Happy New Year everyone! Sorry about the long wait for Legacy of Heroes. But as stated in my update on my profile, this will be the first of two new stories coming in and the next chapter of Legacy of Heroes is nearly finished. We have been very busy with personal stuff so Samuraipanda85 and I deeply apologize. That being said, we hope you enjoy this new story as well as another one that will be released either later today or by the weekend along with the next chapter of Legacy of Heroes.

"Captain's log; stardate 41471.8. We have arrived near the Romulan neutral zone in accordance with Admiral Janeway with a proposal from Starfleet that she says I cannot refuse. What this means, I'm not sure. Whatever it could be, she says it would be in the best interest for myself and my crew." Said the Captain of the USS Enterprise, Jean Luc Picard. The massive Galaxy Class ship that was the Enterprise came into orbit near a planet that seemed to look a lot like Earth. Lush, green fields, vast oceans, rocky mountain landscapes, roaming hills, and.. vast amounts of Humans?

"Did you say, Humans, Data?" The taller man on the bridge of the Enterprise, Commander William T. Riker asked.

"Yes, sir. There seems to be settlements spread out across the planet with an estimated population of 1.4 billion." Lt. Commander Data stated. The only android to serve in Starfleet sat near the front of the bridge.

"Why would there be a Human colony on a planet so close to the neutral zone?" The ships consular, Deana Troi asked.

"I don't know. I didn't even know there was one." Picard stated.

Suddenly, a panel behind the captain started beeping.

"Captain, we're being hailed by the Voyager." The Klingon tactical officer, Lt. Worf stated.

"On screen." Picard ordered. The view screen before them changed from the view of the planet to the face of Admiral Katherine Janeway.

"Glad you could make it, Jean Luc." Janeway said with a smile.

"A pleasure as always, Katherine. But I'm afraid you have me in the dark on this one. Why are we here?"

"Starfleet and myself believe that our Borg liberated personnel need more protection from the Borg." Janeway stated with a sigh. "As such, we feel that personal body guards are needed. This Human colony has some of the best warriors in the Alpha Quadrant. We have contacted the only person willing to negotiate terms of selecting a few individuals to act as your personal body guards in case another Borg attack were to occur. You and your away team will meet me and my away team to meet with the Leaf Village leader, Tsunade Senju at 1400 hours."

Picard exchanged looks with Troi and Riker. Before he could speak, Janeway held up her hand.

"This is a non-negotiable order, Jean Luc. This comes from Fleet Admiral Paris himself and I support it." Janeway added.

Picard begrudgingly nodded in agreement.

"Our representative's from the Leaf have sent me a log of possible candidates for your selection. I will transfer the data to your ready room in a few minutes. You have two hours, Jean Luc." Janeway stated before cutting the transmission.

Without another word, Picard got up and went into his ready room. There, on his desktop computer terminal, was the list of candidates that would be the most suited for him.

Over the next hour, Picard scrolled through the 12 candidates that the Leaf Village provided. Picard was not amused over the fact that most of them are not even 20 years old yet. He was getting ready to choose until two profiles caught his eye.

Meanwhile, In the Hokage tower, 0745 hours. Tsunade sat at her desk discussing the two chosen candidates for this job as the two that were selected appeared in a puff of smoke in front of the room.

"M'lady." The female ANBU spoke while the blond haired male kept silent. He knew if the pink haired ANBU caught him referring to their Hokage as Granny while he was in their ANBU garb, she would send him flying into the Hokage mountain.

"You can drop the formalities, Sakura." Tsunade stated as the Starfleet representative turned to face the two selected candidates. "This here is Ambassador Montgomery Scott. He is a Human ambassador from a space fairing super power known as the United Federation of Planets. You two have been selected to go on a top secret SS-Ranked mission as personal body guards to one of their Starship Captains, as was requested from Starfleet." Tsunade explained.

The man known as Montgomery Scott stood up. He was an old man who had seen his fair share of encounters over his life span. He was somewhat on the round side, grey mustache and a grey head of hair that had faded from the top.

"Just call me Scotty." Scottie said in a thick Scottish voice.

"I'm sorry, back up, Starfleet?" Naruto asked, never having heard of such a village.

"Yes, Starfleet." Scotty stated. "We are a group of space explorers from a planet called Earth. We use ships made from technology that is easily several hundred years ahead of your time." Scottie summarized.

"Let me get straight to it." Tsunade stated. "You two were selected out of a roster of 12 candidates to serve as body guards to a man named Jean Luc Picard."

"Captain Picard was captured and transformed into a bio-mechanical being by a species in space known as the Borg. The Borg are a massive group of cyborgs with only one goal in mind; assimilation of all life forms." Scottie added.

"They abduct lifeforms of all kinds and mutilate them into one of their own." Tsunade stated. "I know this is all a lot to take in, but Admiral Janeway and Captain Picard himself will be here shortly. You two are more than welcome to refuse as you will be away for 5 years. But I figured you two would want to go on a new adventure since we've been dead here as far as missions go."

"Anything beats fighting the genin for a chance to chase Tora the cat." Naruto replied grimly.

Sakura couldn't help but nod in agreement. Things had certainly gotten boring ever since Naruto had all but abolished war. Who knew soldiers would need to conflict to maintain themselves?

"I figured you'd say that." Tsunade smirked. She then turned to Scottie. "Tell the Admiral that the candidates have decided to go."

Scottie nodded and tapped an oddly shaped pin on his uniform. "Ambassador Scott to Voyager."

'Voyager here. Janeway speaking.' a voice sounded from the other end.

"The candidates have agreed, Admiral." Scottie stated.

'Acknowledged, Mr Scott. We'll beam down shortly. Janeway out.'

A short while passed as Naruto and Sakura got further details about their mission from Scottie. With a info PAD that he had with him, he was able to show the two ninja's the ship they'd be serving on and the kind of technology involved in it. Needless to say, the two were stunned that such a creation could existed. That was when 4 people appeared in the room in a column of light as the beings materialized in front of those present.

Naruto and Sakura both jumped when the beams of light took on the forms of people wearing odd looking uniforms.

"Admiral Janeway. Welcome to the Leaf." Tsunade greeted.

"The pleasure is all mine, Lady Tsunade. This is my first officer, Captain Chakotay." Janeway stated, motioning to the man that stood next to her. "This is Captain Picard and his security officer, Lt. Worf." Janeway added as she motioned to the elderly man and the taller, dark skinned man with a boney forehead.

"A pleasure to meet you." Picard stated with a smile.

Both Naruto and Sakura stayed silent, both trying to get a read on these four newcomers. Sakura from a medical standpoint while Naruto sized up Picard and Worf.

Picard then saw his candidates standing near Tsunade and looked upon them with scrutiny.

"So, these are them?" Picard asked.

"Yes sir. These two are actually the best I have to offer." Tsunade praised.

"I'll make that determination myself it its all the same." Picard stated seriously.

Naruto and Sakura removed their masks as a courtesy to Picard. Revealing their 20 something faces.

Picard walked up to the two shinobi and looked upon them in the eye. he could see in Sakura's and Naruto's eyes that they had seen many battles in their short life. Their eyes were steeled, showing hardly any emotion, hard, calculating. The eyes of cold blooded killers that would protect their loved ones at the drop of a hat is what Picard saw.

Naruto likewise gazed back into Picard's eyes. He saw age, experience, the eyes of a tried and tested leader. Eyes that very much reminded Naruto of the wizardly Third Hokage.

"They have the eyes of warriors, much like that of Klingon's like my Security Officer here." Picard stated. "Their posture, their stance, their attitude, exactly what I would come to expect of someone I would safeguard my life to. I accept these two." Picard said as he straightened his uniform.

The Ten and Chi duo smirked at the Captain's praise.

"I want you two to understand something. I run a tight ship and I expect you two to follow my orders to the letter. You will be going deep into space for the next 5 years as members of my crew. There may not be another chance to get back here anytime soon, so if there is anyone you want to say your good byes to, now is the time to do it. I'll give you an hour." Picard stated.

"Right." They both replied.

"I'll wait here for you." Picard added.

"You two are dismissed. Pack up whatever you wanna take with you and say your goodbyes. But remember, this mission is highly classified and must not be discussed with anyone." Tsunade stated.

The two Shinobi agreed and took it as an excuse to leave to track down all their friends to say goodbye.

For the most part it was smooth sailing. Most of their friends were current or former ANBU so they knew what the secrecy meant. Most were jealous that the two of them had scored such a high paying job after 3 years of peace, still the 5 year long duration of the mission was off putting for many, especially Sakura's parents.

Finally after saying goodbye to their former Jounin sensei Kakashi, Naruto asked that the two of them go their separate ways for a bit. Sakura suspected it was so he could say goodbye to his longtime girlfriend Hinata.

Sakura let him go without too much teasing. It was just as well, she had a letter to write to Sasuke...

After some time had passed, Naruto and Sakura returned to Tsunade's office where Picard and Worf remained waiting for the two new recruits. Janeway had long since left with Chikotay and Scotty so it was just the two officers from the Enterprise.

"You all done with your goodbyes?" Tsunade asked.

"Save for you, Granny Tsunade." Naruto joked.

Tsunade's heart melted as she got up and stood in front of her ANBU soldiers. This would be the hardest goodbye she ever had to make.

"Naruto Uzumaki. Sakura Haruno." Tsunade stated as she tried not to choke up. "As of right now, you two... will be placed on an extended leave of absence. Upon your return, you will be paid for your services rendered to the Federation. During your time away, you will not be Shinobi of the leaf. Instead, you will be officers of the United Federation of Planets. As such, I require your headbands. You're not being fired, just placed on an extended leave of absence."

Sakura handed her headband off without a second thought, but Naruto lingered for a bit. The headband he wore was the same one Iruka-sensei had given him when he first graduated, it was one of his most treasured possessions. The first gift he had ever received from the first person to ever acknowledge him.

Tentatively, he undid his headband and passed it to Granny Tsunade.

"I know what this headband means to you Naruto. So, I'll have something made up for you when you return. This..." Tsunade paused as she tried to regain her composure as she started to choke up, something that was not unnoticed by the others there. "This isn't forever, you two."

Naruto smirked to stop any tears from escaping. "Course not, I still gotta come back here and take that Hokage hat off your head, Granny."

That was enough for the floodgate to release for Tsunade. She whimpered slightly as she pulled Naruto into a loving embrace, tears streaming down her face.

"You damn well better. I ain't going to be at this job forever.." Tsunade said softly.

Sakura couldn't take much of this display and stepped into the hug herself. She was gonna miss her mentor too ya know. Lady Tsunade was like a second mother to Sakura. The Fifth Hokage welcomed Sakura into her grasp.

"I'm... gonna miss you both... Please stay safe.." Tsunade sobbed lightly.

"We will...and tell Shizune I'm sorry I won't be there to see her and Kakashi-sensei's child being born." Sakura said.

"She'll understand... I'm sure." Tsunade sniffed as she pulled away from her two favorite ninja. She wiped away her tears and smiled. "Do us proud.. you two."

Sakura and Naruto straightened up and wiped away their tears.

"D-dismissed." Tsunade chocked out, to which both Naruto and Sakura nodded as fresh tears threatened to spill out.

Picard and Worf then walked over to their new crew mates and Picard tapped his combadge.

"Picard to Enterprise. Four to beam up." Picard ordered.

"We'll miss you..." Sakura chocked out.

"I will, too." Tsunade said.

Once Picard was convinced the goodbyes were done, he gave the final order. "Energize."

Within seconds, all four of them de-materialized and were gone completely.

The four re-materialized on the transporter pad on board the ship. Naruto and Sakura were starting to feel a little uneasy, being that was their first time being beamed anywhere.

"Ugh.. That was weird.." Naruto groaned.

"you shall get used to it over time." Worf commented.

"Mr Worf. Escort these two to their quarters." Picard ordered. "I will have your ship assignments when you get into uniform. Sakura, Since you have medical background and lots of it, you will be part of the medical staff. Naruto, your combat and tactical experience will be used effectively on the bridge. You shall me Worf's assistant in offense, defense and communications." Picard stated.

"Since positions here are color coordinated, Naruto, your uniform will be red to signify that you are operating under tactical. Sakura, yours will be blue to signify you are medical." Worf explained. "If you two will follow me, your quarters are on deck 8.:

Naruto and Sakura nodded as they followed the Klingon out of the automatic sliding doors, which made Naruto gasp in surprise.

"WOAH! COOL!" Naruto exclaimed like an excited child. Picard chuckled at his display.

Continuing on, they made their way to a door that was labeled DECK 8 - 42.

"Here is where you'll be staying." Worf said as the door opened to reveal a rather luxurious living area that had two bedrooms, one on opposite ends of the main living area.

"No way, all of this is for us?" Naruto asked, flabbergasted at his living quarters.

He had served on some battleships when collaborating with the Hidden Mist village on dealing with pirates that had taken over an archipelago. His quarters had included a bunk bed and a drawer to hold all his belongings. Luxuries like a living room were reserved for the Captain and other high ranking officers.

This looked like a decent apartment.

"A good portion of the crew quarters are like this. Granted that other ships in the fleet are not as luxurious and Klingon ships are most certainly not like this. The Enterprise is the flagship of the Federation and deals with many diplomatic missions and exploration.." Worf explained.

"So that means luxury was key for those who would be away for years at a time on deep space missions?" Sakura inquired.

"Precisely." Worf confirmed. "There is a bedroom to the left and the right. they are the same layout so you two can choose which one you want. There is a bathroom located next to each bedroom with a standard issue sonic shower." Worf then walked over to the COM panel on the side of the wall. "This is used for video communications and general ship communications. Entertainment wise, you can listen to various types pf music."

Worf then walked over to a little alcove in the wall. "This is the food and matter replicator. We have over 2 million types of food stored in the computer for you to.. indulge yourself. It can also create clothes and other items." Worf explained.

"Does it make ramen?" Naruto asked because of course he did.

"I do not know what that is." Worf said as he turned to the replicator. "Computer. Is there any dish in the memory banks labeled ramen?" Worf asked the computer.

"AFFIRMATIVE." A feminine monotone voice sounded. "THERE ARE OVER 230 VARIETIES OF RAMEN STORED IN MEMORY."

"Miso Pork ramen with extra pork." Naruto quickly ordered, his mouth already watering.

A light hum sounded and a bowl of piping hot ramen was materialized, exactly to order.

Naruto grabbed the new materialized chopsticks and dug in. Worf had never seen someone eat with such ferocious, Sakura just rolled her eyes. She had long grown used to Naruto's antics.

"Adequate." Naruto said once he was finished.

"Naruto, you are going to eat more than just ramen while we're here. I'm not going to live here with you for 5 years just to sit and watch you pig out on ramen every day." Sakura scolded.

"Computer. Scan the other male and female and create ensign level male tactical uniform and ensign level female medical uniform." Worf ordered.

The computer beeped and a infrared light surrounded the both of them for a few moments. Shortly after the light disappeared, the replicator homed and two sets of folded uniforms and boots appeared, both with rank insignia and combadge.

"That is seriously cool." Naruto commented again.

"Yes. I suppose it is, as you say, cool." Worf stated as he handed the uniforms to each of them. "Go change and meet me back here. I am also going to take you on a tour of the ship. After that, you will be in a meeting with the senior staff and your duties will be explained to you, to which you will most likely start tomorrow."

Naruto and Sakura took their uniforms and went to their bedrooms to change, Sakura taking the left, Naruto on the right. after about 10 minutes, Naruto and Sakura both walked out wearing black jumpsuits. The only difference between the two was the shoulders on Sakura's was blue and Naruto's was red.

"Pretty swanky, don't you think Sakura?"

"Not really my color, but its comfortable." Sakura stated. "Looks good on you, though."

Worf then handed them both their combadges. "These are your communicators. They will allow you to contact anyone on the ship and talk to anyone on the ship even while down on the planet. They also double as universal translators for when we encounter alien species."

Sakura and Naruto took their combadges and using where Worf's was as a reference, pinned them on the left side of their chests.

"You mind if I strap my kunai belt to my leg or is there some dress code about that?" Naruto asked.

"I am uncertain. I would think for now you should leave it off. I have various hand weapons myself, but rarely use them. I will teach you both how to operate a phaser and tricorder." Worf answered.

"Sweet, I've always wanted to learn how to use...whatever those are."

"Idiot.." Sakura said under her breath.

"A phaser is a hand held beam weapon that we use for self defense. A tricorder is used in many applications from medical uses, you generalized scanning." Worf explained.

"I know Sakura-chan's got that down pat with her medical jutsu." Naruto bragged. Sakura held up her hand glowing green with her mystic palm technique ready to go.

"What is this?" Worf said in surprise

"My Mystic Palm Technique." Sakura explained. "In our world we use chakra to do many extraordinary things. Including healing wounds and scanning for injuries like your device there does. I guess you could think of it like magic. I have also been tried in more traditional medical practices. Use of herbs and chemicals. You name it."

"Astounding. I was not made aware of such a thing." Worf stated.

"Sakura-chan here is also the very best at medical jutsu. Easily surpassing Granny Tsunade." Naruto continued to brag.

"Alright, Naruto. That's enough." Sakura stated. She was seriously flattered at Naruto's praise, but wasn't appropriate with him being in a long standing relationship.

"What? I'm just telling the truth."

"Yes, well, what have I told you about doing that? Especially that you and Hinata are-"

"I'm sorry, but we need to move this along." Worf said, interrupting Sakura.

Sakura nodded, slightly fuming at Naruto for getting her in trouble on their first day.

"We will first make our way to sick bay. Sakura, you will be spending most of your time there so you need to get familiar with it. You will also meet Dr Crusher, the chief medical officer on the ship*" Worf stated. "From there, we'll head to engineering and you will see what powers this ship and meet our chief engineer. From there, we'll attend the meeting I talked to you about."

"Sounds good." Sakura said.

"Lead the way." Naruto added.

After a rather long ride in the turbo lift and a walk down a hallway, the three of them made it to sick bay. Almost immediately, Sakura looked like she was in heaven. The medical technology that was there was mindbogglingly advanced and looked so simple to use. The way of medicine was to Sakura as ramen was to Naruto; it was her addition and she was feeding it happily.

"Woah..." Sakura breathed out.

"I think you're home, Sakura." Naruto teased.

"Yea..." Sakura said absentmindedly as she slowly walked forward, looking at all the medical technology like she was in a trans.

Dr Crusher walked around the corner to see who came in to sickbay so see who it was. She saw Worf and two ensigns who she was not familiar with.

"Hey Worf. What can I do for you?" Crusher asked.

"Greetings, doctor. These two here are new tot he crew and I was tasked with showing them around." Worf explained.

"I see." Crusher stated as she took in the two that were before her, noticing that the girl with pink hair was wearing a medical uniform. "Hello there. Are you medical?" the doctor asked.

"Yes." Sakura said confidently.

"I'm doctor Beverly Crusher." She said as she held out her hand in greeting.

"Doctor Sakura Haruno, a pleasure." Sakura replied as she shook her hand.

"Oh another doctor are you? And at an Ensign level?" Crusher said in confusion. "How long have you been in Starfleet?" Dr Crusher asked as she pulled her hand away.

"We've been on this ship since 3 in the afternoon so... an hour?" Naruto answered for Sakura.

Crusher went wide eyed. "So, you just arrived here? Worf, whats going on?" Crusher asked.

"They are from the planet Element. they are the new body guards Captain Picard took on. Sakura here is a doctor in her village and from what we are told, the best in her world." Worf explained.

"I see. Well, sorry to tell you, but if you're working here, you won't be having the title of doctor until you can prove to me otherwise."

"Understandable, I'm ready to learn." Sakura spoke with the same conviction she used when she first asked Tsunade to take her on as her apprentice.

"Excellent." Crusher stated. Just then, a frantic woman with a unresponsive child came in.

"Help my son! He's not breathing!" The woman screamed.

Both Crusher and Sakura whipped their heads around as one.

"Perfect timing." Crusher said as she carried the child over to the exam table and used a medical tricorder to scan the child's body.

"No object obstructing the airway. Nurse, get me 12 CC's of epinephrine." Crusher announced, but Sakura had other ideas.

"Wait. Let me handle it." Sakura stated as she moved her glowing hand over the young boy.

"What in the..." Crusher stated in shock. Immediately, she brought up her tricorder and was scanning the boy and Sakura.

"His O2 stats are rising..." Crusher breathed out in disbelief.

"He's suffering from an acute allergic reaction." Sakura stated as she poured chakra into the boy. She then looked up tot he mother. "What are his allergies?"

"Um.. Shell fish, but I don't think he had any." The mother stated.

"The symptoms say otherwise." Sakura stated as the glow from her hands started to subside. She then started moving her other hand over the childs chest to see if there were any other issues. She found none and the chakra in her hands went away completely. "That should do it."

Crusher scanned the boy over with her medical tricorder and was shocked when she found nothing wrong with the boy.

"Absolutely amazing..." Crusher stated in shock. "How did you do that?" She asked Sakura.

"Mystic Palm Technique. I can use my chakra, the energy of the body, to manipulate another person's body. From speeding up or slowing down cell growth, to monitoring what state the body is in. I can literally feel what ailments are afflicting the patient." Sakura explained.

"But, you healed him so fast. even our medicines don't even work that quickly..."

"Like I said. I accelerated his cell growth which in term sped up his recovery."

"T-this.. This is... far beyond human capacities! I want to run some tests on you." Crusher stated.

"Ummm..." Sakura stuttered, unsure if she liked where this was going.

"It's just a few harmless scans. I need to give you and your friend physicals anyway as you are new tot he ship." Crusher explained further.

"Excuse me, but my son?" The startled mother asked the two doctors.

"Oh! I'm sorry." Crusher stated as she did a complete scan on the boy. "He is completely fine from what I can tell. Try to keep him from anymore shell fish, okay?" Dr Crusher stated.

"Oh of course. Thank you." The grateful mother replied.

"Joffery, what do you say?" She spoke to her son.

"Thank you ." The boy said, although everyone could tell he was directing his gratitude at Sakura. Who knelt down in front of him without skipping a beat.

"You're very welcome." She smiled. "Be sure to stay away from anymore shellfish now."

"I will." He promised.

Dr Crusher watched as Sakura interacted with the child. She saw something she has yet to see in any of her medical staff and she knew right then and there, she had found her second. As the mother and child left, Crusher approached Sakura.

"I have yet to see a doctor or child in my sickbay interact with a sick child the way you just did. You kept your cool, treated his ailment and sent him on his way with no residual problems all without any medicine or scanning equipment." Crusher said in amazement.

"How long have you been doing this?" Crusher asked.

"I began my training with Lady Tsunade at the age of 13. That was 7 years ago."

"13?! You have been doing this since the age of 13?!" Crusher exclaimed in complete shock. "Unbelievable... The human race has been trying to come up with new medicines and procedures for the last 3 centuries and yet... Everything I just saw now damn near makes it all obsolete..."

"I wouldn't say that. If the boy had an unknown allergy we would have had to use other methods to find out what was wrong with him to help him. I'm sure you have a sophisticated method of determining such things with your technology."

"Yes, we would have, however, it would have taken us longer to fix the problem than what it did you."

Crusher was completely stunned. She had heard about the people on element being a pre-warp civilization and to most, were considered a primitive race. Yet, they had more advanced medical procedures than even the Vulcans.

"you did a fantastic job. So much so that I would be a complete fool not to let you work with me. I'm going to bring this up tot he captain during your meeting later. In the mean time, I want you and your friend to hop up ontp a table so I can give you a thorough examination."

Sakura nodded and did as she was told. Naruto was more hesitant.

"Is there something wrong?" Crusher asked.

"I'm not a huge fan of doctors and hospitals." Naruto replied.

"Then why are you always around me?" Sakura chimed in.

"You're you, Sakura-chan."

"And Lady Tsunade? And Shizune?"

"They're fine. I just don't like the doctors always in white coats..."

"She's wearing a blue coat, idiot.." Sakura deadpanned.

"You know what I mean, Sakura." He looked into her eyes and she could see the briefest hint of sadness, of old pain.

"Oh shit..." Sakura cursed as she realized what he was hinting at. "Naruto, I'm so sorry.. I forgot.."

"It's fine Sakura. I can handle it." Naruto said, taking his seat on the table. "Let's get it over with."

"Are you sure?" Sakura said with concern.

"Come on, Sakura. I said I'm fine, so I'm fine." Naruto said with a smile.

"Okay." Sakura said. She forgot about his history for a time, mainly because he was so happy lately. Now she can't help but feel bad for him and... something more. Something she hasn't felt since he returned to the village when he was 16.

'No.. No, no.. Not that.. Not now...' Sakura scolded herself.

had no idea what these two were going on about. She figured the man had a bad experience with hospitals growing up and left it at at that.

Going over Sakura with her tricorder, she seemed to be completely human, except...

"What a minute." Crusher said as she was in mid scan. "Worf, come look at this."

The Klingon security officer came over and looked at the tricorder readings.

"Astounding. This shows that he is putting out an energy level nearly as powerful as a Photon torpedo." Worf stated.

"That's what I mean. These readings are off the charts." Crusher then looked at a confused Sakura. "You said that this power you have is Chakra, right? What exactly does it consist of and how did you come to use it?"

"It's hard to explain to someone from outside our way of life. Basically chakra is the mix of mental and physical energies from within ourselves. We mold chakra to create jutsus like the Mystic Palm Technique I showed you earlier." Sakura explained while still sitting on her own examination table.

"Yea that actually doesn't tell me what this energy really comes from.." Crusher stated. "But we'll figure that out later. From what I can tell, you check out completely."

Sakura nodded and got of the table while Dr Crusher made her way over to Naruto. As she expected, scans of his body showed high levels of unknown energy pouring out of him, but this energy was even higher than Sakura's. This was yet again something she would have to bring to the Captain's attention.

"Well, your energy levels are off the scale as well. I'm reading some past injuries that were never healed right, but you seem to function okay like they are. most of the injuries seemed to have been repaired. Other than that, you seem to be in perfect health." Crusher announced.

"Wait, that's it?" Naruto asked.

"Yup, that's it. I told you it was just a few scans." Crusher said.

"See Naruto? you were fussing over nothing." Sakura teased.

"Well, don't I feel like an idiot." Naruto stated.

Sakura rolled her eyes as the two of them hopped off their tables.

"Well, you two are fit for duty. Sakura, I'll have you start here tomorrow at 0400 hours. Make sure you're here on time." Crusher stated.

"Yes, Ma'am." Sakura said. 'Looks like I'm back on coffee.'

"Let us continue on then. We have a lot left to see." Worf announced. The two Starfleet ninja's followed the Klingon out of sickbay and down to the nearest turbo lift.

After some time, they arrived in engineering, the heart of the ship as it were.

"Why are we down here if we're hardly ever going to be here?" Naruto asked.

"You must know the layout of the ship in case there were to be an intruder aboard. knowing where the vital areas of the ship are is key to being a proper security officer." Worf explained.

"Ah, carry on then." Naruto said, now taking everything in with a more critical eye.

Not a moment later and they rounded the corner to the engine room, where in the center of it stood a massive, glowing pillar that made a thundering humming sound as the blue glowing light pulsated up and down.

"What the hell is that?" Sakura said in amazement.

"That is the warp core, the generator that powers the ship and enables us to travel faster than light." Worf explained.

"Faster than light? How is that even possible?" Sakura asked.

"In the year 2063, Earth's time, a scientist by the name of Zephram Cochrane created a prototype space pod that used a reactor core similar to this one." A man near them said as he walked up to them. He had dark skin like Worf, but eas shorter and seemed to be human. The only thing they couldn't make out was the man's eyes as they were covered by a optical visor. "Commander Geordi LaForge, Chief Engineer." Geordi greeted as he held out his hand, to which Sakura and Naruto shook his hand. "The scientist created the first warp jump for Human kind, which led to hundreds of years for us to improve upon his design. This warp core is the most powerful and efficient in Starfleet currently."

"Ensign Sakura Haruno." Sakura greeted back.

"Ensign Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto added.

"Ah, new recruits. Any of mine?" LaForge asked Worf.

"No. not this time. Naruto here will be working with me and Sakura will be working with Doctor Crusher. She has shown rather remarkable medical skills." Worf explained.

"That's a shame. Well, I suppose I can give you guys the tour." Geordi stated as he motioned them to follow.

Geordi led the two Ensigns closer to the warp core. Sakura felt a little nervous being this close to a reactor. She had heard about experimental nuclear reactors back home and how unstable they were and their radiation output could be lethal.

"This beauty is my pride and joy. Fastest warp engine in the fleet currently with a top warp speed of 9.6." Geordi stated.

"How fast is that?" Naruto asked.

"In terms of light speed, it is just under 2,000 times the speed of light." Geordi answered.

"So that's fast."

"What about in terms of Kilometers?" Sakura asked.

"Roughly 2 trillion Kilometers per hour at that speed." Geordi stated, to which the two shinobi's jaws hit the floor.

"T-two..."

"T-trillion...?" Sakura and Naruto breathed out in shock.

"That's right. Amazing aint it?" Geordi said with a grin. Both Ensigns nodded slowly.

Naruto cupped his hand around his partner's ear. "Sakura-chan, that's alot right?"

"Put it this way, Naruto. We can travel around our world 5 times in less than a minute at that speed." Sakura stated quietly.

"Woah." He said in awe. Never before could he ever conceive the need to go that fast.

"Since space is endless, we can usually cover a sector of space in a little more than 4 days just traveling at Warp 9. A normal sector of space is 20 light-years end to end." Geordi explained further. "Our fuel source is a mineral called dilithium, which we use it's crystal form to power the warp core. There is also a re-atomizer in the reactor that rebuilds the crystals over time using trace particles of unspent dilithium collected in space."

"So we could effectively keep on flying forever?" Sakura asked, astonished at the implications of an endless fuel source.

"In theory, we could. however, the reactor does need a shut down period to cool down." Geordi explained.

"You keep calling it a reactor. Is it nuclear?" Sakura asked and Geordi chuckled.

"No. We haven't used nuclear power in a few centuries. This is far more efficient and stable without the effects of radiation. You could eat off this thing and nothing will happen to you."

Naruto looked ready to step forward to do just that when a small and firm hand held him back.

"Don't even think about it." Sakura ordered.

Geordi laughed at their interaction. "Well then follow me. There is much more to show you."

Geordi led Sakura and Naruto behind a glass wall where the main engineering stations were. The amount of blinking lights and images on the screens amazed the two. So much so that Naruto was starting to get curious.

"What's this for?" Naruto asked as he inched his finger closer to the button, but was immediately stopped by Geordi.

"Don't touch that!" Geordi shouted. "If you had pressed that button, you would have ejected the warp core."

Naruto pulled back his hand like he touched molten lead.

"Why is something so important just a button press from being released?"

"There is more failsafes involved, but its not something I want to spend the next ten minutes fixing."

"Just do everyone a favor and don't touch anything." Sakura scolded.

The dumb blond held up his hands to show that he wasn't touching anything.

"Anyway.." Geordi sighed. "This panel is the status of the warp core, deflector dish, impulse engines and thrusters. The panel behind you is used for the shields, weapons and structural integrity field. The panel next to it is for the life support, transporters and environmental controls. You can thinkof this part of the ship as the main control center for all of the ships functions."

"Making it the most important area of the ship." Naruto deduced.

"Exactly. While there are access panels on the bridge, this is where the major controls are." Geordi confirmed.

"Hmmm...would you mind if I do something?" Naruto asked vaguely.

"So long as you don't touch anything, fine."

"Nothing sensitive I assure you. Just a flat surface." The man replied. Quickly Naruto flashed through the appropriate hand signs until the tip of his finger glowed a bright yellow. He then wrote a few symbols that neither Worf nor Geordi could make sense of. Naruto then rested his finger tips in front of his face to signify that he was done.

"Alright, there we go."

"What did you just do? I detected a massive energy surge on a Theta band coming from your hand." Geordi stated.

"I just placed a marker seal. It's a jutsu of my father's: the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. It allows me to teleport from any location to where I have placed a seal. Either on a surface like this one..." Naruto wiped out a three pronged kunai he had been concealing on his person. "Or on these specially made kunei."

"I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds useful. That energy won't affect the ships systems, will it? A lot of these systems are very sensitive."

"I'm not sure, only one way to find out." In true maverick unpredictability, he then ran off down the walkway until he was out of sight. Sakura just shook her head at his antics.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!" Naruto shouted loud enough for them all to hear him over the machinery, all for theatrics of course.

By the time he was finished speaking, he was already back with the group. Standing like he had never left.

After getting out of their stunned state, Worf and Geordi checked out all fo the ships major systems to see there was nothing wrong with them. In fact, just the opposite.

"Well, that trick you did didn't hurt the systems, but it did do something to them." Geordi stated and Sakura started pounding on the dumb blond.

"Our warp field efficiency has increased by point zero three percent. Weapon targeting efficiency has also increased by point zero point eight percent. Shield strength increased by thirteen percent." Worf listed off.

"Wait, what?" Sakura said in between slapping some sense in her blond companion.

"He has increased the ships systems performance and efficiency. It wasn't much, but it has increased." Geordi confirmed.

"How is that possible?" Sakura continued to ask while keep Naruto in a choke hold.

"I'm not sure, but the evidence shows otherwise. I think when he reappeared, the flash of Theta band energy that he put out had some residual effects that our systems absorbed like a sponge and had positive results. I think it might have been a fluke, so in the future, do what you did further away from these systems." Geordi said.

"He'll keep that in mind." Sakura said sweetly.

"Won't you?!" Sakura growled as she tightened her grip on Naruto's neck.

"Y-yes Sakura-chan. Please let go..." Naruto wheezed out.

Satisfied, Sakura let him breathe.

Naruto stumbled away as he gasped for air. "Geez.. I thought you would have stopped that by now..." Naruto said as he tried to catch his breath.

"So long as you continue to act like an idiot, I will continue to beat some sense into you. And here I thought Hinata would have done that by now." Sakura spat, only to see a seriously hurt expression cross Naruto's face.

"The feeling is mutual. I thought Sasuke was going to mellow you out." Naruto said back.

Sakura now had the same hurt expression that she saw in Naruto's face. Her feelings were hurt deeply because of the letter she wrote to Sasuke. Then it hit her.

"Lt. Worf, sir? Can Naruto and I be excused to talk privately? We have some things we need to work out." Sakura asked.

"This was pretty much the end of the tour for now. Your meeting will begin in an hour, so you have that time to converse." Worf stated.

"Sakura..." Naruto said.

"There is something we need to discuss, Naruto." Sakura said softly as she walked to the nearest turbo lift with Naruto in tow. As they entered the lift, Sakura announced the location they needed to go. A few minutes later, they arrived in their quarters, to which Sakura broke the ice.

"First off, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. It seemed like Hinata is a touchy subject with you for some reason. Did something happen?" Sakura asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just... I'm sorry I brought up Sasuke. I know it's tough for you, him being gone all the time. And this five year trip definitely isn't helping things. So what do you say we just drop it, please?" Naruto begged.

"That's... one of the things I wanted to talk to you about.." Sakura said hesitantly. "Sasuke and I... We haven't been on good terms lately. During the time he was home, he was always acting like a dickhead towards me. So much so that I began looking forward to the moment he would leave again." Sakura started.

"What? That freaking Teme. Sakura why didn't you tell me? I would have knocked some sense into him."

"I didn't want you to get involved...like you always do..." Sakura explained sadly.

"Sakura, I'm your friend, you can confide in me right?" Naruto asked, a little hurt that she still saw herself as a burden in his eyes. It just wasn't true.

Sakura nodded, cursing herself that she was so close to shedding tears.

"Hey now, it'll be ok, you'll see. In 5 years time Sasuke will be missing you like crazy. Absence makes the heart grow fonder right?" Naruto smiled.

"Something tells me he's not going to be there for me when I return." Sakura said sadly.

"Don't say that. Sasuke might be a bastard and a jerk. But he is the most loyal guy I know to those he cares about."

"That's the thing Naruto! He doesn't care about me! He even said so himself!" Sakura shouted, tears now pouring down her face.

Before Naruto could respond, red lights started flashing and an alarm was sounding throughout the ship.

"Ensign Uzumaki and Ensign Haruno, report to the bridge immediately." Sounded a voice that sounded a lot like Picard.

"Let's go Sakura!" Naruto cried, his brain switched over to soldier mode. Sakura nodded and quickly ran beside him.

Sakura and Naruto dashed to the nearest turbo lift and got inside.

"Bridge." Sakura announced and the doors closed. after a few minutes, they stepped out onto the bridge. This was an area they had never been to before so they seemed to be lost.

Picard stood up on the other side of a curved desk looking object that Worf was standing at. The area they were standing on was a raised platform that had two low angle ramps that descended to the command seats and two forward control seats at the very front of the bridge.

"Over here." Picard sounded.

The two Shinobi ran up to their commander and stood at attention.

"Captain Picard, Ensign Naruto and Ensign Sakura reporting ad ordered, sir." Naruto barked out, remembering how things were done in ANBU.

"Very good. Take the remaining seats next to Commander Riker and Counselor Troi. We have a bit of a situation on our hands." Picard stated as he looked at the view screen. The two Ensigns turned around and saw 2 oddly shaped ships that seemed to be in a long wedge shape and a pale orange in color. The two Ensigns took their seats, Naruto next to Riker on Picard's right, Sakura next to Troi to Picard's left.

"Mr. Worf, hail them see what they want." Picard ordered.

Worf tapped a few buttons on his console and a beeping noise could be heard. after a moment of silence, Worf shook his head.

"No response sir."

"Counselor. What can you sense from them?" Picard asked.

"Very little. They seem to the planning something, but I'm unable to tell what." Troi said with a British accent.

"Captain, they have raised their shields and have powered up their weapons. They're locking onto us." Worf said seriously.

"Shields up!" Riker commanded, to which Worf complied. He raised the shields just in time as the two enemy ships opened fire and caused the Enterprise to shake and vibrate.

"Return fire!" Picard ordered as Worf pressed more buttons on the console. On the screen, red glowing orbs shot from the ship as did golden beams of light and hit one of the ships, destroying it.

As they did all this. Sakura and Naruto could only hang on to rather chairs for dear life. Naruto hated this feeling. Of being right in the middle of all the action yet he could to nothing to help the situation.

"The remaining ship is warping out of the system." Worf stated.

"Stand down from red alert." Picard ordered. Soon the klaxon and the red lights stopped. "Damage report."

"We sustained minor damage, no casualties." Worf stated.

"Sir, I don't mean to talk out of turn, but what the hell was that?" Sakura asked in fear to her captain.

Picard eyed Sakura. "Those were Cardassian raider ships. More than likely trying to raid our supplies."

"So space pirates?" Naruto said.

"Correct, Ensign." Riker stated. "There have been more of them popping up through out this sector. I guess they weren't expecting to run into the Federation Flagship."

Picard sighed as she straightened up.

"Well, since we're all here, save for Dr Crusher, I think we can get your meeting started now." Picard announced. He then tapped his combadge. "Bridge to Dr Crusher."

'Go ahead, captain.'

"Report to the bridge for a senior staff meeting." Picard ordered.

"On my way." Crusher stated.

Picard, Deana, Riker and Data stood up and made their way to the door leading to the staff lounge with Naruto and Sakura following behind with Worf.

They walked into what was obviously a meeting room of sorts, with a view of the entire rear of the ship from the top down. After they saw a flash of light appear behind the ship and then stars and space particles flying by at a much faster pace, Geordi walked in form the bridge followed by Dr. Crusher. All of the senior staff took their seats with Picard at one head of the table. Sakura and Naruto took two remaining empty seats.

"Ensign's, please stand and state your names and experiences to my staff." Picard ordered.

Naruto and Sakura stood up and took their stances at attention.

"Naruto Uzumaki: former Jounin squad leader and active ANBU Captain serving under the Fifth Hokage Tsunade Senju. My expertise is in front line fighting, infiltration, and support." Naruto listed off.

"Sakura Haruno: former Jounin class Medical Ninja and active ANBU Medic under the Fifth Hokage Lady Tsunade Senju. I specialize in medical treatment; both front line and civilian hospitals. As well as infiltration and close quarters combat." Sakura listed off as well.

"Explain to us what this ANBU is." Picard ordered.

Naruto stepped forward. "Sir, the special operatives hand picked to serve the Hokage. Specializing in all things black ops."

"Impressive." Worf commented.

"And this Hokage. What is that exactly? You said it was a person so it must be a rank of some kind." Riker stated. He was a relatively tall man with dark hair and a thick but short beard in a red uniform similar to Picard's.

"Our Lady Hokage is the leader of our home, the Hidden Leaf Village." Sakura explained. "She acts as both the military leader of the Land of Fire and the mayor of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. She is to be considered the strongest and greatest ninja of our village."

"And yet in her reports of the two of you, she states that you two are far stronger and more skilled than she is." Picard stated.

"Apologies, but it is not our place to discuss the specifics of our village's strength to foreigners." Sakura stated, using the response the ANBU taught them to use when politely refusing to give away secrets.

"You can put it this way. If there was a top 10 strongest in the village. Me, Sakura, and Granny Tsunade would be on it." Naruto said, breaking out of his serious facade for a second.

"Oh, I understand completely. We have a similar code of conduct that we unfortunately broke to recruit the two of you." Picard stated. "We have something called, the Prime Directive. It dictates that we are forbidden to make contact or interfere with a non-warp capable world such as your own. However, being that your planet is home to several Human colonies, the Prime Directive did not completely include you."

"However.." Picard continued. "Since your world has no knowledge of space faring parties such as the Federation or even the knowledge of other species in the galaxy, When you return home, you would be forbidden to share what you have learned during your stay here. Your Lady Tsunade was also made aware of this as well and she said that a swift and severe punishment would await either of you should you break the code that is the Federation Prime Directive." Picard warned.

"Understood. We ANBU and ninjas as a whole are experts at keeping secrets." Naruto said.

"Good." Picard stated. He then looked upon his staff. "What do you think of these two?"

"They have the look of warriors and their military background is impressive. I would like to see them in actual combat soon." Worf stated with pride.

"Sakura has shown that she is very skilled as a medic. We had a little boy come in to sickbay earlier in anaphylaxis shock. Sakura used some kind of energy that healed the boy in a matter of moments, far faster than any of our medical equipment." Crusher said.

"They are eager to learn from what I have seen. They have already learned a great deal just being here a few hours and are absorbing what they learn like a sponge." Geordi praised.

"I sense a great deal of pride, honor and duty in the both of them. They are willing to lay down their lives to protect the ones they care about. I feel they would be a great asset to the ship." Troi stated.

"I...Also sense a great deal of emotional pain coming from Naruto. A pain that would take many years to be this strong." Troi added.

"Well then, If that is all..." Picard said as he stared at the two Ensigns. "Are their any questions for us from you two?" Picard asked

"Yes actually, I'm not certain what is it you are expecting us to do. I understand we are here to act as your bodyguards, but why was it worth it to break your Prime Directive?" Naruto asked.

"That was Starfleets call, not mine." Picard stated. "You see, they felt it prudent that I should have some top end body guards after I was captured and assimilated by the Borg. Klingon warriors would have been fine, however, they have a massive superiority complex. No offense Worf."

"None taken, sir." Worf stated.

"It was brought to my attention by Admiral Janeway that your planet held some of the Galaxies best warriors that would be perfect body guard material. I was against this at first, but when I looked upon your profiles and learned that your world is inhabited by Humans, I decided that you two were the perfect ones to help get the Admirals of Starfleet off my back. Also, According to Tsunade, she felt that this would be an important experience for the both of you." Picard explained.

"I see. And why do you need bodyguards after being...what did you call it?"

"Assimilated. Transformed, if you will." Picard stated. "The Borg are a race of cyborgs that expand their race by capturing and assimilating any and all life forms by turning them into one of their own. The Borg have been known to attempt a recapture of any drone taken from their collective at all costs, so any knowledge that drone would have wouldn't fall into, what they would call, an insignificant race's hand. In short, The Borg are still searching for me and will stop at nothing to re-assimilate me into their collective. This is why Starfleet wanted me to be protected by two strong and very capable warriors."

"How did you ever become free of the Borg?" Sakura chimed in.

"My crew rescued me and severed my connection from the collective mind that is the Borg. However, I retained all of the knowledge that I acquired from the Borg and shared it with Starfleet. Because of that, we were able to create stronger weapons, better defense capabilities, and ships designed specifically to stand up to a Borg ship." Picard answered.

"When Captain Picard was captured, he was under the control of the Borg and with just one ship, wiped out an entire fleet of starships." Riker added. "While our fleet may be larger than back then, it still takes a fleet of 30 ships just to take down a single Borg Cube, let alone a fleet of Borg ships."

Naruto whistled. "Woah."

"Woah indeed." Worf stated.

"What makes the Borg formidable, even on the ground, is that their drones have the ability to adapt to our weapons frequencies." Picard added.

"What does that mean?" Sakura asked.

"When the Borg adapt to our phasers, our attacks essentially have no effect and have to change frequencies, which takes time to do." Data explained.

"What about melee attacks?" Naruto asked.

"Melee weapons we noticed have the greatest effect on them, however we run into the risk of being assimilated. The Borg drones have a device on them that inserts into your skin and injects nanites, or microscopic robots that slowly transform a persons body into one of their own." Riker explained.

"Hmmm..." The Shinobi duo paused in thought, each contemplating what could be done to fight an opponent you couldn't get close too. It was Naruto's chunin fight against Neji all over again.

The blond snapped his fingers. "Shadow Clones."

"I beg your pardon?" Picard said in confusion.

"Shadow Clones, another technique of mine, my signature technique actually." Naruto replied while Sakura had flashback of the thousands of times she had seen thousands of Naruto's.

While Sakura was day dreaming about Naruto, the real Naruto made his favorite hand sign and two complete replicas poofed into existence standing on either side of him. "Ta-Dah!"

Picard stood up in shock so he could get a better look at these clones. He saw that they were exact replica's of Naruto and were completely solid, like he was actually cloned in a lab.

"Extraordinary..." Picard breathed out.

"But how would they fair against an attack?" Riker asked.

"This jutsu of mine allows me to create any number of clones I want, so long as I have the chakra. They are as strong as me, they know all my techniques, and they can think and act on their own." The original explained.

Then the Naruto on his left spoke up. "The only downside is that one good hit will dissipate us."

Then the Naruto on the right. "On the plus side, any knowledge or memories we had acquired during our time gets transferred back to the Boss when we die."

"That sounds very useful." Picard stated.

"How many of these can you make?" Riker asked.

"All at once? 1,000...10,000 if I get really riled up."

"That would be more than enough to take out a Borg cube from the inside." Riker said to Picard.

"Two of them, actually." Picard corrected.

"I would like to try something, with your permission, Captain." Worf sated and Picard nodded. Worf pulled out a small hand phaser and shot a thin golden beam at one of the clones, causing it to disappear. "My apologies, Ensign. I wanted to test their durability."

"No worries. Now I know how it feels to be shot by a phaser. It hurts." He turned to his partner. "We'd better avoid those, Sakura-chan." Naruto joked. She responded by lightly back handing him on the chest.

"That was only on the stun setting." Worf stated as he aimed the phaser at the other clone, this time it was set to kill. He shot the phaser and the beam continued through the clone after it dissipated. "That was kill. My apologies again."

"Again, no skin off my bones. But like I said, they aren't extremely durable, but for reconnaissance they are invaluable. With enough clones, I can still overwhelm the enemy even when they all have phasers."

"That's a very good idea. Mr Worf. See to it that both Naruto and Sakura are trained in Federation weaponry." Picard ordered.

"Aye, sir."

"Now, if there is nothing further, I have one last thing I want to say." Picard stated as he waited for the ninja's response

"Actually, Captain. I think we need to learn more about Sakura's abilities." Crusher stated. "I have seen some of her abilities first hand and I feel she would also be a great asset to the ship."

"Agreed. Sakura?" Picard stated.

"Well you already know about my medical abilities, I'm just not sure how to demonstrate my combat abilities." She replied innocently.

"What is that mark on your forehead?" Riker asked.

"Oh yeah. It's my master's special technique, by storing chakra in my forehead I have a potential supply of at least 10x my usual amount of chakra. Using this I can activate my master's technique: The Hundred Hand Seal." Sakura released the seal for a bit, allowing her purple diamond to grow across her skin like purple ribbons until her limbs were covered with them.

"In this form my cells regenerate automatically. Allowing for more risky behavior on the battle field while increasing the power of all my techniques."

Crusher, being the doctor and scientist she was, walked over to Sakura and scanned her further, gasping in shock at what her scans found.

"Remarkable. Her Cell regrowth rate has increased by 200% and her metabolism has also increased by the same amount." Crusher said.

"I am picking up a high level of Theta band energy emanating from the seal. She is putting out enough energy to power one of our shuttles." Data stated.

Naruto smiled at how much awe Sakura was getting. Being the third teammate to him and Sasuke, she was often overlooked when in many ways she was equal in strength to both Naruto and Sasuke. It was nice to see her get the attention she deserves.

"We'll test out both of your combat skills at a later time. This room is far too small to do that." Picard stated.

"Plus if we let Sakura-chan test out her strength she'd blow a hole in the side of the ship." Naruto casually mentioned.

"Amusing joke, Ensign." Riker stated.

"It's not a joke, Sakura's got monster strength." Naruto replied, much to the irate of said monster strengthed kunoichi. "I once saw her rip a mountain in two."

"It was only a plateau..." Sakura blushed.

"After the skills you two have already displayed, I am not surprised super human strength is a factor here." Picard stated.

"But a hole through the side of the ship, sir?" Riker stated.

"That might be a bit of a stretch." Picard said, earning a tick mark from Sakura. "Our ship is made of materials stronger than your world has on hand."

"The hull of the Enterprise can bounce smaller asteroids off of it with little damage. The outer hull is made of several layers of Tritanium and diburnium." Geordi stated.

"Yea, we have no idea what that is." Naruto stated.

"In time you will." Picard stated.

"Well either way, that about sums up our powers." Sakura stated.

"Very good." Picard said as he and the rest of the senior staff stood up. Immediately Sakura and Naruto stood at attention. "As I have said before, I run a tight ship. I have a zero tolerance policy for insubordination. should I find out that either one of you have disobeyed orders, you will both be on a one way trip back home after a formal hearing from Starfleet. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir." They both replied.

"Sakura. During the time you are not performing your body guard duties to me, you will be working in sickbay with Dr Crusher as the ships second doctor. Naruto, you will be on the bridge working closely with Lt. Worf at tactical. During both of your down time, you will be reading and studying Federation history and going over the ships systems and layout. I want you both to know every nook and cranny of this ship. You may use your shadow clones if necessary to explore the ship so long as you can memorize it completely, starting tomorrow after your shift. We do not have a pay system. You work when you are expected to. Federation economics are different than yours, we do not work for a paycheck, we work to better ourselves and others. Do you understand?" Picard asked.

"Um, no actually. Are you saying that we are not getting paid for our time on this ship?" Naruto spoke up, concerned that they had just been tricked into a charity job.

"Lady Tsunade said she would pay us when we get back home, Naruto." Sakura pointed out.

"If you'd like, we can supply you with replicators and medical technology for your village when you leave." Picard stated.

That got the two ninja's attention. Money was money, but the technology here could propel the Leaf forward by hundreds of years.

"Deal."

"Perhaps we could throw in some gold pressed latinum?" Riker suggested to Picard which got the two ninja's attention further.

"10 bars for each year of proper service?" Picard shot back.

"Something like that." Riker said.

"Alright we can do that. So on top of the technology, we'll throw in 50 bars of gold pressed latinum. Latinum is a rare silver liquid used as currency by many worlds, most notably the Ferengi Alliance. Latinum cannot be replicated and the reasons for its rarity are unknown. Latinum is usually suspended within the element gold to produce the currency Gold Pressed Latinum" Picard explained.

"Gold has value back on our planet. How much is that compared to regular gold?" Naruto asked.

"A single bar, going by your worlds currency, equals to about 50 bars of pure gold." Picard explained, to which Naruto and Sakura went slack jawed.

Ryo signs appeared in their eyes. In perfect Naruto fashion, he scooped Sakura up and twirled her around. "WERE GONNA BE RICH, SAKURA-CHAN! HA HAAA!" Sakura couldn't help but whoop along with him. Completely forgetting they were still standing in front of everybody.

"Ahem.." Picard said, trying to get the attention of the two Ensigns.

It didn't work, the two of them were busy figuring out exactly how much their gold would be worth.

"So 2,500 standard gold bars...assuming they use the same sized ingots we use...that comes to about..." Sakura whispered, trying to do the math in her head... "...10 Billion Ryo..."

Picard rolled his eyes. He wasn't going to get anything out of them for a bit. Data on the other hand, pulled out a single bar of gold pressed latinum and showed it to the two ninja's. It was a relatively flat bar compared to their own, however that bar along weighed more than their typical gold bar.

The two Shinobi saw the hold bar and snatched it uo, bulking under the weight, but quickly righting themselves. They turned it over hand in hand while giggling to themselves at how rich they were going to be.

"Are you two finished?" Picard asked with annoyance in his tone.

They looked up at the captain while cradling the gold ingot like their own new born child.

"Oh right, yes, sorry sir." Sakura apologized while handing the gold bar back to the Star fleet captain.

"It is alright. You can do your celebrating back in your quarters." Picard stated to which the two nodded. "You will be expected to arrive at your stations at 0400 hours tomorrow. For now, you are dismissed." Picard stated.

As one, they resumed their stances.

"Sir!" They shouted as they turned on their heels and left the room as per their orders.