A quiet bamf sounds resounded through the Danger Room when Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Rogue appeared in front of the two Marvel Girls. Without wasting time or giving both an opportunity, Rogue leaped forward. With her left hand she pulled the glove from her right hand off and her fingertips touched the surface of one of the Marvel Girl's skin. Her eyes shot open when images flashed through her mind.
Rogue's eyes opened. Glancing around her surrounding she witnessed a sight she had never seen before. The young mutant was surrounded by ice mirrors, and standing in front of her was a younger blonde boy which was very familiar to her. She recognized him as Ororo's sensei before he revealed his true form. Next to him is another boy, which caused her to grin at the unique, yet funny hairstyle that resemblance the behind of a duck.
"Please Naruto, give us the bridge builder, I do not want to fight my first friend." A masked person spoke from the mirrors. Now that Rogue looks around, she noticed that the mirrors held each a copy of the girl in the mirror who copied her movement. "Please, let me succeed my mission."
"Tsk, I had come to Waves in the hope to meet stronger opponents to show everyone that I have far surpassed him." The Dark haired boy snarled, hate clearly heard in his voice. Suddenly and to Rogue utter surprise a large ball of flames suddenly shot from the black haired boy's position to one of the mirrors. "Your ice might give you a bit of speed, but against an Uchiha Elite you're nothing but trash like my idiot of a teammate."
Laughter ran through the air, rising up and the cold air that touched the mirror turned colder. "What would an Uchiha know about being an Elite. You think that your clan threat will help you in this fight, wrong you are, because you haven't awakened yours. I instead can freely use my clan's abilities... Sensatsu Suisho!" Thousand parts of water rose up in the air while they took form of needles which froze at the Tori seal before they flew towards the Uchiha.
"Hn... you think that these weak technique will harm me?" Snarled the Uchiha who bend his knees and ready to jump out its deathly path. Suddenly his eyes widened when the boy noticed that he could not move. The Uchiha glanced down only to see his feet wear frozen to the ground, "If you think that this will stop me ...kawarimi!"
"You didn't..." Rogue heard the masked girl in the mirror exclaim when she suddenly see the black haired boy switch place with the blonde haired boy who she knows as Naruto. In front of her eyes, Naruto was penetrated by hundreds of ice needles. "You bastard! Using your own comrade to safe your own miserable life!"
"Hn... he should be honoured to use his life to safe mine. That Dead last is nothing more than dirt under my feet. Now, let me show you what a real elite shinobi can do...ghuh!" The Uchiha was choked when a strong fingers clamped around his throat. His eyes travelled down, only to meet frozen blue eyes that belonged to Naruto. "Re...relea...release me you loser!" The Uchiha grunted out with difficulty.
"No, Sasuke. It is enough! You just tried to use my life, someone who is a member of Team Seven for your own sick life. From here on out, I take control of this fight and you can take a nap." The blonde haired boy pressed a nerve point and the Uchiha fell unconscious. Blue eyes then turned to the masked opponent, and much to Rogue's surprise they spoke. "Hello Haku, I see that Momochi Zabuza is your precious person. Just like you, I don't want to fight you. Perhaps we can come to an understanding, a way for you and your sensei to survive this day, and become Shinobi of the Leaf Village."
'What does he mean, becoming Shinobi of the Leaf Village?' Rogue thought before memories flowed in a quick succession. Strangely enough, many of these memories where with the masked Hunter Nin who Rogue discovers is actually a girl. A girl who has control over ice, wind and water that was very dangerous under her commands. Her eyes snapped open, and to Rogue's surprise Spyke's bone spikes flew towards her. In reflex she crossed her arms in front of her, and to her surprise and that of the others a large ice mirror appeared in front of her at which the bones shattered at contact.
Not so far away from Rogue, Naruto smiled sadly yet not entirely as his smile also held a warmth that only a few could understand. Slowly but firmly Naruto shifted his feet into a position to start his real lesson. A lesson that was once taught to him, yet he and his team failed while graduating the Shinobi Academy. "So that is her powers, stealing or copying someone else powers. Shall we dance?"
Danger Room observation...
"Oh, now they will get it. Naruto always says his catchphrase when he is serious, and for Southern girl, she surely got something strong from him." Wolverine commented from his position behind the controllers while watching to the fight that will break out. "Keep your eyes focused chuck, from here on out. Your X-men will deal with a real threat. They must use all their training, cunning and skills to survive or else they have a nice day recovering in the Med-bay." Grinned Logan, his eyes sparkled in amusement while the grin on his face grew when the sigh of Ororo reached his ears.
Charles rolled his wheelchair closer to the observation glass and peered towards his group of future protectors for both human and mutants. Without turning his head to Logan, Professor Xavier asked the question that spooked for a long time into his head. "You know something about him, don't you Logan? What do you not tell us, especially when Ms. Munroe was a student of his."
Logan shrugged his shoulder, his eyes still locked on Naruto. "There are many things I do know, and even many things I don't know about the man down there. However, I do know that this man is much more than a mere mutant. You felt it, don't you Ororo? That your Sensei is much more than a simple mutant."
"Yes, I did. When my Sensei taught me the source of my powers, and how to control them. He told me about the ways of Nature. Showed me how to work together with it, and how it affected both me and the earth." She then took a thoughtful stand before Storm slowly continued. "When he deemed that I had enough control over my powers, Sensei started to show how to manipulate the elements. One of these technique is the Rasengan which is compressing the wind into a small ball which can extend at the will of the controller. Once hit by this technique, small wind blades will cut through your skin, severing the connections. People like Logan and Sabertooth can survive this attack, however their healing ability will slow down extremely or possible ruin it entirely."
Charles eyes widened at the news. The man had never thought that Storm had such a dangerous attack in her arsenal, and with this new discovery the man wondered what Storm can do more. Glancing down, Charles noticed the new ability of Rogue. "Can you do the same thing like Rogue is doing now? Creating a ice mirror?"
"No, I can't Charles. She took powers from my Sensei which are slightly different to mine I believe. If we watch this test of him, you will soon find out that his powers are difference to mine." Storm replied, ending their conversation which brought their full attention back to the group below.
Danger Room...
Naruto leaned backward which saved himself from being pierced by Spyke's attack. Through the room a sickening sound of something sharp piercing skin could clearly be heard by everyone when a long bone slid out of the Shinobi's wrist. With a snap the bone curves turned sharper and within seconds it took the form of a katana. "Spyke, your powers look very familiar to that of mine. Watch, learn and survive..." The white haired male spoke in a cool voice when he appeared out of nowhere in front of Spyke who crossed his arms above his head and claw like bones like Wolverine shot out of his wrists which blocked the downward slash of the shinobi. "A good reaction kid, constant vigilance. However you need to learn to not stay frozen and move immediately as you're wide open right now." Naruto jumped slightly off the floor and twirled. His right leg lashed out and planted a firm roundhouse kick into Evan's unprotected ribs which made him wince in pain.
"Spyke!" Rogue cried out while she flashed through hand seals and water floated in the air and took the shape of senbon needles before they froze and shot towards Naruto. The man simply turned and sidestepped out of its path. At the same time his blade shot out towards Shadowcat, piercing her chest. "Your instinct are incredible, Shadowcat. Using your potent mutant power to avoid a critical hit which saved your life."
Shadowcat could not help to grin despite her situation. If it wasn't for her mutant powers she would have died, or on the other hand. Kitty would have never met him or her other fellow mutants if she hadn't mutant powers. "Your stuck now, Naruto Sensei, and I take this." She leaned forward and kept the blade into her body until the last moment where she left the blade and touched the bells with the tips of her fingers. "Got them!" Kitty shouted in pure happiness when she felt the bells pressed into her skin when she closed her fingers around the object.
"You get them Shadowcat, congratulations. Now the last test, who will you give the remaining two bells? Those who don't obtain a bell will fall victim to Konoha Hidden Village One Thousend Years of Death!" Naruto gave her a chose with a sinister smirk plastered on her face. Catherine gulped audible while glancing around. She could see Cyclops crawling away over the floor towards the exit of the Danger Room. Her eyes then took notice of the pleading eyes of Nightcrawler, and she felt a bit guilty of what will happen to him.
"I chose Rogue," she threw one bell to Rogue who caught it with a smile. "And one to Jean," She threw the bell towards Marvel Girl who smiled in relief. "My reason that I chose the girls is because we must kept our innocent, bye!" She turned intangible and ran through the wall and out of the Danger Room without looking back once.
"No! I will not fall victim like Scott, if you only think about your own innocence – what about that of us?" Nightcrawler shouted out desperately while his eyes followed the bell flying through the air towards Marvel Girl. Jean's eyes widened when she saw the desperate expression on Kurt's face before the blue elf disappeared and appeared in front of the bell. His fingers grasped the bell before he vanished for a second time.
"Kurt! You're so death when I catch you!" Jean in anger shouted while her eyes fearfully watched every move of her sensei, fearing that he would suddenly appear behind her to do the same to Scott. However, much to her surprise and that of Evan, Naruto did nothing and instead of delivering his punishment he glanced up to the overlook.
"Professor Xavier, your team of highly gifted children has done a outstanding job with the use of their powers. They unconscious succeeded in completing my test, however once it came to the chose between the male or female members of the team they fall apart." Naruto spoke with amusement colouring his voice. "Shadowcat decided that the females of the team must avoid this punishment at all cost and chose them which caused Nightcrawler to react by using his powers to steal the bell. I deem this test a failure because they left a team member behind." Finished the white haired shinobi.
"Ehm... right, Naruto Sensei. Will those who did not obtain the bell get the same punishment like poor Mr. Summers?" Charles voice wavered a bit, a single bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face.
"Of course not, Professor. What happened to Mr. Summers was because he underestimated me which means that the boy will underestimate future opponents which we cannot have because he is the Team Leader of your group." Naruto explained his reason for using that dreadful technique. "Also it helped to focus them on something difference than fearing me because of a story that happened a very long time ago. No, their punishment is enjoying the meal the original is cooking in your kitchen."
Rogue stepped forward, her eyes wide at the implication of his words. "I don't understand Sensei, what do you mean with your original preparing a meal?"
Naruto winked at her slyly. "I think you understand more than what your mind tries to comprehend. But to answer your simple question, yes, what you and the others fought was a mere clone with only the bare minimum of the original strength, speed, and powers. Even Logan will have some difficult fighting me, however I recommend that you clean yourself and join the others for dinner." Ororo's sensei eye smiled at them and waved his hand in a lazy gesture before he erupted into smoke that quickly dispersed.
"I cannot believe that we has fought a clone of him." Evan weakly said, his knees buckled under him and he fell to the floor. The use of his powers demanded a lot of the young mutant stamina and powers. "Yet, I feel that today I've accomplice much and that I got a better understanding of my powers."
Logan in the observation room could not help to smirk. Pressing down the button, Wolverine voice sounded through the danger room. "Indeed Mr. Evans. Your powers looks much like that of my own before my bones were coated by adamantine metal. Just right now when Naruto used his bones blade to slash down, you stopped his attack by the use of your own claws."
"That is awesome!" Spyke cheered.
"We will speak more about your training and those of the others during dinner. Now, if I was you I should hit the showers, off you go kiddos." Logan grunted before cutting off the mic. Turning around, Logan looked to Storm. "What are your thoughts about this test of him, Ororo?"
"Sensei never used or told me about that strange attack of his. Yet, on the other hand it made me sigh in relief that he has never used that on me." Laughed the Weather Goddess as she and Logan left the observation room to join the others. "Perhaps it never happened because I was the only student that he trained." The Weather Goddess and the feral mutant appeared at the elevator and entered. Pressing the button that would lead to the upper level. "The kids did a great job by obtaining the bells. Especially the girls."
"Rogue was extremely lucky when she touched Naruto. I've the suspicion that your sensei could guide her powers." Logan shared his thoughts. Deciding to elaborate at why he came to that conclusion, Wolverine explained. "When I met Rogue, she accidentally touched me with her skin. At our connection I felt my life being drained from me and the painful memories of my past I relived, however none of that happened this time. Rogue nor Naruto showed any discomfort, and Rogue suddenly has control over one of his powers without a clear sign of her using her powers."
"If you are right, Logan then Rogue must be very careful of how to use her powers. She will not only be hunted for those that want to misuse her powers, but they would want to try if they could replicate her powers. I think that my Sensei and Rogue must sit together to find out how her powers work, don't you think?" Ororo replied. The sound of the elevator reaching its destination and the doors sliding open, Storm and Logan moved through the halls and ended up into the dining room.
Naruto turned around slowly to keep the sushi that he had prepared steady on the plates. "Ah, Ororo and Logan, glad you two could join us. Please take a seat," A grin was on his face when his eyes fell on Scott Summers who has a difficulty to sit still. "And don't worry about Mr. Summers, Storm. He will be fine, I hope." He added quietly that was so soft that only those with very good hearing could hear him.
"Was that really necessary Sensei? Using that strange attack on the poor boy?" She retorted back, a bit of anger seeped into her voice. Ororo had crossed her arms under her remarkable breasts which were slightly lifted up. "Threaten them with that attack I can understand to get them motivated, but being used on a innocent boy was called too much."
Naruto snorted in amusement while placing the last plate with Sushi on the table. "It is all in good fun, Ororo, and beside now Summers and I share some history. My own Sensei used that on me when I underestimated him. Perhaps this will help him not to do that again, and look at me, I came out fine. You can't argue with that, right?" The man asked the last part to his former student. He then turned his attention to Scott. "My apologies Mr. Summers, but hopefully you have learned from your mistake. And perhaps you will use that technique later on students of your own."
"Scott, I forbid you to use that dreadful attack on new members of the team." Jean Grey voiced out, her eyes narrowed dangerously as she glared at Scott before her eyes moved to Naruto. "Also I forbid you to use it on Kurt when you pull a prank. Beside that, you don't know how to do it in God's name."
Scott sulked when Jean reprimanded him, not that he wanted to use that dreadful attack, more that Jean thought that he would use it on a member of the team or new members that will join them in the future. "Jean, how could you think that I would use something like such a ridiculous attack on anyone here?"
Jean turned her head away from Scott, a frown appeared on her face. "I know what you thought when you saw Naruto Sensei turn into me. My passive mind reading caught that image from your mind." She snipped at him. "I had not expected something like that from you. Grow up Scott and perhaps you have forgotten, but I already do have a boyfriend." She finished her rant when her emotions flared up. Jean moved her chair back and wanted to leave, only for Naruto to stop her.
"Jean, please do not blame Mr. Summers. What Summers possible saw was an illusion created by me, because his eyes met mine." Here his pearl white eyes turned crimson red with three tomoe swirling around the black iris. "These eyes of mine have special powers, and which you see now is the Sharingan or the copy wheel eye. One of its powers is to dive into a persons mind and pull his or her fear, desire or dream to its conscious. While I do not exactly know which illusion Mr. Summers saw, all I know that is because of my eyes."
Logan grinned and send an amusing look to his old friend. 'Oh you sly fox, I know that these illusions and that of Summers was called by you. It is more than pulling a memory or desire up, however you want to soften the blow for Mr. Summers by blaming partly yourself, yet not completely.'
"If that is true, does this mean that you have control about someone's mind?" Jean questioned the person. She let her right hand rest on her hip while she leaned treating forward with a frown on her face.
"I can influence the mind of a person just like Professor Xavier can do, yet I do not always use because it verge a lot concentration." Naruto reasoned with a smile. "However, I want to apologies for any slight my illusions made. Please, accept these beautiful and delicious meal as an apology from me." Gesturing with his hand over all the food that he had prepared.
"Hmpfh... Don't think that you nor Scott are off the hook." Jean said while leaning back into her chair. She reached out and let a sushi float to her and took a bite of it. She chewed slowly before swallowing the food. "It is editable." Jean managed to say with a flush on her face and a desire for more.
"You have heard the lady, she has approved of the food." Naruto joked around while sharing a bottle of sake with Charles, Ororo, Logan, and Beast who has joined them after the conversation between Jean and Naruto. "Kanpai!" The adults tilted their cup of sake up before pressing the edge of the cup to their lips and drink.
The next morning...
Naruto stretched his body early in the morning. Lifting his limbs up, and past the crown of snow white hair and arched his back. Light sounds of joints cracking made the young man sigh in relief before relaxing his body. Last night has been a joyful evening, sharing the exotic dishes with new people that could become his friends. Yet, more importantly, Naruto could spend his time with Ororo, someone who the young man took under his protection and tutelage. She had grown in a very nice, and beautiful women who could pass for a fashion star.
Bringing a hand through his white manes, Naruto moved through his new room. Sliding open a closet and chose some clothes to wear for the day that he hung over his left shoulder before leaving his room to look for the bathroom. Walking through the corridors without caring about his sleepwear which only consist out of shorts, and nothing else. His bare athletic, chiseled chest which he obtained through training was bare to everyone to see. "Hmmm... where did Charles say that I could find the bathroom?" Said the youth looking young man with a stifled yawn. 'Perhaps a little peek to see if I walk into the right direction would help me to find the bathroom quicker.' Thought the person, only to demise the thought because there was a off chance that the women of the mansion were preparing themselves for the day. 'I wonder if Hinata chan, Hanabi chan and Neji san has used their dojutsu in an ill-mannered way? Nah, people like them who has grown in a Household like those of the Hyuga are well mannered. Too stiff in their way of life.' Another though that the young man demised. A door flew open several feet away from him, and Catherine 'Kitty' Pryde left her restroom. Evidence was the slight wet hair, a trail of stray water made it way down her neck and vanished out of sight when it entered the collar of her shirt. The water condense that hung around her was also proof that this was the restroom, only question is. "Morning Kitty," Naruto called out much to the surprise of the girl who squealed with a cute voice and her feet left the floor for a second when she jumped into the air.
Quiet laughter filled the corridors when Kitty returned with her feet on the floor, and she brought a hand to her chest which rose and fell when she breathed heavily. She turned her attention to Naruto, and with narrowed eyes, Kitty spoke. "Naruto! Don't scare me like that, I almost got an heart attack when you sneaked up on me!"
Naruto's laughter slowly came to a stop and his lips curled up into a smile. "Sorry about that, Kitty, it was not my intention to frighten you. Actually, I hoped to see someone who could point out the right direction to the restroom. I wonder if the restroom are individual or shared with the genders using a specific time to use the space?" The young man asked the girl in front of him who just now noticed the difference in clothing between them if the redness of her face was any evidence.
When the words of Naruto settled into Kitty's mind, blood rushed towards her face when she now just registered the lack of clothes the handsome, strapping Adonis of a man present himself in her presence. Hazel brown eyes scanned the perfect athletic body in front of her, and what a view. "Eh.. Ehm... eh, right. This restroom is only for the girls who stay here at Professor Xavier School. Ehm... did the Professor not told you about the privet bathrooms for faculty members? I can lead you to your destination if you want." She so wanted to squeal and trace a hand over those very delicious abs. They are much better than those jocks, who sometimes give away a show on the fields.
"No, I did not think Professor Xavier told me anything about it. Perhaps the thought had slipped his mind." Naruto commented, and shrugged his shoulders which did interesting things to his frame which Kitty now almost drooled at the sight. "Despite the Professor lack of information to his new member of his faculty. Fortunately there are people like you, cute and smart who could fix the errors of Professor Xavier. Please lead the way, Kitty." Kitty heard only the words 'cute' and 'smart' which made her blush a deeper shade of red. She glanced away from him, hiding her face from him.
"Pl...plea...please, follow me, the faculty restroom is not far from here." Squealed the young girl. She moved in a quick pace, trying to avoid any embarrassing circumstances that this scene will surely cause. Kitty would not want to be caught by Scott who surely would reprimand her, or forbid her – Rogue. She would surely use this opportunity to tease the living hell out of her. Quickly she moved through the corridors, and at the end she rounded a corner. "Ooof!" All the air was pushed out of Kitty when she crashed into a person. She fell backwards and landed on her behind, her eyes clenched together which prevented her to see the person across of her.
"For what is the haste, Kitty?" A melodious voice graced her ears when the question was asked to her. Opening her eyes, Kitty could only turn a more brighter red when her eyes fell upon long, alluring chocolate brown pair of legs that came out from a short black business skirt. Traveling further up, she sees a tight business black blazer which hugged her breast firmly. And finally her eyes met that of Ororo who smiled down upon her. "You aren't late for breakfast, are you?"
"No, I aren't late for breakfast. I met Naruto when leaving the restroom and he seemed kind of lost. He wandered the corridors in search for the restroom and almost entered the wrong one so I had decided to show him where the faculty members own restroom are." Kitty spoke in a rapid pace while poking her index fingers nervously together.
Ororo glanced at the clothes the younger mutant wears which consist of only a long t-shirt that just ran down her legs and stopped at her tights. "That is very kind of you Kitty, but I suggest that you change quickly in normal clothes to prepare yourself for the day. We would not want the boys see you like this, they are already highly unstable harmonically teenagers. I'll tell sensei that I guide him to the staff restroom, see you soon at breakfast Kitty." She says, bidding Kitty farewell for now and seeing her sensei round the corner.
"Ohayo Ororo chan," Naruto greeted the Weather Goddess with a smile. "I take it that you have spoken with Kitty here?" Ororo nodded affirmatively at his question. "The girl was kind enough the lead me towards the staff restroom which Charles forgot to mention. I fear that the dear Professor in his age got some memories problems or perhaps the good man tried to prank me which I actually doubt that the good man actually has the spine to do."
Ororo laughed while guiding her sensei into the right direction. "Why do you think that Charles will prank you? That man while having a good head on his shoulders will not suddenly start a prank only because you embarrassed Scott." She led them through the hall as sunlight flowed through the windows. "I had not expected that you would use such an embarrassing technique on the poor boy. I want to warn you, if you ever decided to teach Scott or anyone else that dreadful technique – consider yourself death, Sensei."
"Hai, hai Ororo," grinned Naruto and the pair came to a stop when they arrived at a door. "I promise that I will not teach them that technique. Not that they ever could accomplice because they do not have the same powers like me, except for Rogue."
"Only Rogue, speaking about her. Will you train her like you trained me. Sometimes I worry a bit about her, especially when she hasn't such a great control about her powers." Ororo says while watching her Sensei pushing the door open.
"I have become a member of Xavier's school for the gifted, of course I will help those who are in need." Her Sensei's replies before leaving her and prepare himself for the day which will promise to be a pleasant day.
Hello, another chapter done.
I have tried to explain as much as I can into this chapter at why Naruto fought like that. For those who did not understand, I decided to leave a small AU behind.
Naruto has decided to adopt his former sensei kakashi image of being lazy and using the bell test. It was never about Naruto of beating the crap out of them. If he would that this wouldn't be a test. The group is almost twice as large a normal team from Naruto own time and such he decided if people could work together means they completed his task.
Wolverine has fought many times with him or against him and as a veteran he noticed that Naruto will turn serious. However, Naruto could use that knowledge to make the Professors sweat a bit.
About why Scott was chosen, it has nothing to do with bashing. I actually do not know why him, but let's say Lady Fate is unkind to him.
I do hope you enjoyed this one and please leave a nice review behind.
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