I Do Not Own Naruto Or Star Wars the Clone Wars

XxX

(Kamino Clone Training Area)

Prototype DC-17m IWS in hand, Clone Commando PX-6, self-named Naruto in honor of the storms on his home planet, but in mind only, blasted two B-1 Battle Droids as the floor raised up underneath them trying to give them the high ground before diving behind a barrier as the turrets on the Citadel tower fired at him.

Raising his DC-17, he changed it to the grenade launcher variant and fired at the tower taking out three of the top four center guns with one shot.

With the turrets out of commission he vaulted over the short wall he was using as cover and sprinted up the ramp on the far right wall his DC -17 now in the assault rifle mode and raining blue bolts of lasers down on the enemy droids.

Eight blue blaster bolts and four droids later the left side of the training field was clear and he was moving for the Citadel taking the lowest wall in two leaps, once to reach the halfway point and another to clear the wall something normal clones could only dream of doing they would have had to scramble up the triangular bollards.

Now on the second level of the field, Naruto stood directly under the middle line of turrets. The left and right side couldn't turn far enough to hit him and the only working gun left in the middle couldn't fire straight down either. He was in the blind spot he had created with his grenade launcher.

Pulling the Ascension cable from his belt he pushed the grapple hook into the barrel of his blaster and fired up holding tight as his feet left the ground and he was dragged past the broken turrets.

XxX

(Viewing Platform)

"He's not like the others." Nala Se said as she and the Prime Minister observed the only functioning Null-class Commando in the training room.

The Battle Droids Lord Tyrannus had supplied to test their clone army hadn't been able to match Jango Fett when he had taken advantage of his rights to use the room so they weren't surprised that a genetically enhanced clone of said man tore through the droids with ease.

Of course, Tyrannus had only given them access to the weakest Droids he had at his disposal to keep the mystery of the looming war alive. Or so he said.

Nala Se didn't like that man. But as long as he was proving funding to expand and research their science she would supply him with his war machines. Or rather supply the Republic with theirs.

"And the failed prototypes?" Prime Minister Lama Su asked as the single working prototype took the Citadel for the third time in a row.

"They are still only listening to their father." Nala Se sneered at the words she was being forced to speak. She had wanted the failures of NUll-class to be terminated, wiped from existence. Instead, they were being trained by a veteran Mandolarian who could have been helping train the Alpha-class ARCS.

Lama Su hummed thoughtfully. "They will still serve the Republic, and the Senate will still pay for them. It will not be our concern any longer."

"I do not think it will be anyone's concern for long, Prime Minister. There is a rumor going around that thousand's of Commando Clones died in the first battle of the war."

Lama Su and Nala Se swiveled their long necks to look at the third man on the viewing platform.

A member of the Kage Warriors from planet Quarzite. The only one they were able to bribe to come help train the clones.

"Or rather, a clone." Lama Su thought as he watched the pale shadow fighter lean over the railing of the platform as Clone Trooper PX-6 started the Citadel training program again.

"You've trained him well Kakashi," Lama Su praised. "Will you-"

Kakashi shook his head, pale striking yellow eyes resembling a Sith turning on the Kaminoans. "No, my time here is done. Kage Warriors only take one student. You knew this when you hired me."

"So we did." Lama Su agreed nodding his head before turning back to PX-6. "If you are not training more clones and are not a member of the Grand Army of the Republic I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

"Of course, Prime Minister." Kakashi bowed to the two Kaminoans and left the platform. He had known this was coming as well and his ship was already prepared for his departure. Saying goodbye to his student would have been nice but the Kaminoans had around a million reasons for him not to ignore their request.

XxX

(Training Area)

Standing on top of the Citadel the winner pole now green in one hand and blaster in the other Naruto turned his visor to the Kaminoans watching him and nodded to them as he set the pole back in place.

"PX-6," Nala Se said over the intercom system in the room. "You training is done for the day, report to Lab 66."

"Yes, ma'am," Naruto said through his helmet comms as his creators walked from the viewing platform and disappeared into the cloning facility.

As soon as the doors closed behind them Naruto shoulders sagged, not even enough for the cameras to catch but to him, it was the weight of the world being lifted from his shoulder.

"Just a few more days." He thought as the training room shut down and the tower lowered back to the ground.

Ten years he had spent acting the part of the obedient clone, he could hold out for a few more days.

The Clone Wars were already underway and tens of thousands of his brothers had already been killed. He didn't know why he hadn't been sent out yet but with the way things were going it should be soon.

Naruto dropped the last two feet before the tower got to the floor and walked the length of the training room to the exit doors on the side of the room.

He wasn't going to desert the Republic or go rogue on his first mission or anything like that, he still wanted to serve and fight for justice but he needed to get away from the Kaminoans. He was in way too deep now to stay on Kamino.

The longer he stayed the more chances there were for the Kaminoans to find out about his deceit and they wouldn't let a Clone who had deceived them for a decade continue to live.

He would be terminated.

Which was ironic considering he had only lied so he wouldn't be terminated.

Overhearing the people who created you say that all failed prototypes would be terminated would make anyone lie. No one wanted to die after all. And how was he supposed to know some Mandalorian warrior would get the Kaminoans to agree to let him train their defective models?

Taking off his helmet as he walked the winding halls of the cloning facility Naruto ran a hand through his regulation cut hair. Things were getting too dicey to stick around any longer.

Lama Su and Nala Se had been paying more attention to him lately and he hadn't seen Kakashi in days but given the Kage Warrior wasn't part of the Republic he had most likely been kicked off the planet and back to the outer rim.

Which was a shame because he would have like to say good bye since he'd always known Kakashi wouldn't stick around so he had prepared himself for the departure of the only trainer he had that he would call a friend. The Kage even knew his secret and had kept it for the five years he had known.

"PX-6, this way."

Naruto stopped as Lama Su appeared in a doorway to Lab 1-11.

He frowned. No clone had been allowed in Lab-1-11, it was for Kaminoans only. Or at least that's what he had heard. Now, he wasn't one to listen to rumors or gossip but rumors always sprouted and grew from seeds of truth. And you had to be wary because you never knew what was lie and what was truth.

"Yes, Sir." He said following after the cloner. Not like he could have said no anyway so there was no point in delaying whatever was about to happen.

Walking into the lab he immediately knew it wasn't an actual research laboratory. While the room was the same sterile white as the other labs in the facility this room was small.

"Really small." He thought as Nala Se who was waiting inside motioned for him to lay on the only bed in the room.

Like a good clone, he did as told and handed his helmet to one of the two clone guards in the room and lied down on the bed his head ending up right in front of a gray medical droid that was holding a rather intimidating needle.

"PX-6, due to your exemplary training scores you have been chosen to undertake a rather...delicate mission for the senate." Lama Su said as the medical droid grabbed Naruto's head with two of its four hands and used a third to stick him with the needle.

"Ughh!" Gasping Naruto's head jerked while the two Kaminoans watched in wonder as the face that they had seen millions of bulged and cracked as it changed before them.

Naruto who was writhing on the table in agony before the clone guards rushed him and held him down shot straight up on the bed easily knocking away the two clones with his enhanced strength.

Back and legs at a stiff ninety-degree angle he held his face in his hands barely holding back the urge he had to grab one of the scientists by their overly long neck and squeeze until he felt better. "Kriff, that hurt!"

"Facial Transformation complete." The medical droid beeped rolling away. Naruto shot it a quick glare out the corner of his eye.

"Here, Commander." Nala Se held out a mirror for Naruto to see into. "Until a further time, this will be your new face."

"So blunt." Naruto would have sweatdropped if he wasn't so on edge. Looking away from the droid he glanced into the mirror and despite all his training, he gasped in shock.

"I..." He didn't have words.

In the mirror where a clone of Jango Fett should have been looking back at him, dark eyes, hair, and skin he saw a lighter toned bright blue eyed blonde man staring back at him. He didn't resemble his brothers at all.

"Sir," One of the clone guards he had tossed away handed him his helmet and Naruto slipped it on hiding his new face.

He had been trained to read body language and the two clones while not vocal about it were just as uncomfortable as he was with his new look.

"Ah, it seems the operation was a success." Chancellor Palpatine's face appeared above one of the projection tables in the room. "Nama Su, if you would?"

"Of course, Chancellor." Nama Su inclined his head and then to Naruto's confusion, everyone cleared the room leaving him alone to talk to the Chancellor. The leader of the entire Republic.

Sliding from the bed he stood before the hologram and fell into the at ease stance, legs spread shoulder width apart and arms crossed behind him back.

"Sir."

"Clone Commando, PX dash Six. No name?" Palpatine asked curiously. He had heard from Dooku only one of the Null-class Commando's functioned correctly. Even better than the Standard Clones who at the behest of their Jedi generals gave each other names.

"No, sir," Naruto answered promptly with the lie. Other clones had names but he figured if he was already lying about being obedient he might as well go for the gold.

"Very well, PX-6, your mission is of the utmost importance." Another holo picture came into existence next to Palpatine's head.

Naruto recognized her immediately from his training about high profile targets the CIS might attack.

"There has been a bounty placed on Senator Amidala's head. The Jedi do not believe it comes from Count Dooku as he would take credit for such a dastardly thing. Padme is one of the many faces of the Republic," Palpatine stopped to gather his thoughts and Naruto frowned underneath his helmet.

He understood the Chancellor cared for those he worked with, that's why so many people liked him but he was also a leader and a leader needed to know when to set aside such feelings.

"I have acquired transportation for you that will take you to Teth." Palpatine paused again and seemed to consider his next words. "I...Do not have experience in kidnappings and this mission is too important to risk telling others, we can't take the chance of it getting out and Padme being put in more danger."

Naruto waited patiently as the Chancellor continued.

"I'm getting side tracked, My apologies. On Teth you will be given free reign of the Pablos Pawn shop Republic troops seized. I don't have all the details but these shops seem to be a galaxy wide web of black market shops criminals use. Ships, weapons, droids, anything that has been confiscated is at your disposal." Palpatine let out a long heavy sigh.

"Kidnap Senator Amidala and find out who is paying for this bounty. Then eliminate them."

"Yes, sir." Naruto's arm shot out from behind his back and into a crisp salute.

Palpatine's hologram nodded with a smile. "Good, one week from today there will be a Senate meeting. After these meetings, Padame meets General Skywalker in the garden of the Senate building. Her guards are given breaks during this time, force inhibitor cuffs will be waiting for you in the shop. Only use them if you have to, Commander. Anakin is still a Jedi after all. I wish you the best of luck, trooper."

"Thank you, sir." Naruto held his salute until the Chancellors connection cut and the hologram vanished. "

Kidnap a Senator from the heart of the Republic and take a Jedi down in the process." He thought incredulously, shaking his head.

The Senator he could handle. It was what he had been trained for as a special forces operative.

In training, though it was infiltrating enemy territory and kidnapping enemy high ranking officers. Not allies. But he knew Coruscant and the other Republic Planets like the back of his hand. Hours and hours in front of holo-maps assured that.

No, his problem was the Jedi. All the cadets talked about the growing legend of the 501st under the Command of General Skywalker.

He was confident in his skills, he was a clone of the Jedi hunter Jango Fett after all, but running the simulations and going up against the real deal were two very different situations.

"Sir,"

Dragged from his thoughts Naruto swiveled his head looking at the clone standing in the doorway.

"I'm to escort you to the hangar bay, sir." The clone said stiffly.

"Not even a good nights sleep." Naruto sighed but nodded to his fellow clone. It wasn't like he could refuse.

"Lead the way, trooper."

XxX

(Next Day, Planet Teth)

"Well, that's not suspicious at all," Naruto said to himself as he steered the Eta-class shuttle he had been loaned for the duration of his mission towards the abandoned settlement of a dozen run down wooden huts.

Landing his shuttle in the center of the town Naruto left the engine run as he couldn't sense or pick up any other life forms with his helmets radar and flicked the switch above the controls to open the shuttle door in the rear.

How bounty hunters thought that the tallest Mesa in the desert made for a good place to set up shop was beyond him but at least their stupidity was worth something other than making innocent lives harder than they needed to be.

Standing from the pilot's seat he walked the short length of the shuttle and his visor adjusted as he walked down the ramp and into the sun. He couldn't feel the heat thanks to his armor but given the heat waves he could see in the distance, he was struck again with thoughts of why anyone would make this place a base.

It obviously wasn't hidden and it wasn't comfortable. It was like whoever owns the Pablo pawn shops picked the worst possible place to make money and built a bounty hunter town in that spot.

"Ah, maybe that's why." The old hiding in plain sight.

No one would think anyone would be dumb enough to build a base here and so they might not check actually making it the perfect place to hide. It might have been ingenious.

But Naruto saw the crudely carved wooden PPS sign hanging from the smallest but nicest building that looked like it didn't belong in the hovel and decided that there wasn't a grand scheme going on. The man in charge was just an idiot who obviously wanted to be noticed. "And he got it considering this place has been seized by the Republic."

Marching up to the building he opened the front door ignoring the jingling bell above his head and whistled as he saw the inside of the building. It looked like a grocery mart if you ignored the weapons of death lining the shelves instead of food.

"Well, time to go shopping."

XxX

(Coruscant, Chancellor's Office)

"Are you sure this is still the wisest choice? We are putting Senator Amidala in danger. Wouldn't it be better to have her in on this plan, Master Jedi?" Palpatine asked his grandfatherly concern radiating outwards.

Opposite to the Chancellor clad in his brown robes and armor, Mace Windu let his annoyance flow into the force. The Republic was at war, now was not the time for the Chancellor to let his emotions guide him.

"We are already at war with the Separatists who want Senator Amidala out of the picture. More enemies are something we can not afford to have, Chancellor. This is the fastest way to make sure the senator is safe."

"Very well, I will leave it to the Jedi to make sure our operative is not...compromised."

Master Windu nodded and stood from his chair leaving the room. With his back turned he never saw the polite smile on the Chancellors face fade into a twisted smirk.

"With Anakin near Padme when she is kidnapped and the Jedi Council responsible for such a mission. He will blame them for the danger his wife is in and they won't even know it." Palpatine could have laughed in joy at how fast the Jedi seemed to be pushing Anakin to him.

It was too easy. The Jedi were doing all the work for him. All he had to do was wait and watch the pieces of the plan he had devised fall into place.

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