Korra had found herself back outside the now destroyed castle. Tenzin was waiting for her, a speeder bike with him.
"Master!" she called out as she ran through the rain towards him. He was already mounted when he looked back at her, a look of relief on his face as she came running up to him. She climbed on with him and said, "Master, I'm sorry. I've failed to stop them."
"Korra, that's the last of our problems right now." Tenzin told her. He looked off into the distance, to the fields of Hyrule. Korra looked over to see something that sent chills up her spine. She saw an armada of not only Hyrulian battle cruisers, but Mandalorian cruisers as well. It was true that many Mandalorians escape their takeover, but she didn't know how many. There had to be seven of the Mandalorian cruisers in the air with three Hyrulian cruisers. Some of the Mandalorian ships were branded in the insignias of the Hidden Villages, including the Leaf and Sand Village. Along with the cruisers were several small corvettes and a large swarm of fighters, fighting off the Republic.
"We need to get out of here." Tenzin said as he activated the speeder and Korra cling tightly to him. They took off through the village, only to be bombarded with the sight of their forces that invaded the village being slaughtered by Mandalorians and Hyrulian soldiers. No one paid them any mind as they zoomed through the gates. That was when they came across an all out skirmish between their forces against Mandalore and Hyrule. At the gates of Hyrule Castle Town were dock, not only Slave I, but the Black Pearl, the Revenge, the Eds' ship and Overwatch and Team Fortress' ships. At the gates, all of these sects fought against the Republic. The pirates not only fought with blasters, but with the lightsabers of fallen Jedi. The Jedi invading were being cut down by Sasuke, Hinata, Gwonam, Link, Genji and Zenyatta. Sasuke was far too powerful against them that they tried to retreat, but he used all his dark powers against them and killed them all before they could escape.
From above, Zelda ordered from a LAAT gunship for her forces to attack with full blast. She watched the Republic's feeble attempt to take control of the battle, but Mandalore alone was too much for them. Hyrule put their all into the battle and were quite the force, but they didn't have the ferocity of the mighty Mandalorians.
Korra could only watch in horror as their forces were being slaughtered. She then looked to see Naruto exit Slave I, brand new jetpack and blasters in his tow. She knew that he had unfinished business, but she couldn't stop to face him. That didn't stop him from drawing his blasters and opening fire. Korra activated her lightsaber and deflected the blasts. Tenzin only focused on escaping and making it to the gunship waiting for them. Korra looked up to see the ship and was ready for what Tenzin usually did in this situation; he slammed the brake so hard that it sent them flying off the bike. They flew into the air as the ship began to take off. They both landed safely in the ship as a soldier tossed out a flare. The flare was spewing white smoke, meaning surrender. Many ships left the battlefield, cowardly leaving some of their own men to die.
Naruto, after Korra and Tenzin escaped, turned his attention to a Jedi that attacked him. Naruto casually dodged the lightsaber and gave him a kick to the abdomen and struck him in the neck with his blaster, killing the knight. He looked back to the field and saw the white smoke bellowing up from the several flares.
"The Republic is pulling out!" Zelda called into everyone's radio. "The day is ours! Mandalore and Hyrule are victorious!"
While the Hyrulian forces cheered with the pirates, the Mandalorians only had one tradition to signify their victory. Naruto was the one to step up and initiate it. He took flight for the top of the gates of Hyrule. He pulled his helmet off and looked out to the battlefield, the sun beginning to shine through the clouds, like a beacon of hope. All the Mandalorians looked to him, waiting for the charge. He through the hand that held his helmet in up and gave three howls, "Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah!"
The Mandalorians followed his lead, throwing their fists in the air with their weapons in hand.
"Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah!"
Naruto looked out at the army of his brethren in pride. He felt like he was, for one moment, the Mand'alor itself. This was possibly his most proud moment.
After the battle was over and the battlefield was cleared, Mandalore had all boarded their ships. The Leaf were all gathered in their cruiser, Tsunade ordering all medics to tend to the wounded, not that there were many. It was either glory or death in battle. Naruto walked amongst what was all they had. Only a few Jonin and Genin along with Overwatch, Team Fortress and the Eds. He looked around and saw something he'd never thought he'd see, Mandalorians in despair. He didn't know what the Jedi did to Mandalore, but he was well aware that this wasn't the first time the Jedi bested his warrior race.
"Naruto." He heard Tsunade call to him. He looked up at his pregnant mother figure as she went over to him, using Jiraya as support. She let him go and gave Naruto a strong hug and told him, "Thank goodness you're safe."
"What happened?" Naruto asked.
Tsundae let him go and told him, "They took us by surprise. They first invaded the Leaf Village, killing the Hyuuga. They started to spread through the village, taking no prisoners. The other villages were invaded and they took the capital. We got what we could out, but we weren't prepared for this."
"This is worst than Revan." Jiraya added. "The Jedi showed no mercy to anyone. They even slaughtered entire families."
Naruto couldn't hear anymore. Out training with Jiraya for three years, all he heard was that Mandalorians were a bunch of savages. If that's so, then what were the Jedi in this case? It wasn't enough that they attacked Mandalore, but they tried to invade Hyrule, a planet known for its diplomacy. He was starting to wonder if the Republic even knew about this plot at all.
He walked away to his ship, needing to take some time alone to process this all.
It was an hour since Naruto had sat in his ship to get away from all this pandemonium. He only sat in the cockpit of the ship as he thought about all that had transpired. It was only three months ago that he brought Sasuke home, only to come here to help him unlock his true Dark Side power. He thought this would be easy, but between the New Era, Death Watch, and now the Jedi, he began to wonder if things would ever return to normal. He was trained to be a mercenary, true, but an all out war against the Jedi wasn't something he had in mind. He knew that every attempt against the Jedi by the Mandalorians had failed miserably. He partially blamed Duchess Satine Kyrze from all those millennia ago from make Mandalore look weak and not doing anything to help Mandalore grow as a warrior race to prepare their people for something like this. Mandalore was supposed to be a feared name, but everything was falling apart and he felt powerless to stop it.
"Naruto?" Sakura's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "Are you okay?"
Naruto said nothing at first, he only looked out the window and up at the ceiling of the hanger. He knew she was climbing up onto his seat to sit in his lap and she wrapped her arms around him.
"It's all coming apart, Sakura." Naruto moaned. "Our people have been forced from our home again. It just keeps happening. Our people are warriors, but we can't even hold the Jedi back every time they come knocking at our door."
"Naruto, don't let this get you down." Sakura told him, nuzzling closer to him. "Just so you know, Lady Tsunade is being sent to Eadu so she can rest during her pregnancy. This will be too much for her."
Starting to come back to his senses, Naruto wrapped his arms around her. She continued, "Mandalore is going to unite during this conflict and Kakashi-sensei has been chosen to be the Mand'alor. But, he wants you to take the title."
Naruto only chuckled at that. Sakura looked up at him.
"I'm not worthy of the title." Naruto said. "I don't even deserve to be Hokage."
"Naruto, what are you saying?"
"When I heard about the New Era, all I could think about was how I could protect our people. I couldn't even protect our people from the Jedi. I'm not even worth cleaning Kakashi-sensei's helmet."
"I disagree." Eddy said as he climbed into the cockpit and sat in one of the passenger seats. "I've talked to some of my buddies in the Sundarian army and they looked you up. They want to see what you've got."
"Eddy, go away." Naruto groaned.
"Nope. Plus, Zelda wants you to know that you're needed on the planet surface."
What does she want now? Naruto asked himself. He asked Eddy to give him some time and Eddy left, leaving Naruto and Sakura in their embrace.
After Naruto left his ship with Sakura, he looked out to the army around him, all still in despair. This was unacceptable. To hell with his doubts from before, he wasn't going to let this stand any longer.
"Look at all of you." He said, earning everyone's attention. "You call yourselves Mandalorians? Mandalorians never feel pity, much less self-pity."
He began to walk amongst the crowed as he continued, "Mandalore is a name to be feared, but our enemies have made a mockery of us! The Jedi have had us under their control! I say no more!"
When Naruto said that, there were the looks of revelation from everyone.
"We stand on the edge of annihilation! Why? Because we weren't ready for this! If Mandalore is to fall, then we fall fighting, not cowering! We showed the Jedi what we could do not even two hours ago and we sent them cowering!"
He climbed to the top of a large, crate, pulling a smiling Sakura up with him.
"Mandalore, what is your profession?"
"Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah! Hoh, Ah!"
"That's right! Now, it's time to strike fear into the hearts of the Jedi and give hope back not only to our people, but to the Republic! The Jedi's tyranny ends now!"
Sasuke and Hinata joined him atop the crate, along with the Eds, Morrison and Doe to signify their allegiance. Naruto smiled at them and turned back to the crowd.
"Gather your entire arsenal. Any fighters or ships you have, use them. Find your loved ones and bid them farewell. By sunrise…"
Naruto slipped his helmet on.
"WE'RE AT WAR!"
We're finally at the end. Naruto's on his first step of claiming his dream and Sasuke's close to claiming his destiny. The age of the Jedi will end soon.
Through out writing this chapter, I had the song "Sparta" by Sabaton on repeat. To me, the Mandalorians are the Spartans of the Star Wars universe, hence why I gave them the Spartan howl.
Like I stated, I'm going to write some off shot stories based around Overwatch, Team Fortess and the Eds as well as Korra and possibly Link. All of those will be on my DeviantArt (BXVAce) mainly because it's too much crossover for this website, but the third story may take a while to come out. Hopefully not too long, but I have to write some ideas down for it.
I just want to thank everyone for all your support. It was so much fun to write this story and I loved the way I ended it.
Thank you, peace out, and also HOH AH!