Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. I do own this kick-ass Beast Boy figurine though.
A/N: Second chapter…hope you like. I'm sorry to say I've heard rumors that review responses are banned. I will be acknowledging those special few who take the time to review, though.
I really want to thank Tmidge, Raven 0f Azarath, Kimster44, Anwen/Valda, KorrianderX'hal, aZn DrEaMeR xD, bpotato23, Sersee Grayson, HeavensAngel009, and InkBlotted Chakra. You guys made me feel so special by being the first ten to review.
And, to answer questions (Sersee) this story will be both the new and old Titans and (Anwen) I will definitely work her in, because I was going to have a new Titans East anyways. You just saved me work from having to think up characters…
TT2Richard awoke to the incessant buzzing on his bedside table. It was Kori's Mumbo alarm clock (Richard had asked her why she insisted to keep it. She answered with it was a reminder of all the memories they shared. He grudgingly let her keep it.). He pressed down on Mumbo's head and it stopped ringing instantly.
"Kori," Richard mumbled, rolling over and facing her side of the bed (though they had only been living together a day, she had already claimed a side of the bed). "Kori?" he reached his hand out and patted only air.
Richard heard sounds coming from downstairs, and assumed it was most likely Kori. After dragging himself out of bed (contrary to popular belief, he was NOT a morning person. He was only perky in the morning after his cold shower), he stumbled into the bathroom and turned on the freezing cold water. Richard jumped in the shower after stripping himself of his pajamas and quickly washed his hair.
Kori sat at the kitchen table, her purple bathrobe wrapped tightly around her, as she sipped at her tea and read the morning paper. The article of the New Teen Titans was front-page news, and apparently very hot.
Richard came in, as she was halfway through with the interviews they had done with each of the new Titans, having already read Danny, Hawk, and Taku's. He had on only a pair of green plaid boxers and a white button-up shirt, which was only half buttoned.
"Hey babe," he greeted with an adorable smirk, running a hand through his damp raven locks.
"Hey yourself," she replied. "Our baby made the news. And our engagement," Kori added with a laugh, pointing to the article that was clearly headlined 'NIGHTWING AND STARFIRE TO BE WED!'.
"About time," Richard joked, pouring himself a cup of coffee from the percolating coffee maker. "That only happened about four weeks ago."
"Speaking of, Galfore is relinquishing his duties as Grand Ruler for a month to come down here. He says he can't miss his little Bungorf getting married. Especially after the whole Betrothal fiasco," Kori chuckled, turning a page in her paper to continue on to Moonfire's interview. "He should be arriving today."
"It'll be great to see Galfore. He-er-won't try to kill me again if I touch you, will he?" Richard asked hesitantly, taking a long swig from his coffee mug.
Kori chuckled again, biting back a grin. "No, I suppose not. I mean, we are getting married. And he can't hurt you. You fathered his favorite little Trungorf," Kori told him, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Ok, I know enough Tamaranian words to understand you sometimes, but what does 'Trungorf' mean?" Richard asked, taking a seat next to her at the table and peering at the newspaper.
"It is…Grandchild," Kori told him. "Of course, Galfore is not a biological grandfather, but he does not need to be. Galfore raised me, and he is enough of a grandfather Moonfire needs."
"And Bruce is the rest of the grandfather Moonfire needs," Richard told her with a small smile. "Aw look. Moonfire told the Tribune we were her biggest influence," Richard cooed, pointing to a single line in the interview. "That's my girl."
Kori rolled her eyes playfully. "You're going to be late."
Richard looked to the clock and saw it was already seven. "Damn. I hate when you're right," Richard told her. "You better not be late, though."
"Bruce likes me better…he gave me another hour before I have to be in," Kori rubbed it in his face, smirking impishly. "So there."
"No, Bruce likes me better. He made you my secretary," Richard reminded her, kissing her on the cheek. "So there!"
"Whatever," Kori mumbled. "Now get your butt upstairs and get ready." Kori smacked his rear. "Don't want to be late for your first day."
Richard rolled his eyes as he high-tailed it upstairs to finish getting ready.
"Mr. Grayson," his secretary purred through an intercom as he sat at his desk, scribbling furiously on a stack of papers that lay before him. "Your four o clock is here. Should I send her in?"
The man smirked to himself, before pressing a button on the intercom. "Please send her in, and tell her I'm looking forward to this meeting." He chuckled to himself, taking the stack of papers and storing them in a drawer in his desk.
"Will do, Mr. Grayson," she responded with a girlish giggle. Richard smiled to himself.
The doors to his office swung open, revealing a woman with a pretty face, and sparkling emerald eyes. Her crimson tresses were pinned in a tight bun, she was clad in a powder blue blouse, and a knee-length gray skirt with a small slit in the side.
"Mr. Grayson," she whispered seductively.
"To-be-Mrs. Grayson," he responded, beginning to sit up from his chair. She raised an eyebrow as he walked around his desk, leaning back onto the front of it and smirking impishly.
His wife smiled wickedly, sauntering towards him. When their bodies met, she laid her hands on his chest and leaned softly into the side of his head. "You know…" she breathed into his ear, lingering for a moment. She knew how quick he would turn to jelly if she just breathed lightly on his ear. It was a soft spot for him. "I checked your schedule. You don't have any appointments for another forty-five minutes. I'm sure we could make that work."
Richard Grayson, protégé of Batman, was a very strong man. Nothing was ever known to make him weak. Nothing, that is, until he met Kori Anders. His knees began to tremble underneath his weight, as she straightened his collar and smirked devilishly.
"I'm sure we could," he responded, as she pulled her head up to plant a soft kiss on his lips.
Richard made a very pleased noise, wrapping his arms around her waist and securely pulling her body to his. Kori giggled against his lips, encircling her arms around his neck and fiddling with the hair at the nape of his neck.
"I love you," he whispered as he pulled away only an inch from her lips.
"And I love you," she responded, resting a hand upon his cheek. Kori began kissing him again, pressing herself tighter to her fiancée's body.
Suddenly, there was a rapid and timid knocking at the door of his office. Richard groaned in annoyance. His only time to be with the love of his life, and that just HAD to be interrupted!
"Come in," he snapped, relinquishing his fiancée with a very apologetic look. A modest-looking woman slipped herself through a crack in his door. She had short brunette hair cropped around her face, and a pair of square black spectacles hiding large hazel eyes. She was clad in a light gray blouse and a black knee-length skirt.
The woman adjusted her spectacles on her face, and smiled shyly. "I am so sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Grayson." She shot a glance towards the woman next to him. "But your secretary wasn't at her desk."
"That's because she's right here," Richard told her.
"Not to intrude, sir, but don't you have a fiancée?"
"Who is also right here."
The girl blushed a shade of deep crimson. "My mistake. Sorry, Mr. Grayson. I was told your fiancée is twenty-nine, and if you ask me you look much younger," she told Kori with a friendly smile. "Back to business. This fax arrived upstairs in Marty Finer's department about an hour ago. It was addressed to you."
"Thank you…uhm…" he trailed off.
"Miss Schwartz. And it was no problem," she replied, handing him a large stack of papers. "Again, I'm sorry for interrupting."
She quickly retreated, jogging out the door with one last apologetic glance back. Richard quickly flipped through the fax, heaving a sigh. He placed it on his desk, before looking up to meet Kori's gaze.
"I love you," he said in the sweetest voice he could muster.
"What is it?" she asked skeptically, crossing her arms over her chest.
He frowned slightly, walking over and cupping her face in his hands. "Bruce is coming over with a few of his associates to discuss the new project we want to start with Vic. Now."
"Oh, I see," Kori responded stiffly. "Your love isn't important enough," she huffed, in what she hoped was a joking manner. She walked away from his grip and turned her back on him. After a few moments, she turned her head to meet his gaze and smiled softly. He was sticking out his lower lip and quivering it slightly, looking like a forlorn puppy. "Aww, who could stay mad at a face like that?"
Kori cantered forward and into his arms, encircling her arms around his neck as they bumped noses. "I have work I need to get to anyways. And I have to go home soon before Galfore gets there. I'll live," she whispered.
"I'll be home probably an hour after you. I just need to wrap things up here and we'll go see Kimi with Galfore, k?" Richard asked, rocking their bodies back and forth and grinning flirtatiously.
"Ok," Kori breathed. "But for now, gimme a kiss."
Richard happily obliged, until there was another knock at his door. "ACK!" he exclaimed, now thoroughly pissed that his alone time with Kori had been smothered. "Doesn't ANYONE want me to be alone with my FIANCEE?" he cried in anguish, stubbornly crossing his arms across his chest. "Come in."
Four men appeared in his doorway. One he recognized as Bruce Wayne. Another was former Teen Titans team member Victor Stone; better well known as Cyborg. He was hidden, though, behind his holographic projector rings. A third was one of Victor's associates, Michael Thompson. The fourth was one of Bruce's associates, Kevin Wheeler.
"Of course we want you to be alone with your soon-to-be-wife, Richard, but not until after our work is done," Victor quipped, smirking. Richard blushed slightly, giving Kori a kiss before she scurried through the door. Before she left, she smiled and nodded to Victor and Bruce.
"Nice to see you two," she commented to the only two men in the room that she knew (besides her husband). "We really should do dinner one of these nights."
Then, she disappeared.
"Ok…so, what's so important that you needed to disrupt me from my work?"
Kori slipped her keys from her purse that night around five thirty, momentarily forgetting that she had left her house unlocked for Galfore. Once she realized, she rolled her eyes at herself and slipped her keys back into her purse.
"Galfore!" Kori rang excitedly. "Where are you?"
"Koriand'r!" Galfore exclaimed, sitting up from his seat on the couch in the living room and walking into the entryway. "Bungorf!"
"Knorfka!" Kori exclaimed, giving him a monstrous hug and laughing exuberantly. "Oh how good it is to see you, Galfore!"
"And how good it is to see you, my little Bungorf," Galfore told her, pulling back and surveying her. "You have certainly grown over these four years."
"Kimiand'r has definitely grown more than I have," Kori chuckled embarrassedly.
"Speaking of, where is my little Trungorf?"
"I did not tell you?" Kori exclaimed. "I remember not being able to send much in my transmissions, but surely I thought I included this!" Galfore cocked his head and furrowed his brow. "Moonfire was who replaced me on the Teen Titans. She is a superhero now, just like her parents!"
"My little Kimiand'r! A superhero!" Galfore exclaimed. "Oh how wondrous."
"Yes, Richard and I are very proud of her," Kori sighed. "Please, follow me into the kitchen." Kori led Galfore into the kitchen, where she turned the small white TV to the news and began a pot of tea. "I do not have any Sputwfinks, but I do in fact have some fresh-squeezed Glorg. I have cultivated the fungus myself," Kori told him proudly.
"My little Bungorf is growing up," Galfore murmured to himself.
"I have been grown up for a while now, Galfore. In case you have not noticed, I have a daughter and a fiancée," she replied jokingly, pulling something that looked like green jell-o from her fridge.
"I am here at the scene of a bank robbery downtown, where the New Teen Titans have just taken out their first criminals!"
"Oh! That's Kimi!" Kori exclaimed excitedly, standing to the side of the TV and turning up the volume.
Suddenly, behind the reporter, a pair of doors was blasted open. The reporter shielded her eyes from the blinding midnight blue light. Moonfire flitted from the bank, back just a little, as a robber came at her. She created a midnight blue shield in front of herself to keep him at bay, white Kyle came forward and kicked him in the back.
"Oh look at my little girl fighting criminals just like her mom!" Kori squealed.
Danny came forward, both hands encased in flames, and dug his knee into the criminal's back. "You move and you'll be fried from head to toe," he threatened, pushing his hands forward to let the criminal feel the intense heat radiating off of them.
"Amazing!" the reporter exclaimed.
"Kor, I'm home!" a voice called, followed by the closing of the front door.
"We are in the kitchen!" Kori called back. Before Richard could ask who "we" was, he had entered the kitchen to see Galfore sitting at his kitchen table.
Richard smiled. "Hello Galfore. Nice to see you again."
"X'hal," Galfore greeted, shaking his hand. Richard retracted his hand and nursed it, having had the life squeezed out of it.
"Richard!" Kori exclaimed, from her position near the TV. "Look!"
Richard turned to watch the TV's screen intently, to see six kids standing there looking very triumphant, before starting off. One, he knew as his very own daughter. "That's not-is that Kimi?" Kori nodded excitedly. Richard smiled as the screen faded back to the reporter's face.
"Our daughter's first crime bust!" Kori exclaimed, turning to him and jumping into his arms, before kissing him softly.
Galfore smiled, before clearing his throat loudly and deeply. "Oh…uh whoops," Richard chuckled sheepishly, before releasing Kori and letting her jump back down onto the ground. "Forgot we had company. How about we just go see Kimi. If we leave now, we'll get back there the same time she does."
"Good idea."
TT2