Well here is the new story in the series, Just a note for those of you who may not know yet, i have started an other Naruto story called Saving old bonds, you can find it in my profile :) its gotten pretty popular in the very short time that its been out, so check it out :)
Book 5 - Star Trek: Predator - Archangel - Chapter 1, New ship and Surprise birthday
Naruto was sitting in his office on board the USS Galaxy, the new state of the art Galaxy Mk 3 ship had become his home for the past 2 months, the Captain had requested Naruto as his Chief of Security, Naruto had expressed his desire to remain on the Freedom, but Starfleet transferred him anyway, 2 good things had come out of the situation, he was now a LT Commander and finally above Sasuke!! and he has also learned that Sakura had been transferred with him as the new CMO of the ship
Naruto was reviewing his daily security logs, a chime came from his door
Naruto: Come in
Sakura stepped in, unlike Naruto she had not received a Promotion, but that did not matter to her because she was now a Chief Medical officer
Sakura: Hey, your still working?
Naruto: Yeah just reviewing some logs
Sakura: Come on let the PADS down for a while and join me for some dinner
Naruto: Is that a date?
Sakura: Well that depends, will a date get you away from your work?
Naruto: Lets see....Security report....Or cute young girl.....Thought choice
Sakura: Don't make me slap you again
Naruto gave her a grin and got up from his desk, they both walk out and make there way to 10 forward, they ordered there lunch and sat down
Sakura: You know if they would of told me 4 years ago that you would one day be responsible and hard working, I would of laughed
Naruto: Hey!
Sakura: Well think about it, when we were young, you weren't exactly the reliable type
Naruto: .....You jumped from a tree and I dropped you by accident, I was 11 will you ever let me forget that?
Sakura gave him a smile, she loved teasing him, he made it too easy sometimes
Terry: -= Captain Terry to Naruto =-
Naruto: Naruto here
Terry: -= Message coming from the Freedom for you =-
Naruto: Patch it down here
Naruto walked to a nearby console, Sakura fallowed him wondering if it was Sasuke or even maybe Hinata who had been transferred to the Freedom, but it was Kira
Kira: -= Hey Naruto =-
Naruto: Kira!
Kira: -= It's nice to see you again; the crew misses you here on the Freedom =-
Naruto: How is the Freedom? Did she finally get off Konoha?
Kira: -= Yes, we took off last week, the damage was indeed extensive, but she is a tough girl =-
Naruto: That's good to hear, so to what do I owe this pleasant surprise?
Kira: -= I have a request =-
Naruto: Request?
Kira: -= Well I have just been....Promoted =-
Naruto: To Captain???
Kira: -= Well generally Captain comes After Commander yes =-
Naruto began to wonder what the request would be, maybe he was going to ask him to be his first officer?!?
Kira: -= I would very much like you to join me and be a part of my maiden Voyage, I tried to get someone from Konoha on my crew, but I was denied =-
Naruto's hopes for first officer had just vanished
Kira: -= I did however manage to get Athrun transferred with me and promoted as well to LT Commander , and my first officer =-
Naruto: That's great, you 2 are a team.....Like....Me and Sasuke
Kira knew how Naruto felt, when both friends were forced to part ways when Naruto left, he often wondered if Athrun would one day be transferred off without him
Kira: -= Yeah, anyway I would be honoured if you could be a part of my maiden voyage, Sasuke is going to be there =-
Naruto: Sure, well can Sakura come ? I wouldn't want to leave her behind
Kira smiled, if one thing made him happy was to know Naruto wasn't alone, at least he still had Sakura with him on the Galaxy
Kira: -= Of course she can come =-
Naruto: So what class is she? Intrepid? Sov? Galaxy 3? Maybe even Prometius class?
Kira: -= No....This is a totally new ship, I haven't seen it myself yet.....But I'm told she is a prototype called USS Archangel =-
Naruto: Alright, I will ask me captain for permission for us to go, and I should be there within the next few days
Kira: -= Alright can't wait to see you in person again, Kira out =-
Naruto had convinced his captain let him take an Alpha flyer, he had packed a few things for the trip, Sakura entered the flyer
Naruto: Ready to go?
Sakura: Yeah I have everything I need
Naruto: Alright, I just finished the pre flight check list
Naruto punched in a few buttons then open a channel to the Galaxy
Naruto: This is Alpha flyer 2 to Galaxy, requesting permission to launch
Terry: -= Understood Flyer 2, you have permission to launch, have a good trip Commander =-
Naruto: Thank you sir, see you in a about 2 weeks or so
A force field appears only inches from the massive doors, then the doors themselves began to open up
Naruto: Flyer 2 lunching
The flyer passed threw the force field and exits the shuttle bay, Naruto activates the warp engines and sets course for ORB, where the freedom was waiting for them
Sakura: How long until we reach Orb?
Naruto: At our current speed, 4 days
Sakura: Can we go faster?
Naruto: Well we could but it will strain the engines
Sakura: Alright
Naruto: So what are we going to do for 4 days...All alone.....
He grinned and winked at her, she looked at him and without warning, slapped him hard enough to leave a bright red hand print on his cheek
Sakura: In your dreams!
Naruto caressed his cheek with his hand
Naruto: this is going to be a long 4 days....
They were 2 days away from Orb, Naruto kept himself occupied by reading some books, when all of a sudden the flyer drops out of warp, Sakura comes from the back room
Sakura: What happened?
Naruto put his PADD down and starts tapping his console
Naruto: Something is disrupting our warp field, I think its due to an anomaly off our port
Sakura took a look out the port window
Sakura: Oh look Naruto!! Isn't it beautiful?
Naruto got up to look for himself, what he saw looked very much like northern lights from earth, Sakura hugged Naruto from behind looking at it over his shoulder
Naruto: Sometimes I wonder if you like me or hate me
Sakura: ...Are you still mad about the slap? You were being a jerk
Naruto notice something in the distance; it looked like something was moving near the anomaly then it disappeared
Naruto: Sid you see that?
Sakura: Yeah its pretty, its changing colors
Naruto: No I mean did you see something move and then disappear in the distance?
Sakura: Oh, no....Why?
Naruto: Maybe we should investigate
Sakura: How long would it take us to reach the anomaly at impulse?
Naruto: .... 6 days
Sakura: We don't have time for that, there waiting for us
Naruto: But...
Sakura: It was probably just your imagination anyway
Naruto sighed and took his station, setting a course away from the anomaly
Naruto: Luckily we are on the edge of the anomaly it will take us 5 minutes to clear it at full impulse
As soon as they were clear Naruto engaged the warp engines
Sakura: Now come with me, I have a surprise for you
Naruto intrigued was about to say something but then he remembered the sharp pain from his cheek and decided to shut up instead, as they entered the back room Naruto was surprised the table had ramen and a cake with candles, the room was full of balloons Naruto was not sure what all this was about
Sakura: Happy birthday Naruto
She said with a smile as she hugged him
Naruto: My birthday?.....Wait, is it already my birthday?
Sakura: Of course it is, you have been working so hard as of late, you forgot your own birthday, but I did not forget, happy 23'erd birthday
She kissed him on the cheek and pulled him towards the table, Naruto couldn't all believe the trouble she had gone threw just for him
Sakura: And none of this is replicated I baked and cooked everything myself
Naruto and Sakura sat down and began to eat, everything was so good Naruto though to himself and they spent the rest of the night talking
End Chapter 1