Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution or anything Marvel only my OCs such as, Vince, Gale, Kai, Pam, Amy, Joseph

Here it is folks Part 7 of my AGU series enjoy.

BACK TO SCHOOL

CHAPTER 1: THE END OF SUMMER

The summer was ending and things at the mansion were finally returning to normal. The construction of the mansion to expand it had gone well enough as they now had a third floor and expanded the facilities. There were still interior elements like l painting, wallpaper and carpet and floor tiles mainly just cosmetic things in certain places. The mansion now had an expanded kitchen area and dinning room because of all the people now living here.

Hank took the time to upgrade the medial facilities, an indoor pool was placed so they would swim at all times, an improved gym with more equipment since by now Xavier wanted them to have more after school activities but he figured that they may not be able to join many until things between mutants and humans weren't as tense. He had been called by the new principle of the school a Mr. Daniel Campbell, he was allowing the students to attend classes but he was going to meet with Xavier first off to lay down a few ground rules.

Although for there were many things that were troubling Xavier, such as the Hellion Boarding House which had been built over the ruins of the old Brotherhood House. Unlike the old Brotherhood these students were properly trained and dangerous and were in the care of a very dark and disturbing woman named Selene. They were led by one Emma Frost and so far both fights had not been easy. He had no idea what they were up to or why they had moved to Bayville but something told him that they had their own agenda as to why they were here that he didn't see.

There were a few bright points, a few of the new students that had arrived over the summer were fitting in well they being Wanda, Vincent, Dani, Gale, Clarice, Kai, X23, Paige, Alex and Amanda. It had been a very busy summer since they hadn't had this many recruits since the New Mutants who he had learned were upgrading their uniforms a bit. With so many new students and with Jean and Scott having college courses that meant the he would have to shift responsibility to others and with the staggering number in the New Mutants he and the other adults had come up with something to help deal with that.

He was rolling through the mansion and saw a few of his students painting one of the rooms, he saw Amara get hit with some paint by Ray. Thankfully they all were in clothing for painting and he smiled as he saw Amara's eyes narrow at him and readied her paint brush. He knew that they would end up painting each other more then the room but he would let them. The room was covered in white sheets and they deserved a break from all the hard work they had put in.

Elsewhere in the mansion in the room she shared with her close friend Blink, Amanda was sitting in her vanity mirror practicing her last power to manifest. She had a type of teleportation that was basically a white flash of light and a type of energy attack from her hands but the most difficult was a type of limited shape shifting. Now unlike her boyfriend's biological mother Mystique, Amanda couldn't turn into animals only people and usually people of equal size, people that were larger or smaller tended to be harder for her to keep.

There was a portal that opened and her roommate stepped through, Blink wore a usual shirt and green skirt that seemed to compliment her lavender skin. "Hey what's up?"

"Just doing a little exercises with the shape shifting," Amanda smiled at her and looked in the mirror. She managed to shift into a white girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She nearly laughed at the image there since she never would have thought herself looking like this. She shifted back to normal and stretched out a bit, her muscles sometimes needed it after a few shifts.

"You know that is so very handy to have," Blink said sitting on her bed looking at that. There were times she wished she could look like either her old self or as someone else even, true she was getting used to her new appearance it was just hard going through most of your life looking like a regular girl and then wake up the next day with light purple skin, pink hair, white eyes and those red triangles on your face.

"You know there's something I've been meaning to tell you…Thanks," Amanda looked at her a little confused about what she was talking about, "You know for staying my roommate. I know that many of the people are getting their own rooms but thanks for wanting to stay with me." She said shyly to her.

Amanda just smiled at her, "Hey it's no problem besides I like having you as a roommate and it's nice to have someone to talk to all the time as well."

Blink smiled at that, her old life hadn't been very fulfilling. Her parents hadn't been into displays of emotion and so she grew up a shy girl afraid to talk to people. She hadn't had many friends in her life before her mutation kicked in and her family threw her away. They had been Friends of Humanity and didn't want a mutant for a daughter. She was taken and sent to a facility run by Trask to test out new Sentinels. It was there she had met Amanda and after she lived here her life was much better.

Then she noticed something on the dresser that looked like letters by Amanda, "Hey did you get some mail?" Amanda looked at that slightly sad and nodded. "What? Is it bad?"

"Well…Not really…Well…I'm not sure," Amanda sighed, "See my family is getting a few things in the mail cause of the move and stuff and I got a postcard and a letter from my two best friends at school…"

"They…Don't know do they," Blink put it together and from the way Amanda bit her lower lip she knew she had guessed right.

"Yeah I mean they were supportive of me when I chose to still see Kurt, in fact they covered for me a few times before my family started to like him…But I don't know how to tell then. I mean Carmen and Wendy have been my friends for years and I just hope they aren't too freaked out."

"So…where have they've been all summer?"

"Well Wendy and her family were doing this family trip to Florida, while Carmen went to work at this summer camp…" Amanda sat back and let her head hang back trying to think of how to explain all that has happened in her life over the summer. Like being kidnapped, forced to fight killing machines, turned into a mutant, living at the mansion. It was just a lot to cover actually.

Blink saw this and decided to try and help out, after all Amanda was one of her closest friends, "Look I'm sure they'll still be there for you, I mean they didn't stop when you were seeing Kurt so they should understand."

Amanda gave a weak smile, "Thanks I hope so…Wendy said that when Carmen gets back to meet up at Bayville mall to compare notes of the summer."

"Oh? When is this supposed to be?"

Amanda's face fell, "Later today," She groaned.

Blink bit her own lower lip, "I'm sure it will be fine, you want Kurt or me or someone to go with you? You know just in case it doesn't?"

"That's sweet but no thanks…I got to do this myself," Amanda gave a huge sigh hoping that she was just building up the worst in this situation but she couldn't help it. She knew that as soon she got to high school she would be part of the 'mutant crowd'. She hated seeing the others go through that and she had tried to still be their friends and had been called 'mutie lover' and other words. But now she would be facing it first hand and she just wanted her two best friends to be there with her would make it easier.

"Well I'm going to walk there," Amanda said sitting up, "I think it will help calm me down and give me time to think."

"Good luck," Blink told her, "I think I'll check in on Kai see how he's doing with moving into his own room." Kai or Shadow was he was called was another boy who had been captured with them and lately her, Amanda, Jubilee and Rahne had been trying to get him to feel at home. Amara for her part was also helping and not just because every girl knew she had a crush on the Japanese ninja.

"Good idea I think Kurt is helping him move." Amanda said before getting her purse and taking a breath before she walked out the room.

-Elsewhere-

Kai was looking through his new room it had just been finished along with a few of the others that were just moving in to their own rooms. Sure Kurt had been a very nice roommate and he had been helpful in Kai's depression. But then he had a lot to be depressed about, he was still morning the loss of his villagers and mostly of Sakura the girl he had been seeing. In fact she had been the most lovely girl in his village hands down and he kept on seeing her cut down in battle now and then in his nightmares. Then there was the unknown fate of his father and of his two best friends Rikimaru and Ayame as well as what ever happened to his brother.

He had a lot of help here, Xavier was a very wise man that he saw now and then helping him deal with what happened that day. His old friends from Trask's facility and that was very nice to have, the samurai was also nice. He still found it odd a Westerner was trained as a samurai but he was a worthy sparing partner and he knew the pain of loss and of life. The others were very nice as well. He hooked his Katana on the wall.

"Hey here's ze last of ze stuff dude," Kurt smiled as he put down a box in his room he had offered to help him move into this room although he didn't have much stuff it was still nice of him to do so.

"Thanks again for this Kurt-san you didn't have to do this," Kai bowed his head a bit to the blue mutant teen.

He just smiled back at him with that devil may care smile of his, "Hey it's no problem, besides now zhat I got mien own room again me and Amanda can…uh…vell…you know…"

Kai had to give a small laugh at that and nodded they may be from different countries and came from different cultural background but some things were just universal. "I am sorry for the inconvenience about that my friend."

Kurt just shrugged, "Oh it's okay, Amanda's father vas a little more at ease vith me having a roommate. Guess he didn't expect Amanda and me to get up to anyzhing…inappropriate." He rubbed the back of his neck with his three fingered hand. It was true that he and Amanda had dated for about a year now and they had only gone to the kissing state. Well actually they had gone to the touching and a bit of heavy petting but no sex at the moment he was nervous about that as it was. Take into account his mother and father wanted to meet both Amanda and Rogue and he also didn't want to fall out of grace with Amanda's parents again.

Kai sat down on his bed, it was still odd to sleep in beds to far from the floor. He was thinking of cutting the legs off of his bed after he asked about that. It would just make him feel more comfortable and he had enough trouble sleeping at night.

"So…Looking forward to school?" Kurt asked him.

Kai had been thinking about it the school system in this country was different then what he was used to but he felt he would adjust. He would also getting used to not being able to just blend with the crowd as a ninja he was trained not to be noticed but he knew that this wouldn't be so simple. "I think so, but I am glad that Xavier-sama got me those papers and ID."

"Ja, he's good at zat stuff," Xavier had to make a false paper trail since Kai was not only in this country illegally but also because he had no official identity even back home. "But just know zhat you have friends here."

Kai nodded and smiled at him, that was the only thing that got him through some days the knowledge he wasn't alone.

- Wanda's Room-

Wanda looked around her new room, it was hers all hers and she was happy to have it. Sure rooming with Rogue hadn't been so bad but she wanted her privacy and she knew Rogue wanted hers as well. So far many of the students had their own rooms now but a few chose to keep their roommates. So far Kitty and Dani were doing well, as well as Paige and Sarah Logan were doing well together as well. Amara and Tabitha also felt comfortable sharing a room. But Wanda just loved that she finally had her new room, there was a desk with a computer on it to help her with her studies it would also be handy to keep in touch with her half-sister Lorna, her mother Denise and of course Simon.

She blushed at how long they 'talked' on the internet she had to do that in the library since Rogue wouldn't like being kept up by that. But now she could do that in private and not be disturbed. Rogue was also helping her move out since she wanted her own room back. Wanda was putting up a few posters she had got over the summer and hung them up as well as a couple of framed pictures one of her time with her sister another was one of her and Simon on a date. That image made her smile.

"Well here ya go the last of tha load," Rogue said in her typical southern drawl as she put down a box of Wanda's stuff. She straightened up and there was a little of an awkward silence with the two of them seeing as how rocky they had started off lately they had kind of become friends. "So…well it was…nice havin' ya for a roommate for awhile but no offence…But ah'm glad you are gettin' your own room finally."

Wanda gave a small smile, "Yeah same here."

Rogue just shrugged, "Well at least ya weren't as annoyin' as Kitty was some of the tahme."

"How did you manage to live with her for over a year?" Wanda asked putting up another poster this one being of something that was Wiccan in origin on it. "I would have killed her in her sleep long ago."

Rogue had to smirk at that, "Yeah well that thought had occurred ta meh a few tahmes myself."

"So I take it that since your boyfriend is helping Piotr move out you two will have plenty of alone time now," She loved teasing Rogue about her relationship it was just so fun because not many people would be able to tease Rogue and get away with it. Rogue had this kind of tough girl rep that if you messed with her you were in trouble. Thing was so did Wanda.

"God we're not damn sex maniacs and so what if ah want to spend tahme with him?" She threw up her arms in exasperation about this.

"How about when Piotr was visiting his sister? He was gone for three days and you spent every night there in his room," Wanda smirked at Rogue's blushing face.

"I-i-it wasn't lahke that! We just kind of…cuddled up with each other for comfort…" Rogue hated it when this intimate stuff was brought up, she hadn't been able to tough for years and now she could so what if she wanted to sleep with her boyfriend together? He slept more peacefully at night because of it and so did she. It was nice to have his arms around her holding her in the night. Besides they only had sex on the first and third night anyway.

"Uh huh," Wanda said in a tone that clearly stated she didn't believe the other girl. "You two are the next Jean and Scott face it."

Rogue thought of a response to that, "Oh and what about you and Simon huh?" Now it was Wanda to turn a slight shade of her favourite color and Rogue didn't let up, "Ah've heard ya moan out his name a few tahmes already."

'Oh god Lorna was right…I do talk in my sleep at times,' Wanda was both pissed and embarrassed at that. She had hoped that had been a one night thing.

Rogue smiling that she had gotten her back turned to leave, "Well ah'll leave ya to unpack."

-Jean's Room-

Jean was getting double checking everything she had at the moment, she still couldn't believe that she was about to go to college to start her training. She was glad that he parents understood her decision to stay here while she learned not too far away. For starters with all the enemies out there against mutants let alone the X-Men she was sure that sooner or later she would be attacked and she didn't want her family to get in the crossfire.

Also was that she didn't want to be away from Scott, they had finally gotten together and during the summer they had gotten very close. In fact they were intimate now in their relationship and Scott was the one for her she just knew it. He was so kind to her and knew her better then anyone. She smiled as she reached to the ring she always wore on a chain around her neck a present from Scott as a show of his love. She remembered that day on the docks so well it was one of her most treasured memories.

It was times like this she felt horrible about all that time she had been with someone else and all the good times she missed out on with him. But now she could make up for all of that and she was glad for the chance. There was a knock on her door and called out to come in, she smiled as she saw Scott there, "Hey how's it going?"

"Pretty good," She stretched out and rolled her neck.

"Feeling a bit stressed?" Scott asked seeing her like that he knew her moods very well and not just from the link between them. He also knew her body language as well. He walked behind her and placed his hands on her neck and started to rub away at the muscles.

Jean leaned into it and sighed, she was surprised when she learned that Scott had such talent with his hands but was grateful for it. "Mmmmm, had another mental training session with Dani and Gale."

"How are they doing?"

"Pretty good, Dani's control is really improved and so has Gale's in fact she just started with being able to instil emotions into others or alter them in other people too."

"That could be handy in the future," He said and she had to smiled and shake her head he was always thinking ahead and of strategy. "Although I am worried about the team with the two of us at college we won't have as much time for what we usually do."

"That's true I think that maybe the adults were right in trying to find new secondary leaders for the X-Men and the New Mutants they all need to start learning to stand on their own." She let out a small grown as he worked out a knot in her muscles.

"Yeah maybe it is time while we work on our futures," He leaned down and kissed her neck and she smiled at the contact. "How about we go out for a bit? I think we could use all the time to ourselves that we can get."

"That's a nice idea, maybe we can catch an afternoon film at the Bayville mall Cineplex even."

He kissed her head, "Sounds like a plan to me besides we haven't had trouble with those Hellion guys lately and no evil mutant or human bent against mutants have attacked so far, I say we go while we can."

"Let me get my purse," She stood up and kissed him on the cheek, "And thanks for this Scott."

He just smiled back at her, "Hey what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't take you out now and again?"

She laughed and nodded, he was a great boyfriend he had actually on one date gone all out and given her flowers, took her to a fancy restaurant and then dancing. It had been the perfect night and also a memorable one since when he walked her to her door she had taken him by the hand and led him inside. It had been their first night being intimate with each other and a very special moment of her life with him. She link her arm with his as they made to Scott's car.

NEXT UP CHAPTER 2: CONFRONTING OLD FRIENDS