Chapter 4 (Interviews)
"Even thought the young Titans have started being more open with the press, the questions are only beginning to form now. There are so many questions without answers: What does Beastboy hide in his closet? Is Raven a witch? Will Robin's obsessive behavior be bad for the team? Where does Starfire come from? How did Cyborg become a Cyborg? All these and more remain without answers. What's in the titan's future? We can only begin to guess… Now back to…"
"If you give a Moose a muffin…" Robin trailed off looking at Beastboy.
"Hey don't look at me!" Beastboy said.
"Is it not you who thought it was wise to give theses mooses some muffins?" Starfire asked.
"Moose feeder", said Raven shaking her head at Beastboy.
"Stop with the moose clichés already! I get it; maybe including the press in our lives wasn't the best idea. So after today we can go back to being mysterious." Beastboy said.
One side of Robin's mask got bigger than the other, "What do you mean: "after today"?"
"Well I…sorta…kinda booked us for one on one interviews…" Beastboy muttered.
"You booked us interviews without telling us?", asked Robin angrily.
"Yes?" Whimpered Beastboy.
"With who did you plan such an interview?" Asked Starfire.
"Ivanta Noe…" Said Beastboy.
"Oh man, I can't believe you booked us with such a cheesy show!" Complained Cyborg.
"She sounded the most sincere, like, you know, she really wanted to know", Beastboy shrugged.
"Of course she wants to know! The name of the whole show is "I Want I Know", the freak even changed her name to sound like the phrase!" Robin raged.
"Robin I do not want to do a one-no-fun interview!" Starfire said.
Robin didn't bother to correct her, "It'll be ok Starfire."
"I do not like cameras, and the nosy people who ask too many questions! What will happen if I answer a question incorrectly? Shall they banish me to Illbania?" Starfire worried.
"I won't let anyone send you anywhere." Robin promised, "In fact I was thinking that we should do our interviews together…"
Starfire's eyes grew large; she flung her arms around Robin, "Oh that would be most wonderful Robin!"
"As long as you don't squeeze my guts out", said Robin, as Starfire squeezed him to a pulp.
"I am sorry", said Starfire releasing him.
""Er… It's fine Star", said Robin rubbing his ribs.
"I'm not going to do a stupid interview", said Raven firmly.
"You saw what happened the last time you didn't participate", Beastboy told her.
"It was better than having those…Vultures tear apart my room", Raven said with a sniff.
"So Beastboy when are these interviews happening, exactly?" Cyborg asked.
"In about thirty minutes" Beastboy answered.
The team glared at him. "Ok team, take 15 minutes to get ready, then we meet back here, agreed?"
"Agreed", Said Starfire, then she zoomed off to her room.
"Yep", said Beastboy, then he disappeared with 2 flicks of a tail.
"Booyah", said Cyborg, then he retreated to his room.
"I'm not doing a stupid interview", Raven repeated as she crossed her arms.
Robin rolled his eyes.
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"I am here", Starfire said.
"You're late", said Raven.
"By .5", added Cyborg.
"I am sorry I could not decided what to wear and-"
"They're just teasing you Star, it's fine", Robin said.
"Oh" said Starfire falling silent.
"Well team? Move out!" Ordered Robin. Raven grabbed Beastboy's arm with one hand and Cyborg's with the other, all three of them disappeared. Starfire took Robin hand and both soon found themselves at the "I Want to Know" studio.
Beastboy was first to comment, with a dorky grin, "So, what took you two so long?" He waggled his eyebrows.
Starfire cocked her head, "I cannot vanish into skinny air like Raven can, we had to fly."
"Riiiiight", said Beastboy much to Robin's annoyance. Robin nudged him hard in the ribs. "Ow!"
"On with the interviews", said Robin.
"Robin, Starfire! You're on in ten! Get into costuming pronto!" Ordered a Tech.
"Robin gave him a weird look, "We're already in our costumes…"
"Go to hair and make-up then!" The Tech rolled her eyes.
"Our hair is done, and I think we'll pass on the make up…" said Robin.
"Geez… Superheroes…more annoying than actors", mumbled the tech, "Get on the set then!"
"Ok ok, we're going" Robin assured him.
"Robin? Why was that woman so grumpy?" Starfire asked.
"Shh", Robin whispered, "She might hear you. Don't mind her, let's go." Robin slipped his hand into hers and pulled her onto the set. "Here, sit next to me on this couch."
Starfire nodded, and took a seat next to him, "I am feeling the butterflies in my stomach."
Robin took her hand and squeezed it reassuringly, "Don't be nervous Star; everything will be fine."
"AH YOUNG LOVE! WONDERFUL!" A voice shouted. Robin and Starfire both jumped a little, and looked up to see Ivanta, she was a towering figure, and not exactly picturesque.
"Umm", Robin found himself quite speechless, "Hello?"
"HELLO TO YOU ROBIN AND STARFIRE! IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE!" Shouted Ivanta.
"Umm… I do not wish to be rude, but for what reason are you yelling?" Starfire asked.
Ivanta blasted back at her, "I'M NOT YELLING! I'M PROJECTING!"
"Alright then…" Robin muttered under his breath. Obviously this woman was out of her mind.
Apparently in more ways than one because Robin noticed the air conditioning was on full blast… Starfire shivered. Robin, being a gentleman, offered Star his cape, which she gratefully accepted, after making sure that he would be ok.
Without warning Ivanta started shouting again, this time at the camera, as the lights dimmed, "HELLO TO ALL! I AM IVANTA NOE, AND THIS IS MY SHOW! WHERE WE WANT TO KNOW! TODAY WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT GUESTS: THE TEEN TITANS! WE START INTERVEIWS WITH ROBIN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND STARFIRE!"
Robin cut in, "Actually she isn't my girlfriend…" Under his breath he added, "Yet…"
"BUT ROBIN… EES IT NOT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN STARFIRE YOUR CAPE?"
Robin looked at Ivanta like she was crazy (which incidentally, she was), "Yeah…So?"
"EES VERY BOYFRIENDY THING TO DO, YES?" IVANTA PROMPTED, "WHEN YOU ASK STARBURST TO BE GIRLFRIEND OF YOURSELF?"
"Starfire", corrected Robin.
"AVOIDING DER QUESTION?"
"For now", said Robin.
"STARFIRE", shouted Ivanta.
"Eek!" Starfire managed to say; she gave Robin's hand a tight squeeze.
"YOU LIKE ROBIN, YES?"
"Yes, I-"
"ROBIN YOU LIKE STARFIRE, YES?"
Robin nodded, "I do."
"DEN I PRONOUNCE YOU BOYFRIEND, GIRLFREIND, EES A VIN-VIN, EVERYBODY HAPPY!"
"Wait", said Robin, who had hoped to ask Star in a much more romantic manner, " it doesn't work like that you can't just…"
"SHH, IT COMMERCIAL NOW, GET OFF STAGE, MAKE OUT IN CLOSET LIKE NORMAL TEENS!" Shouted Ivanta, shaking her head.
Starfire's eyes got really big, "Robin what is the "making out"?"
Robin blushed tomato red, "I'll explain it later", he said hoping she'd forget. Still hand in hand they walked off the set, and disappeared backstage.
"NOW BRING ME RAVEN AND BOY BEAST!" ordered Ivanta.
"Oh no. I am NOT doing an interview. Especially not one with Beastboy." Objected Raven.
"Hey", objected Beastboy.
"DEN VHY YOU HERE?" Shouted Ivanta.
Raven opened her mouth, then shut it, and then opened it again, "Actually I don't know. I guess I just kind of go where the team goes…"
"WELL TEAM EES ON STAGE NOW!"
"But-"
"WE BACK FROM COMMERCIAL WITH BEASTIEBOY AND RAVEN! WORLD WANT TO KNOW RAVEN MORE, EES VERY MYSTERIOUS… TELL US ABOUT MALCHIOR."
Raven shut her mouth tightly, and refused to look at the camera.
"YOU USE DARK MAGIC YES? SUMMON DRAGON, WHO REEK TERROR? WHY, WHY DID YOU DO THIS? EES NOT SMART THING TO DO."
Beastboy may have been mistaken but he thought that Raven had tears in her eyes; she was still refusing to answer. Next thing Beastboy knew, he was answering for her, "Look she doesn't want to talk about it! Leave her alone!"
"OOOOO, YOU LIKE RAVEN?"
Beastboy blushed, "We're friends."
"SO YOU SAY… WHAT ABOUT TERRA BEASTER BOY? YOU LIKE TERRA TOO YES?"
Beastboy looked at his feet, "We were close."
"TERRA VERY BAD GIRL YES? SHE DUMP YOU LIKE RAG? SHE GO COCK-CU AND TRY TO KEEL YOU…"
Beastboy's lip quivered, "No. Terra was a hero. She was just…"
"It's none of your business", interrupted Raven. Beastboy looked up surprised that Raven would step in.
"MAYBEE EES NOT. COMMERCIAL! BRING BACK ROBIN, WE TALK ABOUT SLADE…." Raven and Beastboy practically got yanked off the set, while Robin got yanked back on. "ROBIN, WHO'S YOUR DADDY?"
Robin didn't answer he wasn't sure what she was talking about so he pretended like he hadn't heard. "SLADE NOT SEEM LIKE TYPE TO SING LA-LA-BYES…"
The "Slade" vein in Robin's forehead began to throb, and his jaw jutted out, "Slade is NOT my father."
"BATMAN EES FATHER?"
"Mentor, would be more the word."
"ROBIN IS VERY MUCH LIKE SLADE THOUGH."
"No. We are very different-"
"SLADE EES BROTHER TO ROBIN? FIGHTING EES-SIBLING RIVILARY?"
"You're joking right? Slade is like 80!"
"HA HA! EIGHTY YEAR OLD MAN KICK TITANS BUTT!"
"What? Who are you kidding? We've beaten Slade plenty of times…"
"YES ROBIN, KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT… AND THAT ESS SHOW! BYE-BYE!"
"Hey wait a second!" Yelled Robin.
"TOO LATE", Ivanta told him.
"You forgot Cyborg!" Said Robin, one side on the mask getting larger than the other.
"Man, and I was all ready for my close-up and everything…" Mumbled Cyborg.
"HE EES ONLY TITAN MECHANIC."
"What are you talking about? He a fully operational team member!" Shouted Robin.
"OOPS MY BAD. MAYBEE NEXT TIME! BYE BYE!" Ivanta shouted as the titans got shoved out of the studio.
"Ha like there will be a "next time" after that experience." Muttered Robin, "It's probably for the best that you didn't get interviewed, Cyborg. By the time she got through with you, you'd originally have been a monkey turned robot, with programming made specifically so you could take over the world." Cyborg nodded.
"So…uh…Raven", Beastboy managed to say, "Thanks for… you know…"
"Don't mention it", said Raven with barely a hint of a smile.
"So Robin, it is true that we are The boyfriend/girlfriend now? Are we really doing "the going out"?" Starfire asked.
Robin blushed and gave a shy un-like-Robin-ish shrug, "If you want to…"
"Oh yes! I want to very much, and I am most grateful that this interview has come about! Thank you friend Beastboy for arranging it!" Starfire said excited, then she gave Robin a big hug.
"Umm… As long as it worked out this time… You think I could, I don't know plan some more?" Asked Beastboy.
"No!" Shouted all the titans, with the exception of Starfire.
"Geez, I was just asking…" Muttered Beastboy.
"It's a nice, new concept for you. Keep it up", Raven advised.
"What if I was to… I don't know… Ask you on a date? I mean… Since Star and Robin got together I thought maybe-" Beastboy began to blab.
"I thought maybe… That I'd have to think about it for a while." Raven said, total deadpan.
"But you are thinking about it?" Asked Beastboy.
"As long as you don't sign us up for any more interviews… Consider my answer a definite maybe." Raven squinted at him.
Beastboy nodded, "I think I can handle that."
To be continued
A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated for so long… My stories like disappeared on my computer on fan fiction, and so I couldn't update…. Longer than most chapters, were you glad? Did you like what you read? Did you want to keel-I mean-kill Ivanta Noe? Let me know in a review! Thanku!