Haruka's Fanfiction

WARNING: Although it uses the X-Men: Evolution characters, THIS IS AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE!! In this world, same-sex relationships are accepted without prejudice because everyone is bisexual. Also, corporal punishment is common here as part of loving family discipline. If either of these facts about our AU bothers you, DO NOT READ this fic and then complain about same-sex couples or spankings being part of it. It is loosely based on an RPG plotline that Michiru and I started playing in August 2001. If anything is canon here, it's probably an accident.


The X-Men Family

Part 55

By Haruka (haruka@ymail.com)

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Rogue knocked on Pietro’s door. “Come in!” he called.

She did, and smiled at seeing both her guys lounging on the bed. “Is this a private party or can anyone join?” she joked.

“Not everyone, just you,” Pietro told her, and moved over to make room. She dropped down onto the bed beside him.

“Did you get all your homework done, Pietro?” she asked.

“In about half a second,” he said. “Remy and I were just talking about how he’ll probably be coming to school with us tomorrow.”

“That’ll be awesome!” Rogue enthused, then gave Remy a warning look. “Just don’t go falling for any cheerleaders or nothing or Pietro and Ah’ll have to kill you!”

“Pietro told me de same thing!” Remy laughed. “I will remember!”

“How long do you guys think it’ll take everyone to figure out about us?” Pietro asked.

“At school or at home?” Rogue asked.

“Well,” Remy said sheepishly, “I confess someone at home already knows. I told Todd about us.”

“Remy!” Pietro cried. “I thought it was our secret!”

“Uh,” Rogue looked at him uneasily, “don’t scold him too much. Ah told Kurt today, too.”

Pietro stared at them both. “You _guys_! What am I gonna do with you? And here I thought _I_ was the big mouth in this relationship!”

Remy shrugged. “Todd thought I was stabbing you in de back – I could not let him think I would do anything to hurt you.”

“And Kurt’s my twin,” Rogue said, as if that explained everything.

Pietro threw up his hands. “Okay, fine, the secret’s out. At least no adults have come bursting in the door yet.”

The door burst opened and Lance strode in. “Pietro, I need to …,” his voice died out when he saw both Rogue and Remy there.

“Geez, Lance, you scared us!” Pietro said. “We were just saying – “

“Listen,” his friend interrupted, “I need to talk to you alone.”

“I’ve got no secrets from these guys,” Pietro said lightly.

Lance frowned. “This is someone else’s secret.”

“In that case, Ah’m _definitely_ staying!” Rogue grinned. “Ah’m not missing any juicy stuff!”

“Rogue!” Lance said angrily.

“Hey, don’t yell at her!” Pietro warned. “Just spit it out, Lance! You know nothing around here stays secret for long, anyway.”

“Okay, maybe you’re right,” Lance said grimly. “And anyway, maybe Rogue can straighten you out.”

“What do you mean, straighten me out?” Pietro said in surprise. “What did _I_ do?”

“You charged a pair of two hundred dollar pants without permission,” Lance said frankly. “Didn’t you?”

Both Rogue and Remy turned to stare at Pietro, who glanced at them nervously before facing Lance. “Where’d you get that crazy idea?”

“From Scott,” Lance told him. “He got blamed for the discrepancy on the Professor’s credit card and was punished for it.”

“Oh no,” Rogue breathed. “What’d they do to him?”

“What do you think?” Lance asked her. “They spanked him!”

Pietro paled. “T-They did?”

Remy sniffed. “They try that stuff with me and someone is gonna get hurt.”

“Yeah, _you_,” Lance told him frankly. “Don’t kid yourself – any one of the adults alone can take us down. They’re too experienced to take lightly, even _I_ know that.”

Remy shrugged, making no further comment on the subject. “Anyway, I was under the impression that Scott did not get into trouble much.”

“Scott doesn’t get into trouble at ALL!” Rogue exclaimed and turned to the blonde mutant. “Pietro, did you really do that?!”

“Uh …,” Pietro said uneasily. “Uh ….”

“And there’s poor Scott all sore and feeling like crap because he’s being blamed for something he didn’t do!” Rogue said. “You oughta be ashamed of yourself.”

“Hey, I didn’t say I _did_ it, did I?!” Pietro demanded.

“Did you do it?” Remy asked pointedly.

“Uh ….”

“Anyhow, I just thought you should know what happened,” Lance told him.

“Well, thanks for ruining my whole evening,” Pietro pouted.

“How do you think Scott feels?!” Rogue demanded. “Pietro, you’ve got to set things right!”

“Huh?” Pietro said blankly. “What am I supposed to do?”

“Tell them the truth!” Rogue said.

“Are you crazy?!” Pietro said incredulously, jumping to his feet. “After what they did to Scott?! If I tell them I did it, what do you think they’ll do to ME?! No way!”

“He has a point, petite,” Remy said. “Scott has already been punished. Telling them the truth won’t change dat.”

“Ah should have figured a professional thief wouldn’t see why he should do it,” Rogue said wryly. “But he should. It’s only right!”

“What do you think, Lance?” Remy asked.

“I don’t know.” Lance shrugged. “I just wanted Pietro to know what his actions caused. I’m not going to tell him to walk into a beating. Bad enough one person already got it today.”

“Lance?” Kitty’s voice preceded her peeking in the door. “Ah, you _are_ here!” She looked around at the others. “Why all the serious faces?”

“Hey, Kitty, you’re pretty smart,” Rogue said. “Maybe you can help us with this.”

“Well, I’ll try.” Kitty walked in and smiled at Lance, who returned it shyly.

“Here’s the problem,” Rogue told her. “Pietro charged a two-hundred dollar pair of pants to the Professor using Scott’s card and Scott got punished for it. Ah think he oughta confess and clear Scott, even if it means he gets punished, too.”

“Well, of course he should.” Kitty looked at Pietro. “You have to.”

“But Scott got spanked!” Pietro exclaimed. “What if they want to do the same thing to me?!”

“Scott was spanked?” Kitty repeated, wide-eyed. “Wow! Poor guy! In that case, you should confess _and_ apologize to Scott. Oh, and take the pants back. That might help them go easier on you.”

“Hey yeah, no one thought of taking them back.” Lance grinned and gave Kitty a one-armed hug. “Beautiful _and_ brilliant!”

“Aw, shucks,” she joked.

“I don’t know if I can take that chance,” Pietro said dubiously. “What if they still want to spank me after I take them back? And besides, I don’t want to take them back.”

“PIETRO!” Rogue yelled.

Two pairs of eyes peered around the edge of the door. “We heard shouting in here, yo,” Todd said.

“Is everything all right?” Kurt asked.

“Not really,” Rogue said. “Come in and listen to this.”

“Hey, wait a minute,” Lance said. “I don’t think Scott really wants the whole world to know about this.”

“Know about what?” Kurt inquired. He teleported to the top of the headboard while Todd walked in, cautiously guarding his shoulder.

“That Scott got spanked and it’s all Pietro’s fault,” Kitty replied.

“Kitty!” Lance cried. “I just said – !“

“No way!” Kurt gasped. “Poor Scott! When we found out it could happen I didn’t actually think he’d do anything to deserve it!”

“He didn’t, Pietro did,” Rogue said, giving her blonde boyfriend a significant look.

“Hey!”

“Well, you did!”

Lance sighed. “Scott got blamed when Pietro charged expensive pants on his card.”

“And Rogue and I think he should confess,” Kitty added.

“But Lance and I are not so sure,” Remy spoke up. “Pietro will likely get spanked, too, if he does.”

“Are you crazy?!” Kurt said indignantly. “He has to confess! Scott shouldn’t suffer for Pietro’s crime!”

“I don’t agree, yo,” Todd said. “Where spankings are concerned, avoid ‘em at all costs. Why should he speak up now when it’s all over with?”

“It’s not over for Scott!” Rogue snapped. “He must feel terrible!”

“His rear end must feel terrible, you mean!” Todd retorted. “Pietro, keep your mouth shut and stay healthy.”

“Nein!” Kurt protested. “Tell the truth and take what should have been yours in the first place!”

“You guys are all useless counselors, you know that?” Pietro said dryly. “Can’t you all at least reach a consensus?”

“If we could, would you go along with it?” Rogue asked hopefully.

“Hell, no!” Pietro gave a short laugh. “I’m not going begging for punishment under ANY circumstances! Meeting adjourned!”

He disappeared out the door before anyone could stop him.

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End of part 55

X-Men belongs to Marvel.

(2001)

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