AN* I do not own Teen Titans, we all know that one.

Childs Play

Looking down upon the sprawling metropolis Shinku searched for his prey. For several weeks he had been travelling the world warning young heroes about the threat and giving them a titan communicator until he arrived in Paris. He stood atop the very tip of the Eifel Tower, infer-red binoculars pressed to his eyes as he searched the crowds. Upon arriving he had searched through the bustling city and thought he had seen General Immortus walking through out of a café. Posting a watch he had observed the city as much as possible, hoping to find the new hideout. Sighing in frustration he heard the recently bought cell phone going off.

"Hello?" he said as he opened the phone.

"You called, Shinku?" a man's voice asked.

"Yes Clark, I did. The Brotherhood of Evil is making new plans."

"Really? Well how is the wheel involved in this?"

"The wheel isn't involved. I am now officially free of the wheel and am now a Teen Titan."

"That's surprising. Konpeki often made it seem like it wasn't a job you could quit."

"I was set free, but that isn't important. I just figured I would give you fair warning."

"You don't want me or some other heroes to help?"

"No. This is the test of my generation, the test to see if we are worthy of being called heroes. Let us handle things here, and if we fail then you old men can take over." Shinku smiled.

"This 'old man' can still kick your butt." Clark laughed.

"Bring it Super. I'll clean you clock." Shinku retorted as they ended the call and he returned back to his vigilance. That afternoon his communicator started going off.

"Shinku here." He said as he opened up the screen to see an annoyed Raven.

"Shinku, get over here please." Raven demanded.

Listening for a few moments he could hear three children in the backround "You got the escort mission?"

"Yes. Now please help me." She begged.

"Ok. Let me see where you are and I'll be there as quick as I can." Shinku grinned as he opened map function and saw where her coordinates were. Drawing the Magus Sword he opened the path of darkness and headed for Ravens location. He appeared at nightfall outside a small cottage where he could hear two kids crying up a storm. Walking to the front door Raven came out with a look of relief on her face.

"Thank Azeroth you're here. I'm about to go insane with these three." Raven sighed in relief as they hugged.

"I'll see what I can do. Why do you have a plate of beans?"

"For Bobby." Raven grunted as she dragged him inside while setting the plate down. Walking in he saw the three children and didn't know whether to comfort or hurt the crying ones.

"You realize I'm not much better with kids." He whispered as he looked at the baby and the toddler.

"Just help me." Raven growled.

"You don't babysit much do you?" the little girl asked from the bed.

"You can tell?" Raven asked.

"Teether has gas." The girl pointed out as Shinku picked up the baby and burped him, with much disgust at the massive amount of liquids that came out.

"And what's wrong with Timmy Tantrum over there?" Raven asked.

"His blankies ripped." With that Raven grabbed the blanket and stapled it back together. Once they were all happy they sat on the bed and stared at the two of them.

"What?" Raven asked.

"I don't know tell us a story. Kids like stories." The girl suggested.

"I really don't know any bed time stories." Raven shrugged.

"TELL US A STORY!!!" Timmy shouted.

"Let me." Shinku grinned as he pulled up a chair.

"Once upon a time there was a brave knight that rode around the kingdom fighting evil, in the service of the gods. He battled many evil monsters and mean people to defend the innocent people. One day he was faced with a mighty monster, a dragon called Malchior. Using all of his great abilities he tried to slay the dragon, but to no avail, for the dragon was strong and knew many dark magics. So with defeat at hand the brave knight used an ancient and dangerous spell to trap the evil dragon into a spell book forever, but the knight had been gravely wounded during the battle so the gods saved his life by giving him a new one, an everlasting body that would allow the knight to watch the people that he loved so much and be able to save them. The End." Shinku recited as the three children fell asleep.

"That was an interesting tale." Raven whispered.

"It's a true story. That is the tale of how the Wheel of Fate gained its sentience." He grinned. Turning to face her he gently kissed her, embracing her like he had longed to for weeks. Once the kiss ended they heard giggling and turned to see the girl was still awake.

"You don't have to stop." She said.

"Melvin. Bed. Now." Raven ordered as Melvin lied back down. Shaking his head Shinku walked over to the comfiest chair and sat Raven down on it.

"You've had a rough day. Get some sleep, I'll keep watch." He said as he kissed her goodnight. Smiling contently Raven went to sleep while Shinku stood outside watching for any signs of trouble.

The next morning they walked to a lift to take them over the mountains. As they walked on Melvin stopped.

"Booby says it doesn't look safe." Melvin quipped.

"It's fine, now get on." Raven sighed. As Melvin got on the whole thing shifted down, with Shinku wondering what had happened.

"It wasn't me, it was Bobby." Melvin said pointing towards the end that was leaning. Not even bothering to argue Raven used her powers to activate the starting mechanism that started them up the mountain. As they car climbed higher Timmy pointed out ahead and shouted "Monkey Man!" Looking up Shinku saw Monsieur Mallah heading towards them on another car.

"Stay here. I'll deal with the monkey man." Shinku growled as he climbed up to the roof at the same time Mallah landed.

"Another Titan." Mallah grunted as Shinku took a fighting stance, having left the Magus Sword with Raven. Mallah charged him but Shinku dodged the charge and round housed kicked Mallah across the length of the car. Once Mallah got up he tried to get inside the car by punching through the thin metal As soon as he did Raven sent him flying back up as she leapt up with Teether hanging on to her cloak got sent up to the metal control box that kept the car moving.

"Alright Raven, let's see if we can get this monkey off our backs." Shinku grinned as he used his magic to create a staff. Spinning it over his head he struck first with quick jabs at the beasts face while Raven unleashed a flurry of kicks into his stomach causing the car to lurch. Growing bored as he went to jab him again he transformed it into a giant war hammer that sent the gorilla flying but he managed to grab the wire and was making his way back.

"I thought I told you to stay inside." Raven said as she grabbed Teether who had been chewing on the wire. Going back inside Shinku heard the sickening sound of the wire beginning to break and grabbed the Magus Sword away from Timmy.

"Hold on to something. This is about to get very bumpy." Shinku ordered as the wire snapped and sent them down the mountain slope. As they headed for a forest Shinku managed to get to the front of the car and with the Magus Sword out he unleashed several Crescent Arcs to clear away most of the trees in their path. Once they stopped Melvin and Timmy collapsed into a snow pile.

"Is everyone ok?" Raven asked as Teether threw up over her shoulder.

"Do it again! Do it again!" Melvin and Timmy exclaimed.

"No again." Raven snapped. Shinku chuckled as they began to make their way to the drop off point. They arrived at nightfall and as they got close Melvin made another comment.

"Bobby says he doesn't think its safe here."

"It's fine." Raven said trying to keep her anger under control.

"But Bobby says."

"For the last time Bobby isn't real!" Raven snapped. Shinku sighed as the two stared at each other for a moment.

"Yes he is. And you just scared him away! Bobby! Bobby, wait! Come back!" Melvin yelled as she ran back the way they had came. Raven then teleported in front of Melvin and began talking to her and in the end grabbed her and brought her back despite her protests. Once she was back Shinku pulled the rope letting the bell ring alerting the monastery that they were here.

"Welcome. I've been awaiting your arrival." One of the monks said as the doors were opened.

"They're all yours." Raven said as she set Melvin down.

"I shall take good care of them. You need not worry."

"That's good." Shinku nodded beginning to get an uneasy feeling.

"Great. I guess that's it." Raven said as she pushed Melvin and Timmy forward. Feeling a tugging on her cloak Raven knelt down as Teether gave her his pacifier and waddled inside. As they began walking away they could hear Timmy start crying.

"Teether just took Timmy's blanket." Raven said reassuring herself. Then Teether started crying "And Timmy just took it back." Then it got quiet "It's quiet. Too quiet." Raven said as she turned around alarm on her face as she banged on the giant monastery doors calling out the kid's names.

"Let me." Shinku growled as he unsheathed the Magus Sword "Second Strike. Demon Joust!" as the force of the thrust blew the doors open and Raven flew in with Shinku sheathing the blade and using Kage To Hi Ryu to keep up. Running through the monastery they found the three children trapped on a large vehicle operated by Monsieur Mallah.

"Say good bye to your friends." Mallah said.

"Nobody messes with our kids." Shinku roared as he leapt off the ledge and straight for the gorilla that quickly began driving away.

Chasing him across the country side Mallah first tried the lasers but they proved too slow to hurt them so after Raven used her powers to take off the protective shield over Mallah and the kids he sent rockets towards them, but Shinku would have none of that.

"Burn and Devour! INFERNO BLACK DRAGON!" Shinku bellowed as the black dragon, with the increased power from Kage To Hi Ryu launched off his hand and began devouring the rockets while still heading towards Mallah. Turning quickly Mallah turned around causing the dragon to smash into the ground where he would have been and began firing the lasers as he chased them. As he charged at them Raven tried to use her powers to stop the vehicle but he kept going and rammed her, knocking her unconscious. Moving quickly he caught her before she hit the ground. As Mallah back up and began to run them over Shinku charged the flames into his hands and began to unleash the Dragons Fist. As he drove closer Shinku could see the sparks flying off of the top and before the vehicle was in range it stopped suddenly sending Mallah flying. Surprised Shinku turned to face the Brotherhood of Evil member but as he got close Melvin shouted at him.

"Hey you big ape! Why don't you pick on someone your own size. Bobby get him!" Melvin ordered as suddenly something landed in front of him and as he looked at it he saw it was a giant teddy bear that had been stitched up in places but looked ferocious. Bobby then began to annihilate Mallah and once Raven woke up she saw Bobby fighting.

"Whoa. Bobby's real?"

"Told you so." Melvin said.

"Hope he doesn't mind if I join in." Shinku said as he charged in leaping over Bobby he landed right in front of Mallah.

"This is going to hurt you a lot more than it will me." Shinku grinned as he unleashed the Dragons Fist that sent him flying but Bobby wasn't done with the ape just yet and continued to pummel him until Mallah leapt back and activated the chopper pack on his back and flew off.

"Thanks Timmy." Raven said as she handed him back his blanket that he had put over her "Thanks to all of you."

"Thank Bobby. He's the one that saved us." Melvin said as the giant teddy bear walked over.

"Thanks Bobby." Raven said "Sorry I thought he was just your imaginary friend."

"Just because I imagined him doesn't mean he isn't real." Melvin replied.

"Why couldn't we see Bobby before?" Shinku asked.

"Bobby was afraid of you two at first so he was hiding. But now he thinks you're ok, don't ya Bobby?" Melvin asked as the bear smiled. Then Ravens communicator went off.

"Raven. How'd the mission go?" BB asked from the communicator.

"It's fine. Every ones safe."

"Good, because Robin needs you for another mission."

"I can't. I've gotta watch the kids." Raven said as Melvin tugged on her cloak.

"Raven its ok. You can go. Your friends need you."

"But what if the Brotherhood of Evil comes back? I can't just leave you kids all alone." Raven asked.

"We're not alone. Bobby's here and we've got each other." Melvin smiled.

"And you've got us, whenever you need us." Shinku replied as Raven handed a communicator to them. With that they hugged the two of them and after a few moments Raven told them to let go as they prepared to leave.

"Thanks for coming to help." Raven said as they left.

"It's ok. This was a lot of fun." Shinku smiled.

"Kind of makes you wonder about our children." Raven pointed out.

"Yeah. If we have kids they would have your beautiful eyes." Shinku said.

"And the boys would have your chiseled features." Raven laughed.

"And the girls would have you quick wit." Shinku chuckled as he kissed her.

"Can you hang around for a while?" she asked.

"Sorry, but I need to get back to Paris. I think I might have found General Immortus." Shinku sighed "I've already told Robin and he says I'm to remain there until further notice. So you go ahead and work on your next mission. I'll keep searching for the Brotherhood of Evil's den." With one last kiss he opened the dark path and returned to Paris and his hunt for the immortal general.