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Disclaimer: Chapter was inspired by another Kyro fan.

Chapter 19
"A moment to Remember"

It was Christmas morning, and John and Kitty lied in his bed of the guestroom in her parent's house. She was lying across him kissing him passionately. Kitty's parents would kill John if they were caught. When they broke apart their foreheads still attached, he tucked some strands of hair behind kitty's ear,

"Marry Christmas Kitty." He drew back and climbed out of bed and offered the petite girl his hand. She took it, already missing the warmth of his body under her.

"Marry Christmas, John." She stuttered breathlessly. "How long have you been awake for anyway?"

John shrugged, "Not long."

"Oh." Kitty said as she started for the door. "Well mom and dad are waiting downstairs for us." She grabbed John by the arm and took off like a bullet down the hall and down the stairs like a spoiled kid on Christmas morning.

"You are gonna rip my arm outta the socket if your not careful." He snapped.

"Oh, Sorry." She had only just realized she was still holding it and dropped it. Instantaneously he found himself missing the feel of her skin against his. "I guess I just got a little excited." John shrugged and held her hand interlocking their fingers, and leaned down to plant a peck on her lips,

"Relax." He said with softness in his voice. The two of them then moved into the living room where the tree sat, a decent amount of presents surrounding it. Kitty's father, Carmen began passing out the gifts one by one. John was surprised when he was handed one, and then another, followed by another.

"You guys didn't have to do this." he said taking the fourth gift.

"Nonsense! We didn't think it was fair for you to sit by and watch us open our gifts and you didn't get any." Carmen said as he handed another package to Kitty.

"Thanks, I don't have a lot of Christmas memories. I'm sure whatever I got makes up for it."

"I'm glad to hear that John." Mrs. Pryde said.

Everybody opened their gifts and were happy with whatever they got, especially John. This was possibly the only real Christmas he spent the way it was meant to be especially with his girlfriend's family. Every year Kitty and her parents each get one especial gift from each other, but this year Kitty was paired with John for a special gift to one another while her parents were paired with each other. Carmen handed his wife a small rectangular box and opened it to reveal a beautiful Diamond & Tanzanite Sterling Silver Necklace. She looked like she was about to cry as she first opened it,

"It may not be the one like you lost during the flood, but this one was the closest I could find."

"I love it!" She gave him a kiss.

"Every kiss begins with K" Kitty sang, making a chuckle catch in John throat.

Carmen got a brand new Car-Griller Wrangler Charcoal Grill, John thought that the man was going to have a heart attack. He scooped up his wife, swinging her around, saying his thanks before setting her down.

"Ok, kids, now it's your turn." He said, after he calmed down.

John carefully reached over and handed Kitty the box. She sat there for a moment, weighing the object in her hands. "What is it?"

"Open it." John stated with a nervous smile, she tore into the paper, and began to open the box and removed the Styrofoam, her jaw dropped in awe. Her fingers traced the golden outline of the flowers, vines and ice-sickles, with an engraving "Home is where your heart is." She smiled as she looked into the globe seeing a replica of the mansion, with two people skating around the fountain. She winded the key on the bottom and a music box played their song.

"I had it custom made, the guy just happened to be a mutant too." John chuckled.

Kitty squealed with delight before leaning over and surprised her parents by throwing a kiss onto John's lips,

"Kitty!" The mother laughed. Kitty pulled away in embarrassment,

"Sorry mom, Thank you so much John."

"You are welcome." John said with a grin on his face. Kitty then reached over and handed the pyromaniac a box with black wrapping paper with flames on it. He smiled at her as he opened the packaging. In his hands he held a small black metal box with red pin striping. He removed the latch and opened the lid to reveal a silver stainless steel Zippo with the same painting of a shark's head like the old one sitting on a crushed red velvet mold. John smiled as he took the lighter, he flipped the cap open and brushed the flint coaxing a flame to life with just one strike. Using his Pyrokinesis a small kitten formed and ran across to pounce on top of Kitty's shoulders and rubbed against her face. With the flick of his wrist he shut the lid, and the kitten disappeared into a cloud of smoke.

John leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, "Thank you Kitty."

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X Base

Kitty was in her X suit, staring down at John's prized zippo lighter, she took a deep breath and pocketed the lighter for good luck.

"There's only six of us, Logan." Bobby said.

"Yeah. We're outnumbered. I'm not gonna lie to you." Logan said walking up to him, Kitty, and Pitor. "But we lost Scott, We lost the professor, and we lost John. If we don't fight now, everything they stood for will die with them. I'm not gonna let that happen. Are you?" Bobby held back the tears and shook his head. "Then we stand together, X-Men, all of us." Logan said looking around, Storm, Beast, Colossus, Iceman, and ShadowCat and him the mighty Wolverine.

"We're in." Iceman said.

"Let's Go." Wolverine commanded. Finally they were ready, ready to fight the war against the brotherhood. This is their last chance, This is their Last Stand.

The war begins...