A/N - Once again thank you to all my absolutely wonderful reviewers.
You're the greatest! FYI all translations will be at the bottom of the
page. All German translations are from Internet sources.
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Chapter Five - Japan
Ororo woke later than usual and hurried to join the guys for breakfast. When she entered the hotel dining room she was glad to see Kurt, using his favorite human disguise and looking around the room curiously, sitting at a table waiting for her.
"Guten Morgen!" Kurt stood up, a grin covering his handsome dark blue features and he pulled out a chair for her.
"Guten Morgen, Kurt. Wie geht's?" She asked her friend.
Kurt laughed and said, "Very good, Ororo. You've been practicing I see. Das Leben ist so geil im Moment!" He added with enthusiasm.
"Danke schon! I have a good teacher but I have no clue what you just said?" Ororo laughed.
"Life is so great at the moment! It is amazing to be an X-Man! Incredible that here I sit in plain sight vith a beautiful voman and no one is screaming or running avay!"
"Being an X-Man does have its privileges," Ororo agreed.
"Ja. Jean is back and vell after vhat an ordeal! Logan can get through metal detectors vith the vonderfully talented Dr. McCoy's newest invention and let me not forget to thank him again for the use of this image inducer. Thanks to him I feel like Mystique!"
"And with a better disposition although I don't know if I would thank Hank for that," Ororo laughed.
"Hey guys," Logan greeted the two as he pulled up a chair and sat down. "Seen Chuck?"
"The professor has already dined and left for his meeting," Kurt informed him.
"So what're the plans for today?" Logan asked.
"Sight seeing," Ororo and Kurt both said at once.
"Sounds good to me. Maybe something will jog my memory-find those kids . . ."
"Vhat kids?" Kurt asked.
"Personal joke," Logan muttered absently. He was thinking to himself if he did have kids it wouldn't really be funny at all but a family would be nice. At the right time that is and with the right woman. Someone like- like Ororo, he thought, his eyes raking over her features appreciatively. But no time soon. Nope. Don't want to settle down for a long time yet. Maybe in a . . .
"Logan?"
"Huh?"
"The waiter has some thing for you," Ororo said.
"Um-give me a minute," Logan picked up the menu wondering what the rush was.
Ororo laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You're a million miles away."
"Yeah, just thinking." Thinking five kids is maybe too much. Maybe two, one girl, one boy. Pretty wife and two kids, house somewhere, maybe Canada or New York.
"Excuse me," the waiter bowed before Logan again and held out an envelope.
"This for me, bub?"
"You are Logan-San?"
Logan took the envelope, his eyes scanning the room. After a moment his eyes met Ororo's. He could see she was as suspicious as he was as he looked into her deep brown eyes. She had also been looking around the room wondering who could have known Logan was in Japan and what hotel he was staying at for she had immediately noticed the envelope wasn't from Professor Xavier. Charles always used the official School for Gifted Youngster envelopes, beige and embossed.
"Vell, open it, Logan," Kurt urged after the waiter left.
"Here," Logan handed it to Ororo who looked surprised but took the proffered envelope. She scanned the letter noting that the high quality of the plain white stationery matched the envelope but she shook her head and handed it back to Logan.
"It's in Japanese I believe."
Logan looked it over, surprised when he recognized the symbols. He read through it easily.
"Someone wants to meet me at the Nara National Museum later this evening."
"Ve vill go vith you," Kurt said.
"Fine with me."
"If you can read Japanese perhaps you speak it as well," Ororo suggested.
Logan shrugged his shoulders even as he realized it was true. He looked up at Ororo when her cell phone went off.
"Excuse me," Ororo apologized as she pulled her phone from her small purse. "Hello?"
"Ororo! How was your trip?" Jean's vibrant voice shouted through the phone.
"Pleasant and good company," Ororo smiled to herself.
"I was just thinking about you and wanted to say hi."
"Tell whoever it is you're on vacation with two sexy guys an' you don't have time to chit chat! Tell 'em to call back." Logan had leaned in close to Ororo to ensure the caller heard him.
"Jean, we're about to have breakfast so I . . ."
"Was that Logan?"
"Yes. Um, I better go."
"Wait! I mean what will you do-have any plans for the day? Shopping maybe?"
"We're going sight seeing after we eat but I really have to go. I'll talk to you later. Bye, Jean."
"Jean, eh?" Logan queried.
"She wanted to know how we were."
"Well let's eat," Logan started perusing the menu. "I'm starved."
"Ja. Vhat he said. Flag that vaiter down vith your claws or something, Logan-that'll get his attention. Ve've been vaiting forever!"
Logan threw an arm up but Ororo grabbed his hand.
"You weren't were you?" She asked but Logan just grinned in reply, his fingers wrapping around hers and he threw up his other arm and waved for service.
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"I think someone is folloving us," Kurt said quietly.
After several hours of sight seeing and a leisurely lunch they had gone to the Nara National Museum there in Tokyo. After an hour of exploring they still had another hour before the meeting was to take place. Logan had noticed the man almost as soon as they'd left the hotel and Ororo had noticed him after lunch.
"A man," Kurt said.
"Wonder what he wants?"
"Maybe Chuck's contact?"
"Well, unless he plans on shooting us in public we have nothing to fear," Ororo decided.
"You are always so calm and confident," Logan observed. "I like that."
"Vhy vait and vorry? Vhy can ve not capture this person and find out vhat he vants?"
"You're really getting into this X-Men stuff aren't you?" Logan laughed but when Kurt smiled shyly Logan slapped him on the back and said, "Good idea though, Kurt. You stay here; Ro and I'll be the bait-keep an eye out."
Kurt beamed brightly as he watched Logan take Ororo's hand and lead her out into the gardens.
"What are you doing?"
"Luring our stalker out," Logan said quietly. He had noticed a secluded spot earlier and decided it was the perfect place to wait for their mystery man.
He pulled Ororo to him. She looked up at him questioningly but he put a finger to her lips and grinned. He felt her relax in his arms and he gently pushed her head onto his shoulder. When he heard her sigh peacefully he smiled. She felt good in his arms. Ororo hoped Logan hadn't heard her sigh of contentment. She just felt so good in his arms she couldn't help herself. She liked him more than she should. She thought of Jean and the phone call earlier, knew Jean was a little jealous. She knew Jean loved Scott but she also knew her friend enjoyed the flirting and the attention she usually got from Logan. It was curious how he had seemed not to notice Jean much since his latest return. She looked up when she felt his breath in her ear and she shivered.
"Someone's coming," Logan whispered.
"I have him! I have him!" They heard Kurt shouting.
Ororo pulled away from Logan, her eyes already clouding over as she prepared for battle. Logan looked at her and felt a rush of emotion that he had never felt before not even when he'd first met Jean. He stepped in front of her instinctively not wishing her to come to harm. They heard Kurt bamfing nearby, smelled the ever present brimstone and they heard him calling out again: "Storm! Logan!" They headed in the direction of the distinctive odor only to find Kurt lying unconscious on the ground. They soon joined him.
~*~
Guten Morgen - Good morning
Wie geht's - How are you?
Das Leben ist so geil im Moment - Life is so great at the moment!
Danke schon - Thank you
Chapter Five - Japan
Ororo woke later than usual and hurried to join the guys for breakfast. When she entered the hotel dining room she was glad to see Kurt, using his favorite human disguise and looking around the room curiously, sitting at a table waiting for her.
"Guten Morgen!" Kurt stood up, a grin covering his handsome dark blue features and he pulled out a chair for her.
"Guten Morgen, Kurt. Wie geht's?" She asked her friend.
Kurt laughed and said, "Very good, Ororo. You've been practicing I see. Das Leben ist so geil im Moment!" He added with enthusiasm.
"Danke schon! I have a good teacher but I have no clue what you just said?" Ororo laughed.
"Life is so great at the moment! It is amazing to be an X-Man! Incredible that here I sit in plain sight vith a beautiful voman and no one is screaming or running avay!"
"Being an X-Man does have its privileges," Ororo agreed.
"Ja. Jean is back and vell after vhat an ordeal! Logan can get through metal detectors vith the vonderfully talented Dr. McCoy's newest invention and let me not forget to thank him again for the use of this image inducer. Thanks to him I feel like Mystique!"
"And with a better disposition although I don't know if I would thank Hank for that," Ororo laughed.
"Hey guys," Logan greeted the two as he pulled up a chair and sat down. "Seen Chuck?"
"The professor has already dined and left for his meeting," Kurt informed him.
"So what're the plans for today?" Logan asked.
"Sight seeing," Ororo and Kurt both said at once.
"Sounds good to me. Maybe something will jog my memory-find those kids . . ."
"Vhat kids?" Kurt asked.
"Personal joke," Logan muttered absently. He was thinking to himself if he did have kids it wouldn't really be funny at all but a family would be nice. At the right time that is and with the right woman. Someone like- like Ororo, he thought, his eyes raking over her features appreciatively. But no time soon. Nope. Don't want to settle down for a long time yet. Maybe in a . . .
"Logan?"
"Huh?"
"The waiter has some thing for you," Ororo said.
"Um-give me a minute," Logan picked up the menu wondering what the rush was.
Ororo laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You're a million miles away."
"Yeah, just thinking." Thinking five kids is maybe too much. Maybe two, one girl, one boy. Pretty wife and two kids, house somewhere, maybe Canada or New York.
"Excuse me," the waiter bowed before Logan again and held out an envelope.
"This for me, bub?"
"You are Logan-San?"
Logan took the envelope, his eyes scanning the room. After a moment his eyes met Ororo's. He could see she was as suspicious as he was as he looked into her deep brown eyes. She had also been looking around the room wondering who could have known Logan was in Japan and what hotel he was staying at for she had immediately noticed the envelope wasn't from Professor Xavier. Charles always used the official School for Gifted Youngster envelopes, beige and embossed.
"Vell, open it, Logan," Kurt urged after the waiter left.
"Here," Logan handed it to Ororo who looked surprised but took the proffered envelope. She scanned the letter noting that the high quality of the plain white stationery matched the envelope but she shook her head and handed it back to Logan.
"It's in Japanese I believe."
Logan looked it over, surprised when he recognized the symbols. He read through it easily.
"Someone wants to meet me at the Nara National Museum later this evening."
"Ve vill go vith you," Kurt said.
"Fine with me."
"If you can read Japanese perhaps you speak it as well," Ororo suggested.
Logan shrugged his shoulders even as he realized it was true. He looked up at Ororo when her cell phone went off.
"Excuse me," Ororo apologized as she pulled her phone from her small purse. "Hello?"
"Ororo! How was your trip?" Jean's vibrant voice shouted through the phone.
"Pleasant and good company," Ororo smiled to herself.
"I was just thinking about you and wanted to say hi."
"Tell whoever it is you're on vacation with two sexy guys an' you don't have time to chit chat! Tell 'em to call back." Logan had leaned in close to Ororo to ensure the caller heard him.
"Jean, we're about to have breakfast so I . . ."
"Was that Logan?"
"Yes. Um, I better go."
"Wait! I mean what will you do-have any plans for the day? Shopping maybe?"
"We're going sight seeing after we eat but I really have to go. I'll talk to you later. Bye, Jean."
"Jean, eh?" Logan queried.
"She wanted to know how we were."
"Well let's eat," Logan started perusing the menu. "I'm starved."
"Ja. Vhat he said. Flag that vaiter down vith your claws or something, Logan-that'll get his attention. Ve've been vaiting forever!"
Logan threw an arm up but Ororo grabbed his hand.
"You weren't were you?" She asked but Logan just grinned in reply, his fingers wrapping around hers and he threw up his other arm and waved for service.
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"I think someone is folloving us," Kurt said quietly.
After several hours of sight seeing and a leisurely lunch they had gone to the Nara National Museum there in Tokyo. After an hour of exploring they still had another hour before the meeting was to take place. Logan had noticed the man almost as soon as they'd left the hotel and Ororo had noticed him after lunch.
"A man," Kurt said.
"Wonder what he wants?"
"Maybe Chuck's contact?"
"Well, unless he plans on shooting us in public we have nothing to fear," Ororo decided.
"You are always so calm and confident," Logan observed. "I like that."
"Vhy vait and vorry? Vhy can ve not capture this person and find out vhat he vants?"
"You're really getting into this X-Men stuff aren't you?" Logan laughed but when Kurt smiled shyly Logan slapped him on the back and said, "Good idea though, Kurt. You stay here; Ro and I'll be the bait-keep an eye out."
Kurt beamed brightly as he watched Logan take Ororo's hand and lead her out into the gardens.
"What are you doing?"
"Luring our stalker out," Logan said quietly. He had noticed a secluded spot earlier and decided it was the perfect place to wait for their mystery man.
He pulled Ororo to him. She looked up at him questioningly but he put a finger to her lips and grinned. He felt her relax in his arms and he gently pushed her head onto his shoulder. When he heard her sigh peacefully he smiled. She felt good in his arms. Ororo hoped Logan hadn't heard her sigh of contentment. She just felt so good in his arms she couldn't help herself. She liked him more than she should. She thought of Jean and the phone call earlier, knew Jean was a little jealous. She knew Jean loved Scott but she also knew her friend enjoyed the flirting and the attention she usually got from Logan. It was curious how he had seemed not to notice Jean much since his latest return. She looked up when she felt his breath in her ear and she shivered.
"Someone's coming," Logan whispered.
"I have him! I have him!" They heard Kurt shouting.
Ororo pulled away from Logan, her eyes already clouding over as she prepared for battle. Logan looked at her and felt a rush of emotion that he had never felt before not even when he'd first met Jean. He stepped in front of her instinctively not wishing her to come to harm. They heard Kurt bamfing nearby, smelled the ever present brimstone and they heard him calling out again: "Storm! Logan!" They headed in the direction of the distinctive odor only to find Kurt lying unconscious on the ground. They soon joined him.
~*~
Guten Morgen - Good morning
Wie geht's - How are you?
Das Leben ist so geil im Moment - Life is so great at the moment!
Danke schon - Thank you
