C10, Begun The Second Clone War Has!
"Talking." 'Thoughts.'
XX
The sounds of rumbling and distant burning fires echoed throughout the command deck of the separatist ship as the black Zetsu tried to take command of the situation that was befalling his ship that had been successfully attacked by the land of the waters forces, right at this moment one of the super battle droids and walked up to him and said, "Cmdr. we are unable to save the ship as it slowly disintegrating and will begin to explode within a few minutes, we must evacuate at once to aid Master Viral."
Zetsu could only grow as he made his way towards the exit of the command deck and shouted for all to hear, "Very well evacuate the ship and set a collision course for the village... I want everyone to attack our enemies at once!"
"Roger Roger." Came from one of the droids in a deep voice that only could belong to a super battle droid which they can see right in front of him and here thanks to its voice as it prepared everything and everyone to evacuate the ship with one clear objective that was to cause as much damage as possible to the hidden leaf village.
Eventually Zetsu made it to one of the main cargo holds that was being used to hold many pieces of military equipment as well as supplies some of which were a prototype in their own right, he quickly jumped into one of them as the cargo hold was being rocked by a huge explosion sending flaming wreckage and fire shooting towards him at the last possible moment as he finally was inside the suit and then proceeded to jump out of the cargo hold eventually hitting the ground as he watched the separatist cruiser crash into large wall that protected the village and then exploded with a tremendous force.
The look of anger only intensified upon his face as he looked up to see only one of the other cruisers was still intact while the other which had sustained minor damage and was holding its own, as he then looked at the two ships he noticed laser fire was now slamming into the damaged cruisers side and saw what looked like an old Republic Star destroyer which was ruthlessly attacking the cruiser that had the symbol for the Land of water upon its hole.
Zetsu watched the battle happening overhead with a sense of hatred that everything you organization had planned was being undone thanks to that nine tales host, he quickly turned to the rest of his clones and the droids and motioned for them to follow him into the heart of the village.
XX
Mavis and several other Jedi walked alongside Naruto as they entered the battle to save the Hidden Leaf Village from certain destruction, she then watched him ignite his twin Lightsabers and then proceeded to engage the enemy forces with every ounce of his being.
Mavis and the other Jedi watched the Sith Lord of balance began to cut down the enemy forces with an intense look upon his face as he let the force guide him in this endeavor to save his old home from destruction, at his side was the water troopers who had helped him discover the place known as the Lost Era in the first place.
None of the White Clones stood a chance against him even with their unique abilities as the force guided him is in his endeavors to cut down instead.
Right at that moment as well as a small troop transport was seeing flying through the area when a droid tank shot a round hitting it in the side sending it flying into a nearby building and then hitting the ground hard in front of them right at that moment the forward door opened revealing several Mist Ninjas and Water Troopers.
The new Warriors opened fire with everything they had which consisted of everything from blaster fire to Nin-Jutsu raining down upon the white clone army and its droid counterpart, plus the presence of the Jedi and Sith of balance began to turn the tide of battle.
Naruto easily showed his mastery of the force in this battle as he coolly and calmly fought with an efficiency if you Jedi possessed in this day and age but also the ruthlessness of the Sith and their desire to eliminate as many enemies as possible and yet he did not go into a battle craze that ended innocent lives as he many times defended civilians even though they could tell he wanted nothing more than to punish some of them for what they had done to him so long ago.
At the same time he also directed his own personal battalion of the Water Troopers which had white armor with blue and orange markings upon them including the designation 501 upon their armor and from the looks of things they were all veterans.
Eventually Zetsu enter to battle with his mechanized battle suit and took one look at the nine tales host now known as Lord Vader with a look of disdain upon what was left of his unique face, the two of them locked eyes and literally charged at each other weapons at the ready.
The Jedi's watched in shock as this young man would have suffered so greatly was literally cutting apart something that would give them significant problems, eventually the suit had sustained so much damage that Zetsu had no choice but to abandon his mechanized terror and retreat from the battle knowing that this particular battle was lost but not the war.
The Sith Lord looked at the hulking remain as the strange white plantlike man began to flee letting his soldiers pierced to buy him the time needed to escape.
Vader let out a small row as he then decapitated a droid with a simple swipe of his Lightsaber, he then began to feel in the force is strong presence telling him that something bad was going to happen.
He then turned to Silas and noticed that the Jedi master had much the same look upon his face, he then turned to one of the troopers and spoke, "Cmdr. we need a transport right now!"
"Yes Sir right away Sir."
Silas then walked up to the Sith Lord of balance knowing that they were about to engage in a battle like no other.
XX
The small transport carrying Sasuke and Kim eventually landed on the mountain noticing the presence of the snake Sage and their primary target, the two of them advanced slowly as the snake then brought out his twin bladed Lightsaber and felt like tontine them a bit, "I must say Sasuke if I had known you had the ability to use the force I would've done a lot more to bring you to my side as well is your former teammate."
Sasuke for the most part had taken the bait and was letting his emotions control him, "Two of you are going to pay for all the Jedi and ninja you killed today."
Kim realizing what was going to happen tried to calm her apprentice down and develop a battle strategy, "We need to take him together and then go after the Sith Lord, I will go in from the right you go in from the lef-."
"No I'm taking them now!" He shouted as he began to run at the snake Sage only to receive a dose of force lightning to his body which then began to send him one part of the area to another until he finally collapse with his Jedi robes smoking from the attack.
Orochimaru was impressed that he had pulled off this little feet but also disappointed in the boy's progress as he was still too headstrong and decided to talk the teacher and tested his skills even further, "As you can see my skills in the force exceed my apprentices that Vader destroyed, now back down."
To elaborate his point he then shot force lightning at her which she then blocked with her Lightsaber having to admit that there was an extreme amount of force trying to hold back the attack even with her experience.
"I don't think so traitor!" The snake took this as an invitation and ignited a weapon at both ends as the two of them dueled to see who was better.
The snake continued to taunt her hoping or a reaction, "I expected that Sasuke's new teacher would be far more skilled than this."
He then proceeded to block a strike and then look her dead in the eyes, "Surely you can do better than this?"
She had taken the bait without even realizing what was happening as she to felt her pride wounded by this cruel and sick man who now stood before her.
XX
Itachi held on to the door of the old Republic gunship with all his might as they had to fight their way to the Hokage monument and could already feel that something bad happened he only hoped they would make it in time.
XX
Sasuke was utterly surprised by what the snake had done and began to come around only to watch his teacher fight with a ferocity that he had not known of her, unfortunately it appeared that the snake at the upper hand the whole fight as he easily struck her in both her arms and leg forcing her on the ground.
He then deactivated one of the blades on his purple Lightsaber and proceeded to go in for a killing strike, Sasuke wasted no time and quickly moved to intercept this strike catching the snake off guard in the process which only brought a smile to the man who was more snake then human.
"That's pretty brave of you Sasuke, but I thought you had learned your lesson by now about taking me on."
Sasuke look him in the eyes with a sense of determination and spoke, "I'm not the same child, remember."
Kim then use the force to bring her Lightsaber to her hands and then threw it to her young apprentice who caught it and then proceeded to engage in a fierce battle against the snake.
Strike after strike was landed by both parties with both him and the deadly Sith Lord watching, the two seemed for the most part evenly matched until Orochimaru finally found an opening and struck severing the young man's arm in the process with one force push sent him flying back hitting his master hitting his master in the process.
Orochimaru then felt a strong presence in the force as he looked up to see none other than Itachi Uchiha now known as Darth Raptor of the Sith represented a balance between light and dark, the young man looked over at his brother and the young woman who was his teacher but still could not forget what he had seen.
He however has jumped to and was taking down one of the most dangerous men on this planet, "Orochimaru it's hard to believe that you are trained Sith of the dark side."
"Is that jealousy I hear in your voice, your not even a true Sith." The snake Sage said hoping to get a rise out of this man but once humiliated him.
Itachi however disappointed him by remaining calm and collected and then pulled out his own Lightsaber knowing to complete his mission he would have to take out the snake once and for all.
"You are merely a pawn to this dark Lord or have you forgotten the rule of two already, a master and a apprentice." He said clearly agitating the snake as he then ignited his black Lightsaber.
The snake let his anger get the best of him immersing himself in the dark side as he then rushed forward the two of them clashed as Raptor decided to use an old Sith tactic his master had taught him... Break them before you fight them.
"And as my master told you Orochimaru you are no longer his apprentice, you have been replaced!"
The two of them engaged in a tremendous battle with both of them a blur of motion trading blows and blocking attacks as they went, their training in both the Jedi arts and that of ninjas make them dangerous foes indeed.
However before a winner could even be decided they both felt a strong presence in the force which then separated them sending a snake flying into the ship such force that he was rendered unconscious, for Raptor however it was held in midair as he felt a strong pressure trying to crush his entire body news only things to his own knowledge and strength in the force that he was still alive.
Darth Viral the true leader of Akatsuki in the true apprentice the dark Lord of the Sith walked up holding his hand in midair while looking at Itachi as if he was any insect, "I must say I'm quite impressed with you, I only wish I had discovered your ability instead of that wretched Vader."
Itachi however continued to hold his concentration despite the pain he was in as he then spoke, "Then I am fortunate that you did not discover my abilities is also you who was responsible for my partners death."
Viral could only laugh at this, "I still find it so hard to believe that you were trying to save some of your clan that day, it was I who finished them off... Except your little brother there."
"I know what you did to my master, I may not know who you are but he will stop you." As one visible by of Darth Viral narrowed with anger as he suddenly felt a strong presence in the force.
But unlike the last time he felt it it was stronger and there was another right beside and without warning he was sent flying right into the whole of the ship, he then watched as Darth Vader gently lowered his apprentice to the ground with great care.
Raptor looked up into his master's eyes but he saw no disappointment only concern, "Forgive me my Lord but I failed you."
"There is no failure here my apprentice, however I do intend to watched the show." He said calmly as Viral felt the new presence come into view shocked to see Jedi master Silas in all his glory.
The master Jedi do not play by the rules of the Council stood there breathing in and out with a look of intensity about him, Viral had never fought a Jedi in all of his life but he faced his master plenty of times and although he admitted he was intimidated by Darth Vader he felt no threat from this Jedi and without warning shot out force lightning have both targets hoping to incapacitated them so he could make quick escape.
That hope was quickly dashed as both of them moved like lightning with their arms outstretched catching the lightning and suddenly sending it right back at him, if it was not for his quick reflexes and training in both the arts of being a ninja and a Sith he would've surely been hurt.
He looked at them both as they stood their ground now with a look of determination about them that concerned him greatly he then quickly shot more lightning this time only at Silas hoping it would be too much for the Jedi to handle, much to his surprise he simply held out one hand and absorbed both of the lightnings strikes as if they were nothing slowly absorbing energy from the attack and looked at dark Sith in the eyes.
"You still have much to learn boy!" He said with dark determination was rare for a Jedi.
But Viral refused to back down if he wanted to prove himself to his master and eliminate Jedi personally, "The Jedi and Sith of balance are nothing compared to us, we are more powerful than either of you."
With that said he then began to throw objects ranging from everything from simple rock to an entire tree at the two force users hoping to rip them apart in the process, unfortunately each one of them simply move their hands and began to deflect each attempt shocking the dark Sith in the process.
"You are indeed powerful Sith, the dark side as corrupt you with its will." The Jedi Master said.
Darth Viral narrowed his one good eye and then produced his own Lightsaber, the cylinder itself was jet black with the red markings here and there about it.
He then activated the red blade and stared down the Jedi master as the two of them quickly began to duel, each maneuver was furious and accurate as they proceeded to block and parried and try to strike each other down in instant.
Viral had never encountered about all like this and noticed that Vader was not interfering as he merely watched standing guard in case anything try to threaten the injured Jedi and his apprentice, Kim had honestly never expected master Silas to be this powerful and what she had seen the Sith Lord of balance do as well only made her more concerned about just how powerful he really was and what kind of retaliation he might take upon her student what he had done.
Two of them were blur of movement with each one doing everything they could to try to land to strike, they would use any object to send themselves flying into the air while the battle.
However it was clear that Viral was becoming less effective as the battle raged on, Silas simply parried and then blocked hard one of the dark Sith's attacks and spoke, "You have fought well warrior now surrender!"
But viral simply smiled behind his mask as he pushed the Jedi Master away with the force, unfortunately the old man only went about 10 feet away, "No master Jedi this is only the beginning!"
As soon as he said this he hit a button on his wrist and reached out his left hand causing several trees began falling on the injured combats as well as several droids to begin firing at the Jedi and Sith of balance.
Viral quickly use this opportunity to board his ship and take off not bothering to look back, knowing that they have failed their main objective but at the same time things were going according to plan.
Vader quickly use of force to grab the trees before they could impact the injured, he then quickly use of force to slam them into the nearby droids evening the odds for Silas.
Despite this tactic there were still many more droids to destroy, but to force users quickly destroyed them and watched as two more Republic gunships landed on the monument several medics running to the injured.
Sasuke began to try to get up despite the injury to his arm and saw his former friend lift his brother up with the force and began to walk back to one of the nearby gunships, he called out to his old friend hoping to convince him to stay, "Naruto please don't go!"
Naruto stopped dead in his tracks but lowered Itachi onto one of the gurneys inside the dropship, he then turned and looked his old friend in the eyes, "I can't stay here especially not with you after what you have done... You killed youngling's and for what."
"It was just orders from the Hokage, I just did as I was told." He said pleading with his friend.
Naruto however could not contain his emotions anymore and let a tear off from his eyes in front of everyone, "I saw the recordings what you do to my temple, you were enjoying it Sasuke... Continue down this path in the dark side with forever dominate your destiny."
With this said he boarded the ship as it quickly took off from the Hokage monument, Silas then motioned to one of the troopers to take him back as well.
XX
Three of the Jedi Masters along with Kim stood in the makeshift Council chambers looking out at the Hidden Leaf Village thinking about the days of events, Kim was still unsure about what to do with her young apprentice but also was concerned about what this battle meant just how bad things were going to get.
She turned one of the masters and asked, "Do you think what Vader said is true, it just doesn't seem possible."
The oldest member on the Council would in fact trained Silas and was the most open to hearing what Vader had to say spoke, "Of balance Vader truly is, and learned from our past we have."
"You mean the time of the Old Republic and the first Darth Vader." Kim said hoping for some clarification.
The old master nodded his head, "Yes, a puzzle we are in and a deadly one at that... The dark side has a strong presence here and yet so does the light."
One of the other masters in the room decided to speak, "Then we need to keep an eye on this new Hokage as well is your apprentice Kim."
She simply nodded her head, "I agree master, however I must admit at least today was a victory against the dark side and this white Army."
"Victory you say, no my dear Kim not victory... The shroud of the dark side has fallen, begun the second Clone Wars has."
XX
Danzo now stood on a balcony overlooking his secret project which had been codenamed Seed, his most powerful opportunities had been used to create this clone army with technology he said been taken from Orochimaru's secret labs in the Hidden Leaf, but the truth was the traitor had built them for his master before he had been discovered by the late third Hokage.
Now a totally obedient army stood before him, with his apprentice and hands guiding this war he would first take over this world and then spread to the stars like a plague.
He had already ordered some of his troops to take the old Republic destroyers and claim them as his own as he could see the four ships in the background, however right this moment he and the clan heads of the village as well as the civilian counsel were interrupted by a young ninja running in with terrible news.
"My Lord Lady Tsunade and several Jedi are missing and plus we have no news from the forces you sent to capture those strange ships." Right at that moment they heard rumbling as 4 destroyers began to lift off the ground.
(The Imperial March theme begins to plays in the background.)
Danzo thanks to his years as a ninja and a Sith Lord looked at one of the ships and could just make out the image of Darth Vader looking out the window then proceeded to give him the middle finger.
(Love theme between Anakin and Padme's wedding theme from the end of the movie starts playing.)
Naruto turned away from the window and looked at the still figure of Tsunade was being treated by many medics, he then turned and walked over to Fu was currently in a bed as well being checked over by the doctors and medical droids.
She then placed a hand on her swollen and looked her in the eyes with a loving expression despite what terrors would come.
The two of them and looked out the window as the four old Republic Star destroyers sailed through the sky illuminated by a beautiful sunset.
(The Star Wars theme by John Williams begins playing in the background.)
Based upon Star Wars created by
George Lucas
and the Shonen Jump Manga
Naruto by
Masashi Kishimoto
Story by
GhostCrystal