another chappie! yay! lol. rnt u proud of how often i'm updating? i am!
heehee. well enjoy ur next segment. i'll be sure to have Ch.4 up b4 long.
ok, just to let every1 kno, this is rated PG-13 for later things. no, there
will be no actual smut. don't even bother thinking that. there will be some
um *coughcough* rather bad scenes though so... well just enjoy!
Disclaimer: i don't own any charries but my own... u kno the drill. so newho, y did the chicken cross the road? who cares! muahahahaha!
Kira: *rolls eyes* Ghost:*sweatdrop* Kitty: *rolls eyes* Kurt: *sweatdrop* i think you need help. Me: o i kno! heehee! *grin* *group of sweatdrops* *************************************
Jean opened the door that blended in perfectly with the wooden walls and walked in, followed closely by Kira.
The room was large, and white walled with maps and other various bits of furniture including a desk, behind which sat a man in a wheelchair. He slowly turned the chair around as they walked in, a smile on his face.
"Ah, thank you Jean. Now if you could please leave us to discuss this privately. I'm sure Kira can find her way out after we're done talking," he said. Jean smiled.
"Sure Professor," she nodded to Kira and walked out.
"Ah Kira, it's nice to meet you. I'm glad to see you had such a quick and easy recovery."
Kira was less than diplomatic as she said, "Thank you Professor but I believe we have more important issues to discuss. Such as what happened to my sister."
"Ah, yes, your younger sister," he turned to the computer, "With some extra information I believe we can find out. You wouldn't happen to have a picture of her on you, would you? No? Oh well, we'll make due. If you could possibly describe her to me it would make things go much faster."
Kira nodded and bit her lip. "She would be about 8 now," Kira whispered, studying her hands which had nervously been intertwining in her lap. "Pale skin, blond hair, blue eyes. Sweet and adorable. Polite but she knows how to defend herself. I had to teach her that. She has..." Kira trailed off and sniffed, a tear running down her cheek.
A tissue was handed to her and she looked up, smiling appreciatively at the Professor. "Sorry. Like I was saying, she has.. powers as well."
The Professor looked up. "Really, well that may make it a bit easier to find her. So your special abilities run in the family then?"
Kira nodded. "My mothers side I think. I don't remember much about her except things like her scent, random memories of things. A few I didn't know why I remembered till I realized how odd they were. Just little things. Her washing dishes and the towel going across the counter to her, putting clothes out to dry but her hand was always about an inch away from them. Little things but very odd little things."
"Ah, so your mother had telekinesis. What happened?" Professor Xavier asked kindly.
Kira sniffed again and wiped at her eyes. "When Laura was about 6, my mother was killed. It was never explained to me past there had been an accident. I could tell when my father said it that there was something he wasn't telling me, something that would probably change it from an accident to murder. Once I got older and I- I began to be able to do things, like command water back into a spilled glass, or tell flame to go from a match across the table to a candle, I realized what my mother was. What I was, and what my little siren was."
Professor X looked curiously at her. "What did you say?"
"My little siren, that was my name for my little sister. Her power was... well, like a siren. Her ability was the power to scream so loud as to shatter glass and eardrums. She never used it, except when she was frightened or crying though. I had it to a lesser scale, so I could relate. I taught her how not to scream when she was mad. Showed her what it could do."
The Professor studied her. "That's all the information I need for now. Thank you Kira."
Kira smiled and stood. "It was no problem Professor." She unthinkingly responded before turning and walking out.
The Professor turned his chair to the window and closed his eyes.
Scott, he silently called.
Yes Professor? Scott thought back a moment later.
I need to see you right away about a few of our students.
I'll be right there Professor.
* * *
Kira walked into the rather spacious bathroom and smiled at the large tub. After shutting the door and making sure it was locked, she turned on the shower and stripped off her clothes, leaving them in a pile on the floor.
She stepped under the warm water and sighed thankfully before taking a quick shower. For a moment she stood motionless, letting the warm water pour over her body before regaining the strength to turn the water off. As she pulled back the curtain, a sudden thought entered her mind and she smiled slightly.
Holding up a wet hand, she concentrated hard on it and her eyes slowly turned a clear, blue-green. As she stared harder, the water slowly rose off of her hand and into one large water drop in the air. Her eyes following it, never breaking contact, she carried it from her hand across the floor to the sink. As she let the water drop she smiled, her eyes returning to a normal blue.
Grabbing a towel she wrapped it around her and grabbed her dirty clothes. She'd ask Storm or Kitty what to do about them later.
Unlocking the door, she peeked into the hall, making sure the way was clear. She took a step out but laughing voices came her direction and she quickly ducked behind the door till the small group passed. Her eyes glued on the direction the children had disappeared to, she started to creep across the hall to her room.
"Nice outfit," a voice commented.
She screamed slightly as she whirled to look where she was going, her eyes wide, a hand over her mouth.
Standing in front of her was a slim boy with brown hair and eyes to match. A slight smile was on his lips as he watched her.
"Though not one I'd choose for a trip around the halls."
Kira blushed slightly and glared, holding the towel up with one hand and pulling the bottom of it down with the other that she had dropped from her mouth. The towel suddenly seemed way too short.
The boy smirked wider as Kira simply glared and stood completely straight, coming out of the slight crouch she was in. This, unfortunately, caused the towel to come to her upper thigh, which she seemed not notice except for the darkening of her blush. She flipped her wet hair over her shoulder and walked around the boy and down the hall.
"Oh come on now, at least talk to me a little. Besides," he said slyly, "You wouldn't want anyone to know about this, or how wonderful you look mostly naked, now would you?"
Kira's head snapped around to him with shock and she looked him quickly up and down. "You wouldn't dare!"
"Ah, she speaks. And actually, you must be new or you would know that I would." He said, casually walking over to her. "The names Ghost, princess. What's yours?"
She sniffed and turned her back on him, continuing towards her door as he quickly followed her and walked around her. He stood in front of her door, blocking her from getting in.
"Aw come on now. You aren't going to leave me without any idea of who you are, now are you?" he asked, pouting, though his eyes gleamed in wicked mischief.
"Actually yes, I am. And if you knew me at all you'd know that. Seeing as you don't I'm going to politely ask you to move before I get too angry." She said in an angry and annoyed voice.
"Or you'll do what?", he teased, "Flash me?"
Her eyes widened in anger and offense and she slapped him across the face. Hard. He held his face with one hand as Kira breathed in heavy, angry breaths.
"Don't you ever say something like that to me again," she hissed. "Now get out of my way."
"Now you just hold on one minute," he said, "You had no reason too-"
Kira had finally had enough and gritted her teeth as she stared intently at him. Stepping back, she raised a hand and used her telekinesis to pick him up in the air and roughly drop him a little to the side of the door. She stepped forwards again and opened the door. Before going inside she paused, looking down on him coldly. Rubbing the back of his head, he looked up at her.
"You mention this to anyone and you'll regret it," she paused, "Ghost." She whirled and walked back into her room, slamming and locking the door behind her.
Ghost slowly stood and began to walk down the hall, muttering to himself. "Girl can't even take a joke...."
* * *
The next day Kira was up by 9 and starving. Not sure what time breakfast was, she slipped out of her room, hoping she'd see someone she knew so they could let her know. The night before Kira had skipped dinner and just laid in her room in the dark, staring at the ceiling thinking about everything.
Stepping down the stairs onto the first floor, she slowly began to walk through the quiet and empty halls. Her senses were on full alert, still not trusting silence as a sign that she was alone. She paused, getting a tingling sensation that someone was close by. She just stood and waited until she felt it getting closer and closer and....
She whirled around, grabbing her invisible stalker and then turned in the direction she had originally been facing, kneeled down, and flipped them over her shoulder. The invisible person groaned and became visible as Kira stood.
"Ghost!" she spat out the name like a curse. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I was just having a bit of fun. I have to say I didn't expect the flip," he said, slowly standing. "Jeez princess, that's the second time you've hurt me."
She sniffed and walked around him. "You deserved it."
He quickly followed her. "Hey, why do you hate me so much? Because I saw you in a towel?"
She stopped and glared. "I told you never to mention that again. It doesn't matter that we're alone. This school has eyes in its walls I swear."
"Wouldn't surprise me," Ghost said cheerily. Kira rolled her eyes and continued walking, Ghost keeping pace with her.
"Where is everyone anyways?" Kira asked looking around. "I expected to find a whole crowd of people and have to hide out in the shadows for a bit."
Ghost flashed her his mischievous grin. "Mostly asleep. It's only 9 o'clock after all. Not many people get up this early. Just me and now you, and a few others." His grin suddenly appeared again, fixed to his face. "Perfect time for pranks."
Kira rolls her eyes again as she walks into the mess hall. "How did I know you'd be that type."
"What type?" he asked, grabbing an apple from a basket on the table and jumped up to sit on the tabletop, his feet on the bench, as Kira carefully chose an orange.
"The kind who would play pranks on anyone," she said peeling her orange. "You just have that feel about you." She pulled off a slice and popped it into her mouth, looking around the mostly empty mess hall.
"I'm not sure whether to consider that an insult or a compliment. I think I'll consider it a compliment so thank you," he said, biting into his apple.
"So, how is this place?" Kira asked, looking up at him from her seat on the bench.
"Pretty cool. There are rules of course, but the teachers are pretty lenient about everything except misuse of our powers. You might want to remember that," he said, a quick reminder of the day before.
"You wouldn't move so I moved you," she justified, popping another slice into her mouth. "In any case I try not to use my powers in front of other people too much."
"Why not?" he asked, taking another bite from his apple, curiously watching her as she looked out over the mess hall.
"I don't know. It seems to make others uncomfortable, so that makes me uncomfortable. Besides, my powers aren't anything good so who cares."
Ghost almost choked but managed to swallow his apple and get out, "Who cares?"
She looked up and raised her eyebrows at him as he coughed.
"What do you mean who cares??" He turned seriously and locked his uncharacteristically serious brown eyes with her startled blue-gray ones. "Look, you have powers like no one else has. A lot of people have no powers what-so-ever and others who have powers, but most who won't have the same as you. Never say who cares about your powers. Always love your powers. And- " he said, leaning back and going back to his normal personality, "use them to your full advantage. Get everything you can out of your powers. Have some fun with them."
Kira studied him, a curious look on her face as she studied the simple seeming person in front of her. On the outside he seemed to be a simple, fun loving, prank pulling, funny guy. But on the inside he was a puzzle, one with a million pieces that very few people could figure out. The fact that he was so deep intrigued her, though she wouldn't admit it.
"Oh, and I suppose you 'have fun' with your powers all the time?" Kira asked with a knowing smirk.
"Of course! What good is having powers if you don't use them? Besides, invisibility is such a terrible thing to waste," he said with a grin.
She raised her eyebrows. "Invisibility, huh? Well I suppose it does fit with your nickname. Ghost. Does everyone here have a nickname to go along with their powers?"
"Yes, of course!" he studied her a moment. "Jeez, you really don't know anything about this place do you?"
"No. I wasn't exactly planning on getting stuck here," she said as a few more people walked in yawning.
"Getting stuck here? Well, I guess as long as you're 'stuck', as you put it, you might as well learn. Here, everyone has nicknames for their powers. For instance, Storm's real name isn't Storm, it's just her nickname since her power is control over the weather. Her real one is Ororo. Wolverine's real name is Logan, and Scott is actually Cyclops. My real name's Tom but not many people know that. I always just go as Ghost," he grinned infectiously again, causing Kira to smile slightly, "The only people here I know who have powers and don't have nicknames are Jean Grey and Professor X. And you of course, since you're new."
He jumped off the table. "Come on, let's go for a walk while I explain things to you." He offered her a hand.
She watched him a moment then took his hand and stood, neither of them letting go as she asked, "So, are we all called something besides mutants if we have all these nicknames?"
Ghost grinned as he slowly let go of her hand and they started to walk out. "Sure. We've named ourselves the X-Men."
* * *
Kira could hear Ghost calling after her and angrily chose to ignore him. God, how infuriating could that boy get! She turned around a corner and bumped into someone.
"Oh jeez, I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I.. was.. going...," she trailed off, and blinked up.
"Yea, well just watch where you're going next time," Wolverine growled.
She tilted her head. "You're Wolverine." It was a statement rather than a question.
"Yea, what about it?" he asked looking down on her, "Got a problem with that?"
"Of course not. Why would there be?" at that statement Ghost flew around then corner and slid to a stop.
"Hey! Hold up, why did you get so mad?" he asked, panting.
Wolverine looked back and forth between the two while Kira glared. "Just leave me alone Ghost! I don't want to talk to you!"
"Well at least give me a reason why!"
"Because you're annoying! That's why! You're so- so- I can't even think of a word for you!" She turned and stalked off. Ghost made as if to follow but Wolverine held his shoulder.
"Just let her cool off. Women like that need some time to themselves. Let her go for now," he advised and took his hand off the dejected Ghost's shoulder.
* * *
Kira angrily and unthinkingly stormed outside and across the lawn towards the woods. People were starting to get up now and she saw some movement in the windows as she glanced back at the school.
"Going somevhere?"
Kira screeched slightly and a blue skinned form fell out of the tree.
"Kurt! Don't scare me like that!" Kira yelled at him.
"Jeez, sorry. I didn't think you vould scream so loudly though," he said, rubbing his sensitive pointed ears.
"Call it another power. I can scream loud enough to crack glass," she said, helping him up. "My little sister used to be able to shatter glass with hers. So, what are you doing out here?" she asked, quickly changing topics.
"Vell not many people get up early, so I come out here for a vhile to vork on my powers and just listen to ze silence." He disappeared then reappeared next to her, then in the tree, then in front of her. "See?"
"It helps with your control?" she asked curiously.
"Uh huh," he nodded, "So vhat about your powers? Going to practice zem?"
She shrugged and sat down. "Sure, why not? It'll help me stop thinking about that jerk, Ghost."
Kurt looked at her in surprise. "You've met Ghost?"
She snorted. "Yea. I was-" she paused, "Let's just say we met yesterday and he didn't make a very good first impression. Then this morning... Grr he's so infuriating!" she punched the ground and slowly cooled off.
"Gee, sounds like you two really didn't hit it off vell," Kurt said, teleporting to a branch a bit above her.
"Yea. I even refused to tell him my name," she shrugged, "Well I might as well work while I talk."
She concentrated on some leaves on the ground in front of her and her eyes turned silver as a small breeze kicked up. Taking deep breaths she ordered the breezes to mold together above the leaves.
Slowly, the leaves began to pick up into the air then began to swirl around, like a tornado. Using her telekinesis at the same time, she carried more leaves to her mini tornado, causing it to suddenly look like a solid, swirling mass. Her breathing became harder and she started sweating. Then she lifted a hand and waved it, and the leaf tornado collapsed, the winds separating and swirling off in different directions.
"Vow," Kurt said, finally breaking the silence, "Zat vas great! Can you do it again?"
Kira caught her breath as she shook her head. "No, even though the wind is the easiest to control, seeing as it loves to do your bidding for the fun of it, it's still really hard and takes a lot to control. You can imagine what the others are like, seeing as they're harder. The earth is stubborn and takes a while to command unless you're in distress or using absolute power from fear or something. Water, while it usually complies, will disobey you in a second to do what it wants and is rather lazy. And fire.. don't even get me started with fire. It's the hardest because it hates being controlled and wants to do it's own thing. Very independent." She slowly stood. "Plus I was using another power with my element control so that was worse. Right now what I need is just to eat and go to sleep."
"Vell I'm hungry too so let's go get breakfast, shall ve?" he teleported to the edge of the forest, Kira following, shaking her head.
* * *
Disclaimer: i don't own any charries but my own... u kno the drill. so newho, y did the chicken cross the road? who cares! muahahahaha!
Kira: *rolls eyes* Ghost:*sweatdrop* Kitty: *rolls eyes* Kurt: *sweatdrop* i think you need help. Me: o i kno! heehee! *grin* *group of sweatdrops* *************************************
Jean opened the door that blended in perfectly with the wooden walls and walked in, followed closely by Kira.
The room was large, and white walled with maps and other various bits of furniture including a desk, behind which sat a man in a wheelchair. He slowly turned the chair around as they walked in, a smile on his face.
"Ah, thank you Jean. Now if you could please leave us to discuss this privately. I'm sure Kira can find her way out after we're done talking," he said. Jean smiled.
"Sure Professor," she nodded to Kira and walked out.
"Ah Kira, it's nice to meet you. I'm glad to see you had such a quick and easy recovery."
Kira was less than diplomatic as she said, "Thank you Professor but I believe we have more important issues to discuss. Such as what happened to my sister."
"Ah, yes, your younger sister," he turned to the computer, "With some extra information I believe we can find out. You wouldn't happen to have a picture of her on you, would you? No? Oh well, we'll make due. If you could possibly describe her to me it would make things go much faster."
Kira nodded and bit her lip. "She would be about 8 now," Kira whispered, studying her hands which had nervously been intertwining in her lap. "Pale skin, blond hair, blue eyes. Sweet and adorable. Polite but she knows how to defend herself. I had to teach her that. She has..." Kira trailed off and sniffed, a tear running down her cheek.
A tissue was handed to her and she looked up, smiling appreciatively at the Professor. "Sorry. Like I was saying, she has.. powers as well."
The Professor looked up. "Really, well that may make it a bit easier to find her. So your special abilities run in the family then?"
Kira nodded. "My mothers side I think. I don't remember much about her except things like her scent, random memories of things. A few I didn't know why I remembered till I realized how odd they were. Just little things. Her washing dishes and the towel going across the counter to her, putting clothes out to dry but her hand was always about an inch away from them. Little things but very odd little things."
"Ah, so your mother had telekinesis. What happened?" Professor Xavier asked kindly.
Kira sniffed again and wiped at her eyes. "When Laura was about 6, my mother was killed. It was never explained to me past there had been an accident. I could tell when my father said it that there was something he wasn't telling me, something that would probably change it from an accident to murder. Once I got older and I- I began to be able to do things, like command water back into a spilled glass, or tell flame to go from a match across the table to a candle, I realized what my mother was. What I was, and what my little siren was."
Professor X looked curiously at her. "What did you say?"
"My little siren, that was my name for my little sister. Her power was... well, like a siren. Her ability was the power to scream so loud as to shatter glass and eardrums. She never used it, except when she was frightened or crying though. I had it to a lesser scale, so I could relate. I taught her how not to scream when she was mad. Showed her what it could do."
The Professor studied her. "That's all the information I need for now. Thank you Kira."
Kira smiled and stood. "It was no problem Professor." She unthinkingly responded before turning and walking out.
The Professor turned his chair to the window and closed his eyes.
Scott, he silently called.
Yes Professor? Scott thought back a moment later.
I need to see you right away about a few of our students.
I'll be right there Professor.
* * *
Kira walked into the rather spacious bathroom and smiled at the large tub. After shutting the door and making sure it was locked, she turned on the shower and stripped off her clothes, leaving them in a pile on the floor.
She stepped under the warm water and sighed thankfully before taking a quick shower. For a moment she stood motionless, letting the warm water pour over her body before regaining the strength to turn the water off. As she pulled back the curtain, a sudden thought entered her mind and she smiled slightly.
Holding up a wet hand, she concentrated hard on it and her eyes slowly turned a clear, blue-green. As she stared harder, the water slowly rose off of her hand and into one large water drop in the air. Her eyes following it, never breaking contact, she carried it from her hand across the floor to the sink. As she let the water drop she smiled, her eyes returning to a normal blue.
Grabbing a towel she wrapped it around her and grabbed her dirty clothes. She'd ask Storm or Kitty what to do about them later.
Unlocking the door, she peeked into the hall, making sure the way was clear. She took a step out but laughing voices came her direction and she quickly ducked behind the door till the small group passed. Her eyes glued on the direction the children had disappeared to, she started to creep across the hall to her room.
"Nice outfit," a voice commented.
She screamed slightly as she whirled to look where she was going, her eyes wide, a hand over her mouth.
Standing in front of her was a slim boy with brown hair and eyes to match. A slight smile was on his lips as he watched her.
"Though not one I'd choose for a trip around the halls."
Kira blushed slightly and glared, holding the towel up with one hand and pulling the bottom of it down with the other that she had dropped from her mouth. The towel suddenly seemed way too short.
The boy smirked wider as Kira simply glared and stood completely straight, coming out of the slight crouch she was in. This, unfortunately, caused the towel to come to her upper thigh, which she seemed not notice except for the darkening of her blush. She flipped her wet hair over her shoulder and walked around the boy and down the hall.
"Oh come on now, at least talk to me a little. Besides," he said slyly, "You wouldn't want anyone to know about this, or how wonderful you look mostly naked, now would you?"
Kira's head snapped around to him with shock and she looked him quickly up and down. "You wouldn't dare!"
"Ah, she speaks. And actually, you must be new or you would know that I would." He said, casually walking over to her. "The names Ghost, princess. What's yours?"
She sniffed and turned her back on him, continuing towards her door as he quickly followed her and walked around her. He stood in front of her door, blocking her from getting in.
"Aw come on now. You aren't going to leave me without any idea of who you are, now are you?" he asked, pouting, though his eyes gleamed in wicked mischief.
"Actually yes, I am. And if you knew me at all you'd know that. Seeing as you don't I'm going to politely ask you to move before I get too angry." She said in an angry and annoyed voice.
"Or you'll do what?", he teased, "Flash me?"
Her eyes widened in anger and offense and she slapped him across the face. Hard. He held his face with one hand as Kira breathed in heavy, angry breaths.
"Don't you ever say something like that to me again," she hissed. "Now get out of my way."
"Now you just hold on one minute," he said, "You had no reason too-"
Kira had finally had enough and gritted her teeth as she stared intently at him. Stepping back, she raised a hand and used her telekinesis to pick him up in the air and roughly drop him a little to the side of the door. She stepped forwards again and opened the door. Before going inside she paused, looking down on him coldly. Rubbing the back of his head, he looked up at her.
"You mention this to anyone and you'll regret it," she paused, "Ghost." She whirled and walked back into her room, slamming and locking the door behind her.
Ghost slowly stood and began to walk down the hall, muttering to himself. "Girl can't even take a joke...."
* * *
The next day Kira was up by 9 and starving. Not sure what time breakfast was, she slipped out of her room, hoping she'd see someone she knew so they could let her know. The night before Kira had skipped dinner and just laid in her room in the dark, staring at the ceiling thinking about everything.
Stepping down the stairs onto the first floor, she slowly began to walk through the quiet and empty halls. Her senses were on full alert, still not trusting silence as a sign that she was alone. She paused, getting a tingling sensation that someone was close by. She just stood and waited until she felt it getting closer and closer and....
She whirled around, grabbing her invisible stalker and then turned in the direction she had originally been facing, kneeled down, and flipped them over her shoulder. The invisible person groaned and became visible as Kira stood.
"Ghost!" she spat out the name like a curse. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I was just having a bit of fun. I have to say I didn't expect the flip," he said, slowly standing. "Jeez princess, that's the second time you've hurt me."
She sniffed and walked around him. "You deserved it."
He quickly followed her. "Hey, why do you hate me so much? Because I saw you in a towel?"
She stopped and glared. "I told you never to mention that again. It doesn't matter that we're alone. This school has eyes in its walls I swear."
"Wouldn't surprise me," Ghost said cheerily. Kira rolled her eyes and continued walking, Ghost keeping pace with her.
"Where is everyone anyways?" Kira asked looking around. "I expected to find a whole crowd of people and have to hide out in the shadows for a bit."
Ghost flashed her his mischievous grin. "Mostly asleep. It's only 9 o'clock after all. Not many people get up this early. Just me and now you, and a few others." His grin suddenly appeared again, fixed to his face. "Perfect time for pranks."
Kira rolls her eyes again as she walks into the mess hall. "How did I know you'd be that type."
"What type?" he asked, grabbing an apple from a basket on the table and jumped up to sit on the tabletop, his feet on the bench, as Kira carefully chose an orange.
"The kind who would play pranks on anyone," she said peeling her orange. "You just have that feel about you." She pulled off a slice and popped it into her mouth, looking around the mostly empty mess hall.
"I'm not sure whether to consider that an insult or a compliment. I think I'll consider it a compliment so thank you," he said, biting into his apple.
"So, how is this place?" Kira asked, looking up at him from her seat on the bench.
"Pretty cool. There are rules of course, but the teachers are pretty lenient about everything except misuse of our powers. You might want to remember that," he said, a quick reminder of the day before.
"You wouldn't move so I moved you," she justified, popping another slice into her mouth. "In any case I try not to use my powers in front of other people too much."
"Why not?" he asked, taking another bite from his apple, curiously watching her as she looked out over the mess hall.
"I don't know. It seems to make others uncomfortable, so that makes me uncomfortable. Besides, my powers aren't anything good so who cares."
Ghost almost choked but managed to swallow his apple and get out, "Who cares?"
She looked up and raised her eyebrows at him as he coughed.
"What do you mean who cares??" He turned seriously and locked his uncharacteristically serious brown eyes with her startled blue-gray ones. "Look, you have powers like no one else has. A lot of people have no powers what-so-ever and others who have powers, but most who won't have the same as you. Never say who cares about your powers. Always love your powers. And- " he said, leaning back and going back to his normal personality, "use them to your full advantage. Get everything you can out of your powers. Have some fun with them."
Kira studied him, a curious look on her face as she studied the simple seeming person in front of her. On the outside he seemed to be a simple, fun loving, prank pulling, funny guy. But on the inside he was a puzzle, one with a million pieces that very few people could figure out. The fact that he was so deep intrigued her, though she wouldn't admit it.
"Oh, and I suppose you 'have fun' with your powers all the time?" Kira asked with a knowing smirk.
"Of course! What good is having powers if you don't use them? Besides, invisibility is such a terrible thing to waste," he said with a grin.
She raised her eyebrows. "Invisibility, huh? Well I suppose it does fit with your nickname. Ghost. Does everyone here have a nickname to go along with their powers?"
"Yes, of course!" he studied her a moment. "Jeez, you really don't know anything about this place do you?"
"No. I wasn't exactly planning on getting stuck here," she said as a few more people walked in yawning.
"Getting stuck here? Well, I guess as long as you're 'stuck', as you put it, you might as well learn. Here, everyone has nicknames for their powers. For instance, Storm's real name isn't Storm, it's just her nickname since her power is control over the weather. Her real one is Ororo. Wolverine's real name is Logan, and Scott is actually Cyclops. My real name's Tom but not many people know that. I always just go as Ghost," he grinned infectiously again, causing Kira to smile slightly, "The only people here I know who have powers and don't have nicknames are Jean Grey and Professor X. And you of course, since you're new."
He jumped off the table. "Come on, let's go for a walk while I explain things to you." He offered her a hand.
She watched him a moment then took his hand and stood, neither of them letting go as she asked, "So, are we all called something besides mutants if we have all these nicknames?"
Ghost grinned as he slowly let go of her hand and they started to walk out. "Sure. We've named ourselves the X-Men."
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Kira could hear Ghost calling after her and angrily chose to ignore him. God, how infuriating could that boy get! She turned around a corner and bumped into someone.
"Oh jeez, I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I.. was.. going...," she trailed off, and blinked up.
"Yea, well just watch where you're going next time," Wolverine growled.
She tilted her head. "You're Wolverine." It was a statement rather than a question.
"Yea, what about it?" he asked looking down on her, "Got a problem with that?"
"Of course not. Why would there be?" at that statement Ghost flew around then corner and slid to a stop.
"Hey! Hold up, why did you get so mad?" he asked, panting.
Wolverine looked back and forth between the two while Kira glared. "Just leave me alone Ghost! I don't want to talk to you!"
"Well at least give me a reason why!"
"Because you're annoying! That's why! You're so- so- I can't even think of a word for you!" She turned and stalked off. Ghost made as if to follow but Wolverine held his shoulder.
"Just let her cool off. Women like that need some time to themselves. Let her go for now," he advised and took his hand off the dejected Ghost's shoulder.
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Kira angrily and unthinkingly stormed outside and across the lawn towards the woods. People were starting to get up now and she saw some movement in the windows as she glanced back at the school.
"Going somevhere?"
Kira screeched slightly and a blue skinned form fell out of the tree.
"Kurt! Don't scare me like that!" Kira yelled at him.
"Jeez, sorry. I didn't think you vould scream so loudly though," he said, rubbing his sensitive pointed ears.
"Call it another power. I can scream loud enough to crack glass," she said, helping him up. "My little sister used to be able to shatter glass with hers. So, what are you doing out here?" she asked, quickly changing topics.
"Vell not many people get up early, so I come out here for a vhile to vork on my powers and just listen to ze silence." He disappeared then reappeared next to her, then in the tree, then in front of her. "See?"
"It helps with your control?" she asked curiously.
"Uh huh," he nodded, "So vhat about your powers? Going to practice zem?"
She shrugged and sat down. "Sure, why not? It'll help me stop thinking about that jerk, Ghost."
Kurt looked at her in surprise. "You've met Ghost?"
She snorted. "Yea. I was-" she paused, "Let's just say we met yesterday and he didn't make a very good first impression. Then this morning... Grr he's so infuriating!" she punched the ground and slowly cooled off.
"Gee, sounds like you two really didn't hit it off vell," Kurt said, teleporting to a branch a bit above her.
"Yea. I even refused to tell him my name," she shrugged, "Well I might as well work while I talk."
She concentrated on some leaves on the ground in front of her and her eyes turned silver as a small breeze kicked up. Taking deep breaths she ordered the breezes to mold together above the leaves.
Slowly, the leaves began to pick up into the air then began to swirl around, like a tornado. Using her telekinesis at the same time, she carried more leaves to her mini tornado, causing it to suddenly look like a solid, swirling mass. Her breathing became harder and she started sweating. Then she lifted a hand and waved it, and the leaf tornado collapsed, the winds separating and swirling off in different directions.
"Vow," Kurt said, finally breaking the silence, "Zat vas great! Can you do it again?"
Kira caught her breath as she shook her head. "No, even though the wind is the easiest to control, seeing as it loves to do your bidding for the fun of it, it's still really hard and takes a lot to control. You can imagine what the others are like, seeing as they're harder. The earth is stubborn and takes a while to command unless you're in distress or using absolute power from fear or something. Water, while it usually complies, will disobey you in a second to do what it wants and is rather lazy. And fire.. don't even get me started with fire. It's the hardest because it hates being controlled and wants to do it's own thing. Very independent." She slowly stood. "Plus I was using another power with my element control so that was worse. Right now what I need is just to eat and go to sleep."
"Vell I'm hungry too so let's go get breakfast, shall ve?" he teleported to the edge of the forest, Kira following, shaking her head.
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