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Chapter XXV: X-Treme Measures.
Last Time.
"Don't what me! What the hell are you doing with Warren?!" Naruto asked as Jean, and Phoenix flew over to Angel. "Are you seriously resorting to mind control to keep people here?" Callisto narrowed her lone eye at him. "Well, we don't all have the privi-!" She was interrupted by Naruto.
"Don't give me that bullshit excuse! Doing this give the people that hate all of us a reason to hate us!" The mutants ready themselves for a fight, only to stop as Callisto raised her hand. "Take him." Naruto stayed as Nightcrawler teleported them away. "You know my offer still stands, that you all can come to the Institute."
"And our 'No' still stands." Callisto replied having Naruto sigh before turning around. "You know how to reach me, then." He disappeared in a flash leaving the mutants to look at the spot he was standing.
Xavier's School For The Gifted.
Naruto walked outside and looked to the half constructed mansion before seeing Angel fly off after declining their offer again. "I guess he's still not ready." Naruto said to himself before walking to the gazebo, hands in his pockets.
Now.
Spear Sports Industries, Three In The Morning.
A group of Morlocks with Callisto walked to the wall of the building as it poured rain and lightning flashed. Cybelle walked up, removed a glove, and traced a hole with her hand. A second later, a hole melted having the group walk in and start smashing the boxes of sports drinks with 'POW-R 8' on them.
They started to destroy the tanks with toxin eliminators and other ingredients as lightning flashed, showing Callisto destroying the controls with a bo-staff before a security guard came in and turned on a flashlight. Before he can call for help, a little girl with very large hands removed a glove and touched him.
He froze, allowing them to leave before an alarm went off. A few hours later, two men in suits walked inside talking about the attack. "What's the damage this time?" The first man with short brown hair asked. "We're shut down for the day, Mr. Spear." They walked in the factory and saw the damaged bottles and tanks.
"I want to know who is doing this to me!" Guy yelled throwing a bottle down. "We're questioning the guard now, sir." The man said as Guy looked to see a hole melted in the wall. "Has he said anything?" Guy asked looking back to the man who shook his head. "Nothing that makes sense. Should we call the cops?"
"No, I can't risk bad press a week before POW-R 8 goes on the market." Guy said sighing. "Upgrade security. Next time I want then caught!"
Bayville High, Three P.M.
Naruto waited outside just in time to see Scott peel off with Emma, Ashura, and Kurt as Jean and the other girls did the same in her car. "Hey wait! Hey let me drive!" Naruto looked to see Kitty ignore him as she ran after the cars. "Kitty!" Kitty turned to Naruto and gasped seeing the car he's leaning against, a violet Ford Mustang convertible.
"Congratulations on getting your driver's permit, Kitty." Kitty squealed as she ran over and hugged him. Naruto looked up to see the girls that were glaring in hatred, now glared in jealousy at the expensive gift he got her. "Well, you ready?" He asked holding the keys as Lockheed was sitting on the dashboard at the passenger side under a Genjutsu (Illusion Technique).
Kurama was sleeping in the backseat before snorting as he stretched. She grabbed the keys, slid over the hood to the driver side, and jumped over the door. Naruto got in just as she turned the car on and put it in gear.
SCREEECCHH!
Naruto jerked back as she hit the gas pedal hard. This caused Lockheed to fly onto his face. "HOLY SHIT!" Kurama screamed as he woke up, flipped to the back of the car, and had his claws dig into the seat as Kitty drifted around turns. She phased them through several objects before they came up to the mansion.
She phased through the wall and saw Jean parking her car at a newly rebuilt mansion before hitting the brake, and slid sideways to stop. Kitty phased through Jean's car before stopping and threw her hands up. "Whoo-hoo!" Kitty cheered jumping out of the car and ran around to the other side.
Jean saw Kurama on top of the trunk holding onto the back seat with his fur standing on end. "Come on, Lockheed." Kitty said as Lockheed's body shook while holding onto Naruto's face with a deathgrip. Kitty grabbed his tail and pulled. Only to reel back as Lockheed didn't let go. "Lockheed, come on."
Kitty put a foot on the door and pulled hard. Lockheed shook his head before Kitty huffed. "Screw it." She said before using her powers to phase Lockheed off of Naruto. Naruto took a deep breath as he pulled his hands off of the dashboard showing dents in it.
"You guys have a fun time?" Jean asked as Kurama slid off of the car while Naruto opened the door and fell to the ground. "She's just as bad as you, Rachel, Tabitha, and Wanda. Rogue's still the best driver out of all of you." Naruto stood up on shaking legs as he looked to see Kurama laying on his back with what looked like his soul coming out of his mouth.
Later.
Naruto walked in the study where he saw Scott, Emma, Rachel, and Jean standing in front of Charles. "OK. Whatever it is, Rachel did it-OW!" Naruto stopped as Rachel stomped on his foot. "I have a very special assignment." The teens grew a nervous look as Naruto sighed. "It'll be challenging, so I'll need someone with nerves of steel."
"Is it dangerous?" The group looked back to see Logan walk in chewing on a toothpick. "It very well could be." Charles replied as Logon picked the tooth pick, and threw it away. "Then I'll do it. I can use the adrenalin rush." The teens quickly walked out just as Charles handed Logan the keys to the X-Van.
Later, Naruto leaned against his car before seeing the X-Van phase through the gate with several signs, and a newspaper machine halfway in it as Logan growled while walking out as Kitty did the same while smiling. Naruto walked over to her as Logan grumbled before the back door opened showing Ashura yawning.
"What did I miss?" He asked looking at the stuff in the X-Van. "You slept through that?!" Naruto asked making Ashura blink. "Slept through what?" He asked before stretching and walked back inside. Naruto blinked before seeing an annoyed Evan walk by, spikes protruding out of his body. "Hey Evan, is everyth-!"
Naruto stopped as Even continued walking by them. "I don't want to talk about it." The next morning, Naruto walked down the hall with Tabitha piggybacking off of him as they made it to the kitchen just as Evan ran out. "Where's he going?" Naruto asked before Ray spoke up. "To that POW-R 8 Skate competition."
POW-R 8 Skate Competition, 9:30.
Naruto, Ororo, Ray, Bobby, and Kurt sat in the stands and waited for Evan as Guy Spear was the announcer. They watched several skaters go through the course as well as Evan for several hours until one teen accused him of using his powers to cheat. Naruto sighed before seeing Evan storm off and skated to the back of the stands.
The group got up to leave before spikes came through the stands and ramps that was set up for the competition. Bobby froze the supports to the stands and scoreboards so everyone can get to safety as Ororo looked around for Evan. "Evan! Evan!" Naruto picked up a half empty bottle of POW-R 8 before leaving with the others.
Later, Xavier's School For The Gifted.
Naruto walked in the laboratory and saw Beast and Charles test the POW-R 8 in test tubes with one going green. "What is it? Is it poison?!" Ororo pushed Naruto out of the way and walked to Charles. "It would appear POW-R 8 is harmless to humans, but the toxic eliminators are hazardous to mutants."
"So they attack the X-Gene?" Naruto asked walking with them down the hall.
Sewers, Night.
Kage leaned against a wall as Callisto was explaining to Evan that POW-R 8 was harmful to mutants and when they clean out the tanks, the drink ends up in the sewers poisoning them. "We're not alone." Caliban said as Callisto looked over to Naruto. "I can see in the dark, Naruto. You can't sneak up on me."
Naruto walked over to her and put his hands in his pocket. "I wasn't trying to. But the X-Men will get involved in this if Evan is." Naruto backflipped over the little girl before patting her on the head. "Nice try, Torpid." He looked up to the others and noticed Evan with holes in his clothes and small spikes on his cheeks, and around his eyes.
"I'll give you an hour. But one way or another, I know that POWR- 8 will be gone." Naruto turned to leave before hearing Callisto. "What do you mean, 'one way or another'?" Naruto turned to look at her and smirked. "I've got an ace up my sleeve. And I'm damn good at playing poker."
A Few Hours Later New York Streets.
"They're here!" Kage yelled out as Phoenix, Jean, and Cyclops ran to him. Storm made a large rain storm to clear out the sewers as Cyclops blew a hole in the road, showing Evan and the Morlocks holding onto spikes as POW-R 8 was flooding the sewers. Phoenix and Jean created a shield for the Morlocks and lifted them up.
"Everyone out?!" Naruto asked as the Morlocks ran to an alleyway. Once they cleaned out the sewers, they looked to see that Evan and the others were gone. They went in the sewers and yelled out for Evan before Naruto and Storm found him with spikes protruding out of his arms and legs.
"I'm here, Auntie O. I'm going through some changes." He said looking at the plates covering his hand. "That doesn't matter, let me take you home." Evan shook his head at that. "No. I need a break. Everything's so crazy right now." Storm took a step towards him. "But we can help you through this."
"Please, don't worry bout me. I'm with friends." Evan walked towards a small waterfall as the morlocks was standing in the mist. "Goodbye, Auntie O."
Next Morning, Spear Sports Industries.
Naruto in a suit walked with Charles as they talked to Guy in the wreckage of the factory. "You have to believe me, I didn't know it was harmful to mutants. If they only came to me." Charles sighed at that before speaking. "These people have seen the dark side of humanity too many times."
"And they only trust themselves." They continued to talk for a few hours before Naruto helped Charles in his Rolls-Royce. And saw it speed off as Kitty drove before a limo pulled up. The driver got out and held the door open as a man with short black hair and a goatee walked out in a black suit.
"Thanks for tipping me off about this place, Naruto. I've been looking for a beverage factory for my new drink line." Before Naruto could talk, Guy ran over to them. "New drink line? Who the hell do you think you are?"
"Tony Stark; genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. The board wasn't too keen on a drink that was harmful to anyone, so they sold it to me. I'll be redoing everything and renaming it, 'Starkade'." Naruto groaned at that before walking to his car. "You always get so full of yourself when you introduce yourself Tony." he tells him as he walks off. Guy can only look on in utter disbelief that he may very well have to call Tony Stark his boss.
Later That Night, Xavier's School For The Gifted.
Naruto picked up a cell phone as it rang with a number he didn't have stored. "Hello?" A second later, he heard Wanda. "Hello, Naruto." Naruto smiled before speaking. "Hey Wanda, how's the search going? Still getting along with Lorna?" She sighed before answering.
"It's going fine, and Lorna... I think so. Hard to tell, she just has a blank expression when we're alone." Naruto nodded at that before she spoke up again. "Aside from Toad who's still not leaving us alone. He started to follow us to be a 'Knight in Slimy Amour."
Naruto chuckled at that before speaking. "You sure you don't want my help?" He asked before she spoke up. "Yes, this is something I-We need to do." Naruto sighed at that before speaking. "Alright, but if you do need me in a pin-!"
Wanda, Outside Of New York.
"I know Naruto." Wanda said from a phone booth holding a Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God) kunai in her hand. "Be safe. I love you." She smiled at that before speaking. "I love you too." She hung up the pone and pocketed the kunai before leaving as a breeze blew.
To Be Continued.
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Thanks for a great 2 years, next to be updated will be Shinobi On Board.
Talk To You later,
Lone Wolf Out.