Hey!

So, this is my first crossover. For those of you who have read my previous stories, thanks for taking the time to look at this one too. For those of you who haven't, thanks for giving me a chance.

This one requires several bulletpoints of background info, so here goes, in no particular order of importance:

* The fight between Bats and Rob happened like it's supposed to, I'm not messing with that. He still ran away to Jump and formed the Titans and blah,blah.

* However, when Robin left, he wanted to disappear completely, like poof. So, he ditched his secret ID and started shop in Jump as Nightwing, not Robin. I know, several years early, but whatever.

* The Titans know nothing about anything. If the question is, do the Titans know about... the answer is no. They are completely in the dark.

* This is a Zatanna/Robin-or Nighwing- story. Not a Star/Rob story.

* There is a subplot which will emerge more in the sequel, which is already in the works. This is, primarily, a Dick reuniting with his family story, but there is an apprenticeship arc weaving through it.

*** This is not Slade trying to kidnap NW for the second time; this is Slade trying to kidnap him for the third time. Throughout the story, you'll find references to a second apprenticeship between Slade and NW. This is not an actual story. It has not been written, so don't go to my profile to look for it. At the moment, I have no intention of writing it. Half the fun is trying to figure out what the heck went on during that time, and trying to piece together Slade and NW's increasingly complicated relationship.

*The team fell apart after Robin left. They couldn't bear working together without their little brother.

* I'm not including Rocket in this. Don't know her well enough to, she was only in there for, like, two episodes.

Um... think that's it. Wow, lots of bullets.

On to the story!

It was a bright, sunny day in Jump City. The sun was shinning, birds were singing, children were playing, and Control Freak was acting like an idiot again. A normal day in good old Jump, home of the Teen Titans, consisting of five members: Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, and their leader, Nightwing,

Nightwing was something of a mystery. None of the other Titans knew anything substantial about him. All they knew was that he hadn't been Nightwing for very long before forming the Titans and that an argument had led to his relocation in Jump, They did not, however, know what the argument was about of who it was with or even where his hometown was. Nightwing stubbornly refused to tell them anything about his past.

Even Starfire was unsuccessful in getting any information out of the stubborn leader. They weren't dating- yet again, he had some mysterious reason from his past- but it was obvious that he had a soft spot for her. If Star couldn't get through to him, no one could.

The Titans had resigned themselves to the fact that they would never really know anything about their leader's past. They were (semi) ok with that.

That was all about to change. Of course, they didn't know that. It would ruin the surprise, not to mention the story.

In TTower, the team was scattered, each doing their own thing. The boys- minus Nightwing- were playing some sort of racing video game on the main screen. Raven drifted into the room and looked at them in slight disapproval- surely they could find something better to do- before resolving to get her errand done quickly.

"Do you know where 'Wing is?"

"No clue." Cyborg replied. BB just shrugged, not taking his eyes off the video game.

"Maybe Star knows." Raven murmured and flew off to find the alien princess. Unfortunately, she didn't know either. Raven frowned and decided to check Nightwing's room again. There, she found a note stuck to the door.

Rae,

If you're reading this, I have left the Tower. I've got my comm if you need me or if there's an emergency, but please don't use contact me if possible. I don't want to be reminded of Nightwing business at the moment. Thanks!

-NW

Raven smiled slightly and turned to leave. It could wait. Wherever Nightwing was, she hoped he was relaxing. He had been way to stressed lately.

What she didn't know was that Nightwing was, at that moment, several miles below and the the left of her, in a secret underground gym. You could take the bird out of the Batcave, but you couldn't take the cave out of the bird.

Soon after forming the Titans, he had constructed the private gym because he knew he wouldn't be able to live there without a trapeze and other acrobatic equipment, but also knew it was a big hint to his identity. So, he created a place where he could safely forget about Nightwing and be Dick Grayson once more. He almost never wore his mask in his private sanctuary- the only place he didn't these days.

He smiled as he effortlessly completed a quadruple backwards summersault on the trapeze. He released a big sigh.

He was at peace.

It wouldn't last long.

Yay!

Yes, I gave 'Wing a batcave away from the batcave. I just love the idea of him having a private retreat.

Oh, and chapters will get progressively longer. This is rather short compared to some of the others.

Review please!