Shinobi X: Evolution

by TheBigWhiteWolf

Her eyes were useless but that didn't prevent her from seeing more than anyone could ever hope to see. Her name was Irene Adler but she was better known as Destiny. With the power to gaze upon future events she was a mutant blessed with much insight or curse depending on your point of view. Despite the accuracy of her visions their interpretation left even her confused at times, such was the case in her latest vision. Cities were burning, there was death and destruction every where, she saw two young men barely teenagers one with sun blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes, the other had jet black hair and equally dark eyes and as the world burned a malevolent presence seem to gaze upon her.

It was to this that she had awoken, cold sweat dripped from her as she trembled in fear of something she did not know of. She tried to interpret this vision and make some sense of it but it was more convoluted than most of her visions. Not knowing what else to do Destiny decided to turn to one of the few people she truly trusted in this world.

Picking up her phone she dial a number and listened to it ring until she heard a gruff female voice on the other end say "Who is this, do you know how late it is?!"

"I apologize for calling at such an hour Raven, but I have much to discuss with you..."

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Naruto was now in the outdoors training area trying to become more familiar with his unique abilities. Just yesterday he was testing his new powers in the Danger Room when he suddenly passed out. Henry McCoy and Professor Xavier worked to find out what was the cause only to discover it was because of his own abilities. It would seem that when he powered up he sheath himself in some sort of corrosive energy that could have severely damaging effects on anyone it comes in contact with. The only reason he could withstand the energy was because of his regeneration, but he could only resist it for so long before he succumbs to it.

Which is why he was out here training to better his resistance to his own powers, while he was at it he discover a few interesting things. He discovered he could summon up what he calls his 'beast mode' without powering up his energy field, he grew claws, fangs, his eyes became slit and red while his whiskers grew more pronounce. He wasn't as fast or strong as he was in his powered up state, but he could keep this form going for hours. He also discovered he could alter the intensity of his powered state, he was still working on fine tuning that.

"Man, if I didn't know any better I would think you were Sabertooth's son!" said Evan who was watching the new kid practice along with a few others.

At that Naruto finally noticed his audience as he said "Who is Sabertooth?"

It was Scott who answered "Sabertooth is a mutant like us, and he actually has abilities quite similar to yours and Logan. He has claws, fangs, even enhanced senses and regeneration just like you and Logan. Sabertooth also has a nasty temper and seems to hold a grudge against Logan, they end up duking it out whenever they meet."

"Yeesh." said Naruto wondering what like that would be like, he could imagine a lot of stalemates.

"Anyway." said Kurt "We wanted to invite you to lunch to get to know each other."

Naruto couldn't help but agree, besides all that training made him ravenous. So after cleaning up some and putting on some clean clothes he joined the rest of them for lunch, the only one not there he noticed was Rogue.

"The way this works is you tell us a little about yourself and we share a bit about ourselves." explained Scott "Since I started this I'll go first. You already know my name but when I'm in uniform I go by Cyclops, I lost my parents in a plane crash. Me and my brother were on that plane, we survived but were separated, I've sustained some brain damage when the plane was falling. I can shoot concussive blast of force from my eyes, but because of the brain damage I can't turn it off. fortunately the Professor found me and helped me before I did any lasting damage."

"Wow sounds rough." said Naruto as he thought on what to say "I never had any parents myself, far as I know they're both dead. I was raised in the foster system for most of my life before I met Gramps. He was different than most foster parents I had, he genuinely cared about me and even adopted me." Naruto paused thinking about his Gramps and wondering how he was doing "Anyway I was attack by a bunch of bullies at my school and that's when my powers kicked in and I retaliated." Naruto then had a thoughtful look on his face as he said "Come to think of it, I hope I didn't messed them up too bad, they were jerks but still I wouldn't want cause permanent injury.

Scott nodded his head in approval that Naruto would have such caring capacity for people who were probably going to kill him "If you really want to know you could ask the professor to look into it for you."

The others joined in with their own life stories "I don't have much of a story." said Kitty "I lived a pretty normal life until one night I pretty much woke up in the basement, it like seriously freaked out my parents, heck it seriously freaked me out."

"I was adopted." Kurt said as he discussed his tale "My parents found me floating in the river near their home. They raised me as their own but since I've always look like this I was never able to have a normal life."

So it went each of them spilling their guts and telling Naruto things about themselves that they already knew about the other. As the confessions ended Naruto couldn't help being happy about getting to know these X-men, it didn't hurt to say that he felt a kinship with them.

Naruto suddenly remembers the other girl and said "What about that other girl, uh Rogue right?"

They all glanced at each other when Kitty said "Rogue isn't all that social, not that I can blame her, I can't imagine trying to get close to someone and never being able to touch them."

"What do you mean?" said Naruto not having the lowdown on Rogue's abilities.

It was Scott who said "Rogue has the ability to absorb a persons life-force for lack of a better word, as well as their memories and mutant powers whenever she touches them. Unfortunately she is unable to turn it off and if she holds on long enough she could... kill someone."

"Wow, that sucks." understated Naruto, with everyone else nodding in agreement.

Eventually they all went their own way while Naruto went to search for a certain Southern Belle. He didn't know what he could do to help if at all, but he figure he could at the least improve her mood, besides Naruto wasn't the type to lose hope in the bleakest of situations.

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Neji was envious of his cousin Hinata Hyuga who led a perfect life that he could only wish he had. She had a caring devoted mother, a strict but fair father, and a little sister who absolutely adored her. Neji had lost both his mother and father a few years ago, and his Uncle Hiashi took him in. Though he lived in their household for a few years he was always reminded of what he had, for this reason he envied his cousin. The worst part was that it wasn't like she didn't deserve it so he couldn't hate her for the perfect life she led.

She was a kind, gentle, and soft-spoken girl who would hardly hurt a fly. Despite this he wished that she understood what it was like to experience hardship in your life.

They were both watching T.V. when Hinata started acting strange. She was franticly waving her arms before her eyes as well as rubbing at them.

"Neji!?" exclaimed Hinata worry and nervousness in her voice.

"Yeah Princess?" said Neji wondering what was wrong.

"I can't see!" shouted Hinata now deathly afraid.

Neji rush to her side to get a better look at her eyes only to see that her former dark blue eyes have become a featureless lavender color.

At that Neji said the only thing that seemed appropiate at the moment "Well shit."

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AN: You know the old saying be careful what you wish for and all that jazz. So yay I'm back, sorry to have kept you all waiting. I will say this I don't abandon my stories, I have been putting more focus on my main story(which isn't this one), but I haven't forgotten about this one. Also I had school, been moving, computer crashes, and so many obligations that I just didn't have much time for fiction, reality tends to do that doesn't it. Any who I will be putting more focus on this story and the next chapter should be soon, say anytime in the next 2-3 weeks so look forward to that.

P.S: Next chapter things start to really heat up.