A/N Thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing! I love you all and it makes really happy that you're enjoying the story as much as me!

And now, a battle between Jazz and Paris! The cause? Music. (for KimTheKat) Um… and be prepared for lots of lyrics. A list of the songs used will be at the end.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the songs mentioned in this chapter.

Also, sorry if you like the song Boom Boom Pow… there is some minor bashing of it

Ch. 8 All That Jazz

With my headphones on and my music playing, I swayed a bit as I walked to the Rec room. Sunny and Sides were sparring in the training room, but I didn't really feel like watching.

Turning up the volume on my iPod, I began to mouth the words to the song playing.

Peek in, sneak about

I'm gonna snoop and call you out

I've caught you, you're hands are red

Now I'm you broken hearted detective

I then became distracted by a growing electronic beat. Frowning to myself, I quickened my pace.

Upon entering the Rec room, I located where the music was coming from. Jazz. I paused my iPod, and listened to the song that Jazz was playing.

I'm on that supersonic boom

Y'all hear that spaceship zoom

I recognized the song immediately and rolled my eyes in response to hearing it. Greaaaat.

"Yo, Jazz!" I shouted to said mech, who was on the other side of the room.

"'Sup?" he responded.

"Can you turn it down a bit?" I asked, while taking my iPod out of my pocket. I held it up for him, hoping he would understand what I meant.

He turned the music down, but smirked at me. "What, ya don't like it?"

Tilting my head to the side, I winced a bit. "Actually… no."

Jazz looked taken aback. "Really?" I nodded in response. "Well, you want to listen to something else."

"Well… I have one in mind, but it's not on my iPod."

"Not a problem. I can hack into Amazon and download it."

Smiling to myself, I walked across the room to Jazz. He picked me up and placed me on a nearby table.

"Ok, the song is Careful What You Pack by They Might Be Giants," I told Jazz.

Jazz's optics dimmed a bit as he went off and downloaded the song. A few moments later and his optics brightened back up. "Got it."

And then the song began to play.

The known, the unknown, and the underknown

Look at what she found

Digging all around by the goldfish pond

She's gonna get in trouble now

I looked up at Jazz with a smile. "So…?"

"Eh, it's a bit slow for my likin'."

Frowning, I asked, "But it's still good, right?"

He gave a slight shrug, "I like Boom Boom Pow better."

"There isn't even any music in that song!" I snorted in response.

"But you can actually dance t' that song."

Pursing my lips, I scanned the room for other 'bots. Sitting on a couch near us were the Jet-twins.

"Storm, Fire, come here a sec!" I shouted to them. They turned to see who was calling them.

Jetstorm tilted his head a bit. "What are you meaning by 'sec'?" he asked.

"Sec, as in 'come here a second'," I explained.

"But second cannot be long enough time for you to be talking to us," Jetfire pointed out.

I sighed. "It's just an expression."

"Oh," they said in unison.

Oh God, they do that creepy twin talking-in-unison thing. They got up and walked closer to me and Jazz.

"Ok," I said. "Which song do you like better?" I looked at Jazz and nodded at him.

He played a short part of each song for the twins. When they had both finished, I looked at the twins hopefully.

"I am liking first song better," Jetfire concluded.

"And I am agreeing with Brother."

My face fell, and I gave Jazz the evil eye as he began to chuckle. "See? That one's just more appealing."

"Well, I guess I just have a more sophisticated music taste," I replied in a huff. Then something went off in my head. "Mirage!" Said mech looked up from his spot by the energon dispenser.

"Hm?"

I waved him over. "Come here."

Mirage made his way towards us. "Yes? What do you need?" he asked.

"Which song's better?"

On cue, Jazz played each song for Mirage. After they ended, Mirage thought for a moment. "I like the second one better," he said finally.

I threw my hands into the air. "Yes! See? What did I tell you? Sophisticated taste!"

"Are you two having a disagreement?" Mirage asked. Jazz and I nodded in response. "Why not just listen to something you both like, hm?"

"Ok, lemme think for a sec…" Grabbing my iPod, I looked through the different artists on it. When I came upon a good one I smiled. "Guys, I'd like to introduce you to No Doubt."

Songs in order of appearance:

Detective by No Doubt

Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas

Careful What You Pack by They Might Be Giants

I'm sorry for the suckish chapter... it seemed a lot better as I wrote, but reading back over it... meh. But I don't want to rewrite it, so it'll have to do.

In my opinion, I think Jazz would be into the more popular music and not a band like They Might Be Giants. I think he would also enjoy music that he can dance to, not slow songs where you have to slow dance. I also believe that Jazz would like No Doubt, especially their songs Hella Good, Hey Baby, Start the Fire, In My Head… yeah. Sorry, I just found my lost No Doubt CDs and finally got to put them on my iPod.

Um… I need to check to see what I was going to do next… OH! I remembered! Mirage decides he needs to brush up on his stalking- erm, I mean, 'stealth' skills.

Until next time!

-Panic Switch