Chapter: 3 Itch
Beast Boy had reached the gym before Robin and sat on the floor waiting for him to make an entrance.
"Where'd he go?" He asked himself. He scratched the back of his neck to relieve himself from the itch. "Man, this thing is irritating…" He continued to scratch his neck until Robin finally showed up. "What took you so long Robin? Were you having second thoughts about going up against the beast?" Beast Boy said raising an eyebrow at Robin.
"I was giving you a chance to chicken out…" Robin answered with a friendly grin.
"Dude!" *
"You ready?" Robin asked while assuming a fighting stance in front of Beast Boy.
"Dude, I was born ready." At this beast boy changed into a cheetah and dashed for Robin.
Robin Quickly jumped out of the way and took out his staff. Beast Boy walked towards Robin slowly and when he felt close enough he morphed into a gorilla and made an attempt at landing a blow on his teammate. Robin blocked every blow with his staff. Beast Boy grabbed hold off Robins staff and tried to push him to the floor, however Robin was not going down that easy. Beast Boy then smirked and swung the staff up in the air with Robin clinging on to it. Beast Boy scratched his neck a little before turning into a crocodile. He opened his mouth in an attempt to catch Robin once he came down. Robin quickly spun around in the air so that his head faced down, and as he fell towards Beast Boy he stuck his staff in his jaws. Beast Boy tried to shake the staff out of his mouth, but he couldn't. He changed into a hippo and crushed the staff in his mouth. Then he turned into himself and scratched his neck again. "Is this thing irritating or what!" He said. Then he noticed Robin coming at him at full speed. He quickly changed into a bull and charged for Robin as well. Robin grabbed hold of Beast Boys horns and jumped over him, he spun around a couple of times before landing safely on the ground. He looked up, only to see Beast Boy turn into a dog and furiously scratch his neck. Robin raised an eyebrow at this strange move before he charged at his friend again. Beast Boy quickly got a hold of himself and dived under Robin. Robin turned around as Beast Boy changed into a gorilla again. They fought like that for a while until Beast Boy had to scratch his neck in mid fight, giving Robin an opportunity to successfully land a blow to Beast Boys side making him tip over. He sat up and scratched his neck while turning back to normal. "Man, I can't concentrate because of this stupid thing!" He Morphed into a rhino and dashed for Robin. Robin yelped a little before running away from the giant animal behind him. Beast Boy got closer and closer but Robin didn't change direction or his peace. Beast Boy had almost caught up when he suddenly realized the wall in front of him and that he was getting closer to it a little bit too fast. He started to brake as Robin ran up the wall vertically and launched himself off of the wall and over Beast Boy. As Robin touched ground Beast Boy made contact with the wall, making the entire gym quake. Beast Boys head was spinning, not to mention hurting, so he changed back to his human form.
"Ouch…" He said grabbing his head and leaning back against the wall. Robin caught his breath and then he walked over to Beast Boy.
"You okay?" He said as he reached out a hand to his teammate.
"Yeah, but this thing won't stop itching…" He scratched his neck again before grabbing Robins hand. Robin hoisted Beast Boy to his feet.
"You can blame the mark on your neck if you want, but this isn't the first time you end up running into a wall…" Robin said with a mocking smile before continuing. "And probably not the last time either…"
"I mean it! It's getting on my nerves…" Beast Boy said while continuing to scratch his neck.
"Maybe you're allergic to the bug that bit you…" Said Robin looking at the mark on his friends neck, it had gotten bigger and more intense in color.
"Dude, I'm not allergic to animals. Beast Boy, remember?" Said Beast Boy. Robin tilted his head to the side.
"I'm just saying…"
"It's no big deal, but it's irritating…" Beast Boy said.
"Maybe you should rest… and let Cyborg have a look at it if it gets any worse…"
"It's gonna get worse!?" Beast Boy didn't like that thought at all, it already itched like crazy. He scratched the mark again and sighed. "I'll be in my room…"
"Calm down, give it a little time and it'll go away." Robin followed Beast Boy to the door.
"I hope so, it feels like my neck caught rabies or something…" Beast Boy stepped outside the gym and turned to Robin. "You're not coming?"
"I need to train some more." Said Robin.
"Dude, all you ever do is train."
"It passes time, and keeps me occupied."
"Whatever dude, but sometimes you need to slow down and take it easy."
"I'll think about it." Said Robin, smiling as he waved Beast Boy off and resumed his training.
Notes...
Yeh... the first symptom is a real intense itch... I thought it'd be pretty natural. Oh and the "*" is just in case somebody didn't get the fact that Robins "I was just giving you a chance to chicken out." was meant quite literally, since Beast boy could actually turn into a chicken and oh whatever you get the point... I'm so stupid... -_-'
