Repairs (Haru Open)

[rhyme]

((Airplanes B.O.B. I don’t own. All rights reserved Warning: Mild language in lyrics))

Artemis frowned as the moon rose behind him as he stared at the gaping hole in the Xavier’s school outer walls. The damage from Creed’s attack was devastating with a large hole being blown in from a depressurization and multiple burns in the walls and floors from Freya and other minor damage. The entire wing of the school had no running water and the kids had to be moved for the day.

Artemis would have fixed it last night but he didn’t have the strength and his throat was shot anyway. His throat still hurt but at least now his voice wasn’t so raw you could barely tell it was him without the use of his mutation to make it sound like him. Also it being night would make the song he was thinking of work better.

He resettled the leather coat around his shoulders as a gust of wind came rolling up the driveway chilling him slightly. It felt as if someone was coming but he tossed that notion out of his head and focused on the school.

He raised his hands in a dramatic fashion as the music began. As soon as the piano could be heard the other sounds of natured became hushed as a field of control moved from his hand in a spherical shape that encompassed him down to the ground and out toward the walls needed to be fixed as well as all the rubble. That day the kids who were free collected some of the further scrap and moved it as well as some extra materials just in case. Putting everything back would mean it would last, otherwise he would have to make it and keep it there for however long it was needed which was likely forever.

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

Ya, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in your lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplane, airplane, sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night

The material didn’t start to move together until the male vocals began. Artemis waved his hands like a conductor as the bricks, wood and plaster began to go back as if time was reversed. The meaning was entirely the same but Artemis was good at manipulation and if looked at less of a metaphorical sense the lyrics fit. As a side effect the stars above shone all the brighter when viewed within the zone.

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)

Ya, ya, somebody take me back to the days
Befo' this was a job, befo' I got paid
Befo' it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Ya, back when I was tryin' to get a tip at Subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes outta' airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I'll go back to the days
Befo' the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listen to my mixtape
And back befo' I tried to cover up my slang
But this is fo' the hater, what's up Bobby Ray?
So can I get a wish
To end the politics
And get back to the music
That started this shit?
So here I stand and then again I say
I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta' airplanes

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As the song continued the glass went back together the seams between the shards filling in like magic. The same occurred with the plaster and the pipes sealing themselves as if they were never broken. And in truth, they never were, within the zone Artemis had ultimate control over reality being able to turn it back on the local scale

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)

I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
Like, like, like shootin' stars
(Like shootin' stars)
I-I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
A wish, a wish right now
(A wish right now)

With only chorus’ left he couldn’t do much more with the actual construction which was fine since that was all done. With what was left he removed all the water damage from the carpet and undamaged drywall and cleaned up the dust that got into the bedrooms.

After the song end and the zone disappeared like a popping bubble Artemis fell to the ground in a heap as he breathed out for what seemed like to him the first time since the song began. His energy was utterly drained since even with a song, reversal of preset reality was hard. For some reason reality really liked the way it was, tweaking it to be different was easy since it normally liked new things, but making it how it was, now that was hard.

Taking a deep breath he sighed as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit one up. Rhyme never smoked and Artemis didn’t heavily but right now, he felt like he really needed one. To hell if anyone says students can see, I need a good drag. he thought to himself as he exhaled the smoke and leaned back on the hillside.

[haru]

The broken city of Tokyo was starting to get to Haru there always seemed to be more work to get done and as much as the other mutants that where there where trying to help he needed to get some last little bit of help. He new about the school and hoped he could get some x-men to help.

Right now he was or he looked like he was wearing a deep red dress that feel to the ground it was sort sleeve and had lots of ribbons and lace on it he there also thin wight gloves he appeared to be a dirty blond with hair about to his mid chest. He always felt happier when he was dressed like this more of himself like he could actually talk to people so when he was needing to talk to some xmen why would he dress normally.

He moved along the grounds of the school it was late he’d weight tell morning to ask for an appointment with Xavier, the grounds were lovely at this time of night Haru let out a heavy Sigh, being in New York was always hard for him because of Rhyme he missed him dearly he wasn’t sure where he find him if he find him. It didn’t help that right now he was hearing some music right now in the back ground and someone singing. Haru held him self feeling a small wind and looked towards the school.

That was an interesting site to see there appeared to be some damage on the school that was rebuilding its self…what how did that happen. Haru had to investigate on what type of mutant could do that.

He walked until he found a dark figure with the light he wasn’t able to tell who the figure was all he could really tell was that he was smoking seeing the small red glow of the cigarette, Haru wasn’t a fan of smoking but if this person could help maybe it didn’t matter much.

[nixnight]

Nix sat on one of the many benches around the school courtyard and smiled to herself as she watched the students around her who had been forced outside by their rooms being blown apart and were forced to socialise now that all of them were out of their hiding places. she leaned back on the bench and her long red hair fall down over her sholders and then listened to the noises of the school around her and found herself annoyed very quickly. Any other day of the year ,at this time of day there would be no one out side and she would be alone to ether read or to write more of her strange stories of even better, to use her powers for a little fun. But now there were too many other kids, and she didn't like other people all that much.

She gave an annoyed sigh and then stood up and grabbed her back pack from the bench and slung it over her aholder and then walked round the edge of the school and then a thought hit her and she grinned and then broke In to a jog to the side of the school that had been blown apart, maybe it would be quiet enough for her there

[rhyme]

Artemis saw someone approaching as he took another drag on his cigarette. Who is that? he thought to himself. He closed his eyes for a few seconds before opening them again this time glowing purple with the energy of his mutation. He was glad he could at least pull that trick off yet. When he saw a man in a dress he let out a mental curse since the only man he knew that wore a dress should have long been dead.

He took the hand not holding the cigarette and waved it in front of his face. When he did his hair went back to the style Rhyme would normally wear and all his piercings faded from existence. That could be done at any time since it was actually his powers making the changes in the first place so he just let the changes go and they went back to the natural state.

Emmys here I come. he thought. If he pulled this off it would be an award winning performance.

I really should have learned how to block out telepaths, if he is the least bit suspicious he will check my mind where I can’t hide the fact that Rhyme is still weeping in one of the many dark corners there.

He nervously took another drag as he waited for Haru to come closer. He cursed mentally again through when he realized his eyes were still glowing purple. Rhyme always used yellow. With another long blink his eyes glowed instead with a calm yellow light.

[haru]

Haru happy approached the man but stood short almost stumbling a bit when he saw him in the better light, Rhyme...but how it been years yet his hair layid the same way his did it and his eyes where yellow. Haru hart raced a little was this really Rhyme.

Haru held himself a little and looked at the man now unsure what to say or do, he'd dreamed of seeing him again but when it came to now what was he subpost to do hug him, kiss him did he even know it was Haru standing in front of him. that was even if this even was Rhyme.

"Umm Hi so did you fix that up quite the handy man you are arn't you" He said with a warm smile tilting his head to the side in almost a cute like matter His head still raceing with toghts on what was going on he was tempted to check but at the moment with out any interdutsion that whould be rude.

"I'm Haru by the way and you are" there was still the warm smile on him face he acted for years loved seeing shows faking a smile was nothing anymore

[nixnight]

Nix walked slowly through the grounds and then as the grass got a little longer she smiled and then looked back over her sholder and then dropped her back pack on the ground and then bent down and untied her black boats and then took a step back and slid out from them and then she smiled and bent down and unzipped her back pack and then took out her note pad and pencil and dropped them on the floor and then picked up her boots and dropped them inside the death note themed bag and then paused and tilted her head to one side and then nodded to herself and peeled off her socks so she was bare foot and then shoved them in to the bag and then picked it up and slid it over her back again and stood up, her dark grey t-shirt was cool enough for the day and her bland combats were good enough but she loved the feeling of the grass on her feet. She gave another grin and then started walking back towards the opened up scho with her hands tucked into her pockets and her hair brushing over her sholders in the wind, "let's see how everything's going" she said with a snigger

[rhyme]

Artemis chuckled his voice their true voice which Haru was one of the few to have actually heard before.

“Can barely use a hammer and drill but reality seems to bend easily enough.” He said grinning as he stood, flinging what was left of his cigarette over his shoulder its ember being lost in the grass and breathing out the last of the smoke over his shoulder and away from Haru before he walked over.

Show time he thought softly psyching himself up to be really out of his character.

“Wait… Haru… Haru… HARU!” he said squealing the last word . “Oh my god, I thought you were dead. When I heard Tokyo was attacked when you went to see your family I thought…. I thought…. I thought I lost you.” he continued tears starting to run down his cheeks.

Artemis rushed over and hugged the other man close his hands going right through what he knew was illusion and feeling the simple cloths below. Most likely a t-shirt and jeans but he couldn’t be sure with the very nice dress over it. His tears also feel right through the illusionary shoulder as they fell off his cheek.

Artemis’ mind was racing though hoping Haru bought it enough to not check his mind for the true Rhyme.

[haru]

When he hugged him Haru smiled holding him to him tears going down his checks his hands going threw the illusion around him it felt so nice to have his man touch him again "Rhyme is that you...really" he held him it been so long and so many years Haru barried his head in to his shoulder, the vosice the hair, the eyes where all there but something was off something was wrong hear the smell...he'd been smoking Rhyme never smoked a day in his life he knew it was bad for his lungs and was addicting he swore he'd never touch a death stick but he was smokeing now.

Tears still in his eyes he looked Rhyme in the eyes with a smile "No i was able to avoid the attack using your locket and i wasn't really able to get back to the states until now" As he said this he scanned his mind for any sign of what was going on he didn't like doing this but he wanted to know why Rhyme had started smoking that and he always kinda hoped for a kiss when the ment up again not just a hug the tears where nice but something that anyone could do so in away haru was trying to see in Rhyme really felt for him anymore or if he found someone else.

[rhyme]

When Haru touched his mind instead of seeing the normal mental landscape of Rhyme which included calm forests, pristine if empty cities and a calm if black border of things yet to be created he found a broken city filled with broken windows and overturned cars and the rest filled with a living darkness that churned like a dark sea outside the borders of the city.

Instead of a calm blue sky with a bright yellow sun the same shade as the ribbons Rhyme always used there was a dark purple sky with only a few twinkling stars and no moon at all.

When he felt something wrong and the small mental presence he pulled his one hand away slightly from Haru’s back and grinned evilly his eyes turning back to purple as the waterworks dried up. In his hand a kunai appeared ready to plunge into Haru’s back but right before he was about to, his hand froze as if paralyzed.

From within the mental landscape there was a single flash of yellow light that quickly sank again in the turmoil of the rolling sea of darkness. Rhyme was far from awake but he wouldn’t let Artemis stab someone in cold blood like this.

[haru]

As soon as Haru touched his mind he knew something was wrong this wasn't Rhyme something was wrong, and 2 years couldn't of turned someone this cold, Ryhme was gone Haru didn't know if it was physically or just mentally Haru let go of who ever this guy was and looked into his eyes as they went purple.

Haru had let his grad down and would of been killed by the kunai if it wasn't for something stoping him Haru smiled a bit it was Yellow he continued to dig threw this mans mind for anything that could help him. "You tricked me, Where is he" Haru almost yell. Swinging a kick in hopes of knocking Artemis to the ground.

As he did the dress that he appeared to be wearing sorten in to a deep black dress and his hair seemed to shorten in to a baby doll cut turning a deep red. Haru didn't want to hurt someone that looked like Rhyme he had to keep reminding him sleff that this wasn't Rhyme this was someone else. "What have you done with Rhyme I don't take to kindly to people portending to be him"

[nixnight]

Nix walked up to the edge of the rebuilding site and then paused and bent down and slid her back pack under a bush beside the school, she knew students shouldnt really be here at the moment but she never really had been one who was big with rules. She stood up slowly so no-one would notice her and then slipped round the edge of the brick wall and then took a step back again as someone came towards her, she dropped down and rolled to one side as she saw the body move at her and then sprang up a little away from him. She stood up and curled her hands into fists and then turned and looked at him ,she didnt know his face but that didnt mean she'd allow them to be beaten up. She looked over at the other person who must have been the one to hit him, or this guy was really thick, one or the other. "hey mate, what you do that for?" she called over to the other man and then paused ,she was going to look like a nosy kid. She shook her head and then turned to face the other man who's face she didn't know ether, she wasn't a kid but she was nosy ,and she wanted to know why there were men fighting round here

[rhyme]

He couldn’t block a kick from such close range and having it come from a person who was actually trained in martial arts made it hurt and aggravate the cuts and other wounds from the previous night’s fight.

“Where do you think he is” snarled Artemis his voice going deep and gravely sounding very demonic. “he is the same place he shoved me for over ten years of his life.”

With that a large blast of energy flew from Artemis actually lifting him off the ground slightly as it created a bubble around the two of them shifting them from this reality only slightly, just enough for them to be intangible to the outside reality. Still able to be seen in their trances but unable to be hurt. Anyone who tried to do anything to them would find their efforts futile and passing right through as if nothing was there.

With that Artemis’ eyes closed and his image appeared in his mental plane as he laughed at Haru and disappeared into the darkness that was his mental world.

“Come and try and find him.” Artemis mocked as he vanished.

((Future link to mental battle when it is finished being written))

~3 Hours Later~

Suddenly, and apparently randomly to anyone watching from the outside the field fell dropping Artemis to the ground as two explosions flew from the body. One explosion was yellow, the other was purple and from those two explosions two nearly identical bodies flew a few feet before landing. Both were unconscious though it could be seen that one was Rhyme the other was Artemis because of their different styles.

[haru]

When it was over Haru feel to the ground on to his knees mentally that was draining he was breathing hard unable to really think strait at the moment. The illusion of the dress he was whereing disappeared to revile what he truly looked like his short black hair and skin tight shirt with the tight jeans on. So little people new what he really looked like he normally never was him self around anyone but he was to tried to keep the illusion going.
Haru looked up and saw the two bodies laying in front of him he smiled seeing Rhyme knowing it was him it was disappointing that Artemis had slipped out as well but he was knocked out at the moment so Haru didn’t really care he only really had eyes for Rhyme right now.
He crawled over and rolled Rhyme over so his face was no in the dirt, Haru gently touched Rhymes face and slipped his fingers in his hair it was funny how a little thing like the why he styled his hair was one of the only phical things that you could tell him and Artemis apart, but it was the little things that Haru loved about him .

[artemis]

Rhyme’s eyes fluttered open when he was rolled over. His ears were ringing for some reason and he had a major headache. Not to mention a giant hole in his memories of the last two years. He had a few fractured images of when he tried to stop Artemis from doing something overly horrible but those were few and far between.

He smiled weakly as he tried to sit up wincing as his headache got worse.

“This is one for the scrap book eh? And I am glad you never really change your eyes, they are always so beautiful.” He said barely above a whisper as he sat his head on Haru’s shoulder so happy to be back and to feel Haru again.

Seeing him and feeling him in his mind was one thing but nothing felt better than being with the real thing. He sighed happily close to sleep again.

To anyone who knew Rhyme and Artemis would barely see the change to them individually since they each kept their power from the other so each was only using half their own strength. It would be possible for them to work together but that rarely happened. Now it would be even harder since each took their own power with them into their individual bodies.

[haru]

When he tryed to sit up Haru was right there with him making sure he didn't fall over. He smiled at him holding him as he talked to him smirking a little when he said this was one for the scrap books almost chuckling glade to have the good old Rhyme back."Well they say a mans eyes are windows into there soul so why would i change my eyes when they show my soul expesuly from you."

Haru had to agree that holding the real Rhyme was alot better then holding Artemis portending to be Rhyme. Haru gave Rhyme a small kiss on his Rhymes cheek when he rested him self on his shoulder. "its been along day...do you think you can make it inside or you just want to sleep out hear tonight" he smiled willing to do ether he wasn't to fawnd with the idea that Artemis was next to them Rhyme kept him locked away in his head for good reason and the fact that he had stollen 2 years of life form Rhyme didn't win any points with Haru.

Small tears of joy where running down his face as he held Rhyme he chouldn't express how happy he was that they where finally together again at last.