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Background: A lone surviving Spartan is secretly sent off of Reach during its invasion in the year 2552. When a Covenant Carrier exits slipspace while the Spartan's pod enters its own slipspace, the pod is sent into an anomaly sending him over 150 years into the future. What only would be a matter of seconds, the pod carrying the lone Spartan exits slipspace over a not-so familiar Earth. Humanity is now in "The Second Age". The world is a far more different place than it had once been. Now, the Spartan must grow accustomed to his new surroundings, customs, and a whole new world.
"Move it… I said move!" The wiry haired girl exclaimed as she peered over the suited man in armor.
"Ms. Shiho, restraints have been placed on the subject" said one of the white-cloaked ANBU.
She studied Kai's unconscious figure respectively, surveying him on the table from head to toe.
The room was small, dark and circular; usually inhabited by the Torture and Interrogation Force of Konoha. Eleven white-cloaked ANBU stood at the ready encompassing the room; Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka stood at each end of the examination table located in the center of the room. Hiruzen Sarutobi stood on one side of the table with Shiho glancing over Kai on the other.
"Ms. Shiho, I would appreciate it if you didn't damage or hurt our friend here," Sarutobi said, "We wouldn't want to give a bad first impression."
She stumbled about in complete interest surveying the mysterious shell of the subject. "This…this is truly amazing! I have never seen such implemented bio-mechanical composite such as this before!" said Shiho. She ran her fingers across the helmet visor; tapping it.
"Lord Hokage, I think any means are necessary at the given moment. For all we know this..." Ibiki paused looking for the correct word, "thing, could be a mercenary or hostile at most."
Sarutobi smiled, "Well we won't know until we find out now will we?"
Ibiki closed his eyes and placed his hands on Kai's helmet; chakra flowed through his arms and to the helmet.
Inside of Kai's suit, Uesugi sent a neuro-shock through Kai's body which jolted him back into reality. He opened his eyes to see four figures peering over him. Blood surged through his veins as he ripped his right arm from the restraint shackle and ripped the leather strap off on his chest plate.
"Everyone get back, protect the Hokage!" shouted Inoichi. Six ANBU jumped to life standing firm in front of Sarutobi; Inoichi and Ibiki on each side of the Hokage.
Shiho stood in shock next to the table as the 6 ½ foot figure rose from the table towering over her. He reached for his sidearm on his waist but it was missing. He clenched his fist and went to rip his arm from the other shackle but toppled backwards as two ANBU jumped him. He struggled as three more held him to the floor. "Restrain it; keep it down!—"an ANBU shouted.
"I'm a human being dammit; get the hell off of me!" Kai shouted.
Sarutobi's eyes widened. He pushed the ANBU aside. "Stop! Release him!"
Immediately the ANBU retreated from Kai. Sarutobi went to his side and grabbed Kai by his underarm, raising him back to his feet.
"Lord Hokage—" said one of the ANBU. Sarutobi held his hand up, silencing the shocked group.
"Thanks, I'm sorry about all of the commotion I caused", Kai said. "Don't you always cause commotion?" Uesugi stated. He ignored Uesugi as the older man greeted him with a smile looking up to him.
"No, I'm sorry for the way we treated you. You aren't from these parts are you?" Sarutobi asked.
Kai paused for a moment, looking for the correct answer. "Not from these parts, no." Kai chuckled as so did the Hokage.
(Time skip: 20 minutes)
Kai settled himself down on the chair as so did the Hokage in front of him behind his desk. Kai gazed outside of the window at the quaint village below. The thought surprised him that a colony such as this could be so…old fashioned. Where was the technology, the ships, the UNSC? All seemed so confusing to him as the thoughts raced though his mind.
The older man reached into his pocket pulling out his pipe; lighting it, he whisked the match and threw it in a pale. He puffed at the pipe, "So what brings you here to our village; you certainty don't seem to fit in with the others," he said chuckling.
Kai's leg shook anxiously; his restless leg syndrome kicking in. "Well, I am from here; this is Earth correct? Located in the Sol System?"
Hiruzen glanced at him with a questionable look on his face. "Are you feeling okay? You certainty aren't from here. That could be the answer for that machine we found near you in the forest also. What is your name if I may ask?"
"Kai sir, my name is Kai," he replied.
"Pleased to meet you, Kai. My name is Sarutobi Hiruzen; I am the Third Hokage, or village leader, of Konohagakure."
Kai's leg shook faster now.
"Calm down Kai, nobody is going to hurt you; you are safe." He took another puff from his pipe. "Earth… Yes; I have heard of this name before." His tone became more serious now. He reached down to the bottom drawer of his desk; opening the empty drawer he raised his hand and beckoned the armored man to his desk.
"Look here," he said pointing to the inside of the drawer. "What do you see?"
Kai leaned forward peering into the drawer. Carved into the bottom was a drawing; "Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the Vitruvian Man; circa 1487," said Uesugi. Sarutobi glanced back at Kai, "Is there two people in that suit of yours?"
Kai laughed, "Oh no! I haven't introduced you to Uesugi yet!" "Allow me sir," said Uesugi.
Uesugi tapped into Kai's suit interface; Kai's hand rose in sign of a handshake. "Pleased to meet you Mr. Sarutobi, my name is Uesugi-AI interface Series II." "I hate when you do that without telling me," said Kai under his breath.
"I am sure you have many questions as so do I—""We," interrupted Kai.
"Yes, We. The two of us have plenty of questions of our own. This may all seem confusing, Kai's appearance and etcetera; but we are also equally puzzled concerning the current situation."
The Third stared at Kai in bewilderment, shaking his hand. "P-Pleased to meet you Uesugi. Where are you? Are you speaking through Kai here?
"You could say that. I am an AI, or also known as Artificial Intelligence. I am an artificially created construct that can exhibit intelligence similar to a sentient being such as yourself. I am more like Kai's personal guide."
Still bewildered, Sarutobi smiled and chuckled, "Well I've met two newcomers today! What an exciting day this is!" "Now," his tone became serious once-more, "it seems you've seen this "Vitruvian Man" before, am I correct?"
"Yes I have," said Kai. His memories flashed back to his childhood in Camp Currahee on Onyx. He remembered sitting in his SPARTAN Training class with his fellow classmates learning about The Canon of Proportions; a palm with four fingers, a foot is four palms, a cubit is six palms, and a man is 24 palms. The lesson rung through his read as if it were just yesterday.
"Good, then you might be able to explain what it contains." Sarutobi clasped his hands together and placed his right hand on the carving. A small plume of smoke appeared as he removed his hand from the drawer. As the smoke cleared, it revealed a small chip; an AI's container chip. It was cracked across its structure and appeared charred on the corners.
The pieces were forming together now; he knew where he was; this was Earth! He did arrive at his destination; though off-schedule. "It seems the pod did reach its trajectory then," said Uesugi.
Kai walked to the window and stared down at the street where he saw two children playing tag. A woman carrying groceries talking with a vendor; a group of jacketed men yelling at a young boy holding a paint can.
"If this is the place where you call Earth; then things have changed," said Sarutobi. Kai head leaned against the glass window. "My sensei before me, Tobirama Senju, placed this seal here in my desk during our land's First Shinobi World War. Through the decades, information about what this world used to maintain were passed from one generation to another. Though few fragments remain, it is viable that there was once a living group of people here before us."
"Are you the only person that knows of this?" said Kai.
"Only the Village Council's from each land know of this. They rather not dispel such information to keep curiosity at a minimal." Sarutobi paused and looked back into the drawer. "I- I believe you should see this also." Kai watched as the man clasped his hands together once more making hand gestures and placed his right hand onto the carving again. Another plume of smoke appeared with a small picture.
"I placed this inside of my master's seal along with the artifact." said Sarutobi. He pulled from the drawer the small picture and handed it to Kai. He wiped the dust from the picture to see the same white cloaked men he had seen earlier; he had seen so many of these people lately. He wiped the rest of the picture to see them standing around a UNSC warhead. The proof was in the pudding; a United Nations Space Command Shiva-class nuclear missile.
"Where is it?" said Kai.
"Unfortunately much of the artifact is no longer in our possession. It was split into three pieces and two of which were given to our neighboring lands as a peace agreement in the Second Shinobi World War. The piece we have in possession was lost many years ago under the designation of Danzo Shimura; the leader of the now dispelled ROOT ANBU division. The ANBU in our village are our Special Assassination and Tactical Squad." Kai handed back the photograph to Sarutobi. That partially explained why he was attacked earlier.
"You wouldn't mind me asking what the artifact is would you if you are familiar with it?" said Sarutobi.
Kai wavered at the thought of a Nuclear Warhead. It was apparent that his Slipspace travel had taken him into a distant time period on Earth; the impact of two slipspace portals was overwhelming for the small pod. The question though was how was he going to get back to his own time?
"Power," replied Kai.
"I see," replied Sarutobi. He took another puff from his pipe and rose from his seat standing next to Kai. A calm breeze wisped through the open window.
"You wouldn't mind me asking if you could take off your helmet would you?" Sarutobi asked.
"Your suit lockdown is now disabled sir; you are free to remove your helmet," said Uesugi. Kai lifted the helmet from his head and held it under his arm. Sarutobi smiled and Kai smiled back. "It's good to put a face to a name," said the Hokage.
"It seems like I'll be stuck here for a while," said Kai. "I'll gather my belongings and leave before I start anymore commotion."
"You will do no such thing!" exclaimed Sarutobi. "You are more than welcome to stay with us in our village. You don't seem to pose a threat to us!" He chuckled. "Do you?"
"No sir. My purpose is—was… to protect and serve my race. I will continue to do so wherever—""Or whenever," Uesugi interrupted. "Or whenever I may be."
"Good! Good. I'm glad to hear it. I'll file a report now with the Council for you and get you situated. You will stay with us for the time being correct?" said Sarutobi.
"Well, it looks like I'm stuck in this time period for now so I don't think I'll be going anywhere!" Kai and Sarutobi shared a laugh.
"Well then," the two situated themselves back into their chairs as Sarutobi began writing on a piece of parchment. "You will have to remove and turn in your helmet and armor."
Kai's eyes widened. Turn in his armor? No, he couldn't be separated from it. It couldn't be done. "Sir, if I may say, I need my armor to communicate with my AI Uesugi."
"I'm sorry Kai but we can't have you standing out in our village; people will question it and I will be the one who has to answer their questions." The Hokage leaned forward and spoke in a whisper. "Nobody can know of where and when you came from. Is that understood? If my Council were to know of who you really were I couldn't imagine what they would do. It's best that you…blend-in with Konoha. Your equipment isn't from our time period; we can't have it seen or known of. I already took the liberty of placing your mechanism from the woods into hiding."
Kai stared at the charred AI container chip in his hand. If he were to retrieve some parts from the pod, he could construct a small hologram projection station to house Uesugi. A few small cores from the pod could power it.
"Don't worry, your belongings will be safe with me; you can trust me," said Sarutobi with a smile. "Question; there are no open rooms for you to stay in our village as of now, how well do you work with kids?" He looked up from his desk to Kai.
"Kids sir?" Kai asked. "I could room you with a young boy named Naruto Uzamaki. The boy is a bit exuberant but I believe you should do well with him; he could use some company.
"What of the child's parents sir?" asked Kai.
The old man's smile turned neutral. "The boy is an orphan of the village; his parents passed a few years ago in an accident. A sudden stillness filled the room.
"I should be fine with the boy sir," said Kai breaking the silence.
"Terrific!" said Sarutobi. "I'll have you situated with the boy. He should be delighted to hear of you." He glanced down at the parchment and back to Kai. "You will be known as Kai Ishinago; you are a nomad traveler from the Village of Whirlpools, the village was lost long ago so you won't be questioned on the matter."
"If I were to ask if I could access my other belongings—"Sarutobi interrupted, "Anytime you need them you will report to me, is that understood? I will have you situated with the proper attire and currency."
"Thank you sir," said Kai. He stared once-more at the charred chip in his hand as it gave a faint yellow glow on its border.
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