AN: yo,

here's the next chapter, but next chapter won't be up until i get a few more reviews so come on please, reviews not flames.

Enjoy,

Arty.


Chapter One.


Arrival of A Ninja Kind.


Of all ways to be awakened , a blaring alarm accompanied by flashing red lights, warning of intruders, is definitely one of the worse. Unfortunately, the students and faculty of Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters were used to it. On autopilot they dressed quickly into their uniforms, still half asleep, and managed to get down stairs without falling over their own feet.

Logan AKA Wolverine was the first down, he was snarling slightly, the alarm attacking his sensitive hearing 'thank you…' he thought, as the sound was shut down "your welcome Logan" Professor Charles Xavier said, as he rolled towards them in his wheel chair "Professor! What's going on?" asked a slightly more awake red-head

"I wish I knew Jean… what I do know is about sixteen people just appeared out of nowhere, I am worried, however that they are hurt... only two have moved since arriving and I cannot read their minds, as their mental barriers are to strong." The bald man answered a slight frown on his face.

Jean closed her eyes and reached out with her powers, she let her mind brush against the intruders and felt it just bounce off their barriers "I see…" she whispered opening her eyes once more.

once the X-Men had arrived, Logan led the way outside. As he stepped out of the patio doors he sniffed, and stopped so suddenly, a blue furred boy behind him crashed into him "Ack! Voverine! Vhat did you stop for!" the blue boy Kurt yelped rubbing his forehead, he stopped however when Logan began to run, following his nose... Following the copper smell of blood… lots of blood...

He forgot about the children running after him, as he ran into the small woods at the back of the mansion. He began to slow, walking quietly as the smell of blood became overwhelming, he let out a snarl as he entered a small clearing, the group behind him froze as they came up behind him.

"Oh my god..." whispered Ororo Monroe, an African woman with snow white hair, covering her mouth with a shaking hand. A small brown haired girl called Kitty let out a sob and buried her face into Kurt's fur, while he and the others just stared in shock.

They lay in puddles of blood, spread out around the clearing which had been reduced to rubble, several of them had sharp weapons in various body parts, and some were just bleeding heavily from cuts… or stab wounds... the worse however was the boy… He was laying face up, two long bloodied swords had been driven through his abdomen. He lay over a girl with dark hair. Her chest was covered with his blood and probably her own. Strange whisker-like scars adorned each of his blood-soaked cheek.

Wolverine took a step forward and suddenly froze bringing up a hand.

Snick!

Clang!

A knife dropped to the ground besides Logan its point digging into the ground Logan let out a snarl "I would get down from there bub, before I make you"

"Kekkai Genkai?" asked a bored sounding voice. Logan frowned at the words "bloodline limit? I'm a mutant if that's what you mean" he snapped in Japanese. A sigh came from the trees, and a figure dropped down from the trees. He had brown hair pulled into a tight ponytail and a bored expression. In his arms he held a girl with blond hair in four pigtails one of his hands pressed against a bloody wound on her side "I'm Nara Shikamaru from Konoha. Where the hell are we?"

"do you speak English kid?"

a confused look and a shake of his head told Logan he didn't "your in Bayville, America kid. Now what the hell is going on" Shikamaru looked around at the bodies "it wasn't supposed to end like this…but…there were to many of them...we lost…Naruto…" his eyes moved to rest on the boy with the swords piercing his stomach "he did something there was a bright flash then we arrived here." Logan frowned the kid was in shock or something he was shaking badly.

"Tell the other one still in the trees to get down here kid"

Shikamaru shook his head "Gaara won't come down until he's sure you're not an enemy." he said with a small smile, shifting the girl in his arms slightly. "Don't you dare drop my sister Nara." a emotionless voice suddenly whispered somewhere above Logan. Shikamaru blinked and tightened his grip "Then I could do with a little help here Gaara"

A sudden flash of dark red and a figure was standing besides him, what looked like sand twisted around him like it was alive. It formed a large mound that Shikamaru laid the girl on like a bed. As soon as he had the groups eyes widened at the large hole in the side of his chest. he smiled weakly at their expressions "Guess I look pretty bad…" he muttered falling forward only to be caught gently by sand. Gaara stared soullessly at the x-men "I Require some assistance, I'm low on sand." nodding Logan moved to pick up Shikamaru "everyone grab a kid and get them inside"

"be very careful not to injure them further please" the blue beast known as hank McCoy added.

Nodding the team spilt up and began moving the injured. Jean gently turned a girl with brown hair wrapped in untangling buns. She felt sick as she saw the strange knives that had stuck into her skin, with so many wounds Jean was surprised she was still breathing, using her powers she gently lifted her up and began to float her towards the institute. Kurt was porting most severely injured of the group straight into the med bay on Ororo's orders. Beast scooped up the small violet haired girl with pale skin. Logan picked up a boy with spiky black hair. Evan and Scott teamed up to carry a fairly large boy.

It took them half an hour to move the whole group carefully inside. The x-men now waited while Ororo, hank and jean began trying to save the kids lives.


Logan hated waiting.

He sat in the kitchen cradling a cup of coffee, something he really needed after the stress of last night. His hand tightened ever so slightly as he thought back to all of the kids lying in hospital beds. They were so young… His eyes slid to the only other person in the room, and found himself staring into scarily blank and empty eyes. Logan almost looked away but stubbornly refused…he had seen eyes like that before.

The boy had only said a few words to him and a few times Logan wondered if he was even talking to him. His name was 'sabaku no Gaara' according to the boy 'Gaara of The Desert.' Logan could tell by the dark rings around the kid's eyes he didn't sleep much. And the scar on his forehead ai…the Japanese symbol for love…the kid was a mystery.

"You okay?"

Aqua eyes studied him silently before he slowly nodded. Logan growled inwardly he had never met such a silent kid before it was…disturbing. He watched as Gaara returned to staring out of the window, his eyes slowly moving to take in the view of the grounds. Logan wondered once again what had happened to these kids. He had tried to get it out of the kid but all he said is that "we miscalculated and lost.".

"Logan, could you and Gaara please come to the medical bay"

Logan sighed and gently placed his cup down "Come on kid" Gaara stood silently and followed Logan as he left the room, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.


The faces of the staff as they entered the room was not reassuring; Hank was rubbing his eyes as he sat at his desk littered with crumpled test results and papers. Xavier was staring at the unconscious teenagers strapped to countless machines. Storm was sitting in a chair besides a pale girl with dark hair that was tinted ever so slightly with a dark blue her head bent so that her face was thrown into shadow. Gaara made himself known by quickly heading to his sisters side and checking on another boy who must have been his older brother. Logan moved silently to Xavier's side.

"You wanted to see us Charles?"

Xavier rubbed the bridge of his nose, a sign of the stress he was under "Logan…it doesn't look good…" Logan closed his eyes briefly, before speaking softly "any of them gonna get through this Charles?" Xavier sighed.

"The boy you spoke to earlier Shikamaru, his wounds aren't as severe as the others, and two others only appear to have serious head wounds they should wake up soon…but the others their chances aren't good, the blond boy's wounds are the worse, I tried to take out the swords but its stopping the bleeding, I don't think he'll make it…" Logan sighed and looked over to Gaara and was surprised to see Gaara staring at him. He was also surprised to see an almost anxious look on his face "Will Temari and Kankuro be okay?" he asked quietly. Logan noticed his hand had unconsciously reached out and gripped his sisters hand and realize just how young he was.

"He wants to know if his sister and brother will be okay Charles"

"The boy has a severe head wound, hank assured me he'll be fine in fact he should wake up tomorrow sometime…His sister is in bad shape, although she has one of the best chances for survival" Logan relayed what the Professor had said and watched as relief spread across the boy's features "And the others?" he asked suddenly the relief fading. He noticed Logan's expression before he even started to speak.

"Focus on Haruno-San" Gaara interrupted pointing at the pink haired girl.

Logan raised an eyebrow "Why?"

"She is a healer, one of the best I have seen"

Logan felt a twinge of hope "A healer? You thinks she can save all of them?" Gaara smiled slightly "I know she won't stop healing till she does"

"Logan? What's he saying?" Storm asked, wiping her eyes discreetly.

"The pink haired girl is a healer and if this guy's right a pretty powerful one"

"Its no good though…there's something wrong" Hank interrupted the two "Their blood I've never seen anything like it, more than one set of DNA! One I can't even get a reading on because I only get weird specks on the x-ray, it looks like he's full of bugs!" hank said gesturing to a boy with spiky brown hair.

Storm noticed that gaara was looking more and more confused the more Hank ranted.

"Ano…"

Logan turned to glance at gaara who raised an eyebrow and glanced at Hank "What is he saying?" he asked quietly. Logan explained quickly and was surprised when Gaara looked relieved. He started talking quietly in Japanese and Logan turned back to Hank with a disturbed look.

"He say's 'They are'"

"What are?" Hank asked confused, Logan shrugged "The specks he said they are bugs, he used that word again 'Kekkai Genkai' bloodline limit, I'm guessing that's what these kids call their powers. He's saying the bugs are his mutation" Logan explained. Hank let out a small laugh "Well that explains that, can you ask if anyone else has Kekkai Genkai that might interfere with the tests?" he asked gesturing to the beds. Gaara seemed to understand on his own and quickly started talking quietly to Logan, after a few minutes conversing Logan turned to Hank "He said they all do, he won't say anything else something about it being hard to explain without them showing them themselves. He does say if you keep the pink haired girl, Sakura Haruno stable she'll heal herself"

Gaara spotted Hanks disbelief and said something coldly in Japanese. Logan translated with a frown.

"If you doubt his words check her wounds"

Hank exchanged a look with Xavier who nodded after a few seconds. He moved to Sakura and slowly removed the bandage around her chest. He leaned down and studied the wounds for a few minutes, before straightening "Her wounds are much less severe than they were when I changed the bandage an hour ago!" Gaara rolled his eyes as he lent against the wall "She'll be completely healed in a few hours...quicker if she wakes up first" he muttered, his words being translated by Logan to the others in the room.

Hank seemed relieved and collapsed into his chair "That's good" he sighed. Xavier rolled towards the door looking less stressed than before "The students will be awake again soon. Storm if you would inform them at breakfast, they are all worried about our guest" Storm smiled and with a nod swept from the room.

"Logan, would you look after Gaara for me?"

Logan glanced at Gaara who stared blankly back and nodded "Sure Chuck, we'll be in the garage, come on kid" he said to Gaara switching easily into Japanese.

Gaara glanced at his siblings one last time before sweeping out after Logan.


Chapter End.


AN: Well there you have it chapter one. hope you enjoyed it.

remember to review i expect at least ten, i write faster when i think people are reading it,

Arty.