Kat lunged at Desmond and screamed, "WHY YOU STUCK UP, SNOBBISH, LITTLE RICH BRAT!" She thrashed around, swearing in Japanese while Takada and Leo restrained her. Her string of curses was making both Leo and Starfire blush at the intense vulgarity of each word.

Desmond took no heed of Kat's threats or curses. He sighed and turned to address Raven, smiling charmingly, "I apologize that we aren't able to have that dinner anymore, Raven."

Raven blushed as Starfire approached her, wanting to know what Desmond meant. The others were trying to calm Kat down and stop her from shooting Desmond with an arrow as Robin sighed.

"This is gonna be one interesting alliance," Robin muttered under his breath. "What were those things?" he asked.

"Dark Roaches," Takada explained. "They are detected as Beast Spirits but are more like cannon fodder. They usually work for a High Class Beast Spirit."

"High Class Beast Spirit?" the Titans echoed.

The twelve robed figures stood in a circle, sighing deeply.

"It would appear the Dark Roaches have failed and were eliminated, King," spoke one of the robed and hooded figures with a distinctively female voice.

"Don't you mean 'exterminated'?" snickered another robed member who also had a female voice.

"No matter, we still have time. Besides," King grinned, "This way, we can learn the Knights' strengths," he waved his hand and a viewing portal appeared, showing Desmond talking to Raven, "And weaknesses…" He focused on Raven who was still blushing and trying to avoid Starfire's questioning.

Episode 14: Hexed

Leo had woken up early to perform his daily routine: cleaning the restaurant. While he was wiping the tables, he remembered Takada's words quite well:

"The High Class, or Royal Class, Beast Spirits are all Beast Spirits that belong to Category Ace, Jack, Queen and King. Since the four of us already possess the Category Ace cards, this means that there are only 12 Royal Class Beast Spirits left," Takada explained. "We've had translators decipher and interpret some of the ancient writing and it tells us that the Royal Class Beast Spirits are in a whole other different league from the normal Beast Spirits ranging from Category 2 through 10. These Beast Spirits are intelligent and, unlike the normal kind of Beast Spirits who only act on instinct, can plan. They can also speak human languages and assume human form. This is what makes them dangerous and hard to track. They could be anyone. Thankfully, they can only assume one human form each so once we know what they look like as humans they won't be too difficult to track."

Leo sighed as he continued to clean the tables the tables. This was getting harder and harder than he thought. His sister had recovered enough sense to still fight on as the Knight of Suzaku but not for Smart Brain but for herself. She would seal the Beast Spirits to prove she was the best Knight. Leo shook his head. His sister was always so over competitive.

Takada was staying at Café La Salle, in one of the guest rooms. He could pay the rent money by taking up various odd/part-time jobs, thankfully, but he was also required to help out in the restaurant from time to time. He hadn't slept since he visited the Titans with Leo, Kat and Desmond. Desmond was the most reluctant to come along and it took a lot of effort for Leo to make sure that his sister and Desmond would not end up fighting. It might not be possible, in the present, for the Knight of Genbu and the Knight of Suzaku to get along anytime soon.

Takada had tweaked the Titans' communicators to be able to detect Beast Spirits in the area. He had also upgraded the Titans' computers. However, since the Royal Class Beast Spirits could assume human form, it was likely that they could hide from detection in human form. The only way to find them was to make sure they would change into their Beast Spirit forms and fight them.

It was Saturday, so Takada and Desmond would go over to the Tower to try out at the obstacle course. Desmond had received a communicator, but didn't seem very interested in being a Titan much less an honorary one. However, with some insistence from Raven, he agreed. Leo saw that there was something going on between those two. Then again, they did come and have dinner at Café La Salle after the battle with the Dark Roaches.

(Flashback to the previous night)

Desmond opened the door to Café La Salle for Raven as she entered, slowly followed after by him. Kat glared at him from her place at the counter, but said nothing.

"Allow me," Desmond offered as he pulled out a chair for Raven. Raven, not being used to such treatment, blushed a bit. Sheila walked over to the two and gave them the menus before walking off to attend to another table.

"Thank you for giving me a chance, even after what happened, Raven," Desmond said to Raven softly.

Raven shrugged. "That's okay, really. You had a reason to keep your identity a secret. You had every right to."

"But still…"Desmond looked ashamed, his eyes downcast.

Raven frowned and placed her hand on his, an action that surprised herself a bit as well, and said, "I said it was okay. We're all friends here."

Desmond took out the communicator and looked at the yellow circular device with the white 'T' on a black background. "I wasn't really thinking of joining you all, really. I was just interested in the Beast Spirits."

"Why do you want Kat and Leo's cards anyway?" Raven asked. Desmond froze for a second and pulled his hand away.

"I'm sorry, but that's a bit personal," Desmond said, wanting to avoid the question. Raven frowned a bit, but nodded.

"That's okay. You'll tell me when you're ready."

"Ready to order?" Sheila asked as she arrived at their table.

(...End Flashback)

Again, Leo had to make sure Kat would not cause a scene and ruin Desmond and Raven's date. Despite not knowing Raven for too long, Leo had heard about her reputation and thought it was strange to see her smiling, giggling and even blushing. It appeared out of character for her, but then again his mother always told him that people appeared differently when you finally got to know them. It was one of the many facts of life.

Speaking of Desmond, where was he staying in Jump City? He was the son of their boss and heir to Smart Brain Corporation. That could only mean that the black haired and pale skinned turtle knight was staying in someplace luxurious and extravagant. A hotel perhaps? Maybe a penthouse apartment? It had to be someplace close by and in the city so he would be able to respond to any Beast Spirit signals.

Leo took the mop and cleaned the floors. He often worked to help him think. It was quite early in the morning, even on a Saturday morning.

Done with the mopping, he decided to go out for groceries. It was a good thing for him, though, that there was a grocery store open so early in the morning. There were a few things needed for today's menu.

Pluto was at the Tower's training grounds, the same grounds Robin used to practice his martial arts as random targets popped out of the ground. This time, of course, it was like a shooting range for the Knight of Byakko.

The white tiger Knight was shooting at each target as soon as they popped up. Each time his bullets hit, they would always hit a bull's eye, straight in the centre of the target. Robin was unsure whether to be impressed or freaked out by how accurate Pluto's shots were.

Robin wanted to see what both Shadow and Pluto were capable of, like Draco and Mimic, to see if they were capable fighters. The first one up was Pluto and he seemed to be doing well. However, Pluto appeared to be far too reliant on his gun. That would be fixed later on at the obstacle course.

Pluto then summoned up a few rocks and hurled them into some targets that were farther away, shattering them. This made a few Titans blinked for this reminded them of…

Pluto spread out his cards from his gun and chose three before slashing them through his gun. "GEMINI! FIRE! BULLET!" the gun announced, "DOUBLE BARRAGE!" Another Pluto appeared and both of them shot at the remaining targets together with fireballs fired from the barrel of the Byakko Revolvers. The targets were incinerated completely.

The drill was over as Pluto walked over to the assembled Titans, and Desmond. The black turtle Knight of Genbu was only here per-request from Raven. He couldn't help but come here as he had developed a liking for the dark Azarathian empath. He had to admit that last night he had good time with Raven as they had dinner together, despite getting the evil eye from Kat. Afterwards, they went to watch a movie and she didn't seem to mind him resting his arm over her shoulder or holding her hand. It also surprised him that he would do that even for he had no experience on dates. His date with Raven was a first, but it had surprisingly gone smoothly. Of course, the 'charm lessons' he had received from his parents helped. The bad news was his frequent visits into the bathroom to cough blood into his napkin. Raven had asked why he was after the Beast Spirits and the Knights other cards, but he refused to tell her. He didn't want any pity, even from her…especially her.

"Alright, Shadow, you're next," Robin said. Desmond blinked and shook his head. He had been thinking too hard and wasn't paying much attention to his surrounding.

"Yes, right," Desmond said before he commanded, "Henshin."

"CHANGE GENBU!"

Clad in his Genbu armor, Shadow summoned his staff and entered the targeting range. When the first target popped up, Shadow immediately summoned his staff and smashed it in half. A few more targets popped up and Shadow used his plant powers to summon wooden spikes to pierce through them. He then ran at forward, the targets popping up before he used his staff to destroy them.

Raven was watching this. Although being themed after a turtle, Shadow was surprisingly fast and agile. He also had reflexes that would make people think he had a sort of 6th sense. His fighting looked like a sort of dance as he spun around and used the staff like an extension of his own body. It was a mesmerizing and brutal dance as he destroyed the next few targets that popped out from the ground.

Raven remembered the date she had with him last night. Despite the Dark Roach invasion, they still went to Café La Salle as planned. Raven was a strong and independent woman, yes, but she couldn't help but feel a little bit touched as Desmond pulled up chairs and opened the door for her as well as paying for everything. He was such a gentleman. However, when she had asked him why he was after the other Knights' cards, he shut up. He didn't seem to want to talk about that.

The movie later was a bit awkward, but in a nice way. They held hands and he even rested his arm over her shoulders. He didn't attempt to steal a kiss from her, being a gentleman, but the thought sent a thrill up her spine. She wouldn't have minded going to a dance club, but it was getting late and she needed to be up early for training. She could just teleport back to the Tower, but Shadow had offered and insisted that he take her back home. The date ended when she gave him a kiss on the cheek, surprising them both.

Shadow drew three cards and slashed them through his staff. "STAB! BLIZZARD! RUSH!" the staff announced, "BLIZZARD STRIKE!"

Shadow froze the last few targets and rushed through them, shattering them with precise strikes of his staff.

The drill was over and Shadow, like Pluto, changed back to human form. He began coughing a bit into his hand, but it was slightly and not too serious to catch anyone's attention. There was no blood this time, thankfully. He ran his hair through his long black hair and sighed a bit.

"What now?" Desmond asked.

Robin blinked. Desmond didn't look over exerted at all. He said, "Well, you both did great. You both were able to complete the drill within the allotted time given. Your time was less than Pluto's by 10 seconds."

Desmond nodded while Takada, who had de-transformed already, just sighed.

Starfire floated up to the two Knights, "You both were simply amazing! The way you went through and eliminated all the targets was superb."

Takada smirked and said, "It's all in the cards." That was an obvious pun since the Advent Knights used cards for their attacks. Desmond raised an eyebrow at this, but it was hard to see since his hair covered almost the upper half of his face, leaving only his nose and mouth visible.

"Thank you for the compliment, Starfire," Desmond nodded.

"Dudes! That was just so rad!" Beast Boy exclaimed. He said to Takada, "You were like 'Bang! Bang! Bang!' and Shadow was like 'Smash! Slash! Kapow!' with his stick!"

"It's a staff," Desmond clarified sternly.

"Pretty fancy fighting, of course those were non-moving targets. What about targets that can fight back?" Raven smirked. Was she flirting with Desmond?

The Titans had taken to calling the Knights by their codenames, even outside of their armors. Since no one else ever came to the Tower, or the island, less it was an attack or whatnot, the identities of the Knights were safe. Besides, their helmets hid their entire faces so there was no danger of exposure.

"So ready for the obstacle course, you two?" Robin asked.

"Let's see they try to go past through my latest upgrades," Cyborg grinned proudly.

Takada smiled while Desmond was expressionless. All the Knight of Genbu said was, "I think the expression would be: Bring it on."

The grocery store wasn't very far from the restaurant, plus it opened up early. Therefore, Leo had no trouble with getting what he needed and did not need to use his bike. His sister had to do some garbage pickup for Saturday detention. He felt sorry for her, really he did, and was willing to take the punishment with her. However, Kat protested saying that one of them needed to stay in the shop and that this was her punishment, despite it being the fact that the situation not being controllable. Kat had her pride, but was willing to suck it up and except her punishment. That was what made Leo respect his sister; her ability to admit her wrongs. It took a brave person to do so and Kat was the bravest person Leo knew.

He had, in his arms, two paper bags filled with groceries. These were ingredients for today's menu and Café La Salle prided itself with using the freshest ingredients, or newly store-bought ingredients. Being rich, both twins could afford quality ingredients that made their food items the best in the area. No one could rival Leo's cooking thus far and he was not going to let the quality drop, not even by one point.

Lost in his thoughts, he did not notice that he was close to bumping into someone. Correction: he did slam into someone.

Yelps were heard and groceries flew through the air before falling onto the ground.

"Itai…" Leo groaned in pain. Kat would've blamed the other person for such a trivial matter, but Leo knew it was his fault for not paying attention. "Gomenasai. Daijoubu ka?" He forgot that he was speaking in Japanese.

"What the heck are you saying?" the other person, obviously female, said.

"Go-Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going. Are you okay?" he asked in perfect English as he helped her up. That was when he got a good look at her.

She had grayish pale skin, like Raven's, but it was a lighter shade. She had bubble-gum pink hair that was in a ponytail and wore a black t-shirt with a pink trim on the sleeves and bottom. The shirt was short and showed a bit of her midriff and was tight. There was a picture of a black cat on her shirt, drawn with a white outline. She wore a pair of black jeans with black platform/combat boots. What were more shocking were her eyes. They were pink and cat-like.

"Kawaii…" Leo couldn't help but say and blushed before he covered his mouth in embarrassment. "Gomenasai!" he bowed.

The girl blinked and studied the boy. The way he acted would show that he was a bit of a wimp, but she did get a good look at him. He appeared Asian with long messy auburn hair that was pulled back and tied into a braid. He wore a pair of black slacks, leather shoes and a black jacket with a blue Chinese shirt underneath. He wore a white scarf around his neck and a pair of red tinted goggles on his forehead. A weird fashion statement, but who was she to judge? What caught her eye were his eyes, bright green emerald eyes. She caught herself bushing a bit. She said to him, "Hey, it's okay." She bent down and picked up the book she had been reading. "I wasn't looking where I was going either," she said with a laugh. She looked around, "And I seed to have caused you to drop your shopping."

"That's okay," he squatted down and picked up the groceries and put them back into the bag. The carton of eggs was, thankfully and miraculously, okay. These were good quality eggs with hard shells. He picked up both bags in his arms and bowed his head. "I apologize for bumping into you." He was blushing and he bowed his head so she wouldn't be able to see.

"I said that it was okay," she said. "So got a name, stranger?" she asked.

Leo answered, "Ryuki Leonard Narukawa, but my friends call me Leo."

'Must be the hair,' she thought. 'Without the braid it might look like a lion's mane.'

"And you are…?" Leo began to ask.

"Jennifer Wilcox, friends call me Jen."

"It's nice to meet you, Wilcox-san." He adjusted the bags in his arms. "I must go. I hope to see you again, some day." He was about to walk away, but stopped.

His sister had always been trying to set him up on dates, but none of the girls at school actually caught his interest. His sister had told him that if he met a girl he liked, even if it was just for the moment, he should ask her out on a date to get to know her. That way, he would be able to find someone. Of course, with his duties as an Advent Knight as well as running a restaurant he had very little free time. Maybe he could…

"Wilcox-san?" he asked. Jen looked at him.

"Yes?"

"As a token of my apology, would you…" he took in a deep breath of air. "Would you like to have lunch with me?"

Jen blinked in confusion. Was he asking her out on a date? They hardly knew each other so it was probably and impulse thing, but still…maybe she could use this chance to get to know him.

"Sure," she said, giving him a smile. He blushed harder and hid his face behind his grocery bags.

"Do you know Café La Salle?" he asked.

"Yeah, I do," she said, "Seen it a few times."

"Good, should I pick you up?" Leo asked, trying to be more daring.

Jen shook her head. "Nah, I'll meet you there."

"Well then, I should be going. Ja ne!" he walked away.

Jen placed the tip of her pointing finger to her chin. She said softly, "He sure is cute…" before walking away in the opposite direction.

Tom and Sheila had already arrived and doing some more cleaning when Leo walked in. He was smiling widely…and humming?

The waiter and waitress watched puzzled and curiously at Leo as he hummed a tune before disappearing into the kitchen with the groceries. They blinked.

"That was random," Tom said.

"No, ya think?" Sheila responded sarcastically. "I've never seen Leo so happy before. What do you think happened when he was out grocery shopping?"

"Something good, I bet."

Kat was done with her garbage picking duties/Saturday detention and was leaning against a wall at the back of the school building. Teachers never came by here and since it was Saturday…

She slipped a cigarette she had hidden in her sock out and put it in her mouth. Looking around, she lit it up with her finger and then took a few soothing puffs.

"Hey you," someone called and she yelped, jumping up by a foot before taking out the cigarette in her mouth. She turned to see who had surprised her.

It was a boy with long black shoulder length hair that was pulled into a ponytail. His hair had red streaks in it. He also had brown eyes.

"Craig," Kat breathed, "For Kami's sake, you scared me."

Craig smirked, "At least I know I can scare the heck out of Kat Hasuma like that." He looked at the cigarette in her hand. "You know that those things will kill you, right?"

"I know, Smith, I know," Kat said as she took a few more puffs. "My brother tells me the same thing. I only smoke like once every few days or when I'm in the mood to chill."

Craig Smith responded, grasping a bit of her logic, "I guess that's okay…I guess." He shrugged. "So…are you busy tonight?"

"I'm busy every night," Kat said. "I help run the Café while my aunt is away on vacation. Don't have much free time on my hands."

"Can't you ask your brother to cover for you?" Craig asked.

"I could, but then I'll probably be owing him something," Kat took another puff. "Why'd you ask?"

"There's a concert in the park later tonight and I thought that you might like to go. It's a rock band." Craig knew Kat liked Rock n Roll.

"I would if I could, Craig, but I can't," Kat said before she dropped her cigarette and put it out with the heel of her shoe. "It's Saturday which means there are going to be a lot of customers." She saw the downcast look on his face and sighed. Placing her hands on his shoulders, she said, "But, when I get some free time, I promise to go out with you to chill out and have fun!"

"Promise?" he asked.

Kat grinned, "Promise. You're my best friend, Craig."

"I know," Craig nodded.

Kat checked her watch, "Is that the time? I got to go. See ya later, Craig!" She ran off.

Craig waved and shouted, "You too, Kat!" when she was far from earshot he sighed. "Why can't I tell her?"

Shadow and Pluto had just gone through the obstacle course. They went through it faster than most of the Titans ever did.

Here's a recap: Basically, Shadow tore through the course and used the water from the nearby ocean and summoned plants to decimate the course while Pluto blasted right through. It was crude yet effective.

As Raven had said once before, "We're going to need a new obstacle course."

Pluto blew the smoke off the top of his gun barrel as Shadow rested his staff upon his shoulders. The Knight of Genbu asked, "Anything else? I've got things to do."

Pluto added, "Yeah, me too."

Robin said, "Okay, you two can go. Just, when you get a call, answer. Okay?"

Desmond and Takada, who had both de-transformed, nodded and walked to their bikes, riding away into the city.

Cyborg looked at the state of the course. He whistled, "This is gonna cost us a fortune to fix."

"A fortune?" Beast Boy quipped. "Try two."

"Good point."

"It may appear that our new friends have gone over-board, but their skills were marvelous!" Starfire stated.

"I'm just glad they're on our side," Robin agreed.

Raven was silent. There was something wrong with Shadow when she saw him finish the obstacle course. He had been coughing and panting. Was he okay?

She was worried about him. Well, he was a friend but maybe it ran deeper than that. The way she made him feel was like Malchior, only different. Could she be…She shook her head.

'Get a hold of yourself, Raven!' she scolded herself. 'It was just one date! He's just a friend, a teammate even! No more, no less. You don't see him that way…'

Or did she…?

Raven had to admit that she had a great time on their date last night. He even held her hands and rested his arm over her shoulder, actions that would usually cause her to snap since she hated to be touched like that. But, with Desmond, it felt calming, reassuring…good.

Could she have a relationship, even with a teammate? He was an honorary member, but he was still operating in the same city as they were. However, Raven doubted he felt the same way. He only treated her like that on their date because he was gentleman. There was no way someone so religious as he (she had seen the crucifix) would even have feelings, aside for hatred and pity, for a half breed like her if he knew.

But still…She couldn't help but wonder…

Tara was at the mall with her friends Melissa and Stephanie. She put on a fake smile as she shopped around and ate some ice cream with them. However, despite her smiling exterior, her heart was in pain.

She had lied to Beast Boy and he knew who she was. No doubt the other Titans had heard. But, why hadn't they done anything? Didn't they care?

Well, Kat did.

Kat had confronted her and found out her identity by throwing a rock at her. Tara had no choice but to use her powers, which she had suppressed for so long, to stop it before it hit and hurt her. They had talked and the words made Tara re-evaluate her life.

Was she really happy living a lie and trying to be normal? She went to high-school, went out with her friends, and did things normal teenage girls do; not parade around in a costume and fight super-villains. That was for superheroes.

She used to be a superhero, Terra, but now she was just Tara Markov, your average high school student.

Who the HELL was she kidding?

She wasn't normal and would never be normal. The Titans, she belonged with them…with him.

Beast Boy…Garfield…

She loved him so much, but she had hurt him and she didn't want to that anymore. Living separate lives was the only way they could avoid heartache.

But why did it still hurt so much.

"Yo, earth to Tara!" Stephanie waved a hand in front of her face. Tara blinked.

"Yeah?" Tara responded.

"You zoned out for a while, Tara," Melissa said worriedly, "Is everything okay?"

Tara put on a reassuring smile, "Everything's fine! Hey, there are these shoes I was meaning to buy, let's go!"

Neko Katherine Hasuma had seen a lot of strange things, she has, believe it or not, but none were stranger than THIS.

Her twin brother, cooking…and humming?

Okay, that was strange, even in their line of work and I'm not talking about the restaurant business.

Tom and Sheila, after she had arrived, told her that Leo had been acting really weird, even for him. He would usually spout out some sort of philosophical nonsense, but today he was just…humming.

At least the food was okay, he didn't seem too distracted to cook, but this behavior was worrisome for Kat.

It was time for an intervention.

Kat walked in, greeted by the two other cooks named Steve and Sven, (Steve was a large African American male dressed in the standard cooks uniform of a white shirt and pants with an apron over them. Sven was German guy with light blonde hair and wearing the same thing. Both of them were hard at work, cooking.

Leo was cooking too and humming as he fried some noodles. He poured the noodles onto a plate on a tray and sighed as he rang the bell to call either Sheila or Tom into the kitchen to pick up the orders. Tom went in, picked up the tray before walking out to serve. Kat went in.

"Daijoubu ka, otouto-chan?" she asked Leo. He sighed.

"Hai, onee-chan." Kat blinked. The look in his eyes…could it be…Kat gasped. No way…

"Otouto-chan, are you…are you in love?"

Leo's only response was to nod and sigh. His cheeks turned pink. Kat inwardly shouted for joy! For months she had trying to get hi to go out on a date but to no avail. None of the girls at school caught his interest and a lot of people assumed him to be gay.

Kat knew he wasn't gay it was just that no girl had ever caught his eye…

Until now.

"Alright, spill," Kat said, insisting, "Who's the girl?"

"Jenny-chan…" Leo mused. "Kawaii…" he was daydreaming. Something in a frying pan caught fire but he paid no mind Kat used her power to extinguish the flames.

'This girl must be something special to make him zone out like this,' Kat assessed. 'He's usually very careful with his cooking. And who's Jenny?'

Jen walked into Café La Salle and sat down at one of the empty tables. Sheila came over and gave her a menu. The place was almost packed with customers who were eating, or chatting while waiting for her orders. She looked around for Leo. "Where is he?" she muttered.

Kat looked peeked her head out of the kitchen doors. 'Okay, otouto-chan said she has pink eyes and hair and wears Goth clothes.' She had gotten this information out of him as he had described her like an angel. 'This girl must be REALLY something to make him act like this. He's usually the calm and composed one of us, even if he is a bit dense at times.' She scanned the room and saw a head of pink hair. 'That must be her. Wow, she is kinda kawaii if you can look past the skin tone. If I wasn't straight I would've gone for her myself.' She smirked, 'Alright, time to make this good!' She retreated back into the kitchen.

Jen was still waiting patiently for Leo, slowly growing frustrated and annoyed, "Where is he?" she muttered. "I swear that if he stood me up I'm gonna…"

"May I take your order?" she heard a voice call her. She looked up and was about to retort when she saw him. "Konnichiwa, Wilcox-san."

"Where were you?" she said, a little bit angry and a little bit relieved. "I thought you stood me up."

"I was here, I'm always here," he said as he took a seat across from her.

"What do you…" she then realized. "You…work here?"

"Hai," he nodded.

Kat watched from the bar and smirked. "Yes!"

"So, ready to order?" Leo asked.

Jen smiled and looked through the menu, "What do you recommend?"

"Anything on the menu is good, I should know. However, I suggest the okonomiyaki. It's my specialty."

"Your specialty?"

"I also cook here." He suggested, "How about this: order whatever you like and I'll cook it for you."

"You will?" she smiled. "That's so sweet!"

Leo smiled and blushed a bit, rubbing the back of his head shyly.

Takada entered through the door, tired as heck. When he saw Leo at a table with Jen, he was about to say something when he felt a tug at the back of his jacket. Kat was pulling him into the kitchen.

"Don't you dare ruin this for my otouto-chan!" Kat threatened with a hiss. "He's on a date!"

Takada blinked three times as he allowed the words to sink in. "Leo on a date? Are you sure?"

"Did you not see that girl?" Kat's eyes narrowed as her left one glowed icy blue and her right one glowed fiery red.

Takada held up his hand, not wanting to face her wrath, and said, "Okay, okay, sheesh!"

"So, how did you do at the Tower?" Kat asked as she placed a few orders on a tray and was about to ring the bell for pick up.

"I did good, so did Desmond," Takada stated. He noticed Kat looking a bit edgy as he mentioned Desmond's name. "You okay?"

Her left eyebrow was twitching, "Sure, I'm fine." That was when Leo walked into the kitchen. "Otouto-chan, what are you doing back here? You're supposed to be on a date."

Quickly putting on an apron, Leo said, "What does it look like I'm doing? Making lunch for Wilcox-san and I." he placed the hotplate over one of the stoves and began heating it up. He took out a bowl and began to make the batter.

"Wilcox-san?" Kat questioned, grinning mischievously, "What happened to 'Jenny-chan'?" she began to make kissy-faces. Leo blushed a bit as Takada chuckled.

As Leo poured the batter onto the hotplate and began flipping the okonomiyaki, his communicator beeped with the familiar Teen Titans' tune. Taking it out of his pocket and flipping the okonomiyaki over with one hand, he listened.

It was Robin: "Leo! Get over to these coordinates! Hurry up!" Leo heard a scream as he put the communicator back into his pocket and said to his sister, "Onee-chan, tell Wilcox-san I'll be back!"

"Otouto-chan, Takada and I can go on-"

"Robin-san called me and I must honor his wishes," Leo interrupted as he took of his apron and then flipped both okonomiyaki onto a plate each. "Just get these to Wilcox-san and tell her I'll be back and that I'm busy cooking back here or something." Leo hated to lie, to anyone, but he had a responsibility.

Kat hated to do this too. This could risk a possible relationship that Leo might've had with Jen. Sighing, she said, "Okay, but call if you need me."

"Hai, onee-chan," Leo said as he threw his apron to Takada and ran out the back.

"I better go tell this girl the bad news," Kat said as she walked out the kitchen door. When she scanned the dining area, Jen was gone.

The Titans were fighting Plasmus and were having a hard time against him. He seemed to have gotten much more powerful than he used to be that even Raven's soul-self trick didn't work. It only stunned him for a bit and Raven could only try that trick so many times.

It spat either poisonous gunk or acid at them and various cars and part of the street were melted Beast Boy stuck out his tongue in disgust, "I don't know whether to think that was cool or gross," he commented as he saw a bus melt.

Cyborg blasted with his sonic cannon as Starfire used her starbolts from above Plasmus. Their attacks just went through him. Robin tries his freeze discs and had the same results as Plasmus just shattered the ice forming over him.

As Leo arrived at the scene, he saw the Titans fighting a large living pile of gunk. His eyes widened before he said in disgust, "And I thought onee-chan's attempts at cooking were disgusting." He then noticed someone else with the Titans. She wore a tight black dress with tattered ends, a blue tattered collar, black and blue striped stocking and black and blue combat boots. What caught his eyes was her hair that had two horn-like pigtails. It was pink!

She was shooting these waves of pink energy as Plasmus came closer. The thing opened its mouth and then shot out what looked like a disgusting and slimy green tongue…and it was headed straight for the pink-haired girl.

"No!" Leo shouted as he rode ahead and jumped in front. The tongue caught him and he as taken into the creature's mouth. The pink haired girls' pink eyes widened as she recognized him.

"LEO!" she shouted as Leo was gobbled up by Plasmus.

"OH NO!" Starfire shouted in horror.

As Plasmus licked its grotesque lips and the Titans were ready to attack him for their fallen friend, there was a loud exclamation:

"CHANGE SEIRYU!"

Plasmus exploded with a blue flash of energy as something flew out of him. Leo, now Draco, rolled on the ground for a bit before he crashed into the side of a car and stopped. The pink haired girl watched him curiously as Beast Boy approached him.

"Dude, are you okay?" the green Titan asked.

Draco groaned and said, "Okaasan always told me to never judge by outside appearances and look deeper into a person to get to know them. Unfortunately, this creature is as hideous on the inside as it is on the outside!" Draco got up to his feet as he watched Plasmus reform himself.

The pink haired girl approached him and said, "Leo?"

Draco looked at her eyes puzzled under his helmet. The pink hair and eyes had to be a coincidence, but he couldn't help but say, "Wilcox-san?"

Plasmus screeched and ran towards the Titans. Draco shouted out, "Everyone, direct your fire at its mouth!" his hand crackled with electricity. "On my signal! Ready…" Everyone who could attack with some sort of energy blast or weapon got ready as Plasmus drew closer. "Wait for it…" he then shouted out, "NOW! RAIJIN!"

Green energy bolts, a blue sonic beam, a black energy blast, several explosive discs, pink energy waves and yellow lighning bolts all entered Plasmus' body. The gunk monster was unable to maintain its form as it blew up. When the smoke had cleared, Plasmus' human form lay in a crater, asleep. As for the gunk…well…

"Ugh, it's in my hair!" the pink haired girl shouted in horror and disgust. Leo just de-transformed as the gunk was on his armor so he was the only one that was fine. He went over to the girl.

"Wilcox-san?" he asked, confused.

"Call me Jinx," she said. She then looked at Leo and grinned. "Well, well, it seems that we know the same group of people."

"How?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing and it's a long story," Jinx replied. "Ugh, I need a shower!"

"You're not the only one," Raven said in monotone with some mild irritation at having to clean her cloak again.

The police came, late as usual, as they carried Plasmus into a stasis tank and took him back to prison. Leo looked at the van sadly and Robin noticed this. "What's wrong with you?"

Leo answered, "I feel sorry for him. Having an evil creature inside which he cannot control. I do hope he can receive help."

Robin assured him, "He'll be okay and he's only harmless when he's asleep."

Leo gave a little prayer in Japanese. Jinx walked over to him.

"So…do you mind if I go back late?" Jinx asked.

"No, I don't," Leo shook his head. "You do need to get cleaned up, Wilcox-san."

Jinx smiled, glad that he understood her plight, and then, without warning, stood up on her toes and pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks, you're so sweet!" she then ran off in a direction.

Beast Boy and Cyborg grinned and stood flanking the young Knight of Seiryu.

"Well, look at you!" Cyborg said patting his shoulder.

"It seems Draco's got a girlfriend…!" Beast Boy grinned.

"Don't tease him, guys," Robin said to them, also smiling.

"Oh, this is glorious!" Starfire shouted out happily.

Raven rolled her eyes and then noticed that Leo was stiff. "Draco? You okay?" Leo responded by falling backwards. His face was beet red and his eyes looked like spinning hearts as miniature Jinxes flew around his head.

He did not notice his phone beeping.

"BURNING DIVIDE!" The double flaming drop kick smashed into both Beast Spirits and sent them flying. One looked like a humanoid and armored chameleon as the other looked like a humanoid and armored frog. Pluto threw his cards and both Chameleon and Frog Beast Spirits were sealed.

Pluto had new cards now: Thief Chameleon and Upper Frog.

A/N: A couple in the making. Don't worry, they get to eat those okonomiyaki eventually. So, how'd you like this chapter? Good enough for ya?

Preview to the next chap: Tara goes to face Beast Boy and the Titans to tell them the truth. However, on her way over, she is kidnapped by some familiar looking android foot-soldiers. Will she be rescued?

New cards revealed:

3 of Diamonds: Upper Frog.

10 of Diamonds: Thief Chameleon.

New combos revealed:

Double Barrage

Used by: Pluto

Cards used: Firefly, Bullet Armadillo, Gemini Zebra

Blizzard Strike

Used by: Shadow

Cards used: Stab Bee, Blizzard Polar, Rush Rhinoceros