Christmas is here! This should be up on Christmas, like all of my other stories! This is the last one that I have to update! YAY!

Please forgive me on the massacred accents! I'm trying!

Key:

"Talking in common language" ((Japanese or English, depending on where it is))

'Thinking'

"-Talking in uncommon language-" ((Japanese or English around people that don't know the language spoken))

"Makai"

Telekinesis ((Jean and Professor))

-Hiei's Telekinesis-

Kurama arguing with himself:

'Suuichi'

'Youko'

Chapter 11: After Breakfast and Part 1 of Testing Abilities

"Now, students," Xavier began, "I think we have strayed from the matter at hand. We apparently need to work a little harder in order to defeat this new threat. We are no longer fighting just for ourselves, but for all those who may be oppressed. We may not know the real reasons, but we do know that they want to harm our current way of life. Now, breakfast is dismissed. New students, report to the main hallway in one hour."

Everyone headed in his own direction, in order to do his or her own thing, whether alone, or in groups. The other mutants went to do whatever they wished as well, but most of the females went shopping, save Jean, Storm, and Rogue. Jean and Storm had important business to attend to, and Rogue didn't want to have to deal with the prodding of the other Institute females about her way of dressing, as she knew they would if she went along with them.

With Yusuke:

Yusuke headed to the common computer, in order to write to Kuwabara and Keiko. After the fight last night, they needed some information of their own. He wanted to contact his rival to shove it in his face that he got to go on the mission. He wanted to let his girlfriend know that he was still in one piece. Also, before he had to leave, he wanted to contact Botan, and have her tell Koenma of the developments.

He spent a good half an hour just writing emails, and he still hadn't gotten a hold of Botan. When he was done, he headed to his room, and pulled out the communicator and called Botan. The bubbly Grim Reaper answered seconds later.

"Hey Botan, we have a problem here!" exclaimed Yusuke to the figure of the blue-head.

"What seems to be the problem?" she asked, confused. Many thoughts of problems rushed through her head. She hoped for the best.

"To put it simple, there was an attack last night. Koenma was right; a demon is trying to attack the mutants! We didn't have much trouble last night, for most of the fighters were pathetic, but we captured one, and asked him questions. There are stronger fighters coming, and they are joining with the enemies of the school! Seeing as the strongest fighters may be S-class, we have to either train out one "mutant" ability, or show that we are not mutants!"

"Well, that is a pickle, isn't it?" she asked rhetorically. "Should we send more help?"

"I'll have to bring it up with the rest of the gang. Oh, and can you have Koenma look into all of the alien records? They too are attacking!"

"Sure thing, Yusuke." And with that, Yusuke and Botan closed the communicators.

With Kagome and Inuyasha, and Gohan:

They headed to Inuyasha and Gohan's shared room to play a game of poker. As to not lose any money, they played with chips. Kagome and Inuyasha shared money, and Kagome's family wasn't the richest in the world. She already had to buy Inuyasha some more clothes, as well as some for herself. Gohan didn't mind not playing for money, because he didn't like to gamble – something that he picked up from his mother. She would never allow any of her boys gamble. If they did, they'd meet for the hundredth time, the underside of Chi-Chi's trademark Frying-Pan-Of-Doom®.

With Kurama:

The sun was shining brightly, and the garden appealed to him. The flowers blossomed in most placed, showing their diligent keepers, but some were wilted, leaves falling off of their stems. As he passed by the growing buds, they would open, showing the world their new petals. The wilted flowers sprang with new life, fed off of Kurama's energy.

"Hi, Suichi, what are you doing here?" asked Ororo, who was currently watering the plants with a rain cloud.

"Oh, as you should know, my abilities lie in plants, and I was just checking up on these less fortunate plants," he replied, pointing to the now healthy plants.

"Amazing," Ororo said as she looked at the plants, "I was sure that those were dead!"

"No, just dying," said Kurama, "I can feed plants with my powers. It makes me an excellent gardener," he continued with confidence.

"You are free to do whatever you want with the flowers, if that is what you want."

"Thank you very much."

With Hiei:

'Hn, what to do now?' he thought as he looked from person to person as they left the breakfast room. One girl stood out from the rest of the lively crowd. He vaguely remembered her name being Rogue. Her name reminded him so much of himself, so he decided to do something with her. 'Anything would be better than just sitting around the mansion,' he reasoned as he approached the girl.

Hiei didn't even have to ask her, for she came to him. "Want ta do sumthin' sugar?" she asked him.

"What did you have in mind?" he asked, surprised.

"I dunno, maybe we could play checkers or sumthin'. How does that sound?"

"Fine," he replied, and soon they were off playing checkers. Just for the fun of it, Hiei didn't invade her mind to see what her next move was. However, he still beat her every time.

The hour passed, and soon the new students were supposed to report to the main hallway. Storm and Logan were waiting for them in their uniforms. Storm's uniform consisted of a black form-fitting body suit, with a black cape with white on the inside. She wore a yellow belt, and the ends of her sleeves were also yellow. She wore white gloves, and white shoes adorned her feet. Also, where her cape met in the front, a red 'x' in a circle sat.

Logan's uniform was a little different. He had a blue short-sleeve suit with yellow stripes on the shoulders. He was also wearing black combat boots and gloves. An 'x' could be found on his belt. (1)

Gohan looked at the uniformes, amazed that they would have battle-suits so similarly made as the saiyans's armor. Of course, the saiyan armor had armor with it, but they had the same idea behind it.

Yusuke thought that the uniforms were stupid looking, but little did he know that he would have to wear one that was even worse.

The group was led to an elevator at the end of the hall. The chrome doors opened, and theeight of them piled in. They felt the elevator go down a few floors, and then it stopped with a sudden jolt, freaking Inuyasha out a bit. No matter how long he had spent in the modern era, he still was surprised with some of the inventions.

They stepped out, and they were in another hallway. However, metal replaced the wood of the upper levels. Down the hall they walked, taking in the twists and turns of the passageway. Minutes passed before they arrived at two doors, both of which had an 'x' on them.

"These are the changing rooms," explained Logan, "Ororo will take Kagome into the one on the left, and I'll take the boys into the one on that right. Because you are new, you do not have your own uniforms, so you must wear the generic ones. When the time comes, you will receive your own, depending on your specific need in a uniform."

All the students headed into their respective changing rooms, and dressed themselves in the uniforms – not willingly, of course. The uniforms were made of spandex, and hugged the body completely, leaving little to the imagination. They were black with yellow belts that had a red 'x' also, there were 'x's on the shoulders. They also had to wear yellow boots and gloves.

-These people are idiots,- spoke Hiei to the group, telepathically, of course, -These 'x's make us target practice for anyone with half a brain. All they have to do is see our shoulders, and they know where to hit!-

-Not to mention, they let everyone know leg movements,- added Inuyasha ­– I would lose many a fight if I didn't hide my leg movements.-

-I'm just glad that Miroku isn't here,- added Kagome, -He'd have a field day with all of the curves these show. Hopefully we can get our new uniforms quickly,-

-I wouldn't count on it,- responded Hiei, -The only people with their own uniforms right now are the elites. We may be stronger and more trained then they are, but we still have to prove ourselves and stick to the mission at the same time. When school starts up, we'll have to deal with that, as well.- After that, Hiei cut the link, for Logan was beginning another one of his speeches.

"We must test your abilities," he said as they approached the door, "And in order to do that, we have what we call the 'Danger Room'. Behind this door is a room that has robots ad the like. You will have to fight with your abilities against them," he said as the door opened. The room was completely barren. The only thing that any of the students could see was a tower up in the near corner. Logan continued, "First, we will do single person training, starting at Level 1, and working up. Then, we will test your group abilities. Yusuke, you are to go first. Everyone else, come with me," he said as he left Yusuke in the room. The other five were led to the tower.

Two minutes later, Storm began the simulation. (2) Two robots, red in color, came out of the walls. At the same time, the floor began to change its height, so that there were little blocks to stand on, and between each block there was a three-foot drop. The robots could jump the distance, and were programmed to attack stealthily, but not very strong. If they were strong, then they could seriously injure students, for this was only level one.

Yusuke kept his ki in check, not revealing any to the mutants – namely Logan and Ororo. He jumped from level to level, dodging the sparse attacks and executing some of his own. He quickly became bored of the game of cat-and-mouse, and he used the opportunity of the rebound of one of the robots to jump on it and stuff his hand into its circuits. The robot fell apart as the next one snuck up behind him. As quick as a flash, Yusuke avoided the intended attack with ease. Seconds later, another robot lay on the ground of the Danger Room.

Storm increased the level of the room each time he passed a level. Though the room could make it to Level 14, she stopped at Level 9, because no one else in the Institute could go above it, including Logan. He did not wish his fame for his strength to go to waste. Yusuke got out of the fights unscathed.

Logan looked incredulously at the statistics of Yusuke's fight, such as heart rate and other health-related things. Hi heart rate had not increased one bi, nor did the statistics show that he put forth any more energy than required for any given task. It showed that he had full control over his body, and would prove to be an important asset, with that combined with his strength and fighting abilities.

END CHAPTER

I know, I cut it right in the middle, but give me a break! I've been wrapping presents for hours today, and I really should be getting the next load…… It is currently 8:51 PM on Friday, December 23, 2005. Deal with it! I will update as soon as I can!

1 I know that he wears an orange uniform in the series most of the time, but with research, I found that he has another uniform. I do not really care for the orange uniform, so this is the one that he will be wearing. Deal with it if you do not agree with me! If it means so much to you, ignore the description, and put him in whatever clothes you want. For all I care, you can put him in his boxers…

2 I am not aware of the different stages in the Danger Room, so these are purely my imagination, as is most of the story as it is!

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