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The X Factor
lavender520
Chapter 4: First Day
Sakura woke up at exactly 6:30am. Ugh it's the first day of school. She got out of bed and picked out her clothes quietly. She went into the bathroom and put up a privacy justu to make the room soundproof. After taking off her clothes she took a quick shower and she shampooed her hair. She used her hands to control and guide the water out of her hair in a wavy direction to create gorgeous loose curls.
After she finished her hair she applied vanilla scented body lotion to herself and then slipped on her undergarments. She put on a white V-neck long sleeved shirt, dark washed blue jean, and a crescent moon necklace. She dried the bathroom by evaporating the water off of all wet surfaces. She glanced at her sleeping roommate from the other side of the room before putting her dirty clothes away. Sakura then took 5 minutes to paint and dry her nails gray. Taking out some bandages she bandaged her right thigh and placed her kunai holder on. Grabbing a pair of socks from inside her closet she sat on her bed and put them on along with her knee high black leather boots. She took out her new black Jansport backpack and placed a pen, folder, and notebook inside of it.
Afterwards, she made her bed and placed the brown teddy bear on the top of her white LOVE pillow. Placing her headband on the top of her head like a headband she took one last look around before swinging her backpack around her back and walking out the room. Oh wow, it's on been thirty minutes.
Her charka remained on a civilian level. She made no sound has she climbed her way down the stair and towards the kitchen. Nobody is awake. When she reached the kitchen her breath hitched DAMN!, both her and Inner said at the same time. This kitchen is fucking killer! Sakura could only stare at the tile floors, granite counter top, and stainless steel appliances. We really shouldn't be surprised anymore…I mean it's a freaking mansion. I know but who has a school in a mansion? Sakura remained silent. Oh shit, are you just gonna stand there? I'm hungry! Scoffing softly Sakura walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle, and placed some water in it before setting on the fire to warm up.
Taking a seat on one of the bar tools and looked around her attention was caught when she saw a small Konoha sign ingraved into one of the small cupboards. Da fuk? Inner asked confusedly. Sakura got up out of the stool and walked across the kitchen to the cupboard she opened slowly and discovered it was full of rice, packets of instant ramen, tea, and chop sticks. A small smile appeared on her lips as she read a note from the Professor attached to the inside of the cupboard.
Dear Sakura,
I want you to feel as comfortable as possible. Please feel free to use the kitchen at any time to cook anything you want. There's more supplies in the fridge for you to use as well.
-Professor X
Put on some rice so we can eat Onigiri for lunch. Okay. As if on cue, the kettle began to whistle. She turned it off and used the boiled water to cook the rice in. After making her tea she went back to the bar stool to take a seat. Carefully take a few sips of tea she pulled out her schedule out of her backpack to scan it over.
8:05-9:00 Breakfast
9:05-10:00 Physics
10:05-11:00 History
11:05-12:00 Lunch
12:05-1:00 Leadership and Tactic
1:05-2:00 Science and Mathematics
2:05-3:00 Survival Class, Hand to Hand Combat and Self Defense
7:05-8:05 Dinner
It's just like a civilian school, well kind of. After memorizing it she glanced up at the clock on the far side of the room, it was 8:15am. She could sense people getting up and some heading down for breakfast. Shit. She quickly finished her tea and cleaned up. She prepared three Onigiri and placed them in a container before setting them in her backpack. 20 minutes had gone by the time she was done.
I have like an hour to waist before school starts. Now what? I don't know…I was hoping you would know what to do. Let's check out the place. Hmmm, okay. Sakura headed out the kitchen and explored the institute. Everything was neat, clean, and well put together. The dark furniture and wooden floors plus the cozy looking couches gave the place a homey feeling. This is a mansion…duh. Ignoring her inner and slowly walked along the hallway before she heard the loud laughter of children coming down the stair. She froze. Fuck. In an instant her charka was suppress just enough to make her seem like civilian once again. As the voices got closers she quickly made her way into one of the many bathrooms and locked the door behind her. That was close…I'm not going back out there. Just wait it out here until it's time to go. Hai.
After what seemed like an eternity she heard a bell ring throughout the whole mansion. Sakura could hear kids making their way to their designated classes. After a few minutes, when the commotion finally calmed down she twisted the lock and softly stepped out of the bathroom. She slowly headed towards the west side of the school in search of her Physics class. Another bell sounded as she slipped her body through the wooden doors of her science class. A little shocked, Sakura found herself face to face with Professor Xavier.
He smiled warmly up at her before addressing the rest of the class. "Ah, class I'd like you to welcome our newest student, Sakura Haruno from Japan." Every set of eyes were on her before she could blink. She kept her face clear under a mask of indifference before nodding in the professor direction. The office looked cozy with its blush furniture and dark wood floors.
Seeming to know she wasn't going to talk the professor spoke gently. "You can have a seat right up here next to Kitty." A petite brunette dress in casual blue washed jeans and dark pink jacket combo raised her hand slightly before smiling shyly at her. The guys sitting next to Kitty made her eyes nearly grow wide in awe; it was the blue eyed brown eyed kid from her roommate's photo and sitting next to him was a guy at least over 6'5. Holy Kami. Sakura merely stared in reply before walking over to Kitty's' chair taking off her backpack and sitting down next to her.
During the 60 minutes class period Professor Xavier lectured them on work, energy, and power; going into detail about the basic terminology. It was comforting to hear things that were familiar to her. She relaxed and listen intently even if it was all review for her.
When the bell rang Sakura picked up her backpack and with a silent nod towards the professor she headed to the east side of the mansion to her math class.
The bell rang before she reached her class; the door was closed. Aw, shit. Inner Sakura snickered before replying, get ready for the stares. Kami, don't remind me. Taking a deep breath Sakura pushed open the door and stepped into the classroom through the threshold.
Once again every set of eyes were on her as she strolled into the room. Sakura was greeting by the warm smile of Storm who motion her to come over to and stand in front of the calls. There was a variety of green plants next to the chalk board behind her. She stood in front of the class. The site of her roommate and the kids the photograph sitting in the back did not escape her notice.
"Everybody meet our newest student Sakura Haruno all the way from Japan. Please make her feel welcome and show her some American hospitality." Whisper were heard throughout the class but before Storm could quite them down a knock sounded from the door before opening revealing Jean Grey.
"Sorry to interrupt but we have a meeting with the professor." Jean said in a calm voice.
"Oh alright, class I'll be right back, in the meantime please get to know your new classmate, be good." Both women smiled at said new girl before leaving the room quickly not wanting to keep the professor waiting. After both teachers left the classroom was consumed in silence that was slowly getting more awkward by the second until the blonde grey haired boy from the picture broke it.
"Hey princess, I'm John, what's your power?" It came out more like a demand then a question. Arrogant. Sakura remained silent staring at nothing in particular, this seemed to tick of John off.
He smirked at her before speaking. "Can you even understand English or are you deaf?" The blue eyed kid next to him nudged him in the shoulder before speaking, "not cool bro."
"What Bobby? It's not like she understands me…" John replied annoyed.
Before Bobby could reply a boy with nappy blonde hair and a big head spoke up from the front seat. "She feels like a normal human."
John spoke bashfully "So if you're so weak why are you even in this class? I mean this is a class for strong people. "
"Eat your words you little shit." Sakura spoke out loud in her native tongue, her words coming out biting with a tint of anger causing everyone to shiver at the coldness of it.
Recovering slightly, John spoke while raising one blonde eyebrow up, "English?"
We should kill that prick. Sakura pushed her inners thoughts to the back her mind before replying tonelessly, "I said fuck off." The classes stared at her as if she had grown an extra head. Sensing Storm outside the classroom Sakura walked gracefully to the back off the classroom taking a seat behind her roommate and Bobby.
As if sensing the tension in the air Storm told the class to get ready for a surprise test causing a few kids groaning out loud in despair. What a bunch of pansy. Giggle quietly Sakura agreed with her inner before she felt a glare being sent in her direction. She lazily shifted her head towards the right meeting a pair of hard gray eyes. John was glaring at her disbelief. She narrowed her eyes before smiling cheekily at him while sticking out her tongue. Get mind fucked bitch. John was about to reply when Bobby handed him a test while looking at him sternly and then smiling kindly at her. "Hey, I'm Bobby; don't mind him he's just a stick in the mud." Before she could respond her roommate dress from head to toe in a pair of black gloves, a black scarf, a green coat, jeans, and black boots turned around and handed her a test with a smile before speaking. "Hi, I'm Rouge, your roommate." She nodded before replying, "Sakura." Her voice sounds different, it's looser. Storm spoke up from the front of the room, her stern voice ringing throughout the classroom, "No talking, you have 50 minutes to complete this test, begin."
After getting out a pencil Sakura sat there staring at her paper… What the fuck is this? I don't know anything about world history, at least not this world. Bullshit it. She did as her inner persona suggested and filled in random answer before time ran out. After the bell finally rang the class pasted up there tests to the front of the classroom.
"Great job today class you're dismissed." As Sakura made her way through the door she noticed Storm smile at her warmly and mouthed "have a good day Sakura." Her lips curved upward slightly in response and she quickly mouthed a thank you back.
Stepping through the door Sakura was surprised to see Rouge, Bobby, and John waiting for her. She raised her eyebrows slightly in questioning.
"Do you ever talk?" John said in an annoyied tone.
Bobby gave her an apologetic look, "what he means is, we'd like u to come get lunch with us."
"I know what it's like being the new kid," Rouge spoke up with a smile.
"Okay," with a shrug of her shoulders Sakura agreed.
They all began Rouge and Bobby leading the way while Sakura and John trail close behind. They made it to the heart of the school a few minutes later; a dome shaped cafeteria made out of glass. Beautiful. It was that moment she released how big the student body was. Kids with diverse appearances gather to eat and spent time together throughout the spacious dome-like room.
She must have spaced out because before she knew it she felt a hand in hers dragging her to one of the empty tables that Bobby and Rouge were already seated at with their lunches. He smirked down at her before she forcefully pulled her hand out of his, she toke off her backpack and sat down. "Aren't you getting some food with me?" John demanded from Sakura. She didn't even bother replying as she opened her backpack and pulled out her container of Onigiri. "Fine," he sounded a little sad as he placed his backpack down and walked to the lunch line. She watched him go when she heard a chuckle from her far right.
There walking over to them was Kitty and the extremely tall kid from her first period class. They both took seats across from her. "Hey, I'm Peter, it's nice to officially meet you," he spoke in a deep voice while sticking out his hand for a shake. She complied, small petite hand becoming swallowed in his huge one. After they were done Kitty spoke up politely, "so Sakura, how do you like it here at the institute so far?"
"It's an interesting experience," she didn't elaborate.
John decided to join them once again along with his lunch consisting of a huge plate of fries and two cheese burgers. He began shoveling food into his mouth at a decent speed. Sakura nose wrinkled up in disgust as she chewed on little bit of her Onigiri. John must have noticed because he stopped chewing and glared at her, "what?" he asked in a loud tone causing some food to come out of his mouth and attracting the attention of other student.
"You're revolting." Gross.
The table burst into laughed causing Sakura to smile a little bit. John scolded before smirking.
"At least I'm not the annoying new kid from Japan."
Some high-pitched girly giggles could be heard from different sides of the room and her smile instantly disappeared from her placed replaced with a mask of indifference. The cafeteria seemed to become deathly silent at that moment; all eyes were on them. Setting her Onigiri back into her container she grabbed her backpack before standing and addressing everyone at the table besides John. "I have to go, Suminmasen." She didn't even bother waiting for a reply before leaving the cafeteria at a brisk pace. She didn't slow down until she went outside into the cool autumn air and reached the garden filled with concrete benches, fountains, and statues. A feeling of melancholy ran throughout her body as she sat down at one of the fountains. She stared into the clear water looking at her own reflection as deep sigh left her lips and a few tears gathered in her eyes. I want to go home. We don't have anyone left there, her Inner whispered back. In her distraught state she didn't notice a figure coming up behind her. Feeling the weight of a hand on her shoulder she reacted in an instant; drawing charaka to her hands and flipping the person over hard before pinning them between the ground and her. She placed a frozen kunai made out of ice at the base of his throat, finally looking up her emerald eyes clashed with a pair of blue ones. There underneath her layed Peter with a shocked expression on his face. She scrabbled for the proper words to speak but none came to mind. She loosened her weight on him and placed her kunia back in its holder, feeling a few tears escape from eyes and landing on his cheek in the process. When he manage to get his arm free from underneath her, he slowly reached up towards her face and wiped away her tear. Her body went stiff all over as she felt his hand bush the moisture off her check.
"Don't cry." He whispered.
She blushed at their close proximity. "Suminmasen Peter-san I didn't mean to."
He chuckled at her apologize resulting in her face becoming a deeper shade of pink. "Don't worry about it and call me Peter not Peter-san."
She shook her head "hai Peter."
"Can we get up now?"
Sakura blushed one more time before quickly getting of him. She stuck out a hand to help him and he gladly accepted.
Peter dusted himself off before addressing her. "Don't worry about John, he's was just being a jerk."
She remained silent.
"A defense mechanism, you know?" He smiled looking embarrassed, "Just like the one you used on me."
Her lips turned upwards forming a small smile.
"Let's head back inside"
Grabbing her backpack, they made their way back to the mansion and as soon as they reached the bell sounded throughout the halls signaling kids to go to their next class period.
"What's your next class?" Peter asked.
"I have Leadership and Tactic."
"Hey, I have that class too, along with Kitty and the other guys!"
She shrugged her shoulders and nodded.
"Come on, we don't want to be late."
They made their way down to the west side of the school and enter through a pair of thick wooden doors. Upon entering the room Kitty waved them down with a smile on her face. They took their seats on each side of her; Peter to her right and Sakura to her left. Bobby, Rouge, and Bobby sat next to them.
"Good to see you're alright Sakura," Kitty addressed her.
"Yeah, I'm doing fine."
The chatter in the room quieted down once the teach Scott Summer walked in.
He stared at them before giving them an easy going smile. "Okay guys, we have a new student."
Some kids began looking around at the announcement. You'd think the whole school would know by now. Omg, tell me about!
Scott turned and looked towards her before introducing her to the class, "meet your new classmate, Sakura."
Once again all eyes were on her and she had to retrain herself from rolling her eyes in annoyance.
She gave a small wave before sinking lowering her seat.
After the little introduction Scott continued class as normal, discussing different types of strategies on how to be a natural leader. It was all quite boring but she listened nonetheless. An hour later the bell rang and she, Peter, and Kitty made their way to their Science and Mathematics class together. When they reached the classroom the teacher motion for her to stay at the front of the classroom until everybody was seated. She would have done a double take if not for her training when she looked at him, but instead she kept her poker face on and nodded in understanding. Our teacher's blue… Hmm, reminds me of Kisame but he looks like a beast instead of a shark. Yeah you're right, look at all that muscle mass though. Hey everybody's looking at us, look alive women! Shaking her head slightly she focused her eyes on her staring classmates who looked like they were waiting for her to say something. What?... She looked to the teacher for help.
"I kind of spaced out…could you repeat what you said."
"Ah, I'm your teacher, Hank McCoy, would you mind introducing yourself to the class...tell us something about yourself," he smiled warmly.
"What would you like to know?"
"How about telling us your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and things like that."
After a few seconds she came up with an idea on what to say. Smirking inwardly she began, "Well, my name is Sakura Haruno…I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes...dreams for the future...hmm. And I have lots of hobbies."
Everyone in the class seemed to sweetdrop at her answer. Get mind fucked!
Hank forced a cough trying unsuccessfully to disperse the feeling of uneasiness in the room. Sakura turned to him once more before shrugging her shoulder, "I'll go sit down now." She walked over to the Kitty and took the empty seat beside her.
Hank seemed to gain his composer along with the rest of the class. He began to speak, "alright class we'll be having a standardize test today on everything you've learned from elementary school to now you have 55 minutes to complete it and remember to do your best, good luck, you may beginning as soon as you receive your paper."
This is easy as fuck to be quite honest. The math part of the test consisted of basic algebra, algebra one, geometry, and algebra two while the science part of the test consisted of earth space science, biology, and chemistry. She finished the 100 question in 20 minutes but pretended to not have so she wouldn't draw anymore unwanted attention to herself. When the bell range she turned in her test along with the rest of the class.
Sakura, Kitty, and Peter, Rouge, Bobby, and John walked together to their last class of the day, Survival Class, Hand to Hand Combat and Self Defense. They made their way out of the back of the mansion and walked directly behind it until they reached an open field. Sakura nearly fell on her face when she noticed Logan standing in the middle of the field. He must have notice her mishap because he smirked at her before getting their attention.
"Alright, class I want you guys to get changed and ready to run a mile today."
Most of the class groaned in misery at this news.
"I don't want to hear any complaining, you have eight minutes to get changed and meet up by the track, and whoevers late will run an extra mile."
After a minute most of the class rushed off to change, Sakura stood there and watched as Logan made his way to the track. Forming a one handed seal she was about to use a teleportation Justus but was stopped when she heard Logan voice call out.
"Sakura, you won't be taking the physical test today," he said while turning around to look at her, "you'll be completing a special exercise tomorrow so come prepared."
"Alright….why are you back so soon?"
"Didn't you miss me kid?"
They walked to the east side of the estate to the track field.
"I guess."
"Well, I'm a teacher here."
"Weird."
"Don't expect me to go on easy on you just because I kind of like you."
She smirked a little, "good."
After a few minutes of talking while sitting on the side of the track the rest of the class joined them at the track. Logan singled for them to get into their position and then he took out a stop watched and blew a whistle for them to start running.
This is so boring. There all pretty slow… That's just because we're ninjas. True.
After everybody finally completed their mile Logan surprised everyone by dismissing them early.
"Obviously you guys are all out of shape if your breathing that hard…next time I won't so easy on you, you're dismissed."
Getting up from her spot on the grass Sakura began walking back to the mansion not even bothering to stop when she heard her name being called.
The professor most likely wants to talk to us. Fine.
Reaching the inside of the mansion she quickly completed a teleportation justus disappearing in a swirl of cherry blossoms and reappearing in the professor office.
He greeted with that warm grandfather smile of his.
He reminds so much of the Third that it starts to become painful.
As if he sensed her shift in emotion her began to speak, "good afternoon Sakura, I'm glad to see."
She nodded her head in agreement.
"I have some standardized test that I'd like you to complete and I have your textbooks that you'll need for you classes as well."
She grabbed her stuff and sealed them all into a scroll.
The professor stared at her a little bit before continuing.
"If you need anything at all just let me know."
Her lips twitch up to form a ghost of a smile, "thank you."
"Have a good afternoon."
"Have a good afternoon too professor-sama."
Walking out the office she finally made it back to her room. Taking off her clothes she took a quick shower before changing into a more comfortable outfit that consisted of brown pants, an olive green jumper with studded shoulders, cream colored booties, and a cream knitted bobble hat. After getting dressed she sorted through her new textbooks and briefly glanced at the testes she had to complete. Opening the window, she concentrated charaka into her feet and walked up the wall of the mansion and onto the roof with ease.
What the fuck are you doing? Making clones….there's no way in hell I'll finish doing all these tests if I don't…besides I'm clueless about this world's world history, we're going to have to read that book.
She formed two clones and left them on the roof to complete their task. Making her way swiftly back into her shared bedroom Sakura laid down on her bed before letting out a sigh.
Now what? Sleep. Hmm, why not, I'm kind of tired.
The next thing she knew she was being shaken awake by none other than John. Her face formed into a scowl.
"I missed you too princess."
She remind silent with a scowl still present on her face.
John seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable as the time passes, "its dinnertime."
Blinking once, Sakura got up from her bed lethargically.
"You look like a hot mess by the way…"
She glared at John for a good two minutes before stomping her way to the bathroom with a new pair of clothes.
This bitch.
Making sure to lock the door efficiently behind her, she examined her reflection.
He's right though we do look pretty shitty.
She changed into her night clothes; black Victoria sweatpants that rid low on her waist and a black crop tee that toped two inches above her navel. She walked out of the bathroom after placing her messy hair into a messy bun. She felt John's stare on her back as she walked to her closet before placing her dirty clothes into its' basin and putting on a pair of black flip-flops. Turning towards him she cleared her throat in an annoyed manner.
"Are you done?"
John seemed to snap out of his trance when he heard her words.
We look hot! This crop top shows off our lean stomach! CHA!
Pushing her inner away she focused on John reply.
"Ah, sorry, I got….distracted."
Her lips formed into a small frown.
"Look I'm sorry for being such an ass today; it's just in my nature."
Her lips twitched upwards into a ghost of a smile at his words.
"I really am sorry Sakura."
Ignoring the total butchering of her name she finally spoke, "let's go eat."
Together John and Sakura both walked out of her room and began to walk down the hallway towards the staircase. The silence between them would have been comfortable if it weren't for the stares John would sent her when he thought she wasn't paying attention….the fuck… right as they were nearing the end of the hallway John spoke, "how aren't you cold?" She noticed his hand trying to snake its way around her waist but before he could touch her she grabbed both his hands and pinned him against the wall and her body; it all happened in less than a 15 seconds. From the look on John face he looked like he was ready to piss himself. She leaned in to him until her lips were parallel to his left ear before speaking in a hushed tone, "don't worry about it." She released him from her hold as soon as she finished speaking and continued her way towards the stairs and to the cafeteria. She heard John loud footsteps running to ketch up behind her. They walked over the same table where they ate lunch and sat down next to Kitty, Peter, Rouge, and Bobby.
"Hi Sakura," Kitty greeted her with a warm smile.
"Good evening everyone," she replied in a soft voice.
"We didn't see after class," Peter piped up.
"I-," she began but was rudely cut off by John.
"She was sleeping her life away."
Her face grew hot as a blush began to emerge on her checks.
John must have notice because he was now smirking.
"Leave her alone Jonny," said Rouge in a tired tone.
"Or what," John raised an eyebrow, "you're going to sick you boyfriend on me?"
Rouge glared in return but didn't speak.
"Hey, how bouts we go grab some dinner?" Bobby asked in a weary voice.
Peter declared in an enthusiastic voice, "good idea man!"
They all got up and went to get their dinner which consisted of Italian food; Lasagna with garlic bread. After a few minutes of eating a light conversation broke out between them.
"You're not really into Italian food are you Sakura," Kitty asked with a giggle.
"I'm not that hungry."
"Do you think you're ready to go up against Logan tomorrow?"
"He's pretty tuff," Peter added.
"I can handle it, I'm more than capable," the confidence in her voice was undeniable.
"What's your power anyway," John demanded with a smirk.
She returned his smirk, "You'll have to wait and see."
"Damn, fine."
Dinner concluded smoothly and they all hung out in one of the student lounges afterwards. Once it was after 10 they all wished each other goodnight and went to their respective rooms.
"I just finished brushing my teeth and I already took a shower," Sakura stated to Rouge, "the bathroom is free to use."
"Thanks," Rouge replied with a smile, "I'm glad you're my roommate and not some girly girl." Ino…
A ghost of a smile formed on her lips but her voiced sounded a bit strained, "likewise, have a goodnight Rouge."
"Call me Marie, my real name's Marie."
"Goodnight Marie."
"G'night Sakura," Rouge replied before slipping into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
After watching Rouge go into the bathroom, she decided to pick out her clothes for tomorrow and get the rest of her stuff ready. She finished in about eight minutes. Once climbing into bed she cuddled into her soft comforter and teddy bear before letting out a tired sigh. Her eye lids began to grow heavier as the minutes passed. I wonder what's in stored for us tomorrow. Hai, we'll be kicking Logan ass. Her thoughts soon went silent as she drifted off into unconscious.
Next Chapter:
Sakura vs. Logan!
Chapter Five: Surprises
Can anyone guess what Sakura powers are yet? I hinted, a lot!
Thank you all again for reading! I'm so sorry I haven't updated! I've been really busy! Please continue to leave a review and tell me your opinions! Also, remember to check out for Sakura's clothes!
P.S. I really am sorry!
P.P.S. To clear things up, Sakura and Logan are not in any way attractive to each other. They have a student/teacher relationship. I don't want you guys getting the wrong idea; don't get it twisted. :P
-lavender520
