+(On Republic Cruiser, In the mess hall)+
Naruto lounged around, he was resting his body and mind from everything that had, honestly, he felt like years had past, only to remember that only a month or so had passed by him.
He had heard they could be dropping out of Hyperspace at any time, meaning once they got back Ahsoka's world, they would plan out their next move. His thoughts had drifted to Hinata and the others when it came to him, they were still trapped on Earth, the fear of what could be happening to them plagued his mind so much that he didn't notice footsteps approaching him.
"Naruto" Ahsoka's voice broke his thoughts, he turned to her and smiled.
"Hey Ahsoka, is everything alright" Naruto asked, acting like nothing was wrong, but he knew it be a futile attempt given her abilities. She frowned at him and spoke up.
"Look, you know I can sense your feelings, it be pretty hard to not be able to know you aren't well, I've seen friends of mine be left behind and even die in war, but I never gave up because I know everything would turn out well in the end" The Padawan said.
Naruto's smile faltered a bit, he knew she was trying to sympathize with him, but he still asked, "Both of us being so young, I'm curious, how do you handle losing people you care about in times like this?"
Ahsoka responded, "I understand, as a Jedi, I'm told at a early age to release my emotions through the force, we're told to detach ourselves from our emotions, but remain compassionate—"
"I don't get it? How can you detach yourself from emotions yet remain compassionate?" Naruto asked, completely confused by the contradictions.
Ahsoka almost laughed, she had such questions when Anakin was injured and asked Master Secura that similar question, "Yeah, it can be confusing, I've learned from my master that emotions can sometimes be a good thing, we're still people, it's pretty hard to detach ourselves from our emotions without turning into a droid."
Lopez passed by them on his way to help with repairs, muttering, "Me ofende, no todos los robots son seres huecos (I take offense to that, not all robots are hollow beings.)."
Ahsoka and Naruto just blinked at him, "Anyway," Ahsoka continued, "Naruto, while the road is going to be difficult, we will get our friends back."
Naruto smiled at her reassurance, "Thanks, really needed that" But then his thoughts began drifting to their encounter with Nexus and what he told them.
"She's right" Naruto and Ahsoka turned see Sora, Aang, and Gohan arrive in the mess hall, Sora smiled, "We're going to get our friends back, we're going to stop Eric's mission of destruction, but," He paused, "We're going to get to the bottom of what Nexus told us and figure all this out." He held out a hand in his gesture of friendship, "Together!"
Naruto, Ahsoka, Gohan, and Aang just smiled and placed their hands together in a vow of friendship.
+(With Joel and Co.)+
As that conversation was going on, the members of the resistance, Joel, Alyssa, and Kiara, were busy on another part of the cruiser, they didn't really want to interact with the other crew members after Nexus' revealing information.
"Joel," Alyssa called out, her tone being grave, "I'm worried," Joel looked at her, placing his hand over hers, "What do you think Nexus and Eric plan on doing to us regarding the rest of the worlds out there."
Mentioning Eric brought Kiara into her thoughts, suddenly remembering when the evacuation was underway, Eric had led the charge during it. But she noticed him coming to a complete halt upon seeing her, but for some reason, she had a sinking feeling she could feel his pain and sadness just looking at her.
"Kiara?" Alyssa spoke up, breaking her train of thought, "Is everything alright, you seemed to be, I don't know, distant."
Kiara shook her head and responded, "Just thinking."
Alyssa frowned, but before she could saying anything else, the intercom came to life, "Attention: We'll be dropping out of hyperspace in thirty seconds!"
+(On Earth, with Lord Eric)+
Inside the Showalter-Occupied United States Department of Defense 'The Pentagon', Eric was being informed by one of his officers in charge of the Planetary Census Scan.
"Milord, our estimation according to census reports, states that at the very least another three percent of Humanity was wiped out in the battle, leaving about hundred and fifty-two million of your kind left, we also have estimations when the Republic began a full-scale evacuation, at the very least, a million had escape with the coalition."
Lord Eric nodded as a Military advisor from The Sith Empire of Malak, "Sire, we also have read intel about increasing resistance on the rise from the remaining inhabitants and multiverse forces left on the planet, they are inherently stubborn." The advisor reported.
Lord Eric took a grim look at that last remark, "An inheritance that lead to this current state of affairs." He nodded to himself before activating a intercom button, "Assistant, please report to the room, Assistant, please report to the war room."
After a couple of minutes, The Assistant arrived with exasperated look on his face, "Seriously Eric, you've could've just used the wrist comm, why the intercom?"
Lord Eric shrugged, "It annoyed you didn't it, I say I succeeded" He chuckled before going to serious, "I'm appointing you to lead a task force to capture any Created Universe Denizens, if they resist, you will have my permission to subdue or even kill them, preferably capture them."
The Assistant nodded before he asked, "And the humans that live among this world?"
Eric remained silent before answering, "They have my permission to die."
The Assistant stared blankly at Eric before deadpanning, "Seriously, Bane?"
Eric smiled rather stupidly, "I could've done the Bane voice, but honestly, I'm certain everyone is looking at us like we've lost our minds, I want to maintain some air of professionalism."
The Assistant bowed and said, "May The Showalter's Will guide us."
Lord Eric bowed back, "To victory and order."
+(With Team Guy)+
They've been jumping through the forest for some time, maybe a couple of hours, they had received radio contact from Yamato that a makeshift fort had been established somewhere in what someone in the resistance who was living in the East Coast of The United States before The Fall in a region called The Appalachians Mountains.
Right now, they were taking a rest period to gather their strength, and currently analyze the situation.
"We were all outmaneuvered, I believe Eric may had suspected this attack we planned but the magnitude of this, even The Akatsuki couldn't be this prepared for an event like this, it almost seems like he was aware of every move we made against him." Neji commented.
"Yes, I have to agree," Lee said, poking the fire with a stick he still had, "It does seem off that this man managed to take advantage of the situation, even for the traveling of all the worlds he's been to, even Madara couldn't come up with something strategic such as this."
Tenten responded, "Maybe there's something we're missing, no person could have this kind of knowledge unless they're getting it from somewhere, as far as we know, this world shouldn't have access to knowledge of our worlds."
Neji did notice something off about this place, from the interaction they did seem to get from the people of this universe were either excited seeing them fight, like they it was dream come true.
"Do you think Naruto and the others made it out okay?" Tenten spoke, the nervousness in her voice being noticeable.
The rest of Team Guy didn't seem to know how to answer that inquiry, Guy eventually came up with one, "Tenten, Naruto isn't one to quit, I'm certain he would've made it out, along with the others, he isn't one to quit until he succeeded in getting the job done, all we can do is hope."
The rest of Team Guy nodded in agreement. All could do for Naruto's safety is to have hope.
+(Star Wars Universe, 19 BBY)+
Anakin's Star Destroyer jumped out of hyperspace, everyone of the crew felt relief knowing they would be able to refuel, and get some rest from the destructive battle, but they didn't know how long the peace would last.
Except Anakin and Captain Rex, they made the horrible mistake of speaking with the Reds and Blues about their adventures for the past few hours, and well…
"…And that's how we went on this multiverse adventure! The end!" Donut finished.
Anakin and Rex stared blankly at them for a long moment before Rex just put his helmet back on and walked off while Anakin just said, "This is what I get for wanting to get my mind off of everything."
Agent Washington just shrugged and replied, "It happens."
Obi-Wan's hologram comes online and noticed Anakin's grimace expression when he turned to him, "Anakin is everything—"
Anakin held out a hand, "That could take a while to explain, but we have more pressing matters to attend to, we need to arrest the..." He paused, as if he would become disgusted by his next word, "Chancellor."
Obi-Wan looked confused before his let out a frustrated sigh, "Anakin, before I ask why we need to arrest the Chancellor, I'm afraid I have to report that after we came back, we received contact from the Council that Palpatine disappeared and Senate has launched an investagation into the matter."
Anakin's eyes widened before coming to a snarl, he slammed his fist on the console, surprising Obi-Wan, "Blast it! Eric was one step ahead of us! He knew Sidious wouldn't be safe and must've gotten him out when we left!"
Obi-Wan froze before letting out a dreading question, "Sidious? As in Darth Sidious!? The Sith we've been looking for."
Anakin took in a breath before speaking, "Obi-Wan, Ahsoka told you about the battle, but she felt I should explain something else that happened, this could be a while."
+(On Earth, Original Universe)+
Team Guy were finally here.
They finally made it, it took some time, due to the occupation forces and evading any trouble, but they made it to the makeshift fort provided by Yamato.
Yamato had already informed the members of the base about their arrival, so no trouble happened for them when they arrived.
A wide diverse group of people were at the base, Jedi, Republic Clone Troopers, Fellow Shinobi, and Earth's Resistance Forces.
Anko and Yamato came up to them, Yamato spoke up in relief, "Glad you managed avoid being caught, with everything going on, I'm glad you're alright."
Anko rolled her eyes, "Yeah, glad you guys weren't caught, I would've had to have kicked your asses if you had decided to go play hero."
Team Guy smiled as Yamato cleared his throat, "Alright, we still have a job to do, and I don't how long until they come for us, so it's time to get to work."
Unknown to them, hiding deep in the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests, a Recon Droid was observing them before heading back into the shadows and activating its communications.
"Yes?" The Assistant's voice spoke, The droid made some beeping noises, "Very well, we'll be on our way…"