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A/N: Hey! Thanks' for the reviews, you guys are so nice, so just for you here's the second chapter.

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School Plays

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X yawned and closed his eyes; leaning against the chair in his car … sleep was the only thing on his mind, while a bump was the only thing on his head besides his hair. Growling he forced his eyes open and jerked the handle to throw open his car door and sluggishly tumble his way out the car. Slamming the door shut and making sure it was locked, X yawned again and leaned against the car glancing at his watch with a scowl, Damn, I'm gonna' be late … Mr. Ferguson is gonna' be on my ass today for this.

Not that he cared; his record wasn't exactly spic and span like his counter part and rival Robin Richards. However, sometimes when he hears the same thing being repeated over and over again. It grinds on the nerves and thus resulting in the skipping of the classes and dropping of the grades. Something his Aunt (Jinx's mother) ragged on him all the time, granted he should really be grateful Rouge took him in after his parents just gave up on him.

But X was also notorious for doing things his way. Slugging his bag on his shoulder he trudged onto school campus, ignoring the suspicious glares he was getting from the custodians as he made his way to J building. Where his creative writing class – and the dreaded teacher Mr. Ferguson – awaited. Now no one – repeat NO ONE – on the streets knew X was a writer, but he was. Well actually … he was more of a poet, but like said no one knew.

No one … but one of Robin Richards supposed "friends" a dark gothic girl named Raven. Every one – including Robin himself – were skeptical of "Raven" being her real name, but that was what she was called. Even the teachers called her by that name and never asked for a last name. Every one knew her as just … Raven. A pale girl with long silky violet hair always pulled up with a clip, braided low, or tied into a low ponytail.

Her eyes, no one was sure what color they were. Blue, indigo, purple, even violet was a suspicion. X? He dismissed it as contacts and left it at that. For a short while he was worried that she might tell his secret of being a poet and followed her to make sure she did no such thing, but it turns out. She wasn't even a talker! Nope, the girl – in a whole a day – would only utter the minimal of a few words each day even though she was a trusted companion of Robin.

Raven rolled with her own crew, a shady bunch that even scared the shit out of X at times. Jinx was apart of her little bunch, sometimes Argent was seen with her, but not much, Herald was another – if he even came to school. That guy to X was just plain creepy, and he was in band.

Put a whole new twist on the phrase "Band Geek".

Besides them, there were also two other guys that followed her around. One of them he knew was her older brother Malchior and he was a High Honor Straight A Principal Listed Student. He had her same violet hair, but strain red eyes. Like he was some albino-freak. But once again X dismissed it as contacts. Where as the other dude that was always around her was Rorek.

Once again a High Honor Straight A Principal Listed Student, but instead of violet hair and red/violet eyes, he had long fluffy white hair and ice blue chilling eyes. This trio was the trio no one dared to mess with. Sure there were whispers of harsh insults and rumors of one thing or another about them. They all looked pale, petit, and unable to fight … but that was quickly changed when Rorek and Malchior got into a bit of a spat with Raven nowhere in sight.

To say the school was a screaming riot of chants was an understatement.

It took the custodians and security team to break the circle and suspend the two for a week after that.

X sighed at the memory and shook his head, Crazy times I tell ya, crazy, finally reaching his class he opened the door and entered, "Hey there teach, miss anything?"

"Oh, Mr. Xavier, so kind of you to grace us with your ever shining presents." Mr. Ferguson glared and watched as X stopped at his seat, noticing that another student took it.

X glared, "Hey kid, ass off my chair, that's my spot."

"Uh …" the poor guy didn't know what to do. X's reputation was known by all and there was no way he'd want to go up against a reckless student like him.

Mr. Ferguson rolled his eyes, "Angel, today's assignment requires the students to find a partner, so leave Jericho alone and sit at the available seat next to Raven. She needs a partner anyway."

"Partners?" X snorted and looked around for the violet haired goth, noticing that she was sitting alone at the corner of the class next to the window. Book in hand, he tried to read the cover, but couldn't … it was in a language that didn't even seem human. This caught to him as no surprise and sighed as he trudged to the chair next to her. Sitting down he greeted himself, "Hey there goth-girl, looks like you and me were assigned to work together. So what do you say about that?"

He was testing her, he knew it, she knew it and he wanted to see how she'd react to him. What he got was a sigh and dry blink as she turned the page and continued her reading. Noticing that this was going to take a little more effort, X leaned over his chair and looked over her shoulder to see what she was reading. Not actually attempting to read, just wanting to see if she'll lash out … but nothing.

All she did was shift her body to lean on her chair and ignored him. Granted he was the one trying to annoy her, but now … now he was the one that was getting annoyed. She was just utterly ignoring him! Surely her patients had to end somewhere.

"Okay class your assignment is to describe in three words the things you dislike and like, then to switch over to your partner and have them write a poem describing you using the six words you have written. Did everybody get that?" Mr. Ferguson explained and when everybody either nodded, or no one responded he clasped his hands together, "Alright. You may begin and yes this assignment is due today so you'll have all period to finish. So you may begin."

Chirps and chatters scattered the class as each partner were discussing either the work or just plain old talking about nonsense. X took out a sheet or paper and a pen getting ready to actually do the assignment and glanced over to Raven noticing that she had put her book away. Thinking that she was going to write he raised a brow when she lifted her bag and walked to Mr. Ferguson's desk.

They exchanged a few words and Mr. Ferguson nodded, writing her a slip of an excuse Raven took it and without so much as a glance back to the curious crowd left the room. Leaving X to sit in astonishment and wonder, Now what the hell am I suppose to do? Without her I'll be finished in a matter of minutes leaving me bored as all hell. Frustrated and confused X dropped the pencil and called out to his teacher, "Hey! Mister! Where did Raven go to? Is she coming back?"

Mr. Ferguson fixed his glasses and gave X a dry look, "Miss Raven's leave was confidential. Meaning you aren't allowed to know, and no she isn't coming back, so I'm sorry but it looks like you're going to have to do the assignment by yourself this time Angel. Good-luck."

Good-luck? Dude knows I'm the best in this damn bird-course of a class … man … what a joke.

((--Lunch--))

"…oh yeah? And then what?" Terra Strong, a bouncy, up beat ever the tomboy and scientific-freak of a girl she was hung on her boyfriends arm with a bright smile listening to his story of last night's race. Blue eyes brightened and drowned into Garfield Logan's green pools.

Garfield grinned, "And then out of nowhere like this sleek looking Ford GT comes riding up into the crowd and pulls a gutzy broad slide, I was like oh man he's so gonna' wipe. But damn does this guy got skill! Not only did he stop and throw a note a Cyborg, but he also pulled a damn 180 when he tore back in between Robin and Angel. That shit was tight."

"Oh shut up Garfield," Robin snarled as he came and took a seat into their little circle of friends that Garfield was relaying the message to his girlfriend, her best friend, and a few others that were unfortunate to come and witness the race themselves.

Terra Strong's best friend, a longhaired redhead with bright green eyes looked up to Robin and smiled sympathetically. Scooting over so to give him some room she kissed him shyly on the cheek and leaned a head on his shoulder, "Aw come on Robin, it wasn't that bad. I mean at least you didn't loose to X right?"

Robin, running a hand through his ever so spiky ebony black hair growled and pierced the table with heavy burning blue eyes, "Maybe, but still, who was that guy Star? You said you tried to get into contact with him … so? What did he say?"

Star – or original name would be Kori Ander, frowned and shrugged. Lifting her head from his shoulder she bit on her lower lip and looked at him with her evergreen vibrant eyes, "I did say I tried to get into to contact … but … he cut it off. Somehow he almost scrambled my system, barely giving me a chance to fight back and get reconnected with you."

Robin nodded, "Damn, that's too bad."

"Don't be so grim slim," Garfield grinned, and winked with Terra smiling confidently at the young street racer, "if it's anyone that's gonna' get back at that bastard of a guy. It'll be you."

"Yeah, thanks for the vote of confidence Gar," Robin sighed, "but I gotta' find him first … which is gonna' be hard enough. Where's X anyway? Haven't heard him in all night after that incident."

Terra scoffed and took a bite out of her bought lunch, "He's around I bet. After what Gar told us, I think you'll see him before the day's over."

"Speak of the devil," Garfield snorted and immediately stuffed his mouth with his food, Robin raised a brow and turned around to notice that X had just entered the cafeteria with his young pink haired punk cousin Jinx Seth. Getting up from the table and forgetting about his food Robin made his way to the pair unaware of the "important" conversation they were having.

"…Whatever, I'm just surprised she came to school after last night." Jinx shrugged.

X asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Not sure … but it has something to do with her older brother."

"And you know about her family how?"

"Well duh," pink eyes rolled and tongue stuck out in mockery, "where do you think I get my equipment? I don't own half the stuff I help you with Angel. Anyway, I forgot my laptop so I raced down to pick it up at her loft, and when I got there at the lobby Malchior stormed out with a very pissed off look on his face. I went up and found – and you'll never believe me – but I found Raven on the floor CRYING her eyes out."

X blinked and shoved her playfully with a look of utter disbelief on his face, "No way, get outta' here the goth-girl was crying?"

Jinx scoffed, "I didn't stutter did I?" glancing over his shoulder while in the line for their food she nudged his side, "Robin's here."

That was all that needed to be said before X spun around just before Robin had stopped before him and gestured a "hello", "Hey X, where've ya been?"

"Non of your concern mother-dear," X snorted and turned back to grab his tray, Robin followed.

"So what do you think about last night?"

"What the hell do you think man? We were publicly humiliated, that shit's just fuckin' wrong. I'm telling you, if Cyborg's trying to save that pansies ass he better find him before I do. Cause when I do, he's never gonna' live to see the next day."

Robin snorted, "And I've been thinking … maybe that's a bit drastic … maybe we should find him and talk to him first to see what his problem was."

X spun back around and glared at his rival on the road, "Robin, listen to yourself man, if I know you as half as much as you know me. Than I should know you want this guy as bad as I do. Don't wuss out on me now."

Jinx sneered, "Angel, you're holding up the freakin' line."

X grabbed his tray and continued to move, Robin notice how tense he was and sighed, "I'm not saying that I don't want this guy … what I'm sayin' is that we don't even know who he is! How are we gonna' find him?"

"However we can!" X barely was able to hold his growl when he said it as he whipped passed Robin with Jinx following close by making his way to one of the tables far from Robin's group. Feeling that maybe X had been a little too harsh Jinx winked at Robin and grinned.

"You know Angel, not very much of a Saint. So cheer up Boy Wonder, we'll find our man," Jinx chuckled and nudged his arm with her elbow, Robin looked at it, then back at Jinx with a suspicious eye. Watching as they both walked to their spot in the cafeteria Robin decided to head back to his spot to finish his lunch, but not before he stopped to notice two familiar faces.

Malchior and Rorek outside of the cafe seeming to be talking to each other, but there was a twist. Their faces were anything if friendly in expression … in fact, they looked ready to fight and everyone else outside noticed it. Curious, Robin slowly walked up to the window in order to hear the talking a bit more clearly and he didn't have to go very far before they began to shout.

"You let her go!" Rorek shouted in Malchior's face, not caring about the startled looks everyone around them gave. Even Robin flinched at the amount of emotion that was put into it.

Malchior countered, "I didn't let her go! She went on her own! What do you want me to do! I don't rule her life! She can do whatever the hell she wants!"

"You're her brother you dumb-ass!" Rorek glared, "Use your fucking head for once! It's you the one that's supposed to be taking the bullet not her! You're such a fucking coward!"

Then came the inevitable shove, Malchior pushed hard enough to send Rorek stumbling in his steps and forcing him to reach out and grab the wall to steady his footing, "Don't ever call me a fucking coward, you fucking retard. Besides you're not in anyway related to Raven, you never were, so stay your noise where it belongs. Out my goddamn business."

"Bastard!" Rorek charged and Robin gritted his teeth as everyone in the café rushed out to see the fight, chanting the infamous chant of every school. Robin turned to see Garfield, Terra, and Star rushing to his side.

Star with a worried look on her face clung to his arm, "What's going on?"

Robin shrugged, "I dunno' but it's Malchior and Rorek."

"No shit," X approaching from his left flank snorted, "every one besides the damn office can hear them. What was their last fight about?"

"No one knows, but this will be the second time without Raven," Jinx informed with a very disturbed frown as she glanced knowingly up at her cousin, X shrugged and the group decided to check out the fight before security came around.

Malchior was tackled on the ground with Rorek on top trying to get at him with a punch, but some how was flipped off and was sent flying into the crowd. Before anyone got hit they cleared the way and cringed when Rorek landed hard on his back, but not seconds after recovered and got up. Just in time as Malchior came at him with a punch, grabbing the arm and throwing him to the ground intent on breaking his arm. Malchior wiggled free and kicked Rorek in the back.

Rorek got up with stance ready for anything, but when they heard the familiar sounds of the security team coming in. They immediately began to try and push their way free of getting caught. But some how the team appeared in front of them and grabbed a hold of the two escapers. Throwing them back into the make shift fighting ring. Both Malchior and Rorek hit each other on their backs, but separated and glared at one another.

Almost immediately everyone noticed something strange …

The security guards weren't going to stop their second round …

Malchior began with a diagonal kick to Rorek's head, but was blocked and flipped; landing on one hand he shifted his weight and kicked into his gut. Rorek grunted and shook his head from the pain, but got even more pain when it was followed by two hard punches to each side of his temples and an upper cut to throw him to the ground. Once down, Malchior lifted his foot up and stomp down on his chest, but Rorek had the sense to roll away and get to his feet.

"What now Rorek," Malchior taunted, "can't talk your way out of this one eh!"

"Fuck you Malchior!" Rorek snarled and back kicked up to Malchior's face, grabbing his ankle, it gave Rorek enough momentum to spin around with his other leg and straight sidekick Malchior's head. But it was caught again, however Rorek firmly planted his hands on the ground and with his legs alone yanked Malchior down and around forcing him to let go and catch his fall.

Open for attack, Rorek spun around on his knees and slammed Malchior's center forehead with a hard punch. His head bounced from the cement causing him to see stars, the securities noticed the seriousness of the situation and nodded. Grabbing on to Rorek and dragging him off the dazed Malchior the crowd were baffled with what had happened. The security system that was supposed to protect everyone from harm was … allowing this kind of behavior?

When it was finally all over the bell had rung and every one walked to their next periods. Robin and X glanced at each other in suspicion was they disbursed. Jinx glaring at the ground in deep thought, just concern about the whole thing, X noticed her concern and put an elbow on her shoulder, "Don't kill yourself over the whole thing, it's a fight nothing more."

Jinx sneered and shrugged X off her shoulder, "It's not just the fight you ditz, aren't you the least bit concerned that the security team practically forced them to finish it? That never happened before."

"So what, it happened, not like it's gonna' progress. If the schools anything as smart as everyone makes it out to be then the officials should figure out the issues in no time." X reassured and put a hand on her head, "So no more thinking, it's bad for you."

"Yeah, and look where it got you," Jinx snorted and steered off towards her next class leaving X to walk to his and bore himself to death for the remainder of the day.

((--Later that night--))

Leaning against the wall of a corner Ma and Pop's shop at Diamond Cut Boulevard. Raven, dressed in a zipped up black hoody with the hood pulled up and covering her entire face from recognition and her hand stuffed in her pockets. Concealing the one thing that'll get her job done. Not that there wasn't another way to solve the problem, it was just that her father saw fit to take care of things more … dramatically.

So to speak.

Legs covered in tight formfitting dark blue denim jeans and deadly steel toed high-heeled combat boots. She propped one of those boots on the wall she leaned on and sighed, looking down the road waiting for her target to arrive. Quite use to this kind of job, Raven was already known in the "industry", but not too much. Just a flutter of her name was there whenever they mentioned her older brother … Malchior …she thought distantly and chocked back tears, bowing her head to shade her face once more she took a deep breath and shook her head.

No … you're on the job, stop it! Sniffling and getting herself together Raven bit down on her lower lip and looked up. Just in time to notice a sleek looking black Porsche Cayman S pull up on the side of the road and parked. Glaring she snorted, Goddamn it all this jackass is gonna' block my freakin' target sight. Curious to see who this supposed "jackass" was Raven watched as the driver side opened and out stepped a cute looking young man.

Maybe a few yeas older than her, Raven blinked when she recognized him. Poofy, unruly, naturally spiked cowlick of light brown hair and stunning lazy (looking like he just got up) droopy hazel eyes. An ever present smirk of cockiness on his lips, Raven watched him make his way to the shop, whistling as if the world around him was his own. Raven snorted, I pity the persons who spawned such a pathetic creature … what's his name again?

"My boy Angel, welcome back!" Raven couldn't help to glance back at the commotion in the shop watching as the owner of the shop came out and grappled – His names Angel? Gee I always thought it was Allen … Raven snorted deciding that the world was just too small she turned back to the road and watched the empty streets. Noticing a flash of a driver's light suddenly flick off, Raven tightened her grip on the weapon in her pocket preparing to charge.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to her the owner and Angel were having a suspicious conversation of their own. Angel raising a curious brow, "Really? How long has the guy been there?"

The old man, maybe in the ages of 60 or 80 he was old, but he was still in a very much of a healthy state. His name was Gregory, but everyone else just called him Immortus because of his age and the many times his shop was looted, but he never died or gave up on the shop. X liked the guy because of his ambition, and of the stories he told, plus of his ever-observant nature.

But then again, if his shop was always looted, then it's expected of him to keep a close eye on hooligans. Immortus scowled and glared through his window to the blending hooded figure leaning against his wall, "Maybe about a couple of hours. Watch out for that one Angel, I think she's up to something."

X jerked his head back, "She? How do you know it's a girl? Looks like a guy from here."

Immortus snorted, "Look again, no boy has a chest like that, unless he's wearing a filled wonder-bra. Trust me boy, that's no man."

Taken back by the news, X grinned and shrugged, "Well then makes my investigation much more easier eh?"

Sharing chuckles X bought a pack of gum and a six-pack of Dr. Pepper for his own pleasures and headed out chewing on his gum, but before he got to the exit he put the pack down and the gum in his pocket. Walking towards the girl against the wall he noticed how ridged her form suddenly went, but that didn't stop him from reaching out a hand to call out to her.

However he went silenced when she pulled out a gleaming silver caliber pistil, but didn't point it at him. Oh no, she walked to the street keeping the weapon pressed against her side as she stood at the corner and just when a black Jaguar pulled up passed the shop the window's rolled down. She whipped up the weapon and X gapped, "Oh shit … GET DOWN!"

Immortus, even though the warning wasn't for him got down anyway, while X ran for the girl as hand held AK-47's pocked out the windows and fired at them, just before anything hit the girl. X tackled her around her waist and pulled her to the ground to dodge the lethal bullets that whizzed right passed their heads. When the onslaught ended silence and an alarm in the middle of the streets rang out.

Raven, completely confused on why she was on the floor shook her head and tried to get up but felt some form of heavy weight atop of her back, What the … letting the thought wonder she looked above and behind her to notice that Angel had his arms wrapped around her waist and holding her down over his body … as if to protect her. Now normally any other girl on any normal occasion would have been flattered … but Raven was no ordinary girl and this was no ordinary occasion.

"What the fuck, are you doing on top of me?" she asked crudely, her violet eyes glaring down hard on the male who looked up at her and blinked as if confused. Rolling her eyes she fatally tried to shove him off her with one hand, "Get off of me you perv!"

"Perv?" X sneered, "I think a little thanks are in order, I just saved your sorry ass from getting turned into a target."

Raven scoffed, "You didn't save me from anything, they wouldn't have killed me because I would have gotten the first shot in, if it wasn't for you. Now again, get off me!"

X scowled and did as told, but slowly just to spite her, once freed she got up and searched the ground for her gun when it wasn't in her hand. Seeing that it wasn't on the street she looked around her and found a flash of silver in the hands of her dismay. Traveling the arm up to his smug/scowling face Raven glared and held out her hand, "Hand it over."

"Oh this little thing?" he grinned, "No I think I'll keep it as a little thank you present."

Raven scowled and glared menacingly, without warning she lashed out with a round house kick and knocked the gun from his hands at the same time barely coming close to breaking his wrist with her heavy boots. Spinning all the way and bending down to take the gun from the ground she cocked it and pointed it at the grimacing X, "Don't ever cross me again, I should kill you for interrupting a very important assignment."

X glared, "Then go ahead, I'd like to see you pull that trigger."

"I said I should kill you," Raven sneered and turned her back to him pulling her hood back up and gun back in her pocket, "doesn't mean I will. No, that's reserved for another time and another one. I won't be the one to have your blood on my hands."

She rounded the corner leaving X in utter confusion and frustration.

Not only at the fact that a girl had treated him like he was trash … but the fact that it was Raven herself … the quiet goth-girl with nothing to say and everything to prove. She was out on hit … but who did she work for?