Sith'ari
Tomb Thief
A/N: This chapter will be the first chapter other language will be featured. So I will have to change some writing speech contexts, here are the lists
"Basic/Japanese/English speaking"
"Other language speaking"
"Whisper/Force Ghost/Ghastly voice speaking (yes that mean XoXaan and all future ghost will speak like this)"
"Robotic/News/Communication devices speaking"
'Thinking and telepathic talk'
"Echoing/powerful being/thing-that-cataloged-as-overpowered speaking"
'Echoing/powerful being/thing-that-cataloged-as-overpowered telepathic talk and thinking'
That should be it for now, if there anymore new type of speech you should know of I will tell you, now time for story. There are things we need to talk at the end as well.
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"So you found the battery cores, fought a teenage Tuk'ata, befriended it afterward and then killed a Terentatek, is that correct?"
"Well, I befriended the Tuk'ata after I killed the Terentatek"
Naruto was in front of his master and gave her the result of his journey. For XoXaan, her apprentice's journey had gone beyond her expectations. Not only was he able to unlock his Force potential, but he also procured several batteries along with befriending a Tuk'ata.
"Your success had gone beyond what I had expected, my apprentice. And I am not easily impressed," she said to Naruto, who bowed. "You must be tired now; you can take a break for the rest of the day, but tomorrow our training resumes, understand?"
Naruto nodded. He was about to leave when his master called to him again. "By the way, the hound is your responsibility, and remember this well…" Naruto turned back to face his master.
"Our love for one is our greatest weakness, beware of it." His master gave him that last warning before she disappeared.
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Training year 3: B.B.Y. 57. [Second half]
With his problem in utilizing the force gone, his training in the Force went pretty well. He was able to catch up with what he missed during his second year. With that done, this year schedule went on as XoXaan had planned.
As for the console, Naruto was able to repair it, using some of his master advice on technology. She might not be a mechanic, but she knew enough about machinery to give her apprentice some guideline of how to repair a console. After all, you could not live in a space age without knowing the basics of machinery.
Now with new things to learn, XoXaan allowed her apprentice to leave the tomb two days a week to study about what had become of the Sith and the rest of the galaxy, up to one point anyways. The data in console was still outdated, but then again, it was still better than what she could offer.
Naruto's hound, Zedra, never left his side. Wherever Naruto went, she followed. While the bond between the two grew stronger, Naruto remembered his master's words and tried not to create any further fondness with Zedra. Nevertheless, Zedra was loyal to him, and she would not hesitate to give up her life for Naruto if she had to. She also provided great help in hunting for food.
Training year 4: B.B.Y. 56.
Notable event: None [1].
The Fourth year had gone beyond XoXaan's wildest expectations. Never before in her life had she seen anyone who could learn as fast as her current apprentice. In two years, he had mastered 3 out of 5 lightsaber combat forms and some other combat techniques, such as martial arts and semi-throw weapons, Parang. [2]
With his Force potential unlocked, he was able to learn Force powers faster than he had used to. For now, XoXaan wanted him to learn and mastered Telekinesis Force that involved physical world, such as Force Push, Force Wound, and the Sith's signature, Force Choke, before moving on to the more complex powers, which often involved mind technique. The only mind Force she taught Naruto further was Force Sense, which was needed if he wanted to survive on Korriban. Now his Force Sense began to evolve into Precognition, also known as Danger Sense, which was better in avoiding danger and required less use of concentration than Force Sense.
With the console at the academy as his new source, XoXaan no longer needed to teach Naruto any common knowledge about galaxy. This gave her more time to instruct him more about darkside's and Sith's lore, though no Sith's magic, alchemy, or incantation yet; those were reserved when he was older and had better understanding about darkside.
His Chakra training was the only thing that went by accordingly. With better control of his Chakra, he could do basic Shadow clone and basic transformation jutsu.
Training year 5: B.B.Y. 55.
Notable event: The Fifth Galactic Games are held.
The progress of her student had slowed down during the fifth year, but there was still an improvement nevertheless.
His combat training was coming close to an end. She rarely used direct combat and was not specialist at such art. After all, the thing that separated real Sith from a savage warrior was their brain. The best she could teach Naruto about combat at the current moment was how to channeled his rage and hate in the fight, the standard Sith's fighting way, but that was all she could do for now.
His chakra training was also slowed down as well. Kurama, despite being a being made out of pure chakra, did not know very many of jutsus due to his limitation of elements he was able to use, mainly only wind and fire. Now, he could only teach a few more jutsu before he had nothing left to teach, which were the opposite of Naruto's force training were.
They had started their lesson in Sith alchemy and Sith magic, something XoXaan was better at teaching. Naruto's arsenal in Force powers had increased immensely. He had learned a basic Mind Trick, Comprehend Speech, an ability which allowed him to understand another language without need to learn it and also gave him an answer of how his master was able to understand him when they first met. He had also learned Force Illusion, Force Corrupt, Force Rage, Force Drain and Force Lighting. Now he was moving to more powerful and more difficult Force powers.
And then one day, his master decided to test her apprentice's knowledge and power…
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The rocks levitated perfectly in the air. Naruto was meditating while he had to keep the rocks in the air using the Force. In the same room, his master observed him thoroughly, trying to find any mistakes. Also in the same room, Zedra was taking a nap in the corner.
During the past 3 years, the two had grown both physically and mentally, but XoXaan was not impressed by her apprentice just yet.
"Uzumaki," his master suddenly called him, but he did not answer. Sometimes his master would use this trick to try to distract him, but now he knew and would not fall for it. "Uzumaki...Uzumaki," she called him a few more times, but he still didn't answer. Then a rock hit him in the forehead, causing him to lose concentration completely. "That was not a test."
He shook his head and listen to his master. "Apology, master. But I thought it was another test to see if –"
His master cut him off. "Enough of that, I remembered something you mentioned long ago." Naruto blinked in surprise; it seemed he had forgotten what he told his master long ago, because truth be told he told his master a lot of things for the past five years. "Did you remember the sealed area within Sith academy that you mentioned?"
Naruto, now remembering, nodded.
"I believe it time for you to enter it."
"Are you sure, master?" Naruto asked, but he did not expect the result.
His master expression changed. She seemed like she was just insulted. "I know what I'm doing, boy," she scolded him. "If you couldn't even dispel a simple spell, then I doubt you would be able to become a Sith. So this is what I want you to do. Go to the academy, dispel that enchanted door and see what's inside, understand, young one?" The last part was emphasized, so Naruto knew she was very serious.
He immediately bowed his head, quickly grabbed what he needed, and headed out to the academy with Zedra.
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He could almost smell it. In there, in that pyramid, the endless wealth that awaited him. For years, he had been stuck on this backwater rock called Korriban, but today he would change his destiny, today he would –
"Are you done staring yet?" a guttural voice called to him. He slowly turned to face his spider-face companion. His name was Borta and he was an Aqualish, an amphibious species with a spider-like face. [3]
"Quiet, Borta. Everyone in this galaxy has a right to dream," he told his Aqualish companion.
"Yes, but your dream was so ridiculous people might as well called you stupid," Borta told him.
"Fine! Let just go see if there anything worth salvaging," he said, clearly upset.
"Oh and Dyllee," [3] The Aqualish called to his human companion. "There had better be the loot you promised, or else I will grind you and then fed what's left of you to the Tuk'ata," he said coldly. Dyllee gulped and nodded. The two walked into the pyramid and began their salvaging mission.
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As Naruto arrived at the pyramid, he was greeted by a strange new sight. Machines, two of them. After observing for a while, he recognized what these machines were. Speeder bikes. A small vehicle which use for fast travel and, sometime, fast assault unit. He knew of the speeder bikes through the computer he studied, he also knew of the land speeder, spaceship, and some other trivia.
The point was, the presence of these bikes were not a good sign because it meant that someone was here, a treasure hunter no doubt. His master had warned him about their foul purpose quite sometimes ago. He needed to approach this with great carefulness; he might be strong, but he was no match for blasters, which these people no doubt carrying.
Naruto concentrated his mind, trying to sense the enemies within the temple.
'There are two…one has a pistol…one has a…rifle, curse it!' he thought in anger; if it was just two pistols then he might be able to handle this situation, but now he had to face a well-armed treasure hunter. 'Ok, there must be a way to win this.'
Several plans were made up inside his head, but most were unusable. The problem was if he went for one of them in close combat another one would finish him off and he had nothing to fight with them in the distance. He needed to separate them in order to have better chance, but how…
'Greed,' Kurama suddenly spoke up. He could hear the fox chuckling inside his mind.
'What was that?' Naruto replied.
'Those guys are treasure hunter, are they not? They're here for loot, gold, goods and such. Distract them with that.'
'Oh, now you want to help,' Naruto thought.
'Or you could try your luck and just wait till they left.' That option wasn't out of the question either. The problem was if the hunters made camp, he was going to go back empty handed, and he didn't want to know what his master would do to him if that happened. The thought made a shiver go down his spine.
'No, I can't rely on luck.'
'Suit yourself, just don't die.' Kurama said before silence fell again. Naruto thought about a proper plan for a while, then he came up with one. He walked over to the bike before making a hole in one of the bike's fuel tanks. He then walked over to Zedra, who was staying silent and watching him the whole time. He took out his Parang, a boomerang blade.
He knelt down next to Zedra and closed his eyes.
'Alright Zedra,' he said telepathically to her; it was one of the Force's techniques to communicate with animals as well. 'Here is what we are going to do; you will carry this into the temple. When you meet two guys, or whatever they are, you begin flashing this thing for them to see. If they try to shoot you, run; if they don't, stay still until you hear an explosion, and then run. When you reach deep enough into temple drop this thing and come back here,' he finished. Zedra gave an understanding bark.
He handed his weapon to Zedra and nodded. She began to walk into the temple.
'Hope this works…'
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"Ten minutes and there are still nothing so far, Dyllee," Borta said. Now the human began to worry, the only reason Borta allowed him to live was the promise of the treasure here. The Aqualish would no doubt shoot him if there were nothing here. He really began to wonder why he begged this Aqualish to come with him in the first place.
Suddenly, they heard a rustling.
"What was that?" Dyllee said, looking up. They both stared up at the direction where the sound came from. Slowly came out of the shadow was a Tuk'ata, smaller-sized than usual, and they would have ignored it if they hadn't spotted something in its mouth…something shiny.
"Hey, there's something in its mouth," Dyllee said.
"I can see that, I am not blind," Borta replied resentfully.
"Maybe I could make it let go." Borta shot at the ground near the hound and that was a signal for Zedra to run. She took off deeper into the temple.
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Outside, Naruto heard a sound of a blaster shot and went with his plan. He walked near the bikes before concentrated on his hand. Slowly, the heat began to gather in his hand and within the next second his hand was on fire, literally. This technique was called Convection, a Force technique that allowed user to ignite parts of their body without harming themselves, and advanced user could easily set their foe on fire.
Naruto placed his ignited hand on the dripping fuel beneath the speed bike; soon the flame caught and Naruto ran into the temple. It did not take long before the bikes –
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BOOM!
The sound of explosion could be heard, and the ground shook, shaking loose rocks from the walls. Now the two treasure hunter began to panic; the hound with treasure took off and now there an explosion coming from the exit.
"You go check on the bike! I'll get the dog!" Borta commanded. Dyllee only nodded then ran off to check on the bike. Borta ran further into the temple to find the hound.
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Dyllee was finally at the entry and he could not believe what he saw. The speed bikes, their only mean of transportation out of this blasted canyon were gone in flames; exploded. Now what was he supposed to do? Walking out was impossible with all the Tuk'ata and there was no one to come to rescue them.
'What I am going to do?! What I am going to do?! What I am going to do?!' He kept repeating the same thought until something stopped him.
"You don't need to worry about the future," a voice said from behind him, but before he could turn back, he felt something cold stabbing into the back of his neck and then his world…went black. [4]
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Naruto had to admit that killing a living person wasn't as hard as he thought. Then again, he needed to hunt and kill living animal on daily basis, including skinning and gutting them; he was abused and discriminated for 6 years, and all he had as friends were a Sith ghost, a hound and an oversized furball.
'Who'd you call furball, you little runt?!' Naruto ignored the comment completely.
Naruto checked the body; this was the one with the pistol. Meaning he could now get into close combat with rifle wielder without problem, presuming that the rifleman was a human.
As he went in, Zedra ran to him without the Parang in her mouth. Naruto nodded in satisfaction. His plan worked very well, now all he needed to do was kill the rifleman.
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Borta did not like this, he did not like this at all. First, the Tuk'ata dropped this…blade or something, willingly. When dogs ran with something they did not let go unless it got injured or made it home, but this hound just dropped the blade with none of these reasons; something was not right.
Next his 'partner' had been gone too long, even if something happened with the bike, it should not take this long to just check on it. Borta cocked his rifle; something was about to jump on him, he could feel it. He hadn't been a criminal for years just to get snuck up on.
Suddenly, he heard a rustle sound coming from above. He immediately turned up to see something, humanoid in appearance, dropping onto him with a dagger in its hand. Brota immediately shot his rifle without aiming, but he missed. Borta knew he don't have time to aim. So when the figure closed enough, he used his rifle as a club and hit the figure; sent it flying onto the ground.
Now seizing this chance, he took aim at the figure and shot. The shot hit the left arm, but rather than doing anything the shot only made the figure advanced toward him. He shot again, this time, however, the figure moved at unbelievable speed and dodge the shot.
It finally came close to him, he could see its face. It was a human with blue eyes. That was the last thing he saw before a blade slashed his neck.
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As soon as the alien fell to the ground, dead, Naruto collapsed to his knee; grunting in pain and hold his wound.
'Why in the world did I try that!' Naruto thought, regretting his choice of tactic.
'Because you're an idiot! Why are you trying that…what that it called? Holo-movie? Yes that the one! Why were you trying the stunt from holo-movie just now?!' Kurama asked furiously.
'Well, so I could look…cool' Naruto said back.
'Being cool is not the same as being alive, kid. Grow up or die' Kurama scolded him, much to Naruto's dismay.
Still, the fox had a point. That stunt he pulled was incredibly stupid, he could use wide variety of his Forces to kill this alien, or even the pistol the other one dropped. But instead he tried to pull some movie melee-dropped stunt just to look cool.
'Yeah, I see your point' Naruto said back in defeat.
'Hmm. I can heal this wound up. But that…blaster, was it? Was very powerful, good grief, healing kunai pierced through the muscle seemed easier than this. Anyways, it will probably take two or three months before your arm heals back to normal.'
Naruto signed. That stunt really cost him, something to remember in the future. As he stood up, Zedra walked beside him and tried to help pushed him up. When he finally up, he patted Zedra lightly on the head.
"Let go dispel that seal shall we?" he said to Zedra, who bark happily.
"That won't be necessary," a chilly voice suddenly said from behind him. He turned, startled, his hand on his weapon. He was greeted by something he did not expect, another Sith ghost. It was cloaked by dark immaterial fabric, which made Naruto unable to see its body, but he could still see its face. It was pale similar to his master, but he definitely not the same species as her. "I have watched the whole event unfolded and I must said I am impressed, young one. You have potential and obviously trained, a Jedi perhaps?"
Naruto knew where this was going and he did not plan on having two masters.
"If you are proposing me of apprenticeship then you would be disappoint, I already have a master," Naruto told him, but Zedra, on the other hand, seemed to fear this ghost. She whimpered and ducked her head.
"Is it now? Are you sure this master of your worthy to called him- or herself a Sith?" The ghost asked.
"More than you are," another voice suddenly boomed, more echoing and malicious than of this ghost. Another ghost appeared, but unlike the previous one, Naruto recognized him. This one was a famous Sith that even Naruto knew of.
"Darth Bane," Naruto whispered in both fear and awe, while Zedra, for the first time in her life, was cowering behind Naruto.
"Ah, so you do know of me." The ghost of Bane moved closer to Naruto [5]. "Good then it would make this easier." He said in the second most terrifying voice Naruto had ever heard, the first belong to his master.
"Away with you, Bane!" the voice of the first ghost spoke up, but unlike the first time, this time it spoke it manner equally chilling and malicious as Bane. "I saw this boy first, he would have carried out my will!" the first ghost protested.
"As if your weak will ever be worthy of recognition, Vitiate, or should I called you Sith Emperor?" Bane said.
At that sentence Naruto immediately recognized the first ghost; it was the ghost of the Sith Emperor, known previously as Darth Vitiate. He was the leader of the Sith during one of its golden age. He was also the owner of this place. [6]
"I was here long even before you are, Bane. This place is mine and so is that boy as well!"
"Your place? How arrogant of you, this place was mine as soon as I laid to rest here!"
As the two Sith continued to argue, Naruto could only think of one thing.
'WHAT HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO?!'
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[1] Not every year has something interesting.
[2] Parang is like a machete made into a boomerang. Also if you're a Star Wars' geek then you probably noticing that there only 5 forms of light saber combat out of 8. That was because XoXaan was from long time ago and the light saber combat evolved over time after she died. So it's only natural that she doesn't know it all.
[3] If you wondered what Aqualish looked like, looked no further. The guy who got an arm chopped off by Obi-Wan in Episode 4 was an Aqualish.
[4] Naruto can sense Dyllee's emotions, so he know what kind of thought Dyllee is producing; worry mainly.
[5] I am not going to use Bane ghost from Star Wars: Clone Wars, just no, seriously. I doesn't hate the series, but I hate ghost Bane's design in that.
[6] He is the Sith Emperor from 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' online game, yes.
[7] If you wondering if those two treasure hunters have any further roles, they don't.
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A/N: I really been gone a long time. First thing first, our beloved series had finally end, what a long and good journey we all had. Also, while a bit late, if you want a ship war between Naru/Saku, Naru/Hina, or Saku/Sasu there's none to be found here, sorry.
Second, Star Wars Episode 7 HOOORAY! Let hope Jar Jar doesn't come back. Also that lightsaber was old design, so you could expect old thing to have flaw.
Third, I am back. That is all.
Character profile:
Name: Bane, Darth. Birth name; Dessel.
Species: Human (Sith)
Gender: Male
Sexual orientation: Straight
Age: roughly, 975 years old
Homeworld: Apatros
Allegiance: Sith (Sith Brotherhood of Darkness and Rule of Two)
Profession: Sith Master/ Ghost
Birth date: 1026 B.B.Y.
Religion: Sith
Relationships: Darth Zannah, apprentice. Skere Kaan, ex-leader. Qordis, master.
Appearance: Bald. Pale-tanned skin. Yellow eyes. Unique: Black mark circling around the eyes.
Bio: Born to an abusive father on Apatros, Dessel was hated by his father due to his mother died giving birth to him. He would eventually kill his father and left his world to join the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness as a foot soldier. After discovering he was Force-sensitive, he was offered a chance to be train as a Sith on Korriban.
There, he came to believe that Brotherhood was weak and unworthy to call themselves Sith. Years after, he planned the downfall of the Brotherhood. After some time, he executed his plan by manipulate Skere Kaan, the leader of Brotherhood, to detonate the Thought Bomb, a mass destruction weapon that killed any Force-sensitive near its detonation area.
After the event, he and his apprentice established their new Sith Order; in secret. In the end, however, he lose a duel with his apprentice, Darth Zannah, and was buried with his holocron on Korriban.
[1] Vitiate's/Sith Emperor's profile will be in the next chapter.
