Author's Note: Sorry for not updating sooner. I've been somewhat stuck on how to write this chapter and so I haven't been able to finish it. I hope you all enjoy the end result. Also I have put up a second poll for everyone to vote one more time who you wish for Naruto to be paired with. For those of you who have changed your minds now is a good time to tell me by voting. Thanks again guys and please enjoy the latest installment!

Hank glanced over at Naruto to check the healing process. Naruto was lying on a bed shirtless and still unconscious from the Fox's attack. Hank had rubbed an ointment over his skin to make sure that his injuries healed with no infections as well as hooked him up to the machines in the infirmary. He looked back at the machines to see that everything was still normal.

The door opened automatically as the Professor came in.

"How is he?"

"He's just about finished with his healing with no infections or scars," Hank informed.

Charles wheeled up to Naruto's bedside. He watched the last few patches of skin heal over the muscle without a trace.

"His healing is really a lot like Logan's," Charles commented.

"Yes it is. It's quite remarkable. I never thought we'd meet someone else with the same regeneration as Logan," Hank said coming to stand next to Charles.

"When he wakes up could you bring him to my office?"

"Sure thing Professor. May I ask why?"

"If he feels up to it I would like him to summon Gamakichi here again to keep an eye on him as well as tell us everything he knows about the nine tails," Charles explained. The Professor wheeled back out of the infirmary.

20 minutes later Naruto slowly opened his eyes closing them against the light. He put a hand up to block the light and turned his head away.

"How do you feel?" Hank asked.

Naruto sat up and moved his legs to dangle over the side of the bed. His head was pounding with a headache.

"Like my head is about to explode," Naruto replied.

Hank chuckled, "I'm sure it will pass. Here drink some water." Hank held out a cup for him.

"Thanks," he took the cup and drank a sip of water. "What happened after they stopped the fox?"

"Well Charles placed a barrier in front of the Fox's gate and then we brought you down here to the infirmary."

"Oh well that's…wait what barrier?" Naruto asked. "There's already a seal keeping the nine tails from completely coming out."

"Worry not Naruto. The Barrier is only temporary," Hank assured him.

"Oh okay."

"Do you feel up to walking? Are you dizzy at all?"

Naruto jumped off the table, "You kidding! I'm ready to go."

Hank chuckled at Naruto's energy, "Well then the Professor would like to talk with you."

Hank led Naruto through the Mansion to the Professor's office. He pushed the door open, "Charles? Naruto is up and about."

He looked up from a book he was reading and waved them in, "Hello Naruto. How are you feeling?"

"Fine," Naruto said.

"Can you remember what happened in the Danger room?"

"Well all I can remember is that you and some strange girl pushed back the fox's chakra to the sealed doors and after that I don't remember anything except waking up in the infirmary."

Charles nodded, "It's better than I hoped. Naruto could you summon Gamakichi again, but only if you are up to it, don't try doing anything too difficult until you are fully recovered."

"Yeah I think I could in a bit," Naruto answered.

"That's fine. Rest up and when you feel ready you can summon Gamakichi."

Hank nodded in agreement, "let's get you to a room then so you can rest up."

Hank and Naruto left the Professor to his reading.

Konoha:

"Anything new?" Jeraiya asked.

"Not yet. I have some Anbu working on trying to figure out how to get to Naruto and bring him back. It would be so much easier if we knew what kind of Jutsu Itachi and Kisame used in the first place. I also have Anbu tracking the two Akatsuki to see if they can find out what they used," Tsunade said.

Two Anbu one with a cat like mask and another with a lightening striped mask appeared before the Hokage. "Lady Tsunade," they both greeted.

"Report."

"We tracked the two Akatsuki to a forest clearing where they performed a strange jutsu and disappeared, unfortunately they were facing each other and we weren't able to see the entire thing and we're not sure where they are anymore," the cat mask Anbu reported.

"Anything else?" Tsunade asked.

"No," the lightening striped mask Anbu replied.

"Very well try and pick up the trail and as soon as you do report back and keep someone at the clearing in case they decide to come back," Tsunade ordered.

The Anbu left in a puff of smoke and Jeraiya who was leaning on the wall with arms folded, quiet as the Anbu had reported and were now dismissed grumbled, "That's great we have no way to get to Naruto and now the Akatsuki could very likely have just gone to get him."

Tsunade humphed in agreement, "This is getting quite frustrating now."

"I'm going to go and see what information I can possibly dig up," Jeraiya dismissed himself from the room.

Nodding Tsunade went back to pacing her office trying to figure out how they could possibly get to Naruto and back.

Bayville High: lunch period

Kurt, Kitty, Scott, Jean, and Spyke were all sitting around a picnic table discussing school when the conversation went to the new kid they didn't know much about.

"Zo vhat do you zink of ze new kid," Kurt asked.

Kitty made a face, "He's kind of weird."

"That makes two," Spyke joked.

"Hey!!" Kitty threw her apple at him.

Spyke ducked and peeked over the edge to check for more flying fruit.

"He is a bit strange," Kurt commented.

"Aren't we all a bit strange?" Scott pointed out.

Kurt and Kitty laughed. "Not everyone is as strange as others," Kitty pointed at Spyke.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" he asked.

"Exactly what I said," Kitty replied.

Jean intervened before anyone got in a fight, "Now, now. How about we all just get along, shall we?"

"Sure just as soon as I've delivered a knuckle sandwich to a certain someone," Spyke teased.

Kitty squeaked as Spyke got up on the other side of the table, "Help me Kurt!"

She phased through the bench and hid behind Kurt.

"I'm staying out of this one," Kurt answered. Kitty jogged away from Spyke.

The school bell rang in the distance and students began filing inside the building. Spyke too busy trying to catch Kitty didn't hear the bell.

"That was the bell you know," Scott called to the two, "Come on or we'll be late."

"Fine," Spyke gave in after diving through Kitty.

Kitty sighed, "Phew saved by the bell, literally." Kurt laughed at the comment.

They went inside with the rest of the school and into their classes. The lunch area now deserted except for the birds eating leftover food or crumbs and fighting squirrels. The two strangers appeared wearing black cloaks with red clouds.

"Where are we?" Kisame asked.

"How should I know?" Itachi replied. "Do you sense the Jinchuuriki?"

"No but I'm picking up some strange chakra coming from in that place," Kisame pointed at Bayville High.

"A ninja academy most likely," Itachi observed.

"Really for only a few people?" Kisame pointed out. "Ah what do I care? Let's get the nine-tails and go so we can be done."

The two ninja sped off to search.

Bayville high: science classroom

Spyke watched some birds picking at a sandwich left on a table while he played with an eraser, bored to death by his science teachers rambling lecture. A puff of smoke appeared in the deserted lunch area startling the birds into flight. Spyke peered down forgetting the eraser to see two men both wearing identical black cloaks with red clouds on them. The two men looked around talked before disappearing once more.

What was that all about and who are those men? he wondered and turned back to the lecture thinking about the strange men.

Xavier Institute

Naruto had gotten up around noon to find the mansion quiet and everyone gone.

"Are they at the school they were talking about?" he wondered.

He turned to look out the window little did he know someone had spotted him and was watching to see what he would do. He made his way to the kitchen where he heated some water in a tea pot and took out a ramen packet from a package on the counter and poured both the water and the noodles into a bowl and sat down to let it seep into the dry noodles. He also cut up some mushrooms and tofu.

He sat there staring at it for 5 minutes and decided it was ready and since he couldn't read the writing on the package he had guessed at it. Logan came in talking to Charles.

"Good afternoon Naruto. Did you have a good night's sleep?" Charles greeted.

"Yep," he said in between mouthfuls.

"When you feel up to it could you summon Gamakichi?" he requested.

Naruto nodded as he finished his mouthful, he bit his thumb drawing blood and made the hand signs, slamming his hand into the ground. Gamakichi appeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Hey. How's everything?" Gamakichi greeted.

"Hello again Gamakichi," Charles greeted.

"Hey any news?" Gamakichi asked.

"No other than we had a little incident with the Kyuubi and so we thought that we would ask you to let his parents…" Charles began.

"My parents are dead," Naruto informed Charles and Logan.

"Oh well then how about his guardians?"

"Don't have any."

Logan asked, "Then who takes care of you?"

"Me...And my team mates Sakura and Kakashi," Naruto replied, "and I suppose Pervy-sage and Granny Tsunade. How about you tell Granny Tsunade."

"Sounds good to me," Gamakichi nodded his head. "She is Hokage after all."

Charles began again, "Very well. Tell Tsunade that we had a little problem with the Kyuubi, but it was taken care of as you can see."

"All right, anything else?"

"Ah yes if you could return here to help us keep an extra eye on Naruto and if you could tell us any more info on the Kyuubi when you get back," Charles requested.

"No problem, I'll be back," he vanished in another cloud of smoke.

Naruto looked confused, "What is Gamakichi going to do when I go Kyuubi?"

"I'd like him here in order to be able to take messages back and forth when needed and if you do go Kyuubi, we won't need you to summon him back here in order to inform your people about it," he explained.

"Ummm, sure," Naruto said. He turned back to his bowl of Ramen. Logan had scrounged out some cheese and crackers and now leaned against the counter munching. He offered some to Charles.

"Thank you Logan."

Logan shrugged and started to walk out of the kitchen when he stopped and turned back to Naruto.

"Naruto, if you feel up to it, you can join the others in a danger room session tonight. On the condition that you don't strain your body or energy, otherwise you can watch for today," he proposed.

"Awesome!!" Naruto jumped up out of his seat.

"Later, Naruto, not now," he reminded.

Naruto sat back down with a gloomy face, "Right…"

"See you later then, Naruto," Charles said as he wheeled out of the kitchen as well.

Naruto went to the sink and washed out the bowl he'd used and set it on the counter to dry.

Hmm…I'll go for a walk around the mansion for a bit, he decided.

Konoha: Hokage's office

Gamakichi appeared in Tsunade's office. It was empty.

That's odd, where is everybody?

He looked out of the window that looked out over Konoha. Fires were sprouting everywhere that was wood and patients were being rushed into the hospital. Ninja were locked in battle each trying to get the upper hand. Konohagakure was under attack, but by whom??

I need to find someone and fast. If neither Tsunade nor Jeraiya are here then something is wrong and they had to help.

Gamakichi pushed open a window and hopped out onto the roof of the building. He looked around looking for Jeraiya's white mane of hair in the thick of the battle. He spotted his white hair along with Tsunade's golden blonde hair on a nearby rooftop.

He quickly made his way over to them avoiding ninja and stray kunai and shuriken that came in his direction.

"Tsunade! What's going on?" he asked.

"Akatsuki has gained the alliance of the Sound Ninja's hidden village and they attacked with no warning. Is Naruto safe?" Tsunade explained.

"Yes, he's fine. Wherever those two Nin went they haven't found Naruto."

"Good, go back and keep an eye on him, we don't know if they have some way to get over there or not and I'd rather not take any chances." She was frowning at the battle and possibly creating a plan for defeating the Sound Ninja while she was talking. Jeraiya looked just as grim at the situation presented to them.

"Should I tell…"

Tsunade interrupted, "No, telling Naruto about this when he can't do anything would only do more harm than good. Now get out of here before you get caught up in the battle as well. I'll have Jeraiya send someone to you when the battle is finished."

Gamakichi nodded and disappeared in the smoke. His last glimpse was of a couple of sound ninja attacking the two sannin.

When he popped back into the kitchen of the mansion, no one was there to greet him. He was shaken by the turn of events in Konohagakure and had to compose himself before he faced Naruto. He knew Tsunade was right and that was the only thing keeping his tongue tied instead of telling his friend the news. Composing himself he muttered, "They can take care of themselves and the village. They'll be all right…"

"Who's going to be all right? I thought I smelled you in here." Logan had walked into the kitchen.

Gamakichi didn't answer and asked, "Is Naruto around?"

"Nah, he's in the control room watching the others in their danger room session."

Gamakichi fidgeted, "You're sure?"

"Positive, just came from there," Logan assured him.

"Konoha is under attack from the Akatsuki and another hidden village," Gamakichi conveyed.

"You don't think they'll pull through?" Logan asked with a questioning look on his face.

"I'm not sure, the battle could turn with them or against them, but against the Akatsuki in such force there's every possible chance that Konoha may not be there the next time Naruto or I lay eyes on it."

"I take it you don't want Naruto to know about this dilemma?"

Gamakichi confirmed his comment, "Tsunade and Jeraiya don't want him to do anything rash, which is what he'll most likely do is he hears about his home being attacked. All we can do is believe that Konoha's people will survive even if the village falls."

Logan bowed his head, "That's right. Do you want to go see Naruto?"

"Yes, we don't know where the two Akatsuki chasing Naruto have disappeared too and it is very possible they managed to find a way here. I'd like to stay as close to Naruto as possible for now just to be on the safe side." His voice had fear in it from many of the recent events and he feared that things would only get worse from here on out.

Logan brought Gamakichi into the control room which overlooked the danger room that was now trying to stop the X-Men from accomplishing their task. Naruto stood by Charles shoulder and watched as each team member used his or her powers to help each other and make their way to a platform.

"How's the training going, Chuck?"

"Everyone's doing very well," Charles sounded pleased.

Logan didn't say anything, but studied each person's movements and watching as Kurt teleported Rogue and Kitty out of danger.

"Gamakichi's back," Logan pointed out to them.

"I take it your trip was relaxing?" Charles asked Gamakichi.

"Yes it was."

"Hey, these guys are good! Don't you agree?" Naruto inquired.

Gamakichi moved to look out the window and grinned, "Yeah! You're right, they're better than you!"

Naruto frowned and punched him in the arm as he laughed at his own joke.

Logan is something troubling you?

Talk to Gamakichi, just don't clue Naruto in.

What's wrong? Charles asked the nervous toad.

Konoha's under attack and the Akatsuki are behind it. The only question is where Naruto's pursuers are during this attack and if they have found a way here. Don't tell Naruto any of this.

I understand. I won't say a word.

Thank you.

"What's up Itachi?"

"I found the Kyuubi and another nest of possible Nin," Itachi replied.

Kisame looked interested, "Where?"

"In this place over the fence and it's heavily guarded."

"Really, this place seemed so laid back, that I was beginning to get bored."

"Let's go." Itachi led the way into the house avoiding sensors, traps, and any other defensive measures.

"So where is he in here?" Kisame asked looking around as they walked through the glass doors at the front of the building.

"Below."

The simulation was turned off in the danger room and Charles was talking to the team through the mike advising the group on different techniques they could have used.

Naruto was listening in on the strategies, but so far he didn't really understand much of what the Professor was saying. His gaze was drawn by the different layouts in the buttons and shifted to the door where some water was slowly leaking inside the control room. He walked over to the door to investigate and found the water to be loaded with chakra.

"I don't think there is supposed to be water leaking through the door," he commented.

Gamakichi hearing him turned to see what he was talking about. He saw the chakra laden water and fear rose inside of him. "Naruto! Get away from the door!"

"Huh?" Naruto turned to him quickly, "You don't think it's that shark?"

"It is! This is the same thing he did against Gai and his team back when you were rescuing Gaara! Pakuun and I talked about it, there's no doubt."

"Not good. Hey Professor! There are some pretty nasty ninja out there and I believe they're inside the mansion," Naruto warned.

Logan and Charles turned to see the water spouting into the room. Charles turned back to the mike.

"Kitty, phase through the door and see what's in the hall," he ordered.

Kitty walked to the door and tiptoed when she realized water was seeping through. She phased through and came back spitting out water. "Professor! The entire hall is flooded!"

"It's him all right," Gamakichi confirmed.

"Stay with us kid," Logan ordered.

"There are some things you should all know about what we are facing. There are two guys out there. One has a giant sword covered in bandages; he's the one giving us all this water. The second is a man who has an eye technique called Mangekyo sharingan, whatever any of you do, do not meet this man's eyes at all," Gamakichi advised the X-Men.

"Did everyone hear him?" Logan asked.

They all nodded, this was the group who fought Magneto and his cronies on a daily basis, they were confident they were ready for this new challenge. They were ready for anything except ninjas, especially Akatsuki.

They quickly came up with a plan. Naruto would make shadow clones and they would swim in random directions. If they saw Kisame they would disappear in order to give them the benefit of a recon mission. Whichever way was clear would be the way that everyone would get out of the flooded areas and into the upper levels of the mansion.

Logan helped Charles onto Gamakichi's back where he would hold onto his vest so that Gamakichi was free to move around and fight if need be. Logan would stay next to Naruto guarding against any possible attack.

Naruto's clones came back with nothing to report in the water so the group in the danger room opened the doors and made their way into the hallways. Once they were out of the room, Logan opened the door to the control room and the four of them left that way going the opposite direction as the others.

Naruto held his breath and looked about; there was no sign of the Akatsuki yet. "Yet" being the key term to this observation. They swam down the corridor and all the way up the stairs until they reached the ground floor and were able to stand once more.

Where are they? Usually they jump me right about now and try to take me out in order to take me with them and unseal the nine-tails.

Naruto once again sent shadow clones down each hallway and they waited until one of them came back.

"Don't go that way," Naruto pointed to the left.

Logan led the way to the right where they found Itachi holding one of Naruto's clones.

"No way!" Naruto exclaimed in shock as Itachi let go of the clone and sliced it with a kunai.

His eyes contained the Mangekyo sharingan which he aimed at the group.

"Don't look in his eyes," Gamakichi reminded.

They all averted their gazes to the ground and a maniacal laugh came from behind them. Gamakichi and Naruto whirled around to find Kisame blocking any kind of retreat down that way. He extended his sword, pointing it at Naruto.

"So," he said, "What's it gonna be?"

Author's Note: Wow that was a long chapter to type up. Man, now I need to start writing the next one… Sorry for not updating sooner and once again I'm placing a poll on my profile for everyone to vote one more time on Naruto's pairing. This is so that everyone who changed their mind can voice their opinion and I'll be closing the poll as soon as I need to use the pairing. Thanks again and don't forget to review and let me know what you think. I worked really hard on this chapter so please let me know if you guys liked it! Okay? Thanks and look for the next chapter!