Notes: I am sooo sorry I took so long on updating! I really am. I hate it when people do that. I'm mad at myself. *slaps hand, bad roguehobbit! Bad!* But I just couldn't find the time to sit down and type. Ok, that's a lie. I did have some time, but I when I did, I had major writers block. Can you ever forgive me? Please nod your head.
Disclaimer: I am broke. Would I be broke if I owned the X-Men? No. Hey, anyone want to donate to the roguehobbit fund?
Shout out's: StormHeart, you caught up! Yay! Thanks for the praise and encouragement.
Stephanie-Priz- Thanks for reviewing, yes two Kurts! More the merrier!
GeorgiaPeach- you haven't updated your story in awhile! I shouldn't be talking, I guess. Thanks for reviewing, here's more.
Rogue151- glad you liked that. :)
Auramistealia- I'm typing! There will be no secret buttons, don't worry. At least, I haven't planned any.
bant- thanks for reviewing, and there's a slight Toad scene in this chapter.
Suzaka- hope you get better soon! Actually, you probably have already, since you reviewed awhile ago.
sci-fi fan- thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming!
Chapter 14: Clueless
Kitty was practically skipping as she dragged her double-turned-cousin behind her. Rogue was walking very slowly, grudging each step that led her closer and closer to hours of forced education.
Lance met Kitty at her locker. "Hey, Kitty."
"Hi Lance."
Kitty then started rummaging through her locker, not looking at Lance. ~Kitty watched this with an intrigued look on her face.
Lance, not to be ignored, said, "So, who's your friend?"
"Like, how totally rude of me." said Kitty, giggling strenuously, "This is my cousin, umm, Katie, she's staying at the Institute for awhile."
"Katie? Isn't that short for Katherine?" said the oh so intelligent Lance.
"Yeah, it is, but since there's so many nicknames for Katherine, our parents didn't think it would be confusing." ~Kitty said, coming to Kitty's rescue.
"Oh, well, I guess that's cool. Who was that guy that drove you here?" Lance said, addressing Kitty.
"That was...a friend of the Professor's, he's visiting."
~Kitty found it odd that Kitty would be allowed to tell a member of the Brotherhood who was visiting the Institute. That just didn't happen in her universe. Then again, Lance didn't seem evil to her, and Kitty and him had been going out apparently. Maybe he was no longer a threat.
At that moment ~Kitty smelled something foul. Turning around, she saw a slightly green tainted boy trying to get Lance's attention by mouthing something that looked like "Lance and Kitty, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G". His overall appearance suggested a frog to her. *Wild guess here, that would be Toad.*
Lance finally noticed Todd and made a menacing step towards him. Todd let out a high pitched shriek, and hopped away. Kitty took this moment to think of a escape plan. "Lance, I can't talk now. I have to get to class early, so ~Kit- Katie can meet the teacher...umm...bye!"
Kitty then grabbed ~Kitty by the arm and almost ran down the hallway to her first class.
Lance scratched his head, watching them go. He needed to talk to Kitty about why she seemed to be avoiding him. He was sure there was a plausible reason. The real reason never occurred to him.
Kitty thumped down into her seat and let out a sigh of relief. ~Kitty took the seat next to her and said "So what Rogue said is true? He doesn't know you don't like him anymore?"
Kitty frowned. "No, he's clueless. I was hoping if I avoided him, he'd get the picture and break up with me. Unfortunately he's very dense."
~Kitty nodded her head, in what she hoped was an understanding way. She didn't know why Kitty did not just say to Lance outright that it was over. Maybe she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Or start an earthquake.
A boy with red hair sat down besides Kitty. Kitty discarded her frown, and smiled at the boy.
"~Ki- Katie, this is-"
"Arcade. That's what everyone calls me anyway." said the smiling red head.
~Kitty smiled back and said hello, while trying to not give away how weird it was, being civil to one of the X-Men's foes. She had never actually met the Arcade in her dimension, but had heard a lot about how he had several times kidnaped the X-Men and made them play his bizarre games. From the picture she had seen of him, he was short, muscular, and had red hair and always smiled in an insane and chilling way.
~Kitty observed the teenage Arcade. Red hair, thin as a toothpick, goofy smile. The word that came to mind was 'nerd'. Not 'evil, deranged, genius'.
"Arcade, your not in this class, are you?" asked Kitty.
"Whoa. This isn't graphic arts?"
"No, that's the class to the right of this one. You weren't up late, again, last night, working on your new video game, were you?" Kitty asked accusingly.
"Nope." said Arcade, unconvincingly.
"Your not a very good liar. I told you, you need to get more sleep at night! Next time, I won't tell you that your in the wrong class, and you'll be late or miss the one your supposed to be in."
"Aw, you wouldn't do that to me, would you?"
"Like, it would be for your own good. Now get going or you'll be late." said Kitty, as more students filed into the classroom.
Arcade got up from the desk, and smiled sheepishly at both Kittys. He dived into the flow of oncoming students, and made it out the door unscathed.
"He falls asleep during the classes I have with him, so he's not getting the grades he deserves. He's really smart, but spends to much time building video games when he should be sleeping." Kitty explained to ~Kitty.
"Oh. Uh, are you sure that's what he's building? I mean..."
"What else would he be making? Oh, is he in your universe too?"
"Yeah, he's one of the bad guys..."
Kitty started laughing. "Arcade? He doesn't have a bad bone in his body! He's always helping people with their homework, and helping design websites, he even did some work on the school's site. Are you sure?"
"Unless there's more then one guy with the nickname 'Arcade' running around, then that's the guy. He even has the red hair, just not the build. And our Arcade is older."
"Hmm. Maybe he is, but he could be different here. Like I said, Arcade's one of the sweetest guys at this school."
"Okay, just don't be surprised if he suddenly goes bonkers, our Arcade is crazy."
"I'll keep an eye out." said Kitty, still giggling over the idea.
~*~ x ~*~
The rest of the morning went swiftly, to ~Kitty's surprise. She had even gotten used to people calling her 'Katie'. At lunch, both Kittys met up with the rest of the X-Men, outside at one of the lunch tables.
"Hi ~Kitty, how's it going?" asked Scott.
"Fine. But you better start calling me Katie while we're here, Kitty told everyone that was my name."
"Katie?" Kurt laughed. "You couldn't think of a name that didn't come from Katherine?"
"Hey, I was caught off guard. 'Sides, Katie is a nice name." said Kitty, as she opened her lunch box.
"Have ya talked to Lance yet?" asked Rogue, who just arrived, plopping her lunch down on the table by Scott.
Kitty glared at Rogue, and avoided the question by asking one herself "Don't you usually sit with Risty?"
"She's not here today. What, don't ya want mah company?" asked Rogue, grinning wickedly at Kitty.
"What about Lance?" asked Scott. Both he and Kurt where looking at Kitty.
"Nothing." said Kitty, to quickly.
"In my opinion-" started Scott.
"Yes, Scott," said Jean, patting him on the head. "We know your opinion of Lance."
"We've only heard it, say thirty times." said Evan.
"What about Duncan, why aren't you eating with him and the other jocks, Jean?" asked Kitty, trying to get the conversation off of Lance.
"Duncan is going through one of his ego trips. I need to give him time to get over himself." said Jean.
Scott didn't venture his opinion of Duncan, even though he hated Duncan more then he could ever hate Lance.
~Kitty watched this all silently, as she ate her sandwich. Kitty had pointed Duncan out to her, a tall, well built, blonde football player. ~Kitty had also noticed the arrogant smirk he perpetually wore. *At least Jean recognizes his faults. That is the first step towards recovery. Or is that admitting the problem?*
Lunch went to quickly, as it always does. ~Kitty met Amanda and Risty, who came to school after sixth period, saying she had felt sick that morning.
~Kitty thought Amanda was nice, but a lot shyer then the Amanda in her dimension. She wondered why her Amanda was blonde, while this one had dark coloring and dark hair. Risty was also friendly, but there was something that was odd about her, that ~Kitty couldn't place. And it wasn't the purple hair.
Risty also seemed to be the most curious about ~Kitty, asking more questions then anyone else had. Rogue told her them same story everyone else was getting, that she was Kitty's cousin, and she was visiting her.
By the end of the day, ~Kitty had either met, or had seen all the members of the Brotherhood. She considered the Brotherhood from her universe to be more of a threat, and took some kind of strange pride in it. None of the Brotherhood here struck her as evil, they just seemed to have a mean streak. Fred had a temper, Pietro was obsessed with himself, Wanda was insane, and Lance and Todd (besides his looks) were normal. Since she was comparing the two Brotherhoods, she suddenly wondered why Pyro was an Acolyte, and not a member of the Brotherhood, like in her universe. And where was Mystique?
~Kitty decided to ask ~Kitty these questions later.
When the last bell rang all the students zipped out of their last classrooms faster then the teachers had time to say "Your dismissed." Kitty and ~Kitty were no exception. After all, it was a Friday.
"So, did you have fun?" asked Kitty, as she stuffed books into her book bag, while reaching for more in her locker.
"Yeah, it was interesting." said ~Kitty diplomatically.
"Hey Kitty, want to go to the movies tonight?"
Kitty stopped packing her book bag, and looked up where the question had come from, hoping it wasn't the person she thought it was. It was.
"Umm, Lance, I, uh..."
"Oh you can't leave me!" said ~Kitty latching onto Kitty's arm, playing the clingy cousin. "I hardly ever see you! And I won't be staying for long!"
"Sorry Lance," said Kitty, apologetically. "I haven't seen Katie in a long time, and she won't be visiting long." Kitty silently prayed that Lance wouldn't mind both of them going to the movies.
"Oh. Well, okay, maybe later then?"
"Uh, yeah, maybe."
Rogue walked up to them, and Lance made a hasty retreat. "So, ya set him straight about your relationship? Or lack of one?"
"Shut up Rogue." Kitty growled, trying with remarkable success, to sound menacing.
Rogue backed of a step and put her hands up in surrender, "Alright, but ya know you'll have to tell him someday. Maybe before you marry Kurt."
"Ha ha." said Kitty.
~~~~~~~~
I searched and searched for what Arcade's real name is. Even in the Evolution series, he doesn't seem to have a real name. At least the sources I looked at said he didn't. Does anyone know, for my own piece of mind? Sorry to all you Lance fans, as you can probably tell, I'm not a big 'Lancitty' fan, though there are some good stories out there with them paired up. Review please! And, once again, I'm really sorry that it took me so long to update!
~:b~
roguehobbit
Disclaimer: I am broke. Would I be broke if I owned the X-Men? No. Hey, anyone want to donate to the roguehobbit fund?
Shout out's: StormHeart, you caught up! Yay! Thanks for the praise and encouragement.
Stephanie-Priz- Thanks for reviewing, yes two Kurts! More the merrier!
GeorgiaPeach- you haven't updated your story in awhile! I shouldn't be talking, I guess. Thanks for reviewing, here's more.
Rogue151- glad you liked that. :)
Auramistealia- I'm typing! There will be no secret buttons, don't worry. At least, I haven't planned any.
bant- thanks for reviewing, and there's a slight Toad scene in this chapter.
Suzaka- hope you get better soon! Actually, you probably have already, since you reviewed awhile ago.
sci-fi fan- thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming!
Chapter 14: Clueless
Kitty was practically skipping as she dragged her double-turned-cousin behind her. Rogue was walking very slowly, grudging each step that led her closer and closer to hours of forced education.
Lance met Kitty at her locker. "Hey, Kitty."
"Hi Lance."
Kitty then started rummaging through her locker, not looking at Lance. ~Kitty watched this with an intrigued look on her face.
Lance, not to be ignored, said, "So, who's your friend?"
"Like, how totally rude of me." said Kitty, giggling strenuously, "This is my cousin, umm, Katie, she's staying at the Institute for awhile."
"Katie? Isn't that short for Katherine?" said the oh so intelligent Lance.
"Yeah, it is, but since there's so many nicknames for Katherine, our parents didn't think it would be confusing." ~Kitty said, coming to Kitty's rescue.
"Oh, well, I guess that's cool. Who was that guy that drove you here?" Lance said, addressing Kitty.
"That was...a friend of the Professor's, he's visiting."
~Kitty found it odd that Kitty would be allowed to tell a member of the Brotherhood who was visiting the Institute. That just didn't happen in her universe. Then again, Lance didn't seem evil to her, and Kitty and him had been going out apparently. Maybe he was no longer a threat.
At that moment ~Kitty smelled something foul. Turning around, she saw a slightly green tainted boy trying to get Lance's attention by mouthing something that looked like "Lance and Kitty, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G". His overall appearance suggested a frog to her. *Wild guess here, that would be Toad.*
Lance finally noticed Todd and made a menacing step towards him. Todd let out a high pitched shriek, and hopped away. Kitty took this moment to think of a escape plan. "Lance, I can't talk now. I have to get to class early, so ~Kit- Katie can meet the teacher...umm...bye!"
Kitty then grabbed ~Kitty by the arm and almost ran down the hallway to her first class.
Lance scratched his head, watching them go. He needed to talk to Kitty about why she seemed to be avoiding him. He was sure there was a plausible reason. The real reason never occurred to him.
Kitty thumped down into her seat and let out a sigh of relief. ~Kitty took the seat next to her and said "So what Rogue said is true? He doesn't know you don't like him anymore?"
Kitty frowned. "No, he's clueless. I was hoping if I avoided him, he'd get the picture and break up with me. Unfortunately he's very dense."
~Kitty nodded her head, in what she hoped was an understanding way. She didn't know why Kitty did not just say to Lance outright that it was over. Maybe she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Or start an earthquake.
A boy with red hair sat down besides Kitty. Kitty discarded her frown, and smiled at the boy.
"~Ki- Katie, this is-"
"Arcade. That's what everyone calls me anyway." said the smiling red head.
~Kitty smiled back and said hello, while trying to not give away how weird it was, being civil to one of the X-Men's foes. She had never actually met the Arcade in her dimension, but had heard a lot about how he had several times kidnaped the X-Men and made them play his bizarre games. From the picture she had seen of him, he was short, muscular, and had red hair and always smiled in an insane and chilling way.
~Kitty observed the teenage Arcade. Red hair, thin as a toothpick, goofy smile. The word that came to mind was 'nerd'. Not 'evil, deranged, genius'.
"Arcade, your not in this class, are you?" asked Kitty.
"Whoa. This isn't graphic arts?"
"No, that's the class to the right of this one. You weren't up late, again, last night, working on your new video game, were you?" Kitty asked accusingly.
"Nope." said Arcade, unconvincingly.
"Your not a very good liar. I told you, you need to get more sleep at night! Next time, I won't tell you that your in the wrong class, and you'll be late or miss the one your supposed to be in."
"Aw, you wouldn't do that to me, would you?"
"Like, it would be for your own good. Now get going or you'll be late." said Kitty, as more students filed into the classroom.
Arcade got up from the desk, and smiled sheepishly at both Kittys. He dived into the flow of oncoming students, and made it out the door unscathed.
"He falls asleep during the classes I have with him, so he's not getting the grades he deserves. He's really smart, but spends to much time building video games when he should be sleeping." Kitty explained to ~Kitty.
"Oh. Uh, are you sure that's what he's building? I mean..."
"What else would he be making? Oh, is he in your universe too?"
"Yeah, he's one of the bad guys..."
Kitty started laughing. "Arcade? He doesn't have a bad bone in his body! He's always helping people with their homework, and helping design websites, he even did some work on the school's site. Are you sure?"
"Unless there's more then one guy with the nickname 'Arcade' running around, then that's the guy. He even has the red hair, just not the build. And our Arcade is older."
"Hmm. Maybe he is, but he could be different here. Like I said, Arcade's one of the sweetest guys at this school."
"Okay, just don't be surprised if he suddenly goes bonkers, our Arcade is crazy."
"I'll keep an eye out." said Kitty, still giggling over the idea.
~*~ x ~*~
The rest of the morning went swiftly, to ~Kitty's surprise. She had even gotten used to people calling her 'Katie'. At lunch, both Kittys met up with the rest of the X-Men, outside at one of the lunch tables.
"Hi ~Kitty, how's it going?" asked Scott.
"Fine. But you better start calling me Katie while we're here, Kitty told everyone that was my name."
"Katie?" Kurt laughed. "You couldn't think of a name that didn't come from Katherine?"
"Hey, I was caught off guard. 'Sides, Katie is a nice name." said Kitty, as she opened her lunch box.
"Have ya talked to Lance yet?" asked Rogue, who just arrived, plopping her lunch down on the table by Scott.
Kitty glared at Rogue, and avoided the question by asking one herself "Don't you usually sit with Risty?"
"She's not here today. What, don't ya want mah company?" asked Rogue, grinning wickedly at Kitty.
"What about Lance?" asked Scott. Both he and Kurt where looking at Kitty.
"Nothing." said Kitty, to quickly.
"In my opinion-" started Scott.
"Yes, Scott," said Jean, patting him on the head. "We know your opinion of Lance."
"We've only heard it, say thirty times." said Evan.
"What about Duncan, why aren't you eating with him and the other jocks, Jean?" asked Kitty, trying to get the conversation off of Lance.
"Duncan is going through one of his ego trips. I need to give him time to get over himself." said Jean.
Scott didn't venture his opinion of Duncan, even though he hated Duncan more then he could ever hate Lance.
~Kitty watched this all silently, as she ate her sandwich. Kitty had pointed Duncan out to her, a tall, well built, blonde football player. ~Kitty had also noticed the arrogant smirk he perpetually wore. *At least Jean recognizes his faults. That is the first step towards recovery. Or is that admitting the problem?*
Lunch went to quickly, as it always does. ~Kitty met Amanda and Risty, who came to school after sixth period, saying she had felt sick that morning.
~Kitty thought Amanda was nice, but a lot shyer then the Amanda in her dimension. She wondered why her Amanda was blonde, while this one had dark coloring and dark hair. Risty was also friendly, but there was something that was odd about her, that ~Kitty couldn't place. And it wasn't the purple hair.
Risty also seemed to be the most curious about ~Kitty, asking more questions then anyone else had. Rogue told her them same story everyone else was getting, that she was Kitty's cousin, and she was visiting her.
By the end of the day, ~Kitty had either met, or had seen all the members of the Brotherhood. She considered the Brotherhood from her universe to be more of a threat, and took some kind of strange pride in it. None of the Brotherhood here struck her as evil, they just seemed to have a mean streak. Fred had a temper, Pietro was obsessed with himself, Wanda was insane, and Lance and Todd (besides his looks) were normal. Since she was comparing the two Brotherhoods, she suddenly wondered why Pyro was an Acolyte, and not a member of the Brotherhood, like in her universe. And where was Mystique?
~Kitty decided to ask ~Kitty these questions later.
When the last bell rang all the students zipped out of their last classrooms faster then the teachers had time to say "Your dismissed." Kitty and ~Kitty were no exception. After all, it was a Friday.
"So, did you have fun?" asked Kitty, as she stuffed books into her book bag, while reaching for more in her locker.
"Yeah, it was interesting." said ~Kitty diplomatically.
"Hey Kitty, want to go to the movies tonight?"
Kitty stopped packing her book bag, and looked up where the question had come from, hoping it wasn't the person she thought it was. It was.
"Umm, Lance, I, uh..."
"Oh you can't leave me!" said ~Kitty latching onto Kitty's arm, playing the clingy cousin. "I hardly ever see you! And I won't be staying for long!"
"Sorry Lance," said Kitty, apologetically. "I haven't seen Katie in a long time, and she won't be visiting long." Kitty silently prayed that Lance wouldn't mind both of them going to the movies.
"Oh. Well, okay, maybe later then?"
"Uh, yeah, maybe."
Rogue walked up to them, and Lance made a hasty retreat. "So, ya set him straight about your relationship? Or lack of one?"
"Shut up Rogue." Kitty growled, trying with remarkable success, to sound menacing.
Rogue backed of a step and put her hands up in surrender, "Alright, but ya know you'll have to tell him someday. Maybe before you marry Kurt."
"Ha ha." said Kitty.
~~~~~~~~
I searched and searched for what Arcade's real name is. Even in the Evolution series, he doesn't seem to have a real name. At least the sources I looked at said he didn't. Does anyone know, for my own piece of mind? Sorry to all you Lance fans, as you can probably tell, I'm not a big 'Lancitty' fan, though there are some good stories out there with them paired up. Review please! And, once again, I'm really sorry that it took me so long to update!
~:b~
roguehobbit