Chapter 2

They looked just like Alteans, but their ears were shorter and weird, and they had no markings on their faces.

Naruto was laying on his bed, thinking back on what he'd seen. Those aliens were interesting along with their planet that he wanted to explore, and the food they ate had smelled tasty as well. It tasted even better.

"Here you go kid, it's on the house!" An older man said. The vendor was selling something that made his mouth water. The man put a large bowl in front of him, it was filled with noodles, broth, and meat.

"What is this?"

"It's ramen, never heard of ramen before?" the blonde nodded 'no'.

"I'm not exactly from around here." He said. Naruto noticed how the other customers were using the two sticks that they'd been given. He copied them, and began eating. "This is amazing!" he exclaimed.

"I'm glad you like it." The man laughed.

'This planet is great!' He'd never tasted anything so good before in his life. It almost made him want to cry.

He looked to the recipe that the man had written for him on a piece of paper. The blonde would try his best to make his own ramen from the ingredients on his planet which would prove to be difficult since he couldn't read the language. Apparently there were a great many languages on the planet known as Earth. "They're behind in terms of technology, but maybe that's why they're untouched by the Galra." He leaned up. "Maybe I should tell mom and dad about this, I mean a wormhole did show up out of nowhere…" that's when it hit him. "My markings were glowing, did I seriously make that?" he pondered. "I know that my body is producing mass amounts of quintessence, but creating a wormhole on my own is kind of a stretch." He looked at his hands. "But, maybe…" he closed his eyes. "I want to go back." Moments later, a wormhole opened in front of him. "Oh hell." He quickly closed it. "Ok, that's—ah!"

?

A woman with dark blue skin, yellow eyes, and long white hair. She was in the middle of a ritual of some kind, but she suddenly stopped. She turned around and glared. "Who are you?!"

New Altea – Palace – Naruto's Room

Naruto let out an exclamation of pain, his head felt like it was going to split open. "Damnit!" he held his head. "That woman who was she, what was she?!" he was breathing rapidly. "Quintessence, she was using some kind of corrupted quintessence." His headache began to fade albeit slowly. "I must've connected with her somehow, that's kind of weird." The woman looked pretty damn scary, and he didn't want to do that again. He would wait a few days before experimenting again. Unknown to him, the soul core next to his heart was glowing faintly.

A Week Later – New Altea – Ship Docking & Departure Station

Quintessence had various uses, and Naruto wanted to see just what he could do with the quintessence that his body was producing. The blonde's mind went to the way weapons were constructed, and how powerful they were. "I'm not exactly sure I would understand how a gun works if I took it apart or if I could even take it apart." He mused. "I can use them along with swords, but my fists are—" both of his hands glowed completely blue for a few moments before they morphed, taking on a different form.

Two large, and angular mechanical gauntlets which extend to his elbows. They were a light blue color with an orange spiral symbol; the symbol that his mother's family used. "That works." He moved his fingers a bit. "Feels kind of weird." He couldn't bend his fingers the same way he normally could, but he could manage. Unless he could turn them into something else. Quintessence really was amazing, and very dangerous if used carelessly; that's why he held back for now. "But, if the Galra find this planet, if they attack then I'll defend everyone just like dad." These were his people after all; yet he couldn't deny his want to travel among the stars and see what was out there. "If I'm careful then I might be able to sneak off to Earth whenever I want."

If he had the power to do what he wanted, then why wouldn't he do it? If he was careful then everything would be alright, right? Naruto turned his hands back to normal. "Oh yeah, this is going to be really fun." So many possibilities had just opened up to him, and things were going to get really exciting.

3 Years Later – New Altea

"This isn't something I can just ignore, and I know that it's dangerous, but how do you expect me to just ignore the humans?" Naruto asked. "They could become great allies if we play our cards right."

"Naruto, you're trying to justify your dangerous actions." Minato stated. "What you suggest is dangerous beyond reason, if they find out about your abilities then they might take advantage of you."

"They won't." The blonde said. "I'll hide my ears, and hold back on using quintessence, they haven't discovered it yet." The older blonde was silent as was Kushina, at least for a few moments.

"Training." Kushina said.

"What about my training?"

"From here on out, I'll be training you." Kushina stated. "You'll be trained 20 times harder than any solider on this planet, and if you really want this then you'll endure this and succeed to prove that you'll be able to survive, and come back to become a king even greater than your father." She said. "Along with every Altean ruler before him."

This had been 2 years ago, and since then his mother had shown no mercy as the now 16 year old Naruto had quickly learned. Now, he could take on even the best soldiers with his skills in fighting, but this wasn't all she'd taught him. As a master alchemist, she taught him everything she knew about the art of alchemy. To survive on an alien planet, he needed every advantage he could get. "I can't believe you want to do this." Minato said while helping Naruto pack.

"I'm doing this for our people, and myself." He smiled. "I want to satisfy my own curiosity and desires; I admit that." There was a silence between them for a few moments.

"You know, Honerva would be proud of you." The older blonde said with a smirk.

"Aunt Honerva, you and mom never really talk about her much." Naruto stated. "Was your relationship bad?"

"No, far from it in fact, we were very close before the destruction of Old Altea." He smiled. "Friendly, charming, highly inquisitive and much smarter than me, and I believe without a doubt that you'll be the one who'll allow our people to rise once more." He smiled.

"Thanks dad." Naruto had always wanted to meet his aunt, but as he'd been told, she died years ago. "I would've liked to meet her, she sounds great."

"Yeah…she was." He sighed. The two finished packing, and the goodbyes were said. To his parents and all those he loved, and cared about; it would be a long time until he saw them again. The blonde opened a wormhole, and jumped through.

Earth – Desert – Nighttime

Changing his ears to look like humans ears was easy enough, but his markings could easily pass as birthmarks. The blonde didn't know where he was, the only thing he knew was that he was somewhere in the desert, and in the distance was a large building. "Huh, that place looks interesting." He said walking toward it, not know just how interesting it would prove to be.

Chapter 2 End