War, war never changes, I learned that the hard way. When Kaguya had appeared out of Madara I should have known that the end was upon us and there was nothing we could do to stop her all our justu were absorbed by her any time we had gotten close to her, she sprouted those annoying Ash bones. First, she killed Sakura, then she killed Obito, followed by Kakashi and Sasuke, at that point I had given up and was just fighting forbthe sake of fighting. She gave me a curious look, "Why do you continue to fight?" she asked.

I responded, "Because I am the only one left who can." She tilted her head, smiled and raised her arm and I knew no more.

"War never changes," the mirror cleared of fog revealing a man standing at 6 feet, blond hair, blue eyes and sun-kissed skin, and lines on his cheeks from the whiskers that had long since faded. His right arm missing above the elbow from a wound form his last tour overseas, his mechanical prosthetic hanging up by the bathroom door. A woman stood next to him, long luscious auburn hair fell to the right of her head, her skin pale and her eyes glowed with the light of the moon. His name was Naruto, she his wife Nora, looking at her, we was reminded of the first time they met.

His vision exploded in a flash of light. gathering his wits, he didn't recognize where he was, surrounded by trees he didn't recognize. There was no chakra in the world or its denizens, his own chakra was gone and the Bijuu were absent as well. He clenched his fist, oddly enough his limbs still held the strength he had as a shinobi when he didn't use chakra, looking around he saw a woman approach him cautiously, "Konaide! Anata hadare?" (don't come any closer! Who are you?)he yelled drawing a kunai. "Koko wa doko?" (where am i?) the woman threw her hands up in front of her, yelling something he couldn't understand. Another woman came running out from the trees up to her, Naruto was faster. Running forward, he grabbed the first woman and held the kunai to her neck. "Konaide!" "Ochitsuku, Watashino namaeha Natalie, Kanojo no namae wa Nora, Anata wa Boston ni imasu, No Naka ni United States of America." (calm down, my name is Natalie, her name is Nora. You are in Boston in the United States of America.) "Nora, you're lucky I took Japanese in middle school."

Naruto raked his hand through his spiky blond hair as Nora came up in his right. "You're gonna turn some heads tonight Darling."

"Damn right I am, anyway I'm done mirrors all yours babe." he walked out of the bathroom to the living room to look at Codsworth finish pouring his coffee on the counter, "Ah, good Morning sir, your coffee 173.5 degrees Fahrenheit, brewed to perfection, today's newspaper just in." Then Nora walked in behind him and grabbed the newspaper as Naruto nursed the coffee when Shaun started crying. "Ah, sounds like someone made a stinky! I shall attend to young Shaun."

Nora spoke up, "I know you were nervous about getting Codsworth, but I'm glad we did, he's really handy with things."

"I'm still nervous about him, we never had robots and cars back home," Naruto said, his eyes cast downward, remembering his home always brought up feelings of regret.

"Hey, you did everything you could have done against her, sometimes there are forces that can't be beaten and you will have to let it go." after being together for 5 years, Naruto told her of his Earth, and the lands within, of the conflicts that broke out, their history and the being that cast him out of his dimension. There was silence between them as the anchorman on the news continued his broadcast. It was interrupted by the doorbell going off, Nora Looked over his shoulder at the disturbance. "Its that Vault tech representative again, he's been here every day for the past week."

"We might as well see what the fuss is about," Naruto answered the door, and the man walked up in a yellow trench coat and hat.

"Good morning! Vault-Tec calling!" the man exclaimed.

"Vault-tec? Remind me again what you do?" Nora asked.

"Why we're about helping secure the future for you and yours. You see Vault-Tec is the foremost builder of State-of-the-art underground fallout shelters, Vaults if you will. Luxury Accommodations, where you can wait out the horrors of nuclear devastation. You can't begin to understand how happy it is to finally speak with you, I've been try for the past few days. It's the a matter of upmost urgency, I can assure you."

"Well, we're here now good sir, what's so important that you needed to do so," Naruto responded.

"Why nothing less than you entire future! If you haven't noticed, sir, the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. If you'll excuse my language, the big kaboom is, it's inevitable and may be much closer then you think, if you understand what I'm saying. I know you're a busy family, so I won't take much more of your time, it being the precious commodity it is these days, I'm here today to tell you that because of your family's service to our nation, you have been pre-selected for entrance into Vault 111."

"I have a family, a wife and child, do you have room for all of us?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, sir we do."

"Sounds great then," Nora said.

"Oh it certainly is, believe me. Now, you've already been cleared for entrance into the vault, in the unforeseen event of total atomic annihilation, however I just need to verify some information on the two of you. Once that is done you will have perfect clearance for the vault." They looked through the paperwork and signed off on it. "Wonderful! that's all I needed, I'm going to take this up to the vault on top of the hill there. Congratulations on being prepared for the future!" and he left, and Naruto closed the door. Nora took a seat on the couch and Naruto returned to his coffee. Shaun started crying again and Codsworth came out of the hall, "Mrs. Nora. Shaun has been changed, but he refuses to calm down, I believe he needs some Maternal affection you seem to be so good at."

"Go ahead Honey, ill meet you in there in a moment." Naruto said and Nora left for Shaun's room. she walked in the room and took Shaun out of the crib and held him. Naruto walked into the room and said, "My little Sochi isn't giving his mother any trouble now is he? I had Codsworth repair the mobile on the crib the other day and it worked fine after that, give it a spin." She placed Shaun back into the crib, his tiny hands reached out for Nora as she spun the Mobile, his tiny red hairs poking out of his cap arms and legs flopping away to the device. "That's my little man, on his best behavior just like his father."

"Best behavior? Raccoons behave better than you most of the time." Nora fired back.

"Ouch, my sensitive heart has been broken by your harsh words, and I'll have you know that I am an Upstanding citizen... When I want to be. Listen, I was wondering if we could head to the park after breakfast for a bit the weather shouldn't be too bad."

"Sure, sounds like fun"

"Sir? Mum? You should see this." Codsworth called out from the living room. Naruto's heart sank in his chest, he grabbed Shaun and rushed to the living room, the conversation with the salesman ringing in his head, Nora not far behind. "Codsworth what's wrong?" as he reached the living room he heard the anchorman say "Followed by...yes, followed by blinding flashes. blinding flashes. sounds of explosions... We're trying to get confirmation, but we seem to have lost contact with our affiliate stations. We have coming in... confirmed reports of nuclear detonations in New York and Pennsylvania. Oh my god."

"Nora, I've got Shaun, get to the Vault now!" Naruto yelled. he kicked the door open and ran down the street to the hill, Nora not far behind him. passing by their neighbors they reached the gate guarded by soldiers on the hill. "Please sir, we're on the list. We need to get in"

"Understood, infant, adult male and adult female, head on in. God help us all"

"Thank you, sir." Naruto responded. "Follow me, you two, Move it" a Vault-Tec Security officer ordered as he led them to the vault. "What about everyone outside the gate?" Nora asked.

"We're doing everything we can, now keep moving!" we arrived at the vault entrance.

The officer screamed "Step onto the platform in the center! Alright, that's it send it down" when they stopped Nora turned to Naruto "Alright we're, almost there. Is Shaun okay?"

"He's fine, everything is okay, I love you." and to the south a blinding flash exploded in her eyes and when it cleared a mushroom-shaped cloud was seen in the distance. Naruto looked at it in seethed in anger, knowing that their life was forever changed by that burning cloud, the elevator started moving as the storm approached them. The vault door lowered them as it raged over their heads. They descended into the vault in darkness.

They reacted the bottom of the shaft before they could see again, "We did it. We made it."

"Everyone please, step off the elevator and proceed up the stairs in an orderly fashion." the Vault-Tec Overseer ordered, "No need to worry folks, we'll get everyone situated for your new accommodations in Vault 111! A better future, underground, Please remain calm and head up the stairs, don't get caught up thinking about what happened on the surface you are all safe now down here. Now please head up the stairs and through the door please." Naruto looked to Nora and nodded and did as directed. he reached the vault door when the Vault A.I. said "Vault-Tec is here for you. All new resident please proceed in an orderly fashion and welcome home."

Naruto crossed the bridge into the vault, the staff prompted them forward and handed them a vault suit. "Please put on the suits, you will need them before we head further into the vault." Nora grabbed Shaun so Naruto could put in the suit, when he was finished he took Shaun back and Nora put on hers. "Thanks, what happens next?"

"Just follow the doctor here and he'll show you where you need to go." the staff member said.

"Alright you three, follow me down the hall. Oh, you're going to love it here. this is one of our most advanced facilities and the other vaults are just the same."

"How long are we going to be down here?" Nora asked.

"We'll be going over all of this during orientation. There are a few medical items we have to go through before we can do so. Just a standard decontamination, nothing to worry about." they reached the end of the hallway and the doctor stopped on both sides there were medical pods. The doctor turned around and gestured to the pod on the end, Shaun started crying so Nora turned to Naruto and Shaun, "Mommies not going far, I'm going to be just over here, okay? I love you both."

"I love you too." Then Nora turned around and entered the pod as Naruto did. The doctor spoke up to her "The pod will decontaminate you and depressurize you before we can head deeper into the vault. Just relax." The A.I. spoke up again "Residents secure. Occupant vitals: Normal. procedure complete in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." and they blacked out.

When they came to, the first thing they heard was the A.I. saying "Manual override initiated. Cryogenic stasis suspended." Nora vision blurred and she thought. 'Cryogenic stasis, what the Fuck does it mean Cryogenic Stasis. WE WERE FUCKING FROZEN?!' Nora's vision cleared up as Adrenalin coursed through her veins. She gazed at Naruto, who was still frozen, as a woman in hazmat suit pointed to his pod "This is the one, here." then a man crossed her vision and he ordered the hazmat woman to open the pod, coughing Naruto awoke "Is it over? Are we done?"

The man answered "Almost. everything is going to be fine." the woman reached for Shaun "Come here, Come here little one."

Nora froze. "Naruto! There not Vault-Tec! They're here to take Shaun!" He reacted immediately, throwing a punch to the woman knocking her to the floor, his strength lessened by the time spent on ice. He turned to the man to see a gun lined up for his face, reacting quickly he turned his head as a shot rang out, blowing out his eye and bouncing his head off the metal railing and falling back unconscious, dropping Shaun in the process, who was quickly caught by the woman before he could hit the floor.

"NARUUTOOOOO!" Nora screamed.

The man yelled out "Goddammit! Get the kid out of here. Go!" the man approached Nora's pod and she froze in fear. When his face shone in the light of the pod, his face was forever etched in her memory, the long scar over his left eye and facial hair never to be forgotten He looked into her eyes and said "At least we still have the back up..." An all-encompassing fury built in her eyes. "When I get out of here, you better prey to be dead or I'm going to send you to hell the most painful way imaginable, mark my words you bastard!"

"Goodnight." he said as the pod reactivated.

She came to some time later coughing up a fit. "Critical failure in Cryogenic array. All vault residents evacuate immediately." The pod door opened and she pulled herself out of it, she landed on the floor. There was a faded note on the floor with tape on it. She grabbed it and leaned back onto the cryo-pod and read the note:

Hey babe, it's been a few days since I thawed out and it has been two hundred and twelve years since we entered the vault. The world we knew is gone, replaced by chaos. When I came to, I tried to get the pod open, but it was sealed tight and I couldn't get it open. I looked through the vault to see if I could find a way to open it, and the only thing I could think of was maybe the overseer's computer, but it was locked down and you know how little I know of your computers, even after all these years. I looked around for anything useful. If you head down the hall there on the tool cart, you'll find a Pip-boy. If I'm not there when you wake up, you'll need that to get out of the vault.

I left you a weapon with it, in case I'm not home when you get out of the vault, Codsworth is at the house, or what's left of it that is. We've been trying to rebuild, but progress has been slow. When you leave, head home and stay there. A lot has changed and it would take too long to explain via note so just wait for me there.

I love you, Naru.

Nora stood up, and headed toward the tool cart from the note, she found the pip-boy and put it on grabbed the 10mm Pistol that was on it, as well as the odd cartridges of ammo for it, loading the gun she passed through the caved in door, 'He's definitely been through here" a she approached the Vault door mechanism and fiddled with the pip-boy until, she found the plug in for the door, she plugged in the pip boy and hit the door button. The door opened with a racket of squeals of rust and was cast to the side by the machinery, she walked across the bridge to the elevator and ascended to the world above.

When the elevator reached the top, she was blinded by the sun and she gazed down to the ruins of Sanctuary surrounded by a concrete wall and the sound of work being done. "Nora?" a familiar voice called to her, bringing tears to her eyes. she turned around and that's when she saw him standing there covered in metal. his blond hair shone in the sunlight. His left eye covered by an worn leather eye-patch, his other blue one glistening with tears, he took a step towards her, then started running and she to him. They embraced each other in the sunlight. tears falling from both their eyes. "Naruto, they have our baby, they have Shaun. We have to get him back."

"I know, and we will. But, first you need to get caught up and and into shape there are no working vehicles all the Red Rocket gas stations have dried up and the world has changed so much since we've been on ice." Naruto told her, his voice cracking with emotion. She moved out of his grasp to get a good look at him. He wore some form of military fatigues she couldn't recognize, his metal prosthetic replaced with this synthetic looking arm. examining his arm she say this thin steel exoskeleton going up his arms and down to his legs. He wore chrome heavy combat armor on his limbs and his chest. Suddenly, a wicked grin worked its way onto his face,

"Oh no! I know that look Naruto Uzumaki, whatever you are thinking you will not do it!" he approached her his grin plastered to his face, she took a step back "Naruto, DON'T YOU DARE! I'M WARNING YOU NOW!" but it was for naught, as he lifted her off her feet and ran to the cliff side before he jumped the 60+ feet to the ground below. With her screaming all the way down, which wasn't long but felt like eternity. He landed on both his feet in a crouch, with an uproariously loud crash. She got out of his arms and proceeded to smack her brutish husband anywhere she could for the next minute with him laughing the entire time. A cough rasped from behind her. she turned around the gun suddenly in her hands as she sighted it on a black man, leaning on a sophisticated looking rifle. a smile of mirth on the man's face. "Hello General, I'm assuming this fair maiden is the Nora you speak so thoroughly of?"

"Yes, Preston, this is my wife Nora Uzumaki. Nora dear, I would like you to meet Preston Garvey, Lieutenant General of the Minutemen and my second in command."

"A pleasure Ma'am," Preston said.

"Well met, I must thank you for taking care of my brutish Husband in my absence."

"No problem Ma'am. I and everyone here owe him our lives twice over. But that is a story for another time. General we have a situation. Word came from Diamond city that Valentine has gone missing and Piper may have found a lead for your son." Preston reported with a serious face. "Also there is news of a woman in Diamond city looking for you, something about making maps."

"Thank you, Preston, keep an eye out and inform me of any new developments. I've got a few things to do with my wife."

"Understood, sir, heading out."

"Come on, Nora there mush we have to discuss, and not a lot of time to do it in." Naruto lead Nora to their old house which looked trashed but everything was built sturdily. he lead her to what used to be Shaun's room and in front of the far wall was a mannequin with a suit of golden Armor on it. On each limb were carefully crafted metal strips connected to wires running down the length of each limb, ending in either a golden glove or a golden boot. Each limb was also connected to the same exoskeleton seen on Naruto but painted a dusty gold that matched the Suit's golden shine. On the back of the Exo-frame was a small jet-pack.

"Nora, it took me a week to make this for you, with the help of Codsworth. May I present to you the Sirius 12 Assault suit, with the Mark 4 Fortaleza Combat armor and the CROSS Cybernetic Exo-suit frame complete with a nitro-fueled advanced Jet-pack system, capable of limited flight and extended sprint assistance. This suit is air tight and will protect you from radiation, acid, poison, energy and physical damage. I would wear one but the radiation that I've experienced before seems to either restarted my regeneration or given me a form of cellular reproductive cancer, hoping for the first, dreading the latter. Please put it on quickly, the faster you do the less the ambient radiation with have an affect on you." Nora took off her Vault suit quickly and donned the Armor.

"There are more than just human dangers out in the Commonwealth. Animals have mutated and evolved. Over the next day or so I will teach you about each one and show you the best way to kill them. The world is no place for mercy anymore, if you see someone you draw your weapon, be they a raider or settler."

"Outside of a minuteman settlement, people will try to kill you, caravans take trips between settlements and are guarded by armed men and women. A woman named Carla usually handles the route from here to the Yankees stadium which has been turned into a shanty town by the name of Diamond city and is the Largest settlement. Second only to this one sadly enough, food must be grown in order and water must be purified. The power is run by fusion generators, developed by Vault-Tec, constructed by myself, Codsworth and Sturges whom you'll meet later. Hot water heaters are in the works, but until then we're stuck heating the water manually. I had to bust down a few houses in order to apartments for people who live here. When I am here I'm in charge, but when I'm gone people report to Preston. Most materials are used to provide the settlement supplies to keep things working."

"Now I have business in Diamond City, regarding a detective and a reporter, I have a small space in Diamond city above the old home plate. The world doesn't use dollars or coins as currency although that still have some value, mainly money comes in the form of bottle-caps. Got all that so far?" Naruto finished as Nora put the last piece of armor on with his help.

"Yeah, but I got one question. Where can I find the man who took our son?"

"I know just where to look to find out."