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"Good morning, my young X-Men," Xavier greeted his brave troopers with a warm smile. "We've gathered here for an important announcement. As you all know that Ms. Darkholme and Professor McCoy are in Washington DC for a mission, so I've appointed a new self-defense trainer who will substitute them both for the next few months. Please welcome your new trainer, Professor Logan."
"Hello there, kids." Logan greeted his first batch with a typical Logan scowl that clearly said- piss me off and get your ass kicked.
The group gave Logan a mutual welcoming nod.
"Now you guys please get acquainted with one another and begin the training, I would like to take my leave now." with that Xavier spun his wheelchair around to go back to his office.
Once Charles was out of the large square, Logan turned his pointed attention back to the spandex dragoons. A boy scout, a redhead, a Mohawk, a blue elf, a pretty boy with his grandma's hair and finally, the twins. His glare softened only when it stopped on Jade's genuinely smiling face.
Gotta say, her soft curves were looking bodacious in that black and blue clingy thing.
Her stupid sister's loud pop broke the eye-contact. He awkwardly cleared his throat and tried to find the right words to make a good start.
"As y'all heard yer principal, I'm yer new Self-Defense trainer and I really don't give a shit about what ya guys have learnt so far." the loud gasps at the 'S' word caused Logan to smirk.
"Well if ya guys are goin' against a thick-headed swarm of mutant-hating flatscans, y'all need ta get used to this kinda naughty words."
"But it's a school!"
The protest make Logan smirk again. "And yer all soon-to-be adults, not 247 snotting kindergartens, shades!" Scott threw the feral man another killing glare. "So where was I? Ah yes, I was on yer previous training. So like I just said, I don't give a shit about what y'all have learnt so far because when ya go out there and fight one on one with anyone, yer hand-to-hand combat training works better than all yer powers or weapons. So I'm gonna start our first day with some basic moves of Judo. I need a volunteer here, so who's gonna step forward?"
Smirking, the group gave one another a mutual nod and stepped back together but the poor Kurt didn't catch the nod and became professor Logan's first victim.
"Hey, you! Blue boy, what's yer name?"
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Baffled, Kurt looked around him. All his friends were standing a step away and chuckling at his bad luck.
"Ya deaf or somethin', kid?"
"N-No sir," the elf stammered. "M-My name is Kurt, Kurt Wag-"
Didn't ask fer yer damn biodata, kid." Logan crooked a finger at him with a soft roll of eyes." C'mon, we've got some practice ta do."
Like a terrified lamb that is just going to be slaughtered, Kurt slowly approached Logan and waited for his next 'order'.
"So I'm Tori, the performer here, and Kurt is Uke, the person who's about to be thrown. Now we're gonna start with one of the most common throws of Judo- Uki Goshi, also known as floating hip. This is a type of the hip throw. In this basic move we go for..." Logan suddenly caught an unprepared Kurt's belt, slid sideways and slid the elf over your hip to throw him down with lightning-quick speed.
The loud 'OUCH!' made all the eyebrows present in the danger room touched the roof.
With a smug smirk, Logan looked up to his other 'pupils'. "Don't give yer back completely or you can get countered in it, got it?"
Everyone nodded like a well-behaved kindergarten.
Logan sprang to his feet and extended a hand to the elf on the ground. "Ya okay, kid?"
"Yes," Kurt took the hand with a low whimper. "I guess."
Logan gave a careless nod and shooed him off quickly. "Okay now i want one of the female members for the next move, who's gonna volunteer?"
Jean's feet happily tried to advance toward her insanely hot teacher but It was Scott who caught her wrist and pull her back this time. "What the hell are you doing, Jean? Didn't you see what he just did to Kurt?!"
Just like last time, all the students stepped back to avoid getting chosen but it was our poor Jade who was too mesmerized by Logan's talents to notice the nod of her friends this time.
A soft smile crossed Logan's face. "I knew you'd step up, Jade."
Totally baffled, Jade looked around. All her friends were chuckling on her now.
"Why the heck didn't you book it, Jadie?!" Jubilee let a low growl.
"C'mon," Logan snapped his neck with an excited smirk. "We don't have all day."
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With no other option, Jade just exhaled sharply and walked over to her teacher. Logan's intense gaze fixed only on her making her very nervous but she tried to avoid it as much as she could.
"So now we're gonna go fer Tsuri Goshi, also known as lifting hip throw. y'all must learn this one after Uki Goshi."
A heavily nervous Jade took her lips near Logan's ear and whispered softly. "I-Is it like, as totally hurting as the last one, Logan?"
Her words sent a sexy chill down Logan's spine and turned his ever-horny critter's mind toward the thoughts he shouldn't have a goddamned student of his.
Wolverine snorts.
She's yer student, not mine.
"Uh-it is, actually," desperately trying to push all those naughty thoughts aside Logan turned his head away and mumbled. "But don't worry, I'll take care of ya."
His deep amber gaze mesmerized the young telepath again and she nodded like a damned slave again.
"Okay, so now time for the throw no. 2. As a difference from Uki Goshi, ya need ta lift uke on your back and throw him on the ground like this." he smoothly performed the move on Jade but his hand briskly reached behind her back to prevent it from hitting the ground.
Jade gulped nervously as she found Logan's lips hovering over hers. The time stood still around them as they both realized it and drowned their eyes in each other's.
And now some dumbass played a disgustingly slow and sweet song in the background.
I could be discontent
And chase the rainbows end
I might win much more but lose all that is mine
I could be a lot
But I know I'm not
I'm content just with the riches that you bring
I might shoot to win
And commit the sin
Wanting more than I've already got
Peter used his super speed and reached the couple on the ground. His nose scrunched up when he found Jade inhaling the breath Logan's cigar loving lungs were releasing. His loud snap tried to break the chat of eyes but when that didn't work, he pulled the whistle Logan had in his back pocket and came back to his spot (Maybe to let the couple finish the second half of the prelude).
I could runaway
But I'd rather stay
In the warmth of your smile lighting up my day
The one that makes me say
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened
To me or my world
You're the best thing that ever happened
So don't go away
Completely forgetting their surroundings, the couple kept gazing into each other's eyes until Peter used the goddamned whistle. As the magical moment was broken by the sharp screech, both Jade and Logan cleared their throats and hastily jumped back to their feet.
Logan tried to come back to his training. "So-um-as y'all saw, It is easier ta grab uke's belt over the top in this one, stretchin' your right hand over his left shoulder. These both moves give you a upper hand on the shitheads who use their strength before their brains. Now c'mon, let's try these two in pairs."
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"How's the neck now?" Logan asked with a small smirk, staring out of his window. The view of the beautiful lawn was destroyed by those little devils running here and there.
Jade entered the room, massaging the nape of her neck. "Jubes was like, only an inch away from giving it a sprain before you stopped her so, yeah, I can say it's not that bad. By the way, those Japanese moves were totally wicked! Where did you learn 'em?"
Logan turned around and smirked again, raking her eyes over the doll-like figure. "Don't know. Didn't even know they were Japanese until I fought a Japanese bub in a cage match last year. He recognized 'em and told me about 'em over a drink later and to his and my own surprise, I even know Japanese."
"Wow," a clear shock on Jade's face. "Looks like you've spent a long time of your life in Japan.
"Maybe." he shrugged. "That's one of the few things I wanna regain. That's why we're here, right? By the way, do you think ya can manage the first session with all that exhaustion on yer face?"
Jade gave a pursed smile. "Don't worry, I'll survive."
Logan chuckled and came back to his bed before sitting down on the edge. "Ready whenever you are."
Jade gave another quick nod and walked up to him. She took the spot next to him and brought her fingers up to place on his temples. "Ok so let's get started. Just look into my eyes and try to relax. Tingles are totally normal but if you feel any kinda headache, just let me know and..." her tone abruptly turned serious. "Look I won't lie to you, Logan. I'm not very good at this thing. Sometimes...things are too overwhelming to absorb and...i get stuck among them. I always try to like, avoid all that stuff but...if things turned totally messy...just pull me out, okay?"
"Don't worry, Jade," Logan squeezed her shoulders gently and gave a comforting nod. "I'll take care of both of us."
Exhaling deeply, Jade nodded back and bored her eyes into Logan's to begin the process. Logan's body suddenly tensed as he felt a bright point of light enter his mind but relaxed a little bit when he heard Jade's mental echo.
"Don't be afraid of the light, Logan. It's my power roaming the dark corners of your brain."
The connection suddenly broke as the first memory Jade saw caused her to pull her fingers back with a slightly guilty look on her face.
Logan's eyebrows furrowed. "What's wrong?"
"U-Uhm sorry, Logan but actually.." the girl blushed furiously as she rubbed her right temple. "A-Actually i just saw an image of...your private moments with a stripper."
Wolverine gave himself a face-palm.
There goes our 'good guy' image.
Logan wiped all that paleness off his heavily embarrassed face and cleared his throat. "U-Uhm...j-just try to avoid all that stuff, okay?"
A deeply ashamed Jade nodded and tried to forget the strangely angering picture of Logan fucking that redhead from behind and tried to connect to his brain again.
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Jade's mental gaze now began to dig out all the memories buried in the various corners of Logan's brain.
Memories...Memories everywhere...his travels...his matches...his brawls...his deep search for his lost past...
Everything started flashing before her like hypnotic visions. In spite of trying hard to avoid all the *ahem-ahem* moments, she still had to read the long list of all the women that'd come into Logan's life in the past two years.
Barflies...strippers...hookers...rich wives...pole dancers...bartenders...and hold on a second, why is that tiny dude filming Logan's private moments with that blonde?
Does that mean...Logan was a...?
SHIT! Stop peeking into all that stuff, Jade!
She tried to push them all aside. When she probed a litter deeper, she drowned into the violent whirl of memories going backwards. Her mind reversed the order and tried to understand them.
Logan meeting a young mutant named Angela...Angela giving Logan an address...Logan standing before a totally hideous dude with no mouth...and finally, a strange guy in red costume killing the mouthless man...
Everything was going under control so far so Jade decided to go a little bit further and saw some familiar faces.
Jean, Scott and Kurt meeting an escaping Logan...Jean trying to calm Logan down...Logan escaping an old facility...
Jade could go any more deeper, but felt a strong block around some suppressed remembrances. She knew what it was, an implanted obstruction. Professor had told them all about it in his class. She decided to use professor's trick to break it. When she tried to poke, she felt Logan's body tense a bit.
"Just relax Logan, I'm not gonna hurt you."
When the feral man's body relaxed again. She concentrated on the lock deeply and tried to break it with all her mental might. After a long struggling minute, the resistance finally weakened and the door eventually opened for Jade's exploration but as it did, a large burst of raging memories washed over her. Hundreds of images of Logan's dark past mixed with implanted ones began overwhelming her mind furiously.
Rage...Metal...Violence...Hurt...Kill...start the bonding process! Nooo! You're my country's perfect weapon. Urghhh! The weapon's getting out of control again, sir! Grrrrrr! Bring him to the table! Arghhhh! Cut his head open! ARGHHHH!...Cut...Pain...Blood...Slash...Agony...
Her brain was now feeling every single excruciating bit of all the physical and mental torture Logan-no! Wolverine had endured in that lab.
Strap him! D-Don't touch me! Drown that animal into the icy water! P-Please, stop! Give him electric shocks! N-NO! Let me go! Now suffer, you filthy animal! P-Please, it hurts!
The tears of his agony began to stream down her cheeks.
A-AHHHH! C-CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE...
"J-Jade? You're okay?!"
S-S-STOP! P-PLEASE...J-J-JUST STOP...
"Can you hear me, Jade? Open your eyes darlin'!"
V-Victor...
"JADE! COME BACK TO ME!"
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Jade snapped open her eyes with a loud gasp and retreated in great horror. "D-Don't touch me! S-Stay away from me, you monsters!" her dilated pupils bouncing on the white screen and hands waving in the air, as if fighting some invisible enemy. Her mind was still fighting the most horrific memories she'd ever absorbed.
Totally dumbstruck, Logan extended his hands to touch her shoulders, but Jade shoved his help away. "N-NO! Don't touch me! It hurts!"
"Just listen to m-"
"S-Stay away! J-Just stay away!"
"Jade, baby..." with no other option, Logan stubbornly wrapped his arms around Jade's retreating frame and pulled her onto his lap for a comforting hug.
Jade struggled against the warm embrace hard. "N-NO! Please! D-Don't touch-"
"Shhh..." Logan began to stroke her back gently. "Just calm down, darlin'..."
Her struggles gradually faded when she realized she was out of Logan's brain now and it was Logan himself who was trying to calm her down. "L-Logan? Is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me baby..."
"Logan!" she suddenly wrapped her arms around his back and started sobbing softly. "L-Logan, those people, t-they-"
"Shhh...don't say anything.." he tightened his arms around her and kissed her hair as his hands instinctively reached up and wiped her tears. "Don't try to remember any of those things. I can guess it's somethin' really bad."
Logan's serene voice, careful touch and strangely soothing scent helped Jade relax a bit. After her father's death, it was the first time that a man had embraced her so intimately, but it was so much different than that fatherly touch. It was rough, stubborn and very manly. She buried her nose into Logan's clothed chest and took more of his musky smell in, her trembling lips brushing the woollen fabric in the process. Her trembling fingers roaming his covered back slowly. She finally stopped crying and rested her head on Logan's steadily beating heart before closing her eyes, trying to forget all the dark moments of Logan's past she'd just absorbed.
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You're the Best Thing, what a great song by The Style Council...
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Glossary of Eighties Terms
Bodacious- attractive and sexy
Book it- To run and get away from a scene
Wicked- super cool
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