Hey fellow readers, this is Fan of Fanfics21 here with a new story. Inspired by Rise of Iron Expansion of Destiny, I've decided to do this little thing on the side for the hell of it. Enjoy this unusual story!

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She had no idea why they protect her. She really didn't, but these creatures spoke with religious zeal that was fanatical as they were dying one by one protecting her. Aksis, the Archon Prime roared furiously at the ones shooting their weapons at him as he drew upon the power of SIVA to initiate a self-destruct sequence in a desperate attempt to end them. From where she was held, she would live. But the Archon Prime fell, his might overwhelmed by these 'Guardians' that she heard in passing. "Lady Hinata..." Aksis spoke in his native tongue, his body damaged beyond repair. "Forgive me for failing my directive...in...Protect..."

The Archon Prime fell limp, the worshipped machine-god of the Devil Splicers dead as the Guardians walked up to her sphere where she slept. "This contains the priestess?" one of the Guardians asked as another pumped their shotgun. "I say we kill it and weaken the Fallen even more now that Sepiks and their leaders are gone." another, a Titan spoke up as a Warlock stepped in. "I say we study this one, this Fallen may be a mutation that might shed light on any possible experimentations the Splicers are cooking up."

Her projected soul gasped at the thought, and willed it back into her body as she was invisible and powerless while she slept. She was trapped in a prison and as she slowly woke, she shuddered at what they might do to her. When they opened the sphere up, the Guardians froze. "It's...a human?" a Hunter gasped as Hinata trembled at their presence. They all looked at each other and that was when they heard the furious roar of Aksis rising up once more as the Guardians leapt back as the Archon Prime grabbed the sphere and sealed it again as he threw it towards the elevator shaft of the Perfection Complex as a lift field took the sphere up towards a Ketch.

"You ghouls...will NEVER defile our priestess!" Aksis roared in his tongue defiantly as the Titan held his shotgun at his face. "Not sure what you said, but we will save that girl." the Titan stated before pulling the trigger.

Hinata felt Aksis' life force fade as a single tear shed from her face. Her own act of kindness had led to this, her own empathy towards a fallen race of once proud people trying to regain what was lost. How did trying to get stronger in order to save Naruto end with her ending up here?


/3 Years Ago/

She hovered in the rift between time and space as Cypher Hinata Hyūga traveled to her next destination. Her body regressing that of a ten year old child as she landed gracefully on the ground; she looked at her surroundings, seeing everything in a state of collapse, like a great calamity fell to this world long ago as she began to slowly trek upon the snow. There were old pieces of tech here and there and she smiled at it, her new power could come in handy in this situation. Her hand outstretched, Hinata manipulated pieces of machinery as the components shifted and floated as they began to assemble. She had no idea what this machine was, but she was able to imbue it with a new purpose and form. The floating purple sphere that resembled an eye 'bowed' to her as it spoke in a strange foreign language not native to her tongue. The strange light it began to emit was familiar to her though, very familiar. "Is this…ether?" she pondered, recalling the legendary substance that magic users have shown to have respected. It was used commonly in liquid form to revitalize magical energy in beings, but to see it in its true form as a special form of gas was astonishing. She heard a piece of rubble fall and the machine, a Servitor she sensed in the programming of it was called, hovered in front of her protectively. What she saw was a strange humanoid creature with four eyes and a pair of arms, one wielding a strange pistol, while another held a dagger of sorts that had electricity surging along the blade.

It spoke in a language similar to the Servitor as it began to communicate with the being. That was when Hinata looked around and realized she was not alone.

She felt the blindfold come off as she stood before a massive being. Towering over the others of its kind, donning a menacing helmet with horns that reminded her of a devil, snarled at her; she looked unflinchingly, so use to staring at dangerous creatures close up and personal. It spoke to her, and the Servitor she resurrected to her will spoke to it. She only understood one thing however, a name: Sepiks Prime. The minute the name was uttered, a giant Servitor bigger than the creature in front of her appeared, its unblinking eye trained upon her. Every one of them sans Hinata took several steps back and bowed in reverence. She then realized that this machine was Sepiks Prime; and she connected to its mind with her power as the machine god spoke to her.

"You…Your presence is likening to hers…" Sepiks spoke to her. "Who…?" Hinata asked as the creatures around them looked up, realizing she was communing with their Prime. "The Great Machine…thy Holy Matron…Progenitor of the Primes and bringer of miracles." An image, a memory came to her that belonged to Sepiks. A beautiful white sphere that was terraforming an unknown world. "Can it be…the Life Seeder? One who brings forth a new era for whatever worlds it has visited?" she asked as Sepiks' eye looked at her. "Yes! That does describe thy Holy Matron! Thou has sought for her Light and warmth again after so long…"

"You were created by the Life Seeder…by one of my kind's own creations?" she asked knowing of the Life Seeder. Ancient machines whose sole purpose was to seed new worlds with life and to nurture them until they grew into new homes for new potential species; tales were that they were extinct, all of them failing to fulfill their purpose as the image of a white sphere danced in her mind; one that was connected to that of the Prime's.

"Can it be…a goddess of thy Holy Matron walks before me?" Sepiks inquired as Hinata blinked at that. She had forgotten that her mind was currently connected to Sepiks Prime's as the information she had was relayed to it. Before she could confirm it, she felt the connection between the Prime Servitor break as the machine began to commune with its Archon. But what surprised the Hyūga was that she understood them now.

"My fellow Eliksni, this being…is part of a pantheon that had created the Great Machine! Sepiks Prime has spoken of truth, she is to be exalted and protected above anything else, at all cost!" the Archon roared out as all of the other Eliksni roared out in joy as they began to bow before her in a reverence that surpassed that of even Sepiks Prime. Needless to say, Hinata was quite flustered at the recognition she was getting from the Eliksni. What she learned about religious zealots that the Eliksni are showing right now, she has to make sure they don't get too carried away. Just what did she get into exactly?

*Tower*

"Well look whose back, got anything good to share?" asked one Cayde-6, Vanguard Mentor to Hunter Guardians whom happens to be a strange humanoid machine known as an Exo. "I just got word that the Devils have gotten a powerful new member, some sort of 'holy priestess' that seems to be quite important and new to them. Of course, they're being quite secretive that they're not willing to use communications to reveal her location." The voice on the transmission replied. Now that got Cayde's attention, and he knew from his own experience that the Fallen are more dangerous when they're being secretive. The House of Kings is a prime example of that. "Shiro, keep looking into this priestess, Zavala is currently sending a fire team to take down Sepiks, in that time, they're probably gonna move their priestess to someplace safe. Make sure to track her and find out what makes her special." Cayde ordered.

"Copy that, Shiro out." The voice replied as the transmission ended. With that, Cayde made a note in his journal of 'Important things I must not tell Zavala or Ikora' about the priestess. Zavala would have her killed on the spot and Ikora…well he didn't want to know since she's a Warlock, and you know how Warlocks are with their…experiments.

*House of Devils Lair*

Hinata narrowed her eyes as she began using her powers again, making the sapphire wires were connected and hadronic essence flowing through the fieldweave evenly as her Servitor hovered protectively near her. With the scavenged resources the Fallen had gathered for her at her behest, she began to equip the small device to a piece of clothing as she marveled at it. It was a trick of deception, for it was a simple black, fingerless glove that extended all the way towards her upper arm. But the trick was the technology inside the fabric she acquired.

Satisfied with the results, she wore the long glove over her right arm and let her fingers do the magic. Observing Eliksni took notice as holograms appeared before their priestess and she had a contended smile on her face as she began to do something with them. "Let's see here, hacking old satellites here…and my location is…Russia?" the Hyūga muttered to herself. She never been out of areas of Asian origins most of her life as a Cypher, and with the exception of her previous adventure, had no knowledge of the language of this world's version of humans.

She noticed that one of the hologram screens were flashing red, signaling some sort of transmission that was picked up. Curious, she began to hack into it and see what it was.

"The Fallen will continue to claw at the walls of our City, unless we strike them down. Beneath the ruins of the Cosmodrome, in the shadow of an old colony ship, we've located the House of Devils' Lair-and the High Servitor feeding them their strength. We must destroy this machine god…and send their souls screaming back to hell."

Hinata felt her blood run cold as she turned to the Eliksni who saw her startled expression as she was listening in on something. "There's a strike team of some sort…aiming to attack Sepiks!" she told them and the Eliksni were instantly scrambling around, alerting their superiors of her report as a different towering Eliksni, one yet to be an Archon Priest walked up to her. "Priestess, I am Aksis, Archon Priest of the Splicers. I was requested to escort you to the spire for safety." He spoke to her. She nodded her head as he knelt before her as she sat on his shoulder as he began to make his trek towards the depths of their lair.

As they began to ascend the spire, Hinata was quite curious of what section Aksis was. "Aksis, you mentioned you were a Splicer…what do they do exactly?" she asked. "My Lady, Splicers are scientists-bioengineers seeking to become what we've always wanted to be…machine gods. We study many things, to help evolve our once proud race and become one with the machines we've worshipped. No longer would we be starved of our ether, suffering from loss at the hands of those ghouls of that wretched city that kept the Great Machine to them; we would no longer be…Fallen."

Hinata felt the seething rage, the pain, suffering, loneliness, and unrivaled determination. Aksis already reminded her of Cypher Naruto. He endured so much with his circumstances of birth, how much of a monster he was that caused others to look down at him with scorn, the insults, the glares, and the hatred. He wanted to become something great that they would look up too, that great fire in his eyes was reflected upon Aksis' own. She felt a connection with this Eliksni, and a sense of inspiration. "I'll help you with that, Aksis." The full grown Eliksni turned his head a little to look at her and saw something in her eyes that soothed him for some reason. "You remind me of a friend I had, the guts to take on anything and the determination to never give up. He wanted to become something great, and you do too. And I believe you too, will become something great." She told him with a gentle smile.

As they reached to the top where it was safe, Aksis placed her down gentle and knelt to her. "You honor me Priestess…I will never forget your kindness to all Eliksni." He told her with a softness that his kind rarely have in their dark times. That was when they heard the screeching sound of Sepiks down below as an explosion and screams from all Eliksni down below echoed out for all to hear. "No…" Aksis rasped out, a sense of despair overwhelming him. "Sepiks Prime…our machine god…no longer lives…" he fell to his knees. Hinata saw the defeat in him and she did what startled every other Eliksni present. She slapped Aksis, hard. The Splicer touched the side of his face that was slapped (and actually hurts from a child smaller than a dreg of all things). "I will not allow you to give up that easily." She scolded him, "If you wanted to lead your people to great things, then even with Sepiks gone, are you going to give up like that or are you going to find a way to save your people?" she demanded as Aksis stared at her as if comprehending the words she spoke to him.

Sepiks has fallen to the ghouls of the City, his House starving of ether now that their machine god is destroyed. He was a Splicer, seeking a way to save his people from starving from the lack of ether. The Priestess was right, he must-no, he WILL find a way to save his people! Aksis stood up straight and tall, and let out an angry roar of defiance and several colorful insults to those that destroyed Sepiks Prime. But this made Hinata smile a bit. "There's our Archon Priest," she whispered to herself as Aksis looked at her. "Priestess, your kind helped build ones similar to the Great Machine, yes?" he inquired as Hinata nodded her head. "Then by chance, can you restore Sepiks Prime?" he asked as several Eliksni looked at her with a renewed hope as Hinata smiled and giggled softly. "I have something better in mind, how about I create a new High Servitor, a new machine god that is more effective and producing ether than Sepiks?" she asked. Now every member of the House of Devils there gapped at such a claim, but they had heard how she restored a normal Servitor once, but create a new High Servitor that will give them more ether than Sepiks?

"If you'll follow my instructions, we might be able to save this House. But keep this secret, last we need is an assassin after me before we can even start." With that, the House of Devils roared in reverence towards her as her Byakūgan saw the intruders in their ships heading towards the mountains, where a strange and powerful Light dwelled.