In the Glory Of the King
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Naruto sighed staring out into the white expanse before him. "Why again is my first galactic stop a fucking desert planet Master?"
Without speaking Revan reached over and cuffed his student on the back his head. The blue eyed blond turned and glared at his master and scowled. Revan sighed, "Several reasons. Tatooine is the closest world we could stop at for repairs. Second, I'm from this desert and even I get home sick. Lastly... You remember our talk of shatter points?"
Naruto furrowed his brow slightly, "You mean when certain Jedi can see points in a person or conflict that could shape lives?"
Revan shrugged, "Close enough, But the second part of that is galactic focal points. Through my travels I have noticed there are certain planets that are the focus and cause of many galactic events. Places like Coruscant, Kashyyyk, Corella and even this place, Tatooine." He smirked at that, "Remember, there's always something happening on Tatooine."
Naruto sighed, idly adjusting his white Jedi styled robes. "If you say so Master. Doesn't change the fact it's frelling hot here."
Revan smiled and rubbed the top of Naruto's head. They had spent a year coming from Naruto's home planet to get to here. A testament to how badly the Ebon Hawk needed repairs. "Don't be so glum, look at it this way. After a year of nothing but practicing using the force, we can start you on lightsaber practicing." After all Revan wasn't about to risk the young blond dropping a lightsaber and compromising his ship any further.
Naruto smiled at that, and fingered the two hilts on his belt. A week ago Revan had pulled out a massive box from somewhere, a year on that ship and Naruto still had no idea where most of the stuff his master stored was, filled with lightsaber parts. After showing the young blond a quick demonstration on the basics in how to construct one, he left him alone telling him to let the force guide him. Several hours later Naruto had emerged from the work space with 2 short bladed lightsaber. Both hilts were a peculiar type of white metal, wrapped with white leather, the grip styled to be held in a reverse grip. One blade was a brilliant magenta, the other a silvery viridian. Naruto smiled at the memory, running his hands over the metal of his blades, he felt in tune to them, like they were an extension of himself. Something his Master told him was a good thing. The young jinchuuriki looked up at the hooded visage of the odd man he called Master, briefly wondering how the hell the man could wear all b lack in the desert. "Master, what are we gonna be doing?"
Revan turned to Naruto, "Well, we need to repair and probably update the ship, so probably we're gonna have to buy another ship, and then scavenge it. Also I need to some parts to fix HK..."
Naruto sighed, "And the reason we don't just buy a new ship?"
"I like mine." Revan said plainly. "Besides my young apprentice, you haven't asked the most important question..."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "And that is?"
The ancient Jedi laughed, "How are we gonna get money. The answer of course, is gambling..." Naruto buried his face in his hands with a sigh, following his Master towards the nearest point of civilization. "..Wonder if they still swoop race or some equivalent here..." Revan mused to himself.
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"...You should trust my judgment your Majesty, Tatooine is our best bet." Qui-Gon Jinn said softly to the Queen, ignoring the protests of her guard Captain Panaka. The Queen, or at the very least, the body double, sighed and bent to the Jedi Knight's will. Qui-Gon gave a thin smile, before turning and exiting the room. Obi-Wan, furrowed his brow slightly, ignoring the irritated guard captains huff of indignity as he turned to follow his Master.
The padawan was uncomfortable with the idea of going to Tatooine, aside from the obvious distrust of it's... colorful... inhabitants that is. He had always been more mindful of the future, looking forward with caution as opposed to how his Master preferred to look to the moment. Living force indeed. Every time Obi-Wan reached out to the desert world, he got an.. Odd... feeling. He had no other word for it. It was dark, but not necessarily evil, more like twilight if he had to put it to words, and ancient... IT felt old, so very old... Not even Master Yoda had a presence quite like that. He sighed again and stopped, looking out a small view port to the all consuming blackness of space. He had no idea what the future would bring... But he could feel the force urging himself closer, so he did not relay his concerns to his Master. Though he doubted the aged Knight would listen anyways.
Only time would tell what the future held, as the force wasn't giving any secrets out.
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"Master... Where did you get that?" Naruto said in exasperation. It had been a day since they got here, and Revan had disappeared mysteriously for several hours, and now... This.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Revan whistled innocently, twiddling his fingers.
Naruto face palmed, "Goddammit what the hell is that thing behind you?!"
"You mean this?" Revan said gesturing to the pod racer behind him. "This is my new pod racer. It is currently a Plug 2 Behemoth. Well, I doubt it'll look like anything like this when I'm through with it. I'm thinking more blades personally."
Naruto groaned, "And how pray tell did you come to acquire this?"
"The original owner no longer needed it." Revan said with a large toothy grin.
"So what will we be needing this for?"
"Why, I'll be racing it of course. Apparently there's some big race coming up, and I aim to win it."
The blond rolled his eyes. "And I suppose they let anyone in."
Revan shrugged, "It's run by Hutts, they aren't picky about many things, including recently made acquisitions. Hell I already registered for the race."
Naruto groaned rubbing his temple. "And when is this race supposed to be?"
"Day after tomorrow." Revan laughed as Naruto groaned even louder. "h stop being a baby, I'll spar with you a bit before I pull this thing apart."
Naruto looked up. "But you've barely taught me anything combat wise."
Another shrug by his Master, "Meh, Force manipulation requires much more hands on training. Combat is always best learned... Live. Now draw your blades." The blond nodded, bringing out his ivory colored blades, igniting them, the brilliant energy beams running along side his arms. His Master nodded, dropping his dark cloak to the ground. "Hmm, I believe a modified version of Form IV Ataru, would be perfect for you, especially since you seem to like those shorter blades of yours."
Naruto cocked his head to side, "Modified how?" He had been taught, using vibro blades, many of the basics of the forms I – VI.
"Dunno, It'll be a style of your own creation. I simply recommend basing it on Ataru as it'll help you get in close, use your smaller stature to full effect, and all those damn flips make for hard to hit targets."
Naruto grinned at the thought. "And it looks bad ass."
"Yes, and it looks bad ass. Now shall we begin?" Revan asked, reaching towards his own belt.
"I have one quick question, what form do you use?" Naruto asked, settling into a comfortable combat stance.
Revan shrugged, drawing a pure obsidian lightsaber hilt from his belt. Naruto stared briefly in wonder at the weapon, the black metal never seemed to reflect light, drawing everything in. He shook his head at the snap-hiss of the weapon igniting, the bright yellow blade sizzling as it came to life. It never ceased to amaze the young padawan how much it reminded him of a sun. The brilliant blaze of yellow, heat and power encompassed by black darkness. It was the same whenever he looked at his Master's presence in the force, he could only call it awe inspiring. A quick snap of Revan's fingers brought Naruto back to reality. "To answer your question, I know all 13 commonly known ones."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at that, "But I thought there were 7?"
"There are, 7 Jedi, and 7 Sith. But both 7th forms are essentially the same slight differences but in my opinion the any user of the 7th form will generally change it to suit their own personality. Well, the true masters anyways. In combat, I use my own variation of Juyo. But I incorporate parts of all the forms, from both Sith and Jedi. Making mine a new form of its own, I call it Carcharodon."
"The hell is that named after?"
Revan gave a wide toothy grin, "A family of shark species. I have found, for their size and environment, sharks are the most efficient predators in the galaxy. As such my style tends to reflect a brutal, efficient predatory style."
Naruto began to sweat, his eyes now fixated on his master's blade.
"Oh don't worry, for this, and most of our training sessions, I'll use Soresu. A defensive form, I'll consider you making progress when you can get past my defenses. Now come," He flipped his blade up, holding it outstretched above his head. "And I will show you how you fail."
The blond grit his teeth together, and tightened his grip on his weapons before giving a strangled battle cry and launching himself at his Master.
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Three hours later Naruto's monstrous stamina finally gave out and he dropped to the sandy ground gasping for air. "The hell? How can ANYONE be that good?"
Revan shrugged standing over his padawan with a bemused expression n his face, "I'm over four thousand years old, and I've always been particularly gifted at combat. Aside from when I was first learning, I really have never lost in single combat. The whole Bitch Shoot My Ship in the Back thing Malak pulled not counting. Be impressed with yourself though. You are most naturally adept at that form of combat. I daresay you'll become one of the best lightsaber fighters around in a few years."
Naruto smiled at the praise. Nobody had ever told him he was good at anything, not even the Sandaime. "Thank you master."
A small glint of affection flashed through Revan's eyes. "Now, be a good boy and run off to the junk shop, I have need of some parts if I'm gonna 'fix' this pod racer."
Naruto groaned as he rolled over, "Sadist."
"You know it. Now, I scouted around earlier, and there's a junk shop run by a Toydarian named Watto. Should have everything you need." Revan said, mirth dancing across his features.
Naruto shot his master a glare and got up, making towards the direction of town, he paused. "Wait, how the hell am I gonna pay for any of this shit?"
Revan turned and gave a wide, sadistic grin. "Think of a way, preferably one that doesn't involve prison. Or murder, though I am fairly lax on that last one."
Naruto swore silently, deciding to walk into town, giving him some time to think of a way to get the needed parts for free.
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"The Queen trusts my judgment, and so should you." Qui-Gon said, biting back a sigh.
Padme shot the man a glare, "Maybe she isn't as trusting as you think."
Qui-Gon fought rolling his eyes, "Regardless, this is what we have to do. If you are coming, then come." He said, turning and walking towards the nearest settlement.
The hidden Queen struggled not to strangle the man from behind before heading off toward him, "Where are we going first anyways?"
The Jedi Knight turned and gave her a small smile. "A junk shop..."
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A/N: Nope, not foreshadow at ALL. Kukuku... Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Hard to make these longer.. they just don't seem to want to. They do however want to be written, so enjoy the fact I updated.. something. Sorry to anyone who reads my other stuff, I just have brutal writers block for all my other stories right now.
To Seiichi no Camorra ; Thats a great idea actually. With that suggestion I won't be telling who Revan's past lover was. So all you can stress over that yourselves.
To the anon reviewer ^^ yes, the galaxy is indeed screwed. MWAHAHA
General notes: In this story, the Exile was female. Not any real significance but thats how it is.
And Revan is undoubtedly the strongest living thing alive right now. I mean seriously, Kreia said "Revan was power. It was like staring into the heart of the Force." And now he's had 4k years to work on that. I will be going into partially what he's been doing, and some of his displays of his power. But yeah, he's frickin awesome. But so will Naruto... who has just as much potential.
Thats all for now folks, I've enjoyed the decent amount of reviews this story has gotten, for being a crossover and so short. I hope to continue to see them, be they critics, ideas or people telling me what they liked.
-Draton out.
