"Man, I've been real busy as of late so this chapter I know is WAY overdue!"

Kakashi: "Well, maybe you got lost on the road of life?"

Sakura: "Oh, COME ON! You don't expect the author to be as late as you right?"

Shadow: (sigh) "Why am I surrounded by such randomness?"

Kamon: "FOOLY COOLY!"

"Wow, now THAT was random. Anyway, on with the fic!"

Episode V: Strength of the Y-Wing! A warped fight!

It was quiet on the planet Coruscant as an Imperial shuttle landed near the senate building. Finally, some Stormtroopers got out and then a familiar wheezing can be heard as the last person got off. And it was none other than the sith lord, Darth Vader; leader of the Imperial 501st legion otherwise known as "Vader's Fist". Normally he wouldn't be here but after the little disturbance on Wayland and Fresia, he decided to pay a visit to Coruscant to confer with the Imperial Senate about this matter.

When he got to the senate chamber, he was NOT pleased when he spoke although he tried to hide it in that usual "displeased" demeanor he kept when any of his soldiers dared to go against, or worse... FAIL their orders. "I have come before you because something has been brought to my attention recently. Apparently someone disrupted our security outpost on Wayland and made off with the X-Wings on Fresia." A senate member, a young woman named Leia Organa spoke at this "Do you have any idea as to whom would dare disturb Imperial worlds?" Vader didn't flinch and replied "Do not feign innocence, your highness. After all, we know that the so called 'Rebel Alliance' has dared to strike back against the Empire after that "incident" on the Death Star." Leia smirked and said "What incident? All I heard was that your loyal servant deserted you!" Vader held a cold silence and then said, "Be mindful of your tone Princess. Or else your peaceful planet of Alderaan will fall under our rule." Leia merely said then "You just watch your back Vader, or else the Rebellion will overtake the Empire." Vader then replies in a semi-mocking tone "All too easy..."

Meanwhile, back in the Leaf Village...

"Well now, this is a fairly interesting mission." Sakura muses as she takes a look at the scroll that Tsunade hands her for her first Chunin mission. "So I'm to go investigate an area outside the Forest of Death?" Tsunade nods and says "That's right, however; there is one more thing." Sakura gets a quizzical look at this. "You see, I'm also sending Yugao Uzuki with you for this mission since it IS an A-ranked mission." "What? How is this A-ranked?" Sakura asks incredulously. "Well, apparently our ANBU Black Ops special unit noticed some strange happenings in that area. And it seems that one of the Akatsuki was seen looking for something in that area." "I see, but in that case wouldn't it be an S-ranked mission?" "Not entirely, apparently this member seems not to have any lethal techniques to use and when we tried to question him he fled. We gave chase, but then he disappeared into thin air." "What? How is that possible?" Sakura asked. "I'm not sure, but it doesn't seem that he is interested in fighting so that's why it's only an A-ranked mission." "Ok then, in that case; I'll do my best Lady Tsunade!" Sakura says before leaving.

Back on the Home One...

"Senator Mothma, we have acquired the X-Wings." Raymus reported before Mon Mothma, a powerful senator in the Imperial Senate and co-founder of the Rebel Alliance. "Very good, Captain Antilles. However, there is more trouble pending as I speak because we have received a distress signal near the Kessel system. Apparently the Empire has taken Rebellion prisoners from there and plans to interrogate them aboard the Death Star." "In that case, which fighters should we use?" Raymus asked in thought. "You must use your Y-Wings to disable the shuttles, and then you must pick up the prisoners. Once you do, return back to the fleet and we'll discuss our next strategy." "You got that? We need to disable those transports!" Raymus said to the other pilots. "Yes sir!"

Elsewhere, near the Forest of Death...

It was shocking; apparently the Akatsuki member who revealed himself as "Tobi" waited until Sakura and Yugao entered the 44th Battle Training Zone area and attacked them because apparently he was protecting something. Sakura noticed this, "What are you trying to protect?" she tried to ask as she kept dodging a bunch of shuriken Tobi was throwing through his clone as Yugao fought with the real one. "I'll never tell!" Tobi said in a teasing tone. "But however..." he suddenly got serious. "What I WILL reveal is that I have found a way for the Akatsuki to expand our search for the power that we seek!" "What? They found a way to gain Naruto's power more easily?" Sakura couldn't help but think in an astonished fashion. "And it's in the form of my ability." Tobi then said in a more serious tone. "You see, I'm able to create a rift in time and space to teleport anywhere. However, that's not all; for some time ago I discovered a mysterious energy and with it I was able to not just create a small hole that can let me teleport myself to any land I choose... but to any UNIVERSE!" Sakura was stumped by this and said, "Why would you need to do that?" "Because apparently the Nine-Tails has grown stronger in the recent years. To that end, we have been trying to increase our own strength for this task. Don't get me wrong- we are already strong but the Nine-Tails' chakra is virtually limitless!" Tobi merely replied. "And you honestly think that will work?" Sakura asked before forming hand signs for a Genjutsu. "Heh, see for yourself!" Tobi said and went into the "Force Repulse" stance while emitting a powerful shockwave which attacks Sakura and weirdly enough, sends her AND Yugao into a dimensional hole. "Wahhh!" they cried as they both disappeared.

Elsewhere, near the Kessel system...

"Ok now, we must disable those transports if we are to rescue the prisoners!" Raymus said to the other pilots as the Sundered Heart appeared out of hyperspace into the Kessel system; an area dotted with asteroids. "Copy that, forming on your wing!" said one of the Y-Wing pilots. Moments later, several Imperial shuttles escorted by a few TIE fighters zoomed onto the scene and upon spotting the Rebels, started to fire at them. "Men, don't forget; we must not damage the shuttles- only disable them!" Raymus exclaimed as a small X-Wing squadron appeared to assist. "Copy, Captain Antilles!" said an X-Wing pilot. "Ok, we need to direct those fighters away from the shuttles so give it all you got!" cried out the voice of a senior Rebellion pilot called Garven Dreis. (Remember; he WAS in episode IV: a new hope)

Meanwhile, on a stormy planet...

It was raining at a steady pace while lightning dotted the sky from time to time and lying on the ground was the unconscious figures of Sakura and Yugao as 2 mysterious figures came upon them. Moments later, Sakura came to... underwater? She started to panic until she saw that she was in a tank of some sort. "Relax." a voice softly said as the tank opened and she fell out. "Uhhh, what's going on?" Sakura said groggily as she gets up only to see a tall figure stand before her. "Who are you?" said the tall alien life form. "Um, my name's Sakura Haruno." she says, still in a bit of a daze before recovering. "And who are you?" she asks in return. "Taun We, assistant to the prime minister of Kamino." "Kamino?" Sakura asks in confusion. "That's right. You don't seem like you're from here." Taun We said after noticing Sakura's gear. "That's because I'm not. I'm from a village known as Konoha, or the "Hidden Leaf Village". "Ah, I see. It's been a long time since we had a visitor from Konoha." Taun We said after offering Sakura a place to sit. "How do you know of our village?" Sakura asks. "Mainly because a young man named Minato Namikaze had once served with the Republic during the Clone Wars." "The Fourth Hokage? He fought in another war besides the fated one years ago?" Sakura thought after hearing this. "Hold on, where's my..." she starts to ask in panic. "Don't worry, your friend is ok. She was waiting for you in the mess hall." Moments later, she arrives at the mess hall and finds Yugao waiting for her. "Miss Yugao! You're ok!" Sakura says in relief. "As are you apparently." Yugao smiles back. "Where are we? And what happened to us?" Sakura asks in confusion. "As Taun We told you, we're on a planet called Kamino." and as for what happened... apparently Tobi hit us with some type of new jutsu he created called "Shinra Tensei- Dimensional Rip." "I see." Sakura says while nodding.

"You know of the Rebellion against the Empire?"

"Someone try to find out where Sakura and Yugao went!"

Next chapter of the Kunoichi Alliance: A New Hope