I'm going to be using this chapter to explain a lot of things as I don't want to backtrack on too many things.

1900 hours, January 27, 2531 (military calendar)

Planet Harvest Orbit

Elemental's Freedom

Kushina had finally caught up to Naruto who was walking next to Shaak Ti through the empty halls. She had to find out the answer to her previous question. "Can you answer me about the kids? I want some answers" she stated as Shaak Ti looked to Naruto.

"Would you allow me?" she asked as Naruto gave her the nod of go ahead. "Naruto being a Uzumaki Elemental decided to get married to multiple females he had been involved with" she started.

"Wait he did so without notifying the Uzumaki Council? You didn't even register the marriage on UNSC database or Elemental registry. I would have gotten the notice if you did" she interrupted

"Yes, because we agreed wanted to keep this private. We were going to publish the records soon enough so no need to worry"

"Yeah, and good luck with dealing with the clan head" she mumbled

"Continuing on Naruto first marriages and kids are to Tsunami, Sakura, and Tenten. Tsunami gave birth to a boy named Arashi, Sakura to a girl named Sarada, and Tenten to a boy named Menma. It was some time later that due to certain circumstances he became involved with more females.

Tsunami gave birth to another boy named Inabi. Sakura gave birth to a boy named Takami. Tenten gave birth to a girl named Mai. Uchiha Sasuki who he is currently unmarried to give birth to two boys named Sozen and Sasken and a girl named Azula. Haku who decided to marry him gave birth to the twins named Tsuki and Hiro. Yamanaka Ino who is currently engaged to him gave birth to the twin boys Inosuke and Inodaya. Hyuuga Hinata who he is also engaged to give birth to a boy named Boruto and not too long ago a girl named Himawari. Anko is currently undecided about marriage but gave birth to a girl named Isaribi.

Two more which is a bit tricky of a situation as they decided to be with him for their own reasons have a kid of their own. Tsunade has a boy by the name of Nawaki and Catherine has a girl named Miranda. I currently married to him as well and have a daughter Sheda Ti" she finished as Kushina looked at her in shock. 'She has 18 grand kids and 5 daughters in laws with the potential for more'

"Dear god that's a lot. You mentioned the last name of a few of them. Clan reasons?" she questioned as she nodded yes. "Naruto needs to talk to the clan heads for full permission to marry them, so they need to work some things out"

"So where are the kids now?"

"They are in school right now. They learn fast for their age, so our A.I. Kora is currently teaching them"

"Ah, well hopefully he is not messing with anymore females" she muttered as Shaak Ti laughed lightly not mentioning Aayla, Kurenai, and Shizune.

Youth Academy (Built within the dome)

The kids ages 2 and up were sitting down at their tables as the A.I. Kora was teaching the class. With the progress they have been making in their studies Kora gave them the opportunity to ask any question they liked. Hiro raising his hand to ask a question Kora allowed him to do so.

"Why does it take so long to move from spot to spot in space?"

"Well to simplify things its due to the space between distance and our technology. Based on the current UNSC technology it would take 3 hours for a ship to travel from the planet Earth to Mars" she started explaining as a projection was displayed to show them. "Through the use a slip space technology we are allowed to make jumps which shortens travel time. So, the time it will take to get from Earth to Mars would be 1 minute.

Now to make to much farther planets it would takes days or lifetimes without the use of slip space drives. Your father's home planet is considered to be out in the outer colonies. It is considering the most important outer colony for the humans. The travel distance from Elemental to Earth would be nearly a year due to the distance. And from Planet Reach it would be 8 to 9 months.

Due to the travel time from Earth the UNSC has a lot of their fleets an equal distance from Earth and Reach as that's their two most important planets. The Covenant is known to have even faster slip space drives and ours is one created from forerunner technology" she stated as Nawaki raised his hand in confusion.

"Forerunner?"

"The Forerunner's are an ancient species that seem to be no longer around. As for the forerunner slip space drive it allows for extreme speeds of travel. Something that would take months of travel to get to a destination would only be a few minutes" she finished as a lot more hands were raised for questions.

"This is going to be a long day" Kora smiled as she called on the next person's question.

Spartan Armor Bay

Dr. Halsey guided the spartan team to the massive bay and was explaining the area to them. Pointing to the rows of platforms on different levels she explained that "that is where you will equip and remove your armor. The mechanical armors will ease the process for you. Down below in the middle is the training field which you can use for practice and training. The room on the middle is the command deck. You will get your briefs there and the team leads will be planning there" she finished as Naomi spoke up.

"There are a lot of platforms and only four of us" she stated as she nodded. "I have plans for more Spartans but under Naruto's and Admiral Hiruzen's strict guidelines. Some of the guidelines is volunteers only and a very much higher success rate which I agreed to"

"More Spartans. How's the progress of that looking?"

"Slow at the moment as I have multiple projects going on. While I have split up the work with my fellow co workers we do require each other's assistance from time to time" she explained

"Who are the other coworkers?" she asked as Catherine smiled at her. "You were always the curious one. It doesn't hurt to tell you this much. Tsunade works on all things medical. She does help me with the Spartan project from time to time. Tenten who is an engineer here works on re-engineering and creating. Sakura another doctor works foreign biology to include the Covenant and other alien species. She does help Tsunade and me at times. I work on Forerunner technology as well as the Spartan project. We all have our other projects that we are working on that Naruto funds and monitors. He usually gives us free reign unless we do something that can hurt us or others.

I'm currently focus on quite a bit of forerunner tech, so Tsunade and Sakura are assisting me with the medical portion of the Spartan project while Tenten is assisting with the armor. She had already created some equipment that you can add to your armor" she finished

"So, we are the first Spartan's to be stationed on this ship" muttered Naomi looking around at all the gear she could practice and use.

"Besides Naruto yes you are. Well Spartan Kilo, familiarize yourself with the area and when you are done let the A.I. know so he can direct you to your rooms. The A.I.'s name is Yami" she explained snapping her fingers for a dark green male A.I. dressed in a black military uniform to appear. He gave off a determined Drill Sergeant look that would intimidate most but not the Spartans. They were used to it.

Naruto's Residence

Kushina kept firing off question after question to Shaak Ti as they made back to their home. She wanted to know about the large family as well as the army/company she just joined. She also needed to find out where she belonged in this large group to which Shaak Ti answered.

"At the moment you and your entire crew is grounded" "WHAT!" she roared in anger ready to choke her daughter in law.

"Yes. Your ship is heavily damaged. We need to repair, upgrade, rearm, and restaff it. Your personnel are extremely tired or injured. They need the R&R to get back in shape. We will do so while training them up on the new things they will be using here and on the battlefield. You can use the rest as well" she explained as Kushina looked away unable to argue against the fact.

"Our ship will be providing support to Kumo's Reckoning and Mizu's Shield at Harvest. Reports of incoming fleets will be arriving soon to reinforce them and to take over your last post so use this time to relax and familiarize yourself with the ship" she finished as they followed Naruto who entered the large home.

They watched as Naruto greeted everyone in the house giving hugs and kisses before Haku grabbed him by the arm and guided the two into a room. Kushina was going to ask what was that all about but a woman on the couch wearing a button-down uniform interrupted her.

"Don't worry about those two. Haku gives a crazy good massage which is what she likes to do when he gets home. She got some magical hands. So, relax, take a seat, and the name is Anko" she introduced as Kushina nodded and sat down on the couch nearby.

"Mine is Kushina". "Alright Kushina, so what's your story? Are you fucking him as well now? Going to pop out some babies or maybe marriage?" she smirked as Kushina blushed at the suggestion

"I am his mother!" she shouted as Anko shrugged. "So, that doesn't really answer the question. I know clans do it with their own clan members to keep the line strong. I know the Uzumaki have done it in the past. I was ONI after all" she smirked as Kushina glared at her

"No, I'm not here to fuck my son. He has enough on his plate and it's only going to get bigger. Especially with the UNSC knowing about all this and the clans getting involved with his relationships" she explained

"So, what you are saying is, if all this wasn't an issue, you would fuck your son" she laughed as Kushina choked on her reply.

"Anko, knock it off. No need to pressure her into that" spoke up Ino walking into the living room with short shorts and a ting top. Giving a Ino a pout she looked back at Kushina and gave her a smirk as Shaak Ti sat down nearby.

"So, I answered a lot of your questions, would you mind answering mine" she asked as Kushina gave her a "go ahead". "Why did you leave Naruto with Hiruzen instead of taking care of him?". When she finished the question, the room was quite as everyone stopped to listen to her reply.

Releasing a deep breathe and leaning back some she answered. "There was no single reason on why I left him behind. To serve my planet and clan as a role model. To fight to keep keeping enemies away from Elemental and in return my son. Because I thought I wouldn't be a good mother but trusted Hiruzen to raise him right. Because I was hurting from my husband's death and wanted revenge on the alien bastards. Because Naruto reminded me too much of Minato and it would be too soon for me right after his death. I would baby him and never let him leave my arms in fear of losing him. He would never grow up to be the strong man he is now. And the Covenant were kicking our asses so bad the UNSC needed all the help and talent they could get" she stated making a variety of emotions cross their face

"But I never stopped loving him or thinking about him. All the battles I fought would mean nothing if he wasn't safe. I would never abandon him, but I felt like I did. I hope that now that I'm here I could make it up to him but any means possible" she finished as the group finished their thoughts on that unaware that Haku and Naruto heard from the next room.

"You could just fuck him and have his kids" offered Anko with a shrug. "ANKO!" yelled Ino as she laughed at her.

"I'll go help get the food ready. The kids and the others should be coming home soon" spoke up Shaak Ti standing up and heading for the kitchen.

So, for now on if you have questions, it will be answered in some form when the kids are at the academy.

Naruto's current relationships:

Sakura (wife) – (kids) Sadara and Takami

Tsunami (wife) – (kids) Arashi and Inabi

Tenten (wife) – (kids) Menma and Mai

Shaak Ti (wife) – (kids) Sheda Ti

Haku (wife) – (kids) Tsuki and Hiro

Sasuki (difficult) – (kids) Sozen, Sasken, and Azula

Anko (difficult) – (kids) Isaribi

Ino (Engaged) – (kids) Inosuke and Inodaya

Hinata (Engaged) – (kids) Boruto and Himawari

Aayla Secura (dating)

Tsunade (difficult) – (kids) Nawaki

Shizune (dating)

Kurenai (dating)

Catherine (difficult) – (kids) Miranda

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