Kat's phone beeped frantically and she looked at it. There was a Beast Spirit signal! Quickly heading for the door, she realized that the beeping had stopped. Looking back at the phone, the signal was gone.

"What the…?" Kat blinked.

"Nani? That's strange," Leo said, astounded, as the signal on his phone just disappeared. Where had it gone?

"What was that, dude?" Beast Boy asked, completely changed into a set of new clothes, as he stepped put from behind the partition.

"Nothing, Beast Boy-san," Leo answered. 'Let's pray that it is nothing.'

At the construction site, a Beast Spirit that looked like an armored tapir fell before card stuck to its head. It was sucked in, sealed, and the card used flew back into its owner's black gauntleted hand.

The blue eyepieces of the card holder's helmet glinted before he slid it into his card holder and rested his staff on his shoulder.

He was out hunting. No one would stop him.

No one.

A one eyed masked figure clad in a black suit with silver armor plating looked at the Café with keen interest. His single eye, which was the only one seen since his mask had only one eye slot, narrowed. He said in a smooth voice, nearly a whisper but quite audible, "Soon, my dear apprentice, you will return to me…"

Episode 8: Emergence

Despite her friends' reservations about Beast Boy, they wished Tara good luck on her date. Tara smiled and said, "Thanks," to her friends' support. They were her best friends and they were slightly overprotective of her. Even so, as teenagers, they could not deny Tara the right to date, even if it was with a little green grass stain.

Tara took a cab and the driver asked, "Where to?"

Tara answered, "Café La Salle." With that said, the cab drove off towards her destination.

The Café La Salle restaurant appeared to be closed. However, this was only on the outside. In truth, since Beast Boy wanted him and Tara to have a private date, the restaurant had been reserved for only the two of them. Tom and Sheila stayed to help, even though Kat told them they weren't needed. However:

"What if you disappear on us again?" Tom asked Kat. "We're staying just incase."

Kat was ready to protest but Sheila added, "And no buts, Miss Kat. We're helping and that's final."

Kat sighed and placed her hand on head. Her aunt had to hire strong-willed people, didn't she?

"Alright, alright," Kat reluctantly agreed. She looked up the stairs and thought, 'What's keeping them?'

As if on cue, Leo walked down the stairs, sporting his usual black jacket, slacks, Chinese shirt and goggles. He said, smiling, "He's dressed to impress."

"Let's see it," Kat said, still wanting confirmation.

"Hai," Leo nodded and yelled up the stairs, "Beast Boy-san! You can come down now!"

Beast Boy walked down the stairs and he looked good!

"So, how do I look?" he asked. As if by miracle (and several tries) Beast Boy was in something he could fit in. It was a pair of blue jeans with a pair of sneakers, a black t-shirt with a symbol on it that would translate to 'animal rights' and a denim jacket. His hair was still messy though.

"I tried to comb through it, but it's just so stubborn," Leo complained to his sister. "Overall, the end result isn't so bad."

At agreed wholeheartedly, "I'll say." She looked Beast Boy up and down and winked, "Lookin' good, Greenie!"

"Geez, thanks," Beast Boy blushed, rubbing the back of his head. "I sure hope Terra likes it."

"Tara-san will definitely like it, Beast Boy-san," Leo assured. "Trust me."

"I have to agree with my brother on this," Kat added with a smile. She looked to the clock on the wall. "It's almost time."

There was a knock on the door. Kat told Beast Boy, "Go to that table over there. I'll welcome your little girlfriend in." When she had said 'girlfriend' her tone was teasing. The idea of Tara being his girlfriend made him blush but he obliged and sat down. "And remember how to be a gentleman." She turned to her twin brother, "Alright, otouto-chan, you know what to do."

"Hai," Leo responded before going into a kitchen and grabbing an apron along the way.

Kat fixed her apron and bow and went to the door. She opened it and the bell above it rang. Tara walked in, blinking in curiosity.

"I was afraid this place was gonna be closed," Tara said, sounding relieved.

"Not closed, just reserved," Kat explained, looking Tara up and down. "Nice threads."

Tara had the decency to blush, "Thanks, Kat."

"Your date is over there," Kat pointed. Tara took in a deep breath and nearly went speechless.

'Wow, he looks great!' Tara thought, looking Beast Boy over. Beast Boy was thinking along the same lines at her red tank top, jeans skirt and black boots. She had a pair of silver bracelets on and wore earrings.

"Woah," Beast Boy said, his eyes turning to hearts. "Hiya, Terra."

"Hi there, yourself," she said, blushing a bit. Beast Boy went and pulled out a chair for her. She obliged and sat down. Beast Boy sat down across from her

Beast Boy, and Kat, thought, 'So far so good.'

Kat went over and handed them their menus. "Call me when you're ready to order. I'll be at the bar." She gave Beast Boy a cryptic wink before going to the bar.

Tara then asked Beast Boy, "How did you reserve this place?"

"Hey, I'm a Titan," Beast Boy said, trying to sound suave. "That's all I need." He added, "Plus, Kat and Leo are friends." His eyes then widened. 'Oh no! Terra's gonna ask about that!'

"That reminds me: How come? I mean, you Titans tend to stick around other superheroes so what makes Leo and Kat so special?" Tara asked.

"Um…well…" Beast Boy didn't know what to say. "I really can't say, sorry." The Titans had promised to not reveal Kat and Leo's secret. Especially Kat and Leo's secret after school job.

Tara frowned a bit. However, she might get that information some other time along the road. She then said, "You know my name, but what's yours?"

"It's Beast Boy," he answered.

"Right…" Tara rolled her eyes. "So, your parents named you Beast Boy? Yeah right." She looked him in the eye with her bright blue ones. "What's your REAL name?"

Beast Boy couldn't help but be entranced by those bright blue orbs. Their beauty was hypnotic as were their owners. He answered, shakily, "It's…Garfield…Garfield Logan."

Tara blinked. Kat overheard from the bar and blinked as well. Kat mouthed, " Garfield?" and started to snicker silently. It was just so funny. Wait until her otouto-chan heard about this.

" Garfield?" she smiled. She started to giggle. Beast Boy groaned.

"Go ahead, laugh," he offered. "Everyone at the Tower does. Raven hasn't stopped ribbing me about it since she found out."

"Yeah, but Garfield is a funny name. I keep picturing a certain fat and orange cat," Tara laughed. Beast Boy sighed. He really missed that laugh.

"So, ready to order?"

"Yeah, I'm starving."

Kat watched them and smiled. She also looked down at her cell phone. There were no Beast Spirit signals. However, the last one that mysteriously disappeared bothered her. What had happened? Could it have been that 'Shadow' guy Raven had told them about?

And even if it was, was it a good thing?

She went over to the dating duo and asked, "Ready to order?"

The Titans, well 4 of them, were at the scene of a crime. The crime scene: Cook's Electronics. The criminal: Overload.

"Overload will destroy pathetic organics!" Overload announced, referring to himself in a third person. This time he was smart enough to disable the sprinklers for some reason and took out anything that had water in it in the entire store so that the Titans didn't have a way to fight him.

"Titans! Take him down!" Robin ordered.

"But how?" Starfire questioned.

"Any way you can!" He shouted, "Titans! Attack!"

"Eat sonic cannon!" Cyborg shouted, firing his sonic cannon. Overload, got blasted into several TV's. Starfire flew up and showered him with starbolts as Raven used her dark magic by chanting, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" and hurling concentrated orbs of her dark magic at it. It had some effect on him, but not enough to subdue him. Without the sprinkler system or water, they had nothing to use against him and the only way to stop him was to drain him.

This was not good. And Beast Boy was on a date so they had to improvise.

They needed to call a Titan with electrical powers.

A Titan in the city.

They needed to call…Leo.

"I'm calling for backup!" Robin shouted as he took out his communicator. "Just distract Overload for as long as you can!"

Leo was in the kitchen cooking when he heard a beeping noise coming from his pant's pocket. He reached into it and took out the T-Com Robin had given him. He flipped it open and saw Robin, looking distressed. "Robin-san?" Leo asked.

"Leo! We're fighting an electrical villain called Overload and we need your help!" Robin shouted. In the background, Leo could see the other Titans fighting what appeared to be electricity in a barely humanoid shape.

Leo looked to the other cooks who were making Tara and Beast Boy's orders. He had done his part and said to the other two cooks, "Continue without me! I need to go somewhere urgent!" The cooks nodded, knowing that if this was important to Leo then they would cover for him. He pulled off his apron and ran out the back as to not alert his sister and friends.

Overload blasted the Titans more and more relentlessly, ready to kill them. Raven and Starfire, who were in the air, dodged the blasts. Cyborg got hit in the chest but it didn't do much thanks to his armor. Robin, however, was having problems. Despite his training, he was still only human and one zap from Overload could fry him to death.

He just hoped Leo came on time.

Outside the store, a black haired figure dressed entirely in black stood stationary, as if watching the battle. He had removed his sunglasses and watched intently through barely visible eyes which were hidden by his bangs. He continued to watch.

He saw the girl in the leotard and cloak get thrown back by an electrical shock into several DVD players. This was the time for him to act.

Overload was standing over Robin when a blast of water smashed into him. It continued to smash into him, shorting him out. Soon, the blast of water subsided, leaving Overload shorted out and out of power as he groaned, "Overloaded…"

Cyborg wrapped the insulated carpeting around Overload, ready to send him to jail. However, a question played in Robin's head. 'Who had helped them?'

Raven noticed a figure dressed in black looking at them from outside the store. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Starfire, noticing Raven's far off look, asked, "What troubles you, friend Raven?"

Raven was shaken out of her reverie and responded curtly, "Nothing, Starfire. I just thought I saw something. It's nothing, really."

"If you say so, friend," Starfire smiled.

"Well, let's take Overload to prison and go back for some pizza!" Cyborg said excitedly, carrying a weakened Overload.

Robin was thinking and asked Raven, "Raven, you didn't send that water at Overload, did you?" Raven shook her head. "Okay, that was strange."

"What is wrong, Robin?" Starfire asked.

"Something strange is going on and it all started since we met…"

"Yo, Leo!" Cyborg shouted as the bike carrying Leo pulled over.

Leo pulled off his helmet and said, looking at what Cyborg was carrying, "It seems you were able to beat him on your own."

"Not exactly," Robin said.

"What do you mean?"

"We didn't beat him. Someone helped us."

Leo blinked, "Well, that should explain this busted fire hydrant," Leo pointed.

The fire hydrant was indeed broken and spilling water out the sides. This was getting stranger and stranger and Robin was going to get to the bottom of this.

The 'Man in Black' watched from the shadows of an alley before disappearing entirely into the darkness.

Kat looked into the kitchen and saw that her brother wasn't there. She then thought, 'I knew that motorcycle sounded familiar.' When she saw him enter through the back, she stomped over to him and demanded, "Where were you?"

Leo raised up a box of some sort and replied, "I went to the diner Beast Boy-san described to me and got him this pie for him and Tara-san. He said that it brings back memories."

Kat looked at him skeptically, "That's all?"

Leo shrugged, "That…and the Titans needed my help with an electrically based villain. However, by the time I arrived, the villain was already subdued."

"So, the Titans didn't need you after all."

"Actually, the Titans didn't subdue the villain. It was someone else."

"Someone else?" Kat was intrigued as she raised an eyebrow.

"Hai, and I think it may have something to do with this 'Shadow' person Raven asked us about."

"The new Knight?" Kat began to ponder this while rubbing her chin, "Hm…maybe."

Suddenly, their cell phones beep, Pulling them out of their pockets, they spoke, "Beast Spirit…"

Taking the pie slices out of the box and into individual plates, Kat quickly ran out the kitchen to serve the dating pair dessert.

Tara and Beast Boy were actually getting along. Tara, or Terra, as Beast Boy had remembered had a hearty appetite and Beast Boy sighed as he heard Tara laugh at another one of his jokes. They had enjoyed their meal and Tara sipped some of the ice water. Despite not wanting to have a good time with Beast Boy, she did, and the memories-the good memories came back.

Kat rushed out of the kitchen nearly dropping the slices of pie on the table.

"Um…we didn't order dessert," Tara said, confused.

"It's complimentary, Tara," Kat responded before rushing back into the kitchen.

Beast Boy picked up his fork and knife and cut into the pie, saying, "Wonder what's with her?"

Tara shrugged, "Don't know." She put the bit of pie into her mouth and chewed. "This is good…"

"But, it tastes familiar," Beast Boy commented.

"It's from Ben's Diner," Tara clarified.

"Yes, it's from-" a beat. "Wait, how'd you know about Ben's?"

Kat and Leo got off their motorbikes. They had pulled up in front of the local zoo. It was closed so the twins had to improvise.

Leo, knowing it was illegal but also realizing how important it was for them to seal the Beast Spirit ASAP, used his wind powers and jumped over the tall gate. Kat did the same but with jets of flames instead.

"You know, I thought you were going to say this is wrong or something," Kat commented as they walked into the zoo.

"True, onee-chan, but there are times when we have to break the rules to do the right thing," Leo said seriously.

"My sentiments exactly," Kat agreed as their phones beeped louder. "Come on! Follow the beeps!"

"Hai!"

The two Knights rushed into the zoo, passing by a few cages with animals in them (much to Leo's chagrin) and they arrived at the spot.

Jackpot!

There was the Beast Spirit, but also something else. Or to be more precise, someone else.

It was another Advent Knight.

"Masaka," Leo was flabbergasted.

"So there is another Knight," Kat looked shocked as well.

The Knight was clad in black and green armor that was modeled after a turtle. His weapon of choice, which was a staff with an ornate design, was being used to jab, stab and slash at the Beast Spirit.

The Beast Spirit appeared to be a humanoid scorpion with large pincher claw-like hands and a tail with a stinger on it. Since it was dark, the color of the creature wasn't clear but it appeared to be a deep red and black.

"Let's help!" Kat slid the Change Suzaku card into her belt. "Henshin!"

"CHANGE SUZAKU!"

Leo followed and did the same, "Henshin!"

"CHANGE SEIRYU!"

Mimic fired with her bow an arrow of fire as Draco unleashed a lightning bolt from his sword. Both attacks hit the Beast Spirit and sent it sprawling. The new Advent Knight looked to them before turning his attention back to the Scorpion Beast Spirit that was getting up. He drew two cards and slashed them through, activating their properties.

"BITE! BLIZZARD!" The staff announced, "BLIZZARD CRASH!"

The mysterious Advent Knight jumped up and unleashed the Blizzard Polar card's power, literally putting the Scorpion Beast Spirit on ice, before executing his scissor kick that smashed into it and sent it flying, the ice shattering off. With the Beast Spirit being defeated, he drew a card and threw it at it. It got sucked in and sealed before the card flew back into his hand. He slid it into his card holder.

Draco and Mimic approached him and Draco kindly said, "You must be the new Knight we've been hearing about. I'm Draco, Advent Knight of Seiryu."

"And I'm Mimic, Advent Knight of Suzaku," Mimic introduced herself.

"Shadow," the Advent Knight introduced himself, "Advent Knight of Genbu."

"Well then, welcome-" But Draco didn't finish as Shadow kicked him square in the chest, shocking him and Mimic.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Mimic demanded before a fist collided with her head. Shadow then swung his staff into her stomach, taking the wind out of her.

"Give me all your cards," Shadow calmly demanded as he went into a battle stance.

Mimic stood up, pissed, "If it's a fight you want…" she summoned her bow, "Then I'm happy to oblige!" She screamed and slashed with her Suzaku Arrow. Draco got up and saw this, confused. Shadow and Mimic were fighting, not a Beast Spirit, but each other.

He was unsure of what was going on, but he had the sudden urge to fight.

Not too far away, but far enough to not be seen, the one eyed masked man watched this with keen interest. "Such power…this is going to be quite interesting. I'm glad I came back to Jump."

A/N: Woah, what a twist! Is Shadow friend or foe? What does he want Draco and Mimic's cards for? Who is the mysterious masked man and what does he want. Stay tune, my loyal readers, as more questions and answers pop up.

Preview of next chapter: The Knight are fighting one another and causing a disturbance. The Titans can't help but respond but are unsure of what to do. Who is friend and who is foe? Also, the aftermath of Beast Boy and Tara's date.