Damn creative stifling straight to freaking hell. I have a million ideas, but no idea how to write any of them. If you get to read this, I am sorry for the 'hiatus'. It's killing me over. Anyway, I hope you get to read this. It should be 2 chapters. Next chapter has the KF/Rob. Anyway, I typed this in 30 minutes so it probably isn't good. Just wait for next chapter. That'll (hopefully) be the good one! And I had to use the sidekick names only, so sorry if it pisses you off as much as it did for me. And yes, I meant to say 'lighted blue circle' because it's not a circle, it's a circle of light that's blue and that didn't sound right to me. Once again, apologies~

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Artemis' body struck the ground, a cry of pain slipped past her lips as the lighted blue circle surrounded her, making her mess-up just that much more obvious with the hideous label of 'fail' beside her head. Ignoring Robin's amused giggles and Kid Flash's wisecrack, she took Black Canary's helpful hand and eased herself to her feet, brushing off her shame. The elder of the two blonde's offered Artemis a comforting smile and patted her back, lightly pushing her off towards the others.

"Who wants to try next?" Black Canary challenged, looking around for a worthy opponent.

She expected to see Superboy or Kid Flash step forward to defend their title. To her surprise, a little pale hand rose up and a little thirteen yer old began to teeter on the toes of his Converse. An impatient smile hovered over his lips, his eyes raised high above his black sunglasses.

"Me! Me!" his arm quivered from the excitement he had to hold inside.

Black Canary raised an eyebrow, smiling curiously. Until now, all she had to go on about the youngest ebony's fighting skills was Batman's constant praising… and the little spars she had observed, but she was still clueless on the bird's methods either way.

"Alright," she cracked her neck, taking a step back. "Let's see what you can do…"

Little Robin bolted up to the floor in front of her, hopping around excitedly. He pushed his shades up on his nose, curling his fingers into fists before glancing over at the others, seeing if he had their support.

Superboy held a proud smirk, shaking his head with his arms folded over his chest. Artemis had a friendly frown, leaning against the wall, curiously watching on. Aqualad neither smiled nor frowned, steadying his eyes on the occupants of the simulation battlefield. Megan had a supportive smile, but she looked ready to fly off to fetch Batman at any moment. Kid Flash was the only one who actually looked supportive.

"Whoo! Go Rob!" he cupped his hands around his lips, pumping a fist into the air.

Robin smiled shyly, looking adown and lightly biting into his lower lip as a discrete blush played over his cheeks innocently. Black Canary kept an eyebrow raised at the foreign tint to the sidekick's cheeks. A member of the Bat Family knew how to show that kind of emotion?

"Whenever you're ready," she encouraged, pulling her boot back and dropping into a fighting stance.

A look crossed the youngest's face that could've easily been mistaken for pure agony, but he blinked it off before anyone could recognize it and nodded curtly, pulling his fist and right foot back lightly.

"I won't go easy on you just because you're my teacher, I hope you know that," he stalled, seizing her up and mapping out a battle strategy out across his mind.

Black Canary felt horrible when she had to swallow a snicker, but she had to face the facts. If Superboy, the strongest among them, and Kid Flash, the quickest, couldn't take her down, there was no way that this little adorable mess could.

"That's all I could hope," she smiled back at him, almost a little too excited to take on the protégé to the Dark Knight.

Before she could figure out that their conversation was over, she found herself seeing a blur of sunglasses before she had to quickly throw an arm out to block the foot aimed for her stomach. She hadn't expected such power to come from such a little thing, let alone the swiftness of the kick, so she hadn't had enough time to use a proper block. She was knocked off balance, heading to the floor. Not wanting to be declared a fail in front of the team, she brought her hands down before her and spun herself around.

Her leg twirled with her, intended to send the boy in blue to the ground with her. The little ebony was better prepared though. He easily jumped her misintentional boot, the gears in his mind spinning faster than Kid Flash ever could on any height of a sugar high. Black Canary was quick to her feet, throwing a punch that was even faster. Robin wasn't thrown off guard by that either. He easily stopped her hand, pushing it back.

"Do you still do that counseling thing?" he breathed, using the force to throw himself backwards.

His partner was caught off guard by the words, but not enough to stop the fight. She sensed he didn't really want the attention from how quietly he said it anyway. She dropped to her knees, waiting for him to touch down. Robin obviously noticed this and with a trademark giggle, he shoved down on her head halfway through the air. It sent her down to the floor and gave him the extra boost to land and slide gracefully across the floor, balancing himself with one hand in a way that would make Batman beam proudly.

She quickly got up, preventing her status from going negative, opening her lips to reply to his question in a whisper. Robin noticed and his eyes widened under the shades. He quickly rose to his feet, darting to her front and faking a punch. When she went to block, he caught her arm and ducked, charging forward and knocking her legs up over his shoulder.

"Just nod or shake your head," he breathed, flipping her over his shoulder and throwing her to the ground.

Caught off guard by both the words and the surprising move, she slammed into the ground and accepted defeat. Kid Flash was the first to get excited, rushing onto the floor and congratulating his bro with a fist bump and a half-hearted hug. The others cheered for their young friend, excited by the win. Robin's face lit up happily and he put an arm around Kid Flash, leaning his head against his friend's shoulder for as long as he could until the ginger pulled away.

Robin took that as his cue to go over and help the woman to her feet. His shades had slid down his nose just a fraction of an inch, showing how scared his little blue eyes were. Black Canary smiled once she was to her feet, nodding secretly at him.

"Good job," she congratulated him, patting him on the shoulder. "We'll have to try again soon?"

She couldn't help but notice that his eyes obviously weren't on her. They were on whoever was behind her. She discretely peeked over her shoulder, noting the only person that Robin could be staring at. She failed to hide a smile.

"That eager for me to beat you again?" he laughed before his voice dropped to something lower than a whisper. "Can we talk? L-Like now? Away from them?"

Black Canary took the hint with a nod, pretending as if she had just got a call on the communicator. She stepped off to the side, putting a hand to her ear. She felt powerful with all of the curious eyes in the room on her.

"Hey," she smiled, looking up at the ceiling, "Yeah, he's right here. Want me to send him on? … Alright, see you in a sec."

She glanced over at Robin with a secretive glance.

"That was Batman. He said you guys are needed over in Gotham," she lied neatly.

Robin smiled thankfully over at her, darting to her side. He glanced back to Kid Flash, waving goodbye.

"See ya," he grinned, pushing his shades up.

The ginger frowned to see his friend leaving, but he waved nonetheless.

"Aw… Text me!" he pleaded, grinning hopefully at the back of the ebony's head.

Robin nodded, walking fast after the blonde. He waited until they were out of even Superboy's earshot before he actually untensed.

"I-I'm sorry it's so inconvenient… but I can't talk to anyone else. My…" he choked on the next few titles, "… p-parents… a-and… grandparents… wouldn't understand and my best friends wouldn't approve either so I… my counselor at school wouldn't be helpful…"

Black Canary smiled comfortingly down at him.

"It's fine, there's no need to apologize. I'm always here if you need someone to listen," she reminded him, leading him into the back room before easing the door shut to keep out any unwanted ears.

Robin smiled nervously, sitting down in one of the two green armchairs. He shakily crossed his ankles, setting his hands on his knees and staring down at his jeans for a little before he tugged off his sunglasses and set them beside his thigh. He made sure to keep his eyes down to protect his identity, but it was the perfect way to show that now the blonde had a person to help, not a hero.

Sorry it's two chapters. I had to think of a clever way for Robin to ask for help. He is sidekick to Batman after all and Batman probably has a rule against asking for help… speaking of Batman, when's the new episode coming out? I heard rumors of June 3rd? Review?

-F.J.