Chapter One: Return

Disclaimer: I don't own X-men or Naruto.

Well, it had taken some...uh...altering of a few minds to account for the nearly two month absence the teenagers had accumulated during their captivity at the Blood-sport Tournament, but ultimately (And with Cerebro's aid in hacking and changing the school records) they had all returned to a life of relative normalcy; taking into account, of course, that they were mutants.

Brushing aside the sentiment, Sakura quickly raked her hair back and quickly pulled a coat over her shoulders.

"Sakura! Hurry up!" Kitty called down the hall impatiently.

"Coming!" Sakura replied, pulling the door closed behind her as she rushed out into the hall.

"I'll see you guys after school." Logan said, waving good-bye to them a bit stiffly as they shuffled out of the van.

"Thanks." Sakura smiled as she slung her backpack across her back.

"See ya, kid." He said.

Sakura waved and jogged after the rest of her group.

The day progressed at it usually did...up until her fifth period Physics class. Just as she was taking her seat, she saw the rapid flash of a familiar face in the crowd just outside of the door. And just as quickly, it was gone again...

Shaking off the odd feeling accompanying the incident, she turned her attention back to the class.

Not more than ten minutes in, a note came from the office asking for her.

"You're free to go, Ms. Samantha." The woman said, using her feigned name, as she handed her the slip.

Sakura nodded politely before gathering her things and walking up towards the administrative building. But on the way, she couldn't help but notice the abnormal amount of students in the halls...

Keeping her eyes on a particularly aggressive one, she was startled to suddenly find herself chest to chest with an old enemy.

"Jason." She spat, drawing herself up to her full height-admittedly not much against his.

"I guess I should have guessed." He shrugged, smirking knowingly.

"Guessed what?" Sakura demanded.

"That you're one of those freaks."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"You see, Freak, that night that I drugged you, I gave you the wrong one. The composite you got was about ten times stronger than what a human could tolerate. I guess the only good thing about that is I wasn't jailed for murder. That and the fact we can take out one more of you."

Sakura tensed, ready for a fight. Unfortunately, she would have to refrain from using her abilities or else they really would have a case against her.

The first one came at her back: She side stepped him, grabbing his wrist and flinging him into the next one charging her at her right. Ducking left, she leaned back to avoid an upper cut to her jaw. Bringing her knee up, she landed a critical abdomen blow to the third.

As she turned to meet the fourth offender, she felt an abrupt, sharp pain race up her spine. Stumbling forward, she grabbed a nearby locker to keep from toppling over.

"Just try to relax." Jason sneered as her vision began to swim in dizzy waves.

The next sensation that invaded her nervous system was the cold slap of the tile floor against her cheek.

TBC