Ch.2 – Holding On

The girl had been in Hank's medical wing for only a few days. Charles had visited every free chance he had. She was still unconscious and in near-critical condition, but she was slowly stabilizing. Charles sighed to himself as he worked on cleaning her beautiful white wings that had been stained with blood.

"Charles… may I ask how you two met?"

"Of course Hank. Shortly after Magneto and I went our separate ways I took a trip to Japan. I couldn't help but be curious if there were other mutants in the area so I tapped into my abilities. She quite literally jumped me."

"Why?"

"She was so excited to meet someone different like her. She was warm sunshine on the darkest of days."

"You fell for her instantly, as if she was your soul mate."

"Yes. I couldn't stay away from her. But one day something happened and she went missing. I searched everywhere. But I couldn't find her, couldn't sense her. Her mother told me that she had gotten very sick and that she would not want me to see her so weak. I told her mother of how I wanted to care for her, wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. With her mother as our medium we signed papers, but I know she would've wanted a real wedding."

"You should know then, that's she's been holding onto a pair of rings."

"… Let me see."

"Here." Hank hands Xavior a chain stained with the girl's blood, the rings completely untouched. They're a beautiful silver, both have weaving vine-like designs on the outside. However on the inside one has a pair of wings with Japanese writing in between where the other is blank. "I'm sorry I can't translate."

"I will ask her myself once she's feeling better." Charles smiles as he reaches out to hold her hand. "Please get better Kagome, there's so much I want to show you. I started a school for mutants. We're coexisting with normal humans. I built a computer to search out mutants in need of help. Wake up so I can share everything with you." A strong pulse in the air shakes Xavier's chair and knocks Hank off his feet. "…Kagome?" Another pulse in the air shakes the room, a third knocks Xavior out of his char, yet he uses his own powers to keep himself beside her. When nothing else happens they look towards to girl to find her body mending itself.

"I've never seen anything like this… did you know about this?"

"I did not but it has been years since I last saw her." Xavior is stunned speechless for a few minutes when he feels a pull on his mind. –Kagome?-

-Char… les…-

-Kagome! I'm here, you're safe.- He smiles as he turns to Hank. "She's awake."

"No professor, according to the monitors she is still unconscious. Though with her body all mending she is now stable."

-Kagome what happened?-

-Wake…me…- Charles frowns as her mind slips from his.

"I'm surprised she was even able to call out to you with everything she just did." Hank reassures him.

"Perhaps you are right. She needs to rest. When she wakes tomorrow I will show her just how much I've missed her."