Xaviers School for the Gifted

[Hiei Jaganshi]

Silvery claws flashed under the florescent lights as two bodies moved in a perfect rhythm, moving apart and coming together again.

Logan grimaced briefly as four long slices in his cheek smoothly healed over, then cracked his neck. "Nicely done, Kathy. You're getting faster," he commented. "More flexible, too..."

Kathy grinned, her breathing slightly faster than normal as the artificial light flashed off the four claws extending from each foot. Three long slashes in her right forearm, exposed by her black tank top, were slowly healing.

"Thanks."

Logan grinned back and charged, his claws gleaming. Kathy crouched, and, a moment before he reached her, leaped up out of the way. Flipping in midair, she landed behind him in a crouch, then swept her right leg around at his legs. Spinning, Logan lurched as the gashes opened by her claws quickly healed. Taking advantage of his unbalance, Kathy darted forward, her shoulder crashing into his chest and sending him to the ground. Coming to a halt, she rested the claws of one foot lightly against his throat, grinning down at him.

"Either you're slowing down, or I'm speeding up, Logan."

Logan gazed up at her for a moment, then slowly sheathed his claws, wincing slightly as the wounds healed. "Nah, you're just getting faster."

Kathy blushed slightly, knowing that Logan didn't give out compliments very easily. "Thanks." She removed her foot from his throat and sheathed her claws, wincing as the wounds left by them slowly began to heal. As they did so, the wounds in her arm did, as well.

Logan watched as her claws disappeared within her steel-toed boots. "You know, it seems to me that having claws in your feet would be pretty useful," he commented as he sat up.

Kathy rolled her eyes. "Sure, it is... Let's not forget the fact that I've gotta be really flexible in order to hit anyone above the knees," she responded dryly. "I'd much rather have my claws in my hands like you."

Logan chuckled and patted her foot. "I like you just the way you are, Kathy," he assured her. "After all, you're different. That's what makes you, well... you."

[Frankie]

James's headach went away and he calmed himself down happy that he had managed to keep his flames from ignighting on there own. James returned to the dining hall and went over to the punch bowl to get a drink smileing at X-23 when he saw her.

[stardragon]

Betsy hid a slight grin at Laura's terse reply. "Have you met James yet?" She asked as the young man joined them by the punch bowl. "He's a pyrokinetic." She added. "James this is Laura, a regenerist." She added, using the name she had decided best fit those who could self-heal.

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Downstairs in the more secret areas of the mansion Ororo was making a rather unpleasant discovery. Determined to confirm what could be rumors or just flights of fancy she decided to take the Blackbird out and have a look into the situation before telling anyone other than the Professor.

[Idiot]

((Um, isn't his name "James"?))

X-23 took her eyes off the door.

"Yeah, don't you sit behind me in a class or something?"

She grabbed a nearby piece of fudge and decided to forget about Logan and Kathy. After all, she thought, they're just practicing

[stardragon]

((OOC: Oops my bad, edited.))

"Oh that makes sense, silly me." Betsy said before James had a chance to reply. "Where does my mind go I wonder sometimes." She added self-depreciatingly.


((blech sorry mind blank))

[Frankie]

James drank a bit of punch that he had poured into a glass. "Yeah I do Its -Insert random class here- I think." he finished his punch and looked at Laura "You look nice." James quickly refilled his glass. I really hope I said that out loud and didn't just think it. James though to himself.

((What are the classes for the school >.>?))

[Idiot]

Laura seriously thought about introducing her claws to James's jugular, but decided instead to take what he said as a compliment.

"Uh... Thank you, James," she said after a while. "Would you like some fudge?"

[stardragon]

((Well all the basic school stuff, math, english etc. languages and stuff more college-like for the older/advanced students. And then of course classes or one-on-one training for thier powers, physical training and the like.))


Betsy smiled wider as Laura actually seemed to accept the compliment and even offered James some fudge. Maybe she wasn't as taciturn as Wolverine after all. "So what sorts of things do you all do around here for fun?" She asked

[Idiot]

"I'm not sure what people do for fun here," Laura said, still holding the fudge. "I got here fairly recently."

[Frankie]

James finished his drink "I usually watch T.V. or train and i would love some fudge. " James smiled when he finished speeking.

((really sorry for sutch a short post but when i was typeing it it seemed longer and i couldent really think of anymore to add( tho if anyone has anysuggestions of how i can edit it to make it longer before someone else posts i will change it))

[Idiot]

Laura handed James the fudge. "You like to train? Where do you train?"

Maybe if she were training right now, it would help her get her mind off of Logan and Kathy.

[Frankie]

James took a bit out of the fudge and swallowed it."Well usually I train in the gym since its one of the few places I can train without getting into trouble. Umm maybe we could train together sometime?" He took another bite out of his fudge and waited for Laura to respond.

[Idiot]

"Maybe..." Laura said, thinking. "Do you want to go now?" she asked after a few seconds. "It's okay, isn't it, Ms. Braddock?"

[stardragon]

"Well if you are only going to do physical training, no powers or blades, then yes it's ok to train by yourselves in the gym. For powers or your blades then you have to have a teacher present. Also I know you can handle yourself quite well Laura, but James is still young and not nearly at your level of combat so you'll need to keep that in mind. In fact I'm sure you could teach him a thing or three, or ten." Betsy replied with a grin. "And please call me Betsy when we're outside of classes or other formal things." She added.

[Idiot]

"Yes, Ms... I mean Betsy," said Laura, thinking. "Isn't Logan in one of the gyms, though? I saw him leave just a second ago, and knowing Logan, he could only have left to train... Could we use powers if we were supervised by him?"