A/N: Special thanks to everyone that reviewed the last chapter-
Moon Comix- Thank you for the reprieve, hopefully the next chapter doesn't make you regret it.
Episodic- Yeah, I picked up on the tension between Bobby and Rogue where Logan was concerned too. Hopefully Gambit will show up in X3, since the rumor I've been hearing is that they are getting a new director, so there's no telling what that might bring. (I guess we can cross our fingers and hope).
ishandahalf- To be honest, I think trying to downplay himself for too long would probably kill Remy. Glad you liked the Romy too.
Blood-Covered-Ivory- Well, according to the Marveldirectory website, Shiro is actually first cousin's with Shingen Yashida, making him a second cousin to both Mariko and Keniuchio. I just threw in the 'half-cousin' comment as a way of relaying Shiro's disdain for Harada. It's the same with Mariko, she refers to him sometimes as her 'half-brother', whereas most people would just say my brother or my cousin. I would assume that Harada's misuse of their family's name and resources to become a criminal kingpin would most likely have left very bad feelings with Mariko and Shiro, both of whom place such an important emphasis on family and honor. But, I do thank you for bringing it up.
enchantedlight- Glad you liked it!
Jean1- I'm glad that you like what I've been writing so far. It's been challenging to try and figure out how to relate these characters into a new setting like the movie-verse, while retaining as much of their origins as possible. This is just the way that I figured a movie-verse Rogue and Remy relationship might start out.
Star-of-Chaos- I bet it does. The sight of him in those shorts would be enough all on its own.
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"Blue don't really seem t'be your color."
Remy Lebeau made this observation in regards the attire that Rogue was now wearing, as she walked into the living room of Mariko's suite from one of the guest rooms.
"Yeah, well Ah'm stuck with it for the time bein'." Rogue said in response, referring to the fact that she and the other junior level X-Men all wore dark blue leather uniforms trimmed in gray, instead of the black and bronze uniforms that the senior X-Men wore.
"So, y'all actually go out dressed like dat?"
"Well, they are more comfortable than they look." Rogue replied, as she stood and put on the leather gloves that completed the outfit.
"To be honest, t'ings looks pretty damn good from where I'm standin'." Remy replied, as he continued to lean against a desk in the room, making yet another flirtatious comment to her.
"Ah'm glad you think so." Rogue responded with a slight giggle.
While Rogue enjoyed the compliment, Logan entered the room just in time to also hear what Remy had said, and let a small grumble serve as his only response. Rogue then turned towards Logan, and noticed a difference in his uniform.
"Where'd you get that?" Rogue asked Logan.
In their hurry to get in and out of the Royal Prince Hotel, Rogue had simply grabbed Logan's lone duffle bag from his hotel room, barely glancing inside before handing it to Remy. Looking at Logan now, she saw that the sleeves of his uniform had been removed and that the rest of the top had also been altered, making it more form-fitting and allowing Logan increased mobility during a fight.
"I got the idea after seeing how nice of a job Jubilee did in fixin' up Pete's uniform." Logan responded, "So, I asked her if she'd do the same for me, right after we got back from Nova Roma. You know she jumped at the chance to show off her top-notch fashion skills."
"Jubilee is definitely the trend-setter when it comes to clothes. Come to think of it, Ah should've asked her to make some changes to mine too, maybe add a hood to it or somethin'. The Professor didn't seem to mind us tailoring them so that they look a little more individual, but Ah don't think Mr. Summers would have gone along with it, if he had been around." Rogue pointed out.
"Well, 'tight-ass' is gonna have to learn to loosen up one of these days, and it might as well be sooner than later." Logan smirked.
Logan's remark demonstrated that, while he and Scott Summers might have gotten to the point where they could tolerate each other, they were still far from being best friends. Just then, as Logan and Rogue were discussing their wardrobe, Mariko entered the room wearing a simple ensemble consisting of a white, long sleeve silk blouse and black pants.
She was also carrying another accessory with her as well.
"That's a nice piece of hardware you got there." Logan commented, referring to the sword that Mariko had in her hand.
"I thought it best to be prepared, just in case." Mariko replied, as she walked over to Logan.
"You must think I haven't figured out what you got planned." Logan told her, "You intend on goin' up against your brother yourself."
"My intentions are only to confront my brother, and demand that he end his quest for control of the Clan." Mariko responded, "Although, I have serious doubts that he will do so peaceably."
"Unless you got some mutant fightin' ability you neglected to tell me about, you'll be dead inside of five seconds goin' up against Harada." Logan stated, "Just leave him to me."
"I am under no illusion that I am able to match the level of violence that you and my half-brother are capable of, but this is my responsibility and it is my burden to bear." Mariko said, as she stood right in front of Logan and looked up into his eyes.
"M'iko, your burdens are my burdens now. Whatever weight you got to carry, I'm carryin' it with you." Logan solemnly told her, "Besides, I owe 'Chrome-britches' for turnin' me into a sis kebob back at your home."
With that, Mariko and Logan embraced one another after reaching this understanding in their relationship. Shiro soon entered the suite a few minutes afterwards, to inform everyone of the latest.
"I have gathered all of the men that Mariko had assigned here, and have informed them of our plan." Shiro said, as he stood in the room, "I have also spotted rather suspicious looking men stationed outside, most likely sent by the Silver Samurai to maintain surveillance on us."
"Good ole Sammie, tryin' t'go and ruin de surprise we got planned for him. What we need is a good distraction, while we make our way over there." Gambit stated, as he and Rogue stood together near one of the windows in the room.
"Leave that to me." Shiro told them, "The rest of you shall proceed as we discussed earlier."
While Wolverine, Mariko, Gambit, and Rogue made their way to the garage level of the building along with about ten of Mariko's armed bodyguards, Sunfire went outside and activated his mutant ability, generating his 'solar fire' all around his body. He then took flight, which immediately caught the attention of the spies employed by the Silver Samurai.
Sunfire circled high above the city's Meguro district a few times, giving the others enough time to exit the parking garage in two cars and evading the attention of their observers. Once the cars were out of the immediate area, Sunfire himself quickly left the vicinity as well.
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Upon arriving near Harada's sprawling, palatial estate, the two cars that were carrying the gang and Mariko's men suddenly stopped. They sat on a part of the street that was at an incline, allowing them to look down at the compound.
"Alright, is everyone ready?" Wolverine asked, as he sat inside of the first limo with Rogue, Mariko, Gambit, and a few of the bodyguards.
When everyone nodded yes, Wolverine proceeded to open the sunroof of the limousine and stand straight up through it. He then lifted the rocket launcher that Sunfire had confiscated earlier onto his shoulder, and aimed for a target at the rear of Harada's estate. Wolverine locked the launcher, pulled the trigger, and watched as the large iron-gate at the back was instantly blown into a million pieces.
"While everyone in there is lookin' for us to come in through the back door, all of you are gonna be watchin' Sunfire's back while he breaks down the front door, and takes out most of the big guns. Me and M'iko are gonna go find an entrance of our own and put an end to this thing with the Silver Samurai, one way or another." Wolverine said, as he and Mariko quickly exited the vehicle.
"Logan…" Rogue said from inside, as the vehicles were about to pull off to go aid Sunfire.
"What's up darlin'?" Wolverine asked.
"Make sure you kick the Silver Samurai's ass for me too." Rogue said as she smiled.
"Will do." Wolverine smiled back, as the window rolled up and the limo went around to the front.
As the car pulled around to the front of the estate, the occupants inside saw Sunfire come streaking by a few yards in front of them, and watched as he continued unabated through the main gates of the estate like a fiery battering ram.
"Dat's our cue." Gambit said, as he, Rogue and the others exited the vehicles and followed Sunfire inside.
Once inside, Sunfire dealt with the members of the Yakuza that were carrying guns, as well as a good number of the many Hand ninjas that were pouring out of the mansion into the front of the grounds.
Meanwhile, Rogue came in alongside Mariko's men, as all of them pulled out their swords and other assorted weapons. Gambit himself was more than ready for the fight as he walked in behind everyone else, holding a number of cards that were charged and ready to fly from his hand.
As the fighting broke out in earnest around the exterior sections of the estate, Wolverine and Mariko found themselves on the outside of the wall that completely surrounded Harada's home.
"Do you intend to climb over this?" Mariko asked Wolverine, as she looked up at the wall that was more that ten feet high.
"Actually, I intend to go right through it." Wolverine answered, as he popped out his adamantium claws and cut an entrance for the two of them through the thick, stone wall.
The pair then had an easy walk towards the main house, since its security force was now otherwise occupied. Once inside, Mariko led Wolverine through the corridors of the mansion, and they eventually found themselves at a door that led to a large dojo within the home.
"You ready?" Wolverine asked Mariko, as his sense of smell confirmed that the individual they had sought out was on the other side of the door.
"Yes." Mariko answered simply, as Wolverine slid the door open.
When Wolverine walked inside next to Mariko, he soon realized that he wasn't the only person that had made a recent apparel change. The Silver Samurai now stood there adorned in a more traditional-looking Samurai's armor, which was chrome and silver in color and had a matching helmet with two large prongs that curved up on each side. On the front of his armor was a large red circle with thick red lines emerging outward from it, the symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan.
"I see you went and got yourself some fancy new duds. Hope it wasn't on my account?" Wolverine said, as he and Mariko walked towards the Samurai, stopping about midway into the room.
"It was in no small part thanks to you, animal." The Silver Samurai replied, "After Jakuchu's men failed, I knew it was only a matter of time before we would have to settle this in person. Following our last encounter, I had this new suit of armor fashioned for me and the plating is made of vanadium steel, the strongest substance known to man."
"Trust me, bub, it ain't the strongest." Wolverine smirked.
"It does not matter. The only matter of importance is that I will now have my revenge for the injury that you managed to luckily inflict on me." The Samurai asserted, before turning his attention to Mariko, "Sister, I am surprised though to see you here."
"I do not wish to see any more blood shed than already has been, especially from my own family. As the one true leader of the Clan Yashida, I order you to end your current course of action." Mariko told him, to which the Samurai responded by laughing.
"I take no orders from you, woman." The Silver Samurai answered, as his laughter finally stopped, "As for leadership, I intend to claim it for myself here and now, and by the use of my blade if necessary."
"Then, it looks like we got us a major problem." Wolverine said, as he stepped forward, "The next move is yours."
"Very well. Mariko, I will face your chosen Samurai, your Champion. You can watch as I slay him, and know what the future holds for you." The Silver Samurai told them, as he removed his sword from its sheath.
"Why don't you quit runnin' your mouth, and let's get on with it. And by the way, you don't have to hide your secret sword trick, because I ain't gonna hide these." Wolverine said as he popped his claws from both hands and ran at the Silver Samurai. The Samurai immediately energized his Tachyon blade in response, and both men prepared to strike at one another.
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Meanwhile as the fight inside was starting, the fight outside was now well under way.
"So, y'all do this a lot back at your school?" Gambit asked Rogue, as they stood with their backs facing each other, while they fought against the Hand and Yakuza.
"Yeah, but up until Ah got to Japan, Ah mainly just got to watch the action from the sidelines." Rogue responded, as she used her sword to cut one of the ninjas on the arm, before punching him out.
"You make it sound like some sorta spectator sport?" Gambit responded, as he threw two charged cards at a ninja that was close to him, before striking at another one with his staff.
"Uh-huh, with pay-per-view and everything." Rogue quipped, as she spun around to kick a Yakuza gangster in the face. The man was wielding a metal bat and was about to hit Gambit, who at that particular moment happened to be occupied with two ninjas in front of him.
"Thanks, Belle." Gambit told her, as he thanked her for the save.
"Anytime, 'Mon Ami'." Rogue answered in a sarcastic tone.
Right at that moment, Sunfire came flying by overhead and took out many of their adversaries in the immediate area, giving Rogue and Gambit a temporary interruption in their conflict.
"If t'ings keep goin' like dis, we gonna run out of folks t'play with pretty soon." Gambit said, as he and Rogue stood and faced each other in front of a demolished section of the estate.
"You say that like you're disappointed." Rogue responded.
"Nah, to be honest I t'ink I just about had all of de fun I can handle for awhile." Gambit responded as he and Rogue continued talking, while the combined efforts of the Hand and Yakuza were being routed.
While the Hand and Yakuza were falling back into more defensive positions around the estate, one ninja in particular was doing the exact opposite. Underneath the standard red hood of the Hand was a man who, due to a recent injury, currently had his jaw wired shut. It was an injury that had been caused when he was struck in the face by a large metal chain, a chain that he had lost during a fight a little more than twenty-four hours ago in the Ginza district. He had been hit by a young girl with long auburn hair and a white streak running through it. The ninja had marveled at the fact that the girl seemed to be different from her companion, the maniac with the claws protruding from his hands. While the clawed devil summarily hacked his brothers to pieces, the girl was content to simply knock him unconscious without bothering to finish him off.
"It is a mistake that she will not live much longer to regret." The ninja said to himself, as he silently crept towards her holding a handgun that had been dropped by one of the Yakuza members.
"Ah never thought you'd be one to say that you were tired of living life a-thrill-a-minute." Rogue said, as she and Gambit continued their conversation, unaware of the ninja's advances towards them.
Well, almost unaware.
"I suppose a man's gotta learn when it's time t'slow down at some point, and I…" Gambit was sarcastically responding to Rogue, when he suddenly stopped. While Gambit didn't have Wolverine's enhanced sense of hearing, he still possessed ears that had been trained to crack the most securely built safes in the world. They were also able to hear the hammer of an improperly maintained gun as it cocked back, a split second before it was fired. And a split second was all it took for Gambit's super-honed reflexes to react.
"Rogue!"
That was all that Gambit had time to say before he leapt to grab her, knocking her to the ground underneath him. With all of the fighting going on around them, including the explosions resulting from Sunfire's solar blasts, Rogue hadn't yet realized why Gambit lunged at her the way that he did.
"Ah thought Ah warned you about this kind of thing back at the warehouse." Rogue said jokingly, as Gambit lay across her on the ground.
"Ain't nothin' like dat, just didn't want to see you…" Gambit muttered, before he collapsed on top of her.
"Gambit? Remy?" Rogue said worriedly, as she sat up with Gambit lying across her lap. At that instant, she finally saw what had made Gambit act in the way that he did, as the ninja with the gun was now out in the open and prepared to fire it once again. But, he didn't get his second chance.
Thunk!
Was the sound that Rogue heard, as the ninja fell down with a large dagger sticking out of his back. She looked behind the felled ninja to see one of Mariko's men as he smiled after saving them. He then left to join Sunfire and the others fighting in another part of the estate.
But before he made it more than three steps, the section of wall close to where most of the fighting was now taking place suddenly exploded. The explosion was a result of it being hit by a solar blast, but Sunfire wasn't responsible for it and he seemed to be just as surprised as everyone else.
"By order of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, everyone stop where you are and lay down your arms." A voice ordered them in Japanese over a police megaphone. Then, a plethora of heavily-armed policemen began to enter the compound, followed by a girl that appeared to be in her late teens. Under normal circumstances, the girl would have seemed to be your average teenager.
What made her appearance this night extraordinary, however, was the fact that she was completely consumed by 'solar flames' as she walked in behind the officers.
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Back inside the mansion, amidst the broken equipment and damaged interior of the dojo, Wolverine and the Silver Samurai were locked in a struggle that they both intended to continue fighting, until one of them was dead.
Wolverine was currently down on one knee, with both of his hands out in front of him. He had both sets of claws crisscrossing in front of his face to form an 'X', as he used them to block an attempted blow from the Silver Samurai's energized sword.
"It is only a matter of time before my Tachyon blade cuts its way through these claws of yours." The Samurai asserted, as he continued to put pressure behind his sword against Wolverine's claws.
"And it's like I said before, I seriously doubt that." Wolverine replied, as he prepared to use the Samurai's own momentum against him. Wolverine quickly fell back, thrusting his foot into the Silver Samurai's abdomen and cart-wheeling him overhead. The Samurai instantly regained his bearings in mid-air and landed on his feet, while Wolverine jumped back up from the floor.
"It will take more than that to defeat me." An exhausted Silver Samurai said, as he lifted his sword into an offensive stance and prepared to strike at Wolverine once again.
"Oh, I got lots more for you." An equally winded Wolverine replied, as the two men ran at each other yet again.
Wolverine struck out with a flurry of furious claw slashes at the Samurai, who was able to quickly and effectively block each strike with his sword. But before Wolverine could mount another offensive, the Silver Samurai seized on an opening and quickly spun like a dancer around Wolverine in a 360-degree motion, cutting him deeply across his back in the process. Not to be outdone, Wolverine instantly responded by aiming the claws on his left hand at the Silver Samurai's head and ripped off a chunk of his helmet. While the Samurai's helmet was made out of the same vanadium steel that his armor had been made from, the protection it provided him still wasn't enough to keep adamantium claws from cutting him on the left side of his face and leaving a nice sized scar as a reminder of this night.
"It looks likes we got to the part of the evenin' where we make piecemeal out of each other, bub." Wolverine said, as he let a smile be the only outward sign of the pain that he felt from the Samurai's blow to his back.
"In that case, I will fillet you alive." The Silver Samurai replied as he brought his hand down from his face, his silver-colored glove now covered in his own blood, and prepared his sword for another attack.
"Harada-san, I ask you again to lay down your sword and stop this." Mariko, who had been a silent spectator to the brutality in front of her, said to her brother.
"So, it is not enough for you that our father shamed me by leaving all of his worldly belongings to a child, instead of the son that was by his side learning how to run the Clan Yashida. It was I who took on the persona of the Silver Samurai, acting as Shingen Yashida's own personal enforcer. I served my father loyally, in spite of his reluctance to publicly recognize me as his son. Now, you seek to further dishonor me by asking that I back down against an insignificant, Gaijin interloper. Never!" The Silver Samurai shouted, as he charged at Wolverine with his energized sword in hand.
As Wolverine prepared for the Silver Samurai's imminent attack, he realized that the fight was now his to win. Just like the Samurai had used Rogue as a means to make Wolverine's emotions blur his fighting instincts in their first fight, Mariko's comments had managed to bring the feelings of inadequacy that the Silver Samurai had buried deep inside up to the surface. The Samurai now swung wildly at Wolverine, instead of in the tight and focused manner that he had been fighting in previously. Wolverine proceeded to hit his sword on both sides with his claws, at exactly the same time. The force of the impact caused psychic feedback to go through the blade, momentarily disrupting the Samurai's Tachyon field and shattering his unprotected sword.
Then, Wolverine prepared to finish this fight.
Weaponless, the Silver Samurai punched Wolverine directly in the face, only to discover the same lesson that Gambit had learned in his fight with Wolverine. As the nerve endings in the Samurai's hand spiked in pain, Wolverine slammed one set of his claws into the Samurai's abdomen. When Wolverine pulled them out, the Samurai fell down to the ground in an unconscious heap. Then without a witty remark, without uttering a word at all, Wolverine intended to take on the role that Colonel William Stryker had always meant for him.
Executioner.
"Logan-san, stop!" Mariko called out, as Wolverine pointed his claws at Harada and was about to end his life.
"Huh?" A confused Wolverine replied, as he looked back at her.
"He is already beaten, spare him his life." Mariko sighed, as she told him her request.
"Have you completely lost your mind!" Wolverine yelled at her, as he knelt over Harada with his claws still extended and about an inch away from him, "This guy tried to kill you, and more than once I might add over the last twenty-four hours. I don't put an end to him now, this'll just keep goin' on."
"I realize that death is no less than what my brother deserves, and no less than what he had in mind for me." Mariko responded, "But, I am not my brother and I do not intend to begin acting like him now. There has been enough pain and hatred between us, it is time to break that cycle. His criminal empire will be in ruin once he loses the support of the Jigoku underworld, and it sounds as though the police have arrived outside. Let the law decide his fate now."
Wolverine, who had been fighting back the 'Beserker rage' within for the entire fight, now struggled even more to maintain control. He looked down at the unconscious Harada, holding his claws less than an inch from his face. After a few moments of deep, internal debate, Wolverine finally retracted his claws and stood back up.
"You really thought this through?" Logan said to her.
"Hai. (Yes)" Mariko answered, as she directly looked into his eyes.
"Fine, I'll respect your wishes." Logan said, as he walked over towards Mariko, "But, I think you're makin' a huge mistake by not lettin' me finish him off."
As Logan walked over to Mariko and put his arm around her, they turned to walk towards the door of the dojo, where she then stopped to ask him a question.
"Do you think I am a coward for not having the inner-resolve to allow you to end my brother's life?" Mariko asked him.
"Truth be told, I think it's pretty decent that you have enough love in your heart to not want me to. It's what makes you different from cold-blooded warriors, like me and your brother." Logan replied, as they continued on out of the room.
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With the battle inside of the estate concluded, Mariko and Logan ventured outside to see that the battle out there was also at an end. The police were busy rounding up and arresting members of the Hand and Yakuza inside of the estate, while also following those criminals that had tried to escape. But just because the battle was over, the fighting was far from finished.
"You have no business here!" Shiro shouted, "This place is far too dangerous right now."
"And you can stop being so over-protective!" Leyu Yoshida shouted back at her older brother, "I am sixteen years old, and quite capable of taking care of myself."
"I will be the one to make that determination." Shiro told her.
"Like you know everything." Leyu replied.
"It feels like I'm lookin' at a foreign re-write of 'It's My Life'." Logan said to Mariko, as he commented on the similarities between Shiro and Leyu's relationship, to his and Rogue's, "Speaking of people in my life, where is Rogue?"
Mariko didn't have an answer for Logan's question, but the two of them surveyed the area around them and eventually saw that Rogue was out amongst the numerous police cars and policemen moving about. They saw her standing near an ambulance looking visibly upset, which caused Logan and Mariko to immediately rush over to her.
"Everything alright, darlin'?" Logan asked her, concerned that maybe Rogue had been injured.
"Ah'm fine, thanks to Remy." Rogue replied, as she continued to stare at the back of the ambulance that had its doors closed, "Some guy shot at me, and Remy jumped in the way to save my life."
"He did that?" Logan asked, surprised to hear the sacrifice that Gambit had made, "How's he holdin' up?"
"The medical people say the bullet didn't go very deep. Remy was wearing some kind of protective gear under his outfit." Rogue informed them, as she finally looked up from the ambulance to Logan and Mariko, "Ah'm gonna ride in the ambulance to the hospital with him."
"We will be right behind you." Mariko replied.
Just then, Shiro walked up to the trio and spoke.
"Tend to your friend, I will remain to aid the police in finishing things here." Shiro told them.
"Interesting that you should bring that up." A voice said, as he walked up to the group.
They all turned around to see Detective Takimoto of the Tokyo police standing there.
"I must say a job well done, Agent Yoshida." Detective Takimoto told him.
"How many times must I remind you that I am involved in this conflict strictly out of concern for my family and no other reason?" Shiro asked him.
"Until you begin to believe that yourself." Takimoto answered, "I had gotten a tip the other night from an informant regarding the struggle for power within the Clan Yashida. The Japanese government has been secretly building a case against the Yakuza, and it's top leaders, for the better part of a year now. As their local liaison, I knew the time was drawing near that we would have to take action against them. That is the reason that I contacted you. I knew that you would be concerned for your loved one's well-being, but I also know that you hold a deep sense of responsibility to uphold what is just and fair. When I called your home tonight to find out what you had learned, your sister said that you had not returned since the night before. We both came to the conclusion that you were most likely already here, so I went and obtained a search & arrest warrant to bring the full force of the NPA here."
Detective Takimoto then reached into his pocket, and handed something to Shiro.
"This is for you." Takimoto said.
Shiro looked down to see that it was an official agent's badge to the National Department of Special and Covert Investigations.
"I do not want this." Shiro told him.
"The badge is yours, whether you choose to use it or not. I am just hoping that if, and when, the day comes that your fellow countrymen are in dire need, that Sunfire will be ready to answer the call to protect them." Takimoto smiled, as he turned and walked back into the crowd of policemen.
"We are ready to go." One of the medical technicians said to Rogue, as they were about to depart with Remy to the hospital.
"Ah'll see you at the hospital." Rogue said to Logan and Mariko, as the rear door to the ambulance opened up for her. Rogue then saw Gambit lying down on a stretcher in the back of the ambulance, hooked up to an IV and with other vital sign monitors attached to him. But true to his personality, Gambit acted as though he couldn't have been happier
"So, you gonna turn on the sirens on this t'ing for me Chere, or I gotta do it myself?" Remy asked her jokingly, as she stepped up into the vehicle.
"Remy Lebeau, you 'Suh' are one of a kind." Rogue smiled, as she sat down next to Remy and took his hand into her own gloved-one.
As the ambulance pulled away from the estate, Mariko and Logan prepared to find a car so that they could go to the hospital as well. But, Logan remembered that he had one more thing left to do.
"Shiro…" Logan said to him.
"Yes?" Shiro answered, as he turned back around.
"Tell the police to be careful with Harada. I put him down, but not out." Logan warned him.
"I will see to him personally." Shiro pledged, as he prepared to go inside with the other police officers. Most of the officers were either still making arrests, or gathering evidence in the estate that would be used in their case against the Yakuza.
"And I will help too." Leyu added, as she walked over to her brother.
"The only thing that you will do is find somewhere safe to keep yourself, until I can take you home." Shiro disagreed.
"Ugghh, you are impossible." Leyu replied, following Shiro as they walked inside of the estate.
With that, Mariko and Logan soon departed for the nearby hospital where Remy and Rogue were heading to, as the night and their personal war had finally come to an end.
But, they were totally unaware that another battle was looming on the horizon…
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Next chapter: Logan and Rogue receive shocking and disturbing news from back home…