Author's Note

Glad to see I got some response from my rant last chapter. College is still being a blast and I can't wait to have Kurt and Kitty experience it. Next chapter will be the last chapter of welcome week (I think. This fic keeps getting away from me.). Originally it was going to be another 3-4 chapter but I felt like it was moving too slow and so I cut some stuff to get it moving and get to the good stuff. Some extremely "revealing" things will happen to everyone two chapters from now and I can't wait to write about it.

Sorry, this took so long to get out. I blame Halloween, zombies, and midterms. Oh and some writers blocks toward the end.

Also, I think I've decided on the main event of this fic. It was originally just going to be almost a diary of my college life, but I wanted to give it more of a rising action and such and so I created one. You won't see it for quite a long time (think next year) but I wanted to tell everyone.

p.s. for all manga fans out there. Go check out the series X-men: Misfits. It's a shojo-esque take on x men and it has almost all the classic characters but with anime stereotypes and situations. Kitty is the main character (allows for cat ear reactions) and while Kurt doesn't seem to be a love interest, He did appear and it was one of the coolest looking versions I've ever seen. Other notable characters (some are only in the background) include Gambit, Beast, Storm, Cyclops, Jamie (think his code name is Multiple), Pyro, Angel, Havoc, Quicksilver, the Professor, Magneto, the Blob, Longshot, Iceman, Sabertooth, Colossus, Jean Gray (is it with a e or an a?), and Forge.

Now, on with the show!

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(Monday)

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Kurt groaned and grabbed his phone to turn off his alarm. It was eight o'clock and he had gotten around six hours of sleep but he needed to get up. He and his friends had plans. As he got dressed and ready to go, he yawned. Kurt hadn't gotten to bed till a little after two last night and he was feeling it. He opened his door and nearly ran into Shaitan who was just leaving as well.

"Ah, sorry Kurt. Didn't see you there," the blond boy said, wide awake.

"Nein, I didn't see you either," he said with another yawn. "How are you avake? Ve only had six hours of sleep last night?"

Shaitan chuckled. "That's normal for me. I'm always up late."

Kurt just shook his head and tried to wake up. The two guys made their way to the bathroom to brush their teeth and take care of business before going back to the girls' room. Kurt knocked politely on their door, awaiting a response. They heard a muffled response and a few moments later, the door swung open and the room's occupants stepped out.

Kitty immediately moved to her boyfriend and gave him a good morning hug. "Morning Kurt."

Kurt kissed her forehead. "Morning Katzchen," he said. They separated a few seconds later and turned back to the others.

"You guys are just too cute," Terra said with a small smile, making the couple blush.

"Ya, I think I'm getting cavities from all the sweetness," added Shaitan with a smirk.

"Shut up!" said Kitty embarrassedly, hitting him in the shoulder.

The four of them left their building and hurried to the dining hall to eat their meal. They had about an hour to feed themselves before they were supposed to join up with their dorm mates and head out. Kurt and Shaitan were especially excited about it and the girls smiled as they talked excitedly about their plans.

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(Flashback)

Kurt left the bathroom after his shower feeling very refreshed. The shower had felt wonderful on his fur and he was glad it was late and no one had been in the bathrooms because he had shed quite a bit. As he came to his room, he saw that the rest of his friends were standing outside their rooms talking to Jeff Vanderhorn. Being the curious elf that he was, he had to check it out.

"It's gonna be so sick!" said Jeff excitedly.

"Vhat ees?" asked Kurt as he joined them.

"Oh Jeff was just telling us more about the zombie nerf game coming up," explained Shaitan. "He and some of our other floor mates are going to TOYS'R'US and he was wondering if the four of us wanted to join him.

"We're leaving around 9:30. We have to take a bus into town and then transfer onto another bus, but I think it will be fine since we have a free day tomorrow," added Jeff.

Kurt thought for a moment. "Vhat do you guys vant to do?" he asked.

"I'm up for it," said Shaitan with a grin.

"If you want to go, then I do too," said Kitty.

"Me too," Terra replied.

"Okay, Jeff. Ve're een," Kurt answered.

"Sweet, then I'll see you all tomorrow," Jeff happily. He stayed a little longer with them, chatting about random things, before heading back to his own room.

(End Flashback)

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"You guys ready to go?" said Jeff as they joined him, Steven Anderson, and Brian Smith.

"Yep, just let us get our money," responded Kurt before the four of them ran back to their rooms to get their stuff.

Once they had stuffed their wallets, the whole group headed down the hill to the nearby bus top to catch the number 20 city bus to the transfer stop. Thankfully, all the local buses were free for the students as long as they showed their School ID's.

The first bus was an easy ride and Kurt and Kitty spent most of it curled up on the bus seat together. Kitty snuggled deeper into her boyfriend's embrace, a bit annoyed that the bus ride was so short. She wanted to just drift off to sleep, but she knew she wouldn't have time.

The bus dropped them off in downtown right across the street from their transfer point and they quickly made their way across to the opposite stop. They were still waiting a good 25 minutes later.

"Hey Jeff, isn't the bus supposed to have been here by now?" asked Steven.

"I don't know what to tell you guys, the schedule here says it should have been here fifteen minutes ago," said Jeff confused as he traced the route on the side of bus stop.

"You sure we can't just walk?" the other male asked.

"Unfortunately, it's all the way across town. The bus is infinitely faster," Jeff replied.

"Well, I hope it gets here soon," Steven said and while no one vocalized it, they all agreed with him.

Kurt and Kitty sighed in annoyance. If only they were back home, Kurt could have just ported them there. Kitty was sitting on the bus stop bench and Kurt was sitting in front of her, leaning against her knees. They had started of sitting next to each other, but as time as passed, Kurt's back had begun to ache from being unsupported and so he moved to the ground to lean against his girlfriend.

Kitty smiled down at her elf's head and reached out a hand to stroke his hair. Her smile widened as she felt him lean into the caress eagerly.

Kurt was in now in heaven and he had to fight the urge to purr with all his strength as she moved her hands and began rubbing his ears. He sighed and closed his eyes in pleasure. He felt like it was the other way around and he was the "kitty" in the relationship since his girlfriend loved to pet him and get him to purr.

"Hehe, you look like you're enjoying yourself Kurt," said Shaitan as he walked over and sat next to Kitty on the bench.

Kurt opened his eyes to slits and glanced up at his friend. "Just a beet," he said with a lazy smile.

Shaitan laughed at the dreamy look on the boys face. Hopefully he would be able to find something like that soon.

"There's the bus," said Jeff a few minutes later.

"Finally," said Terra as they all stood up and lined up to get on.

The trip was again an easy one, but it did take quite a bit of time and the whole group was glad they had not tried to walk. Finally they reached their drop off and exited the bus without incident.

"Kay, now where, Jeff?" asked Kitty, looking around. She didn't see any Toys'R'Us from where they were standing.

"Um, it's just around the corner," he replied, looking at the Google Map print out he was carrying.

He led them down the street and around the corner. Before them stood a large Toys'R'Us and everyone's but Kurt's face broke out into a smile. They all remembered coming to the toy store from when they were younger and even if they no longer went their often since they had out grown it all, they were still all very fond of the store.

The seven of them walked slowly inside and down one of the center aisles, laughing and pointing as they saw old toy favourites or modern day adaptations. They all got a kick out of the Lego aisle and were amazed at how far some of the sets had come since they were kids.

"Ya, I used to be a huge Lego fan," said Shaitan with a smile as they looked at some of the Star Wars sets. "I always used the pieces to make giant robots and the like."

"Oh, I did that too," said Jeff with a chuckle.

"Hey everyone, I see ze nerf guns," said Kurt excitedly.

Everyone went over to the guns and began browsing, asking Jeff questions throughout. There were quite a few varieties. There was a small single shot pistol called the Night-finder, a six shot pistol called the Maverick, a bolt action rifle called a Long-shot, and a battery operated chain gun called the Vulcan.

Everyone was examining each gun carefully, weighing their options. Kurt was considering getting two of the mavericks and Kitty was already handling a Night-finder. Shaitan was interested in the Long-shot and Terra seemed undecided.

"So what do you suggest, Jeff?" Terra asked.

"Um, well the Mavericks are great starter guns, but they are really hard to mod. Night-finders on the other hand are very easy to mod but are limited by their single shot capabilities," he replied. "The Long-shot is about the same as a Maverick and the Vulcan is just expensive and hard to reload."

Everyone digested this and began making their selections. Terra ended up choosing a single Maverick and the others all choose their prior interests. Kurt and Shaitan also decided to grab spare ammo crates of 100 darts since they figured they would lose their ammo quickly and they saw that it was five dollars off. They all walked to the cash registers carrying their purchases.

Kurt chuckled as the cashiers faces fell at their procession. He could tell they weren't too happy to have to be ringing up a huge bunch of freshman. Kurt was first and he brought his purchases to the counter. Everything was going well until they got to his ammo crate.

"Your total comes to $49.99," the store clerk said after a moment.

Kurt frowned. "Um… I zink you are mistaken. Ze darts were displayed on sale as $20.00 not $25.00," he replied after a few mental calculations.

The clerk gave him an annoyed look before picking up the phone and calling for a price check. "Hey Darrell, can I get a price check on the Nerf ammo crate?"

Kurt waited patiently while they looked up the price. He was willing to pay the full price, but he wasn't going to unless he absolutely had to.

"Okay. Yea, I understand. Thanks." The clerk hung up the phone and turned to Kurt. "The darts went off sale yesterday; we just hadn't changed the tags."

"Oh, vell, I'm not too sure I vant to buy zem zen. Let me zink about eet," Kurt said, pretending to be agonizing over the $5.

"What's the problem here?" said a large, overweight man as he noticed the long line at the register.

The clerk began explaining the situation to what Kurt expected was the manager. Once the man knew what was going on, he decided to take over. He directed the clerk to take a different register and anyone who didn't have the extra ammo crate.

"Okay sir, since it was our mistake that the price was wrong, I'm going to give you them at the display price. Sorry about the inconvenience," he said politely as he deducted the savings.

"Zank you very much," Kurt replied as he finally finished his purchase. The manager than rang Shaitan up and the two of them joined up with the others who had finished their purchases.

"Well, that was a hassle," said Terra as they left the store and walked to the bus stop.

"Yeah, but at least we are prepared for the zombie apocalypse," replied Shaitan.

Terra just rolled her eyes. She hoped the Nerf fights would be worth this whole trip.

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Kurt grinned as he loaded up his new guns.

The ride back to the college had been boring. They had had to wait at both bus stops for over half an hour but they had finally made it back.

Now though, they were preparing to test all of their guns. He cocked one of his Mavericks and fired. The sticky tipped dart slapped into the wall door and stuck. He smiled as he emptied the rest of the barrel. This was going to be fun!

"Hey Kurt you almost ready?" yelled Shaitan through the door.

"Ja, I'm coming," the mutant replied, as he loaded his gun back up.

Kurt stepped into the hall and was met by a bunch of grinning, armed teenagers. "Vait," he began but it was too late. The whole group pulled their triggers and Kurt was hit on all sides.

"Vow, I'm gonna get you all for zat," he said with a wicked grin as he began chasing them all down the hall.

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After Kurt had gotten his vengeance, they set about making up actual rules. They were joined by Zach, Jared, and Zach's girlfriend, who he introduced as Kari Ayane, a Psychology major. Apparently they had heard about the Nerf thing earlier and had brought their guns.

"Okay so we are all agreed?" Jeff finally stated. "Torso shots count but limbs don't. If you get shot, your dead and have to go sit at the quad benches. And there is no going outside the King dorm area. Anything else?" Everybody shook their heads. "Good, then the game starts in two minutes, split off into pairs and we'll begin."

Immediately everyone dashed off in different directions and a few minutes later, Kurt and Kitty found themselves hiding in bushes by the main quad. They were both very excited since this was the closest they'd come to danger room simulations since they left the institute.

Kitty glanced at her cell phone. "Okay Blue, the game just started, so get ready."

"Don't vorry, Katzchen, I'm ready," Kurt said with a grin

They waited shortly and watched as Zach and Kari walked into the center of the court yard, their guns at the ready. The hidden couple grinned at each other.

"Take no prisoners!" yelled Kurt dramatically as he and Kitty burst from the bushes and began firing.

They caught the other couple by surprise and managed to nail Zach with their first few shots. Kari on the other hand managed to jump out of the way of the shots and fired back with her Long-shot. Luckily, she missed and then both sides were facing off with each other.

They continued to trade shots and then Kurt learned something very profound. It was really difficult to move and fire on another moving target. His shots often flew off randomly and his target had an easy time dodging them. Thankfully, since there were two of them though, Kari couldn't dodge forever.

Eventually one of them got her, Kurt wasn't sure who and she went to join her boyfriend on the bench. The two survivors looked at each other, laughing. Two down and six more to go.

Once again, they slipped back into the bushes to wait for their prey. They could hear the shouts of the other players as they battled and they watched as a few more defeated trickled in. They were both surprised when they saw Terra come in, but not Shaitan. It seemed he had managed to escape defeat.

They watched a little longer before they saw Shaitan. It looked like he was out of ammo since he immediately ran to the table of dead players without even bothering to look around. Kurt smirked at Kitty and placed his finger over his mouth signalling for silence.

Slowly he crept out and began slinking up to his friend. Shaitan was completely oblivious as he tried to load darts into his gun before anyone found him. Kurt slowly raised both of his Mavericks bringing them to about a foot away from his prey's head.

"Hey Shaitan."

Shaitan started to turn and his eyes widened in horror as he realized what was happening. Kurt chuckled as he fired, hitting his friend right in the middle of his forehead.

"God dammit, Kurt!"

Shaitan threw up his hands in disgust as he plopped down on the table with the others. He glared with annoyance at the German boy who just stood there laughing at him. He had been sure he was going to win the game.

"Sorry Shaitan, its Kurt's win," said Kitty as she joined her boyfriend. Shaitan glared at her but there was nothing he could say.

"So what are you two going to do now?" asked Terra. "There are two more people out there still. You gonna try and ambush them here?"

The two glanced at each other.

"I'm kinda getting bored of waiting," said Kitty hesitantly.

"Zen let us be off," replied Kurt enthusiastically, wrapping his arm around his love's side.

Kitty giggled as he led her off. Her boyfriend was such a goof.

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The couple crept through the brush by one of the buildings. Their training allowing them to move about without making any noise and it was only a few moments until they had found one of the two remaining players. It seemed as if both of them had lost their team mates along the way so it seemed like the two of them would be easy pickings.

Kurt tapped his girlfriends arm and pointed. Kitty looked down his arm and spotted their query. Jeff was crouched behind a small bush in front of a small rock formation.

"Perfect," she whispered with a grin. "Okay, Fuzzy, you got Shaitan, let me get this one."

Kurt smirked and nodded as she began to tell him her plan.

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Jeff watched the paths in front of him intently. Ever since his partner had been shot, he'd been hiding, hoping to be able to ambush any other players before they got him. It had been a good 10 minutes of crouching and his legs were getting sore but he had refused to move. Finally though, it seemed his patience was going to pay off.

Kurt had just stepped into view. He had both of his pistols readied and was cautiously scanning the area. Jeff crouched lower as he prepared to attack. He'd have to time it just right if he didn't want to be shot.

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Kitty breathed shallowly as she slunk through the bushes to the small rock pile behind Jeff. Her plan was a bit risky, but she figured it wouldn't be a problem for two former x-men. She reached the back of the rock formation and began climbing. Right about now, Kurt should be revealing himself to Jeff and focusing all his attention on her boyfriend

A few seconds later, Kitty was positioned right above Jeff's unsuspecting head. She smiled with the grin she had learned from Kurt and pulled her trigger. Jeff jumped and spun around as her dart hit him in the back.

He glanced up and swore as Kitty waved merrily to him from her position and Kurt gave up the pretence of being unaware. He joined them and smirked up at Kitty.

"You enjoy zat Liebchen?" he asked.

"You betcha!" Kitty said as she stood up and began climbing down. She had just grabbed hold of an outcrop and was lowering her body when it happened.

Suddenly her contact with the rock vanished as her hand hold disconnected itself from the wall. She opened her mouth to shout only to have the air knocked out of her as her back impacted with the ground a flash of pain shot through her right arm.

"Keety!"

She gasped as air flowed back into her lung. She laid there dazed as Kurt and Jeff ran over to her.

"My god, Keety, are you alright?" her boyfriend asked her worriedly as he helped her into a sitting position.

"Kurt, I'm –ow!" she grabbed her arm as a bolt of pain flew through her. She slowly brought her hand away and examined her arm. She had a large, narrow gash from about half way down her forearm to her elbow.

"Well, at least it doesn't look broken," she said trying to brush it off.

"Katzchen…" Kurt began warningly.

"We should be getting back to the game. Kurt help me up," She said, trying to pretend she didn't know what was coming.

Kurt leaned down and lifted her up but he held on when she tried to move away. "Keety, ze only place you are going ees back to ze rooms to get your arm bandaged up."

"But Kurt," she said, trying to act as pathetic and cute as possible. She didn't want to stop the game, they were winning!

"I'm sorry liebchen, but you know ze drill. Herr Logan would kill me eef anyzing happened to his beloved Half-Pint. Besides, vhat vould you do eef eet got infected."

"Fine!" said Kitty pissed, as she turned away from her love. She knew as soon as she saw the injury that Kurt would want to patch her up. She was actually surprised that he was taking so long but then she remembered their audience.

"Sorry bout that Jeff, it seem like we will be retiring early. Go find the last survivor and let them know that they win by default. We'll hang out with you guys later," she said to the boy.

"You sure you're okay?" he asked worriedly. He glanced between the couple worriedly.

"Yep, I've gotten much worse before," she replied, glancing down at her arm and then shooting Kurt a glare.

"Okay… well, please get patched up, everyone will be worried about you," he said as he began walking off.

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The couple entered Kurt's room and Kurt grabbed the first aid kit while Kitty sat on his bed with a huff. The blue mutant had deactivated his image inducer as soon as had entered the room and began using his tail to unroll the bandages while his hands began cleaning Kitty's wound.

Kitty flinched as he wiped her arm with the disinfectant. Dang that stung! Why couldn't he be more careful? She refused to make eye contact with him, wanting to make her displeasure very, very clear.

"Zere, all done, mein Engel," said Kurt as he began to pack up the medical supplies.

"Finally," snapped Kitty. She saw Kurt flinch out of the corner of her eyes and immediately felt bad about her outburst.

"I…I'm sorry Katzchen. I just vas vorried about you," he said, his ears wilting sadly.

Kitty sighed as her anger dissipated. Why did he have to be so damn adorable? "I know Kurt, but I wanted to win that game!"

Kurt moved to her side and wrapped his tail around her waist. "Katzchen, zere will be plenty of opportunities een ze future. Ve vill vin next time."

"We better," said Kitty, still a little miffed.

The two sat there quietly for several minutes when Kitty realized something. She was alone, with Kurt, and the situation wouldn't change for quite some time.

She smirked

"Hey Kurt. I just thought of something way better than winning that game," she began.

"Vhats zat, lie-" The pour blue elf was cut off as his girlfriend's lips found his own. He started for a moment but soon was returning her kiss passionately.

Kitty moaned softly as his tongue danced with hers. She wouldn't have thought it was possible in the beginning of the relationship, but Kurt had definitely improved his techniques. She didn't used to have to fight to avoid turning into a puddle in his arms. At least not until his other limbs entered into the mix. She shivered as she felt his tail start to caress her leg. She was of course wearing some short shorts and so his tail was caressing a lot more than normal.

Eventually, Kurt broke the kiss and Kitty stared at him panting for breath, her eyes slightly glazed. He smirked at as he leaned close and began whispering in her ear.

"You know Katzchen; you've been tormenting me quite a beet lately. I zink eets time I return ze favour," he said.

Kitty eeped as he pushed her on to her back. She stared up at him as he hovered above her. She didn't know what switch she had flipped and she was a little nervous to find out what he had in store for her.

He leaned down and began to lap at her neck eliciting another moan. She could feel him smirking against her neck as his hands and tail went back to caressing her. His fangs grazed her skin and she hissed softly.

Kurt chuckled before his tongue found her lips, requesting entry. She happily complied, knowing that the rest of the evening would only get better.

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Next Time: Classes Start!