As some of you may no, I am a huge supporter (and future member) of the USMC, so it would only be natural for me to write a fanfiction with my favorite anime and my favorite Organization. Hopefully this will be a better read then A life in Halo.
Enjoy
2nd Lt Uzumaki was many things; he was a good shot, a proud Marine, and by many standards a great leader, and on top of all that he was the honor graduate from the Naval academy, a feat not many could accomplish, but there was one thing he was not, and that was patient.
"Lieutenant could you please stop tapping your fingers on the dash, its very distracting sir."
Naruto looked to his left at the Marine who had made the request, his name was Lance Corporal Anderson, and was around nineteen years old, roughly the same age as the Lieutenant, and he was currently the driver of the 15 ton MaxxPro MRAP vehicle, you could also tell he was also slightly agitated at his leaders tick.
With a small grin on his face, the blonde pulled his gloved hand off the dash and rested in on his M4 Carbine resting against his chest, and shifted his gaze to the right, looking out of the ballistic window into the vast nothingness that was known as Afghanistan.
'Man , I can't stand these damn convoys, shit takes forever.'
The line of 22 vehicles, ranging from hard shelled MRAPS, to soft skin supply trucks, was trekking across the dessert at a speed of 40 mph, relatively slow by ones standards. Their mission was to re-supply and reinforce a COP on the edge of Helmand province, near the town of Now Zad, a town that was held by the Taliban.
Deciding he couldn't deal with the silence anymore Naruto reached for the radio and see how much time he had left before he could stretch his legs.
"Scotch 6, this is Whiskey 2 what is our ETA?"
A moment the radio came alive with some static and a voice of a young man who sounded to be in his early twenties.
"Whiskey 2, ETA is fiffty mikes."
"Scotch 6, roger that, Whiskey 2 out."
With a mental sigh, the young Marine placed the radio transmitter back into its place and leaned back into his highly uncomfortable seat, while his body armor dug into his back and neck.
'Man, I really hate these convoys, I wonder what Ino, and Sakura are doing.'
Just when the blue eyed lieutenant thoughts were going off to a happy place full of nude women and pleasure, they were brought tumbling back down by the sound every service men dreads.
THUMP
The camouflaged lieutenant, as well as the other eight occupants in the MRAP were thrown forward as LCpl Anderson slammed on the breaks, just at the same time as MRAP in front of them was swallowed by dust and smoke.
Corporal Inuzuka, who was manning the .50 cal machine gun atop of Naruto's MRAP was the first to shout out what had happened.
"Shit, IED!"
The driver's door of the stricken vehicle swung open, as a Marine fell out and fought to stand up.
Gripping his M4 and making sure his Oakley Ballistic Sun Glasses didn't fall off, Naruto opened his door, jumped out of the armored truck and ran towards the damaged vehicle.
It took seven seconds for him to reach the vehicle, due to the fact that all vehicles kept a good fifty yards away from one another in case of instances just like these, so only one vehicle would be damaged and not two or more. By the time he got to the broken down vehicle, a Navy Corpsman had already helped up the driver and leaned him against the back of the blown out MRAP. Confirming that the young warrior was alright and only had a mild concussion, Naruto ran up to the passenger side of the vehicle and pried open the door.
What greeted the concerned Marine was a Staff Sergeant with a perplexed look on his face as he stared at the man who just yanked his door open.
Looking up at the Staff Sergeant, Naruto asked the first thing on his mind.
"Is everyone alright?!"
The dazed Marine snapped out of his trance and looked behind him and yelled the same thing he was just asked, and got six replies.
"Im good." Shouted one Marine.
"Fucking god, I think Im ok!" yelled the turret gunner who had a look of disbelief on his face.
"Ay yos mios, I think I broke my fuckin leg!" shouted a Marine whose voice carried a thick Spanish accent.
"Im ok"
"Yep."
"Are we there yet?" one Marine jokingly replied.
After hearing the sarcastic remark the Marine whose name tag identified him as SSgt. Edgars turned and answered Naruto's question.
"I got one wounded, but he's a bit of a pussy so he may be faking it."
The Marines in the back, save for the one, busted out into full laughter at the expense at their brother in arms.
The Corpsman who had been listening in from the open door of the driver's side, walked to the back of the vehicle and opened its rear hatch, and beckoned the possibly injured Marine.
"Come here Martinez, let me take a look at it."
Getting up and limping towards the rear of the MRAP, Martinez sat down and allowed his legs to hang off the edge of the door.
"All right which leg is it?" Questioned the sailor.
"It da right one man." Replied the latino Marine, hissing and grunting in pain as the Corpsman rolled up the trouser legs of the camouflage.
When the corpsman was done assessing the leg, he left the pant leg rolled up, and went to the front of the vehicle, were Naruto and Edgars were discussing things.
"Well doc, whats the news?" asked the enlisted Marine, he would never show it but he was always concerned for the Marines under his command.
"Well from what I can tell the fibula is broken, so he'll need a cast and a medivac." Stated the medic.
"Heh, hey did you hear that Martinez, you get to go on a helichopper ride and on top of that, you get a purple heart you fuckin war hero." Mocked the Staff Sergeant.
"I can die a happy man now Edgars!" replied the Marine in between grunts of pain and laughter.
"Hey what did I tell you about drinking your milk you damn spic." Mocked the gunner whose name tag and rank revealed him to be Corporal Bryant.
"Fuck you, you fucking grease ball bastard Italian." Spat Martinez, in an equally mockingly tone.
"Ooohh, just the way I like my Mexican , spicy!"
"Alright knock it off you two we got to get this convoy back on the road, and get Martinez a band aid." Shouted Naruto.
The Marines hushed down and began the task of getting the vehicle out of the way, while the Corpsman and another Marine helped Martinez down from the MRAP.
Seeing that everything was going along Naruto walked back to his vehicle, and picked up radio transmitter and contacted the convoy commander.
"Bourbon, this is Whiskey 2."
"Whiskey 2, send it."
"Bourbon, we got one WIA and a Cougar that's going to need recovery, over"
"Roger that Whiskey 2, the convoy needs to keep moving towards check point delta, you and Whiskey 3 will stay back with Scotch 5 until medivac and QRF arriver, over."
"Understood Bourbon, Whiskey 2 out."
Putting the transmitter back, Naruto looked at the seven Marines in the vehicle and started issuing out orders.
"Allright, all of you ,out, Inuzuka, stay on the turret, Andersen get this vehicle ten meters off to the port side of the convoy, Sergeant Jefferson I want get me a sweep of the nearby area, let's make sure there's no more surprises for us, or the QRF."
All the Marines nodded their heads and gave off quick 'aye sirs' and started on their tasks.
Another MaxxPro MRAP pulled up alongside Narutos and out jumped eight more Marines, who started forming a perimeter around the damaged vehicle.
With a nod of satisfaction, Naruto went about the task at hand and started coordinating were the Medivac would come in and how long it would take for the QRF to arrive.
'Man this day could not get any better.' He sarcastically thought.
Ten minutes had passed since the explosion, and the convoy was now well out of sight. Martinez had been given some morphine and a temporary splint until the helicopter arrived.
Another minute a black dot appeared on the horizon and was revealed to be a US Army Blackhawk helicopter, with a big Red cross on its sides and bottom, meaning it was the medivac they were waiting for .
Popping a green smoke grenade to mark the landing zone, the helicopter landed and successfully took off with one more passenger on board.
Happy he was able to evacuate one of his Marines without problem, Naruto turned to the new task at hand; working with the QRF and recovery Marines on removing the damaged MRAP. Only one problem;
The recovery team hadn't arrived yet.
'Hmph so much for Quick Reaction Force.' Thought the now agitated officer.
While thinking of a way on dealing with the removal of the vehicle, Naruto was once again unpleasantly ripped from his thoughts in the form of a loud whistling sound and a Marine yelling.
"INCOMING!"
'God damnit'
Well here it is, the first chapter of Honor, Courage, and Commitment, please review and let me know what you think!