Chapter Summary: Naruto, the survivor of the Estean Trials (where only one was chosen to be trained as Sith), goes to Korriban where the Sith Academy is. He befriends Kory and discovers a power he never thought he had.

Chapter One - Slave

"Get up, slaves. We've arrived to Korriban."

Naruto's blue eyes looked up from the darkness of the corner he put himself in. He was with a redheaded girl who he took to protecting from the much tougher guys. She leaned half into the shadows to stay close to him, which only seemed to attract the attention of the other slaves. The only thing that held them back from attacking outright was the Sith Lord that was on the transport ship with them.

It only took a moment before the red lights turned on, taking away the blonde's source of darkness. His features were revealed, and what was shown is none too pleasant. Along his jawline were cybernetics implanted into him and the skin under his right eye was replaced with metal. The right side from his forehead to jaw were scarred from burns and electrical currents. His once luminous blue eyes in the dark became steel-blue color.

Grimacing, the blonde boy stood up as the ship rattled. He was the only one among the slaves able to stand while the others wavered and nearly fell to the floor. His eyes turned to the girl with him, Kory. She was a young girl with mid-length red hair and blue eyes. The right side of her face had a few scratch marks and a bruise from a slave wanting to get a few shots on a weaker rival. The attacker won't have a second chance now since he was killed by Naruto. Despite being from a different world, they had the same organ placement as any other.

It amused Naruto how much determination the girl had and the fire in her soul still burned. It kept him from becoming anything like the others around him. Especially after what happened on his planet.

He came from a planet the Outsiders called 'Estea' along a newly-coordinated hyperspace route. His planet, naturally rich in resources, became overrun with these Sith and occupied. After opposition was quickly wiped out with their futuristic weapons, people below the age of twenty-two were gathered to Sith ships and taken to a station where they were examined by Sith Lords. They were determined to have the Force going through them before being put with other slaves to be brought to Korriban, a training planet for future Sith.

During the opposition, Naruto was in one of the military villages Konoha. Since he was born of a burden, something a Dark Lord called 'a Force-beast', he was seen as a tribute to these invaders. It became quickly apparent that they wouldn't be persuaded from occupying the planet and battle broke out. One of the ninja, his planet's military force, used him as a shield against one of the Sith Lord's attacks. Lightning burned the right side of his face, and an explosion from one of the soldier's weapon severely harmed his jaw and right cheek.

He was recovered from the same Sith Lord who used the lightning on him and cybernetics replaced the damage parts of his skin. His bone was healed and skin replaced with strong metal. His cheek was covered by a flexible metal cover that went over his stitched cheek. He was treated differently because of the Force-Beast he held inside and was given time to research the Sith and the Force.

But he was to go through everything like everyone else, and the fact he was still a slave didn't change. The Sith Lord with them was a trusted man, who showed respect to Naruto because of the treatment he endured on Estea, which was revealed in a holo to the Dark Council.

Naruto extended his hand to Kory just as the door opened and smiled slightly. "Come on."

Kory smiled back and grabbed his hand before being pulled to her feet.

Naruto led the girl at the back of the group, each of them getting out two or three at a time. Stopping at the door, the Sith Lord, a Sith Pureblood face emerging from the shadows, slipped a cube in his hand. Naruto gave a questioning glance before exiting the ship. The first thing he felt was heat, something that he would have felt from the deserts of Suna, before he saw the red formations of a valley. The few buildings were black metal among the sand, and some making pathways to access the many caves.

Slowly making his way forward while looking at the planet, he was suddenly shoved to the side and he was able to turn to see a shorter robed man making his way to the building. Sighing, Naruto led Kory into the building where a redhaired man was talking.

"Spindrall is a hermit who lives in the tomb of Ajunta Pall. That man's a lunatic, but his view his held highly to Lord Zash. He will test you and give his impressions on you to Lord Zash. If you fail, you will die. Once he has tested you, you will go to the Sith Academy. Go, now!"

Naruto gave a look at the man before leaving with the rest of the acolytes. Once outside the building, he glanced at the group that looked at him with enough intent of harm that it would have scared a lesser being. However, he was born in a war on his planet and these people held no experience of actual battle to give off a terrifying aura. With a roll of the shoulders, Naruto slowly made his way down the stairs.

"They sure don't like you, huh?" Kory gave an airy laugh as she walked beside the blonde. Her attempt at trying to lighten the mood failed horribly, but Naruto was still grateful for it.

"I don't blame them. I'm from a new planet, and my people isn't the most technologically advanced. I'm practically a neanderthal to them." Naruto gave a laugh, one that easily lightened Kory and his mood.

However, it was interrupted by a nightmarish shriek that came from the tomb. A human man came running from one of the tombs with a large worm-like creature skittering after him. It didn't take long for it to catch up, and once it did it's round mouth - which replaced its head - latched onto the man's leg where its many teeth tore into the flesh and muscle. The man gave out a yell as he fell to the ground, dropping his weapon. He reached for it but was dragged back and screamed once more when the creature took a chunk from his side. Blood escaped onto the sand, and the man's screams got weaker before finally stopped when the creature ate his head.

Naruto watched as the body was slowly eaten, one body part at a time, before it turned to them. "Oh? That looked like a filling meal already, ugly. You sure you want to attack me?"

The alien creature gave another shriek as it charged him and Kory. Naruto's eyes narrowed before his hand latched onto the training blade he and the other slaves were given. As soon as the creature made it to them, he brought the dull blade down and cut into its neck. Ignoring the painful shriek, he brought the blade up and back down and cut through the rest of the animal. Green blood stained the sand once the head fell to the ground.

Snapping the blade to the side to get rid of the blood, Naruto looked at Kory. The young girl looked at him in shock, he eyes widen and blue eyes dancing in surprise. "How-How did you learn to fight like that?"

"My world was in a war when the Sith discovered us. I, like all children on my world, were trained to fight since we were eight." Naruto absently looked at the creature's corpse before turning away. "Come, we should find this Spindrall guy."

Naruto and Kory entered the tomb entrance in front of them and descended into the cavern. He was shocked to see more of those insectoid creatures running around attack the acolytes that are sent on their trials. Those that couldn't defend themselves were gruesomely killed by both small and big K'lor'slug, if what that soldier frantically called them is right. Taking out his weapon, he turned to his companion and looked her over briefly. "Grab your weapon. We'll more than likely have to fight our way to Spindrall."

Kory nodded and grabbed her weapon before following the blonde through the mess. She barely had to do anything as he was easily killing both K'lor'slug and rogue slave alike with either his weapon or bolts of lightning from his fingertips. His face showed complete focus and that of one who has been through this before, something that didn't surprise her much. She didn't expect all world's to be peaceful when discovered but to be trained as a soldier at eight? Only Mandalorians follow such a system.

Naruto slashed at a slave that tried to attack him and glanced at Kory. She looked back at him before striking at a slave that went for his blaster pistol. He snorted to himself with a smile before looking around the room. There were three corridors, not including the one they came through, and no sign of which way Spindrall was. He listened quietly for a sound that might hint to it and not long he was awarded a scream to the right.

"Sounds like the correct way," Naruto joked, walking right and then left as the scream started to die down. As he descended the stairs to a large tomb room, he was amused to see the body of one of the slaves from on the ship with him; specifically, it was the blonde-haired human that bragged about becoming the most fearsome Sith Lord in history. And now he was a charred corpse on the stone ground.

"Funny," Naruto muttered with a small smirk before walking past the body and up the stairs to a coffin where a robed man meditated with a red mist around his head.

"Ah, welcome to my personal hole, Estean. I was waiting to meet you as soon as I felt your presence enter the atmosphere." Getting up, the old man turned around to show red eyes and a pale face. Black veins showed around his eyes and a blonde beard covered his lower face. "You are here for your trial I assume, yes? To listen to a feeble old man in a tomb."

"Even feeble old men in tombs can share wisdom to those who need and deserve it." Naruto shrugged it off, remembering a certain hermit on his own planet.

Spindrall gave a brief moment of shock before schooling his features once more and looked at Kory. "Yes, and you decide to travel with weak people. I have advice on your choices but I won't share them."

"Good, I wouldn't listen to it anyway." Naruto responded, looking back at Kory. "Training will fix anything that she lacks in, and at least I can trust her to not stab me in the back like others will do."

"Mmm," Spindrall hummed in response, his eyes looking carefully at the blonde. "Interesting. I believe the truth in your words, but I will test your strength to hold them. The best way to learn of someone is through battle. Go down these steps without your companion. She will stay up here."

Naruto nodded and turned to the stops, only brushing his hand over Kory's shoulder before walking downstairs. He was met with the robed apprentices that were training and meditating. Hmm, so this is his test. Fine. Bring your best at me.

Grabbing his blade, he grinned at his aggressors and halted their movement. "Come on, give me a good exercise."

One of the apprentices to his right let out a stream of lightning from his hand, which Naruto stepped back to let hit one of the other apprentices. A scream escaped the man's flesh before he fell to the ground twitching and smoking. The others grabbed their training blades before rushing at Naruto, who grabbed his own weapon. Each strike they sent was blocked with his blade, and they were rebounded back from the sudden force blocking them.

Suddenly, Naruto struck with his own blade and cut the chest of one of the apprentices before kicked them back. The apprentice landed with a crack against the stone wall and fell on a training dummy, his form not moving from whether he was dead or unconscious. The shock from the others was enough time for Naruto to channel lightning around his arms where he let it out, effectively hurting his opponents. They screamed for a while as the electrical currents washed over their body, burning each and every sensory spot on their body.

Soon, it all ended when Naruto felt they were no longer a problem. Looking at the damage he caused, he turned and made his way back up the stairs. He was surprised to see Spindrall looking on with a sense of...horror? His eyes were wide and his mouth open trying to form some coherent question. "I...I've never felt power like that through the Force before. Where others create the Force through will or feeling, you simply command it. You wanted lightning to cover your arms...and it served you. But...there is a strong entity within you...one strongly pulling on the Force."

"Ah, that's the Force-Beast that was put within me. I was chosen as a toddler to wield its power and was outcasted for it." Naruto shrugged it off like it was nothing. "The Sith Lords that took my planet said it was a collected mass of the Force given manifestation and sentient thought. They suspected with the correct ritual, the entity could be absorbed into me and mend into one."

Spindrall's eyes slowly went back to normal before he was looking with a sense of respect. "So, not just any slave but one that could be stronger than any acolyte on this planet. I give my approval, and that of your companion. I will also tell the Dark Council of this development. Now, begone."

Naruto bowed before motioning for Kory to follow him. Once they were almost at the top of the steps leading outside Spindrall's tomb, he smiled and looked at Kory. "Now, that wasn't so hard. I was expecting something a bit more challenging."

Kory gave a weak smile while her thoughts followed something different.

What have I gotten myself into?

Any who wonder of the current condition of Naruto's planet (Estea) is, it doesn't have chakra. The only variant that will be evident is from the shamans, who are the only ones that can 'seal' the Biju/Force-Beasts. I wanted to do a Naruto/StarWars story but a lot of writers block stop me from getting any kind of story going. So, I borrowed the Sith Inquisitor storyline. It won't be the same, just this chapter to tell the truth. The next ones will NOT follow SWTOR canon, necessarily. Please, review and be a (good) critic on my work. Thank you!