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Loneraven- Thank you I loved that comment too; it sounded to me like something she would say to him. X-23 Kicks ass, lol. I will do my best. Hope it's soon enough for you my friend.

Flames101- I love X-etro (X-23/Pietro). She would teach him how to treat women with respect and would definitely tame him. Yeah lots of people like to make him gay but I believe he is just a womaniser. Hey…if you like the paring I can show you lots of cool fanfics with it in them! Thank you for the review and hope you like this chapter too.

Untouchable hexing witch- It was your b-day! Happy birthday (better late than never lol). I too adore X-etro. Are you serious! You and me… writing a fic together! Does little happy dance I'm glad you enjoyed the little Romy moment. We don't want more…we crave for more; your fics create addiction lol I hope it's soon enough for you. Love you a ton .

Well… hope all of you read and enjoy this chapter too.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Telepathic conversations

Chapter 5- Differences

There he was, standing tall, proud and confident, she couldn't see his face only his claws as he assumed a fighting stance in front of her. She felt scared, but this wasn't the way she was supposed to feel, she was better than him. She was the new model, more modern, even deadlier, the ultimate killing machine, but… he had years of experience on her. No! She would not give up now, she had to make him pay. She would defeat him no matter what, and she could do it.

As the two engaged in mortal combat, mono a mono, she was able to defend each and every single one of his attacks… for a period of time, that is. She stood there while he beat her, she felt helpless as she did her best, but Weapon X managed to finish her off fast and ruthlessly.

Then, as if in a magic trick, he went away and in front of her was a different form, someone younger, slender, and with shinny hair. X-23 had to perk an eyebrow at that… 'What the hell?' was the thought that went through her head. The scenery had changed completely, they were in a comfortable bed and it took X-23 only a moment to realize that it was her own, and equally long enough to realize that she was in one of her skimpy outfits. With one of Pietro's hands resting on one of her thighs and the other one was brushing some strands of hair out of her face. As she lied back his lips were about to, once again, collide against hers and then… she woke up.

X-23 looked around her room to find out she was alone. She let out a sigh, as she had only dreamed the whole encounter… no not dreamed, had an awful nightmare more like it.

She took a look at her self and saw she was covered in sweat. Definitely a nightmare.

"Uhr… that annoying thing, even my dreams he seems to spoil," X said, frustrated, as she got up and headed towards the bathroom for a cool shower.

Back at the train station

It had been about fifteen minutes since Kevin had arrived; he had been debating on whether to go right for the kill or if he should wait, get some sleep, feed, shower and maybe change clothes. This debate had been going on since he left, it had been 3 days now. Finally he picked option two. As soon as he left the station he spotted a cab.

"Hello. Are you still on duty?" Kevin asked the driver, politely.

"Yes, sir," the driver answered with a smile.

"Then I would greatly appreciate it if you would show me to a nice motel please," Kevin said with a polite smile as he got in.

As he arrived at his destination Kevin stepped out only to be stopped by the sound of a throat clearing, coming from the driver.

"Sorry kid, you're nice and everything but a guy needs to make a living and you haven't paid your fare yet," The cab driver informed him as nicely as he could.

Kevin smiled as he stared at the driver for a few seconds. The cabbie shook his head and looked back at Kevin with a smile.

"Have a good night kid," The cab driver said.

'I think I'm getting the hang of this!' thought Kevin, happily. 'Rest today, fight tomorrow.'

X-mansion at 8:00 A.M.

"Jean! Kitty! Kurt! Rogue! Everyone! Come on, we're going to be late," Scott shouted, as he struggled with his books.

"I'm here Scott," Jean announced, with a shy smile.

"Yeah…like don't blow a blood vessel," Kitty said, in her usual valley girl tone.

"Guys, come on. I can't be late or my Nazi-of-a-teacher will have my head," Rogue added, rolling her eyes at the little argument that was created over nothing and was a mere waste of time. She walked towards Scott's SUV.

As they left the institute, Rogue noticed a blond guy about their age looking strangely at the paper he was holding and then at the institute. It might seem stupid but it appeared to her like it was the institute's address.

'Well, who are these people? Your students, Xavier? Interesting,' Kevin thought with a smirk, as he shoved the paper back into his jeans back pocket and got into his cab. "Follow that SUV please."

At the Brotherhood's house at that same time

"Guys, are we doing this or what?" Lance yelled at rest of the brotherhood.

"Calm down Lance. I'm here," Wanda hissed, as she opened the door and took the passengers seat, turning on the radio. Nirvana's 'You know you are right' was on. 'Oh goody, I just couldn't wait for this great music choice,' Wanda thought as she placed her Lacuna coil's CD on and the song Haven's a lie started to play.

Lance looked at Wanda as he noticed that she was changing CDs, he thought about saying something but then came to his senses; after all what good would that be, she would just hex him unconscious and have her way anyways.

"Babycakes! Why are you riding shotgun? You are so far away from me," Toad whined, while eyeing Lance carefully.

"Exactly! Need I say more?" Wanda said, wondering if she made the right choice by wanting to attend school.

Soon the car was full, Pietro, Toad and Tabby were in the back seat; Fred had left earlier for school.

At the Acolytes base at that moment

"Johnny boy, we have t'go now mon-ami, if we are going t'arrive on time," Remy shouted, as he looked around the base for his pyromaniac friend. "John if ya don't show dis minute, Remy will leave wit'out you. Remy is not about t'lose a chance of being wit' chere because of you. Johnny… Remy t'ought you wanted t'see your belle witch… John!"

"Don't get your panties in a bunch mate! I'm here, I just waited a bit for the Sheila here." St. John's thick, Aussie accent ensued through the base until they at last met.

"What do you mean? What 'Sheila'?" Remy inquired, and then his questions were answered as he laid his eyes on X-23.

Later at Bayville high

The halls were crowded as students made their way to their classes; it was going to be the last one before lunch break.

Jean's class

Jean Grey walked into her philosophy class, well aware that her old friend, Taryn, was also in attendance. Jean didn't let Taryn's mean looks get her down. She had thought about this carefully, she wasn't going to resort to violence, but she wasn't about to let Taryn walk all over her either. Jean was going to show herself superior to all that nonsense, superior to Taryn and her gossiping behind everyone's back. Jean could hardly believe that she once called that cobra her friend.

"Hello class. Today's topic for the class is romantic love," the teacher said as she walked in.

'Nice… Just what I needed,' thought Jean, while rolling her eyes.

Kitty and Kurt's class

They both sat down at their seats and waited anxiously for their class to end. They hated Math; Kitty usually did well at it, but the class was just one giant migraine.

"Have you noticed that time passes slower in math class, slower than in any other of our classes? Its like time just doesn't want to go forward or something," Kurt whispered to Kitty in realization.

"What you are, like, talking about is very simple to explain, you see when you want something to pass by fast you are like constantly looking at your watch and that makes it look like time stands still," Kitty said smartly, taking a quick look at her own watch.

Rogue and Wanda's class

Wanda was sitting at the back of the classroom where she decided was best to sit; she didn't want any of these stupid morons trying to talk to her.

Meanwhile the rest of the students made their way inside the classroom. There was this group of boys that were talking amongst each other; they wouldn't stop look at her, which was annoying her. It was then that one of them made their way towards her.

"Hey… I'm Kent, what's your name?" the guy asked; he was a bit taller than her, he had brown eyes and brown hair with a smile on his face. He kept glancing at his friends who were constantly looking at him and laughing.

"Name's Wanda; want a scar to show your friends?" Wanda said more than asked.

Kent turned away and said to his friends, "Told you she was a freak."

Wanda's hands started to turn blue; it was then that she felt a clothed hand touch her arm.

"No, don't give them a reason to expel you, and don't let them know they got to you or they won't quit messing around," Rogue said while looking at Wanda's eyes.

Wanda glared at the hand on her arm; Rogue quickly removed it and took at seat by her side. Wanda glared at that too, Rogue's response was a simple glare back. As Wanda was about to say something the English teacher walked in.

At lunch time

Lance saw Kitty and the rest of the X-men, with the exception of their fearless leader, outside at the most isolated side of the parking lot and decided to go and talk to her. When he was about two meters away from her he felt a hand on his shoulder pulling him back hard. As he turned around he came face to face with his least favorite classmate, Scott Summers.

"Where do you think you are going Alvers?" Scott asked, getting in his face.

"That depends… if you don't let go of me, I suppose I'm going to kick your ass," Lance said, as he too got in Scott's face.

"Like you could, shakedown," Scott said, defiantly.

A few feet away, the Brotherhood watched the contest between the two mutants; it was quickly escalating into a full-blown fight.

Wanda was getting fed up with Cyclops, he just wouldn't quit getting on Lance's case and she didn't understand way. If it was Pietro she would understand, but Lance… he was possibly the nicest guy that she had ever met.

Things were about to get physical and the rest of the X-men had already taken Scott's side, all except Kitty; she was trying to calm things down rather unsuccessfully.

Wanda stood up and headed their way; the rest of the Brotherhood followed her closely.

"Keep your distance Alvers," Scott yelled. "You're nothing but trouble."

"Funny you should say that, since you are the one that decided to start this little scene," Wanda announced, as she took her place in front of Lance and glared at the figure in front of her.

"Look the rest of the loser-hood to the rescue," Evan said sarcastically, with a smirk.

Wanda's blood began to boil and her hands started to glow blue until a voice from the other side decided to step in.

"Shut your mouth porcupine, because unless ah bumped mah head somewhere, tha last time we got inta a fight with Wanda we lost," Rogue said, with her hands on her hips. "Besides ah think this is just stupid. This is between Kitty and Lance and ah think she's a big girl, therefore capable of making her own decisions."

"Rogue you can't honestly be taking their side. We're a team and we must stick together," Jean said, looking at Rogue with wide eyes, as if Rogue had just broken the most sacred of the commandments.

On the school's roof

'This keeps getting better and better by the minute,' Kevin thought. He noticed three forms watching the show as well, until a few seconds ago, now they were jumping the wall walking towards the X-men and the Brotherhood.

Back at the verbal fight

"Hey Scott, does your girlfriend make you buy her hair dye too? From the looks of it you do, because her red hair is a different shade today," Pietro taunted with a smirk, knowing that he had touched a soft spot.

"I had enough of this." Scott stated, as he placed his hands on his shades ready to lift them up. But was interrupted by a playing card that was about to touch the ground.

"Run!" Rogue yelled, and everyone ran in all different directions.

As the card touched the ground a small explosion was heard nothing alarming, but enough to make a small hole where it came in contact with the ground.

"So this is the teaching facility you were talking about? I'm not impressed," X-23 said derisively, looking at the boys as if what just happened was absolutely normal.

By accident Scott's glasses fell off and blasted the girl; she got stuck on the wall that she had recently jumped over.

At the sight of this, Pietro ran towards Scott and pushed him hard and said, "What the hell was that for? Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

"By the time I'm done with him he won't be able to breath!" X-23 shouted as she ran towards Scott. She punched and kicked him repeatedly until he was on his knees, she then moved in for the kill as she unleashed her adamantium claw. At the sight of them, Jean used her telekinetic powers to lift the smaller girl into the air. X-23 squirmed to break free.

Pyro switched his lighter on and manipulated the fire to look like Storm up in the air, diving down on Jean. Making Jean lose her hold on X-23, who promptly landed on her feet and ran to the nearest X-men, which happened to be Iceman. He noticed that she was running towards him, so he promptly froze her legs to the ground. She looked down and smirked; unleashing her claws she promptly shattered the ice. Iceman was amazed but quickly snapped out of it, he created an ice spike and threw it at her, she shattered it with her claws and continued to move forward, until she was about two meters away from him.

As Bobby was silently kissing the world goodbye, Kurt, who noticed his friend's distress, ported near him, placed his hand on Bobby's and ported both of them away.

"Scott do something, the professor will have our heads for fighting at school and using our powers before the public eye," Jean said, frantically, as she created a telekinetic bubble around herself to avoid being reduced to ashes by Pyro.

X-23 looked around for Bobby, she found him near the wall. She ran to him determined to slice anything that came in her away. As she ran she found there were two people in her way, Lance and Kitty. She immediately unleashed her claws as soon. As she was going to rip them to pieces, Kitty hugged Lance and phased them both through her.

"Kitty she's gone now," Lance stated slowly when she didn't let go.

"I know," Kitty replied as she hugged him closer.

'She isn't bad for a bubbly kind of girl,' X-23 thought, as she kept on running towards Iceman.

As soon as Bobby noticed her coming his way again he decided to hide behind the most powerful, mean and courageous mutant that he knew and hoped that she would protect him.

Wanda looked at Bobby then at X-23 as she kept on running.

'Nice time to grow a heart Wanda,' Wanda thought, as she glared at X-23.

X-23 smirked. "What are you, his big sister?" X-23 asked, mockingly.

"No," Wanda answered coldly, with her own menacing smirk. Her hands started to glow blue. "I'm simply your worst nightmare."

"Feisty and powerful I assume. Just my kind of woman," X-23 said, oozing in confidence.

Still tormenting Jean, along with Jubilee and Ray, who had of course came to her rescue, Pyro was having a good time.

"You stay away from them, you lunatic," Roberto yelled angrily, as he descended upon Pyro; ready to knock him out with his super strength. Pyro simply smirked as he manipulated a certain fiery form so she would stay suspended in the air between both Roberto and himself. It was then that he looked to the other side, the one near the school's wall to find X-23 in a fighting stance in front of Wanda. His heart skipped a beat; he would not let anyone hurt his beautiful witch.

"Here go fetch," Pyro said as he threw Amara as far as he could. Roberto of course fled as quickly as he could and when Amara was about to take the worst fall ever Roberto caught her.

"Well, I hope you enjoyed your flight, and feel free to fly Roberto air lines anytime," Roberto said with a flirtatious smirk as he landed. To that, Amara's response was to giggle.

John on the other hand was not one bit amused, he didn't want to hurt his new team member but he would not allow anyone to hurt Wanda. So he did what he did best, set things on fire. He created a trail of fire that separated not only X-23 from Wanda but also, Pietro from Evan, Toad from Kurt, Fred and Tabby from Rogue and Gambit, Lance and Kitty from Scott, Rahne, Sam and Jamie. And with that he looked at Jean and said, "Maybe we should all pipe down for a little while. Don't you agree Red?"

Jean looked around at her peers and noticed that even though they were bigger in number they were being defeated. Evan had more than his fair share from Pietro, Kurt and Toad were equal, Rogue didn't appear to be hurt but Jean had seen that Magneto's team member had protected her more than once much to Rogue's apparent dislike, and Wanda was protecting Bobby but they couldn't expect her to fight that girl so she simply said, "Yeah definitely."

"Good then we agree, I'm taking your word for it. If you fail to keep it I will take it personally and I will burn your institute to the ground, with you in it," Pyro said, maliciously with a serious expression, quite unlike himself. He ordered the flames to die and walked towards his teammates.

Scott was about to do something when he hared Jean say in his head,

Stop Scott. What do you think you are doing?

We will not be defeated, by them! There are more of us, he replied

I know, and unless you've failed to notice we are losing, so get it together and be grateful that Pyro, of all people, is showing more common sense than you, she scolded back

Fine!

As Pyro passed by Rogue and Remy he simply smirked as Rogue's chin had hit the ground, the Cajun had protected her and then his pyrokinetic friend had stopped a battle that he was winning.

"Wow that was weird." Rogue said amazed.

"Je Sais mon amour. But now Remy has t'go," he said, he quickly kissed her cheek, not giving her powers enough time to kick in. Then he ran after his friend. Rogue lifted her gloved hand to touch her cheek, not wanting the feeling of his lips on her cheek to go away.

As both the Acolytes directed themselves to pick up their newest member they got lots of looks. The X-men looked at them with ether a relieved look, because they were going away, or with an almost hateful one, because they were the enemy. The brotherhood members had nothing but amazement in their eyes.

"Come on cherie 's time t'go now," Remy cajoled with a gentle smile.

"But…but… I want to stay… she's so powerful… can't I even try," X-23 whined as a child would if their mother forced him out of a candy store.

"No! You can't hurt her do you understand? I won't let you," Pyro yelled, unintentionally.

X-23's eyes went wide, she hadn't known the fire lover for a long time but she was able to guess that that wasn't his usual way of talking, since Remy's eyes were wide as well.

"Ok! Let go then," X-23 yelled back and she walked away fuming.

Wanda looked at Pyro then at her feet as her cheeks began to get warm and the single thought that was going through her head was, 'Please let me not be blushing… Please let me not be blushing… Why would he say something like that?'

Pyro walked away, giving Wanda a second look thinking, 'Wow she must be really mad her cheeks are flushed and everything. Stupid…Stupid…Stupid… did you have to say all that! John you can be such an ass when you put your mind to it.'

"Well… interesting bunch of new characters we have here, and Charles doesn't seem to keep his students in line…good. Easier for me to kill," Kevin said with an evil grin.

And so we conclude our fic for today next chapter will be a bit more interesting. Please read and review and give me a piece of your minds.

Lots of love.

Anna