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Final Chapter: Teenage Mutant Love
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"Magnus, for all the years I've known you I still cannot figure out why you did this," Charles declared, interlocking his fingers and casting an inquisitive glance at his longtime friend and nemesis.
Magneto sighed irritably, dismissing the comment with a wave of his hand. "I already explained myself. Your students need to be ready and prepared for the threat of bigoted humans. This past year has only been a taste of what is to come if we play passive and lay low. If your X-men hadn't of saved the world from Apocalypse, by now the humans would already be bent on oppressing mutants."
"And you think we aren't doing a good enough job with the kids, bub?" Logan interjected, sneering as he started to pace the room.
"I was only trying to raise their defense," Magneto stated plainly, getting up out of his chair. "If I hadn't captured them they would not have com willingly despite the offers I could have made them. It was in their best interest."
"Why not try to concrete your own team, Magnus?" Charles asked sensibly.
"I have no team now. Therefore, I do not care how they fare or if they prevail against odds. To my knowledge, Pitor already left for Russia, Victor has run off to the wild, and St. John has taken refugee with the Brotherhood. As you well known, Remy has already taken a liking into your team. Or at least one member of it."
As the caped mutant moved towards the door, neither Charles nor Logan tried to stop him. "When I would've infused some good sense into your students, I would have brought them back. Maybe, I would've even trained them here. My offer to train them still stands Charles, so you know where to find me."
With that said, Magneto exited the room, leaving the other two men to ponder over the discussion.
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"I'm glad this whole thing is over," whispered Jubilee as she snuggled against Bobby's chest. "I don't hold out well in captivity."
Below them, waves colored by the sunset crashed along the rocky cliff wall. A slight breeze darted through the gazebo, whose only occupants were Bobby and Jubilee. They rested on a bench near the railing, Jubilee curled up in Bobby's arms, gazing along the prestigious horizon.
"Magneto must really be losing it, thinking he could hold us all as prisoners." Bobby said lightly, setting his chin atop his girlfriend's head.
"Didn't the Professor say he was trying to do the right thing or something? I think he was just sticking up for him. Though I doubt Magneto really is evil."
"Yeah," Bobby ventured quietly. "I guess his views and opinions are just misdirected."
"Or maybe ours are," remarked Jubilee sagaciously, leaving both teens to contemplate.
"Let's just say we're neutral and let this all blow by us. I know there'll come a time when we will really be struggling, but I say we enjoy the peace before it fades away."
Jubilee looked up at Bobby with a smirk. "That was a mouthful."
"Yeah, whatever, let's just forget about all the turmoil to come." Bobby whispered in her ear, kissing her neck. Jubilee slipped her hand into his shirtsleeve and rubbed his arm briskly.
"I will if you will," she remarked, turning around on his lap to face him. Placing her hands on his shoulders, Jubilee gazed into Bobby' eyes, while he moved his hands up her back. "I say we just enjoy the present." Her hands slid down his chest and wrapped around his back before they locked lips again, Jubilee enjoying the cool and refreshing feeling she always got from touching her lips. Even though his kisses were cold, as Jubilee slipped her hands under the back of his shirt, his bare back gave her a tingling warmth. She grabbed onto the end of his shirt on the back, pulled it up over the back of his head, and started to massage his bare and sore shoulders.
"Let's promise to never leave each other," Bobby whispered calmly while his girlfriend continued to work her fingers along his broad shoulders.
Jubilee smiled and shared another kiss with him to satisfy the promise.
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"This isn't much of a beach, but I guess it'll do," declared Ray, as he glanced over at Tabitha. They'd decided to skip going to Bayville's local beach since citizens of the town were still weary of mutants. So, they'd managed to find a small bar of sand along the cliff behind the mansion. To their sides rocks lay scattered about, while the lapping waves greeted their toes. There was only a little room to lie down on the small beach, but the two teens didn't plan to sit for too long.
"I think it's fine. The oceans right here, all the sharp rocks are a good safety distance away, and there's nobody to watch us or bug us here. We could do anything here, couldn't we Ray?" Tabitha asked saucily, receiving a sly look from Ray.
The two drew close together, the intimacy increasing, but Tabitha pointed toward the cooler they'd brought.
"Mind checking to see if we have sodas?" she asked plainly, smiling a bit. Ray gave a deflated look, but then nodded and walked over to the cooler. Behind him, Tabitha grinned mischievously and waited for him to bend over to open the cooler.
"Yep, we've some---" Ray started, but Tabitha crept up and yanked his swim trousers down to his ankles. "Tabitha!" he bellowed playfully, not the last bit mad.
"Thankfully you had something underneath those," Tabitha shrieked, pointing at his bright yellow boxers.
"Too bad, huh?" Ray suggested with a chuckle purposely to rile his girlfriend up while he pulled his swim trousers back up.
"Please, I wouldn't have done it if you hadn't!"
Ray laughed again and then slipped off his loose muscle shirt, grinning as Tabitha looked at him lustfully. "Nice," she whispered, stepping up to him and rubbing her hands on his muscular chest.
"You're acting like it's the first time you've seen me without a shirt on." Ray joked and wrapped his arm around Tabitha's back.
"I can't help but feel a little joy," she replied nonchalantly while Ray's hand snaked across her back, his fingers moving to the strap of her bikini top. All he got was a hard, but playful slap in the cheek. "You better not try that on me, Ray!" Then she darted away as he chased after her.
Their game ended with Tabitha on her back and Ray on his hands and knees hovering over her. Gazes locked, they smiled at each other silently. When they finally kissed, Tabitha couldn't help but feel like she'd finally met a really great guy, who loved her for being herself.
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The walkway paths through the forests were quiet until Sam and Rahne barraged through in a frenzy of laughter. Rahne had taken the lead in her wolf form, darting in front of her lover and easily outmatching his speed. Once Sam took into his cannonball momentum, he quickly surpassed Rahne and disappeared far out in front of her and into a wall of bushes. A crash ensued, as well as an upheaval of ground, and a disoriented Sam rolled along the ground. Rahne followed him; avoiding the thorny bushes he'd flown through, and joined her boyfriend on the dew-covered grass. Changing to her human form, she dropped down onto her knees next to Sam.
"Looks like you won the race."
"Yeah, but with a price." Sam stated weakly and gingerly pushed himself onto his knees. The thorns had made a mess of his T-shirt, leaving it tattered all over. His jeans hadn't been ripped badly, but small cuts adorned his chest, shoulders, and arms. "Ah must have not been concentrating enough, or maybe my shield would have held. Ah was thinkin' of you, Rahne, you know."
The Scottish girl blushed deeply. "Am I really that distracting?"
Sam nodded meekly, and stood up. "Ah would hug you but Ah am all messy."
"You want to hug me? Any reason why?" Rahne asked with a smile, getting up onto her feet as well.
"Do Ah have to have a reason?" The farm boy asked plainly. Rahne moved her hand along his cheek slowly, placing her other hand around his back.
"You can always have a hug, Sam. Let's get you cleaned up though."
Sam nodded, removing his tattered T-shirt and receiving a gasp from Rahne. Without his shirt, she could see the numerous cuts that had been hidden beneath the ripped material of his shirt. "We should get Dr. McCoy to look at you Sam. It looks like you went through a needle bush instead of a thorn bush."
"A kiss will make the pain go away," remarked Sam, limping for emphasis as the two started toward the general direction of the mansion. Rahne gave him a shy smile, but gave in easily. She stood on her tiptoes as her lips grazed his cheek and then locked onto his lips.
"Now come on, once you get cleaned up I'll give you more than one kiss."
Sam smiled happily, and jogged with his girlfriend at an eager pace. With Rahne near him, he couldn't feel the pain, only a true bliss that greeted him by her presence.
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Amara watched him move across the court with admirable skill, dunking the ball easily at the end. She knew Roberto was a soccer ace, but his basketball prowess had never occurred to her. Then again, whenever she'd seen him on the court he'd been fighting with Ray during a one-on-one game. The Nova Roma princess had to admit, watching the two guys push and grapple each other often made her day. But before she could indulge in any of her numerous fantasies, Roberto walked up to her.
"How's my favorite princess doing?" He asked teasingly, though they both knew Amara had already gotten over her initial princess mentality months ago.
"I'm doing fine, Roberto. How are you today?" Amara cringed at herself sounding so polite and casual, when she really wanted to tackle and wrestle with Roberto herself. She didn't want to seem like some innocent schoolgirl, yet the seductive teen was neither appealing. Having tried so hard to fit in, Amara usually found herself straining to please those that meant much to her. At least Roberto could take whatever she gave him and enjoy it.
"Glad to hear that girl," he declared and threw an arm around Amara's slender shoulders.
"Roberto, you're all sweaty!" She squealed, pulling on his soaked tank top.
"Well, I can take it all off if you want," Roberto whispered calmly, but Amara spun around to look away. Then she kicked herself on the inside for being so silly.
"Why am I looking away from a guy who just wants to take his shirt off? He's just showing off!" Amara whispered to herself angrily so Roberto couldn't hear, but as she turned back around, he was gone. As she looked around urgently, a voice called out to her.
"Up here, Amara!"
She looked up to find Roberto in his sunlit mutation, floating high in the air. As he drifted down to Amara, she couldn't tell what he was going to do. Then, without a word, Roberto swooped close and picked her up off the ground. Amara screamed and clung to his neck until their flight started up. It took a while, but eventually the girl so used to the ground felt at ease with her arms wrapped around her boyfriend high in the clouds. She felt so special, flying through the sky, and even better being near the guy she adored.
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Back on the ground, Charles Xavier looked around at his students, feeling a pleasing sense of joy. The teens he'd taken in, mutants to the world around them, were overcoming everything and being together. He sensed Bobby and Jubilee embraced in an intimate moment on the gazebo, Ray and Tabitha enjoying their time together along the small beach at the bottom of the cliff, Sam and Rahne take pleasure in their jog, and Roberto with Amara soaring along the horizon.
His students had found solace in each other's comfort, giving him confidence in their ability to face the future to come. Dark time rested ahead for sure, but the teens would not give in, he was certain.
He noticed X23 walking by the nearest garden, Jamie eagerly trailing her. Though he couldn't hear them, judging by X23 yelling and swiping and Jamie's pleading, Charles figured something was going on. Then he saw Jamie lean in to kiss X23, who blushed slightly, but then a second later she was running away and Jamie was on his back with the wind knocked out of him. Charles chuckled at their antics.
Moving back into the foyer, he caught a glimpse of Rogue and Remy sitting along the fountain out front in the yard. Charles smiled; knowing barriers and troubles could easily be overcome with teamwork and love.
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Drawing a card from his deck, Remy handed it to Rogue.
"The Queen of Hearts for a queen," he stated proudly, causing Rogue to blush.
"Ah'm no queen and you know it." Rogue retorted with a smile, flipping the card in her fingers. "Thanks."
"Tell me chere, where do you think we'll be in five years?" Remy asked casually, leaning back against the statue of the fountain. The question struck Rogue as odd, and she couldn't answer it right away.
"How should Ah know?" She answered, shrugging her shoulders and looking away.
"Why, together of course! I usually don't say this to many girls, chere, but I really like your company."
Rogue scoffed dismissively. "Yeah right, Ah'm sure you say that to all the girls."
"Maybe, but there's only one girl I love enough to risk my life for." Remy whispered and leaned forward, kissing Rogue on he lips calmly. Despite the jolt of pain, he didn't draw back. Rogue started to freak, and quickly shoved her hands against his shoulders to push him back.
"Are you crazy, Swamp Rat?!" Rogue screamed, jumping to her feet wildly.
"Crazy with love, chere." He answered in a daze, almost falling into the fountain. "I'll always love you."
Rogue's mouth opened to protest, but she closed it without a word. If Remy wanted to love her that much, how long could she keep her walls of loneliness up?
With a smirk, Rogue grabbed a handful of Remy's shirt, dragged him towards her, and planted her own kiss on his lips. The kiss, even without Rogue's powerful memory absorption, would last between them forever.
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A/N: Well, that's a wrap. Big THANKS to all you readers and reviews, and all who just checked this story out. Thank you people again, and I hope you enjoyed the fic.