Chapter 4
I own nothing but I will somehow believe it .
"Normal talk"
"Thought"
"Hologram & communicator"
DEFENDERS OF PEACE
The Republic fleet is on the defensive
and pushed to the brink! As war rages
in the much contested Outer Rim
Territories, chaos and fear mount as
the Separatist army wages an epic
battle against heavily outnumbered
Republic ships in the far reaches of
the Quell system.
Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan
Ahsoka race across the galaxy to aid
Jedi Knight Aayla Secura who is in
the midst of a fight
for her life as the sinister droid army
closes in...
On the heavily damaged Republic cruiser, Ayala Secura was watching as the Separatist destroyers did more and more damage to her ship.
"Our shields are gone!" yelled one of the clones that were looking at the monitors.
The Jedi Knight watched helplessly as the battle raged outside her ship.
"Hurry, Skywalker," she spoke, a worried look on her face. "We're depending on you."
[Unknown space]
Not far from the battle there was another separatist fleet. This fleet belonged to none other then to our favorite Sith, currently in his new ship that he had built not long ago.
The ship was a modified Belbullab-22 starfighter, a fast and agile prong-shaped vessel produced by Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies. It had a powerful arsenal consisting of two sets of triple rapid-fire laser cannons. The starfighter was easily able to match the Porax-38 starfighter for speed, as it was fitted with twin ion drives and an extremely powerful hyperdrive.
That's where Naruto had got a bit out of control with the modifications. He'd made space for a pair of bigger ion drivers, and added another two so that he would be able to outrun just about anyone. Of course he'd blown himself up a couple (well, more than just a couple) of times but he'd finally got it right. Because of the new power, he'd had to change the thrusters so that they would survive the increased demands of speed.
He then put in a compartment for his R3 astromech droid that he'd finally repaired after Grievous had broken it. He also changed the cockpit so that he could use the Umbaran one, because it was more straightforward and allowed more maneuverability then a normal starfighter would have.
As he was flying around his fleet, R3 started to make beeping noises. Naruto looked at his droid that and listened to what it had to say.
"Uh, well then, if the Count wants to speak with me, let him through, and don't worry - I won't let them make you go on another spying mission."
As he said this, an image appeared on his monitor and, when it cleared, it was the scowling face of Count Dooku.
"Hello, master, what can I do for you today?" Naruto said in a calm voice. Dooku's frown at his apprentice's behavior deepened.
"There is currently a battle taking place not far from you. It is almost complete, and victory is assured, but I want you to go there to…lend a hand."
When Dooku finished the description of his task Naruto gained a deadpan look.
"You're just punishing me for not coming to save you from those pirates that took you captive."
Dooku smirked. "That has nothing to do with it. I am simply doing what is best for the separatist alliance," he said, sarcasm dripping off every word.
Naruto's eyebrow started to twitch as he spoke. "Very well, master, it shall be done."
Dooku smiled at his apprentice and the connection was cut off. Naruto got his anger under control and looked at R3 again.
"Ok, buddy, plot a course for the battle, and let see what we got."
R3 made a couple off whistling noises before the hyperdrive activated and they disappeared into space.
[Battle site]
Anakin and his Padawan had finally arrived and were preparing to aid their fellow Jedi.
"Prepare the gunships!" Anakin yelled.
As they were preparing the droid in charge was giving out orders of its own.
"We have them now. Send in the super droids!"
With that, the rocket droids started to jump out of the cruiser and trying to board the enemy ship. At the same time, the Republic rescue team was also trying to get in.
"Those droids are boarding Aayla's ship," spoke Anakin as he saw the droids on the hull of the ship.
As they were nearing the ship, one of the rocket droids flew onto the gunship that was carrying Anakin and Ahsoka. It attacked the pilot by tearing off the window of the cockpit and grabbing him with a mechanical arm.
Just as Anakin was about speak, something flew by them and shook the gunship hard. When they looked at what had almost hit them, they saw a bigger, red and black version of Grievous's ship, heavily modified from the stock model. Anakin used a pair of binoculars, looked into the cockpit, and saw the Sith apprentice of Count Dooku smiling at him.
Suddenly, the apprentice made a sharp turn and went directly for one of the gunships. He fired a torpedo and destroyed the target in a burst of flame, it while heading straight for Aayla's ship. Once he was near enough, he disengaged his control of the fighter and gave it over to R3.
"R3, get my ship out of here. I did not almost blow myself up that many times just to see it get destroyed in its first battle."
With those final words, he jumped off the ship and free fell towards the hole it the Republic cruiser's hull. He landed in a corridor lit by red emergency lights, and started to run through the hallways and cutting down any clone that got in his way.
He stopped at an intersectionn where he came face to face with a beautiful blue skinned twi'lek woman that was currently pointing a lightsaberat him…wait, what!?
"Damn it! Why are all the good looking ones always the ones that are trying to kill me?"
Aayla looked at her adversary with a mix of confusion and flattery.
"Um…am I to assume that your name is Naruto Uzumaki?" she asked.
"Yes, that would be me, but I do not know the name of my beautiful opponent…" Stupid. Stop flirting with he,r she's your enemy…damn it all to hell with my attraction to twi'lek women.
"My name is Aayla Secura Jedi Knight of the Republic," she responded, thinking is he flirting with me?
"Such a lovely name for such a lovely woman." Shut up before I get myself killed by an angry woman, never mind that she's a Jedi… but look at that body and those…NO!...BAD Naruto, BAD!
Aayla cheeks started to darken a bit but luckily, nobody noticed. "Thank you for the compliment, now could you surrender so that I may try to save this ship?"
"Um, as much as I would like to spend more time with such a beauty as you, I must regretfully decline. As for the ship, well, from what I saw on the outside it won't last very long, and it will only take a couple of good shots from the other ship to take it down completely. Also, even if you do somehow manage to survive this encounter, you would be stranded on the planet below, as the ship's hull would not survive the jump to hyperspace, and you could not call for help because they destroyed your communication tower when I arrived."
Aayla was surprised by how much the Sith knew about machines.
"But I guess you're safe for the moment," Naruto continued, "as there are still droids on board, and they won't attack unless it's a tactical droid who is built to secure a victory at any cost."
Just as he said that, the ship shook violently.
"AH Echuta, I just had to go and screw it up with my luck again!"
He looked at Aayla.
"Um, yeah, we better run. We can fight later."
"I agree with that plan."
With that they all started to run for their lives. As they were running Aayla looked at her temporary ally.
"So where are we going now, Sith?"
"When I jumped out of hyperspace, I saw a republic transport ship preparing to land. If we get to that hatch, we're home free!"
As he said that there was an explosion behind them, and it would have killed everyone had it not been for Naruto using the Force to protect Aayla, her commander and himself. But he did not get out of it without a scratch. While shielding them from the explosion, a piece of shrapnel went fly towards him and, because he was still concentrating on the fire, it slipped by his shield and lodged itself in his left shoulder. He screamed and almost lost control of the shield, but regained control quickly.
When the explosion subsided Naruto fell to his knees and grabbed his bleeding shoulder. Aayla being the Jedi that she was kneeled down to his level.
"You're hurt, can you walk?" she asked.
"Yeah, I think I can, just help me get up," said Naruto as he stretched his hand out towards her.
Aayla took his hand without hesitation. At that point, Anakin, Ahsoka and Capitan Rex reached their location. When they saw the Sith, they all pointed their weapons at him and prepared to attack.
"Stop," Aayla said. "He is on our side for the time being, and he got hurt protecting us from the explosion."
The rescue team lowered their weapons, but were still cautious around the Sith apprentice. Anakin then spoke.
"We need to get out of here and get to the ship that is docking right now."
With that, they ran for the docking bay.
They had just successfully connected the ship to the docking bay and were about to board when a gigantic explosion went off. Anakin saw this, glanced back at his comrades that where still boarding the ship and he used Force push make them go in faster. Then he slammed the doors shut after them.
He turned to the fire that was racing towards them but he also saw the Sith was leaning against the wall next to him, and seemed to be on his last leg. Anakin was fully prepared to try and stop the flames, but was surprised when a Force shield appeared around him, letting him to focus only on the flames ahead. As he stood there stopping the flames he saw that the blast doors were closing, but before they could shut the blastwave out completely, there was one last big explosion that sent both Anakin and Naruto flying against the wall.
Anakin hit his head and was knocked out with some broken bones and small burns. Naruto had managed to stay conscious even though he had broken ribs, a deep gash in his shoulder and was bleeding from the forehead. He used what power he had left to open the doors that led to the ship, but he lost consciousness before they could be opened fully.
The last thing he saw was a blue blur in front of him before it all faded into darkness.
[Some time later-Maridun]
Naruto awoke to bright light shining in his face. When he awoke, he came face to face with a strange raccoon-like creature. Naruto's instincts kicked in and used the Force to start chocking to strange creature.
"Who are you...Where am I… Where are the Jedi!" he demanded.
"My…name is…ugh…Wag...gag…Too…hack…I…was the one that heal…gag…ed…you."
Naruto released him.
"Sorry about that, my instincts kicked in. I thank you for your help."
"It's alright, I'm a healer, after all and that is my job. You can thank your friends for bringing you here," the strange creature said.
"I will be sure to thank them when I see them. Now, if you will excuse me, I will go find my companions – also, do you by any chance know where my lightsabermay be?"
"Um, I think blue skinned twi'lek has it, but you should really rest! Your injuries are not yet healed."
Naruto ignored his protests about getting up and rose to his feet. He looked around for his armor, but found it destroyed, along with his shirt. He decided to leave the tent with just his bottom robes. When he came out, he saw the clone commander that he'd saved standing next to a large pod house.
When he came near him the clone spotted him and pointed his blaster at him.
"Wow, easy there," Naruto said. "I'm not here to fight, and besides, you shouldn't point a gun at someone that can kill you without even moving a muscle."
The clone then lowered his weapon.
"What do you want, Sith, are you here for your weapon or something?"
"Actually, I would like my weapon back, thank you, but first I would like your name and the condition of the group."
"My name is Commander Bly and the condition of the group is that there are only six of us left, and General Skywalker is still hurt pretty badly but should pull through."
"Okay then, if he is still hurt, let me see him for a minute, and you can all be there to point your guns and sword at my head while I work."
With that, he simply walked into the pod. Inside, he saw all three Jedi, talking to each other quietly. When they saw him, everything fell silent.
"How are you feeling, Skywalker?" Naruto asked.
In response he got a snarl from both Ahsoka and Anakin himself. Aayla, being the only rational one, answered for the wounded General.
"He is still too weak for any kind of fast paced travel, and he will have to rest for at least a day before he is able to even walk."
"Then how about we fix that," Naruto said.
Before anyone could stop him, both of his hands started to glow green and the energy flowed from them towards Anakin. Ahsoka was about to attack, but Aayla stopped her. The Padawan looked at her but she only pointed at Skywalker, whose wounds were closing, even the bruises beginning to fade away. After a while, Naruto stopped healing him and everyone saw that Anakin was almost as good as new.
"There we go now, by tomorrow you'll be good as new."
Anakin looked at the Sith. "I thought I was never going to say this but thank you, Sith," he said.
"Please, call me Naruto until we get of this rock."
"Then thank you, Naruto, for healing me."
Their conversation was interrupted when Commander Bly came in as well as Wag Too.
"General?"
"Yes, commander?"
"We've got a Separatist ship incoming."
"This is neutral space," Wag Too said in concern.
"It won't be neutral for long, not if the Separatists have their way," spoke Anakin as he got up.
Wag Too's father walked in, his anger clearly showing.
"What menace have you brought to our village now, Jedi?" he demanded.
"Father, you can't blame them!" his son said.
"He's right," Naruto spoke up. "The Separatists don't even know we're here. Otherwise they would have sent for my fleet, instead of this hunk of junk. Hey, Commander, give me those Electrobinoculars for a moment."
The Sith looked through the device and saw a Neimoidian, exiting the ship along with a lot of droids at his back. Of course, Naruto's fleet had much more droids, but still, there were a lot of them. He recognized the fat alien at once.
"Shit, its Lok Durd. We have to go."
Ahsoka looked at the Sith. "Why must we go? It's not like he's some all-powerful being, he's just a coward."
"That's exactly way we have to leave. If he sees us, then he will run and send the droids after you. Not that I care what happens to these people, but I owe them for healing me up, so we can't let them get in the crossfire - so we must leave," Naruto explained.
Aayla knew that he was right. "Then we will go and hide," she decided.
Tee Watt Kaa, the old village chief, stomped his walking stick on the ground. "You better leave, your presence endangers us!"
Ahsoka was about to protest, but was stopped by Anakin, who put a hand on her shoulder and said, "We shall leave right away."
"Very good. Now, I must see what our new visitors want," Tee Watt Kaa said, sounding a bit more at ease.
As he said this, he started toward the ship that had just landed. When he arrived, he was greeted by the fat general.
"I am General Lok Durd of the Separatist alliance."
"I am Tee Watt Kaa, leader of this colony. What do-" he would have spoken on, but was interrupted by the fat general.
"You are now under the protection of the Separatist alliance... I congratulate you on your good fortune."
"Thank you, but we enjoyed good fortune well before your arrival," spoke the leader of the colonists but it seemed he was ignored by the general. "We are a peaceful people, General. I do not condone your presence here."
"Then stand aside. I would like to inspect my new colony!"
As the Neimoidian looked at the village, he had a smug smile on his face.
"Ransack this dung heap," he said.
Not far from that position, we find the Naruto, the Jedi, the two clones and Wag Too watching.
"Why are they tearing apart our homes? We've done nothing to them!" said an angry Wag Too .
"Violence, that's what those droids are programmed for," Ahsoka answered him.
"Well you're wrong on that part," spoke Naruto, who had been listing to their conversation.
Everyone looked at him curiously and he decided to explain.
"These droids are made for mass production, not quality. They are made so that they can overwhelm the enemy with their numbers, but there programming is so stupid that they miss half the time. Their fighting programming is made to be cheap and easy to make, thus they can't do anything on their own. That's why I use my own programming for them, so that I get their loyalty and a better army."
They were surprised that he knew that much about the droids, and that he had his own army that was only loyal to him. Their thoughts were interrupted by Naruto.
"We have to leave we'll be okay if we make it to the tall grasses," he said.
With that they started to run towards the tall grass.
Meanwhile, the droids had searched the whole place and returned back to there general.
"There is no evidence of any weapons or Republic contraband, General," one of the droids beeped.
"In the future, we may conduct more periodic searches like this one in order to maintain security," spoke the General with a smug look on his face.
"Because we are such an obvious threat to you," Tee Watt Kaa said with sarcasm, but then spoke in a calm tone, "We'll offer no resistance."
"Your species is smarter than you appear," the general said, and you could hear that it was not a compliment.
With that, the Separatists left. Wag Too ran up to his father.
"Father, are you okay?" In response he got a nod. "At least the Jedi escaped."
"Yes, but they nearly brought harm to our entire village."
"But now, thanks to you, we're safe to grovel before every petty tyrant who enters our system."
"You would mock our very way of life? I have just ensured we will have peace."
"Yes, but for the moment, and at what price? Are you not concerned about the Jedi at all?"
"I have no quarrel with the Jedi, but we cannot help them without being drawn into their war." With those words he left for the main house.
As Wag Too watched his father leave, another of the Lurmen came up next to him.
"Tub, track the Jedi," Wag too told him. "Follow them and make sure they get off world.
[Tall grass field]
"You know, I can't figure those villagers not wanting to fight," said Capitan Rex. "No pride, I guess."
"I call it no courage," Ahsoka spoke up.
Aayla however had a counter opinion.
"Sometimes it takes courage to stick to one's beliefs, young padawan, as any Jedi well knows."
Naruto however spoke up as well.
"Hmm, to stick to ones beliefs is noble, but to blindly follow them - then you become just another droid that can be reprogrammed." He took a small pause before he spoke again. "We need to find a ship, and the only one around here belongs to the General."
Rex looked confused. "Wouldn't you be stealing from your own allies?"
"First of all, that slime ball and I are not allies, he is lower than the dirt I walk on. He is a coward that does everything for money, and doesn't have allegiance to anyone. Second, I've wanted to kill him for some time now, but Dooku would not give up his location to me, because he was still valuable to the cause." He took a deep breath then spoke again. "But we need to find them first."
He was interrupted by Ahsoka who yelled, "I think we just did!"
A Probe Droid appeared out of the tall grass. Anakin shouted out orders.
"Blast it!"
But before they could, the droid was sent flying past them and into the waiting hands of Naruto.
"Damn, you guys just love to destroy good droids, don't ya. As for the Jedi here that do use the Force, you could have used it. It's a simple technique called Force pull, you learn it like when you're a Padawan."
For their part, the Jedi had the decency to look at least a bit ashamed.
"As for the droid you wanted to destroy, it can be used for us, it just needs a bit of reprogramming. Does anyone have a datapad?"
In response Commander Bly gave him the pad and Naruto thanked him, then started to work on the Probe. After a while, it was done.
"Okay here we go, Lucky is online," he said.
The droid started to make buzzing and beeping noises. Anakin looked at him then spoke.
"You're really good at programming droids."
"Why thank you, Skywalker, now let's see where they have their base of operations," Naruto said before turning towards Lucky and spoke.
"Now, buddy, show us where that base is hiding."
With that, the droid took off, and everyone started to follow after it. After a while, they came up to a big tree, and saw that the droid was going up it so they followed him. Once they came to the top, they could see the base clearly. Anakin looked at the base through electrobinoculars and saw the ship.
"That shuttle's our ticket off this rock," he said.
Rex looked at him then spoke, "it's not gonna be easy, sir. There don't seem to be any flaws in their security line."
"On the contrary it will be quite easy to get in" but before he could be continue.
Anakin then spoke up.
"Looks like the Separatists have a new toy…" He spoke but was interrupted when someone took the binocular from him and that someone was Naruto.
"No, not new, but an improved old one."
Aayla looked at the Sith and spoke.
"How do you know about this weapon?"
"Because it was the predecessor of this one that destroyed my planet," he said in an ominous tone.
Aayla looked at him in shock and asked, "What happened?"
"Our people were isolated on our planet at very beginning of unknown space, and we believed that we were the only ones there. We had primitive technology compared to yours, but we made it work. Our people had a special energy, called chakra, that we used to do different things, such as climbing vertical surfaces and controlling the elements. We were divided into five major hidden villages that were called Leaf, Sand, Rock, Lightning and Water. There was a lot of conflict and there were already three wars before I was even born. We used Ninjas to protect the people in the village, and we even had an academy for kids to train to become ones. I was also one of those that wanted to join.
"Long story short, I passed the academy, joined a four man squad and I was on a team with my friend and rival Sasuke Uchiha. We did some missions, and then we were supposed to take the test to gain a higher rank in our community, but during the second part, we met one of the Leafs biggest traitors, Orochimaru, who wanted Sasuke to join him, so he gave him a mark that corroded his mind until he eventually left the Leaf for power.
"I and a couple of friends were sent to recover him, but in the end, I was the one who faced him alone. We fought for hours, and in the end, I managed to knock him out, but I was heavily injured and had fallen into the river that was close to our position. I held on for dear life but I was weak as I had a hole near my heart.
"When my teacher came, he saw us both then, chose to take the Uchiha back to the village and left me for dead. I slowly sank to the bottom of the river and there I was so angry that I tapped into the power of the dark side and saved myself from the river.
"That is how Dooku found me and after he found about my people he deemed them too dangerous to live. He used the prototype of that weapon to destroy my planet. It left nothing but a wasteland. The sudden destruction of life destabilized the planets core and it exploded."
As he finished, they saw the capsule fly far in the air before plummeting towards the earth. When it hit, a large fire exploded from the blast sight and stretched out, destroying anything organic in the process. When the Jedi and the clones saw this, it immediately conjured nightmare images of such a thing happening to a whole planet. Everyone looked down in sadness and the two female Jedi even started to cry. But what no one expected was for Aayla to suddenly hug the Sith from behind.
"You have so much pain, and you went through it all alone…I'm so sorry."
Naruto looked shocked at first, then he smiled and put his hand on hers.
"You don't have to apologize, you weren't there and I don't blame you for it." He gently took her hands from around her neck and turned around. "Now, no more tears on that beautiful face. We have a ship to steal and a colony to help," he said while wiping the tears off her checks.
Aayla smiled and nodded her head. However, Commander Bly spoke up.
"How are we getting in?"
"Well, you just leave that to me," said a smirking Naruto, who then took his lightsaber from Aayla and disappeared.
Everyone decided to move closer and what they saw was amazing. Naruto appeared on top of one of the spider cannons and stabbed it, then jumped on top of the other one without being noticed and destroyed this one like the last.
With that, he jumped off the wall out of their sight, and for a while all they could hear was the sound of a lightsaber cutting metal. When they came close, they saw the door open wide. Inside, they found Naruto next to the ship, transporting two shield generators onto the ship. When he was done, he looked at them and smiled.
"What took you so long? I already have the shield generator on the ship, let's go."
They all nodded and went to the ship, then flew towards the colonists.
[At the Village]
Wag Too was having an argument with his father after he found out from his friend that the Separatists were returning.
"They're returning to our village," the healer pointed out.
"They did not attack us before. There's no reason to think they will this time," his father replied.
"This is war!"
"But not our war!" Tee Watt Kaa shouted. "We've done nothing to provoke them, and we will not." He paused for emphasis. "That is their way."
"So we will just lie down and be slaughtered? Father, even if we don't fight the Separatists, we must defend ourselves!"
"Mounting a defense is still engaging in battle…If we sacrifice our beliefs, we're no better than they are." He took a small pause again. "Our philosophy has helped us to survive for generations, and we will not change our morals now, or ever."
Just then, the ship landed at the entrance to the village. Naruto and the Jedi, as well as the clones, came running out of the ship. Aayla was the first to speak.
"Everyone, please, please listen…The Separatists will be here in moments!"
Tee Watt Kaa got angry at the Jedi and Sith. "What are you doing here? I told you not to return!" he demanded.
But Anakin spoke up, saying, "I'm afraid the Separatists don't care whether you're in the war or not. We need to get you to safety before they arrive."
"We will not abandon our homes," the old chief said stubbornly.
"But they've got a new weapon," Spoke up Ahsoka: "It'll burn this place to a crisp." She looked around the village and shouted "Is this what all of you really want?"
Tee Watt Kaa spoke again.
"If it is our destiny to be destroyed in your war, so be it."
Naruto and the Jedi used the Force to put a wall of pots in way of the droid army. Rex started to climb the wall and used his inbuilt helmet visor to see the enemy approaching.
"Droids inbound. We've got eight minutes tops," he reported.
"Alright," Anakin said, "let's get these shield generators in place!"
General Lok Durd was feeling very satisfied with himself as his army approached their target. He could already smell victory on the air.
"When Count Dooku sees how successful my weapon is against civilian targets, I will no doubt be promoted to a more Substantial position within the alliance."
"Right," said his droid aide, and it almost sounded sarcastic. "Well, the villagers appear to have put some pods together in a barrier around the village."
"Pods? How quaint." Then, looking through his binoculars, he exclaimed, "Jedi? What are they doing out here?"
Back at the village the village chief Tee Watt Kaa saw what the Republic soldiers were doing.
"Halt! Pray, stop what you are doing…. Stop building that wall…I did not ask you to defend us!"
Anakin spoke without breaking the rhythm of his work, saying "This battle is inevitable. You can stand by your beliefs, but let us stand by ours."
Tee Watt Kaa walked away with an angry look while his son stepped up next to Naruto.
"Thank you for what you're trying to do. I'm sorry, but I cannot help. My father is very strong-willed and set in tradition. Many others agree with me, but we were raised under a very strict code. We must respect it, even if we don't agree."
Naruto looked at him for a long time before speaking.
"You have your beliefs and you stand by them, just don't let them stop you from doing what you think is right."
Then they all heard the voice of Rex, announcing "They're holding position."
Naruto then spoke again: "They're not going to charge us, not if they can hit us from long range first."
Anakin got the idea: "But if we can withstand that weapon, we'll draw them in."
The droids stopped and general spoke:
"Prepare to fire! Good-bye, Jedi…Fire!"
"Incoming!" yelled Rex.
"Power the shields!" shouted Anakin in response. Naruto and Aayla activated the shield generators, and they watched as the flames climbed the shield, but did not penetrate it.
"Now they'll have to get their hands dirty and meet us face-to-face," smiled Anakin as they stepped out of the shielded area, to face the droid army.
Lok Durd started to panic. "S-squad one, prepare to charge!"
The droids got in position and he spoke again. "Charge!"
Ahsoka spoke up in a worried vice. "That's…a lot of clankers."
"We got to stop them before they get through that shield," Anakin said.
"You guy deal with the first wave, I will take care of the rest, just give me some time," spoke Naruto as he extended his arms to the side as electricity started to crackle around his fists.
The Jedi and the clone nodded and charged. They started to destroy the droids in long sweeps, their lightsabers a blur of light in their hands.
The droid that was in the tank next to Lok Durd's started to count down.
"Five, four, three, two, one, zero. Sir, the first squad has been destroyed," it reported.
The general got scared as he yelled "Squads two and three, attack!"
Ahsoka smiled. "That wasn't so tough."
"That was just the first wave," Anakin said in response.
Just as he was about to shout out more orders, the sky started to darken and the sound of lightning was heard. When the squad of droids was almost upon them, a storm of lightning crashed on the droids and destroyed them all, frying them where they stood. They fell to the ground smoking and blackened and twisted out of shape. The Jedi and the clones looked at Naruto, who was on his knees, panting harshly with exertion.
"He gave us the opportunity to end this, let us do it," said Aayla.
At the village, Wag Too saw what was happening and he remember the word the young Sith said to him. He nodded to his friends, who picked up their makeshift weapons and started to walk towards the battlefield. His father saw this and stopped him.
"Wag Too, what are you doing?" the older colonist demanded.
"We're going to help."
"I forbid this."
"What more would you have them do before we are allowed to defend ourselves?"
"But–"
"We have to do this," Wag Too said with finality. With that, all the young men started to run to the battle to help the Jedi.
Lok Durd was panicking. It got worse and worse as he saw the Jedi defeating his forces. When his prized superweapon was destroyed, he ran for it. But he soon found himself being lifted off the ground by the force.
"There goes my promotion!" he wailed.
After the battle, the clones were taking Lok Durd onto the ship as the Jedi and the Sith were talking with Wag Too.
"Thank you," the young healer said. "Our village would certainly have been destroyed without your protection."
That's when he saw his father come up next to him.
"Father, I was just offering the Jedi our thanks."
"Perhaps we do owe you thanks, but I still wonder, at what cost?" the old chieftain said. "Why am I always the lucky one?" As he looked up into the sky and saw Republic ships arrive.
Naruto looked up also and spoke.
"I always wanted to see what Coruscant was like, I guess I'm getting my wish," he said as Aayla put took his lightsaber and Rex cuffed his hands behind his back.
Then they all started to walk away toward the landing ships.
To be continued
NARUTO GOES TO CORUSCANT
R&R
May the force be with you