Kotir turned from the rain splattered winder. There was no chance of seeing Kitana now. Not with the constant rain. Even if he could get out, he wouldn't be able to convince her to come outside.
"Stupid Rain." He muttered, walking over to the CD player.
A smile crept over Kotir's face as the first song came on.
"It's simply amazing how one song can reflect my life so well." He said, flopping down onto the bed.
---FLASHBACK---
A seven year old Kotir was running away from Kitana. Pietro and Wanda were watching them.
"Kitana!" Wanda called to her daughter, who was gliding towards Kotir.
Kitana stopped in mid-air and looked at her mother.
"What did I tell you?"
Kitana frowned and landed.
"Let's go."
"But I don't want to go; please can we stay a little longer." The five year old begged.
Wanda shook her head and Kitana sighed.
"Bye Kotir." She said softly, following her mother.
Pietro walked over to his son. "Come along Kotir. It's time we head off as well."
Kotir kept his attention on where he was walking; ignoring all the whispers and stares they received. Occasionally he head 'winged monster', or 'there're all freaks.' Upon hearing these Kotir clenched his fists, trying not to let his anger get the best of him.
The next day was Kitana's first day at school. Pietro had asked Kotir to look after Kitana, and show her around. Kotir was disappointed when he couldn't find her before school or at recess.
"Leave me alone!" A female voice yelled at lunch time.
Recognising his cousin's scream Kotir ran to Kitana's aid. The anger inside him rising at the sight before him.
Kitana was standing within a group of four boys in the year above Kotir. The boys were chanting 'Freak' and pulling at her wings. 12 bloody feathers were on the ground already, and Kitana's wings were bleeding from the bottom. They had pulled out her remige feathers. The anger inside Kotir reached boiling point and he charged at the closest boy. They both fell to the ground.
"Leave her alone." He yelled, punching the boy in the chest.
Seeing their friend in trouble the other three ran over to Kotir and the older boy.
"Run Kitana." Kotir yelled, backing away from his attackers.
Kitana stared in horror as she watched her cousin and best friend become surrounded.
"Run!"
Kitana shook her head and ran. Kotir looked at his attackers. They now had him cornered.
"You're going to pay for this you freak lover." The boy that Kotir tackled said, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth.
Kotir pushed himself into the corner, wishing he could just disappear.
Kotir closed his eyes as the boy came at him, fist first. His dark brown eyes flickered open when he heard a scream. In front of him was the boys, the one that tried to hit Kotir was nursing a bloody hand. Kotir started panicking when he realised he couldn't move away from the wall.
"Kitana help!" He yelled when Kitana came into view with some teachers.
"Kotir, what are you doing in the wall silly?" She questioned. Despite all that had happened she was still cheerful.
The teachers looked at her strangly.
"Kitana honey, what are you talking about? Kotir can't be in the wall." One of the teachers said. Kotir recognised the voice as his own teacher Mrs. Grayhill.
"I don't know. One of the boys was going to hit me, and then I was in here." He replied, the panic inside him starting to rise.
"Give me your hand silly." Kitana said, extending her hand.
Kotir slowly extended his own hand; sure this wasn't going to work. Kotir hugged Kitana as he fell out of the wall, causing the teachers to scream.
---END FLASHBACK---
Kotir smiled at the memory. That was the first time his powers had shown. Kotir leapt off his bed and began dancing on his own, singing along to the new song.
"Sing once again with me, our strange duet. My power over you, grows stronger yet. And though you turn from me, to glance behind. The phantom of the opera is here, inside your mind."
He chuckled to himself, remembering how he and Kitana used to sing and dance together. A sour expression came over his face as he remembered the last time they had performed this song.
---FLASHBACK---
"Sing my angel of music." A ten year old Kotir sang before taking a bow with Kitana.
Wanda, Gambit and the other mutants in the mansion cheered wildly, with the exception of one. Pietro.
12 months earlier Kotir's mother passes away without warning. Kotir had begun to accept the fact that his mother wasn't coming back. But Pietro hadn't. Pietro had isolated himself, refusing to let anyone near him, including his own son. Later that night Kotir tried to get close to his father.
"Dad?" Kotir said softly, knocking on the door. Crash. "Dad?" Kotir repeated, louder. Crash.
Kotir opened the door to his father's room in the mansion. Items were flying everywhere, and Pietro was running around in the middle of it all.
"Father!" Kotir called, dodging flying objects. For once he was glad he inherited a little of his fathers speed.
Pietro stopped and looked at his dark eyed son. A small mini tornado was beginning to form in the middle of the room, knocking more items off the wall. Pietro began to run the other way, neutralizing the tornado.
With the winds died down Pietro looked at Kotir once again.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm Kotir. I'm your son."
"I have no son. I never have and never will. I have always been on my own and will continue to be until the day I die." Pietro replied as he began to run once again.
An ornamental Katana blade detached itself from the wall. Kotir avoided the blade several times, but on the fifth rotation it struck Kotir in the middle of the back.
Kotir lay on the floor screaming in pain for 15 minutes before someone entered the room. The last thing he remembered was a pair of black boots, and a pair of white boots.
"He's waking up." Kotir heard as his eyes flickered open.
The first thing he saw was Kitana surrounded by white.
"Are we dead?" He asked weakly.
"No silly, you're in the hospital. Mum found you in uncles room laying in a pool of blood with the katana blade wedged in your back. The doctor said she was lucky she found you when she did. Other wise you might have bled to death."
As Kitana finished Wanda walked into the room.
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
Kotir shook his head. "Not so good, although better then what I did before."
Wanda nodded and walked behind Kitana. "I don't know why my brother did that, but I've had a talk with him and he doesn't even know why exactly he did it himself. But he's decided to turn custody of you over to me so something like this will never happen again."
Kotir nodded slowly, not sure what to make of this. Sensing Kotir's uncertainty Kitana placed a hand on Kotir's.
"It will be like a sleep over. You can see your dad during the day, and stay with us at night. This way we'll always be able to play not matter what."
Catching his cousin's enthusiasm Kotir smiled. Surprisingly the injury didn't leave a scar.
---END FLASHBACK---
"If only things had stayed that was." Kotir murmured as he returned to the window. The rain had died down a lot.
A knock at the door brought Kotir back to the real world.
"What do you want?" He spat as the door opened.
"Touchy aren't we?" The dark figure that entered the room said.
"What do you want?" Kotir repeated.
"I want to know if you are ready to go see if Kitana is ready to join us. I heard she had an accident today that almost killed someone." Kotir raised an eyebrow at this information. "And what's worse is that she was using her powers. She's going to have the whole school against her now. Or at least she will when she comes back. If she comes back. I heard she ran away, not wanting to face the consequences of her actions."
"Kitana has had almost perfect control over her powers for close to 11 years now so I doubt she lost control of her powers. And even if I did want to look for her. It would be extremely hard because she is weak against water and will be hiding somewhere." Kotir spat, leaving the room.
"Well this just keeps getting better and better." The figure said before disappearing.
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remiges are the main feathers used for flight in birds.
Well, that's just a little something about Kotir. I don't know if I want to do one about Kitana, but for once I actually have an idea on where I want my story to go I have exams coming up in the next 3 weeks so the next chap should be up some time after that