Battle of the Sexes chapter VII, a teen titans fanfic

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!! :awesome dance moves ending in painful split:

Like I said before, the plot bunnies flew out the window. But I'm back, full of energy and chock full of ideas. Sorry for the delays!

Notes: the music and the lyrics do not belong to my friends or me! All rights to the song "Helena" go to My Chemical Romance.

Disclaimer: it's what chapter seven? I still have to do disclaimers? No, I do not own Teen Titans, I own this plotline and the awesomeness that it is. Modest moment.

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Remarks: Robot Maddness Strikes – yeah, that way Garth can start living with them. Closer to Speedy and fun times like that, future plot bunnies. They look yummy. Sorry about your plot bunnies though, good luck regrowing them.

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Lady of Gods – I'm trying to make every chapter longer, but the super mega awesome bunnies just started kicking in! woot woot! The whole names thing, within the bands it's going to mainly be the show names. For example, Garth is for the girls and known as Aqualad for Speedy. The same thing for Speedy, with Brain Damage, Speedy is Speedy and with Garth, he's Roy, just because of the history, they have together. Thanks for the story alert though!

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Chapter Seven
Helena

Raven walking into the living room, seeing Star and Bee watching the main menu screen for the Guitar Hero playing over and over. Damn, it was trippy. She leaned against the doorframe, just thinking about her best friends. Two goths, a prep and a Badass. Add in a flamboyant male best friend, some testosterone in the mix and there is a perfect combination. Equal amounts of sugar, spice and everything nice. They would make it big, or go down in flames. Living the lifestyles of the rich and the famous, or just working minimum wage to keep alive.

After about five minutes of the screen, the same music playing over and over again, she surely thought it would drive her mad. If she had to listen to the same synthesized rock program, a nail gun would look pretty nice. She had to stop it, Jinx would be out of the shower soon. She wasn't even sure how the boys did it. But, pink dye in the water was a nice touch. Too bad Disenchanted didn't think of it first.

"Let's get going…" Raven turned off the T.V, while grabbing her bass by the neck. Jinx walked into the living room, it was her turn in the shower. Something in the boys' water turned them all pink. Normally, Jinx wouldn't mind adding a little more pink to her life, but apparently it clashed with her hair. Garth was sitting on the couch, waiting for his turn.

"Friend-Garth, shall you be living with us now?" Starfire asked, picking up her brand new Choco Cat guitar. Less cute, but more rock and roll. Garth nodded, while getting up before Bee could jump in front of him for the shower line. "I am most pleased!" Starfire stummed her guitar slightly, tuning it by ear. Bee came out next, while looking like a hot pink Popsicle.

"We can't leave cause of the great location and the jobs. But what are the chances we could make them leave?" Bee turned on her mic, while looking to her best friends. Star shook her head as Raven smiled slightly,

"We can kick their ass in the battle, get rich and famous and get out of here forever." Bee and Raven hi-fived each other as Jinx counted them off.

"ONE…TWO…THREE!" the music started. The careful web of pure magic filled their living room, the powerful beats and the sweet sounds. Bee was in a trance. Her voice mixing with the music perfectly. Sweet, aggressive, harsh and soothing. All at the same time. Was it possible?

"Long ago
Just like the hearse you die to get in again
We are so far from you

Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know
And what's the worst you take (worst you take)
From every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst thing I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold
And what's the worst you take (worst you take)
From every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst thing I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Can we pretend to leave and then
We'll meet again
When both our cars collide?

The music stopped, as Jinx held onto her sticks. Her grandmother was Helena Diaz; she was getting sicker and sicker everyday. The cancer ate away at her system, as she wasted away on that island. The rest of Jinx's family gave up on Helena. That was why Jinx stripped. That way she could send as much money down to Puerto Rico as she could. hospital bills, nurses, chemo therapy…it really was starting to pile up.

"That was…not terrible…Raven, watch the chorus you're a little shaky, and Star, you really need to get used to that new guitar. Spend some time bonding with it." Garth, freshly showered and only slightly tinted with the pink goo. He sat back on the couch, while smiling slightly. "But it did sound good. Enough to get you through the primaries, I managed to score the demos of the other bands. I managed to figure out basically who is going in which order." He got up, while placing an all silver CD in the player. "The first band, for real is called, Wookies." He pressed play; there was some form of primal screaming. Raven and Bee clasped their hands over their ears, as Garth turned it down. Jinx sat up slightly on her stool while smiling.

"It's my Wookie!" Garth pressed pause on the CD player, Raven and Bee let go of their heads, as Starfire looked to the drummer confused.

"Your…what?" Jinx got up, while pressing play again. She started to thrash around while smiling. She looked almost possessed. Raven sat down on the couch, thinking about how Jinx's so called "moves" reminded her of a frog trapped in a blender. Her laughter only got louder, sliding onto Raven's lap while screaming the next chorus. The purple haired bassist pushed her off, as Starfire started to laugh.

"Friend-Jinx, it seems as if you are doing a traditional dance, tell me, where did you learn such a thing?" the first track ended, as Jinx laid on the floor, gasping for breath.

"The guys are complete sweethearts, the singer and guitarist is named Mammoth, but he is my Wookie. On bass and synthesizer they have Gizmo, he's a midget, but knows more swears then a seasoned sailor. I don't know who they got now on drums." Garth nodded while turning off the player. The bright red power light extinguished as Jinx got off the floor. "They should be easy-peasy-pumpkin-pie-mother-fucker to beat. Haven't seen them since The Hive."

The Hive. That was where Bee and Jinx met so many years ago. It was a detention hall for "juvenile delinquents." Jinx was in for beating some guy to a bloody pulp; Bee was in for breaking into a store with some friends. They were both thirteen at the time. That's really, where the band started. The two were roommates, almost killed each other, but roommates nonetheless. They decided that this would be the last they could commit a crime. Jinx traded drum lessons for her first attempt at stripping; Bee got back home and got voice lessons to help with her anger problems.

"Me neither." Bee added, thinking about the friends she had there. Bee sta down next to Raven as Jinx and Starfire joined them. Garth smiled, while clapping his hands twice.

"Come on ladies, you have to help me move out." there was a group groan, as the dark haired manager put his hands on his nonexistent hips. "The roommates are about to toss my shit in a dumpster." He pleaded while jumping onto the couch, nestled between Bee and Star.

"What if Star stays home and works with the new guitar, and we help you move?" Raven asks, as Garth stroked his chin slightly.

"Run through the song again first, if you do better, Star can stay and I'll buy dinner tonight?" the rest of the girls groaned, they really wouldn't get a better deal. Garth jumped up, while helping Raven and Jinx off the couch. "Positions, ladies." He sat back down, while smiling. He was such a cunning asshole sometimes. But, he was happy to be closer to his band. The archer across the hall didn't hurt either.

Bee went to the mic, while clearing her throat slightly. The music started that same magic that captured the room before. Spinning and twisting around, capturing Garth as he smiled. That was what he wanted, that intoxication with the melody, that euphoria with the lyrics. He knew his girls could do it. She went through the lyrics, that solemn tone mixing beautifully with the Choco Cat guitar.

He leaned back, he would treat them tonight they deserved it, maybe some yummy sushi or even pizza. The spell that the song had over the room was over, the music ended as Bee tried to catch her breathe. Garth clapped slowly, while smiling ear from ear. "Someone just earned themselves sushi…" the girls laughed, while getting up.

"You spoil us baby…" Jinx kissed the manager on the cheek, as he rolled his eyes.

"Well that was great. Star, have a good time bonding with the guitar, we'll come home with dinner." She smiled, while hugging her black and blue guitar.

"Would you please bring home a bottle of mustard? I shall drink it with the feast of raw aquatic life." There were some gagging noises, mainly from the pink haired drummer. Garth smiled while giving the redhead a hug.

"Anything for you, Starfire. Have fun with Choco Cat, I have to put these guys to work." She hugged him back, seeing and angry drummer glaring at her. Jinx may or may not have been joking about the whole feelings for Garth thing. Jinx knew he was gay, but she also held a theory that she could make a gay man bi.

"Jinx, you're starting to look like a hissing cat. Put the claws away and put your boots on." Raven droned on, while lacing up her combat boots. Jinx glared at her roommate, while sliding on a pair of flats. Bee stood by the door, while hearing some music from across the hall.

"That must be Brain Damage." Bee rolled her eyes, trying to figure out something to bomb their apartment. "Not terrible, we can kick their ass though." Their leader singer, Speedy wasn't too bad. Garth walked out of room next, while hearing that familiar voice. He took in a deep breath, as if mentally preparing himself to walk past the room and keep his ties to sanity.

"You okay man?" Bee asked, putting a hand on Garth's shoulder. A comforting touch that he greatly appreciated. Jinx jumped onto his back, while wrapping her legs around him.

"March onto battle!" he slapped his ass with her drumstick as Bee rolled her eyes. Raven came out next, while linking arms with the singer.

"Shall we follow or hide out?" Garth stopped quickly, while turning around.

"Please don't, you'll leave me with the perv." The two smiled while following. Garth's tiny ass Yugo stood proudly in the parking lot. Next to a blue and silver sport's car. "Beautiful, who does it belong to?" Raven shrugged, as Bee let go of the bassist and checked the car slightly.

"Might be Mod's, or maybe even the idiots upstairs." Ah, yes it could belong to the lovely superintendent, Mod, or as he is commonly called behind his back, Mad Mod. lovely? Yeah, right. He was a British sleeze bag with bad teeth and kept trying to get with Bee.

"Jessie is looking pretty pathetic by comparison." Jessie being Garth's neon green Yugo. Tiny car with chipped paint, dents and some gay pride beads hanging by the rear view.

"We love your chariot, Garth." Raven opened the front door, while sliding into the back. Bee sat next to her, as Jinx slid off his back. Jinx set the front seat back, while sitting down. CDs and their cases scattered on the floor and dashboard. A few bank statements littered the floor as Garth opened his door as well.

"We just have to get my clothes, nothing too bad." Bee kicked the front seat, while yelling towards him,

"You needed us, to help you move a box of your clothes?" Garth smiled slightly, knowing it was way more then just a single box.

- - -

Three hours and seventeen boxes later, Bee was at her usual perch on Raven's lap, boxes surrounded Jinx and Garth was smiling.

"Well that was fun!"

"Oh yeah, we really wanted to walk in on your roommates making their own porn." Raven attempted to look out the window, finding it blocked by cardboard.

"And what was up with the clowns? I mean, balloons just do not belong there." Bee added, leaning against her best friend. Garth laughed, his old roommates were weird. He met them back at True Directions. Hell, they were his best friends before that red haired harlot came into his life.

"They're just an eccentric group." Jinx snorted slightly, while trying not to choke on the boxes.

"I've never even seen anything like that, that's saying something." The car laughed as Garth pulled up to the Makiman shop. He slammed the door shut as Jinx wiggled out of the boxes. "We have to get Garth with that Roy-Speedy guy."

"It's not our place to get involved with his life."

"Oh come off it Raven, we need to get him happier."

"They did look like they were going to hook up in the hallway, I just wish I didn't walk in on them." Jinx glared at Bee. If she didn't insist on the extra chopsticks, Garth could be happy, boning the other singer and maybe this whole war wouldn't be taking place.

"And I mean come on, those boys are idiots, but they are sexy as shit." Jinx waved herself, while smiling, "especially that green kid." Garth came back into the car, as Raven kicked Jinx in the back of the seat.

"You're such a freak."

Alright, well I have a super busy weekend coming up. Saturday is with my friend Kaitlin's birthday, 4 and 1 / 2 hours of Family Guy and pizza. Sunday I meet my idol at a faerie con and go to Out Fest. Yay for awesome Philadelphia!

XOXO,

Jenn