Don't Close Your Eyes In the Dark
Chapter 6
Kami moved fast on his way to the mansion, meeting three rather weak and unimportant mutants whose lives he has no concern for, he was almost certain that the X-Men weren't inherantly killers, as they never even pursured him after his escape and wouldn't have if he didn't have two of their own and he intends to tell Xavier exactly his past with Kurt and Rogue and why they remember specifically him as a very crude, cruel and relentless tormentor.
Kami moved fast through the trees fast, surrounded by 30 or more mutants that has chosen to serve him and kill the X-Men, he smiled to himself as he pulled out a picture of Bane holding two children, the girl looked normal but the boy had grey eyes, blue skin and a short spade tipped tail sticking out of his rear "What a coincidence you two survived my attempt to kill you...but how long can that last?" He asked himself as he smiled sadistically.
Tom Draco watched him carefully from behind as he managed to see the picture as he came upon Kami "Hey Ghoul, who do I get to kill first?"
"You seem worried...you'll get your taste of the bloodshed as long as things go as planned" Kami said "there's also two I'd personally like to see dead as soon as possible"
"No one escapes then...?" Yumi asks as Kami snarled "What do you think?"
"One of their own is under my power as well, he is not to be harmed as long as he does as he's told" Kami smiled demonically as he raised his arms and spoke to everyone "Let's go say hi, shall we?!"
Everyone cheered as their attack was ready to begin as soon as the mansion was in sight, they were still far enough not to be sensed by Bane's former Ghoul comrades as well as the mutants.
Kami raised a hand, stopping everyone including himself in their tracks as he looked at the sky 'I sense some bad juju ready to come our way...'
Back in the mansion, Beast was in his lab taking blood from Temujin as well as the other Ghouls to test, after all, there were some powerful and dangerous Ghouls among their enemies as well...that was when his head started pounding like something was being drilled through his skull as Kami tried taking control of him
Hank had all the Ghouls in his lab and was now drawing blood from the last one, Taeger but seemed hesitant for a minute as Taeger had his arm out as instructed
"Is there a problem why you're not taking my blood, doc?" Taeger asks "I have no fear of needles, I don't particularly love them either though"
"That's not it..." Hank massaged his temples "my vision's blurry, that's all"
Kakuzu and Yang stood behind him and shared look of caution as Temujin looked alarmed for some reason...which only seemed to happen when his father was around but it seemed unlikely that he was the target this time as Kami is unaware that he in the mansion, for now.
There was a light knock on the door as Logan went to the door "Why do I get the feeling we're being watched...?" He asked Scott who shrugged "Well, we are dealing with a group of psychotic killers and...maneaters who want humanity and mutantkind as their crazy test subjects" he glanced at the Ghouls while saying this, noticing how on edge even they seemed about something
"That makes me think what we're in for if we fail...humans, mutants and maybe even Ghouls will be in huge trouble" Logan said "might as well be the end of the world"
Logan opened the door and to his surprise, Kami stood there as he invited himself in and looked around, ready to show them that he was well acquainted with not only Logan and Victor, but Xavier and Magneto as well...both have fought to convince him to join them and not join the other.
Logan opened the door to see Kami standing there, much to everyone's horror as Logan slashed at him with his claws to find that it went right through his body "I've been meaning to get even with you for what you did to Rogue and Kurt!"
'Zabieru-sama, anata wa watashi ni anata no kao o misetekudasai... Anata ga sukidenai kagiri, anata o makotoni shinjiru hito ni anata no hontō no kao o misete kudasai. Watashi wa sono yarikata no ayamari o mite machigatte wa ikemasen. Jibun jishin o kangaete' (Xavier-sama, how about you show your face to me...unless you prefer I show your true face to those who trusted you the most, something I won't make the mistake of doing again having seen the error of that way of thinking myself) Kami said ordering Xavier to come out 'Watashi wa anata to issho ni watashi no kemono o tsurete iku koto o konomudarou... Watashi wa anata jishin no jigoku ni sugu ni anata o okurudarou, watashi ga ki ni shite iru subete no dai teitaku o motarasu, watashi wa kāten ga taore, , shinjiru dake de, anata' (I would prefer you brought my beast with you...I'll be sending you to your own hell soon enough, bring the whole mansion for all I care, I want to see their eyes when the curtains fall and they no long can stomach, let alone trust, you)
Suddenly, Kami felt a familiar sensation that made him shiver with even more anticipation as Tsume appeared behind him, binding him in her shadows as she glared at him with burning hatred that even scared some of the X-Men and Spyke came out and shot spikes at Kami, who caught one and deflected all the rest with it without looking "Tsume-chan, where have you been hiding from me, sweetheart, your bothersome shadows have no effect on me when I hold a part of Bane's soul within me or have you forgotten?"
"Why are you here?" Xavier came out with Temujin as Kami stared at his son "Is this man really your son?"
"Of course he's mine and I want to kill him...his name is Kurosaki, is it not?" Kami said with a look on his face as if it wasn't obvious "I couldn't care less though as nothing so weak could ever call itself my legitamate son"
"Die...you monster" Temujin broke his silence as Xavier added "He's your father...killing him isn't going to solve or change anything"
"It won't, but it's a start" Temujin glared at Xavier as he burst into a red flame-like aura as he appeared before Kami and rammed his arm through his chest and out the other side with no blood "Come in here so I can show you the real strength of the Kurosaki Clan" regardless of the proof that he had that most of the still known living members of his Clan other than himself were evil, he still had pride in where he descended from
"Ha, the Kurosaki Clan is no more...and you're only a half-Kurosaki, the other half rubbish" Kami smiled as he disappeared with "I've brought some friends for you to play with, now that I know you're here, Temujin-san"
Temujin went outside to see the real Kami outside with Michael's former captives who he freed and even shared some of his magic with, making them serve him completely and enhancing their mutations to an astounding level "He's mine..." Temujin said with equal coldness to his father as tears came to his eyes as Taeger and Scar came to his side, Scar replying "You mean ours, no one will stand the way of my revenge for what he did to me while he was still Ghoul Lord, not even his own son"
"Aw, that's such an honor..." Temujin said, dripping with sarcasm but still seemingly admiring a vet from the Binge War and his brother's former master/sensei before charging at Kami head on "Handle the small fries and call me if you need me"
"That's why I hate him, he has too much of his father's nerve and a big mouth that I'm still tempted to put my foot in" Taeger growled to Scar who smiled to the young Ghoul "Temujin of the Red Flames, huh?...he's quite a powerful kid, not only is he part mutant but he's also a member of two Elite Clans and might make a better Ghoul Lord than his father or even grandfather before him"
"I won't allow another Kurosaki to be Ghoul Lord...not after..." Yang said with a pang of sadness recalling what Kami did to his own people and more so to him personally as he faced X-23 then Anakondrai and Jason X with a look that echoed fear through them "besides...I feel I must defend miss X-23's honor as a woman"
"Honor...there's no such thing as that these days" Jason X smiles evilly but stopped at the cold glare Yang was giving him "besides, I wouldn't know unless it pays more than making her my personal prostitute"
"Hehehe..." Yang began chuckling suddenly as he stared at that dog "If there's one thing, one thing I just can't stand with both Ghouls and Humans is a man laying hands on a younger woman!" He created a vortex of wind as it clashed with Jason's causing small but dangerous sparks of electricity
"I wonder what your newest employer, Darkstone-san, will think of you playing with his toys, Kami" Taeger floated into the air, meeting Storm and Reiv "Black Lightning trumps a Black Flame, Kurosaki"
Kami smiles looking up at him while contending with his son 'Sōdesu ka?' (Is that so?) He felt his old former friend was holding out on him 'Soretomo anata no hokori de, watashi ga anata jishin no Reien no naka de anata o hakai suru no o mitakunai nodesu ka?' (Or is it your pride that doesn't want you to see me destroy you with your own Cold Flame?)
Taeger scowled at the thought 'He's right...but he knows as well as I do what no one can redirect my Reien without suffering the consequences, himself being no exception' he smiled as he looked up at the sky at the lightning bubbling in the clouds and then to Storm and Reiv who seemed to be thinking the same thing he was
Storm summons the Lightning at the same time as Taeger's Black Lightning, which now had bright blue lightning swirling around the black, powering it up even further as he swung his arm down to strike Kami down "Thanks for the boost!"
The strike hit it's mark, hitting Kami square in the chest as it even almost hit Temujin, who felt that was purposely done by Taeger "Hey, watch where ya aim that, datte, you almost hit me!"
Taeger's glowing eyes snapped at him as he smiled "That was the point...kill two Kurosaki's with one bolt" Taeger said with no sense of remorse "better get used to it, kid...killing is very strong in your blood and you can't let the call go unanswered forever and I don't remember making any promise not to kill you in a heartbeat...six more times should do!" He indeed struck Kami full of electricity six more times with more force each time as Temujin stood there in tears, his rage was getting at it's boiling point and he'd make Taeger pay for those words, now that he fully intended to kill him as well as take his well deserved vengeance from him
Reiv watches Temujin as Taeger's barrage ended "What a poor, puzzling child...being born to such an evil parent" Storm looked at him in silence, she felt sorry for Temujin as well as he basically grew up without a father and Tsume had no plans of letting Yang, who is making up for past mistakes with Bane, be the proper father the young man deserved
"At least he's beginning to feel close to Kurt and Rogue as well as the rest of us" Storm said "...something they all need" Reiv nodded in agreement as all he said was "Indeed...shouldn't Cross be out here?"
As if on cue, everyone heard a roar come from inside the mansion as Cross was thrown across the room presumably and out through the door, he was covered in claw marks as if Sabretooth had attacked him before Beast walked out dragging a kicking and screaming Kurt and Rogue.
"Cross, stop lollygagging!" Reiv said as he struggled to his feet "I'm fine...but the young ones are my concern right now" he looked at Kami as Logan snarled "McCoy!...damn it" but he made no response as he bowed to Kami who petted him like a wild animal, which he seemed to like now
Kami rose to a sitting position and smirked as he pets his new Beast as Kami, not to mention the other X-Men, frowned as Jean floated out covered in the flame-like cloak of the Pheonix Force 'Dono yōna omoshiroi ibento no kai.' (What an interesting turn of events.)
Jean had some semblance of control now of the Phoenix, at least to the point that she can manipulate the entity's bestowed powers at will without completely losing what remained of her mind.
Kami was well aware that this power existed within Jean although never revealing it to Michael...she was among the most powerful, if not the most powerful mutant alive, after all as he scowled and rose to his feet, Taeger's last attack did a number on him and it was surprising to even him that he could get to his feet...barely for who knows how long as although the entity wasn't magical in nature, Kami had a feeling some of it's abilities were and he was uncertain of it's true existence for sure until right now...either way he'd love to test himself against such a malevolent being
"I think I should have taken you up on the offer to join you, Charles...you just weren't persistant enough and forget about being perauasive" Kami raised one hand and mentally warned his followers to get out of his way if they valued their own lives, summoning a shuriken of black flames "now, do this world a favor and die already" he sent the Shuriken directly at Charles but something got in the way, his son Temujin as he created a shield with his own flames and Kami was tempted to look at the ground for an out of place shadow but remembered he may share blood with his brother but not the same power as Bane or his mother of Shadow Manipulation
"Let's get one thing straight, father...I am going to become the Ghoul Lord and I won't be anything like you!" Temujin opened an unstable portal under Kami's feet while he was distracted "I won't let you or anyone stop me either"
The portal went purposely unstable and explodes in flames under Kami's feet, but it missed at the last millisecond each time as Kami, while mid-air throws three daggers at Temujin's face as he looked to see part of his clothes was burnt "This flame has properties of both the flame he summoned before and my own Amaterasu...but how?"
Riev got in the way and deflected the dagger as he growled "face redemption, Ghoul and maybe your soul will be freed from this darkness"
"I was going to leave but you just pissed me off, old man" Kami charged "My irredeemable soul can never be freed from the darkness by the likes of you...I'll send yours there though!"
"You bested me in our last fight...this is different" Reiv attacks just as fast as Kami, showing his true hatred for people who liked manipulated others to meet their own ends "You're first...then Darkstone's next!"
Scott attempted to hit Kami from the side but he wasn't holding back, throwing a dagger at his face without looking and scratching his cheek with enough speed to crack his sunglasses as well as he growled "What the-?"
He also needed to disable Jean as he snarled and raised his hand "Kneel" as he used his mastery of Dark Magic to squeeze her windpipe and drop her to her knees as he met Reiv's staff with a pair of Shivs
Suddenly Kami was thrown back by a blast of Ice from Iceman that froze him in place temporarily as he wiped his brow "Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?" Kami broke free and sent a blast of flame at him before he could enjoy his joke though
"It might get a lot hotter now!" An infuriated Kami warned tossing a flame his way before turning to leave as Logan jumped at him "Who do you work for, if not for Michael Darkstone?"
"I have all I need...I think I'll have Michael think he has me under his thumb for now" Kami explains "then when he has the world, I'll kill him and take for myself"
"Monsters like you shouldn't be allowed to exist..." Storm said as Kami looked at her then Charles "At least I'm the monster you see coming, it's the ones like Xavier-sama you should be more wary of...you never see them coming until it's already too late"
Kami disappeared by manipulating smoke to block the X-Men's vision, freeing those he froze with Dark Magic and Jean before he killed her but taking Beast with him. The X-Men were left puzzled, with even more questions than answers now
The X-Men were sad as were the Ghouls, but Temujin Kurosaki was furious and he usually trained himself to the bone for two days or more straight as either punishment or a way to let go of his anger
Temujin went to his father figure, his step-dad Yang who didn't look any happier than he did and got on his knees "Please, train with me..."
Yang switched with Yin and grabbed him by his hair, pulling him to his feet "Never bow to me again...we're family"
"Does that mean you'll train with me for three who days straight?" Temujin smiled as Yin shrugged "Why not?"
"I'll join you" Kakuzu said bluntly, sending a chill up Temujin's spine "No holding back, Temu...you've still yet to truly impress me" and that was true as Temujin has shown interest in learning the trade of a Bounty Hunter but not becoming one himself
Temujin nodded and would soon wish he hadn't agreed to it as the three disappeared using Yin's Wind Magic
Logan was livid concerning what Kami said about the man he put his trust in...the man who saved him from himself "We need to keep a meeting..."
"Yes, we must keep a faculty meeting" Charles himself agreed as Logan clenched his fist, Kami was going to regret it if they crossed paths again as he replied clearly "No, a family meeting with every mutant you've ever laid eyes on...I want to be sure that this Kami guy isn't lying but for your sake, he'd better be"
"Logan..." Storm whispered to herself knowing that only he and all the Ghouls heard her as she was worried that this would cause the disbandment of the X-Men when the world needed them the most.
Logan turned and walked inside, he hadn't said a word to anyone and seemed like he was about to even break down as Charles got out of his way and dared not touch him as he spoke to no one and no one spoke to him as he went to his room.
Elsewhere, Kami had made it to a forest, far from the mansion but it was still partially visible, when he felt someone was watching him...
Kami was alone, from where he was he could barely see the top of the X-Mansion as he smiled evilly "My job is never over...I wish I could see the look of dread on their faces right now..."
He turned to leave but stopped again when he not only felt a presence that seems to have been hidden the whole time, but also that he was being watched.
He spun around and slashed at something with his Shivs "Come out, I have no patience with this game" he swore he'd barely touched someone or something just now
"I'm going to make you believe in God, Demon" a ghostly presence said behind him as Kami growled "Tough luck, I don't believe in Gods any more than I do Ghosts"
"Wanna bet?" The voice said as Kami threw the Shiv at the voice but it stopped mid-air as an old man appeared "If it isn't the Angel killer himself...Kami Kurosaki, a pleasure doing business with you"
The man, Walter Secastros wore robes and his eyes were narrowed to slits and he had a smile like a hungry snake looking at it's next meal as he stopped the dagger with two fingers.
Kami didn't trust him yet "What do you want from me, Elder...?" He asked as Secastros frowned "Shall we dance?"
Kami attacks with a nod punching and kicking at the old man but unable to lay a finger on him as he said casually "I see you've been bested by one of my old accolytes, Riev...Is Seraph still as foolish and manipulatable as ever...for a God, that is?" He chuckled a bit at the God part, it was a seed he planted in Seraph's mind since the last time they met on good terms as he chuckled.
'Watashi wa me ga mienai hito wa dare mo shinjite inaiga, serafu wa masani kare ga iu yō ni... Hotondo no hito wa saikindesu' (I trust no one whose eyes I can't see, but Seraph is exactly as you say he is...most people are these days) Kami said with a kick that pushed Secastros back even though he blocked it.
"My my, we're a little aggressive, aren't we?" Secastros mocked "I know all about you and I must say you haven't failed to impress me yet, little specimen" he opened his eyes slightly to show his nightmarishly black scera and stunning silver eyes as Kami gasped a bit
Walt has been kidnapping children and adult Ghouls for some time, which meant he'd heard of Kami's fall from grace when he was banished many years earlier, he was also very envious of Ghouls in general and is very sadistic despite his calm, nonchalant appearance.
He wanted the famed Ghoul Eye, the Kakugan, but normally that is only obtained when a human is bitten by a Ghoul and becomes one themself, he knew that it wasn't an option for him as he was a mutant, the only way the bite won't kill him is if his X-Gene hadn't surfaced yet.
His need for those eyes only grew though as he'd failed a successful transplant of the eyes many times before succeeding, he may never open his eyes for long periods because the eyes were in a constant release state, activating as soon as his eyes were open and causing him unimaginable pain as his body has yet to adjust to it
"That's a Kakugan..." Kami was stunned, humans cannot handle the strain of using these eyes like a Ghoul "Touch another Ghoul and I'll make you suffer"
"Save your empty threats...I no longer have the need to hunt your kind" he opened one eye and that was enough to give him an extra evil personality "with the blood of a member of the main family of one of the most powerful and peaceful but sadistic if need be Ghoul Clans standing right before me, I won't need to...I am going to take your blood and your eyes though...all of it, but for now we'll stay on the same side, I almost thought I'd have to step in when these X-Men cornered you, no one takes those eyes or your life but me"
"Heh, I could say the same for you...abilities like yours aren't meant for mortals" Kami retorts as they left, both thinking of how to get the other killed.
"You should go meet my apprentice...he'll need your help much more than I would" Kami said as Secastros smirked "You're not even going to worry about if I may wish to harvest his organs and such?"
"Try it, if you dare and I'll enjoy boiling the blood in your veins..." Kami said without even the slightest bit of remorse "Bane is a force to be reckoned with though...I'm surprised he hasn't broken free of my control yet"
Secastros smiled, he'd got what he was seeking now to put Kami in an early, permanent grave as he used his magic to disappear and teleport away.
Back with the captive X-Men, Berserker had thought he'd shocked Bane to the point of death as he was crouched over in pain but it was only because of the inner battle he'd begun with Kami...
Fenrir was pushed back by Armor and once he saw her, he snapped as he made the extra attempt to not only get to Wolfsbane but to silence her once and for all "Well what do we have here?"
Fenrir began walking towards the two as Armor snarled "Stay back" but he even returned to his human form and gave her a full dose of his pure desire to kill her through eye contact
Armor began attacking wildly while Fenrir kept her locked in his dark gaze and side stepped her every attempt to keep him at bay until she grabbed Wolfsbane and flew into the air seconds before the Ghoul pounced
"You're never leaving here..." Fenrir said, then he jumps into the air faster than Armor was flying and knocked Wolfsbane aside before grounding and pinning Armor.
He then tried to bite her but bit her armor instead and wasn't giving up as Wolfsbane was knocked out by his strength growing due to his anger at both of them
Elsewhere, Bane was fighting for his own mind at the moment as Kami wasn't around to force any control over him, this made the X-Men think he'd turn to their side but that was as far from true as they could get...
Bane's aggression was growing for some reason, Kami had him buried in his own hatred to the point where it was all he had as he caught Multiple and was ready to kill him when something in him began fighting causing him to hold his head in pain.
Bane, despite his forced loyalty to Kami Kurosaki, was trained very harshly even by Ghoul terms and his memories of his former life was erased only to return again as Berserker saw his chance "Multiple, get out of there!" As he unleashed as much of his power into Bane as he could on the Ghoul
"Aah!" Berserker lets out all his power on Bane, knowing that if they had any chance of beating these people or escaping with their lives the needn't hold back
Bane floated in the air for a moment as he was filled with more than enough energy to fry a human but almost enough to fry a Ghoul as Multiple grabbed him and fled
"That was awesome, man...you almost killed yourself!" Multiple cheered as Berserker glanced at Bane laying face down in the dirt "I think I killed him..." but Bane proved him wrong as he moved weakly and made eye contact with him as he muttered 'Anata wa watashi o korosanakereba naranakatta... Ima, watashi wa kesshite anata ga darenimo sore o suru koto o yurusanaidarou' (You should have killed me...cause now I'll never allow you to do that to anyone again)
"How the hell is he still alive, let alone standing at all after THAT?" Multiple looked back at Bane already weakly getting to his feet and using Wind Magic to pull the now unconscious Berzerker away from from Multiple and to him
Multiple tried to run away when Walter Secastros appeared before him via teleportation and drew his face close to his, he has been able to reppress the urges to eat people due to his physiological change from transplanting his failing organs with those of different Ghouls
"What a bad boy, back to your cell...NOW" Secastros snarled as he opened one eye slightly as it gave a glow that Berserker couldn't tell it's color before raising him in the air with his staff and doing it for him once he passed out from exhaustion
Armor escaped the facility by the skin of her teeth thanks to an enraged Fenrir but sadly the others were ready to be put back into their cells...including Kitty, although she persuaded Yoru to leave. Outside, the two met...
"My friends...I can't leave them there!" Armor wanted to run back and help them but Yoru put his sword in her way "Stop...go back in there and the Ghoul among them with not hesitate to kill you, if they don't have worse things in mind"
Yoru looked torn as well, he didn't want to leave Kitty or his new friends to their fate but he wasn't going to waste the life she saved either "We should go...do you know anyone that could come get us out of here?"
"The X-Men...Logan" she wiped her eyes, but Yoru was right and she felt it was about time she returned home as she followed Yoru into the darkness of the surrounding forest
She notices his arm was severely broken in three places but he seemed unbothered by it "Your arm..."
He looked at her as they came to a river "yeah, I know" before he began pushing the bones back into place with painful cracks and barely a sound from him as Hisoka hid her face and he smiled "You're too squeamish, girl...this isn't the first time I've broken bones, you got a name?"
"Hisoka Ichiki...you can call me Armor" Armor said with a blush as Yoru rolled his eyes "Yoru...what is it with you mutants and codenames?" He asked himself the last part
"Drink the water...it's clean and they won't leave us be forever, we'll both need it" he offered her water as he spied around, feeling like they were going to be attacked again at any second, then moved her hair out of her face and she was shy "I won't bite, Hisoka-chan...where do we contact these friends of yours to get out of here?"
"A simple phone call" she perked up a but as Yoru strapped his sword to his back and stared at her coldly "Don't be dumb, they could track it and this place is a dead zone...you may not even get a signal"
"Communicator, not cell phone" she pouted as Yoru warned "not here though..." he let her on his back as he jumped through the trees.
With the Accolytes, they were getting ready to leave for Michael's prison (which they don't know is a prison), but Remy was a bit bothered and frankly worried that he may cross paths with Kami again and everyone but Magneto could see it.
Remy was in his room all day, getting no sleep since crossing paths with Kami and Bane in the Xavier Institute when he supposedly killed Beast, one of the strongest non-telepath mutants he knew besides Sabretooth and Juggernaut. Just the eye contact he made with Kami, somehow instinctively knowing that the Kurosaki Clan member had no qualms killing friend or foe had him on edge
He also remembered the name he was called by mistake by the former Ghoul Lord as he perked up and repeated it "Who the hell could J'onn be?" He must look like Remy to confuse the like of Kami that easily as he decides to look up the name with his title, Lebeau at the end and look up all he can on Ghouls.
He managed to open a restricted but too easy to hack page on Ghouls, Ghoul families/Clans and notable Ghouls...even teaches how to identify a Ghoul from a human or another mutant before Toad pops in at the wrong time
"Hey, Remy...I need your help, man" Toad was bouncing up and down like he wanted to pee as Remy pointed at the toilet with a glare "You're dead if you piss on my bedroom floor, mon ami" he hissed
"What?" Toad was confused but dismissed it and got to the point "Looks like Wanda's joinin' us and you promised to help me get a date with her"
"Toad, you smell like a sewer rat...she despises most of us and Magneto is her father...who will slaughter us both if he hears about this, what can I say to persuade her to date you?" Remy said as Toad looked down replying with nothing else to say "Well..."
Remy had opened up the secret page on the mysterious J'onn and scanned the page without paying any attention to any of the pictures as Toad looked at them over his shoulder "Hey, is that yer brother or somethin'?"
Remy shook him head as Toad compared their faces "Woah, talk about lookin' in a mirror...this fella looks just like you, just a bit older"
"You're a genius...I'll help you with Wanda as soon as I can, but we need to help Kurt and Rogue before they're killed by a psychopath" Remy hugged Toad and left to join the others
"What am I, a sewer rat or a genius?" Toad scratched his head in confusion as he saw something Remy was too excited to see that scared him more than it should, J'onn attacking and eating humans with a much younger Kami with him who seemed harmless compared to who he is now "Oh, crap...Remy!" He needed to stop Remy from meeting this J'onn person through the one person that ever mentioned the name to begin with, the manipulative man eating psychopath with a particular grudge against Remy who has no recollection of meeting him prior to their first accidental encounter at Xavier's mansion, Kami Kurosaki.
Remy wants to meet J'onn, now that he know this man exists and that the look almost exactly like each other and are, to some extent, very close relatives to one another. Elsewhere, Temujin has been brought to a special forest to train. Yang is quite amazed by it, captivated even but Kakuzu has been here before...with Kami, which most likely means that they won't be able to hide even here from him. Where exactly here really is, not even Kakuzu is quite sure but it's one of the many places literally untouched by humans mainly because it's never been in the same place everytime Temujin or Kakuzu comes here and because only a selct few are allowed to even enter in cluding Ghouls and countless other creatures and probably Mutants too since Temujin's here...
'Totemo utsukushī...' (So beautiful...) Yang says as they felt the strong magic in this floating forest as the floated on a wooden platform and Yang looked around asTemujin and Kakuzu faced each other, ready to test their mettle and each other's skills 'Koko wa nan to iu bashodesu ka?' (What's the name of this place?)
"I don't know, Yang" Kakuzu said grumpily "Can we get to what we came here to do now?"
Temujin decides to attack Kakuzu when he least expects it and punches him in the face, but Temujin being the youngest of the three and Kakuzu being the oldest and strongest...his bones were like punching a wall made of pure Adamantium as Kakuzu faced him and blocked a kick to the face "Come on, you can do better than that now, Kurosaki-san!" He used one hand to push Temujin without trying, almost knocking him over the edge "Don't take this lightly, boy...I won't forgive you if you hold back on me"
"Logan seemed a bit...bothered by what Kami said, don't you think Kaku-san?" Yang asked as Kakuzu growled "What did I say about that nickname, Hiachi?"
"Yeah, he did but that's none of our concern now" Kakuzu said "Am I the only one who actually came here to train and not talk?" He shot a blast of flame at Yang, who dodged as he was kicked in the ribs by Temujin.
"That's what I'm talkin' about, kid" Kakuzu cheered as he saw a change in Temujin as Yang joined in and attacked them both "So, are you gonna ask that Rogue kid out or do I have to do it for ya?"
"What?!" Temujin began blushing "I never said I liked Rogue...did you see how distraught Logan looked after what my dad said?"
"I've never heard of a Kurosaki liking redheads, so it can't be Jeannie and I just hope Chibi-san doesn't do anything he'd come to regret" Kakuzu shrugged and laughed "Temujin, your face looks like an apple now...does that mean I'm wrong?" He tilted his head
"I've heard this place was known as the Dreamers Forest...a place that makes nightmares a reality" Temujin said "Humans aren't allowed here because their nightmares can materialize but Ghouls don't necessarily sleep to have and dreams or nightmares"
"Very insightful, Temujin" Kakuzu raised an eyebrow as Yang was very proud and even smiled "Maybe my master is never truly gone...he lives on in you"
A/N - Kakuzu, Temujin and Yang go off to train, while the X-Men are rather distraught about Kami's revelation that he was first approached by Xavier when he first started the X-Men, will this change the way the X-Men think of Xavier? What will Logan do in his anger, having taken Kami's words to heart?
Later that night...Logan sat up on his bed restless as tears came to his eyes, he barely slept thinking of what he was going to do to Kurosaki Kami when he saw him again and he WILL see him again.
Logan sat up on his bed, right now the thoughts going through his mind were beginning to even scare him as he looked at his different Wolverine costumes laying in the wardrobe and reached for his Yellow and Blue Classic costume but stopped short "No...this was personal, Logan has to do this, not Wolverine" he looked at the door, every other mutant and telepath were asleep at this hour and although the Ghouls didn't have that luxary, three of them were gone and he knew why while the others were scattered about the mansion, this was good as he knew the school grounds like the back of his hand as he went to the window dressed in an old assassin's outfit he found from his days in Japan "Laura...forgive me" before jumping out the window soundlessly and leaving without triggering the security system he designed.
"You mutants never fail to amuse me..." Ryujin watched Logan as he walked behind a tree and disappeared
A/N - What is Logan planning to do as he begins tracking Kami's feint trail and what will the X-Men do once the notice he's gone the next day? Find out next chapter!