Chapter 14
Aboard the Trade Federation battleship in a conference room, Nute Gunray and his aide sit at a conference table, a hologram of a cloaked figure looks down at them listening to their report.
"We control all the cities in the North and we have six battalions searching for other settlements…"
the cloaked figure interrupts. "Destroy all high ranking officials viceroy. Slowly and quietly. Now, has Queen Amidala signed the treaty?"
Nute looks nervous. "I am afraid she has disappeared, My Lord. One Naboo cruiser got past our blockade."
The cloaked figure swelled with anger. "I want her found Viceroy! I want that treaty signed."
"Lord Sidious, its impossible o locate the ship. Its out of our range."
The cloaked Sidious seems to smile under his hood as a second figure appears behind him. "Not for a Sith."
The viceroy and his aide seem to shrink in fear. "This is my apprentice, Lord Maul. He will find your lost ship."
The hologram begins to fade.
"Yes milord." Nute says with a bow and the hologram of the Sith Lords fades away fully. Nute look at his aide. "This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them."
"We should not have made this bargain. What will happen once the Jedi become aware of these Sith Lords?"
Neither Nemoidian has an answer that calms them.
XX
Back aboard the Naboo spacecraft, in the Queen's quarters the heroes assemble…
"Well it is a very well put together little utility droid." Revan said as she looked over the astromech droid as they stood before the Queen in her chambers.
She was itching to get to work on finishing HK-47 before they got to Tatooine.
I know my luck. I'll run into Tusken's or…I wonder if Czerka is still active, nah. They were nearly finished before I left for the Outer Regions. She thought.
Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Captain Panaka with the little droid are before the Queen. Revan and Naruto are near the door, the knight of the old Republic and the former Hokage of the Leaf both itching to stretch.
The Queen and her three handmaidens, Padme, Eirtae and Rabe, listen as Panaka praises the little droid.
"…extremely well put together little droid. Without a doubt it saved the ship and all our lives."
Queen Amidala nods her head. "It is to be commended. What is its number?"
The droid lets out a series of beeps and whistles as Captain Panaka leans over the droid and scrapes some dirt off the side and reads the number aloud. "R2-D2, your Highness."
Amidala gives a slight bow of her head. "Thank you, Artoo Detoo. You have proven very loyal." She pauses and then, "Padme!"
The handmaiden steps forward and bows to the queen. Naruto nudges his wife who nods, but holds a finger up to her lips as the Queen continues speaking.
"Clean this droid up, the best you can, it deserves our gratitude." She looks at Panaka. "Continue your report Captain."
Panaka looks nervously at the Jedi. "Your Highness, we are heading for a remote planet called Tatooine. It is a system far beyond the reach of the Trade Federation. There we will hopefully be able to make the needed repairs, and from there." Panaka does not look happy. "Your Highness, Tatooine is very dangerous. It's controlled by an alliance of gangsters known as the Hutts. I do not agree with the Jedi on this."
Qui-Gon stepped forward. "You must trust my judgment, your Highness."
Revan and Naruto seem to be the only ones who see the Queen look at Padme who moves next to R2-D2.
The meeting breaks up with Amidala dismissing them and telling Panaka that she will take his protest under advisement.
XX
Revan was sitting before the frame of HK-47, every so often she would look up from her wiring and watch as Padme worked at cleaning R2-D2.
Revan could tell the girl barely had a clue as to what she was doing. I mean, a rag is fine for the first layer of dirt, but no tools?
Shaking her head she could hear her husband tormenting Obi-wan as they came down the corridor into the hold.
"…Saying that with an alternate training method would be better. Master Yoda agrees with me and even asked me to work with the younglings." The blond said.
"I can't believe he will leave you of all people alone with the younglings. That alone sends a disturbance in the force. A million voices cry out…"
Obi-wan stopped at the door as his eyes landed on the red robed figure of the handmaiden while Naruto oblivious went to his wife and kissed her on the forehead before looking at HK-47's frame.
"Orange." He said.
"No." Revan said.
"But that rust color is close. I'm just saying, a nice bright orange…"
"You'll sleep at Obi-wan's if you even THINK about painting MY droid that hideous ORANGE." Revan said looking up from her wiring in the chest cavity.
Naruto made a 'hn' sound as he saw the changes she'd made. "What gives?"
"After seeing how crappy the Trade Federation's design was, I've made modifications."
Obi-wan stepped in and looked over the handmaidens shoulder.
"Hello."
Both Padme and Artoo jump, not expecting him to be standing right there. Revan and Naruto smile seeing the embarrassed look on the padawan's face.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to startle you." He said.
"That's all right." Padme says picking up her dropped rag.
Obi-wan was quiet watching as she cleaned the droid. "I saw some oil back there earlier, would you like me to get it for you?"
Padme looked at him and smiled. "Thank you. This little guy is quite a mess."
Obi-wan goes and fetches the oil can and hands it to her.
"Where are my manners, I'm Obi-wan Kenobi."
"Padme, I attend her Highness, you're a Jedi Knight, aren't you?"
"Padawan apprentice, I haven't taken my Knight trials yet." Obi-wan corrects her.
"So they sent four Jedi to help us?" Padme asks.
Obi-wan shakes his head. "Master Qui-Gon and Master Revan are the fully trained Jedi. I'm a Padawan learner still, and Naruto…" he looks at the blond who is helping his wife with the adjustments on their droid. He sees the four arms locking together to make one set of arms on each side.
"Well, Naruto is Revan's husband, and a warrior of renown from his world, and is a force sensitive."
He smiled as he watched the Namikaze's arguing.
"That one goes here, this one goes there." Revan said with a hint of frustration.
"Husband? I thought Jedi weren't allowed to marry?" Padme looked up from her task. Obi-wan crouched on the opposite side of R2-D2 using another rag to work on some scoring marks.
"Master Revan is a Knight of the Old Republic." He looked over. "She's from a time where the code was different."
Padme's eyes scrunched up. "I know the name Revan. I just can't remember from where."
Obi-wan smiled. It was not his secret to tell. "So milady, the service of the Queen?"
Padme gives a shrug. "Her Highness does what is best for her people."
"DAMN IT NARUTO!" Revan yells and the Handmaiden and Padawan turn to see a cloud of smoke coming from the chest of the droid.
"What are they doing?" Padme asks.
"Revan's original droid was…damaged too badly to fix. So she retrieved its core and is modifying a droid chassis she acquired."
There were sparks coming from HK-47 then the sound of a low hum. "READY!" came from the droid.
Naruto's voice while muffled as his wife throttled him was still heard. "Fuck me, it worked."
XX
Qui-Gon and Captain Panaka arrived hearing yelling and they entered the hold to find a strange droid with four arms wide open holding tools, its blood red optics focusing on the people in the hold.
Revan was laughing and kissing her husband, off to the side Padme, R2-D2 and Obi-wan watched as the droid went to work on itself.
"Clarification: Master should step away from the Meatbag. Condescending tone: Remember the last meatbag you were doing that too master?"
"What in the name of the moons of Vega is that?" Panaka asked, his hand going towards his blaster.
Revan pulled away. "Stop! Draw that weapon and you'll acti…" was as far as she got as Panaka pulled his blaster….
And found his arm pinned to the bulkhead by a tool. His eyes went to the droid which held three more.
"Statement: Go ahead meatbag. Make my day." HK-47 stated before going back to work on his own chassis.
"Joyous Day: Master, you have done outstanding work, as always." The droid said with a hint of happiness in it voice.
"Thank you old friend." Revan said approaching ignoring Panaka who was stuck to the wall.
"HK-47!" she said. "Voice Recognization."
"Confirmed." The Droid froze, its optics focusing on its creator.
"HK-47, I wish to introduce you to my husband." Revan said as Naruto stepped up and put an arm around his wife's waist.
"Hey HK." Naruto said. "Rev's told me so much about you."
"Interesting statement: Master has told me nothing of you meatbag." The assassin droid said.
"HK, you will answer to and respect Naruto as if he was me. Confirm command." Revan said.
Silence as the droids optics dimmed a moment then came back. "Corrective Argument: Master, are you certain you wish to give…"
"Confirm command now. Naruto Namikaze's commands and safety will be as important as my own. Confirm."
Those watching could almost hear the whine as HK-47 spoke. "Confirmed Command Master. Naruto Namikaze is listed as priority Master as well."
"Thank you HK. I am sure you will appreciate my husband as much as I." She smiled at the droid. "He is after all a powerful warrior and his skills lead to chaos and destruction."
"Inquiry: Chaos and destruction?"
Naruto smiled. "My people use techniques for battle and assassination."
"Happy correction: Perhaps new meatbag has redeeming qualities."
Panaka looked at Qui-Gon. "You can't let that thing loose on the ship with the Queen. It sounds…"
"Homicidal?" Obi-wan placed his input.
"Yes."
Obi-wan shared a look with his master from where he was with Padme. "And he's going to get along with Naruto."
The handmaiden, captain and padawan watched as the Jedi Master shuddered as they watched the trio on the other side of the hold talking.
Artoo let out a low warble, Obi-wan nodded. "I too have a bad feeling about this."
XX
Panaka, Obi-wan and Qui-Gon are looking over the pilots shoulder. A large yellow planet appears directly ahead, the pilot is looking at the scopes.
"That's it. Tatooine." Obi-wan says.
"There's a settlement, a spaceport, looks like."
"Land near the outskirts. We don't want to attract any attention." Qui-Gon says.
Revan stepped up behind that. "And that would attract more."
"What do you mean?" Panaka asks.
"Ollie?"
"Yes Master Revan?" the pilot says.
"Get clearance to land at the spaceport." She looks at the scope. "Mos Espa? That's new."
"Not really." The pilot says. "Its been around for about two hundred years. Anchorhead has been around forever I believe."
Revan smiles at that. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She turned back to Qui-Gon and Obi-wan, the displeased look on Panaka's face was ignored.
"By landing outside in the desert, that attracts more attention. Landing at the spaceport blends us in with the rest of the traffic."
"But the Queen's safety…" Panaka began.
"This will be safer. Just post people at the ramp and don't let anyone load anything."
Behind them they heard a bark of laughter as Naruto joined them. "Gizka." He muttered. He looked at Revan. "I've got HK outfitted. He wishes to examine some of my skills once we land. Mentioned something of hunting?"
Revan shook her head. "Not sure if that's still allowed. But he will be coming with us."
"Us?" Qui-Gon asked.
"Of course Master Jinn. Naruto, Obi-wan, myself and two droids shall venture into the town and look for parts. You will stay and protect the queen."
Qui-Gon looked rather put out that he was being told to stay behind while his Padawan was getting to go off ship, but Revan was technically senior master on the mission.
"One of us would need to remain behind, and while I'm a bit dated, I'm better suited to be amongst the population of Tatooine. I can't leave Naruto behind as he'd drive you, the Queen and everyone else up the wall, and HK would shoot first and apologize over your smoldering corpse later."
"And my padawan?" he asked with a smile on his lips.
"A learning experience for him." She said quickly.
Not finding an argument he nodded.
XX
The Naboo Spacecraft lands in a docking bay at the Mos Espa spaceport. A swirl of sand announces its arrival and the start of the passengers adventures on the desert planet.
AN: Okay, not really started the Tatooine adventure. Next time they meet a certain child, Naruto and HK bond and a couple bond.