Naruto: A New Beginning
Chapter 9
(Date: June 29, 2552. Location: Epsilon Eridani System, Planet Reach)
(Reach Surface Location: Office of Naval Intelligence Sword Base Facility)
"Excuse me, Professor Miles do you mind re-analyzing that soil sample for me." The Voice of scientist executive Lt. Edgar Malta reverberated around the small laboratory located in the level one basement of the Sword Base ONI Facility.
"Yes sir, scan re-initializing." Professor Miles took a handheld scanner that shot a green beam of light on a metal tray with what appeared to have normal soil spread out on it. "Well sir, as seen by what the space satellites detected as an organic object must have been false due to the fact that there isn't even a small trace of biological or mechanical matter being detected by the scanner's. Oddly enough there is a strange unexplainable energy that seemed to have infused with soil upon the supposed objects landing. Sir, I can safely assume that this is not Covenant, the energy does not match any basic or advanced patterns to any sentient or non-sentient organisms." Was the Professor's detailed opinion based on his second scan.
"You may be right Professor Miles but I have been revising the recorded video data that our recon Marines took at the landing zone and I have made an interesting discovery that no one has seemed to notice yet, I would like for you to come here and see this so I have a second opinion." Professor Miles immediately walked towards the computer monitor that Lt. Malta was sitting at exactly behind him.
"What is it sir." The middle aged Professor asked.
"Well, take a closer look at the impact crater recorded from this angle and tell me precisely what you see." Miles nodded and looked at the paused video screen of the objects impact crater, after a couple of seconds of re-analyzing the paused scene the Professor's eyes had widened marginally.
"Sir, it appears to be a second much smaller impact within the crater." Lt. Edgar Malta nodded and decided to add his own two cents.
"I can't believe we missed something like this before but yes you are correct, In my hypothesis it appears that Firstly the object must have created the initial crater in a attempt to reduce its descent speed and thus the inertia created from terminal velocity caused the pressure of whatever the object did to slow down its descent, to create the first and much larger crater. Then, the inertia was so great it couldn't stop its descent completely and in conclusion impacted the surface of the planet via a much lesser speed." Lt. Edgar Malta concluded his hypothesis with a nod.
"Sir?" Lt. Malta looked at his assistant.
"Yes, what is it Miles?" It seems the professor had some sort of hypothesis of his own.
"Well, with the greater understanding of slip-space we have now due to the Covenants understanding of the phenomena, don't you think this could have possibly been in ancient Forerunner artifact of some sort. I mean that's what it seems to be leading to don't you think so as well." The professor said with a slightly fearful look.
"You have a point, albeit a small one. But an important point nonetheless, the unknown energy may be Forerunner in origin for all we know but it would be best to continue investigating this as thoroughly as possible before we start coming up with conclusions like that, understood Professor Miles?" Edgar was giving Miles a stern look.
"Yes sir, I understand." Miles said with a bit of nervous sweat cumulating on his forehead.
"Well, I think now would be a good time to visit Dr. Halsey in that new home of hers in CASTLE base." Lt. Edgar Malta said as he got up from his chair and walked swiftly to the automatic door. The door immediately slid open because of his presence and before he left he gave one last order to Professor Miles.
"Professor Miles, I would greatly appreciate it if you continue looking into this investigation while I'm gone. Sadly I'm a very busy man and I don't have enough time to investigate every single scientific discovery that comes about. . . Can I entrust you to continue this investigation in my stead for a momentary period of time Professor Miles?" Lt. Edgar Malta said as he shifted his head to the side to glance at Miles through his peripheral.
"YES SIR! You can count on having a detailed report by whenever time you come back sir." Professor Miles said this while saluting, even though he was a scientist they were still required to show respect to higher up's in the UNSC.
"Good, that's what I like to hear. Until next time Miles." With that Executive Scientist and lieutenant Edgar Malta exited and started his journey to CASTLE base for unknown reasons besides the specified visiting of a high ranking scientist named Dr. Halsey.
(Scene Change to the Kivas, or Civilian Communities Within the UEG Colony of Reach)
(Camilla's Farm Home Early in the Morning.)
It was early in the morning when Naruto's biological clock decided that now was the time he should wake up. Usually he would wake up later but he was on a different planet with a different time system, approximately twenty-seven hours making up a day instead of the usual twenty-four.
Naruto got up off the comfy bed in Camilla's dads room, and was making his way across the hallway to see if Camilla had awoken yet.
Without opening her bedroom door Naruto's superior senses detected that she was still in fact sleeping. He decided to take the opportunity to use the washroom first and washed his face and rinsed his mouth with hydrogen peroxide to kill off the morning bacteria that accumulated in one's mouth during sleep.
Afterwards he decided now was the perfect time to see if the storage seal in his right hand was truly intact, because like Jiraiya said, even a smidge can ruin a seal to epic proportions.
As Naruto was making his way downstairs he had to comically raise the white sleeping pants he was wearing because they were a bit too big for him, he even stumbled a little while making his way down because his foot got caught on one of the ends. Luckily he didn't fall otherwise he most surly would have woken Camilla from her beauty sleep.
Naruto made his way outside to Camilla's Farmhouse backyard and stretched as the sunlight and a light breeze hit him gently.
'Alright let's see if this storage seal is really intact.' Naruto stretched his entire arm in front of him and his hand made a gesture as if expecting something to be dropped into it.
He channeled some chakra down the length of his arm and activated the seal with a pair of whispered words.
"Seal: Release." A long poof of smoke cloaked what he summoned but eventually the light breeze that was swaying about dispersed the smoke.
'What a relief! The seal is still intact and I freaking brought Zabuza's sword with me to this dimension.' Naruto was now grinning like an insanely happy maniac as he took in the sword's magnificent appearance with its six foot long blade and the two tone color of steel and grey steel. The sword was truly a work of art, and now he had mastered it to such a degree he could hold it while having his arm outstretched with a single hand.
He gave it a few test swings that were performed masterfully. Eventually he sealed it away and thought he could safely assume he still had kunai and shuriken along with his calligraphy set sealed in there.
Naruto was still giddy with the excitement of still having some things that connected him with his home world.
Regardless he decided to walk back inside and wait for Camilla to wake while he watched some T.V in her living room.
Naruto was really intrigued by everything he saw on the T.V set. He saw all types of these machines called cars and even saw a few of the cities located on Reach through luxury real estate commercials. He was really astounded by that one city named New Alexandria. He thought the towers were so tall they might be touching space. He could only wonder what kind of technological advancement built those structures.
As Naruto was flipping through the channels he eventually came upon a channel named UNSC public archives.
"Get ready citizens of Reach because today we are show-casing the great victories of the elite protectors of humanity, we have been granted permission to play the following declassified recordings of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in action! Get ready and hold onto your seats for this action packed installment on the UNSC public archives." For a half hour Naruto was sitting on the edge of his seat as he watched the ODST's battle against odds that weren't in their favor yet come out victorious with unorthodox tactics. He also got his first glimpse of the different types of aliens humanity was up against. He heard the names that were giving to them as well, like those small bi-pedal creatures that for some reason reminded him of dogs were nicknamed Grunts, and the tall ones with the sleek looking armor were nicknamed Elites. He also got a glimpse if these thin vulture like creature's that carried shields made of hardened energy, those were called Jackals it seems.
'They all look ugly to me regardless of what race they're from.' Naruto thought with no small amount of anger, even though these were ODST victories many of the soldiers still died gruesome deaths from those plasma guns the Covenant seemed to love.
'I know what I can do though; once Camilla and I become one of those soldiers I won't ever let anyone around me die, I swear upon my Ninja Way that I will help this world in any way I can.' Naruto said as he watched the rest of the events play out with determination written all over his face.
'Everywhere Naruto goes he instills change, and this dimension won't be any different.' Kurama thought absentmindedly.
"Naruto?" Naruto turned around really quickly and faced the leaning form of Camilla; she was leaning at the end of the stairway on the wall looking at Naruto with a raised eyebrow. She was also wearing white PJ's with red heart shaped smiling characters dotted here and there. "I heard the T.V on and came downstairs to see if it was you; does your sense of self also happen to know if you always wake up this early?" She said with a teasing voice and a small smirk painted on her beautiful facial features.
Naruto took on an embarrassed look and started scratching the back of his head.
"Actually yeah, it felt pretty natural waking up early, besides I did sleep pretty well after I took that shower yesterday." During mid-sentence Naruto lowered his hand and plastered an appreciative smile on his face. "How about you did you sleep well?" Naruto asked out of courtesy.
"Yeah I slept pretty good considering I had an amnesiac in my house that could probably be a serial killer for all I know." She said this with a serious expression. "But you don't look the type so that's what helped me sleep." Then the complete emotional one-eighty popped up and she was all smiles again.
"Heh heh, You don't have to worry about any sort of criminal activity with me I can reassure you of that." Naruto decided to use some Ninja conversational tactics and used this as an opportunity to reveal some small facets of himself that would have otherwise remained secret until necessary. "Well I'm not a total amnesiac anymore, when I woke up early I was able to remember some of my dreams, the only thing is they felt so real that they were probably some of my memories instead." Naruto tactfully lied.
"Oh really? What pray tell did you remember?" Camilla walked towards the living room and maneuvered around the couch Naruto was standing in front of and went to sit on a single person sofa that was to the right of the couch.
Naruto decided to follow her example and made himself comfortable on the sofa again and picked up the remote control and lowered the volume. Then he looked at Camilla to recount his supposed dream/memories.
"Well I caught glimpses of intense training with who was supposedly my godfather, and I also remember living in a small village with a huge forest surrounding it." Naruto said with a serious expression.
"Do you think you can tell me what kind of intense training?" Camilla was intrigued to say the least.
"Well, you're not gonna believe me but he was shooting fireworks at me so I can learn how to dodge better, and he also had me doing these strange meditation exercises that was supposed to help me control my inner power as he would put it." Naruto was taking steps to slowly and gradually tell Camilla about his control of the inner energy called Chakra, Hoping to everything she wouldn't freak out too much when he dropped the bombshell.
"Your right, I'm having trouble believing you right now." Camilla said with a dead pan expression.
"But I'm serious, and to top it all off I feel it in my muscles the training that man had put me through, I remember all sorts of things from those memorable dreams. Like the time he had me balance on two long wooden pole's while doing a hand stand on them and doing hand stand push-ups ALL AT THE SAME TIME." Naruto was actually remembering Jiraiya doing that to him but he was only telling Camilla the water downed version of that training exercise.
"Is that even possible?" She asked with that same dead pan expression. Naruto nodded rapidly as a response.
"He also taught me advanced martial arts and once I mastered what he taught me, he had me face five guys at the same time using what I learned." Camilla was now looking at him with disbelief on her face.
"Did you win?" Camilla asked skeptically.
"Nope! Ha ha. I almost did though, it was down to two guys but they utilized some impressive team-work and creamed the floor with me." Naruto said with a huge grin that was in place due to the fact he was trying not to laugh.
Two reasons Naruto was trying not to laugh. One, when he told her he faced five guys he actually faced five Gai's. Jiraiya got the eccentric Jonin to come over to training ground 44 and had him create four clones to face Naruto in a straight up taijutsu match. Even though Naruto lost he still gave Gai and his clones a hard time dealing with him. In addition, the second reason he was trying not to laugh was the look on Camilla's face when he told her he lost, it was quite funny. Eventually she laughed at his misfortune once she got over his casual response to his loss.
"Ahhhhh that was funny Naruto, can you remember anything else. What about those strange meditation exercises your godfather had you doing, do you know what that was supposed to do?" That's one of the things that stood out to her during his memory recount.
"All I remember is that he said these exercises were supposed to help strengthen something called my Chakra centers." Naruto said while scratching his head with fake embarrassment.
"Huh. I've heard of those." Camilla said offhandedly.
"YOU HAVE!" Naruto said surprised but immediately schooled his features from his outburst when Camilla looked at him oddly but decided to ignore it and elaborated for him.
"Yeah, a long time ago there were these monks who still practice that art to this day, their belief was that every human being had seven main chakras located at the top of the head, on the forehead, on the throat and the heart, and also the solar plexus and the spleen. The uhh last one was located where our reproductive organs are." Camilla said with a blush but continued on regardless. "They believed that those who meditate and held love and compassion will have strong Chakra's that will also strengthen the body as well, the more you meditate and concentrate on mentally developing these so called Chakra's." Camilla said with an affirmative nod to end her explanation. Naruto just realized how much easier this had become, instead of giving the theory he was taught she already made it easier by having one of her own that seemed to make more sense to a person of this world.
"You know, now that you explained that to me I just remembered my godfather telling me something very similar to what you just said." Naruto lied.
"So, did the training strengthen your body O'great Chakra monk." Now she was just excessively teasing him, well he'll show her a thing or two.
"Actually for your information it did." Naruto said in a smug tone.
"Oh really? Care to prove how." Camilla said with a smirk.
Suddenly Naruto got up and supported both his arms on his hips with his fists.
"Yeah, one free shot. Any where on my body except the family jewels." Naruto said arrogantly.
Camilla never having backed down from a challenge of any type immediately got up and faced Naruto with a cocky smirk of her own.
"Let me warn you before I do this, when I was little my dad would also train me how to protect myself and taught me exercises to get stronger. And to this day I have been continuing those exercises, so don't be surprised if you keel over and vomit on the floor once I'm through with you." Camilla said confidently.
"Try you're hardest, you can use any move you like and I bet I won't even move an inch." Naruto said with arrogant smirk also still in place.
Camilla didn't even hesitate.
"ARRRHG! You asked for it!" She got into a stance that would help her gain momentum and backed up on one leg as if she was spring loaded, than launched into the air performing a three hundred and sixty degree spin kick that drove all her forward momentum to her right leg that was aimed at Naruto's abdomen.
When the kick finally landed it was like hitting a solid grade A titanium wall. She was lucky that single person couch was still behind her because when the kick landed she immediately had to put her left leg down and then stumbled backwards eventually falling on the couch in a shock/disgruntled state of being.
She simply continued looking at Naruto's triumphant visage until she finally found her voice.
"WHAT! What the hell are you made of?" Was her sincerely honest and surprised question. "Are you sure you aren't a lost Spartan or something, seriously what human being defies the laws of physics like that!" She then re-arranged herself on the couch to sit normally once the surprise and shock started dying down.
"Well, that's an example of my godfathers intense training and Chakra strengthening exercises." Naruto said with a sheepish grin, judging from her reaction it would be better to reveal the true nature of chakra when she trust's him a bit more.
"Holy crap, don't tell me he had you climbing cliffs with one arm tied behind your back." She said this sarcastically folks.
"Heh heh, actually….." Naruto was really starting to like that disbelieving expression she seemed to favor nowadays.
"No way . . . He did, didn't he." Her hands were now on her mouth as Naruto sheepishly nodded while scratching the back of his head with his left arm. "How is that . . . You know what, it would be better If i didn't ask and just assumed that you come from a village of super humans." Camilla said an a intensely exasperated tone of voice.
" Yeah that would make it easier wouldn't it." Naruto said in a joking manner. Woooo if only she knew. "Say, weren't we supposed to head into town today to get some supplies or whatever." Naruto decided a change of subject was much needed. Camilla was still in that zone though so she raised her hand towards his face as if to say, give me a moment to collect my thoughts.
'Okay, so, driving down a dirt road I happen to pick up this guy that turns out he might have hit his head a little too hard and forgotten a few memories because of it. Turns out he remembers a couple of things now and he's actually a friggin super human with insane abs and sturdiness. And to top it all off he comes from a unknown Kivas or village as he put it that is training there people with suicidal training exercises that put the ODST to shame. Wow! That is a lot to take in, but ignoring all that for now teaming up with this guy would be the best decision I ever made in my life. And once we get ODST training I feel like this would finally be my chance to make a difference. Ok my mind's made up.' Camilla suddenly stood up with a small yet serious determined frown on her face and faced Naruto.
"Alright Naruto, we'll be heading into town but were not stopping there. Once we get some supplies and a change of clothes for you were going to find a Special Divisions recruitment center where we are going to volunteer for the ODST's. You with me?" Naruto was a little surprised at first at the very sudden change but then plastered an honest grin on his face.
"Hell Yeah! I want to see what these ODST's are truly about with my own eyes and to also show them just how awesome Naruto Uzumaki is." Naruto's grin was so wide and feral he almost split his face open. "After you Camilla."
"Hold on Naruto, you may find it okay leaving how you are dressed now but I on the other hand cannot be seen in my Pj's, that's just embarrassing." With that Camilla walked swiftly to her room and changed back into her black tank top with blue jeans, leaving Naruto blushing slightly after he looked himself over. She eventually came back down stairs and stepped outside her front door, noting that Naruto was already outside waiting for her in her dad's oversized sleep wear and the blue sandals she found him with.
"CHASER! Come here boy!" The sound of a dogs panting could be heard along with the sound of clinking dog tags as Chaser appeared from the side of the house running full speed towards his owner and stopping immediately in front of her while wagging his tail excitedly after sitting obediently in front of his owner after his full steam run towards her.
She kneeled in front of her faithful companion and started petting him.
"That's a good boy, give momma a kiss. Mmmmmmwaaa." Chaser started licking her face after Camilla made kissy noises.
"He sure is a pretty smart dog, did you teach him yourself?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Actually me and my dad both taught him when we got him as a puppy, he was imported from planet Earth along with a bunch of other generation's old breeds." Camilla said with a smile.
"Wow, that's pretty cool. . . What's planet Earth?" Camilla just sighed, it's pretty disconcerting when someone like Naruto is so clueless about facts that everyone else know's.
"I'll tell you along the way, we can't continue to burn daylight by just standing around all day doing Q&A." Camilla walked towards her car and opened the passenger door for Chaser and then the back door for Naruto, eventually Naruto walked towards the opened door and entered without hesitation after getting a better understanding of car's from the little bit of television he saw.
Soon, Camilla was in the driver's seat and pressed the button where the ignition key would be on normal cars and the engine of the modified civilian Warthog came to life with a mighty roar.
And thus started the departure that will lead Naruto through a Great Adventure of epic proportions of which he has never imagined. He will have to overcome many trials and tribulations along the way, there will be anger, there will be grief and intense sadness, but most of all there will be a new path of change for this brave yet struggling new plane of existence for humanity, and Naruto will lead that charge.
Authors Note: I Hoped you liked this chapter, I put forth the very best I can and it will only improve with time. And all of you readers out there, YES, YOU! The one who just finished reading this chapter. Don't forget to take those extra seconds to review, Tell me if you liked it, Tell me if you hated it, have any burning questions or ideas. . . . TELL ME! I will respond and answer. SO STAY TUNED AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY LATEST CHAPTER! But prepare yourself's for Naruto's destiny has just taking a new step on a new path and left the old one on hold. Thanks for reading family, and please don't forget to leave some kind of review. DIMENSIONALJUMPER FAZING OUT…..(end transmission)