Hello everyone! I hope you've all had a good holiday! I know I have! And my sister is out of the hospital! Thanks for the concern ShatterAndLostInHerOwnWorld! But I won't waste time talking about myself, instead I will get right on into talking about Logan and Yuki!
Oh! And to Tamara! I forgot to mention that Yuki is actually Asian, she just doesn't have an accent! Thanks for reminding me that not everyone knows what I think my characters are like! Now to Logan and Yuki!
Logan entered the kitchen slowly, only after checking to make sure all of the students had moved on to the dining hall. In the kitchen, Storm and Hank were talking enthusiastically about something that Logan ignored until he heard Yuki's name mentioned.
"Yuki has such power with plants!" Storm was saying in an urgent whisper to Hank over their small meal. "Yet, she still claims her healing is her main power."
"Charles told me that she was able to heal every speck of Logan's blood," Hank whispered back just as urgently, as he set down his fork gently.
"We can't proove if that was her power or his!" Storm informed him, flipping her white hair out of her eyes. "It could very well be a mixture of the two."
"Even so, to be able to heal another and oneself so quickly is a gift amongst our gifts," Hank countered the seemingly normal woman. The two sighed in near unison and returned to eating their meal quietly. Logan tooked their pause to leave with his lunch and go some place quiet. He headed down the freshly mown lawn to the thick forest that surrounded the mansion. As he munched on the sandwich that he had quickly thrown together, he walked deeper and deeper into the forest.
After about a five minutes of walking, he caught the strange floral scent that he had smelled coming from Yuki the night before and earlier that day. He started to walk towards where the scent was coming from. When he reached the spot where Yuki's scent was centered around, he couldn't find her anywhere, instead a large tree sat in the place that the small asian girl should have been in. Logan looked all over the area surrounding the tree for any sign of her, but all he could find was the same intoxicating smell everytime he neared the tree.
Eventually, he sat down in the shade of the tree to relax in the cool that the tree provided. Nearly as soon as he sat down, he fell asleep.
"-gan! Logan!" someone was calling to him in a gentle voice. "Wake up Logan!"
Slowly he opened his eyes to see Yuki leaning over him with a smile on her face, her light blue eyes scrunched up from her large smile. She was wearing a short, tight white dress and knee length black boots. Her eyes and hair were shining in the light of the sun that she was standing in. Logan gasped. Uncharacteristically, his arm shot out and pulled the young girl to him in a fierce hug.
"Lo-Logan?" Yuki whispered in shock. She then relaxed into his embrace. Yet, just as quickly as he had pulled her down, he pushed her away and stood up. Yuki fell back and landed on her butt. She looked up at him with hurt eyes. "Logan?"
Without a look towards her, Logan took off as fast as his body would take him.
'That was stupid! Am I some kind of pervert?' he thought to himself as he ran faster and faster into the forest. Before he could react, a vine shot out from a near by tree and wrapped around his legs. Logan struggled with the vine as more started to head towards his body. By the time he got his legs free, the rest of his body was wrapped with thick vines.
"Thank you, mina," Yuki gasped out as she ran up to Logan. "Anna, can you please release his mouth for me?"
A thinner vine slide off of Logan's mouth and moved to help hold his head down. Yuki knelt down next to Logan and smiled sadly.
"Why did you run Logan?" she asked in a hurt voice. Logan attempted to turn his head away from her sad expression, but the vines tightened their hold on him. "Nonki, mina*. Did I do something wrong Logan?"
Logan refused to answer and instead looked away from her the best he could. Suddenly Yuki stood up and turned away from him.
"Tomaru*," she said and then ran the direction in which she and Logan had come from. The vines tightened their hold on Logan so he couldn't move a muscle.
"Hey! Hey, Yuki!" he called out before a vine moved to cover his mouth again. The vines held him like that for the rest of the day and into the night. The next morning Logan woke up to the vines slowly slithering off of his body. He quickly stood and started to run towards the mansion. He burst through the doors with full intent to find Yuki and find out why he was left to sleep in the forest over night. Yet when he stopped to try and find her scent, he could not find new traces of hers or Professor Xavier's anywhere. He ran towards Storm's room and found her just leaving her room to head for breakfast.
"Logan!" she called in shock when she noticed him coming down the hall. "Where have you been?"
"Yuki decided to tie me up in the forest for the night," Logan explained in a deep growl as he stopped infront of her. "And now I'm trying to find her. Do you know where she is?"
"I haven't seen her since she and the Professor left yesterday after dinner," Storm replied tentively. "Professor said something about meeting Yuki's family."
Logan growled and then stalked off to his own room and then turned to go down to the Battle Room to blow off some of the anger he ment to direct at Yuki.
Later that day, after letting off almost all of the anger that he had, Logan sat in the courtyard chewing on a cigar. As the wind blew past, he heard the familiar sound of a giggle and the familiar yet still strange floral scent. Quickly he stood and started to run towards the sound and scent. He ran down to the metal hanger to see Yuki and Professor Xavier coming out of the jet, both with genuine smiles on their faces. Following them was a muscular man with dark black hair and matching eyes. The man was wearing a smooth suit that made him look to be in an old fashioned mafia.
"Hello, Logan," Xavier greeted as Logan stalked straight up to them. Yuki watched him intently while toying with a small, crystal necklace as he walked right up to her.
"What the hell did you do that for!?" his deep voice boomed through the hanger. Yuki took a step back and covered her ears causing Logan to take a step forward to reach for her. He grabbed her arms tightly to keep her from moving anywhere. "Why did you did you leave me in the forest?"
"Let go. That hurts Logan," Yuki complained as she tried to move out of his grip. Logan just tightened his grip on her arms and growled deeply. Suddenly, he was shot back by an invisible force. As he caught himself, Logan saw the man step infront of Yuki.
"She said 'let go'," the man said with a clear but gruff voice. Logan looked at him and then back to Yuki who was breathing heavily behind the man.
"Y-Yuki?" he questioned weakly, attempting to stand. The man gave a start and quickly turned on his heel to face the younger girl.
"Yu?" he said with a thick accent. "Daijoobu desu ka?*"
"Hai, Ya. Genki desu,*" she replied with a half hearted smile. The man looked at her with wary eyes, then picked her up into his arms and turned to the Professor.
"Do you have a medical area?" he asked without an accent. Professor Xavier nodded and led the way down the hall to the medical room. The man gently placed Yuki down on the medical table and sighed. "You know better than to get too emotional, Yu."
"It wasn't my fault, Ya," Yuki said in a weak and raspy voice.
"You're right," the man said turning towards Xavier and Logan. He immediately glared at Logan. "It was his."
Logan was sent flying back into the wall and was pressed there by an increasing pressure. Helplessly, Logan watched as the man started to walk towards him. With each step that the man took the pressure that kept Logan against the wall increased. The man stopped hardly an arm's length away and reached up to grabbed Logan's throat.
"YAMI SORE DE JUUBUN!*" Yuki yelled from the table. The man's hand froze inches away from Logan's throat. The man swiftly turned and returned to Yuki's side.
"You shouldn't yell in your state," he reprimanded in a soft voice. The two stared at each other for a long time before Yuki cleared her throat.
"I'm sorry Logan I didn't introduce him to you," she said leaning to look at Logan after giving the man a quick glance. The man sighed and Logan fell off the wall. As he sat up, the man turned to face him. Yuki smiled cheerfully at Logan. "This is my brother, Yami. He has the power to control metals."
"He's your brother?" Logan questioned, looking from Yuki to Yami then to the Professor for confirmation.
"They are opposites in all ways except their ability to heal," Professor Xavier told him. "Also, Yami will be staying with us to make sure the mansion is a suitable place for Yuki to stay."
Xavier chuckled before wheeling himself around and leaving the medical room. Logan huffed and exited after the wheelchaired man. Yuki smiled and hopped down from the table. Taking Yami's hand, she left the room and promptly took him on a tour of the mansion.
Soon after Yami and Yuki joined the mansion, many of the matainence jobs became a lot easier on everybody. No longer did the have to go searching for parts for any of the vehicles for Yami brought the parts to them. And the gardening became easier on Storm because she now knew what all of the plants needed and was able to change the weather in the area specifically for those needs. As the days went on, Yami and Yuki became avid members of the mansion and everyone became used to them and their powers.
Logan on the other hand left the mansion the day after Yami joined the mansion and refused to come back no matter how much Storm or Professor Xavier asked. He had gotten a job at a mechanics shop in a nearby town and had a small apartment to himself. Weeks had gone by since he left and he was starting to wonder how things were back at the mansion for Rogue and, though he tried not to admit it, Yuki.
He had just gotten off work when the wind blew by and he caught Yuki's scent. Soon he found himself heading in the direction that the scent was coming from. Minutes later, he was in the midst of a large crowd of people that were standing infront of a house. He pushed and shoved until he started to close in on her scent. He burst through the crowd to find Yuki being loaded onto a stretcher with Professor Xavier looking on with an extremely worried expression.
"Professor!" he called, running over. Professor Xavier looked up at him breifly then continued to watch Yuki be loaded into the ambulance. "What happened?"
"We came to town to see a young mutant that had been beaten after others discovered his powers, " Professor Xavier told him through his telepathic powers. "But when we went to the young man's house, there was a gang of men there beating him again. We were able to stop the gang from beating the man any more, but he had already sustained heavy injuries. Yuki decided to heal him then her side effect kicked in and she fainted."
Logan growled unhappily. "And the boy?"
Xavier motioned towards the house, where a man in his early twenties was standing in the doorway.
"His name is Cameron Jacobson, his powers were very late to manifest," Professor Xavier explained before turning to go after the ambulance. "Now let us go see how Yuki is."
Professor Xavier and Logan made their way to a local hospital that had hardly enough room to walk without bumping into someone or a door. Somehow the two grown men were able to wind their way through the halls to the reception counter and Xavier found where Yuki's room was.
"So where is Yami?" Logan asked the Professor as they headed for her room.
"He left to go back to his work. He deemed the school a safe place for Yuki to stay for the time being," Xavier explained to the seemingly younger man.
"How has everyone been?" Logan asked a little hesitantly.
"Rogue was a little sad that you left, but Bobby helped cheer her up. Yuki, on the other hand, I think Yami and working were just a distraction from you leaving," Xavier answered slowly and bluntly. Logan flinched at his words. "She viewed you as one of the first friends she has made in a long time."
Logan sighed as they neared the door to Yuki's room. Logan was reaching for the door's handle when Xavier reached out and stopped him.
"Maybe I should go in alone," he said gently. Logan froze at his words long enough for Xavier to get into the room without him. The Professor wheeled his way to Yuki's bedside. "Yuki?"
"Yes Professor?" she whispered, coming out of her fake sleep.
"How are you?" he asked, worry clear on his face and in his tone.
"I'm fine, the effect wore off soon after I was checked in," Yuki answered with a smile. She looked over at a flower pot filled with small white and yellow flowers that sat in the window seal. "I didn't hurt that Jamie was here to give me a boost."
The two laughed a little at her odd power. Xavier sighed and Yuki looked at him in wonder and concern.
"What's wrong, sir?" she asked quietly, leaning over so she could place a hand on his shoulder. Xavier looked up at her concerned face and smiled sadly.
"Logan is outside and wishes to see you," he explained, tapping one of his long fingers on his temple. Yuki looked at him in complete shock before she nodded.
"I want to see him as well," she said softly before the door opened and Logan walked in.
"I heard what you said, you know, extreme senses and all," he explained. Yuki looked away from him after looking at his face for a brief moment. She curled herself into her bed sheets and stared at the pale green wall. "What?"
"Why did you leave?" Yuki whispered, hurt clear in her thick voice. Logan looked at her sadly before sitting next to her on the bed. Hesitantly he placed his hand on her arm and gently pushed her onto her back. Tears were drowning her eyes, but she fought to keep them from overflowing. "I thought you were going to be my friend! Or did I just assume that you cared about a new girl like me?"
"You didn't assume, I do care about everyone at the mansion. Some more than others," Logan said painfully, as if he didn't want to say it. "But your brother obviously didn't like me and I don't want it on my concious if you don't get to stay at the mansion because of me."
"So it was a pride thing," Yuki summed up with a shakey laugh. she turned to the Professor. "I'm ready to go home."
The Professor nodded and led her out of her room and passed many confused doctors. Yet, nobody seemed to question them as they left the hospital.
"Listen Yuki, it wasn't a pride thing," Logan tried to explain as they walked down some streets towards where the jet was parked.
"Then what was it really Logan?" Yuki nearly screached as she turned on him. Several bushes around them seemed to burst into bloom, causing a cloud of pollen to form in their area. Logan coughed as the pollen hung in thr air around him. His vision started to get fuzzy as he slowly realized that she had purposely made the pollen cloud.
"Concern," he managed to say before he fell forward, unconcious. Yuki gasped as tear welled up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Logan," she whispered before turning towards a lavendar flower that was growing up a nearby wall. Yuki carefully picked the flower and tied it into Logan's wife beater. "Repair. Mina, help."
Several vines inched towards Logan's body at her words. The vines slowly lifted the toned body and creeped towards the nearby jet.
Logan opened his eyes to see himself on one of the X-Men jets. Looking around, he saw that Storm was driving with the Proffesor strapped in next to her. On his arm, he felt a breath. He looked down to see silverish hair reflect the dim light of the jet back at him. Yuki was peacefully asleep on his shoulder with her hand resting on his chest. He gentley lifted her hand off of his chest and placed in her own lap. As he did so, a withered flower fell out of his shirt and into his lap.
'She was trying very hard to help you,' Xavier informed him mentally.
'After she used her powers on me,' Logan huffed back, also mentally.
'She gets very emotional about the things around her. Yet, you don't seem to mind her attacking you.'
'What are you getting at Xavier?'
'You feel for her, Logan. Not protecive like with Rogue or the lust you felt for Jean, but something more,' Xavier's voice analyzed in Logan's head.
'She's just a kid and I'm no sick pervert,' Logan retorted.
'She's less of a child to you than Jean is,' Xavier told him and then went silent.
'What do you mean Proffesor?' Logan mentally hissed towards the telepath. Xavier shook his head in the faintest of movements. There was a slight shifting from Logan's side, causing him to look down to see Yuki rubbing her eyes. She looked up to see him staring down at her. She quickly scooted away from him and looked out of one of the windows.
"I'm sorry," she whispered barely loud enough for even Logan to hear her. Logan sighed and combed his rough mane with one of his beefy hands.
"No, I'm sorry, Ki-" he stopped himself before he called her 'kid' again. "You have every right to be mad at me, okay, Ki-Yuki."
Yuki looked at him with mild shock on her face, but then she started giggling. "How about we just start over when we get back to the mansion?"
Logan thought for a moment about her offer and then nodded. "Just promise to warn me if I start taking about something bad, I really don't feel like spending another night in the forest."
"Deal," Yuki giggled and the two sat happily the rest of the way bak to the mansion.
"Daijoobu desu ka?" means "Are you okay?"
"Hai, Ya. Genki desu." means "Yes, I'm fine, Ya."
"Yami sore de juubun" means "That's enough, Yami"
"Nonki, mina" means "Easy, everyone"
"Tomaru" means "Stay over night"
Both are japanese phrases! I hope you don't mind that Yuki is bilingual! Please Review!
