The Dark Knight
After their trip to Tokyo was finished the returned to the routine of their lives, training, eating, goofing off, the usual for heroes that didn't have a lot to worry about. A month after the trip Shinku heard the sound of his phone ringing and opened it.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Shinku." Bruce Wayne's voice remarked.
"Ahh, Bruce. How are you?"
"Well enough. I'm calling to see if you will be visiting any time soon."
"I haven't talked to the Boy Wonder about this yet, actually. We have been rather busy."
"I know, I read about your adventure in Tokyo. Robin has grown quite a bit. Anyway, ask him about it and then call me back." Bruce said as he hung up, leaving Shinku to go talk to Robin. Walking into the living room area he saw that Robin and Starfire were doing the couple thing while Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing some video game while Terra watched.
"Hey Robin, can I talk to you in private?" Shinku asked as he motioned towards the hallway. Nodding he stood up and followed the dark swordsman out of the room.
"So what's up?"
"How would you feel about a return trip to your roots as a crime fighter?" Shinku asked.
"Why do you ask?" Robin asked with a scowl.
"Because your mentor asked me to. He says he is proud of your achievements and would like all of us to visit." Shinku replied.
"I don't know. It has been a long time since I went back…" Robin muttered as he thought about it, and after several minutes he reached a decision "Alright, I suppose a visit to the old cave couldn't hurt, after all it is nothing permanent."
"Alright. I will call him while you tell the team." Shinku nodded as he took out his cell phone.
"By the way, why do you have that?" Robin asked looking at the phone.
"For my correspondents. I have plenty of friends that aren't Titans so this is the easiest way for them to reach me." Shinku shrugged as he dialed the number.
"Wayne Residence." Alfred said after the phone had rung a few times.
"This is Shinku. I am calling to confirm to Mr. Wayne that Mr. Grayson, myself and five others will be arriving within the week."
"Very well. I shall inform Master Wayne of your impending arrival." Alfred said as they both hung up the phone. Walking back into the living room he saw Robin had already told them that they were heading off to Gotham City.
"Sweet!" Cyborg shouted.
"Alright. Another vacation!" Beast Boy grinned.
"This is a working vacation." Shinku remarked.
"What?" Beast Boy sighed.
"We are going as heroes, not tourists. So that means while we can do some touristy stuff with our free time, we will mostly be up at night working." Shinku replied "Now I will alert Raven that we will be taking another trip." With that he walked towards Ravens room and knocked once before the door slid open and the smell of incense wafted out.
"Raven?" Shinku asked as he stepped inside. When she didn't reply he walked in and looked about, seeing that she wasn't there. Stepping towards the portal he checked his room and saw that she wasn't there either.
"Raven?!" he called as he looked about her room one more time before leaving. Taking two steps out of the room he felt her powers grab him and pull him back into the room.
"You want something handsome?" Raven whispered in his ear once her arms had wrapped around him.
"Well yes, but there is an actual reason to why I am here." Shinku grinned as he turned and kissed her "We are going on another trip, this time to Gotham City."
"Ohh. Alright, I suppose I should pack."
"Yeah. We are staying with Robins mentor so that means that this will be a working vacation." Shinku sighed as he kissed her one more time and pulled free of her arms and walked through the portal. Once he had everything that he needed he walked into the garage to see that all of the others were there already.
"Alright so how are we getting there?" Shinku asked.
"Driving. Can't fly to the location because it would expose it to the world, so we will be driving." Robin explained.
"Ok. So am I to warp ahead since there won't be enough room in the T-car?" Shinku asked.
"Nope. That's why we had this made for you." Cyborg grinned as he pulled the sheet off of a motorcycle that they had built, it was bulky almost like a small car, painted black with red streaks at coming from the head lights all the way to the tail pipes, and a black helmet that looked like a dragons head "This bad boy can go up to 200 hundred miles an hour, has a nitro boost button for you, and I had a rack for the Magus Sword installed." He said as he opened the rack that came out of the front.
"Wow…" Shinku said staring at the bike "You have out done yourself this time." Grinning like a kid on Christmas morning he leapt onto the bike and donned the helmet to see that it also had automated screens that showed gauges for the cycle, all nearby life forms, and the weapons system.
"Well we should get going." Robin grinned as he got on his bike "Race you!" The two grinning revved the engines on their bikes as they took off down the road weaving in and out of traffic as they made their way towards Gotham City, leaving the T-car in the dust.
It took most of the next two days to reach the outskirts of Gotham City when Robin led them off the road and down a forest path leading them towards a giant rock face Right before they were about to hit it the rock split in two and moved apart opening a giant cave for them to drive into. Once Shinku knew where to go he started accelerating until he was side by side with the Boy Wonder and slowly starting to pull ahead as they reached the end of the passageway. Shooting out of the passage Shinku had the lead as he started to break and slid to a stop right next to the Batmobile.
"Now that is skill." Shinku grinned as Robin braked, and jumped the bike over the Batmobile and came to a stop.
"No, that is." Robin laughed as the T-car pulled in.
"Show off." Shinku grinned as the others got out of the car and looked about the high tech cave that was the home of the famous Batman.
"Welcome home, young master Grayson." Alfred said as he walked down the stairs.
"Good to see you again Alfred." Robin grinned as he hugged the butler.
"And who are all of these young people?"
"This is my team. You already know Shinku, this is Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Terra, and Starfire." He said as they all nodded to him in turn.
"Well I trust that whatever you see you will keep to yourselves." Alfred said with a serious look.
"Of course." They all chorused as they walked up the stairs and entered the manor. As they walked all of the Titans who had never been there before pieced it all together.
"Wait, this is Wayne Manor, right?" BB asked.
"That is correct." Alfred nodded.
"Then Bruce Wayne, The Bruce Wayne, is Batman!" BB exclaimed.
"That is correct as well. Master Bruce is away at the moment however so he will see you once he gets back from the charity luncheon." Alfred said as he led them to the guest rooms.
"There are plenty of rooms so feel free to take your pick of any that you wish. Master Grayson, your room is still furbished." Alfred said.
"Thanks Alfred." Robin nodded as he walked towards a room at the end of the hall. With a look to each other they each went off to pick their own rooms, with Starfire picking one right across from Robin while Shinku and Raven chose ones right next to each other with Beast Boy choosing the one next to Robins while Terra took the one next to Shinku which was across from BBs, and Cyborg took the one next to BB and across from Shinku's. Once they were all settled Shinku went into the small bag that he had and took out the plain black pants and shirt out and changed into them and knocked on Ravens door. When she opened it she too had changed into street clothes, wearing a dark purple shirt and black skirt and black and purple leggings.
"Want to go explore Gotham?" he asked.
"Of course. I was about to go ask if you wanted to join me. If we hurry it will be just us." Raven whispered as they walked off towards the Batcave to get Shinku's motorcycle and drive it into town. Once they had left and Shinku had parked the cycle, they started wandering the city they found that there were dozens of wanted posters at street corners for various criminals, among them were the Joker, Poison Ivy, and Prometheus.
"Now these are some heavy weights." Shinku said looking at them.
"Maybe that Prometheus guy, but how often does Batman beat up Joker and Poison Ivy?" Raven replied.
"True. Prometheus is pretty low key but still a powerful villain. I would love to go a few rounds against that metal head." He chuckled as they walked. After shopping and buying some things that caught there eye, a few ancient tomes from an antique shop for Raven, and an old scroll for Shinku they returned to the manor just at dusk to see Bruce was already dressed as Batman with Robin down there talking to him.
"Where have you two been?" Robin asked.
"Out and about. Wanted to see the city a bit before we have to work." Shinku grinned.
"Good thinking Shinku. You are somewhat familiar with the city, but seeing it at day is different than at night." Bruce nodded.
"Well let me get changed back into my actual uniform and then we can get back to business." Shinku replied as he walked back upstairs. Once he was back in uniform he walked back to the cave to see that the others were there and ready as well.
"I'll be blunt here. I am not used to working in a team with so many people, so if I seem tense or get angry just bare with me." Batman said as he brought up a map of the city "At the moment we are having a manhunt going on for the Joker, Poison Ivy and Prometheus. Those three broke out of Arkham Asylum a few days ago and the police are frantic trying to find them. I want you all to be on the lookout while you patrol the city."
"Alright. What should we do if we find them?" Terra asked.
"Judge your skill against theirs and if you think you can, then fight and try to capture them, if you can't then call for backup." Batman shrugged. With a nod they all left the cave and spread out throughout the massive city, watching whatever they could when Shinku came upon his prey.
"I found you." Shinku grinned as he saw Prometheus heading for a bank to rob it "First strike: Crescent Strike!" the energy attack smashing into the armored foe knocking him to the ground.
"What was that?" the knight growled as Shinku landed in front of him.
"That was me." Shinku grinned as he spun the Magus Sword in his hand.
"You are either very brave or very foolish to try and stop me." Prometheus remarked as he drew his massive claymore from his back.
"We will find out." Shinku grinned as he took a fighting stance. Charging forward the villain tried to slash him in two as he swung the massive sword at Shinku who only blocked it with the Magus Sword and easily deflected it away.
"What on earth?!" he exclaimed.
"For a swordsman, you really are pathetic. You only use your massive size and strength to defeat your opponents. Not even I expected such a disappointment." Shinku sighed as he charged forward, using dragons flight to disappear from sight and strike from behind, using the increased speed to slash through the claymore, destroying it.
"NO!" he shouted as he turned and tried to punch him but was hit by a sonic cannon from Cyborg who was standing a little ways away.
"How'd you find me?" Shinku asked.
"It was a fluke. I picked up a disturbance and came over in time to see you destroy his sword." Cyborg replied as he cuffed Prometheus.
"Well Gotham can sleep a little easier now." Shinku sighed as he sheathed his blade.
Elsewhere in the city Robin and Batman had found traces of the Joker and his trademark card at a bank.
"He's up to something." Batman muttered.
"No kidding. This guy is no Slade, I'll say that much." Robin sighed.
"Slade?" Batman asked.
"Yeah. I sent you the file in case he ever came here. Masked Sociopath, who is trying to find someone to carry one once he is gone." Robin explained.
"Hrm. I think I might have that file, but I haven't seen any sign of him." Batman replied as they scoured the area and then moved on.
Beast Boy was flying through the air searching for something but in the end only found a few robbers, and since the police were far off he decided to lend a hand and entertain the dime store thieves. Landing across the street he turned into a rhino and knocked them to the ground before becoming an elephant and grabbing one, threw him into another of the robbers who quickly took out their guns but Beast Boy shifted into something smaller and dodged the bullets as he attacked in his gorilla form.
'This is boring.' Beast Boy thought as he countered another thug.
On the far side of town all of the ladies had found Poison Ivy, at a botanical garden.
"Found you Ivy." Terra grinned as she took out the lighter that Beast Boy had bought her for quick use of fire powers.
"And who are you three?" she asked, without looking away from the plant that she was fawning over.
"Our names don't matter. This is your one chance before things get violent." Raven remarked.
"I don't think that you will do anything to me, or my beauties." Poison Ivy sighed.
"The thought wrong you have." Starfire said as her eyes shot starbolts at Poison Ivy who rolled out of the way.
"HOW DARE YOU!!!" she roared as all of the plants suddenly became alive.
"Let me." Terra grinned as she lit the lighter and heard laughter.
"What are you going to do with that little thing?" Poison Ivy laughed.
"This." Terra replied as she touched the flame and became walking fire "Now either surrender or I light this place up."
"Very well. Just don't hurt my babies." Poison Ivy pleaded as she walked out. Once she was close enough she sprayed something in the faces of the ladies, but Terra seemed unaffected. Before she could react she started to run for it but Terra sent a line of flames around her general area, trapping her.
"Nice try. But you are going back to Arkham Asylum." Terra remarked as the other two stood up and came over to help "You two ok?"
"I feel fine." Raven remarked.
"As do I." Starfire agreed. With a shrug they cuffed Ivy and left her hanging in a bubble of Ravens magic until the police arrived and read the note. With dawn rapidly approaching they returned to the batcave each one of them exhausted from the night, except Bruce.
"Well a good job tonight. Both Prometheus and Poison Ivy captured is very good." Batman said as he took off the cowl and prepared to go to sleep. Following his example all of the Titans headed off to bed unknowing of the problem.