Well... I've tried working on my other stories because I kind of need to update them, but I just can't concentrate. So I'm back to here again... and yes, I'm making Zeo learn the freaking rasengan.
Wrong show? Yes! But that's what makes it possible. With the fact that it doesn't exist, I can recreate it and label it my own... except not label it my own... because then I'd get sued... which would suck.
If anyone dislikes the idea, I am sorry, but you don't have to consider it the rasengan. Just consider it a new attack.
And sorry about the Scott bashing. I have no real problem with Scott. It was just that I haven't seen the show in a while, and the episodes I can remember well... Jean is angry at Scott for messing with her training and trying to help her... and in the other, he's yelling at Lance, who temporarily joined, so... kind of hard to get his character down with those as memory... rewatching the 3rd movie didn't help either.
In order to make up for that fact however, I've incorporated another problem in Scott. From what I remember, it was in one of the comics. Or so I've heard. Wikipedia isn't exactly a comic book.
Devilish Mutation
"So anyone know if it's true then?" Jamie asked as the new mutants gathered for their training session.
Zeo had recently recovered enough to return to training... and with that came an interesting rumor from Scott, and the rest of the X-men.
According to them, Zeo had been enstated as the leader of the new mutants.
If that was true, things might change a bit from here.
Sure, none of them had a problem with Zeo personally, but they did have a bit of a problem with people bossing them around as if they couldn't make decisions themselves.
Scott had seen to that little fact.
It was at that point that Zeo walked in... wearing a new uniform.
It's colors were black and red, obviously custom designed, and possibly with Zeo adding in the color scheme, considering it just happened to be his two favorite colors.
The uniform, to be specific, was almost all black.
There were lines on the lower half, outside the legs, that were in red, as well as two lines down the sleeve.
The most interesting add on however was the symbol.
The usual X-men symbol was there on the front, as it had been with some of the designs, but through it, there was a large N, which was bolded, and seemed to almost shine.
"I have to admit, I like the design" Tabitha said with a grin.
"Looks like you're looking at the body under, rather the design" Booby responded with his own grin, winning him a small bomb being thrown to him, which he caught in confusion before his eye's widened and he threw it back up quickly, just in time for it to explode.
"Er... anyways... ya, the rumor's kinda true... I've been enstated as leader of the new mutants... which I got changed to Nex Men. Or new X-men, just to annoy the hell out of Scott" Zeo said with a smirk, causing the others to begin talking to each other in response to the remark.
"Anyways! Back on topic. It's time for our training, and we have a new team. I say we work on teamwork for now... as much as I hate it" Zeo said as the doors into the Danger room opened, revealing an empty room.
"Well than, let's go in" Zeo said with a smirk as he entered the room, followed by the others, though a bit hesitantly.
Now that they were working as a team, this might be a bit different than the usual training.
"Alright bubs, here's the deal. The first level you'll start on is two" Logan said, getting a few sighs of relief.
Logan smirked at that before continuing.
"This is to get you guys to work on teamwork... then I'm bumping the level to 9" he said, chuckling as he ignored the cries of disapproval.
They usually had trouble with a level 4, so something like a nine... was kind of out of their league in their opinion.
"Begin" Logan yelled as the room activated to level two.
10 droids appeared, all armed with nothing more than the lowest level of stun guns.
"Jamie, Jubilee, go to the two on the left. Jubilee, use your powers at their lowest and hit Jamie to make him clone himself. And yes, I know you can do it on your own now, but you get more when you lose control of your powers from a hit" he said to Jamie as Jamie opened his mouth to complain.
He closed it with a confused look before Jubilee grabbed him and dragged him to the droids.
"After he's cloned, use your powers to mess with their radar, then Jamie, it's your chance to attack." Zeo said as he saw the others in the group wondering what to do.
"Timebomb, Ray, head to the two on the right, and have some distance. Timebomb, throw your strongest bomb towards them. Ray, strike the bomb with electricity, causing it to explode early. It holds more power that way, and get's charged up" Zeo said to them, or rather, yelled to them, considering Jubilee had used a bit too much power in her fireworks, which meant really loud sounds.
Luckily, Jamie wasn't hurt, though he was disoriented, which meant there were now 20 Jamies walking back in forth holding their head.
"Guess that didn't work" he thought with a grimace as Tabitha and Ray messed up as well, considering that Ray struck the bomb the second it was thrown, rather than waiting for it to reach the droids.
"Damn it!" he thought.
"Cannonball! Shoot forward through those two!" he yelled, getting irritated.
Sam quickly did so, crushing the droids with ease... before slamming into a wall, which knocked him out.
"... this sucks" he thought as he turned to Rahne, Amara, and Bobby, the last three members.
"... how to use these three as a group?" he thought.
"Nova, Iceman, use your attacks near the remaining members. Make the two connect. It'll make steam. Rahne, use the chance to attack" he told them.
And they did just that... except there was the problem that when Amara and Bobby's attack's connected, they decided to try and test who had the stronger attack, and kept them deadlocked, causing the steam to cover the entire arena.
"Damn it! Everything went wrong!' he thought as he crushed the droids and the control room reappeared.
"Sorry about that everyone" Zeo muttered, looking down.
His orders had really messed things up.
"But that was my fault!" Jubilee said, as did Ray, Amara, and Bobby.
"But I'm the leader... which means all your mistakes become my fault... that's, like, the rule of being a leader" Zeo said with a sigh.
Above, Logan frowned.
They hadn't gotten any better at being a team, that was for sure.
Not to say Zeo had given any bad instructions.
He had looked at each member and given them a job where they were of use, as well as pairing them with someone else, allowing them to get new styles from that.
A great idea as it was... but the new mutants... or rather, New X-men, just didn't follow the order.
"Should I really put it to level 9?" he thought with a sigh as he watched the group before smirking as he remembered some pranks that Zeo had done to him when he had first came into the group.
"Consider it payback, bub" he muttered as he set the room to level 9.
As the new X-men were discussing what had gone wrong, the area began to change, which did not go unnoticed by the group.
Once again, a large amount of droids appeared.
This time, there were as many as 25, with a few powered up lasers, as well as saws in the walls.
"He can't seriously think we're ready" Zeo thought as he saw the room activate.
"Iceman, Amara, get above the droids. Amara, use Lava! Iceman, use ice that'll melt quickly.
Water and lava creates rocks!" Zeo yelled.
The two nodded and headed above the group, Iceman riding his ice up, while Amara merely floated to the location.
This time, they followed the directions a bit better to make up for last mistake.
This worked incredibly well as a large molten rock appeared above the droids before falling, and crushing 12 of them as it was.
"Cannonball, shoot through the rock.
It'll destroy the droids who survived, and the rock'll slow you enough that you won't lose control!" he yelled as Sam Guthrie shot forward, as he was told, breaking into the rock with ease, and crashing out, a bit slower before falling out of the form.
At that, six droids gathered.
Ray, Timebomb, same as before, but make sure to hit the bomb once it's in the group of enemies" Zeo yelled as he turned to the group.
Tabitha smirked at that as she did so.
Ray quickly hit the bomb, causing a large explosion, which destroyed the enemies armor.
Jubilee, throw your fireworks in and blind them.
Jamie, clone yourself and take them down once Jubilee has hit them!" he yelled out, smirking as he saw the group working now.
He sighed as he remembered that Rahne still wasn't fighting.
He hated to say it, but she didn't have much of a use on the team when it came to battle.
Transforming into a dog... just didn't do much for a battle at this level.
Of course, he didn't really want to tell her that, as it was incredibly rude, and would cause problems later on.
" Rahne, you and me will take the other six" he said as he rushed forwards, seeing Rahne do the same out of the corner of his eye.
He easily jumped over three opponents and landed on the fourth, putting all his weight into it, crushing that enemy.
Rahne slammed into one herself, but was unable to do much beyond making it stumble.
"Damn! No use" Zeo thought as he watched before smirking.
"Bobby! Freeze the droids near Rahne!" he yelled to Bobby, who had finished his part with the rock, and was currently just recovering energy.
He quickly did as he was told, just as Rahne slammed into one, shattering it.
Of course, this caused shrapnel to shoot off, which Zeo then had to dodge, but at least Rahne was able to do something now.
He then turned and punched through one of the droids, dodging more shrapnel as Rahne shattered another.
Seeing only one left, Zeo leapt forward and gathered energy into his hand in order to try out his new move.
An incredible ball of red energy appeared as he slammed it into the droid.
Unluckily, the energy then exploded, sending him flying into a nearby wall.
Granted, with the last enemy down, the room deactivated, so it wasn't considered a flaw in the team, but still, that was just another problem with this new attack of his.
At that point, they heard clapping.
"Not bad at all bubs. From not being able to do a level 2, ta going for the win in a level 9, and in so short a time... not bad at all. Anyways, training's over... and you'll all be getting your own uniforms in a few days" Logan said, getting a strange look from the others, up until they remembered Zeo's new uniform and began talking.
"Well, then, see you here at the same time tomorrow. No excuse's!" Logan yelled as they walked out.
He then walked to Zeo, who was now sitting on the ground, panting.
"What was that last bit about?" Logan asked him.
Zeo just smirked in response.
"New attack I'm working on. I based it off a tv show I watched. But I still have to work on it" he said with a frown.
"Well, don't try and use it in real combat if you don't have it down right. Especially not you. You remember how your power is. You are kind of unstable with the energy" Logan said.
Zeo nodded in agreement before grinning. "Which is exactly why I'm doing this move. It requires perfect control or it'll do what it did there!" Zeo said.
"In that case, don't use it at all" Logan said with a smirk.
"Haha, very funny" Zeo said as he rolled his eyes before getting up to leave.
"Well, practice is over... seeya wolfy boy!" he said with a smirk as he ran off, ignoring Logan's angry glare.
"... Logan was right though. If they had a leader, they'd work great... well, besides Rahne, and Cannonball. Rahne doesn't have the power for attack, and a random dog walking around isn't the best spy... there must be a solution for this" he thought with a frown before thinking towards Cannonball.
"Then we've got Cannonball. He's pure power... but it's practically impossible to control. He's untouchable while using his powers... but we aren't. If he can't control his powers and runs into one of us, then we'll have a problem" Zeo sighed.
"One being a total powerhouse. The other not having enough power. There has got to be a solution in there somewhere!" Zeo thought, getting a bit annoyed.
As he'd told Scott, he didn't want to be leader.
Not because he thought he'd be bad at it.
He'd had to take leadership before, and had done great.
It was the fact that he gained way too many responsibilities at once.
Any problem with the team was his problem.
Any mistakes were his and his alone.
That was what being the leader of a group like this meant to him.
Well, that and a constant headache.
"Scott really has problems too... but he doesn't have to take it out on everyone." Zeo thought with a frown as he headed towards the kitchen for a bite to eat.
As he entered, he saw that Kitty Pryde was also in the room.
"Hey Zeo! Is it, like, true? Are you the leader of the, like, new mutants now?" she asked.
"What? Of course not" Zeo said with a nervous laugh.
"Like, oh" she said with a small, confused frown.
"They're the Nex men now" Zeo said with a smirk. At that Kitty brightened up.
"Like, that's totally awesome! How's it, like, going so far?" she asked.
"Good... well, for the most part. It's still not the best teamwork. And I have no idea how I'm going to fit Rahne and Cannonball into the team. Rahne doesn't have physical strength enough to fight most of the other humans. And a dog isn't exactly a successful spy. And Cannonball... well, his power is hard to control" Zeo said with a frown.
Kitty frowned at that as well.
That was a bit of a problem, and she had no idea for a solution.
That was when it hit her.
She remembered a test that Beast had done a long time ago.
He had said that Rahne turning into a dog was only the tip of the mutation.
The real result was a form akin to a werewolf, if the DNA structure meant anything.
"Rahne hasn't finished her mutation!" Kitty exclaimed, surprising Zeo.
"Huh? So she does more than transform into a dog?" he asked, confused now.
It was the first he had heard, or seen, of this little fact.
"Uh huh! Beast, like, did a test, and, like, it showed that she's only begun to master her mutation.
As for Cannonball!... well, a long time ago, we faced a mutant with a very similar power... except, he had more control.
He could turn and everything. Maybe he just needs more practice!" Kitty pointed out.
Zeo nodded at that and quickly thanked her before walking off with a confident smile.
"Looks like I have something to work on afterwards" he thought as he looked for Logan.
He had a few questions for him, concerning his team.
For instance, if he could personally train Sam and Rahne, as well as if he could do so in another area.
If Cannonball was going to learn control, he needed a much larger area.
And he was also kind of worried about what he had heard about Rahne's transformation.
Last he checked, being able to turn into a creature similar to a werewolf had a tendency to cause the brain to become unstable on the first attempt.
It could be wrong in the real world, but, so far, a lot of stupid movies he had thrown aside as pointless... were proving a lot of their theories right.
It was kind of weird really, but not anything to complain about.
Though he did plan on seeing if he could find information on one of the actors.
He had shown up in every one of those movies.
Never a main part, but always there.
Kind of a strange occurrence.
But he didn't have time to wonder about that right now anyways.
It was at that point that he ran into Scott.
"So you don't plan on taking over the X-men huh?" Scott said with his arms crossed.
"Um... no. as you can see, you have full control over the X-men" Zeo said with a sigh.
"And the name "Nex men, AKA New X-men is just a coincidence huh?" Scott asked angrily.
"Look, so I changed their name to something that sounded less like a group of amateurs. What the hell is the problem?" Zeo said, getting annoyed now.
"One, X-men is our name, and two, they are a bunch of amateurs!" Scott yelled, getting angrier and angrier.
This Zeo kid just kept pushing his buttons.
He just wouldn't learn his place.
"They are not amateurs! Unless of course, you're comparing to the Apocalypse squadron, in which case, so is your team. And also, in case you forgot! X-men comes from the fact that Xavier created the team. X. Xavier! You guys are fucking retards! You can't claim a name when we both have the same leader. And last I checked, you're the only one with a problem anyways! So shut up and lead your team already. What the hell does it matter if I have a team myself anyways!" Zeo yelled angrily as he shot past Scott, glaring angrily all the while.
"God damn him! I don't even know what his freaking problem is! If he feels like I'm threatening his position as leader, then why doesn't he fucking prove it already" Zeo thought angrily as he made a turn towards the danger room.
"Same rules as I usually input. Level increase to 20" Zeo muttered to the machine angrily.
"Operating. Setting up high level... optimal performance of organic beings impossible. Continue?" the machine asked.
"Yes" Zeo muttered as he jumped into the room, barely dodging a blast of energy.
"Strange, it never said it was active" he muttered with a sigh as he quickly began dodging.
He never once went on the offensive, and merely stuck to trying to dodge.
He was able to successfully dodge for about ten minutes before a laser hit him, causing him to stop long enough for about 100 droids to shoot at him.
At that point, the battle was over.
"There we go... great stress reliever" he thought as he lay there, covered in sweat.
As tired as he was, he could no longer stay angry, and, so, with a bit of a struggle, he pulled himself up and limped over to the shower room.
After a quick shower, and a really short nap, he headed back to trying to find Logan to ask him about the whole personal training deal.
Due to the fact that it was dinner time, it was relatively easy to find him, however, it wasn't so easy to talk to him, considering everyone else was there.
Instead, Zeo caught Logan's eye and looked out towards the deck.
Logan saw that and looked at Zeo, confused for a second.
What was it that he wanted to talk about? Something about the team maybe? Might explain why he couldn't just say it now.
With a mental sigh, Logan headed onto the deck after Zeo.
"So what's up bub?" Logan asked as he walked out.
"Am I aloud to personally train some of the members on my team?" Zeo asked him.
"Come again?" Logan asked with a confused stare.
"Some members? Like who?" he thought.
And with that, Zeo told the problem.
"hn, makes sense, but I think it's still kind of Xavier's choice more than mine. I ain't got a problem with it though" Logan said with a smirk.
The kid was annoying at times, but he really seemed to take being a leader seriously.
Quite the difference from the whiny little brat that had shown up only a couple months before.
And what a relief too.
He was gonna snap if that kid hadn't calmed down.
"Eh, well thanks anyways Wolfy boy" Zeo said as he ran off, away from Logan, who had turned around and begun running after him.
"Guess I'll have to ask Xavier later. He has that one weird political meeting today, and I don't know when he's getting back" thought Zeo as he dodged away from Logan and headed for his room.
"I might as well get some rest" he thought as he laid down.
In minutes, he was out like a light.
"Talk about a success. We really did hit the jackpot with this kid. We'll have to make sure Sefaros doesn't get this one. If this one can continue as he is, we'll have one of the god level mutants on our side. He'll be on par with Apocalypse!" the person said to his associate.
"Even then, that'll be quite a few years. If we're waiting that long, then keep an eye on Jean. She has the Phoenix, they say. And if it's true, she's one of the god types as well" his partner said.
"If that's the case, watch the girl named Rogue. If her power works as I think it does, then if we can continue her mutation, she could become the strongest of all the mutants. She's already had contact with Apocalypse, if I remember correctly. If she were to connect with the Phoenix, as well as our test subject, and her full potential were to be unlocked, she would have everything." a third member muttered as he entered, getting murmurs of approval from the other two.
The powers that the girl Rogue absorbed, were kept in her subconscious.
Deep in her subconscious.
But it was there nonetheless, and if she were to become able to access that at will, she would be beyond anything else in existence.
"This group holds the three mutants with the highest level of potential. It will surely be a successful quest. The three of them would allow us to finish the new design." one of the three muttered.
"Yes, the Second Dawn is approaching. The end of the world can be prolonged, but there is no way to stop this. It is inevitable" one of the three figures muttered as he closed the link to the X-men mansion, and instead, opened one that held the image of the mutant known as Apocalypse.
He was currently unconscious, and floating in a glass tube, filled with water.
Also, parts were missing.
But it was all too obvious who the occupant was.
"Master. Soon, the test subject shall reach his full potential. And when he does, the last substance needed for your restoration will be released. On that date, even death itself shall falter. Only a few more years. It would have been sooner if the last test subject hadn't been stopped. But by stopping him, they only revealed their powers. Our victory is assured" the man said as he looked at the image before the room went completely black.
A few days had passed since that conversation with Logan, and there was still no sign of Xavier.
A few of the mutants were beginning to wonder about this absence.
Scott being one of them.
"Something must be wrong. We can't get in contact with him at all. No one knows where the meeting is located. We need to do something and now" Scott said to the X-men, who he had gathered for this meeting.
"Perhaps not. There's no real need to jump to conclusions. And sending the X-men out at a time like this isn't the best idea after all" Beast said as he entered the conversation.
"Than what do we do?" Scott asked, trying to calm down.
Lately, he'd been having trouble staying calm.
To be specific, ever since the Apocalypse incident.
He was now beginning to worry that it might be an aftereffect of the battle.
Considering none of the others seemed to be affected however, it obviously wasn't something that came from simply being there.
Whatever it was that had affected him however, also had it's uses.
He hadn't shown anyone yet, but he seemed to have a lot more control over his power than usual, as he had found out during a solo danger room practice session.
One of the droids had knocked his visor off, but he had been able to control his powers almost perfectly.
There was no uncontrolled release of power from it.
For the first time in years, he had been able to look at things with his regular eyes.
He'd tried a few times other than that, with results coming on and off.
Sometimes, he had control, others, he felt like he had less than ever.
But he was sure that with enough time, he could fix that little fact as well.
It was at that point that he saw a pair of large, furry blue fingers snapping in front of his face, trying to get his attention.
"Scott? You do realize that the secondary plan I told you has no use if you don't hear me right?" Beast asked as Scott shook his head.
"Sorry Doctor McCoy. I was thinking about something else. What was your plan?" Scott asked with a sigh.
"Well, considering we need the main force here with the current circumstances of the Apocalypse squadron. I think it would be beneficial to our cause to send the Nex men in your teams place" Beast said, ignoring Scott's look.
Scott shook his head once more as he tried to clear the anger out of his head.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean, they only became a team three days ago. They aren't ready for a full on battle." Scott said.
"But this is not a full on battle. We are merely checking in on the Professor. This is a great opportunity to try this new team out." Beast pointed out.
Scott inwardly scowled at that.
He really didn't like the idea of any team led by an idiot like Zeo going on any type of mission.
But this one had little to no ways it could go wrong.
They were simply checking to make sure nothing had gone wrong with Xavier's meeting.
"... fine. I guess it probably is the best idea" Scott muttered to Beast after a few seconds pause.
"Alright then. I'll go inform Zeo and the New X-men" Beast said as he left.
Zeo was currently sitting in a tree thinking.
So far, the training had been going great, even if he hadn't been able to talk to Xavier about his plan.
But he'd still done the solo training. It was just a bit more limited.
As he had thought, Rahne had lost a bit of control on her first transformation into the full on werewolf form, but she had gained better control over it now.
Not to say she had perfect control but, from what he had heard, neither did Beast.
It seemed like mutations such as those happened to have that as a small side affect.
Then there was Cannonball.
He'd been gaining more control on turning, as well as a few other parts.
So far, in such a short time, a lot of progress had been made.
It was at that point that he saw Beast heading towards where he was.
Seeing this, he jumped down as it was obvious Beast was approaching him about something.
"Hey Beast... something happening?" Zeo asked as Beast stopped.
"Not too much, though I do have the first mission for your group" Beast said with a small smile, already guessing Zeo's reaction.
Knowing Zeo, it would probably be a leap of joy in some ways.
He ended up being quite surprised by Zeo's real reaction.
Zeo's eye's did widen at the news, as he had thought they likely would.
But what Zeo said was the real surprise.
"I don't think they're ready" he said with a sigh.
"Nonsense. This is not a battle oriented mission. It is simply going to check on the professor. There is no need to worry about if they are ready" Beast said with a smile.
"... it's only been a team for three days. I really don't think they're ready... why exactly can't the main group of X-men do this?" Zeo asked.
"They could if worst came to worst. But I think it would be best if they stayed at the mansion for the time being with the Apocalypse squadron ordeal." Beast said, frowning as he did so.
"Apocalypse squadron. Is there a connection to the mutant Apocalypse?" he thought to himself.
"So since my team wouldn't be on the front lines, but this mission is still required, you thought it'd be best to just send my team then?" asked Zeo.
"Yes, that is correct. I would recommend gathering your team now, as you will be leaving in approximately one hour" Beast said.
With that, Zeo headed back inside with a frown.
"Hopefully there aren't any real attacks, I don't think my team is ready for a battle of any kind right now" he thought as he contacted the others by pressing a button on his uniform.
It was one use he really liked about the thing.
It came with a way to contact the others quickly.
He still hated his first attempt at gathering the group for a quick training session.
It had taken him nearly three hours, and, by that time, there was no time to train.
With the costume, it was a lot quicker.
With a sigh, he headed towards the ship, waiting for the others to get over there as well.
After about 45 minutes, the group finally showed up, wondering what the call had been about.
"Well everyone. We've just been given our first mission" Zeo said with a grin, trying to get rid of his own doubts concerning this mission.
There were a couple screams of joy, or really just one, from Jubilee, as well as a couple of other yells of enthusiasm.
The group obviously liked the idea.
"Our mission is simple. We are to check on Professor Xavier's location. We are unable to contact him, and the government doesn't seem to remember a meeting being scheduled then. Everyone thinks something is off. So we're going" Zeo said with a smirk as he pointed to the ship.
"Just one question" Zeo said with a smirk, catching the full attention of the rest of the group.
"How do you fly this thing?" Zeo asked as his smirk faltered and his arm dropped.
There were a couple mutters of confusion before Bobby responded.
"I know!" he said with a grin as everyone turned towards him.
"A long time ago, Logan gave us a virtual training exercise of this thing... remember?" Bobby said, getting a few nods as the group began to remember that.
What they'd all really remembered was the fact that Bobby had gotten into a large amount of trouble for flying off with the real ship on a joy ride.
But it still gave the needed effect.
It meant someone knew how to fly it after all, which was what they were going for anyways.
Zeo sighed at that, glad that someone in the group could do it.
After they got back, he was going to have to ask Logan to show him how to as well though.
He didn't exactly like the idea of Bobby being the only guy flying the thing.
With a mental shake of his head, he caught his attention back and smirked once again.
"Alright everyone! Let's go!" he said as he opened the ship doors. With that everyone quickly hurried on, ready for their first mission.
Their first fight as a team.
It was a new beginning of sorts.
The final goodbye to the old name of the New Mutants.
They were a team now.
They were the Nex Men.
And there we have it. Another chapter of this story. The date I finished this chapter is 3-24-08. Damn I hate busy schedules. 5516 words. 25 pages... yay