"So, what happened?" Leo asked. The other Titans were already checking on the people. Robin called for the paramedics as Cyborg checked on them.

"Where's the Beast Spirit?" Kat asked. "Where?" Starfire at the time was using her starbolts to warm people up.

"You're too late, it already got sealed," Raven answered. Leo and Kat were processing her words in shock.

"Sealed?" Leo asked, "By whom?"

Raven only responded to his question with another one, "Do you two know anyone by the name of Shadow?"

Shadow disappeared into an alley. There was a flash of green. Walking out of the alley was none other than…the mysterious 'Man in Black'!

Episode 6: Spy

(The very next day…)

It was 6 am when Leo Narukawa woke up and he smiled. The sun shone through the window of the room that he shared with his twin sister Kat Hasuma. Despite their parents being divorced and gaining separate custody over them the twins remained close. Though they often had conflicting personalities they both genuinely care foe one another.

Leo looked over to his sister who was sleeping haphazardly. Her lower legs were still on the bed but the rest of her body was on the floor. She must've slipped our of bed as per usual with her. Her hair was also a mess as she wasn't one to tie it into a braid like her brother to keep it straight.

Leo would wake her up, but she was usually grouchy and in a foul mood and with her powers that wasn't really a good combination. With a sigh, he took a change of clothing, his towel and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After brushing his teeth and showering, which took approximately 15 minutes, Leo was out of the bathroom and dressed in his Murakami High uniform. He fixed his tie and looked into the mirror. He went and grabbed his trademark goggles on his bedside table and put them on his head. His two bangs stuck out at the top. The top of his hair was messy and spiky, but not as much as Robin's, and was pulled into a braid. His hair was long like his sister's and reached down to his waist and it took special permission for him to keep it at that length.

He looked to his sister, who had completely fallen off her bed and was still snoring, now with the covers covering her head. He shook her. He went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare for the day.

The Café La Salle usually opened at 10:00 am when their aunt was around. However, since she was absent and she left it in both Leo and Kat's care, it would open after they returned to school. Thankfully, they had a trusted group of staff who would watch the shop while they were at school. There was the assistant manager as well as the waiter and waitresses. They hadn't come in yet but they would at 10 or so to run things.

Leo went into the kitchen and put on an apron. Flipping his braid over his shoulder he began work. He was going to prepare breakfast. It would take a couple of hours but he had the time. In an hour he would wake up his sister.

He mixed a bowl of batter for the pancakes and labeled it before mixing another one. He did so with a few other bowls and labeled them too. He could cook them and keep them in the fridge for later and then the cook would cook them, but he wanted the customers to have fresh pancakes so that was why he did this. He looked over their ingredients and then found that they were missing some fresh milk and bread. He quickly ran out the Cafe to get his bike. He put on his helmet and went to the 24 hour convenience store. It wouldn't usually take long.

(An hour later…)

Okay, it took longer than he originally thought. He had gotten the milk and bread and ran back inside the shop. He arranged the ingredients needed for breakfast and continued to prepare the batter. Thankfully, they still had fresh beef, chicken and eggs. Looking at the clock, he decided to make breakfast for himself and his sister. Kat, in her own words, was cursed and couldn't cook. Leo had been encouraging, but he learnt the hard way that her words were true. Kat had apologized greatly that day when she accompanied him to the hospital in the ambulance to get his stomach pumped. And it had just been a simple fried egg recipe. Her food, as a fact, was lethal.

Leo got the milk and juice out and arranged the plates of their breakfast in the dining area. He had cooked scrambled eggs, French toast and bacon. He poured the juice and milk, for his sister and himself respectively and waited. He soon heard the sound of footsteps running down the stairs. His sister, shockingly enough, was already dressed for school and was fixing the black bow in her hair.

Leo placed his hands together and said, "Itadakimasu." Kat sat down across him and popped a piece of toast into her mouth.

"Ohayo," she mumbled with the toast in her mouth.

"Onee-chan," Leo said in a scolding tone, "Okaasan always said to never speak with your mouth full." He was using a knife and fork.

Kat took out the piece of bread and retorted, "But, remember that I've lived with papa for the past ten years and manners were not his or gramps' forte."

"True, that may be, but proper table manners are not something to laugh about."

"Geez, I'm the older twin and you're acting like you're the more mature one."

"Someone has to."

"Well, both of us are never always mature or too childish. Sometimes I'm there to keep you in line, otouto-chan."

"As it is my duty to make sure you don't pick fights, onee-chan," Leo replied.

"I don't always pick fights," Kat said dismissingly as she sipped her orange juice.

"Maybe, but you don't always get into detention either," Leo retorted.

Kat stuck her tongue at him, "Bwee!"

"We better hurry or we'll be late," Leo said as they finished breakfast. "I'll wash these," he said as he took the plates into the kitchen.

Kat finished her orange juice as Leo returned. She then said, "You remember what Raven asked us, about a Knight called Shadow?"

"I know," Leo agreed as he sat back down and sipped his milk. "I didn't know there was another Knight here. Who could it be?"

"Don't know and don't care. Makes our job easier knowing there's one out there."

"We shouldn't shirk our responsibilities, onee-chan. This is still our job and we must do out part to complete it."

Kat rolled her eyes and put a cigarette into her mouth before lighting it with her finger. "Who do you think HQ sent?" She blew some smoke.

Leo took the cigarette away from her and put it out on an ashtray, "Don't really know. They didn't say. And you shouldn't smoke or you won't have healthy babies."

"You've been talking to that Kasuga kid online again, haven't you?" Kat asked as she rolled her eyes. "Because that's just so corny."

"He's my friend and he made sense. You should really quit smoking," Leo advised.

"And you should really get a girlfriend," she retorted as she got out another cigarette but her twin brother snatched it and the box away. "What's the big idea?!"

"We'll be going to school and I don't think it'll be good for you to smell like tobacco." He threw the box of cigarettes into the air and zapped it with his lightning.

"Goody-two-shoes," Kat grumbled.

"Come on, let's go," Leo smiled to her as he picked up his bag. Kat did the same. They went out to their bikes and revved them up.

"So, did you finish your English homework?" Kat asked sweetly.

"No, you can't copy off me again," Leo said to her. Kat stuck her tongue at him. Leo didn't notice, however, a green fly flying into his hair before he pulled down his goggles and put on his helmet. The twins' bikes pulled out and raced out into the streets straight towards Murakami High.

Murakami High was in the far side of the city and was fairly new. It was founded and named after its principal, Mr. Murakami, and used a Japanese curriculum of sorts. It also had strict discipline…which would explain why Leo and Kat were standing outside of class and holding pails of water.

"I told you not to do that, but no…you just had to do that," Leo glared at his sister who shrugged.

"Okay, how was I supposed to know he was still in his car when I decided to jump over it on my bike?" she replied.

"I think the point was you shouldn't have. Be grateful that Barkin-sensei didn't decide to confiscate your bike."

"So what if he was a Marine? Barkin-sensei doesn't have the right to bark at me like that," Kat huffed.

"I remember that he used to work in a place called Middleton. He was a tough cookie then as he is now."

"So? Given the chance I could roast him."

"Onee-chan…" Leo gave her a look.

"Kidding," she said. "Mostly," she muttered.

Mr. Steve Barkin walked out of class and looked at the twins evenly. He was a large and muscular man in army uniform with crew cut brown hair. He stared at Kat and said, "Remember, Hasuma, you're on thin ice. One more stunt like that and I'll take that bike away and use it for spare parts."

Kat said, "Hai, sensei." But was thinking, 'Bite me, Barkin!'

He turned to look at Leo, "Son, you don't have to take the punishment like your sister here. You can just join the class."

"Okaasan always told me that siblings should stick together, for better or worse, Mr. Barkin-sensei," Leo said to him sincerely.

"And your mother was right. Of course, you shouldn't let your sister bring you down. You have a future, son. Now, get into class. You both need to learn American History." Barkin walked back in.

"Oh, joy…" Kat rolled her eyes in sarcasm.

"Onee-chan…" Leo warned.

"Alright, otouto-chan. Sheesh!" Kat put down the pails she was holding and messaged her shoulders. "Itai…now I'm sore."

"Serves you right," Leo said as he put down his pails. He scratched his head. "My head itches like crazy!"

"Remembered to shampoo?"

"Of course I did!"

"Hey, Tara-san," Leo said as he sat down next to a blonde girl with blue eyes.

"Hey, Leo," Tara said. "Sorry about what happened this morning. You shouldn't have been punished because of me."

"It wasn't your fault. You just happened to be in the way of my sister who chose to jump over you with her bike and ended up leaving tire marks on Barkin-sensei's car."

"But I still want to make it up to you," Tara said to him, blushing a bit.

The teacher, Mr. Funnie, walked into the class. He wore a lab coat. He looked geeky but he was fun. You'll see. "Well, it would seem that someone decided to apply the smoke bomb experiment we had yesterday in the teacher's lounge, most importantly under Mr. Barkin's favorite chair." A lot of the students snickered as Kat whistled innocently.

"I think I have a sinking suspicion on whom that person is," Leo muttered.

"What?" Tara asked.

"Nothing." Leo began to scratch his head again. "Darn itch."

"Now, today we will create our own model rocket and create the fuel based on page 35 of your text books. Your materials are in front of you so you may begin."

"I'll mix the chemicals, okay?" Leo offered Tara. He pulled down his goggles.

"And I'll make the rocket. This is gonna be so cool," Tara grinned.

Leo looked back to his twin sister who was giggling maniacally. He didn't want to think the worst of her but chemicals and Kat didn't mix. However, he trusted that his sister knew better.

(10 minutes later)

KA-BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!

"ONEE-CHAN!"

"SORRY!"

"EVERYONE! PLEASE EVACUATE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION!"

"Another detention," Kat sighed, looking at the paper in her hand, as she walked to their next class with her brother. It was Geometry. He was scratching his head as she said, "You don't have to sit in detention with me."

He reminded, "I will always be by your side, for better or worse."

"You're talking like we're a married couple or something," she said as she opened the door to class, followed by her brother. She whispered, "And you should really check your hair. You look like you might have lice or something."

"Nonsense, I shampooed this morning and I combed through it just incase."

"You do take pride in your hair. Just don't scratch too much in class or at gym and especially during lunch."

It was lunch time and Kat and Leo sat together with some of their friends. Tara and her friends; Melissa and Stephanie were sitting with them too. Melissa was a redhead with short hair and Stephanie was a black girl with her hair tied up in a ponytail.

"Have you heard?" Stephanie asked, "They said that there's a ghost in school or something."

This pique both Leo and Kat's interest.

"Where did you hear?" Tara asked.

"In the bathroom a while ago. Some of the other girls were talking about it. A lot of the students have been attacked and hurt and had claw marks on them. Of course, no one ever saw what did it," Stephanie continued.

"Creepy," Melissa shuddered.

"Maybe it's just a really fast cat," Tara supplied uneasily. She didn't like to talk about scary stuff. Stephanie shook her head. "I was afraid of that…"

"Well, the teachers are telling us to be careful and not to walk the corridors alone, especially late in the evening," Stephanie warned.

"Hey, what do you two think?" Melissa asked Leo and Kat.

"There are no such things as ghosts," Kat said adamantly. Kat only believed in whatever she could see and was a skeptic. Her time with her father and grandfather taught her that. She only believed in facts and not rumors. "Tara's right, it could just be a really fast cat."

"Not so fast, onee-chan," Leo said before asking Stephanie, "Which corridor did you say it was?"

"I can't believe we're cutting gym for this," Kat said as she and Leo investigated the so-called 'haunted' corridor. They had their phones out and were using the Beast Spirit detectors.

"It might be a Beast Spirit, onee-chan," Leo said to her in an optimistic tone, "Be a little more open minded."

"I swear sometimes that you were switched at birth," Kat said jokingly.

"I often think the same of you," Leo retorted swiftly before scratching his head again. "Darn itch! Kuso!"

"Maybe you got lice?"

"No I don't!" he denied angrily.

"Alright, alright," Kat raised up her hands, "Chill, otouto-chan."

Suddenly, they heard a scream. They looked out the window. At the same time, their cell phones beeped.

"The gym!" Leo shouted.

"Uh huh! I knew we shouldn't have cut gym!" Kat said victoriously.

"Not now!" Leo said to her. He looked out the window to make sure no one was looking and jumped. They were on the third floor and lucky for Leo he could use the wind to cushion his fall. Kat, on the other hand, blasted fire out of her hands to slower her decent.

"Ikuzo!" Leo led the way to the gym. When they entered through the large doors, they found what they were looking for.

The students cowered behind the gym teacher, Coach James, and were backing away from a creature. It looked like a humanoid cheetah with silver armor plating on its shoulders and chest, a Mohawk and black skull mask. It also had sharp claws and were about to use them on the students. One of the students was bleeding on the arm…it was Tara!

Suddenly, a little green thing jumped out of Leo's hair and morphed into…

"BEAST BOY?" Leo and Kat shouted in shock.

"I'LL SAVE YOU TERRA!" Beast Boy shouted as he morphed into a lion and roared before pouncing on the Cheetah Beast Spirit.

Seeing this, the twins stood in shock.

"Well, that explains why you've been itching," Kat snickered. Leo huffed.

"Come on! We have to get everyone out of here!" Leo shouted as he rallied the students and teacher out while Beast Boy distracted the Beast Spirit. The people were evacuated but not before Mr. James said, "Hey, I thought you said you were sick," he pointed to Kat and Leo.

"Um…we got better?" Kat answered lamely.

"I knew we shouldn't have used those fake excuse notes," Leo spoke to her in Japanese before he elbowed her. He said to the gym teacher, "Coach, we need you to go and call the police. Hurry!"

"Okay!" Coach James said before rushing out.

Beast Boy got thrown into the stands and the Cheetah Beast Spirit advanced on him, licking its claws. "Looks like this it how it ends," Beast Boy said grimly. Suddenly, a wind blast sent the Beast Spirit crashing into the wall. Beast Boy turned his head and yelled, "Leo! Kat!"

The twins had their belts on and Leo said sternly to Beast Boy, "We'll talk about you riding in my hair later." He said to his sister, "Ready, onee-chan?"

"Always, otouto-chan," Kat grinned. They slid the cards into the buckles and shouted in unison:

"Henshin!"

"CHANGE SEIRYU!"

"CHANGE SUZAKU!"

Draco rushed forward and aimed a fist, but the Beast Spirit leapt over him. Mimic summoned her bow and aimed, but its speed was amazing and it slashed at her before she could shoot. She grunted and swung out her leg in a kick, but it dodged with ease and ran for the door, fast. However, a gust of wind closed the doors.

"You're not getting away that easily!" Draco said as he drew his sword. He rushed forward to slash the Beast Spirit, but it ran around him and slashed him in the back.

"I got him!" Mimic shouted and fired an arrow, but missed as the Beast Spirit ran away. She accidentally shot her brother instead.

"Itai!" Draco yelled as he held his back. "Onee-chan!"

"Gomen!"

Mimic tried to use her freeze rays and missed, instead she hit the bleachers, some parts of the wall and the basketball hoop. The thing was so fast that she couldn't land a hit.

"I got him!" Beast Boy shouted as he assumed the form of a cheetah. He rammed into the Beast Spirit and clawed at its face. The Beast Spirit fought back, but not as much as Beast Boy who was showing intense ferocity that Draco and Mimic had never seen before.

"He's vicious," Mimic admired as green blood sprayed from the Beast Spirit's wounds which were being caused by Beast Boy's claws. "I like him."

"Well he needs our help!" Draco's hand crackled with electricity. "Beast Boy! MOVE!" Beast Boy morphed into a hummingbird just in time before Draco sent a bolt of lightning and zapped the Beast Spirit. It was not yet defeated, however.

"That thing's as stubborn as some of the stains on our plates," Mimic quipped.

"How would you know?" Draco retorted. "You never wash them."

"I do…sometimes…"

"Right…" Draco was not convinced.

The Beast Spirit roared and went for them. This time, Mimic gestured with her head and Draco understood. He created a windstorm so powerful that the Cheetah Beast Spirit was swept off its feet.

"He can't run if he can't touch the ground!" Mimic said in a sing song voice. She drew a card and slashed it through. "TORNADO!" She took aim and fired a spinning ice arrow straight into its chest.

"My turn!" Draco declared and drew 4 cards which he slashed through his sword, "THUNDER! KICK! BEAT! SLASH!" the power of all four cards were absorbed into his body and weapon and charged up the attack.

"LIGHTNING COMBO!" Using his wind powers, Draco glided towards the Beast Spirit and performed a series of electrified punches, kicks and slashes. The Beast Spirit roared as it was defeated and fell to the ground immobile.

Mimic threw a card at the defeated Cheetah Beast Spirit and it stuck to its chest. It got sucked in and sealed before flying into Mimic's hand. She looked at it and read its name, "The 9 of Spades: Mach Cheetah." She handed it to her brother. "Here, it's yours."

"No," Draco shook his head as he put his sword in its holster. "You sealed it, you keep it."

"Just take the damn thing!" she snapped. "Dear Kami, You're just so damn nice, otouto-chan."

"Hai." Draco took the card and said, "Arigatou, onee-chan."

"Wow, you did it guys!" Beast Boy whooped excitedly and victoriously. Leo and Kat de-transformed and glared at the green changeling. He gulped. "I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

"Geez, you must be psychic," Kat said in a sarcastic tone. "Why did you pull this stupid stunt?"

"And what were you thinking?" Leo added.

"I just wanted to check up on her," said Beast Boy defensively.

"Tara-san?"

"Of course!"

"By hiding in my brother's hair?" questioned Kat.

"It seemed like a good idea in my head," replied Beast Boy. "So, why didn't you tell me you were friends with Terra."

"You never asked we were," responded Kat.

"Yes, we are friends," Leo nodded. "However, I have the feeling that Stephanie-san and Melissa-san are only interested in something other than friendship."

Kat thought with a small smirk, 'You have no idea, otouto-chan.'

Police came to the scene, along with the rest of the Titans and paramedics. Tara was being treated for her cuts. Meanwhile…

"That was totally irresponsible of you, Beast Boy!" Robin scolded.

"I know, I know," Beast Boy said apologetically.

"Just what compelled you to do such a thing?" Raven asked.

Leo and Kat were with them and Kat said, "I'll give you a hint. Look over there." she pointed. The Titans turned to see Tara thanking the paramedics for bandaging her cut.

Starfire was ready to fly and hug the girl whom looked like Terra, but was stopped by Robin. "Robin?" She questioned.

"She looks like Terra, I can't deny that," Robin said, "But if she wants to be left alone, we should honor her wishes."

"Girl's been through a lot," Cyborg added.

"Agreed. We shouldn't bring up any bad memories for her and seeing us might do more harm than good," Raven said.

Beast Boy sat down and sighed sadly. He felt a comforting hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Leo smiling at him. He said encouragingly, "Go to her. You saved her life and maybe she'd like to thank you."

"You think so?" Beast Boy asked.

"I know so," Leo smiled encouragingly. "Now go get her."

Beast Boy stood up straight, saluted, grinned goofily and made a mad dash towards Tara.

"You sure that was a good idea?" Robin asked Leo.

"I don't know, but Beast Boy was dumb enough to pull this stunt to get close to her. So why not?" Leo replied.

Kat shook her head, "Like I said: you're just too nice, otouto-chan."

"Hai, onee-chan."

"So you two sealed another Beast Spirit, huh?" Robin asked. "Why didn't you call us? We could've helped."

"We accidentally left our communicators back home." Kat apologized, snickering, "Sorry."

"Well, be careful next time," Robin said firmly.

"Okay, Boy Blunder!" Kat mock saluted and grinned. Robin groaned.

"Seriously, don't call me that."

"Hey, Terra!" Beast Boy called. Tara saw him and groaned.

"You again?" Tara raised an eyebrow, "I thought I made it clear the last time that I'm not the girl you remembered. I'm sorry."

"Are you…okay?" he pointed to the bandage.

Tara was taken aback by this. She had half expected him to rant about her being a Titan or having powers or something. He was…concerned for her…and it was sweet. "Yeah, it's just a scratch." She smiled. "I'll live."

"That's good." Beast Boy sighed, relieved.

"Thanks for saving me and the others. If you hadn't distracted whatever that thing was…well…"

"Hey, I'm a hero," Beast Boy puffed out his chest, "It's what I do." Tara giggled and Beast Boy swooned.

Stephanie and Melissa suddenly appeared and stood between Tara and Beast Boy. The two girls cracked their knuckles. "Is this guy bothering you, T?" Melissa asked as she glared at Beast Boy. Beast Boy gulped and looked scared.

"Because if he is I'm gonna kick his butt to the moon," Stephanie punched her fist into her open palm.

"Guys, it's okay," Tara assured them. "He's cool."

The two girls glared at Beast Boy one last time and their looks spoke volume before they walked away only after checking if Tara was okay, in which she responded and insisted that she was fine.

"Nice friends," Beast Boy commented with a chuckle.

"They're just a bit overprotective," Tara explained. "They're just looking out for me."

"Good friends like that are hard to find."

"Yeah," Tara said as she curled a strand of her blonde hair around her finger. "I really want to thank you for saving me."

"You already did."

"No, I mean I also want to apologize for how I treated you a while back," Tara clarified.

"Hey, I was the one who threw dirt in your face," Beast Boy reminded.

"How about, after school, we go out, just you and me?"

Beast Boy's eyes widened and he grinned. He shouted as he jumped up, "YEEEESSSS!" Tara giggled.

"By the way, my name is Tara, Tara Markov."

"Glad to meet you," Beast Boy grinned to her. "I'm Beast Boy."

The Titans and two Advent Knights looked on and smiled.

"Looks like he got himself lucky," Kat smirked. She then frowned, "Unlike me."

"And don't forget me," Leo reminded. "I've got detention for cutting gym too."

"Gomen, otouto-chan," Kat apologized.

"It was my idea, onee-chan."

"But still…"

Beast Boy ran back to the Titans and said, grinning, "I've got a date!"

"Congratulations, Beast Boy!" Starfire said happily.

"Good for you," Raven added.

"We're gonna have dinner at Café La Salle!"

Leo and Kat blinked.

"Well, we'll try out best," Leo promised as he pointed to the sky. It was a habit for him.

"Let's just hope nothing goes wrong," Kat looked to the sky.

Not too far away, a mysterious figure watched before vanishing.

A/N: Well, another Beast Spirit has been sealed and Beast Boy gets the girl. The next chap will be continuation after this one. It'll be a bit romantic and stuff.

Preview of next chap: Beast Boy and Tara are gonna have a dinner date at Café La Salle and Leo wants this to be perfect for his new friends. However, trouble looms as a villain watches from the shadows. Speaking of Shadows, well…find out for yourself.

Card sealed: Category 9 of Spades Mach Cheetah

Function: Increase speed of user.

Sealed by: Mimic but given to Draco.

Combo used: Lightning Combo

Cards used: Thunder Deer, Kick Locust, Beat Lion and Slash Lizard.