Hi all! This is my first X-Men: Evolution fic. Anyways, this contains SLASH (Kurt/Todd). If you don't like then don't read. For those who do like, read!
I was inspired to do this fic after listening to Roméo & Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour (Romeo & Juliette: from Hate to Love) a little too often....
Anyways, enjoy! And watch out for OOC-ness and weirdness..
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"Help!" Usually, when someone screams that, it often means that someone is in trouble. But in the Brotherhood, well, it still means that someone is in trouble, the difference is, usually, that person won't get help... In fact, most of the time it's the exact opposite.
"Todd stop whining! "
"Get away! Lance, please help me! " Todd Tolensky yelped as he ran across the house in a mad dash, trying to escape his friend. "Please Lance, help me. Pietro is crazy! "
" 'Am not! "
"Are too! "
" 'Am not! " The bickering between the previous mentioned boy and, the one named Pietro continued for a while. That is 'til the person Todd was asking for help yelled them to stop or else he'll beat the crap out of them.
"What the heck is going on?! The only thing I hear is you two! Are you trying to kill each other or something? " Lance asked with a really peeved statement.
" Hey, it ain't my fault, yo! He's the one that started! He's mad, I tell you, mad! " The youngest of them replied. Lance glanced over at Pietro who was wearing his 'I-didn't-do-anything-smile'. But of course, to people who knew Pietro Maximoff it was actually 'Okay-so-I-was-doing-something-but-you-shouldn't-worry-about-'cuz-I-have-everything-under-control.'
Sure, to him everything seemed under control...As Lance looked at the white haired boy, trying to figure him out, he noticed that Pietro was holding behind his back and huge piece of fluffy pink thing... Wondering briefly about it, then looking to back to Todd. Putting the pieces together, Lance guessed a bit what the two were fighting about, but finding that it was much better if they just told him.
"I just wanted to make him wear this costume I made! "
"Some heck of a creepy costume, if you ask me, .." Todd muttered, crossing his arms over his chest.
" It's not creepy! It's pretty, see! " In a flash, Pietro was holding the costume in of him. It happened be a very pretty petticoat. You know, those huge floating dresses that girls wore in the middle ages where they couldn't even pass through a door frame because it was too massif? See the style?
Lance blinked a few times. Okay, why would Pietro want Todd to wear that... As he was about to ask, Pietro answered.
"It's for the school costume party! I was planing that we would go as a theme. I though about Toy Story. Todd would to Bo Peep, Fred Mr.Patato, you Woody, and I, " Pietro pause, mostly for dramatic effect. "The incredible Buzz Lightyear! But I changed my mind because Buzz wears that freakish plastic bowl... Hehe, sorta like yours Lance! And like none of the other characters could be me better, so I changed my mind and decided that I would go as something as perfect as me." The speed mutant finish talking, explaining everything, except...
" If you changed your mind, then why do you want me to wear the costume! "
"Well d'uh. I made the costume before I changed my mind. Come on now, put it on! "
"Why don't you make Tabby wear it? "
"First, she isn't here, second, she's not coming to the party, and third it's your size, so it's too small for Tabbs. Got it? Now. Put. It. On! "
"Nuh uh! Get away from me." Todd tried to escape the Pietro, but we shouldn't forget that our dear Pietro is a speed demon. Poor Toddy, he doesn't have a chance. "Get off of me! Lance, get him off of me! " Lance mused upon helping the poor teen, but decided against it, it's going to be much more fun let this be... Hell, he'll probably go to the stupid party because of this...
The rock mover chuckled at them. Oh, this is going to be one heck of a party...
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"Todd, get out of the car..."
"Yo, I ain't getting out! I can't believe you forced me to come.. This is so embarrassing..."
"Ya, well it was too funny to let pass."
"Come one Toad! GetOut! GetOut! GetOut! GetOut! GetOut!!!"
"NO! "
"Fine then. Fred, make him come out..." After a few minutes of kicking, screaming, a bit of biting, they finally managed to get the amphibian mutant out of the car, and he wasn't happy, not happy at all. Of course, he had every right to be... I mean, they did force him to go to a party he didn't even want to go to in the first place, then make him wear a ridiculous pink dress (they also made him wear a blonde wig with a bonnet, and some make-up that Pietro took from Tabitha, plus they threw in a crook to make the costume 'perfect'...Of course they took the crook back when they saw that Todd was using it as a weapon).
The others weren't even wearing such elaborate clothing. In fact, Lance wearing the same thing he always wore, except he had more holes in his jeans. He said that his 'costume' was the one of an ultimate bad-boy... Fred was wearing his usual overalls, but he had a straw hat on his head... Apparently, he was supposed to be a farmer... Right... And Pietro, well... Err.. What was Pietro suppose to be?
"What the heck is your costume anyway? " Todd ask the speedster. Pietro blinked, surprise of the question.
"Didn't you guess? "
"No... You're wearing the same thing you always wear..."
"Well I see that you can't understand the complexity of my costume. But if you must know... I'm dress as perfection! " Pretty much the same statement was made by each member of the Brotherhood. The statement of 'Ooookay...'
"Right, yo...."
"Look, quit trying to stalling. Come one guys let's go inside! " Pietro said as he rushed inside the gym where the party was behind held. Lance sighed, but glance at Todd and that made him remember why he decided to come. This is going to be fun, and because Fred was standing right beside the little Bo Peep, there was no means of escaping.
"Well you heard him, let's go."
"Can't you just let me die here? "
"Naw, we'll let you die of embarrassment inside." A couple of smothered curse left the poor boy mouth as he was being led to the entry door.
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'Unfair, this is really unfair... Just 'cuz I'm the youngest they think that they can make me do anything...' Todd thought as he headed to the most darkest place he could find, trying to escape the looks of, well everybody. It wasn't kind of hard to spot him, consider that almost everybody else decided to come with costume as original as Lance, Fred or Pietro... His dress was almost two meters diameter, and we shouldn't forget that it's very gaudy shade of pink. Each time he looked around himself he always saw somebody looking at him snickering... 'Oh, Pietro had to outdone himself didn't he? Oh, I'm gonna murder him. I'll kill him in a slow and painful death. Torture him with no mercy. Or better yet, I'll make him wear this freaking gown! Oh, wait and I--'
"Vhy hello goldy-locks." Todd's thought were cut off as someone spoke behind him. He thought that it was meant for some else, but he quickly realise it was him. 'Stupid blond wig..' While he was thinking ill of his wig, and other means of getting revenge on the speed demon, he took note that the person that spoke to him with a German accent.
"Oh, this is exactly what I need." He muttered sarcastic.
"Pardon me, but did you said something? " Rolling his eyes, Todd turned around with the most annoyed statement someone could pull.
"Wagner, cut the crap, yo! "
"Toad? " Kurt asked. He blinked a couple of times in surprise. "That you? " Again, Todd rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm somebody else." He replied dryly. Then, for the first time that he looked at Kurt by the start of the 'conversation', he noticed that the other boy wasn't didn't have his hologram image-thing. He was Nightcrawler, he was himself. Kurt guessed what Todd was thinking, so he decided to answer before he was questioned.
"I didn't have time to make a costume, so vhy not come as myself." The Bo Peep boy gave a little nod decided to sit down on the bleachers's next to the other mutant. Or at least try as best as he could. His dress was filled with a lot of air, so he looked more like a bit sac of pink... Todd, annoyed, smothered the dress. He finally managed to gain control of the fluffy demon, and his temper. All his action brought Kurt to chuckle, but his laughter was killed by the murderous glare giving, so instead, he asked the first question that come to his mind. "So, vhy are you in that? "
"Pietro." The blue furred boy blinked. "Pietro forced me to wear this. The other guys weren't much help either... I swear one day I'll..." Todd made a fist and tried to find some perfect words to continue his threat. Sighing, he started ranting about how much injustice he lived with the others. Kurt chuckled as he listened to the rants as Todd made large gestures and faces to prove his point. After a while, the upset boy calm down a bit. He took a deep breath to let his remaining furry out. He looked at Kurt who was giving him a gentle smile that almost showed that he understood him. For the first time in a long while, Todd felt that someone was actually taking some interest at what he was saying. It felt nice. It felt really nice, so Todd decided to continue the conversation, talking with Kurt about something or another. They soon both lost track of time, but it hardly matter much to either of them.
That is 'till Kurt got up and extended an hand for Todd...
"Vanna dance? " The question took the little mutant by surprise. Fuzzy wanted to dance with him? Gulping, Todd actually accepted the hand, thus also meaning accepting the dance. 'Oh, I hope the guys don't see me...Not only is he a guy, but he's one of the X-men...Oh well, can't turn back now, we're already in the middle of the gym... Wait middle of the gym? Damn, everybody will see me! Ohh, man... Well, look on the bright side Todd, no one else but the guys are going to recognise you... Eurgh, bright side indeed...
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"Okay Lance, Kitty is just there... Just go and ask for a dance! " Lance peep talked to himself. Form the moment he entered he spotted Kitty, and from that moment since, the only thing he was doing was having conversation with him trying to find the best way to ask Kitty for a dance. Pietro and Fred had left him, because he was becoming such a pain... Fred was, as you probably guessed, the food table, and Pietro was... somewhere. You never know where that boy can be..
Anyways, Lance summoned enough courage to go and ask the girl of his dream for a dance. He approached the table where she currently was, trying to beat of a blush.
"Hum... Eh, euh, Kitty, I, euh..."
"Hey Kitty, wanna dance? " Someone ask, just before Lance had a chance to finish (or maybe start his phrase.) Kitty didn't even noticed Lance and nodded to the guy that just asked her. Poor Lancey, people should have some sympathy for him, but no one did. In fact, two person were laughing behind him. Whirling around he looked at the culprits who were both biting their lower lip to stop the giggling.
"Aww, poor Lance, he struck out..."
"Can it Summers."
"Yeah, Scott, we shouldn't be mean to Lance now... "
"You too Daniels! " They would have started laughing if only they didn't felt the warning tremor that was sent by Avalanche.
"Hey, come on Alvers." Scott ordered, regaining his serious face. "You don't want to cause a cave in do you? "
"If it would shut you up, yes." Lance replied, but stopping his earth waves. There were other way to let out some furious tension... Like annoying someone. "Anyways, I don't see you dancing with Red now..." He took a quick glance at the dancers. "Seems she's dancing with that jock... Guess, you struck out too." He gave a grin at Scott, who was probably giving him a glare through his sunglasses. He looked at Evan, still with his grin. "But I'm sure you didn't strike out.. Of course, to strike out, you have to ask someone to dance, and during that whole party I saw you here... People might start wondering upon you..." 'Oh, good, an other glare. Okay, go for the kill, finish them off' "Hum... Guess all you X-Geeks guys are like that. Can't even catch a dance..."
More glares. Lance was feeling much better. But, of course, he was starting a fight, so they were bond to fight back. The rock trembler waited for a reply from them, still wearing his grin.
"Yeah, well, you aren't better either! " Evan commented. " Besides, at least one of our guys is dancing! " He pointed in the middle were, surprise, surprise was Kurt dancing (closely I might add) with someone wearing a big, fluffy pink dress. Lance looked at the direction pointed. 'Oh, so he's dancing with a girl in a big, fluffy pink dress. Got to find a comeback--- Wait, big... fluffy... pink... dress...He's dancing with Todd! '
Scott and Evan looked at Lance face as it changed statement as he put his thought together. It started with annoyance, wonder, then well, then it changed to Lance holding his breath in and let out huge laughter. The X-men looked at him in utter... shock? Wonder? Confusion? Well, whatever it was, they looked at Lance, with questioning faces. After a few moments, the laughing one tried to talk, but only managed to get out a few words.
"Blue boy...Haha is.... dancing... with... get this...*giggles* TODD! " Evan and Scott, blinked in surprise (well, we're guessing in Scott case.) Kurt dancing with the Toad, no way!
"You're kidding me right? " Both of them asked.
"Ha, wish I was! This is hilarious! "
"You think it's funny that Kurt and Toad are dancing? " Evan asked.
" 'Course it is. Now I've got the confirmation that our team is falling apart! " Again Lance laughed, but it was more of the hysterical kind of laugh. "Oh, boy, this might not be good..." Twitch. "Not that good..." Twitch again. Daniels and Scott slowly back away from Lance, hoping that whatever sanity he had before would come back. Anyways, usually when someone start becoming crazy, it attracts some attention, and it's always a sad thing when it's you friend that is the one who is becoming crazy.
Quicksilver, hadn't earned that code name for nothing, you know. When he heard Lance laugh like that, he rushed to the older boy's side, and people only noticed a silver thing pass by them. "Lance, you alright man? " Poor Pietro couldn't get a straight answer from the babbling boy. Instead, he only got finger pointed in the direction that Kurt and Todd were. Pietro did a double take, but unlike Lance, he didn't start laughing his brains out. No, a wave of cold fury wash over his face.
"What the hell..." He watched as Todd and Kurt got even closer. He watched as they stopped dancing, even thought the music still played. He watched as Todd got on the tip of his toes and Kurt lowered his face. He watched as their lips inched closer from one an other. He watched as they kissed...
Pietro's eyes widened. That wasn't right! Rushing as fast as he could, and trust me, that is fast, he reached their sides. He pulled Todd away from Kurt by the back of his dress, ending their kiss. Todd, opened his close eyes in a start as did Kurt. Before either of them had time to make a single movement, Pietro was dragging Todd to exit door. Of course his action didn't go unnoticed this time. Lance, who had came back from his insane babbling, followed Pietro out as did Fred who had, like everybody else, witnessed the scene.
Kurt stood, at a loss in the middle of the gym, his heart shattered by what happened, while outside Todd tried to fight Pietro's grip.
"Yo! Let go of me! " Pietro didn't respond, instead, he continued to drag Todd towards the car. Seconds later, Lance and Fred arrived. "Lance, make him let go of me! " Todd pleaded.
"Lance open the car doors! " Pietro ordered. The older mutant didn't know what to do, everything was going way to fast. But for Pietro, things were going way to slow. "I SAID OPEN THE CAR DOORS! " The speed demon howled, making Todd cringe. It's the first time, him, or any other member of the brotherhood saw him this upset.
Lance, took his car keys out and unlocked the doors quickly. The second he was done, Pietro pushed Todd in the back and followed him in. A glance made the others understand to get in the car and to go home.
The ride was one of the most silent one they'd ever had. It seemed as if no one dared to breath. Lance concentrated on the road, Fred tried to understand what exactly was bothering Pietro that much, Todd was scared out of his mind, and Pietro glared into empty air, still holding Todd with an iron hand.
Arriving at the house, Pietro barged in, still dragging poor Todd. Inside he threw Todd to the floor and hovered over him.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! DOING THAT WITH THE... THE... ENEMY!!" The white haired youth yelled with anger fuelling his voice. Todd, putting his thoughts together as best as he could, tried to make some sense of what was happening. Losing patience, Pietro yelled at him again forcing him to say what was going through his mind. The mad teen grabbed Todd by the front of his dress and made him stand up. Before he had time answer, Pietro started shaking the poor boy.
By this time, Lance and Fred had entered in the house. Fred immediately separated Pietro from Todd, while Lance supported the young boy from falling. For a few moments, Pietro struggled against Fred, but seeing it was useless, he calmed down, but he was still furious. Fred, feeling it was safe to let go of Pietro, did so.
"What's your problem, yo? " Todd asked, still in fear of the speedster.
"What's my problem? You're the one kissing the enemy! "
"Hey, if you hadn't noticed our bosses are gone! We have no reasons to be their enemy! Besides, you never act like such a jerk when it's Lance who drools over Kitty, or Fred's infatuation with Grey! "
"I don't have to act like a jerk for that because we all know all know that it's impossible for them to hook up! And Magneto and Mystique might not be here, but they are going to return and we have to stay loyal to them! " Lance and Fred might have made some comments about Pietro's insult, but the fight was too intense to intervene.
"Ya, well what if I don't want to stay loyal to them?! Huh? "
"Then I'll force you to be loyal..." Pietro threatened. Before Fred or any of them could blink, there was a sickening noise, and Todd as on the floor holding his cheek, and Pietro as holding his reddened fist. "Better watch out, I might not hold back next time. Hope you understand that you are never to see Kurt ever again, unless it's in a battle." And with that said, he raced to his room.
"Todd, are you okay? " Lance asked, helping the younger teen on his feet. He noticed the red mark on the other boy's face. Todd batted his hand away and turned around to hurried to his room.
"You think he's going to be okay? " Fred asked.
"Hope so..."
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Moments after Todd slammed his door, a knock was heard. "Go away! " The young mutant yelled to who ever was disturbing him. Sadly for him, the disturbance did not go away. Instead, it made it self comfortable next to Todd on his bed. Even with out looking who it was, he managed to guess by the sent of perfume.
"Go away Tabby. I want to be left alone."
"You know I'm not going to leave you alone 'til you tell me what the hell that yelling was downstairs." She a hand on the shoulder of the boy, who was laying in a fetal position, holding his legs with his arms. Sighing, he uncurled himself to face Tabitha, who gasped at the sight of Pietro's handiwork. Todd explained what had happened. Tabitha's usually cheerful face became more and more angry. "That jack ass."
She mumbled to her self. She gave a weak smile at Todd and said : "Don't worry, I'll think of something to get you and Blue together." The boy looked at her in surprise, he never thought that Tabitha would do something like that. She got up from the bed and headed in the hall, but before leaving, turned around and winked.
"And if Pietro hurts you again, I'll put an energy bomb where the sun don't shine! "
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End of the first part!
Yay! Hope you liked it! Anyways, sorry to made Pietro act such like a jerk... Err... Hehe...He's mean!^_^.
I hope that you liked what I wrote 'til now.
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Bye bye.
