To everyone who is reading this right now, I do apologize. This was started a long time ago in an ill-thought out reckless rush of what I like to call 'Fanfic high'. That said, I still am somewhat attracted to the potential this has and as such it is the reason why it has not been abandoned outright. But for now, consider this to be in a 'permanent hiatus' status until I can rewrite this from the ground up.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Naruto or Metroid other than the story.

NARUTO 'ARAN' UZAMAKI

Chapter 1: Samus' Discovery

In the uncharted sector Z17…

A spaceship zooms past the system's sun in the blink of an eye. The ship has incredibly advanced technology, able to move beyond the veils of space and time and assimilate any technology to make it as versatile as possible. The captain of the ship is Samus Aran, intergalactic bounty hunter, or huntress, for the Galactic Federation. At least, she used to be. Actually, she quit the job weeks ago because of what she discovered about her home planet, K-2L…

She had just completed an assassination assignment on the rumored leader of a space pirate project to create their own bounty hunter armada. She secretly hated assassination assignments, but it eased her guilt knowing that it was just some space pirate scum that she eliminated.

When she reached the desk, she handed over the report and began to leave when the secretary stopped her.

"Excuse me, Miss Aran!"

"Yes?"

"The commander would like to see you for a minute in the briefing room."

"Tell him that I've just completed a mission and that I'm going to do the assignment tomorrow."

"But it isn't an assignment, Miss Aran, it's a meeting."

"Well, what's it about?"

Samus fully expected it to be another lecture on unorthodox procedures. However, she was caught off guard for a long half a millisecond (Hey, when every fraction of a second counts, that is a long time) when she heard what it was about.

After looking in both directions for any signs of eavesdroppers with spy like discretion, she opened a private channel to the Orange clad warrior as per regulations for top-secret info. "It's about the space colony K-2L, in the un-"

Samus stopped listening after that and ran towards the briefing room. If this meeting held any information she thought it held, then it would be about time for that long overdue vacation she needed.

When she entered the briefing room, she wasn't surprised to see that it was only herself and her commander there. After all, it was a closely guarded secret that she was the only survivor of the space pirate attack on the colony. Leading a lonely and bloody life, she secretly, but severely, hoped with all her might that there was at least one survivor of the attack.

The Commander stood grimly by the holograph and said in an even grimmer voice, "Samus Aran, S-ranked Bounty Hunter of the Galactic Federation, what I'm about to tell you is under no means necessary to leave this room."

Samus just nodded. After all, if there were survivors of space pirate attack on the colony, the pirates would track them down and tear them to pieces. Not to mention that this was the usual standard bureaucratic procedure he did at every, non-emergency situation he briefed.

"Samus Aran, you were not the only survivor on the attack of the space colony K-2L."

Samus stood alert. With her luck, it probably has something with a wanted criminal, but she hoped with every fiber of her being that it is not the case.

"There was one other survivor of the attack," continued the Commander. "That survivor… was your brother."

Samus froze in a grim understanding. It was a few moments before she could utter the next few words.

"What do you mean was?"

The poor man sighed. "… The colony was not the only form of life on that planet. There was already another civilization inhabiting the planet. The colony had been there for a while and had somehow infiltrated our colony and, err, 'mingled' with our citizens when we discovered this. The civilization was primitive in our sense, but it was understandable, since they had unique abilities… but let us get back to the topic at hand.

When the Pirates attacked the colony, one of the natives grabbed your brother and ran while the others set up an illusion that tricked the invaders into thinking that the colonists were the only form of intelligent life. They did the same to both the Chozo and us when we first arrived. It was not until 12 years ago that our troops were able to evade the illusion and discovered the fate of your brother.

Using the enhanced abilities that were genetically given to him through the 'mingling' of the colonists and the natives, he managed to become the leader of a village known as Konoha. He had been in power for a while when another of the native life forms invaded. The life form, believed to be a giant fox-like being, was so immense and strong, one of its 9 tails demolished a nearby mountain without effort. It wasn't until your brother sealed the beast's life force away that the rampage stopped. Unfortunately, this action ultimately claimed his life."

Samus stood there, numb to the core, rooted to the spot that she was standing in by the news that the only other survivor of the attack on the colony was dead. It wasn't until another part of the briefing hit her that she was able the even breath.

"Did you say, 12 years ago?"

The Commander hesitantly answered the person who single handedly dealt with several Space pirate problems and life-sucking aliens. "Err, yes?"

"About the same time my mentors signed me up for the academy?"

"M-M-M-maybe…?"

The commander, in a matter of seconds, was being chased throughout the ship by one psychotic, enraged bounty hunter.

Samus: "WHAT THE F # * * DO YOU MEAN 12 YEARS AGO?! YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT I AT LEAST WASN'T THE ONLY ONE, YOU A # $ $ * ^ & ^! FOR ALL OF MY LIFE, I THOUGHT THAT I WAS THE ONLY D # $ # ONE WHO SURVIVED! BUT NOW, 12 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, YOU TELL ME THAT I HAD A BROTHER? GIVE ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T THROW YOU'RE A % % OUT THE AIRLOCK!"

The Commander desperately yelled in mid-pant yelled, "Because he had a son!"

Samus froze in mid-step.

"What?" she asked incredulously.

"Your brother has a son, who's alive right now on the planet," the poor idiot said between wheezes. "I will arrange-"

"For some time off?! Thanks, but no thanks, because I QUIT, YOU DUMBA & &!"

Before the Commander could object, Samus stormed off the base ship. 2 days later, she turned in her resignation papers and flew off to the mostly uncharted sector Z17 to see the nephew she never knew she had.

Samus now had only one thing on her mind at this point: to get to the planet to meet the only family she had left: her nephew.