A/N: Yo! Glad to see me again? For some reason I've been seriously motivated to work on this story. Dunno why, but I do! I'm sure you aren't complaining. Today, I'm going to respond to ALL of your reviews from last chapter, since they were really good and raised interesting points that the rest of you might be thinking about.

Kage Bijuu: Yes, Naruto and Hinata WILL get a costume change in the next chapter, and for the most part, Hinata will probably be considered a blind Human to the normal passerby, but if they found out she could still see she would probably be considered a very Near-Human.

Storyreaderlovespie: Good to know! You'll find out just how and why there are two Pains in the next chapter!

Eipok: As I said, the mystery of the two Pains will be explained in the next chapter, and it will tie EVE into the story once you find out the secret. Oooo! In several cases, Star Wars ships do outclass the New Edeners; however, that is why I fstarted them fighting the Vagaari. They don't use shields and don't have big capital ships (at least as far as I understand) so they would be more of a match to the EVE pilots. It also allows for some technology to be reverse engineered so the EVE side can adapt.

Remember, this story is only Episode II of Star Wars. I still plan on doing Episode III, IV, V, and VI, so there will be tons of time for me to work in the details.

And TY for mentioning this to your friends! I look forward to their reviews!

DBZLOVER: Thanks, I hit Navras by Juno Reactor Vs. Don Davis right as I started the chapter and I was like "Hey, might as well start it out semi-epically."

Ficgenie: Thanks man, that means a lot to me!

Thoketan-XER298-RedRover: Yeha, i gte typoes al the tiem. Wat cn ya do? :P Other than that, since you're not a Naruto fan, I can understand, and forgive you for your ignorance and dislike of the Naru/Hina. ^_^

What I changed in writing was from the way EVE is in the game to the way it is in the books, which is considerably different. You'd only notice it if you played EVE and read the books too. Otherwise, yeah, it would seem minute.

There won't be a lot of contact between the Star Wars universe and the Naruto/EVE universe aside for scuffles and fights for a few more chapters until I get the Naruto/EVE relationship finished. Then the Star Wars side will come into play more prominently. Don't worry there will be plenty of interaction later on in this particular fic, but for the moment the contact will be minimal.

The reason I don't switch the category from Naruto/Star Wars to Naruto/EVE Online is because more people look up Naruto/Star Wars than Naruto/EVE Online. 'Nough said.

Yeah I tend to mess that up some times, but you should've seen Souls & Swords before I edited the earlier chapters. It was awful; I'd put one persons' sentence at the beginning then a transition sentence, then another persons' sentence all in one paragraph. Confusing as heck. I'm doing better at that though.

Reneden: Yooo! Buddy! Wus uup? Good to hear you finished Naruto and Shippuuden. Now you just need to read the manga (which I believe is about two years ahead of the anime).

And be content with what you have! If you live your life wishing you had more, you'll end up like Donald Trumph; rich and unhappy, with your own TV show, seven wives and over a hundred kids. Wait… XD

Ty buddy.

Also, there was a duo of reviewers who didn't review make it to the last chapter and quit half-way through, but I'll address them too.

Trife: I'm glad you give your honest opinions to people, but you could try and make them a bit nicer if you know what I mean. But yeah, like I said in chapter four, I ran out of inspiration but go it back in the form of EVE in the Star Wars galaxy. Then of course I realized I had to make it mix with Naruto somehow, so I thought about it and found a way to make it work, which will be explained in the next chapter.

Yeah it was kind of random, but then, there are many random elements in stories. But that doesn't mean you stop reading them. If you realy liked it before you hit the randomness, a simple message to the author asking to explain can clear things right up! If you don't like the story after Chapter 11, then I won't hold it against you if you stop reading.

DamionKenley117: I already talked with you about it, but this is more for the public's knowledge than yours. Yeah it's a Triple-Crossover. Yeah I have an OC/self-insertion in it. However, to those of you who don't like OCs/self-insertions the impact the character will have will be minimal as you can already tell. As for the triple crossover… well, there are lots of them. They only work if they flow, and of course it won't flow right away, it'll take time. However, you'll probably begin to understand in the next chapter when I explain the relationship between EVE and Naruto and how Naruto and co. got in the Star Wars galaxy.

And now without further ado, I leave you to your literary enjoyment! Read with love!

Chapter 10: The Pieces Move

"I said to move to the northern quadrant! We're getting hammered down here!"

"We're tied down damnit! We can't move anywhere!"

"For fuck's sake! Eight-squad, get your fucking guns on those destroyers!"

"Unable to comply, we're jammed!"

"Is there ANYONE who can do fucking ANYTHING?"

"Everyone shut up! H-squad, fall back and regroup with C-squad. If you've got long range ammo use it now."

"Roger sir. Falling back to regroup. Be advised, Slaver-Eight-Eight-Zero is open to enemy attack. Request replacement forces."

"Negative. We have no reserve forces available. Abandon Slaver-Eight-Eight-Zero. B-squad, cover Five-squad on their fall back to Six-Six-Yulai-Drake."

"Affirmative."

"J-squad, break off pursuit of enemy forces and return to base. Load heaviest ammunition."

"Ambush!"

"Scatter! Fire until you're in warp! Don't give them easy kills!"

"They're everywhe-!"

"Lyn? Lyn!"

"Leave him! He'll be fine! Focus on yourself!"

"The enemy has broken through the blockade. Request tactical fall-back and regroup."

"Damn, I thought they would be longer. Very well, all ships return to point Niner-Vitoc-Drop and hold."

"This is insane! Where are our reinforcements?"

"Just do as you're told!"

Chaos. That was the only word that could describe the massive series of attacks sent against them. Lethal was doing his best to command the series of fleets that were spread around the system while engaging what enemy forces showed their faces at his current location. It was turning in a Hell faster than anyone could have expected. They'd only just defended against a siege that morning and were in the process of repairing. No one was expecting another attack so soon. It hadn't even been sixteen hours and they had been assaulted by another force easily three times the size of the first. Lethal had hoped that fending off all attacks would dishearten the enemy from continued aggression, but it didn't appear to be working, and with ship losses reaching record highs, he knew that good fleet tactics would only get them so much further.

Pilots continued to return to the station for emergency repairs and refueling, but more and more of them returned only in their escape pods, whereupon they promptly docked in the hanger and awaited further orders while keeping tabs on fleet orders as if it were the Worlds Championships of Mindclash. Lethal knew this was just a losing battle with them fighting for time. If they could stave off this massive attack, he figured the enemy would need time to regroup and by doing so give him and his ilk time to recoup. Another reason for this small hope was the promised help from the alliance, whenever they got here. If only they could last long enough…

But if a force triple the size of that morning's really was fighting their way here right now, he knew it could possibly mean the end of them. But there was a silver lining in that fact: forces of that size would take time to reassemble and reorganize into an assault party. That in and of itself would take several hours to organize arrange correctly. So if all allied forces were withdrawn at the same time, the enemy would have to deal with the sudden retreat with organization.

He was playing for time now.

Pain watched, and felt as the wormhole twisted and flashed, and if he wasn't suspended in his pod, he would have thrown up immediately. Slowly, the starscape altered and warped to a black background dotted with white stars. Looking behind him, he saw the wormhole fluctuate again, and again and again. It flashed eighty more times before it ceased its spasm and calmed its rippling energy waves. And one by one the eighty allied ships came into view, gliding as if on a gentle breeze toward him.

It was a multitude of designs. Twelve different battleship designs and eight unique types of command ships were enough to widen the eyes of any seasoned military man.

But not Pain's. He was beyond any seasoned military man.

He was beyond any man entirely.

When he was sure that all ships had transferred safely, he switched to the fleet channel. "All ships, you are being transferred the coordinates of the Onyx outpost. Align to and signal when ready."

Pain allowed thirty seconds to roll by before he decided enough time had been given. Already all RSR ships were ready to go, along with the majority of the battleships from Master-Ships and Gray Space Tech. Using his fleet commander privileges, he overrode the fleet's navigational controls and forced them all into warp. As they all slowly accelerated into their faster-than-light travel, Pain could feel it.

He allowed himself a smile, even though his actions within the ship were supposedly disconnected from his body.

He was here. Pain had arrived to this galaxy, but he wasn't the only one.

He could waste no more time.

"Get ready."

"We're exiting hyperspace." Said the captain of the small freighter. Behind him stood Zetsu, and behind him sat strapped into their seats the duo of lovebirds. Zetsu hid his wonder of the streaking stars easily enough, but the same could not be said for Naruto and Hinata, who both had never seen anything so beautiful in their whole lives. But what they saw once the streaking stars vanished would only astound them even more.

"Here we are, Corsucant." Drawled the man. He'd seen it so many times he could puke. Even more so when he saw how ridiculous the two teenagers in the back were acting. Thank goodness he didn't look back. Instead he merely mumbled under his breath, "you better pay me when we land," to Zetsu behind him. He was answered by a simple, "of course," before the ship accelerated to cruising speed and headed toward the planet.

To Naruto and Hinata, the well-lit planet looked like a beautiful gem floating in space with flickering yellow spots that winked in and out of existence as they were temporarily eclipsed by starships as they entered the atmosphere or crawled across the sky within it. Their wide-eyed gazes and gaping mouths were noted by Zetsu who shrugged as the ship began to hit the atmosphere. It vibrated a bit, but it only ended up being a light hum thanks to the ship's inertial compensators. It lasted only for a moment as it broke through the relatively thin thermosphere and hit the highest clouds and vanished within.

Hinata looked worried for a moment not being able to see where they were going. However, the man at the controls didn't panic and seemed to look at a series of instruments on the panel in front of him. She gasped when an ominous shadow, like a mountain shrouded in haze flew by them. The man looked back at her strangely before turning back to his controls. "Ain't you two ever flown before?" He asked sarcastically, knowing they couldn't speak Basic.

"No," Zetsu answered seriously before reaching into his cloak and withdrew a small datapad and began tapping keys. The ship finally broke through the thick cloud cover that dominated the sky. It was then that Naruto and Hinata really lost their ability to breath. This planet was like an oversized deluxe version of Amegakure. Massive buildings stood stalwart in the gray sky and stretched downward to the surface of the planet some several miles down. The brief patches of sunlight gleamed off the surface of what metal it hit, including ships, sending sparkles of light dazzling about the cockpit interior.

Naruto, not even realizing he'd done so, unbuckled himself and stood walking closer to the window, but staying behind the captain's chair. He shook his head slightly in bewilderment. "It's incredible," he breathed in awe.

The captain heard him say something in a foreign language he didn't know and ignored him. Just a few more minutes and he'd be rid of these kids and that freaky plant guy. 'Ah, and there's the landing platform,' he thought with relief.

The use a floating landing platform meant that you were an important person, or at least had money to afford it. Rounding toward it, he noticed there was another man standing off to the side of the landing area wearing the same garb as the bi-colored alien behind him. He had long yellow hair, but that was all he could see.

He brought the ship around and positioned it skillfully, with the help of the computer, on the platform somewhat softly. "Right, that's thirty-six thousand credits for the two trips and the domestic trauma," He said without missing a beat as he stood up and turned to the human Venus flytrap. Zetsu put the datapad down and tucked it in his cloak.

"The funds have already been transferred to your account in the amount of forty-two thousand. Keep the change."

The captain stood in shock for only a second before regaining his wits and nodding. That was a gross over charge and he knew it. He was just trying to get back at the plant for treating him like a lower being, but here he was realizing that this thing had deeper pockets than he'd originally assumed.

"You two, come on." Zetsu gestured to the two fellow ninja. The nodded and followed after him to the landing ramp, which after the press of a button, lowered to the deck. They'd already packed what was theirs and placed it by the door, so Naruto simply picked the bags up and walked out last, letting Zetsu go first and then Hinata.

Zetsu heard the ramp close and the ship power up its repulsorlifts for takeoff. Zetsu was sure he'd never see that man again.

He continued walking until he reached a cross-armed Deidara, the sight of whom made Naruto tense up. The blonde bomber simply looked at the two newcomers and scoffed. "You seriously think I'm gonna let them have a free ride back to HQ? I still haven't forgotten about this, h'n," he said pointing to his cheek.

Naruto shrugged. "Can you really blame me?"

"Yes, I can!" He replied, reaching into his clay pouch suddenly, frustration evident on his face. Naruto instantly pulled out a kunai and prepared himself, not having forgot about Hinata beside him. But surprisingly, the mediator came in the form of Zetsu who stepped between them.

"Deidara, put your grudges aside, for now. You seemed to be fine with this mission when it was assigned to you." The Akatsuki spy commented.

Deidara withdrew his hand and cross his arms over his chest. "Yeah, well I didn't know who exactly I was being sent to pick up." He said, glaring disdainfully at the Jinchūriki.

"Just get them to Pain and be done with it. And don't push them off," Zetsu warned. Deidara huffed as his comrade melted into the ground, leaving the three alone.

After a few silent, and needless to say awkward moments that involved Naruto looking from Deidara to the city around him nervously, Deidara sighed and walked over to the edge of the platform. Naruto and Hinata followed.

The Akatsuki bomber raised his hands to look at his palms as the mouths on them chewed thoughtfully. A few seconds later he spit the small mounds of clay out and began molding them. Hinata tried to look over his shoulder to see what he was doing. She had yet to get over her surprise that someone so young could be an S-class criminal and a member of Akatsuki no less. She'd heard of a few members and of their powers, but she'd never heard of this man.

Deidara looked at his newest artworks with a smirk and tossed them into the air. There was a poof of smoke and the flapping wings of the two birds blew it away. Deidara hopped on the closest one without hesitation Naruto following on the other bird not a second later, having guessed their mode of transportation back to wherever the Akatsuki were using as their headquarters.

Hinata blinked in surprise and hesitated. Deidara spared her only the briefest of passing glances. "Unless you want to get left up here alone, I'd suggest you get on. H'n."

Hinata promptly jumped onto the one where her love had landed and he caught her. Deidara shook his head in annoyance and commanded the birds forward. Even as they took off, he sat down cross-legged, resting his head on his left hand and looking out bored at the city's horizon. At the sudden movement, Naruto instantly sat Hinata down in front of him with him behind her and holding onto her.

The duo of birds soared gently through the sky, the winds whipping by them and chilling them. All except for Deidara, whom Naruto assumed was at this elevation only to spite them. Though while it would be appropriate that such thoughts were passing through the young man's mind, he was actually rather preoccupied with his slight blush. 'Damn that brat and his girlfriend! How can she seriously be dressed like that, h'n? What's he trying to do, give me a nosebleed?'

He quickly shook his head from those thoughts though as they entered the busier skylanes of the district. Here Deidara lazily stood from his warm seat and stoically stood against the wind as he piloted the two clay fowls between the speeding traffic and down to a nearby causeway. Without warning, both birds exploded into smoke and they fell to the ground. Deidara, having been prepared for it landed easily, but for Naruto and Hinata who had not been ready for it, they both fell to the ground, Naruto just barely able to position himself to land them both without injury. Naruto glared at the Akatsuki's back but it went unnoticed as the other blonde was already walking away, knowing they had no choice but to follow.

"That's it, I'm buggin' out!"

Lethal watched as another ship, a battleship no less, vanished into warp to prepare for a double-back to the station now directly behind him and every other able member of Onyx. It was so mundane; firing missile after goddamn missile into space, only to watch as more ships emerged from the explosion they caused. Like a massive amoebic blob, the enemy fleet pushed forward, shrugging off the increasingly diminishing torrent of weapon fire of the capsuleers. But even Lethal's powerful shields were beginning to weaken from the consistent red beams of energy. He was already getting ready to overheat all weapons, thereby increasing their fire rate, when a sudden flash of light drew his attention. The battleship that had just left the battlefield had returned only to be immediately assaulted again before he could get to the protection of the outpost's shields. It exploded in a blinding explosion.

"Damn it!" The pilot's voice came over the com. Lethal would have sighed if he could. Unfortunately, he was far too preoccupied at the moment. Dozens of injured and limping ships crawled over to nearby allies to shield themselves from enemy fire. Fires burned from oxygen leaking into space and innumerable shards of metal and ships split in half littered that area, and the smaller ships began using those carcasses for cover as they strafed across the defense field.

But even so, more and more azure explosions sprang to life, and with them more and more escape pods littered the area, desperately trying to get back in the defensive shield of the outpost. Lethal barely even realized the number of ships left in the fleet.

'Twenty ships? Bloody fuck! Where are those idiots? We're getting murdered out here!'

He half expected the cliché entrance of a fleet of friendly ships to warp in and save the day, but as the seconds ticked by, none came. But what did happen that raised an eyebrow (whether he realized it or not) was the sudden cessation of fire from the enemy fleet. One second they were firing, the next they simply stopped. And then to his utter amazement, they turned around and accelerated into hyperspace.

But no one cheered their retreat. No one smiled in relief. They all knew it wasn't their victory. Lethal reluctantly ordered friendly ships head inside the shield and repair themselves with what meager equipment they could find. Lethal had a hard time working his way through the debris field and could feel the rough touch of cold hull on his shields as if it were his skin.

But as his shields passed through those projected by the outpost, he felt no safer than he had before. 'Why would a force that out numbers us nearly ten to one suddenly retreat for no reason?' He thought to himself. It was simply incredible.

But the sudden voice that came over the coms caused him to turn his camera drones back out to the battlefield.

"Attention all Onyx pilots. The cavalry has arrived!"

The announcement was responded with thunderous roars from every member whether they were docked, in pods or floating in space. And then the appearance of nearly eighty friendly ships decelerating from warp sent the spirits of the men and women higher than an addict on Mindflood. And it wasn't just the pilots; the crews and workers aboard ships, the outpost and its modules all cheered with one another.

Lethal felt relief wash over him as he recognized the insignias of Jonathan Yuron and Yoma Yun's corporations. But the next thing he recognized would have caught the air in his lungs, if there were any air in them at all. The red cloud insignia of Red Sun Rising, the parent corporation of Akatsuki and the strongest of the ten corporations.

"Bloody 'bout time you got here!" He said, shaking off the feeling that just formed in his gut.

"Sorry Alen, it took us a while to form a fleet of this size." Yoma's said jovially. "Geez, can't you even keep those scrapheaps of yours intact?" He asked mockingly, obviously talking about the hulks of dead ships floating around.

"Up yours you twat, it's your fault for being late." Lethal said laughing as he did so.

"Fair enough, fair enough."

"Heeeyy Alen! Your alive!" Jonathan, AKA Empowered, interjected as the fleet moved toward the outpost.

"No thanks to your lethargic bum." Lethal retorted.

"Hey, we're here now, right?"

"Barely…"

All three of them laughed, Lethal obviously in relief for having back up at last. But their little moment was disrupted by the next voice that entered their private chat channel. "Mehmit. This is Pain. Have your men head back to the wormhole and get new ships from Empire Space as well as the supplies on the list I'm sending you." Lethal felt the trickle of information fill his brain and he responded in the affirmative.

"Yup, I'm on it."

"Also," Pain continued. "You said in your report that the unknown enemies used a unique type of drive system for propulsion. I assume you've experimented at least a little bit with that?"

"Yes, we've done a little bit here and there, but recently we've had more… pressing matters to deal with. In a nutshell, our ships can't handle the high speeds. We'll need more sturdy materials and overhaul our ships with it. Apparently, some factories we set up on the planet when we got here are extracting the needed materials." He sent a silent thank you to Black Lister for bringing the equipment for mineral extraction.

"Do you have any ships already fitted with them, say a shuttle for instance?" Pain asked again.

Thinking he wanted them to begin testing, Lethal replied, "Yeah we have a few shuttles fitted for testing, but is it safe at this point in time? They could attack again."

"I doubt they'll attack again for a while. The reason they retreated from here is because we feinted their rear guard, and with our numbers they couldn't ignore us lest they risk a rear assault. A simple 'plow through their fleet until you get a clear jump to the outpost' was all we needed to deal enough damage on our way here."

Lethal would have raised his eyebrows in surprise if he were in control of them. Pain actually wasn't a bad fleet commander.

"But moving on…" He continued.

"Right," Lethal said. "If that's true then we can begin testing immediately."

"Good. I expect results." Pain said with finality. Lethal directed his camera drones around his ship to find Pain's ship, and was, to say the very least, astonished to see an Imperial Issue Apocalypse. Suddenly, Lethal felt very wise for having approved of Pain's proof of leadership.

Night had reached its peak on Coruscant, though by the light dancing across the horizon, you'd never have guessed it was midnight. God Realm stood by a full wall of glass on one of the top floors of the extravagant apartment building that reached high above the clouds. He had just received confirmation that Zetsu had arrived and droped the kids off with Deidara who was in his way here. It wasn't long before he could sense Deidara approaching and only a minute or two later he could actually see them. But they were not what was currently on his mind. An hour or so ago, he felt a familiar presence enter his mind, but… it was strange; it was as if he knew the presence, but it somehow remained out of his reach, like a butterfly taunting a child as it danced around it.

It was familiar, almost painfully so. And that's what made it all the more interesting. It would take some investigating but he would find out what it was. Madara would probably know, but he didn't want to bother him as he was off doing his own thing, add to it he had a gut feeling that he shouldn't tell him. Why he didn't know, but he'd learned to go with his gut over the many years he'd been alive.

But he had more pressing matters to attend to, such as introducing himself to the young Hyuuga girl and pacifying the Kyuubi child. He could feel Deidara coming closer and with him would be the other two. It would be hard to convince either of his true intentions, but once he did, anyone else they met would trust the boy and the girl both, leading to easy negotiations.

The trouble was, of course, that the Kyuubi Jinchūriki would be difficult to appease. The girl, based off of what Zetsu had briefly described of her, would probably go along with whatever he decided.

Pain turned and walked out to the veranda provided with the lavish apartment they had rented. Konan was sleeping in the next room over where he had Gakidō (Preta Realm) and Chikushōdō (Animal Realm) guarding he so he needn't fear for her safety.

He heard a hissing sound behind him and turned to see the main room, which was visible from the veranda, open. In walked an obviously sulking Deidara and distrustful Naruto. The Hyuuga was a blank card; he couldn't quite read what emotion was flitting through her mind. Nevertheless, he moved forward from the balcony and into the main room to greet them, the glass door closing behind him.

Deidara simple stepped forward with his hands deep in his clay pouches, serving as pockets in this particular instance and said simply, "Am I done?"

Pain nodded a "yeah" and watched as a thankful Deidara quickly turned and strode out of the room, closing the automated door behind him.

The door hissed shut, leaving the three in silence. It permeated the air for a few seconds, with Pain simply staring at them, observing them. Naruto glared at him in the eyes, and the girl's eyes seemed to find anywhere to look other than his disorienting Rinnegan rings.

"Uzumaki Naruto. A pleasure to meet you in person." Pain said at last. There was a sudden gust of wind and he found Naruto's fist not a centimeter from his face. But he did not flinch; did not quiver. His simply stared impassively as Naruto's eye widened at having been stopped.

"It would be unwise to fight here, Uzumaki. Especially considering the collateral I could use at the moment." He didn't turn his eyes away from Naruto's, but the unspoken threat to Hinata did not go unnoticed. Naruto reluctantly retracted his fist from the invisible wall that had blocked him.

"Why did you bring us here?" Naruto asked at last.

"Dozens of us have been transported here. The cause is unknown however, and since we're obviously no longer in our own world, it would be unwise to make enemies when we're obviously struggling to survive. I'm sure Zetsu told you, did he not?"

"You want us to all band together against the elements basically. What makes you think we can trust you?" Naruto answered bitterly.

"You can't. Not entirely anyways. But to extract the Kyuubi now would be a pointless waste of effort. At the moment, you're more valuable alive."

Naruto, while he didn't really want to ask for fear of attracting unwanted attention to his girl, couldn't help but ask, "Then why allow Hinata to come with me?"

Naruto could've sworn he saw Pain smirk, but it was so slight he couldn't be sure. "Would you rather I had Zetsu leave her on Tatooine? Or perhaps we should have sold her into slavery. We're running short on prostitutes after all." Pain stated simply.

Naruto dashed forward and grabbed Pain but the collar. "You touch her, and it'll be the last thing you ever do!" He said menacingly.

"There's your answer."

Naruto's eyes widened a little, realizing Pain let Hinata stay with him only because he wanted her with him. "Why do us any favors?" Naruto questioned skeptically.

"Strategic planning takes preparation." Pain said cryptically, turning away from them and heading deeper into the room to an array of seats and couches. "Have a seat."

Naruto reluctantly followed and did so, patting the seat next to him for Hinata to sit. She did so, slightly numb that she was only with Naruto at the moment by this man's whim. That was slightly humbling.

"Putting hostilities aside, if you can," Pain began, "we can begin relations in earnest. At the moment, the majority of Akatsuki is out and about making their merry way. Anything to get funds flowing. Slavery, weapons shipping, smuggling, assassinations, bounty hunting… etcetera."

Pain noticed Naruto's slight growl when he mentioned slavery. "You probably can't understand the scope of what we're doing unless you understand what we do. If you want, I can give you knowledge of this place we find ourselves in."

Naruto felt another presence in the room and turned to see who it was. Leaning up against a nearby support column stood Human Realm, on of Pain's sneakiest bodies. Naruto had fought Pain only once before, and that was only three of the supposed six that he had. Human Realm had been one of them. He turned back to God Realm and was about to refuse when a gentle voice spoke up from beside him.

"We accept."

Naruto turned to look at Hinata incredulously. She didn't look at him, but rather at Pain, her eyes sharp and strong. Pain raised an eyebrow at this, but did not say anything.

"Don't fear, my dear Kyuubi. It only kills you when you extract information, not implanting it." Pain said in a somewhat reassuring manner. Human Realm walked up to the two from behind and placed a hand on each of their heads. Naruto visibly twitched at the contact. Hinata noticed and placed her hand over his. He looked her in the eyes and saw that she wasn't afraid. Why, he had no idea, but he decided that perhaps he should follow her lead for once. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes steeling himself for the pain that accompanied information transference.

Pain took this as his cue and began the process.

Neither Naruto nor Hinata were ready for the sheer onslaught of information that was suddenly and forcefully injected into their minds. Naruto all of a sudden realized this was more information than any one person in one lifetime could possibly gather. He briefly wondered how many people died at Pain's hands to learn all of this, but it didn't last long before Pain's hands left his and his love's heads.

He opened his eyes warily. He looked at the Pain in front of him curiously and then collapsed, his mind temporarily shutting down to adapt to the new information. Hinata had already been knocked out during the transfer, but that didn't stop the transfer.

Pain simply stared at the two teens and shook his head, getting up and flipping Naruto over his shoulder, as Human Realm picked Hinata up as one would a young child and took them to a small bedroom. Entering and placing them on the bed together, he took a moment to contemplate on his kind's current positions. Until they found a way to get back to their home, if there was one, they would need to band together, no matter how controversial their relationships might be, lest they be picked off by the scum of the galaxy.

That was why he had the Akatsuki doing all manner of things for money. By forming a worthy organization for this galaxy, he would be able to create peace for his people. It didn't matter how much pain the denizens of this galaxy had to go through, they weren't his kind. They meant nothing to him. This galaxy was a harsh place, and the people of his world would need a haven from such a rough place.

Akatsuki would be that haven; a place of peace in a galaxy of pain.

A/N: And there you have it! Another chapter down, and another chapter closer to discovering the mystery of Pain! Comments and questions are appreciated! At least let me know if you like it or not.

If you're confused about anything, don't hesitate to bring it to my attention, and I'll do my best to clear it up without revealing too much of the future plot (I have to have at least SOME surprises after all).

Leave your comments on the way out and don't forget to throw your flames out in the nearest trash receptacle. Till next time!

~K.H.

P.S. I only got nine reviews last time. Lets try to at the very least 2x it. It'd make me bewy happy :D