Wally and Nightwing were training, and Artemis looked on, interested. Nightwing and Wally were so close, they finished each others sentences often, and a fight between the two without either one holding back would be interesting.

Nightwing tended to stay above Wally's head, until the point where Wally flipped into the air himself, landed a kick on Nightwing's torso. The former boy wonder twisted and landed on his feet, before straightening, and offering his hand to Wally, a grin on his face.

"About time you mastered that." He said. "After four years."

"Yeah." Wally said. "I had the best to teach me, but you had trouble putting it into words, what it was like. I understand, now."

"What are you talking about?" Zatanna asked curiously.

"Oh..." Nightwing said. "I started teaching Wally some acrobatics one day when the two of us were training and none of the rest of you were there.

"Let me tell you the story..."

**0O

Wally's arms shot down, trying to block Robin's attack, but he was a second too slow, and was knocked onto his back, and the boy wonder straightened, offering Wally a hand.

"This isn't fair." Wally said, accepting Robin's hand with a grin. "I mean, I've got to do this without powers I'm used to, and you don't have a handicap." Robin grinned at Wally, smacking his shoulder.

"I'm not using my belt." Robin said. "Isn't that a handicap enough?" Wally stared at him.

"No, you do the flippity-flippy thing and I can't figure out what you're about to do." Wally said.

"And that's why I'm working with you." Robin said. "Your eyes still work at superspeed, and once you realize what I'm doing and can move fast enough to block without your speed, then we move on."

"I percieve things so much faster than you!" Wally protested. "And you're younger than me, how am I losing?"

"Fine, we go another round, and this time you can use your speed, and I won't use your belt." Robin said, and Wally stared at him, before nodding. "Doesn't mean you'll win, though." Wally snickered, moving into a defensive position, a cocky grin on his face.

"You first." He said, and Robin nodded, flipping into the air before swinging to kick Wally, who blocked. His other foot went for Wally's exposed stomach, anc Wally grabbed it as Robin flipped backwards, using Wally's grip on his leg to take him with him.

And Wally twisted and landed on his side, releasing Robin before running at him using his powers, and Robin put one hand on the ground, and kicked in Wally's direction, and the speedster changed direction in time, and started running in circles around Robin.

Robin crouched down, making himself a smaller target, before he smirked, throwing his weight backwards into his hands and tripping the speedster, who faceplanted the ground, and, before he got up, Robin flipped him onto his back.

"You were more of a challenge that time." He said. "Now, let's work on your reaction time without your speed." With a sigh, Wally climbed onto his feet and for the twenty-third time, moved into a defensive position, and waited for Robin's move.

**0O

Wally walked into the infirmary slowly, covered in bruises. He ached all over and he fell onto one of the beds, and Robin just raised an eyebrow at him.

"You do know there's not much this place can do for you right?" He asked. "I mean, painkillers wear off too fast to relieve your pain, and it's not like your body won't heal fast enough."

"Why do you always have to beat me?" Wally asked him.

"Because you are incredibly predictable." Robin said. "There's a reason you can't predict what I'm going to do after, as you called it, the, 'flippity-flippy thing'. I think, in order to be fair, it's called acrobatics, and I've been doing it since I was old enough to walk.

"If you wanna learn, it's extremely hard, but I can teach you." Wally looked at Robin.

"How often will I end up covered in bruises?" Wally asked.

"Probably every practice." Robin said. "And even then it'll probably be from falling all the time. Undoubtedly you'll be sore after every practice, you up for it?"

"Definately, if it'll help me beat you for once!" Wally said, and Robin sent Wally a grin that made him shiver. "It can't be nearly as bad as you make it sound."

**0O

"It was as bad and more." Wally shivered. "Luckily on me, he went easy on me during the acrobatics training because we were almost family."

"Almost family?" Nightwing asked. "Wally, we are family. Brothers, to be exact."