As promised, this chapter is longer. However, I suck at writing battle scenes so you have been warned. :)
Scott opened the door to Haley's room, where she and Kitty were now just joking around and laughing. They were trying to just forget the events that had transpired, but he didn't know that. And that's the way they wanted it to be. "Suit up you two, the Brotherhood has come to play."
"Even me?" Haley asked incredulously. She didn't think that she was really ready to take on anyone. Even though she had already taken out Pietro and Todd.
Impatiently, he sighed. "How many people are in this room?"
"Two," she responded blankly.
"And I said 'you two', now does that answer your question?" As if on cue, the two girls rolled their eyes at the same time. "Let's go," Cyclops urged, ever impatient when it came to facing their rivals.
A few minutes later, the X-men a stood in a line, waiting for the Brotherhood to arrive. They didn't have to wait long. They came within a few moments. For a little while, the two groups stared each other down. Kitty rolled her eyes at Lance who gave a helpless shrug. Quicksilver had his attention focused on Haley. When she finally looked at her, he made a kissy face. She scowled in response. She felt the boiling hate rising inside of her. The anger in both of their eyes matched.
"I call Pietro," Haley hissed towards the others. She sounded business, so they decided to respect her request despite the fact that she was the newest one on the team.
A few seconds later, the first move was made by Quicksilver. "Catch me if you can little rip tide," he snarled as he took off into the woods. Haley launched herself in the air and pursued him quickly.
"Be careful," Kurt warned Tidal Wave as she took off. She looked in his eyes, gave him a little smile, and nodded.
"Nightcrawler," Scott directed once she had made it out of earshot. "Follow after them. Get her away from him is need be." The elf nodded and disappeared. "Rogue, take care of Toad."
"Oh, my favorite," she remarked dryly.
He scowled slightly at her reaction but decided to dismiss it. "Jean and Spyke, you get Blob. Kitty, you're with me. We've got Avalanche."
"You have got to be kidding me," Shadowcat murmured to herself. It was just her luck. Then again, that was also good news because it meant that Scott still hadn't figured out about their relationship.
The battle was initiated and the X-men took off to their directed target.
Following close behind Scott, Kitty hesitantly advanced towards her boyfriend. Lance was obviously surprised by this and faltered in making a move. Then, Avalanche set out a tremor and created a deep chasm in which Cyclops fell. At the last moment, Shadowcat was able to grab his hand and pull him to safety. Then she shot the dirtiest look she could manage at Lance who once again gave her a little shrug in response.
Toad bounded after Rogue who just took off her glove and rendered him unconcious. She shuddered feeling slimy inside because of him. "Idiot," she muttered as she walked away from him.
Fred was having fun just uprooting trees to throw at his opponents. Jean stopped one tree from hitting Evan. Then, she propelled it back him. Spyke tried shooting at Blob, but much to his cahgrin he found that the mutants excessive amount of blubber created a form of protection for himself.
Meanwhile, Haley was chasing after Quicksilver in the forest. From a tree overhead, Kurt watched over silently as her protector, only willing to help her if she absolutely needed it. "What's the problem, Haley? Tired of chasing me?" Pietro cackled as he circled her.
She put up a wall of water for him to run into. When he actually did, she was surprised. "Looks like you've fallen for me once again," she shot back. Getting up, he threw a punch at her. She dodged it easily because of the poor angle he had thrown it at. Grinning, she retorted, "Didn't your mother teach you not to hit girls?"
He got up on his feet. Haley shot a jet of water at him which he avoided. "I'll only fall for that trick once."
From up in the trees, Nightcrawler tried to make sense of the two's banter. It was quite confusing because he wasn't sure what they kept referring to. Unexpectedly, Pietro grabbed Haley and started kissing her. Kurt's heart pounded madly, and he became incredibly jealous. He gripped the branch he was perched on tightly with his tail to keep himself from being made known.
Tidal Wave kneed Pietro where it counts. He collapsed over. Nightcrawler silently applauded Haley. He didn't know that she was congratulating herself too. "Sorry, Pietro, that's not going to work anymore," she said proudly.
Anymore? When was the first time they kissed?
"It worked about an hour ago," Quicksilver mustered out through his pain.
An hour ago? They kissed an hour ago?! The puzzle pieces began to fall in place in his head; his heart began to ache. Devastated by this betrayel, Kurt teleported to his room. He had been wrong. Just because she didn't freak out when she first saw him didn't mean that she would be different than the others like he had thought.
"Yeah, but remember that part when I slammed you against your wall?" She brought down a torrent of water on him. "Dammit, Pietro! When are you going to understand that you were just a phase and a stupid mistake?!"
It had finally seemed that Quicksilver got the picture. "Let's go!" he shouted loudly to his team who was more than a couple yards away. With that, Pietro was gone.
Still happy with her inner and outter victory, Haley made her way back to the others. "Where's Kurt?" she asked furrowing her brow. "Is he okay?"
"He was supposed to watch after you," Scott admitted while rubbing the back of his neck.
"What?!" she screeched. It wasn't the fact that Scott thought she needed a babysitter that made her mad. It was the thought of what he might have seen or heard. She looked back at the mansion and saw a blot of blue fur out on the balcony where Kurt's room should have been. She took off running at rapid speed to go talk to him.
He sat alone, staring off at the sunset. He had been a fool to think that Haley had really wanted him. How stupid could he be? Why did he always have to get hurt like this?
"Kurt," a voice said from behind him. He recognized it as Haley's.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" he asked coldly without turning around. The harshness of his words caught her off guard.
She hesitated. "Well I didn't use the door, but-" She rapped her knuckles against the frame of the doors that led out to the balcony. "May I come in?"
"No."
"You need to listen to me Kurt."
He whirled around, angered. His demonic appearance finally suceeded in scaring her. "About what, Haley? How I saw you kissing Pietro? Or how that wasn't the first time that it's happened? Oh yes, I would love to hear about that. Do please give me every detail. That would just be wonderful!"
"Stop!" she cried unhappily. "Do you think I'm proud of what has happened between me and Pietro? It wasn't exactly something I chose!"
Kurt rolled his eyes to show that he didn't believe her. "And I'm also sure that you didn't choose to be 'kidnapped' by him either."
"I didn't," she growled through clenched teeth.
"Well isn't that convenient then?" he snapped. Kurt became suddenly sullen. "I thought that we had something…"
She put her hand on his shoulder. "We do…"
Violently, he removed her hand. "You sure have a funny way of showing it. Sneaking around with other guys isn't exactly what I had in mind."
"It wasn't what I had had in mind either…"
He smacked his forehead. "I was so stupid to think that you actually cared or wanted me! After all, I'm just some demonic freak! That's the only thing people will ever see!"
Haley wanted Kurt to shut up, so she did it the only way she knew how. She kissed him. When she pulled away, he started talking again. Frustrated, she kissed him again. The next time they pulled away, he didn't talk. Instead, he pulled her in this time.
Kurt was suddenly conflicted with emotions. He pushed her away and teleported without saying a word. Haley stared at the spot where he had been moments before, upset. Defeated, she walked back to her room. She silently closed the door, leaned against it, closed her eyes, and sighed.