Well, hello there! How are you doing my fellow readers and writers? I see you have all waited for the next update and I know it's a day late but wait! Some of you might notice that my chapters for this story are starting to reach 6000 words and up! Dame, this must be the LARGEST story I have ever written with so many words per chapter. Thought it would have been impossible without my Beta, such a nice guy. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this! Bye!

Siri's day had been going rather well and then she received news that almost gave her a heart attack. She was not pleased. Scratch that, she was pissed.

"You left him behind?!" She shouted as Obi-Wan winced at the volume of her voice and shrank down a little, fearing the wrath of an anger sister.

"W-We didn't have a choice. The pilots were hit and Naruto told us to help them in…" Kenobi tried to explain, but the female Jedi wouldn't have any of it.

"And you just listened to him!? What were you thinking Obi-Wan?! He could be in serious trouble right now!" Siri all but shouted.

"Calm yourself, my Padawan will be fine." They all turned to the voice of Master Plo Koon as he calmly walked up to the group, causing Obi-Wan to release a sigh he didn't know he was holding. He didn't want to be on Siri's wrong side.

"But Master, he's still just a kid! How can you leave him behind?" She questioned as Plo Koon sighed.

"Siri, you should have more faith in Naruto. He survived one war, he can survive another." Plo Koon reasoned as Siri calmed down somewhat, but threw glares at Kenobi and Plo Koon. The guards let go of her after seeing that she was calmed down.

"I have faith in him, more faith then anyone in this temple, Master Plo, even you. But Naruto has been stuck there for weeks…" She muttered out. She felt so helpless right now. She just wanted to jump into her fighter and go and get him back, but even she knew that option was out of the question for now.

"I understand how you feel Siri, but there is nothing we can do right now." Plo Koon said somberly. Obi-Wan could only look at the two with confusion. It was clear that Siri went against the traditions of the Jedi Order by forming an attachment, but Master Plo Koon? He was also showing some form of attachment with his Padawan.

"So, where is your Master, Obi-Wan?" Siri questioned as she narrowed her eyes.

"He's with the council." Obi-Wan answered, noticing that Siri's anger was directed at his Master somewhat. Probably because Qui-Gon ordered the ship to take off without him.

"Why is he still with the council?" She questioned as Obi-Wan started to explain the little journey they had been on. Finding a slave boy named Anakin, who's Midi-chlorian count was extraordinarily high, even higher than Master Yoda's. Siri scoffed at that, countering that Naruto's count was high too.

"Siri, it was over twenty thousand." Obi-Wan said sternly. Siri immediately shut up, her mouth agape. Naruto and Yoda's counts were definitely high, but nowhere near that.

With the Council

Oppo Rancisis strongly protested as he stared down at Qui-Gon, who was standing behind a young boy. Qui-Gon had presented Anakin to the council a few minutes ago and had asked that he be admitted into the Jedi Order, but it did not go well.

"With all due respect Master Jedi, we've already broken away from tradition." Qui-Gon stated as some of the Master raised an eyebrow, but it was Shaak Ti who questioned him.

"And what do you mean by that?" She questioned as Qui-Gon gulped. Shaak Ti's tone wasn't that of some who asked a questioned, but rather of someone who was daring him to answer. He had to pick his words carefully.

"I am referring to Naruto Uzumaki, of course." He answered and just like that the temperature in the room fell a little. He could feel the stares some of the Jedi Masters were sending him. While Masters Mundi, Fisto, and even Master Yoda were quite supportive of Naruto, there was a silent majority that still opposed his actions.

"Hmm, young Naruto is a special case. Sense the darkness inside him, we all do. But the darkness in young Skywalker, much more insidious, it is. His fear controls his actions, and too, his destiny." It was Master Yoda who decided to break the silence that seemed to have lasted for what seemed hours. Master Qui-Gon turned to look at Master Yoda and simply stared at him.

"Master Yoda, surely you must consider Anakin a special case as well. He is the Chosen One. His potential in the Force is unlike anything we've ever seen." Qui-Gon stated as Yoda hummed with his eyes closed. He was in deep thought, in mediation with the Force to find an answer.

"The boy is too old. Past cases aside, he will not be allowed to join the Order. Naruto was allowed because he failed many of the tests we presented to him." It was Mace Windu who stated. While passing a test was what one would want, it was opposite for those who were to join the Order. Since it was children who were brought to the Order, they were tested with imagery, to see how much they knew of technology. That was but one of the tests to see the knowledge of the potential Youngling.

"I will train him, then. On my own if need be." Qui-Gon stated as he set his hands onto Anakin's shoulders as the council sighed. Qui-Gon, while a great Jedi, was often quite disobedient regarding the Council's wishes. But this was a matter of breaking the Jedi Code. No Master could have to apprentices, lest the apprentices be driven to recklessly outdo one another. Whether or not Obi-Wan was ready for the trials was another matter. The Council did not want Anakin trained. Naruto was already quite a problem, they couldn't handle another one like him.

Naboo

As the city of Theed had fallen to the droid armies, a resistance was formed to combat the droids and leading them were some high-ranking guards and one Jedi Padawan.

"The droids are positioned here, here, and here." A resistance fighter marked the positions on the map as some high-ranking officers gathered around the table in a dimly lit room.

"What if we attack here at the command center, causing a diversion, and attack the armory here?" One of the resistance officers offered up a plan, outline his plan while others analyzed it.

"No, there are simply too many of them posted near the Viceroy. He'll panic and order more droids to defend him. Our diversion team will be overwhelmed in no time." Another officer stated as the others sighed. No matter what, they were simply outnumbered and outgunned. A young man slammed his fist onto the table in excitement.

"We have a Jedi! We can take them on!" He stated as the others shook their head. "He managed to destroy one of their blockade battleships just by planting a handful of bombs in their cargo ships. Surely he can take down a regiment of droids." He continued.

"A Jedi may be worth a hundred droids, but there are thousands out there. Naruto can only handle so many before he's finished." One of the older officers fired back as the room descended into semi-chaos as each of the officers began to voice their own concerns, ideas, battle plans and so on.

"Enough!" The self-appointed commander of the resistance force shouted out as everyone turned to face him. Gregar Typho was a man who took after his uncle, a man of leadership. Mere hours after Theed was invaded by the Trade Federation, Gregar was the first to organize a resistance force made up of the Naboo security force and other locals who volunteered to repel the invaders from their planets. He was ultimately still their chosen leader, and the Jedi was considered his second-in-command. Although some of the more experienced officers they rescued from prison had begun to undermine his efforts in the past week.

"This is no time to quarrel with each other. Our people are suffering under the Trade Federation and here we are, fighting amongst ourselves. It doesn't matter if we have a Jedi, we are still outnumbered so long as we bicker amongst ourselves." Gregar said as the others looked towards him and continued the yelling match. It didn't matter how well equipped the resistance was, most of the people here were young boys eager to prove themselves and get into the action, and a couple of grizzled old veterans set deep in their ways.

"Oi! Start running! We got gears inbound!" Naruto warned as he burst through the door, a bit out of breath. Gregar gave him a serious look as he approached him.

"How many?" Gregar asked urgently as Naruto scratched his head, pondering about how many had been chasing him.

"I don't know, maybe four hundred, could have been five." Naruto answered as Gregar quickly turned around, looking at the completely dumbfounded officers, awestruck that Naruto managed to escape from that many droids.

"Gather your men, and start evacuating now!" Gregar ordered and the officers hurried out of the room, all intent on completing the order they were given. Gregar then turned towards Naruto once more.

"Naruto, can you delay them?" He requested the blond Jedi who nodded with a grin.

"Hell yeah, leave it to me!" Naruto replied as he turned and ran out of the door he had come thought to have a good fight. As he ran out the building and rounded a corner, he spotted a squad of battle droids.

"Halt, you're under arrest!" One of the droids declared as Naruto scoffed and activated his saber.

"No. You're under arrest!" He shouted back as the droid looked to his compatriots, confused profusely at Naruto's statement.

"Uhm…no?" The droid answered, being unable to compute what Naruto had stated, but it was too late as Naruto was already upon them, slicing the droid clean in half before he cut down a few more. It wasn't long before more arrived and opened fire at the teenage Jedi, but at this point he was simply too close. As the droids fired, Naruto dodged and deflected the bolts. With each droid he cut down, he brought his saber up to deflect a bolt back at another droid. He had cut down a several dozen in just a few short minutes.

"Is that all you got?!" Naruto shouted out as he sent a powerful Force push, throwing back an entire group of droids into a one big pile of scrap metal. Still, the number of droids was overwhelming, and Naruto heard the hum of two AATs turn the street corner He grit his teeth and began to cut down as many droids as he could before they arrived.

"Naruto!" Naruto looked back, hearing his name. He spotted Gregar and a few of his men armed with heavy weapons. He nodded, figuring out the plan in but a moment. Cutting down one last droid, he used the Force to jump high up into the air and onto a building to his right as the droid tanks turned their main weapons up at him.

"Fire!" Gregar shouted out as the soldiers fired plex missiles, completely obliterating the first AAT, but second one pushed the wreckage aside and fired at Gregar's group as they reloaded their rockets. Naruto quickly made his way to Gregar's side and scanned the battlefield.

"Gregar, aim at the skybridge I was just on!" Naruto said, pointing at the large structure connecting two buildings. Gregar looked towards it and nodded.

"You heard him, fire!" He shouted out as the rockets were sent smashing into the overhead, causing it to come crashing down on top of the AAT and blocking the pathway, preventing any more droids coming from that direction, however, another battalion turned the corner

"We held them back long enough, let's go!" Gregar ordered as he, his men and Naruto ran from their current position and headed to one of the few hideouts the resistance had left.

Coruscant, Two Days Later

While Naruto and the resistance were fighting a losing battle against the droid army on Naboo, the situation in Coruscant was not looking good either. The Queen of Naboo had called for a vote of no confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum after Naboo's Senator, Palpatine convinced her that the current Chancellor was weak and stuck under the thumbs of the bureaucrats. With the Senate thrown into chaos, and Naboo under the Trade Federation's iron grip, the Queen decided that the only one who could save Naboo was she herself.

"I assume that you plan to come with me, Master Jedi?" The Queen questioned as Obi-Wan and Plo Koon nodded.

"The Jedi Council has agreed that the situation on Naboo is not your average ordeal. We believe another force is at play." Plo Koon answered as the Queen turned and boarded her ship. She cared not for the Jedi's and their objectives, she only cared for her people.

"Master, you cannot be serious. We are going into a warzone, why bring Anakin to it?" Obi-Wan spoke up, finally having enough of his Master's unusually behavior towards the boy.

"Naruto was still young when he stepped onto a battlefield. I'm confident Anakin can handle it, too." Qui-Gon responded as Obi-Wan sighed.

"Naruto was trained in the ways of the Force prior to the Mandalorian Civil War. Anakin still has no knowledge of it." Obi-Wan reasoned. Qui-Gon shot him a 'trust my judgement' look that basically ended the conversation. With another deep sigh, Obi-Wan began to board the ship. Plo Koon was about to follow, but was spotted by a shout.

"Wait! I'm, coming too!" He heard a shout as he turned around to find Siri running up to him. Raising an eyebrow, he hummed at her appearance.

"Did the Council send you?" Plo Koon questioned as she gave him a stern smirk.

"Of course." She answered as Plo Koon nodded warily and began to board the vessel. Siri quickly followed, intent on saving Naruto from whatever danger he was in, even if it meant disobeying the Council. Boarding the ship, she made herself familiar with the surroundings of it.

"Who are you?" She turned around and came face to face with one of the handmaidens. Siri narrowed her eyes, something in her gut was telling her that this one was bad news.

"Siri Tachi, Jedi Padawan. I am here to assist your Queen on this mission." Siri answered, better to keep her true mission known. The handmaiden raised an eyebrow.

"Really? I didn't expect the Jedi Council would need to send five Jedi to help my people." She said condescendingly, almost as if she was ungrateful towards the Jedi Order. Siri narrowed her eyes and gave the handmaiden a glare. This girl had just insulted the whole Jedi Order, in particular Naruto.

"I don't know what you think of the Order, but know that it is one of ours that was left behind on Naboo. It was one of ours who chose to stay behind while you all left. But I won't let you sit here and insult his sacrifice." Siri spoke angrily as her glare grew dangerous. No one insulted Naruto within her presences and got away with it.

"It is my people who are suffering, millions of people are suffering. They have all made sacrifices. The Jedi were too late to warn Naboo of the impending invasion, and chose to run rather than stand and fight. And while I am grateful for what you've done so far, but it still means little so long as the Federation occupies my home." The handmaiden fired back. Siri started to lift her hand -

"There you are! Come on, the Masters are waiting." Obi-Wan butted in, giving a nervous chuckle as he dragged the angered Padawan away. Once they were far away, he turned to face her, a frown on his face.

"What are you doing?" Obi-Wan questioned as Siri snorted.

"She insulted him and I won't stand for it." Siri stated as she turned on her heels and went to find a place to sit down and relax. Obi-Wan sighed. He just couldn't understand how she could just brazenly speak to her like that.

"Look, I care about Naruto as much as any Jedi, but you seriously need to reevaluate your feelings for him Siri or else I worry you might walk a dark path." Obi-Wan commented causing her to face him with a scowl.

"I don't care. He is the only one I care about and I'll be damned if I leave him to fend for himself." She stated as she left, leaving Obi-Wan in slight shock. She was very protective of Naruto. Far too much.

Naboo

"Damn, it doesn't matter how many we destroy or how far we go, they just keep sending more!" Naruto complained as he and Gregar walked ahead of a group of resistance fighters, traveling through one of the thick forests of Naboo.

"There has to be nearly a million battle droids. Our forces are hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned. We need the Gungan to aid us." Gregar stated as Naruto nodded. The Gungan had an army, an army that could be used to fight the Trade Federation.

"You really think that the Gungans will help? Last I heard, they don't like us surface dwelling lot." Naruto questioned as Gregar sighed.

"They are going to have to, or else their cities will fall to the Federation army as well." Gregar reasoned. The Gungan livid in hidden cities built in swamps and were quite hidden from the rest of the world. As the group of resistance fighters moved through the swamp, they began to get closer and closer to one of the cities location.

"Are you sure that the city is located here?" Gregar questioned as they stopped in-front of a swampy lake. Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, the Masters said they had a huge city under this lake." Naruto stated as he took off his light brown Jedi robe and did some stretches.

"Guard this position, I'll be right back." Naruto stated as he took a deep breath and dived into the water. Gregar turned to his fighters and quickly formed a defensive perimeter around the area.

An Hour Later

A full whole hour went by as nothing happened. Gregar and his group of fighters were still waiting for Naruto to come back, however as they waited the spotted movement in the bushes. Quickly leveling their weapons, they waited, however lowered their weapons as they noticed that it wasn't droids, but rather members of the Naboo security forces, along with Jedi's and a Gungan.

"Uncle!" Gregar confirmed as he spotted his uncle, Quarsh Panaka. Quarsh raised an eyebrow at him.

"What's going on here? What are you doing here?" He questioned as Gregar approached him.

"We are here with a Jedi to get help from the Gungan." Gregar answered as Siri approached the young resistance leader with a serious look on her face.

"A Jedi? Does he happen to have blond hair, blue eyes, and whiskers on his cheeks?" She questioned, with a determined and a concerned look on her face. Gregar blinked as he nodded.

"Yes, he has been leading the front lines in most of our battles. He's quite the swordsman and a very good saboteur as well." Gregar complemented as Siri smiled happily. Naruto was getting better by the day it seemed like. She shook her head and gave the leader of the resistance a serious glare.

"Where is he?" She questioned as Gregar gulped, she didn't look quite happy, no, more like angry. As he was about to answer, they heard a splash of water and some gasping for air. They turned their attention towards the lake as Naruto emerged from the lake, using his chakra infused hands to lift himself on top of the water that seemed to behave like solid ground.

"Damn, the whole city is abandoned." Naruto stated as he reached the shoreline.

"Naruto!" He heard a familiar voice as he looked up.

"Siri?" He questioned as she was upon him in mere moments. Her arms held him tightly and her face was plastered with joy.

"Thank the Force you're ok." She cried as she kept on hugging him. Naruto blushed in embarrassment as he also put his arms around her, not sure how to handle the situation. Siri pulled back a bit with a slight frown on her face.

"Don't you ever do this to me again." She said as Naruto chuckled nervously as he nodded, not wanting to get on her bad side. While the two talked, the rest of the group talked amongst one another.

"If what Naruto says is true, then the Gungan must have gone into hiding." Qui-Gon stated as they all pondered where the Gungans must have gone. They needed their help, but with the Gungans in hiding, their job had become a tad more difficult. It was at this moment that Jar-Jar stated how the Gungan would often retreat to a sacred place to hide in times to great peril. With this new revelation, the group began to ready themselves for the small journey.

"I'm glad to see you're still alive." Padme spoke as she approached Naruto. Naruto raised an eyebrow as he nodded.

"Why wouldn't I be? I'm a Jedi!" Naruto proclaimed as she smiled a bit at the blonde's enthusiasm.

"Yes, you are a Jedi, but not even Jedi are immune to death." She stated as Naruto shook his head.

"There is no death, only the Force." He countered as she raised an eyebrow.

"What is that supposed to mean?" She questioned as Naruto hummed.

"The Force is all around us, it is what made us. Therefore, we return to it when we 'die'. That is why there is no death, only the Force." He elaborated as she slowly nodded, understanding the concept behind it.

"Well, I must take my leave. The Queen needs me." Padme stated with a smile as she began to leave, leaving Naruto to watch her retreating figure.

"I don't like her." He heard Siri's voice. Turning up towards her he raised an eyebrow.

"I think she's pretty fine." Naruto stated slyly as Siri scoffed. "And she cares about her people. She's just too emotional right now." Naruto reasoned as Siri folded her arms.

"I still don't like her." She proclaimed. A quick review of Naruto's words had suddenly made her realize what it was he exactly meant by 'fine' as younger blond chuckled and stood up.

"Naruto Uzumaki, you perverted little brat." Siri huffed, her cheeks turning red.

"Big brat, I'm as tall as you now." He retorted, head held high in triumph. At 5'7, Siri was barely an inch taller than the Blond teen at this point. "Well, I best be going. The resistance still needs some help." He stated as Siri stopped him by grabbing his shoulder.

"Oh no, you're staying with me! Wouldn't want you to get any ideas about a certain young handmaiden." A grin spread across her face as her voice turned sultry. "Am just an old lady to you now, Naru?" She teased him with the nickname given to him by a certain Togruta youngling.

Naruto, as he did every time she played this card, cringed at the thought of being with Siri in that way. She wasn't old or ugly by any measure. In fact, she was downright gorgeous. A blonde bombshell barely turned 23 to anyone else, but to him she was family. Despite what he had read in the strange books he got his hands on as a kid, family just doesn't do that kind of stuff.

"Why don't you go with him Siri, the resistance could use another Jedi." Plo Koon spoke up as he walked up the two. Naruto silently thanked his Master for bringing his mind out of the gutter.

"Ah, Master Plo Koon. I hope your journey went well." Naruto said warmly as Plo Koon nodded.

"Other than a small pit stop on a desert and another member to our party, everything went well. At least, as well as it could have gone." Plo Koon answered as questioned him who the new member was. Plo Koon explained that it was a slave boy, Anakin Skywalker, who was picked up by Qui-Gon after finding out that the boy had a rather strong connection with the Force.

"I see, well then. If Siri wants, she can come with me. We'll gather the rest of our forces and when you have the Gungan army ready we will meet again." Naruto stated as Plo Koon nodded and watched as the two went on their way with the resistance fighters. He sighed as his thoughts drifts to Naruto. The boy had become quite powerful on his own. He was sure that there was nothing else he needed to teach Naruto. He had proven himself, and Plo Koon was sure that, given a few years, Naruto would complete the Trials, become a Knight, and would one day make a fine Jedi Master.

A Few Days Later

As it turns out, the Queen turned out to be the handmaiden Padme, and with humility, she had convinced the Gungan to help her people and drive the droid armies off Naboo. In the next coming days, the Gungan's had assembled a large army, readying themselves for the coming battle.

"The plan is simple, the Gungan army will draw the droid army out here to fight away from the capital, while we sneak into Theed and capture the leaders of the Federation and force them to end the invasion. With their capture and the droid control ship in orbit destroyed, the droids all over Naboo will shut down." Qui-Gon explained as everyone nodded.

"I'll be leading the fighter squadron to assault the Federation control ship. Master Qui-Gon and his apprentice will lead the Queen's group to Theed. Naruto, and by extension Siri, along with what Resistance soldiers we can spare, will aid the Gungan army to make it appear that our full force is there. I'm sure you two can handle it." Plo-Koon stated as Naruto and Siri nodded.

"You can count on us!" Naruto pointed at himself with a grin as Siri smacked the back of his head.

"Don't worry, I'll keep him out of trouble." She said as Naruto grumbled with Plo Koon chuckling at the two. Once Naruto heard that Qui-Gon had encountered a Sith Lord, he was eager to head to Theed, but Plo Koon's orders were absolute, and Naruto was simply not ready to battle a Sith Lord, or even a fallen Jedi. So him heading to Theed was out of the question. Despite his capability with machines and a lightsaber, Naruto wasn't the best of pilots. Certainly not near the level of his Master. The only real option option was to have him lead the Gungan Army, as their only other general was... well... Jar-Jar.

With the plan in place, the Gungan army began to move out with Naruto and Siri. As they formed their battle lines, the shields activated. Many droid transports and battle tanks emerged from the hilltop before came to a halt on high ground. The AATs began to open fire on the Gungan Army. Thankfully, the shields held as the Gungan's braced themselves. The droid carriers moved into position to deploy. However, some of them didn't as their programming had been sabotaged by Naruto during his time in Theed. Naruto grinned at the revelation.

"Hehe, that should actually lower their numbers a good bit." Naruto laughed at his handy work, watching the droids malfunction before one of the carriers suddenly exploded. Siri simply shook her head, but was also thankful that they wouldn't have to fight as many droids as they would have had to otherwise.

"Get ready." She sturdied herself. The sound of their march was terrifying for some of the Gungan's as the droids marched in perfect sync. Naruto could see the nervousness written all over the faces of the Gungan army and realized that they would panic and flee the moment things got too ugly. He wasn't needed as a soldier right now. He was needed as a leader and General. He quickly sat down and began to concentrate.

Naruto quickly felt a wave of exhaustion fall over him as he purged his body of most of his charka. The Force began to flow through him fully, allowing him to sense the surrounding battle with extreme clarity. All the life forms around him, and even the trace amounts of it found in the metal of the battle droids. As he tapped deeper and deeper into this infinite well of power, the Force around him swelled as well, allowing him to amplify it in all the lifeforms around him.

"What the?" Siri questioned as she felt a sudden uplifting sensation, her connection to the Force growing by the minute. She felt as if she could take on the whole galaxy and come out on top. The Gungans as well felt their resolve strengthen, their will to fight overshadowing their desire to flee. It was then that Naruto stood up, maintaining his connection with the Force.

"Naruto, is this your doing?" Siri questioned as Naruto nodded, a serious look on his face. She raised an eyebrow in response to his silence, wondering what was going on before her eyes widened.

"Is this?" Naruto again remained silent as the droids passed through the shields and began to fire upon the army of Gungan's. As they did, the normally bumbling Gungan army stood firm and fought back, throwing their weapons at the droid, fight with such ferocity and resistance that the first droid line began to falter. Captain Tarpals had ordered the shield beasts to retreat, moving their shield into a more defensible position and away from the droid carriers. In response, the AATs and droid transports moved forward with their advancing army to stay in range, further drawing them away from Theed and off the high ground.

Naruto let out a deep breath as he lifted his legs up into the air, crossing them as a faint distortion of the Force was visible around him. The levitating Naruto had submerged himself fully into the Force, completing his Battle Meditation.

In Orbit

While the ground forces carried out their part of the plan, the starfighter pilots had reached the hanger and had took off, with Plo Koon taking the lead.

"Follow my lead." Plo Koon ordered as the pilots fell in line, returning fire as Vulture droid starfighters fired at them. Plo Koon returned fire as well and soon ordered the formation to break, thus scattering the Vulture droids. This allowed Plo Koon to pull of some maneuvers and down quite a lot of the droid fighters, saving many of the pilot's lives.

"Hey, who's piloting that one?" One of the pilots questioned, pointing at a straighter that was going in a straight line, like it was on autopilot. Plo Koon flew closer to the cockpit, narrowed his eyes, and sighed. It was that boy, Anakin Skywalker.

"I'll take care of him, destroy that ship." Plo Koon ordered as his fighter did a corkscrew to get behind Anakin's own, destroying several of the the Vulture droid that were behind the boy's craft, however, he found defending the boy to be a pain as the autopilot kept him flying straight!

Anakin suddenly seemed to gain control of his craft and suddenly move his fighter in to a spinning motion. Just as Plo Koon was ready to back off, Anakin's fighter was suddenly hit and he was sent spinning into the main hangar. It wasn't long before the Vulture droids had turned their attention and were swarming Plo Koon's fighter.

"This doesn't look–" He didn't get to finish as he fighter shook, with the right engine exploding, causing his fighter to fly into a tailspin, careening straight towards the planet's surface.

Naboo Plains

Siri quickly reignited her saber, destroying the battle droids aiming at Naruto, sending attacks back at the droids and Force based attacks. As she defended Naruto, the droids could destroy the shield generators, causing the shields to fall, however, it didn't matter as Naruto's Battle Mediation was still going strong, and the shield-bearing Gungan warriors formed makeshift barriers for the rest of their army.

"Cover him!" Siri yelled as a few Gungan's ran up and formed a shield to defend Naruto while he was in his meditative stance. Siri quickly ran towards one of the AATs that had been forced out of position by the Gungan Army's constant retreat. Leaping aboard the tank, she crawled atop tanks turret as the droid looked at her.

"Hey! You're not authorized to be here!" The droid stated as Siri smirked before he cut down the droid.

"I think I am." She said, entering, and cutting down the crew, and taking control of the tank. With the tank under her control, she began to fire upon the other tanks. It wasn't long before a Resistance fighter jumped in as well, taking control of the turret and began to fire at the droid tanks. However, as the Gungan army stood firm, the droid army suddenly ceased all operations and shut down. Naruto opened his eyes as he blinked, looking at the fallen droids before it dawned on him.

"They destroyed the command ship." He said to himself as he stood up, and witnessed the Gungan's cheer over the victory. Naruto started to grin in victory, but suddenly he had a bad feeling about all this. Something was wrong.

"You ok Naruto?" Siri questioned as she stepped next to him, seeing him stop for a second. Naruto shook his head as he frowned.

"No, something doesn't feel right…" He wondered as she raised an eyebrow. Whatever it was, they would deal with it later. They had to meet up with Qui-Gon and the Queen in Theed as soon as possible. The Viceroy and that Sith Lord were still a threat.

Near Theed

"This does not look good…" Naruto stated as he and Siri observed as the Naboo security team started to pull two N1 starfighters that had crashed into a nearby swamp. As of yet, no one knew who the pilots were, as they had lost so many pilots, but as the fighter was pulled out of the swamp and the cockpit came into view, the pilot inside was dead, having either died in the crash or drowned in the swamp.

"We can't do anything, let them handle it." She spoke as Naruto closed his eyes and looked back at the other starfighter.

"By the Force…" Naruto muttered as they pulled the half-buried fighter from one of the swamps nearby the city. It was badly damaged, with the cockpit compromised, one of its engine completely missing, and the its exterior completely singed from rough the reentry. The starfighter had been hit hard, but the life support systems were still intact.

"Dammit, can't believe that he almost died saving that kid." A pilot that had survived the space battle spoke as he helped with the recovery. Naruto overheard the conversation and growled.

A Naboo security guard shouted out as he and his fellow comrade pulled out the pilot out, Naruto moved forward to see none other than his master, Plo Koon, pulled from the cockpit. He jumped down, Siri wouldn't be stopping him this time. Looking back, she shook her head. Naruto gasped as he witnessed the injury his Master had sustained. His right side was completely burned. His breathing mask was greatly damaged and it was clearly that he was not conscious. Naruto looked away, not wanting to see as his Master was taken away by the medics to be treated, if he was even still alive.

"He's going to be ok." Siri reassured him as he nodded, although with little enthusiasm. He could only hope that his Master would come out alive from this. However, he threw a light glare towards the boy, Anakin. It was because of that foolish boy that his Master was in such a state. His Master was forced to defend the child who had somehow ended up in a starfighter and had almost gotten himself killed.

Shaking his head, he began to follow the medics. Now was not the time for this.

Theed Palace Courtyard, Naboo

The celebrations were in full swing with the droid armies now destroyed and the Trade Federation being driven off of Naboo, forced to pay extensive reparations and meet the senate's demands. However, not everyone was happy. Obi-Wan had lost his Master to the Sith he had later sliced clean in half, while Naruto's Master, Plo-Koon, was greatly injured during the space battle above.

With his Master out of commission, another Master would be needed to take over Naruto's training and supervise him on missions for quite a while.

"Master Shaak Ti, will train you. As has she before." Yoda spoke as Naruto smiled a bit, he had trained under Shaak Ti before and he was glad that it was her would be training him again. With a bow, Naruto stood back, allowing Yoda to turn his attention to Obi-Wan.

"Confer on you the level of Jedi Knight, the Council does. But, agree with you taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not." Yoda firmly stated his opposition to Skywalker becoming a Jedi.

"Qui-Gon believed in him." Obi-Wan retorted.

"The Chosen One, the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger I fear in his training." Yoda expressed the same concerns he had a few days before with Obi-Wan's recently deceased Master.

"Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin." Obi-Wan remained stalwart in his oath to Qui-Gon. "Without the approval of the Council if I must." He added.

"Qui-Gon's defiance I sense within you. Need that you do not." Yoda huffed. "Agree with you the Council does. Your apprentice, young Skywalker will be." Yoda confirmed.

"Thank you, Master Yoda." Obi-Wan said with a bow as he stepped back. The last in line was Siri. Yoda walked up to her as she looked anywhere but at Yoda.

"Came to Naboo, you did, but ask or inform the Council you did not." Yoda started as Siri sighed.

"If I had asked, you would never had allowed me to go. You would have tried to stop me." Siri stated as Yoda nodded.

"True this is, but so is it true that you left without permission. Later will the Council decide your punishment. But fear expulsion, you should not." Yoda said, relaxing her a great deal, but she knew that the council wouldn't be so forgiving the next time she pulled a stunt like this. With this business dealt with, the three were dismissed, with Obi-Wan leaving to talk to Anakin, and Naruto and Siri leaving to observe the parade.

"You gonna be ok?" Siri questioned as Naruto sighed as he overlooked the celebration from a balcony.

"I don't know…" He answered as she laid a hand on his shoulders.

"Don't worry, Master Plo Koon will be fine. He'll wake up soon enough" She stated as Naruto nodded, turning to face the fireworks as stunt craft flew overhead. The night was young and the people would celebrate till sunrise. Ushering in a new age of peace and cooperation for the inhabitants of Naboo.

'But at what cost?' Naruto pondered.

Good? Bad? Like and review! I hope you all enjoyed this and I hope you will stick around for more of it. Also, THE PAIRINGS ARE LOCKED IN! They will not be changed, no adding or subtracting. I'm sorry, but this is what I had in the last story and this is what I will stick with. Trust me, something far more traumatic will happen to Naruto then Padme simply cheating on him. You will love it, or some of you might hate it, but it will be worth it. With that said, I hope you all have a great day, bye!