Naruto: Privateer: A Lunar Eclipse Side Story

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Star Wars

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This chapter was originally going to be spread out between two chapters with other plotlines worked in between. As it turned out; things kept flowing and I had a chapter's worth of material before I put a dent in the other plotlines. Anyway, it seemed to work out okay and I did want to get something new out. It's mainly action oriented this time. Here is Chapter 4. Enjoy!

{ } signifies a foreign/alien language

[ ] signifies hand signs

Starboard = Right

Port = Right

Last Time:

Inner Rim; Planet Pristiq

Coming out of hyperspace; the Katana entered the Pristiq System and they saw the massive asteroid field that formed a dense natural barrier around the inner planets of the system. Sheena maneuvered the ship down southwards where the artificial passage that led through the barrier was. Much to her surprise the narrow passage that had once been sealed was now left wide open but there was no sign that Pristiq was any different than the redhead remembered it to be….The U-wing gunship was soon winging into to the atmosphere of the water covered planet leaving a small wake as it trailed low over the water. The Uzumaki kunoichi soon locked course onto the location of the Isis Enclave known as Blueshield and wondered what she'd find there….

….Ruins. Ruins that were over a millennia old.

The docking platform and the massive doors that covered it were open to the sky and were overgrown with lush green plant life. Sheena didn't have particularly good memories of Pristiq but nonetheless felt a pang in her heart and wondered why the enclave was abandoned. The Katana landed smoothly in the now open docking bay and as the redhead got out of the cockpit she noted the irrigation network dug so long ago was still intact. The area was covered in moss and lichens primarily. Seeing an open hanger bay to protect the gunship from the elements; Sheena motioned to Rey and Deter to taxi the Katana into it thus concealing the gunship as well as keeping it dry from the sea spray and rain.

Once the three travelers set up camp and the hanger was cleared enough to perform maintenance on the U-wing; Sheena said, "This place still feels the same through the Force as it always did….We will begin your training tomorrow morning at dawn Rey. Get some sleep. You will need it…."

….

Chapter 4

Year 34 ABY

Unknown Regions; Planet Exegol

Snoke IV*① was kneeling before his Master Darth Sidious. The cadaverous Dark Lord spoke to his follower. "What brings you here my servant? Have you found something of interest for me?"

"I believe I have Master." replied IV. "I recently felt a plume of Dark Side energy and I felt it was worth investigating. After some extensive research of the Inner Rim Territory maps I found a forgotten Jedi Colony from the time of the Great Hyperspace War five millennia ago. I believe that it is the source of this Dark Side presence. I would like to go there personally and research this phenomenon."

Darth Sidious pondered for a moment and said; "I too felt the flare but dismissed it. What do we know of this old colony?"

Seeing an opportunity; Snoke IV said, "It was known as Pristiq in the past and was considered a place of forbidden knowledge even by the Jedi themselves. It is mainly rumor but some Jedi scholars claimed they practiced eugenics there through generations of Jedi Knights and were seeking the knowledge of immortality."

Palpatine smiled crookedly and said, "How delightfully wicked! It sounds like they would have made fine Sith had they survived. What happened to them?"

Snoke IV bowed his head. "That I haven't been able to determine Master. They just disappeared and were removed from the galaxy maps by the Jedi Council themselves. Conflicting records state that the Pristiq colony was destroyed by the Jedi Order. Others say they vanished and relocated. Still other records claim there was a natural cataclysm there that destroyed the colony. If there are ruins there I would like to uncover them. Perhaps some of their forbidden research still lingers that could be put to proper use by the Sith Eternal."

"Wouldn't that be delicious?" chuckled Sideous. "Still, there are others I could send in your place like Cie Swaar. What do you think IV?"

IV grimaced. "Cie Swaar is certainly a talented hand my Lord but she does not have the patience for such delicate research work."

Palpatine smiled at Snoke IV's attempt to hide his disdain for the Twi'lek woman. None of the Snokes could stand her. "Well, you aren't known as the Keeper of Knowledge for nothing. Go then. Take your bodyguards to Pristiq and see what you can find."

Hours later the Upsilon Class Command Shuttle U-434 was space born.

Destination: Pristiq

….

Inner Rim; Pristiq System; Planet Pristiq

….Genin kunoichi Rey's training had been very difficult over the last three months. Sheena was a very kind and supportive friend but at the same time was a harsh taskmaster to train under. The redhead pushed Rey to her limits and often beyond. On the other hand, the brunette was seeing amazing results. She was jetting around a massive obstacle course which Sheena set up for her and was getting better at it every day. There was one weak point in Rey's growth though….

"Water walking." said Sheena shaking her head. "You have tree walking down but you must master water walking to advance your chakra control. Your Force abilities are excellent but your chakra abilities are starting to lag behind." Seeing Rey was exhausted, the redhead said; "Let's take a break and have some lunch."

Rey was grateful for the chance to relax and sat down with Sheena who was frying up some fish for them to eat. Sheena was staring out at the sea and Rey saw a look of someone in those golden eyes that was ancient. Rey asked, "Master Sheena, you look so sad….What is it about this place that makes you feel that way?"

Sheena blinked and smiled weakly. "Is it that obvious? ….It's just the spirits of the past here Rey. I was born on this world and trained here until I was seven. From birth a woman named Amara Isis ruled over me. The first six years of my life she manipulated me through my birth parents who were her loyal guards and after they died she became my Master directly. I was conceived by them at her orders and was bred to be her ultimate weapon in her eugenics program. She was selfish, vain and very spoiled…." Sheena looked over to her right towards an outcropping of boulders and said, "….Isn't that right Lady Amara?"

A golden eyed, lovely brunette woman appeared directly where Sheena was looking. The woman was dressed in very ornate white robes. She looked partially translucent like a hologram to Rey. The beautiful woman smiled widely at the redhead and said, "You sensed me? Wonderful! You have once again exceeded my expectations….Sheena Isis; my pride and joy! I knew you would return to me someday….But why such acidic words towards the woman who forged you? I made you everything you are. I created you! You are A Superior Being!"

Rey was a bit shocked at the ghostly woman's sudden appearance and what she was saying. "What are y-"

"Lady Amara is a Force ghost Rey." said Sheena. "A Force ghost is the soul or essence of a Force sensitive being who denies the will of the Force upon death and does not join it. They retain their identity and can interact with the living or the environment in a limited way. Some do this for good reasons and others for evil. The phenomenon isn't fully understood….Lady Amara studied the concept exhaustively hoping to gain immortality after her Mother died young. She was fixated on living for eternity you see. I remember that from when I was little."

Amara's gold eyes glittered and she said, "….And no doubt you came here looking for that information yourself Sheena. Am I right?"

The Uzumaki kunoichi shook her head. "I came here to teach my apprentice in peace and quiet. I have no interest in living forever."

"You can't fool me Sheena." replied Amara with a knowing smile. "I left a holocron behind with my findings. Others have come to steal it but none survived the trials to do so….There is a vast wealth of knowledge I have to impart to you my protégé."

"Lady Amara; there is nothing I wish to learn from you." replied the beautiful redhead young woman. "I came here because Pristiq is isolated….not to seek you out."

The force spirit frowned. "….And what about your apprentice? Surely she would wish to learn from me. Why not drink from the vessel of power?!"

"Because I sense only evil power from you Lady Amara." said Sheena. "Go back to your eternal slumber."

Amara began to laugh maniacally. "Hahahaha! I have evolved into something far greater than I ever could have through the light side!" Then she added in a lilting voice, "….You can too Sheena…."

The redhead's gold eyes narrowed. "Tell me something Lady Amara…."

"What is it my protégé?" asked the force spirit.

Sheena stood up and readied herself. "Did you turn to the dark side before or after your physical body was destroyed?"

Amara's golden eyes widened with insanity. "Why; before of course!" she said with a smile of depravity. "It was only a matter of time before I usurped my weak Father Ameer!"

The Uzumaki hunter said in a voice hard as steel, "Good; my Mother always wondered if you were truly evil or just went insane…."

"Your Mother?!" asked Amara in shock.

"I am Uzumaki Sheena; daughter of Uzumaki Naruto and Uzumaki Hyūga Hinata…." stated the kunoichi. "….And I will finish what my Mother started."

"You vile little traitor!" spat Amara. "You claim that white eyed witch as your MOTHER?! I will possess that magnificent body of yours for my own and make this entire galaxy FEAR ME!"

Sheena hissed, "You can try…."

The force ghost seemed to explode with the power of the dark side. "Watch and learn children!" roared Amara as her spiritual form drew in the local plant life and gave her a physical body of wood and vines. "No mere mortal can achieve this! I have become a goddess!" the plant like body slowly formed a perfect replica of Amara's original body save her gold eyes that glowed with power. An ivory hilted light saber flew to her right hand and ignited showing it was a dual ended blue saber staff.

"See this?" taunted Amara as she twirled the saber. "This is the prize saber my Mother was buried with….It was created to destroy the lightsabers of one's opponents. With this I'll disarm you and then toy with you as I please! Your life and death are in my hands now!"

Rey felt fear coursing through her veins as the mad woman's form continued to morph so that even her hair seemed to writhe as an extra appendage. The genin kunoichi heard Sheena yell at her to get back but it was too late. Rey ignited her blue lightsaber only to have the emitter cut off by Amara's blade in a flash.

"This is your prized apprentice? I thought better of you Sheena." laughed the force spirit as she unleashed a torrent of Force lightning at the stunned Rey. That was when Amara noticed Rey was gone. The Isis ghost saw no sign of Rey or Sheena before the redhead appeared in front of her in a body flicker and attacked Amara head on with a brutal goken combo that caused massive dents and cracks in the mad woman's wood like flesh. Amara tumbled down into the massive landing bay near the Katana and saw the frazzled Rey with Deter helping her up by the gunship.

The Force spirit thought aloud, "How did she-" But her voice was lost on the wind as Sheena appeared above her with two orange light sabers blazing. Amara found herself on the defensive suddenly as the petite redhead forced her back with the ferocity of an angry tigress protecting her cubs. The Isis ghost was forced into a kneeling position as Sheena locked blades with her and pushed the mad woman down using all her strength. For a moment the two women locked eyes and Amara saw the redhead slip into her machine like fighting trance.

It was like staring down the barrel of a sniper's rifle.

Amara remembered Sheena as a small child when they were training her to hunt, fight and kill Jedi Knights. They had tortured into performing better but the redhead little girl couldn't ever control it. The spirit thought to herself, 'She has mastered the hunter's battle meditation?! Magnificent my child! The Isis ghost loosed a bolt of Force lightning that sent Sheena tumbling end over end and crashing to a halt causing a small mud and rockslide to bury the redhead. A second later Sheena exploded out of the mud with both her lightsabers in a ready position.

"You are truly a Superior Being Sheena." said Amara with pride as her plant formed body regenerated causing the massive damage the kunoichi inflicted to disappear. "But I am your Master! I don't want to destroy you. Come to my side. Together we will be unstoppable! Otherwise…." The Isis woman spun her saber staff above her head and charged Sheena intent on defeating the Uzumaki's daughter by breaking her will.

Sheena met her former Master head on with lightsabers flying. Orange and blue sabers danced with deadly precision. In the blink of an eye the redhead lost one of her sabers and was raked point blank with Force lightning. Sheena was moving at incredible speed and shot past Amara before tumbling to a stop in the shallow water.

Amara didn't come out of the exchange unscathed though. One of her tree like arms was cut off and her saber staff was destroyed. She also looked over her shoulder and saw there was a kunai knife buried deep her back with a tag attached to it. The Isis woman heard Sheena's quiet voice say, "Exploding tag….Boom."

The Force spirit screamed as her physical body was blown to bits in a conflagration and scattered to the winds as smoke and ash. Amara was standing there in her ghost like form with her former beautiful appearance ravaged and mauled. "I….I need a body! I must…." She looked at Rey and said, "I will possess you then child…."

"Not while I draw breath." said Sheena drawing Amara's attention back to her. The kunoichi was back on her feet and standing on top of the shallow water. The mist on the water seemed to part and billow around the redhead as she holstered her lightsaber and formed her hands into fists. Sheena's golden eyes lit up with chakra and she said, "I am my Mother's daughter! Twin Lion Fists!" Her fists became coated in chakra in the form of two roaring lion heads and Amara saw the chilling hand of death coming for her.

Amara cried out in fear and terror. "NO! NOT THAT! NOT AGAIN! Please have merc-"

The torn up Sheena closed the gap between them in a body flicker and said, "You are within the field of my divination! Eight trigrams: Sixty-four palms!" Amara saw the image of Hinata from her previous life. "Two palms! Four palms!" The chakra was literally ripping the Isis spirit's soul apart. "Eight palms! Sixteen palms!" The Force ghost tried to cry out but no longer had the ability to do so. "Thirty-two palms! Sixty-four palms!" Amara felt the last fatal strike knock her to the ground

The Isis woman's spirit was so badly damaged that she was fading in and out of reality. Huge chunks were blown out of her spiritual form and she felt as if the planet itself was swallowing her up. She looked up weakly and saw the redheaded kunoichi towering over her with an angry scowl marring her beautiful face. "Sh-Sheena….my beautiful child….please….help…."

Sheena hissed, "Just fade away and die parasite. Trouble the living no more."

Amara Isis faded into the Force at last….

….

Rey and Deter rushed over to Sheena just as the last vestiges of the force ghost ceased to exist. "Master Sheena; are you alright?" asked Rey worriedly.

Deter said, "Come sit down Sheena-chan. You need to be patched up. I've never seen you in this bad of shape."

Sheena chuckled and looked at her battered form. "I'm a mess." The kunoichi smiled tiredly and reached out to her lightsaber that she dropped earlier fighting Amara. It flew to her hand and she examined it. "Looks like some lightsaber maintenance is in order. One of mine is damaged and so is the Skywalker lightsaber. I need….to….rest…." Then Sheena passed out from exhaustion. The last thing she saw was a panicked look on Rey's face….

….

Sheena woke up the next morning to the smell of fresh food cooking. She thought, 'Something smells delicious!' Then she made the mistake of moving and her battered, bruised body and it screamed at her in protest. "….Ouch." said the kunoichi weakly. "Wish I healed up fast like Daddy."

Deter chuckled mechanically. "Good morning sunshine. You're lucky that you added that medical module to my systems. I always wondered why you did that."

The battered redhead winked. "Now you know Deter. There is a method to my madness. How long was I out?"

"You were out fifteen hours Master Sheena." said Rey as she came over smiling. "We fixed your 'victory meal.' Well, that's what Deter calls it anyway. I hope I cooked it right."

Sheena's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates and she whispered, "Cinnamon rolls…." A second later the petite redhead body flickered over to the small table they ate at by the U-wing and was taste testing a jumbo cinnamon roll that Rey prepared. Sheena sampled the aroma before taking a delicate nibble and then she licked the icing. With an orgasmic look on her face; the kunoichi consumed the rest of the jumbo cinnamon roll at light speed. With tears in her eyes, Sheena declared, "YES! This is truly the food of the gods, -ttebayo!"

Rey stood there shocked and dumbfounded. She said to Deter, "Master Sheena just inhaled it! It's just….incomprehensible!"

Deter replied, "I told you it had to be seen to be believed! Bwahahaha!"

'I wonder what in the world -ttebayo means….' thought Rey puzzled. 'Must be an ancient Edoan word….'

….

"The Eight trigrams: Sixty-four palms is a jutsu passed down through the Hyūga clan. My adoptive Mother is a Hyūga and taught it to me along with the Twin Lion Fists that she created herself even though I don't have her special byakugan eyes." explained Sheena. "I can't see tenketsus so I rely on hitting pressure points….Of course; against a Force spirit there are no tenketsu points to hit anyway so the chakra simply burned her energy away from existence. It was a matter of getting maximum damage done in the minimum amount of time at point blank range." Sheena sighed. "Amara was a monster….I had to destroy her before she could gain a new body or escape."

"She sounds like she was from a long time ago." said Rey. "They way she talked made me think Amara was ancient."

"I thought the same thing." said Deter.

Sheena set down her drink and said, "That's because Lady Amara died over 5,000 years ago when I was a child."

Rey goggled and asked, "How…?"

"Something doesn't compute here." said Deter seriously. "Is this a prank of yours Sheena-chan?"

The tired kunoichi ran her hand through her red hair. "I wish it was Deter….My family was displaced through time. That's why I'm looking for Rakatan artifacts. Supposedly they had some knowledge of time travel. My family wants to go back to our own time you see. We don't belong here…."

….

Inner Rim; Pristiq System; Upsilon Class Command Shuttle U-434

It had been two and a half weeks since Snoke IV had departed Exegol and entered the Pristiq System. They hadn't been able to locate the narrow artificial pathway through the dense asteroid field and basically had to bulldoze their way through a less dense part of the field on its northern side. Given the fact that Upsilon Class shuttles weren't very maneuverable at all it was a real credit to their pilot that the U-434 made it through without being destroyed. As it was the Command Shuttle was a repairable but very battered wreck.

Snoke IV saw the blue and white ocean covered world of Pristiq and he and his crew noted that the planet seemed virtually untouched by any sort of terraforming or civilization. Then it took days to locate the ruins of Blueshield where Rey was being trained as it was one among thousands of islands on the surface of the seas. Even worse for the hapless U-434's crew there was no sign from the air that the well hidden Katana was down below waiting for them….

….

Blueshield….

Uzumaki Sheena was not a happy camper. She had just barely recovered from her battle with Amara's spirit and now a strong dark side presence had arrived in the system. It had been wandering around outside the asteroid barrier aimlessly for the last two weeks or so and the redheaded kunoichi was truly hoping they'd just give up and go away. Alas, whoever it was had tenaciously penetrated the barrier was headed towards Blueshield now….

D2R, Rey and Sheena were in the concealed hanger bay sitting under the nose of the Katana which was now strategically facing outwards with its front end pointed towards the center of the landing bay. They were discussing their basic plan of action. "Alright, since we don't know if it's a transport shuttle or a battlecruiser coming our way we're going to lay low and improvise. We've got the U-wing in low power mode with everything primed so we can power up and blast our way out in a heartbeat. I've got my lightsabers fully repaired and maintained. Deter is set up with his long range sniper rifle that will cover the whole landing bay area.…And Rey has her own brand new double ended saber staff.*②"

Rey looked proudly at her new weapon she'd completed mere days before. It wouldn't have been possible to build it in such a short time without the resources laying amongst the ruins in Blueshield. Aside of the myriad lightsaber parts she found a catch of in the old Jedi Enclave; Rey recovered two golden Adegan crystals that focused the golden plasma blades perfectly. Then the brunette had finished it with a matt black coating for stealth purposes just like her Master Sheena's lightsabers were. The new saberstaff was also fitted to Rey's smaller hands so she found it was much easier to handle than the damaged (but repairable) Skywalker saber.

With preparations made; all the small group of three could do is wait….

….

The U-434….

The big Upsilon Class shuttle was staggering all over the sky with one of its atmospheric flight thrusters badly in need of replacement. The sea winds buffeted the U-434 as its immense wings folded upward and the shuttle landed with a groan in the safety of Blueshield's hanger bay. Snoke IV, his eight red clad Elite Praetorian Guards*③ and the five members of the command crew all exhaled in relief that they were safe on the ground where they could conduct repairs. The massive gangplank on the aft end of the command shuttle lowered revealing all of the flora and fauna native to Pristiq. Snoke IV and his eight guards went aft while the command crew went through the proper shut down procedures and started deactivating the shuttle's systems. "Safe at last…." said the pilot officer. "That landing was a little tricky."

The flight crew chorused from their various positions:

"Thrusters deactivated sir."

"Sensors deactivated."

"Shields down sir."

The pilot officer allowed himself to relax and wasn't looking forward to repairing the shuttle under these primitive conditions. Still, they could take a breather for a little bit. Then he looked out his starboard front window and saw the nose of an old U-wing pointed right at him in the darkness of an open hanger. He jerked in surprise and then sighed, "It's just an old ship…."

….

The Katana….

"Their shields just went down." said Rey from the pilot seat.

D2R looked up from the gunnery panel. "Lasers are hot. Heavy rockets are armed. It's an Upsilon Class VIP Shuttle."

"Damned First Order." growled Sheena. "Fire all weapons."

Rey hit the button….

….

….A millisecond later the front end of the U-434 exploded into millions of pieces. The five command crewmembers died in an instant as did three of the Praetorian Guards that were still inside the huge shuttle when it detonated. They never stood a chance. Since the forward landing gear struts were destroyed; the U-434 buckled forward and the staggering weight of the wings carried it over to sit about forty five degrees forward buried on its crushed nose. Snoke IV and the five remaining red clad Praetorian Guards were protected by the instinctive Force shield that Snoke IV threw into place along with heavily plated aft hull and gang plank of the flaming shuttle. They were all shaken badly and didn't know what hit them….

"Damn! The scanners still show six lifeforms." said D2R. "Should we take off?"

Sheena shook her head. "That Force user is powerful enough to snatch the Katana out of the sky like a tractor beam before we get clear. It's too risky. We have to take those seven out personally. Deter; get your sniper's rifle and take out as many as you can from range and stay mobile; after that use your best judgment. Rey, you are with me. The wind is blowing away from us so we'll stay close to the starboard side of that First Order shuttle. It's time to go hunting."

By this time the five remaining Praetorian Guards and Snoke IV were back on their feet trying to get oriented. The first to appear from beyond the wreckage was two female guards brandishing a Bilari electro chain whips*④ in their saber forms. A perfect headshot from D2R had one dead before she hit the ground. The remaining whip wielder dived behind some wreckage and Deter quickly moved to set up in a different position. One male guard carrying a Vibro voulge*⑤ and one with an Electro bisento*⑥ rapidly stepped out to trace the angle of the shot but found no trace of D2R anywhere. The single remaining member of the Praetorian Guard remained in the tail position. He was in defensive stance carrying a pair of Vibro arbir blades*⑦.

As the four guards reconnoitered the area they couldn't see or hear Deter but they did see Rey and Sheena coming. With the mutual element of surprise lost it quickly degenerated into a melee between the two Force users and the four guards….

….

Rey ignited her gold bladed saberstaff and spun it vertically causing two of the guards to jump left and two to the right. The two that split off to the right ran head on into Sheena who slid across the shallow water before sending them tumbling with a Leaf whirlwind. As she flipped back to her feet and activated her orange lightsabers the two guards clambered back up to stand and the battle was joined….

As for the other two guards, one had a Vibro voulge and the other a Bilari electro chain whip and the pair decided to double team Rey. Nodding at each other the two red clad warriors did their best to box Rey in and trap her. The genin kunoichi body switched with the two guards multiple times and threw them into confusion. As far as Rey could tell; the whip wielder was by far the most dangerous of the pair and needed to be dealt with alone. Sensing the Vibro voulge wielder swooping in behind her; Rey moved backwards at Jedi speed back inside his guard and slashed upwards with her saber staff which split him from groin to throat.

The Praetorian Guard with the whip spun her weapon rapidly as she and Rey circled each other. The brunette took the offensive and stabbed at the red clad warrior who quickly entangled one of the golden saberstaff blades in her whip. The woman didn't expect Rey to deactivate half the staff that was tangled up and use the other to cut the guard down….

….

Meanwhile, amidst the choas, Snoke IV correctly concluded that the redhead was the largest threat. She was fighting a Praetorian guard with and Electro bisento and one with two Vibro arbir blades without any apparent difficulty. Giving a sinister grin; the darksider shot a lethal bolt of Force lightning at the wreckage of the U-434 and ricocheted the bolt around behind Sheena with great precision. The bolt would have hit the jonin kunoichi square in the base of her spine but Sheena swung her left saber away from her bisento using opponent and redirected the Force lightning directly through the chest of her Vibro arbir wielding foe. The guard stared at her dumbly for a split second before dropping his blades and falling over dead.

Then the Uzumaki kunoichi spun and mid kicked her Electro bisento armed opponent before following up with a scissor kick to his face that staggered the guard. His bisento was knocked wide leaving him open for a decapitating strike which Sheena delivered with lethal efficiency.

Snoke IV reached out through the Force to try to capture the titian haired terror and said, "Who are you girl? You don't fight like a Jedi." He narrowed his eyes and tried to overwhelm her as his blue orbs locked with her golden ones. "I said who are you child." commanded the darksider. Their mental energies clashed for a second and then he heard her unreadable quicksilver thought patterns suddenly come into focus sharp and clear:

'There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no fear; there is power.
I am the heart of the Force.
I am the revealing fire of light.
I am the mystery of darkness
In balance with chaos and harmony,
Immortal in the Force.
'

'I am a Je'daii.'

The Keeper of Knowledge's blue eyes widened in shock. "….A Je'daii? A seeker of balance? But your kind is extinct…."

He felt the redhead invading his own thoughts. "….And you're not Snoke….You are one of his four clones!" Sheena grinned to pick at his fears. "You're just a weak copy of the original!" she added to antagonize him further.

"I am my own being!" Snoke IV bellowed angrily. "I am IV! I am the Keeper of Knowledge! How dare you think less of me little girl!"

….

Rey had just finished her battle with the two red clad guards when she saw her Master Sheena facing off with the apparently enraged Snoke. The brunette also saw the remains of the other two Praetorian Guards that the redhead finished off and sighed in relief that they were gone.

That was when Rey saw Snoke unleash a tremendous bolt of Force lightning at Sheena and the redhead countered by creating and Odama rasengan to block it. Snoke IV's face was contorted with rage as he poured more and more Force power into the single bolt of energy. Sheena's face was etched in stone as she continued to match his force power with her chakra energy. Suddenly Sheena's left hand moved down and she said in ANBU hand signs [D2R; Take the shot!]

….Deter didn't need to be told twice. From a concealed position several hundred meters out; the assassin droid shot Snoke IV right through his center of mass. The darksider was so focused on destroying Sheena that he never saw the sniper bolt coming and only realized he was hit when his cold, black heart was blown out….

The miniature Force storm that had been coalescing between Sheena and Snoke IV dissipated and the petite kunoichi dispelled her rasengan before walking over to her dying foe. He was lying over on his left side gasping as his life essence bled away. Sheena nudged the massive man over on his back so he was facing the sky. He saw Sheena's beautiful face frowning at him with the Pristiq sun forming a halo through her flaming red hair.

He smiled at her in a joyous way and said his final words in a weak, delirious voice, "….Radiant Solar Angel; you have come to….to take me home…."

Sheena shook her head. 'Typical darksider; they fear death more than anyone….'

….

The group of three incinerated the bodies of the Keeper of Knowledge and his guards on the already burning pyre of the U-434. Sheena said to her apprentice and droid friend, "Rey, Deter; Pristiq is no longer secure. I can't say how long it will be before someone comes looking for that clone of Snoke but the sooner we leave; the better it will be. Let's finish packing our things up and we'll leave tomorrow morning…."

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Outer Rim Territories, Temporary First Order Flagship; Battlecruiser Harbinger

Supreme Leader Snoke awoke in horrific pain as if he was having a massive heart attack. He gasped out, "Solar Angel….who are you?" as his mind was filled with the image of a beautiful redheaded young woman with a fiery halo. As Snoke fought for air he summoned his medical staff fearing he would die….It was only hours later when he was stabilized that reality struck him. 'Clone IV is dead. I experienced his last few breaths and thoughts. He had some sort of….rapture like experience?' Snoke frowned. 'I must inform Lord Sidious of this. I can't contact the other clones directly for the sake of secrecy….but I know they felt something too….'

….

POSTSCRIPT:

*①: Snoke IV: One of Snoke's four clones (Snoke's II-V; the original is technically Snoke I but he never uses that title). Each has their own strengths and weaknesses but Snoke IV is known as the Keeper of Knowledge to some and IV to other members of the Sith Eternal.

*②: Rey's saberstaff is based on a combination of her dark side red saberstaff in Star Wars IX and her golden bladed saber at the end of Star Wars IX. Both can be viewed on Wookieepedia.

*③: Elite Praetorian Guards: Snoke's Elite bodyguards. To keep up appearances (and to hide the fact multiple Snokes are running around interchangeably), each of the Snoke clones has eight guards to match the original Snoke. They are equipped with high tech melee weapons made of specially tempered metal connected with and ultrasonic generator to increase its cutting power. Parallel to their cutting edges the weapons are electro plasma filaments designed to parry a light saber blade.

*④: Bilari electro chain whip: A rapier like weapon that can be extended into a whip form.

*⑤: Vibro voulge: a pole cleaver like weapon.

*⑥: Electro bisento: a polearm resembling a glaive or naginata.

*⑦: Vibro arbir blade: A double ended blade/staff that could be split into separate swords.

Well, that wraps up this chapter. I wasn't too keen on making the huge list of weapons that the Elite Praetorian Guard totes around because I find it confusing but what do you do? They operate in teams of eight so everyone has to be described. Hopefully that doesn't throw anyone off too much. As I stated; it was originally my intention to mix in stuff about the Resistance Fleet and the search for Luke Skywalker but this seemed to work better for me inspiration wise. I also have more ideas in the mix for Sheena and Company in the works so that may be in the next chapter as well. See you next time. Blue out. 4/11/20