Hey guys it's been a while since I've last been on here. This chapter is a short one later chapters will be longer. Anyways onto the story

Story Starts

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Location: Unknown, Reach

Date: July 20, 2552

3 days before WINTER CONTINGENCY

Naruto sighed, it had been a few hours since he had been arrested. The room, a standard 10x10, they had put him was metal with a dark gray coating. The door was also metal and slid to the side when it opened. How he knew it slid when opened, was due to the little bit of human interaction he had from being given food and new clothes, seeing as his were destroyed. He also knew he was being watched by the camera.

'They can spy on me all they want.' Naruto thought before settling into a meditative form.

Now in his mind, he could see the sleeping form of Kurama who had decided to take a nap. Then he felt something behind him. Turning he saw four people, two he knew the other seemed vaguely familiar.

"Sasuke, Old Man Sage and err… I don't seem to remember you two but you seem familiar." Naruto said.

"I'm Ashura." Ashura was a young man with short, spiky brown hair of which two locks were wrapped in bandages framing either side of his face. His facial features were stern. He wore what seemed to be a blank forehead protector. He also wore a light-colored kimono with magatama adorned around the collar. The kimono was held closed by a dark-colored sash. Underneath, he wore a black full-body suit.

"I am Indra." Indra had long brown hair cut short on top. Two locks wrapped in bandages framed either side of his face. His eyebrows were cut short, a symbol of his nobility, and dark eyes with blue markings around his eyes, which were turned up at the corners. He wore a high-collared, light-colored kimono held closed by a dark sash and wore a black full-bodied suit underneath. The collar of the kimono was adorned with magatama.

"We need to talk about where you ended up, Naruto." Sasuke said.

"Yes, this universe Isshiki sent you has a dark history." Hagoromo said.

"Alright, let me hear it." Naruto said.

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"So, what do we have on this man?" A nondescript ONI officer asked.

"We have so far found nothing, Sir. No facial recognition or birth name in any UEG database or even Insurrectionists database." An intelligence officer replied.

"What about that portal he fell from? Was it slipspace or something else?" The ONI officer asked.

"We couldn't pick up any Čerenkov radiation." Another intel officer replied.

"Looks like we'll have to ask straight from the source. Get me Carrot." The officer ordered.

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Naruto had opened his right eye and keeping his left eye, just in time to see two soldiers coming in. One of them had spoken his language, which they called Japanese. They only knew what language he spoke after they asked his name.

"Stand up and put your arms out." The Japanese speaking soldier ordered. Naruto complied with them.

He had chains put on his wrist and feet before he was escorted out of his little cell. As they walked he could see nothing but the dark gray halls of this place he was locked in. Soon they stopped in front of a door which slid open showing a table and two chairs. One of the chairs was occupied by a woman, dark brown hair, pale skin, and orange eyes.

'Orange.' Naruto thought before he was forced to sit by the soldiers. Once sat the cuffs were then tied to the table.

Carrot rolled her eyes, "Get rid of the cuffs."

"Ma'am, I don't believe that is advisable." One of the soldiers said.

"Listen, get rid of the cuffs. This man isn't a criminal." She told them.

"Of course, Ma'am. Corporal, uncuff the man." The soldier ordered his partner. He nodded and unlocked the cuffs before he and the other soldier exited the room.

"So, Mr. Uzumaki, I have a few questions for you." Carrot said.

"Ask away." Naruto said.

"Right. First question who are you, Mr. Uzumaki? We have no record of you anywhere. Are you Insurrectionist or something else? So tell me who you really are and how you really got here?" Carrot said as she put a manila folder on the table.

Grabbing it and opening it up, Naruto saw pictures of himself falling. "So you wish to gain information on me since I'm an unknown. I'll only trade for information."

"I think you don't the severity of your situation, Mr. Uzumaki. See I'm the only thing between getting our answers the easy way or the hard way." Carrot told him.

"No, I don't know the severity of my situation. Though neither do you." Naruto said.

"Is that a threat Mr. Uzumaki?" Carrot asked.

"Not trying to make threats." Naruto replied as he downplays his words.

"Of course you aren't. So, back on topic tell me who you work for and the portal." Carrot said.

"Well, for one I have no friends with this 'Insurrectionist.' Never heard of them." Naruto replied genuinely confused.

Carrot had looked at his face and eyes for any sign of deception. Seeing none, she nodded to herself, "Well, if you aren't part of it, what faction are you with?"

"Yes, what faction am I with." Naruto said before shrugging, "I guess, I'm aligned with myself and humanity. As for the portal, I guess it's space-time related."

"Space-time related. Were you working with FTL-like technology?" Carrot asked.

"I guess you could say that." Naruto replied scratching his cheek.

"Interesting were you a scientist? Though you seem young, of course, you could be a prodigy. Not trying to downplay your intelligence, Mr. Uzumaki." Carrot said.

Naruto waved off her semi-insult of his intellect, "It's fine. Though I wasn't a scientist more of an unwilling participant."

"An unwilling participant? Were you used as a test subject to see if it led anywhere?" She asked.

"Yes." Naruto replied.

"Though it seems that you survived the portal and the fall." Carrot said.

"Yeah, I guess I'm lucky I did." Naruto said.

"Well, it appears we're done here for now." Carrot said as she got up and walked out the door.

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It wasn't before long till the original soldiers that escorted him came back to escort him once again. Now back in his cell, Naruto sat on his bed before entering his mindscape. Opening his eyes he was now standing in front of Ashura, Indra, Sasuke, Hagoromo, and Kurama along with the rest of the Bijū.

"Naruto are you ready?" Ashura asked.

"The dobe is always ready, Ashura." Sasuke replied.

"Yeah, I'm always ready." Naruto said.

"Good because this training will be more brutal than anything you've ever had." Indra said as he flexed his chakra.

Naruto nodded and smirked, "Let's get this show started!"

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Hoped you liked the small chapter. As you read Naruto was being questioned about how he got here by ONI. Anyways I'll see you all in the next chapter.

Peace!