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Beta: Jebest4781.
Well here's a belated Christmas Gift for you. A Mass Update of all my stories.
Chapter IX: Survival Of The Fittest.
Last Time.
She felt a hand grab one of her white bangs, and blinked. "Long hair really suits you Rogue." She looked back to see Naruto smiling at her. "Trim it up, and you'll be even more stunning than you are now." She blushed before shuffling on her feet. "Why? It's not like I'll have a boy..." She stopped as Naruto tapped her forehead with two fingers.
"Don't say that." He said getting the others to gasp. "What?" He asked looking back to them leaving his fingers on Rogue. "Like how come you're not in pain? You were when we tried to get her at her home." Kitty asked as Naruto blinked before answering. "I had Kurama put up barrier..." He stopped as Rogue hugged him, and cried. "Easy Rogue... Let it out."
He said rubbing her back. "You really do need a shave.. OW!" Naruto let go to start hopping on his left foot as he held his right one. "And the moment's ruined." Kitty said watching Rogue cross her arms, and the still hopping Naruto.
A Few Days Later, School Play.
Naruto, and the others sat to watch The Dracula play as Rogue, and Kitty danced in their costume with Rogue having her long hair in a bun with her white bangs coming down to her shoulders. "Glad she decided to keep the long hair." Naruto stated as the play continued. As the play finished, both Kitty and Rogue looked towards the audience seeing Naruto and glad that he came.
A few days later, Evan also got great inspiration for his film about his new family in Bayville. And how they will always look after each other, and how they look out for each other.
Now.
Stokes County, Security Facility.
A Policeman walked in a big room with nothing in it. He pressed a button beside the door, and a circular tank rose up out of the floor showing a tall muscular man with short brown hair sleeping with green liquid filling the tube. He's also wearing dark red armor (Type Juggernaut Evolution for a better picture). The policeman pressed another button having the liquid drain as he shifted his form into Mystique.
"Cain Marko.. I think it's time for a family reunion with your dear brother... Charles Xavier." She said as Cain opened his eyes, and glared. She went on to explain she needed him to break in to the Institute to get Cerebro as she picked up a large helmet, and locks it on to his shoulders. Cain roughly pushed her away as he broke through the door, and went down the hall.
Ironback Survival Camp.
"You will not be making wallets, neckties, or paperweights." Said a muscular man in shorts, boots white shirt with a whistle, hat, and sunglasses' to the X-Men members, without Emma, and the Brotherhood along with other teens in front of a school bus. "You will not engage in sack races, pony rides, or water balloon fights.. You will be taking twenty mile hikes, propelling two hundred foot cliffs, and treacherous waters with nothing more than a rope, and all the courage you can muster am I clear?"
"Yes Sargent Hawk Sir!" Said the group of teens as Sargent Hawk looked to them. "I said 'Am I clear'?" Sargent Hawk said crossing his arms making the teens yell louder. "Yes Sargent Hawk sir!" He nodded at them. "Then welcome to Ironback Survival Camp.. A name you won't soon forget." Sargent Hawk finished before walking away as the X-Men groaned minus Naruto, who's wearing faded jeans, and a black combat vest with a bunch of pockets on it that's unzipped showing his bare chest.
Scott was wearing a light brown sleeveless shirt with jeans. Kurt's wearing bike short with a pack around his waist, and a rust red shirt. Jean has her hair in a braided ponytail with beige shorts, and a blue-green sleeveless shirt. Rachel's wearing the same outfit but with a red shirt and black shorts. Rouge also had her hair in a braided ponytail with tight black pants with a white stripe on them, and a green hoodie with the sleeves pulled up to her elbows.
Kitty's wearing overalls with the legs cut off, and Evan was wearing a grey shirt. "Now Mr. Uzumaki here.." Sargent Hawk stopped in front of Naruto. "Who's scholastic achievements at Bayville High has earned him the rank of Group Leader.. You will be following his lead.. Now you have ten minutes to stow your gear, and report to the training fields.. Dismissed!"
The teens but the X-Men and the Brotherhood left. "Like I'll be dead in two days." Kitty complained sitting on her suitcase. "Well what about me? I'm a city kid.." Evan said as Rouge picked up her bag. "I'm going AWOL, anyone know how to hotwire a bus?" She asked turning to the bus. Only to be stopped by both Naruto, and Scott.
"Whoa now wait. Let's give it a chance.. Prof. X endorses this place." Scott said as Naruto coughed. "Always knew he had some sort of mean streak." He said under his breath. "Yeah besides he gave us a choice training here, or with Wolverine.." Jean said as Rachel walked over. "Well we could have done what Emma did, and say we had a family emergency, and get out of both."
They left to the cabins as the Brotherhood stood back, and watched them. Later, they are running an obstacle course on top of a hill of climbing a rope. Naruto, and Lance got to the top of the beam, and then zip-lined down to a river. They ran to two of the rubber rafts, and Lance looked up to Naruto. "Can you swim?"
"Yes but I'm already halfway to the finish line!" The 'Naruto', and 'raft' disappeared showing Naruto halfway to the finish line. "Come on Lance you're daydreaming!" Sargent Hawk yelled out seeing Lance stare off in to space. Lance quickly got in the raft as the others started arguing as Naruto made it to shore, and to the finish line.
Later, after making them do sixty pushups, Sargent Hawk explained he planted a flag on top of Mount. Humiliation, and he wants both teams to go for the flag, along with a picture proving it. "And it's your whole team or no one am I clear?" He asked making them nod. "You'll leave in five on opposite trails." He left as the others walked off.
"You better say your farewells Uzumaki.." Naruto looked back to see Lance pointing at him. "Because you're not coming back." Naruto walked up to him, and glared. "Big words salad bowl... But remember this.. everytime we went up against each other.. I beat you with no powers, or one move." Naruto said as Lance snorted.
"I never used mine either when I go up against you.. we don't need to use them to win." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that. "Ok no powers.. We'll wave at ya from the top." Naruto finished as Jean walked up to them. "Ok so we're agreed no powers..." She said as they left, and she continued. "And I for one am glad you're..."
She stopped as Naruto grabbed her, and lifted her over his shoulder. "Come on Jean." He said as she rested her head on her hand.
Xavier's School For The Gifted.
Logan walked into the study as Charles was using Cerebro. "Picking up new mutants?" He asked as Charles shook his head. "No just the students." Logan snorted before speaking up. " I still think you should have let me handle their training." Before Charles could speak up, Cerebro's alarm went off. "Discovery.. Enhanced mutant signature.. Identity confirmed.. And matched archive '5'."
"Archive '5' who.." Charles stopped as Cain came up on the screen. "No.." He said as Cerebro continued. "Name: Cain Marko. Residence: Stokes County Security Prison.. Current location in transit upstate New York." Logan raised an eyebrow until Charles explained Cain is his half brother, and was born with a dormant 'X-gene' that manifested later on through mysticism. And he's invulnerable to anything, and has super strength.
"Storm, Cain's escape and is on his way here.. Can you create a distraction?" Charles spoke to Ororo mentally before getting confirmation from her. "I'll prep the Danger Room.. That'll be where you should go in case I can't stop him." Logan said going to the elevator.
A few minutes later, Charles saw on the news heavy fog surrounding the area Cain would be in getting to the Institute. "Good work Storm." He thought before Logan walked inside the study. "Well if no one can see Cain, no one would be foolish enough to try, and recapture him." Charles said wheeling over as Logan nodded.
"I've prepped the Danger Room.. So do you have any defense against him?" Logan asked as they went in to the elevator. "Yes my mind.. With enough psychic blasts.. I can disable him... Unless he's wearing his helmet."
With the X-Men.
Naruto jogged down the trail with Scott, and Rachel keeping up with him as the others trailed behind him. "Wow you really are city kids.. And Rogue really? You're from Mississippi, I thought hiking through the woods was an ordinary thing for people from the South?" He asked as Rogue stuck her tongue out at him. "Don't give me that. Get your cute ass up here!"
"So how much further?" Rachel asked as Naruto looked up at the mountain. "Not to far.. Hopefully Lance, and the others kept the no powers rule." They continued to hike up to near the top of the mountain before Naruto looked up. "See the flag?" Naruto looked back to see Kurt walking to him. "No.. Too far away.." Naruto started searching the pockets on his vest. "Where are the binoculars?"
The others caught up as Naruto looked to Jean. "Any way I could convince you to float up until you see if the flag's still there?" She glared at him as she crossed her arms. "What? I'm not asking you to take it.. Never mind I found them." He picked up binoculars from his right chest pocket and looked up there. "I see it, and I don't see the Brotherhood either."
Naruto reached into his left chest pocket, and pulled out blue climbing roe, and unwrapped it. "Let's see.. Where's the hook?" He looked back to Jean again. "Would it count as using his powers if I used one of Evan's spikes, to use as a makeshift hook?" She just glared at him making him sigh. "Hey I said if I used his spike."
He reached to a side pocket, and found a hook before tying the rope to it, and threw it up to the next leveled spot. They started climbing up, with Naruto first, and Evan last. As everyone but Evan got to the end of the rope, they felt the mountain shake causing Evan to fall. "AAAHHH!" Jean, and Rachel used their telekinesis to grab him, and bring him back up.
"Oh even when you break the rules you're not breaking them." Naruto said crossing his arms as Rachel smirked, walked up to him, and whispered in his ear. "Oh.. Did you want to punish us?" She nibbled on his ear before continuing. "You still can.. I got the.. Equipment." Naruto sighed, and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Hey it's Lance and the others!" Rogue said looking down a mineshaft with a broken ladder. "Hey don't leave us down here, not for a flag." Todd said through a rock pile that's surrounding them, and the entrance with the ladder. "We won't." Naruto said before bringing the rope over.
After getting everyone out, Pietro and Kurt went to the flag, and grabbed it at the same time. "Guys." Naruto, and the others looked up to see the Blackbird being flown by Storm. "Charles and Mystique are both in danger." Naruto glanced over to Lance. "Truce until we help them?" Lance, and the Brotherhood nodded before they took a picture of all of them at the flag, and left in the jet, dropping the flag, and picture as they past Sargent Hawk.
Charles, and Wolverine.
An alarm went off as Wolverine pulled his mask over his face. "He's here.. Get to the Danger Room." Logan said walking to the front room, and saw Juggernaut. He brought out his claws before jumping over, and sliced at Juggernaut. Juggernaut punched Wolverine through several walls, and through Cerebro before stomping on him having him go through the floor, and drop in front of the Danger Room.
Juggernaut dropped down the floor, threw Wolverine at the door, and charged threw the door knocking Wolverine out before looking up, and saw Charles. "You lumbering imbecile!" Mystique walked in front of Juggernaut and glared. "What did you do? Sit on Cerebro? I thought we had deal?!" Juggernaut shoved her to Charles before speaking up.
"I don't make deals!" He yelled walking over. "Charles.. Aren't you going to welcome me home?" Juggernaut asked before he started walking over. "You ungrateful thug!" She yelled, as he said nothing. "Cain.. It doesn't have to be like this... This is a place for new beginnings." Charles said as Juggernaut continued walking over.
"You're right.. This is the beginning for me, and the end for you." Suddenly, blades and mace's came out of the walls and floor, only to be broken as Juggernaut walked through them. As he got near them, Juggernaut was suddenly lifted in the air. Mystique, and Charles looked to see the X-Men, and the Brotherhood in their costumes with Jean struggling to keep Juggernaut in the air.
"Remove his helmet!" Wolverine said as he struggled to get up. The Blob tackled Juggernaut and smirked. "Unstoppable.. Meet the Unmovable." Nightcrawler transported to Juggernauts back, and unlocked one of the four locks. Juggernaut threw him away before punching the Blob to the other side of the room.
Cyclops hits him with an eye blast as Naruto hits him with a Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere) having him hit the wall. Quicksilver dashed over, and unlocked a lock before dashing away. Storm made a gust of wind forcing him to his knees, and had Shadowcat, and Rogue unlocked the final two locks. Toad used his tongue to remove the helmet having Charles attack Juggernauts mind.
Emma, Unknown Location.
Emma in a room lit by candles, stared at the people in cloaks sitting at a wooden table. "So, she's dating someone who's strong? So what?" Asked a male as Emma crossed her arms under her bust. "He's someone who can destroy anything to get her back.. And I mean anything." She replied staring at the man.
"So we need to be careful around Naruto, or we'll be in his cross-hairs." Emma said as the others nodded. "Yes.. We're not even ready to hold her.. Getting a body has thrown our plans out the window, and threw us back close to years in preparation." A woman said as Emma sighed. "I know.. But she's preoccupied with Naruto she hasn't done anything, or noticed me." She finished before turning around, and leaving as the candles went out.
A Few Days Later, Stokes County Maximum Security Prison.
Charles looked at his sleeping brother before hearing Logan behind him. "You can't control the wills of others Charles. They do what they want." Charles looked back to see Naruto, and Jean standing at the door. "I know Logan.. And we do what we have to.." He pressed a button having Cain go down in to the floor before leaving with the others.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks' for reading, and let me know of any mistakes.
Beta: Jebest4781.
Well nothing to say but I hope you had a Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate, and a Happy New Year. Also For those that don't know I went ahead and did the Christmas episode Of Ninja On The League. Reason I didn't do this show's episode is because it's in season 2, and they introduced a bunch of new characters.
Next to be updated will be Naruto On Board.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.