Good Lord~! It's certainly been a while since I've been here, huh?

Wally: No Duh, Lord-of-LAZY!

WELL! I never!

Robin: Right. So, can we get on with this? Batman's expecting me back soon.

Huh? (just now realized he was there) Oh! Right!

CHAPTAH!

STARTO!

Reki scrunched up her nose at the two people sitting on the floor, tied up and back to back with each other. The blonde looked up at her, smiled in a cheeky fashion, and looked back down.

"You...teme." She muttered, which confused the majority of the League around her, though the Young Justice picked up the gists of it. Izumi responded under his breath, which in turn made Reki shriek and lunge for him. Green Lantern held the enraged dimension-hopper back by a single green energy band, extending from his ring. She was shouting rapidly, dialects and laguages flowing out like water from a just-broken dam.

"Okay, before this gets even more out of hand, how do you know these two?" The green-eyed man asked, pulling back on the leash around her neck. Reki stopped clawing at Izumi and turned to him.

"Well, see, I kinda intruded on their dimension, and at the time I forgot how to erase peoples memories, so YEAH HA HA HA HA HA..." She laughed nervously. An epic, group face-palm went around the room, except for Robin who snickered in his creepy way. Izumi was also snickering, though it was more humorous, and Keigo simply sighed in agitation, struggling against the chains.

"Do you mind taking these off?" Reki stared at him, then scowled.

"Yes. As a matter of fact, freak-who-destroyed-several-buildings, I would mind." He scowled back at her, the effect doubled due to his fangs. Izumi nudged their shoulders together, making the scowl disappear momentarily. Instead, there was an almost gentle look from the vampire, before Wally stepped forward.

"You know Rhapsody?" Both gave each a look towards the red-head, each other, then back to him before nodding. "Do you know why he came here? Or why he was attacking all those people? Or why-" His throat swelled, and Wally hadn't realized he was crying, until Reki reached out and gently pressed her palm against his wing.

Izumi was watching him with a studious expression. He slowly stood, the chains falling to his feet, and he kept his eyes trained on the red-head as he walked towards him. Once he was close enough, he placed his hand on Wally's cheek- and his pink eye began to glow. Sleep, child. Wally's eyes reacted as well, and he fell forward into the blondes arms.

"What did you do-" Superboy started forward with a growl, stopping when Izumi held up his hand.

"He's sleeping. His emotional control is bad, probably worse because of Rhapsody." Izumi held Wally for a few seconds, his eyes glowing dimly, before it stopped and he handed the boy to his uncle. Reki, meanwhile, had been frozen in shock, before she shrieked.

"YOU MEAN YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN UP ANYTIME YOU WANTED?" Izumi smirked, shrugging. Reki turned away, muttering what sounded like 'now I remember why I hated you two so much.' The blond giggled, walking back towards Keigo and setting him free as well. The vampire flexed his arms, cracked his spine, and did a few jogging motions, before staring at the Flashes.

"He may smell like an Incubus, but he definitely doesn't act like one. More human than anything. Maybe he wasn't given enough venom?" Robin's eyes went wide behind his mask.

"Yeah!" All eyes turned to him. "When Rhapsody bit him, Superboy knocked him away before he was done. So, Wally's still human, or is there a way we can turn him back?" Izumi gave the boy wonder a small, sad, smile.

"Unfortunately, we'd need to see the highest of vampires, Lord Nakini. And even he might not be able to turn your friend back. I'm sorry." Izumi rubbed his arm, Keigo wrapping his arms around the other solemnly. Reki thought for a few seconds, before speaking.

"Oy." They turned to her. "I've been wondering about your eye, maestro. And why is your hair so short now, bat-bitch? What happened after I left?" Izumi and Keigo were silent. Then, as though in complete synch, they gave each other a nod and sat, cross-legged, on the floor.

"Alright then. You may want to sit down. This will take some time to properly explain."

It was a dark age of man. Gargoyles, vampires, creatures of darkness and superstition ran rampant among mortals. Man was afraid. As he should be...

It changed, though. Gargoyles befriended humans who sought refuge in their castles, children and woman praising them for protection. Man fought alongside the creatures they once feared, and soon, creatures were seen as magical beings who were held high in honor. Vampires were mecenaries, carrying out missions to protect their clans from dying out, and even that was changed when it was discovered how beautifully they played music. Soon, they were invited in to play for human events, and even for celebrating their own.

But even that changed.

My brother, Koichi, killed a human who said that he was playing pranks on the man, sounding just like him. The truth, though, is that for every human voice, there is a vampire who has the same exact voice. Not even Nakini knows why this is. My brother killed the man, stole his voice note, and fled from the castle. The king was so outraged, he had his magisters use a powerful spell, which sealed the voices of the vampires, and forced them into another dimension. Ever since then, human kind has learned to fear creatures, and vampires have come to bear deep hatred towards man.

Wally shifted uncomfortably in his sleep. Robin placed a hand on his knee, smiling slightly when the red-head mumbled something unintelligent and rolled over. Keigo and Izumi both noticed this, and felt a small swell of sympathy towards the speedster.

"Even I once beared such a hatred towards humans." Keigo turned his head, smiling at Izumi. "But when I met my counterpart, Izumi, I felt the strangest feeling wash over me. Like I had found my other half, my soulmate. I then resolved to protect Izumi and his family."

Reki cracked her neck, staring at the two with a deep expression. "But then things happened outside your control."

Izumi nodded, his eyes glowing dimly. "Yes. A werewolf named Mad-Fang was assigned by Koichi to target us. But she became part of our life, when she fell for a friend of mine, Hiroku. Hiroku, Choumi, and a girl called Togeki are part of a group known as the Comet Clubbers. Their parents are all famous monster hunters. Hiroku took Maddie in, and she remained with him after we left to find Rhapsody." Keigo put a hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"You're getting ahead of yourself, dear." Izumi huffed and sat back down. Keigo took over. "After Mad-Fang revealed herself, I knew my brother was close. I went on alert, but somehow he was still able to kidnap Izumi from under my watch. Mad-Fang was reluctant, but she eventually helped me find the warehouse my brother and Izumi were in. I fought him, while MadFang rescued Izumi, but then the warehouse caught fire, just after that punk Rhapsody revealed that he was the one behind the entire charade."

Izumi scowled. "Rhapsody wanted something known as the Melody Core, and power strong enough to destroy the world." At this, Green Lantern snorted.

"Lots of things are powerful enough to destroy the world, kid. What makes you think this Core-thingy is any different?" Both shared a look, before settling their gaze on the lantern.

"Because the first time the Core was activated, Pangea split in two." A stunned silence shot through the room, followed by a helpless feeling of horror. Izumi nodded. "And if Rhapsody ever got hold of it, the human fate would be sealed: total and utter destruction. We stopped him at the last minute by splitting the Core into three parts. One went to the Vampire Lord Nakini, one went to the Angelic Realm, and one came here. We believe it resides in a piece of vampire creation known as the Fey Mirror." Wally's eyes shot open, just as Reki screeched.

"That's the thing Rhapsody stole from us! We were gonna use it to contact Nakini and make him turn Wally back!" Izumi shook his head.

"This is bad. Rhapsody has one piece, we have the other. If he gets to it, he can use the Resonation spell to get the third piece and recombine the Core. After that..." He trailed off, his eyes shrunk in horror.

"We're all screwed."

Reki once again erased the memory of Mom as they walked past her, and Robin convinced the poor, confused, and ditzy, woman that she was going to take a vacation, preferably at a Wayne-Corp hotel somewhere in Hawaii. Reki signaled a room to the two.

"You'll sleep here for the time being. I don't want to hear you, though, got it?" They both sent a smirk that, quite frankly, made Aqualad's skin crawl. Especially since Keigo's right fang tended to peek out from under the corner of his mouth, creating a creepy, almost hungry effect. Then they began to snicker.

"Can't promise anything. Especially with Keigo here." Izumi muttered, before letting out a sharp yelp when the vampire placed his fangs against the column of the blonde's throat. Artemis, Black Canary, and M'gann all turned bright red, Artemis snickering loudly, while the guys pretended to barf. Izumi began to giggle, before yet again yelping as Reki shot a waterball at them.

"I swear, I will fucking get a hose, hook it up, and spray you two if you do that again. OR ANYTHING LIKE IT!" She shouted at the catty grins they gave each other, which morphed into pouts. Izumi stuck his tongue out at her, saying what sounded like 'akambe' or something, to which she screeched and tried to lunge at him again. Superboy held her back this time.

"YOU SON OF A HALF-WIT TROLL-EATING SCUZBUCKET, PIG-MUNCHER!(1)" She screamed, trying to grab him with her energy paws. He dodged most of them, except for the last one, which he popped like a balloon. Reki frowned, then hopped out of the clone's arms and began walking away. "Whatever. Go at it like rabbits, I don't care. I hope you die post-coitus."

Wally raised his hand, but Reki snapped her fingers. "No, don't ask how that is possible. I know only because you-"She pointed at Izumi, "-told me. And now I'm telling you, you don't want to know."(2) She turned and walked away. "Now, I'm going to bed, and so help me, the person who wakes me up will be found in the morning hanging by their toes from the cliffside." Izumi began to snicker, even as Keigo sighed, dragging the blond away by the elbow. The others said their goodnights as well, until only Wally and Robin were left.

"We'll find a way. I promise." Wally looked down at his friend, who was focused on the door to the Incubus's room. The red-head sighed.

"I know. I hope so too."

READ AND REVIEW! Okay, so a bit of history from my comic, Talent Drain. I will have it posted on my smack jeeves account...eventually. ^-^;

(1): How to train your dragon quote. Because nothing was funnier than Astrid flipping out about Hiccup beating her.

(2): Atlantis the movie quote. Because once again, that quote is hilarious, especially the way he says it.