Villains caused evil deeds for a reason. Most wanted power and prestige, some did it for money and riches, others felt it's what the world owed them. There were those that even did it because they genuinely had nothing else to do with their lives.

And while Yuck could relate to all of those reasons to a degree, he honestly enjoyed being evil because he just could. And no one could stop him.

Like today.

There was no reason for him to attack the town on a Sunday morning. There was no prized artifact to steal, no dastardly plot under his sleeve; he'd just woken up in a great mood and felt like Transfoomating the power lines into electric eels just to see what would happen. Because he was a 12-year old with access to magic and no adult supervision, and he thought it would be fun.

And he'd been right.

Yuck cackled as he watched the townspeople scream and hide, scurrying like rats while trying to avoid the rabid eels. He sat by the edge of the convenience store's rooftop, idly eating potato chips - stolen, of course - as he watched the mayhem unfold down below with the same elation any other child would have for the circus.

He nearly choked on his chips and slapped as his knee as a guy trying to run away tripped on the fountain instead, more eels hissing and slipping after him.

Nothing like the screams of civilians and the smell of burnt sushi in the morning.

And yet…..something was still missing. Watching chaos unfold was only so much fun when he only watched, but there was no point in picking a fight with the townspeople himself if he already knew none of them would be a worthy opponent. He needed a REAL challenge, something to bring out his A-game, just like-

"Stop right there, Yuck!"

Aaaaaaand right on cue.

Yuck smiled, throwing the now empty bag of chips over his shoulder and summoning his sword as he turned around. Any other day, Yin and Yang appearing would've been a pain since it meant them interfering with his plans again. But since today he was all about mindless, self-indulging violence, he felt confident in his ability to beat them both into the ground (and even if he lost….well, it would suck but he'd still make sure to cause them as much trouble for it as he could).

"About time you dipsticks showed up! It was getting boring around here, but destroying you once and for all should fix that!"

"In your dreams, booger-face!" Yang was his obnoxiously confident self as usual, his own sword in hand as he pointed it at Yuck. "We're the ones who're gonna have fun kicking your sorry butt to the curb for making us work on a Sunday! Right, sis?"

"Eh."

Yin appeared behind Yang, but there was no snarky quip from her. No magic spell being prepared, not even a single cheese, heroic proclamation about how he'd never get away with this. Instead, Yin had the most indifferent, apathetic expression on her face.

"I said," Her brother kept trying to keep a defiant stance, but frustration was visible in his eyes as he hissed through his teeth; "We're gonna have fun kicking Yuck's butt to the curb, right?!"

"Eh."

Yuck's smile dropped.

This wasn't like Yin at all. Yin was always the one who got on his nerves, tricking him and ruining his plans at the last minute. Which was infuriating! But this; this was even more infuriating because she wasn't even trying! She was just…..standing there! "HEY! What's your sister's deal?"

"None of your business!" Realizing his act was useless, Yang dropped it and turned to shake Yin's shoulders. "Listen, I've been trying to be nice about this but it's been a week! A WEEK! Can you just snap out of it already!?"

"Eh."

Yang's ears lowered, and the worry on his face nearly made Yuck stare before it turned back into frustration. "FINE! Keep moping, then! I'll do this on my own!" He focused back on Yuck, holding his sword up high; "CHI! WOO! WAH!"

Green clashed with orange; Yang kept swinging left and right, high and low, putting his all into every blow. Not that it mattered to Yuck, who parried every blow with his own sword, not even bothering to swing back or even look at him.

Instead, he kept looking over his shoulder at Yin. She just remained there, looking miserable.

"HEY! Are you even paying attention!?" Yang stepped back to make some distance between them, and turned his sword into nun-chucks. "I'll teach you to ignore me!"

But once again, orange stopped green; this time, Yang's nun-chucks got entangled into Yuck's staff. And while Yang struggled to untangle them, Yuck didn't even budge as he kept staring at Yin.

She wasn't even looking at their fight.

"Alright, THAT'S IT!" Giving up on his weapons, Yang pushed his way through with a fist aimed at Yuck's face; "Get ready to eat my-"

Yuck simply stepped aside and tripped him. And before he could recover, a beam of orange magic wrapped itself around him like a cocoon and rendered him immobile. Confused, Yang struggled to break free but the magic bindings refused to budge. "H-hey! That's not fair-!"

"You." Yuck's voice was a low growl as he pointed his staff at Yang's nose. "Shut up."

Yang audibly gulped. With him subdued, Yuck pointed at Yin instead; "And you. Spill the beans. Now."

She'd actually looked concerned for a second over her brother - at least she wasn't completely out of it, then - but when she turned to look at Yuck's weapon, all he saw was bitterness. "Oh, so YOU'RE gonna lecture me too? Really? Why should I even talk to you?"

"Cuz we're here to fight! That's what I've been looking forward to, and you're ruining it by...by acting like a baby!" Yin's expression soured even more, but Yuck didn't care and pushed the staff's point closer to her. "You don't get to ruin my fight now by moping! How do you expect me to enjoy destroying you if you don't even fight back!?"

"Sensitive as always, Yuck."

"Snap at me all you want; at least we're making progress." The staff lit up in green flames, but Yin didn't even blink; it just made him angrier. "Listen; I won't stop pestering you until you tell me what's going on! And I can promise you that at this rate, NO ONE'S gonna be happy by the end of the day, so out with it already!"

For a while, she kept glaring between him and his staff in silence. Scoffing, she pushed the flaming weapon away from her face with a skin-level Foo Field over her hand; "Yeah, well, you're crazy if you think I'm gonna go along with your little therapist game-"

"She was dumped."

Both rabbits turned their heads to Yang; Yuck with his eyebrows raised, Yin with a bright red face and daggers in her eyes; "YANG-"

"A week, Yin! You've been like this for a WEEK!" Yang shot back, still struggling to break free but ending up looking like a worm instead. "He was gonna find out anyways, so can we at least get it over with?!"

"Wait, dumped? As in date dumped?" A flick of his wrist, and the flaming staff was gone; "You were dating someone?"

"And what if I was?" Yin snarled, turning her daggers towards him instead; "What, you think cuz you tricked me into dating you once that I'm not allowed to date anyone else?!"

"W-what!? I didn't-! Where did I even come from!?" Yuck's temper flared at the accusation….along with another, stranger feeling. A feeling that surely had nothing to do with the idea of Yin dating other people after the Brett Incident. Why would he care about what his sort-of-ex did in her free time? It's not like he was jealous. Absolutely not.

"I still don't see why you're still moping about that guy! He was a tool, anyways."

"He was NOT!" Yin kicked his brother while he was still on the ground; not hard enough to really hurt him, but enough to send him rolling and make his blue fur turn greener. "Dylan was sweet, and cool, and he volunteered to pick up trash at the beach on weekends! Do you know how hard it is to find a guy who cares about the environment!?"

"I-"

"We were soulmates! He was the ONE! Everything was going great between us, but then he..." There was a moment of hesitation, something that felt completely out of place with the Yin Yuck knew. "He said I was….too intense."

Yuck crossed his arms. "Too intense."

"It's all Carl's fault anyways, crashing our date like that!" Yin spat, now pacing in circles as she kept rambling; "I mean, I still kicked his butt, and I thought Dylan would be impressed! But then he said I was too violent, and that I would 'harsh up his vibes' or something with an attitude like that if we kept dating, and...and…!"

She stopped, and for a second Yuck was convinced she'd explode. What he didn't expect was for her to get all teary eyed. "A-and I know I shouldn't be s-so upset over him, and I k-know it's stupid, but I can't get what he said out of my mind a-and-"

"You're both stupid."

The way Yin seethed at him would've been funny any other time. And even down on the floor, Yuck felt Yang struggle by his feet in a sad attempt to kick him. He didn't even flinch when her hands lit up red with an impending Yincinerate; "You stupid, heartless JERK! I don't even know why I bothered-"

"He's stupid for breaking up with you for such a dumb reason," Yuck deadpanned, "And you're stupid for letting a schmuck like him get you like this for a whole week."

Yin hesitated. Her eyes were still narrowed at Yuck, but the red in her hands died down. Even Yang stopped struggling on the floor.

"'Too intense'? Seriously, did that guy even bother knowing you?" Yuck snorted, now the one circling Yin as he kept talking. "You're a Woo Foo warrior, intense doesn't even begin to describe you. You're stubborn, and nosy, and if someone gets in your way you kick them out first. And I should know."

"..."

"I mean, really! I tricked you into dating me so I could steal your Woo Foo, and what did you do? You STOLE them BACK! And there's the time you tricked me at Pong's Market, and when you shrunk me out of existence, and when you set the Golden Pants against me! All those times you stopped me basically on your own, and….and…." He laughed incredulously again, but inside he was fuming. And worst of all, he wasn't even furious at her like he should've definitely been. "And some wimpy nobody's what makes you cry because he says you're 'too intense'? Cuz he can't handle you!? Geez Yin, where's your pride!?"

She had remained quiet through his rant, a strange look replacing her anger. Even after he was done talking, she just stared at him with that same strange look, feet shuffling. "It still hurts." She whined, wrapping her arms around herself; "Everyone - Yang, Master Yo, my friends - they keep telling me he isn't worth thinking about and I know they say it cuz they care, but I'm still hurt and...and angry, and I hate having to bottle it all up-"

"Then STOP doing it?" Yuck shook his head; Yin's logic kept baffling him, it was incomprehensible to him. "If you're angry, then let it out! If you hate feeling so miserable then actually do something about it instead of feeling sorry for yourself!"

Another pause, with Yin staring at an exasperated Yuck. Yang, still on the floor, kept looking from one to the other, waiting for either to make the first move like a cowboy standoff.

"...Wow." Yin shook her head, but - and maybe it was a trick of the light, or Yuck was imagining things - there was a small smile on her lips. "You definitely need work on your pep talks."

"That wasn't a pep talk!" Yuck's frustration flared up again as he looked away, hoping neither of his enemies would notice the heat that flared on his cheeks. "You're the one that keeps beating me in battle, so if you let someone inferior get to you that easily then what does that say about me?"

"...Whatever you say." She said, but there was none of the previous apathy in her tone. And suddenly he saw it; that infuriating, stubborn spark in her eyes that he'd seen plenty of times before in all of their battles as magic lit up in her hands again. "You know what? Might as well take your advice and let my anger out. On you. By throwing you into your own eels, since you want a fight so badly."

And even though he should've hated that spark in her, that spark that always led to his defeat - and would probably do so again in this fight too - in that moment, it was the greatest sight he could ask of. His urge to fight restored, Yuck's own magic reflected off his shark-like grin. "Oh, you're welcome to try."

"Wait, don't leave me here-!" But it was too late; Yin and Yuck had taken to the sky, blasting each other with Magic and leaving a still bound Yang on the rooftop. And struggle as he might, he still couldn't break free, having no choice but to watch the other two rabbits fight without him.

Well, he just hoped neither of them would hear him.

"Being the third wheel sucks."