Disclaimer: I do not own any of the X-Men movie characters.
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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OMG, I'm gonna get butchered for this chapter!!! I know I am!!! LMAO!!! I think I made Logan too 'sweet' in one of the scenes in this chapter (and thankfully, that scene doesn't last long :P). lol. Oh well, I hope you still like this anyway ! And don't worry...this is probably the last time Logan's going to have a "sweet" moment with Yuriko. After all, I really want to keep him in-character in the majority of the story :D!
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CHAPTER 31: Past meets present
Yuriko's eyes wandered at the luscious view that surrounded the mansion. It was definitely more than just a school. It was also paradise, a haven and a home for mutants like her. She couldn't believe Stryker almost destroyed it. Why would someone want to destroy something as perfect as this?
"Come on...I'll show you the basketball court first." Logan said as he looked at her. He quickened his pace and pulled her after him.
"Okay." She said with a smile. She followed Logan down the steps of the mansion and across its grassy lawn. She had no difficulty catching up with Logan's fast strides. After all, she was somewhat faster and more agile than him.
Her eyes soon caught sight of the infamous basketball court. Logan slowed his pace and led her to the center of it. His hand continued to hold hers.
Yuriko arched an eyebrow and looked around. "So this is the infamous basketball court, huh?" She asked with an all-knowing smile.
"What do you mean 'infamous'?" Logan asked curiously.
She looked at the ground and tapped it with her foot, and then she looked up at Logan again. "This is where your jet comes out, doesn't it?"
"Well well well, looks like someone did their homework." He said with his eyebrow tilted up.
"No thanks to Stryker." She said hesitantly.
She took Logan's other hand and looked into his eyes. "So...what else is there to see around here?" She asked. "I sure do hope you're not going to challenge me to a game of basketball because I definitely have no idea how to play it."
Logan looked up and saw the dimming sky above him. The clear sky looked like a mixture between blue and red as the sun slowly prepared for its descent to the west.
He looked at Yuriko and gently squeezed her hands.
"What?" Yuriko asked with her eyebrows furrowed.
He smiled and pulled her with him towards one of the basketball posts.
"Follow me." He said as he ran towards the post. He seemed excited about something.
He suddenly let go of her hand and jumped up towards the rink. He grabbed on to the rink and easily hoisted himself up and sat atop the post's backboard.
Yuriko walked to the post and looked up at Logan. "Aren't we supposed to do that?" She shouted. He was now fifteen feet from the ground.
"Don't worry about it." He shouted back. "They're used to me doing this kind of stuff all the time. Now jump up here before you miss it." He leaned down and extended his hand to her.
She wasn't really sure what he wanted her to see, but she might as well follow him anyway. After all, she trusted him.
She walked a couple of paces away from the post, and then looked at where Logan was sitting. She hadn't gauged how high she could really jump, but if Logan could jump that high, then so could she. She breathed in deeply and ran towards the post. Whatever he was going to show her better be worth it. She jumped towards the backboard and grabbed Logan's hand.
"Easy does it." Said Logan as he pulled her up the backboard to sit by his side.
Yuriko held onto the backboard as she made herself comfortable. Her eyes opened wide with awe as she looked around her. The view was more than amazing. She could feel the wind blowing against her face as she gazed upon the beauty of the professor's estate.
Nothing could definitely compare to what she was seeing right now...Not even the rolling mountains of the British Columbia. Everything looked so alive and at peace. The sun touched everything with its fading light. The grounds were covered with various floras, and they kept on rolling on into the distance. She could also see the mansion from where they were sitting and she wondered at its beautiful architecture.
Logan looked at her and saw the awe in her eyes and the smile on her lips. Loose strands of her hair ran across her face as the wind blew against them. The dimming light of the sun touched her cheek and illuminated the contours of her face. He had never seen anyone look so beautiful and so happy.
The wind suddenly blew harder and she fell back against Logan. "Be careful. It can get pretty windy up here." He said as he gently held her in place.
"I'm starting to realize that." She said with a smile. Then her eyes wandered at the view again. "This is really beautiful." She said. "Does Charles own all of this?"
Logan smiled. "You can say that. He owns everything that your eyes can see. Even I don't know how he was able to come up with all of this, but I'm glad that he did. Mutants like us also need a little piece of earth to call home."
She looked at him and smiled. "And I'm glad that we both found our way here. I would never want to be anywhere else."
"And there is something else that this place has to offer." He said as he stared into her eyes. "Look over there." He pointed towards the horizon.
Yuriko looked at the horizon and saw the sun slowly descending behind the clouds. It was her first time to see a sunset, and the view was beautiful enough to take her breath away. The sky was bathed in a warm, orange glow as the wind continued to blow against her face.
The sunset looked like the beginning and the end...the end of another cycle, the end of another day, but a beautiful end nonetheless. If her time on this earth were done, she would want it to end that way...just like the sunset. She wanted to be the sun, setting behind the clouds, leaving a warm orange glow on the world as she fades away.
Yuriko looked at Logan and their eyes met, the wind gently blowing against them. None of them even made an attempt to look away. It was as if they were locked in an unspoken conversation as the sun slowly set behind them. Logan slowly reached out and ran his fingers down her cheeks.
"Yuriko...." He whispered.
"Yes, Logan?" She asked.
Logan slowly moved his face close to hers. He didn't know why he was doing what he was doing, but it felt so right. He couldn't understand why, but he wanted to feel her so close to him. Why was he doing this? Was it because he felt something for her? Was it...love? But how could he love her? He barely even knew her.
Yuriko looked at him as he moved closer to her. She didn't know what to do. She liked being in his company and she missed him whenever they were apart, but did she really care for him? Did she love him? Perhaps she did, a long time ago. She could still remember how Logan looked at her in her vision. There was love in his eyes. But she couldn't base her current feelings on what happened between them in the past.
And yet, she wanted to surrender...and feel that love again.
She closed her eyes and waited for his lips to touch hers. She felt his hot breath against her and braced herself for the kiss that had been long overdue. She could almost feel his lips brushing against hers...
Then a name entered her mind. "James..." She whispered.
Logan's eyes suddenly opened wide. He pulled away from Yuriko and fell backwards, causing him to plunge head first on the ground.
"Oh my god! Logan!" She shouted as she saw him fall on the concrete ground. She quickly jumped off the backboard and went to his side.
Logan groaned in agony as he pushed himself off the floor. He placed his hands on his head and felt the throbbing pain in his adamantium skull. He could barely stand up straight. The pain in his back and in his neck was killing him. After all, he just fell from a fifteen feet tall structure and landed head first into solid ground. He moved his head from side to side and felt his neck cracking.
"Logan, are you all right?!" She asked worriedly. She looked at his face and checked it for any signs of injuries. She was relieved to see that he didn't incur any.
He winced in pain as he continued to move his head and shoulders. At times like this, he was thankful for his adamantium-covered skeleton and his superior healing abilities. Any other man would have died from that fall.
"Yeah...I'm fine." He groaned as he looked at her.
He remembered her saying a name. He knew it was the reason why he fell off the backboard. There was something about it that snapped an invisible string in his mind. He couldn't even remember the name anymore, but he could still feel its impact on him.
Hearing it was like seeing a ghost. When it flew out of Yuriko's lips, it hit him fast and hard. It gave him a split-second rush of emotions that he couldn't understand. And the name sounded so disturbingly familiar. It was as if he had heard it countless of times before. Whose name was it?
"What happened?!" Yuriko asked with concern in her voice. "We were...Well, we were watching the sunset, and...and then I closed my eyes, then the next thing I knew, you fell off the backboard. I didn't even see it coming. What happened, Logan?!"
"You mentioned a name." He said firmly. "I believe it was the name of a man."
"What?" She asked with her eyebrows furrowed. She had no idea what he was talking about. "I don't remember saying anything." She said as she looked back at him. When Logan was about to kiss her, she just closed her eyes and waited for his lips to touch hers. That was all she did. She didn't even say a word.
Logan ran his fingers through his hair. He looked at her and saw the truth in her eyes. If she did say a name, then she probably didn't even know that she did. Either that, or she really couldn't remember it.
"Do you remember the name?" She asked out of curiosity. If Logan did hear her say something, then she might as well know what it was.
"No. I can't. I heard it so fast...it was like a flash of lightning." His eyes wandered to the ground. He tried to remember it, but he couldn't. Then he looked at her again "I'm sorry if I asked you about it. I probably just heard it in my head."
Yuriko smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's really okay, Logan. You don't need to be sorry about anything." She said.
But then, deep inside, something still bothered her. What if she really did say someone's name, but just couldn't remember saying it? She remembered those times when Stryker briefly reverted to his former self and did things that he couldn't remember later on...just like what happened in the study a while ago.
"Look...Let's just forget about this, okay?" Logan asked as he looked at Yuriko. He smiled and held her hand. "It's just a name after all. It could even be a name of a dog for all I care." He laughed and gently pulled her after him.
"Come on. I'll show you the swimming pool before we head back inside." He said with a smile.
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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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OMG, I'm gonna get butchered for this chapter!!! I know I am!!! LMAO!!! I think I made Logan too 'sweet' in one of the scenes in this chapter (and thankfully, that scene doesn't last long :P). lol. Oh well, I hope you still like this anyway ! And don't worry...this is probably the last time Logan's going to have a "sweet" moment with Yuriko. After all, I really want to keep him in-character in the majority of the story :D!
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CHAPTER 31: Past meets present
Yuriko's eyes wandered at the luscious view that surrounded the mansion. It was definitely more than just a school. It was also paradise, a haven and a home for mutants like her. She couldn't believe Stryker almost destroyed it. Why would someone want to destroy something as perfect as this?
"Come on...I'll show you the basketball court first." Logan said as he looked at her. He quickened his pace and pulled her after him.
"Okay." She said with a smile. She followed Logan down the steps of the mansion and across its grassy lawn. She had no difficulty catching up with Logan's fast strides. After all, she was somewhat faster and more agile than him.
Her eyes soon caught sight of the infamous basketball court. Logan slowed his pace and led her to the center of it. His hand continued to hold hers.
Yuriko arched an eyebrow and looked around. "So this is the infamous basketball court, huh?" She asked with an all-knowing smile.
"What do you mean 'infamous'?" Logan asked curiously.
She looked at the ground and tapped it with her foot, and then she looked up at Logan again. "This is where your jet comes out, doesn't it?"
"Well well well, looks like someone did their homework." He said with his eyebrow tilted up.
"No thanks to Stryker." She said hesitantly.
She took Logan's other hand and looked into his eyes. "So...what else is there to see around here?" She asked. "I sure do hope you're not going to challenge me to a game of basketball because I definitely have no idea how to play it."
Logan looked up and saw the dimming sky above him. The clear sky looked like a mixture between blue and red as the sun slowly prepared for its descent to the west.
He looked at Yuriko and gently squeezed her hands.
"What?" Yuriko asked with her eyebrows furrowed.
He smiled and pulled her with him towards one of the basketball posts.
"Follow me." He said as he ran towards the post. He seemed excited about something.
He suddenly let go of her hand and jumped up towards the rink. He grabbed on to the rink and easily hoisted himself up and sat atop the post's backboard.
Yuriko walked to the post and looked up at Logan. "Aren't we supposed to do that?" She shouted. He was now fifteen feet from the ground.
"Don't worry about it." He shouted back. "They're used to me doing this kind of stuff all the time. Now jump up here before you miss it." He leaned down and extended his hand to her.
She wasn't really sure what he wanted her to see, but she might as well follow him anyway. After all, she trusted him.
She walked a couple of paces away from the post, and then looked at where Logan was sitting. She hadn't gauged how high she could really jump, but if Logan could jump that high, then so could she. She breathed in deeply and ran towards the post. Whatever he was going to show her better be worth it. She jumped towards the backboard and grabbed Logan's hand.
"Easy does it." Said Logan as he pulled her up the backboard to sit by his side.
Yuriko held onto the backboard as she made herself comfortable. Her eyes opened wide with awe as she looked around her. The view was more than amazing. She could feel the wind blowing against her face as she gazed upon the beauty of the professor's estate.
Nothing could definitely compare to what she was seeing right now...Not even the rolling mountains of the British Columbia. Everything looked so alive and at peace. The sun touched everything with its fading light. The grounds were covered with various floras, and they kept on rolling on into the distance. She could also see the mansion from where they were sitting and she wondered at its beautiful architecture.
Logan looked at her and saw the awe in her eyes and the smile on her lips. Loose strands of her hair ran across her face as the wind blew against them. The dimming light of the sun touched her cheek and illuminated the contours of her face. He had never seen anyone look so beautiful and so happy.
The wind suddenly blew harder and she fell back against Logan. "Be careful. It can get pretty windy up here." He said as he gently held her in place.
"I'm starting to realize that." She said with a smile. Then her eyes wandered at the view again. "This is really beautiful." She said. "Does Charles own all of this?"
Logan smiled. "You can say that. He owns everything that your eyes can see. Even I don't know how he was able to come up with all of this, but I'm glad that he did. Mutants like us also need a little piece of earth to call home."
She looked at him and smiled. "And I'm glad that we both found our way here. I would never want to be anywhere else."
"And there is something else that this place has to offer." He said as he stared into her eyes. "Look over there." He pointed towards the horizon.
Yuriko looked at the horizon and saw the sun slowly descending behind the clouds. It was her first time to see a sunset, and the view was beautiful enough to take her breath away. The sky was bathed in a warm, orange glow as the wind continued to blow against her face.
The sunset looked like the beginning and the end...the end of another cycle, the end of another day, but a beautiful end nonetheless. If her time on this earth were done, she would want it to end that way...just like the sunset. She wanted to be the sun, setting behind the clouds, leaving a warm orange glow on the world as she fades away.
Yuriko looked at Logan and their eyes met, the wind gently blowing against them. None of them even made an attempt to look away. It was as if they were locked in an unspoken conversation as the sun slowly set behind them. Logan slowly reached out and ran his fingers down her cheeks.
"Yuriko...." He whispered.
"Yes, Logan?" She asked.
Logan slowly moved his face close to hers. He didn't know why he was doing what he was doing, but it felt so right. He couldn't understand why, but he wanted to feel her so close to him. Why was he doing this? Was it because he felt something for her? Was it...love? But how could he love her? He barely even knew her.
Yuriko looked at him as he moved closer to her. She didn't know what to do. She liked being in his company and she missed him whenever they were apart, but did she really care for him? Did she love him? Perhaps she did, a long time ago. She could still remember how Logan looked at her in her vision. There was love in his eyes. But she couldn't base her current feelings on what happened between them in the past.
And yet, she wanted to surrender...and feel that love again.
She closed her eyes and waited for his lips to touch hers. She felt his hot breath against her and braced herself for the kiss that had been long overdue. She could almost feel his lips brushing against hers...
Then a name entered her mind. "James..." She whispered.
Logan's eyes suddenly opened wide. He pulled away from Yuriko and fell backwards, causing him to plunge head first on the ground.
"Oh my god! Logan!" She shouted as she saw him fall on the concrete ground. She quickly jumped off the backboard and went to his side.
Logan groaned in agony as he pushed himself off the floor. He placed his hands on his head and felt the throbbing pain in his adamantium skull. He could barely stand up straight. The pain in his back and in his neck was killing him. After all, he just fell from a fifteen feet tall structure and landed head first into solid ground. He moved his head from side to side and felt his neck cracking.
"Logan, are you all right?!" She asked worriedly. She looked at his face and checked it for any signs of injuries. She was relieved to see that he didn't incur any.
He winced in pain as he continued to move his head and shoulders. At times like this, he was thankful for his adamantium-covered skeleton and his superior healing abilities. Any other man would have died from that fall.
"Yeah...I'm fine." He groaned as he looked at her.
He remembered her saying a name. He knew it was the reason why he fell off the backboard. There was something about it that snapped an invisible string in his mind. He couldn't even remember the name anymore, but he could still feel its impact on him.
Hearing it was like seeing a ghost. When it flew out of Yuriko's lips, it hit him fast and hard. It gave him a split-second rush of emotions that he couldn't understand. And the name sounded so disturbingly familiar. It was as if he had heard it countless of times before. Whose name was it?
"What happened?!" Yuriko asked with concern in her voice. "We were...Well, we were watching the sunset, and...and then I closed my eyes, then the next thing I knew, you fell off the backboard. I didn't even see it coming. What happened, Logan?!"
"You mentioned a name." He said firmly. "I believe it was the name of a man."
"What?" She asked with her eyebrows furrowed. She had no idea what he was talking about. "I don't remember saying anything." She said as she looked back at him. When Logan was about to kiss her, she just closed her eyes and waited for his lips to touch hers. That was all she did. She didn't even say a word.
Logan ran his fingers through his hair. He looked at her and saw the truth in her eyes. If she did say a name, then she probably didn't even know that she did. Either that, or she really couldn't remember it.
"Do you remember the name?" She asked out of curiosity. If Logan did hear her say something, then she might as well know what it was.
"No. I can't. I heard it so fast...it was like a flash of lightning." His eyes wandered to the ground. He tried to remember it, but he couldn't. Then he looked at her again "I'm sorry if I asked you about it. I probably just heard it in my head."
Yuriko smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's really okay, Logan. You don't need to be sorry about anything." She said.
But then, deep inside, something still bothered her. What if she really did say someone's name, but just couldn't remember saying it? She remembered those times when Stryker briefly reverted to his former self and did things that he couldn't remember later on...just like what happened in the study a while ago.
"Look...Let's just forget about this, okay?" Logan asked as he looked at Yuriko. He smiled and held her hand. "It's just a name after all. It could even be a name of a dog for all I care." He laughed and gently pulled her after him.
"Come on. I'll show you the swimming pool before we head back inside." He said with a smile.
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