Sith'ari

All opposites

A/N: Well I got some review about 'don't like multi-crossover' which is perfectly understandable. Still I would really like it if you would stay and read or come back after a year to see if I can convince you otherwise.

I can make good multi-crossovers, I will not just throw in material, throw in material, throw in material, no.

Each fictional work introduced into the story will be explored and explained, and then show the interaction between it and Naruto. So yes, I will not fail at this, have faith.

Also here are answers about what the 4 crossovers are from last chapter. Aegiria's race, Frostling, is from 'Age of Wonder' game series, Matis's race, Caldari, is from the online game 'Eve-online,' Purple Diamond's race, Gem, is from the 'Steven Universe' cartoon, and the final one was the beastmaster, Leon, whose appearance was similar to the 'Hound Master' hero in game 'Darkest Dungeon'.

Naruto rolled around his bed anxiously. He was not used to this kind of comfortable mattress, he'd been sleeping on hard rock ground for eight years for Adas' sake!

As he kept rolling a few more times, Matis yelled from his bed across the room.

"Ugh…for the State sake, Naruto, Oorn please stop rolling in your bed. I can't shut my eyes because of the noise," he complained.

"Try sleeping on a hard bed your whole life then say that again," Oorn replied. And they all tried to go back to sleep.

Apparently, the squad was arranged to be in the same room. The girls got their own, and they got theirs. It was a medium-sized room, a 'bunk' bed implanted into the left and right sides of the wall. There was a small enough space left to place whatever the occupants wanted.

Oorn and Kandosii took the lower ones, while Matis and Naruto took the upper ones. They did not agree on what to place in the empty space yet.

Naruto closed his eyes for a few more minutes, and then the alarm clock rang. Matis sighed loudly.

"Is it time already? I didn't even get any sleep," he complained again.

"Not used to such 'discomfort'?" Kandosii said sarcastically as he got up from his own bed beneath Matis.

"No, I can take lack of sleep, but after that long trip I at least wanted a single full night of rest," he replied.

The last day was a little busy. After catching the bird and handing it to the beastmaster, which saddened Alesha a lot, Jango took them to tour the ship. They were also introduced to the last of their squad members, Silas, who was attending the mess hall yesterday.

He was a pretty standard Mandalorian rookie, but Horuset expected him to handle himself better than some of the others in the squad. After lunch, they toured some more, went to meet other important officers, then ate supper. After that they were allowed to relax in their shared room. [1]

But now, however, was time to wake up for training. Normally, his squad would be put up to normal military drill training like other Mandalorians, but because of their special case, mainly because of their recruiter's recommendation, the Mandalorian leadership allowed Jango to be the one training them.

He told them to come to the training area by 04:00 standard time of the ship. [2]

Now it was 03:30. If they wanted any time to prepare, this would be the best time to wake up. [3]

So they got up from their bed and went to the main bathroom to clear themselves before coming back to take their respective weapons and gear before heading off to the training area.

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They arrived at the training area where Jango, Silas, and Aegiria were already waiting for them. Naruto took a little glance at Silas. He had a brown, short but arranged hair with green eyes. Besides that he looked very much like a base-line human, which he was.

The girls were not there yet, so the boys were allowed to look around or do other things. Naruto observed the training area. There were few other Mandalorians doing their own training in the area, but no one was paying attention to their gathering.

Soon the girls arrived. Laneel and Isab looked like they lacked sleep, while Purple Diamond and Alesha looked well rested. Well, Alesha at least since Naruto doubted Purple needed any sleep at all.

"Alright you're all here, line up," Jango commanded, and they obeyed. "As I said yesterday, we are now a squad, so that means each of you shall have a role within the squad. I shall be the squad leader, and Aegiria is my assistant leader. Now here is the complicated part. Since none of you were trained under the True Mandalorian, like Silas, I did not know which role I should assign you to. That is why I shall now give you a chance to explain yourself and your skill set to me." He gave them a small pause.

"There must be one medic, one engineer, one ammunition carrying and explosive handling personnel, two standard riflemen, two suppressing gunners, one scout, and one overwatcher." He gave another pause.[4]

"This is your chance to try to convince me to give you your desired role, but keep in mind, if you fail to fulfill that role, with no other factor but yourself, there are going to be consequences," he said, eyeing them dangerously. He walked to the head of the line, which was Matis.

"Explain to me how will I used you in the battlefield," Fett commanded him. Matis tensed up before answering.

"I was trained at the State War Academy of the Caldari States. Since I was a high performing student, I was picked to be trained in the advance dropsuit program," he said.

"You will have to give me details for me to understand," Fett replied.

"See the suit I wear right now? This is a dropsuit. It allowed anyone who wore it to withstand the G-force during the dropping session. Of course, we would be in a drop pod at first, but still, we don't land with our pod."

"Is the dropsuit unit operated in a squad or singular commando?" Fett inquired.

"Both, each soldier dropped down operating independently but would still work toward a common goal unless higher ranking officers from the State authority were present. In that case, all must obey him for he is the authority of the State. That is why I am proud of being here. I might be here as a normal foot soldier, but I still represent my whole people to yours. Speaking of which, I have a question," Matis said.

Jango nodded in his head, Matis had training and determination, yet with his lack of cooperating skills, it might take a while until he became a valuable asset to the team.

"Unfortunately, I need to sort out my team first. Until then, hold on to your question," Fett said, and Matis nodded. "In any event, I still don't know which role I should assign you to. You have any more specific skills?"

"Back in the academy, they taught me a wide variety of firearm techniques and other combat skills, but there are three things I excel at over my fellow dropsuit students." His hand reached for one of his guns. Its design was similar to a small machine gun, SMG, but the clip and barrel were too big to be a simple gun, energy or bullet.

"This is a GN-13 Flaylock Pistol. It has few shots per clip and not at all good fire rate, but that was because each shot is an explosive shot or a small missile. I have one of the best scores with this weapon, both from hitting the target and avoiding the damage from the explosive. Onto the next one." He put his gun away and took out another weapon, a strange-looking rifle.

"This is a weapon that was created by my people specifically by the corporation my family belongs to. This is a Ishukone Assault Rail Rifle designed by Ishukone corp., one of the eight ruling corp. of Caldari. Also this is a prototype so I-" But then he was cut off.

"Enough, we can talk about that at lunch. Now explain what it can do and why you are so good at it," Jango interrupted him.

Now he had found Matis's weakness, his obsession with his nation. He guessed he saw it coming. This guy often talked a lot about his home and 'States'. Matis suppressed his disappointed look and answered.

"Very well. The railgun was capable of mid- to long-range shot, with high damage to the target but low clip and low fire rate"

'Another low fire rate but high accuracy weapon,' Jango thought. 'This guy prefers accuracy with each shot and wants it to strike and kill. Hmm, if we have need for a sniper, he would be the one,' he thought.

"As for my last skill, it would be in the art of economics and management, but I doubt that it would do me any good here," Matis finished, and Jango gave him a nod. He walked to the next member, Oorn.

"So how can I use you, big guy?" he asked aloud.

"Hmm, I am capable in fighting. My people were not so peaceful, just like your Mandalorian. I have fought in the arena from time-to-time, but the majority of my time was spent in the mine hurling and carrying rocks. If I was lucky enough, I got to hear a rare tale of my people from the prisoner miner or got to set up an explosive. That was all I did before my time of servitude had come." Jango nodded. That pretty much summed up what role Oorn would fill.

"Time of servitude?" Alesha asked out loud and was shushed by her leader.

"Elaborate that a bit. Normally people join the Mandalorian willingly," Fett said. If Devluc and Uvaqv took a non-liberated slave as a recruit, Jango would have a problem with them. Oorn was staring at him for a second before he realized what Jango was on about.

"Ah, I see. For you people it might seem strange, but it was common for my people. Every youth was 'forced' into this period of servitude to off-worlders, so we could learn skills, gain fortune, and come back a successful adult ready to fight for themselves on our world," Oorn finished. That seemed to ease Fett a bit, though he still looked distrustful of the information.

He moved on to the next one. "What can you do, Isab?"

"I can hold my own in the battlefield though I have no professional training in the art of warfare. Before I came here, I was a nomad just like most of my race, so naturally, I have skill with spacecraft and such. So to put it simply, I would be most fit to fill the engineer role," she concluded. Jango nodded. He was glad there was finally someone who did not give an overly long explanation.

He moved on to Lanaal. "And what kind of skill can I expected from you?" he asked.

"Any kind you can expect," she replied.

Jango sighed. "Just tell me what can you do." She continued to be silent. "I can lower your wage and make your life miserable," Fett threatened.

"Fine, you want to know what I did? I was a cutthroat. I kill and steal, that was all I do. I know where to hit, where to jab, where to stab, and any place that would kill anyone stupid enough to walk into the alley I camped in," she said in a single burst. Fett narrowed his eyes.

The woman might be the most dangerous in their team. Criminals didn't often turn into Mandalorians unless they wished to escape the law, and even after that, they would still be treacherous. He would be on guard around her, and he hoped his squadmates did the same.

He went to face Alesha. Before he or she said anything, he sighed and asked.

"What can you do, Alesha?" he asked.

"Well...I can play the flute," she said with a bit of an awkward smile.

Fett stared at her for a few seconds before sighing again and asking, "As in what role, of the roles I just said, would fit you the most?" he said while trying his best not to sound annoyed.

"Oh, um…" The girl tapped her chin a few times before suddenly snapping her finger. "I can fly really fast!" she stated half-proudly and half-happily.

"...I don't think you can match the speed of modern aircraft," Fett stated and caused her smile to disappear. "While that skill will certainly be of use, I wanted to know what you can do in the battlefield." She was silent a bit, and her face started to look...guilty. [5]

"Can you fight at all?" Naruto, who was next to her, asked.

"Um...no." At that, Fett facepalmed; Naruto rolled his eyes; Lanaal chuckled; Isab, Silas, Matis, and Aegiria looked at her in disbelief; Oorn and Kandosii shook their heads; and Purple Diamond retained her indifferent face. Jango took a deep breath before walking to Aegiria and Silas.

"Why, why, why? Why would Devluc and Uvaqv recruit someone who can't fight? It doesn't make sense," he told them.

"I think it was Uvaqv's idea to recruit her. No one understands that guy's mind. Then again, he is a veteran. I doubt most of us can," Silas replied.

"And what are you going to do?" Aegiria inquired.

"If she really can't do anything, I will need to hand her to a basic instructor for a few weeks. If she does have some combat skills, then I won't," he said.

He headed back to question Alesha further, which resulted in his disappointment. She did not know how to fight at all. Fett only told her of her fate with the instructor and moved on, hoping that others were not like her.

"What can you do, Naruto?" he asked.

"I'd rather not talk too much about myself. So I will conclude this for you: I am a melee expert, and while I can use a blaster, I was never trained to," Naruto said.

'Let's hope he doesn't ask anything further,' Naruto thought.

"How good are you in close combat?" he asked. Naruto nodded.

He slowly took out his hidden blades, one-by-one, until there were ten in his hand.

"Do you think a normal person would pack this many hidden blades, daggers, and knives?" he asked. Jango stared at him for a while, observing Naruto again. Then he moved on and stopped in front of Purple Diamond.

"What can you do?"

"I can conjure a weapon at will." She touched the diamond on her forehead before it began to glow, and then Purple Diamond pulled out a decorated purple diamond-made lance. [6]

This surprised everybody, including Naruto. Never before had any of them heard of any race that could conjure a weapon at will.

"Impressive, and can you do anything else?" Jango asked.

"Every Gems was born in a castes society. So I am naturally ready to follow any kind of command, but since you people are not my authority, well I wouldn't say I won't follow you, just to a lesser extent than I do with my people. Also, this weapon can shoot energy blasts. Watch," Purple Diamond said as she took aim at the nearby training dummy and shot out a violent blast.

The shot hit the dummy's head and exploded. When the smoke cleared out, the dummy's head was gone. Jango was visibly impressed.

"Tell me, can your whole race do this?" he asked her.

"To some extent. I am a professional, well-trained, and rarer...'breed' of my kind. Don't expect a normal Gems to be on the same level as I am. Also, as long as the gem here," she pointed at the diamond on her forehead, "is still intact, I can't be killed," She answered without any emotion on her face. Fett nodded impressively, though he was not the only one, and moved on to the last member, Kandosii.

"Do you people still train their youth to fight at an early age?" he asked him.

"As we have since the days before the Mandalorian came," Kandosii said and smiled proudly. Fett nodded and smiled back. It seemed that was all he wanted to know.

"Alright, I will think over your 'resume'. For now, I wanted to see how you really do in combat. Everybody go to the quartermaster and ask to withdraw a standard Mandalorian rifle from his deposit. Understand?" Everyone nodded before departing to the quartermaster, well nearly everyone. Alesha was caught by Aegiria.

"Not so fast, angel. I will take you to the drill sergeant," she said before dragging the poor girl away. In the head of her blonde squadmates, he thought.

'If she can't adapt, she will die…like I used to.'

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Naruto laid down the food tray, then sat down along with his teammates. They had finished a shooting session after which they performed a few more physical tests then came to breakfast. Most of them were already seated and began digging into their food. They all ate in silence and created yet another awkward moment.

Naruto could feel that all of them would not trust each other, not yet; especially Matis and Purple Diamond. They were both nationalists. They would not tolerate anyone else saying their space nation was better than any other space nation. [7]

"So," Silas tried to break the silence. "What were you going to ask back at the training area, Matis?"

"Ah, yes, I was wondering what exactly is the Mandalorian. At first I thought it was a spacefaring race, then after I came here I thought you people were some kind of mercenaries, but then after I heard you people have your own language, I was fully confused. What is the Mandalorian?" Jango opened his mouth and was about to answer when someone else stole his moment.

"We are the culture that proved that the old racial ideal can be broken." They turned to the source of the answer. They saw Aegiria and, a rather exhausted looking, Alesha holding their food trays. As they sat down, Matis continued to speak.

"What do you mean by that?" he asked.

"Mandalorian was not a group; it was not a person; it was not a race. Well it originally was but not anymore. It was a culture, an identity, a meme that can be transmit to anyone of any race, of any world, of any gender. It is the proof that a perfect society where everyone is judged based on their achievements, not what they were born as, can exist," Aegiria stated. While Matis, Purple Diamond, and Alesha seemed impressed, the others, even Jango and Silas, knew better, and one of them was more than willing to correct Aegiria's statement.

"Mandalorian, a perfect society? Don't make me laugh, Aegiria. You know they were not like that," Naruto countered.

"I know, they were not perfect, but they still-" She was cut off.

"Like I said, don't make me laugh. The Mandalorian may be fine warriors, I will admit that, but that was all they were. Their whole society would not accept anyone they deemed weak, even though the potential for the weak to grow strong exists. Moreover, anyone with any profession other than warrior within their society, be it artisan, caretaker, or even doctor was looked down on as a 'lesser' profession." Aegiria was silent and made no eye contact. [8]

"And do I have to remind you of their subjugation by Sith about 3 millenniums ago? What was the name of your leader at that time? Mandalore the Indomitable? Yes, that's him. He lost to a Sith and then pledged his loyalty to him. So much for 'Indomitable'," Naruto said, and he would mockingly laugh if he was not supposed to stick with her for a few years.

"We had changed," Jango countered him. "My father invented the new guide for the Mandalorian, Supercommando Codex, for a reason, to move us away from that barbaric way," he said.

"Go ask dozens of species you people made extinct in the past if they cared, I certainly don't," Naruto countered him harshly.

"If you don't like us, then why are you here?" Silas asked in a displeased tone.

"Who said I don't like the Mandalorian? I just like to remind our snow queen here that just because the Mandalorian don't discriminate against people based on petty reasons like race and religion, they are certainly far from perfect. They are warriors, they fight, and nothing else…much," Naruto said. The air of tension between them created even more awkward silence than before.

Isab was aware that if no one broke this silence and changed the subject, they would have a problem working as a team. Jango was probably aware of this as well, but after Naruto attacked the Mandalorian back then she doubted he, and other two Mandalorians, would want to be the one to break the silence.

She looked over at her other teammates. Lanaal, Oorn, Kandosii, and she were not very talkative, and Alesha was too exhausted or darn enough at this point. The team's only hope was either Purple Diamond or Matis. She gazed at them.

Purple Diamond was too busy writing something onto her datapad to notice her gaze. She looked over to Matis who caught her staring. Isab moved her eyes' pupils toward Naruto a few times before Matis got the message; maybe he was aware of the situation as well.

"So, Naruto," he said and caught the blonde's attention. "What are the Sith? You mentioned them a few times," he asked.

"…hmm it is not an easy task to explain the Sith. They are not a simple thing to explain, like the Mandalorian, it can mean many things," he said.

"Really? Cause what you just said back then was pretty much one thing to me," Kandosii said. Naruto could feel a little displeasure in his voice. Maybe he was angry as well because his race was one of a few that was on good terms with the Mandalorian.

"In any case, the easiest way to explain them is…it is also a culture, like Mandalorian." At that he heard a laugh from Lanaal.

"They are a culture? Really? Where did you hear that? No, nevermind, I don't want to know. But if you actually believe that, then you're an idiot," She said and earned an antagonized glance from Naruto.

"And how would you know that?" he asked.

"I lived on fucking Taris. My world got devastated by them," she said in an angry tone. Naruto now recalled why she would have that kind of prejudice against Sith; Darth Malak bombarded her world when it was in its golden age.

'Curse you, you metal chin disgrace of a Sith! You can't even kill your master, and now I have to deal with your failure! When I find your holocron, I swear I'm gonna-' His thought was interrupted when Lanaal continued her story.

"My fucking people suffered for millennia. Do I care? No, I would not, if it were not for the fact that I was in the goddamn slum because of it. You know the hardships me, my sister, and my grandmother had to go through?! It was fucking hard!" At this point she began to raise her voice a bit.

"So what if it was hard? If you think I didn't have it rough as well, you are fucking wrong! Were you ever cursed by everyone around you?!" Naruto countered. Now he started to hate this woman; she had done nothing but be a bitch since they met.

"Of course I did you fucker! Take a walk in an upper, or even the middle level, and everyone will look at you like some kind of abomination, in broad daylight! It was the thing you called 'culture' that caused all of it! The Sith are nothing but the worst thing to ever exist in this galaxy that deserved to be destroyed!" she yelled.

At this point, their team began to try to calm them down. Naruto, however, had no intention of backing down. She had insulted the Sith, which he was one, that meant she also insulted him.

"So you're blaming them for pretty much everything in your shitty life?! How do you know it was not you who made your own life suck?! In fact, how do you know it's not your fucking family that caused it!" Naruto yelled back, and that was the last straw.

"Why you!" she said and leapt at Naruto.

The two got into the brawl on the ground and caused people around them to come down and try to break the fight, except three. Jango was facepalming while Oorn and Kandosii were making a bet at who would win or at least end up with more bruises. [9]

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[1] You would have to use your imagination a bit here. Writing overly detailed is not a good thing. It's called show don't tell.

[2] It is not galactic standard time, just ship standard time. Also, if you do not mind, I would prefer the 24-hour time system rather than the 12-hour time system (AM/PM).

[3] My country has military conscription (i think that what it was called), so yes, every man is either trained in the reserve or risks being recruited. The latter is worse. That makes me a little familiar with how actual soldiers work. This is exactly the time they wake me up.

[4] I am not sure if eleven men squad is still using by modern military today or not. My country might be a bit outdated. Also i need to modify some role in the squad to be...unrealistic to make it a little more fit to Star Wars futuristic setting, i think.

If anyone have military experience, and experience in here i mean you actually went on military tour not reserve, like me, or read it off the wiki, please judge if this squad setting is practical or not.

[5] Her story will be explained later on. Until then, don't start calling her weak, and even if she is weak, the phrase 'character development' exists for a reason, or two, or maybe three, or a lot of reasons.

[6] I wanted to give her some weapon that is similar to Pearl to represent her intellectual and elegant air.

If you are not familiar with the Steven Universe…well I think that should be half of all current information about Gems race. More will be added in the next and a few more chapters. I hold the policy of show don't tell, so you will have to piece the pieces together on your own here and there. It's a healthy reading habit, try adopting it.

[7] People often mistake 'nationalist' and 'patriot'. A patriot is someone who loves their country a lot and is willing to die for it. A nationalist is someone who believes their country is better than anyone else's and will find any excuse to make their country the best in the world, and they are not always willing to die for their country. Know the difference…or not, cause most of the time someone who is a patriot is also a nationalist at the same time.

Also this is an alternate way for Naruto to learn team work without Team 7.

[8] Naruto was a rare case of the weak growing strong. That is why I dislike the policy of 'the strong only'. People seem to forget that the potential for the weak to grow into the strong exists.

[9] Maybe you should hate Lanaal, maybe you should not, who knows? I like to troll people just like Kishimoto…no seriously he trolls us, go watch '107 fact Naruto' to see it. Ah, master troll, why you so good at trolling, trlolololol.

Character Profile:

Name: Silas [1]

Species: Human (Mandalorian)

Gender: Male

Sexual orientation: Bisexual.

Age: 14

Homeworld: Unknown; presumably Mandalore.

Allegiance: True Mandalorian

Profession: Mandalorian foot soldier.

Birth date: 66 BBY

Religion: Mandalorian

Relationships: Jango Fett, friend and officer.

Appearance: Short arranged brown hair. Milky skin. Green eyes.

Bio: Silas joined the True Mandalorian at a young age. He passed the harsh training to become a Supercommando under Jaster Mereel's rule.

He would eventually met and befriended a young protégé, Jango Fett, and later became part of his squad.

[1] The reason why I choose Silas first was, well, he was not a very prominent character. And by the time we get to the climax of this arc, which from my spectating should take about…15 chapters, all the Naruto's squadmates should all be introduced. He will have more role in this story than in the comic he appeared, but he not the main character so…yeah. He should be around Kelly's level of important, if not a bit more; have impact but not ground breaking style.

Also he's a canon character, you can look him up.