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dead-jade-eyes- I wish I had color changing eyes, but nope I'm stuck with boring eyes. I went over to your story and left a little present so make sure you update soon :) Well hopefully my updates will be coming faster now as well. I'm glad there are others who share my passions and like my Frankensteined ideas.
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.X- I hope it shows your name this time. Akamaru is coming. I just couldn't fit him into the jail scenario
animedude16- Oh my apologies. I feel really bad now… Thank you for not hating me :)
Jasmine-.-Momo-chan- Thank you! Naruto is indestructible lol and no Sakura has the super strength, it is kind of a packaged deal in this story. The chakra control she has encompasses the healing and super strength abilities.
blackdiamond jester- Thank you! I am trying to update but its hard to find time to write anymore. Hopefully I can find some more time for my lovely readers like you:)
ryu akai- You are my kind of person! I love all three (obviously lol) Sakura can't read minds but she can 'connect' to other mutants and discern their abilities and location. She can also heal and has super-strength and a couple of other things that will come to light later on ;) Thank you for your review!
MoonPanda-Chan- I'm writing I promise! Lol Hopeful you like this chapter!
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Chapter 4:
Mutants Assemble
After driving for four hours, we reached our destination, a small, rural town home to Ino Yamanka. Her family owned a small flower shop in the middle of town, so we headed there first.
The bell rang when we walked in. "Hello. Do you need help with anything?" a voice came from our left. A pretty blonde girl about my age rounded the corner, out of an aisle she was working in. This had to be Ino.
Tsunade spoke, "Are you Ino Yamanka?"
"Um, yes? What's going on?" She asked, looking a little scared.
"Are your parent's around? We need to talk to all three of you."
"Sure I'll go get them" She left us at the front of the store and disappeared into the back of the store. She reappeared with a man with blonde hair and blue eyes like his daughter and a woman with brunette hair and slightly darker blue eyes.
"We are Ino's parents" the man spoke, "I am Inoichi and this is my wife Izumi. What do you want to talk about?"
Tsunade started to explain who we were and what we wanted with Ino.
Inoichi stopped Tsunade "Please tell us the truth, Tsunade-san. We know you are here because Ino has certain" he paused "abilities. For I too have some extra skills that are quite helpful."
"Ah well as you know we have to be particularly careful with who know exactly what our student body is capable of." Tsunade replied.
"Yes we do. Ino will meet you in a couple of weeks." Inoichi said
"Sounds wonderful! We will see you later Ino. Let me know if you ever want to teach at our school, Inoichi. We'd love to at least have you as a guest speaker."
He nodded and we left the flower shop.
That night we stayed in the town inn and in the morning we headed off to where Shikamaru Nara was.
We got to the city where he lived, but beyond that I couldn't pinpoint his location. It was like a little piece of him was all over the city.
We were sitting in a small café eating lunch while I tried to locate him.
"It's like he is everywhere and nowhere. Every time I focus on a location, he evaporates into thin air" I said as I shook my head. I picked up my tea and drank some to try and clear my head.
"What ability did you say he had, Sakura?" Kakashi asked me suddenly
"He is a shadow controller" I replied
"Maybe all the locations you are seeing are shadows that are under his control. Try to find which location is the strongest." Kakashi suggested
"Okay" I close my eyes to give it another go. Now that I knew what I was looking for, it was very obvious where Shikamaru was hidden.
"He is in a hidden part of the park in the middle of the city" I opened my eyes
"Alright, lets go!" Naruto said while he shoved the rest of his lunch into his mouth.
"I'll go pay" Kakashi stood and walked to the counter.
It took a couple times around the block to find a place to park but once we were on foot things went much faster. We found a path in the woods behind the park that lead to a clearing. Shikamaru was laying in the middle of it, looking up at the sky.
We approached him. "Shikamaru Nara?" Tsuande asked
Not taking his eyes off the sky he answered, "Troublesome, you people found me already?"
"You know about us?" Tsunade asked, curious
"Yeah, Pinkie over there has been disturbing my shadows all over town all day" he finally turned towards us but did not sit up.
"I'm sorry. I was trying to find you" I said to him
"Well you did. You want me to come to some school?" he asked
"Yes it is a school for people with talents such as yours. Do want us to talk to your parents? We have a cover we use for the school."
"Ah no need. Dad is 'special' too, I guess. I'll tell him tonight. He might even want to come. Troublesome."
"Alright" Tsunade gave him the information for the gathering and we left him to his thoughts.
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Two weeks later
The pilot was buzzing around the hanger doing the required safety checks on the plane as the clock finally reached 12 o'clock. I could hardly contain my excitement. Five minutes
passed before the first car pulled up. It was a long stretch limo, Neji and Hinata. Of course they'd be the first people. As they approached and their attendants retrieved their luggage from the back, I couldn't help but think how much they look like the modern royalty they are. Even though Hinata was slightly cowered behind Neji, she looked beautiful.
"Neji, Hinata, welcome! How was your journey?" Tsunade said when they reached us.
"It was tolerable" Neji answered.
Tsunade nodded "You can hand off your bags to Kakashi. He will stow them on the plane"
They moved towards Kakashi as a taxi pulled up behind the Huyga's limo and out popped Tenten. She had on a very tomboyish outfit complete with a complete 180 from the last time we saw her. The sporty style definitely matched her diamond-in-the-rough personality better. She paid the driver and came towards us.
"Sweet machinery" she said as she glanced around the hanger.
"Tenten, nice to see you again" Tsunade greeted her.
"Back at 'cha" she said with a smile.
A loud, chest-vibrating bass turned ours towards the opening of the hanger again. An older car pulled up. The music stopped and the engine ceased. Kiba got out, grabbing his only duffel bag.
"Yo! What's up, book junkies?" he shouted. "Woof, woof" a dog that couldn't be more than a year old fell in step behind him. "Who you calling a book junkie?" Tenten crossed her arms.
"Kiba, please try not to start fighting with anyone"
"Sure, sure" Kiba said , waving off Tsunade.
"So who's the little guy" I ask bending down to the dog's level.
"This is Akumaru, I found him on the street and now he won't leave me alone" Kiba said trying to act annoyed by the situation.
"Well we will have the crew make preparations to accommodate him" Tsuande said, walking off to find the said crew. While she was gone, an ostentatious SUV pulls up. Ino gets out with a bag on her arm and huge sun sunglasses perched on her face. The driver also gets out and goes around to the back of the car. He gets out three large suitcases and two smaller ones, all the same shade of hot pink. Her and the guy walk over. When they reach us, she pulled her glasses down just enough to look him in the eyes, "You've done well. Now drive away from here and when you get out of the airport, forget me." Her eyes glow bright blue while she talked.
"Yes, hime" He replied in a deep bass, fully under her control.
"Now, now Ino must you control all the poor saps that you find?" I taut
She shrugs and smiles, "I needed the ride."
"Now we are just missing Shikamaru" Tsunade says, walking back towards us.
"Present", a voice comes from the shadows of the hanger.
"Ah Shikamaru, you're here. I think introductions are in order. All of you already know Naruto, Sakura, and myself. If you would, start us off Neji? Just step forward and state your name and abilities."
"Neji and Hinata Huuyga, Bakugan, a chakra sight ability."
"Tenten, weapon's master."
"Kiba Inzuka, lupine shape shifter."
"Ino Yamaka, mind control by eye contact."
"What a drag, Shikamura Nara, shadow control"
"Very good. As you know we are a school for people like us. Not only will you be learning regular school topics, you will be training to learn to control and perfect your abilities. Now let's board the plane we will be taking off shortly"
After the clamor over the inside of the jet, everyone settled into their seats. The two hour flight was spent idly chatting, sleeping or other small tasks.
"Please return to your seats and buckle your seatbelts. We are beginning our desent. ETA 10 minutes." The pilot spoke on the intercom.
Tsunade called everyone's attention after we were seated. "When we arrive, we will unload the luggage. You will chose your rooms, and get settled into them. Dinner will be at 6 in th dinning hall. Naruto and Sakura will help you find your way around. After dinner we will have a diagnostic evaluation of your skills, so come to dinner in clothes you can move in."
Everyone's head nodded in understanding.
We landed on the runway and came to rest on the helipad. The pad opened and started to descend, taking us down into the underground hanger. Everyone piled out and followed Tsunade to the back to retrieve the luggage. Naruto got saddled with many of Ino's bags because her brain-washed companion wasn't there. We headed towards the elevator that would take us upstairs to the resident levels. After we squeezed everyone and their luggage in (Kiba had to carry Akumaru) and door's shut, the elevator stared its steady climb up.
I broke the silence "The top three floors are resident floors, you may choose any of the unoccupied rooms on any of the floors. Naruto's and my rooms are on the top floor, which is where we are going. You can go to the lower floors if you choose. We will come check on you wen its time to eat." The elevator doors opened and I stepped out, "See you in a little bit. And if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me or Naruto" I smiled. They all stepped out calmly except for Kiba.
"Alright! Look at this place! I'm gonna have so much fun in here!" he took off, Akumaru tailing behind him happily. The rest scatter as well.
A half an hour later, I leave my room to start to find where everyone has landed up. I find Ino across the hall from me.
I knock on the door, "Pig do you need any help unpacking?" I say as I open the door.
"Um I think I am about done" her back was turned and she is fiddling with something. She turned "What do you think?"
The room has been thoroughly decorated with her signature pink, but it is not overbearing. It looks like the classic girly-girl room. Perfect for Ino.
"It looks amazing Pig. I can't believe you've done all this in a half an hour"
"I am pretty amazing, aren't I?" she laughed.
"Well I was coming to tell you in about 10 minutes you need to meet everyone back at the elevator for dinner" I said
"Okay I'll be there!" she said going back to her task.
I made my rounds telling everyone to meet at the elevator in ten minutes. Everybody landed up on the same hallway as me and Naruto.
I walk back to the elevator and everyone is waiting. "Alright who's ready for dinner?"
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Author's Note: As I was writing this, I realized how my writing style and tense of verbs was changing. So I am going back to edit the previous chapters so everything is in the same style and everything. So if want to you can go back and re read the chapters before this to kind of get the feel of them. You'll see why everything is like this in a couple chapters. (This might happen next update Its exhausting to do and I wanted to get the chapter out) And I know its been forever…. I'm so sorry for that. Please give me some feedback! I'll see you guys soon!
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