Author Notes— I finally came out of hibernation! Since I took such a long time to update I made this chapter much longer. I haven't decided if there did be any pairing yet. (But I doubt it. Just hints or one-sided or something like that) you can make it known what you prefer but please don't beg or demand anything. Also thank you to everyone that has encouraged me.

On another note I'm a little sad because my favorite author passed away. His name was Robert Jordan and he was a pretty amazing guy. He died at the early age of 58 from a rare blood disease. He was best known for his series The Wheel of Time. My favorite books of all time. Well that's enough of that. The show must go on.

Disclaimer—I don't own Naruto or Star Wars

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Chapter 6

'I can't believe it! We found out everything about him except for what he looks like! His blood type, teammates, mission records, being right handed, everything! Well, I guess that's the way things go. The force will lead us to him eventually.' Thought a distressed Kakashi.

The masters had predicted that he will be on Coruscant. He hoped that the pairings he put together would work. 'It's too late to worry about that now!' He thought will a grin. His joy over the possibility of the humorous situations that could occur quickly died as he realized that Gai must now be back from his information retrieval mission and would be looking to challenge him.

"Kakashi! Where are you, my eternal rival?!" A deafening voice boomed across the hallways of the Jedi institution.

"Aw ha! There you are! It is time for one of our friendly competitions!" The boisterous voice continued to sing.

'Aw crap.' That was truly the only thing the great Kakashi could think of as he was dragged across the large temple like building.

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Orochimaru was in his hanger bay. It was a polished steel color and could hold about a dozen ships, assuming that they were of average size. The hanger currently had eleven ships and all of them were personalized by the owner's choice. He only kept his most valuable apprentices in his mansion. It was a way to tell everyone under his command what place they had. The normal people lived in a small town like city around his oversized house. Right now he was looking at one of his best helpers. Yes he, Kabuto and Kimimaro were perhaps the best henchmen he had. They were so different from each other but still did the job with the same efficiently. Kabuto was crafty like him; and always made him a little wary. Kimimaro worshiped the ground he walked; this made him a flawed Sith master but very useful to him just the same. But this one was different; he was always wearing that smile. Not he had to worry about him; he was after all made for his job and would be obedient to the end. Even if he was told to murder his friends he would do it.

"Do you remember your task?" Orochimaru asked with a voice that would send chills down even a Jedi master's spine.

"Yes master" The voice replied in monotone.

"Oh could you repeat it for me?" The Sith questioned with a false innocent.

"I will keep tabs on Gaara and contact you if I come across Naruto Uzumaki. If the need arises I will execute one or both of them." The voice said in a sugary-sweet way.

"Kukuku… yes how delightful now leave me at once."

"Yes master." The voice was again monotone.

"And Sai…feel free to have some fun." Orochimaru said with a hint of a sinister smile as he was walking away.

"Lord Orochimaru you know I don't have feelings." Sai softly said to himself.

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Neji glanced at his new partner. He certainly was pleased to get Shino. Even though he was a little strange it was much better than getting one of those annoying girls that were always fighting each other. He didn't even know why the Jedi still let them in the academy. Or even worse he could have gotten Sasuke or Hinata. For reasons unknown to him he could never get along with Sasuke. He could tolerate him enough that he was not in danger of becoming angry; because anger led to the dark side. But Hinata really irritated him. She was so mentally weak that she would probably become a goat's personal slave if it baaa'd at her enough. She was the real reason he was here. It was enough to grate his teeth. That was why he was relived to have Shino as his partner; he was better at controlling his emotions then even some Jedi Knights. He realized that he was staring; his partner must have realized this too because he turned to face him and raised an eyebrow.

"I did not realize I was so good looking." He said in a voice that allowed only logic.

"Sorry, let's just get back to watching." The reply came with the same tone.

Neji smirked, he thought it was funny. Shino had a sense of humor, who knew. He leaded back against the building behind him and continued to watch the people pass. That was his job with his special eye trait. It let his see the force in people and Kakashi said that this boy would probably have a strong connection with the force. So here he was thousands of feet in the air with only narrow bridges holding up the tons of people that walked by. There were maybe a trillion people on this busy city planet and he had to find one. Neji calmed himself; after all the force will do what needs to be done.

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Naruto was amazed every time he saw Coruscant. With its mile high building, thousands of traffic lanes and billions of people and other species walking the brigdes, it made it the center point of the galaxy. Almost anything of intergalactic importance was either held or discussed here. The whole planet was a just one large city. He was lucky because in most areas tolerance for all species was pretty high and he was a human after all. Exiting the transport station he used his hand to cover his eyes. There were neon lights every where; all of them advertising something. He had obviously ended up in a lower section of the planet. Glancing at his teammates he wasn't surprised to see there reactions. Choji's mouth was open, Lee was looking about excitedly and Tenten was shaking her head; her facial expression was a mix of disgust and awe.

"This place could be a snipers best friend or worst enemy." She said. Cleary she was already thinking that she was going to have to take some one out.

Naruto used his wrist communication device and punched Shikamaru's number. While he normally would use the hologram system; he switched it to audio only because it could lead to an embarrassing situation since Shikamaru was at a hotel and not his office.

A slurred "Hello" came from the speaker.

"Hey Shikamaru! It's me Naruto. Where are you?" He asked with his voice showing a little anxiety.

"Naruto, what happened the first time you showed up for a mission briefing?"

"Lets see… Come on that was a long time ago! Oh yeah now I remember! Konohamaru and his friends ambushed me and uh, uh—"

"That's good enough; I just needed some sort of proof that it was really you. Meet me here at this location. I just sent the coordinates. See you soon." A click was heard as Shikamaru disconnected.

Naruto stood there you a minute with his head hung down. "Ok team follow me!!!" He suddenly yelled and ran off leaving a trial of dust behind him.

"Naruto your youth is great! However I will not lose to you!" Lee shouted and ran after him, also leaving behind a trail of dust.

"You guys! Not everything has to be a competition you know!" Said Tenten as she jogged behind them.

Choji shrugged and walked at a leisurely pace while eating his chips. He figured that sooner or later they would realize that they ran off in the wrong direction.

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Knock! Knock! Knock!

Shikamaru opened an eye to look at his door. He was just getting to the good part in his dream too. They could wait another minute or two.

They disagreed.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He got off of his bed and opened the door a crack and looked though.

SLAM!

His door was forced open by an over-enthusiastic Lee. He just walked in shouting joyful about his room or something. The rest of his team made their way in. Tenten was slouched over and looked exhausted. Naruto was actually dragging himself in and had large lumps on his head and black eyes. Choji, who he had not actually met before, cheerfully walked in eating a bag of chips. He didn't want to know what happened.

He gestured them to take a seat, ignoring their rude entrance. It would have been too troublesome to point out anyway. Man, it was time to make another long speech. He hated long speeches, especially when he had to give them.

"Hey Choji I am Shikamaru. I know we have met over the holograms before but the appropriate thing to do is introduce ourselves when meeting in person." Choji nodded at him so he continued. "Ok listen up everyone I am going to cut to the chase. We are going to set off to Tatooine. That is where your next mission was going to be anyway. However, since we are temporary out of the military and on 'vacation time' we can not get a ship or a pilot."

"Hey, hey wait a second! If you're on vacation then who is running R.C.D.S.?" Naruto asked in an annoying voice with his eyes squinted.

"A very relievable person."

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"I can't believe it! He actually did it! He left three fifteen year olds in charge of a military organization!" Konohamaru exclaimed. He was going to have so much fun! Let's see what should he do first? He needed to made Naruto and Shikamaru proud. Filled with determination and vigor he called his two best friends in.

"Udon, Moegi get in here and let's do this!"

"Um, what do we have to do exactly?" Moegi asked in a shy voice.

"Well Shikamaru said to hit this button for starters." Konohamaru said and pointed at a large red button that said "Troublesome" under it.

Konohamaru's finger slowly itched toward the button and tension started to build. Almost there, so close, with a gulp he pressed it and closed his eyes. A hatch from the roof opened and Udon looked up only to be covered with tons of paper.

However the stream of paper didn't slow as it filled the whole room up to their feet, knees, waist, elbows, (at this point they started to panic as before they only had a large sweat drop) and finally their shoulders.

"What, what is this?" Konohamaru exclaimed and grabbed a sheet. It was all papers that needed to be filled out. They had a stamp on them that said troublesome and frowny face next to it.

"Damn you Shikamaru!"

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Shikamaru let out a sneeze and decided to continue his speech.

"As I was saying we need a ship and a pilot to get to Tatooine. Tenten, you and Choji are in charge of 'borrowing' a ship. Naruto and I will look for a pilot while Lee you can… um, patrol the areas and let us know if anyone suspicious is coming." Shikamaru then reached into his back pocket and held some pictures.

"If you see anyone dressed in one of these fashions let us know immediately. Everyone ready, ok break!"

Tenten and Choji both walked off together and Lee sprinted out. Naruto was about to walk out too but Shikamaru told him to wait.

"What? What do we need?" He asked with bewilderment.

"I have to put on my vest." Their lazy leader grumbled.

"Why's that thing so important anyway?" 'Maybe I should get a cool vest too.' Naruto thought and appeared to be more than a little jealousy.

"It just is!" Shikamaru snapped. After a second he seemed to realize what he had just said and looking embarrassed muttered an apology.

"It's ok…"

"So where are we going to find a pilot anyway?" Naruto felt a little stupid asking all of these questions and hoped that his friend didn't mind too much.

"The bar of course." Both the leaders looked at each other and let out a face-splitting grin.

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Kiba was kind of in some deep trouble. Not only had he lost his ship but now he owed even more money. Him and his stupid mouth. He walked into the nearest bar to get a drink and maybe win some money. Lucky his buddy Akamaru was staying with his sister so he wouldn't get dragged into this mess.

What a day! Because even after all trouble he had a freaky pink haired girl still tried to kill him or something. He didn't even know her. She said that I was someone named Naruto. What kind of name was Naruto?

He was in the bar and took a glance around and did a double take. Wait a second was that a fighting ring? That's how he could make some money. He'd kick everyone's ass! But first he really needed that drink.

Holy Crap! There were two chicks dressed just like that freaky girl! Maybe he should sit at the other side of the bar.

He ordered something hard and downed it in one go. His throat felt like it was on fire but he enjoyed it. Hey that fire made him feel alive and that's what's important, right? The card game that was going on next to him was looked pretty good too. No, stay focused Kiba! Remember win that money from the fighting ring and not the cards; that's how I got in this mess in the first place. Polishing off another drink he got back to his feet, a little sloppily, but it didn't matter. He could take those wusses drunk or sober. With one hand behind his back too!

He walked over to the register and entered his name. Let's see… Oh it had one of those new force field things over it. If he remembered correctly, which he wasn't sure if he could; it stopped weapons from killing others, but just barely. Huh, they had hand-to-hand combat! Well that was lucky. It was his best area and most bars only had vibro-blades or blaster-gun fighting because that's what the people wanted, flashy stuff. But hey he could understand. He was a flashy guy too. He entered the rifle competition and hand-to-hand combat. Now it was time to play the waiting game until each event started. Not that he cared if he waited. Heck just meant more drinks and some flirting.

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Sitting on a stool in a bar Ino let out a sigh. She blew off her primary mission and made it her personal goal to help Hinata out. Out of all of the other apprentices she was the farthest from becoming a Padawan. Her new self-appointed mission was going about as well as her original one. That was to say, it wasn't happening. Getting Hinata confidence in herself was a lot harder than it looked. But Ino wasn't a quitter! It just meant that she needed a different approach and she knew just the one. Grinning evilly she took her drink and practically shoved it down Hinata's dainty, little, throat.

"Oh my, Ino what was that?" She asked with a small voice.

"You just looked a little thirsty that's all." Ino said with a smile.

"Well (cough) thank you (cough) I think." Hinata slurred a little. Her eyes started to droop and every once in a while she let out a small cough.

'Man, Hinata really can't hold her liquor I didn't think that she would be this bad. Well now all she needs is a little prompting and a large push in the right direction. And as a bonus I could find out a little more about her.' Ino thought cunningly.

"So Hinata why did you decide to become a Jedi?" She asked in her sincerest voice.

"Well I wanted to become (cough) stronger."

"Stronger?"

"Not in a physical way. (Hic) When I see those Jedi Knights standing there looking so confident I realized that I wanted to be like that too."

"Then why don't you, if you want too?" Ino asked. She was clearly confused; she couldn't see why it was so difficult to believe in yourself.

"I wish I was like you Ino. (Hic) You're beautiful and have gorgeous blond hair and clear blue eyes. I have (hic) weird eyes, purple hair and a stutter. Who would like me?"

Ino was flatter and blushed a little at those remarks; hey she wasn't going to deny it. Hinata's slurring seemed to have gotten worse and Ino realized that Hinata had had another drink with out her noticing.

"That's nonsense Hinata! Why I've heard from many guys that those things make you cute! But, you could lighten up on the a little stuttering."

Ok that wasn't a complete lie; she really should stop her stuttering, it was a little annoying, but she had never actually talked to anyone about Hinata before. Wait a second! Hinata wasn't stuttering right now! She felt a strong urge to point this out.

"Hinata you aren't stuttering right now!" Ino exclaimed.

Hinata's eyes widened in realization. "Your right. I wonder (hic) why? (hic)"

Ino sweat dropped "Yea, I wonder why."

This was great! Now if could introduce Hinata to a guy, preferably a little wasted, and it could really help her out. She would also be a large step closer to completing her new goal. What could go wrong?

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Sakura felt like smashing something. She had let that guy get away and in front of Sasuke too. How could she look bad in front of him, of all people! Of course Sasuke didn't say anything bad about her, he just shook his head and he said that that wasn't the guy they were looking for. He was cool like that. He was the main reason that she wanted to become a Jedi. So that he could acknowledge her.

It was her plan. To show him how great she could be by catching this Naruto person that the Masters want so much. Even though the Jedi would not allow love she knew would make Sasuke love her and convince him to either hide it in secrecy or convince him to forget all about the Jedi and to run away with her. It was all so romantic. It would be like a dream come true.

She wasn't sure what to think about this guy they are hunting down. Does he even know that people were looking for him? Did he do something wrong? Probably or else he wouldn't be this hard to find. But what if he was a normal guy? Was it right, to kidnap a total stranger just because some other people said to? They were equal after all or at least that's what they taught at the academy. "Size matters not." Really though Sakura didn't care. Because if it would help Sasuke to recognize her as more than just an acquaintance then it was worth it.

Sakura needed this too because in the standing at the Jedi temple she and Hinata were at the bottom. She had the lowest connection to the force and no special skills. Sure she was better than everyone else at healing but she still wasn't that good. She was smart but had no endurance physically. That's why that guy from earlier had outran her so easily. He looked like a force adapt, something that she could also tell with ease, but so far that ability, which wasn't special, hasn't helped her at all. The Hyuga's gained that skill automatically, better that her too and Neji was apparently even better that some Jedi.

That's why she needed to accomplish her dreams fast. Or else the gap between her and everyone else will be too large for her cross.

Turning the corner she and Sasuke found them selves at the place they had started; the dock. She took a quick glance around and didn't see anything. But something told her to look again and so she did. Her breath caught. She could barely believe it!

"Sasuke look!" She said while tugging at his sleeve. He scowled at her but looked anyway. He started to stare.

"It's them! Two of the people that we should look out for!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly.

She and Sasuke slowly made there way to them, just as a predator stocks its prey. They would not screw this up she just knew it.

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Naruto and Shikamaru entered a bar. It wasn't the nicest one but then again they weren't looking for the nicest one. The music was upbeat easily flowed across the rooms. In the center room was the actual bar. There were three other open rooms all connected to the center. One seemed to be designated for gambling and a light layer of smoke seemed to hover above it. Another was where the band was playing and several people and aliens were dancing. The third room was very different and had a lot of people in it but they didn't seem to be doing anything. Seeing several bars with the same built they guessed that it was for the dueling ring. Overall the entire bar had a nice feel to it and looked friendly enough.

"So how much money to we have to spend on a pilot?" Naruto asked sternly. As he always was when it came to important matters.

"Aw crap. I knew I forgot something." Shikamaru muttered and smacked his head.

"What?! Come on seriously! Aww man! Ok, ok, first I'm going to have a few drinks and then I'll enter the dueling ring so you can bet on me. I'll win the money and you'll get to bets so we make double." Naruto was very pleased with himself for thinking up such a plan and so quickly too.

"That would draw too much attention to us. It's too risky." Shikamaru complained. Naruto frowned Shikamaru always found problems in his plans and he usually sucked the fun out of everything too. However he would not give up.

"But I am a very lucky person you know. What are the odds? It's the best way to get money." This time it was Shikamaru's turn to frown.

"Alright, alright just as long as you're the only one fighting." He said while rubbing his temples.

"Yes! Alright watch out everyone because here comes Nar—"

Shikamaru put his arm around Naruto's neck and whispered "Don't use your real name idiot! And besides you're too loud."

"Oh, got ya. I'm going to get some drinks. You can sign me up!" Naruto shouted over his shoulder as he ran to the bar.

"Shees, what a stubborn person." Shikamaru slumped his shoulders and dragged his feet as he walked away.

Meanwhile Naruto had ordered a light drink and looked around. He found that most of the tables were taken but he spotted one with only one person sitting there. He rudely forced his way next to him and sat down. After a small squabble they made peace and Naruto found that he was a pretty cool guy.

Apparently his name was Kiba and was for the most part, human. Some great, great grandma or something mated with some beast thing and had given him better senses than normal humans; silted eyes and stuff like that.

"My best friend is Akamaru and we fly across the galaxy and…"

After a while Naruto just zoned out because boy could Kiba talk! He seemed to have had too much to drink, not that he cared. He and Kiba had similar personalities; they got along, for the most part.

Kiba had on a gray jacket that meant something but he couldn't remember what. He also had black pants and easily removable shoes. He guessed that Kiba would be able to run faster without them. He was starting to wonder wh—.

"WAIT A SECOND! Did you say that you were a pilot?!"

"Yeah, what did you think that the jacket meant dumb-ass?" He said

Naruto felt like smacking his forehead. So he did. "I'll hire you!"

"How much you got?"

"Well nothing yet but I will win it from the dueling ring and pay you!"

"Oh and let me guess, hand-to-hand combat am I right?"

"How did you know?"

"Of course, well then let me buy you a drink to celebrate on your future winnings!"

"Hell yeah!"

After that things got a little fuzzy for Naruto and the last thing that he remembered was two pretty girls dressed in the same weird fashion walking up to him and Kiba.

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Authors notes-- Well that was ten full pages. I have had this done for a while but wanted too extend it until they left for Tatooine but was having problems with sitting down and writing it. Because I felt so bad about not up-dating I broke it into two parts. Part two will (hopefully) be much more exciting. I just need to put it on paper, or this case computer. I may repost this chapter later because I only read it over twice for grammar mistakes and I will fix them later. That's all I'll post part two soon I promise.