I knew I'd get reviews like this. Okay listen this is in response to all the objections to Kurt/Rouge: Technically no blood relation but they will eventually find out about their "connection" and they split like an atom, but they stay friends. But that would happen several episodes down the road, if you wanna see it you gotta encourage me to keep going. Regarding Jean/Gambit in two or three chaps Jean pulls gambit aside and he guesses what the conversations is about (Scott). So relax, all returns to the way you like it. Now the individual responses.

ShowStopper: thank you, thank you. You are too kind. I like dazzler too. I saw her in the old fox cartoon and decided to I liked her. I did some research on her and now she is here.

Todd Fan: thank you and the same goes for you, I want more of your Baby Blues (that is hilarious). Oh Mr. Forge will be showing up more, he teaches Technology and Theology (Kurt's fave class).

Solitare: well hon you could give me some defiant German, Kurt is about to Captured and tortured. Also some fun Cajun French for Remy's general use.

Dreams of Magic: go ahead and read the "little" part above the individual responses.

Thank you to all who reviewed and get ready for something more emotional

#5 Devout Demon

Rouge went down to the cafeteria in the morning hoping to find Kurt, but then remembered that he was at church. So she opted to sit with the other X-Men. She sat between Colossus and Alex, across from her was Remy, who was still practically groping Jean, and she was enjoying it. Almost no one noticed the steam rising from behind Scott's glasses. He was seated beside Jean, with the three girls down from him.

She looked down at her empty spot and accidentally thought out loud, "Wah do people go ta church?"

"Simple Cherie," Gambit answered, "Dey want to feel dat dere is some one else controllin der life. Some people tink dey aint good nuff to control dey life. Remy and God aint been talking fer a while. Why you ask Cherie?"

Rouge hadn't meant to ask that out loud, so she blushed and said, "Oh, just thinking 'bout Kurt."

"Why?" asked Kitty, as she did she received Rouge's best southern style "Evil Eye". Kitty withered and decided she had some homework to catch up on. The other two were quick to join her.

Rouge turned her face to the table and decided she wouldn't say anything more, but then she felt a very large hand on her shoulder, it was Piotr, "Rouge, God is a mysterious thing. I cannot say I haf made peace vit him, but your Kurt has. I envy him. I haf seen him leave for church every Sunday morning. Once I followed him, the church goers cursed at him, the priest vas afraid him, but still he goes. And do you know vhat I heard him praying for? Dem, he vas praying for de people who vere hating him. He is incredible."

Rouge blushed as Piotr referred to Kurt as hers. "Thanks Peter." Piotr, shook his head, not one of his friends could pronounce his first name. He didn't mind, they long ago decided on a simple name to be supplanted.

Meanwhile in town at a church called "St. John Bosco" up in the balcony in the back, sat a young man with blue fur, pointed ears and all the appearances of a demon. His head was bowed in prayer and he whispered quiet German, "Begrüßen Sie Mary der voll ist von Anmut. . ."

He sat attentively throughout all of mass. At the end he made his way down to the main floor. Church goers whispered behind his back, and cast him cruel sneers. Luckily though, they had gotten a new priest since Piotr had followed him. Monsignor Malene wrapped Kurt up in a hug as he caught sight of him.

"Hey kiddo how's school?" he asked brightly.

"It es gut," said Kurt.

"And how is that Pryde girl? She warming up to the fuzzy dude yet?"

Kurt blushed purple, "Nien, but for vonce I don't meess her. I tink I am in love vit somevone else."

"That's great," Monsignor Malene called as he wrapped Kurt up in another hug.

They talked for an hour about the possibility of a relationship, about Kurt's Theology class, about just normal things. Eventually they were the only ones left in the church. That was when there was the explosion.

The front doors flew off their hinges and in stormed fifty men in swat/commando gear. Monsignor Malene stood in front of Kurt and said to them, "Leave this place, this boy has sanctuary here. This is a house of God you are defiling. Leave now you. . ."

But he was hit with a tranq dart. Kurt was trying to focus on a safe place to Bamf to, but before he could he himself was hit with a tranq dart. His vision went blurry then, black. Before he lost all consciousness, he heard a cold disaffected voice say, "Get a blood sample I wanna know what this thing here was tryin to do. and make sure to wipe the padre's mind, don't want him remembering this."

Kurt's last thought was, "Ich habe gedacht, daß meine Suppe fremd geschmeckt hat."

Well i know it is shorter than the last one but there it is. Oh by the way the joke at the end of Chap 3, it is referring to the closing theme to the Laurence Welke show, I work one day a week in a nursing home, they put that tape on in a loop. Also that church is the one in my home town in Louisiana, and the priest was the one I had when I lived in Georgia. Anyone recognize them let me know. As always Please R/R!!