Friendly Rivalry

Rival gangs attend Jump High, but as the saying goes... There's no room for second place, just first. What problems lay among the Teen Titans in the future at their high school as the rival gangs force their way to be on top? Everything is just fun and games until someone gets hurt.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans!

Chapter 2 - Interruptions

Jinx crossed her arms, never letting the smirk leave her face. She watched as two of her members of H.I.V.E Five went to attack. She always enjoyed a good fight. They have yet to fight the Titan's, but who says it couldn't start now.

Gizmo walked towards the Teen Titans with anger on his face. Mammoth, a tall junior who's body matched that of a NFL player, cracked his fingers as he smirked. "Let's do this!" he laughed out, clearly wanting to pick up a fight. Gizmo smirked, clearly agreeing. People all around the two groups of teens tensed and stood to either find another place to eat or to leave.

Dick stared right at Gizmo, an annoyed look on his handsome face, "Get out of here before you cause any problems squirt." This got the short boy to yell out in anger. Gizmo ran at the Teen Titans, anger flaring out of him. He just wanted to beat these guys up.

Suddenly a broom shot up and then was whipped down, nailing Gizmo right on the head. An older woman began shouting in her own foreign language, angry at the sudden loss of customers these stupid teens were doing. She began to swing her broom back and forth at the H.I.V.E members, causing them to annoyingly grab their belongings and push past the Titans. Jinx, passing Victor, winked with a devious smile on her face. "Until next time cutie."

Victor cringed at the thought of them dating. Yeah, as if that would ever happen.

The woman put her broom down, smiling at the Titans. "Come, come! Sit!" She motioned towards a clean table that held a perfect number of five. It was the table they sat at every time they came for pizza. Victor grinned at the elder Italian female, "You know us so well Mama Evalina!" The others all chuckled when the said 'mama' just smiled and threw the pizza they ordered every time on the table. Half vegetarian, half meat. Perfect.

Everyone ate, finding something to talk about, but had to end at some point. Rachael pulled the money out, including the tip, and placed it on the table. It was her turn to pay, and this only caused Garfield to groan in annoyance at the thought of paying for the next time. He needed some cash...

"Hey guys, I told Star that I'd walk her home. We'll catch you guys tomorrow. Are we carpooling tomorrow Cyborg?" Dick asked, grabbing his school bag and throwing one strap around his arm to allow him to carry the bag and still manage to look cool.

"Yeah, I'll be by around seven." Cyborg answered, waving his two his companions off. The others simply headed to the T-Car, piled in and headed to who knows where.

Kori pushed some of her auburn hair behind her ear, glancing over at her best friend. "Richard," she began, using his real name when their friends were not around, "You didn't have to partake in the walk to my home. It is getting kind of late. It's already almost six thirty." She felt bad, not wanting him to walk alone to get back to his place.

Dick smiled at the girl, slightly looking up at the taller of the two, "Don't worry about it Kori. I like walking you home. Plus, I can handle myself. You never know who could be out there wanting to hurt a pretty girl like you." He inwardly cursed at himself. He practically called Kori pretty... Well, it wasn't the truth anyways. She wasn't pretty. She was beautiful. Any guy would kill to have her, including Dick.

Kori kept a smile on her face, but she finally stopped and took a seat on a nearby bench. She did this every time she walked home. Dick, already having walked her home many times before, sat next to her and they both stared off into the distance. Large trees swayed back and forth in the wind. Children, parents, and animals all played around the park. "Isn't it just wonderful?" asked the green eyed beauty.

Dick could only looked at the girl, inwardly telling himself, 'Yes, but not as wonderful as seeing you so happy...' He felt his stomach turn, his chest tighten. He stared straight off towards the calming scenery like Kori did, but he let his hand slide over and lightly touch hers. He noticed the girl looked down quickly, but she let her gaze look over at Richard Grayson. She finally looked away, a blush on her cheeks as she let her hand move closer to his.

"Kori, I..." Dick wanted to spill everything out. He wanted to tell her how much he cared for her, how much he hated to see her with other men, and even how he felt when he saw her happy. He wanted to admit that he wanted to kiss her and look into her large green eyes that made him lose focus ever since the first time he looked into them. He liked her so much... Maybe even love her. Still, it was too early for him to label anything yet.

"Kori, I l-"

"What's up Dick?" spat out a cocky looking male. He walked over, arms crossed over his chest as he smirked at them. Both Titan's removed their hands from each other at the sudden interruption by Xavier Redd, commonly known by his friends as Red-X.

Xavier chuckled as Kori looked away and Dick glared daggers at him. "Awe, what's wrong? Did I interrupt something important? What were you telling your girlfriend?" He laughed when Dick stood, ready to throw fist at Xavier if needed.

"She's not my girlfriend! Get out of here before I hurt you." Dick threatened, clearly not enjoying Xavier's presence. Kori stood, stepping between them both.

"Stop this, please." Kori said, a worried look on her face.

"Only if you agree to go on a date with me tomorrow beautiful." Xavier said, stepping closer to Kori and letting one of his hands touch her lower back in an attempt to pull her closer. Dick didn't like this very much. Lunging at Xavier, he tackled the male to the ground, raising his fist up to hit him. No punch ever came. Dick held back his anger well.

Dick was thrown off roughly and both males stood, glaring at each other. Kori grabbed onto Dick's arm, lightly pulling him away. "Let's go... Please." The Grayson boy nodded and turned away with the Anders girl. Both of them left Xavier behind.

Xavier smirked, watching them leave. "Watch yourself Grayson..."

A small house came into view and Kori stopped walking once she was in front of it. turning to Dick, she lightly wrapped her arms around him in a sweet embrace. Her eyes closed as she wished she could stay there forever. Dick wrapped his arms around her, returning the hug. He felt his face heating up, but he made no move to pull away. Finally the front door opened and a taller, older version of Kori stood at the door. The only difference was the hair and eye color. She crossed her arms, eyeing the two Titan's in a weird way.

"Thank you Richard..." Kori smiled and said as she pulled away.

"Don't worry about it." Dick replied, smiling still. "I'll see you in the morning."

The girl simply turned around and walked into the house, lightly brushing past her sister who stared at Dick with a glare. Once her little sister was gone, she took a few steps towards Dick, arms still crossed and a glare never leaving.

"I don't know what games you are playing at, but I'm the only person who can hurt Kori and get away with it. I'll kill you if you screw with her." With that, Koma entered the house and left a silent Dick. What was that all about? He sighed and began to walk home in silence. Such a beautiful night... What could go wrong? Nothing could possibly ever go wrong at this rate. Yeah, so what? There was a problem here and there, but that was life. Nothing the Teen Titan's couldn't handle.

Dick looked up to the colorful sky.

"Nothing is too big to handle if you are a Teen Titan..."

Anyone ever notice hints of foreshadowing? Maybe not... Review!