Hey readers sorry I took so long to write this chapter. I wasn't sure how to end this story and there was a part of me that really didn't want to. But all good things must come to an End, so here is the last chapter Enjoy and review! I am so proud of myself and thank you all for making this story even better if all your great insight. I hope that all my other stories get this much attention and achievement! Thank You

Out With the Old

Mai's POV

I had Pietro walk me up to my bedroom. I saw Logan follow and knew I would have to tell them both everything, and then repeat it again to the others. I hoped very much that my grandmother was explaining the story to everyone downstairs so I didn't have to say things twice. I also knew that a much need apologia was to be said to Pietro. I sat down on my bed, sleep would have to wait.

"Is it all ok? Nothing happened to any of you during the journey?" I asked Pietro.

He smiled and shook his head.

"Good ,good." I took a long breath, and made sure I was comfortable, "So where do you want me to start?"

Logan's POV

I watched Mai closely, there was a part of me that really wanted to know what went on when she was alone in the past. Not only had she been in there for a little after the others got out, she also had a whole week before in the institute alone. But the other part of me saw that Miyu massively need some rest, but I guess she wanted everything out of the way so she could relax knowing its all over.

"Lets start from the beginning. What happened when you first went into the coma" I asked.

Mai looked up and me and Quicksilver and breathed out a long sigh. I leaned against the wall and Quicksilver sat down on the bed next to Mai, but he made sure not to crowd her. Then she began.

"It was confusing. I remember the anger I felt and the need to run after you, Pietro. Then I felt something, something inside me was bursting. I tried controlling it, but I knew it was no use. That's when I felt Xavier, I let him in and he helped me calm down. But then I relaxed to much, and that's when I passed out. Just before I got lost completely, I felt the emotions of worry and courage. I didn't know it was my grandmother for sure until I came out of the past. But during the trip I suspected it. There were times when I would fade in and out, and I could sense her again, and I recognized the powers. She had sent me to the past before to teach me a lesson when I was little" Mai said.

She took a long breath and we waited. Then she told us about what she saw when she was alone.

"I came back to the past to when I was little, but I was out of the orphanage for a few years. I was living on the streets and I used my abilities to light up a street lamp one time so I could see. I didn't know it back then, but Striker's men had seen me use my powers and reported back to Striker himself. He took an interest in, and soon began to watch me very closely. He saw me grow and began to learn about my empath power as well. One night I got attacked by a bunch of punks, and I couldn't hold them back, that's when Striker and his men stepped in. They saved me from the men then took me, and patched me up. At first I tried to run off right away, and I figured they would come after me, but no on did. I met Striker outside the house he brought me to. He told me that I was allowed to leave whenever I pleased, but I was also told that he would give me a comfortable place to stay. After getting a tour of the area and understanding everything, I accepted his deal. He made me trust him, and told me that he would help me harness my powers. So he did."

I stopped her there. I could see the story was taking a strain on her body.

"Hey go grab her a glass of water" I told Quicksilver.

He looked at me then at Mai, then rushed out of the room, and was back in a flash.

"Thank you" Mai said when he handed her the water.

She took a few sips then switched positions well Quicksilver and I got comfortable again. Then she started for the last time.

Mai's POV

I told them how Striker trained me.

"He helped me understand what my powers where and let me practice things out on his men and other equipment. After a month he let me out into the world. He told me that I could go where ever I pleased, but he advised that he or a couple of his men went with me just in case. It was normal at first, like I had bodyguards. Then I found one of us. A mutant with the power to control the earth. It was so beautiful, he could make flowers bloom and trees grow. But when I approached him he ran off. I asked Striker about it, and he made me tell him everything about this earth bender. I found out much later that he had found that boy, and taken him from his family, and experimented on him like he did with many others that I found. I didn't learn about the experiments until after I met Scott. Scott made me angry and I told Striker that so he let me watch his men follow him. I just thought they were observing his powers so I stopped watching after a while. It wasn't till one night a month or so later that I learned the whole truth. I woke up in middle of night and heard screams. I followed them, and found the lab first. I saw all these machines, and other equipment that was covered in blood and other things. Everything was brutal. Then I heard more sounds, and I followed them to a locked room. I use my powers to break the lock, and I found the truth. Every mutant I had ever met was inside cells, locked up and patched up from wounds. It hit me, and I knew that I had to help them, and get us all out. But it was to late. Strikers men found me, and knocked me out. They brought me to striker, and he made used this serum on me."

I took a breather and another gulp of water, then looked up at Logan.

"I guess he had found a way to turn that metal he used on you into a drug that erased memories. He not only used it on me, but all the other as well. Except for Scott. I heard Striker say he was special, that he couldn't risk the damage. Last they tested on me like they had planned to all along. I went through days with no rest from millions of excruciating test. Then when it was all over they erased everything again, and made sure I remembered nothing of them. I guess they took away some other memories away as well by accident. I doubt they cared. Striker through me out into the cold alone when he was finished, and that was the last I saw of him. That was all I saw without Pietro and the others" I finished.

Logan and Pietro took a long time to think. In a way the silence got annoying, but I understood it. My story was a lot to consume.

"I will go talk to the Professor. He'll want to know everything" Logan told me.

He started to walk towards the door, but Pietro stopped him. I saw him whisper something in Logan's ear, then Logan nodded his head and left.

"What did you tell him?" I asked.

"I figured you wouldn't want to repeat yourself, so I asked him to tell everyone what they wanted to know, the whole story. Just gather them all together." Pierto answered.

"Thank you" I said.

Pietro smiled at me and placed one of his hands on mine.

"I'll let you get your sleep" he said.

Pietro's POV

I started to stand up to leave until I felt a pull on my hand. I looked down to see Miyu still hadn't let go of my hand.

"I like you to stay, and there's one more thing I need to say" she said to me.

I nodded my head and sat back down. Miyu started out by saying she was sorry about our fight. The mansion was not her home, not completely anyway. She told me my boarding house was her home as well. I apologized to. I knew my anger got the best of me when I thought she had decided against me. We forgave each other and then she told me her choice. When it was all over I was still a little annoyed, but I understood her actions.

"Its alright. I guess in a way that's better, now we can still both have you" I said.

"I'll make sure I still stay in touch, no way could I be without you or anyone else" Miyu said.

I smiled at her deeply then scooted closer and placed my lips on her forehead.

"As long as your safe and happy, I will be to" I told her.

Then I lowered my lips to hers and we kissed. It felt good, it had been a while and I longed for more. I slipped my bottom lip under hers, and grazed my tongue over her lips. She opened her month slowly, and slowly I touched each inch of the inside of mouth with my tongue. I slipped out even slower then I went in, and then released my lips completely from Miyu's. We were both out of breath then. I started to breath heavily and I heard her sucking in all the air she could as well. When I looked up at Miyu her checks were bright red, and I guessed mine were to. She was able to smile at me and I smiled back. Then I turned around and laid my back against the bed head board. Miyu scooted right next to me and laided her head on my chest then we both feel asleep.

Kitty's POV(inside the library with everyone else)

I saw Logan come in to join the rest of us, and he said that Mai had gone to sleep, and I guessed Pietro stayed with her. After talking to the Professor, Logan told us everything that Mai told him and Pietro upstairs. Then my grandmother, I and Scott told Logan and the Professor the rest that had happened when we were all in the past. After that something dawned on me. How was it that my grandmother had known that Mai was even here, and how she knew that Mai needed help to regain her memories. So I asked how, apparently everyone else was wondering that as well.

"When Mai was younger, just a little before your parents casts us out, I explained to Mai that I and her grandfather wouldn't be around much longer. She became worried, and asked me what she should do if she ever needed my help with anything, including memory relapse. She knew well about my powers. I told her that as long as I was alive she could call out to me with her empath power, and I would hear her. In a way it was like I would be able to feel what she was feeling from miles away just by her thinking about me at the same time. I guess when she realized that she needed help with her memory she called on me, probably a little after she passed out the first time. But I guess she did it when she was alone. Then I came as soon as I could." My grandmother explained.

"She probably did it in the infirmary when we all waiting for her to come out" Logan said.

We all nodded our heads and then the Professor started to ask my grandmother to stay a while. She agreed and soon after that we all went to bed.

Mai's POV

Morning came, I woke up and every part of me felt better. Pietro had stayed with me the whole night, and he was still snoozing when I came back from the bathroom. I snuggled up next to him and woke up a little, then wrapped his arms around me and fell back asleep. I laided down and stared at the ceiling just thinking. In a way yes the institute had become my home but not my only home. I still had to think about it long and hard on how to explain it all, but I knew my place was living on my own. Now no it wouldn't be the same as back then when I was living alone. I had family and friends now, and a boyfriend that I knew cared for me as much as I cared for him. There was no way I could decide between them, and no way I could make them chose either. I still didn't want to be an x-men, not because I didn't belong, but because I simply couldn't really see myself as taking orders, nothing personal to Xavier or his students. I also wasn't a villain. I was something completely different, and in order to stay that way I couldn't ally myself with either side. I would find my own place, maybe Logan would let me take his cabin. Pietro's loft was to big for one person, and still holds painful memories. But I knew that no matter what happened next I would alright. Not only was I happy, but so was everyone else. The issue with Summers had been solved. I even started calling him Scott now. After my grandmother explained everything, and I said my apologizes as did Scott, everything changed. In a weird way its like we had to be enemies first to become friends. I gained his trust and he grew mine. I sat at the table with all of the x-men in lunch at school, until Pietro came and pulled me off. Kitty pouted a little , but it made the rest of the x-men all laugh, and soon Lance pulled Kitty to join us and her smile reappeared. It made me very happy! And all the others were happy as well. I guess you could say it was a happy ending even though I'm not one for those chezzy happy endings. But then nothing is quite over yet, there is still much that needs to be done. As for anything horrible that tries to come along and ruin my life, I say let it come. With all that I've got there is nothing that can stand between me and my loved ones.

The End