hey pplz! omg, whadda ya think of Ghost? isn't he great?! i luv him and
Kira so much! well in ne case ff.net hasn't been letting me upload anything
so i'm very sry for tha wait! i may start making comments after the story
too, so watch out. in answer to a question, no this is not a Kurt romance.
he and kitty are, however, going to be in it quite a lot seeing as they're
best friends with my two charries. this ff is going to focus around my
charries so they'll be mostly in it w/ Kitty n Kurt. ok? good! another
thing, there will be NO character bashing in here. i luv all of the X-men
charries. if u want me to abuse sum1 in here ur wasting ur time. ok now
that that's been said, on with the story!
Disclaimer: "we need to get this man to the hospital!" "what is it?" "a big white building with lots of windows, but that's not important right now."
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They walked inside the mess hall, still talking. By now it was pretty much full of people talking and eating. They were mostly ignored by people, which Kira didn't mind in the slightest.
Grabbing a tray she walked down the buffet-like table and grabbed things she liked every now and then, though not a lot. She and Kurt found a place to sit with Kitty, who was still yawning.
"Morning guys," she yawned.
"Morning Kitty. Still tired?" Kurt asked.
"A little," she sipped at her orange juice, "I'm not an early riser like you people."
Kira smiled. "Ah, you people are such wimps. Getting up early isn't all that hard." She took a sip of her hot chocolate. "Though there are some people who get up early who aren't the best people to talk to." She glared at Ghost who was sitting with some other guys, including Iceman and a mutant that Kira remembered being pointed out as Pyro.
"Oh, you've met Ghost, huh? He giving you a hard time too?" Kitty asked, noticing her glare.
"Yes. We didn't start off on the best of terms yesterday and he's so- so- infuriating!" Kira stabbed her eggs hard and viciously bit them off the fork still glaring.
"I know what you mean. But don't let him get to you. He loves annoying people for the fun of it. He pulls a lot of pranks too, so watch out for him." Kurt shook his head.
"I don't see vhat you girls are so vorked up about. He isn't zat bad and most of his pranks are razer funny."
"Yea, they're funny if you're not the one he's playing them on!" She leaned over and whispered to Kira, "He nearly always plays them on the girls. Finds us fun targets or something."
As she said 'or something' Kurt started talking again. "Oh come on, you're just over reacting. All he's doing is having fun. Lighten up!"
"Lighten up?! He died my hair bright blue last time! I couldn't get it out for days! And that power of his goes way too well with his personality. Sometimes I wonder if he's like God's joke to us or something. Pairing him with invisibility..."
"Aw Kitty, come on. I admit his power helps him out, and zey both go rather vell togezer, but don't you think you're taking zis a little too seriously?" Kurt asked, putting his fork down on his now empty plate.
"No! Like Kira said he's entirely too annoying or infuriating or whatever!" Kitty ate some more food as Kurt sighed.
"You girls alvays take zings so seriously."
"Seriously?!" Kitty and Kira shouted together, drawing some looks, including Ghosts.
"You want to see seriously?!" Kitty said, standing up.
"If you want seriously annoying go and see Ghost!" Kira stood up as well, and angrily glared at Ghost before she and Kitty turned and left. Kurt just sighed and shook his head, standing as well.
"Girls," he sighed as Ghost beckoned him to come and sit with them.
"What was with them?" Ghost asked as Kurt sat down. Kurt just shook his head.
"Zey vere talking about you," Kurt said, and Ghost raised his eyebrows, "And it vasn't complimenting, I assure you."
"Really? And what did Kitty and the princess have to say?" he asked, leaning leisurely on the table.
"Nozing good. Apparently zey find you and your pranks razer annoying and- vhat vas the vord she used?- oh yes, infuriating. Apparently you aren't very popular vith zem," Kurt said with a slight smirk. "So vhat did you do to annoy Kira so much?"
"Is that the new ones name? Kira?" Ghost asked curiously, "Well she's just mad because I caught her sneaking to her room from the shower," He grinned, "In a towel."
All the guys either laughed or whistled. Kurt looked slightly surprised. "Are you serious? She vouldn't say vhy she vas so mad. Just zat you hadn't made a very good first impression."
He shrugged. "We didn't. But that still gave her no right to slap me."
Iceman grinned. "What did you say to her?"
Ghost looked at him innocently. "Nothing. All I asked when she told me to get out of the way was 'Or what? You'll flash me?'"
All the guys grinned and made sounds. Various comments were made.
"Man Ghost, you sure know how to piss people off."
"Yea, you're askin for one of those girls to eventually beat the crap out of you."
Ghost just grinned. "She can't do anything to me. We had a nice little chat this morning, but then she suddenly just got all mad and stormed off. Wouldn't even listen to reason." He shrugged innocently. "No idea why."
Kurt shook his head. "I vouldn't provoke her. You'd be surprised vhat she can do."
Ghost looked at him and raised his eyebrows. "She has telekinesis, so what?"
"She doesn't just have telekinesis. Get her mad enough or somezing and she'll show her real power. She's pretty strong vith it too."
"Oh yea?" Ghost asked, leaning forward slightly, his eyes narrowed curiously and suspiciously. "What is it?"
Kurt looked around then leaned in. "Vell, I didn't tell you, but her real power is element control."
They all looked at him oddly and Pyro asked, "Element control? Whadda ya mean?"
"You know. Like ze ability to control things like fire, vater earth and ze vind. I saw her use it ze other day to bring a huge vind blowing into her room and early this morning she used it to make a mini tornado of leaves."
"So that's what that was," Pyro said looking a bit annoyed, "I was wondering."
"Ja. She's pretty powerful vith it. She has more control zan I think even the Professor guessed."
Ghost whistled quietly. "You don't say. Well, maybe we can make the princess show off her powers a bit, eh?" He asked grinning, and receiving affirmative comments back.
"I don't know Ghost...." Kurt said uncertainly.
"Aw come on Kurt. It'll be fun. Besides, it'll help teach her about watching her back around here."
"And zat's a good zing?" Kurt asked, before agreeing to help.
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Kira walked up the stairs to her room after agreeing to meet Kitty later for lunch. She paused at the top of the stairs and looked around the empty hallway, a feeling coming over her that she wasn't alone.
"Hello? Someone there?" she asked, suspiciously narrowing her eyes and taking a few steps further into the hall.
She gasped and whirled around but she was a bit too late. The person behind her revealed himself and wrapped their arms around her tightly.
"Well princess, isn't this nice?" Ghost asked, holding her tight despite her struggling.
"Let me go you jerk!" she yelled.
"I don't think so. We need to talk, you and I," he said, holding her tighter, "So stop struggling."
She paused but only to kick him in the shin and twist, breaking his hold on her. She twirled and flipped away from him then spun back to face him in a fighters crouch. She slowly stood, still on the ready as Ghost held his shin and hopped in place.
"God, do you always have to hurt me? Where do you learn that anyways?"
"I hurt you because you're a pervert. And I learned it when I was younger. It's been rather helpful I'd say," she said coolly, studying him as he slowly put his leg down. "Now whadda you want? Or where you just being a jerk again?"
"Oh no, I want something," he said, slowly walking towards her. She quickly moved her arms and hands up into a fighter's style and took a few steps back.
"Stop where you are Ghost." Kira said warningly, but he kept on coming, then turned invisible.
Kira's eyes widened as she looked wildly around, then grew silent. However, Ghost was always as silent as a cat, which wasn't good for a person in her position. She waited silently for him to attack.
With no warning she was kicked backwards and only managed to stop herself by using her telekinesis as a last minute resort. She dropped to the ground in a crouch, and then slowly looked up through her hair at the empty hall, growling.
Ghost grinned to himself as he circled around behind her. Suddenly she looked back over her shoulder, directly at him. His eyes widened at her frightening look. She was looking at him with her eyes narrowed angrily, her hair falling partially over her face, giving her a possessed-child look.
Then she looked slowly back out around the hall. "Where are you?" she asked in an odd sing song voice, slowly standing.
"Come out, come out where ever you are...," she turned around so her back wasn't to him. Suddenly her gaze stopped on him, and that was all the warning he got. She launched herself at him with a growl and tackled him to the floor.
Pinned underneath her, he made himself visible again and struggled. Suddenly he stopped moving, realizing the positions they were in. Kira seemed to suddenly realize it too and just stared into his brown eyes, hers no longer completely filled with murder.
He was lying on the floor under her, his arms pinned above his head at the wrists by her hands. She was sitting on top of him, straddling his waist, almost lying completely on his chest as she tried to keep him from lifting his arms.
Staring deeply into his eyes her mouth moved but no sound came out.
"Cat got your tongue?" he asked her in a whisper, the comment not malicious at all.
It seemed to snap her out of it however and she glared at him. "Don't you ever try that again you stupid-" she cut herself off and let go of him, standing up.
"Jeez, here's the thanks a person gets for trying to see someone's powers," Ghost said in a heroically injured tone, his mind back.
"A persons powers? You hadn't gotten enough already? Telekinesis isn't that great a gift. Jean Grey has it." Kira crossed her arms over her chest.
He fixed his eyes on hers intently. "Not your telekinesis. You're elemental control powers. They sound very interesting."
She raised her eyebrows, though her eyes showed surprise and her voice was a bit sharp. "How did you hear about those?"
"Kurt mentioned them after he came and sat with us when you girls stormed out. I hear you were talking about me," Ghost said with a grin.
Kira sniffed and walked over to her room door. "So what if we were? And my powers are none of you're concern." She opened it but he quickly grabbed her wrist.
"You aren't getting away that easily again Kira," he said seriously, keeping her from leaving.
She glared and let go of the doorknob, yanking her hand from his grip. "Who are you to tell me what to do? And did Kurt mention my name as well?"
"In passing, yes. Look, will you please just show me your elemental powers?" he asked, getting exasperated.
She raised an eyebrow. "Is the great Ghost begging me? Did I manage to make him exasperated?? Shocking!"
He gave her a look. "Oh come on..."
"No." she said firmly. "Now move."
He shrugged. "Okay." He opened her door and walked into her room.
"Hey!" she quickly followed. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked as he dropped down on her bed.
"I'm staying here till you show me you're powers," he said, putting his arms under his head. "Nice room."
She glared. "Get out Ghost!"
"Now, now, is that anyway to treat a friend?" he asked, standing and walking over to her clothes dresser, opening the drawers.
She hurried over and slammed the drawer shut. "You aren't a friend."
He held up a pair of underwear he had snatched from the drawer. "Black?"
Her eyes widened then she glared and grabbed it from him, after a few moments of him avoiding her, stuffing it back in the drawer. "Get out you little-"
"Uh uh uh! No foul language now," he turned and opened her window. "Lovely day. Perfect breeze blowing. Just the perfect kind to control."
"Forget it Ghost! I'm not your little play thing and I'm not using my powers!"
"Fine," he walked over and laid back on the bed again, "Then I'm staying."
Her eyes narrowed and she studied him, her lips pursed in annoyance. She sighed as she thought to herself, her eyes still narrowed. "Okay Ghost. I'll show you my power if you promise that after I do you'll get out of my room."
He grinned and sat up. "Sure!"
She sighed again, this time in resignation and walked over to the open window. He stood and walked next to the window, out of the path of the breeze but in view of her face.
She closed her eyes a moment and calmed her breathing, before opening them and staring out the window. Slowly her eyes turned grayer before snapping to silver and widening slightly in what looked like exhilaration. The wind picked up and shifted direction, blowing wildly into her room and kind of molding around her, only disturbing her hair.
Ghost watched with wide eyes as she let it fade, her eyes closing. When she opened them again the wind had died completely and her eyes were blue-gray again. She turned to Ghost, her hair messed up and around her face.
"There, happy? Now get out," she did what would have been considered stomping on anyone else, over to the door and opened it. Ghost walked over but paused in front of her before walking out.
"Told you that you had great power," he grinned.
"Out Ghost," she said in an annoyed, but not angry, tone and he walked out.
She shut the door immediately after him, putting her back to it and, with her eyes closed, slowly slid down the door till she was sitting on the floor. She rubbed her temples as a headache grew and stood walking over and laying on the bed.
The second she laid down, all she could think about was Ghost's smile and the position they had been in on the floor in the hall. She closed her eyes to banish it but then it played behind her eyelids. She sat up, making a disgusted sound and quickly left the room, hoping to find someone to talk to so she wouldn't have to think about Ghost anymore.
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Kira prowled the first floor alone. She looked around the opened a door and peaked into an empty classroom. Slipping in, she quietly closed the door behind her and looked around curiously as she walked to the front of the classroom. She studied the empty board, then walked around it, studying it from every angle. She glanced out the bright windows, looking out over some of the lawn before looking back to the board. Walking over and standing in front of the desks, her back to the door, she lifted her hand with her palm towards the board. Taking deep breaths she slowly lifted the board into the air and held it there before slowly letting it back down.
Clapping sounded from behind her and she whirled around to see Professor X clapping, Cyclops standing behind him.
"Not bad. Not bad at all Kira. Is telekinesis one of your stronger powers?" Professor X asked, rolling further into the room.
She kept her face carefully blank and asked in a cool voice, "Can't you read my mind and find out?"
He raised an eyebrow. "I don't look into peoples minds unless I have too. I consider it an invasion of privacy. So unless there's a very good reason I don't check their thoughts."
She nodded. "One of them yes."
"And exactly how many do you have that you can use?"
She frowned slightly at the question from Scott. "I-I'm not sure what you mean."
"How many powers do you have that you can use? You have a lot of untapped powers but we would like to know the ones that you can use," the Professor said, still watching her.
"Um.. well...," she tilted her head slightly and looked up at the ceiling, silently counting, "Five that I know of."
"Five??" Scott asked, seeming taken aback. "You have five different powers??"
Kira seemed to shrink a bit more. "That I know of."
"Interesting. It seems you are incredibly unique Kira," the Professor said, steepling his fingers in his lap.
"What do you mean 'unique'?" she asked suspiciously.
"You, unlike other mutants, have more than one power. While some people do have two, the second power is weaker than the first. You have six powers, some at equally high levels. Quite unique."
Kira swallowed hard. "Well what do you want with me?"
"Nothing except for you to stay here and learn how to correctly use those powers," he responded in a reasonable tone.
Kira crossed her arms over her chest, an absent gesture, though one that showed how unsure of herself she was.
"I still don't think I can stay. But I will," she held her chin up high, "Until my sister is found. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go meet Kitty for lunch. Good day Professor, Scott." She walked past them and out the door.
"She's extremely mistrustful it seems," the Professor said, lightly tapping his steepled fingers against his lips, "She won't ever stop fighting rules and control."
"I'd have to say that you're right Professor. She's one who won't ever trust anyone," Scott agreed as they left the now-empty classroom.
Suddenly a figure appeared in a corner. Ghost slowly let out the breath he had been holding. Kira had five different powers? How? And who was her little sister? He was going to have to have a little talk with that girl about being more trustful of people too. She definitely had a problem with that if the Professor noticed. He slipped quietly out of the room and down the hall to lunch.
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Disclaimer: "we need to get this man to the hospital!" "what is it?" "a big white building with lots of windows, but that's not important right now."
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They walked inside the mess hall, still talking. By now it was pretty much full of people talking and eating. They were mostly ignored by people, which Kira didn't mind in the slightest.
Grabbing a tray she walked down the buffet-like table and grabbed things she liked every now and then, though not a lot. She and Kurt found a place to sit with Kitty, who was still yawning.
"Morning guys," she yawned.
"Morning Kitty. Still tired?" Kurt asked.
"A little," she sipped at her orange juice, "I'm not an early riser like you people."
Kira smiled. "Ah, you people are such wimps. Getting up early isn't all that hard." She took a sip of her hot chocolate. "Though there are some people who get up early who aren't the best people to talk to." She glared at Ghost who was sitting with some other guys, including Iceman and a mutant that Kira remembered being pointed out as Pyro.
"Oh, you've met Ghost, huh? He giving you a hard time too?" Kitty asked, noticing her glare.
"Yes. We didn't start off on the best of terms yesterday and he's so- so- infuriating!" Kira stabbed her eggs hard and viciously bit them off the fork still glaring.
"I know what you mean. But don't let him get to you. He loves annoying people for the fun of it. He pulls a lot of pranks too, so watch out for him." Kurt shook his head.
"I don't see vhat you girls are so vorked up about. He isn't zat bad and most of his pranks are razer funny."
"Yea, they're funny if you're not the one he's playing them on!" She leaned over and whispered to Kira, "He nearly always plays them on the girls. Finds us fun targets or something."
As she said 'or something' Kurt started talking again. "Oh come on, you're just over reacting. All he's doing is having fun. Lighten up!"
"Lighten up?! He died my hair bright blue last time! I couldn't get it out for days! And that power of his goes way too well with his personality. Sometimes I wonder if he's like God's joke to us or something. Pairing him with invisibility..."
"Aw Kitty, come on. I admit his power helps him out, and zey both go rather vell togezer, but don't you think you're taking zis a little too seriously?" Kurt asked, putting his fork down on his now empty plate.
"No! Like Kira said he's entirely too annoying or infuriating or whatever!" Kitty ate some more food as Kurt sighed.
"You girls alvays take zings so seriously."
"Seriously?!" Kitty and Kira shouted together, drawing some looks, including Ghosts.
"You want to see seriously?!" Kitty said, standing up.
"If you want seriously annoying go and see Ghost!" Kira stood up as well, and angrily glared at Ghost before she and Kitty turned and left. Kurt just sighed and shook his head, standing as well.
"Girls," he sighed as Ghost beckoned him to come and sit with them.
"What was with them?" Ghost asked as Kurt sat down. Kurt just shook his head.
"Zey vere talking about you," Kurt said, and Ghost raised his eyebrows, "And it vasn't complimenting, I assure you."
"Really? And what did Kitty and the princess have to say?" he asked, leaning leisurely on the table.
"Nozing good. Apparently zey find you and your pranks razer annoying and- vhat vas the vord she used?- oh yes, infuriating. Apparently you aren't very popular vith zem," Kurt said with a slight smirk. "So vhat did you do to annoy Kira so much?"
"Is that the new ones name? Kira?" Ghost asked curiously, "Well she's just mad because I caught her sneaking to her room from the shower," He grinned, "In a towel."
All the guys either laughed or whistled. Kurt looked slightly surprised. "Are you serious? She vouldn't say vhy she vas so mad. Just zat you hadn't made a very good first impression."
He shrugged. "We didn't. But that still gave her no right to slap me."
Iceman grinned. "What did you say to her?"
Ghost looked at him innocently. "Nothing. All I asked when she told me to get out of the way was 'Or what? You'll flash me?'"
All the guys grinned and made sounds. Various comments were made.
"Man Ghost, you sure know how to piss people off."
"Yea, you're askin for one of those girls to eventually beat the crap out of you."
Ghost just grinned. "She can't do anything to me. We had a nice little chat this morning, but then she suddenly just got all mad and stormed off. Wouldn't even listen to reason." He shrugged innocently. "No idea why."
Kurt shook his head. "I vouldn't provoke her. You'd be surprised vhat she can do."
Ghost looked at him and raised his eyebrows. "She has telekinesis, so what?"
"She doesn't just have telekinesis. Get her mad enough or somezing and she'll show her real power. She's pretty strong vith it too."
"Oh yea?" Ghost asked, leaning forward slightly, his eyes narrowed curiously and suspiciously. "What is it?"
Kurt looked around then leaned in. "Vell, I didn't tell you, but her real power is element control."
They all looked at him oddly and Pyro asked, "Element control? Whadda ya mean?"
"You know. Like ze ability to control things like fire, vater earth and ze vind. I saw her use it ze other day to bring a huge vind blowing into her room and early this morning she used it to make a mini tornado of leaves."
"So that's what that was," Pyro said looking a bit annoyed, "I was wondering."
"Ja. She's pretty powerful vith it. She has more control zan I think even the Professor guessed."
Ghost whistled quietly. "You don't say. Well, maybe we can make the princess show off her powers a bit, eh?" He asked grinning, and receiving affirmative comments back.
"I don't know Ghost...." Kurt said uncertainly.
"Aw come on Kurt. It'll be fun. Besides, it'll help teach her about watching her back around here."
"And zat's a good zing?" Kurt asked, before agreeing to help.
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Kira walked up the stairs to her room after agreeing to meet Kitty later for lunch. She paused at the top of the stairs and looked around the empty hallway, a feeling coming over her that she wasn't alone.
"Hello? Someone there?" she asked, suspiciously narrowing her eyes and taking a few steps further into the hall.
She gasped and whirled around but she was a bit too late. The person behind her revealed himself and wrapped their arms around her tightly.
"Well princess, isn't this nice?" Ghost asked, holding her tight despite her struggling.
"Let me go you jerk!" she yelled.
"I don't think so. We need to talk, you and I," he said, holding her tighter, "So stop struggling."
She paused but only to kick him in the shin and twist, breaking his hold on her. She twirled and flipped away from him then spun back to face him in a fighters crouch. She slowly stood, still on the ready as Ghost held his shin and hopped in place.
"God, do you always have to hurt me? Where do you learn that anyways?"
"I hurt you because you're a pervert. And I learned it when I was younger. It's been rather helpful I'd say," she said coolly, studying him as he slowly put his leg down. "Now whadda you want? Or where you just being a jerk again?"
"Oh no, I want something," he said, slowly walking towards her. She quickly moved her arms and hands up into a fighter's style and took a few steps back.
"Stop where you are Ghost." Kira said warningly, but he kept on coming, then turned invisible.
Kira's eyes widened as she looked wildly around, then grew silent. However, Ghost was always as silent as a cat, which wasn't good for a person in her position. She waited silently for him to attack.
With no warning she was kicked backwards and only managed to stop herself by using her telekinesis as a last minute resort. She dropped to the ground in a crouch, and then slowly looked up through her hair at the empty hall, growling.
Ghost grinned to himself as he circled around behind her. Suddenly she looked back over her shoulder, directly at him. His eyes widened at her frightening look. She was looking at him with her eyes narrowed angrily, her hair falling partially over her face, giving her a possessed-child look.
Then she looked slowly back out around the hall. "Where are you?" she asked in an odd sing song voice, slowly standing.
"Come out, come out where ever you are...," she turned around so her back wasn't to him. Suddenly her gaze stopped on him, and that was all the warning he got. She launched herself at him with a growl and tackled him to the floor.
Pinned underneath her, he made himself visible again and struggled. Suddenly he stopped moving, realizing the positions they were in. Kira seemed to suddenly realize it too and just stared into his brown eyes, hers no longer completely filled with murder.
He was lying on the floor under her, his arms pinned above his head at the wrists by her hands. She was sitting on top of him, straddling his waist, almost lying completely on his chest as she tried to keep him from lifting his arms.
Staring deeply into his eyes her mouth moved but no sound came out.
"Cat got your tongue?" he asked her in a whisper, the comment not malicious at all.
It seemed to snap her out of it however and she glared at him. "Don't you ever try that again you stupid-" she cut herself off and let go of him, standing up.
"Jeez, here's the thanks a person gets for trying to see someone's powers," Ghost said in a heroically injured tone, his mind back.
"A persons powers? You hadn't gotten enough already? Telekinesis isn't that great a gift. Jean Grey has it." Kira crossed her arms over her chest.
He fixed his eyes on hers intently. "Not your telekinesis. You're elemental control powers. They sound very interesting."
She raised her eyebrows, though her eyes showed surprise and her voice was a bit sharp. "How did you hear about those?"
"Kurt mentioned them after he came and sat with us when you girls stormed out. I hear you were talking about me," Ghost said with a grin.
Kira sniffed and walked over to her room door. "So what if we were? And my powers are none of you're concern." She opened it but he quickly grabbed her wrist.
"You aren't getting away that easily again Kira," he said seriously, keeping her from leaving.
She glared and let go of the doorknob, yanking her hand from his grip. "Who are you to tell me what to do? And did Kurt mention my name as well?"
"In passing, yes. Look, will you please just show me your elemental powers?" he asked, getting exasperated.
She raised an eyebrow. "Is the great Ghost begging me? Did I manage to make him exasperated?? Shocking!"
He gave her a look. "Oh come on..."
"No." she said firmly. "Now move."
He shrugged. "Okay." He opened her door and walked into her room.
"Hey!" she quickly followed. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked as he dropped down on her bed.
"I'm staying here till you show me you're powers," he said, putting his arms under his head. "Nice room."
She glared. "Get out Ghost!"
"Now, now, is that anyway to treat a friend?" he asked, standing and walking over to her clothes dresser, opening the drawers.
She hurried over and slammed the drawer shut. "You aren't a friend."
He held up a pair of underwear he had snatched from the drawer. "Black?"
Her eyes widened then she glared and grabbed it from him, after a few moments of him avoiding her, stuffing it back in the drawer. "Get out you little-"
"Uh uh uh! No foul language now," he turned and opened her window. "Lovely day. Perfect breeze blowing. Just the perfect kind to control."
"Forget it Ghost! I'm not your little play thing and I'm not using my powers!"
"Fine," he walked over and laid back on the bed again, "Then I'm staying."
Her eyes narrowed and she studied him, her lips pursed in annoyance. She sighed as she thought to herself, her eyes still narrowed. "Okay Ghost. I'll show you my power if you promise that after I do you'll get out of my room."
He grinned and sat up. "Sure!"
She sighed again, this time in resignation and walked over to the open window. He stood and walked next to the window, out of the path of the breeze but in view of her face.
She closed her eyes a moment and calmed her breathing, before opening them and staring out the window. Slowly her eyes turned grayer before snapping to silver and widening slightly in what looked like exhilaration. The wind picked up and shifted direction, blowing wildly into her room and kind of molding around her, only disturbing her hair.
Ghost watched with wide eyes as she let it fade, her eyes closing. When she opened them again the wind had died completely and her eyes were blue-gray again. She turned to Ghost, her hair messed up and around her face.
"There, happy? Now get out," she did what would have been considered stomping on anyone else, over to the door and opened it. Ghost walked over but paused in front of her before walking out.
"Told you that you had great power," he grinned.
"Out Ghost," she said in an annoyed, but not angry, tone and he walked out.
She shut the door immediately after him, putting her back to it and, with her eyes closed, slowly slid down the door till she was sitting on the floor. She rubbed her temples as a headache grew and stood walking over and laying on the bed.
The second she laid down, all she could think about was Ghost's smile and the position they had been in on the floor in the hall. She closed her eyes to banish it but then it played behind her eyelids. She sat up, making a disgusted sound and quickly left the room, hoping to find someone to talk to so she wouldn't have to think about Ghost anymore.
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Kira prowled the first floor alone. She looked around the opened a door and peaked into an empty classroom. Slipping in, she quietly closed the door behind her and looked around curiously as she walked to the front of the classroom. She studied the empty board, then walked around it, studying it from every angle. She glanced out the bright windows, looking out over some of the lawn before looking back to the board. Walking over and standing in front of the desks, her back to the door, she lifted her hand with her palm towards the board. Taking deep breaths she slowly lifted the board into the air and held it there before slowly letting it back down.
Clapping sounded from behind her and she whirled around to see Professor X clapping, Cyclops standing behind him.
"Not bad. Not bad at all Kira. Is telekinesis one of your stronger powers?" Professor X asked, rolling further into the room.
She kept her face carefully blank and asked in a cool voice, "Can't you read my mind and find out?"
He raised an eyebrow. "I don't look into peoples minds unless I have too. I consider it an invasion of privacy. So unless there's a very good reason I don't check their thoughts."
She nodded. "One of them yes."
"And exactly how many do you have that you can use?"
She frowned slightly at the question from Scott. "I-I'm not sure what you mean."
"How many powers do you have that you can use? You have a lot of untapped powers but we would like to know the ones that you can use," the Professor said, still watching her.
"Um.. well...," she tilted her head slightly and looked up at the ceiling, silently counting, "Five that I know of."
"Five??" Scott asked, seeming taken aback. "You have five different powers??"
Kira seemed to shrink a bit more. "That I know of."
"Interesting. It seems you are incredibly unique Kira," the Professor said, steepling his fingers in his lap.
"What do you mean 'unique'?" she asked suspiciously.
"You, unlike other mutants, have more than one power. While some people do have two, the second power is weaker than the first. You have six powers, some at equally high levels. Quite unique."
Kira swallowed hard. "Well what do you want with me?"
"Nothing except for you to stay here and learn how to correctly use those powers," he responded in a reasonable tone.
Kira crossed her arms over her chest, an absent gesture, though one that showed how unsure of herself she was.
"I still don't think I can stay. But I will," she held her chin up high, "Until my sister is found. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go meet Kitty for lunch. Good day Professor, Scott." She walked past them and out the door.
"She's extremely mistrustful it seems," the Professor said, lightly tapping his steepled fingers against his lips, "She won't ever stop fighting rules and control."
"I'd have to say that you're right Professor. She's one who won't ever trust anyone," Scott agreed as they left the now-empty classroom.
Suddenly a figure appeared in a corner. Ghost slowly let out the breath he had been holding. Kira had five different powers? How? And who was her little sister? He was going to have to have a little talk with that girl about being more trustful of people too. She definitely had a problem with that if the Professor noticed. He slipped quietly out of the room and down the hall to lunch.
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