It's been a while but here's the long awaited update. Start the fic.
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"Isn't this a great place?" asked Beast Boy.
"It is beautiful. But I don't understand something. You've been alive all this time. Why didn't you come back to Titan Rock?" asked Terra
Beast Boy climbed into a hammock made of vines. "Well, I just needed to…get out on my own. Live my own life. And I did. And it's great."
But there was something about the tone in his voice that suggested that it was almost as if he was trying to convince both Terra and himself.
"We've really needed you at home!" said Terra almost shouting.
"No one needs me." Said Beast Boy quietly and sadly.
"Yes, we do! You're the king! A green king but still the king!" said Terra.
"Terra, we've been through this. I'm not the king. Slade is." Said Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy, he let the HIVE members take over the Titan Lands." Said Terra.
"What?" asked Beast Boy.
"Everything's destroyed! There's no food! No water! Beast Boy, if you don't do something soon, everyone will starve!" said Terra.
"I…I can't go back." Said Beast Boy.
"WHY?" shouted Terra.
"You wouldn't understand!" said Beast Boy.
"What wouldn't I understand?" asked Terra.
"No, no, no! It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata." Said Beast Boy.
"Huh?" asked Terra.
"It's something I learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen…" Said Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy!" said Terra.
"…And there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?" asked Beast Boy.
"Because it's your responsibility!" shouted Terra.
Beast Boy scowled for a second, if she only knew what he'd been through…
"Well what about you huh? You left too you know!" said Beast Boy.
"I left to find help! And I found YOU! Don't you understand? You're our only hope!" said Terra.
Beast Boy sighed sadly and started to walk away.
"Sorry." Said Beast Boy sadly.
"What's happened to you? You're not the Beast Boy I remember." Said Terra.
"You're right. I'm not. Satisfied?" asked Beast Boy.
"No, just disappointed." Said Terra.
"You know, you're starting to sound like my father." Said Beast Boy.
"Good. At least one of us does." Said Terra.
These words hurt BB badly causing himself to turn on Terra quickly.
"Listen, you think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life? You don't know what I've totally been through!" shouted Beast Boy.
"I would if you would just tell me!" said Terra.
"Forget it!" shouted Beast Boy.
"Fine!" shouted Terra.
Beast Boy and Terra walk away from each other in opposite directions. As Beast Boy walks into a field he begins to grumble to himself.
"She is so totally wrong! There's no way how I can go back! What would it prove anyway? It won't change anything. You can't change the past." Said Beast Boy.
Beast Boy looked up in the sky and saw that it was a starry night. The same starry night he watched with his father all those years ago.
"You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. And it's because of me. It's my fault. It's my fault." Said Beast Boy.
Beast Boy bows his head choking back tears. While in the background the Beast Within was hanging in a tree doing some type of weird chant.
"Asante sana! Squash banana! We we nugu! Mi mi apana!" chanted the monster.
Beast Boy was quite annoyed by the chant and tried to move away but the monster followed him continuing his chant.
"Come on dude, will you just cut it out?" asked Beast Boy.
"Can't cut it out. It'll grow right back. Ha ha ha ha ha!" laughed the Beast Within.
Beast Boy just continued to walk away from the monster.
"Creepy big old monster…" said Beast Boy.
However the Beast Within continued to follow the full grown changeling.
"Will you stop following me? Who are you?" asked Beast Boy.
The Beast Within leapt in front of Beast Boy seeing him eye to eye.
"The real question here is: whooooooo… are you?" asked the Beast Within.
Beast Boy just sighed.
"I thought I knew. Now I'm not so sure." Said Beast Boy.
"Well I know who you are. Shh. Come here. It's a secret." Said the Beast Within.
The Beast Within pulled Beast Boy close to whisper in his ear.
"ASANTE SANA! SQUASH BANANA! WE WE NUGU! MI MI APANA!" shouted the Beast Within.
"Dude! Do NOT yell into the pointy ears! I might not have super hearing but that doesn't mean I don't have sensitive! What's all that stuff mean anyways?" yelled Beast Boy.
"It means you a big hairy green monster…and I'm not. Ha ha ha ha ha!" laughed the Beast Within.
"Dude, I think you're a little confused." Said Beast Boy.
"Wrong! I'm not the one who's confused around here you don't even know who you are!" said the Beast Within.
"Oh and I suppose you know?" asked Beast Boy sarcastically.
"Sure do; you're Nightwing's boy." Said the Beast Within.
Beast Boy is without a doubt surprised by this revelation and turns to face the big furry green monster.
"Bye."
With that the Beast Within ran off.
"Hey wait!" shouted Beast Boy.
Beast Boy had to change into a cheetah to try to keep up with him and even then it was very difficult.
When Beast Boy finally caught up to the Beast Within he was meditating on a rock.
"You knew my father?" asked Beast Boy.
"Correction. I KNOW you're father." Said the Beast Within peacefully.
"I really hate to tell you this, but… he died. A long time ago." Said Beast Boy.
"Wrong again!" Said the Beast Within.
He jumped off the rock and landed in front of the jungle facing Beast Boy.
"He's alive! And I'll show him to you. You follow old Beastie, he knows the way. Come on!" said the Beast Within.
The Beast Within led Beast Boy through the brush. Beast Boy once again is having trouble keeping up.
"Don't dawdle. Hurry up!" said the Beast Within.
"Hey, whoa. Wait, wait!" said Beast Boy.
"Come on, come on."
"Would you slow down dude?"
The Beast Within was flitting through the canopy ahead of Beast Boy. Beast Boy continued to struggle to keep up. But then suddenly the Beast Within appears with his hand held up right into Beast Boy's face.
"STOP!" shouted the Beast Within.
The Beast Within pointed over to where a bunch of reeds were.
"Look down there."
Beast Boy quietly and carefully worked his way out. He looked over the edge and saw his reflection in a dirty pool of water. There were a lot of black mud in it, you could barely tell that his skin was green. Some of the mud was even shaped like a mask.
Beast Boy gave out a disappointed sigh. "That's not my father. That's just my reflection."
The Beast Within motions over to the pool.
"Noo. Look harder."
The Beast Within touched the top of the water with his claw causing it to ripple. The ripples distort Beast Boy's reflection; they resolve into Nightwing's face. Thunder starts to loom.
"You see, he lives in you."
Beast Boy stood awestruck as the wind starts to pick up despite this. In the air the huge image of Nightwing starts to form from the clouds. It seemed almost as if he was walking from the stars.
"Beast Boy…"
"Father?" Beast Boy's jaw drops for a second as he sees his father in the sky.
"Beast Boy, you have forgotten me." Said Nightwing.
"No. How could I?" asked Beast Boy.
"You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Beast Boy. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life." Said Nightwing.
"How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be." Said Beast Boy.
Nightwing is now surrounded by clouds and his eyes are glowing yellow.
"Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king." Said Nightwing.
However Nightwing's image begins to fade.
"Remember who you are." Said Nightwing.
Nightwing is now disappearing into the clouds and Beast Boy runs into the fields trying to keep up with the image.
"No. Please! Don't leave me." Begged Beast Boy.
"Remember..."
"Father!"
"Remember..."
"Don't leave me."
"Remember . . ."
Beast Boy just sat in the field for a moment or two reflecting on what just happened and what it would mean when the Beast Within came over with his cane.
"What was THAT? Ha ha ha. The weather…pbbbah! Very peculiar. Don't you think?" asked the Beast Within.
"Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing." Said Beast Boy.
"Ahhh. Change is good." Said the Beast Within.
"Yeah but it's not easy. I know what I have to do now dude. But, going back means I'll have to face my killer past. Killer as in the bad thing not the good. I've been running from it for so long." Said Beast Boy.
The Beast Within then bopped Beast Boy on the head for no apparent reason.
"OW! DUDE! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" demanded Beast Boy.
"It doesn't matter; it's in the past." Laughed the Beast Within.
"Yeah, but it still hurts!" said Beast Boy.
"Oh yes, the past can hurt," Said the Beast Within comforting Beast Boy. "But the way I see it, you can either run from it…"
The Beast Within took another swipe at Beast Boy's head with his stick only to have him duck.
"Or learn from it. So what are you going to do now?" asked the Beast Within.
"Well first, I'm going to take your stick." Said Beast Boy.
Beast Boy grabs his stick and throws it despite a protesting Beast Within. Once the monster had managed to get his stick back he saw Beast Boy running off.
"Hey! Where are you going?" shouted the Beast Within.
"I'm going back!" shouted back Beast Boy.
"Good! Go on! Get out of here! And don't let me every catch you with this stick again! HA HA HA HA!" laughed the Beast Within.
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Meanwhile…
Robin and Cyborg were peacefully sleeping in a couple of hammocks mumbling something about evil candy. Terra came over to Robin and started to poke him.
"Hey. Hey, wake up." Said Terra.
However, Robin wasn't expecting to see her when he first woke up so he screamed and fell out of the hammock.
Cyborg, thinking that there was something wrong, also started screaming.
"It's okay! Whoa, whoa! It's okay! It's ME!" shouted Terra.
"Don't ever do that again! Women, oy!" complained Robin.
"Have you seen Beast Boy?" asked Terra.
"I thought he was with you." Said Robin.
"He was, but now I can't find him. Where is he?" asked Terra.
The Beast Within appeared on a branch giving off a scary laugh.
"You won't find him here. Ha ha. The king… has returned." Said the Beast Within.
Terra smiled, it was a smile of amazement, but still a smile.
"I can't believe it." Said Terra.
Terra's smile got bigger.
"He's gone back!" said Terra.
"Gone back? What do you mean?" asked Robin.
Robin then noticed that the Beast Within was still there for some odd reason.
"Hey! What's goin' on here? Who's the monster?" demanded Robin.
"Beast Boy's gone to challenge Slade." Said Terra.
"Who?" asked Robin.
"Slade." Said Terra.
"Who's trapped under a slade?" asked Cyborg.
"No, no, no. It's his uncle." Said Terra.
"The monster's his uncle?" asked Robin.
"NO! Beast Boy's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king." Said Terra.
"Ohhh." Said both Robin and Cyborg.
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Beast Boy is a cheetah running full speed across the desert. There is also a layover of Beast Boy's cheetah feet pounding the sand. This continues until Beast Boy crosses the desolated land. He reaches the lip of a cliff and looks out over his former home. Mostly lacking in life, it is painted in grays. Seeing the desolation, a look of determination, even fury, appears on his face.
"Beast Boy, wait up!" said a voice.
Beast Boy turned around to see Terra coming towards him on a floating rock. She lands and places a hand on his shoulder.
"It's awful, isn't it?" asked Terra.
"I didn't want to believe you." Said Beast Boy.
"What made you come back?" asked Terra.
"I guess you could say I finally got some sense knocked into me. And I so totally got the bump to prove it. Besides, this is my kingdom. If I don't fight for it, who will?" asked Beast Boy.
"I will." Said Terra.
Beast Boy smiled at her.
"It's gonna be dangerous." Warned Beast Boy.
"Danger? Ha! I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha!" mocked Terra.
"I see nothing funny about this!" said another voice.
Beast Boy and Terra turned around to see Robin and Cyborg right behind them.
"Robin? Cyborg? What are you doing here?" asked Beast Boy.
Cyborg bowed in front of Beast Boy and said "At your service, my liege."
Robin took one good look at the land and grimaced.
"We're going to fight you uncle…for this?" asked Robin.
"Well Yeah! It's my home you guys." Said Beast Boy.
"Talk about your fixer-upper." Said Cyborg.
"Well, Beast Boy, if it's important to you…" said Robin with a bow. "We're with you to the end."
Beast Boy simply smiled.
So our heroes moved forward until they spotted that there were Hive members protecting Titan Rock.
"Hive members. I hate Hive members," Said Robin with disgust.
There were some rumors out there that some Hive members were cannibals. That alone freaked Robin out.
"So what's your plan for getting past them?"
"Live bait." Said Beast Boy.
"That's a really good ide…hey! Wait a minute!" said Robin.
"Oh come on dude! You and Cy have to create a diversion." Pleaded Beast Boy.
"And just what do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the hula?" asked Robin.
5 seconds later Robin was in a hula skirt.
"LUA!" shouted Robin.
Cyborg was on a dinner plate with an apple in his mouth.
"If you're hungry for a big and juicy meat/metal. Eat my buddy Cyborg here because he is a treat. Come on down and dine, on this tasty swine. All you have to do is get in line." Sung Robin.
Some of the cannibalistic Hive members were now moving towards them with their mouths drooling.
"AAAAre you achin''?" sung Robin.
"Yup, yup, yup." Said Cyborg.
"For some metallic/muscled bacon?" sung Robin.
"Yup, yup, yup." Said Cyborg.
"Heeee's a big man!" sung Robin.
"Yup, yup." Said Cyborg.
"You can be a big man too! OY!" sung Robin.
Robin and Cyborg run off with the Hive members hot on their trail.
There you go. I wanted this chapter to end with the hula scene so mission accomplished. I'll see you next time I update.