Reviewer Responses:

Mystic Kaiba: I'm glad Aiyen scares you, mon ami. because if i did my job right, then a lot of people will like it.

Venny: Aiyen has a purpose other than hooking up with a character, it's just not revealed for a while. the 'life energy into explosives' thing is explained later in this chapter. as for Magneto being amazed by Aiyen and Kairyu, i guess that didn't get typed the way i wanted it to. i meant to type ammusement, but at three am in the dark on a sunday morning after an all-nighter it's kinda hard to type accurately.

Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men, or the Brotherhood, or anything else of that nature. I own Aiyen and Kairyu Runke, the plot of this story, and my creepy thoughts.


THE NEXT MORNING

I woke up around two thirty in the morning, tossing and turning for about half an hour before getting dressed and going back to New York to visit a bar. Sitting around watching my whiskey and smoking a cigarette, I caught a glimps of a familiar face from yesterday.

Oh shit, it's that clawed guy again. The bartender knows already, but it that guy lets it slip that I'm a mutant to the whole bar... My thoughts got cut off when he sat next to me, ordering a beer and looking me over. "What're you lookin' at?"

"The 17 year-old sitting in a New York bar, what else?" He dropped his voice when the bartender moved down the line to tend to other peoples bar needs. "What's a Brotherhood mutant doing in a bar full of humans, let alone getting along with them?"

"I don't even know who you are, so what makes you think I'm going to tell you anything other than to go suck a dick and leave me alone?" I said with a laugh, putting my cigarette out and draining my glass before the bartender came back. "Besides, this guy knows he's serving an under-aged mutant. I'm here almost every night, right Jack?"

"Aye, that I do. In fact, Aiyen's my best customer next to you. I don't care that she's different, just as long as she doesn't start anything. I trust her as much as I do you, Logan." Jack said, smiling at me and leaving me alone with Logan.

"So, your name's Logan? I've heard Mystique talk about you, and about a slight run in you two had in a tent." I said, watching the look on his face go from bored to pissed in under a second. "Damn, the way you act you'd think she tried to kill you."

"She did once, or did she conveniently forget to tell ya about that?" I shrugged, thinking about the argument that insued after Magneto and Mystique got back from Alkali Lake with Pyro. "She wasn't in her normal form, I though she was someone else."

"You thought she was Jean Grey. The telepath that died trying to save the X-Men, I saw something about it on the news. Magneto and Mystique refuse to talk about it, though, and they forbid Pyro to say anything about his time with the X-Men." I downed the rest of my whiskey, not even effected by the liquor as Jack refilled my glass again. Logan downed his beer and ordered something stronger, ending up with a glass of Jack Danniel's. "Hey Jack, have you heard anything else about that Kincaid guy trying to reintroduce the Mutant Registration Act?"

"Unfortunately no, I haven't. That would be bad news for all three of us, wouldn't it?" Logan's jaw dropped, making me assume that he didn't know Jack knew he was a mutant. "Don't worry Logan, your secret safe with me. Just between us, I be a mutant, too. I generate electricity, so it's my powers that keep this place lit most of the time."

"Well ain't that somethin'... " Logan asked, glaring at me when I rolled my eyes.

"He doesn't tell people on the off-chance that some one hears him that wants to do us harm, like the Anti-Mutant Troops that attacked me yesterday."

"You were attacked, Aiyen?" I started explain what had happened to Jack, then the door opened. I looked over briefly before looking back at my drink, cursing how bad my luck was. "Hello General Kincaid, how are you this early morning?"

"Quite well Jack, thank-you for asking. Give me the usual, only make it a double." The Head Hancho of the Anti-Mutants these days said, looking me and Logan over carefully, bofore his eyes settled on me. "You don't look 21, do you have an ID?" I dug around in my pocket and pulled out the fake ID I kept for emergencies like this, handing it over to Kincaid in hopes that would be the last of the questions. He looked it over carefully, handing it back when he was satisfied that it was me in the picture.

"Hey Jack, I gotta get going. You know how to get ahold of me if you hear anything else about the Registration Act, I promised dad I'd keep him posted on the info. Bye Logan, it was nice talking to you." I paid my tab and walked out, not wanting to give Kincaid a chance to recognize me from the last time he tried a Registration Act. So I started walking around, knowing that Magneto and Mystique were probably awake and going at it by now. That wasn't something I wanted to get involved in, so wandering around New York it was. There's no way my luck is that bad! I mean, what are the chances of Kincaid walking into THAT particular bar! I thought while walking around, not paying much attention to where I was going and winding up bored and back on Asteroid M.

Kairyu was awake already, his mind occupied with the illusion he had Blob and Sabretooth trapped in. I rolled my eyes and started to walk away, annoyed with my brother and his stupidity.

"Magneto's just a little pissed at you, Shadow. Leaving in the middle of the night, fraternizing with the enemy, AND talking to an Anti-Mutant activist. He even snapped at Mystique when he realized you were gone, so she's been out and about since about five." Kairyu said with a laugh, still ammused with his illusion. I ignored him and walked away, running right into the last person I wanted to see while wearing jeans.

"And where have you been, little Runke?" Magneto said, turning his powers on me with an angry glare. I glared back and tried to force his mind into letting me go, already pissed with his helmet and ready to kill him.

"I swear, Magneto, if Aunt Raven didn't love you I would have killed you myself." I growled, remembering the body suit I wore that also kept me in constant pain. Shrugging out of my jacket and taking my jeans off, I sent Magneto flying into the nearest wall and walked away. Damn him! That's all I gotta say is damn him! I somehow ended up back on Earth, and in yet another disagreement with the X-Men. "What do you want, I haven't done anything wrong this time X-Dorks."

"You're a murderer, that's all we need to know." The Summers dork was starting to get on my nerves, even more than Magneto had. I shrugged it off as lingering agitation, trying to just walk away from them. As usual, it didn't work.

"Listen Summers, I'm not the person to mess with right now. So if you don't want to join those Troops in Hell, I suggest you piss off and leave me alone." He didn't move, but that didn't really surprise me. He was worse than Havok, and that was saying something since Havok was stubborn as an ass sometimes. "I don't want to kill you, Summers, or the telepath. But mark my words, I will if I have to."

"You listen to me kid, your threats don't scare me."

"You Summers idiots talk tough, but that's all you are. Tough talk and weak-minded, illusion-induced entertainment." I knew he wouldn't use his powers in public, so I was safe for the time being. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I have things to do and people to avoid. Auf Wiedersehen, X-Men." I walked away from them quickly, brushing passed the small group that had gathered and continuing on my way. Glad this hadn't ended in bloodshed, I knew I had to avoid Asteroid M for a couple days tops.

But that was easier said then done, since General Kincaid had started spreading the word about the Brotherhood. After a while, the humans started to get suspicious of every human and old man that crossed their paths. So trying to find a hotel room was out of the question, and I was flat broke anyways. And seeing as I didn't have a family in this country, I guess I was stuck sleeping in the park. While on my way to lunch, I bumped into the last person I wanted to see: Mystique.

"Well, there you are! Have you been back to Asteroid M lately, brat?"

"Yes Aunt Raven, I went back to deal with Magneto. That's why I'm walking around New York in a body suit, because I wanted to get away from there A.S.A.P." I said in an agitated tone, walking away from Mystique. I could hear her footsteps follow me, so I looked back and stopped her telekineticly. "I want you to leave me alone, Mystique." 'Go back to Asteroid M. And if you tell anyone where I am, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.'

I let her go before my powers forced her out of her disguise, walking quickly away before she tried to follow me again. The day passed slowly, leaving me in the park that night glad it wasn't raining or cold.

MEANWHILE; X-MANSION, NARRATIVE

"Logan, why were you talking to that kid in a bar this morning?" Jean asked quietly, making Logan look around quickly and glare.

"So now yer spyin' on me, Jeannie?" He asked in an accusing tone, earning a glare from the telepath.

"No, I'm not spying on you, Professor Xavier just thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on you. You've been a little uptight lately and he wants to make sure you don't do anything stupid, I just ended up being the one to come talk to you because Professor Xavier thinks you won't kill me."

"So, it's Chuck's fault that yer spyin' on me?" :SNIKT:

"If you want to be stubborn or murderous, Wolverine, then go be stubborn and murderous somewhere else. We don't need your temper around the kids, and with exams comming up they don't need your temper either."

Wolverine didn't answer, he just retracted his claws, grabbed his coat and walked out of the room. His feet led him to City Park, and the park path lead him toward the tree Aiyen was sitting in reading a book written in German.

AIYEN P.O.V.

"Hey squirt, what are you doing in a tree?" I jumped and fell out of the tree, landing on my back in a bush. I swore loudly and crawled out of the bush, growling and tackling a laughing Logan. Still angry with Magneto, I punched Logan as hard as I could to relieve some of my frustrations. A sharp pain shot through my hand, but I ignored it and kept punching him. "Why you little... !" He caught my wrists and forced me against a tree, growling and letting his claws extend into my arms. "Listen kid, yer fighting a losing battle if you think you can beat me with yer fists. I'll let you go this once, but if we hafta have this chat again you ain't walkin' away from it. Got it?" His claws tore deeper into my arms, the blood flowing freely around the ademantium blades and dripping to the ground. I laughed quietly and kicked him where it hurt, feeling his claws rip into my forearms again before he pulled them away and raised his hand to kill me.

"Oh shit... " I ducked quickly and dove to the side, feeling for the sword I knew wasn't there. Cursing my luck and dodging another claw attack, I took my chances and pulled my gloves off. I could see a bright green glow in the area, Logan's life energy glowing bright blue in the darkness. I concentrated on his energy, smirking at the small explosion before running for it. Not wanting to be around if anyone showed up to investigate the explosions, I ran until I found a water fountain to wash my arms off and investigate the deep gashes that barely missed the bones. "Damn, these are too deep, they'll get infected if I don't find a way to heal them soon. But I'm broke, and the only other option is going back to the Brotherhood. Way to go, Aiyen, you've really shoved your head up your ass this time." I looked around, realizing I was alone. "You know, I've really gotta stopped talking to myself. I'm crazy enough already."

And so I started walking, hoping that Logan was either out cold or dead. But of course, my luck has never that good... I couldn't sense him sneaking up on me, so I didn't know he was there until he pounced on me and slammed his claws into my side. Cursing loudly and turning around, my fingers brushed his chest and there was another... larger explosion. The force knocked Logan back, slaming my head into the ground and knocking me out.

TO BE CONTINUED...


Author Note: ooookay then... i'm laying of the comics and Mutant X TV show. just give me Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and and my teddy bear from now on. see ya next update!