(14 years later)

"Is X-23 still in her quarters?" Dr. Rice asked.

"Yes, sir." an assistant replied.

"Send in Naruto to see how she reacts to the mongrel" Dr. Rice ordered.

Rice turned to watch the monitors as the door leading into X-23's living quarters opened. A teenaged boy, garbed in black clothing, a grey flak jacket, metal arm guards, gloves, ninja sandals with spikes, three ninja pouches on his back-waist and a sword strapped to his back entered the ominous room.

"What are you doing now?" asked an annoyed Dr. Kinney as she entered the room.

"I want to test our weapon against someone we know can defend himself. Since he was brought here Naruto has lived and trained in this facility with no access to other people except for his instructors and staff members. I want to see how the mongrel will stack up against the clone." Rice said gleefully.

"Don't be sadistic, how will he defend against her claws?" Dr. Kinney asked, outraged.

Rice ignored Dr. Kinney; his eyes were glued to the monitor as Naruto finally came into contact with X-23. X-23 was circling her target; Naruto dodged left before X-23 landed where he had been. He stared at her with slitted red eyes. He snarled at her with his enlarged canines, unsheathing his sword as she got into her fighting stance. She released her claws and attacked him.

To her surprise, Naruto blocked X-23's claw with his blade; he elbowed her face, startling her. They backed away and began circling each other. Suddenly, Naruto stopped; he stared at X-23 before glancing at the camera in the corner of the room.

"What is happening? I want to know why he stopped!" Rice yelled.

Naruto suddenly launched his sword at the camera, disabling Rice's monitor in the process.

"What is he doing, Get a squad with tranquilizers in there and knock them both out!" Screamed Rice.

As soon as the squad entered the room, they could see that Naruto was cornering X-23. What surprised them was that he seemed to be utilising her own moves against her; instead of just randomly slashing with his sword, Naruto replicated every movement X-23 enacted. He successfully pinned her to the wall of her room when he was suddenly hit by a dart that was soon followed by two more. He fell back and released X-23; she tried to kill him until she too was tranquilized by the guards.

(1 year later)

Dr. Rice realized what had happened, Kinney had unleashed X-23 on the facility, all members of staff were dead and her instructors were nowhere to be found. His mind was made, he was going to send his mongrel to apprehend the clone, maybe then he could get his revenge on Weapon-X. Rice turned to Naruto, his eyes narrowed as he glared at his agent. Naruto looked troubled; ever since his first battle with X-23, the duo had trained and slept together, they were inseparable.

"Your codename for this retrieval mission is Saxon, Kinney analysed a gene sample taken during your annual health check. She discovered that although you are of Japanese descent, you are also the descendant of an individual named William Adams, the first Englishman to travel to Japan and the first known Western Samurai, this explains why you have blonde hair and blue eyes." Rice informed.

Naruto nodded, his face remained emotionless as he processed this information. Suddenly, the door to Rice's office opened; a blonde man, wearing black aviator glasses, a brown leather trench coat and a glove over his right hand entered the room.

"Good morning Dr. Rice." The Individual said.

Rice nodded his head in greeting and turned to face Naruto.

"Naruto this is Donald Pierce, he is the leader of an organisation called the Reavers, he has agreed to help you locate and apprehend Kinney and X-23." Rice said as he introduced Donald.

Donald approached Naruto and grabbed his hand; Naruto grit his teeth as Donald's gloved hand squeezed his hand.

"Nice to meet you Saxon" Donald muttered with a smirk.