Special thanks to Lakota1172, ArgentinaV, GlowBlade998, Anonamous131, EvelinK, MusicLover3 and DragonInferno for reviewing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Monsuno or any of it's characters. This is a request from ArgentinaV,she owns the idea and the OC - Xyphez which will appear in this story.
2. Of Psychotic Twins, Caring Aunts and Clueless Teammates
Dax grunted, shifting his weight so he was more comfortable. Man, that was the best sleep he had in ages, usually Chase would just wake him up at down so they could get a move on but now… a little more rest wouldn't hurt…
Dax yawned and shifted again. 'This bed's really hard' Dax thought, yawning again. Finally! He was comfortable, now he could go back to sleep…
Wait a second! Sleep?
Dax jolted upright in a heart-beat, quickly taking in his surroundings. The last thing he remembered was that he was talking to Charlemagne and Xyphez. But what happened then? Dax mentally face-palmed. Auntie Charley and Psychotic Duplicate happened, that's what!
"Ah, so I see you're awake." A voice to his right said, snapping him out of his mental rant. He looked over his shoulder to see Charlemagne facing away from him.
"Why was I asleep anyway?" Dax asked confused, his brain was still half-asleep. He yawned again but when he tried to move his arm he realized he was tied up with rope "And why am I TIED UP!?" he yelled indignantly "What's going on!?"
No answer.
Dax shifted so he could stare at Charlemagne, well, her back.
"Let me go!" Dax protested angrily, trashing in his restrains in an attempt to free himself. His mind was now working at top speeds as he thought up a strategy to get out of this mess "Do you want the team to get suspicious!? If I'm not there they'll know something's up!" Dax yelled, that was his thumb card. Charlemagne couldn't deny or ignore it.
She turned to face him but to Dax's surprise she was sporting an amused smile "Ah, but you are there." She said in a self-satisfied tone, gesturing toward the giant computer screen behind her. Sudden realization hit Dax.
"Xyphez." He said angrily. Looking down at his knees, he couldn't get himself free; his arms were tied behind his back.
"Correct," he heard his aunt confirm "I sent him to take care of your relationships with your little gang."
Dax grunted. 'Great, he's going to ruin my social life all together…'
Xyphez smiled to himself as he approached his team's camp. This is going to be so much fun! Not only does he get to play his twin's role but he also get's to ruin his life! Three words – best day ever!
When he entered their camp he was met with what would be a everyday scene in the lives of the members of team Core-Tech. The girl – Princess – was making breakfast. Two boys were sitting across from her, chatting – Baby Suno and Glasses. And the only other boy, the white-haired one – Monkfish – was meditating. 'Humph, well, he is a monk…' Xyphez thought.
"Where were you!?" the abrupt yell made Xyphez jump a little, but he quickly covered it up – it wouldn't do him well to get discovered.
"Um, I," he mumbled, unable to think of a coherent answer. Lucky for him, the commotion shattered Beyal's focus and he looked up, smiling.
"We we're worried for you Dax," he said softly, covering a small yawn. At that moment both Chase and Bren became aware of Xyphez's – um, Dax's presence. Baby Suno smiled but Glasses had a small frown on his face.
"Where we're you?" Bren asked distrustfully, as he and Chase made their way towards them. Xyphez smirked.
"Well Glasses what do you think I was doing?" he asked smugly. He had anticipated just such a situation, people were just too predictable these days. Bren blinked.
"Huh? Well I…" Bren murmured, taken completely of guard. Baby Suno sighed exasperatedly, looks like he has to put up with this really often. But Xyphez was happy with his handy work, so far, so good.
"Dax is right Bren." Beyal said, standing up "You have no proof he was doing something he should not."
Glasses hung his head, murmuring an inaudible "You don't either."
With that, Baby Suno and Glasses went to get water and food, leaving Xyphez with Princess and Monkfish. Beyal smiled at who he thought was Dax.
"Come Dax lets go." He said, heading off out of camp. Xyphez blinked, this he didn't predict. He had no idea about what the monk was talking about. All though from what he gathered, Dax usually didn't either.
"Um, go?" he asked uncertainly.
Jinja scowled. "You promised to train Beyal."
"Oh, right." He said. Since when did Dax give training lessons? What in the world have these people done to the Dax he knew? Well, he better play along for now. Besides, he'll ruin his twin's relationships with his friends soon enough.
"And where do you think your going!?" Princess snapped angrily.
Xyphez blinked. What was wrong with these people? "Um, to train with Beyal?" he said hesitantly.
"Oh no you don't!" she yelled.
"I will wait for you outside the camp." Beyal said hastily and made his way away from them.
Xyphez scowled slightly, Jinja was really beginning to get on his nerves. . Who does this girl think she is? No wonder Dax calls her Princess, she really had the attitude of one. "And why's that?"
Jinja crossed her arms in front of her chest "Because you need to help me to gather firewood."
Xyphez anger dissolved immediately, he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Oh, yeah, right."
Jinja gave him a weird look but said nothing. They made their way to a small group of trees and began to gather fallen branches for firewood. As Xyphez was piling the branches in his arms an idea came to him. He smirked, making his way so he was behind Jinja.
"Hey Princess?" he called softly, making it sound as though he was far away. She stud up, just as he planned.
"Humph?" she said before turning around. And when she did, Xyphez gave her a quick kiss on the lips. Quickly tossing all of the firewood in her arms along with all the other branches she collected so she could smack him, which he was sure she would have done if her hands were free.
Jinja froze, this was definitely not what she expected. The kiss ended abruptly, just as it started and before she could come to terms with what had just happened Dax was already running back to camp, shouting a quick "See you at lunch!"
And, just like that, in less then three seconds Dax had stolen a kiss from her and gotten away with it! And now Jinja was left with a gigantic pile of firewood in her arms that prevented her from running after him(so she wouldn't trip). Jinja felt her cheeks heat up with a furious blush.
"DAX! YOU'RE SO DEAD!"
