Disclaimer- I don't own Teen Titans or any of the characters in this story. The characters and the show-Teen Titans belong to DC Comics and its affiliates.

Author's note: A big apology to anyone who was waiting for this. There aren't many of you so thanks for being patient. (not that you had much choice) I fear this won't be as good as the first chapter. (assuming that it was any good) No one read it first like last time. And I rewrote parts of thischapter more than five times. I was originally going to give Beast Boy a knife/dagger/sword or something and have him do a "kata" on the roof with it. Decided that if he had a weapon he might be tempted to use it so I scrapped the idea. Then I was going to have him sing some song or something. I do that when I'm feeling down. (sing a sad/angry song or two) Scrapped that idea forfour important reasons: 1) I couldn't decide whether or not the song should be long or short. 2) I couldn't decide which song to choose. I had a few. 3) I was going to post a link so you guys could hear the song if you hadn't heard it before. Then I thought my audience might not share my taste in music. AND FINALLY REASON 4) I thought having him sing while standing "alone" on a roof might be a little gay. Definitly something to avoid. So without further adieu I present...Chapter 2 of "BREAKINGTHE NAME"!

Note for Dialogue-- Bold case letters in dialogue represent thoughts

CHAPTER TWO- Not Today

---Raven's View---

It was just another notch on the long list of annoying things that Beast Boy did. She couldn't, nor did she wish to, fathom why he was so…odd? She couldn't think of a decent word for it. Odd, strange, whiny, selfish, etc. the list went on. There was just something about him… Something that…demanded attention, not respectful attention mind you but attention none-the-less. He even seemed to crave the attention. Needy? Was that a good word? It didn't really matter. What he was was in trouble.

Beast Boy had blatantly refused to answer to the alarm. He had purposefully skipped out on the fight. This time it had been Dr. Light and no harm had been done. Despite the Titans new strength it was imperative that they all be prepared to fight a villain whose strength surpassed their own. Because it was absolutely certain that there was one out there somewhere even if they hadn't shown their face just yet. When the day came where they would have to fight someone or something of superior strength then they would all have to be ready. At least that was Robin's reasoning behind it.

Beast Boy was never ready. Not for anything. He didn't train, he didn't work, he basically did nothing. His laziness was the source of a good part of Raven's contempt for him. Still… There was something about him. She couldn't quite place it but something about him was very… likeable. She didn't know if "likeable" was the word but it would do for now. There were more pressing matters at hand.

They were all prepared to give Beast Boy a piece of their minds but what exactly they were each going to say remained to be seen. Blackfire and Robin didn't look cheerful to say the least. Even Cyborg seemed kind of peeved. Personally she didn't think yelling at Beast Boy would have much of an impact. She intended to explain the situation as calmly as possible and make Beast Boy feel as guilty as she could. That would have the desired effect.

Emotions tended to rule the weaker minded and she found that people would ignore their better judgment and their pride completely if their emotions were strong enough. Emotions clouded the mind and cast reason to the wind. Emotion had coined the phrase, "when fools rush in." Why else would fools be rushing anywhere?

Beast Boy didn't rush anywhere, not even in a fight unless it was personal. If she had to guess she'd say that he'd fallen asleep somewhere and just didn't want to wake up. She didn't really expect to find Beast Boy on the roof.

But then again… He had been acting strange for about a week now. It had started after Robin had taken him aside and apparently berated him for whatever it was that he had messed up. She pitied Beast Boy; he always seemed to have some kind of accident at just the wrong moment. His more than corny jokes didn't make up for it either. Neither did his "winning personality". Was that what it was? Was that why she liked him? His personality? His carefree-everything-will-be-ok attitude, was that it?

She realized with a start that they had reached the door. She realized it in this way:

"Watch where your going Raven!" Blackfire exclaimed venomously. "Wha- Oh! Sorry Blackfire." She said feeling foolish for not watching where she was going. "Yeah, well count yourself lucky that I'm more pissed at that stupid fur ball right now. I'm gonna kill him for this."

"What's the big deal it was just Dr. Light?" chimed in Jinx from behind Raven. Blackfire screamed, "That stupid old fuck just pissed me off ok!" then turned around red-faced arms crossed over her chest.

Jinx giggled/whispered to Raven, "It must be that time again, (girl giggle)." Raven wasn't normally the type to make fun of others but couldn't resist whispering back, "Isn't she a little early this month?" They both giggled at the joke.

(Note: Raven has giggled on occasion, one little giggle won't shatter anything! And it isn't an unusual thing to laugh at your own joke!)

"Shut the hell up!" screamed Blackfire, shaking a fist angrily at the two girls. "Hey!" The girls looked up startled. "All of you be quiet… Do you hear that?" Robin looked like he was concentrating on something.

They all listened intently and found that someone was singing…and it was coming from the roof.

---Robin's View---

The singing was faint with the door closed. He couldn't tell who it might be. It didn't sound like Beast Boy, but he could just have a different singing voice. It seemed to be a sad song. It was a song of mourning, which the singer was singing with great feeling, as though it spoke their soul. He couldn't quite make out the words though.

The song came to an end and all was silent. He moved in front of Starfire and opened the door himself. Slowly peeking out…he saw nothing. He opened the door and stepped out.

The air was cold; the sun was bright and wisps of cloud floated in the cerulean sky. The roof was covered with patches of snow. The day was beautiful…but no one noticed.

He could hear someone humming loudly behind the roof's storage shed. Robin crouched down in a ready position, the others following him onto the roof. He motioned with his fingers for Cyborg, Raven, and Terra to go left around the shed (the shed is directly in front of the door for convenience). He motioned for Starfire and Blackfire to go right around the shed. Lastly he motioned for Jinx to follow him.

The two of them jumped up onto the roof of the shed, which considering that they're both rather skilled acrobats wasn't very hard. They landed as silently as possible. They crept quietly to the edge of the shed and crouching, peered downward at the figure standing on the ledge/rail.

The figure was silhouetted against the city in the background. He was staring out over it like a ruler surveying his kingdom. He was standing on the ledge and his feet were more or less surrounded by snow. He wasn't wearing any shoes either. As for clothes he wore nothing but black pants. But his most defining characteristic was that he was covered from head to foot in green fur.

"Beast Boy!" Robin thought with malicious contempt. "Oh! He's in for it now!" Robin was just about to go down and get started with him when he heard a muffled struggling on his right. Beast Boy was still humming obliviously while Blackfire was trying to get past her sister so she could strangle him. "That stupid bitch is going to ruin it if she doesn't shut-the-hell-up!" he thought.

Jinx gasped and whispered loudly, "Where'd he go?" Robin and the others took their attention away from Blackfire to look at where Beast Boy had been standing a moment ago. They all came out from hiding to investigate where Beast Boy had been. Terra looked over the side while Blackfire and Starfire searched the skies. Beast Boy was nowhere in sight.

Starfire exclaimed in a worried voice, "Where is he? Where could he have gone?" They continued searching but found nothing conclusive until Raven bothered to look up at the roof of the shed. A green cat was sitting there attentively watching them while they searched. They all paused one by one until they were all standing still just staring at the cat as it watched them with a vague interest. As though it were trying to understand why they were behaving so foolishly when he had been sitting here the whole time in plain sight.

The cat picked up its right paw and licked it a few times and ran it over its face. It looked as though it had become bored with the spectacle and was getting ready to leave when it apparently decided to meet the Titans half way. The cat jumped down from the roof of the shed and walked a few steps toward the Titans before stopping and sitting back on its haunches to resume cleaning itself. The cat was apparently waiting for the Titans to do something… So Robin did.

Robin started simply, "Where…have you been?" he said, visibly trying to remain calm. The cat tapped its right paw on the roof. Apparently, Robin hadn't been expecting this so he decided to be a little firmer. "Beast Boy!" he said not hiding the threat in his voice.

He turned back into his human form. "Yes?" he said innocently. "WHERE…HAVE…YOU…BEEN?" Robin yelled. "Right here. Why? Did I do something wrong?" Robin was looking more and more…upset. "HERE? HERE! That's all you've got to say for yourself? 'Sorry guys I was just on the roof all day long.' That's IT?" Robin was beginning to hyperventilate with frustration. Starfire put her hand on Robin's shoulder in an attempt to calm him.

He shook her hand off angrily and started toward Beast Boy who had put on a puzzled look. "Well…I can't say that I've been up here 'all' day." Robin paused waiting as patiently as possible for Beast Boy's excuse. "I mean look at the sun." He pointed at the sun briefly and looked back at everyone. "The day's not over yet, now is it?" He smiled at his remark.

"'The day's not over yet' that's what you've got to say for yourself?" Blackfire exploded, stepping up next to Robin. Beast Boy looked confusedly at Blackfire and then back at Robin. "I don't understand. What am I supposed to say? I've been up here for awhile and that's the truth. Did I miss something?" Beast Boy said somewhat abashed.

"Did you mi-? Oh come on man!" Cyborg said exasperatedly. "How long exactly have you been up here with no clothes on?" asked Jinx inquisitively. Beast Boy chuckled to himself and said knowingly, "Well… Let's just say that the stars are quite beautiful from up here. The sunrise was rather fetching to."

The others looked at him astonished. It was now 1:30 PM at least. The sun rose at 5:30 AM. That meant that he had to have been up here at least eight hours! Without much of a voice Jinx whispered, "Stars… Sunrise… I-Wha? But that means…how many hours is?" She looked around at the others searching for an answer. Beast Boy chuckled at their shocked faces. "Yeah… Maybe one of youladies would like to see the sunrise with me sometime?" he said flirtatiously.

Then Blackfire started again, "The only thing I'm doing at 5:30 in the morning is beating the shit out of the dumbass that woke me up!" she raised her fist threateningly. "But since you've already offered I think I'll just beat you now!" She started toward him. "Come on I was joking. Cut a guy some slack." He held his hands up defensively and smiled helplessly, trying to placate the enraged exile. "Oh I'll cut you something alright! Come here you little!" She dove after him trying frantically to get a hold of him.

"Blackfire! Stop!" She turned to see who had interrupted her. It was Robin… "Huh? But why?" she looked back at Beast Boy, "He deserves a good beating!" At this Robin shook his head, "No not yet… He deserves the chance to defend himself… Let's hear his excuse, then when it isn't good enough we can punish him." Robin flashed a sinister smile at Beast Boy trying to make the green changeling afraid. "Well… You heard the man… Let's hear it…meat!" breathed Blackfire evilly.

"Ookaay… What do you want to hear?" he said nervously chuckling at his own predicament. "Why don't you start at when andwhy you came up here?" Jinx interjected a little aggravated. "Ok then… Well I woke up around 4:20 AM because of a dream I've been having lately. I took ten minutes to calm down and came out on the roof because I didn't want to go back to sleep. The dream kinda freaked me out ya know. So anyway I came up here to think for a while and then I decided to just chill out here for today. I guess I came up here around… 4:30. Does that about cover it?"

"No! It doesn't!" said Robin with authority. "Why did you ignore the alarm? You know that it's important that we always be ready! That means all of us!" he said the last as gravely as possible to add gravity to the situation.

Beast Boy stood as tall as he could, and with a grim look of defiance he said this: "I will not fight today, NOT ON THIS DAY! I told you that when I joined the team. We just happened to not have any trouble on 'this' day for the last few years. I won't fight today! Not now and maybe not ever!" he stared them down with a look of anger and determination.

"What exactly is so special about today?" Raven asked raising an eyebrow.

-END CHAPTER-

Author's Request: If you guys could please tell me how you feel about me having Beast Boy fight in his human form I'd appreciate it. I can go any direction with this I just want to know if you're all ok with him not using his transformation abilities so much. Kind of a proof of his strength kind of thing...you know? Well if I could get some input this will go faster. Don't worry about the next chapter it ought to be easier.

...until the next time