Yes, I'm still alive and I've brought another Session of Dual X's, yeah. Hope you all enjoy this. Mad Respect for Embersglow,Youkai Tenshi,noname00, SpiderSquirrel, Cimple and everyone else that's read this,for reading this up to this point, and also for being ever so helpful. YEAH! (raises fists to the air, yelling like a lunatic)
Disclaimer: Don't own the Titans cause I would've made X tye dye Beast Boy, leaving him all rainbowed out, and that's a fact.
Beast Boy: DUDE! What's wrong with you!"
And on with the fic.
Session 05 – It hurts to remember
A week had came and gone already since Yoh arrived in Jump City. Yoh, now being a Titan, moved into the tower and after several days of handling chumps like Billynumerous, Killer Moth, and Control Freak, Yoh felt like he deserved a little extra sleep so he lay cocooned in his bedding when a gently knock interrupted it. He slowly got up, stretching languidly, almost like a cat as he called out "Come in," quietly.
Not looking back he sensed it was Raven and with the smells that now invading his room, he realized that she made him breakfast and it made him smile widely.
Raven took a moment to look around the once empty room across from her own, now arranged to Yoh's preferences. It was painted with a mix of black and dark blue, with softly glowing red x's all over the ceiling of the room. She saw that on the west wall Yoh had three katanas hanging on the wall on a small rack, with a calligraphy scroll next to it, on the right wall he had three different basses hanging on the wall, a blue Rickenbacker, a black Schecter C4-XXX, and a sunburst colored Fender Jazz bass all set up next to each other right above an amp; she turned to look and she saw a desk with a computer on it, the screen off as jazz music played throughout the speakers set up at every corner of the room, next to the desk was a book shelf that was crammed with all sorts of books and movies. She noticed that there was a punching bag hanging from the ceiling as well as a speed bag close to it. She saw several game systems on the floor next to the desk yet with no television near and yet with a huge stack of games clearly labeled for it's own game system.
She walked forward and her boot hit something on the floor, making her stop to look. She saw that it was a kunai knife and she noticed that all sorts of equipment lay on the ground, mainly knives as well as a couple of small scrolls which were tightly sealed; shaking her head, she looked up to see Yoh doing his katas and she called out "You know, leaving pointy objects on the floor is dangerous."
Yoh chuckled as he stood still, his foot outstretched in the air as if in a kick before he brought it back down to the floor and changed his stance "It was all in order but then that walking pickle came in here to scope out my room and well you can see what happened," his fists slowly uncurling before he did a flip and landed in a handstand before pushing himself up and down as if doing push ups.
Raven watched as he worked out, wondering how firm his torso was when she caught herself 'What the hell?' she thought before the giggling in the background of her mind announced that some of her emotions were the cause. Growling slightly, she pushed the emotions out of her mind as she continued to watch Yoh until he righted himself and walked over to her, a smile on his face "I made you breakfast, I hope you enjoy it," Raven told him.
Yoh sat down cross legged on the floor and said "Raven, what are you doing today?" His hands already working on the dish in front of him.
"Nothing, unless you count saving the city from some kind of mad-man," Raven answered, giving Yoh a questioning look.
"How about we go out on a date?" Yoh asked, his eyes locking onto hers as he smiled.
"Um... I don't know," Raven said, biting her lip.
"Come on, I'll find a way to make it fun," Yoh said, his eyes twinkling in a mischievous way and Raven gave him a small smile that informed him that he won.
"Okay, but after morning training, alright?" Raven said, receiving a nod from Yoh before she started leaving the room.
"Man, now this was a delicious breakfast," Yoh said as he stood up, grabbing the plates as he followed Raven out of the room, calling to her "Thanks for the meal, it was too good to be true."
Raven went blushed at the comment and muttered "You made me one that was better, but you're welcome anyway." Yoh smirked before he grabbed hold of her hand, entwining his fingers with hers, startling her a little before she gave his hand a small squeeze in return.
They walked into the living room, and headed towards the kitchen when Yoh noticed that a familiar song was playing on t.v, and he went back to see what it was.
"We'll here you have it! The new song on Leyna Aoyoma's new cd, and she's joining us now!" a t.v announcer stated and the camera panned to the left to show an image of the afore mentioned singer entering the studio.
"So, tell me Leyna, what's the basis for all of your music?" the announcer asked, leaning forward to listen carefully to what was being answered.
"Well, it's usually my mood that gives me the basis for my music," Leyna answered.
"Is it the same for your new hit song You're Not Here?" the question seemed to startle the woman.
"Well, no not this song, this song was inspired by events in my life," Leyna answered, her voice sounding throaty as if she was holding back a sob.
"What might that be? That is if you care to speak of it," the announcer requested.
"It's about a person I used to love, but who didn't love me in return," Leyna answered as she raised a hand to wipe away a tear from her eye.
Yoh turned away from the television screen telling Beast Boy, "Can you turn that down?"
Beast Boy managed to peel his sight from the television as he asked "Man, why? She's hot!"
Yoh seemed agitated by the television and Raven turned it off with her powers as Beast Boy yelled "Dude, I was watching that!"
"Leave it off," Raven said in her monotone voice, barely holding in the harsh words threatening to come out of her mouth as she walked into her kitchen to grab some water.
"Titans, let's go!" Robin called out as he entered the room, his eyes scanning the room for the titans. He sighted Yoh and called out "Yoh, it's time to check your score on morning training." He got a nod as he reply and he walked out of the room, excitement palpable in his case.
Yoh, Raven, and Beast Boy all followed Robin to the outdoor training area, Starfire and Cyborg waiting for the remaining members.
"Yoh, you ready for this?" called out Cyborg with a huge smile on his face as they all stood next to the training area. Yoh nodded and started stretching when Robin asked "You want me to tone it down a notch?"
"Nah, I'm cool," Yoh responded and Robin shrugged his shoulders as he started the countdown.
"3... 2... 1... Go!" Robin yelled and Yoh ran straight into the training arena.
The first threats he encountered were robotic artillery guns, all blasting away at him; Yoh stopped, sliding his hands into his pocket, looking down to the ground, and tapping his right foot on the floor impatiently "Come on, let's do this," he muttered and when he looked up, he disappeared in a blur that struck every gun, destroying them without any hesitation. He reappeared, dashing through what seemed like a small tunnel when suddenly the walls started slamming in at a fast rate; Yoh raised his hands to chest level, holding them together with his left hand clutched around the right, whose forefinger and index finger were held out, the walls around him started to crush in but he quickly lashed out with two fists that caused a heavy explosions, destroying the walls and allowing him to jump away from it.
The floor suddenly seemed to give out beneath him when Yoh kicked off of it, and high into the air as more turrets appeared, but these shooting missiles at him. He pulled out a dagger and dived at the missiles in his path, the dagger in his right hand catching the light as he slashed the missiles out of the air.
Yoh landed on the floor, the missiles detonating in the air as he slid the dagger back into his vest, then sliding his hands into his pocket, he took a few moments to look around. Suddenly all around him, the ground opened and up came ten robot drones all surrounding and pointing weapons at Yoh. Yoh smirked before pulling his hands out of his pocket, gripping both his fists together as they began to glow before front flipping to land on his palms and started windmilling in a circle, his feet now glowing as they sliced into the robots. As Yoh slowed down his rotation, he lifted one palm and slammed it down on the ground, propelling himself out of the center of robots.
"TIME!" Cyborg yelled, the exploding robots punctuating the remark. Yoh landed on the ground crouched before he stood up, stretching himself again before he walked over to the titans, who were waiting for his score. The words a new record started flashing across the screen as a small cartoonish version of Yoh started dancing around the screen.
"Well, let's see if I can top that," Robin said as he waited for the go and he ran into the arena.
30 minutes later...
"Hey, Robin, still mad cause you couldn't keep the high score?" Beast Boy teased as they made their way into the tower. Robin made a face at him and Beast Boy held his hands up as he said "Chill, I was just joking, you know, a joke."
Raven turned and looked at Beast Boy as she responded "You shouldn't be talking, you didn't even reach the high score category."
"Man, it just wasn't my day, that's all!" Beast Boy cried out indignantly.
Robin only looked at him before he turned to Yoh and said "Can you come with me to the training room, I want to spar with you," Yoh seemed to think for a moment before looking at Raven, who nodded her head slowly and Yoh answered "Sure, why not?"
As Yoh and Robin both walked away, Raven headed towards her room, thinking of what she was going to wear for the date.
X-X-X-X
Yoh and Robin were in the training room, both staring each other down as they waited inevitably on who would make the first move; Yoh in his Jeet Kun Do stance while Robin waited in his Tai Kwon Do stance. Robin took a moment to study his opponent before suddenly launching himself at Yoh with a high jump kick, which was ducked and countered with 2 rapid punches that he managed to avoid. Yoh pulled back his fists, his stance changing as he now stood with both fists at his side, his feet spread as he stood sideways, awaiting Robin's attacks; Robin only stared at his before shifting his left foot back, and raising his fists to chest level.
Yoh was looking at him, examining his every move in search for a weakness and he found it when Robin lashed out with a vicious right footed kick that Yoh ducked under before launching an uppercut that impacted with Robin's face, forcing him back to his stance. 'So, he shifts his weight to his left leg before he attacks,' Yoh thought as he dashed forward, jumping into the air and launching a flying kick at Robin, who moved out of the way before giving Yoh his own spin kick that forced him back.
"Hmm... not bad, yet, with these skills, it's a wonder you can't beat X," Yoh taunted as he started pacing around the boy wonder, his eyes only on him and nothing else.
Robin gritted his teeth as he watched Yoh, waiting for a opening. He got his chance when he saw Yoh change his stance again and leave himself open for a clean hit to the ribs, so he ran forward, his fists planning on making an impact on Yoh's side. Yoh chuckled as he suddenly stood tall, clasping his hands behind his back and dodging to the side as the fists flew by him harmlessly and he delivered a punishing sidekick to Robin's torso, pushing him back.
"You let your anger cloud your judgment," Yoh said as he cracked his neck loudly, before dodging the jump kick that Robin launched at him. "Is this how you faced Slade? With your anger pushing you?" Yoh dodged another punch, then punched Robin twice in the chest, making him gasp.
"Shut up, you aren't anyone to judge me," Robin hissed out as he ran up for another attack, a spinning kick which Yoh stopped with one hand.
"Why are you angry, Robin?" Yoh asked as he backflipped away from Robin, clearing space between them. "What have I done to you to cause such anger?"
"You took what's mine," Robin said as he rushed at Yoh, pulling and extending his quarterstaff. He swung it in a vicious arc, trying to clip Yoh in the head but failing miserably.
"What have I taken that's yours, tell me bird boy?" Yoh asked, still not ceasing his taunting as he watched Robin stare at him.
Robin pulled back the quarterstaff, swinging it at Yoh, who promptly knocked it aside, before stepping onto it to impede it's use as Robin hissed out "You took my Raven!"
Yoh gritted his teeth as he rushed forward, his adrenaline pumping and the world around him seemed to slow to a crawl as he grappled with Robin. He threw Robin's left arm away from him, pushing him off balance, then stepped onto Robin's bent knee with his right leg and onto his right shoulder with his left leg, before kicking Robin in the side of the head with the right foot, sending him flying against the wall while Yoh landed on the ground.
He walked over to where the boy wonder lay and said "I never took anything from you, because Raven never was yours in the first place. She doesn't belong to anyone," he then turned away and started walking out of the training room, yet he couldn't stop himself from turning back to say "And you were trained by the Bat, you sure don't show it kid."
Robin lay on the floor on his back, staring at the ceiling. 'Who the hell is he to say something like that to me?' he thought, Yoh's words echoing through his mind "Raven was never yours in the first place"
Flashback...
Robin was pacing around his room, his ever present uniform now gone in place of a pair of jeans and button down dress shirt. "Come on, Robin, just do it, don't be a coward," he mumbled to himself as he stopped to look at himself in the mirror, before resuming his pacing. "Nah, she'll just say no," he muttered, countering himself.
"There's only one way to find out," he muttered as he walked out of his room and down the hallway. Once he was in front of his target, he raised his fist and knocked on the door gently and he waited; getting no response, he knocked again and this time it opened slightly as the occupant was looking at him through the small opening.
"What is it, Robin?" the usual monotone voice of Raven reached his ears and he couldn't help himself as he smiled.
"Well, I was wondering on whether you'd be doing anything today?" Robin asked, his nerves of steel suddenly vanishing as he stood, fidgeting nervously under Raven's stoic gaze.
"What for?" Raven asked, while knowledge called out to her 'the probability that he's asking you out is 98.9' Raven silenced the emotion as she listened to Robin's explanation.
"Well, I just wanted to go out, you know, just to be out," Robin told her as he mentally berated himself for his lame response.
"Sure, I guess, just let me get dressed," Raven said, shrugging her shoulder's as she closed the door to her room effectively blocking her out from the huge sigh as Robin exhaled.
'Oh crap, I thought my heart was going to burst!' ran through his head as he went to the living room to wait for Raven.
Raven soon came out of her room to the living room warning Robin of her presence with a small cough. Robin turned and smiled as he saw her dressed in black tight jeans that clung to her figure along with a low cut t-shirt inside a jacket; "You look great," Robin said, bringing a blush to Raven's face.
She muttered "Let's go then, if you're ready."
They walked around the park, went to the movies, shopped, and to end it they went to dinner where they both sat there eating quietly. 'Just tell her, come on, just tell her' Robin was thinking, trying to gather the courage to confess to Raven, 'Come on, it's six words, just do it!'
To Raven, Robin seemed nervous, something which was a difficult affect to achieve on the boy wonder and she wanted to know "Robin, you seem nervous, is something on your mind?" Raven asked politely, pausing in the middle of her meal.
"Look Raven, I'm going to just come out and tell you this because I can't see another way of doing this," Robin said, taking a deep breath before continuing "Since you got here, I'm been feeling strange around you and I didn't know what it was at first, but I've been thinking, and I realized that I like you Raven, a lot, and I wanted to know how you felt about me."
Raven was shocked at Robin's admission and currently her emotions were running a riot through her head. 'What the hell's wrong with him?' Anger growled out as she joined the other emotions 'he's always drooling over that floating rainbow and now he's pulling this crap.' Raven grimaced inwardly but her face remained expressionless as she answered "You're not a bad guy, a little obsessive but not a bad guy at all," she took a breath as she watched Robin's expression wither, she continued "Sorry but I see you as a friend."
Robin looked crushed and she said "I'm not who you think I am and you wouldn't enjoy being around me."
They finished the rest of the meal in silence, as well as the trip back to the tower, only muttering a quiet good night to each other.
End Flashback...
"He's right, she was never mine to begin with," Robin muttered as he closed his eyes.
"Who was right? And who was never yours, Robin?" the innocent voice of Starfire reached his ears, jolting him to his feet as he turned to see the happy alien floating in front of him.
"Ah, nothing Starfire, nothing!" Robin said in a fake cheery voice as he rubbed the back of his head with his right arm, giving her a smile.
"Robin, do you wish to join me on a trip to the mall of shopping?" Starfire asked with a huge smile on her face.
"Sure, why not?" Robin answered, smiling at her as he walked with her on the way out of the training room.
X-X-X-X
Yoh was dressed and ready after a cold shower. He went to the living room and joined Cyborg in playing Need For Speed: Most Wanted, his Mazda RX-8 racing ahead of Cyborg's Cobalt SS with Cyborg yelling "I got this, I got this!" he grimaced when Yoh's car raced across the finish line first while his own was caught by the police. "Rematch, rematch!" Cyborg said.
As they both prepared for another race, they heard someone clear their throat behind them and Yoh turned to see Raven, covered from neck to toe in clinging, black leather, blushing slightly as Yoh gave her a wolf whistle and Cyborg elbowed him in the ribs.
"You look good," Yoh said as he smiled at her and stood up.
Raven got a good look at Yoh, her face turning a further shade of crimson. Yoh was standing there, hair pushed back out of his face into thick spikes that cascaded down to his neck, curling outwards. He was wearing a brown bomber jacket over a black t-shirt with a jagged red x on the front, 2 belts crisscrossing his waist, one a bullet belt and the other had a skull on the buckle with a jagged red x crossing it's right eye as well as black jeans torn at the cuffs and black boots, black slim rectangle framed red tinted sunglasses covered his eyes, his earrings catching the light. 'Oh my good, he looks hot!' Love yelled in the back of Raven's mind, every emotion but Anger agreeing with her.
"Raven, are you alright?" Yoh said, waving a hand in front of Raven's face until she responded.
She seemed startled and she answered "Yeah, I'm fine," the blush on her face slowly fading away.
Yoh turned to Cy and said "I'm taking that sweet ride I saw in the garage, alright?"
Cyborg nodded, telling him "You better take care of my 'little sis' or else!"giving him a mock glare that Yoh smiled at before hooking arms with Raven and leading her to the parking garage.
The room was dark, the lights off and as Yoh moved to hit the light switch when he felt the presence of someone in the garage and he threw the light switch on as one of his kunai knives soared towards the figure.
He heard a loud yell, a crash and a muttered curse as he walked over to see Beast Boy collapsed in a pile of metal parts, drenched in motor oil "Dude, what the hell! You scared the crap out of me!" Beast Boy yelled, waving his oil drenched arms frantically.
"Don't look at me, it's your fault," Yoh answered before reaching to give Beast Boy a hand up, but before he could, the changeling was enveloped in black energy and placed onto the ground on his feet as Raven levitated him.
"So you don't get all oily," she said with a small smile on her lips.
Yoh shrugged his shoulders and walked away from Beast Boy, looking back to say "Better luck next time, pickle"
Raven giggled at that as Yoh walked over to the wall where all the keys to every vehicle hung. After searching through the keys, Yoh found what he was looking for and walked back to the car he was planning on using. In front of them was a teal Mazda RX-8, which was customized by Cyborg personally and Yoh was definitely loving the car. Yoh opened the passenger door, bowing to Raven as she got in the car and after closing the door, he went around and jumped into the driver's side "Let's see how fast this goes," Yoh said, his voice filled with glee.
"I don't think so," Raven said dryly and Yoh frowned at her before smiling again.
Placing the keys in the ignition, Yoh turned it on, hearing the engine purr as he pushed down the accelerator; Raven opened the garage door before Yoh gunned the engined and they sped out of the garage.
X-X-X-X
6 hours later...
"Leyna, hold on, you just can't go out like that," a scandalized voiced called out.
"I'm not going to be recognized, now leave me alone!" a sweet female voice answered.
Out of the elevator came a beautiful woman with long ebony hair, her eyes steel gray in color with full crimson lips; she was a tall woman, shapely in figure wearing camo jeans, with a camo sweater, her pale skin adding to her beauty. Another woman came running after her and she called out "Wait for me, please!"
Leyna turned to see her friend Leslie running after her; shorter than her, with cherry red hair, the woman was a beauty of her own and she looked flustered as she caught up with Leyna. "Thanks for waiting, it's just that I think we'll get caught."
"Don't worry, as long as we play it cool everything will be alright," Leyna reassured her as they walked down the street, both wearing casual clothing to avoid being observed as they talked to each other. The were walking into a huge indoor/outdoor mall when she bumped into a indigo haired girl.
"Hey, watch out," Leyna said as she got up off the floor and looked at who she bumped into; it was a indigo haired girl as she first saw, all dressed in leather, her skin a pale gray with vivid amethyst eyes. The girl said "Hey yourself, you're the one that bumped into me."
She was about to lash out on her when she heard "Just let it go, Rae." Her heart nearly froze when she heard that voice, she turned to face a tall silver and blue haired man with hair pushed back out of his face into thick spikes that cascaded down to his neck, curling outwards, skin slightly tanned. He was wearing a brown bomber jacket over a black t-shirt with a jagged red x on the front, 2 belts crisscrossing his waist, one a bullet belt and the other had a skull on the buckle with a jagged red x crossing it's right eye as well as black jeans torn at the cuffs and black boots, black slim rectangle framed red tinted sunglasses covered his crimson rimmed silver eyes.
"Y-Y-Yoh?" Leyna said, her voice trembling as she stared at him, recognition dawning in his eyes as well as something else.
"Let's go, Rae," Yoh said as he turned away from Leyna, now that he recognized her, tugging slightly at Raven's elbow to get her moving.
"Don't go!" Leyna screamed, grabbing Yoh by the arm and spinning him around to face her.
Yoh gave a sigh as he asked "What do you want?"
"Where did you go? How've you been? What's happened to you?" Leyna fired off several questions one after another.
"That's my business and as you can see I'm busy, so I'll leave you alone," Yoh said, looking away but suddenly Leyna wrapped her arms around him.
"Don't go, please, I can't deal with this anymore, nothings been right since you left," she spoke, her voice thick with unshed tears.
"It's seems to me that you've been alright, you even have a hit song out," Yoh said prying the now crying woman off of him and pushing her back.
"It's about you, don't you know? Why did you leave me?" Leyna asked through her sobs, her hands clasped together as if in supplication.
Yoh looked at her, his eyes full of anger and pain as he said "You caused it yourself," he took a breath before he added "Stay away from me."
He turned around and grabbing Raven's arm gently, he started walking away; Raven only stared at what had happened and kept quiet, 'That's one of his demons to deal with, I won't interfere'
"You're leaving me for a bitch like her, why?" Leyna yelled at the top of her lungs, sobbing before she continued "Don't leave me again, please."
Yoh turned around and with a calm, dangerous voice said "Don't insult her like that, you have no right to. Just stay the hell away from me, Aoyoma."
Leyna seemed taken aback by Yoh's voice, never having heard him talk to her like that and she was at a loss for words as Yoh turned back and walked away with Raven in tow.
X-X-X-X
A couple hours later...
X had a huge grin plastered on his face, yet it was under the skull mask so it wasn't visible as he watched his target. It was a tall man, with long white hair draping down over his shoulders and onto a pristine white suit, complete with the white tie and white dress shoes; X chucked as he thought 'Well, it seems like they don't call him the Spook without a cause.' Carl "Spook" Jameson was a man that was known about in Jump City; if something dirty was going down that involved 8 digit money sums and up, he had his fingers all in it, he was a man to be feared by the lower classes and respected by the upper classes.
X thought back to when he got the job offer and wondered 'What exactly could the Spook want with the stone?' X continued watching until the Spook walked into the almost Gothic Victorian looking house, "Yeah, time to break and enter" X said quietly before leaping from his post on top of a tower.
X landed quietly on the grassy terrain around the house and stalked closer to the house, hiding in the shadows that were being cast by the surrounding landscape. He approached a fountain that was bathed in moonlight, jumping on top of it and using it as a stepping stone to reached a balcony; "I swear, this is all so simple it's not even fun." X muttered as he pulled a razor sharp x, slicing into the glass to open the door.
He ducked inside, closing the door slowly behind him. "Well, well, well, look what we have here" X heard a voice and quickly whirled around. In front of him stood a tall ebony haired woman, dressed in black boots, tight fighting camouflage pants along with a tight fitting vest with a muscle t-shirt under it and he had to admit, she was cute.
"Hey babe," X said, leaning against the window, crossing his arms nonchalantly "You got some slick moves."
"Well, thank you," the woman answered, a smile gracing her smooth face, "but that doesn't give you an excuse for coming in here without permission, Red X."
X's smirk was hidden behind his skull mask as he said "Wow, you recognize me, I feel all warm and bubbly." X flicked his right hand and a rose appeared as if by magic as he said "A rose for the lovely..."
"Sapphira," the woman supplied, her deep blue eyes glittering as she faced the masked thief.
"Sapphira, a beautiful name, only fitting that someone as beautiful as you should wear it," X said smoothly as he placed the rose on the vest that Sapphira wore.
Sapphira smirked at him "Cute; tell me what you're doing here," she said as she grabbed his arm, twisting it expertly behind his back.
X grunted a little before he kicked off the floor into a backflip that sent him over Sapphira's head, pulling her down on her back. "Let's flip a coin, heads I tell you. Tails, we go out on a date," X taunted as he leaned closer to her face, his skull mask almost touching her lips.
Sapphira head butted him, jumping to her feet as X stumbled back. She lashed out with a right hook followed by a jab, which X dodged by sliding back on his heels; Sapphira grunted as she launched a spinning side kick to which X blocked with his palms before launching his own punches in retaliation. Sapphira ducked and weaved through the punches as she herself steeled herself for an attack, X giving her an opening that she needed as she gave him a punishing body blow with the flat of her palm knocking X back.
"Whoa, that's a nice hit," X said with a groan that he turned into a chuckle. He got up, taking up his own form of T'ai Chi stance, his right hand outstretched as he held the left in a fist by his side, his legs spread a bit as he readied himself,. "You know, I love the kind of woman that can kick my ass," he said with a chuckle.
Sapphira gave him a smirk as she launched herself at him with a roundhouse kick, X's arms catching her outstretched foot and spinning her; She smirked as she went with the spin and connected with her foot to X's face dropping him down as she stood up. "So, do you still love me now?" she taunted.
X chuckled a little before standing up again, "Why wouldn't I?" he said in a playful tone as he rushed to her, ducking the spinning kick that was launched at him. X dropped into a crouch, giving Sapphira a sweep kick that brought her down before he fired off a sticky x that secured her arms to the floor. "Hmm... you look real good tied down," X said with a chuckle as he leaned closer to her face.
"Well, I'll see you around sweetheart," X said, standing up and dusting his suit off before turning away from Sapphira. He stopped when he heard the sounds of something breaking behind him and he ducked instinctively, the kick that had been aimed at his head flew by harmlessly.
Sapphira watched X turn around in surprise and she decided to taunt him "You didn't think it'd be that easy, did you?"
"You do have some moves," X said in between the cold metallic laughter that escaped his mouth. He took up a different fighting stance, one that had his feet slightly apart and his hands uncurled close to his waist. "I've already spent too much time with you already, cutie, so I'm sorry that this'll have to be quick," X continued after his laughter.
Sapphira gave him a wicked smirk before she asked "What style is that?"
"It's called the Shadow Fists," X answered before rushing at her. She saw a punch streaking at her face and she ducked only to receive a kick to her stomach followed by a series of light punches on her neck.
X walked away from her as she swayed on the spot and she called out "Where the hell are you going? We're not done fighting here."
"Sorry but this fight is over," X answered back, giving her a casual wave as she collapsed unconscious, before strolling further into the house. 'Don't need stealth after that fight there,' X thought as he headed towards a pair of huge double doors that most probably led to his target.
He threw the doors open but before he could step inside someone else interrupted him "Well, if it isn't the Red X? Is there any special reason as to why you're here?" the seemingly jovial voice of the Spook reached X's ears.
X smirked inside his mask as he called out "Hey there, Spooky, just the man I wanted to speak to," his voice taking on a slight drawl, strolling into the room. He reached the a carved mahogany wood desk with gold gilding along it, grabbing a seat and sitting down with his feet on one of the arms as he watched the man sitting behind the desk.
"What exactly did you need to speak to me about, X?" Carl asked with a smile on his face as he took out a cigar and gestured to X "Do you want one?"
X smirked before he answered "No thanks," waving away the box and placing his arms behind his head as he said "I'm here about that job you offered me."
"Straight to business?" Carl asked before chuckling and uncovering a steaming tray on his desk. The smell of peaking duck reached X's nose as Carl began to eat, not really paying any mind to the thief in front of him. "Well, do go on," Carl said, swallowing the bite of food and motioning to him.
"I want to know why I was given bad intel," X said, his voice now cold and his mind set on the business at hand.
"What do you mean bad intel?" Carl asked, pushing away the platter of food and wiping his hands. "We made sure that was correct before the job was put up."
"Well, your information was wrong because the jewel isn't where it was supposed to be and I want to know what's so special about it that you're willing to break yourself for 8 mil on the spot." X said, waiting for the response.
"That, X, is my business," Carl answered as he almost glared at X before continuing "The jewel was there, we confirmed it."
X looked at him before saying "It isn't there," he stood up and started walking out of the room. He turned back and called out "Call me when you find out where it is, until then, laterz." He walked out of the office and into the hallway he used to infiltrate the house.
He saw Sapphira face up on the ground, out cold so he stopped just to nudge her with his toe, sighing as he didn't get a reaction so he crouched down and after moving her hair out of the way, tapped her neck on the jugular vein twice. She exhaled loudly as she started to open her eyes, blinking rapidly; X grinned then quickly leaned over her face, lifting his mask only to expose his lips as he kissed her lightly.
He got the reaction he desired as she gasped in shock, pushing him away from her as she sat up. "Hey, sleeping beauty," X said, his voice now clear of the voice-changer's effects.
Sapphira slowly got to her feet and looked at X, whose mask was still partially off. "What the hell was that?" she asked, her mind trying to figure out what exactly happened earlier.
"Shadow Fists and all I really did was put you to sleep," X answered as he stood up. "Now that you're awake, I'll be on my way," X told her as he slipped his mask completely on, bowing to her and giving her a roguish wink before walking away.
"And where the hell are you going?" Sapphira said, her voice taking a dangerous edge that hadn't been there during the fight.
X turned around, arching an eyebrow at her as he said "Um... I'm pretty sure that I was going to go steal something somewhere."
"You're not leaving now, not after kissing me," Sapphira said, the intensity in her voice mirrored by the intensity in her eyes.
X opened his mouth to say something when suddenly Sapphira lunged at him, her foot almost grazing him in the head as he crouched, his powerful legs uncurling as he backflipped away from her. That earned him no respite as Sapphira kept up her furious attacks, punches and kicks all flowing at him until she tagged him in the shoulder and jumped on top of him, pinning him down on the ground as she straddled him.
"Well, I can't say I'm not happy with this position," X said as he chuckled. "But I can't really stay, after all, I have things to do and things to steal," X added before suddenly curling his legs and kicking them out, using it to slide out of the hold. He quickly stood up, headed to the door where he entered the mansion before turning to say "I really hate to leave you after this but I'm a busy man."
Sapphira watched as with a swish of his cape, X was gone out of sight. "Damn thief," she muttered as she walked to Carl's office, 'He stole my kiss,' she thought as she mentally added a new theft to X's growing list.
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X was now bounding across the rooftops, his mind set on finding something to do before the night was over, something that would help him burn away the excess energy that he still had. He noticed in mid-leap that he was close to Jump City's biggest jewelry store, Stars, and decided that paying it a visit wouldn't be so bad.
It was easy to get inside the store through a vent shaft from the roof, using the shadows and the active camo to blend into the shadows inside the store as he traveled in search for what he wanted. He saw it then, a necklace with a pendant shaped like a rose with falling petals; it called to him as he sliced into the glass case carefully and extracted the jewel, sliding it into a compartment in his belt. He turned around to make a silent retreat after such a job well done when he heard what sounded like a truck colliding with the building.
A few moments later, "RWAARGG!" a roar echoed through the empty store. X, crouching in the shadows, saw that it was none other than that brick for brains, Cinderblock and from the blue armored figure next to him, he realized that he wasn't alone. "Ha, these puny walls can keep Adonis out!" the figure boasted, kissing a mechanical muscle on the suit he wore.
X was pissed, cause now that the alarm was blaring, it meant that the titans were coming. He walked out of the shadows and yelled "What the hell's wrong with you? This was my score."
"Well, it's our score now, wimp!" Adonis answered, laughing while Cinderblock continued to load bags with the loot.
"We'll see about that!" X answered, lifting up his right arm to chest level, his fist closed as a jagged x blade appeared from inside the gloves, starting to spin rapidly.
"I'll pound you to crap before we leave," Adonis boasted as he ran at X.
X saw him coming and with a timely sweep kick, dropped Adonis to the floor, sinking his spinning x blade into the back of his battlesuit. The suit started to throw up sparks as it sizzled and shorted out, Adonis falling out of the now empty suit, groaning until X kicked him in the head, putting him out for the count.
X heard Cinderblock roar and from the trembling ground, he knew that the stupid rock was charging at him. He smirked before unleashing a barrage of x's at Cinderblock's feet effectively gluing the charging idiot to the floor; he strode over to the thrashing giant and kicked him in the head before quickly exiting the store as the sounds a motorcycle and a car traveling at high speeds reached his ears.
'Damn, that was close,' X thought as he leapt from a fire escape to an adjacent building. As he continued to travel across the rooftops, the ominous peal of thunder made him wince as the night was lit up by a lightning bolt that ripped from the clouds. 'It looks like it's gonna rain,' X thought gloomily, fat raindrops falling from the sky slowly at the beginning, speeding up until it was a drenching down pour.
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Xavier stood in the middle of his bathroom, water dripping from his hair and from everywhere in his body as he slid himself into clean, dry clothing before trekking wearily to his bed and dozing off to sleep.
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Yoh was shredding through the streets, leaving behind him a wake of water. His thoughts were on forgetting about the encounter he had; he slid to a halt when a crosswalk came into view, traffic slowly inching through it as if to avoid accidents.
He looked around and saw he was near the same park he met Raven in and it brought a smile to his face. When it was time to cross the street, this time he kept his pace to a walk, letting the cold rain drench him.
To Yoh, the rain itself was as if the earth itself was crying, tears of joy, tears of sadness, tears for everything and anything; it's a wonder as to why he loved the rain. He opened his eyes, just then realizing that he had closed them and stopped walking; shaking his head, he continued his walk.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Red X?" a voice behind him said and Yoh stopped in his tracks, the rain pounding into him and the asphalt around him.
He whirled around to see who it was and barely managed to keep his face from showing the shock that he felt as he opened his mouth and said "You! What the hell do you want with me?"
"I want you," was the answer he received.
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A/N: What's up with Yoh and who was Leyna? Who want's Yoh? Hell, even I don't know. Find out all answers and more on the next session of Dual X's. Thanks to all that bothered to read this and see you all when I see you. Yeah. - AGX