Haruka's Fanfiction

This collaboration was originally part of an alternate-universe, crossover, spanking RPG in which various unusually-gifted characters from several different fandoms all live in the same school. In the following, Rogue from X-Men has had offers from Peter Parker from Spiderman, as well as Oishi Syuuichirou, Ohtori Choutarou, and Shishido Ryoh from Prince of Tennis (Changechildren in the game) in helping her control her absorption power.

Rogue's posts are by bewize
Peter's posts are by milleniumrex
The PoT charas are by harukafics


Power Outages

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Sorry I never explained what happened when Syuuichirou tried to turn my power off. Things didn't quite go as hoped and it took a few days before I was ready to talk about it.

I went over to Syuuichirou's room. We hadn't actually met before, so I really do appreciate him trying to help out. About 20 minutes later we were joined by Peter and Choutarou. Ryoh came, too, but he was about 15 minutes later than everyone else.

I was pretty nervous. I don't really like absorbing people. The powers can be a little fun, but they are usually hard to control and I've obviously not had the practice that their rightful owners have had. Also, I usually get more than just powers... memories, other talents, habits... I can and do absorb a lot of these at random.

Syuuichirou asked me about my powers and how they work, so I explained the best I could. Truth is, I don't really know much about how they work. Professor Xavier still thinks that some day I may be able to control them and only absorb at will, instead of by just contact, but so far I've not managed that.

Just before anyone else got there, I told Syuuichirou to go ahead and see if he could turn it off. He nodded and told me he'd already tried. I didn't feel any different, but then, it's been so long since I've had these powers that I don't know what it feels like to be without them.

A few minutes after that, Pete and Choutarou were there. Peter knows about my powers, so he was pretty willing to just jump in and see what happened. I took off one of my gloves and reached out to touch him. For a minute, nothing happened.

Before I could get too excited though, all the familiar feelings started. I felt stronger than normal, faster than normal, and I could sense Choutarou moving around behind me without even seeing him.

I guess this is what Pete calls his Spidey senses.

I won't even pretend that I wasn't horribly disappointed. Pete staggered a bit and I let go. He sort of slumped down, but he didn't pass out. I was grateful for that at least.

Syuuichirou seemed as disappointed as I felt, but he shook his head and said he thought maybe he saw something he could do differently. He tried again and told me to go ahead and touch Choutarou. Choutarou looked as nervous as I felt, but when I asked him if he was still willing to try it, he nodded.

I reached out and took his hand.

Again, for a minute, there was nothing. Choutarou even smiled at me before I felt my powers kick in. He gasped and so did I. I could feel his power, not like a mutant power, and not even like Peter's powers, and it sort of flowed into me along with a whole bunch of ideas for different tennis shots. (I really had no idea that he thought about his practices so much!)

His power, the ability to control his own density, is similar to Kitty's. I've absorbed her before, so it was easier to control and I let go of Choutarou. He was really pale and he sat down in a hurry, eyes sort of closing, but he said he was okay.

At this point Ryoh walked in. He took one look around and went to Choutarou. I think he may have given him a shot of luck, because Choutarou's coloring got better and he didn't pass out. Looking over at me, Ryoh shrugged. "Try me, next," he offered. "I can give Syuuichirou and you both some luck first, and then, if you absorb me, you'll just get more luck and maybe you can figure out how to control it."

I wasn't sure we should keep trying, but Pete and Choutarou also both told me to try again. So we did. With pretty much the same results as before... Ryoh must have used up a lot of his reserves, though, because he pretty much went down like a sack when I absorbed him. I jerked away from him and accidentally shot webbing at Syuuichirou. He ended up sort of stuck to the bed and wall. Apologizing, I tried to shake off the web and ended up shooting another strand at the door...only this time, I must have activated Choutarou's power, too, because instead of the sticky web like material, the web, still attached to my arm, was solid and shot straight through the door, like a lance.

I heard a shriek in the hallway and someone dropped something. A second later, there were running footsteps and someone shoved at the door. It wouldn't open because the web lance was still sticking through it, but I finally was able to soften it back up and it sort of sank through the door as Mystique pushed it open. She was with Coach Sakaki.

It probably didn't take them very long to put together what had happened, since I was standing in the middle of a group that consisted of someone webbed to a bed, two people looking like they were on the verge of passing out and one person who was actually unconscious.

I admit it. I was so upset at this point, that I actually started to cry. I rarely cry and I think that's what most spurred Mystique into action. She came in and helped me get the web off of myself, while Coach Sakaki went to Ryoh and patted his face until he woke up.

Then they freed Syuuichirou and checked on Choutarou and Pete.

I'm sure anyone who has been in a power practice is familiar with the lecture that we got next, about not using our powers unless we're supervised and not trying dangerous things without having an adult around. I was still crying; between guilt and embarrassment and disappointment, I wasn't sure which one was worse.

I guess Ryoh's power must have kicked in when the web spear went through the door, because I missed Winry, who had been walking down the hallway, by about half a foot. (Sorry again, Winry.)

Mystique and Coach Sakaki did that adult conversation with their eyes thing and Mystique finally said that she was going to take me to my room. I was still crying a bit when we got there, but I wasn't surprised at all that she was angry. I was a bit surprised that she told me to lay down and rest for a while. She left then, I suppose to go back and help Coach Sakaki clean up and take care of the boys.

I'll write up what happened when she came back in a different post, since I've rambled here long enough...

The short version, I guess, is that it just didn't work.

Rogue

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Ryoh-san and I knew we were in trouble when the teachers came back. Oh, who was I kidding? We know Sakaki-sensei well enough that we knew punishment was inevitable. It was weird for us to be facing Mystique, though, and I was pretty nervous (okay, I was terrified. Peter was nervous, Syuuichirou was contrite, Ryoh-san was sullen.)

"We're not going to rehash the whole lecture we gave you earlier," Mystique said. "But I'm just going to add something now that Rogue isn't here. She's very sensitive about her power and lack of control, and it was nothing short of cruel to get her hopes up like this."

Tears welled up in my eyes. I had thought we were trying to help Rogue, not hurt her! But I remembered that she'd been crying, and I began to feel even worse.

I guess Syuuichirou was, too, because he looked as miserable as I felt. Peter was frowning, like maybe there was something he wanted to say, but was holding back. Typically of Ryoh-san, he didn't hold back.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" he demanded. "You make it sound like we dragged her in here and grabbed hold of her without her consent or something! We didn't get her hopes up; she did that herself!"

"Shishido-kun!" Sakaki-sensei snapped.

"It's natural for Rogue to want to experiment, Ryoh," Syuuichirou said quietly. "She has a lot riding on this. We all wanted to help her." He looked at the adults. "I'm sorry if we somehow gave her false hope, but if she never tries these things, how will she ever find out if changes can be made?"

"Tests are fine, but under controlled circumstances," Mystique said firmly. "THIS was not controlled!"

Syuuichirou couldn't say much about that, since he was still picking web out of his hair.

"No matter what your intentions or reasons, the hard fact is that you all knew it was against the rules to perform experiments without proper supervision, and for that you're going to be punished," Sakaki-sensei told us. "Go to your own rooms -- we'll be there shortly."

Syuuichirou was staring at the floor. I left his room wiping my eyes. Ryoh-san took a couple of jogging steps to catch up with me, giving me silent support even while his eyes were stormy with words unspoken. I didn't see Peter leave, so I don't know if he lingered or left quickly.

More later. -_-;

Choutarou

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Oh, I lingered. You can bet I lingered.

I really liked what Ryoh said, and I agreed with just about everything. I knew Rogue was hurt that it didn't work, but none of us forced her into it. She came to us, and it would have sucked to just leave her hanging. And it wasn't FALSE hope as they put it. It was hope! All experiments are questionable at first! 95% of them fail! That doesn't mean you don't try!

So, that's basically what I said to them. But as I was about to leave, something came over me. And like I said, I'm not usually this bold, but this time....Here's what I said.

"I know I can't stop you from punishing us. Even if I think you're completely and utterly wrong this time, you're the adults. But if you think I'm going to learn a lesson from this, you're wrong. I knew what I was getting myself into. Rogue wanted help, and she had a great idea. If it had worked, you wouldn't be punishing us right now. You would be celebrating. We all would. That's what happens in experiments. Either you succeed or fail. We failed this time, but it doesn't mean we were wrong to try. We all knew what we were getting into. We knew the dangers, and they weren't as great as you want us to believe. So I'll take my punishment for breaking the rules. But I'm ready to take it again another time, if it comes to that. Because, be honest, if we had come to you and asked you to supervise this....what would you have said?"

They blinked at me for a second, and then Coach Sakaki crooked a finger at me and said quietly, "Room. Now".

I had said my piece, and I went to my room to wait. More on that later, but this is something I feel really strongly about. I'm just sorry they couldn't be more understanding, especially about Rogue.

So, yeah, that was my ill-advised rebellious outburst of the decade.

Peter

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Since Ryoh-san and I share a room, we both went there together to wait for Sakaki-sensei.

Ryoh-san dropped onto his bed, fuming. "Geki dasa daze!" he snapped.

You've probably heard him say it before; it's kind of his catch phrase. It means, `Super lame!'

"I wish I knew how Rogue felt about all this," I admitted. "I don't like that the adults are mad at us, but if Rogue is upset with us, too, I'll feel worse."

"Choutarou, she's not. She was upset that the experiment didn't work - not upset that we made the attempt."

I wasn't so sure, but it wasn't something I could do anything about just then. Especially as Sakaki-sensei was coming in.

"I'm ashamed of you both," he said frankly. "Do you realize what could have happened as a result of your actions?"

"Yeah," Ryoh-san snorted, "Rogue might have been able to lead a normal life. What WERE we thinking?"

I winced, knowing that our Coach would not appreciate the sarcasm.

Sakaki-sensei's glare was frightening to behold. "Shishido-kun, I warn you now that further attitude will result in additional punishment."

Ryoh-san looked like he might say more, but I put a hand on his arm and he fell into broody silence.

"I think the point that you both are missing is that rules are there for a reason, and it's not to make your lives less fun or to prevent someone from exploring their powers," our teacher said, looking back and forth between us seriously. "In this case, they're to keep people from getting hurt."

"We knew what we were getting into!" Ryoh-san objected.

"What about Winry?" Sakaki-sensei demanded. "She could have been killed, and she certainly didn't volunteer for THAT!"

"That was an accident," Ryoh-san muttered.

"And that is precisely why these rules need to be obeyed; so that `accidents' like that can't happen." Sakaki-sensei met my eyes and nodded. "Come here, Ohtori-kun."

Reluctantly, I started to get up. Ryoh-san looked horrified. "NO!" he protested.

"You don't have to watch, but it's going to happen," Sakaki-sensei told him, taking hold of my arm. He brought me over to the wall and told me to brace my hands against it and bend over (somehow those two words, `bend over', sent chills shooting down both legs and through the pit of my stomach. I'm surprised my knees didn't buckle.)

I did as he said, though, and felt heat rising in my face, knowing Ryoh-san would hear all that happened (I had no doubts that he wasn't watching - he wouldn't do that to me.) I braced myself, feeling my nerve endings tingling in horrible anticipation.

I saw Sakaki-san's arm swing and grit my teeth for the impact. It didn't come.

"Choutarou!" he yelled. "Solidify this instant!"

Huh? I looked back in time to see him drawing back his hand again and rubbing his shoulder. I guess he'd thrown it out swinging at my butt and not connecting because I'd phased without meaning to.

"Better that than going totally solid, huh, Sensei?" Ryoh-san commented.

Considering Sakaki-sensei once broke his wrist attempting to spank me when I'd gone solid, this was a touchy subject. I sensed more than saw him give Ryoh a warning look just before he turned back to me and started spanking me for real.

I'm no good at bearing this kind of punishment. Or any punishment. Or even scoldings. Tears come to my eyes right at the start or even earlier, and by the end, I'm sobbing like a baby. I really didn't want to do that this time, especially not with Ryoh-san there, but I did, anyway. The whacks were hard and painful, and I felt like such a little kid for all my height.

"All right, Choutarou," our Coach said grimly. "Trade places with Ryoh."

We passed each other and Ryoh-san let his hand catch my shoulder briefly in comfort. I tried to borrow some of his strength as I stretched out on my bed and buried my face in the pillow.

Even covering my head with another pillow didn't block out the sound of Ryoh-san's spanking, but he was much braver than I and didn't make a sound except for a very soft grunting at the last few whacks. I was proud of him and ashamed of myself.

"I don't ever want to hear of you two pulling a stunt like this again," Sakaki-sensei told us. "These powers of yours are not toys to be played with. They are to be respected as weapons and treated as such. Now go to bed."

He left and I turned my head to watch Ryoh-san ease onto my bed beside me, hissing a little as his sore hip made contact with mine. He put an arm around my back. "I tried to give you some good luck, but I think my reserves are tapped out after everything I did earlier," he said softly. "I'm sorry."

I laid my forehead against his. "It's okay," I told him. "I'm sorry we got punished, and I'm really sorry Winry almost got hurt, but I'm more sorry if Rogue regrets what we tried to do. Because if she asked me again, I'd still do it."

He sighed and nodded agreement, then we lay down our heads on the same pillow and fell into uneasy sleep together.

Choutarou

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It's taken me a while to write up what happened after Mystique left me in my room. It seems like all I've been doing is making apologies since then.

Before I say anything else, I just want to say again how much I really am grateful that y'all tried to help me. Despite it all, I am really glad we tried. Otherwise, I'd never stop wondering if it might have worked.

I read Choutarou's post about what happened after I left and I also want to make clear that I wasn't angry at anyone, except maybe myself. I knew it was a long shot, but it seemed like a good one. I let myself hope it would work and I probably let myself get distracted from the fact that I was encouraging everyone to break the rules because of that.

After Mystique left the room, I just lay on the bed. I knew I was in a lot of trouble and I felt bad because I knew that the boys were probably in as much trouble as I was, because they tried to help me.

Worse, I was still struggling a bit with Choutarou's powers. As long as I didn't move too much, I wasn't risking shooting webbing anywhere, but I kept phasing in and out of the mattress.

Kitty is my roommate, and she came in during this, without a clue what was going on. Thankfully, she has some experience with phasing and was able to help me get a grip on it before I ended up through the floor.

Mystique was gone for a while, I don't really know where she'd gone, and I didn't really care. I was pretty sure I knew what would happen when she got back and I was right.

She knocked on the door and came in. Kitty took that as her cue to leave. I didn't even bother to get off the bed. Mystique came over and sat next to me and I buried my face back in the pillow. Then she surprised me by putting her hand on my head and just rubbing me through my hair for a while.

That made me start crying again, even though I had just gotten it under control. Before I knew it, I was telling her everything, about how I had wanted it to work, and how I had asked for volunteers, and how great everyone was to help me. I told her about all the tries and how for a minute, just a minute, I had thought it worked. Then I told her about how awful it was when it hadn't worked and how I kept thinking about things that weren't my thoughts, like chemistry homework and tennis practices, and how I could read Japanese on the posters in Syuuichirou's room before we'd left.

She just kept petting my hair and let me cry it all out until I was done. Then she just sighed. "Rogue, I understand how much you wanted that to work."

"How could you?" I whispered. She was quiet for a long time and I thought I'd offended her, but she finally nodded.

"You're right. I can't know how much you wanted that to work. I am really sorry that it didn't. It was a possibility that we had considered..."

"You didn't tell me!" I accused and turned to glare at her.

"No, because we were afraid it wouldn't work and Hank wanted to consider the possibilities a little more before we tried it on you. I'm sorry that it didn't work, but it could have had any number of effects. The Changechildren aren't mutants. We weren't sure what absorbing their powers would do you to... or them."

She was quiet again for a bit and let me think on that more than I really wanted. I hadn't thought about the fact that mixing mutant and Changechildren powers might have some affect other than what I was used to.

I sighed and sat up and told Mystique that. She nodded, her expression serious. "It was dangerous, what you kids did. You could have been really hurt... or worse. Why didn't you come and talk to one of us about it?"

I looked away. The truth was that I didn't think they'd agree... for probably all of the reasons that she'd just said. "I just wanted it to work so bad... I didn't stop to think."

"I know. That's why I'm going to punish you. Not because you wanted to try something, but because you didn't think about how to try it and be safe. It's not fair that your power is so isolating, Rogue, but you must think before you act. Is that understood?"

I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. She stood up and went to get my hairbrush. My stomach clenched but I wasn't really surprised. She sat down on the bed again and I ended up stretched across her lap. In just a few seconds, she had my skirt up and my underwear down.

It hurt, but I didn't feel as bad as I had before she started. I didn't even struggle, but I did cry. I didn't count. I have no idea how many times she spanked me with the brush. It felt like forever before she stopped, but it was only a few minutes.

An ironic side effect of my little adventure, I started feeling better from the spanking pretty fast. Pete, I'm guessing that was your power. Either that or Ryoh's luck was making it heal faster. Even so, I was still kind of sore the next morning and it took me a while to feel up to starting the apologies.

Winry, I really didn't mean to almost skewer you. Thanks for being so understanding about it.

So, I guess that's the end of my tale. At least for now.

Rogue

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So, I guess I'll conclude our tale of woe. I got to wait the longest of anyone, I think. Either that was my little reward for my speech, or they were just trying to figure out who would get to do it. Anyway, after what seemed like an interminable wait, I got a visit from Logan. I was surprised to see a third party, but he's one of the only adults who can actually spank me without too much effort, due to my spider-strength, so I supposed it made sense. Still, I'd have rather faced Coach Sakaki, I think.

I figured Logan would have been furious once he heard the whole story, so I braced myself for the worst. Surprisingly, though, he didn't come right for me. He sat down on the bed next to me and looked me in the eye.

"So, Mystique filled me in on the whole damn fiasco. Can't say I'm surprised you were involved. She also gave me the gist of your little speech. Didn't know you had that in you."

I just kept my gaze fixed on the floor and said, "I can't apologize, if that's what you want me to do. I'm sorry, but I believe what I said."

He crooked an eye at me and said "I know you do, but that's why we're here. You kids....you all think you're right, and even when you've got the best intentions in the world, you overlook a lot. So we're here to set you straight, and that's exactly what I'm going to do, like it or not."

At this point, before I could say anything else, he yanked me over his lap. But he wasn't actually going to get started, nooooo...I think he just wanted me in position before he finished his lecture.

"Let me make this clear, kid. You ain't being punished because you tried to help Rogue. That was a great thing you did, and you're right, if it had worked, it would have been a great day. But it didn't. And you didn't know what would happen. Anything could have happened when Rogue touched a non-mutant. It could have killed you, or her. And I ain't about to stand by and let that happen. So you're being punished for puttin' yourself at risk. Because like it or not, our job here is to keep you kids safe. Hopefully this'll help you remember to come to us the next time you want to do something like that!"

And with that, he was ready to begin. Not that I was relieved. I know some of you know about Logan's hand, and he's all business. He just went to work, whacking me hard about fifteen times. He's hard and fast, so it didn't seem all that drawn out or embarrassing, but man, did it hurt! Spider-strength is no match for adamantium hands!

Finally, when he was done and I was trying to keep from blubbering, he stood me up and looked into my eyes again. "Listen, Pete. I get what you were trying to do, and believe me, none of us think you had anything but the best of intentions. You're a great kid, and it's wonderful that you'd stick your neck out for a friend. You've just got to learn some better judgment. You get me?"

I nodded furiously, he patted me on the back, and left. So that ends my part of the "Tail" (what can I say, I'm a sucker for bad puns too). I think we all got pretty much the same, and that seems fair. We were all willing participants in this, and I don't have any regrets. Well, maybe that I didn't think about what would happen when webbing meets density powers (Sorry, Winry! Glad you're okay!), but certainly not about the experiment. I'm just sorry it didn't work out the way we intended it to. So no need for any more apologies, Rogue! Really. Trust me. :)

Peter

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Of everyone, I was the only one who really knew how dangerous my powers could be. Actually, it wasn't too terrible of a spanking, as they go. I've had worse...

The whole mess was mostly my fault. Ya'll were really sweet to help me out, and I do appreciate it.

I'm sorry we all got into trouble, but I'm glad we tried. It really sucked that it didn't work. But, I want to keep trying.

Thanks again for y'all's help and support. It really means a lot.

Rogue

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(2007)

X-Men and Spiderman belong to Marvel.
Prince of Tennis belongs to Konomi Takeshi.