Hey welcome back to another Chapter. I wrote this during the many breaks I get at my new job, so if that keeps up I may be able to update more frequently in the future :) Also I finally planned out all the major plot points for the story and I know exactly where I want to go with this. I hope my ideas will please most fans of both the Halo series and the Naruto franchise. This is going to be the longest Chapter so far and a lot is happening in it, so I sure hope you'll enjoy reading and of course reviewing ;)

Oh and this is now replacing the text I had uploaded to explain why the Chief can compete with the Ninja's in my story. For all of you who didn't ave a chance to read that: Read the Halo books and think logically about a battle of tactics and weaponry. John is far more amazing than most give him credit for.

Anyways, on with the show:

Naruto was dumbfounded. Completely surprised by this person's appearance he couldn't even say a word in response while looking over the armor before him once more. This new warrior was a bit shorter than John, but seemed to be about just as strong. They wore a similar armor to John's as well, but the colors and features were quite different. Their helmet had a much smaller faceplate, comparable to the eye-slit in a shinobi-mask, with a strange sort of black fabric covering the mouth and nose of the warrior. In opposition to that their shoulder pads were enormous compared to the Chief's. One was a somewhat slick design that would help block incoming projectiles, while the other was a huge metal plate with a crooked knife attached to it. Strapped onto the warrior's chest were a lot of cylindrical objects, which Naruto didn't know what to make of.

On top of all that, the armor was mostly colored in a cerulean blue, while having some parts on the limbs colored golden, though it was a rather dull shade of gold. The warrior shifted their weight uncomfortably before speaking again.

"Hey, is everything alright?" the warrior asked in that same raspy voice. There was no mistaking this person was male as well. Finally Naruto found his words again.

"Um... thank you for your help, but who are you?" he asked. It wasn't the most polite way to ask for a name, but Naruto was still too perplexed to care about that.

"I'm not sure if I can tell you that. What I can tell you however is that I'm a friend." The stranger said after a short pause. This was one of the things Naruto hated more than anything: unnecessary secrecy. What could possibly be dangerous about telling somebody your name? He felt an urge to say something rather impolite, but kept his cool.

"Come on, just tell me your name. If you're an ally I need to know what to call you…" at that moment the stranger raised the small weapon that had been at his side up until now and pointed it in Naruto's direction. The small girl started sobbing again, still hiding behind Naruto's leg.

Before Naruto could even comprehend the situation, let alone react, the stranger fired his weapon and Naruto sensed a projectile flying past him at an unbelievable speed. Only then did he hear a pained scream behind him and turned around to see one of the bird-like aliens fall dead on its face, dropping a weapon that had been aimed at him and the little girl.

"You can call me Six." The stranger said when Naruto turned to face him again. "I have noticed the presence of another SPARTAN in this village. Could you tell me where he or she is?"

"You mean J… I mean the Master Chief?" Naruto asked. He decided to be careful not to spill John's name to a person he practically knew nothing about.

"That rank certainly sounds like UNSC personnel." The stranger answered, perking his head up in surprise.

"He's probably somewhere close to the main gate." Naruto said, pointing down the road. "Basically just that way."

"Thanks." Six answered before sprinting down the street with superhuman speed.

Naruto looked after the strange figure for a while, before feeling a slight tug on his pants. The small girl looked up at him expectantly.

"Don't worry." He said to her. "We'll get you to the safe zone right now." And with that he picked the girl up and ran towards the Hokage's office building.

The Uchiha's arrival had turned the tides of the battle by a lot. John was astounded at the pure destructive capabilities the raven-haired Shinobi unleashed upon the invading robots. His large exoskeleton – apparently it was called "Susano'o" – was the closest thing to a tank that the Chief had seen ever since he had arrived in this world.

He shot a few rounds into a close-by Grunt-squad, before burying his knife in their Elite-leader's neck, instantly killing the large alien. The Master Chief had long lost sight of his supposed team mates, but since he had seen what they were capable of, he had little worries about them.

Looking around he noticed that not a single alien was left alive at the plaza, that he and Sasuke had just wiped clean. His motion tracker suddenly flared red, indicating an enemy contact a bit away from him. When he tried to make out where the enemy was exactly he spotted them right behind Sasuke.

It was a stealthed Elite warrior raising his energy sword to kill the unsuspecting Ninja.

"Look out!" the Chief managed to shout "Behind you!" From the looks of it that was all the warning the Shinobi needed.

Sasuke swirled around, drew his Katana and struck against the blade coming down at him. John knew this was a terrible idea. The plasma blades were able to cut through almost anything and surely a regular steel Katana would be no exception.

But when the swords clashed it seemed like a lightning struck into the two opposing warriors as the black-haired Ninja's blade suddenly emitted incredible amounts of electric energy. The electrified Katana easily blocked the deadly plasma and its wielder parried the Elite's slash with little to no effort.

The next thing John knew was the Elite being sliced right into two, but since he had blinked at that exact moment, the SPARTAN had not been able to see the action being performed. Looking at the dead Elite's armor – and identifying it as the one of a Zealot – he felt great respect towards the Uchiha's skills.

"Hard to believe, that I was able to defeat him back in the forest." John muttered to himself more than anyone else, but still it was Cortana who answered.

"He probably didn't fight at full power back then. And he didn't know a thing about you or your weapons. Since that was also the case for you, it all came down to combat experience and you easily have more of that than most people we met on this planet so far." The A.I. said "You've probably been in combat longer than this Ninja has been alive."

The harsh truth behind the words hit him instantly, but he didn't react in any noticeable way. Sasuke's voice tore his mind back to reality

"Hey I've just been ordered to a different sector by the Hokage. Can you manage this plaza on your own?"

John sarcastically looked at all the alien corpses and the scrapped robots around them before answering "Yeah I think I'll live."

With a grin Sasuke took off, leaving the Master Chief on his own. John decided to head back towards the main gate, to help his team fend off the invaders. While walking he took in how the scene had changed in just a few hours. The shops were empty, most houses heavily damaged and not a single civilian in sight. There were a few alien corpses here and there, but the most obvious change were the noises coming from the battle that was happening basically everywhere around him.

He turned around a corner, going back onto the main street when he saw Gai performing a 'Dynamic Entry' on an Elite, who was literally blown away by the force of the kick. It flew backwards into a wall, leaving a noticeable dent within it, before falling down on the ground, seemingly dead. The leader of John's team landed facing towards him and flashed a grin, while giving the SPARTAN a thumbs-up.

"I see you managed to get rid of the enemies on the plaza. Where did Sasuke go?" He asked the Chief.

"He said he was ordered to go somewhere else. Looks like you finished your fight as well." He answered. This earned him another pose from the black haired Shinobi.

"Sure I did, what did you expect?" Gai grinned. Then suddenly he tensed up, his facial features turning from a grin to a look of utmost uncertainty, as he looked slightly past the SPARTAN.

The Master Chief looked at his visor and noticed a friendly contact closing in behind him. That was strange. The contacts should have been either hostile or unknown, yet here the motion tracker called the approaching person an ally.

"Chief!" Cortana exclaimed excitedly "The contact! They're UNSC!"

John couldn't believe what he had just heard. Was Cortana's rampancy that advanced already? But then again his Mjolnir armor gave a similar reading, as a UNSC-tag would explain the contact being viewed as 'allied'. He decided that it was best to just confirm this with his own eyes, so he turned around.

Out from a cloud of dust and smoke that was covering the main street of the Hidden Leaf village a person stepped forth, revealing more of their form with every step they took. John couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe his own eyes. The contact was UNSC alright. But not only that, it was a SPARTAN.

That was probably the last thing he would have expected to ever see on this planet. The SPARTAN stepped forward, revealing their blue and gold armor that had a lot of modifications to it. John immediately knew that this person was a SPARTAN III, only they would ever modify their armor in such ways. The armor looked old, like in several years old. Some of the colors had started fading and the armor had a lot of scratches and small dents, but still the Master Chief could recognize the symbol that declared the rank of a lieutenant on the other SPARTAN's chest.

Seeing an officer of higher rank than his own, John immediately relapsed into his long life as a UNSC soldier and saluted properly. The lieutenant seemed taken aback by this as he approached the Chief.

"No need for salutes Master Chief. I'm glad to finally see some UNSC personnel, but still: Would you mind telling me how you got here? And possibly how we can get off this planet?" the blue soldier asked.

"I'm glad to see you too, Sir. But sadly I do neither know how I got here nor a way out." John answered truthfully "But with all due respect, Sir: these people are under attack by the Covenant, as I'm sure you've noticed, and need our help."

"Yeah you're right about that Chief." The lieutenant looked past John now and addressed Might Gai "Is there anything I can help you with? Or do you know where I could be of help?"

Gai still had a look of uncertainty on his face until the Master Chief gave him an affirmative nod, easing the Shinobi's mind and having him relax his muscles.

"This sector is clear." Gai answered "Maybe a bit down south they could use your help." He pointed to his left.

"Thanks. I'll take the Chief with me if you don't mind." The soldier added.

Gai seemed to ponder this for a second, before replying: "He's all yours."

"Alright, follow me Master Chief." The lieutenant said and the Chief obliged as they headed down a side-alley towards the direction that Gai had pointed.

Sasuke cursed himself for getting into this situation. He had to take cover from the barrage of projectiles that were constantly heading his way.

"Come back to the Hospital this instant!" was what Sakura had ordered him via radio. It had only been a matter of time anyways. His wounds had mostly healed, but two of his fractured ribs were still… well fractured and his chakra reserves were comparably low. He had left the hospital and joined the fight on his own accord, without any medical personnel's permission.

But now he was in trouble. On his way back he had bumped into a large squadron of robots and aliens that had immediately opened fire upon him. Due to his low chakra reserves his Susano'o had begun to fade and he was forced to take actual cover from his enemies; that was a first in recent years.

The storm of projectiles suddenly stopped, so Sasuke decided to take a quick look at the battlefield. Just as he was about to look up from behind his rock, that same rock exploded, throwing the Ninja on his back and opening his view on his enemies. Or rather: his single enemy right now.

The aliens and most of the robots had left, apparently not seeing him as much of a threat, so now only the largest of the robots was left and was closing in on him. Sasuke felt a surge of rage at the aliens for apparently thinking he wasn't worth their time, but at the same time he knew that they were probably right, given his current condition.

"TERMINATE YOUR ORDERS, NINJA!" the mechanic giant shouted in a deep metallic voice. Its tubes-for-hands started spinning and the Uchiha knew this was going to be his undoing. He was on the ground and couldn't get up fast enough and his chakra level didn't suffice for any defensive techniques.

"So this is how it all ends? I can't believe I'm dying before that obnoxious Naruto…" he muttered smiling, having his actual last thoughts be about his beloved Sakura, who he would never see again…

"How dare you attack my boyfriend?!"

Sasuke thought he imagined that scream. He knew he hadn't however when somebody jumped down from a building and punched the robot with enough force to obliterate it. Pieces of metal were flying everywhere, only slightly passing the raven-haired Shinobi. His eyes finally managed to focus on the person emerging from the rubble and heading towards him.

He instantly recognized the pink hair, the green eyes, the beautiful facial features and the very worried expression. Never before had he been so happy to see anyone. His girlfriend ran to his side and checked his condition.

"Sasuke, you idiot!" Sakura screamed "If you died here I would kill you! Do you have ANY idea how worried I was?"

Sasuke slowed his breathing and muttered something incomprehensible, looking at Sakura, while also raising his right hand.

"Don't speak too much!" she ordered him with tears in her eyes "We have to get you to the hospital..." She didn't continue as Sasuke placed his index and middle fingers on her forehead.

"Stop crying, damn it." He responded, a smirk forming on his face "It's not nearly as bad as you think. I can walk for starters."

Sakura looked doubtful at first, but when he got to his feet and walked a few steps she seemed to trust his judgment.

"Don't ever do that again." She sobbed "I don't know what I would do if I lost you."

He went up to her and wrapped her in a warm embrace. She still shivered a bit, but soon relaxed in his arms. Sasuke loosened up the hug a bit, to plant a soft kiss on his girlfriend's lips, which she gladly accepted.

When he finally pulled away he could see her wipe away the rest of the tears from her eyes, a smile forming on her lips. That was what he had hoped to accomplish, he just couldn't stand seeing her be sad. Her smile brought out her beauty to the fullest and that was something Sasuke would consider a gift not only for him, but everyone else who could see her as well. He would never say that out loud though, as he felt it would sound too out of character for him.

"I'm sorry to have worried you." He said calmly as he started walking in the direction of the hospital "Let's go." Sakura gave an eager nod before joining her beloved Anbu captain on their way to the big grey building marked 'hospital'.

"Here we are." Naruto said to the little girl he had been carrying, as he put her down in the civilian shelter. The girl smiled at him before looking at the crowd of people that had sought shelter from the ongoing invasion. She suddenly darted off into the crowd, but before Naruto could worry too much he saw her being picked up by a couple, probably her parents he figured. She waved towards him, offering a bright grin, which he returned, before leaving the shelter to rejoin the battle.

"Naruto come in." a voice called out to him via radio. He instantly recognized the voice as that of his friend Sakura. "I've found Sasuke and am escorting him back to the hospital, but the situation doesn't look too good. We need you out here."

"I've just finished some urgent business of my own." The blond Ninja answered "Where am I needed exactly?"

"Captain Yamato requested help at the southern gate. It seems as though that's where the enemies are concentrating most of their efforts. Sensei Gai said that John and some other guy like him are on their way as well."

"Then we may have a good chance at finishing this quickly. I think I've met the person in question already." He responded.

"Really?" Sakura sounded annoyed, yet worried at the same time "Then I guess that's why Lady Tsunade is asking YOU to check them out."

"Got it!" Naruto said and with that he made for a speedy sprint towards the southern gate.

The SPARTAN III named 'Six' came to a halt in front of John and silently ordered him into a nearby empty building. The Master Chief found this strange, yet didn't say anything as he had been trained all his life to always trust authority. The lieutenant turned to face him.

"Alright Master Chief, I need to know for certain that you won't have any problems with me being in command." The SPARTAN said "I know that I outrank you according to the UNSC military ranking system, but since we are the only UNSC presence on this planet and we are currently not even in the Milky Way galaxy I would say…" He didn't get a chance to speak any further as Cortana interjected.

"So I was right! The Galaxy I saw up in the sky in the past nights actually was our Milky Way!" Six looked at John in what the Chief suspected was supposed to be a questioning look. "Oh I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Cortana; I'm an A.I. of the UNSC. Glad to see you again Noble Six."

The lieutenant remained silent for a Moment before perking up in realization "The package…" He mumbled "You were the package!" he said much clearer now. "Wow would you believe the coincidences?" he chuckled.

Now it was the Master Chief's turn to give a confused look. "He's the SPARTAN that safely got me to the 'Pillar of Autumn'." Cortana clarified.

"To answer your original question lieutenant" John finally said "no I have no problems with you being in charge. UNSC regulations are independent of where the affected officers are in the known universe."

"Well that's good then. But please, call me Six. I don't like being addressed only by my rank." The blue-armored soldier said.

"Very well… Six." The Chief answered in a slightly uncomfortable tone. He wasn't used to referring to higher ranked officers without using 'Sir' or mentioning their rank. This would be difficult for him, but he was willing to try and learn, at least for Cortana's sake if not for himself. His virtual companion would approve of his choice, he was sure of that.

"Alright then, let's move it SPARTAN." Six said turning to leave the building "We've got a town to defend."

Naruto had already arrived at the southern gate and what Sakura had told him seemed to be very true. There were more enemies around than anywhere else in the village. He could see Captain Yamato and his team struggle with a group of staff-wielding robots, while also having a small team of aliens creep up behind them. Without even giving it a second thought he concentrated his chakra in his right palm and jumped down at the aliens.

The explosion his Rasengan resulted in was enough to take its targets out of commission for good. However it also had the negative effect of being a surprise to the Leaf Shinobi as well. Instantly, two of them swung their heads around to make out the source of the noise. The robots however didn't seem fazed and exploited this opportunity by slashing at their distracted targets. Neji countered the attack with little effort, his Byakugan granting him 360° vision. Choji on the other hand was less fortunate and had the bladed staff cut through his clothing and leave a deep cut in his torso.

He fell over cursing in pain, while all of the robots changed their target to Naruto, all jumping towards him at the same time, but Naruto was too startled to dodge the incoming blades.

The closest blade only stopped mere millimeters in front of his eyes. All of the attackers now seemed to be frozen in place.

"Movement system malfunctioning. Combat mode on standby." The robots suddenly said in unison as Naruto finally regained his senses and jumped out of what would have been harm's way.

"About time you'd show up Naruto." The ever cool and collected Shikamaru teased. "These guys have been such a drag to deal with."

Meanwhile Neji was analyzing Choji's wound. "It's pretty bad, guys." The Hyuga said "He has to get to the hospital quick."

"Ino. Get Choji to the hospital, it's heavily fortified so it's probably our safest bet for him." Captain Yamato finally interjected "Everyone else regroup, we've got another wave incoming."

The young woman did as she was told while everyone else got ready for the next group of enemies that was heading their way. Naruto got in position, when someone radioed in.

"Kakashi here, we're coming in as reinforcements." Naruto's sensei said shortly before appearing next to Yamato alongside Sai and Hinata.

Naruto was glad to see that they were okay. Kakashi seemed a bit worn out and Sai had a few bruises, but other than that they looked ready for a fight. Hinata had a determined look on her face, one that the blond Shinobi had grown fond of ever since Hinata's fight with Neji back in the Chunin-Exams.

She noticed him looking at her and came over. "Is everything alright, Naruto?" she asked wile blushing slightly. Now it was Naruto's turn to blush "No. I mean yes, everything's fine." He stuttered looking away. "Besides the attack on our village of course." He added.

While they had been talking an enormous group of robots had assembled in the streets before them. There were three different kinds of models, five of the staff-wielding ones that had almost Ninja-level speed and agility, eight of the bird-like ones that could actually fly and were equipped with razor-sharp claws and last but most certainly not least two of the gigantic titans with their tubes-for-hands and nearly impenetrable defense. From the middle of the mechanical crowd an alien strode forward, its head held high and proud.

It growled something in a foreign language before the robots stated "Termination protocol authorized.", and charged at the defending Shinobi.

"Scatter!" Kakashi shouted and everyone in the group obliged. The defending Ninjas instinctively formed small squads of two, except for Kakashi who simply made some Shadow Clones to help him. The robots also split up in squads to take on their adversaries, two of the bird-like ones and one staff-wielder charging directly towards Naruto and… Hinata. Only now he fully realized that she was his squad mate for this upcoming fight. Only one other thought was on his mind as he initiated the counter attack: "Where is John? And where is this other person, that looks so much like him?"

He didn't have time to follow that train of thought any longer though, as the robot in front of him demanded all of his attention. It started by thrusting its bladed staff forward in an attempt to impale Naruto, which he easily sidestepped, but the robot already turned for a kick to Naruto's midsection instead. Meanwhile he could hear Hinata struggle with the bird-like robots somewhere to his right.

The blond Ninja blocked the kick with his forearms, but the impact pushed him back nonetheless. This robot was good. Like, really good at what it was doing, which apparently was Tai-Jutsu. Naruto aimed a chakra-empowered punch at the robot's torso, but was caught off guard when it simply grabbed his hand mid-air and flung him around, throwing him against a nearby wall. The impact wasn't as bad as he had feared though. It did hurt, but he didn't feel like any bones had been broken, so he stood back up and grabbed the spear that was thrusted towards him.

Naruto made sure he wouldn't let go of the staff when he pulled the robot in closer and planted a Kurama-empowered Rasengan into its torso, obliterating it in the process. He took a short breather when he sensed something approaching from behind him with incredible speed. All he could do was turn his head to see the sharp metallic claw of one of the mechanical birds being about to gauge his eyes out.

Luckily it didn't come to that as something hit the robot from the side and destroyed it. "Twin Lion Fists!" Hinata shouted as she used her technique to save Naruto from almost certain death. He thanked her with a sincere smile, resulting in a small blush from the Hyuga heiress, before throwing a Rasenshuriken after the other bird-robot that was still circling above them. The Jutsu hit its target and wiped it from existence.

When Naruto looked around he saw the others still struggling with their respective foes, while the colossal titans were slowly but steadily destroying the buildings all around them. They would have to be taken out fast, before they would destroy the entire district.

"Naruto, it's John!" Hinata tapped on his shoulder before pointing to a small alleyway that led to the street they were fighting on. And sure enough it was the green armored warrior from a different world. But he wasn't alone. Right beside him ran a similar warrior in blue and gold armor that was a tiny bit shorter than John, but still a giant compared to pretty much every other person Naruto knew.

"We'll take care of the big ones." He could hear the SPARTAN say via radio.

"Don't you dare, think you could hog all the fun to yourselves." Naruto answered with a smirk. "Hinata and I are going to handle the one that's closer to us." There was a short pause.

"Suit yourselves." The stranger interjected "Let's move." Naruto and Hinata didn't waste another second as they started throwing shuriken to gain on of the robot's attention, while the SPARTANs were firing their weapons on the other one, for the same purpose most likely.

The Titan turned towards them and didn't waste any time opening fire with its Gatling-guns. Six evaded to the left, so the Chief jumped to the right, hoping to confuse the enemy. Since their foe was a robot however it simply focused its fire on John, forcing him into cover.

"Lieutenant!" he said through his comm-link with the other soldier "There should be a glowing red light on its back. That's a structural weakness you can exploit."

"Roger that, Chief!" the answer came via comm.

The barrage of bullets stopped and the Master Chief took this opportunity to see what was happening. Naruto and Hinata had both been forced into cover, but seemed alright. The Titan had apparently let its guns overheat, which gave the Chief this short breather. Meanwhile Six ran up behind the giant robot, placed a plasma grenade on the weak-spot and got to cover. Apparently the robot hadn't noticed the other soldier so it fired a rocket from the launcher on its shoulder, forcing John into cover once again.

From his cover John could hear the extraordinarily loud bang of a UNSC Sniper-rifle, followed by a huge explosion. Upon looking out from his cover, he saw only the legs of the Titan remaining intact. Said legs started walking around aimlessly, but since they didn't pose any threat the SPARTANs didn't waste any more ammunition on them.

Curious John looked for the two Shinobi, who were facing the other Titan. Hinata was standing in the open, being fired at with the Gatling-guns of the robot, while moving her arms at superhuman speeds. Her hands seemed to emit some form of blue energy, effectively blocking every single bullet that was flying her way.

Naruto ran up behind the monstrosity and seemed clueless as to what he should do, since he didn't form hand-seals or carried any sort of weapon. John aimed his pistol on the Titan's back, but before he could shoot a gigantic clawed hand erupted from the blond Ninja, grabbing the robot and simply squishing it into oblivion.

"Okay…" Cortana said in an astounded voice "What on Earth was that?"

"That…" John answered "is why we're going to win this battle."

He looked over to the lieutenant who simply stared at the action performed by Naruto. John couldn't see the soldier's eyes, but he was sure behind the golden visor was a look of pure astonishment. And had John not been around Naruto so long, he would've had the same look on his face right now.

Finally the gigantic glowing hand retracted into Naruto's body and the blond Ninja gave a foxlike grin to the SPARTANs.

"Not to be rude or anything" Six started "but what the hell was that just now?" John couldn't help, but wonder about that as well. He had seen a lot of crazy stuff, but nobody had grown gigantic glowing limbs before.

"That was just Kurama helping me out a bit." Naruto said "He is a Biju, a powerful spirit that was sealed within me when I was born."

"I see…" The lieutenant didn't sound too convinced, but that was just as likely to be true as any other explanation that the two soldiers could've thought of.

"Area secure." Kakashi said via comm "The enemies seem to be retreating."

"About time they realized, this was a dumb idea." Naruto said. John couldn't help, but agree. The covenant had probably assumed to fight against regular humans. For those this army would've been more than enough, but on this planet some humans were absolutely not average. And quite a bunch of these were living in this village and had set their minds on protecting it.

The covenant and their robots were actually retreating... At least that would explain why the sounds of the battle had died down to nothing and no new foes were in sight at all.

"Alright I just received notice from the Hokage." Kakashi told the group a while everyone met up in the middle of the street. "The Anbu are forming a perimeter around the village and all of us are to head to the Hokage's office." Then he looked at Six: "She'll definitely want to speak to you. I'm Kakashi by the way, Kakashi Hatake. Nice to meet you." He offered a hand for a handshake.

Six took a moment before accepting the handshake and introducing himself: "You can call me Six."

Thanks a bunch for reading this Chapter. As I stated previously, I'm going to have a lot more time to write for this story, so hopefully the next update will be soon. No promises though ^^'

Have a great day everyone :D