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Title: Unforgivable Sinners
By: Cmdr. Gabe E.
Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .
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CHAPTER 24: Redemption
Yuriko shut the door behind her. She couldn't take it anymore. Every word from his lips placed a weight upon her heart. And the weight became too great, that she had to run away. She had to run away before she forgave him. And she almost did. She came so close.
She pressed her back against the door and closed her eyes as tears started to run down her cheeks. She couldn't help but cry. She could still hear his voice in her head. She could still hear him begging for forgiveness. Why was it so hard to forgive? Why was it so easy to punish someone, to hurt someone, and yet so hard to forgive? Why?
Her back slid against the door as she sat down on the hallway. She bowed her head and let the tears from her eyes trickle down to her cheeks. A part of her wanted to forgive him, but a bigger part of her wanted him dead.
Yuriko still couldn't understand why she hadn't killed Stryker yet. After everything he had done to her in the past, she still spared his life. Was it because he was the only one who could give her the past back? Or was she just telling herself that as an excuse to let him live?
Yuriko looked at her hands. She didn't even know what she wanted anymore. She wasn't even sure if she would still be able to kill him. How could she kill a man who couldn't even remember the sins he had done? Who was she to decide who should live and who should die? She was not god.
She suddenly noticed someone standing right next to her in the hallway. She looked up and saw Logan looking at her. She could see the concerned look on his face.
"Yuriko?" He asked with a gentle tone in his voice.
"Logan!" She shouted. She felt her voice shaking. Her sobs had made it difficult for her to speak.
She suddenly stood up and threw her arms around him. She pressed her tear- stained face against his chest as she cried in his arms. She didn't want to let him go. He was the only one who made her feel safe. He was the only one she wanted. He was the only one who felt right in the world.
Logan looked surprised as he felt her against him. He could feel her tears dampening his white tank top. Her shoulders jerked as she cried in his arms. He could even hear the gasps that escaped from her lips and feel the heat of her breath against his skin. The sound of her sobbing filled the empty hall.
"What's wrong?" He whispered.
He couldn't understand it, but seeing her like that caused him so much pain. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to keep her safe. He didn't want to see her get hurt. Why was he feeling that way towards her? He barely even knew Yuriko.
He slowly wrapped her arms around her slender body. He wanted to take her pain away. He looked down and saw her looking up at him. There was so much sadness in her face. The tears she had cried have left traces on her delicate cheeks. He wanted to touch her skin. His fingers longed to wipe her tears away. Who could have given her so much pain? Then he thought of him.
"Stryker." He whispered through gritted teeth.
There was fire in Logan's eyes at the mention of his name. He knew that bastard would be up to no good. He would only continue to hurt her as he had hurt her before. Stryker would never change. A man like that could never change.
He gently moved Yuriko aside as he opened the door to the room. It was about time he did things his own way. He would never let him hurt her anymore. He closed the door behind him and saw Stryker sitting on the bed.
Yuriko's eyes opened wide as she saw Logan enter the room. She knew what he was going to do. And the bad thing about it was the fact that Stryker didn't hurt her. He didn't even lay a finger on her.
Stryker had his head in his hands. He could still remember the way she looked at him. Her eyes looked so cold, so uncaring. He didn't know why her forgiveness mattered to him so much. He had hurt so many people in the past, but he wanted her forgiveness above all. He wanted her to accept him in her life.
He pressed his fingers harder against his head. Why was he even feeling that way towards Yuriko? Who was she in his past? Who was Yuriko Oyama in his life?
He suddenly heard someone enter the room.
/"Yuriko?"/ He thought to himself.
Stryker moved his hands from his head and saw Wolverine standing by the door. The anger in Wolverine's face was back and his fists were tightly clenched. He could see the fire in his eyes as he stared at him.
Logan suddenly ran to Stryker and grabbed him by the collar. He gritted his teeth as he stared into his eyes. He knew Stryker would never change. A man like that could never change. Yuriko should have killed him when she had the chance.
"You really can't stop hurting Yuriko, can't you?!" He shouted at his face. He tugged at his collar harder, causing Stryker's head to jerk back from the force.
Stryker's eyebrows furrowed when he heard Wolverine's question.
"What are you talking about?" Stryker asked. He could barely speak with Logan's fists against his neck. "I didn't ---"
Logan suddenly sent a swift hard punch on Stryker's face, causing Stryker to fall hard on the bed. The blood from his lips splattered against the sheets and his glasses flew off his face.
"Don't lie to me, Stryker!!! I know you! You can never change!!! You'll just keep on hurting her!!!" Logan shouted angrily. He could still recall the sadness in Yuriko's face, and that fueled his rage even more. He knew Stryker was the one to blame for her pain.
Stryker placed his hands on the bed and tried to push himself off of it. He could still feel his head spinning from the impact of Wolverine's fist against his skull. He coughed and saw more blood shoot from his mouth onto the bed's cover. He wiped the blood off his lips then turned around and faced Wolverine.
"I didn't hurt her!" He shouted. "I would never want to hurt her!"
"Liar." Wolverine whispered through gritted teeth.
Yuriko was about to follow Logan inside, when the door suddenly swung open. Stryker's body flew out of the doorway and slammed against the other side of the hall like a rag doll. She could see the agony on his face as he landed on the floor. His lips were red with blood, and it trailed down to his collar. She saw his eyes looking at her, but he didn't say anything.
"William." She whispered.
Wolverine marched out of the room with his eyes focused on Stryker. His chest heaved up and down as rugged breaths escaped from his gritted teeth. Yuriko could see the anger in his eyes. Logan was intent to finish what he had started.
He grabbed Stryker from the floor then slammed his back hard against the wall. The wall behind Stryker almost crumbled from the impact of his body against it.
"I'll never let you hurt her again!!!" He shouted at Stryker's face. "NEVER!!!"
He wrapped his arm around Stryker's neck and pinned him on the wall. Stryker gagged as he felt Logan's hand squeeze his neck tightly. He tried to struggle from his grip, but found himself helplessly trapped against the wall behind him.
"When will you stop hurting her?!!" He shouted again. The sound of his voice filled the empty hallway.
Stryker's hands trembled as they grasped Logan's wrist. He tried to pull Logan's hand away from his neck, but Logan just tightened his grip on him. He was not going to let him go now. Stryker was finally at his mercy.
The fire in Logan's eyes burned as he landed another hard punch on Stryker's face. Yuriko watched in horror as Stryker's head whipped to the side from the impact of Logan's fist. She saw some of the blood from his mouth splatter on the wall.
"Logan, stop!!!" She shouted in panic. "He didn't hurt me!!!" She had to stop Logan before he killed him.
But Logan couldn't seem to hear her anymore. He was now trapped in his own little world where his only objective was to kill the man in front of him. He didn't care if Yuriko wanted him alive or not. It was now down to him and Stryker. He was going to settle a score that had been long overdue. He pulled back his clenched fist and unleashed his adamantium claws. He was going to consider Stryker's debt paid with his death.
Logan's eyes suddenly opened wide as he felt a hand wrapped around his wrist. He looked to his side and saw Yuriko holding him back.
"No more, Logan...No more...." She said with a pleading tone in her voice. She didn't want to see any more death. She didn't want to see any more bloodshed. Her life as Lady Deathstrike was already filled with so much of that, and she was tired of it. She was sick of it.
His lips shook as he saw the look on her face. He still couldn't understand how she could plead for the life of the man who once tortured her. He looked at Stryker and saw him still gasping for air. He let him go from his grip and Stryker collapsed on the wall, coughing and breathing air into his mouth.
Logan turned towards Yuriko and noticed the compassion in her eyes. How could she have stayed so human after all those years of being Stryker's slave? How could she still feel pity and compassion, even for those who had hurt her? She was unlike him. He had turned into a blood-thirsty animal who thought of nothing but revenge.
He slowly reached out and wrapped his arms around her body as he pulled her close to him.
"I just don't want him to hurt you anymore, Yuriko. I don't want him to hurt anyone anymore." He whispered.
He knew he had lost control of his anger. When Stryker was in his hands, he just wanted to make him suffer. He couldn't stop his own fist from pummeling his face. And every time he saw him spit his own blood, he wanted to hurt him more. Nothing in the world mattered...Only Stryker's death.
But deep inside he knew that he was wrong. He remembered hitting Stryker again and again even when Yuriko begged for him to stop. He even heard her shout that Stryker was innocent, but he denied to listen to her plea. It was as if he, himself, had shut her out of his life at that moment. The sound of her voice still echoed in his mind. How could he have ignored the very person he was trying to save?
Yuriko closed her eyes and surrendered to the warmth of Logan's arms around her body. She couldn't blame Logan for what he did. What Stryker did to the school was something no one would ever forget. He had caused so much damage had so much pain. He was the reason why the mutants had lost someone very dear to them; a woman named Jean Grey...A woman who Logan cared for so much.
That's why she understood Logan's anger. She also knew how painful it was to lose something so important...She had lost her humanity when Stryker turned her into the creature known as Lady Deathstrike. While her body obeyed his every command, her mind wanted to kill him. She wanted him to feel the pain. The anger she once felt towards Stryker was even greater than the anger she saw in Logan's eyes.
But that was all over now. What's done is done. What happened in the past could never be changed. The dead could never be brought back to life, and the time that had been lost can never be regained. It was about time that they moved on. It was time for everyone to move on.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
Title: Unforgivable Sinners
By: Cmdr. Gabe E.
Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .
= = = = = = = = = = = = = Man, this chapter took a while O.O! But here it is ! Thank you so much to all my reviewers :D!!! I love you guys!! W000T!!! I hope you enjoy this next installment ! See ya' in the next chapter !
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CHAPTER 24: Redemption
Yuriko shut the door behind her. She couldn't take it anymore. Every word from his lips placed a weight upon her heart. And the weight became too great, that she had to run away. She had to run away before she forgave him. And she almost did. She came so close.
She pressed her back against the door and closed her eyes as tears started to run down her cheeks. She couldn't help but cry. She could still hear his voice in her head. She could still hear him begging for forgiveness. Why was it so hard to forgive? Why was it so easy to punish someone, to hurt someone, and yet so hard to forgive? Why?
Her back slid against the door as she sat down on the hallway. She bowed her head and let the tears from her eyes trickle down to her cheeks. A part of her wanted to forgive him, but a bigger part of her wanted him dead.
Yuriko still couldn't understand why she hadn't killed Stryker yet. After everything he had done to her in the past, she still spared his life. Was it because he was the only one who could give her the past back? Or was she just telling herself that as an excuse to let him live?
Yuriko looked at her hands. She didn't even know what she wanted anymore. She wasn't even sure if she would still be able to kill him. How could she kill a man who couldn't even remember the sins he had done? Who was she to decide who should live and who should die? She was not god.
She suddenly noticed someone standing right next to her in the hallway. She looked up and saw Logan looking at her. She could see the concerned look on his face.
"Yuriko?" He asked with a gentle tone in his voice.
"Logan!" She shouted. She felt her voice shaking. Her sobs had made it difficult for her to speak.
She suddenly stood up and threw her arms around him. She pressed her tear- stained face against his chest as she cried in his arms. She didn't want to let him go. He was the only one who made her feel safe. He was the only one she wanted. He was the only one who felt right in the world.
Logan looked surprised as he felt her against him. He could feel her tears dampening his white tank top. Her shoulders jerked as she cried in his arms. He could even hear the gasps that escaped from her lips and feel the heat of her breath against his skin. The sound of her sobbing filled the empty hall.
"What's wrong?" He whispered.
He couldn't understand it, but seeing her like that caused him so much pain. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to keep her safe. He didn't want to see her get hurt. Why was he feeling that way towards her? He barely even knew Yuriko.
He slowly wrapped her arms around her slender body. He wanted to take her pain away. He looked down and saw her looking up at him. There was so much sadness in her face. The tears she had cried have left traces on her delicate cheeks. He wanted to touch her skin. His fingers longed to wipe her tears away. Who could have given her so much pain? Then he thought of him.
"Stryker." He whispered through gritted teeth.
There was fire in Logan's eyes at the mention of his name. He knew that bastard would be up to no good. He would only continue to hurt her as he had hurt her before. Stryker would never change. A man like that could never change.
He gently moved Yuriko aside as he opened the door to the room. It was about time he did things his own way. He would never let him hurt her anymore. He closed the door behind him and saw Stryker sitting on the bed.
Yuriko's eyes opened wide as she saw Logan enter the room. She knew what he was going to do. And the bad thing about it was the fact that Stryker didn't hurt her. He didn't even lay a finger on her.
Stryker had his head in his hands. He could still remember the way she looked at him. Her eyes looked so cold, so uncaring. He didn't know why her forgiveness mattered to him so much. He had hurt so many people in the past, but he wanted her forgiveness above all. He wanted her to accept him in her life.
He pressed his fingers harder against his head. Why was he even feeling that way towards Yuriko? Who was she in his past? Who was Yuriko Oyama in his life?
He suddenly heard someone enter the room.
/"Yuriko?"/ He thought to himself.
Stryker moved his hands from his head and saw Wolverine standing by the door. The anger in Wolverine's face was back and his fists were tightly clenched. He could see the fire in his eyes as he stared at him.
Logan suddenly ran to Stryker and grabbed him by the collar. He gritted his teeth as he stared into his eyes. He knew Stryker would never change. A man like that could never change. Yuriko should have killed him when she had the chance.
"You really can't stop hurting Yuriko, can't you?!" He shouted at his face. He tugged at his collar harder, causing Stryker's head to jerk back from the force.
Stryker's eyebrows furrowed when he heard Wolverine's question.
"What are you talking about?" Stryker asked. He could barely speak with Logan's fists against his neck. "I didn't ---"
Logan suddenly sent a swift hard punch on Stryker's face, causing Stryker to fall hard on the bed. The blood from his lips splattered against the sheets and his glasses flew off his face.
"Don't lie to me, Stryker!!! I know you! You can never change!!! You'll just keep on hurting her!!!" Logan shouted angrily. He could still recall the sadness in Yuriko's face, and that fueled his rage even more. He knew Stryker was the one to blame for her pain.
Stryker placed his hands on the bed and tried to push himself off of it. He could still feel his head spinning from the impact of Wolverine's fist against his skull. He coughed and saw more blood shoot from his mouth onto the bed's cover. He wiped the blood off his lips then turned around and faced Wolverine.
"I didn't hurt her!" He shouted. "I would never want to hurt her!"
"Liar." Wolverine whispered through gritted teeth.
Yuriko was about to follow Logan inside, when the door suddenly swung open. Stryker's body flew out of the doorway and slammed against the other side of the hall like a rag doll. She could see the agony on his face as he landed on the floor. His lips were red with blood, and it trailed down to his collar. She saw his eyes looking at her, but he didn't say anything.
"William." She whispered.
Wolverine marched out of the room with his eyes focused on Stryker. His chest heaved up and down as rugged breaths escaped from his gritted teeth. Yuriko could see the anger in his eyes. Logan was intent to finish what he had started.
He grabbed Stryker from the floor then slammed his back hard against the wall. The wall behind Stryker almost crumbled from the impact of his body against it.
"I'll never let you hurt her again!!!" He shouted at Stryker's face. "NEVER!!!"
He wrapped his arm around Stryker's neck and pinned him on the wall. Stryker gagged as he felt Logan's hand squeeze his neck tightly. He tried to struggle from his grip, but found himself helplessly trapped against the wall behind him.
"When will you stop hurting her?!!" He shouted again. The sound of his voice filled the empty hallway.
Stryker's hands trembled as they grasped Logan's wrist. He tried to pull Logan's hand away from his neck, but Logan just tightened his grip on him. He was not going to let him go now. Stryker was finally at his mercy.
The fire in Logan's eyes burned as he landed another hard punch on Stryker's face. Yuriko watched in horror as Stryker's head whipped to the side from the impact of Logan's fist. She saw some of the blood from his mouth splatter on the wall.
"Logan, stop!!!" She shouted in panic. "He didn't hurt me!!!" She had to stop Logan before he killed him.
But Logan couldn't seem to hear her anymore. He was now trapped in his own little world where his only objective was to kill the man in front of him. He didn't care if Yuriko wanted him alive or not. It was now down to him and Stryker. He was going to settle a score that had been long overdue. He pulled back his clenched fist and unleashed his adamantium claws. He was going to consider Stryker's debt paid with his death.
Logan's eyes suddenly opened wide as he felt a hand wrapped around his wrist. He looked to his side and saw Yuriko holding him back.
"No more, Logan...No more...." She said with a pleading tone in her voice. She didn't want to see any more death. She didn't want to see any more bloodshed. Her life as Lady Deathstrike was already filled with so much of that, and she was tired of it. She was sick of it.
His lips shook as he saw the look on her face. He still couldn't understand how she could plead for the life of the man who once tortured her. He looked at Stryker and saw him still gasping for air. He let him go from his grip and Stryker collapsed on the wall, coughing and breathing air into his mouth.
Logan turned towards Yuriko and noticed the compassion in her eyes. How could she have stayed so human after all those years of being Stryker's slave? How could she still feel pity and compassion, even for those who had hurt her? She was unlike him. He had turned into a blood-thirsty animal who thought of nothing but revenge.
He slowly reached out and wrapped his arms around her body as he pulled her close to him.
"I just don't want him to hurt you anymore, Yuriko. I don't want him to hurt anyone anymore." He whispered.
He knew he had lost control of his anger. When Stryker was in his hands, he just wanted to make him suffer. He couldn't stop his own fist from pummeling his face. And every time he saw him spit his own blood, he wanted to hurt him more. Nothing in the world mattered...Only Stryker's death.
But deep inside he knew that he was wrong. He remembered hitting Stryker again and again even when Yuriko begged for him to stop. He even heard her shout that Stryker was innocent, but he denied to listen to her plea. It was as if he, himself, had shut her out of his life at that moment. The sound of her voice still echoed in his mind. How could he have ignored the very person he was trying to save?
Yuriko closed her eyes and surrendered to the warmth of Logan's arms around her body. She couldn't blame Logan for what he did. What Stryker did to the school was something no one would ever forget. He had caused so much damage had so much pain. He was the reason why the mutants had lost someone very dear to them; a woman named Jean Grey...A woman who Logan cared for so much.
That's why she understood Logan's anger. She also knew how painful it was to lose something so important...She had lost her humanity when Stryker turned her into the creature known as Lady Deathstrike. While her body obeyed his every command, her mind wanted to kill him. She wanted him to feel the pain. The anger she once felt towards Stryker was even greater than the anger she saw in Logan's eyes.
But that was all over now. What's done is done. What happened in the past could never be changed. The dead could never be brought back to life, and the time that had been lost can never be regained. It was about time that they moved on. It was time for everyone to move on.
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TO BE CONTINUED...