Switched Loyalties – Apokolypse

This takes place after the end of Switched Loyalties II – The Forbidden Swords when Dairou Cerulean was sealed away by Daimon Hellstrom. Don't worry, Dairou still loves Rogue but that may change later on and he truly fears Hellstrom. He won't be going anywhere near hell, out of fear of meeting him again.

They couldn't kill him normally since he shared a healing ability with both the X-Man Sabretooth and the former member of the Brotherhood of Evil turned new X-Man Wolverine.

The one who even until later, 3 years later took it the worst was Rogue as both the fact that Apokolypse had returned because of her and the look on Dairou's face when he was sealed away, it haunted her and Gambit blaming her for everything.

Rogue laid on her bed crying and shivering, Remy had hit her and she was too afraid to tell Victor or Logan because she couldn't handle the loss of another ally though she barely thought of him as a friend anymore.

"You're thinking about him again, aren't you?" she heard a familiar voice call out to her and turned to see Dairou or at least her mind's representation of his psyche (despite she couldn't steal his powers, she has some of his memories) smirking at her lovingly as she asked sadly "Why couldn't you stop him?"

Dairou's smirk dropped "You know as well as I do that I can't, for I am not the real Dairou Cerulean." He kissed her forehead then looked her straight in the eye and pointed outside to a unbelievably powerful seal over a covered up hole "The real Dairou is there if you you're looking for him, but he'd be disappointed that you're still looking for him to fight your fights for you after so long."

With that, he disappeared leaving her saddened as she stared out at the seal in the rain. She composed herself enough when she heard someone call out to her. It was Beast.

"Anna, come out, we're holding a meeting" he said on the other side of the door as Remy frowned walking past him "Leave her be, mon ami. She ain't worth ya time, she seems useless without Dairou around lately."

Hank frowns "Seems you've changed a lot since his sealing away too. What would he think about that, I wonder?" Remy glares back at him "Dairou is dead. Deal with it." He walks away as Rogue steps out in tears "He's right, y'know. Dairou was the only person alive who was immune to my touch"

She looked at her glove-less hand "I felt human around him, I felt like I could touch people again without suckin' 'em dry and killin' 'em even though it was impossible. I don't blame him."

There was a hearty, yet slightly bone-chilling laugh coming from behind her as Logan appeared "Hmph, brave little Rouguie. You should stop trying to change people like him, it ain't yer strong suit. Now let's go before X yells at me again."

Rogue slugged him on the arm and growled "Don't ever call me that again. Rogue or Anna Marie will be fine."Logan smiled but it disappeared fast, noticing she was hurt both mentally and physically "The Cajun Rat did this, didn't he?" he asks and glared at her when he didn't get an answer as he smacks her across the mouth and pinned her to the wall by the neck to test her "That was a test and ya failed, why didn't you tell me or Creed something?!" He threatened lowly letting go enough for her to answer in tears "I knew you'd kill him, I can't lose another friend after this, Logan. Please."

Logan dropped her and turned his back, still glaring down on her "Stop thinking about yerself fer once, especially since this is all yer fault. Self pity will plunge ya into chaos, take it from someone who'd been there." She nods.

Logan leads them to a large room, Xavier and Magneto was in the middle surrounded by mutants such as X-Men Storm, Cyclops, Kurt, Kitty and the Brotherhood, or what's left of it consists of Toad who rejoined, Scarlette Witch, Domino, Avalanche and Magneto himself. Outside, there were explosions going off every once in a while and Storm left, worried for her people in Africa.

"Okay, Archangel, Rogue, Remy, Toad, Wolverine, Shade, Blade and Beast. You are to accompany Storm to Africa to ensure she has a safe journey" Magneto said as Xavier continued "Peter, you will return to Russia to bring your sister Illyana back, I know how much she means to you" Piotr nodded with a slightly enraged scowl on his face as he replied "Yes, sir. I just hope she is okay."

"Scott, Kurt, Sabretooth, Scarlet Witch, Spyke, Shadowcat, Jean, Bloodshot, Trigger. You'll join Colossus to Russia to ensure the safe return of his younger sister. Everyone else will remain here on high alert" The X-Men dispersed to their respective areas as the two teams left at once. This was going to be a long mission.

All that remained were Magneto and Xavier as Xavier gave a troubled sigh "You seemed troubled, old friend." Magneto said to Xavier who were scanning the minds of the X-Men and Brotherhood without their knowledge as he replied gravely "I'm worried about Rogue, she hasn't been the same without Dairou and I fear some may eyeing to take advantage of her."

Magneto was angry but didn't show it outwardly "If any of them are from the Brotherhood, I will see to it that they pay. I saw the fear in her eyes when you put her on the same team with Gambit and Wolverine"

"I did so for a reason, Erik. After all, it may not be one of the Brotherhood that I worry about" Xavier wheeled away as Magneto followed "I can see that, but can Rogue? The three seem as far apart as ever lately."

Miles away in the sands of Africa...

Wade 'Deadpool' Wilson stumbles upon the barely awake Dairou Cerulean laying face down in the hot sand in the middle of nowhere but this Dairou was different, his left eye was black sclera on red pupils and his right eye was the normally red on white sclera.

"Hey" Deadpool kicked the unconscious body quickly getting angry when he got no response "Hey! I said WAKEY WAKEY!"

Without warning, Deadpool wailed on the experienced mutant who he didn't know was already awake until it was too late.

SLASH!

Deadpool stop and stutters a bit when he found Dairou in the world of the living again putting a sword through his chest and pushing it to the hilt. He tossed him aside before getting to his feet and scoping his surroundings to see that he was no longer in Westchester anymore or even the same continent for that matter.

"Where am...I?" Dairou asked himself groggily, not yet noticing that he may have killed Wade, until he started talking again...something Dairou was quickly getting sick of "What are you?" He asked as Deadpool smirked under his mask.

"You may have heard o' me, I'm Deadpool" Deadpool starts "current owner of Wolverine's and Sabretooth's fangirls and assassin for hire." Dairou stopped in shock then stared at where he stabbed Wade with wild amusement "You...can't die, can you?" He removed the sword and didn't even hear a pained groan from the man. "By the way, about where you are, we're in Africa but how exactly you ended up here is beyond me."

"I'd heard of him before from Creed" Dairou thought as he stared at Deadpool in complete curiosity "I wonder if he really can't die, like me." Dairou snapped himself out of his thoughts with an evil smile at Wade who asked "Hey, are you listening to me? You're one of the X-Men, aren't you?"

Dairou's bloodlust was becoming uncontrollable at this point "Was one of the X-Men to a point in my life, I'm Dairou Cerulean and as for what I am...I don't really know anymore. Civilization must be this way." Dairou turned and walked in the direction where he sensed the most human auras leaving Deadpool talking as he wasn't really listening anymore, he'd never sensed auras from so far away and guessed it was a few miles from his position.

"We need to talk, Yin" Dairou thought and when he got no response, he got worried "Yin? He'd never joke around and not even answer me once, despite our relationship, I'm worried." Dairou licks some of the blood on the blade and stares sadistically at Wade "We should go before a sandstorm catches us"

They walked for miles of Wade talking and Dairou doing his utmost best to ignore Deadpool, they were halfway to the village when they decided to rest for a while and Dairou kept Deadpool at arms length.

Dairou fell asleep for a while despite having eaten nothing after sitting away from Wade but still close to the fire as Wade looked at him and got closer attempting to keep the shivering man warm but waking him by accident "What do you think you're doing?!" He snarled as Deadpool seemed at a loss for words "How'd you wake up so easily?" Wade said "I just wanted to cover you, seeing that you're freezing your ass off!"

"Keep it for yourself, I don't want it. Don't try anything, I'm a light sleeper" Dairou snarled pushing the persistent man away as Wade smirked "What a big, grouchy teddy bear. Come on."

When Deadpool persisted again and with a clean slash Dairou cut his head off as the head yelled at him "What's your goddamn problem cutting my head off, huh?!" A surprised Dairou got to his feet and stared at the head with a very dark smile.

"Hey, what's with that look in your eye and that smile?" Deadpool's head said as he hopped both away from Dairou and to catch his body "I'll show you just how grouchy this teddy bear can be!" Dairou snarled in a manic frenzy.

Dairou mutilated Deadpool's body and tortured it in heinous ways as his head helplessly looked on "That being isn't even a man any more...he's a demon."

Dairou then tossed the head to its body and put out the fire "let's get going." He started walking and stared back at Deadpool emotionlessly "You think I'm an akuma?" Dairou asks when grinned evilly "Guess what? I'm far worse than that!"

"You should know that the X-Men passed by here when you were sleeping" Wade quipped prompting Dairou to remember this place, this was where he put a beating on and tried to kill Doctor Doom some years ago...so Storm's kingdom wasn't very far from here.

Back with the X-Men, Wolverine's group had made it to Africa and left their ship, but soon after that Rogue ran off with Gambit hot on her tail. Wolverine had a very disturbed feeling that troublesome dangers were brewing in these sands in more ways than one. Rogue ran away from Gambit, but little did they know they'd unfortunately walked right into Dairou's sights.

{Suggested music (and theme for Yang-Dairou that isn't owned by me) – Monster by Skillet plays}

"Leave me alone!" Rogue pulls away from Death who backhands her in the face "I want nothin'" Death said with his ponytail untied and fake sympathy which changed to slight fury "I just wanna teach ya a little lesson. Hehehe."

He cornered her against a large slab of fossilized sandstone and stroked her face before slapping her just as Dairou saw them "Nobody's gonna miss someone who's so useless..., not even Dairou, who froze on sight."

Deadpool looked at them then the seething Dairou and smiled through his mask "See, told ya they're here...wait, why's he hitting my girlfriend?!" Dairou ignored his 'girlfriend' remark and disappeared.

Rogue was bracing herself for another assault from Gambit but saw a terrifying shadow behind him with a purely terrifying smile as the figure cleared his throat, startling Death.

"How dare you treat her like that, you piece of rubbish?!" Dairou snarled lowly as he pulled out a pair of broadswords "What do you have to say for yourself, Swamp Rat?!"

"Stay outta my business!" He turned expecting to see Logan, only to find a furious and fuming Dairou in Logan's place with wide eyes "No...it can't be real, you're dead!" He swallowed hard as Dairou swung at him and barely missed. His rage along with his powers skyrocketed and he took all Death's attacks before unleashing his own and slashing him across the chest twice, knocking him on his back.

His powers were now beginning to cause a lightning sandstorm on its own threatening to blow them all away. Rogue, however got in the way "Wait! Don't kill him" she begged as a terrified Death reverted to Gambit and backed away from him.

Dairou's stare froze him as he dropped his battle stance and looked down on Rogue "R-rogueie..." he grunted in his enraged state and stroked a tear away from her face with a finger "Do not cry anymore, I'll kill anyone who makes you cry."

"You are Dairou!" Rogue was overjoyed to see the man she loved return to her as Dairou remained emotionless but gentle as he embraced her again and kissed her longingly "Wade, help him up. Can you take us to the others?" He glanced at Wade then Rogue with still pupil-less eyes.

Back with the other X-Men, Logan was beginning to worry for the two, especially Rogue's safety and was about to go searching for her himself when they arrived with a guest Logan never thought he'd live to see again, Dairou.

"Rogue an' Swamp Rat aren't back yet?" Logan asks as Shade replied "No, what do you plan to do?" Logan snarled a bit "You go on ahead to Ro's place, I'm going to find them and yer comin' with me, Shade. I'll need you to take us back when I find 'em"

The others but Shade left as Logan sniffed the air and had wide eyes "Is there something wrong, Wolverine?" Wolverine remained silent "Why do I smell Wade and blood?"

"We've got company, bub" Wolverine popped his claws as Dairou and Rogue walked out with Wade carrying an injured Gambit.

Dairou stood his ground looking clearly shocked at the two but not for long as he kept silent "Is he real and what happened to Gambit and Rogue?" Shade asked in shock as Logan reached out to touch Dairou who growled and swatted his hand off "Don't touch me, baka."

"Oh, he's real, alright" Logan looked a bit amazed as they followed them and Wade comes up to him "Hey, if it isn't the notorious Wolverine. Y'know, what you did to me back in Columbia was uncalled for, right?" he narrowed his eyes and Logan did the same and slapped him in the back of his head "Yeah, and unless you want a repeat of that you'd stay out of my way and out of my face"

Logan buried his hands in his pockets and kept walking with Wade following.

The X-Men made it into the African village, meanwhile in Russia, Sabretooth's team made it safely into the prison holding Piotr's sister safely.

"Pete, I need something with her scent so I can track her down, ya got anything?" Sabretooth said to Colossus who handed him a shirt that belongs to her "Yes, be lucky that I kept this but be careful. It's her favorite shirt and she'll disfigure my head if anything happened to it."

Sabretooth sniffed and moaned "Ooh, I like this girl's taste in cologne" Colossus glared at him "I want you nowhere near my sister, Victor."

"Like you could stop me if I wanted her" Victor rolled his eyes and sniffed the air "I got her scent, follow me." They followed Victor taking out guards along the way making it to a cell, inside was a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was Illyana Rasputin better known as Magik.

"Brother, who are these people?" Illyana looked at Piotr then Sabretooth with a small smile "He's cute" She followed him out of the cell as he told the others to introduce themselves.

"I'm Scott Summers" Cyclops introduced himself "You can call me Cyclops." Magik nodded "Okay, then" Peter looks at them closely.

"My name's Trigger, darling" Trigger tries a 'gentleman' stunt and kisses the back of her hand, earning a glare from Piotr and Sabretooth as Magik giggles "Don't take this the wrong way boy, but I'm too old for you."

"Too old?" Trigger growls "I'm twenty- frickin'-six, what are you, ninety or something?!" Scott dragged him away before Piotr could punch him.

"Hey, what's up? I'm Evan, codenamed Spyke" Spyke smirks as he points at the ladies and Kurt chuckles until he notices Colossus cracking his knuckles "I'm Kurt Wagner."

"I'm Scarlet Witch" Wanda smirks "call me Wanda and this is..." Magik finished for her "Jean Grey, the telepath. I've heard stories of you."

Jean smiles earning a quizzical look from Peter "Why, thank you." She turned to Bloodshot who seemed to be eager to leave "Can't we just introduce her to everyone at the mansion? This place makes my skin crawl."

The group with Illyana returned to the Blackbird and departed from Russia. As for Dairou, he was still trouble contacting Yin-Dairou within his mind and was eager to return to the mansion but he needed to have a serious talk with Logan first.

"Logan-san" Dairou said abruptly as said feral turned to face him and gruffly answered "What?"

"Can we talk...in private?" Dairou insisted as Logan glanced at Rogue then nodded and followed Dairou out of earshot of the others.

Dairou seemed troubled...very troubled as Logan gave a small devious smile "You alright, bub?" Logan touched his shoulder as he shook his head "I don't think so. Can't you recognize me? I'm Yang-Dairou." Logan took a step back hesitantly, he'd seen and felt personally what Yang was capable of in a bad mood "I-I can't find him, Logan." He fought back tears "Yin's gone and I can't find him!" He said loudly but still quietly enough for only Logan to hear him.

Then it hit him like a brick wall "Wait...what the fuck are you even doing with the X-Men and worse Rogue in the first damn place and where's Creed? I also smell a certain cretin called Toad" Logan smirked slight and pinned Dairou to the wall and answered "You ask too many questions, bub and I'm part of the X-Men now"

Dairou gave him a dreadful look "Tread lightly with me and that, Logan." He looked sad "I don't like surprises and you're not one to joke." He backed away as Logan came closer "Not a joke, Creed's in Russia, we found Pete's sister."

Dairou gasped "that's great, I'm envious. I murdered my little sister" Logan got closer with a smile "That all you want?" Dairou nodded as Logan did the unexpected and pressed his lips against Dairou's. He was scared stiff by the sudden action before pulling away and giving Logan an odd look as he seemed ecstatic about the kiss Rogue missed so much.

Logan backed away "accept it as a thank you." He left as Dairou's eyes were both on him and Rogue who he went to sit beside "I heard your calls you know." She gasped and mouthed 'what' as he continued "You were calling to me, so desperately that I heard you within the seal but then you started calling someone else my name, why?" He asked before she kissed him and oh, how he missed her kiss and tantalizing touch that he was in tears "I really missed you, Rogueie."

"What did he do to you?" Dairou shot a glare at Remy who was trying not to look intimidated by him "He hit me." She said as Logan looked at her wide eyed then to Remy as he snarled coldly "I knew it, I'll kill you if you even look at her wrong, Swamp Rat!"

Remy avoided Logan's glaring as he stare at Rogue with his eyes like Death's "Useless..." he muttered as he left and Dairou's blood ran cold, Rogue being the only thing keeping him alive now.

"Where's Darius and my father?" Dairou wondered out loud as Logan said "Odion hasn't been seen in nearly 100 years and Darius...gave himself up to allow us to escape Apokolypse the first time around." Dairou sank "My family...is dying and I can't do anything to stop it."

Both teams made their way home separately as Dairou had a feeling of foreboding for what could lie in the future and if Xavier's dream really couldn't save mutantkind, but unbeknownst to them in an unknown location, the dark lord, Apokolypse was getting ready to choose his horsemen of War, Death, Famine and Pestilence. He was watching Dairou closely through the eyes of Gambit, without their knowledge.

Apokolypse smiled evilly, looking at the mutant called Dairou "This one shows promise, the time of mutantkind and humankind is coming to its end, giving rise to the age of Apokolypse!"

"Should I go after them to retrieve him, my liege?" a voice said as Darius Cerulean walked in with ash black skin and glowing white markings covering his body and white eyes. He wore white long pants and black shoes "Patience, my knight. You needn't attack them yet, just lure this one to me" He pointed at Dairou.

Darius nodded and bowed to his master "As you wish, my lord but what if the others should interfere?"

"I shall see to a distraction while you take care of the one. Take the girl and he's bound to follow you to retrieve her." Apokolypse gestures for him to leave and he does so.

A/N – What will be Dairou's decision when he meets Apokolypse for the first time and discover his brother in the being's clutches with new powers? Where is Odion and can he, with Dairou mean the salvation of mutantkind or it's end?