Author's Note- As Luba points out Xavier, when in Rogue's body, can control
her powers perfectly, therefore she has to be able to also, it'll just take
training. In addition to Kete and Romy there will be a little Kyro,
starting with this chapter.
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More Training
~*~
Well, you think that you can take me on
You must be crazy
There ain't a single thing you've done
That's gonna phase me
Oh, but if you want to have a go
I just want to let you know
Get off of my back and into my game
Get out of my way and out of my brain
Get outta my way or give it your best shot
I think it's time you better face the fact
Get off of my back
-Bryan Adams
~*~
"How do ya know them?" Rogue asked curiously.
"I'd be glad to tell ya the stories, darlin', when you're older," Logan said gruffly. She exchanged glances with Kitty.
"I'm going upstairs," Kitty announced after a few moments. "Are our rooms okay?"
"They're fine, Katherine," Xavier told her. She walked up the stairs.
Ororo turned to Logan. "Your friend, he seems to... like Kitty."
"Yeah?" Logan asked nonplussed.
"I'm just not sure if he would be... good for her."
Logan smirked. "Out with it 'Roro, you want to know if he'd screw her and leave her."
"I wouldn't have put it quite like that."
"Look, Pete's a good guy. He's got honor, somethin' that didn't fit well in the black ops. If he wants her, and I ain't sayin' he does he's not the kind ta just look fer a quick screw, at least not with a girl like Kitty."
"What do ya mean?" Rogue asked now confused herself.
Logan sighed wondering how they had gotten into the subject of his old friend's love life. "She's too good for him, that's what he'll tell himself. If he ever gets through that phase and decides to go for it he won't just throw her away. Remy on the other hand..."
"What about him?"
Logan silently kicked himself for not ending it at Pete, but remembering the way Remy had looked at Rogue he figure that she should know what he was like. "Remy is a player. He's the love `em and leave `em type."
"Don't know why he was flirtin' with meh then," Rogue shrugged. "It ain't like he'll ever get anywhere." Logan sighed knowing what she was thinking about.
"You'll get it, darlin'," he promised. "I'll work on some meditation techniques with you."
The next evening
The others had been drifting back to the institute slowly. Pete arrived right on time, Remy coming in with him once again. "Ready, grasshopper?" he asked as Kitty walked up.
"Yeah," the young woman said pulling her hair back in a careless ponytail. "Follow me." She led him to a training room since Logan was once again using the Danger Room.
"Swamp rat!" Rogue said surprised, as she walked into the hall.
"Bonjour, chére," Remy purred. "Glad ta see ya again."
"Ah'm happy one of us is."
"Y' don' seem ta like dis Cajun, chére," Remy noticed leaning against the door, "Remy got ta wonder why."
She crossed her arms. "Let's just say Ah know yer type, and why are ya talkin' in the third person?"
"De femmes love it."
"Name one."
Remy smirked. "Do ya really want Remy ta start dat, petite, dere were a lot more den one."
"Do ya want somethin', swamp rat?"
His eyes swept over her. "Oui."
"Ya can't have it. Anything else?"
"Remy wanted ta talk ta de professor, if de belle chére would show Remy where his office is."
"Ah have a name, swamp rat."
"So do I, ma chérie."
In the training room
Kitty looked up at Pete from her back for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Um... ow," she murmured as he pulled her back up.
"Ya know, grasshopper, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear ya were doin' this on purpose."
"The bruises on my butt would disagree."
He merely grinned. "Come on, Pryde. Let's try this again. All I want ya t' do is..."
Upstairs
"Well, here ya are," Rogue said. "You two have a nice chat."
"Rogue," Xavier said before she could leave. "Please wait a moment."
"Fahne."
Fifteen minutes later
Kitty let out a happy cry as she pinned him. "Took ya long enough," he growled but the smile on his face softened the blow.
"I did it," she said happily.
"That ya did, Pryde. Ready for another move?"
"Yeah." He smiled inwardly at the eagerness in her voice.
"Okay. This time..."
Upstairs
"Yer actually gonna let him join!" Rogue exclaimed. "But professor-"
"Rogue, our doors are open to all young mutants," Xavier chided gently. "We take in anyone who believes in your cause."
"But... he ain't young!"
"Chére, dat hurts. Remy ain't exactly old either." Rogue shot him a glare not responding to that.
"You, Rogue, may show Mr. LeBeau around," Xavier said. Rogue winced and Remy grinned brightly.
Two hours later
"I'm going to have bruises in places I didn't even know I had," Kitty complained cheerfully.
"I know," Pete agreed. "You're a fast learner, grasshopper. I was amazed at how quick ya picked this up."
"Thanks," Kitty smiled.
"Now, gonna feed yer coach?"
"I'll show you to the kitchen," she offered. The two walked into the room and sat down across from each other after Kitty found them some ice cream. They then debated amiably about which flavor was better.
"Stupid swamp rat!" Rogue growled walking in.
"What's wrong?" Kitty asked as she washed their dishes.
"He's just..."
"Bonjour, chat," Remy smiled as he walked in.
"Hi, Remy," Kitty smiled sitting back down across from Pete.
"Rough day?" Remy asked noting how slowly she moved.
"He beat me up," Kitty said giving Pete a look.
He merely raised one eyebrow. "Hey, you got yer hits in too, grasshopper." She stuck her tongue out at him. He had to grin at that. "Don't do that unless yer gonna use it."
"Pig."
"An' proud o' it."
"Rogue, I was wondering, has John come back yet?"
Rogue didn't answer Kitty's question for a few moments. "He ain't comin' back, sugah."
"He's not..."
"No!" Rogue assured her quickly. "He ain't dead. He... he left the team."
"What? Why?"
"He's gone ta work with Magneto."
"No," Kitty whispered. "He wouldn't. Not after... he told me..." She choked off her words while standing up. "Thanks for lesson, Pete. I'll... um, see you tomorrow." She ran off.
"Okay... what just happened here?" Pete asked.
"Ah honestly don't know," Rogue admitted. "Ah thought that maybe they were... Ah guess Ah was right. Poor Kitty."
"Explanation please," Remy said.
"Kitty and John were together, Ah guess they just didn't want anyone to know," Rogue explained.
Upstairs.
Kitty stared into space and though about John. "How could he do this to me?" she wondered out loud. Unbidden, the night before the attack came to her mind.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
More Training
~*~
Well, you think that you can take me on
You must be crazy
There ain't a single thing you've done
That's gonna phase me
Oh, but if you want to have a go
I just want to let you know
Get off of my back and into my game
Get out of my way and out of my brain
Get outta my way or give it your best shot
I think it's time you better face the fact
Get off of my back
-Bryan Adams
~*~
"How do ya know them?" Rogue asked curiously.
"I'd be glad to tell ya the stories, darlin', when you're older," Logan said gruffly. She exchanged glances with Kitty.
"I'm going upstairs," Kitty announced after a few moments. "Are our rooms okay?"
"They're fine, Katherine," Xavier told her. She walked up the stairs.
Ororo turned to Logan. "Your friend, he seems to... like Kitty."
"Yeah?" Logan asked nonplussed.
"I'm just not sure if he would be... good for her."
Logan smirked. "Out with it 'Roro, you want to know if he'd screw her and leave her."
"I wouldn't have put it quite like that."
"Look, Pete's a good guy. He's got honor, somethin' that didn't fit well in the black ops. If he wants her, and I ain't sayin' he does he's not the kind ta just look fer a quick screw, at least not with a girl like Kitty."
"What do ya mean?" Rogue asked now confused herself.
Logan sighed wondering how they had gotten into the subject of his old friend's love life. "She's too good for him, that's what he'll tell himself. If he ever gets through that phase and decides to go for it he won't just throw her away. Remy on the other hand..."
"What about him?"
Logan silently kicked himself for not ending it at Pete, but remembering the way Remy had looked at Rogue he figure that she should know what he was like. "Remy is a player. He's the love `em and leave `em type."
"Don't know why he was flirtin' with meh then," Rogue shrugged. "It ain't like he'll ever get anywhere." Logan sighed knowing what she was thinking about.
"You'll get it, darlin'," he promised. "I'll work on some meditation techniques with you."
The next evening
The others had been drifting back to the institute slowly. Pete arrived right on time, Remy coming in with him once again. "Ready, grasshopper?" he asked as Kitty walked up.
"Yeah," the young woman said pulling her hair back in a careless ponytail. "Follow me." She led him to a training room since Logan was once again using the Danger Room.
"Swamp rat!" Rogue said surprised, as she walked into the hall.
"Bonjour, chére," Remy purred. "Glad ta see ya again."
"Ah'm happy one of us is."
"Y' don' seem ta like dis Cajun, chére," Remy noticed leaning against the door, "Remy got ta wonder why."
She crossed her arms. "Let's just say Ah know yer type, and why are ya talkin' in the third person?"
"De femmes love it."
"Name one."
Remy smirked. "Do ya really want Remy ta start dat, petite, dere were a lot more den one."
"Do ya want somethin', swamp rat?"
His eyes swept over her. "Oui."
"Ya can't have it. Anything else?"
"Remy wanted ta talk ta de professor, if de belle chére would show Remy where his office is."
"Ah have a name, swamp rat."
"So do I, ma chérie."
In the training room
Kitty looked up at Pete from her back for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Um... ow," she murmured as he pulled her back up.
"Ya know, grasshopper, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear ya were doin' this on purpose."
"The bruises on my butt would disagree."
He merely grinned. "Come on, Pryde. Let's try this again. All I want ya t' do is..."
Upstairs
"Well, here ya are," Rogue said. "You two have a nice chat."
"Rogue," Xavier said before she could leave. "Please wait a moment."
"Fahne."
Fifteen minutes later
Kitty let out a happy cry as she pinned him. "Took ya long enough," he growled but the smile on his face softened the blow.
"I did it," she said happily.
"That ya did, Pryde. Ready for another move?"
"Yeah." He smiled inwardly at the eagerness in her voice.
"Okay. This time..."
Upstairs
"Yer actually gonna let him join!" Rogue exclaimed. "But professor-"
"Rogue, our doors are open to all young mutants," Xavier chided gently. "We take in anyone who believes in your cause."
"But... he ain't young!"
"Chére, dat hurts. Remy ain't exactly old either." Rogue shot him a glare not responding to that.
"You, Rogue, may show Mr. LeBeau around," Xavier said. Rogue winced and Remy grinned brightly.
Two hours later
"I'm going to have bruises in places I didn't even know I had," Kitty complained cheerfully.
"I know," Pete agreed. "You're a fast learner, grasshopper. I was amazed at how quick ya picked this up."
"Thanks," Kitty smiled.
"Now, gonna feed yer coach?"
"I'll show you to the kitchen," she offered. The two walked into the room and sat down across from each other after Kitty found them some ice cream. They then debated amiably about which flavor was better.
"Stupid swamp rat!" Rogue growled walking in.
"What's wrong?" Kitty asked as she washed their dishes.
"He's just..."
"Bonjour, chat," Remy smiled as he walked in.
"Hi, Remy," Kitty smiled sitting back down across from Pete.
"Rough day?" Remy asked noting how slowly she moved.
"He beat me up," Kitty said giving Pete a look.
He merely raised one eyebrow. "Hey, you got yer hits in too, grasshopper." She stuck her tongue out at him. He had to grin at that. "Don't do that unless yer gonna use it."
"Pig."
"An' proud o' it."
"Rogue, I was wondering, has John come back yet?"
Rogue didn't answer Kitty's question for a few moments. "He ain't comin' back, sugah."
"He's not..."
"No!" Rogue assured her quickly. "He ain't dead. He... he left the team."
"What? Why?"
"He's gone ta work with Magneto."
"No," Kitty whispered. "He wouldn't. Not after... he told me..." She choked off her words while standing up. "Thanks for lesson, Pete. I'll... um, see you tomorrow." She ran off.
"Okay... what just happened here?" Pete asked.
"Ah honestly don't know," Rogue admitted. "Ah thought that maybe they were... Ah guess Ah was right. Poor Kitty."
"Explanation please," Remy said.
"Kitty and John were together, Ah guess they just didn't want anyone to know," Rogue explained.
Upstairs.
Kitty stared into space and though about John. "How could he do this to me?" she wondered out loud. Unbidden, the night before the attack came to her mind.