Robin suddenly remembered, "Crap, we forgot to pay for our meal!" He ordered, "Titans! Back to Café La Salle!"

Episode 3: Heart

The Titans returned to Café La Salle to encounter a not so pleased Kat Hasuma. She was without her apron and was now wearing a black shirt with torn sleeves, denim jeans black and cowboy (cowgirl to be more political correct) boots, complete with spurs. She had her arms crossed and looked REALLY irritated. In fact, she looked REALLY ticked off.

"Well now," she said, grinning maliciously, "You're back. Ready to pay the bill?"

"Sorry about that," Robin apologized, rubbing the back of his head embarrassingly. "We were in a hurry."

"I bet. I was almost ready to go after you, y'know….or call the cops. NO ONE dines and dashes in MY café!" she glared at him and poked him in the chest to put more emphasis. "Pay up!" she extended her hand and took Robin's credit card. "Wait here," she said before entering.

"Excuse me?" Starfire was floating next to Kat.

"Yeah?" Kat looked to her.

"Has your brother returned?" she asked.

"Yeah, he's washing the dishes in the back right now," Kat said, pointing towards the kitchen. She went into the café and straight to the cash register to scan Robin's credit card. "Well, lucky you that your credit's good." She handed the credit card to Starfire. "Give this back to the walking traffic light out there," she joked.

"I shall, and I do know you mean Robin. His manner of dressing does make him resemble that of a traffic light." Starfire bowed as she flew to Robin.

"Nice girl," Kat commented as she worked the cashier. The Titans then came in. "What now?" she moaned irritably.

"Well, we wanted to see Leo," Robin said.

"Yeah, girl," Cyborg added.

"May I ask why?" Kat said, folding her arms.

"We wish to invite him to our home," Starfire said happily.

"Since he is after all an honorary Titan now," Beast Boy said suddenly, before closing his mouth and placing his hands over his mouth. "Oh, crap!"

"Honorary Titan?" Kat blinked. She looked at Raven.

Raven replied in monotone, "Wasn't my idea."

"Okay, so my otouto-chan is now an honorary member of your little team, right?" Kat asked, wanting to clarify, and they nodded, "So you want him to come to your…Tower? Right?" They nodded again. She yelled to the kitchen, "LEO!"

"Hai, onee-chan!" Leo said as he came out the kitchen. He saw the Titans, "Konnichiwa. What brings you back here?"

"We want to extend an invitation," Robin told him, "To you."

"Me?" Leo pointed to himself.

"Yes. How would you like to come visit Titans Tower tomorrow?"

Leo blinked, then blinked again. "Me? Really?"

"Well, yeah," Robin shrugged. "I mean, if you want."

"I would be honored," Leo bowed.

"Oh, Kami," Kat rolled her eyes.

"Trust me, dude, you'll love it," Beast Boy said to Leo.

"You got to see the place," Cyborg added.

"I promise that you will absolutely love our home!" Starfire twirled.

"Hold it, you all!" Kat said abruptly, slapping the bar countertop and gathering the Titans' attention. "My otouto-chan will be going to this Tower of yours…" She added, "On ONE condition."

The Next Day.

Time: 3:30 PM

"When will they be here?" Beast Boy hopped up and down impatiently and excitedly as he looked out the window.

Raven was sitting on the couch and getting annoyed by Beast Boy's antics. "Beast Boy, sit down." Her right eyebrow twitched. "NOW." Beast Boy did. She sighed, "They'll come. They promised that they'll be here at 3:30."

"But it's 3:30 now!" Beast Boy whimpered as a puppy.

"Oh Azar…" Raven groaned as she messaged her temples.

Starfire was in the kitchen with Robin and cooking…something in a large pot. Robin looked over her shoulder worriedly. "Star?" he asked, "What are you making?"

"Oh, dear Robin," she beamed at him. "I am preparing the Pudding of Welcoming for our new friends. I am sure they will love it."

"Yeah, sure," Robin said nervously. He could tell her not to since she might end up poisoning them, but he couldn't do that to her. Looking at those beautiful and hopeful green eyes always made his knees buckle. Okay, her kisses also had the same effect on him, but still… "They might not be hungry, Star," Robin said to her, trying to discourage her without trying to make it look like he was.

"Do now worry, dear Robin. The Pudding of Welcoming is surprisingly light." She mixed it around. He looked at the cooking and lumpy mess inside as it began to turn blue, then green, then yellow, then blue again. He grimaced.

Cyborg walked in and Robin asked, "Hey, Cy. Did you remember to turn off the security system?" Cyborg suddenly froze.

"OH CRAP! I totally forgot!"

"WHAT?" everyone exclaimed.

Beast Boy shouted, "Turn it off, now! We don't want the lasers to-" Suddenly, they heard laser fire, followed by screaming. "…Never mind."

"Titans! Go!" Robin ordered and led the Titans to the ground level.

When they arrived, they saw the twins, Leo and Kat, quickly wheeling in their bikes through the open and large front doors, frantically. They looked like they had gone through a mine field, which was not farther than the truth.

"I told you we should've called first!" Kat yelled.

"I didn't think it was important!" Leo retorted.

"Those lasers nearly killed us!" Kat yelled back.

"Sorry about that," Robin apologized lamely. "Are you okay? We forgot to turn off the defenses before you came."

"Oh, I didn't notice!" Kat retorted sarcastically. The bow in her hair was slightly smoking.

Starfire flew over and immediately wrapped the two in a hug, "WELCOME, NEW FRIENDS, TO OUR HOME!" she exclaimed happily and delightedly.

"Lungs…collapsing…" Leo groaned with eyes wide. "…Air…"

"Back…breaking…" Kat added with teeth gritted. "…Can't breathe…"

"Starfire, you should let them go before you hug them to death," Raven said. Starfire, upon seeing the blue faced twins, immediately let go and apologized sheepishly, blushing.

"Are you still sure it was a good idea to come here?" Kat groaned to her brother as she popped her back into place.

"Hai," Leo replied as he messaged his arms and popped his shoulders back into place.

"Baka."

"Again sorry about that," Robin apologized for the lasers. "Next time, we'll make sure to turn off the lasers the next time you come visit."

"You better, Boy Blunder," Kat hissed. "Or else the new item on the menu is gonna be Roasted Robin!" Robin gulped at her threat.

"Onee-chan, be nice," Leo said. Kat only crossed her arms in response and Leo sighed. He then said to the Titans, "Arigatou again for inviting us to come over."

"No problem, dawg," Cyborg said. "Now, let's get you two cleaned up.

"It's a good thing we brought a change of clothes just incase," Kat grumbled as she dusted off her clothes.

Beast Boy then got a good look at their clothes. Leo was wearing a white short sleeved shirt with blue slacks and a black tie while Kat wore the same thing, except with a blue skirt. He then spoke up, "Say, you two don't happen to go to Murakami High, do you?"

"Why'd you ask, Beast Boy-san?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, we go to Murakami," Kat answered.

"Do you happen to know a girl named…Terra?" Beast Boy asked hopefully. The other Titans went silent at this. The twins noticed, but ignored it in favor of answering Beast Boy's question.

"Tara? As in Tara Markov-san?" Leo asked. Beast Boy nodded.

"Big bright blue eyes and long blonde hair?" Kat described. Beast Boy nodded again.

"Hai," Leo nodded.

"Why shouldn't we know her?" Kat shrugged. "She's in our class."

"REALLY? HOW IS SHE? IS SHE OKAY?" Beast Boy asked frantically.

"Um, Beast Boy," Robin began, but was stopped by Starfire.

"She's okay, I guess," Kat shrugged.

"Oh," Beast Boy slumped.

"She's my lab partner in Chemistry, though. A really nice girl," Leo answered. Beast Boy's ears perked up.

"That's good."

"Why so interested in her?" Kat asked, curious.

Beast Boy fell silent.

Leo put a hand on his sister's shoulder and said, in Japanese, "If Beast Boy-san doesn't wish to talk about it, let's not ask."

"Hai" Kat nodded.

Cyborg clapped his large hands, "So, you two ready for the grand tour of Titans Tower!"

"Sure." "Whatever." Were the responses of the twins.

(Several minutes later)

The doors to the Common Room opened up to reveal Cyborg as he walked in followed by their two guests who had changed into more casual wear. Leo still wore his black jacket and slacks with the Chinese shirt underneath while Kat wore a black leather jacket over a red shirt and blue jeans with boots.

"And here is the Common Room where we eat and relax after a hard days work," Cyborg said as he showed them the top floor of the T-Tower. "And that concludes the tour."

"I liked the gym," Kat grinned, her right hand on her hip.

"I prefer the rec. room myself," Leo said smiling.

"You would," Kat smirked at her twin.

"So, how was the tour?" Robin asked.

"It was interesting," Leo said, amazed, "Never knew this place was SO big."

"It's a ten story tall Tower, otouto-chan," Kat said to her brother evenly, "Of course it's gonna be big."

"Hai, onee-chan."

Starfire then flew towards them carrying a bowl of something blue. It appeared lumpy and bubbling. There were two large spoons in it.

"Would you like to partake in my Pudding of Welcoming?" she asked sweetly.

Robin whispered to Beast Boy, "I thought you threw that out."

"I did. Maybe she made more," Beast Boy whispered back." He grinned, "I bet you enjoyed distracting Star while I was doing it."

"Shut up." Robin blushed.

Kat and Leo stared at the bowl. It was giving off a weird smell and appeared pretty much inedible. However, the twins were raised to never refuse food offered. Looking at Starfire's pleading face, they had no choice but to eat it. Taking a spoon each, they shoveled some of the 'pudding' out of the bowl and into their mouths.

Someone call 911 right now.

"This isn't going to end well," Raven said.

The twins' eyes went wide and then their skin turned blue, then green, then yellow, then plaid and finally to their normal skin tone before they swallowed the stuff with great difficulty.

"That was…interesting…" Leo worded carefully.

"Yeah…nice pudding…can't eat another bite," Kat said while holding her stomach.

Starfire beamed and went back to the kitchen.

"Where's the bathroom?" Kat asked frantically, holding her stomach and placing a hand over her mouth.

"Down the hall and turn right," Raven pointed.

"Arigatou," Leo nodded before he and his sis made a beeline towards the bathroom.

"Where have our new friends gone?" Starfire asked as she returned.

"They needed to do something," was Robin's answer. "Something important."

"Don't worry, Star, they'll be back," Beast Boy said amongst silent snickers.

Cyborg muttered, "If the stuff doesn't kill them first."

The twins used the bathroom to expel the contents of their stomachs before walking out of it. They held their stomachs and groaned.

"That stuff tasted like something that died and then crawled out of a shoe," Kat groaned.

"I never thought anything could taste THAT bad," Leo said to her. "Apparently, I was wrong." He moaned.

"We better stay clear of her and her cooking," Kat advised, "For the sake of our health."

"Agreed, onee-chan," Leo nodded.

They went back into the Common Room to see the Titans waiting for them.

"Welcome back," Cyborg grinned.

Kat glared. She wished she could shove that 'pudding' down Cyborg's throat.

"So, what now?" Leo asked.

"Your full name, for once. We know you call yourself Leo, but what's your full name?" Robin asked.

Leo answered, "Ryuki Leonard Narukawa." He then added, "But my friends call me Leo."

"Waitasec," Beast Boy pointed out, "You're twins, but why different last names?"

The twins looked at each other and sighed. Leo began, "It's because…"

"…Our parents…" Kat continued.

"…Are divorced," they finished together.

The entire room fell silent.

"…" Beast Boy fell silent. "Sorry," he apologized

"That's okay," Leo said. "It was a long time ago."

"But your parents…?" Starfire said, pitying them.

"Like my otouto-chan said: it's okay," Kat said abruptly, making everyone drop the subject. "Now, can we get on with this? What's next?"

Robin then answered, "The obstacle course."

(Outside, obstacle course behind Titans Tower.)

Robin and Raven were at the controls monitoring the course while Cyborg tore through it with ease. He punched, tackled and blasted his way all the way through the obstacles and arrived at the finished line. He looked at his time on his arm, which was 1 minute and 45 seconds and cheered, "Booyah! New course record."

"That's because you were the first one to go," Raven clarified.

"Next up," Robin said, "Leo." He looked to the goggled brunette, "You okay to do this?"

Leo removed his jacket and pulled his goggles over his eyes. He then pulled on a pair of red gloves with wrist and hand guards. He also tightened the buckles on his shoes and his belt. Doing a few stretches, he then gave Robin a thumb's up, "Hai, Robin-san."

"Okay, ready? On three. One…" Robin began counting.

Leo pointed to himself, "As long as I have faith…"

"Two…"

Leo pointed to the sky, "The future shall be…"

"THREE!"

"IN MY HANDS!" Leo ran into the course. The first to come up were the metal walls to block his path. Using his wind powers, he jumped over each and every one of the metal walls with ease, springing himself up and over them with impressive agility.

"SHOW THEM WHAT YOU GOT, OTOUTO-CHAN!" Kat cheered for her twin.

Suddenly, a few orb-like robotic drones showed up and shot at Leo. Not only that, the ground under him would open up at a random order. Using his electrical powers, he zapped the drones while avoiding a pitfall. He jumped over the openings and ran over the closed parts to get to the finish line. Suddenly, several medicine balls shot from the cannons lining the make-shift canyon he was in. He used his wind to repel and dodge them as he made his way to the finish line. With a powerful breath of air, he made it. He grabbed for the flag.

Kat was the first to cheer, "YOU MADE IT!" The other Titans followed in the cheer.

"Wow, did you see him go?" Beast Boy shouted.

"He leaps higher than the Swamp Toads of Veldugan 9," Starfire cheered, doing flips in the air.

"The kid's got talent," Cyborg said, accepting Leo's victory. Leo jumped into the air and laughed.

Robin checked the time, "Hm, a minute and 10 seconds. Looks like new record."

"And without too much damage," Raven commented.

"I would've done better on my bike, though," Leo said modestly. He didn't notice a stray medicine ball heading for his head. The Titans yelled at him to duck, but he turned…

Suddenly, the medicine ball was covered in ice and fell, shattering to pieces. The Titans turned to look to where the ice had come from and saw Kat with her arms outstretched with residual blue energy escaping them. She smiled sheepishly. She had been caught.

"Uh…oops?"

"Why didn't you tell us you could do that?" Robin asked suspiciously.

"You never asked," was Kat's reply. "Besides, it was an emergency. My little brother could've seriously hurt himself. I had to do something."

"Arigatou, onee-chan," Leo nodded.

"What else can you do?" Raven asked.

"Like before I can generate and manipulate ice," she demonstrated by freezing a nearby boulder. "I can also generate and manipulate fire," Kat demonstrated this by throwing a fireball that melted the ice on the boulder. "Aside from that, I also have martial arts training."

"However, you still should've told us," Robin said.

She countered, "Should've, but didn't." She sighed. "Look, I don't care about being a hero. I use my powers when I want to use them," Kat said firmly. "Just because you guys got powers, doesn't mean you got to be a hero or a villain. You could just live life like a normal person."

"Even though you're not normal," Beast Boy said to her. What she said made sense. It had something to do with what Terra was doing with her life now.

"I may not be normal, but I like to live normal, thank you very much," she crossed her arms.

Robin was not done interrogating her, but decided not to. She had a right to her privacy. He, of course, knew that her powers were dangerous in the wrong hands. Should he make her an honorary Titan too to keep an eye on her? He scratched his head. What was he to do?

Suddenly, his communicator beeped and blinked so did the orbs on Starfire's armguards and neck guards, the clasp of Raven's cloak, Beast Boy's belt buckle and Cyborg's mechanical eye. Leo and Kat saw this and were confused.

"Why is everyone blinking?" Kat asked, curious and annoyed at the sounds and flashing.

The beach was a place where people could have fun in the sun. Some people would lie on their blankets to tan themselves while others were playing, swimming and surfing in the water. Beautiful bikini-clad babes would be walking on the beach and the handsome lifeguard would be there to protect the beachgoers.

Of course, this emergency was not something a lifeguard could handle. People were screaming and running for their lives. Why? Take a look.

A humanoid figure composed of green and black with a skeletal face, vine-like hair and wood-like skin was on the attack. It had long arms and vine-like fingers in which it used to throw beach chairs around and lash at the beach goers. It was thirsty for blood and the civilians would be the ones to serve it up. It lashed its vines on a pair of beach girls and entrapped them. They let out loud screams as it was ready to crush them. However, suddenly, the vines were cut off by a sharp boomerang-like weapon and the creature itself was blasted by green energy.

The bikini girls ran away to escape.

The creature looked up to see who had interrupted it. It was the Teen Titans, plus Leo.

"Cease your destruction, now!" Starfire commanded.

"Whatever you are," Beast Boy said, looking it up and down. "Is that thing Swamp Thing?"

"No," Leo answered, "It's the Plant Beast Spirit." He already had the Seiryu Buckle and belt on and slid in the card.

"Well then, let's turn it to mulch," Robin said, "TITANS! GO!"

"Henshin!"

"CHANGE SEIRYU!"

The Titans and Leo, now Draco, ran towards the Beast Spirit and attacked. It lashed out with its vines. The fly girls were able to dodge and use their powers on it. Starfire fired her eyebeams to cut down its vines while Raven used her powers to throw a beach chair or two at it. The beach chair hit it with amazing force and they shattered.

Beast Boy came in the form of a rhino and rammed the Beast Spirit hard. It wrapped it's vines around Beast Boy, attempting to strangle and crush him, when Draco jumped in and used his Seiryu Blade to severe the vines. He then performed a roundhouse kick to its head before punching it hard in the chest.

Cyborg executed an uppercut and sent it flying before Robin threw his birdarangs to cleave off its arms. It fell to the sand, hard.

"Is it dead?" Beast Boy asked.

"Not quite," Draco said. He then noticed that the severed arms were twitching. "Um, guys? Take a look at this."

"What is happening?" Starfire gasped as the limbs grew.

"Not good," was Raven's answer.

The limbs had grown and became clones of the original Beast Spirit. The original Plant Beast Spirit rose up and joined its 'spawn'. The trio of Plant Beast Spirits looked upon the Titans with vengeful intent.

"Okay team. New plan," Robin began. "DON'T cut them to pieces!"

"Easier said than done," Draco said as his sword was snagged out of his hand and then one of the Plant Beast Spirits coiled its vines around him. He struggled, even used his electricity to shock it, but to no avail. "Kuso! My electricity doesn't work!"

The other Titans were not so lucky. The other Plant Beast Spirits had entrapped them in vines as well. The Beast Spirits were ready to execute the Titans. The teens struggled, but Cyborg's cannon was jammed, Beast Boy couldn't morph into anything bigger because of his tight bonds, Raven;s mouth was covered and Starfire was unable to unleashed her starbolts. Robin was pretty much immobilized.

Suddenly, two of the Plant Beast Spirits holding the Titans were struck by fire and were engulfed in flame. Distracted by their pain, they loosened their hold and burnt to a crisp as they screeched out in pain. The Titans turned to look who had saved them.

"You should've invited me to the party, guys," were the cocky words of Kat Hasuma as she stared at the Plant Beast Spirit holding the armored form of her twin. She then threw a disc of ice and severed the vines, releasing him. "I don't like to be left behind." She reached into a pocket and pulled out a device similar to Leo's except that it was silver and red.

She placed it to her waist and a red belt wrapped around her waist. She then slid a card into it. "Because," she continued, "That just pisses me off!" She shouted, "Henshin!" Her belt buckle opened up to reveal a red Heart symbol and then released a red energy field that held the image of a phoenix. She ran into the projection and came out the other side…clad in armor. "CHANGE SUZAKU!"

The Titans' eyes widened. Kat had changed…She was now…

Kat said, "Knight of Suzaku-Mimic." Mimic's armor was black with a red heart shaped chestplate that had on it the symbol of a bird. The bodysuit underneath was red. Her black gauntlets and boots had red armor plating and the mouthpiece was silver with a red visor on her helmet. A pair of long silver and curved 'horns' extended from the top of her helmet. Her shoulder guards were broad like her bro's. The visor, to be more specific, was also shaped like a heart. She said to the Titans, "Don't interfere, this thing is mine."

The Plant Beast Spirit lashed out with its vines and Mimic ducked under it. She jumped into the air and summoned a bow-like weapon. She fired red energy arrows at the Plant Beast Spirit. Robin's eyes widened as he remembered yesterday. Could it be?

The arrows hit and the creature screeched. Mimic went to fight it by slashing it with her bow. She then kicked it hard with a reverse roundhouse. It threw its vines at her, but she caught it with her bow. She struggled. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Draco sliced the vines to ribbons with her sword. She glared at her twin, "I thought I told you NOT to interfere."

"Since when have I EVER listened to you, onee-chan?" Draco countered. Mimic grinned.

"Together?"

"Together."

The Plant Beast Spirit went on the attack and lashed out with its vines. Draco sliced them to pieces. It then fired venomous thorns, but Draco was able to block them with his wind powers and sword. Mimic, however, was removing a device that was strapped to the back of her belt and then attached it to her bow, the Suzaku Arrow. The device held a heart symbol on it too and a slot for her purpose.

Reaching down to a rectangular case attached to the right side of her belt, Mimic drew out a pair of cards. One card held the image of a hawk blowing a tornado while the other held the image of a hammerhead shark with blades on its head.

Mimic looked up. Her brother was still distracting the Beast Spirit. Good. She slashed the cards through the device, which was her card reader. "TORNADO! CHOP!" it announced, "SPINNING WAVE!"

Mimic yelled to her brother, "Otouto-chan! Move!"

Draco saw his sister powering up and did just that. He leapt away and gave room for his sister to unleash her attack.

The Plant Beast Spirit looked up to only see Mimic spinning in a tornado of fire and ice and then attacking it with a powered up hand-chop. It was sent flying into the water, covered in embers and ice bits.

As Mimic had said before; the defeated Plant Beast Spirit was hers. Drawing a card, she threw it at the Plant Beast Spirit. The card stuck to its chest and sucked it in, sealing it for good. The card then flew back into her hand.

The card, now holding the image of a Venus flytrap with various thorny vines and marked as Vine Plant, was now hers. She placed the card into the holster on her belt and ejected the card from her buckle, removing her armor. Leo did the same. "Congratulations, onee-chan."

She turned to the Titans who were all looking at her. Before Kat could say anything, Robin said, "I know, we never asked, right?"

"Bingo, Boy Blunder!" Kat snapped her fingers.

"Please don't call me that," Robin groaned as the others laughed.

A/N: Well now, I suppose Robin would be mad that Kat/Mimic never told him that she was a Knight like her brother too. Well, her catchphrase is, "You never asked". Did you like the part where they said they knew Terra? Don't worry, Terra will be showing up soon; Slade too, unfortunately. Whoops, don't want to spoil the surprise. Anyway, please read and review.

Preview of next chap: They may have conflicting elements, but Leo and Kat are a force to be reckoned with. The Titans welcome them to the Tower and try to help them get used to the idea of being official members of the team. But another Beast Spirit attack interrupts them.