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'Harley Quinn's Red Mark'

Chapter 1: Reunited

Snow fell from the sky as a Russian train sped down the tracks at a high speed, carrying a deadly warhead to its set destination but that wasn't the interesting part of this scene. That honor belonged to the person walking on top of the train as they casual strolled towards the front while humming a small tune.

This person was an adult male garbed in a black suit made of flexible Kevlar though the silver-colored shoulder pads, clawed gauntlets on his hands, and metal toes of his black knee boots were made of a lightweight titanium. Around his waist was a belt made of a shiny gray metal with leather pouches lining its outside and the buckle was a simple circle with a red X on the front. There was also a pouch on the outside of his upper arms and thighs with the ones on the latter being a little bigger. Another feature was the black cape on his back; it was made of the same Kevlar as the suit and had a dark gray interior.

But the most eye-catching feature of this mystery person's ensemble was the black masked helmet made of a durable polyethylene plastic on his head and on the front was the white face of a skull complete with expressive white eyes. As with the belt buckle, there was a red X over his left eye and in the middle of his chest.

The individual in question was Red X, the famous master thief and assassin who was known and feared by every criminal and loathed by numerous supervillains across the planet, especially those of the Legion of Doom.

He continued to stroll up the train and humming but it was worth mentioning he was carrying a warhead under his left arm and holding it tightly as to not let it loose. It wasn't long before he stopped at the car the other warhead was being transported in; he knelt down and looked down into the side window showing the inside of the car before quickly pulled away. Slowly, he looked in again to spy the hulking KGBeast and three other Russian guys playing some kind of card game right in front of the door leading to the warhead all ready on the train.

"Shit," Red X said in a mechanized voice provided by the vocal modifier built into his helmet.

He moved away from the window and started thinking as his eyes wandered to the railcar behind him then a light bulb went off in his head. The master thief in black stood up, walked onto the previous boxcar, and crouched near the side of the roof just above where the door was located. Using his free hand, he reached down and knocked on it three times before quickly reaching into one of pouches on his belt and pulling out four marble-sized metal spheres.

The door opened up and a Russian adult male in a suit poked his head out to look around for what made the knocking sound. He was only falling snow but what the guy did not expect was four small metal balls flying into the room and exploding loudly, creating a huge cloud of smoke. The men started coughing as KGBeast and his card buddies ran into room to see what created the loud noise.

He saw all the smoke and demanded, "What is going on?"

The only answer he got was another small metal ball flying into the haze filled room, landing in on the floor, and releasing a colorless gas with a hiss.

"What is . . . that? . . . Uhhhh . . ." KGBeast could not finish his words since he fell to his knees then dropped to the floor, as did every other guy in the room.

The gas sphere finished releasing its contents when Red X swooped into the room and retrieved his empty gadget.

He looked around at the people sleeping on the floor, "Excuse me fellas."

The thief in black stepped over the snoozing Russians as he made his way into the room where the warhead was being held. He looked at the metal door then to the three locks on either side and above it, getting a sense of the situation.

Red X nodded a little, "Not a problem."

He set his own warhead down on the floor, reached into a pouch on the left side of his belt, and pulled three black metal orbs about the size of tennis balls. They were set on the ground before the master thief reached into the pouch on his right thigh to pull out a small tablet. He tapped the screen, which turned it on to reveal icons for various programs and functions; he tapped on a few and it caused the spheres on the floor to make an electronic 'beeping' sound. Each of the balls gained a small red electric eye, three spindly legs, and a propeller that whirled to life, revealing that they were actually compact drones.

Red X pushed some buttons in his screen and that caused his gadgets to take to the air and position themselves at each lock. He was about to tap the screen again when a cellphone-esque ringing went off inside his helmet.

The thief and assassin tapped the left side of his helmet and said, "Thank you for calling Domino's. How may I take your order?"

"X, where are you? You should have been back by now," replied a female voice from the speaker near his left ear.

"Relax, Mandy. Everything's under control. Just had a small snag but it's taken care of," replied Red X in a casual tone as he pushed some buttons on his tablet's screen.

The drones inserted their legs into the keyholes when Mandy replied, "You do know what is at stake, don't you?"

They start to pick the locks as their boss replies, "Of course. But I got this handled. No need to worry. Believe it."

The red lights of the locks turned green as they gave off a collective chime to signal that the door was now unlocked.

Red X opens the door and sees the warhead strapped to its carrier as Mandy said, "Don't take this situation lightly, X. You know what could happen if that warhead were to reach its destination."

"I know, you don't need to spell it out for me," he proceeds to unstrap the warhead and take it from its spot to outside the door, "but I'm good at stealing. You know that."

He pulls out his tablet again and taps the screen to command his drones to fly down to the explosive he just took out, "Who was the one who snatched the info that led us to busting that arms dealing ring?"

Mandy sighed, "You, X."

"And who stole back the stolen art from those smugglers?" the thief pushed a button on his tablet's screen.

This prompted his drones to each lower down a small cable with a magnetic disc attached to the end; they quickly latched onto the metal warhead.

"You did," replied Mandy to Red X's question.

The master thief tapped on his screen once again and this caused the drones to spin their propellers faster and lift the warhead into the air.

He guided the trio of flying orbs into the previous room then out the open door as he asked, "And who was the one to sneak into LexCorp and take the-"

Mandy interrupted him, "I get it, X. You made your point."

"Good. Oh and the drones have the warhead. You might want to activate your beacon so they can find your location," said Red X.

He put away his tablet before picking up the warhead he brought with him and taking it into the holding room.

"Why didn't you tell me that before? And waste my time arguing with you?" Mandy asked in an irritated tone.

Red X placed his warhead on the carrier and strapped it in, "Just wanted to remind you how badass I am."

He left the small room and closed the door, prompting the locks to secure it and turn their red lights on.

"Anyway, I'll see you in a few minutes, Mandy," said the master thief and assassin as he stepped over the sleeping KGBeast and his men.

"Very good. Oh and stop calling me 'Mandy'. It's inappropriate," said the irritated women before she cut her connection with him.

Red X was smiling from behind his helmet as he walked over to the open door, grabbed the handle on the outside wall, and pulled himself out so he was hanging alongside it; he also closed the door to make it appear like nothing ever happened. The assassin in black saw that the train was now speeding along the side of a rocky mountain but instead of being discouraged, he just jumped and plummeted down. He fell for about a minute before reaching down and pushing his belt buckle which caused the X to glow before he disappeared into thin air.

-Two hours later-

The train was once more being targeted but instead of a stealthy and masterful thief, it was the wild and crazy Harley Quinn, the Joker's ex-girlfriend and up-and-rising supervillain. She too heard about the warhead being transported and decided it would be the perfect score for her and help her get noticed by the Legion of Doom; it was her dream to become a big name in villainy and show up Joker. Her new pursuit was going at a slow start though this did not discourage her and only worked in making her want it more.

Right now, Harley was proving to be quite the spitfire since she took out pretty much everyone on the train before taking down KGBeast by uppercutting her bat into his balls. The blonde soon entered the room where the warhead, or rather fake warhead, was being held and noticed she needed a key; she found it on KGBeast's person. She tried using it on the lock to the left of the door but it did not work and realized she needed a key for the lock on the right, which she found on KGBeast as well.

For the next few minutes, she went about trying to unlock both locks on either side of the door though it was proving to be quite difficult. Her latest attempt had her horizontally stretched across the door and using her hands and feet to work the keys; she looked like one of those steering wheel locking bars. She managed to turn the keys and get a chime from the locks before a buzz directed her attention to the third lock above the door.

"Oh God! Are you shittin' me?" Harley cried in annoyance.

Before she could think up an idea on how to deal with the third lock, her attention was drawn behind her when a door buzzed and exploded off its hinges. Who should walk in through the smoke and laughing manically was the one person she did not want to see even if they were the last people on Earth – Joker.

"Joker!" Harley exclaimed before she fell to the floor but quickly got back up, "this is my score."

Joker walks into the room with a smug smile on his face, "Well it was."

He snaps his fingers and the three henchmen he brought with him come in and grabbed the third key from the still-unconscious KGBeast before moving Harley out of the way so they could work. They made a human pyramid as to reach all three locks, unlocked the security door, and retrieved the 'warhead' for their psychotic boss.

"But it's mine now," the Clown Prince of Crime soon had his prize handed to him.

"The only reason you're getting this and I'm not is because you got a bunch of goons that do whatever you say," argued his former sidekick.

"That's not true!" he growled before his smugness returned, "Goons, throw-"

He was interrupted by a loud click from within the 'warhead'.

"Harley . . . " his prize clicked two more times, " . . . out?"

Everyone in the room eyed the explosive as it kept clicking but suddenly, an angled nozzle popped out of the tip.

Joker looked at it in confusion, "What the hell is-?"

He did not have time to finish his sentence due to the nozzle starting to spray some kind of clear liquid while constantly turning in random directions. Gotham's most dangerous criminal let out a shout of fright as he held the 'warhead' up and kept his head down to avoid getting hit by whatever was being sprayed about. Unfortunately, Harley and Joker's henchmen were now in the line of sight and moved about to keep from getting hit though Harley was a lot smarter and just dove on the floor, covering her head to protect herself. It was not long before some of the liquid landed near her head and she yelped in surprise; she did however notice a strange yet familiar smell coming off of it.

Suddenly, one of Joker's goons got the hit in the face by the liquid then howled in pain, covered his eyes, and fell to the floor while crying, "My eyes! They're on fire!"

Harley immediately heard that and started wondering what this mysterious liquid was so curiosity got the better of her and sniffed the puddle near her head. She immediately started coughing as her eyes started tearing up a bit but she immediately knew what this stuff up.

"What the fuck? Pepper spray?" she coughed.

No sooner did she say that did another one of Joker's minions get hit in the face by the now-identified pepper spray and was now crying in pain and rolling on the floor.

It was not long before the last member of the goon trio was sprayed in the face and cried out, "I can't see! I can't see!"

He soon stumbled into the previous room but tripped over the unconscious KGBeast and stumbled out of the open door, falling off the train and into the snowy valley below with a scream.

The nozzle sprayed a few more times before its reserves were empty and stopped spinning around.

Joker noticed the sudden silence and looked to see the room covered in wet spots from the pepper spray, two of his minions whimpering in pain with the third one missing, and Harley still lying on the floor.

He brought the 'warhead' down from above his head to look at it, "What kind of warhead is this?"

A sudden ticking sound started coming from the 'warhead' and learning from before, Joker tossed it onto the floor. The ticking grew faster and faster until, without any sort of warning, the false explosive opened up as it let out the honk of a party horn alongside a blast of confetti; this scared Joker onto his butt. He soon got over the shock to see that from within the 'warhead' came a jack-in-the-box in the form of the upper body of a chibi Red X with happy eyes and giving the deuces. It was bouncing on a metal spring while 'Pop Goes the Weasel' on xylophone plays.

Joker could not believe what he was seeing, "Who the hell did this?"

As if to answer him, the 'warhead' shot out a laminated care that landed face-up on the floor in front of the Clown Prince of Crime as the music stopped playing.

He started to read the card aloud, "'This prank brought to you by Red X. Have a nice day'."

A nanosecond passed when the clown grew very angry and stood back up, "What the fuck?! Red X?!"

Harley heard the name too, "Red X?"

Her question was ignored as Joker started ranting, "Red X?! That prick is back? And he dares to prank me? Me?! I am the JOKER! I'm the one who pranks! I am the master of ha-ha! I do funny! Me! . . . "

Harley was completely ignoring him as she crawled over to the laminated card, picked it up as she sat on her knees, and looked at the name on the front.

"Red X . . . " she said.

Soon her mind became flooded with memories she forgot years ago and they consisted of moments between her and Red X when she was still working at Arkham Asylum as Dr. Harleen Quinzel. She remembered finding him standing in her office one day, the two of them talking, and her taking off his helmet to finally see his real face. There were also memories of them having lunch together out in public, passionately making out on her couch in her office, and naked as they had sex on the same couch.

The entire recollection brought a smile and blush to Harley's face as she held the card to her chest, "Oh Red . . . "

She then looked at the still-ranting Joker before she got up and went back to put her socks and shoes back on.

"That little shit! I'll find him! I'll find him and string him up by his intestines! And parade him through Gotham!" growled the Clown Prince of Crime then he glared at the jack-in-the-box Red X and pulled out his gun, "I'll KILL HIM! No one makes a fool out of the JOKER!"

He shoots the little Red X until it was barely recognizable and bleeding cotton stuffing before he turns his attention to Harley who was getting her second shoe back on.

Joker points his gun at her, "YOU!"

His ex-girlfriend just glares back at him as she ties her shoe, "Yeah what, dipshit?"

He walks over to her but kept his gun pointed on her, "You knew! You knew, didn't you?"

"Know what?" Harley finishes and grabs her bat.

"Don't play fucking cute with me, bitch! You knew the warhead was a fake! You're working with Red X, aren't you? Aren't you?! Don't fucking deny it!"

"Hey asshole, I haven't seen Red X in three fucking years! The last time I saw him was before I took my chemical bath. Hell, you were right there! You should know this, smartass!"

Joker snarled, "Bullshit! You're fucking him, aren't you? You cocksucking slut."

She just kept a straight face, "Believe me, I wish I was."

He pointed his gun straight at her face, "Where is he? Fucking talk."

"Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you shit."

Suddenly, Harley performed a quick roundhouse kick and knocked the gun out of Joker's hand, which he immediately held in pain as she walked past him and to the door to the other room.

She looked back at her ex, "Later, dickhead. Oh and one more thing. Red X's dick . . . much bigger than yours."

Harley flipped him the deuces before running over to the side door and doing a backflip right out by the time Joker ran over to her, only to watch her fall backwards and still flipping him both of her middle fingers as he fumed in anger.

-The next morning at Poison Ivy's loft apartment-

Pamela Isley, aka Poison Ivy, was sitting in her kitchen and had just poured herself a nice hot mug of coffee and was about to drink it when Harley entered the apartment, covered in dirt and her hair messed up with a twig and leaves in it.

The lady clown sighs and says with a straight face, "I need to find someone."

"No, you need a shower," said Ivy then she took a sip of her coffee.

Harley walked over to her best friend and roommate, "Ugh fine."

She reaches into her cleavage and pulls out the card then tosses it onto the table where it landed facedown in front of the redhead.

"Hold that for me, will ya?"

The eco-terrorist picked up the card, "What's this?"

"The person I need to find," the blonde made her way to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

Ivy started drinking again and flipped the card over but when she read the name 'Red X', she spat out her coffee in surprise and coughed a little.

"Red X?!" she cried out.

Frank, Ivy's mutated Venus flytrap, popped his head out from one of flowerbeds in the apartment.

"Red X? Where? Where he at?" he asked looking around for Red X.

The eco-terrorist called to Harley, "Red X? This is the person you want to look for?"

"That's right," her roommate called back before entering the bathroom.

Ivy looked at the card again and stared at the name in disbelief, "Red X . . . holy shit . . ."

-Ten minutes later-

Ivy was sitting on the living room couch, drinking her coffee and looking at the card as Harley came in with her wet hair wrapped in a towel and wearing her red bathrobe.

"Red X . . . wow. I haven't heard that name in years," the redhead said aloud.

"I know, right?" said Harley as she sat down next to her roommate.

Ivy held up the card, "Where did you get this?"

"It came from the warhead."

Her best friend immediately became confused, "Okay, you're going to have to explain."

"Okay," Harley took a breath then started telling the story, "I was about to nab the warhead when Joker and his goons came in and stole it. They were about to throw me out of the train when a nozzle popped out of it and started spraying pepper spray all over the place-"

"The train?" asked Ivy, trying to follow the story.

"No, no. The warhead," said Harley.

"Right, gotcha. Please continue."

"Anyways, the nozzle started shooting pepper spray everywhere. Got Joker's goons in the eyes too. Then a jack-in-the-box in the shape of X popped, scaring the shit out of Joker. Kinda funny actually. Really wished I captured it on my phone. The look on his face was priceless."

Harley laughed a little as Ivy chuckled too, "Nice."

Joker's former sidekick calmed down then she continued, "So after the pop-up scare, the card shot out. Joker got super pissed-off after realizing he'd been pranked and started ranting but I honestly couldn't give a shit. I snatched up the card and left but not before telling that clown the truth."

"What truth?" asked Ivy.

Harley smirked, "That Red X had a bigger dick than him."

"Ha!" grinned the eco-terrorist.

Her blonde roommate put her hands behind her head and smiled smugly.

Ivy looked at the card, "So now you want to find Red X. Why after all this time?"

"Because," Harley took the card back, "this card is a sign."

"A sign of what?"

Her friend looked solemnly at the card, "That it's time to correct one of the biggest mistakes of my life."

"And that would be . . .?" Ivy took a sip of her coffee.

Harley sighed, "Choosing Joker over Red X."

All her plant-loving best friend could say was "Oh."

"Yeah, I never told anyone this but . . . I kinda had a fling with Red X while I was still seeing Joker. Back when I was still workin' at Arkham."

"'Kinda'? How do you kinda have a fling with someone?"

"Ugh okay, okay. It was a fling, a legit fling."

Her redhead roommate smirked, "Well look at you. Cheating on the Joker. How come you didn't tell me?"

"Well, obviously, I didn't tell anyone. The last thing I wanted back then was for Joker to find out I was sleeping with someone else," responded the pale-skinned beauty.

Ivy scooted closer, "So . . . how did you two meet?"

The blonde sighed, "Well I might as well tell ya. I had just finished a 'session' with Joker when I walked into my office and saw Red X there, leaning against my desk. Of course I freaked because I had no idea why he was there. But he did tell me he wasn't there to steal something or kill me so I chilled out. After that, we started talking and getting to know each other over the next few days. Then next thing I knew . . . one day, we ended up having sex. A lot. Every day. For almost a week."

"Damn," Ivy smirked.

"Well I couldn't help it. X was just kickass in the sack. I mean the guy knew how to hit all the best spots," smiled Harley as she grew rather hot remembering all the times she and Red X did it in her office.

Her best friend chuckled, "Tell me about it. That guy was a sex god."

She took a sip of her coffee but immediately stopped once she realized what she just said.

Harley immediately put two and two together, "Ive, you and Red X?"

Ivy smiled sheepishly, "Well we might have bumped into each other. A few times."

"A few times?! Hahaha!" laughed Frank, "more like a hundred times! And that's only from the times when they brought their asses back here. Yeah, that's right. I heard you two. I'm surprised your muthafuckin' bed hasn't broke from all that shit."

A blush appeared on Ivy's face then looked away only to find Harley's face inches from her and giving her a mild glare.

"Okay, your turn to share. Now," demanded the blonde.

The redhead sighed in defeat, "Okay, okay. "

She scooted away a bit before continuing, "Red X and I were involved years ago."

"Holy shit. Seriously?" asked a surprised Harley.

"Yeah. We met one night at the Gotham Museum. I was there to steal some rare plant seeds that were being studied there and of course, I couldn't resist. After I grabbed them . . . I might have accidentally set off the alarm. Turns out they were one of those fucking weight sensitive podiums. Anyway, the police showed up before I could escape so I hid to think up an escape plan. Little did I know, I was sharing my spot with Red X."

"Uh huh, uh huh. Go on," Harley was enthralled in the story.

"Well it turns he was there to steal an artifact that was stolen in the first place and return it to its rightful owner. But I guess he did not count on anyone else trying to steal something at the same time he was. Anyway, the police came in and were closing in then Red created a smokescreen for us and we slipped out of there and made our escape."

"Okay. So then you ended in bed together?"

"Oh no. Not yet. After that escape, we started talking and got to know each other a little. Then we decided that it would be nice . . . to see each other again. So we did, hung out a few times and all that. We even started doing some heists together. He'd help me with mine and I'd help him with his whenever he was in town. Then after a month, we needed up in bed together. And many more times after that," said the redhead whose face was now blushing from the memories.

"Wow. You two must have been quite the power couple."

"Actually . . . we were more like friends with benefits."

"Wait, just friends with benefits? Why?" asked her pale-skinned friend.

"Because I'm a wanted eco-terrorist and he traveled a lot. It would have been almost impossible to be a real couple," said the redheaded beauty in a solemn tone.

Harley immediately picked up on that, " . . . But you wanted to be, didn't you?"

The only answer she got in return was Ivy sighing and nodding her head before sipping some of her coffee.

"Damn Ivy," said the blonde in a sympathetic tone.

"Thanks," said Ivy, "and since I'm being honest here, there's something I should tell you."

She put her mug down on the table when Harley asked, "What is it?"

The redhead took a deep breath before speaking, "I know why Red was in your office all those years ago."

"You do? Well tell me."

"Okay," said Ivy, "it was because . . . I sent him to you."

The revelation actually caused gymnastic blonde to jump to her feet, "What?!"

Her redhead bestie stood up and held her hands up, "Before you go all Harley and shit, I did it because I care about you. I was constantly telling you could do so much better than Joker. Even make then. And I was right, wasn't I? I mean you now have legit feelings for Red X and want to see him again after all these years. And he really liked you too. He told me so himself."

Harley calmed down a little, "He did?"

Ivy smiled as she lowered her hands, "Yes, he did. He was doing it as a favor to me at first but then he told he fell for you. He said you were beautiful, funny, crazy, and smart. Exactly what I see when I look at you."

"He really said all that?" asked the blonde.

Her green-skinned roommate used her finger to trace an X on the right side of her chest, "I swear it on my life."

Finally believing Ivy, Harley sat back down on the couch as a blush appeared on her face, "Wow. Can't believe he said that about me."

Gotham's most infamous eco-terrorist sat down next to her, "It's all true, Harls. Every last word."

Soon Harley's mood went from happy to depressed, "Ugh great. Now I feel even worse about this. If he really felt that way about me then that means I'm the reason he left Gotham. And you."

The infamous eco-terrorist put her hand on her friend's shoulder, "Don't put all the blame on yourself. I pretty much deserve some of it. I mean if I had took that one big step, he might have had a reason to stay."

Harley was still depressed, "But it's still my fault. All because I chose Joker. I hurt him, Ive. I hurt him bad."

She looked at the card in her hand, "Including you, he was one of the few people who actually gave a shit about me. But still I chose Joker. And worst of all . . . I forgot about all him, like he never existed. I started remembering him now just because I heard his name and saw this card. Now all I feel is . . . regret. For not choosing him . . . for not making the right choice . . ."

Ivy put her own two cents in, "Join the club. To this day, I still regret never telling him how I felt about him. How I really felt about him."

The two friends let out a collective sigh before Harley spoke, "Well . . . that settles it."

"Settles what?" asked the green-skinned beauty.

Harley gains a smile of determination as she holds up the laminated card, "This card really is a sign. To both of us. "

She stands up, "A sign of a second chance. A sign to make things right."

Quickly, she rips the towel off her head despite her hair still being damp, "And we ain't gonna do that just by sittin' here on our asses. We're going out there and getting' our man back!"

"Hold up. 'Our man'? What do you mean-?" Ivy asked but was interrupted.

"What? You think just because you like him means I'm gonna stop likin' him too? Fuck that. We're sharing the dude. Besides with both of us sleeping with him, we might actually tire him out."

The redhead blushed a bit though she did have to agree with her roommate since she still remembered how Red X was a stamina beast and their times together often ran for hours. There was even one time when her legs were so numb that she had to be carried for almost a whole day.

She smiled as she stood up, "All right. Let's find 'our man'."

"Hell yeah!" cheered the blonde.

"So where do we start looking?" asked Ivy.

Harley replied in a happy tone, "No fuckin' idea."

This immediately brought down their excitement as the pair started thinking up ideas on where Red X might be.

"Did he have a place here in Gotham?" asked the blonde.

Her redhead roommate answered, "Yeah but it's been cleaned out. First place I checked after he left without a word."

"Shit. There's gotta be someplace."

Before they could go back to thinking, Frank cleared his throat then said, "I uh might know where to find him."

Ivy looked at him but seemed a bit skeptical, "How would you know, Frank?"

"Ya know that little bonsai you gave him that one time?" asked the mutant plant.

"Yeah?" the redhead waited to see where he was going with this.

"Well I might have asked him to keep an eye on Red X. Watch over him and shit."

"What?!" both ladies screamed.

"Frank! Why didn't you tell me any of this during the past three years?" demanded Ivy as she walked over to him.

"The guy needed some space. Figured it was good for him. Girls aren't the only ones who need space when they are pissed off or brokenhearted. Guys need it to," argued the Venus flytrap.

"Frank," growled the redhead.

Harley came over and glared at Frank, "Listen here eggplant, you are gonna tell us where Red X is and tell us now."

The talking plant responded, "Fuck no. The guy's my boy and I don't snitch on my boys. Plus the dude was messed up after you got through with him. He's stable and happy now. No fuckin' way am I screwing things up for him now."

The blonde was five seconds away from ripping Frank from his pot and shoving his head into the garbage disposal.

"Frank! You are going to tell us where he is or else," threatened Ivy.

"Or else what?" argued Frank.

"Or else I'm going to start growing little white petals around your head."

"You wouldn't fuckin' dare," he growled softly.

Ivy snapped her fingers, causing two little white daisy petals to pop up behind Frank's head. He raised an eyeball to them then let out a shrill scream.

"All right! All right, I'll talk! I'll talk. But please don't tell him I squealed! I love that boy! Dude brought me steak whenever he visited! And they were the good cuts too! Not the shitty generic stuff!" cried the carnivorous plant.

"Just fucking tell us where he is, Frank!" yelled Ivy.

Frank immediately calmed down and grumbled, "Fine. But don't you dare make me regret this shit."

-(Metropolis, hours later)-

Night had fallen yet the entire city was still shining from the lights of the streets, vehicles, and buildings as many people were enjoying the nightlife though one adult male was spending his night in his penthouse apartment. He was taking a hot and steamy shower in the bathroom next to his bedroom and once he was done, he stepped out and wrapped a towel around his waist. He took another albeit smaller one from a nearby rack and dried his hair while walking towards the mirror over his sink. After a few minutes, he stopped drying and used that same towel to wipe away some of the condensation from his mirror so he could see his face.

The face staring back at him belonged to none other than the legendary Naruto Uzumaki, the Hero of the Hidden Leaf and the savior of his world. One would most certainly ask how a ninja from another dimension ended up in a completely different one. The answer would come in the form of a rather long story – it happened after the sealing of Kaguya when Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto's former teammate and friend, chose to become the sole authority of the world. This idea did not sit well with the blond hero so he was forced to face his former ally in fierce combat that ended with Naruto besting Sasuke to near-death.

All that was left to do was take him back to Konoha and have him face his crimes against the Shinobi Nations but the last of the Uchiha clan decided to pull off one last trick by using his new time-space ninjutsu abilities to create a dimensional portal. Before he knew what happened, Naruto was sucked in and thrown through time and space until he crash-landed in this world . . . and that was ten years ago.

Since then, he had lived an incredible and exciting life that all started when he was taken in by a faction of something called the United States government. They brought him in and asked him many questions like who he was, why was there, and if he knew where he was. He answered them as best as he could though was advised to not tell them everything by his 'internal partner' but he did mention being a ninja. This revelation made his interrogators interested and curious and it was not long before they decided to put him through his paces.

They put him through various grueling obstacle courses and sparring matches against highly trained individuals and were shocked by his successes. It was then this faction came forward with an offer for him to become, what many people of this universe would call, a 'superhero' so he could keep begin a ninja and do some good for the world. Naruto was hesitant at first but he could not deny liking what they were saying and what they were willing to give him if he accepted their offer; of course, he was free to decline. After a night of thinking, the hero from another dimension gave them his answer – yes.

Needless to say the people were ecstatic and soon gave him some high-tech gear and a code name that would be known worldwide and feared by many – Red X. Over the next ten years, Naruto became educated and trained and went on to do many things under his new persona including taking down various criminals and facing off against the worst people he ever met. He even took up the hobby of thievery though he was not a common thief since doing so would attract the attention of certain heroic individuals. He made it a practice to only stealing from criminals and, what many people called, supervillains then use what he stole to assist the local authorities into busting the bad guys. He also did it for giggles because he found it rather entertaining and gratifying to piss off these people.

There was one more thing worth mentioning – during his time in this new world, Naruto never showed anyone, not even the people he works for, his more impressive skills like his chakra and jutsu. His 'inner voice' advised him not to out of suspicion and mistrust of those who hired him though this was not really a big deal for him. He found his physical combat skills to be more than enough to complete the missions he took on as Red X; a lot of the people he went after were no challenge and did not have the abilities he had.

Now he here was, living in a luxury he never had that was given to him for spilling the blood of people who deserved it and protecting the innocent by ending their horrible deeds. His 27 year-old adult body was proof since he was fairly toned from the training he went under, the exercises he goes through to keep himself ready, and from his missions since they were a kind of workout for him. One more thing to notice about his body was the tattoo over his left shoulder blade though he still could not remember how he got it; it just showed up after a night of drinking. It was in the shape similar to the symbol of the Egyptian goddess Hathor inside a circle that was inside a larger circle with Egyptian writing between them. Another small change to him was his hair for it had gotten longer during his stay in this interesting new universe; it made him look quite attractive.

Back to the present day, Naruto continued to look at himself in the mirror as the last water droplets ran down his body.

'Keep looking at yourself like that and people will think you're vain. And I hear that's the worst type of guy,' said a deep voice.

The blond was not startled by the sudden voice nor was he surprised when an orange smoke appeared in the mirror. It soon took the shape of an red-orange fox with red eyes and rabbit-like ears; this was Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox that lived inside Naruto's body.

'I'm not vain, I'm looking myself over. Big difference,' he thought, telepathically speaking to his inside partner of ten years.

'That's what they all say. And do you know what kind of guys say that?' asked Kurama.

'No but I get the feeling you're going to tell me,' mentally responded Naruto.

'Douchebags. Douchebags who think they are God's gifts to women. The kind of douchebag who brag about getting laid every night when they get very little pussy. And when they do get some pussy, they barely last a minute.'

'But I last way longer that a minute.'

'Exactly! You get laid ALL the time. You last for hours with a woman. You don't need to be a douchebag. Stop being a douchebag!' roared Kurama.

Naruto was not impressed by the fox's raving, 'Okay. I will get right on that. Immediately.'

'Good. You're Red X for fuck's sake. Red X is no douche,' said the nine-tailed beast before his face vanished from the mirror so he could go to sleep.

The blond let out a breath before leaving the bathroom for his bedroom where he sat down on his bed and fell back onto it. Right now, all Naruto wanted to do was get some rest and was about to . . . when he felt something move underneath the covers. He immediately leapt off the bed and looked at it in fright since there should not be anything in his bed tonight let alone his apartment and knowing this revved up his combat instincts as he grabbed the top cover. A strong yank followed and the unmasked Red X was ready for a fight but he soon found himself surprised by what was in his bed – a completely naked Harley Quinn.

She lied on her side, gave him a seductive smile and wink, and said, "Long time no see, Na-ru-to. Missed me?"

Naruto dropped the bed cover and stepped back, "What the fuck? Harley?"

All the movement he did loosened the towel around his waist and it slid off, exposing him to the world.

Harley looked down at his exposed manhood and licked her lips in desire, "Looks like Little Naruto grew the last time I saw him."

He looked down at himself before picking up the towel and wrapping it back around his waist.

"What are you doing here, Harley?" asked the blond male.

She flashed him a grin then said, "I'm here to see you, of course."

Naruto wasn't exactly believing her, "Why? Shouldn't you be smooching with Joker?"

His words confused the former gymnast, "Why would I be?"

"Because last time we saw each other, I remember you being completely nuts for that nutcase."

"Hold on. You don't know?"

He have her a look of curiosity, "Know what?"

"I dumped Joker," Harley turned onto her back.

The light coming through the large picture windows behind highlighted her body and made her look alluring.

Naruto was taken in by the sight but held onto his senses long enough to ask, "You? Dumped Joker? You?"

"Yeah. Left his fuckin' pale ass 'bout a week ago," she said.

The male with the whiskered face was not exactly convinced, "I find that hard to believe."

"No, it's true. I finally realized he never loved me and was just using me. I finally understood what everyone was trying to tell me. Once I did, I left the clown . . . and destroyed his hideout to make it official," grinned the pale-skinned beauty, grinning at the last part.

"Uh huh, so what was it that 'finally' got through to you?" Naruto decided to humor the woman who broke his heart three years ago.

"Ivy. She opened by eyes to the truth about Joker."

The unmasked Red X arched his brows in suspicion, "Oh really? And how exactly did she do that?"

"Let's just say it involved Riddler, a fake killer riddle, and a shit ton of margarita mix," said a female voice coming from the side.

Naruto immediately recognized the voice and looked over to see Poison Ivy standing in his bedroom doorway and wearing nothing but a towel around her body.

"Ivy . . . " he said, staring at her.

To say 'he was surprised to see her' would be an understatement; she made her way over to him and just like with Harley, the light coming in from outside gave her an alluring aura.

She stopped before him and looked up into his eyes, "Hey, Red. Been a while."

"Yeah, it has. You're still as beautiful as I remember," said Naruto.

A blush appeared on Ivy's face as Harley made herself comfortable and watched the two of them with a smile on her face; she almost looked like a kid watching their favorite show on television.

"Well you haven't changed much either," Ivy reached up to his hair and ran her hand through it. "But it looks like you've let your hair grow out. Looks good."

She could not resist bringing her hand to his left arm and feeling his muscles, "Feels like you've been working out too."

"Maybe a little," said Naruto with a small smile.

Ivy could not resist grinning at his words as she kept feeling his body; it has been a long time since she touched him and it was bringing back a lot of good memories. The same was happening to the man known as Red X as his mind was captured within the grips of sexual remembrance every time the gorgeous redhead in front of him caressed his skin. Of course they were not the only ones taken in by the moment since Harley was watching them and was starting to get a little 'excited' but couldn't bring herself to interrupt their moment.

The fog inside Naruto's mind cleared for just a second and gave him the strength needed for him to speak, "So . . . what brings you here?"

His words snapped the ladies back to reality with the green-skinned goddess responding, "Well just like Harls, I'm here to see you. And to back her up in convincing you that she has left Joker's disgusting ass."

"So . . . it's true? Harley actually left Joker?"

"Yeah. Dumped him once she finally saw the truth for herself."

Naruto could not help being surprised by those words since all he said next was, "Whoa."

"Yep. And now we're here, in your apartment. Ready to make up for 'lost time'," said Harley, giving him a seductive grin and wink.

When he heard the words 'lost time', the unmasked Red X could not help get a little excited about what she was implying.

Then the blonde on his bed spoke again, "But . . . there's somethin' we gotta do first."

"What's that?" asked Naruto.

She got off the bed, walked over to him, and took hold of his hand then looked up at him with saddened blue eyes, "Fixing past mistakes."

Before Naruto could react, Harley spoke, "I am so sorry, Naruto. For choosing Joker and hurting you. I was such an idiot, fawning over a piece of crap who never loved me and chasing away then forgetting the best guy I ever met. I can only imagine what you must think of me. But if you can find it in yourself to forgive me and give a second chance to make the right choice, I promise to give you all the love that should have been yours from the beginning."

The unmasked Red X was completely taken back by her words but oddly enough . . . he could feel the sincerity in her voice.

He took a breath then said, "I won't lie, Harley, I was really upset with you. So upset that I refused to set foot in Gotham for the past three years. But . . . there were times when all I wanted was to find you, beat Joker until he was a bloody pulp, and take you away. Even despite what happened, I still cared about you . . . and I still do. So much that I want to give you that second chance. So yes Harley . . . I will forgive you."

His words caused Harley to tear up a bit but she quickly wiped her eyes, and hugged Naruto's arm, "Thank you."

Ivy was a bit moved by the scene as well as Naruto smiled lovingly at the blonde with the pigtails.

Then she smirked, "FYI – you talk about beating Joker to a bloody pulp again, you better be ready to spend a whole day in bed."

He chuckled, "I'll try to remember that."

"Also . . . Ivy told me how you said I was crazy, smart, funny, and beautiful. Did you mean all that?" said Harley.

Naruto smiled at her, "I did. And still do."

A blush appeared on Harley's face as she smiled.

His attention was soon captured when Ivy took hold on his other hand and said, "Also, Harley isn't the only who needs to fix some mistakes."

Before Naruto could ask what she was talking about, she asked, "Do you how I said we should only be 'friends with benefits'?"

"Yeah. Because you said something about being the most wanted eco-terrorist and how I traveled a lot as Red X," he answered.

"Well to be honest . . . that's not exactly what I wanted."

Naruto was a bit taken back by her words, "It wasn't?"

"No, the truth is . . . I wanted something more. A lot more. But I was scared. Scared of shit happening and our relationship going sideways. I didn't want to lose you so I thought us just being 'friends with benefits' would keep us safe from that. But it just kept me from telling you how I really felt abut you. Maybe if I wasn't scared to tell you . . . maybe you wouldn't have left Gotham."

The blond male gained a look of guilt on his face then he sighed, "I shouldn't have left like that. I'm sorry."

Ivy gave him a small reassuring smile, "Hey, don't beat yourself up. I didn't exactly give you a real reason to stick around."

She brought his hand up to her lips and gave it a gentle kiss, "But I'm not making that mistake again. This time I'm keeping you around because . . . I love you."

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise because that was the first ever time Ivy had said 'I love you' to him but before he could say anything, Ivy wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips. He could not help kissing back as it was a long time since he had done this with the redhead beauty.

Their kiss lasted only about a few seconds though like before, Naruto did not have time to do anything because Harley had just turned his face towards her.

"Don't forget, I love you too," she said before leaning up and kissing him.

Ivy could not resist smiling upon seeing her best friend kiss their man since it showed that the blonde babe was truly moving past Joker and embracing her new future with Red X.

The kiss ended after a few seconds before Harley spoke, "And because we love you so much, Ive and me agreed to share ya."

"Share me?" asked Naruto.

Ivy answered this time with a smirk, "What? Were you expecting us to compete over you like some dumb high school girls? Sorry pal, not gonna happen. This is the real world and we're adults."

"Plus I figured with both of us fuckin' ya, we'd might be able to keep up with you and tire you out," said Harley with a smirk of her own.

Naruto found her idea amusing, "Really? You think you two ladies will be able to do that?"

"Fuck yeah," responded the blonde babe.

"What do you say to that, hotshot?" Ivy asked him.

Naruto looked at both of them then spoke, "What do I say? All I can say is . . . challenge accepted."

He soon pulled them in close, "Also . . . I love you ladies too. I don't think I ever stopped despite all that happened. I'll even admit that there were times when I would wonder what you two were doing and how you were. I guess . . . that's how you know you're in love. So if you're willing to give this three-way relationship a try, I will as well."

Harley and Ivy could help smiling and cuddling into his body after hearing those words and what he said was true. During the separation, Naruto missed them both despite being hurt by the blonde with the pigtails for choosing the guy who did not deserve someone as amazing as her. There were times when he thought about forgetting her . . . but he could never bring himself to do it though he did go about his life in the meantime; moping would not have changed anything anyway.

Harley decided to break the silence, "Now that's out of the way . . . " she sneakily grabbed hold of Naruto's and Ivy's towels, "I say we make this whole thing official."

With one quick tug, the Joker's ex ripped them off and left the others completely naked. Naruto and Ivy were soon sent into a tiny state of surprise but quickly got over it and could not help staring at each other as if to get reacquainted after those three long years.

It was not long until Ivy's eyes landed between Naruto's legs and she gained seductive smile before saying, "Looks like Little Naruto grew some last time I saw him."

Harley smiled as she tossed aside the towels and said, "I know, right? I'm starting to wonder if I can still handle him."

"Only one way to find out," said Ivy before the ladies threw their arms around Naruto and pulled him over to the bed.

Once there, the two beauties from Gotham pulled their new-shared boyfriend down on top of it and turned the three of them into a naked heap for a second before the unmasked Red X held himself up over his ladies. His eyes soon fell upon them as the light from the outside gave them an alluring glow and they posed to show off their bodies.

"Whatcha waiting for, hotshot?" asked Ivy in a seductive tone.

"Yeah, Foxy. We're right here," said Harley in a similar voice.

All Naruto said in response was, "I love my life."

He lowered himself to the girls as they wrapped their arms around him and soon, the apartment was filled with the sounds of carnal pleasure and satisfaction.

And that's the first chapter of my new story 'Harley Quinn's Red Mark' as well as the first chapter of my first story on this website.

This was a story adopted from Chillman22, based on his one-shot story 'The Second Chance For Harley Quinn'.

I hope you all enjoyed it because I enjoyed writing it. And please, tell me what you all thought about it.

I do not own Naruto or Harley Quinn.