I just wanted to thank you guys again, everyone who had FOLLOWED, FAVORITED, or REVIEWED! It sure means a lot that you enjoy the story. I find myself daydreaming about what I'm going to write next while I'm in the shower... It's gotten that bad -_- Oh well, anything that keeps me from master...

...ing the art of dancing in the shower, right? hehehe.

...On with the story.

shugokage - Thank you! I know. Damn that Cyborg for coming in at the wrong moment! I wonder if there will be more "accidents" like these in the future...?

IshylovesGeorgeShelley - Equal amount funnies and equal amount plot progression, I hope. After this, it'll probably be much less funny and more serious. Although I won't mind adding a couple funny scenes and popculture references just for y'all's sake! (Y'all's? Is that a word?)

krikanalo - You've read 7 Reasons Why too? Haha, I followed that story all the way to the end! (Free advertising for any readers who haven't read that). Well, I certainly am glad you're guessing a lot! As usual, I won't tell you who, but I have a feeling Mumbo himself is a little too much bark and no bite to actually pull off a stunt like this. And the prospect of Raven's brothers being in a story has always been on my mind ever since the first FanFic I wrote. They're just so BA that who can't resist them? Unfortunately, they don't fit in too perfectly in the Teen Titans cartoon universe. If I can, I will add them somehow, at least as a small cameo or mention.

Soulfulbard - Haha I actually added that line in a spur-of-the-moment when I was rereading the chapter. I'm glad someone liked it! And as for Beast Boy and Raven, considering their history I don't think they'd fare to well when they are forced to work together like this.

BizkitRebellion - Thanks a lot! Last chapter was squeezing the humor out of their situation, this one's a bit more focused on relationship-building and plot progression. After this one, I *sadly* wouldn't expect too much humor, but I'll try my best to keep it interesting!

Guest - I'd imagine Cyborg would be more shocked than angry. I mean, imagine if you saw two people who absolutely HATED each other look like they're about to do it. You'd probably freeze up in shock. Cyborg pummeling the crap out of Beast Boy would be funnier, no doubt, but that means Raven would be taking the beating and I'd never do that to her!... yet.

LightAngelHiroko - Thanks! I try ;)

Bluedog197 - I'm glad you liked it! Yes, the restroom and bra strap scene were my personal favorites, haha.

Cheshire cat - Nice prediction, then! BTW, I was always curious. Is your name from Cheshire Cat of Alice in Wonderland or the character Cheshire in Teen Titans (who's Vietnamese. Represent.)

RJay Fame - Because the plot demaands iittttt! Well in all seriousness, Raven was the first to figure out the truth about the Crowe's so it'd only make sense for Batman to inform Raven about things first. He says so himself that he wished Robin had the cunning Raven has. Normally, yes, he would relay info to Robin but just this once he tells it to Raven, probably because he's not sure whether or not Raven had told the others yet.

titanfan45 - Oh yes he did! Too bad he was rudely interrupted by a certain Tin Man. Wonder what would've happened had Cyborg not entered... ;)

CN7470 - First Review? Well then the honor is all mine! Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot :)

Now onto the story:

The Adventures of Rae Boy and Beast Girl

Chapter V — Training

There were very few times in Raven's life when she was literally speechless—so shocked that she was rendered mute for a few moments. She was speechless when she first fled Azarath and came to Earth. She was speechless when her father, Trigon, had destroyed the world. She was speechless when her friends had helped her save it.

Now she was speechless as she lied on the bed next to Beast Boy, her legs wrapped around his, her hands firmly grasping her leotard which was pulled halfway up her body, and her eyes locked onto the wide open eyes of Cyborg.

"What—" he gasped. "What's going on here?"

"I—" she tried, choking on the words. There were so many words in her mouth but because of her shock they came out in a jumbled "I—urgh—you—him—me."

A silence followed. "Beast Boy?" Cyborg said, breaking the silence as he looked directly at Raven. "What's going on?" Raven only managed to shake her head. "Raven?" Cyborg said, turning towards Beast Boy. "What were you two… doing?"

Beast Boy was also too alarmed to reply. "We—uh…" he stammered. He and Raven looked at each other and immediately separated themselves, sitting upright with their heads down.

"You two weren't gonna—" Cyborg gulped. "Do it… were you?"

"No!" Raven blurted out.

"No, no, it's nothing like that!" Beast Boy protested.

"We were just… were just…" Raven's eyes betrayed her panic. Cyborg stared suspiciously at her. "I—we—we were—"

"It's alright, Beast Boy. You don't have to lie," Beast Boy suddenly said.

"What?"

"Yeah," Cyborg said uneasily. "Tell me, Raven. I'm fine with—whatever's happening between you two."

"There's nothing 'between us', Cy," Beast Boy explained. "You see, I had these small scars on my stomach from our fight with the Brotherhood. I tried to hide it but Beast Boy somehow found out. He was trying to get me to show him so he could help treat it for me. That's all."

"O—Oh." Cyborg gave a sigh of relief. "Hahaha! Of course that's what happened. I'm such an idiot! I actually thought you two were—hahaha!"

"Haha. What, you thought me and Beast Boy were in some kind of secret relationship or something?" Beast Boy said. "Come on, Tin Man. Get yourself together, now."

The cybernetic man raised his eyebrows and turned around to face Beast Boy with a strange look on his face. "Raven," he said, oblivious he was talking to his best friend. "'Cy'? 'Tin Man'? Since when did you call me that?"

The changeling's eyes widened as he realized his mistake. He began searching for an answer before Cyborg suddenly slapped Raven in the back, saying, "Lookit, Beast Boy! Raven's finally loosening up. I'd say we did a good job with her, eh?"

"Um, yeah," Raven meekly responded. This did not go unnoticed by Cyborg.

"Yo, what's up with you? You're oddly quiet today, BB. You alright?"

"Y—Yeah," she mumbled. "Um… Totally dude. I'm G. Sweet!..."

Confusion riddled Cyborg's face. "What," he said slowly, "are you doing?"

"I mean—Sup, man? Nothing's up. I'm just chilling… Because—YOLO… and stuff."

"Uh… okay…"

Raven cleared her throat and said, "Sorry… I think the food here's not good for me."

"Alrighty, then," Cyborg said with a clap of his hands. "I was gonna get some sunscreen, but considering how weird everything is right now… I don't think I need it anymore." He looked at Raven, then to Beast Boy. "Well then," he said. "Seeya!" and almost dashed out the door.

The two Titans let out a sigh of relief. "That was—" Raven gasped. "That was so bad…"

"Yeah, tell me about it," Beast Boy replied. "You completely froze up. You made me talk like Lil' Wayne."

"How come you didn't? That was a perfect lie, what you said."

He smiled in pride. "For the past four years, I've lied so many times that it's super easy for me. I'm good at lying."

Raven raised her eyebrows. "And I—the half demon on our team—am not good at lying?"

"No, I didn't say that. I bet you're the best liar out of all of us. But you see, you've never had to lie to your own teammates before. You've never had to come up with one so quickly, right? Well I have. Every time I'm caught stealing the last slice of pizza or not flushing the toilet, I'm used to coming up with an excuse in a second."

"Huh," Raven said in a tone of almost admiration. "That's actually… pretty cool."

"Whoa," Beast Boy beamed. "Was that a compliment? Was that you admitting that I'm better than you at something?"

She sighed. "Well, what do we do now?"

"Well," he replied with a coy smile. "I do still need to shower…"

"Quit it, Beast Boy!"

"Well I'm going to have to shower sometime. Can't stay dirty like this forever!"

"Then—then I'll shower you. It's my body, I'll clean it!"

"So what you saying is… you want us to look at your body… together?"

This elicited a glare from Raven. "Pervert."

"Weeeellllll?" Beast Boy asked in a cartoonish voice.

"My body can skip showering a day. Maybe this body-switch thing has a time limit and we'll change back when we sleep. For now we should just cover some basic things."

"Basic things? Like what."

"Like the fact that you need a shave," Raven said, feeling her chin. "And we need to teach you how to wear a bra."

"Oooh, I'm gonna like that part!"

"Your eyes will be closed at all times!"

"Fine," he grumbled. "Let's shave me first."

…

Raven sat on the bed with shaving cream all over her chin as Beast Boy stood before her, gently scraping her face with a razor. "Y'know," Beast Boy muttered. "I never realized how good-looking I was until now."

"Please," Raven mumbled. "I wonder how a guy like you can even get facial hair."

"It's probably the Sakutia," Beast Boy muttered. "My hair grows a bit faster than other people's. I tried growing a beard once but it didn't look good. So I shave."

Moments later, Beast Boy sat topless on the bed, breasts fully showing and eyes fully closed. His hands were awkwardly fumbling with a bra. "How—" he said. "How do girls do this?"

Raven examined him and hastily said, "Here, give it to me." Beast Boy obeyed, opening his eyes while raising his head high to prevent himself from seeing anything underneath—as per Raven's instruction.

Raven took the bra and wrapped it around her own body. "You put it on backwards," she explained, "so the hook is in the front. Do the hook first, then twist the bra around so the cups are in the front." She did the hook and twisted the bra around. "Pull them up snugly and adjust the straps. And that's it." She undid the bra and tossed it back at Beast Boy.

One clumsy attempt later, Beast Boy was wearing a bra which fit nice and snug. He put on a black leotard and wrapped himself in a blue cloak. "There," Raven said. "Not too hard, is it?"

"…I'll get used to it." Beast Boy lied down on the bed and sighed. "Say, Raven."

"Hmm?"

"Tell me about yourself. If we're gonna be each other, we have to know more about ourselves, right?"

"We already know a lot about each other."

"A lot. Not everything."

Raven lied down next to him. "Well… I was born and raised in Azarath. My mother was Arella Roth and my father was Trigon. I was raised by the monks and almost never saw my own mother. I'm sure she was afraid of me. Afraid of her half-demon child. I never really had much friends. Besides you guys, there was only one other person in my life I considered a friend."

Beast Boy's ears perked up. "Really? Who?"

Raven smiled reminiscently. "His name was Raphael. He was a poor farmer's boy while I was the daughter of one of the most important women in the world. He was a pauper and I was a princess, pretty much. Who knows how that ever happened? But it did. We became best friends. And then," she added a chuckle. "He was my first boyfriend."

"What?" Beast Boy said with a shocked voice. "Your first—first boyfriend?"

"It didn't last long. We only had one date before I had to leave Azarath. But we had known each other for so long it was like we've been dating for years."

"Wo—ow. I never knew you had a boyfriend."

"We've written to each other so many times through the communication books. I heard he's been studying a lot and recently became an officer working in Azarath's capital. But enough about me. There anything about you?"

"Well… Nothing as much as you having a secret boyfriend…" Beast Boy muttered. "When I was a little kid, I got bit by a green monkey and contracted Sakutia. I was going to die until my parents gave me an untested serum that saved my life but turned my green and gave me these powers. Later on, my parents died in a boating accident. Two kidnappers rescued me and made me help them in their crimes. Y'know, I'd distract a cop by turning into a dog or something. After that, my legal guardian was this dude named Nicholas Galtry. I grew up in his home, acting like his servant, until I found out Galtry was planning on killing me so I wouldn't inherit his house. I escaped, and found my way to the Doom Patrol. After breaking in, they captured me but allowed me to join their team. Steve and Rita Dayton became my parents after that."

"Huh. I never knew about the kidnappers and this Galtry figure."

"Yeah… I usually never talk about that." Both fell silent, unsure of what to say next.

"So who do you think did this to us?" Raven asked. "We've got time now. Might as well think a little."

"Ugh, thinking?"

"You have my head. Use some of my intelligence," she returned.

He furrowed his eyebrows and rested his head on a fist. "Well the chef dude was using magic so that rules out the Brotherhood."

"Right."

"He was probably in disguise, too. Do you think it's the Puppet King again?"

"Doubt it. Even in the slightest possibility he reanimated and escaped our tower, then he would've just switched us using his puppets. He wouldn't have gone through all that trouble of luring us to a mysterious restaurant and giving us magical wine."

"Could it have been someone else with magic powers? Maybe someone from your world?"

"I guess that's possible… I'm an expert on spells, not potions. I wouldn't say it's impossible but a potion like that could only be crafted by the most powerful of sorcerers. And I wouldn't see any reason why someone from my world would want to do that in the first place."

"Then what could it be?"

"The chef said something like it being medicinal wine, right?" Raven recalled. "He also said something about his daughter being destined to be sick."

"Weird words…"

"Weird, indeed."

"I dunno this is all really weird to me and I don't think we're getting anywhere at this rate…" Beast Boy gave up. "Hey!" he then said. "What are we lying around here for? We still have a whole resort to have fun in, right? I don't know about you, but I'm not letting some body-swap get in the way of my fun!"

Raven rolled her eyes as she sat up. "Of course you'd say that. You ever thought of meditating? Since you have my powers, you have to meditate more often."

"But hey, it's like you said, right? There's a chance the spell will wear off and we'll be ourselves by tomorrow." He jumped off the bed and walked out the door, motioning Raven to follow him. She sighed and trailed behind him.

As they rode the elevator down the hotel, Raven caught Beast Boy occasionally adjust his bra. Suspicious, she said, "Isn't that a little too much adjusting?"

"You can't be too sure," he replied as he adjusted it firmly.

"Grrr. That's enough!"

"Just a little more," he laughed. Raven wretched his hands away.

As the elevator door opened and a woman walked in, Raven barked "Keep your dirty hands off my boobs!"

Blushing, Raven lowered her head. "Great," she thought. "Now she thinks I'm some perverted guy." Suddenly, a light bulb lit up in her mind. "Wait a second. She doesn't think I'm a perverted guy. She thinks Beast Boy's a perverted guy." A wicked smile appeared on her lips as she suddenly turned around and faced the woman.

"Excuse me," she said to her. "I don't believe we've met. I'm Beast Boy, from the Teen Titans. Surely you've heard of us. But it's just isn't fair if you know my name and I don't know yours, you know?"

"What are you doing?" Beast Boy whispered. Raven continued.

"So," she whispered in the most seductive voice she could imagine. "What's your name?"

Her desired effected was produced. The woman eyed her weirdly and stepped back slightly. "It—it's Maria," she said.

"Mmm…" Raven sighed. "Maria. That sounds absolutely delicious. I wonder if you're as deliciously satisfying as your name?"

The woman backed away as Beast Boy's eyes widened, understanding what Raven was doing.

"What?" Raven said, half-closing her eyes. "Do you think you can resist me, Beast Boy of the Teen Titans? The women all swarm for me, you know. You should consider it an honor that I—Beast Boy—the Titan of Testosterone—am choosing you as a suitable, ahem, lover…"

"Get away from me, you green perverted freak!" the woman screamed as she bolted out the elevator.

"That's Beast Boy, the green perverted freak to you!" Raven called after her. Pleased with her work, Raven strolled out the elevator and into the hotel lobby as a fuming Beast Boy followed.

"What was that?" he snapped. "Now she thinks I'm a perv. And she's gonna tell everyone else that I'm a perv!"

"Serves you right," Raven shrugged. "This wouldn't have happened if you weren't fondling my breasts like they were plush toys."

He scoffed. "Why are you so sensitive about your boobs?" He casually lifted his leotard and peered underneath. "If you want, I'll give you a boob job. Turn that C into a double-D."

Raven flared up, raising her fist threateningly. "Why you little!"

Beast Boy, thinking quickly, shouted to the entire lobby, "Help me! This tall, handsome man is about to hit me, a woman!" Everyone turned around to face them, some even murmuring about how rude and barbaric that man was. Raven stuttered and quickly responded by pulling Beast Boy into a hug, explaining to the crowd, "It's just because she's so beautiful, from her head to her toes!"

As the people lost interest and walked away, Raven hissed into his ear, "I will wring your neck mercilessly."

Raven shoved Beast Boy forward as they walked out the door of the hotel, coming face to face with Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg.

Raven and Beast Boy stopped in their tracks, startled to see their fellow teammates staring directly at them. "Uh, hey guys," Raven said, trying her best to imagine what Beast Boy would say. "What's going on?"

"We're concerned about you two," Robin said bluntly with his arms crossed. "Normally you two can't stand to be with each other. Now you two have been with each other all day yesterday and today. And what's this I hear about you—ahem—wrestling with each other?"

"It's not like that!" Beast Boy protested.

"We're doing this because we're your friends," Cyborg interrupted.

"Doing what?"

"We are having an all-boys/all-girls day!" Starfire shouted gleefully. "Beast Boy will spend the day with Robin and Cyborg and Raven will spend the day with me!"

"What?!" the two switched Titans said simultaneously.

"Come on, String Bean," Cyborg said, walking over and pulling Raven away. "You're comin' with us."

"It—It's alright," Raven whispered to Beast Boy before she was dragged away. "It's not like we'll be doing anything that our switched will affect. Just act like me and no one will notice a thing."

And indeed they went to innocent places. Rock-climbing, water-skiing, hang-gliding, they all were things Beast Boy and Raven could do without raising suspicion.

Then they went to a spa.

All five of them, together.

Raven and Beast Boy gulped as they were handed a towel and told to undress in the changing room. "Can't we go back to hang-gliding?" Beast Boy asked Starfire.

"I don't really feel like going to a spa today," Raven griped. "Or… getting naked for that matter."

…

Starfire sat in the sauna with her arms outstretched across the bench, breathing in slowly and enjoying the sweet mist. These were nothing compared to the therapeutic steam rooms in Tamaran, she noticed. Smirking, she commented to herself how weak Earthling bodies were, so easily burned.

Hearing the door opening, she watched as Raven entered slowly. "Raven, you have arrived!" she said. "Sit, sit!"

"Uh hey, Star," Beast Boy said, blushing. He sat down a fair enough distance from her.

"Isn't it nice here?"

"Uh… yup."

"Haha, these saunas are nowhere near the ones in my world. I'd imagine they are much weaker than the ones on your planet, correct?"

"Huh? My planet?"

"Yes, Azarath. You have told me before how relaxing and superior those saunas were to Earth's, did you not?"

"Oh… yeah, sure," he said quickly.

Starfire eyed him curiously. Shrugging it off, she said absentmindedly, "You know, I wonder what the boys would do without us? With bodies like ours, I'm sure they would die from boredom." She laughed.

"Y—Y'know," he said, examining his body. "I never really noticed how nice this body is. This body could definitely run for Miss America if it wasn't gray."

"Miss America?"

"It's like a competition of the prettiest women in America," he explained.

Starfire again eyed him curiously. "What is wrong with Raven?" she wondered to herself. "It is not like her to act this way, especially to compliment herself. Hmm…"

Meanwhile, Robin and Cyborg were sitting in the public bath stark naked in the waters. It needn't be said that the three male Titans were close enough friends—especially friends who live with each other—to have seen each other naked before, so they were perfectly comfortable with each other.

"What's taking BB so long?" Cyborg mumbled.

"I dunno." Robin opened his eyes and saw a green figure approaching. "Hey it's Beast Boy!" he said. "Wait… what's he doing?"

Raven slowly approached them with her towel pulled up all the way to above her chest, holding it daintily as if she was still a girl.

"Yo, man!" Cyborg called. "Why are you holding your towel like that?"

"Uh, no reason," she replied, looking directly at Cyborg. She knew that they were both naked, but she realized that she could look at as long as she wants as he was a robot and didn't have certain "human parts". It was Robin—the full human with fully human parts—she'd have to avoid looking at. "If you don't mind, I'd rather stay up here."

"What's up, Grass Stain?" Robin laughed. "Why'd you get so shy all of a sudden?"

"Nothing, Bird Brain!" she called back.

The Boy Wonder smiled mischievously. "Oh, we got jokes, eh? You're gonna pay for that!" He stood up from the public bath and made his way towards Raven.

Raven, turning around, suddenly caught a glance of her teammate's "assets" and let out a loud scream.

"What?" Robin said in a startled voice. "What's wrong?"

Raven's panicked eyes tried with all their might to peel themselves away but were too stunned to move.

"Is something on me?" he asked, looking on his body. By the time he looked back, Raven had already fainted with a thud on the ground.

…

That night, Beast Boy walked absentmindedly across the outside of the hotel to find a familiar face sitting on one of the tables. Smiling, he walked over and took a seat next to the green boy before him. "Strange seeing you here," he said to Raven. "Watcha doin'?"

Raven merely pointed to the bottle of whiskey before her. Beast Boy understood and smiled. "Never knew you were such a heavy drinker."

"I'm not," came the reply, ironically just before she took two large gulps from the bottle. "You should see the wine in Azarath. It's much stronger than the ones on Earth. It's almost impossible for me to get drunk with Earthly alcohol."

"It's sure been an interesting day we've had," Beast Boy said. "I'm glad it's over."

"How was your day with two C-cups?" she teased.

"Pretty good if you ask me," he answered with a smug smile.

"Sorry they're not the double-Ds you crave," she said with a half-hearted chuckle.

"I think my interests shifted a bit."

"Shifted? What do you want now? E-cups and a butt to match?"

He shrugged and said softly, "I think I'd prefer a woman who can't run for Miss America."

"Can't run for Miss America?" Raven said skeptically as she took another sip. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing."

"If you're trying to insult me, then at least I don't have uneven butt cheeks."

Beast Boy's jaw dropped as Raven let out a small laugh. "Pervert!" he grumbled.

The changeling stared at the stars above him. He fiddled with his fingers, not yet noticing how dainty they were. He smiled slightly as he examined Raven's hands. Her skin was gray, yes, but were beautifully so, and her fingernails were cut short. Function before fashion, she'd always say. Long nails would've only been a nuisance in battle.

"Hey, Raven," he said.

"Hmm?"

"I've been doing a little thinking. And I realized there's something that you have that Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and I don't have."

Raven shrugged as if it was nothing. "There's a lot of things I have that you guys don't. Magic powers… a home world… a temper…"

"…a family."

Raven's green eyes were stunned as they looked up with an almost hurt look. "A what?" she murmured.

"A mother and a father," Beast Boy said. "Well, at least your mother. My parents and Cyborg's parents died in accidents, Starfire's parents died after she was captured, and Robin's parents were killed, but yours—yours are both still alive."

"What family?" she said in a dark voice. "What parents? My father tried to destroy the world—succeeded in destroying the world. He only sees me as a portal—a weapon. And my mother? She gave me up the moment I was born. She abandoned me to the monks as if she never wished to see the demon child she had given birth to. She never wished to see me. We've only met a handful of times. And every time we did, I could sense the fear in her, the disgust she felt every time she looked at me. She sees me not as her child but as Trigon's child, Trigon's offspring."

"Raven, she's your mother."

"She never even held me. Not once."

"That's not true."

"It is."

An uneasy silence followed before Raven took another gulp. "Besides, you're wrong anyway," she said. "We all have a family. We have each other. That's our family. Had any of your parents not died, we wouldn't have found our way to each other, right?"

Beast Boy smiled. "That's true."

"How come you just started talking about my parents all of a sudden?"

"I dunno… the thought just came to me, I guess."

"Well don't think things like that anymore, okay?" Raven said. She leaned closer to him until they met eye to eye. "You're my family, Beast Boy. You, Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin. Don't you forget that."

The gray-skinned changeling and the green-skinned sorceress both smiled softly, a rare feat for these two when they're together.

"I think we'd better go back up," said Raven. "It's getting late."

"Oh, yeah. Sure," came the reply from the boy. "I'll—uh… walk you up?"

"In your dreams, Grass Stain." She smirked and ran inside with Beast Boy trailing soon after her. The elevator took the two up the hotel. Upon the first ding, Beast Boy got off first and Raven did not hesitate in telling him, "Don't even think of doing any sneaky business while you're in my body, got it? And that goes for Starfire, too!"

Beast Boy saluted her as he stuck out his tongue playfully. Walking down the hallway, he made his way to Raven and Starfire's room and let himself inside. Greeting Starfire as monotonously as possible, the boy brushed his teeth and washed his face before taking off his belt and cloak and crashing onto the bed. Beast Boy and Starfire wished each other goodnight and the Tamaranian fell asleep within minutes. He, on the other hand, found himself unable to sleep.

His two new additions to his chest made it uncomfortable to sleep on his chest or side, so he had to sleep facing upwards, which was to him the least comfortable position.

But there was another thing keeping him awake. Starfire, he learned, was a very huggy person, especially when asleep. It wasn't long until Starfire rolled over to his side and slung her arm around his stomach. Her loud snoring echoed into his ears as her leg flung itself around hers. "Uh oh…" Beast Boy thought, never having felt such bodily contact with a girl before. Slowly lowering his eyes, he was met with a crystal-clear view of Starfire's chest and hips.

"Whoa…" he thought to himself. "I never noticed how—curvy—Star was." He gulped and slowly whispered to himself. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K—" Starfire let out a small moan that sounded extremely seductive in Beast Boy's ears. "H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P…" he continued in a slight whimpering voice. "Q, R, S, T, U, V—" The Tamaranian hugged him tighter and let out another moan. Beast Boy sighed, keeping his eyes away from his hugging roommate. This was going to be a long night.

…

Bumblebee yawned unceremoniously as she looked back sleepily towards the living room of the Titans East Tower. "Aren't you guys going to sleep?" she called.

"In a minute!" Speedy replied. "I'm about to KO Menos so hard!"

"Este tonto realmente piensa que puede ganar! Jajajaja!" a lighter voice said. His brother chuckled in agreement.

The woman in yellow rolled her eyes. "Boys," she sighed as she entered the elevator and headed up to her room.

Humming slightly as she opened her door and slipped inside, she flipped on her lights and jumped back with a start as she saw a man in a black body suit with a mask shielding his face sitting casually on a chair. He bowed his head slightly and raised his hand as if he was saying hello to an old friend.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Bumblebee demanded, getting into a fighting position. "Answer me!—"

"Would you please be silent?" the man said simply. The Titan shrieked as she felt her lips wrench shut as if covered by an invisible gag. She placed her hands on her mouth and tried pulling the non-existent gag off but only succeeded in pulling at thin air. "Now would you please be still?" the man continued. Bumblebee let out a small yelp as she felt her body constricting itself like it was being bound by some invisible force.

"My apologies we had to meet this way, but I simply could not have let you warn your friends. Of course, they would've suffered the same fate as you—they will soon, in fact—but I wished to visit them individually." Bumblebee screamed through her closed lips as she struggled to free herself but finding that even her muscles wouldn't move.

"I'd much rather visit each of you one by one rather than all at once like I did with the Titans West," he continued. "You know, get to know each of you more personally. Now Karen—can I call you Karen? I find 'Bumblebee' far too impersonal—Karen, thank you for letting me have this time to introduce myself properly. I'm not too much into formalities, so I'll just say it outright. My name is Rift. I have a certain… favor to ask of you. I hope you will cooperate with the best of your abilities. Actually… I can guarantee you will, indeed, cooperate with the best of your abilities."

The Titan felt tears in her eyes welling up, not due to pain but due to fear—fear of what this man might do to them. "Now you stay here while I visit your friends, okay?" Rift said coyly. "Now who should I visit next? I'll let you pick."

"Hmmph! Hmnrghpphh!" Karen Beecher's muffled shouts called.

"Aqualad it is! Good choice!" Rift exclaimed. "I'll be right back. Don't you go anywhere," he chuckled. "Not that you can, anyway."

The last thing Bumblebee saw before passing out was the mysterious man named Rift walked out the door of her room and towards Aqualad's. The last thing she heard was Mas and Menos' synchronized cheers as they won their video game, completely unaware of the menace approaching.

…

In had been three hours since the Teen Titans landed the T-Ship back into Titans Tower when Raven announced that she was going to the roof to train, which she felt was the best thing to do after a vacation. Beast Boy, on cue, agreed aloud and asked to join her. The girl sighed and nodded, but quickly saying he'll literally be kicked off if he gets too annoying. Robin agreed that training would do them good and decided to head onto the training room. Cyborg called the weight room to himself while Starfire decided to go outside and fly around for a bit.

The green and gray Titans headed into the elevator and waved to the others as the doors closed. "Phew!" Beast Boy sighed. "I'm sure glad they bought it."

"Of course they would," Raven replied. "Good job on the ad lib, by the way. Really impressive."

"'If you get the slightest bit annoying, I will literally kick you off the roof.' I figured it was something you'd say."

"…Whatever. Well now that we haven't switched back, this whole body-swap might be permanent, so we'd better get the hang of each other's powers."

"Right." The doors opened and a ray of sunlight burst into the elevator. They stepped out and felt a small breeze brush their faces.

"Okay, rookie," Raven said, not hesitating for one second as she immediately took charge. "First things first. My powers are controlled by emotion; the more you feel, the more you hurt. And that 'hurt' could apply to either your enemies or yourself, so always keep you emotions under control. Easiest way to practice controlling your emotions is to meditate."

"Ugh, meditate?" he grumbled.

"Silence!" she shouted. "No backtalk!"

"Okay, fine." He raised his hands in submission. Raven smiled as she beckoned him to sit down in the lotus position. One of the perks of switching bodies was that she was able to express all the emotions she wanted without fear of losing her powers. It was a very new experience for her after being taught for eighteen years to never lose control of one's emotions.

She joined him on the ground. "Now close your eyes and breathe in slowly," she instructed. "Hold it for three seconds, let it out slowly. As you exhale, relieve your mind of any thoughts. Keep your mind empty and pure." Beast Boy obeyed, trying to keep his mind as empty as possible. "Breathe in," Raven said. "Breathe out. Empty your thoughts."

"Rae, I'm not sure I can empty out my mind—"

"Shhh," she interrupted. "Talking requires thinking and thinking isn't emptying."

"Rae, did you forget who I am?—"

"You're Beast Boy. Your head is mostly empty half the time anyway so I don't see what's so hard about emptying it now."

"Gee, thanks."

"Shhh. Talking requires thinking and thinking—"

"I got it, okay?"

"Now focus your mind on three things and nothing else but these—peace, calm, and tranquility."

"Peace… Calm… Tranquility."

"Repeat after me: Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos." He felt a wave of energy like an ocean crashing into his soul, flowing throughout his body and coursing in his veins.

"Think about a time when you were calm. A time when you were completely at peace. Focus on that time. Focus on that memory."

Beast Boy took a deep breath as he thought about his most important memories. He remembered whatever memory he had of his parents. He remembered his Doom Patrol days and the adventures he had with them. He remembered first meeting the Titans. He remembered Silkie, his little pet from Killer Moth.

"Whatever you're thinking, it's not enough," Raven said. "Dig a little deeper into your most personal memories."

He thought of all his times eating tofu. All the fun times he shared with his fellow teammates.

"More."

The times they played volleyball and he got a spike. The time he led his fellow Titans against the Brotherhood of Evil.

"More."

He thought of his first and last date with Terra. The games they played, the food they ate. The Ferris wheel they were on. Her smile. Her laugh.

"…more. "

"Maybe you should call me Beast Man from now on."

"We're having a moment here. Don't ruin it."

"…focus on me, Beast Boy."

"You think you're alone, Raven. But you're not." The door slides open, and Raven stands seemingly adamant. But her legs appear weak, as does her eyes. She rushes forward and pulls him in for a hug.

"…Raven."

She whispered something in his ears so softly that he wasn't sure whether he had truly heard something or not: "Thank you."

"Beast Boy, open your eyes."

Slowly, he obeyed, and nearly jumped back in surprise as he saw himself hovering five feet about her. "What—what's going on?"

"You're levitating," she answered calmly. "It's a sign your emotions are under control."

"R—Really?"

"You've been struggling, but you just now got it." Raven brushed aside her hair. "The last memory you had must've been a powerful one. You were barely two inches off the ground. Shortly after I said, "More," the last time, you levitated nearly instantly. And when I told you to focus on me, I was testing to see just how well in control you were. You were very much in control because when I told you to open your eyes… I wasn't talking."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"When I said 'Open your eyes,' I was only thinking it. When I told you to focus on me, you subconsciously created a telepathic connection between our minds. You thought you heard me say 'Open your eyes' but in reality you were reading my mind."

"Whoa," he gasped. "Totally cool."

"That's the secret in my powers," she explained. "It's truly all that simple. All you have to do is look, truly look. Open your eyes and see. That's when my powers are unlocked."

Beast Boy nodded, only partially understanding. He was mostly silent for the rest of his training as he learned how to channel his powers to levitate objects. He spoke only when he needed to when he taught Raven how to shape shift. "You can't just think about the animal you want to be," he had said. "Imagine the animal. Feel the animal. Be the animal. That's the only way." Thankfully, Raven was a quick learner and transformed into a dark raven on her third try. A mere ten minutes later and she was already transforming into everything from a rat to a bear.

Their training did not go unnoticed by Starfire, who examined them from above, wondering what they were doing. She considering going down there and see if anything was wrong, but decided against it and flew away.

"So how'd I do?" Raven said, panting from exhaustion. Beast Boy didn't blame her. Changing into fifty animals in five minutes would take a toll on anybody.

He smiled and raised his fist. "Couldn't have done it better myself!" he praised. Raven smirked and returned his fist bump.

"You're awfully quiet," she noticed. "Anything wrong?"

"Uh no! I'm just—uh—thinking about what you said before. Peace, calm, and tranquility, right?"

"Heh, that's right," she chuckled. "Thanks."

"Thank you."

"You too," Beast Boy returned. The two were interrupted by the sound of metal grinding against itself. They turned around to see the elevator emerge from the floor of the roof and open, revealing Cyborg's frantic face.

"Guys, come quick!"

"What's the matter?" the changeling asked as he walked towards the elevator.

"We've got trouble. Robin's just contacted Titans East to talk to them about the Crowe's."

"And?" the sorceress said.

"They're gone."

…

"How do we know they're not on a mission or something?" Raven asked.

"They most definitely are not," Starfire answered.

Robin typed vigorously as he replayed the video message he had when he had called them. He paused the screen the second the video message started. "There!" he said, pointing at the center of the living room on the screen. "You see that?"

"Chairs?" Beast Boy said.

"Not that, Raven. That little glimmer of light right there. That tiny distortion."

"What is it?"

"What does it look like?"

"Rift…" Raven gasped.

"Bingo. Cyborg, you helped make the security system. Can you hack into it for a sec?"

"Sure thing." Cyborg proceeded to type faster than Beast Boy could comprehend. Within seconds, several screens of binary code popped up and were slowly taken down one by one. It wasn't long before Cyborg managed to get into their system.

"Pull up the security cameras and CCTVs," Robin said. Cyborg did as he was told and rewound the tapes back a couple minutes. Pressing the 'Enter' key, Cyborg stepped back and watched the tape.

The five Titans gazed at the screen as they saw the familiar figure of Rift talking to Speedy before being joined by his four teammates. Rift extended his arm as a portal opened up in the middle of the living room. The five Titans East walked inside slowly, followed by the man in black. The portal closed.

"So that's it?" Cyborg said. "What happened? They went in willingly?"

"No," Raven realized. "They were being controlled."

"Just like the guards at Wayne Industries," Starfire added.

"But why? What does he want?" Beast Boy wonder aloud.

"Wait a second," Robin said, his mask widening in stunning realization. "Rift can open up a portal anywhere, right? Then that means he could be anywhere he wants and go anywhere he wants. And if he can go anywhere he wants…"

"Surprise, Titans," a voice called from behind them. The five Titans spun around to see five Titans staring back at them. "Let's make this nice and simple," Bumblebee grinned as she got into a fighting position. "Wanna dance?"

~Difficult Words to Say~

Shall we play a little game, my dear readers? Heeheeheehee...

Well as you know, both Raven and Beast Boy are still very inexperienced in their new bodies and new powers so clearly they won't be able to fight very well... So for the first time ever... YOU (yes you) THE READER will be able to change their fate. Of course, to respect FanFiction Rules & Guidelines, this will NOT be a Choose Your Own Adventure kind of thing. Simply that I can't choose between two possible choices.

In the upcoming battle between the Titans West and Titans East, either Beast Boy or Raven will lose control of their powers and be severely injured. This injury may carry for a certain amount of time but probably won't be anything major. HOWEVER, after the battle, the other one will care for the injured one and they might have a little moment *wink wink* (No kissing. It's far too early for that kind of thing).

So REVIEW and cast your vote in the Goblet of Fate, telling me the name of the SOUL you want injured.

Depending on whoever wins, the scene and dialogue will be a bit different. Also, the bonus scene that follows will change depending on the winner.

If no one votes, both Beast Boy and Raven will be injured and they will share NO moment and NO bonus scene will be shown.

If it's a tie, BOTH Beast Boy and Raven will be unharmed but will NOT share a moment. BOTH bonus scenes will be shown, though.

Also tell me if you guys like this 'game' or not. If you do, I might do it again later on. If you don't, I will delete this story and cry myself to sleep so you'll never get to know what happens.

And if any FanFic admins read this and find it a violation of the rules, I'm terribly sorry and beg you to spare me of any serious trouble. I didn't know any better *puppy face*.

The Game begins now. I will be watching...