(A/N: First half takes place at the same time as Out on a Limo)

If there was one thing Chandler McCann loved doing, it was pushing around his weight and using his popularity to get away with whatever he wanted. Whether that meant pushing around and picking on younger students, flirting with random girls or stirring up trouble for a quick laugh, Chandler loved pushing the limit to see how much he could get away with. And boy, could he get away with a lot. Being the popular kid with parents on the school board sure had its perks. Sometimes he did it just to show off to his friends and bolster just how cool he was. To some students it was a mystery as to why Chandler was so popular when he was such a massive prick, but Chandler would just dismiss them as being haters. Naturally, when you can act like an ass and still have a cult following, you tend to develop an entitled attitude and that you deserve everything your heart desires. And when you're denied whatever thing you desire, you tend not to react pretty poorly.

On this particular day, Chandler was fuming at having lost at a contest. How dare that dweeb, Lincoln win that limo ride instead of him. Was he really so poor that he could eat his own body weight in fancy mustard? Who did he think he was? Did he intentionally do this to one up him? To make Chandler look bad after he'd already promised Cristina and Girl Jordan that they'd be the first ones he invited to ride in the limo with him? Just so he could probably take his circus gang circle of freak sisters out for a ride. After the twerp had the nerve to ruin his birthday party by refusing to make his sister give him special treatment at that pizzeria? Lincoln would pay for this. The only question was how would he do so? That's when Chandler remembered that Lincoln had recently been fraternizing with this girl named Ronnie Anne, some tough girl who Chandler had teased in the past after she publicly rejected him in front of the school. What Chandler considered ironic was that initially Ronnie Anne had been picking on Lincoln, part of what made Chandler think she was cool. The way she humiliated him the way he did only drew Chandler's ire and as he plotted his revenge, he figured out a way to knock out two birds with one stone.

It was blatantly obvious that Ronnie Anne had some feelings for Lincoln and if Lincoln was smart, he'd reciprocate those feelings. Not like the dork would ever get anyone's attention. Normally, Chandler would have driven a wedge between the two, but as it was blatantly obvious that Ronnie Anne couldn't stand a jerk like him (nor would she be gullible enough to fall for his attempts at charming her). Thus, another approach was in order. If he couldn't turn Ronnie Anne against Lincoln using his traditional methods, then perhaps he could make them the laughing stock of the school. Now, everyone loved a good rumor, it was the perfect way to spark up conversation and get a few laughs out of everyone. Well, everyone except the person that the rumor was about, but it wasn't Chandler's fault if they couldn't take a joke, and what a glorious joke it was going to be. Of course, in order to spread the rumor, Chandler needed a gullible patsy who would believe anything he said and would be willing to spread it. There was always his friends Trent and Jack, but those two were currently in after school detention for stealing some first grader's lunch money.

Chandler didn't have to look very far before he found his unwitting pawn in the form of a kid named Mikey. Mikey was a good kid at heart, but he wanted so desperately to be popular and was a little dim witted. If he thought he knew something that would garner him attention, he wouldn't hesitate to tell everyone he knew. That not only made him the perfect pawn in Chandler's game, but if anyone suspected a thing, Chandler could just deflect suspicion back to Mikey so that he'd get off scot free again. With his plan on mind and a particularly vicious and nasty rumor thought up in his head, Chandler wasted no time in approaching Mikey and starting a conversation as if they were old pals.

"Mikey, how's it hanging buddy?" Chandler greeted him, wrapping his arm around the boy.

"Chandler McCann, what can I do for you?" Mikey asked, offering up a smile.

"Nothing really," Chandler lied before asking "Hey, did you hear about that limo ride contest?"

"Yeah, it sounds like it'd be a helluva lot of fun," Mikey said. "Congrats on winning the contest, I'm sure you're going to be riding around like a true celebrity. Have you decided which girl you wanna take with you?"

"I was gonna take a couple lucky gals," Chandler said, "but I didn't win."

"What? You lost?" Mikey asked and if Chandler didn't know him, he would've assumed that Mikey was rubbing it in his face.

"Yeah, it really sucks," Chandler said, kicking a pebble.

"But who could've beaten you?" Mikey asked.

"You know that Lincoln kid?" Chandler asked.

"You mean the one with all those sisters?" Mikey asked.

"Yeah, him," Chandler replied. "I don't know how he did it, but he won, although I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up cheating."

"Hmm, guess he's going to either ride with Clyde or bring his sisters along with him," Mikey guessed.

"Maybe, but something tells me he's actually going to end up taking that Santiago girl," Chandler said.

"Ronnie Anne?" Mikey asked. "But why would he take her?" That was the cue Chandler was waiting for so he could start his rumor.

"Oh, you didn't hear?" Chandler asked.

"Hear what?" Mikey asked.

"Lincoln and Ronnie Anne are going out with each other," Chandler said, "turns out that they really really like each other."

"No way, you're kidding," Mikey exclaimed.

"I wish I was," Chandler said before smirking, "and that's not even the craziest part of this story."

"Oh?" Mikey asked.

"Did you know that Ronnie Anne's family is in the country illegally?" Chandler asked. "Turns out, her parents and brother were born in Mexico and Ronnie Anne is the only one who was born in the US."

"Okay, quit pulling my leg," Mikey said, "now you're just messing with me."

"It's true man, I swear!" Chandler insisted. "I hear that her parents' visa is expiring and that her mom plans on marrying her off to Lincoln so that they can gain permanent residence."

"That's crazy," Mikey said and Chandler could tell that the blabber mouth was just dying to tell the next person he saw. It looked like he was going to get away with his plan… but then came the inevitable spanner in the works.

"Yeah, because it's not true," said a quiet voice and Chandler and Mikey looked over to see Lincoln's brother, Lio.

Chandler easily forgot about Lio's existence since the otaku kept to himself and was often so quiet that most of the school thought that he was a mute. Whenever Chandler did remember Lio's existence however, he knew better. While Lincoln clearly wanted to be popular like Chandler and turned a blind eye to the latter's teasing ways, Lio couldn't care less for the bully and would occasionally intervene when Chandler was taunting Lincoln. After the incident with Lori at the pizzeria, Lio had animosity towards Chandler. Chandler figured out pretty quickly that Lio hated when people messed with his family or even so much as insulted them and would occasionally make passing remarks about his sisters within Lio's earshot to stir him up. For the most part however, Chandler only saw Lio as being Lincoln's lapdog of a twin brother and even referred to him as such.

"Well if it isn't Lincoln's little lapdog?" Chandler taunted. "Don't you have to be humping your loser brother's leg or playing dead with your freaky little goth brat?" Chandler saw Lio's eyes light up with rage, but didn't give the geek a chance to respond before asking "Hasn't anyone taught you that it's rude to eavesdrop on other people's conversation?"

"Not when that conversation involves lying about my brother," Lio replied, getting in Chandler's face and telling him "I'm warning you, you better back off and leave Lincoln and his friend alone and stop trying to spread BS rumors about them!"

Chandler wasn't intimidated and simply smirked at Lio, asking "Oh yeah, and what are you going to do if I don't? Ya gonna go running to your brother and tell him about the big bad meanie picking on him?"

"Maybe I'll go to the principal and tell him how you're trying to start trouble," Lio threatened.

"Go ahead," Chandler dared him. "As if he'll believe you. And even if he does, what can he do aside from give me a warning? I'm sure my parents wouldn't be very happy to hear that the staff is picking on their little angel."

"Yeah, but I know you're on thin ice," Lio replied. "I know that teachers have been paying close attention to you and have heard about you being a troublemaker, especially after what you did to that Alex girl. Pretty sure spreading false rumors isn't exactly going to look good on your record."

Chandler lost his bravado and actually backed down, agreeing "Alright, alright, fine! Yeesh, can't you take a joke?"

"Maybe you should rethink your idea of a joke," Lio said, warning Chandler "I'm watching you. I know my brother thinks that you're the bee's knees, but I know you're just a bully. Mess with my family and I'll make sure you regret it."

With that, Lio turned and walked away, with Mikey remarking "Jeez, I think you're right. That kid really can't take a joke."

"You'd think he'd have a sense of humor with that gag flower on his shirt," Chandler quipped as he picked a large rock that was almost half the size of his head up off the ground.

"What are you doing?" Mikey asked.

Chandler ignored him and called out "Hey Lapdog!"

Lio turned around and raised an eyebrow as Chandler threw the rock at his head. Lio didn't have time to react as the rock hit him in the upper right side of his face, catching Lio directly on his right eye.

"Holy cow!" Mikey exclaimed in shock. "What did you do!?"

"I rocked his world," Chandler said, shrugging nonchalantly.

"Dude, he isn't moving!" Mikey said, panicking as he pointed at Lio's unmoving form.

"Relax, he's still breathing," Chandler pointed out as the two of them walked over to where Lio lied.

Lio was facedown on the ground with a puddle of blood pooling beneath his face rather quickly.

"Man, we are going to get in so much trouble," Mikey said.

"We?" Chandler questioned. "You didn't even throw the rock! Just follow my lead and we'll be fine!"

"O-Okay," Mikey said.

"All we have to do is say that he tripped and hit his head," Chandler explained. "No one will suspect a thing."

"Yeah… yeah, you're right," Mikey calmed down before going through with Chandler's plan.

It didn't take long before an ambulance arrived and took Lio to the hospital.

"So yeah, I don't even know who Tetherby is or why Lynn decided to TP his mansion," Lio said, recounting his story to Chris. "While Lincoln was hanging out with him and then later taking my sisters to Burpin Burgers, I was lying unconscious in a hospital bed."

"Yeah, I remember that," Chris said. "If I recall correctly, you suffered a fractured orbital socket after that, right?"

"Yep," Lio said, taking a sip of his drink. "I think the doctors said that it was an orbital rim fracture to be specific. Either way, as soon as my siblings came home from Burpin', Mom Dad told them about what happened."

"I'm surprised that your sisters didn't beat Chandler to a bloody pulp after that," Chris remarked. "This happened a long time ago and I still wanna tear that jerk a new one."

"Well at first they didn't know," Lio explained. "Remember, Chandler told everyone that I just tripped and hit my head really hard."

"And they believed him?" Chris asked.

"Well, my siblings didn't exactly buy his account of what happened and neither did a few of the teachers," Lio said, "but after Mikey backed up his account, the administration let him off the hook."

"Why didn't you tell them what actually happened?" Chris asked.

"Because I was out cold for a day and a half," Lio explained, "and when I eventually did regain consciousness, I had to spend the next 4 weeks relearning how to walk and talk." Lio then added "When I did regain speech functions, the teachers assumed I was delirious."

"Sounds like you suffered some brain damage," Chris said.

"That's what the doctors said," Lio said. "I'm just lucky that whatever brain damage I suffered barely even really affects me at all now. Aside from occasionally suffering from double vision" Lio then pointed to a faint scar on his head and said "Although if you look closely, you can still see the gash I had from where the rock hit me."

"Wow, that's a huge cut," Chris said.

"Tell me about it," Lio said. "Apparently my face was a bloody mess when they brought me into the ER"

"Well I'm glad you recovered pretty well," Chris said. "Although I still wish that Chandler has been punished for what he did."

"I know that Lynn, Lucy, and Luan wanted to retaliate against him," Lio said, "but our parents didn't want them getting in trouble so they forbade them from getting back at him."

"Honestly, it's a load of crap that Chandler got away with that," Kat chimed in, having been pretty quiet up until this point. "This was before I actually met you, but I remember that Chandler was going around the school bragging about what he'd done, saying that he got away with it."

"And again I ask how did he not get in trouble for throwing at rock at someone's head and nearly killing them?" Chris asked.

"Having parents on the school board, that's how!" Kat said, crossing her arms angrily. "They let him get away with everything back then!"

"Yeah, I can totally see why you hate him," Chris said to the two. "Especially after what he did today. How did it happen again?"

"Well…" Kat and Lio said before divulging what had happened.

It was amazing how Chandler could make money off of his "enemies". Well, Lio wasn't exactly his enemy, he was more of a nuisance than anything. After Chandler nearly bashed his head in with a rock, Chandler assumed that Lio would never want to tangle with him again. Thus, when word went around that Lincoln was hosting a betting ring on when his brother and this girl named Kat would get together, Chandler was eager to get in on the action. Heck, even the cockroaches could tell that there were sparks between Lio and Kat. When word came around that the two otakus had gotten together over the holiday season, Chandler was ecstatic to collect his portion of the wager. The only way this day could've been any better would be if he could rekindle that old rumor he'd tried to spread back in the day. It'd be even more potent now that Lincoln and Ronnie Anne actually were dating. Nah, that'd be too simple. He needed a new way to entertain himself. That's when he noticed Kat walking through the hallway with Lio nowhere to be seen. That's when he got an idea.

"Well, well, well, fancy seeing you here," Chandler said, walking up to Kat.

"What are you talking about?" Kat replied. "I go to school here, why wouldn't I be here?"

"Well I assumed you'd be sick at home," Chandler retorted. "I mean, you can only hang around a mongrel for so long before you get fleas."

"Does that explain why you can't keep a girl for more than two days?" Kat retorted.

"Ooh, clever girl," Chandler applauded her, "but I'm just trying to look out for you. You can do so much better a filthy lapdog who has a hardon for his own brother."

"Oh what, should I go out with you instead?" Kat replied. "The boy who tries to hook up with every girl in school?"

"What can I say, I'm a go-getter," Chandler bragged. "I'm way better than that lapdog you're seeing."

"At least Lio is-," Kat tried to say before Chandler cut her off.

"He has a name!?" Chandler joked. "I always thought he was just Lincoln's nameless brother!"

"Even if he didn't have a name, Lio would still be a better dude than you," Kat replied.

"We're talking about the kid who's always standing in his siblings' shadow to hide from his own shadow!" Chandler retorted.

"Look, just leave me alone, okay?" Kat said, turning to walk away.

"Hmpf, your dad must be so disappointed," Chandler muttered under her breath, causing Kat to stop dead in her tracks.

"What was that?" Kat said, tears starting to form in her eyes.

"I said your dad must be disappointed that you would go out with someone like Lio," Chandler repeated, smirking when he saw Kat struggle and try not to cry. "What's wrong, did I strike a nerve?"

It was common knowledge that Kat's father had served overseas in the military and died in the line of duty about a year ago. Even now, Kat was still mourning the loss and hadn't completely gotten over his death. Unsurprisingly, that made talking about her dad a sore spot from her.

"Don't you ever talk about my dad again!" Kat hissed.

"Why not, is there something wrong with-?" Chandler feigned ignorance, taking delight in the girl struggling to hold back tears. "Oh, that's right." Chandler then shrugged and said "Hey, I didn't mean it, I'm sure he's proud of your choice."

"Fuck you!" Kat said.

"Language, language," Chandler admonished her. "Although am I curious, if he were still alive, I'm sure that the knowledge of who you chose to be with only the second worst thing to go through his head, you know, aside from the bullet that killed him."

Kat didn't even respond and simply turned around and ran, shielding her face so that no one would see her crying. When lunch rolled around, Lio found her sitting at their usual spot, crying her eyes out.

"Lieutenant?" Lio asked. "What's wrong?"

"Don't call me that," Kat snapped at him.

"But I always call you that," Lio said. "Is everything alright?"

"No!" Kat replied, crying uncontrollably.

"What's wrong?" Lio asked.

"You know that Chandler kid?" Kat asked.

"We've crossed paths before," Lio murmured, old memories coming to his mind. "What did the douchebag do?"

Kat simply cried even harder before composing herself and telling Lio "You know about my dad, right?"

"Yeah," Lio said solemnly before putting two and two together. "He didn't make fun of your dad, did he?"

Kat nodded her head and said "He did more than make fun of him. He made a joke about him getting shot in the head."

"Wow…" Lio said. "I knew that he was a piece of garbage, but I didn't think he'd go that far."

"I fucking hate that asshole!" Kat swore, wiping tears from her eyes. As if a douchebag cue had gone off, Chandler arrived on the scene.

"You hear that, Lio?" Chandler taunted him. "Your girlfriend hates you."

Lio glared daggers at Chandler, not saying a word as he held Kat's hand before telling Chandler "Fuck you."

"Oh?" Chandler replied. "You know, you really shouldn't be using such foul language in a setting such as this."

"And you really shouldn't be making fun of people's parents," Lio retorted, standing up to Chandler.

"Whoa, whoa, calm down," Chandler said. "There's nothing to get upset about. It was just a joke? Doesn't your girlfriend have a sense of humor?"

Chandler has this smug grin on his face that made Lio just wanna haul off and slug him in the jaw then and there.

"I mean, I thought she'd have to have some kind of sense of humor to go out with someone like you," Chandler said.

"If I were you, I'd get out of here right now!" Lio hissed.

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Chandler taunted. "Because if I recall correctly, last time we squared off… I broke your face."

"If you're feeling so brave then try it again," Lio encouraged him and Kat could tell that he was as serious as a sheer heart attack. He was genuinely willing to fight Chandler.

"Hmpf… fine, I know when I've met my match," Chandler said, turning and walking away with Lio checking to make sure he wasn't reaching for a rock or metal lunchbox to lob at his cranium.

Instead Chandler did something that shocked everyone when he grabbed Kat by the arm and planted a kiss on her lips. It was quite a surprise for Lincoln and Clyde when they entered the cafeteria and the first thing they saw was Lio knocking out Chandler with one punch to the face. Lincoln didn't know what was going on, but quickly leapt into action when Lio stomped Chandler repeatedly as the boy lied unconscious on the ground.

"Alright Lio, chill dude, chill!" Lincoln instructed Lio as he and Clyde rushed over and held him back. The two had to struggle to keep him from further thrashing Chandler, not that that kept Lio from barking out a threat at the unconscious bully.

"I've had it up to here with your shit!" Lio yelled. "If you ever make fun of my brother again, if you ever insult my sisters again, if you ever make my girl cry and if you ever even so much as lay a finger on her again, I swear that I will beat you so bloody that not even Crazy Diamond would be able to fix you!"

"And that's why I've been suspended for 3 days," Lio explained as he finished telling his story.

"Chandler's parents wanted to get him expelled, but after a bunch of students have their side of the story and a few others came forward with the shit Chandler's been pulling, the school settled with simply suspending Lio," Kat said. "The Real icing on the cake is that thanks to the testimony of other students, the school ended up having no choice but to suspend Chandler as well for bullying."

"Sounds like you just had enough of this kid's crap and finally snapped," Chris observed.

"You don't know the half of it," Lio said, taking another sip of his drink. "You know, my problem with Chandler was never the way he talked down to me or called me Lincoln's lapdog or insulted me, it was the way he treated my family and Lincoln in particular. The way he treated my brother as if he were just a piece of gum to be scraped from off the bottom of his shoe. The way he'd offhandedly call Lucy a goth witch or Lola an ugly barbie wannabe is what really got under my skin. Heck, even thinking back about when he hit me with the rock, what upsets me the most is the fact that he planned on embarrassing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne."

"For the longest time, Lincoln was the only person keeping me from kicking his butt because I'm not going to go against the wishes of my wiser twin brother," Lio said as he took a long sip of his drink and his hands clenched into fists. "But when that prick Chandler made my girl cry and then had the nerve to pull a Dio Brando and steal a kiss from her, I lost it."

"Your Girl?" Kat questioned.

"What?" Lio asked.

"Nothing," Kat said, smiling at him. "I just wanted to hear you say that again, it sounds sweet."

"Well you are my girlfriend," Lio pointed out. "And as far as I'm concerned, you're another member of my family and as you've learned by now, I don't let anyone mess with my family."

"I'm just glad you didn't get in too much trouble with your parents," Chris said. "I'm not one for violence, but that Chandler kid got away with what he did for way too long."

"Yeah, I knew you'd understand," Lio said to Chris. "That's why I came to talk to you, because I knew that you'd probably react the same way if someone treated Scotia or Shogo the way Chandler did. Or if someone made Lynn cry or…"

Chris involuntarily crushed his own cup in his hand, spilling his drink all over the table. "Sorry," he sheepishly apologized.

Lio simply smiled at Chris and said "No need to apologize. That's honestly the reason I trust you so much. You care for my sister's wellbeing first and foremost and while you may not snap on the guy like I did, I know you wouldn't let anyone get away with hurting her."

"Yeah," Chris said.

"Honestly, I wish that I could've gotten a shot in," Kat said. "I'm still pissed off over what he said about my dad."

"True, but if you did hit him, you probably would've been suspended too," Lio pointed out.

"It honestly would've been worth it," Kat said.

"Well next time I'll be sure to let you get in a swift kick to the kuribohs on him," Lio said.

"Call it a hunch, but I don't think you'll have to deal with Chandler again," Chris told them. "It's clear he was only antagonizing you because he thought he could get away without repercussions, whether that be because of his influential parents, because Lincoln held you back or because you just generally refused to fight back. Either way, now that you've given him a slice of humble pie, I doubt he'll try messing with you again."

"Yeah, but he'll probably start messing with younger kids or something," Kat said. "Forgive me for not thinking that he's just gonna up and have a change of heart."

"Maybe not," Chris admitted, "but he can only get away with it for so long."

Chris noticed that Lio still had a downer expression, undoubtedly still upset over getting suspended. It was honestly his first time getting in trouble, so to say that he was a bit concerned about being branded a troublemaker was an understatemen. Both Kat and Chris picked up on this with Kat grabbing Lio's hand to comfort him while Chris patted him on the back.

"Hey, you didn't do anything wrong," Chris assured him. "You were just standing up for your friend. Like I said, I would've done the same thing."

"Thanks," Lio said, smiling at Chris.

"I really appreciate you for standing up for me," Kat said. "You have something that Chandler never will…"

"Brain damage?" Lio joked, taking a moment to self deprecate.

"No, of course not," Kat said, joking "In fact, I think he's got you beat in that department." Chris, Kat, and Lio all shared a laugh at that. "No, but seriously, you've actually got a good heart and truly value those close to you. Chandler could never come close to being half as awesome as you are."

"You really think so?" Lio asked.

"I know so," Kat said. "Come on, let's go check out a movie. I'll even sit through a horror movie if you'd like."

"You'd really do that?" Lio asked.

"After what you did for me, you bet your sweet bippies I would," Kat said.

"Have fun, you two!" Chris called after them, watching as they left. The two really were perfect for each other. At that point, Lynn returned and Chris asked "So how'd it go?"

"Went great," Lynn said. "Until Paula got the bright idea to slash the rich bastard's tires. Kinda had to bolt after that."

"I'd imagine so," Chris said before hugging Lynn and telling her "I've told you what I'd do to anyone who made you cry right?"

"What would you do?" Lynn asked curiously, smiling when Chris gave her his answer. She knew then and there that she was truly cared about. Something she expressed by giving Chris a kiss on the cheek.

Wrote this story a few months back, decided it might fit as the fifth chapter of this fic. In my Loudverse, Chandler is an antagonist to both Lincoln and Lio, but Lio holds a lot more animosity towards the boy for his actions.