TheJokerMan: Thanks for the support! This one was rather hard to write since I've never actually read when Bruce and Damian meet, only heard it mentioned by Tim in the Batman and Robin (The New 52) comic that I have.

Scarlet Firesong: The next chapter is here! :)

The Detective: Beginning

Joy had been curled up in the back on the seat where they kept the manuals, glancing every now and then at the screen. This was where she spent most of her days, curled up and trying to relive happier memories. She knew that she should be helping Bruce, but every time she suggested something or recalled a memory, the man only seemed to get more upset and angry.

It's all cause what happened with Jason…

She sighed at that thought, feeling sadder by the moment. It had been a dark time but things just seemed to be getting worse.

And I thought the fights with Dick before Jason were bad…

Even Alfred, who had been trying his best had begun to lose faith, not that Bruce could tell. It was painfully obvious to the emotions however; they had been with the elderly man just as long as Bruce had. With the younger boy no longer around to help keep up the mood, Joy hadn't felt like participating much.

There just seems to be so much pain…

"Joy!" At Sadness' outburst, Joy glanced up from the manual she was reading, curiosity filling her. She stood up a bit to get a closer view of the screen, before walking towards her friends. What she saw on the screen however confused her even more.

Is that…?

Her thoughts trailed off as all the Emotions stared at the screen in shock. Dick was standing there, but that wasn't the thing that surprised them, no it was the fact that there was a younger boy standing there as well. Joy could only stare at the screen in shock, watching as Bruce seemed to be processing what he was seeing as well. She glanced around at her friends to see that they were just as equally shocked by the situation.

"Is he…?" She began to ask but then trailed off, not wanting to get her hopes up but could feel them rising all the same. She knew that Bruce had begun to care less about himself since Jason had died and this might be the thing that he needed. She raised her hand to put it on the panel, willing herself to have the strength to try again, hoping that the man would accept his happiness back but was stopped when Bruce replied on his own.

"No." The man began to walk away and all the Emotions groaned.

"I didn't even touch the panel this time…" Joy glanced over at her friend Sadness when she said this before glancing over at Anger, watching as he shrugged.

"Not me this time either."

She sighed, staring back at the screen. She knew from the way that the man had reacted that it hadn't been Disgust or Fear that had triggered the response either, but Bruce had always been able to react on his own, despite their help. She stared back at her friends before looking down at the Bat-shaped panel again.

He needs this…

She steeled up her courage and put her hand on the panel, watching as it lit up a bright yellow before glancing back up at the screen. The only thing Bruce did though was stop walking away. She sighed, even though she knew it was better than nothing.

"Batman, wait." The Emotions heard Dick call from across the room before the younger man was suddenly at Bruce's side. Joy couldn't help but feel hopeful, knowing that if the older boy hadn't rejected the younger one, then there might be a chance.

Bruce gave no other response except to turn towards the younger man, waiting for what the boy wanted to tell him. All the emotions leaned forwards to catch what Dick had to say, since the man had lowered his voice into a whisper.

"Bruce, he knows. Plus… it might be a good thing. I mean, you have been-." All the emotions stared at the screen in confusion for a moment when Bruce ignored the rest of what Dick was going to say.

The man walked towards where the boy was observing the rest of the Batcave. Unlike Jason and Dick had been, he was standing there calmly, taking all of the sight in rather maturely.

"What's your name?" Bruce, although they could tell that the man was more in his 'Bat persona' than his playboy one, asked. The black-haired boy didn't flinch away at the tone, instead choosing to stare Batman down in the eyes, before offering the man a hand.

"Timothy Drake."

The name didn't really mean much to the Emotions, there were so many files that the man kept that it was hard to keep track of names, but Bruce apparently recognized the name.

"Drake…" Bruce looked over the boy once more, as if assessing him.

Come on, Bruce; just give the kid a chance! It'll be good for you!

"What are you doing here?" Joy looked away from the screen in disappointment at the harsh tone in Bruce's voice. If he didn't take this chance then…

I won't allow that to happen!

Tim stared back, not even fazed by the harsh voice, as if he knew it was all a mask.

"I know that you're Bruce Wayne." The black-haired boy pointed over to where Dick was standing, quietly conversing with Alfred, who had come down just a few short minutes after this whole thing began. "He's Dick Grayson. Actually, it's thanks to him that I found out who you were."

Bruce glared over at Dick, who waved, giving a sheepish look. Anger stepped up to the panel, a wicked smile on his face.

"Time for some anger!" Joy pushed him away from the panel, guarding it with her body so that the emotion couldn't get to it.

"No! We are going to keep this positive!" She looked over at Disgust when the girl sighed, clearly not in a good mood.

"In case you hadn't noticed Joy," She began, walking towards the control panel. "This whole thing has been the opposite of positive."

"You mean asterous?" All the emotions froze and glanced back at Sadness when she asked that, wondering what the word meant.

"Asterous?" Fear asked, cowering in the corner, as if he was afraid that Dick and Bruce would get into another fight.

"Yeah, you know that word that Dick always used to say…" The blue girl trailed off, as if thinking on something else. Joy felt a light bulb go off in her head at that, a wide smile on her face.

"Yeah…" Joy moved over towards the box full of ideas, plucking a star-shaped light bulb out and moving back towards the control panel. "That's just what we need!"

She plugged the bulb in, her gaze moving back to the screen to watch what could happen next. Apparently the Batman hadn't been guarding his thoughts and influences too well because all occupants in the room, besides Tim, broke out in smiles at what happened next.

"Asterous."

Yes!

"It actually worked for once!" Joy shouted, pumping her fist in the air as she watched the others reactions, both on the inside and outside of the screen. The other Emotions stared at her in wonder.

"I can't believe that actually worked…" Anger trailed off, for once at a loss for words, and negative emotions.

"I know, right! Isn't it great?" Joy glanced over at Disgust to see a small smile on the green girl's face, as if she was holding back laughter.

"Clearly Dick thinks it is." Joy glanced back at the screen, noticing the wide smile on the younger man's face, as if he had just been given a Christmas present. The black-haired man walked over to the younger boy, who seemed overly confused, and put his hand on the kid's shoulder.

"I completely agree with you Bruce. We're keeping him."

All the Emotions let out a collective gasp at his statement, varying reasons as the cause for each different idea.

"Did he just act like we were taking in a stray puppy?" Anger asked, completely aghast at what the other man had done. Joy was hopping up and down now, repeatedly touching the panel and making it light up every few seconds, as if trying to make her happiness heard.

"I know right! It's great!" Joy laughed a bit before a sudden look passed her face making her stop and pause. "Well, I mean Tim isn't really a puppy, but the idea is cute."

"Wasn't Dick like this with Jason?" Sadness asked, looking as if she was trying to recall the memory. Disgust shook her head as she looked down at her nails.

"No, it wasn't at all like this-."

"But it was like this later on!" Joy piped in, cutting the green girl off with a smile as she stared at the screen.

Bruce was staring at the two boys, with Alfred in the background, as if assessing the whole situation. Joy put her hand down on the panel one more time, trying to see if he would finally allow happiness back into his life.

Please Bruce, just this once, listen to me…

The Dark Knight sighed, as if contemplating the whole thing before finally speaking up.

"One question: is he trained?" Joy knew why the man was asking the question. No one was allowed out into the field unless they knew how to defend themselves. Dick let out a beaming smile, glancing over at the training arena.

"Alfred and I tested him already. He came make it."

The man stared at Tim once more before beginning to walk off.

"Then let's get started."

So I know I said that the next chapter would be Damian but I'm just having a harder time than I thought writing him right now. So as a reward for all of my readers' patience, I'm giving you all the original draft (now a prequel chapter) to how Tim came into the Bat-family. Rest assured I am still going to do Damian's chapter, I just felt bad with how long you all had to wait without me updating. Please let me know what you all thought!

-AnimeWolfGirl16