A Fight and A Choice

What am I doing back here? Jason asked himself.

Cause of her.

Shut up!

Why, you know that's why. He was having an internal battle, soon he gave up. The Hell with it! He thought and jumped the fence.

Tink! Tink! Tink!

Rhane was wide awake, thinking about that boy.

Tink! Tink! Tink!

What the Hell? She went to her window and opened it, "Lycan!? Wait there." She got dressed and snuck out.

"What the Hell are you doing here!?" she whispered.

"I couldn't sleep, and I also couldn't stop thinking about you."

Join the club. She thought, "That still doesn't explain why you're−!"

He cut her off by kissing her cheek, at the same time he shoved a piece of paper in her hand. "Sorry! Impulse!" Then he ran off before she recovered.

She looked at the piece of paper, it read: The coffee shop on 6th street at noon. In case it's not obvious, I'm asking you out on a date.

A date? She'd never been asked out before, so she was excited. Using her claws she climbed the wall and went to sleep easily.

"Hey! Over here!" Lycan called when Rhane walked.

"Hey," she said sitting across from him.

"Hello Wolfsbane."

"In public I prefer Rhane, you?"

"Jason Grace."

She smiled, "I like that name."

"Thanks."

They talked for a while about things most normal teenagers talk about. Then they got the subject about school.

"School?" Jason asked.

"You don't go to school?" Rhane asked

"Well, I guess you could say I'm home schooled. We travel a lot."

The waitress brought their food. Rhane had ordered a simple ham and cheese sandwich, Jason had ordered a turkey sandwich with Swiss cheese, mayonnaise, and onions.

After they ate they weren't sure what to do, "Wait, I got an idea!" Jason said.

"What?"

"Come on!" he dragged Rhane to the edge of the woods when she asked, "Well?"

Jason smirked and turned into a wolf. A massive couple hundred pounds of fur and muscle over four feet on all fours. Rhane got the idea and did the same. They ran through woods together as wolves often do.

"I don't like this Chuck." Logan said as he watched Jason and Rhane disappear into the woods.

"That makes sense, but Rhane seemed unusually cherry this morning," Hank said, taking Xavier's knight.

"I agree with both of you." Xavier said, "Who knows, perhaps this relationship will cause a change of heart." Xavier said.

"Yeah, but for who? Him or her?" Logan said.

"Hopefully, for him."

Jason and Rhane had found a secluded spot in the woods with a pond. The two of them we in human form staring at the water.

"I had a lot of fun today thank you." Rhane said.

"Thank you my pretty Werewolf." Jason said.

Rhane turned crimson at his remark. He thinks I'm pretty?

"You know, I don't get you." He said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"You seem more or less scared of your mutation. Like it's a curse."

"Because of it, I don't have chance to live a normal life anymore. Not to mention the persecution that'll come when people find out."

"Rhane, I've been persecuted, attacked, and even saw my Mom murdered before my eyes because of what I am. I hated it first, saw it as curse. But you know what? I came to realize that it was part of who I was. Like you, at first all could do was change into a normal sized wolf. But when I embraced my powers, the rest came, maybe it's the same with you."

"Jason…I had no idea your life was so hard."

"It's okay. It was hard, I had to struggle and fight to survive, and that made me strong."

"Jason…"

"Rhane... What would you say if I said, I was destined to be evil?"

"You feel that way sometimes." She concluded.

"Yeah."

"Listen, I don't who told you that, and I don't what you've done to make you think that. But I do know this, you are who you choose to be. No one else can choose who you are, so don't let them."

For a second the two of them just smiled at each other.

"Your Dad's gonna be severely pissed off." A girl said behind them.

Rhane turned to see long straight black hair framing a slightly angular face, the girl couldn't have been older than 16. Rhane could tell you didn't want to mess with her, but the truly intriguing thing about her were her eyes. Orbs of violet that were beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

"Thorn!?"

"Your Dad sent me to find you. Come on, you've got Hell to pay, and you know how much I love to watch." She said the last part with a bit of sarcasm.

"Could you try to not give my friend a heart attack?"

"Whatever."

"I got to go Rhane. See you later, and remember, you are Rhane Sinclair, but you are also Wolfsbane. Embrace it, it's who you are."

"Normally I wouldn't care who you court, but she's on our hit list." Thorn said when they were out of ear shot.

"But she's different." Jason said.

"Do you want me to help her?"

"What? What do you mean?"

"Deathstrike may think I'm loyal to her, but it's you I owe my life to. You've saved my life on more than one occasion, so I owe you a life debt. If you side with them, so will I."

"I,…I need to think."

"INSOLENT CHILD!" William raged, "Consorting with the enemy!?"

Jason couldn't answer.

"This Siren better not have shaken your loyalties."

"She's not a Siren, and she hasn't"

"Good, cause tomorrow at dawn, we attack! Renegades! Prepare yourselves!"

"Are they ready?" Xavier asked.

"Ask me again in about twenty years." Logan said.

"What are we going to do?" Hank said.

"…I…I have an ace up my sleeve. If anything can stop William, it can."

"You not considering your sword are you?" Xavier asked.

"We don't have much of choice."

Wolverine went to his room and took a case from under his bed. Hen unlocked it. Inside sat a black handled katana in a blood red scabbard. Logan drew it, reveling a blade of the same blood red. Wolverine remembered what Muramasa said to him, "Take it then, and wield it like an angry God."

"Hopefully, this will be the last time I am forced to use this damn thing."

Soon the five members of X-factor were getting ready.

"Xavier," Bobby said, he was suited up and all the new mutants were behind him.

"Bobby, I don't want you to risk your life."

"If Scott's going out there, then so am I. It's going to take more than the five of them and you know it."

"We know the risks professor." Amara said.

"And we are willing to take them." Draco said, "You all are my family now. If someone wants my family, they have to kill me first."

"There's no reasoning with them Charles." Logan said, appearing at the top of the stairs with the Muramasa Blade on his hip. "I even threatened them."

Xavier's heart warmed at his students' devotion to him. "Very well."

Storm and Beast walked in through the front door, "A few mutants wish to assist us." Storm said, stepping to the side revealing Avalanche, Toad, Blob, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch.

"What are you doing here?" Cyclops asked, actually sounding curious.

"Kitty told us about some mutants that were come and cause havoc in Bayville, that's our job." Lance said, "Besides, you can't expect a mutant brawl to happen around without the Brotherhood."

Scott, face remaining passive simply said, "We could use the help."

William and Jason, still in human form, led Deathstrike, Thorn, Chaos, Dragonfly, Cyclone, and Sabertooth to the gate of the Xavier Institute. "Remember, do not hesitate, show no mercy." William said. He then approached the gate and torn it down with his bare hands. As they came closer to the mansion the security systems activated, including the most dangerous ones.

Cyclone held out his hands, summoning miniature tornados. With them he made short work of the security systems.

All the X-Men alongside the Brotherhood stood in front of the mansion.

Soon William and the Renegades stood in front them, then Rhane yelped. "Jason!?"

Jason's face was emotionless, but he couldn't meet her eyes.

First Rhane was sorrowful, but it was quickly replaced with rage, he used me!

"Charles," William said, his voice emotionless and cold.

"William."

"Are these the pathetic students you've sent to stop me?"

Draco stepped forward, "He told us to run, we're here of our own free will." He said a lot braver then most of them felt.

"It doesn't matter," William said to Xavier, completely ignoring Draco, "I've come to kill you. Runts like them stand no chance. Witness your destruction!" suddenly William began to change. He grew larger and white fur spread all over his body. Soon an enormous white wolf stood before them. He was on his hind legs which made him ten feet tall, his shoulders were wider then Beast's and his eyes were glowing blood red.

"X-Men, go! Protect the professor!" Cyclops said.

"With pleasure!" Draco said, creating a wall of fire.

"Quicksilver, twister!" Avalanche said pointing at the fire wall.

"Oh I get it!" Quicksilver said. He ran in circles around the blazing wall, turning it into a blazing tornado.

"Wanda, control its path!"

"Right!" Scarlet Witch said, sending it at the Renegades.

Chaos then summoned the water from the fountain and used it to douse the fiery cyclone.

The first person to move was Wolverine, determined to keep William away from Xavier, only to be attacked by Deathstrike and Sabertooth.

"Creed, Yuriko."

"Don't you dare call me that!" Deathstrike screamed at him, lashing out with her claws.

Cyclops blasted Sabertooth, hoping to help Wolverine who slashed Deathstrike with the Muramasa Blade. At first she paid it no mind, until she realized she wasn't healing. "Is that, the Muramasa Blade!?"

Blob charged William, only to go flying in the opposite direction.

Draco took on Chaos, getting clearly annoyed with him.

Scarlet Witch was making things difficult, which resulted in Thorn sneaking up behind her and knocking her out. She would have killed her but Toad and a few others got in her way.

The X-Men and Brotherhood branched off, facing their foes and Rhane found herself face to face with Jason.

"You bastard! You used me!"

"It's not what you think."

"Isn't it? You knew who I was. What was it then, some kind of sick game? You make girls like you then you turn out to actually be their God damned enemies?"

"No,"

"Oh, so I was your first victim! I'm so fucking touched!"

"Rhane, I-."

"Don't call me that! You have no right to call me that, Lycan! Remember how you said to embrace the wolf? You're going to regret saying that you fucking bastard, cause I listened." Her green eyes began to glow. Soon a red wolf then same size as Jason when he transformed stood in front of him, then she stood on her hind legs and roared before dropping on all fours and charging him. He morphed and collided with her head on.

(There were too many fights going at this time to describe them all so I'm going to focus on Rhane's and Jason's)

Rhane's and Jason's speed and strength were almost equally matched, for a while the battle seemed to be going nowhere. However, Jason's years of fighting had given him better reflexes, so soon, a perfectly timed counter attack put Rhane on the ground. She reverted to human form and Jason raised his claws, for a second he stared into her fear and rage filled green eyes, then he remembered what she had said to him. You are who you choose to be. Instead of striking, he lowered his claws and began to revert to human, somehow this caught everyone's attention.

"Jason?" Werewolf asked, perplexed. Scott, Iceman, Jubilee, Blob, and Cannonball lay unconscious at his feet. "What are you doing ? Finish her!"

Jason looked around him. Dragonfly, Toad, Scarlet Witch, Jean, Nightcrawler, Storm, Sunspot, Multiple, and Boom Boom were all unconscious. This is wrong, this all wrong. "No."

"WHAT!?"

"No."

"How dare you disobey me! I'm your Father!"

"This is wrong Father! I'm your Son, not your slave. I make my own decisions from now on. My first decision is to not only spare Rhane, but to join her."

"How dare you!" then he looked at Rhane as she stood. "You fucking Siren! You turned my Son against me!" he lunged at Rhane, but was intercepted by Logan, "Kid, use this!" he gave the Muramasa Blade to Jason. Jason swung, catching his Father's eye. He didn't permanently injure his eye, but he did scar him. Some of the X-Men stepped forward to help but he said, "Stop, this is my fight!"

He was so focused he didn't notice Deathstrike coming for him, but she was topped by Thorn.

"Thorn!?"

"Thinking I have no sense of loyalty, aren't you? I was never loyal to you! When the government was after me it was Jason who saved me! When I was captured by the Purifiers and scheduled for execution it was Jason who broke in and saved me and Mike. He is the one I owe my life to, not you!"

"I'm with her." Mike said, "I take life debts seriously and I owe one to Jason."

In the fight Jason was relentless. William was soon covered with cuts and knew that so long as Jason held that sword, he couldn't win, "Fallback!" Cyclone grabbed Dragonfly and the Renegades. All except for Jason, Mike, and Thorn, left. Then Jason passed out.

A/N: What will happen now? R&R