Yeah, back again by popular demand (ducks flying fruit) alright, alright. Anyway, I'm back and I brought along the next session for anyone interested. I'd love to reiterate the fact that i don't own the teen titans nor anyone else that might be from some anime or manga, yeah also I'd like to thank all that reviewed, it actually helped, and as for one person that said that Yoh was kinda rude & arrogant, I'm sorry i really didn't notice. I just have him act the way I do. Hmm... does that mean that I'm arrogant and rude? Don't know. This chap will kinda introduce our other X, the criminal one, that is. Go on and read the fic, I'm just ranting.
Oh before i forget, Shadow is actually Yoh, just in case. Don't wanna confuse anyone out there.
Session 02 -
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Teen Titans, to what do I owe the pleasure of meeting you once again?"The masked figure asked as he leaned against a support pillar.
"You know why we're here, X" Robin shouted as he drew and extended his quarterstaff.
Red X chuckled "Lighten up, kid, it's to early in the morning to be that riled up."
Robin gritted his teeth before calling out "Titans Go!" and rushing towards X only to stop in his tracks as a line of throwing knives hit the ground in front of him.
"Back off, boy wonder, he's mine," Shadow said as he landed in a crouch between X and Robin, standing up into his slouched fighting stance, "You know why I'm here, don't you?" he asked X.
X chuckled as he answered "Yeah, I'd have to be brain dead not to know why you're here," dropping into his own stance.
"What the hell are you doing, Shadow?" Robin asked as he watched the whole exchange both combatants.
"I'm here to 'assist' you, Robin. Now just be a good boy and stay quiet," Shadow spoke before he lunged at X, launching a kick that was blocked and countered with a sweep that knocked Shadow off his feet and Shadow landed propping himself up with one hand while delivering a powerful double kick to X's chest.
X stumbled and then threw several x shirukens at Shadow, who countered with his own throwing knives, deflecting the incoming projectiles; X rushed at Shadow , swing his fists in a feint before crouching and delivering a strong uppercut on Shadow, who was knocked back but quickly regained his balance and landed on his feet.
"Alright, you've gotten better" Shadow said, testing his jaw for any type of damage that may have been caused.
"You've gotten worse!" X cried out, lunging at Shadow with a flurry of punches which were interrupted by the bird-a-rang that stuck on the ground and forced him to jump back. Robin used the opportunity to jump into the fight, attacking X furiously until Shadow appeared in between them both, landing a hit to both Robin and X's chest, forcing them to step back to catch their breath.
"What the hell are you doin', kid?" Shadow said, his glare in place as he turned to Robin and they both locked glares, both squaring off for a showdown. The remaining titans were too busy watching Shadow and Robin to pay any attention to X, who chose the time to make his exit by detonating a smoke bomb enshrouding the area with a thick smoke cover that allowed him to make a clean escape while everyone else fumbled around blind.
Once the smoke cleared, Shadow stood at another place, looking around for any sign of X. Finding none, he whirled around and gave Robin a glare so powerful it could have matched any of Raven's at any time of the day, "I told you he's mine and you deliberately got in my way," Shadow hissed at Robin, who was standing where he had been before the smoke, anger evident in the way he stood and conducted himself.
Shadow stalked towards Robin, trying to continue but was stopped when Robin stepped in front of him, "What do you want now? Haven't you done enough with letting X get away! I've spent a whole year tracking the bastard and now he's gonna run again." Shadow spat out, not caring that the glare on Robin's face sharpened.
"Because of me? He got away because of your interruption." Robin retorted, his tone was harsh, accentuating the glare that was visible on his face.
The other titans were watching the confrontation between Shadow and Robin, wondering when it would end and if it would come to blows, when another presence next to them made it self known "Look at them, disgraceful. Both should know better than to be fighting or arguing against each other when X is on the loose."
Beast Boy flinched and Cyborg turned, seeing Rubicante standing next to Raven, watching the whole fiasco between Robin and Shadow with his hands in a relaxed position behind his head. "Hey, you're that guy from last night," Beast Boy said with a incredulous voice, then he asked "Um... who are you, dude?"
Rubi smiled before answering "My name's Rubicante, I'm an associate of Shadow," giving them a short bow from the waist up.
Starfire immediately enveloped him in a bone crushing hug saying "Hello, friend Rubicante," which Rubicante couldn't seem to slip out of as he choked out the words "Can't... breathe..."
Cyborg immediately pulled the tamoranian off Rubi with the words "Star, I don't think he can breathe," a smirk on his face as Rubi gasped when Starfire released him.
"Whoa, she does have a grip there," Rubi said, before turning back to the argument between Shadow and Robin. He stepped up and quickly conked Shadow in the head as he said "Play nice, now!" Robin snickered and was hit in the head by Rubi as well "Don't laugh, the same thing goes for you!"
"Hey, it's his fault X got away" Robin said, rubbing the top of his head surprised at how much the hit hurt.
Shadow turned back and said "Hell no, don't blame it on me."
Before they could both start arguing again, Rubi conked both in the head once more, saying "Shut up, both of you.
Robin bit back the retort that he was going to spit out and Shadow did the same thing, his head throbbing slightly where Rubi had hit him.
"I'm only going to say this once, so listen up," Rubi said, pausing for a moment as he ensured that Robin and Shadow were listening before continuing "Both of you are after X for your own reasons and to capture him you have to stop snapping at each other, especially you Robin."
Robin gave him a look of askance making Rubi sigh as he said "You need to control yourself, jealousy won't do you any good in this task." Robin's eyes widened in shock but he managed to school his features back to blankness as he nodded and stepped forward with an outstretched hand to Shadow.
"I'm sorry, I know I've been acting like a jerk and I apologize for it." Robin said as Shadow shook hands with him, he in turn saying "I accept your apology and I also apologize."
Once that was done, Cyborg stepped forward with the other titans in tow saying "Now that we're all cool again, let's go for some pizza ya'll!" Shadow shrugged and Cyborg continued "Alright, it's settled. Pizza it is."
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"Aw...shit, that hurts!" X muttered as he climbed into his room, slowly shedding the suit that covered him as he stumbled into the bathroom, clad only in blue shorts.
He stopped in front of the mirror to examine himself, his brown hair falling to his neck with bangs up to his ears in length, partially covering his honey colored eyes that he examined himself in the mirror, bruises marring the pale skin on his chest.
"That's gonna hurt for awhile," X said before completely undressing himself and going into his shower, the warm water relaxing his tense muscles. Once done he walked out with only a towel wrapped around his waist, his lanky frame showing finely toned muscles; he slid on some clean boxers and a pair of black shorts before collapsing on his bed, asleep within a couple of minutes.
"SHIT!" X said as he awoke with a gasp, sweating glistening on his face as he sat up. 'Again with that dream, why the hell is this starting up now?' he thought as he stood from his bed, glancing at the clock on the side of his bed reading 4:35 p.m in glowing red numbers. Sighing, he walked over to the kitchen to get himself something to eat, when he spotted the light on his answering machine indicating that he had messages; he pressed the button and immediately regretted it.
"First message recorded at 11:58 a.m: Xavier Castle, where the hell are you? Didn't you promise you'd be here? Ugghhh... this is pointless." Xavier sighed as he heard the voice of his pissed of girlfriend.
"Second Message recorded at 12:49 p.m: Hey, Xavier, you home, bro? It's me, Charlie, give me a ring once you hear this." He only shrugged and listened to the next message.
"Third Message recorded at 2:59 p.m: Stupid jerk, aren't you home yet?" Xavier only sighed as he deleted the three messages before going back to make himself something to eat.
Once he was done with his meal, he picked up his cellphone calling Charlie "Hey, you called, right?" Xavier asked as he heard Charlie pick up.
"Dude, what are you going to do today?" The energetic voice of Charlie filled his ear, making him wince.
"Don't know, I have to talk to Jessica cause she seems to be pissed at me," X answered, while looking through his closet as he searched for adequate clothing for an outdoor excursion.
"Stop being so whipped, X, this is the third time you've used that excuse," Charlie answered, chuckling as X only grunted.
"Whatever, I forgot to pick her up for breakfast and now she's pissed at me again, let me call you once I work things out," X said.
"Alright, no biggie, just do your thing and try not to get her mad enough to kill you, laterz then," Charlie answered hanging up, and X only grunted one more time before tossing the phone onto his bed while he slipped on some gray jeans, a blue t-shirt and pushed his brown locks out of his eyes before exiting his apartment and walking down the stairs to the garage where he kept his black Mazda RX-8 parked.
"Come on, pick up the phone, come on" Xavier muttered as he drove one handed making a call.
"Hello?" Jessica picked up the phone and X responded with a "Hey, babe, where are you?"
"I'm at the mall, with my friends, jerk!" Jessica answered, anger in her voice as she heard Xavier's voice.
"No need to be mad, beautiful, I'm heading over there right now," Xavier answered as he made the necessary changes in direction to head towards the mall.
"Why do you even bother? I swear that the only times you're on time is when you want to get laid or when you have some kind of new thing to show off," Jessica's annoyed voice said over the phone making him sigh.
"Yeah, you'd think that wouldn't you. But I have to say that it isn't all like that and you know it" X answered before continuing "Yeah, I'll see you at the mall then, where will you be?"
"I'll be waiting in front of that Disney store and don't just disappear without a trace," Jessica answered and X said "Okay then, I'll see you there, babe." He hung up the phone, sliding it into his pocket, and cranking up the car stereo high, metal blaring from the speakers as Testament was played.
Once in the mall lot, he parked and walked through the air-conditioned doors, inhaling the strange aroma of clothes, perfume, food, and people as he automatically eyed everyone within his vicinity for any sign of a threat, a habit he'd acquired from becoming Red X. He finished his examination and walked inside, heading towards the third floor of the mall and to the store with the words "DISNEY" written across the doorway in big letters.
He was looking around, his gaze never staying on one spot twice as he continued to keep a look out when he heard a male say "I don't want to and you can't make me," loudly which caused him to turn and look at the scene that unfolded itself.
There was a male of at least 17 years of age, with silver and blue hair in thick spikes pushed back towards his neck with a dark blue bandana around his neck, arguing with a pale girl with indigo hair who seemed to winning the argument because the guy just huffed out "Fine," before he was pulled away from where he stood. Xavier only shrugged as he continued walking along the mall 'Weirdos' he thought; after some stops along the way, he finally made it to the disney store where Jessica said she'd wait for him.
He looked around and spotted Jessica leaning against the glass with her arms crossed, a look of irritation on her face as he walked to her. Jessica Stingray, a short brown skinned girl with long black hair dressed in jeans and a tight blouse, she faced the opposite direction when X wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close to him as he covered her eyes with the remaining arm and asked "Did you miss me?"
He grunted when an elbow struck him in the ribs and pulled himself away from Jessica with a hurt look on his face "Why'd you do that for?"
"Because, jerk. You forgot about me today in the morning that's why." Jessica told him, a mean look in her eyes as she jabbed a finger into his chest accusingly.
X raised his hands up as he said "I didn't mean it and you know that. It's just that with my night job, I'm sometimes too tired for anything else and I just knock out."
After a few moments, Jessica answered "I forgive you, Xavier and I'm sorry I yelled at you."
X smiled before letting her lead him through a whole afternoon of shopping. X didn't think he'd be buying anything so he was surprised when he exited several stores with bags on his arms and he looked back asking Jessica "So, do you want to catch a movie or is there some kind of party going on that we can crash?"
Jessica looked thoughtful for a few seconds before answering "Charlie said that new club, Jupiter's Frost, was opening tonight, and I wanted to go there, how about it?"
Xavier only shrugged as they headed for the car when suddenly he bumped into someone causing him to fall to the ground along with the stranger; he looked at who it was, "Hey jerk, wat-" but he didn't finish as he saw it was the guy he had seen earlier arguing with the girl. 'Man, what is it with me and bumping into the strange people.' X thought as he glared at the other male in front of him, both staring at each other's eyes.
That is until someone cleared their throat behind them and said "Could we please stop with the love connection here and go already? I know I dragged you here but we're done and we should go." Xavier looked up and saw the blue haired girl standing in front of him The guy that X dropped to the ground, stood up and dusted his clothes off before walking away with the girl as X himself got up and continued walking with Jessica.
They arrived at the food court when X felt hungry and they bought some food and sat down to eat. X was eating chinese food, when out of nowhere a meatball flew and struck him on the head; he whirled around to see who it was and he saw a familiar pair of people sitting at another table arguing over food. It was none other than Beast Boy and Cyborg, who were duking it out over the food.
"Hey jerks, what the hell's your problem?" X yelled out, irritated as he stood up, glaring at both of the surprised titans.
"Dude, are you talking to us?" Beast Boy asked, looking at him and X answered "Yeah, I'm talking to both of you idiots."
"What did we do?" Cyborg asked calmly and X gritted his teeth as he told them "If you're going to throw things around then at least have the decency to apologize when you hit people."
"Hey, what are doing Xavier? They're the Teen Titans," Jessica hissed.
Cyborg looked at him and said "We're sorry, man."
Beast Boy smirked and said "Yeah, man, we're sorry."
X looked at them before walking away, with Jessica in tow as she said "He wasn't trying to be mean, he's just too stubborn to accept the apology."
"It's alright, we deal with that everyday," Cyborg said as they watched Jessica leave behind X.
2 hours later...
"Where's Charlie?" Jessica asked loudly, struggling to be heard over the music playing at the club, while looking around.
"I don't know, he said he'd be here," X answered as he leaned against the seat in the booth they waited in, "Don't worry, he'll be here."
True to his words, they saw a familiar person heading in their direction, getting close enough that they could tell who it was. A tall, tanned black haired guy walked over to the table accompanied by a green haired girl, both weaving through people until they stood in front of the table.
"Well, if it isn't Mr. Xavier I'm so whipped that I'm afraid of my girlfriend's anger Castle," the male spoke with a smirk on his face as X chuckled at the dark look that Jessica gave him.
"Charlie, if I were you, I wouldn't be talking about whipped. If I remember correctly, you were worse than me that you even jumped at the recordings I made of Kim," Jessica shot back, making Charlie chuckle nervously as he sat down next to them alongside of Kim.
After a few minutes of chatting, X was pulled to his feet by Jessica as she said "Let's dance,"grumbling slightly he followed her lead to the floor as a fast pop song started playing. X danced through the song with grace because of need for it on his job, keeping up with Jessica who was one of the best dancers in the club; X sighed with relief as the song ended and he turned to Jessica "I'm gonna go get some drinks, I'll be right back."
X walked over to the bartender, a tall, thin, pale man with vivid red eyes and with long, red flowing hair wearing a white long-sleeve shirt with black vest over it who was being assaulted from everywhere with orders as he skillfully fixed drinks; X tapped the bar as he tried to get the bartender's attention and called out his order "Let me get a coke and rum, also a lemonade tequila."
The bartender nodded and X waited for his drink leaning against the bar with his back to bartender, gazing around the club when he saw some guy hassling Jessica. Without bothering to wait for his drink, he walked through the crowd of people, coming to a halt right by Jessica; he batted away the hand that was trying to pull Jessica onto the dance floor and stepped in front of her "She said no, punk, what part of that don't you understand?"
The offending male was of Jessica's height, with brown hair and a seemingly permanent sneer to his face as he asked in an angry tone of voice "Who the hell are you?" speaking to X, then he continued "Who the hell do you think you are to get in my way? No bitch says no to me, none."
X was mad, something difficult to achieve, and he lashed out with a fist that connected with the offending guy's nose, dropping him to the floor "Watch your mouth."
X turned away from the laid out guy, taking Jessica's arm and pulling her away from the area when suddenly he heard the sound of a gun cocking. X acted on instinct as he pushed Jessica away from him and whirled around to see the barrel of a gun pointed at him; the hand that held it was shaky as the owner used his other to hold his nose.
"Nobody lays a hand on me, and I'll make sure you don't do it again," the guy spoke as blood ran from his nose, his finger closing on the trigger when something blurred by striking him in the forehead, a shattering sound announced that it was a shot glass that dropped him onto the floor again, this time out cold.
"You don't do that in my club," a cool voice announced as the bartender strode up next to Xavier, two drinks in his hands which he handed to X, who took them as the bartender pulled out a cellphone.
"Hello, yes, I need you to send an officer down to the Jupiter's Frost, I have a man you might need to make a pick up on," he spoke, listening to some kind of response, when he continued "Yeah, my name is Rubicante Averruncus, alright see you then."
X watched as two guys appeared, both wearing a ear piece that announced they were bouncers, and they picked up the unconscious teen, dragging him out of the club while the music started up again, while Rubicante announced "Alright everybody, everything is cool, get back to your business."
X passed Jessica her drink, while swirling his own once before taking a sip and saying "Thanks, I didn't want to risk him shooting."
Rubicante nodded and turned back to the bar only pausing to say "The drinks are on the house."
X smirked as he took another sip, heading back to the table to set down the drink and headed back to the dance floor, grabbing Jessica by her arm and pulled her close to him as Digital Love came on.
Last night I had a dream about you
In this dream I'm dancing right beside you
nd it looked like everyone was having fun
The kind of feeling I've waited so long
Xsung the words to the song, pulling Jessica closer as they danced.
Don't stop come a little closer
As we jam the rhythm gets stronger
There's nothing wrong with just a little little fun
We were dancing all night long
X felt the cellphone in his pocket, vibrate as it was on silent and he decided that for the night he was going to ignore any and all jobs that came along just to spend time with Jessica.
The time is right to put my arms around you
You're feeling right
You wrap your arms around too
But suddenly I feel the shining sun
Before I knew it this dream was all gone
X smiled as he continued to singing the words to the song, placing his head close to her neck as the words were whispered in her ears.
Ooh I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
I wish this dream come true
Ooh I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
We'll make this dream come true
X smiled as the song ended, kissing Jessica in the lips gently then they both went to sit down at their table, where they saw the bartender sitting and waiting. "Hey, what's up?" X asked as he looked at Charlie and Kim, who only smiled at him.
"I'm here to thank you for helping me deal with an unwanted customer. My name is Rubicante," Rubicante spoke, introducing himself as he stood, his right hand extended.
X smirked as he shook the proffered hand and said "The name's Xavier Castle, my friend."
"Sit down and relax, the band that's coming on next is a pretty good one," Rubicante said, watching as X and Jessica sat down.
Rubicante stood and pulled out his cellphone with a "Excuse me while I take this," turning away and speaking rapidly in another language.
X watched as the band came on, readying their instruments as the lead singer announced "We're the X-Phantomz" The band played for a couple of minutes, and Charlie stood up mumbling some thing about a mosh pit and X followed him closely as the crowd surged and he disappeared into it as well.
After more then a few songs, X returned to the table sighing as he said "Man, now that was ifun,except some guy worked my ribs real good."
The club closed late and when it did, X took Jessica home, standing at her doorway. He kissed her again and said "Good-night, I'll see you tomorrow." Jessica placed her arms around his neck and whispered "How about you spend the night here, cowboy?" Xavier followed for her in.
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Ringg! X groaned before rolling over and grabbing his cellphone "This better be good," he muttered sleepily into the receiver.
"Hey, Xavier, where the hell have you been? There's a new job out for you." Charlie answered as X only groaned loudly. "Just tell me later, okay, I'm exhausted," X answered and he shut off his phone, laying back on the bed, pulling Jessica closer to him as he fell asleep.
Xavier woke up an hour later, dressing himself and heading to the kitchen to make breakfast. Once the smells of breakfast accompanied him as he headed back into Jessica's room with a tray laden with food for her.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the first of the month" X sang out as he placed the tray in front of a groggy Jessica who smiled at him before a growl of her stomach announced to her that it was time to eat.
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Meanwhile...
t the Titan's tower, Yoh was waking up to the sounds of Beast Boy and Cyborg yelling at each other over what kind of food to eat; Yoh headed into the kitchen, wearing only jeans and socks as he sat on a chair in front of the table laden with food, closely followed by Raven.
Yoh's stomach rumbled in hunger and Raven's agreed as well, "Now that both of you are here," Cyborg said motioning towards them "the breakfast break down can now begin."
Beast Boy appeared from the other side of the table with a sign that with the words Breakfast Breakdown spelled out in huge words. There were pictures of every single titan on the board with words scrawled out beside it; "It goes as this, everyone here prepared a dish, well almost everyone," Cyborg said looking at Raven before continuing "Your job is to try it, and figure out who made what, and then you have to rate it."
Yoh gulped loudly before he spoke "I guess, let's do this already," taking the first plate within reach into his hands. It looked like it could've been a normal plate of scrambled eggs if it didn't have a strange color, Yoh dug into it, chewing and swallowing it. Once down, Yoh made a face then said "It tastes veg, so I say it's probably Beast Boy's food, and out of 5 stars, 5 being the best, I'd say it's probably 2 at best."
Beast Boy said "What do you mean 3 at best?" Raven answered for Yoh with the monotone voice "At worst you mean."
Yoh chuckled before reaching for another plate, this one piled with meat. Yoh raised an eyebrow as he looked at it "This seems like it would be Cyborg's," he looked up and asked "Any one has any barbecue sauce?" A bottle appeared in Robin's hands, and Yoh chuckled as he said "I need me one of those belts," before applying it to the food and taking a huge bite. "I give it a 3," he saw Cyborg's disbelieving face and he added "It's cause I'm not that big on meat like you are, no offense."
Cyborg smiled as he handed him another bowl, which Yoh took in his hand as he was handed a fork. Yoh poked it with the fork and saw the orangy contents move, so he didn't bother thinking as he took as huge forkful of the food and ate it, feeling as it moved inside his mouth, he chewed and chewed until he could swallow; Yoh felt himself be filled with a burn as to the rest of the titans he went through a color change, beginning at orange, the moving to red, followed by purple, then by yellow, green and a bright blue before Yoh started to glow. Once the glow subsided, he was panting as he said "Wow, now that's a kick," as his healing factor finished fixing him
Every titan was looking at him, jaws agape as Cyborg asked "Are you okay?" Yoh nodded, saying "That's a 3," with the outraged cries of Beast Boy as he heard that Starfire's dish received a higher rating than his.
Yoh, then reached for the remaining plate on the table. He looked at it, and it looked normal; Yoh reached for another fork to have it handed to him Robin as Yoh asked "Is there anyone here that has ketchup?" and he saw Robin draw another bottle out and he smirked as he dug into a plate of scrambled eggs as with hash browns and sausage.
"It's good, I give it a 4" Yoh said with a smirk and he dug into the food at will, wondering what would happen next.
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A/N – you've now reached the end of session 02 of Dual X's, see you in da next one, I hope. Question I need to ask something, what last name sounds better for Rubicante? Rubicante Averruncus or Rubicante Rakuso? Tell me which you feel would be better, and I'll use it, but for now I'm using Averruncus. Sorry it's kinda short, I was introducing Xavier, yeah. The song used here was Daft Punk's "Digital Love"