Of TV Shows and Season Finales

First of all, I love good dramas, even if there are a lot of cop shows like Castle, iZombie, Bones, Lucifer and Sleepy Hollow. OK, Sleepy Hollow is technically not a cop show, but it has some elements. OK, I like good dramas and sad to see some end, and also sad to see some end their season with main character deaths. But life goes on anyway.

OK, so iZombie ended and what a finale. Max Rager becomes the start of a zombie outbreak, which fortunately does not leak into the city. However, Liv had to put down her newest love interest Drake who got messed up by a experimental cure formula. It's kinda sad that she has to lose two possible love interests. At least she has Major, but their relationship isn't stable. And now we have a mercenary group full of zombies.

As for Sleepy Hollow, Pandora dies and the Hidden One is vanquished, but Abbey died in the process. Now Ichabod has to find a new partner.

And Lucifer. The finale was good, but at the end we see Lucifer scared and he says 'mum' escaped from Hell.

Oh, and in the latest Castle, we have a murder victim that survived all three of his murder attempts, after he got killed and he woke up. They never clearly or fully explained why but I enjoyed seeing everyone's reactions and Castle trying to insist Alan is a superhero/superhuman who can't die. I mean, even I'm about to believe it when he took a bullet to the middle of the head and still survived.

So, yeah, a lot of good shows reach their season finale this year, but will resume next season, and some going strong. Hopefully, none gets cancelled. Some good shows were cancelled in the past and well they had potential.

So, that's all I gotta say and I will say more when I have more to say.

L8er chillas!

Back to Blogging

So, it's been a long time since I updated this blog. Wasn't into it, but with the things happening in my life I thought I could use this as a way to express myself. Now, if you don't know it, on fanfiction.net I am known as Kamen Rider Chrome. I write Kamen Rider Crossover fics and have a lot of completed fics, both series and oneshots. I've been a member and fanfic writer for the past 12 years and still going on strong. This blog was made years ago and I just never considered using it very much. But now it's time to put it to good use.

Currently, my projects include the Armored War Gods Saga. If you don't know what that is, it's a crossover between Koihime Musou and Kamen Rider Gaim. The thing is I use OC's whose toys become real. It's based on Beetleborgs if you think about it since it was fiction turns into reality.

I have written a lot for this series and we've entered Season 5. Season 5, people. I never thought we would even get that far. Also, Season 5 is ending but that just means I can improve on it when we enter Season 6. Truth be told, I've gotten mixed reviews and hope that Season 6 can help make it darker and better. If not, well I'll keep going. I write for fun, honestly.

I've written a lot of series.

ZKD was my first and it was what drew people to me. I was in the 'quantity over quality' phase as a fanfiction writer. But I've improved since my chapter length and content is a bit more detailed. I look back on my old stories and can't believe that was me.

So, anyway, please check out my fics and please review, OK?

Long time no See

Alright, it's been a long time since I've posted anything on this blog so I might as well start now. Well, up until now I've been working on my fanfics on Fanfiction.net. I got by the name Kamen Rider Chrome online and I'm up to 131 stories. I hope to one day to publish one of my own original works but that's gonna take some time to actually do. For now, I'm working on my graduate thesis in order to graduate from college. In the meantime I will periodically visit my blog and put up some entries to pass the time.

Also, for the record, I know ppl don't visit my blog but it doesn't bother me. THIS is stress relief.

Yu-Gi-Oh

Ever heard of the name? Well, it's one of the most famous card games around. Also known as Duel Monsters, the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game was first born as an idea by Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh Manga and the genius who created this game. The game was first known as 'Magic & Wizards' before adopting its now present name. Originally, Bandai produced the cards but the rights now belong to Konami and they are still making new sets.

The game is played between two (or more players) with a deck of 40 (or more) Yu-Gi-Oh cards made up of monsters, magic and trap cards. Look up the cards on this site, here.

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

The rules of the game are simple; both players start with 8000 LP and the one who loses all their life points loses. Of course, they are other ways to win.

The official website can also help you get started:

http://www.yugioh-card.com/

I first started few years back when I was at least 17. I read the manga and when I saw the cards, it was an impulse and I bought my first random set of cards. I didn't have enough for a deck but the card art was so beautiful I decided to but more to make a collection. The cards were in Japanese so I had to take time to learn the rules and how to use them via websites like this one:

http://dmcomet.net/

Which also provides news of upcoming cards, and new sets as well as rule changes. Anyway, I met up a few friends who helped me get started and pretty soon I knew how to play. OK, I was a VERY bad player, losing a lot but I considered it practice. I knew how to play but Deck Building and Luck was another story. Don't get discouraged. It's all just part of the game.

I finally made my Duelist ID. It registers you into the system and every time you enter a tournament, you also get points which add up. Go on and try it. Here's a good site to also create and test out new deck.

http://gameking.hudzilla.org/login.php

It's an online version of the Yugioh Desktop if you know what that is. I practice on it when I'm bored or trying to improve my decks, usually one of the other. Well, go and try it out.

I can't teach you how to play, but if you want me to lay down the rules of gameplay, drop a comment. If I do then I will glad to create tutorial for beginners, but I doubt that will be happening so soon.

Well, catcha later. Peace Out!

My Stories

I started becoming interested in fanfiction back in secondary school. I discovered the site, FanFiction.Net, and started reading the stories for fun. It was a massive network with writers all around the world. After a few years or so I signed in as a member on the 24th of September 2004. I had a lot of ideas back then but the problem was I didn't have a basis until I saw Kamen Rider Ryuki on TV. Added with the Teen Titans Animated Series I got my inspiration for writing my first fanfic. It was called "Zodiac Knight Draco". I wrote a lot of chapters but soon deleted it because it wasn't perfect. Now, I call it the ZKD (Zodiac Knight Draco) Trilogy. The first two Volumes have already been finished. You can view them here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/676659/ZK_Chromedragozoid

Along with those stories are other stories that I wrote when I had a sudden burst of inspiration. Most of them are oneshots that take place within the ZKD Universe. I add in a whole multiverse of characters from a lot of popular TV shows to add flavor and elements from Kamen Rider shows I've seen. So far, I've had a lot of reviews and they are still adding up.

Just, please when you got the time go onto FanFiction.Net to check out my fics or go to the link above.

Kamen Rider

The Kamen Riders, legendary heroes of peace of justice, have always been my favorite group of superheroes. They hail from Japan and are extremely awesome!

The first time I heard about the Kamen Riders was when I was a little boy and watched Kamen Rider Black on TV. Back then, due to a translation error, it was known as 'Kesatria Baja Hitam' which would translate to 'Black Armored Knight'. Despite that, I enjoyed the action. It wasn't until several years later that I would be seeing the new incarnations of the Kamen Riders and decided to learn about them.

The next Rider series to appear on TV in my home country was Kamen Rider Kuuga. For some reason, they skipped Agito and went to show Kamen Rider Ryuki. After that they showed Kamen Rider 555 and now Kamen Rider Blade on TV.

The classic Kamen Riders were actually people modified through cybernetic means, except for Amazon but he was modified too so that counted. They all shared the same distinct characteristic of insectoid eyes and belts that gave them their powers. The classic Riders before Black all wore scarves. I guess that was all the rage back in the 70's.

No new Rider series appeared until the year 2000 with Kuuga's debut and soon the Kamen Rider genre became popular again. Of course, the new Rider series seem to have a lot more gimmicks than before.

Riders all fought against monsters that would threaten humanity. The classic Riders would fight against an evil organization that tried to rule the world. Ironically, some of these organizations were responsible for the creation of the Riders. An example would be Shocker, the first enemy organization in Kamen Rider.

Now, enemy organizations are rarely used. Althought, in Kuuga and Agito the monsters were otganized by a higher power. In Ryuki and Blade the monsters were more or less like wild beasts. 555 allowed the enemy organization concept to be revived.

The most hi-tech Rider series I've seen has to be Kabuto. It was awesome with the Clock Up abilities of the Riders.

Riders also have ultimate forms and upgrades. The first to do this was Kamen Rider Stronger and then Black RX did it too with alternate forms. Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto and now Den-O also follows the alternate and ultimate forms theme in their series.

The reason I enjoy the Kamen Rider series is because well they're awesome but most of all the themes and the story lines are so compelling. Kamen Rider is an action drama series so they is some drama in the story to move the plot along.

All in all I can only say that I see a bright future for the Kamen Rider series.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

THE BEGINNING

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The Titans were investigating a series of disappearances. None of the victims had anything in common, except that they all disappeared without a trace. At the moment, they were investigating the disappearance of a teacher, who was said to have been last seen in his office.

"Maybe they got abducted by aliens?" Beast Boy suggested jokingly. Terra laughed at that

"Eh hem!" Robin coughed at Beast Boy while pointing at Starfire.

"Uh, sorry, Star!" Beast Boy said

"That is alright, Friend Beast Boy. I know you did not mean any Tamaraneans," Starfire smiled.

Robin turned to Cyborg, "Got anything, Cy?"

"I got nothing. Whoever did this must be pretty slick!" Cyborg answered.

Raven, quiet as always, felt a strange vibe everywhere she walked. There were no signs of a struggle and the door was locked. There weren't any clues anywhere. This was too perplexing, even for her. She looked at the mirror hanging on the wall. She remembered that at all the scenes the victims were near mirrors. But that could only be a wild coincidence. As she walked away from the mirror, she did not notice a silhouette of a strange figure inside it.

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In the T-Car, all the Titans (except for Cyborg, since he was driving and all and Raven) were sleeping. Raven was sitting next to Cyborg, while the others were in the back sleeping. Terra was leaning on Beast Boy's shoulder, while Starfire had her head lying on Robin's lap.

"Got any clues Raven?" Cyborg asked.

"No. All I know is that there were mirrors at all the scenes," Raven answered in her monotone voice.

"Mirrors?"

Raven shook her head. "Never mind. Maybe it's just a coincidence."

They were driving along the street when Raven sensed something. Then there was a scream.

"Cyborg! STOP!" Raven yelled. Cyborg stopped suddenly and all the Titans who were sitting in the back groaned in pain as they hit something.

"Dude! What's the deal?" Beast Boy groaned.

"Yeah, Cy!" Terra complained.

Raven turned around. "Something’s going on. We heard a scream. Someone is going to be another victim!"

All the Titans jumped out of the car and ran to the source of the scream. When they got there, they saw a monster, resembling a giant spider, hovering over a woman.

"TITANS! GO!" Robin ordered.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chanted and the monster was floating in the air, covered in black energy. Cyborg had his sonic cannon ready, but the monster let out a deafening screech forcing all the Titans to cover their ears. The monster fell to the floor and ran. Starfire was firing starbolts at the monster while Terra was chasing after it, floating on a flat piece of stone. Beast Boy followed suit, changing into a cheetah. Raven and Cyborg, who were closest to the monster when it screeched, were shaking their heads, trying to get the ringing out. Robin told them to stay put while the others gave chase.

"Man, what is that thing?" Beast Boy asked.

"Ugly," Terra smirked. "And it's gonna be road-kill!"

The monster ran from the Titans, but it suddenly stopped in front of a glass window and jumped in, disappearing. Beast Boy ended up flat on his face as he tried to follow it.

"Ow! What gives!" Beast Boy yelled in pain. Starfire and Terra looked dumbfounded as the monster disappeared.

"It appears that it has escaped," Starfire stated the obvious. Terra nodded. Suddenly, the monster flew out of the window. However, it seemed like it was forced out of the window. The Titans (except for Raven and Cyborg) were ready to attack, however, they saw something else coming out of the window.

The figure was human and male, obviously, and clad in a red leather bodysuit and armor. The armor itself was red with a silver chest plate etched with the symbol of a red dragon. He wore red and silver gauntlets and mounted on his left forearm was a red armguard in the shape of a dragon’s head. On his legs he wore a pair of knee high red and silver metallic boots. His head was concealed under a red helmet with a silver horizontally grilled faceplate that held a pair of round green eyepieces on it. A dragon symbol was engraved on his helmet. Around his waist was a metal belt with a red rectangular belt buckle that held a crystal orb in the centre and a slot in the side for some reason.

The armored stranger walked towards the monster. The spider monster lifted one of its legs, attempting to strike the figure.

"Watch out!" Starfire yelled. But the figure stood still. He smacked the leg away with his right arm and punched the monster with his left, sending it a good few feet away. The figure walked towards the monster and reached down to his belt buckle to draw a card through the slot.

"Um, Dudes, what is he doing with a card?" Beast Boy asked. Terra and Starfire just watched, as well as Robin who just got there.

The stranger inserted the card into his dragonhead armguard. "Shoot Vent!” the armguard called as a cannon in the shape of a red dragon’s head materialized on his right arm, surprising the Titans. He took careful aim and fired a concentrated fireball that made contact with the spider monster. It exploded into oblivion from the attack. Satisfied, he turned to walk away but was stopped by a shout.

“Hey, you! Stop right there!” Robin called out. He stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Robin. His attention then shifted to the spot where the monster was destroyed and was shocked to see the monster slowly reforming itself.

“Kuso!” he swore.

The spider monster was now good as new except that it now had a humanoid upper body and its lower body was the original form of the spider monster itself. It spat webbing at the armored stranger and the string wrapped around his throat. He struggled with it and the Titans watched as he slid the new card into his armguard.

“Summon Vent!”

A red dragon flew out of a nearby mirror. It looked like one of the dragons from Chinese mythology, with its elongated body, horns, whiskers and claws. It flew straight at the string of webbing and bit it clean in half before it flew back around and rammed into the regenerated spider monster, knocking it off its legs. The armored figure was surrounded by the dragon, which flew around to guard it like a loyal pet. He then drew a new card, the card that would end this, and activated it.

“Final Vent!”

The dragon roared and surrounded the armored figure and then he jumped in the air. The dragon followed as the stranger did a flip, spun in the air, and extended his right foot at the monster.

"COMBUSTION DRAGON KICK!"

The dragon roared and blew a blast of flames that rocketed him towards the monster. His foot burst into flames as he struck the monster head on. The monster exploded as the figure jumped away. Starfire shot at any debris that was flying towards them while Terra stopped some rocks in mid air. The stranger landed in front of them and turned his head towards the Titans. A ball of energy rose from what was left of the spider monster and the dragon flew at it and swallowed it.

Raven and Cyborg had just arrived, but they saw the stranger destroy the monster. He gave them a salute and ran.

"Hey, wait!" Robin yelled. The stranger stopped and turned. He waved at Robin and jumped into a mirror, disappearing entirely.

Everyone was silent, until someone spoke up, "Dudes! Who was that?"

---

The Titans went back to the T-Tower that night, discussing about the armored stranger that helped them destroy the monster.

"Cool! A new hero in town! Hey, maybe we can ask him to join!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"I wonder if he's another cyborg like me. He sure looks it!" Cyborg said.

"If he joins the Titans, we will all have a new friend. Glorious!" said Starfire.

The only people who weren't happy about the newcomer were Robin, Raven and Terra.

"I don't know anything about this guy. I don't like it," Robin said silently.

"He disappeared into that window just like that monster. He could be one of them for all we know. We don't know if we can trust him. I can't even trust myself," Terra said, remembering when she betrayed them. She was a stone statue before a month ago when she had broken free. She was surprised at how they still welcomed her. She blushed as she remembered Beast Boy kissing her.

"The helmet was blocking my powers. I couldn't even read him," Raven said. She didn’t like this. The stranger had something to hide. It could be malicious intent for all they knew.

Robin sighed. "So we can't trust him." He didn’t like the decision, but he had to be cautious. They would have to question him and subdue him if he resisted.

Half of the teens liked the guy, while the other half distrusted him. Suddenly, the alarm blared and the Titans’ big screen TV turned on to show them what was going on. People were in a panic but it focused on two figures fighting, one of them being the same armored figure they had encountered before.

“Titans, let’s go!” Robin commanded.

---

He was smashed into a building by the kick of the other figure and he groaned. He was a bit dazed from the impact but recovered quickly. “Ugh, itai…” His opponent sauntered towards him. It was a brown and purple humanoid monster with two horns on its head. It then charged at him.

“TITANS! GO!” Robin commanded as he threw one of his exploding discs at the monster while Starfire used her starbolts, Terra threw rocks, Cyborg used his cannon and Raven used her magic on the monster. It jumped out of the way from the attacks and then made an angry sound.

“Don’t move,” Robin warned. The monster backed away a bit, outnumbered. It readied itself to escape but…

“Summon Vent!”

To the Titans’ surprise, like the second time that night, the red dragon appeared again and then blasted the other monster with fire, incinerating it. It then, like before, gobbled the energy orb rising up from its destroyed body.

Robin then turned towards the red armored person and walked towards him. Beast Boy was helping him up. “You got a lot of explaining to do,” Robin said.

“You shouldn’t have interfered,” he said. “That monster was my problem.”

“What was that, and while we’re on the subject who are you?” Robin asked. The dragon came and growled at Robin, causing the Titans to tense up. Draco placed a hand on the dragon’s head and rubbed it slightly.

“It’s okay, they won’t hurt me,” the armored figure spoke and the dragon let out a growl before disappearing. “That was a monster, to put it simply, and that dragon is my partner. I’m Zodiac Knight Draco,” he answered as he walked away from them but was blocked by a black wall of energy. He sighed and turned his head over his shoulder, “Is this really necessary?”

“You expect us to let you walk away after seeing what kind of damage you can do to the city?” Raven asked dangerously. “You’re a threat.”

“Everyone’s a threat,” he added. Raven swallowed. “We all have an ability that can do good or evil but it’s up to us to decide which we should use it for. A wise person once told me that.”

“You’re coming with us to answer some questions,” Robin said.

Draco sighed, “Hai, hai…”

---

"So this is Titans Tower, sugoi ne," Draco said as he looked around. He was still in his armor.

“Okay, do you mind taking off that helmet?” Robin asked. The armored man turned to look at him.

“I will if you take off that mask of yours,” Draco challenged. Robin was taken aback by this. “Trust is a two-way street. You want my trust you better earn it. If you want me to trust you, you better trust me.”

“How can we when you won’t tell us a thing?” Robin raised his voice.

"Robin, there is no need to be rude," Starfire told him. She then floated towards the armor clad figure. She extended her hand. "Greetings, friend, I am Starfire of Tamaran.” She said sweetly.

The figure took her hand and shook it. "It is nice to meet you, Starfire-san.”

"Glorious!" She then hugged him tight.

"Thanks! Uh, armor can't stand pressure! Can't breath!" Draco gasped as Starfire let go.

"My apologies."

"Daijoubu."

"Can I ask you some more questions?" He nodded. "Where do you come from? How old are you? What is your favorite color? What is your favorite food? And will you be my friend?" Starfire asked rapidly (Like she asked Terra the first time they met.)

Draco was a bit taken back. "Um…Japan, 17, red, anything edible, and sure."

Robin stood in front of Starfire, staring Draco eye to eye. "What do you want?" His eyes narrowed with suspicion.

"Listen, Robin, I'm sorry if I surprised you by being in your city and fighting that monster," Draco said. “But if this interrogation is over I would really like to go.”

Raven said in her monotone voice. "So you’re just going to leave?”

“Unless you’re all offering me a place to stay,” Draco said.

“I don’t know…” Robin said, thinking for a bit. On one hand, it was dangerous since they knew nothing about Draco. On the other hand, this might give them a chance to learn a thing or two about him. However, he couldn’t risk putting his team in danger. Although Draco had powers that could be useful to the team, Robin was still going to be careful. "But you have to prove yourself first. We have a spare room. You can stay here until tomorrow," Robin offered Draco. He was going to keep an eye on Draco by putting him in a room with a hidden surveillance camera.

"Arigatou,” Draco bowed politely. Robin still didn’t trust him, despite Draco’s polite demeanor. It could very well be a ruse to get them to let their guard down.

"C'mon dawg! I'll show you to your room," Cyborg offered. Draco looked at the machine man oddly and nodded. The other Titans looked at Robin. Some were excited about Draco, while the rest were a bit upset.

"I thought you said we couldn't trust him!" Raven said. Terra agreed.

"We must give our new friend a chance!" Starfire leapt in front of Robin. Beast Boy jumped around saying that Draco was cool with his armor and going through mirrors.

“Look, I know it’s dangerous, but let’s see what this guy can do,” Robin said before he left them. Raven still didn’t think it was a good idea to let a stranger join the team, much less be in the Tower, but she had to respect Robin’s decision. She, of course, was not going to let history repeat itself as she glanced at Terra.

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"So you like cars, huh, Cyborg-san?" Draco asked, while they walked down the hall. He had seen the T-Car.

"Sure! The T-Car's my best and my baby. Raven helped me with that car," Cyborg said.

"Does it purr like a kitten? I was wondering if you could help me with my Knightrider. It's been on the fritze!" said Draco.

"What's the Knightrider?" Cyborg asked, "Is it a car?" Cyborg asked hopefully.

Draco tilted his head. "You'll see."

“Well, here’s the room,” Cyborg said as he opened the door. “See you tomorrow.”

“You too,” Draco said to Cyborg before he went in. “Oyasumi, Cyborg-san.”

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Raven was in her room, legs folded in a lotus position. With Draco asleep, she could easily enter his mind to find out more about him. He wouldn’t wear his helmet in his sleep or his armor so there weren’t any obstructions. Something about him felt…off and she was determined to find out what it was. Closing her eyes, she chanted, “Azarath…Metrion…Zinthos…” Her soul self projected itself out of her body and phased through the wall.

She stared down at their sleeping ‘guest’ and slipped into his mind. She thought she’d see his mindscape but saw only…darkness. It was pitch black. There was nothing.

“Impossible,” she muttered.

“Not really,” she heard a voice speak and turned to see someone. He had long black hair that was a bit shaggy and messy like a lion’s mane and had red eyes that had narrow slits for pupils. He was dressed in black garbs reminiscent of a ninja. He appeared human, save for the claws, the cat ears on top of his head and the whiskers as well as the long horns and tail. “I mean, how am I supposed to protect my aibou from unwanted guests?” Raven knew exactly who this person was or to be more precise, what.

A Demon.

“Who are you?” Raven asked, tensing for battle. So, Draco had a demon in him.

“None of your business since you’re the intruder here. You know, coming into someone’s head is a lot like coming into someone’s home; sometimes you can be un-welcomed,” he retorted.

Raven’s eyes narrowed. “You’re the demon inside of him.”

“Not by choice, really,” he retorted, causing Raven to cock an eyebrow.

“Huh?”

“Sorry, but you’ve overstayed your welcome. Sayonara!”

Raven screamed as she was forced out of Draco’s mind. As far as this demon was concerned, she wouldn’t remember ever meeting him.

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Draco woke up to the smell of food coming from the kitchen. He walked towards the door and it slid open. He had spent the night in Titans Tower and he was going to be tested today. He wanted to join the Teen Titans since he was new in Jump City, and he needed some local help to find any loose monsters. He slowly made his way towards the kitchen, clad in his armor.

In the kitchen the Titans were having breakfast. In the background, Cyborg and Beast Boy argued about what to have for breakfast.

"Meat!" yelled Cyborg.

"Tofu!" yelled Beast Boy

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!"

"Tofu! Tofu! Tofu! Tofu!"

This went on for quite awhile. Draco walked in and stared at the arguing pair. "Ohayo."

Starfire looked up from her plate of pancakes and smiled at Draco. "Good morning, friend Draco!"

"Morning," said Robin. Terra and Raven followed his example.

Draco looked at the arguing changeling and hybrid arguing. "Are they always like this or did they both wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"

"Both," Raven said, sipping her cup of herbal tea. She had a pounding headache and had a feeling that it had been Draco’s fault but was not sure why.

"Oh." Draco sat down and a plate of eggs, sausages, pancakes and toast was set in front of him. There was also a glass of orange juice to wash it all down. Draco looked up and thanked Starfire.

Terra looked at Draco and asked curiously, "How are you going to eat with that thing on?"

"You mean my helmet?" Terra nodded. "Like this," Draco pressed a button on his belt and the mouthpiece opened to reveal his mouth. "Comes in handy when I’m eating on the job." He put his hands together. “Itadakimasu.” He started eating his breakfast. Cyborg and Beast Boy had stopped arguing awhile and ate their breakfast. Beast Boy had toast, soy milk, tofu eggs and non dairy pancakes while Cyborg had eggs, bacon, ham and sausages.

Draco had finished his meal and put his hands together to say, “Gochisou sama deshita.”

When they were all done with the meal, Robin led Draco to the obstacle course.

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At the obstacle course…

"To see if you are cut out for the team, all you have to do is go through the obstacle course," Robin stated.

Draco looked incredulously at Robin. "That’s it?" Robin shrugged.

"It’s harder than it looks."

"Fine by me." Draco smiled as he closed his mouthpiece, covering his mouth.

All the Titans were watching on the sidelines. Robin said, "Ready, set, GO!" and started his stopwatch.

Draco ran into the obstacle course and laser guns started firing from the ground. Draco quickly drew a card and inserted it into his dragonhead armguard.

"Guard Vent!" A red and silver shield appeared, deflecting all of the lasers. He threw fireballs at the guns, completely destroying them. After that, a pair of buzz saws rose up in front of him, blades spinning wildly, stopping Draco in his tracks. Draco drew another card and inserted it into his armguard.

"Strike Vent!" The shield disappeared and his hands held a pair of deadly claws. When the buzz saws came again, he slashed them to bits. Afterwards, he was surrounded by 12 robotic ninjas. Draco shrugged as he crossed his arms in an X pattern then ran into the crowd. He started thrashing ninjas left and right, landing a devastating punch into one and a kick into another. Finally, came the last part, a robot that looked like Slade stood in front of the finish line. Draco's lenses glinted as he assessed the opponent. The robot punched Draco but he easily blocked it. The robot swung his leg towards Draco's head, knocking him to the side. Draco retaliated with a flurry of punches, denting the robot's armor. Draco drew another card and smiled as he inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Final Vent!" Draco leapt up into the air, surrounded by the same red dragon as his extended foot burst into flames. "DRAGON COMBUSTION KICK!" The flaming flying kick hit the robot head on, destroying it. Draco easily crossed the finish line after that. He looked towards the other Titans, who stared at him wide eyed and with their jaws dropped. He then reached up and undid the latches of his helmet before he removed it and tucked it under his arm, revealing his face to them for the first time. Like them, he was a teenager, probably 16 or 17. His long red hair reached down to his waist and was also braided. His eyes, however, were concealed under a pair of red tinted goggles. He finally spoke up with a smile, "Yatta. So, how did I do?"

Robin looked at the stopwatch. Draco had finished the course in less than 1 minute. That was a new record. "Y-you did great." Robin walked towards Draco and handed him a communicator. "Welcome to the Titans."

“Yatta!” Draco cheered, throwing up his helmet before catching it in his hands.

"Oh, this is great!" Cyborg said happily.

"Woohoo! A new guy!" Beast Boy cheered.

"Welcome new Titan!" Starfire said happily.

"That was awesome!" Terra said.

Raven tilted her head. "You have some pretty fancy moves, but what’s with those cards?" Raven asked.

“You mean my deck?” he pointed at his belt buckle. Raven nodded. He then started to explain. “My Zodiac Deck allows me to summon my armor, access weapons, activate certain abilities and summon my monsters.”

Everyone listened with amazement.

“Monsters…you mean like the one you destroyed last night?” asked Robin.

“You mean the Des-Spider?” Draco responded. “Kinda…but I call my monster my Zodiac Beasts.” He pointed to his belt, “This crystal orb is the source of my powers and also acts as a power regulator. Without it I won’t be able to use any of my armor’s powers.”

Suddenly, the alarm blared.

"Titans, trouble!" Robin yelled as they all ran back into the tower and towards the living room. Robin turned on the big screen TV, to show the H.I.V.E. team robbing a bank and destroying anything that got in their way.

"Titans! Go!" Robin ordered as they ran or flew towards the scene. Robin turned his head towards Draco. "You coming?"

Draco nodded. "Be there in a sec." After the Titans left, Draco turned off the TV and stood quietly. "Looks like its time to show them what kind of wheels I’ve got." Draco walked into the glass surface of the TV and ended up in a crystallized chamber. In front of him was his Knightrider; a two wheeled capsular vehicle that resembled a futuristic motorcycle. The top canopy of the vehicle lifted up as well as the seat. Draco sat down and the seat lowered again. The top part of his vehicle lowered to reassume the capsule shape. "Coordinates, Jump City Bank," he said to the onboard computer in his cockpit. His eyepieces glowed and he revved up his engine. “Ikuzo!” The vehicle soon shot forward, ready to meet up with the Teen Titans.

---

When the Titans arrived, they were greeted by the sight of Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo, robbing a bank and destroying anything that got in their way.

"Welcome to the party, Titans," Jinx smirked arrogantly, gesturing to the destruction they had caused. "I'm sorry that you weren't invited."

"I think we might just crash this party," Robin retorted. He turned to his team. "It's 2 to 1, in our favor. Titans Go!" All the Titans charged at the H.I.V.E. trio. Beast Boy and Robin went after Gizmo, Cyborg and Terra went after Mammoth, and Starfire and Raven went after Jinx.

"ATTACK PATTERN ALPHA!" Jinx ordered. She threw a few hexes at Raven but she dodged them. Starfire was throwing starbolts at Jinx, but she dodged them by cartwheeling and somersaulting away. The next volley was reflected towards Raven by one of her hexes. Raven formed a shield of black energy, but the reflected starbolts broke through it and hit Raven in the chest. Starfire ran towards Raven.

"Are you undamaged, friend Raven?" she asked, worriedly.

"I'm fine, Starfire. WATCH OUT!" Raven pushed Starfire out of the way as Jinx blasted them with another hex.

"Darn! I missed! Oh, well!" Jinx laughed as she continued firing hexes at the two female Titans. She then grinned and fired a hex at a nearby car, blowing it up, and sending Raven and Starfire flying. They then lost consciousness, which allowed Jinx to tie them up with some cables.

Meanwhile, Cyborg and Terra were having their own fair share of problems. Mammoth threw huge rocks at them. Terra was struggling to keep her cool when she stopped them in mid-air. This gave Mammoth a chance to punch Terra in the ribs. Cyborg came to punch Mammoth in the face, but Mammoth elbowed Cyborg in the face then kicked him in the groin with the heel of his foot. Cyborg fell down in pain and received a head butt from Mammoth. Mammoth tied both of them with a steel beam.

Beast Boy, in Tiger form, seeing Terra being hit got distracted and was welcomed by a volley of small missiles Gizmo fired. Robin threw an electric disc and blew them up. A pair of long mechanical arms coming out of Gizmo’s packs grabbed Beast boy and Robin. He blasted them both with a mist of sleeping gas. Both Titans couldn't stay awake and fell asleep. Gizmo tied them both up with a steel cable. "Nighty, night, losers!"

The H.I.V.E. trio gathered together and laughed. They cheered together since they finally defeated the Titans. However, their celebration was short lived, because someone was coming…

Something came out of a nearby window. It was the Knightrider. It landed on the ground rather roughly, tires screeching where it descended. The vehicle stopped and the cockpit opened up to reveal Draco. His seat pulled up and he walked out of his vehicle, surveying the scene. He saw the Titans, defeated and tied up. Then he looked at the H.I.V.E. trio: a teenage girl with pink hair, a muscle man, and a midget. He noticed that the girl was strangely…pretty.

"Hey! Who are you?" Jinx asked yelling.

Draco shrugged. "I'm the new Teen Titan. You can call me Zodiac Knight Draco."

"Well your new name is going to be 'Snot-munching-loser'!" Gizmo yelled and fired a barrage of missiles at Draco. Draco just stood there and drew a card from his belt before quickly activating it.

"Guard Vent!" The missiles hit and blew up on impact.

Hah! He's toast!" Gizmo laughed, but Jinx wasn't too sure.

"You think so?" Draco's voice came. He walked out of the smoke cloud relatively unharmed. He dropped the shield he was holding in front of him and ran towards the H.I.V.E. trio. He slid a card into his armguard. “Sword Vent!” the weapon he summoned was a thin bladed double edged sword with a shark-like hilt. Gizmo charged and fired lasers at Draco. Draco blocked them with his sword and jumped over Gizmo. He landed behind Gizmo and slashed the metallic bat wings that were attached to the midget genius' back. Gizmo fell flat on his face. He tried grabbing Draco with his mechanical arms, but he grabbed them, and proceeded to tie Gizmo up with his own mechanical arms. Gizmo could only curse as Draco hung him up on a nearby building, using his sword to keep him up there. "Now stay there and be a good little boy."

Mammoth charged at Draco, but Draco landed a powerful punch to his face with. Then with lightning speed, Draco punched Mammoth in the stomach 30 times and then kicked him, sending the giant behemoth crashing into a lamppost. Mammoth fell unconscious. Draco then turned his head towards Jinx and walked slowly towards her. Jinx's eyes widened with shock and amazement. They had defeated the Titans, but this guy, claiming to be a Zodiac Knight, beat two of her partners single handedly. She wondered what he looked like under that mask and felt a blush coming up.

"So, you want to return that money and turn yourself in?" he asked her.

"No way!" she blasted him with one of her hexes and it bounced off his armor. "What?"

Draco sighed. "Listen, I don't hit girls, and I made a promise to myself to never hit a girl, period. So why don't you make this easy for yourself and just turn yourself in? I'll wait here with you until the cops come, kay?"

Jinx looked up at him curiously. "You beat two of my partners up without hesitation, yet you're being nice to me. Why?"

"Dunno, really. I just think that someone as pretty as you-" he stopped himself in surprise. He blushed under his helmet. ‘Did I just say what I think I said?’

Jinx blushed at his compliment. "You really think I'm pretty?"

"I guess. You look like a cat with that hair and those eyes. I like cats."

Jinx beamed at him. "Me too!"

As Draco and Jinx conversed with each other, the Titans, as well as Mammoth and Gizmo watch dumbfounded.

"What is he doing?" Raven asked Starfire.

"It seems that our friend Draco is having a happy conversation with Jinx," Starfire stated the obvious.

Beast Boy, who was tied up with Robin yelled out. "Dude! He's fraternizing with the enemy!"

Robin looked at Beast Boy strangely. "You know what fraternize means?"

---

Later the police came and took the H.I.V.E. team away. Draco had helped to free the Titans. He then walked up to an officer who was taking Jinx in. "Officer, could I have a word with her, please?"

The officer looked up at Draco. "You the new Titan?"

"Hai."

"You got 30 seconds."

"Arigatou."

He slipped a card into Jinx's hands. Then he leaned over and whispered something into her ear. Jinx blushed and smiled at Draco. The officer took her away. Draco walked back towards the Titan and smiled after he opened his mouthpiece. "Sumimasen, guys."

Robin looked Draco in the eye. "We'll have a talk later about conversing with the enemy. In the mean time, we have to handle the reporters."

Draco stared at Robin. "Nani? What reporters?"

The Titans pointed behind Draco. Draco turned his head and his eyes widened as an army of reporters came to interview them. ‘This is gonna be a long day.’

---

After going through the horde of reporters, Draco and the Titans decided it was time to rest before dinner. Inside his room, Draco was lying on his bed. He had taken off his armor and was dressed only in his red leather bodysuit, gloves and boots. He still wore his helmet, but with the mouthpiece open His mind was wandering and he was thinking about Jinx.

‘I don't get it. She looks really pretty and kawaii. She's like a cat with that hair and those eyes.’ "Hah…" he sighed. ‘Maybe I should visit her in jail. Bring a gift or two. He stopped his train of thought. But I don't think the Titans would approve of it, Robin-san already lectured me about "fraternizing with the enemy".’

---

Flashback…

A reporter pointed his microphone towards Draco. "Are you the new Titan?"

Then another one asked him. "What're you hiding under that helmet?"

The questions came barreling in on him. He decided to take a quick course of action. He leapt over the crowd and disappeared into a glass window. The Titans ran back to Titans Tower, escaping the reporters.

Later, Draco and Robin had a talk. Or at least, Draco was listening to Robin talking.

"What were you thinking talking to Jinx like that?" Robin asked, angrily.

Draco shrugged. "I saw a kawaii girl and wanted to get to know her better," Draco joked. Robin's eyes narrowed.

"I'm not kidding, Draco!" Robin yelled, "And what did you give her?"

"A card," Draco answered simply.

"A card?" Robin asked skeptically.

"Just a card, a contract card to be exact. Like a promise I made to her," Draco explained.

"What kind of promise?"

Draco leaned over. "Wouldn't you like to know?" He then turned and walked off.

…End Flashback

---

‘Come on! He didn't need to yell at me. I am just human, and it's perfectly normal to have a crush on someone, especially someone like her. Kuso! Why did I have to like cats so much?’ Draco cursed in his mind.

Starfire knocked on his door and said, "Friend Draco? Are you in there? Dinner is ready."

Draco sat up from his bed. "I'll be there in a sec Starfire-san!" He got off his bed and walked towards the door. It slid open and He walked out. In the kitchen, he saw the Titans eating some spaghetti and meatballs. Beast Boy had his with some salad and so did Terra. Draco sat down and he had the distinct feeling that Robin was glaring at Him. Draco ignored him and had some spaghetti with the meat sauce and meatballs. After everyone was done, Draco volunteered to wash the dishes with Starfire while the others did their thing. This gave Draco a chance to talk to Starfire.

"Starfire-san, why was Robin-san glaring at me all the time during dinner?" the Dragon Knight asked the Tamaranean princess.

"I do not know. Maybe it was because you were talking to Jinx in a cheerful manner," she answered with a smile.

"Doesn't mean he has to get mad at me,” Draco huffed.

"Robin just does not want anything bad to happen. Jinx could have hurt you while you were talking to her."

"But she didn't," Draco smiled. "Maybe I'll go and see her."

Starfire looked at him in disbelief, “Friend Draco? Surely you jest. Why would you want to visit that horrible Jinx?"

"Just curious." He shrugged. "And I want to know more about her. With her powers, she could do so much good. I just want to know why she commits crimes."

Starfire responded. "She is evil. She made her choice. She could have chosen to be good, but instead chose the path of evil."

"Nothing is black and white, Starfire-san. There are always shades of gray in the middle. And no one is pure evil. I should know that."

"How?" she looked up at him curiously.

"Yaminekoryu…" he whispered.

"Huh?" her mouth was turned to a small "O".

He shook his head. "Nothing, Starfire-san." He looked at the plates. "I think we're done here Starfire-san."

She turned and left. "Goodnight, friend Draco."

Draco smiled at her. "You too, Starfire-san. Oyasumi."

Draco went back to his room and put on his armor. "Time to go!” He disappeared through a mirror and rode his Knightrider. His destination was Jump City jail.

---

Jinx got herself a private jail cell. She wouldn't have wanted to share a room with Gizmo and Mammoth. To her the food was terrible! But as she ate, she couldn't stop thinking about that Zodiac Knight Draco. She wondered what he looked like under that helmet. Were his eyes brown, blue or green? She looked at the card he gave her. It had no picture, but it had letters on top that spelled "CONTRACT". What did it mean? Suddenly she heard the guard clanging on the steel bars. She rolled her eyes. They finally built a cell that made her powers useless. It was the same for Mammoth and Gizmo. She frowned and answered the guard.

"You got a visitor," he said.

"Who?" she asked.

"I dunno, looks like the new Titan."

She eyes widened. "The new Titan?" ‘He kept his promise after all.’

The guard shrugged and let Draco in. The officer led her into a small meeting room with Draco. They took their seats opposite each other and laid their hands on the table that stood between them.

"What are you doing here?" she asked angrily. Actually, she was glad to see him.

"I want to talk," he said simply.

"About what?"

"How'd you like to join the Teen Titans?"

Her eyes widened. "WHAT?" she screeched.

"I said: would you like to join the Teen Titans?" Draco asked again.

Jinx couldn't believe it. Even when she heard it she still couldn't believe it. This guy, the newest member of the Teen Titans, was asking her, a H.I.V.E. graduate/agent, to become a Teen Titan.

"I don't know what to say," Jinx looked down, avoiding to make any eye contact.

Draco sighed. "Listen, this isn't an order, more like a request. You don't have to join if you don't want to, it's your choice." He stood up. "But just remember that with your gifts, you could do so much good." He turned to walk away. "I'll be back in 24 hours to hear your answer. Ja ne." Jinx watched him as he walked out, leaving her frozen in shock. He was giving her a choice to change. Anyone else, the Titans, the police, society, thought people like her should be locked up, but he was giving her a choice.

"WAIT!" she yelled at him. He stopped and turned. "I'll think about it."

Draco smiled under his helmet. "Glad to hear it." He reached into a bag; he must've brought it with him, and pulled out a bouquet of flowers. Red roses, Jinx’s favorite. He gave them to her and she sniffed them. Jinx was blushing and she looked up at him, smiling.

"Thanks," Jinx said meekly.

"Don't mention it Jinx." He removed his helmet and Jinx’s heart skipped a beat as he smiled softly at her. Jinx blushed and hid her face from him behind the flowers.

Draco walked out of the meeting room and smiled to himself. ‘Okay, so the Titans would hate me for this, but only if they found out...’

Suddenly he heard a familiar ringing in his ears and gasped as he heard a shrill female shriek. It was Jinx!

Draco quickly turned back around and ran into the meeting room and saw a tentacle wrapping itself around Jinx’s throat. It was a monster! Jinx was struggling against it. Draco summoned up a sword of fire and sliced it down, cutting the appendage in two. He heard an inhuman shriek before the stump of a tentacle withdrew back into the window.

“Daijoubu?” he asked her.

The guards came to see what had happened. Draco became angry. Where had they been? He shook his head and turned to face Jinx. She looked at him, still shellshocked. “You…you saved me…” she said, slightly shocked. Draco smiled at her before putting his helmet back on and running into the window to do battle.

---

Draco drove his Knightrider and hit the Squid monster head on. Draco had faced this kind of creature before. It was called a Killamareon. Draco exited his vehicle and ran at it, throwing his fist into its face. The thing fell to the ground and rolled before lashing out with its tentacles. The tentacles wrapped themselves around his throat, wrists and ankles. Draco grinned under his helmet.

“How about some barbequed calamari?” Draco said menacingly as he ignited his fire power, burning off the tentacles. The creature shrieked and sent out a ball of ink at him, blinding him.

Draco flailed around, but then calmed down. Draco heard the thing slowly approaching him, intending to make him its lunch. Too bad.

Draco drew a card and inserted it into his gauntlet, “Add Vent!”

A loud squawk filled the air as a large blue condor slammed into the side of the creature, sending it crashing into the wall. Draco wiped his eyepieces clean and looked up at Brainstorm, the blue condor. “Time to finish this,” Draco said, drawing a new card and sliding it into his gauntlet. “Final Vent!” Brainstorm attached itself to Draco back, becoming his wings and flew him around and around the creature, building up speed and creating a tornado that sucked the creature in.

“CONDOR STORM SLASH!” Draco shouted, producing a golden glaive and going into the tornado, slashing the thing to pieces.

---

The next day, the Titans woke up. They sniffed the air and realized it was the smell of food cooking. Each of the Titans walked out in their usual attire. When they reached the kitchen, they were greeted by Draco, who was cooking them breakfast.

"Draco! What are you doing? It isn't your turn to make breakfast," Robin started.

Draco turned his head, and smiled (his mouthpiece was opened),"Ohayo, Robin-san. I just thought I'd do something nice for everyone." Draco pointed to the table. On it were seven plates, each with the Titans favorite breakfast foods.

For Cyborg: he made him a meaty platter: bacon, sausages and ham

For Beast Boy and Terra: a vegetarian platter; Fresh vegetables, fruits and Beast Boy's favorite, tofu.

For Starfire: Draco made her a traditional Tamaranean meal (He replaced some of the ingredients with local ones. He tasted it and it was good) and he placed a jar of mustard on the side (Draco learnt that was her favorite beverage)

For Raven: just a cup of herbal tea. Draco had some packets with me of authentic Japanese green tea.

For Draco: a bowl of rice, a fish and a glass of milk (he placed chopsticks on the side)

Finally for Robin: Toast, sausages, bacon and eggs.

The Titans all sat at the table and ate. Terra and Beast Boy shared their food. They asked Draco where he got the fresh vegetables. He told them that he went to a produce stand early in the morning and got what he needed.

Draco talked happily and his eyes wandered to Robin. He was enjoying his meal as well. Thank goodness for small miracles.

---

After breakfast, (they told Draco that they enjoyed it very much) the Titans all relaxed in the living room. Cyborg had beaten Beast Boy at another fighting game.

"Booyah! Looks like I win again BB!" Cyborg said.

"You cheated! I want a rematch!" Beast Boy protested.

"Bring it on, green man!" They played again. Terra was watching them with a smile. I sat next to her and watched them play. After 5 matches (Cyborg won them all) Beast Boy was being insulted by Cyborg. I decided to play.

"Say, Cyborg-san? How's about a real challenge?" Draco pointed to himself.

"You're on!" They both sat in front of the TV, controllers in hand and ready to do battle.

---

10 matches later…

"And that makes win number 10," Draco said simply, dropping the controller on the floor. Cyborg looked wide eyed at the screen.

"How'd you beat me, 10 times in a row, with the game’s crummiest character?" he asked disbelievingly, "HOW?"

Draco raised two fingers. "Second rule of fighting games: the worst character is most likely the best. It's just people don't know how to use them." he raised another finger. "The third rule is that if you think you already know all the special moves, there are always ten more." Draco got up and started walking to his room

"Wait! What's the first rule?" Cyborg called after him.

"Play the game, obviously." Draco continued walking and heard the voices of a fuming Cyborg and Terra and Beast Boy laughing.

Suddenly, the alarm sounded. Robin ran out. "Titans, trouble!" he briefed them in on what was going on. It seemed the H.I.V.E. trio had somehow broken out of jail. The H.I.V.E. trio was waiting for them downtown. Draco smacked himself in the forehead and Raven raised an eyebrow.

"You okay?" she asked.

"Oh…hai, just fine," Draco said, but he noticed a glint in Raven's eyes. ‘She knows!’

---

The Titans all raced to the scene. Draco used his Knightrider and traveled through a portal, promising to meet them there.

When they reached the scene, it was in front of the mall and they only saw Jinx, smiling at them.

Robin yelled, "Okay Jinx! What are you up to?"

"I'm not up to anything, Robin. All I did was get out of jail."

"Where's Mammoth and Gizmo?" Cyborg questioned.

Jinx shrugged. "They went back to the hideout."

Draco appeared out of a store window. His Knightrider skidded to a halt. He got out and walked towards Jinx. The Titans yelled at him. What he hell was he doing?

"Konnichiwa, Jinx,-san" Draco said. “Hajimemashite?”

"Hello, Draco," she smiled sweetly at him before giving him a hug. "Thank you for the flowers last night."

"You’re welcome." She let go and blushed.

Robin ran at Draco and grabbed him by the collar. "You went to see her?"

"Of course I did. I always keep my promises," Draco said simply, as he shook him off.

Robin looked at Draco and Jinx accusingly. "What did you two do?" he asked, eyes narrowed. Starfire appeared behind him and so did the others.

"Robin, don't judge friend Draco and hop to decisions," she said.

"Nani?" Draco asked, not understanding the last part.

"She means jump to conclusions," Raven said.

"I knew that!"

"So what did you two do, anyway?" Starfire repeated Robin's question.

Draco explained, "I paid Jinx a visit and we talked."

Robin was glaring at him. "What did you two talk about?"

Jinx spoke up. "Draco asked me to join the Titans."

Everyone yelled, "WHAT?" their eyes shot open and were as large as dinner plates.

“He also bailed me out,” she added.

“WHAT?”

"And I want to give up my life of crime." Jinx turned to Draco. "The answer is yes," she beamed at him. Everyone fainted. Draco was smiling, happily dancing with Jinx.

Unbeknownst to the Titans, someone was watching. His features were obscures as he was covered in a black cloak. "Here you are Draco…I've found you…" he hissed…

---

The Titans were shocked by the latest turn of events. Not only did their latest member, Draco, bail Jinx out of jail and offer her a place in the Titans, but also by the fact that she actually agreed.

The Titans were still recovering from the shock when they went back to the Tower. At the same time, Draco was showing Jinx around (although it wasn't really needed since Jinx had broken into the Tower before during the Final Exam episode). The other Titans were eyeing the pink haired witch suspiciously.

"Okay guys, remember that we can't let Jinx out of our sight," Robin said to his team.

"Dude! What do you expect us to do? Put up security cameras? Oh wait, we already got those," Beast Boy said.

"I know friend Draco means well, but does he really have to welcome that Jinx?" Starfire said.

"After all, she went into my room and wore my cloak," Raven said, while trying to cover up her anger.

"And her pal Gizmo messed up my system!" Cyborg said.

Suddenly, Draco and Jinx came up behind them. "So, what are you guys talking about?" Draco asked. The other turned to him and they noticed that Draco and Jinx's hands were clasped together.

"Nothing!" Starfire squeaked and was sweating nervously. Draco cocked an eyebrow and turned to Jinx.

"Jinx-san, could you wait in my room while I talk to my teammates?" Draco asked Jinx nicely.

"Sure," Jinx said with a smile, than walked off, leaving Draco with the other Titans.

"Okay, what's going on here?" Draco asked accusingly.

"To put it simply…" Robin started.

"We don't trust her," Raven finished.

Draco glared at Batman's former sidekick and the dark sorceress. "Doesn't mean you should talk about her behind her back!" Draco said, angrily.

Robin looked Draco in the eye. "Look Draco! I don't know how you do things back where you come from, but truth be told, a criminal does not become a good guy overnight!" he yelled at Draco.

"Even so, that does not give you the right to judge her by her past!" Draco yelled back, "You should at least respect her!"

"She doesn't deserve any respect or anyone's trust!"

"Well, she sure deserves mine!"

---

While the two were fighting, Jinx was quietly hiding behind a wall and listening. She had tears in her eyes, and they were tears of joy. No one had ever defended her like that, well maybe except Gizmo and Mammoth. However, Draco, who was a Teen Titan, was defending her honor in spite of her past wrong doings! She quietly ran towards Draco's room.

---

Draco was fuming, his eyes were glowing a deep red as he glared at Robin and the Titans. Starfire stood between them

"Friends! We must not quarrel with one another!" Starfire said to them.

"Stay out of this Starfire-san!" Draco yelled at the Tamaranean.

Robin punched Draco in the face. "Don't you ever talk to Starfire like that!"

"And don't you ever say nasty things about Jinx-san behind her back!" Draco left in a huff. "Argh! I need to hit something, chikuso!"

Suddenly there was a scream

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

That was Jinx's voice. Panicking, Draco ran towards where he heard it. The Titans followed him and they were in front of Draco's room. Jinx wasn't in Draco's room. Draco noticed a note on the floor and read it. He froze in horror at what he found. He turned to the Titans who were behind him.

"Guys! I got to go save Jinx-san!" Draco dropped the note and ran into his mirror, disappearing as he did so. Starfire picked up the note and read it out loud.

"Zodiac Knight Draco, if you wish to see your pink haired girlfriend ever again, meet me in the abandoned warehouse at the Jump City pier. P.S: Come alone. Signed…" Starfire eyes widened with horror as she read the name that signed the note.

"What is it Star?" Robin asked as he took the note. He was shocked as he read the name

Signed: Zodiac Knight Shadowcobra

---

A cloaked figure was waiting in the abandoned warehouse. His features were obscured as he was hidden under a black cloak. He surveyed his scene and nodded.

"Yes. This shall be the perfect place for Draco's demise," he said with a hiss. Behind him, Jinx was tied to a chair and gagged, so that she wouldn't escape or scream. He went over to her and removed the gag. Jinx spat at him, and the figure merely wiped it off with this gloved hand. "My dear, you should have more respect for your elders." He slapped her. Jinx refused to scream as a red mark started forming on her face. The figure cupped her face in his hand and forced her to look at him. "Beautiful. It is no wonder he adores you."

Suddenly, from a nearby mirror, a Knightrider appeared. It dropped to the ground and skidded to a halt. Draco got out and looked at the cloaked figure with hate and disgust. Jinx eyes widened as she called out to him.

"Draco!" she said.

"Jinx-san!" Draco looked up at the cloaked figure and snarled. He lunged at the figure and punched him. The figure dodged and kicked Draco in the stomach, sending him flying into some nearby crates.

"You're getting slow, Draco," he hissed.

"What's going on!" someone said. Draco, the figure and Jinx turned their heads to see Robin and the rest of the Titans, standing at the door of the warehouse.

"Robin-san! What are you doing here?" Draco asked.

"We came to help." Robin walked towards Draco and helped him up.

"Arigatou, but I can handle it." He turned his head at the figure. "Now, take off that cloak so that we know what you look like!"

"Very well." The figure unclasped his cloak and it fell to the ground. Everyone (except for Draco) looked wide-eyed at the figure. It was another Zodiac Knight.

He was clad in a black bodysuit and purple armor trimmed in silver. Around his waist was the same belt Draco wore, but with a purple deck belt buckle instead. He wore purple gauntlets and knee-high boots. His helmet was based on a snake, the king cobra. Instead of eyepieces like Draco, his eyes were covered by a visor that had 3 horizontal slits over each eye. On his chestplate was a symbol that looked like a cobra. In his left hand he held a cobra scepter. He pointed the scepter at Draco and hissed. "By the code of the Zodiac Knights, I, Zodiac Knight Shadowcobra, challenge you, Zodiac Knight Draco, to a Zodiac Duel!"

Beast Boy stood next to Draco. "Dude, what's a Zodiac Duel?" he asked.

Draco explained, "A Zodiac Duel is a battle between two Zodiac Knights. The code states that only one will stand, while the other will fall. It is a fight to the death."

Shadowcobra sneered. "Must you tell these mortals everything about our secrets?"

Draco answered back, "I, Zodiac Knight Draco, accept your challenge, Zodiac Knight Shadowcobra, by the code of the Zodiac Knights!"

Starfire stood in front of Draco. "Friend Draco, you must not agree to this duel to the death!" Draco placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I have no choice, Starfire-san. It's the only way to save Jinx-san." He gently shoved her out of the way into Robin's arms.

"How about an extra wager? If I win, I'll take your girl," Shadowcobra said arrogantly, hissing out every word.

Draco screamed. "No way!"

"Suit yourself. Besides, after you die, I'll take her anyway, and no one will stop me!"

"Draco…" Jinx looked pleadingly at Draco.

"Just tell your friends not to interfere in our duel," Shadowcobra smirked under his mask.

"Very well." Draco turned to the Titans. "Guys, don't interfere. Any interference made in a Knight's favor will cause the Knight to forfeit the duel as well as his life!"

Everyone agreed. This reminded all of the Titans (except Terra) about Cyborg's fight against Atlas. They could only watch as the two Zodiac Knights dueled to the death.

"DUEL!" both Knights cried out as they drew their first cards. A barrier formed around them, so that no one would interfere. Draco inserted his card into his dragon gauntlet.

"Sword Vent!" Draco grabbed the sword and stood battle ready in front of his opponent. Shadowcobra inserted his card into his cobra scepter, which also acted as his card reader.

"Sword Vent!" he also held his sword in front of him. His sword was a yellow spiral saber with a jagged blade and purple basket hilt.

"Hiiiyaaa!" Draco cried as he ran at his opponent, swinging his sword. His sword was blocked by the saber and Shadowcobra kicked him hard in the ribs. He then followed up with roundhouse kick to Draco's side. Draco staggered a bit, but was able to withstand the attack. He then punched Shadowcobra hard in the face, causing him to fly into the barrier. He bounced off the barrier and fell flat on the ground, face first. The Titans cheered him on.

"Go Draco!" yelled Beasboy.

"You rock!" yelled Terra.

"You the man!" yelled Cyborg.

"Go friend Draco. Show that snake who is boss!" yelled Starfire.

"You can do it!" Robin yelled.

"Draco…" Jinx said.

"Um…Go, Draco," Raven said, in a monotone fashion.

Suddenly, there was an ear-piercing laugh. It was coming from Shadowcobra.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shadowcobra got back to his feet, and propped himself up with his scepter. "Don't celebrate too soon, my friend," he hissed maniacally. He drew another card from his belt and inserted it into his scepter.

"Trick Vent!" Shadowcobra's armor turned black and then he split into 2, then 4, and then finally 8. All 8 of the duplicates laughed as they surrounded Draco.

"Dude! What happened?" Beast Boy said in confusion.

Draco explained, "Shadowcobra has a special Trick Vent card called Shadow Clones. All of them are clones of the original, but they are not illusions. I can only take all of them out if I can find the real one."

"Right you are, Draco!" all the Shadowcobras complimented at the same time, albeit, sarcastically. They each drew a new card and inserted them into their scepters.

"Swing Vent!" Pink barbed whips appeared in their hands. The whips crackled with electricity, enough voltage to paralyze, or even, kill. They swung their arms back, and then swung them forward as they struck Draco at the same time. Draco screamed in pain as the electricity coursed through his body, threatening to kill him from the inside out. The Shadowcobras withdrew their whips and walked towards Draco, who was gasping. His armor was smoking.

"Draco, no…" Jinx said. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. She didn't want Draco to die.

"I better end your misery, Draco…" All the Shadowcobras said as they attempted to strike Draco again with their whips.

"I…Don't…Think…SO!" Draco dropped his sword, then clasped both his fists together and swung his arms as hard as he could into one of the Shadowcobras' face. The Shadowcobra fell to the ground, clutching his broken mask in pain. His armor reverted to the original purple. After that, all the clones disappeared.

"Damn you…" Shadowcobra hissed, "How did you know?"

Draco got up and dusted himself off. "It was easy to tell which one of you was real." Draco pointed to Shadowcobra's shadow. "All of the clones are physical manifestations of your own shadow. Therefore, it was easy to tell by the fact that all the clones' shadows were joined to yours," Draco proudly explained.

All the Titans stared at Draco with amazement.

"He found out which one was real by the trick of the light. Man, I could've never figure that out," Robin said.

Draco turned. "Actually you would, Robin-san." Draco turned towards Shadowcobra again, "Because this guy's fighting to sloppy to be the real Shadowcobra."

"WHAT?" A question mark appeared above all the Titans' heads. Jinx looked at Draco with confusion.

"What are you talking about? I am the real Shadowcobra!" Shadowcobra hissed angrily.

Draco shook his head. "No, you're not. I know Shadowcobra. He is an honorable Knight. He issues his challenges face to face. He never uses notes or kidnaps innocent people. Also, he isn't sloppy and fights with honor." Draco's head snapped back up. "You are not him!" Draco drew a card from his belt and inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Sight Vent!" A light shone brightly on Shadowcobra. Shadowcobra's form started to shimmer. His armor changed and his true identity was finally revealed.

"I knew it was you all along…" he paused, "Copycat," Draco said simply to the figure that now stood in Shadowcobra's place. It was a female Knight in black and red body armor. The design of her armor was based on a cat. A cat-o-nine tails with knives attached to the tips was securely fastened around her waist. On each finger of her gauntlets were razor sharp claws. On her legs she wore high heeled boots. Her helmet, that covered the whole face, was designed after a cat with red eyepieces. Her eyes were glowing red with rage. This was the same Knight that Draco had been fighting several days ago.

"I'm impressed, Draco. How did you ever guess?" she asked, snarling.

Draco sighed. "It was easy to see the differences you had between Shadowcobra-san and yourself. All I had to do was pick up some of the subtle details and also that kidnapping and challenge issued through a note was always your modus operandi."

Copycat smirked under her mask. "Aren't you the detective," she said sarcastically as a red visor with horizontal slits formed over her eyepieces.

"I learnt from the best."

"Shall we continue?" a red visor with horizontal slits covered her eyepieces.

"You know I don't leave anything undone."

Both Zodiac Knights circled each other. Copycat drew her whip, while Draco held his sword in a defensive gesture. Copycat drew a card and inserted it into a large opening in her whip.

"Strike Vent!" A pair of dangerous black and clawed gauntlets appeared on her arms.

"HIIIIYAAAA!" They both ran towards each other. Sparks flew as sword clashed with claws. Blows were blocked and parried with equal skill and strength. They kept swinging their swords in fluid motion, moving lightning fast to dodge or meet the other's blows. When Copycat swung her claws to his side, Draco would block it with his sword. When Draco tried to slash Copycat over the head, she'd dodge the strike and attempt to land her own.

‘He's stronger than I though. Faster too!’ Copycat thought, ‘There must be a way to beat him.’ She looked at the Teen Titans then took a quick glance at the tied up Jinx. ‘I'll use her as a distraction after the barrier drops.’

Draco was landing every hit with all his might, but Copycat seemed to know what he was going to do before he'd do it. He knew what he had to do. The crystal in his belt buckle glowed as he called forth his Zodiac Power.

"COMBUSTION!" he yelled as he unleashed a fireball at Copycat, knocking her into the barrier. Her armor was smoking, but she was relatively alive. The crystal in her buckle also glowed as she called forth her own power.

"MIMICRY! COMBUSTION!" She threw a fireball at Draco. Draco flipped over it and landed on his feet. He turned to see Copycat powering up another fireball. A big one, to be exact.

‘What is she attempting?’ Draco thought. His question was answered when Copycat unleashed the fireball into the barrier. The fireball exploded and the barrier shattered, like glass. Copycat ran towards her target and raised her claws. Her target was Jinx.

"JINX-SAN!" Draco screamed in horror as he rushed to protect Jinx from the psychotic cat knight. Jinx screamed and shut her eyes as the claws came closer to her. However, the blow did not connect. She opened one eye and gasped. Draco stood in front of her, arms stretched to his sides as if shielding her from something. Her eyes widened with shock. Copycat's claws had stabbed him, right through the chest. His armor flickered before shifting into a black and white form over a black bodysuit with a simplistic round helmet with blank white eyes. His armor then vanished, shattering like glass. Copycat withdrew her claws and opened up her faceplate. She licked the blood off her claws and smirked. Even if she didn't get the girl, she got what she wanted anyway. Draco clutched the wound in his chest and coughed. Blood was coming out of his faceplate as he struggled to stand up. Copycat held her claws beneath his chin.

"How the mighty have fallen. Maybe I should just finish you off. It's a shame really that I couldn't beat you honorably…Not!" She pulled her arm back and attempted to decapitate Draco.

Copycat was smashed right into the wall by two blurs; one blue, the other purple.

“What the?” Robin blinked.

The two blurs were actually a pair of Knightriders, much similar to Draco’s, except one was blue and the other was purple. The tops lifted up and out came a pair of armor clad warriors.

“Get to Draco, quick!” yelled out one of the new warriors. He was clad in black armor with a silver chestplate and worn over a dark blue bodysuit with matching black gauntlets and boots adorning his arms and legs. A black cape hung from his shoulders. His helmet reminded Robin of Batman, with the two sharp points of the vertically grilled visor going past the head. On the left side of his belt was a holster with a sword in it “I’ll take care of this crazy cat!” he said, drawing his sword.

“I’m on it, Pluto!” yelled out the second warrior. He looked exactly like the form Copycat had assumed earlier. This was the real Zodiac Knight Shadowcobra. He quickly ran towards Draco.

Starfire had untied Jinx and the two were kneeling over Draco. His armor had disappeared, revealing him wearing only a red shirt with blue jeans and white sneakers. He was also lying in a pool of his own blood.

“Give me room!” Shadowcobra yelled at the two before they backed away. He stared at the large wound. “C’mon, Dragon, do not die on me now!” he pressed his gauntlet covered hands on top of the wound and they began to glow with white light.

“What is he doing?” Starfire asked Jinx.

Jinx said, in a hopeful voice, “I think…I think he’s healing him.”

“I need some more help!” Shadowcobra shouted. He turned to the two girls. “Is any of you a healer?”

“I am,” Raven answered. She levitated towards him. “What do you want me to do?”

“Press your hands onto the wound,” he told her. She did as told and soon her blue healing powers mixed with his own white healing powers.

The rest of the Titans watched as Pluto battled it out with Copycat. Pluto seemed to be in trouble as Copycat sent him reeling with a well placed kick in the torso. Robin could watch no more.

"TITANS, GO!" Robin ordered. He threw birdarangs at Copycat. She smacked them away and lunged at the masked teen. She got blasted from behind by Starfire and turned around and glared at the alien girl. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon and blasted the evil knight into a pile of crates. Raven was still healing Draco at this time. She turned to Shadowcobra, who whispered, “Go.” She nodded and used her own dark powers to attack Copycat with a few more crates. Copycat could only scream with rage as she escaped from the massive pile of crates. She then saw a green rhino charge at her, knocking her into a nearby wall, making a large imprint of herself. Beast Boy reverted to human form and signaled for Terra. Terra concentrated her powers and spikes of stone came out of the ground. She raised the spikes over her head then flung them at Copycat. Copycat jumped out of the way in time. Jinx, still angered by what Copycat did to Draco, fired a hex wave at the roof. The part of the roof collapsed right on Copycat. The insane Cat Knight cursed to herself. She had used up too much energy taking down Draco. She noticed that her armor was cracked and broken in some places. She pointed a finger at Draco, the other two Knights and the Titans.

"Next time Draco, I will kill you! And that goes to all of you too!" she snarled as she disappeared into a nearby mirror.

The Titans immediately gathered in a circle around Draco and Shadowcobra.

“Is he?” Robin began to ask.

“He’ll be okay,” Shadowcobra said, sighing. “He just needs some rest.”

“You did good Shadowcobra,” Pluto congratulated his friend, placing a hand on his shoulder.

“Don’t touch me,” he hissed.

“Let’s get him home,” Cyborg said, carrying Draco in his arms.

“Say, who are you two anyway?” Robin asked, suspicious of the two newcomers.

“Pluto,” answered the Knight in black and blue.

“Shadowcobra,” answered the one in purple and black.

“We’re Zodiac Knights. Just like Draco,” Shadowcobra said.

“Say, do you want to come to our Tower with us?” Robin offered.

The two Knights looked at each other and then back at Robin. “Sure,” was Pluto’s reply. The Knights entered their vehicles and revved them up.

In the car, Jinx stroked Draco's face and cried. "I'm such a curse. No wonder my name is Jinx. It is because I am. I bring bad luck and misfortune to those around me." She leaned her head closer to Draco's. “Please be alright…Please…” she pleaded.

Raven turned her head to Jinx. Even if she disliked the pink haired witch, she didn't exactly hate her. Raven thought it was time to say something. "He's strong. There's no need to worry Jinx, he'll pull through."

Jinx didn't look up. She sobbed. "I hope so…"

Even though Draco was unconscious, he still heard Jinx kind words. Inside his mind, he was having a conversation with someone.

---

Inside Draco's mind…

Draco was standing in front of someone. The other person looked human, but there were some differences. He had long messy black hair like a lion’s mane that went past his waist, black cat ears and dragon horns on his head, and a long black tail. He wore a black ninja uniform and his eyes were an blood red. He looked at Draco and smirked.

"Aibou, it seems that the girl is in love with you…" the demon-man said.

Draco blushed. "You really think so?"

"Take it from someone who's been alive for over 800 years and possessing every Hasuma first born male."

"Glad to hear it, Yaminekoryu-san."

Yaminekoryu crossed his arms. "Don't try to be nice to me, Aibou. I'm a demon after all."

Draco rolled his eyes. "Of course."

---

Copycat walked through the dirty sewers of Jump City. She was limping and staggering with each step. Immense pain coursed through her armored body. She was cursing. She hated Draco and all the other Zodiac Knights. Now, the newest targets of her hatred were the Teen Titans. But how could she fight the combined might of Jump City's greatest crime fighter team? She barely escaped with her life. If the dog and the snake hadn’t arrived, and those meddling Titans hadn’t interfered, she would have been able to finish off Draco once and for all!

"I'll get you, Titans!" she cried, "I'll make you die screaming! I'll rip out your insides! But most of all, I'll make each and every one of you suffer!" She roared, "DO YOU HEAR ME, TITANS!?"

"I seems that you have found an animosity with the Titans," a voice said. Copycat turned her head to the direction of the voice. She painfully got to her feet and reached for her whip. There was a large figure of a man in front of him. There was not much light in the sewers, but there was enough to see the man's masked face.

"Who are you?" she screeched.

"An enemy of the Titans. You may call me Slade," Slade said as he walked closer to Copycat.

"What do you want?" Copycat asked.

"I want to make a deal with you," Slade offered.

"I work alone!" she protested.

"And look where it got you. You would've been killed if you didn't get away from them. Let me help you."

"I don't need any help!"

"That's where you are wrong. I have been observing your fight with the new Titan, Draco, and those two other Knights as well. I know you hate them as much as I hate the Teen Titans. If we join forces, we can achieve our goals."

Copycat tilted her head and thought for a while. "A very tempting offer, Slade." She rose up and walked towards him. "Just tell me what you need and I'll give it to you."

Slade raised his hand. "Your deck. I may be able to make you new, more powerful cards as long as I can figure out the technology."

Copycat removed the deck from her belt and gave it to Slade. "For the record, Slade, I don't really trust you. But if you can give me more power, I'll do what I must," Copycat smirked. Her lips could be seen since her faceplate was cracked open. "I must warn you thought that even I don't know how the decks and armors work. I just use them"

"Thank you for that bit of information. Now come with me." Slade turned and walked down the tunnel.

"What?" Copycat asked.

Slade answered without stopping or turning his head. "You seem to be in need of medical intention. I'll patch up your wounds as long as you choose to assist me."

"Very well." Copycat walked with Slade down the sewer tunnel to his hideout. Once there, she will plan her revenge on the Titans.

---

Draco was placed in his room and resting in bed. Jinx was with him. Meanwhile, the Titans were interrogating, I mean, getting to know the two new Knights.

“So…how do you two know Draco?” Robin asked.

“We were his allies for the last couple of years,” Pluto answered.

“Are you friends?” Starfire asked.

”Friend is too strong a term…I prefer…acquaintance,” Shadowcobra answered, hesitantly.

“We’re friends,” Pluto answered, ignoring Shadowcobra’s statement; waving it off as a joke.

“Dude, why do you look like Batman?” Beast Boy asked.

“Me? Batman?” Pluto asked back, “What makes you say that?”

“It’s the helmet and cape, Pluto. Anyone would think you were Batman,” Shadowcobra answered.

“What’s with all these questions, anyway?” Pluto asked The Titans.

“We just want to get to know you y’all a little better,” Cyborg grinned.

“Really, we do!” Terra added.

Draco then walked into the living room with Jinx.

“You should be resting!” Jinx told Draco, worriedly.

“I feel fine, Jinx-san! Trust me,” he told her. He looked okay, for the most. He smiled as he saw the two Knights. “Pluto! Shadowcobra!” he ran towards them, excitedly. “You guys! What are you doing here?”

“What else?” Pluto punched Draco lightly on the arm. “For you.”

Draco’s stomach rumbled loudly and the rest of the Titans sweatdropped.

“Is there anything…to eat?” Draco asked nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.

---

Draco was in the kitchen, gulping down a full course meal of meat products, vegetables and fruits. He washed his meal down with a barrel of juice. He rubbed his mouth and patted his stomach.

"Thank you for the food. Now that's good eatin'!" he belched. All the Titans looked amazed at how much food Draco could eat. It was like Terra on her first day in the Tower when she ate Starfire's pudding. Shadowcobra and Pluto walked into the kitchen. The two Knights were still tanked in full armor.

“How can you eat that much?” Jinx asked Draco, blinking.

“He has a speedy metabolism that allows him to burn up food very quickly,” Shadowcobra answered. "Enjoy yourself, Draco?" he asked.

"Sure thing Shadowcobra!" Draco grinned

"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself." Shadowcobra said. Pluto went toward the fridge expecting to get something to eat. All the Titans panicked and protested. Pluto opened the door and slammed it shut when something blue and fuzzy lunged at him.

"Shadowcobra! You're not going to believe this! There's mold in there and it tried to attack me!" Pluto said, panicking. Shadowcobra looked at him strangely. He turned to the Titans to confirm if it was true. They confirmed it.

"Haven't any of you tried to clean it up?" Shadowcobra asked. All the Titans shook their heads.

"Dude! That stuff tried to eat us!" Beast Boy said.

"I found out on the first day guys," Draco said from his seat at the kitchen table. Jinx was sitting next to him. She looked at him with hearts in her eyes. "You'd need an army to get that stuff out."

"Or just two Zodiac Knights," Shadowcobra suggested.

Pluto smirked under his mask "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?"

"Most definitely." Both Knights drew a card from their belts and inserted them into their card readers. "Purify Vent!" Suddenly, they were dressed in rubber aprons, rubber gloves and were armed with industrial strength cleaning supplies. The Titans looked wide-eyed at this.

"ATTACK!" Both Knights yelled as they opened the fridge door and fought back the evil blue mold that lunged at them.

"Back monster!" Shadowcobra sprayed disinfectant and cleaner at the mold while Pluto used a scrubbing brush to scrub away the mold in the fridge. It was like a battlefield. The Titans were spectators while the two new Knights were like soldiers at war. The mold was the enemy. After hours of spraying, pulling and brushing, soap and scrubbing, the inside of the fridge looked like the inside of a fridge again. The blue mold was dead and laid in a nearby plastic bag. Shadowcobra tied up the bag and proceeded to dispose of it.

"Draco-san, I might need your fire power for this." Shadowcobra held the bag arms length from his body and signaled Draco to fire.

"Combustion." Draco shot a fireball at the plastic bag and incinerated it, with its contents inside. Shadowcobra finally teleported it away to the closest garbage dump. The Titans looked into the fridge. It was clean and fit for food storage. Robin walked toward the two Zodiac Knights and held out his hand.

"Wanna join the team?" he offered.

“What?” Pluto asked, surprised by the offer

“I said, wanna join the team?” Robin repeated.

“Yes,” Pluto replied.

“No,” Shadowcobra answered.

Both Pluto and Robin turned to Shadowcobra, who had his arms crossed.

“Shadowcobra…” Pluto groaned.

Shadowcobra huffed, “Why should we waste our time and join these insignificant children?” At that statement, a few of the Titans fumed.

“HEY!”

Draco placed his hand over his face, “Not again…” he moaned.

“Is he always this cranky?” Jinx asked Draco.

“Ever since I met him,” he answered.

Shadowcobra stared Robin straight in the eye, “C’mon, Robin-san, give us one, absolutely, positively, good reason to join your little club,” Shadowcobra said.

Robin glared at Shadowcobra and sighed. “Because, we thought you’d be good additions to the team.”

“So it’s all about power, isn’t it?” Shadowcobra said, “Of course.”

“Shadowcobra…” Pluto warned.

“Pluto, might I remind you that the only reason we came was for Draco-san and Draco-san alone. Why should we stay and waste our time here and these insignificant children?” Shadowcobra turned to Pluto. “They’re nothing compared to us, Zodiac Knights.”

Draco got up and walked towards Shadowcobra. He then slammed his fist right into the side of Shadowcobra’s head, knocking him over.

“These ‘insignificant children’ happen to be my friends, Shadowcobra!” Draco said, forgetting the honorary in his anger. “Now, apologize!” he demanded.

Shadowcobra got up and glared at Draco. Six black slits met with green eyes.

They were challenging each other. Afterwards, Shadowcobra sighed. “Very well.” He turned to Robin. “I apologize, Robin-san. I apologize for insulting your team. You must be more than I thought to be able to get Draco here to join.” He offered his hand. Robin took it and they shook.

Starfire flew over, her anger at Shadowcobra already gone. “Glorious! Now new friends; What are your names? How did you get here? Where are you from? What are your favorite colors? And will you be my friends?” she asked rapidly.

Pluto eyes were wide under his visor, “Um…Pluto, mirror portal, Japan, blue and I guess…”

Shadowcobra answered calmly, “Shadowcobra, mirror portal, England, black and purple, and maybe…”

“Wonderful!” Starfire beamed and swept Pluto and Shadowcobra in a group hug. Both Knights struggled to get out of her grip.

“Help…” Pluto squeaked.

“Can’t breathe…You’re crushing me…” Shadowcobra rasped out.

Starfire let the two down.

Shadowcobra glared at the Tamaranean before messaging his sore muscles.

Draco sighed, “You have to forgive Star. She can get a bit excited and loves to make friends. Hugging is a way she shows her affection.”

“Tell her to tone it down a bit,” Shadowcobra said.

“I think she broke something,” Pluto groaned.

Raven looked at Shadowcobra. There was something about him that was…akin to her. He was interesting. She smiled.

---

LATER…AT THE OBSTACLE COURSE…

Behind Titans Tower was a huge obstacle course. Robin and Raven stood at the platform operating the controls while the others stood on the sidelines as spectators.

“You two ready?” Robin asked.

“Pluto…Let us make this thing a little interesting. What do you say?” Shadowcobra challenged.

“What do you have in mind?” Pluto asked, interested.

“A race…” Shadowcobra hissed.

Pluto grinned under his helmet.

“GO!” Robin shouted. Both of the Knights ran forward. “Wait! I meant one at a time!”

“This saves time!” Pluto countered. Robin sweatdropped.

The Titans weren’t cheering for any of the two, the way Shadowcobra preferred. At least this way he could fully concentrate on the course. Concentrating, he disappeared.

“Where’d he go?” Robin asked, confused, as he looked around for any signs of the snake knight.

“He can turn invisible!” Draco yelled out, explaining to Robin.

Meanwhile, Pluto had received an extremely powerful blast from a laser cannon. However, he was still moving.

“And Pluto-sempai is invincible and immortal! Nothing can hurt him!” explained Draco again.

“Invisibility and invincibility. Who could contend with that?” Raven admitted.

Tired of staying out of sight, Shadowcobra turned visible again to have some fun. He summoned up a scythe of shadow energy and sliced half the laser guns to shreds.

Pluto drew his sword and reflected the shots back at the guns, destroying them. He also used his cape as a shield.

The robots then appeared in front of them only to be pulverized by a blast of Shadow energy and being slashed repeatedly by Pluto’s sword.

Finally, before them, came the biggest robot they’ve ever see. It was ten feet tall and bulky, with large arms and legs. The Brute-Bot.

The Brute-Bot swung its fists down but was being resisted by Shadowcobra and Pluto, who each grabbed a fist. They pushed back with all their might and the Bot actually fell on his back. At that precise moment, they both drew their cards from their belts and inserted them into their respected card readers.

“Final Vent!”

Pluto’s cape suddenly spread out behind him like a pair of bat wings before he leaped into the air. The cape wrapped around him, forming into a drill, as he dropped down on the Brute-Bot.

A purple cobra came slithering out of nowhere and was behind Shadowcobra. He then jumped up and did a back flip, allowing the cobra to catapult him forwards in a stream of acid and venom. He started swinging his legs up and down, kicking rapidly.

“DEADLY IMMORTAL’S DRILL!”

“GENOCIDE CRASH!”

They smashed right into the Brute-Bot at the same time, resulting in a huge explosion, right before claiming the flag at the finish line at the same time.

They both had finished the course in less than a minute as well.

Draco smiled under his helmet and all the Titans watched agape at the scene. They then erupted with cheers and applause.

“That was a good workout wasn’t it, Shadowcobra?” Pluto said as his hands reached up for his helmet.

Shadowcobra shrugged slightly as he reached up for his own helmet, “Perhaps. It was invigorating.”

They undid the latches and lifted up their helmets, revealing their faces to everyone. Pluto had spiked up dark brown hair and blue eyes. He appeared to be eighteen. Shadowcobra had a pale complexion with shoulder length blue hair and red eyes. On his forehead was a blood red mark in the shape of an inverted triangle. Raven found herself staring intently at the Snake Knight. Shadowcobra noticed this and smirked at her. She blushed and pulled up her hood.

“Interesting…”Shadowcobra hissed, smirking.

---

After the obstacle course, both Pluto and Shadowcobra were given the full tour of the Tower. Actually, only Pluto went with it, Shadowcobra had disappeared somewhere

Pluto was currently in the Vehicle Bay/Garage with Cyborg and Raven.

“And you actually built this car?” Pluto exclaimed as he inspected the T-Car.

“Yep,” Cyborg answered proudly, “She’s my baby! I built her with my own two hands!”

“Ahem!” Raven cleared her throat behind him. Cyborg sweatdropped.

Cyborg added, “Ok, Raven helped put her together too.”

“This is one sweet ride!” he exclaimed. He looked at the T-Sub/Ship and the R-Cycle. “And did you build these too?”

“Actually, the T-Ship is mine. The motorcycle is Robin’s,” Cyborg answered.

“Impressive,” Pluto commented. Cyborg grinned.

“Thanks, dawg!” Cyborg placed is arm over Pluto’s shoulder, “Something tells me that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!”

Raven rolled her eyes and muttered, “Boys…” she then walked out of the Vehicle Bay.

---

Exiting the elevator, Raven arrived in the training gym to see Draco, Starfire, Jinx and Robin sparring. Draco was partnered with Robin while Jinx was partnered with Starfire.

Draco effectively blocked some of Robin’s blows, although the Boy Wonder did manage to land his own. The dragon Knight then flipped over Robin to sweep kick him from behind. Robin leapt over the kick and slammed his Bo-staff onto Draco. Draco rolled out of the way and flipped back to his feet.

Jinx and Starfire were fighting hand to hand. Although Starfire was stronger and could fly, Jinx was more agile. Jinx was able to flip over all of Starfire’s punches and even flipped the alien onto her back when she grabbed a hold of her fist.

Raven sighed, ‘He’s not here either…’ She walked back into the elevator and pressed the button to the top floor.

---

In the living room, Terra and Beast Boy were sitting in front of the big TV playing a video game. It was a fighting game and Beast Boy was losing.

The computer spoke, “Player 2 WINS!”

Terra cheered, “Hah! In your face!”

“No fair!” Beast Boy exclaimed. “Rematch!” he challenged. .

“You’re on!”

Raven walked up behind them. “Um…guys? Have any of you seen Shadowcobra?” she asked them.

Beast Boy turned his head, “The big snake dude?” Raven nodded, “I think he’s on the roof!” he turned his head back to the game, “Damnit! TERRA!”

Terra laughed, “You snooze you lose!”

---

Raven walked up the set of stairs leading to the roof. She soon found him standing on the roof and looking at the city. His helmet was tucked under his arm.

“I knew you’d be here,” Shadowcobra said, without turning around.

Raven arched an eyebrow, “How did you know?”

He shrugged, “I have my ways.” He looked to the skies, “It’s so peaceful up here.”

“Wait till the alarm sounds, then it’s not so peaceful,” Raven commented.

Shadowcobra sat down in a lotus position and placed the helmet down next to him. He then began to meditate. Raven saw this and was a bit surprised.

“Join me?” he asked.

Raven replied, “Might as well. I was coming up here to meditate anyway.”

If Shadowcobra was smiling, she couldn’t see it. She sat next to him and began chanting, “Azarath Metrion Zinthos…” Over and over again.

“What a lovely chant,” he commented. Raven’s left eyebrow twitched. He then resumed his own meditation.

---

Later that night, Draco heard a knock on his door. He went over to it and opened it to see Jinx. “Jinx?” Jinx was dressed in pink pajamas she’d borrowed from Starfire. He only had on a pair of red pants. She then embraced against him and started crying into his chest.

“Jinx-san, what’s wrong?” he asked, puzzled and panicked as he held her.

“I’m...I’m so sorry!” she apologized, sobbing. Jinx felt guilty since she felt she was the reason Draco got hurt. She had never felt guilty until now. Maybe Draco was the first person to have given her a chance in her whole life.

“Why?”

She looked up at him, tears streaming from her beautiful pink eyes, “I got you hurt!”

Draco shook his head before putting his hands on her shoulders. He looked her softly in the eyes. “Jinx-san, it wasn’t your fault,” he told her, “Trust me.”

“But, but-“

“Hush!” he held her against him. “It wasn’t your fault Jinx, and no buts this time, kay?”

She nodded, giving him a small smile. He carefully wiped away her tears.

“There’s another reason you’re here, isn’t it?” he asked.

“I had a nightmare,” she replied.

“Want to come in and talk about it?” he offered. “If you want, you can sleep with me.”

Jinx blushed and then Draco did as well.

“I don’t mean like that! I mean, we’ll sleep in the same bed, just not do anything!” Draco said, waving his arms around, blushing bright red.

“I’d like that,” Jinx said softly.

Jinx followed Draco into his room and then sat on the bed. Draco followed and lay down beside her.

“Lie down, Jinx-san,” he said, pulling her down gently by the arm. She lay down and turned to face him. “Want to tell me what this dream was about?”

“It was about you, getting,” she sobbed, “Killed.”

Draco placed his hand on hers and held it.

“You were scared, weren’t you?” he asked her. She nodded. “Listen, stop blaming yourself. Copycat found me and tried to kill me, plain and simple.”

“But she used me to get to you.”

“Remember what I mean about no buts, Jinx-san. What she did was underhanded, evil and scheming and don’t you go blaming yourself.” He yawned. “How about we get some sleep?” he pulled up the blanket over them. “Oyasumi, Jinx-san.”

“Goodnight, Draco,” she said softly before closing her eyes. She then snuggled up against him. “Mmmmm…You’re so warm,” she mumbled.

He ran his hand on her cheek and stroked it, “I’ll always be your friend and I’ll always be there for you, Jinx,” he promised. Kissing her on the forehead, he then dozed off.

Draco’s monster, Dragonzer, watched as the two slept peacefully. It let out a contented growl at its master’s newfound happiness and disappeared back into the Mirror Dimension, standing guard with its fellow monsters.

---

It was the very next day after Shadowcobra and Pluto had officially joined the team. The two Knights, one in purple and silver armor with a black bodysuit and another in black and silver armor over a navy bodysuit stood in the middle of an empty room.

“This is a bad idea…” Shadowcobra said as he shook his head at his friend.

“Come on! We need all the help we can get to move all our stuff here!” Pluto said pleasantly, “Sides, what’s the worst that can happen?”

The Snake Knight took off his helmet so that his companion could see his irritated glare, “A lot can happen! We barely even know these Teen Titans and we’re going to let them into MY apartment to move all of MY things?”

Pluto took off his helmet and rolled his eyes, “For the record, It’s OUR apartment; as in yours, mine and Draco’s. And, if I might add, half of the stuff being moved here are mine. Plus, we can’t move all the stuff here on our own, we need help.”

Shadowcobra sighed and ran his gauntlet covered hand through his blue hair, “Alright,” he reluctantly agreed. He paused, “By the way, who did you choose?”

“Terra, Cyborg and Beast Boy,” Pluto said as he started to leave the empty room.

Shadowcobra stood in the room, frozen. He was repeating the words that Pluto had spoken and then screamed in his mind, ‘THEM!?’

“Hey guys!” Pluto walked over to the three on the couch. Terra was leaning over the back and BB and Cy were sitting on it, with their game faces on, playing a videogame.

“You wanna pass me, but you can’t pass me,” Cyborg ranted, smiling, “You can’t- (he gasps) -You passed me!”

“Score one for BB!” Terra cheered.

Beast Boy dropped the controller and did a victory dance while Cyborg grumbled angrily. Pluto cleared his throat to gather the three Titans’ attention. They turned to him.

“Yeah, dawg?” Cyborg asked.

“Well, you see…me and Shadowcobra need your help. We’re going back home to move all our stuff here,” Pluto said.

“You’re staying HERE?” Beast Boy exclaimed, “SWEET!”

“Now with more Titans, Slade won’t stand a chance!” Terra blurted out.

Pluto raised an eyebrow, “Who’s Slade?”

The three Titans had really grim looks on their faces. Terra shivered.

“Bad guy, really bad,” Beast Boy said simply.

“Just hope you never meet him on your own,” Cyborg advised.

“This is a bad idea, Pluto,” Shadowcobra said as he put his helmet back on. The faceplate then split open to reveal his frowning face. Pluto placed a hand on his fellow Knights’ shoulder.

“Lighten up, pal!” Pluto said cheerfully, “What’s the worst that can happen?”

Shadowcobra slapped Pluto’s hand away. “Don’t touch me,” he hissed.

Terra, BB and Cy looked at the exchange. These two were friends? They were as different as night and day. However, it was the differences that made life fun.

Pluto put his helmet back and the visor slid up while the faceplate split open. He said, “We’re going to need some help to move all our stuff. I think Draco already did it when he got his room. So, he’s out.” He turned to the three Titans, “So guys, want an express trip to Tokyo?”

The three Titans traded looks and then said, “Sure!”

“When do we leave?’ Terra asked.

Pluto drew a card out of his belt, “Right now.” He slid the card into his sword, “Portal Vent!” he drew out his sword and sliced through the air, creating a portal. The Titans gasped while Shadowcobra rolled his eyes.

“Show off,” the Snake Knight muttered.

“All aboard the Pluto Express!” Pluto announced, “Keep your arms and legs in the tunnel at all times. Hold hand so you don’t get sucked to god-knows-where!”

The changeling, cybernetic, and the geomancer looked at each other hesitantly. They then nodded.

“Just hold hands and follow me,” Pluto stood in front of the portal and held out his hand. Cyborg grabbed on to it, then Terra took his hand and Beast Boy took hers. Shadowcobra sighed and took Beast Boy’s hand.

“I know I’m going to regret this somehow,” his faceplate slid close.

“On three,” Pluto counted, “One…two…” he jumped, “THREE!” The other 4 behind him followed suit. It was at that time that Raven walked into the living room and saw the portal close.

Raven gasped and was about to panic when she saw a piece of paper on the floor. She used her powers to pick it off the floor and turned it over. It was a note. She read it, “To whom this may concern; we are going back to Tokyo to move our things here to the Tower. Do not panic. We will be back shortly. Sincerely: ZKS (Zodiac Knight Shadowcobra).” Raven sighed and then levitated to the couch. She opened one of her books and started reading.

---

They exited the portal and the three Titans looked around. Cyborg whistled, “Swank place you got here.” The apartment was quite spacious as well as clean. There was red carpeting on the floor and black leather furniture decorating the living area. There was also a big screen television; not as large as the one in the Tower, but big nonetheless. There was also a PS2 and several other gaming consoled connected to the TV. There was also a DVD player and an entertainment system with large speakers. A few potted plants were laced here and there. There were also paintings on the wall.

“It’s not mine,” Pluto admitted, taking off his helmet. His armor shattered away, leaving him in a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans. He also wore a denim jacket.

“He’s right,” Shadowcobra said as he exited the portal last, “It’s mine.” He took off his helmet and his armor shattered away, revealing his clothes to be a black shirt with matching pants and a black coat.

“Your place?” Beast Boy said in disbelief. An elder man with graying hair and a moustache walked into the living area. He was dressed in a butler’s uniform. He smiled.

“Master Ichijyo, Master Takada,” he greeted, “You have finally returned. Tell me, did you find Master Ryuki?”

Ichijyo smiled, “Yes we have, and we’ve found some new friends,” he turned to the other Titans, “Everyone, this is my butler, Walter.” He turned to Walter, “Walter, let me introduce you to Terra, Cyborg and Beast Boy; three members of the Teen Titans.”

“I have heard so much about you all. Tell me, may I bring you anything?” the aging butler asked.

“Tea for me and…soda for the others,” Ichijyo said to him. The butler bowed.

“As you wish.” Walter then turned around and headed for the kitchen.

“Wow, you got a butler,” Beast Boy said, sounding impress.

“It’s just one of the positive sides of being rich,” Ichijyo said with a proud smirk. “You all should start packing most of Pluto’s things while I pack mine. I’ll be right back when I’m done.” He walked into a hallway and then opened a door, disappearing into a room. The others stared at him. Walter walked back in carrying a cup of tea and 4 cans of soda. The present teens took the soda.

---

Ichijyo’s room was quite dark since the walls and ceiling were painted that wall. There was a bookshelf filled with thick books as well as a walk in closet. The room had posters on the walls of Gothic rock bands. A guitar rested near the door. There was a desk with an open laptop on it. The laptop was off. There was a bed in the shape of a coffin in the centre of the bed. On the bedside table were various framed photographs. He walked over and picked up one, sighing sadly. He put it down and walked into the closet, pulling out several boxes as well as a few briefcases. He rubbed his hands, “Let’s get packing.” He looked around, “I’m going to miss this place. It’s full of so many memories…”

---

“Where has the Young Master gone to?” Walter asked.

“He went to pack his stuff,” Takada said between slurps. At this, Walter raised an eyebrow.

“Pack?” Walter asked, “You’re moving away?”

“Yes, Walter-san, we are,” Ichijyo said as walked back into the living room.

“Done already?” Terra asked.

“You’d be amazed of how fast he packs some stuff,” Takada said to her.

“I just packed some of the more heavier, precious, valuable and fragile things into sub-space pocket. Some of the lighter items like my clothes and what not are safely packed away in boxes and briefcases,” Ichijyo shrugged. “And shouldn’t you all be packing?”

“Right,” Takada nodded, “Come on guys, let’s go to my room,” Takada led them out of the living room.

Ichijyo looked at Walter and reached into his pocket. He pulled out an envelope and handed it to Walter.

“Sir?” the butler asked.

“Walter, I thank you deeply and sincerely for taking care of us all this time. It pains me to do this, however. I’m sending you back home to England. I feel that your family deeply misses you and that you’ve worked for me and my family for a long time,” Ichijyo said to him.

“You’re…letting me go?” the butler asked. Ichijyo nodded.

“Don’t take it personally, Walter. You’re old and you need your rest,” Ichijyo said to him.

“But sir…” the butler started to protest.

“No buts,” Ichijyo continued, “Listen, Walter. I know you’ve been getting ill quite frequently and working here isn’t doing any wonders for your health. There is a large sum in the envelope as well as a key to a house in the countryside. Take it, it’s all yours.”

Walter took the envelope. He opened it and there inside was a key and a check. He looked at the sum and gasped. “But sir, this is awfully generous of you.”

“Call it a token of my appreciation for all the work you’ve done for me and the others,” Ichijyo smiled.

“This Tower…it’s special, isn’t it?”

“By ‘special’, if you mean insane Walter-san, then yes. However, I feel that I fit in more there than anywhere else.” He continued, “And I feel that I can do so much good in Jump City.”

“I hope you find the happiness that you’ve been looking for, sir,” Walter placed his hand on Ichijyo’s shoulder.

“Thank you, Walter. You may leave now.” The old butler took his leave. Ichijyo sat down on one of the armchairs and pulled out a cell phone. He dialed a number and then waited. It started to ring. Someone at the other end picked it up, “Hello, Prof. Murata. This is Ichijyo speaking…”

---

“This is your room?” Cyborg asked.

“Yep!” Pluto said proudly.

“It looks like a mad scientist’s lab,” Beast Boy commented.

“I think that description’s very accurate BB,” Terra agreed.

The set up of Pluto’s room looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Blueprints and schematics were pasted all over the walls. The bed was shaped like a sports car. There was a stack of magazines near the bed. A walk in closet was near the bed. Gadgets and gizmos were all over the room and there was a big computer in one corner. Pluto’s puffed his chest with pride.

“Welcome to my LABORATORY!” Takada said proudly. He clapped his hands, “Let’s get to some packing!”

---

Starfire was pleased to have more friends in the Tower. She was one of those girls who took the saying ‘the more the merrier’ a little bit too seriously. She was just a sweet and friendly girl, basically. She glided into the living room only to see Raven on the couch reading one of her thick and large books.

Starfire approached her friend “Raven, where have the metal men gone?” She asked innocently.

Raven lowered her book and sighed. “They went to get all of their stuff moved here,” she answered. She continued, “And before you ask, Cyborg, Terra and Beast Boy are helping them.” She turned back to her book. “Didn’t you get the memo?” she joked, dryly.

Starfire tilted her head, her face bearing a confused expression. “Memo?”

“Never mind, Starfire.”

Today, the Knights Shadowcobra and Pluto were going to bring the rest of their stuff from Tokyo to the Tower. Starfire was puzzled. Where was Tokyo? Was it another planet? Well, Robin had shown her where Japan was on the globe and then he showed her a map of Japan to show where Tokyo was. Starfire wanted to know more. But, what puzzled her more was how her two new friends were going to move all their belongings to the Tower and so quickly at that. She would ask them, but they left rather early in the morning to pack their things from back home. So, she decided to ask the resident Zodiac Knight, Draco.

“I must ask friend Draco how his friends will bring their belongings here. I recall that he is in the training room with dear friend Robin,” she said before she left the living room. She hadn’t notice Raven smiling at her. The half demon sorceress shook her head before returning to her book.

“You’d be surprised, Starfire, you’d be surprised…” she mumbled.

---

Draco stood opposite of Robin in the large sparring ring in the training room. At the moment, Draco wasn’t in his usual red, black and silver Zodiac Knight armor. Even his helmet was gone, revealing his youthful face, green eyes and long auburn hair, which was now messy with two long lightning shaped bangs sticking out of the hairline and he didn't even bother to tie it in a ponytail. He was clad in a full black jumpsuit, with matching red gloves and boots. He also had red shoulder-pads, elbow-pads and kneepads while a red scarf was tied securely around his neck. Around his waist was a belt with a belt buckle that was half black (right) and half silver (left). Engraved on the black half was a silver ‘S’ and engraved on the silver half was a black ‘B’. On his head was a pair of red goggles. Draco had explained to Robin that the material of his suit was not actually leather. In fact it was made of a special material that felt like leather and stretched like rubber. It was quite durable and bulletproof. It was meant to act as some sort of body armor.

Jinx stood at the sidelines. It was obvious whom she was cheering for.

“Ready, Robin-san?” Draco asked

Robin smirked. “I was born ready,” he replied. “And this time don’t change into your armor or do that trick with the mirrors again,” he added.

Draco retorted, “What…a little too much for you, Boy Wonder?” he smiled. The Boy Wonder nickname always got on Robin’s nerves. He pulled the red goggles over his eyes and got himself ready

They both got into a ready battle stance, their feet were moving slowly against the ground as they circled each other. Jinx gulped, sweat sliding down her forehead as she waited with anticipation. Draco had his arms out and his fingers bent like claws in front of him, simulating a wild beast like a tiger or…a dragon. Robin was in a basic martial arts stance with his arms held up in front of him. It was clear that the Boy Wonder wasn’t going to make a move, so therefore, the Dragon Knight made the first move.

Draco crouched down before he leapt over Robin and did a flip, landing behind him. Robin turned. Too late, he was already off his feet when Draco did a sweep kick under him and then attempted to elbow him in the stomach. Robin rolled out of the way did a flip and landed back on his feet. Draco smirked. He swung his scarf out and lashed it over Robin’s eyes, blinding him. Robin held his stinging eyes before Draco landed a punch to his left cheek. Jinx cheered as Draco landed his first hit. The dragon Knight beamed with pride before he swung his leg out to strike Robin’s stomach. However, the Boy Wonder anticipated this and grabbed the leg. He twisted it, quickly, causing Draco to spiral and fall on the mat. Draco winched but then smirked as he ignited his foot. Robin let go in shook and blew at his burning, gloved hands.

Draco wagged his finger. “Never underestimate your opponents nor disregard their abilities.” He ignited the finger and threw the small fireball at Robin, but he avoided it by sidestepping it.

“Same goes to you,” Robin remarked. Draco grumbled, but his grimace turned into a grin as he ignited all ten off his fingers.

“Oh yeah?” challenged Draco. He swung his arms down and the flames on his fingers lashed out and took the form of blades that swept out at Robin. Robin was surprised. He took out his Bo staff and put out the fire blades by spinning it in front of him like a fan. He then regarded Draco.

“Nice trick,” Robin complimented, clearly impressed

Draco smiled “Thanks. That was my Flame Slash. Like it?”

“I’m glad we’re on the same team,” Robin said before he stepped forward and jabbed at Draco with his staff. The dragon Knight dodged.

“Oooh…not done playing, are we?” Draco said playfully. He formed a crescent blade of flames from his right forearm and lashed at Robin back who blocked with his staff. “Neither am I.”

Jinx was cheering for Draco. She couldn’t believe how powerful Draco was, and this was only a training session. Starfire arrived just after Draco had formed the fire blade and was awestricken.

“My, I did not know Friend Draco had so much power outside his armor,” she commented, eyes wide and mouth agape.

“Believe it sister, he does!” Jinx smirked. She threw her fist up and cupped her mouth with her free hand. “Kick his ass, Draco!”

Starfire was surprised at Jinx’s behavior. What surprised her more was that, although against cheering against one of her friends, wanted to cheer for Robin to win. She cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, “ROBIN! IF YOU WIN I WILL GIVE YOU A KISS!” She hadn’t known she said what she did until she did it. She clamped her hands over her mouth and blushed. Jinx stared at her, pink eyes wide. Unfortunately, this didn’t have a good effect on Robin.

When Robin heard what Starfire said, he lost his concentration and got slammed in the face by Draco’s fist. Starfire gasped. Robin passed out and fell flat on his back, dazed. He had swirlies in his eyes and mini Starfires and hearts flying around his head.

“Robin!” Starfire exclaimed before she flew towards her beloved. “Robin…are you injured?”

Robin spoke in a dazed tone, “Mommy…I don’t want to go to school today…” he was obviously delirious.

Draco suggested, “I think we should get him to the infirmary.”

“I shall take him,” Starfire volunteered, cradling the unconscious Titans leader in her arms before flying off to the infirmary to treat him. This left Jinx and Draco absolutely alone. Perfect.

Draco pulled the goggles back over his head and scratched his cheek. He smiled nervously. “I guess I may have gone a little bit too far.” He then noticed Jinx gazing at him. “Um…Jinx-san?” he sweatdropped. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Jinx smiled wistfully as she gazed at him, “You were great,” she told him. She was looking at his emerald eyes. ‘Those eyes…’ she closed her eyes and sighed.

Draco gave her a wide smile, “Arigato.” He was then surprised when Jinx kissed him on the cheek. He blushed and turned red like a tomato as steam practically came blowing out of his ears. He turned to her, eyes wide with shock and embarrassment, as he placed his hand on the spot she kissed. She then surprised him again by hugging him. “Um…Jinx-san?” he began nervously. “Why are you hugging me and why did you kiss me?” he asked, confused. Jinx giggled. He was so dense and oblivious to a lot of things, but all that made him so sweet and adorable.

“Because I like you,” she admitted, “And you’re just so sweet when you visited me in jail that time. I still keep the flowers you know,” she sighed. “Gosh, you’re warm.”

Draco smiled, though the blush on his face hadn’t faded, “I like you too, Jinx-san, and I’m warm because I’m a, you know, a fire manipulator,” he told her. They only smiled at each other as they stayed that way. She sighed as she held herself against him. He couldn’t help bringing up his arms to hug her as well.

---

Back in the living room, a loud yelp rang through the room. A strange ringing emitted from the windows. Suddenly, a portal appeared. Beast Boy and Cyborg came tumbling, literally, out of the window. They both groaned, rubbing their heads. Raven was surprised to see this, though, not as much as she saw Shadowcobra, Pluto and Terra, coming out of the portal in the window, hauling some boxes and various suitcases and luggage. The Knights’ belongings obviously. Terra walked to Beast Boy and helped him up. He was still in a little pain, but alright.

“I thought I told you people to keep your arms and legs in the tunnel at all times,” Shadowcobra said to the changeling and cyborg. His armor shattered away to reveal him in a similar uniform to Draco, just with purple gloves, boots, shoulder-pads, elbow-pads and knee-pads. He wore a black cloak over it pinned with a demonic skull brooch. “It was lucky for you two that you didn’t get lost in the Mirror Tunnel. Who knows where you could’ve ended up?”

Pluto sighed, exasperated. “Shadowcobra, chill!” he said to his friend. His armor shattered away to reveal him in a similar suit as well, with blue gloves, boots, shoulder-pads, elbow-pads and kneepads. There was a blue coat worn over it and a blue visor over his eyes. “At least we got all our stuff here.”

“Good,” Shadowcobra said, although his eyes were narrowed, he was still glad that everything went as smoothly as possible.

Beast Boy shook his head, just in time for Raven to ask them, “How was it?”

“Raven!” he exclaimed, “It was INCREDIBLE!” he waved his arms. “We were in this BIG glassy tunnel and moving REALLY SUPER FAST!”

“Yeah!” Cyborg agreed. “It was way AWESOME!” he yelled out.

Terra smiled, “It was really fun. But there were some restrictions.”

“With good reason,” said Shadowcobra. He raised his arms out and covered his belongings in black shadow energy. Raven watched with keen interest as he teleported all of his stuff into his new room. “I’ll unpack later,” he said, before falling back onto the couch. He turned his head to Raven and smirked. Raven looked away, blushing and went back to her book. Terra, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Pluto left to the kitchen, leaving the two alone.

‘I am not attracted to him. I am not!’ She told herself.

She then felt the cushion shift and turned her head to see Shadowcobra had scooted a little closer to her. She scooted away, and he scooted a little closer, too close. She then asked, “What are you doing?”

Shadowcobra pointed to himself, “Me? Not much. Just want to know what book you are reading,” he replied. Raven breathed, relieved that he wasn’t interested in her. Why did that just sound wrong? She showed him the book and he raised his eyebrows. “’The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe.’ What a coincidence.”

“You’ve read it, before?” she asked him. He nodded.

“My family’s library is full of many great forms of literature. I could show you my own, if you’d like.”

Raven looked at him, thinking, ‘Is he…flirting with me?’ “Maybe, sometime later.”

He smiled at her, “I’d like that.” He scooted closed.

Raven’s left eyebrow twitch, “You are getting in my personal space,” she said.

“Am I?” he smirked, “Not yet, I’m not.” He scooted a bit more. “Now I am.”

Raven saw that their shoulders were almost touching. She tried to move away, but there wasn’t much room to do so. Therefore, she did what she only could: get up and leave. Shadowcobra watched her walk away with an annoyingly cocky smirk. He tapped his finger to his chin and watched with interest as Raven disappeared up the stairs that lead to the roof. “She is quite a puzzle,” he said to himself, “And I so like puzzles” He turned into the very shadows and disappeared.

---

In the kitchen, Pluto, Terra and Beast Boy were waiting for Cyborg to make lunch. Beast Boy grimaced and groaned, getting some attention from Pluto. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked.

“Cy’s making lamb chops…again!” he placed his forehead on top of the dining table.

“So?”

Terra was patting Beast Boy on the back. She answered, “Beast Boy is a strict vegetarian, a vegan. He doesn’t eat anything that comes from animals.”

“Why?”

Beast Boy mumbled, “Because I’ve been most of those animals!”

Pluto thought for a moment before replying, “I guess that makes some sense.”

Cyborg licked his lips as he transferred the lamb chops from the pan onto the plates. He then poured barbeque sauce all over the lamb chops. “Nice and spicy! Ohhhh yeah!” the mechanical teen said, mouth watering. “Come and get it!” he placed the lamb chops onto the dining table. Beast Boy could only stare at the lamb chops before he turned a much lighter shade of green. He placed his hand over his mouth.

“Dudes…” he groaned, “I think I’m gonna be sick.”

“Not over my lamb chops you’re not!” Cyborg told him, serving the lamb chops to Terra, Pluto and himself.

Pluto sniffed the lamb chops and smiled, “Mmmmm…” he said. He took a fork and knife and started eating.

Terra looked a little guilty as she looked at the lamb chops. She looked at Beast Boy and apologized sincerely, “Sorry, Beast Boy.” She picked up a fork and knife and started eating.

Beast Boy lifted up a finger, “I’m gonna go, now.” He morphed into a mouse and scurried away. Pluto watched Beast Boy scurry away and turned to Cy.

“Don’t you think it’s a bit mean to cook this for lunch? We do have to respect Beast Boy’s wishes,” the Dog Knights told Cyborg.

“No way I’m going to eat that tofu junk!” retorted Cyborg. “Sides, he always comes back to make his tofu and veggie meals!”

Terra burped and smiled, satisfied at the taste of the lamb chop, “That was nice. I think I’ll go get Beast Boy,” she said, before leaving the two other teens.

Pluto cut a piece of the lamb chop and swallowed, “You know, these aren’t so bad,” Pluto said.

“Glad you like em,” said Cyborg, grinning with pride.

“But…” Pluto continued, “The meals that Shadowcobra’s butler makes are excellent. I think he can cook too.”

“The snake guy? Cook? You gotta be kidding.”

“I kid you not. I kid you not.”

“I’ll believe it when I taste it.”

“Trust me, its great.”

Draco and Jinx walked in, holding hands. The dragon Knight sniffed the air, “Hey. What’s for lunch?”

Both Pluto and Cyborg answered, “Lamb chops.” Draco licked his lips.

“I love lamb chops. How about it Jinx?” he asked the pink haired sorceress. She nodded, smiling.

“There’s some more on the plate. Take some,” Cyborg offered. They did.

“Itadakimasu!” Draco said before he eagerly dug in.

“This is delicious!” said Jinx as she ate.

“You know,” Draco began. “This is good and all, but nothing beats Shadowcobra or his butler’s cooking.”

Pluto smirked at Cyborg, “Told ya so.”

Cyborg rolled his eyes, “Yeah, yeah.”

---

Raven was walking up to the roof to do some peaceful meditating. At least I can get away from him here, she thought. However, did she want him to stay away? Did she want to get away? When she got to the top, she was surprised to see Shadowcobra planting rosebushes. The roses were beautiful. They were red, black and white roses. Shadowcobra saw her and smiled.

“What a nice surprised,” he said to her, smirking.

“Were you following me?” she asked, glaring

“How could I have been following you when I arrived here first?” he reminded.

“What are you doing?’ she asked him, her eyebrow raised.

“Gardening,” he watered the bushes after planting them. “Keeps me calm and collected. Sort of my own way of meditating.”

Raven shrugged, “Whatever works for you.”

“Want to try?” Raven’s eyes widened. Did she just hear that right?

“What?”

“I repeat myself: Want to try?”

“Sorry, I don’t do flowers.”

“Neither did I, until I found out it actually soothes the soul.” He sniffed the flowers. He then picked up a pair of scissors and snipped off some uneven leaves and branches. “Trust me, you might like it.”

“Might is an uncertainty.”

“You won’t know until you tried.”

Raven sighed, “If I do this, will you leave me alone and stop pestering me?”

Shadowcobra looked up and seemed to be thinking. “Maybe…Of course, I’m not promising anything.”

“Neither am I,” she retorted. She walked up to him and took the scissors. “Alright, what do I do?”

He instructed her, “First, calm yourself. Breathe in the scent of the flowers as you hold the scissors. With me now?” Raven seemed to calm down. He took this as a yes and smiled, continuing, “Good, now picture the uneven leaves, branches and dead buds as bad memories you want to get rid of or cleanse yourself from.” She did as instructed as she snipped off a dead white rose bud. After doing that, she did feel a little calmer. However, she was not careful and accidentally pricked herself

“Ouch!” she pulled her hand back.

“And be careful of the thorns,” he sighed. He took her hand, “Let me see.” She took her hand away.

“I can take care of myself,” she protested. He rolled his eyes.

‘My, my. Strong and independent.’ He thought. “I just want to take a look.”

“I’m fine,” she winched. Shadowcobra quickly held her hand and she glared. “Let go,” she growled, angrily.

“No,” his hand glowed white, surprising her. “Now I will,” he let go. Raven looked at her to see the small wound had closed.

“You healed it,” she said, a bit surprised.

“It was just a simple healing spell. No big deal,” he told her. He picked a blooming black rose. “Here,” he presented it to her. “Take it.”

“What? Why?”

“Call it a present. You did well on your first attempt.” She blushed while taking it. He saw this and smiled. "You were a bit calmed down when you were doing it."

“Thanks,” she said. “How did you know I was calmed?”

“Call it a lucky guess and you can tell a lot by looking at a person’s face.”

“Sometimes, you have to dig deeper,” she told him. She tried to hide the rose in her cloak, but he stopped her.

“Not there,” he took the rose and put it in her hair, “There, how lovely.”

Raven blushed crimson and looked away from him. He was complimenting her. She walked to her spot, only for him to follow her.

“Going to meditate?” he asked. “May I join you?”

“Suit yourself,” she sat down and levitated a few inches off the ground. She closed her eyes and chanted, “Azarath Metrion Zinthos…” over and over again. He did the same and breathed silently. Of course, he decided to follow her chant.

“Azarath…Metrion…Zinthos…” he chanted slowly before the words became natural to him. Raven stared at him by the corner of her eye. Her lips curled into a little smile. She then raised her hand to the black rose in her hair and smiled before returning to her meditation.

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“Do you think Shadowcobra’s acting a little weird?” asked Pluto as Draco helped him unpack his stuff.

“What ever do you mean?” Draco asked while hanging up a poster before going to another box.

“I mean, we know he’s a flirt, sometimes.” He corrected himself, “Okay, all the time. But we both know that’s a mask.”

Draco shrugged, “What’s your point?”

Pluto grinned, “I think our Ichijyo likes Raven.”

“Shadowcobra?” Draco eyes widened. “Nah…couldn’t be.”

“You have to admit, they do have a lot in common.”

“That’s a little hard to believe. Raven controls her emotions.”

“So does Shadowcobra,” Pluto reminded

“Remember when he flung me out of the window,” Draco told him.

“You burnt his favorite bonsai. He had good reason to be mad.”

“It was a little weed,” Draco protested.

“It was 400 year old tree and you turned it into a bon-fire overnight,” Pluto reminded.

“I had a cold!” Draco tried to make an excuse.

“Didn’t stop him from flinging you out of his 13th floor apartment.”

Draco grumbled and went back to unpacking.

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Raven and Shadowcobra were done meditating and were looking out over the city. She turned to him. Maybe…maybe he’s not so bad, she thought. “Um…Shadowcobra,” she began.

Shadowcobra turned to her and opened his eyes, “Hm?”

This was the first time she had a clear look at his eyes. They were crystal blue and almost glowing under the light of the sun. She added, “There’s this café I go to, where you can listen to, or share, poetry. There’s also this bookstore I always go to.” He stared at her, blankly, she continued, “Would…would you like to go, sometime?”

Shadowcobra smiled at her softly, much different from his usual arrogant smirk. She looked down and small blush crept over her face. He lifted her head up by the chin and said, “I will.”

“Then it’s a date,” she blurted out. Shadowcobra raised an eyebrow. The glass window on the door cracked. Raven breathed, trying to calm her emotions. He had a sad look in his eyes.

“It must be hard for you,” he told her, “To have to hold back your emotions all the time.”

“Not much. I do it all the time,” she replied. She stood up and walked back to the stairs that led into the Tower. He watched her go before he turned into shadows and disappeared.

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Shadowcobra was in his new room in the Tower. The room was empty of course. “Better start now.” He began to unpack.

The End

Chromedragozoid Notes: This is basically the first 11 chapters of Zodiac Knight Draco put together to form this one big story. I made a few changes though but this is like the first 3 episodes of Transformers Armada put together as a debut movie. I added a bit more to the ending though.

The Zodiac Knights were inspired from Kamen Rider Ryuki and Jackie Chan Adventures. Their powers all come from the show. Their human identities are my own creation and belong to me. There is also a little influence from Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac too.

Draco’s armor is based a bit from Kamen Rider Ryuki’s armor with a few modifications. Pluto’s armor is based on Kamen Rider Knight’s armor with modifications. Shadowcobra’s armor is based on Kamen Rider Oja’s armor, with some changes to the helmet and chestplate. I based Copycat’s armor on Nefertina’s armor from Mummies Alive, also with a few modifications.

This version has several differences to the original. One of those differences is that Draco removed his helmet voluntarily to Jinx and the Titans, revealing his face to them, while in the original version, they saw Draco’s face for the first time after he was wounded and brought to the Hospital. Also, Pluto and Shadowcobra appeared a lot earlier and there was no Hospital scene.