(When we last left off Rouge had gotten the idea into her head to go to Japan to meet a certain
young scientist. But will her trip be worth or will it just end up being another dead end. Find out
where her trip has led her today in our next exciting epilogue entitled. A Rose for a Rogue.)
Chapter 2 A Rose for a Rogue
The next morning.....
Back at the mansion:
"Rouge must not be up yet.", he smiled. "I'll just walk down and ask her for it." he said then
walked down the hall to her room.
"Rogue. ::he called through the door:: But no answer:: Rouge!", he called again a bit louder
but still no answer.
"She must have just forgotten", he said and then went in. He walked over to her bed
noticing a piece of paper on it.
He read the note and immediately forgot about the magazine. He ran off down the hall to
the professor's chambers.
"Professor! I think we have a problem.", he stated handing the professor the note.
"Hmm...I see...I feared she might do something like this. I will go and try to find her with
cerebro. In the meanwhile. We must not let Gambit find out about this.", he stated.
"Dun let Gambit find out 'bout what?", he questioned walking into the chambers having
heard Beasts shouts.
"Show him the note.", the Professor said.
He looked at the note and frowned.
"How long she been gone?", he questioned.
"I don't know. But I believe she left sometime early this morning.", Hank stated.
"Well you got any ideas where ma cherie might be headed?", Gambit asked.
"No. I mean she seemed fine to me last night.", Hank stated.
"What you mean McCoy?", he frowned with a flash of indignation in his eyes.
"Nothing Gambit. All I am saying is that when she came to my room I let her borrow one of
my books then she left.", he stated.
"What kinda book?", Gambit asked.
"One of my new science quarterly's.", he stated.
Gambit quickly ran off to her room where he found the book on the dresser.
He read the front cover and had immediately known what she had set off to do.
"Oh no. Cher why you got to go off on your own again?", he said lowly to himself. And
dropped the magazine on the floor then headed off immediately for the blackbird.
"Well Gambit coming whether you like it or not Cher.", he stated and climbed into the
blackbird then quickly took off.
"What's Going on around here?!", Wolverine questioned as he came running into the
Professor's room.
"It seems that Rogue has gone on a cebatical and did not wish to be followed.", he stated.
"Who just left in the Black Bird?", Wolverine questioned.
"Oh no. Gambit has gone after her. And I don't think I could have stopped him if I tried.",
the Professor stated.
"Hmph. Lover's quarrel. Leave me out of it. Rogue can take care of herself. As for Gambit.
If he wants to go after her I say let him.", Wolverine stated and left the room.
"Gambit coming Cher.", he said to himself and sped up even more.
After about 5 hours flight time Rogues plane landed to refuel for the rest of the trip. There was a
45 minute delay time for the refueling of the tanks.
"Reckon' I'll go inside and get me somethin' else ta eat. This food ain't gone last me all the
way there.", she said to herself.
She walked inside of the airport and found the concession area. She bought a little food and
then went off somewhere to have a little snack.
She sat in a corner table watching the planes come in and take off. After 45 minutes she
heard the announcer over the PA system state that the flight for Japan was now boarding all
passengers resume their seats. She then packed up her stuff through away her garbage
slipped the pack back on and then walked out the door. After about 10 minutes the plane
taxied the runway and then took off. She immediately flew up into the air to wait on it.
Then after it had gained the right altitude she sat back on the wing and resumed her seat.
She figured it would take a total of 23 hours to reach Japan and only 6 had gone by. She
laid down on the wing resting.
Gambit was about an hour behind her now. He had the blackbird in stealth and was still
going strong. Luckily it could go a bit longer than a plane could on it's gas. He had enough
gas to get all the way to Japan. But not enough to return back. He figured he would worry
about that problem when it came.
He put the ship on autopilot and grabbed some food from the mini-storage bin. He ate it
quickly and then took a brief rest or so he thought.
By the time he awoke darkness had completely filled the sky. Rogue had awoken a bit later
as well. The sky was so dark she could not even see her hand in front of her.
"Guess maybe I shoulda brought maself a flashlight. Not that I'll be needing it right
now.", she said and laid back down on the wing to rest some more.
Gambit walked back to the ship controls and checked out the scanner. He found one plane
up ahead of him by a few miles. He figured that at the rate he was going. Even if he didn't
beat her to Japan he would at least be right behind her.
So he went back to lay down and rest.
The next morning, they both awoke to full streams of sunlight.
"Ohhh...::groans:: That's the last time I fly coach.", Rogue said to herself.
Gambit woke up and washed up then quickly headed back to the controls to see that he was
still right on course.
Meanwhile at Capsule Corp:
"Woman! I need you to fix that blasted machine again!", he yelled into the house for her.
"Look Vegeta. I am not! Your slave. You just have to wait! You shouldn't have broken it so
fast!", she yelled back.
"GRR!! You'd better hurry up and get it fix or....", is cut off.
"OR WHAT!!", she yelled and walked down the stairs and walked up to him.
She just stared back at him. Her piercing blue green eyes a flame with anger. He couldn't
help but smirk. She looked so good whenever she was angry.
"WELL!! And what the heck are you smirking at!", she scoffed.
He leaned in and kissed her and all words were gone. By the time he let her up she had
forgotten what she was angry about.
"Fix it when you can.", he said lowly and then marched up the stairs to take a shower.
She smirked a bit to herself and went on about her chores.
It was still early in the morning a bit so she wasn't about to stop and fix that machine just
yet. She was gonna get some of her chores out of the way first and then come back and have
a look at his machine.
Meanwhile somewhere off the coast of Japan:
"We will be arriving in Japan in approximately 2 hours.", the stewardess said to the
passengers.
Rogue couldn't make out what they were saying. But as she glanced into the window at
some of the passengers faces she could see the look of exhaustion wash away from them and
smiles over come some of them. So she figured that they must be almost there. So she
stood up on the wings edge and stretched a bit then flew off at top speed the rest of the way
herself.
Meanwhile Gambit had manned the controls before she took off and had the blackbird
monitoring Rogues com signal. In her haste she had forgotten to leave it. So it was still on
her. He realized that she must have been flying on her own because her speed was
increasing and the plane on his screen was falling further and further behind her.
"Cher you trying to run away. Well Gambit gone catch you anyhow.", he said and put the
blackbird in full throttle.
It sped off in a whir of light gaining on her.
After an hour flight time Rogue landed somewhere in Japan. She was not sure where she
was but it was some sort of city and that was all she knew.
Gambit was monitoring Rogues com link signal and realized that she must have landed
because it suddenly slowed.
He immediately found a place to land the Blackbird. He landed in some type of desert like
area just a few miles outside of the city limits. He made sure to keep it in stealth mode so no
one would see it. Then he quickly gathered up his stuff and climbed out the ship. After it
was closed locked and secured he immediately went off in search of her. Since he knew
where she was headed, he figured if he could find the place where this scientist Dr. Briefs
worked or lived he would most assuredly find her.
After a 45 minute walk he was in the city. He stopped by a news stand and hoped that the
person spoke a little English cause the only words he knew in Japanese were hi and by.
"Kone nay shay wa.", he said with a somewhat strange sounding accent to the news stand
manager.
"Konnichiwa. How may I help you?", the man asked him realizing obviously that whoever
this man was he was foreign to his country.
"Good you do speak English. Maybe you can tell Gambit where he can find Dr. Briefs?", he
questioned.
"Oh Dr. Briefs of Capsule Corporation. Yes of course. They live up north a bit from here.
They stay in Kiyoto.", he said.
"Kiyoto?", he questioned.
"Hai. Kyoto Japan.", he stated.
"Hi.", he said stunned.
"No hai meaning yes.", he said.
"Oh alright. Gambit thanks you.", he said and took off heading north to Kyoto.
Rogue was already in Kyoto. Although she didn't know it yet.
She was walking and looking around the area a little disheartened that she may not be able
to find her in this large city. As she was walking by a shop with the troubled look on her
face, a young boy came walking out of a flower shop and he saw the troubled look on her
face. He handed her one of the beautiful flowers he held in his hands.
"Here miss. You look like you could use a pick me up.", the young boy smiled.
" ::she looked down at him and couldn't help but smile back:: Thanks suga. That's very kind
of ya.", she smiled back.
"I'm Tsukiyono Omi. Please feel free to stop back by our flower shop anytime.", he smiled.
"Well thank you Omi. My names.....eh...Mrs. LeBeau.", she said and smiled at him.
"Well it's been a pleasure meeting you Mrs. LeBeau. Perhaps we'll run into each other
again some time.", he smiled.
"Maybe suga. Bye fer now and thank ya again.", she smiled at him and put a gloved hand to
his cheek then turned to walk back off before pausing and turning around to ask him
something.
"Omi? I don't suppose you know where I could find a woman by the name of Bulma
Briefs?", she questioned.
"Oh yes I know where that is. She lives about 5 miles from here. Just keep going up that
street until you come to what looks like some large dome like buildings. That's her place.",
the little boy said.
Just then his brother and a couple of his friends come walking out.
"Hey Omi chan who do we have here?", Ken smirked staring back at her.
For a second Rogues eyes played a little trick on her when she saw the red head guy come
walking out in his long over coat.
"Remy?", she questioned staring at him. Then shook her head as her vision cleared.
"I'm Aya may I help you miss?", he said seeing the look upon her face.
"No....Ah'm...Ah'm sahry. I thought you were someone else.", she said.
"I have ta go.", she said.
"Oh wait beautiful. Don't leave so soon. Surely one so lovely as thee would like to have
some flowers to compliment your beauty even more.", Yohji spoke up.
"Oh no. Uhm Thank ya. But this one will do.", she smiled sticking it in her hair then
waved.
"Thanks again Omi.", she smiled.
"By ya'll.", she said and ran off before they could stop her.
"Omi next time tell me when you got a beautiful woman out here.", Yohji said.
"She's married.", was all he said and then he went back inside of the store.
She spotted some trees off to the side. When she got so far. She went in and hid among the
trees for a moment so no one would see her. Then she flew off into the air quickly
disappearing above the clouds.
young scientist. But will her trip be worth or will it just end up being another dead end. Find out
where her trip has led her today in our next exciting epilogue entitled. A Rose for a Rogue.)
Chapter 2 A Rose for a Rogue
The next morning.....
Back at the mansion:
"Rouge must not be up yet.", he smiled. "I'll just walk down and ask her for it." he said then
walked down the hall to her room.
"Rogue. ::he called through the door:: But no answer:: Rouge!", he called again a bit louder
but still no answer.
"She must have just forgotten", he said and then went in. He walked over to her bed
noticing a piece of paper on it.
He read the note and immediately forgot about the magazine. He ran off down the hall to
the professor's chambers.
"Professor! I think we have a problem.", he stated handing the professor the note.
"Hmm...I see...I feared she might do something like this. I will go and try to find her with
cerebro. In the meanwhile. We must not let Gambit find out about this.", he stated.
"Dun let Gambit find out 'bout what?", he questioned walking into the chambers having
heard Beasts shouts.
"Show him the note.", the Professor said.
He looked at the note and frowned.
"How long she been gone?", he questioned.
"I don't know. But I believe she left sometime early this morning.", Hank stated.
"Well you got any ideas where ma cherie might be headed?", Gambit asked.
"No. I mean she seemed fine to me last night.", Hank stated.
"What you mean McCoy?", he frowned with a flash of indignation in his eyes.
"Nothing Gambit. All I am saying is that when she came to my room I let her borrow one of
my books then she left.", he stated.
"What kinda book?", Gambit asked.
"One of my new science quarterly's.", he stated.
Gambit quickly ran off to her room where he found the book on the dresser.
He read the front cover and had immediately known what she had set off to do.
"Oh no. Cher why you got to go off on your own again?", he said lowly to himself. And
dropped the magazine on the floor then headed off immediately for the blackbird.
"Well Gambit coming whether you like it or not Cher.", he stated and climbed into the
blackbird then quickly took off.
"What's Going on around here?!", Wolverine questioned as he came running into the
Professor's room.
"It seems that Rogue has gone on a cebatical and did not wish to be followed.", he stated.
"Who just left in the Black Bird?", Wolverine questioned.
"Oh no. Gambit has gone after her. And I don't think I could have stopped him if I tried.",
the Professor stated.
"Hmph. Lover's quarrel. Leave me out of it. Rogue can take care of herself. As for Gambit.
If he wants to go after her I say let him.", Wolverine stated and left the room.
"Gambit coming Cher.", he said to himself and sped up even more.
After about 5 hours flight time Rogues plane landed to refuel for the rest of the trip. There was a
45 minute delay time for the refueling of the tanks.
"Reckon' I'll go inside and get me somethin' else ta eat. This food ain't gone last me all the
way there.", she said to herself.
She walked inside of the airport and found the concession area. She bought a little food and
then went off somewhere to have a little snack.
She sat in a corner table watching the planes come in and take off. After 45 minutes she
heard the announcer over the PA system state that the flight for Japan was now boarding all
passengers resume their seats. She then packed up her stuff through away her garbage
slipped the pack back on and then walked out the door. After about 10 minutes the plane
taxied the runway and then took off. She immediately flew up into the air to wait on it.
Then after it had gained the right altitude she sat back on the wing and resumed her seat.
She figured it would take a total of 23 hours to reach Japan and only 6 had gone by. She
laid down on the wing resting.
Gambit was about an hour behind her now. He had the blackbird in stealth and was still
going strong. Luckily it could go a bit longer than a plane could on it's gas. He had enough
gas to get all the way to Japan. But not enough to return back. He figured he would worry
about that problem when it came.
He put the ship on autopilot and grabbed some food from the mini-storage bin. He ate it
quickly and then took a brief rest or so he thought.
By the time he awoke darkness had completely filled the sky. Rogue had awoken a bit later
as well. The sky was so dark she could not even see her hand in front of her.
"Guess maybe I shoulda brought maself a flashlight. Not that I'll be needing it right
now.", she said and laid back down on the wing to rest some more.
Gambit walked back to the ship controls and checked out the scanner. He found one plane
up ahead of him by a few miles. He figured that at the rate he was going. Even if he didn't
beat her to Japan he would at least be right behind her.
So he went back to lay down and rest.
The next morning, they both awoke to full streams of sunlight.
"Ohhh...::groans:: That's the last time I fly coach.", Rogue said to herself.
Gambit woke up and washed up then quickly headed back to the controls to see that he was
still right on course.
Meanwhile at Capsule Corp:
"Woman! I need you to fix that blasted machine again!", he yelled into the house for her.
"Look Vegeta. I am not! Your slave. You just have to wait! You shouldn't have broken it so
fast!", she yelled back.
"GRR!! You'd better hurry up and get it fix or....", is cut off.
"OR WHAT!!", she yelled and walked down the stairs and walked up to him.
She just stared back at him. Her piercing blue green eyes a flame with anger. He couldn't
help but smirk. She looked so good whenever she was angry.
"WELL!! And what the heck are you smirking at!", she scoffed.
He leaned in and kissed her and all words were gone. By the time he let her up she had
forgotten what she was angry about.
"Fix it when you can.", he said lowly and then marched up the stairs to take a shower.
She smirked a bit to herself and went on about her chores.
It was still early in the morning a bit so she wasn't about to stop and fix that machine just
yet. She was gonna get some of her chores out of the way first and then come back and have
a look at his machine.
Meanwhile somewhere off the coast of Japan:
"We will be arriving in Japan in approximately 2 hours.", the stewardess said to the
passengers.
Rogue couldn't make out what they were saying. But as she glanced into the window at
some of the passengers faces she could see the look of exhaustion wash away from them and
smiles over come some of them. So she figured that they must be almost there. So she
stood up on the wings edge and stretched a bit then flew off at top speed the rest of the way
herself.
Meanwhile Gambit had manned the controls before she took off and had the blackbird
monitoring Rogues com signal. In her haste she had forgotten to leave it. So it was still on
her. He realized that she must have been flying on her own because her speed was
increasing and the plane on his screen was falling further and further behind her.
"Cher you trying to run away. Well Gambit gone catch you anyhow.", he said and put the
blackbird in full throttle.
It sped off in a whir of light gaining on her.
After an hour flight time Rogue landed somewhere in Japan. She was not sure where she
was but it was some sort of city and that was all she knew.
Gambit was monitoring Rogues com link signal and realized that she must have landed
because it suddenly slowed.
He immediately found a place to land the Blackbird. He landed in some type of desert like
area just a few miles outside of the city limits. He made sure to keep it in stealth mode so no
one would see it. Then he quickly gathered up his stuff and climbed out the ship. After it
was closed locked and secured he immediately went off in search of her. Since he knew
where she was headed, he figured if he could find the place where this scientist Dr. Briefs
worked or lived he would most assuredly find her.
After a 45 minute walk he was in the city. He stopped by a news stand and hoped that the
person spoke a little English cause the only words he knew in Japanese were hi and by.
"Kone nay shay wa.", he said with a somewhat strange sounding accent to the news stand
manager.
"Konnichiwa. How may I help you?", the man asked him realizing obviously that whoever
this man was he was foreign to his country.
"Good you do speak English. Maybe you can tell Gambit where he can find Dr. Briefs?", he
questioned.
"Oh Dr. Briefs of Capsule Corporation. Yes of course. They live up north a bit from here.
They stay in Kiyoto.", he said.
"Kiyoto?", he questioned.
"Hai. Kyoto Japan.", he stated.
"Hi.", he said stunned.
"No hai meaning yes.", he said.
"Oh alright. Gambit thanks you.", he said and took off heading north to Kyoto.
Rogue was already in Kyoto. Although she didn't know it yet.
She was walking and looking around the area a little disheartened that she may not be able
to find her in this large city. As she was walking by a shop with the troubled look on her
face, a young boy came walking out of a flower shop and he saw the troubled look on her
face. He handed her one of the beautiful flowers he held in his hands.
"Here miss. You look like you could use a pick me up.", the young boy smiled.
" ::she looked down at him and couldn't help but smile back:: Thanks suga. That's very kind
of ya.", she smiled back.
"I'm Tsukiyono Omi. Please feel free to stop back by our flower shop anytime.", he smiled.
"Well thank you Omi. My names.....eh...Mrs. LeBeau.", she said and smiled at him.
"Well it's been a pleasure meeting you Mrs. LeBeau. Perhaps we'll run into each other
again some time.", he smiled.
"Maybe suga. Bye fer now and thank ya again.", she smiled at him and put a gloved hand to
his cheek then turned to walk back off before pausing and turning around to ask him
something.
"Omi? I don't suppose you know where I could find a woman by the name of Bulma
Briefs?", she questioned.
"Oh yes I know where that is. She lives about 5 miles from here. Just keep going up that
street until you come to what looks like some large dome like buildings. That's her place.",
the little boy said.
Just then his brother and a couple of his friends come walking out.
"Hey Omi chan who do we have here?", Ken smirked staring back at her.
For a second Rogues eyes played a little trick on her when she saw the red head guy come
walking out in his long over coat.
"Remy?", she questioned staring at him. Then shook her head as her vision cleared.
"I'm Aya may I help you miss?", he said seeing the look upon her face.
"No....Ah'm...Ah'm sahry. I thought you were someone else.", she said.
"I have ta go.", she said.
"Oh wait beautiful. Don't leave so soon. Surely one so lovely as thee would like to have
some flowers to compliment your beauty even more.", Yohji spoke up.
"Oh no. Uhm Thank ya. But this one will do.", she smiled sticking it in her hair then
waved.
"Thanks again Omi.", she smiled.
"By ya'll.", she said and ran off before they could stop her.
"Omi next time tell me when you got a beautiful woman out here.", Yohji said.
"She's married.", was all he said and then he went back inside of the store.
She spotted some trees off to the side. When she got so far. She went in and hid among the
trees for a moment so no one would see her. Then she flew off into the air quickly
disappearing above the clouds.
