoke up. "We'll buy them for you."
"Oh, no. I can't let you do that for me."
"It's perfectly fine."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Vanilla and the Teen Titans arrived at the mall at 5:00. They entered the mall and they all agreed the boys do their thing while the girls shopped for clothes.
Starfire immediately wanted to go to the most girly store in the mall, Limited Too. Both Raven and Vanilla immediately disagreed.
Starfire then asked to go to the second girly store, the third, forth, and fifth. All were denied by Raven and Vanilla, mostly Raven.
"But friends, we must choose a store that portrays our girly nature."
"Not on my life," Raven said.
"Star, why not just go to a store like, that one?" Vanilla pointed to a store colored black on the outside with white dots. It looked like a night sky.
Above the door frame were the words Mother Nature's Clothing. They were painted yellow with green fields.
Starfire pondered over the appearance for a while before nodding. The girls entered the store.
Meanwhile the boys were hanging out in the food court. They sat at a table eating pizza. Cyborg had the meat lovers, Beastboy had the crust and tofu, and Robin had pepperoni. Beastboy had just finished his 6th slice and was pressuring the two boys.
"Come on, we need to go to a store before the girls come back!"
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Robin asked, taking a bite of his 4th slice.
"He wants to buy something for Vanilla."
"How'd you know?"
"Come on man, it is so obvious."
Beastboy's face fell in defeat. "Please don't tell her. I want it to be a surprise."
"All right man, just wait till we're done with our pizzas. Here," Cyborg said, handing Beastboy a five. "Go buy one of those Neopets you like from McDonalds to entertain yourself."
Beastboy's face lit up and he raced over to McDonalds.
He came back and gave the change to Cyborg. He tried ripping the package open but failed. He put his mouth over it and tore it open. He took the neopet out of its package under the table so the other two titans couldn't see what it was. His eyes widened at the neopet he held in his hands.
"So," Cyborg said, "Wadya get?" Beastboy looked at them and smiled.
"Kiko!" He cried as he showed them the cute little blue kiko.
The two boys sighed.
"No," Raven said for the 12th time. She had been sitting on a lime green chair for the past half hour watching Vanilla model off pajamas. They hadn't even gotten to the actual clothes. The whole time Starfire had been picking out hot pink pajamas that neither Raven or Vanilla liked, but Starfire had insisted on her trying them.
Vanilla had just modeled off a hot pink top, and hot pink capri-bottoms with frills around the cuff of the pants. On the shirt it had a crown with gems on the top of it. Across the crown were the words, "I didn't ask to be a princess, but if the crown fits...".
"I agree with Raven," Vanilla stated, returning to the changing stall. "These are just too girly for me."
She came back out with her clothes on and went back to looking at pajamas. Her eyes caught sight of something she couldn't refuse. "Found something," she said heading back to the changing stall. A few moments later she emerged into sight wearing dark clothing.
They were a midnight blue. The top was short sleeved. It held stars all over it. Toward the top of it, colored gold, were the words "Heaven's Daughter".
The pants were silk and they reached down to the floor. It had stars all around it.
"Now that I can stand to look at," Raven stated.
"But friends, is it not gloomy in appearance?" Asked Starfire.
"Not really, Star. See, it has the words Heaven's Daughter on it. That's girly, but it has the scenery of a night time sky, so it fits everyone's liking." Vanilla said.
"Exactly."
Starfire just shrugged as she waited for Vanilla to change back so they could go looking for clothes.
"Beastboy, where are you taking us?" Wined Cyborg as Beastboy pulled him and Robin by their wrists.
"I need you to help me choose a gift for Vanilla."
"But where are you taking us?"
"To the glass store."
"The what?"
"That glass store where they have little colored glass figures."
"That really expensive store?"
"It's not all expensive. Some of the figures can be less that twenty dollars."
The three boys entered a store called Glass Galore and Beastboy immediately began to look around the store. "Do you think Vanilla likes dragons?" Beastboy asked, picking up a small purple dragon figure. Cyborg ran over to Beastboy and jerked the figure out of his hands before it fell to the floor.
"How about Robin and I handle the glass." He said putting the figure back in its place.
He was right of course. Beastboy in a glass store would eventually end up wreaking havoc not to mention causing mortal destruction and big catastrophes. Which would end up in causing Cyborg or Robin to pay big bucks.
Beastboy scanned the shop for the perfect gift. His eyes locked upon a shelf on the opposite side of the shop.
"That one!" He pointed at the shelf before running over to it. The other two boys followed.
Beastboy stood in front of the most beautiful sight the boys had encountered. There on the mahogany shelf was a medium sized glass artwork. Two baby pink humming birds seemed to fly toward each other though plastered to a three-inch thick glass rope in the shape of a C. Little green glass leaves were scattered along the C.
Beastboy's eyes were as wide as saucers, shining at the sight of the beautiful piece of artwork. The other two boys looked doubtfully at each other, both thinking the same thing. How much money would they have to pay for this?
Robin walked toward the glass figure and looked at the little, white piece of paper hanging from it. A smile grew on his face. "Well if you think Vanilla will like it, you can get it."
"What!" Cried Cyborg, staring at Robin in disbelieve. "Something like this should cost at least 100 dollars!"
"Relax, Cyborg, there's a sale. It's only $35."
Cyborg sighed. "Well then what are we waiting for?"
The three girls emerged from the clothes store with arms filled with bags. Not only did Vanilla get the things she needed, but the two other Titans bought the things they wanted. All clothes were normal. The three girls looked around. Not seeing the boys, they sat down in a nearby bench.
After twenty minutes passed, Starfire said, "Friends, since the boys are taking a while in joining us, will you not join me in getting a cold drink at the little shop of heavenly lights and male deer?"
Vanilla glanced at Raven for an explanation. "I think she means Starbucks."
Vanilla looked back at Starfire who had now stood up, a smile playing on her face. "Sure, why not, Star."
Raven sighed and slowly nodded. The trio stood and made their way Starbucks.
As they entered the shop, the aroma of coffee filled their minds. They walked to the counter and made their orders. Raven got a tall sized herbal tea, Starfire asked for a grande sized Java Chip Frapiccino, and Vanilla got a grande sized Caramel Frapiccino.
As they waited for their order to be filled, the three girls sat at a circular booth and began chatting away. Not ten minutes had passed before their orders had been called and they collected their drinks.
The girls had finished half of their drinks when the three boys joined them at their booth.
"Where did you guys go?" Asked Raven staring at the three boys who looked overly suspicious.
"You know. Looking around. Didn't buy anything. Just lost track of time." Beastboy said, trying to not give anything away.
"Right," Vanilla smirked.
"C'mon, guys, we need to go back to Titans Tower." There goes Robin again, being all commanding.
"Yah, I need to get a shower, if that's alright."
"Of course. Until you feel you need to leave, anything in the Tower we share with you."