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The Date
The Titan's tower was in mixed atmosphere. A war waging between positive and negative emotions. Beast boy and Starfire were on the side of positive, both excited for his date. Raven and Robin were on the negative side, but for different reasons. Raven, because of Beast boy's date, while Robin was upset because Slade was 'being to quiet' for his liking. Cyborg, was just crying in pride for Beast boy and kept everything from being thrown into a one sided incident.
Beast boy was currently preparing for his date. He had plenty of time, it wasn't even noon yet. 'The early bird get's the tofu worm' was one of his favorite mottos.
Looking good. He thought as he examined himself in the mirror.
"What are you doing?!" A voice asked venomously.
Beast boy turned around to see Raven glaring at him. Normally he's wonder either how she got into his room or why she was there, but didn't. Either answer would most likely make him upset and that's a bad way to start a date.
"I'm preparing for my date." He answered with a large smile.
"What!?" She snapped. "I told you to call it off!"
"I know." He replies as he walked out. "I didn't listen, guess I'm too dumb to."
He made his way into the common room with Raven silently glaring at the back of his head. There he saw Cyborg crying while Starfire smiled like the sun. Robin was busy researching for Slade.
"Friend Beast boy, you are leaving for your date?" Starfire asked.
"Yep." He answered.
"Then I wish to bestow upon you the luck of chasing tail."
All eyes turned to the alien princess after that statement. Beast boy blushed as he realized she had no idea what her meaning entailed.
"Star...that's..." He looked for the proper words.
"Did I say something wrong?" She asked innocently as she turned her head to the side in an adorable manner.
"Uh Robin, you want to..." He motioned to her, hoping he would explain.
The boy wonder shook his head negatively, he was leaving the changeling to stew in this one. It was highly likely that he was still upset about thrown under the bus two days earlier.
Luckily, he had nothing to worry about. The Titan's alarm went off.
"Who is it?" Beast boy asked, hoping his friends would forget.
"Cinderblock." Robin answers. "Titans Go!"
"Aw man, I'm going to be late!" Beast boy whined.
"Suck it up." Raven growled.
"Don't worry friend Beast boy, with X'al as my witness, you will go on your date!" Starfire stated with passion.
"Tell that to him!" Cyborg shouted as he ducked a empty car.
It seemed that Cinderblock was giving them a lot of trouble. They found him causing a large amount of destruction to the area for no apparent reason. The team has been trying to stop him for fifteen whole minutes.
"I've got a plan." Beast boy offered.
"Leave the ideas to those who can think." Raven growled as she attacked the golem again.
"I'm open to ideas." Cyborg offered.
"I am all the ears as well." Starfire added.
With three members of the team open to the idea, they listened to the plan.
"Starfire and Cy." He began. "I want you two to hang back and be ready to let him have it." He turned to the leader. "Robin, I'm going to create a distraction and then I want you to hit him in the face with...anything that'll stun him. When he does, Raven, I want you to bind him so the others can get a clear shot."
Beast boy transformed into his cheetah form and ran directly for the stone villain. Once he was within hitting distance, he jumped and shifted into a rhino. Using the momentum, he collided with the stone golem, knocking him down. Cinderblock stood and bellowed angrily at the green teen. He swung one of his massive fists only to miss once Beast boy jumped shifted again. In the form of a fox, he landed on the stone arm and quickly ran towards his face. Cinderblock tried swatting the green fox off, but the agile creature just jumped away.
Once fully distracted, Robin made his move. He jumped onto the shoulders of the stone golem and let loose several flash bombs. They went off in rapid succession, blinding the super villain.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos." Raven chanted.
Her dark powers covered Cindeblock in magical restrains. He fought against them the best he could, but Raven fought back to bind him.
"Now!" Beast boy shouted.
Starfire Cyborg each released a powerful blast directly at Cinderblock. It hit the stone golem square in the chest, earning a shout of pain from the villain.
Cinderblock collapsed and didn't get up.
"Aw yeah!" Cyborg cheered. "Tha-"
HONK-HONK
The team turned to the T-car to see Beast boy already strapped in and waiting.
"This is where you're meeting your date?" Raven asked skeptically.
Ignoring his teammate, Beast boy activated his holo-ring to change into his civilian guise. His look caught the entire team by surprise.
"That's an interesting look." Raven muttered.
He's cute! Happy exclaimed.
It's still Beast boy. Raven pointed out.
"It's how I would have looked if I never turned green." He explained.
"Why the gloves?" Cyborg asked, noticing the one feature that didn't change.
"I uh...It's a good look." He stated.
"What's the name you're using?" Robin asked.
"My real one."
It just occurred to them that they didn't know. "Which is?"
"Garfield?"
The now named hero in disguise turned to see the gem of his eyes. The Ravager, or Rose as a civilian, was dressed in an outfit that screamed thrill seeker.
She wore black jean pants that hugged her legs and bottom perfectly. A loose fitting shirt that gave a good view of her chest. A jean jacket to go with the pants pulled it all together. It screamed casual with a hint of excitement. They Titans didn't know, but Rose was wearing a brown wig, smart.
"R-Rose!" He spoke giddily. "I'll be there in just a sec."
"Man B!" Cyborg spoke in shock. "How'd you get such a fine piece of...fine!"
This was the collective thoughts of all the shocked Titans. The had expected some random girl of average or below looks, not a model class beauty.
"Don't know, still pinching myself to make sure she's real." Gar sighed blissfully.
"What's wrong with her?" Raven sneered, thinking she had some kind of...defect. No way someone like her would go for someone like him.
"Nothing." The green teen answered.
"Yeah right." She muttered.
"Fine, I'll prove it." He replied as he waved her over. "How are you?"
"Doing fine." Rose answered as she looked at the a Titans. "Those are...you are..."
"These are the Teen Titans!" He quickly stated as he caught on to her game.
"Nice to meet you little lady." Cyborg greeted.
"Yes, it is nice to meet friend Be-Garfield's date!" Starfire cheered as she reached in for a hug.
"You know the Titans?" She asked in bewilderment.
"Just well enough to get you an autograph." He joked.
"Hmm." She eyes them as she mentally smirked. "Where's Beast boy, he's the one I like the most."
"Really, what would you see in him?" Raven asked.
"Gotta love the wild side." Rose chuckled as Raven glared. "Let's go."
She pulled Beast boy onto her bike, placing him in the back. Making me hold on tight as she drove off at a high but legal speed.
"..."
"..."
"We're following them, right?"
"Already got a tracker on them."
"That was some impressive acting." Beast boy complimented. "You seemed like a regular person meeting a hero."
"You weren't so bad yourself." She returned. "So what are you in the mood for?"
"Well, it's early." He stated. "So let's kill time by getting to know each other."
"Boring!" She wailed. "You got all you're getting out of me for free last night, now you've got to earn it!"
"And how do I do that?" He asked.
Rose didn't answer his question, in stead she just went silent. He would have thought she hadn't heard him if she hadn't glanced at him with a large smirk from her mirror.
The reason she was silent was because she noticed something that Beast boy seemed oblivious to. A tracker. It was expertly placed onto the collar of his neck, away from his vision. Only an expert such as she was able to take notice of it.
Hmm, what kind of game are you all playing? She thought to herself. Well I only play by my rules!
She began picking up speed.
"Where are they going?!" Raven demanded.
"Don't know." Cyborg answered. "But wherever it is, it's pretty isolated."
"What do they plan on doing alone in an isolated area?" Starfire asked innocently.
Robin looked away in and released an awkward cough. Cyborg began letting out a small chuckle, but didn't elaborate. Raven could only fume silently, trying to keep her powers in.
Rose pulled into a field.
"What are we doing here?" Garfield asked nervously. Oh God, it's another ambush.
Rose began removing her jacket and her...shirt...and pants! She began removing clothes until she was in nothing but a tight fitting sports bra and pants.
...What's going on? Garfield asked himself. Is this really happening?! Please let this be happening!
She struck without warning.
Rose delivered a kick directly to his face. She missed by inches only because he stepped back in surprise. She delivered the kick again with the same results.
She delivered a third only for Garfield to catch it under his arm. It was a heavier blow than he had expected, but he held strong. Though he was shocked when she leaned in and slapped him. With a strong heave, he tossed her to the side. Instead of falling, she began a mid-air spin to balance herself on landing.
"What are you doing?!" He asked in shock.
She didn't answer. She only smirked harder and lunged herself again.
This time he was prepared for her. He caught her punches in his hands, both feeling like they were going to break under her strength, and held them firmly. She tried to overpower him and he tried overpowering her.
"What is this all about?!" He asked exasperated.
"Just having a little fun." She answered as she eased up. "Plus I had to get this off of you."
Garfield noticed a little trinket in her fingers, it was one of Robins trackers.
Why would Robin... His mind wondered. "When did you take that off?"
She smiled as she answered. "Right after you caught my kick."
He wanted to ask why she continued her assault, but decided against it. Instead, Garfield just rolled his eyes and went with her quirk. It was all just one big game to her.
"Hungry?" She asked.
Sitting in the after glow of their...scuffle, the two waited on the food they ordered. They had found a small diner that catered to both their particular tastes.
"Well hello there." A friendly voice spoke.
Garfield and Rose turned to see a tall, dark man. Garfield knew it was Cyborg in his regular human guise, Victor Stone. Rose was able to quickly deduce who it was.
"What are you doing here Vic?" Garfield asked suspiciously.
"Well when I found out little Gar was on a date, I thought to myself, 'How can I get under his skin?' with this?" Victor spoke with a large smile. "So, I decided to crash your date and see how it goes."
Garfield was fuming at his friend's honest answer. Rose was just holding her sides in laughter.
Before Garfield could speak out in anger, the waiter returned. A salad for Garfield, a fancy steak for Rose and a burger for Victor.
"A salad?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, I'm a vegetarian." Gar informed. "Have been since I was a kid."
"It's a darn shame." Victor sighed. "He's missing out on one of the greatest wonders in life."
Rose nodded in agreement. "No fruit or vegetable is near the level of of real food."
Aw man. Gar sighed dejectedly. Her too?
"How can it hope to compare to a medium rare marbleized rib-eye, with just a hint of fat left around the edge, salt rubbed, seared, drizzled with blue cheese aioli?" She took a bit and closed her eyes, humming in ecstasy.
Well, their goes my chance of converting a new vegetarian. He thought.
"Well this lady knows her away around meat." Victor stated, highly impressed.
"I would have ordered sausage, but I need some kind of dessert to look forward to." Rose spoke while winking towards Garfield.
...Thank God I can't convert her to vegetarianism. He thought.
"So tell me about yourself." Victor explained.
"Well, I grew up with mostly just my mom and a butler." She informed. "I was raised in the upper class, but always moving because my dad had a few bad jobs. Oh, I also have a little brother."
Garfield watched and listened as she told his friends about herself. He had to earn it, through violence! Yet here she sat telling Victor her story! In the middle of their date!
Rose turned slightly to look at Garfield out of the corner of her eye. She smiled as she gave him a subtle wink.
Oh that minx! He thought. It was a good thing that Garfield wasn't the jealous type.
They proceeded to eat their respective foods in relative silence. Garfield and Rose had to stay in the 'safe' zone because of their secret relationship. That meant none of the Beast boy or Ravager topics. Victor was oblivious to the whole thing, just thinking he had to stay away from the Titans topic. They felt their conversation was a little...dry, but bore through it.
Once they finished their food, they began patting their bellies in content motions. Victor smirked as a 'devious' idea came to his mind.
Burp.
"Dude, have some class!" Garfield groaned.
Rose smirked at her dates attempt to behave. It was pretty cute in her opinion.
BURP!
She released a belch twice as loud and twice as long as Victors. She didn't do cute.
"Better out than in I always say." She spoke.
"Whoa." Garfield stated in shock. Gotta love a woman that can belch like that.
"Well alright!" Victor cheered. "Looks like you got a keeper there."
"You're telling me." Gar agreed. "Can belch and quote a good movie."
"Well, I thank I've hassled you two long enough for my turn." He spoke as he left. "Later!"
"What did he mean, his turn?" Gar asked.
"...He left us with the bill." Rose stated.
"What now?" Gar asked.
"Well, I'm feeling a bit nostalgic with a full belly." She stated. "How about we head to the comic shop, never did get one after we met."
"I did see a comic with my face on it." He spoke.
"Don't your mean name?"
"No."
Just a short ride later, the couple were at the comic shop.
Garfield proceeded to show her the comic with him and the other Titans on it.
"Huh." Was all she said.
"Of friend Garfield!" A voice squealed over the room.
Garfield turned to see the one he called and felt his stomach drop. It was Starfire and Robin, though in civilian guise, if you could call it that. Robin was dressed the same way he had in Tokyo. Starfire was dressed in a short skirt and tight fitting T. Her real disguise was the fact that she looked...not orange.
"Richard, Kori?" He asked in shock, using their real names. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I thought I'd introduce Kori here to...American comics." Richard stated.
"Uh hu." Gar didn't believe a word of it.
"Hello friend, I am Kori!" Star stated, greeting Rose. "And you are?"
"I'm Rose." She answered.
The alien Titan did what she always did when meeting new people she was, or hoped to be, friends with. She pulled them into a bone crushing hug, just under actual bone crushing.
"Yep, going to need a chiropractor. She thought.
"So, where are you from friend Rose?" Kori asked.
"All over really, I've spent a lot of time traveling." The merc answered. "And you?"
"...Far." Kori answered as her leader instructed. "So friend..."
Kori decided to pull Rose away from her date and the two seemed to forget about their male companions.
"What are you all doing?" Gar asked his leader.
"What, can't we meet your friend?" Robin asked with a smirk.
"Aren't you all supposed to be patrolling or something?" Garfield asked desperately. "You and Kori could be using this freedom for something...private."
"The city is being monitored." He answered. "And Kori-"
"Yes." The alien girl spoke beside them, startling the boys.
"Hm, you two seem to be discussing something interesting." Rose smirked. "Are we the topic?"
The two males began blushing at being discovered.
"What'cha got there Kori?" Gar asked quickly in hopes of changing the topic.
"Oh, it's one of friend Rose's favorite comics!" Kori gushed. "It's follows the life of an anti-hero who execute the criminals instead of imprisoning them. Boyfriend Richard, why do the Titans not do such a thing?"
"There are laws Kori." He answered. "Hero's have to abide by them."
Rose scoffed at the answer.
"You disagree?" Kori asked.
"I do indeed." Rose answered strongly. "The villains will just be on the street again, doing the same thing because they know they can escape after the hero drops them off. It's practically the same wash rinse and repeat."
"Huh." Gar thought as he mulled the words over in his head.
"You can't seriously agree with that!" Richard snapped.
"It does get...tedious." Gar answered. "And more dangerous each time."
"That's part of being a hero, to live in the danger so others don't have to."
"Not for the heroes."Gar answered. "It's dangerous for the innocent. The bad guys'll just get out with a new plan or start a bigger spree than previously." He explained. "Maybe it'll be easier to-"
"Hero's aren't executioner!" Richard snapped, cutting Gar off.
"I'm not saying they have to be, but cops kill criminals all the time." Gar spoke. "What's the difference?"
"W-Heroes let the courts decide what to do with the villains." Richard
"Yeah, only for them to be put in some inescapable prison that they practically walk out of!" Gar growled. "What makes them so above the law that they can avoid the electrical chair like any other person?"
"Heroes. Don't. Execute." Richard stated firmly.
"Well maybe if they did, so many villains wouldn't have the balls to pop up every other week!" Gar snapped. "So many innocent people wouldn't be forced into life and death situations! They wouldn't have to bear the burden that makes them dawn the tights!"
"What is the reason they don't boyfriend Richard?" Kori asked after listening. "Where I come from, executing a proven guilty criminal shows that the crimes will not be tolerated."
"To show there's another way." Richard stated as he calmed slightly. "To show that they don't have to stoop as low."
"That's the problem." Rose spoke. "Heroes want to sit on their high pedestal and prove they have what it takes, that their above taking a life. They let their self righteous beliefs go to their heads, that their better and have to prove it."
"They-"
"Well you know what?" She spoke, cutting Richard off. "For every villain that they just let walk, then every death by them might as well have been by the so called heroes own hands."
That such Richard up. Everything she had said was true. A lot of villains he personally sent away where out in less than a week and didn't seem to learn their lesson. But he couldn't accept that. It went against everything he learned, everything he stood for.
"Let's go Kori." He grumbled.
The leader and his girlfriend left the comic shop, leaving the couple to the rest of their date.
Gar gave Rose a single look before he began laughing, she soon joined in.
"Not a lot of people can say they out-spoke the apprentice of the world's greatest detective." Gar spoke impressed. "Congrats."
"It's easy when speaking the truth."
"Movie?" Gar asked.
"Movie." She agreed.
It was when Rose excused herself did he noticed it. The distinctive smell of old books and incense.
Gar turned his head to see a girl with a book. She didn't stand out in the slightest and didn't seem to be focused on them. But he knew what it was like to be watched, and Gar knew her.
Raven.
"You going to try and mettle too?" He asked the goth girl.
"I don't care what you do on your date." She spoke in monotone. "But I do want to meet this date of yours."
Just as she said that, Rose returned.
She's so pretty! Timid cried.
We can take her! Brave shouted.
Enough! Raven mentally shouted.
She turned to the one that had caught her teammate's attention.
"A friend of yours?" Rose asked.
"Hardly." Raven answered. "I am curious as to what you see in him."
"He's got big balls." Rose answered without missing a beat.
The female Titan was taken back by Rose's crass answer. So much so, that she actually dropped her book.
"I see..." She sneered before leaving.
I like her. Rude states in Raven's mind.
Rose didn't particularly like Raven. The minute they met, Raven seemed to rub her the wrong way, and this meeting was no different. She was just, what was the word, so...prude...rude...stubborn? She couldn't find the proper words, but she knew they were out there.
Gar and Rose were able to enjoy their movie in peace. No more interruptions from the Titans, just the average, rude movie goers.
"What else do you have in mind?" Gar asked, he was having a blast.
"Well, I was thinking of taking you into the nearest alley and having wicked way with you." She spoke blankly.
"W-What?" Gar asked, completely thrown off.
Rose walked into the alley that they were closest to with a large sway in her hips. A sway that had Gar completely mesmerized.
He followed.
The minute he entered the alley, he felt strong arms grab him. His danger alarms went off as he was slammed into a wall, but didn't have time to react, before she acted.
Rose pressed her lips against his rather forcefully. She forced her tongue into his mouth and began fighting his for dominance, and she was determined to win.
To add to their...activity, she began grinding her hips against his.
Then it happened.
A ringing from Gar's pocket interrupted him. If it had been his phone, he'd have just ignored it, but it wasn't. It was the Titan's communicator, which meant it was all business.
"I'll...if you'll just excuse me." He spoke as he made his way out of the room.
He flipped his communicator open and saw his leader looking back at him.
"We have a situation at the peer." Robin spoke. "Meet us there in ten minutes."
"I'm still on my date, can't you-"
"Beast boy!" His leader snapped. "Ten minutes."
With nothing more to say, his leader hung up on him.
"Something wrong?" Rose asked, noting his dejection.
"I have to go to...work." He answered.
Rose gave him a critical look, before nodding. She gave him a chaste kiss before pointing towards the door.
"Go sick'em." She smirked.
He smiled back, not at all offended by her bestial slur. In fact, he was a bit invigorated by it. Or it may have been something else he had yet to work from his system.
"Thank's you're the greatest."
"Don't worry." She spoke once he was gone. "You'll be seeing me real soon."
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