*That form...there are only two people who know that form and one of them is a traitor*
*Kerenai fighting style form one*
*Kerenai fighting style form three*
With that the fight was on and Naoto's identity revealed. During the battle the only support he had because of his actions at the NCIS headquarters the day his mission started was the EDC but eventually the battle ended with the infiltrators either dead or, since they were finally revealed to be aliens in EDC custody
*Okay it took way too long to discover the infiltrators were aliens*
*Speaking of Kerenai, just what is the species called?*
*I have absolutely no idea, as far as I know there's no record of my family encountering them before*
*That means we don't know if they're naturally hostile or we did something to make them that ways*
*Pretty much yeah, by the way there's a lot of explaining to do in regards to Naoto, so please don't arrest him okay?*
*Fine, but there had better be a good explanation*
*Oh trust me there is, speaking of which Naoto, that situation ever comes up again your plan is not happening ever again...ever, or you're going to get a reminder of what I called dibs on*
*Understood Julia, no making you mad*
*Good, especially because if it does happen again once I'm finished with you, whoever it is can have their turn and I will be giving them suggestions on how to make it last longer*
*Right, I will think of a different plan this time I promise*
*Okay then, let's get back to station so that you can debrief*
*Sure*
They get back to the station and then for the next hour Naoto explains exactly what he'd been doing for the first six months after his "attack" on the NCIS agents and also the past three months since his return home
*So what were you been doing during that month of apparent inactivity?*
*Recovering from my mission and relaxing, you would too if you had been threatened with a month long sedation by an enemy ten times stronger and taller than you*
*Who was the one who threatened you?*
*First Aid*
*When did you see him?*
*In France, speaking of which that question you asked me earlier, the French EDC base also has information about what caused him to be in France in the first place*
*Fine, I get the feeling I will be getting a major debrief from them as well*
*Most likely*
It would take about two months but finally things went back to normal, the officers trusted Naoto completely once more and more importantly so did the public. They still got word from the hidden group about Bioron bases and once during the two months they helped Naoto find Julia when a case went wrong because there was Yakuza involvement without them knowing beforehand but for the most part things were relatively calm when suddenly they received word that Bioron had a base that had been active for a month without any evidence and as such not even the secret group had known about it until it was almost too late
*Okay we're bringing any special weaponry you guys are qualified to carry on this one, I am also going to contact the EDC and see if they are willing to help us on this raid* (raises her right hand before anyone starts talking) *I know, I know, they don't normally get involved in Bioron only situations, however there's something you guys don't know about the location. Back when I was still a teenager that location was a prime target for Quintessons, Linfarins and a race known as Quartnightx and yes the ending is spelled with an ex yet sounds with an s, don't ask me why*
*So you're thinking of having them there as a just in case situation*
*Exactly, they'll stay strictly out of it unless there's a group that requires involvement after all*
They make plans and then finally do the raid. During the mission Julia somehow managed to keep track of time mentally and about an hour into the mission she managed to find the device and runs at it trying to stop it, however all she sees is a white light and then passes out. When Julia woke up she realized that she didn't recognize the area she was in and as such she simply easily and quickly started leaving her immediate surroundings when suddenly she was waylaid by enemies she hadn't seen before. She started looking for weapons when suddenly the enemies went down and she was covered by four people
*Come with us*
*Gladly*
They quickly leave the area and when they finally stopped running the leader asked her a question
*What were you doing in the forbidden zone?*
*Forbidden zone? Since when has there been a forbidden zone?*
*How could you not have heard of it? I thought everyone alive knew about that zone*
*Well apparently you're wrong because this is the first time I've heard of it*
*We take her to headquarters, blindfolded, the leader will know what to do*
They blindfold Julia who doesn't fight it knowing they were thinking about operational security and she's led a good distance and down stairs before she's allowed to see again
*Who's that with you?*
*Someone we found in the forbidden zone, we ourselves wouldn't have been in there if not for the equipment hunt we were on*
*What's your name?*
*Julia Kerenai*
Then a voice is heard, one she doesn't recognize at first because of how soft it was
*Kerenai...that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time*
The person comes out of the shadows and Julia instantly recognizes the person, though she's confused at the state they're in
*Naoto, what happened to you?*
*Come, we need to talk in private, and I mean complete privacy*
Julia is led to another place in the obvious base
"Naoto, what happened, why are you in a wheelchair?"
"I'm paralyzed and blind in one eye Julia"
"But your Jiban form..."
"I haven't been able to become Jiban in thirty years Julia"
"What happened Naoto, where's my family?"
(Sighs) "I think you need to hear the full story to understand what's happened, but first I have a very important question for you, what's the last thing you remember?"
"We were fighting Bioron and they were going to activate a device, I was doing my best to stop the activation but was too late, I saw a bright light and that's the last thing I remember until I came to in the forbidden zone"
"That was eighty years ago for me. You see after the fight we searched for you for a long, long time, during which I was called to Cybertron to partake in a unique EDC ceremony. While there Cybertron was attacked by Quintessons and I fought and was hit with a weapon. At first we thought the weapon wasn't designed to hurt me and after we repelled the attack life went on as normal here on Earth. One day there was a Bioron attack so I tried to change into Jiban like I normally do, sadly I passed out immediately. When I came to I saw Ratchet and knew instantly that I was at an EDC base, turns out I was unconscious for a day and a half. Ratchet revealed to me that the weapon prevented me from becoming Jiban ever again. The EDC to keep my identity a secret decided to lie to the public and say that I had been invited to Cybertron secretly and was injured during an attack and that the reason why they hadn't revealed it until now was because they were trying to find a treatment to my condition but now had no choice but to put me into cold sleep until they found a cure. Your family never gave up trying to correct the problem until they were captured thirty years ago during a combined Quintesson, Bioron attack on the station. Ten years later I planned a rescue mission and was injured badly, at first we thought I was fine since I could walk and talk like normal but we found out I was actually injured more seriously than previously thought. I slowly lost the use of my legs and one eye, by the time a year had passed I was confined to the wheelchair you see me in now"
"Jiban we're going to try this again, we're going to rescue my family because I'm assuming you didn't use your powers that day of the rescue while I intend to actually use them"
"Go for it Julia"
Julia quickly gathers the group and mentions that they were going to rescue the Cybertronians
