I don't own Naruto, Halo, or Sekirei
Lastly I want to thank Free Man Writer for giving me permission to use the first chapter of one of his stories to use for mine with a few edits that'll happen. He's a great author that I would recommend checking out.
Chapter 1
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Cortana was checking her signals and still found nothing. She sighed sadly and looked to the cryostat tubes holding the legendary Spartan heroes of the human covenant war, Master Chief John-117 and Spartan- B312. They had been this way for the past 4 years and it seemed as though no help was coming.
The thought made her avatar smither and then burst into a shade of violent red.
"Calm down Cortana, calm down." Cortana breathed. She knew this would happen eventually. She was entering rampancy. The AI glanced at them once more and sighed sadly. Knowing them once they found out, they would do everything in their power to save her. He always kept his promises and the same could be said for B312 as he was similar to John in that regard. It was why she had chosen him to get her off Reach. But this time she felt as though neither would be able to this time.
Cortana decided to run a quick diagnostic on the ship. Power was still keeping the ship on full alert..
"Well, most of the important stuff." Cortana thought as she checked the auxiliary generator, which was functioning properly. They're vitals were all green and no anomalies detected.
As she was finishing her scans her radar blipped a large massive object. Cortana quickly pulled out her radar, and saw it was a planet. She began making scans to see if the planet held any kind of signals, covenant or UNSC. What she found were very unusual messages and soon discovered them to be forerunner.
The planet was not that far and by her estimates, the ship would arrive in no less than 1 day.
One day later
Cortana was still making scans of the planet or was planet. Turned out to be a forerunner station of some kind. She had made as many examinations of the station as possible but couldn't make it out.
"Either it's too advanced or I'm losing my abilities." Cortana thought grimly. She saw they were close enough and began making the procedure to awaken the Spartans. After several minutes the tubes thawed out and Chief and Noble Six began to move. He grunted slightly and turned his head to Cortana.
"Morning sleeping beauties, had a nice nap." Cortana said jokingly to them
Chief smirked at her wit and humored her. "Now that my mini knight in hologram armor has arrived, yes a good nap"
"Who knew the Chief had a sense of humor?" Six said with humor and got a look from John who chuckled and Cortana laughed.
"So Cortana, what's going on?" Chief asked in all seriousness with Six getting serious himself.
"Well we aren't being rescued but I did find a forerunner space station, and before you ask, No, it's thankfully not a Halo ring" Cortana said, beating them to their question with them sighing in relief. They were relieved to know it wasn't a dreaded ring. Still they had to be on high alert, knowing what could be on a forerunner base.
John got up out of his pod and took out Cortana's chip, placing it in his armor. The cold chill down his spine went through again. Six got out of his pod and grabbed a nearby M392 DMR.
"Oh John before we go I have some bad news." Cortana said sadly.
"What's wrong?" John asked in concern. Six gave them a worried glance though you couldn't tell because of the helmet.
Cortana hesitated for a moment "I'm entering rampancy."
John hung his head sadly. This was hard to hear, since Cortana was probably the closest friend he has ever had. That however did nothing to break his resolve
"Then we'll go down to this forerunner site, find what we can find to help us out of here and maybe even repair you" John said with authority.
"Chief's right, we have a chance to go to this station and find something to get you fixed. Don't worry Cortana, we'll figure this out." Six said with conviction.
John gave him a small nod of thanks. Cortana smiled weakly at their comforting words and said with a battle cry "Well what are we waiting for?!"
Two hours later
The trio were at the hangar bay which was luckily still on their side of the ship. John saw dozens if not hundreds of vehicles that were either fully operational, damaged and needed repair, and the rest were damaged beyond repair or needed some serious tools.
They found a fully operational long sword and prepped it for flight.
"Ready to go Chief, Six?" Cortana giving them the thumbs up
"Let's go." Chief clicked on the engines and flew out into empty space and saw the forerunner station. Six nodded his helmet in agreement.
On the other side of the station
A large modified looking pelican flew towards the same forerunner station. It was much larger than a regular pelican as it was two and a half times larger than the typical pelican. The weaponry was much more powerful and on the side it had the name Noble.
A clad blue armored Spartan left the pilot seat and turned on auto pilot landing. He checked his gear and equipment and soon returned to the pilot seat to see he was landing. The engine gave a stutter and landed with a thud, but nonetheless it was an ok landing.
With Chief, Six, and Cortana
They boarded off of their long sword and soon were walking down the forerunner structure. It seemed more of a military base as the sentinels seemed more like heavy hitters. Chief did notice the occasional familiar sentinel but either than that there was quite a lot of new tech He, Six, and Cortana had ever seen.
As they made their way deeper into the structure they stumbled upon green plains, a lake, mountains and a large terra region.
Suddenly John and Six tensed as they felt a familiar eye watching them. They turned to see a monitor as Six readied his weapon, aiming it at the floating machine with caution.
"Ah a reclaimer at last." The monitor said in its artificial voice "Welcome Reclaimer to my installation, militant 00. I am its monitor Noble Vigilance. This is a military station and civilian station used by the forerunners"
"A military and civilian station?" Chief inquired
"Yes, during the war with the flood, the forerunners built various stations like this one. It wasn't just use as a base of operations. It was also used to shelter civilian forerunners as well as repair damaged ships. Sadly this is the only one left as the others have been destroyed. This was one of the final places the forerunners gathered before they all vanished"
"Why did the forerunners leave?" Cortana asked.
"They left as they felt that their time had come, they had done all that they had felt they had done for the Galaxy and as such, it was time for another to take their place as custodians of the Galaxy, they chose your race Reclaimer. However, I feel that there is much to discuss, and you and your Construct are in need of rest and recovery."
The green clad Spartan turned and spoke.
"Why are you helping us?"
"I do not understand Reclaimer, I was built to ensure that any and all needs that you have are to be met to the best of my functions and that of my servants. Is there something that I have done to offend you?"
Chief went onto explain the events of halo, Sparks frequent betrayals, murder of Johnson and its rampant state of protecting 'his' ring
"That is truly shameful, but I do remember Spark rather being known to get attached to what he is assigned to at times. It was the only choice."
Cortana and John held shocked expressions and Cortana asked
"But wouldn't you be distressed by this news?"
"It would be against my programming to lie and I will say it is rather depressing to hear this. However I have to weigh the options at that time and saw that what you did was necessary. Spark had already entered rampancy and had become too attached to his ring. His programming allowed him to learn, but that was his own downfall. I have recorded everything he has done and have seen he had an unhealthy obsession with the ring. Thankfully I will not go into rampancy. I was programmed by the didact personally due to me being an overseer of the construction of other forerunner bases. My other programs include helping the reclaimers once they arrive until I could be of no further use. That was given to me by the librarian.
Cortana snorted. "I won't lie about that obsession, but hang on, you were watching us the entire time?"
"Yes I…"
Vigilance suddenly stopped and the monitor turned to the west. Chief, Six, and Cortana tilted their heads in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Cortana asked.
"A large vessel containing five reclaimers, have just arrived on the far side of the installation."
"Other reclaimers?!' Cortana asked with hope
"Yes please, follow me. We have to greet them after all"
It took half an hour to reach the other end but Chief, Six, and Cortana believed it was worth it as they stopped dead in their tracks.
"A halcyon cruiser" Cortana whispered staring at the UNSC ship in front of them
"This is an older model." Chief commented coming closer. He saw the name of it. Noble Intentions
A pelican flew out from the side and landed in the backside facing the trio. The entrance ramp opened and out stepped five individuals, one that John had not seen in a long time, Noble Six was holding his breath at seeing them, and the rest Cortana recognized immediately.
"Noble team?!" Cortana yelled out in disbelief. Six didn't say anything as he wanted to make sure he wasn't seeing things. He grabbed the sides of his helmet and twisted it as the compression surged indicating the pressure release as his helmet was being taken off. He lifted it up where everyone could see his face and could see his eyes widened to epic proportions. He had blonde spiky hair that was cut in a military fashion, blue eyes like the ocean with a scar going over his right eye, a round face, somewhat pale/tan skin and what made it easier to identify him were the three whisker-like marks on his cheeks. This was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze.
"Jorge?" John said looking at the largest of the group
"John?" Noble Five gazing at his Spartan-II brother
"Hey fishcake." Kat said with humor, but she didn't get a response like she would've as he was just staring at them.
Noble Six would've said something about that nickname, but he was too in shock as stared at his last team before meeting with John on the Pillar of Autumn for a moment trying to process what's happening, but it became too much for him and he fell on his back with a faint.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"I'll get him." Emile said with a smirk behind his helmet as he was going to remember this for a long time.
"Guess we should've expected that kind of reaction from him." Jun said with a chuckle.
There was an awkward silence amongst the seven Spartans when Cortana said
"How did you guys get here? Six told us that everyone except for Noble Four had died back on Reach, but he had taken an energy sword into his chest."
"Well that's a long story." Noble one spoke up before turning to Noble Four. "Emile, why don't you explain"
Emile shrugged his shoulders as he stepped up "After Noble team delivered the AI and Six went with them to the Pillar of Autumn, it wasn't long before I was stabbed in the chest by that bastard Zealot Elite, but took it down with me. I fought going unconscious when I saw what surprised me was Kat and Jun coming towards me. They gave me medication and the treatment needed to keep me alive, who were on their way from CASTLE base to the Pillar of Autumn launch site and found Carter, still alive and breathing in the wreckage of his pelican. After I reunited with them we fled towards the mountains where Noble One and I could be given proper medical care in a facility abandoned by the UNSC. After they recovered fully, we continued up the mountain and found another launch site for a Halcyon cruiser also abandoned. This was a smaller model not meant for naval warfare and the problem with it was it was a one trick pony."
"To be exact" Kat cut in "The Halcyon design was meant for reconnaissance. It was deployed by super-carriers to scout out covenant forces in space. The cruiser had a slip-space drive that can only be used twice. Once to see the covenant and then to escape, in either reporting to them or bringing the covenant into a trap."
"Right." Emile nodded at Kat "So we took the ship for ourselves and made our escape. We flew right into hell and activated the slip-space sending us to the far edges of the galaxy, or god knows where."
Emile paused to gather his thoughts when Kat spoke up.
"I'll take it from here. For a week we drifted endlessly through empty space until we stumbled upon a wrecked covenant carrier or what was left of it. We noticed it was the middle part of a covenant Supercarrier and then out floated a fully functional covenant carrier. We boarded it and found none other than Jorge here, sitting beside a slip-space drive and its pelican. Turns out the slip-space drive that was supposed to be a bomb simply teleported noble five to some unknown region of space."
"Lucky you guys found me." Jorge commented.
"We decided to take as much as we could with us, so we managed to latch the covenant cruiser onto our ship, along with a cache of their weapons, vehicles and technology. We had hoped the slip-space drive was still functional but it too was damaged beyond repair. Not even our genius could repair it. So for five long years we floated endlessly through space and then we found…this place."
"Damn, if I had known that you were all still alive, I would've…" Naruto had woken up and had been shocked to hear about their survival. Cortana cut him off from his words with shock of her own.
"My god you guys survived all that?!" Cortana asked through the Chief.
"Hey no offense but where the hell is the lady who keeps talking?" Emile asked annoyed
"Oh, my bad." Cortana apologized "Chief."
Chief reached the back of his head and pulled out Cortana's AI chip and held out his hand. Cortana's avatar appeared and Noble team gathered around the AI.
"Is this the AI we delivered to the autumn?" Jorge inquired
"Yeah, and you guys are probably wondering what became of the war right?" Cortana asked getting nods from the team. "Well you guys better get ready for what you're about to hear"
Chief, Naruto, and Cortana went on to explain about the discovery of Halo. They told them about the flood, the true purpose of the ring, Guilty spark. Noble team was relieved to know that they destroyed the installation but was shocked to learn about more that existed. They were even more stunned when the war took such drastic changes that humanity allied itself with the elites.
"After all that?" Carter muttered.
"Can't believe we allied ourselves with those split-lip bastards." Emile said darkly
"Yeah, well you'd be surprised at what humanity can do." Jun said nonchalantly, earning a dark chuckle from Four.
"I can't say I blame you for that reaction, I was just as surprised and took me some time to come to terms with it, especially after seeing Emile getting stabbed back on Reach." Naruto said getting grunt from said Spartan.
Chief continued to tell how he, Naruto, and the Arbiter worked together to save Cortana and finally destroy Grave mind and how they ended up drifting for 4 years.
"Well that was one hell of an ending." Carter commented
"If it wasn't for your team humanity without a doubt would have not had the chance to survive" Cortana said to reassure Noble. "Thanks to your selfless bravery we could not have won."
"It seems as though my creators have chosen the correct inheritors of their empire" Noble Vigilance stated "It's truly incredible what you reclaimers have gone through and I am truly amazed that you have all survived. Now if you would all please follow me, I believe it's time for you to all earn a good rest. And construct I can call in my medicant to come and help repair and improve you"
"Wait, you could do that?" Cortana asked with a wide smile like a child.
"Of course" Vigilance stated casually "That is a basic protocol all forerunner AI follow when damaged. All AI in threat of rampancy that still holds use must be repaired indefinitely. Like I stated before it is my programming to aid the reclaimers, programming I received directly from my forerunner creators."
Cortana then asked something on everyone's mind. "Why exactly did the forerunners choose humans as their successors?"
"My creators made many severe and bitter mistakes. My creators have charged me to aid you and your kind to not make those mistakes. They believed themselves as the peace keepers of the galaxy, thus they began to deactivate most of their potent weaponry as they believed weapons were unneeded in a galaxy of peace. They believed they should avert conflict for all races and that peace was a better choice, and believed that they were best suited to defend all bio-diversity in the galaxy. This cost them everything…as well as their lives. Those who survived, including the didact, vowed to make sure this never happens again. Ironically they learned that the only way sentient beings can learn is THROUGH conflict, thus creating boundaries and morals."
"The Flood came from beyond the rim, this much my creators knew, and this had told them that there may be other, more powerful threats beyond the rim as well. They no longer could defend the Galaxy and they felt that their failure to do so was of their own making. That is why they chose a race that could grow, thrive, and adapt…your race Reclaimer as their successors."
Vigilance turned and then the facility came to full power as he spoke.
"Now the time has come to reclaim what you have been marked to inherit."
After a week of convincing the Spartans, they relinquished their armors for repair and upgrades. Cortana sighed and shook her head at their stubbornness. It was proven in Spartans psychiatric evaluations, they bonded with their MJOLNIR on a more mental level. They feel rather naked and vulnerable without it. Naruto had more than just Cortana to get him to take off his armor, certain Biju sealed in him also had encouraged him to do it.
While the Spartans were out of their armor, all seven reviewed the history of the forerunners and found it very informative, especially the details about all their installations like the Halos and the Ark. It also showed the breakdown of the military might they once held, ranging from vehicle and hand held weaponry.
One thing in particular that caught their attention was the forerunners had their own set of augmentations. It was completely organic rather than artificial like the Spartans received. The augmentations focused on increasing abilities naturally rather than artificially. Cortana saw this opportunity and told them to take it. She was backed up by Noble vigilance.
They were hesitant at first but eventually agreed. The procedure was completely painless and virtually healed all of their conditions. Cortana showed them that their body functions, like strength, eyesight, stamina broke any human records exponentially. There was also nano Huragok within their bodies acting as a much more immediate immune system to repair damage and keep them disease free. Naruto's already impressive healing factor would now be even better before which was scary to him and the other Spartans.
While they waited for their armors to be upgraded , they all reviewed more history on the Forerunners. The team of humans and AI were completely shocked to know that humanity once had a vast empire that rivaled the Forerunners and that they were allied to the prophets.
It soon all came together as to why the Forerunners chose humanity as their successors. The forerunners were too unwilling to go into violence and believed peace should be resolved with friendly dispute and not violence. It was proved futile as the flood came and their near extinction. Still the Forerunners had done the Impossible, something humans tend to do quite often and survived.
And now by all rights, their technology and legacy belongs to humanity. That surprised Noble team, John, and Cortana, even though their weaponry was used against them in the war against the covenant it was an honor to inherit the legacy of the once noble guardians of the galaxy. And unlike the forerunners, humans were more diverse and flexible. There were obviously corrupt, and evil humans but there were also the noble, kind and strong willed humans.
After the Spartans had read up on the forerunners Cortana's avatar appeared full human size, courtesy of Noble vigilance's upgrades.
"Hey guys the MJOLNIR armors are all repaired and improved, wanna see?"
"Lead the way Cortana" John responded.
The Team followed Cortana down the hall and on their way Cortana said happily.
"I can't wait to tell you guys about all the upgrades I received as well as your armor. This place allows me to walk around like this however long I want"
"Well glad to know you could stretch your legs" Naruto joked with a chuckle. The Spartans chuckled and soon arrived at the armory. On the sides were hundreds of combat skins that none of them recognized. The Spartans guessed that those must have been the battle suits used back then by the forerunners. The Spartans then turned to see their new and improved Spartan armor.
"What are we looking at Cortana?" John asked not taking his eyes off of the armor.
Cortana smiled. "I could tell by your face, it's quite impressive isn't it. My 'mother' Dr. Halsey originally intended to make the next set of advanced Spartan II armor but the project was cut after Reach"
Noble team shifted uncomfortably slightly. Chief patted Naruto's back and reassured the team.
"Hey you did your best Spartans, there's nothing to be ashamed of."
"Yeah, your team fought more than any other Spartans or UNSC forces fought on Reach combined." Cortana said strongly "Now It's time for me to give you guys the workings of this magnificent piece of tech made by yours truly with the help of our gracious host."
"Thank you for the compliment construct." Vigilance replied happily
"So what improvements are we talking about Cortana." Carter asked anxious to get into the new armor
"Well for first things first I took the liberty of using the data from the MJOLNIR's own records as well as the data we have from the Forerunner's own technology as well as their Combat Skins. The new version of the MJOLNIR has a new alloy to form the helmet, the outer combat shell, and the inner suit itself. This alloy is a specially made Titanium-Tungsten carbide mix that is altered at the molecular level and is able to be much denser than either metal but not become heavy in any fashion so it's not going to weigh you down easily. And thanks to the Forerunner manufacturing data as well as their machines, the alloy is made in thin sheets at the molecular level, the end result is an outer armor shell that is extremely resilient both energy based weaponry, explosives, standard ballistics, and advanced ballistics."
"How resilient?" Chief inquired with a raised brow.
"Picture taking on 3 phantoms at once with zealots as the only infantry along with a wraith. It can take that and more. Plus the armor is able to handle hazardous environments as well and is hardened from radiation, EMP, chemicals, and more as par the requirements of the MJOLNIR series. Plus we also have an upgrades refractive coating to further disperse heat and energy from the armor for increased survivability from energy damage."
The Spartans nodded and smirked at the new advancements, as future battles were obvious to come, they knew they had to be prepared for anything. However they still listened intently to all of Cortana's details.
"The shield blueprints I used were a fusion of the MJOLNIR new hybrid reactor and a forerunner combat suit to handle most threats. It was the highest model as it went up to combat suit 18. The shields are unbelievably powerful and can handle most if not all threats. Just remember you guys that the shields will need recharging if they get to low or fail."
The Spartans nodded knowing she was entering her motherly ways…again. They smiled at her and she realized her behavior and smiled back.
"Anything else?" Jun asked.
"Yes, I managed to access some of the data that we had from the development and research databases back on Reach and I have managed to incorporate something new into the MJOLNIR, this a special healing module that uses the principles of the Sterile Field Generator but is able to help heal injuries without you having to go back to a medical center for treatment. This was developed back on Reach if you were to recall, but we never got the supply of the devices in time during the Fall of Reach either. This works with the new onboard medical care systems we have on hand since we replaced the Biofoam we normally use with a new medical agent from the Forerunner database." Cortana explained with a giddy smile on her face.
"What is that?" Jorged asked.
"I'll call it Bio-gel, the name is a bit odd for sure, but it is the same as Biofoam, yet uses what appears to be a special synthetic cell that are totally organic and can help heal injuries and speed up the natural recovery process without adverse effects to the body. Like Biofoam, it can seal wounds, mend tissue and organs, and also set bones, but unlike it, the effects are longer lasting and semi permanent. This can be pretty useful as the MJOLNIR can manufacture the Bio-gel on site and that is a serious advantage in any case. Plus it is also suited for the augmentations you have as well so no side effects to boot."
"Not bad…those will certainly come in handy." Emile commented.
Cortana smiled at that. "I knew you would like that, anyway, the new MJOLNIR also happens to have a number of other features as well as improved ones, it's a lot more streamlined and as such, grappling points on it are less in number so this can be an edge in CQC. The Reactive Metal Liquid Crystal Layers had to be repaired as well as given a greater level of power and performance to even up for the increase in power, and it is going to be rather roomy in there for me as well, the Force Multiplication Circuits have been replaced with new and improved due to burn out damage. Lastly, the Hydrostatic Gel has been cleared of any viscosity and improved for a smoother function base. And I have installed the features that Dr. Halsey had in mind so we can really be able to hold our own if we need to. And as an added bonus made by me, I can now easily jump in between your armor easily."
The Spartans soon suited up in their new armor and found it a lot lighter than usual and found their movement more fluid and more refined than ever before. They also had the use of all the special armor mods such as Camo, hologram and armor lock all integrated into their armor.
Not only did their MJOLNIR armor receive improvements, but all of their weapons received an overhaul of augmentations. All of their weaponry were improved to the smallest detail yet still retaining their old UNSC and covenant look. Cortana being the imaginative genius she was, experimented with gun powder and soon created a more lethal level of power with their ignition.
The new addition was based on Gauss technology and it was something that John and Nathan enjoyed considerably as they tested each new weapon. While the whole line off Gauss weapons retained the look of the UNSC standard infantry arsenal, they did have some traits that were different. They relied on ammunition like regular weapons but their ammunition no longer relied on gun powder and was in different varieties for a variety of battles.
The first was the standard solid tungsten round for AP duty, next was the especially made Shredder Rounds that could splinter on impact on fleshy targets, ballooning outward to cause tissue damage. That Emile smirk darkly as he couldn't wait to equip his shotgun with shredder rounds. Next were Phased rounds, specially coated rounds that had the ability to refract energy and allow them to bypass shields though in doing so, they lose a portion of their mass and could not do as much damage to their targets, but could easily bypass shields, the next was a special round that had a small amount of specially made fissionable material that while not nuclear in nature were made to unleash small yet powerful EM pulse blasts, this made them deadly to robotic targets unless shielded against EMP.
These were certainly welcomed by the Spartans as these could give them a much needed edge in battle. The same could be said for the next branches of weapons.
The first Energy Weapon branch was based on two concepts, the first being from the Spartan Laser, and the other being the Pulse Beams of the Forerunners, which were more advanced than that of the Laser Technology fielded by the UNSC. The Pulse Beam weapons were limited to the infantry weapons as they were pre-dominantly used as anti infantry weaponry while the Spartan Laser was improved to have a stronger power supply and improved firing rate to make it more effective as an anti-armor weapon. The end result was that if traditional ballistics and Gauss were not enough, then Lasers were the next step. They were powered by a clip that housed not bullets but a special fuel cell that could be recharged and used in combat.
The Second branch was Plasma itself, and both of them were surprised to learn that the Covenant's plasma technology was considered as crude and weak by Vigilance, and the Forerunners had actually taken Plasma to a much higher level than thought possible by anyone. That was why the Plasma branch was based on the Forerunner data on the Sentinel Beams and as such, the new versions were better in some senses to the Covenant weapons as they had tremendous range, power supply, and damage power. The weapons were in the same form as the UNSC weapons as per the request of the Spartans for more familiarity than most would think. To keep them from overheating, they were armed with special clips that took in the heat as well as excess plasma and recycle it back for use. The new Energy Swords were also just as impressive and can be very helpful in close combat due to the improved battery supply as well as the now deep blue plasma that was emitted from the handles.
There were also some Forerunner weapons that could create solid light to form barrels and when used in conjunction with another like them, could produce a beam of immense power though the once carried by two hands could not be used in conjunction with another. These were taken by John, Kat and Carter very well.
The last branch was actually based on ONI's Hard Sound Rifle, in which sound was formed into a strong, solid mass of energy with high kinetic force. The advantage this weapon had over regular Sniper Rifles was that it left no bullet wounds on the target, made no audible noise, and no powder or burn residue on impact. It achieved such kills by actually obliterating internal organs, literally shredding them on impact This made it a perfect assassin's weapon and while John had no idea why Cortana had the weapons made, he was sure that there was good reason for it anyway.
After this was all said and done John addressed an obvious issue.
"What about our mode of getting home?" He asked, getting everyone to look at him as that was something to think about.
"Just gonna give you a heads up, the Halcyon is barely holding together so it might not make the trip back to Earth" Kat said right away.
"I'm also sorry to state this, but the reclaimers only left scraps of ships and not enough to construct a new vessel" Noble said disappointedly.
"Then what about using those scraps and the Halcyon cruiser and combine it with half a ship." Chief said.
"I will have to see the ship first Reclaimer."
Noble teams Kat and Carter boarded the longsword along with John, Cortana and Vigilance. They flew out and found the wreckage of the Dawn.
"Ah, that will be perfect. The sentinels can pull this back and the Huragok can immediately begin to combine and improve both this vessel, the vessel your team arrived on and the many leftover parts we have." Vigilance said happily
"So how long will it take for this to get done?" Cortana inquired
"About 5 months by my calculations. The Huragok always take things apart before repairing them into their original model. However because it will be combining a number of materials they will need an exact design." Vigilance told the Spartans.
"How about this?" Cortana said as she showed a hologram version of a UNSC frigate "Except supersized."
"That will do perfectly." Noble Vigilance's eye glowed green, as it recorded the image and schematics so the Huragoks can design it for human use.
Sentinels soon arrived on the scene and pulled the half ship to the installation with the longsword right behind it. The crew returned to the rest of Noble team, as they all watched Huragok swarm the ships.
On their way back, Carter asked if the covenant carrier would be upgraded as well but not combined into the new ship. He wanted to keep it as the first line of attack rather than charging head on with a brand new ship. Vigilance agreed and told them he would make the Huragok adjust it for human use.
One week into construction
Cortana and Kat were looking over many of the forerunner technology. They had gotten rather close, due to their many interests and insane ideas. Currently they were studying the forerunner combat skins and how it can materialize around a forerunner at thought.
"This could be useful." Kat muttered as she studied a combat skin up close, her helmet off.
"Yeah, if only we could find a way to apply to your armor. The nano Huragok can already do that for you but it would be neat if the moment you want your armor on, it appears." Cortana stated while going through the files of the forerunners. Her hologram reappeared beside Kat and the two continued to study the forerunner tech. From afar Carter, Naruto and John observed the females.
"Looks like Kat stole your friend, John." Naruto joked with a chuckle.
"No, I think those two are just glad they can get away from us…" Carter paused searching for the right words.
"Cavemen?" John suggested.
"Yeah probably." Carter said chuckling with them.
"I haven't seen Cortana that friendly with others in a long time." John commented.
"Probably cause no one can match her….genius." Naruto emphasized.
"Yeah, by genius you mean insanity." Emile's voice said from behind the trio as he arrived to join them. "After looking over what both of them have done, I can't decide who's scarier."
"This from the guy who has a skull helmet." said a lazy, recognizable voice. The four looked back again to see Jorge and Jun approaching them.
"The real question we should be asking is, what the hell are we going to do to occupy ourselves for the next five months?" Jun said.
"Hmm well I got my blade." Emile replied in a bored voice as he pulled out his Kukri, twirling it. His helmet then tilted up with an idea.
"Hey Vigilance." Emile called out "Where are ya?"
The monitor appeared, looking at Emile.
"How may I be of service Reclaimer?"
"What kind of metals you got that aren't gonna be used for the ship?"
"Why plenty reclaimer, why do you ask?" Vigilance asked in curiosity.
"Take me to them" Emile instructed the monitor who floated towards a compound at the base of a mountain. The others, curious of what Emile's intentions where, followed after the two. They soon found themselves in a circular room surrounded by many materials slotted in shelves.
Emile approached one of the shelves and pulled out some of the metals and materials inside. He weighed them in his hand, checking their quality.
"Emile, what are you doing?" Jun inquired, obviously befuddled by his comrades behavior.
"Measuring the materials." Emile said it so simply, as if he had been doing it for years.
"Why exactly?" Carter asked.
"I'm gonna make myself a personal blade" Emile replied.
"A sword? Like the hyabusa Spartans?" John asked.
"Yup, when I was being trained by Mendez, I took an interest in swords. I read many books about them and the many methods of making them." Emile stated with a hint of pride." Always wanted my own."
"So how are you going to make it?" Jorge asked while looking at what he identified as some kind of rock.
"If memory serves me correctly I believe I know how" Emile vaguely answering Jorge's question. Emile gathered a number of materials and placed them on a table that appeared in the middle of the room. He sorted through them then looked at the Monitor.
"Hey vigilance can you identify these materials, what they contain, what they can be used for and how much they can take?"
"Certainly reclaimer."
"Well you have fun Emile" Naruto said aloud "Call me when you're done with yours, I might consider making one myself, but for now I think this would be a good time to work on something that I've been wanting to do for a long time and now I have the time to do it."
With that Naruto exited and was soon followed after by the other Spartans, curious to see what the Chakra user was going to do.
Two weeks later
Naruto was leaning back, listening to "Play with Fire" by Sam Tinnesz inside his helmet while he worked on a seal that had been one of his projects. He had made some progress with it due to his talent in Fuinjutsu. It was a very complicated seal that he learned belong to a technique his father had used in the Third Shinobi War to destroy Iwa's invading forces instantaneously. He was going to honor his father by learning the second technique that made him a terrifying Shinobi.
He had discovered by a miracle of a chance, a room in the Halcyon that contained a whole list of different kinds of music. He had asked Cortana to download them into his helmet and made it so he can say which band he wants to listen to whenever.
During these past two weeks, Emile had constructed 3 different blades, each serving a unique purpose to him. With the help of Noble Vigilance, the blades can retract into their hilts and come out when Emile mentally commands it to do so. Also with Kat and Cortana's genius tweaking ability, they programmed the swords to only serve the Spartan team.
5 months later
The Forward unto dawn and Noble Intentions were now combined. The final model was now three times the size of a frigate and 6 times the size of a Halcyon, easily outclassing a UNSC Destroyer and enough to take on 3 Covenant supercarriers.
The ship overall had completely been reinvented in all of its aspects. The ship was now covered and laced with 5 inches thick with titanium and vanadium along with energy shields for the entire ship courtesy of Noble vigilances stock of old forerunner equipment. The circuitry and technology received an overhaul as the tech could now work at immeasurable speeds. The ship was now powered by the core of a star, giving it lasting power that could give enough energy to sustain planets such as Reach for a millennia. The vessel was also now equipped with a cloaking device, that rendered it completely invisible and its' MAC cannon had superconducting metal used allowed faster more powerful shots and the ability to fire three shots each, as well as two energy projection cannons on the underside of the pontoons, this fired a concentrated energy beam for 30 seconds, wasting anything in their path, defensive turrets and lasers were added for good measure, along with additional missile pods of Forerunner make and modified UNSC missiles.
"That has got to be the most beautiful ship I think I have ever seen" Emile stated as the seven Spartans, Cortana and Vigilance were gazing at the new ship. The ship was now simply renamed Noble Dawn as it seemed to signify new events on the horizon.
The vehicles were upgraded, the weaponry was upgraded, even their armor was further upgraded. The ship was now packed with all the sentinels and Huragok of the installation since Noble Vigilance told them, his purpose was to the reclaimers and no longer the forerunner installation.
"So I guess it's time to go." Carter stated, glad to finally get off this installation
The team boarded a pelican and were soon inside the new war ship. They were all in the control room as each were at a computer, checking over the systems.
"So Vigilance, how well does the slipstream work?" Naruto asked the monitor.
"It would take only two days for us to travel from here to reach Earth."
"Then let's do it." Cortana placed in the coordinates, some of the sentinels began to prepare the ship for the jump. Kat activated the slipstream. The frigate entered a slipstream portal only for the alarms to go off.
"NOBLE WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Cortana shouted
"It seems as though the distorted space that was made during the time of the forerunners is affecting the jump. After the disappearance of my creators the generators that kept the space from distortion must have slowly deteriorated leaving the space surrounding the installation unstable. We must get out of slipstream now"
"Don't need to tell me twice, Kat abort." Kat nodded and began to punch in abort commands.
"Hang on everyone." Kat said to the crew
In empty space
A slipstream portal opened up and out came a giant ship. The UNSC crew slowly regained their senses.
"Noble, what's the status of the ship?" Carter asked the monitor.
"We have escaped the dangerous area and have now arrived in the far regions of the gamma quadrant. If we use the slipstream once more we will be upon Earth in 13 hours with no disruptions."
The ship soon entered another slipstream portal and vanished.
Near Pluto
Forward unto dawn exited slipstream and began its flight towards Earth.
When they approached, Cortana was checking the planet when she gasped
"GUYS!"
"What?!" They shouted to the AI, worried when they heard her concerned tone.
Cortana didn't say anything as her avatar stared at Earth. The UNSC crew got a good look at the Earth before them. But this was not their Earth. There were no other UNSC ships orbiting the planet along with the advanced stations. Africa looked untouched and New Mombasa was untouched
'What the hell is going on?!" Naruto shouted "I thought you guys said Mombasa was glassed."
"Cortana what's happened to Earth?" Chief asked his friend.
"I don't know." Cortana replied before making scans of the planet. After what seemed like days she had an answer.
"You guys are not gonna believe this but we're in the year 2020" Cortana pulled up videos and images of this Earth "And you are not gonna believe this in the slightest."
She showed the crew clips and picture of different regions around the planet that were like before the wars that changed the landscapes.
"Cortana please tell me what I'm looking at is a lie" Kat was not sure what to say in the slightest.
"Yes this isn't like our Earth considering how New Mombasa wasn't glassed or the Rain Forest was still there."
"Wait, what is Shinto Teito? That wasn't the name of what Tokyo should be." Naruto said in confusion and worry.
"Could it be that we traveled not only back in time but into an alternate reality as well?"
They were all silent until Naruto said the word that summed up their situation
"Shit."
Chief knew Naruto was right. This was something on a whole new level.
Two weeks after their arrival in this new galaxy the Spartans were gathered in front of Kat, Cortana and Vigilance.
"So Cortana, Kat, Vigilance, What have you found out about this Earth" Carter asked listening intently.
"Well let's get the obvious out of the way, the space around the Installation was in a state of constant flux due to the left over from the age of the forerunner. So because of that we appeared here."
"Upon arrival we have studied the technology and high class group in Shinto Teito and have discovered that it was changed by one Minako Hiroto when he managed to buy 70% of the city thanks to the company he runs called MBI." Vigilance said as a picture of Minako appeared. He had spiky white hair, glasses that made it hard to see his eyes, wore nothing, but white and seemed to be insane from his posture and how eccentric he was acting.
"He doesn't look insane or anything." Emile snorted sarcastically getting chuckles from everyone.
"That is a…unique appearance." Jun commented "What does MBI stand for?"
"It stands for Mid Bio Informatics." Kat explained
"Is there anything we know about the people that run the company aside from Minako or how he was able to buy most of the city and change its name?" Carter asked.
"We'll need time to look more into it and the rest of the planet and see what else we can find. From what I was able to gather, from a lot of red tape, about five years ago, different governments from around the world banded together against Japan to get on an island, but it was ultimately a failure due to five people defending it. I was able to find a video from MBI. Take a look." Cortana said as she pulled up the video and suffice to say everyone was shocked.
One was a man with blonde hair with a green scarf who could manipulate the earth that was similar to what Naruto's people could do with Chakra. He completely destroyed the tanks by crushing them. Another one was a woman with long silver hair who used a sword that was cutting everyone down with speed that was of a Spartan which impressed everyone, but didn't use any powers like the blonde man. They did notice her disgust with the humans which made their hairs stand up a little bit, but her brutal way of fighting intrigued Emile. The third was a woman with long black hair and she destroyed several helicopters with ease by using wind that would make them crash into each other or the ground. All she would do was flick her wrist. The next one had red hair who didn't have the same power like the others, but she could hack into them and help lead the defense. It seemed she was the brains of the group as they noticed how quickly she silenced all radio for them to not be able to contact their allies, leaving them in the dark. It was impressive to say the least, she was fast and it certainly showed in her skills. The last person had long purple hair with a sword like the blonde and silver hair. Her power was completely separate from the others as the Spartans, AI, and monitor witnessed her sink several ships by slashing through the water that were several miles out with just power alone.
"This is the current information we possess of them with just a quick scan. We have yet to get more however the true question is what shall be our next course of action" Vigilance asked intelligently.
"I think I already have an idea" Cortana said Mischievously
"Cortana." Chief began "I know that look."
"That look puts me on edge always." Naruto murmured to himself while giving her a wary look. Cortana gave him a pout in response.
"Oh I was also thinking along the same lines." Kat said with a smirk. Carter and some of Noble team looked at her with a confused face before realization dawned on some.
"Kat." Carter lifted his hand in warning.
"I'm for it." Jorge stated
"I really have nothing better to do" Jun said in a bored voice.
"Whatever." Emile shrugged.
"I'm ok with it." Naruto said with a shrug.
"Fine." Carter shook his head in an amused defeated look "Looks like we'll all do it."
"This will be good for all of you to get out and socialize with the people. So relax Commander." They turned to the voice and it was a cat, but unlike any cat they'd seen before this one had two different eye colors, one was green and the other yellow, but that wasn't the strangest thing. This cat was made out of blue flames and had two tails swishing from side to side without a care in the world.
"Matatabi, glad to see you're awake. I take it you heard everything?" Naruto asked the now freed and smaller Biju who nodded with a smile.
"Indeed I did and so did the others. We may be free, but we still have that link to Naruto-kun, so we know everything through our shared link. Like I said this will give you all the chance to mingle with others that aren't military or Spartans. Who knows, maybe you can find a nice girl to settle down with." Matatabi was grinning like a… a cat and the looks that Kat and Cortana were giving them made the guys feel uneasy.
Naruto sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. He should've expected her to say something like that. She has always wanted him to retire and settle down. She wasn't the only one either as were her siblings.
In the five months that they had waited for the ship to be ready, Naruto had managed to adjust the seal on his stomach that held all the Tailed Beasts where they were now free from it, but could go back into it whenever they wanted. It had taken some time and countless hours with the help of Cortana who may not be a Fuinjutsu master, but she had gained enough information from the data that she had collected after escaping Reach when she had seen him use techniques from his home planet and became curious. Now the Tailed Beasts no longer have to be in a prison all the time.
"We hear you, but just let us ease into things. We don't need you girls getting ideas." Carter said with an exasperated look as he looked at the three who either shrugged in Kat's case, grinned sheepishly in Cortana's and giggled in Matatabi's at them.
"Let's do this then!" Cortana pumped her fist in the air with excitement.
Two weeks Later
Jorge was driving a civilian modified warthog along with Emile and Naruto. They were on their way to meet up with the rest of Noble team in another part of Shinto Teito. The group had traveled the world in less than a day and decided it was best they stick around in the renamed city in Japan since MBI was suspicious and they wanted to find out what they were up too. All seven reside in a house that was in the North part of the city that they had built, having learned that MBI stayed clear of that area for some reason.
The warthog they were driving in was personally customized by Kat and Cortana as was most of their civilian vehicles. Each was equipped with a powerful GPS tracking system hook up to the Dawn as well as an array of satellites they released to keep an eye on things, holographic communications display, voice activated starter, a hidden compartment where he kept some personal weaponry, cloaking field generator, and voice activated shields, and was powered by hydrogen fuel cells, making it the cleanest most advanced vehicle on the planet.
Cortana also managed to procure funds from criminal organizations from around the world that don't know about it and helped set up their new lives. Thanks to her master hacking abilities she created new identities with solid evidence that they were all a part of the military and have paid their dues. Now the main problem is now to find a way to fit in to society. The main problems are all seven save for Jorge and somewhat Naruto. And all the males had to deal with the constant looks of interest given to them by random women. Kat also received her fair share of stares but she just as easily brushed it off.
An unusually funny moment Noble team had with Kat was when she was examining her arm that was covered in a special gel substance to make it have a human appearance.
"What's wrong Kat?" Carter asked as Kat looked hard at her human looking arm.
"It honestly feels weird that I can't see my robot arm" Kat said truthfully.
"What you actually miss your arm?" Emile asked with a chuckle.
"Yes I do because…it" Kat was trying to find the right words, trying not to sound cocky but decided to say it anyway "It hides my brilliance."
"Well when we get the chance Kat, I'm pretty sure you can show all those at MBI or at least Takami just how brilliant you are." Naruto reassured with an amused look.
"Yeah cause that Minako seems like a lunatic and she is the one who keeps him in line to a degree if what we've gathered is an indication." Kat said in amusement.
Jorge pulled up in front of a café with Kat and Jun already there waiting for them when they noticed that Carter and Chief hadn't arrived yet. The trio got out of hog, ignoring the stares by some of the by passers on the streets. When they joined the other four for a decent breakfast, they received even more stares as they had never seen such a unique group of individuals.
"I still can't believe that we're not wearing our.." Jun was cut off.
"Look out below!" They looked up to see a figure heading towards them from above them.
"Huh?" Naruto wondered, seeing a figure falling before she crashed on top of him and sending him to the ground, getting looks from the others who looked at the duo in amusement as Emile and Jun were snickering at their positions. Shaking his head to try and get his thoughts straight he found himself staring at a pair of white panties right over his face.
"Ow, guess that jump was too high." She muttered and Naruto got a good look at her. She had brown hair and bright expressive eyes while she had on a kimono top in the style seen normally on priestesses. She also had on a short red skirt that covered the white panties he had gotten a look at moments before and bright red gloves over her hands.
While the young woman was getting her thoughts together, Naruto and the other Spartans just looked at her.
"What the fuck?" They all thought.
This idea has been floating around in my head the last couple of weeks and I was able to get started on it finally. I owe Free Man Writer for letting me use his story to help get it started. It'll be fun writing this one and how each of the Spartans react to the Sekirei Plan and how they interact with the Sekirei themselves. Yes, each Spartan will have an Ashikabi, some more than others, but everyone will get at least one.