Post by Myrdraxxis on Oct 31, 2008 21:20:32 GMT -5
OMNOMNOMNOM......
Final Chance
Prolouge
Looking back on it, there are a few moments that really stand out in my life. One of which was when I was told of the daemon that was imprisoned inside me. Another was when my sensei Jiraiya was killed by Pein.
These moments however, now that I think about it, are insignificant in the long run. I guess there are really two moments that altered the course of my life.
I remember when the Imperium of Man first arrived on our world. It was a time of much confusion. The fighting with Akatsuki, training in the sage arts, and Pein’s all out attack on Konoha.
The Imperium showed up and changed everything. They claimed that we were now all citizens of the Imperium, under devotion to the ‘Emperor. Countries and Hidden Villages no longer mattered. It was a major reality check to realize that our planet wasn’t the only world, nor the only one with humans on it. It was an even greater shock to learn of just how many threats there were to this Imperium. Xenos, heretics….all these things were a major shock to us.
Many shinobi and civilians rebelled against them.
They didn’t live long.
Then there was Akatsuki.
They had been such a shadow over my life for years, and then suddenly they had disappeared. Pein was captured though. I don’t actually know what happened to him but I hope the fragger died horribly.
I returned to Konoha just after the Imperium had taken hold there. It was a major surprise to see strange people running around with strange technology and weapons. Shinobi were being signed up into service left and right. I learned of the Emperor and how he watches over humanity. I believed. I wanted to believe. After all that had happened in my life I wanted there to be someone to watch over me. I wholeheartedly embraced the Imperium’s doctrine.
It was then that I gained a new sense of nationalism, so to speak. I wanted to defend the Imperium, just as I wanted to defend Konoha, and now my entire world.
It was then that one of those two moments happened in my life. I took the first major step down the path of my destiny.
“Naruto Uzumaki. Welcome to the Fourth Trydian Regiment. Welcome to the Imperial Guard.”
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I joined the Guard, under the command of General Cain Daison of the Trydian Regiment which was apparently named after our planet, Trydia IV. Don’t ask me how the frag they came up with that name because I don’t have a fragging clue.
Going through boot camp was strangely easy for me. I was used to such brutality all my life so the Commisars really didn’t affect me as much as the other recruits. Not to say that the threat of being shot at the slightest screw up didn’t put me on edge.
Tensions were high during the first few months. Recruits came from all different villages most of them being Hidden Villages. There were a lot of fights in the beginning. A few even died too. After time, and a good beating, things settled down.
I stayed with the Trydians for four years. They were the most amazing years of my life.
The first time I went off planet, it was the greatest experience in my life. Most of the regiment was from Trydia IV, so basically everyone acted as I did. I could go into a long speech about how simply amazing it was to be in space with all sorts of new sites and experiences, but I don’t really want to. Deal with it.
Anyway, I was with the Guard for about four years, fighting in the, recently discovered, Trydia system. Yeah turns out there were other planets in our system as well. I remember this one planet that had all sorts of strange stuff. There was this group of kids that kept o n saying that they were fighting these things called ‘Hollows’, they could see the dead and shit. They were executed for heresy. Stupid fraggers.
After that, the orks showed up. Throne, I never really knew how fragging scary they could be until I was up close and fighting them. It was then that I experienced a new kind of fight.
I had always grown up used to the fast, powerful fights of ninja. Back then, it was skill and speed. Now it’s just mindless bloodshed. Millions losing their lives around me as I fight some strange murderous creatures that wish to deliver a similar fate. It was a little much. I ended up fighting those damn greenskins for about three years across the Trydia system.
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Luck never really has been on my side. I was always ostracized for containing the Kyuubi back home on Trydia IV, so I joined the Guard. Don’t get me wrong, I joined because I wanted to defend Terra and the Imperium. But some small part of me hoped that with joining the Guard I could leave my old life behind, and maybe finally have a sense of belonging.
It wasn’t to be.
I’m still not sure who it was that first reported it. Probably Cartson, lousy fragger. I would love to pound his bastard face in. Too bad he was killed by an ork fighter bomber back on Trydia II.
Anyways, apparently someone got wind of the fact that I heal at an abnormal rate, thanks to Kyuubi. Usually that would have been grounds for immediate execution, but since our planet was relatively new to the Imperium, they gave me the benefit of the doubt. After all, stranger things had been seen.
Well things cooled down for a while and I managed to be a little more discreet about using Kyuubi’s power if I even used it at all. Unfortunately, the Inquisition decided to start snooping around. I still haven’t a clue why. Lousy bastards probably had nothing better to do. They dug around on any sliver of ifo they could get on me. Eventually that led them back to Trydia. To Konoha.
Well that was that. I was immediately arrested for ‘corrupting the holy Imperium with daemonic taint’ and shipped off to a penal colony. It didn’t make any sense back then.
Why wasn’t I immediately shot?
Instead I get booted into a penal colony like some fragging criminal, instead of a daemonhost. Well it all played out in the end and, to be honest, I am almost glad it did.
I was in that prison for almost six months. I won’t go into detail about it. It was just boring. Anyway, just when I thought I was just left to rot in that cell, destiny came knocking again.
I will never forget the first time I saw him. His eyes pierced into my very soul and seemed to strip away everything. It made me feel so damn weak. Even to this day I can never suppress a shiver when I think about the Colonel.
He entered my cell with a warden right after I had gotten to sleep. I blinked lazily as he looked me up and down emotionlessly. He turned to the warden.
“And what did he do again?” his voice was hard and cold. Not even a hint of compassion.
“He is a daemonhost.” The warden spat in disgust. “Not even sure why he is still alive.”
The Colonel nodded. “Ah yes, I remember this one.” I raised an eyebrow. I had never met this guy before in my life, and if I had I sure as hell would have remembered him.
“Who the frag are you?” I asked irritably. He locked eyes with me again, those cold blue orbs freezing me into place.
“You will address me as the Colonel, trooper. That is all you need to know.” He fixed me with a hard stare, making me shrink back a little.
“Attention!” he barked. I automatically snapped into a crisp attention, eyes staring strait forward.
“Tell me, Uzumaki.” He said, walking around me slowly. “What are you?” I paused for a second.
“I am a servant of the Emperor.” I reply. “A defender of the Imperium.” He stares hard at me for a moment before turning away.
“You….are scum.” He said hardly. I blink in slight shock, but do not move. “You have been desecrated by daemons. By all rights you should be dead. You have fallen from favor in the Emperor’s eyes and are the lowest of trash in the galaxy.” He continued turning away from me. I clench my hands tightly, anger welling up inside me. “A piece of trash who doesn’t deserve to live.” He continues.
Images flashed in my mind. Villagers back in Konoha, spitting insults and glaring in hatred. The beatings, the torture, it all came back in an instant.
Without even thinking I howl in anger and launch myself at the large man. Before I can even hit him, he swings around and backhands me across the room. I think my jawbone is broken.
The warden ran over threw me upright, slamming me against the wall.
“Damn it!” he swore “I’m sorry Colonel, I told you he was dangerous.” The warden said between clenched teeth. But the Colonel wasn’t even listening. He is staring at me hard. I thought he was going to shoot me right then and there, but instead…he smiled.
“You…” he began. “Are my kind of scum.” I blinked in confusion.
“Tell me.” He begins, suddenly serious again. I looked up at him, fighting back the pain in my jaw. “Do you wish to atone for your sins?” he asked. I stare at him sharply. “Do you wish to overcome your daemonic taint and regain favor in the Emperor’s eyes?” he said. Now I was beginning to feel hope inside of me.
This isn’t a joke. I was being another chance!
“I-I want to serve the Emperor again sir!” I shouted quickly, my excitement beginning to show.
That, was the second most important moment in my life.
The Colonel nodded his face an emotionless mask.
“Well then, Naruto Uzumaki, You are sentenced to death for heresy. Sentence commuted to penal servitude under the special supervision of Colonel Schaeffer, commanding officer of the 13th Penal Legion. Do you accept this sentence?” he asked.
I nodded my head rapidly. “Yes sir!” I said crisply. I was happy that I could finally serve the Emperor again.
“Well then Uzumaki, welcome to the 13th Penal Legion.”
I didn’t know how fragging wrong I was.
“Welcome to the Last Chancers.”
Final Chance
Prolouge
Looking back on it, there are a few moments that really stand out in my life. One of which was when I was told of the daemon that was imprisoned inside me. Another was when my sensei Jiraiya was killed by Pein.
These moments however, now that I think about it, are insignificant in the long run. I guess there are really two moments that altered the course of my life.
I remember when the Imperium of Man first arrived on our world. It was a time of much confusion. The fighting with Akatsuki, training in the sage arts, and Pein’s all out attack on Konoha.
The Imperium showed up and changed everything. They claimed that we were now all citizens of the Imperium, under devotion to the ‘Emperor. Countries and Hidden Villages no longer mattered. It was a major reality check to realize that our planet wasn’t the only world, nor the only one with humans on it. It was an even greater shock to learn of just how many threats there were to this Imperium. Xenos, heretics….all these things were a major shock to us.
Many shinobi and civilians rebelled against them.
They didn’t live long.
Then there was Akatsuki.
They had been such a shadow over my life for years, and then suddenly they had disappeared. Pein was captured though. I don’t actually know what happened to him but I hope the fragger died horribly.
I returned to Konoha just after the Imperium had taken hold there. It was a major surprise to see strange people running around with strange technology and weapons. Shinobi were being signed up into service left and right. I learned of the Emperor and how he watches over humanity. I believed. I wanted to believe. After all that had happened in my life I wanted there to be someone to watch over me. I wholeheartedly embraced the Imperium’s doctrine.
It was then that I gained a new sense of nationalism, so to speak. I wanted to defend the Imperium, just as I wanted to defend Konoha, and now my entire world.
It was then that one of those two moments happened in my life. I took the first major step down the path of my destiny.
“Naruto Uzumaki. Welcome to the Fourth Trydian Regiment. Welcome to the Imperial Guard.”
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I joined the Guard, under the command of General Cain Daison of the Trydian Regiment which was apparently named after our planet, Trydia IV. Don’t ask me how the frag they came up with that name because I don’t have a fragging clue.
Going through boot camp was strangely easy for me. I was used to such brutality all my life so the Commisars really didn’t affect me as much as the other recruits. Not to say that the threat of being shot at the slightest screw up didn’t put me on edge.
Tensions were high during the first few months. Recruits came from all different villages most of them being Hidden Villages. There were a lot of fights in the beginning. A few even died too. After time, and a good beating, things settled down.
I stayed with the Trydians for four years. They were the most amazing years of my life.
The first time I went off planet, it was the greatest experience in my life. Most of the regiment was from Trydia IV, so basically everyone acted as I did. I could go into a long speech about how simply amazing it was to be in space with all sorts of new sites and experiences, but I don’t really want to. Deal with it.
Anyway, I was with the Guard for about four years, fighting in the, recently discovered, Trydia system. Yeah turns out there were other planets in our system as well. I remember this one planet that had all sorts of strange stuff. There was this group of kids that kept o n saying that they were fighting these things called ‘Hollows’, they could see the dead and shit. They were executed for heresy. Stupid fraggers.
After that, the orks showed up. Throne, I never really knew how fragging scary they could be until I was up close and fighting them. It was then that I experienced a new kind of fight.
I had always grown up used to the fast, powerful fights of ninja. Back then, it was skill and speed. Now it’s just mindless bloodshed. Millions losing their lives around me as I fight some strange murderous creatures that wish to deliver a similar fate. It was a little much. I ended up fighting those damn greenskins for about three years across the Trydia system.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Luck never really has been on my side. I was always ostracized for containing the Kyuubi back home on Trydia IV, so I joined the Guard. Don’t get me wrong, I joined because I wanted to defend Terra and the Imperium. But some small part of me hoped that with joining the Guard I could leave my old life behind, and maybe finally have a sense of belonging.
It wasn’t to be.
I’m still not sure who it was that first reported it. Probably Cartson, lousy fragger. I would love to pound his bastard face in. Too bad he was killed by an ork fighter bomber back on Trydia II.
Anyways, apparently someone got wind of the fact that I heal at an abnormal rate, thanks to Kyuubi. Usually that would have been grounds for immediate execution, but since our planet was relatively new to the Imperium, they gave me the benefit of the doubt. After all, stranger things had been seen.
Well things cooled down for a while and I managed to be a little more discreet about using Kyuubi’s power if I even used it at all. Unfortunately, the Inquisition decided to start snooping around. I still haven’t a clue why. Lousy bastards probably had nothing better to do. They dug around on any sliver of ifo they could get on me. Eventually that led them back to Trydia. To Konoha.
Well that was that. I was immediately arrested for ‘corrupting the holy Imperium with daemonic taint’ and shipped off to a penal colony. It didn’t make any sense back then.
Why wasn’t I immediately shot?
Instead I get booted into a penal colony like some fragging criminal, instead of a daemonhost. Well it all played out in the end and, to be honest, I am almost glad it did.
I was in that prison for almost six months. I won’t go into detail about it. It was just boring. Anyway, just when I thought I was just left to rot in that cell, destiny came knocking again.
I will never forget the first time I saw him. His eyes pierced into my very soul and seemed to strip away everything. It made me feel so damn weak. Even to this day I can never suppress a shiver when I think about the Colonel.
He entered my cell with a warden right after I had gotten to sleep. I blinked lazily as he looked me up and down emotionlessly. He turned to the warden.
“And what did he do again?” his voice was hard and cold. Not even a hint of compassion.
“He is a daemonhost.” The warden spat in disgust. “Not even sure why he is still alive.”
The Colonel nodded. “Ah yes, I remember this one.” I raised an eyebrow. I had never met this guy before in my life, and if I had I sure as hell would have remembered him.
“Who the frag are you?” I asked irritably. He locked eyes with me again, those cold blue orbs freezing me into place.
“You will address me as the Colonel, trooper. That is all you need to know.” He fixed me with a hard stare, making me shrink back a little.
“Attention!” he barked. I automatically snapped into a crisp attention, eyes staring strait forward.
“Tell me, Uzumaki.” He said, walking around me slowly. “What are you?” I paused for a second.
“I am a servant of the Emperor.” I reply. “A defender of the Imperium.” He stares hard at me for a moment before turning away.
“You….are scum.” He said hardly. I blink in slight shock, but do not move. “You have been desecrated by daemons. By all rights you should be dead. You have fallen from favor in the Emperor’s eyes and are the lowest of trash in the galaxy.” He continued turning away from me. I clench my hands tightly, anger welling up inside me. “A piece of trash who doesn’t deserve to live.” He continues.
Images flashed in my mind. Villagers back in Konoha, spitting insults and glaring in hatred. The beatings, the torture, it all came back in an instant.
Without even thinking I howl in anger and launch myself at the large man. Before I can even hit him, he swings around and backhands me across the room. I think my jawbone is broken.
The warden ran over threw me upright, slamming me against the wall.
“Damn it!” he swore “I’m sorry Colonel, I told you he was dangerous.” The warden said between clenched teeth. But the Colonel wasn’t even listening. He is staring at me hard. I thought he was going to shoot me right then and there, but instead…he smiled.
“You…” he began. “Are my kind of scum.” I blinked in confusion.
“Tell me.” He begins, suddenly serious again. I looked up at him, fighting back the pain in my jaw. “Do you wish to atone for your sins?” he asked. I stare at him sharply. “Do you wish to overcome your daemonic taint and regain favor in the Emperor’s eyes?” he said. Now I was beginning to feel hope inside of me.
This isn’t a joke. I was being another chance!
“I-I want to serve the Emperor again sir!” I shouted quickly, my excitement beginning to show.
That, was the second most important moment in my life.
The Colonel nodded his face an emotionless mask.
“Well then, Naruto Uzumaki, You are sentenced to death for heresy. Sentence commuted to penal servitude under the special supervision of Colonel Schaeffer, commanding officer of the 13th Penal Legion. Do you accept this sentence?” he asked.
I nodded my head rapidly. “Yes sir!” I said crisply. I was happy that I could finally serve the Emperor again.
“Well then Uzumaki, welcome to the 13th Penal Legion.”
I didn’t know how fragging wrong I was.
“Welcome to the Last Chancers.”
