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Author's Note: NO COMMENTS LAST CHAPTER! (0.o) it breaks my little heart! Okay, so now here comes the more Xmen –y part of the story…

Chapter 4

When Xavier told Keita how concerned her parents were for her own well being, she decided to go to the mansion with them. Keita's parents said they would pack her stuff and drive there later along with her siblings so they could sign papers for school transferring and such.

However, they were stuck there the rest of the night while Keita made rounds to say good bye to everyone much to Logan's displeasure. Keita's story was she had just been approved a scholarship up north. After she said goodbye to her boyfriend (and a I promise to visit kiss) they loaded up on the Xjet.

Rogue didn't understand how someone could live in such a small town, and Logan didn't understand how you could be friends with so many of them. Keita sat in one of the seats and took in everything,

"Ever been on a plane before?" Xavier asked her curiously,

"Yes, but nothing like this," Logan answered stiffly,

"That's because there is nothing like this out there," this shut Keita up and she just sat there the whole trip. Rogue asked halfway through,

"You excited?" Keita wasn't paying attention,

"Huh? I guess so,"

"You'll like it there, I promise," Keita nodded, and she just stared contently into space, "What's wrong, sugar?" (Ok, I don't think she really says this in evo, but it sounds southern, so I keep it!)

"Just a lot on my mind, that's all," Rogue took the hint and there was no talking the rest of the way to the mansion. Once they were there, Xavier said, "You're bunking with another girl. She's about your sister's age, but she doesn't exactly live here. So at the moment you'll have a nice room all to your self. Logan will show you to your room and you can unpack the items you have with you (she did pack a suitcase for until her parents got there), and then go to sleep. We'll see you in the morning," she agreed and left with Logan to go to her new room,

"So, why am I bunking with a girl that's not my age?"

"The Professor thinks you'd be able to get along with her. She didn't make too many friends the first time she came here,"

"Really, what'd she do?"

"She can tell if she wants. That is, if she returns. I have a feeling she might," Logan showed her a room that showed no hint of someone ever using it, although it was clean, "Be up and ready tomorrow. You have a training session tomorrow. Don't worry, we'll break you in slow. Night," Logan left and looked around at her room. She didn't feel tired, so she decided to decorate it with the magazines and scissors and tape she happened to have in her suitcase, since she knew she would get bored.

The next morning, Amara picked her up to help her get ready for her first training session,

"Don't worry, nothing hurts you seriously, and sometimes it's a lot of fun," Keita pulled on the standard new recruit uniform and went into the danger room, which she found quite interesting to see how it worked. The Professor was from above,

"Today you are navigating through a maze to get to the end. There are opponents throughout the obstacle course you might have to defeat opponents to pass. Good luck, this will probably be a challenge,"

To Keita's surprise, she was suddenly surrounded by rows of bushes. Bobby, or Iceman lead the group and she brought up the rear. She fought a robot or two, but the others worked well enough as a team that she wasn't needed. The only time she needed to fight was when there was a robot that had come up on the team's rear. But she was fine with it, she didn't like to have to extend herself to do extra work.

About two thirds of the way in, and after fighting a couple of the Xmen such as Storm and Cyclops, they thought they were going to have an easy last stretch, until they came to a fork in the maze,

"I checked out the left, and it's swarming with robots, but the right was completely clear," Bobby said. The team was going to go right when Keita interrupted,

"I smell Wolverine over there, and someone else that I can't place,"

"No one can smell that well other than Wolverine, Rahne, and X23," they still wanted to go to the right. Keita sighed and went with them to the right. Not to Keita's surprise, Wolverine and then to her surprise a blue, furry, muscular man popped out and began to fight. She had no idea to combat either of the two with the other new recruits working together. She stood there watching the fights when the blue man lunged at her with unnatural speed.

Suddenly, she found herself dodging the man and stepping away with the most speed she'd ever seen. The man rebounded and charged again, but this time Iceman had sprayed him so he was no longer mobile. Keita then noticed Wolverine jump out and knock out Iceman. With him gone, they didn't know what to do,

"Cannonball, trip him," I said quickly, he nodded and tripped him when he charged towards Sunspot, "Everyone, sit on him!" they looked surprised, but they landed on him, with Multiple making most of the weight. Iceman had gotten back up and sprayed Wolverine's legs. After that, there were at least 25 more robots before they could finish.

When they finished, the Professor commented, "Don't always take the easy way out," the new recruits grumbled while Keita stayed silent, "Iceman, good leadership, but make sure to listen to everything your teammates say. Good work everyone. We didn't think you guys would get through the maze. Oh yes, and Keita, Logan said he wanted to have another session for you," Bobby grinned,

"Ouch. Good luck Keita. Sorry about not listening," Keita smiled,

"Since when has anyone listened to the new kid?" she walked back down to the danger room to talk to Logan,

"What do you need, Wolverine?"

"Nice session, Keita, not bad for a rookie, and since you are a rookie, we need to hone your skills,"

"Didn't I just show them?"

"From what I saw, you stood like a Popsicle stick until Beast went to bowl you over. That's really fast footwork,"

"I had never done that before," Keita said embarrassed she didn't know,

"That's what this school is here for, to use and control you abilities. So, what exactly are your abilities?"

"I… honestly don't know,"

"Come on… you have to have some idea,"

"I just have odd moments like that. I can't control it, like when I dodged,"

"Then we'll just have to force it out of you,"

"How?"

"Well, for speed dodging, I can teach you martial arts,"

"Ok?"

After that, Logan started teaching her martial arts. Keita picked it up quickly, but he couldn't force any mutation whatsoever to emerge. After three hours, he had to quit or else Keita might get exhausted, although she showed no fatigue whatsoever,

"Well… thanks for the martial arts lessons," and she left to change,

"You need lunch? It's past lunch time,"

"Nah… I'm not really hungry," Logan scratched his head,

"Well… ok… if you're sure," Logan was starving after the workout, but why Keita wouldn't be hungry… perhaps she had had a large breakfast….

Keita's family appeared Sunday morning with her stuff. Her family got a good look at the mansion (except for the basement, of course). Logan and the Professor gave them the tour because they already knew both of them. Originally it was only going to be the Professor, but Kamille had insisted Logan to come along too,

"This is Keita's room, and she'll be sharing with another girl, however, she hasn't been around lately," Logan and the Professor were surprised to already see her room already so plastered with magazine articles… usually they weren't accumulated until a month or so, "Which she has already began to decorate. I hope you enjoyed the tour. Now, we should start getting papers signed for school and such," Her parents agreed, and Keita was going to have some free time with her siblings, before they left.

Luckily her parents had driven her car here to use, and she took her siblings out to the local mall, which she didn't know anything about, but figured she could learn along while having fun. She and her siblings bought her some items for her room, and had dinner which Keita paid for herself. They then went bowling, which was a close contest, but Keita prevailed by three points to Kamille.

When they got back, Rogue greeted the three, "Hello Kail and Kamille," she said to them, hoping to talk. Keita and her siblings talked awhile until the Professor and their parents emerged,

"It's official, Keita will be staying here for school," Kail cried, but was quickly consoled with the thought of less competition for the television. Keita gave each one her family members a hug, and then smiled,

"Don't forget I've got an email, and I'm not afraid to use it," they nodded, and were about to leave for their plane back home when Kamille said,

"Professor?"

"Yes?"

"Make sure you guys keep an eye on my sister, she can be tricky," she winked, and Logan overheard her comment,

"We already know that. I'll keep an eye on her, we wouldn't want trouble, although I have a feeling your parents ought to be watching the real troublemaker," Kamille blushed and left. Keita's parents gave her one last hug and left, "Why do I have the feeling I just created a monster?" Logan gruffly asked,

"Don't worry, she already was one," Keita laughed, "but with me gone, it will only get worse," she left to go to her room to unpack. Once again, Keita wasn't very tired, and unpacked everything. Around one in the morning, she could have sworn she had heard something in the bushes, but decided it was nothing. She began reading the third book in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (which is Queen of the Damned), when she thought she heard a noise downstairs.

Hoping it was someone else to talk to, she opened the door and left her room. She was walking when she smelled someone coming down the hallway she didn't recognize. When she realized she didn't know them, she assumed it was an intruder, and decided to confront them. However, she knew it was bad when a girl knocked her flat off her feet.

She rebounded, and the girl tried to hit her again, when she dodged it with the speed she had had earlier. She hit the girl back, and the girl rebounded and stuck out all too familiar looking claws, except there was only two. Ororo came out of her room trying to find out what was going on. When she saw Keita and X23 start to fight, she went to go and get Logan.

However, it was not needed when in agitation X23 stabbed Keita in the shoulder with one of her claws. X23 had realized what she had done, and broke through the nearest window for a convenient exit. Keita fell down in agony clutching her shoulder. She cried in pain and saw Ororo and Logan come for her. Logan saw the broken window, and jumped out of it to pursue X23, while Ororo came to Keita's aid.

"What happened, are you all right?" Keita gritted her teeth,

"That girl fought me… and I lost. She stabbed me in the shoulder,"

"Oh my, let's get you to the medical bay," after getting to the medical bay, Beast had patched her up,

"Perhaps you have a healing factor. It seems your healing is faster than a normal person's. I've sent some of your blood to be tested for other various mutations, since you don't seem to have much of an idea yet except for various instances. Get a good night sleep tonight, because you have your first day of school tomorrow,"

She went back up to her room to find Logan and the girl who had attacked her earlier sitting on the bed. Keita was about to go ask to bunk in someone else's room when Logan noticed her,

"You're already patched up?"

"Yup, you guys have a mini hospital downstairs, which is quite convenient for the occasional cut or scratch,"

"That was no scratch I gave you," the girl simply stated,

"According to the kid, she stabbed you in the shoulder," Keita shrugged,

"Well, Mr. McCoy seems to think I have a healing factor, so I should be good to go tomorrow,"

"Well then, this is your new roommate Keita. Please don't kill each other, that's all we ask," Keita didn't like the idea of rooming with her, but didn't really care because after being stabbed, she was extremely tired, and decided to sleep until tomorrow for her first day of a new school.

Author's note: ANOTHER UBER LONG CHAPTER, NOO! Well, next chapter I will hopefully show you with full clarity Keita's mutation. Please comment, any suggestions would be nice! Also, should I use X23's name of Laura, I've seen it mentioned before somewhere that she decides on that name…