Disclaimer: I do not own X-men or any of the original cast of characters. I do, however, own Iris Hunter.
WARNING: This is YURI, that means girl x girl, you have been warned.
---Bayville High---
"I know that you will fit right in here at Bayville High." Principal Darkholme greeted a new student, another of her own recruits. There had been a number of new students recently, Kitty Pryde, Kurt Wagner, and Lance Alvers just to name a few. The newest addition was named Iris Hunter. Her hair was short and blonde, her bangs hanging in her blue eyes. She was somewhat tall, around 5' 7", and athletic. She had been on the cross country team at her previous school. She wore a black tank-top and a pair of skinny black jeans. Her boots were camo, military style, but the thing that stood out most were her gloves. She wore them every day, they matched her boots. Black with camo patches.
Iris slung her checkered backpack around one shoulder and made her way out of the dark office. She had an odd feeling about the principal, she was obviously too excited to have her here, and her smile was far too sinister for her to simply shrug it off. She was walking on auto-pilot, paying no attention to her surroundings. She was ripped from her daydreams, a hard nudge on her shoulder. "Hey, watch it." She heard a southern accent say, followed by the thud of books on the hallway floor.
"My bad." Iris said quickly, spinning to face the body the voice belonged to. White bangs and short brown hair. Her body covered from the neck down with no patches of her pale skin showing. "I'll get them." She insisted, getting to one knee.
"I can get them myself." The stiff southerner said with a bit of bite, copying the others motion.
"Ouch." They said at once, their heads bumping together with an audible thump. Both of them paused, brown eyes meeting blue. Rogue's eyes were wide, their skin had made contact, there was no doubt if she were to judge by the throbbing of her forehead. Iris looked at her, her head tilted a bit as if pondering something. "I'm sorry, I'm going to be late for my first class." The words seemed to pour out as if by instinct and she was gone in a flash, leaving Rogue to scramble with her own books.
"Um, didn't you guys…?" Kitty Pryde stood, eyes wide as Rogue's, holding her books to her chest.
"Yeah, we did." The other answered as she made her way back to her feet with her books piled in hand. "I think we should talk to the professor about this."
---Gym Class---
The class stood out at the track, all in shorts and short-sleeved t-shirts. It was the beginning of fall, the wind was blowing, the air was a bit chilly. "Ah, I see it fits you well." The teacher called to Iris, who was jogging up to the class. They had already begun running.
"Yes, ma'am. Thank you for letting me borrow it for the day."
Iris easily caught up with the rest of the students, and even managed to surpass them quickly enough. Her short hair uncovered her eyes as it blew, she approached the final quarter of the run. One half of the track was set up with hurdles of various heights. She managed to clear them easily enough, one after the other, though she felt she was moving a bit sluggish since she hadn't stretched or practiced for a while. A few of the other students followed her lead, though most of them trying to show off and failing or chickening out at the last minuet.
Kitty's eyes seemed to follow the girl like a magnet, around the track and over each hurdle, all the way to the finish until she crossed the line herself. She leaned down, her hands on her knees as she caught her breath. What is it about her?
Iris stood and looked over her shoulder, her eyes locking with Kitty's. The smaller student almost jumped in surprise, though she didn't know why, it was as if there was something unseen between them. A feeling that she wasn't able to identify yet. It was like a knowing, but she didn't quite know what it was she knew.
---The Mansion---
"Are you positive your skin made contact?" Professor X asked, though by this point he was quite positive himself. He had taken the chance to look over Rogue's memory of the event. "Is there no way that there could have been something between you?"
"I'm 100% positive. I mean sure her hair was there, but I know skin hit skin. The bump on my head proves we made contact. Kitty saw it too." Rogue said, her tone holding a bit of a grudge against the girl.
"Yeah, I saw the whole thing prof." Kitty jumped in. "I'm sure their skin touched, and she looked up like she noticed something was strange, but then she just took off. And that's, like, not even the only part about it." She spoke as she made her way over to the sofa and plopped down.
"Really? Did you have an experience with this girl as well?" The professor raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, she's in my gym class. It was totally strange. It's like my eyes stuck to her the whole time we were on the track, and when she looked at me it was like there was something strange about it." Kitty sprawled out on the couch, letting her ankles hang over the arm.
"What sort of 'something'?" X asked, raising his brow again.
"I don't really know how to explain it. I feel like it's something both of us know, but I don't know what it is." She crossed her arms behind her head and leaned on them like a pillow.
"That doesn't even make sense." Rogue added. She pushed Kitty's ankles away and sat on the arm of the sofa. Kitty had no verbal protest, but stuck her tongue out at the other girl.
"Well, it seems that there is something to this girl. Perhaps the two of you should try to get to know her." He looked between the two girls, who had proceeded to make faces at each other.
"Uh, she can if she wants to, sounds to me like she already has a little crush anyway. I'm not interested, sorry." Rogue said with a shrug, brushing her hair out of her face.
"Excuse me, it is most definitely NOT a crush. Hello, she's a girl."
"Well you're the one talking about 'strange feelings' and 'knowing something'. Besides, you were pretty defensive just then."
"Ugh, this is why I don't hang out with you." Kitty sat up and crossed her arms before sinking into the floor and down into the kitchen. Rogue pushed past Logan as he stepped into the room.
"What got her so angry? I really don't understand women." He said, shaking his head.
"Reading minds can be hard, reading the mind of a teenage girl is almost impossible to do accurately. Judging by the memory, Rogue most definitely touched skin with that girl. I wonder if it's possible for someone to be immune to Rogue's ability, or perhaps there is something more to it."
---The Next Day at Bayville High---
"Just do it, don't be such a sissy." Rogue said, her arms crossed as she leaned on a locker.
"I'm not being a sissy, she's just-" Kitty stood next to her, holding her books to her chest. Her eyes were focused on Iris.
"Just what?"
"Just not the kind of person I usually hang out with. I mean if we weren't both part of the x-men do you really think we would be standing here talking together?"
"I'm going to ignore that."
"That's not what I meant. She's just, like, more your style I guess." Kitty shrugged, she was not trying to be rude.
"Just suck it up and get over there." Rogue gave her a push on the back; she stumbled foreword.
There was no turning back now, Kitty was making her way toward Iris. The girl was standing at her locker, she slammed it closed and looked up at the approaching student. She gave her a wink, along with a smug smirk. Before Kitty could even say a word, Iris extended her hand. "Hey, gym class girl." She said in a deep feminine voice. Kitty seemed confused for a moment, she was expecting a different sort of personality.
"I do have a name. Kitty Pryde." Though her reply had a bit of bite to it, she was polite enough. She extended her own hand and shook the other's. "It's nice to meet you."
"Iris Hunter. Very nice to meet you, Miss Pryde." Iris lifted the girl's hand to her lips, kissing the top of it gently. Kitty's cheeks grew pink, a mixture of flattery and confusion, maybe even a pinch of anger. She pulled her hand away and glanced back at Rogue, who had a sort of 'blackmail' smirk on her face.
"Um, so I was just thinking, like, maybe I could show you around? I mean the school is pretty big and it's pretty easy to get lost."
"Thank you, Miss Pryde. I would like that."
"Please just call me Kitty." The girl smiled, hugging her books tighter. "Meet me during lunch then, I'll see you." She turned with a wave and skittered off through the hall back to her teammate.
---The Mansion---
"So, Kitty, have you learned anything interesting about this girl at school?" The professor asked as Kitty again plopped into the couch.
"Yeah, well I mean I learned a lot about her. I got that really weird feeling the whole time we were together. I'm still not sure exactly what it is, but I think she may be giving off some sort of energy."
"Energy? Like she may be a mutant?" The professor asked, his brow raised.
"I don't know for sure or anything. It's just a feeling, I've been around tons of mutants and I've never felt this before."
There was a knock at the door, it creaked open. "Professor, there's a guest at the gate. I've never seen her before." Scott made his way to the intercom on the wall and switched on the screen. There, at the gate, stood Iris Hunter. She seemed to be debating with herself whether to press the intercom button. She would reach up and hold her finger over the button, but then pull it away.
At her side was her checkered book bag and a larger bag that seemed to be full of something. Finally, she took a deep breath and spoke into the intercom. "Um, excuse me." Kitty sat up quickly, recognizing the voice. She made her way to the screen to be sure.
"That's her professor." She said, obviously confused.
"How did she find this place?" Scott asked.
"I don't know, I didn't tell her anything about it."
"Why don't you go and greet her, Kitty?" The professor suggested, reaching up to answer the girl over the intercom. "I will open the gate for you, Kitty will be waiting at the door."
---The Living Room---
"So, what brings you to our home?" The professor asked. Kitty had led her inside and the professor had met them in the living room.
"Well, I moved to Bayville over the weekend and as we were driving by this place I noticed a huge concentration of mutant aura." Iris sat with her knees apart, leaning her elbows on them. Her two bags sat at her feet.
"Mutant aura?" Professor X repeated, he leaned back in his chair and laced his fingers.
"Yes, I am a mutant. I can also sense when somebody near me is a mutant, and I can tell when there is a large concentration of mutants in a particular area." She continued to face the professor, but her eyes shifted to the closed door.
"Kurt, Rogue, you're welcome to join us." The door didn't open, instead the two appeared in a puff of smoke.
"So you knew that Kitty was a mutant the whole time?" Kurt asked excitedly, he was very interested.
"Yes, and…Rogue was it?" Iris asked, nodding at the familiar face. "I was also aware that you were a mutant. I'm sorry for running into you in the hall."
"So is that why you pulled your little disappearing act?" Rogue put the pieces together. "If you were trying to hide it then why come here?"
"That's a good question, Rogue. Miss Hunter, would you mind answering the question that's on everyone's mind?" The professor asked, turning his attention back to their guest.
"Not at all." Iris said with an almost shy smile. "I was kicked out of my house, I thought maybe this place would be willing to accept a homeless mutant."
"Kicked out for what?" Kitty asked curiously, a bit of sorrow in her tone. She didn't know Iris very well, she would easily admit that, but she didn't seem like the kind of person to get kicked out of her house.
"That's a secret." Iris answered, a smug smirk upon her lips.
"Let's not delve too personal." The professor suggested, "Iris, I think you should know that this place is much more than just a home for mutants. This institute is a school and a training ground. Here, young mutants, as well as older mutants, are given help in learning to control their abilities and use them in ways that are beneficial. We aim to give mutants a better name out in the world."
"Professor, I would love to spend my days here. Seeing the mutant aura is not the main part of my ability, my power is cancel the ability of other mutants with a touch."
"So that's why nothing happened when we bumped heads, your power canceled mine." Rogue broke in, obvious surprise in her voice.
"Of course it's temporary, and it's very hard to control. I feel like the power switch is stuck in the 'on' position all the time."
"And this is what we are here to work on, welcome to the x-men, Iris Hunter."
So that's the end of chapter one. I know, bad me for using a character that I created, I should hate myself. I assure you, I do hate that I used my own character but for the sake of the story I thought it'd be alright. I am already planning a second story without the use of any unoriginal characters so those of you that at least like my style should have something to look foreword to.
I hope all of you liked it, though I know not everyone will. Give me feedback PLEASE, but if you have to criticize then at least do it constructively, don't just flame. Tell me what you think.