Alright, I like how much attention this story has received just from the Prologue. Like seriously, this has to have more interest at first than when I first posted Forgive Me long ago. And now, I'm ready to start working on this for real! Heck yeah!

Also, in case those that are natural Spanish readers didn't know, MrRayney is translating my story into Spanish for you guys. Thanks again to MrRayney for doing that for me!


Mailbox Time!

HornedGoddess: That is an idea I'm actually juggling inside my mind ever since I read it. I'll likely be putting something like that in later in the story. Maybe I might even do it more than once. Thanks for saying that.

RPGPersona: I actually haven't seen the movie yet. But I had this thought when I read a one-shot about the Justice League wanting to take away Raven. So I felt that it deserved a story as to what would happen if the Justice League did try to take away Raven. Along with Beast Boy, which I will explain later in the story.

jhwlgh: Well wait no longer! Because here it is! The first chapter to my story!

MrRayney: One of these days, I'll probably add a few chapters to the first part in I'm Sorry. I felt like I could have explained their growing affection to each other more and more. Added some more fluff, and their fall from grace with the arrival of Terra. Thanks again for translating my story in Spanish!

Thedas743: I certainly hope that this will also catch your interest.

Bluedog197: Sorry for such a long wait here. There was so many other things that I worked on in the past month. I'm hoping this chapter will catch your interest! I look forward to you embracing this story!

TheBeastAndTheDemon139: I don't think there's enough stories about the Beast either. I'm also looking forward to that one-shot you're writing! Hope you like this chapter!

The Reviewer: Sorry it wasn't longer. That is supposed to be the point of a prologue. To be short, and to capture the interest of people. I'm hoping that this chapter will more than make up for it though!


Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, or the Justice League.


The first step of any journey. Begins from the place we call home.

-Anonymous-


Chapter One: Beastly Talk


Do you remember the beauty of the night sky from the prologue? Were you able to visualize in your mind the image put before you? Of a star filled sky, untouched by the light of the world. Do you wonder how beautiful it could have looked, if it could have been captured by an artist?

Wouldn't you have wished there was some artist out there? On the roof of some random tall building? Capturing the masterpiece that was the sky? With nothing but some paper, a pen, and his own two eyes? Wouldn't that have been such a marvelous thing?

What if I told you there was.


Beast Boy sat on the roof of Titan's Tower. The moonlight reflected off the green skin of his upturned face. The sound of waves lapping against the shoreline far below filled the background with a peaceful calm.

In one hand, Beast Boy held a simple old looking drawing book. Turned to about the center page. In his other hand was a simple, yet worn colored pen. Several other different color pens and pencils were laid on the ground in front of him.

On the page he was drawing, was the clear night sky above him. It certainly was no Mona Lisa. But it was actually a pretty good potrait, nonetheless. Better than what anyone else would have expected from him. If they had known about this hidden talent of his.

It wasn't that he tried to keep it a secret from the others. Rather, he so rarely did it, along with the fact that he mainly made drawings in his room, that it was only pure chance the others hadn't come across him doing this. How good was he at it though?

If you were to look up at the night sky, and then down at the paper he was currently drawing on, you would almost be able to see almost a perfect replica. If not, a slightly more detailed replica, of the night sky. I say more detailed not because of his own imagination, but due in part to his enhanced animal eyesight, which allowed him to see far more than what the normal human eye could comprehend. Thus, it allowed him to draw in things that our eyes wouldn't be capable of finding in the first place. And he made it visible to us on the book he was drawing in.

You could see the shadow of a dying star in the dead middle of the drawing. Or the background of a nebula his eye had glimpsed a few meters to the right of the moon in the upper left corner.

Even the shadow of the dark side of the moon on his paper was perfectly detailed to his eyesight. To the point where if you were to look at it closely, you would see the individual craters he had drawn in. Craters us humans would only be able to see when the light of the sun lit up that part of the moon.

The glow effect from the stars on the paper wasn't perfectly captured. Yet they also weren't too small either. Rather, it looked like he had made them perfectly balanced, as to compliment all the other stars drawn around them. In their varying degrees of brightness.

It was, to say, a fine work of art.

Still being worked on, by the artist himself.

Beast Boy looked back down from the sky. His expert hands were already moving to draw in another cluster of stars he had missed in the upper right corner of his drawing. A small content smile was on his green lips.

'Only a few more to go and then I'm done.' He thought.

Even with all his focus, he could still faintly hear his teammates still partying downstairs. Thanks in part to his enhanced animal hearing. He could tell that they were still celebrating the fact that they had not only saved the world, but the entire universe as well.

'Something the Justice League still hasn't accomplished dude.' Beast Boy thought smugly to himself. If that wasn't a morale booster, than he wasn't sure what was...

Wait... he could only hear three of his teammates were still partying it out. There should have been four in there.

He became curious, and he stopped in his work. He focused a little more on his animal hearing. Wondering which teammate was missing from the equation.

He could hear Cyborg still slurping down meat like there was no tomorrow… 'Ugh! How that man can consume so much dead animal is beyond me!' He thought in disgust, trying not to hurl the tofu surprise he ate himself at the party earlier onto the roof.

Cyborg had actually been the original reason he had come up here. The Tin Man had set down a plate on the table that had so much meat on it, the table itself had sagged. Lord knows how many innocent animals died to satisfy Cyborg's monstrous appetite each day. The drawing idea, now that was something that came to him when he saw how beautiful the night sky was. He figured he could easily kill some time this way, and it wasn't like he had to go to his room to grab his stuff since he basically held everything in one of the compartments in his belt.

Don't ask me how that book manages to fit in his belt. It probably has the same stuff in it that allows Robin to hold so many disks in his.

He drowned out Cyborg's messy eating so as to one, not vomit. And two, to hear who the other two people in the room were. He heard a faint girly giggling sound. It sounded like it had came from the crescent shaped couch in the room.

A soft smile instantly came to his lips. As he identified the likely person to be Starfire. 'Of course, that would only come from Starfire. Raven would rather be caught dead than ever do something as girly as that. Besides, she doesn't ever sit on the couch unless she's reading some book. And last I saw, Cyborg confiscated every book in the Common Room before we started celebrating.'

He tuned in a little more, and then realized the last person was actually right next to the girl he thought was Starfire. Whispering something to her that he couldn't make out. Beast Boy heard her gasp in shock. What had the mystery person said? And who was the mystery person in general?

Before he could tell who it was, or could deduce what had been said, he heard a wet smacking sound coming from the pair… it was almost as if… wait, it couldn't be!

Beast Boy's jaw dropped. 'No way! Was that… did he...'

Judging by the way he heard Cyborg the vacuum inhaler suddenly stop working all of a sudden. It confirmed to Beast Boy what had just happened. And just who that second person had been. That sound he had just heard, was the start of a rather heated kiss.

Beast Boy started to smirk. 'Well, at least Robin finally got the guts to come out and do it. Honestly, it's been rather obvious for a long time now. You'd think the dude would have done something like this sooner? Maybe now he won't act like such a stuck up prick anymore.'

So logically, since he thought Star, Rob, and Cy were still in the room. That meant the missing teammate from the equation had to be none other than Raven.

Beast Boy wasn't really all that surprised by this fact.

She had just completely and utterly defeated her father. Then went back to her emotionless self soon before he hugged her out of relief back in the city. And of course, before that, she had had to spend the night in hell. So logically, she was very likely to be super tired from the events of the past two days… that could also explain why she was heading to the door after he had left the Main Ops room.

Heck, Beast Boy was starting to wonder why he hadn't gone to bed out of exhaustion just yet. Or any of the others for that matter. Since none of them had really slept the last two days.

He briefly wondered after that if he should go to Raven's room to see if she was alright. She had just permanently exiled her father and all that. And she had expended a lot of energy in order to do so.

After thinking on it, Beast Boy shrugged and went back to his drawing. 'Eh, oh well. I'm sure she's fine. I've got better things to do than to try and bother Rae.'

A voice spoke in his mind. 'Sure, master. You keep on telling yourself our mate is fine.'

Beast Boy let out a groan, and he stopped in his work again. He only had a few stars left to put in. And they had to be just right or the whole picture would be ruined!

'I thought you weren't going to bother me again tonight dude. I already let you out yesterday and all in the fight against all those fire demons.'

'Why shouldn't I talk with you? As much as you might hate it master. I am a part of you. Shouldn't I be allowed to talk with you every now and then if I want?' The Beast asked.

Another groan. Why did he have to be the one to have what felt like an extra mind inside his head? He seemed to conveniently forget Raven had it compounded times ten.

'Dude, I know whenever you speak to me in my mind. It's usually because either A. Raven is in danger. B. You want to talk to me about Raven. Or C. You're craving either meat, a run through the forest, or Raven. None of which I want to discuss since I'm like a little busy here at the moment with this?'

'What master? The view isn't going to go anywhere. And it looks to me like you're just about finished with that thing there. What's a few missing stars in it going to kill?'

The Beast did have a point. His drawing was about finished. It wasn't like all the stars were that important. They were in the upper right corner. The place least looked at in any picture or drawing. Although it still felt wrong for Beast Boy to just leave them out. As if it would be an insult to their beauty... or something like that.

'So what? Can't a guy also enjoy a nice view for once? Have a little time away from his teammates and like, everything else?'

'Since when do you not take time to be with your pack?'

'Since I wanted to be alone for once.' Beast Boy thought irritably.

This time, the Beast groaned inside his mind. 'Seriously? Now of all the times in the natural world. You want to simply sit alone on a man roof and enjoy a night view you could see any other night! On tonight of all nights!' The Beast was practically snarling at him in the end.

'What? I thought you liked it whenever I went out of the Tower? Made you feel less trapped and more… free. At least, that what I get from you sometimes. It's kind of hard for me to understand you all the time.'

If the Beast actually had a body outside of its master. It would probably be rubbing its head in frustration about now. 'You know that isn't what I meant… master. As you already put it so clearly to me earlier.'

'... Okay, so I'm also avoiding my meat eating teammate as well. Can you blame a vegan for trying?'

The Beast still wondered at times why his master loathed the taste of meat. Especially since the Beast loved it… a lot. Of all the people he had to be trapped in, he ended up with a bunny loving, animal rights conservative full pledged vegan. Still, that wasn't who he was pissed at for him avoiding… no, not at all. And it seemed like Beast Boy knew that.

'You're leaving our mate alone in there! You're not making sure that she's alright from the events of yesterday and today! I thought you cared about her wellbeing more than some stupid drawing!' Hos howl was so loud inside his mind, that Beast Boy felt a small headache forming in the middle of his forehead.

'Beast. Raven isn't our mate. I don't even like her in that way. Besides, after all that's happened to her today, I'd doubt she would want me, or the others to come and pester her to see if she's alright. You know how she feels about looking weak in front of others. Especially me for that matter.'

You see, this had been a reoccurring argument Beast Boy had tried to deal with for the past few months. Ever since the Beast had surfaced inside his mind when the chemicals fell on him. And had made his appearance in the form of protecting Raven from the Adonis Beast.

Beast would appear and disappear inside his mind almost ever since that day. But the times he would appear the most inside his mind was wherever Raven was concerned. Whether Raven was in danger, when Beast felt she was going through something, or when Beast felt that she needed their company. Which was almost every time she looked to be alone.

Sometimes, Beast would want to take control. You know, for when Raven was in danger. But after the first couple times in his fight with Adonis, Beast Boy hadn't been very keen on giving up control again. Since he didn't know how long he'd have to wait until he was the one in control of his body again. Nor in those few times had he remembered all that had happened.

It was also because Beast had fought back against his own friends. Giving him a very ugly mess to deal with when he had woken up to them. That mess being Robin threatening him with jail. When again, he hadn't even remembered doing anything wrong.

There was also a hidden fear he had in his mind that if the Beast took control, with Raven being conscious and nearby. Gosh forbid if Beast had dared to try and make a move on his dark teammate without his knowledge! And then left him to deal with her reaction! Now that would have been a nightmare in itself to try and deal with! A glaring, red, four eyed Raven, wondering why he had probably licked her arm, or sniffed her neck. Worse, touched her… in places where she would probably kill him if he did.

So yeah, he mainly kept control of himself wherever Raven was concerned and did his best to act normal around her. Making no exception at all for any situation… Other than what had happened yesterday of course.

When he had came face to face with the massive army of fire demons. An army that had came to take Raven away from them. He had known on sight that his animal forms would have been neither strong enough, fast enough, or have the proper stamina to take them all on.

That had been the first time he had let Beast fully take control of his body since Adonis. Since Beast had more than enough in all three categories to take on all the fire demons. He would know, since he actually had remembered the fight this time.

Beast Boy was only so glad his teammates hadn't looked his way when he had done the transformation. Otherwise, who knew what they would have done if they figured out the Beast in him hadn't been cured by Cyborg's antidote like they had thought. And that he could still change into it.

Still, Beast Boy had to admit that Beast had done particularly well. Taking down countless waves of fire demons all by himself. While managing to stay out of sight of his teammates.

At times, it had even felt like he and the Beast were working together as one with their movements. Not only had he remembered the fight, it had felt like he had been part of the fight itself. An interesting thing to think about for a later time.

Any further thought into this was interrupted when there came a sigh from the Beast inside his mind. 'Master, we just watched our mate die yesterday. And then come back to life before our eyes. We both felt the despair when she turned into that portal in front of us. We both felt the awe and relief of seeing her alive and well. We also both felt the jealousy from when she expressed her gratitude to that Alpha of yours. And lastly, we both felt the same hurt when she just stood there as we hugged her... When are you going to admit that you at least feel for her?!'

'I don't know. Maybe one day short of never dude.' Beast Boy thought.

'Even after all that I pointed out to you?!' The Beast asked.

Beast Boy sighed'Look Beast. I'll admit I have a little crush on Raven. Just as I've told you before in the past. I've had one on her since before Terra even arrived. And yeah, it's grown a little bit since then. And yes, you raised some very interesting points there that I can't refute. But that's all it is. A crush that I know won't go anywhere. It doesn't necessarily mean I like her in the way you're suggesting. Besides dude, after what I just heard happen downstairs, I don't really have a need to be jealous of Rob anymore. Since it seems to me that Robin seems to have a natural attraction to redheads.'

The Beast groaned in frustration. 'But master, you watched her die-'

'I KNOW!... … ... I know dude… I saw it with my own two eyes as her body was swallowed up in that blood red portal. I was just as devastated as you… maybe even more so… okay!'

'...Then why-'

'Because Beast. Like I've said, she's just a crush. And she's also one of my closest friends, other than Cyborg… losing her as a friend... would be almost like losing my father and mother all over again… something I know you've never had to deal with.'

'...' The Beast remained silent. Beast Boy continued.

'Besides Beast, after all that's happened today… and knowing my standing with her in general… I don't think Raven would appreciate me being the one to come see her at this moment… since she might get a little more pissed at me than usual if I go try to bother her now. You know as well as I do that she can barely stand my presence. Much less, my jokes.'

The Beast sighed. His master had brought up some pretty good points too, he had to admit. Still, he couldn't help but feel like some sort of danger was coming. That had been why he had came out in the first place. Call it a hunch, or call it animal instincts if you may, but Beast felt that Raven was in some form of danger. A danger he couldn't really place though, so he felt he could let it go for now. And bother his master later if the feeling didn't go away.

Besides, he had to help out his master somehow in improving his standing with their mate.

'I've suggested countless times that you improve on those horrible phrases you call jokes master. You still have as of yet to listen to me about that. Or find out what she might find funny.'

'What! I actually thought of a good one just yesterday after our battle with Plasmus! Didn't you hear me think it? Or do I need to tell you again?'

'No… it's not like I have to hear whatever you're thinking all the time… since I live inside your head.' The Beast said in a somewhat sarcastic tone. To be honest, he hated his jokes just as much as the people who heard them. Maybe even more so, since Beast Boy always thought of them whenever he was around their mate. It was like he was asking to be hit around or something.

Beast Boy didn't sense the sarcasm. 'What do you call an alligator in a vest?'

'Gee master, I have no idea.' Did you ever wonder why the Beast was so agitated whenever he came out? It was because of things like this.

'An investigator!' Beast Boy started rolling around on the rooftop at his joke. Making sure he didn't go over his drawing books or pens. The Beast simply facepalmed himself inside his mind.

Would his master ever grow up... Maybe then their mate would actually pay more of the good attention to them then. And not treat the two of them like the annoying little brother. He didn't want to be a brother, he wanted to be her mate!

'Master, that was hilarious.' Beast said hoping that his master would catch the sarcasm.

Sadly… 'Yes! Maybe that's what I should say next time I see her!'

The Beast groaned again. He made a note to himself that he should refrain from sarcasm in the future. And decided now might be a good time for him to take his leave… but first.

'Master, could you show that one picture to me in that book of yours again. Before I go back into your mindscape?' So that way he'd have at least seen her once while in Beast Boy's awareness. Not that he'd be seeing her exactly, just a drawing he had made a long time ago.

Beast Boy stopped laughing. Confused for a second. Before it suddenly clicked in his mind. 'Which one did you want to see?'

'You know, the one of our mate in the sun.'

Beast Boy instantly realized which one he meant. Although he did have to let out a small sigh at the word mate again. When would the Beast realize he didn't exactly think of Raven that way… well, besides the vivid dreams he sometimes had of the two of them at night… but that's besides the point! Those only came around because he'd be in heat!... okay, not helping his situation here… but still! A man has got to have his morals!

Beast Boy flipped the page from what he had been drawing on. He started going back and back through the many drawings he had on the other pages. Almost all of which were from his time as a Titan. With a few being from the time he was in the Doom Patrol, and a few rare ones from when he lived in Africa.

You could see the T-Car driving along an interstate from the view of a bird. Then a sunset glistening over the bay. Followed by the lights of Jump City in the middle of a storm. Robin was hitting a punching bag with a roundhouse kick hard enough for the bag to snap off its chain in the next picture. And so many other things that he either wrote down from sight, or memory. It was almost impossible to name them all.

Finally, as he got to near the front, he stopped on one specific page. He still remembered this certain day well. As it had been the first time he had ever seen Raven meditating in the Common Room.

The surprising thing to him then, was that instead of going up to her to bother her. Or tell her some dumb joke to try and get her to smile at him like he normally did. He had simply stayed his distance that one time. And had quickly taken out his drawing book from a pocket in his uniform. He then drew out a somewhat average picture of her floating calmly off the ground in the lotus position. I say somewhat average, because his drawing ability hadn't been as good back then as it was now. He had made the sun too harsh in the background, and he had drawn her floating hair as pure violet, instead of violet with tints of blue in it. It had so many other small mistakes for him to count.

He really needed to redo some of those old drawings of his at some time.

Still, one look, and the Beast let out a satisfied sigh inside his mind. 'I must admit, not all the time you spend on these drawings of yours goes to waste.'

Beast Boy also let out a small satisfied sigh. It was something he didn't really know he did every time he looked at one of these pictures of her. It was just involuntary. At the sight of the picture of his dark, yet beautiful teammate in such a state of peace... A state he shattered her from time to time to try and get her to smile. Or to laugh.

'It's not one of my best drawings. But I guess I can admit that I like it.'

'Trust me on this master. Out of everything you've ever drawn, I like this drawing the best.'

Before Beast Boy could question why, he subconsciously felt his Beast going back deep into his mind. Where he wouldn't be able to contact the Beast until he came out again. But where the Beast would still be able to hear his every thought.

Beast Boy let out a small sigh of relief. He prepared to turn back to the page he had been on before, to finish drawing in those missing stars. He really needed to get that drawing done now so he could sleep.

Then his eyes again caught the image of the imperfect drawing of the Dark Titan before him. An image he felt did her no justice. One that he felt she didn't deserve.

'Maybe I should try this one again. You know, so it actually does her some justice. It's not like I certainly like her a lot after all. Just a little bit… yeah! That's a good enough reason for me to do so! Besides, maybe the Beast will lay off me a bit if I do this for him. Give him something he can drool over inside his mind and all.'

With that line of thinking, Beast Boy flipped to the page after his drawing of the night sky, and started working on a new drawing for Raven.

'Nope, I'm totally doing this for the Beast. I totally don't like her in that way. Nope, not at all. No sirree… ... maybe I could try a different memory of her to draw… yeah, just for Beast. He's always looking at that one whenever he's in my awareness. So maybe he'll love it if I draw it. Although I won't look at it when I'm done… other than when Beast wants to look at it. I don't like her in that way at all.'

Deep inside his mind, the Beast was smirking at what was going through his master's mind. He wasn't normally good at it. But every once in a while he could plant a thought in his master's mind that would influence him to do something he wouldn't normally do. 'Sure master,you can keep on telling yourself that. I'll just have to make sure I ask you to show me this new drawing every time I come out until you admit it to yourself.'

Of course, Beast Boy didn't hear what his Beast thought. As he started to draw down a memory of his. A memory he hadn't really had himself think about up till now. Because of how close he had come to dying that day.

He started to draw down the time he had walked in on Raven taking a shower. When the curtain had been wide open.


Author's Notes:

So this first chapter, I wanted to really set up the relationship between Beast Boy and his Beast side. And indicate how their conversations would be shown in the future. While also showing how the both of them feel about Raven.

Like I said, not going to be love at first. Rather, we start at the first building block. Crush. That's how he feels at the beginning of this story. Although as you can tell, the Beast is far, far, beyond that. Also, there is something that isn't made clear in this chapter.

Was that girl on the couch actually Starfire? Or could it have been someone else… (laughs evilly)

Till Next Time

Allen