Oni Aman
By: MoonbeamDancer.
Author's Notes- This story is mine! I don't own X-MEN; the only character that is mine is Rei. Thank you's go to Knight_Crawler and Kurtlover who wrote Kurt's POV of the dream, to KurtLover again who wrote more of Kurt POV for me, and to the people over at the Nightcrawler Forum, who read this and told me how much they liked it. And also to Etctera who helped with ideas. Stuff in ~ is a dream. Stuff in * is telepathic talk. This story is rated R because it's a little kinky and has some bondage in it, and some swearing. Send comments to Jellicle_Vamp@hotmail.com
I do use Japanese in here, so here are the translations:
Koneko-hime: Kitten-princess
Ja Ne: Good-bye
Neko: Cat
Hai: Yes
Nani: What
Nani kori: What is it?
Oni Aman: Demon lover
Aishiteru: I love you
Anata to nara: If it's with you
Itsumademo dare yori mo: I always want to be closer
And I do use German. You guys should know it but I'll be nice and include the translations anyway.
Ja: Yes
Danke: Thank you
Liebling: Darling
Gute Nacht: Good Night
Mien Gott: My God
Ach: Ah or Oh
Kurt watched out the window. A new student was coming today. What was her name again?
*Rei. Rei Neko.* said Jean.
"Danke Jean." said Kurt. "Hope she gets here soon. A new face would be nice." said Kurt as he left the window.
A car drove up. "We're here." said Rei's mom. "Kay." Rei and her mother got out of the car. Rei swept a lock of black waist length hair back. Her eyes were slitted like a cat's and were yellow. Around her eyes and curling around her cheek and forehead, like Lilandra's markings, was black shiny fur. The only outer appearance of her mutation. The fur showed up against her tan skin. Jean stepped out and walked towards them.
"Hello Mrs. Neko. Rei. Welcome to Xaiver's School for the Gifted."
"Hello. Are you Jean Grey?" said Rei. Jean nodded.
"I'm Rei." Her mom handed her her bags.
"Don't worry Koneko-hime. You'll learn how to control your power." Her mom whispered, as she hugged her goodbye.
"Ja Ne." said Rei. Her mom drove away.
"For the sake of Mina, I hope you're right." Rei said, her eyes filling with tears.
"Come on. I'll show you in." said Jean. *Rogue, come and help with Rei's stuff.*
Rogue came and the three carried Rei's things into the main hall. When they got inside, Jean telekinetically scooped up Rei's bags from her.
"Are you sure you don't need help?" asked Rei.
"Nah. Come on. We'll show you to your room." said Rogue. They started walking up the stairs, Rei in the lead.
The two were telling Rei about the school, when Kurt rounded the corner at the top of the stairs. Rei was facing Jean, asking a question and walked right into Kurt. She let out a startled yelp and started to back up, not realizing that she was still on the stairs. Her left heel slipped off the stair and she started to fall backwards. Kurt grabbed her hand and pulled her forward, hard. Rei stumbled into him and her lips brushed his neck. Kurt felt a tingle run though him.
"Mien Gott, she's beautiful." he thought. "Are you all right fraulein?" he asked, his arms tightening around her waist.
Rei blushed slightly. "Hai. Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stumble into you." Rei stared at him. "He's handsome. Such soft blue fur." she thought.
"Such beautiful eyes. Like a cat's." Kurt thought, staring into Rei's eyes, mesmerized. He then noticed the fur around her eyes. "Beautiful. I wonder what her power is?" he thought, seeing himself in her.
"Rei, this is Kurt Wagner. Kurt, this is Rei Neko." said Rogue.
"Hi." said Rei.
"Hello." Kurt replied. "What does neko mean?" he asked.
"It's Japanese, it means cat."
"Yeah. And now that you've been introduced, can you kindly unwrap yourself from her, Kurt?" Jean asked.
Without seeing it, Kurt's tail had wrapped itself around Rei's waist and down her leg. The tip of the tail was gently rubbing against her left kneecap. They looked down.
"Oh. Sorry." Kurt said.
"That's okay." said Rei, as she gently untangled herself.
"Don't pay any attention to him sugar. He flirts with all the girls." said Rouge.
"And I thought I was something special." said Rei.
"You most certainly are." said Kurt, as he kissed Rei's hand.
"Are you done?" Jean demanded.
"Nope." said Kurt.
The two other women sighed and told Rei that they would put her stuff in her room and come back and get her. Rei smiled and told them to take their time. Rei and Kurt were mid-flirt when the Professor called.
* Nightcrawler, it's time for your training in the Danger Room.*
"Nightcrawler? I thought your name was-"
"Nightcrawler is my codename. I have to go. I'll see you at dinner ja?"
"Hai. Ja Ne Kurt."
Kurt smiled, kissed her hand and 'ported to the Danger Room. Rei jumped slightly at the "bamf" and wrinkled her nose at the smell of sulfur and brimstone.
"You're Rei right? I'm Kitty." Rei smiled at her. Rei was 5" 8' so Kitty was 2 inches shorter then her.
"I'm Rei, nice name by the way." Kitty thanked her and told her that Jean had asked her to show Rei to her room.
"So what's your power?" asked Kitty. "I like your eyes, very pretty."
"Thank you." Rei whispered, her voice cracking slightly.
Kitty wondered if she said something wrong, and was about to ask when Rei cleared her throat and said.
"I can shape shift into a black panther. My eyes are the only visible sign of my mutation, but sometimes my teeth turn into fangs."
Kitty told her that she could phase her body through any object.
"Cool. Handy power." said Rei.
They came to Rei's room. On the way they met Rhane and Jubilee.
"Here it is." said Kitty.
"We'll come get you for dinner." said Jubilee.
"Nice to meet ya." Rhane said.
"You too." Rei said, as she walked into her room.
After an hour of unpacking and the beginnings of decorating, there was a knock at the door.
"Nani kori?" she asked as she opened the door.
"It's us. What did you just say?" asked Jubilee.
"It's Japanese for what is it."
Rhane said dinner was ready and they went downstairs. They were talking about various other people at the school when Kurt came up behind them.
"So how do you like it so far?" he asked, as his tail danced around her, rubbing against her neck.
"It's okay." She wrapped Kurt's tail around her hand and gently bit the tip. "If I didn't know any better Kurt, I'd say that your tail is trying to seduce me." She grinned and rubbed her cheek against his tail. Kurt blushed.
"Sorry. I think it has a mind of it's own"
"Maybe it likes me." Rei whispered back, winking. Kurt swallowed.
"Dinner, guys." said Jubilee.
"Right." said Rei. The three left for dinner and left Kurt in the hall.
Jubilee laughed softly. "You're driving him nuts. I think he likes you."
"Notice that you're flirtin' like crazy with the new girl." said Remy.
"Ja. She's mine Remy." Kurt growled. Kurt really liked Rei and the last thing he needed was Remy's interfering. This was his hunt and his alone. Remy raised his hands.
"Hey, she's all yours man."
Kurt smiled. "Good." Let the hunt begin.
It had been three months since Rei had come. She and Kurt had spent all of it flirting, coming onto and joking with each other. Case in point this morning when they were washing out the syrup containers.
"Kurt Wagner! If you splash me with any more water, I'm gonna pour syrup all over you."
Kurt grinned evilly. "Is that a promise liebling?" he whispered, as he splashed her. Rei yelped and turned so the water splashed onto the side of her face and ran down her neck.
"Here, let me help." he said, as he licked the water off her face and worked his way down her neck. Rei gasped sharply and closed her eyes. Kurt gently sucked the drops off her earlobe.
"Do you want me to stop?" he hissed in a warm puff of air against her ear.
"If you stop, I swear I'll kill you." she growled.
Kurt smiled. "I thought so." he said, as he kissed her. He sat her on the counter and Rei wrapped her legs and arms around him. Kurt gently nibbled on and ran his tongue along her lower lip. He slipped his tongue in her mouth and it tasted just like she thought it would. Warm and sweet like honey. She purred in response and ran her tongue against his fangs. He growled in pleasure. She reluctantly broke the kiss off and breathed in.
"Wow."
"I take it you liked it libeling?" Rei nodded.
"You splashed me again." She picked up the syrup and dipped her fingers into it. She smeared it onto Kurt's face.
"Hey!" he yelped.
She grinned.
"I should make you lick it off me." he said.
"Don't mind if I do." Rei said.
She leaned close and licked off the syrup with her sandpapery tongue. She let her tongue go back to normal and gave him a push out of the way and got off of the counter. "You can finish the dishes." she said, as he started after her as she walked out of the kitchen. Kurt watched her leave and laughed to himself.
Rei walked down the hall. She opened the door to her room and went inside. She went to her closet; pulled out her uniform and changed into it Her uniform was black and had a v-neck. The gloves and boots were like Phoenix's and were a metallic blue except the fingers of the gloves were still black. She walked downstairs and rode the elevator down to the Danger Room. She walked into the room.
"Ready Rei?" asked Jean. Rei silently nodded, her mind still on her kiss with Kurt. She half realized that the room had come alive around her. Rei shifted to her cat/human form.
"And you still get a kick out of it." A voice growled in her head.
"After what you did when your powers manifested, you still like it!!"
"Shut up!! That wasn't my fault! It was an accident!!" Rei screamed in her head. "It wasn't my fault." she whispered aloud. She pushed her problems to the back of her head and climbed up onto a ledge to see the landscape that Jean had made. The room was rocky and craggy. It had trees, ledges, and rock formations. It looked like the Savage Land. Perfect for a cat to climb around in. She saw a ledge up and across from her and jumped up to it. She grabbed the edge with her claws and clawed her way onto it. Since she now had a higher vantage point, she looked around quickly and sniffed. Nothing unusual. Yet. She heard a screech over her shoulder and looked. A pterodactyl swooped down on her. Rei jumped off and changed completely into her panther form, with a slight popping of bone and muscle. For the next two hours Rei hunted and was hunted. Dinosaurs, Sentinels, you name it, Rei fought it. Two hours later, Rei shifted to her normal form and slowly walked back upstairs. All her muscles hurt. And since she was a shape shifter, she had a lot of muscles that hurt.
"Oh, ow. I need a hot bath." Rei thought as she walked down the hall to her room. "Or maybe a massage." she mumbled.
"Did you say something libeling?"
Rei jerked her head up and winced as her neck muscles screamed at her.
"Hey Fuzzy Elf. I just need a massage and maybe a hot bath. I just got back from the Danger Room and everything hurts." Kurt nodded in sympathy.
"I have a tube of Icy Hot, I'll rub some into your back"
Rei smiled. "Okay."
"I'll meet you in your room." said Kurt.
Rei went into her room, sat on the bed and removed her gloves and boots. Kurt knocked on the door.
"Come in." said Rei.
Kurt came in and shut the door behind him.
"Take off your shirt and lay on the bed."
" I knew it. You just wanna get me out of my clothes." Rei joked. "
Kurt grinned. "As tempting as the idea is, not now."
Rei sighed, took off the top of her uniform so it was around her waist and laid down.
Kurt sat the tube of Icy Hot and the nightstand and picked up the hair clip that Rei kept there. It was gold colored and the size of Kurt's hand. Kurt wound Rei's hair into a coil and pinned it with the clip to the top of her head. He squeezed some of the Icy Hot onto his hand and started to rub it into Rei's shoulders. Rei flinched and growled in pain. "You're rubbing too hard." she hissed.
"Sorry." Kurt loosened his grip and continued with the massage. He quietly rubbed her shoulders and her neck until they were jelly and worked his way down. "Mmmm…Better." Rei literally purred.
Kurt smiled, enjoying the way she turned to butter in his hands. He got to the middle of her back and rubbed a little harder, running his knuckles up and down her spine. Rei purred louder and closed her eyes in ecstasy. Kurt stopped slightly. Rei opened her eyes slightly. "Were you purring?" he asked.
Rei smiled. "Yeah. Why? Does it bother you?" Rei asked, wriggling under his hands so he'd continue rubbing her back.
"No. Strangely enough, I like it." he replied, returning to the massage.
It had been 45 minutes since Kurt had started rubbing Rei's back. For the past 20 minutes Rei had started to doze off. Kurt had enjoyed hearing her purr and making her laugh when he ran his hands down her rib cage. He stopped rubbing her back and snapped the cap back onto the tube of Icy Hot. He unclipped her hair and unwound it. Rei opened her eyes.
"Nani? What are you doing?"
"I'm done rubbing your back libeling, get some sleep." Kurt whispered.
Rei nodded sleepily and whispered thank you. Kurt smiled, kissed her good night on the cheek and shut the door quietly behind him. Rei woke up long enough to slip back on the leotard that she wore under her uniform, a black spaghetti strap number, and took off the rest of her uniform. She then collapsed back into bed.
~ I slept wrapped up in a cocoon of warm blankets when I felt something nuzzling the edge of my ear. I made a sound of protest and snuggled deeper into the blankets. I then felt what ever it was nip my earlobe and pull slightly on it.
"Well whoever it is, is very persistent." I thought. "Wonder who it is?" I let my sense of smell go cat and instantly knew it was Kurt.
"Wake up libeling." he growls, as he rains kisses down my neck and onto my collarbone. "No." I mumble as I give a small smile. He knows damn good and well I'm just playing with him. "You can work to wake me up Kurt." I think to myself. I feel something cold drip onto me. I jerk awake and look down at my arm. It's honey. Cold honey.
"Kurt that's cold." I yelp.
"We can fix that." he says.
He takes a hold of my arm and starts to lap up the honey with his warm tongue. I try and push him away, but all he does is trap my other hand in one of his and wrap his tail around me to keep me still. He licks my fingers, lightly sucking on them to make sure he gets all the honey off. You'd think that his tongue would be blue too but it's not. It's a light pink color and contrast nicely against all that blue fur. He sees me watching him, winks at me, and smiles slightly, as his tongue flicks out to catch the last drop of honey from my fingers. Showoff.
By now he's reached the center of my palm, which is very sensitive, and makes my hand twitch and spasm as he licks off the honey.
"Kurt, what are you doing to me?" I whisper.
"What does it feel like?" he asks, kissing me.
"Like you wanna strip me naked, slather me with honey and lick it off."
Kurt looked like he was seriously considering it. It was then that I realized that I had said that out loud. Uh oh…. Kurt them smiled his little demonic smile, the one that makes me melt, and he knows it. Damn. How the hell does he manage to look demonic and sexy all at once?
"Sounds like fun." he says. Oh God what have I started? I 'm about to say something when he starts to kiss me again.
"Something you wanted to say?" he asks, caressing me with his tail.
"Not really." I say, focusing on his touch.
"Just shut up and kiss me." I growl softly.
He silently pulls me into his lap, so I strattle him. He picked up the bottle of honey with his tail. "I got a better idea." He starts to dribble honey along my neck with his fingers. The honey is still a little cold and I flinch slightly. He begins to nuzzle my throat with his lips and teeth, and I moan softly in pleasure and tilt my head back. He continues licking up the honey and bites my shoulder.
"Ouch! No biting! Bad kitty!!" I say, as I swat him.
"Bad kitty? Bad kitty??" he laughs.
I nod. "Uh huh. Very. Bad. Kitty." I say, as I smear honey on his chest and push him onto his back.
"Turn about is fair play." I whisper, as I stare into his eyes. I let my tongue go cat and start to lick the honey out of his fur. He laughs and tries to get out from under me.
"Stop! That tickles."
"That's the point." I say, leaving a damp trail of fur on the center of his chest.
"Now stay still!" I say pinning both of his shoulders to the bed with my hands. I continued to lick off the honey and was in the middle of giving his stomach a bath, which was very hard because he started to laugh and that makes his stomach twitch when I heard,
"That's it, I can't stand this."
He started to pull on my upper arms and said
"Rei."
I looked up while still licking off the honey.
"As much as… I love this… please…stop."
I very slowly worked my way up his body. I could hear his ragged breathing and gave an evil smile. I looked down at him and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear.
"But why?" I asked in an "innocent little girl" voice.
"I thought you liked it." I continued. I almost laughed at the look he gave me. It was a look of "Of course I love it! But it makes me think of stuff I wanna do to you, and I really shouldn't."
"And you know what Rei?" he asked, as he flipped me onto my back.
"Revenge is a dish best served cold. Or at least at room temperature."
He then coated me with honey and proceeded to get his own revenge.
Later on.
"Give up?" He asked, wrapping his arms around me. I nod sleepily.
"Aishiteru my Oni Aman." I whisper, as I snuggle against his chest and fall asleep in his arms. ~
Kurt's POV- I had been rubbing her back for 45 minutes or so. Very well, too I might add. I laughed when she squirmed as I ran my knuckles lightly down her ribcage. She had started purring right at the start, but now it was lower, softer. She must be falling asleep. I would have never thought purring could be such a turn-on. Oh well, can't do anything about it now, can I? I let a mischievous grin creep across my face. I stopped rubbing her back and snapped the cap back onto the tube of Icy Hot. I unclipped her hair and unwound it. Rei opened her eyes.
"Nani? What are you doing?"
"I'm done rubbing your back libeling, get some sleep." I whispered.
Rei nodded sleepily and whispered thank you. I smiled devilishly, kissed her good night on the cheek and shut the door behind myself, leaving a small crack of light flooding the hall. As I watch guiltily, Rei woke up long enough to slip back on the leotard that she wore under her uniform, Luckily for my conscience, she was turned away from me, and I finally tore myself away from the doorway. What is it about this girl?
I came back to see her sleeping soundly under a huge mound of blankets. I quietly crept over and admired her face for a moment. She looked so peaceful, so incredibly beautiful. I just couldn't help myself. I bent over her and gently bit her ear. She pulled away and sunk deeper into her blankets, but that only made it more fun. I bent back the edge of the blankets and nipped and tugged at her earlobe. She wasn't getting off that easy. I saw her nose do a strange little twitch and get slightly darker, and more flat. I smiled. She was on to me.
"Wake up libeling." I growled, as I rained kisses down her neck, onto her collarbone.
"No."
She mumbled as she gave a small smile. It caught me by a bit of surprise, her
saying no, but I knew she was just egging me on, playing 'hard to get'. I
slowly unbundled the covers from about her body, exposing one of her tender
arms. I smiled to myself devilishly as I held the honey-bear I had brought with
me high above
her and let a drop of honey fall to her wrist. She jerked awake and stared down
at her arm.
"Kurt that's cold." She yelped. I grinned.
"We can fix that." I answered. I took hold of her arm and lapped at the honey. She tried to push me away, but I grabbed her other hand and wrapped my tail around her waist, holding her still. I licked her fingers one by one, pausing to nibble and suck on each small digit. She stared at my mouth, entranced, enticed, or disgusted, I couldn't tell which. Oh well, I thought, if she was disgusted she'd tell me to stop. I winked at her and smiled, to try to reassure her, and flicked my tongue out to clean the last drop of honey from her fingertip.
I reached the center of her palm, it feels smooth and warm at the contact of my tongue, and I'm quite sure that with out all this honey, her hand tastes that sweet. When I start to lick her hand, every part of her skin twitches with my endless caress. I start to want it more and more.
"Kurt, what are you doing to me" she whispers, I barely hear her, I feel like I'm floating now.
"What does it feel like?" I kiss her and my heart starts pumping, my heartbeat rising, I know by now what is coming next and wonder if I'll be able to stop myself this time.
"Like you wanna strip me naked, slather me with honey, and lick it off"
She seems to be a little embarrassed cause she said that out loud, I start to contemplate her, and I smile, thinking a lot of things I could do to her with the honey, the shape of her beautiful face and body now fill all my senses. Her scent, oh she drives me crazy.
"Sounds like fun." I answer back to her. She looks like she's going to say something. I'm not sure, everything to me starts to become blurred, like a dream, my body is starting to function with the most primal of my senses by now, I start to kiss her once again. "Something you wanted to say?" I ask.
"Not really" she says, she has been purring like a kitty since we began our lovemaking, I start rubbing her (with my tail) feeling that soft skin, exploring every little dip and rise along the way, I move on my way up to her leg, then to her narrow waist, wrapping my tail around and rubbing the tip of my tail softly on her ribcage causing well-muscled abs to flex in response. I'm starting to become dizzy, like I was drunk. Drunk on her and her perfect form; the smell of her hair, the gaze of her eyes.
"Just shut up and kiss me." she demands with a soft growl and I obey her like master and servant, I'm completely at her mercy. Nonetheless, if she pleads for me to stop I could stop this time, later I'm not sure and I don't wanna know.
With arms and tail, I slowly pull her into my lap; leaving her waist I pick the bottle of honey up with my tail.
"I got a better idea" I say, and start to dribble the honey along her long neck with my fingers. The honey's still a little cold, I realize as she flinches slightly at the contact. I feel feverish and hot especially in the back of my head, my entirely body now afire with the sensation.
I began to nuzzle her throat using my lips and teeth, carefully not using my fangs. I hear her moan in pleasure, and respond to her by humming against her neck, tasting the honey on it, and continuing to lick. After that, I bite the tender flesh of her shoulder.
"Ouch! No biting! Bad kitty!!!" she says as she gives me a quick slap on my back.
"Bad kitty? Bad kitty?" I answer with a faint laugh; I notice she's grabbed the bottle of honey.She nods. "Uh huh, very bad kitty" she said as she smears honey on my chest and pushes me onto my back.
"Turn about is fair play." she whispers. I look into her eyes; they're aflame with a new light and a bit of mischief.
I feel her now feline tongue licking the honey out of my fur, its very ticklish and I start to laugh. I let her play for a while, but I'm planning to turn the tables later, it's her turn anyway. I try to get out from under her.
"Now stay still" she says, pinning both of my shoulders to the bed with her hands, continuing to lick the honey out and trying to give my stomach a bath. Which is very hard considering I start to laugh and that makes my stomach twitch."That's it, I can't stand this" I start to pull on her upper arms. "Rei…"
She looks up, still licking off the honey.
"As much as I love this… please… stop "
I'm gonna regret this later, but I decided to leave things this way, I want her so much … I love her and want to make her happy, and show my love to her. But she has been through a lot; I'm not going to do something that could hurt her. She slowly works her way up to my body with feline movements. I take deep and fast breaths, some gasping, and faster when she is closer to me.
"But why?" she asks in an innocent girl tone of voice."I thought you like it" she continues, I got very surprised, then I began to think again in heavenly things, nasty things I could do to her, lots of things. My head is boiling, waves of pleasure are washing up my body, and I feel happiness, that kind if happiness only men got when they're anticipating that wanted closeness."You know what, Rei?" I ask her while I flip her onto her back, anticipating great things to come."Revenge is a dish best served cold. Or at least at room temperature" I coat her body with honey proceeding to get my own revenge, wanting her more and more and more, focusing on her and her beautiful shapes and movements.
Later on.
"Give up?" I asked, wrapping my arms around her sweaty body. She nods sleepily her head on my chest, silky hair all over my torso.
"Aishiteru my Oni Aman" she whispers, she snuggles against me and finally falls asleep in my arms. Me? I keep watching her beauty, trying to keep this moment forever, until slumber comes over me. Gutten nach mien leibing.
Rei sat up in bed with a gasp, her heart pounding in her ears like thunder. She shuddered half in pleasure, half in fear and snapped on her lamp. Part of her was hoping it hadn't happened, part of her was hoping it had happened. She looked around her room.
Nope, no demon lover here. There were some blur hairs on the bed, but Rei chalked that up to the massage.
"That's what must have triggered the dream. He left his scent all over my bed." she thought. Rei sighed and got dressed. She put on a pair of black leather pants, black boots and picked up a leopard print sleeveless shirt. She paused. "One of Mina's." she thought. "Must of packed it by mistake."
"Oh little sister, I'm so sorry." she whispered, as she slid on the shirt. Rei grabbed her coat and left her room, the tears sliding down her face. She walked though the house, eyes down, everything a watery blur. She ran down the stairs and slammed into Kurt.
"Oh Kurt, sorry." she said, wiping her eyes.
"What's wrong libeling?" he asked tilting her face up.
"N- N-Nothing." she stammered. "Excuse me." she said, stepping around him and out the door. She walked down to the end of the dock and stared at the lake. She collapsed to the ground and started sobbing.
She had been crying for a few minutes when she felt someone holding her and talking softly.
"Shh… It's okay. It's okay liebling. Please, tell me what's wrong. What can I do to help?" Rei slumped against Kurt and coughed.
"I killed her." she said in a dull monotone.
Kurt looked at Rei confused. "Vas? What? I don't-"
"Can I ask you something Kurt?" Rei asked, looking at his glowing yellow eyes.
"Sure." he said, pulling her closer to keep them both warm.
"When your powers manifested did you hurt anyone?" Kurt shook his head.
"I did. Actually I did worse. I killed someone." she stated, watching him for his reaction. "Who was it? How'd it happen?"
"I was having a fight with my little sister Mina. We were twins." Rei swallowed.
"I don't even remember what the fight was about. The next thing I remember was I was that I was all furry. I… I leapt on her and I tore her throat out. She died on the way to the hospital. I never got to tell her I'm sorry." Rei smiled bitterly. "I guess I'm not your liebling now am I? Not good enough."
"No." Kurt kissed her. "You will always be my liebling. No matter what."
He stood up and offered Rei his hand.
"Come on. It's the middle of the night and it's cold. Let's go back inside."
Rei pulled herself up and Kurt wrapped his tail around her waist. They went to Rei's room.
"Stay?" Rei asked. "Least 'til I fall asleep?"
"Sure." They went into Rei's room.
The moonlight streamed in though the window and made both of their eyes stand out against their fur.
"Mind turning your back while I change?" Rei asked.
Kurt, being the gentleman that he was, nodded and turned around to give Rei her privacy. Rei changed. "Okay."
Kurt turned around. She was wearing black cotton biker shorts and a black cotton spaghetti strap baby doll t-shirt.
"Maybe I shouldn't have looked." Kurt thought, as his breath caught in his throat. He could see the small butterfly tattoo that was indigo on the outside, purple on the inside, and the veins were black on her stomach and the yellow crescent moon with a red rose wrapped around it on the outside of her left calf.
"Like what you see?" she asked.
"Yeah." The word just fell out before Kurt could stop it. "I'm sorry. That just came out of nowhere." he said, blushing slightly.
"That's okay." Rei said as she sat on her bed. Kurt started towards the chair Rei kept in her room.
"We can share the bed, there's enough room Kurt."
"Vas?!? Did I just hear that??" Kurt's mind screamed at him. "Oh shut up." he yelled at his mind.
He looked at Rei.
"Come here. See? More then enough room." she said, curling up on her side of the bed. Kurt lay down next to her.
"Night Fuzzy Elf." Rei said, giving Kurt a kiss on the cheek.
"Gute Nacht liebling." said Kurt.
Kurt had been watching Rei sleep for about an hour when she began to toss and turn.
"Looks like a nightmare." Kurt thought.
Rei mumbled in Japanese. Kurt couldn't understand most of it, but her caught the words "Mina" and "sorry". Rei had begun to whimper and cry just a little. Kurt gently shook her.
"Liebling, wake up."
She didn't. Kurt shook her a little harder.
"Wake up liebling." Kurt said a little louder. Rei woke up shaking.
"You were having a nightmare." said Kurt, wiping away her tears.
"It was about Mina." Rei sniffled. She cuddled next to him.
"Hold me?" Kurt wrapped his arms around her. Rei buried her face in his neck and the two fell asleep. The next morning found the two in the middle of Rei's bed, Kurt's tail twined around her legs and his arms around her waist, one hand gently rubbing her upper left arm. Rei's left arm curled around Kurt and her head lay on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
Kurt gently ran his hand through Rei's hair, enjoying the way if felt against his fingers and the way it smelled, soft and silky and faintly of strawberries. Rei stirred at his touch and yawned.
"Mornin'" she said sleepily.
"Hi." Kurt said softly. "Did you sleep good?"
Rei nodded, the side of her face rubbing against Kurt's chest. "Hai. No more nightmares." "Good." Kurt gently pulled on her hair. "I better go." he said. "I'll see you downstairs." He gave Rei a kiss and 'ported to his room. Rei sneezed at the smell and got ready for the day.
The day had passed by pretty quietly; a paper due in 3 weeks for English and Biology, vocabulary in German, (if she asked nicely Kurt would help.) and 3 pages of math problems. "It's gonna be a long weekend. Library, here I come." Rei thought. "I'll just get this out of the way now." Rei said, as she changed into her dance clothes. She was wearing a dark blue leotard, black tights, dark blue leg warmers, and black leather jazz boots. She went downstairs to the studio in the sub basement and started to warm up. "One, two, three." She counted off as she did eight plies in first position and moved into second, forth, and fifth position. She was on one foot and had her right leg parallel with her body when Kurt 'ported in.
"Hiya Fuzzy Elf." Rei said as she stood on toe.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Kurt asked, as he watched.
Rei shook her head. "No. I've been dancing since I was three, I'm used to this."
Kurt quietly watched Rei dance. After 30 minutes she stopped and went through her cool down. "I need a drink, and maybe something to eat." Rei said, wiping the sweat off her forehead. "But first a shower. I'll meet you in the kitchen."
"Okay." Kurt gave her a kiss and 'ported to the kitchen.
Rei rode the elevator upstairs and grabbed her robe from her room. It was black satin with a gold dragon on it, whose tail twitched when she walked. She stepped into the bathroom and turned on the hot water until it steamed. She then slipped into the shower and let the water run over her until her skin turned pink. She grabbed the vanilla shampoo and started to wash her hair.
After she was done and had gotten dressed, she went down to the kitchen. When she got there, she saw that Kurt had made lunch. The two ate and talked the afternoon away. Kurt was telling Rei about his life in the circus when she saw the time. They both saw that they were going to be late for a Danger Room session. They ran upstairs, changed and Kurt teleported down to the Danger Room. Kurt set the computer in the control booth for two hours and 'ported down next to Rei. The room changed to something that you would most likely find in the Shi'ar Galaxy.
"Nice." Rei said as she shifted to her cat/human form.
Kurt watched as the inky black fur flowed over her body. Kurt thought that she was beautiful in her normal body, but in this one she was breath taking. Maybe it was just the fur coat, but Kurt couldn't help staring at her. Rei blinked when she was done and looked at him. "You're one of the few who have watched while I've changed and not been repulsed."
"I'm not. I think you're beautiful." Kurt said, scratching her behind the ear. Rei smiled and licked his palm.
"Computer, start program." she said.
The program started to run and the two jumped out of the way as lasers shot down at them. The two dodged and fought robots, holograms, and lasers. Rei was dodging a series of heat beams up on a ledge, when she stumbled.
"Damn. Must be getting tired." she thought. She tried to jump to safety, but was nicked by a heat beam. She screamed and flinched in agony.
"Rei!!" Kurt screamed, as she fell. "Computer! End program!" he yelled. He teleported to Rei and caught her before she hit the floor.
"Rei? Liebling? Answer me!"
Rei shifted to her normal form and looked at him with pain filled eyes before passing out from the agony.
Kurt scooped her into his arms, noticing the nasty red burn mark that traveled from her upper left thigh, across her hip bone, to the bottom of her rib cage, and teleported to the med lab.
Kurt had been waiting for almost an hour when Beast came out.
"She's fine. The burn wasn't as bad as it looked. You can go see her." Kurt went in and saw Rei sitting up.
"Hey. You okay?"
Rei nodded. "Skin's a little tight and itchy though. Like a bad sun burn." she said. "Thank you for rescuing me." she whispered, kissing him.
"Swashbuckler by choice, hero by trade," his voice lowered as their lips met. "saving damsels a specialty."