Robin sat smiling on the couch reading a post card from his old friend, Ranma Saotome. As he re-read it for the fifth time, he remembered back to his training days and smiled even wider as he remembered the sparring matches and adventures he used to have with the pony tailed boy. The nostalgia overtook the moment and he fell back into one his rare moments of relaxation at which point Cyborg came in and said,

"Hey there Robin. What's that you got there?"

Robin started and instantly threw three batterangs at Cyborg's head on instinct. Cyborg yelped and did his best to avoid all three and leaving him in a ballerina poise. Robin shook his head and said sheepishly,

"Sorry Cy, didn't realize you were here."

Cyborg gulped and said,

"Uh, yeah sure. What's up with the post card?"

Robin smiled and said,

"Just an old friend dropping by to pay me a visit."

Cyborg quirked an eyebrow and said

"Who is it?"

Robin smirked and said,

"Ranma Saotome.

Ranma stepped off the plane and looked around the city known as Jump City. He breathed deep and smelled the fumes and smoke and knew that he definitely had the right place. Especially with the inconspicuous giant T out on an island. Yep, definitely the right place. While Ranma began to move throughout the airport, he mused this place could be the American incarnate of Nerima and probably held all sorts of fun surprises for the people that lived here. He didn't know how right he was.

As he left the airport and shuffled around the city he noticed many pizza parlors and stores selling 'Teen Titans' memorabilia. When Ranma saw a Robin lunch box, he stared for a few seconds and then keeled over laughing. There were tears in his eyes and he was laughing so hard he almost pissed his pants. After the rofl moment had ended, Ranma got up and chuckled before dusting himself off and making his way to a ferry that would hopefully bring him over to the Island with the Titan's tower. He couldn't wait to see his old friend Robin.

Robin looked out at the churning waters separating the Tower from the mainland and wondered how his friend was going to get over. He knew that the ferries only went halfway to the Island to give tourists a look at the Tower closer than main land. Robin shrugged his shoulders and went over to the couch to call dib's on the next round of the racing game and amusedly thought that Ranma might have to swim over. He put that thought aside and shook his head again, knowing Ranma wouldn't do that. Cyborg noticed his friend nervousness and said,

"Hey man, what's up? You seem a little distracted."

Robin sighed and said,

"Yeah, I'm just wonderin' how my friend is gonna get here."

Robin laughed and said,

"I was thinking he might swim over."

Cyborg laughed and said,

"Yeah, that would be funny."

Beast boy popped his head up from the couch and said,

"What friend?

Ranma took the ferry and it turned about halfway there. Ranma tried to argue with the captain to continue on to the Island but the man wouldn't turn around, so he was forced to jump ship and swim. He instantly transformed into his girl side and swam the other half of the supposed voyage, which was quite a long way there. When he reached the Island in his dripping wet clothes he was very thankful that he had brought along a thermos for the trip and shivered in the cold wind.. He poured the steamy water over his head and changed back into his regular form for the upcoming meeting with his old friend. He approached the front door, pressed the buzzer and waited.

Robin looked up from the controller fight that Beast boy and Cyborg were fighting and said excitedly,

"Hey Cyborg, Beast boy, he's here. C'mon!"

Raven looked up from her book to see Robin, Beast boy and Cyborg run down stairs to greet whoever was at the door. Raven sighed and moved to a much more shadowy location where no one could find her. Starfire had looked up from her Tamaranian 'food' to watch the boys run to the door to answer it. She shrugged and went back to cooking, waiting for them to return, not knowing that it was possibly a new friend.

Robin and friends came downstairs to greet Ranma and were shocked to see the boy soaked head to foot. Ranma chuckled at their expressions and said,

"Yeah, nice to see you too Robin."

Robin shook himself out of his stupor and smiled. He said,

"Yeah Ranma, it's good to see you too. How ya been? See you got a pig tail now. Your Dad still putting you through those ridiculous training schemes of his?"

Ranma laughed and said,

"Oh, you won't believe what he did after we left. So, these your friends?"

Robin turned towards his gaping friends and said,

"Yeah. The big one is Cyborg and the green one is Beast boy."

The two re-hinged their jaws and said simultaneously,

"How did you get so wet?"

Ranma looked annoyed because their questions were actually worth answering. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and even with the weirdness that followed him, a lone storm cloud following him would never happen. So he told the truth.

"That stupid ferry would only take me halfway there. I had to jump ship and swim the rest of the way here."

All three boy's stared wide eyed at the boy and he looked back at them and said,

"What? It wasn't that bad! Compared to the swim to China this was a walk in the park!"

The other three boys fell to the ground and twitched. Ranma looked at them quizzically before finally understanding why they were like that and began to laugh like this was the funniest thing in the world. Ranma looked to the twitching form of Robin and said,

"I told you Robin, you wouldn't believe half of the stuff that idiot Pop's of mine put me through. The floor was starting to creak from the pressure the three were putting on it. Ranma said,

"Hey, can I come in or what?"

Robin was the first to recover and said,

"Yeah sure, come on in. Looks like we got a lot to catch up on."

Ranma laughed and said,

"You got that right. Hell, if I wrote my life out, it would take at least six volume sized Websters to get it all down."

Ranma laughed again while the other three sweat dropped and guessed that he probably wasn't lying. As they walked in Ranma ogled the Tower entrance and whistled. He said,

"Nice digs here Robin."

Cyborg jumped on the chance to brag and said,

"Just wait till' you see the rest of the Tower. We got everything top of the line here, which means top of the line security systems, top of the line rooms, top of the line appliances, top of the line entertainment, top of the line-"

Ranma put his hands in front of him and said,

"Ok, ok, I get it. This is just a whole lot better than where I used to live, that's all."

Robin picked up on what he said and asked,

"Used to? What happened?"

Ranma's features visibly hardened and he sighed. The air also began to cool very rapidly around the boy and everyone present inched just a few feet away. He got his emotions under control to the relief of everyone and said,

"I'll tell ya later. It's kinda hard ta...well, talk about it."

Robin smiled reassuredly and said,

"No worries, you can talk about it whenever you want to."

Ranma smiled and said,

"Thanks Robin."

Beast Boy came out of hiding from behind Cyborg and said,

"So, what can you do? Robin here talks about you as if you had super powers but you seem normal to me."

Ranma nervously chuckled and said,

"Well, I can, um, do...Anything Goes martial arts."

Beast Boy broke out laughing and said,

"ANYTHING GOES MARTIAL ARTS? What kind of name is that?"

Beast Boy kept laughing until Ranma said,

"And what kind of name is Beast Boy?"

His fit of laugter died as fast as they had come and he said very doused,

"That is so not cool."

Cyborg and Robin started laughing and Ranma just smirked. Beast Boy silently fumed and followed hoping tyhey reached the girls soon so he could get some back up against the newcomer. During his mumbling, Ranma caught Beast Boy grumbling,

"...What can he do with stupid martial arts anyway...grrr.."

Ranma looked to Beast Boy and said,

"You wanna see?"

Cyborg and Robin looked at him puzzled while Beast Boy was a little surprised and said,

"Uh, sure."

Ranma looked to Cyborg and said,

"You mind if I break the wall here a little?"

Cyborg laughed said,

"Sure, if you can that is. I made sure these walls are triple reinforced. Nothing short of a wrecking ball could break these babies."

Cyborg puffed out his chest and did the 'whose the man!' pose. Ranma smiled evilly and said,

"Oh, we'll see about that Cyborg."

Ranma walked over to the wall, took a deep breath and pulled his arm back. A second later, he brought his hand down and smiled. The Titan's waited and when nothing happened, Cyborg said,

"Umm, Ranma? You didn't do anything."

Ranma smiled and then the wall cracked and blew outward in a good ten foot diameter to reveal the room next to the hall. Cyborg and Beast Boy's jaws hit the floor and Robin just smirked. He said,

"How many? Fifty? Hundred?"

Ranma smirked and said,

"Two thirty."

Cyborg and Beast Boy both said,

"T-T-T-Two hundred and thirty punches in a second?"

Ranma smiled proudly and said,

"You got it."

Robin nodded appreciatively and said,

"Good move there Ranma. Where'd you learn it?"

Ranma didn't even try to hide his disgust as he spat out,

"The Amazons taught me."

Robin decided to not make a comment, but Beast Boy didn't exactly share that same line of thinking.

"Sounds like you don't like em' that much."

Ranma nodded and said in a annoyed and bored tone,

"Yeah, you wouldn't believe what they'll do to you to get their stupid law over and done with."

All three looked quizzically at him and he said,

"I'll tell you later."

They took that as an answer and they walked the rest of the way to their destination in mostly silence until they were about to enter the room with the girls. Robin stopped him and said,

"Um, one thing before we go in."

Ranma looked at him and said,

"Yeah?"

"Uh, Starfire can be a little...overwhelming at times. Also, stay away from her cooking. It might actually come alive and attack you."

Ranma shrugged it off as if it was an everyday thing, which coincidentally, it was. Ranma smiled and said,

"I'm sure I can take it."

Robin chuckled and said,

"Alright then, come on in and meet the girls."

He was about to say, 'girls?', when the door opened and a girl with red hair and a purple outfit flew over to him and gave him a bonified Amazon worthy glomp. He heard the girl squeal,

"A new friend! What is your name new friend?"

"Could you, uh, put me down first?"

The Tamaranian complied and released the stressed boy and let him hit the floor. He got up and his eyes locked with Raven's. For a second, neither gaze wavered as recognition set in. Robin took the pause in action to say,

"Well Starfire this is Ranma and Ranma, that girl with the cloak in the corner is-"

Raven had gotten up by this time and both Ranma and Raven pointed a finger at each other and said at exactly the same time,

"IT'S YOU!"

A/N:Hm, I know this seems overdone but I promise to make this worth your while. R&R for my small ego needs help to grow.