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Teen Titans/Young Justice Xover
Young Titan
Prologue
This is it. Robin thought as he silently stood on the ledge of one the many builds overlooking Oakland. Everyone in the area called it Jump city, similar to the nicknames of Steel city for Pittsburgh and Emerald city for Seattle. It took Robin two and a half days to travel from Gotham on his R-cycle, only stopping in Central city in Colorado to rest a little and to see Kid Flash.
Wally had been the closest thing to a 'best friend' he has ever had. Having a double life as a billionaire's genius ward and as Batman's sidekick made everything difficult; especially when half of the people you have ever met either wants to kill you, or are jealous of your 'silver platter'. They were close, almost like brothers. Close enough to have gone as far as disobeying Batman and reveal his secret identity to him.
Robin leaped from the building, and began to hop from rooftop to rooftop as he scouted the had been awhile since he last patrolled a city. He didn't have time to deal with small time criminals when he joined Young Justice, the covert-ops team for the JLA consisting of nothing but sidekicks. It was formed as a way to prove to their mentors that they were ready to join the JLA.
The team had consisted of seven members: himself, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, Miss Martian, Artemis, and Speedy, who had gone solo and changed his moniker Red Arrow before the team was over a year, they received two new members, Wonder Woman's younger sister, Wonder Girl and Superman's cousin Supergirl. Roy returned to his original name and finally joined the team half a year after that.
Young Justice seemed to run like a well oiled machine. However, things were not as smooth as they should have been. Personalities and fighting styles clashed both on and off duty. Down times were sometimes filled with arguments and disagreements. Even though Robin himself got along well with the others, his contribution to these rough edges where during missions. He would often disappear without a word to take the initiative in completing a task. Not being able to predict and interpret how the others would react, his disappearing act would sometimes compromise the mission making it far more difficult to complete.
Robin stopped and watched as a man broke into a jewelry store, remembering his second mission leading the team. It was successful, but it was not something he was proud of. He thought he was ready, but old habits surfaced and nearly cost them the mission and their lives. Kaldur would lead the team once again as Robin focused on improving himself as a leader. He analyzed every mission they had done, not only did he study the teams current rogue gallery, but he studied the members of the team itself. The rest of Young Justice began to notice Robin becoming a little more distant as time passed, but Wally would always make a joke about him trying to be like 'daddy bat' to satisfy their curiosity.
Soon the time had come as Robin once again asked for the chance to lead the team. The team turned down his request. They already have grown used to Kaldur leading the team, and felt it would be best if he continued to do so. That sent Robin over the edge; he wanted to scream. He had gone out of his way to try and turn into what he had thought was their ideal leader, but he failed to see that they already had one.
He felt there was only one thing left to do. Calming the rage welling up inside, he gave a curt nod, and quietly left. Everyone returned to what they were doing, except for Wally and Artemis. They had felt something was wrong, and caught up to Robin before he made it out of the base. They were shocked to find out that Robin had decided to leave the team.
In what seemed like an impulsive decision, Wally had decided to quit too. Artemis was at a loss for words. He explained that he had only gone along with the whole 'black ops team thing' because it gave him a chance to work with Robin. With him gone, there wasn't much of a reason to stick around. Even with all the 'eye candy', he preferred to work with his uncle Berry more than going on 'We don't know you if you epically fail' missions.
The Boy Wonder quietly followed the robber on the rooftops as the police tried to catch the robber. He knew he was going to miss the team. Working with Wally had been one of the many things he had enjoyed, and he regretted not being able to work with Roy as a team. However, the one thing that had bothered him the most was Artemis. Turning his back to her as he left Mount Justice left a bad taste in his mouth. She had gotten along well enough with everyone on the team, but her and Robin, they just seem to click.
Being the only other non-meta-human on the team, she seemed to gravitate to him. They were always together when the team would split into groups and during their downtime, when he wasn't with Wally. As soon as she began attending Gotham Academy, he befriended her as Richard Grayson. It took some time, but Artemis soon found herself enjoying the company of the 'Mathlete'.
He began to consider her a close friend like Wally, and later even found himself being attracted to her. He did not try to pursue her as she seemed to have her eyes dead set on Superboy, even when it became obvious that Superboy and Miss Martian were starting to get close. He should have said something to her, anything; how he felt about her, to come with him, and that he was Dick Grayson. He wanted to tell her everything, but he didn't. Like a pigheaded fool, he just walked way.
Robin cleared his mind, realizing that he needed to focus. The criminal below him had just turned into an ally and successfully evaded the police. Robin quickly jumped to the building nearby intentionally revealing his shadow. The man panicked, and pulled out a crowbar as he cautiously moved deeper into the alley. Robin threw a birdarang to disarm the man as a he quickly repositioned himself near the darkest part of the ally.
"I don't want any trouble!" the man cried as he dropped his weapon. Robin quickly dropped down into the shadows of the alley, making just enough noise for the man to hear. He then activated holographic images of bats flying towards the now terrified man.
"You should have thought of that before you committed the crime." Robin said as he revealed himself before charging towards the man, and delivering a kick into the middle of the man's chest. The man staggered backwards, but was able to stay standing. The man, realizing his assailant was only a kid, charged at Robin with a flurry of attacks. Robin quickly dodged the first two punches and countered the third with another kick to his chest. Not wasting anytime, Robin lunged towards man at an angle by push off the wall and easily taking him down with his momentum. The man was then quickly picked up by the small boy and was thrown against the wall.
"Hey, this isn't your town," The man stated with a slurred voice, realizing who his attacker was as he slid to the ground. "Aren't you suppose to be with-"
"Just moved here," Robin quickly replied cutting the man off from finishing his question. "And from now on, I work alone."
A/N: I would like to thank Red Giraffes for helping me by beta reading this story.
