Naruto and Sakura's five year mission

by Cmartin-Panda Productions

After several months of recovering from being taken hostage by the Borg, Starfleet want's Picard to have a pair of bodyguards on hand at all times. What he didn't expect, was getting those two bodyguards from a pre-warp planet full of Humans. The two 20 year old ANBU veterans, Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno, embark on a new adventure across the stars.

16. Chapter 16: Haruno

Author's Note from Panda: Hey guys, we are back.

First off, I want to draw attention to a certain review, or more like I want to immortalize it…

I have grown up watching Star Trek in all it's variations and movies. I found this story very interesting and at first I will admit I was skeptical since I was just browsing around in the crossovers to see what was out there. Your description interested me and I started to read what you created here. Sadly real life meddled because I started to read this a few months ago and you have updated it several times since I read it. I am sorry that I didn't post a review back then due t so much drama and I feel I didn't show the respect a story like this deserves.

Now then like I said I was skeptical when I started to read this because how can such drastically different worlds interact. To be honest You surprised the hell out of me to be blunt! I laughed and got wrapped up in what you created I never was able to predict what you had in store and believe me that is hard to do with so many stories that share similar plots or ideas your story is truly one of a kind! I enjoyed your story a lot despite the pain it causes me and I will keep reading it because I want to see what you are creating.

I will not lie your story does hurt a bit and I will be honest here. The main reason I didn't review the first time is because of the fact I was dealing with the legal issues of my son being adopted by another family. I was denied the chance of being a father so seeing Naruto living my dream is hard. You have done an amazing portrayal of a young family getting ready to welcome a baby along with all the insanity that comes with it and life. I share this not to discourage you or make you change but to let you know how amazing you are doing. I look forward to where you are going to take this couple and just how much they will change the galaxy!

Keep it up! till the next chapter then!
Drekk

Yeah, Drekk, I know I already PM'ed you and thanked you personally, but there is a reason I want to immortalize this. Because a few weeks or months ago, this story exceeded 200 followers. 190 favorites and 227 followers at the time of writing.

*fires confetti gun*

That seems crazy for what was originally supposed to be a ten chapter and done story. Every day I check cmartin's page to see that we have acquired another follower or whatever. All of your reviews (even the critical ones) keep us coming back to write chapter after chapter. But Drekk's…his review was different. It was personal. It is the kind of reaction that writers from all the different genres hope and pray to get when they publish their work. To receive it here on a crossover fanfiction of all things is heartwarming. It turns this fun little hobby into almost an obligation to write a great story for those we would call our fans. His review actually made us realize things about our story that we never noticed before. Like is the "five year mission" really a story about two fish out of water ninjas being thrown into the vast sea of Star Trek to be body guards, or is it actually a story about the challenges faced by expecting parents as they live through life, or maybe it's just a story about culture clash and the adventures they face one chapter at a time?

That is up for each individual reader to decide. As for us authors, we can only keep writing this story we love with the formula that seems to be working. So please keep reviewing. Keeping telling us what you love and what you think we can improve upon.

Thank you. Enjoy the chapter. I gotta clean up all this damn confetti covering my laptop.

Shit, it's in the keys.

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A week had passed since the Enterprise crew had returned to Earth and been scattered all across the globe to await reassignment. For many crewmembers, that meant an excuse to return to their homes and enjoy an impromptu vacation. Such was the case for the Adams family, a nuclear family of engineers with their only daughter, 5-year-old Sally Adams.

Sally and her parents had returned to their simple two story house in the suburbs of Rochester Hills, Michigan. A well to do city on the north side of metro Detroit.

Sally's house was located at the bottom of a hill with a decent yard and at least two trees for every corner of the house. The exterior and interior were painted sunshine yellow (not even Sally's mother could tell you why they chose those two colors). On the top floor, the two parents slept in the same king sized bed with their light summer sheets on. They had started off sleeping back to back, but the summer heat made any physical contact an unbearable sauna. Instead they had moved close, but well enough away from each other to keep from overheating.

They were both enjoying a blissful sleep when a loud thud woke both of them up.

Amanda sprang up from her pillow while her husband stayed prone in their bed.

"Jack...did you hear that?" Amanda hissed.

"Huh...? Wuzzat...?" Jack asked, not fully awake.

"Jack, wake up! I heard a bang!" Amanda hissed a little louder.

Jack sat up to listen to what his wife was talking about.

"I don't hear anything." He muttered skeptically.

"I swear to God; it was a huge kind of thud!" Amanda whispered.

"It was probably just the house settling. You know thing has been around since the 1970s..." Jack grumbled.

"Jack...it came from Sally's room!" Amanda stated.

At that moment, they both heard another thud.

"Get my Phaser." Jack ordered as he sprang up out of bed.

As Amanda dug her husband's phaser out of his nightstand (and wondered why he didn't just grab it himself) Jack ran out of their bedroom and down the narrow hallway to the other side of the second story. His heart pounded and his mind raced with possibilities, each more terrifying than the last.

Was it an intruder? A burglar? A kidnapper? A rapist? Murderer? Should he announce his presence? In case he was over reacting, he didn't want to startle Sally.

He froze right outside his daughter's door, his fingers hovering just above the knob. Amanda was right behind him with his phaser in hand. Maybe they were just overreacting...

They heard another thud, and Sally cried out in pain.

Jack turned the knob and slammed his shoulder against the door, damn near breaking it down.

"SALLY!" He shouted as Amanda aimed her phaser at everything and nothing, looking for creep that would dare hurt her baby.

They both ran in and had a panic attack when they saw that Sally's lamp was on and her bed was empty, yet quickly relaxed when they noticed Sally laying on the carpet with her feet pressed against the wall.

Sally screamed when her parents burst in. Jack scooped up his daughter and backed them both into a corner while Amanda did a quick sweep of the bedroom. She checked the windows, behind the bed, under the bed, in the closest, under Sally's desk, and even the pile of stuffed animals piled up in the corner of Sally's room.

All clear.

"Mommy? Daddy?" Sally asked, frightened by her parents' sudden entrance. Jack held her close and petted her hair to sooth her while Amanda turned on every light she could find in the house. In the hallway, the study, the guest bedroom, and the bathroom before moving on to search the first floor.

"Be quiet, sweetie. Someone might be here." Jack said.

"Huh? There's no one here." Sally said.

"Then what was that banging?" Jack asked.

"Oh, sorry...that was me." Sally said sheepishly.

"You? What were you doing banging on the walls at night?" Jack demanded to know.

"I was practicing." Sally said obviously.

"Practicing?" Jack repeated, his brain still a little sleepy now that the adrenaline was wearing off.

"Yeah, I was practicing what Big Sis Sakura had taught me." Sally said delighted. She wiggled her way out of her father's grasp and walked over to her wall to show him.

There she put her bare foot on the wall as if she meant to lean on it. Instead she lifted her whole body up by her leg adjacent to the wall and stamped her other foot on the wall too.

Before Jack's very eyes, his daughter was standing on the side of the wall without anything supporting her up. She was using chakra to stick to the wall!

Sally tried to take a step forward, but instead she lost her balance and slid to the floor, giving off another loud thud.

"Urgh!" She whined in frustration. "I could take three steps before! Really I could!" She proclaimed. Begging her daddy to believe her.

Jack just stared at his daughter in disbelief. She just stood on the walls...

She could walk on walls...

She could use chakra... He thought to himself.

At that moment, Amanda came running back up the stairs, frantic and out of breath.

"I heard another thud! Are you two alright?!" Amanda exclaimed.

"We're fine. Put the phaser away, Amanda. There is no intruder." Jack said while never tearing his eyes away from his daughter.

"Then what was that noise?" Amanda asked.

"Our daughter was practicing walking on the walls like Sakura had taught her." Jack explained.

"Wait...she was what now?"

"Walking on walls. Big Sis Sakura called it the Tree Climbing Technique." Sally explained cheerfully.

"Y-you...were?"

"I was! I could even take three steps before, but now I can't seem to take any without falling..." Sally said, disappointed in herself.

"She was...what little she could do; I saw her do it." Jack informed.

Amanda had to rub her eyes in exhaustion. It was always tough raising a kid as is, now their child was 5 years old and could walk on walls...

"Why...we're you practicing at...?" Amanda looked over at Sally's kitty cat clock. "5 in the morning?!" She exclaimed.

"I... I'm sorry mommy..." Sally whimpered like she was gonna cry.

As soon as she saw her daughter look down with misty eyes, all of Amanda's anger vanished and she knelt down to hug her daughter.

"No, no... it's okay..."

"We were worried is all, sweetie..." Jack said softly.

"Also, why weren't you practicing over your bed?" Amanda asked, wondering why their daughter would deliberately fall on the floor over and over again.

"You told me not to jump on the bed..." Sally said meekly.

Jack and Amanda sweat dropped.

"We'll...make an exception for this." Jack said.

"But not during bedtime." Amanda added. "If you want to train you'll do it during daytime and with your father or me present."

"Okay..." Sally said quietly

"Good, now back in bed young lady. If you're really good, mommy will make us pancakes with bacon tomorrow." Jack smiled, making Sally's face light up like a Christmas tree.

"Okay!" Sally cheered happily

She quickly jumped into bed and threw the covers over her.

Amanda and Jack took it in turns to kiss their daughter on the forehead good night for a second time before carefully shutting the door to her room.

"Night mommy...night daddy..." Sally said sleepily.

"Good night sweetie." Amanda smiled before finally shutting the door.

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Meanwhile, flying overhead Sally's house at 2,000 miles per hour was a royal blue sports hover car. Driven by none other than the number 1 maverick ninja Lieutenant Naruto Uzumaki with Lieutenant Sakura Haruno riding shotgun and Specialist Kurama of the Leaf curled up in the back seats.

'Lieutenant Sakura Haruno's log. Stardate: 48541.2...' Sakura thought to herself as she typed up her personal journal entry on her tablet computer.

'After one week of being stationed on Earth, Naruto, Kurama, and myself have become adjusted to life in our apartment in La Barre France. So of course we had to find new things to do immediately, less we devolve back into a routine.

Naruto recently made a proposal to the Admiralty board of Starfleet to allow him to train up a squad of 8 security officers in the ways of the Leaf's ANBU. Allowing then to better respond to threats faced by the crew of the Enterprise. He hopes that the success of this first squad will lead to the formation of similar squads in every Starfleet vessel serving the Federation and will ultimately save lives.' Sakura typed before pausing for a moment in reflection.

'He told me personally that Olivia and her son Joshua (an Engineer from the USS Adelphi), we're a huge inspiration for this, or more accurately they were the straw that broke the camel's back after facing down the Borg on the Enterprise.'

'Whatever the case. Naruto did what he does best and threw everything he had into what he believed in happen, by making others believe so in the process. (Such as the Admiralty board.) Now we find ourselves headed halfway across the planet from our apartment in France to San Francisco, home to Starfleet's HQ where Naruto's handpicked soldiers have been gathered to be trained by Naruto in our ninja ways.

I have full confidence that if anyone can do the impossible such as teaching adult civilians how to use chakra, it is Naruto. He has that knack, and I myself will be busy with other matters of possibly astronomical-' Sakura was cut off from typing when their hover car hit a rough bit of turbulence and Naruto instinctively threw his hand in front of Sakura's chest to prevent her from slamming her face into the dashboard.

"You alright, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

"I'm fine. You can let go now." Sakura said, annoyed only at Naruto's overprotective nature, which was sweet for the first few months but now in the third month of her pregnancy was starting to grate on her tits.

"And can you stop cupping a feel?!" Sakura snapped, making Naruto pull his hand back quickly from Sakura's chest.

While Naruto was apologizing to her, Sakura returned to her journal entry.

'-importance.' She finished the line.

'Over the course of our time spent aboard the Enterprise, it has become more and more clear that there is a significant connection between the humans of our world and the humans from Earth. Kurama recently told me that Naruto was willing to chalk it all up to a huge evolutionary coincidence born out of two planets sharing similar ecosystems. An interesting and completely plausible hypothesis for such a world renowned dumbass, but recent evidence has come to light that may toss that theory completely out the window.'

'Captain Picard's sister-in-law revealed to us that in the country of Japan (a large island nation off the east coast of the continent of Asia) there exists two clans that share the clan names of mine and Naruto's clans. The Haruno and the Uzumaki.' Sakura typed. She paused as her mind raced with possibilities.

'With my maternity leave still forbidding me from working for Starfleet formally, I thought I would take this opportunity while Naruto is busy to investigate these two clans in Japan myself.' Sakura typed.

'Unfortunately...Naruto is-'

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked politely. Once again breaking Sakura out of her concentration.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"I've changed my mind again. I don't want you going to Japan all by yourself." Naruto nervously insisted.

Sakura sighed. '-being difficult.' She typed.

"Naruto...we've been over this time and time again. What do you possibly think will happen to me there?"

"You don't even want to know what I think might happen." He said as his mind raced with a thousand different scenarios, each one more elaborate and horrible than the last.

"To keep the tone light, I'll tell you that the most humorous 'worst case scenario' has you getting mugged by clowns...What?" Kurama said before he comprehended what Naruto was thinking.

"Look, just stay with me today and help me train the guys. You're better at explaining chakra than I am anyway. You'd certainly be a better teacher too. We can go visit Japan together on another day." Naruto said, trying to compromise.

"No, I'm going today and that's final." Sakura said firmly.

"Sakura...I REALLY don't feel good about you going on this trip." Naruto insisted.

"Why?" Sakura snapped back, growing increasingly frustrated.

"Why? Yes, why, why would I feel nervous about being half a world away from my wife while she is roaming around a foreign country on a foreign planet, alone, and she can't even use her chakra?" He asked sarcastically, but Sakura picked up on at first was what he just called her.

"Did you just call me your wife?" She asked, making the two males in the car pause.

"Huh, I think I did." Naruto admitted.

"Why did you call me your wife? You haven't even proposed yet." Sakura reminded him.

"Well, you feel like my wife sometimes." Naruto replied.

"Sometimes?"

"Yeah, you know, all those times you're around me."

"Aw, that's sweet... I think. But back to our argument. First off, Naruto, I won't be alone. I've got Kurama coming with me." Sakura gestured to the 9 Tailed Demon Fox sitting in the back of their rented car, who was currently transformed to look like an orange furred golden retriever as to not draw attention once they were out in public.

"Who, may I remind you, has a mental link with you at all times." Sakura added. "On top of that, I still have the Thunder God Seal you placed on me." Sakura then gestured to the hidden tattoo over her heart. The seal was unique in that it was invisible to the naked eye and could only be viewed under direct contact from Naruto's unique chakra signature. Meaning it was secret marking for his eyes only. Sakura nearly slapped Naruto the first time he explained this to her, it was so cute and corny.

"And if all of that weren't enough. I still have my combadge that can contact you or anyone else in Starfleet. And my own phaser for personal defense." Sakura held up her discreet phaser that fit comfortably in her hand. Her lack of access to her own chakra having forced her to take up shooting practice.

"Yet even with all of that. You'd still rather I spend my days locked up in some secure bunker half a universe away from anything remotely dangerous, wouldn't you?" Sakura asked, although the look in Naruto's eyes told her that she hit the nail on the head.

"Is that so wrong?" Naruto asked sheepishly.

"Are you kidding me?! YES, it's that bad!" Sakura exclaimed heatedly. "God...ever since we found out I was pregnant you've been treating me like an old woman in prison. Enough is enough! You're smothering me Naruto!"

Naruto flinched away from Sakura, which was hard while they were stuck in a car together. Her words cutting deep with every syllable.

"Um, to be fair, he wasn't seriously considering the bunker thing." Kurama spoke up in his host's defense.

Sakura sighed. "I know he wouldn't actually, but the way he's been acting lately, his over protectiveness, his...grrrr..." She growled in frustration. She felt like pulling her hair out. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Look...I'm sorry for getting upset like that. But I just...need some space. I understand that this is your first opportunity to have the family you never had, but you need to calm down with this."

"I can't, Sakura-chan. I try to calm down about you and all I end up thinking about is Olivia and her kid. Or of my parents. Or of Kurenai-sensei. And I just..." Naruto stammered. Feeling so frustrated.

Sakura sighed, realizing that she would have to try a different approach.

"Listen, Naruto. You know that I still worry about you right? Even with all your abilities and Kurama's healing factors. Every time you go out into the field without me I worry about you." Sakura said. "That one day you'll get injured enough that Kurama won't be able to heal you and worst still, I won't make it in time to save you."

"Yeah..." Naruto sighed. Admitting that on many a times, he had worried Sakura to the point of her ripping her hair out.

"Yet I never tell you not to go. Not when I know that you aren't just running off to take unnecessary risks or do something reckless. I trust that deep inside that thick skull of yours you always have a good reason for your actions. And that's what you need to do for me right now. You need to trust me."

"I do trust you. It's just other people that I don't trust." Naruto replied.

"And that's a bullshit excuse." Sakura countered. "You should never trust strangers. Not before you get to know them. No, you need to trust me that I'm not going to just run headlong into trouble. That I'm smart enough to keep myself out of danger. And that no matter what any of us do to prevent otherwise, shit happens. I could get hurt, but that is okay." Sakura finished her rant.

The car fell silent as Sakura's words sunk in. Let it never be questioned that Sakura was the brains of their little outfit.

Naruto reduced the speed of the hover car to a mere cruising speed of 500 mph to better help him gather his thoughts.

"You're right...you're absolutely right..." Naruto admitted sadly. He felt like such a jackass.

"I'm glad you finally see that..." Sakura said softly. "Now, can we please put this matter to bed and leave it alone?"

"Of course. So long as I can keep worrying about you as the day goes on." Naruto asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"That'd be fine." Sakura smirked.

"Great. Now that that's settled, do we have anything else worth talking about?" Kurama said, hoping to spare everyone another second of this conversation.

"Yes, let's. How do you like driving the car, Naruto?" Sakura asked, picking the first topic that came to mind.

"Oh this thing is awesome." Naruto smirked as he made the hover car do a corkscrew around a passing cloud. The passengers all braced themselves against the frame of the interior, even as they laughed their heads off from the rush of the adrenaline.

"This thing is wickedly fast, turns on a dime, and handles like a dream." Naruto recited the sports hover car's advertising slogan. "And to top it all off. The rental guy didn't make us pay for a thing. We just showed up, said we wanted a car, and he told us to pick one!" Naruto exclaimed. Recalling the all the time and effort it would take to rent a horse drawn carriage or even a cart.

"That's what you get in a world without currency." Sakura smiled.

"Eh, I don't know. The whole thing seems weird to me." Naruto admitted, making Sakura stare at him like he just dropped from the moon again.

"Weird? How is it weird?" Sakura asked.

"I just can't wrap my head around a world without any money. You're telling me that everything on this planet is free?" Naruto said.

"Captain Picard explained that to us shortly after we came aboard. After their world obtained peace, they work to better themselves, money is no longer their driving force."

"Yeah I get that, but even with all of that, no one ever wants more of anything? Nobody ever collects little nick knacks that only they would want but nobody else needs?"

"Well that's what replicators are for, remember?" Sakura stated.

"Yeah, but it seems almost bleak to me, ya know? Having everything you could ever want without ever having to work for it." Naruto said as they passed over a pristine lake.

"It's like...what's the point of giving effort if there is no end goal? Like why would anyone work hard if they can all be given the same nice car or decent house regardless?"

"Really? I thought you of all people would love the idea of having an unlimited supply of ramen." Sakura pointed out.

"I do...having everyone have all the food, water, and housing they need sounds great to me. But in my experience people need more than a collective goal to function. They need a personal one. It's what gets them out of bed in the morning and makes them feel like individuals." Naruto said.

"Or maybe here, that's no longer their driving force. I mean, look around you. Their planet finally obtained peace 300 years ago after centuries of war. Think about it. In time, our planet could look like this in a few hundred years."

Naruto looked out his windows and beheld the thousands of miles of mountainous terrain stretching from north to south, past the horizon. The snowcapped peaks, the lush green forests covering the landscape, and right below them Naruto could see a city built right into the valley. Naruto could see that the city was still waking up, the headlights of all the different hover cars entering and leaving the city illuminated the streets.

The couple had left France around 12 o'clock noon and on this side of the planet it was barely 5 AM. Naruto had to stop to take awe in the thought that they had traveled across 8 time zones in a little under an hour in their hover car. The dashboard computer read that they still had one more time zone to cross before they reached San Francisco, 15 minutes away. It also read that the city below them was called Park City. Not exactly the most unique city name, Naruto thought, but Naruto and Sakura couldn't help but admire its beauty.

"Yeah...maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing." Naruto finally said.

"Well...it would be in one sense..." Sakura mused. "There would be no need for Shinobi anymore."

"I don't know Sakura. They still have a need for soldiers don't they?"

"I'm saying, if Starfleet doesn't add our planet to their alliance." Sakura clarified.

"I'm sorry, are you saying that if we don't join with the Alliance, then our ninja system will die off? Or that if we do join the Alliance, our ninja system will become obsolete?" Naruto asked, confused.

"Um..." Sakura stammered. She was having a hard time getting her thoughts straight.

"I think she means that if our world obtains the peace you long for, be it with Starfleet or not, you Ninja would be out of a job. Except for stopping small time bandits." Kurama interjected.

"Oh riiiight!" Naruto snapped is fingers in realization.

"Yes. You remember how difficult it was back home? Jounin were taking on D-ranked missions just to make rent. We ANBU started taking apart smaller and smaller mob bosses. I was working every fourth weekend at the hospital and the number one cause for admission wasn't broken bones or stab wounds, it was stress. Highly skilled ninjas can't find enough work and lowly skilled ninjas can't find work at all. As good as your intentions are to end war (and I still fully support you) the old system was never just going to fade away after any climactic battle. People need to work, and what we are doing now will provide for them that work." Sakura said.

"How do you figure?" Naruto asked.

"Well think about it. If my hunch is right and the Elementians and the Earthlings are related, then Starfleet has to allow our planet to join the Federation and not wait for our species to discover faster than light travel. Because like you said, Starfleet still needs soldiers. We might not be able rid our society of money in our lifetimes, but this could solve our world's economic crisis in 10 years. That is insane." Sakura exclaimed.

"On top of that. If your ANBU program is successful, it will pave the way for all the shinobi who come after us. It will provide a stepping stone for all shinobi to enter the Starfleet forces."

"So it's really up to you two save your world from going into an economical decline if you really want peace." Kurama said.

"Damn...I never really thought about it like that..." Naruto stated. "I mean I was thinking of donating a portion of my share of the gold when we got back. But when you put it like that... This could be our most important mission ever."

"Definitely not going to be as glamorous as your fight against the Rabbit Lady, but then again where do you go next after fighting quote-unquote god?" Kurama sarcastically asked.

"Maybe, but this isn't just saving our world it's ensuring it's future." Sakura added.

"Right." Kurama agreed.

"Wow..." Naruto said in awe.

"Yeah, it really is cool." Sakura said as they continued on their drive over the North American countryside.

Around fifteen minutes later they came within sight of their destination, the Starfleet Academy in San Francisco.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that..." Sakura said in awe.

"Me either." Naruto agreed.

"Just goes to show what you Humans are truly capable of. It scares me, honestly..." Kurama said.

"Really? How does a couple of buildings scare you?" Naruto teased.

"It's not the buildings that scare me. It's the weapons they are capable of making for their ships."

"You've still got your tailed beast bomb, don't you? You know, that attack that takes out whole villages at a time." Naruto reminded him.

"That was the Ten Tails. And I'll remind you that I only have a ninth of its power."

"So a ninth of a whole village?" Naruto asked playfully.

"Yes."

"And Starfleet's weapons can destroy a planet..." Sakura mused.

"That's my point. For a peaceful race, they sure have some very powerful weapons."

"Yeah, now that you mention it..." Naruto said as his gears began turning while he parked their car.

"Hey, stupid question, but if Earth doesn't use money, what's to stop a random guy from getting a spaceship and superweapon just by asking for it?" Naruto asked as he parked near the entrance to the main entrance of the Academy.

"They have to be Starfleet officers, dummy." Sakura deadpanned. "A random citizen can't ask for a starship."

"But they can just ask for a car? Although I suppose only a member of Starfleet can be given a weapon." Naruto realized on his own.

"Yeah. So drop it already and look sharp. You have your squad to train, remember?" Sakura reminded him.

"Yeah, can I get a hug goodbye first?" He asked as he stood out in the parking lot with his arm wide open.

Sakura smiled. "Of course you can." She said before wrapping up Naruto in a warm and tender hug, kissing him on the cheek.

"Promise me that you'll call if anything happens?" He whispered as he hugged Sakura back.

"Of course..." Sakura said softly.

"Good. Take care of Kurama then. He gets nervous visiting new places." Naruto joked.

"I do not...ass." Kurama growled.

The couple giggled before share a quick tender kiss and departing. Naruto headed towards the Academy while Sakura sat back down into the driver's seat.

"Bye guys. Love you both." Naruto called back.

"Love you too!" Sakura said happily.

Naruto smiled and waved as the car rose up into the air and took off towards the west.

"Now, let's see what our supposed ancestral home is like." Sakura said as she maxed out the engines.

Naruto looked on as the sports car zoomed away over the horizon. He sighed to relax himself. She would be alright. This was as peaceful of a planet as could be found. Anything happens and he'd know it through Kurama. He could teleport to her side inside of five seconds.

Naruto shook his head and readied himself for his trainees. That's when he noticed the platoon of trainees running across the courtyard in their PT uniforms, being led by a similarly dressed Drill Sergeant.

The drill sergeant noticed Naruto and had his platoon stop.

"Lieutenant!" He exclaimed before he and the rest of his squad saluted the Ninja officer.

Naruto was taken back when 50 men and women of all different types of species saluted him at one. Yet he regained his senses enough to salute them back before they could pass him by.

"Excuse me." Said a voice behind him.

Naruto turned around to see a very old man in some kind of old dress clothes.

"Yes?" Naruto asked.

"You wouldn't be Lt Uzumaki by chance, would you?" The old man asked.

"I would be. And who might you be?" Naruto inquired.

"McCoy, Leonard H. Rear Admiral of Starfleet Medical corp."

"Medical corps, huh?" Naruto stated before he realized something. "Um...should I be saluting you?"

"Don't worry about it, young man. I've heard of your deeds on the Enterprise. Is Lt Haruno with you?" McCoy asked.

"Unfortunately no sir. She's on her way to Japan right now on an important and unofficial mission." Naruto pointed towards the west.

"I see..." McCoy sighed. "When she gets back, I wish to have a meeting with her in regards of her medical skills. In the meantime, I wish to examine you before to continue with your errand."

"Yes, sir. By the way, how old are you if you don't mind me asking?" Naruto asked.

McCoy gave a weak smirk. "You remind me of an old friend...I'm 152 years old."

"Really? You don't look a day over 140." Naruto joked.

"Flattery won't get you anywhere with me. I've been serving Starfleet since before the first Enterprise of the current line was commissioned."

"You served on the Enterprise?" Naruto exclaimed, now genuinely surprised.

"NCC 1701. Originally commanded by James Kirk."

"Wait a minute, THE James Kirk?!" Naruto exclaimed, having read up about the history of the infamous Captain Kirk.

"The very same. I was his Chief Medical Officer back in the day."

"Holy crap, what was that like?"

McCoy sighed, remembering fondly of his prime. "It was never a dull moment with him."

"Awesome..." Naruto said in awe. Now he wished he could have served under Kirk. Picard was an unquestionably capable commander, but he preferred to do things more by the book. Less, escape an alien prison via a gigantic leaping toad, kind of commander.

"Yes, well...if you would please follow me we can get started and get you on your way."

"Sure thing. Although I don't believe you told me why you want to examine me." Naruto said.

"Standard procedure. Orders come from Admiral Paris."

"Standard procedure? For what? I'm just training my squad."

"Any alien species that come to Earth have to undergo a medical examination, in case you brought along any ailments we don't know about. Dr. Crusher is an exceptional doctor, but she lacks detail."

"Shouldn't this have been done when we arrived? I mean we have been here a week and interacted plenty with the locals." Naruto said, a little concerned at Starfleet's lack of urgency.

"Yes it should have been..." McCoy grumbled. "However, Command's attention has been more focused on the Borg and the Romulans."

"Right. Well better late than never." Naruto shrugged.

---

After a half an hour and a clean bill of health, Naruto was dismissed to join his pre-selected trainees.

Naruto looked upon the squad of 15 officers that he led into combat over two weeks ago with a stern look on his face.

"Hello again, ladies and gentlemen." Naruto stated without his usual cheerful tone and took on a serious and dark approach. He tried to channel his and Sakura's ANBU trainer that taught them how to be black ops ninjas.

"Good morning, sir!" They all saluted, standing tall and proud as they had long been taught by the military. Naruto walked to the middle of their line and stood before them, tall and proud as he had been taught through his military.

"For those if you who do not remember me, I am Lieutenant Naruto Uzumaki. Your committee of Admirals wishes for you to refer to me as your Drill Instructor, or Drill Sergeant. But I am NOT here to teach you in the ways of Starfleet. I am here to teach you in the ways of the ninja!" Naruto stated, making some of the men look at each other in excitement and disbelief.

"You will refer to me as your Jounin instructor, or Sensei. Do you understand?!"

"Yes sir!" They all responded.

"The training I will put you through is the same training that all shinobi from my world go through from ages 5 to 12 and continue to train for the rest of their lives! I will teach you close combat taijutsu, survival techniques, infiltration, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and chakra control. And we will learn it all in six months!" Naruto barked.

"Yes Sensei!" They all responded.

Naruto nodded as he looked down their lines, trying to sniff out any whiffs of hesitation. He saw some on a few faces. Mostly from the pilot who had joined their squad after his shuttle was shot down.

"Now before we get started, I want to tell you guys about a little group I was a part of before I joined Starfleet. A group called the ANBU." Naruto said as he pulled out a white porcelain mask decorated to look like a fox and held it up for all to see.

"They are known as the ninjas of ninjas on my home planet of ninjas. The elites of the elites. Master class ninjas handpicked by their Kage, the greatest ninja in their village, and trained to be the meanest, toughest, most deadliest professional motherfuckers in God's cruel kingdom!"

"They are the ones called upon to handle the S-ranked missions. Spending months or years out in the field, gathering intelligence, assassinating S-ranked rogue ninjas, infiltrating warzones in enemy territory, and keeping the village, the Hokage, and the Daimyo safe! They are the first ones considered for the most dangerous missions and the first ones to volunteer! Does that sound like something you want to be?!"

"Yes Sensei!"

"Bullshit, I can't here you!"

"YES SENSEI!"

"WE SHALL FUCKING SEE!" Naruto barked. "I will want you now that I intend to push you harder than Starfleet will ever expect of you! I am tough, but I am fair! You will sweat, you will cry, you will bleed, you will shit yourself, and I'm willing to bet only a 1/3rd of you will even make it through the next six months! But if you manage to survive to the maiden voyage of the Enterprise-E, you will be tasked with the honor of building your very own ANBU mask!" Naruto held up his fox mask again.

"YES SENSEI!"

Naruto's scrutinizing came across a woman with short red hair and blue eyes.

"You there! State your name!" Naruto ordered.

"April Uzumaki, Sensei!" She responded, making Naruto's eye flash with excitement that he refused to show to the rest of his trainees.

"Uzumaki?! Are you my long lost cousin?!" Naruto shouted.

"Possibly Sensei!" April responded.

"OH! So you think that means that I'm going to give you preferential treatment because of it?! Make you run a few less laps and let you take a few more breaks?!"

"No Sensei! I expect to be treated the same as everyone else!"

"Oh is that so?! You wanna be treated like the rest of the men? So whenever one of them fucks up, you wanna share their punishment?!"

"Yes Sensei!"

"You God damn masochist! You probably want to be punished don't you?!"

"Yes Sensei! We are all equals here!"

"Oh not you! You get off on pain! The rest of these trainees try to avoid pain like sensible people! You gonna cum all over my deck?!"

April blushed. "S-sensei?"

'Wrong choice of words there, Kit.' Kurama thought to him.

"You God damn heard me! Are you going to cream your pants and make a mess all over my deck if I keep yelling at you!?"

"N-no Sensei!" April responded, flustered.

"You sure about that? You seemed pretty fucking eager before!"

"Very sure Sensei!"

"You're very sure?! So there's a possibility?! Maybe you'd like it if I sent the rest of your fellow trainees out for a run so that I can yell at you in private?! Would you like that!?"

"N-no Sensei!"

"You sure?! You keep stuttering! You sound like the last girl who creamed her panties every time I opened my mouth!"

April popped a vein. "You got a problem with me you pervert?!" She shouted suddenly, taking everyone aback.

"What did you say, trainee?" Naruto said darkly. Making the whole barrack grow silent.

"Keep talking like that and I'll knock you into next week!" April snapped, blind with range.

Naruto then struck an open palm directly into April's side, knocking the wind out of her and forcing her onto her knees gasping for air.

"You wanna freak out about your superior sexually harassing you? Do it elsewhere. You said you wanted to get treated like everyone else and you broke down inside of 5 minutes. That'll get you and your team killed out on missions. And I intend to save their lives pre-emptively." Naruto spat as he moved down the line.

'I sense pride in you, Kit.' Kurama thought to him.

'What's that supposed to mean?'

'Nothing. Except the fact that you seem to be proud that the Uzumakis here have the same tenacity you do.'

'I do. But I still need to train her on how to suppress that side of her.' Naruto thought as he came across the pilot who had served alongside him during the siege on the Klingon base.

'Right, just try not to rough her up too much.'

'No promises.' "Flyboy! What the fuck are you doing here?!" Naruto barked.

"To redeem myself from my previous performance, Sensei!"

"What makes you think you're worthy to join my beloved ANBU?!"

"I want to prove to not only you but myself that I can do better. For the sake of my family and the Federation."

"Now that's a good fucking answer! Why the fuck didn't you say that first?!"

"I offer no excuses, sensei. Only that I wish to protect the ones I care about."

"You fucking hesitated a lot while we were out in the field together! And now you're hesitating now during training?!" Naruto barked. "Ya gonna hesitate when the enemy will be baring down at you, ready to slit your throat?!"

"No sir." The Pilot said with unfaltering determination.

"Are you sure?!"

"Yes, sir!"

"How the fuck do you know if you've never not hesitated?!"

"I'M POSITIVE!" Sol screamed at the top of his lungs.

"God damn right!" Naruto barked. "Uzumaki! You still here?!"

"Yes Sensei!" April coughed as she forced herself to stand back up.

"Did you hear what Trainee Sol just said?!"

"Yes Sensei!"

"Good! Cause that's how you get a Jounin-sensei to leave you alone in your safe space!"

"Understood Sensei!"

"Are you sure?!" Naruto barked.

"Positive Sensei!"

"Bullshit, I can't hear you!"

"POSITIVE SENSEI!" She screamed.

"DAMN STRAIGHT!" Naruto exclaimed. "All of you get in a school circle around me! On the double!"

The trainees all fell in and were ordered to sit with their legs crossed.

"All of you are going to learn the basics of the basics today. For a shinobi, that means chakra control." Naruto said as he held up his palm and created a Rasengan.

The young adults all looked up at the spinning chakra ball in awe. Even after seeing the same technique and many more in action back on the Klingon base, to see a glowing ball of energy appear was still just as impressive as seeing it for the first time. Their lives had all been filled with nothing but technological wonders. Everything that could be explained away by science.

But this…this was something entirely different. An energy born of a man's body they could visibly see. And they were supposed to learn how to do it themselves.

Sol felt like he was being selected to attend Hogwarts. Like in the 7 book classical epic he read as a child.

"The first step is to learn how to harness your chakra that your body produces naturally. This is done through two methods. Meditation and rigorous physical training." Naruto smirked as a few of the trainees gulped at the thought of "rigorous physical training."

"Lucky for you all, we are going to start with meditation." Naruto stated.

---

As the Naruto began their training, Sakura and Kurama were flying over the collection of tiny islands near Japan's main island.

"Nice view." Kurama commented.

"Yes, it is." Sakura agreed before looking at her navigational screen. "We're almost there. You might want to strap in."

"How much longer?"

"About 10 minutes."

"So do we play I Spy or sing a few songs?"

"How about you boot up the travel replicator and get us a snack?"

"Why, you hungry for something?"

"Yea, a little bit. Bowl of chocolate ice cream if you please."

"No cookie dough, chocolate chips, or anything else?"

"Hot fudge and peanut butter cups."

"Coming up." Kurama said as he pressed the keys on the console.

"Oh, could you add a side of sardines to that?" Sakura asked. Making Kurama sweat drop.

"You do hear yourself, right?" Kurama asked.

"And? That's what I want."

"But sardines with ice cream?"

"Yes."

Kurama sighed and filled out the order.

'Damn pregnancy cravings...' Kurama thought in disgust.

"Wait, aren't you driving?"

"I can set it on auto pilot." Sakura said simply.

"Then why bother driving the car?"

"Cause it's fun. Now give me my damn ice cream." Sakura snapped, annoyed with all the questions.

"Alright, alright..." Kurama sighed before handing Sakura her ice cream and sardines.

"Ah, awesome..." Sakura said in delight as she set the car on auto pilot to eat her snack.

The two just sat in silence for a bit as Sakura ate her snack. Kurama looked out the window to observe the landscape pass them by. He quickly grew bored of the view.

"Mama don't let your baby grow up, to be cooowboooys..." Kurama sang the song taught to him and Naruto by Riker.

"Oh you know that song too?" Sakura asked. "Naruto's been singing it a lot lately."

"It's a song that Riker taught Naruto and me after we watched this old show Generation Kill together." Kurama said.

"Ah, well feel free to continue."

"Hm... Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such..." Kurama continued.

"Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.

Even with someone they love." He sang.

"Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings,

Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.

Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do,

Sometimes won't know how to take him.

He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him,

Do things to make you think he's right…

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such...

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.

Even with someone they love..." Kurama finished.

Sakura wiped a happy tear from her eye and smiled. "Thank you...I love it when Naruto sings that." She said as she rubbed her belly.

"I know. Naruto feels so proud when he makes you happy like that." Kurama said as he kept looking out the window so that Sakura wouldn't see his blush.

"I know he does..." Sakura said softly as she checked the navigational screen again then looked ahead of her. "Japan is in sight."

After a few moments, they touched down in the rather large town of Nagawa, Japan. The scenery was very reminiscent of the Leaf Village in terms of structural design and what they classified as casual wear. For a minute, Sakura could swear that she was back on Element. Albeit an Element that had undergone a major change in fashion sense since she left, but the tiny details were all the same. Couples walked the streets together. Groups of teenagers walked together and boosted loudly about one thing or another. Young parents walked hand in hand with their kids in the middle from a late-night dinner or a movie theater. And shops of all kinds were open to the crowds passing by. Sakura almost couldn't contain herself as she walked down the street with Kurama trotting behind her transformed into an orange golden retriever. One gang of guys saw Sakura walking alone and wolf whistled at her, only to be scared off by Kurama's growling.

Almost immediately, Sakura spotted a familiar looking clan symbol; the symbol of the Haruno Clan.

The only problem was that it was tagged on the side of a wall of a convenient store in an alleyway.

"Odd place to put my clans symbol." Sakura mused as she and Kurama immediately stepped out of the car.

"Well what else would you expect from a gang sign?" Kurama asked.

"Gang sign?!" Sakura gasped in shock. It was only then that she read the inscription underneath the symbol.

HARUNO TERRITORY. UZUMAKI'S BEWARE!

"What in the hell?" Sakura wondered out loud.

Her voice echoed throughout the alleyway and spilled out through the streets, making a few late night shoppers stop and stare at her.

"Um, I think we'd better move on." Kurama whispered to Sakura.

"Yea, probably a good idea." Sakura agreed.

Kurama led Sakura away from that area and down the street. Hoping to run into one of her clansmen.

"I thought this was supposed to be a peaceful planet, but gang signs?" Sakura asked in a hush.

"Do you honestly think that an entire planet could achieve peace right down to the individual? No way. Someone was always going to get the short end of the stick and someone else was going to want a bigger piece of the pie." Kurama sighed.

"On a planet that has no currency anymore? What's there to gain from that?"

"Respect, a sense of individual purpose, boredom, take your pick." Kurama listed off.

"I suppose..." Sakura mused before spotting an elderly woman with faded pink hair, the Haruno clan symbol on her kimono.

"Hello there." Sakura said as she approached the old woman. The woman looked over at Sakura with her eyes weighed down by decades of wrinkles.

"Oh hello there Airi. Come back from hanging out with your friends?" The old woman asked politely.

"Um...my names Sakura actually." Sakura corrected sheepishly.

"Yes of course, Airi. Who is that with you? Did you pick up another stray?" The woman asked, pointing at Kurama.

'She must have some kind of memory issue.' Sakura thought. Might as well play along. "Yea, I guess you could say that, but he really is friendly."

"Woof." Kurama spoke, feeling like an idiot.

"Well, isn't he precious." The old lady smiled. "Well, you can keep this one. Now come along home so grandma can make you your favorite for dinner."

"Um...tacoyaki?" Sakura asked.

"No, silly. Bajoran Hasparat." The old lady smiled.

'Oh no... not that stuff...' Sakura sweat dropped. The first time she had that her mouth felt like she swallowed lava.

"Oh boy..." Sakura gave a fake smile as the old woman took her hand. She was about to give the confused old lady the slip when she heard a crash coming down the street.

Sakura and Kurama turned their heads to see a gang of teens maybe a few years above or below 16 kicking up trouble along the street.

The leader, a kid with blood red hair and a matching red bandana wrapped around his head spotted the two women and the orange dog.

"Hey, ya old bag! I thought I told you to piss off this street!" The punk shouted.

"How about you learn to treat the elderly with respect." Sakura glared, her combadge shining off the street lamps.

"Oh lookie what we've got here, boys. Another Haruno Starfleet wannabe thinking she can just flaunt around her badge. But she don't know that this street is Uzumaki territory!" The leader slurred.

"Ooh-Rah!" His buddies shouted.

Sakura just rolled her eyes. "Oh please. That tough guy act isn't going to work with me."

"Really?" The leader asked as he got right in Sakura's face, his smile disturbingly reminding her of Naruto's smile. Albeit less happy-go-lucky and more nasty creep.

Kurama growled at the boy, trying to keep up his dog disguise.

"Yes, really. I've dealt with far more intimidating looks from more qualified hooligans than you pretend to be. Compensating from small man syndrome are you?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.

Click went the boy's switchblade as he pulled it out right in front of Sakura's face. "I'll show you small." He leered.

Sakura jumped back and drew out her phaser and charged it up. "Never bring a knife to a phaser fight."

"HEY UZUMAKI!" A voice shouted from the other end of the street.

Sakura shifted her gaze to a person who had dark pink hair before turning back to the Uzumaki aggressors. "I've got this, just stay back."

"The Hell you do. Let me and the boys handle this so no one ends up getting shot." The dark pink haired teen said.

"Ha! You need to count again, Hajime! There is 7 of us and only one of you!" The leader of the Uzumaki gang shouted as his subordinates chuckled.

Sakura looked back over at the lone Haruno boy (although he couldn't be a few months younger than Sakura was) who just smirked and put his fingers to his lips to let loose an ear ringing whistle.

All at once, every door along the street seemed to open and young men and women wearing pink bandannas pouted out into the street and surrounded the Uzumaki gang.

"You were saying, Eiji?" Hajime smirked.

The Uzumaki gang leader didn't even answer before he and his buddies dashed off towards true Uzumaki territories.

The Haruno gang members all cheered and Sakura put away her phaser. Hajime congratulated his buddies before turning to the stranger with his family's famous shade of hair.

"Hello, Hajime Haruno at your service. I know for a fact that we've never met." Hajime said as he held out his hand to shake Sakura's.

"Sakura Haruno." She said as she shook his hand. She then noticed that she was quickly being surrounded by curious teenagers.

"Sakura? We don't have anyone in our clan by that name." One of the Haruno girls said.

"Well that's because I didn't come from Earth." Sakura informed.

"You're not from Earth?" A younger Haruno boy asked.

"No, I'm not." Sakura replied.

"Then how are you a Haruno?" Hajime asked.

"Because on my planet, there was a Haruno clan. Myself and my parents are the only ones left." Sakura informed.

"Oh you poor thing. What colony are you from?" Hajime asked.

"I'm not-" Sakura said before she was interrupted by a young boy no older than 7 running up to Hajime and pushing Sakura aside.

"Boss! Dachi's group is getting jumped at the ramen stand by those Uzumaki bastards! They outnumbered'em thirty to one!" The boy exaggerated.

"Shit, good job Shifty. Tao! Goro! Grab some guys and go help them out! Looks like those Uzumaki sons of bitches wanna fight tonight!" Hajime shouted, rallying up the crowd around him. "SO LET'S GO GIVE'EM ONE!"

The teens all cheered at their leader's rallying cry.

"I can help too." Sakura said.

"With your phaser? Hell no. We don't need to escalate this any further." Hajime stated firmly. "Besides, I'm not about to send a pregnant girl off to fight in some gang tussle."

"I don't need a phaser and don't you worry about my current state. On my world, the Ninja arts are not dead. I'm a Jounin rank Shinobi." Sakura informed, much to the shock of the other Harunos.

"A ninja? Like ninjas from way back in our history textbooks?" One Haruno asked.

"Stronger. I read some of your textbooks on the Enterprise. We're a lot more efficient than the Ninja of old." Sakura said before taking out a Kunai and twirling it in her hand.

"Fascinating. I should take you to my father. He'd love to meet you." Hajime said.

"You're sure you don't need an extra hand?"

"Positive. You don't want to get messed up in our troubles anyway."

"As a Starfleet officer, I feel the need to intervene."

"And you'll find that folks around here won't want you to interfere...although if you could not mention any of this to my dad, that would be great." Hajime said as he led Sakura down the street. Passing by the old lady who was being helped by a couple of the Haruno gang members.

"Alright...I'll do that at least. But why are you fighting the Uzumakis? On my world, they were once a great clan and a kind one."

Sakura stopped when she noticed that she was getting several dirty looks from the other gang members hanging about.

"I'd watch what you say about the Uzumakis around here. Mostly anything positive." Hajime whispered to Sakura.

"But why? What is the deal between you two?" Sakura whispered.

"That's a very long story that my father will be more than happy to tell you..." Hajime said bitterly, as if he was annoyed with having to hear such talks. "But first he'll want to question you on your backstory. Come on, my house is just a few blocks away."

"Alright." Sakura sighed as she was led to said house, Hajime walking side by side with Kurama trailing not far behind.

"So tell me a little more about yourself. If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?"

"You know, it's rude to ask a woman her age." Sakura stated.

"Oh please, you can't be any older than I am. I'm just curious whenever a beautiful woman comes across our streets." Hajime smirked.

Sakura blushed. "Well...I'm 21. And for the record, I have a boyfriend."

"And I've got a girlfriend. That doesn't mean that the two of us can't have a nice friendly chat." Hajime smirked.

Sakura giggled. "True."

"Does he have a name?" Hajime asked.

Sakura looked around her before looking back to him. "I'd tell you but..."

Hajime looked at her before looking down. "He's an Uzumaki, isn't he?" He whispered.

"Yes...Naruto Uzumaki..." Sakura whispered back. "Please don't take it the wrong way."

"Hey, I don't know you and I'm not about to judge. But for both our sakes. Please don't mention this to my Dad." Hajime whispered back.

"Right..." Sakura sighed.

"Also...Naruto? Like the fish cakes?" Hajime snickered.

Sakura snickered. "Yea I tease him about that too."

"Was his father an Uzumaki?" Hajime whispered.

"No, his mother was. His father was a Namikaze." Sakura whispered back, causing Hajime to stumble.

"Are you serious?!" He hissed. "The Namikaze's are one of the most prestigious clans here!"

"Is... that a good thing?" Sakura asked.

"Well if you absolutely have to mention your boyfriend I would refer to him as Naruto Namikaze. You might actually get my father to adopt you then." Hajime snickered.

Sakura giggled. "Will do then."

"Speaking of, where is your alleged boyfriend with the hilarious first name? He can't be that great if he'd leave you to wander these streets alone at night." Hajime said.

"He's at Starfleet Academy, training a squad of officers in our ninja arts. He urged me not to go, but I can be more stubborn than him." Sakura stated.

"I'll believe you. You remind me of my own girlfriend." Hajime smirked.

"I'd like to meet her then. We strong women gotta stick together." Sakura smirked.

"Nah, I wouldn't. She's a Nara and lazing as fuck. The only thing she is stubborn about is taking a nap." Hajime laughed.

"Sounds like a Nara I know." Sakura laughed as well.

"Yeah. She's really smart though when she wants to be. She's blunt, but she gets right to what she's thinking without any fluff. That's why I admire her." Hajime sighed happily.

"Sounds like my friend Shikamaru. Sharp as a kunai and with plenty of wit to dish out. Excellent Shogi player too."

"So...wait a minute. You have, or rather had an Uzumaki clan, you're a Haruno, there's also the Nara Clan on your world..." Hajime mused.

"As well as Inuzuka, Hyuuga, Sarutobi, Senju, Akamichi, and Yamanaka. Sadly, the Sarutobi and Senju clans are down to only a small handful of members, my master Tsunade being the last of the Senju." Sakura informed.

"But that's just within our village." Sakura added.

"Okay, this is sounding a lot more than a coincidence here..." Hajime stated.

"That's why I'm here. Captain Jean Luc Picard thinks that the Humans on Element are somehow descendants of the clans here and that's what I'm here to find out." Sakura informed.

'Hey kit.' Kurama thought to him while walking beside Sakura.

'Kinda in the middle of something here.' Naruto informed.

'Just thought I would give you a status update. Your vixen has made contact with her clan as well as yours...however, the two clans seem to be in the middle of a feud of some sorts. When you come here, make things real easy on yourself and Sakura and use your fathers last name.'

'Um...sure. She's not hurt, is she?' Naruto asked with concern.

'No, she's safe. She's being escorted to one of the clan leaders house to discuss matters of why she's here. We're actually making progress.'

'Unlike me. It's like I have to re-teach these jokers everything there is to know about chakra.' Naruto groaned.

'Well, think about it. They never knew what Chakra was until you showed up.'

'True. But it's so damn frustrating.'

'Was training your own Genin team any less frustrating?'

'In its own special way. But those three already knew about chakra. These guys...it's like teaching fish to walk before teaching them how to rock climbing.'

'Uhhh...right...anyway, we're almost at this guy's house.'

'And I'm about to switch over to kunai training. You kids have fun.'

"Here it is, home sweet home." Hajime said as they stopped in front of a rather large house.

Sakura whistled. "Impressive. I only know of the Hyuga's having a house this big back home."

"Well, wait till you see inside." Hajime said before opening his front door.

Inside was a lavish foyer, complete with a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling, marble floors, carved stone stairs and railings with carved stone pillars throughout the room.

"House nothing...this is like a palace!" Sakura exclaimed in awe.

"Follow me, my dad is in his study." Hajime urged.

Sakura nodded and followed him through the luxurious mansion and down a hallway. Each way she looked, she saw paintings of past Haruno members, including one that looked like her.

"Who is this?" Sakura asked as she pointed to said painting.

"She is the clan's founder. I forget her name, but it is said that she founded the clan over 4000 years ago. Way back in the day, the Haruno clan was well revered by their ability to produce elixir's and other such medicines. Essentially, we were a clan of doctors in ancient times." Hajime informed.

"Incredible..." Sakura said in awe. She had always been praised for her natural talent in all things medical, but she always assumed herself to be lucky. After all, her parents weren't anything special compared to her peers. They were simple civilians working in the lumber industry and the private sector. They were no doctors and no one in Sakura's ancestry were trained in the medical arts before her as far as she knew. Until today that is.

"Some of our clansmen still make herbal remedies, but Starfleet medical science has made them obsolete unfortunately."

"No wonder I became a doctor..." Sakura mused.

"You're a doctor too?" Hajime delightfully asked.

"Yes, I am. I was trained by Tsunade Senju as a medic ninja and then as a Starfleet Medical officer."

"Incredible. A couple of my older cousins are medical officers in Starfleet. What ship are you serving on?" Hajime asked.

"Well, I was serving on the Enterprise before it was destroyed. Now I'm here for another 6 months until the new one is completed." Sakura explained.

That made Hajime do a double take. "You served aboard the Enterprise!? That's like, the most famous ship in the entire fleet!"

"So I've heard. In fact, I learned that my master served on the Enterprise C before it was destroyed at Narendra III."

"Hajime?! Is that you?!" A male voice sounded from the other end of the hall.

"Yeah Dad! I've got someone here you'll want to meet!" Hajime called back.

"Oh really?! Well bring'em in!"

Hajime led Sakura done the hall and into his father's office where the man seemed to be going over paperwork of some kind with his reading glasses. Upon Sakura entrance into his study, he looked up and his eyes darted around Sakura's frame. She knew that look. It was the look she gave all her patients when they first entered into her care. Sometimes she caught herself subconsciously giving that visual exam on people she was just seeing for the first time that day.

"Why hello, I'm Dr. Haruno. And you might be?" The head of Earth's Haruno clan asked.

"Sakura Haruno." Sakura smiled.

"Haruno, huh? Hajime, could you come here for a second?" Dr. Haruno smiled.

Hajime nodded and approached his father.

"Please tell me that you didn't knock up one of your distant relatives?" Dr. Haruno hissed so as not to be overheard by Sakura.

"What? No! She was like that when I met her!" Hajime hissed back.

Sakura, despite them trying to keep quiet, still overheard them.

"Don't lie to me, Hajime. We are not taking this one into our home! Not this time! I don't care if you dyed her hair pink and married her in secret. We will get your marriage revoked!"

"Dad what are you talking about! That's not what this is at all!"

"You bring a pregnant woman around your age into our home and claim that she is a Haruno when I have never seen her before in my life! What is a father supposed to make of that?! I am sick and tired of all your girlfriends and the drama that comes with it!" Dr. Haruno hissed. "I thought you were dating that Nara girl, or was she just another cover-up?!"

"Ahem..." Sakura cleared her throat. "Sorry, but I can still hear you."

"My apologies, Miss...?" Dr. Haruno asked.

"Haruno. And no, I just met Hajime today. He's not responsible for me being pregnant."

"Oh, well you must forgive me for not taking him at his word. We have been through this charade one too many times and I would not have a repeat of those circumstances." Dr. Haruno apologized.

"I understand. No my boyfriend was responsible for this."

"I see. But that doesn't explain why you are here and why you are clearly a Haruno yet not one I have ever met before."

"Because I'm not from Earth. I come from the Planet Element." Sakura informed.

"Element? I'm afraid I've never heard of that colony." Dr. Haruno stated.

"It's not a Federation Colony."

"Um...one of those joint colonies with the Klingons?" Dr. Haruno tried.

"No. We don't even have Warp drive yet. We are under a secret contract with the Federation to provide Shinobi as bodyguards to select captains. Myself and my boyfriend are currently under that contract with Captain Picard."

"Shinobi? You're from a non-space fairing planet? How curious that you have my clan's hair color as well as our name? What's even more astonishing is that you appear human. How is that possible?" Dr. Haruno inquired.

"Because I am and I am a Haruno."

"That shouldn't be possible. Again, to have two different planets produce similar species of life is astronomically astounding. For you to have our pink hair might be as believable if it were a mutation in the human genetic code. But for you to also be named Haruno... It's an incredible coincidence to say the least." Dr. Haruno repeated.

"I can do a DNA comparison if you would allow me." Sakura offered.

"It would be my pleasure to allow you. Please, you can even use my private equipment." Dr. Haruno gestured to the incubators and test tubes stationed on the left side of his office.

"I use them to map out my clan's family tree as a hobby. You're more than welcome to use it."

Sakura pulled out her medical tricorder. "I think this will suffice."

"Very well, fire away." Dr. Haruno said.

Sakura detached her tricorders medical scanner and did a scan of her DNA. The main device saved it in storage before moving onto the Haruno elder. She gave him a quick scan and saved the data to her tricorder before putting her scanner away. Next she moved onto bring up both DNA samples and did a breakdown comparison of each cell, carefully scrutinizing each cell before her eyes went wide.

"Oh my god..." Sakura breathed out.

"What is it?" Dr. Haruno asked.

Sakura showed him the screen on her tricorder. On it, were two different strands of DNA, but while most of it was identical, proving that she was human, there were a few cells that were blinking on both strands, indicating a matching set.

"O-oh my god...th-these are..." Dr. Haruno stammered in shock.

"They are Genetic Chromosomes. Yours match mine..." Sakura said in the same amount of shock.

"My God... that means..." Dr. Haruno.

"What? What does that mean?" Hajime exclaimed, feeling left out of the conversation.

"That Sakura here is in fact your extremely distant cousin, but her family did in fact originate from ours, or vice versa." Dr. Haruno hypothesized.

"And that's exactly the proof I needed to eradicate the Prime Directive on our world." Sakura said as she put her tricorder away. "This has been a long and ongoing theory for decades, but haven't been able to prove it until now. I thank you for helping me."

"No need to thank me. Please, join us for a late dinner. This is cause for celebration." Dr. Haruno said.

Sakura bowed in respect. "Thank you. I'd love you, Mr..."

"Dr. Haruno. Although you can call me Satoshi."

"Yes, sir. I'm a doctor as well for the record."

"Oh, my apologies, doctor. Please, tell me everything about yourself. Including your family." Dr. Haruno said as he led Sakura out towards their dining room, leaving Kurama and Hajime alone in the study.

"Did they just forget about us?" Hajime sarcastically asked Kurama, thinking that he was just your average everyday orange dog.

'Story of my life...' Kurama thought.

"Whatever, come on boy-er, girl-whatever you are." Hajime said as he playfully tapped Kurama on the tail to get him to follow the Earthling.

Kurama begrudgingly followed Hajime to the dining room.

"So, you are a ninja?" Satoshi asked as he and Sakura sat next to one another at the corner of the dining room table.

"Yes. I was trained as a Shinobi from the age of 5 and became a jounin when I was 17. I was also trained as a medic ninja as well as a Starfleet Medical officer." Sakura informed. "I even became a member of my village's ANBU over a year ago. You can think of them as a black ops branch of my world's ninja system."

"You mean like the Federation's Section 31?"

"Section 31? What is that?" Sakura inquired.

"Um...you would have to ask your captain about that. It's considered as classified information." Dr. Haruno explained nervously.

"Well anyway. My boyfriend is actually training security officers as we speak in the ways of ANBU. He hopes to turn them into a more effective fighting force for the Federation ships to have available to them."

"Impressive...is he a Haruno too?"

"Um...no, he is a Namikaze." Sakura said.

Satoshi had to do a double take. "A Namikaze...?"

"Yes, he is the last Namikaze on our planet I believe." Sakura added. Hoping that Hajime was right on his father's love of the Namikaze.

"Oh my god...the Namikaze clan is one of THE most revered clans here!" Satoshi exclaimed with joy.

"Well, Naruto will be pleased to hear that." Sakura said.

'Whew...' Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait, Naruto? Your boyfriend's name is Naruto?" Satoshi asked in disbelief.

"Yes he is. Yes...I know what his name means."

"Do you know? Actually, do you still have your universal translator activated?" Satoshi asked.

"No, why?"

"You do realize that we have been talking to one another in my country's native tongue since we met? You grew up on a different planet and yet you are speaking perfect Japanese." Dr. Haruno stated, making Sakura's eyes go wide.

"Really? Huh...I guess I never realized...but then again, if Captain Picard's theory is correct, then our culture originally came from Earth."

"That very well may be the case. You said that you are a shinobi. Generally speaking, the origin of ninjas is unique to the Japanese islands. In many ways our culture is known for it, along with samurais. Yet the practice of ninjas was abandoned as a military tool during the influx of western civilization. Its fascinating to think that your culture is what mine would be if untouched by western cultures and technology."

"90% of my world's populace is a Shinobi in some form or another."

"Really? How is that possible? In our culture, ninjas were simply farmers who hid in plain sight by day and acted as a kind of black ops mercenaries by night. They were less a military force and more of a civilian militia specializing in spy work." Satoshi said.

"Not on our world. Each Shinobi nation has its own military of ninjas. For the longest time, each nation was against the other. They are called hidden villages. Each hidden village has a military leader, or Kage. The governor of each village is a Daimyo, or feudal lord. He financially supports each Shinobi village in each nation."

"You have the Hokage which is the one I serve under. The Kazekage, Raikage, Mizukage and Tsuchikage." Sakura continued.

"Fascinating. Are these Kages democratically elected by the populous or are they chosen by the highest ranking officers in your military?" Satoshi inquired.

"As far as I know, the Hokage is chosen by the village council. Or more accurately, the council decides which shinobi from our village that they wish to nominate and the Daimyo makes the final decision. Although in our history the Daimyo has never willingly chosen another ninja to be Hokage that the council did not nominate for him." Sakura said.

"Intriguing political system..." Satoshi mused.

"Naruto is actually aiming to be the next Hokage...or...at least he was." Sakura mused.

"He was? What happened?" Satoshi asked.

"Starfleet happened. Ever since we started, we've been loving what we do, so when the time comes that our 5-year mission ends, it's going to be a tough decision if we wanna leave Starfleet or stay."

"Well I can't say I know anything about Naruto to make that kind of judgement call about him, but do you really think that he'll give up his desire to become Hokage so easily? From what you've told me it sounds like a worthy goal. Even within the ranks of Starfleet."

"I know...but Naruto has been an orphan all his life and it wasn't until 5 years ago that he was being recognized by the village as something more than an orphan..."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Dr. Haruno inquired.

"He tends to stay wherever he feels the most accepted..."

"Is he not accepted back on your home planet?"

Sakura let out a heavy hearted sigh. "He hasn't been most of his life...until recently. Now he's someone everyone looks up to, but, even though he won't admit it, deep down I'm sure he wonders how long that will last."

"Why wouldn't he be? What's wrong with him that would merit others not liking him?"

"I'd rather not say. I'm sorry Dr. Haruno, but I barely know you and would like to keep my boyfriend's privacy. Sufficed to say, he was discriminated against for being born on the wrong day."

"Day?" Dr. Haruno repeated, perplexed.

"Yes, on that day my village was attacked by a demon as tall as a mountain. This wasn't just some local superstition either. An actual demon monster as real as any natural disaster came and destroyed by village, killing thousands. Because of this, the adults associated Naruto with that demon since he was born during the night of the attack. They made his childhood Hell. They have since accepted him, but nowhere near as universally as the crew of the Enterprise has."

Satoshi gasped in horror. "I see...now it makes sense..."

Sakura nodded. "That's why the decision is going to be really hard for him when the time comes."

"Well if you were the only one to decide, which would you choose?" Satoshi asked.

"I... I don't know honestly..."

"Really? Many would think that choosing the world you have always known with your family and friends would be the obvious choice."

"Well I mean yes that's true. I've lived in the Leaf Village all my life...but...I've learned so much while being on the Enterprise...it's like Starfleet is my other family and now that I've discovered I've got family here on Earth that I didn't even know about... I don't know what to do."

"Well I've served aboard my handful of ships for the Federation and I can promise you that you can always return home." Satoshi said with a smile.

Sakura smiled back. "Yea, you are right."

"So enough about me. Tell me about your clan here on Earth. I have so many questions." Sakura stated.

"In due time, cousin. For now, let's eat. I hope you like Hasparat."

Sakura's face broke into a look of horror as Hajime came by and placed a plate of Hasparat on the table.

"What? I thought this was Japan? Where is the food based on my culture? Or your culture? Or... Why is everyone eating this?!" Sakura exclaimed.

Satoshi laughed. "I'm just kidding." Sakura gave him the stink eye.

"I like Hasparat, thank you." Hajime said sourly.

"You can eat whatever you like, Sakura. While I personally prefer a home cooked meal, we have our own dedicated replicator that makes Japanese food in the traditional way." Satoshi stated.

That statement made Sakura pause. "Are you against technology, sir?"

"What? No, I just see the value in the effort of cooking your own food. If you ask me, it makes the food taste better. But I won't shy away from the convenience of it or any other kind of technology. That's what it's there for after all. A tool to ease the workload of the user." Satoshi replied.

"True. So, you have any Japanese dish? Even Dango?" Sakura asked.

"I would imagine so, I don't care for Dango myself." Satoshi said.

"Alright, good. Just be forewarned, I am going through the odd cravings stage."

"I see. How far along are you?"

"Two months. Dr. Crusher said we're having a girl." Sakura smiled. Making both men smile.

"Congratulations." Satoshi smiled.

Then Sakura sighed. "Sad part is...this kid is sucking my Chakra dry. I have to fully rely on technology for work and Taijutsu for combat."

"I'm sorry...chakra?" Satoshi asked.

"Yeah, what's that?" Hajime chimed in.

'Oh here we go...' Kurama groaned as he ate the dog food that Hajime had laid out for him.

"Chakra is the energy Shinobi on my world use for combat as well as healing. I'd show you, but I'm afraid if I did I would collapse from using what little I have."

"I'll take your word for it. You say that this energy is naturally occurring inside of you. Is it exclusive to you shinobi or can everyone from your planet use it?" Dr. Haruno asked.

"Any human can, actually. Even you."

"And you know this for a fact?"

"Considering I taught it to a 5-year-old on the Enterprise, I would say yes."

The father and son looked at each other with their eyes saying, "wow." Sakura sincerely hoped that they wouldn't ask her to train them in chakra right now. Over 2 hours of driving had tried her out and she just wanted to eat.

"Do you think you could teach the rest of our clan?" Hajime asked.

'Sonofabitch...' Sakura cursed in thought. "I can, just not right now..."

"Oh, that's a shame. It could prove invaluable to our own medical practices."

"I can guarantee you that is true, but frankly I came here to learn more about you and your clan." Sakura stated. She was not normally one to turn down anyone's request to learn, but the way things were going with Starfleet, she would be asked to teach the entire Federation how to use chakra before long.

"Fair enough...what more would you like to know?" Satoshi asked.

"Well...for starters, and forgive my ignorance on the matter, but why do the Harunos and Uzumakis seem to be at each other's throats?" Sakura asked.

Satoshi's face visible darkened upon hearing this question. Hajime even stopped eating mid-bite. Sakura was afraid she had step on some family landmine.

"That...is a long story. Stretching back thousands of years." Satoshi began.

"If...you don't feel like sharing then-"

"No...as you are of Haruno blood, you deserve to know." Satoshi interrupted.

"Okay." Sakura said softly.

Satoshi put down his chopsticks to ready himself to retell this epic tale. Hajime however kept eating to keep his mind preoccupied from such matters.

"Let's see...to be honest, no one is quite certain how our feud began. Our two clans come from very ancient houses. There are records that Haruno doctors served in the courts of some of the earliest Chinese Emperors before migrating to Japan. Not just as doctors though, as scholars and scientists, learned men. We have always been the thinkers of our time, quietly earning our place on the pages of history. One such notable ancestor was the first Hajime of our clan. He founded a medical school in a Shinto Temple to teach monks how to properly treat the sick and injured. Some scholars believe that it was the first ever medical school in Japan." Satoshi stated proudly.

"I see...so, this is kinda like the Hatfield and McCoy feud then. It continues, but no one really knows how it started or why, right?" Sakura asked, having read up about said feud.

"Well this is only the oldest story shared between our two clans. No one can know for certain if one side met the other beforehand or what their relationship was like." Satoshi tried to explain.

"Okay..."

"Yes, well...Hajime Haruno did not set up his school alone. He brought along his family, a wife and two daughters, along with all his brothers and their families to live with him and the monks. They taught the monks and anyone who would happen upon their temple the arts of their medical science. And whenever a traveler or a warrior came to their temple seeking medical attention, they would treat them without a second thought. It's through this charitable work that my clansmen first came into contact with the Uzumakis." Satoshi said bitterly, as if the name itself was a shard of glass he had to spit out.

"The Uzumakis back then were a clan of warriors. Mercenaries, samurai, swords for hire...they had loyalty only to the highest bidder." Satoshi spat.

"That...sounds nothing like the Uzumakis of my world..."

"Do you know many Uzumaki in your world?" Satoshi raised an irate eyebrow.

"No... the Uzumaki clan was all but wiped out before I was born. But what I do know about them is that they were fluent in sealing techniques as well as a special healing ability that can heal any and all wounds ailments and illnesses. They were also a Kind and Generous Clan back when they were still thriving. The ones who are still around are Nomads for the most part. They have no place to call home."

"Is that so? Returning to their roots I see. The Uzumaki back then were also considered nomads. Like gypsies. They simply roamed from one town to another, wherever there was blood to be spilt for coin." Satoshi stated. "But that is my forefathers talking... Back to my story, the Uzumakis were returning from a great defeat at the hands of whatever foe they were paid to fight at that moment. They came to our clan's temple seeking help for their injured."

Sakura nodded.

"Of course Hajime and his brothers allowed the large party of warriors to enter their temple for treatment. Over the next few days the brothers and the monks treated the Uzumaki men. It is said that the Uzumaki were so grateful that they shared their wine with the Haruno doctors, whom had never accepted any payments for their work before then. The women of both clans cooked up a grand feast, the men drank lavishly, and the children played together."

"Okay...that doesn't seem so bad."

"No, it seems like the beginning of a beautiful friendship between our clans, doesn't it? It wouldn't be outlandish to imagine that Hajime Haruno was about to offer one of his daughters to the son of the leader of the Uzumaki right then and there to cement the friendship between the clans. Yet unbeknownst to the Haruno, a dark cloud was gathering on the horizon." Satoshi said dramatically, making his son roll his eyes at his father's theatrics.

"For you see, the enemy that had defeated the Uzumaki and sent them fleeing towards our temple was still out there. And they were determined to wipe the stain of the Uzumaki off the face of the planet once and for all."

Sakura nodded, urging him to continue while the gears in her head began turning. She had an idea where this was going.

"The night after the party, the Haruno family awoke to the thundering sound of an army at their doorstep. The name of said army has been lost to time, but not what the Uzumaki did next." Satoshi spat.

"Upon seeing their enemies marching towards the temple, instead of heading outside to meet them in battle or flee, the Uzumaki turned our peaceful temple into a fortress for a siege. Trapping not only themselves, but the Haruno clansmen and the monks inside the temple as the advancing army encircled the temple walls."

Sakura felt herself sitting on the edge of her seat while Kurama nearly stood up on his hind legs to listen in close to the tale.

"Hajime Haruno pleaded to the head of the Uzumaki clan to surrender, or at the very least let his family and the monks go. It was spring and the temple had depleted its food supplies. They could never last through a siege. And they were severely outnumbered. Even if every living soul inside that temple was a healthy soldier, they would still be outnumbered 10 to 1. Instead over half their numbers were women, children, pacifist monks, or men too injured to fight. Victory would be impossible."

"Hajime even pleaded with the general of the surrounding army, who agreed to let the monks, the doctors, and their families go free. They would not attack the temple until the innocent Haruno were over the hill and safely in the nearby village with their other clansmen."

"Hajime even offered to take the wives and children of the Uzumaki with them as their own sons and daughters. But the head of the Uzumaki refused to believe in the promise of the general. The temple gates would not open no matter what." Satoshi said with finality.

"The general and his army attacked that night. The battle was ferocious. Arrows sailed over the walls of the temple and pelted the roof like rain from a typhoon. Fires were set along the fields inside the temple. The screams of dying men filled the air all throughout the night. Yet somehow the Uzumaki managed to hold the army back throughout the night."

"When dawn finally broke, the army retreated for a bit, allowing the youngest of Hajime's brothers to escape the temple to find help in the nearby village. They say he ran for an entire day before he made it to the village. He grabbed every able bodied villager with a sword and a torch and brought them back to the temple, but by the time they arrived it was too late..." Satoshi said.

"When they got back to the temple the next morning, the gates were wide open and the army was gone. Inside the temple the inhabitants had been slaughtered to a man. Every man, woman, and child. Even the monks. But not a single corpse bore the Uzumaki's signature red hair..."

Suddenly, Satoshi looked up when he heard the unmistakable snap of something metal. Sakura had gripped a butter knife and her rage caused her to snap it in two.

"Those...rotten...how could they..." She growled in anger.

"I haven't even gotten to the punchline yet. Hajime's younger brother threw himself to the ground three times on grief after seeing his brothers all curled up into balls, having taken swords through their backs, trying to defend their families. This was by all accounts a senseless tragedy, yet as the mob had finished collecting the bodies and prepared to leave the temple, they noticed something peculiar about the temple gates. The wooden beam used to bar the gate was unbroken. Evidently, the army had not forced their way in. In fact, they were let in by the Uzumaki. In the middle of the night, while the Harunos and the monks tried to sleep, the Uzumaki left the gate open and slipped out of the temple without telling their fellow captives. That way, when the army stormed the temple the next day, they would search all over the temple and slaughter the innocent families left behind. Allowing the Uzumaki more time to escape." Satoshi shuttered with rage. "Of course my ancestor didn't know this until he returned to the nearby village and found the Uzumaki clansmen drinking and laughing in the local pub."

Sakura seethed in rage. "Those...bastards..."

"Yes, and to top it all off. Afterwards the Uzumaki clansmen were shocked when my ancestor refused to treat any Uzumaki of their ailments. Which began our clan's feud with the Uzumaki that has lasted for nearly a 1,000 years."

Sakura had to take a deep breath to steady herself. "That's just disgusting..."

"And now you know why we hate each other." Hajime stated.

"It's utter cowardice...had they been on my world, they would all have been killed on sight." Sakura spat.

"Well not in our world. Not back then. They escaped justice and our two clan's clashed again and again throughout history. During civil wars we would be on opposite sides from the Uzumaki. When we were forced to fight for the same cause, our doctors would not heal an Uzumaki who came to us. As the country became more peaceful, our feud turned into a rivalry. Our ancestors would compete in fields of medicine, in business, politics, arts, science, even on the battlefield. Even now after the world has done away with global conflict, our families still compete to rise highest in their chosen fields..." Satoshi said before pausing as if regretting what he was about to say next. "...while at home, the youth of our two clans participate in juvenile gang warfare."

"Yea, I got a glimpse of that when one of them pulled a knife on me." Sakura informed.

"Yes. Thankfully my son only resorts to violence by defacing public property." Satoshi spat at his son's direction.

"Oh here we go again!" Hajime groaned. "Seriously Dad, I do it for the good of the community!" He defended.

"You are merely acting out and it is interfering with your studies!" Satoshi snapped.

"Grandma says that you used to do the exact same thing when you were my age! I'm just carrying on the family tradition!"

"No excuses, young man!" Satoshi snapped. "What I did in my youth I grew out of it and you should too!"

"Sounds like something Naruto used to do. Only he defaced property as a means of getting attention and to prank people." Sakura stated.

At that moment, the double doors to the dining hall flew open and a kid with a panicked look on his face ran in.

"Katoru, what's wrong?" Hajime asked seriously.

"It's Jahiro! Some Uzumakis cornered him and stabbed him repeatedly! He's in the hospital in critical condition!" Katoru exclaimed.

"How bad?" Sakura asked, now in full doctor mode.

"I... I have no fuckin' idea..." Katoru gasped out, not knowing who this chick was either. "Mr. Haruno, you gonna come to the hospital. My brother...he's my kid brother..." Katoru panted frantically.

"Indeed. Sakura here will assist me. She's a Starfleet medical officer and a medic ninja. She's probably more qualified than me." Satoshi praised.

"I appreciate the praise, but if he's in really bad shape then we gotta move quickly." Sakura said before standing up.

"Point me in the direction of the hospital. I can make it there faster than you can." Sakura added.

Hajime pointed his finger in a certain direction. "That way, about 5 miles."

"Easy enough." Sakura said as she took off at a dead sprint out of the house, the others following, but unable to keep up with her.

"Should she be running that fast if she's pregnant?" Hajime asked no one in particular.

"I don't know, but if she really is a ninja, it would probably seem like nothing to..." He paused as they got outside and Sakura jumping across rooftops at speeds that should be humanly impossible. "...her... remarkable..."

"What the Hell is she?!" Katoru exclaimed. "She's like a Mexican Jumping Bean!"

"She...is a ninja. A true ninja...and a Haruno." Satoshi said.

"Dang, you Harunos get all the cool relatives." Katoru said.

"And she's not even from Earth." Hajime said before they took off running. They made it all the way to the end of the street before a thought occurred to him.

"Hey Dad, why aren't we taking our car?" Hajime asked as the rounded a corner.

"Because your grandmother borrowed it, remember?"

"Oh right." Hajime said as they all kept running.

"Are we seriously going to be running for 5 miles?" Kotaru asked.

"Yeah we are! Get with the program, Kotaru!" Hajime shouted.

Meanwhile, Sakura was at a dead sprint to the hospital faster than any human on Earth can move without a means of transportation. She was closing the distance quickly, but she still had a little ways to go.

"So what's the plan here? A pregnant woman without access to her chakra is going to barge right into a hospital and demand to treat a patient over all the other doctors?" Kurama asked as he came up behind Sakura.

"I still have my seal. That should be more than enough to help and keep me even." Sakura replied.

"I think you should stick with Federation approved medical treatment on this on." Kurama said as he leapt over two rooftops in a single bound.

"You can think all you want. I'm doing this my way." Sakura said firmly.

"Fine, but when you do inevitably collapse from chakra exhaustion again, I'll only be saving you for the little kit's sake." Kurama stated.

Sakura didn't answer. She was more focused on getting to the hospital as fast as she can.

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As she was doing this, 11 time zones away, Naruto was at his wits end. 4 hours of constant meditation and his trainees were no close to unlocking their chakra than he was to mastering medical jutsu.

In his frustration, he called for a break. A half hour for the trainees to grab breakfast and to reflect on their training. Yet in reality, Naruto needed to figure out how to proceed with their training.

While the rest of the trainees headed straight for the mess hall, April Uzumaki decided to stop by her barracks and check for messages on her PAD.

Her notifications read that she had 7 missed text messages from Mom-ICE.

'Great, what did I do this time?' April thought as she opened the latest message. Her eyes lazily traced across the first line before picking up speed. She reread the message twice before checking the other messages and deducing them as irrelevant. April cupped her hand as she read the last message a fourth time.

Mom-ICE: Your brothers are in the hospital

Both stabbed

Call me

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Author's Note from Panda: Now before any of you decide to hate on us for the Star Trek side of things, know that it was all my idea. And give us to the next chapter to resolve this properly.