"No. Fucking. Way." I muttered to myself, trying not to freak out.

Meanwhile, Antonio's and Alejandro's eyes were wide. I also saw two other people I recognized from school, I just didn't know their names.

"Xavier will test you all individually on your hand-on-hand, fighting, and combat skills. As well on how experienced you are with armory and knives. He will choose the twenty members himself since he is going to be the leader. In ten minutes, he'll get started." They all nodded and we walked away, walking back to the room nearby.

"Did you see Antonio, Alejandro, and the two other guys?" I turned to Milo and he nodded frantically.

"Yeah, I was so surprised when I saw them." The Five and my best friends turned to us, giving us a confused look.

"What do you mean? How do you already know their names?" Felix asked.

"They go to our school." Alvaro's and Felix's eyes widened.

"What?!"

"Yeah. Dom, Milo, and I have Antonio and Alejandro for gym." Alvaro coughed.

"Wow. Do you think we should not let them try out?" I shook my head.

"No, because it's not going to be fair just because they're students at your school. Also, they know what they're doing by trying out, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have joined if not." Felix clicked his tongue and nodded.

"True."

We talked for the next few minutes about what I should test them on. We decided that I would test them on their fighting skills first, then on how well they are with knives and armory.

We walked out and into the training room. Everyone talking, stopped and turned to face us. Alvaro spoke first.

"We're first going to test you on your fighting abilities. You will each go up against Xavier. If you'd like, you can surround him so he'd be an easier target to take down." They all nodded.

People stretched and cracked their backs and necks, getting ready to go against me. I, myself, stretched as well, loosening up my whole body so I wouldn't hurt myself.

I walked to the large, black mats placed on the ground and watched as the first person walked up, stopping in front of me.

This guy looked to be around his mid-twenties. Blond hair, tall, muscular but slim. He had a smirk on his lips as he looked down at me, his blue eyes had a challenging look in them.

He stuck his hand out and I grasped it, shaking it firmly. "I'm Barnaby."

I nodded and looked at Alvaro. He nodded and his eyes flicked to the guy as he brought his arm out to grab me, but I had stepped back in time. I grab his arm and twisted it, but he pulled back with a grunt. Barnaby grabbed my shoulders and I quickly punched his jaw, hearing it crack, but not break.

I swung my leg forward and hooked it around his knee, making him stumble. I grunted when he grabbed my shoulders and I swung around his body and held onto his back. I wrapped my arm around his neck and tightened my hold, choking him. He gasped and swung his elbow back which made me groan and weaken my hold.

Barnaby took that chance and grabbed my body, throwing me on the ground. I stood up and grabbed his arm twisting his wrist. He groaned and grabbed my leg, making me fall on my back and him land on top of me. I twisted his arm and rolled from beneath him, quickly pushing him down as I pulled his arm back and curled my other arm around his neck.

I tightened my hold on his arm and pulled it up his back, making him groan and gasp because I had my arm around his neck. I placed my knee on his lower back and pulled him up, his back arching down with his head up. He gasped and tapped the ground, signaling that he was done.

I breathed out and got up, letting go of him. He laid on the ground and gasped, looking up at me with a chuckle.

"Damn, I underestimated you. You were really good." I chuckled and held my hand out for him. He grabbed my hand and I swiftly pulled him up.

"Everybody does." He nodded and walked away, sitting on one of the benches that were to the side.

"Who's up next?" I turned to the people and smiled.

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I was sweating, beads of sweat were dripping down my forehead and neck. I was breathing hard and panting. I had gone through forty-five of the fifty-seven people that came. Six of them left, deciding that they didn't want to join anymore, but I just nodded and shook their hands.

Throughout the fights, I was deciding which ones were the best and which ones I thought would be great for my gang.

Right now, I was fighting a woman. Her name was Frankie and she looked to be around her early twenties. She was really good compared to the other women that I fought. She was definitely faster and more direct on what she wanted to do.

She grabbed my leg and pulled. I landed on my stomach and breathed out as she grabbed both my arms and pulled back. I hissed and wrapped my hands around her wrists, pulling her body and swinging her over my head.

We had been fighting for ten minutes now and I was getting tired. I could tell she was too, so I stood up.

"You just wanna call it a tie? Because honestly, I'm about to pass out." She chuckled and nodded, breathing in and out harshly.

I held my hand out and she grabbed it, helping her up.

"Wow. That's the first tie, good job." She smiled.

"Thanks. Now, I'm going to go sit before my legs give out." We laughed as she walked away, sitting on the bench and drinking water.

"Alvaro, give me a few minutes to catch my breath, yeah?" He nodded and I laid down on the ground, closing my eyes and catching my breath.

"Water?" I opened one eye and saw Alejandro holding a cold water bottle out.

I chuckled and nodded, standing back up. I grabbed it and thanked him. I quickly chugged the water and felt the cold water go down.

"So, when were you going to tell us about this?" I looked at Antonio and raised my brow.

"What, you thought that I was going to tell everybody that I'm in the Mafia and am making my own gang?" I asked sarcastically and they chuckled.

"True." Alejandro said. "You know, we were surprised when we saw that you were the leader."

"Yeah. I was surprised when I saw you guys, too. I also know that there's two other people that go to our school."

"Really?" I nodded and looked behind them, seeing the two guys walk over to us.

"That's why we thought you looked familiar. You do go to our school." The taller one said and I nodded.

"Yeah. What's your names?"

"I'm Charlie, but people call me Chucky, sometimes, and this is my younger brother, Walter, but we call him Wally, sometimes, too." I nodded and shook their hands.

"Well, guess it's time to get back to testing you guys." They nodded and walked away, but Antonio and Alejandro stayed.

"You guys pairing up?" Antonio gave me a smirk and nodded.

I chuckled and put my water aside, looking at both of them.

They both circled around me. I kept my guard up and made sure to sense that Alejandro was behind me, still keeping an eye on Antonio. I saw his eyes briefly flick behind me and I spun around, grabbing Alejandro's arms and kneeing his gut. He gasped and dropped to his knees, catching his breath. He looked up and smirked as I felt arms grab my waist.

Antonio picked me up and tossed me, yes, tossed me, to Alejandro who caught me and placed his arm around my neck. I kept calm and lifted my leg, quickly hooking it behind his knee and pulling. We fell and I grunted when he landed on my back.

"Oh my god, you're heavy. I can't breathe." I gasped out and heard Alejandro chuckling, his breath fanning over my ear.

"Good."

I pushed him off and grabbed his arm, twisting it over his shoulder and behind his back. I made sure I kept myself on top of him to keep him down. I pulled harder and he hissed, tapping the ground.

"Fuck, Xavier. You're about to break my arm in half." I chuckled and let go of his arm, moving off of him.

I helped him up and turned to Antonio as he jumped on me. Jumped.

"You too?!" I gasped and breathed in as much as I could, but Antonio chuckled lowly and stayed on top of me.

I internally smirked at an idea and made myself pale, spluttering and gasping for air.

"A-Anton-" I gasped and closed my eyes, pretending that he suffocated me. He chuckled and tapped my shoulder, thinking that I was joking.

"Xavier, come on." He shook my shoulder again and I kept myself from laughing, holding my breath.

"Xavier?" I could hear the tone of his voice shift to one of worry. I felt him slowly move off me and I quickly opened my eyes, moving on his back.

"Sike!" I grabbed his arm and pulled it up his back, squeezing his wrist.

"You-ow ok, ok!" He tapped the ground and I laughed at him. I helped him up and laughed at his slightly pink face as he dusted himself off.

"Y-You thought I-I passed out!" I pointed at him and he growled.

"How could I not? You're face turned pale and you stopped breathing." His ears turned red.

"Yeah, but you actually were suffocating me, like literally. I thought I really was going to pass out for a second there." He rolled his eyes and walked off with a snickering Alejandro.

I smiled and watched as Charlie and Walter walked up to me. "You guys ready?

"I guess." Walter said, his voice was smooth and gentle, almost quiet.

I nodded and saw Charlie move his arm out, grabbing my arm. I quickly yanked and hit his jaw. He grunted, but used his foot and pulled my foot from below me. I fell back and Walter moved on top of me, grabbing my arm and twisting. I hissed and moved my knee up, hitting his balls.

He groaned, but kept his hold on me. Charlie grabbed my other arm and wrapped it around my neck, pulling tightly. I groaned and wrapped my hands around their forearms, squeezing as hard as I could until their holds weakened and took that chance. I pushed them off and stood back up, grabbing Walter's arm and twisting it behind his back, using his other arm to twist and keep him in place. He was on his knees and he hissed again, trying to get me to loosen my hold, but I kept him in place.

Charlie moved behind me and pulled on my waist. I let go of Walter and squeezed the nerve on his nape, making him fall on his side and pass out.

Charlie gasped and grabbed both my arms, twisting them and kicking my knee so I would fall on the other one.

"What did you do?!" He asked me, a dark tone in his voice.

I winced and tried moving away, but he just squeezed harder.

"I made him sleep. Don't worry, he'll wake up in a second." I looked at Walter and saw him groaning, his eyes fluttering open and looking around.

Charlie sighed and twisted my arms more, making me groan.

I tapped my foot on the ground, finally tapping out. Charlie let go and quickly went to his brother, holding his head. I breathed out and closed my eyes as I stretched my arms, wincing when I felt pain shoot up to my shoulders. I turned back to Charlie and moved next to him.

"I'm sorry. I knew he would wake up a couple seconds later, so I wouldn't have done it, if not." He nodded and turned to me, giving me a soft smile as he combed Walter's hair.

"I know, I just got worried since he's my younger brother." I nodded and looked at Walter, seeing him stare at me.

"What?" He shook his head and I heard his smooth voice.

"Nothing, just thought I died for a second." We softly laughed and I patted his arm.

"No. But hey, I tapped out because of your brother." He smiled up at Charlie.

"Yeah?" Charlie nodded and patted his head.

"Yup. Twisted his arms 'til he tapped out." I chuckled and helped him out with Walter.

"Just sit down, alright? Drink some water, too." He nodded and they walked away, sitting down on the bench.

I turned around and smiled up at a mocha-colored man, shaking his hand. "My name's Nicko."

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I had to change my shirt, it was all sweaty and we were moving onto armory. I also drank three water bottles in a row because how thirsty I was, just wanted to tell you.

"Ok, now. Each of you grab three knives and stand where the white line is in front of a board." They all walked to the table and grabbed three, six inch knives, then each of them stopped in front of a board.

"You see the outline of the figure?" They all nodded. "I want you to try aiming at the center of the board, on the chest or head. Go!" They all threw their knives, hearing a few of them clatter to the ground or go straight threw the board, hitting the chest, head, or around the board.

"Again!" They threw them again. You could hear the knife go through the board and stick.

"Last time!" They threw them once again and this time I heard only two clatters of knives fall.

"Ok, now I want you to add up all the numbers that your knives went through. The chest and head is twenty-five. Shoulders and below the chest is fifteen. Anywhere else is zero." They all counted and told me their numbers as I wrote them down.

"Alright, pick up the knives and place them how they were." Honestly, the knife test was pretty easy, next I just had to test them on how well they were in armory.

Three different types.

Rainer actually had came out to California today. He helped me with deciding which guns we would use for the testing. We decided on a Semiautomatic Pistol, AR-15, and Sniper Rifle which we would do outside.

"Get a pair of headphones and a pistol."

I went through what we would do and showed them an example. When I said 'Go' they all shot and I could still hear the ringing of the guns bounce around the room. They shot three rounds and we moved onto the AR-15, stepping back twenty more feet. They all shot three rounds and they counted their scores, telling me and me writing them down.

We went outside and Rainer was there, talking to one of the guards. We walked over and I explained what we were doing.

There was a white line about fifty feet away from the warehouse. Up ahead, one-hundred-ten feet away from where we were, was a target that they each would shoot at three times and would be switched out for the next person.

They all shot at the target, some people missed and some people hit all three of their shots. They all counted their scores again and I added them to their previous one, leading them inside.

"You guys can relax for now. I'll be back in thirty minutes to tell you who made it." I smiled and walked away.

The Five stayed outside talking with one another. Alvaro and Felix as well since I had told them that I needed to focus on counting up scores and all that.

I walked inside the room, near the training room, and heard someone close the door. I sat down on the couch and closed my eyes, feeling the couch dip on either side of me. 

"I need a shower. I smell disgusting." Even now I was still sweating. I was nervous from talking to everyone and counting up scores. It was exhausting but fun.

"But you smell good, Master." Enzo said and I opened my eyes, chuckling.

"Yeah, you smell so musky and delicious." Levi said and I felt his tongue slide up my neck, licking up my sweat. I hummed and patted his thigh.

"Thank you, puppies. But that's only for you guys." Enzo shook his head and moved on my lap, straddling me.

"No, Master. You smell really good." I smirked and moved my hands to his back, sliding them inside his pants and squeezing his ass. He whimpered and blushed, keeping eye contact with me.

Enzo leaned down and licked my neck, lapping up the beads of sweat. He moaned and bit down on my neck. I felt Levi move in as well and lick the side of my neck, moaning. Enzo dug his teeth deeper and I hissed, squeezing his hips with my fingers and hearing him whimper. He moved away and licked the sore spot, kissing it softly.

Levi grabbed Enzo's face and pulled him in for a kiss. I smirked and kissed Levi's neck, making him shiver. I kissed Enzo's collarbone and licked his ear.

"Puppy, your best friend wants to be fucked by you again." Levi whimpered and pulled away, hiding his face in my shoulder. I chuckled and pulled his head up by his collar, tugging him closer to my face.

"Don't be shy, Levi. You know it's true." He nodded and blushed, trying not to look at Enzo who was smirking.

Enzo leaned down and kissed his cheek. "Hm, maybe we will later."

Levi spluttered, but stopped and nodded. "Please, Enzo."

Enzo nodded and moved off my lap, climbing on Levi's and tugging on his D-ring. Levi whined and stared up at Enzo. He leaned down and kissed him, placing his hands on Levi's shoulders and Levi's hands on Enzo's waist. My puppies moaned, the kiss becoming hungry. I chuckled and kissed their cheeks.

"Not here, puppies. Soon, though." They nodded and kissed once more, cuddling with each other. I smiled and got up, sitting at the table in the middle of the room.

I sighed and looked at the clipboard, finishing up the last few things. Milo sat next to me and placed his head on my shoulder, sighing.

"You look tired, Xavier." I nodded and patted his head.

"I am. I fought fifty-one people today and I didn't really have a good break. I feel nasty and dirty, and I just want to go home and shower." He nodded and kissed my shoulder.

"Me, too. But at least you're almost done. You just need to finish this up and then tell them who made it and then we can go back to Alvaro's and Felix's." I smiled and kissed his cheek.

I finished up counting the scores and smiled when I decided on which ones were joining me.

I got up and stepped outside, my puppies and Milo following me out. I walked up to the group and nodded. "I'm ready."

The Five smiled and walked into the training room.

"Alright, everybody. Xavier has finished counting up your scores." I nodded and stepped forward.

"If you hear your name, please step forward." I looked down at the clipboard and started easing off names.

"Barnaby, Cayden..." I called their names one by one, watching them as they stepped forward and I'd look back down to call the next name.

"..Frankie, Alejandro, Antonio, Charlie, Walter, and Nicko." I looked up at them, my lips curling up into a smirk.

"Welcome to the Grave Den Club." They all smiled and cheered, the others clapping and congratulating them.

"The rest of you, thank you for coming and trying out. You all were so good, but I need the best of the best. I hope you guys enjoy the rest of your day." They smiled and clapped, making their way out.

"Congratulations, you guys!" I smiled at my first twenty members.

"Now, next week on Monday we will be having a meeting at six-thirty pm. We will discuss everything and I will answer any questions you guys have for me. I'll see you, then." I smiled and walked away quickly, about ready to pass out from how tired I was.

I was almost to the room, but felt someone grab my waist and push me to the wall. I grunted and looked up, seeing Antonio and Alejandro looking down at me.

"Mmm, I don't think you should be doing that to your leader." I smirked and raised my brow. They chuckled and rolled their eyes.

"C'mon, Xavier. We're your friends, do we really have to call you Capo?" Alejandro asked and I chuckled, shaking my head.

"Yes," both boys groaned, but Antonio smiled, his eyes showing amusement, "but only when other people are around. It's to make it seem more professional, duh." Alejandro nodded and smiled.

"Thank, god. To be honest, it's weird because we go to school with you, you're smaller than us, and we have to call you Capo." I scoffed and quickly pushed his front to the wall, grabbing his arm and pulling it up behind his back.

"Do remember that I still am your leader, Alejandro." I whispered in his ear.

I turned my head to Antonio and saw him snickering, holding in his laugh. I smiled and turned back to Alejandro.

"S-Sorry, Xavier." Alejandro said and I busted out laughing, letting go of him as Antonio joined me.

"Wha-" Alejandro turned around and blushed, "you're so mean!" I chuckled and patted his chest.

"I was just teasing you, Alejandro." He huffed and crossed his arms, looking away.

"Aw, don't be a baby." I cooed and pinched his cheek softly. He swatted my hand away as his ears turned red.

"No." He looked away and glared at nothing. I shrugged and walked off.

"Alright, then." Antonio chuckled and I waved at him.

I walked inside the room and fell on the couch, sighing into it and closing my eyes. I felt hands on my back, then someone straddle my ass.

"Milo, get off me." I said, but my voice came out muffled because of the couch.

"It's me, Xavier." Felix whispered.

"Oh." I turned my head and looked back at him, feeling his hands rub up and down my back.

"I need to shower, but I'm so tired. My whole body is sore from fighting and all." I sighed again and moaned when I felt his hands move down to my lower back.

"When we get to our house, we can help you." I heard Alvaro say above me, his hands rubbing my head.

"Please." They chuckled and massaged my head and back, making me get so tired to the point where I almost fell asleep. I think I did, but not for long since I got woken up by Milo.

"Xavier, we're leaving." I nodded and yawned, sitting up and stretching my back. My back felt better thanks to Alvaro and Felix.

I got up and Milo helped me up as my legs were really shaky. I made sure I had all my stuff and then walked out of the room.

Alvaro and Felix were talking to The Five. Milo helped me over to them and I was picked up by Ameer. He kissed my cheek and I laid my head down on his shoulder, kissing his neck.

"Are you tired, Xavier?" I nodded.

"Yeah, and sore. Especially my arms and legs, Alvaro and Felix massaged my back earlier, so it feels better." He chuckled and rubbed my back.

"That's good." I nodded and kissed his jaw. I closed my eyes and relaxed, his body-heat keeping me warm.

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Yay, he picked his gang members!!! Aye, aye, (this is me dancing).

What do you guys think about everything so far??

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, see you next time. BYE!!! :))

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