I do not own the Teen Titans or anything related to them, however I do own this story and all of the non-original characters except for Isis, who I have been given permission to use by a friend of mine and all are copywrited. This means you can not copy the story or any of the characters or use them without permission from their original owners. Check out the mini-fics by my friend, Starfire Fury, called Teen Titans: Alpha Humor, they're mini-fics about these characters and they're really good and absolutely hilarious, so go read them!

Right, well here's the first chapter of Zeru's story. This mini-fic is written differently to the others, you'll see why when you read it, but all you need to know is that when you see things written in italics that is Zeru, telling the story. You'll see what I mean. So here it is, Zeru's story part 1, enjoy!

Teen Titans: The Alpha Five

Zeru – Part 1

Boredom. That completely mind numbingly dull emotion that everyone is plagued with every now and again, though some people do experience it more than others. For example, toddlers get bored extremely quickly and extremely easily, people who are normal, and can't understand why anyone would need to learn algebra, in a double maths period last thing on a Friday afternoon get so bored they might even slip in to a coma, people with the Zodiac sign of Gemini are supposed to be restless and get bored easily.

And it is with these little facts in mind that brings us to the Titans Tower on a particularly dull afternoon, where a perfect example of a bored and restless Gemini sat in the common room along with the other Titans.

"I'm bored!" Zeru whined for the fifth time in the past three minutes. The other Titans rolled their eyes, but Phoenix was the only one to speak,

"Then why don't you play on the Game Station?"

"We've already played all the games we have!" Isis rolled her eyes,

"Then how about you read a story, you know as in books." She smiled inwardly as this was the umpteenth sarcastic remark she'd managed to get into conversation today. However she was beginning to wish she hadn't said anything when Zeru's face lit up.

"I've got a better idea, I'm going to tell a story!" Li rolled his eyes.

"Dude, your stories suck." Zeru looked mildly hurt to which Li added, "No offence." Zeru, however was unperturbed.

"Only my made-up stories suck, I'm going to tell a true story." The other Titans looked more interested about this, until Zeru added that it was about him and they all rolled their eyes and slumped further into their chairs, but Zeru didn't seem to notice, either that or he didn't care.

Our tale begins at the Titans Academy, in the private buildings where the Teachers live. A young boy is sitting on the sofa as a policeman speaks to the owners of the house.

"That's alright officer, we'll take it from here."

"Thank you, sir, we just didn't know what to do with him."

"Is this going to take long?" Isis asked and Zeru scowled.

"Give me a chance, I haven't gotten into it yet!"

The door shut and the silver blonde haired boy looked at the two people standing over him. They both sit down and the lady asks him;

"What's your name little one?" To which the boy replies;

"I'm not little and my name is Zeru Madison-"

"Madison!" Li asked, before bursting out laughing.

"What's wrong with Madison?" Li just continues laughing, mumbling odd words that sounded like 'girl's' and 'name' but Zeru, for once, ignored him.

"Go on Ze." Taiyou said, trying to keep the peace, so Zeru continued.

The little boy looked grumpy, but the two adults were smiling. A little girl came in all of a sudden, opening the door with quite a bit of force that Zeru thought a lot for a girl.

"Daddy! Daddy! Look what I've drawn!"

"Now hang on just one cotton picking minute!" Phoenix interrupted angrily and Zeru, instead of getting grumpy as he had done with the others, recoiled slightly in fear.

"I did not sound like that!" The other Titans looked at Phoenix and then at Zeru.

"You knew each other before the Academy?" Taiyou asked and Phoenix nodded.

"Yes, I'll let Zeru carry on with his little story if he promises to tell it properly." Zeru nodded reluctantly, mumbling 'ok' before carrying on.

The little boy looked grumpy, but the two adults were smiling. A little girl came in all of a sudden, opening the door with quite a bit of force that Zeru thought a lot for a girl.

"Daddy! Daddy! Look what I've written!"

"Happy now?" Zeru asked shortly and Phoenix nodded.

Zeru guessed that the little girl was about his age, but he wasn't sure and she was brandishing a piece of paper with words written on it. The man took the paper and smiled as he began to read it. The young lady just looked at Zeru.

"Don't worry, we're here to look after you. Phoenix, show Zeru some of your toys ok sweetie?" Phoenix tilted her head curiously before nodding.

"Ok." With that the children disappeared, though Zeru left rather reluctantly.

"What's your name?" Phoenix asked, smiling and Zeru shrugged, following her up the stairs.

"Zeru." Phoenix said the name aloud to check that she could pronounce it right. She turned to check and Zeru just nodded.

"What kind of toys do you like?" She asked, turning into a brightly coloured yellow room that looked like a playroom.

"I like Aeroplanes." Zeru said, climbing up onto the sofa. Phoenix looked thoughtful.

"Not sure if I have an Aeroplane, but I do have a car we could stick paper wings to." She suggested and Zeru thought for a moment. 'Why is she bothering to be so nice to a complete stranger?'

"Its because I'm nice." Phoenix quickly put her hands over her mouth as she realised she interrupted. Zeru glared.

"Am I ever going to finish this story!"

Find out next chapter. Hehehe I'm so evil.