Chapter 1: Another Day Another Fight

"And then it went all, KABOOM!" Miko exclaimed throwing her arms in the air. Raf and Jack continued on in silence as they listened to the excited girl's talking. Fortunately for their ears it did eventually end at which point Jack gave his input.

"Yes Miko," he told her, "We were there."

"Well duh, but you two obviously would never tell it like I do," she declared placing a hand on her chest. Jack rolled his eyes. Raf glanced over towards the kitchen. There was bound to be a spat starting between the two soon and he did want a nice place to take shelter, preferably one with food. For the moment however, they were just giving their normal reactions to each other. Miko displaying her arrogance for the world to view and Jack trudging through the annoyance. It was almost like watching a show sometimes with how frequent their behaviors were.

"But I'm telling you, just let me in the ring with one of those Decepti-creeps and pow! Down they go!" Miko thrust her fist in the air for emphasis.

"Right, let me just contact M.E.C.H. so that they can equip you with a Nemesis Prime to use..." Jack murmured. Miko's eyes expanded.

"You think they would?" she asked hopping gleefully. Jack smirked causing her expression to flip upside down. "Ha ha," she shot back dryly.

"I try," Jack told her lifting his brows. Miko mouthed what he'd said in silence mockingly.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Jack asked leaning forward to get a better view of her face. Miko bit her lower lip for a moment but it soon turned to a grin.

"Oh nothing, I was just admiring your ever-valuable sense of humor Jackson Darby," she told him pinching his cheek. Jack's eye twitched.

"Well, it is a hard job..." he muttered before quieting his voice to a whisper, "Not that you'd know anything about work..." Raf looked at the kitchen again. 'Real soon' he thought. Thankfully salvation seemed just around the corner. Literally. As they rounded the next hall, the trio emerged into the main lobby of Autobot Base Omega Outpost 1.

"Oh hey guys!" Bulkhead chimed upon seeing them, "You three doin' alright?" Raf gave a mental sigh of relief. Surely the Autobots would take the older boy and girls' minds off their discussion.

"Why yes, of course we are," Miko told him in a sickening innocent tone as she wrapped her arms around Jack's neck, "We're getting along like two Pokemon in a Daycare!" Or...maybe not. Jack did his best to restrain his look of discontent.

"Yep, we're just dandy!" Jack forced a smile squeezing Miko as well, probably purposely too hard. Bulkhead smiled.

"Awesome," he gave a thumbs-up, "Don't forget that school's off tomorrow Miko. I'll be going by the house to pick you up. Don't need you trying to break into the classroom again." With that he walked off towards the recreation room to meet up with Bumblebee for their basketball match. The three humans kept their eyes on the door even after the hulking Cybertronian had exited. This time Raf was the first one to make the move. As calmly as possible he walked to the front of the group and gripped his hands together. Miko and Jack were still tightly tangled around each other.

"So, what games we gonna play?" he asked pleasantly. Miko and Jack looked at each other and narrowed their eyes.

"How's about a round of Speed Demons?..." Jack suggested in a questioning manner.

"Alri-"

"Speed Demons is getting boring. I say Biohazard..." Miko said just as dully. Their eyes weren't leaving each other and their mouths only dipping more and more on their faces. Raf gulped back the nervousness of the inevitable.

"And I say Speed Demons," Jack said, a bit more command-like this time.

"And I don't," Miko hissed. Raf kicked the ground.

"We could alway-"

"Sonic," Jack offered instead.

"Punchout," Miko countered. The duo were now squinting with how much they'd narrowed their eyes at each other.

"Guys, we can play both ga-"

"Diddy Kong Racing," Jack tried.

"F-Zero GX," Miko refuted.

"Milon's Castle."

"Bug's Bunny's Birthday Blowout."

"Vectorman!"

"Super Metroid!"

"Earthworm Jim!"

"Earthworm Jim Special Edition!"

"Earthworm Jim Special Edition!"

"Earthworm Jim 2 Special Edition !"

"Pikmi- okay what the hell is with you! You just said you wanted to play 1's Special Edition!" Jack spat.

"Yeah, but then you suggested it!" Miko stomped her foot. Raf rubbed his forehead.

"Oh, so everything I choose is just automatically crap now?" Jack asked.

"Well duh, always has been," Miko told him, "You with all your boring ass calmness and unprofessional gaming."

"You mean my ability to kick your ass in multiplayer?" Jack gave a single laugh causing Miko's cheeks to flood a tint of red.

"No..." she growled through clenched teeth, "I'm talking about your poor choice in games...Raf agrees with me..." The smaller boy's eyes shot open at the mention of his name.

"And he agrees that I have a fine choice of games," Jack said deciding to bring him in on his side as well.

"Well I think he can speak for himself...can't you?" Miko smiled to Raf along with Jack, both of them silently pleading for his support.

"Um..." he bit his lip. His eyes darted between the two for a few second. "...I'm gonna go get something to eat..." With that, he dove for cover leaving the older humans to continue their discussion.

"...he so agreed with me," Miko shrugged after about half a minute.

"Like hell," Jack grumbled folding his arms over his chest, "I mean seriously, what is it with you?" Miko's eyelids lowered.

"You mean how it annoys me that you just can't have fun?" she drolled.

"No, I mean how you just act like an immature little bitch," he corrected. Now Miko's eye was the one to twitch.

"Well at least I'm not some stuck-up asshat that thinks he's right about every little thing," Miko retorted jabbing her finger into his chest for each of the last three words. Jack's brows began to furrow. Sternly he grabbed the girl's hand and pulled it to the side.

"Better than not taking anything seriously at all," he muttered.

"Tell me that when you look back on the years you'll waste being miserable," she hissed getting on her toes and pressing her nose against his.

"Says the girl that'll probably end up overdosing on alcohol and drugs," Jack uttered just as threateningly. For a good fifteen seconds or so the two just stood there staring each other down. Then their lips met. And broke apart just as quickly. Their cheeks flushed. Again the pair stared at each other, but this time the animosity wasn't there. Just confusion and embarrassment.

"So what game're we playin'?" Raf asked coming back out of the kitchen. Jack and Miko instantly zipped away from each other a couple of feet. The younger boy looked up from the plate of cheese and crackers he'd made and eyed the two suspiciously. Had he come out too early? Their voices had died down minutes ago...

"Earthworm Jim Special Edition?" they asked in an unintentional unison that made Raf's skin crawl.

"...uh...alright..." he replied scratching the back of his head. There was definitely an awkward atmosphere that hung in the air about them. Even so it didn't take long for the smartest member of the group to get the old Sega CD hooked up to the television. They each took turns playing the levels. The strange thing about the whole session however was that the older two, especially Miko, were pretty much quiet unless they were talking to him. They were completely avoiding saying anything at all to each other. The whole situation just made Raf uneasy.

"Uh...Raf?" Jack asked. The young boy put his concentration back on the screen to see the worm he was playing as get snapped in half by the monster in the mucus pit of the level.

"Sure not on your A-Game today are ya?" Miko chirped snatching the controller out of his hands.

"Miko, give Raf back the controller," Jack ordered. Miko stuck her tongue out in response and pressed a button to continue.

"It's alright Ja-"

"Miko, his turn wasn't up!" Jack exclaimed. Raf decided against attempting to give his input. He at least wouldn't have to suffer through the two of them not talking anymore.

"He lost all his lives on the first Snott a Problem of all things. My turn," Miko said in deadpan out of the side of her mouth, her eyes not leaving the screen. Even through the arguing she'd managed to breeze through the first two rounds of the level without so much as a hit being made from the enemy. Raf chanced glances at the two every so often throughout the final round. Jack was growing more and more irate with each passing second it seemed.

"Miko...give Raf the controller..." he muttered. He'd had enough of the feisty Asian for the entire week.

"Make me," she snapped back. Jack looked at the screen. The enemy was down to just a tiny bit of health left. It would only be probably ten more seconds before she won. And that was all the time Jack needed. Casually, he got up off the couch, walked over to the console, and turned the system off. Raf's pupils shrank. He scooted a bit away from Miko before turning his head to her. To his surprise she still had the controller in her hands as if she were playing, her eyes locked on the blank screen.

Just as calmly as Jack had, Miko set down the controller on the table in front of the couch and walked over to the console as well. Raf pulled a pillow over his head for cover. Miko looked up at Jack devoid of any sign of life.

"Told you to give it to him," he told her. Then he let out a gag. Miko punched him clear in the stomach causing the taller boy to bend over from the air that'd gotten knocked out of him. Before he could fully recover, the girl had grabbed him by the back and slammed her knee into his chest collapsing him to the ground. Deciding that he'd need better protection, Raf slinked over to the steps and walked down to Bumblebee who gave a series of whirs and beeps to him.

"Nah, they're okay. Just...mind if we go for a drive?" Raf asked. Bumblebee nodded and morphed into vehicle mode allowing the smallest member of the team to climb in. The screeching tires of the vehicle weren't even enough to distract the two remaining humans. Miko was currently trying her best to hit Jack any way she could while the boy she was sitting on was doing his best to block all the blows. Every so often he'd get a hit in on her but at the cost of quite a few more to his own body. Eventually, he sat up and forced Miko to the ground where he kept her pinned despite her squirming. Viciously she struggled about but to no avail.

"Why...do you...have to be...such a bitch!" he growled.

"Why do you have to be such a dick!" she yelled back. The struggling died down the longer Miko stayed pinned. The two ultimately just kept their eyes locked on each other, either daring the other to make the next move. It seemed like minutes passed before they finally loosened their limbs. They could feel each other's breath on their faces. Instinct more than anything, the boy and girl brought their lips together, this time not attempting to break apart.

-end of chapter-

Yeah, so my usual Jack Miko crap. What's new? Well...it's the first chapter of a story! So brace yourselves for the utter abysmal writing that shall continue!...where it will go, I haven't much of a clue yet honestly. But either way, this story will probably be a bit more of a...non-child viewable one with some of the content that'll probably work its way in if it continues. Just a warning. Here's a pic for the fic!

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