Me: Alrighty! A new fanfic from yours truely ^^
Fei: To those of you that know us Hi again and to those who don't we're pleased to meet you!
Me: Right... Lets just ignore my multiple personalities for the moment...
Gary: Death... *pulls out chainsaw*
Me: *sweatdrops and tazers Gary*
Fei: We own nothing except some OC's ^^
Me: Damn straight... Now on with the chapter! Cause we hate prologues...
*Millennium Mutants*
Chapter One - I hate Prologues
//Remind me again why we're here?// Yami asked as he ignored several stares in our direction.
Here was America, and it was unseasonably cold considering it was now spring. Ryou was also here and he'd bought his neighbour along at Ishizu's advice. Vanessa had the Millennium Eye, which she'd surprisingly won from Bakura, and since the ceremonial duel the item wielders had stuck together. The story behind that was a confusing one and now there was four spirits. Miha, Bakura, Yami and, disturbingly enough, Marik. Marik had been influenced by another spirit which had driven him insane but we'd since managed to destroy the other spirit and return Marik to his former sanity. Apparently all the spirits had known each other back in ancient Egypt and despite the quarrels of the past were now good friends. The changes since the defeat of Zorc and the ceremonial duel were many and profound.
/We were invited by Grandpas friend./ I replied smiling as we gathered our bags.
//Then why isn't Grandpa here too?// Yami asked pointedly as he took my bags from me and carried them himself.
/Because his friend invited us to his school to avoid the conflict back in Japan and Grandpa said he could take care of himself, as well as the shop. I know it's cold here but we'll be fine once we get to this… School place. At least we're safe./ I answered as we passed through security.
Japan had taken a turn for the worse shortly after the fall of several big companies. To our relief KaibaCorp had escaped the company meltdown – mainly due to the popularity of his duel disk system and hologram technology. But the rest of the country had fallen into turmoil. Protests were being held by employees being laid off. Riots were rampant as the government refused to do anything about the chaos. Then a little over a month ago gangs had begun showing up, strange things happening around them. Large fires popping up out of nowhere, people dead with no marks on their bodies and then there was the shockwaves. Yami had witnessed it in his spirit form above the city one day. Some of the people in the groups causing these strange events.
//Well anything to keep you safe Aibou.// Yami replied as we finally reached the exit to the airport.
"So where's our ride?" Bakura asked casually as he leaned against a wall.
"Dunno. Aren't they supposed to hold up signs for this sort of thing?" Vanessa questioned as she adjusted her eye patch.
"Yeah… I guess." I shrugged sighing as we begun looking around.
Tilting my head to the side I allowed my other senses to search out the person who was supposed to come get us. Yami took my hand and squeezed it gently sending a small flurry of energy through me. I opened my eyes straightening up and begun walking in the direction I'd sensed out.
"That's creepy how you do that." Malik commented as everyone followed me to a man holding a sign.
The sign only had my name on it and the man looked wild and out of place.
"You'll be Yugi Mutou then?" He asked gruffly extending a hand in greeting.
"Ah yes. My companions are Vanessa Harrison, Michael Roberts, Malik Ishtar, Marik Yami, Yami Atemu, Ryou Bakura and Bakura Afekia." I told him in slightly broken English as I shook his hand nervously.
"Right. Well I'm Logan. Just Logan." Logan replied in a heavily accent Japanese that caused Yami to wince slightly.
"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Logan." Vanessa said happily as we began our way to the car park.
"Don't call me that." Logan told her frostily.
Vanessa looked a little let down and Miha, AKA Michael, glared at him whilst holding close his reincarnated twin. He whispered to her softly in ancient Egyptian and she nodded smiling again just as we reached a dark looking SUV. Logan unlocked it and jumped in the drivers seat cracking his neck and lighting a cigar. The rest of us piled in the back, dragging our bags with us.
Twenty minutes later
Finally we pulled into a driveway of a large mansion, not as big as Kaibas, but it was still pretty big as mansions go. Two ladies and two men were waiting out front to greet us apparently. A red haired woman stood next to a man with crimson shades, while a white haired lady stood next to a bald man in a wheelchair. Silently I thanked Ra for my advanced English lessons as we got out of the SUV, dragging our luggage with us.
"Hello. My name is Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school for the Gifted." The bald man greeted us amicably.
"My name is Ororo Munroe, the students just next to me are Jean Grey and Scott Summers. It's a pleasure to meet you all." The white haired woman pronounced in a voice that seemed to whisper to the air around us.
"It's a pleasure to be here. My name is Michael Roberts, though most call me Miha. Thank you for your generosity in letting us stay whilst our country is in turmoil. We are eternally grateful." Miha replied bowing.
"I'm Vanessa Harrison. Pleased to meet you." She whispered quietly clutching Miha's hand.
"I'm Yugi Motou and I thank you from my grandfather for letting us stay Professor. I've heard so much about you." I breathed out excitedly bowing.
"The pleasure is all mine I'm sure. And these delightful young people must be… Yami Atemu, Malik Ishtar, Marik Yami, Ryou Bakura and Bakura Afekia. Were your other friends not able to come dear Yugi? I was sure I invited them all." Professor Xavier replied smiling as he nodded his head to me as he couldn't bow.
"Joey used some of his duel prize money to get his family away from the riots – they're living in Canada til it calms down. Tea was caught in the crossfire a week before we left and we're not too sure what happened to her. Duke called in a favour with Pegasus to stay on his island til things calm down, Honda went with him. Rebecca went with Professor Hawkins to stay in England for a while." I explained ticking them off on my hand.
"And Mr Kaiba?" He asked curiously.
"His company is doing fine – if anything it's doing better now than before considering half his competition is gone, at least company wise. He said, and I quote, 'I don't need help from some old fart in America.' Sorry if that offended you Professor. I was just told to tell you that or bad things would happen." I answered sheepishly.
//Like what?// Yami asked curiously.
/Like showing certain videos to the public./ I answered sending him a mental image which made him go pale.
"No offence taken Yugi. Now I've discussed with your guardians the situation of this school. That is that it only has two teachers and thus we cannot teach every subject. We hold a contract with a nearby school called Bayville. They teach most of the other subjects. Our subjects are optional, however it is required that you do English, Mathematics, one of the sciences and P.E." The Professor explained leading us inside the entrance hall, which was huge.
"What is P.E.?" Miha asked looking slightly dumbfounded.
"It's Physical Education. Of course some students are exempt from the class should they have certain medical issues that would make the class impossible for them. However as you are all able bodied it should poise no problem for any of you." Jean told him happily.
Miha and Bakura were the only ones who didn't look unhappy at the thought of P.E. Yami looked suspicious though.
"Scott will take you to your rooms so you can deposit your things, then show you around. No doubt you'll meet the rest of the student body here quite quickly and I'm sure you'll all get to be great friends." Professor Xavier told us motioning to Scott who was waiting impatiently at the end of the staircase.
Me: Hope you enjoyed that... I certainly did :)
Gary: *wobbles and tries to start chainsaw*
Fei: *tazers Gary* Tazers are fun.
Me: Right... Well anyway... Sorry if this was a bit confusing for you guys... :P It's my first X-men fanfic without my dear old editor...
Fei: May she have many happy returns... wherever she may be.
Me: We're currently doing research via DVD means to better aquaint ourselves with X-men :)
Fei: Meaning we're eating popcorn and watching the series :P
Me: Please review - and anyone whose read my other crossover, the next chapter will be up soon.