So this is a continuation of Going back to LOVE. I hope that you will enjoy it. Because I certainly enjoyed writing parts of it.
It had been a few weeks since Naruto's arrival into Neo-Kowloon and quickly he had readapted into the Neo-Kowloon society, and his piloting skills were now up to par with everyone else's. Life seemed almost perfect for him, over the past few weeks there were no attacks from Altair which made many raise an eyebrow but no loss there as they would not need to fight.
[with the Konoha group]
The Konoha group had just reached the port of Neo-Kowloon and departed from their boat after changing out of their Shinobi attire into more casual clothing so as not to arouse suspicion.
"Alright team we are right now in Neo-Kowloon so we need to find out where this academy that Naruto attended is so I suggest that we spread out and ask around about the academy that trains elements, we will meet back here in 3 hours alright." Said Kakashi to the group.
"Hai." was heard throughout the group as they separated into smaller groups to search for clues as to where Naruto was.
'I must warn Naruto-kun about us being here' thought Hinata as she went her way with her teammates.
[At the academy]
"Achoo!" sneezed Naruto "Boy someone must be talking about me."
"Hmm wonder who it could be." Said Zessica as the both of them were waiting outside of the Admin office along with Mix, Jin, Yunoha and Mikono they were hoping that the group that went in would be able to get permission for all of them to go into the city to get some fresh air.
A few minutes later the doors open revealing Amata, Andy, and Cayenne walking out with the paper that all of them needed to get off the academy island.
"Alright everyone we got permission to spend a couple of hours in Neo-Kowloon. So let's get going." Said Andy as they ran towards the port with the rest of the pilots following him.
[Neo-Kowloon]
The group entered Neo-Kowloon and separated into smaller groups and began to enjoy their day outside of the academy. Naruto and Zessica were walking around the Market area as Zessica was dragging Naruto through the crowd while looking at the various stalls.
"Wow it's been a long time since I've been here in the city it looks so much livelier than ever before." Said Naruto as he took a bite out of a burger.
"Well, seeing as you haven't been here for two years. You didn't expect things to remain the same did you?" Replied Zessica. "Now come on, there's this store that I want to look at."
"Alright, alright. Just wait a moment and relax Zessica, we have one whole day to do whatever we want."
"Well seeing as how you've been away for two years and so many changes have happened, one day just isn't enough to see everything new in Neo-Kowloon. Now come on Naruto-kun!" Said Zessica as she dragged Naruto further into the market.
[With Hinata]
Hinata was now wandering through the market looking for clues as to how she could contact Naruto at the academy since the people that she asked said that the academy was not open to visitors.
In the background she heard "Now come on Naruto-kun!" She turned around and saw Naruto as he was dragged away by a green haired girl that she recognized as Zessica. She tried to catch up to them but was unable as the crowd was pushing her back. When she was finally able to move through the crowd she noticed that Naruto and Zessica were now gone, so slipping into an alleyway she turned on her Byakugan and looked around trying to find Naruto's chakra trail, finally locating a small semblance of his chakra, she turned off her Byakugan and began following the chakra trail.
[That afternoon]
Naruto and Zessica were finally taking a break, from all of Zessica's window shopping. Zessica was now holding a little fox plushie while Naruto was buying some drinks for both of them.
"Here you go Zessica." Said Naruto as he handed her the drink and sat down and drank his own.
Suddenly sensing someone behind him, Naruto turned and jumped the person behind him.
"AHHH!"
"Who are you and why are you following me!"
"Stop Naruto-kun it's me Hinata."
"Huh? Hinata why are you here?" asked Naruto as he got off of her and offered his hand to help her up.
"Naruto, is this the girl that you were talking about?"
"Oh yeah Zessica-chan, this is Hyuga Hinata and she was the one that stood by me through it all while I was back in Konoha."
Zessica now turned to Hinata and offered her hand "Thank you for helping him along the way Hyuga-san, I am Zessica Wong Naruto's girlfriend and I'm sorry that I stole his heart away from you I didn't know."
Hinata took Zessica's hand and shook it "You don't have to apologize Zessica-san. I was too shy to relay my feeling to him and by the time I had the courage to do it, his heart already belonged to you but anyway Naruto-kun you have to listen to me, Konoha has come and they are going to take you back to Konoha and force you to marry people form the village."
"Damn them I should have guessed that Konoha would do that, but don't worry Hinata-chan I won't let them capture me." Said Naruto as he, Zessica and Hinata just sat down and began to talk about the various ways that Konoha would try and 'rescue' him and ways that they could prevent it.
[Meanwhile]
The Konoha group minus Hinata had now gathered again and shared the information that they knew.
"So the Academy is closed to all outsiders and only the pilots can get in." said Kakashi as he processed all the information given to him.
"So what can we do Kakashi/Kakashi-sensei?" asked everyone.
"Hmm, well it seems like we have to do things the old fashion way and just sneak into the academy and hopefully we will be able to reach Naruto." Replied Kakashi as everyone agreed with his plan and casted a Genjutsu to keep them hidden from normal eyes as they walked towards the Academy.
When they reached the Academy. They stopped to take a break which was when suddenly laser blast rained down onto certain parts of the city. "BOOM!"
[Back with Naruto]
"What's going on is it an Altairan attack!" said Naruto as he grabbed both Zessica and Hinata and ran under cover.
"I don't know Naruto-kun, those blast don't seem like Altair laser technology." Said Zessica
"Alright hold on then, I'm going to perform a shunshin to get all of us back to the Academy." Said Naruto as he performed the ram seal and a puff of smoke covered all of them.
[Academy HQ]
"What's going on attack have been confirmed in the Neo-Kowloon area where the pilots went!"
"Recall all pilots now." Said commander Donars as Naruto, Zessica and Hinata appeared in a puff of smoke.
"Pilots Naruto and Zessica reporting for duty, what's going on, is it an Altair attack?" asked Naruto as Shrade also entered the command center.
"We can't confirm anything at the moment and current defence forces are unable to handle the attackers, they are requesting help."
"Naruto, Zessica and Shrade. You will have to take control of the Vectors, Naruto in Z, Zessica in X and Shrade in Y now go." Order chairwoman Crea. "The girl you brought along will be safe in the base as long as she doesn't get in the way."
"Alright Chairwoman." Said Naruto as he turned to Hinata " Stay here Hinata, it will be safe here so just stay calm."
With that said Naruto, Zessica and Shrade got into their seats and teleported into their respective Vectors.
"Vector Z all prepped!"
"Vector X ready to go!"
"Vector Y all set!"
"Launch the Vectors!" ordered Commander Donars. As the hangar doors opened and the Vectors were launched into the air.
'Naruto-kun, Zessica-san please stay safe.' Thought Hinata as she looked over the screens in the control room.
[Neo Kowloon ground-zero]
The Vectors were now flying over the city and saw the destruction that the Unknown caused.
"HQ are you getting this the target appears to be an Unknown mech, it doesn't seem to be Altairian technology." Said Naruto.
"We copy, you Vector Z. orders are to take that thing down."
"Heh don't need to tell us twice. Are you ready Shrade, Zessica."
"READY!"
"Alright then. LOVERS UNION, GO AQUARION!"
With the command given Vector Z transformed into the head, body and arms while Vector Y became the backpack and Vector X became the legs and together they formed one mech.
"AQUARION EVOL!"
[With Hinata]
Hinata was now looking at the screen with awe "Wow, so that is the Aquarion Evol that Naruto mentioned in his journal, it's beautiful."
[With the Konoha group]
They had witnessed the launch of the Vectors and when they combined only one thing was on their minds 'It's beautiful.'
[Back with Aquarion]
"Alright, Unknown it's time for you to fly." Said Naruto as he pulled his fist holding the control back and punched forward.
"MUGEN PUNCH!"
The fist of the Evol now shot forward towards the Unknown's heads just as it was about to impact on the head, the Unknown tilted its head to the side and dodged the punch at the last moment surprising everyone at the agility of the unknown. Before Naruto could recall the fist the unknown grabbed the extending arm.
"NANI!"
The Unknown now sent a pulse of electricity that travelled the length of the punch and shocked the Evol.
"AHHHHH!" as those inside of the Vectors were shocked by the pulse that the unknown sent.
[With Hinata]
"Naruto-kun, Zessica-san." Shouted out Hinata.
"Element's spirit power falling but they aren't separating!"
'What is the enemy doing to them.' Thought Chairwoman Crea.
[Back with the Evol]
The Evol now fell to its knees when suddenly the Unknown disappeared and reappeared in front of the Evol and kneed the Evol in the head knocking it backwards.
"What are you?" asked Naruto as he tried to get the Evol back on its feet but it was no use as the electric pulse sent out by the Unknown seemed to have disable certain controls of the Evol.
Suddenly over the radio an emotionless voice spoke that was not familiar to any of the pilots or anyone in the base."Foolish human to think that you can defeat me with such a feeble tactic. You should know your place, we are the Evoluder's and we have seen your planet's sin and it is a threat to our evolution therefore we must eliminate you."
"W. .What are you talking about?" asked Naruto.
"We are from the planet Arcadia and by order of our leader Souchiro Almark, you are a threat to our existence and therefore must be destroyed." Said the Unknown as it threw the still extended Mugen punch to the side and just stood there as the eyes of the Unknown mech glowed for a minute and the Unknown walked forward and stood in front of the Evol.
"Hmm it seems as though one of you is ready for the gift of Evolution."
"What are you talking about? What gift of evolution?" Shouted Naruto
The unknown moved its hand and grabbed the Evol and separated the other Vectors from it. Raising Vector Z into the air it sent a pulse of energy to Vector Z.
"AHHHHHH!" screamed out Naruto as the pulse affected him.
"Naruto! What are you doing to him!" screamed out Zessica.
"I am giving him the gift of evolution." Said the figure piloting the unknown as it threw Vector Z to the ground and shot into the air and disappeared into a dimensional gate leaving behind a trail of orange particles.
"Naruto . . . Naruto are you ok?" asked Zessica fear evident in her voice
But only silence was heard coming from Vector Z.
"Chairwoman Crea, we need medical assistance, there's something wrong with Naruto." Said Zessica as tears flowed from her eyes.
"Ok. Medical assistance is on the way along with a Vector retrieval team, so just stay calm."
"Ok." Said Zessica 'Naruto please be ok.'
[Inside Vector Z]
Naruto's eyes fluttered opened for a fraction of a second revealing his eyes now had yellow rays of lights crisscrossing around his now black pupil, before they closed again, becoming his natural blue eyes and Naruto slipped into unconsciousness as he fell to the floor of the Vector.
[Hours later at the Academy]
All the elements were now standing in the Control room, When the Vectors were retrieved and sent for Repairs Naruto was found on the Floor of his Vector and Rushed to the medical room to be given a full analysis. Zessica and Hinata tried to follow but Chairwoman Crea stopped her.
"Go to the Control room Zessica, the medics will take care of Naruto, I'm sorry Hinata-san but you must stay here since the information discussed will be classified." She said as Zessica nodded reluctantly and went to the Control room while Hinata Waited outside of the Control room.
Now all the remaining element were gathered in the room and all of them were worried for their friend but they were pulled out of their musing when Chairwoman Crea entered the room with Donars and Suomi following behind her.
"Alright as I'm sure all of you have heard that there was an attack on Neo-Kowloon, but the Attacker was not from Altair." Said Chairwoman Crea
"What do you mean that it was not an Altair attack?" asked the elements that did not participate in the operation.
"Apparently the unknown said that it was from the planet Arcadia." Said Zessica as Shrade agreed with her.
"Arcadia?"
"Yes, I remember the planet Arcadia. But it has been so long since I've been there." Said a familiar voice form behind them.
Turning around the elements saw High Commander Fudo Zen
"HIGH COMMANDER FUDO! What are you doing here?"
"I heard about the attack and thought that all of you could use more information on fighting them." Said Fudo.
"What do you know about them Fudo?" asked Chairwoman Crea.
"The Evoluder's are a radical group that operates out of the planet Arcadia."
"WE ALREADY KNOW THAT!" shouted out Zessica.
"Years ago the king Ribbons Seiei was overthrown and killed by Souchiro Almark, Almark was the commander of the entire military of Arcadia and being the commander he secretly instilled in them, his way to evolution which is to give up your emotions. This went against the King's teachings which said that emotions were the way to evolution, and in the end civil war broke out with the majority of the military on one side and the royal guard on the other side. In the end king Ribbons was overthrown and killed and a large majority of the royal guard was captured and forced into military service."
"With the elimination of the king, Souchiro took over the planet and also forced the king's daughter into marriage and thus making him king since there were no live heirs to the throne. Now he decrees that all that do not follow his path of evolution are to be sentenced to death and that is why he is attacking Vega."
"So basically he is performing genocide on us." Said Chairwoman Crea.
"Yes."
"How are we going to stop them Fudo, do you have any idea?"
Fudo took out a remote and clicked a button and the screen lit up showing a mech about a head smaller then the Aquarion and it also looked more humanoid in shape but the difference here was that it was just one mech instead of three individual Vectors. "This is the Vector 00 and it should be the weapon that will be able to repel the Arcadians since it was originally from Arcadia."
"What we have Arcadian tech here!"
"Yes but it was only just repaired recently. So we will be putting all the elements here through its simulator to see if any of you can pilot it."
"What about Naruto?" asked everyone.
Chairwoman Crea clicked a button on the console and it showed Naruto's medical report. "Well it seems like Naruto's body was not harmed during the Evoluder's assault but . ." and she pressed another button showing a scan of Naruto's brain. "It appears that whatever the Evoluder did to Naruto it appears to have affected certain sections of his brain."
"S . . . so Naruto has brain damage." Said a frightened Zessica.
"We can't confirm anything at this point but we have moved him into an observation ward and you can visit him during the visiting hours. That's all for the moment you may leave but stay within the Academy grounds." Said Chairwoman Crea as all elements piled out of the room and headed for Naruto's ward.
"So Fudo, what do you think has been inflicted upon Naruto?" asked chairwoman Crea.
"I believe that a new chapter has opened in Naruto's life and what is written in it will be shocking to all around him whether he knows it or not." With that said Crea raised an eyebrow at Fudo's statement but before she could ask any more questions Fudo was gone, leaving her Donars and Suomi in the Control room.
Unknown to them on the wall was an insect that none of them had noticed. It flew into the Vents and reported what it learned to Shino and he told the group what he had learned from the meeting.
"So Naruto could possibly have brain damage and Hinata is in the academy." Said Kakashi.
"Well like that girl said they aren't even sure about what happened to Naruto and Hinata wasn't allowed into the room but they are taking care of her." Replied Shino
So all of them gathered and were now throwing ideas around about how they could grab Naruto and Hinata and get him back to the leaf and heal him. Finally they came up with a plan, part of the group would go and 'acquire' a boat while the other half would stay hidden and tomorrow night they'll 'rescue' Naruto from the facility and get him onto the boat and get back to the Elemental Nations. All of them agreed with the plan and separated into their respective teams. The boat team consisted of 'Kiba, Akamaru, Ino, Kurenai, Tenten, Sasuke and Shino.' And the retrieval team consisted of ' Kakashi, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, Lee, Gai, Sai and Asuma.' With that planned the 'rescue' group took refuge in one of the island caves and fell asleep hoping that everything would go alright, while the other group went to try and 'acquire' a boat.
[Naruto's ward]
All of the elements and Hinata were now in the blonde's ward and watching over him, hoping that their appearance would wake him up. But sadly it didn't work Naruto was still sleeping peacefully, by his side was Zessica and she was sitting in a chair holding his hand praying that he would wake up soon enough.
Andy , Amata and Jin were berating themselves that they should have gotten back to the academy faster and if they did then Naruto might not be in this mess, the girls were telling the boys that the outcome might still have been the same if not worse. Cayenne was in the corner running his hand through his head, using his element he was running various scenarios through his head but the outcome always seemed the same. Shrade closed his eyes and tried to hear a song coming from Naruto but nothing all he could hear coming from Naruto was silence. Soon the nurse came and got everyone out but she allowed Zessica to stay for a few more minutes.
"Naruto-kun if you can hear me, please wake up soon." She said and gave him a light kiss on his cheek before she left not noticing the small movement that Naruto had in his finger.
[The next day]
All the Elements were now sitting around the simulator room, all of them had gone through the simulator for Vector 00 but even though the 00 was changed from an old Arcadian cockpit to the one used in the Vectors but most of the systems still remained the same except the engines which were two cone shaped engines on the shoulders of the Vector. Most of them seemed to be unable to pilot it much less move it. The only one that could move the 00 was Zessica even then it only took a few steps before shutting down. The problem was that the 00 seemed as though it did not want to move.
"What's wrong with us how come none of us seem to be able to pilot the 00? How are we supposed to get revenge for Naruto if we can't use it?" shouted Andy as he was frustrated over the fact that they couldn't do anything to help Naruto.
"Naruto wouldn't want us to get revenge for him. It's not in his character." Replied Amata.
"I . . . I understand it's just that I seem so helpless." Said Andy as he slammed his hand on the wall.
Mix now walked over to Andy and placed her hand on his shoulder as she tried to comfort him. While Zessica was off in a corner trying to keep her tears from coming out while Mikono and Yunoha were comforting her and telling her that everything would be okay.
[In the control room]
"Why are our pilots not able to pilot the new Vector, these are the best of their class. They took on Mykage and they can't even move this new Vector, why is this happening High commander Fudo?" asked Donars as he slammed his arms on the console.
"Well, perhaps it is still waiting for the right pilot to come and take control."
"You can't mean Naruto. He's currently unconscious and if he does wake up we don't know if he's going to be the same as before so what makes you say that Naruto is the right pilot for the 00."
Fudo now gave a smirk like he knew something that the others didn't. "Well from the simulator recordings, we can see that Zessica was the only one able to move the Vector and she was always with Naruto."
"WHAT, you can't seriously be going on that theory can you high commander Fudo." Asked Suomi shocked that the high commander could come to such a conclusion.
"There have been sillier theories that have been proven correct." Said Fudo as he walked away leaving a gaping Donars and Suomi.
[Later that night]
Zessica and Hinata were now in Naruto's ward room, Zessica placed a vase of flowers on a night stand by Naruto's bed, and grabbed a chair as she sat next to Naruto and fell asleep holding his hand while Hinata felt hungry and left to get a bite after saying a few words to Naruto.
Hours later
9 figures entered Naruto's room and saw that there was a light coming from the bathroom in the room. Sneaking over, they checked out Naruto's health and began to take of all the wires since Naruto was healthy. Taking off all the wires on Naruto two of the figures now supported the blonde and began to move towards the window when the bathroom door opened and out stepped Zessica as she saw all the figures kidnapping Naruto while Hinata walked into the room.
"Who are you and where are you taking Naruto?" asked Zessica and Hinata as Zessica got ready to run for the help button by the bed while she would use her element power as a distraction and Hinata got into a fighting stance.
Four of the figures ran forward and tried to stop Zessica however she countered by using her power and strangled both figures while Hinata fought off the other two figures holding them off as Zessica ran to the bedside and hit the help button. The other figures noticed this and they performed a shunshin and teleported away.
The nurse now walked in and saw what happened and alerted a security team along with command. Security arrived and with Hinata's help took the intruders into custody, Zessica was now running towards the hangar and ran across Amata and Andy as they were digging holes for Naruto.
"Andy, Amata come on Naruto was kidnapped. We need to get to the Vectors and search for the people that kidnapped him."
Amata and Andy nodded and climbed out of the hole and followed Zessica towards the hangar. Getting into a Vector they launched and began running scans on the area and tried to find Naruto's location.
[With the Konoha group]
The group that 'acquired' the boat had cast a Genjutsu on the boat hiding from normal eyes, the other group now appeared and were carrying Naruto.
"Kakashi-sensei where is Sakura, Sai, Neji and Lee?" asked Ino
"All of them got captured by the academy security team and Hinata when we were getting Naruto." Answered Kakashi as he put Naruto down onto a stretcher that they had and Lee and Kiba carried him below deck.
"So are we going to go back for all of them and Hinata?"
"I'm afraid not, we can't compromise this mission to save them and capture Hinata at the same time. Getting Naruto back to the leaf is more important, we'll come back for them later on."
"BUT . . . !"
"Look Ino sacrifices have to be made and this is one of them."
Reluctantly Ino gave up and just walked away, everyone else went about their business not noticing that Naruto's eyes were moving under his eyelids. Meanwhile Zessica, Amata and Andy were still searching for any trace of Naruto but couldn't found any trace it's like they were masked from Radar.
"GRRR why can't we find them!" shouted out Zessica
"Zessica relax we'll find them."
"We have to find him fast if they manage to get back to the elemental nations then our tech will never find him." Said Zessica as she looked around trying to find any trace of the boat.
[At the Academy]
The Chairwoman and Fudo were now interrogating Sakura, Neji, Lee and Sai when an operator ran into the room "Chairwoman Crea and High commander Fudo something is happening in the Hangar that's housing Vector 00!"
Fudo turned to Crea "It seems like the future is happening now." Making Crea raise an eyebrow at the statement.
[Hangar]
Vector 00 now walked out of the hangar and its Vega integrated engine activated as it flew into the air in the direction of Naruto, Catching up with the Vectors it flew down and seemed to scoop up thin air from the water and flew back to the academy with the Vectors following and when they reached the academy the 00 put something on the ground.
The Vectors formed Aquarion Gepard and activated its lights and pointed its gun at the spot that the 00 was at. "Alright whatever the 00 just put down, come out with your hands up or we will fire!" said Andy.
"Damn it seems as though we got caught." Said Kakashi "Dispel the Genjutsu Kurenai, we can't fight our way out of this."
Dispelling the Genjutsu, now revealing the boat and all the passengers had their hands raised, signaling their surrender, security forces arrived and took all of them into custody and placed into the academy prison. Zessica got out from the Gepard and was about to search the boat when Naruto walked out of the bottom deck weakly his eyes were no longer blue instead they had yellow rays of light around them now, taking a few steps forward he stepped off the boat "Zessica-chan . . . What happened?" he said before he collapsed and Zessica ran forward and caught him.
"Naruto-kun what happened to you?" asked Zessica as she wondered what happened to Naruto since his eyes were blue and not yellow.
There the first chapter of The way to evolution. And yes I'm throwing in elements and mechs from Gundam 00, the Unknown would be GNX-IV with the A-laws color scheme and yes Vector 00 would be the 00 Gundam and yes Naruto has the innovator eyes. Vector 00 will also be able to combine with the other Vectors and take new forms. So give your thoughts on this chapter and if you guys have any idea's to recommend just add them to your review. Remember it's important to review cause that's what drives us forward. Also I know the events in the chapter were kind of rushed but I wanted to get the idea out there before I lost it, so I will come back and edit it later on.
