Dun diddlity dun! And here is chapter 6. Please read it and review.

He walked into the bookstore and could immediately smell her.

There were plenty of other senses that entered his nose, from the scent of the other people walking through the store, the typical café smells that you almost always encounter at a good café, and the classic fresh out of the box smell of the new upcoming book. But it was Raven's scent that really stuck out to him and dragged him through the store. She came into his sight and he wasn't sure how to feel at that moment: guilty for the amount of anger rolling off of her or angry for making her wait when there were so many male eyes staring at her, hard.

He couldn't blame them.

Her long neck that bent over her book and bared, which that right there was enough for the Changeling, but it was the additional fact that her shoulders were also bared that made the Beast awaken and stare. Her off-shoulder shirt was long sleeved and cropped where he was able to see a hint of her chest before it was cut off by the long skirt she wore that had a deliciously long slit up the side that was enhanced by the crossing of her legs. Her royal blue shirt was tight enough that he was able to watch the slow rise and fall of her endowed chest. That right there was what he found beautiful. Then she uncrossed her legs to place her other leg on top. There was another slit just as long and just as sinister on the other side. That's what made him drool.

That's what made the Beast want to purr and growl at the same time. For over four hours, she had waited for him and he wanted to slash at his host. She had dressed like this for him. This was all supposed to be for him. He wouldn't be surprised if another male had approach her. Heck, he would have applauded at the bravery of the human.

He would have ripped him to shreds, but applauded him no less. And then he caught the scent. It was faint, as if the owner of the scent had left long ago, but he caught it because it lingered so close to Raven's, as if the owner had sat at the table with her, maybe even conversed with her, but he had definitely hugged her. His growl only deepened.

'He touched her!'

Before the Changeling was able to decipher what the Beast said, he felt a sharp pain rip through him. He tried to communicate with the Beast, to understand what was going on but all he got was a growl, a snap, and a loud, 'Shut up!' He could feel his body as it began to change and he wasn't sure how long he could hold in his scream. It was different from when he shifted on his own. His body wasn't fighting with his mind and he was in full control. This change, this change was forced; he was scared.

"Sit."

Raven's sharp tone slashed through his inner battle and he felt his body fall back into the conveniently pulled out chair at her table; a chair that seemed to be doused with the male's scent. His claws dug into the wooden table and his growl finally erupted from his mouth. Changeling couldn't understand but he was so angry, every single soul within the ten mile radius was going to be slaughter; mostly the male, but he wouldn't discriminate.

Then a great sense of calm entered from the front of his head and began to wrap around his soul. As his mind seemed to clear he realized Raven's fingertips were resting where the sensation began. He leaned into her touch as his body stopped changing and began reverting back to his original form. Her hand left his forehead and began scratching behind his ear.

"I need for you to stay calm."

It didn't seem like she was talking to him but that didn't matter to him. The fact that she wasn't afraid of the Beast and was able to calm it down was kinda…hot. "Are you back with me, Changeling?" Oh wow, he felt so relaxed he wasn't sure if he had nodded or just let his head roll.

"Good." She pulled her magically fingers away from his head and he had to clamp down on the whine that almost escaped. "Then let's head back to the tower."

What?

"You, uh…you're not curious about why I'm late?" She ignored him as she drank what he assumed to be tea. "You're not mad I showed up late…again?" She placed the now empty cup back onto the table.

"You're not going to talk to me…again?" She gathered her book and her purse before she rose from her chair. She looked about ready to leave and the Changeling was at a lost, but the Beast had one last question:

"Who's the guy with the audacity to touch you?"

That was not what he wanted to come out of his mouth. He flinched as she fixed him with her famous glare but this time the raw emotions that came with it made him want to cower and hug her at the same time.

"You have no right to say that to me." She stalked closer to him never once breaking eye contact and he got the full impact of her emotions. "I waited for you and you didn't show. You broke your promise to me. You don't even understand how much that hurts."

He needed to salvage himself.

"But I swear I was going to be on time! I left out at least an hour early. I even had enough time to wave to my fans and stroll through the city. And then I heard someone call my name and it turns out it was Tara." He felt the Beast claw at him as it growled, 'Shut up. Shut up! SHUT UP!' But it seemed his brain wasn't getting the message.

"Then she asked if I wanted go to the arcade, and I said 'Yea' and we played, then she won, but I wasn't really paying attention the first time and so I challenged her for more rematches to the point where we lost count and-"

The ceramic mug that Raven was drinking from shattered and scared the Changeling from finishing his sentence. She looked down to the book in her hand.

"That's the third mug I've broken while waiting on you today, and frankly I'm tired of it."

"What do you mean? What are you tired of?"

She looked up, but she still wouldn't look him in the eye. "This. Changeling, you obviously don't want to be here, or rather, you wish to spend time with other people. And that's okay. I'm fine with that." He didn't know where she was going with this, but when she finally looked at him she no longer held any emotion that they normally had when they talked. She didn't even look anger. She looked emotionless and so dead. That wall that he had worked so hard to break down was back up with a vengeance.

"I just wish you didn't string me along."

She waved her arm, opening a portal behind her. "Robin is waiting for us. He called us for a team meeting." She stepped one foot into the portal before she turned back to him. "You're paying for that mug," and she disappeared.

And he felt like an idiot.

He ignored the citizens who were watching the titans since he walked in and made his way to the counter. Slamming a twenty on the counter he muttered a, "Keep the change," to the barista who seemed to shake his head at him, before he race out of the bookstore and shifted to take to the sky. He felt so empty, so lifeless. That had to be his worst argument with Raven and he could feel that things wouldn't go back to normal right away. Heck, he was worried that their whole dynamic would change. What if she didn't want to talk to him anymore? What if she stopped laughing at his jokes? It wasn't like she was laughing in the first place, but now he assumed he'll never be able to casually talk with her again.

'I blame you.'

And he knew he was to blame. It was his fault. It wasn't the Beast's, and it wasn't Tara's. It was all his because of his negligence.

He was an idiot.

The roof came into sight and he allowed his body to shift back as he landed in a crouch position. He was about to get up when he took a deep whiff of the world and his body stiffed as he caught the scent. It was the one from the café. The man who had placed his hands on Raven was in the tower, right at that moment.

The Beast was ready to hunt him down. Changeling left from the roof and followed the scent until he made it to the living room. When the door swished open he spotted each of his teammates on the couch, except for Nightwing, who stood in front of them and Aqualad, who held his place beside his leader. He was about to let loose a growl when Nightwing noticed his entrance and waved for him to join.

"Come on and join us Changeling. The Titans East needs our help on a certain mission."

He jumped over the couch, landing in between Starfire, who sat at one end of the couch, and Cyborg, who kept looking back and forth between him and Raven, giving him an occasional elbow jab every half a second. Once he was settled, Nightwing turned to Aqualad who cleared his throat.

"Hey, guys. So here's the deal. Lately, a group of people have been stealing varies products from around the world. We don't know who they are or where they came from, but we know what they're doing." Aqualad then turned and clicked on their computer keys as he pulled up a diagram with different artifacts. "Separately, these artifacts are harmless, as they always are in this situation, but together, they have enough power to blow a hole through the center of the earth."

Starfire gasped, her hands flying to her mouth. "That is most terrible. We must stop them at once!"

"I agree Star," Nightwing quickly interjected. "That's why the Titans East came to us."

Aqualad continued, "The last artifact is in Columbia. Unfortunately, the whole of Titans East can't go because we have villains of our own to handle. This is why we need your help. We would like one of you to go on the mission with one member from our team, that way each of our cities is protected and we can still get the bad guys."

Somewhere in all of that exposition Changeling stopped listening. He was too busy growling at Aqualad. He saw through the fish boy's plan. He could bet that while what the Titan East said was true, it wasn't as serious as he was making it out. No, he just knew that Raven was going to be picked to go with their underwater friend and while they were there, he was going to try and put the moves on her. He bit his nails into his thighs to stop himself from attacking the other titan.

'It's not him.'

That stilled him. 'What do you mean? Of course it's Aqualad. The scent from earlier is stuck on him.'

'That may be, but it's not his scent.'

See, this is why he didn't talk to the Beast. He was nothing but an assortment of growls and riddles.

'What?'

'It's not his damn scent! It's-'

The entrance door swished opened as the red haired Titans East member walked in, a takeout bag in his hand. "Hey guys. Way to start the party without me." Arsenal turned his attention to his teammate and tossed the bag to him. "Here buddy. I remembered you were hungry, so I got you something." Aqualad caught the bag, looked inside before visibly turning green and tossing it back at Arsenal's face.

Arsenal slipped on a Cheshire smile. "I thought you liked Po' Boys"

"That thing is flooded with fried shrimp!"

"Only the best for my aquamarine friend."

Even Changeling had to laugh at that, but the Beast wasn't having that.

'It's him, you buffoon. He was the one at the café with Raven.'

As the Beast said this, Changeling watched as Arsenal saddled on couch's arm beside Starfire as he gave her his best grin. "Hello, Beautiful. Not a day goes by that I don't miss that lovely smile of yours." Starfire giggled as he kissed the back of her hand, his devious grin growing as Nightwing's feathers were ruffled. "I got you a Po' Boy, sweetheart, but of course that means you have to be my dessert later on."

'No way it's him. He has a thing for Starfire.' Changeling watched as Arsenal left from Starfire's side, giving him and Cyborg their made-up handshake before joining the other two men to sooth their feathers. 'Like I said, we need to watch for Aqualad, which I'll put a cork in right now."

Changeling cleared his throat to gather everyone's attention as he spoke. "So who from our team will be joining you on your mission? I'll let you know, I'll be the first to volunteer to join you Aqualad. I've always wanted to see the women of Columbia. I've heard they're real exotic."

Arsenal laughed at this. "Oh believe me, they are delicious, but Aqualad isn't going on the trip. He'll probably take all the fun out of the country." Aqualad muttered how it was physically impossible to take the whole fun from a country, and Arsenal replied that Aqualad would find a way before returning to what he was saying. "I'm going on this trip, and I'm not taking you green buddy." When he heard it was Arsenal in charge of the trip, he figured the Beast would calm down. Arsenal was obviously going to choose Starfire and even if Nightwing protested, he would have an amazing argument that Nightwing may or may not give in to and let Starfire go. No, he had absolutely nothing to worry about.

"That's why I choose Raven to accompany me."

'That son of a bi-'

'I fucking told you so.'

And so there is Chapter 6. And now you know who the titan is. It's Arsenal, or Speedy for the cartoon version. I wasn't sure if Speedy had changed his name before or after Robin and Beast boy so I decided everybody has their older name...that I know of. So, what do you think? I worked extra hard on this chapter, as in I wrote a few extra words when I wanted to stop. I hope I didn't disappoint. And I hoped to have kept everybody in character, especially Aqualad. There is just no way for me to fully grasp him, which I will work on, in small bits of this story.

Please read and review and give me your thoughts. Oh, and I took inspiration Raven's look from her original Titan uniform. You know, the dress with the two slits and the long gloves. I just separated the dress to a shirt/shirt set and made the gloves sleeves.

For the next chapter, I believe we'll be going a bit back in time to those four hours as Raven waited with Arsenal's point of view. And there you have it!