The New Kid on the Block

This story was requested by vbajor10. This is actually my very first story involving Jeff Hardy so I hope I do all right writing him. With that, on to the story and I hope everyone enjoys this. As always, leave feedback, comment, critique, review, whatever if you want.

CM Punk is sitting on his couch in his Chicago apartment when his phone rings with a familiar number.

CM Punk: "What's up, Rollins? Long time no speak, dude."

Seth: "Hey Punk. Dude, you have to come down to the Black and the Brave Wrestling Academy. There is this kid here who is absolutely just blowing my mind. You have to meet him."

CM Punk: "You want me to meet a student of yours?"

Seth: "Yes. I want you to meet a student of mine. He's actually a student of Jeff Hardy. Maybe you've heard of the guy."

CM Punk: "Jeff Hardy teaches now? I thought things were going good over there at TNA."

Seth: "Dude, I'm Mr. Money in the Bank and I still make time to come over to the school and train some of the students. Don't be a douche."

CM Punk: "I didn't know Hardy was even in to the wrestling academy scene. He always came off as too good for that type of thing to me. I guess he's grown since the guy I met back in the ECW days."

Seth: "Yes. He's grown up a lot since the guy you met in the ECW days. He got clean and married and had a daughter."

CM Punk: "I knew he was married and had a daughter I just wasn't aware he worked at the academy with you on occasion."

Seth: "Surprise. He works at the academy with me and he has a student he has grown super close to. They are like brothers to each other even though he's 37 and Mark Parker is 28."

CM Punk: "That's awesome. I'm really happy for him. So, what made you call me and say I really need to check this Mark Parker dude out?"

Seth: "Well, the obvious Jeff Hardy connection for one thing. That was one of your all time rivals back in WWE before he left. That stood out on his resume to me. I must have gone over his admission papers like a hundred times to make sure I wasn't just accepting him because he was trained under Hardy. Then something else caught my eye. He listed you as one of his Jujutsu teachers and he went to Gracie for his martial arts experience."

CM Punk: "Well, if I was one of his teachers there's no wonder you're impressed with the kid. You know what; I think I will come down to the school. I'm curious about this kid now. I don't forget my students especially the ones that become successful. You were my last successful student."

He grabs his shoes from next to the couch and puts them on his feet.

Seth: "That's what Mark Parker is going for my level success. He's here religiously every single day. He even arrived like an hour early the first day so he could warm up. This kid has serious dedication."

CM Punk: "I'll come down to the school right now. I'm leaving the house as we speak."

He grabs his keys and locks up his house after making sure he had his wallet, keys and phone which was obviously in his hand.

Seth: "All right. I'll see you soon, dude."

CM Punk: "Later."

Seth: "Later."

They hang up. Seth goes into the gym where Mark Parker is stretching out getting ready to start training. Mark is not your typical looking wrestler. When you think WWE you get an image in your head of a clean cut, cookie cutter type wrestling image. Well, Mark Parker doesn't fit your cookie cutter wrestling image. The man is 6 foot tall and about 217 with long hair that he had dyed pink on one side and a dark black down the middle with purple streaks and blonde on the other side of his head. His left ear has about 6 piercings in it. His nose is pierced. His eye brow is pierced and his tongue is pierced. Both of his arms are covered in tattoos and his typical ring gear he likes to work out in are street clothes, but that didn't slow him down in the ring any. He wasn't against wearing tights out in the ring like the rest of the wrestlers liked to do. He just wanted to stand out and be an original. He never was the type to follow the crowd and just nod his head along with the rest of the sheep.

What Seth didn't know is Mark Parker had a little bit of a fan base already built up and was on his way to great things. He'd sent his tapes all over the circuit for different people to view. Jeff Hardy was more than just some teacher to him. He looked up to him as a mentor and wanted to impress him with his own moves. The fact that his mentor became one of his closest friends was icing on the cake. He looked up to Jeff and CM Punk both a lot.

So it was only natural that Mark would join Black and the Brave Academy because Seth Rollins is one of CM Punk's best friends and Punk also trained Seth and gave him his WWE Push.

Seth: "'Sup Mark."

Mark: "Hey Colby. How's it going?"

Seth: "So far so good how about you?"

Mark: "Good. I'm just warming up before Jeff gets here."

Seth: "That's always a good thing."

Mark: "So, what's up?"

Seth: "I had a question about your application. You listed CM Punk as one of your martial arts teachers on your application. How long ago did you train with him?"

Mark: "About two years. He did a really good job training me before he went back to the WWE."

Seth: "You trained with CM Punk for two years and he never brought up the fact that he trained me to you."

Mark: "Yes he did. He brought up the fact that he trained you to me and he also said he could be a real hard ass and that I had to really impress him. That's why I consider him like a brother to me. He gave me my start and now I'm fine tuning my skills before I throw my hat into the WWE ring my own self."

Seth: "Oh you plan on throwing your hat into the WWE ring."

Mark: "I sure do and what's a better way to do that then to be trained by the Best in the World?"

Seth: "I can't argue that point, but I can promise you that if you go through the training and you pass all the tests and work really hard that hat might fly into the ring sooner than you think."