Alright! Here's chapter twelve! The big party is finally here! I hope
everyone enjoys it. Things may seem a bit rushed, but I really wanted to
get this chapter up. The whole deal with Pyro is to get him and Denise
better acquainted, considering he's going to be one of her friends.
Anyways, if you would like to see anything happen, please tell me. I'm not
sure how you want your characters to react around their crushes er whatnot,
so I'm kind of going off instincts here. Please help me a little! Until
next time!
Disclaimer: -Todd hops out from behind a curtain.- She only owns Denise, Drew, and Dee's parents, yo. So don't sue her. Later. –He hops away.-
Lance growled as he heard yet another wave of laughter coming from Todd and Pietro. Kitty was standing in front of him in a tight, calico leotard with kitty ears on her head and a tail tied around her waist. Lance wore a brown, baggy body suit with two droopy ears on either side of his head and long tail around his waist. Both their faces were painted to fit their roles. Pietro wore the black robe people usually associate with the Grim Reaper and held a plastic scythe as best he could while holding his stomach from laughing so hard. Todd miraculously pulled off the Miroku look, although Denise was the only one who knew how he was able to. The holowatch she'd borrowed from Hank was hidden underneath the cloth and prayer beads adorning Todd's left hand. The usual black and purple robes Miroku wore were adorning Todd, as he used the staff to help himself stand up straighter than he ever had. The watch had changed his skin, eye, and hair color, his hair already in the monk's usual style. Ryka stood off to the side of the boys, dressed in Sango's usual outfit, make up applied and everything. A large boomerang rested upon her back. Darcy came out of the room she shared with Denise grinning, her earth-toned princess gown swaying slightly with her movements, the long willowy sleeves hiding the tattoo on her left forearm. She wore a small golden tiara on her head and her hair was slightly curly. She has on a very small amount of make-up.
"You shouldn't laugh at Lance," she chided, shaking a finger at the two boys.
Todd's laughter slowed to simple chuckling while Pietro kept on. Soon, a blue hex bolt flew over his head when he bent over to hold his stomach once again.
"Shut up, Pietro," Wanda growled through clenched teeth.
Pietro's laughter abruptly stopped as he turned to look at his sister, who was dressed in a dark red gown, like the ones ancient Greeks used to wear. Adolf stood beside her, wearing an outfit similar to what Hades wore on the television show 'Hercules: The Legendary Journey'. If it weren't for the fact that Wanda would blast him into the next century, he would've laughed.
"What's goin' on out here?" Fred asked as he came out of his room dressed as Peter Griffin from 'Family Guy'. He even had on a brown wig.
"Sibling rivalry, Freddy!" Tabitha exclaimed, dancing up the stairs in her old western, bright orange saloon girl costume. Pietro blinked before grinning.
"Are we all ready?" Ryka asked, looking around.
"Yep!" Tabitha agreed.
"Wait, where's Denise?"
At Lance's question, everyone turned to face Darcy, since she did share a room with the hyperactive brunette. Darcy smirked slightly.
"She won't come out."
"Denise, get out here! We're gonna be late!" Pietro said hurriedly, rushing over to bang on the door.
"That's okay," she responded, sounding a bit nervous.
"C'mon, Dee. It can't be that bad!" Fred encouraged. "No one'll laugh."
"Promise?" came the meek reply. Everyone looked around worriedly. Denise never sounded like that.
"Uh, yeah."
"Okay." Denise responded as the door opened.
The dress was pure white and fell to mid thigh. It had spaghetti straps that criss-crossed in the back, which dipped to the small of her back. Thankfully, the angel wings strapped to her back covered most of the diagonal scar on her back. Her hair was up in a bun atop her head, with a few strands down to frame her face, and a halo is circling the bun. She had silver glitter eye shadow and blush on. She wore clear pumps, not too high, on her feet.
"You look great, Dee! Now, come on!" Lance said smiling, dragging his cousin towards the door. Soon, the Brotherhood gang, piled into the two cars that they owned, are on their way to the Halloween party.
Over at Magneto's base, Remy came out of his room dressed in his demolition worker costume, wearing a white muscle shirt under his trousers. He even had a hardhat and a utility belt. When he saw Piotr standing there dressed as superman, he smirked.
"Decided to go, mon ami."
"Jennifer convinced me to go."
Remy was about to say something else to the ever quiet tin man, but St John burst out of his room wearing the long red trench coat that was accustom to being seen on Vash the Stampede. His hair was spiked up, but he had to have extensions, considering it wasn't quite long enough.
"'Ello, mates! Nice costumes!"
The boys nodded as they examined their teammate. The girls came out of their room shortly after. Jennifer was the spitting image of the Joker's sidekick, Harley Quinn. Yesima wore her Malik no hikari suit, the one with the white tank top, the gold chain and hood, revealing some stomach, as well as black, leather cargo pants. It also contained several gold armbands, gold chokers, gold headbands, and gold earrings.
"Are de cheres ready?" Remy asked as he observed the girl's costumes.
Both girls nodded as the gang headed for the garage. Yesima rode on the back of Remy's motorcycle while Jennifer rode on the back of Piotr's. John was content with riding by himself.
At the Institute, Ororo, Logan, and Hank were in the foyer, waiting for the students to come down. Hank was dressed as a pirate, wearing a blue shirt, black pants, and a matching bandana. Ororo wore an old fashioned, purple gypsy gown. Logan wore his regular clothes.
"I still don't see why you didn't dress up, Logan."
"It's just not me, 'Ro."
"Hey, how do we look?" Jamie asked as he came down the stairs escorting Jubilee. They were dressed as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan.
"Fantastic! Is anyone else ready?" Ororo asked.
"Yep! Sam, Rahne, Amara, and Ray are on their way down," Jubilee replied. She giggled as she walked off with Jamie, discussing how great his costume idea was.
Ororo looked towards the stairs in time to see the four teens reach the bottom of the stairs. Sam wore a green elf suit, like something one of Santa's elves would wear, while Rahne wore a green, spaghetti strap dress that fell to mid thigh. Fake vines were wrapped around her arms, legs, and her pigtails. Amara wore her Hawaiian hula girl outfit with a flower in her hair and Ray wore Hawaiian shorts with his hair in a mess and a lay around his neck. Ororo smiled warmly as she greeted them.
"You all look great."
"Thanks Ororo. I can't wait until everyone gets here. Okay, so maybe I can wait for some people to get here," Ray said. The others laughed as they went off to do whatever.
"Auntie O!" Evan shouted from the top of the steps. When Ororo turned around to greet him, she couldn't help but smile again. Rogue stood beside him, her arms wrapped around one of his, both in their vampire costumes.
"Evan, Rogue, you both look marvelous. You do make quite the cute couple."
Rogue blushed slightly at Ororo's words. She was wearing the old fashioned, green, English style dress Denise had picked out for her. Her hair was up in a bun with the two white strands falling to frame her face. Her usual make up was applied and her fingernails were painted green. Evan wore a tuxedo with a black cape, his face painted as pale as he could get it. When they reached the bottom of the steps, Ororo realized that they had fangs and fake blood in place, and they even had bite marks on their necks that looked quite realistic.
"Did you two get help?"
"Mr. McCoy helped us," Rogue responded, waving to the pirate DJ, who waved back smiling.
Kurt was the next to come downstairs, only he teleported instead of taking the stairs. He wore a tuxedo as well, but his fur was red instead of the usual blue, thanks to specially designed holowatch. He even had two fake horns perched on top of his head.
"How do I look?"
Evan and Ororo smiled and nodded while Rogue snickered a bit.
"Is zere somezing vrong?"
Rogue shook her head. "Ah was just thinking of Denise's costume."
The others were baffled, but Rogue didn't give them time to ask her any questions, because she drug Evan off to dance. Bobby and Christina came down next, both dressed in their normal clothes, but with hairy faces and hands, being as they were werewolves. Behind them was Roberto, trying to hide from everyone. He was wearing a pastel purple fairy outfit that Ray had picked out for him since he lost the bet they had going. Ororo couldn't help but laugh at the outfit and the sour expression on Roberto's face.
"What an interesting choice of costume, Roberto," Ororo stated as the trio came down the stairs.
"This isn't funny," he grumbled as he stomped over to a corner with his arms crossed.
Bobby shrugged as he and Christina walked off in the opposite direction. Ororo didn't hear Scott and James walk up behind her. Scott was dressed in an ancient knight's clothes and James was dressed as an English Redcoat. Scott's armor was amazingly quiet.
"Hey Ororo," he said, causing the weather witch to jump slightly.
"Scott. Please refrain from doing that."
"Sorry. Anyways, is everyone here?"
"No, Amber and Jean haven't come down yet."
"I'm here," Jean said. When the three turned to look at her, they found she was dressed as Elvira. "Like my costume?"
"It's quite lovely, yet surprisingly gothic for you," Ororo commented.
"I know, but I didn't feel like going as a princess."
They all nodded as Jean walked off. Amber came down shortly after, wearing a strapless, black dress that fell to mid thigh. Her hair was in her usual pigtails and she had on dark make up. Ash black angel wings were strapped to her back and a halo was hanging off of one pigtail and black high heels were adorning her feet.
"Wonder when our guests will be showing up," Logan grunted, walking over to the group.
Ororo was about to respond when the doorbell rang. She smiled at Logan as they went to answer the phone. "I believe that answers your question."
When they open the door, they saw the Brotherhood, and Kitty, standing there. The Acolytes weren't in site yet. Logan grinned when he noticed Lance's predicament. They two adults stepped aside to allow the teens to come in. Kitty was firmly attached to Lance, as was Tabitha to Pietro. Fred immediately headed for the food table while Tabitha and Kitty drug Pietro and Lance out to the dance floor. Ryka and Todd went to sit on the couch until a song they liked came on. Wanda and Adolf just stood around, Wanda glaring and Adolf being the same emotionless teen he always was. Darcy walked over to get herself something to drink. Logan and Ororo noticed Denise was peeking around the door.
"Child, what are you doing?"
"Rogue picked out my costume. It's a dress. Like hers," she said, pointing to Amber.
"C'mon, Spunky. The elf's lookin' for ya."
Denise's eyes widened. "I can't be seen like this!"
Ororo smiled. "I believe it's too late."
Denise was about to ask what she meant, but Kurt appeared before she could.
"Dee! Come on. Ze party's already started!"
He grabbed her hand and drug her out from behind the door and over to the refreshment table. Once he got a good look at her, he blinked.
"Don't even ask. Rogue picked it out."
Kurt nodded before he grinned. "Vell, zat explains vhy she vas laughing earlier." At Denise's confused look, he continued. "Vhen I came downstairs, she snickered and when asked vhy, she said she vas zinking of your costume."
Denise noticed Kurt was a demon for Halloween and, slowly forgetting her own costume, giggled at the thought. "Well, looks like your date's quite the opposite of you, huh Fuzzy?"
His grin widened. "Zat's fine vith me! Vanna dance?"
"Love ta, Fuzzy. C'mon!"
Tabitha had been dancing with Pietro when she noticed someone she didn't remember being at the Institute when she left. She smiled as she told Pietro she'd be right back, then sauntered over to where the boy was standing by Scott. Pietro glared when he saw where she was headed. He zipped over to the couch, plopping down on it.
"Hey! Who's the new guy?" she asked a bit flirtatiously.
"Uh, hey Tabby. This is James. James, this is Tabitha. She used to be a student here."
"I didn't fit in. What are you guys doin' over here all by yourselves?!"
"We don't have dates."
"Aww. I'll dance with ya."
Scott's blanched, but sighed in relief as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" As he shouted over the music, he headed for the door.
"Man, what's up with him? So, you wanna dance?"
James blinked before answering timidly. "I guess."
Tabby noticed the boy was rather shy, but she grabbed his hand and drug him out onto the dance floor anyway. "Don't worry, I won't bite ya," she stated, grinning playfully.
Scott opened the door to reveal the Acolytes. He smiled the best he could as he stepped out of the way to allow them to come in. Pietro immediately zipped over to Pyro.
"Tabitha's flirting with the newest X-Geek! Can you believe her?! Why is she doing that?!" he exclaimed so fast you had to be used to it to catch what he said. Fortunately, John was used to it by now.
"Calm down, mate. She's just having fun. Lighten up a little."
Pietro glared at the Aussie before zipping off to another part of the foyer. Jennifer watched the speed demon go before she bounded off to enjoy herself. Everyone else just kind of roamed off to do their own thing.
Ororo walked over to the DJ stand and put in a request for a slow song, and the next song to come on was Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling in Love'. She smiled as she drug Logan onto the dance floor. Kitty eagerly brought herself closer to Lance, wrapping her arms around his neck. Amara and Rahne did the same to Ray and Sam. Pietro glared as Tabitha began slow dancing with James, who seemed quite timid about the whole ordeal, until he spotted Jennifer simply standing by herself. He quickly went over and asked her to dance, to which she accepted. Denise was a bit hesitant, but eventually she placed her hands on Kurt's shoulders, hoping she wasn't blushing too much. Rogue's head rested on Evan's shoulder, who was grinning like the Cheshire cat. Remy convinced Yesima to dance with him while Jamie got to dance with Jubilee. John had spotted the girl dressed as a dark angel the moment he walked in and had proceeded to try and convince her to dance. Amber, being untrusting and shy, took a lot of persuading before she eventually let the Aussie lead her onto the floor. Everyone else simply sat this one out.
"Man, the last time this happened, I ended up destroying the school gym," Denise whispered.
Kurt grinned. "Zat von't happen zis time."
"Scout's honor?" she asked, smirking.
He chuckled. "Scout's honor."
"This is nice. Maybe Denise was right. Just about the only acting up from the Brotherhood I've seen is Tabitha's flirting and Pietro's grumbling."
"The party's barely started, 'Ro. I'm bettin' they won't last."
"Give them a chance, Logan."
He simply grunted as he watched the couples swaying back and forth. As the song slowly came to an end, couples started splitting, some going to regenerate themselves with snacks and drinks, others getting ready for the next song. Denise sent her cousin a smirk when the tango began playing. Nearly all of the kids groaned, not many of them knowing how to dance to this song.
"Mr. McCoy!" Kitty whined. "We, like, don't know how to, like, dance to this!"
"I wouldn't say that, Pretty Kitty."
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Do you?"
Lance laughed. "No! But Denise does. She had to take lessons by insistence of her mom."
"Who would I dance with, dear cousin?"
"Pyro can tango," Pietro stated. He went on at the curious looks. "I made him come with me to my classes. I really don't feel like dancing to this. What do ya say, John?"
"Alright, mate. One time, an' that's it."
Denise smiled. "One time's all Mr. McCoy better play this. Shall we?"
Pyro grinned as he took her extended hand. "We shall."
Review Response Time!!
White Vampire – Yeah, Amber will be in there. I was wondering how she should act around Pyro. He'll be the one I'm hooking her up with. I've already got him to drag her onto the dance floor, even though she still doesn't trust him, but I need more ideas on how she should act.
BaronOBeefDip – Okay, thanks for the tip. Well, am I doing a good job with her? I hope I'm not killin' your charrie. Can you give me some ideas on what she would be doing at the party? I'd really appreciate it!
Yokokaru-chan – It's okay, I won't hurt ya for not reviewing. Anyways, there's only two Inuyasha peeps, so she won't be too out of place. So, any ideas on how she should be acting? I hope I'm doin' okay so far.
That goes for the rest of you who sent in their charries! Please tell me if I'm totally screwing them up so that I can fix it! And any ideas on how they should act would be great! Thanks, until next chapter! Buh bye!
Disclaimer: -Todd hops out from behind a curtain.- She only owns Denise, Drew, and Dee's parents, yo. So don't sue her. Later. –He hops away.-
Lance growled as he heard yet another wave of laughter coming from Todd and Pietro. Kitty was standing in front of him in a tight, calico leotard with kitty ears on her head and a tail tied around her waist. Lance wore a brown, baggy body suit with two droopy ears on either side of his head and long tail around his waist. Both their faces were painted to fit their roles. Pietro wore the black robe people usually associate with the Grim Reaper and held a plastic scythe as best he could while holding his stomach from laughing so hard. Todd miraculously pulled off the Miroku look, although Denise was the only one who knew how he was able to. The holowatch she'd borrowed from Hank was hidden underneath the cloth and prayer beads adorning Todd's left hand. The usual black and purple robes Miroku wore were adorning Todd, as he used the staff to help himself stand up straighter than he ever had. The watch had changed his skin, eye, and hair color, his hair already in the monk's usual style. Ryka stood off to the side of the boys, dressed in Sango's usual outfit, make up applied and everything. A large boomerang rested upon her back. Darcy came out of the room she shared with Denise grinning, her earth-toned princess gown swaying slightly with her movements, the long willowy sleeves hiding the tattoo on her left forearm. She wore a small golden tiara on her head and her hair was slightly curly. She has on a very small amount of make-up.
"You shouldn't laugh at Lance," she chided, shaking a finger at the two boys.
Todd's laughter slowed to simple chuckling while Pietro kept on. Soon, a blue hex bolt flew over his head when he bent over to hold his stomach once again.
"Shut up, Pietro," Wanda growled through clenched teeth.
Pietro's laughter abruptly stopped as he turned to look at his sister, who was dressed in a dark red gown, like the ones ancient Greeks used to wear. Adolf stood beside her, wearing an outfit similar to what Hades wore on the television show 'Hercules: The Legendary Journey'. If it weren't for the fact that Wanda would blast him into the next century, he would've laughed.
"What's goin' on out here?" Fred asked as he came out of his room dressed as Peter Griffin from 'Family Guy'. He even had on a brown wig.
"Sibling rivalry, Freddy!" Tabitha exclaimed, dancing up the stairs in her old western, bright orange saloon girl costume. Pietro blinked before grinning.
"Are we all ready?" Ryka asked, looking around.
"Yep!" Tabitha agreed.
"Wait, where's Denise?"
At Lance's question, everyone turned to face Darcy, since she did share a room with the hyperactive brunette. Darcy smirked slightly.
"She won't come out."
"Denise, get out here! We're gonna be late!" Pietro said hurriedly, rushing over to bang on the door.
"That's okay," she responded, sounding a bit nervous.
"C'mon, Dee. It can't be that bad!" Fred encouraged. "No one'll laugh."
"Promise?" came the meek reply. Everyone looked around worriedly. Denise never sounded like that.
"Uh, yeah."
"Okay." Denise responded as the door opened.
The dress was pure white and fell to mid thigh. It had spaghetti straps that criss-crossed in the back, which dipped to the small of her back. Thankfully, the angel wings strapped to her back covered most of the diagonal scar on her back. Her hair was up in a bun atop her head, with a few strands down to frame her face, and a halo is circling the bun. She had silver glitter eye shadow and blush on. She wore clear pumps, not too high, on her feet.
"You look great, Dee! Now, come on!" Lance said smiling, dragging his cousin towards the door. Soon, the Brotherhood gang, piled into the two cars that they owned, are on their way to the Halloween party.
Over at Magneto's base, Remy came out of his room dressed in his demolition worker costume, wearing a white muscle shirt under his trousers. He even had a hardhat and a utility belt. When he saw Piotr standing there dressed as superman, he smirked.
"Decided to go, mon ami."
"Jennifer convinced me to go."
Remy was about to say something else to the ever quiet tin man, but St John burst out of his room wearing the long red trench coat that was accustom to being seen on Vash the Stampede. His hair was spiked up, but he had to have extensions, considering it wasn't quite long enough.
"'Ello, mates! Nice costumes!"
The boys nodded as they examined their teammate. The girls came out of their room shortly after. Jennifer was the spitting image of the Joker's sidekick, Harley Quinn. Yesima wore her Malik no hikari suit, the one with the white tank top, the gold chain and hood, revealing some stomach, as well as black, leather cargo pants. It also contained several gold armbands, gold chokers, gold headbands, and gold earrings.
"Are de cheres ready?" Remy asked as he observed the girl's costumes.
Both girls nodded as the gang headed for the garage. Yesima rode on the back of Remy's motorcycle while Jennifer rode on the back of Piotr's. John was content with riding by himself.
At the Institute, Ororo, Logan, and Hank were in the foyer, waiting for the students to come down. Hank was dressed as a pirate, wearing a blue shirt, black pants, and a matching bandana. Ororo wore an old fashioned, purple gypsy gown. Logan wore his regular clothes.
"I still don't see why you didn't dress up, Logan."
"It's just not me, 'Ro."
"Hey, how do we look?" Jamie asked as he came down the stairs escorting Jubilee. They were dressed as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan.
"Fantastic! Is anyone else ready?" Ororo asked.
"Yep! Sam, Rahne, Amara, and Ray are on their way down," Jubilee replied. She giggled as she walked off with Jamie, discussing how great his costume idea was.
Ororo looked towards the stairs in time to see the four teens reach the bottom of the stairs. Sam wore a green elf suit, like something one of Santa's elves would wear, while Rahne wore a green, spaghetti strap dress that fell to mid thigh. Fake vines were wrapped around her arms, legs, and her pigtails. Amara wore her Hawaiian hula girl outfit with a flower in her hair and Ray wore Hawaiian shorts with his hair in a mess and a lay around his neck. Ororo smiled warmly as she greeted them.
"You all look great."
"Thanks Ororo. I can't wait until everyone gets here. Okay, so maybe I can wait for some people to get here," Ray said. The others laughed as they went off to do whatever.
"Auntie O!" Evan shouted from the top of the steps. When Ororo turned around to greet him, she couldn't help but smile again. Rogue stood beside him, her arms wrapped around one of his, both in their vampire costumes.
"Evan, Rogue, you both look marvelous. You do make quite the cute couple."
Rogue blushed slightly at Ororo's words. She was wearing the old fashioned, green, English style dress Denise had picked out for her. Her hair was up in a bun with the two white strands falling to frame her face. Her usual make up was applied and her fingernails were painted green. Evan wore a tuxedo with a black cape, his face painted as pale as he could get it. When they reached the bottom of the steps, Ororo realized that they had fangs and fake blood in place, and they even had bite marks on their necks that looked quite realistic.
"Did you two get help?"
"Mr. McCoy helped us," Rogue responded, waving to the pirate DJ, who waved back smiling.
Kurt was the next to come downstairs, only he teleported instead of taking the stairs. He wore a tuxedo as well, but his fur was red instead of the usual blue, thanks to specially designed holowatch. He even had two fake horns perched on top of his head.
"How do I look?"
Evan and Ororo smiled and nodded while Rogue snickered a bit.
"Is zere somezing vrong?"
Rogue shook her head. "Ah was just thinking of Denise's costume."
The others were baffled, but Rogue didn't give them time to ask her any questions, because she drug Evan off to dance. Bobby and Christina came down next, both dressed in their normal clothes, but with hairy faces and hands, being as they were werewolves. Behind them was Roberto, trying to hide from everyone. He was wearing a pastel purple fairy outfit that Ray had picked out for him since he lost the bet they had going. Ororo couldn't help but laugh at the outfit and the sour expression on Roberto's face.
"What an interesting choice of costume, Roberto," Ororo stated as the trio came down the stairs.
"This isn't funny," he grumbled as he stomped over to a corner with his arms crossed.
Bobby shrugged as he and Christina walked off in the opposite direction. Ororo didn't hear Scott and James walk up behind her. Scott was dressed in an ancient knight's clothes and James was dressed as an English Redcoat. Scott's armor was amazingly quiet.
"Hey Ororo," he said, causing the weather witch to jump slightly.
"Scott. Please refrain from doing that."
"Sorry. Anyways, is everyone here?"
"No, Amber and Jean haven't come down yet."
"I'm here," Jean said. When the three turned to look at her, they found she was dressed as Elvira. "Like my costume?"
"It's quite lovely, yet surprisingly gothic for you," Ororo commented.
"I know, but I didn't feel like going as a princess."
They all nodded as Jean walked off. Amber came down shortly after, wearing a strapless, black dress that fell to mid thigh. Her hair was in her usual pigtails and she had on dark make up. Ash black angel wings were strapped to her back and a halo was hanging off of one pigtail and black high heels were adorning her feet.
"Wonder when our guests will be showing up," Logan grunted, walking over to the group.
Ororo was about to respond when the doorbell rang. She smiled at Logan as they went to answer the phone. "I believe that answers your question."
When they open the door, they saw the Brotherhood, and Kitty, standing there. The Acolytes weren't in site yet. Logan grinned when he noticed Lance's predicament. They two adults stepped aside to allow the teens to come in. Kitty was firmly attached to Lance, as was Tabitha to Pietro. Fred immediately headed for the food table while Tabitha and Kitty drug Pietro and Lance out to the dance floor. Ryka and Todd went to sit on the couch until a song they liked came on. Wanda and Adolf just stood around, Wanda glaring and Adolf being the same emotionless teen he always was. Darcy walked over to get herself something to drink. Logan and Ororo noticed Denise was peeking around the door.
"Child, what are you doing?"
"Rogue picked out my costume. It's a dress. Like hers," she said, pointing to Amber.
"C'mon, Spunky. The elf's lookin' for ya."
Denise's eyes widened. "I can't be seen like this!"
Ororo smiled. "I believe it's too late."
Denise was about to ask what she meant, but Kurt appeared before she could.
"Dee! Come on. Ze party's already started!"
He grabbed her hand and drug her out from behind the door and over to the refreshment table. Once he got a good look at her, he blinked.
"Don't even ask. Rogue picked it out."
Kurt nodded before he grinned. "Vell, zat explains vhy she vas laughing earlier." At Denise's confused look, he continued. "Vhen I came downstairs, she snickered and when asked vhy, she said she vas zinking of your costume."
Denise noticed Kurt was a demon for Halloween and, slowly forgetting her own costume, giggled at the thought. "Well, looks like your date's quite the opposite of you, huh Fuzzy?"
His grin widened. "Zat's fine vith me! Vanna dance?"
"Love ta, Fuzzy. C'mon!"
Tabitha had been dancing with Pietro when she noticed someone she didn't remember being at the Institute when she left. She smiled as she told Pietro she'd be right back, then sauntered over to where the boy was standing by Scott. Pietro glared when he saw where she was headed. He zipped over to the couch, plopping down on it.
"Hey! Who's the new guy?" she asked a bit flirtatiously.
"Uh, hey Tabby. This is James. James, this is Tabitha. She used to be a student here."
"I didn't fit in. What are you guys doin' over here all by yourselves?!"
"We don't have dates."
"Aww. I'll dance with ya."
Scott's blanched, but sighed in relief as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" As he shouted over the music, he headed for the door.
"Man, what's up with him? So, you wanna dance?"
James blinked before answering timidly. "I guess."
Tabby noticed the boy was rather shy, but she grabbed his hand and drug him out onto the dance floor anyway. "Don't worry, I won't bite ya," she stated, grinning playfully.
Scott opened the door to reveal the Acolytes. He smiled the best he could as he stepped out of the way to allow them to come in. Pietro immediately zipped over to Pyro.
"Tabitha's flirting with the newest X-Geek! Can you believe her?! Why is she doing that?!" he exclaimed so fast you had to be used to it to catch what he said. Fortunately, John was used to it by now.
"Calm down, mate. She's just having fun. Lighten up a little."
Pietro glared at the Aussie before zipping off to another part of the foyer. Jennifer watched the speed demon go before she bounded off to enjoy herself. Everyone else just kind of roamed off to do their own thing.
Ororo walked over to the DJ stand and put in a request for a slow song, and the next song to come on was Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling in Love'. She smiled as she drug Logan onto the dance floor. Kitty eagerly brought herself closer to Lance, wrapping her arms around his neck. Amara and Rahne did the same to Ray and Sam. Pietro glared as Tabitha began slow dancing with James, who seemed quite timid about the whole ordeal, until he spotted Jennifer simply standing by herself. He quickly went over and asked her to dance, to which she accepted. Denise was a bit hesitant, but eventually she placed her hands on Kurt's shoulders, hoping she wasn't blushing too much. Rogue's head rested on Evan's shoulder, who was grinning like the Cheshire cat. Remy convinced Yesima to dance with him while Jamie got to dance with Jubilee. John had spotted the girl dressed as a dark angel the moment he walked in and had proceeded to try and convince her to dance. Amber, being untrusting and shy, took a lot of persuading before she eventually let the Aussie lead her onto the floor. Everyone else simply sat this one out.
"Man, the last time this happened, I ended up destroying the school gym," Denise whispered.
Kurt grinned. "Zat von't happen zis time."
"Scout's honor?" she asked, smirking.
He chuckled. "Scout's honor."
"This is nice. Maybe Denise was right. Just about the only acting up from the Brotherhood I've seen is Tabitha's flirting and Pietro's grumbling."
"The party's barely started, 'Ro. I'm bettin' they won't last."
"Give them a chance, Logan."
He simply grunted as he watched the couples swaying back and forth. As the song slowly came to an end, couples started splitting, some going to regenerate themselves with snacks and drinks, others getting ready for the next song. Denise sent her cousin a smirk when the tango began playing. Nearly all of the kids groaned, not many of them knowing how to dance to this song.
"Mr. McCoy!" Kitty whined. "We, like, don't know how to, like, dance to this!"
"I wouldn't say that, Pretty Kitty."
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Do you?"
Lance laughed. "No! But Denise does. She had to take lessons by insistence of her mom."
"Who would I dance with, dear cousin?"
"Pyro can tango," Pietro stated. He went on at the curious looks. "I made him come with me to my classes. I really don't feel like dancing to this. What do ya say, John?"
"Alright, mate. One time, an' that's it."
Denise smiled. "One time's all Mr. McCoy better play this. Shall we?"
Pyro grinned as he took her extended hand. "We shall."
Review Response Time!!
White Vampire – Yeah, Amber will be in there. I was wondering how she should act around Pyro. He'll be the one I'm hooking her up with. I've already got him to drag her onto the dance floor, even though she still doesn't trust him, but I need more ideas on how she should act.
BaronOBeefDip – Okay, thanks for the tip. Well, am I doing a good job with her? I hope I'm not killin' your charrie. Can you give me some ideas on what she would be doing at the party? I'd really appreciate it!
Yokokaru-chan – It's okay, I won't hurt ya for not reviewing. Anyways, there's only two Inuyasha peeps, so she won't be too out of place. So, any ideas on how she should be acting? I hope I'm doin' okay so far.
That goes for the rest of you who sent in their charries! Please tell me if I'm totally screwing them up so that I can fix it! And any ideas on how they should act would be great! Thanks, until next chapter! Buh bye!