Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you to everyone who has been reading (and reviewing) this. Chapter four is finally here! So, without further ado…

Disclaimer: I don't own the teen titans

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Titan Baby

By: Akemi

Chapter four: Laughter

Another week had gone by for the titans. Sarah was just about three months old. Somehow Raven and Robin had become the primary caretakers of Sarah. Starfire, though very loving towards the baby, (and especially loving to buy a variety of outfits for Sarah and dressing her up), she was cautious to make sure Silkie was not neglected and grew jealous. Robin had insisted that at least one member of the team must be in top condition and not be sleep-deprived, so Cyborg was nominated for that position, as he just had to recharge. And when the other titans realized just how cranky Beast Boy became when he was sleepy, he was not left in charge of Sarah.

That left Robin and Raven to care for the baby. Raven, due to her rather emotional attachment to the baby. Very much like how she was with the toddler trio, showing another side of her complex personality completely. And Robin, being the leader of the team, was not about to let Raven tackle caring for the baby alone. And, let it be known that the media frenzy circling the titans and Sarah noticed this and never hesitated in taking pictures of the two with Sarah and displaying them on tabloids. There were no signs of them relenting.

It was the positions of being primary caretakers that landed them in the situation in the first place.

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It was three AM and Sarah refused to go back to sleep. She had been awake for a good two hours. She had, thankfully, ceased her crying, but now she was wide awake. And when either Robin or Raven tried to sit down and calm her to sleep, she immediately almost sensed what they were trying to do and would squirm and whimper, and come to the verge of screaming in defiance when they would hastily stand back up and continue to pace the room.

Over the past few weeks, Raven had noticed how Sarah almost always slept with her left arm stretched out beside her, as if reaching for somebody they couldn't see. She would put the teddy bear Cyborg had bought beside her, but somehow Sarah would manage to push the bear away and continue sleeping with her left hand stretched out, sometimes clutching at the blankets.

Sarah was quite smart for an infant as well, it wasn't that she already knew her multiplication tables or could read, but rather it was her recognition of Robin and Raven. When she wasn't being held by one of two or could see where they were she often came close to crying, never content when they were both missing. Raven smiled wryly at that thought. She probably thinks Star will try to burp her again. She mused.

Earlier, when they were still getting adjusted to having a baby in the tower, Starfire had volunteered to care for Sarah and as a result had nearly tried to burp her using a rolling pin. Apparently, Silkie was able to withstand it and Star had thought it was okay to try the same method on Sarah. It was only Robin's quick action of rescuing Sarah from the kitchen counter that had saved her.

The past week Raven had been watching Sarah more carefully, discovering her habits, and the amazing degree of understanding for a three-month-old, even for one who rejected even the possibility of sleep most nights.

The more she watched Sarah, the more she suspected that she had some sort of magical origin. By now she was just about certain, but there were all sorts of magical creatures that she could be though, which one was she?

Part witch?

What if she was a shape shifter?

If she had mage blood?

If she was one of the immortals?

Was she from another planet, like Starfire?

Raven's powers were drawn to her; that was what had helped her to find Sarah when she was so close to death in the first place. What if she was part demon? Whatever type of blood coursed through her veins, it had been watered down. It was still strong though, strong for an infant. Most people with magic running in their veins tended to progress into their powers. If she was strong now, she would only get stronger as she grew up. One of her biological ancestors had to have been powerful. Very powerful.

She leaned against the wall, trying to stay awake and gather her conclusions about Sarah. If she was magical, maybe she had been left with them on purpose? To raise her? She would have to hunt down one of her books in the morning. She needed to know what type of magical being she was dealing with. And if someone had left her with them on purpose, they were screwed. Cyborg was the oldest of them, and he was twenty. She herself was eighteen, Robin nineteen. Star was just a little younger than her, and Beast Boy was barely seventeen. None of them could even legally drink yet.

"What are we going to do?" Raven asked Robin. He was standing beside her, staring into the night sky. He had on green pajama bottoms and a plain white T-shirt. His mask shone brightly in the moonlight streaming in through the windows. His hair was more tousled than spiked and he was barefoot.

He turned to look at her

"I don't know." He said with a tired look. Both were exhausted, they had to stop hundreds of Slade's robots from destroying the city earlier today, well yesterday by now. They had almost seemed to be doing just that, destroying buildings, almost as in search of something. That one had puzzled them, Slade never sent his robots out for fun, he always had an objective, something he wanted to steal, but today that had not been the case.

They had almost needed to go out in full force today. The two of them had been taking turns staying with Sarah at the tower while they fought crime in the city. What worried Robin was the fact that Raven had nearly died today. A robot had captured her, the powerful laser that was built into it had been powering up, preparing to fire. She wasn't able to escape the robots grip. Cyborg knocked the robot away, saving Raven's life.

He had been staying with Sarah when this happened. The others had made sure he stayed here what they figured out just who was attacking the city. When they got home Cyborg told him what had happened.

He hadn't been there. He hadn't been able to help her. What if something like that happened again? And this time it didn't end as well? Robin was confused to say the least. He had never realized just how much Raven meant to him. It scared him to know how much he cared about her. Raven looked at him.

"Are you ok?" She asked him. He gave her a tired smile. The moonlight had cloaked her in a white light. She glowed.

"No." He answered. He walked towards her, ran his hand through her hair. It was as soft as he remembered. He had only felt it once, when she had hugged him after saving the world from her father's rule. "I almost lost you today." He whispered. Sarah was silent, staring up at the two of them for a few moments before burying her face in Raven's shoulder.

"What?" Raven asked.

"When you were out fighting Slade's robots; you were nearly killed." He whispered. She looked at him quizzically.

"We've all had near brushes in death. It's all right. I'm still here." She told him.

"Yes, you are." He said, and walked a step closer. They were nose to nose now.

"Robin?"

"I was so scared when you went out to fight Slade today. And when you got back and Cyborg told me what had happened, I didn't know what to think. I hadn't been there to help you. If Cyborg hadn't seen you…" He trailed off. He ran his hand down her hair once more, brushing her cheeks and placing his hand behind her neck.

"Robin… I…"

"Shhh…" He whispered and lowered his head for their lips to meet. Her lips were warm. He brought her closer to him, biting her lower lip gently. She opened her mouth slightly and her tongue came out to meet his. Their kiss exploded, emotions surging forth in both of them. Suddenly Raven pushed him away. She was breathing deeply, trying to calm herself, as he was doing.

"Raven?" Robin asked tentatively. She closed her eyes.

"I don't- I can't-"

"It's all right, Raven." He whispered. "Let me try holding her again." Robin suggested, changing the subject. Raven passed Sarah gratefully into his arms. Robin once again faced the window and looked outside. "Look Sarah, do you see the moon? How everything is dark?" He asked in a soothing whisper. He turned so her face could see it. "That means its night time." He continued.

Raven almost smiled when she realized just how tired Robin was, he was trying to reason with a baby. "We're supposed to sleep at night." He explained to the three-month old. Sarah turned her head to look at him, not a word of comprehension written on her face.

"Yes, sleep." Robin coaxed the baby. Sarah nuzzled her head into his shoulder, shaking her head slightly, refusing. Raven watched this with interest.

She turned back to look at Robin, he was struggling with Sarah; she was starting to cry again, she was tired. She breathed evenly, calling for patience. Anything for peace and quiet. She summoned her powers, encasing three of Sarah's toys from various places around the room and making them dance in front of the air in front of Sarah. Robin noticed and held Sarah so she could see them. She stopped fussing and gazed at the toys. Slowly, a smile fixed on her face. They waited in bated breath while Sarah stared at her floating toys dancing in front of her.

Suddenly, she laughed.

Numerous objects around the room broke at the sound, as another power wrapped around them. Robin turned to look at Raven. She was startled; the toys she had herself been holding up had crashed to the floor as well.

"That wasn't me." Raven whispered.

Robin's eyes widened. "Sarah?" He asked, almost disbelievingly. Sarah had stopped laughing, and was staring around the room, shocked and frightened by what had just occurred. "I've been wondering about this for a while now. Give her to me; she's not going to sleep anytime soon. I need to find out if she has powers." Raven said.

"What?" Robin asked.

"I need to spell her," she said as she plucked Sarah from his hold.

"I'll help." Robin said.

"No, it's okay. I just need a book from my room." She answered.

"I'm coming." Robin said decisively. Raven held his gaze for a few moments, then relented. All right, come if you want, but don't touch anything. There are reasons why I don't let any of you in." She said.

He nodded and followed her out of the main room. They walked down the darkened hallways, finally coming to a stop before Raven's door. It opened to admit them and she led the way in, using her powers to close the door after them. Most of the walls lining her room were stacked with books reaching the ceiling.

"Don't touch anything over there." She said, pointing to the area beside her bed. He looked at it, he could see a desk with nothing on it, save for a mirror. Just above that desk, on a shelf built overhead were jars of different colored powders and what looked like dried plants. A tall bookcase stood nearby, filled to the top with an assortment of old books, and more vases and different sized containers filled with more powders.

Still holding Sarah, she used her powers to bring Sarah's basinet to the center of the room. She settled Sarah in, luckily she didn't put up a fuss, just laid there silently, looking at Raven and Robin. Robin seemed to be stationed at her side, while Raven hurried to the area she had indicated to Robin and began pulling books from the shelves, thumbing through them. After the first few books, Robin saw Raven smiled slightly in triumph as she found the book she was looking for and walk back to them.

In her wake followed candles and a few jars from her shelves in a cloud of her black power. She set the candles down in a circle around the basinet, calling her power to light them. The room was bathed in an eerie light and the candles flickered, then grew bright.

"Get out of the circle." Raven instructed. He walked to where she was standing, out of the circle. He watched as she used her powers to line the circle of candles with what looked like colored sand. She opened the book she was carrying and placed it on a pedestal. Sarah was staring wide – eyed at them. Raven began to mumble under her breath, her powers growing stronger with each word said. He couldn't make it out though. A wall of power rose from the circle around the basinet and Sarah. It spun faster and faster, creating what Robin believed to be colored sand into its form, embedding it in Raven's power. Around the room books rustled as their pages were blown open.

Suddenly, the miniature tornado stopped and everything was still for all of two seconds, then Raven called off her power and sighed. Robin looked at her; did she know what type of power Sarah had?

Raven walked forward to the basinet and picked up Sarah, holding her close.

"It's almost as if she was my daughter, but that's not possible. Our bloodlines are the same. She has demon blood. Trigon's blood. Not a lot of it, but I think we may be sisters." She whispered. Robin walked a few steps closer.

"You're related to her?" He asked.

"I think so, but maybe she's a cousin or something. Somehow though, I'm related to her. She has a lot of mortal blood in her, maybe three-quarters or something like that. But she has my father's blood in her veins. She has power."

Robin drew her close to him. "What do you want to do?" He asked.

"I don't know. I'm beginning to wonder if whoever left her here with us knew what they were doing, that she was left so that I could discover her power and teach her to control it. Whoever left her here knew she had power."

Robin nodded. "Should we tell the others?" He asked.

"Let's wait. I don't think I want to explain all of this to them just yet." She answered.

"Yeah," Robin said and hugged her close briefly, pressing a kiss into her hair "don't worry, we'll figure this out somehow." He reassured her. "But, tomorrow," he whispered. "All the excitement seems to have tired Sarah out." Raven nodded and tucked Sarah gently back into her basinet.

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The next day they went about their normal activities. Robin and Raven didn't tell the other titans about what they believed Sarah to be. Partly because they weren't sure how the titans would take it, and partly because, Raven wanted to perform another spell on Sarah later, to better refine Sarah's parentage. She wouldn't be able to sense who her mortal parents were, but she wanted to make sure that she indeed, was related before they told the other titans.

It was around three PM when a surprise visitor showed up on the island. She was a young girl, probably around eighteen or nineteen. She had long dark brown hair and looked frightened and beaten. They watched her approach the tower on their security cameras. Robin went down with Cyborg to see what she wanted.

He couldn't see any weapons on her. That was the first thing Robin noticed when he and Cyborg went downstairs.

"Please, I need help." She begged. Robin turned to Cyborg.

"She's clean." He confirmed, his electronic eye having scanned for weaponry. "But she's wearing a time piece." He added. "Look's like Warp's work."

"You work for Warp?" Robin demanded.

"No, but he's my Dad. Please, I need to talk to you and Raven, and I need to get home." She answered. They hid their surprise under guarded looks.

"Come with us. If you cause trouble, we hand you over to the police." Robin said.

She nodded and followed them inside the tower.

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When the three of them reached the main room, the other titans looked at the newcomer. Raven was seated on the couch, a large book in her lap. Starfire was with Silkie and Beast Boy, seated beside her. They had not expected Robin to invite the girl into the tower.

"Raven," Robin called. She looked up. "Can you come with me please?" He asked. She closed her book and stood, walking towards them. "Cyborg, watch Sarah?" Robin asked. Raven looked at him sharply.

"What's going on?" She asked Robin. He shook his head slightly.

Her eyes narrowed. "She's sleeping Cyborg. I'll sense when she wakes up." Raven said. He nodded and went to join the other titans.

"All right, come with us." Robin said to the girl and led the way out of the main room. From the path they were taking Raven knew they were headed for the interrogation room. When they were settled in the room, Robin spoke.

"First off, who are you?"

"My name is Miranda."

"What do you want?" Raven asked.

"I want to get home. I don't know how though. My dad told me you have his time piece, that's how he got home the first time. Can you work it? It's the same as mine. I don't know how to go back into the future. I need help. Please."

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Robin asked.

"You don't." Miranda answered.

"Maybe you should start at the beginning, tell us how you came here in the first place and we'll work from there." Raven suggested. Miranda nodded and began to speak.

"My Dad told me that when he came here that he was here to get a clock that was in some museum." She began.

"I remember that. It was two years ago though." Robin said; Raven elbowed him.

"Let her finish." She said. She looked at Miranda. "Go on." Miranda nodded.

"He told me he couldn't get it because you stopped him. I didn't believe him, and later I took the suit he had made for me and tried it out. He had wanted me to go along with him originally." She explained. They nodded in understanding. "Well, I got the suit to work after a while and I took it and left the house without telling my father. I was supposed to go back in time far enough to take the clock. I guess I'm off by a couple years." She said. "I don't want the clock now of course. I had just meant to show it to Dad and then I would take it back. I just wanted to prove to him that I could do it, without him. When I came here, I didn't know where I was and wandered around. I can't really remember what I did, but the next thing I know these robots captured me and took me to a man named Slade."

"Slade! Where is he?" Robin demanded.

"I don't know. He kept me for a few days. Then I ran away." She continued. "There's another thing too…" She said softly. "The baby. I brought her here." She said.

"You left Sarah here with us?" Raven asked.

"Yes." Miranda answered. "I was with Slade when he kidnapped her."

"Slade kidnapped her?" Robin asked.

"Yes."

"But we searched for her parents everywhere. The police didn't have a missing child report with her description." Raven said.

"Of course they didn't. She's from the future as well. She hasn't been born right now." Miranda explained. "Slade stole my other time piece. He went to the future a few years and kidnapped her. I was left to take care of her for a little while. He wanted to raise her to be his apprentice. He told me whose baby she was and a few days later, I escaped."

"You know who the parents are?" Robin asked.

"Yes, I-" Robin cut her off.

"Whose baby is she?" He asked.

"Yours." Miranda said softly. "I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do with her. I just took her here, I didn't know how to get back to the future then and I was afraid Slade would find out what I had done."

"Did he?" Raven asked. Robin was in shock next to her.

"Yes. He found me that same night before I could figure out how to go back home."

"Wait. There was a note with Sarah when we found her." Raven said.

"I wanted to make it look like someone had surrendered her. I knew that if I did that, Slade wouldn't connect the baby with me and hopefully I would be able to get away and he wouldn't kidnap her again." She explained. "It worked, for a little while at least. Then when he attacked the tower, he figured out what I had done with her. I was punished for that."

"You said Sarah is my daughter?" Robin asked.

"Yes." Slade told me, he said he was going to raise the perfect apprentice.

"But if Sarah's from the future like you said, and she hasn't been born now, why doesn't she need a time piece to stay here?" Raven asked. "If you're telling the truth, Sarah wouldn't exist." She continued.

"Rae, demon blood; Sarah has demon blood." Robin whispered. "Her power is keeping her here." They watched as the little blood that was in Raven's face drained out of her.

"Azar…"

"We have a daughter in the future." Robin said.

Miranda nodded.

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A/N: So how was that for chapter four? Seven pages! My longest yet! Yes, there was a bit of Cy/Rae friendship in there, but Robin and Raven will eventually work it out, (hopefully).Sorry for the long wait everyone. School work has been getting in the way. Stick with me. This isn't the end yet.

-Akemi