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May 1st, 2547
Kenosha, Mars, Sol System
Standing at attention in his dress uniform Corporal Naruto Uzumaki saluted alongside the rest of his battalion as a Colonel he hadn't seen on base before attached an SOEIV shaped pin to his uniform before moving to the next graduate.
Ramrod straight Naruto kept his salute in place as the Colonel kept moving farther away, awarding each of the 200 graduates in the 126th ODST battalion.
Keeping his eyes forward and a blank face Naruto let none of the excitement he felt inside show as it would have been unprofessional and even worse brought more attention to himself.
"FALL OUT!"
Turning on heel Naruto marched along with the other newly minted ODST's to the Pelican ship waiting to take them from the main HQ on the planet back to their respective training camps.
Boarding the dropship along with fourteen of the other thirty men who had lasted the entire year of training.
A minute later they landed, and everyone dismounted the Pelicans heading to their barracks. Entering Barracks one Naruto suppressed a shout of happiness at the three black boxes sitting on the closest three beds to the door.
"Don't block the door kid," Frost said shouldering him as he passed.
Glaring half-heartedly at the back of the massive man Naruto resisted cracking an old man joke like he had so many times before. That was their thing in Barrack one; Frost nicknamed for the silver hair, Dom short for Dominic and he himself had been dubbed baby face. Which hit way too close to home for Naruto considering he had lied on his application and was only fifteen. Thank God for good genes. Standing he was as tall as the other adults around him and living on a Marine base all his life kept him fit so that no one could mistake him for a teenager. The only crack in his plan to enlist and fight the Covies was the baby fat on his face that hadn't melted off in age yet.
"Ah, leave him alone Frost, today's the day baby!" Dom shouted fist pumping as he entered the barracks.
Equally excited as Dom Naruto made his way further into the room grinning when he saw the metal container at the foot of his bed. Opening the box he couldn't stop his grin from growing even wider at the contents inside.
Neatly laid out was his set of ODST Battle Armor. A Polarized helmet, mean looking shoulder guards and a large chest piece all devoid of scratches representing the lack of battle he had seen. "Won't be that way for long." Naruto thought stripping out of his dress uniform.
"Whoa, Baby face what's the rush? You aren't gonna get your armor painted?" Dom asked closing his own box. "How lame."
Ignoring the jabs from the older man Naruto began attaching all the pieces to his suit as Dom and surprisingly the usually cold Frost left to get their armor customized.
Zipping up the black body suit Naruto worked from the bottom up piercing his armor together. Standard issue ODST armored boots that came all the way up to below his knees stopping where the knee and thigh protection started came first then the knee and thigh protection. After covering his lower half, the chest piece and forearm armor followed by the shoulder guards after making sure the UNSC MED REF patch on the left shoulder had the correct information.
Grabbing the last piece left Naruto made his way to the Barracks restroom before placing the titanium Helmet over his head. Staring at himself in the mirror Naruto ran his gloved hands over the UNSC symbol on his right breastplate. This was what he had been working for. To be the best of the best and help protect Humanity against the Covenant.
"Babyface, stop checking yourself out and put your armor back in the box," Dom called from the bathroom door. "Captain says we're being shipped out already and you can't wear the armor in the Cryo-chambers."
Cursing his excitement Naruto headed back into the main area of the barracks taking off his helmet and all of his armor except for the boots placing the pieces back inside his box. Looking over to Dom who was admiring his now yellow and black helmet Naruto asked. "Captain tell you where we were headed?"
"Yea, Covies were spotted too close for comfort in the Sigma Octanus System. We're heading there to keep them from taking Skopje in case they find it."
"Skopje? Isn't that the planet with the shipbuilding corporation?" Naruto questioned following Dom out of the barracks. "Brass must be desperate if they're sending in rookies to guard something so high profile."
"Don't think so hard, Orders are Orders. We just have to follow them. Besides we aren't Rookies, we're ODST. The best!"
July 3rd, 2547
Orbit, Skopje, Sigma Octanus System
"On your feet soldier!"
Scrambling to get his bearing Naruto bent over just fast enough to keep from vomiting all over his undersuit.
Jumping to his feet as the ground beneath him started to tilt his eyes adjusted as the last remnants of Cryo-Sleep faded from his system. Red lights flashed in his eyes and smoke filled half the room making breathing diffcult. The ship was under attack.
Snatching the M6 and two extra clips that were attached to the side of his chamber he followed suit as the other men and women around him ran from the Cryo-bay before splitting into their branches. Naruto led the charge in front of the rest of the ODST's on board.
"Shit!" Naruto cursed his hands grabbing at the closest thing to him, a half closed door as the ship got rocked by another explosion.
"Mayday! Mayday! Hull breach! I repeat the Hull is breached all hands abandon ship. AHH!"
Naruto stifled more curses as the screams of his fellow soldiers being sucked into the abyss of space sounded over the speakers.
Sprinting through the hallways, Naruto passed the SOEVIV pods continuing to the armory even as those around him scrambled to escape from the doomed floating fortress. "Idiots." He thought. Didn't any of them realize even if they escaped the ship, they would be dropping into unknown, possibly hostile environments without any armor or weapons?
Reaching the armory, Naruto slipped on a standard issue Marine M52B body armor vest; the light weight armor wouldn't last long against the Covenant's plasma weapons, but it would protect him long enough on the surface until he had time to put his ODST armor on.
Tightening the protective plates in place, he grabbed an M6G combat pistol and an MA37 assault rifle from the gun locker. Stuffing extra mags and a grenade into the few pouches on the front of his vest he grabbed the case holding his ODST armor before fleeing the room as the ship began to shake violently sending him to the floor.
"Fuck!" Scrambling to his feet, Naruto rushed through the halls towards the launch bay head ducked as lights and pipes busted above him sending glass raining down to the ground.
Making it back the launch-bay Naruto dodged other Panicking crewmen who were seeking safe passage off of the ship. Pushing his way through the sea of people who were seeking passage of the ship he found the SOEIV with his name and Rank printed on the side. Grabbing one of the armored rucksacks he threw it out of the pod placing the case holding his armor in its place.
Climbing into the pod, Naruto pulled the manual launch lever above his head clutching onto the control sticks as the door closed with a loud hiss and the electronics inside came alive. Sucking in a deep breath, he braced himself for launch. He had done this dozens of times in training; this one was no different. Pushing down on the Yokes bringing the boosters above his head online, he steeled his nervous nerves as best as possible. It was either risk being shot down by the Covenant in a small pod or dying on the ship.
Now racing through space towards the fiery planet below him, Naruto cursed the Covenant. They had already begun glassing. Alien Bastards.
"Corporal Uzumaki, do you copy? Do you copy, Corporal?"
"Loud and clear Sir," Naruto answered immediately as the built-in communication pad flicked on presenting the face of an aged Hungarian man.
"You need to change course and land as close to Macedonia, the Capital city."
Nodding tightly Naruto agreed to the request when the man stepped away from the camera displaying the Insignia of a Lieutenant Colonel on his shoulder.
"Copy that Sir."
"Keep radio silence until you reach the City, Corporal. The Covenant is already planet side. Once you get to Macedonia, rendezvous with the other squads of ODST stationed there."
Adjusting his course, Naruto didn't let the frown show on his face until after the communication video screen went black. He had caught a glimpse of the Covenant armada before he jumped ship. With the number of Carriers and wrecked UNSC ships, he saw the battle for Skopje was not going in the UNSC's favor. The Capital City should have been evacuated first, so why send him to an empty city?
"Deploy parachute!"
Shoving the borderline insubordinate thoughts to the back of his mind Naruto followed the electronic voice instructions deploying his parachute as the ground got ever closer.
Involuntarily his muscles clenched as the flaming pod slammed into the ground, the impact jarring his body slightly as the pod took the brunt of the force out of the horrific landing. Grabbing his rifle Naruto released the door on his pod, waiting a split second to allow it to hit the floor before hopping out and bringing his weapon to bear scanning the surrounding area. Lucky for him the area was clear of both Covenant and civilians as his SOEIV had busted straight through the roof of a family home in the middle of a suburban subdivision. Leaning his rifle against the side of his pod just inside an arm's length in case any Covies decided to show up.
"Better get geared up while I can." He muttered to no one yanking the box holding his armor from the half-buried pod. Unstrapping the marine vest and thigh holster he pieced his suit together as quick as possible sliding the helmet over his head lastly before picking up his M6G placing the pistol on his thigh letting go as the magnets clicked holding the sidearm in place. Tapping the side of his head just under his temple Naruto blinked as the HUD on his visor came alive displaying his ammo count, time of day and an unknown Waypoint two clicks away. "
Macedonia," Naruto concluded turning to where the waypoint was telling him to go. He could see the tops of the skyscrapers peeking over the mountain separating the suburb from the Capital City. Stuffing the rest of the ammo mags and the grenades from the marine vest into their set places on his armor Naruto set off to the Capital city in the distance.
Ducking into an alley, Naruto hid behind an overturned dumpster as another patrol of Jackals and Grunts passed by meters away from him. Finger slowly across his rifle Naruto flicked the safety off keeping his sights aimed at the three Jackals and five grunts prowling the street. They ranked at the bottom of the food chain in the Covenant army, the Jackals a step above cannon fodder and the Unggoy were cannon fodder but even then they were more dangerous than most humans.
Watching silently as the patrol moved farther away Naruto kept his gun trained on the group until they disappeared from view. Night was beginning to fall over the city of Macedonia, and he had no doubt the "patrol" was really bait to see if there were any humans still in the city. Covie bastards had pulled the same tactics on Jericho VII and other lost planets in the war.
Entering the closest multi-storey building to him, Naruto climbed the stairs silently gun at the ready. The city was crawling with low-rank Covenant soldiers but soon like he had been taught in training the Brutes and then finally the Elites would come. A few Jackals he could take but a group of Brutes or Elites he would be hard pressed to stay alive against on his lonesome.
"...Co...Do...Ou-"
Tapping the side of his helmet as the comms came to life Naruto frowned trying to isolate the frequency. "This is Corporal Naruto Uzumaki, 126th ODST battalion. Does anyone copy? Over."
"Copy Corporal, this is ODST Captain Gage Yevgenny. All ODST's are to rendezvous at the shipbuilding corporation HQ building to help with the Evac."
"Roger that, Captain," Naruto confirmed looking out the window of the building he was in cursing as Phantoms appeared over the mountains flying towards the city. Lowering the volume on his comms Naruto made his way out of the building towards the waypoint on his HUD now finally knowing where he was going.
Heading further into the abandoned Capital City Naruto kept his eyes peeled for any movement keeping a slow pace until he could see the Shipbuilding HQ. Speeding up to a jog as the building came into view Naruto let a small smile grace his face underneath his helmet when names began popping up on the side of his HUD. Stopping at the front of the steps he saluted the ODST waiting there.
"Captain Yevgenny."
"At ease Rookie," Yevgenny said, "You the reinforcements ONI said was coming?"
"Not sure Sir, the ship I came in on was ordered to be abandoned before orders were given," Naruto admitted. He hadn't had time to process the destruction of the ship or that his squad mates could have still been on it, and with the Covenant knocking on the doorstep of Macedonia his search would have to wait.
"What are the orders? I know you said help with Evac, but of what? And how are we going to be helping?"
"Orders are to hold the line while ONI exec's clear out with what they need. The HQ and shipyards behind it are to remain Covenant free for as long as possible." Captain Yevgenny said. "Losings not an option here Corporal, the equipment and personnel inside are going to be relocated to Reach to continue building parts for the war effort. We need to make sure that happens."
Nodding curtly Naruto followed the Captain to where the other ODST troopers were waiting. He couldn't see the Captain's face since all ODST soldiers were under standing orders to keep their helmets on when ground side if the Covenant was also on the planet, but from the resigned tone hidden under Yevgenny's words, winning wasn't in the cards tonight. Tightening the grip on his rifle, he broke off from the Captain taking refuge behind a makeshift shield.
Sitting down he nodded to the other ODST's who were looking over at him. He wasn't usually the silent type but even if he wanted to strike up a conversation he doubted anyone was in the mood to talk. They all knew what was coming, the only thing to do now was wait.
This idea has been in my head for a little while and I hit a block with my other story so I started writing this one. By no means is my other story discontinued I just need to figure out where I want to go with it. As for the title of the story if you didn't get it check the numbers on a phone Dial pad.
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