-A/N: Sorry for the lack of author's notes on the first two chapters for a
while, but I was really lazy. I hadn't really planned to put this story up
here, but then I decided, "What could it hurt? Definitely not my feelings
of no one likes it!" and I posted it right then and there without an
author's note or disclaimer. So now, as I revise it and see that Kurt's
hair is NOT so black it is almost blue but vise verse, I will add these.
Also, follow the numbers for parts I thought may confuse people. Continue
to enjoy!
-Disclaimer: okay, do you REALLY think I would do this if I owned Marvel or
the X-men? Oh no, it would be MUCH worse if I were really in charge.
Chapter One, Oops!
Lisa and Angela walked to Chemistry together, talking about various anime and such.
"I don't see how you can think that Chichiri is more kawaii than Hotohori," [1] Angela said.
"You're obsessed," said Lisa, putting her bag down at their lab station. "Did you do the pre-lab?"
"Yep, right here," said Angela, taking out a sheet of paper with the purpose, preparations, and procedure written out in sloppy handwriting. There were a lot of things scribbled out and the black pen she used was smudged. [2] "Thank God for computers and printers, huh?" she said. Lisa sweatdropped. [3]
"You know, you could just use a pencil," she commented. Angela smirked, then smiled, getting their journals. "I still don't see what these have to do with Chemistry."
"No journals on lab days, girls," said the teacher. Angela sweatdropped, getting their goggles and aprons after putting the journals away. "We have a new student today," said Mrs. Straughn. [4] "His name is Kurt Wagner," she said, pronouncing it 'wag-ner.' "Ahem, actually, itz pronounced Vaghner," the boy corrected. He had on a long sleeved red shirt with a khaki colored button-up shirt over it, unbuttoned. His hair was almost so dark blue that it was black and hung down past his shoulders in the back. His long, brown, baggy pants drooped over his shoes. "Oh, sorry Kurt," Mrs. Straughn apologized. "Does anyone not have a partner?" she addressed this to the class. No one raised his or her hand. "Okay, does anyone want to have Kurt in his or her group?" she asked. Angela raised her hand quickly. "Okay, Kurt, go work with Angela and Lisa," said Mrs. Straughn. "Oh, and girls, try not to scare him, hmm? It's his first day." "Okay, Mrs. Straughn!" said Angela, a little too excitedly. Lisa sweatdropped. "How convincing." she mumbled. "Hi Kurt!" Angela said happily, holding out a hand to shake. "I'm Angela!" "Ah, hi," he said uneasily, not taking her hand. She looked a little disappointed. "Come on, Angela, Mrs. Straughn said not to scare him," reminded Lisa. "But all I said was-" she began to protest. "Go get the Bunsen burner," Lisa commanded. "Okay." Angela said, going in a sad manner. "Come on, Kurt. By the way, my name's Lisa. Let's go get the beakers and test tubes. You wash them and I'll get the water, kay?" "Sure," Kurt said, going with her. Angela sat at the lab station and set up the Bunsen burner. Lisa came back with the test tubes in a rack. Kurt followed her.
"Okay, now take the beaker and-" Lisa began. She was cut off as Angela knocked the beaker over, spilling the water near Lisa's stuff.
"Baka!" [5] she yelled, going to move her stuff out of the way. As she did so, the water moved back toward the beaker and sat in a large bubble-like form on the table near the mouth of the container.
"Gomen!" Angela yelled, then looked to make sure that the beaker wasn't broken. "Hey, I've never seen water do that before," she said. "Sugoi. [6]"
"What are you talking abo-oh my God. what did you do?" asked Lisa.
"I just spilled it! Honest! What did you do?" asked Angela.
"I didn't do anything! All I did was move my stuff and hope nothing got wet."
"Hey, eetz alrhight, really! Heeyah, let me just." Kurt said, picking up the water sphere from the lab table and putting it back in the beaker. His hands as well as the table were perfectly dry. Angela and Lisa gaped.
"Bah. How did.?" asked Angela, terribly confused.
".you do that?" Lisa concluded for her.
"I didn't do anysing. You're ze vone who did it," he said, pointing two fingers at Lisa.
"Come on, you guys, I know you have to explain things to Kurt but you're not going to finish at this rate," Mrs. Straughn said from behind Kurt.
"Ah! Yes ma'am!" said Kurt hurriedly, sounding nervous. In their scramble, no one questioned Kurt again. Angela bumped his hand and jumped. She looked down at her own hand in confusion. "S-sahry!" Kurt said quickly, pulling his hand away.
"That's.. okay." she said. Lisa gave her a 'what's your problem?' look and Angela smiled unconvincingly. After they had completed the lab, Angela called Lisa over to help her rinse out the test tubes while Kurt put away the chemicals.
"What is it? Don't they wash easily enough?" asked Lisa. "There's a scrubber there."
"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Angela whispered.
"What is it, then?" Lisa whispered back.
"It's Kurt."
"What about him?"
"He's funny."
"So are you." Lisa said. Angela sweatdropped.
"No! Baka. I bumped him and it felt. weird."
"Maybe he has a rash or something. It's not nice to talk about people behind their back, ya know."
"I don't think it was a rash. It felt. fuzzy."
"Yer crazy!"
"But I swear it did! Just go bump him or tap him or something. Why would I lie about that?" Angela insisted.
"Because you're a freak?" Lisa suggested. This gained her a glare of annoyance from Angela. "Okay, okay! Sheesh! What would Hotohori say?"
"You leave him outta this!" she hissed. Lisa went over to Kurt and tapped him on the arm. Both of them jumped. Angela didn't hear what they said, but Lisa looked shaken when she came back to the sink where Angela was drying out the test tubes. "Well?"
"Well what?"
"You felt something, didn't you?"
"Maybe," said Lisa. The bell rang. "We'll finish cleaning up, Kurt. Hope to see you in other classes today!" said Lisa, looking at Angela the whole time.
"Sank you both for helping me!" he said in his German accent, running to find his next class.
"But I'm gonna be late," Angela complained.
"You're staying. Besides, we have lunch next hour, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Angela said happily. They finished cleaning up in silence, and then Lisa led the way to her locker.
"You wanna come over today?" Lisa asked.
"Sure," Angela replied. "Come with me to the office to call and ask?"
"Sure, let's go," Lisa agreed distantly.
"I knew it! You did feel something, didn't you?"
"Keep it down, will ya? We can talk at my house."
"But Lisa, his hand was-"
"Hey Kurt, you lost?" Lisa asked Kurt who was walking down the hall behind Angela. Angela looked up and jumped.
"Hey you guys, I vas looking for ze office. Vhere iz it?"
"We were just headed there, come on." Said Lisa. He nodded, following them.
"So do you think I can eat dinner over?" Angela asked.
"Probably," Lisa replied.
"Oh, are you going to her house? How fun. You must be good friends," commented Kurt.
"Yup!" said Angela.
"We have a bit in common," said Lisa.
"Ah, I don't really haff zat many close friends. I don't seem to fit in too vell."
"Oh, don't worry! We don't fit in, either. What's so good about being normal anyway?" asked Angela. Kurt smiled. In the office, Lisa and Angela worked things out with their parents. On the way out, they saw that Kurt was still there.
"Hey, you creepy stalker, where ya headed to now?" asked Angela playfully.
"Huh? Oh, lunch!" he said happily.
"Really? So are we. Wanna sit with us? We can introduce you to our friends," suggested Lisa.
"Sure! Zat vould be vonderful!" he said happily. They all went to lunch and finished the rest of the day fairly uneventfully. Kurt was always in either Angela or Lisa's class from third hour (Chemistry lab) on. They were even on the same bus.
At Lisa's house, they were playing Spyro on Playstation when the power went out. "This makes me so mad!" Angela whined. Lightning struck the tree outside the window and both girls jumped. "Wow, special effects?"
"I don't think so," said Lisa. The phone rang and Lisa answered. "Hello? What- Oh hey Kurt. How did you get this number.? Angela's planner, huh? I guess we could. Actually, we can probably come over now, the power went out. Yes, she's still here. I'll go ask my Mom." With that, Lisa set down the phone and left the room. She came back and picked it up again. "Yeah, it's fine. See you in a few then. Bye."
"What was he doing with my planner?" Angela asked in annoyance.
"Oh, who cares? We're going to his house."
"But-" Angela started, but the phone rang.
"Hello? Yep, here she is," said Lisa, handing the phone to Angela. "Your Mom," she whispered.
"Hi Mum. Yup, lemme ask." She looked at Lisa. "Can I spend the night? Mum said the weather's pretty bad there."
"Sure," said Lisa.
"Yup, Okay. See you tomorrow after school. Love you buh-bye." Angela said, hanging up the phone. "I still wanna know what he was doing in my stuff."
"Looking for my number, apparently. Why did you have it on you, anyway?"
"I use the address book in the back of my planner. That way I have it on weekends when I go to my dad's house." Angela explained. [7]
"Oh, ok. We're gonna get to the bottom of this fuzzy German guy who can pick up water without getting wet!" Lisa said determinedly. Angela giggled, gaining her a glare from Lisa, but then she smiled. "Yeah, I guess it does sound kinda strange when you say it out loud, huh? Let's go," she said as she stood and led the way out of her room. Angela grabbed her purse and followed.
As they waited, they played with Lisa's cats. One, Misty, was a gray, older longhair with tabby stripes. The other was a black longhair named Velvet. Misty jumped up to greet the black lab mix puppy, Heidi. Velvet hissed angrily, jumping down from her bed and running downstairs. Angela giggled. There was a knock on the door and Lisa opened it, calling back to her parents to say that she was going.
"Hello, Kurt-kun," [8] said Angela. He looked a bit confused.
"Vhy is it so daak in your house, Lisa?" he asked. Lisa started to explain about the power, but Angela jumped in.
"Because the lights are off," she said matter-of-factly. Kurt and Lisa both sweatdropped. Kurt opened the door for them, and then got in the passenger side of a nice car.
"These the new recruits you were talkin' about?" said the taller teenager with the sunglasses on who was sitting in the driver's seat. Kurt elbowed him. "What?" he asked, confused.
"Scott, zis is Angela and Lisa. Zey're my friends from my new school. Lisa, Angela, zis is Scott," Kurt introduced them and they both nodded from the back seat. Angela noticed that she was soaked from the storm, but Lisa was perfectly dry.
"Lisa, how come you're not-" she began.
"I don't know," Lisa cut in, looking down at her dry clothes, "but I think he does," she whispered to Angela as the car started. Angela held up a finger.
"Kurt-san, [9] can you put on the radio? Something loud and obnoxious! Thanks," she said when he nodded. When the radio came on, Angela looked back to Lisa. "What do you mean he knows?"
"Didn't he seem to in lab today?"
"Yeah, he was looking at you kinda funny all through lunch, too, but I thought he was just flirting."
"Baka," Lisa mumbled under her breath. They sat back and Lisa looked in the rearview mirror. She turned to Angela. "What do you think's up with the glasses?" she asked.
"Oh, eye-doctor said it's normal for my eyes to change a lot-" Angela began.
"Not your glasses," she said. "His," she whispered. Angela looked in the rearview mirror, blinking as she noted that Scott was wearing sunglasses even though it was pouring.
"Oh. Eye condition?" she suggested.
"I doubt it. Especially in the rain," Lisa said. A Pink Floyd song came on and Angela started singing happily. Lisa elbowed her. "Come on, be serious, would you? We gotta figure out what's going on here."
"How?" asked Angela in confusion.
"Well, we already know that they probably live together," she explained.
"Yaoi?" [10] asked Angela.
"No! Well, most likely not. What came to my mind, anyway, was brothers," Lisa said. Angela sweatdropped. Kurt looked back at them as if he were trying to hear their conversation. Lisa caught his gaze in the mirror and looked to Angela. The Bohemian Rhapsody came on and Angela laughed.
"Oh, Lisa! It's the song!" [11] she said happily, loud enough for people in the car next to them to hear. The girls sang with the radio, both sounding a little off, through the whole song. Halfway through, Kurt and Scott joined in. As the song ended, they pulled into the driveway. A wrought iron gate opened, leading to a circular driveway in front of a large white mansion.
"Wow." breathed Angela.
"You guys live here?" asked Lisa. Kurt nodded.
"Not alone," said Scott.
"Do you have butlers and maids and cooks and stuff?" asked Angela excitedly.
"Ah, not really. Ve all take turns cooking and cleaning," said Kurt.
"Oh," said Angela, sounding a bit saddened. They all got out and started walking toward the mansion. Angela watched the water bead up and roll off of Lisa, thoroughly confused and soaked. She caught the scent of something and sniffed a few times. She sneezed and lightning struck a bush to the right of the group. Everyone jumped and looked at her. She blushed. "Um, bless me?" she said. Kurt looked at Scott who opened the door, pretending nothing happened.
"Ah, hello there," said a man in a wheelchair who was waiting for them in a large, empty living room.
"Hello, Professor," said Kurt uneasily.
"Are these your-?" began the Professor in his calm voice. Kurt cut him off.
"Ah, yes, Professor, zees are my friends," he said too quickly. The Professor nodded.
"So, which one of you is responsible for the hedges?" the Professor asked calmly, moving toward the two girls.
"I didn't do it! I swear! All I did was sneeze and-" Angela protested. Lisa elbowed her in the ribs. The Professor watched as the water pulled itself out of her clothes in perfectly spherical beads and dropped onto the floor.
"Ah, you must be Lisa," he said, holding out a hand. "I'm Professor Xavier, but most of the students just call me Professor." Lisa shook his hand and Angela reached out slowly, rubbing his head. [12]
"Nani!? [13] Baka, what are you doing?" yelled Lisa. Angela giggled. Everyone sweatdropped. A very tall, hairy man came down one of the large staircases and everyone looked up.
"Ah, Logan," said the Professor, moving away from Angela. "These are the ones Kurt was telling us about. This is Lisa and this. This is Angela." Angela blinked, and then removed her hand from his head.
"Good. New recruits. Your turn to make dinner, then," Logan said gruffly.
"But Logan, they're no-" started Scott.
"Okay! Who's up for Ramen? How many am I cooking for?" asked Angela happily. Lisa looked worried, but didn't say anything. [14]
"Um, Angela, I think he vas joking," said Kurt. Angela looked saddened. "Ah! Maybe Ramen tomorrow?" he suggested. This made her perk up some. "Good, now, how about a tour?" Kurt said. As they began to agree, the Professor interrupted.
"Perhaps later, Kurt. I think I should explain some things first."
"But Professor-" protested Scott. The Professor held up a hand to silence him.
"Don't worry," Xavier said, "they'll be fine. Girls, do you know what a mutant is?" he asked calmly.
"You mean like Blinky from the Simpsons?" [15] asked Angela.
"I think he means more along the lines of fuzzy people with blue tails sticking out of their pants, right Kurt?" said Lisa. Angela looked at Kurt, who had his back to them. He did, indeed, have a blue tail sticking out of the back of his pants. Angela reached down to pull it and Kurt jumped.
"Hey!" he yelled. Everyone sweatdropped.
"It's fuzzy!" she exclaimed. "Can I have a tail, Lisa?"
"I don't see how I can stop you," Lisa replied.
"Yay!" said Angela.
"Vill you let go?" cried Kurt, snatching his tail away from her.
"Gomen," [16] she replied.
"Ahem," said Scott. Everyone looked to him, then Professor Xavier.
"Now girls, Kurt didn't invite you here because you were his friends." said the Professor. You girls are mutants, like Kurt."
"No way," said Angela, "I don't have a tail."
"Um, neither do I," said Scott. Angela blinked.
"Maybe. we should go." said Lisa, as she headed for the door. Angela started to follow.
"Just hear what we have to say," said the Professor. He moved a little closer, following them.
"Lisa. It's not like you haff a vay home, and it's pouring," said Kurt.
"Yeah, you're right," she agreed, turning back.
"I wanna go home," complained Angela.
"After what happened with the bushes." started Lisa.
"And in lab class? You're not ze least bit curious?" asked Kurt.
"Well," she said turning around.
"Come on, Angela," coaxed Lisa. Angela turned around, still pouting. "Anyway, at least they have power here."
"Alright then," said Xavier. "Kurt told me about how you controlled the water, Lisa, and I've witnessed the lightening, Angela. But do you know why these things happened?"
"It's never happened before," said Angela.
"Yeah, how many test tubes have we broken or spilled?" agreed Lisa.
"We think this is because of Kurt. Your subconscious sensed it and your powers took over from there. There was no storm on the radar for today. We think you caused that storm, Angela. And your powers, Lisa, would explain why you don't get wet in the rain."
"Cool." said Angela.
"So what are your powers?" asked Lisa to the Professor.
"Telepathy," he replied.
"Sugoi!" said Angela. "Kurt, you're fuzzy, but what do you do, Scott?"
"Uh, actually-" began Kurt, but Scott answered his question first.
"Well, there's nothing I should really demonstrate, unless you have something you need blown up. I have beams which shoot out of my eyes."
"So that's why you have the glasses." Said Lisa.
"But I'm not just fuzzy," said Kurt.
"Yup, you have a tail, too!" said Angela.
"I don't think that's what he meant." muttered Lisa.
"One that you pulled!" yelled Kurt, not hearing Lisa. Everyone sweatdropped.
"I made the mistake of pulling his tail once," said Scott. "Bad idea."
"That sounds like a fun story," said Lisa.
"Fun isn't really the word," said Scott.
"Come on!" yelled Logan from the kitchen, startling them all. "I'm hungry. Doesn't someone have detention who I can force to make me dinner?"
"Ramen!" yelled Angela.
No!" said Lisa.
"Please listen," said Kurt. "I'm not just fuzzy vith a tail!" everyone looked at Kurt. He looked at the Professor who nodded. Kurt pressed a button on his watch and the hologram went away, revealing his blue fuzzy fur and yellow eyes.
"Spiffy," said Lisa.
"So that's why you were fuzzy! I didn't know you were blue, too, though! But where's the tail come in?" Angela asked excitedly. Kurt disappeared in a puff of bluish smoke that smelled of sulfur and brimstone. There was a soft 'bamf' from behind Angela as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"Boo!" he said. Angela jumped. She spun around angrily.
"Who- why would you do that!? Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed as lightening struck outside.
"Wow, cool!" said Lisa. Kurt, you scared Angela! Oh, and you teleported, too, but you scared her instead of her scaring you! That's a rare occurrence."
"Ah, I see," said Kurt.
"So why aren't we fuzzy and blue?" asked Angela, still glaring.
"Everyone who has the X gene is different. Take Logan, for instance. Logan!" called the Professor. "Could you come in here, please?"
"What do you want?" he growled, walking out of the kitchen angrily.
"Show them your powers," said Scott. Logan growled, and flicked out his claws. Lisa and Angela jumped, and then watched as he sliced his forearm. They gasped as the blood flowed, then the wound healed, leaving only the streak of blood on his arm.
"Sugoi." said Angela. Logan growled again, glaring.
"Call me Wolverine," he said angrily, stalking back to the kitchen.
"I want a pet Wolverine!" said Angela.
"Baka," said Lisa, "What's with the nickname?" she asked.
"Well, we are kind of all a group of superheroes as well as a school. Logan's codename is Wolverine," explained Scott.
"Oh, what's yours, Kurt?" asked Lisa. Angela looked over at him.
"Nightcrawler," he said.
"I'm Cyclops," said Scott.
"Is this all of you? Kinda a big place for just four people," said Angela.
"Not quite," said Scott.
"We take in pretty much any 'mutant' who comes to us, or whom we find," said the Professor. "We try to educate them and teach them to better control their powers.
"Can I poof, too?" asked Angela. Lisa sweatdropped.
"No," said Lisa, glaring. Angela pouted. "Oh, don't worry, you can control lightning, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" she said happily. Kurt bamfed between them.
"Hello? Are you guys crazy? It's not a yay! You guys are mutants!" he said.
"Oh, you make it sound like it's so horrible," said Lisa.
"Yeah," said Angela, petting Kurt's arm. "Maybe we shouldn't say 'mutants,' it sounds bad. We should say. hmm." she said, still thinking. She continued to pet Kurt who grew angry.
"Cut it out!" he yelled, bamfing away. He appeared behind Lisa. Both girls turned to face him again. "You girls are veird." he said.
"Hai, sou desu!" [17] said Angela. Lisa nodded.
"Watashi tachi wa totemo hen desu," [18] she added. Everyone looked confused except for she and Angela.
"Minna-san wa atama ga warui desu. Demo [19] . you're confused, we win!" said Angela happily.
"Anyvay." said Kurt; very confused indeed, "you guys might want to calm down a little ven you move in. Logan isn't so understanding.
"Move in?" said Angela and Lisa together.
"Yeah," said Scott, "all the mutants who study with the Professor move in here," he explained.
"Uh, that's not a good idea," said Angela.
"Definitely not," agreed Lisa.
"Vhy not?" asked Kurt.
"Well, my Mom and I already had this conversation. She doesn't take kindly to me being 'different,'" said Lisa.
"You mean you and your parents already know that you're a mutant?" asked Xavier confusedly.
"Not exactly." said Lisa.
"No way. Uh-uh. I am not calling my Mom. 'Hi Mom? I'd just like to tell you that I'm a mutant and will be moving in with a bunch of other mutants. Did I mention that they're all guys?' How stupid do you think I am? My Mom got angry when I dyed one strip of my hair a lighter blonde!" Angela almost shouted. She looked angry, serious, and scared.
"Who are you and vhat did you do vith ze crazy girl who vaz just heeyah?" asked Kurt.
"The only thing Angela's serious about is her Mom's temper," explained Lisa. "But I'd have to agree with her. I don't see us moving in here."
"Well, not all the students are male, of course," said the Professor.
"You talk to her, then!" yelled Angela.
"Alright, what's your phone number?" Xavier asked.
"Huh? No! You're going to go see her in person! No way you're letting me deal with a hurricane you started!
"That might be the best thing for my Mom, too," agreed Lisa. The Professor sighed, nodding, and got their personal information, then Scott drove them back to Lisa's.
"Can I really make Ramen for dinner tomorrow?" asked Angela.
[1] Lisa loves Chichiri (from Fushigi Yuugi) and I (Angela) love Hotohori (also from Fushigi Yuugi) and I am, indeed, obsessed. Kawaii is cute in Japanese (we are both in Japanese class). [2] I am actively rebelling against the pencil. Purpose, Preparations, and Procedures are what we have to have the day we start a lab in Chemistry class or else we don't get to do the lab. [3] If you haven't guessed by now, Lisa and I love anime. In anime (in case you didn't know) when one character is stressed, embarrassed, embarrassed for a friend, scared, and pretty much any other emotion, they get a large sweat drop on the back of their head. [4] Pronounced Strawn [6] baka means stupid or idiot in Japanese [7] sugoi means cool or awesome in Japanese [8] -kun is the suffix for a male who is your good friend in Japanese [9] -san is the suffix for someone who you respect in Japanese [10] yaoi is Japanese for a male-male relationship [11] Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by Queen, which Lisa and I both love ( [12] I've always wanted to do that. [13] Nani is Japanese for what? [14] Ramen will be explained later. [15] Blinky is the 3-eyed fish from the Simpsons. Just in case, I don't own him either ( [16] Gomen is Japanese for sorry. [17] hai, sou desu is Japanese for 'yes, that's right.' [18] watashi tachi wa totemo hen desu is Japanese for we are very weird [19] minna san wa totemo atama ga warui desu. Demo. is Japanese for everyone is stupid, but.
Chapter One, Oops!
Lisa and Angela walked to Chemistry together, talking about various anime and such.
"I don't see how you can think that Chichiri is more kawaii than Hotohori," [1] Angela said.
"You're obsessed," said Lisa, putting her bag down at their lab station. "Did you do the pre-lab?"
"Yep, right here," said Angela, taking out a sheet of paper with the purpose, preparations, and procedure written out in sloppy handwriting. There were a lot of things scribbled out and the black pen she used was smudged. [2] "Thank God for computers and printers, huh?" she said. Lisa sweatdropped. [3]
"You know, you could just use a pencil," she commented. Angela smirked, then smiled, getting their journals. "I still don't see what these have to do with Chemistry."
"No journals on lab days, girls," said the teacher. Angela sweatdropped, getting their goggles and aprons after putting the journals away. "We have a new student today," said Mrs. Straughn. [4] "His name is Kurt Wagner," she said, pronouncing it 'wag-ner.' "Ahem, actually, itz pronounced Vaghner," the boy corrected. He had on a long sleeved red shirt with a khaki colored button-up shirt over it, unbuttoned. His hair was almost so dark blue that it was black and hung down past his shoulders in the back. His long, brown, baggy pants drooped over his shoes. "Oh, sorry Kurt," Mrs. Straughn apologized. "Does anyone not have a partner?" she addressed this to the class. No one raised his or her hand. "Okay, does anyone want to have Kurt in his or her group?" she asked. Angela raised her hand quickly. "Okay, Kurt, go work with Angela and Lisa," said Mrs. Straughn. "Oh, and girls, try not to scare him, hmm? It's his first day." "Okay, Mrs. Straughn!" said Angela, a little too excitedly. Lisa sweatdropped. "How convincing." she mumbled. "Hi Kurt!" Angela said happily, holding out a hand to shake. "I'm Angela!" "Ah, hi," he said uneasily, not taking her hand. She looked a little disappointed. "Come on, Angela, Mrs. Straughn said not to scare him," reminded Lisa. "But all I said was-" she began to protest. "Go get the Bunsen burner," Lisa commanded. "Okay." Angela said, going in a sad manner. "Come on, Kurt. By the way, my name's Lisa. Let's go get the beakers and test tubes. You wash them and I'll get the water, kay?" "Sure," Kurt said, going with her. Angela sat at the lab station and set up the Bunsen burner. Lisa came back with the test tubes in a rack. Kurt followed her.
"Okay, now take the beaker and-" Lisa began. She was cut off as Angela knocked the beaker over, spilling the water near Lisa's stuff.
"Baka!" [5] she yelled, going to move her stuff out of the way. As she did so, the water moved back toward the beaker and sat in a large bubble-like form on the table near the mouth of the container.
"Gomen!" Angela yelled, then looked to make sure that the beaker wasn't broken. "Hey, I've never seen water do that before," she said. "Sugoi. [6]"
"What are you talking abo-oh my God. what did you do?" asked Lisa.
"I just spilled it! Honest! What did you do?" asked Angela.
"I didn't do anything! All I did was move my stuff and hope nothing got wet."
"Hey, eetz alrhight, really! Heeyah, let me just." Kurt said, picking up the water sphere from the lab table and putting it back in the beaker. His hands as well as the table were perfectly dry. Angela and Lisa gaped.
"Bah. How did.?" asked Angela, terribly confused.
".you do that?" Lisa concluded for her.
"I didn't do anysing. You're ze vone who did it," he said, pointing two fingers at Lisa.
"Come on, you guys, I know you have to explain things to Kurt but you're not going to finish at this rate," Mrs. Straughn said from behind Kurt.
"Ah! Yes ma'am!" said Kurt hurriedly, sounding nervous. In their scramble, no one questioned Kurt again. Angela bumped his hand and jumped. She looked down at her own hand in confusion. "S-sahry!" Kurt said quickly, pulling his hand away.
"That's.. okay." she said. Lisa gave her a 'what's your problem?' look and Angela smiled unconvincingly. After they had completed the lab, Angela called Lisa over to help her rinse out the test tubes while Kurt put away the chemicals.
"What is it? Don't they wash easily enough?" asked Lisa. "There's a scrubber there."
"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Angela whispered.
"What is it, then?" Lisa whispered back.
"It's Kurt."
"What about him?"
"He's funny."
"So are you." Lisa said. Angela sweatdropped.
"No! Baka. I bumped him and it felt. weird."
"Maybe he has a rash or something. It's not nice to talk about people behind their back, ya know."
"I don't think it was a rash. It felt. fuzzy."
"Yer crazy!"
"But I swear it did! Just go bump him or tap him or something. Why would I lie about that?" Angela insisted.
"Because you're a freak?" Lisa suggested. This gained her a glare of annoyance from Angela. "Okay, okay! Sheesh! What would Hotohori say?"
"You leave him outta this!" she hissed. Lisa went over to Kurt and tapped him on the arm. Both of them jumped. Angela didn't hear what they said, but Lisa looked shaken when she came back to the sink where Angela was drying out the test tubes. "Well?"
"Well what?"
"You felt something, didn't you?"
"Maybe," said Lisa. The bell rang. "We'll finish cleaning up, Kurt. Hope to see you in other classes today!" said Lisa, looking at Angela the whole time.
"Sank you both for helping me!" he said in his German accent, running to find his next class.
"But I'm gonna be late," Angela complained.
"You're staying. Besides, we have lunch next hour, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Angela said happily. They finished cleaning up in silence, and then Lisa led the way to her locker.
"You wanna come over today?" Lisa asked.
"Sure," Angela replied. "Come with me to the office to call and ask?"
"Sure, let's go," Lisa agreed distantly.
"I knew it! You did feel something, didn't you?"
"Keep it down, will ya? We can talk at my house."
"But Lisa, his hand was-"
"Hey Kurt, you lost?" Lisa asked Kurt who was walking down the hall behind Angela. Angela looked up and jumped.
"Hey you guys, I vas looking for ze office. Vhere iz it?"
"We were just headed there, come on." Said Lisa. He nodded, following them.
"So do you think I can eat dinner over?" Angela asked.
"Probably," Lisa replied.
"Oh, are you going to her house? How fun. You must be good friends," commented Kurt.
"Yup!" said Angela.
"We have a bit in common," said Lisa.
"Ah, I don't really haff zat many close friends. I don't seem to fit in too vell."
"Oh, don't worry! We don't fit in, either. What's so good about being normal anyway?" asked Angela. Kurt smiled. In the office, Lisa and Angela worked things out with their parents. On the way out, they saw that Kurt was still there.
"Hey, you creepy stalker, where ya headed to now?" asked Angela playfully.
"Huh? Oh, lunch!" he said happily.
"Really? So are we. Wanna sit with us? We can introduce you to our friends," suggested Lisa.
"Sure! Zat vould be vonderful!" he said happily. They all went to lunch and finished the rest of the day fairly uneventfully. Kurt was always in either Angela or Lisa's class from third hour (Chemistry lab) on. They were even on the same bus.
At Lisa's house, they were playing Spyro on Playstation when the power went out. "This makes me so mad!" Angela whined. Lightning struck the tree outside the window and both girls jumped. "Wow, special effects?"
"I don't think so," said Lisa. The phone rang and Lisa answered. "Hello? What- Oh hey Kurt. How did you get this number.? Angela's planner, huh? I guess we could. Actually, we can probably come over now, the power went out. Yes, she's still here. I'll go ask my Mom." With that, Lisa set down the phone and left the room. She came back and picked it up again. "Yeah, it's fine. See you in a few then. Bye."
"What was he doing with my planner?" Angela asked in annoyance.
"Oh, who cares? We're going to his house."
"But-" Angela started, but the phone rang.
"Hello? Yep, here she is," said Lisa, handing the phone to Angela. "Your Mom," she whispered.
"Hi Mum. Yup, lemme ask." She looked at Lisa. "Can I spend the night? Mum said the weather's pretty bad there."
"Sure," said Lisa.
"Yup, Okay. See you tomorrow after school. Love you buh-bye." Angela said, hanging up the phone. "I still wanna know what he was doing in my stuff."
"Looking for my number, apparently. Why did you have it on you, anyway?"
"I use the address book in the back of my planner. That way I have it on weekends when I go to my dad's house." Angela explained. [7]
"Oh, ok. We're gonna get to the bottom of this fuzzy German guy who can pick up water without getting wet!" Lisa said determinedly. Angela giggled, gaining her a glare from Lisa, but then she smiled. "Yeah, I guess it does sound kinda strange when you say it out loud, huh? Let's go," she said as she stood and led the way out of her room. Angela grabbed her purse and followed.
As they waited, they played with Lisa's cats. One, Misty, was a gray, older longhair with tabby stripes. The other was a black longhair named Velvet. Misty jumped up to greet the black lab mix puppy, Heidi. Velvet hissed angrily, jumping down from her bed and running downstairs. Angela giggled. There was a knock on the door and Lisa opened it, calling back to her parents to say that she was going.
"Hello, Kurt-kun," [8] said Angela. He looked a bit confused.
"Vhy is it so daak in your house, Lisa?" he asked. Lisa started to explain about the power, but Angela jumped in.
"Because the lights are off," she said matter-of-factly. Kurt and Lisa both sweatdropped. Kurt opened the door for them, and then got in the passenger side of a nice car.
"These the new recruits you were talkin' about?" said the taller teenager with the sunglasses on who was sitting in the driver's seat. Kurt elbowed him. "What?" he asked, confused.
"Scott, zis is Angela and Lisa. Zey're my friends from my new school. Lisa, Angela, zis is Scott," Kurt introduced them and they both nodded from the back seat. Angela noticed that she was soaked from the storm, but Lisa was perfectly dry.
"Lisa, how come you're not-" she began.
"I don't know," Lisa cut in, looking down at her dry clothes, "but I think he does," she whispered to Angela as the car started. Angela held up a finger.
"Kurt-san, [9] can you put on the radio? Something loud and obnoxious! Thanks," she said when he nodded. When the radio came on, Angela looked back to Lisa. "What do you mean he knows?"
"Didn't he seem to in lab today?"
"Yeah, he was looking at you kinda funny all through lunch, too, but I thought he was just flirting."
"Baka," Lisa mumbled under her breath. They sat back and Lisa looked in the rearview mirror. She turned to Angela. "What do you think's up with the glasses?" she asked.
"Oh, eye-doctor said it's normal for my eyes to change a lot-" Angela began.
"Not your glasses," she said. "His," she whispered. Angela looked in the rearview mirror, blinking as she noted that Scott was wearing sunglasses even though it was pouring.
"Oh. Eye condition?" she suggested.
"I doubt it. Especially in the rain," Lisa said. A Pink Floyd song came on and Angela started singing happily. Lisa elbowed her. "Come on, be serious, would you? We gotta figure out what's going on here."
"How?" asked Angela in confusion.
"Well, we already know that they probably live together," she explained.
"Yaoi?" [10] asked Angela.
"No! Well, most likely not. What came to my mind, anyway, was brothers," Lisa said. Angela sweatdropped. Kurt looked back at them as if he were trying to hear their conversation. Lisa caught his gaze in the mirror and looked to Angela. The Bohemian Rhapsody came on and Angela laughed.
"Oh, Lisa! It's the song!" [11] she said happily, loud enough for people in the car next to them to hear. The girls sang with the radio, both sounding a little off, through the whole song. Halfway through, Kurt and Scott joined in. As the song ended, they pulled into the driveway. A wrought iron gate opened, leading to a circular driveway in front of a large white mansion.
"Wow." breathed Angela.
"You guys live here?" asked Lisa. Kurt nodded.
"Not alone," said Scott.
"Do you have butlers and maids and cooks and stuff?" asked Angela excitedly.
"Ah, not really. Ve all take turns cooking and cleaning," said Kurt.
"Oh," said Angela, sounding a bit saddened. They all got out and started walking toward the mansion. Angela watched the water bead up and roll off of Lisa, thoroughly confused and soaked. She caught the scent of something and sniffed a few times. She sneezed and lightning struck a bush to the right of the group. Everyone jumped and looked at her. She blushed. "Um, bless me?" she said. Kurt looked at Scott who opened the door, pretending nothing happened.
"Ah, hello there," said a man in a wheelchair who was waiting for them in a large, empty living room.
"Hello, Professor," said Kurt uneasily.
"Are these your-?" began the Professor in his calm voice. Kurt cut him off.
"Ah, yes, Professor, zees are my friends," he said too quickly. The Professor nodded.
"So, which one of you is responsible for the hedges?" the Professor asked calmly, moving toward the two girls.
"I didn't do it! I swear! All I did was sneeze and-" Angela protested. Lisa elbowed her in the ribs. The Professor watched as the water pulled itself out of her clothes in perfectly spherical beads and dropped onto the floor.
"Ah, you must be Lisa," he said, holding out a hand. "I'm Professor Xavier, but most of the students just call me Professor." Lisa shook his hand and Angela reached out slowly, rubbing his head. [12]
"Nani!? [13] Baka, what are you doing?" yelled Lisa. Angela giggled. Everyone sweatdropped. A very tall, hairy man came down one of the large staircases and everyone looked up.
"Ah, Logan," said the Professor, moving away from Angela. "These are the ones Kurt was telling us about. This is Lisa and this. This is Angela." Angela blinked, and then removed her hand from his head.
"Good. New recruits. Your turn to make dinner, then," Logan said gruffly.
"But Logan, they're no-" started Scott.
"Okay! Who's up for Ramen? How many am I cooking for?" asked Angela happily. Lisa looked worried, but didn't say anything. [14]
"Um, Angela, I think he vas joking," said Kurt. Angela looked saddened. "Ah! Maybe Ramen tomorrow?" he suggested. This made her perk up some. "Good, now, how about a tour?" Kurt said. As they began to agree, the Professor interrupted.
"Perhaps later, Kurt. I think I should explain some things first."
"But Professor-" protested Scott. The Professor held up a hand to silence him.
"Don't worry," Xavier said, "they'll be fine. Girls, do you know what a mutant is?" he asked calmly.
"You mean like Blinky from the Simpsons?" [15] asked Angela.
"I think he means more along the lines of fuzzy people with blue tails sticking out of their pants, right Kurt?" said Lisa. Angela looked at Kurt, who had his back to them. He did, indeed, have a blue tail sticking out of the back of his pants. Angela reached down to pull it and Kurt jumped.
"Hey!" he yelled. Everyone sweatdropped.
"It's fuzzy!" she exclaimed. "Can I have a tail, Lisa?"
"I don't see how I can stop you," Lisa replied.
"Yay!" said Angela.
"Vill you let go?" cried Kurt, snatching his tail away from her.
"Gomen," [16] she replied.
"Ahem," said Scott. Everyone looked to him, then Professor Xavier.
"Now girls, Kurt didn't invite you here because you were his friends." said the Professor. You girls are mutants, like Kurt."
"No way," said Angela, "I don't have a tail."
"Um, neither do I," said Scott. Angela blinked.
"Maybe. we should go." said Lisa, as she headed for the door. Angela started to follow.
"Just hear what we have to say," said the Professor. He moved a little closer, following them.
"Lisa. It's not like you haff a vay home, and it's pouring," said Kurt.
"Yeah, you're right," she agreed, turning back.
"I wanna go home," complained Angela.
"After what happened with the bushes." started Lisa.
"And in lab class? You're not ze least bit curious?" asked Kurt.
"Well," she said turning around.
"Come on, Angela," coaxed Lisa. Angela turned around, still pouting. "Anyway, at least they have power here."
"Alright then," said Xavier. "Kurt told me about how you controlled the water, Lisa, and I've witnessed the lightening, Angela. But do you know why these things happened?"
"It's never happened before," said Angela.
"Yeah, how many test tubes have we broken or spilled?" agreed Lisa.
"We think this is because of Kurt. Your subconscious sensed it and your powers took over from there. There was no storm on the radar for today. We think you caused that storm, Angela. And your powers, Lisa, would explain why you don't get wet in the rain."
"Cool." said Angela.
"So what are your powers?" asked Lisa to the Professor.
"Telepathy," he replied.
"Sugoi!" said Angela. "Kurt, you're fuzzy, but what do you do, Scott?"
"Uh, actually-" began Kurt, but Scott answered his question first.
"Well, there's nothing I should really demonstrate, unless you have something you need blown up. I have beams which shoot out of my eyes."
"So that's why you have the glasses." Said Lisa.
"But I'm not just fuzzy," said Kurt.
"Yup, you have a tail, too!" said Angela.
"I don't think that's what he meant." muttered Lisa.
"One that you pulled!" yelled Kurt, not hearing Lisa. Everyone sweatdropped.
"I made the mistake of pulling his tail once," said Scott. "Bad idea."
"That sounds like a fun story," said Lisa.
"Fun isn't really the word," said Scott.
"Come on!" yelled Logan from the kitchen, startling them all. "I'm hungry. Doesn't someone have detention who I can force to make me dinner?"
"Ramen!" yelled Angela.
No!" said Lisa.
"Please listen," said Kurt. "I'm not just fuzzy vith a tail!" everyone looked at Kurt. He looked at the Professor who nodded. Kurt pressed a button on his watch and the hologram went away, revealing his blue fuzzy fur and yellow eyes.
"Spiffy," said Lisa.
"So that's why you were fuzzy! I didn't know you were blue, too, though! But where's the tail come in?" Angela asked excitedly. Kurt disappeared in a puff of bluish smoke that smelled of sulfur and brimstone. There was a soft 'bamf' from behind Angela as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"Boo!" he said. Angela jumped. She spun around angrily.
"Who- why would you do that!? Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed as lightening struck outside.
"Wow, cool!" said Lisa. Kurt, you scared Angela! Oh, and you teleported, too, but you scared her instead of her scaring you! That's a rare occurrence."
"Ah, I see," said Kurt.
"So why aren't we fuzzy and blue?" asked Angela, still glaring.
"Everyone who has the X gene is different. Take Logan, for instance. Logan!" called the Professor. "Could you come in here, please?"
"What do you want?" he growled, walking out of the kitchen angrily.
"Show them your powers," said Scott. Logan growled, and flicked out his claws. Lisa and Angela jumped, and then watched as he sliced his forearm. They gasped as the blood flowed, then the wound healed, leaving only the streak of blood on his arm.
"Sugoi." said Angela. Logan growled again, glaring.
"Call me Wolverine," he said angrily, stalking back to the kitchen.
"I want a pet Wolverine!" said Angela.
"Baka," said Lisa, "What's with the nickname?" she asked.
"Well, we are kind of all a group of superheroes as well as a school. Logan's codename is Wolverine," explained Scott.
"Oh, what's yours, Kurt?" asked Lisa. Angela looked over at him.
"Nightcrawler," he said.
"I'm Cyclops," said Scott.
"Is this all of you? Kinda a big place for just four people," said Angela.
"Not quite," said Scott.
"We take in pretty much any 'mutant' who comes to us, or whom we find," said the Professor. "We try to educate them and teach them to better control their powers.
"Can I poof, too?" asked Angela. Lisa sweatdropped.
"No," said Lisa, glaring. Angela pouted. "Oh, don't worry, you can control lightning, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" she said happily. Kurt bamfed between them.
"Hello? Are you guys crazy? It's not a yay! You guys are mutants!" he said.
"Oh, you make it sound like it's so horrible," said Lisa.
"Yeah," said Angela, petting Kurt's arm. "Maybe we shouldn't say 'mutants,' it sounds bad. We should say. hmm." she said, still thinking. She continued to pet Kurt who grew angry.
"Cut it out!" he yelled, bamfing away. He appeared behind Lisa. Both girls turned to face him again. "You girls are veird." he said.
"Hai, sou desu!" [17] said Angela. Lisa nodded.
"Watashi tachi wa totemo hen desu," [18] she added. Everyone looked confused except for she and Angela.
"Minna-san wa atama ga warui desu. Demo [19] . you're confused, we win!" said Angela happily.
"Anyvay." said Kurt; very confused indeed, "you guys might want to calm down a little ven you move in. Logan isn't so understanding.
"Move in?" said Angela and Lisa together.
"Yeah," said Scott, "all the mutants who study with the Professor move in here," he explained.
"Uh, that's not a good idea," said Angela.
"Definitely not," agreed Lisa.
"Vhy not?" asked Kurt.
"Well, my Mom and I already had this conversation. She doesn't take kindly to me being 'different,'" said Lisa.
"You mean you and your parents already know that you're a mutant?" asked Xavier confusedly.
"Not exactly." said Lisa.
"No way. Uh-uh. I am not calling my Mom. 'Hi Mom? I'd just like to tell you that I'm a mutant and will be moving in with a bunch of other mutants. Did I mention that they're all guys?' How stupid do you think I am? My Mom got angry when I dyed one strip of my hair a lighter blonde!" Angela almost shouted. She looked angry, serious, and scared.
"Who are you and vhat did you do vith ze crazy girl who vaz just heeyah?" asked Kurt.
"The only thing Angela's serious about is her Mom's temper," explained Lisa. "But I'd have to agree with her. I don't see us moving in here."
"Well, not all the students are male, of course," said the Professor.
"You talk to her, then!" yelled Angela.
"Alright, what's your phone number?" Xavier asked.
"Huh? No! You're going to go see her in person! No way you're letting me deal with a hurricane you started!
"That might be the best thing for my Mom, too," agreed Lisa. The Professor sighed, nodding, and got their personal information, then Scott drove them back to Lisa's.
"Can I really make Ramen for dinner tomorrow?" asked Angela.
[1] Lisa loves Chichiri (from Fushigi Yuugi) and I (Angela) love Hotohori (also from Fushigi Yuugi) and I am, indeed, obsessed. Kawaii is cute in Japanese (we are both in Japanese class). [2] I am actively rebelling against the pencil. Purpose, Preparations, and Procedures are what we have to have the day we start a lab in Chemistry class or else we don't get to do the lab. [3] If you haven't guessed by now, Lisa and I love anime. In anime (in case you didn't know) when one character is stressed, embarrassed, embarrassed for a friend, scared, and pretty much any other emotion, they get a large sweat drop on the back of their head. [4] Pronounced Strawn [6] baka means stupid or idiot in Japanese [7] sugoi means cool or awesome in Japanese [8] -kun is the suffix for a male who is your good friend in Japanese [9] -san is the suffix for someone who you respect in Japanese [10] yaoi is Japanese for a male-male relationship [11] Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by Queen, which Lisa and I both love ( [12] I've always wanted to do that. [13] Nani is Japanese for what? [14] Ramen will be explained later. [15] Blinky is the 3-eyed fish from the Simpsons. Just in case, I don't own him either ( [16] Gomen is Japanese for sorry. [17] hai, sou desu is Japanese for 'yes, that's right.' [18] watashi tachi wa totemo hen desu is Japanese for we are very weird [19] minna san wa totemo atama ga warui desu. Demo. is Japanese for everyone is stupid, but.