Chapter 5 of alternate dimension! I think I'm updating waaay too quickly! Well then again, this chapter doesn't have much in it. I was hoping for more but then I started writing too much. Sorry! He he...
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans
The rest of the day the five of them were attempting to continue to be rappers and not like those stupid wanna-be rappers. I mean come on? Singing?! They had to talk like a rapper but they only had a vague idea what they sounded like so they failed miserably on that. Raven also couldn't read her book because apparently rappers didn't read books. They all also had to make sure the hoods were covering their eyes so no one could recognise them apart from their friends. Everyone one of them were thinking that the idea was kind of pointless and maybe they should just be themselves at school so people would get used to having 'the Teen Titans' in the school. So Rachel decided to bring it up at Lunchtime when no one was overhearing them.
"Gar, I'm starting to think being 'rappers' is pointless." Rachel said. Kori nodded.
"I agree. I can't be a rapper in a million years." She said.
"Well, you seem to be pretty good at it! No one's recognised you yet!" Gar pointed out.
"Gar." Kori said in a tone which meant You-Know-what-I-mean.
"Fine...but it's not completely my fault dudes!" Gar said.
"We didn't say anything about it being your fault." Richard said.
"Oh..." Gar realised. "Well, it isn't anyway! You guys agreed to the idea!"
"The tofu-lover has a point." Vic said. "But if we just walk around school, some Teen Titans crazed fans will keep hunting us down!"
"Ssh! Not so loud Vic! Or they'll hear us!" Richard hissed.
"Oops. Sorry y'all."
"I guess we need to just get used to it." Kori said, sighing. "But I really hate it. I feel really sorry for celebrities now." Everyone else agreed. Then, Karen, Garth and Roy came to their table.
"Hi, Skater, X-treme, Cool Kid, Homie and...err...what's your name?" Karen asked.
"Shizzle fo Nizzle off the hizzle for the drizzle!" Gar said with all the gestures and everything.
"And Shizzle fo Nizzle off the hizzle for the drizzle." Karen added.
"Cut it out Karen, we're not really happy about this." Richard said.
"But your names are so cool!" Roy insisted. "Especially Gar's one."
"Thanks, Homie!" Gar said. Then he smacked his fist into his chest three times and held up a peace sign. "Peace." Rachel rolled her eyes beneath her hood but she found it amusing.
"Why did you guys become rappers?" Garth asked after he swallowed a mouthful of his lunch.
"It was Gar's idea." Rachel or Cool Kid said.
"That makes sense." Karen admitted. "How long do you think you're going to pull this off?" Kori or X-treme kid shrugged.
"I don't know but hopefully not long...not like I want to be a 'celebrity' again but I don't like these hoodies."
"Hey! I bought them for ya!" Karen said, annoyed.
"Oh! Sorry I didn't mean-"
"Don't worry, girl! I was jokin'." Karen said. "Oh look who comes now."
"Who?" Roy asked, looking in the direction where Karen was looking. "Oh." Kori, Richard, Vic, Rachel and Gar looked around simultaneously.
"Oh no." Richard or Homie said groaning.
"Hi!" a girl's voice screeched. Richard, since he was supposed to act like a rapper or something like that, he tried to ignore the fact that he disliked the girl.
"What's up?" he said.
"Like, you guys are new right?" she said, pointing to the five wearing hoodies. "Well expect you." She looked at Karen, Roy and Garth with disgust.
"Has ya mum ever told ya not to point?" Karen asked irritated. The girl ignored her.
"If you guys don't know my name, my name's Kitten." Kitten said. Yes, did you guess it was her?
"What's shakin' Homie?" Gar asked with a err....rapper accent.
"You talkin' to me?" Richard or Homie said with the same tone.
"Na, to that Homiess!" Gar said.
"Well, since I am the most beautiful girl and smartest girl in this school-" Kori, Karen and Rachel tried their hardest not to snigger at this complete lie-"I have the right to go out with all of you."
"SAY WHAT?!" the five of them shouted in unison, not forgetting to be rapper-like.
"I mean, you are all guys right?" Kori was about to throw up at the thought of going out with Kitten and was about to say she was a girl but she remembered that she was supposed to be a guy!
"What if we don't wanna?" Kori asked.
"Why would you wanna go out with us?" asked Richard. He was hoping Kitten couldn't see through their disguises.
"Look, I'm the like play girl around here so I go out with ever guy who looks appealing!" Kitten screeched. All of their mouths dropped open. "But I'll need to see your faces first." Kitten reached for Kori's hood but Kori held onto her hood.
"That won't be like necessary...word!" Kori said, forgetting to lower her voice. "I don't wanna go out with you anyway!"
"How dare you!" Kitten said annoyed. "Why not? Am I not appealing? And why is your voice so high?" Kori gulped. Their cover was blown.
"I was...blowing up balloons for the Prom....with helium..." Kori made up randomly.
"Oh...but isn't it a little early for blowing up Prom balloons?" Kitten narrowed her eyes.
"Um..." Kori had no answer for this. Yep, their cover was definitely blown all over to Austrailia. Oh no...back to signing autographs again...
"You guys are weird..." Kitten said. "Girls!" Two girls came up from behind her and the others were surprised that they didn't notice them. "I want to see who these people really are."
"No thanks, I'll like to keep my identity to myself thanks." Rachel said coolly.
"You're saying no to me?" Kitten said, outraged. "I want to see who you rebels are! Now, girls!" Mandy and Cindy grabbed Kori's and Gar's hoods (they were the nearest to them) and Kitten grabbed Richard's hood and they all attempted to take them off while Kori, Gar and Richard tried to stop them from doing that. It was like tug of war but with hoodies.
"Hey!" Karen yelled. "Leave them alone!"
"They want their identity kept to themselves!" Garth added.
"You're so not appealing!" Roy yelled at Kitten. Unfortunately, just yelling comments weren't doing any good but fortunately, Kori, Gar and Richard were stronger than Kitten and her group as they weren't really bothered if they broke a nail.
"Ugh! Mandy and Cindy, get the boys!" Kitten ordered as she looked at her nails. Mandy and Cindy clicked their fingers twice and immediately two heavily muscled jocks sprung up to them.
"Rip their hoods off!" Kitten said. So that's what they did. With a simple tug, their hoods were ripped off from their actual hoodie and into the jocks' hands! The five of them gaped at what just happened as did Roy, Karen and Garth.
"How did they do that?" Roy hissed but after that there was silence in the cafeteria. The sound of cloth ripping seemed to alert everyone from their lunches. Everyone turned around to face them. Kitten, Mandy, Cindy and the two jocks stared at them. The dinner lady who was about to pour soup into someone's bowl, dropped her ladle. Someone was about to put something in their mouth, dropped their fork. Someone who was about to dive under the table, stopped. It was like time was stopped completely.
"You're...you're...YOU!" Kitten yelled. "I can't believe I almost went out with someone who wears tights!" More silence. The silence was starting to get to Richard, Rachel, Kori, Gar and Vic and they knew exactly what was going to happen next.
"Oh my gosh, like it's the Teen Titans!" a girl said, gasping with excitement. Straight after that the five of them disappeared in a whiff of smoke while the opposite of silence started filling the hall. Screams were abundant as well as yelling and tables, chairs and people were knocked over. Dust and a huge mess of things was all that was left behind in the cafeteria. That and some people who never really heard of Teen Titans a.k.a People who don't watch T.V.
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"Man, I'm getting bored of this!" Vic yelled over the noise. They were currently running for their sake and were hoping like mad that the people will finally realise that they weren't the actual actors of those people in Teen Titans. But of course, that would be a miracle. The school doors were burst open as the five of them ran into them. They did a sharp left turn and another one so the fan group following them went straight ahead. Panting for breath, the five of them lent against the school's brick wall.
"Man...I guess we can't be rappers again." Vic said, breathing heavily. "That fan group was fast! They really need to go to track." Richard nodded.
"I hate being a celebrity when I'm even a celebrity..." Richard said.
"We need better disguises..." Gar said thoughtfully. Suddenly, Gar looked inspired and was about to say something when Rachel interrupted him.
"We're not having one of your ideas again, Gar." Rachel said firmly.
"Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with the scariest books on the world on top?" Gar pleaded, showing his puppy dog eyes.
"You can't persuade me by using puppy dog eyes." Rachel said, but she was lying. He's really cute when he does that... she thought. Wait? What am I saying? Thinking Gar is cute? I must be crazy...
Rachel couldn't resist the puppy dog eyes any longer and let Gar say his idea.
"Ok dudes!" Gar said. He retrieved a chalkboard from his back pocket and placed it in front of them. A world map was stuck on top.
"Ok, dudes! We're here, right?" Gar made a cross in New York where Jump City was. Then he started drawing detached lines.
"So from here....we go to Canada! So we stay there and work as brick-layers for three months then we travel by boat to...Russia and then we start teaching kids German for about five months which then takes us to France where we will work in a crossiant shop for about 2 months...then by ferry we'll go to England where we can say 'hi' to Mr. Mod's Grandfather and then throw American Flags at him! After that exciting event, we can go to Australia and meet some called Didgeridoo Blower who can teach us how to play the African Drums. We can stay there for 1-2 years-your choice- and we can go back to Jump City after that when everyone has forgotten about Teen Titans! Any Questions?" Gar looked around at them all who were exchanging glances.
"I have one." Rachel said. "Is your face resistant to slapping?"
"Err...no." Gar answered lamely. SMACK!
"Dude! Why'd you do that?" Gar yelled, rubbing his cheek.
"Sorry Gar, but we're not going with that plan." Kori said.
"Gar, it had to be done." Rachel said. Then she noticed Gar's cheek was a little red. "Does it really hurt?" Gar shook his head.
"No, but why on earth did you do it!" Gar asked, a little loudly.
"We need to be quiet or those fans are going to catch up with us!" Richard hissed.
"Man...Gar, are you blonde underneath all that?" asked Vic.
"Yeah...this is dyed." Gar said indicating his hair. "And dude! That's just mean! Blondes aren't stupid! It's just stereotypical!"
"Ok, ok, sorry man!" Vic said, holding his hands up. "I didn't mean it...but your plan is the worst ever." Gar shrugged.
"I thought so too. I was wondering if you guys would actually go with it!" Gar said, laughing.
"Ok...that was about 2 minutes wasted." Rachel said. "Maybe we should think of a better disguise."
"Well...I have an idea..." Kori said, but she looked doubtful and started twiddling her thumbs.
"What is it?" Richard asked.
"Um...you guys won't like it..." she started.
"It doesn't matter! Will it keep us undercover?" Vic asked. Kori nodded.
"But I'm serious. If you guys went with my plan then you'd probably-"
"Just tell us Kori." Richard said.
"Ok...I was thinking that since girls are usually dressed up for boys as disguises and that perhaps makes it easier to tell if someone's wearing a disguise, I thought we should maybe...dress up as...girls." Kori said. "Snobby, snooty girls...we'll see if it works..." The guys stared at her.
"You're joking, right?" Vic said, laughing. "I'm so not dressing up as a girl!"
"See? Girls are fine dressing up as boys but when it's the other way round, boys have no intention of doing it." Rachel said. "And it will be funny to see them trying to dress up as girls."
"Dudes! In case you haven't noticed, I'm not gay!" Gar said.
"Please? We'll just see if it works." Kori said.
"And if it does? You expect us to come to school every day looking like a girl?" Richard said. "No way."
"Well, did you expect us coming to school dressed as guys?" Rachel retorted.
"Well..."
"I didn't think so."
"Just try it? Please?" Kori asked. She started using puppy dog eyes, like Gar.
"Oh no...ok don't look at her face, don't look at her face!" Vic said, looking away. Wow...she's really cute when she does that...wait what did I say?! Richard thought.
"No. Seriously, Kori. No." Richard said shaking his head. Somehow he managed to resist it. Maybe the idea of being discovered dressed as a girl would damage his reputation so badly, that he'd actually use Gar's plan.
"Kori...it would be just so embarrassing if we were found out!" Richard said.
"Well didn't you think it was embarrassing for us?" Rachel said.
"No..." Gar said. "People are used for girls dressing up as guys, not the other way round!" Kori started thinking about it.
"Fine, I guess it was a bad idea." Kori admitted. "You guys will never pull it off."
"Why not?"
"You're guys...you can't really act as girls as easily as we can act as boys." Kori said. But really just because Richard's so cute...wait! I shouldn't thinking about him like that...he's just a friend...but do I want us to be more than friends?
"Dudes, why don't we just try lots of different disguises...like...spacemen!" Gar exclaimed.
"Say what?" Vic said. "...no actually, let's try it. We've got nothing to lose."
"Expect our dignity." Richard said.
"Right dudes, how about this...we rent lots of costumes from the costume shop downtown and then we can bring them into school and stash it in our lockers! So when we one of our disguises doesn't work, we try another!"
"People would get suspicious about new people arriving each day when five people disappear." Rachel pointed out. "I think this is pointless. We just need to go in there and endure the idea of fans all over us."
"Rachel's got a point." Richard said. Then the lunch bell rang. "Let's just change and just go to classes...and try and ignore everybody." Everyone agreed and they left to go into the school, all that time talking gone to waste.
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At the end of school, the five of them unfortunately experienced the same treatment from people as they did at the mall. Hair messed up, clothes slightly torn and tired looking expressions on their faces, the decided to go to Richard's house to sort it all out. Correction: Richard's Mansion. Whenever Gar came round, he always stared at the upholstery in awe and usually went to the massive game room with Vic.
"Dude! Can we go to the game room? You told me you had Night Ninja 7 and that's not even out yet!" Gar asked enthusiastically.
"No man, we need to do something about people falsely accusing us as those actors in the Teen Titans show." Vic said. "But afterwards..."
"Ok fine." Richard said. "Let's going to the casual lounge."
"You mean you have more than one lounge?" Gar said.
"Five in fact...didn't I tell you?"
Gar shook his head. "Dude...you're rich!"
"You just noticed?" Rachel said sarcastically.
"No, I mean really rich! Really, really rich!" Gar said.
"I think we're getting a little off topic." Kori said. "Let's just go and talk about our situation." Everyone agreed and trooped off to the casual lounge Richard had suggested.
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The lounge was casual alright but also huge! There was a large semi-circle sofa which was in front of a huge T.V. and not just plasma screen huge, it was wider and taller than an average bedroom! There was also a small kitchen, just in case you wanted to eat anything which in fact Alfred, Richard's Butler, asked. They declined and Gar and Vic jumped onto the sofa and kicked their legs up.
"It's a pretty sweet lounge if you ask me." Vic said.
"Yeah dude, and you're calling this casual?" Gar commented. Richard shrugged and kicked his legs up too. Rachel just rolled her eyes and sat next to Gar while Kori sat next to Richard.
"So y'all, what do you think we should do about this?" Vic asked. "We can't have people chasing us around every day."
"But they should start getting used to us." Kori said.
"I don't think they will." Rachel said. "Teen Titans only just started and it seems to be really popular."
"Oh that reminds me...you guys staying to watch Teen Titans, tonight?" Richard asked.
"Yeah dude! Look at the screen!" Gar pointed at the screen.
"Are you guys just going to admire Richard's home or are you actually going to help think of an idea to stop us from being so popular?" Rachel asked.
"You know dudes, I thought when I became famous-"
"When?" Rachel said, raising and eyebrow.
"Ok I thought if I became famous then I thought life would be a breeze." Gar said.
"I guess you didn't think about the autograph massacres, did you?" Vic said.
"No dudes and I really don't want to be a celebrity when I grow up." Gar said.
"Too late for that." Richard said. "People are thinking that you are one."
"Maybe we should start hiding?" Rachel suggested. The other four looked at her.
"Hiding?" Kori questioned. "Going incognito?"
"No, I mean hiding when we go to school." Rachel said. "If say a person is coming towards us, pretend to read a book."
"I'm not reading a book!" Gar protested. "I don't have one! Apart from those nursery rhymes from a couple of years ago..." Vic stared at him in shock.
"A couple?!"
"Yeah...wait...no..." Gar hesitated. "I meant ten years ago."
"What...that makes no sense!" Vic said.
"Sorry dude, I just realised how many years a 'couple' meant." Gar said.
"Are any of you guys paying attention?" Rachel asked, irritated.
"Sorry." Vic and Gar apologised.
"You know, Rachel's coming onto an idea." Richard said. "We'll still be the same people without anyone noticing us."
"Yes, I think it's a great idea! But how do you think we'll keep it up?" Kori asked. Rachel shrugged.
"I'm not sure, but we can try it for now." She said.
"Great, y'all! We got an idea and let's go to the Game room!" Vic declared. He and Gar were both eager to try out the game which wasn't even released yet.
"Ok!" Richard agreed and jumped off the sofa and started heading to the Game room. Rachel was about to say something but decided against it. Instead she got out a book, opened it on a particular page and started reading. The print was extremely small and Gar would've classified it as 'impossible to read'. Well if it was impossible, why was Rachel reading it? Kori looked at her for a moment and then stared down at her thumbs. She had nothing to do as she didn't have any sort of hand held item to use for amusement. After a few minutes, she decided to talk.
"Rachel..."
"Yes?" Rachel replied, holding the book so it wasn't covering her face.
"I need to ask you something." Kori said. She was acting a bit nervous.
"...what is it?"
"You know that people can get crushes?" Kori started. Rachel knew where this was going.
"Yes and everyone in the whole world knows you have a crush on Richard." Rachel said.
"I know that you know that but I was going to ask you how I should...show him my feelings?" Kori asked. "Ugh...I never knew it could be so hard to tell someone you love them!"
"I guess it is hard." Rachel said. "Not that I have any knowledge on that, of course."
"You're lying, Rachel. We all know you like Gar." Kori teased. "You are so cute together!" Rachel blushed slightly at the thought of Gar but Kori noticed it.
"See! You blushed!"
"Ssh! I don't want anyone to hear!" Rachel hissed. Kori smirked.
"Like Gar?" Kori said.
"..." Rachel said nothing at first. "And like you're the one to talk, you have a massive crush on Richard and you're not admitting it!" Kori's expression changed from smug to upset.
"Oh...what happens if he doesn't like me back? Our friendship will be ruined forever!" Kori said. "I don't want that to happen!"
"Kori, don't worry about that! He likes you back, Vic and Gar and all of our other friends know so too." Rachel assured. Kori smiled.
"Really? That would be great...but I still don't want to tell him. Not yet." Kori said.
"OK. Whatever you choose." Rachel said simply.
"Now that's me sorted, what about you?" Kori said. "Gar likes you too, you know!"
"No he doesn't." Rachel said. "Why would he? He liked that Terra girl." Rachel spat out her name in disgust.
"Oh Rachel...I didn't really think she meant to be so mean. Maybe she went down the wrong road in life..." Kori said thoughtfully. "And anyway, you said liked. He doesn't like her now obviously."
"Sorry for my mistake. I mean that he still likes her." Rachel said. "Even when she's gone and left the school now."
"No he doesn't." Kori protested. "He's moved on from her."
"And he probably doesn't want a girlfriend in a while. And if he did, it won't be someone like me." Rachel said and she looked down at her feet. She seemed pretty upset.
"Oh Rachel...you've got it all wrong. He likes you! Should I go ask him?" Kori said. "He's just up one floor you know."
"No!" Rachel said abruptly. "Don't! I have no intention of him knowing." Kori sighed.
"If you say so." Kori said. "But tell him soon!"
"Why should I admit my feelings when you don't?" Rachel asked.
"Ok. Let's make a deal." Kori started. "When one of us says our true feelings to that person, then the other person has to. Deal?" Kori struck out a hand.
"Deal." Rachel shook it.
"Yay!" Kori said ecstatically. "Let's just hope that isn't going to happen in a while!" Kori giggled.
"I agree." Rachel said.
"Should we go up and see what the boys are doing?" Kori suggested.
"We know what they're doing Kori. Burning their eyes out in front of a huge T.V. screen." Rachel said, rolling her eyes.
"Which you find so attractive!" Kori teased.
"Excuse me? I do not!" Rachel protested.
"He he! I was joking...and let's just go and say 'hi' and maybe we should think about solving the problem of out popularity a bit more." Kori said. "A few sentences and a 'yes' isn't enough." Rachel gave in and the two of them went upstairs to the Game room. Luckily, they didn't get lost in the huge mansion and the entered a rather large Game room. Flashing lights were blaring from the arcade machines and Rachel commented: "There should be a warning about seizures in here." They found Vic and Gar playing intensely on Night Ninja 7- two player of course. Richard on the other hand was waiting impatiently for his turn.
"Hi!" Kori greeted. "Who's winning?"
"I am!" Vic declared, sticking his tongue out in concentration.
"Dude...you just stabbed me with your sword!" Gar yelled. Two high graphic and detail figures were on the screen and they appeared to be in some sort of dungeon. Sound effects were practically shouting from the T.V. speakers and both of the players had some sort of weapon.
"Ha! Right where it hurts!" Vic smirked.
"Ow...even though it's virtual, I can feel that ninja's pain." Kori said.
"Vic, hurry up and end the game, I want to beat your butt next." Richard said impatiently.
"Hey! Who said you're going to win?" Vic yelled.
"I did." Richard smirked.
"Well, we were thinking that we should discuss more about our sudden popularity." Kori said. "You can play Ninja Night 7 another time."
"T.V. rots your brains. Not like you have much left Gar." Rachel commented.
"Haha! That's funny..." Gar said before he realised that Rachel was talking about him. "Dude! That's not funny! I totally have a brain!"
"Sure." Rachel said. "Now stop playing."
"We can talk about that another time." Vic said vaguely.
"No, now." Rachel said firmly. "Or I'll turn the game off." Gar paused the game and gaped at Rachel.
"You wouldn't!"
"I would." Rachel said. "You only need to press a button." She taunted them by hovering her finger above the off button.
"Ok, ok!" Vic said, giving in. "We'll talk about it!"
"Hey! What about me? You never let me have a turn!" Richard said, annoyed.
"You can go later Richard. I'll make sure you get a go first." Kori said, smiling at him. Richard softened and said:
"Ok fine." Before Vic or Gar could comment of Richard's immediate change of reaction, little lumps of plaster came down from the ceiling and there was a big crash from outside.
Did you like it? I bet you didn't. Well if you did or didn't, tell me what to improve on and what was good or bad. I need constructive criticism! Not too harsh though! Don't worry about me not having ideas! It's all in my head...hopefully it won't fall through my sieve for a brain. :-)