I don't think I'll be able to focus on any particular story. Seriously. I can't concentrate on any one story with all these plot bunnies running around my damn mind all the time. One of those plot bunnies turned out to be this one. Enjoy.
Italics means different language
'' means thoughts
EDIT 1: 7/31/2015 Fixed some discrepancies and added what the SU ships looked like.
I don't own Halo or Naruto or anything else referenced except the story itself.
10.7.2552 UNSC Calendar
Unknown Star System
UNSC Spirit of Fire
/systemreboot
/systemscanstart
/lifesupportonline
/weaponsonline
/enginesonline
/alertslipspacedrivemalfunction
/navigationonline
/communicationsonline
/hullintegrity90%
/allsystemsonline
/rebootingaisna1292-4'serina'
/alertunkownstarsystem
/alertunknowncivilization
/alertemergencyprotocolsactivated
/alertstartingemergencythawoutofpersonnel
328 AKI
SU-Held System Pearl
SVS Curiosity
"Hmm… This is interesting…"
"What is Miyamoto?" A young man with brown hair set in a ponytail asked to a figure standing beside him. The figure in question looked almost like a normal person, but if one would look closer would see that the person in fact was made of hard light, with an overall color theme of blue, clothed in robes reticent of bandits with a katana strapped to his hip. His hair set into an unkempt ponytail.
"I am detecting an unscheduled slipspace portal opening on the edge of the system. I have already run scans of the site and it seems that a ship has appeared and it does not seem to be one of ours." Miyamoto replied.
"Have the other captains been updated?"
"Yes, all current data packages has been sent to neighboring vessels and the planet's AI, I have also taken the liberty of sending the package to command, since this is seems to be first contact." Miyamoto stood, his arms clasped behind his back, his expression changing with the slightest movement.
"Ah, that's why I like having you as an AI… I don't have to do anything and you can do everything…" The young man said, stretching in his chair, which was floating in the middle of the ship's bridge.
"Of course you would, you Nara's have always been lazy. I have no idea how you managed to get command of a vessel." Miyamoto replied sharply.
"And that… Is why I don't like you as a person… Sheesh, do you always have to talk to me with such a sharp tongue?" The aforementioned Nara complained.
"Yes, or else you won't actually work or do your job." Miyamoto deadpanned. "Anyway, incoming line from command, Commander Uzumaki is onscreen."
On the viewscreen, the face of a young man would appear, his head chock full of sun-kissed blonde, spiky hair, his eyes colored with the blue of a crystal clear ocean and the unique whiskers on his cheeks. "Yo Shikadai, situation ok over there?"
"Hey Naruto, everything is just fine over here, that ship that just popped up is still holding it's position at the edge of the system. Want us to initiate first contact?" Shikadai began readying orders in his neural lace.
"Go ahead, but you know the set protocols, so you probably don't want me to lecture you over again. Just know that I'm coming over there with my battle group in case shit hits the fan."
"Roger that." The viewscreen closed, and Shikadai sending his orders in his neural lace, the receiving personnel quickly working.
Soon enough the ship began moving, the Senbon-Class Multi-Role Vessel quickly warming up its engines and moving in quick order towards the unknown ship.
10.7.2552 UNSC Calendar
Unknown Star System
UNSC Spirit of Fire
Within the bridge of the Spirit of Fire, a pedestal next to the captain's chair would lit up. A blue female figure stretching it's arms as if waking up from a long slumber, clothed in a lab coat with long hair. After going through several scans using the ship's external sensors, the figure would simply raise an eyebrow.
Turning her attention to the cryo bays, she would search out a Captain James G. Cutter. As she finds him, Cutter would have already gotten out of the cryo pod. "Serina, sitrep." Cutter making sure his cap is on right before making way towards the bridge.
"Captain, good to see you're awake. At the moment, we are in an unknown system. External scans have revealed that we have encountered an unknown civilization and several unknown ships have moved into a defensive formation over the planet, all ships except for one that is making its way towards us. Weapons seem to be cold although it appears to have shields at the ready. They are all rather big with the smallest being ten kilometers."
"How're our systems looking? Can we get them online before it reaches us?" Cutter asked as he stepped through the door into the bridge, surveying the room before sitting in his chair as more bridge personnel made their way inside to their positions.
"Yes, engines, weapons, other systems are warming up, currently standing at 25% and rising. Although I must remind you in case you forgot, we don't have the ability to make slipspace jumps any longer." Serina pointedly glanced at the captain before looking back to the viewscreen.
"Yes… I remember that, so, looks like this is gonna be make or break for us it seems. Open a channel on all frequencies Serina, let's who we're dealing with."
"Indeed, all our chips on the table and for all the marbles. Opening a channel on all frequencies."
"Do we have a First Contact Package by any chance?"
"No captain, Command never thought to equip us with such a thing." Causing Cutter to gently palm his face.
Taking a deep breath, Cutter began spoke,"This is Captain Cutter of the UNSC on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, we mean you no harm."
328 AKI
SU-Held System Pearl
SVS Curiosity
A broadcast came through the open channel, the crew waiting in uncomfortable silence, "This is Captain Cutter of the UNSC on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, we mean you no harm."
The crew of the ship promptly face planted. Picking himself up and sitting back down in his chair, Shikadai sighed rather heavily. "Troublesome… Miyamoto, did you send the First Contact Package?"
"Er… My apologies, I seem to have forgotten about it in my excitement. Sending it now." He said with nary a change in expression.
"I repeat my earlier statement, this is why I hate you as a person. Since when do AI 'forget?!'"
10.7.2552 UNSC Calendar
Unknown Star System
UNSC Spirit of Fire
"Captain, I have received what appears to be a First Contact Package. Shall I open Pandora's Box?" Serina turning her body slightly to face Cutter, her arms clasped behind her back.
"Yes Serina, open the package… Seems they're more readily prepared than us." The holoscreen above the holotable promptly lit up, displaying various items of interest. before the scrolling screen stopped on one particular picture, the picture of a spiky, blond human wearing what appears to be a flak jacket over his torso, a metal plate attached to a cloth headband paced on his forehead, ocean blue eyes, and a rather unique whiskered, smiling face. He was leaning on a tree while giving a peace sign.
"Uh, well... Did we just win the all or nothing? Cause I'm seeing a human from a First Contact Package from an unknown civilization." Cutter asked with a shocked expression, his eyes roving every pixel of the picture as if looking for something to prove it's false.
"The picture is real Captain, and I just found a translation package as well. We can talk to them right about… now. On you Captain."
Clearing his throat, Cutter opened his mouth and began speaking,"This is Captain Cutter of the UNSC on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, we mean you no harm."
328 AKI
SU-Held System Pearl
SVS Curiosity
"This is Captain Cutter of the UNSC on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, we mean you no harm."
The crew erupted with cheers and yells, First Contact has finally been made! Shikadai allowed himself the littlest hint of a smile, while Miyamoto smirked.
"This is Captain Nara of the SVS Curiosity, of the Shinobi Union, glad to see you're friendly. Humanity sends it's regards, what species are you, if you don't mind me asking since you didn't send us a package of any kind."
"Well, that's the kicker isn't it… we're also human."
"That's troublesome news… Would you care for a video call for confirmation?"
Immediately, a holoscreen appeared in front Shikadai, showing a man in a military uniform in his sixties. "Well, this is beyond troublesome…" He grumbled.
"Indeed it is Captain Nara, if it is possible, might I be able to talk to your superiors? I'm currently in a rather dire situation, and if possible negotiate."
"From the damage on your ship I wouldn't doubt it. You're in luck, one of our leaders are enroute right now the moment we detected your arrival. We've been wondering when we were going to come in contact with another civilization. Just not expecting to contact another human one." Shikadai giving Cutter a half-smirk.
"Wonderful, how long can I expect before your leader arrive?" Cutter giving a sigh of relief, before giving the same to Shikadai, maybe things won't be so bad after all.
"He should be arriving in a few minutes. I'll contact you when he does, although you'll most likely see it when he arrives."
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Unknown Star System
UNSC Spirit of Fire
"Very well then Captain Nara. I'll see you then. Cutter out." With that, the holoscreen disappeared. Turning his head towards Serina, "Serina, ready a pelican, get Red Team on the ready, I'm heading over when this leader of theirs arrives and is ready for talks." Quickly getting up, Cutter moves to exit the bridge, "XO has the bridge." He calls out right before he leaves.
As he walks down towards the hangers, Serina appears on a nearby pedestal, keeping up with Cutter as he walks down the hallways. "So what's the plan captain."
"They're human. If they're human, that means we can actually talk without shooting each other. I'm hoping I can get them to resupply and repair us, maybe even get some help. God knows we could use some allies in this war. Did you scan their ship by the way?" Cutter kept walking down the hallway as he talked, keeping his eyesight straight ahead of him as he salutes passing crewmen.
"Yes I have. Bad news is that their ships are close to the ships that the Prophet on that Forerunner shield world tried to get, although not completely. I can only assume that either they found Forerunner artifacts and reverse-engineered them, or they have been around for a very long time, longer than even the Covenant by a very large margin. They can send us to kingdom come with a flick of a finger most likely."
Cutter grimaced. "Any good news from this?"
"Yes. Since they are human, there is a good chance that they will help us. Although I don't have enough data to reach a conclusion on how much. That part rests solely on your shoulders."
Reaching the hanger, Cutter could see a pelican with it's back ramp open with the entirety of Red Team standing in front of it. All three of them standing at attention the moment he stepped into view. "At ease, did Serina tell you the details?"
"Yes sir." Jerome-092 stepped forward, like his brother and sister behind him, he stood with his back straight and his hands clasped behind his back. "We are to act as your security detail aboard an unknown vessel while you talk with their superiors."
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While Captain Cutter was meeting up with the Spartans in the hanger, Serina was monitoring the space around the planet. A few minutes has already passed by, a blink for a human, but an eternity for an AI. Also during that time, she was studying the data from the initial scans of the whole system and the SU ships surrounding it and researching why the name Captain Nara gave of his ship sounded eerily similar to Japanese from Earth.
As she was looking through and comparing the untranslated words of Captain Nara against the various Japanese dialects, nine slipspace ruptures appeared on the far side of the planet's gravity well. Directing one of the runtime programs to keep an eye on it, she appeared on the closest pedestal to Cutter. "Captain, detecting nine slipspace ruptures on the far side of the gravity well. In addition, one of them is larger than any ship anyone in the UNSC has ever seen at eighty kilometers in length."
"Chances that it's who we're waiting for?"
"Most definitely. Also, comm line from Captain Nara. He's telling you his superior has arrived. Wait, additional line from that big ship." The pedestal proceeded to project a holoscreen into the air.
A man who looked exactly like the picture in the First Contact Package then appeared right next to Serina. "Hello there! Commander Uzumaki at your service. I heard you wanted to talk to me?"
"Indeed I do Commander, do you want me to head over to your ship first though?"
"Yes please. Comm lines aren't as secure as a face to face talk. I'll see you when you get here." With that, Naruto disappeared from the holoscreen, leaving Serina by herself on the pedestal. GIving the go ahead to Red Team to get on the pelican, Cutter quickly took out a plastoid chip from the pedestal and climbed aboard the dropship.
Giving a nod to the pilot and the dropship lifted off and headed out towards Naruto's command ship. No words were spoken as the ride moved, the Spartans staring straight ahead of them, the pilot flying the Pelican, Cutter mulling over on what to say, and Serina still pouring over the data on the unknown dialect and the SU ships.
The SU ships in question had an interesting appearance. Similar to every ships that Humanity has designed and every ship they have encountered from the Covenant, the SU ships were longer than they were tall. The prow ended at a tip with a small open space in between the making it look like two prongs. The back of the ships had layers upon layers of overlapping armor shards, with lines of blue light running between each layer. There was also short armor fins with what seems to be engines where the fins connect to the main superstructure. At the far back was where the main engines seem to be. With the overall look being similar to the engines on a Pelican dropship, giving off soft blue light trailing behind them.
Overall, the ships looked aesthetically pleasing to the eye, very much so. But it still gave off the visage of a predator and even though there was no visible weapon ports, they easily radiated leashed power.
Soon enough, they arrived at the ship, the ship painted a gleaming silver causing it to slightly reflect the sun's light.. The shield holding the void of space from the hanger then grew outward, passing through the dropship and staying just behind it until it passed the hangar doors. As the pilot called out the all clear, Red Team and Cutter stood up and prepared to exit.
As the ramp lowered, Cutter could see the entire hangar was cleared of items and at least an entire company worth of men and women lined up in perfect formation. Near the base of the ramp, stood Commander Uzumaki with a woman who stood next to him although slightly behind. The thing that stood out about her though was her eyes. Cutter didn't know if she was blind or not but the paleness of her eye couldn't have been normal. On the other side was something that no one could have expected. A fox with nine tails the size of a dire wolf.
But the most important thing about everyone in the hangar was their armor. Their armor consisted of a dark grey undersuit that clung to their bodies, armor plates that hung about a centimeter above their undersuits, the pauldrons slightly higher at about two to three centimeters. The armor seemingly had lines of glowing light between each plates connecting the together into one seamless suit. It made the MJOLNIR suits for the Spartans look like armor from the Medieval Ages. Their helmets weren't on which allowed him to see their faces. But they didn't seem to have any weapons visible on them.
Quickly, Cutter and his escort walked down the ramp to greet the Commander. "Commander Uzumaki, I'm Captain Cutter. It's nice to be here." Holding a hand out between them to shake.
328 AKI
SU-Held System Pearl
SVS Stalwart Determination
"Captain Cutter, Commander Uzumaki." Motioning to the woman next to him,"This is Captain Uzumaki Hinata," Hinata bowed slightly after being introduced, then pointing to the fox,"This is Kurama."
Then, to the surprise of the UNSC personnel, Kurama responded back, "Hello humans."
"Nice to see you face to face finally, never did like talking to someone over comms." Naruto half smirking to Cutter.
After getting over his shock of a talking fox, Cutter nodded,"I can see what you like about it, but comms are indeed convenient."
"Well, that is quite true. But let's talk about this later, we have negotiations to hash out?"
"Ah yes. Lead the way."
Nodding, Naruto smartly pinwheeled on his heel and headed towards the door on the far side of the hangar. Hinata and Kurama keeping to the respective sides of Naruto as they walked. Soon they were out of the hangar and the hallways, surprisingly, were empty of any crew. After a minute or two of walking in silence, Naruto spoke up. "You seem surprised at the fact that Kurama can talk."
"Yes, I was. There isn't anything like him in the UNSC. No animals could talk where we're from."
At the point where Cutter said animal, Kurama seemingly took offense at that and snarled. "I am no animal human, I am the Nine Tailed Demon Fox! You better remember that!"
"Ma, ma… Calm down furball. He didn't mean anything by it. I doubt they're used to knowing and seeing a real life demon just walking around." Naruto glancing towards Kurama as they walked. Kurama merely growled at that, before sending a few embarrassing pictures through their mental link making Naruto wince.
Cutter and Red Team were clueless on why Naruto winced. But they continued to walk down the hallways regardless. After a few minutes, they stopped in front of a closed door.
"Alrighty then. Here is the meeting room, if possible, please place your weapons on the table here before entering." Naruto waved his hand towards the wall, from which a table materialized.
Cutter nodded, then grabbed his M6D PDWS and placed it on the table. He then glanced to Red Team, to which he nodded towards the table. Quickly, although with slight hesitation, they took off their rifles and sidearms and placed them onto the table. After they all placed their weapons on the table, they faced Naruto again, to which he in turn faced the door.
When Naruto opened the door, the sight that greeted Cutter and Red Team was a large circle-shaped table that could seat about 12 people comfortably. At the moment though, only the seats at the 10, 11, 1, and 2 o'clock positions were being used.
At first glance it looked like the people sitting at the table were physically present, but with a second, closer look, Cutter found that they were all made of a different substance. At first Cutter thought that they were holograms projected into the seats, but on second thought they were a little too lifelike to be holograms. Instead they seemed to be made of some dense, but malleable material which was colored the exact same as a person would be. Cutter didn't understand how they did this, but again, he decided to put this on the backburner.
As they stepped through, Naruto spoke up, "Alright, let me introduce you to everyone here." Before he pointed to the 10 o'clock seat, "Kurotsuchi, the Fourth Earth Shadow." 11 o'clock. "Darui, the Fifth Lightning Shadow." 1 o'clock. "Chojuro, the Sixth Water Shadow." Then the 2 o'clock. "Gaara, the Fifth Wind Shadow." Then Naruto himself walked to the head of the table, the 12 o'clock positioned seat and sat down in it, then pointed to himself, "And myself, Uzumaki Naruto, the Seventh Fire Shadow. Now, the principal leaders of the Shinobi Union has convened together on your account. What is it that you wish to discuss Captain Cutter?"
Here's the first chapter. Hope you enjoyed and I'm currently on a writing spree so you'll see me update my other stories soon. Review! Review!
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