OK so it has come to my attention that some stop reading this because the Naruto characters aren't directly in the first chapter. They appear in about the fifth chapter, but there are mentions of them scattered about before then. This is more of a Destiny oriented story, but considering that there are Naruto characters involved, it is still classified as a crossover by all means.

If you are still interested, I thank you. If you want to read the one with the Naruto characters, it is called "Those of the Light" It is a NaruSaku and SasuHina. If you hate the Ships, that is ok and you can skip over me and my Crack fleet entirely because I have one canon story and that's it so far.

Anyways... Now that that is settled, onto the story.

Previously A Day to Remember.

Before the Lucky seven, there was Ashura... She was... A strange one, as they called her. A guardian that her ghost couldn't decipher her DNA correctly... Maybe it was because of the leg... But that didn't seem to be so...
No one knows why she turned out this way... Maybe it was because her twin was a titan... Who knows?

At first... She's scared and angry... Everything that can go wrong does. Its a repetitive cycle and she doesn't understand why all of these bad things keep happening around her.

Death...
Devastation...
Fear...

Everything seems to be going horrible before the Lucky seven arrive, by then she has hope for a possibility of a future...

The possibility that everything may turn out ok... That the city might just be safe for everyone... But with new allies and old... She realizes that not everything is as it seems... And the darkness is only getting stronger... Everyone saw her flaws, but they rarely saw past them to see that the only thing she ever wanted was for the tragedies of death to avoid her group of comrades...

Her hope for a life... For a peaceful future... It sets her fate...

The Fate of fools...

The Broken Guardian

Before the lucky seven arrived, there was a small group of guardians, they didn't get along very well all of the time, but they worked together alright out in the field. Before the battle with Atheon, before the battle with Crota, and far before the battle with Skolas, or so long before the battle with Oryx… there was a disgruntled young woman named Ashura. Her beginning was definitely not one you'd wish upon anyone else.

From the beginning she was doomed to be a setback to her team, she was a major liability to them and herself. But… maybe her so-called disability wasn't always just that, or maybe it was… being as no matter what she knew form the start she wasn't going to be treated like just another guardian.

Maybe though, in the future, she could become obsolete, to where they would forget about her strangeness and find someone else to be intrigued by… but that was just being hopeful, right?

Ashura's eyes snapped open and the moment air filled her lungs, a violent scream ripped from her throat. Her Ghost hovered around her trying to figure out the issue, but he couldn't. It wasn't until her arms grasped at her left leg, that he had noticed the blood gushing out all over the ground. "What happened guardian? Why do you not have a leg?" He asked and she ripped her fabric armor and shoved a large bunch of it into her mouth while she tore off another strip and used it to cut off the flow of her blood in her thigh. Something dropped down in front of her and between blurred, squinted eyes and pained breathing; she managed to glance up at the creature before her.

The small mechanical creature hovered around her, watching her with its blue eye. "What are you?" She asked and he tilted to the left slightly. "I am your ghost. I searched for you long and hard... I am happy I have finally found you." He said his voice mechanical, but still sounded human...

"You are a compact Exo?" She asked and he hovered backwards slightly. "You know what an Exo is?" he asked and she nodded. "I've seen them before." She said as she looked around her, her vision blurring as she searched the area. "What are you looking for?" he asked and she looked back at him oddly. "My leg what else?" she said and the ghost went silent. "What?" she asked, gruffly.

"I am going to assume that those bones right there were once your leg..." he said softly and she touched the bone that was near her, it turned to dust beneath her fingertips. "Oh... I see..." She whispered and looked around. "So I did die..." she sighed and he watched her oddly. "Um... how did you know you died?" he asked and she quirked a brow at him as if asking him, 'You're seriously gonna ask that?'

"Disregard my question..." He said and hovered down to scan her stump. "Can you tell me what you remember?" he asked and she blinked up at him with unfocused eyes. "Not much really... I think I did this to myself though..." She grumbled bitterly. She pulled the scrap of cloth away from her stump only for the blood to begin rushing forth once more. Her head lolled back and she dropped to the ground.

"Guardian!" the ghost cried out as she went down. Her vision clouded over once more and she groaned in pain. She could vaguely see the silhouette of a figure in front of her. No features were discernable and all she could do was grunt as the person prodded the stump of her leg. A shimmer of silver caught her eye and she tried to shove herself away from whoever it was before her. The person grabbed her by the shoulder and pushed her to lay flat on the ground.

"Calm down, young one... Let me look at you." She said softly and she stopped struggling against the woman. "Eris, are you sure we should be here? We could be walking into a trap here..." Another female voice muttered softly and the guardian rolled her eyes in irritation. She heard the shuffling of fabrics and the slight movement of the woman before her turning towards the other woman. They whispered back and forth for a moment, only for the one standing to release the bolt of her weapon.

It seemed the other one was intending on ending her suffering in the swiftest of ways. The crouched woman turned back to face her before she pulled a long cloth and wrapped it around the stump of her thigh, only to tie it even tighter than she had managed to. "I will help you, young guardian." She said and all She could hear after that was the woman shuffling around.

The next thing she heard was the workings of mechanical pieces and mechanical parts moving. The whirring of a fan and small pistons moving about. She squeezed her eyes shut because she was suffering from a sensory overload, not to mention the fear of what the woman was doing...

"Stay still." The one named Eris said and she dropped her head limply against the ground, only to feel an awful stabbing sensation in the stump of her thigh. A scream ripped from her once more, only for her head to limply fall against the ground as she grit her teeth to avoid the pain, and the black dots littering her vision. "This will not last you forever, but it will last you some time. I just need to connect the limb now." Eris said and she nodded weakly, giving her consent.

"Good. Let me just connect the mechanical ligaments and you will be all set." Eris said and she nodded weakly. "You will need to clean your blood of the mechanical fluids, and there are few out there who actually know how to do this…" Eris said and she took a deep breath. "You can also train your body to become immune, but there is only one who knows how for a human to become immune to the effects of mechanical fluids other than forcing the body to accept extra appendages. I wouldn't recommend you try and reason with them. I would recommend speaking to Banshee in the tower once you arrive there, guardian." Eris said and she released a scream as the woman shoved the mechanical leg onto the port she had made and twisted to tighten the seal.

As her senses began to return, she blinked a few times, urging the black dots and fogginess away. She looked from the woman before her, to the lovely woman behind her. The woman behind her wore bulky armor of purple, hints of white, and a gold emblem on her chest plate she couldn't quite make out. Eris wore odd armor as well, but it wasn't as odd as the green glow of the orb that circled her.

"W-who are you?" She managed as the woman stood. "My name is Eris Morn, guardian… and I seek the assistance of the guardians. The Hive is becoming a major threat, and you guardians are my only hope." She said and grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. She helped steady her and once she was steady on her feet she looked around with hazy eyes. "Are you alright now?" Eris asked and she tried to stand on her own, only to take a step forward and almost collapse. "Take it slow, but for the mean time... use this to get around." Eris said and handed her a wooden staff that she had picked up along the way.

"How did you know how to make this leg?" She asked and Eris forced a small smile. "I've created Exo, you see, they help me in the fight against the darkness. Against the hive, and the horror called Crota." She said and Ashura looked up at her. "It may seem like a selfish motive to create life, but… My Guardians are just as strong as you are." Eris said and she nodded, she wasn't going to condemn this woman for her efforts on an attempt to save humanity.

"What exactly happened to your leg?" Eris asked and she frowned. "I cut it off, but for what reason, I can't remember." She said and Eris nodded. "I see, and your name is?" Eris asked and she offered her a hand. "Ashura." She said and Eris watched her for a moment and she nodded. "I see… I see… Very good name. An excellent choice for a fighter like yourself." Eris said as she summoned her ship.

"A very good name indeed, Dearest goddess of rage. I accept you." She said as she performed a small bow, which Ashura replied back with one that mimicked hers in politeness. "I hope you strike fear within the hearts of all your foes." She said and Ashura nodded. "Now... Let me get you to somewhere safe." Eris offered as she helped Ashura into her ship. The other woman climbing into her own ship, a strange purple and silver ship with a golden emblem emblazoned on the side that slightly resembled a crown, only to shoot off in a different direction.

Ashura could only assume that the emblem on her armor matched the one on her ship. Ashura turned to face Eris who was sitting cross legged in the pilot seat of her ship. "Have a seat, it won't be long before we arrive at your destination." Eris said and Ashura nodded, only to walk over to the window and peer out. Her eyes caught a glimpse of her reflection and her silver eyes went wide before the darkness consumed her and she hit the floor.

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The images flashing before her eyes were overwhelming. A woman stood before her, soft lilac eyes stared at her from the dark silhouette of the woman. Red eyes blared angrily from behind the silhouette of the woman when Ashura had reached out to her. The silhouette of a larger man blocked out the female. His aura completely foreboding, unlike the peaceful one of the female.

Ashura stumbled back away from the foreboding silhouette, only to bump into someone. She looked over her shoulder and green eyes met hers. The silhouette of this man began to fade away and an excited smile crossed her lips as she recognized the ebony haired man. Another hand found its way to her other shoulder, but this one was smaller and feminine.

She turned to look over at the other person, to see the woman looked just like her once her silhouette had faded away as well. The woman smiled at her as the two of them pushed her forwards to steady her on her feet. The two of them pointed out to the silhouettes of the other man and woman, only to see that five more silhouettes had joined them across the way. None of them were as foreboding as the red eyed man.

"Do not fear them." the man behind her whispered softly as he faded away. She desperately grasped for him as he vanished from sight. "Sister... Help them. They are the future." the woman who mimicked her features said, before she too faded away.

"Brother... Sister..." She whispered as she watched the last of them vanish before her. She frowned, but turned towards the group of silhouettes before her. She watched as the pale lilac eyed one pushed past the red eyed one and stepped towards her. The red eyed one was held back by a dark blue eyed one and an emerald eyed female.

Ashura held her hand out to the lilac eyed female, only for a blinding white light flash in her vision when their fingertips had touched. Ashura blinked until the light faded away and Eris morn was crouched in front of her once more, Ashura's ghost hovering around in concern as well. "Ashura... are you alright?" Eris asked and she nodded.

"That was a crazy dream though..." She said and Eris shook her head. "That wasn't a dream... You were dead." Her ghost said and Ashura sighed. "Lovely..." Ashura sighed as she stood up to look out the window once more. A large building was visible in the distance and she furrowed her brow to figure out what it was.

"That's the tower." Eris said and Ashura nodded. "So they can help me there?" she asked and Eris shrugged lightly. "That's what I am hoping." She said and Ashura nodded. "So you said you have seen Exo before right?" Eris asked and Ashura made a move to nod, only to purse her lips. "I believe so. I keep getting a flicker of one in the back of my mind, but they may have changed since I have last seen one. It seems to have been a long time, judging from the fact the bones of my leg turned to dust." Ashura mused and her ghost chuckled slightly.

"Well I am pretty sure they will tell you who Banshee is either way. He shouldn't be too hard to find." Eris sighed and Ashura nodded. "Talk to the Speaker as well, I know he can assist you in your journey, Miss Reyes." Eris said as she handed her a small name card that had an image of her on it.

"If you want to use your old name... I won't stop you, but don't tell anyone else."

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Ashura watched Eris leave, the strange woman departing with only a farewell and a promise to return if she were allowed this. She said something of one of her Exo vanishing without a trace and that she needed to find him. Ashura was perfectly fine with the fact she had to leave, but what Ashura was not ok with… was the stares. She was getting stares from all those in the tower that had seen her arrival.

She supposed that her pale skin, bloody attire, and mechanical leg were not helping her case any in avoiding the stares. She decided that they could stare all they wanted, because stares don't mean all that much, just an interest of sorts. The whirring of her mechanical leg was deafening to her ears, she noticed as she strolled forwards. She also noticed that very few others seemed aware of the mechanical whirring sounds her leg was making.

Two guys approached her after a while of her wandering around the tower aimlessly. She glanced up at them and she figured they were twins from their similar facial features. They each gently took hold of one her arms when she had stumbled. "You don't look so well, are you alright?" The slightly taller one asked and she nodded. "Are you sure? You're awfully pale…" The other one said and she frowned. "I suppose I'm not as well as I was hoping…" she sighed and the brothers exchanged glances.

"Here, let us take you to the barracks." The younger brother said and she shook her head. "I need to see the speaker and Banshee, and then I can rest." She said and they exchanged glances once more, but nodded in agreement. "My name is Eren, and this is my brother Kris. He's the speaker's assistant." The taller one said and she nodded. They led her straight to the speaker and once they reached his room with the staircase, they called out to him.

"Mr. Speaker, sir?" Kris called out and the speaker turned and made his way down the stairs. "She looks ill… why have you brought her here? The poor dear needs rest." He said and she shook her head rapidly. "I was asked to… ask you a question…" She said and he crouched before her as the two brothers sat her to rest on the floor momentarily.

"Eris morn wanted me to ask for your assistance in the fight against the darkness, in the battle to save the traveler…" she said and he made a 'hm' noise that was muffled by his helmet. "She would have asked for help herself but one of her exos was taken and she cannot find him. She wants to save the traveler." She said and the speaker nodded. "Alright, very well, we need all the help we can get and if she is willing then we will allow her to help us." He said and she nodded. "Thank you so much." Ashura said and he nodded.

"Sir... May I speak with you privately?" Ashura asked and the white clad man nodded. He waved at the two men softly and they took their leave. She sat cross legged on the floor and he moved to sit with her. "Are you alright, young one?" he asked and she frowned deeply. She shook her head softly. "What can I help you with?" he asked and she turned to glance at him slightly.

"I have so many questions..." she sighed and he nodded. "As do we all... there are some I can answer... but most are still up to the traveler to answer." He said and she nodded as she looked down softly. "Do all guardians have visions of their dead siblings when they die?" she asked and the shock that took over his form caught her off guard.

"So, I will take that as a no..." She whispered and he nodded. "Although..." He began and she looked over at him curiously. "I have read about something similar in a book of Osiris." he muttered softly and she watched him oddly as he stood and made his way over to look through his small bookshelf behind his desk. She watched him make his way back around to her from the staircase above. He was flipping through the pages of the book until he seemed to have found what he was looking for.

He carefully sat down beside her once more, only to circle a passage with his fingertip briefly. She was curious to what he had found and she knew he was going to tell her, so she didn't pry. He seemed to still be reading from the passage. He turned to her after a few minutes of pure silence and he drug his finger back up the page to where he had started reading. "I knew I had heard something similar somewhere..." He muttered softly before he began reading the passage a little louder.

"She came to me, beaten and broken. Worn and exhausted from her battle with the Vex. A constant war between her and them. 'I hate the Vex.' She would tell me, time and time again as we traversed the tree. 'I prefer the Fallen. They seem to like me.' She would say. I would ignore her comments on this and she knew this as well." He read off and Ashura listened intently. "This is how our conversations would typically go, nothing more nothing less. Well minus the fact she constantly complained of her near constant starvation as she called it. There was a time as we traversed the tree, though... that she was saddened greatly. Usually I wouldn't inquire upon anyone else's personal issues, but she seemed to be desperately wanting to ask something."

The speaker took a moment to ponder what he was reading, possibly for reasons she was unaware, so she just continued to wait patiently for him to continue. He seemed stuck on the upcoming paragraph though...

"So, I inquired upon which that was troubling her. 'Osiris... Is it common to see the dead?' she had asked and I contemplated a snarky reply, however I felt that she was serious so I asked her to elaborate. 'When I die... I see the dead. They speak to me and they tell me their stories.' This was interesting to me, so I continued to pry, such is my nature. She told me of the dead who spoke to her. They told her stories of guardians who could shift the tide." The speaker read off and Ashura listened intently.

"A woman who could bend the Earth to her will. Destruction of mass proportions with her fist alone. It was remarkable. A woman who could speak within the minds of those she desires, she could take control of their body at will as well. She spoke of the man who boasted of his strength, but held an ominous power that threw her off due to his bright personality. She spoke of the man who said he could bend the will of the shadows. The quiet man who could move a desert to do his bidding. The man with the red eyes... he didn't speak much of his power, but she said he didn't have to because she felt it. Lastly, there was another woman. Soft spoken and kind, she didn't say much... but she didn't have to either. It seemed the others would follow her blindly." The speaker read and Ashura was speechless.

"She speaks of the Lucky Seven." One of the twins said from the doorway and the Speaker nodded as he closed the book in his grasp. "I have more of these books if you are interested." The Speaker said as he stood and offered her a hand. She took it and he helped her to her feet, only to hand her the wooden staff she had come in with. "However, our Osiris teaching session is over for the moment." He said and she nodded as they listened to the loud growl of her stomach.

She blushed lightly and he chuckled softly as he motioned for the twins. "Kris, Eren take her and show her the barracks, then take her to the vanguard leaders… I can't tell whether she is titan or hunter." He said with a frown in his voice. "She's a strange one."

They lead her out, but not before she caught the title of the other book the Speaker was flipping through. The first one was called The Lucky Seven... and the second was called The Queen of Kells. She was curious as to what that book spoke of and she was going to have to take him up on his offer to study the books of Osiris.

She loved to read after all.

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Ashura looked up to the sky and breathed a sigh of relief as they got her settled onto the steps. Kris sat with her while Eren brought her something to eat and something to drink as to settle her stomach. She ate slowly, not wanting to upset her empty stomach by wharfing it all down at once. "We have to take you to the Vanguard leaders after you eat, alright?" Eren asked and she nodded. "That's fine; I suppose you guys are trying to figure me out?" She asked with a laugh and they nodded. "Haha, my brother would be the easy one to class… I have always been complicated." She snorted and they shook their heads.

"Well let's get you to them, the speaker already told them of your arrival." Kris said and Eren nodded. "Wouldn't want to keep them waiting, now would we?" Eren asked with a smile and she shook her head as they helped her to her feet. They walked her straight back towards the center of the tower and down a hallway that lead down through by the crucible quartermaster, Shaxx, and then to a large room with a long conference table at the center. There was an awoken, an Exo, and a human standing at said table. The human turned and looked at Ashura, sighed then waved her past. "She's dressed similar to one of mine, but she's most definitely not one of mine. She looks too heavy to be able to remotely glide in the fashion that warlocks do." She said and both the Awoken titan and the Exo hunter looked up.

Ashura was slightly offended at how swiftly she was both dismissed and insulted by the warlock woman, but before she could do anything about it another voice chimed in. This one seemed friendlier and excited.

"Oh, an odd one? Finally, another one!" The hunter vanguard leader exclaimed in excitement. "Ok you are a rank one… what abilities have you discovered?" The Awoken asked calmly and she blinked but shook her head. He seemed very interested in her.

"I don't have any… I'm such a low rank one, that… I was just revived this morning." she said and the hunter shrugged while the titan crossed his arms over his chest. "Do you suppose we should see how she fairs in crucible, or should we test her ourselves?" The titan asked and the hunter released an excited hoot.

"Ourselves man, I doubt we will ever find a Guardian where the ghost couldn't decipher the DNA classification again." He exclaimed and tossed an arm over her shoulder. "So, kid, this can go either way, you could be hunter or you could be titan." He said and grabbed her by the shoulders. "But either way, I will still love you, even if you are not mine." the hunter said and she blinked at him for a moment, only to turn and glance at the warlock, who was laughing into her hand and then to the titan who was shaking his head with an amused look on his face. It seemed they all knew how strange this man was, and how energetic. She liked that though… it made him seem like such an out there and friendly guy.

She smiled and nodded. "What do I do?" she asked and the titan lifted the table plum off the floor with one hand and he set it down out of the way. "Holy…." Ashura began but a gloved mechanical hand clapped itself over her mouth. "Shhh none of that my potential little hunter." he said and her lips twitched up into a small humored smile.

"Now, come at us." The titan said and her mouth went dry, so much so she was choking on her air now. "W-what?" she asked and the titan chuckled softly, he had moved the table with a single hand and expected her to charge him. Was he nuts?! He could send her flying with a flick of his pinky finger if he so much as wanted to! She was not going to die for his amusement.

"I won't go hard on you I promise, it wouldn't be fair." He said and she shook her head. "What about me, come at me, do a blink strike. Do something. You're adorable. I want you as mine. My little hunter…" The hunter said and her brow began to twitch as his mouth seemed to not want to stop running. This being said, he was still running on motor mouth.

And now he had prodded her, and was still talking about how he wanted her in his brigade because she was an adorable little half Exo. She looked up at him and he prodded her again, and again, and again, until he began to shake her by her shoulders.

He was STILL talking five minutes later. The titan was now rubbing his eyes and had begun telling the Hunter that if he didn't stop talking, he was going to splatter his mechanical body all over the back wall. They began to bicker back and forth and Ashura was glad that the conversation had nothing to do with her any longer… Or… Maybe it did…

"But look at her!" The hunter yelled and the titan sighed. "She's so damn short it's adorable." Ashura's eye twitched and Ikora Rey seemed to notice the fire that had ignited there. Ashura lunged forwards and sent the Hunter vanguard leader flying with a shoulder charge to his back. "Listen here you giant talking soda can, I am not short! I'm small, but I'm not short. If you're going to say something you better say the right thing or I'll turn you into a garbage can." She snapped angrily as she shook her fist, but she noticed that she couldn't see her hand. "What on earth?" She asked and Ikora grabbed her shoulder and the invisibility melted away.

"Haha! She's still one of mine! I win!" The Hunter vanguard leader laughed as he dug himself out of his wall crater. The titan vanguard leader only shook his head with an amused sigh. "You're an idiot sometimes, you know this?" he asked the Exo, who grinned a robotic grin and shook his head. "I love my little hunters, they do so well gathering things for us and staying out of sight!" he said and the titan raised a brow. The exo then hugged himself to her and Ashura froze.

"What are you doing?" she asked and he propped his elbow on her head. "So whatcha doin later my little partial exo friend?" he asked and she gave him a blank look. "You're not serious…" she said and he looked at her oddly. "Oh, trust me if I were human, or awoken, I would totally act upon impulse." He said and she stared at him blankly.

"You're kidding me, right?" she asked and he nodded. "Of course... Although if you ever want someone to… electrify your circuits, give me a call." He said as he wrapped a cloak around her shoulders. "Oh my god…" Ashura managed as she stared at the Exo who had just winked at her. "What the-" She began but the titan vanguard handed her some armor with a shake of his head. "Well we knew he was a bit eccentric, but this just tops the cake." he said with an amused chuckle. "O…k… then…" she said and waddled off with the armor in her arms. "Eren… Kris… Never leave me alone with that man again." she growled and the brothers laughed.

"We can't protect you all the time, sorry." Kris laughed and she glared at him. "I'm only going to repeat it once more. If I am ever alone with him, you send someone to make sure he's not trying to electrify any of my 'circuits'." She snapped and they nodded. They still continued to laugh at her though, because the implications of that particular vanguard leader had never been voiced before, and that was a once in a lifetime event.

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Ashura was not amused in the slightest…. this was far from amusing. She glared up at the Titan and Warlock Vanguard Leaders sitting on the railing that circled the room. That was dangerous and she seriously wished they would fall. Forwards or backwards it didn't matter, they were just way too amused by this situation. She ducked and rolled out of the way of the Hunter vanguard leader, who seemed to be enjoying himself in this training. "Just wait, if you ever play control with him it will be so much more fun." The titan called out and Ashura slipped a grin. "I would hope so." she called back and flipped to avoid another of his hits.

"You're doing well, you make me proud little one." he said and then was once more shoulder charged into a wall. He slid down said wall with a pained grunt. "A little warning next time, maybe?" he asked and she laughed. "Just be grateful I didn't do it while jumping, my Exo leg is the one that generates the force needed for the air charge." she said and he grunted as he stood.

"But I suppose you need more training." He said as he vanished from sight. She looked around, hoping to see the familiar transparent aura that Hunters had when they vanished from sight, but she couldn't find it. His outline wasn't visible in the slightest.

She took a deep breath and began to listen, not hearing anything for a moment. But… Soon enough there was a footstep and she lunged, only for him to grab her, throw her against the ground and pin her there with a foot holding her mechanical leg down by the ankle, her other leg trapped beneath it, and both her arms pinned above her head with the butt of his auto rifle. "Very good. I must congratulate you." He said and helped her up.

"It's rare anyone actually takes a moment to listen for his footsteps… good job." a voice rang out and Ashura spun around. Her eyes went wide and she opened her mouth to call out to him, but his old name almost came out, but she knew if anything else what he would rename himself as. "Loki?" she asked and he offered a bow.

"I've been here for two weeks how come no one told me you were here?" she asked and he shook his head. "I'm not sure… I guess they just didn't see the resemblance." he laughed and she grinned at him. Another hunter walked up and The Hunter Vanguard Leader Lunged at him. Only to complain about how filthy his cloak was, all riddled with holes and whatnot.

Ashura briefly watched as Cayde-6 continuously stuck his fingers through the many holes on the hunter's cloak and complained about each and every hole and rip he found. "So, you're a hunter?" Her brother asked her, taking her attention off of the hunter and his vanguard leader. She shook her head rapidly. Before she could explain for herself, Ikora cut in.

"She's a strange one." Ikora said as she walked over to her Warlock. "We believe that due to that Exo leg of hers she is neither Hunter, nor a Titan. She can use shoulder charge and the invisibility, but we don't know whether she's solely Barrier, Striker, Gunslinger, or Blade Dancer. She may have more abilities we haven't discovered yet." Ikora said and Loki watched her carefully.

"You damn oddball." He sighed and she pouted at him. "What? It's true and you know it." He said and she managed a small smile. "So, what are you doing? They are training me." she said and Loki furrowed his brow. "It may just be that they are training you to be sure that your systems don't screw up and send you into a fit like the last strange one did." Lion said as he dusted his cloak off from the constant grabbing Cayde-6 had done to it. "A fit?" she asked and Loki frowned as he glanced from Lion to Ashura.

"The last Hybrid was a Hunter/ warlock cross." Lion started and Ashura listened intently. "He was able to use both void and arc abilities at the same time and it became an issue when he attempted a nova bomb right after his blade dance wore off… and he…" Lion continued and Loki glared at him.

"He imploded. End of story. His Nova reacted with the arc and swallowed him; apparently the nova had registered him as an enemy." Loki said and Ashura felt faint, her vision blurred and all strength left her limbs. "S-so I'm going to be ripped apart by my own abilities?" she asked with a trembling whisper. Cayde-6 walked over and had begun to listen in on the conversation.

"There is a possibility, but you have to be careful." Ikora rey began but Ashura's form had begun to crumple lifelessly before the words could even fully escape her. Cayde however, had managed to catch her before she hit the ground. "You guys know her systems were stable right? That her abilities come off as solely arc and not a mixture?" Cayde-6 asked and they blinked at him.

"What?" Loki asked and Cayde-6 shrugged. "She seems to be strictly arc. So, she could use blade dance or fist of havoc. I believe she will be fine." Cayde-6 said and Ikora crossed her arms over her chest. "How could you possibly be sure of that?" she asked and the titan vanguard leader strolled over. "She uses the invisibility, and shoulder charge. Two arc abilities. I could understand if she was to use barrier, but she's used shoulder charge, which is arc." The titan said and she nodded. "She has also used invisibility, which is also arc. Meaning that she's one of mine." Cayde-6 said and Ikora sighed.

"We have to share her in vanguard, Cayde…" the titan sighed and Cayde looked at him. "No." he responded shortly and Lion snorted. "We all know of the whole, 'Electrify her circuits' thing… the entire tower knows." Lion said and Loki glared at the Hunter vanguard leader who, if it were possible, seemed as if he would have smirked. "I didn't." he grumbled and Lion laughed. "Well maybe there was one person that didn't know."

"But now I do… and I am not impressed."

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Ashura focused her movements on hitting the target and keeping herself steady while doing so. It had been quite troublesome to reconfigure the exact customization settings for her mechanical leg's speed, movement, and force applications when using shoulder charge.

She spun around and her left leg connected with the Exo before her. There was a split second of the realization of what was about to happen before the Exo was sent flying backwards and through the wall. A point scale appeared on her gauntlets and gave her bonus points for melee kills as a ghost burst open above the Exo hunter. She heard footsteps and lunged into yet another shoulder charge, but a blast from a shotgun and a "Bitch, no you don't." sent her flying backwards, the last thing she saw was her ghost burst open above her.

She was dropped in somewhere else once more and a string of angered curses left her lips. She glanced at the radar on her gauntlet screen and saw that a flicker of red was to her left, there was one to her right, and there was also one in the distance in front of her as well. She glanced at her gauntlets to see that the bar signaling her fist of havoc for crucible was almost full. She fisted her hands, which created an electrical charge every time she fisted her hands.

The bar hit full and she ran straight forwards with no weapons drawn, knowing this would draw out the other guardians competing in this particular match of rumble. There were four of them chasing her, attempting to earn the high score to keep them on top of the leader board, but when they were all in range she jumped up and shoulder slammed the ground, which sent rippling bursts of electricity all around her, taking out three of the four.

"You conniving little-" The warlock began irately as he dropped a nova bomb at her but she vanished from sight and took off running. She hadn't quite figured out why they did the whole crucible thing yet, there were rules of course… But she was confused as to why no one was all too concerned about someone actually dying. She would have to ask someone sometime… That is… if they would stop calling her a bitch long enough for her to get a word out…

She sighed and crept around the corner, only for a fusion grenade to stick to her mechanical leg when she became visible once more. "Son of a…" she growled out as it burst and she was sent flying. The circuitry was definitely damaged, judging from the sound of the sparking and the fact that when she looked down, half her leg was gone.

One guardian walked over and looked at her and shook his head. He must have been the one to throw the grenade. "I was wondering why I didn't get points yet…" he sighed and Ashura looked up at him, only to laugh. That was when he heard the click of her releasing the pressure release button on her own fusion grenade.

"You're going down with me for this." she snapped as it detonated, she was dropped off in another area, just as the match ended. She wasn't at the very bottom of the scoreboard, but she wasn't anywhere close to the top, she was two above the very bottom. That wasn't very impressive, but it was better than being last. She heard a noise from her gauntlets and looked down to see she was already rank ten. "Great." she said as she was dropped into the tower once more.

She glanced around and spotted the exo who carried the bounties. She jogged over and began looking through the list he had, but the snickers and taunts she heard made her pause. 'She's hardly capable of anything he has to offer.' one person said; which made her clench her fist.

'She probably couldn't even destroy a shank, that's how pitiful she is…' one woman had said and she turned to look at them, a seething look in her eyes. "Listen here… I will not stand for your pitiful little insults." She snapped and one guy laughed, shoving her down. "Then, how about you take a seat; because we have plenty more." He snorted and she forced herself up from the ground only to send him flying over the railing with a swift uppercut.

"Ooh… So, she can hurt a fly." The female hunter snorted, and Ashura had turned to give her a waylaying as well, but someone grabbed her and pulled her to the side. "Hey, listen, you can't go around causing trouble." Eren said and she sneered at him. "I was hardly the one starting it." She snapped and made her way down to the barracks.

When she got there, there was already someone in her room. "For the love of everything…" She snarled and flung the door open with a sneer. There was a guy sitting on her bed, but he was an astral projection. "Don't panic. I'm here to help, not hurt." He said and something clicked in her mind, this was the voice of her ghost now. She hadn't understood it before but on her last visit to Venus, her ghost had been hit by a Vex Harpy laser and this voice had taken over after it had short circuited. "ok…" She said and sat on the bed beside him.

"My name is Kabr. I was once a guardian as well, you see…" He began and she nodded. "Kabr the legionless. You were the titan who created the Aegis… You were the one who ventured into the vault." She said and he nodded. "At least someone reads up on their history." he sighed and she nodded. "I don't have much else to do, as you can clearly see." She sighed and he shook his head.

"Either way, you will in due time." He said and she nodded. "Are all Ghosts legendary guardians?" she asked and he nodded. "No not all, some were just regular guardians with valuable information, that is how we know so much. The traveler gave us a second chance to show the world what we know. He gave us delicate information, in addition to our entire memories and the information we had gotten ourselves." He said and she nodded.

"We, as ghosts, have a duty to protect you all and keep you alive, but if we fail, so does humanity." he said and she listened intently. "We as previous guardians, know exactly how hard it is for current guardians. we are here to make sure you succeed where we did not." He said and she nodded. "That's understandable." She said then looked at him. "But why did you bring me back?" She asked and he stayed silent. "Well? Why me? I'm nothing special. I'm missing a leg for God's sake… what kind of sick joke was this?" She snapped, the prickling of tears at the back of her eyes making her even angrier.

"I didn't want to be alive again, sure... I'm proud of my older brother… he's becoming a well-known guardian, one who is doing his best to save us… but I'm sitting here crying because I can't do shit!" she snarled and Kabr shook his head. "Ghosts choose their guardians based on DNA, heritage, previous skill, or their determination… " He began and she sneered at the ceiling. "But I chose you." he said and she stared at him in a sort of shocked anger.

"But… why?" She asked and he shrugged. "Titan's intuition. I felt that you were going to be special. We have a certain DNA that we can revive guardians from, although there are seven of us ghosts… that no one has been able to find anyone of the remote DNA as they need. We believe those seven ghosts may never find their guardians… and if they do… they will have to go deep in the tunnels under earth's surface to find them… it seems that those of the bloodline that they are looking for were wiped out." He said and she frowned.

"Thank you… for choosing me… but, do you really believe I am special?" she asked and he chuckled. "Of course, you're a hunter with titan abilities. You can use invisibility, arc blade, Golden gun… and the fist of havoc. You're very special." he said and she stared at him in fear. "b-but… won't using arc and solar abilities… kill me?" she asked and he looked at her sternly.

"Only if you are reckless… Go to Cayde-6. Ask him for the jamming chip. He will know exactly what you're asking for. Tell him Kabr sent you, but tell him in private." he said and she blinked, her brows furrowing in confusion. "Why in private?" she asked and he motioned for her to quiet her voice. "No one but the exos know that we ghosts are actually past guardians. If they did… the fallen would pick us apart for all the information we hold." He said and she nodded.

She stood and turned to say thank you, but his visage was gone, and his ghost had dematerialized into her gauntlets once more. She changed into casual clothes, which felt odd, compared to her skin tight and thick hunter armor. She felt defenseless and exposed, but she would get used to it soon enough. She made her way to the vanguard room, where she usually saw Cayde, Ikora, and Commander Zavala usually were, but today, they were nowhere to be found.

No one was in the vanguard station at all, not even the Exo who usually tottered around looking at their tablets… Not even the machine workers who wandered the room were there… Shaax, however… was. she wandered back out into the hall to see him sitting in his swivel chair behind his desk, his feet propped up on his desk. "Guardian… you didn't fare well in crucible today, but you will get better… it takes time." He said and she nodded with a small smile.

"I didn't, but it's nice of you to encourage us." She said but frowned and looked back to the empty room. "You wouldn't happen to know where Cayde is, would you?" She asked and he sat up. "I just so happen to. He's in the bar." Shaax said and Ashura nodded, thanked him and took off towards the bar, which was located in the ship dock. She took off running, slowing to jog up the stairs, then began running across the tower once more.

she jumped, landed on the railing for the stairs and took a moment to perch herself there steadily, then she jumped once more and landed by the doorway leading to the ship slipped past other guardians who gave her looks, but she ignored them. She slipped into the bar to see Cayde dancing like a goof. A laugh escaped her and he turned to look at her. "Hey! how are you?" he asked and that familiar light flickered through his robotic eyes. "No… before you ask… I'm not here so you can electrify my circuits." She said with a roll of the eyes and he snapped his fingers with a curse under his breath.

"Damn… I was really hoping that was why you sought me out." He sighed heavily and plopped down on the couch, tossing one leg over the other, while draping his arms on the back of the couch. "So, little one. what can I assist you with today?' He asked and she walked over and sat next to him. "Kabr sent me." She said and his mouth opened, but no sounds came out. With a click he closed his mouth and scanned over the room.

"Follow me." He said and stood, only to swiftly walk out of the room. She swiftly jumped to her feet and ran after him, only for him to vanish around a corner, and for her to barely see the hidden hallway he had gone down. When she rushed down the hallway after him, she entered a small room with maps and class motes hung on the wall. "So, he picked you?" he asked, his voice sounded surprised, which made her feel slightly offended, seeing as how he had said it was the tone of voice used when people saw her in crucible.

"Yeah… he said you would have a jammer for me…" She said, her tone irate, which caused him to look at her with his head cocked to the side. "Why do you need a jammer? You're solely arc…" he said and she shook her head. "Apparently Kabr says I can use Golden gun..." she said and he nodded. "Uh… huh…" he said then filed around through a drawer. he pulled something out with a nod and looked at her. "Toss that leg of yours up here. I need it." He said and she lifted her mechanical leg to prop it on the table.

with a chuckle, he ripped open a plate on her upper thigh and chuckled more. "Hey Ashura." He called and she looked over at him with a dirty look. "Guess who gets to electrify your circuits." He chuckled then began welding something to the inside of her leg. "Cute." She grumbled and he laughed. "I would hardly call me cute." he said and she raised a brow at him. "Let's get off that topic. How about you tell me how you got into the position you're in?" she asked and he sighed, his humor in the situation ruined by her.

"Buzz kill." he sighed as he continued placing the jammer. "It was a long time ago… I lost a very close friend of mine, he was the previous vanguard leader. I took the vanguard dare after he died… and lost. that's how I ended up here." He said and she frowned. "How did he die?" She asked and he stopped working for a moment, then sighed and looked her in the eyes.

"Taniks murdered him."

Her silver eyes took on a sudden sorrow as he continued to work on her leg once more. "I'm sorry about your friend…" She said and he nodded. "It's been a very long time, so I no longer seek revenge, because I can only hope I am doing what he had always wanted me to." he said and she looked him right in the eyes. "If I ever get a chance… I will kill Taniks." She said and he sighed, stopping his work altogether. "I wouldn't recommend trying… Murdering people is what he does best." he said and she frowned at him.

"That doesn't matter." She said and he looked at her and released a sigh. "I wish I had your humanistic tenacity. You're going to make me proud, but I just want you to promise me something." He said and she watched him with her head cocked to the side in confusion as he finished the weld on her mechanical leg. She set her leg back on the ground as he rounded the desk to sit on the edge of it.

"You're smart… so maybe you will understand what I mean by this." He began and she listened intently. "I don't want you to kill any Fallen that don't try to kill you first." He said and she furrowed her brows at him in confusion. "What?" she asked incredulously.

"We share a common foe. The Hive. If they don't try to kill you, don't kill them. If they shoot, you return fire." He said and she blinked and shook her head. "I have no idea why you're telling me this. Are you telling me not to kill Taniks?" she asked and his mechanical eyes narrowed into slits.

"No. I'm going to make a gamble and say… you're going to fight him whether I tell you to or not. He slaughtered my close friend, so I have no sympathy for that murderer. I want you to make him suffer… but I don't see anyone making him suffer… I don't want to lose anyone from my side. I will never forgive myself if he kills you. What I am saying though…" He started and readjusted to where his arms were crossed over his chest instead of propping him up on the table.

"When we were in the battle to take the moon back from the Hive years ago… I fought alongside a Fallen Baroness. She didn't kill me because we were both fighting for our lives. I didn't kill her because she agreed to be my ally for the fight. We had both been hiding behind the crashed jump ship that I had run to hide behind because I had been taking heavy fire. She didn't kill me, but instead she chose to help fight the Hive." He said and she listened with surprise in her eyes.

"Listen… I may be a robot, but I have a personality… I have feelings… I can feel…" He said and her eyes softened. "When I had run to see how she was doing… she was laying on the ground bleeding out." he said and clenched his fists. "I thanked her, and gave her a merciful death. I just wanted you to realize that even Fallen don't want to have to fight us like this… not all of them are ruthless… you just have to find the ones who don't attack you first." He said and she nodded.

"Just know… if you find Taniks… spare him no mercy… it may be a long time before you do, but give him no reasonable doubt. Destroy him on the spot." He said and she nodded and held a fist over her chest. "I'm going to give you my Guardian's Vow. I Vow on my life that Taniks will die, or I will die trying to kill him." She said and he shook his head.

"Never make that sort of vow." He said and she smirked at him. "You did the vanguard dare in memory of your friend. I'm giving you my vow. But I will be strong enough to kill him when I do strike." She said and he sighed and ruffled his hood.

"Sometimes I think you are too determined, just like your brother." He sighed and she laughed. "It's hereditary." She said and he chuckled. "Is there anyone who can get you to worry more for your safety?" he asked and she tapped her chin in thought for a minute. "No. I have no one to prove anything to. I have no one to try to be careful for… so… I will fight for my mentor, and I will make you proud as a Hunter in your vanguard." She said and he sighed once more, only to reach over and ruffle her white hair.

"I like you kid…" He said and she snorted. "Yeah… I haven't noticed this…" She said and he chuckled. "Nah… I liked you before because you were a strange one and I couldn't let Zavala have you." He said and she glared up at him as he propped his elbow on her head.

"You're also so damn short it's going to be hilarious to watch you fight a kell." He said with a chuckle and a flick of his wrist. "I will splatter you against the wall you walking trash can." She growled and he cocked his head to look down at her. "Oh… now I'm a trash can? I thought I was a soda can…" He said and she seethed up at him.

"Listen here… I will call you whatever I damn well please." She snarled and he leaned down to put his face in hers. "But I like it when you call me mentor… or better yet… master…." He said and her brow twitched. "Ok! Listen here, you robotic pervert, I'm going to smash you!" she snarled and he did a flip to avoid her fist. "Just kidding, just kidding." He chuckled and ruffled her hair once more. "Loki was right… short people are meaner…" he said and spun to his left to avoid her shoulder charge.

"Hey hey now… you gave me your vow… don't revoke it because you're pissy." He said and she seethed at him and walked past. "Whatever." "Whatever nothing… I'm truly thankful that you want to do that for me." he said and she turned around to face him.

"You're my teacher, you've taught me all that I know right now… I owe you." She sighed and he shook his head. "Technically you don't, but you're such a good student, I appreciate this. I also want you to tell me when you go to face him, so I can assist in avenging my friend." He said in a serious tone and she shook her head. "I can't."

"You can and you will, do not deny me this. I can't let you fight my battles." He said and she nodded slowly. "Alright…" she said with a sigh. "When and if I ever fight him, I will let you know so you can help end his reign of terror." She said and he held a hand out to her.

"Nah… you're not getting away with just your word, you're going to shake on it. whether you tell me or someone else does, it doesn't matter, what does… is that you're going to let me avenge my friend." He said and she smiled, holding out her hand. "Agreed. I won't do it without you."

Alrighty guys! I came back and edited the mess outta this. Hopefully you will all enjoy this so much more now. 3