Authors Notes-Hey guys/girls another chapter is up. I will be gone for a week and a half to see the great sights of Hawaii. I may be able to post another chapter or two if I can squeeze it in before I leave. Thanks for reading this far and thank you The Three Stoogies for the encouragement. Just ask if you have any questions and I will answer in the next chapter.
Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto or Star Wars in anyway.
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Chapter 4
Six people sat in a round circle facing each other, three boys and three girls. They each wore clothes of a light brown color. By not wearing robes they were identified as Jedi in training. Once they had reached the level of Padawan they would receive robes of the same color. If they made the rank of Jedi their robes would become fancier and some could wear white with the brown. If they could progress to Jedi knight their robes and clothes would be different shades of blue. The masters could wear any combination of the three colors, brown, white, and blue. A man wearing Jedi knight robes strolled in with a small book in his hand.
"So kind of you to join us… Master Kakashi." Said a young man with black hair like silk and strange light purple eyes. His eyes had no pupils but he could see perfectly fine. His name was Neji Hyuga. He was cold hearted and a firm believer in the ways of the Jedi. He and Sasuke Uchiha were the best apprentices seen in the Jedi academy since excluding perhaps Kakashi Hatake. However each of these six soon to be Jedi had a specialty of their own.
Sometimes the force passes unique traits from family to family. Maybe each family has been entrusted to do something for the force…or maybe not. No one can truly understand it anyway, or so all forms of life assume.
Sasuke had the ability to see the future to a small degree, Neji and Hinata could see the force in everything and use certain hand strikes to push the force out of someone, though Neji was much better at it.
Ino Yamanaka could use the mind trick so well that she could actually control bodies. However this also depends on the will power of the person. Sakura Haruno was very talented in the gift of healing.
Last but not least Shino Aburame could… actually no one really knew what he could do and he was perhaps the most mysterious one of them all. While all the other apprentices could be read to a certain point not even the Masters could tell what was going on in Shino's mind and to make it even more frustrating he rarely spoke.
Kakashi thought that these kids could really change the galaxy for the better, or worse; and they would easily have the power to do it in the future.
"Sorry, sorry I got lost on the road of life."
"See I told you he would say that Ino." Sakura told her best friend.
"Well it's not like it's important anyway." Ino replied and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You're just angry that you lost!" Came the smug reply.
"Hey! Just because—"
"Kakashi what news do you have for us?" Sasuke interrupted. Sakura and Ino stopped talking immediately when they heard Sasuke, the coolest guy ever, start to talk.
"Well we have bad news and maybe some good news. The bad news is that the Masters have detected a new threat to our Jedi way, though it is minor at the time. This may have to do with this Naruto person we are trying to find. We are not sure what kind of threat it is…"
"Um ex-excuse me Master Kakashi but wh-what is the good news?" Hinata asked with her two index fingers tapping each other.
"Huh?" Came the intelligent response. Hinata sweat dropped and tried again but this time even more nervous and with her looking away.
"Wh-when you s-said that we may h-have some good news." At the end of the sentence Hinata looked like she was ready to faint.
"Oh yes about that! We are about to find out now."
"What do you mean?" Neji's composed voice asked. Just then a hologram appeared at the center of the round table and a young man at the age of seventeen or eighteen with a combat vest on popped up.
"Shikamaru! How nice to see you again!" Kakashi said happily with his one eye shaped like an upside down u.
'This is Shikamaru?' Were the thoughts of several of the people in the room.
"Huh, I should have known it was you, Kakashi. You're the only one who would be this troublesome to call me right now." 'Or maybe Naruto'. "Well what do you need this time? More supplies, men, money, Icha Icha books?"
"No, no nothing like that...unless you happen to have the latest edition of volume-"
"Kakashi!" Sakura yelled and shook her fist at him. 'Oh man I have a bad feeling about this.' Thought Shikamaru.
"Actually this is about that Naruto person that I keep telling you about."
"Look Kakashi I've told you a thousand times. I don't know anything about this Naruto and I already have men on the job. I will call you if I find anything…oh and I'll send you that copy of volume 4 too, see yah." 'Shit I don't think I pulled that off. I'll have to move Naruto's team and rework his files. This is so troublesome'
The hologram closed and an uncomfortable silence filled the room for a short while until Shino said "I believe he was lying."
"Good because we already sent Gai to get any files on this 'Naruto' that we can from the military."
"You sent Gai?!" Ino retorted disbelievingly.
"Oh yes and soon we will have an idea of where he might be. Your jobs will be to spilt into groups of two and check those places out."
"Why two's, we didn't have to before." Sasuke said annoyed, he didn't need a partner.
"You forgot the threat that the Masters sensed. Now let's see who's with whom?"
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Gaara was in a room that held no light. He stood there passively and waited. He could wait for a long time. This is what he did; he waited and waited until people grew strong and when they were at their peak he'd crush them.
It is why he existed.
He would kill anyone but sometimes, certain people were made know to him, and he would mark them. He took the greatest of pleasure in forcing them into the darkness in which he lived.
There was a seed of darkness in one right now…Naruto Uzuamaki.
'Why have you stood out from all of the other people in the galaxy and why now? What is your purpose, your reason for living, the task that the force assigned you with? Tell me so that I can crush it.'
The seed is there, all in needs to do is grow; it is inevitable because everyone has darkness in their heart. Once Naruto is at his strongest the darkness would take away his friends and make him truly strong and then… and then he would prove his existence. An evil smirk with signs of insanity grew on his face and his bright red tattoo of love seemed to glow in the dark.
He felt another presence in the room and with out moving he said,
"What do you want Orochimaru?"
"My, my Gaara you certainly have improved. I wonder how strong you are now?" A slithery voice whispered as it seemed to travel through the entire room. "This room is a little too dark for me however; allow me to shed some light."
"…"
"You're always so talkative Gaara." The voice teased and the room suddenly glowed with an eerie light, not that Gaara cared as he remained as composed as ever.
Two men now stood in the room. One was a young man at the age of six-teen with deep red robes. The other had long, black hair and a pale face with purple markings at the corners of his eyes. He was tall and sleek with a certain air about him that always made you want to watch your back. He wore solid purple robes with a white snake going down each sleeve.
"How are the plans coming along?" Orochimaru asked.
"There is a new person that has captured my interest." Gaara replied with no emotion.
"Oh who is this 'new person'?"
"Naruto Uzuamaki"
'That name does sound familiar; where have I heard it before?' The older Sith thought.
"Don't tell me you have given up on our plans?"
"…"
"What if I could get this "Naruto" there when it will happen?"
"I can find him at any time by the darkness that is in his heart."
"I can promise you that if he is there, there will be stronger people to kill."
"…Very well I will continue the preparations. Now leave me."
"Of course." The light dimmed back to nothing and Orochimaru was gone. 'I apparently have some research to do. I must check all of the Republics files; Kabuto can check the Jedi records.' Putting on a white cloak over his purple robes Orochimaru set off to Coruscant.