04-11-2015, 05:17 PM
“…Make use of the technology available to us, such as the Dataverse. You’ll find it can be very useful for locating someone…”
‘Locating someone…’ thought Sasuke.
He knew then he would go with these white, armored soldiers. What other choice did he have? It was the only lead he had and although he was suspicious of their seemingly scripted welcoming, it didn’t really matter; not to Sasuke. If they became an obstacle to his end, he would just have to go through them. The decision was already made; he was done taking the backseat, he would avenge his clan if it was the last thing he did.
"While I don't think taking detours will get us any closer to finding who we're looking for," Mami spoke first, "It would be rude to turn down such a polite offer, wouldn't it?" as her locks of hair, a tint of sunshine, brushed across her eyes. She looked as fresh and well-kept at the end of an epic battle as she did at the start and her bubbly demeanor hadn't exposed any signs of diminishing either.
Sasuke grinned in response. This Mami had purpose, she had her own goals and she wouldn’t allow for falling off task. Sasuke liked this girl, she was capable and she wouldn’t slow him down. Suddenly his mind flashed an image of Sakura; his expression faltered and his eyes observed his feet.
Mami offered her best smile, unfortunately this time Sasuke was too busy in thought to notice, "My name is Mami Tomoe. It's wonderful to meet you, Mr. Hammond, and I extend the same to those under your command."
"Hey, question, how many babes are here?" Lubbock burst out, for the first time and with no embarrassment in his voice.
Mami shot him a look and Sasuke rolled his eyes in response to the green haired newcomer as he wondered why he was always getting paired up with goof balls; an image of Naruto flashed in his mind.
'This one even wears goggles just like him… I wonder if he will come with us or not?’ Sasuke thought as he eyed the strange young man.
”I'll go!” came the sound of a voice Sasuke hadn’t heard or recognized. The Last Avenger turned to see to whom it had belonged to and upon witnessing the owner, Sasuke found himself at a loss for words. There stood, at about five foot and two inches, a young boy who had to be no older than Sasuke himself and like Sasuke, was also a shinobi; for he wore Konohagakure's Leaf Village headband sideways on his head, covering the left side of his face.
“I want to know where some people I know are, and I want to find out how to get back home!" the other ninja stated. He then turned, facing Sasuke and addressed him, this time without so much volume, "Hey, so who're you? Are you lost too? I'm Obito Uchiha."
'I’m Obito Uchiha. I’m Obito Uchiha… Uchiha…!' The words echoed throughout the space between Sasuke’s temples. Had he heard right? Had he actually said Uchiha? …But that couldn’t be.
“What are you talking about?!” Sasuke Snapped.
“Huh? Well, I mean… We ARE lost.” the self-proclaimed Uchiha said laughing as he rested his elbow over the top of the back of his head.
“How dare you… Are you mocking me?!” Sasuke snarled showing the youth contempt. With his teeth shown, clenched in anger, and his chakra beginning to build, he spoke, “You think what happened to my clan is funny? My people, my friends… My FAMILY!!!”
Obito, startled by the sudden aggression in his fellow Uchiha, spoke up in confusion, “Wait… what? What are you talking about? What happened to our clan?!” and all the while his body language remaining non aggressive.
Who was this boy? Was he really an Uchiha? Did Omni bring him? The thought of Omni nearly paralyzed Sasuke as a chilling fear washed over him. He shook the feeling off and took in Obito’s image, accessing him. The aura that had begun to envelop Sasuke started to dissipate and the fire in his eyes along with it, “You don’t know what I am talking about?”
Obito stared blankly at Sasuke.
How could it be that he knows the Uchiha name, but not their fate? Nothing about this made any sense to Sasuke, not at all… unless… “If you’re from the Leaf, who is you’re Team Sensei?” questioned Sasuke.
“Ha! That’s easy, everybody knows I have the best Sensei, Minato Namikaze!” the newly arrived ninja stated, matter-of-factly.
‘The late Fourth Hokaga… This poor guy, he has no idea. Well, I won’t be the one to tell him.’ Sasuke thought.
“I see. Leaf Shinobi alright… and, you’re lucky to have him.” Sasuke responded. He just didn’t have it in him to tell the kid, that and his own reluctance. Back home, neither one of them had much left to get back to.
“What’s that blood from?” Sasuke asked as he pointed to the stained, white armor they wore, turning about to face one, Arnold Hammond, of whom he believed to be the leader of the group.
“I’m betting you all could tell us that.” Arnold responded as he made no attempt to clean his armor of the foreign substance.
“What are you talking about?” someone in Sasuke’s party spoke up.
Arnold Hammond put his fore finger to his helmet causing the visor portion of the helmet to slide open and reveal and younger, but still middle aged man in his mid to late forty’s.
He reached inside his armor to retrieve something, although Sasuke couldn’t understand how he was able contain anything within the armor he wore, but out of seemingly nowhere he pulled out and held a device in his hand. He moved a finger, a clicking noise sounded, and transparent images of a person erected themselves from the devise, using it as a platform to stand upon. Sasuke watched this intently as he had never seen technology so advanced; it intrigued him. Weary of the unknown technology, however, he then scanned the others in his group for their reactions, until he felt everyone in the party was either relaxed or at least just as confused, like him.
Shifting, his gaze fell upon Mami’s visage, who had also had her attention occupied by the device held in the Storm Trooper’s hand and under the hue of the luminescent light it cast, all of Mami’s elegant features seemed to compliment her beauty. From her big golden doe eyes, to the soft locks of hair that brushed against them, she held a foreign softness that Sasuke hadn’t encountered and for a time he seemed to be more captivated by her than the device the Storm Trooper held. Shaking the awkward urge to speak to her, Sasuke withdrew, folding his arms across his chest and observed the newly arrived Arnold Hammond.
“This is a prime,” Arnold spoke after having exhaled a cloud of tobacco smoke. He then moved his fore finger again sounding another ‘click’ and another transparent figure formed, adjacent to the original. “And this is a secondary. See how the prime brought the secondary into existence. Their differences vary, but the most important difference is that one summons the other. Those Snake’s back there were secondaries and you four here are the only primes for miles, so, one of you summoned them. Those snakes murdered one of my comrades and one of you knows who those snake belong to.”
Sasuke knew where this was headed so he decided to cut to the chase; he stepped forward, “I knew the rogue ninja known as Orochimaru, but a bond we did not share. Orochimaru was a foe, an enemy to myself and all other Shinobi of the Leaf. So, you have the wrong person if you think I would align myself with him. I had no desire to reunite with that cretan.”
Arnold arched an eyebrow, however, before he could speak Corporal Cody Smith stepped forth with his own helmet visor unveiled, “We lost a man to those vile creatures you summoned. Under the Imperial Code all primes may be held accountable for the actions of the secondaries they summon.”
“Cody.” Arnold called after his Corporal.
“Sir! These primes should be getting hauled off to jail! All four of them! They murdered on of our own!” Cody exclaimed.
“Corporal! Stand down!” the Commander asserted himself over his subordinate, locking in eye contact as he did so. Cody’s Visor activated, concealing his expression as he fell in line with the others. Sasuke observed the situation, unaware of how things were going to turn out and uneasy about the lack of control he possessed at the moment.
Arnold turned his attention back to the primes, directing his eyes to Sasuke, “You there. You say you knew the secondary in question?”
Sasuke didn’t like the sound of this. Would he have to fight his way out of here? He needed to avoid that at all costs. The odds just weren’t in his favor as he knew people immediately lost their backbone when with dealing with an authority. It was likely that if things turned sour the others with him would opt out of the confrontation, after all they had only just met. It was one thing to aid in the slaying of a giant serpent, however another to be called on to combat a policing authority. Sasuke stared defiantly back into the Storm Trooper Commander’s eyes, “I have encountered him before, yes.”
Arnold studied the boy closely. Sasuke felt as though he was on trial and that any one wrong answer would land him in a hot situation; he kept his composure and Arnold spoke again, “I see, this is very troubling. As you see, being a secondary myself, I know full and well that my subordinate will not be returning to me. To a secondary, death is still a very real and freighting end game. If you don’t mind, I’m going to need you to tell me exactly what happened.”
“You see that’s just it, I don’t really remember much. I was home, in a tournament and then, I was here. Well, I was falling… I hit my head… I don’t really remember too much…” Sasuke recounted.
“Awe c’mon, Sir!!! That’s a load of bullsh*t!!! Don’t tell me you are going to let them off the hook like that. Frank’s dead! He ain’t coming back!” the Corporal of the unit had begun immediately as Sasuke finished.
“Corporal! If I have to address you with another stand down order, I am going to take that Corporal’s badge off of you and pin the damn thing on Cadet Anderson, I swear to Omni!” Arnold silenced his platoon. He then turned to Sasuke once more, “I see, so you lost conscious?””
The young shinobi in question answered with a head nod and Commander Hammond let out a sigh, “Well, it looks like you haven’t done anything intentionally. Involuntary secondary summoning is a common ailment for newly arrived primes, especially ones who loses consciousness.”
In the background, Cody Smith’s irritation could be felt through his fidgeting body language. Sasuke made a note to keep an eye on that one before responding to Arnold with, “So, what happens next?”
“Well, you’re off the hook… for now, but this isn’t something we’ll look away from in the future, you’re a prime and with it come great responsibilities. Get a handle on them, or we’ll be forced to get a handle on you. Murder isn’t tolerated under Imperial Code.” Arnold stated straightforwardly. After taking another long drag he continued once more, “Now, if you all will follow us, we’ll get you acquainted with the finest verse Omni has to offer!”
‘Locating someone…’ thought Sasuke.
He knew then he would go with these white, armored soldiers. What other choice did he have? It was the only lead he had and although he was suspicious of their seemingly scripted welcoming, it didn’t really matter; not to Sasuke. If they became an obstacle to his end, he would just have to go through them. The decision was already made; he was done taking the backseat, he would avenge his clan if it was the last thing he did.
"While I don't think taking detours will get us any closer to finding who we're looking for," Mami spoke first, "It would be rude to turn down such a polite offer, wouldn't it?" as her locks of hair, a tint of sunshine, brushed across her eyes. She looked as fresh and well-kept at the end of an epic battle as she did at the start and her bubbly demeanor hadn't exposed any signs of diminishing either.
Sasuke grinned in response. This Mami had purpose, she had her own goals and she wouldn’t allow for falling off task. Sasuke liked this girl, she was capable and she wouldn’t slow him down. Suddenly his mind flashed an image of Sakura; his expression faltered and his eyes observed his feet.
Mami offered her best smile, unfortunately this time Sasuke was too busy in thought to notice, "My name is Mami Tomoe. It's wonderful to meet you, Mr. Hammond, and I extend the same to those under your command."
"Hey, question, how many babes are here?" Lubbock burst out, for the first time and with no embarrassment in his voice.
Mami shot him a look and Sasuke rolled his eyes in response to the green haired newcomer as he wondered why he was always getting paired up with goof balls; an image of Naruto flashed in his mind.
'This one even wears goggles just like him… I wonder if he will come with us or not?’ Sasuke thought as he eyed the strange young man.
”I'll go!” came the sound of a voice Sasuke hadn’t heard or recognized. The Last Avenger turned to see to whom it had belonged to and upon witnessing the owner, Sasuke found himself at a loss for words. There stood, at about five foot and two inches, a young boy who had to be no older than Sasuke himself and like Sasuke, was also a shinobi; for he wore Konohagakure's Leaf Village headband sideways on his head, covering the left side of his face.
“I want to know where some people I know are, and I want to find out how to get back home!" the other ninja stated. He then turned, facing Sasuke and addressed him, this time without so much volume, "Hey, so who're you? Are you lost too? I'm Obito Uchiha."
'I’m Obito Uchiha. I’m Obito Uchiha… Uchiha…!' The words echoed throughout the space between Sasuke’s temples. Had he heard right? Had he actually said Uchiha? …But that couldn’t be.
“What are you talking about?!” Sasuke Snapped.
“Huh? Well, I mean… We ARE lost.” the self-proclaimed Uchiha said laughing as he rested his elbow over the top of the back of his head.
“How dare you… Are you mocking me?!” Sasuke snarled showing the youth contempt. With his teeth shown, clenched in anger, and his chakra beginning to build, he spoke, “You think what happened to my clan is funny? My people, my friends… My FAMILY!!!”
Obito, startled by the sudden aggression in his fellow Uchiha, spoke up in confusion, “Wait… what? What are you talking about? What happened to our clan?!” and all the while his body language remaining non aggressive.
Who was this boy? Was he really an Uchiha? Did Omni bring him? The thought of Omni nearly paralyzed Sasuke as a chilling fear washed over him. He shook the feeling off and took in Obito’s image, accessing him. The aura that had begun to envelop Sasuke started to dissipate and the fire in his eyes along with it, “You don’t know what I am talking about?”
Obito stared blankly at Sasuke.
How could it be that he knows the Uchiha name, but not their fate? Nothing about this made any sense to Sasuke, not at all… unless… “If you’re from the Leaf, who is you’re Team Sensei?” questioned Sasuke.
“Ha! That’s easy, everybody knows I have the best Sensei, Minato Namikaze!” the newly arrived ninja stated, matter-of-factly.
‘The late Fourth Hokaga… This poor guy, he has no idea. Well, I won’t be the one to tell him.’ Sasuke thought.
“I see. Leaf Shinobi alright… and, you’re lucky to have him.” Sasuke responded. He just didn’t have it in him to tell the kid, that and his own reluctance. Back home, neither one of them had much left to get back to.
“What’s that blood from?” Sasuke asked as he pointed to the stained, white armor they wore, turning about to face one, Arnold Hammond, of whom he believed to be the leader of the group.
“I’m betting you all could tell us that.” Arnold responded as he made no attempt to clean his armor of the foreign substance.
“What are you talking about?” someone in Sasuke’s party spoke up.
Arnold Hammond put his fore finger to his helmet causing the visor portion of the helmet to slide open and reveal and younger, but still middle aged man in his mid to late forty’s.
He reached inside his armor to retrieve something, although Sasuke couldn’t understand how he was able contain anything within the armor he wore, but out of seemingly nowhere he pulled out and held a device in his hand. He moved a finger, a clicking noise sounded, and transparent images of a person erected themselves from the devise, using it as a platform to stand upon. Sasuke watched this intently as he had never seen technology so advanced; it intrigued him. Weary of the unknown technology, however, he then scanned the others in his group for their reactions, until he felt everyone in the party was either relaxed or at least just as confused, like him.
Shifting, his gaze fell upon Mami’s visage, who had also had her attention occupied by the device held in the Storm Trooper’s hand and under the hue of the luminescent light it cast, all of Mami’s elegant features seemed to compliment her beauty. From her big golden doe eyes, to the soft locks of hair that brushed against them, she held a foreign softness that Sasuke hadn’t encountered and for a time he seemed to be more captivated by her than the device the Storm Trooper held. Shaking the awkward urge to speak to her, Sasuke withdrew, folding his arms across his chest and observed the newly arrived Arnold Hammond.
“This is a prime,” Arnold spoke after having exhaled a cloud of tobacco smoke. He then moved his fore finger again sounding another ‘click’ and another transparent figure formed, adjacent to the original. “And this is a secondary. See how the prime brought the secondary into existence. Their differences vary, but the most important difference is that one summons the other. Those Snake’s back there were secondaries and you four here are the only primes for miles, so, one of you summoned them. Those snakes murdered one of my comrades and one of you knows who those snake belong to.”
Sasuke knew where this was headed so he decided to cut to the chase; he stepped forward, “I knew the rogue ninja known as Orochimaru, but a bond we did not share. Orochimaru was a foe, an enemy to myself and all other Shinobi of the Leaf. So, you have the wrong person if you think I would align myself with him. I had no desire to reunite with that cretan.”
Arnold arched an eyebrow, however, before he could speak Corporal Cody Smith stepped forth with his own helmet visor unveiled, “We lost a man to those vile creatures you summoned. Under the Imperial Code all primes may be held accountable for the actions of the secondaries they summon.”
“Cody.” Arnold called after his Corporal.
“Sir! These primes should be getting hauled off to jail! All four of them! They murdered on of our own!” Cody exclaimed.
“Corporal! Stand down!” the Commander asserted himself over his subordinate, locking in eye contact as he did so. Cody’s Visor activated, concealing his expression as he fell in line with the others. Sasuke observed the situation, unaware of how things were going to turn out and uneasy about the lack of control he possessed at the moment.
Arnold turned his attention back to the primes, directing his eyes to Sasuke, “You there. You say you knew the secondary in question?”
Sasuke didn’t like the sound of this. Would he have to fight his way out of here? He needed to avoid that at all costs. The odds just weren’t in his favor as he knew people immediately lost their backbone when with dealing with an authority. It was likely that if things turned sour the others with him would opt out of the confrontation, after all they had only just met. It was one thing to aid in the slaying of a giant serpent, however another to be called on to combat a policing authority. Sasuke stared defiantly back into the Storm Trooper Commander’s eyes, “I have encountered him before, yes.”
Arnold studied the boy closely. Sasuke felt as though he was on trial and that any one wrong answer would land him in a hot situation; he kept his composure and Arnold spoke again, “I see, this is very troubling. As you see, being a secondary myself, I know full and well that my subordinate will not be returning to me. To a secondary, death is still a very real and freighting end game. If you don’t mind, I’m going to need you to tell me exactly what happened.”
“You see that’s just it, I don’t really remember much. I was home, in a tournament and then, I was here. Well, I was falling… I hit my head… I don’t really remember too much…” Sasuke recounted.
“Awe c’mon, Sir!!! That’s a load of bullsh*t!!! Don’t tell me you are going to let them off the hook like that. Frank’s dead! He ain’t coming back!” the Corporal of the unit had begun immediately as Sasuke finished.
“Corporal! If I have to address you with another stand down order, I am going to take that Corporal’s badge off of you and pin the damn thing on Cadet Anderson, I swear to Omni!” Arnold silenced his platoon. He then turned to Sasuke once more, “I see, so you lost conscious?””
The young shinobi in question answered with a head nod and Commander Hammond let out a sigh, “Well, it looks like you haven’t done anything intentionally. Involuntary secondary summoning is a common ailment for newly arrived primes, especially ones who loses consciousness.”
In the background, Cody Smith’s irritation could be felt through his fidgeting body language. Sasuke made a note to keep an eye on that one before responding to Arnold with, “So, what happens next?”
“Well, you’re off the hook… for now, but this isn’t something we’ll look away from in the future, you’re a prime and with it come great responsibilities. Get a handle on them, or we’ll be forced to get a handle on you. Murder isn’t tolerated under Imperial Code.” Arnold stated straightforwardly. After taking another long drag he continued once more, “Now, if you all will follow us, we’ll get you acquainted with the finest verse Omni has to offer!”
Quote:Okay, from here, if you are coming with us into the next Arc, roleplay your character traveling with the platoon (On foot) through the nexus to the Coruscant Gate, however don't cross over into Coruscant. Stop at the Storm Trooper outpost next to the gate, as the next scene will take place there! Thank you and hope you are all enjoying the story! Also, Cody and Arnold Troopers are still off limits for killing, everyone else is fair game! If you have any questions, ideas, or thoughts don't forget you can use this here.
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