-x Chapter 3 x-

Richard stood there with widened eye, with the woman still hugging him. This woman was his long lost mother.

David got out shock if his shock. "Raudery, this is David, you are clear to enter the atmosphere, I reapet you are clear to enter the atmosphere."

Tsunade raised her eyebrows. 'Enter the atmosphere? It's as if he saying they're from. . .' She looked up; there she spotted a large ship called the Raudery entering their world's atmosphere. Tsunade just stared in shock. 'I can't believe it, they're not from our world?'

Kushina did not even bother, all she cared about was that her son is alive and well. 'Oh Kami! Thank you, thank you for bringing my baby back!'

As the large ship touches down, a door to the side opened, lowering a lamp. Several people came out of the ship, several of them armed; four (two Windams and two Dagger Ls) mobile suits as well came out of the ship acting as guards.

Tsunade grimaced. 'Kami there's more of those giants?' She noticed the people approaching them from the ship, in the middle was a beautiful woman with silver and black hair wearing ornate (purple and black) outfit with a black cape, with her was four young beautiful women around age of 18-20's also wearing different ornate (blue, purple, green, and red) outfit and a man, he had reddish-brown hair. The rest of the men were armed some sort of armed escorts wearing ornate (black) outfits as well, wearing steel helmets (WW II Nazi German soldiers).

Richard spotted the Romalian Empress approaching along the Princesses, the bodyguards, his father and armed escorts, he then broke the hug. "Please you must compose yourself." He then turned to Tsunade. "May I present to you, Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress of the New Romalian Empire, Sindel Edenia. And along her imperial daughters, Princess Kitana Edenia and Princess Mileena Edenia."

Tsunade and the people behind her stared at the three, the princesses were few years younger than Richard, while herself and Kushina were the same age of the Empress, the Hokage then composed herself, and gave the Empress the princesses a small bow. "Welcome to Konoha of Hi no Kuni, your Majesty and your Highnesses. I am Tsunade Senju, the Fifth Hokage of this Village."

Sindel along her daughters smiled and bowed as well, aware of what the Hokage is thanks to them. "Thank you Lady Hokage, we just came here to present ourselves to our new neighbors, as it is customary for us to do."

Tsunade nodded and smiled. "Of course your Majesty that is most gracious of you. Please, if you wish we can continue our talk inside the Hokage tower."

Sindel smiled. "You're too kind, Lady Tsunade. We will be more than happy to join you." She then gestured to the three people with her. "I almost forgot, this is Jade and Skarlet one of my daughters bodyguards, and Marcus Walker, the captain of the Raudery."

Three of them bowed and greeted the Hokage. They continue following Tsunade whiled the villagers looked at the strangely clothed people with curiosity.

Richard with Kishina still beside him, eyed the people with caution, he still hasn't forgotten what they've done to him. Kushina noticed his cautios behaviour, she looked at her son's eyes, and she can tell that he has killed already, more than once.

She wondered who helped him through when he made his first kill? Who got him out of the village? All these questions were roaming around her head, it was all too much.

Richard noticed this and place a hand on her shoulder. "Are you alright?"

Kushina's breathing relaxed. "I am now thank you, it's just all too much, this is the first time I'm finally meeting you, the day you disappeared was the day I woke from my coma, I fell into a coma the day you were born."

Richard was taken aback at this, but was relieved to know he wasn't abandoned the day he was born. "I am assuming more will be revealed once we head to the Hokage tower?"

Kushina nodded, she wanted to tell him now, but in a more private area would be more suitable. As they follow Tsunade into the large building in the center of the Village, Sindel and her daughters couldn't help but marvel at the building's architecture, it quite oriental, a combination both Japanese and Chinese design, she heard stories of a failed colonization plan centuries ago for Jupiter before the start of the Space Century. These people must have been their descendants, Richard also informed her of their unique abilities due to a unique kind of radiation emitting from the moon itself, some of them seem to inheritable as well by means of procreation.

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They enter the office, leaving some guards outside the door. Tsunade sat on her chair, gesturing her guests to take a seat as well. Sindel and the company nodded in gratitude and took their seats.

"Let me say once again, welcome to Konoha your Majesty, it is quite a surprise for me and the village to know that there is a life beyond the stars. Beside me here my assistant Shizune, she is also qualified doctor of the village." Tsunade said with a smile.

Sindel smiled back and greeted the young woman beside Tsunade. "Yes, we were surprise that there is a life here on Pandora."

"Pandora, your Majesty?" Tsunade showed a face of confusion. Shizune and Kushina were wondering as well.

"Why yes, there isn't technically a planet, it's a moon we have designated Pandora, along with its sister moons orbiting the gas planet Jupiter, which you can probably see every night."

Tsunade was surprised at this, this world is actually a moon, they thought the large body in the sky every night was a very large moon. Shizune was taken aback at this. "Wow, your Majesty that's a lot to take in."

Sindel nodded. "Of course, please don't let this affect you or your people, you are free to with this information as you wish, sometimes ignorance is necessity to keep civilization standing."

Tsunade was surprised at her wisdom. "Your Majesty, how old are you?"

"Of course, I'm 43 years old, Lady Tsunade." Sindel answered straightly.

Tsunade, Shizune, and Kushina widened their eyes in surprise and shock, a 43 year old beautiful woman had such wisdom in politics. While Kushina was totally surprise the revelation that the Empress was the same age as herself. Tsunade made acomment. "I can tell you have been brought up quite well, your Majesty."

"Thank you, Lady Tsunade." Sindel replied. "I believe though you wish to talk about Richard Walker? That is why you have brought us here?"

Tsunade nodded. "Yes, eight years he disappeared without a trace on his birthday October 10. Although he went by another name, Naruto Uzumaki, son of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze."

Richard was shocked, the Fourth Hokage the man who sealed Kyuubi no Kitsune into him was his father. "Are you telling me that the man who sealed the Kyuubi inside of me is my very own father."

Marcus widened his eyes as he turned to his son, how could a man condemn his own child to a life of suffering?

Sindel's face hardened, no parent should damn their child like that. The princesses and the bodyguards clenched their fists in anger of that man's wrongdoing. David winced, a father committed a great sin by condemning his own child to a life of pain, and he was a father of three.

Tears started falling down Kushina's face, she was too weak to stop it on that horrid night. Richard approached her placing a hand on her shoulder, Kushina looked at his son, she embraced him and cried on his shoulder.

Richard sighed. "It's not your fault. It never was."

Kushina cried even harder, here was her son saying that it wasn't her fault. In her mind though, she blamed herself for being too weak to stop it that night he was born.

Tsunade caught the attention once more. "We are still investigating how he got off world?"

Marcus stood. "That would be me, my name is Marcus Walker, Captain of the Raudery, a soldier of the New Romalian Empire, and Richard's adoptive father."

Tsunade, Shizune, and Kushina had their eyes spread like dinner plates; here was the man took him away from Konoha. Kushina wanted to say something, but knew that Richard would come to defend him.

"I took him from this place when I found him beaten and bruised with multiple lacerations on his body. Thankfully the beast inside him healed his wounds, although some scars stayed. I gave him a new life among the stars and a family along the crew of my ship. He grew up in a environment, and become an excellent soldier." Marcus eplained.

Richard smiled at his father. "And for that I am grateful father." He then turned to Tsunade. "The day I left was the day the Kyuubi left the seal thanks to a scroll I stole from the Hokage's vault, for the 10 years of my life in this village the fox was the only friend I had. She taught me how to be shinobi so I could at least defend myself. I knew I did not have a future here if I stayed longer, I was lucky that my adoptive father found me, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have lived such a successful life."

Tsunade sighed, she wanted to scream at the man, but what Richard told her was true.

Kushina was surprised at this. "You befriended the Kyuubi and she taught you how to be shinobi?"

Richard nodded. "I'm sure you know this already, the day Kyuubi attacked when a masked man with the Sharingan extracted the Kyuubi from you and controlled her. She told me that when a female container gives birth the seal is weakend."

Kushina nodded as well. "Yes, I remember that night all too well, your father wanted you to be viewd as a hero, believing that by telling the village that the Kyuubi was sealed inside you, everyone would view you as a hero."

Sindel then finished it. "Except that didn't go as planned."

Tsunade nodded grimly. "No, honestly I didn't know what Minato was thinking before he died. It should have been stayed a secret so Naruto could live a normal life."

Richard looked at Tsunade straight in the eye. "My name is Richard Walker, I refuse to be called that name."

Tsunade interjected. "But that's the name you were given that night you were bor-"

Richard raised his hand signalling her to stop. "I know it was my given name, but that name given me nothing but pain and suffering, nothing good ever came out of it, that's why I changed my name to Richard Walker."

Tsunade slumped into her chair in defeat, it was damn good reason to abandon his birth name. Kushina smiled in understanding, she could practically feel his pain. "It's okay Richard, no matter what name you choose, you will always be my son."

Richard smiled even bigger smile. "Thank you. . . Mom."

Kushina trembled, he finally called her the one thing she has been wanting to hear for 18 years, Mom. She couldn't control herself and broke down crying, Richard captured her in a tight hug, a lone tear falling down his face.

Sindel along with her daughters and their bodyguards smiled at the scene, they both finally have the closure they have been wanting for so long. Marcus sniffed a bit and wiped a tear in his eye, the scene reminded him too much his late wife and son.

David looked at his captain. "Sir, are you crying?"

Marcus interjected. "No, I'm not! Just got something in my eye."

Richard laughed at his father. Marcus and David surprised at his behaviour, this was the first time they have seen him laugh in years, and somehow. . . it gave off a good feeling.

A/N: *Sniff!* I almost cried writing the ending of this chapter. We will going to the story after this. See you guys on the next chapter.

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