Chapter One: The Urgent Message
An angry flash of lightning illuminated the Titan's Tower which sat on a small rocky island that overlooked Jump City. The loud crash of thunder followed the lightning and the doors leading into the operations center slid open to show the arrival of the Teen Titans. The arrival of four very wet Teen Titans.
"Well we kicked Control Freak's butt for like the tenth time in a row," Raven said in her monotone and extremely sarcastic voice. She walked over to the kitchen counter and picked up one of her dark novels before taking a seat on the half circle sofa. She actually happened to be the only Titan that wasn't dripping wet, since she could use her powers to keep from getting soaked by the rain. The other four were not so lucky.
"Yeah, and have you noticed he always picks nights to do battle outside in the pouring rain?" Cyborg said with a twinge of annoyance, as he wiped his face with a towel that Starfire handed him. "And this time he was actually smart and decided to make his remote control all water proof or whatever."
"At least he's back in jail and that's the thing that counts," Robin said while drying his dripping hair vigorously with another dry towel that Starfire had handed him moments after giving Cyborg's his.
No one else complained about the rain after Robin said this. Cyborg had gone and raided the refrigerator again. He was making a sandwich that looked like it had about five layers of meats, cheeses, and vegetables. Beast Boy had already hooked the game station up and was battling a robot using one of the game controllers. His more than occasional "c'mon!" were ignored by the rest. Raven continued to read, Robin was still drying his hair, and Cyborg who had now finished creating his masterpiece sandwich, chopped on it loudly. Starfire was sucking mustard up from its bottle with a straw quite happily.
"Yo Beast Boy!" Cyborg suddenly yelled from behind the sofa.
"What!" the green changeling yelled back without taking his eyes from the screen. At the moment his robot was pounding on the enemy robot, and showing promising signs of winning the game.
"Is that my controller you're using?" Cyborg asked in a loud voice as he swallowed the rest of his sandwich. He leaned over Beast Boy's shoulder and gave an angry cry. "That's my controller! Give me that!" and with that said, Cyborg plucked the game controller out of Beast Boy's hand, causing the latter to yelp with indignation.
"CY! You just made me lose the game!" Beast Boy cried and grabbed his green hair violently as the words "LOSER. GAME OVER" flashed onto the screen.
"Yeah, well then maybe you should have thought twice about using my controller," Cyborg said with a smirk at Beast Boy's face.
"Does it matter whose controller it is?" Raven asked sarcastically. She personally thought that Cyborg had issues when it came to playing game station. He would do about anything to win. However as Cyborg launched into an over long explanation about why it did matter whose controller it was, Raven was sorry she had bothered asking. As Cyborg continued his rant about "his controller was the best" and "like my second baby after the T-Car," Raven rolled her eyes. She continued to read; Beast Boy had gotten another game controller and was now challenging Cyborg to a new game, which the half-robot teen quickly agreed.
Robin had disappeared and was most likely either in his room or in the evidence room putting Control Freak's remote away safely. Starfire watched the two boys battling robots on the screen with wide green eyes as she slurped on the mustard. Raven was about to leave the room to meditate before going to bed, when an urgent message popped up on the large screen stopping the game Beast Boy and Cyborg were playing.
"Wha-!" Beast Boy and Cyborg yelled loudly, but quickly shut up when they saw a man on the screen looking at them expectantly.
"Uh, someone get Robin up here," Cyborg said as he turned the game station off.
"Already here," Robin said calmly as he walked back into the operations center. The man on the screen was looking apologetic and flustered at the same time. There had only been a couple times that people had made actual contact with the Titans, since most of the time the alarm went off to alert the Titans of trouble. If this man was making direct contact with them, it meant he had some assignment for them. "Can we…help you?" Robin asked the man.
The man was wearing a white suit with a navy blue tie. His hair was dark brown and slicked to the sides, his eyes were a clear blue, and at the moment he looked troubled. "As a matter of fact, you can…"
"What's the trouble?" Robin asked instantly. The other Titans sided up next to their leader and were looking at the man in the screen with interest.
The man looked slightly put off by the sudden interest. "Shall I introduce myself first?" Robin quirked a brow at this, but nodded his head anyways. "I am Mr. Murakami, the principal of Murakami School. I'm sure you've seen it, even if you Titans don't attend school," Mr. Murakami said very casually and conversationally.
"That's where Terra goes!" Beast Boy said excitedly. The other Titans and Mr. Murakami looked at him. "Uh…yeah…" Beast Boy said slightly put off.
Mr. Murakami continued. "Yes, I'm sure you have many friends that attend my school. It is a rather new school, opened just two years ago in fact." He paused and looked at the Titans as if expecting them to say something, but they didn't, so he continued. "I have an assignment for you five children." Four out of the five Titans grumbled inwardly about being called 'children' when they were out in the city every day kicking bad guy butt. However, being called 'children' didn't seem to affect Starfire as it had the others.
"Glorious! And what is this assignment you will have us do?" her perkiness made Mr. Murakami smile. He pointed at her from the screen.
"Your attitude is exactly what we're looking for at Murakami School. As for your assignment, I have created a short video tape for you children to watch…" Mr. Murakami's face was replaced by a blue screen before a video apparently began playing. A female voice began to talk as pictures of Murakami School and its campus with students popped up on the screen.
"Welcome to Murakami School. This wonderful school, which was established just two years ago, has a wonderful curriculum for growing children…" As the female voice kept on talking and as the video kept playing the same pictures over and over again, the Titans felt their attention slipping away. Finally, after about fifteen minutes of who knows what, Mr. Murakami's face popped back on the screen.
"Wonderful isn't it?" It sounded more like a statement then a question, but all five Titans nodded their heads mutely, unable to find words. Finally Starfire asked the question that everyone else on the team had been thinking.
"But what is the assignment?" her eyes wide with question and confusion. The other Titans all looked at Mr. Murakami. The principal's face fell as he looked at them from the screen.
"You mean you don't know what the assignment is? Were you not paying attention to the video?" When the Titans didn't answer, he took it as a definite 'No.' For the first time since popping up on the Teen Titan's screen in the operations center as being an urgent message, Mr. Murakami looked extremely displeased. "Well then. No wonder you've all decided to attend my school. I expect you five to show up promptly at eight fifteen a.m. on Monday morning. I also expect the dress code with be followed, as well as all the rules defined in the video. Good night, and don't be tardy!" And with that, the screen went blank.
For a full ten seconds no one spoke until finally, "So…What just happened?" Beast Boy asked scratching his head, as he looked at each of his team mate's faces.
Author's Note: I'm treating Murakami School as being a private school. Also, even though it's not expressed, I am treating it as a school mainly for teenagers. However I'm not making specific grades. There won't be freshmen, sophomores, juniors, etc. All students of all ages through 14-18 are mixed together in classes. This makes it easier to write the story, because I want the Teen Titans to be "IN CHARACTER" as much as possible, and since their ages aren't given, I have to guess they are a mixture of ages. For example, in my opinion, Cyborg looks a lot older than the rest of them, while Beast Boy looks like he's the youngest. So if I was to write this like the Teen Titans were in high school, in my opinion, Beast Boy would be a sophomore while Cyborg would be a senior, and the others would be spread out. I wanted the Titans to be able to be on the same level. Terra will be in the story, but as in the episode: Things Change, she won't remember any of them. She may become a friend, but she won't be doing the whole super hero thing she had going on in season two. As for pairings...well, you're just going to have to read my story to find out won't you? ;) I really hope you guys enjoy and review. Please no flames. Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated, but writing "wow ur story suxs" "I hate robxstar, raexrob 4 life!" "You spelled random word wrong." Yes minor grammar and spelling mistakes are sure to occur even if spell check is on, but telling me I spelled a word wrong isn't constructive. Updates will be done whenever I have time, but if you like my story so far, stay posted :) Enjoy!