Edited the chapter and fixed it all up. I'll continue to post this fic here instead of my SladinForever account. Should be easier to read now. In the processing of editing all of these old chapters (my writing is way better now then when I first posted)

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or D. Gray-Man (site won't let me save it as one whole word, like it should, so I had to add the space between the period and the G)

RockyVRWolf

Robin couldn't believe that he had come here, back to Gotham City. Not to mention he couldn't help the fact that while in Jump City he felt nostalgic on the anniversary of his parents' deaths. Robin hadn't visited them in years; he was too busy leading the Teen Titans. He had decided that that year he would visit them ever since he had shown his friends what was in his briefcase. And with the Brotherhood of Evil gone and very little villain disturbances, Robin finally found the time to hop into the small, one-person T-jet and return to Gotham to visit the graves of his beloved parents.

After checking into his hotel that night, Robin changed to civilian clothes (after quickly turning the jet into a car) and left, heading for the grave-site. The more steps he took, the sadder he became. What would he say? He hadn't even bought them flowers to put on their graves.

Once he saw the tombstones ten minutes later, Robin's heart filled with an aching sorrow that had been dormant for nine years. Stopping in front of the stones, he sat down, his arms in his lap. Robin stared at them in silence for five minutes, deciding on what to say. He sighed.

"Hey, sorry I haven't visited in so long," he began. "I've just been busy, more than usual. We beat the Brotherhood a few weeks ago. Jump City has been pretty quiet since then. Beast Boy still has moments where he's depressed, but I guess that's understandable." Robin laughed quietly to himself. "I wonder if you can even hear me right now." The teen sighed again. "I'm actually feeling sad myself, knowing that I haven't visited in so long. I just wish I could see your smiling faces again."

Robin was about to say something else, but he stopped himself. Slowly lifting his gaze, he saw a fat, jolly man with an umbrella in his hand. He wore a white suit, a tall, black top hat, and he had a giant, pointy-toothed grin plastered on his face. Robin didn't really like the grin, which never seemed to waver, even as the man spoke.

"Hello! Good evening!" A metal body on a slab appeared next to the man in a cloud of purple smog. "I have created this body, which allows me to resurrect a loved one. All I need is your cooperation. Call out to one of your parents with your loving voice and their soul will be called back from that world."

Slowly standing up, Robin backed away. The man's smile still did not waver off his face. The teen swallowed, suddenly becoming very cautious.

"How do you know these graves belong to my parents?" he asked suspiciously. "And who are you?"

The man suddenly appeared behind Robin. He placed his gloved hands on his shoulders, making him jump slightly in surprise.

"Does it matter?" the man asked. "I was listening to your conversation. You even said yourself that you wanted to see their smiling faces again." Robin pulled out of the man's grip, turning around and stepping one step back. "Just call one of their names and they will come back to life. Try it and you will see."

Robin stared at the man, his suspicion waning the longer he stared at him. Swallowing, he turned around, looking back at the metal body and his parents' graves. His heart ached again. If what this man said was true, then Robin could see his parents again.

Gulping, Robin walked back to the graves and looked at the body. A small voice in the back of his mind told him to run for it, but he ignored it. Taking a deep breath, the hero prepared himself. He decided to bring his mother, Mary, back. Here went nothing…

"Mary Grayson!"

Robin jumped back in fright as a bolt of lightning came down from the sky, hitting the head of the metal body. A black star and the name 'Mary' appeared on the now glowing body's forehead. The teen's masked eyes widened slightly when the body tried to speak.

"Ri-Richard?" Robin's eyes were wide open now, clearly surprised at hearing his name. The man reappeared beside the metal body. Realizing that what he said was true, the teen stepped forward, grinning from ear-to-ear. "How could you…?"

Robin's smile fell when a look of confusion crossed his face.

"What?"

The metal body suddenly grew sharp teeth. Robin could feel anger radiating from it. He stepped back.

"HOW DARE YOU TURN ME INTO AN AKUMA!" Robin jumped back, getting into a defensive stance. What the hell was going on? Wasn't Mary happy to be back with her son? "I'M TRAPPED AND I CAN'T GET OUT!"

The man chuckled with delight. Robin backed away in fear.

"You're already mine Mary-chan." As he quickly stepped back, Robin tripped on a loose rock. He fell over, landing on his rear. He stared wide-eyed at the metal body. "This is an order; kill that boy and wear his skin."

The metal body glowed with light. Robin's eyes widened as the body stepped off the metal slab and advanced on him. The teen didn't understand this, not one bit. This man wanted this machine to kill him and wear his skin? This was definitely villain's work.

Robin quickly backed away, only to be stopped by another tombstone directly behind him. The body was about to attack, but a giant, white, clawed hand grabbed it, smashing it into thousands of pieces. Cogs, gears, and metal body parts fell around the middle of Robin and the fat man. His eyes widened in shock when two boys wearing long coats of black and silver attacked the grinning man. Using his umbrella, he flew high into the air and quickly vanished out of sight. The two newcomers stopped, sighing in annoyance. One had a hammer and the other had a clawed hand, which Robin assumed were weapons. The boy with the hammer had red, spiky hair put up in a bandanna, and a black eye patch over his right eye. The other boy had white hair and had a white patch over his left eye. The boy with the red hair spoke first.

"He got away again, Allen." The boy looked at the boy with the clawed hand, which shrunk to a red one that looked frail. "And we still haven't found the Innocence."

The boy, Allen, looked at his friend.

"We'll find it, Lavi," he said. "It would probably be better if we went back to Lenalee."

The red-haired boy, Lavi, nodded.

"Yeah, let's head back."

Nodding, the boys turned around, but stopped upon seeing Robin still cowering against the tombstone. Allen stared closely at him briefly before smiling and walking towards him. Robin backed up as far as the stone would allow.

"Hi, I'm Allen," he said, holding his hand out to Robin. "I hope the Millennium Earl didn't scare you." Robin didn't move or reply. Allen hesitantly pulled his hand away. "I guess I was wrong."

Lavi appeared beside Allen, placing his arm on his shoulder. He shouldered his hammer.

"Hey! I'm Lavi and this is my friend Allen Walker," he said, pointing his thumb at him, who smiled. "I guess you're a human, otherwise Allen would've killed an Akuma as quickly as possible."

Allen frowned at Lavi, his temple throbbing.

"Don't scare him even more, Lavi." Allen shrugged his arm off. "You should probably get out of here just in case the Earl returns. We wouldn't want you making another Akuma."

Robin's hero senses suddenly kicked back in.

"Wh-What's an Akuma?"

Allen smiled, glad to know Robin was paying attention.

"They're machines created by the Earl," he replied, extending his hand to Robin again. "Killing machines if you want it simple." Robin looked at the offering hand. He eyed the other one. Allen noticed. He grabbed his wrist. "This is my Anti-Akuma weapon. I only hurt and kill Akumas with it. You're just a human." Allen held his hand back out to him. Hesitating, Robin grasped his hand. Allen pulled the hero to his feet. "Are you okay now?"

Robin nodded, dusting himself off.

"Y-Yeah, I was just surprised, that's all."

Allen nodded.

"Yeah, Akumas can be scary. But you don't have to worry about them now. There aren't anymore around here." Robin nodded, his fear and shock finally gone. "Well, we got to go. We're searching for Innocence. No need to know what that is though." Allen looked to Lavi. "Let's return to the hotel."

Lavi nodded, unshouldering his hammer.

"Right." Allen grabbed a hold of the hammer's handle. "Extend, extend, extend!"

The hammer grew to surprising lengths, taking Allen and Lavi far off into the distance. The hammer soon followed. Robin blinked.

"That…was weird." Robin sighed. "I better go to bed then."

After looking at his parents' graves one more time, Robin started back for his hotel, not knowing that his life would take a drastic turn into the world of D. Gray-Man.