I have read many stories from this site but this is my first time publishing a story here, so please be patient. This page is mostly the story's background info and explains things in more detail so I don't have to keep interrupting the story to give more information. I based my story on the first series and this takes place after the Teen Titans Movie: Trouble in Tokyo. I try to keep the information as close to the original series as I can- though I did take the idea of Aqualad's match based on a picture from the Teen Titans Go! series (for TTG haters, that was the ONLY thing I consciously used based on TTG). I am still working on the story, so I will add more chapters, not sure how many yet. I guess this is the part where I say "I don't own Teen Titans or anything related to the DC Comics universe". Enjoy.
Exposition:
Earlier in the year, Robin and Bumblebee had taken the initiative of enrolling in team management workshops to improve their leadership skills. Though it was created for the professional growth of business managers, rather than superheroes, the principles of building an efficient team were the same- whether in an office cubicle or on the battlefield. While Robin has had many years of experience as the leader of the Teen Titans, he did it more so to support Bumblebee, since she has often experienced trouble with guiding the Titans East team.
She never liked to complain about it, but being the leader of a crime fighting team (not to mention the only girl in a house full of adolescent boys) did get a bit overwhelming and lonely at times- which is why Robin offered to take these workshops with her. She was a new leader and still needed guidance on how to direct her teammates. Despite Robin's years of experience with leading successful missions, he wasn't arrogant about his abilities. He knew that above all a good leader must always be willing to look for new resources and trainings to help build a better team.
One of the lessons Robin and Bee learned from their leadership course was the importance of building team morale and rapport with an extended network. This meant keeping the team members happy, as well as helping them to bond outside of the work environment in order to be more in-tune with each other. Even Robin had to admit, he could do better in this department. He was always focused on the fighting skills and strategies but rarely focused on the relationship building aspect. Though Cyborg and Beast Boy are practically conjoined at the hip, and Robin and Starfire were close (seeing as they are dating); being the only girls in the house Raven and Starfire (despite Starfire's best efforts) could benefit from more bonding with each other. Come to think of it, Raven could benefit from bonding with anyone.
Robin and Bumblebee decided that they would do both separate and joint team bonding activities, with the goal of having a joint activity at least once a month. This way if they ever did need to team up, both teams would be in sync with each other. This also gave Bumblebee the opportunity to observe Robin's leadership skills with his team and Robin a chance to give Bumblebee feedback and/or advice on how to lead her team more proficiently.
Occasionally they would invite other honorary Titans to join their activities to increase the bonds of their extended network. However, most of the time the others declined, as they preferred to work alone. Occasionally Jinx and Kid Flash would drop in if they were nearby- but it was mostly because Jinx wanted to hang out and talk with the female Titan. Even after renouncing her villainous past, she still had a hard time making friends who weren't felons. But she found comfort in Starfire's friendly and forgiving nature, as well as Raven's experience and understanding in fighting her own inner demons- even though she continued to shut everyone out. While Jinx still sometimes felt judged by Bumblebee, her former schoolmate didn't hold her past against her.
Most of the collaboration activities took place in the original Titans' home and would involve some type of sparring match or combat training. But both leaders knew that they had to make more of an effort for fun non-work related activities as well in order to help the teams really bond. But it was hard to organize a planned group vacation or even a "Day of Fun" since you could never be sure when evil will attack. That is, until Cyborg's newest creation.
Cyborg has been working for years to develop a new invention he called "The Crime Watch". A device that uses recorded data from the previous years to predict the chances of criminal activity happening in a 24 hour time span, within the tri-state area. The data uses documented patterns of weather conditions, days of the week/month, times of the day/year, and even the moon and solar phases (which required some help from Raven) to factored when the most criminal activities tended to occur. Cyborg also included any predictable behaviors or regular routines the Titans have observed, on stakeouts and other missions, about their more notable high-profile enemies to forecast high to low probability of criminal activity, as well as the general threat levels of those crimes. Of course it couldn't predict the exact time, location, or even guarantee the criminals that were responsible; but it would give a two hour time window estimate of when the peak of high criminal activity was likely to happen and a 5 mile radius estimate locator and a list of who would most likely be behind the acts (based on any routines that may prevent or enable certain criminals that are recorded in the data base). Cyborg made the device into portable wristwatches for both Robin and Bumblebee (each customized with the data of their corresponding residences). Both leaders hid their watches under their glove and sleeve, respectively.
Though they both knew it wasn't an exact science, Robin and Bumblebee had confidence in Cyborg's aptitude for mathematics and engineering. Plus, any tool that can help them to fight crime was a welcome one. Robin and Bumblebee decided that they can test out its usefulness by using it to plan outings for their teams on a day when the probability of criminal activity, or at least the threat level of the criminal activity, was low. Besides, the local authorities have always teased the Titans that they get to have all the fun and said that if the local PD doesn't start pulling its weight they may be out of a job soon (only half-jokingly).