I love all of you that review my story. Your reviews are encouraging and it's good to know I have some talent, if you'd even call it that. And since I love to write it's nice to know that something I love to do is something others love to do as well, also it nice that I'm not terrible at this, just okay. Anyway I will let you guys let to the story now.

~ Thoughts~

_ Telepathic conversation _

"Speaking"

= Reading of a letter or E-mail=

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"Rogue? Wake up," Rogue opened her eyes.

"REMY!" she gasped and immediately pulled him in to a hug and then pushed him away when she remembered about last night.

Remy frowned and walked out the room. Rogue followed and as soon as she reached the main hall right outside her door she fell from moving to fast and so early. Remy kneeled on one knee and Rogue smiled thinking she was going to have help but she felt her head hit the wall and a gloved hand around her throat. She heard the annoying sound of leather rubbing against each other and then she saw Remy's eyes. There were full of hatred and anger.

"Nobody turns a Lebeau down," he hissed and then Rogue sprang forward in her bead with a thin sheet of sweat coating her pale make up less face.

"Just a dream," Rogue mumbled as she fell back down in the pillows.

She was now grouchy because she couldn't go back to sleep and she wanted to. She threw her feel lazily across the bed on the floor of the room. She yawned and forced herself to get up all the way. She walked across the room to the bathroom and she turned on the light. There was sleep in the corners of her eyes and her hair went in every direction. Her face was foreign to her without makeup on. She took a shower and used her favorite fragrance 'Love Spell' From Victoria Secret (It's smell really good). She brushed her teeth as well as her hair and then put on a pair of running tights that stopped at her mid cal and had blue fire running down the side and were black. She put on a black wife beater and her zip up black hoodie and her signature black gloves with a pair of sneakers. She still remembered last night and she wish didn't. She hated herself and it seemed like being depressed about it was the best way to go about it. She was happy she was so good at hiding her feelings otherwise things would be a lot worse if possible. She left her room and walked down the long empty hall and she was on the first floor when she heard what sounded like someone fighting. She went around till she reached a room from where the sound was coming from. She looked in the room and saw Laraknid in some karate uniform and hitting noting but air. The floor was covered in mats and the corners have weights of all sizes and types. She snuck behind him and just admired what he was doing.

"What are you doing?" Rogue asked with amusement in her voice.

Laraknid turned around and threw a punch, which Rogue luckily caught. She smiled as did he and she threw a punch with her right hand which would even leave Scott crying but he dodged it and ducked and grabbed her legs and pulled. She fell on her back hard She grew mad and her face turned red, she got up quickly and jumped when she saw Laraknid trying to trip her by her feet. While she was doing that he put all his weight in his hands and used his free foot to hit her square in the chest. She went flying and just started to through punches, which Laraknid easily dodged with ease.

"Stop it just stop your killing me," he tried not to laugh.

Rogue stopped and glared at him. "What do you mean, I can fight," she said.

"Yeah like a child," he laughed.

Rogue huffed like a child and grew even redder. "I do not! I'll have you know I was taught by the-," she began.

"The Wolverine I know I have every memory of yours remember," he said tapping his head. "Okay he isn't a bad teacher that's not what I am saying but he taught you how to use muscles not brains. Yes you must have strength but if you just throw hits like you were just doing, you will not get far. You are a strong fighter but when your not winning the fight you get angry and your hits get crazy and predictable, just like a child," Laraknid said.

"What is this a Bruce Lee movie? People don't use techniques when fighting, at least not here anyway. I mean in China and Japan but it's their tradition. People now a day's fight with street smarts. Besides I don't really think anybody has time to find what it is weak points," Rogue.

Laraknid smirked," You'd be surprised."

Rogue looked at him like he was crazy. " Teach me then," she challenged.

He held out his hand and Rogue looked at it with uncertainty. She raised her eyebrow; she knew he was about to do something. The next thing she knew the world was spinning and she was looking at the ceiling. She grew annoyed but wasn't going to be stubborn. "Okay let's start," he said.

Many hours went by and Rogue was surprised at how hard it was. Whenever she found his weak spot or his unguarded point it was to late she was already hit. It was like that for about an hour, when her eyes finally were as quick as her mouth. Even then she still got hit, now that her eyes moved quickly and recognized everything now the only problem was actually doing something fast enough. That little lesson lasted the rest of the time, and for only learning two thongs it hurt like hell. She told him not to go easy on her just because she was a girl, it didn't feel like he held back but Rogue knew he did. She wasn't going to complain, at least not yet anyway. Now she was going to work, and even though it was Saturday people had driver's education to go to. She had to take a shower first, and so she did. She dressed in her normal attire, the green see through shirt and the black skirt and you know the rest.

"Want a ride?" Laraknid offered.

"Yeah, that would be nice," she said back almost sarcastically.

In the car the radio was low and the air conditioning was on. ~ Wonder when I'll start recruiting. I don't want to ask and seem like I have nothing else better to think of. But if I don't ask he may think I don't care, ~Rogue thought.

Laraknid laughed a low laugh. "What is it?" he asked. Rogue looked at him confused. He laughed even harder. " I don't mean to scare you or creep you out or anything but you seem to forget that I know what you know. I know the look in your eyes when you have something you want to say or do."

Rogue was embarrassed. ~First I make a fool of myself by not being able to bet him. Now he's a Rogue dictionary. At least he know the way I go to the school were already here, thank god for shortcuts~ Rogue thought.

Rogue looked around and spotted Remy dropping off Kitty and Kurt. He was in the X-van. Rogue turned away but she felt them looking at her. "Well anyway Irene said I would be creating a team. What's going on with that?"

" There is a specific time you are to get these mutants and recruit them, when I tell you to do something at a specific time it is literal. First I must finish teaching you how to fight like a ninja, that's what you call em' nowadays," Laraknid said.

Rogue laughed as she got out the car and waved goodbye. Laraknid flicked her off. ~Yup he knows me well~ Rogue thought as she returned the sign.

Rogue was glad she wasn't like Kitty otherwise she'd be smiling a big smile right now but all she did was frown, glare, and snap. Well now anyways. She walked right pass Kitty, Kurt, and Remy. When she did she felt a knot tied in her stomach, she had a really good friend Kitty and she has always been there for her but now Rogue was acting as if they had never seen each other before. And Kurt, he was a saint; he had always refused to think negative, now Rogue was hurting him. He was so naive and full of spirit Rogue felt like she was breaking it. Finally Remy, the man she loved. She was hurt she couldn't be with him but she knew it would never work out; she would hate it if he had to kiss her through a scarf like she wished he would do so many times. She would hate it if he always had to be careful of watching her skin, Rogue told herself this was the best thing, the right thing, but Rogue wanted to be selfish. Rogue heard her name being called but it was Rachel, she didn't turn around. Rachel caught up with her and blocked her from entering. Rogue swallowed hard and gave her famous death glares. Rachel went from gleaming with joy to being sad and she moved out the way. Rogue walked through the door with her head held high.

" What's wrong with her?" Kitty asked.

" I don't know, maybe she's you know. cramping or something," Rachel said back.

"Vacth out zen mien schwester (my sister) usually lasts about a veek," Kurt said.

Rachel gave him a weird look and went in as well. Kurt shrugged and went to be the first person in line to drive with the teacher. Kitty looked at Remy," So what's like going on between you two?"

Remy looked at her and gave her a smile," She loves me," he said.

Kitty beamed," really that's great. Wait you didn't sound to happy."

"She says she can't be with me, she said she had her reasons." Remy replied.

"So like rogue to do something stupid like that," Kitty whined.

"She cried," Remy added in to let her know Rogue was serious.

Kitty made a '0' shape with her mouth and said nothing of it. She had never seen Rogue cry only Logan and Scott have, and that was when she lost control. She was going to help Rogue somehow but she had no idea how much of a bad idea that was.

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The plot is slowly coming along; at least that's what I hope. Anyway the next chapter will not be to far behind.