?, February 07, 2531 (military calendar)

Planet Unknown

?Inside Planet?

With the Arbiter finally dead on the ground Forge turned to see the Spartans working on the slipspace drive and opening up the main doors for it.

"Jerome, how does it look?" he asked limping up to them as Ashoka walked up to him to provide first aid with Haku doing the same to Zabuza.

"We are still good to go. No further damage has been done to the drive during the combat. I will load it into the bay and activate it" he answered pushing some more buttons as the pelican gunship hovered nearby for all of them to get on.

Douglas walking over to him helped him up into the gunship as Ashoka continued giving him care while Leon helped Zabuza. Forge watched as the device was put activated and put into the elevator, and the rest of the Spartan's climbed onboard.

"Pilot, get us back to the ship, fast" ordered Leon as the ship rose away from the platform in a spin and took off to the direction of the ship.

It took a few minutes of travel when Leon standing behind the pilot's seat could see the ruined area with smokes and fires going on and the ships hovering above the entrance. Flying towards the bay they could see the ruins from the ground was coming from a Covenant base that was slowly getting overrun by the flood.

The Bridge

Hiruzen and Naruto were looking things over and waiting for the last pelican to land when the bridge doors opened to reveal Captain Cutter and Kakashi, Dr. Anders, and the Sergeant. Being in the bridge the Sergeant moved to the side and stand at ease while the other three moved to behind the captain's chair.

"Admiral Hiruzen, nice to finally meet you" said Captain Cutter shaking his hand. "Likewise. I suggest you all take a seat. We are leaving momentarily" he stated as a comms officer yelled "All personal are onboard. Spartan team Omega and Zabuza's team are checking in with Spartan Red Team and Sergeant Forge"

"Good. Kora, Precious Justice. Get us out of here" he ordered as the two appeared on the holo deck and saluted him. "Roger Sir"

With that the ship pulled away from its hover in place and entered the exit with the three warships following. They navigated through the exit as the timer on the slip space drive bomb went off in the core. The ships shuddered as they felt the planet collapsing in on itself just as they made it out of the planet and into orbit.

"Make the jump!" he yelled as the slipspace drives activated and with the coordinates already in place all four ships entered blue portals leaving the area as the planet exploded.

With the surrounding area being covered in blue light the crew used this chance to relax a bit in their stations as Naruto typed on the command deck.

"Kora, Precious Justice. Perform multiple scans of the ships. Make sure there is no trace of trackers or the flood. If you find tracers fry them. If the flood, seal off the area and send in Sentinels to wipe them out" he ordered as they went to work.

"Admiral, I'm going to check in on a few crews before calling it a night. Alert me when we arrive at Reach's area of operations" he finished. "Understood. Go get some rest while I debrief Cutter and Anders"

2 hours Later

Now fully out of armor he was walking to his large home as the blue light from the slipspace illuminated the skies.

"Dad's home!" yelled a voice as Naruto looked at the door to see his kids come charging out at him and spearing him into the ground. Deciding to lay back on the cool grass as he looked at the beautiful light he listened in as all his kids asked him questions and told him stories. He could see from multiple angles that their mothers came to join him as they listened to them. He even told a few of his own stories as from the corner of his eye he saw Zabuza being helped to relax on the grass by Haku and Ashoka.

With no worries at this moment, they could use this time to relax and recover. Seeing a tall ship from the distance, he pointed over to it for his kids to see.

"That is one of the ships that joined us. It's thousands of years old, made by an ancient alien, but extremely powerful. With that ship added to our own tech, we will becoming even powerful enough to fight off the evil aliens" he finished as some of the kids cheered while some looked in awe at its unique shape and yellow lighting.

After relaxing a while and everyone fulling their bellies the kids were put to sleep allowing for the adults to talk in the living room. They were heading to planet Reach and with that a few things that were held off needed to be settled. They needed to have talks with the Clan Leaders to satisfy them with their kid's new arrangements. That means the Uzumaki, Uchiha, Senju, Hyuuga, Yamanka, and Inuzuka clans.

"We also have to make sure they aren't offended and equally compensated for allowing these relationships to happen. If one clan is favored over the other, it will cause issues" said Hinata as Shaak Ti made some notes on the pad.

"I say we make a joint appointment for all of the representatives to attend" stated Shaak Ti. "This way there will be nothing to hide from the others, no shady dealings, and they are all treated equally. I can type up a memo explaining some of the basics to the groups and set the meeting for a few weeks after we land in Reach" she finished as the group thought on it for a second before agreeing.

"Now the part about Reach" said Aayla. "I have been looking over a few areas to buy and found some you might like to buy in order to land the ship and start building up there. We can get resources shipped there to finish the upgrades and make another permanent base as well as a shipping yard" she stated handing her pad to Naruto as he looked over the spots she recommended.

"This one, near the mountains. We won't be far from the minerals, and we have a lot of space to expand" he answered handing back the pad to Aayla as she nodded. "Okay, I will get to work on getting that sorted for our arrival" she smiled working on the pad.

"Ladies. When we arrive we will be lowering down our activities. We all need some breaks, and the troops need R&R as well as replenishment. I know some of you want to continue on your work (looks at Catherine, Tenten, and Tsunade) and you will be allowed to do so but only on limited time. You have lives outside of that and you have time" he answered as some smiles were given while a few frowned at him.

"Well, if you are taking away my research time, you will be making it up to me in other ways" stated Tsunade standing up and grabbing him by the wrist. Dragging him to his feet she led the way to the master bedroom.

"There is some fucking going around here. You do it, or I will be the one to do it. Your choice" she warned as Naruto looked at her in alarm. 'Oh hell no!' he thought stepping forward and lifting her over his shoulder to head for his room.

"Nobody is fucking me" he warned as Anko smirked following after them while dragging Tsunami with her. The question on the others mind was 'should they join'.

Next Day

Naruto walking through the halls in his uniform with Shaak Ti was taking notes on the situation going on. Flood spores were found on the hull of the Spirit of Fire the other day, but they were all wiped out before any spreads could occur. The whole ship was now flood and tracer free.

"Ah, just the person wanted to see" spoke up a voice revealing it to be Doctor Ellen Anders. "I have so many questions and thought it would be best to hear it from the source" she stated.

"Alright, walk with us and ask away. Where you like to start?"

"Alright, let's start off with this massive ship. Can you give me a basic description and purpose?"

"The Elemental's Freedom is a massive carrier designed to support and command fleets on a massive scale. Using our own advance technology, we combined it with captured and found Covenant and Forerunner technology. We are still working on recruiting and staffing all positions in the ship. Once done the ship would be broken down into different civilian sectors, a navy, army, air force, space operations, marines, and special forces. Our plan is to fully staff all positions once we are at Reach"

"It sounds like your ship will have thousands on board. I'm sure you have some sort of structure devised to keep everything organized?". "Yes, we do plus we have multiple A.I.'s to assist in everything"

"And what about the ships docked in the bay? What's going on with them?"

"They are being repaired in upgrade, but we had to shift the focus to the main ship. Once that is done, we will shift the focus to the Frigates and Destroyers. After will be the Cruisers and Phoenix-Class ships. Finally, will be the Punic ship. Once those are done, we will purchase and build more ships in the bay to increase the fleet size"

"And those three new warships?". "They will stay with us while we study them more" he answered as they were walking in the doom city. They could see people relaxing and going about their day like in a normal small city.

"You recruited a lot of people to your group and have created quite the family. You have how many wives, girlfriends, and kids?"

"Five wives, two I'm engaged to, three I'm dating, and four I'm in and out of a relationship with. Nineteen kids currently. They are the love of my life and why I will keep fighting for them" he answered with a smile thinking about them.

"Elemental's large families. This is quite normal for your people so its not surprising. What is surprising is the people in it. Different species and personalities. Especially Halsey of all people. I know you are aware of what she has done" she stated facing him as he nodded.

"Yes, I'm aware which is why I'm giving her another chance while being her anchor for morals. Don't want her to fall off the deep end" he explained. "I heard she has a child with you now". "Ah yes little Miranda. She is such a joy to be around and learning so fast. Surprisingly she said that she doesn't want to be a warrior like me or a scientist like her mother. She want's to be a Captain" he chuckled as they entered the elevator to head to the ship bay.

They entered the bay to walk along the long catwalk to ships slowly being worked on. They could see from the side the exit into outside space lighting up with blue light before it stopped to show space.

"We have arrived and approaching Planet Reach" spoke up Shaak Ti to which he thanked.

"What about the status of me and the Spirit of Fire?" asked Anders as he smiled at her. "That's up to you and Captain Cutter. If you want, you can join the crew but keep in mind you will be working with Catherine. But you get access to high tech gear, research, and resources" he offered with a shrug as she smirked

"I get to annoy and show up Halsey while having access to more things that the UNSC couldn't provide. Sign me up"

Planet Reach

It was a bit of a hassle, but they were able to gain clearance to land in their purchase spot. The UNSC didn't have them fully registered and were about to engage them but a talk with Admiral Holland fixed all of that. The ship was now on the ground constructing the base as supplies flew in from the planet, off space, and from the ship. Within a week of them setting up unfortunately they were called into a meeting with the UNSC personal. Something they were expecting but not this soon.

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