Chapter 1: The Return
A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Coruscant. Considered the crown jewel of the galaxy for hundreds of thousands of centuries, this planet has been the base of operations for the Republic and the Jedi Order for millenia. If one were to enter orbit of this worldwide city, one would encounter thousands of hovercars, and hundreds of thousands of spaceships, ranging in all sizes and shapes, and from every part of the galaxy.
Suddenly appearing out of hyperspace, a freighter, bearing many dents, scorch marks, and patch jobs hobbled into regular space. Jedi Knight Revan Namikaze looked at the now smoldering remains of her control pannel. The damn thing blew up right as she was entering lightspeed. From there, it was a 3 hour hellride filled with near misses and one clusterfuck after the next. If she hadn't received a warning through the Force, she would have been sitting right at the controls and would have been severely injured, if not killed.
She allowed the ships emergency systems to kick in, putting the controls on autopilot before heading to the main hold where she accessed the remaining systems from the control pannel there. "Times like this I miss the Ebon Hawk. Such a reliable little ship," she thought sighing. "From the looks of this diagnostic, this ship will not last much longer. If I can't get to my destination soon, I may need to land somewhere and conduct repairs. Otherwise, she'll literally fall apart at the seams. The next jump to lightspeed would tear this thing apart like a rancor tears apart a Gamorrean."
Revan sighed again. She hadn't aged a day in four thousand years. "Not even the masters knew that being a Solarian meant an extended lifespan of THIS magnitude." While she missed her homeworld, it had been destroyed long ago while she had still been a child, so her ties to the planet weren't as strong as others would be.
Checking the systems, she saw her ship was coming up on the ancient planet of Coruscant.
"Thank the Force for small favors." she thought. It had taken her some time to find a useable ship out beyond the Outer Rim, and unfortunately, this one had been the best she could find. The others were piles of scrap, and were beyond even her ability to repair. As it was, this one had been barely salvageable, but she hand managed. She'd been forced into hiding for nearly one thousand years, and now the Force was calling her back to the known galaxy, to make her return to the Jedi.
"And who am I to question the will of the Force."
Shaking her head again, she thought back to all the things she had learned amongst the most unique world she had ever encountered. "My time on the world with ninja was...interesting. I learned a lot of things there. So many things that we Jedi, and even the Sith, had no clue even existed. So many useful...Jutsu, was it? Yes, so many useful Jutsu that I couldn't even begin to count."
With that thought, Revan formed a simple cross seal and focused her chakra. "Tajuu, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
A puff of smoke later, and five identical copies of Revan were in the room. "Alright, as you know, the main control panel is shot to hell. We need to jury-rig it just enough for us to land. I want you two to get to it." She pointed at two of the clones. She then looked at another pair. "You two check the hyperdrive. It was belching smoke and shaking violently when we made the last jump."
The four clones nodded and went to their tasks.
"What about me, Boss?" The last clone asked. Revan turned to it. "You get to check our weapon supplies." She said. The one that got weapons nodded. "And what are you going to be doing while we're all busy?"
Revan paused, then sighed. It seemed like she couldn't stop nowadays. This was one side effect she hated with the Kage Bunshin. The clones had the ability to utilize independent thought when they needed (or wanted) to. "Me?...I'm going to check on Naruto." She said, a catch in her voice.
The clone paused at that, a melancholy look appearing on it's face. "He's going to be fine. The stasis pod was working fine when you last checked it." The clone said.
Revan shook her head. "I just hope after all these years, the medical facilities haven't stagnated on Coruscant. It's been several thousand years, after all."
The clone watched her go, a sad look on it's face as it went about it's task. "Two immortal beings, and yet he's being destroyed by an unknown poison, strong enough to give his regenerative powers a problem." The clone said sadly. "He'll make it Revan. He's too stubborn not to. The love you two share...the trials and tests you've been through...it's too important to him to give up without a fight." The clone said before getting back to work.
Revan entered the medical bay and stopped before the stasis pod. Her hand reached out, and touched the glass over the occupants face. He had whisker like marks on his tanned skin and long spiky blond hair. His crystal blue eyes were closed as she studied him, like she had done millions of times since she first met him.
"Hey there." She said softly, caressing the pod and wishing it was him instead. "We're coming up on Coruscant. I wish you were awake to see it." Revan stopped, her hand still resting on the glass. "Its been a long month, love. I've missed you so much."
Revan looked at her husband, her eyes taking in his features. "I don't care what the new council has to say. I'll make sure you're better. We can head out. I can show you worlds and wonders of the galaxy, the wonders of my home, just like you've shown me yours all those years ago."
Revan reached out with the Force and felt him, felt him fighting the poison in his system, a battle to live.
She didn't touch him in the force, for she knew he needed his full attention, even in stasis to keep the poison back.
"I won't lose you Naruto Namikaze. I can't lose you." She said the last part softly.
"You have been my light, my life, my sanity." She thought looking at the pod's occupant.
"Hey, boss?"
She turned to see a shadow clone standing there covered in soot and sporting a grin. "We rigged the console. Best thing would be to scrap this ship after we land. We can't do anything more with it."
Revan nodded. She appreciated the report being verbal, rather than the clone dissipating and her getting the mental lowdown. Naruto had warned her that she could get a headache if she dispelled too many too fast. Despite the fact that she got the information anyways, she preferred the verbal report after all the years of being a general in the Republic.
"Good job, as always." Revan said, and the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke. She sighed, getting the information, then turned to look at the stasis pod once more.
"You'll be better soon, love. I'll be waiting for you."
With one last look, she turned and left.
Entering the atmosphere, Revan, despite telling herself that things would be different, was somewhat surprised at how much Coruscant had grown in four thousand years.
"And yet, some things remain the same." she thought, spotting the Jedi Temple and the Senate buildings. "Four thousand years, and not a block has changed, nor a statue moved. It's exactly the way I left it when I went to war."
Checking her readings on her jury-rigged panel, she plotted the course and brought the ship in. Activating the communication array, she grimmaced as several hundred years of feedback squealed into her ears before clearing up. "Jedi Temple, this is Freighter 0107613 requesting immediate emergency landing clearance and a medical team on hand. I repeat, this is Freighter 0107613 requesting immediate landing clearance. "
There was a brief pause, during which the transmission was relayed to the tower. "Freighter 0107613, this is Jedi Temple Control, say again?"
"I have a poisoned person on board in stasis. I need a healer. Now I need those bay doors opened NOW. This ship isn't going to hold together much longer." Revan transmitted her old codes, and was surprised to see the doors opening. "Clearance granted, 0107613. I will send an emergency medivac team to meet you at the landing bay." "Guess they never got around to removing my codes from the docking lists. Thank you, Kami." She thought as she brought the freighter in, the ship groaning as she fired the retro-rockets and activated the landing gear.
The hanger was nearly deserted, and she thanked the Force for that. The ship landed, and she heard the landing gear groan and squeal in protest. She powered the systems down, watching them spark and flicker before dying altogether, and went to the boarding ramp. Hitting the release, she then went to the medbay and prepared the stasis pod for movement. She used the cargo loader, and was at the bottom of the ramp before she was met by several Jedi, one wearing Healer's robes.
"Hey, what's up?" She greeted, instantly regretting her choice of words. "I've been around Naruto way too long." she thought.She saw their quizzical looks, and grinned sheepishly.
"What was he poisoned by?" the healer asked, foregoing formalities over the health of a patient in distress.
"I'm not sure what it's called. It was tailor-made to put someone like him out of commission. I managed to get a sample of it before we got out of there." She handed a vial to the healer.
The healer motioned to a pair of Padawans. "Get this stasis pod to the medical center. Do not open it."
They nodded, and rushed it to the turbolift. Revan sighed, and moved to follow.
"A moment please." She stopped, turning to see several Jedi, who were by the look of it members of the Jedi Council.
"Yes, a moment, if you will. A few questions, have we, about your security codes."
Revan blinked, seeing a being that reminded her of Master Vandar. "In all the years I've lived, all the worlds I've traveled, and all the species I've met, I have only encountered Master Vandar before and never his like."
"I can answer a few, but I would like to check on my husband." She said, immediately noticing their reaction. Some faces were twisted in confusion, others simply had eyebrows raised in question.
"Identification, we need. The code you used to open the hanger, long unused has it been. How you know this code, puzzling it is."
The little trog isn't dumb.
"My name is Revan Namikaze. My rank is that of Jedi Knight. Identification number 007364036."
The tall one next to the little green one was black, bald and had the air of a Jedi Master. He was holding a datapad, and entered the information as she presented it to them.
"Her identification confirms…she's-wait a minute..." he paused and his eyes widened. "Impossible!"
Revan smiled. "Yes, your records do not lie. I'm over four thousand years old. I bet the Trog here is several centuries under his belt."
The olive green skinned alien gave a bow of his head at that. "Now, if you do not mind, much the council has to ask you, Knight Revan. "
"After I've confirmed my husband's health, I will answer your questions. Sorry if I come across as rude or harsh, Masters, but where my mate is concerned, I don't have the patience to deal with much. You want my history…dig through the archives like a Padawan." She smiled at that. With a slight bow to them she hurried to the lift, leaving a group of bewildered Jedi.
"Married? Master, you told me we could not marry, or even have relations of that sort with another individual." one Obi-Wan Kenobi asked, looking at his master Qui Gon Jinn in shock.
"Knight Revan, raised in the old code she was. Rules and restrictions, changed they have, since she's been here last." Master Yoda said, his eyes following the black robed woman's journey to the turbolift.
"Revan? As in the Revanistic code?" Obi-Wan asked.
Mace Windu wordlessly handed Qui Gon the datapad.
"Solarian?" the Jedi Master asked in surprise, seeing her home world and race displayed on the datapad.
"Wiped out long ago, they were. A terrible tragedy, indeed. Revan, the last of her kind, she is." Yoda said, a hint of sadness in his voice.
"How long can they live?" Obi-Wan asked confused.
"Unless slain, immortal they are." Yoda said. "Sith Lord Exar Kun, during his reign of terror, tried to end their existence, he did. As a child, Revan, the soul survivor, she was."
"You seem to know a lot about Knight Revan. Care to share how you know or came upon all of this?" Qui Gon peering up from the entry in the datapad.
Yoda chuckled, "My ways, I have. Live as long as I do, and secrets, you uncover. Revealed, it all will be, with time." He then hobbled off, leaving a bewildered Mace, amused Qui-Gon, confused Obi-Wan, and a dilapidated freighter in the empty hanger.
Okay. Ch. 1 is complete. Just to let you all know, I had asked, and have been given permission to do a Split-Verse version of the story Ero Slacker Micha's writing. I will say it now: I do not own Star Wars, Naruto, or any of ESM's work. They all belong to their respective owners. I take credit only for the ideas that pop into my head, nothing more. That being said, I don't want to hear anyone saying, "You stole ESM's work!", or, "That's copyright infringement!" I will be making this story as close to cannon as possible (Naruto and Star Wars), while following ESM's storyline to an extent. I will be making adjustments as I see fit, and adding/taking away things to try and improve the story. Once again, I OWN NOTHING! I liked, and still like, ESM's version. I just wanted to write a version of my own, and not get burned at the stake for it, lol. Anyway, if you like it, thank you. I do try hard to make the story as best as I can. If not, don't read it. Nuff said.
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