Disclaimer: Yeah I still don't own it... don't rub it in.

What's louder than a jackhammer breaking concrete, angrier than a bear that was just kicked in the chest and contains a pissed off human and a completely apathetic drow?

A shouting match between Batman and Agni

"So you just beat them up?" Batman shouted

"What did you think I would do? Watch them take money from a poor kid?" Agni screamed back

"You are they learn not to be a hero!" Batman retorted

"I'm not a hero! I'm a Arcane Archer, and what he do is protect people who protect themselves and that comes before anything that I can learn in this school!"

"In his defense Batman he also REALLY hates bullies." Richie said quietly from a corner beside Robin

Agni and Batman glared at each other for several minutes before they each turned around and walked off in opposite directions

Robin and Richie shuddered and looked at each other

"Whew, a bat glare competition, that was creepy." Richie said

A shiver went down Robin's back as he took out his eskrima sticks and faced Richie

Richie's staff was out and he was twirling it around.

"Ready?"

"Just as much as you are."

Agni walked into his room at sat down on a chair with a huff. He clearly felt M'gann trying to get into his mind. Agni lowered his defenses and sighed.

"What is it M'gann?"

"Did you really have to beat those bullies up? Even Conner doesn't fight in school."

"I'm sorry but I dislike bullies and they are lucky I didn't send them to the hospital."

Agni sighed audibly and ran a hand threw his dark blue hair

"Look M'gann do you really want to know why I beat them up?"

"What do you think? That I"m just harassing you for no reason?"

"Possibly..." Agni said out loud.

M'gann's eye turned white and she entered Agni's mind for the third time

It was a bright and early day. She was in what seemed to hear a huge tree house.

"Welcome to my first home." said Agni's voice echoing around a his form materialized next to her. "This was my first week of school." he said

M'gann scanned the kids that were all walking towards a large building that was really just a large hollowed out tree

"Where are you?" M'gann asked watching all the elven children laughing and walking merrily into the building.

"I won't be showing up for several more minutes." Agni said

They waited for several minutes, all the kids had piled in and there was just one more walking as slowly as he could, dragging his feet the whole way as he entered the building

"There I am." Agni said pointing at himself.

The little kid took off his hood to reveal his dark blue skin and white hair. He looked incredibly skinny and wimpy as he climbed the stairs with a sad look on his face.

As soon as he entered the building three large elven boys pounced in him.

"Well its about time you are here Belir." one of them said pushing him into a wall

"Guys please leave me alone... I don't want any trouble today."

They elven boys began laughing as they cornered him.

"Well what are you going to do about it, dark elf? Hmmm? Why don't you go get your murderous parents? Oh wait their dead! Hahaha..."

Young Agni looked down as a tear dropped from his eye.

"Oh look at the cry baby." they mocked taking his bag from him and shoving him to the floor.

"We'll teach you what it's like to be under someone's else boot." said one of them as he kicked young Agni in the chest

young Agni screamed in pain and tried to fend them off.

Two of them picked hi up and help them between them as the third began punching him in the stomach.

Young Agni spat out blood into his attackers face and tried to wriggle free, he managed to get away and he scooped up his bag and ran for it. The young dark elf ran down the hall and turned around a corner where he bumped into a large burly elf with a large sword strapped across his back.

The man knocked Agni feet out from under neath him and towered over him with a sick grin on his face.

"Now where are you going dark elf?" the man sneered

Agni's attacked came running up and stopped short when they saw the teacher and approached causticity

The teacher looked up and beckoned them over. "Hey you three get over here and tell me what our nasty little dark elf has been up to."

"We found him with this sir." said one of them pulling a long wickedly black dagger from his belt. "He had tried to attacks us with it but we took it from him and he fled."

The teacher looked back at Agni and with the same vile look on his face "A coward eh? Thought you could run away?" The teacher gave him a kick and turned around to walk away "Well carry on boys. Just make sure he suffers for what his parents have done."

They boys cried our enthusiastically and return to beating Agni. This went on for several minutes in till Agni was laying on the ground bleeding barely able to move.

"That should teach you, respect us dark elf for we will all ways be your betters."

They turned to walk away when they heard a shout

"Hey what did you three do to him?" someone shouted running down the hall

They boys looked frightened for a minute and they turned to ran. One of them fell down as am arrow shot down the hall and rope suddenly wrapped itself around his feet.

They other two kept running and went head first into a big yellow thing that looked like a from and it bound itself around them.

A blonde haired elf wearing green clothes and a red feather in his hat came running up slinging a bow over his shoulder on the way. Another elf came from the other way wearing bright blue and gold with a golden bucket helmet on his head.

They boys were tied up and being shouted at by Lord Oliver while Wizard Fate tried to help Agni up, Oliver came up to try and help him lift Agni up who was very adamantly curled up in a ball to protect his face.

Young Agni got up slowly and looked to see who was helping him. His eyes open up in fright and he dashed to the other side of the hall with his back against the wall and his hands clasped in front of him.

"Please I'm sorry masters. I swear I didn't do anything. I'm sorry, please just let me go." Agni pleaded

"Hey, we're not going to hurt you Belir." Lord Oliver said gently offering Agni his hand

Agni flinched and brought his hands up over his face to block a blow and ran off down the hall.

"What is wrong with that boy?" Wizard Fate commented

Lord Oliver glared menacingly at the tied up boys "If they keep on doing this to him they are going to drive him right into the enemies hands." Lord Oliver said

"He's family are traitors. We should have killed him." One of them said

Lord Oliver kicked him in the chest to shut him up.

Agni limped into a class room with his bag slung limply over his shoulder.

The teacher stood up from his desk and striding over to Agni.

"Why are you late?" he demanded

Agni's head drooped and he gulped "I was beaten up on the way..."

The teacher slapped him and shoved him down the aisle to his seat. "Next time be on time!"

Agni wiped blood from his mouth with his sleeve and sunk into his seat.

"Today we shall be learning about different types of elves." the teacher began "Why don't we start with dark elves, since we just happen to have an esteemed one here with us right now. He can tell us all bout how evil and horrid drow are."

Everyone began laughing as the memory died away back into the dark murkiness of Agni's mind

M'gann's face expressed pure shock when it was over.

"That is what you went through?" she asked

Agni shook his head as more memories flew by. Him getting beaten up, him getting beaten up more, him getting stabbed came up a few times.

"Do you see why I hate bullies now?" Agni said in a pained voice.

M'gann opened her eyes, she was back in her bedroom. She flew down the halls into Agni's bedroom and hugged him.

"Yes now I understand..." she said.

A few hours later Agni was in the Astral Plane holding the necklace he had bought for Zatanna. He took of his shirt and placed it on a small alter in the back of his cave. He bent down next to it and muttered an arcane chant over it. It glowed for a few minutes and died down. Agni took a deep breath and pointed his finger at at it and said something else. A stream of red light exited his finger and entered the diamond making it glow for several minutes before it returned to normal. He picked it up and smiled at it.

"A perfect gift..." he said to himself "she is going to LOVE it."

Agni heard a portal open outside and he fumbled around looking for the box as he heard someones footsteps come closer

"Hey Agni you in here?" Zatanna's voice called from outside his cave

"One minute!" Agni called running around in circles looking for the box.

"Where are you in the cave?"

"Yeah I am." Agni stared at himself in disbelief at his stupidity "I mean I'm in the armory"

The footsteps stopped at the door. "I can hear your voice coming from inside..."

Agni slipped a shirt really quickly and dashed around looking for the box "No you can't. This is all really just an illusion."

"How stupid do you think I am, Agni?"

"At the moment I am hoping very stupid..." Agni muttered

The curtain was pushed aside and Zatanna walked in twirling her wand around.

Agni quickly dropped the necklace and kicked it under his bed

"Hello Zatanna didn't hear you come in." Agni said with the most cheesiest smile plastered on his face.

"What are you hiding?" Zatanna asked suspiciously

"Why do you think I'm hiding something?" Agni replied without missing a beat

"Because it sounded like you where looking for something and you have the most fake smile I have ever seen on your face."

Agni's face relaxed into his normal grin "What do you want?" he asked cocking his head to admire the dress she was wearing.

"We have homework to do." Zatanna said beginning to blush

Agni groaned and walked over to the kitchen to pour some lemonade.

"I'm guessing if I ask you to do it for me you're gonna say no?"

"What's in it for me?" Zatanna asked slyly

A thoughtful look crossed Agni's face "Fresh lemonade?" he said weakly holding up a large glass.

Zatanna said and took it. "Nope, meet me at the pond in 5 minutes."

Agni sighed and watched her leave, as soon as she was gone he had the necklace out from under the bed and he was searching the the small box again.

"Where did I put the damn thing?" Agni muttered to himself.

"Put what?"

Agni spun around. Zatanna was sitting on the bed staring at him.

"When and how did you get back in?" Agni said

"Three seconds ago through the door." Zatanna said "Now are you going to tell me what you are hiding?"

"I'm not hiding anything I'm looking for something..." Agni said

"Hmm... I like it when you are mysterious." Zatanna said.

Agni suddenly dashed across the room back to the alter and picked the box off the ground. He slipped the necklace into it and it into his pocket. He turned back around and offered Zatanna his arm.

"To the pond?" he asked gallantly

"Sounds nice." Zatanna said

"Oh and can you take me back to the mall sometime? I need to restock on those milkshakes." Agni said as they walked through the forest.

"Are you asking me on a date?"

"It's not a- oh well, I suppose I am..."

Agni sighed and looked over his shoulder to admire her raven hair.

"Uh.. You have lovely hair, you know that?"

"You really terrible at this." Zatanna said with a pretty laugh.

"Yeah rub it in that's the way to do things." Agni said sullenly

Zatanna laughed again and pulled out their books as they sat down at the edge of the pond.

"You know my books could accidentally drop into the pond..." Agni said thoughtfully

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