Part II)
Chapter Seven
"Sayonara no omoi nosete, kawa sareru kami hikoki namida wa mo misere nai..." Lumine sang, closing her eyes.
"Matsu yo. Itsu mademo matteru yo," Naruto sang in an intense emotion-filled voice as tears made their way into his eyes, "Kimi ga kuru sono hi made... Tegami o daiji ni nakusazu ni itara mata aemasu yone...?"
Sekai was listening to the two of them singing this song they selected off the computer's Winamp program through Haku. It was a song that was entitled "Paper Airplane", and by Sekai's standards one of the sadder songs he's ever heard. Of course, they were singing because it was to pass the time while preparing tonight's dinner. While Naruto and Lumine sang, they didn't care that everyone else heard the two. And after the short music solo... Lumine resumed singing the lyrics.
"Are kara ikutsuki mo karada wa ugoka nai... omukae wa mo sugu kuruno kana, ano toki no wakare giwa ni... Tsuyogara nake reba yokatta mo oso sugita... ima mo dokoka de warau anata ni... Aitai aitai aitai..."
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep...
"Hikari no atara nai hana wa tada, kareteku no o matsu sadame. Anata no kureta tegami dake ga watashi ni hikari o kuretan desu. Mo kasunde tegami mo yomenai yo, heya ni hibiku mukishitsu na oto. Onegai moshi korega saigo nara ikasete anata no moto e..."
Beep... Beep... Beep... Flat line...
Lumine: Anata ga ita kara zutto watashi tachi wa
Naruto: Kimi ga ita kara zutto boku tachi wa
"Egao o wasurezu ni irare mashita... Fukai yami ga futari o kiri saite, fukai yami ga mata meguri awasete..."
"Mata ashita," Lumine sings.
"Ano basho de," Naruto finished.
The oven dinged, and Sekai walked over to it, and he simply reached in after prying the door open, and using a pair of gloves pulled out the large turkey and beef roasts. Haku brought her finger and pressed the stop button on the holo-screen player, thus stopping the song when the music finally ended.
Naruto had set the last of the silver wear down, before returning back to the kitchen to help Sekai bring out the prepared banquet-styled dinner... due to extra guest in the form of his team mates' parents and known family members.
"That song still makes me shed tears," Haku said, as she brushed tears away from her eyes.
"The Kagamine Twins are the next popular digital icons next to Miku-chan," Naruto replied to the former Kiri girl, bringing out two large roasts, while Sekai carried the massive golden brown turkey. Kiba and Chouji's mouths watered at the sight, and the scent of the food.
"Naruto, don't you think this is a little too much?" asked Samus, who had returned around the time Naruto stopped his narration near the Corrupt Phazon Pool and decided to prepare dinner.
"C'mon Sammy, even you should eat like royalty once and awhile," he said with a smile, pulling a chair out. Samus smiled and she sat down in the offered chair.
"It couldn't hurt much to eat well for once," she said.
"Good. Better than the usual fast food from McDonalds..."
Samus smiled at her little brother. "I prefer Burger King."
None of Naruto's friends understood or knew what McDonalds or Burger King was...
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The two walked through the door after swinging past the pool, which they discovered with the Scan Visor that with the PEDs, they could actually absorb the Phazon and utilize it as energy to recharge their shields. As the door sealed up behind them, Samus stopped Naruto as she looked up. Naruto followed her gaze. There, on a cliff outline with some frozen ice around, was Rundas. The hunters stared at the blue ice user, who looked back at them. No one said anything. Rundas then turned around and walked away, and they heard the sealing of a door closing shut. Naruto and Samus walked across the room, until the gate behind lost color and sealed with a locking mechanism. In front, another gate emerged, blocking access to some sort of terminal. The two looked around, before they saw flashing lights emerge, and creatures emerged suddenly into the Fuel Gel Processing Site, as if they teleported.
"What the hell?"
The dog-like creatures barked and growled, as Naruto and Samus prepared their arm cannons. A total of four of them turned their focus on the two hunters.
Naruto's scanner already began analyzing one of them as they dodged streams of liquid fire.
"Samus! They're called Warp Hounds! Their ability to phase in and out of this plane of reality with a small burst of magnetic energy can temporarily mess up our visors if we're not careful!"
"Warp Hounds?" Samus cried, before one nearly tackled her had Naruto not send it packing with a missile blast, saving her.
Naruto closed his eyes, before he looked upon his visor gauge, which counted the energy tics he had. One vanished as he entered Hypermode, and a surge of Phazon flowed through his body. He brought his cannon up and expelled blasts of the blue energy, making quick work of two of the Warp Hounds, frying them into obliteration. He killed the third one before the last three bursts injured the fourth one well. It howled in pain, until Samus ended it with three missile blasts to the head, killing it. The door behind unlocked, and the gate slid into the walls, as the access terminal reactivated once again.
"Naruto... are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," he replied to Samus. He looked around, more so towards the edge where Rundas stared them down, "how do we get up there?"
"Well... let's first see what we can find in this room," she said, walking towards the ramp and to the terminal.
Naruto followed the woman, but his scanner was making scans of items of interest around the vicinity. Suddenly he heard an explosion of a bomb, and turned seeing Samus unrolling from Morph Ball Mode. He turned back around as he heard a rumbling noise, and then in the center of the room, a type of platform began to rise from the Fuel Gel pool. It looked more like a pump to Naruto, as it soon stopped. In the sides was jump platforms to navigate around, and shaking loose from some hidden nests were those annoying little pests again.
"Gragnols," Naruto told Samus, warning her of the creatures that emerged.
And so began the perilous task of attempting to bring the pumping tower back to its normal state. They worked together, taking out the Gragnols before they managed to unlock the tower and made it rise higher before it stalled, thus dislodging Gragnol Adults. They weren't tough to take out, just Samus used her Grapple to rip their tails off and thus kill them. After going through the east alcove tunnels, they activate the last terminal, and the tower rises to its highest level, and two pumping stations lock into place, and once again, the processing plant is back online. Taking out Gel Puffers, the two manage to get enough vertical height to get up onto that platform where Rundas was, and through the door into a large pool of Fuel Gel.
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The door sealed up behind them, as they had traveled through the Pool Gel room, an upward tunnel, past some molten vents that expelled some goops of the fuel in its unpure lava-like state. They walked out into a metal plank way with vented floors the only thing keeping them from hitting the Fuel Gel below their feet. Suddenly explosions emerged all around them, and they got tossed back by a nearby explosion. They looked up as they got back up, and saw one of the giant Space Pirate ships releasing the Aero Armored Pirates, and several of the ATC units as the giant space ship above began to fly away from the planet. Naruto focused his attention on the three ATC.
"Samus! You handle the pirates! I got their ships!"
Samus's muzzle snapped open, and she fired several missile payloads at some of them, dodging their erratic attacks. Naruto spammed his trigger finger, shifting target to any grounded Space Pirates that tried to sneak attack him. The battle raged on between both sides until Naruto had destroyed the last ATC in seven minutes apart. The last space pirate was killed, and as the two regrouped, more began to emerge, and deploy more pirates and fly off. Both hunters fire again at the attackers, until a large tower of ice erupted in the center of the area. Trails of ice shards radiate outward, capturing and freezing the pirates dead. Naruto and Samus were both relieved to see Rundas as he emerged from the icy tower. With a wave of his tong, the ice trails explode, and like a lit fuse, blew the pirates into crystallized chunks of alien flesh and bone.
"Rundas..."
Rundas stared at the two before firing a wave of ice at Naruto, who dodged, as Samus now trained her weapon upon the ice hunter. Naruto at this moment had looked up, and he blinked seeing Dark Samus's shadow, like a hologram, hovering over the Phrygisian like a cloak. However brief it was, Naruto felt a surge of cold slowly wafting around. It transformed into a powerful blizzard that spiraled around. Particles of water in the air condensed and collected, as his powers and mastery of ice generated various towers of the clear cold crystal around the area. Also, the entryway behind them was also frozen. Rundas slowly hovered off the ground, and spread his arms with a war cry, as the aura of frost envelops him. A brief flash of light blinds the two, and when their recovered their vision, Rundas was now wearing a type of battle armor generated from his ice. Naruto's and Samus's scanners picked up trace Phazon within the ice armor, while Naruto gathered more Intel on their fellow hunter turned enemy. He stood in the spot where his first tower of ice was now shattered glass-like particles, slowly melting from the Fuel Gel pools below their feet. However, most of it remained like a jagged dome of ice covering some sort of hatch. Much of the ice with the Fuel Gel pools under the grated floors made the clear crystals shine a rather unique blend of yellows and oranges.
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Rundas
Planet: Bryyo
Area: Fire
Room: Temple of Bryyo
Phazon exposure has greatly enhanced Rundas and his ability to generate ice, making him deadly at range. His durable ice armor has one weak point-the neck. Serious physical stress can weaken and remove it, exposing Rundas to attack. This weak point cannot be seized as long as Rundas is active. He can create frozen objects at will, and can freeze Missiles in midflight. Smaller ice-based projectiles can be shot down, but it is recommended to evade larger attacks. Be advised: Rundas can trigger a Hypermode state, elevating his threat level to match yours.
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Rundas fired several beams of ice, catching Naruto off guard and freezing him solid. Samus cursed, and dodged the beams before Rundas took to the air riding a wave of ice. She managed to cause some damage to him when he struck him with a missile but he still was able to keep flight. Naruto cried out as he shatters free from the icy prison, yet realized that while entombed, the ice was sapping at his armor's energy. Rundas appeared away from them onto a flat pillar of ice too tall for them to jump to even with their Space Jumps and team work. Rundas generated a wave of ice between his two tongs, creating five spheres of ice above him. Soon the ice wave releases, and like a slingshot, the balls of white snow-like ice shoots towards them like meteors. They were easily destroyable with well-aimed shots. However, Rundas only generated more spheres of the crystalline ice and kept attacking them with bombardments. However, Naruto focused his attacks on the hunter while Samus took care of the airborne threats. Rundas grunted and they heard a crack, as the ice hunter began to sway dizzily.
"Samus! Use the Grapple now! Rip his ice armor off him while he's stunned!" Naruto yelled.
She ran over, and lassoes Rundas, and yanked him down onto the ground off the ice tower, before with a swift tug, she rips the ice with a shatter-like sound. That however knocked Rundas back to a battle state, who in a panic nearly froze Samus had she not dodged behind a nearby tower. Naruto however fired a missile at him, and he generated his aura to freeze it mid-flight. Samus fired a second missile, which sent him flying back a bit yet he stood his ground, and ran, firing ice projectiles at them. Naruto and Samus continued to assault Rundas with their beam attacks, using the double second delay tactic to inflict more damage with their Missile Launchers. Rundas leapt onto a tower of ice, and roars at the two as he generated a large pillar of ice, swinging it around. "DIE!" And then he throws it at the two. They dodge, but the explosion that ripples out cracks some of the ice, while the rest seem to shatter but the ice that was riddled with Phazon. The two got back up, as frost surrounded Rundas, and he regenerated his protective icy armor.
"This is going to be a pain... Samus, I got a plan, but I'll need your help in breaking the armor again."
They dodged the ice Rundas fires as he takes flight.
"How?"
"You keep punishing him, and then I'll take over with Hypermode."
Samus nods, and focuses on Rundas now, while Naruto moved to a more defensive position. Rundas seemed to just now focus on Samus, who flung more of his ice beams at the armored female. Naruto snapped the muzzle open once more, and waited. When Rundas had his back turned, he fired a missile. As he knew, Rundas detected it and threw up an aura of ice and froze the projectile. Naruto then fired another missile, one that made his armor crack. Samus rushed in and lassoed the hunter before shattering the ice with a tug.
"MOVE SAMUS!" Naruto roared, as he entered Hypermode. Samus moved clear out of the way, as Rundas was pelted down by beams of Phazon. Rundas screamed in pain as he was pelted by the punishing beams of Phazon. He then roared as his health whittled away, before an aura of Phazon sprung around him, now lessening the damage. Samus saw this and she too entered Hypermode to help Naruto, who struck Rundas with two more beams before his Hypermode ended with all energy spent in the initial execution. Naruto screamed as Rundas retaliated with a large blast of icy energy. He was sent back, against the wall frozen. Samus screamed and struck Rundas with more of the energy blasts, before he was thrown down to the ground with one last cry. Naruto shattered the ice by going into Hypermode again, before immediately deactivating as did Samus, who ran to her. The two hunters looked down upon Rundas, who suddenly gave his death cry. He was jolted high into the air as his ice powers backfired upon him... thus impaling him straight through the chest. He was dead.
Naruto and Samus did not lower their guard as most of the ice shattered but the tall pillars. Rundas floated there, and slowly began to get eaten away by black dust. A silhouette of Dark Samus formed, surprising them both. But this shadow looked like the angle of death as it took Rundas and devoured his soul, before flying away... however, Rundas left behind upgrades. Naruto scanned them both, and realized they were Ice Beam and Ice Missile upgrades. Relaying this information to Samus, he walked over, and the Ice Beam energy shot into his chest, and began to transform his cannon. The same happened to Samus and the Ice Missile upgrade, as the ice around them began to melt away finally under the heat of the Fuel Gel pools below their feet. Samus opened her Missile Launcher, and fired a missile, which had now taken on a blue tint, and the small firing muzzle behind the missile was now blue fire. It also released a bit of an icy shimmer in its flight path. Naruto's cannon opened ports as it charged, and he fired a beam of radiant ice.
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After taking the revealed elevator system down to the lower level, they traveled through two hallways, able to find their ice powers helpful of trekking over Fuel Gel pools or small water falls exiting drains, until they entered a room with a shielded barrier. There it was... the Shield Generator. However, the metal alloys were impervious to their ship missile's current weapons. It was situated in an area surrounded by few platforms, steep high cliffs, and a large pool of molten Fuel Gel.
"Well... this is tough," said Naruto upon scanning the generator. Samus finished her scan as well.
"It's built with Maldium... our ships won't penetrate its shield..."
Beep.
"Samus, Naruto, we have pinpointed your location, and detected the energy signature we have found previously. As of now, with your ship's currently abilities, you will be unable to destroy the generator, however..."
"However what, 242?"
"On Bryyo, there is a Federation Landing site, but in order to land there, you must find your way there by foot and activate the computers. It is where you may be able to send upgrades to your ships."
"Why not just fly there?" Naruto questioned again.
"It has been abandoned since the last war the Federation was involved with, but the auto gun turrets may still be active. I suggest not flying there if this is the case."
"So... what happened?"
Naruto blinked as he looked at the others. Dinner was gone now, and they had sat there listening.
"Oh, well we back-tracked, but found this hidden passage that took us close to the Fiery Docks... from there, we returned back to the first landing space and began our travel once again. But this time, with our ice upgrades, we decided to explore what was beyond that other door..."
Looking at the time, Naruto noticed it was close to nine at night.
"I believe it's best if we resume this tomorrow... it's getting late."
Tsunade looked at the clock as well. "I agree... Naruto... how come you have this... hidden lifestyle?"
"Would any of you believe me if I said anything?"
No one responded. Of course they wouldn't believe it. If it wasn't for the events a day ago or so, Naruto would have been called crazy, and she would have sent her surrogate son to the crazy ward at the Konoha Hospital (or those who still hated Naruto with a passion because of the burden he was cursed to carry since birth would try to execute him). As they were leaving the house the loud beat of pop rock music began to play.
"What in the world is that?"
"Wait... is that Sabishii Nettaigyo?" Ino questioned, recognizing the musical beat. Haku just smiled apologetically as she led them down the hallway and out the front door, before she closed the door upon making sure everyone was outside the premises. Soon the sounds of Naruto's voice lit the atmosphere.
Stop hoshikuzu de kami wo kazari
Non-stop yasashii me wo matsu wa
PUURU SAIDO
ZUKI-ZUKI setsunaku furueru mune
Maboroshi demo ii aitai no ni
"I never expected Naruto can sing so well," Kakashi adds his two cents. Then the music increased in volume, as did the liveliness of their voices as in the chorus Lumine joins in singing.
Heart on wave Heart on wave
Anata wa konai
Watashi no omoi wo JOOKU ni shinaide
Lonely YURA YURA Swimmin'
YURA YURA Dreamin'
Ai ga yureru Stop Stop
Tsunade sighed, as Jiraiya lifted up a bottle of sake. The woman merely followed her team mate back to the Hokage Tower, as everyone else left with their families or parted separate ways for those who lived by themselves. Tomorrow they would return to hear more of this story.
Love hanagara no mizugi dake ga
Love me medachi sugite nakitaku naru no
JIRI-JIRI kogeteru kono itami wo
Tsumetai mizube ni sotto ukabete
Heart on wave Heart on wave
Oyogi dasu kedo
Anata no yume ni wa oitsukenakute
Hinata snuck back as the cost cleared... and she could hear them singing... she growled, as images of Lumine's brutal death filters her mind. She began to smile in a rather yandere way.
I can't nee konna ni kurushii noni Woo~
Naze naze anata ja na kya DAME na no
Lonely YURA YURA Swimmin'
YURA YURA Dreamin'
Ai ga yureru Stop Stop
Heart on wave Heart on wave
Anata wa konai
Watashi no omoi wo JOOKU ni shinaide
Heart on wave Heart on wave
Oyogi dasu kedo
Anata no yume ni wa oitsukenakute
Our three hunters would continue to sing various songs the rest of the night, with Naruto pestering Samus to join the fun. Hinata of course was still plotting on how to murder Lumine. Because in her mind, she sees only herself and Naruto, and the deaths of all the women Naruto has ever met in his life all brutally murdered, and they're having hot passionate sex bathed in the bloody pools...
Hinata's mind has gone dark.
Chapter Eight
When word of Konoha's attack two days ago reached Suna, Gaara, Godaime Kazekage, immediately traveled there despite the word of his councilmen and women. His brother and sister, Kankuro and Temari, traveled with their brother Gaara as they had made record time to the village and were on their way towards the blonde's residence. Suddenly a massive filter of yokai emanates from the backyard area of Naruto's home, and Gaara immediately travels back there... just in time to see what looked like a ball of plated metal getting blasted by what looked like a fox-shaped head made of red and black chakra and youkai.
"Koguchi (Mouth of the Fox)!" This chakra technique obliterated the metal sphere completely. However, the chakra came from a blue-armored... person... more ninja's emerged all ready to fight, until Tsunade appeared and Naruto's fox cloak dissipated from his body. Soon, the helmet shined in a light and vanished, revealing the whiskered blonde.
"Kyuubi Hypermode... Test complete..."
"Good work, Naruto-kun," Haku said, phasing next to him, as the destroyed metal vanished in twinkles of light, "the replication PED Program has shut down Naruto, and you completed what you hoped to perform in Kyuubi Hypermode."
"Yeah, I am able to focus more of her energies through my suit, and able to emulate Hypermode, but now I can use the Hyper Beam's charged shot technique..."
"But in terms of yokai flow... it takes out as much as a single use of a Hyper Missile."
"Still, too much and it'll be dangerous for me, even if Kyuubi and I are now coexisting as one. Time?"
"8:36 AM..."
"Hm... everyone else should be waking up now... drop the shield barriers."
Haku nodded as Naruto waked back into the house, vanishing through the door which slams shut. Everyone stepped back as they realized how close they were to an invisible shield, which under a shimmer, dissipated. Haku looked at Tsunade, having known she and others were behind the privacy curtain, but said nothing to Naruto. She disappeared. Inside, Naruto had disabled his armor, and entered the kitchen, and walked up behind a kissing Lumine and Sekai, and he wrapped his arms around the catgirl, his arms just under her breasts, and began to kiss the side of her neck.
"You two started without me," he whispered, causing the couple to break the kiss.
"We heard you initiating the PED Program and attempting your Kyuubi Hypermode again."
"Kyuubi Hypermode grants me on par one hundred units of Kyuubi's power filtering through me and my armor. The charged shot of my Koguchi equals the single fire of a Hyper Missile, or sixty units of yokai."
"However, just like with the Phazon, you drain one tank of your armor's energy to allow the yokai to fill your armor and thus power you up. Using too much can cause some damages to your body armor and weaken the armor's defenses."
"Yup, you're right Lumine," he said, before she tilted her head back, and they locked lips. Sekai then began to lick the girl's left collarbone and plant kisses, as the catgirl and the Jinchuuriki made out. The young men's hands began to roam over Lumine's body, making her groan into Naruto's mouth. But the sound of someone clearing her voice interrupts their threesome love fest.
"Stop that," said Samus walking in, and looking around Naruto's cabinets, before finding what she liked, and took out a red canister. Coffee powder... to make coffee...
The three teenagers broke from one another, but the guys each held the catgirl's hand.
"So, Samus, any aliens we have to be vary of?" Naruto asked the woman, who started trying to work the coffee maker.
"Nothing aside a few Zebes creatures that were found and terminated before they tried to make your moon a living environment. Though the tank of Zoomers managed to get away..."
"Oh yeah, those annoying things. The only thing that can take them out is a Super Missile blast."
Knock, knock, knock.
Lumine each kissed the boys before going to answer the door, as Sekai and Naruto sit side-by-side. Lumine opens the door, and backed upon seeing Kiba's dog Akamaru, but calmed herself as Kiba held back on Akamaru. Despite being humanoid, she was still feline. "Oh... hello," she greets, opening the door wider, "we are in the kitchen so please make yourselves at home."
She walks away, but Hinata spoke up. "Excuse me, but what is the deal between you, Naruto-kun, and that boy with the pointy ears?"
Hinata's friends looked at the girl, who didn't blush or stutter... okay, she blushed when she mentioned Naruto's name, but Lumine sighed.
"Naruto and Sekai are my mates," she answered truthfully, "and even though I am in a sense the alpha of this relationship, unlike my family the three of us share this relationship equally. I love them both equally, as they love me equally, and in a sense each other too." She giggled, and begins to blush, "especially when I once got them to make out for me."
Everyone heard two simultaneous sneezes coming from the kitchen. Hinata's inner yandere was stabbing an imaginary Lumine using a large rusty kunai. And Samus... she was drinking coffee.
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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics
Energy Tank Total: [04]
Missile Ammo: [20]
Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
PED Suit (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)
Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Ice 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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The area here was entering the dawn hours, and there was a bit of a haze in the air as they left their ships. They traveled directly towards the fallen Federation flagship without stop, Naruto firing the Ice Beam which retained the cold freezing properties mixed with liquid nitrogen. Any beast that attacked them in their berserker rage were shivering, or in a few, temporarily frozen in a prison of ice. Upon reaching the airship and entering the ship, they traveled towards the place where they activate the satellite. They open the door, and find themselves in the weapons cache room; however that is where the ship ends and the Bryyo lands begin.
Samus flipped open her Missile Launcher, and fired her newly acquired Ice Missile upgrade, freezing the pouring Fuel Gel coming from three holes in the wall, and Naruto made his way across, shooting and freezing the Gel Puffers using his acquired Ice Beam, with Samus following after him in a quick pace. As they made it across the short cavern chasm, the Fuel Gel heated up the ice enough to shatter and allow the flow to continue pouring into the abyss. At the end here was a Golem. Samus scanned the statue, and found that this thing operated on an energy source. The switch was made into its stomach, which ironically is shaped enough for a sphere to fit in, and it is activated by an explosion of energy which triggers the systems inside.
"So, who activates and follows behind?"
"I'll do it," said Samus, before rolling into Morph Ball. Naruto managed to pick her up and slot her into the stomach, where three claws trap her in upon releasing a concussive bomb blast. The energy spread out, and activates the Golem as Naruto jumped back. He watched as the machine turned around, and then shoulder tackles a wall, making it implode outward and revealing a shaft, which it leans down. Naruto followed, grunting as he hits the floor. The Golem behind him sits down, and it shuts down, the stomach lock unshielding and spitting Samus back out, whom unfurls and stands on her two feet.
"Hurts from the height, doesn't it?"
"Yup," Naruto said, seeing a White Missile Blast Shield before them. If it was just a regular door which required the Ice Beam to work, then he would have opened it. Samus opens her Missile Launcher, and fires one Ice Missile, shattering the Blast Shield, and then Naruto opens the door. They step into a hidden courtyard. Naruto's scanner started to beep, as it detected energy signatures popping in. Before the duo, Warp Hounds emerged.
"Damn it, not these creeps again," he muttered.
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"Sweetie, I'm going to head to the hanger and call mother. I miss her."
Naruto stopped his narration and nods, as both he and Sekai kissed her. She smiled and left the living room, and Naruto resumed telling his story. Hinata slipped off form behind and headed towards the direction of the bathroom, before producing a clone, and she followed after Lumine.
"Hey, wait up Lumine-san," Hinata said.
Lumine stopped.
"What for?"
"I... I just wanted to see the space ship that Naruto-kun owns, is all..."
"Well, okay, but don't cause too much trouble. You wouldn't even know half the materials that would be completely foreign to this planet."
The elevator door seals shut, and begins its descent. Hinata stood slightly behind Lumine, her mind racing with adrenaline. As soon as the door opens, Lumine walked out and towards the console... then jumped as a lion-shaped blats of chakra nearly struck her. It flew and struck a table, causing chemicals on it to explode. The mechanical Metroid flew down to vacuum up everything before it began to freeze it all up to absolute zero. The detection of hostile activity caused the entire house to go into security mode, and above, caused Naruto to stop his narration of the story again.
"What the fuck?"
Hinata smiled sinisterly. "You fucking whore of a cat... no one can claim my Naruto-kun! No one!"
Lumine hissed. "What the hell is your problem!"
"YOU ARE! NOW DIE SO I CAN HAVE MY NARUTO BACK!" Hinata sprinted at her, her fingers aglow with chakra and her Byakugan blazing. She was aiming for the tenketsu in her heart. Lumine only dodged limberly due to her superior skills as a hunter. Lumine then remembered something about this girl that Naruto talked to her about during their few hunts as a team. That the girl had such a major crush on him, but he could only feel for her in a sisterly way, just as he now does for Haruno Sakura.
But now, another thing worried her. Naruto was always a bit paranoid when it came to the more eccentric people of his planet that would have drooled at the possibility of owning space-aged weaponry. Like this Danzo character, who would have used whatever weapons he would have stolen to murder anyone in cold blood, and rule the world with an iron fist... and because of this, with security up and running, it also prevented anyone who breeched the hanger from escaping, while also preventing Naruto from getting access until he could unseal the security form the console itself.
"Haku!"
"Someone breeched the hanger... but right now, Lumine is fighting that person."
"Screen now!"
Haku nodded, and brought up a camera view of Lumine who dodged a wave of chakra that shaped like lion heads. The attacker stunned everyone: it was Hyuuga Hinata, and she had this crazed look on her face, the eyes of a person who had gone insane... or in another term, yandere.
"Naruto... Lumine is the only person other than yourself or Sekai that can shut down the security grid, and the count-down timer that will light the base and the entire property into a mushroom cloud."
"Haku... Fuck! What the hell is wrong with that woman?" Naruto swore.
"Count-down! What the hell do you mean!" Tsunade yelled motioning to grab Haku, but went through her.
Haku then with a voice of regret, gave her answer, tears glistening. "Self Destruction sequence initiated. Count down to Self Destruct in ETA three minutes."
3:00:00
Everyone was stunned, as Tsunade grabbed Naruto and slammed him against the wall. "What the hell is that about?"
2:59:21
Naruto glared at his mother figure. "If that Danzo bastard ever found out about this and broke into my property... it seals up my entire property with a barrier that not only immediately absorbs any visible chakra use, but also prevents any and all escape by any jutsu imaginable... we're stuck here until Lumine knocks out Hinata and stops the timer herself from the console inside the hanger. I also built a fail-safe triple encryption device that prevents anyone, even I, from hacking from outside sources, or from the console unless the correct passcode is inserted on the console ONLY."
"What is this passcode?" the woman steeled her gaze upon Naruto.
2:55:38
He looked at her. "The passcode is: Aishiteru Tsunade, my mother."
She loses her grip on Naruto, who landed on his feet. He slipped into his armor, before rolling into Morph Ball mode, and rolled over to a venting grate nearby, and blew it apart with a quick bomb, and slipped into the tunnel.
"Where is he going?"
"Knowing Lumine, she'll still have trouble because Naruto told us of that Hinata girl's abilities with your chakra energy. He's going through the emergency tunnels to get to the hanger himself, and try and stop the self destruct himself."
Back below, Hinata was screaming in hate, as she tried everything she could to killing Lumine, but the catgirl was limber and flexible in her graceful jumps and rolls. Hinata growled, and began to use her family's style of Taijutsu and the Empty Palm technique to try and catch Lumine.
2:43:16
Naruto bombed through fan grates, making notes to have them replaced, as he continued to roll towards the hanger. Sekai and Samus could only stand around, while the others were startin to plan a way to escape, even though escape was impossible.
2:32:02
Hinata roared as she struck Lumine in the shoulder, impeding her movement. The catgirl hissed and raked her claws across the enraged girl's face, causing her to scream in pain. Lumine then lashed with a hard kick to the gut that made the air escape her lungs, and then a spinning kick to the side of her head sends her sprawled to the floor. Suddenly the area around her feet felt frozen, then her legs, and lower body. She found herself frozen, and she turned her head around, and she paled, as her killing intent died out. Naruto had shot at her with the Ice Beam, freezing her. She gained tears in her eyes before Hinata was encased in a prison of ice.
2:10:34
He rushed over to the console after checking on Lumine, and then inserted the security code, then the override passcode.
AISHITERU TSUNADE, MY MOTHER
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SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE OVERRIDE... SHUTTING DOWN SELF DESTRUCT CYCLE...
The klaxons that rang in the hanger ceased, and all security purposes turned off, and also the elevator unlocked, allowing access. Naruto walked over to Lumine, no longer in his armor as he checked on her.
"You okay love?"
"I'll be fine honey," she replied.
The elevators opened, and Naruto saw Tsunade rushing over, and Neji was a little surprised, and a bit angry, that Naruto resorted to freezing Hinata in ice. Even Hiashi was a little concerned, but he didn't show it. Samus knew however, being able to read even the slightest of body language. Sekai was by Lumine's side as well, helping the girl up and over to a chair, while Naruto walked over to Hinata and with a quick punch, shatters the ice and freeing Hinata from her frozen prison. She however was now shaking, shivering from being iced. He glared upon her, and then backhands her.
"How dare you harm my lover like that? I... I can't believe you would do something like this! Haven't you had any idea what you could have caused?"
"Naruto! I love you! I DESERVE YOU!" She shouts.
"I saw you more of a very close sister... but... I can't anymore... you better get her out of here before I do something I regret."
Tsunade couldn't let this go unpunished. Hinata had intentionally attacked a non-shinobi with intent to murder.
"Neji, Lee, apprehend her and escort her outside. Kakashi, go with them to ANBU HQ. She is to be locked away."
Neji with a sad nod, disabled Hinata's ability to channel chakra before the two teenagers dragged the woman out of the hanger through the elevator, Kakashi following.
Naruto sighed, as Samus walked up. "Hey little brother, are you alright?"
"I don't know what went wrong with that girl. I mean she was so sweet and shy..."
"Naruto, sometimes shy people could conceal dangerous elements... in this case, she revealed a nasty side that I am sure no one on this planet may have ever known about." Naruto closed his eyes. Sekai had just finished healing Lumine with his magical healing gifts, and she was able to walk fine once again. Naruto sighed before walking over to the elevator, and brought his hand up to the touch pad.
=0=0=
A sudden shrill ring through the air, and Naruto looked back as the touch pad went offline, revealing its surface with an X mark. Samus too looked around, as the machinery within the destination they had arrived to begin to lock down, and the hanger doors close one by one. Also all hatch doors leading into the Federation Landing site locked down with metal shielding.
Hostile lifeforms detected... Beginning emergency lockdown procedure...
Naruto and Samus cursed, as they looked around, from a high branch with a broken-down glass pane, Warp Hounds emerged. Naruto and Samus prepared their cannons, as the hounds warp to the field and began to attack with spewing lava streams or try to disrupt their visors with kinetic electromagnetic bursts from their bodies. Naruto snapped his launcher and fired the first missile locked upon the first beast, sending it back briefly, before he switched back to normal and open fire with the Ice Beam. Samus with all her might and power as a hunter fought back, until several R. Hunters emerged and threw chakras at the two, or tried to attack under cloaking. Of course, having both understanding how these creatures attacked, made quick work of them, though they were still a bit tough to take out. Naruto even detected two Gragnol nests and blew them up with two missiles. When all hostile life died, one panel lit up again, as did the ones at the elevator. The doors also unsealed themselves.
"Naruto, I'm detecting a faint energy signature now that your area was cleared of other lifeforms. They register the same pulse as the Energy Cell on the GFS Olympus."
"Energy Cell?"
Naruto stepped back a the ground below him rumbled, before rising up were the machines, which returned to normal docking order.
"Yes. It's supplying power to the barrier behind you." Naruto turned to see said shielding, and he sighed a bit, "The panel that opens the doors is on the higher level. However the doors there have ceased function, but there is a small tunnel that you can take. Luckily, it's small enough for you to fit in via Morph Ball. Naruto, I believe that Energy Cell may be of use later on so go ahead and take it. Don't forget that your holo-grid on your hand has a small transmission beam installed to teleport the cell to the ship for storage."
"Thank you Haku," he tells her, and she smiles before vanishing from the holo-grid. He relays this info to Samus, who understood. She went towards the panel to open the hatch door, and Naruto found a way into the sealed of corridor, and found a battery which he took out, thus disabling the security grid in the far corner that blocked the path to an orange energy door.
Naruto looked over, as he heard the screech of the blast doors opening up again. He then looked at the battery he collected, before cycling through his suit's systems, and found the small little option, which he activates. The holo-grid expelled energy that wrapped around the Energy Cell, and transformed it into energy which then warped back towards his gunship. Now with the cell safely stored he tapped on the glass, before punching it with his cannon. CRACK! Three more times and it shatters, and he leaps out and joins Samus down below, who hails her ship in. It flies close by, before slowly lowering into the hanger, and down towards the station once the machines were set to offline mode. Naruto looked at her starship, as he then walked to the console, next to Samus, as she activates the Upgrade.
"So... what will this do?"
"Well, from what I know of... it'll give enough firepower to punch through Maldium."
Naruto whistled. "That's quite a heavy dose of firepower."
Samus nods, as the starship activated its Ship Missiles, and then more were inserted into it. These were the heavy-duty missiles that have the power to break through materials packed with Maldium metals. Soon, her starship received the complete upgrade, and her weapons had been added to the ship. Just one problem: it only had one upgrade, and Samus took it. Naruto got a beep in his helmet.
"Hey, Samus... we got a problem back at Fire Bryyo. More Pirates have been detected there. Also, Haku did a sensor sweep, and she detected a construction being built. She says that it looks to be some sort of giant Anti-Aircraft Photon Gun. Right now, it's still in the building stages but we dunno how long it'll be until the construction's complete."
"Well, we'll have to return anyway to take out that shield generator."
"Can that ship fit two people Samus?"
"Just enough, but you'll have to sit on the floor near the elevator joining me."
Naruto shrugged.
=0=0=
Docking at the Fire Landing Site, Naruto and Samus once again reenter the caverns of this work place. Only this time, they hear the distinct whine of a Jelly Roger Drone as soon as the door closed behind them. Looking down the corridor, emerged one, which Naruto took out fairly easy before it could let off one shot.
"Definitely pirates have littered this area," said Naruto.
"Need to be careful then."
They travel through, keeping their scans ready, and fingers on the trigger. Other than a few natural creatures that run off, some attacked while other creatures were Crawltanks, Remote Turret Cannons set-up by the pirates, and then some pirates themselves either baring it all or clad in light armoring. Naruto and Samus however blasted through the pirate defenses, while using their ice powers to travel through previously unvisited areas that were before inaccessible to them, and found several goodies to add to their weapons collection. Now both he and Samus held twenty five missile payloads. They continue to travel through, destroying any pirates that got in their way until they emerged once again into the Bryyo Temple. It was like Haku had told Naruto. They were building a large weapon that was Anti-Aircraft. And it was nearing completion according to Samus's scan.
"We have to take it out. Your ship is now equipped with heavy firepower that can take it out, but those two transmitters are radio jammers."
"This means we'll be blind if we try and use our Command Visors... Naruto, contact Haku."
Naruto did so, and then growled. "We're too close, I can barely hear her."
"Then we'll have to take them down..."
Naruto scanned one transmitter with his Scan Visor, before grinning behind the helmet. "Samus... they may be powerful, but the levers can be yanked down to temporarily shut them down. They'll remain that way for fifteen seconds."
"Two of us and one transmitter each."
They clank their cannons before rushing down the tunnel and out into the open air, where pirates take notice, and now start attacking. However, Naruto's scanners scanned any pirates, gathering Intel on what they were, while he and Samus disable the terminals before she called a bombing run. They ran for safety as Samus's ship flew through the air and blew them all straight to hell, while also destroying the turret that blocked the elevator. Construction cleared away, Naruto and Samus eventually managed to get to their destination, taking out two pirates that were overlooking the generator's process, and destroyed it.
Now, they had one generator left to destroy.
Chapter Nine
They searched around the area for anymore expansions, back tracking through the main area of the planet before they left for the thorny jungles to tackle the next objective. Their Missile count was up higher. Samus's lone starship lands in a thorny jungle area of Bryyo, and soon a second ship lands, docks, and two hunters exit out into the wilderness. Danger just screams, because they were unsure of what wildlife other than the local dominant lifeforms that exist here. They were sure that Pirates are in the area too. They heard a soft hum up ahead through some ruins of a rocky formation, and the trees were thickening up and enclosing like thick vines. Naruto and Samus look at one another as they open the door and walk in. Suddenly, a lone Space Pirate rushes and stops, seeing them both with weapons armed. They were taken back as the Pirate began to expel wavering tentacles of Phazon from its body, and then it raised his arm and fires its internal guns.
The two jump back as the Phazon-enhanced energy rapidly pelts the walls. Samus charges herself into Hypermode since her scanners picked up the Space Pirate going into Hypermode, and fires back. Eventually, it was killed and she deactivates Hypermode. But a second pirate heard the weapons exchange and threw a Phazon Bomb, which explodes upon smashing into Naruto, super-charging him with Phazon. His scanners and visor screamed warning bells and he was over-charged, and it was too much. He rapidly fired upon the pirate, destroying it quickly and continued to expel the excess Phazon until the energy bar drained away and exited once he ran out of Phazon to fire.
"Damn... they can utilize Phazon now?"
"It's what it's looking of now, Naruto... we must be careful."
He only nodded. He felt that thrill of energy wash over him, but it was a type of energy thrill he never wished to feel. During the weapons fire, explosions rang out in the rocky cavern, striking some hardened fuel gel crystals and destroying walls, revealing openings and hidden passageways. One passage led to a hidden room which they both received another Energy Tank. Which, both now have equal energy tanks (Naruto found a spare Energy Tank in his ship and allowed Samus to assimilate it into her suit).
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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics
Energy Tank Total: [05]
Missile Ammo: [35]
Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
PED Suit (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)
Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Ice 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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They however could not go on ahead because they saw wires from a small tunnel which connected to the terminals which generate the repelling red barrier. Naruto remained back as Samus took the tunnel, where she soon came upon a glass barrier that blocked her from the outside where a wall was erected. A Pirate ATC hovered near the ground, and it looked like they were loading materials into the ship while leaving behind a transmitter jamming device. She knew that Pirates place the barrier here to prevent then from entering further, but they never noticed a tunnel that led from the back. She deactivates the device, which with Naruto's position, the barrier behind him shimmered then shut down. He ran through, and opened the door. Reaching outside, he opened fired on the pirates. Samus quickly left to join him as Naruto jumped, and weaved through attacks.
But by the time Samus joined him outside, Naruto Rasengan the last Pirate who lost his advanced armoring. She looked a bit annoyed, but Naruto merely waved, before pointing at the wall. She deactivated the transmitter just enough to call a bombing run, and the two were a safe distance as the fireworks display occurred from the deployed missiles. The Maldium wall was obliterated, and seemed to make a smooth U track. But what made then wince was the cry of a Berserker Lord. One emerged from behind the now broken wall along with two pirates. But then the pirates got grappled and the monster threw them at Naruto and Samus, sending all four crashing into the wall. It had broken chains dangling from the wrists by heavy metal clamps. Naruto and Samus quickly kick the pirates off them and jump away, and the two pirates got incinerated by a powerful Phazon beam it launched from its clamping wet claws.
The discovered Berserker Lord was not a lord, but a Knight, and with the scans they conjured up on the monster, pirate technology with Phazon drove this monster into a near impenetrable alien with tough Phazite armoring. The creature then unleashed orbs of purple, which they shoot at and send flying back at it. It was knocked back, as cracks emerged in its armor. It snarled with battlelust before actually jumping up into the air and attempting to smash onto them. They dodged but the Phazon shockwave that erupted caught them off guard. The Berserker Knight screamed and unleashed a rain of liquid Phazon upon them, but they pushed themselves up and out of the attack path. They fought back hard but in the end, both hunters put an end by calling their ships in to attack, which did the job. The creature's blood littered as it had literally exploded with a gory pyrotechnic. This unexpected shower of guts and blood was something nother wanted.
"So, fighting something like this, we wasted what, two tanks?"
"Tough son of a bitch that thing was," Samus muttered, "I just hope we don't have to encounter another one like that again."
Naruto spied a Missile Expansion high above a rocky cliff by the shattered Maldium Wall-turned U Track. But right now, it was at a height none of them could get to, so they continue through the passage ways, taking out any possible enemy encounters, while taking note of several of the local wildlife that were scattered and left for dead, and one such body being consumed and eaten alive by Phazon growths. As they travel through the corridor, blasting down the last Crawltank that exhausted its Hypermode, they went through a door that led to a Jousting Arena-like field. One area had a liquid waterfall of Fuel Gel, and there were several spires of natural wood sprouting from the grassless dirt.
Two Aero Pirates suddenly emerge in flight, and arm their weapons as the gate they passed activate, thus trapping them within the area. There was no way of trekking through the foliage because much of the growths had overgrown and entangled with wood and green. The two hunters split and each takes on one Aero Pirate, dodging attacks and retaliating with their missiles and charged shots. For Naruto, his charged shots were on Ice Beam setting. Naruto somersaults over a duo missile attack and had jumped high enough that his armor would allow him, and grapple the pirate. Helmet disappearing, smiled a wicked grin and head butted the pirate right between the eyes. He lets go as his hand slapped over its back jet with a sticky piece of paper...
BOOM!
The pirate screamed as he flew off wildly, and crashed into its partner, and both were sent plummeting toward the pool of lava. Both were burned under the molten liquid. Naruto coughed a bit as he quickly put his helmet back on. Because they were near a volcanic region, the air had less oxygen in the air and more sulfuric gasses. But his suit managed to filter in more oxygen for him to breathe so he was going to be fine.
"Naruto, you okay?"
"Yeah... not my best ideas though."
In the ship's computer, Haku heard that and scoffed, remembering some of the more hair-balled schemes Naruto used that barely ended in disaster. Though, she wondered where Naruto had the time to keep a small stock of Exploding Tags on himself. On a cliff, they heard a loud roar and turned around. A Pirate wearing some armored get-up wielding a long and large laser lance rode on top of a Korakk.
This is what Naruto scanned of the Pirate riding the creature.
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Pirate Hussar
Hussars are unusually brave for Space Pirates, willing to ride the deadly Korakk beast into combat. Their Phazon Energy Lances are deadly at any range. Hussars and their mounts have a strange bond. If a Hussar is slain, his Korakk will fight to avenge his death.
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This is what Samus scanned of the creature the Pirate was riding.
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Korakk Beast
Korakks are prized by the Space Pirates, who use them as cavalry mounts. Their belly is occasionally vulnerable, but guarded from all sides. Finding a way to get underneath it and attacking would be effective. Nerve endings in the tail can be stressed through grappling, but only when the tail is extended. The interior of a Korakk's mouth, as well as the tip of their tongue, contains sensitive nerve clusters. Attacking these points could temporarily incapacitate the creature. While most are native to another sector of the galaxy, this Korakk can emit Phazon energy through the feet and tongue due to engineering of Phazon enhancement to the beast. The Phazite armor they wear will repel most damage.
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The two jumped back as the Korakk jumps of the cliff after it had ended its hissing roar. The breath of blue fire escaped as it barked, and the Pirate launches a beam of plasma form its lance in a sweeping motion. Naruto however targetted the pirate with missile attacks, while Samus dodged the laser attack. Once at a safe distance she targets and fires an Ice Missile. Teamed with Naruto, the duo knocked the Hussar of fits alien steed and Naruto killed it with a Rasengan through the head. The Korakk roars with anguish before a hot rage went through its eyes. It now began to attack them savagely.
"Naruto, attack it when its mouth opens!"
"Got it!"
Their cannons held a charge, but the beast suddenly snags Naruto, thus making him mis-fire, nearly hitting Samus as his cannon swerved off target. She however fired at the beast's mouth, the burns overwhelming its nerve clusters that it began to sway dizzily. She furled into Morph Ball and laid some bombs under, close to the tail. Her guess was accurate as the creature shrieks and collapses, its tail behind exposed. Her scanner made not of a weakness and she used the grapple upon standing on her feet out of Morph Ball mode. With a swift tug, she ripped the tail right off and caused it to scream in pain. Its unarmored underbelly was exposed as it stood on its powerful hind legs. Naruto flipped into Hypermode and lay quick waste to the beast with help from Samus. The shields drop down, as more pirates sent the area. However, with a bit of Phazon left, they made quick work of the three Troopers, while using the Charge Beam function of the Power Beam to draw in any left over energies or "pick-ups" the killed pirates and Korakk dropped.
"This is getting tiresome," Naruto muttered as they blasted down a hidden pirate upon entering a fork in the road of a building. The right fork led to a White Blast Shield which after Samus demolished, led to a planet-native re-charging station to recharge energy. Thankfully, it was able to recharge their energy systems. However, going down the other way, it took them to another unlockable lore they unlocked, scanned, and took a Missile Expansion.
"There's the shield generator..."
She began to hail in her starship, but as Naruto looked, he saw a gun turret that was cleverly hidden by the foliage of the thick thorny jungles.
"Samus wait!"
Too late. The hail was complete as her starship flew.
"What?"
"Anti-Aircraft turrets!" He pointed to the turret that once again swerved into near visible view. Samus swore, as her starship soon came into view. However, both could only watch as Samus's starship on auto-pilot flew down to attack, but then its systems picked up enemy fire, and it was immediately engaged into evasive maneuvers. One managed to clip the ship and it pulled back.
The gunfire also alerted the pirates, whom seen them from their positions, and while some gone to intercept the hunters that were in the vicinity, Naruto and Samus both were stumped on how to continue. Suddenly, they heard walls slide open, and two pirates emerged. They fought. They killed the two pirates, before going down the door now that this area was locked down.
"Naruto! Listen! There may be a way to take out those two turrets I'm able to scan using a link-up to Samus's starship, but you will have to fight against the horde of pirates in the areas. I won't be easy, but knowing you two, it'd be cake walk. From what I managed to gather, the turrets are powered by Fuel Gel Batteries. Destroy them to destroy the turrets."
"Roger, Haku!"
More pirates came out, attacking them along with several Jelly Roger drones, but they were all shot down. They were weak pirate enemies. The two turrets Naruto took out by using a path of Fuel Gel Capsules bring brought along a crane path via a charged shot. Through the door, and down the path taking out another turret, and they emerge into the main open-air chamber where the turret was, still firing down upon Samus's ship that was still trying to accomplish its previous objection. She managed to hail it and get it to back off, thus stopping the turrets, but the pirates all noticed them.
"Look at all these scum-ugly bastards, eh, Samus?" Naruto teased, raising his arm cannon. Samus raised her as well as one pirate deployed security doors with a remote it held. Naruto grinned as Naruto managed to tap into his suit and access speaker ports on his armor. Naruto began to sing to a rock song that began to play loudly, making the pirates back up, and Samus to cast a glance at Naruto with a raised eyebrow.
I'm feeling invincible tonight
I'm alive, take a look into my eyes
This time I'ma take you for a ride
I'm invincible tonight
Naruto then jumped down and killed the first pirate with a Rasengan, thus starting the fight. Naruto snapped the Missile Launcher and let's loose missile attacks, destroying a cache of Fuel Gel Batteries and Capsules. But he continued to sing as he blasted down pirates left and right and dodging energy shots, while Samus focused on her own group of enemies.
Believe me
You never met a motherfucker like me
Bet you never seen the things that I've seen
Bottled up inside
This time I'm taking back my life
=0=0=
"Did that really happen, Samus?" Sekai questioned the blonde hunter, as Naruto sat back in the couch, banging his head and singing the lyrics.
I'm feeling invincible tonight
I'm alive, take a look into my eyes
This time I'ma take you for a ride
I'm invincible tonight
I'm feeling invincible tonight
I'm alive, take a look into my eyes
This time I'ma take you for a ride
I'm invincible tonight
"Unfortunately, yes," Samus sighed, and resumed the telling of that encounter.
=0=0=
As Naruto jumped high into the air, Samus had managed to get enough workspace to unlock the hatch and expose the terminals in the sides. She shot down a pirate that came from behind before destroying one terminal, thus causing an explosion. A sudden static barrier surrounds the exposed areas underneath the turret as the machine ceased to operate momentarily to expel a high temperature gust of steam and gas. Naruto continued to blast away pirates that tried to take him down, while the music continues to play from his suit. Samus took care of the task of destroying the turret, by yanking the panel cover, exposing the terminals, and destroying the Fuel Gel core. Of course, both Samus and Naruto ended this early by each blasting a Fuel Gel core simultaneously. That causes the turret to malfunction, overheat, and eventually explode into a giant fiery display, raining shrapnel all over the half mile distance.
The music ended, and Naruto killed it off before his music could attract anymore to their location. They quickly left, once the barriers dissolved away. They traveled through, finding several local wildlife found dead in this area. Most of them were shot to death by what they assumed were the Pirates. They also found several glass containers, which reminded Samus of the Zebetites on Zebes from her first mission. A few enemies littering this passageway, some Motion-Sensor Bombs, however they managed to get through easily and to the other side. However, this turret had different locks. From their observations, there were three long rod-like levers in three different spots of this lot and high above ground level. Suddenly three Aero Pirates flew through and air and towards them. While the first two attacked, the third pulled a level, thus locking the turret underneath and the battery ports around.
It did not take that long to figure out how to disable this turret and then destroy it. While Samus took care of pulling the levers, Naruto busied himself by distracting the pirates and taking them out. When the final lever was pulled, the sirens went off, alerting the turret's ports were exposed. She and Naruto went down, and charged their cannons to fire half-charged blasts, which was enough to detonate the Fuel Gels. Once each port was destroyed, the entire machine exploded, and was rendered inoperable. There was a Space Pirate ATC flying above, ready to deploy when the turret exploded, thus sending it flying away with a trail of smoke behind it.
"Well... that takes care of the two turrets. How's your ship, Samus?"
Samus did a quick check from her command device.
"Minor damages to the left wing. But the ship's managed to initiate its recovery units to restore the ship's functionality back to 100%. But it had disengaged my previous command of taking it out..."
"Let's get back there, take out the generator, and then get back to our ships."
"Sure."
The two left through a new exit, taking the elevator. Naruto shot the door open as they rushed through, taking out a few pirates that lingered, before making their way back to the main chamber area, once of course Samus took a little time to boost her Missile count. Once again hailing her ship to attack, they watch as Samus's ship this time successfully destroyed the generator before taking off again. They watched as the shield that surrounded the seed malfunctioned, and then exploded wildly, destroying the machines that kept it powered up. With both generators offline, the shield was destroyed, and the seed now exposed.
"Naruto. I detected some enemy ships taking flight. It appears some of the pirates are evacuating the planet now that you both managed to destroy any and all operations they tried to mount. The seed is now exposed so you both can now be able to fly directly into the seed. Aurora Unit 242's next objective for you both is to fly to the Seed, and destroy it somehow. But do be careful. The Seed has life within and there are huge Phazon amounts within it. There are still few hostile life forms detected within your vicinity so stay alert."
"Well Samus?"
She nods. "One last objective, then Bryyo will be saved form any further Phazon contamination."
The two left the chamber, back tracking towards the Jousting Arena once the doors finally unsealed themselves. As Haku warned them, there were few enemies in the vicinity in the form of surviving Jolly Roger drones. However in the Jousting Field were two surviving Pirates overlooking the downed vessel they barely escaped from. Naruto quickly took them both out in silent execution style, surprising Samus well. It was when they arrived back at the area where they got through the first blockade that their hunter senses went off, and of course, Naruto's predator senses due to partly the Kyuubi sealed in him.
Naruto shoved Samus to his left before getting struck by a missile-based explosion that sent him flying back a bit and crashing. De-cloaking were black armored pirates. But unlike the other breed of pirates that looked like they were slowly deteriorating (which both knew was due to the Phazon), these pirates had more flesh to their bodies. However, there were tall-tell signs of Phazon used because the gauntlets that covered their shoulders had Phazite plating. Several of the wired cables, which coil around portions of their arms and back, emit a Phazon blue glow. The head however was shaped in a triangular format, with three thin V-shaped green lines crossing the black purple helmet. Overall, these pirates had spinal-looking thorns that lined the back of their legs, and their feet were pointed black plated boots. The forearms were clad in V-shaped armoring that eerily mimicked Samus and Naruto's armored forearms, right down to the elbow pads. Their knees were covered in oval Phazite armor, while growing out the back were glowing purple scythe-shaped blades.
Their primal roars are emitted, and their fish-shaped jaws stretch down with their calling as one activated its attached beam sabre scythe that slid out of its right arm which then detached from its armor-clad forearm and three more blades popped out, forming a deadly looking windmill shuriken it held within its spiny three-clawed fingers. Samus however managed to acquire a scan of this Pirate breed, and was surprised at what she quickly read.
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Shinobi Pirate
This is a Pirate that has been trained with the use of the silent ninja arts, their primary information gathered from Intel of Pirate forces that have tangoed with Bounty Hunter Naruto Uzumaki in the past. Their increased strength comes from injecting small amounts of Phazon energy into their DNA structure, thus creating a force of Pirates that are superior to the former Shadow Pirate command force that allows them to move in a crafted ninja fashion. Garb in the Shadow Pirates armor engineered with Phazite built into the systems, they are a force to recon with. Shinobi Pirates are armed with a main weapon called a Phazite Windmill Shuriken, which can be charged with the small Phazon energies inside their bodies. Use extreme caution when engaging this enemy, for it can execute Hypermode as a last resort.
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Two more launched the same explosive bombs at Samus, who jumped out of harms way, but got struck by the thrown Windmill Shuriken the other pirate held. Naruto had gotten up, and the two unarmed Shinobi Pirates sprinted at Naruto. One came in with a right hook, which he dodged and Naruto barely blocked the high jump kick the second pirate let loose. He bent back as the other pirate swooped with a spinning axe kick, and Naruto tripped this ninjafied pirate onto its back, and rolled out of the other jump kick attack. He flips into the air and onto his feet, firing a missile. The two pirates however suddenly, to his surprise, moved in a form of a pseudo-Shunshin. His eyes widen as their short teleportation sent him flying again from a double boot to the chest.
Naruto got up, and then fired a missile right as one pirate came with a rushing claw sweep. His arm was blown to a smear. It roared, stumbling before Naruto killed it with a Rasengan right to the head, while pushing a bit more chakra to implement some shredding wind powers. He formed another one, and threw the Rasenshuriken, which caught the pirate Samus was dealing with of guard. She ducked when she saw the deadly buzzsaw slice the Shinobi Pirate, and the third one backed as Naruto and Samus stood side-by-side. It roared as a sudden spike of energy was registered, before either visors alerted it had gone into Hypermode.
But instead of fighting, it continued to glow brighter and brighter. It growled in a near humanish dialect, which got both to run as fast as they could: Kamikaze. The explosion that rocked, clipped them as they ducked behind the thick rocky wall, but even the shockwave that ripped through dealt some good damage to their armors. Both got up, as the glass was even shattered from the explosive Phazon Wave Quake.
"The hell... they fought... like a ninja would..."
"Shinobi Pirate," Samus told Naruto, "I scanned one of them. You messed with the pirates in the past, have you?"
"Yeah... they tried to take over this planet in the Xianlen System called Pojasotnik. It's something akin to a near tropical climate in terms of being able to host human lifeforms and humanoid lifeforms. But I, Sekai, and Lumine were there on vacation when they tried to ransack the planet. We were the only three there that fought against the heavy forces of the pirates, and half the time I was outside my armor. From where I'm from, being a bounty hunter is a hidden job because my planet has humans that have never been to space."
"Really?"
"We're more of a sub-species because of an energy source we can harness that other humans cannot."
"You can tell me more later. Right now... we need to get to that seed."
Naruto looked back at the exposed seed, and nods.
Chapter Ten
"So, how did you do that buzzsaw energy attack?"
"It's my Rasengan technique that I used. I altered it with training to form a secondary attack, a throwing version of it. Rasenshuriken. Of course, if I had done it without armor protection, I could have very well killed myself. I begun training to use Rasenshuriken for quite some time now..."
Not to mention it's now useful after I had finally worked out the kinks in the jutsu, he thought.
Both had destroyed obstructions that were in their path, before opening the final door that led to the center of the Leviathan chamber. Bathing under a waterfall of Phazon was what looked like a giant Kraid-sized sentinel.
"Is that what I think it is?"
"War Golem."
Both hunters leapt down, and slowly walked up, cannons engaged for combat. Suddenly the flow of Phazon stopped, and the machine's eyes begin to glow softly. Both hunters backed as the machine let out a growling roar that briefly shook the chamber. Its hands lifted up, and two magic hands shot out, and grabbed two red spheres which immediately inserted into a socket on its stomach. Two waves of energy wash out and embed themselves into its shoulders. Two more, and Naruto and Samus watched as this machine gained one on its stomach, and they assumed the fourth was somewhere eon the back. The towering machine emitted Phazon as it roared at them once more. As he slowly lumbered to its right, its glowing eyes analyzing them, they analyzed it.
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Mogenar
Planet: Bryyo
Area: Bryyo Seed
Room: Bryyo Leviathan Core
Corrupted War Golem reanimated and energized with Phazon. Relies on socketed energy orbs as a source of power. The orbs themselves have a fragile exterior but contain pure Phazon energy within. This energy must be completely overloaded before it will be destroyed. Eliminating all power sources is the only way to bring Mogenar offline.
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"Damn!" Naruto swore, before the War Golem roared, and performed a rushing tackle, forcing the two to quickly get the hell out of the monster's way.
"Two of us, cuts half the time," Naruto shouts at Samus, before switching to the faster Power Beam, and began to pepper at the red orbs that his visor can target. Samus did the same with her own targetted crystal orb. However, they can only deal some little damages before these shield platings form over the crystals, and then they watched as they retract, and the damages crystals are in different slots.
"Samus, concentrate on one crystal, then double team it!"
"Right!"
She focused her shots to Naruto's target, and as predicted, the combined pepper shots destroyed the fragile shell, exposing the Phazon energy. Naruto went into Hypermode and charge his cannon, while Samus charged her and targetted a non-damaged sphere. Once the plates went away after damage, Naruto unleashed a spreader shot of the Hyper Beam. It had worked like magic, and destroyed the right shoulder socket. Naruto exited Hypermode to conserve energy.
It roars at them before it began to raise its arms as if to power up, which it did exactly, calling for Phazon from the seed, and forming what looked like crystals of hardened Phazon around its feet. When Naruto released a charged shot at it, it bounced off a shield that had encased its body. But Mogenar roared before rushing them. They moved out of the attack path.
"Naruto, bomb the feet!"
"Bomb the crystals off its feet? Shit!"
He furled into Morph Ball and readied his bombs. As he heard the tremors grow louder in his senses he deployed all three and quickly rolled out of the way. Mogenar roared, grumbling when it felt its armored feet lose the Phazon crystals. Naruto rolled, deployed the next set, and soon, Mogenar's feet were crystal free. Unrolling and standing, he switched to his Ice Beam setting. Then he saw it open its mouth as a green light began to emerge, before firing a beam of highly concentrated Phazon at Samus. Naruto rushed and shoved Samus clear out of the way, and cried as the beam slammed him right across the field and into the nearby wall.
"Naruto!" Samus yelled, before she fired an Ice Missile at its mouth as it laughed. The missile explodes, releasing the freezing spray of its explosion, but it had also completely frozen the War Golem. Samus saw her chance and entered Hypermode and punished the two crystals, shattering them before the tank was drained completely. Naruto moaned as he got up. His armor was damaged and the shields lost a tank total. Naruto grunted as he focused his cannon, and entered Hypermode. Fighting the pain, he expelled an entire tank of energy into his Hypermode to destroy the last two crystals.
Because of Naruto pulling off a crazy stunt, which was to in a way spam Hypermode, while tangoing with the line of corruption, he had in a way not only destroyed the final sphere (once of course dealing with the constant rush attacks, bombing the crystals off its feet, and also taking out the crystals it tried to replenish the missing and destroyed sockets), but also destroyed its socket after overloading the energy. Exiting Hypermode, both hunters watched as Mogenar screamed and roared. The reanimated War Golem soon shut down as waves of Phazon erupt from it. Both grunt as the wave of Phazon washed throughout the chamber. Deep inside, they felt pain coursing. They collapsed to their knees, and in Naruto, Kyuubi roared as the Phazon growth inside Naruto pulsed, sending a bolt of lightning that struck Kyuubi and sent her crashing into the back of her sealed chamber cage. However, both overcame the pain. The War Golem then explodes into a haze of flashy pyrotechnics and Phazon, as Naruto and Samus collapse to their knees and hands. Remaining behind from the destruction of the War Golem was a solid collection of Phazon, in the eerily-formed shape of the Morph Ball.
"God fuck..." Naruto groaned.
Samus was panting, as Naruto could not handle the stress. He began to heave, as he fumbled to take of his helmet. When he did, had the blonde teen finally began to expel his rations he ate on their way to the Seed. Samus, also helmetless, followed his example, and puked her rations () out.
"S-Samus... are you... are you okay?" Naruto grunted, as inside him, Kyuubi slowly got back up, and she felt something she never thought she could: fear.
"I'm fine..." she managed to speak out, before placing her helmet back on.
"Samus... your armor."
"What about it?"
"Some of the creases and grooves... they're emitting a bit of a blue Phazon tint..."
Samus looked at her armor, of what she could, and then at Naruto. "It's the same with you..."
"Wha?" He looked at his arm. "Oh, I see..."
"Naruto... thanks for saving me from getting nearly killed."
"Samus... listen..." He took a deep breath, "my life hasn't' exactly been... cheery and everything. You see, I did a bit of research about you when I discovered other world on the GFS Kazama, then I had heard about a bounty hunter named Samus Aran. What surprised me about her is that she, just like I, was an orphan."
"Wait..."
"However, the differences between us is that while you eventually grown up to become who you are today, I however grew up never knowing who my parents basically were, and to this day, I still wish to know who they were. From where I'm from, Planet Gaia, I was the scapegoat of my village. I was born on a day where my village was attacked by a dangerous creature of unfathomable power. And on that day... when I was born, I was born a cursed life."
Samus walked to him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "What do you mean a cursed life?"
He didn't respond for a moment, before turning his attention to the energy that began to pulse. "I'll tell you later..."
They looked at the pulsing sphere before it floated to them, and then splitting in half, shot into their chests. Both felt a sudden rush of energy overload that they once again entered Hypermode. The following text scrolled across their visors: Armorsuit upgrade acquired. Hyper Ball online. Both looked at one another, and then looked around as in the short field around them, Phazon Growths popped up. They looked like flower buds, but the cores of the buds were like fat bloated heads of a grub worm. Both enter Morph Ball, and then willed Phazon forth. The result was crackling bolts of Phazon-charged lightning arcing all around them in a short field distance. They moved around, destroying all the flowers before they heard a frightening shriek.
Both stood to their full height as Phazon continued to pulse across their body. What emerged from the core was what they suspect was the heart. Armed with fangs, and moving pincer claws, and various glowing blue eyes upon its surface, its fangs/pincers/ect twitched. They gaze at one another, and nod as the Phazon in their bodies began to react, allowing them to flow off the ground. They released two beams of energy when their visors displayed a warning to expel the Phazon at the core. The result is its death. Both land, no longer coursing with Phazon after expelling everything at the core. They gazed once more at each other, hearing the heavy thud of the now dead core overloaded with Phazon. They leave as the core explodes with a gory explosion.
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The seed emitted billows of smoke, and from what remained of the now dead shell, Samus's ship flew away from it. The growths of Phazon that emitted form the impact site was now dead, and looked nothing more than weird growths of spider-like fingers arcing high into the sky. A short while later, two ships can be seen flying from the planet and into space above its orbit. Both ships slow to a hover, as both ships are then contacted by Aurora Unit 242.
"Bryyo is now safe from further Phazon corruption, thanks to you both. Now, your next objective is Planet Elysia. Though Ghor is stationed there, the Leviathan's Phazon contamination is still spreading. However, due to the storm clouds that constantly blanket the planet's crust, the impact point is therefore buried beneath. Due to the dangers, your ships will not be able to penetrate through the storm clouds without taking damages, so I advise to seek an alternative solution."
"Then how do we get to the seed if the storm clouds are too dangerous for even our ships to fly there directly?" Naruto spoke up.
"As I suspect your question, on Elysia is an automated research facility that floats high above the surface, where GF Aurora Unit 217 is stationed. However, because of the Phazon contamination, it has been inflicted with the virus, and is currently offline. Samus, I have downloaded the vaccine program, and it will be uploaded to your suit. Once administered to the unit, the virus will purge any abnormal effects and corruption, and restore the AU to its original functionality."
"And once it's been restored it can help us with the seed problem."
"That is correct, Naruto. Good luck you two, and please be on the lookout for Ghor."
"Haku..."
"I already took care of it. Elysia are at these coordinates." She transferred the data to Samus as well.
=0=0=
The story ended there until the next day. It was late at night, as Hyuuga Hinata was held under a spell Sekai placed her under to render her into a state of a controlled coma. Sekai didn't like to do this, but it was Naruto's plan: alter the girl's memories so that everything about her crush on his shared significant other was redirected to, of all people, that young man who smelt more or less like a canine, Inuzuka Kiba. Once he managed to rework her memory core, he released her from the spell, before quickly making his exit the same way he snuck into the ANBU Prison... by the use of his magic to transform into the knocked out ANBU Taka and exiting the place soon after. Sure, there may be some minor problems the day after, but, they can't really blame this on them. If they tried to... well, he could alter more memories.
Chapter Eleven
It was such a puzzling scene. Hyuuga Hinata had been released from ANBU Prison, but it was discovered that her memories were in a way changed. However, no one could understand how this happened. But when this was brought up at the house... Naruto simply shrugged as a slightly blushing Hinata sat next to Kiba. But when she (Tsunade) brought up where Sekai and Lumine were, in came the two teenaged aliens, and sit down on either end of Naruto. The way Hinata acted, it was as if she was never in love with Naruto, yet still respected him since at one point she did tell the other girls that Naruto was her inspiration to become strong. The story resumes with Naruto telling how he and Samus went around one last time to find any expansions their suits can assimilate before they headed off to their next destination.
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The clouds blanketed the planet as they skim through the sunlit skies, which the planet had the glow of permanent sunset. The thicker clouds below crackled with the planet's thermo energies, and the ions that formed the constant bolts of lightning to race through the dense cloud formations that seem to blanket the sturdy ground. It IS known that this planet has a solid crust, but much like the planet Jupiter, the clouds are dangerous even for the most well-protected lifeforms human or otherwise. Either way, as two ships fly on the path towards a Federation landing site, also known as SkyTown, they can make out a formation in the clouds which spiral around an active shield that shields the seed. It is here where much of the lightning strikes occur the most.
SkyTown: a research facility on Planet Elysia, aloft in the sky through powerful thrusters that kept the machine-like town suspended several hundred feet above the clouds. It is also where the Chozo once used this station, and had built it before exploring the yonder of space once again, leaving this in the hands of the Federation. Then, the Federation when the AUs came into existence stationed an Aurora Unit here, to operate the mechaniloids of this station. But now, thanks to the Leviathan attack, Phazon corruption not only spreads through the planet (affecting what lifeforms may even survive on the real surface of the planet), but portions of the Phazon has even managed to spread across SkyTown itself. And upon reaching the landing site, Samus lands her ship.
Exiting, Naruto joins her as he made a somersault off his ship which Haku had remaining on hover, since this site had not much space left due to obstructions of the giant tanks that scatter the docking site.
"Haku, just keep the ship on hover but be ready... we don't know if Ghor is still with us... if he's even here..."
"Got it Naruto."
"Well Samus... let's get going."
Samus looked over to the blue armored teenager, as earlier she was looking at the Chozo construction high above the entrance.
"Yeah."
On the ship, Haku watched them begin their travel into SkyTown. She sat back in the command chair, and took out a manga book. In the katakana writing on its front cover, it read, "Lucky Star." Together, they wandered into the facility, as Naruto scanned the little flying mechas that appeared to be harmless. The first door they came across they found a flying discus-shaped robot, which Naruto had shot down, thinking it was a deployed spybot of the Pirates. Instead, it opened up its shell casing, and displayed a hologram of text. After scanning it, Samus store the information away for later.
"Naruto."
"Yes?"
"Your cursed life, what did you mean by that?"
"... You see, Planet Gaia, it's more or less a primitive planet much like Earth, before the days of space travel. I was just the only lucky human that was able to leave the planet. I was only six years old when my village tried to murder me, and left me for dead floating down the river."
"What!"
"It's true... the reason for it is because inside of me... I hold the creature that nearly destroyed my home village. The Kyuubi no Youko, a nine-tailed fox demon... I am known on my planet as a Jinchuuriki, which means Power of Human Sacrifice. I was a human sacrifice to contain and seal the beast away until my death... and the majority of my village on that night was so distraught, that when it was learned of my existence, they began to scorn and hate me, treating me as if I was the Kyuubi herself. Only a very few people cared for me, and Sarutobi, who was more than a grandfather to me, was one of the very first people who truly loved me despite the pain that I suffered growing up."
"What happened to him?" Samus sensed that like her losing Old Bird, Naruto lost someone who was as dear to him.
"He was murdered by a man who craved power and immortality."
"I'm sorry..."
Naruto waved it off. "It's fine... you know, Samus... I never hardly told anyone about my true self... only a very few knew of the Kyuubi and still treated me as the jailer, and not the demon. A woman named Jane Atherway when she learned became a mother to me... saying that she would be happy to be my mom. I never cried so hard before... she may have not been my biological mother, but I took what family relations I could..."
"Jane... Atherway... you asked Dane what had happened to her before he said that she was one the missing crew members of the missing Valhalla."
"She adopted me as her son during my youth traveling space before I returned back to my home planet at a later date..."
"You know... there was one person who I considered a bit like family to me. His name is Adam Malkovich. Back then when I was still picking up the hunter business, Adam was the only one in the Federation who addressed me in such a caring way. He's also one of the only few in the galaxy that can get away with addressing me with the term Lady. Then the Chozo are my dearest to my heart. When I was little, my home colony was attacked by the Space Pirates, led by that scumbag Ridley."
She clenched her fists, remembering the pain and the screams that echoed as pirates left and right killed anyone they saw, and taking what they could ransack. She was even stupid enough to try and befriend Ridley because back then, she was a naïve child... then she saw the world in reality that day.
"The Chozo found me, led by Old Bird, who I called grandfather. I was the only survivor left alive, and both mother and father were among the dead, burning under the fires. Had I not made it into this small crawl space, the building I ran into would have crushed me completely. The Chozo took me back to Planet Zebes, where I was raised by them in the lands of Chozodia, and mountainous caverns of Crateria."
"Before Zebes became a desolate planet under control of the pirates..." Naruto surmised.
"Yes, back then Zebes was a planet that can thrive human life on the surface, while certain areas of Brinstar had hospitable areas, and Maridia was the planet's watery oceans. And there I was raised until my young adult years, trained to become a warrior for them. When I left the nest for what was to be my last time, they gave me the Chozo Suit that had now made me famous today. Zebes became a desolate planet, under control by the pirates, and many of the areas of the planet became a dark shell of its former life, tainted by evil and malice."
"And the first ever mission you undertook to infiltrate Zebes and destroy Mother Brain..."
"Had made me the pirates' number one enemy..."
"What happened to the Chozo?"
Samus gained a bit of pain in her eyes. "I have no idea... many of them were wiped out by the pirates because in truth, despite having built this battle suit, they were citizens of peace, much like the Luminoth on Planet Aether. All I know is that Old Bird had died, but the rest of the Chozo... they all vanished, and left behind was ruins of their work and artifacts spread all across the universe itself. In most of my missions, the Chozo one way or another has been involved..."
The two opened the door, as they felt they had to continue onward with their next objective. In the next room, they saw a tangle growth of Phazon vines... crippling around a Chozo statue.
"And this is one of them... the Chozo, or rather... a statue built in its honor."
Naruto scanned it. "Looks like... it's waiting for an offering..."
Samus knew this many times, as she entered Morph Ball and went through the hole. The Chozo's mechanical hands grasped around her shell, and then she tested out the newly acquired Hyper Ball, going into Hypermode. She expelled arcs of Phazon, which destroyed the spores quick, and cause the vines to disintegrate. She popped out of the hands and she unfurled, exiting Hypermode as the Chozo statue slowly rotated in a circle, like a screw entering the ground to clear a path.
Beep.
"Samus, your highest priority is to get SkyTown's Aurora Unit back online. It will help you find a way to reach the seed. I will upload its coordinates to you now. Naruto, Samus, do proceed with caution. Ghor's whereabouts and disposition are still unknown at this point."
"Roger that," Naruto replied, before their visors beeped. From a made-map, it showed areas that they traveled so far, and then it tic over to a spot somewhere in the emptiness. They swung across using their Grapples, before going through the door. Once outside again, the two take a moment to overlook SkyTown completely. It was impressive to say the least. A city of metal, rustic in appearance, yet styled with markings of the Chozo lingering around, like the glass panes they had to break through in order to even cross the wide gap. And of course, there were no floating platforms to use to trek across the dangerous open cloudy skies, which once and awhile would let loose a rumble of thunder.
"Zip Line Cables," Naruto read, using his scanner which detected something.
"Hm?"
"Those are Zip Line Cables," Naruto said once reading the information on his visor, "They work with the Grapple Beam systems. As long as we keep a steady stream of electricity, we can then be propelled in either one way direction. However, since my Grapple Beam system is integrated into my arm cannon, you go first. I doubt those gates in the way will open automatically."
Samus nods, before releasing a stream of plasma, which then connects to the Portal. She then starts flying forward and Naruto was right behind her. With her cannon, she shoots open the gates that were in the way. They eventually made it to the end, and land on their feet on another large platform with a door, which Samus opens with a quick shot. Naruto gazed back as he saw the gates close one by one. Now they had to deal with the sentries that activated when they walked into the room. Tinbots, they were called. Naruto easily froze them before blasting them to scrap. But more were in the way as they traveled onward.
=0=0=
On the other side of SkyTown, pirate vessels were flying through the air, utilizing their stealth technology. A full group of pirates were here on a mission to secure this part of the SkyTown area, while another group was to report to battle, while performing a mission for their Commander; explore the Xenoresearch Building in this sector of the networking city. Needless to say, these groups of pirates weren't heard form again. And all they heard over communications before the feed was cut was the all-familiar chirps and shrieks of a Metroid. You can almost pity the poor bastard waiting at the top entrance for the rest of his team to return from exploring the laboratory that was riddled with mutagenic-mutated Metroids that would be dubbed Phazon Metroids. It would remain a mystery as to how these Metroids came into existence or why this sector of the building had pools of Phazon seeping into it from a rather large invisible vein.
=0=0=
"That was fun," said Naruto, "getting blasted by a Kinetic Orb Cannon, and all of that."
"Naruto," Samus scolds, "what if it had malfunctioned? Then what? You could had fallen to your death. Not even you could survive such a high fucking drop down to the planet's solid crust!"
"Sorry," he mumbled. She groaned, and tugged his arm through a door into another building (after bypassing the other Zip Line), and once again ran into the cloaked mechaniloid that once again vanished, activating a laser field. Naruto found the first Missile Expansion here, so Samus took this next one she discovered as they Morph Ball under the field, and through the door at the end of the narrow hallway. Once inside Samus activated a nearby hand reader, which displayed the symbol of the Chozo's hand. The elevator took them down, where they go through a series of tunnels via Morph Ball, before emerging into the room below. But... the gate seals shut when they went around the oval tank before them.
"This can't be good," mumbled Naruto, as they turned around, to see it open like an egg and sink into the ground. An acorn-shaped cap floated into the air, and releases the Steam Lord from earlier that stalked them. The rouge vanished as more gate pods open, releasing red Tinbots. Samus scanned one of them, and found out they were more armored versions than their Tinbot forms. Naruto and Samus went to work firing at the Steambots until they started to malfunction and explode away. But, to their dismay, the Steam Lord reappeared and brought them back to life. Naruto quickly deduced a pattern, and told his plan to Samus. So, once again, dodging pulsar shots and melee attacks if they got too close, they destroyed them again, and this time it came back. Naruto fired a charged Ice Beam, and it froze momentarily before breaking free, but before it could cloak, got missiled in the side. They kept up this game plan before it short-circuit, and explode. The Steambots that were still alive suddenly collapse into piles of scrap. The pods that released the Steambots open up again, revealing the cables, and destroying them proved to disabling the gate, and relighting the door again. So they quickly got out of there and back into the open once again after activating another elevator (the door led to a group of suspended platforms but they were too far out of reach to get there).
=0=0=
"Oh... hey look what I found." A pirate picked up, "a dewclaw."
"... A dewclaw? Those things are worthless. They're only useful for those humans it make those teeth necklace or something like that. Though I wonder what a dewclaw is even doing here on this planet."
"I don't know..." said the pirate that found it, on a mechanical floating city for that matter despite the word town in its name, "could be useful for something."
"Like what?" hissed the second pirate.
The first pirate remained silent.
=0=0=
"... So, we made it to the AU Chamber, but the lock is in place, and we don't know how to get through it," Naruto said a they were told by Aurora Unit 242 to continue exploring SkyTown for any clues on how to bypass the Kinetic Lock.
"But there is a lot of growth of Phazon in that chamber room however..."
"And 242 told us to continue exploring SkyTown until we can find something that can help us open that gate."
"Naruto, hey!" Haku suddenly spoke up from Naruto's left hand, phasing in from the ship temporarily, or rather, her head showed up, "Keep on going until you reach the end of this room. There should be another Kinetic Orb Cannon you scanned details earlier on. The ship detected an inactive mechaniloid on the nearby large floating fortress but it's still radiating a short energy signature. I believe its Ghor's Battle Armor."
Naruto and Samus look at one another, and nod. Reaching the outside of the AU Chamber Fortress, Samus went first, and was fired across and smacks the erected iron wall and moved out of the way, as Naruto seconds follows after her in the same fashion. The walls shut down and interlock, sliding back into the floor. And there, in the center, was Ghor's Battle Armor.
"Suit is expanded and empty, and the engines have recently been used," Samus reports from her scan of the device.
And there were a few of the smaller mechaniloids that they passed by ever since arriving here in SkyTown. They exhibited traits of confusion and awe at such a mechanical device, which they suspect these mechanical creatures have never seen in such a long while.
"Naruto, do you hear me?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm detecting something to your right of your position." Haku briefly displayed the map of SkyTown, or rather the incomplete version of it, before she tags a Point of Interest on the map, "Do be careful though, Naruto."
"Naruto?"
"Haku said she is detecting something over in those buildings." He points to his right, towards the floating buildings off in the distance. One trip across a Zip Line, and they enter the shuddering building. They hear the creak of metal as the old machine-like fortress rumbles. It shot a nervous chill up their backs, but the hunters continued on, taking out Tinbots that were in the vicinity. One door led to a locked Zip Line, one led to the same open area that actually travels between here to the AU Chamber Fortress in the distance. But the last door (which Samus opened by destroying the Ice Blast Shield) led to a locked gate that Samus and Naruto missile down, which triggers Dragoon mechaniloids to pop up form pods and attack with short missile shots. They were easily taken down, and Naruto even found a missile tank. But crossing the bridge, as the wind seemed to pick up (air currents drafted through this sector), more of those Steambots began to activate and attack, as the Steam Lord watched, but it soon flies away when Naruto and Samus merely zips past, and destroyed the last gate, which ultimate destroyed the bridge behind them. And they watch as the bridge platform, various destroyed locking mechanisms which held the bridge up, and the mechaniloids, vanish into the cloudy landscape below.
What a Stylish Kill...
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Ghor from his sector, watches on the monitors displayed all throughout SkyTown, as the two hunters Samus and Naruto continue to travel through. He watched as they were nearing a facility that held a weapon that he knew could very well unlock the chamber gate blocking the vault. He was waiting to spring the trap, as they reach the door, on guide by Haku, and enter.
=0=0=
The door seals shut behind them after they traveled down the elevator (and scanned more of those floating pods that had data that only Samus could scan), and Naruto and Samus look to see a glowing container concealing a figure of a Morph Ball, with a blue trail leading from it, as if it was boosting off.
"The Boost Ball," Samus spoke, remembering the item.
"Boost Ball?"
"It came in handy on Aether, back then when I still had the item from my travels on Tallon IV."
"So... how come you don't have it now?"
"Most of my abilities I lost when I was called on a separate mission to destroying a Pirate Farm that produced Hunter Metroids. My Dark Beam has a cold freezing effect when charged so it helped freezing the Metroids and then allowing me to missile them down. But then one of the Metroids escaped. It was infused with Phazon, and when it struck me, it also terminated many of my latent abilities I had acquired on Aether, but once I managed to kill it using one of the Pirates reverse-engineered Ice Beam guns, all I had left was just the Power Beam, the Space Jump Boots, and my Varia Suit remained intact still."
"That sucks," Naruto said.
Samus walked over to the item, and Naruto followed, but then the item was sucked down the tube which sealed up. The entire elevator locks, forming a cage which then drops down into the larger room below, and from a corner, Ghor activates the Defense Drone before his face pops up on one of the large monitors on the wall.
"Ghor!" Naruto shouts, pointing at his face on the monitors.
"Damn it, Naruto!" Samus pushed Naruto out of the way before jumping away as well, as a missile salvo barraged where they once were. Naruto got back up as the giant mechanical machine gets up, and with its main cannon protruding like a bizarre... uh, male organ (hey, it looked that way to me the first time), fires a powerful blast of electrical energy.
"Samus, those antennas are like some sort of lock! We gotta blow it up!"
=0=0=
And from his place, Ghor watches as the two hunters fought against the Defense Drone, using whatever they had plus Hypermode in order to destroy the computerized brain that operated the giant two-legged robot. The fight did not last that long, for Naruto decided to tango with death yet again by spamming Hypermode. He had to admit, the human was very reckless taunting the glorious power of Phazon in that manner. But one false move and the human will soon become corrupted...
Chapter Twelve
The Defense Drone collapsed, before exploding into a haze of pyrotechnics and shrapnel. However, from its little cannon, it dropped something that hit Naruto whose aura vanished one he expelled the last bit of Phazon in his body. Naruto's suit downloaded the data, before displaying the information across his visor HUD. After reading, he looked at his cannon. It looked the same, but then he held down the trigger, and built a charge. The opened vents revealed a purple glow, which then he released, and fired three spheres of purple electric energy, spiraling in a helix-type formation.
"Wave Beam?"
"That's what my visor displayed, Samus," Naruto replied. He decided to keep the Wave Beam as the current weapon select, which now kept the vents open to display the purple glow.
Then behind the two, they heard a crack. The small totem popped back up, displaying the earlier weapon they could have taken, had the trap not sprung and forced them to battle the Defense Drone. Both nod to one another before they each laid a hand on it. Their suits each downloaded its data.
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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics
Energy Tank Total: [05]
Missile Ammo: [85]
Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
PED Suit (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)
Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Ice Beam (Online)
Wave Beam (Online)
Missile Launcher (Online)
Morph Ball Systems, Ball & Bomb Systems
Morph Ball (Online)
Morph Ball Bomb (Online)
Boost Ball (Online)
Visor Systems
Command Visor (Online)
Scan Visor (Online)
Hypermode Systems
Hyper Beam (Online)
Hyper Ball (Online)
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They walked outside, both refreshed from absorbing several crates filled with energy pickups they bypassed, and Naruto and Haku giving Naruto a bit of an ear bashing about using Hypermode too much. Naruto stopped doing it again after his body nearly felt drained. Of course if it wasn't of the fox, he would not be walking right now. The two decide to hightail it back to the AU Chamber, having to us the acquired Boost Ball to activate several Kinetic Orb Cannons as well as destroy the occasional mechaniloid that decided to pop up from out of nowhere. Ghor's battle armor was still there, but now it had cooled down completely. They soon reach the AU Chamber Vault, where Naruto unlocks the gate, and once the doors part, Samus rushes to the console...
THE AURORA UNIT IS CORRUPTED AND REQUIRES REPAIR. OPENING MAINTENECE LEVEL HATCH...
They heard a soft hiss, and a small hatch opened up. Both curls into Morph Ball mode, and from his position, Ghor decides to travel down to the room, as the hunters show up. Several Tinbots emerge from warp panels, and they missile each down to destruction. After the short wave, the electric barriers shut down, as do the warps, and Samus walks over to a machine, which she jams her cannon into the slot, panels locking in. She then inserts the vaccine that was downloaded into her suit by 242, and soon the traces of Phazon that crippled the machine vanished.
"Samus... I'm getting readings here... the AU Phazon corruption level is down to 0.00%. We vaccinated the Aurora Unit!"
She unhooks her cannon from the port, which shuts down and clamps lock in place. All monitors turn on, and up above, the steam of bubbles purge through, awakening the Aurora Unit form its sleep. A bit of a haze fills the room, bringing the room temperature down a few degrees. And as they look around, they heard a door hiss. They turn around, and there was Ghor. Traces of Phazon riddle his body, and the mechanical bounty hunter groaned a bit.
"Such annoying little pests, you are," Ghor says. Portions of his body line with the blue glow of Phazon, showing that he was like Rundas before his termination: corrupted.
"Ghor..."
"This turn of events is insignificant. I'll show you what I mean!" Ghor's Plasma Cannon activates under his right arm and a steady stream of red fill the barrel before a powerful red-orange beam fires forth. The two hunters duck as Ghor cuts through several panels, thus cutting the AU from SkyTown's networks. Naruto however had jumped forth off the floor and rushed at Ghor, slamming a Rasengan right into the machine's chest. Ghor cries out as he is sent crashing toward the wall. Samus stands, cannon trained on Ghor, who gets up, shaking a bit as the Phazon continues to grip at the bit of human soul left inside him.
"You... you fools, will never win. You'll cross over to our side. You'll see how powerful Phazon really is." He chuckles. Ghor fires a quick blast of plasma at Naruto who ducked, and Samus fires, but Ghor manages to travel through a doorway, which two gates slam shut at the click of his metal fingers.
"The network's been severed, and you'll never have a chance at destroying the seed. Just try and restore the Aurora Unit, fools!" He laughs at the two before making his getaway down the tunnel, as his mechanical footfalls soon fade from their hearing.
They hear another door open, which led to a small winding tunnel that soon brought them back to the AU Chamber, opposite of the level hatch. Samus and Naruto clamor onto the platform, as the Aurora Unit 217 slowly awakens once again after it had performed a diagnostic of what has been occurring lately.
"What a terrible dream we were having. Thank you for purging the Phazon, and awakening us from sleep. We have much to do. I have communed with AU 242 on the G.F.S. Olympus, and learned that a Leviathan impacted Elysia and began spreading corruption. We must destroy this Leviathan and stem the tide of corruption as soon as possible. However, we do have a plan, but thanks to the Plasma Cannon of Ghor, many key communication cables were severed, disrupting our access to SkyTown's primary network. This prevents us from controlling SkyTown and executing our plan in destroying the seed."
Naruto glances over at Samus, who continues to look towards the giant floating brain-like super computer. Just then, 217 quiets its voice as Naruto's communicator beeped, before Haku displayed herself onto his holo-projector. "Naruto! I'm detecting Ghor's energy signature. He's heading towards the docking bay. I've already activated my weapons and defense."
"It would seem that Ghor has changed completely," spoke AU 217, "Samus, Naruto. Ghor's Plasma Cannon has the power that can fix the severed cables, but he must be hinted down first. Proceed with caution. Good luck."
"Haku, my ship should be able to withstand any assault on it, just prepare to fight him off when he arrives. We're heading back there ASAP," Samus told the former Oinin-turned-AI.
Haku nods and vanished, as she and Naruto quickly rush to return back to the docking bay.
=0=0=
Haku sat in Naruto's chair, as she gained control of the ship. All weapons were activated, and soon the scanners detected the energy signature. Samus's ship also detected the entity, and began hull lockdown. Haku pilot's the ship from the docking bay, and turned her ship's energy cannons at the machine that slowly clamors into view high above. She fires missiles at it along with Pulsar shots, but Ghor laughs as he projected a powerful shield that deflected the energy beams, and cause explosions to explode upon impact. Ghor jumps down, relatively unphased, and fires back at Haku. The giant beam clipped the wing, and Haku screamed as the ship began detailing damage to the ship.
=0=0=
Naruto and Samus double time as they heard Haku yelling for the two to hurry the hell up, while Samus's AI reported integrity damage. When they had finally arrived, Samus's gunship was taking a bit of a beating, and Haku had no choice but to take evasive flight when Ghor managed to destroy the ship's primary guns and crippled the missile launcher.
"Just in time," Ghor says in the colder voice, as he soon jumps off Samus's damaged ship. Then with the clamps, picks up the ship with ease and throws it at them both. They dodge as the passageway is blocked with the Chozo statue head that collapsed downward, shattering the glass frame high above in the process. Samus command the ship to fly but a part explodes, releasing some puddles of Fuel Gel.
Ghor roars as he activates the weapons on his Battle Armor. "Do you feel the power? Soon everything will be corrupted, including the two of you!" His eyes give off a red sinister glow, and Naruto and Samus prepare their weapons, just as Ghor comes at them using the shield as a ramming device. They were blasted back, but both got back up as Ghor leapt into the air with a cry of war. A massive electrical shockwave ripples out, destroying several of the towering canisters, spilling forth bits of energy that Naruto drew with the cannons' charge function. Samus however was rapidly shooting away, strafing around to try and aim for the weak area that deployed that shield.
"It's no use, fools," Ghor roars, expelling several missiles that fly at them. Naruto with the Ice Beam freezes the few that came his way, while Samus shot the rest of them all down.
"Damn, how are we going to take him out... he's gone nuts here."
"Naruto!"
"Haku, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, however aim for his power pack behind him, it's what powers his defensive shields."
"Samus, attack Ghor from behind!" Naruto yelled at the woman, who began to do just that.
"Fools, I can't be defeated!"
"We'll see about that," Naruto mutters, as Samus shoots down any projectiles fired at her.
Naruto charged in, dodging a haymaker from Ghor, and landed in front of the metal man, and point-blank released his stored-up charge of energy right into Ghor's face. Temporarily blinded by the blast, Samus unloaded a small payload of missiles at the generator on Ghor's back. The last missile destroyed the generator with an explosive finish, as the two regrouped, still careful of the small puddles of hot fuel gel around the portion of the impromptu battlefield. Any return fire the two manage to dish out is deflected by the armoring shields Ghor is protected by. He performs another ramming attack, however he forgot about the Fuel Gel, and thus slipped and smashed into the wall heavily. They unleashed more damage upon the generator, one again disabling it. Naruto grunted a bit as the flood of Phazon energy overflows through his systems. He unleashes the punishing blasts of Phazon at Ghor, making him shriek in pain.
Ghor roared as their scanners picked up a small spike of energy coursing through Ghor. His battle mecha began to shift into secondary attack form, disengaging the ruined generator and deploying the outer shields to block open areas. The arms shift as well, interchanging weapon modes before Ghor's wheel trends spread out, with the center waist now operating on a pivotal axis. The energy charge also ignited the Fuel Gel, fire washing over the large puddle before evaporating immediately. A barrel emerges, and Ghor fires a steady stream of plasma, forcing the two to dodge by going into Morph Ball. Ghor snarls, shifting as he moves, his gun-hands expelling rapid shots of energy.
Naruto unfurls, as did Samus, both training their cannons at the mechanical bounty hunter, with his scanners picking up a new read.
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Lower targets appears to be connected to Ghor's main CPU. Vulnerable to ground attacks.
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Ghor leapt into the air briefly, guns trailing back and expelling more plasma blasts at the two hunters. They ducked and outrun the stream of gunfire.
"Samus, Ghor's new weak point is under him."
The two looked back as Ghor shifted again, forming a main gun. A steady stream of plasma is released right at them. Samus noticed something pop up under the battle mecha, and deploys into Morph Ball. Naruto distracted Ghor, long enough for a bomb to explode under Ghor. Samus got out of the way as the machine collapsed, all systems temporarily paralyzed. Naruto unloaded several missiles at the Ghor's mainframe shield. Samus deploys Hypermode, and released a charged barrage of Phazon blasts. The man snarled, as parts of his mecha exploded. The main shield was the most damaged in the aftermath.
"Bastards! Wanna fight with Phazon! You got it!"
Another energy spike was felt, but this time tendrils of Phazon eluded from Ghor's PED. He was now in Hypermode. He laughed insanely as his blades shot out, and he rushed at them with a spinning attack. Samus was knocked back from the sudden boost of speed Ghor received, but as he came to Naruto, the armored young man had leapt into the air and clung to Ghor's upper body, eluding a similar aura as Ghor.
"Eat this!"
Having deployed another Hypermode trigger, face-point Ghor was swallowed by the Phazon Beam Naruto shot. Explosions ripped through as the battle mecha no longer functioned, and promptly blew up. Shrapnel flew everywhere as Ghor face-planted the ground, and Naruto's cushioned impact was one of the last standing heavy canisters, crushed under his weight. His Hypermode was also cut off. Samus kept her arm cannon trained on Ghor, as Naruto got back up. A plume of black dust wavered from the explosion site, as it lifted Ghor up. His CPU was malfunctioning, but, deep within his programming, he knew what was happening. A ghostly figure of Dark Samus emerged before Ghor. It would be the last vision he saw before permanent shutdown.
Samus and Naruto fired at the dark angel-like entity, but it flew off with Ghor's remains absorbed into the blackness of its body. Samus gritted her teeth, as it vanished. It did however leave behind a weapons capsule. The glass-like container held a bright fiery glow, liquid fire churning within the container. What few scattered energy pick-ups they drew in towards them, the two look to one another, and they grasped the container. A swirl of fiery energy warped around them, before dividing and entering their suits. Their arm cannons both deployed several ports, as reddish orange energy eludes forth. The heat was felt as they charged their cannons, and fired a stream of plasma.
Along their visors, they read:
Plasma Beam Acquired.
"Naruto, you okay?"
"I'm fine, Haku. Damage report."
"Nothing too serious, but I did a scan on Samus's ship. It won't be flyable for quite awhile, not without repairs."
Samus heard this, as she recalled her ship. A muffle boom is heard as it flew back into view, and soon docks.
"Great..."
"What about your ship, Naruto?"
"We can use Hinata for awhile. But your ship isn't battle-ready."
"My ships got internal repair systems, and it's already gotten to work on the ship's damages Ghor's dealt it. At best, I can still use my recharge station I have on my ship."
"Let me borrow yours. Haku, I want you to remain vigilant. Never know if we have Pirates hanging around SkyTown."
"Roger that, Naruto."
And the Hinata flew off. The two hunters enter the starship, and Samus went first, recharging her suit back to full power. However, when Naruto entered to recharge his, the last scan on Samus, copied what Samus had on her systems and was transferred onto Naruto.
"Huh... Sam, I just got a boost in Energy Tank readings from my recharge."
"Huh, really?"
"Yeah... what's your counts?"
"Seven tanks and missile ammo at 90."
"Hm..."
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Uzumaki Power Suit: Weapons Schematics
Energy Tank Total: [07]
Missile Ammo: [90]
Armor, Movement Systems
Varia Suit (Online)
PED Suit (Online)
Space Jump Boots (Online)
Weapon Systems, Beam & Missile Systems
Grapple Beam (Online)
Power Beam (Online)
Ice Beam (Online)
Wave Beam (Online)
Plasma Beam (Online)
Missile Launcher (Online)
Morph Ball Systems, Ball & Bomb Systems
Morph Ball (Online)
Morph Ball Bomb (Online)
Boost Ball (Online)
Visor Systems
Command Visor (Online)
Scan Visor (Online)
Hypermode Systems
Hyper Beam (Online)
Hyper Ball (Online)
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"Must be because our suits are from the Chozo, yours from them personally, and mine from trust when I discovered that Chozo site. I built my suit personally for myself, but its upgrades came from the Chozo when I unearthed some."
"You told me that en-route to Norion to defend the planet from the Pirate attack."
"Yeah, but the origins of it was on my planet; from a set of ruins of an abandoned island formerly known as Uzu no Kuni (Whirlpool Country). I integrated their technology into my suit, and vowed to use it for peace, and protect those who cannot protect themselves."
"Ruins on your planet, of Chozo origins?"
"Yeah... it was during my travel with Jiraiya-sensei when we took a ferry out to the ocean. I didn't know where Jiraiya was taking us to, but he told me it was one of the few areas on my planet that was abundant in nature chakra that's used when he enters Sage Mode. We trained for a year on Uzu no Kuni before we left to travel again. When I was able to get a chance to go out on my own, I flew back to Uzu no Kuni because I saw what looked like Chozo scriptures written on a ruined pillar of what was once a hospital. That's when I found Chozo technology buried deep under the island."
"I see..."
"The Chozo visited my home planet before, back when Uzu no Kuni was considered a powerful country, until the country suddenly went dead. But history has reported it was one of the Bijuu that destroyed Uzu no Kuni." He was silent a bit, as he also discovered half of his origins came from Uzu no Kuni. His birth mother was from the former power country. It still puzzled him as to why, out of all the humans on his planet, was he allowed to safely take the Chozo technology from the island. What he didn't tell Samus was that anybody could have taken the technology, but those few who discovered the caverns of the no-longer existing island, died trying to steal it. He survived, he proved his worth, and thus was entrusted to using it for inner-galactic peace, before he was forced to escape before the island blew up and sank into the depths of the planet's ocean.
"Let's get going Sam."
"Right... the AU."
The two hunters left the ship, and traveled back to the Aurora Unit stationed on the mechanical city.