Hello everyone, I hope you like this proto fanfic I've been working on, had another but deleted it so I decided to try it out again and release this one to see how well it works since trying to see what works and what won't depending on how well this one does so I don't get bored with the stories I currently have. Tho right now I've got a lot of stories now and can't work on all of them.

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Legendary Defenders Part 1

"Am I...really going to die?" As he thought about that, laying on the ground defeated was a bleeding out teen who's blonde hair was dyed in his very own blood from half of his face no longer there, having been completely blown off just like his left arm and right leg.

"No matter how much effort you and my son had placed in defeating me, it was all for naught." Hearing that, his gaze shifts to see a figure standing before him, wearing maroon armor with light purple energy coming from its energy tubes on its back as well as light-purple seen from the eyes and likes on the body armor. Slowly he raises a weapon like a cannon directly at him.

"I am impressed nonetheless, your ability to barely stay alive, despite the condition you are in. But it doesn't matter, for this is your end." As he said those words, his weapon began to power up as a light-pink energy was seen by his single eye which his eye starts to close.

"I guess, this is it..." As he thought about that, he could hear a single person shout.

[NARUTO!]

Hearing that name, he began to think back to the day it all began as of the shout triggered a flashback.

FLASHBACK ON THE DAY EVERYTHING CHANGED

"Galaxy Garrison flight log 5-11-14. Begin descent to Kerberos to rescue mission." Spoke the leader of the group of four who was at the pilots seat, he was a young man who bared Cuban heritage while behind him was the largest of them having a heritage of Samoan, on his right was the shortest of the group baring an Italian heritage while the one in front of him having an Asian heritage while at a set of controls closely the name as the pilots.

"Lance, I know it's your turn and all to be the Pilot but can you keep it steady?" Complained the largest of them yet Lance just shows a know it all smile.

"Relax, Hunk, I'm just getting a feel for the stick since I finally get a shot at being the main pilot. Anyways, it's not like I did this?" He said, suddenly doing a dive that caused Hunk to feel even sicker which the blonde looks back, his blue-eyes easily spotting that Hunk is reaching his breaking point and turns to Lance.

"La—" He was cut off by him suddenly turning left which shook the ship, causing him to glare at Lance who saw that look.

"What, Whiskers? I was just showing him what I wasn't doing." Lance told his friend just before the quizy Hunk spoke.

"Okay, unless you want to wipe beef stroganoff out of all the little nooks and crannies in this thing, you'd better knock it off, man! When it came to piloting at least Naruto took things a little more serious." Hunk warned and complained tonthe pilot just before the glasses wearing teen spoke up.

"We've kicked up a distress beacon!" Hearing that, Lance spoke up as he started flipping switches, seeing this the blonde just turns his attention towards the joystick with an uncomfortable expression on his face, which he soon enough ignored it and just starts flipping switches.

"All right, look alive, team! Pidge, track coordinates." Lance told his teammate who listens just before beeping could be heard as well as the ship starts to shake.

"I swear to god Lance, if you do that one more time I will vomit all over you!" Threatened Hunk just before Naruto spoke up.

"Um, Hunk. You should check your screen since it's coming from your area." Hearing that, Hunk takes his electronic screen and looks it over to see that the hydraulic stabilizers were out before swallowing vomit.

"Oh, no. Fix now, puke later." Lance told the big guy just as Pidge told them that they had just lost contact because of the shaking messing with the sensors.

"Come on, Hunk! We got in trouble last time when Naruto had to bail you out during the test." Lance told Hunk yet that was when Naruto spoke up.

"By bailing out, you mean just hitting the engine system with a wrench until it works then sure." He said while Hunk got out of his seat to head towards the gearbox while they were approaching their target.

"Never mind, fellas. Thar she blows. Preparing for approach on visual." Lance said, causing Naruto to look at him like he's crazy.

"I don't think that's advisable with our current mechanical and gastrointestinal issues." Pidge said, grossed out by Hunk trying to hold on vomit as he was checking through the gearbox which he could only agree.

"Stop worrying, this baby can take—" He was cut off by the ship rumbling which he immediately covers for it by saying it was a nod...even tho that's scientifically impossible.

"Pidge, hail down to them and let them know their ride is here." Lace said calmly to the one who removed the safety harness to stand up and grab the communicator.

"Attention, Lunar Vessel—" Pidge was cut off as the rumbling became so bad that he lost balance and fell towards Naruto who turns to see what was happening, finding Pidge falling towards him as it ends with the shortest of them all laying against the surprised blonde who watched as his friend moved.

"Sorry I—" Pidge stopped to realize just how close they were to each other when it came to their faces, causing the glasses wearing teens eyes to widen as a blush of embarrassment makes its way to his face yet Naruto wasn't focused on that, more so on the fact he could smell Pidge.

"You smell pretty nice." When Naruto said that, his words had taken aback Pidge who's cheeks turned even redder at the unexpected compliment and that was when the blonde had noticed he had said that out loud and blushes in complete embarrassment.

"W-Wait, I didn't mean it like—" He was cut off hearing Lance speak up, gaining their attention as he spoke.

"What are you two doing? Pidge, get off of Naruto and buckle your belt, Hunk, stop that shaking!" Shiro told the big man who tried to answer before vomiting in the gearbox just as Pidge git off while receiving quite the sight of Hunk vomiting and immediately shows a grossed out expression before sitting down just as Naruto turns around.

"Attention Lunar vessels, this is Galaxy Garrison Rescue Craft One Victor Six Three Tango. Coming in for landing and extraction, (against crew recommendations)." Pidge said, adding the last part with annoyance which annoyed Lance.

"No time for your mutinous comments now. They're going under and we're going in." Lance said, moving closer to a hole in a glacier of ice.

"Look our for that overhang!" Pidge warned the confident Lance.

"No worries! My first year in flight school, know what they called me? They called me "The Tailor" because of how I thread the needle." When Naruto heard that, he only gave him a look that read "oh, you've gotta be kidding me", that said Lance starts to turn the ship sideways, the end result was a single wing being knocked off.

"WE LOST A WING!" Hunk shouts from seeing the damage on his computer much to Lance's sadness at seeing he screwed up.

"Crap, Naruto grab the controls we need to land this now!" Lance shouted at Naruto who showed surprised and just turns to the main controls uncomfortably before he starts to reach out his hands towards the main controls and the joystick, grabbing it tightly while his other hand laid on one of the others controls.

"Ok, I—" Naruto was stopped as he was overcome by many emotions, freezing and hands unmoving as they gripped the controls while he started to hyperventilate. That didn't go unnoticed by Lance who saw this while turning to him.

"Naruto, are you~~~~" Naruto couldn't hear Lance or anything for that matter as he was blocking them out while staring at his feet, what he saw instead was a blazing ship that had just crashed into the Galaxy Garrison landing field.

(MOM!)

As he heard that word being said, his hands grip harder as they begin to crush the joystick with beads of sweat beginning to fall from his face as he couldn't break free, feeling like he himself were in that fire.

[Simulation failed.]

When that was said, Naruto hasn't heard it as he just continued gripping the already crushed controls as he continued to hyperventilate until he felt a hand touch his shoulder, startling him as he quickly turns around to find Hunk standing behind him worriedly. Not only him but on his left was a confused and slightly worried Lance with Pidge sitting behind him also showing worry. Seeing their expressions, Naruto just musters up a weak smile as he scratches the back of his head.

"S-Sorry again guys, I guess I—" He stopped to see the back door open to reveal none other than their commander, Iverson.

"Roll out, rookies!" The higher up ordered the group of four that found themselves lined up outside the simulator with other cadets who were lined up to go next and to watch for example on what and what not to do.

"Let's see if we can't use this complete failure as a lesson for the rest of you students. Can anyone point out the mistakes these four so-called cadets made in this simulator?" He questioned the group of fifteen that stood outside the simulator.

"The engineer puked on the main gearbox." One cadet answered, gaining agreement from the man.

"Yes, as everyone knows, vomit is not an approved lubricant for engine systems. What else?" He asked while giving Hunk and unapproved gaze.

"The comm spec remover his safety harness."

"The pilot crashed!"

Those two things gained the approval of the one in charge who responds.

"Correct, and worst of all, the whole jump, they're arguing with each other. Heck, if your going to be this bad individually, you'd better at least be able to work as a team! Galaxy Garrison exists to turn young cadets like you into the next generation of elite astroexplorers, but these kinds of mental mistakes are exactly what cost the lives of the men on the Kerberos Mission." The moment he had said that, almost immediately he saw Pidge show anger.

"That's not true, sir!" When that was heard, the Commander showed anger and he shouted.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" He shouted just before Lance covered the kids mouth.

"Sorry, sir. I think he hit his head when he fell out of his chair. But point taken." Lance said, covering for him yet he wasn't amused one bit as he approached them.

"I hope I don't need to remind you that the only reason you're here is that the best pilot in your class has a discipline issuer and flunked out. Don't follow in his footsteps." He warned the now sweating young man before his single eye shifts over to the uncomfortable Naruto who was trying to look away.

"Now for you, look at me when I'm talking to you Uzumaki!" He ordered the blonde who slowly turns to meet the gaze of the Commander.

"This is the fifth time this has happened, the only reason why I've given you chance after chance is because your mother was the best damn pilot the Galaxy Garrison ever had. Now, if you can't shake your episodes by next simulation, you will end up just like your classmate Kieth!" He warned Naruto who showed a look of disbelief before his gaze shifts towards the floor.

"Yes sir..." Was all he said, causing him to look at the next ones in line as he shouted "Next!" giving four Cadets the order to pass them.

THAT VERY NIGHT, ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE GALAXY GARRISON

"Again...it happened again..." Muttered the lone blond who sat by himself on the building, staring from a view at the scenery before his eyes. Slowly his hands run through his hair before he grips it tightly while gritting his teeth as he pulled, as this was happening he was showing a terrified expression with tears forming in his eyes.

"I cannot fail, I only have one more chance...if I don't...if I don't become a Galaxy Garrison pilot then—" He stopped cold the moment he heard a door opening.

"Naruto, I didn't expect to find you up here?" Came the familiar voice of Pidge which caused his eyes to widen all the way as he stopped and swallowed while he moved his hands down to let go of his hair before turning around to show a bright smile.

"Oh...hey Pidge, didn't know you were coming up here too." He told his friend who blinked in surprise to see a few tears in his eyes just before he to noticed the look and immediately turns away to wipe the tears away.

"Are you ok, you look—" When he asked him that, he didn't wait a second to respond.

"Y-Yeah...I'm just...just tired is all." He told his friend who looks to the side before speaking.

"I could go if you—" Pidge couldn't finish as he was cut off by the blonde.

"No...no it's ok, you seem to have something important to do so do it, just ignore me." His Answer surprised the glasses wearing teen who just approached Naruto who blinks in surprise and simply watches his friend set up the equipment, electronic devices, a small satellite dish, a generator and headphones that he placed on his head.

"Ok...didn't expect to see that." He muttered, thinking to see a laptop at least but not an entire high tech miniature computer lab and just watched the teen close his eyes, listening to whatever sound was being heard during the exact same time Naruto heard the door opening again and saw Lance and Hunk walk out.

"Oh—" Lance stops to see Pidge having headphones and smiles as he gave a "sh" symbol with his right hand, seeing that caused Naruto to blink before a smile forms on his face and looks away to avoid Pidge from seeing his face in case he opened his eyes. Lance, I'm status to move Pidges headphones without his notice and leans towards his head, close enough to his ear.

"Come up here to rock out?" The moment he asked that he startled the hell out of Pidge who turns back in shock as he had a freaked out expression until he heard laughter and delivers a glare the blonde who was simply whistling while trying to look innocent before sighing and turning towards the two.

"I know Naruto comes up here a lot for the sunset but why are you up here?" Lance asked Pidge who looked surprised as he had to think up an answer, fast.

"Well, uh. I'm just, looking at the stars." Hearing that, Lance furthers the questions with a new one.

"Where'd you get this stuff? It doesn't look like Garrison tech." When Naruto heard that, he too became intrigued and overlooked the tech before Pidge who smirks with a prideful expression upon his face.

"I built it." He said while Hunk sneaked behind Pidge to touch it while trying to confirm their teammate actually made this.

"Stop it! With this thing, I can scan all the way to the edge of the Solar System." Pidge said while slapping Hunk's hand away yet Naruto was confused.

"Wait, didn't you just say you were looking at the stars? Why would you—" He stopped in realization just as Lance understood what he was about to said and immediately said it.

"That right? All the way to Kerberos?" When that was asked, Pidge had a guilty expression at being found out so easily, by Lance of all people who are not particularly what you would I call a "straight A student" in common sense.

"You go ballistic ever time the instructors bring it up. The only reason why you don't get in trouble is because Naruto covers for you with a lie." Just after saying that, Pidge shows anger at Hunk who was "touching" the miniature satellite dish.

"Second warning, Hunk!" Those words only gained a groan from the largest of the four.

"Look, Pidge, if we're gonna keep covering for your mini outbursts then you gotta stop keeping secrets." With those words, Pidge finally gave a sigh before speaking.

"Fine. The world as you know it is about to change." When Naruto heard that, his eyes went wide and immediately showed concern.

"Wait, you mean like the movie Armageddon or War of the World's?! IS THEIR GONNA BE SOME INVASION?!" Naruto shouted with wide eyes, gaining a blank look from Pidge who was just staring at Naruto just before Hunk spoke up.

"Wait, Alien Invasion?! Pidge is he right because if he is I don't feel comfortable anymore, well more so I am right now with the whole leaving our barracks at night when we are not supposed to." Hunk said, just before they were silenced by the annoyed Pidge finally speaking up.

"WHAT?! No, well...not exactly?" When they heard that, Naruto and Hunk just look at each other before back at Pidge as they were thinking about every alien invasion movie they've seen so far.

"The Kerberos Mission wasn't lost because of some malfunction of crew mistake. So I've started to scan the system and picking up alien radio chatter." The moment the two heard "Alien" start looked very uncomfortable as their fears of an Alien Invasion started looking more realistic.

"Okay. So, you're insane. Got it." Lance said, finding this to be ridiculous which Pidge gave him an annoyed expression.

"I'm serious. They keep repeating one word, "Voltron"." The moment Pidge has uttered that name, Naruto felt his heartbeat suddenly got louder as of pulsing when the name was said. He was very confused why that name seemed, not familiar but more so resonated with himself while Pidge showed a crayon drawing of what Voltron could be.

"And tonight, it's going crazier than I have ever heard it." Pidge said and when Lance asked how crazy they heard the PA go on with Iverson's voice being heard.

[ATTENTION, CADETS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL. WE ARE ON LOCKDOWN! SECURITY SITUATION ZULU NINER. REPEAT: ALL STUDENTS ARE TO REMAIN IN BARRACKS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.]

"What's going on? Is that a meteor?" When Hunk said that, he draws all of their attention of an incoming object heading for the planet.

"A very, very big meteor?" Hunk asked just as Pidge grabs his binoculars to look through, seeing what it is.

"It's a ship." Pidge said just before giving a small yelp as Lance grabs the binoculars Pidge was holding onto and looks through it.

"HOLY CRAP! I can't believe what I'm seeing! That's not one of ours." Lance said, gaining agreement from Pidge who said it belonged to "them" and with that, they just watch as it passes them.

"Wait, theirs? DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE BEING INVADED?! Guys, I'm too young to die!" Hunk shouts before he noticed Naruto suddenly stood up, staring at the ship as it crashes with his eyes narrowing since something didn't seem right with it not landing but crashing down and by itself. It was no more than seconds before several vehicles moved out towards the location.

"We've got to see that ship!" Pidge said after packing everything before running past Hunk and Naruto while Lance was close behind the shortest one.

"Naruto, Hunk, come on!" Lance told the two, causing Hunk to look down sadly at what's happening.

"Oh, this is the worst team-building exercise ever." He said right before chasing after Naruto who was running after the two of them. It took them some time to arrive on a cliff located outside of the small containment igloo that had several vehicles parked outside it while watching from afar their smartest member was already getting a much closer look.

"Whoa! What the heck is that thing?" Lance asked, getting a closer look with his electronic binoculars to spot one beautiful lady standing outside the newly constructed containment building.

"And who the heck is she?" Just after asking that he received a whack upside the head by Pidge who was annoyed, gaining an "ow" from the guy who thought he was as much a player as a certain RvB character.

"Right, Alien ship. Man, we'll never get past all of those guards to get a look." Complained the one who held the binoculars just before Hunk spoke with an inside tone.

"Maybe the Alien will be like E.T., friendly and not want to start an intergalactic war with our planet." Hunk said, hoping while Naruto shook his head.

"Not sure, maybe they've already started cutting into the Alien so chances for peace are probably Zero." Naruto said, not realizing he made Hunk feel worse.

"They set up a camera in there and I grabbed its feed. Look!" Hearing that, the three look closely and immediately Naruto's eyes widen all the way in not just confusion but clear shock. What they saw was a familiar man strapped to a table while three scientists were around him.

[Hey! What are you doing?]

[Calm down, Shiro. We just need to keep you quarantined until we run some tests.]

[You have to listen to me! They destroy worlds! Aliens are coming!]

Hearing that, Naruto didn't care about an alien invasion or war, he just stares at the man he's known since he was a kid.

"That's Shiro! The pilot of the Kerberos Mission! That guy's my Hero!" Lance said, very much confused at seeing him being the one to have crashed.

"Guess he's not dead in space, after—." Hunk was cut off by Naruto suddenly moving his left hand over his mouth, shutting him up so he can hear the conversation continue.

[Do you know how long you've been gone?]

[I don't know. Months? Years? Look, there's no time. Aliens are coming here for a weapon. They're probably on their way. They'll destroy us. We have to find Voltron.]

The moment the four heard that they showed shock with Naruto's eyes widening more as he felt that sensation once again.

[Sir, take a look at this. It appears his arm has been replaced with a cyborg prosthetic.]

[Put him under until we know what that thing can do.]

[Don't put me under! No! There's no time!]

"They didn't and about the rest of the crew." Pidge said, giving off a clearly confused and upset tone hey Naruto decided to speak.

"There also basically ignoring everything else about the Aliens coming and Voltron." He added just as Lance decides to tip in.

"What are they doing? He's a legend. They're it even gonna listen to him?" Lance asked, finding that to be ridiculous as his name was known throughout the Galaxy Garrison as the only who could handle a certain red-head unorthodox training regimen that sent many to the hospital.

"We have to get him out." Pidge finally said just as Hunk was in complete disagreement.

"I hate to be the voice of reason, always but weren't we watching on TV because there was no way to get past the guards? It's not like they're suddenly gonna be distracted?" Just after saying that, all of a sudden four large explosions appeared near the containment igloo.

"Wow Hunk, you just Jinxed it times 10." Spoke the amazed Naruto just before Hunk got down.

"It wasn't me, it must've been the aliens!" Hunk said yet was proven wrong when Pidge saw something.

"No, those explosions were a distraction, for him. The Garrison's headed toward the blast, and he's sneaking in from the other side." As that was said, Naruto looked through the binoculars to see one guy getting off a hover vehicle and seeing him caused his eyes to widen all the way in shock.

"Kieth..." When he said that, he moved the binoculars away from his face to reveal shock, confusion, and an uncomfortable look on his face.

"What?! No way! Oh, he is not going to beat us in there! That guys always trying to one-up me!" Lance said just as he runs past Naruto who just sat there with wide eyes just as Lance starts sliding down the hill they were on.

"Is it really him?" Hunk asked as he too ran after Lance by sliding down, leaving the two much to the confusion of the shortest one.

"Who's Kieth?" When Pidge asked that, he had looked to see Naruto was looking away.

"I'll catch up in a sec so you should hurry." Hearing that furthered the confusion but in the end after a few seconds, Pidge followed after the two and left Naruto by himself.

FEW MINUTES LATER

It took Kieth seconds to knock out the guards and free the unconscious Shiro from his bindings but as he did so, he turned towards the exit to find three others.

"Nope. No, you—No, no, no. No, you don't. I'm saving Shiro." Lance said all the while approaching Keith to get on Shiro's right in order to help him.

"Who are you?" Keith asked the cadet who answers his question.

"Who am I? Uh, the name's Lance." With that said he merely blinks yet Keith drew not a single clue on who he was.

"We were in the same class at the Garrison." Hearing that, Keith could only presume he was an Engineer.

"No, I'm a pilot! We were, like, rivals. You know, Lance and Keith, neck and neck." When that was said, Keith finally recalled who he was.

"Oh, wait. I remember you. You're a cargo pilot, and one of "his" friends." When Lance heard that, he was confused by who he was addressing to but ignored that and focused on the first part.

"Well, not anymore. I'm fighter class now, thanks to you washing out after what you did to Naruto." When Keith heard that, his eyes simply narrowed with annoyance before turning away.

"Well, congratulations—" He stopped with his eyes widening just as he saw Naruto running inside the containment igloo km a hurry.

"Guys we need to—" Naruto stopped as he and Keith made eye contact and almost immediately the black-haired young man showed anger, unlike Naruto who looks away uncomfortably.

"What's he doing here?!" Keith demands the group, surprising them at the sudden anger towards their teammate.

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