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Sorry I took so long to right this chapter, it was surprisingly difficult, but I did it thanks for the wonderful reviews and on that note:

Bkaa19 asked: Why is Sakura healing faster than Naruto.

I decided to answer this on here in case anyone else wondered, Beast was unable to remove the swords without killing him, so he left them in until he could figure out a way to do it without killing him. Naruto probably would have died from his wounds already if he didn't have Kyubi, and because the swords remained in the wound Kyubi was unable to heal the wounds completely and just settled with keeping him stable. Hope you understood that, started to confuse myself there while trying to explain it lol :D Thanks for reviewing :)

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Chapter Two

Awakening

"So they'll all be, like okay?" Kitty asked hopefully, her hopeful look shared with the rest of the students. Xavier held up a hand "I'll ask you not to get your hopes up, but it is possible but it all depends on the girl -Sakura- recovering enough to use her powers."

Bobby raised his hand "Couldn't Rogue absorb her powers?" Rogue rolled her eyes "If ya' want me ta' kill her, ah' absorb everything Bobby, she barely has enough to survive as it is." She snapped, annoyed. Bobby held up his hands in surrender "Whoa, it was just a suggestion Rogue! No need to bite my head off!"

"Does she heal faster than Mr. Logan?" Amara asked softly.

Xavier shook his head "No, but according to Gaara she is more efficient at healing others than herself."

"Gaara's that scary guy with no eyebrows right?"

"…Yes, he is"

"Where is he? Doesn't he care about his friends?" Scott asked angrily, Xavier shot him a reproachful look "That boy cares more than you know Scott. Logan is talking with him trying to find out what happened to them."

Scott frowned but fell silent, allowing Xavier to continue "As I was saying, if everything goes as planned we might have guests for a while, so if you could all help clear out some of the guest rooms for—". He was cut off by a loud crash that shook the mansion.

"What the hell was that!" snapped Logan appearing in the doorway, over his shoulder Gaara had a small smile on his face, he said something before he spun and left the room.

"That came from the med bay!" Storm said worriedly.

Xavier frowned

"Go"

With a nod the X-Men headed after Gaara.

They caught up with him as he approached the med bay.

They could only gape at the pink haired girl, as she held Hank a foot off the floor with one hand. A gaping hole behind her led to the med bay and rubble lay scattered on the ground around her feet. Her face was completely blank as she applied enough pressure to make him choke.

While the X-Men had stopped in surprise, Gaara continued on, slowing to a walk as he reached her "Haruno-san." He said softly, causing the girls head to snap round to fix him with a glare, which disappeared when she saw who was approaching.

"Kazekage-Sama!" She muttered confused her voice dazed, before she began to speak quickly to him.

"Um Mr. Logan, what are they saying?" Kitty whispered curiously. With a sigh Logan translated "She wants to know what's happening. He doesn't know and is telling her basically to calm down and that she needs to help the others and that we seem to be trustworthy." The girl frowned and to the groups relief, she lowered Hank to his feet releasing him. He stumbled back holding his neck.

The girl stared at Gaara for a few seconds and then nodded to his leg with a frown, listening to her speak Logan echoed her expression.

"What's wrong Logan?" Ororo asked worriedly "Pinkie say's he's hurt, something about his leg…" Gaara shook his head, but Sakura ignored him, reaching out with a glowing hand. A wave of sand wrapped around her hand as Gaara hissed something quietly at her. Sakura flinched and stepped back the glow fading from her hand, the sand releasing her.

"Gomen Kazekage-Sama…" She muttered with a small bow, before turning and stepping through the hole into the infirmary.

The X-Men followed swiftly and found her leaning over the boy with the bowl cut. Using her index finger she easily tore through the bandages as if they were paper. They flinched at the violent wounds as Sakura muttered under her breath.

She placed a glowing hand over the wounds and frowned. The group watched-strangely fascinated-as the gory wounds stitched themselves back together, leaving just a white scar. The girl muttered something under her breath as she tugged the covers back up to the boy's chin, her hand rested briefly on his shoulder before she moved to the next bed, the girl with long blond hair. Once again she tore of the bandages and placed her glowing hands on the bloody gash that went from her left collar bone to her right hip.

Most of the students had turned away from the gruesome sight, but Logan watched as the cut was healed. Sakura didn't move away at once when she was done, but instead paused at the girl and gently shook her shoulder.

"Ino?"

The girl's eyes fluttered before snapping open.

Faster than the students could see, the girl had flipped away from Sakura, and stood in a crouch on the other side of the bed, hands clasped together. Sakura held up her hands and spoke soothingly. Ino stared at her ,her face completely cold, her beautiful blue eyes with no pupils like chips of ice, and slowly they started to thaw "Sakura?…What happened?" The girl asked sleepily, her whole face softening and taking on a confused look.

Sakura shrugged and motioned to the rest of the unconscious people "You work on the non life threatening wounds and I'll take the life threatening wounds." Ino glanced suspiciously at the group that had squeezed into the opposite side of the room "And them?" She asked coldly, narrowing her eyes at Bobby, as his eyes strayed over her body.

Sakura shrugged "Gaara said they are safe."

Ino snorted, still watching Bobby "If you don't take your eyes off my chest, dickhead, I'll remove them and castrate you for good measure." She hissed at him darkly. The X-Men froze as the air became tense and heavy making in hard to breath, Bobby was worse hit and found himself shaking.

"Logan, what did the blond say?" He asked quietly, when Ino had turned away, heading over to one of her injured friends. Logan coughed and repeated it, his voice amused, watching as the boy turned pale.

The two girls worked quickly until only two remained injured: a pale black haired boy and the blond boy in orange and black. Sakura was shaking by the time she reached the blond and placed her hands on the wounds that still held the swords that had pierced him.

Beast unable to remove the blades without killing the boy, had instead-with the help of Logan- cut off the ends of the blades that protruded from his back so he could at least lay comfortably on his back. She studied remains of the swords before grasping the handle of the broken blade and placing another hand on the wound itself.

And with a swift tug and a sickening squelch the sword slid out sending a splatter of blood onto the pink haired girl and the floor, her glowing hand held the boy down as his body arched in pain, while the other flicked the sword towards the ground so hard it was imbedded two inches into the concrete floor as she quickly healed the jagged hole it had left.

The other quickly followed. She stepped away when she was done wiping blood from her cheek.

She moved to the last boy swaying slightly, she once again began healing again this time it noticeably slower.

The x-men all jumped when, after a few minutes, the boys hand shot out grabbing the girl's wrist, the green glow faded instantly. She stared down at him with a small smile as he sat up slowly, still holding her wrist.

"Sasuke-Kun…you're okay" She said happily, but her voice was weak. "That's enough Sakura. You'll kill yourself." He said softly.

The girl smiled at him before her knees buckled.

Sasuke had her in his arms in a flash, he cradled her now sleeping form against his chest and placed a tender kiss on her forehead before he lay her on the bed he had previously occupied.

He tucked a strand of pink hair behind her ear before turning to the X-Men, all of who recoiled in surprise - except Logan - at the cold, blood red and black eyes that glared at them.

"Who are you!" He asked coldly, Ino coming to stand behind him, her eyes icy once again.

And all around the room others began to awake.

It was unnerving to watch as the teenagers began to stir, their eyes snapping open, and in swift movement they stood besides their beds, their expressions cold. Half of the group awake moved to back up Sasuke while the rest defended those that were still unconscious. Backing away slightly the X-men readied themselves for a fight.

All of them were surprised however when Gaara moved to stand in front of the X-Men, the gourd on his back leaking sand, that writhed around him eerily.

"Enough."

The strange group of teenagers, stared at him in confusion "Gaara, what are you doing?" the girl with buns asked wearily, a scalpel she had snatched off a tray twisting expertly in her hand "They are allies. They kept you all stable until Haruno-San awoke." He said calmly, a slither of sand moving to her to lower the scalpel.

Slowly the group relaxed their fighting stances, causing the X-Men to do the same a few seconds later. Gaara stayed where he was for a minute, seemingly making sure one side would not attack the other. Then slowly the sand receded and he took a few quick steps to stand before his brother.

Kankuro grinned as Gaara studied him and rested a hand on his shoulder "I am fine Gaara, Sakura took care of me again" Only Logan noticed the way sand came up to block his hand, before dissipating.

"Why hasn't she woken up yet?" Gaara asked, quietly, Kankuro glanced at their sleeping sister before smiling reassuringly "Gaara, she will be fine Sakura healed her, she must have lost too much blood that's all, same with Naruto and the rest, you can relax now." Logan watched as the boy's shoulders slumped slightly and took a calming breath before turning back to the x-men, his eyes on Logan.

"What happens now Logan-San?"

'…Good question…' Logan thought as he turned to Xavier with a questioning look "What now Chuck?" he asked, curiously. Xavier watched the group of teenagers thoughtfully as they huddled in groups of threes, including the unconscious. They seemed slightly suspicious still, but it seemed that Gaara vouching for them had mostly reassured them.

They were all exhausted, on a few he felt their mental barriers lower slightly, just enough so he could hear surface thoughts.

'where are we?'

'I just want to go home to gai-sensei'

'I can't lose him'

'I don't want to be in this place, I need to get out, its to much like orochimaru's la-GET OUT OF MY MIND!'

Xavier jerked back in his chair like he'd been struck.

Both the X-Men and the arrivals jerked around in surprise, except for Sasuke who stood shaking, his eyes blood red, the black markings swirling into place. Lightning began to ripple up his arms, filling the room with a crackling sound, The air in the room turning heavy and humid.

He took a single step forward and the room exploded into action.

End Chapter.

AN:

hope you enjoyed it,

I hope to have the next chapter done soon, but I'm going on holiday to Wales soon so there might be a delay.

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Arty x