禁断のスクロールの物語 Forbidden Scroll of Stories

Chapter One

A hiss of steam emerged as the wall in his apartment that he owned all to himself, which was built in the forest regions closest to Training Ground 44, split down the center. Several glowing lines of intricate, yet foreign design flashed among the surface before vanishing. Lines formed a square mark in the deep emerald wallpaper before folding inward. Finally, the two split halves slid into the wall. The edges now revealed, shown that instead of wood or plaster, it was made of metal. Within a single square panel light lit, revealing a metal elevator. As he enters, the door seals behind him, and then he felt that swift jolt of decent. It traveled farther and farther down the shaft. Soon, the window before no longer shows the metal shaft, but an expansive area made entirely of metal materials. The chamber was filled with various electronics, and what looked like, in an area designed as a docking bay, a space ship shaped like a fox's head. Soon the elevator docked into place, clamps locking down as the window, which was also a door, split down the middle and opened for him.

Naruto walked out of the elevator, and passed through various cybernetic holograms. A strange object floated up to him. It held a top hemisphere-shaped globe, which was a milky clear surface. You can see what looked like machinery within it. It resembled the nucleus of a Metroid's inner organs. In fact, this thing WAS a Metroid... mechaniloid. It was a mechaniloid that was designed after that of a Tallon IV Metroid. Its four fangs were actually miniature tool kits. This device helps do repairs in spaces Naruto cannot fit in. It was also made as a joke to scare Keaton one time when he had to meet the Chairman of the Federation... Heck, he even gave it voice sound bytes to give off the natural sounds of a Metroid's chirp-like cry. On the top of the hemisphere was what looked like a round glowing panel of glass which it lit up, displaying several screens in its beam; they were displays of statistics of what it had done in the last several cycles. After reading the information, Naruto dismissed it. With a chirp, it floated off.

He turned towards the large computer screen which doubled as a TV. Smaller screens lined the U-shaped metal workshop that was his central computer and only source to access the cyber world. He sat down in the chair, and his fingers flew across the keys of the large keyboard, labeled with kanji and alien symbols. To others, no one wouldn't understand the alien-like kanji displayed on the keys, however, Naruto would. He stopped as several screens popped up on the expansive black screen before him. He laid back into the chair as the satellites floating in orbit around his planet began their spying tasks. Then, he decided to see what his friends had been up to. When he came up across Hinata, he nearly faded seeing, with as good accuracy as he could with the expensive camera lenses, Hinata in the shower, masturbating while whispering his name with arousal. Naruto watched, as he dug into his pants to beat off.

It got even more hot when Hinata adjusted the spray of the shower head so the stream came out at a faster and harder rate, and she angled the hot water just enough to hit her clit while she fervently continued to rub herself. And Naruto, he groaned as he slid his pants and boxers down to his ankles, spread his legs a bit and continued to whack off, whispering Hinata's name. But, in the shadow, someone couldn't watch this anymore, and decided to surprise the masturbating blonde.

"Naruto, stop spying on her," yelled Haku, popping up suddenly in a twinkle of lights and a small flash.

"Haku!" Naruto cried, but grunted as he shot his white liquid. Haku fizzled to a ghost form as it went through her and coated the key board. His jets soon stopped, and Naruto moaned a bit as he remove his hand from himself.

"Naruto... why don't you just ask her out...?" She was used to Naruto.

"Well, Haku... what if she freaks out because of my real life...? Hm? What if she doesn't accept me?"

The hologram of the girl who had died three years ago frowned. "I have a feeling she would not." The girl may have been dead, but given a chance to live again, even if her body had been dug up the night after her burial three years ago, her brain and memories had been uploaded to a digital mainframe... thus, allowing Haku to experience life once more, even if she is trapped within electronics and sustained by the world of the cybernetic outlook... the internet. After all... she's nothing but a Solid Vision Hologram.

Naruto cleaned up his mess, wiping the bit of his semen off his hand onto the side of his pants. He sighed, as a bit of his semen got onto his pants so he tossed it into a basket that just so happened to float on by, taking it to the wash room. Haku sighed softly as Naruto sat back down in the chair, not minding that Haku was floating there. "You should stop spying on her and the other girls. Besides, aren't you in something of a relationship with yoru two friends?"

He also didn't care that he was naked from the waist below, his length shrinking to a flaccid state.

"I know..." He sighed, troublesome.

=0=0=

Out in the reaches of space, a ship was flying through the stars, heading towards Naruto's home world.

"Naruto? Naruto, do you hear me?"

Bzzz!

"This is Naruto Uzumaki... who is this?"

"It's us, Naruto!"

"Eh? Oh, Sekai! Lumine! Yo, whatcha up to?"

"Visiting! Now, make preparations for us, we're entering your world's atmosphere!"

"Got it!"

=0=0=

This person, a male gender, had hair which was as dark as the night itself in styled dreadlocks. A light blue crystal was embedded into his forehead, shaped like a four-point star. Spreading across the forehead from the sides of the blue crystal was diamond styled after wings with three downward spikes that resembled the "feathers". Sekai wore white antenna-like ear guards that covered his ears. The antenna itself is just a singular, positioned on the right side. The exposed ear was pointed like an elf. It is also what produces the orange tinted visor that forms over the eyes when switched on. The outfit he wore consists mainly of a black bodysuit that covers all but cut off around the base of the neck. Now, add to it a sleeveless forest green bomber armored vest with silver-gray pauldrons around the shoulders. On the back of the vest was the image of his blue forehead crest. Around the hips was a metal belt; attached to the right hip was a short moss green stick. The gnarled chunk of wood for the top was crafted after the head of the ancient Chozo, the eyes made of blue crystal. The feet are encased in armored shoes with gold clamps around the ankles, made gunmetal gray with the front and back sole covered by an half inch thick green plate. Center on the bottom was a spherical blue crystal.

The next person, female, had short blonde hair, brilliant blue eyes, and a crescent moon mark of blue on her forehead. She wore blue armor-protected pants with gold bands two centimeters above the knees, a light green t-shirt with armored shoulder guards and a blue cloth tied around her right bicep with a crescent moon and small star symbol etched onto the gold metal plate. She also wore spiked elbow guards, armored leather black boots mid-calf length, an armored vest left unzipped but connected by a chain near the neck collar, and a belt strapped around her slim yet sexy waist. A holster held a silver handle with one end supporting a hooked beetle's horn blade, silver and gold rimmed with the middle blade encrusted with an oval red gem on each side. On the top of her head were her anime-styled large cat ears, and she had a sweeping periwinkle tail behind her.

They were in the realm of teenagers, yet their life signs made them young adults. Either way, Naruto was very happy to see these two when they had hailed to his computer, and then with the cloak on, flew towards his docking bay, and entered through the ground. The problem was Mitarashi Anko, who was in the area when she spotted the ground opening up, and then closing shut...

=0=0=

It was a sleek aerodynamic X-winged armored starship with an oval emerald green cockpit in the center of the ship's hull. The wings themselves were X-shaped and dark teal, with crimson details along the edges. It held a trio engine booster, two on each side under the bottom wings, and the main engine on the back similar to the tailfin of the classic Swordfish model from twenty stellar years ago. It had a spike shaped gunmetal gray cannon attached at the bottom, and two machine gun blasters on each side in front of the ship. Its main body was similar in shape of a teardrop with the point the ship's antennae. Plasma-based missile launchers were hidden behind the side panels of the main armored hull, near the Ship Grapple.

"So, gained any Seguru* lately?"

Jumping onto Lumine's shoulder suddenly was what looked like a white and blue-furred rabbit, crossbred with a squirrel if the tail was anything to hint at. "Ah, Damara, don't startle me," Lumine said.

The Rabbili blinked twice, and then held up a sign it pulled out from nowhere which said, "Well sorry!"

"To answer your question, yes we got a lot of Seguru from the last bounties we chased, and is there any reason your dick is hanging out?" Sekai asked.

Naruto glared. "I just haven't gotten around to getting a new pair of pants. I spilt my drink earlier." Haku scoffed at that, which she promptly vanished when Naruto directed a glare at the girl. All of a sudden, his mechaniloid Metroid flew by, dropping Naruto a spare pair of pants and boxers, which Naruto hurriedly put on.

Lumine and Sekai immediately smile. "Sure," they drawl, and then begin to snicker.

"Shut up... I'm still a hormonally-charged teenager... you two are basically teens yourselves despite your life signs."

Sekai and Lumine just grin, before they walked over to the desktop of Naruto's workshop.

"So, what is happening anyway?"

"Well, so far, there are no pirate activities that any of my launched satellites detected. Other than local ships flying past this area of space..."

Looking at the screen, Sekai moved the holo-mouse over, and clicked on a portion of space. In this sector, was the Federation's numerous Outposts, labeled as GS-007. But before Sekai could do what he was planning on doing, the alarms went off. The map immediately disengaged, before focusing in near this system's planetary copy of Mercury. There was a Space Pirate Frigate that just exited Hyper Space.

Chapter Two

"Commander Abbott! Sir! We just received an emergency hailing from Naruto Uzumaki from his home planet! His systems detected pirates that entered this space!"

Commander David Abbott was a young man of twenty three, with short raven hair, and dark colored eyes, hidden behind small rectangle-framed glasses. He wore the standard issue Federation Marine Captain's Outfit. He had a bit of a mustache above his upper lip, and a clean-shaven face.

"Space Pirates... prepare to launch the GFS Kazama, immediately! Naruto's home world would not survive a full-scale attack by the pirates unless we get there! Also, jump into Hyper Space to cut off any forces they send!"

"Sir!" Another reported in, "Naruto requests back-up as well. So far, it's just him, Sekai Jiraiya, and Lumine Starr."

"Set up a contact with Dane off Norion, and see if there's a way he can contact Samus Aran, since she and Naruto were the two survivors of the Phazon War."

"Right away, sir!"

David returned his attention, as Kazama was preparing to leave GS-007's colony outpost.

=0=0=

On the planet known as Norion, it was a terra-formed planet with various deep canyons, crevices, and various land masses surrounded by the planet's water source. Much of the landmass is also mountain terrain, but with a growth of vegetation life. The planet's main Federation Outpost was located in the western sector of the planet, where GFS Olympus was stationed, and undergoing final repairs after the Phazon War from two months ago.

Dane was in his office when he received a long-distance hailing. He answered it with a click of a switch.

"This is Dane speaking."

"Admiral Dane, this is Commander Abbott, from the GFS Kazama."

"Ah, David, good to hear from you again. How are the wife and kids?"

"Rebecca is doing well. And so are Len and Rin. They finally turned thirteen yesterday... already they are growing up..."

Dane chuckles a bit. "I see that, David. So, what is it that you are callin me for?"

"Since the war with Phazon ended two months ago, pirates that survived have begun their operations yet again. Naruto Uzumaki, one of the corruption survivors alongside Samus Aran, requested help. Pirates entered our sector of the Gaia System, and I feel that since Naruto and Samus worked well together against Dark Samus..."

"Ah, calling for her help. I would bet Samus would be thrilled to seeing Naruto again. The two clicked together, especially after Naruto gained Samus's respect after saving her from nearly dying destroying the Leviathan Seed that impacted Bryyo."

"We are already on our way there as we speak. Once this call disconnects, we'll be entering Hyper Space to try and cut off time before the Pirates make it to Naruto's planet. I can only guesstimate that the pirates want to raid the planet due to its rich life abundant. And if that happens, Naruto's world may be destroyed as they are unaware of the threats the humans of that planet never faced."

"Which is true. Naruto was hoping to finally get Keaton to have the planet under Federation protection. But the Council is still varying due to unknowns. I shall see what I can do, and find and contact Samus."

"I trust that you still have the coordinates of Naruto's Home Planet?"

"Of course David. Fly safe."

The call disconnects.

=0=0=

The Space Pirate Frigate was nearing the planet, and on its surface, Naruto was already preparing all defenses he's secretly installed around Konohagakure no Sato. The reason he never used them before in the past was due to the fact that alien technology was such a mystery to be explained to his own race of humans. It's like that due to the fact the humans on this world hold the energy called chakra, thus labeling them sub-humans...

"Naruto-kun, the Hokage is nearing your home, and she's not alone."

Naruto looked as Haku brought up a video feed from a nearby camera hidden on his lot. Tsunade was coming alright. She also brought with her Kakashi, Jiraiya, Anko, Kurenai, Asuma, Yamato, and Gai. Following behind was Sakura and Shizune.

"Naruto?"

"First we got this pirate problem, and now, I have visitors," Naruto told the Jiraiyan.

"What should we do?"

"You two remain here. Haku, if the Federation calls back, tell them I'm preparing, okay?"

"Hai," she replied.

Naruto got up, and walked over to the armory room, and grabbed what looked like a metal-plated white belt with an oval silver buckle with a green gemstone embedded in the front. If looked at more closely, one can see the design of nine tails sprayed across its cramped surface. Once strapped around his waist, Naruto headed towards the elevator, and it began its ascent towards the surface.

Outside, Tsunade was knocking on the door.

"Naruto! Open up!"

The door seals shut behind the teen, and Naruto took a deep breath, remembered to switch to his planet's native language (oddly enough was Japanese) before walking towards the door. Sakura had stepped up to the door of course and was about to bang on the door, when it opened, and she had instead bashed in him the face, breaking his nose.

"Oh! Fuck!"

"Oh! Naruto, I'm so sorry!" Sakura apologized, as Naruto winced, blood flowing from his busted nose.

"Damn..." He cursed.

Tsunade signed, and walked over to the boy, using her chakra to heal the nose, even though she knew the fox sealed in him would have already begun healing the damage itself.

"That was somewhat funny," said Kakashi, amusement in his voice.

"Shut up, sensei," Naruto said with a glare, "Baa-chan, what are you doing here?"

Ignoring the jab, the woman pointed Naruto with a piercing stare Jiraiya would get now and then. However, before she could say anything, an explosion rang out, and everyone turned, seeing what looked like a beam of energy having just blown up the Hokage Mountain. Back in the base, Haku swore, while Sekai and Lumine were contacting with Commander Abbott, telling that the planet was under attack. Most of the forces however were focusing in on Konoha.

Outside, the Frigate were launching several runner ships and deployment ships. "Find that accursed Uzumaki hunter, and get rid of him. He is more of a nuisance than Aran!" On of the Pirate leaders growled in their own alien-like bug language.

"Sir! A Federation Flagship just emerged from Hyper Space! They're attacking us!"

Explosions rang.

David on board the Kazama was barking out orders, while Federation ships were launched, to cut off the flow of enemy ships from trying to enter the planet's atmosphere.

"Hurry! Fight back!"

"Sir!"

Just off to the corner they saw a familiar yellow starship fly past, firing missiles at several enemy pirate ships, before taking a steep turn to avoid a plasma orb cannon shot.

"Samus," he whispered.

Dane did well...

Bzzz!

"This is Samus Aran, calling Commander Abbott!"

"Samus, I'm glad you're here. Listen, your old friend Naruto is having a bit of a planet invasion... I have no doubts that they are hoping to take him out, and seize the planet themselves."

"I'll take out the more heavy armored ships before going down myself, Abbott. Samus out."

David grinned. "Fire all primary weapons! Take out that Frigate now!"

Back on the planet, several ships flew through the air, causing up a mass panic in Konoha. Two of those ships flew in near Naruto's property, before hatches in the side opened up. The ninjas all looked, stunned at seeing aliens were attacking. One Pirate growled in an unintelligible language, before leaping out. However, Kakashi saw a missile whizz past his face and impact that pirate in the chest. It fell, as greenish black blood exploded forth from the destroyed exoskeletal rib cage. Everyone turned around, and noticed Naruto was now holding up what looked like some sort of metal forearm contraption, like a cannon gun. He was clad in a navy blue metal-like armor with the bodysuit a rich dark red, with large globular shoulder pads. It was eerily a reminiscent form of Samus Aran's Varia Chozo Suit. The arm cannon encasing his right forearm was a deep purple.

"Hunter! It's the hunter!" One growled in a near human language, yet the speech was also laced with guttural cries.

Naruto grinned before a blue helmet with an orange visor encapsulated around his head in a swarm of light. Immediately he took a flying leap and landed inside, and immediately raised hell, blasting them with searing Plasma shots. They cried out in death before Naruto fired a Super Missile, and jumped out seconds after before the ship was engulfed in a searing explosion, causing all the ninjas to take cover from the raining metal shrapnel.

"You assholes! You exposed my identity!"

No one understood this, since Naruto spoke in English.

"Kill!" They chanted, as the last two ships, which were armed with turret blasters, opened fire on Naruto. Three deployed their imbued sabers, while others took flight into the air using jet packs, and fired missiles at him. Naruto simply sprinted about, dodging weapons fire, and firing missiles or beam attacks as best he could. The ninjas were shocked to the core. Of course, they were protected by some sort of energy force field that had sprung around Naruto's house. The ship that blew up the faces of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Hokage flew close in, and charged up its particle cannon. But Naruto had taken out the last pirate, before he hears the shrill cry of a particle energy weapon. Turning around, thee ship fired the charged energy, and rockets towards Naruto. Naruto swore, and jumped back as high as he could, but it impacted the ground, causing the underground base to shudder a bit from the impact. The two ships flew back in, and fired their primary plasma turrets, as Naruto got struck by the attacks.

Suddenly, a yellow star ship flew in, and took out the two lesser-class ships. Naruto looked up, and smiled behind his visor, as Samus turned around, before her ship fired another salvo of missiles at the large armored-class pirate ship. It was struck in the front, one sent up the particle cannon barrel, where it caused a chain reaction. Shortly, a dazzling explosion of metal rains down. Some fires sprung out from the destroyed vessels that survived, but were now scraps. Haku inside the home deployed the fire hydrant systems, causing a mist of water to rain into the air, and cascade back down to quell the fire. Since the water was a mix of H2O and other chemicals that make the foam of Fire Extinguishers, it had a helping effect of killing off any wild fires. Naruto signed in relief as he got up, and checked his ammo supply. Other ships, ones he recognized as Federation ships, were taking out other high above pirate ships that were now being beaten back by the arrived help of the GFS Kazama.

Haku disengaged the energy shields around the home, and Tsunade was the first to stand up. The other Jonins and two Chunin stood guard as the yellow starship descends to the ground, and lands. From under the ship, an elevator lands, and out steps Samus Aran, clad in her Varia Chozo Suit.

"Hey Samus," Naruto greets the woman.

Behind her visor, Samus smiled; glad to be reunited with her friend and comrade once again in the passing of two months. All of a sudden a near visible explosion echoed high above them, and they looked up.

David watched as the final missile struck into the Frigate, and the thing began to erupt into a series of explosions, which ultimately destroyed the entire space station of the enemy.

"Enemy ship has been destroyed completely. All other lesser enemies are beginning to retreat. The pirates that managed to get past us have been taken out as well. Naruto's planet is safe."

"Good, good... patch me up with Naruto. Hopefully, nothing bad happened and his secret is still safe... Naruto once told me he wasn't very well liked because of some bullshit fate that befallen him and curse his life before he was even born..."

All of a sudden, Naruto and Samus heard the sounds of invisibility cloaks being disengaged, as several Armored Pirate Troopers emerged. Naruto and Samus snapped their arm cannons before them, and fired upon the first target-locked pirate. They dodged and began to attack. Naruto and Samus jump at a pirate that took to the air, and their bodies suddenly explode with crackling energy. They Screw Attack through the pirates shredding through the armor, just tearing through the alien with ease; their attack just stunned the others to the core of their soul. Landing, their cannons snap at the nearest pirates and they fire a Super Missile. Heads explode.

A sudden heavy presence of chakra radiated into the air, all emanating from Naruto. Yamato widened his eyes. The others felt the heavy chakra of the Kyuubi leaking out of the armored ninja. The last three pirates backed away a bit, as Naruto roared out, before a fox-like cloak of red energy surround him. The muzzle of the arm cannon snapped wide, and he unleashed punishing beams of reddish black beams of the bubbling yokai. It worked so much like Phazon and the Hypermode attack, as it tore through the first pirate easily, causing him to spontaneously combust into flames, and then incinerated instantly. The two other pirates decided to run, but Naruto with several more shots, destroyed the fleeing pirates as well.

Just as Yamato was finished with the hand seals, Naruto lowered his weapon as the chakra cloak suddenly evaporated away. The Kyuubi's aura vanished, just like that. The other armored warrior in the orange walked up to Naruto, and placed a hand on the shoulder. Naruto turned around, and moved his hand behind his head, and pressed something. Some lights erupt forth, before the entire helmet vanished, revealing Naruto's blonde locks and his whiskered face.

Well, at least we know we can emulate the PED Suit's Hypermode ability, Kyuubi, Naruto spoke to the fox sealed inside him.

Looking up from behind the cage, Kyuubi merely yawned. True, Naruto, the fox replied.

Samus performed the same movement, and her helmet vanished, revealing a blonde-haired young woman. Both hunters were of different ages, and yet Naruto was just two inches shorter than Samus.

"Well... was that the Kyuubi energy you told me about?"

"Yeah. Two months after the Phazon War ended Kyuubi and I came to a peaceful coexistence. Since the fox felt the poisoning effects of Phazon, she knew that there are some energy substances out there that were more toxic than even she could understand..."

"When?"

"When we destroyed Mogenar on Bryyo... when that wave of Phazon impaled us, she felt the poisoning effects as well, but only because of my will to overcome the corruption, was slowly changing her views. After we destroyed Ridley on the Pirate Homeworld, Kyuubi told me that she was willing to come with a peaceful existence... after we destroyed Dark Samus and the corrupt Aurora Unit it stolen, you were knocked out when the Phazon inside us simply vanished. Kyuubi filtered me with her chakra cloak, and I used it to escape, carrying you all the way to your ship. As you remember, my ship got damaged by that Phazon Pirate Harvester machine..."

Samus nodded. "I remember waking up, and then you were flying my ship away to catch up with Dane and the others before that wormhole closed..." She smiled.

Naruto smiled back.

The mission was completed, and they left. He managed to get his ship back from Dane once they repaired the damages, and he and Samus split up at Sky Town. She flew off elsewhere, and he flew towards the Gaia System, to return to his home planet, where currently he was listed as taking on an S-Ranked Mission, which was to locate and find Uchiha Sasuke. The war with Phazon lasted for three months, which in three months he returned, with a failure to the mission. His injury he's sustained from the battle hours ago on Phaaze was healing, and he used those as an excuse that Sasuke had gotten a lot stronger...

And since then for two months after, all was quiet... until now.

Tsunade walked over, and spun Naruto around.

"What is going on?"

Naruto chuckled nervously.

"Uh... well... Tsunade, meet Aran Samus, one of my precious persons," Switching to English, he turned to the woman, "Samus, this is who I consider to be like a mother to me, Tsunade Senju. Switch to Japanese, Sam."

She smiled, and extended her glove-armored hand to the big-breasted woman. "So, you are Tsunade, are you? Naruto has told me that he looks to you as a mother figure in his life. I am glad he has people who do love him."

It was said with sincerity, and Naruto got a look from the woman, which he just blushed.

"It is true," he mumbled.

The door behind Jiraiya and the others opened, and out stepped Sekai and Lumine.

"Naruto! Commander Abbott is calling you!"

Naruto nodded. "Sure, tell him to hold a bit."

"Haku is taking care of that already," Lumine replied.

Naruto sighed, before he walked toward the others, as a light aura surrounded him. It fades away, revealing Naruto in his black and orange jump suit and coat, minus the Hitai-ate. This generally surprised them, as he pushed past Sakura and Kakashi, and followed Sekai and Lumine into the house. Samus disengaged her armor as well, and as she walked past the white-haired pervert who we know and love, Samus was clad in her blue rubber-like suit outfit, with these strange designs on her suit.

Naruto walked back towards the entrance to the base, and it opened once again since he did not lock it. Turning around, he looked at his friends. "Sekai, Lumine, Samus, you guys remain out here, okay? I'll be back. If I am thinking what I'm thinking, everyone else is already charging towards-"

"Hey! Naruto! You here?" yelled the voice of one Inuzuka Kiba.

"Here," he finished rather lamely. He chuckled, before he stepped into the elevator, and the door closes shut. Once it reached the level, he stepped out, and Haku floated up to him.

"Commander Abbott is waiting, Naruto," she told him.

He walked towards the computers, and stood in front of the screen, as David's image appeared on the large screen.

"Pirate threats that touched down and attacked me neutralized."

=0=0=

It was tense. Because of the alien attack, the village was put under lockdown. Tsunade had a lot of ANBU in the corners of the large living room, with most of Naruto's friends and team mates, senseis, and those who he cared for staring down Samus, Sekai, and Lumine. Samus was not fazed at all, being a hardened warrior of the brave Chozo. Sekai, being of royalty, and Lumine, his mate in life, both were also not fazed by the slight KI that was directed at them.

Silence... for five minutes, until they heard the hiss of a door siding open, and Naruto walked out of the elevator, followed by Haku who projected herself into a full body form. He looked around, seeing a lot of ninjas in his living room. He then looked at his three comrades.

"David and the GFS Kazama will be entering the planet's atmosphere. During the battle with destroying the Frigate high above Gaia, David detected several other pirate signatures that have entered this region of space. It looks to be a movable planet fortress..."

Samus closed her eyes.

"What do they want?"

"David and his crew managed to capture on of the pirates, and he was but a lowly grunt. All they know was they are after the inner power that I hold inside of me... they see Kyuubi-hime as a substitute to Phazon. David will be here in ETA one minute."

"Also," Haku spoke up, "I calculated damages that was made during the brief invasion. With this world's currency, it would take about sixteen hundred thousand, three hundred and forty-six Ryo to repair the Hokage Monument, and several thousand Ryo to repair damages made to the village walls and surrounding places and damaged homes and compounds, lots, and the Hokage Tower which took a direct hit from a stray missile. Guesstimated casualties of humans is around three to four hundred, either civilian or shinobi, since this world has never fought against Space Pirates."

Naruto swore colorfully.

"That's going to be a hell of a lot of Seguru..."

"Hokage-sama! There's some weird flying metal contraption hovering above the village!" One ANBU shouted in a panic.

"Ah, there's Commander Abbott," Naruto said, getting up and walking out of the living room. Haku followed until she could no longer stray away from the compound, with Samus, Sekai, and Lumine following. Several other ships landed, and out poured Medical Personnel, several standard Federation Troopers, and landing in his own person platform from the GFS Kazama, was David.

Samus, Naruto, Sekai, and Lumine salute the strangely-dressed man.

"At ease," he says, saluting back briefly.

For some reason, Tsunade felt this strange foreboding creeping upon her, which told her that there was something else happening much bigger than Orochimaru or the Akatsuki.

Chapter Three

"So... the Valhalla's wreckage was salvaged?"

"Yes. In the two months since the war with Phazon, we finally managed to give any bodies on the ship a proper burial."

Naruto looked down in sadness. He remembered this kind young woman named Jane Atherway... and when they stumbled upon her remains, her eyes in a shocked gesture, and scythe impalement in her chest, one directly over the heart. He was only six years old, and in his time of his "disappearance" to his sudden rescue by a man who wore an Inu mask at the age of nine (he still never knew to this day that was Kakashi who has found him), Jane had taken care of him when he was found nearly half dead in the river by some investigating crews sent by the Federation. He owed his life to the woman... she became his first mother.

"I see... and of the Valhalla?"

"Disassembled, and any and all salvageable parts sent back to be recycled. Everything else was sent to the Federation's Ship Graveyard. But, other than that, we have detected a planet fortress that just emerged. We guess it is a type of weapon that was once organized by the Ki Hunter invasion several years ago."

"Any idea on where it could be moving?"

"We have no clue, but currently by our scans, it is heading on a trajectory toward the Asteroid Belt of this system."

"You said that they are after me... after the fox that was sealed inside of me at birth... do they really see Kyuubi as an alternative source to Phazon?"

"We believe so, Naruto. After all, it does have properties similar to Phazon when you and Samus engage in Hypermode through the PED."

Naruto nodded, lying back in the seat, Lumine and Sekai sitting on either side of him, while Samus stood behind the couch, behind Naruto.

"What do we plan on doing with my job, David? My position's been compromised now. Already I can hear the village just calling for my head because they think the Pirates are demons and since half of Konoha still see me as a demon in human skin, want me to die as well."

"Well unfortunately that cannot happen. You are one of the best bounty hunters the Federation has seen, alongside Samus and your two friends Sekai and Lumine," David spoke up, "if anything else, if they still feel that way then you should just leave the planet and move to one of the other colonies of the nearby planet of Marusu."

"I would, but I like this planet not to abandon it..."

David chuckles. "I knew you were going to say that..."

"Excuse me," spoke Tsunade.

Several ANBU were still cautious of the armored men and women whom disembarked from their flying metal ships, that despite their saying, went to tend to the injured and sick that got caught in this whole alien invasion mess.

"Yes?" David spoke, using a Universal Translator.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"... Naruto?"

Naruto sighed, as he felt eyes turn to the blonde.

"I was only six years old when Sarutobi-ojiisan discovered that I was missing, and sent out those he truly trusted to look for me. It was my birthday and I was again assaulted by my own village, and left for dead half drowned in a river that carried me far away from Konoha."

Samus clenched her fists. She had heard of Naruto's life story during their travel through Sky Town, and hearing it again brought a swift anger within her heart. Sekai and Lumine also felt anger towards the people who would want to kill their best friend.

"Elsewhere on this planet, the Federation had taken an interest of Gaia because of a species of humans that lived here, unaware of life in space, when Jane Atherway found he floating down the river, and rescued me..."

He closed his eyes, remembering how it all happened, and how it led to how he became a future defender of the innocent.

=0=0=

Naruto moaned softly, as he opened his eyes. He found the white ceiling of a hospital, and heard the beeps of machines. However, he felt weird. He slowly got up, and found himself in a strange metal-like room.

The door slid open, and in stepped a young woman with honey brown hair in soft curls, and whiskey-colored eyes behind pink-framed round glasses. She wore a doctor's coat.

"Oh, you're awake... Jane was worried that you wouldn't make it. You were at death's door when you were fished out of the river of Planet Gaia."

"Uh... w-who are you...?"

The doctor blinked, before she recognizes the language.

"Oh, you're Japanese..." She was profound in different languages, "I'm Dr. Asara. Jane Atherway was one of the crewmen sent by the Federation Flagship Kazama, to study the life on your home planet. They pulled back because of your condition when she rescued you from the river. Right now, we're hovering above your planet. Do you want to see for yourself?"

"What do you mean?"

Asara smiled and helped the boy out of the bed, who blushed as he was wearing the usual skimpy hospital gown, which was a light teal green, and she helped him over to the window using a foot stool. Naruto widened his eyes in amazement, seeing the vast stars littering the inky blackness, and below his vision, was a planet... HIS planet...

"Are... are you an alien?"

Dr. Asara blinked before she began to laugh. Naruto felt attracted to this laugh. It was melodious, one of soft gentleness.

"Oh no, I'm human like you are, although by our scans, you're a different type of human, because you seem to have this type of internal energy source... it feels more spiritual to us... however you are human enough."

Then she frowned, seeing the sad depressed look on the child's face. It made her heart ache, and then she nearly broke into tears when Naruto made a response.

"But I'm not human... everyone says I'm a terrible demon that deserves to die..."

"It took awhile, but they assured me that I was as human as I can be. I had some counseling done because I was distrusting of most adults. I couldn't blame them. Because I had been somewhat isolated in my childhood, I didn't understand most things that a normal human would grow up with, and being an orphan, I had no one to love or someone to love me, other than the old man, Teuchi, and Ayame-neechan...

"Eventually, I was brought back to the standard health of a child my age, but at that time, the GFS Kazama flew away from my planet, and I essentially began a life in space for my four years of my disappearance on Gaia. But during that time, we were flying into the region of space and were embarking on Planet Nibi, when I met two humanoids my standard age that I befriended. Sekai and Lumine..."

Planet Nibi was a greenish pink planet when viewed in space in the Elistar System, next to the Jorvian Star Cluster, but on its surface, it was more of a tropical setting in nature. The skies were always pinkish blue during the day, shifting to hues of orange and reds during the sunset hours, and in night, they were instead purplish black. Naruto had for a whole year, been taken care of by Jane, who adopted him. The Federation had a local outpost stationed here, and the locals of the planet welcomed them with open arms. At the local park of Mejia City, the place where the Federation was also stationed at, Naruto was at the park, playing with other human children and neko children, when he ran into a boy with elf-like ears, playing with a neko girl who had periwinkle furred tail and ears.

"Hi," Sekai greeted with a cheerful smile.

"Uh... hi," Naruto replied shyly.

The girl giggled with a purring effect, and nuzzled his cheek. "Don't be shy... you must be new here, right?"

"Uh, yeah," he replied, blushing, "I'm here with the GFS Kazama, and mom told me no to wander too far from the park. We're here for a stop before we leave again... I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm from Planet Gaia in the Gaia System."

"Wow, that's next door to this system," Sekai said in amazement, "I'm Sekai Jiraiya... I'm from Planet Jiraiya in the Xia System by the Jorvian Star Cluster, and I'm essentially the last of my race."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," Naruto apologized.

"No biggie... I'm used to it. I found a wonderful home here with Lumine's family."

"I'm her, Lumine Starr, from this planet and system, also located next to the Jorvian Star Cluster."

Naruto now smiled. "Nice to meet you both."

The two kids smiled back. At that moment, they solidified a friendship that would last for the years to come.

=0=0=

"We eventually remained there for a year until we had to leave again, but I made a promise to Sekai and Lumine I would never forget them, as they would for me. When I soon turned nine years old, they decided that I should be returned back to my home planet. Jane was all bothered about it, but she knew I belonged back home. Still, I love her very much... I wandered through Hi no Kuni, until I was found by a man who wore a dog-looking mask. I was brought back, and Sarutobi-ojiisan was all in a fuss with my four year disappearance. The next day, I enrolled into the academy..."

He took a sip of the water Haku brought to him.

"Ever since then, I have kept in contact with the Federation whenever I could, and only kept the few essentials I received during my travels in space, until I was able to get this new bigger apartment near Training Ground 44 when I returned from my three year training regimen with Ero-Sennin. I built this underground chamber to house everything I owned, and during my three years away from Konoha, I began accepting training to becoming a bounty hunter while Jiraiya was busy drinking with various whores at those bars he goes to."

Tsunade turned to glare at the man, but Naruto cleared his throat.

"Then again, slipping a type of Federation drug used to knock out a fully-grown Emphrumpet knocked him out for a year, but in that year, I had already built a good enough cash asset to start my years as a bounty hunter. Any and all solo missions I can take since I am of Chunin Rank, I would use those long time missions as a cover to go hunting, or to just continue by building of my base here on the planet with support by the Federation. And just to make sure the missions, most of them, are completed anyway, I just find the target of the assassination missions and just fire a point-blank Plasma Beam right through the heart."

"And then the war with Phazon began," Samus spoke up, causing Tsunade to look at the woman.

"Phazon," David spoke up before the woman could ask her question, "is an alien material substance that has devastating, near planetary-sized power to corrupt any and all life with its toxic-like poison. You see, ten months ago, the GFS Valhalla was attacked by a group of pirates, led by Ridley. The GFS Valhalla was where Naruto's first mother, Jane, was stationed, and she had been killed in the pirate assault..."

A sniffle broke the air, and everyone saw that Naruto nearly broke down, as he remembered seeing the terrified look in his mother's eyes when he and Samus infiltrated the wrecked flagship to find any clues after the assault on the Pirate Homeworld was a success. Hinata felt a form of jealously quell in her heart seeing the catgirl hug Naruto, rubbing his back affectionately.

"Valhalla fell to the pirate's power, and their uses of Phazon weaponry... no survivors were found. A month after, the GFS Olympus began calling for all of the most trusted Bounty Hunters in the Galaxy: they include Rundas, Ghor, Gandrayda, Samus Aran, and Naruto Uzumaki."

Haku, who was still there, brought up a large holo-screen, and displayed the images of Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda; three of the mentioned hunters. "Sekai and Lumine would have gone as well, but they were elsewhere in the universe dealing with a small-time Ki-Hunter infestation on Planet GX003, which is two systems away from where Planet Norion is located, and where GFS Olympus was currently stationed."

"At that time when I received the call, I asked you for an S-Rank Mission to find Sasuke, and you allowed it, on the record that I took someone with me. I allowed it, but the person you assigned me Baa-chan secretly worked for Orochimaru and was a spy in the Leaf so I had to kill him when I found out two days when I left the village to start on the mission. I snuck back, and then using my starship Hinata flew from the planet with stealth devices on, and I met Samus at the cross roads when we arrived."

Tsunade interrupted Naruto, who she saw more or less like a son. "Naruto... you better fucking explain everything..."

"I am Baa-chan," he snapped, and Samus caught the sake bottle she chuckled at him in retaliation.

David shook his head. "Make the story quick Naruto. I will be heading back to the Kazama to continue monitoring the situation with the Pirate Fortress that emerged into this system."

"Sure Commander," he replied, as David left the house.

"I'd like to know about this as well," Sekai said, as he displayed his starship, the G-Firebolt (it was the starship with X-shaped wings), before flipping off his display of the ship's status.

"Yeah, I mean the three of us took some missions together, but you never did tell us much about what happened when you and Samus tried to fight back the Phazon corruption..."

Naruto close his eyes again. "At first, I didn't know what I got myself into, but when I realized just how dangerous this mission was going to be... Samus and I had already entered the room where the other Hunters and Dane waited for our arrival..."

=0=0=

The door opened, and Naruto and Samus walked in together. Both wore similar armored suits, however, Samus was clad in her trademark orange, while Naruto wore the navy blue. His however was also molded for a more masculine build, unlike Samus's suit which fitted for a womanly form.

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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics

Energy Tank Total: [03]
Missile Ammo: [10]

Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
Gravity Boost (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)

Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Missile Launcher (Online)

Morph Ball Systems, Ball & Bomb Systems
Morph Ball (Online)
Morph Ball Bomb (Online)

Visor Systems
Command Visor (Online)
Scan Visor (Online)

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Behind his visor, Naruto looked a bit nervous being around other potential strong hunters. However, he blinked twice, as he saw a second Samus. And apparently, Ghor and Rundas gained confused looks, looking back and forth between both Samus Aran's.

"Gandrayda, enough!" Dane yells.

The fake Samus giggled girlishly, as the transformation ended, and Gandrayda resumed her normal form.

"Naruto, Samus, Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda. You five are the best hunters we have here. Now, as you know, there have been numerous attacks made by the pirates lately. Everyone, I would like to introduce to you, the Federation's newest super computer, the aurora Unit. This is Aurora Unit 242, of the GFS Olympus."

The large computer display behind Admiral Dane flickered, revealing a hologram of the Aurora Unit, an organic supercomputer.

"An organic supercomputer, eh? How... interesting," Ghor said aloud.

"It's impressive, Dane, sir," Naruto spoke up.

"Yes, of course, Naruto. However, currently, Aurora Unit 242 is offline for the time being."

"How irrelevant..."

"Sadly, we had to shut down Au 242's networking systems due to a virus that has plagued the Aurora Unit network system. We barely managed to save 242, and what viral data that got through, was purged by our vaccination teams."

"So, why are we all here, anyway?" Naruto questioned.

"The pirates, as usual, have been causing us a lot of trouble. About a month ago, the GFS Valhalla was attacked by Space Pirates. They impacted the ship without warning, and they attempted to steal the Aurora Unit installed on that ship. Sadly, they succeeded with what they were after."

Naruto's eyes widened. Jane was stationed on that starship via transfer.

"Admiral Dane! Were there any survivors...?"

Dane frowned, and simply shook his head. Naruto gained tears in his eyes, as he clenched his fist tightly.

"If I was there, I would have stopped them in their tracks," Rundas proclaimed.

"Then it's a shame you weren't," Dane responded, "The pirates completely overwhelmed them, and they were unable to fight back. Not long after, they began to implant a virus, which began targeting various Aurora Units, All but one, 242, survived the corruption. After that incident, we kept vigilant on the pirate activities, until we discovered something very interesting. Lately, there have been small-time attacks by the pirates, whom begun harvesting Phazon as a weapon source."

"Hm, pirates... you can never understand them," Gandrayda said off-handedly.

"They're nothing more than scum," Naruto hissed.

All of a sudden, the ship shuddered and lurched, nearly making everyone fall off balance. Several klaxons rang out, as the sound system displaying Red Alert signals.

"Warning: Enemy Signatures detected."

"Sir! Several wormholes suddenly opened up. It's the pirates!"

"Several ships have been detected heading towards Planet Norion, sir! It's an invasion!"

"Damn! They've begun their move already!"

"Sir, what do we do?" Naruto questioned.

"All of you get to your ships and head down to Norion!" Dane commands. Everyone nods, as the three hunters rush out of the room. Dane looks at Naruto and Samus and nods as he rushes out of the room.

Naruto and Samus look at one another, then at the signs flashing on the holo-screen. The two opened the door and headed out, returning to their docked ships. The ship lurched again, and lights in the hallway went out for a brief moment. Naruto opened the hatch ahead as he and Samus rushed out. Dane turned around.

"Samus, Naruto, get down to your ships quick. We need you two to-"

A laser rips through a flagship in the distance, generating a powerful explosion that shocked everyone. Naruto and Samus immediately rush into action, while Dane began issuing commands. Returning to the cross road below, the wall explodes as two Troopers got killed. Two pirates emerged, as Turrets above them activate and began firing energy blasts at them. Naruto and Samus brought their cannons up and fired several power shots, before Naruto jumped into the air and killed one Pirate with a launched missile. Samus, who charged her Power Beam, kills the second pirate.

"Great, the door here locked down," Naruto told Samus.

"This way," she said, going through the newly created door, and opened a hatch. Naruto followed, as several spider-looking bots were firing their weapons at some boxes, where an injured trooper was currently hiding behind. Naruto rolled out into view, and fired his missiles, destroying all five of them.

"Hey, you alright?" Naruto snapped.

"I'm fine, thanks a lot though. Hurry and get out of here! I'll be fine."

Naruto nods, as Samus rushed past Naruto, and the blue-armored ninja followed the woman, both exiting the Xenoresearch Lab. In this hallway, they heard the sounds of weapons fire being exchanged. All of a sudden, Naruto and Samus spotted a downed Federation ship that had taken heavy damage. It flew right into the hallway, creating a hull breach. The pirates and several marines were sucked into the coldness of space but one hung to dear life. Samus acted quickly, shooting at this glowing switch above, which then activated the hull breach doors, sealing the hallway, and thus saving the Marne's life.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah... I'm fine... thanks for the save, Samus, Naruto," the trooper replied, "But it looks like the area's been sealed, so you'll have to find another way to return back to your starships."

"Looks like it," Naruto mumbled.

"You two, get going, now."

Naruto and Samus look at one another, before back tracking into the laboratory once again. However, this time, the injured marine was gone, and they suspect he had left the area. The doors suddenly seal behind them, as a wall inside the chamber before them revealed three pirates exiting those organic-looking squid ships. The wall was hull breached, and thus became sealed.

"Oh shit! They stole the Cell that powers the ship!"

One pirate, with armor, cackled in its alien tongue as it stolen the energy Cell, thus powering down most of the ship's defenses.

"We have to power the ship back up again or it's going to be destroyed."

Naruto nodded, as hatches and emergency doors opened. Naruto rushed in and jumped down, firing his last three missiles. They were blown back, and the armored leader lost its grip on the Energy Cell. Samus leapt in after Naruto, who retrieved the cell and made a run for it. The armored pirate with the cracked defenses gave chase, while Samus made quick work of the two weakened pirates. Naruto smiled as the leader jumped overhead, and landed before him, spinning around to try and slice Naruto, who simply ducked before sending an uppercut using the cannon. At the point the metal made contact with the alien jaw, he pulled the trigger, firing at point-blank a power shot. It flew back, and landed with a destroyed jaw and blood pouring out.

Naruto walked over and jumped down through the open door hatch. Stepping up next to Samus, the Energy Cell pillar emerged again from its hatch and he inserts it, and twists it, so it locked in. All power soon returned, and the doors and hatches locked... as another hatch opened, an out poured various small Crawlmines. The two hunters backed up, spotting them. Naruto made a quick scan of them, and warned Samus they explode on contact. They immediately began to spam their shots at the seemingly endless wave of Crawlmines. Soon, they heard a heavy thud, and falling from a formed hole in the ceiling, two of the larger spider bots, Crawltanks, attacked. Samus kept the mines at bay while alternating destroying the tanks. Naruto fired a charged shot, destroying another that appeared.

Suddenly, the two hatches in the floor pop open, and two tanks crawl out to attack. They saw this as a chance of escape, and destroyed the last tanks before energy surrounded them. Once it faded two spheres of orange and blue remained and rolled into the hatches. Inside, Samus and Naruto were coiled up, as the internal computers kept track of their view before them. Above, they can hear the various clattering of tiny legs, and the shing of the energy shots that tried to hit them, but only impacted the glass-like floor. They rolled through the tunnel, and soon emerged into another tunnel, where in the nearby hall, Rundas made quick work of a pirate, freezing the creature, and then shattering it before rushing off.

=0=0=

The hatch opened below in Repair Bay A, and Naruto and Samus pulled themselves into the sealed chamber, before the hatch closed.

"Next time, warn me when you do that Samus," Naruto told the woman.

"Sure," she replied. Air hissed into the room, before the atmosphere was in a stable enough condition, to unlock the door, and then open up. Several explosions in the distance rocked the room.

Some debris fell, and blocked a hand scanner in the end of the room, which in the distance, a trooper was fighting back against some Aeromines, and they spied Gandrayda making quick work of some pirates with her acrobatic movements and melee attacks... until the door sealed shut. They hear the whine of pirates warping into the room.

Naruto and Samus charged their cannons, attacking the pirates that appeared. Naruto as he jumped up onto the next hanging platform with the missing staircase, he lashed out with the Grapple Beam, and grappled one pirate before swinging around, and then flinging it at two more, knocking them down. Naruto them jumped at them, and slammed his cannon at them, blasting a skull wide open before he called upon his chakra. Focusing it through his armor and through specially-made chakra vents in the glove, shoved one Rasengan into the face of one pirate, before the third one got a face full of energy salvo by Samus.

The woman was intrigued by the ability Naruto displayed earlier with the energy ball. Naruto turned back, and viewed his visor. "Samus, there's an Ammunition Room above..."

"I'll check it out."

He nods, as she begins jumping towards the top deck, taking out two tanks that emerged from vent ducts. Naruto went back to the debris, and scanned it. Only an explosive blast can easily remove the debris. He smiled behind his visor, and charged up a Rasengan, and sent it flying. As Samus returned, with her Missile Launcher system recharged, Naruto had use the scanner to open, the door, and make the bridge. The Aeromines were about to kill the injured Marine until they sensed new enemies within they radar, and turned their attention upon Naruto and Samus. Simply put, he was rescued, and any pirates that emerged were taken out. Now at the door, all enemies cleared away and the trooper able to rest easily again, they opened it, and emerged back into the docking bay where their two ships were docked on the large platform.

"Naruto?"

"Yes?"

"How did you do that energy ball thing?"

"Oh, it's a special ability of mine," he replied, his smile barely seen through the visor. But before she could ask more about the Rasengan, they heard a pained scream, before the glass form the deck above shatters from a thrown Marine. Naruto ran to help the man, but jumped back as the man's head was crushed under the foot of one ugly disgusting-looking beast of an alien.

=0=0=

Naruto looked around, seeing disbelief on the faces of his friends.

"Trust me; the Berserker Lord was one hell of an ugly monster. Thankfully, we were able to easily destroy its defenses, and waste most of its overall health before it began entangled in the energy barrier that sprung up during the fight, and fall off the platform, and into a Pirate ship that flew by, destroying both targets."

Samus decided to speak up. "Back then, I was a bit distrusting of Naruto because this was the first time we both met one another but I had to admit he did well fighting on his own power. Anyway, after the danger threat ended, we each hailed our ships, and we flew straight to Norion. There, we discovered that the pirates had disabled the three main generators of Norion's Main Federation Base, which powers the planet's main defense grid and the cannon itself..."

"Of course, on our way to Norion, Samus hailed my ship and we had a bit of a discussion. She recognized her old starship, and I told her that I bought it with enough Seguru, and modified it into my own class style, and also gave it a midnight blue and purple color scheme, with the ship window replaced with orange."

Haku displayed Naruto's ship for all to see in that palm of her hand.

"Wait... I just don't understand any of this," muttered Sakura, "and aren't you supposed to be dead?"

"Naruto unburied my body using a Kage Bunshin, and brought me back to his home, where he went through the process of uploading my entire conscious and my mind into a computer, this giving me a second chance at life..." she smiled a bit, "I live to serve Naruto anyway I can..."

"I also told her that my Power Suit had some Chozo technology that was the basics of suit activation and use. From my last trek, I found a few Chozo upgrades, which were granted upon me because I had proven my worth of using a bit of their technology that Samus would use to defend the peace of the galaxy. At first she didn't like it, but she accepted it because I made it my goal to also bring forth everlasting peace across the universe."

"And then, we broke through Norion's atmosphere..." Samus looked at all of them, as she too remembered how that played out.

Chapter Four

"Wait, how did all of this mess begun?"

"Well, from what we were able to learn throughout the adventure, pirates gotten a hold of some crates filled with Phazon, but then they begun to crack open. But I'll tell you more later... you see, since the war with Phazon begun, the Federation use the planet Norion as a primary base of operations... but the attack came, and we all responded."

=0=0=

Two gunships flew through the air, avoiding enemy fire and retaliating. As they flew towards the main base of Norion, Naruto and Samus could make out damages dealt by the pirate invasion, and the many lesser but powerful defenses fighting back against the enemy ships running through the skies. Friendly ships flew through the air as well, taking out whatever enemy ships tried to bomb land areas. Going through an underpass, they soon reach the closest docking bay, and both land their ships there. Naruto's starship was Samus's old starship before she received her new one at the Federation Ship Yard. Only, it was heavily modified for the newest upgrades, and some Chozo technology which a few was also made for his Power Suit. The main cockpit remained the same, but the ship's hull wings were aerodynamically designed as stingray fins. The engines of the ship remained intact, but also recreated for the more modern choice of boosters, while holding Swordfish engine hubcaps behind for extra stability in space flight. The window was more of a V-shaped form, bright orange. The color scheme was midnight blue, and dark purple. The docking gear underneath were four "teeth" like spikes with red tips. When Naruto's ship went into docking mode, those four spikes extended downward, and interlocked, forming a helicopter class landing gear. The ends of the wing then fold downward, and were used for weight stability. A Federation Marine stationed there had just taken out a pirate, before looking back as Naruto and Samus exit their ships, Samus from below her ship, and Naruto from above which he performed a somersault, and landed down next to Samus.

"Oh, thank goodness you both arrived," the Marine said, as he ran over to them.

"What's going on?"

"Norion's main defense grid was taken out. The main base is powered by three large generators which is used to power up the main cannon."

"How do we get them back online?"

"You'll have to travel to each generator, and get them back online. Because of the attacks, I suspect they will be damaged. Here, I'll upload the coordinates of each generator to your visor maps." He brought his gun up, and typed away on a holo grid, before Naruto and Samus looked onto their screens, as a map of Norion was formed. However, it only displayed three points of interest.

"Well, let's get cracking, Samus," Naruto said, running towards the door. She followed, as Naruto had taken out the door that had been locked by a pirate, before the forcefield went down. Inside, Samus entered a hub, and grabbed something. The item which she took uploaded data to her suit, and thus given her a Grapple beam like Naruto's only it was situated on her left forearm and hand.

The Grapple Lasso.

Samus walked around back to Naruto, who had just managed to finally remove the plating on the door using his Grapple Beam. Samus activates the door with the hand scanner, and it opens, bidding entry into the elevator. Both step into it, and the floor begins to climb upward. Both hunters prepare their cannons, as the door behind them opens once reaching the top floor. Naruto swerved around the corner, and took out a Crawltank, while Samus breaks past him, as a pirate emerged from the other side. She killed it quickly with a few charged shots.

However as they raced up the stairs and down the corridor, the next room they emerged into was littered with bodies of several troopers. Naruto and Samus looked around uneasily, not believing how much death could be brought upon by this invasion of the pirate forces. Using his scanner, Naruto scanned the bodies they came across. All of them were killed, by asphyxiation via panic attack, or brutal death blows.

Naruto bends down next to a Marine who lost his helmet. Blood trickled down his forehead, an obvious scythe cut made right into the brain. He closed the man's eyes, and closed his jaw, to at least give him some peace in the afterlife. He felt a hand on his shoulder and got up, looking at Samus. He then looked past her, and saw a scanner. Scanning it...

"The thing's locked due to enemies in the vicinity."

Suddenly a beam shot nearly hit them. Some Aeromines were seen flying towards them, shields deployed. Samus prepped her weapon and fired when their shields temporarily went down. Naruto remained, trying to unlock the panel. But when Samus cleaned out the corridor of the Aeromines, the panel lit green, and Naruto use his scanner. Samus turned hearing a hiss and a door panel slid open, and remained open.

"Samus, you go on ahead, I'll catch up. Get to that generator and get it online!"

Samus nodded, and she ran further down the ruined corridor, while Naruto slipped into Morph Ball Mode, and went into the hole. A sudden gust of pressurized air blew him into the tunnel, where he emerged into a maze network.

"Wait... what happened?"

"Well, this network of mazes was winding, and somewhat pissed me off. Especially since there was a Jelly Roger drove that kept peppering me with energy shots. Samus had gone on ahead, toward the first generator to get it running, while I slipped into another network out of Morph Ball mode, and saved some Marines in the lower levels and some evacuating civilian crew members. I managed to find a few goodies, one Missile Expansion kit and an Energy Tank to add to my collection of course, and then I managed to find my way back to a landing dock station, where Samus's ship had already landed. I was there also with three other Marine Troopers whom wore these specially-designed suits called PED.

"It used the Phazon energy as a power boost, and it was tremendous. Samus, I, an the other hunters were contacted by Dane, because he told us that a wormhole had just opened, and then a large... organic-looking machine emerged and was flying on a direct trajectory with Norion. We had immediately dubbed it a Leviathan Seed, because it was brim with Phazon. Samus arrived after reactivating the first generator, just in time for the last pirate to get blasted away with a blast of Phazon while I had finished one off with my Rasengan... then things got worse when Samus's old rival appeared."

The last surviving Marine, Samus, and Naruto heard the cry of a dragon followed by a large shadow flying overhead. The three turned seeing a dragon flying high overhead, before stopping at a portion of the base, and unleashing an atomic breath attack.

"Ridley," Samus hissed.

"That's Ridley, the Space Pirate Dragon I heard so much about?" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yup, that's him alright... apparently; they revitalized him yet again..."

Naruto projected the map of Norion he managed to acquire. Samus was thankful, and she scanned it, as her suit now also gained a full map detail of the Norion GF Base.

"You took care of the Generator on this wing, but now we have to back track and get to the other one."

"Rundas told me earlier that all hunters are allowed to remote command their ships. He was also going to take care of the other generator, leaving me with the last one."

"You mean us, Samus? I'm going too... I'll take care of this generator; for now, we have to get moving."

She nodded, agreeing with logic. They were in a race against time to get the generators back online, and destroy this monstrosity that was flying towards Norion on a collision course. They back tracked to the main corridor, just in time to see Ghor finishing of a Berserker Lord. Ghor told them to get going to Generator C, and they did.

"Samus. Naruto. We are detecting large amounts of Phazon within the meteor. You must hurry and activate the generators. We fear that this meteorite may be an organic bomb designed to destroying Norion."

"Well, that's a fucking kick in the ass," Naruto said off-handedly replied to AU 242.

"Hurry up Naruto!" Samus yelled, as they tore through various Crawlmines and Jelly Roger Drones. They soon made it to the other side; however the pathway of getting to the generator were through network tunnels, as the main bridge was out.

"Samus, you take the tunnel, I'll go on ahead." There were also some grappling hooks here, and Naruto lassoed with the Grapple Beam, and latched on. Samus did as Naruto said, and entered the tunnel.

"Naruto, Samus, hurry. The meteor is closely approaching. We are doing all that we can to try and slow down the meteor."

Samus, in the tunnel, grunted as Ridley flew down, and trapped her within the tunnel, one claw crushing the tunnel and thus preventing her from escaping, while Naruto had no choice but to keep going upon reaching the other side. He knew Samus can handle herself. Opening the door, he ran right in, and shot out several tanks.

Suddenly, his comm. buzzed, and he got a direct calling from Rundas. "Hey, kid, you there? Listen, I took care of Generator B. All we have left is Generator C. Samus is busy, so you better get to it. Oh... here they come again." Naruto heard the sounds of ice being fired before the call disconnected.

Naruto turns the corner and ducked back as he was fired upon by some pirates.

"We'll handle them," he heard someone say from behind him. Two troopers with PEDs moved into the corridor, and they unleashed several bursts of Phazon from their Hypermode attacks. The pirates never stood a chance.

"It's clear! Go Naruto!"

Naruto rushed down the corridor, and into the other side, as he destroyed another Crawltank.

The door was half blown from its hinges, so he managed to get rid of it by using the Rasengan and pumping more chakra into it. The pirates waiting inside all turned as the metal doors were blown from their hinges, and Naruto stepped into the room. He noticed the generator was locked out of the way, and there were a total of five pirates, each of them activating their weapons. Before Naruto can fire one pirate turned on the others, shooting three away down into the darkness below, and the last two turned around. One got impaled in the chest and the other lost its head. Naruto slowly lowered his cannon, before a sudden glow erupted around the last pirate. It was Gandrayda.

Naruto's helmet vanished, as he walked up to her, who was wiping off imaginary dust off her shoulders and arms. "Ya know Naruto, Space Pirate gray is not my style."

"Eh..."

She walked up to him up the ramp, and smiled.

"I'm not that proficient with machines as well, so can you handle it for me?"

"Uh... yeah, Gandrayda."

She smiled, and gave him a chaste kiss on the lips, making Naruto blush. The female humanoid just grinned, and walked past him.

"Thanks Naruto."

Gandrayda walked out of the room, past Samus who just arrived. The woman saw Naruto's cheeks were a light red tint, which Naruto just hid his blushing face behind the helmet once again.

"What is going on?"

"Nothing," he said rather quickly.

=0=0=

"Hold on! Gandrayda kissed you?" Sekai exclaimed. Lumine was giggling, finding it funny.

"She caught me off guard... besides, it wasn't anything with meaning; I mean it was just a kiss..."

Lumine just giggled more. Naruto sighed.

"I said the same thing two years ago, before you kissed me passionately again, while Sekai was busy eating me out."

Jiraiya's pervy senses tingled.

"That's different Lumine," Naruto told the catgirl, "Gandrayda's kiss was just spurred on the moment, and we shared a threesome."

Jiraiya rockets back with a nosebleed while a perverted giggle escaped the old man. Samus just coughed nervously, smacking Naruto over the head. The three teens blushed however, remembering that wonderful night two years ago.

"Naruto, you're going off topic," Samus hissed.

"Sorry..."

No one however knew what was going through the mind of Hyuuga Hinata, other than the fact that she now wanted to kill Lumine for claiming Naruto's virginity.

=0=0=

Naruto was rolling through the tunnels, having unlocked the sections, before he was air blasted to the top of the generator. Falling down, he locked into a bomb slot, which he released a kinetic explosion which triggered the release system. The entire thing shuddered, but before it could lower into position, it stopped with a crash. Naruto got jolted out of the place, and he unrolled. He looked up, and saw the glowing red eyes of Ridley, who emerged from the darkness with a roar. Naruto had no chance of fighting back as Samus watched with horror, the dragon tackled Naruto off the edge and down into the darkness below.

"Naruto!" Samus yelled.

Naruto swore as he began to free fall. Ridley was right in front of him, roaring as he vanished into the darkness. Naruto's visor brought up a number, telling him how much distance he had until he struck the center of the planet's core. He flipped to the Scan Visor, as he decided to get some data on Ridley. When the dragon slowly came into view, he scanned him quickly. Data on "Meta" Ridley flashed across his screen, before his warning system alerted him to loosened wall cells falling. Of course, at their rate of speed, the cells were coming towards him, so he had to maneuver himself a bit, while he began to spam his trigger finger. The glowing shots flew through the tunnel, destroying the cells coming to him, while some manage to impact Ridley, but not doing much. Ridley was clinging to the sides of the tunnel, which was the explanation for the cells flying up towards him. He swerved, avoiding a beam of energy the dragon fired at him. He retaliates by firing some missiles. Ridley roared at him as he was knocked back from the explosive blasts. Once again, the dragon faded into the darkness, only to slowly emerge, clung to the sides, and firing another beam at him, which clipped him and drained some energy from his tanks.

Naruto grunted, willing back the pain shocks, and continued firing at the beast, aiming for the head, eyes, and mouth. However, after some while, they emerged into a larger rocky tunnel, and Ridley roared as he flew up, and Naruto cried as he was effectively grappled within the long slender, bony fingers of the dragon's claw. Ridley roars at him, but Naruto had his arm cannon free, so he fired a missile right into the mouth. The explosion choked the dragon, but wasn't enough to get himself free from its gasp. Naruto growled, and charged up his cannon. When Ridley opened his mouth, preparing to exhale a blast of fire, he swallowed a charged energy shot. That got him free as Ridley lost his grip on the boy, who was now freefalling once more, only this time Naruto had his back against the darkness, and Ridley was above with perfect opportunities to attack. The dragon wasted no opportunity in doing so, as he unleashed several spheres of burning flames. Naruto shot them all down, each shot causing a mini-explosion. Naruto was wondering how to keep on fighting, as his eyes dart to the meter. He flips open the muzzle, and fired his missile load with targetted accuracy, making sure each shot connected with Ridley's face.

Ridley roars, and flies down at him, and grabs him, this time fully trapping the blonde blue-armored hunter... however Naruto squirmed as Ridley prepared to build up an internal red glow within the back of its throat. Naruto finally managed to get his arm loose, and brought up a quick Rasengan. The spiraling chakra sphere causes a multitude of damages and burns, that the dragon, as they slip into another tight squeeze, lost his grip yet again on the blonde.

"So, you fought Ridley and survived, eh?" Sekai asks.

"He was a pain in the ass, that's for sure... but in the end, I weakened him long enough to drop down upon him... with a Rasengan right down his throat."

Ridley cried out in excruciating pain as the Rasengan was swallowed, and a muffled explosion echoed as Ridley fell nearly lifeless down the darkness. Naruto looked up, hearing someone calling out to him. It was Rundas, who flew down using his ice powers. Extending one tong out, Naruto grabbed it and Rundas immediately pulled the other direction. Both hunters now flew up the tunnel.

"Ah, thanks for the save Rundas..."

"No problem Naruto. Samus is worried however... you handled yourself well against an arch nemesis like Ridley. Listen, you and Samus have to get the generator back online. I'll go and find Ghor and Gandrayda, and we'll wait for you at the main elevator leading to the Cannon Command Room. Hurry, because the Federation during your fight warned us that they were unable to keep the meteor back. It's vastly approaching the planet now, and they've begun evacuations of all personnel crew on this planet into security bunkers."

"Got it," he responded. Before long, Naruto let's go, as Rundas flew in a circle, while the Generator now lowered into docking position, and then exits out the top.

"Samus, you go on ahead. Get back to the door that leads to the cannon's elevator. Everyone will be going there as well. I'll flip the generator on and catch up!"

"What about you? You just fought against Ridley!"

"I'm fine Samus, get going! Now!" Naruto shouted. She nodded reluctantly, and rushed out the room.

Naruto rushed over to the console, and activates the scanner. Soon, he begins a series of input keys with the keyboard, using his visor to help him unlock most of the codes with a little legal hacking. After a minute, the last code was entered, and he heard the high-pitched whine of energy flowing through the now activated generator. With a grin, he ran out of the room, and backtracked, using the Grapple Beam to cross the wide gap once reaching outside. He briefly saw the meteor in the high distance of the planet's atmosphere.

"Samus was fast. I'll grant her that much, however I caught up well, and barely managed to get past the doors of the elevator as it closed. They were in fact almost about to leave me behind... as we climbed higher, I was a bit nervous. However, it went away when Samus placed a hand on my shoulder and told m to stop fidgeting. We soon made it there, however..."

Naruto stood by Gandrayda, while Rundas hovered by Samus who was quickly typing away on the key board, accessing the main computer and going through the sequences of activating the defense grid and the main cannon gun. But Naruto turned around as an increasing glow of light smashes through the window, startling all hunters. Everyone's warning systems went off, as the word Phazon and Red Alert flashed across whatever visors of screening systems each specific hunter used, or, in Gandrayda's defense, her highly-acute senses to danger zones.

"The fuck...?"

Suddenly Naruto cried out as he got blasted in the chest by a beam of Phazon. Everyone reacted at the assault, but the glow was fading as more shots rang out, and Rundas was sent flying back, then Ghor was knocked down with surprising ease. Gandrayda with an electrical energy ball lost her charge as she too fell. Soon, a black-armored figure radiating a Phazon aura emerged from the now vanished light, but Samus dodged her dark doppelganger's attack. Slowly, everyone got back up, and all weapons were poised and ready.

Dark Samus growled, as a sudden glow enveloped her. Energy rapidly channeled into her black cannon, and before anyone could react, Dark Samus unleashed a blinding wave of Phazon at them all, sending them down to the ground. When the light receded, Dark Samus stood there, watching as the glow of Phazon recedes from the fallen and unconscious hunters. With an eerie and evil chuckle, Dark Samus exploded with Phazon from her legs and feet as it flew through the air, and rapidly vanished into the distance, exploding through the atmosphere, into space, and into the darkness.

=0=0=

Naruto opened his eyes.

"Dark Samus... an entity born from Phazon... and Samus's evil counterpart..."

"Everyone was out cold, but I struggled to remain awake, long enough to activate the cannon. In doing so, I had just barely saved Norion from total annihilation form the Phazon bomb hurtling towards the planet... but then I as well blacked out."

Naruto opened his mouth, but Haku shuddered a bit. "Naruto, message from Commander Abbott. Emergency. It's about that planet fortress."

"Main screen."

Haku displayed a wide holographic screen, which displayed David's face. "Hunters, we have a major problem. That planetoid fortress is going on a direct course with this planet. From what we managed to scan using cloaked probes, they are plotting to destroy this planet with some sort of large laser gun. Hunters, you must assemble immediately. Fly to the fortress, break through their defenses, and destroy that planetoid somehow!"

The screen vanished, but there was look of panic on the faces of the Gaia humans. Naruto got up, as his armor activated around him. "Haku, prepare the ship. We're using the Hinata this time."

Haku vanished.

Sekai pulled out the Chozo Staff, before a glow enveloped around him. In addition now to his regular outfit, he was now clad in his Battle Uniform. Lumine activated her special armor, and smiled as everyone stared at the catgirl, and Samus emerged in her armor.

"Hunters, let's move out!"

"Naruto!"

"Don't worry... we'll be back."

They ran out the house. The whines of the ships echoed, as Samus entered hers, and soon flew off. Naruto's ship followed not far behind, after Haku flew it form the hatch and the docking bay hidden in the backyard ground.

Chapter Five

The grunts and cries of three teenagers echoed within the bedroom. Two young males were plunging in and out of the young female sandwiched between their sweaty bodies. Lumine closed her eyes and she cried out with ecstasy. Her ears flattened against her head and her tail grew stiff as her body convulsed, and shook with her shattering orgasm. The boys in response thrust in deep and they release the burning essence of their seed. Naruto slowly pulled out of her rear, while Sekai's length slowly slipped out of her dripping pussy. Both guys collapsed onto their backs, and Lumine lay down between them, rolling off Naruto.

"That was... so enjoyable," she sighed, panting a bit.

Both boys simply lifted their thumbs up, smiles on their faces. The three hunters were sweaty, and the room smelt of sex. Suddenly, Haku phased into the room that was next to the cockpit, and sweatdropped at the sight before her.

"Naruto, Lumine, Sekai, we've arrived back to Gaia." They decided to take a break from story telling, because of a bigger threat. In less than seventy-two hours, four bounty hunters infiltrated the planetoid fortress, destroyed the thing from the inside out, and then caused it to explode before its main cannon weapon within it could obliterate Gaia and all other planets in this sector. The three decided to take a quick shower just to wash out the smell and get them cleaned up, each just using Naruto's brand of Axe Body Wash + Shampoo. Lumine didn't mind if she smelt a bit of a manly scent for now.

Soon, they managed to arrive on the planet, as Haku prepared the docking bays for the two ships to land. Inside the living room, Tsunade waited with everyone else in the living room... for seventy-two hours. They had even taken refuge of sleeping inside Naruto's home during their absence. They heard the whines of those metal flying ships, and then silence. Soon, they heard the hiss of an opening door, and four hunters exit, back in their clothes outside the armors (in Sekai's case, no longer in his Battle Uniform which is just the addition of a magical cape, and armor along the forearms, legs, shoulders, and a triangular visor over the eyes).

Samus took a seat this time, while on the three-seater, Naruto sat down, with Lumine sandwiched between him and Sekai. "Okay... we returned, and we taken care of the threat that once loomed over us..."

"I'm still aching from the fun we have on our flight back here," Lumine giggled, and Hinata noticed both the alien boy Sekai and her Naruto blushing. Her jealousy sprang again in her eyes, but she made sure her body shown none of the traits. She just wanted to rip her throat out the way she was tenderly holding her Naruto's hand like that... no, it should be her, not that alien catgirl!

"Do you still wish to head more of this story?" Naruto asked, thinking they had enough.

"Yes, I wanna hear it all," Tsunade said, wanting to know more about Naruto than he lets on.

"Naruto, I have been wondering though... life exists out in space, but... how come we were not informed? Why hasn't this Federation attempt to contact us?" Jiraiya questioned.

In fact, when Jiraiya asked that, it was a really good question.

"Because from what I told them in the years I grew up and kept contact with the GFS Kazama, they still fear because of the more dangerous criminals whom want to rule the world door destroy it, i.e. Orochimaru or the Akatsuki. Plus, since we have dangerous jutsus that can affect on a bit of a world-scale..." He didn't finish that sentence.

Everyone just nodded.

"What an Aurora Unit?" questioned Sai, who was not only paying attention, but with his vivid imagination, was sketching down his own detail of what the beasts and creatures would have looked like in Naruto's point of view.

"They are a vast network linking all existing Auroras, allowing them access to a tremendous database without peer," Haku responded, "I work on a system similar to the other Auroras, but I am not an official Aurora Unit."

Naruto looked to Samus, and then shrugged.

"Well, it's been a month since Dark Samus, and the attempt of Norion being bombed... however, we would soon learn just how much would change in that one month we were in that coma..."

=0=0=

"They are coming to. Naruto...? Samus...? Can you hear me?"

Naruto and Samus slowly opened their eyes. The haze that gripped their brain was slowly lifting, as a suited medic was looking into Samus's helmet, before she walked over to Naruto to check on him.

"Wha... what happened...?"

"Naruto, Samus, we're glad that you're finally awake," spoke the woman, "the both of you have been out for quite some time... about a month to be exact."

"A month?" Samus whispered, still feeling a bit light-headed.

"That's right. But thanks to your great work, Norion is now safe from harm. We found the two of you and the other hunters all unconscious after the battle of Norion with the destruction of the Phazon meteor. We brought you back to the Olympus, where we yielded surprising results upon revitalizing your life signs to a normal state: you are now, somehow, self-generating Phazon. I am sure that during the battle on Norion, you two have met some Federation Troopers whom yielded special armor. They are outfitted with Phazon Enhancement Devices, or PED. Naruto, I am sorry to say but when we found you, your Gravity Boost armor was heavily damaged, and we were unable to repair it, so instead we modified it and replaced destroyed parts while we installed the PEDs onto both your armors, as you can see here."

She produced a holo-mirror, and showed the two the changes made to their armors. Samus's bulky shoulder pads were slimmed down, replaced with the PED plating's that cover her shoulders, while her armor's colors shifted to a more reddish and blue hue, while the rest of the armor retained its original state. On her torso, was the same device Samus saw on some of the troopers she's encountered taking out hostile pirates that tried to block her path back on Norion. With a double mirror, Naruto saw that his Gravity Boost device had been changed, and morphed to resemble more of the PED plates. His shoulder gauntlets had changed as well, and became a bit slimmer, with two battery probes sticking out. Parts of his armor gained red hues, and around the front torso, were several gray metal bars forming ribcage-styled armor plating. Ironically, it looked like nine tails wrapping around his upper body in a stylish fashion. Around his thighs of the armor, an added chevron border was placed.

"Unlike the PEDs most PED Troopers bear, yours and Samus's PED Suits have been integrated into your armors, both different in style, but performing the same functions. But, we decided to do an investigation with the Phazon your bodies self-generate now. During our examinations, we found that the Phazon hold no negative effects to your vital signs and overall health. If we could make effective use of this Phazon..."

"You mean... like the PEDs?"

"Exactly, Naruto, which is why you're both outfitted with them," the woman replied, "with the PED Troopers, Phazon is pumped from an external backpack into their weapons, thus granting a boost in firepower, but in your case... think about it."

"I... think I get what you are saying miss," Naruto responded, "while the PED Troopers are limited in effect of Phazon use through the backpacks, Samus and I, and I am guessing Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda, all of us with this Phazon generating within us, can be used continuously."

The woman smiled a bit. "That is correct. It is pretty effective, isn't it, using the internal energies. Oh, but right now, I will walk you through how to use the PED, and its basic functions." She walked over to her work lab, and sat down in the chair before the chair levitated into the air. Typing away, she sealed up the room with the Phazon-protective armoring, and then, she activated the PED Program.

RECHARGING ENERGY RESERVES

Samus and Naruto looked at one another, as the chairs generated energy into their armors, revitalizing the Energy Tanks their suits possess.

"Now, on your visors, there is a basic walkthrough on how to activate the PED's Hypermode. Follow the instructions."

Their eyes scanned the context on their visors, before a burst of energy filters through. It shows up on them as a blazing aura which after activation, reverted to a calmer state, but both Samus and Naruto can feel the power that flowed through their bodies. Inside Naruto, Kyuubi woke up, feeling a tremendous surge of energy, and hissed slightly as this energy was completely alien to the nine-tailed kitsune. Naruto and Samus pull the triggers, and a blats of Phazon ejects from their cannons, destroying the Phazon-plates that floated in the center of the room as a type of ball. They continue to expel Phazon through the Hyper Beam attack, until no more remained and their single-injected energy Tanks were depleted.

"Good. Now you know just how the PED works. During the test, I am sure you noticed just how devastating Hypermode is. Over the past few months we've learned just how powerful our enemies are. To deal with them, we created weapons to counter-act them. In your case, the PEDs will be useful in dealing with them. Make good use of it."

She activates the commands, and their armors are revitalized once more, and they made a quick scan. Everything was online and green, or in Naruto's case... he no longer possessed the Gravity Boost.

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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics

Energy Tank Total: [04]
Missile Ammo: [15]

Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
PED Suit (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)

Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Missile Launcher (Online)

Morph Ball Systems, Ball & Bomb Systems
Morph Ball (Online)
Morph Ball Bomb (Online)

Visor Systems
Command Visor (Online)
Scan Visor (Online)

Hypermode Systems
Hyper Beam (Online)

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After a few last minute words, Naruto and Samus left the Medical Bay department, and walked past some men and women on their way back towards the Command Bridge. There, they were supposed to meet with Aurora Unit 242 beyond the Command Bridge in the AU Chamber. They were also given Level Five Clearance to meet the Aurora Unit.

Boy... what the hell... is going on?

Kyuubi... I haven't heard from you in three months.

I ignored the fact that you traveled through space, something which your race has never even accomplished... but now I feel this strange energy inside of you, and it feels deadly, a poison I cannot get rid of!

I was infected with Phazon, and now, apparently, my body is now self-generating the Phazon energy that Dark Samus infected me and my other fellow hunters with.

You better figure out a way to get rid of this Phazon energy... or so help me Kami I will-

"Naruto?"

Naruto snapped out of his trance as Samus looked at him.

"Oh, sorry Samus." He got of the elevator lift, and walked down the corridor leading to the Command Bridge. Samus stared at the blonde teenager, before following after the blue-armored hunter.

They soon arrived at the Command Bridge, where the same trooper from a month ago waited for them.

"Ah, Naruto, Samus, just in time. You've been cleared for the AU Chamber. It's beyond those doors."

He activates a switch, and the doors open up, and the two hunters step onto the slanted elevator platform, which took them up to the higher chamber area. As they reach the desired floor, the door opens, and Samus and Naruto walk up towards another set of doors, where there were only a few guards working here. They can hear the whispers of them donning modified PEDs, while another scans for verification using his codes... and grants them entry into the AU Chamber. Naruto looked around, as they walked up onto the ramp way platform, which then extends out and moves closer to the giant glass chamber. Bubbles froth, soon revealing the liquid-submerged organic supercomputer, Aurora Unit 242.

"Welcome Naruto and Samus. There is much that has to be done," AU 242 greets the two hunters, "Time is most critical. Several weeks ago, two similar planets have been attacked. These planets are called Bryyo and Elysia. They were impacted by what we have called Leviathan Seeds. These Leviathans embedded themselves deep within the planet's crust, and expel large amounts of Phazon through the planet, thus spreading its corruption among wildlife and flora."

"All this happened in less than a month while we were still out?"

"Yes, Naruto. However, Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda were the first to awaken before the both of you, and thus we gave them their missions. Several weeks ago, Rundas was dispatched to Bryyo, Ghor to Elysia, and Gandrayda was sent to locate the Pirate Stronghold. Several days ago, we lost contact with all three, and fear the worst. Samus, Naruto, we must ask of you both to finish their missions. Be on the lookout as well for Rundas and the other hunters. Information is vital to the success of this overall mission. Bryyo is the closest planet from here, so that shall be your first objective."

Samus and Naruto understood, nodding once.

"Good luck, Naruto, Samus..."

AU 242 slowly retreated back into hiding, as the glass chamber is once again enveloped under a thick frothy bubble-like cloak, effectively hiding the Aurora Unit. Naruto and Samus look at one another before they quickly rush off towards the docking bay. As they ran through the hallways and stairs, ducking and weaving past crewmen and women, Naruto suddenly stopped by the lounge door, where a big TV was on. And on the screen currently was digital pop star singer Hatsune Miku, singing one of her popular and famous songs heard throughout the galaxy. Samus rushed back and grabbed Naruto by the arm to drag him away.

"Hey, I was watching that."

CLANG!

"OW!"

The few Marines and flagship crew who witnessed Samus cuffing Naruto in the back of the head, using the muzzle of the arm cannon, sweatdropped at the scene.

=0=0=

"Who is Hatsune Miku?"

"She's a pop star, and a very talented singer. She's also a virtual idol in the music world," Naruto replied to Shizune's question. Sekai and Lumine both had known what ramen was, but this ramen was delicious for them both. Naruto wanted ramen, and Shizune went to Ichiraku to make a large enough order, with Tsunade opting to pay... with Jiraiya's money.

"Plus, Naruto is an avid Miku fan," Sekai said with a chuckle.

"Hey, you love her music too, Sekai," Naruto replied.

"Yeah, I do," was the reply to Naruto's retort, a smirking grin on the elf boy's face.

=0=0=

Naruto and Samus watch from their ships as the Olympus starts to move from its parked location, as their computers receive a hailing from the flagship. A small hologram of AU 242 emerges on their decks.

"Samus, Naruto, from this point on, you will no longer be able to dock with the Olympus. We are moving onto a rendezvous point. Take care, and be on the look out for Hunter Rundas. Good luck on Bryyo."

Some data emerge onto their computers, marking off in this sector of the universe two planets: Bryyo and Elysia.

"Well Samus... we have a job to do," Naruto says over the com linked to her ship.

"We're both in this together," she replied, "Let's get going."

=0=0=

"Samus and I punched in the data, and let the ships fly there on auto-pilot. It only took around two hours flying via Hyper Space, but once we arrived, we began our descent towards Bryyo. We were fairly entranced by the sights of the planet once we broke through the atmosphere. One section was lush with life the other burning under the heat... while a portion of it was swept in a cold eternal darkness. Hell, we could see the Leviathan Seed buried into the planet's crust, shielded by powerful generator shields. And, upon landing at what seemed to be a docking area, the two of us stepped out into a brisk rainfall..."

=0=0=

Deep canyon-like crevices, and jagged peaks and mountain regions was all they saw. Chains litter the skies, anchored to moon-sized planetoid spheres. In the area before them, were lit torches, and alien vegetation. The large mountains here had carvings made into them. One was half completed, the other, with quick scans, was an abandoned work. Small baby-looking winged pterodactyl-like creatures buzzed through the sky... before Naruto jumped a bit seeing a flock of Nightbarbs flying by, quickly disappearing into the distance. Naruto walked ahead first, and Samus followed right behind the blue-armored hunter, both with their cannons at the ready. They walked across the ramp way, and down a small flight of steps and onto the solid ground that was barren and rocky, yet with a few growths of reddish brown grass leaves. There were several organic growths here and there, and the thick trees here were... plant-like, large... well, let's just say the trees were alien-based.

Suddenly, they heard beeps within their helmets.

"Samus, Naruto, our scans show us that there is a powerful shield that is currently protecting the seed. We need more information to determine how to disable this energy barrier. In the meantime, you are nearby a location of a downed Federation vessel. If you can get to this vessel, you may be able to gain some information that could help you in the long run in disabling these generators. We will upload the co-ordinance to your suits, now."

They stopped as they were passing under the grove of flesh-like plants, as their visors generated a vague map of their current location. From there, the map tics some distance, before generating a Point of Interest marker, identified as a question mark. This objective was to get towards this downed Federation ship.

"What do you think?"

"If the ship is currently crash-landed, it could hold some data on the topography of the planet, or maybe even some data on that generator shield that protects that giant seed."

"Let's just hope we survive this," Naruto whispered, before lifting his cannon, and firing at what his scanner detected as a low-energy barrier shielding the stone-like door. The center lock disengaged, before it split down the center and sank into the walls. They continue their trek further into the planet. They found what looked like the natives of this planet, but each scan they come across were that these lizard-like beasts had been frozen by ice weaponry. One creature was frozen, but still alive... they couldn't do much however to shatter the ice because it was too strong and resistant to most of the weapons they currently have.

Then, exiting the minor building, they came across a wide chasm, and it was quite a drop from here. However, there was a walkway made of ice, and despite the temperatures here, the ice remained at a constant freezing temperature. Naruto scanned it with his visor, as did Samus. Both realized... this ice formation had light traces of Phazon within the building structure... They had a feeling that Rundas was the one who made this pathway...

But, where WAS Rundas? Naruto grunted as a blast of small gamma energy impacted his chest. They looked to see little bat-like creatures with glowing tails. Samus quickly laid waste to them, as Naruto scanned one before it exploded into guts and gore.

"I don't like the looks of those, Samus," Naruto said, pointing to the giant nests above.

Samus scanned one nest, and frowned. "Life signs are detected within... let's get moving before they become hostile."

Naruto nodded, not wanting the Hopper nests to birth those creatures. They jumped down the ledge, as Naruto shot the door ahead open. Upon the two exiting into the next open-air chamber, the rain had passed on. Samus and Naruto both looked around, amazed by the intricate ruin-like buildings that hung high in the air on basically steep jagged cliffsides. A wave of Nightbarbs flies from out of no where and swoop in front of them, quickly flying down the canyon and disappearing soon into the distance.

Naruto once again flips on the Scan Visor, and scans the general area around him.

"There are two locks in this area... and they are what keep that door over there sealed," Naruto told Samus, pointing to the yellow and green bomb locks with the half hub caps blocking the exits. Also, the only way to get to those locks was via Morph Ball.

"Samus, do you have a Grapple Beam or something?"

"No, I don't," she replied.

"Hm, this will be a bit hard... according to the map, we're close to our intended target..."

"Let's worry about that later," she said. Samus traveled to the other cliff platform by hopping from another nearby accessible platform. Naruto's Grapple Beam was usable with the Grapple Points located in this area. They ran across the ramp way, but jumped as they heard it begin to crumble. They made it, but the ramp collapsed in on itself and into the abyss below. Naruto turned around, scanner detecting something of interest.

"Hey Samus that object over there can you Lasso it?" He points at what eh was pointing at. Samus whips out the Grapple Lasso, and grabs a hold of something, and with a swift tug, releases some weak locks which unload a rusty-looking, but sturdy platform. Naruto went on ahead, and jumped toward the center platform, and rolled into Morph Ball mode, before moving into the tunnel. He emerges soon into the tube, and got stuck in a slot, which he released a concussive blast. The result unlocked machine mechanisms which did the green door lock. That also triggered more platforms to emerge, and several Nightbarbs that radiated with a Phazon aura. Samus took care of those Phazon Nightbarbs, while taking a leap over. She expelled the Space Jump, thus making it to the rusty platform. As Naruto unfurls from Morph Ball mode, Samus was already heading towards the yellow slot, and unlocking that with her own concussive blast.

The door with the two locks and intricate patterns slices in half, parting into an open room. The two reunite there. Naruto grapples a ball that was in the way, and removes it, before they enter Morph Bal mode, and each bomb themselves up into the tunnel.

=0=0=

The door behind them closed. They had gone through several Phazon creatures, found a Missile Expansion, and Samus was given the Energy Tank Naruto found, since he had four so far, and she was up to three tanks. They had also cleared away an overgrowth of Phazon vegetation, Naruto being the one who cleared them out with some quick Hyper Beam bursts. This room was expansive, and there was a giant Golem machine lying on its back covering what Naruto could make out from the bluish bright glow under its tail area, a pool of Phazon. They jumped down the cliffs, only for their visors to alert them of hostile life. From a high cliff, they saw a four-armed reptile-like alien, with what looked like a chakra worn on the back of its neck, and some sort of crude utility belt with a whip clipped to its side. In fact, there were two of them, and emerging from a nearby passage, which sealed up by a statue of a reptilian head, was a third creature. They all jumped onto the statue golem, looking very menacing, and psychotic-looking.

"Damn... this will be quite a workout Samus."

Samus just glanced at Naruto, a smirk on her face. The two turned back to their opponents, and dodged the chakras launched, returning fire with several missiles.

Chapter Six

I have to get rid of that girl... she's stealing away my Naruto-kun, Hinata thought deviously, only I deserve him. No one else... Naruto-kun belongs to me... hehehehe...

Of course, no one's a prominent mind reader except Ino if she used her family jutsu, so no one knew of the dark and dangerous thoughts Hinata was going through. Naruto and Sekai were currently cuddling their shared mate, while Lumine happily purred as they brushed at hr in the right spots. Samus of course picked up where Naruto left off.

=0=0=

Naruto rolled, dodging a strike from the whip, and blasted away at the Reptilicus Hunter. It roared, as it finally blasted through its armored skin, and rupturing its inner organs. It was slain. With Samus, she grunted as two teamed on her and used their whips, and were also pumping electricity into her armor. Naruto rushed din, brandishing the Grapple Beam's plasma-like whip and slicing the air. One cried as the plasma burns blinded it. The other retracted its whip, but Samus brought her cannon, and blew it away with another missile shot. Its head cracked against a sharp jagged rock, and blood pools as the lie slipped from its eyes. Naruto lashed out with a flying spin kick, and then peppered it with power shots before a missile sent it crashing into a nearby small crevice. Naruto leapt at it, and a Rasengan tore through its chest, splattering blood.

Their visors detected no more hostile life forms.

The low rumble of stone sliding into a locked position revealed the small passageway was now free again. They left the dead bodies behind, and entered the passageway, and into a small room. Naruto looked to his left, as Samus opened the door with a low-powered shot.

"Samus, wait..."

She turned back around, as Naruto walked up to a panel with a large square in the center, surrounded by smaller squares. Naruto scanned the interesting panel, before he decided to fire at the center square. Samus watched, as she heard a gong go off, followed by three other higher-pitched gongs. Naruto fired at the three panels in correct sequence, before the panels began to retreat, and revealed... scannable lore.

"This is like that first scan lore we found, Samus," Naruto said, as he scanned it.

Samus walked over as she studied the etched image made onto the smooth rock-like material, as Naruto soon finished, and then brought his left hand up. On the back of the hand was a gold ring, with a glass hemisphere planted into it. This was what Naruto called a small holo-screen, and also how Haku can project herself to him from the ship, as whenever he travels on a hunt, Haku is always with him.

"Haku, did you get the data?"

"Yes I did... here's what it says."

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Age of Science

Planet: Bryyo
Area: Cliffside
Room: Grand Court

The ships of Bryyo sped to the stars, in all directions, bearing the banner of peace. Soon we found stellar brethren in the Chozo, the Luminoth, and the Ylla. Starborne knowledge came to Bryyo, and we gladly sent our wisdom to our new friends in return. The hearts of Bryyo were filled with pride, and they honored the Lords of Science for all the wonders they provided. As the time of New Bryyo came to be, the old ways faded. The cries of joy from those who honored Science covered the angry shouts of those who mourned the old ways, the Primal Traditions.

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With the first scan of information they found earlier...

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Golden Age

Planet: Bryyo
Area: Cliffside
Room: Reliquary II

Look now to the past, and to the time of peace on Bryyo. See the age of gold, when our world was a paradise unrivaled. Hear the songs of joy fill the streets of the Royal City, as the people honor the coming of Bryyus the First, the Liberator. Behold the launch of our first ship to the stars on that day, and witness the rise of Science, of a New Bryyo. See this, and see the beginning of our downfall.

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... It started to sound like that the natives of this planet were primal and like they were earlier in that ambush attack. But, what got Samus and Naruto interested was the mentioning of the Chozo and the Luminoth. But, Samus hasn't heard about the Ylla before, and neither have Naruto.

"The Chozo and Luminoth...?"

"I remember the Luminoth," Samus spoke, "on Planet Aether... I was there having responded to some sort of hailing call of a downed Federation ship, but I stumbled upon a war between the Luminoth and the Ing..."

"The Chozo from what I have understood are whom tended to you," Naruto said, and Samus looked at him, "and the few technologies I was worthy of taking in the honor of protecting the peace... they were very knowledgeable avians."

Samus nodded. "That is true..." Even today, she could never forget the trouble and sacrifice the Chozo made in raising her after she survived the attack on her home colony as a young child. Especially Old Bird...

"Naruto, I can try and see if I can find any more information about the Ylla, if you wish me to."

"Go ahead, Haku," he responded.

Haku's detection left his presence.

"Well, shall we Samus?"

"Yup..."

They reopen the resealed door, and exit to the end of the landmass... they were close to a dangerous cliffside. Naruto looked towards the horizon of the land, amazed how steep the mountains could be. They jumped down the rocky terrain of the hill, looking around. This part of the land was enclosed around by a high rock wall, and over the surface were more the alien trees; they briefly reminded Samus of the plants and flora on Tallon IV.

"Hm..." Naruto's visor detected three small bugs coming at them, and he turned around, and blasted all three with quick shots. Samus's visor scanned the nearby terrain, and detected Brinstone. She bombed it quick, before rolling into the tunnel and Naruto followed.

=0=0=

The door sealed shut, as the returned back to the courtyard area where they were attacked by the Reptilicus. Samus had discovered another weapon origin compatible with her suit's armors, which now allowed her to use the Grapple Points in a similar way as Naruto's Grapple Beam. The way they entered, the wall was high and steep, and even with the extra boost with the Space Jump, both would not be able to make it, so... they used the floating grapple points to swing across, ignoring the door which Naruto scanned, would take a concentrated burst of ice to shatter the blast shield. They back-tracked, killed some reoccurring bugs, hoppers, and a Reptilicus that had no chakra worn on the neck... yet returning to where the sealed door once was, the tall buildings and platforms were crawling with a flock of Reptilicus. Five total.

"Oh shit," Naruto muttered, and jumped dodging five chakras thrown at him. Samus rolled to the side, without going over the edge, and returned fire. One suddenly vanished under a warp field, and appeared behind Naruto, who, with his shinobi training, felt the sudden displacement and spun with his leg out. The back of his boot heel-spiked into the head with a vicious reverse roundhouse kick, sending it sprawling to the ground in an unceremonious heap...

Missiles flew, and in one instance, Naruto slay one with a Rasengan in the chest. However, they fought the enraged attackers, whom Samus and Naruto already figured had been tainted by the Phazon that infiltrated the planet, towards the door that led to the other side of this building. One managed to get in, until the door slams shut, and in a brutal way beheading the Reptilicus. Naruto frowned at the blood stains that would be a pain to clean off his armor. Going through the corridor, they found even more of the reptiles, only frozen to walls or ceilings. One was frozen, after getting impaled on a sharp spike.

Suddenly Naruto grunted as wet splats impacted him. Bryyonian Shriekbats had just attacked him. Of course, they exploded into greenish gore upon impact... it felt more like marbles pelting him. And there, smashed into the side of a mountain, was a Galactic Federation ship.

"Well, that's the ship 242 told us about," Naruto spoke up.

"Yeah... let's board the ship..."

"I wonder if there are any survivors..."

They haven't thought of that...

=0=0=

A delayed beep echoed. Naruto stopped his story narration, as he got up.

"Uh oh... something's up."

He ran towards the elevator, and apparently, Tsunade followed, with everyone else. She caught hold of the door before it closed and it opened back up.

"I want to see this hidden base you have Naruto," she said.

"Damn it... this will be a tight squeeze."

A minute later and Naruto squeezed out followed by Lumine, Sekai, and then Samus.

"Haku, what's going on?"

He ran over to the seat and sat down in it, as the large screen began to display in one window their home planet, and then the surrounding planets of this sector of space.

"There, I've pinpointed the origin of the signal... it's coming from... the moon of Planet Gaia," she announced.

Naruto typed away at the keyboard, as various scanners flipped on and scanned the moon that orbited the planet. Soon, they were given a visual of the moon's surface. Other than craters, Naruto made out what looked like the downed pirate frigate.

"That's what the scanners picked up; it must have been that frigate the Federation destroyed."

"The ruins of the ship crashed onto the moon..."

"Haku, go and inform Commander Abbott of the discovery. Samus, I doubt you wouldn't mind going solo for this possible mission, do you, milady?"

Samus smirked. There was only one other man in the world who can get away with calling her lady, or milady, and that was Adam Malkovich. Naruto earned that right to call her by a more affectionate, but platonic meaning... besides, she granted upon herself as an older sister figure to Naruto.

"I wouldn't mind. You still got a story to tell to your audience however..."

Naruto chuckled, as Lumine snaked behind him, and wrapped her arms around him. "That is true, Samus," the catgirl said, before Sekai planted a soft kiss on the girl's cheek, while Naruto leaned up and pecked her lips. Samus shook her head, and with a small smile walked over to her ship, once again donning her trademark armor.

The ship's engines turned on and roared to life, as the ship slowly took into the air once Samus emerged into the ship and the door under sealed shut. The hatch high above the ceiling opened up, and Samus's ship levitated higher and higher, before it was fifty feet off above ground. Then, she took off as the hanger bay doors sealed shut again.

"Well... you saw my base now," said Naruto, as Sakura freaked out seeing his mechaniloid Metroid float by her, over to Naruto. It gave a report that his armor had been repaired of any nicks and cuts made into it, and damages were repaired. Also, all of his working weapons are in good shape. He dismissed it, as it chirped and floated off.

"Do they even know you got a mechaniloid created after that of the Metroid race?" Lumine asked.

"Yeah," he replied.

=0=0=

Vital map data downloaded right into their armor's main memory systems, due to the activated satellite uplink.

"Naruto, the Hinata has projected a viable network map of the entire planet. This is where, with help from 242, we have discovered two energy signatures that are supplying the barrier's energy which protects the seed. One is located in the thorny jungles of the planet, while the second signature resides in the volcanic lands where the Fuel Gel source is mined and harvested for everyday use. I suggest starting with the volcanic lands, but do be careful because even if your suits give protect from heat and cold, Fuel Gel is still a hazardous material and will eat away at your shield's energy."

"Thanks, Haku," Naruto responded then looked at Samus, "you heard?"

"Yeah. Let's head to the fire lands first." They headed out the door, and returned back the way they went. However, they were unaware that Rundas was watching from the far distance, before taking to the sky on his ice flight.

=0=0=

Naruto swore as he blown the last lizard back before the door sealed shut.

"Annoying shits," the blonde muttered.

"I agree," said Samus.

They jumped up onto the icy walkway, but as they were crossing, gates suddenly sealed up, trapping them, as the nests began to rumble... and expel red-colored Hoppers. A quick scan revealed that they were Alpha Hopper, a more aggressive version of its species. They were popping out like flies on either end of the walk way. Recognized only by the way they were familiar to the lesser weaker species, they decided to test out Hypermode, and both hunters were enveloped with a strong aura of Phazon. Phazon blasts fired with both hunters' backs to each other as they blown them back easily with two quick shots. Soon, the nests were devoid of life and the gates reopened as they cooled down. Both spent a single tank of energy each.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine..."

"That's good... and the nests?"

"Both are devoid of life... that's what my Scan Visor reports."

Naruto nodded. The two decide to return to their ships, and investigate the first Shield Generator that was the Fiery Lands of Bryyo.

"Fiery Bryyo was a land scorched eternally by the harsh sun. It was also on the line between light and dark, so the skies were a reddish sunset hue due to the clouds that block out this portion of the planet. And of course... as we flew there, we discovered that the Fuel Gel, a fuel source for ships everywhere in the universe, acts as an artificial light, thus grants the eerie semblance of some... horror movie or something. You had to be there in order to truly see for yourself. Plus, it was fucking hot... had it not been for our Varia Suits... we would have burned just being surrounded by the heat in the more Fuel Gel-concentrated areas of the land."

The two ships docked at a place that could support their ships, plus they were not alone. Despite the waterfalls of the lava-like fuel gel, there, on a man-created platform, was Rundas' ship, which was attached to the platform which Rundas had made with his powers over ice. The ice itself retailed trace Phazon, which mad the ice much colder, and thus, not melt within the volcanic environment of the landing area.

"Rundas is here alright..."

"The question is: where is he?"

A single door awaits them, which Naruto opens, and they travel through what looked like a mining facility built into the rocky mountains of the volcano. The metal grates were all that prevented them from plunging into the fuel gel pools below. Naruto also made scans of heads of statues, gaining some information about these leaders of Bryyo in their time and eras. Of course, also shooting to get those wheels out of the way, they entered the next room. Machines pumped fuel gel to different refinery areas, and there were some frozen ice littering some areas of this area too. However, Samus spotted some crates, which after a quick scan, revealed they were of Pirate-origin.

"Pirates are here," Naruto whispered. Then they heard the cry of a Reptilicus that was dashing at them, and took a leap. Samus countered, and shot at it with a missile. It plunged into the fuel gel, but it simply got back up, shaking the liquids of before jumping onto solid ground. But, its head was ripped by Naruto's Rasengan, and it plunged back into the ankle-deep pool, where the fuel gel was able to burn away its insides seeping into the tear of the shredded head and face.

They traveled through, avoiding any traps, and traveling via Morph Ball near a crevice where the molten form of Fuel Gel flowed through. The two soon emerged into a room, where after they destroyed the Hoppers here, came across a large pool where instead of Fuel Gel, was Phazon, and growing from that Phazon was large tangled growths. Naruto and Samus looked to one another, before they emerged into Hypermode, and began to destroy the growths. Suddenly, the two grunt as their suits began to malfunction.

Naruto clasped to one knee, and inside him, he heard the painful howls of Kyuubi, who screamed as the Phazon leaked through the seal and began to attack her. Naruto cried out in pain, and Samus held back her pained screams. But, both of them had trails of Phazon whipping around, expelling from their armored bodies. Their visors only said one word: Corruption. They lift their cannons, and spammed the triggers, to expel the Phazon that was trying to destroy their bodies from the inside out, while also targeting the growths and destroying the blockade. Soon, their Hypermode was expelled, and they were sweating slightly. Kyuubi inside Naruto hissed as her youkai was unable to conquer the blue energy that tried to destroy her, but the lingering effects remained, and it showed from the slight burns made into her body.

=0=0=

Everyone looked at Naruto, not even imagining how he could have survived such a near corrupt experience. Naruto mere looked to his two best friends, and there was concern in their eyes.