...I saw the trailers for the Forsaken Expansion of Destiny 2...Cayde...

"Her vitals are all clear now, sir. She'll make a speedy recovery if she takes it easy." the doctor reported as Cayde nodded his head and began walking into the room. Hinata sat there, a little worn out but healthy and a bit nervous. "Hey there! How's it going?" Cayde greeted informally with a carefree wave as Hinata flinched at the Exo. She didn't know the language he was speaking and she did not like the idea of hacking this machine at all...it was emitting the same Light the Guardians had.

"Too casual for you huh?" Cayde asked as he cupped his chin in thought before realizing something. "Do you understand me?" he asked as Hinata tilted her head to the side in confusion.

Well, that answers that.

"Do you understand me now?" Cayde ask in near perfect Eliksni as Hinata widened her eyes in surprise. "You know Eliksni?" she responded as Cayde smiled. "Studied it for quite a time actually. I admit my Eliksni is kinda rusty." he told her as Hinata looked less on edge. "So...wanna get some ramen?" he asked, catching the girl's attention. Looks like she was familiar with ramen if the mere mention of it caught her attention like that.

*Vanguard*

"So Cayde is escorting the Priestess to get ramen?" Zavala asked, mild disbelief at Cayde actually going through with this idea of his. "His idea is working, and the child is taken by the City and its wonders." Ikora noted from her spot, analyzing the scene from her datapad as the Priestess was looking around with curiosity and awe as Cayde explain things here and there.

"While getting the Priestess to open up is a good idea, I don't know why I'm the one doing the desk work instead of Cayde." Shiro grumbled to himself as he sorted through another piece of paperwork. What he read next irritated him, a Hunter had just gambled with private savings of one of the weapon foundaries! Maybe this is why Cayde was also so desperate to get out of the Tower that often so he didn't have to deal with-a report of a dance off in the City with other Guardians?

*Cayde and Hinata*

"So I tell ask the Guardian, 'Did you break my stealth drive?' and then they had to accelerate before the Dreadnaught's weapons could destroy them. Of course the plan succeeded and a beachhead was established, although I had to break it to Eris about the loss of her ship." Cayde told her as Hinata listen with curiosity as she finished her fifteenth bowl of spicy ramen. The Exo Hunter blinked at how fast she finished them as he didn't even notice.

"Did you ever get her a new ship?" she asked as Cayde held a finger out to explain but paused at the question before facepalming. Clearly he still owes her a new ship given that reaction, "Well no, not yet." he admitted, "But with you around, maybe we can help make it one of a kind. Wanna see the hanger? Amanda Holliday is our expert with tech, maybe you two will make miracles happen with your combined talents." he suggested as Hinata beamed at the idea. When Cayde looked over at the counter his jaw dropped at the sight of 39 empty bowls. Looks like he owes this place a lot of Glimmer, thankfully, the Speaker was helping pull some strings to get the girl's cooperation and was very grateful for that.

So Cayde began escorting Hinata towards the Hanger, ignoring the surprised lookes from many passing Guardians at the sight of a child and Cayde walking together with smiles on their faces. "Amanda my girl, guess who I've brought to see you!" Cayde called out as a blonde woman turned her head towards them while she was busy repairing something. "So this here is the Machine Priestess of the Fallen huh? Amanda Holliday, at your service!" the woman greeted with a two finger salute.

Hinata merely bowed her head in a polite greeting, "She only speaks old Japanese and Eliksni so sorry if she can't properly greet you yet." the Hunter Vanguard quickly explained as Amanda nodded her head. "So you brought her here to see what the hanger is like huh? Got to admit, we have quite a collection of ships to build." the mechanic smirked good-naturely as she gestured towards a skeleton framework of a new ship.

Hinata eyed the in-development ship with great interest as Amanda began showing her the numerous blueprints of future projects she was working on and the Hyuga had to admit Amanda had talent with machines although there were two glaring problems with all of them. One was that there were no emergency settings for when a ship was hit with an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) weapon that would disable it and a stronger source of energy to power the ships.

She made the gesture of drawing something and both Cayde and Amanda realized she wanted to write something. Quickly handing her some paper and writing utensils, they could only watch as Hinata was drawing a blueprint for some sort of device. It was all roughly sketched but they were slowly piecing it together as the Exo Hunter felt his jaw drop while Amanda looked awed. "Is that a..." Cayde began, not believing what he was seeing.

"Yup, an Arc Reactor-a device capable of powering the City on pure clean energy...almost something from a science fiction story." Amanda told him as she noticed Hinata was done and giving them a peace sign. "I gotta say, she's definitely going to be my proteje if it's alright." Amanda grinned.

*Eva Levante*

"So this here is our favorite woman when it comes to paint jobs on armor, Eva Levante." Cayde introduced her to Hinata as she and the kind older woman began hitting it off despite the language barrier they currently had. It actually looked like a parent and child with how well they were bonding as Hinata while being silent drew an interesting logo for Eva who took delight with such a gift.

"She's such an angel Cayde, where did you find her?" Eva asked as Cayde merely took a glance at the Priestess that was looking at the various dyes with a curious expression. "Old Japan." he merely answered.

*Vanguard*

"So, this is the Priestess. A pleasure." Ikora greeted Hinata as she bowed her head politely towards the Warlock Vanguard. "She's told me that Hive magic is some sort of biological power. Thought you'd probably got some questions for her." Cayde spoke up patting Hinata's shoulder with a smile on his face as Ikora gave her an inquiring look.

"Can you tell me more about your discovery on the Hive?" Ikora asked in perfect Eliksni, surprising both Cayde and Hinata at that moment. "Okay, I'm thoroughly impressed." Cayde admitted as the Warlock Vanguard gave looked at him. "Impressing you Cayde, is the easiest thing I'll do all day." she told Cayde with an amused expression.

"...So what do you want to know Ikora-san?" Hinata asked as Ikora handed her a tablet and pressed something on the screen. "While reading through the Book of Sorrows, I discovered Oryx had a secret apprentice by the name of Turanox, Pillager of Light. A being that is somehow capable of devouring any form of light and render planets dark. Perhaps with your attempts of studying the Hive might provide insight on what Turanox is." Ikora explained as Hinata looked at the image before her.

Her blood went cold at the sight of it, a hooded figure with a black cracked prism with several other smaller prism colors imbedded to it and a ghostly blue flamed sword. That image burned in her very heart as she remembered that fateful day that caused her to leave her world. It was him, and he was alive.

"...Naruto-kun."

/?/

"Sir, Konoha has fallen and you had your revenge on Jiraya. What else do you seek?" one of the Taken Shinobi inquired as Naruto stared at the ruined village of Konoha as his Echo wandered its streets. "This is only the beginning...We will begin hunting for more shinobi, and I will take them. Then, God will fall from his throne." Naruto stated, cold hatred in his eyes as his revenge had begun. The world will burn, and no one will stop him from cleaving the deity's head from his shoulders for what he did to his family. No one is safe from the Wrath of the Maelstrom.