Disclaimer: I can't find the Teen Titans in my room, so I have either lost 'em or never had 'em.
Both Teen Titan groups were at the Justice League base awaiting orders. Starfire, Beast Boy, and Mas y Menos were enjoying the view of the earth and its surrounding heavenly bodies. The remaining adult heroes were engaging in small talk, mostly in pairs. The only two not conversing were Raven and Robin, or preferably for them, Falcon and Nightwing.
Standing to herself, Falcon's arms were folded tightly against her bare stomach under her now black cloak. The empath, along with her fellow bird, had changed their appearances. Her black spandex leotard was now a blue tank top with a falcon flying diagonally across it and leather pants (black of course). The only thing the same about their introvert was that she was indeed still an introvert, and her amethyst eyes, and the color of her hair which had lengthened to the bottom of her shoulder blades. Her cloak was only worn during special occasions and this was indeed one of them. Nightwing was now the hero that Starfire had met twenty years into the future. The team was shocked when he had made the transition for it was only six years since the Tamaranian's time travel but they assumed that because Robin had been informed of his change before his time it happened before it should have as well.
As for the reason the superheroes were gathered, the five Justice League members-Batman, Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna- had thought it was time for them to initiate testing. All of the Titans were now or over twenty and had proven themselves to move on the next level. Before they had agreed however, all candidates were told that everyone would not become members. Only the top five would be accepted and the rest would remain Titans. All eagerly accepted and were shipped to
That brings us to the present where the "testers" had left the potentials in the main room to decide how they would be accepted. After a long thirty minutes, Batman, Superman, Flash, and Wonder Woman emerged with a pouting Zatanna trailing behind.
"Attention Titans!" Superman's booming voice frightened Beast Boy, making him jump. "We're going to split you up into pairs and one of us will be looking over you. This testing period will last four weeks and you will be living here during this time. Your cities will be protected by the other JLA members. Mas y Menos are with Zatanna, Bumblebee and Speedy are with Wonder Woman, Beast Boy and Starfire are with Flash, Cyborg and Aqualad are with me, (can u not see where I'm goin' with this?) and Falcon and Nightwing are with Batman. Training starts at EXACTLY seven-" he pointed at Beast Boy, "-in the morning. Your curfews are at twelve."
"Curfews?" Over half of the group shouted.
"Yes, curfews. You won't be leaving the base anyway." With that, Superman turned and left promptly followed by Wonder Woman.
Raven (I'm gonna call her raven in my narratives) levitated to Nightwing and he grinned at her. She hated when he smiled like that, especially because she was now a head shorter than him. It seemed condescending yet playful.
"So we have to work together now, huh?" She asked softly. It had accumulated that she no longer monotoned during conversations with him. It didn't go unnoted between the two. He had asked her to lighten up once in their late-night talks and she did, but only with him.
"Yeah. Hope you're good in your sparring."
"Why?" She quirked an eyebrow. Surely the boy wonder did not know something she did not.
"With Bats as our… leader, he's probably going to have us doing a lot of hand to hand combat."
"Oh… I feel sorry for you then. I'm not as fragile as I look." Raven often took blows to his ego as much as she could. A fetal attempt to deflate it. It did not seem to discourage Nightwing as he moved closer to her and was just inches from her face.
"I know that, little bird. Maybe we can put it to the test." They often flirted this way in the presence of their peers and it was long ago deemed insignificant in their eyes. The team was sure that nothing was going on behind closed doors with their darkest teammates and were even more sure after Cyborg pulled his big-brother threats out of the bag after he found them too close for comfort one morning on the roof. Not kissing, but seemed that not even an old man's hair could get between them.
"I'm not intimidated by you, Richard." Raven purred and poked him in the lean muscle that was his chest. He grabbed her hand and kissed it lightly.
"I didn't say you had to be. Well… not so much that you quiver in my company. Or are you already quivering?" Nightwing was most likely the only person in the entire universe that withstand that icy glare, laugh, and still remain vertical or alive for that matter. The dark goddess rolled her eyes in mocking aggravation and tried to free her hand from his grasp but it only tightened his grip. At this time, Mas y Menos and Beast Boy took the opportunity the silent lapse presented to "aaaaaawwwwwww….". Normally, any other two people that were not publicly involved would have broken apart so quickly their heads would be left spinning but the birds smiled at each other and stepped away slowly. The caped crusader glided over to the "couple of the hour", who were desperately trying to avoid the sparks flying from Cyborg's teeth.
"You two will be in each other's company for the next month. I'd advise that this behavior stops before we begin training in the morning." The Batman's tone could only rival Raven's and said bird wanted to comment so badly.
'What behavior, you underwear-wearin'-on-the-wrong-side flying mammal?' For some reason, Raven held a strong disliking for the Dark Knight ever since they met in Gotham when she asked for his help to defeat Trigon; pre-Titans of course.
"Yes. Isn't it very unlikely for demons to be so open with their feelings?" Zatanna insulted lazily. Before the temperamental witch could retort or even step forward, Nightwing put an arm in front of her abdomen which, surprisingly for all, halted her.
"It won't happen Bats…I mean, sir. And Zatanna, please keep such comments to yourself in the future." Nightwing didn't swagger even as the magician stared at him incredibly. "I am asking you nicely…ma'am."
Zatanna seemed to ignore his supplication and soon after left the room. Raven's foot began to tap repeatedly as she passed and her jaw clenched. She knew it would not make a good impression if she severely disfigured one of the JLA members so she settled for closing her amethyst eyes and repeating her mantra. It was no longer necessary seeing as Raven had succeeded in mastering her control a few years ago but it brought solace to her emotions. Flash was leaning back leisurely in a chair at the main console very amused. With a magician and a witch butting heads for the next four weeks, it will be a very entertaining show for him. It was very uncharacteristic that he had remained silent during the whole fiasco but he bit his tongue in order to release a witty comment at the perfect moment.
'This is going to be a very difficult four weeks.'
A/N: I hope this is an original plot because it has taken me five weeks to come up with this short piece of…
Anyway, should I continue or have I wasted my time?
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