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whatevered by Marvel ect.
Author's note: So, I guess people liked the random girl and her powers i stuck in there ^.^ I wasn't planning on bringing her back, she was just one of those 'random student' things, but since people like her, I may. And don't worry, we'll go back to Kitty and her mom!
Moonlight Reflections
Chapter Five
Evolutions
By: NightElfCrawler
It seemed like any other morning to begin with....
"KURT! UP AND AT 'EM!" Evan was pounding away at his door loudly, waking him with a start. He snorted and rubbed his eyes as the dark skinned, blonde haired boy grinned and opened the door peering in. "Yo, it's Saturday man, you promised you'd come watch me at the tournament!" Evan waved his skateboard over his head, staring at Kurt, who had fallen back asleep, with the sheets over his head sitting straight up in bed. "YO, DUDE!" A blunt spike to the head woke Kurt up again, and he snorted, and thrashed through the covers, and found himself flat on the ground, in a tangled mess. "Come on, eat breakfast and let's go!"
Kurt yawned and stretched, trying to untangle himself from the mess. He poked a head out, hair all mussed up and covering his head like a mop, when suddenly they both heard a loud ominous rumble. "Uh oh..." Kurt said sleepily. "I somehow doubt your tournament is gonna be held today."
Evan groaned, and walked over to the window, pulling the curtains open so he could see inside. "Aw man! It was like fine earlier!" He turned and dashed out of the room. "Auntie O....!!"
Kurt yawned, and scratched his head sleepily, then stood up and grabbed a few things, then headed for the showers. No one was there, as it being a Saturday, they were either up and gone, or still sleeping. He had the whole thing to himself. He took his time, enjoying the hot water and humming to himself as he groomed the difficult fur. Women complained so much about the perfect skin, and how they had to do so much to take care of it... but if they saw HALF of what he had to do in order to keep his fur shiny and smooth, they'd think twice about complaining. He had to shampoo it, then condition it, then brush and dry it, then sleek it again, otherwise he looked like an oversized Furbie.
He did most of his grooming with his eyes closed, still snoozing as he went about the cleaning process, and then once he was out, he just ported directly to his room, got dressed, and then ported to breakfast.
As predicted, not many people were there. The rain that had just begun pouring down didn't do much to help the situation either. The kitchen was empty, save for the ever-silent Logan, drinking his coffee and reading his paper in the corner. Kurt ignored him, as Logan hated to be bothered when he was reading his newspaper, and began unloading food from the fridge by the armful. He was happily in the middle of his meal, when Evan came in, looking glum. "Hey, so is the match cancled?"
Evan groaned and plopped down in a chair, still not looking up. "Yeah... it bites, we have to re-schedual it for next week... and I've got a big test too, so practice and studying is gonna be tough."
Kurt gulped down his juice. "That's weak man... I'm sorry." He chomped on a bagel watching Evan. This meant alot to him, skateboarding was his life. It pained Kurt to see his friend so depressed about anything.
Evan shrugged, and glanced up finally. "It happens I guess, I'll just have to...." HIs voice slowly trailed off, and his gaze remained fixed on Kurt, who was shoving a waffel down his throat.
Kurt paused, fork in mouth seeing Evan's stare. "Mmmf?"
Evan stared, open mouthed then blinked. "K-man...you've got like, serious bags under your eyes or something... you look pretty bad man."
Kurt blinked in surprise, and gulped down his food. "I slept fine. Vhy vould I have bags?"
Evan shook his head slowly, eyes not leaving Kurt. "I dunno man, but you really should do something about em, like put blue marker or something." He snickered.
Kurt gave him a mock insulted look. "Color my beautiful fur! How dare you suggest it!" Evan suddenly grinned wickedly, very uncharacteristically of him. "Hmmm I dunno, pink would just suit you SO well Kurt."
Food ended up being spit across the room as Kurt nearly exploded at the thought. "P..P...PINK!!?" He looked horrofied. "PINK??? NO WAY MAN!" He shuddered, conjuring an image of his whole fur dyed pink, and Kitty tying little bows all over him, and shivered up and down. "Geh.... never.... never...."
Evan was cracking up in the meantime, while Logan watched them with an annoyed expression.
Kurt threw an orange peel at him, and struck him right on the forehead in retaliation. "Bleh, how about I dye YOUR hair pink? It'd look SO cool man."
Evan snickered. "Just you try it, and I'll spike ya."
"Not if you can't catch me first!" He grinned widely, fangs flashing, looking very diabolical.
Evan snorted. "Yeah man, sure." He stood up and stretched. "Well, I'm gonna go to the rec center and practice a bit, since it's raining." He scowled outside at the rain. "Wanna come?"
Kurt yawned, and finished eating his toast. "Um... Sure, I guess I can do some workout too."
"Right on. See ya downstairs." Evan ran off and Kurt teleported back to his room to get his gym clothes on.
An hour later, they were inside the rec center of Bayville, a huge two story complex that had everything from basketball courts, to a small indoors skateboard facility, to a bar set up for gymnists. Evan walked off to the skateboard ramps, and Kurt headed to the gym setup. There were a few people there, and normally he didn't like practicing when others were around. He liked to use his tail after all, and you couldn't do that normally with other people watching. And since he had his holo watch on this time, he wasn't about to use his tail, despite the fact he was a bit out of shape. He watched some of the girls swing about clumsily on the rigs, and sighed. They were so unbalanced! It was embarrassing really. He waited his turn, then when it came hime, he jumped nimbly up, grabbing the pole, and began to swing his body with momentum, his muscles straining with the wonderful feeling of exertion. He did a quick flip and turn to land on the other bars, swinging up on them, and back and forth, doing a graceful routine, that made everyone in the hall stop waht they were doing and watch him. He finished with a final twist and leap off the bars, landing on his feet in a crouch, and was greeted by applause. He grinned faintly, wiping the sweat from his eyes, and did a half bow, pleased by the small amount of attention, then walked over to the bench and grabbed his towel, dabbing his damp face off. Fur always soaked up the sweat and was worse than bare skin, in his opinion.
He sat there, drinking some water he'd brought along, and watched the others practice with idle attention. He heard footsteps approaching, and glanced up, seeing a dark skinned boy who looked faintly familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it, approaching him. "Yo..." the guy said, eyeing him as if he was a tiger waiting to strike. "You're that Kurt kid, aren't you."
Kurt eyed him warily, not liking the way he said 'that Kurt kid'. "Ja... I'm Kurt."
The guy folded his arms and scowled. "Thought so. You think you're some big hotshot don't you." Kurt didn't get the chance to reply, before the guy was poking his chest with a finger rather threatningly. "Yo, stay away from her, you hear? I don't want her hanging around with a freak like you."
Kurt blinked in faint surprise, but not at the situation, it wasn't uncommon. "Away from who?" He said slowly.
The guy glared. "Don't play stupid. My SISTER you blue freak!" He grabbed Kurt's shirt and jerked him upright so they were eye level. "She's got some freaking crush on you, and I DON'T want my sister associating with muties!" He threw Kurt back down, and glared at him. "Got it?"
Kurt stumbled, and fell back on the bench as he was released, and rubbed his chest a bit, watching the guy. "....I think she has a right to choose herself, doesn't she?" THAT had been a mistake, the guy looked about to explode, and reared back for a punch, and Kurt quickly grabbed his things. "I'd love to stay and chat, but...!" 'BAMF'
He re-appeared in the skateboard arena where Evan was pulling some major stunts, and breathed a faint sigh. He'd figured out why the guy was familiar, he was Amanda's brother.... Just wonderful.... He waved down Evan. "Hey, I'm gonna head back... I ran into unexpected company here."
Evan walked over, breathing hard from his workout. "What's up?"
Kurt sighed. "I think I'm going to go back for now. I'd rather not stick around with Mr. Macho wanting to kick my ass, you know."
Evan looked a bit sympathetic. "Yeah, sure man. I'm gonna stay here, I'll get Aunti O to drive me back later. Take it easy."
"Ja, sure! See ya." Kurt turned and then just teleported straight out, and within a couple of stops, he was back in his room. He sighed a bit, feeling slightly down now. Apparently Amanda's family didn't hold a very high opinion of him... He walked to the shower to clean up, and relished in the hot water, washing some of his worries away. People were bound to think that, he realized. That shouldn't stop him if Amanda was ok with it... Once he'd finished up, he walked back down the hallway to his room, and nearly smashed right into Logan as he rounded the courner. "Ach..."
The big man glanced down. "There you are, Elf... Was gonna head back to pick Kitty up, you wanna come?"
Kurt brightened up at that. "Ah, sure! Let me get dressed." He teleported back to his room, and threw on some better clothes, and did a quick check, glaring at the dark splotches under his eyes in irritation. He wished he knew what those were... Oh well, no time to worry about it now. He grabbed a coat, and teleported back out to the hallway, where Logan was waiting. "Ready Herr Logan!"
Logan grunted, and they headed down to the X Jet, and within five minutes were soaring over the ground high in the air, on their way to Illinois again. Kurt sat in the co-pilot's seat, excitedly watching the ground zip by, tail flipping back and forth in excitement. He loved flying, it was almost like what he could do, just more! Logan glanced sideways at him, amused at the kid's bundled energy. He was always wound up one way or the other, and the big guy had to admit, he was fond of the squirt. "Hey, runt." Kurt glanced over at him, and Logan was about to speak, then blinked. Something was off about the runt.... something was different than normal...he couldn't put his finger on it right off, the kid looked as if he hadn't noticed anything. "Er..." His mind connected finding out what was wrong. The kids' eyes looked as if they were glowing... and the darkened spots under his eyes didn't help mute the effect. "Kid, you feeling ok?"
Kurt blinked, not sure why Logan was acting so concerned. "Ja, I'm fine, vhy?"
Logan frowned, but shook his head. "Nuthin. Forget it."
Kurt blinked, concerned. This was the second time someone had hesitated in telling him that something different was with him. He glanced down at his hands, which looked as normal as they ever did, and rubbed his eyes. They had been bothering him a bit today, burning a bit and being extra sensitive to light, but he just figured it must be the same kind of thing as the dark splotches under his eyes, he must not have slept well last night.
After another hour, they landed at the nearby cornfield that had been used previously, and Logan leaned back in his chair. "Gonna snooze here runt. You know where to find me."
Kurt nodded, and ported out of the jet, and began making his way to the edge of the field where Kitty's street was. Kurt peered out from the cornstalks, and double checked his holowatch to make sure it was on, and with a quick *BAMF* he was in front of Kitty's house. He knocked politely, and smiled brightly as Kitty's father opened the door. "Guten Morgen, Herr Pryde!" He chirped.
Mr. Pryde blinked at the kid, then smiled in recognition. "Kurt, come in, the Professor called ahead and said you were coming." He opened the door for Kurt to step in, but was startled by a puff of smoke, and Kurt standing next to him.
"Thanks! Don't mind if I do." Kurt grinned at his confusion. "Is Keety upstairs?"
Mr. Pryde nodded, and opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Kurt was gone again with another *BAMF*.
Kurt re-appeared outside Kitty's room, he knew that privacy was necessary especially in one's house, and politely knocked.
"Like, BEAT IT!" came a snappy voice from inside that sounded frightningly like Kitty's.
He blinked, a bit startled by the sharp voice, and hesitated before speaking. "Keety.... are you ok?"
There was a pause, then a soft voice. "Kurt...?"
"Ja....It's you're handsome blue fuzzy one, knocking at your door!" He said cheerfully, turning his holowatch to be true to his words, as everyone in the house knew about his appearance anyway, he didn't have to wear the darn thing.
There was a small sniffle, then the door opened, revealing a red-eyed Kitty, smiling half-heartedly out at him. "Hi... I'm glad you're here." She grabbed his hand and yanked him inside the room before he had time to say much.
"Whoa!" He managed as she slammed the door again, and he stumbled then turned around facing her, confused. "Like, vhat's the rush?"
Kitty glanced up at him, then bit her lip and slowly walked over to her bed and sat down, looking glum. "It's... nothing.. sorry I'm just jumpy I guess."
Kurt blinked, and hopped onto the railing at the edge of her bed, toes curling around it keeping him upright comfortably as if it were the most normal position in the world, his tail swishing back and forth like a cat's. "Jumpy? From me?" He put a hand on his chest in mock drama. "I'm shocked!"
Kitty managed a giggle and looked up at him, then her eyes grew sad again, and she spoke softly. "Kurt...like I know this is an odd question... but.... would you mind taking a walk with me? I... I need to talk to someone."
He blinked, feeling his heart quicken with hope. Even though he was still considering Amanda as a girlfriend, he couldn't put aside his feelings for Kitty... first crushes were like that. "Uh.. sure... but, out of curiosity, why can't you talk to your parents?"
She sighed. "You know... you can't talk to them about some stuff...." She glanced up at him, and looked surprised seeing his blank look. "Like, you know..."
"Um..." he scratched his head a bit. "No... not really. I always talked to mein parents about anything bothering me.... Zey always understood."
She sighed. "Yeah but it's like SO different with you. You were like, BORN a freak, I wasn't..." She trailed off, face suddenly going pale realizing what she'd just said. "Oh God Kurt... I'm so sorry..." She looked up quickly at him with large eyes. "I ... I really didn't mean it like that..."
His eyes were hidden a bit by his bangs, and his body had tightened a bit, tail stilled again, and she could tell he was fighting to keep control of his emotions. "Ah... I know, Keety." He looked up then, and smiled sadly, his eyes seeming dull though. "I know you didn't mean it to sound like zat... but you're right..."
She bit her lip and tentitively reached out and put her hand on his, and felt him tense at the touch. She'd very rarely touched him at all, and for her to do it on her own terms was a rare thing, she felt weird doing it at all, he was so...so...weird. "I'm sorry Kurt... I'm not really myself today....please forgive me, I HONESTLY didn't mean it like that..." Tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes.
Seeing her look, his whole body seemed to relax, and he gently took her hand in both of his and patted it comfortingly. "Ja... I know. You know I can't stay mad at you Keety." He flashed a fanged smile at her. "You're forgiven."
She sighed, and wiped the brimming tears away with her other hand quickly. "I just... I mean, sometimes there are things you can't share with your parents, things they don't, or can't, understand....you need a friend to talk to."
He smiled more gently at her. "Ja... I know. Vhy don't ve go for zat valk now." He jumped off the bed, and grinned at her, pushing his hologram on again since they'd be out in public where most had no idea about mutants still.
She smiled slowly, and stood up brushing herself off, and joined him. Together they walked downstairs, and Kurt waited as Kitty told her parents that they were going for a quick walk, to show him around the place. They seemed doubtful about the two's intentions at first, but agreed to let them go, with an understanding that theyd be back before nightfall. Kitty thought mentally that they'd almost be safer after dark from all the 'weirdos', but said nothing, and walked back to Kurt.
They walked out of the house in silence, and started down the block, saying nothing at first. Kurt kept glancing over at her, awkward at her silence. Kitty was NEVER this quiet.
He sighed heavily, then *BAMF*ed to the top of a streetlight, and made as if he was looking around from a crow's nest. "Argh Kaptain!" He said, mimicking a pirate. "Dere beez rough vaters ahead!"
Kitty giggled, and folded her arms over her chest. "Kuuurt... get down from there! What if someone sees you!?"
He just turned and slipped off of the pole, and she gasped slightly, then sighed in exhasperation as he dangled there from his tail, but with the hologram positioned the way it was, he appeared to be dangling from nothing.
"Kurt.... your incorragable."
He grinned and let go, landing softly on his feet in front of her. "I try!" He grinned and stuck his hands in his pockets and fell into step next to her again. "So, Miss Moody... what's up?"
She sighed and stopped, turning to lean on the white picket fence that looked out into a wide field with a grove of trees standing at the far end of it. "...I dont' know Kurt, like everything's going crazy in my life right now, you know?" She glanced down, playing with the small star of david that she kept hidden on a small gold chain in her shirt, beneath her normal 'T' necklace. "First, like, this whole phasing thing... then the stuff with my mom and my sister... now..." She trailed off slowly.
Kurt frowned, and leaned next to her on the fence, concerned by what she was saying. "Now...? Vhat else has happened Keety?"
She glance at him sadly, and turned around leaning on the fence, folding her arms. "It's probably nothing...probably just stress from everything, ya know?"
He frowned more, and put a hand on her shoulder for comfort, and was pleased when she didn't flinch or pull away. "Vhat?"
"Like, I've been losing control of my power lately... Like I THOUGHT I could control it... but...."
He blinked listening, and thought about what she was saying. "Ja... it could be stress... but on ze other hand..." He frowned and pushed the button on his holowatch, as no one was around for the moment. "Be honest, is zere soemthing different about me... Evan AND Logan both acted veird this morning..." He blinked at her, hoping that it was just something simple, like lack of sleep.
She glanced up, and her eyes widened faintly. "Um..."
He sighed and closed his eyes. "I knew it... dere is something different isn't there."
She bit her lip. "Well... either that, or you like, totally slept bad last night. There's like dark splotches under your eyes...." She peered up frowning. "Open your eyes..."
He blinked them open, looking at her quizzically.
She peered up, and he held his breath as she leaned forward, nearly nose to nose with him, and his heart thudded with the temptation to just lean forward....just once....
Unfortunately, she pulled back frowning, not thinking the same thing he was, focused on his eyes. "LIke, totally freaky, Kurt.. You like have no pupils or anything anymore..."
He blinked. "But Keety, sometimes that ALWAYS happens. It's vierd... sometimes." (ie: yes ^_^ we love incosistancies in the animation sequences... one ep he has pupils, the next none! mwhahaa)
She shook her head. "Like, yeah I noticed that too, but this is different. There's like, no white in them." She pointed to her own eyes, indicating the cornea.
He blinked, confused. "Ah...right." He scratched his head. "Mark one more thing down on the 'veird Kurt list'." He grinned awkwardly, but she could see he was a bit unnerved by it, and she smiled faintly, and just leaned against him. He straightened up startled at the close contact, and stared down at her. She looked so cute and peaceful with her eyes closed like that... "Um..."
"Shh.. just like, be here for me Kurt...I need a friend right now..."
He blinked, but smiled soflty, and glanced at the trees, then suddenly with another *BAMF* they were standing on the fringe of them.
Kitty seemed a bit spooked, and then smacked him on the arm. "Like warn me before you do that!" She shivered. "Totally freaks you out!"
He grinned widely. "Sorry. I just thought perhaps it might be better to be out of sight..."
She nodded, and wandered through the trees casually, as he walked beside her, in his normal hunched over kind of way. She watched him walk, which was an interesting thing to watch in itself. He walked so cat-like, not completely straight up, but yet it seemed normal. If he'd straightened up all the way, then he easily stood taller than her, but the way he normally stood, SHE was the taller one. Her eyes flicked to his tail, idly swishing. That thing had a life of it's own half the time.
After a while, she stopped. "Hey.. Kurt... can I ask you a... personal question?" She looked up at him hesitantly, almost shy.
He stopped and turned around facing her, looking quizzical. He wasn't sure what to expect from her. "Ah... sure." He said finally, not having really been the one to talk about himself much, he tended to avoid the subject.
She sat down on a stump, and watched her hands, folded in her lap, then looked up at him as he crouched across from her casually. "Have you ever...wanted to die.... because of what you are?"
His eyes widened in shock, and instantly felt a stab of fear slice through his chest. "Kitty! You'r enot...!?"
"No!" She said quickly, then softer. "No... I mean I thought about it, but it's stupid... I'd never like, be able to go through with it... But sometimes it's so hard, you know?" She looked back up at him. "But like, here half the time I've been so mean to you, and I realized that if I must feel that way.... I mean you've had it way worse than most of us...."
He sighed softly, and stared up at the branches of the trees thoughtfully. What should he say? Should he tell her the truth? What he'd hidden from everyone for so long? The inner past that he kept buried deep, ashamed and afraid of it. She saw him thinking, and stayed quiet, letting him sort through his thoughts. Finally, he glanced back down at her, eyes sad. "Ja... there have been many times I thought of it... But then I'd realize that would be letting the ones who persecuted me win. And that's the last thing that I vanted." He smiled sadly at her. "Even if it vas hard to make it through some of the things that happened, I always knew that I vould, because I don't quit."
She blinked, and smiled slowly. That was Kurt for you... so heroic. It was like in his nature to be some kind of swashbuckling hero or something. She could picture him with swords in a pirate outfit, fighting Captian Hook or something. "How do you get through it...?"
He shrugged, and stuck his fists under his chin. "Vell... there are many things I think about. Like, my family, those who do love me despite..." He guestured at himself. "Zey know who I really am... and it varms me to know that. I also think about things that are higher in life."
Kitty blinked. "Higher?"
"Ja... I vas made this way for a purpous." He smiled at her gently. "Even if I don't know vhat that is, and even if I hate it sometimes...."
Kitty sighed quietly. "You're such an optimist...."
"Hey, you have to be sometimes." He picked up a rock and began to play with it between his fingers. "Otherwise, you sink into dis horrible blue funk!"
Kitty blinked, then burst out into laughter.
Kurt blinked, then realized how he'd just phrased that, and began joining her, their laughter entwining and echoing in the trees. They finally managed to stop, both gasping for air, and laying on the ground clutching their lungs for air. Kurt propped himself up on an elbow, still grinning widely. "See! Don't you feel better now?"
Kitty grinned back at him. "Yeah, you're right... being depressed sucks, like totally."
He sat back up, crosslegged on the ground, and brushed some leaves out of his hair. Kitty brushed her sweater off that had dirt on it, but somehow complaining about it seemed so trite right now. She watched him, and a thought occured to her that he hadn't answered her question all the way...but she wasn't about to press it when she felt better now. She glanced around the quiet woods, listening to the wind in the trees and the soft chirping of birds announcing that dusk was nearly there. She glanced over at Kurt, who was also staring up at the sky, with a wistful look, and she flushed faintly thinking that he looked way too cute right now.... but what was she thinking?! She was like, totally with Lance....and she was thinking about Kurt... She made an inner face, reminding herself that facial hair wasn't her thing... it was fine for having him as a friend, a confidant.... but certain thoughts that crept a rosy blush into her cheeks should be kept out of her head... shouldn't they? He HAD been flirting with her ever since she'd arrived there.... and at first she'd been freaked out by this fuzzy, blue, elf with a tail chasing after her all the time, pulling stunts to impress her... she'd been cold and rude to him, but as she got to know him better, they'd become friends... and now she found herself thinking that maybe facial hair wasn't so bad after all.... she shook her head quickly, and made as if she were chasing a fly away. No way, her parents thought it was weird enough that she was friends with Kurt, they tolerated him but she could sense dissapproval on several levels with them. If their relationship was kicked up a notch, she'd have alot of things to answer for. Besides, Kurt seemed happy with Amanda, not that Kitty could blame him, that girl was very good looking, and Kitty found herself becoming envious of the busty figure the girl had. Sure, she wasn't as petite on the waist, but the chest made up for it...
She was startled by a sudden blurry image stuffed in her face, and she let out a shriek of surprise, falling over backwards before realizing that it was only a simple wildflower, some derivation of a daisy, that Kurt had been holding. He blinked, looking confused and way too cute. "Vas? Is Kitty afraid of flowers?" He sniffed at it, and made as if he was trying to determine what was so offensive about it, and Kitty had to giggle.
"Man, Kurt... You sure know how to get someone's attention... even if it's like, totally sudden." She sat back up and took the flower froom him, a faint blush creeping into her cheeks. "....I have to ask." She said softly, looking up. "Like, you know I'm with Lance... but why do you keep.. you know... being so nice and stuff."
He blinked, and if she could have seen it, blushed beneath his fur. "I can't help it. I'm a nice guy!" He grinned awkwardly.
She watched him, and frowned. "You know what I mean... it's beyond nice Kurt..."
He shrugged, and looked down at the grass, plucking some strands idly. "Vell... I think you know vhy I do it. I can't help it, you're a cute and nice girl Kitty, sometimes."
She flushed at his outright statement, most guys would beat around the bush. "Um... but like, don't you know it's like, hopeless?"
He blinked up at her. "Vhat do you mean?"
She stared at him. God how naieve was he?! Even in Germany they must know some ettiquite for dating. "Like, I'm with Lance... So... that's it."
He frowned. "I respect zat, Keety. But zat doesn't mean I can't keep trying." He grinned and stood up, stretching, and she could hear audible popping in his spine as he did so, making her flinch. "Vell, ve should head back, ja? It's getting dark."
She frowned, not wanting to stop this conversation, but he seemed to make it clear that it was over anyway, so she sighed, and stood up as well. "Like, ok, fine whatever." She glanced over at him sideways, as he appeared to cheerily walk back towards the way they'd come, and sighed, following him. "Like wait up!"
whatevered by Marvel ect.
Author's note: So, I guess people liked the random girl and her powers i stuck in there ^.^ I wasn't planning on bringing her back, she was just one of those 'random student' things, but since people like her, I may. And don't worry, we'll go back to Kitty and her mom!
Moonlight Reflections
Chapter Five
Evolutions
By: NightElfCrawler
It seemed like any other morning to begin with....
"KURT! UP AND AT 'EM!" Evan was pounding away at his door loudly, waking him with a start. He snorted and rubbed his eyes as the dark skinned, blonde haired boy grinned and opened the door peering in. "Yo, it's Saturday man, you promised you'd come watch me at the tournament!" Evan waved his skateboard over his head, staring at Kurt, who had fallen back asleep, with the sheets over his head sitting straight up in bed. "YO, DUDE!" A blunt spike to the head woke Kurt up again, and he snorted, and thrashed through the covers, and found himself flat on the ground, in a tangled mess. "Come on, eat breakfast and let's go!"
Kurt yawned and stretched, trying to untangle himself from the mess. He poked a head out, hair all mussed up and covering his head like a mop, when suddenly they both heard a loud ominous rumble. "Uh oh..." Kurt said sleepily. "I somehow doubt your tournament is gonna be held today."
Evan groaned, and walked over to the window, pulling the curtains open so he could see inside. "Aw man! It was like fine earlier!" He turned and dashed out of the room. "Auntie O....!!"
Kurt yawned, and scratched his head sleepily, then stood up and grabbed a few things, then headed for the showers. No one was there, as it being a Saturday, they were either up and gone, or still sleeping. He had the whole thing to himself. He took his time, enjoying the hot water and humming to himself as he groomed the difficult fur. Women complained so much about the perfect skin, and how they had to do so much to take care of it... but if they saw HALF of what he had to do in order to keep his fur shiny and smooth, they'd think twice about complaining. He had to shampoo it, then condition it, then brush and dry it, then sleek it again, otherwise he looked like an oversized Furbie.
He did most of his grooming with his eyes closed, still snoozing as he went about the cleaning process, and then once he was out, he just ported directly to his room, got dressed, and then ported to breakfast.
As predicted, not many people were there. The rain that had just begun pouring down didn't do much to help the situation either. The kitchen was empty, save for the ever-silent Logan, drinking his coffee and reading his paper in the corner. Kurt ignored him, as Logan hated to be bothered when he was reading his newspaper, and began unloading food from the fridge by the armful. He was happily in the middle of his meal, when Evan came in, looking glum. "Hey, so is the match cancled?"
Evan groaned and plopped down in a chair, still not looking up. "Yeah... it bites, we have to re-schedual it for next week... and I've got a big test too, so practice and studying is gonna be tough."
Kurt gulped down his juice. "That's weak man... I'm sorry." He chomped on a bagel watching Evan. This meant alot to him, skateboarding was his life. It pained Kurt to see his friend so depressed about anything.
Evan shrugged, and glanced up finally. "It happens I guess, I'll just have to...." HIs voice slowly trailed off, and his gaze remained fixed on Kurt, who was shoving a waffel down his throat.
Kurt paused, fork in mouth seeing Evan's stare. "Mmmf?"
Evan stared, open mouthed then blinked. "K-man...you've got like, serious bags under your eyes or something... you look pretty bad man."
Kurt blinked in surprise, and gulped down his food. "I slept fine. Vhy vould I have bags?"
Evan shook his head slowly, eyes not leaving Kurt. "I dunno man, but you really should do something about em, like put blue marker or something." He snickered.
Kurt gave him a mock insulted look. "Color my beautiful fur! How dare you suggest it!" Evan suddenly grinned wickedly, very uncharacteristically of him. "Hmmm I dunno, pink would just suit you SO well Kurt."
Food ended up being spit across the room as Kurt nearly exploded at the thought. "P..P...PINK!!?" He looked horrofied. "PINK??? NO WAY MAN!" He shuddered, conjuring an image of his whole fur dyed pink, and Kitty tying little bows all over him, and shivered up and down. "Geh.... never.... never...."
Evan was cracking up in the meantime, while Logan watched them with an annoyed expression.
Kurt threw an orange peel at him, and struck him right on the forehead in retaliation. "Bleh, how about I dye YOUR hair pink? It'd look SO cool man."
Evan snickered. "Just you try it, and I'll spike ya."
"Not if you can't catch me first!" He grinned widely, fangs flashing, looking very diabolical.
Evan snorted. "Yeah man, sure." He stood up and stretched. "Well, I'm gonna go to the rec center and practice a bit, since it's raining." He scowled outside at the rain. "Wanna come?"
Kurt yawned, and finished eating his toast. "Um... Sure, I guess I can do some workout too."
"Right on. See ya downstairs." Evan ran off and Kurt teleported back to his room to get his gym clothes on.
An hour later, they were inside the rec center of Bayville, a huge two story complex that had everything from basketball courts, to a small indoors skateboard facility, to a bar set up for gymnists. Evan walked off to the skateboard ramps, and Kurt headed to the gym setup. There were a few people there, and normally he didn't like practicing when others were around. He liked to use his tail after all, and you couldn't do that normally with other people watching. And since he had his holo watch on this time, he wasn't about to use his tail, despite the fact he was a bit out of shape. He watched some of the girls swing about clumsily on the rigs, and sighed. They were so unbalanced! It was embarrassing really. He waited his turn, then when it came hime, he jumped nimbly up, grabbing the pole, and began to swing his body with momentum, his muscles straining with the wonderful feeling of exertion. He did a quick flip and turn to land on the other bars, swinging up on them, and back and forth, doing a graceful routine, that made everyone in the hall stop waht they were doing and watch him. He finished with a final twist and leap off the bars, landing on his feet in a crouch, and was greeted by applause. He grinned faintly, wiping the sweat from his eyes, and did a half bow, pleased by the small amount of attention, then walked over to the bench and grabbed his towel, dabbing his damp face off. Fur always soaked up the sweat and was worse than bare skin, in his opinion.
He sat there, drinking some water he'd brought along, and watched the others practice with idle attention. He heard footsteps approaching, and glanced up, seeing a dark skinned boy who looked faintly familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it, approaching him. "Yo..." the guy said, eyeing him as if he was a tiger waiting to strike. "You're that Kurt kid, aren't you."
Kurt eyed him warily, not liking the way he said 'that Kurt kid'. "Ja... I'm Kurt."
The guy folded his arms and scowled. "Thought so. You think you're some big hotshot don't you." Kurt didn't get the chance to reply, before the guy was poking his chest with a finger rather threatningly. "Yo, stay away from her, you hear? I don't want her hanging around with a freak like you."
Kurt blinked in faint surprise, but not at the situation, it wasn't uncommon. "Away from who?" He said slowly.
The guy glared. "Don't play stupid. My SISTER you blue freak!" He grabbed Kurt's shirt and jerked him upright so they were eye level. "She's got some freaking crush on you, and I DON'T want my sister associating with muties!" He threw Kurt back down, and glared at him. "Got it?"
Kurt stumbled, and fell back on the bench as he was released, and rubbed his chest a bit, watching the guy. "....I think she has a right to choose herself, doesn't she?" THAT had been a mistake, the guy looked about to explode, and reared back for a punch, and Kurt quickly grabbed his things. "I'd love to stay and chat, but...!" 'BAMF'
He re-appeared in the skateboard arena where Evan was pulling some major stunts, and breathed a faint sigh. He'd figured out why the guy was familiar, he was Amanda's brother.... Just wonderful.... He waved down Evan. "Hey, I'm gonna head back... I ran into unexpected company here."
Evan walked over, breathing hard from his workout. "What's up?"
Kurt sighed. "I think I'm going to go back for now. I'd rather not stick around with Mr. Macho wanting to kick my ass, you know."
Evan looked a bit sympathetic. "Yeah, sure man. I'm gonna stay here, I'll get Aunti O to drive me back later. Take it easy."
"Ja, sure! See ya." Kurt turned and then just teleported straight out, and within a couple of stops, he was back in his room. He sighed a bit, feeling slightly down now. Apparently Amanda's family didn't hold a very high opinion of him... He walked to the shower to clean up, and relished in the hot water, washing some of his worries away. People were bound to think that, he realized. That shouldn't stop him if Amanda was ok with it... Once he'd finished up, he walked back down the hallway to his room, and nearly smashed right into Logan as he rounded the courner. "Ach..."
The big man glanced down. "There you are, Elf... Was gonna head back to pick Kitty up, you wanna come?"
Kurt brightened up at that. "Ah, sure! Let me get dressed." He teleported back to his room, and threw on some better clothes, and did a quick check, glaring at the dark splotches under his eyes in irritation. He wished he knew what those were... Oh well, no time to worry about it now. He grabbed a coat, and teleported back out to the hallway, where Logan was waiting. "Ready Herr Logan!"
Logan grunted, and they headed down to the X Jet, and within five minutes were soaring over the ground high in the air, on their way to Illinois again. Kurt sat in the co-pilot's seat, excitedly watching the ground zip by, tail flipping back and forth in excitement. He loved flying, it was almost like what he could do, just more! Logan glanced sideways at him, amused at the kid's bundled energy. He was always wound up one way or the other, and the big guy had to admit, he was fond of the squirt. "Hey, runt." Kurt glanced over at him, and Logan was about to speak, then blinked. Something was off about the runt.... something was different than normal...he couldn't put his finger on it right off, the kid looked as if he hadn't noticed anything. "Er..." His mind connected finding out what was wrong. The kids' eyes looked as if they were glowing... and the darkened spots under his eyes didn't help mute the effect. "Kid, you feeling ok?"
Kurt blinked, not sure why Logan was acting so concerned. "Ja, I'm fine, vhy?"
Logan frowned, but shook his head. "Nuthin. Forget it."
Kurt blinked, concerned. This was the second time someone had hesitated in telling him that something different was with him. He glanced down at his hands, which looked as normal as they ever did, and rubbed his eyes. They had been bothering him a bit today, burning a bit and being extra sensitive to light, but he just figured it must be the same kind of thing as the dark splotches under his eyes, he must not have slept well last night.
After another hour, they landed at the nearby cornfield that had been used previously, and Logan leaned back in his chair. "Gonna snooze here runt. You know where to find me."
Kurt nodded, and ported out of the jet, and began making his way to the edge of the field where Kitty's street was. Kurt peered out from the cornstalks, and double checked his holowatch to make sure it was on, and with a quick *BAMF* he was in front of Kitty's house. He knocked politely, and smiled brightly as Kitty's father opened the door. "Guten Morgen, Herr Pryde!" He chirped.
Mr. Pryde blinked at the kid, then smiled in recognition. "Kurt, come in, the Professor called ahead and said you were coming." He opened the door for Kurt to step in, but was startled by a puff of smoke, and Kurt standing next to him.
"Thanks! Don't mind if I do." Kurt grinned at his confusion. "Is Keety upstairs?"
Mr. Pryde nodded, and opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Kurt was gone again with another *BAMF*.
Kurt re-appeared outside Kitty's room, he knew that privacy was necessary especially in one's house, and politely knocked.
"Like, BEAT IT!" came a snappy voice from inside that sounded frightningly like Kitty's.
He blinked, a bit startled by the sharp voice, and hesitated before speaking. "Keety.... are you ok?"
There was a pause, then a soft voice. "Kurt...?"
"Ja....It's you're handsome blue fuzzy one, knocking at your door!" He said cheerfully, turning his holowatch to be true to his words, as everyone in the house knew about his appearance anyway, he didn't have to wear the darn thing.
There was a small sniffle, then the door opened, revealing a red-eyed Kitty, smiling half-heartedly out at him. "Hi... I'm glad you're here." She grabbed his hand and yanked him inside the room before he had time to say much.
"Whoa!" He managed as she slammed the door again, and he stumbled then turned around facing her, confused. "Like, vhat's the rush?"
Kitty glanced up at him, then bit her lip and slowly walked over to her bed and sat down, looking glum. "It's... nothing.. sorry I'm just jumpy I guess."
Kurt blinked, and hopped onto the railing at the edge of her bed, toes curling around it keeping him upright comfortably as if it were the most normal position in the world, his tail swishing back and forth like a cat's. "Jumpy? From me?" He put a hand on his chest in mock drama. "I'm shocked!"
Kitty managed a giggle and looked up at him, then her eyes grew sad again, and she spoke softly. "Kurt...like I know this is an odd question... but.... would you mind taking a walk with me? I... I need to talk to someone."
He blinked, feeling his heart quicken with hope. Even though he was still considering Amanda as a girlfriend, he couldn't put aside his feelings for Kitty... first crushes were like that. "Uh.. sure... but, out of curiosity, why can't you talk to your parents?"
She sighed. "You know... you can't talk to them about some stuff...." She glanced up at him, and looked surprised seeing his blank look. "Like, you know..."
"Um..." he scratched his head a bit. "No... not really. I always talked to mein parents about anything bothering me.... Zey always understood."
She sighed. "Yeah but it's like SO different with you. You were like, BORN a freak, I wasn't..." She trailed off, face suddenly going pale realizing what she'd just said. "Oh God Kurt... I'm so sorry..." She looked up quickly at him with large eyes. "I ... I really didn't mean it like that..."
His eyes were hidden a bit by his bangs, and his body had tightened a bit, tail stilled again, and she could tell he was fighting to keep control of his emotions. "Ah... I know, Keety." He looked up then, and smiled sadly, his eyes seeming dull though. "I know you didn't mean it to sound like zat... but you're right..."
She bit her lip and tentitively reached out and put her hand on his, and felt him tense at the touch. She'd very rarely touched him at all, and for her to do it on her own terms was a rare thing, she felt weird doing it at all, he was so...so...weird. "I'm sorry Kurt... I'm not really myself today....please forgive me, I HONESTLY didn't mean it like that..." Tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes.
Seeing her look, his whole body seemed to relax, and he gently took her hand in both of his and patted it comfortingly. "Ja... I know. You know I can't stay mad at you Keety." He flashed a fanged smile at her. "You're forgiven."
She sighed, and wiped the brimming tears away with her other hand quickly. "I just... I mean, sometimes there are things you can't share with your parents, things they don't, or can't, understand....you need a friend to talk to."
He smiled more gently at her. "Ja... I know. Vhy don't ve go for zat valk now." He jumped off the bed, and grinned at her, pushing his hologram on again since they'd be out in public where most had no idea about mutants still.
She smiled slowly, and stood up brushing herself off, and joined him. Together they walked downstairs, and Kurt waited as Kitty told her parents that they were going for a quick walk, to show him around the place. They seemed doubtful about the two's intentions at first, but agreed to let them go, with an understanding that theyd be back before nightfall. Kitty thought mentally that they'd almost be safer after dark from all the 'weirdos', but said nothing, and walked back to Kurt.
They walked out of the house in silence, and started down the block, saying nothing at first. Kurt kept glancing over at her, awkward at her silence. Kitty was NEVER this quiet.
He sighed heavily, then *BAMF*ed to the top of a streetlight, and made as if he was looking around from a crow's nest. "Argh Kaptain!" He said, mimicking a pirate. "Dere beez rough vaters ahead!"
Kitty giggled, and folded her arms over her chest. "Kuuurt... get down from there! What if someone sees you!?"
He just turned and slipped off of the pole, and she gasped slightly, then sighed in exhasperation as he dangled there from his tail, but with the hologram positioned the way it was, he appeared to be dangling from nothing.
"Kurt.... your incorragable."
He grinned and let go, landing softly on his feet in front of her. "I try!" He grinned and stuck his hands in his pockets and fell into step next to her again. "So, Miss Moody... what's up?"
She sighed and stopped, turning to lean on the white picket fence that looked out into a wide field with a grove of trees standing at the far end of it. "...I dont' know Kurt, like everything's going crazy in my life right now, you know?" She glanced down, playing with the small star of david that she kept hidden on a small gold chain in her shirt, beneath her normal 'T' necklace. "First, like, this whole phasing thing... then the stuff with my mom and my sister... now..." She trailed off slowly.
Kurt frowned, and leaned next to her on the fence, concerned by what she was saying. "Now...? Vhat else has happened Keety?"
She glance at him sadly, and turned around leaning on the fence, folding her arms. "It's probably nothing...probably just stress from everything, ya know?"
He frowned more, and put a hand on her shoulder for comfort, and was pleased when she didn't flinch or pull away. "Vhat?"
"Like, I've been losing control of my power lately... Like I THOUGHT I could control it... but...."
He blinked listening, and thought about what she was saying. "Ja... it could be stress... but on ze other hand..." He frowned and pushed the button on his holowatch, as no one was around for the moment. "Be honest, is zere soemthing different about me... Evan AND Logan both acted veird this morning..." He blinked at her, hoping that it was just something simple, like lack of sleep.
She glanced up, and her eyes widened faintly. "Um..."
He sighed and closed his eyes. "I knew it... dere is something different isn't there."
She bit her lip. "Well... either that, or you like, totally slept bad last night. There's like dark splotches under your eyes...." She peered up frowning. "Open your eyes..."
He blinked them open, looking at her quizzically.
She peered up, and he held his breath as she leaned forward, nearly nose to nose with him, and his heart thudded with the temptation to just lean forward....just once....
Unfortunately, she pulled back frowning, not thinking the same thing he was, focused on his eyes. "LIke, totally freaky, Kurt.. You like have no pupils or anything anymore..."
He blinked. "But Keety, sometimes that ALWAYS happens. It's vierd... sometimes." (ie: yes ^_^ we love incosistancies in the animation sequences... one ep he has pupils, the next none! mwhahaa)
She shook her head. "Like, yeah I noticed that too, but this is different. There's like, no white in them." She pointed to her own eyes, indicating the cornea.
He blinked, confused. "Ah...right." He scratched his head. "Mark one more thing down on the 'veird Kurt list'." He grinned awkwardly, but she could see he was a bit unnerved by it, and she smiled faintly, and just leaned against him. He straightened up startled at the close contact, and stared down at her. She looked so cute and peaceful with her eyes closed like that... "Um..."
"Shh.. just like, be here for me Kurt...I need a friend right now..."
He blinked, but smiled soflty, and glanced at the trees, then suddenly with another *BAMF* they were standing on the fringe of them.
Kitty seemed a bit spooked, and then smacked him on the arm. "Like warn me before you do that!" She shivered. "Totally freaks you out!"
He grinned widely. "Sorry. I just thought perhaps it might be better to be out of sight..."
She nodded, and wandered through the trees casually, as he walked beside her, in his normal hunched over kind of way. She watched him walk, which was an interesting thing to watch in itself. He walked so cat-like, not completely straight up, but yet it seemed normal. If he'd straightened up all the way, then he easily stood taller than her, but the way he normally stood, SHE was the taller one. Her eyes flicked to his tail, idly swishing. That thing had a life of it's own half the time.
After a while, she stopped. "Hey.. Kurt... can I ask you a... personal question?" She looked up at him hesitantly, almost shy.
He stopped and turned around facing her, looking quizzical. He wasn't sure what to expect from her. "Ah... sure." He said finally, not having really been the one to talk about himself much, he tended to avoid the subject.
She sat down on a stump, and watched her hands, folded in her lap, then looked up at him as he crouched across from her casually. "Have you ever...wanted to die.... because of what you are?"
His eyes widened in shock, and instantly felt a stab of fear slice through his chest. "Kitty! You'r enot...!?"
"No!" She said quickly, then softer. "No... I mean I thought about it, but it's stupid... I'd never like, be able to go through with it... But sometimes it's so hard, you know?" She looked back up at him. "But like, here half the time I've been so mean to you, and I realized that if I must feel that way.... I mean you've had it way worse than most of us...."
He sighed softly, and stared up at the branches of the trees thoughtfully. What should he say? Should he tell her the truth? What he'd hidden from everyone for so long? The inner past that he kept buried deep, ashamed and afraid of it. She saw him thinking, and stayed quiet, letting him sort through his thoughts. Finally, he glanced back down at her, eyes sad. "Ja... there have been many times I thought of it... But then I'd realize that would be letting the ones who persecuted me win. And that's the last thing that I vanted." He smiled sadly at her. "Even if it vas hard to make it through some of the things that happened, I always knew that I vould, because I don't quit."
She blinked, and smiled slowly. That was Kurt for you... so heroic. It was like in his nature to be some kind of swashbuckling hero or something. She could picture him with swords in a pirate outfit, fighting Captian Hook or something. "How do you get through it...?"
He shrugged, and stuck his fists under his chin. "Vell... there are many things I think about. Like, my family, those who do love me despite..." He guestured at himself. "Zey know who I really am... and it varms me to know that. I also think about things that are higher in life."
Kitty blinked. "Higher?"
"Ja... I vas made this way for a purpous." He smiled at her gently. "Even if I don't know vhat that is, and even if I hate it sometimes...."
Kitty sighed quietly. "You're such an optimist...."
"Hey, you have to be sometimes." He picked up a rock and began to play with it between his fingers. "Otherwise, you sink into dis horrible blue funk!"
Kitty blinked, then burst out into laughter.
Kurt blinked, then realized how he'd just phrased that, and began joining her, their laughter entwining and echoing in the trees. They finally managed to stop, both gasping for air, and laying on the ground clutching their lungs for air. Kurt propped himself up on an elbow, still grinning widely. "See! Don't you feel better now?"
Kitty grinned back at him. "Yeah, you're right... being depressed sucks, like totally."
He sat back up, crosslegged on the ground, and brushed some leaves out of his hair. Kitty brushed her sweater off that had dirt on it, but somehow complaining about it seemed so trite right now. She watched him, and a thought occured to her that he hadn't answered her question all the way...but she wasn't about to press it when she felt better now. She glanced around the quiet woods, listening to the wind in the trees and the soft chirping of birds announcing that dusk was nearly there. She glanced over at Kurt, who was also staring up at the sky, with a wistful look, and she flushed faintly thinking that he looked way too cute right now.... but what was she thinking?! She was like, totally with Lance....and she was thinking about Kurt... She made an inner face, reminding herself that facial hair wasn't her thing... it was fine for having him as a friend, a confidant.... but certain thoughts that crept a rosy blush into her cheeks should be kept out of her head... shouldn't they? He HAD been flirting with her ever since she'd arrived there.... and at first she'd been freaked out by this fuzzy, blue, elf with a tail chasing after her all the time, pulling stunts to impress her... she'd been cold and rude to him, but as she got to know him better, they'd become friends... and now she found herself thinking that maybe facial hair wasn't so bad after all.... she shook her head quickly, and made as if she were chasing a fly away. No way, her parents thought it was weird enough that she was friends with Kurt, they tolerated him but she could sense dissapproval on several levels with them. If their relationship was kicked up a notch, she'd have alot of things to answer for. Besides, Kurt seemed happy with Amanda, not that Kitty could blame him, that girl was very good looking, and Kitty found herself becoming envious of the busty figure the girl had. Sure, she wasn't as petite on the waist, but the chest made up for it...
She was startled by a sudden blurry image stuffed in her face, and she let out a shriek of surprise, falling over backwards before realizing that it was only a simple wildflower, some derivation of a daisy, that Kurt had been holding. He blinked, looking confused and way too cute. "Vas? Is Kitty afraid of flowers?" He sniffed at it, and made as if he was trying to determine what was so offensive about it, and Kitty had to giggle.
"Man, Kurt... You sure know how to get someone's attention... even if it's like, totally sudden." She sat back up and took the flower froom him, a faint blush creeping into her cheeks. "....I have to ask." She said softly, looking up. "Like, you know I'm with Lance... but why do you keep.. you know... being so nice and stuff."
He blinked, and if she could have seen it, blushed beneath his fur. "I can't help it. I'm a nice guy!" He grinned awkwardly.
She watched him, and frowned. "You know what I mean... it's beyond nice Kurt..."
He shrugged, and looked down at the grass, plucking some strands idly. "Vell... I think you know vhy I do it. I can't help it, you're a cute and nice girl Kitty, sometimes."
She flushed at his outright statement, most guys would beat around the bush. "Um... but like, don't you know it's like, hopeless?"
He blinked up at her. "Vhat do you mean?"
She stared at him. God how naieve was he?! Even in Germany they must know some ettiquite for dating. "Like, I'm with Lance... So... that's it."
He frowned. "I respect zat, Keety. But zat doesn't mean I can't keep trying." He grinned and stood up, stretching, and she could hear audible popping in his spine as he did so, making her flinch. "Vell, ve should head back, ja? It's getting dark."
She frowned, not wanting to stop this conversation, but he seemed to make it clear that it was over anyway, so she sighed, and stood up as well. "Like, ok, fine whatever." She glanced over at him sideways, as he appeared to cheerily walk back towards the way they'd come, and sighed, following him. "Like wait up!"