So, here's another chapter! xD WAAHHH I do hope you enjoy.

BTW: I am fixing the star wars timeline to fit the story so, I am sorry if some things don't match or fit with the canon timeline. This is a fanfiction after all, so it's supposed to deviate from the canon right? So please, don't school me on Star Wars history, I probably know it better than you (I'm kidding)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Star Wars


Chapter Three: Mos Eisley

The Exiled Arc

Part III of IV

The ship sped through space at a great pace making Kakashi lose himself in his thoughts. Especially when they all trailed directly to the weapon in his hands. It was so surprising to him especially when he took down those ROOT shinobi that were after him in the Forest of Death. Kakashi thought back to the kills. He's killed before, but he's never seen carnage like that in his entire life. That was beyond killing, it was mutilation without the blood and gore.

He held the weapon out and pressed the button, releasing the glowing blade of light from within the handle. Kakashi's breath hitched as he laid his eyes on the weapon. He suddenly thought of something and started channeling chakra into the handle. He shut his eyes and soon enough, lightning exploded up and down the lightsaber's blade. But it didn't last long as Kakashi miscalculated the amount of chakra and lightning.

The lightsaber's power source fried and the light to the blade cut off, shutting the blade and the lightsaber. Kakashi dropped the weapon on the floor and listened as it bounced and sparked every once in a while. He watched it roll away from him and stop right at the wall of the far side of the ship. Suddenly, the blade shot right back out, but this time, thicker and brighter than before. Kakashi's one eye shot open and he charged right for the lightsaber and shut it off before placing back into its container.

He let out a sigh of relief and looked back towards the cockpit of the ship and let out yet another sigh when C3-N3 apparently hasn't seen him. It wouldn't have been awkward if the droid saw Kakashi freak out last second. The Hatake walked back to his seat and collapsed with a great sigh escaping his lungs. He ran a hand through his silver hair and lay over on his side and stared at the ceiling above him.

There was a soft beeping in the background as C3-N3 left the cockpit to check on the ship and its terminals. So far, everything was completely fine; there were no pirates or anyone after their trail. They were in a ship that has been missing for almost two decades, there was probably no doubt that there was going to be some sort of tracking system.

While Kakashi still had no idea what anything really was, he was starting to slowly piece things together. Like for instance, the blade that he wielded was given to him by his former sensei; how, Kakashi felt that he didn't want to know. The blade was interesting to him and seemed to run on electricity, just like almost everything else in the ship.

But every time he closed his eyes, he felt something moving within him, and it wasn't just chakra anymore. It was something else; something alive. Every time his eyes were shut off to the light, he could see the force. It was alive and within everything, even if he had no prior knowledge. That was the second thing the ANBU managed to piece together.

The force was alive in everything and in everyone, despite not knowing it was there. It was completely different to charka, whereas you needed to have good chakra coils to make the chakra flow. The Force though, there was something else drawing the power towards him and around him. It went through him, empowering and strengthening, but at the same time, soothing and calming. It was completely different to chakra. Kakashi took a deep moment to think and wondered if everyone in the galaxy could use the Force.

But there has to be a limiter. For Chakra, the chakra coils have to be just right and the chakra control needs to be right, chakra reserves need to be a certain amount. Kakashi thought. The Force and all of its apparent unlimited power…there has to be a filter to hold everyone back from using it to destroy each other. All of this power is just too good to be true.

Knowing that Sensei loved to read and study, I wonder if he has some sort of information archive on board the ship. If there is, I could probably find something on the history of the Force and what makes it tick. Then, I could probably use the Sharingan to study it easier. Who knows, the force could probably be weaker than the Sharingan.

Kakashi highly doubted the latter of his thoughts and shot from his seat, knowing exactly what he was going to do. He hobbled over towards the living quarters of the ship and followed the halls with the best of his abilities. The halls were like a maze with white metal covering everything and with black floor tiles. The lights were all the same and the halls were all the same. The only thing that kept Kakashi surprised was the fact that while the ship looked large on the outside, it was quite small within.

Kakashi continued journeying through the ship and found a large hallway that led down towards a dead end. He examined the walls and suddenly found a small, inconspicuous button against the wall just a few inches from the center of the wall. The Hatake tentatively pressed the button, expecting some strange or terrifying surprise lying in wait.

Suddenly, the center of the wall hissed quite loudly, releasing steam and dust from its creases. The center of the wall opened to reveal a large room filled with dim lighting but with strange shelves filled with glowing lettering in a language that Kakashi couldn't decipher. Strange characters for a strange galaxy it seemed. Kakashi looked around and walked through the door, but the door suddenly shut behind him.

Fuinjutsu suddenly shot from around the walls and the floor and sped right for the silver-haired force sensitive ANBU. Kakashi went into muscle memory and jumped over the rushing fuinjutsu and landed just a few feet away from the technique and watched as it sizzled and completely melted his fallen hitai-ate. The boy let out a sigh and straightened his back to look around the room, not entirely satisfied with what he was given.

There was a strange noise that brought Kakashi from his muse and the silver-haired ANBU turned on his heels and walked towards the sound. There was yet another droid, this time though, connected to the wall and had its mouth wide open with what seemed to be a microphone connected to where its mouth would be if it had one. Kakashi was hesitant with his steps, but went ahead anyway.

"State your name and business." The droid said with a deathly voice, almost as if its throat was rusted.

"Hatake Kakashi, student of Namikaze Minato." The boy replied with a slight crack in his voice. "I am here seeking information about the Force."

"In Nihon-go or the Galactic Basic?" The droid asked once more.

"Nihon-go?" Kakashi replied in almost as a question. How does this droid know the name of our language? And what in the universe is this thing called Galactic Basic?

"Traditional or Digital?" The droid said once more, breaking Kakashi from his muse.

"T-Traditional?"

The droid sunk into the wall and after a few minutes, returned with three different colored scrolls; red, blue and purple. The Red scroll had the title in bold Kanji for Bogan. Kakashi stared at the word for nearly twenty minutes. Bogan. The blue scroll had the title in bold Kanji for Ashla. Kakashi was confused once more as he stared at the name. Ashla. And finally, the last scroll, the purple one, had a large symbol, reminding him of a gear, surrounded by a wheel with spokes. On the front in bold Kanji as well, read the Je'daii Order.

The droid reached forward and dropped the three scrolls into Kakashi's arms, and the sheer weight of them nearly had Kakashi trampling onto the floor below, but with a quick hand seal, two shadow clones came into existence and carried the Bogan and Ashla scrolls while the original Kakashi carried the Je'daii Order scroll. The droid nodded its head and went into power down mode until another was to enter the archive.

Kakashi nodded his head and quickly charged out of the room with his three clones following close behind, making sure not to get caught in another fuinjutsu trap. The three Kakashi's landed just outside of the trap's range and they exited the room as quickly as possible, to make sure that they don't aggravate whatever traps that were probably already locked onto them.

-Two hours later…

Kakashi was mind-blown to say the least. The force has actually already been in use for millennium, no eons, before he was even born. The galaxy was under a great republic style of government; there was so much that Kakashi had learned from the scrolls his sensei had left behind. He lay down in his bed with the Bogan scroll rolled open in front of him.

His head was pounding from all of the thinking he was doing about the supposed Dark Side of the force. To Kakashi, the Dark Side or Bogan, wasn't all too bad, of course, subtracting the detrimental effects. Force lightning though, reminded him so much of lightning release and his own chidori, just that instead of it flying out to meet the opponent, Kakashi himself had to fly out and meet the opponent. In a fight with a Sith and someone who has a lightsaber, charging at them head on wouldn't be much of a great idea.

Having read through Ashla, he now knew how to meditate the right way, and gather as much force connectivity as he could. Being the novice he was, he knew that there was a lot to learn from the scrolls about the ways of the force. As the hours passed, he couldn't wait to read about the Je'daii order and how they were. Little did he know, the Je'daii Order was the precursor to the Jedi Order.

The thing that surprised him the most, was the fact that he was indeed right about the Force. There was something that would limit the amount of force users. To use the Force was determined by the amount of midichlorians a person had per cell. Kakashi was deeply surprised by the revelation and continued to read to find that EVERY being in the galaxy, sentient or non-sentient, had midichlorians. While most didn't have the required minimum to contact the force, the rest had enough to contact and manipulate it.

Curious, Kakashi read through the entire Ashla scroll in less than thirty minutes just out of pure excitement about the application of the Force to so many different things. But as he read on, and continued over into the Bogan scroll, he quickly came to realize that the Force and Chakra were no different from one another.

While the Force was originally something that bound the galaxy together, the Jedi and the Sith managed to turn it into a weapon and a tool to use against enemies. Kakashi knew that there were so many different uses for chakra other than just a weapon, but to use chakra as anything else, it felt foreign. So, with a deep sigh, Kakashi dropped the Bogan scroll and quit his studying for the time being and went ahead to go to sleep.

-Four hours later…

Kakashi was abruptly forced from his sleep as C3-N3 pushed the ANBU awake. Kakashi was completely surprised and opened both of his eyes, staring C3-N3 with the Sharingan and his normal eye. The droid was mildly confused by what he saw, but slowly hobbled in a complete circle and headed towards the door of Kakashi's room.

"Kakashi, we've landed in Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine." C3-N3 said with its robotic voice. "Please do be careful Kakashi, Mos Eisley isn't a pleasant place to be in, especially for a foreigner."

"Foreigner?" Kakashi asked with wide eyes. "What do you mean by that?"

"You look different compared to the rest of the people in the known galaxy." C3-N3 replied honestly. "Say for example, you have strangely spikey hair and your body type is slim and slender, almost built entirely for agility; not only that, but the shape of your eyes are completely different to the normal Human, i.e., the corners of your eyes are curved, almost like a chink in metal."

"I see…" Kakashi said with a small voice. "What is so terrible about this place?"

"It is home to the galaxy's most vile species, the Hutt's." C3-N3 replied. "Hutt's are rich, powerful, and slave traders, and on Tatooine, anything goes, especially in Mos Eisley."

"Anything else I should worry about?" Kakashi asked. "I feel like there's more…"

"There's a lot more Kakashi." C3-N3 replied. "Tusken Raiders…the Krayt Dragons of the desert, and the searing heat of the two combined suns on the surface…let's not forget about the Legendary Sarlacc, the personal pet of the Hutt's."

"You seem to know an awful lot about all of this…" Kakashi said wearily.

"It's in my programming to do so Kakashi." C3-N3 replied. "Now, we must depart if we are to get more fuel and we might also need some extra additions to the ship if we're to make any good distance towards Brentaal IV."

"Understood." Kakashi replied. "But, is it wise to leave the ship unguarded, with a little baby inside?"

"That is beyond my programming Kakashi." C3-N3 replied before walking off. "Do what you think is best."

Kakashi froze for a moment. The pros and cons were all over, but Kakashi couldn't risk someone kidnapping the son of his sensei. So Kakashi went back to the compartment within his room and pulled out the lightsaber Minato had given him and charged out to Naruto's room with a carrying bag for children. The silver haired ANBU had never done something like this but shrugged anyway and grabbed the little sleeping baby from his crib and walked from the room towards the platform leading out onto the street.

Once he exited the ship, there were some people of strange extra-terrestrial being staring at the ship. Some had spikes coming from their faces, and other had a pair of large tentacles flowing down from the back of their heads. Kakashi though, was completely mesmerized by their beauty. His two eyes were wide with surprise, accidentally showing off his Sharingan eye.

Some people saw the different eye and took off running away from the boy. Kakashi took a deep breath and sighed while making sure that Naruto was secure in front of him since he didn't trust anyone on the planet. He walked forward with the lightsaber held tightly and his chakra molding together. Already, he could sense at least twenty different species of things staring at the back of his head and at the case hanging in front of him, and at the droid accompanying him.

The two of them continued to walk forward, trudging their feet through the sandy road, kicking up small wisps of sand behind them. Suddenly, a group of midgets with hoods covering their faces charged in from behind the two. Kakashi, letting his ANBU instincts take over, spun around and activated his lightsaber and beheaded two of the Jawa's immediately. Kakashi was surprised by his sudden reaction and quickly realized that he was so paranoid of his surroundings that he simply reacted.

But there was a sudden shout of robotic fear and Kakashi turned to see his only guide to the planet, hell the galaxy begin dragged away by a group of Jawa's. Kakashi, not wanting to lose his only guide, he charged forward and disposed of the scavengers in a very vicious manner. Many of the civilians staring at them backed away realizing that Kakashi wasn't who they thought he was.

"I thought Jedi didn't murder?"

"He's no Jedi…"

"How'd he get a lightsaber if he's no Jedi?"

Kakashi simply shrugged at what they were saying about him. Kakashi bent down and helped the protocol droid from off the sandy road and soon enough, the people looked away from the killings and started walking on their way towards wherever they were intending to be. Kakashi followed closely to C3-N3, this time making 100% sure that he wouldn't let the populace of Tatooine get the better of him and his shinobi skills.

Skills that he hoped weren't useless in the greater galaxy. Now that he knows that he isn't alone, he was worried that chakra would be of no use outside of his home planet. Kakashi kept following after C3-N3, until Naruto awoke and started crying. There was something wrong with the blond baby. Kakashi looked down and saw that Naruto had made his first noise since leaving Konoha. He took a deep breath and started trudging through the street trying his best to keep as close to C3-N3 while still holding on to the lightsaber in his hands as tightly as possible.

-Elsewhere in Mos Eisley…

There was a woman, covered in dirt, but still seemed happy. In her arms was a child no older than three and a half years old. The boy was asleep in her arms as the woman held him as tightly as she could. The woman was trudging through the sandy street in the garb of a slave; her son looked no different. In front of them was a pudgy, blue, Toydarian floating by while slowly making their way towards whatever hovel they were intended to live.

The woman lifted her hood from behind her neck and quickly slung it over her head, covering his face from the view of the many bystanders. Never being a fan of the examining eyes of people. Her brown eyes were scanning the area around her. It has been a few years; maybe three since she'd been on Tatooine, and she had to admit, the play somewhat grew on her.

But if she wasn't a slave, she felt that the planet would have a whole new light. There was sudden shuffle of clothing in her arms and she looked over to her baggage and found her son coming awake. A small smile grew on her features as her son gave his mom a small smile and rubbed the small grains of sand from his face and eyes.

"Mom…are we home yet?" He asked with a small voice.

"Not yet…Anakin…not yet."

-Elsewhere…

Kakashi released a small sigh as Naruto had finally fallen back to sleep, energy spent because of his cries. The silver haired ANBU ran a free hand through his hair and lay down onto his bed. As of now, he was waiting in a hotel near the center of Mos Eisley and he had a great view of the entire city and the surrounding, apparent, planet-wide desert.

I always thought Kaze no Kuni was bad, but Tatooine is a thousand times worse! Kakashi mused. An entire planet of deserts…I don't think I'd be able to survive here. If it were up to me, I'd go straight to this Brentaal IV instead of staying in this oven of a planet.

Kakashi put his hands behind his head and started drifting off to sleep, with his eyes starting to droop open and shut every few seconds. Images began to flash through his mind, those of his sensei, and his teammates. Rin and Obito were flowing through his mind and soon enough images of his friends through the rest of his generation. It didn't take long for his eyes to finally close.

Suddenly, Kakashi was forced awake and he found that it was complete darkness. Something was wrong though; he couldn't feel the bed. He looked around and soon enough, sound started rushing in. Naruto was once again crying his lungs out and Kakashi quickly realized that he was floating above the bed below, why? Kakashi didn't know.

But then, Kakashi quickly fell to the bed below and bounced right off and face-planted with the floor below. He took a deep breath and pushed himself off the floor and headed towards the crib where Naruto was fast asleep and tried his best to calm the child. Naruto though, continued to twist and turn in his sleep. Kakashi placed his hands on the terrified child, but was suddenly shot back and ended up denting the metal wall behind him.

-hours later…

Kakashi awoke to C3-N3 playing a strange lullaby while carefully holding the young baby in its arms. Kakashi sat up, but quickly went back down into the bed, with his hand gripping his head. The cloth rustled slightly.

"What happened?" Kakashi asked the droid.

"I don't know." C3-N3 replied. "I returned well within the night and was unsuccessful in finding the parts needed for the ship."

"I see…" Kakashi groaned as he slid out of the bed, ignoring the pain. "How'd you calm Naruto?"

"Playing trance songs from Coruscant to calm babies." C3-N3 replied once more. "Babies of any species are loud and require their minds to be calmed before they stop their cries, usually through their mothers, or in this case, a lullaby. Surely your mother did the same."

"I never knew my mother." Kakashi replied with a saddened look on his face.

"My apologies if I offended." C3-N3 said suddenly. "Well, the two suns of Tatooine are close to rising. Shall we go out and look for more ship parts?"

"I guess so."

It has been four hours since the suns rose above Mos Eisley, and Kakashi and C3-N3 have had no success in finding the ship parts they needed. Not only that, but in the night, the found that someone stole their hyperdrive along with many other important pieces to their cruiser; but the most devastating robbery, was their medical droid, taken away with traces of Jawa footprints and residue all throughout the ship. Kakashi was having a bad day, and to pour salt on the sore, Naruto wouldn't stop crying.

Albeit not as loud as the day before, Kakashi was starting to get aggravated with Naruto's incessant cries. He didn't know what to do in this case; he had never taken care of a child in his entire life. Sure he saved other kids that were his age a few years before all of this happened, but never did he think he'd have to watch over and take care of a little baby, almost four months old.

Kakashi let out another exhausted sigh as Naruto let out a quiet wail, with tears pouring from his eyes. Suddenly, Kakashi was stopped by someone, and with a quick motion, he drew out the lightsaber from his empty kunai pouch and pushed whoever stopped him, before activating the weapon. His eyes widened when he saw who did it. It was a woman, probably in her late 20's laying on the street with a small boy standing in front of her with a glare on his face.

Kakashi immediately deactivated with lightsaber and put it away as quickly as possible while still trying to keep his guard up. Feeling guilty for nearly killing an innocent woman and her son, Kakashi bent down to help her to her feet. Suddenly, the boy kicked Kakashi in the leg just as he bent down and the kid quickly fled to hide behind his mother's leg.

"Anakin." The woman reprimanded. "Apologize to the man immediately."

"I'm sorry…" The boy identified as Anakin quickly spoke, not once looking Kakashi in the eyes. He didn't even think of asking his name.

"No need to help me up…"

"Kakashi."

"No need, Kakashi." The woman pushed herself off the road and patted her dirty garbs down to remove the itchy sand. "Say, is that your kid? You seem a bit young to be having a son."

"No ma'am…this is my teacher's son." Kakashi replied. "I am merely watching over him."

"I see." The woman motioned for Kakashi to follow. "Follow me, and make sure that your Protocol Droid follows. This isn't the planet to be leaving droids walking around. Come, you look exhausted and quite lost."

"If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" Kakashi asked politely.

"Shmi Skywalker." The woman replied with a small smile to the teenaged ANBU. "By the looks of things, you aren't of this planet are you?"

"No ma'am." Kakashi said. He waited through a few minutes of silence. "You're not going to ask about my scarred eye?"

"It's not my business by the looks of things." Shmi said with a slight frown. "All I know is that it must be personal."

"You have no idea." Kakashi said in a near whisper. The three along with Anakin fell into a deep silence only for it to be interrupted by Naruto's sudden cry. Kakashi's eyes shut tightly from frustration. Shmi shook her head and stopped the entire group and pulled Naruto from the sling Kakashi was carrying him in.

"Let me hold the baby for now." Shmi smiled. Naruto was suddenly quiet and opened his eyes for the first time on Tatooine, showing his sparkling sapphire blue eyes to Shmi. A small smile formed on the baby's face before Naruto snuggled closer to the woman and started to slowly drift to sleep in her arms.

Kakashi was amazed as seen by his plate-sized eyes. This must have been the power of a mother. Kakashi stayed silent and started looking over to the still sleeping Naruto and found that he was more peaceful than the entire ride from Konoha to Tatooine and definitely more peaceful that the last day. Naruto didn't squirm, nor did he shiver while in the arms of Shmi Skywalker.

It didn't take long and they ended up at their hovel, surprising Kakashi of the conditions that they were living in. He shut his right eye and stared out in the distance with the sharingan blaring brightly. He managed to see that there were about fifteen other figures watching the apparent slums of Mos Eisley standing out in the distance.

"Those are Tusken Raiders Kakashi." Shmi said in a warning tone. "They don't like us very much…and on many occasions, they kidnap us and kill us. My advice, stay away from the desert as best as you can Kakashi, Tatooine is not a forgiving place, foreign or domestic."

"Now, come on in, afternoon Mos Eisley isn't a good place to be for a teenager." Shmi said sadly. "Now, I believe that you and your droid are here for a reason right?"

Kakashi sat at the other end, opposite to Shmi. Anakin suddenly came along with a tray with cups and a jug filled with blue milk. After all that he'd seen so far, ranging from the humanoid-pig race of Gamorrean's to the scary-looking Kel Dor; or from the sophisticated-looking Togruta to the sexy Twi'leks. But to see a different color of milk, make Kakashi wonder what was wrong with the galaxy.

Kakashi nodded his head to the boy and poured himself a glass of the blue milk, and was immediately entranced with the taste. Suddenly, his body felt completely rejuvenated and the color returned to his face and warmth filled his body. The eye bags beneath his eyes were loosened and the darkness beneath his eyes receded.

"Wow! What is this?" Kakashi asked quite excitedly.

"It's blue milk…" Anakin said with an estranged look on his face. "You don't have this where you're from?"

"I never knew that other planets existed until I met C3-N3, my protocol droid." Kakashi sighed. "My planet and people don't know anything about the galaxy and the things going on. Hell, I didn't even know what a lightsaber was until my teacher gave this to me."

Kakashi pulled the lightsaber from the kunai pouch at his side and pressed the button, releasing a bright blue blade, scaring Shmi and Anakin silent. Kakashi shut off the lightsaber once more and slid the sword back into his kunai pouch before sitting back down.

"Are you a Jedi?" Anakin asked with wide eyes.

"No…but my teacher was." Kakashi smiled. "Well…thank you for your hospitality Shmi Skywalker, but C3-N3 need to get going on our way."

"Wait you can't just go yet!" Shmi said suddenly. "Gardulla the Elder would gladly take you and enslave you and sell your droid for scrap. This is a harsh place you two have managed to land in, so please, we don't get many visitors. Besides, Anakin has already taken a liking to your teacher's son. We have an extra room, so please feel free to stay."

"But we already checked into a hotel yesterday." Kakashi sighed. "I-"

"On which side of Mos Eisley?" Shmi asked. "I've lived here for almost three years. I know my way around here. So which side?"

"Uhm…help me out here. I don't know." Kakashi said to his droid.

"Our hotel is on the western side of the city." C3-N3 answered in Kakashi's place.

"Oh no." Shmi said suddenly. "Did you leave any belongings in your room?"

"Other than a few hundred credits and some of C3-N3's battery packs…nothing." Kakashi said.

"Then say goodbye to those credits and batteries." Shmi sighed while shaking her head. "Foreigners…never leave anything in anywhere that isn't your house. Unlike me and my son…we're slaves so our modest hovel is protected by our master. A hotel though is probably the worst place to leave anything in."

"Is there a police force in this damn planet or is it nothing but anarchy?" Kakashi replied incredulously. "So far, we've already had almost every important module of our ship stolen by little dark faced midgets and now the rest of our money?!"

"This is Tatooine, Kakashi." Shmi sighed. "There is almost no law here. All of the power resides with the Hutt's and slave masters."

"I see." Kakashi down casted.

"What's the rush Kakashi?" Shmi asked with a small frown. "Tatooine isn't that bad."

"No it's not that, it's just I have to get to Brentaal IV as soon as possible." Kakashi replied. "I can't tell you why, but just know that it's important."

"Stay the night and we'll take you to our master who owns a starship mechanics shop that has many parts for starships, should they need repair or replacement." Shmi said with a small smile. "Take the credits we have and buy whatever you'll need."

"I can't take your money Shmi." Kakashi gave her a look. "I can't."

"Please, you're not taking; you're accepting a gift." Shmi gave him a small smile. She motioned at Anakin and the boy came back with a case filled with republic credit chips. Upon inspection, there wasn't really much. At most, there were probably fifty republic credit chips and another fifty republic coins. Shmi gave them a quick calculation and said that it was enough for a small hyperdrive and a few power converters.

"Thank you Shmi…I can't thank you enough." Kakashi smiled.

"Don't worry; no need for thanks." Shmi replied. "I just wanted to help. Anakin, don't feed the baby something too big like a full sized bantha steak!"

"Sorry mom…" Anakin grumbled.

"So, shall I show you to your rooms?" Shmi asked.

-The next day…

Kakashi groaned awake in a rather uncomfortable setting, but then surmised that it was a lot more comfortable than sleeping on the normal bedrolls he had to sleep on as a shinobi. The ANBU shook his head and walked from the guest room of the Skywalker hovel and trudged down the steps of the stairs and headed towards the main floor of the hovel and found Shmi holding Naruto in her arms while singing a small lullaby while Anakin ran back and forth through the hovel holding a screwdriver and a few other things, before scurrying away.

Kakashi was frozen at the top of the stairs when he watched Shmi hold Naruto as if he were her own son. The silver-haired jounin felt something at the bottom of his heart, something warm explode from within. C3-N3 was walking around carrying things back and forth from the small kitchen to the smaller table that Kakashi had sat in just the night before. He looked at Naruto and how happy the little baby was and at Shmi to see that she was beaming with excitement as she swung Naruto around.

Anakin came back and took hold of Naruto and started playing with the little baby running around, while making engine sounds with his lips, much to Naruto's delight. Shmi started laughing but quickly reprimanded her son and made him stop the moment he started coming to the stairs. Naruto was sputtering with laughter and was throwing his arms up and down, not really knowing what was going on, but enjoying every moment of it.

"Ah, Kakashi…I'm glad that you made it." Shmi smiled at the teen. "Come, breakfast is almost done. Then we'll go and head over to the shop."

Kakashi felt a small ping of sadness. To see smiles, genuine smiles on the face of two people who called themselves slaves made him frown slightly. They were happy because of Naruto the little baby. Kakashi took a deep breath but found it to be shaky and coarse. He turned back around and headed up the stairs, confusing Shmi and Anakin.

Kakashi returned a few minutes later with the same suitcase and plopped it down onto the table. Shmi and Anakin looked at him with strange looks. The silver haired boy shook his head and pushed the suitcase back to them and sat down in one of the seats. There was no way that he was going to ruin their happiness.

The boy had been doing some thinking in almost just a split second and found that Shmi and Anakin needed all the distractions that they could get; not only that, who the hell would know who Naruto is on Brentaal IV. Shmi and Anakin also needed help in any way they could get. Kakashi, while a cold-blooded killer, he wasn't a heartless person when it came to people in need. He was after all, starting to like the Skywalker's and Tatooine as a whole.

It also didn't help that Shmi was already in love with Naruto and the baby seemed to show the same sentiment, as shown by how responsive he was to the woman. Kakashi had thought about it in the moment that he laid eyes on Shmi and Naruto; he knew that Naruto didn't belong in Brentaal IV. Naruto belonged with a loving family.

"We won't be going anywhere Shmi…" Kakashi took a deep breath. "Naruto and I, if you'll have us, will stay and help out in any way we can, at least I will until Naruto becomes old enough to do work."

Shmi was speechless; beyond speechless actually. What would Watto say? How would she be able to care for two more boys? Shmi was taken aback by Kakashi's announcement and nearly fell from her seat. But once she recovered she stopped thinking about the cons and started thinking about the pros. Kakashi seemed very strong and seemed to be a smart boy and very resourceful judging by the look in his eyes, and there was something about Naruto that made her want the child.

Every time she looked at the boy, she was reminded of Anakin and how he was as a baby. Naruto was just so peaceful and seemed to love her as much as she was starting to love him. Those blue eyes reminded her of her own son's eyes. Shmi didn't want to turn the child away and knew that this was probably the Force trying to tell her something; little did she know of course, it actually was. So, with a deep sigh and a pounding head from all of her thinking, she replied with the only logical answer.

"I accept."


I hope you all enjoyed the change of paths! I know I did. If you didn't, Oh well.

Ja ne!

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