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X1 - I haven't watched Gundam Seed in a while either, i must download it as i really miss it. I have Destiny but not Seed
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Book 4 - Star Trek: Predator - Sad Day for Konoha's - Chapter 10, The invasion of Konoha
Naruto was in the hazard team equipment room, he strapped his hand phaser to his leg, tied his leaf headband. he grabbed multiple clips for his phaser rifle and shoves them all in his pockets except for one, he then grabbed the rifle itself and loaded the clip and quickly inspected it, he finished his preparations by strapping his weapons pouch to his other leg. He then walked over to the next room where his entire team was awaiting him
"Alright, everyone, this is going to be one of the most dangerous missions that we have ever been a part of. The enemy is desperate and backed into a corner. They aren't going to give up until every last one of them has fallen because this is all or nothing for them" He told them "I am not going to lie, a lot of us may not return, even I could go down in this mission. However we must not give up, the fate of an entire planet and its people are in the balance. Now this is my home world so I may not be bias when it comes to its defense, so I am not going to force anyone who does not want to participate in this mission due to the danger involved, so I am going to ask for each of you to volunteer, I will not be angry or look down on you if you chose to opt out, so anyone who wants to volunteer please..." But before he could even finish his sentence every single one of them took one step forward almost in complete unison
Naruto was slightly shocked, he smiled at he was proud of his team "Alright, we are going to go down as three teams, I will lead alpha team, Nick you will lead bravo team and Emma you will lead Charlie team" Naruto ordered as they nodded "Nick, you go to transporter room two, Emma, three, I will take my team to transporter room one" They all nodded as they made their way out of the room, Naruto quickly grabbed Nick and Emma "You two be safe down there, I am counting on you two"
"Of course sir" Nick said as both of them Saluted him before joining their teams
Naruto led his own team to transporter room one, they all got onto the transporter pads "Alright chief, energize when ready"
The transporter chief nodded and began the transport, however at the exact same moment the ship was hit by weapons fire, the console sparked and so did the transporter pads, however it was too late to stop the transport
Naruto's head was ringing, he forced his body to sit up, the transporter beam has sent him crashing straight into a tree. He did count himself lucky, he could have ended up inside the tree instead, that wouldn't have been a good way to die. He got back to his feet and began looking around for his team but he couldn't see anyone around. He tapped his comm badge "This is alpha leader to any alpha team members, report" however the comm remained silent, all he could hear was fighting and explosions in the distance, he tapped his comm badge once again "Alpha team leader to any hazard team member, report in"This is bravo team leader, we have successfully beamed down in the middle of the village sir, we have engaged the enemy" Nick reported over the comm
"This is team charlie leader, we are slightly off target, however we are all safe and making our way to our designated location to defend the village" Emma's voice stated
"Understood, that last hit caused me to end up near the river just outside the village, I am alone, there is no sigh of my team anywhere around me. I will make my way to the village as quickly as I can" He explained "Oh and if any of you encounter members of my team have them join up with you" he added
"Understood lieutenant" They both answered back almost in unison
Naruto grabbed his phaser riffle that was on the ground next to him and began running towards the village, he pumped chakra through his legs as there was no longer any need to conserve it, he could feel it coursing throughout his body. As he approached the village he could already begin to see dead bodies on the ground of fallen Ninja's, how many of them had already fallen to protect their homes he wondered. But now wasn't the time for mourning, he ran through a large hole in the wall that had obviously been caused by enemy weapons fire, he saw one of his team members pined down behind a building. He quickly flanked the enemy and stabbed two of them in the back with his kunais and quickly shot another two with a blast from his phaser riffle on full settings, they fall to the ground as the pinned down officer peeked to see why the shooting had stopped
The sight he saw was almost shocking as Naruto was standing in the middle of the dead Kost "Lieutenant! My hero!" He said with a smile as he quickly ran up to him
"Dave, are you alright?" Naruto asked his officer
"Yes sir, I somehow ended up beaming straight in the path of the enemy, luckily they were caught by surprised because I had just enough time to take cover. Not really sure how long I would have lasted without your help"
"Yeah, the ship must have taken a hit as we were beamed down, bravo and chalie team are in place, our team seems to be scattered around, hopefully they will be alright" Naruto explained
"Don't worry sir, we are your team after all, you trained us well" Dave said with a grin
Naruto grinned back "Alright, follow my lead"
Dave nodded as they began running towards the center of the village, killing as Many Kost as they could along the way, however a large number of them had somehow surrounded them forcing them take cover
"Damn it lieutenant, there are too many of them, maybe if we had our full team..." Dave said as he fired a few shots and quickly ducked away
"They are not going to get us, I won't let that happen" Naruto told his officer as a red glow began emanating from his body, however the shots suddenly stopped. They both peeked to see what had happened and Shikamaru was standing between them and the enemies, his shadow had extended to every single one of them
"Saving your ass is troublesome you know" Shikamaru stated with a grin as Tenten jumped from a building throwing a large scroll into the air, as it opened what seemed like thousands of weapons came out of it flying towards the Kost, killing almost all of them instantly. Temari pulled out her large fan and swung it with grace, using a wind attack that cut the rest of them into pieces
Naruto smiled "Shikamaru, Tenten" He paused for a moment "And Temari?" He wasn't sure why she was in his village
"I am here on a diplomatic visit with the Kazekage" She explained
"Then that must mean..."
A group of Kost were trying to attack a very calm man, he stood with his arms crossed as they were moving in on him, extended his arm outward "Sabaku Kyu!" all of a sudden the sand began to move around and wrapped them up completely "Sabaku Soso" He added as he closed his hand forming a fist, the sand instantly killed all of them
"Gaara!" Naruto shouted out as he joined him
"Naruto? So you have returned" Gaara stated with a very faint smile, it was rare for him to show any kind of emotion, Naruto was one of the few who could invoke him to smile
"Of course, I will defend Konoha until my dying breath" Naruto said with a sense of pride "Gaara, have you seen my mother or father?" He asked concerned for them
"I told your father that I would cover the south of the village and he would take the north, my guess is he is up north. As for your mother I presume she is helping the citizens to evacuate" Gaara answered
"Thank you Gaara, for protecting my home and people" Naruto stated with a bow
"We are all of Konoha, and I know you and your father would do the same for Suna" Gaara answered back
"So what are you going to do now?" Shikamaru asked
"I have to find my father and make sure he is safe" Naruto answered
"These, things are not even a challenge" Gaara stated
Naruto shook his head "Do not underestimate them, right now they are disorganized, but if they ever regroup they will be trouble" Naruto warned him
"What do you mean?" Temari asked
"We believe that they may have a secret weapon, one that could be deadly to chakra users" Naruto told her
"That would be a problem indeed, go then and find your father I will stay here and protect this part of the village as I promised" Gaara stated
"And I will stay by your side Kazekage Sama" Temari added as she took up a support position next to Gaara
"Shikamaru, Tenten, I have orders for you both. These orders I give not as a Starfleet officer but as a jonin of Konoha" Naruto stated seriously as they both listened to him "I want you to find my mother and protect her" both of them nodded as they jumped away "And you Dave, stay here with Gaara, you will be safe with him"
"But what about you sir?" He asked
"I will move faster on my own" As he finished his sentence he quickly jumped to the top of the nearest building and began jumping from building to building at lighting speed towards the North side of the village
With that said Naruto jumped onto the top of a building, and he began to jump from top to top at lighting speed towards the north
Meanwhile in space the battle was still raging as the Kost desperately tried to get more ships through to land shuttles
"The fleet has most of the Kost ships tied up, maybe we could use this opportunity to send Naruto some reinforcements" Suzu stated, however as she finished the sentence her console began to demand her attention with an alert "Well this isn't good..."
"What is it?" Kira asked her
"Well, I am now reading a large fleet coming in, Kost, Cardassians and Breen ships" She answered
"Kira, I thought you said this should be all of the Kost ships!" Tucker told him
"Well it would appear that they held some of their ships back in case they failed" Kira answered
"And this time they brought some friends" Athrun added
"Suzu, how many of them are there?" Kira asked
"Fifty four Cardassians, thirty six Breen and forty one Kost, for a total of one hundred thirty one ships sir"
"Suzu, send a message to the Enterprise and request updated orders" Tucker told her
Meanwhile Hinata was slowly starting to wake up in sickbay, she sat up in her bio bed and noticed the red flashing lights, she also felt a jolt from an impact hitting the shields "What is going on?" She asked
The Freedoms chief medical officer Rick walked over to her "I see that you are awake, feeling better?" He asked as he took some reading
"Yeah, what is going on? Where is Naruto?" She asked once more
"Last I heard he beamed down onto the planet with his team" Rick answered as he studied her scans
"Planet? What planet?" She asked still confused
"We are currently fighting above your home world, the Kost have landed on your planet and Naruto is down there fighting them, we are fighting to make sure no more get on the planet" Rick explained
"I must get down to the planet and help him" She said as she tried to get up
However Rick quickly pushed her back down "Hey wait just one minute young lady, you have just recovered from severe injuries. You are not going anywhere, doctors orders"
"But Naruto could be in trouble!" She tried to protest
Rick just shook his head "Your in no shape to help right now, so just sit back and let them take care of it" He answered back not budging an inch
Hinata let out a sighed and sat back down, as soon as the doctor turned around she jumped up and knocked him out with speed, she quickly caught him before he hit the ground and placed him in her place "Sorry doctor so very sorry, but if Naruto gets hurt then I would never forgive myself for not even trying to help him after everything he did for me, I would be dead right now if he would not have come to save me" She said in a low voice
She quickly ran out of the sickbay "Computer, where is the nearest armory?"
"The nearest armory is located on deck six" The computer answered
She quickly ran into the nearest turbo lift "Deck six, armory" she ordered
Once she arrived in the armory she quickly put on a uniform and the hazard gear, as former executive officer of the Lexington's hazard team she was still very familiar with the equipment. Once suited up she made her way to the transporter room
"Uh Ma'am?" The transport chief simply stated surprised by her presence
"Ensign, please beam me down to the planet" She asked him
"But Lieutenant, I do not have authorization to beam you down, not to mention we are in the middle of a battle" The young man whose name was Jake answered
Hinata lifted her riffle and pointed it at Jake "Please, do not force me to use force. I would really like to avoid using violence, however i must get down to the planet and I am ready to use any means necessary to accomplish that" she threaten in a very low, none menacing voice
Jake thought she really did not sound very convincing, more like a sweet young girl. However she did have serious and determined look in her eyes, he didn't think she would actually follow through with her threat and shoot him, but he had a feeling that she would still find a way of getting down without him, he let out a sigh "Alright Ma'am, get on the pad" he finally told her
Hinata smiled and quickly made her way to the central pad "Are you able to detect Naruto?" She asked
"I am unable to pinpoint his location, its complete chaos down there, however I do know he is in Konoha village and I can get you in a relatively safe location" He answered her
"Fine, then beam me in the middle of the city, I will find him myself"
That's when it hit Jake, he grinned "Now I see why you want go to down there, and I understand"
Hinata looked away to hide a blush as her gaze turned downward towards her feet "Could you... Could you just beam me down already?" She asked in a very low voice
Jake continued to smile and he worked his console, and with the shimmering of the transporter she found herself on the planet in the middle of the battle. She began her search for Naruto
Naruto was jumping from building to building when all of a sudden he saw a team of ANBU, they were easy to spot with their mask's, and in the middle of the formation was a blond haired man, Naruto knew he had finally found him. He quickly jumped down onto the ground and joined the man in the middle, the fight was getting more intense, Naruto began to fight hand to hand with the Kost to protect not only his father, but his Hokage, his moves speed and tactics surprised not only ANBU but the Minato himself, after a few minutes they had fought off the attack
"Father!" Naruto said as he bowed down to one knee in respect
"Naruto!" Minato almost shouted out as he lifted Naruto into a strong hug "I am happy to see you my son" he added as he let go of him
"Father, I am also happy to see nothing has happened to you" He answered back, feeling slightly embarrassed to be hugged by his father in the presence of his elite ANBU body guards
"These creature are not as fearsome as you have lead me to believe, they seem to have stopped their attack, with any luck this could be over" Minato stated
"Father, I do not believe it to be the case, I believe that they are just getting more organized, we are also very lucky that our fleet is keeping them from sending any more people down, or worst, bombard the planet from orbit" He then took out his tricorder, Minato looked at it with intrigue
"What is that?" He asked
"This is a Tricorder, I use it to scan items or a location, I am detecting Kost life signs all around the village, they appear to be massing for a larger, more organized attack" Naruto explained
"If its more they want, then Konoha will be more then happy to give it to them" Minato stated with conviction
Naruto noticed an odd reading on his tricorder, it was something that concerned him. He quickly tapped his comm badge "Naruto to Shikamaru"
"Go ahead" Shikamaru answered back over the comm
"How are things on your end?" Naruto asked
"We were able to find your mother, she is kind of being troublesome, telling us that she doesn't need our help. Don't worry thought we aren't leaving her alone" Shikamaru reported
"I want you to scan grid N59 with your tricorder and tell me what you see" Naruto requested
"Wait, what is that?" Shikamaru asked, not really expecting an answer
"I don't know, but you are closer then I am, can you check it out while Tenten stays behind with my mother?
"Another troublesome request?" Shikamaru stated
"I could pull rank as either Starfleet lieutenant or Konoha Jonin, its up to you" Naruto said with a grin
Shikamaru let out a sigh "Yeah yeah, I'm on my way"
Naruto shut his tricorder and placed it back in his belt
Minato was grinning from ear to ear "Naruto, you have grown into a find young man, you are more confident then ever and your fighting style has changed a lot as well" Minato stated, obviously proud of his son
"Do you really think so?" Naruto asked
"Son, you have barely used your powers, everything i have seen you do since you arrived has been taijutsu" Minato pointed out
Naruto was speechless other then using chakra to speed up his movements he had yet to use any true ninjutsu "I have been use to conserving my chakra for so long that its just hard for me to fully let go and unleash my power without the fear of running out, even thought i know it won't be the case now that i am back home"
Minato smiled at the comment his son had become so strong, he could only imagine how much strength was still hidden "And we were worried that by sending you into space that it would make you weaker, but it has made you so much stronger"
"I had made all of us stronger, not just me. Sasuke, Suzu, Shikamaru, Sakura, everyone. I bet Shikamaru and Tenten are also holding back" Naruto stated
"You mean they are all as strong as you are? My this is a nice surprise, that is something that i could have used in my negotiations to get the other Kages to agree about telling our people" Minato said
"Well i don't think we have to worry about that anymore, i highly doubt they can keep it a secret after today" Naruto answered back
"Indeed, the other Kages will be forced to tell the truth now, we cant hide an attack of this magnitude from the entire planet" Minato agreed
All of a sudden an ANBU Ninja jumped down from a house, he bowed down to Minato and removed his mask revealing the ANBU Captain, Itachi Uchiha "Hokage Sama the city is safe for now, however many of the smaller countries have fallen to the invaders, and my team reports that the enemy is rounding up there forces for an even bigger assault as more of them have been landing" Itachi reported
"This is bad news, it is as you feared Naruto, they seem to be getting ready for a more coordinated assault" Minato stated
Naruto looked up at the sky, he could see some explosions even in daylight as the battle was raging on "Damn it guys, what are you doing up there!"
End chapter 10
Will Starfleet be able to deal with this new fleet? Will Hinata be able to find Naruto? And if so what kind of help will she be able to provide in her weakened state? What are the Kost up to?
Find out in the next chapter!