Who Said That Cat's Don't Like Water?



Disclaimer: I do not own X-men, they belong to their respective owners.





Chapter 1

at the 6pm meeting...



Everyone was shocked when Storm had stopped their baseball game to tell them that the Professor was holding a mandatory meeting. The Professor never called a meeting unless it was important. As the teenagers sat restlessly in the main hall, Storm came out and greeted them.

"Professor Xavier is going to talk about some new information that has come to our attention, that effects us all." Murmuring broke out amongst the young mutants and some of the older ones shouted out questions.

"Is zeet bad news?" Kurt asked as he sat on the edge of his seat, "Are ve in trouble?"

"Is it the brotherhood again?" Scott looked stern, as if he were ready to go on the drop of a dime to fight them. Jean squeezed his hand and shook her head no.

Kitty was to afraid to ask any questions... it was all she could do just to resist the urge of telling someone she felt something big coming. She knew if she did they would only laugh and say she wanted attention. But, just the thought that something big was going to happen made her a bit queasy.

"Settle down students, all your questions will be answered." Professor Xavier wheeled out from his office and approached the group of mutants. Everyone became suddenly quiet as they waited for what the professor had to say. "It has come to my attention that there is an important item that can either be a worthy asset or harmful to us, depending on who has it. There is a rumor that a special amulet has been found that can extremely enhance a mutants powers. If someone like Magneto were to get hold of it, it could mean horrific destruction. Even the X-men would not be a match for him at that point. I am leaving tonight to find out more about this amulet and to hopefully obtain it before Magneto. Storm will be accompanying me, Beast and Logan will be in charge here while I am gone. Any other questions can be answered by them." With that been said he left quickly with Storm.

Most of the younger mutants just brushed it off as no big deal which was a big mistake. Jean quickly jumped down their throats with a lecture on how important it was that the X-men get the amulet. Jean scared Jamie so bad that he fell backwards and multiplied into five Jamies... all of them flustered and trying to hid from Jeans stern gaze. Kitty saw Kurt laughing at the whole thing and she wish she felt like laughing... but instead she was filled with an odd sinking feeling in her stomach.

"Are ya alright Kitty?" Rough looked at her with some concern. They had become pretty close friends over the years.

"Yeah. I'm alright, I think I'm going to go to bed though." She got up and slowly made her way to the bedroom. Laying on her back, she stared up at the ceiling. 'There's nothing to worry about right? The professor has it all under control.'


The next morning...

"Any news from the professor Jean?" Scott, Rouge, Kitty, Kurt, and Evan were all gathered around Jean at the breakfast table.

"Only that things are going smoothly so far and that he expects to be home tomorrow."

"Wow, that's great" Scott said as he patted Jean on the back like it was thanks to her that the professor was doing well. Rouge rolled her eyes and continued eating her bagel. Kitty managed to laugh a bit and give Rouge a sympathetic look.

"I hope him and auntie O come back home safely," Evan pitched in.

"Zeet is a good things the Professor found out about zee amulet so quickly, right Kitty?" He looked over to her with a big smile

"...Yeah. Like, good thing."

"You seem kind of out of it today Kitty, are you alright?" Jean asked.

"Yeah I'm ok," She was just thankful that Jean didn't read her mind, the last thing she needed was a lecture from her, "I think I am going to go walk around the grounds a bit, cya later."



Outside the Xavier Mansion....

Kitty wondered around the institute not really intending to go anywhere. She was deep in thought, wondering why this amulet thing was such a big deal to her, she didn't even really understand what it was. She quickly rounded the corner while staring at her feet and not looking where she was going. Slam!! She ran right into someone and fell backwards.

"Ow!" Kitty looked up to see five Jamies sitting on the ground rubbing their heads. "Oh sorry Jamie, I wasn't looking where I was going."

"AH.... ah.... t-that's alright... Kitty...hehe" All five Jamies turned scarlet when they saw who it was and all five Jamies tried to help Kitty up (causing her to fall again). "oops, sorry!"

"Haha, it's ok." Kitty stood up and dusted herself off as the Jamies reunited into one blushing Jamie.

"I-I got to go!" He stammered as he ran away in the opposite direction. Kitty just laughed, Jamie wasn't a little boy anymore and was starting to get uncomfortable around girls... especially Kitty. She remembered the time when she dragged him along to a concert and he came wearing a tux. He even gave her a corsage. Jamie was one of the sweetest boys she had met. She was half tempted to go right then and there to find him an equally cute and sweet girlfriend. Too bad matchmaking was never one of her talents. She had enough problems with her own relationships... or should it be the lack of relationships. There were plenty of guys she liked but she never had the guts to ask them out. The closest she ever got was asking Lance to a dance. She really liked Lance.. And still does, but with him being a brotherhood member, it made things too difficult.

Kitty spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with Kurt and Rouge trying to get her mind off things and trying not to be so anxious for the Professor to return home.





That's it for chapter 1! What do you think so far? No, this is not a Jamie/Kitty fanfic, I just think he is the cutest kid so I had to put him in there (now that I mention it, I don't think I have ever seen a Jamie fic before...hmmm). You might notice that Kitty doesn't really have the valley girl accent anymore (except for the occasional "like"). That's because she grew out of it. More Romance in the future chapters and more action... I know it's kinda boring now but I need to introduce the plot before I can get any of the interesting stuff in. As for couplings... you'll just have to wait and see. Review!

-Strawberry