~. Sorry everyone, I made a mistake in my research. Remy could not touch Rogue until a mutant named Sage enhanced his powers. Before that he could not have touched Rogue, but once his powers had been enhanced… well, you know the story from there. I still do not know the whole story of that, but I knew I had to let you all know! Sorry for the mix-up, please forgive me. I do not plan to change my story now though. v.v Sorry peoples.~
Remy sat outside of the school on a bench. He had had P.E. last hour but hadn't had the proper clothes so the teacher told him to sit out. Remy didn't mind, he didn't even bother to stay on the same bench as he was told to. Instead he went around closer toward the football field and lit a cigarette.
He glanced out at the jocks that had just gotten done doing some extra practices.
"Hey, any of you guys seen the new girl?!" One guy said. Remy became instantly intrigued and he inched closer.
A bunch of them nodded in approval. "Pretty anti-social, but she's hot!" One said.
A blonde boy had a smirk on his face that Remy found particularly annoying. "What's with you Duncan?" One guy asked.
The blonde boy shrugged. "I've already met her." He said almost slyly.
"What? You have Jean man!" One guy exclaimed.
"So? Duncan Matthews can have whoever he wants and however many girls he wants." Duncan said cockily. Remy frowned.
"I don't think so man; she's out of even your reach." One of them said.
"You think so do you?" Duncan asked. Remy was starting to get annoyed with this Duncan boy.
"You know the new guy, the senior, the one all the girls have been flocking over?" One asked, and Remy smirked.
Duncan scowled. "I know who you're talking about." Duncan replied.
"Yeah, well, he's been flirting with that Goth too and she keeps rejecting him!" The guy finished.
"And you think he knows how to get a girl better then me?" Duncan asked, stepping toward the guy.
Remy took a long drag on his cigarette then dropped it in the grass and walked toward the group. "Y'better believe it homme." Remy said walking up to the blonde.
Duncan was surprised to see him, but he quickly acted cool and snorted. "I saw the way she reacted to you in the hall, she doesn't like you! Me on the other hand-"
"Are a wanna-be player." Remy finished smartly.
Duncan narrowed his eyes. He leapt toward Remy but his buddies held him back. "Well, dis should be easy. Seems like yo ego's easy t'hurt." Remy said with a grin.
"You're on newbi!" Duncan growled, taking a step back so his friends would let go of him.
Remy turned around, back to them; he then said over his shoulder, "Well, dis should be easy enough." He began to walk away.
"Yeah, you just go ahead and think that pretty boy!" Duncan growled after him.
Remy turned around and smirked, he then bowed slightly. "T'ank yo, but I must disappoint y'and tell ya, Remy just ain't that way mon ami; he only got eyes for de fille's." He then turned back away.
"I'm not! No!" Duncan growled, but Remy just left him.
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Rogue had a study last hour, with no less then Pietro Maximoff. He had been shooting her glares ever since she walked into the class. Whenever she'd catch him glaring at her, she'd just glare back. Pietro'd stick his nose in the air and turn away.
She didn't do her school work in that class though. She fiddled a bit with her now long hair. Creed, Victor Creed had been given a note from Magneto to give to St. John. Why? Magneto was watching someone outside of his workers, but she didn't know who. She really wanted to know for some reason though. It was like it was somehow related to her. Actually, she knew that in one way other then her being an acolyte that it was. Magneto was trying to hide something particularly from her. What was it?! She couldn't figure it out! But she shouldn't. Magneto was her boss. He knew what he was doing.
The bell rang and Rogue quickly gathered her stuff. She was going to rush right out the door but kids were already crowded pushing and shoving at the door to get out. It would be dangerous for her to get caught in the crowd.
"So, do you just like school, or hate home?" Came a British accented voice from behind her. She turned to see the girl from lunch.
"Risty is it?" Rogue asked, purposely changing the subject.
Risty nodded. "And you're Rogue. That's not your real name though is it?" Risty asked.
Rogue immediately stood up and headed toward the door. Risty followed. "You're not going to tell me your name?" Risty asked.
Rogue shook her head.
"If I guess it will you tell me?" Risty pursued.
Rouge didn't reply. It felt a bit weird. No one had really asked her her name before. Remy knew it somehow, and that made her furious!
"Okay, well, are you a Naomi?" Risty asked. Rogue just continued to her locker. "Okay, Maggie? Rachel? Mandi? Irene?"
Rogue sighed. She missed Irene a bit. Their relationship had been odd, but special. She missed the woman.
"Irene? Is it Irene?" Risty pursued.
"No, Ah just knew someone bah that name." Rogue replied as she reached her locker.
"Okay… Katie? Cassie? Kayla?"
"Just give up!" Rogue said as she opened her locker.
"Okay, I'll give up if you and one of your friends (if you want) join me tomorrow to check out the new dance club in town." Risty said with a smile.
Rogue turned to the odd girl. "Look, Ah don't do well in crowds."
Risty's vision was distracted by something behind Rogue, but she didn't get a chance to see before arms wrapped around her shoulders and neck.
"Remy a longing pour vous mon cher. Etes-vous content pour le voir?" Remy whispered into her ear.
Risty looked at him non-comprehending and Rogue snorted and forced him away.
"Did you hear about the new dance club? I'm trying to talk Rogue here into coming with me tomorrow." Risty said to Remy.
"Dere's a dance club and Remy don' know about it? Well he'll be dere, and he'll get p'tite to come too." Remy said with a wink.
Rogue sighed in exasperation and was just about to say something when a voice interrupted them.
"Please Jean? It'll be like, really cool! And we don't get out enough as it is anyway!" Kitty Pryde complained.
"Fine! But we have to talk to the professor!" Jean replied.
Risty, Rogue, and Remy all turned to look at the two girls who were oblivious to the three.
"About what? He's like, not going to mind if we go to the party!" Kitty whined.
Jean shut her locker. "Kitty, what are the acolytes doing here?! We need to talk to the professor about that!"
Risty looked confused and Rogue and Remy looked at each other. Remy just smirked at her.
"The acolytes are here?!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Yeah…" Jean trailed.
Rogue saw Remy walking toward the two girls. She rolled her eyes. What is that boy thinkin'?
Once Remy was behind Jean he rested his arm above his head and against a locker. "Are de fille's talkin' 'bout Remy?"
Kitty jumped, startled, and Jean whirled around. Jean blushed as she looked up at Remy.
Rogue snorted and turned back to her locker.
"We were just wondering what you guys were doing here." Jean responded quickly, her eyes flickering to him then away quickly.
"Ahhh, now dats our business, but Remy'll tell you anyway."
Rogue swung her book bag over her shoulder and closed her locker. Risty mouthed to her, What is he talking about? Rogue just shrugged and waited. As much as she wanted to, she couldn't leave him behind.
Kitty and Jean looked at the acolyte expectantly. "T'learn my doux, t'learn." Remy finished.
But you're like, twenty-one!" Kitty blurted.
Risty was taken aback by this. "Twenty one?!" Remy smiled; he liked the attention. Rogue just rolled her eyes and decided she'd wait for him by the car. And though she refused to admit it to herself, she knew all the same that Remy was now flirting with that red head and it made her jealous. She hated herself for that.
Rogue hurried out of the building only to be disturbed once again. "Hey, Rogue is it?" Rogue turned. It was that Duncan kid again.
Great! Won't this day evah end?! She thought to herself in exasperation.
"I'm sorry for leaving you so abruptly." He began.
"Don't be, it was a relief." Rogue muttered.
"Oh, you can't mean that!" Duncan replied.
"Well, Ah must just make tha impossible happen, because Ah did." Rogue snarled.
"Hey, what'd I ever do to you?" Duncan asked.
"Got up in mah business!" Rogue growled, trying to walk away. The jock just jumped in her path.
"You looked like you where having troubles. I just wanted to help you. The offer still stands though."
"Oh?" Rogue asked sarcastically. "And what did y'have in mind to help meh with? And in that case, how'd y'expect t'help meh?!" Rogue demanded shifting her weight onto her right leg and putting her right fist on her hip.
"Well, your problem with the new boy. Seemed to be bugging you-"
"Like you are!"
"and I thought I'd see if I could help. Perhaps by pretending to go out maybe. He'd leave you alone then."
Rogue started laughing. This surprised Duncan. "Meh? Go out with you?! Not even in yer wildest dreams would that happen! Even if it was pretend. Besides, what about Jean Grey?"
Duncan was startled by this. He had hoped she'd have thought they were just friends. "She's just my friend."
Rogue snorted. "Yeah right. Now leave meh alone!" Rogue growled shoving him aside and continued for the car.
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Once they got back John hurried to the house. He was suppose to report all the information that Maximoff kid gave him. He was also excited about going into another part of the house Magneto had not yet allowed any but Sabertooth into.
John headed down the hallway Creed had showed to him after recovering from Rogue's touch.
He found the metal door and pushed. It was really heavy but he managed to open it.
The next room was around the size of a closet and metal on all sides. He couldn't see any other doors. Creed had told him to shut the metal door though. Pyro obeyed but then felt really nervous. He was in a completely sealed metal room and he wouldn't be able to open the door again.
He took out his lighter and began opening and closing it nervously. Suddenly it was pulled from his hand and was pinned against the ground of the metal room.
Pyro bent down to try to pick it up but it wouldn't budge. Suddenly the whole room jolted and he fell onto his back. The room then began to move like an elevator downward. When it stopped a door opened to reveal Magneto looking down at him. Pyro quickly got to his feet, his relieved lighter in hand.
Magneto looked at the boy expectantly as Pyro straightened his clothes. "Your son, he said that Mystique did go back to them talking about revenge, but she didn't say on who or why." Pyro explained.
Magneto nodded. "Well, tell him to keep me updated through you and you check with him every day." Magneto said. He then lifted his hand as if to close the room again but Pyro stopped him.
"Just one question if you don't mind…" He said.
Magneto withdrew his hand and nodded.
"Why does Mystique want revenge against you? That Shelia's been working for you for years!" Pyro asked.
"It's because of Rogue." Magneto said simply. He was going to close it again when-
"Wait! What? What did you mean by that?" Pyro asked.
Magneto sighed. He then shook his head and the door closed.
"Hey! You didn't answer my question!" Pyro complained as the elevator type thing lifted up. Once it stopped, that large door opened and John left reluctantly. He immediately headed downstairs.
He checked the living room for his teammates but they weren't in there. He looked in the kitchen but they weren't there either. That left the library their rooms, and the gym. He checked the gym.
"Okay, y'two ready?" Pyro heard Remy say. He was sitting on a pile of mats while Rogue and Piotr were on a mat that was laid out and the both were in a position that looked to mean they were about to do pushups.
"Go." Remy said. Piotr and Rogue began to do pushups.
"You're doing this?" John groaned.
"Yep, and I take on de winner." Remy said.
"Well-we all-know-who-that's-gonna be." Rogue said through breathes.
"Oui?" Remy asked as John came around to sit by Remy.
"Piotr's-gonna win." Rogue replied.
"Awww, y'never know p'tite." Remy said.
"Rogue let out a disbelieving breath. "Ah do know!"
"Non, you weigh a lot less 'n are defiantly in shape." Remy said, cocking his head to trace her curves with his eyes. John smacked him knowing that if Rogue wasn't busy she would have. Piotr didn't say anything; he just continued to do pushups as if it was easy.
John looked back at Rogue. Why did Mystique want revenge on Magneto because of her? It didn't make sense. If Mystique wanted revenge on Rogue he'd get it, but Magneto? What was going on? And if that was all true, why was he hiding it from Rogue? It didn't make any sense.
Finally Rogue fell onto her stomach in exhaustion.
"Awww, chere, y'let Colossus win!" Remy complained.
Colossus; Pyro had been living with the mutant for a couple months and he still knew very little about him. He was clueless as to why he was even with the acolytes; he seemed so kind natured. His mutation would make him seem different though. He had never talked much, the only person that managed to get even slightly close to him had been Rogue and she had only just arrived. Just arrived, but already fit in like one of the guys, though Remy made sure not to let her feel as if she fit in.
Remy moved over to her as she lay exhausted on the floor. Piotr beat Remy to her though and he lifted her to her feet and he set her back down.
"Thanks." She said with a smile, though she looked embarrassed.
"Don't worry mate," John said noticing the embarrassed look. "we all ended up like that after our first time against Piotr."
Rogue nodded. Remy then patted Piotr on the shoulder then said, "Once yo've recovered, let Remy know." Piotr nodded then excited the room. Rogue left next and Remy then turned to John.
"So where did you run off ta when we got home?" Remy asked.
"Had to report to Magneto about an errand." John said vaguely before leaving.
^~^
Jean and Scott headed straight to Xavier after school. Scott knocked on his door.
_Come in you two._ He said immediately. The others walked in and found Logan and Ororo already there.
"Professor, we just thought we should tell you…" Jean began.
"The acolytes were in school today! Not at, but in!" Scott blurted.
"They're what?!" Logan growled.
"At school?" Ororo questioned in mild surprise.
"Hmmm… I wonder what they're doing here." The professor said thoughtfully.
Ororo turned back to him looking slightly confused. "When they're at school, their minds aren't protected by Magneto; couldn't you just find out that way?" Ororo asked.
Xavier bowed his head to indicate yes, but he still looked to be in thought.
"Well? What do you want us to do about it?" Scott asked.
Xavier looked up at him. "Don't do anything. The last thing we need is a fight in school. This is just back to the Mystique situation again. Even though she was there, you still had to act your cool and be respectful to her."
"Yes, I remember that." Scott said a bit scornfully.
Logan let out a growl but didn't say anything.
Xavier looked at him meaningfully then said to the two teens, "You're just going to have to wait it out and I'll try to find out what it is they're up to."
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Hey! Thanx for all the reviews! I really appreciate it. I just love getting reviews! ^_^
Caliente: Does Duncan seem so OOC now? *evil grin* lol. I'm sorry I made that confusing in the last chapter. I think this one was more clear though…. lol.
ishandahalf: lol… what is it with you and 'quick like a bunny on crack!' ? Not that I mind, it's cute. j/w though
insertcreativenamehere: I'm glad you like the relationships I've got between the acolytes, though I realized that I don't have too much of one between Pyro and the others. I'm trying to work on that though.
Panther Nesmith: Yup, John's the trusted messenger boy. ^_^ I thought that'd be a neat little touch.
Pandoras Box1: I just love Rogue and Kurt's relationship. ^_^ I had to get that in there! You will probably see more too.
cool-chick-rae: Yay! Everyone seems to like the Duncan flirting with Rogue thing. I didn't think they would. lol. *shrugs* Guess I was wrong*
x-silver-saffire-x: I just assume that when Rogue works out she wears gloves because she does in the show. Sorry 'bout that. . That would have been cute though.
Rogue Raider: Did you by any chance miss the end of the chapter before that? I explained why Rogue could touch Remy and she made that lip-stick excuse up so Remy wouldn't know about it. Just thought I'd clear that up for you.
Pixie Flyer: Sorry I haven't been able to update that much lately. I'm working on two other stories and I keep getting all these ideas for others and I'm trying to write it all down and I've got school and homework and a computer that everyone in the house shares… yeah… I don't have too much time to get on or work on it. I try though!
Rogue77: Sorry that this one took probably even longer to update. I really haven't had the time. I hope you enjoyed the chapter though. I'll try to make the next chapter longer, but I can't promise that it'll come out sooner.
ryoko Subaru: O.o… Rogue telling a girl off when flirting with Remy, that's a good idea! *evil grin* Revenge! Thanks for the idea! ^_^
UnknownSource: Kurt will probably tell her eventually, not quite yet though. That was basically the first time they talked you know? But I'm glad you liked the Remy being protective of Rogue. I enjoyed writing that ^_^ And thanx for the ideas too. A feud between the BH and Acolytes sounds very appealing. I will try to come to you if I need any help but I've been SO busy and I've pretty much got the plot planned out. Side things are pretty much bare though. lol. I've been appreciating the help from the reviewers!
Carla-p: I'm glad you recognized the Rogue/Piotr as just friends! ^_^ I was hoping that people would notice that! I'm also glad that you think that I've done a good job at portraying Rogue and Remy's relationship! That makes me happy!
Green Eyed Lilys Daughter: Well thanx for the help ^_^ I'm glad you enjoyed the Kurt/Rogue thing, and I'm sorry about the Remy part. I do agree with you with what you said, but I just thought that it would be cute to see him scare away the boy. Someone gave me the idea of Rogue going out on a date and the boys giving him a hard time and since it would seem really OOC for Rogue to just go on a date, I did something else. I might have another idea for that though…
I'm glad you enjoyed the description this time and that I did better! Oh, and I don't know if I said this last time, but thanx for the constructive criticism, don't think I get that enough. Everyone just says great job keep it up to keep peoples confidence up so they write more, but they still don't improve… so thank you.
Michelle: Leave enough of the same review? Lol.
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