Don't Close Your Eyes In the Dark

Prologue

This story takes starts in present day, Kami has still been banished by the other Ghoul Lords, stripped of his rank/status as Ghoul Lord or their equal but escaped his would be execution...little did they know, that he still had some sway over Bane and had taken him as well. Kami still joins Michael Darkstone but sends Bane in his place, just in case he was being lured into a trap...the Ghouls have used Humans to trap him before. Bane also scares Kurt and Rogue as he still raised them but tried to kill them when not under constant supervision by their father or his demons. This will also be the first time Kami and Michael are in the same place with each other as Kami is stealing mutants from him for his own purposes...making no mistakes to let Michael catch onto, having learned from past mistakes.

Magneto has hired Michael Darkstone to take care of the X-Men...he left the names and pictures of the X-Men, previously sent by Magneto himself with a certain mutant with Adamantium laced into his skeleton at the top of his list.

The only mutants currently in the Acolytes household were Toad, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Gambit and Sabretooth...all but Sabretooth still stunned by this man's barely hidden sadistic nature.

Creed does NOT like him one bit and knows that his type liked control and were usually drawn to people like him and the runt.

"Acolytes, I'd like you to bring me these mutants..." he layed the pictures out on the table with three certain X-Men that three certain Acolytes were...close to "Alive and in one piece...otherwise both my ass and the one responsible are on the line"

Victor growls but turns to the other two most shocked mutants, Remy Lebeau and Quicksilver who probably shared the same thoughts he was having...he didn't know why Wanda, of all people, was here in the first place

"He can do it himself if he's so dangerous" Victor snarls "we aren't hired assassins"

"What was that?" Magneto was in almost as bad a mood as Victor who said "You may not smell it over his rather expensive but strong cologne, but I can...I'll agree to this for now though"

Sabretooth walked past Magneto as he asked "Smell what over expensive cologne?" to which Victor answers hesitantly "Death and human innards..."

Everyone is shocked by this but Victor continues before anyone can speak...if they can.

"Fine...I'm not gonna like it but I'll do it..." Sabretooth said as he thought 'no better way to keep an eye on these guys'

The Brotherhood move out, heading to the Xavier Mansion...there they met two Ghouls waiting, not knowing they were Ghouls though, they attacked.

The Acolytes make it to the Institute, only to find someone there waiting for...something.

Kami Kurosaki was standing in the street watching the mansion with his nearly mindless apprentice, Bane Asakura by his side and he wasn't pleased with the Acolytes' presence at the moment.

"Run alone, little Acolytes...I have this under control" Kami said as Victor charged at him and he fired a blast of his Amaterasu at him, barely missing 'Dono yō ni bureina' (How disrespectful)

Bane then walked over to them the wind around him picking up as his cold red eye glared at them "Do not interfere with my master's plan...we will call for you when you're needed"

"Woah, this guy's a walking Hurricane!" Toad replies as he extends his tongue at Kami who snarled grabbing the slimy thing "Keep that thing to yourself!"

Toad's eyes widen as Kami held a flame in his other hand under his tongue, but he let go...not wanting to hurt his new allies if he didn't have to...he didn't want them to think he was here to play around though.

The two men walked up, ready to enter the mansion but found that someone was watching them as Bane saw Rogue looking at them wide eyes from her room window. Kami simply gave a very sadistic but sweet smile.

It was still early morning in the X-Mansion and Logan was not the happiest camper at the moment.

"Yo..." Bane said as Logan opened the door and gave them strange looks, Kami had made a call earlier of their coming "So you're the new mutants..."

"He is...I am only a bodyguard, I won't leave his side" Kami pointed at Bane and although he was lying, Logan suspects nothing but he is a bit skeptical that he couldn't read Kami as he rubbed his chin "What's your power...we don't usually have mutants coming to us"

"Demonstrate?" Kami repeated as Bane raised two fingers "So be it..."

Just then, Kurt passed by with Spyke and the two smiled darkly as Kurt suddenly took off at the very sight of the two Ghouls and Bane's shadow chased after him, catching him further down the hall as he was caught in a shadow claw.

"Wow, that's one sick power" Evan said in awe as Logan looked back at them...this was a rarely seen mutation that he'd never even seen before as he moved away for them to enter.

'Sono basho, Kuruto-san no tsuā wa ikagadesu ka?' (How about a tour of the place, Kurt-san?) Kami gave Kurt a 'say yes if you value life and limb' look as he grabbed him from Bane's shadow

"Um, Nein...heer Logan?" Kurt looked at Logan who was already walking away "It's not gonna kill ya, bub..."

Bane was still Kurt and Rogue's caretaker for a short while and could never forget their scent as he stopped at the stairs and sniffed the air then turned away with his eye looking up the stairs for a moment before following Kurt and Kami.

Logan glanced at him and was suspicious for a moment as he couldn't tell if Kami was lying and Kami smelled like he's been spilling blood all his life...he was curious about the older man's age as well as he felt like they've met before.

Rogue was in her and Kitty's room and she did manage to see Bane Asakura and Kami...she remembered them both to some extent...not much, but what she did recall was Kami was and still is a very violent man when denied something the he already deemed rightfully (or not) his. He did try to take them in the past and she fears that he may see the X-Men as a threat if he is stopped from getting her again, which he will most likely be. She also needed to get Kurt as far as humanly possible away from the man...he seemed terrified, despite how much of it he hid

"Show me around..." Kami said as he followed Kurt through the different parts of the mansion. They made it to the kitchen when Kami decides to let Rogue know that he knows she's there "Come out, sweetheart...I know you're there, so don't make me come get you" he says as Rogue walked out with Bane.

Rogue remembered Kami, as he was personally after her more than Kurt and tried to assassinate her even while she was with the Brotherhood and she somehow met his eyes when she caught on and he failed, she didn't know what he truly was but was sure he wasn't human and wasn't going to give up...she actually joined the X-Men partially out of fear of him "Get out, now!" She snarled

'Nani?' (What?) Bane said "No...we're here to stay" as Kami smirked "We'll leave soon enough...after all, I've missed you for so long and I won't lose another chance to have you"

Kami touches Rogue's cheek and his hand was cold to the her skin as she pulled back. This was from the effects of losing his heart and soul which he regained not long after his defection from his own kind and made those responsible for him losing those things in the first place suffer tremendously for the heinous act. He still wanted Bane's though, as he found him partially responsible and gained the ability to steal weak souls...sadly, Bane's soul seems much stronger to steal than his mind, which was an unexpected turn of events.

Suddenly, Rogue snarled "Kurt, port!" As Kurt asked scared "and go where?"

"Doesn't matter!" Rogue snapped angrier as she took off and Kami said "Get her!" As Bane gave chase and he turned to Kurt, now very accustomed to teleporters and was accidentally teleported with him to the roof upon grabbing him as he snarled "You've backed yourself into a corner, half-demon"

"You must have me confused with someone else" Kurt said as Kami shook his head "Really, you think so, datte?"

Kami walked closer to the young mutant and smiled at his fear and total inability to make mere eye contact "I have plans for you...so rare to see someone who's part mutant and demon, almost as rare as being part mutant part Ghoul...almost"

Kurt got to his feet "I...am an X-Man" Kami liked the look in his eye as he shot a blast at him but he teleported behind Kami who decides to toy with him further and dodge a strike from his tail without looking as he looked at Kurt, his sclera turning black and his right eye turned red while his left eye remained a bright blue and he smiled evilly "Nice...but now it is my turn" his eyes widened with nothing inherantly good in store for the Elf.

Elsewhere, Rogue sprinted towards the garage to see that no one was there as Logan was gone (having been in the worst mood she's ever seen) but Bane was still after her.

"So Bane's ya name, huh?" She heard when Kami called the giant Ghoul before her as he simple stared at her and smiled wickedly as his sclera turned black and and his right eye turned an almost white but still clearly blue and the other eye remained an intense red as Rogue got the jump on him "You're mahne, darlin'..." as she jumped on his back and removed her glove and touched his face, careful not to be bitten as he was on one knee in fifteen minutes and still fighting.

The good thing about stealing the powers of someone as old as Logan was that Logan had long lost his memories, but Bane was at least three times Logan's age with up to six times the memories...which could kill Rogue who seemed stuck to him like a magnet before being thrown into a wall.

Bane then began struggling, not from Rogue's powers but because she wasn't the only one he was fighting as he looks up at her, his face blank and both eyes blood red on black and his face in evident surprise as if he'd just woken up from a dream.

"Please...kill me" Bane said, he would've bowed but his body wasn't fully his to control yet and soon neither will his mind as tears came to the man's eyes at the sight of the girl he personally raised and to some extent, trained "I can't live with myself if I harmed...hime (princess) in any way"

Rogue heard Kurt scream in the distance and ran at Bane but it was too late for them both as a demonic expression returned over Asakura as he created a whirlwind and went into his wolf form before she punched him in the face as hard as she could but he took the punch then opened his eyes to give an unfazed glare before howling and creating a small but powerful whirlwind to knock her hard enough against the wall to knock her out.

By this time, the Acolytes attacked the other X-Men...Sabretooth going after Logan and Piotr and refused to help them if Logan wasn't there in the first place...

The X-Men were fighting the Acolytes and losing, when Remy heard something the froze him in place, Rogue screaming

"Hey, like, where's Rogue and Nightcrawler at a time like this?" Amara asked as Remy's eyes were glued to one of the highest windows in the Mansion and he muttered in agreement "Good question..."

"I'll see if I can find her" Beast said as he took off and Remy went after him but as he was in the halls he heard Beast call out...that made him run even faster only to see Beast on his knees before Kami and Kami carrying Kurt over his shoulder as Bane had Rogue. Kami's hand burst into black flames and he was planning to put it through the genius' skull but he was caught by Remy

Kami looked at him differently with an expression that said he wanted to make him suffer as well "J'onn Lucario Lebeau...I've finally found you again..." he muttered to himself

Gambit snarled "Rogue!" As he attacked with his charged cards but Kami and Bane were gone with a gust...and Kurt and Rogue with them

Beast laid on the floor, his head leaned to the side and his eyes white, but he was alive

The Acolytes manage to abduct Kitty, Berserker, Multiple, Wolfsbane and Jubilee before escaping. The X-Men then begin to search for Kami and Bane but they weren't there.

Charles Xavier was in Cerebro the entire time and felt a strange presence as he came out of the Chamber, by this time Beast was awake due to help from Illyana Rasputin, Piotr's younger sister despite how difficult Kami's magic was to break "Oh, no..." Xavier said as Beast came to and gave a suspicious look.

"What is it, Professor?" Scott asks as he became alert and Amara said "We need to go after Bane and Kami to get Kurt and Rogue back"

"We must get Kurt and Rogue back, that's out priority at the moment" Xavier said as the X-Men gasped at that and Warren who had just arrived snarled "Some of us could go after the Brotherhood too..."

Warren's trust was wavering however, as he felt there was something Xavier wasn't telling them "Logan's not here...and when he gets here, he's not gonna be too happy to see what's happened here..."

Elsewhere, Kami and Bane have returned to an unknown location where they won't be bothered by anyone, including Bayville's mutant-hating humans. Kami may have agreed to work with Michael Darkstone, but he wasn't going to let him even know that he had two X-Men of his own now.

"Bane...are they awake yet?" Kami asked as he came into the main area of the house they were hiding from the X-Men in to see Bane meditating with the reply "No, Master..."

"Watch them and don't allow them to escape...especially that teleporter" Kami ordered "I'll be back in a while"

Bane merely nodded and grunted as Kami left and he returned to his meditation.

'Anata wa ima okiru koto ga dekiru, kare wa itte iru' (You can wake up now, he's gone) Bane said, knowing the two so well that he knew Rogue was pretending to be unconscious since just before their arrival here as Rogue opened her eyes to glare at him, she for one didn't care if she couldn't speak Japanese and Bane couldn't care less either as she said "Let. Us. Go."

"No." Bane said with a snarl "Master...won't be pleased"

Rogue struggled to her feet as Bane got to his feet as well and smiled evilly gesturing for her to come closer. Rogue took up the challenge as she doesn't know that her power managed to temporarily give her both Bane's Ghoul powers and his inherant X-Gene.

Six tails sprouted from the base of Bane's spine as his sclera turned black and he gestured for her to face him "You want out...you have to go through me, sweetheart" he looked at Kurt who was still unconscious "besides, what kind of sister are you to leave your brother with someone as dangerous as me?"

"I'm not leaving him!" Rogue snarled as Bane smirked 'Watashi ni yattekuru' (Come and face me)

Elsewhere, Kami had just arrived at the Acolytes home and was not very impressed with what he saw with these losers.

Kami suddenly appears at the Brotherhood's doorstep and to say he was unimpressed was an understatement 'Ā, watashi wa, kono tonsha wa nanidesu ka' (Oh my, what a pigsty this place is) he was hopin he wouldn't step in something unpleasant here.

Kami wasted no time ripping the door off it's hinges...coming face to face with Gambit, scowling bitterly at the young Cajun who put his bo staff at the former Ghoul Lord's throat "A Bo Staff, that's new...get your matchstick out of my face before you get burnt, Chīsana hen'i-tai (little mutant)"

"Where's Rogue?" Remy sounded like he was mad at Kami...who just really does not care "Like I'd tell you that..."

"Enough, Remy..." Mastermind said making his presence known as Michael Darkstone and his two bodyguards came in and saw the captive X-Men, who were missing a few...including Logan

"Where's the rest of them?" Michael said as Remi was about to say something very unpleasant but Mastermind held his shoulder and shook his head "...No matter, you will bring me the rest then"

Michael's men then proceed to drag the X-Men out as Michael was about to leave as well "Oh, Magnus...there's also a spot in my...collection for you as well"

Magneto looked at him "I think I'll take your word for it, old friend" he cleverly his all his fear from Michael but not Kami who looked at him like he was a five course meal in a tin suit.

Michael chose this time to leave, but much to Remy's chagrin...Kami wasn't planning to follow him anywhere and decided to stay with the Brotherhood.

"Shouldn't you be leaving with your boss...?" Toad asked as Kami growled 'Watashi wa watashi no jōshi, nioi no ko' (I am the only person who is the boss of me, smelly child)

"What did he just say?" Toad said looking at the hidden smirk on Mastermind's face as he replied "You don't want to know, Tolanski..."

Kami walks outside and sits on the roof, soon enough more pets for Michael to play with will arrive and he'll have no part of these mutants otherwise until then, clearly having no interest in weaklings that will just gets in his way. He wants to see if they're worthy to play with him first too.

With Logan and Piotr, Victor's orders were to take his time stalking Colossus but he wasn't expecting to see him with Logan...he wasn't arguing though as he felt like he was being watched here.

"Do you ever feel like you're...being watched, Mister Logan?" Piotr asks as this was his first time alone with Logan since joining the X-Men and he was evidently scared of his bad side as he handed him a wrench to fix his bike as he replied "Given the people I usually have to fight...like Creed...it doesn't faze me that much, Peter"

"You two are so alike...what is his problem with you anyway?" Peter then asks as Logan simply stops and stares at him muttering "What is this...ask Wolverine 21 questions or something?"

Logan sighs calmly "Don't concern yourself with me..." Logan said "I just want to leave my past as just that and prefer looking to the future"

"Are those...mysterious mutant killings still bothering you?" Piotr asks, knowing of the widespreak killing going on at the hands of Michael Darkstone and his associates as Logan simply stares at him and nods "Don't worry, the X-Men will put an end to this...somehow"

"But the news said that his targets are all mutants..." Peter argued as Logan glared "I know..."

"We should head back to the mansion...I always get the feeling that I'm being watched around you, even in the mansion"

That's when a voice says "That's because you are always being watched" Logan's eyes widen, he was trying to be calm but he was in no mood for Sabretooth right now as he got to his feet to see Victor snarl "Why bother?...you'll be on your back again soon enough"

Victor and Logan lunge at each other, claws out as Victor snarls "For once, I'm actually not allowed to kick yer ass today, runt"

That's when Piotr in his organic steel form punches Sabretooth hard and he staggers back as Victor simply smiled "You'd have to do better than that..."

Victor grabs Piotr, holding him with one hand, being much stronger than he let the Russian believe "You're coming with me..."

"Peter, run!" Logan snarls as he gets the drop on Victor with an upward slash that almost beheaded Logan but made him very certain of what was going on "Peter, run!" He grabbed his fellow X-Man and threw him behind him with an apologetic look "Don't fight my battles for me, bub"

"What makes you think I'll let you do that?" Victor snarled but Logan got in his way "I don't know what ya want with him, Creed but you're gonna have to go through me first!"

Victor eventually put Logan down and captured Piotr. Victor was long gone, but Logan was far from alone as four men appeared, they were Ghouls.

'Sate, darekaga fakku o nokkuauto shita' (Well, somebody just got knocked the fuck out) Alphonse Taeger said to the three Ghouls with him 'Kare wa shinda to omoimasu ka?' (Do ya think he's dead?)

Taeger reached for Logan's face but Logan grabs his wrist tightly 'Dono yō na okureta chīsana mono... Meiwaku' (What a retarded little thing...annoyance)

"Leave him alone, you clown" Yang Hiachi said as he helped Logan to his feet, remembering who he was as Logan looked at the four...Alphonse Taeger, Yamamoto Hatake, Ryuken Sakazar better known as Scar then finally Yang Hiachi "Who are you people...?" He asked before passing out as Taeger said after a long silence 'Baka...' (Idiot...)

"Never thought I'd live long enough to see this legend again..." Yamamoto said as Yang also added "I remember seeing him back home...never met him personally or knew why Kami allowed him to stay but he didn't cause trouble...he seems to have a great healing factor too" he saw a slash wound from Sabretooth on Logan's chest disappearing like it was never there.

"Let's not forget why we're here, Ghouls" Scar said as the three nodded looking at him before the four disappeared.

By the time they made it to the mansion, Logan woke up and none of them liked what they saw...the mansion was attacked and some of the students were missing. Yang could also feel the residual magic in the area and wondered if his former master and the man who stole his son from him years ago was in any way responsible.

"Nice place ya got here..." Taeger immediately took back his compliment when he saw that front gate was barely holding itself together, the front door was oblitherated...seeing as he could see inside the mansion from the street and there were hidden guns in the yard "wow...do you people get robbed often or something?"

"Defence mechanism..." Logan said as Yang said "Against what?"

Taeger puts Logan down and walks in, only for one of the still working lasers to shoot him, he crossed his arms as the laser hits his arm as he growled "Asakura-dono was here...I have a bad feeling about this"

"How do you even know that for sure?" Yang asked in annoyance as Taeger simply raised one hand with his palm facing the mansion and a blue glow around him that faded with the reply "because we were left a gift..."

"A gift of what sort?" Hank asks as the arrive at the mansion only to see Taeger pointing at him "...and why is he pointing at me?"

"Kami left something in your mind maybe...something other than his presence alone that would draw us here" Yamamoto said "If given the time, I could find and stop it from working if Kami tries to take control of you."

"I can't wait to dissect this blue ape..." Taeger smiled evilly as he showed his blue flame in his palm much to many of the X-Men's amazement.

"I don't agree to this..." Hank said as he jumped to Taeger suddenly appearing next to him and placing a hand on his shoulder "Look, you seem like a smart...whatever you are...so I'll keep this simple, I want to find Bane and won't forgive him or anyone who takes his life but me and I won't watch you become like him, a mindless killer on Kurosaki's strings"

Storm then came in, just now knowing of Logan and company's arrival at the mansion "Oh, Logan...the professor would like to speak with us and our guests" that was when she made eye contact with Taeger who smiled 'Sukunakutomo koko ni wa ikutsu ka no ekizochikkuna utsukushi-sa ga arimasu... Watashi wa sore ga sudeni sukidesu' (At least there's going to be some exotic beauties here...I like it here already)

He got close to Storm with his arm around her waist as she used the winds to open the nearest window before summoning Lightning upon Taeger "Hands off, heathen!"

Taeger laid on the ground, smoking as he opened his eyes to look at her and he laughed "That won't stop me, love...don't waste your time"

Bobby was surprised to say the least "Wow, these guys look like they can take a beating" Bobby said as Scar looks at him with a freezing stare that scared him stiff "I thought Mister Logan was scary...this guy's terrifying"

"Let's hope they can help us get our friends back" Scott said as he came ahead of Xavier who came out with Warren and said "To what do we owe this visit?"

He was scanning the minds of the Ghouls without their knowledge, until he tried to scan Taeger's mind.

Taeger's mental walls were the strongest and most durable even Xavier had come across, stronger than Jean's barriers to hold the Phoenix as his eyes widen at the troublesome invasion of his mental space "If you want to know something, ask...and never enter my head without my permission again" he narrowed his eyes, knowing what Xavier might be looking for but not trusting him all the same as everyone was surprised.

The Ghouls then bowed to Xavier as a sign of respect as Xavier cleared his throat "My apologies...I needed to be sure that you weren't working for Michael Darkstone."

The Ghouls didn't look happy hearing that name and that Bane was most likely working for them as well "I'm roughly the same age as Kami and I've known him for long enough to know he trusts nobody...especially nowadays and he has a silver tongue like a hebi (snake), he only came here because you could do something for him that he couldn't get done on his own or had someone...of interest to him"

"He must've been...the one that took Kurt and Rogue, I saw him but I think he tampered with my memory" Hank said as Logan growled "If he thinks killing them will help him get what he wants, he's sadly mistaken...Pete was taken too, I'm sorry, professor" Logan looked at Xavier

"It is...and when I find Creed, he'll pay" Logan growled as Taeger smirked at his expense "Go on...get your ass kicked again, your adamantium skeleton can handle it"

"Wait, how did-?" Logan argued but Taeger interrupted "unless my nose is wrong and you don't have that pure venom laced to your bones"

Logan popped his claws snd walked towards Taeger with his claws extended "Haven't you heard that those things conduct electricity a little too well?" Electricity danced around the Ghoul making Logan stop in place, having had experience with Storm when he angers her.

"This is your final warning, Taeger" Yang warned "Stop picking a fight with Chibi-san!" Logan was about to walk away when he stopped, he knew Japanese fluently and was just called little, he looked at Yang and shook his head. Yang simply drew his eyebrows together, he didn't really care for Logan's disposition or height since he was only a foot taller than him and also shorter than the giant Ghouls with him, Taeger and Yamamoto

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and by the looks of it, they were impatient and trying Logan's nerves as he said "Hold on, I'm comin'!" The sun had already set and Logan, having had no sleep the night before unexplainably, was a ticking time bomb that wasn't to be messed with by anyone right now.

Logan opened the door to see Mystique and she wasn't much of a sight for sore eyes and he was in no mood to mince words "Where are my children, Logan?!"

Logan finched, as if there were nails in his feet keeping him from kicking Raven's teeth down her throat right now...given the fact that she was Kurt and Rogue's biological mother and even though both she and the X-Men, namely Logan, who has had a piece of his mind brewing for her since she knew ans still attacked them knowing this since way back when Apocolypse nearly wiped humanity and mutantkind off the Earth...which was as much her fault as it was Rogue's (even Rogue will openly admit it)

Logan growled as his hand gripping the doorway actually scratched the wall as Mystique went on "Are you even listening to me, you clawed idiot?!" She said shifting into Cain Marco, the Juggernaut "You've got some nerve coming here and making demands of me, of all people, after the things you've done?!"

"Logan, no!" Xavier went to stop him but he was stopped by Yang, who simpathized with Logan's problem being a father himself although Logan wasn't Kurt's or Rogue's father "Leave him, he needs to get this off his chest if you want him in a better mood...somewhat"

"By what he's saying, this bitch deserves it too..." Taeger added as Yamamoto simply kept glaring at her as he clenched his fist, he knew of Apocolypse...a bit, anyway and couldn't forgive anyone for unleashing such a being on the world.

"How about you check your beloved Acolytes for your 'oh, so suddenly dear to you' children or better yet, Magneto!" Logan snarled as Mystique/Juggernaut snarled "Keep him out of this!"

She pushed Logan harder as she entered the mansion, that was when Yamamoto started walking toward them with his sclera black, reminiscent of the only person she knew with like that, Gambit but filled with an anger that even she didn't want to cross.

'Anata ga kokode wa kangai sa rete inai' (Begone...you are clearly not welcome here) Yamamoto said appearing between Logan and Mystique's fist as he took the hit (she was still in the form of Juggernaut and wasn't holding back) as he simply looked her in the eye and sent shivers up her spine "You stay out of this!"

"Don't you talk to me, the man said don't show you face here again...LEAVE!" Yamamoto sent fast punches and kicks at her and knocked her back and straight out the door "Mutants aren't our prey, but there's a first time for everything..." he smiled at her and was certain that she knew what he meant as she evaded his punch by taking Quicksilver's form and taking off.

"I'll personally make sure she never sees those children of hers..." Taeger comments licking his lips at the very thought of meeting her again "We'll meet again..."

Logan was immediately suspicious by Yamamoto's words but didn't show any sign of it as he thought still looking at him 'So they're cannibals...doesn't seem like mutants are on their macabre menu but every other human in this city is...What exactly are you people, cuz yer not mutants and definitely not human either'

"Thanks, bub" Logan thanked Yamamoto, who merely grunts in response and walks away from Logan but stops at a hand on his white head of hair "Don't make me lose my respect for you...and don't pet me, I'm no wild animal...pet Taeger instead"

"Get a dog...otherwise, you'll lose that arm" Taeger warned as Logan tried to touch him and he folded his arms and glared "Do I look like I'm playing games with you?"

Elsewhere, Victor returns with Colossus and the first person he meets is Kami, the two have met before and Victor, who unlike Logan remembers him like it was yesterday.

Victor appeared at the mansion carrying Peter's unconscious form and something just told him to look up to the roof where he made eye contact with Kami who when he noriced him narrowed his eyes "What a coincidence meeting you here?"

"Why aren't you locked away somewhere deep right now?" Victor snarled as he took a hesitant step back but Kami jumps and lands right in front of him "What a surprise...an outsider like you knowing so much about the Crypt...I don't like prisons very much"

"Last I heard of you...you should've been dead, you were never an easy one to imprison and harder to kill" Victor's emotion became calm but amused as to how Kami was still alive after committing some of the most heinous and unspeakable crimes against his own kind. Even by their historic standards of two past civil wars.

"True..." Kami was very knowledgeable of the fact that he should've been dead three times over by now "but I have no interest in death and you should watch you're allies very closely...I mean me, of course since you've gained not only my attention as of recent. You'll be a pet soon enough like your friend here" he pet Colossus as just that, a pet before walking past Victor, who was probably one of the only non-Ghoul that had more than enough info on Ghouls that he could write an autobiography if he wanted, same went for Seraph to a lesser degree since he was wrapped around Kurosaki's pinky, and Michael Darkstone based on what little information he could dig up on Kami since they met.

Kami stopped at that but didn't look back at the feral mutant before smiling "Keep this in mind, I haven't forgotten about Logan-san...how I planned to slowly take him apart and make you watch if you ever interferred with something belonging to me. I have my own pet mutants to prey on and Magneto and his employee...of sorts, Darkstone-san will soon bow to one master, likewise with their followers...me"

"You're a monster..." Victor smirked although something felt wrong to him about it especially when Kami replied upon walking away "Tell me something I don't already know...Logan told me exactly the same thing..."

Victor took note, but went inside where Magneto was probably impatiently waiting and Michael makes a surprise visit, brought by Kami.

"Oh, Magnus...have you gathered more mutants yet?" Mr. Darkstone said with a happy tone as Kami stood at his side with an expressionless face, he praised Michael as a master manipulator and a very intelligent and well connected man, but not to his level yet.

"Yes, this one was not easy to capture either" Erik took credit for all Victor's done as Kami smirked, Magneto didn't know the reason for his smirk but didn't dare make eye contact with him as Michael's manipulative smirk grew "You should reconsider what friends you make, mutant...I'm not doing this for free, by the way"

"Why would I give you payment?" Magnus asks as Kami closes his eyes and smiles "Insurance..."

"What for?" Gambit said as he entered with Toad and the other Acolytes and when he saw Peter, who was still a friend even though no longer a teammate as Kami gave him a menacing look and thought 'you again?'

"Where are Nightcrawler and Rogue?" Gambit demanded, his eyes never leaving Kami's as he was silent and Magneto stepped in "What's the meaning of this, Lebeau?"

"I wasn't talking to you...so stay out of this!" Remy snarled as he pointed at Kurosaki "You...where is she?"

"Leave me alone, datte" Kami warned trying not to lose his temper in Darkstone's presence as he smiles "they're safe and alive, I assure you...far enough from your reach"

"J'onn, unhand me!" Kami snapped as Remy gripped his wrist and Kami's other fist clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked loudly "Who is J'onn?" Remy demands

Kami's white hair seemed to defy gravity as Remy added "Me holding you is the only thing keeping you from exploding as well"

"I'll burn your fingers off first..." Kami's body began smoking as the temperatures skyrocketed, eventually burning Remy's hand with first-degree burns "A pity...reincarnation of J'onn Lucario, you're not very fire resistant, are ya, datte?"

"How did you do that?" Mastermind asked as Kami stated simply "I'm so accostomed to his particular power that I'm all but immune to it..." this makes everyone suspiciously look at the former Ghoul Lord, who never recalled interacting with mutants prior to joining him

Kami and Michael return to one of Michael's prisons for his 'pets'...

"Kami, who was he talking about...that you took from the X-Men?" Michael asks as he feels the six demons inside him getting riled up for some reason as they walked away from Magneto's base into the nearby forest.

"Hmm..." Kami moaned, he was both still annoyed and wasn't going to tell Michael a thing as he stares into the Ghoul's eyes and said with a more forceful tone "Kami..."

"I don't know..." Kami lied as Michael hissed "Are you lying to me, Demon?"

'Akuma?' (Demon?) Kami glared as he spoke in Esperanto, one of the many human and non-human languages he knew 'Mi jam diris ke mi ne sciis pri kio li parolas, ĉu mi ne?' (I already said I didn't know what he was talking about, did I not?)

"You speak Esperanto?" Michael said as Kami clarified "and many other languages...some of which even you haven't heard of...just because I'm Japanese doesn't mean I don't know languages other than English...I don't want this mutant hearing anything he isn't supposed to either"

Kami allowed Michael to put a hand on his shoulder, as he teleported them to the nearest one of Michael's prisons, where Kami put Piotr with the other captive X-Men and proceeded to leave...Seraph was there, working on a way to remove the demons from his employer and wondered where the Former Ghoul Lord was off to.

"So, you've returned...I have no reason to remain here then" Seraph said as Michael adjusted his clothes and Kami turned and walked in the opposite direction as if no one was talking and Seraph sealed the door as Kami came up to it, the already irate Ghoul stares at him like hawk "Seraph-san...open this door before I make you swallow it" a burning aura appeared around him.

Kami was still the reason Seraph was even alive to help Michael rid himself of the Demons within him "Do not preach such blasphemy in the presence of a God"

"I thought I warned you about directing those kinds of words at me" Kami said "I don't believe in God and even then...you're hardly a God"

"Be careful of the things you do while no one is watching..." Seraph said "I sensed his presence...he's coming and fast"

Kami made his scythe appear and twirled it around before pointing it's double blades at his face "His presence is no problem to me...I'll shred the soul of anyone who thinks otherwise"

"Just...beware" Seraph muttered as Kami burned away to ash.

Kami had returned to Bane to find that the two young mutants were awake and trying to escape with Bane being the only thing standing in their way...he seemed to be having fun with the two young mutants as well.

'Koko de nani ga okotte iru nodesu ka?' (What's going on in here?) Kami asks hearing the three long before getting here as he made it to the door to see Kurt running from Bane to thw door as he dealt with Rogue, only to run into Kurosaki as he stood there with his arms behind his back as Kurt bumped right into him and fell on his butt

'Ach nein' (Oh no) Kurt whispered as he backed away from Kami in literal tears at the man who has haunted his dreams a lot recently as Kami finally came into the light, his hair white and his blue eyes scanning the Elf before he threw him bodily across the room "that's enough of that..."

He turned his attention to Rogue and lifted her into the air as she snapped at him "Let us go!"

"You've got an attitude, don't you?" Kami asks as he said "You can help me find what I want, if you don't do what I ask, I'll kill you...so you being let go is out of the question"

"Whatever you want, we won't help you." Rogue snarled as Kami pinned her to the wall "Now now, child...don't think I have anything against doing very lewd things to you...I have no regard or life so stop pushing your luck" he pinned her by the throat with one arm as he reached into her clothes.

"Make the boy talk, Bane..." Kami smiled evilly "leave the stubborn one with me"

Bane looked at Rogue from the corner of his eye, there was hidden sorrow in his eyes that only she could see before he rose to his feet and dragged an unconscious Kurt out of the room into another.

"Kurt!" Rogue said as Kami put a finger to her lips "ssh, Kurt will be fine as long as you both behave...and I have nowhere else to go, so forget about escaping on my watch" he laughed evily.

A/N - Kami seems to want to draw someone out using Kurt and Rogue, hopefully he can handle what happens afterwards. In this story, Jack Arc from the original story is dead (hence the reason Kami has his scythe after he killed him and took his wing, of course) but another Angel will appear, as will Azazel and he won't be happy, blaming the X-Men for the kidnapping of his heirs. He has it in for Bane as much as Kami and Bane will eventually be freed from Kami's influence but will still want to kill Kurt, Rogue, Kami and anyone who gets in the way of his wrath.

A continent away, Azazel was in somehere in a Middle-Eastern Desert and wore a cloak, both to deal with the Sandstorm he accidentally created and he was sick of sand in his hair and face.

Azazel wasn't looking pleased as he ran through the sandy dunes to nowhere in particular when he stopped and sensed something otherworldly, he had been patient about wanting to kill two certain Ghouls of Japanese descent as he said "...I don't make mistakes that foolish twice, I will destroy their souls but I can't rush them head on when they're obviously going to be expecting me"

Azazel smiled however "I've also located Mystique...her suffering, I plan to savor" he then teleported away, his grey eyes and smile clearly hidden like his red skin.

A/N - Azazel doesn't seem to be in the greatest mood, but what will that spell when he arrives at the X-Mansion to find that they don't know where his children are?