Title:
Shinobi of Starfleet
Summary:
Shinobi have joined the stars, as a result of murdering Federation Scientist and stealing their technology. The Federation feels responsibility for the planet being exposed to a universe they aren't ready for and choose to guide them into a new age
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Picard groaned as he buried his head into his palms. He was sitting at his desk in his ready room, not quite comprehending what was being asked of him, "Child Soldiers," He breathed before exclaiming, "CHILD SOLDIERS!? You want me to welcome, with open arms, a man that gleefully uses children to fight and DIE in his name!"
The Admiral shrugged helplessly over the comm link, "It's not just him. On the world of Elemental Prime, all soldiers are expected to go through an apprenticeship at a very young age. It's heavily rooted in the planet's culture. Unfortunately the prime directive forbids us from trying to impose our values on anyone, even the ones we consider a matter of common decency. I expect you to hold true to that,"
Picard sighed, "Of course, Sir," emerging from his hands as he spoke. He grew even more worried when he saw the Admiral's expression.
"I'm afraid this is going to be harder to swallow then you think, Jean Luc." The Admiral groaned, rubbing his own temple, "These people manage to not only discover the team of Anthropologist studying them but they also stole their ship and tortured them until they taught them how to use it. After they got what they wanted they killed all the scientists as enemy spies. Then, after a few demonstrations of the vessels power, preceded to threaten the rest of the planet until they agreed to form a global government representing each of the most powerful 'villages'. I suppose we should just be grateful they didn't straight up conquer the planet, but instead formed a type of United Nations which directly rules over the planet. In the end we were able to peacefully regain control of the ship, but under a few... conditions,"
"What sort of conditions?" Picard dared to ask, already not liking where this was going.
"Each village is to send a team of 'Shinobi' onto each of our Starships. They are to be integrated into the ships' crew as private contractors. They are to learn how to safely and responsibly sail the stars for the next 8 years, at which point they will return to their planet,"
"Why 8 years?" Picard asked at the obscure number.
"It's how long the Planet's leaders believe it will take them to have their own fleet of star ships up and running," The Admiral informed.
"You can't be serious!" Picard gaped, "You want to effectively train their first generation of Spacers!"
"It's what the Vulcans did for us," The Admiral sighed, "Maybe not to this extent but their guidance is what turned us from savages into a beacon of civilization. We are the ones who exposed this planet to technology they just aren't ready for. It's our responsibility to make sure they don't kill themselves with it. I realize this is a slippery slope but it will be your job, as well as every captain in our fleet, to teach them how to better themselves without directly contradicting their culture,"
Picard groaned.
"I don't envy you," The Admiral sighed, "I truly don't,"
"Don't tell me it gets worse," Picard leaned back and rubbed his temple.
"Each Shinobi team... will consist of one Sensei and three apprentices,"
... Picard didn't even know how to process that. He stayed quiet for several moments... until he exploded, "You want them to train their child soldiers on MY boat!"
"You will be respectful of their culture, Captain. And just think of it this way. As long as they are on your ship they aren't out there risking their lives for some faceless propaganda,"
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"This is so COOL!" Naruto jumped around looking all over their quarters.
He left the huge living room and ran down the hallway in the upper left corner. There was a sharp turn to the right, leading down another hallway to all the bedrooms. Each had a walk in closet and a bathroom. They were all the same size though, with a window at the end of the hall looking out into space.
"I'm never leaving this place!" Naruto swore and quickly jumped in one of the back rooms, "Dibs!" he quickly opened up his trunk and dumped all his stuff on the floor.
"Naruto-Baka!" Sakura glared as she barged into the room while dragging her own trunk, "You can't just call dibs on the only room with a view." While technically there were two, none of the kids figured they could get the second one.
"Really?" Naruto blinked, "Cuz it looks like I just did," he jumped on his new fluffy bed and kicked off his sandals.
"Sensei!" She cried for her teacher as he unpacked in the adjacent room.
The tall / skinny man with the ski mask covering most of his face peeked out of his own view filled room, "I'm sorry, Sakura, but Naruto did invoke the sacred right of 'dibs'. There is nothing I can do. Although this does mean you get to be right across from Sasuke,"
"Damnit it, Baka," Another boy screamed from down the hall, "Trade rooms with her! I'm not going to have that fan girl watch me dress every morning. These rooms don't even have DOORS!"
Sakura got a hot look on her face, "You know what, my room is fine," and quickly left.
"Don't worry Sasuke," Their sensei called, "You can print out some curtains from their replicator thing in the living room,"
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Kimimaro lay on the hospital bed as a Doctor Crusher waved a magic wand at him. At least, as far as he was concerned, it was magic. He didn't understand the technology but he knew it worked.
His bloodline trait had long since begun to poison him, but since the discovery of the ship, their world gained remarkable advancements in treating genetic disorders. They were now able to scan the whole body through modified Jutsus based on the tech and isolate the issues.
He wasn't cured by any means but he was being treated for his disorder. Sound Village doctors had reversed much, if not most, of the damage and allowed him to live without constant pain.
He could even go back into the field. Orochimaru once again could use him and brought him along on this mission to claim his next vessel...
Kimimaro might be functional but he still had a genetic disorder that would require daily treatments like this for the rest of his life. Orochimaru was a god, a broken vessel such as he to contain such a soul was beneath the diety... but at least the young Shinobi was back to being useful to him.
Kabuto looked around the medical equipment, taking notes, as the Doctor treated Kimimaro.
"You sure he's well enough to be of use?" Kabuto snidely asked the Doctor, with his usual condescending smile.
Crusher glared at the teen, "As long as he gets his treatments he can live a normal life. While in my personal opinion he should not be working in such an active field, he is fit enough for it,"
She didn't think either of these boys were actually old enough to be in a security position but they were both 16. By Federation law they were both legally old enough to decide for themselves what they wanted to do with their lives. At least they were more qualified than the other child in the room.
A boy, all of 12, was standing next to her. Suigetsu was looking at everything with a goofy grin and chatting nonstop, although no one was listening to him as he bounced on his heels.
"Please Suigetsu," Kimimaro rested his hand on the little boy's head, "I know it is exciting to be here but you must try to hold yourself with the dignity of a Shinobi," the older boy gently scolded.
The little boy blushed, "Sorry Senpai," to which Kimimaro responded by lightly patting the boy's head before putting his arm back on the table.
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Gaara... didn't know what to think. The Chunin exam had only been a couple months ago and... he still didn't know what to think. The attack against the Leaf village had gone poorly...
Father's spy network had heard about the alien ship the village of Konoha had taken possession of... so when Orochimaru of the Sound village told him he needed his help to steal it so they could decipher the technology for themselves... he stupidly jumped at the chance... It had been a massacre, nothing went as planned.
Not even Gaara's own curse could help them. He got injured during a fight during the exam and his siblings got him out of there just before the main battle started... only he still ended up getting his ass kicked in a one on one fight against a Shinobi named Naruto...
Konoha might not have been able to reverse engineer the weapons yet but they knew how to use them... It didn't help that the whole battle had just been a distraction by the sound village to assassinate the Hokage of Konoha while they stole the ship for themselves... not even that plan worked though...
Most of the Shinobi from both the Sound and Sand village were easily overpowered by the "Stun" weapons. Then they were trapped in Konoha's dungeon for a month. Although the leaf village did return them after they conquered the world with their alien technology... maybe "Conquered" was too harsh. The Leaf Village still let all the other villages do pretty much whatever they wanted. They just had to obey a new doctrine of agreed upon laws. The doctrine was even written by, and voted on, by all the Kage and even the leaders of all the smaller villages.
The Kage were now looking after the smaller villages in their country, doing away with the lords who did nothing but promote fighting by making villages compete for funding. Although the Kages had more power, so did the smaller villages. Now, even the leader of the smallest village, was allowed to vote on the laws and set the budget under their Kage. They acted as a council to keep their Kage in check. They had even been allowed to directly involve themselves in the forging of the Shinobi Doctrine. The Kages would make decisions regarding global law from now on, though they still had to adhere to the Doctrine.
Konoha explained that since now they had confirmation of aliens, and even Interplanetary governments, they needed to present themselves as one united world if they were to not only protect themselves, but sell their services to the rest of the Galaxy.
Konoha even included the sound village in this, despite their leader being a defector or their own village... The villages needed to be united if they were to hold their own against the aliens.
When more Aliens arrived around the planet and demanded their ship back... the Kages saw an opportunity. They dared to extort the Federation of planets, teach the Shinobi or they would use the ship to contact their enemies and sell their services to them. The Dominion would be particularly interested in a group of Warriors with limited reality warping powers... it was a pure bluff.
The Hokage had learned, from the ship's computers, the last thing they wanted to do was contact any of the Federations enemies. The Federation was the best one to deal with, and the easiest to manipulate because of the "superior sense of morality". They wouldn't let an "ignorant" planet that stumbled on their technology endanger themselves with it. They especially wouldn't let people with the Shinobis abilities fall in the hands of the Dominion when full out war was just around the corner.
The Kage agreed to some restrictions. They returned the technology they had stolen but their scientists were working on replicating it with what they had learned from the ship... the Federation couldn't stop them from doing that but they could teach them how to use the devices responsibly, which is what they wanted.
Elemental Prime was now full of Ambassadors and scientists from the Federation. Then there were various Genin teams, like his own, that had been sent out into space one Starships.
This particular ship, because it was the flag ship, had multiple Shinobi teams from each village. Important individuals were to be trained here... but the only one that really interested Gaara was the Konoha Jinchuriki, Naruto... Gaara was hoping to talk to him again and now it seemed like he would get to do so frequently.
This assignment wasn't just about learning how to be spacers. It was about cooperation between villages. Seeing as the Genin on this ship were mostly heirs to powerful Shinobi clans, wealthy families, or even demon hosts like himself. It was literally the perfect setting to talk to a boy from a rival village with regularity... if only Gaara could figure out what to say.
"Gaara!" his other brother, the puppet master, smiled at him from across the living room.
Kankuro had gotten more accepting of Gaara's attempts at... being a better sibling. Things were better now that Gaara made a point of not threatening to kill him... he was surprisingly forgiving... saying things like he was glad Gaara was finally willing to listen to brotherly advice. Kankuro was also more knowledgeable about social interactions than Gaara... the scrawny demon host used to just kill everyone who slightly irritated him... Gaara was getting better at repressing that impulse.
"Stop staring off into space and let's go exploring," comments like that would have at least earned a maiming from Gaara before the boy met Naruto. Now-
"You go ahead," Gaara spoke with his usual monotone voice, "I'll catch up later,"
Kankuro frowned, then did something that proved he had become more comfortable with his little brother. He talked back, "Don't be like that. They have an entire deck the size of a village dedicated to goofing off,"
"It's called the 'recreation deck'," A tall blonde girl walked out of the wall. Temari, their sister. She walked in with their Sensei, Baki. The girl rolled her eyes and scolded Kankuro in that bossy way of hers that always annoyed Gaara, although he was getting better at tolerating it, "And don't you think you should be doing something more important with your first moments on a space ship,"
"We are going to be put to work tomorrow," Kankuro scuffed, "Learning in toddler-like classes on how to use this alien crap. I would like to enjoy my last day as a free man before we get put back in grade school,"
"How can you treat this like a burden!" Temari gaped, "You seem to be glossing over the fact we are learning how to be SPACERS. We're in space, dumbass! Quit treating it like a chore!"
They bickered back and forth while Baki went over to the Replicator and materialized himself a cup of tea.
"Shut up," Gaara couldn't help but growl as his siblings continued to snap at each other. Both the older teens froze, clear panicked on their faces, "Sorry," Gaara looked away in shame.
Temari sighed, "No... that's our bad. Siblings are allowed to get on each other's nerves,"
"Yeah you know," Kankuro scratched the side of his face, "Just don't try to kill us," Temari whacked the teen upside the head.
"I won't," Gaara promised, "I'm not like that anymore," he said mostly to himself.
Baki got the kids attention, "Why don't you two explore the ship. I think Gaara needs to meditate for a bit,"
"Come on Sensei," Kankuro defended, "He didn't even snap at us,"
"No, he started lightly bickering with you two, like an actual sibling, and both of you freaked out," Baki recapped, "Which could encourage him to bottle up his emotions instead of acting on his every impulse. Both are horrible extremes which have horrible consequences for someone with his powers and mental state. He needs a healthy method of release, hence meditation. Now everyone, do as you are told."
"Yes Sensei," the children choired, including Gaara.
Gaara crossed his legs on the couch and started focusing on this breathing as his siblings left their quarters.
"Good boy," Baki praised, before taking a sip of his tea.
