Comfort from unexpected friends

"So you're like alright, right?"

"Yes Kittzy, I'm fine hov many times do I have to repeatz it?!"

"Just checking Kurt." Kitty said waving her hands in front of her to calm him "It's just…you know like we've seen a lot and been true a lot as X-Men but yeah well yesterday, well it was like I never saw you like that freaked out." Kitty said not knowing very well which words to use.

"I juszt had a bad dream and I didn't sleep vell last nights that's all I won't die of it." Kurt protested.

"If it had only been the sleep I wouldn't worry so much: you hardly eat, you barley sleep you are almost not talking…"Kitty started counting on her fingers.

"…and he's not joking as usual!" Evan filled in while joining them at the kitchen table.

"You guys are vay over reacting!" Kurt protested. "I'm fine!" he said agitated and clearly irritated . On that moment Rogue came in the kitchen. Kurt who had been willing to make a whole explanation of reasons why they should stop acting so over protective, dropped his thoughts from the moment he saw his 'sister' "You knov vhat, never mind." He started "I have better things to do then argue vith you, see you guys later!" he said taking a apple, which he probably wouldn't eat anyway, and porting away before anyone could say a thing.

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Rogue who had just entered saw Kurt porting out of the room from the moment he saw her. He had given her a fitly, hateful look she had never seen on his always so jolly face…except when he looked at her, his own sister who had betrayed him as no one ever had done. They one person on the institute of who she had always though that he wouldn't be able to hate, who didn't even hated his own mother who had left him to die looked at her with a expression that said in more then a million way that he hated her. She couldn't take much more of this. She felt her eyes growing wet and bit her lip looking to the ground

"I'm not hungry anyway…" she mumbled to the two other teens who had been starting at her willing to say something but not finding the guts to interfere. She headed to the open window, which let a small fresh gust of spring wind in the room, and climbed out willing to be out as quick as quick as she could and to be sure no one would bother her. She wasn't planning on going to school, nor to train at the institute, she had lost every interest in no matter what. Nothing could get her attention anymore; she felt lifeless, life tired…

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Evan and Kitty just exchanged sorrowful look. Everybody in the maison knew Kurt and Rogue had problems, but no one dared talking to them about it. Kitty had once tried to talk to Rogue because she knew Rogue didn't like Jean so she was the only one left able to do the task. But Rogue had started to yelled at her and insult her and every time they tried to talk to Kurt he turned away from them more and more so they had stopped trying afraid that he would fully isolate himself from everybody, out of their reach. They could do nothing else then wait and hope thing would come back to normal even if they knew that it would ask a miracle for it to happen.

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Kurt had had a horrible day at school, well maybe not horrible, everything seemed horrible to him these days. Kitty and Evan had been following him all around as loyal friends and he had ignored them as much as he could. Amanda had been the only one to who he had said a word during the entire day, and then the reason had been to cancel their date of this week-end. She had token it very well, Kurt knew Kitty had told her about what had happened and Kurt was great full for that although he didn't showed it. Amanda had been the best girlfriend a guy could have wished for; she just had smiled and said she understood. Now he had finally managed to get Kitty and Evan of off his back and he was walking back to the institute. Actually he still had 2 lessons before school was over but he didn't cared at least he would be able to be alone for a few moments. Who would try and stop him? Kitty and Evan didn't have the same classes the two next hours so they would only know that he was skipping school when it was too late to stop him. And at the institute he would just teleport in and no one would ever know. He could just as well just teleport to his room right away but he enjoyed the moment of peace and quite during his little walk. The soft spring breeze calming him a bit and giving his thoughts the chance to linger of.

"Yo, fuzzbal skipping classes? That's not very heroic is it?"

Kurt looked up briefly seeing just as he thought: Toad. But he ignored him and just kept walking away.

"Someone is in a bad mood, yo!" Toad said hoping at his side to walk beside him "What's got stuck in your fur, blue boy?"

Kurt just tried to ignore him but couldn't help it and gave him a brief pist off look.

"Yo, what's up nightcreeper? You sick or something? Normally you would have at least taken fighting positions with me." Toad said not willing to let a chance as this slip his fingers just like that.

"Vhat the hell vould you care, all you care for is your ovn sorry ass!" Kurt snapped back a bit more aggressive then he had meant.

"Sorry for asking, yo!" Toad answered just as snappy "But don't feel flattered blue boy it's just if you were sick it would be a piece of cake taking you down!" Toad continued.

"Get lost Toad. I don't feel like fightzing right nov." Kurt said his depression catching up with him again.

"But what if I did?" Toad said on a quite mysterious way still following him.

"I vould just port avay." Kurt answer not looking at him anymore, trying to ignore him what proofed itself harder then he had thought.

"You can't port away when I do this!" Toad said and jumped on Kurt's back in hope to pin him down. Kurt how ever didn't feel like messing around and form the moment he saw Toad jump at him he kicked him off harder then he would usually in a casual fight. Toad went flying back against a bunch of gar bridge cans in the dead end ally, luckily there were no people near watching them.

"Yo, there is really something seriously bothering you!" Toad concluded as he stood up painfully grabbing his stomach.

"Yes there is Toad. Hov gallant of you to notice, nov vould you mind just leaving me alone!" Kurt snapped back.

"Yo, sorry fluffy I didn't knew that the lost of the boss lady meant that much to you." Toad said still lightly recovering of the unexpected kick.

"Vhat?" Kurt exclaimed feeling as he was slammed in the face by surprise.

"Yeah yo, that is the reason you're so down right? You're mom in a million pieces, yo. I just tried to lure your attention to something else." Toad said positioning himself to jump away.

"Vait. Hov do you knov?" Kurt said feeling much more alive then he had been during all the day.

"Know what yo?"

"That she vas my mom and that…" Kurt just couldn't go further, he couldn't say the words fearing that if they came over his lips it would kill her for real. Hoping that everything was just a bad dream and fearing it would be real if he said the words.

"I just know yo." Toad said hopping away. But Kurt ported right in front of him stopping him

"Vait Todd, please." Kurt plaid.

Toad looked at him from his hopping position thinking it over. He then sighed and stood up. "Alright yo, calm down fuzz ball no reason to get all that familiar. I warn you yo I don't know much, but what do you wanna know yo?"

"Everything!"

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"So the entire Brotherhood knovs I'm Mystique's son?" Kurt asked in disbelief while supporting against the wall of the narrow street while listening to Toad who was sitting on the gar bridge can.

"Yeah basically everybody, yo. Everybody who was there the night at the new mark destruction. When we came to get you, we were just there when Mystique said it. And believe me yo, you weren't the only one in for a surprise. We were so shocked that it took us a while to actually attack. It is also the reason that we didn't came back to get the statue when you came snitching it." Toad explained.

Kurt looked at the ground "Maybe you had better done thatz." He sighed a slight feeling of guilt taking over again, he could have saved her.

"Yeah who would have thought Rogue would be that piss at her, yo!" Toad commented.

"You knov that as vell?"

"Oeps" Toad mounted knowing it had slipped him.

"Hov do you knov that as vell?" Kurt asked suspicious.

"Hehe, I didn't say a thing yo, don't know about what you're taking man." He corrected himself, Wanda would zap him.

"Toad!" Kurt said threatening.

"Alright yo, no reason to get all upset. Wanda made a deal with witch: she would have to tell us everything that happened later on so that we knew if Mystique was back or not."

"Did Vanda even ever told you she vas helping me?" Kurt asked suspicious.

"No man, I just had happened to hear that stuff yo." Toad said grinning innocently.

" Vov, so far for privet life. If even your enemies knov everything." Kurt sighed with a small smile.

"Yo, keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right." Toad said grinning.

Kurt who had been smiling a minute ago sadly understood his depressive feelings had caught up with him again and his smile left as he looked down.

"Yo, listen blue boy, you know I can see why you're upset but I can picture why Rogue did it." He continued "I think you should like talk to her, yo. If you're getting me. Give her a chance to say what she felt and tell her what is playing in your mind. Talk about it make peace and live on yo."

Kurt looked at Toad thoughtfully: was it a good idea to take advice of his archenemy? Then a small smile crept on his face.

"Well anyway I've got to get going yo, you know what it would do to my reputation if anyone knew I was giving my archenemy a pep talk! See around fuzzy and I think you should follow my advice at least you will be more then this pill of misery when we fight again." He said, on his Toad-way of encouraging people, as he was hopping of.

"Hey Todd!" Kurt yelled at him drawing his attention one last time as Toad was looking at him over his shoulder

"What's up, yo?"

"Danke!" Kurt said as he looked at his archenemy hopped off.

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Rogue was standing at the shore side of the gardens of the institute watching the waves collapsed against the stone wall. They broke up in million peaces just as she had did.

"Leave me alone! Don't you get it? I hate you!"
"Stop acting this way Rogue, you don't belong with them."
"You used me!" the teen screamed angry.
"I just gave you a hint the right direction." Mystique said with one hand in her hip and motioning her to calm down with the other.
"Get out of my life, you make me sick!" Rogue yelled furiously.
Mystique touched Rogue's arm trying to calm her, Rogue however pulled back immediately "Would you mind if I killed you?" she started "'cause you have hurt me, and yes I minded so stay away form me or I will!" she added treathfully.
Mystique drew back "Fine as you wish, I will leave you alone. Bye Rogue."

"Bye Rogue…

………………Bye………

…………………………Rogue………

………………………………………Rogue………"

"Rogue?" Rogue felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around in shock screaming and pushing forward her ungloved hand "Leave me alone, you have hurt me enough. I can't take it anymore." To her surprise it was Logan who had been calling her. He had grabbed her hand just in time to be sure she didn't touch him. Once she realised what she almost had done she fell on her knees tearfully finally breaking down. Logan knelt beside her putting a arm around her "You okay kid?" he started.

"Yes." Rogue answered holding back her tears while putting her glove back on.

"Wait let me help you get up." Logan said offering her his hand.

"I can walk alone, I need no ones help!" Rogue said standing up but almost immediately falling down again. Logan caught her and she started snobbing against his shoulder, being totally wrecked by the fight she had been fighting.

"Shht calm down. I'm here." he said pulling her close in a fatherly hug he knew he couldn't help her and he hated the feeling. He cared a lot for Rogue and he hated the fact that he couldn't protect her form what was happening.

"I can't take it anymore, it's to much I just can take it any more." Rogue started "I always did everything on my own but the weight is just too much, the burden is winning. I feel horrible, I can't think, I can't breath, everything hurts, I hate myself I..I…." she couldn't take it anymore and broke down openly for the first time ever. Logan gave her a tight huge and then pushed her back softly to face her "Hey listen kid, I understand: been there done that. Maybe not exactly the same but I know how it is to suffer." He started shortly as most times when he did actually talk. She looked aside not able to face him, she was acting ridiculous, she had showed her weakness.

"You shouldn't carry this begun alone." Logan continued.

Rogue still didn't look at him.

"I think you should talk to blue boy." Logan fished still keeping his speech short but clear.

Rogue now turned her face to look up at him but still didn't say a word.

"You're both lost, if you keep this up it will eat you from inside. Believe me you won't be able to get much more hurt then you already are, you have nothing else to lose."

"Thanks." she whispered looking him in the eyes now "I guess you're right."

"Hey if you need a teacher to help you to put thing up just let me know." Logan said grinning to cheer her up.

"I think I'll get thing done alone from here, but thanks." Rogue said laughing weakly.

"Speaking of which shouldn't you be at school?" Logan commented raising a eyebrow.

"Thanks for the pep talk, bye Logan." Rogue said waving away the comment and leaving "I have some thing to take care of." she yelled at him while running of.

"Bye kid and good luck." He whispered after her.

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"You should…"

"I knov!"

"And…"

"I knov."

"How? Who told you? I've been working hours on that pep talk. Who beaded me to it?" Kitty complained as she was running after Kurt. He had skipped the last two hours of school and had still entered the institute later as she had and she wanted to know were he had been. But first of all she had been willing to give him her pep talk of which she had carefully chosen every word after a long consideration. And now somebody else had beaded her to it and she wanted to know who.

"Toad did actually." Kurt answered.

"What? Like you mean Toad from the Brotherhood? Like Toad in Todd Tolansky?" Kitty asked not able to believe it.

"Yeah he did Kittzy. So vould you please stop." Kurt said irritated.

"Yeah sure, but let me get this straight first. Toad form the Brotherhood, like your archenemy who you can hardly face at school with out starting a fight, actually gave you good advice about the situation with Rogue? Like really good advice, not like just kill her and get it over with?"

"Yes he did Kittzy!" Kurt said a bit agitated "and no he didn't suggested me killing her. He said I should talk to her."

"Wow, like who would expect that from that slime ball."

"Your vorst enemy is your best freund." Kurt philosophed not caring lot for the moment about the weird things he said.

"We are like talking about Toad right?!" Kitty said with a nervous giggle.

"I knov it sounds veird, but think about it: you are at your best vhen you face your archenemy. They bring up the best in you!"

"Or the worst." Kitty said trying to point him to the fact that Toad was bad news.

"They make you shov your true colours, and he shoved himself good by this so I guess he's not as bad as he pretends." Kurt explained trying to get Kitty of his back.

"I guess that makes sense." Kitty said doubting, she was not to fond about the idea of Kurt and Toad being 'palls'. "So like what now?" She asked.

"I guess I should talk to her." Kurt said nervously.

"You want me to help you?" Kitty suggested putting a warm hand on his shoulder offering him comfort.

"No...Thanks for the offer but I think I knov the perfect person to help me and she ovns me one." Kurt said as a smile crept on his face and he ported away.

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Authors note: So I hope you guy's enjoyed the second chapter. I know it might be a bit weird with the Toad-Kurt part but I base this idea on the part when Toad and Kurt work together in some episodes like in the end of "the witch, the toad and the wardrobe". I hope I did the Kitty and Toad talk right (the 'yo' and 'like' stuff). Well anyway start guessing how Rogue and Kurt are going to talk to each other, have any idea who Kurt means? Ow and PLEASE REVIEW!