Sith'ari
Beat me
A/N: I can't take my life seriously anymore after visiting Encyclopedia Dramatica. Let me quote a guy to describe it 'It was a thing of monstrous beauty.' Don't go there though; you people would probably be offended, even on the Naruto article.
Anyway, sorry for taking a long time. I have my original project I was working on; it takes more effort since it's not chapter-by-chapter like fanfic. In any event, after this I will go back to work on it, and the next update would likely come out after the first 'part' of my project is finished or until I get bored and come back to write fanfic for fun.
"Sure, let's fight, no guns!"
Naruto shouted before trying to deliver a punch straight into Jango's helmet visor. Fett was able to dodge the hit and countered by delivering a blow to Naruto's side. Not to his surprise, it did nothing besides causing Naruto to lose balance for a bit, long enough for Jango to quickly back away from Naruto.
When Naruto recovered, he took a proper stance to fight. Jango, on the other hand, simply put both his hands up and formed them into loose fists. [1]
The two waited, watching each other for any opening. Finally, Naruto advanced. He delivered a punch from the left. Jango used his fist to interrupt the punch by punching into Naruto's arm, but Naruto's strength helped the punch not to lose balance.
The hit landed on Jango's shoulder. He did not falter, however. Jango delivered his own punch at Naruto, and soon they started trading blows.
"Jango chose a poor tactic," Kandosii commented. Zedra barked in agreement.
"Really? How so?" Isabmagd asked.
"Did Naruto ever lose in any close-combat practice fight? Ever? Even when he was against a stronger and more experienced Mandalorian?" Kan asked. Isab opened her mouth but closed it because she'd gotten her answer. The two continued to observe the fight, until everything stopped when someone spoke from behind them.
"What in the name of the States is going on here?!" Someone yelled. Everyone, even Naruto and Jango, turned their head toward the voice with their weapons ready. "It's us! It's us!" Matis said with his hands up.
"Don't shoot!" Oorn said at the same time as Matis while also doing the same.
As soon as they saw that it was no threat, Naruto and Jango went back to fighting each other. Matis and Oorn walked towards them and set themselves beside Kan and Isab.
"I bet five credits on Naruto," Oorn said to Kan.
"And I have to bet on the loser? Nayc," Kan said. [2]
The two began to argue while Matis talked to Isab. "What exactly is going on here?"
"Well, as you can see, Naruto and Fett are fighting each other. As for the reason well..." Isab simply pointed at a gem resting on a log.
"They found a gem and are fighting over it?" Matis asked.
"No, that was...I think it was Purple Diamond."
"What?! How is that possible?" Matis asked in confusion.
"Beats me. Even Naruto doesn't know, and he was with her when she was reduced to that."
"But why are they fighting?" Matis asked again. As Isab was explaining the reason, Oorn and Kan were arguing, and Naruto and Jango kept fighting, another group was approaching them.
xxx
"How much further until we reach this meeting point?" Aegiria asked their Kaleesh escort. Behind her was Alesha, Peo, and Lanaal.
"Hmm, are all outsiders as distrustful as you and Naruto?" Qymaen asked sarcastically.
They continued on past the dark green forest, amid the humid air, in silence until they arrived at the base of the gigantic tree where they were greeted by a sign they did not expected. Naruto and Jango were in a brawl.
"What in the name of the Queen is going on here?!" Aegiria asked out loud.
"I said the same thing," Matis mumbled. The group approached the others as they looked on at the fight, which was now turning into a dodging contest for Jango.
"What is going on here?" Aegiria asked the others.
Isab was about to explain, but Kan cut her off.
"Challenge of leadership," he said bluntly.
"Ah, okay then," Aegiria replied with nearly all her shock and worry gone, much to the surprise of everyone besides Kandosii and, to a certain extent, Qymaen. She then turned to look at the fight as well.
"There are more though. Naruto's-" She was cut off again by Kan.
"He kept the secret that he was a Force-sensitive after we found him with PD reduced into just a gemstone. Over there." He pointed at the gem resting on a log. "Since he wasn't being honest with us, Jango believed he might have something to do with it." Kandosii finished his briefing.
"I see," Aegiria simply said and turned to observe the fight.
"Do you have to cut me off every time I talk?" Isab asked, a little upset.
"I know whatever you're going to say will be too long. That's why I cut it off," Kan concluded.
All of them turned back to the fight, except Qymaen.
"Are you going, Kleesh?" Aegiria asked him.
"Ay, there's the Huk that needed killing. When you people settle your grudge, then I suggest you move on with your mission. If you need more ammo or medical supplies, there is a village north-east of here. Just say 'Qymaen kao'jh ko'," he said before walking back into the jungle. [3]
Back at the fight that had gone from bad to worst for Jango. Naruto overwhelmed him in every respect, strength, speed, and stamina; and Jango's bigger body did not help him one bit.
Jango dodged to the left side. Naruto punched into the tree behind him and turned the wood shell into splinters.
"Is that all you got, ha? vaar'ika," Jango taunted, despite being the one at disadvantage.
"Oh, you laandur or'dinii have done it now!" Naruto said with anger.
He charged in, fast. Within a second he caught up to Jango and was about to deliver a blow hard enough to knock him out, if the light had not suddenly shined out of the gem on the log.
The fight stopped and everyone turned their head to the gem. The gem slowly levitated itself in the air. The light continued to glow brighter and brighter. The radiating light soon formed into a humanoid shape. Once the form fully resembled PD, the light slowly diminished, and once it was gone, PD was alive once again. She was down to the ground before her stunned teammates. Everyone had their mouth held agap, even Zedra and Peo. Their surprise was broken only when they heard PD groaned.
"Medic!" Jango shouted at Lanaal. She immediately went over to Purple Diamond. Now that that business was over and he knew that PD was safe, he could solely focus on putting down insubordination. "Hey, Naruto. You said no guns right?" Naruto, still amazed at the display, nodded. "Good, so I can do this!"
Fett extended his arm forward. His wrist device shot out a bolt of energy ball. Naruto regained his composure and dodged the bolt.
"You're not the only one with a wrist device!" he shouted. He raised his arm forward and activated his flame thrower. The stream of fire shot out of the device. Fett rolled away from the flame, but Horuset's arm kept targeting Fett.
The fire landed on leaves and grasses, and it started to spread. With no containment it would likely to escalate to wildfire.
"Stop! You going to cause a wi-" Before Jango could finish, Naruto sprayed the white chemicals of the fire extinguisher all over his face, then moved on to spray the fire. He put it out as Jango requested, then sprayed more chemicals at Jango's face till his whole face was covered in white. He eventually stopped with a big smug grin on his face.
Jango moved his hand slowly up to his face and then wiped the carbon substance away. The first sweep cleared most of it off his face and revealed his displease expression, which caused Naruto's smug smile to grow even bigger.
"So you want to play like that, eh? You shab," Jango said.
"Just fight," Naruto sneered before charging at Jango.
Back outside the ring, Kan and Oorn finally settled that Kan would bet on Jango and Oorn would bet on Naruto. The others, however, were more occupied by something else.
"Will she be alright?" the Frostling asked their medic.
"Yes, no scratches or severe injuries. Guess that talk about her body just being a projection isn't something made up," Lanaal said as she checked further for signs of damage.
"Will she be alright?" Alesha asked.
"I can't say much. Need to wait and see if she will wake up," Lanaal concluded, though still tending to the Gem before her.
They turned back to observe the fight but were caught by the sight of Isab standing looking deep in her thought.
"Is...everything alright, Isab?" Aegiria asked, but their friend's stream of conscious, as of the current moment, was somewhere else.
Her mind was solely focused on Naruto. His fighting style, his manner of speaking, and his ability to conceal that he was a force-sensitive most of the time, when factoring in all of these elements it was very clear to her that he was trained to be a force user. Yet the question remained, who trained him? Because if he was a runaway Jedi, he would cause a lot of trouble to all of them.
'No, not the Jedi.'
He could not possibly be a Jedi. They were too balanced, too peaceful, but she could feel only rage boiling inside Naruto. Then again, maybe it was why he ran away or exiled; too different.
Yet if he was an exiled then Devluc and Uvaqv would have noticed it right away. After all, they noticed she was not human at first sight, which was something that was very impressive given that Vahla looked nearly identical to base-line humans.
Then if he was not trained by Jedi, then who was he? No Force cult had this much knowledge to teach skills ranging from the political art of controlling your body language to the complex Force power like concealing your presence. Most cults were just a gathering of force-sensitives that only knew certain aspects of the Force, even the remnant of her people's cult, Ember of Vahl, still knew only a few sides to the Force.
'Wait...well rounded training, adept in using the force, deceitful and cunning, using rage as power,' as she thought of all these qualities and more, she slowly came to a realization.
When that realization hit her, her face turned pale, her legs shook and her heart skipped a beat.
"He's a Sith," she whispered, but unfortunately for her, the Sith himself had sharp enough senses to hear her.
She could feel a sudden chill as if she was not in the middle of the tropical jungle but in the middle of an icy wasteland. Naruto shot a dark glance at her. There were no other emotions in his eyes besides rage; and not the outburst style of rage, but a silent rage that was like a sitting bomb ready to explode.
He mumbled something, something that Isab was able to make out of even if she did not try, 'When I'm done with Fett, you're next'. His lips only stopped when Jango was able to land a hard hit on his face and send him backward.
Isab took a deep breath before scrambling backward into sitting position on the ground.
"Isab, are you alright?" Aegiria asked again at her shaking teammate.
"No…," she gasped. "No, I am not alright...as long as he is around," she said as she was pointing at Naruto.
"Why? I mean even if he was responsible for PD turning to diamond, he has no reason to kill us, especially now behind the enemy line," Aegiria countered.
"You...you don't get it, he's not just a Force-sensitive, he was trained, trained by...by...the one who...hate the…," she suddenly stopped her rambling.
Aegiria was right, she had nothing to fear. After all, they were following a darksider. Vahla, including Isab herself, hated the Jedi for their responsibility in the destruction of the Ember of Vahl centuries ago, and the Sith were always in opposition of the Jedi. They could be allies. All Vahla's life mission was to seek their homeworld, and no one beside the Jedi knew its location.
If Naruto's goal was that of his predecessor then...then they were not enemies but allies against the Jedi Order. The corner of Isab's mouth formed into a small smile. Never had she thought that herself, a single teen, barely trained, and an overall insignificant Vahla would have this chance to find a possible way to recover the homeworld of her people. She had nothing to fear, rather she should be happy. She had finally found an ally on her quest.
A few feet from the scheming Vahla, the Sith himself could feel the mood of his fellow Force-sensitive had changed. It was happiness. At first, Horuset was confused about why she would be happy after he had made that threat. When her emotions changed to something else, however, he received his answer.
He felt the anger, the kind that he knew too well, the kind that focused on the wrong done to a person, within Isab. As he recalled the history of the Vahla, it started to make sense to him now. She wanted it as well, revenge against the Jedi, revenge for what they had done to her people...and revenge she shall have.
Naruto always knew all of his squadmates could be turned to serve him in some ways. Matis's furnaticalism for his nation, Oorn's hunger for power, or Silas's desire to be Jango's equal, all was there for him to exploit. Even Fett had his weaknesses, Naruto could feel he wanted some kind of revenge as well or perhaps just a...family. Whatever he wanted, Horuset could give it to him. Maybe not now, but he would.
Still, he was surprised it was Isabmagd who would 'fall' first. She was one of the more mature members of the team after all. Maybe it was this maturity that caused her to follow him. Whatever the case was, he had a task to get to as of the current moment.
Fett could not keep up with him for long. His stamina was immense, only few could match. There was nothing Fett could do.
Naruto advanced once again, this time fast enough to pass Fett's defense and deliver a blow that sent him past into the nearby bush, where he disappeared for a moment.
"What's the matter, Fett? Fainted already?" Naruto mocked, though he did hope Jango was alright. A prodigy was rare to come by; it would be wasteful to kill one. He walked closer to the bush to inspect the well-being of Fett.
"That was kind of cheating!" Alesha yelled.
Naruto turned around and shouted, "Hey, I said no guns, not no force, no jetpack, or no wrist device. It still fai-" Naruto was cut off when something was thrown out of the bush, a flash grenade. It exploded into blinding light that forced Naruto to shut his eyes.
Jango used his jetpack to boost him out of the bush and deliver an elbow onto Horuset's gut while he was still dazzled.
The metal elbow connected with the soft gut, causing quite a considerable damage to Naruto, not to mention it was where his seal was. The strike sent Naruto backward with his back landing on the ground.
'Ugh that was...hard.'
'You let your guard down yourself, stop complaining.'
Naruto got up from the ground, but as soon as he did, a cable was shot from Fett's wrist device and connected to Naruto's chest. Jango pushed a button on his device. The electricity was sent through the cable and struck Horuset. Naruto staggered at first, but having been electrocuted before, he soon regained his balance and was going to charge in when Jango suddenly stopped.
Horuset was too surprised by the sudden halt of it, but he wasn't slow. He readied to charge in, but it was not fast enough. He felt something, bullets, hit the back of his neck.
His senses started to fade. His hand reached for the back of his neck. He touched something then yanked it out. He held them in his hand before looking at it. They were darts, empty darts. He looked at Jango with his senses dulled.
He saw his leader cranking up the shock level then. Without a second to waste, he pushed the switch. The lightning, this time much stronger than the last, traveled through the cable and struck Naruto.
He screamed. This was not like other lightning before. It focused on the back of his neck. The focus of shocking on his nervous system was too much. Soon his senses slowly faded away until the darkness took over his world, and he fell down to the grass.
With Naruto finally down, Fett stopped the electricity and recalled his cable. No one said a thing. No one had expected Fett to win, especially not Isab. The silence was only broken by Fett himself.
"Care to explain about Naruto being a Sith, Isab?"
"What?! How did you know?!" she asked.
"It was just a guess, actually, but you just confirmed it. I could figure it out, too, you know? I grew up with those tales as well. Lanaal," Jango said and pointed at Naruto.
Lanaal walked past the group to check on Naruto.
"Still has a pulse. Don't you think you overdid it?"
"Not one bit. Heck, if we have a veteran Mando as our leader, he would execute Naruto instead of just knocking him out."
"But how did you win?!" Isab yelled. "He was a Sith! Not just some Jedi in training!"
"There were Mando that killed Sith before. Nothing new. Though if you want details, it was simple. After the idea of Naruto being a Sith popped-up in my head, I knew I would have to get serious. So I prepared tranquilizer darts, placed one of my devices to shoot when the moment was right." He showed one of his arms without the wrist device.
"I disappeared long enough to make him get cocky, then I stunned him with that flash, bang, and elbow. Then I shocked him to dull his senses enough for the darts to hit him where I wanted. I only stopped to see if the darts were enough. They were not and I shocked him again. Those tranquilizers were special. They were especially conductive, so when I shocked him again, the energy was focused on the back of his neck and, well, you can see the result. He's powerful, but not beyond the laws of nature," Jango finished.
"Great, now what? Two of our squadmates are knocked out, and in case you hadn't noticed, Silas's st-," Aegiria was cut off when the devil himself appeared.
"Guys! Finally, I foun-" Silas paused when he spotted the scene before him. Naruto and PD were unconscious; Lanaal was watching over Naruto; Isab looked like she had lost her soul; and Oorn and Kandosii were fighting over something in Oorn's hand. "What did I miss?"
"A lot."
xxx
After the fight, the group dragged their two unconscious teammates to the village Qymaen had mentioned. They were greeted by a blaster pointed at them, but after followed Qymean's instruction, the Kaleesh allowed them in.
Naruto was now resting in a hut. PD had awoken some time ago and was briefed on the situation. The others seemed less tense, however, when she confirmed it was indeed the Huk who blasted her into her gem state. The squad now surrounded Naruto while looking at Isab for an explanation on Naruto being a Sith.
"Now, talk," Jango ordered.
Isab swallowed a big lump of air down her throat before opening her mouth. "When you were fighting, I noticed that Naruto was too well-trained to belong to some cults and too rage-filled to even be an ex-Jedi, so I was drawn to only one conclusion: he's a Sith. He confirmed this after I accidentally muttered it, and he said, 'When I'm done with Fett, you're next'," she finished.
"Great, just great, this is getting more and more troublesome than it's worth," Fett confessed. "What do you people suggest we do?" He asked for options.
"Well, he lost to you, so I doubt he will be a threat anymore," Matis said.
"You don't get it, Matis. You didn't grow up with the tales and legends of the Sith and Jedi and their eternal conflict. Naruto is a Sith. They're deceitful, treacherous, and likely to kill anyone who stands in their way. Heck just being in their sight means they will kill you," Silas said.
"Or we could just hand him to the Jedi," Oorn suggested.
"No," Jango, Kan, Silas, Aegiria, and Isab countered without hesitation.
"Jedi have been our enemy as well. Don't know how they are going to react to a bunch of mercenaries with a Sith by their side," Jango answered.
"Besides...he's our teammate now, whether we like it or not," Aegiria added.
"I am not working with a Sith," Lanaal sneered. Her eyes were full of pain and hatred. No doubt she hated him as his predecessor, Malak, had bombard her homeworld.
"What about you, Jango?" Alesha asked.
Jango was thinking. Two of his hands locked each other over his mouth as he thought about it. Naruto could be of great use to the True Mandalorian, but he was also a wild card.
Fett had been hearing rumors, from the depths of the criminal world, that there were other Sith. It was just a rumor, but the Sith Empire had revived itself from the shadows before, so there was a possibility they existed, and he doubted that Naruto was that Sith. He looked more like he came from a splintered faction of the Sith.
If this was true, then it meant that something greater was going on, and Naruto would be a wild card in that game...and maybe a salvation to his people.
The galaxy never forgot or forgave what the old Mandalorian did. They might not be stupid enough to come after the Mando, but they certainly wouldn't tolerate any Mando they came across. And the fact that they had been controlled by the Sith many times did not help that.
Maybe Naruto could change that. He might not have had the leadership aura, but he certainly had that strange charm; something that you just wanted to believe in.
With a deep breath, Jango was about to give his final answer, but then a Kaleesh rushed in.
"We are under attack! The Huk have come!" He screamed before running back out.
The Mando stirred up to their feet before sliding down their helmets.
"Alesha, Matis, scout the approaching enemy. Oorn, Kan, PD, Isab, set up the defense. Lanaal, you stay with Naruto. The others come with me," he commanded.
All except Lanaal, who just stared and said nothing. The others got out of the hut and prepared for the battle, while Lanaal was left alone with Naruto and Zedra.
When she could hear no more footsteps, she looked at Naruto with hate filled eyes. Her hand reached for her blaster, but Zedra's reaction was faster. The hound jumped onto Lanaal before she could even reach for her gun.
"Let go of me you bitch!"
Zedra overpowered her and pinned her down with all four of her limbs pushing the medic's. She tried to struggle, but that was when the whole hut shook violently. Afterward, there was shouting coming from the outside, which Lanaal didn't recognize as either of her teammates or the Kaleesh. That meant only one thing: the Huk.
She turned back to Zedra. "Look, mutt, I need that blaster. Those bastard are coming!"
Zedra, understanding her, let go of Lanaal and went back to guarding Naruto. Lanaal went for her weapon and placed herself under a window in kneeling position. There was quiet for a moment. Lanaal used this chance to slowly get up to take a peek outside the window. Before she could do so, blaster shots started raining through the window.
Lanaal crawled to one side of the door, so she could get a better shooting position. When she peeked out, she saw ten Huk, and unlike when Naruto and PD fought them, this time all but one were armed with blasters. They continued to shoot, giving Lanaal little chance to retaliate under the suppression.
However, the Sith just woke up.
"Ugh," Naruto groaned. "Damn that Fett. I will pay him back for this," he said casually as several shots were passing above his head. "Well, damn." He looked over to the door to see Lanaal trying to return fire. She had not noticed him yet. Naruto looked for his blaster or ax, but none of it was found. "Great, now how am I supposed to-" he was cut off when he spotted one of the last of his weapons. He pointed at it. "Zedra, fetch."
The hound barked once and then went to fetch his weapon. That was when Lanaal noticed him.
"Finally, you're awake. Come fucking help me-" She was cut off when a blaster shot to a portion of the wall near her. "NOW!" She shouted the last word.
Zedra came back with his weapon. He ignited its plasma blade and deflected shot after shot of the blaster.
"I will be right back." He got up while continuing to easily deflect the blaster bolts, either by his saber or the Force. He stepped outside while the stunned Lanaal looked at him in disbelief as his take on the current situation was so casual.
Outside the the ten Huk focused their fire on Naruto. Not a single plasma bolt was able get past his lightsaber or his Force-infused hand. Naruto dashed right in the middle of the Huk squad, and before they could even react, six of them were dead by a single slice of the saber.
The other four began to run. Two were decapitated by the spinning plasma blade; one had a hole in its chest caused by an invisible force; and the last one found itself being choked by Naruto and dragged back to him. [4]
Naruto caught his returning blade and placed the tip near the throat of the insect.
"Tell me the location of your command center, and you will be free," he ordered.
The Huk only looked at him with its big, black unblinkable eyes. It muttered something in its language that Naruto was able to make out as an insult. He stopped choking the mantis and let it down to the ground. It took a few breaths then lighting struck it.
"I said tell me the location of your command center."
The insect gave a scream as loud as its vocal cords allowed. After a minute, it finally nodded. Naruto stopped stocking it.
"Our base is to the northwest of here, two days on foot," it confessed in Basic as it was catching its breath. Naruto kneeled down to its level and smiled.
"Good, good. I'm glad there's someone who know when to give up," he said and patted it on the back, much to its and Lanaal's confusion. He helped it get back on its feet. "The deal is the deal; you're free," he said before gesturing for it to go, which it did.
As he watched the mantis running away, Lanaal walked up to him. "Did you really just let it go?" She asked with distrust in her voice. Naruto pointed at its back. She focused her sight and saw that there was a bomb on the Huk's back.
"I hate wasting resources, even that kind of resource," he said before walking off.
"Where are you going?" Lanaal asked.
"Somewhere. Going to kill the invading Huk; shouldn't be that hard. You go and report to Jango or something," he ordered before walking away with the lightsaber in his hand. Before he was gone, however, he turned to Zedra. "Stay with her," he ordered while pointing at Lanaal.
Lanaal looked on for a moment. When he was out of sight, she brought up her wrist device.
"Jango, are you there?"
After a few moments, a reply came. "Yes, I heard ya. What is it?" He replied with the sound of blaster shots in the background.
"...I think you should hide."
xxx
Naruto walked through the village with his lightsaber in his hand. He followed the sound of blasters that should be where the battlefield was. Along the way he encountered a few Huk, who he slaughtered within a second. Eventually, he arrived at the village outskirts where the battle was taking place.
He observed the defender first. There were only a handful of them. Roughly fifty fighters made up of men, women, and even some children. His teammates were also fighting alongside them with Jango shouting commands when he didn't doubt the Kaleesh would win.
He turned to the offender. There was a whole company of roughly more than a hundred, much to Naruto's surprise that such small village could attract this many people to attack it. Then again, this was a Kaleesh village he was thinking about. They also had two tanks with anti-gravity platforms in the front line. Naruto recognized it as a tank used by Trade Federation, no doubt the Huk bought it from them. [5]
Nevertheless, this was too small of an army to fight him. He decided to get to work. He jumped to the height where no one would notice him. Then he dropped down behind the Huk line.
A Huk commander and some of its bodyguard noticed him, as they were in the backline, and shouted for others to attack. The charging bodyguards were suddenly pushed away with such force that they were out of sight within a second. The commander tried to call more of his men but was unable to do so when a lightsaber stuck right between its eyes. [6]
Now other Huks around began to notice the intruder. Some ran to alert the middle line, while others charged in or started firing at him. Naruto paid them no mind as he walk to the middle line. He deflected all the blaster bolts back to its owner, who either died or had its neck snapped when it tried to retreat. Those who were charging in, no matter how well armed, were cut down with a single swing of his blade; the level of gruesomeness varied by Naruto's leisure.
Naruto enjoyed this more than he should have, too much even as he accidentally walked right into the middle of the midline and got himself surrounded. The Yam'rii started shooting at him, but much to his amusement and their horror, the shield made of the Force protected him from all the bolts. The Huk did not stop, however, and continued to fire upon him. When he noticed that two tanks were sent in to deal with him, he smiled.
He had a new technique he wanted to test, and these tanks would make a fine target. He opened one of his hands. He gathered chakra in it. Soon the chakra formed into a ball of pure blue chakra, but that was not it. He gathered more chakra, and this time shaped his creation, four spinning chakra blades slowly extended from the orb. Finally, he infused it with the final touch. He placed another hand on top of the orb and sent his lightning into it. For several minutes, he focused on all three things: the shield, the lightning, and the orb.
He got the signal to stop when a tank finally fired at him. The shield was able to withstand the shot, but it took more focus than he would have liked at this point, but it was worth it as his creation was finished. Without anymore delays, he threw his newly modified technique at one of the tanks.
The orb hit one of the tanks and exploded violently into a large sphere of dark blue energy. Strong gusts of wind flew throughout the area. The Huk all around were either sucked into the sphere or pushed into the sky. To make matters worse for them, the sphere let out barrages of lightning bolts across the jungle; striking anything within its reach except Naruto.
When the sphere finally disappeared, nothing but retreating or dead Huk could be found within the midline, even the tank it hit was destroyed while another one were flipped by the power of the wind.
"How do you like the taste of 'Arashi Resenshuriken'?" he said with a smirk on his face before moving on to finish the front line. [7]
When he reached the frontline, the Huk were readied to pull out in full retreat, but the heavy fire from the Kaleesh prevented them. When he appeared for them to see, they started cowering in fear; no doubt they heard from those who retreated from the midline.
Naruto lifted one of the tanks and threw it at the other one. When the tanks were gone, the Huk went into full panic. One of the Huk officers, however, regained its composure and shouted for everyone to fire.
They started shooting at him. Naruto pointed his hand at the shots travelling at him. Before it reached him, they stopped in midair, stuck in place. As more and more bolts were stopped, the Huk finally stopped and tried to run away in panic.
He took a deep breath before pushing all the leftover Huk toward the Kaleesh defense line. Now the locals could take care of it and have their revenge.
Naruto walked around the paused plasma bolts and toward the village. When he was far enough, he let the blaster's bolt hit the empty place where he used to be. As he strolled on, he passed the Kaleesh exacting their revenge over the Huk he had provided them.
He reached the village where his teammates had gathered with astonished expressions on their faces. Even the bird, Peo, looked like it was shocked as well.
As he walked toward them, Zedra ran up to him while barking happily. Naruto stroked her head and strolled on with her behind him. He stopped in front of his squad. All of them had their mouth hanging open to a certain degree, except Oorn with his tentacle mouth though he certainly looked shocked...and Jango, who despite looking shocked, definitely kept his calm.
Naruto used the Force to shut their mouths for them and walked up to Jango. They stared at each other for a moment.
"The only reason I did not take over now is because I am not as smart as you," he said before walking away in search for his ax and blaster. [8]
A/N: Two things. First is, if you're part of the Homestuck fandom, congratulations for making it till the end. I think it's the end, right?
Second thing is HAPPY SONGKRAN! A week long holiday and ton of, as Mexican said, 'Epic Fiesta' everyday for seven days! Discount the last Saturday and Sunday, people need to get sober during that time.
Well, happy songkran and see ya around.
On a side note, I will end this little arc next chapter before too many complaints about fillers start piling up. Then again, I kind of aimlessly write this. No, I plan the ending and important events on the way, but what happening between each events are subjected to change.
[1] After taking a look around, from what experts have said, standard Mandalorian martial arts would be akin to Krav Maga, created by the Israeli military. It was rather straightforward: If you're on defensive just wait for a first chance to counter. If you're on offensive just go in and punch, kick, or whatever as long as it fucks the opponent up before they get a chance to counter.
I am not a martial artist expert though. Plus, the martial arts I grew up with was Muay Thai and Tae-Kwon-do, the first is more offensive than defensive, and the latter I got nothing out of.
[2] I am not going to translate everything. Part of what makes Star Wars Star Wars is hearing alien languages and not being able to understand it and having to figure out the meaning from the responder.
[3] We will see more of him.
[4] The Force can be that powerful. Don't believe me? Well...you can, most of the evidence is 'Legend' now, like Galen Malek or Jedi in Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003).
[5] If you don't remember, it is that hovering tank that can be see in most prequel ground battles.
[6] I know mantis have two brains, but let's not overcomplicate things when it's unnecessary.
[7] 'Arashi' was supposed to mean 'storm' in Japanese, I think.
[8] Naruto may be powerful, but intelligence isn't his strong point. Of course he isn't dump dead last like at the beginning of the series, but he will never match the real level of prodigy. And this will be used against him again by his rival; you know who it is, I cameoed him in chapter 1 and 8.
