~~No, They Can't be Taught!~~

Turns out it was longer than any of them thought- Two weeks longer.

Although Batman was invested in several JLU pursuits as well as his own city- he still had Batgirl to aid in protecting the city- he was also involved in several puzzles.

Miko was still mentally recovering from Robin's betrayal, when they'd encountered Slade and she'd met Robin's obsession, bringing Slade to justice by ANY means necessary and his subsequent recovery from the previous week. She'd had enough of betrayal from Inuyasha, but Robin was slowly regaining her trust.

She had known something was up, but didn't feel as if her position in the Titans was secure enough to risk undermining his leadership, and questioning his loyalty.

In front of the others, in the Lobby of the Tower, after the last Slade encounter, Robin faced her and told her, in NO uncertain terms: "Miko, you Have cemented your position and don't worry about losing it… As far as I'm concerned, you are and will REMAIN a Trustworthy FULL Member and Ally of the Teen Titans…" She had smiled uncertainly at him.

"Okay…" Her smile wavering, "I need to be someplace other than here…" and she left

his presence to return to her 'patient'. She had entered the room and her duplicate had known something was up and had left Miko to her own business, which was meditating. Miko had conversed with Kikyo at length, speaking of her fears and concerns about both her and Robin's mental status… Kikyo had somewhat abated her fears, but had not been able to completely expunge them.

The other JLU member, The Question, was also not showing up as soon as they thought. Normally, at least according to his file, he was highly inquisitive and suspicious. He even suspected the Girl Scout's of Illegal dealings!

The group was in the main hang-out area of the Tower. Miko was speaking with the faceless Question. She tried to tempt him with proof of demons, but He told her that he already knew they existed as he works with Etrigan on occasion and hung up soon after, he had a date with Huntress.

Miko threw up her hands in exasperation, and clicked the visual communication off. "I swear- It's like some one has pulled a hood over their eyes!"

"But Miko- I do not understand…" Star-Fire queried, "Most members of the Justice League wear some form of hooded apparel whether to conceal their normal identity from those that would harm, or to just accessorize…" She was standing next to the wall monitors and using a stylus, was pinpointing areas where 'strange déjà vu-esque odd-things had occurred'.

"That is not what she means Star-Fire…." Jason Blood said from his position on the couch as he ate his second helping of Star's cooking. (Hey BB! He likes it!) "She means that the League has turned blind to the fact that something mystical has blinded them to the fact that there is something incredibly wrong…"

"Oh…"

"I don't get it…" Cyborg said getting frustrated. "I've gone over the tapes and the evidence twelve times so far and I can't find any tampering!" He shoved himself away from the console. "I know it's there! I have the original tapes of the wreckage of the Vault HQ, as well as the moving of JLU personnel! Why isn't there a glitch, or a seam or a lighting malfunction?"

"Inside man dude…" Beast Boy said reminding him. He was positioned in the kitchen, since Jason Blood had shown up, the Teens had been completing more and more of the chores they had put off for later… It was Beast Boy's turn to take care of the dishes.

"But there should be some-!" Cyborg continued to rant.

"Wait a minute…" Raven interrupted from her position in front of a monitor… Tech wasn't her strongest suite, but she wouldn't let her lack of IT knowledge impair her ability to aid her team. "According to the data bank Robin 'borrowed'…" Robin raised an eyebrow in her direction, not at all embarrassed at the fact that his actions had garnered them more information. "The Justice League has dealt with clones before…"

Grumbling, Cyborg brought up the information on the main viewer.

"It seems," Raven continued, "that genetic samples were taken of various heroes and random civilians in order for the government to create clones."

All looked to the screen to see five teenagers staring back at them from a picture taken nine months ago.

"According to the reports," Cyborg inputted, pulling up the senior JLU members' reports. "They were unstable, but the government was able to mass produce them… However, the clones were not only genetically unstable, but emotionally as well…"

"That's not good…" Beast Boy said, frowning… "What if that branch of the government decided to clone a magic user? Like Dr. Fate or Zatanna?"

"Or worse…" Jason Blood added. "What if they've managed to clone one of the Original Seven?"

"That would be most unfortunate…" Star-Fire said, a frown gracing her face.

"Not to mention illegal… Do we have a name for that branch of the government?" Beast Boy asked, pulling off the rubber gloves he'd used to wash the dishes.

"Requires a pass-code." Cyborg said in negative.

"All right!" Robin said, clapping his hands together to get their attention. He'd pulled in a white board and as he spoke he pointed out the different facts they'd so far obtained. "Thanks to Miko's foresight, we know several things:

A) Comms were hacked to prevent SOS' from getting out…

B) Teeps were knocked out and transported so they couldn't contact allies, collars were used to dampen their abilities. (We know this because of the footage Miko was able to recover, but we don't know who placed the collars on the users and then later removed them)

C) Magic users had a magic 'block' placed on them, and were then knocked out

D) So far Lt. Carmine is the only known Leaguer dead…"

"What have you found out about Lt. Carmine's abilities?" Jason Blood asked Raven.

"Off of Lt. Carmine's fan-sites we've discovered that he's a Blocker…" Raven replied.

Star-Fire approached Raven and leaned slightly over her shoulder to get a better look at the monitor. She nodded at the information before moving back to the wall monitors and inputting new data.

"So what if he Blogs…" Beast Boy said rolling his eyes.

"Not BloGGER…" Miko enunciated, smacking her hand upside her cousin's head, "BloCKER!"

"Ow!" Beast Boy yelped rubbing the back of his head.

"He's able to block any kind of force or energy if he uses enough concentration…" Raven persisted with what needed to be voiced.

"And we were unable to retrieve his body for an autopsy either, to find the cause of death…" Jason Blood said.

"And with the way things are going now- Lt. Carmine's probably being cloned as we speak to further the foothold situation…" Beast Boy said with a groan…

Just then Jason's comm beeped and he answered. It was Batman. Etrigan was needed on a mission. "I have to go…"

Jason stood and walked to the kitchen area, putting his dish in the sink before he walked to the open area between the kitchen and the kitchen table.

"Hey! I just finished washing dishes! Now you're giving me more?" Beast Boy whined. However, all the Titans nodded, knowing all too well about the call of duty.

"Gone, gone the form of Man! Rise the Demon: Etrigan!" And in the place of Jason Blood was his demonic counterpart, Etrigan.

"Know this young heroes…" Etrigan stated as fire began to swirl around his feet. "I am aware that some mystical force has enhanced the means to do the deed; when I have returned I shall help you find the perpetrator."

Etrigan nodded to Raven and Miko. "You two. Go Meditate; may Merlin aid your search." And with a blast of Hell's Fire- Etrigan was gone.

"Okay team, we need to find a way to stop them!"

"Right Robin…" Beast Boy said sarcastically, "we have no idea where to start and it's not like we can start asking random civilians on the street if they work for a cloning branch of the government!"

Star-Fire blanched and volunteered to bring in the surveillance video of a block radius of the JLU Vault Tower. And with that she left the tower, she did not want to be around when the excrement hit the multiple speed bladed rotary ceiling device.

"Doesn't mean that there isn't a way to stop them!"

"Robin! We'll find them! We just need to investigate slowly, so we don't make any mistakes!" Cyborg interrupted

"I know that!"

"Then you of all people should know that sometimes a case is solved quickly and other times that information comes really slowly. Sometimes it even takes years to solve cases!" Cyborg said getting deeper into the argument.

"I know that!" Robin stressed pinning up several more pictures and using a piece of string to attach photos to cue cards with a brief explanation.

"Rob! You're not Batman!

A furious tic and a massive glare made itself known on Robin's face, as he tore down the webbing of interconnected strings on the pinup board. Cyborg looked at him and blanched. It was almost an unwritten code to not use Batman and Robin's name in the same sentence.

"So- Headache?" Kikyo asked turning to Raven.

"Headache." Raven replied, rubbing her temples; trying to soothe away her headache.

"Tea?"

"Tea." Raven nodded minutely. Her headache was turning into a migraine.

Kikyo went to the kitchen and pulled out a bright blue box engraved with a dog, a fox and a tiger. There was already hot water ready on the stove, so pouring two teacups full, she added some grey powder from a green fire-rat-silk bag into each and handed one to Raven. She instructed Raven to drink it in three long sips; and then to breathe deeply and close her eyes for one minute.

Raven followed her instructions and Kikyo put away the box after she sealed it, placed a barrier around it and put it behind Star-Fire's Gnarflew Plorknik.

She handed the other teacup to Robin, who, though still angered at Cyborg, followed the previous instructions. When both had opened their eyes again, Miko suggested that they remove their investigation to the basement and isolate their computers from the rest of the Tower just in case they were suspected.

Robin and Cyborg agreed to the proposed idea, leaving their spat behind. As Cyborg pulled their investigative computers off the main branch, the rest of the team moved their investigation to the basement.

Once in the basement, Cyborg set up a Main Investigative Computer, one that rivaled the one in the Batcave, size-wise Robin noted; and the rest of the team moved the basement lighting around. They were going to have to go in depth.

Raven decided to try to meditate under the waterfall, and was peacefully surprised at how easily she was able to meditate. In fact she was able to settle right into her meditation, that she didn't need to speak her mantra, though she did mouth the words from habit.

Star-Fire returned with the surveillance video tapes just in time to join Beast Boy in walking down the stairs to the basement. Although nervous, she followed them and though surprised that the basement now resembled a well-lit squad-room from a Detective Drama on the television (as well as the fact that the training area Miko had assembled was still in place and seemed to adjust to the changes well).

Star-Fire quickly set to aiding her teammates. She was able to assist Beast Boy and Miko in setting up the heavier (heaviest) equipment on several of the tables, including pin-up boards with maps, and handheld monitors to be able to access the information more easily.

By the time they had removed all evidence of their investigation from upstairs it was dinnertime. Miko used her aura to pull Raven gently from her meditation, and they all went out for pizza, and to hang out. Taking a short break from the investigation to relax, and relaxing even for an short amount of time is beneficial to ones health…

But like all things with the Teen Titans, it's when they relax that things begin to happen.

(POV change)

Matsurokan had decided that he was indeed going to court Miko of the Teen Titans. After harassing Shippo, he found that she was out with her teammates enjoying the time out of doors with her friends and fast food. And he joined them. He was dressed in similar if almost exact clothing to that which his father wore in the Sengoku Jidai, though his hair was shorter, and his markings were like his grandfather's. So when he met up with the Titans, only Miko and Robin recognized him. Miko was about to call out my name but I interrupted her.

"Best to call me Youkai when I'm with your team guys… I do maintain an illusion for a reason…" ( I had replaced my illusion immediately after the fight with the man-spider and the kitten from Hell, so my classmates were still in the dark as to who and what I was.)

The pizza was good and the company was interesting. Especially the Tamaran girl… She was a mixture, of my late uncle (at least his sense of taste, as warped as it was) and my late 'sister' Rin(her energy level).

After pizza we returned to the Titan's Tower to enjoy a movie. It ended up being Galaxy Quest. But sometime during the middle of the movie, everyone not including me fell asleep. Eventually, I was knocked out too. My father would not let me live this down… If my Uncle could stand to breathe in noxious fumes from both my father and his dead and defeated arch enemy, then I should be able to as well… My last thought before I succumbed to darkness, letting my head settle on top of Miko's? 'Some one will pay for this indignity.'

All of the Teenagers awoke to being tightly secured to chairs, in one of those off visual-perception rooms both Miko and Matsurokan had seen drawn in calendars and in art galleries. They still gave him headaches. Something that Miko iterated, mirroring his thoughts.

All right that was a bad choice of words… Their headaches were now worse.

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Robin and Miko merely had their limbs secured into the chair. Star-Fire was secured by red energy, stopping her powers. Cyborg was secured with large metal clasps around his torso, hands and feet. Raven and Youkai were secured by white energy and Beast Boy was secured by some shape changing adaptive "gum strands".

"'Am I the only one, who has no idea where we are?"' Beast Boy asked, as soon as he woke up and was done yawning.

"'Why- you're right where you belong my duckies…"' They heard a voice come from ahead of them. It was a man dressed in white pants, and a Union Jack jacket standing on the top of the stairs. He had fluffy red hair, blue 'fashionable' glasses perched on the end of his nose and a lower British accent. '"You're in school!"' He then leapt and slid down the banister to land in front of Star-Fire and Youkai. '"That's right lads and loveys… You're the only students of Mad Mod's Institute for Bratty Teenage Do-Gooders. And it's high time someone taught you sprogs a lesson!"'

'"Titans! Move!"' Robin told his teammates, who all tried to escape, but were tightly secured. Miko's powers were useless, and she didn't have demon strength, like Shippo, Youkai or Sesshoumaru did. Youkai was snarling, the white energy was similar to Miko's powers, but did not harm him, merely kept him trapped from using his strength or from transforming.

In front of them 'Mad Mod' was doing a little dance and twirling his cane to and fro.

'"My Starbolts are useless!'" Star-Fire declared, turning slightly to face Cyborg.

Mad Mod approached her and said almost tenderly: '"Specially designed chairs, love."' Then his tone turned gloating. '"Can't have those nasty superpowers disruptin' my lecture, now, can I?"'

'"Get away from her!"' Robin demanded of Mad Mod.

Mad Mod turned to face Robin and hit his cane to Robin's chair causing a bell tone to sound. Robin was hit with electricity, which he ground his teeth at.

'"Now don't get your knickers in a twist my li'le snot. I didn't go to the trouble of building' this school and fillin' your tower with knockout gas just to finish you off lickety-split."' Mad Mod said pacing in front of the Titans.

'"Then what DO you want?"' Raven demanded.

'"Just what I said dearie. To teach you lot a lesson!"' He said getting in Raven's face about it. '"Yes, I've been watchin' you children misbehave…"' He then said turning and walking away from her scratching his bum as he did so. '"And I HATE misbehavin' children…!"' Mad Mod said wiping a hand down his face, somehow not displacing the blue glasses on his face. He used his cane to point to a wall where three pictures flipped to show members of the Teen Titans- '"…Fightin' crime… savin' lives… interferin' with the plans of hard-workin' villains…"' He turned to face the Titans to continue to lecture them. '"Why, you lot are nothin' but a bunch of troublemakers!"' He then pointed his cane at each Titan and as he did so, each one was zapped. '"But you'll learn your place soon enough… You see, I'm older than you, so I'm bigger, badder, and bet'er."'

Youkai just snorted. Mad Mod was so NOT.

'"Say wh-"' Cyborg was hit in the head with Mad Mod's cane. '"Ow!"'

'"You're in my world now. And you won't be gettin' out till you learn some proper respect!"' Mad Mod declared.

"Now I know why he calls himself 'Mad Mod'…" Miko said to Star-Fire.

"Yes, it appears that he has lost his brain…" Star-Fire said as she continued to struggle with her chair.

'"We will get out. And when we do-"' Robin said to Mad Mod, but was interrupted when a school bell rang; startling him.

'"Oh, dear. There's the bell, my duckies…"' Mad Mod almost looked disappointed. '"Off to class!"' He said giving them a two finger left hand salute.

And the floor beneath their chairs dropped open causing them to fall to rooms beneath the floor. Each landed with a resounding thump they felt which rattled everything, from their bones, to their brain.

Robin and Miko landed in the same room. In front of them was a large chalk board, on either side were two busts of Mad Mod. The ceiling and the floor were made up of large black and white tiles, the same as in the previous room. Other than that, the room was sans furniture.

Robin and Miko were startled, though they didn't show it as the chalk board began to draw on itself. '"Now, how can I teach you anythin' id you won't sit still and list'n?"' It was Mad Mod's face, which acted as though it was his actual face. Miko heard something move in her chair, and was startled when a 'hand' grabbed the top of her and Robin's head from the back of their chairs. '"One of my hypno-screens out to get your attention, and it'll erase everythin' in your brain as well…"' The hand pulled their scalps back just enough so that they couldn't close their eyes. Mad Mod's chalky image began to swirl, and was replaced by the depth pulling circles.

'"Can't… let him hypnotize me."' Miko heard Robin say, she could barely see him out of the corner of her eye. '"Got to stay focused."' Soon the whole room was one giant hypno-screen.

But Miko had had training specifically to get out of situations like this, and thanks to her training used her Miko powers to amplify her muscle strength and was able to pull free of the foot restraints, and from there was able to flip her body upward and backwards to snap the back of her chair breaking the arm holding her head in place. Her arm and leg restraints releasing as soon as the chair broke.

Robin had been able to fall to the side, freeing one of his hands and was able to unlock one of the wrist cuffs with a finger pick. Once his hand was free, he pulled off the hand holding his head in place and threw it at the hypno-screen, shorting it out, causing the rest of the room to revert to 'normal'. A karate chop took care of the other wrist restraint, and the leg restraints snapped open.

'"Nau'ty snotty"' They heard Mad Mod's voice echo throughout the room. '"If you're goin' to destroy school property, school property's gonna destroy you."'

'"Whoa…"' Robin said as he and Miko witnessed a buzz bomb in red, white and blue tear through the hypno-screen. It had a traffic light installed just beneath the bomb.

'"Right, then! Count along with Moddy!"' The two busts from the front of the room extended lasers from their eyes and two buzz-saws from the ears. '"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…"' The busts started shooting and using their equipment against the two teenagers.

"I'll try to defuse the bomb!" Miko said jumping towards the bomb. "Keep 'em busy!"

"Hey! Who made me the keep 'em busy guy?" Robin demanded. But he did as she told him to and used on bust against the other taking one of them out.

'"…Five, four, three, two, one."'

He grabbed Miko off the bomb and dragged her to the screen and jumped through it, tearing it. The green light from the bomb went off flew after them through a disorienting "tunnel", then it exploded, causing both teenagers to hit the wall with a grunt.

'"This is why I have private tutors…" Miko said. For some reason she still had all her equipment, as did Robin. Shouldn't Mad Mod have confiscated it?

'"There goes my shot at perfect attendance…"' Robin said sighing as he brushed himself off and ended up shining his 'R' symbol with a grin.

'"Don't be so sure, my li'le ducky."' Mad Mod's voice rang through the 'corridor'. Robin and Miko turned to face Mad Mod dressed in a dark blue suit. '''You may be out of the classroom, but class is never dismissed!"' Mad Mod then turned sideways and ran up the wall to the ceiling, where he ran above Robin and Miko. '"Nex' lesson: Physics!"'

Robin leapt to grab Mad Mod, but missed by about a foot and a half. '"Huh?"' Robin questioned as Mad Mod turned and looked down on them from the ceiling.

'"What goes up stays up!"' Mad Mod said laughing before running down the hallway ceiling.

'"Until I take it down!"' Robin said practically growling and they chased after Mad Mod.

"Robin! You are part of a Team here!" Miko said stressing the word team and smacking him on the arm as she ran at his side. "Do you REALLY want a repeat of 'Red X'?" She asked referring to what had happened the previous week.

"No. You're right…" Robin said as they ran up and around the crazy perception stairs.

They chased after Mad Mod, somehow coming to face him as they ran toward him, he was still racing along the ceiling, till the room seemed to flip and they landed heavily on the ground. Mad Mod jumped over them and continued running.

"You alright?" Robin asked her grabbing her hand to pull her up to continue chasing down Mad Mod.

"I will be…" Miko growled. "Just as soon as I get out of this place!" Some how through their chase, the had ended up in the same room as they'd woke up in… Or had they? But the floor had collapsed beneath her feet and she'd fallen through the hole, barely able to grab the edge in time to stop herself.

"Miko?" Robin asked, swinging to a stop to help her up.

"I'll be fine! Get Mad Mod!" Then her arms slipped and she fell through the hole. Robin was hit with a distinct sense of familiarity as she'd spoken almost the very words he had the with the whole 'Red X' incident.

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Miko and Youkai finally met up with the rest of the Teen Titans just in time to hear a loud belch.

Beast Boy giggled: '"Nice One! Uhh… How did I get here, and why am I covered in drool?"' Beast Boy asked raising his arms in disgust looking down at his front.

"Probably because you fell asleep in front of the TV again…" Miko said a hint of sarcasm her voice.

"Where did you end up?" Robin asked Miko and Youkai.

"History class." Miko answered.

"Mad Mod was trying to tell me about World History through British leadership. And I informed him of precisely the reason why Japan decided to annex ourselves from British rule…" Youkai said superiorly.

"And he was too… Mad Mod just wanted him out of the classroom so Youkai would cease lecturing him…" Miko said, a sardonic smile gracing her lips.

"The fool needed to be corrected…" Youkai said raising his nose to the ceiling.

"Right…" Raven said, why couldn't she have gotten the "history class" instead of "gym"?

'"Wonderful!"' Star-Fire said expressing her joy, "I am glad we are all together!" She then clasped her hands together, '"Now we need only to locate an exit!"'

'"Or just keep blasting till we make one!" Cyborg grinned powering up his sonic cannon.

'"Easy!"' Robin stopped him, raising a hand to get his attention. '"Last thing I smashed, tried to smash me back. I'm sure this whole place is booby-trapped!"'

'"Then how are we supposed to get out?"' Beast Boy asked Robin after he'd wiped the drool from his chest.

'"We're not."' Raven said.

"Wow Raven… Pessimistic much?" Miko asked.

'"Don't you get it? Mad Mod's gonna mess with us until-"'

Robin decided to stop her right there. '"-We mess with him."' He said clenching his fist. '"That cane of his controls everything in here. We take the cane-"'

'"We take control."' Cyborg said getting what Robin was saying.

'"And take him down…"' Beast Boy said clenching both fists in front of him, and getting serious. '"Oh, I'll find him! That demented doofus is Never hypnotizing me Again!"' He said walking determinedly from the Titans until a hypno-screen popped out in front of him, instantly hypnotizing him.

Miko winced. Beast Boy's mind was incredibly open. It was left that way by Mento of the Doom Patrol, so as to contact him easily. And since it was so open, Beast Boy was left mentally exposed. Thus the reason why he was so easily hypnotized.

Beast Boy fluttered to the ground to be caught by Star-Fire, just under the arms.

'"Come on… Won't you lot ever learn?"' Mad Mod said appearing from the floor. '"You're in my world my duckies,"' he pressed the red 'jewel' on his cane and the doors behind him opened. "You can't win,"' he said before spinning and running out the doors.

'"Titans! Go!"' Robin said inciting his team to race after the loony villain.

'"But how do I…?"' Star-Fire asked, still holding Beast Boy from the arms.

'"Make him laugh!" Cyborg called back, running after Mad Mod.

Star-Fire turned Beast Boy to face her. '"How many Okarans does it take to hogey a Morf-Lark? …Finbar!"' There was no response from Beast Boy.

Youkai leaned toward Star-Fire and whispered in her ear.

'"Um… Boogers?"' Star-Fire repeated.

That got a laugh out of Beast Boy. '"Hah-hah-ha-ha… Boogers… Hah-hah-ha-ha… Oh, Man!" Beast Boy said looking down to his drool covered front again. '"Wah!"' He yelped as Star-Fire dragged him out the doors, for them to close behind them.

"Come on!" Youkai said grabbing Miko's hand and dragging her up the stairs. "We'll try to corner him!"

They met up with the rest of the Titans in a hallway of doors, still chasing Mad Mod. But the doors and what was behind them never coincided. One door would open another just down or up the hall. Mad Mod always on some form of transportation. Finally Robin directed each to take a door, leaving one left. Nothing behind their doors, so Robin opened the last door to have a Tyrannosaurus stick it's head out and roar at them scaring the bejeezus out of them. Youkai turned his head slightly to see Mad Mod eating a banana with a swiveling wall with a Mad Mod Bust in front of it, and he directed the others to see it as well. Robin pulled back the head and turned the red dial to the left and the door opened, to see palm trees with a breeze and chirping birds.

'"No Way!"' Raven said disbelieving.

'"Is that what I think it is?"' Beast Boy asked no one in particular.

"Highly doubtful." Youkai and Miko said.

"It has to be part of the elaborate set-up Mad Mod has here…" Youkai said finishing their thoughts.

'"One way to find out…"' Robin said. Hey, sometimes you DO get that lucky!

Slowly they approached the scene before them.

'"Looks like the real deal…"' Cyborg said smiling, ignoring his sensors for the moment.

Robin put his hand out, touched fabric and all fell though, tripping over the edge.

Star-Fire gasped.

'"No!"' Cyborg yelled in denial.

Youkai grunted as he got to his feet helping Miko and Star-Fire to theirs.

"Don't say it!" Robin warned him.

"I don't need to."

Robin grunted in disappointment, slamming a fist to the floor. '"Right back where we started!"'

'"Of course you are my duckies…'" Mad Mod said stepping forward. "Class is over, and you lot 'aven't learned a thing."'

"But I sure taught him something…" Youkai said proud of himself.

Mad Mod gave a snarling laugh. "That's a Failing Grade for each and every one of ya… There's only one thing for it…"' He said as the doors closed behind the Titans. '"You'll have to repeat the entire lesson!"' The walls behind Mad Mod slipped away and the hypno-screens were back, and Beast Boy was again a liability. Mad Mod laughed triumphantly, he was sure that he'd beat the Teen Titans. '"Time for Class my Duckies! Everyone back to your seats!" Mad Mod was positively joyful.

"'Titans! Get That Cane!" Robin yelled in determination.

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The Titans were beneath Cyborg as he opened the lid to the metal shaft they were in.

'"Hah!"' Cyborg said with a large grin, climbing out the hole.

Raven followed, and Youkai tossed the REAL Mad Mod, trussed up hands, feet, and torso, out and on his rear end, before clambering out himself.

'"Oh, yeah, this is definitely the real deal."' Cyborg said, his arms spread, a seagull flying about fifty yards out.

Robin climbed out followed by Miko, who was suffering from a sprained ankle, which would be fixed as soon as they got to the tower. '"School always seems smaller after you graduate, doesn't it?"'

Miko nodded, using Robin's arm to support her weight. "Been there, done that…" She said a knowing grin on her face. Momentarily forgetting about the Private tutors that Sesshoumaru employed to teach her different languages and histories.

Robin nodded at her, glad she was trusting him again. They looked down the shaft to see Star-Fire pulling up Beast Boy.

'"Just don't expect me to go to any reunions…"' Raven said. Miko could hear the smile in her voice.

'"Ooh… I cannot awaken Beast Boy."' Star-Fire said, laying the still hypnotized Beast Boy outside the shaft. '"I have tried the tickling, all manner of bodily noises and the word "underpants"!"' Star-Fire stated categorically. '"I fear that his brain is gone forever!"'

Raven looked down questioningly at the once again drooling hypnotized Beast Boy. '"Beast Boy had a brain?"' Robin and Cyborg were looking down in concern about their fallen comrade.

Miko knew it wasn't so. It wasn't a deep hypnosis, Mento's bridge didn't allow for that; the bridge was a kind of firewall. The others, however, were surprised when Beast Boy sat up, laughing.

'"Good one!"' He said chuckling more, then he paused letting what Raven said sink in. '"Dude. That's not funny. I totally have a brain!"' The others smirked and walked toward the edge of the oil platform '"I just don't use it much…"'

They got in a small motorboat and headed for the docks. As soon as the boat was secure and Robin had called the Police, Youkai cracked his back.

"Well- This has been interesting…" Youkai said. "But I should be more prepared, I clearly am not ready for this type of action…" He turned to Miko. "I shall confront my father about my difficulties, and ask him to aid me in overcoming them… Till next time…" He said kissing her hand.

Beast Boy spluttered. "Hey! That's my-!" Raven shoved a hand over his mouth. Mad Mod was still slung over Cyborg's shoulder, though thanks to Robin, he was temporarily unconscious thanks to knock-out spray.

Youkai then took off in his orb form. Miko yawned. "Well with our luck, we worked through the night again, I'm gonna go home and take a shower." She said as soon as the Police arrived.

"Sounds like a plan…" Robin said, a yawn catching him by surprise.

The others looked at him startled, but didn't argue. They too needed their sleep, Raven was again fighting a losing battle to a headache, but she knew it was only because she hadn't slept or meditated in several hours.

"Come on guys…"Robin said as his motorcycle pulled up. "Let's go home…" He helped Miko on the back of the bike. "Thanks…" He muttered to her as he climbed in front of her.

"I didn't do anything…" Miko said, confusion coloring her voice.

"Yes, you did…" Robin answered back, giving her hands clutching his waist a brief clasp before pulling away from police cars. "You reminded me to rely on my team more… I need reminders it seems…"

"So Mad Mod didn't teach you a lesson, but I did?" She didn't get an answer. But then again, she wasn't expecting one. "We're a team for a reason Robin. We balance everything out…"

"I know… Hey- what about magical balance at Vault Tower?"

Miko's mind scrambled for Robin's train of thought. "I told you, there's something weird about the energies there…"

"But are the powers balanced more in one way or another?"

"If you're asking if they're balanced in our favor? No. But that's obvious…"

"I know- but-"

"Robin, a full nights- I mean days- sleep will open different pathways for us."

"Night's… It's four pm now… We were in that crazy school for well over ten hours…"

"Some knock-out gas…" Miko muttered concerned.

"Yeah- but like you said, a full night's,"

"Day's!" She interrupted.

"Day's" he conceded, "sleep will make all the difference for us, giving us new eyes to solve problems with…" They'd entered the Tower's garage and parked. "Night Kikyo…"

"Night Robin…"

"Night all…"Cyborg called as they pulled in. "See you in the morning!"

END chapter 10!

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