Disclaimer: Juubi no Shinju...that's who I am!

Chapter 2 preview!

Naruto's not Evil, just Grey. He will kill people who would annoy him, but would also try to fix things peacefully...then kill if that doesn't work.

TRICK QUESTION: Who here is not a Star Wars fan? (points to someone in the audience who raised their hand) GET OUT OF HERE, YOU BASTARD!


'Take a deep breath. Hold it. Channel the energy of the force through your body. Bond with it, let it spread through your body, and flow through your veins. And release.'

Naruto sat in the middle of his chambers, in his meditation session. He had finished his two-hour training session with Dooku, and was resting. Though he still sent clones toward the training chamber to work on his personal training. Having made a hundred clones, he had a divided group of 20 clones work on his chakra, 10 on his chakra control, while the other half practice a few jutsu Kyuubi taught him with his massive knowledge, another 20 work on lightsaber katas, a third group work on blaster shooting – as Dooku had commented that lightsaber wielders tended to loss hold of their weapons many times in a fight, so he would need to learn how to quick-draw a blaster – the fourth group was learning smith and craft repairment to learn how to fix his lightsaber if he needed to, or repair ships, and the last one was learning under Kyuubi to learn how to sense lifeforms through the Force. The fox had commented that he had seen a handful of shinobi learning an art known as senjutsu which allowed them to bond with nature, granting them some minor sensing abilities. Since there wasn't much nature in space, they tried to adapt it with the Force.

Currently, there was barely any success in the project, dubbed by Kyuubi as, Force Sage Mode.

Three years have passed since he had started his training under Dooku in the ways of the Force. And in those three years, his skills and abilities have increased immensely, thanks the use and abuse of his clones. His connection with the Force has grown to where he was able to make many technique with it. Though he was currently practicing the Force Lightning. He could only create a small spark, but no more for now. As in order to fully use Force Lightning, one must fully be acceptable of the Dark Side of the Force. From the archive records in the training room, Force Lightning was stated as "requiring strength of a sort only a Sith can command because [one must] accept consequences and reject compassion. To do so requires a thirst for power that is not easily satisfied. The Force tries to resist the callings of ravenous spirits; therefore it must be broken and made a beast of burden...In order to summon and use lightning properly, you will someday have to be on the receiving end of its power, as a means of taking the energy inside yourself." Meaning, that as it is a byproduct of the power of Dark Force, something he has yet to fully come to accept, it was a bit far out of his reach.

Kyuubi had stated of having an idea on how Naruto could come to fully use Dark Force powers, but has yet to tell him what it was.

Another things he's been working on was adding the Force to his jutsu to strengthen their power, though he could only add it to his clones to make them more durable in battle at this time. Other than that, he increased his arsenal in jutsu, mostly Futon and Katon, with a bit of Raiton. Wind being his primary affinity, with him gaining Fire from Kyuubi, and Lightning from the training in Force Lightning, though it was minor. He also trained his speed and agility, fast reflexes, strength (both basic and Chakra/Force enhanced), and most of all, his knowledge and tactic planning (forced on him by Kyuubi and Dooku).

Taking a deep breath, he slowly exhaled. Do not think. Do not move. Calm you heart until it is barely beating. That was the goal of meditation. To be free of any problems and thought. To find your inner peace.

Given that Naruto was the known hyperactive teen he was, it took many months for him to even reach this level of calmness when he first started. If anyone from Konoha had seen him like this, they would declare him an imposter, or be put in a shock induced coma, especially Iruka, who had tried many months to get his old student to even stay still.

His mind blank, and his breath steady, Naruto focused completely on the Force around him, slowly channeling it to absorb through his skin, and mix with his chakra.

Chakra was the mixture of physical and spiritual energies. The Force...well, it was just energy. It wasn't physical, nor even spiritual. It was life. It had no form, nor a category to put it in. The Force was energy at its purest and most maternal form.

Unlike chakra, which was only limited to the body and the wielder's capabilities, the Force could not and would not be chained by limits. It was free to move anywhere. For the Force was the galaxy. It was every living being, from plants, to alien species, to the smallest cell. It was life, and nothing could bound life.

Trying the mix the Force with his chakra, was like mixing water and oil. As chakra had a greater density, it would seem impossible to mix the two.

However, Naruto Uzumaki was nothing, if not stubborn, as he would sooner die than quit!

After hours of trying to mix the chakra in his body with the Force, he decided to try a visual experiment.

Holding up his hands, he created a Rasengan on his right hand quickly – something he had managed to accomplish thanks to his clones. Looking at his left hand, he called on the force, which appeared around his hand like a light blue, almost clear mist-like energy. He had been trying to use the Force by itself to create a Force Rasengan, but was a work in progress.

He slowly moved the hands closer, inch by inch. When they were close enough, he stopped, and watched as the Rasengan worked as a vacuum, and tried to suck in the Force Energy. The 'mist' flickered a bit, but other than that, nothing happened.

Narrowing his eyes in concentration, he willed the Force to move and absorb itself into the Rasengan. Slowly, but surely, the clear energy moved closer and synched into the chakra sphere, turning the orb the darker blue. He thought he had it, but had misjudged, when the orb suddenly exploded in a mighty blast, sending him crashing into the wall. The chamber shook a bit from the blast, but held. Groaning, he pushed himself off the large dent he made, gazing at the large whole he left where he sat, the metal ground erupted and dissolved by the Force. He was glad his room was at the middle of the massive ship he was in, and not at the lower levers, where he could break the layer to the vacuum of space. Not to mention the walls and ground were made of thick metal.

He sighed as he dusted himself. 'Looks like project: Force Style: Rasengan (Fosuton: Rasengan) is still a work in progress.'

"Hm. Yes, this unifying of Chakra and the Force is harder than we thought. However, you did almost have it. The Force is just too slippery to get a firm grasp for chakra to hold. While you may be able to use it, it's not the same as chakra, which your body had adapted to for years."

'Any suggestions Kurama?' He asked his recent friend and teacher. In the years he's been trained by Dooku, he and the Kyuubi had soft of connected. Not so much as to being friends at first, but enough to work with the other. Kurama was interested in the capabilities of using the Force, and what else his container would be capable of doing with it. He hated having a weak container, and knowing it would be impossible for him to ever fully escape, especially with the blasted seal, it struck a deal with Naruto.

The fox would help Naruto grow stronger without the use of the Kyuubi's chakra, and in return, Naruto would spread fear to his enemies – as the proper jinchuuriki of the "Mighty Kyuubi-sama!" – with either the fox's name or symbol of some kind. The fox would also disperse any mental influence of the Dark Side of the Force to keep the boy sane.

Power was good, but what would be the point of it if it corrupted your mind?

As time passed, the two got along well. Enough to stop fighting with the other, and for the fox to actually reveal his name.

"Hm...I'd say you need to increase your connection with the Force. As well as increase control on your chakra. The two need to be in balance to be able to fuse them. The Force is living energy. Mana. While chakra is two parts, physical and spiritual. Hmm. I might have an idea, but will need to think on it. Give me a few days to think it all through."

Naruto nodded, thrusting Kurama's knowledge and experience. 'Alright. I guess I'll just see what else Dooku-teme needs of me.' He thought angrily, holding hatred toward his so called 'master' for the hellish torture that man called training.

"Patience kit. The time will come when you will be able to strike that old fossil. But at your current level, he'd be too powerful for you. Not to mention his own master."

Naruto frowned as he thought about the time he had first met Dooku's master, Darth Sidious. With the new negative emotion sensing ability he gained from Kurama, anytime he was in the Sith Lord's presence, he had to hold back the urge to vomit.

The cloaked old man was practically an entire ocean of dark emotions. Hatred, anger, bloodlust, power-lust, greed, the man was perhaps the darkest being he had ever met! Not even Orochimaru could match him! Even Kurama thought that the Sith Lord was as dark as the Juubi, its original predecessor and true Tailed Beast form.

Naruto did all he could to always stay away from Sidious from now on. As much as he wished he could attack Dooku and Sidious to escape their grasp, he knew that he was nowhere near Dooku's level, and Sidious was years above Dooku's power. Even with Kurama's chakra, he doubted he could be able to win. Not that the Sith Lords were stronger than him in his Jinchuuriki Form, as he would easily be able kill them, but that in his J.F, he'd be a much easily target to the Dark Side's influence, as Kurama's chakra was built on negative emotions, and he'd rather not risk what could happen when you'd mix Dark Side Force with Dark Biju Chakra.

Just then his thoughts were interrupted when his door opened up to the side, and a droid soldier stood at the entrance. "Excuse me, my Lord."

Naruto glared at the droid for interrupting his training. "What is it?" He ordered.

"Count Dooku has requested your presence at his training room." The droid said its message.

Scoffing, Naruto nodded and waved the droid off. "Tell him I'll be there soon." The droid nodded and left. Cracking his bones to loosen his stiff muscles, he walked toward his dresser to change out of his torn and dirty clothes.

He got dressed in a black, skin-tight sturdy long-sleeve under shirt, a dark grey gi, a grey sleeveless hooded vest, a dark grey shoulder and neck guard vest, black arm guards, and black sleeveless gloves. Black pants with grey shin guards, armored boots, and a fully stocked utility belt around his waist. On his left thigh, was a holster that contained his new shuriken, made of ultra-durable and unbreakable metal, and a pouch on his back waist, with kunai made of the same metal. On his left side waist was a blaster holster, while hanging on the sides were his two lightsabers, with an extra pair secured in his belt. Around his neck was a long black scarf secured around his neck and mouth. His features had sharpened much from his training and proper eating, making him lose almost all of his baby fat. His whisker marks had sharpened and bolded a bit due to Kurama spreading its chakra through Naruto's body to help him adapt to using the Force, as well as the constant healing from the training. His sunkissed blonde hair had grown to reach his shoulders, with two bangs on either side of his face, one longer than the other and coming down to his chin, while the other own was wrapped in dark red bandages. His blue eyes had darkened from his minor usage of the Dark Force, becoming a deep dark purple, with a hint of red around the now vertical slit pupils. Having discarded the usage of his forehead protector, his hair fell down to nearly cover the top half his eyes. With a proper diet and training, Naruto had had a great growth spurt, and stood at a high 5'9", good for his age of 15, almost 16 in a few months.

Once he had everything he would need, he left his room to meet his 'master'.

Passing by Droids, he walked through the hallways and entered the elevator. Making it up to the upper floor of the large station ship, bellow the control deck, he walked down the empty hall, before standing in front of Dooku's personal training room. Entering, he walked toward his master, who stood in front of the large, bullet laser-proof glass windows, gazing out at space with his hands behind his back. Naruto rolled his eyes at his master's dynamics. Always trying to look all cool and dark. All he was missing was a dark yet catchy background music, and he'd be the stereotypical villain.

Stepping behind him, Naruto bowed to a knee. "Master."

Without turning around, Dooku spoke. "My apprentice. Your skills have grown immensely this past three years. You have proven yourself many times on your missions. You have become a fearsome force to your enemies. However, it is time to put your skills into the true test. It is time my apprentice." He said, making Naruto look up at him. "It is time for the Sith to begin revealing itself to the Jedi, and the Republic." Dooku turned and faced his apprentice. "Battling the Jedi, it will be your true test, putting your training to the test."

Naruto nodded. "What be you will, my Master?"

"My master, Darth Sidious has issued the Trade Federation to form a blockade around the planet Naboo, halting all assistance in the civil war on the planet. However, we have gotten word that the Supreme Chancellor has dispatched two Jedis, my old Jedi padawan Master Quin-Gon Jinn, and his own student, to serve as ambassadors to meet with Viceroy Nute Gunray. Meanwhile, the droid forces are on their way to the capital city to capture the Queen. My master had sent my fellow apprentice, Darth Maul, to kill the Jedi. You will have two mission. Primarily, you are to insure the Queen's capture. Secondary, you are to go with Darth Maul and assist him in killing the Jedi, by any means. You are to keep you allegiance as my apprentice as a secret from the Jedi."

Naruto nodded, understanding. "Understood, my master. I shall not fail." He stated, knowing that the true test of his training was about to begin.

Dooku nodded. "Good, dismissed."


Docking Bay

Heading down to the hanger bay, Naruto was walking toward his own personal ship, passing by droids and other ships, when he suddenly stopped. Spinning on his foot, in a blink of an eye, he activated his lightsaber, and blocked the strike of a man in his mid-thirties with long brown hair and a beard wearing a usual Jedi outfit, his green-bladed lightsaber pressing hard against his red one.

Grunting, Naruto pushed the man back, and followed with a fast stab. The man blocked it, and pushed it aside, charged at Naruto's guard. Acting quickly, Naruto created a seal-less clone which blocked the man's advance, before Naruto Force Pushed the man back, taking him by surprise.

Using the chance to advantage, Naruto and his clone charged after the man. Moving ahead of his clone, and threw an overhead strike down at the man, who quickly blocked it. Taking the chance, the clone slid under Naruto and slashed at the man's waist. Pushing Naruto back, the man blocked the clone's strike, before sweeping the saber to the side, and in blink, stabbed the clone through the chest, making it dispel.

Adjusting his grip on his sword, Naruto charged at the man. As he got close, he jumped up over the man, taking him by surprise. Landing behind him, the blonde went to stab his back, only to be blocked. Keeping close distance, Naruto started a close-combat deathly dance as the two exchanged slashes, parries, and counter-attacks. A blur and show of green and red lights encircled the two, before the man saw an opening, and pushing away a slash, with a twirl of his saber, stabbed Naruto, making him gasp.

The man smirked, thinking he had won, only to gasp in turn, when 'Naruto' suddenly popped into smoke! His gasp of surprise soon turned into one of pain, as a red glowing blade pierced through his chest as Naruto stood behind him. Smirking, Naruto leaned close near the man's ear.

"Nice try."

Ripping his saber out, he turned it off and stepped back. He watched unsurprised when the 'man' that attacked him, suddenly glowed, before in a flash, the human disappeared, and in his place, was a droid with dark grey platting with openings to show the circuits inside. Turning around to face the blonde, the droid spoke.

"I'm sorry Master. I failed to kill you this time." It said. Naruto chuckled and patted the droid on the shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, PROXY. I'm sure you'll catch me by surprise next time. Good work in using Dooku's padawans module, Qui-Gon Jinn." He encouraged. "However, a copy is nothing compared to the true master. And starting today, I shall face the real deal."

PROXY was a special droid created by Dooku to help Naruto train. He was a holodroid equipped with an advance hologram technology system that allowed him to change his appearance and adopt a wide range of disguises. His memory bank was filled with thousands of holocron memory data and training manuals. The memories were of the many famous and feared Jedi and Sith in all of history, made for the purpose of pushing Naruto to the limit in death-giving battles. So with his hologram system, PROXY could turn into the selected Jedi or Sith "combat modules" when training with Naruto, making it seem he was fighting the real deal, as PROXY can mimic their fighting combat perfectly. Though, it was nothing like fighting the real deal, as there was no effort nor the same feeling like a Jedi or Sith, nor that as a droid, PROXY was unable to use Force Attacks.

However, that wasn't all PROXY could do. The droid was designed to be a mixture of different models, made to be the perfect partner to Naruto. He was also part Protocol Droid, given the data to translate various species languages if required. Medical Droid to be able to heal Naruto is the blonde ever got injured, and most of all, an Assassin Droid...self-explanatory.

"Come, we had a mission to do." Naruto said, and led PROXY toward his ship. However, as they neared it, Naruto stopped and pushed PROXY behind a large crate. Peering over the edge, he watched as an unfamiliar woman stood in front of his ship, checking something on her holopad as crates where being carried by droids onto his ship. "PORXY, who is that?" He asked, making the droid looked around at who his master was talking about.

"Oh, I do believe she's your new pilot."

"New pilot?" Naruto asked in surprise, though perhaps he shouldn't, given that he has had five pilots previously so far. All dead due to the dangerous missions he gets sent on by Dooku to strengthen him...or by his own dangerous and maddening actions and stunts...or by his own hand what he gets angry.

Though it was mostly the second one.

"Accessing Separatist Records." Stepping back, PROXY glowed, before in a flash, he turned into the woman. Looking her over, Naruto would admit she was quite beautiful as well as hot, even if she was older than him. He blame the influence of his perverted sensei, Kurama. Being around her early twenties, the woman stood at a 5'8", she had pale blonde hair put up neatly and kept in her cap. She wore a human Separatist worker's uniform which hugged her form tightly, showing off all her curves and pushed out her D-breasts. He could hear Kurama give an appreciative whistle in his head, making Naruto roll his eyes.

"Captain Juno Eclipse. Born on Corulag. Marked for her exceptional combat skills, leadership, and aerial piloting. Notified by her high-ranking officials, and handpicked by Count Dooku to join the upper ranks. She had personally led several of Count Dooku's armies on attacks on ten planets, each being successful." PROXY stated using the woman's voice, which Naruto would admit sound quite nice.

"Is there a psychological profile in there too?"

The two flinched and turned around, to see the real Juno standing behind them with her arms crossed. Clearing his throat, Naruto tried to straighten himself, while PROXY canceled the hologram.

"Actually yes, but it's restricted." He said, before leaning over to Naruto, and muttered, "Oh master. I can tell she's going to be impossible to reprogram."

Naruto silenced him with a look. Clearing his throat, he looked at the woman. "Sorry about that. Can never be too careful on who I'm trusting to pilot my ship." He apologized. Juno nodded in acceptance. "I assume you know why you're here?"

Juno nodded. "Yes, my orders are clear. I'm to keep your ship running, and take you to whatever location your missions require. However, I'm a bit surprised. I've heard that I was to be the pilot of Count Dooku's apprentice. I just never imagined one so young." She said. Naruto scoffed at that.

"Age means nothing in battle. Someone who looks like a child might hold the skills to kill you. Word of advice: Always look underneath the underneath. Not all things are the way they appear." He told her, making her blink in surprise at the serious look on his eyes. He walked passed her as he walked toward his ship, PROXY behind him. Shaking her head to refocus, she followed him. "Names Naruto, by the way. Naruto Uzumaki. Remember that, captain. Now, can I trust you to get me where I need to go?"

Juno nodded as she stepped next to him, a sway in her hips, which PROXY copied behind her. "Yes, I've been entrusted to be your navigator. You can count on me." Naruto nodded in acceptance, before raising a brow when he saw some additions on his ship.

"What did you do to my ship?" He asked. His ship, named the Rogue Shadow – given that he was currently a rogue ninja of Konoha, and a sort of tribute to his old dream of being Hokage – was a stealth transport starship, built primarily for stealth and infiltration, with a state-of-the-art cloaking system that makes it invisible to sensoring technology, and a highly advanced hyperdrive engine.

"I, um, have taken the liberty of upgrading the Rogue Shadow's sensor array. Now you will be able to spy on any suspect ships across an entire system." Juno explained, trying to hide her nervousness. She had heard that Count Dooku's apprentice had the habit if slaying anything and anyone who angered him.

Naruto hummed in thought, before nodding in acceptance. "Very well. Now, I have an important location I need to be taken to. Can I expect the ship to be fully stocked with supplies?" He asked.

Juno nodded. "I've supplied the ship with a month's worth of food and tools and supplies for necessary repairment. As well as medical equipment, medical droids, and repair droids."

Nodding, Naruto then heard beeps. Looking forward, he smiled when he saw a black and orange-lined R2-series astromech droid coming down the ramp. "Hey, Artoo!" He greeted the small droid he had taken from a stealth attack he had been a part of at a Republic Base. The tittle guy had been damaged, so the blonde had taken it with him, and repaired him. The little guy had taken a liking to him, and stayed with him. Marked as R2-X9, Naruto called him "Artoo", or "Exanine". It beeped happily as Naruto rubbed its top. "You ready for a journey pal?"

BEEP! BEEP! BOP!

Chuckling, Naruto nodded and walked up into the ship, his two droids behind him. Juno stood at the edge.

"Wait a minute, what's our destination?"


The conflict of the ongoing war across the universe had dealt my casualties. One such casualty was to the planet Naboo. Planets turn against one another for control and power. Naboo, a small planet filled with life and immense resources. Its inhabitants being two races, Gungans – a species of lanky amphibians – and humans. While they may share the same planet, the two races remain distant from the other, the humans taking civilization at the land, while Gungans live in the deep seas.

In the past, Naboo had become a part in the alliance with the Galactic Republic for protection. For many centuries, the people of Naboo lived peacefully. However, it was not to last. As of recent, the planet has been held hostage by the Trade Federation who seek to use Naboo's resources for their own greed. A blockade of ships of many sizes prevented any call for help and assistance.

Thanks to Sith spies, Count Dooku and Sidious have received news that Finis Valorum, the Supreme Chancellor and leader of the Galactic Senate, had sent out two ambassadors. Not that Naruto cared much about politics.

In a blur, the Rogue Shadow appear out of hyperspace, appearing at a distance from the planet. "Keep shields on high. All sensor disruptors working." Naruto said as he checked the systems from his place at the passenger's seat.

"Stealth is good. They haven't detected us." Juno reported. She looked at the blockade and was surprised by it, as Naruto whistled. "Woah. That's a lot of ships."

"You know how the Trade Federation is. Always so paranoid." Naruto said. "Okay, put the camouflage cloak on. We're going to the planet." He ordered. Juno nodded and turned on the camouflage shield, turning the ship invisible. Grabbing the controls, Juno smoothly piloted the ship into the net of Federation ships and passed through without being detected.

Unknown to them, another ship had just appeared from hyperspace, where on board, were the two Jedi, Master Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

The two sith agents then made their way down to the planet. "Put us somewhere close to the capital." Naruto told her. Juno nodded and maneuvered the ship into the forest a few miles away from the capital city, Theed. Making sure he had everything, Naruto stood up. "I will go oversee the capture of the Queen. Stay on the ship and stay hidden." He ordered, to which Juno nodded. He then looked at his R2 droid. "Exanine, keep communication channels open in case I contact you, and report any important communication from the Separatist or capital." He said, receiving beeps of conformation. Moving to the entry, he grabbed a dark coat from a hanger, and put it on. It covered his whole body, keeping his face hidden in the darkness. He moved out, meeting with PROXY on the way to the lift.

"Your orders, Master?" The droid asked.

"You'll come with me, Proxy. I'll need you for infiltration." The blonde Sith warrior said, Getting a nod, the two disembarked and walked into the forest, heading to Theed.


Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi was beginning to regret coming to this mission. At first, it looked easy. He and his master would made their route to the trapped Naboo and meet with Viceroy Nute Gunray to convince him to cease the blockade and free the planet. That's when things went wrong.

First they were nearly killed by a poisonous gas filling the locked chamber. Then, they were fired on by droids and had to fight them as squads appeared by the dozens. They knew that they wouldn't be able to survive an immense assault of battle droids, so they decided to head down to Naboo to get in contact with Queen Amidala and get in contact with the Jedi Council.

However, with their ship destroyed and crew dead, they had to improvise. So they caught a ride on two of the Federation's landing crafts as the invading forces were launched down.

Once down on Naboo, the two have met an interesting Gungar named Jar Jar, who was banished from his home. While annoying, he had actually helped the two by leading them to the underwater Gungar settlement, Otoh Gunga. Qui-Gon had been able to convince the Gungar leader to allow them have a secret passage into the capital city. And along with them, came Jar Jar.

The city was completely deserted of humans as droid soldiers marched through the streets. No doubt the humans were being kept as slaves, at least those who had not been killed for resisting. They stealthily made their way through the Federation forces. They later witnessed the droids leading the captured Queen, her top captain, her , and handmaidens.

Moving to a bridge overhanging the street in which the droids and captives were walking to, they waited silently for the right time to strike, their lightsabers ready in their grips. Once the droids were right below them, they leaped over and came down on them. Igniting their sabers, they easily cut down the droids within seconds. Once all the droids were deactivated, Qui-Gon turned to the Queen as he and Obi-Wan turned off their lightsaber.

"We should leave the streets, your Highness." He warned. The advisor nodded in agreement as he lead the Queen and the group the safety, the Jedi taking the back for safety. The soldiers took the droid's weapons as well. Jar Jar groaned at the exhausting event. The group made it to a safe place out of the view of droids and Federation forces. Once they were safe, Qui-Gon turned to them. "I apologize for the unfortunate trouble. We are ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor."

The old advisor scoffed at him, his eyes showing annoyance. "Well we can see that the negotiations seemed to have failed." He replied sarcastically. Not that Qui-Gon didn't understand his feeling.

"The negotiations never took place." He said, making the advisor look surprise as he and the Queen looked at one another. "It is urgent that we make contact with the Republic."

"Communications are being jammed. All contact to other planets is of no use." The captain revealed. Qui-Gon sighed at the news, the invasion was well planned.

"Troubling, but there must be another way. Do you have transport?" The older Jedi asked. The captain nodded.

"In the main hanger." He said and began leading the way. Obi-Wan followed behind, only to suddenly pass in his step, his body rigid. Qui-Gon saw this and looked at him in concern.

"Obi-Wan. What is it?" He asked his padawan who began to look around in confusion.

"I...do not know, Master. For a second, I felt as if we are being watched." Obi-Wan muttered. Qui-Gon narrowed his eyes and looked around as well, using the Force to sense for any hidden signs, but nothing showed up.

"I do not sense anything. Perhaps you are just feeling cautions, young padawan." He said. Obi-Wan nodded, still keeping an eye out. He had felt a pull coming from somewhere. He believed it to be the Force trying to tell him something, but couldn't figure out what. Shaking his head, he nodded to his Master, and the two went to catch up with the group.

Unknown to them, near them in the corner, a figure stepped out of the shadows. Deep purple eyes followed after the two Jedis. That was close. He had been able to lower his chakra – not easy to do, took him months and hundreds of clone to even be able to get such control – in order to hide his life signature from the two. He also countered the older man's Force sensing by cloaking his body and area in a shell of low-powered Force energy, hiding his signature in the energy of the air around him. Hiding from ANBU during his pranking days really helped.

Next to him, PROXY appeared as it deactivated his camouflage program. Naruto looked at him. "Sneak onto the Seperatist ship and copy any and all of their files. Those idiots are too loose to not screw up."

PROXY nodded and in a flash, turned into a B1 battle droid. Nodding to his master, he walked off to his destination. Naruto then turned his eyes to where the Jedi and Queen went. Narrowing his eyes, he vanished from the spot. Moving in high speed in a Shunshin.


Making it to the hanger, they saw it covered with battle droids. Looking at the far end, they saw that the pilots were being held captive.

"There are too many droids to handle." The captain said as they hid from view.

"Won't be a problem." Qui-Gon responded before he looked at the Queen. "Your Highness. Under these circumstances, I suggest you come to Coruscant with us."

The Queen was a beautiful woman with white face paint, and two red paint dots on her cheeks, with her upper lip having red lipstick with a red stripe on her bottom one. She was wearing a black outfit with a black cloth covering her head except her face, and black feather head ornament. Her facial expression was a constant blank, expressionless look. "Thank you, ambassador. But my place is with me people."

Qui-Gon frowned a bit. "They will kill you if you stay." He warned.

"They wouldn't dare!" The old advisor denied such claim. At this situation, those sleazy Separatists would want the Queen safe for capture.

The captain agreed. "They need her to sign the treaty to make this invasion of theirs legal. They can't afford to kill her!"

The Master Jedi frowned. "Well there's something else behind this. There's no logic behind the Federation's move here! My senses tell me that they will destroy you."

The advisor shook his head. "Our only hope is for the Senate to side with us. Senator Palpatine will need your help!"

The Queen frowned in thought. "Either choice presents great danger." She stated, before looking to her handmaiden on her left. "To us all."

"We are brave, your highness." The young girl said.

Qui-Gon spoke up. "If you are to leave your Highness, it must be now." He urged.

Taking a moment to think, the Queen soon nodded. "Then I shall plea my case to the Senate,"

Nodding, Qui-Gon looked at everyone. "Follow my lead. Remain behind me and keep calm." He told them, before he walked into the hanger, everyone right behind him. Walking calmly through the hanger toward the ship, they looked at the captives who sat on the ground in a tight group, with battle droids surrounding them in a circle.

"We'll need to free those pilots." The captain said. Obi-Wan nodded.

"I'll handle it." He said and approached the captive group. While he did that, Qui-Gon and the others approached the droids standing in front of the ship's ramp.

"Halt!" The commanding droid spoke as it stepped in front of the group, stopping them in their tracks.

"I am the ambassador for the Supreme Chancellor. I will be taking the Queen to Coruscant." Qui-Gon said.

"Where are you taking them?" The droid asked, making Qui-Gon frown.

"To Coruscant." He repeated. He had a bad feeling about this."

"Coruscant...Er, that does not compute. Er, wait YOUR UNDER ARREST!" The droid suddenly ordered. In a flash, Qui-Gon and Obi Wan activated their lightsabers. They slashed and hacked the droids down. Qui-Gon took care of the droids on his end, and mentioned for the group to get inside. Obi-Wan destroyed the droids, freeing the prisoners and setting them free.

"Obi-Wan! Come!" Qui-Gon called to his padawans. Obi-Wan moved to him.

However, before he could get to close, he was suddenly pushed away by an invisible force. He slid across the ground, before coming to a stop. He and Qui-Gon looked up, surprise by the attack, and saw a figure standing at the entrance. He had a black cloak completely covering him, preventing them from seeing his appearance. "What's the?" Qui-Gon questioned, when the figure suddenly vanished and reappeared in front of him. He didn't have time to react as he was given a strong punch to the face, sending him flying and hitting a wall. He groaned as he sat up, feeling his cheek beginning to swell from the incredibly strong punch.

"Master!" Obi-Wan called in worry as he stood up. He looked cautiously at the mysterious figure. He activated his lightsaber, holding it on guard in front of him. "Who are you?!" He demanded. The figure was silent as he stared at him – at least that's what he thought he was doing – before looking at Qui-Gon as he stood up and joined his apprentice's side. The cloaked being was still, calculating his move.

Two jedi. A trained Master Jedi, and an unknown one. This shoulder prove interesting.

Inside the ship, the captain entered the cockpit after making sure her highness was secure and safe. "Captain!" The pilot called. Moving to his side, he looked out the window, and saw the two jedi facing a cloaked figure. "What should we do?" The pilot asked.

The captain narrowed his eyes in thought, before speaking. "Prepare engines for take off." He ordered. Nodding, the pilot started the computers.

The figure turned his head to the ship as the engine began powering up. "I don't think so." His hand snapped up, and before the jedi could react, something shot out of the long sleeve. What looked like a piece of paper stuck to the ship's back. The two jedi were confused on the purpose of the paper. The figure then put his hands together, hand appearing and formed a strange sign.

"Kai."

BOOOOMMM!

The jedi jumped, startled as a small, but powerful explosion erupted from the paper. Inside, the crew tried to hold their ground from the sudden shock. "What was that?!" The captain demanded. The pilot pressed the controls.

"I don't know! But the ship's shields took a hit, and there is damage on the left engine!" He announced, making the captain curse.

"Send out the ship's astromech droids!" he ordered.

"A bomb?" Obi-Wan muttered in confusion, staring at the damaged engine before turning back to the figure, who didn't even move. "But it seemed like a normal piece of paper."

"It must have been hidden. Do not get distracted, Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon told his student, staring at the opponent in front of them. Even though he too was confused on how the explosion occurred, he could not get distracted.

The figured turned his attention to the two jedi after looked at the damage he caused. It was not major, and the engine would be able to get repaired, but it was enough to stall launch. "The Queen isn't going anywhere but with me." He stated, his voice dark and hard.

The two Jedi tensed when the figure said he was after the Queen. "What are you? A bounty hunter? Mercenary?" Qui-Gon questioned, holding his lightsaber in front of him

"What I am is none of your concern." The man said, and from his hands, gripped several shuriken – metal ninja stars – hidden in his sleeves. "Just know that I will have the Queen." In a blur, he launched the stars toward the jedi in blinking speed. The two would have been impaled, if it had not been for Qui-Gon's experience in fast ranged ion blasters. He span his arms in a blur, the light of his saber leaving trails behind as he span in front of Obi-Wan, cutting all the projectiles.

However, the shuriken were just a distraction as Naruto appeared behind them. Sensing him, Obi-Wan turned to slash at him with his lightsaber. But Naruto just ducked under the slash, and delivered a kick to the jedi's chin, sending him upwards. He then delivered a palm thrust to Qui-Gon's chest, using a slight amount of Force Push to send him flying fast and slamming into the wall. His arm shot up and grabbed the still airborne Obi-Wan by the ankle. Spinning around on his heal, he span the jedi like a top, before throwing him away, crashing him into the recovering Qui-Gon.

Obi-Wan panted as he got up, helping his Master up as well. He glared at the strong warrior as he remained still, waiting for their next move. "This man is quite strong. He moves very fast, is quite agile, and I can barely keep up with his attacks. What should we do master?" He asked.

Qui-Gon nodded in agreement with his padawen. Whoever this man was, he was well trained. No doubt he was a bounty hunter, or even an assassin. They would need to be careful. 'However, we must escape with the Queen safely. We need a distracting.' He looked at his student with a look. Obi-Wan caught it and nodded. They readied their lightsabers and got in a stance. Naruto saw this and prepared himself. His silently passed his lightsabers to his hands.

The three stared at one another from their sides, as the audience on the ship were watching with holding breaths. The only sound heard was the humming of the lightsabers and the beeps of the astromech droids as they repaired the ship.

Just then, Obi-Wan made the first move as he dashed at opponents, his lightsaber held in his grasp. With a leap, he came down with an overhead slash at the cloaked blonde. Pushing his feet of the ground, Naruto dodged backwards, the plasma blade missing him. When his feet touched the ground again, he moved to counterattack. Breaking into the Jedi's guard, he punched him in the chest with a strong jab, not sending him flying, but doing some damage. He continued break through Obi-Wan's guard, his speed, strength, and agility easily piercing through or snaking around. He dodged and ducked counter-strikes.

The thing about jedi, is that most of them, around 75%, were terrible against close-combat agile opponents, as well as hand-to-hand fighters. They had relied so much on their lightsabers and weapons as well as the use of the Force, that they had neglected to train their bodies to handle hand-to-hand frontal combat.

Naruto had been trained from a young age to be an assassin. His body pushed to the limit in order to handle many threats. After all the battles he had been through since he became a gennin, up to his battle with Sasuke, he would rank this mid-Jedi chunin at best.

He jumped back, dodging pieces of machinery sent to him by Qui-Gon. Landing on his hands, he back-flipped backwards, just as a large part was sent flying under him. Landing, he looked up just as Qui-Gon and the recovered Obi-Wan appeared from his front and back, their lightsabers moving to cut him. Seeing no way for him to dodge the attack and wanting to keep his jutsu a secret, Naruto activated his lightsabers. In flashes of light, crimson red blades of light clashed against blue and green.

The two were surprised by this! This man had lightsaber, but how?

'Could he have killed Jedi and stolen their saber?' Qui-Gon thought.

'Is he a rogue Jedi?' Obi-Wan questioned.

Seeing them distracted, Naruto pushed them off. He slashed at Obi-Wan, to which managed to block in time. Looking over his shoulder, Naruto saw Qui-Gon charge at him. Lifting his other hand, he blocking a slash. Lightsabers flew through the air as the two jedi attacked the cloaked sith shinobi. It was like a dance as Naruto blocked and counters slashes from the two on both sides. However, it was difficult for Naruto to maintain his focus as he tried to keep his concentration of both his opponents. If he had a clone with him, he would have had a chance, but at this moment, it was not to be.

Qui-Gon's saber slashed at the back of the cloak, cutting through it, almost hitting the blonde's skin. Seeing him, the blonde sent out a small Force Repulse, pushing the two Jedi back. Seeing his cloak torn, Naruto grabbed it and tore it off, letting the Jedi see his appearance. His head and face was covered by his hood and scarf, so the only thing the two older men saw was his purple slitted eyes.

"Who are you?" Qui-God demanded as he looked at his opponent's image.

Naruto glared at the Jedi. Like he was foolish enough to reveal his identity to the enemy. He had changed much since he began his training under Dooku. He had matured and learned how to be a true warrior. Twirling his lightsabers around his wrists, he place them in a guarded stand in front of him.

"Master Qui-Gon!"

The three glanced to the side at where the voice came from, and saw the captain standing at the ramp. "Sir! The ship is ready for take-off!"

"Get ready to launch immediately!" Qui-Gon ordered, making the captain run inside.

"I don't think so!" Naruto roared and charged at the Jedi. Qui-Gon met his charge and met him in the middle, this lightsabers clashing in a shower of sparks. Naruto slashed and stabbed at the Jedi, who countered each one. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan ran toward the ship to board. Naruto saw this and moved to stop him, but was blocked by Qui-Gon. Growling, the blonde pushed the jedi's lightsaber to the side and sent him away with a strong kick to the chest. He then ran Obi-Wan. He leaped into the air, and came down on the Jedi with both his lightsabers poised for a downward stab. Turning around, Obi-Wan saw this. Quickly calling on the Force, he launched a powerful Force Push, pushing Naruto away and rolling back.

Quickly getting up, Naruto saw the joing Jedi enter the ship, with Qui-Gon following, Though, the older Jedi paused for a moment to look at the assassin. He looked thoughtful for a second, before boarding. Naruto glared as the ship began to float. He quickly ran through handsigns for one of his quick jutsu.

Raiton: Denkiboruto! [Lightning Release: Electric Bolt]

Electricity gathers in his hands, before he launched a lightning bolt at the ship. It hit the ship's top, but it didn't seem to do much damage as it quickly left the hanger.

Standing alone on the hanger, Naruto glared after the ship as the enemy fired at it, but it escaped. Sighing, he pulled down his hood and scarf. He ran a hand through his hair. The battle with the two Jedi really pushed him. He knew that the older one was holding back much of his strength, showing that he truly was a Master Jedi. And the younger one also held his own potential.

Were it not for his shinobi instincts, he knew the battle would have gone another way. He would have to make such adjustments to his training.

'Hmmm. The Queen got away. Still, luckily I planted a tracker on the ship.' He thought. Hearing a noise, he turned around and saw a battle droid approaching him. He narrowed his eyes, before relaxing when the droid became PROXY in a flash. "You got it, PROXY?"

"Why of course, master. Luckily the Separatist brought down their personal ship so I didn't have to go all the way up into space to get the data." His personal droid said and held out a device. Grabbing it, Naruto put it on his vest. "I see the Queen got away from you master. As well as see that you had quite a battle." PROXY stated as he looked around at the damaged hanger.

Naruto nodded as he began making his way out the hanger, PROXY behind him. "Yeah, those two Jedi have proven the different between training and real combat. I will need to train harder and gather experience." He stated as he took out his communicator. "Juno, bring the ship to my coordinates."

"On my way."

Nodding, Naruto continued on to get to an open space. While the Queen might have escaped him, he had her trail, and would follow it. He would also meet up with Darth Maul, so he would have back-up when facing the Jedi.

He thought on the other Sith Assassin. He had read much on the history of the Sith. He had read the laws, the battles, the conquers, and the traditions.

The Rule of Two

A Sith philosophy mandating that only two Sith could exist at any given time – a Dark Lord of the Sith to embody power, and an apprentice to crave it.

However, Sidious had made to change that tradition. While he might seem patient, Sidious sough to bring an end to the Jedi Republic by any means necessary. He was a greedy old man, who sought power beyond anything.

While the Sith were powerful, their numbers cannot combat the full ranks of the Jedi. And so, Sidious went against the Rule of Two, and took on two apprentices, though made sure they were not to overpower him. And from those two, would come more apprentices, and so on.

To Naruto, Sidious was overconfident. While powerful, he was old. What was to stop Dooku and Maul from joining forces to strike the Sith Lord down?

The answer: fear.

Through immense punishment and torture, Sidious instilled the fear of being punished severely if they were to cross him in the two. Not only that, he also put in the betraying thoughts of their dark rivals. Whispering in their ears of how the other would destroy them at the moment their backs were turned. Insuring that Dooku and Maul would be impossible to work together, without striking the other one down.

Making it out of the hanger building, Naruto stood in the open spot with PROXY, waiting for his ship. Sure enough, in a few seconds, the Rogue Shadow appeared and landed in front of them. Going up the ramp, he moved to the cockpit. "Use the ship's computer and follow the tracker I placed on the ship and follow them." He ordered Juno, who nodded, before he left toward his quarters on the ship.

He would need to contact the red-skinned Sith to set up a meeting place.


End of 2nd chapter

So...I learned that the Force Awakens came out on the 18th, when I THOUGHT it would be showing on Christmas Day! DAMNIT! I really wanted to go to the theaters on its show day and see it!

Juubi pouts...

Anyway, how was the fight? Just so you know, Naruto lasted against the two Jedi because they weren't going all out, as they were rushing to get the Queen to safety. If they had gone all out, Naruto would be forced to call out his jutsu. Naruto wants to keep his techniques a secret from the Jedi and others for now. Currently, Dooku is the only one who knows about his jutsu, and didn't even tell Sidious.

And yes, Sidious DOES have two apprentices. I always found it stupid that there "can only be two". I figured that since the Jedi think there was only two Sith, they would not expect there to be more. So when confronting Maul, they'll think that HE was the master, and Naruto was the apprentice.

And I know that the Rule of Two was made for a reason, but think of it this way. While he may be an old man, Sidious IS one of the strongest Sith Lords there is, so strong I bet even Dooku and Maul together wouldn't be able to kill him. Push him to actually try, yes, but kill, not. At most, tire him a bit.

And don't think that just because Naruto's there, they'll have a chance. At this time, Dooku and Maul hate each other by Sidious's influence, and would sooner kill the other.

And as you can see, Obi-Wan has some sort of connection with Naruto (not yoai!). What could it mean?...Only I know.

Any who, I will be using the Star Wars Cinematic Universe (Episode 1-3), Star Wars: Clone Wars, Star Wars: THE Clone Wars (that's right, there's two), and stuff from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

If anyone's wondering about Naruto's world, they will not be appearing for a while (if I choose to put them in here).

And before anyone asks, yes, the pairing's a harem. THIS IS ME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, FOR CRYING OUT LOAD! But I WON'T reveal who's in right now. I learned how crazy you guys can get when it comes to pairings. Though you already know that Padme's in it.

By the way (Juubi grins savagely like the Joker) anybody give me spoilers from the Force Awakens, I WILL ban you from reading my stories. I will haunt your dreams. I will find you...I will look for you...

And I will kill you.

That's right, I just went Taken, bitches!

Any who, Read, Review, Kiss you Mom, Punch your dad in the arm, have incestuous relationship with your siblings (if you're a freak), scream at the sky, and eat apples!

Apples are good for you...

Adiós! Ja ne! Au Revoir! (French...language of love)