Chapter Four

"It's so cool that you're on our team! We'll be the best team for sure!" Naruto said punching the air excitedly.

"Yeah it should be interesting," Logan said, looking at the Leaf village headband in his hand. He paused for a moment and tied it on his head. Turning to Naruto he asked, "How do I look,"

"Um, I don't think the forehead thing is that great for you, maybe you could put it around your arm, or use it as a belt buckle" Naruto said brightly.

Untying the head band he tied it around his waist. "There, is that better?"

"Yep looks great so we're supposed to meet Kakashi Sensei in an hour you wanna get some ramen first?" Naruto asked hopefully, looking at Logan.

"I guess we could but I don't have any money," Logan said looking at Naruto.

"It's ok I'll pay for it," Naruto said.

They entered the Ramen shop five minutes later and sat down at the bar. Ayame bustled over and said,

"Hey Naruto what can I get you today?"

"Um, I'll have the pork" Naruto said.

She turned to Logan "What about you big fella? What do you want?"

"The same as Naruto," Logan answered a little bored.

Teuchi spotted Logan's headband and chuckled, "Aren't you a little old to be a Genin?"

"Is there a problem with that?" Logan asked standing.

"No of course not," He said hurriedly. He then retreated to the back of the shop.

Logan sat down and Naruto asked him,

"How old are you anyway?"

"At least two hundred years give or take a decade," Logan answered.

"TWO HUNDERED YEARS!" Naruto exclaimed so loudly that everyone looked at him.

"Yeah kid, remember how I said I regenerate that's part of it, I don't age." Logan replied, "Now could you keep it down I prefer not to be stared at for being a living relic,"

"Sorry," Naruto whispered.

"Its fine," Logan said shortly.

After they had eaten their ramen they went to meet with Sauske and Sakura. Sauske looked at Logan and rolled his eyes, huffing. Sakura came running towards them and Naruto stepped towards her with a look of hope on his face. She shoved him out of the way and stopped in front of Logan.

"Um, I just wanted to welcome you to the team and introduce my self I'm Sakura,"

"Logan," He answered, "Nice to meet you," He tousled her hair and stepped past her. Sakura blushed and looked down at the ground shifting her feet awkwardly.

"You must be Sauske Uchiha," Logan said to Sauske who was sitting on a wall five feet above him.

Sauske dropped down from the wall landing lightly on his feet. "Maybe I am but what's it to you?" He walked past Logan hitting him with his shoulder. Logan spun around clenching his fists and watched the black haired teen walk away from him.

"Don't mind him," Naruto said, looking at Logan, "He's just mad because you're getting more attention than he is,"

Logan chuckled darkly and said, "He's so full of himself and over confident, I know the type," A vision of Victor came to mind before he turned away from the retreating teen.

"Um, Logan," Sakura's voice interrupted his thoughts, "I was wondering if I could see your claws?" She asked hopefully.

"Sure why not," Logan answered clenching his fists. His twelve inch claws slid from his skin like shining daggers and he held them up to chest level so she could see them.

"Wow! That's so-,"

"Lame," Sauske interrupted her.

Naruto scowled at him but before he could say anything another voice called out.

"Hey Naruto, Sakura, Sauske!" They all turned to see Ino, Choji and Shikamaru coming towards them. Ino looked at Logan and whispered to Naruto behind her hand.

"Who's the old guy?"

"That's out newest team mate Ino-pig!" Sakura said loudly confronting the blond.

"I wasn't talking to you Forehead!" She shot back, fire flying from her eyes. As the two Kunoichi fought Choji and Shikamaru introduced themselves.

"I'm Shikamaru," The pineapple haired teen introduced himself, "You must be Logan, my dad said you just became a Genin."

"Yeah, still not too sure what that means exactly but I'll figure it out." Logan said simply.

"I'm Choji, nice to meet you." Said the chubby teen next to Shikamaru between large handfuls of Barbeque flavored chips. The two girls were now arguing over their favorite topic, who liked Sauske more. Shikamaru sighed and turned back to Logan.

"So I hear you defeated a Jonin rank ninja in the Land of Waves,"

"You mean Zabuzaa? That punk was one of the easiest fights I've ever won." Logan said shrugging his shoulders.

"Fighting a Jonin is easy? What are you nuts?" Choji said through a mouthful of chips.

"Kid the things I've fought made him look like a kitten." An image of Hulk passed through his mind.

"So I hear you have some sort of bloodline trait. Is that how you beat him?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah he does!" Naruto interjected loudly, "He regenerates and has totally badass claws! Oh and a metal skeleton," He finished before Logan could answer.

Choji, and Shikamaru's eyes widened and even Ino who was in the middle of pulling Sakura's hair stopped and looked at Logan.

Silently cursing Naruto for his big mouth Logan nodded slightly. "I guess you want to see?" The three teens nodded. Logan sighed and clenched his fists his Adamantium claws extending from in between his knuckles.

"How sharp are they?" Shikamaru asked now genuinely curious.

Logan answered his question by simply walking over to the nearest tree and cutting it down in one swipe from his claws. "They are made from Adamantium the one of the strongest metals known to man. My entire skeleton is laced with it making me pretty much indestructible and as Naruto said I regenerate at a very high speed. To prove his point he drew his claws across his chest leaving deep wounds that healed before their very eyes not even leaving a scar. The three teens were dumbfounded as Naruto and Sakura grinned ear to ear looking at the shock on their friend's faces. Sauske let out a loud "hmph" and walked away from everyone else his hands in his pockets.

Logan ended the conversation not long after that by stating he was tired and wanted to get some sleep before his first official day as a ninja the next day. Logan followed Naruto to his apartment deep in thought about never being able to return to his world. He wondered how everyone was doing and if they even realized he was missing yet as he had a tendency to just up and leave without telling anyone. As he was thinking about all of this a Shout of "There's the Demon!" snapped him from his trance. A group of at least 20 villagers and 5 Chunin level ninja were standing in front of Naruto staring at him with fear and hatred in their eyes. Naruto stepped back and Logan merely picked Naruto up by the back of his jumpsuit and placed him behind him.

"You there why are you protecting that demon? Don't you know he could kill us all!" One of the villagers yelled. A roar of agreement came from the mob.

"Obviously some people don't know the difference between a prisoner and a jailor." Logan spat. "Now leave before things get ugly!"

One of the Chunin stepped forward from the crowd. "Who are you identify your name and shinobi rank!"

"Wolverine, Genin"

"We are Chunin do you really think you can stop us?" He asked.

"I can and I will, unless you leave now you will get hurt bub." The crowd laughed and the Chunin merely shrugged. "You asked for it."

He leapt forward at blinding speed and punched Logan as hard as he could in the jaw. There was a loud crack and the crowd thought he had broken his jaw, until the Chunin screamed in pain. He had broken all the bones in his hand on Logan's Adamantium skull.

The others were all dumbfounded and several villagers stepped back in fear. "What is he!" One cried. The muttering stopped at Wolverine's claws extended from his hands. Many villagers turned and ran while others chose to fight. Deciding not to kill any of them Logan retracted his claws and used his fists to deal damage. He felt a stabbing pain in his back and roared swinging around and catching his assailant with a right hook sending him careening into a tree where he remained unmoving. Several more kunai and shuriken impaled his body and the Chunin smirked and turned on Naruto who to their surprise was grinning widely.

"What are you smiling about Demon brat!" the mob demanded.

"I told you things would get ugly if you stayed," Logan's voice came from behind them. They watched in horror as his wounds began to heal his shining Adamantium skeleton visible in several places before the wounds sealed. The remaining villagers fled in terror as did 2 of the remaining Chunin but two remained behind quickly forming hand seals. FIRE STYLE FIREBALL JUTSU! The first one said before a large fireball shot from his mouth and enveloped Logan. The Chunin smirked, 'there's no way he survived that' he thought to himself. Logan merely strode from the flames several areas of charred skin on his body which began to recede almost instantaneously. The last Chunin fled taking his injured partner with him leaving only the one who tried to burn Logan to a crisp who was too scared to move. Logan pushed past him and followed Naruto into his apartment.

As they entered Naruto's small apartment the first thing that Logan noticed was the smell. It had a strange smell of Ramen noodles and sweat socks. Going further into the room he saw why. Half eaten ramen cups lay strewn over the table and floor and clothes were flung haphazardly around the room including several pair of frog print boxers.

"This is where you live?" Wolverine said, looking down at the whisker marked blond.

"Yep, the old man lets me stay here instead of the orphanage," Naruto replied, his hands locked behind his head and leaning back slightly looking at the ceiling.

"No offense kid but this place is filthy," Logan said, crinkling his nose.

"I can fix that!" Naruto said brightly, forming a cross shaped hand sign. Shadow Clone Jutsu! Suddenly the room was filled with whisker marked teens wearing repulsive orange jumpsuits. After five minutes the apartment was clean enough to live in.

"The old man had a bed delivered for you, it's over there," Naruto said, pointing his thumb over his shoulder.

Logan nodded, striding over and flopping on the bed.

"Hey Logan?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Yeah"

"Thank you"

"It was nothing kid, but, tell me something, how often does this happen?"

"It used to happen almost every day when I was smaller it doesn't happen too much anymore" Naruto replied. Stripping down to his boxers and climbing into his bed.

"I'll be speaking to the Hokage about this don't you worry Naruto after what they saw tonight they will probably never come back." Logan chuckled and rolled over on his bed falling asleep quickly.