Naruto/Sailor Moon (Earlier this Year/Late 2013)
The Silver Leaf Floating Through Space
Prologue: Regrets
"Some people say the Ends justify the Means, the truth is that the Means justify the End. For is it not better to die a Hero, then to live as a Coward? Can you live with the souls of those you slew on your conscience, I can't, and I haven't slept for nearly four hundred years because of guilt. So learn from my mistakes and live a life without regrets"
Naruto Uzumaki
Lunar Surface, In Orbit around the Elemental Countries Planet. 400 years after the Juubi's defeat.
Solitude, Silence, Rock and Void. For four hundred years those have been Naruto Uzumaki's companions. Four hundred years of isolation, four hundred years of solitude, four hundred years of guilt.
Flashback 400 Years
"You can't" Naruto screams as Kurama explains his and the Bijuus final plan,
I must kit, you are worthy of this power, he is not. Stand proud Naruto Uzumaki, the next Rikudō Sennin Kurama's voice echoes through Naruto's mind and then, searing pain. The Nine Bijuu sick of being hunted and being imprisoned, willingly fuse themselves into Naruto's soul, into his essence, into his heart crystal and his Star Seed. Naruto who had potential to be great exploded in power, color drains from his skin and his hair turns silver. Naruto no longer a mere mortal flings power at the insane Obito, their battle rages without pause, so locked in combat are they that they cannot see the damage they have wrought. The armies fighting around them have been turned to glass by the intense heat. Naruto looking around during a slight pause in the battle notices this fact.
"No, No, NO" Naruto's voice fills with power, more power than it had even had before. Obito shivers as Naruto's eyes turn silver and his pupils turn into slits like when he channeled the power of Kurama. An intense silver aura surrounds Naruto and he jumps into the sky channeling all of his power. He focuses it into a silver orb that blazes with the intensity of a star and shouts "FINAL RETRIBUTION" the orb shoots down and strikes Obito in the face, and then.
White.
The world stills as Naruto's power engulfs it, thousands of years of history gone in a flash. Mountains crumble and oceans boil, great chasms split in the surface of the planet and lava pours forth engulfing everything it can. The backlash blasts Naruto at hypersonic speeds, he quickly passes the distance between the planet and its moon, and then Naruto going nearly Mach 10 slams into the lunar surface, the impact which once would have killed him merely renders him unconscious.
Ten hours later Naruto wakes and looks around in confusion, and then he looks up. And in the silence of the void Naruto screams out his grief, his anger and his solitude. Above him the blazing ruins of his homeworld slowly darken as the atmosphere cools.
Flashback End
Four hundred years of solitude, Naruto took nearly a decade to pull himself back together, he had nothing. In his solitude and loneliness he began to practice his powers, he constructed great wonders using his power and then destroyed them. For the first hundred and fifty years this worked, and then he meditated, tried and succeeded to find a way to generate Sage Chakra while in motion. It took Naruto fifty years of constant experimentation to discover this. Although Naruto had no inkling of the passage of time, he slowly watched his world change back to blue and green, although it looked like home he knew that nothing sentient lived there anymore, he'd devastated his planet in his fury. But the monstrosity that was Obito was also destroyed. 'But did the ends justify the means?' Naruto muses
For the past one hundred and ninety years Naruto had mapped the stars, using his super human abilities he'd constructed a star map of almost unparalleled precision, only some of the best super computers and telescopes could have matched his labor of nearly two hundred years.
Naruto having finished his mighty task looks once more to the stars and sees something made of metal, having nothing to lose he shoots a silver energy flare up to show his location, using his hard earned intellect he fired away from the metal object not towards it.
Chapter 1
Serenity
"Never lose yourself in your regrets, live, continue to walk forward and remember those who have passed. This is my new Nindo, my Ninja way. For I am the last Shinobi of Konoha"
Naruto Uzumaki
HMS Agamemnon Bridge, In orbit around Elemental Countries Planet
"What am I looking at Setsuna?" A silver-haired woman with fair skin and regal features wearing a silver suit of body armor and carrying a staff with a crescent moon on top of it asks.
"Apparently a planet that has seen Senshi level warfare, Serenity" Setsuna a green haired woman with similar features to Serenity however slightly less regal and more mysterious and sporting darkly tanned skin, wearing a green and white suit of body armor and holding a silver staff shaped like a key on one end and a hollow love heart with a red orb inside it on the other end answers. Serenity's 'royal' mask drops and she nearly gapes in surprise.
"How is that possible? We've seen no indication that the people of this system ever had the level of technological, metaphysical or magical sophistication to create space capable vehicles or transport spells, let alone a Senshi, it just doesn't make any sense" Serenity complains as she lightly bites on her bottom lip while shaking her head at the absurdity of the situation.
"However it has occurred we are reading Senshi energy left on the planet; however none of it seems to be from a living Senshi, if our sensors are right the planet's population would have been around five hundred million. However there are no signs they ever even reached their industrial revolution" Setsuna reports
Serenity whirls around to face Setsuna "At the risk of repeating myself, how is that possible? I can plainly see that the ruins of their settlements are quite distant from one another, populations usually don't grow that separate unless they have some form of long range transport"
Setsuna casually flicks a switch on the sensor equipment "Deep scans show that the population may have had access to a form of magic that strengthens the body, Serenity. Taking this into account what we see as distant might have only been two or three days walk for the people of this planet"
Serenity nods "I guess you have a point there. Let's prepare to move on, there isn't anything of interest her-" Serenity halts mid-order as a bolt of silver energy shoots up from the surface of the planets moon and passes in front of the Agamemnon "Agami, do you have readings on that"
A blue hologram of a girl in a flowing dress appears next to Serenity, made of glowing data the AI of the HMS Agamemnon, nicknamed Agami scans the planet's moon, she seems to think for a moment before shock covers her features and she gasps "Impossible"
Serenity quickly looks at the AIs hologram and asks "What, what is impossible?"
Agami, the AI of the Agamemnon quickly gathers her virtual wits and replies "There appears to be a humanoid sentient on the lunar surface your Majesty. Similar in body shape and build to a Terran or Lunarian with only minor DNA and RNA differences, this one appears to be male with a magic signature approximately ninety nine point five percent similar to your own, suggestions your majesty?"
Serenity quickly looks to one of the view screens and orders "Show me a visual" A zoom magnification of the lunar surface appears and the entire bridge crew gasps, standing there is a male who looks around twenty years of age with silver hair and regal skin, his clothes are damaged and great rents are visible, his face is slightly angular with three scars on each cheek, almost like whiskers. The most surprising thing however is the fact that he is standing there without any protective equipment at all, aside from some frost in his hair he seems untouched by the lack of atmosphere, he starts to wave at the ship as if aware they are observing them.
Serenity quickly and ruthlessly fights down the feeling of butterflies in her stomach, ordinarily she had very little interest in males, however something about this one is attractive to her, she fights an almost irresistible urge to head for the nearest airlock and throw herself to the lunar surface. Serenity quickly schools her features so that none of her subjects are aware of her internal conflict; however she wasn't quite fast enough.
Setsuna having seen her Queen's conflicted expression smiles inwardly, she'd been afraid her Queen and best friend had no interest in men, which was a major problem for the leader of an empire, even a fledgling empire such as theirs. When Setsuna returns her attention to the image of the male she gets an almost indescribable feeling, she feels like she is looking at a god and a demon all in one, however she feels no fear from this, just the feeling that whatever this man puts his mind to, will get done no matter what, but it will be done without losing his humanity. Setsuna then smiles outwardly and comments "Interesting, Serenity if we can make this man our ally we might be able to use him as a basis for incorporating more Senshi, also his power levels are equal to or maybe even greater than your own. No matter what he is too valuable to leave stranded on this moon"
Serenity nearly loses her composure, she'd been trying to find a reason to bring him aboard that wasn't suspect but couldn't, however she feels she must raise one objection "But he's a man, how can he help us create Senshi? You know as well as I do that our planets will only accept women"
Setsuna nods and answers "A good point, Serenity. However while he may be a man he is some form of Senshi, by studying his connection we may be able to find ways of deepening the connection between our Senshi and their planets. At the very least he may know some battle magic we can learn"
Serenity nods projecting a calm aura while inwardly jumping for joy, she didn't know why but the thought of this male standing by her side appealed to her. She turns to Amelia Renshaw, the Captain of the Agamemnon and orders "Prepare a Dropship with an airlock attached, we are going to collect this most interesting individual"
Captain Renshaw nods her head "At once your Majesty" she then turns and gives the orders. In the port hanger bay a Dropship readies itself for deployment, the drop ship is slightly cylindrical with an oval front end fused into a cylindrical body which in turn is fused into a half-oval back end with six Wave-arc engines along the curved rear. It has a combat deployment ramp on the bottom and civilian access airlocks on the side. Its armaments are four Class-II Plasma cannons, three fore, one aft and two STRIKER missile batteries running parallel to each other on either side of the crest on top of the Dropship. Officially known as the Mark-IV Tactical Dropship, the troopers have given them the nickname of 'Shimmers' due to the slight shimmer effect noticeable when the Dropship is coming in at over two hundred Km/h for a combat drop or pick-up.
Serenity walks the corridors to the nearest transport depot, Setsuna walks in sync with her monarch. Perhaps a description of the Agamemnon will be required, the Agamemnon is a decade old Hawk class dreadnought that is four kilometers in length, the front end of the ship is shaped like a hawks face with the three-level bridge's two massive windows being the eyes, that and the two, 2 1/2 kilometer long wings that cover nearly half of the ship's central body are the reason for the ships name, the rear of the ship is a fanned out arc in the shape of a hawks tail, under the tail ten High-Energy-Emission (HEE) Plasma engines provide the ships propulsion.
The two wings which start and finish a quarter of the way in from the bow and aft of the ship provide three functions, underneath they are massive hanger bays split into eight sections, each with four subsections to prevent the entire hanger from becoming unusable in the event of a hull breach. Each wing hanger holds 1000 fighters, twenty Dropships and eight Cargo Dropships. The top, front and rear of the wings are covered with plasma pulse cannons, HYDRA missile arrays, Laser cannons and Railguns with Point Defense Turrets (PDTs) scattered around. Lastly in the middle of the wings are cargo bays capable of carrying nearly twenty Gigatons of cargo.
The total tonnage of the Agamemnon is nearly 100 Gigatons empty, or 250 Gigatons fully loaded (224,000,000 pounds empty to 560,000,000 pounds full). Due to the circumstances surrounding the founding of the Silver Millennium, the Agamemnon is the only Silver Millennium dreadnought currently in existence, unfortunately currently recreating or copying it is beyond the capabilities of the Silver Millennium, also the vast majority of its weapons systems excluding the Point defense turrets and Railguns are offline. Like all Silver Millennium vessels it uses an Extradimensional Hyperspace Drive (EHD) for Faster than Light (FTL) travel. Its maximum sublight speed is twenty thousand kilometers per hour.
In order to allow rapid transport throughout the ship the ship has three main travel devices, Hyperlifts, which carry up to twenty people which move throughout a lift corridor system, EM-Trams, which move through a network of magnetic rails with a maximum speed of twenty Km/h and lastly vehicle roads, which are similar to roads in a city, they often have anything from car size vehicles to two trailer cargo trucks moving though them.
Currently Serenity and Setsuna are on-board one of the Hyperlifts with a standard exploration team (1 leader, 1 medic, 2 scientists and 6 soldiers) heading for the port wing hanger bay. Within twenty minutes they are standing next to the Dropship as it undergoes its final preparations for takeoff, the Wave-arc engines come online in a shimmering glimmer, from each of the meter long exhaust vents six long tails or 'wakes' appear, shimmering every color of the rainbow. The Shimmer starts to float as the Anti-Gravity (AG) effect of the Wave-arc engines becomes apparent. Serenity jumps aboard the Shimmer, Setsuna right on her heels. After a few minute the rest of the team comes on board and sits in the rear transport compartment while Serenity and Setsuna sit in the forward transport compartment, as they get underway Setsuna turns to see Serenity nearly bouncing with impatience. Setsuna raises an eyebrow "Why so enthusiastic, Serenity"
Serenity blushes "W-w-what do you m-mean s-Setsuna?"
Setsuna pins Serenity with an interrogative look "Oh I think you know exactly what I'm talking about, ever since we showed the visual you've been chafing at the bit to get down to the lunar surface, are you that interested in this male?"
Serenity sighs and decides to give up the stalling and cut to the chase "I don't know why, but the moment I saw the visual something in me told me that this male will be important, every nerve in my body is screaming for me to go get him. What's happening with me?"
Setsuna grins and laughs "I think you have a crush on this young man, Serenity" Serenity gasps "No matter what he'll be helpful, he might be able to help us set up. As of right now we have only two colonies, Luna Ray our capital and Star's Reach on Pluto, we need some help to establish ourselves after the Dawn War. Right now our society is incredibly vulnerable to the ravages of interstellar space, we have been searching all the nearby solar systems to our home and this one, nearly twenty light years away is the only one with any hint of life. This man survived the destruction of his homeworld, if that doesn't indicate some sort of power I don't know what does. If we can get his help while we are building our society back up you can try courting him"
Serenity blushes and then sighs again "But what will happen? Eventually I'll outlive him by a wide margin. How will I be able to rule if I give my heart so quickly into the recreation of our society?"
Setsuna shakes her head in frustration at her friend and monarchs lack of thought she then sighs out "Serenity"
Serenity looks up at Setsuna's annoyed expression and asks "What's wrong Setsuna?"
Setsuna just sighs again before answering with "Think, if he is able to survive in space without protective equipment that means that he is similar to a Senshi, most likely he also shares a Senshi's longevity and strength. He could outlive you!"
Serenity's face resembles the dawning sun, her joy is almost blinding; a wide smile brightens her features. "You're right, I didn't even think of that. Of course" Then Serenity sighs "But what if he isn't interested in me?"
Setsuna gets up, walks over and sits down next to Serenity before giving her a one-armed hug "Even as the Senshi of Time I cannot give an answer to that question, you'll just have to take a leap like everyone else and hope that he likes you. But don't worry, you are very beautiful Serenity, he will be drawn to you. However you must take into account the courting practices of his people might be different to ours. Something that looks like a betrayal or a rejection might in fact just be part of the process, if we establish dialogue we'd have to ask. However if he's a soldier or warrior there is a chance he wasn't taught courting practices, so it'll be a leap of faith"
Serenity just nods, unable to speak.
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The Surface of the ECP Moon
Naruto watches in amazement as the smaller metal object that came from the large metal object draws near, behind it arcs of glowing light flare out seemingly making the object move forwards, he'd never seen anything like it. It flies over to a spot thirty feet in front of him and seems to set down, as it does a puff of gray dust floats outwards and then slowly starts to sink to the lunar surface. Soon an opening appears in the side and twelve beings disembark from the object, Naruto's eyes widen as he catches sight of one of the beings, she and it's definitely a she is wearing a silvery-white suit with a glass helmet. Her hair is silver similar to his own and her face… Naruto swallows as one of the most beautiful women he has ever seen walks towards him, then he sighs inwardly wondering why a woman as beautiful as that would ever want to be with a monster like himself. The other woman with her is in a Green and white body suit, her hair is a shade of emerald green, Naruto however used to strange hair colors he might be is still surprised with the color of the woman's hair.
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Ten feet away the women and their… 'Bodyguards?' stop, they seem to be observing him. Naruto in return observes them back, he is surprised when the woman with silver hair makes a 'follow me' gesture, but decides to follow anyways. Not like he has anything to be worried about anymore, any information he can give is… three? Four? Hundred years out of date and relates to places and people that no longer exist. Besides if they do kill him all it would do is release him from his torment, but… they may offer him something to do, something to relieve the monotony that has been his life for the last few hundred years. He follows them into the opening which shuts behind them, suddenly white gas begins to vent in. Naruto's eyebrows rise as he realizes that not only can he hear again, but that his sense of smell and that slight movement that is breathing is once again occurring.
Naruto notices the women talking to each other in a strange language, he cannot understand the language nor has he ever heard it's like before. Naruto watches as the two women argue? Over something and he sighs "Some things must be universal" he looks up and notices the two women and their bodyguards looking at him with shock and some amazement "What? Is there something on my face, what are you all looking at?"
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Serenity is resisting the urge the shout in happiness, she'd seen the look of shock and awe he'd given her and she knew that he found her attractive. At least that's what she thought until Setsuna comments "You know that look might have been him noticing your beauty or it could also be the simple fact of him noticing that another human being was in existence"
Serenity scowls at Setsuna "You're just saying that, he might just have been attracted to me or both possibilities at the same time"
Setsuna scoffs "I doubt it, he was surprised"
Serenity frowns at Setsuna "Attracted"
Setsuna huffs "Surprised"
"Attracted"
"Surprised"
Suddenly a male voice speaking a unknown language cuts over their argument "Some things must be universal" Serenity, Setsuna and the standard exploration team who had been trying to listen into their Queen's conversation without giving themselves away all turn to the strange man they'd picked up from the moon's surface. He notices them all looking at him "What? Is there something on my face, what are you all looking at?"
Setsuna and Serenity just stare for twenty seconds before shaking themselves out of their shock. Serenity decides to go for the simplest connection and points to herself and says "Serenity"
The man looks confused before realization sets and he points to himself and replies "Uzumaki, Naruto"
Setsuna mumbles "Two names?" Before she points to herself and says "Setsuna" in a louder voice.
Naruto nods, and then does a simple bow "Pleased to meet you"
Serenity bows back. Naruto smiles at this showing Serenity, Setsuna and the exploration team that that was probably one of the customs of his people.
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Data-file W-001 "Dawn War – Uncensored" (Senshi or Planetary Ruler Authorization required)
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Before the Silver Empire (Later known as the Silver Millennium) was re-founded in 000-000 ADW, all of humanity lived on their home planet Earth (or Seraph meaning 'Dawn' in Lunarii (See File P-03 'Earth/Seraph') The planet was split into two factions, the Silver Empire in the southern hemisphere lead by Queen Diana Serenity, and the Golden Kingdom in the northern hemisphere lead by King Arturo Eden. After several hundred years of peace the Silver Empire attempted to travel to the Moon (Sylvan (See File M-E/S1 'Sylvan') in order to colonize it. This lead to tensions rising as the Golden Kingdom thought that leaving Earth was heresy. Eventually it lead to war. Over Twenty long and brutal years of fighting, The Golden Kingdom was nearly annihilated; The Silver Empire lost all of its Earthbound cities and its Earthbound Capital, Argentum, as well as nearly 80% percent of its most advanced technologies and well over nine tenths of its population. Reduced to only two settlements, Luna Ray it's new capital on the Moon's surface near the intersection of the Sea of Eternity (Mare Serenitatis) and the Sea of Hope (Mare Tranquillitatis) and not far from the Silver Lake (Lacus Somniorum) And the distant colony of Star's Reach on Pluto where the 'Gates of Time' were forged. (See File P-09 'Pluto')
The last stats for the war indicate that the population drops were as follows.
Silver Empire
Originally: 2,524,342,314
After War: 162,142
Golden Kingdom
Originally: 5,332,678,324
After War: 34,483
The Golden Kingdom was reduced nearly 400 years technologically and their Capital Aurum and all of its subordinate cities were completely annihilated. However the Golden Empire did gain complete dominion of Earth.
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Over the next month as the Agamemnon's EHD moves it at FTL speeds towards the Sol system and Sylvan. Serenity and Setsuna, along with the scientists of the Agamemnon attempted to establish communications with Uzumaki Naruto. To say this was a difficult task would be an understatement; their first hurdle was trying to figure out what each other was saying. This lead to several embarrassing moments, especially when Setsuna made a comment about sex and Naruto repeated the word "Sex", this caused Serenity to remember some of her more vivid dreams and then faint from embarrassment. After which Naruto just went oh! And made a finger in hole motion with his hands, to which a blushing Setsuna just nods.
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By the time they dropped out of FTL over Sylvan's Capital Luna Ray, Naruto had already learned how to speak in fragmented sentences. His Shinobi training allowing him to adapt quickly to his new circumstances.
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HMS Agamemnon, Bridge. Orbit over Sylvan
Naruto turns to face Serenity as she looks at Luna Ray. "Happy… Home?" Serenity turns to face Naruto and nods smiling
"Yes"
Chapter 2
Beginnings
Part I: Arrival and Politics
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Politics: A combination of two words, Poli a Greek word meaning many and Tics, which are bloodsucking creatures. - Unknown
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"Argh" Serenity groans as she throws her head into her hands as they prepare to depart to Luna Ray. Naruto shoots her a look of concern.
"What… Problem?" Naruto asks haltingly as if trying to remember the words.
Serenity lifts her head from her hands and simply says "Politics" Naruto laughs.
"Back… Home… The Shadows… complained… about the… paperwork" Naruto responds still laughing slightly.
Serenity looks at him in confusion, as he remembers he hadn't explained much about his world "Shadows?"
Naruto coughs in embarrassment "Leaders… they were… called… Kage… Kage means Shadow"
Serenity looks interested so Naruto elaborates "My leader… Hokage… mean… Fire Shadow… My land… Land of Fire"
Serenity "Ohs" in understanding and then asks "You were a Fire… Warrior?"
Naruto shakes his head in answer to Serenity's question and then elaborates "No… Warriors were called… Samurai… I am… Shinobi… means… Death of… Beauty"
Serenity looks at Naruto with a worried expression "Death of Beauty?"
Naruto nods "You… could… say… Beautiful Death… or… Beauty in Death… or… the… Beauty of Death. All means… same thing… we stand… on the… borders of… Death and… in doing… so we see… the Beauty… of Life"
Serenity lets out the breath she held as he had explained the other meanings of his profession. She frowns and then with uncertainty says "So… your job… means that you spend… time in danger… and because of this you… appreciate? Life more"
Naruto nods then shakes his head "Yes… and no. It also means… that we die… with purpose… to protect… our 'king'"
Serenity frowns at her lack of knowledge "Your leader?"
Naruto shakes his head "No… for Shinobi… Our 'king' is… the next… Generation… We fight… in the hope… that they won't… have to" understanding lights up in Serenity's eyes.
"So you risk your life so that the children may live in peace" Naruto nods while smiling at Serenity.
"Yes… But war… is cycle… as one ends… it sows… the seeds… of the next… this is… a fact… of life. One that… can only… be solved by… three means. The first… is annihilation… of all life. The second… is genocide… the slaying of… all, those who oppose… and sometimes… your… own people. The third… is universal understanding… through knowledge… of our opponents… we gain… an appreciation… for those we… fight. Eventually they… become… our brothers… and sisters… as we learn… their purpose… their resolve… we understand… and agree with… their reason… their desire for… fighting… eventually we… help them overcome… this problem… and enjoy… peace. However… this is… the hardest… method of… the three. But also the… most worthy" Serenity nods; she can hear the anger and regret in his voice. She knows this information was hard earned. Since his people are dead, Serenity can guess what the price was. Naruto chuckles "We seem… to have… drifted from… our original… conversation. However… you have… learned more… of my people… the more… you learn… the more… mistakes you… can avoid"
Serenity frowns at what Naruto said "What do you mean by 'The more you learn the more mistakes you can avoid'?"
Naruto looks thoughtful for a moment before he answers "My people… were destroyed… because of… greed and envy… and also… anger and hatred. By learning of… their fate… you can avoid… a similar fate. One bit of… advice? Nobles and councils never… know what the… commoners want… remember to… keep an ear… out for the people… and they will follow… you to hell and back" Naruto sighs and Serenity looks at him with concern.
"How do you know that?" Naruto looks up and gives a sad smile.
"The council of my… village, decided to lie… to the villagers… about me… made them think… I was demon… when people find… out truth… council overthrown… people rebelled. Many injured… many die" Naruto looks at Serenity with power in his gaze "Remember… that those that want… power are always… more interested in… themselves. However those that… don't want… power are not… they care more… for other and… the people" Naruto then nods to himself and walks off towards his quarters.
"He's right you know" Setsuna's voice makes Serenity jump before she whirls around to see Setsuna standing there.
Serenity sighs in defeat "I know, and that breaks my heart" Setsuna just puts a hand on Serenity's shoulder and squeezes.
"At least you now have someone to talk to, who isn't a servant or subordinate. That's a rare gift for a monarch, but a valuable one" Setsuna lets go of Serenity's shoulder and walks off to her quarters. Serenity after pondering on what both Naruto and Setsuna said to her soon leaves to her own quarters.
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Data-file: "Government of the Silver Empire"
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The Silver Empire has a most unique government, the head of state and government overall is the Queen, currently Queen Serenity II. However the set up currently in use is that each planet will have its own Government sub-servant to the Silver Empire. In simpler terms, each planet governs itself and the rulers report to the Queen in the Astronomical Council. The Astronomical Council is held weekly on the last day of the week, Starfall.
(A/N the Silver Empire seven days of the week are in order: Sun's Rising (Monday), Sylvan's Zenith (Tuesday), Sun's High (Wednesday), Auroras (Thursday), Divinity's Fall (Friday), Deep Nova (Saturday) and Starfall (Sunday))
The Queen has three advisory councils: the Astronomical Council, The Council of Lords and the Legion's Meet. The Council of Lords meets once a month and is comprised of the top noble houses of both the Empire itself and each of its composite planets.
The Legion's Meet is a quad-Annual (Once every three solar months) meeting between the Queen and the legates of each planet's legions (See File: Silver Empire Military Structure-Edu.)
However despite the three councils the Queen retains a totalitarian power scheme over the Empire allowing her complete and total control of all of the empire's resources.
However due to the size and complexity of the empire some of her duties are instead given to the Silver Guard with the queen retaining Veto power over all decisions (Current positions: Mistress of Innovation and Technology, Mistress of Infrastructure, Mistress of Civil Services, Mistress of the Treasury, Commander-in-Chief, Grand Elder, Mistress of Resources, Mistress of Space Exploration, Mistress of Populace and Mistress of Education) Please note that all members of the Silver Guard except for the Military's Commander-in-Chief and the Judicial System's Grand Elder are given the traditional title of Mistress.
NOTE: However due to the lack of a large organized Military there is no Commander-in-Chief, also the positions of Mistress of Populace (Oversees Empire Censuses and keeps track of planetary populations as well as the overall population of the Empire, also is in charge of Worker Safety Organizations and Anti-Abuse organizations), Mistress of Space Exploration and Mistress of Innovation and Technology are similarly empty.
Accurate as of 273-21 ADW (After Dawn War).
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Luna Ray, Main Starport, 281-21 ADW
Behind Naruto the Shimmer that brought him, Serenity and Setsuna to the Capital gently lowers to the ground as its engine core powers down. A high-pitch humming can be heard from dozens of mining ships and atmospheric aircraft coming and going. The Main Starport of Luna Ray is actually about 15 Kilometers to the east of the city in order to prevent air traffic from waking the populace. Nearby some men working for the airport under the direction of a female supervisor unload a mining frigate. Behind him a dozen Royal Guards unload the Shimmer he had traveled in.
The Starport has an interesting layout, in the center is a space elevator leading to the only Shipyard available to the Silver Empire at the current time. The Shipyard itself resembles a snowflake over two kilometers wide with dozens of incomplete mining frigates and even a mobile refinery ship under construction, above the construction zone and below the super-heavy docks is a kilometer wide ring connected to the central shaft of the Shipyard by four long corridors where civilian ships can dock. At the very top of the shipyard about six hundred meters above the civilian docking ring are the super-heavy docking berths for massive ships like the Agamemnon. Resembling a flat plate with indentations for large warships it is the biggest part of the Shipyards at over three kilometers in diameter.
The Starport itself has four districts one in each cardinal direction, to the north is the military zone, the east is for industrial ships and the south is a combination of civilian docking zones and eight, one kilometer long runways for atmospheric aircraft. The western district is a combination of a terminal, control tower, shopping district and Magrail station leading to Luna Ray proper.
Naruto looking up through the silver sky of Sylvan just shakes his head at the size of the massive docking structure above him. He is still awed at the wonders the people he has chosen to travel and live with are capable of. Maybe one day he would be able to create such wonders as well. Naruto shakes his head as he realizes that Setsuna is calling to him "Naruto, the Magrail train is about to leave come on" Naruto runs to catch up with the Senshi of Pluto, he walks alongside her heading for the only way to get to Luna Ray that doesn't involve running or walking. As he walks to the Magrail train station with Setsuna he notices that as fancy as her staff seems it is… incomplete, it feels like it's not finished.
Despite how rude it might be Naruto asks "Setsuna-san, may I… ask a question?"
Setsuna looks a little confused but nods a confirmation anyway.
Naruto nods towards her staff and says "Is that… staff of yours… complete? It feels… unfinished… to me"
Setsuna's eyes grow wide in surprise but she answers "No its not, how did you know?"
Naruto's eyes grow misty and he says "My old Sensei… Teacher, taught me… about… seals… he also taught… me to recognize… a faulty or… incomplete seal. Your staff has a… similar feel? To it"
Setsuna looks confused and then a look of revelation crosses her face and she says "Maybe your 'seals' are similar to what we call Magi-tech. We use a pre-determined pattern powered by mana to create an effect" Setsuna pulls out a small book from one of her pockets with her free hand and opens it to a page, she shows it to Naruto. Its covered with a circular magical design surrounded by magical symbols, at the center is the symbol of Pluto.
Naruto studies the design and says "It's similar… to a space… Spatial? And… Time, no… Temporal? Seal… that is used… to predict weather. However this one… is untargeted… I guess it… focuses on whatever… the… user? Wielder? Wants it to"
The shock is clearly evident on Setsuna's face, Serenity having walked up just before Naruto started the conversation has trouble holding in her giggles at the look on Setsuna's face. Setsuna's brain eventually reboots as they step on to the train. (A/N the train looks like a Japanese bullet train, it just has a few little tricks that allow it to move faster). The group sits down in a private compartment and Setsuna says "Yes, that's correct. It's part of a series of Magi-tech designs comprised into a complex Technomagical Matrix that makes up a special artifact called the 'Gates of Time'. My 'Staff' as you call it is the control mechanism for the Gates. However it isn't synchronizing with the Gates matrix"
Naruto nods and thinks to himself for a second before he snaps his fingers and says "Does it have a… Translation? Design to allow… the Gates and… staff to communicate? Also… does the staff… have a name?"
Setsuna frowns a bit "Translation design? Oh you must mean a network protocol" Naruto looks at Setsuna in confusion "We have devices called computers, they're complex Technological devices that run a form of matrix called an Operating System, There are several different types of Operating System. But they all have a 'Network Protocol' to allow them to communicate, is that what you're talking about?"
Naruto holds out his right hand and shakes it in a 'sort of' gesture "Similar but… a translation… seal. Is used to… create a command… bond? Link?" Serenity returns the 'sort of' gesture "Anyway it… designates one part of the… matrix?" Setsuna nods "As the command section and the other as the… functional?" Setsuna nods hesitantly "Section."
Serenity looks awestruck and says "Ahh. You're referring to a ranged control matrix, it names one part the 'functional' part of a matrix that actually does whatever it is we want it to. While it names the other part a 'control' matrix that actually makes the 'functional' part run. Is that what you're talking about?" Naruto nods in agreement.
Setsuna shakes her head in disbelief "Could it really be that simple?"
Naruto shakes his head in a negative answer and says "Unlikely… You also have to… factor in… Variables? Like distance… the Nature of the… matrix and the location. Since it's a… Temporal matrix, the control… mechanism is much more… complex. You have to think of… the effect of time… on the device." Naruto then rolled up his right sleeve showing a storage seal, the two women had wondered what they were since they first saw them but chose not to invade Naruto's privacy.
Naruto bites his left thumb and wipes the blood on the seal, to the women's disgust and then surprise as a large scroll about the length of Naruto's forearms appears. Both Setsuna and Serenity shout in surprise and the door to the compartment is flung open and a couple of Royal Guard rush in. Embarrassed Setsuna dismisses them by telling them that she and Serenity were surprised by something and there was no danger. The Royal Guards leave but not before giving Naruto the 'Death Glare™' which has no effect on him as he is a former Shinobi and is used to much worse death glares, and of course seeing the righteous feminine fury directed at his old mentor Jiraiya.
Naruto unfurls the scroll to show a complex seal, he looks up at Setsuna and Serenity and says "This is a… experimental seal for the… manipulation of time, I was… working on it in an… attempt to return back… to the past and alter… history, then I realized the dangers… inherent in such an… irrational action. Seal is stable… though, if a little… oversized. I didn't have to worry about size… I was the only one to see it after all"
Serenity starts at Naruto's words "You were trying to travel back in time?"
Naruto nods slowly "Yes… but figured it was… pointless. Allows for temporal… travel only, not spatial. Would have been stuck… not to mention would have… encountered past self. Do not wish to… end up like 'Village Hidden in Time' They tried to… manipulate the past… disappeared, warning to all… temporal manipulation dangerous. Spatial-Temporal manipulation somewhat… safe in comparison"
Both Setsuna and Serenity are rendered mute by the idea that a species that hadn't even discovered the knowledge of space travel had knowledge time travel and paradoxes.
But they begin to ignore that and Serenity asks Naruto "Naruto, what was your life like? I've wanted to ask for a while"
Naruto smiles at Serenity and Setsuna and begins to regale them with the stories of his youth.
They giggled at the pranks.
They cried at the mention of the Sandaime's death.
They shook their heads at the description of Fangirls.
They nodded sagely at Tsunade's reaction to Naruto's 'nickname'.
They cursed Sasuke for his treachery.
They were so engulfed in the story that they barely noticed that they had arrived at Luna Ray. Naruto had only just finished the story of his training trip and was about to begin the story of Gaara's kidnapping and rescue, when they were forced to stop. But he happily promised to keep telling them the story, he'd discovered how much closure there was in simply telling people his story.
Naruto began to wonder whether he should learn the written language of the Silver Empire and write his story out for others to read. Either way he decided to learn more of the language, if only so that he could read the signs so he wouldn't get lost.
Then they arrived at the Royal Palace (in construction) Naruto had to fight off the desire to gape. The Palace is a work of art, even incomplete. The Palace is shaped like a circle with a large garden/park in the center. In the north wing is the Royal residence and guest residences, in the east wing are the kitchens, laundry rooms and various other rooms for vital services, in the west wing is the bureaucracy HQ, the 'War Room' and the Lunar AI Mainframe. Finally in the south wing is the Throne Room, the Supreme Court, The Council Chambers (Astronomical, Lords and Legion's Meet) as well as a room set aside for the Senshi to meet and strategize.
As Naruto, Serenity and Setsuna walk towards the Palace a woman walks towards them. Naruto instinctively holds back his shudder, if the scars are any indication the entire right side of this woman is covered in burn scars. Luckily her face only has a small patch on her right cheek.
Naruto is introduced to the woman, apparently her name is Melissa Mao and she is the Mistress of Resources. She was coming to ask if Serenity had discovered any resource rich asteroids or planets on her trip.