Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10 (my sis thinks Kevin's hot) but I do own Danny and Xander

"Better hope I don't see you later, dork." The bully smugly told Danny, closing his locker with him inside and leaving with his 'friends' laughing cruelly.

"Xander." He called out with his mind and not too long after a boy with black hair had opened up the locker and told him,

"This had better be important; I was collecting the 10 bucks Tim Hertz owes me."

"Tim never loaned you any money." Danny reminded him

"And your point is?"

Danny half-rolled his eyes.

He and Xander had once been accidentally fused together and in fact, had only separated again a month or so ago. As a fused being they'd still kept their own separate minds. Unfortunately for those around them those minds were as different as sun and rain. Not that they had a fairytale friendship now that they were back to being two separate people, arguing with each other was what they did best. It's just after being part of a person for over two years you get kind of used to having them around. Besides, in an ironic way they tended to balance each other out. Plus, they still shared a mental and physical link.

"Why am I getting picked on so much?" Danny asked himself

"'Cuz you're a wimp." Xander shrugged

"No, I'm not." Danny told him, causing Xander to snicker

"Oh, come on! If it bothers you just beat them up. You can, ya know." Xander reminded him

"I really don't believe in using violence to solve problems." Just then the bell rang

"I got to get to class." Danny said, rushing off

"I got to avoid class." Xander replied

Not too long after Danny had left Xander heard a strange sound like a distant humming and followed it outside only to find that the noise had stopped. He was about to go get a mega gulp, knowing that Danny would pay for it later, when he noticed something.

"Not good."