Note: This Fic is a co-opt between authors BigCC and BNGwarrior.

Note: There's been some confusion about the ages going around so I'm going to list the current ages of the shown characters at the start of this chapter:

Naruto, Rahne, Laura, Multiple: 15

Kitty, Jubilee, Colossus, Sunspot: 16

Rogue, Cannonball, Magma, Berserker: 17

Iceman, Havoc: 19

Cyclops, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Jean: 28

Beast, Storm: 33

Professor X: 60

Logan: Unknown, appears late 20s early 30s.

"Human Speech"

'Human Thought'

'Telepathic Communication'

"Demon Speech"

'Demon Thought'

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BNG and CC appear lounging on a bright sunny beach lounging on a pair of beach towels and drinking the fruity umbrella drinks.

BigCC: Looks up from his coconut drink: Aloha, and welcome to the newest chapter of Naruto X. Before we start I'd like to apologize for the delay, I've just finished my finals when I started writing this chapter and am suffering a minor case of writers block from mental overload.

BNG: Tilts away his straw beach hat, No need to worry cause we're back to bring you the next chapter of Naruto X. Just for legal purposes: Neither of us own Naruto, X-men, or any other copyrighted material that appears in this Fanfic.

BigCC: No matter how much either of us wants to. Now time to start the Fic With that CC returns to his drink and reaches for a remote. With the push of a single button the screen goes snowy and the fic begins.

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Chapter 4: Departure from the Institute

(4 Years Later)

Time passed quickly in the X-mansion for the young shinobi in training known to the world Naruto Uzumaki and to his friends and fellow X-men as Trickster. Physically the boy had grown up quite nicely from the short and malnourished child that the senior X-men had brought back with them. He stood fairly tall at about 5'9" with a lean muscular build. His hair still glowed bright gold and remained spiky, but instead of the near bed-head look it used to sport the spikes were now deftly kept facing backward with only a few on the sides and the front facing in different directions. His eyes still glowed with a deep cerulean blue, but now instead of remaining in a state of near constant gleam they could now become as cold and icy as a glacier when his mood shifted. His mutant powers had developed quickly and while his ability to copy the abilities of others had settled down to being nearly inactive he still had access to the powers he'd already gained plus his other mutant abilities. His training under the senior X-men advanced far and quickly and he now had a wide variety of skills at his disposal.

From Cyclops the boy's accuracy with his 'Fox Blasts' had become nearly pinpoint at mid-range and serviceable at long-range. He could even control the amount of energy he put into each blast allowing him to turn it into a stunning hammer blow or a devastating cannon blast. His training in both strategy and leadership abilities were also progressing quite smoothly. While the boy was no genius he was quite clever, and that made a dangerous tactician not to mention a truly remarkable leader.

Gambit's training had also been paying off. His skill with his staff was now second only to his sensei and he had even received a scroll on the Sarutobi Style from his adopted grandfather when he had told the old man about his study in the art of Bojutsu. His control over his explosive powers was also nearly mastered. He could infuse anything the size of a bolt to a 10'X10' section of wall with enough explosive energy to either simply demolish it or create a massive boom corresponding to the size of the object. His aim had improved to near perfection with not only kunai and shuriken but with the special cards Gambit had given him as a birthday gift. They were custom made with the suits altered to show the spades as katanas, the diamonds as kunai, the clubs as staffs, and the hearts as shuriken, with the face cards revealing the Jacks as Naruto sporting his foxy grin, the Queens as his mother Kyomi, and the Kings as his father Logan, with the Kyuubi grinning demonically on the aces. They were specially designed so that with the barest amount of chakra running through them they'd turn into razor sharp blades. His training in the field of thievery and stealth had been completed with a graduation trip around Europe with his teacher. After the month-long journey Naruto had returned sporting a tattoo on each of his shoulders, leading his mother to attempt to castrate and then behead his uncle. His right shoulder now sported a grinning Kyuubi no Kitsune holding a royal flush in his nine tails, and his left now held a golden gorilla sporting a dice in each paw revealing a pair of snake eyes. Another discovery of their training had been that the boy had a natural talent for gambling that his uncle always encouraged, again leading to his mother making numerous attempts on his uncle's life and manhood.

Kurt's training had grown to be one of Naruto's favorites. His teleportation abilities were more limited than his uncle's, only allowing him to teleport to locations within his sight radius. His agility far overshadowed that limitation. Before gaining Nightcrawler's enhanced agility, Naruto had already been an extremely agile kid, relying on his superior speed, agility and endurance to escape the hate mobs that often pursued him in the Leaf Village. Now the boy was more monkey-like in his movements then some of his summons, springing from all sides and barely remaining still for a second in a fight. With a little chakra control training from his mother he'd learned to stick and move on walls just like Nightcrawler, and Kurt had made major efforts in combining the three abilities into a highly unpredictable fighting style. As for his sword training, the art of fencing was not wasted on the blonde and he was soon capable of holding his own with either one or two blades in hand. Combined with his other abilities his so-called 'Demon Fencing' Style made him a truly unpredictable foe.

His dad had also ensured that his own training was nothing less than murderous. Logan had promised to teach his son how to handle straight hand-to-hand combat, and the man's preferred method of teaching was 'sparring.' Sparring translated to mean beating his son into a near coma until the boy learned the moves and showed that he could counter them. While the training was brutal, and Naruto had come to appreciate his healing factor to a whole new level, but Naruto would never argue with its effectiveness. He now had a basic understanding of several fighting styles and was more than capable of handling a fight with opponents twice his size and strength. Naruto training with his chakra claws was similar and equally effective, and now he could fight as fiercely and savagely as many wild beasts. As for tracking his dad's enhanced senses combined with decades or even centuries of experience being used to teach him made the boy an effective tracker.

His mother also ensured his training was far from simple. She had taught him several ninjutsu for each of his elemental affinities. She had also included training with his new summons and the boy now had an extremely strong relationship with the monkeys and apes in the Sarutobi summoning contract. Her kenjutsu training also helped the boy balance out Kurt's fencing training to make the boy a very versatile swordsman. Her earlier training had shown the boy had extremely large chakra stores, but little control. Kyomi had made it a goal to get the boy to at least an acceptable level of control. With the help of the leaf and senbon balancing exercises, along with tree and wall walking, the boy now had at least an efficient amount of control. While the boy had learned the Substitution and Transformation techniques rather easily, he still couldn't do the simple Clone techniques. Kyomi had determined that this was due to the fact that with the boy's insane reserves he'd need at least kage level control to be able to create as few as ten normal clones. She had remedied this problem easily enough by teach the boy the Shadow Clone technique. The boy could use that technique easily enough, and had become an expert at using it in combination with his other skills.

The rest of the instituted had aided the boy in his training as well. Jean had helped the boy master his limited telekinesis and also taught him some basic first aid just in case. His telekinesis didn't have a lot of power, but it could manipulate several kunai or shuriken at once for some dangerous attacks. The Professor had helped him gain control of his telepathy allowing him to form a sort of mental communication link with those nearby. Storm had helped him master his limited weather abilities, giving him the ability to create bursts of powerful wind, small showers of rain, and even call down a lightning bolt or two. Beast's training had been mostly academic teaching the blonde the importance of knowledge and gifting the former knucklehead with a new interest in science and literature.

All in all his years at the Xavier Institute for the Gifted had been extremely enjoyable for the blonde. Most of his classmates and many of the upper classmen at the Institute viewed the blonde as a friend and he had four lovely ladies that cared for him on a whole other level. All in all as his final semester came the blonde knew he would miss this place, the first place he'd ever truly felt at home.

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Naruto woke up and looked out of the window at the rising sun. It was his last day at the Institute and he was missing the place already.

"Last day huh bro?" Alex asked while sitting up in his bed to look at his roommate.

"Yeah, and I'm actually going to miss you and Frosty." Naruto said.

"We're going to miss you too man." Bobby said sitting up. "Got any plans for your last day?"

"Try and spend as much time with my girls as possible." Naruto said sitting up and changing. He wore blue jeans and a basic black t-shirt with a red x over his right breast. Walking into out of his room he made his way to the kitchen where he found the girls sitting at the table.

"Morning ladies," Naruto said walking around and kissing each of them on the cheek.

"Hey Naruto," Rogue said hugging him. "I wish you didn't have to go back to that hell hole tomorrow."

"I know Marie." Naruto said hugging her back. "If I could I would just stay here and take care of you girls."

"And, like, what makes you think we need taking care of?" Kitty asked giving him a mock glare.

"Well I don't Kitty Cat, but bear in mind, when I leave I'm leaving you all in the hands of Bobby Drake." Naruto said. The girls all looked at each other before they burst out laughing.

"Well Naruto, it's your last day, what do you want to do?" Laura asked.

"Spend as much time with the 4 most beautiful girls I know." Naruto said.

Naruto spent the entire day going on dates with each of his girls.

He and Rouge spent the first part of the day in a movie theater sitting close together cuddling while watching the newest flicks. Next he and Kitty converted the Danger Room into a private dance club and spent hours dancing close together. He and Rahne spent their date time on a run through the woods nearby, shifting from the human to animal forms throughout the time and occasionally playing tag. Lastly was Laura's date and they spent the better part of it in a hard-core training session. While most wouldn't call that a date, for the daughter/clone of the Wolverine it was the only way to have a real good time. The date ended when she pinned him to the ground and whispered softly to him, "Don't you dare die on me." before kissing the blonde with as much passion as humanly possible. The day ended with a moonlit picnic shared by all five. Naruto let out a hefty sigh as he returned to his room after the picnic to get some sleep and prepare for the next morning, a morning a part of the blonde hoped would never come.

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Naruto walked into the hanger where everyone of his friends and teachers were waiting for him. Taking a deep breath, Naruto started to walk into the room, he received nods and thumbs of from his fellow classmates, and had to jump over some ice that Bobby had place in front of him. His girls all came up to him and Naruto created 3 Shadow Clones and gave each of the girls a kiss, none caring if they were kissing the real thing. Next were his teachers who were all beaming with pride.

"We've all got a few gifts to give you before you leave Naruto." Cyclopes said, handing him a pair of ruby red sunglasses. "These were the first glasses I ever wore to contain my powers. I want you to have them."

"Oh wow Scott." Naruto said stunned, taking the shades and sliding them onto his face.

Jean stepped forward from beside her husband and presented the blonde with a belt pouch, "This is a special medical bag I prepped for you." she said with a small smile. "I know that, just like your dad, you don't get hurt easy but it's always better to be prepared and you never know if someone you care about might need help."

"Thanks Auntie Jean." he said with a small smile as he placed the pouch onto his belt and hugged his aunt.

"For you mon petit ami I have this." Gambit said holding up a long tan coat like this own but had flames along the bottom of it and around the cuffs and a dark red X surrounded by a dull yellow circle in the middle of the back. "In the coat you'll find a retractable staff your mom and I made. Just channel a little chakra through it to make it extend. Along with a deck of cards that are like mine so they won't be destroyed if you charge them with our power. I've also got a few sets of dice in there that are specially altered to be similar to the cards I gave you. Whatever number you roll will be the number of explosions you get. Both the cards and the dice have special seals that will let you call them back to their respective sheathes after they're used, and I also included some instructions on how to make more if you need them."

"Sweet," Naruto said slowly, a wicked grin spreading across his face as he put on the jacket. Kurt walked up next.

"For you my friend, I have these." He said, holding you two sheathed sword that had the handles and bell guards of a saber. When Naruto unsheathed one of the blades, it resembled a katana. "These swords are as sharp and strong as a katana but handle just like a saber so they should fit you perfectly."

"Thanks Uncle Kurt, you're the best." Naruto said smiling at the old circus acrobat while he placed the two blades across his back over the back of his new trench coat, forming a second X over the original.

Storm stepped forward and presented two things to her fellow gardener. One was a small bag full of different containers of seeds and the other was a small set of spikes. "These are for you Naruto. The seeds are for some of your favorite plants in our garden, and the spikes are a security measure to make sure no one tries to destroy you next attempt in Konoha. Anyone who tries to get in without your approval will be in for a nasty shock." she finished with a wicked smile.

"Thanks Aunty Ororo." he grinned as he hugged the dark-skinned storm mistress.

Next to step forward was Beast. The blue-furred academic presented the blonde with, surprise, a book. "This is a first edition copy of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. I know it's your favorite novel." stated the beast-man.

"Thanks Hank." said the smiling blonde. Naruto had always felt an affinity for the green-skinned monster of the novel. Hated for something he wasn't in control of and never given a chance to prove himself was a story a little too close to the blonde's own for him not to empathize with the creature. His parents were the last to present their gifts.

"Here Runt, I want you to hang onto this." Logan said, holding out an old, weather-worn, cowboy hat.

"Cool dad." Naruto said and then he reached down into the hat and pulled up a set of dog tags making his eye go wide. "Dad, are these…?"

"It took me a while but I managed to track down all my old dog tags from my days in the service, from American Civil, to WWII when I worked with Steve, to Korea."

"Wow, Dad, I don't know what to say." Naruto said sliding the tags around his neck and placing the hat on his head. His Mom stepped forward with a leather bound book in her hands.

"Here, I managed to put together a little scrap book." Kyomi said. Naruto took the book and flipped through it seeing pictures of missions to help mutants and just simple times like lying out on a beach with his girls.

"Mom, wow, thanks." He said closing the book and was happy he had the glasses on to hide his tears. His mother saw them however and whipped them away.

"Just remember that we love you Naruto, you are a part of this family and you always will be." She said hugging him tight. "No matter what those idiots in Konoha may say or do you are better than them and the only think that kept them from being destroyed by the fox. Naruto Uzumaki, the pariah from Konoha, is gone. You're Naruto Sarutobi, my son, and the X-Man Trickster."

"Thanks Mom." Naruto whispered hugging her tight.

"You're my son too Naruto." Logan said holding his son's shoulder. "Which means that you've got a reputation to live up to; so if you ever let those idiots in that village try to push you around, show them what happens when you mess with a wild beast like us. If I find out about you letting any of those idiots push you around, I'm gonna come down there and beat your head into ground." Naruto laughed and smiled up at his Dad.

"You got it Pops." Naruto said.

"Now then, Naruto," the Professor said rolling up next to the family, "there is one last gift for you." Raising an eyebrow, Naruto followed Professor Xavier to a corner of the hanger where there was what looked like a smaller version of the Blackbird. "Naruto, this is the Raven, twice as fast as the Black Bird, only able to hold a single passenger and packing enough firepower to take on a small squadron of fighter jets." Naruto's jaw was dropped and he was practically drooling.

"It's beautiful Professor." Naruto said staring at the small air craft. "And it's all mine?"

"Yes it is and it also has the coordinates of your stop before Konoha in it." Xavier said.

"Come again?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, do you remember what I told you and the others of Magneto and Genosha?" Xavier asked. Getting a nod from the blonde he continued, "In order to keep what peace there is between his Brotherhood and we X-Men we have to have all graduating students travel to Genosha for a short period before they graduate."

"How long?" asked the blonde as he now realized why the Professor had needed him to leave a bit sooner than the blonde thought he needed to in order to reach Konoha before his final year at the academy started.

"3 months." answered the Professor.

Naruto nodded, "I understand Professor, gotta do what we gotta do in order to keep the peace, that's the job of an X-man. Besides I've always wanted to visit this so-called 'mutant's paradise' to see if it's really all that it's cracked up to be."

The Professor nodded in agreement before he spoke to the blonde in a voice filled with caution, "Be careful Trickster. Magnus will no doubt sense your power, and he'll definitely try to recruit you into the Brotherhood or his Apostles. I am concerned that he may find some way to use your past history with Konoha against you."

Naruto nodded, "Don't worry Professor, I've come to grips with my past, and even if I don't like the villagers, I have nothing against normal people in general. He won't turn me into a hate-filled pawn, and any psychics he tries to use on me will have to face my fuzzy little friend first." He finished with a devious smirk.

'And just WHOM are you calling fuzzy or little kit?' asked the annoyed fox demon in his head.

'Sorry Kyu, but think of it this way, pretty soon you may get to snack on some annoying psychics.' responded the blonde, earning a dark and slightly maniacal chuckle from said fox demon.

The Professor noticed his charge's distraction, but put it away as him merely speaking with his mental companion. Kyuubi and Naruto had developed an odd relationship since their first meeting. The two annoyed each other to no end, but both understood that they were stuck together until they both met their respective dooms, so both made at least partial attempts to get along. It couldn't be called a friendship, more like a mutual understanding and good-termed partnership.

"Well with that all I can say is good luck my student, and know that the X-men will always be there for you." stated the Professor as he extended his hand to the blonde.

"Thanks Professor X, I really appreciate everything you've done for me." answered the blonde as he took the Professor's hand in a strong shake.

"You are entirely welcome my boy, and don't think this will be the last you see of us. Everyone intends to make occasional stops at Konoha to check in on you, and I doubt your lady friends will stay away long." stated the Professor with a slight chucked before a dark thought ran through his mind, 'And heaven help any of those fools in Konoha if they are ever successful in harming you. I personally know that if that happens they'll be facing the wrath of a near army of enraged mutant powerhouses. I doubt even I could stop all my students if that happened, even if I wanted to.'

As Naruto entered the Raven he gave his friends and family a final wave before strapping himself in. As he flipped the ignition switches, he silently thanked Scott for the flying lessons. 'Next stop Genosha. I have a feeling this is going to be a surprising little expedition.' thought the blonde as the engines exploded to life and he was off.

As Naruto was rocketing though the air he couldn't help but whoop with joy as he flew through the air. The smile on his face and the G-forces keeping him pushed back into his seat, he already loved his new toy. Of all the things he'd learned at the academy, the freedom of flight had been his favorite.

'Enjoying yourself Kit?'asked Kyubi. He wasn't as found of flight as his jail was.

'Can you blame me Kyu?' responded Naruto. After he finished his fun, Naruto began his flight to the island nation of Genosha.

'So what should we do when the psychics start trying to mess with your head?' Kyubi asked.

'Remember the faces of whoever pops into my head,' Naruto thought, 'warn them the first time to stay out and the second time they pop in…I don't know, eat them or something.' Several hours later Naruto entered Genosha air space and the radio crackled to lift.

"Unidentified aircraft, you have entered Genoshan air-space. State your business, turn your vessel around, or risk annihilation."

"This is Naruto Sarutobi aka Trickster of the X-Men." Naruto replied. "I am here on the grounds of the truce between the X-Men and the Magneto to spend 3 months here in Genosha before returning to my home village of Konoha."

After a few moments of silence, the voice returned. "Identity and aircraft id confirmed, please fly around the area and enter the hanger on the east side of the island."

"Understood," Naruto said and started to fly around to the hanger. After landing, Naruto jumped out of the Raven and looked around. There were many mutants working in the hanger, some looked human, others were clearly mutants based on their appearance.

"Naruto Sarutobi?" said a voice. Naruto turned to see a young man in a black and silver uniform with a clear helmet. He had dark hair and looked to be in his late teens.

"Who wants to know?" Naruto asked.

"My name is Avalanche; I'm here to act as your tour guide for the island." He said.

"Avalanche huh?" Naruto said. "Kitty told me that if there was anyone here I needed to go to if I needed help, it was you."

"Kitty said that huh?" Avalanche said, trying to sound tough, but his smile started to poke out.

"Yeah, so lead on Rocky boy." Naruto said.

Avalanche growled. "You're not related to Wolverine by any chance?" asked the annoyed teramancer.

"He's my adopted Dad." answered the blonde with a foxy grin.

Avalanche grunted as he led Naruto out of the hanger and towards the center of the city. As he walked, Naruto was noticing he was getting a few points and whispers.

"It's the jacket." Avalanche said noticing the blonde's curious expression.

"Huh?" Naruto asked.

"The pointing and whispering, it's because of the jacket." He said.

"Oh, yeah I suppose the X-Men aren't that popular huh?" Naruto asked.

"Not really." Avalanche said with a shrug. "Some of the civilians here graduated from the X-Academy. They just decided to stay here than deal with the humans. Most of the civis and the Apostles plus some of the Brotherhood respect the X-men enough since Lord Magneto shows them respect, but there are more than a few who think of the X-men as traitors to our species. I'd be careful just in case."

"I see. Guess that means my stay here won't be boring at least." answered the blonde with a slight smirk. "Maybe I'll be glad I came here after all."

"And I am grateful that you have come here as well." said a voice above Naruto and Avalanche. They looked up to see a man in a maroon set of armor floating down towards them with a helmet covering his head.

"Lord Magneto." Avalanche said bowing before the man, Naruto followed suit in a slightly shorter bow out of politeness.

"So you are Naruto Uzumaki or would you preferred to be called Trickster?" Magneto asked.

"The name is Naruto Sarutobi sir, I've decided to take on my mom's name, and I prefer my real name for people I don't know well." Naruto said.

"Naruto Sarutobi then," Magneto agreed. "I assume you know who I am."

"Eric Magnus, also known as Magneto, an old friend and former colleague of Professor Charles Xavier." Naruto said, "Believes that mutants are the superior species and should control the world which is what caused the split between yourself and the Professor. Mutant abilities include a complete and total control over magnetism and, to a lesser extent over metal in general. A class S level mutant, and the current ruler of the island kingdom of Genosha."

"Impressive," Magneto said.

"'Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will always hold the key to victory.' An old ninja saying my mom taught me." answered the blonde.

"A wise statement indeed." agreed the older man. "Naruto Sarutobi, X-name Trickster. An orphan of the village of Konoha, located on the Hidden Continent, and adopted son of Kyomi Sarutobi, aka Psylocke, and Logan, aka Wolverine. Mutant abilities include: an ability to create unusual flames, shape shifting between different vulpine states, an increased healing factor, and a slight ability to copy the mutant powers of those who you share a close bond. One of the fiercest of the new X-men in a fight, but a humanitarian at heart with a soft spot for lost or damaged souls. You were ranked an upper B level mutant if I'm not mistaken, with a strong chance of becoming A or S class in the future."

Naruto gave a slightly impressed whistle. "You do your homework." stated the blonde with a slightly impressed nod as he adjusted his cowboy hat.

Magnus nodded at the compliment. "I do what I can. A ruler must know all the factors that affect his kingdom, and for Genosha the X-men are one of the most important factors."

"Important or dangerous?" responded the blonde.

"A bit of both I believe. Charles's students and I have had a number of disagreements in the past, but I do believe that if they can look beyond our past difference and see what mutant-kind could accomplish if properly united they would be welcome allies."

"You respect their abilities and would rather that they see it your way and work for you rather than fight you." clarified the blonde

"In so many words correct." answered the Lord of Magnetism honestly. "Now I'd like to personally welcome you to the mutant homeland Genosha. I hope your stay here will be to your liking. Perhaps when it is over you will prefer to stay rather than return to such an unwelcome place." The way Magneto stressed the word unwelcome made Naruto pretty sure he knew about the blonde's past relationship with Konoha.

"I doubt it. I made a promise to someone I care about in Konoha that I'd return, and I never break my word." answered the blonde.

"An admirable trait." stated Magnus with a small nod of respect. He then turned to Avalanche and stated calmly, "See to it that Mr. Sarutobi is well at home in his temporary dwellings, and then show him around the island." Getting a salute from the younger mutant Magneto turned to leave before stating, "I hope we will have the opportunity to speak again in the future, Mr. Sarutobi."

"Same here Magneto." grunted the blonde.

As the Lord of Genosha left, Avalanche let out a low whistle. "Not many people can talk to Lord Magneto like that. You're either the gutsiest X-man out there or the craziest."

"I prefer to think of it as a combination of the two." answered the blonde, getting a short laugh from the older boy.

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Naruto was shown to his temporary home, a suite within the Metal Palace of Magnus. Naruto whether being boarded in the Lord of Genosha's own manor was either a sign of trust or distrust. Trust for placing him so close to a powerful figure, where he could attempt to assassinate him easily, or distrust so that Magneto could keep a close eye on the young X-man. Naruto finally concluded it was a combination of both; Magneto wanted to keep him under a close eye but trusted that no student of Charles Xavier would attempt to assassinate him.

After placing his bags in the room to unpack later, not to mention check the surveillance tags he'd placed inside in case someone tried to search or steal from him without permission, Naruto followed Avalanche for a quick tour of the island. Naruto had to admit, Genosha was indeed an impressive place. The streets were filled with mutants ranging from people who could pass as normal humans at any point to people Naruto could hardly identify as being human, all of them using their powers freely and openly without any concern. Naruto watched as a group of young children, each no more than 8, played a game of tag using their abilities during the entire game. The young boy currently tagged it turned into a giant snake and slithered after one of his playmates who suddenly started to glow before disappearing and reappearing a few feet to the right of where she had just stood. It was truly a remarkable sight, and reminded Naruto of the teamwork building exercises back at the mansion. Naruto smiled at the memory before a thought crossed his mind.

"Hey." he called to Avalanche who was leading him and talking about a few of the best spots to grab a bite in the city.

"What?" asked the teenage mutant.

"Are there any norms here? I just figured at least a few of those kids had to have normal human parents, and I wanted to know if they lived here as well."

Avalanche nodded his head, "There are a few flat-scans around, but they're in a big minority, mostly parents and sibs for the younger mutants, and the occasional spouse that didn't leave after finding out that they married a mutant. They're treated decent enough since they stood by their loved ones even when they were mutants. Most admire that in a flat-scan even if they don't really fit in. Most of the sibs and some of the parents leave when the kids are old enough; can't take being on the receiving end of the outsider treatment, I guess."

Naruto growled slightly at the term flat-scan, it was a mutant insult directed at nonmutant humans. The Professor had explained that the insult was derived from a research project a few years ago that showed that mutants had slightly elevated brain activity on CAT scans. Though it was impossible to prove whether or not a person was a mutant or simply having unusually high brain activity, but it still impacted mutant society giving rise to the insult of flat-scans for norms. Despite the fact that the guy was at least half-way decent, he was still one of Magneto's followers meaning a hatred for norms was pretty likely.

After the tour ended he returned to his temporary home at the metallic manor. As Naruto entered the building he bumped into another person preparing to leave. As both fell to the ground on their rears. Naruto quickly scans the person he just bumped into. She was a young woman; about 16 give or take, with short cut black hair and deep brown eyes. She was dressed completely in a dark scarlet red from the jeans and heels she wore along her lower limb, to the corset and large over coat covering her top. Naruto couldn't help but notice that the girl was giving off an aura of barely suppressed rage and anger. She was definitely not your average teen mutant.

"Pardon me," stated the blonde as he stood up from the encounter, "the name is Naruto Sarutobi." he said as he offered a hand to help her up.

The woman quickly knocked Naruto's hand away from her, stood up on her own, and sent a bone-chilling glare at the blonde before stalking away.

While most men would have been scared shitless by the glare and aura that surrounded the girl, Naruto was not most men. Naruto quickly decided that unpacking could wait and decided to follow the young lady. Something just screamed to him that he should, and the blonde never doubted his instincts, especially when it came to people.

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The sun had begun to set as BigCC and BNGwarrior return to the beach.

CC: That ends the fourth chapter of Naruto X, and anyone who can guess the fifth X-girl from this chapter will receive…absolutely nothing.

BNG: Next time: romance, danger, and fun abound as Naruto enjoys his little island getaway before his return to Konoha.

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