Dark Loyalties

Chapter 2

Previously on Dark Loyalties…Dairou made his return to Bayville after 4 years of leaving Rogue alone, running into Wolverine and the long thought to be dead Daken Akihiro. He may have stopped Rogue from taking the mutant cure but also managed to almost kill her and Daken until Victor came to their rescue. Dairou left the Brotherhood's place and went to buying a new house and selling the one he had furthest from the X-Men, not taking his defeat or the fact that Rogue slipped literally through his fingertips very lightly. There's slight Daken/Rogue and Dairou being very unhappy about it.

Tonight, Dairou had trouble sleeping and was not very happy about what happened two days ago with Sabretooth taking Rogue from him. So, he does the next best thing to alleviate his problem, spy on them.

"I oughta kill you in your sleep for the trouble you've caused me, Akihiro-baka." Dairou growled peering into the window of Daken's room from a distance to his sleeping form.

He thought he should be heading back to Magneto's, Logan would get worried that he was a no-show but that would have to wait as he planted a listening device outside Rogue's and Kitty's bedroom to listen in on their conversation.

Rogue was still bothered about her encounter with Dairou, as was Daken who could barely sleep until now… her complaining and death threats to Dairou were keeping Kitty up, so they were now talking about it. Dairou, of course, didn't care much what they had to say about him, especially Kitty but was curious.

"How come you have, like all the cute guys chasing after you?" Kitty asks with a giggle as Rogue stared at the ceiling "Tell me you're not going to use Dairou Cerulean and cute in the same sentence…he's obsessed"

Dairou raised an eyebrow, hearing her talk about him as he thought "interesting, Kitty thinks I'm cute… too bad Rogue's the only girl for me even if she's almost as stubborn as Logan always says I am about it."

"Let him follow you around all day then tell me something 'bout 'cute', I don't have a crush on that guy unless his name is Daken" she looks out the window, Dairou didn't try to hide as it was too dark for him to be seen and he scowled at the mention of her liking Daken over him, but that gave him some ideas. Dairou was ready to leave now.

"Wait" Kitty said a bit later "what if I can get him off your back?" Dairou smirked at the brazen comment "he can't kill me as long as I can go intangible"

Rogue sighs "Whatever" she lies down "go to sleep before I call him for ya." Kitty gasps "you have his number?!"

"No, but he can't deny me" was all Rogue said before both went to sleep.

Dairou went home to sleep and the next morning, he went to Magneto to find Logan before even the feral was awake.

"Logan, get up" Dairou bursts into the feral's usually locked bedroom and surprising him, as Dairou wasn't there last night as he scowls and snarls "do ya know what time it is, bub?!"

"6 A.M and you shouldn't sleep late anyway" Dairou smirked "I have an idea and I need your help"

Logan sat up and cracked his neck "need and want mean two different things" he shrugs "could you at least tell me what this is about?"

Dairou turned to leave with a smirk looking at him "you'll see when we get there" Logan nods as they leave.

At the park, Jean, Daken, Kitty, Scott, Rogue and Peter were enjoying a little R&R despite Daken and Scott agreeing that there was no need for it. Dairou and Logan appeared in time to see Daken with his arm around Rogue.

"I see something I like" Logan gave a small smile looking at Jean as Dairou stood beside him and grunted "and I see something I both like and hate" he glared at Daken, his arm around Rogue as if protecting his mate.

"Someone's growing up too fast for their britches" Logan raised an eyebrow "I don't smell Creed though."

Dairou nods "I don't see his aura either" then glares at Logan "Get your boy away from Roguie before I do."

The two nod and go separate ways, Dairou with a deceitful glint in his eyes glancing at Kitty.

Meaanwhile, with Daken's group, they decided to take a breather here from their lives as X-Men with Sabretooth's warning to be careful, of course. Sabretooth would be there with them, but Rogue, Kitty and Jean had given him a look even he couldn't say no to, reassuring him that they would be fine and would call if they caught sight of either Dairou or Logan…but they were at ease, otherwise.

"Why are we here again, Rogue?" Daken asks kissing her forehead making her grin (and Dairou growl, though he didn't hear it) as Rogue slaps him playfully "we're here to relax, with you out of the clutches of your father and Dairou" she thought about Logan.

"What's it like living with a handsome father like him and your girlfriend's creep of a cute stalker, Dairou anyway?" Kitty asks from Daken's other side from Rogue.

"Kitanya, you did not just use Dairou and 'cute' in the same sentence, did you?" Peter piped up smiling with a raised eyebrow as Scott as Jean said "I think Logan flirts with me sometimes too" that made the other's gasp "I'm not sure though, as I've seen him go as far as trying to kiss Ms. Ororo."

"What?!" both Scott and Daken said simultaneously as Daken groaned passing his hand through his Mohawk "What's the Brotherhood coming to these days?" He shook his head.

Without any of them noticing, Dairou slipped in behind Kitty and grabs her "The Brotherhood's reputation should be the last of your worries…Daken"

Logan then appears on the other side of Jean from Scott and smiles "So we meet again, Red, I see yer still with good fer nothin' Slick here" Jean blushes while Scott scowls "She's not interested"

"Hmph, that ain't yer decision nor is it my own" Logan stepped away "Let her make her own decisions before ya lose her…to me" he pops his claws as a warning.

"Let go of her, Dairou" Rogue growled with Peter beside her as he puts a sword to her throat "So you have a new 'knight in shining armor' now, huh?"

"I'm not-" Dairou is interrupted by Kitty phasing out of his grasp but he trips and pins her, stabbing her in the shoulder "I won't advise you to do that again or I will kill you here and now, little…neko" he forces himself on the smaller woman with a sadistic grin.

"Don't hurt her" Rogue pleas as Dairou dodges Colossus' anger fueled attacks and replies "come with us and your friends will not be harmed."

"Don't listen to him, Rogue" Kitty says and shivers as Dairou readies a dagger to slit her throat and snarled "You don't know when to stop talking, do you?" but Rogue stops him "wait… if I go with you, will you let my friends go?"

Dairou looks at the X-Men then Rogue before nodding "I will…they mean nothing to me" he gestures for her to come closer, the closer she came the looser his grip came on Kitty's arm "…I can't lie to you" his smirked deviously

"Rogue, don't do this" Scott says.

"Imagine what Victor would do if he found out" said Daken as he imitated how Creed would look if his head exploded in rage as he continued "it…won't be a pretty sight"

Rogue remained silent as she walked up to Dairou then scowled "Let…her…go" as she glares at Logan "touch me and you'll be in a coma, runt."

Logan's eyes widened as Piotr grimaced "Rogue and that mouth of hers…" Daken shuddered "she's mouthing off the dead wrong person this time, though"

In two seconds, Rogue was on the ground with Logan on top of her, locking her arm and his claws inches from her face and he snarled "What was that?!"

Dairou just looked at the two as Logan pulled in the reins on his fury, stabbing the ground near her head "You'd better watch that mouth around me" he glances at Daken then Dairou who shook his head as he whispered in her ear "I may be the only thing protecting you from Dairou…and that K.I he's packin' too."

"K.I?" Rogue shuddered looking at Dairou's emotionless red eyes then to Logan's blue eyes with subsiding anger "he likes me-"

"But don't let that go to yer head" Logan interrupts quietly "or have you forgotten, you're not one of the Brotherhood."

Dairou smirks as he pulls Rogue to her feet and the three leave.

"Peter, was it?" Dairou calls out to Piotr who nods "Tell Victor to send Roguie's stuff over to my place. He'll definitely track me down like the last time if I know him"

Dairou and Logan take their leave with Rogue as the X-Men literally drag Daken back to the mansion to prevent him from going after them…at the mansion; Victor already knew something was off when they returned without Rogue. There were three words to describe Victor's mood…angry, really pissed then absolutely furious.

Daken watched Victor as he paced the room, as did the others as a vein bulged on his head "so explain this to me again…" Scott opened his mouth "Fuck off, Scott or ya won't need those fancy shades when I rip yer eyes outta yer head!"

"I'll sit down and shut up then" Scott grumbled as Daken scowled "We could've at least put up a fight, if someone didn't think Dairou was 'cute'."

Victor's eye twitched involuntarily "cute?" as Kitty said "hey, sorry daddy-drama-Daken, but at least I'm trying to help Rogue" she led back the tears "she was destroyed when you 'died' so sorry if I'm worried about her."

Kitty left the room in tears as Victor looked at Daken in disapproval "go apologize to her, Daken" as Daken tried to argue but Victor choked his off the ground until he started to turned blue "I'll let you go and you WILL apologize to her. Ya both already have said some uncalled for things and yer testin' my patience" Daken nodded as Victor lets him go and he goes after Kitty.

Hours later, Victor was in his bedroom ready to go find Dairou but first he had to find Rogue on his laptop via a tracker that he sewed into all of her clothing without even her knowledge and he got something "Dairou…you've crossed a line you shouldn't have this time" he growls to himself transferring the data to his cell.

Victor was in the garage afterwards doing some minor repairs on his bike but stopped "Xavier…Jeannie" he was calmer but narrowed his eyes dangerously "something wrong?"

"Are you going after Logan and Dairou?" Xavier got straight to the point as Victor nodded in affirmation "and yer not stopping me, if that's what yer tryin'."

"You may go now, Jean" Xavier said as she nodded and left, continuing when he sensed she was gone but Victor answered the question he knew was coming "I'm fine…"

Xavier wheeled over to Victor and rests a hand on his shoulder where he was seated; he always flinched at the man's touch as he looks at him calmly "I'm just worried about them both."

Xavier nods "I know what you're going to do but this once, don't give in to your basest instincts and that temperament of yours" Victor smiled slightly "Don't worry yerself, I won't turn into another Logan"

"That is the least of my worries" Xavier smiled "and I can't tell you not to rely on the animal side of yourself…you'll need it if you're planning what I think you are"

Victor looks shocked but chuckles "I'm good, but I don't think I'm that good yet" Victor then frowns "but Dairou…he's exactly whatever Weapon X failed to turn Logan and myself into, that scares me to be honest. Rogue's truly lucky he thinks of her so much or Daken would be really dead, same for her."

"Well, she still thinks he's an X-Men" Xavier said looking at Victor "and she isn't the only one…"

Elsewhere in the mansion, Daken leaves, intending to find Dairou and Rogue before Victor by tracking their scent.

"Sorry, Victor" Daken takes one last look at the mansion "but Rogue's gone because of me and I'll find Dairou and make things right."

With Xavier's words in mind, Victor leaves the mansion… his destination, Magneto's base for now, the opposite direction from where he didn't know Daken headed earlier. Meanwhile, Dairou doesn't go there, taking Rogue to his home instead knowing Victor wouldn't look there for them first.

Rogue looked around the home as she got off Dairou's bike "Where are we?" she tried to hide her amazement as Dairou pushed her inside and out of his way "My home…" he gets close enough to kiss her "Our home if you'd like."

She felt Dairou's warm breath in her face as he grinned and she glares at him "No, I'm leaving!" Rogue walks back to the door, but to her surprise Dairou let her waltz right past him before frowning.

Her hand was an inch from the door knob, when Dairou stopped smiling and raised his K.I (Killer's Intent), causing her to feel woozy as she backed up against the door, still glaring at him "what're you doin' to me?"

Dairou doesn't talk as he walks up to her, grabbing her and throwing her down a hall as she slid to a stop on the waxed wooden floor. She would get to her feet, but Dairou was never this brutal to her and his speed surprised her as he was already standing over her with his inhuman speed, as she could almost tell he didn't run all the way to her…almost hovered.

He had a dagger in his hand, but she was adamant to leave until she remembered what Logan told her about not letting the fact that Dairou likes her make her think he won't hurt her.

"I'd have to thank Logan with some beer next time we meet…if there will ever be a next time" Rogue thought as she got to her feet and he arched an eyebrow to her "Fine…I won't leave."

"You're not a hostage" he kicked her wrist as she got up, earning a scream as he pulled her close "but don't try anything like that again…or I will do worse things as I like your voice when your terrified of me, I used to be a medic among other things in the army, so I can take care of wounds and injuries just as good as I can inflict them."

He pointed upstairs "take the room on the left, rest up while I get us something to eat." He left her there and went to the kitchen.

Rogue does as told and goes upstairs to see six bedrooms on her way up and took the one with her name on the door.

She heaved a weary sigh, knowing Daken was right and Victor would blow a gasket on him especially and her when he found her…if he found her, that is.

She looked out a few minutes later to see a room across from the one she was in, with Dairou inscribed on the door in a beautiful pattern like the others and the door was slightly open. She pushed it the rest of the way quietly to see a strange device inside, similar to ones sword smiths used but different, along with a bed and to her surprise…a guitar.

"Dairou the musician?" she raised an eyebrow to the acoustic instrument "who would've thought…"

As soon as she was about to take a step inside, Dairou calls out from downstairs "I wouldn't do that, unless you want to lose that ankle as well…come eat." He said calmly but she hesitated as he raises his K.I to a lesser degree than the last time "Now, Roguie" he warned in a different, but still calm tone.

She gulped as she pulled the door back to how she found it and went downstairs to find Dairou in the kitchen not looking at her "Sit" he grunted as she came in and fiddled with her feet as he put sandwiches before them, Ham and Cheese on Rye.

"Put your wrist on the table" said emotionlessly as she put her uninjured hand on the table and he raised an eyebrow "the other one unless you want me to break this one too."

"No" she quickly switched hands "Do you play the guitar?" he pulled her arm slightly to him as he said with a nod "hai, don't move."

He twisted to hand slightly until he heard a pop, making Rogue wince as he chuckled "big baby…" he then bandaged it and replaced the medical supplies with plates "I only play it when I'm in a bad mood and with you here I might as well hire an orchestra while I'm at it."

"Now answer my question" Dairou narrowed his eyes dangerously "what's going on with you and Wolverine-san's boy, is he your boyfriend or something?"

Rogue seemed nervous but nodded as they ate cautiously watching Dairou "you should know that I take no fun in killing you with poisons of any kind…I want you dead, you die so slowly that you'll be begging to die by a blade."

Later that night…

Rogue was invited to sleep in the same bed with Dairou, she squirmed next to the motionless Dairou, he didn't snore and she was worried if he was even asleep thinking "I wonder if he's actually asleep…"

She looked at his face, reaching over his back and pulled a few stray strands of his hair from his face as he only sighed and snuggled in comfort "now's my chance to get outta this place"

She got out of bed not waking him and almost fist pumped but as she touched the door, she heard a heavy clunk behind her and a strum of the guitar…she hadn't even seen him touch the guitar as he looked at her back.

"I thought I warned you about this" he strummed the guitar one last time as flipped the giant sword with his foot and kicked the guard of the weapon, making it stick in the wall near her head and between her fingers "I know Logan warned you about me…and I'd heed that warning if I were you"

Dairou began shaking as his eyes widened and Rogue came to his side "Are you alright?" he growled terrifyingly and grabbed her wrist squeezing as she reached for his face "I promise you if you interrupt my sleep again, it'll be your last…go to sleep or else." Electricity danced around him for a moment. Dairou held Rogue in his arms as they slept to ensure that she couldn't run off without waking him.

A/N - Dairou gets what he wants, Rogue, but how long can he keep her without killing her with Victor intent on put the Brotherhood in their place…can Daken find Rogue before Victor and if he does, can he fight a pissed off Dairou alone this time? Why he's so mean to Rogue in this chapter is because he knows she'll let him and he's not an X-Man but there will be some tender DairouxRogue moments to come when he lets her appeal to his good side.

Warrior-of-Darkness015 out.