I'm so sorry for da wait, i just had like a million problems happenin' at once. My pc started crashing, I couldn't find the jump drive where I stored this in and I couldn't find my ipod where i kept my back ups so i didn't have a copy; SpiderSquirrel would've been my beta but suffered from a computer crash as well so it didn't happen, thankz anyway! Then Valentine's day was yesterday and that didn't help as I decided to spend da day with my girlfriend, yeah, so, I'm really sorry for the long wait, session 04 is coming soon too!
Yeah, thanks to all who reviewed, thanks to all that didn't, don't own da Titans, might own Rubicante, Yoh Kazama and I might own some of the people that'll arrive in this session of Dual X's, now read on.
Session 03 – You See What Happens?
Yoh walked into the Titan's living room quietly on the search for Cyborg when he heard an extremely loud snore that made him flinch slightly. He looked around and saw Beast Boy laid out on the couch, sleeping yet changing through animal forms, most being small, at every snore; Yoh suddenly had a wicked idea as he quickly rummaged through his pockets in search of the perfect weapon. Yoh held a black sharpie in his hand and he wasn't afraid to use it; he quickly drew on Beast Boy, his hands moving gently as he took great care not to wake the changeling as he finished his 'Art' and walked out of the room chuckling.
The alarm sounded and Yoh sighed knowing that the alarm meant trouble in the city, like usual. He quickly ran to the roof and jumped off, already wearing his suit and turning into a sinuous glowing dragon that kept pace with the Titans. Rampaging through the city was Killer Moth's daughter, riding on a huge moth, who laughed when she saw the teen titans.
"What's wrong with your face?" Kitten Moth asked between the laughter, everyone looking around to see what she was referring to.
Raven had a small smile on her face, just the same with Robin, Cyborg and Starfire while Shadow burst out laughing, slapping his knee as people who had been running scared all stopped to look and point at Beast Boy.
"Dude, what's so funny? Why is everybody looking at me?" Beast Boy asked, clueless when Kitten tossed him a mirror and he caught it, opening it to see the reflection of his face. It was all tagged up with several things on it making him seem like a walking piece of avantgarde.
"Alright, alright, let's just get this over with," Robin said, trying to keep a serious face but failed as he chuckled at the face that Beast Boy was making and Shadow's laughter subsided to chuckles as he said "Yeah, alright, um... yeah, we got a villain to handle and a big bug to control."
Robin sobered up his expression long enough to yell "Titans Go!" At that, Shadow stood back with his arms crossed and looking at his fingernail's as if he was waiting for something. "Oh...crap, I forgot. Let's go, Shadow!"
Shadow only shook his head before going after the bug riding girl; his cellphone rung when he kicked the moth and it hit him back. Laying on the ground, he pulled out his cellphone "Hello...um...yeah, kinda busy dealing with some two bit villain, no I can deal with it." He rolled out of the way as the giant bug came crashing down where he had lain a few minutes earlier and he continued "Oh... yeah, I didn't know that he was in town, how come you didn't tell me?"
He watched as Cyborg was swatted down by the moth and he pulled out a small orb that he held in his fingers as he ran at the bug, still on the phone "Okay then, we'll crash there later and check things out. Alright, alright, alright, okay then I'll see you later. What the hell's wrong with you? No! Alright, laterz."
He hung up the phone, sliding it into his pocket before jumping up high, yelling "Hey, Cyborg, gimme a boost!" Shadow landed onto Cyborg's hands and was catapulted high enough in the air so that when the bug made another pass he threw out the orb in his hands, hitting the creature in the eyes and watching as the smoke enveloped the creature.
"RRRAAAIIIIDDDD!" Kitten managed to screech out before she fell off the bucking insect, coughing out the smoke.
"Ay, you were supposed to blow up after that!" Shadow said as he laughed out loud, with news reporters rushing to the scene as the Jump City H.W.A.T team picked up the now screaming Kitten as she yelled curses to the Titans "Just you watch Titans, you're all gonna pay big-time, you'll all pay when my daddy comes back."
"You're daddy can come back for all we care, but he still isn't a match for the Teen Titans." Robin stated turning his back on the even angrier girl.
"Robin, so does this mean that he's part of the team?" a reporter asked, pointing at Shadow who only shrugged waiting for Robin to respond and Robin did saying "Yeah, he's the new addition to the team. His name is-"
"Red X" Yoh said (I'm gonna refer to him as Yoh from now on,) The reporters looked shocked at his declaration, some wondering why it was that he had decided to use a name such as that to introduce himself.
"Excuse me, but isn't Red X a criminal?" A reporter asked and Yoh smirked as answered "Yeah, I guess he would be a thief, but Red X was my name before the whole thief thing started and I don't give anything up for anyone."
The reporters backed off as Robin jumped on his bike, taking off at a high speed before being joined by the rest of the remaining titans in their own methods of traveling.
X-X-X-X
At the tower...
"Ay, Robin, kick it." Yoh said as he listened to Robin rant about him for the past several minutes.
"How can I relax? You failed to inform us that you were Red X and you want me to relax," Robin hissed as he glared at Yoh, who stood leaning against a wall in the living room with an evidently forced calm on his face.
"Look, I didn't say anything because it was my problem first of all," Yoh said, ticking off one finger for emphasis, "Second of all, I was Red X until you used my alias for your little scheme," he ticked off another finger, "Third is that I was never a criminal or anything in my days as Red X," Yoh finished, ticking off a third finger.
"You mean to say this was started by me?" Robin asked, his glare intensifying as Yoh nodded, and he continued "I never even heard of your name before and you expect me to believe what you tell me?"
"The mark of a good phantom, is total invisibility," Yoh retorted before shutting his eyes and rubbing his temples.
Everyone in the room was quiet while the two performed their exchange, speaking only when both Robin and Yoh were quiet.
"Alright, so you're Red X? Or at least you were before Robin, right?" Cyborg asked, trying to keep his facts straight. "I understand why you want to retrieve your identity since then and I think it's correct," he said, but then he added "Until we can catch the other X, what do we call you? We can't just keep calling you Shadow and we can't call you X, so what will it be?"
"The name's Yoh Kazama but I'd prefer only Yoh," Yoh muttered tiredly as he sat down on the couch end. After a few moments the titans realized that he was asleep and they all looked at Robin, who nodded to them; slowly and carefully, they took Yoh to one of the empty rooms, setting him on the bed and covering him up before exiting.
"Dude's tired, just chill for now Robin," Beast Boy said, his voice unusually low as he looked around to Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, who nodded in agreement to what the changeling said.
"So what now, then?" Cyborg asked Robin, while leaning against the wall next to the door. "I mean, I don't think it'd be right for us to alienate him over something so small when we already let him join," he added, still looking at the opposite wall.
"Robin, I do not think it is right for us to "Push" friend Yoh away, he is a good person," Starfire spoke while floating above the ground and Robin turned to Raven, "So what do vote? Does he stay or does he go?"
Raven looked at him for a moment before she said "You know what I have to say and you know what you have to say," walking into the room to make Yoh comfortable while he slept.
Robin stood outside for a moment looking around to each titan's face before walking into the room and laying a communicator on the bedside and walking out of the room without looking back.
X-X-X-X
On the other side of the town...
Xavier lay on his bed, going through the briefing on the new job provided to him by Charlie, 'Hmm... who would pay this much for this simple job? I'm going to have to check the employer first,' he thought as he examined what was wanted.
It looked like a regular ruby but it had a black heart in the center making it the Black Heart Ruby, which was rumored to be cursed. "Only the King of Hearts may wear this and only he can give it to whoever he wishes," Xavier read out loud before continuing to flip through the report only to find a picture with a familiar face on it; it was none other than the owner of the Jupiter's Frost, Rubicante Rakuso. He sighed before getting up from the bed and leaving the house.
X-X-X-X
Xavier stayed with Charlie until night fell, changing into his suit and going to pay Jupiter's Frost a visit. He faded into the club using the optic camo that Charlie created for the suit once the titans took the belt, leaning against the bar without looking back; "I know why you're here but I don't have it anymore," Rubi's voice reached his ears followed by a glass that slid to a stop next to his elbow "Have a drink, don't worry, it doesn't have anything in it."
X grabbed the drink, then lifting up his mask for a bit, he downed the drink and placed the glass back on the bar.
"I'll only ask you one thing, don't let the titans or my partner see you right now. I don't want a mess in my club," Rubi spoke before turning away to the sound of X's chuckles.
X-X-X-X
At the same time...
Yoh walked towards the club entrance wearing a tight black t-shirt, easy fit dark blue jeans and a black zip up sweater with the logo "Kreator" on it's back, dressed like a thrasher; security recognized Yoh and quickly let him in along with the titans in tow. Robin dressed in tight blue jeans with rips along the legs as well as a black mess shirt and a denim vest over it, all punked out with his mask on.
Beast Boy was wearing black jeans with the legs folded slightly, a blue t-shirt and a denim jacket with his hair all spiked to the side in psychobilly style; behind him was Cyborg wearing baggy jeans, a long t-shirt and a puffy jacket looking hip-hop.
Raven was wearing a black one piece dress that hugged her tightly, the hem only going to her knees along with calf-high boots and her hair tied up in a pony tail doing her goth thing; to finish the group was Starfire wearing a short blue skirt along with a blue blouse with the words "Rock me" on the front and a short jacket that only reached her ribs in length looking like the pop star.
"Yeah, everyone look who's in the house!" the DJ yelled out through the mike and everyone turned to see the titans stroll in with the DJ yelling "Make way for the Jump City Titans, yeah!"
Robin raised his hand and waved at the crowds of people that were cheering.
"Okay, now we can really party!" the DJ yelled out, before cranking up the sound system with a pulsing techno song to begin.
"Hey Cyborg, do the robot!" Beast Boy called out, chuckling as Cyborg scowled at him.
"Ay BB, do the funky monkey!" Yoh shot out watching as all the titans but Beast Boy laughed.
Beast Boy made a face as he retorted "Dude, not funny, man. Not funny,"
Raven chuckled before she said "I don't know about that Beast Boy, it seemed pretty funny to me."
The titans split up with Yoh pulling Raven to the dance floor "Come on Rae, let's dance," a smirk on his lips announced that he wasn't taking no for an answer.
Raven gave him a deadpan look as she said "I do not dance Yoh," she started to say something else when Yoh interrupted "What's wrong with dancing? Are you scared of it?" Raven gave him a glare that turned into a wicked smirk as she finished dragging him to the dance floor.
"What the fuck? Is that Raven over there dancing with Yoh?" Beast Boy asked and Robin turned away from the dancing Starfire to see.
"It is our Raven, but she doesn't dance," Beast Boy said, his face showing that he was going into shock as the sight of Raven's graceful dancing. "Dude, she dances? When did that happen? And why with him of all people?" BB continued his jaw nearly to the floor.
Cyborg saw Robin's facial expression and decided to cut in as he said "Hey look at Starfire, I didn't know the girl could move like that," watching as Robin turned back to Starfire, who was dancing with a smile on her face.
Cyborg gave him a push and said "Go ahead, you know you want to."
Robin gave him a smile before going back to his dancing and Cyborg smirked as he took another glance as Raven 'seems like little sis is enjoying herself' he thought before turning around to dance with a tall dark skinned beauty that was smiling at him from a distance.
Rubicante watched as Yoh danced with Raven, keeping an eye out for X, who was still in the club somewhere.
Yoh smirked when the song ended and the DJ started yelling "Alright, listen up everyone. The band coming on next is none other than the X-Phantomz, give it up!" Out strode the band members all clothed in black pants, boots, and black t-shirts wearing fighter pilot jackets over them. The jackets had the insignia's of the notorious Skull Squadron, and several medals each, all jackets gray in color.
"Hey Jump City, we are the X-Phantomz fresh from Cobalt Coast City and we hope you enjoy yourselves tonight," the bassist spoke into the mike while plugging his amp to a black Schecter C4-XXX bass and playing a few experimental notes. Once the rest of of the band was ready, he spoke into the mike again and said "Yeah, my name is Renji, and this the first song is called Rebel Yell, we hope you like it."
The song started, people jumping up and down in the crowd in front of the stage.
"Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door, Last night a little angel came pumping on the floor," he glanced at the girls in the crowd, then continued "She said, come on baby, I got a license for love. And if it expires, pray help from above" Renji nodding his head to the music, "Because in the midnight hour she cried MORE! MORE! MORE! with a rebel yell she cried MORE! MORE! MORE! in the midnight hour she cried MORE! MORE! MORE! with a rebel yell MORE! MORE! MORE! MORE! MORE! MOOORRREEE"
Renji's hands thrummed across the bass, hitting the notes and led the song off while people in the crowd were pitting.
Renji went to the pit along side of Robin who let out a whoop as they ran into it, the song still blasting overhead. On stage, the blue haired guy had launched into the solo, and the red haired one took over half way into it, and then Renji yelled into the mike "In the midnight hour she cried..." and he held it out to he crowd as they chanted "MORE! MORE! MORE!"
he continued "with a rebel yell..." pointing the mike back at the crowd "MORE! MORE! MORE!"
Renji went into the last part of the song while Robin was taking deep breaths in the side of the pitt as someone had knocked the air out of him, Yoh himself was the one going through the pitt faster "In the midnight hour, she cried MORE! MORE! MORE! with a rebel yell MORE! MORE! MORE! MOOORREEE"and the lights dimmed and the X-Phantomz stopped.
The song ended and Yoh exited the crowd, breathing slightly heavy as he led Robin to a table where Raven and Starfire sat waiting for them. "What happened friend Yoh?" Starfire asked as Robin took a seat, wincing slightly.
"Nothing much, just that Beast Boy went into the pitt and decided that turning into a gorilla would be a lot more fun," Yoh said waving his hand towards Robin "and well, Robin took a big gorilla fist to the ribs and there's your results."
Raven gave a small smile as Yoh chuckled at the look on Robin's face, who immediately got up and said "I'm going to go get some drinks, I'll be back." Starfire stood up and went with him, holding hands.
"I was wondering when they would hook up," Yoh said as he sat down next to Raven, holding her hand in his, then he turned to look at her "I didn't know that you could dance like that," he added.
"I can, it's just that I don't really like to be in places like this," Raven said and Yoh looked at her in the eyes "You aren't enjoying yourself? If not, then we can go somewhere else if you want."
Raven gave him a look and said "Don't worry, I'm actually enjoying this here," and at that moment Beast Boy and Cyborg plopped down at the table, tired and breathing heavy.
"Dude, that was a blast," Beast Boy said, a wide smile on his face and Cyborg agreed with him. Robin came back with the drinks along with Starfire and some unnoticed company.
Once at the table, Robin sat down and handed out the drinks to the proper people when someone called out to them "Hey, mind if we join you?" The Titans all looked up and saw the band that had been playing on stage along with some girls. The bassist stepped forward as Yoh got up and they clasped hands in a guy half hug as Yoh said "Renji, what are you doing here?"
Renji quickly introduced himself "Yeah, the name's Renji Asakura, I'm Yoh's cousin." Everyone was looking at them, taking up the way they looked. Renji was tall, nearly Yoh's height with green hair spiked from the top while it was tied into a pony tail at the back (think Reno from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children) while he introduced the others "The blue haired one is Jenrya Lee," Jenrya smiled as he bowed and Renji continued his introductions "The redhead is Ryo Abarai," Ryo gave them a smile as he nodded to them. "And last but not least is Jin Akamaru," Jin gave them a formal bow letting a smile appear on his face.
"Hold on, is that Jenna with you?" Yoh asked, taking a good look at the girls with the band, then he smiled as the said girl stepped forward, enveloping him in a hug.
"Everyone, this is Jenna Asagiri," Yoh introduced the short curvaceous blue haired girl to the others as the remaining ones were introduced to everyone.
"Whoa man, I didn't think that you'd join the titans," Jin said a smirk still on his lips as he continued "You never took any credit for saving people at Cobalt Coast and you never wanted to joined the Phantomz."
"I work alone, most of the time," Yoh said as he leaned in his seat as the titans leaned forward to talk to Renji and the rest; Renji asked Yoh "So what's going on between you and her?"
Yoh smirked as he answered "She's my lover, so don't even think about it," giving him a look and grunted when Raven popped him the ribs with her elbow as she chuckled.
"I see who's the one that runs the show there now," Renji said as he sipped on a drink that he had in his hand, while Yoh was giving him a look; he continued speaking "Did you catch that Red X guy or not?"
Yoh looked around as he saw some kind of movement, a slight blur that his eyes detected as she answered "No, not yet, but I already started on the recovery of my name," while looking around as he spotted the same blur move closer to the bar.
"Ay, Yoh, we're up again and we need you to join us" Jenrya said, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him out of his seat, headed towards the stage along with the other member's of the band. Once up on the stage Renji spoke into the mike "And now joining us, is none other than my cousin, Yoh,"
Ryo started with the drums, his beat going faster and faster as both Ryo and Jenrya started with their guitars as Renji started in with his bass.
Yoh caught the mike tossed to him by Ryo, readying himself for the song until...
"Denying the lying
A million children fighting
For lives in strife
For hope beyond the horizon
Raven smiled as she listened along side of the remaining titans.
A dead world
A dark path
Not even crossroads to choose from
All the bloodred
Carpets before me
Behold this fair creation of God
The crowd was jumping up and down as they enjoyed themselves, as Yoh smile never seemed to fade as his eyes seemed to burn with an intensity that startled Raven.
My only wish to leave behind
All the days of the Earth
An everyday hell of my kingdom come
X listened to the song, leaning against the counter of the bar, now dressed in civilian clothes as he enjoyed the band. 'Hmm... seems like he can sing, who would of thought that?' he thought before taking another shot down.
The 1st rock thrown again
Welcome to hell, little Saint
Mother Gaia in slaughter
Welcome to paradise, Soldier
Robin leaned against the table while the song buried itself in his mind, making him think of the way he had been acting lately and it wasn't really that great on his behalf.
My 1st cry never ending
All life is to fear for life
You fool, you wanderer
You challenged the gods and lost
Cyborg stood next to the girl he had been dancing with for the past few minutes, as he heard Yoh's singing 'I can see why little sis likes him,' he thought before going back to the business of talking with the girl next to him.
Save yourself a penny for the ferryman
Save yourself and let them suffer
In hope
In love
This world aint ready for The Ark
Mankind works in mysterious ways"
Yoh finished the song to the applause of the people inside the club as they all cheered for him yelling another. Rubicante smiled as he stepped forward and spoke into the mike "I'm glad everyone enjoyed it but I'm sorry to say it's about that time again and everyone here knows what it means."
People started leaving the club in ones, twos and so on until it was empty save for the Titans and the X-Phantomz. Rubi saw the blur of movement that announced that Red X was out of the building and he proceeded to walk over Yoh, pulling him into an embrace as he grabbed Yoh from behind.
"Rubi, what the hell did tell you?" Yoh said as he pulled himself away from the man and Raven gave Rubi her own eye as she said "I'd suggest you keep your hands to yourself," her eyes glowing a blood red that made Yoh smile.
"What a day this was, let's go home," Cyborg said as Beast Boy struggled to suppress a yawn, which still erupted from his partially covered mouth.
Rubi smiled as he said "Why don't you all just crash here? There's plenty of rooms for all if you'd care to,"
Renji smirked as he said "Such a light weight, he is" pointing to Beast Boy who was already sleeping and drooling.
"I'm up for a run of the town," Yoh said, stretching himself before turning to Raven and asking "Want to come along?" Raven looked to the ground, thinking for a few seconds before she nodded and followed Yoh towards the doors along with Renji, Ryo, Jenrya, and Jin, leaving the rest of the titans who all looked at each other and decided to sleep. Well, all except for Cyborg, who followed Yoh and Raven out of the door and into the night alongside of them.
X-X-X-X
"So then Yoh leaned against the rail and falls right over into the river along with the man," Renji finished, bursting into laughter along with everyone but Yoh, who had a murderous expression on his face.
"Yeah, well, I at least wasn't drowning in cake mix," Yoh retorted, watching as Renji went red and shut up.
They were all at the pier where there was a carnival in progress, with people everywhere out for a good time. Raven had a small smile on her face as she listened to the stories about Yoh from his friends, while Cyborg looked around with a strange expression on his face as if he was missing something.
"Hey, Cy, are you okay?" Jin turned to ask Cyborg, who only nodded his head before continuing to look around.
Unknown to them, they had someone following them from a distance; said person had a puppy dog expression as she stared at one of the crowd. With a small sigh, she turned to leave but found someone blocking her path, "Hey, move it, will you" she spoke, as she tried to get around the person blocking her path but was blocked again.
She looked up and saw a brown haired guy dressed in a green t-shirt and black jeans. "Hey there beautiful, are you here all alone?"
Shocking pink eyes looked at honey/caramel colored eyes as she answered "Why do you want to know?"
The stranger answered "Well, simple really," he paused for dramatic effect then continued "From what I've seen so far, all you've done is sigh and stare at that titan that was walking through here as if you wanted to be with him, so I wanted to know."
Jinx was surprised that a total stranger could see how things were and she sighed as she answered "Yes, I'm here alone, but that doesn't matter."
"Yes it does beautiful, it matters enough so what do you say I help you both out a little?" the guy offered with a smile on his lips as he waited for her response.
"I don't even know who you are, so why help me, as you say." Jinx said, turning away from him.
"The name's Xavier and I'll help because I don't like seeing pretty girls sad," Xavier said as he hooked elbows with her and proceeded to walk through the fair with a surprised Jinx.
"Wait a minute, you don't even know who I am," Jinx said and as she was going to add more, she was interrupted "Your name is Jinx and that's all there is to it."
Jinx was surprised at how easily Xavier dismissed who she was and she continued walking through the crowd along with him.
"There he is, right there," Xavier said, walking a little behind Yoh and the people he was with, still holding onto Jinx.
Cyborg was feeling out of it and he didn't know why; so far the trip to the fair was making things worse. He turned to play some game that was there when he caught sight of brilliant pink hair and saw Jinx walking along with another guy.
"Jinx?" Cyborg asked as he looked at her and she nodded before continuing to talk to her companion.
He was getting the cold shoulder and he felt bad about it but he couldn't do anything about it or so he thought. That is until he heard Jinx say "How dare you?" and a resounding slap followed the spoken words as Jinx's palm crashed into her companion's face.
Xavier knew that he had to do something stupid in front of Cyborg so he did and was rewarded by a slap on the face and Cyborg pushing him away from Jinx, saying "Get away from her."
Xavier only raised both his hands in the air before backing away and turning around to leave. He smirked knowing his job was done and he had helped out someone; 'Just cause I'm the way I am, doesn't mean I can't act nice every once in a while.' he thought before leaving the fair with his hands in his pocket, his mind set on a visit to Jessica.
X-X-X-X
"Who was that, Jinx?" Cyborg asked as he walked hand in hand with Jinx, behind the others, his gaze only on her as she walked with him.
"I met him when I was here and I was feeling lonely," Jinx said quietly looking down at the ground and Cyborg said "Don't worry, you're with me now," giving her a bright smile.
Yoh was walking and talking with the rest when a song was played at a stall they walked near.
"Blue sky to forever,
The green grass blows in the wind, dancing
It would be much better a sight with you, with me,
If you hadn't met me, I'd be fine on my own, baby,
I never felt so lonely, then you came along,
So now what should I do, I'm strung out, addicted to you,
My body it aches, now that you're gone,
My supply fell through,
You gladly gave me everything you had and more,
You craved my happiness,
When you make me feel joy it makes you smile,
But now I feel your stress,
Love was never meant to be such a crazy affair, no
And who has time for tears,
Never thought I'd sit around and cry for your love, '
till now."
Yoh wasn't sure why he stopped, but he did, falling silent as he listened to the song. Renji only looked at Yoh, whose eyes filled with a hint of pain before he shook himself out of it.
"You've just heard You're Not Here by Leyna Aoyama and we're giving away tickets to see her live in her concert in Jump City," the radio broadcaster announced and Yoh walked away from the stall with Raven at his side.
Yoh turned to catch sight of Cyborg walking along hand in hand with Jinx and he smirked at him, saying "Don't worry, you guy's enjoy yourselves," before walking away with his companions, who all raised a hand in the air and waved "See you tomorrow morning."
A/N – We seem to have made it to the end of Session Three and I thank all of my reviewers for everything, yeah, Read and Review. I'll see you all in Session 04. I don't own any of the songs used here, which are Rebel Yell covered by Children of Bodom, Planet Hell by Nightwish, and You're not here by Akira Yamaoka
Xavier – I swear, you talk to much and type too slow.
Aegis – You might want to wrap that up, sucka.