1400 hours, May 12, 2528 (military calendar)

Space Graveyard

Daylin Orbit, Planet Daylin

The operation has been going on for a few hours now. Tazuna had his crew working to the max. There was a lot of wreckage and bodies to collect. The best way to collect as much as possible was to take any UNSC wreckage and immediately process it. Whatever got process was moved to a nearby ship for storage. The Covenant wreckage was just placed in any available storage across the fleet. While sad for the lost of life he saw massive opportunities.

One opportunity was the wreckage being reused to build more ships, equipment, and supplies. He could also put the wreckage in multiple projects that he wanted to start up. Some that came to mind once he saw the plant Daylin. He would never want to see his home world like that. He could also sell lots of material to the UNSC and other corporations for credits or more precisely designs. Why buy things from them when you can make it yourself.

The second opportunity was the tech. He was going to have Kora, Tenten, Tazuna, and every available mechanic or technician focused on the Covenant technology. He wants to replicate their tech and place it on his fleet and crew. Combine both UNSC and Covenant tech and come out with something better. Maybe even travel to the other species home world around the galaxy to trade for tech.

Taking a sip from his coffee as he stood looking outside the bridge's window Naruto thought that he rather does both choices. He would not let this fate fall upon Elemental or his family. Taking another sip, he continued to watch the massive operations as a figure walked up to stand next to him.

Looking to the side he saw it was Sasuki now dressed in her UNSC formals. "Now do you see the results of the war" she stated looking at the wreckage.

"I never stated that it wasn't bad. Just that I'm not going to throw my fleet at the Covenant just so the UNSC has another meat shield to give them some time. I won't even say hide behind because they wouldn't be able to hide from this. But I will provide assistance to the UNSC like I have been" he explained as she narrowed her eyes at him. "But don't get things wrong. My family comes first, then Elemental, and finally the rest of the worlds" he warned glaring back at her for a second before looking back outside.

The operation would take some time, but they had until there storage was filled or until something happened. He could only it's the first of the two. For now, keeping the scanners on maximum was the best option.

A Few Days Later

It took time but the storages on each ship was mostly filled to the brim. While the storage was nearly filled the graveyard looked to be only 1/20 of the way done. He needed to make either multiple trips or buy more ships. Performing multiple trips seem very risky so buying more ships was the option. Mining ships like Tazuna's for now which could be modified. Expensive to buy and man but with a loan from the Daimyo for fire country he would be able to buy five more, but this would be a big loan. The Daimyo would want a stake in something to compensate for it.

Off in the distance a small blip appeared causing Kora to send an alarm to Naruto's chair. Pulling it up she displayed it for the bridge to see. "Naruto that's not friendly. Scans shows that to be a single Covenant CRS-class frigate" she explained

"Condition red! Everyone to their battle stations! Are we in range?" yelled out Naruto as the alarm sounded and everything dim red. He could even see Anko limp her way into the bridge which while amusing he tried his best to hold it in and only smirked slightly.

"No sir. We are not in range. Admiral Hiruzen is having the fleet group up in order to form a defensive net at this moment" explained a male manning some of the systems. "Alright we will follow his instructions on this"

With Admiral Hiruzen

He had the fleet in close formation, but he didn't want the fleet to stay here. They would just be inviting the enemy in for reinforcements. The best course of action was to retreat but he couldn't allow them to track the fleet back to Elemental. That ship had to be destroyed first.

"Jake contact the Majestic Fox" he ordered as the man nodded and set up a connection.

"Admiral Hiruzen what can I do for you?" questioned Naruto from the screen.

"I need you to launch a tracking bogey. Have Kora do the tracking and then have her set up the data for all ships to lock onto that bogey. Once it attaches to enemy ship, we will launch a full-scale bombardment on it and jump to the location I have provided to make sure we aren't tracked and then head back to Elemental" he ordered as Naruto look to the side at Kora. "Consider it done"

From the Majestic a small probe was launched from its side flying through orbit towards the enemy ship. Avoiding and using the wreckage as cover it moved as close as it could before the thrusters de activated allowing it to float towards the ship and land on it hull. Once contacted with the hull gel formed allowing for it to stick to it.

With the device in place ships from the fleet unleashed a payload of missiles curving around the wreckage towards the enemy ship as they started their slip space drive. Once the missiles were in range of the ship blue plasma lasers were being shot out to deflect some of the missiles but there were too many as the shields of the ship were shown as they were bombarded. Not waiting to see if the ship survived the assault the fleet performed its jumped escaping the area.

Nearby Asteroid Field

The fleet exited the jump with no issues, and everyone accounted for. Moving the ships to another location while rearming they waited some time while setting up Elemental for their next jump. With the area being cleared the fleet performed another jump and they were on the way towards Elemental.

Elemental 2 weeks later

With the ships landing down Naruto immediately had the crews unload all of what was collected. The UNSC were waiting in a frigate of their own for the transferring of the bodies. They had a lot to do before they perform their next run. While the crews take care of the loads, he had a meeting with the daimyo to attend in his office which also happened to be where three females were waiting for him.

All sorts of crews could be see moving in and out of the ships. Tenten had her army of newly created DUM droids moving everything around with different machines. Everything was being assorted into different warehouses. Human bodies were being loaded into the UNSC frigate. Alien bodies were being placed in a cold storage warehouse. Human and Covenant wreckage were being stored in multiple separate warehouses.

Opening the door to his office Naruto was immediately hugged by Tsunami, Sakura, and Tenten. Hugging them back he could see that they were in good health and Tenten and Tsunami look ready to just about give birth. Sakura at the moment had a small baby bump.

"Its good to see you all again. How was everything while I was away?" he questioned while helping them to sit down on the couch.

Taking the lead Tsunami explained a few things. "The base was pretty quiet. You did worry us when we got the report you ran into the Covenant but were happy everyone made it back safely. I also schedule the meeting with the Daimyo 2 days from now".

Picking off from what she said Tenten added that "We saw the reports and what you wanted to do. I got the factory working at 100 percent making more DUM droids. I even got the underground base project mostly done. Only thing that is being worked is the massive doors. Once that's done the droids will branch off into another section to dig deeper but the part that is done is ready for use. I have already had a few tests done on them. I call them VTOL jets". Finishing that she shows her pad of a jet pack system design. The next video showed a marine putting on the system. Grabbing the controls, the man activated it allowing him to hover above the ground for a minute before landing. (Hint, hint Apex Legends Valkyrie).

"Better than those UNSC jetpacks as you can actually fly for a bit in these. The pilot just needs to be trained on how to use it"

"Very impressive. I like the idea but slow down on production and training on this. I want you focus on two other things. The baby and the Covenant tech. When we gain a good understanding of the Covenant tech and more engineers to work for you, we can focus more on the projects" once he finished, he looked at Sakura with a playful look as she looked at him bashful.

She knew what she did against him. She thought Anko with her perverted self could handle him or give him a taste of his own medicine. Obviously, she was wrong. "You little minx. You thought that Anko could tame me? She thought so too but only after the first 5 hours. After that she became my bitch" he declared proudly as the three blushed at his words. "Just know that you are safe for now. But when that little one comes out, it's on" he warned with a predatory grin looking down at the worried Sakura

2 days later

In the middle of a gym were two bare chested men fighting a brutal fight of taijutsu. Off to the side watching them wearing a workout bra and workout shorts was Anko. She was already sweating and exhausted using a towel and a water bottle to cool her down. Standing next to her in a similar outfit was Haku who was sweating a little bit and Shaak Ti and Aayla were in their secretary uniform watching the fight.

The sparring was no other than Naruto and Zabuza. It was clear that while Zabuza had improved in combat was still get his ass wiped across the floor by Naruto. The man just kept improving by leagues and his stamina seemed godly. He fought Zabuza first then Haku, Anko, and now Zabuza again.

With another kick to the chest Zabuza was sent rolling on his back across the mat. "The fuck Naruto! How do you have this much stamina?" growled Zabuza moving to his knees at the man shrugged at his answer.

"I know what you are talking about!" called out Anko gaining the groups attention. "Fucking him alone is impossible. Makes my legs weak. I curse and thank Sakura now" she finished as the group looked at her embarrassed.

"Anko! Not what I'm talking about and too much information! God!" roared Zabuza as the woman laughed at her. Clearing her throat Aayla walked up handing towels to both men gaining their attention. "Naruto your appointment is in the next hour. Its advise that we leave now so you can get freshen up and ready" she explained

"Right! Sorry to call this session short. Duty calls" he shrugged walking off as Zabuza just waved him goodbye and collapsed back on the mat.

"Hey Naruto, do you want me to help you get clean?" offered Anko as Shaak Ti stepped between them. "That will be ill advised Anko as you two wouldn't be able to keep your hands off each other. You can set something up after his meetings" she offered as the crazy woman pouted.

"You just want to hog him to yourself. You need to share the meet" mumbled at the blushing Shaak Ti who quickly hurried Naruto along with Aayla following.

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