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I like the characterxOC thing, cuz with an OC; I can decide how they'd react to a certain situation. Hell, I can even invent their personalities! Speaking of OC's, there are two in this chapter that aren't mine, and I'm extremely glad their owners allowed me to put them in this fanfic. The first is an OC created especially for this story by my first winner, Naruhinalover20. I won't tell the name cuz it'd ruin the surprise.

The next OC, and this one I'm super duper excited about, is one made by a fellow author. This OC is one of the best I've seen in a while, and I literally cried when she died in For Better Or Worse. That's right fic fans; NarutosAlterEgo has given me permission to use Tomoyo! For those of you, who don't know who Tomoyo is, go kill yourselves. Just kidding. But in all seriousness, you have got to read the story that she's in. It's in italics up above. Read it!

Now, without further ado, let's begin!

Three weeks ABG

Naruto sat in a corner of the cantina, looking menacing in his orange Mandalorian armor, his EE-3 carbine cradled in his arms. It has been 16 days since he and his brothers had been given the anti-aging serum. It had reacted violently with their systems, causing them to be off duty for four days, stuck in bed. After that there had been no side effects, except that for the first time in their lives they were actually full after a meal.

They had received their armor and the cantinas they were assigned to. Because everyone knows that's where bounty hunters hang out in their free time. Naruto was assigned to a cantina named Coruscant Pride.

Unless Coruscant's pride amounts to a bunch of nerf dung, I don't think its name fits, Naruto thought to himself, and he was right. The cantina was one of the worst on Coruscant, and that's saying something. Positioned deep in the under city of Coruscant, the cantina had an array of shifty customers, from bounty hunters to assassins, burglars to gangsters, prostitutes to big businessmen looking for a good night.

Naruto glared behind his helmet at the crowd. He had been there all day, watching as politicians got drunk and bought prostitutes, then wondered where the money for another half hour went, when it had been stolen by a kid 5 minutes ago. And these slobs decide everyone's fate… we're screwed.

He turned to a passing waitress and took a bottle of alcohol from the tray she was carrying, putting down a few credits at the same time. As he took off his helmet and sipped his drink he pondered about the waitresses. He honestly almost couldn't tell them from the prostitutes. If it weren't for the same uniform that they all wore they could easily be mistaken. They all wore a short black mini skirt that covered almost nothing, and a dark red top that covered even less. Luckily for them, all they had to do was wear the scanty uniform. On every wall was a sign, "Do NOT harass the waitresses".

As Naruto continued to drink, a man walked up to him in all black, looking over his shoulders before telling Naruto to follow him into a booth. As Naruto sat down the short man started talking quickly, "You'reabountyhunterright?" Naruto nodded, "Goodgoodgood. Ihaveajobforyou." Naruto held up a hand, "What?" the man asked.

"Slow down."

"Oh, sorry. I, uh, I need you to get some people for me." The man said, poking his head out of the booth, even though it was in a private sector.

"How many?"

"5 of them. There's this family that keeps bothering me, collecting 'tax' money every week."

Naruto nodded as he pressed a button on his helmet, recording the conversation. "And I assume they send someone in their place?"

"Y-yes, yes they do!"

Naruto figured as much, "So, where can I find them then?"

"Here, this'll give you all the information you need," the nervous man said, handing Naruto a data chip, before stepping out of the booth. Naruto stopped him, "Wait, one last question. Dead or alive?"

The man hesitated, looking around once more before turning back to Naruto. "Dead."

Hinata was aboard a prisoner ship, with only one prisoner. After the clones had gotten settled into their new roles, Kakashi and Hinata had been sent on an escort mission for a level 0 criminal. Meaning the criminal was so dangerous that his transfer was classified, with only the Jedi knowing who the prisoner was. Even the clones and Republic guards sent to transport the man had no idea who or what he was.

But I do, Hinata thought to herself. Akela E'ron was a self-trained Sith, learning to use his dark side powers with no outside help. A year ago, Akela had started causing trouble for the Republic, raiding bases and destroying transport ships. Akela is a Dathomirian Zabrak, the same as the Sith assassin Darth Maul. And, much like the Sith assassin, Akela wielded a Saberstaff, except he had a blue and a red end. It was the lightsaber that Hinata now had possession of. Hinata had been ordered to watch the prisoner from the security room, safe from Akela's admittedly impressive dark Force powers.

Instead, four clone troopers guarded the third door away from his cell, rifles constantly pointed at the door. This way, the clones were well away from Akela's influence and able to alert someone in time if he did end up escaping. Everything had been planned for. Everything. In fact, everything was going so well that Hinata, who was usually calm and composed during a mission, was close to falling asleep from boredom. It's understandable! She argued with herself, all he's doing is sitting there meditating!

What she didn't know was Akela wasn't just meditating, he was watching her with the force. His impressive control let him spy upon the beings on the ship, knowing their positions at all times. There were two Jedi, 20 clone troopers, 9 Republic guards and his contact. And because he was watching her, he knew when she left the security office, most likely to stretch. He smirked.

Hinata had just stepped out, wanting to move around after sitting for so long, when she heard shouting over the comm link in her ear. "Ma'am the prisoner is- AUGGHH!" That was all Hinata heard before the signal was lost. As fear struck her, she ran towards the prisoner bay, hoping she'd get there in time.

Akela waited, sitting on the burnt and electrified corpse of a clone. He held the rifle in his hands, checking out the weapon. Barbaric, but it'll do the job, he thought to himself, until I can get my saberstaff back. He didn't wait long. Hinata burst through the door, blue bladed lightsaber already out. Akela smirked again, before getting up and firing the rifle at her. Hinata blocked the blue bolts, glaring at her opponent. When she had entered he had been sitting on a clone trooper. How dare he desecrate a body like that? It made Hinata mad but she had to wait till her master got here, until then she would fight this Sith. He was too powerful for her to take on alone.

Akela knew she would try to stall him, and he would have none of it. Using the Force pull while she was distracted, he grabbed his staff and ignited both ends, twirling it around expertly. Hinata hesitated, before swinging her saber at the criminal.

Naruto sat in the booth, reviewing the information. Alderaan, eh? Perfect. I can plan for that. Now to find this family. As Naruto exited the bar, he heard a girl scream. Rushing out he looked and saw a waitress one the ground, holding her cheek as a man stood over her. The waitress had long blonde hair that was in a single braid going down her back. The man above her was obviously drunk, and his clothes were in disarray and his words were slurred as he yelled at the woman. He grabbed the woman's shoulders, pulling her back up and then slapping her to the floor once more. And nobody moved to help her as he picked her up once more. Except one. As the man's hand went back, a gloved hand caught his wrist. The red-faced man whirled around, furiously turning to see who dared lay hand on him. He turned to see a 6 foot tall Mandalorian in orange armor seemingly glaring at the fat man behind his helmet.

The man faltered for half a second before yelling at Naruto, spittle flying from his face onto the Mando's armor. "Who the hell dyou think yar, huh? Do you know who I am, you Mando piece of sh-?!" The man's ranting was interrupted as Naruto lifted him up by the neck, pulling the shorter man up to his helmeted face. "I don't give a fuck who the hell you are." Naruto said dangerously, trembling with rage. "As far as I'm concerned, you're just some scumbag who likes to feel like a man by hitting girls. So you're gonna do yourself a favor and get out of here. Or else I'm going to get angry. Understand?" The man nodded and Naruto set him down. When the man didn't move, looking up at Naruto in shock, awe, fear and rage, Naruto punched him lightly in the face sending him crashing into the chair behind him. (A/N Yes I do mean lightly. He's a flippin commando. Deal with it.) "Now!" he shouted at the drunkard, who promptly scrambled up from his chair and raced out the door.

Naruto watched him go before turning to the girl, who still lay on the ground , staring at the large Mando with wide, wet, and fearful eyes. Naruto looked at the girl for a second before squatting down and holding out his hand to the girl. She flinched back at first then hesitantly grabbed his hand and got up, thanking him silently before running to the back of the bar. Naruto watched her leave before turning to walk out. By this time, the cantina had resumed its normal noise, but there were still a few people staring at Naruto as he headed for the door. Right as Naruto was about to open the door, a voice called out to him. "Hey, Mando! Wait up!" Naruto turned around to see a human male with spikey brown hair jogging after him. The man looked normal enough, an average build and height, except on his face were two red triangles pointing down. Well, thought Naruto, I've seen worse before. And I've only been here a few days.

Naruto stopped and waited for the man to make his way across the crowded cantina. To Kiba, the man crossing the bar, the Mandalorian was an imposing figure. At least six feet tall, the orange-clad Mandalorian stood waiting for the shorter man to arrive. Though Kiba couldn't see his face, he imagined the man's face behind the intimidating helmet, ranging from boredom to annoyance to rage and back again. He had heard the warrior's voice when he was "talking" to the fat man. He wasn't sure if it was the helmet or the man's natural voice, but it came out deep and, like the rest of him, intimidating. Just the man's appearance would've had a lesser man think twice before calling out to him and stopping him from what was obviously his job. But Kiba was brave and a little stupid, and a little miffed. So much so that he thought it'd be a good idea to try his hand at yelling at a Mandalorian, armed or not.

"Do you mind if we go somewhere private?" Kiba said as he caught up to the man. "I need to talk to you about something." At first he thought the Mando would say no, but surprisingly, the man nodded and followed the slightly shocked man to the back of the cantina, where the girl from before was sitting on a couch crying with two other waitresses trying to calm her down, both of whom glared daggers at the bounty hunter as he entered behind Kiba. Kiba signaled them to leave the room and the two waitresses left quickly, leading the crying girl on the couch out of the room before Kiba stopped them. "No, leave her here. I get the feeling we're going to need her for this conversation." One of the girls, a blue skinned Twi'lek girl who was definitely the better looking of the pair, spoke up, looking at the crying girl caringly, "But Kiba-" "Now!" Kiba said harshly, causing the two to nearly run out of the room. Kiba led the blonde back to the couch, sitting down with her before turning his attention to the Mandalorian.

"Well, now that that's out of the way, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm-" Naruto interrupted him, "Kiba, I presume?"

Kiba looked up at him in shock. "How'd you know?"

Naruto stared for a moment before pointing at the door the pair of girls had walked out. "The Twi'lek said it a few seconds ago."

Kiba looked embarrassed for a moment before shaking his head and putting on a serious face. "Anyway, sir, we've got a problem on our hands. That little stunt you pulled, while everyone appreciates you showing that Hutt-crap who's boss, it'll just create more problems than solutions."

Naruto titled his head slightly to the left, which Kiba took to be the same thing as having a puzzled face. "How so?" Kiba looked to the petite blonde worriedly before replying. "That man is Arnos Typ'tek, the main benefactor of my cantina. He pays 25,000 credits a month to us and in return, he gets whatever he wants, within a range. A guy did the same thing as you almost six months ago. He's now banned from this cantina and, well, let's just say that Arnos was even worse to my waitresses when he came back. And one in particular." At this the blonde girl started crying even louder, wrapping her arms around Kiba and sobbing into his shoulder.

Naruto watched the girl before asking, "How much does he pay each month again?"

Kiba looked up at him, surprised. "25,000. Why?"

Naruto nodded before opening a pouch on his belt and pulling out stack of large priced credits. "Well, from now on, I'll pay you 50,000 a month and you do me a favor. Refuse Arnos' next payments. Hell, ban him from this cantina. I don't want to see his face anywhere near here ever again. Oh, and tell him if he ever goes near her ever again I'll kill him." Now both of them were staring shocked at the Mandalorian who was still holding his hand out. "Well? You gonna accept or not?" Naruto said loudly, snapping Kiba out of his trance. The latter jumped up, quickly accepting the money and thanking Naruto multiple times over. Except he kept using the word "Mando" instead of Naruto's name. It was then that Naruto realized he hadn't told either of them his name. "The name's Naruto Uzumaki by the way." Turning to the blonde sniffling waitress, he squatted down to her eye level. She had a smile on her face, but her eyes were uncertain, as if she wasn't sure if this was reality or a dream.

Naruto lifted up his hand and wiped away a tear as it slid down her cheek. "And I don't believe I ever got your name, miss."

The blonde smiled wider before shyly saying, "M-my name is Tomoyo."

Naruto took off his helmet and smiled at her. "Nice to meet you Tomoyo. As I said, I'm Naruto. Where do you live?"

"W-what?" Tomoyo asked, her eyes widening as she got the wrong idea.

"I asked where you live. If he's the kind I think he is, he's not going to like the fact that I won. But he can't get me directly, so he'll go for you. I wish to prevent that."

"Oh." Tomoyo sighed, obviously relieved. "I live in an apartment not far from here."

"Well then, Arnos likely knows. So until we can find you a new place to live, you're living with me, ok?"

Both Kiba and Tomoyo shared a worried glance. "Don't worry," Naruto rushed to assure them, "my place is perfectly safe."

Kiba laughed nervously before replying, "That's, uh, not quite what we were worrying about."

Naruto looked from Tomoyo's blushing face to Kiba's embarrassed one. "I don't get it."

"Never mind. I'll go." Tomoyo said, stepping next to Naruto and putting her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly before whispering to him quietly, "Thank you, Naruto."

Naruto smiled once more at her before putting back on his helmet. "Well then, Ms. Tomoyo, let's get going." Turning one last time to Kiba before walking out, "Oh, and don't worry, I'll pay both of you for the time she misses. Until Arnos is dealt with, I don't her leaving my house. Here's the address and number so you can check up on her if you like, but you are not to enter and she is not to leave. Until next time Mr. Kiba."

With that, they walked through the cantina and to Naruto's speeder, where they got in and quickly sped away, all the while, not knowing a pair of beady eyes were watching them from the shadows. "So, Tomoyo, you think having your boyfriend protect was a good idea huh? Well don't worry, I'll change that presumption pretty soon."

All right everyone, I'm back. That's right, the Captain is now updating once more. My computer crashed recently and it took me a while to get around buying a new one. But now I'm glad to say my updates will be regulated. I have put my other story, Konoha's Folly, on hiatus. I'll get around to it after I finish this arc.

Well, as usual, review please!

Signing off, the Captain