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.

Note: As you can tell, this isn't completely based on Kori and Dick. I have the other three in as well, but once things get started up, it will be more focused on those two. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans!

Chapter 3 - Troubles Start

Beep, beep, beep...

The alarm clock went off loudly by the young girl's ear. Kori let her eyes flutter open and she slammed her fist down, stopping the alarm clock from giving her an even bigger headache. Sleep was hard to get last night, but it was six in the morning and she had to get ready for the day.

Sitting up, Kori Anders grabbed a towel and headed for the shower. Once finished the girl dried her hair and dressed. Suddenly a honking sound was heard out front. Jumping up from her chair, she grabbed her purple school bag and raced down the steps, grabbing the toast her uncle held on a plate for her. He chuckled, waving the tiny girl off.

"Have a good day!" the uncle's voice boomed out. Kori smiled, waving as she took a few bites of her toast, climbing into the T-Car. A bunch of greetings rang out around her as the other four friends saw the girl get in. She tossed her toast out the door, not caring much for it since she knew the birds would happily make a meal of it.

"Greetings friends. How are all of you this wonderful morning?" Kori asked, a large smile on her face.

Garfield looked over his shoulder to look at Starfire, grinning at her as he spoke, "Great! I made this brand knew tofu and-"

"Yo, BB. Ever hear of something called 'real food'. It's good. It's involves beef, pork-"

Beast Boy glared angrily, "No! I refuse to eat that stuff! Anything to do with eating animals, leave me out!" Victor and Garfield both had opposing views, yet they were still best friends. Kori giggled at the argument.

"Please, let us have a good day."

And with agreements from Dick and Rachael, the group all headed in the direction to school.

Kori quickly entered her third hour class. She inwardly sighed to herself. This was her least favorite class of them all. Anything to do with Physics irritated her greatly. She looked at Mr. Light and smiled, taking her seat near the front of the class. Behind her sat the blonde haired brat that nobody could stand.

Ten minutes went by and all Kori heard was the constant complaints from Kitten. Kori could only roll her eyes at many of the conversations she heard between Terra, a random girl Garfield had a thing for, and the blonde idiot. The conversations went from stuff about her, to Dick, back to herself, money, to herself... She was annoying the poor Tamaran girl to death.

"Alright class, stand up and find your groups at the lab stations. You're name will be on the table along with the three other's in your group. Begin the assignment by creating your own procedure, creating a hypothesis and then demonstrating it." Mr. Light explained, motioning towards the lab stations. Kori stood, making her way to a table. She spotted her name and wanted to go over and threaten Mr. Light to change it. Her group consisted of Kitten, Jinx, and Terra. Terra was one Kori could be near and be okay. The other's on the other hand...

"Look what we have here," jinx smirked, "I should be honored to be in a group with the one and only Kori Anders!" The rest of the group laughed at this, none of them really caring much about how Kori felt.

"First, we need a procedure." Kori said, ignoring the last thing said about her. She didn't even bother to wait for her group to start talking about the project. They all busted out into conversation about nothing important. The green eyed beauty sighed and wrote the procedure by herself.

The others watched as Kori grabbed the needed materials to begin creating the procedure she had created. Noticing their interest, the girl spoke out loud, "As the circuit-No!"

Jinx reached over and took the gold wire, lightly leading it to where another wire rested. Everything was set up, but Jinx was going to make a big mistake. The girl placed both cables together and then a suddenly loud scream caused all eyes in the class to look over at the girl. Her hair was sticking up in weird ways and smoke came from the project on the table. Jinx stared wide eyed as she was just electrocuted. She looked at Mr. Light, "So... Do I get an A mommy...?" Suddenly the girl lay on the floor, clearly passed out.

Kori stared. Seriously? Was she that stupid? The class all laughed as Jinx sat up with the help of Mr. Light. She rubbed her head, glaring at Kori with a pure look of hatred. Kori gulped loudly. She was dead...

Lunch time rolled around and Kori sat at the table, head down and looking troubled. Rachael Roth took a seat a crossed from her auburn haired friend and stared into her book as she read. "What's wrong Star?" The only other female asked, briefly tearing her eyes from the book in her hands to look into bright emerald eyes.

"Um, well... Heh..." The said girl nervously let out a forced giggle, but it strained as it came out and showed how she truly felt; scared. "I built a project last hour and Jinx may have, uh... Well, electrocuted herself..."

Rachael stared. That was all she could do. Suddenly a smirk formed as the girl strained to hold in her laughter, "Sweet."

The familiar blonde haired boy ran over, slapping a hand on Kori's back. His hair was different today by having the tips of his hair dyed a dark green. A large toothy grin was on Garfield's face as he cheered on, "Way to go Starfire! I heard what you did!" He laughed, taking a seat next to her. Kori just stared, a nervous look still on her face.

Lunch ended, and the only other thing that the three Titan's did was plan for another trip to the pizza place. Standing, the group departed ways and headed to class. Garfield saw Cyborg and walked over, leaning against the locker as the large jock opened it. "Yo, what's up Cy?"

Victor cursed and looked at Garfield, "I had a run in with Mammoth. The big idiot decided that he wanted to try and injury me before the big game Friday. He looked angry, but when he looked at his best friend, he couldn't help but grin and add in, "But luckily, I didn't and I'm going to own the Gotham Bat's like they are nothing!"

Garfield snickered as he added in, "Hell yeah, and I'll be cheering you on with the others!"

With that, the warning bell rang and both friends left.

Gym ended and the gang found themselves showered and clean after the last class of the day. They all decided to stay a little while after. After tons of bickering, Dick finally made them all compromise by choosing to just go out and hangout by the T-Car. The others agreed for the sake of not being hurt by an angry Rachael.

The parking lot was basically empty after the mass of teenagers and teachers left to enjoy the rest of their day. One or two cars sat on separate sides of the student parking lot; however, one car sat towards the middle and did not stand out because of its good looks.

Victor's eyes widen as he ran over to the car, staring at the once 'sexy' vehicle. He looked like his child was ripped away from his arms and murdered. The car was his life! Hours and hours of pain, love, money...

"Who smashed her?!"

The other's all stared at the car, each one of them shocked and even angry at the sight. The windshield was bashed along with the other windows, windshield wipers bent and destroyed. The paint job, once a nice electric blue with some parts white, was scrapped and destroyed along with the hundreds of dents. His side view mirrors were barely hanging onto the car, and finally there was large letters painted on in bright red a bunch of times all over the car, especially the hood.

"'Watch Yourself'...? Why must we watch ourselves...?" Kori asked, her hand over her mouth from the shock she had experienced when she first saw the car. Rachael placed a finger on the paint, easily wiping some of it off.

"It's fresh. Someone JUST did this." the gothic looking girl said. Just as the words left her mouth, a car sped by with a group of people in it. Poking his head up from the sun roof, the short green hooded 'hobbit' like teen stuck his tongue out and placed his hands by his ears. Gizmo taunted them as he made the stupid face.

"This means war..." Victor said, glaring as the car raced by and finally turned and left the parking lot. "This means war!" He was furious. Clearly everyone could see that.

Garfield pulled out his phone, speaking mainly towards everyone other than Victor. "I'll call someone to come pick this up dude." That was all they could do. Get a tow to Victor's auto repair shop. Well, his friends shop, but it was the one he worked at.

After the call, Garfield placed his phone away and looked at Dick. "So, do we kick their ass's now or later?" He was angered about the situation, but he was even more angry that someone hurt his best friend.

"We don't do either. We can't just go pick a fight... They seem to be mad at us for stupid shit, but we have no evidence that they did this. Getting into a fight will not only get us in trouble, but add to the issues at hand." Dick said, "Plus, this is serious. It's vandalism. Someone could go to jail, and if we pick a fight we better hope it's not one of us. I'll talk to the Principle tomorrow." That was the Robin of the group. The leader who told them how the situations were, but never exactly how to solve them. That would be a team effort. Still, he always was one step ahead. It was getting late and they had to get home.

"That is alright, Robin." Kori smiled, taking a few steps backwards. "I'll be fine walking home alone. Plus, I have to make a few stops for Galfore and Kom."

Turning away, the girl looked over her shoulder and waved to her friends with a smile. No one could help, but smile back. Especially Dick. She was the star to their group. The bright light and happiness that made each one of them feel happy, even if there was a smashed car and threat bothering them. She tore her gaze away and finally headed to her first destination.

Kori readjusted her backpack on her shoulders, having both straps on. She was pleased with the day, other than the fact that the H.I.V.E Five were wrong and attacked their transportation vehicle. They were rude, selfish, and Kori wanted to fight them or something. Still, she couldn't. No, it's not that she couldn't. She simply didn't want to. She wasn't that type of person. Yeah, she was part of the heroes of the school, but she was more intimidating when mad. Never has she actually hurt someone. Well, unless it was their ego.

The girl finally stopped, entering a small shop with a sign glowing bright red in the window clearly showing that it was open. She entered and smiled at the cashier. "Hey Bee," Kori greeted. The girl smiled back, smiling at the sight of Kori Anders.

"Hey girl! Long time no see!" Karen Beecher exclaimed, a happy look on her face.

"Not my fault you live in another city and only come here when your cousin needs help."

Karen rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Whatcha need Kor?"

Kori grabbed some bread from the back of the small shop and headed back towards the counter. "Galfore never went shopping. I decided to grab the grain he requested." Smiling, Kori pulled out the money she needed and handed it to her friend. "Have a glorious evening Bee!" the girl said as she exited the shop.

"Bye, and stop by soon! Bring handsome with ya!" Karen called back, a grin on her face.

Kori giggled. It was cute how Karen had some form of a crush on Victor. If only he knew...

The sky was less bright than earlier, the evening finally kicking in. Colors began to dance in the sky as the day was coming to an end, night wanting to take over for most people who wished to sleep. Kori continued to walk, smiling as she glanced up at the sky. Stopping, the girl felt like someone was behind her. Turning to look over her shoulder, she glanced around. No one. She shrugged it off and continued to walk.

The feeling never went away and she felt uneasy. Stopping, she once again looked behind her and asked, "Who is there? Stop following me, please!"

No reply.

Speeding up her walk, Kori continued to head home. The feeling that made her feel followed and uneasy finally went away as she spotted her house. She walked up the steps to the porch, looking back at the scenery around her. No one. It was probably her imagination... Walking into the house, she placed the bread on the table and was greeted by her uncle.

"Oh, Galfore... You'll never believe what has happened today."

So, I had another story idea, but I already have two right now so I won't start it... But I recently saw some movies and wanted to do my own version with a Teen Titan twist :D

Anyways...

Sorry for chapters being late and stuff... I've got a lot on my mind. Applied for some ROTC scholarships and boyfriend leaves for basics soon... Also have some AP homework to work on so I can submit my homework in before the due date. I also have cheerleading and Marching band so I'm a busy person. :P

Review please.