Chapter 5
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Avidnarutofan asked that I answer Reviews and I shall do just that, because I AM AWESOME. At, first I was reluctant to answer, as I could reveal too much, but because you want it, you shall get it.
Naruto is very strong, he is above Mace Windu as he has better control over the force than Windu does. He is just below Palpatine, but he is more humble than he is, and thus less arrogant than him. He is also an Assassin that can hide his presence from Sidious and could kill him before the Sith Lord even noticed.
You asked why Sidious knows Naruto's skills in lightsabercombat – well, it's because he was like that before he went to Korriban. You also asked why Lok Drud didn't recognize Naruto, well, it because he wasn't visible at the time Lok Drud destroyed Naruto's planet, and they'd never met before because of Dooku knowing that if they did meet, Naruto would kill him.
Yes, the lightning was Force Storm, and he can control I,t but it's hard and he has to be still to make it work (sort of like sage mode).
About the harem, you need to understand the difference between flirting and actual attraction. I have a hard time seeing a harem in the Star Wars universe, but I'm not dismissing the harem genre, I just think that harems can divert attention from the plot to a story that is all about which girl Naruto will get (again, not all harem stories are like that, it's just my opinion) also, it takes away the romance that comes with the paring most of the time.
I like harems, they're interesting, but I lose interest if the guy gets girls without an explanation. Also I like harems where Hinata is not in them (I don't hate Hinata, it's my favorite paring, I just…there's too many fics about them already) as she is not the type for those things, if she's the canon version, she'd faint at the first mention of being in a harem.
AND NOW, WE PROUDLY PRESENT…(theme music plays)
"Normal talk"
"Thought"
"Hologram & communicator"
THE FOX GOES TO CORUSCANT
"Naruto Uzumaki captured!
After saving the peace-loving Lumaren people from extinction,
Jedi knights Anakin Skywalker, Aayla Secura and Anakin's Padawan
Ahsoka Tano have taken the young Sith apprentice into
custody.
Now they are transporting him to Coruscant to face trial for
his many crimes!"
On the Republic cruiser, Naruto sat in the prison hold, meditating and awaiting his arrival to Coruscant. As he disciplined his mind, putting it through various mental exercizes and letting the Force flow through him, the door to his cell opened, and in walked the blue skinned Twi'lek Jedi. Hearing her enter, Naruto opened his eyes and smiled.
"Now what does a beauty such as yourself want with little ol' me?" he asked.
"Hello, Naruto. I came here wanting to know if you would give up some information on the Separatists in exchange for a lower sentence."
"Is that all you came for… I must say, I am disappointed in the Jedi, I thought that they would at least try to convince me to turn to the light side," he said in a sarcastic tone.
"No, the Jedi will offer you redemption, but not here, as you will do it in front of the Jedi Council, then you will face trail for you crimes." She took a small pause and looked down with a sad expression that looked beautiful on her. "I'm sorry that it had to happen like this, perhaps, if we had met in a different time, we could have been friends."
When she looked, she saw a stunned Naruto, who looked at her with wide eyes.
"H-Haku…?" he stammered.
"What? Who is Haku?"
Naruto got himself under control and looked down, trying to mask his grief, failing.
"She was the first friend that I ever had, and the only true one I had before Dooku found me. She was the one that gave the old me something that no one hade ever given me," he said.
"What did she give you?" a fearful Aayla asked.
"She gave me hope," he said bleakly. "She was working with a man that wanted to kill our client, so that the man that was terrorizing the village could keep his iron fist on said village. But when we met first, I didn't know that she was the enemy, and I talked to her openly, as did she. Of course, she kept some secrets from me, but that is to be expected. Anyway, after a while she asked me what I was fighting for, and I answered that I fought the village, but she then asked me a follow up question that I could not answer."
"What did she ask you?"
"Why?"
"What?" Aayla said, confused.
"She asked me why I fought for the village, and me being the idiot, I said it was because I wanted to be Hokage, which was what we called the head of our village. He was supposed to be the strongest and the wisest of us all. I just wanted to be Hokage to gain respect, and for people to notice me for something other then the fo-" He stopped himself before he finished.
"Other than the what?" Aayla asked.
"It's nothing, just forget about it. Anyway, she told me a saying that I abide to this day, if not to the same extent as I once did," he murmured.
"What was the saying, and what happened to this girl? What made you remember her?"
"She died," he said finally. "She was killed in the fight we had with her master. She took a fatal hit for him." His fists tightened in anger until his knuckles were white. "That bastard tried to cut her in half just to kill my sensei, but luckly, he jumped out of the way with her body intact." Naruto calmed down and looked at Aayla and she could have sworn that she saw a small tear fall to the ground, but it was to dark to be sure. "As to why I remembered her when you spoke, it's because those were the last words she said to me before she ran of to save her master."
Aayla was stunned at what she heard, but then remembered that he still hadn't told her about the saying. "So what was the saying, then?"
"When a person… has something important they want to protect… that's when they can become truly strong." He spoke in a sad tone. "Although I thought that I had a lot to protect back then, I now see that I was wrong, and that I had very little."
Aayla looked saddened at the news that she had just heard. Naruto looked at her and continued:
"Hey don't, be sad, you look much better when you smile." He got up off his chair and walked over to her and cupped her face gently, then, lifting it so that she could see into his eyes, he said "Now let's see that smile."
She did manage a small one after all.
"There we are," Naruto said, "now, if you could just let me see, my lightsaber." Before he could finish, he had a blue lightsaber blade placed to his neck. "Woah, I'm not trying to use you, I just need it to retrieve the crystal inside, it's the last thing from my planet."
Aayla looked at him with narrowed eyes before removing her weapon from his throat. She then reached behind her back and showed him his light saber. As he was about to reach for his weapon, she moved it out of his reach.
"You will use the force to deconstruct your weapon and then give me all the parts, except the crystal, which you may keep," she said.
Naruto nodded in response, then moved back and sat on the floor. He started to concentrate as the lightsaber started to float in the air and, before Aayla's very eyes, started to fall into individual pieces. When it was all done, Aayla was left with all the pieces but the crystal. Naruto smiled, removed the necklace that was around his neck, and put the crystal into the slot at the center.
"Thank you, Aayla, for trusting me with this. You don't know how much this means to me," he said.
"You're very welcome, and after that story you told me, I think I have a better idea of how much it means to you."
"Well, I thank you again."
Then suddenly, before either could have reacted, a probe droid came flying in and was heading directly for Naruto, who caught it with his hands.
"Hey, Lucky! What are you doing here, I thought you were left on the planet!"
The droid chirped in binary while Naruto listened.
"Aaah, so you snuck aboard the ship…I guess you didn't want to be left behind, huh?"
He smiled, and was about to talk to the droid more, but was interrupted by Rex and Bly running into the cell.
"General, we saw the probe droid that was reprogrammed by the Sith floating towards this area, but when we tried to stop it, it ran from us," said Bly.
That's when they saw it with Naruto, and they reacted on instinct, pointing their weapons at the Sith.
"Woah, boy, it came here to see me, and I'm unarmed. Look, I dismantled my weapon to get my Crystal back," Naruto told them, speaking in a voice usually reserved for dealing with angry dogs.
The clones looked at Aayla, who nodded. They lowered their weapons and left the cell. Aayla then looked at Naruto and was about to ask about the probe, when he beat her to the punch.
"You don't have to worry about the probe, it will follow your orders and the orders of those that were with us on the planet," he told her.
"Yes, but that means that it will follow your orders as well, isn't that right?" she asked.
"Well…yes, but what good does a probe droid do me now, when I'm already stuck in this cell and on my way to the trial?" he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Very well then, I will come and get you when we are about to arrive at Coruscant," Aayla said.
"If I get to see your beautiful face more, then by all means, come back quickly."
She nodded her head and left the cell. No one saw that her cheeks were a bit darker that before.
[Serenno]
Count Dooku was looking out of his window at his palace when a button started to flash on his desk, signaling that he was receiving a transmission. As he moved towards his desk, he pressed the button and got on one of his knees. Once the image on the hologram was clear, he saw his master, Darth Sidious.
"My master," Count Dooku said.
"Lord Tyrannus, it has come to my attention that your young apprentice has been captured by the Jedi, and is currently being transported Coruscant."
"I will start organizing a rescue mission and contact Asajj Ventress." Dooku was interrupted by his master.
"No, you shall do no such thing. He has already lost, and is too far in Republic space."
"But master… he is very talented in the ways of the force, as well as an assassin."
"Silence. You will do as I say, and as for his talent in the force, that has not improved since he left for Korriban," Sidious spat.
Dooku looked down in defeat, but on the inside, he was smirking as it seemed that his apprentice was good at hiding his presence from the Sith Lord.
"You shall start to redistribute the fleet that he had gathered to our forces."
"I am sorry to tell you this, but my apprentice's fleet will be hard to find, let alone give to others, as the droids are programmed to follow only him and him alone."
"What! How could you allow this to happen? Then find the fleet and destroy it!"
"I would, my lord, but his fleet has become very large, as the last time he checked in, he had fifteen Providence-class destroyer, fifteen Providence-class carriers, as well as thirty supply ships. He also has his own program for the droids that supposedly made them better. If we attack, then we will lose a lot of ships, and we be have to sacrifice the ships that we have in crucial sectors to even try to defeat the fleet."
"Mhhm, very well. I will speak to him once he arrives. Am I to assume that you did not reveal my identity him?"
"No, my lord, I did not reveal who you are to him."
"Good, good. If he somehow escapes, then continue to use him in our plans. If not, then leave his ships to rot in space."
"Very well, my master," said Dooku with a hint of anger before the transmission was cut off. Then, he stood up and walked towards his window and spoke to himself.
"You had better not fail me, my apprentice."
[Republic ship-Space aboveCoruscant]
Anakin Skywalker, Aayla Secura and Ahsoka Tano were currently talking to Master Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
"Well, it seems you all made quite the capture," said Kenobi.
"Yes, I am glad that we were able to stop this before he became a major threat in this war," said the Chancellor.
"Good this is, sense good in him I do, perhaps to the light, he may yet be turned," Master Yoda spoke.
"Master, he did have a dark past from what we hear, perhaps we can help him," said a hopeful Aayla.
"That may be possible. There were some Sith that were turned to the light, Revan being the most famous of them," Obi-Wan pointed out.
"The Sith was quite skilled in both fighting and healing," Anakin said. This got the attention of the Chancellor.
"What do you mean, Anakin?" He asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well, he was good enough at it to patch me up faster then I thought was possible, and he is very strong, strong enough to destroy three squads in a single move."
This got wide eyed looks from everyone that had not been there to see it. Aayla then came to Naruto's defense.
"That may be true, but he also has some good in him, as he helped us defend the villagers. Surely, we can give him a chance at redemption," she said.
"The problem may not be us," said Kenobi while stroking his beard, "but if he even wants redemption."
"Since we are giving him the opportunity to reform, I would like to meet him myself," said Palpatine.
"I do not think that is a good idea, Chancellor. He may try to take you hostage to get of the planet," spoke a worried Kenobi.
"Then I will have my personal guard be with me at all times, thus eliminating any threat."
"That would work, but may-" Kenobi was cut of by Palpatine.
"Then it's settled, bring him to me when you land," the Chancellor said.
The Jedi looked annoyed but kept quiet. With that, the hologram turned off.
"I have a bad feeling about this," said Ahsoka.
Anakin looked at his Padawan and smirked.
"Don't worry, Snips, we have him under lock and key. He won't escape," he said.
[Republic ship-holding cell]
Aayla walked towards the cell that held the Sith she met not long ago. When she reached it, she saw he was meditating again.
"Hello, Aayla," Naruto said without opening his eyes. "I see that we have arrived at Coruscant. Are you here to take me to your masters?"
"No, the Chancellor wishes to speak to you first, then I shall escort you to the Jedi Council," she said.
"That's all fine and good, but why would he want to meet me, a known criminal by his standards?" he asked, his eyes opening.
"He said that, since we will be giving you another chance, he would like to see you as a demonstration of good faith."
"Okay, that's fine." He smiled at her, then stood up and walked in front of the ray-shielded door. "I will go anywhere just to spend some more time with a beauty such as you."
Aayla looked away from him so that he could not see her blush. She then pressed the button to open the door, and made a motion that told Naruto to follow her. He obeyed the request and followed her off the ship and down a loading ramp, where he was surrounded by clones with red markings on their armor, showing that they where the Chancellor's personal guard.
They traveled towards the top of Senate building, where Palpatine worked at all hours of the day. As they walked, bystanders, seeing a separatist Sith being taken away, started to cheer as the Republic finally made some progress in their fight to stop this war.
As the group reached Palpatine's office, Aayla was told to stay outside while the clones pushed Naruto inside.
When he came in he saw an older man in red Chancellor robes, gazing out a window that covered an entire wall at the planet-sized city below.
"Hello, young man, you have made quite an impact in this war," Chancellor Palpatine said in a dark tone, his back to his prisoner. Dark side energy leaked off him in tendrils like mist rising off the surface of a cold, dark lake. For the Jedi it would seem untraceable, but for someone like Naruto, it was easy to detect and as recognizable as his own voice. It was, after all, the same energy he meditated on every day.
"Hello, Chancellor Palpatine," the captive Naruto said with a smirk, "or should I just call you Darth Sidious?"
When Palpatine heard this, he turned around in shock and he stared wide eye at the young Sith.
"How did you find out?" he hissed with barley restrained anger. "Even the most powerful masters like Yoda could not detect me, how could a worthless pawn such as you sense me when they could not?"
"You see, Sidious, on my planet there was a saying Look underneath the underneath. What that means is that you have to expect the unexpected. As for way I can sense, well, that is quite simple; I'm stronger then you think," Naruto said as raised his bound hands.
As he did this, all the people but Naruto started to be lifted of the ground and started to get choked by the Force. As Sidious saw this, he felt air leave his lungs as he was also lifted off the ground. At first, he thought that he could break it with minimum effort, but was surprised that he could not.
He knew that if he used any more, the Jedi would discover his secret identity, and somehow he knew Naruto knew as well. He was losing a lot of air and was just about to risk exposure when Naruto let everyone go and they fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"You see, Sidious, I know the true meaning of the Sith code. You may be the Master of Count Dooku, but you are not mine, as I do not even see you as a true Sith. You brag about how you killed your master, the great Darth Plagueius, yet how did you kill him…in lightsaber combat? No? Then perhaps you killed him with your superior mastery of the force? No again? Hmmm, then how did you kill him, oh, now I remember - you killed him in his sleep like the coward that you are. You believe in the rule of two, well, I believe that it weakened us. We once had an Empire, but then came Darth Bane: Two there should be: no more, less. One to embody power, the other to crave it. Stupid! What did he do, kill everyone else and leave only two, him and his apprentice, but what happens when the master and apprentice die, who will carry the legacy of the Sith when there are none left?"
Sidious got angry, because this young Sith was mocking him and the way of the Sith.
"You little brat, you mock our way of life, the very same life that saved you from DEATH!"
"NO! It was not the Sith code that saved me, was my passion for revenge, it was my strength to live, it was my hatred for the people that betrayed me that helped me survive. It was I who did all this, not some stupid Sith's code. You forgot the one of the lines in the Sith code, through victory my chains are broken. I have broken my chains, as I may have a master, but if I do not agree with his plans, I will stand against him. I was able to do this, while my master has no yet done this, and I don't think he will, but will instead follow your every order."
"As he should!" Chancellor Palpatine snapped. "I am his master and he will obey, as will you, or you will die."
"You can threaten me all you want, but just be sure, if you wish to kill me, come yourself instead of sending someone else like a coward!"
"Hah! You talk as if you have any chance of escape. You have blinded yourself to the reality of your situation - look around you, you are in Republic space, there isn't a Separatist ship for a least twenty parsecs."
"We shall see, Sidious, we shall see," Naruto said, turned around and started to walk away.
"What will you do about him, my lord?" asked Mas Amedda.
"Nothing, he will be taken to the Jedi, and then put into Jail for a long time."
"But what if he escapes?"
"He will not, as it is impossible to escape the Jedi Temple without inside help, which I will not provide."
They both watched him leave the office. As Naruto came outside, he saw Aayla waiting for him to return. When he saw her, he smiled.
"Shall we head for the Jedi Temple now, or would you rather go out for dinner?" He grinned.
"Ha, Ha, Ha, very funny. You know we cannot do that, and I think you would try to escape if we did," Aayla said.
"From you, never. I enjoy your company too much to run from you," Naruto said with a wink.
"Let's go before they send clones to get you, they are not as nice as I am."
"Well then, lead the way, my lady," he said while giving a fake bow.
"Get a move on," she said in mock anger. Why do I feel so relaxed around him, she wondered. He is my enemy…
[Jedi temple-Council chamber]
Naruto was standing in front of the Jedi Council and was being guarded by Jedi knights Cin Dralling, Master Yarael Poof and several Jedi Temple guards. The Jedi Masters were all in the room, either in person or by hologram. Mace Windu was the first speak.
"We are here to discuss the fate of one Naruto Uzumaki and if he should be allowed to get another chance."
"He is a powerful warrior from what I have heard, but those he have the heart to become a Jedi?" spoke Master Shaak Ti.
"I say he should not be allowed, as he killed a lot of clones in his missions, and he did it without remorse," said Master Even Piell.
"Yes, but he also saved those villagers from extinction, and helped in the fight against the droids," Obi-Wan Kenobi interjected.
"That is true, but is one act enough to show that he can change?" pointed out Master Ki-Adi-Mundi.
"There were Sith in the time of the Old Republic that were reformed through that one action, Revan being the most famous," said Plo Koon.
"Yes, but Revan was Jedi before he become a Sith," Oppo Rancisis objected.
"Jedi Knight Aayla Secura said that he had a troubled past, and Dooku destroyed his planet, thus he is the last of his people," Saesee Tiin spoke up.
"Sensed good in him, I did, buried deep, it is," Master Yoda decided to finally speak.
The council continued the debate until they heard something. At first it was just a small chuckle, then it started to get louder, until it turned into full blown laughter. All the people turned to the origin of laughter, and saw that it was none other than their bound prisoner.
"What is so funny, we are deciding your fate!" asked the angry Mace Windu.
"You all are funny because you actually think that you can contain me," said Naruto in-between his laughter.
"You can't possibly be thinking of escape," said Obi-Wan. "You are in a room with some of the best Masters of the Order, and you have no weapon."
In response, Naruto gained a sadistic look on his face.
"Well, Jedi, I do not need a weapon. Do you want to know why?" He asked in a teasing manner.
"Tell us, young Sith," said Shaak Ti.
"Since you asked so nicely, I think I will. On my planet, we were trained from a young age to become soldiers, and we learned something very important in those days."
"What did you learn?" asked Kenobi as the two Jedi behind Naruto moved closer to him.
"We learned that…everything can be used as a WEAPON!"
With that shout, he broke his cuffs and the masters watched as the two Jedi behind were preparing to attack, when something incredible happened. Naruto's hair spiked and become like needles. He swung his hair and it struck the two Jedi, killing them because they were too close to him. Before the Masters could react, Naruto picked up the fallen Jedi weapons, and jumped over the masters and towards the window, that he destroyed in two quick slices with his new blades.
Then he turned towards the Jedi, who had by now all activated there weapons. He smiled at them and spoke.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, you all will remember this day as the day that you almost captured Naruto Uzumaki!"
With that, he let himself fall backwards and disappeared. All the Jedi ran towards the window, and what they saw shocked them. They saw him running on the wall of the Jedi temple. Mace Windu saw that he seem to be heading to the roof of the temple.
"He's going to the roof, get everyone up there NOW!" he shouted.
Everyone quickly ran towards the roof.
Aayla was walking calmly in gardens in the temple when she was spooked by Naruto, who vaulted over a safety fence and landed in front of her.
"Hey, Aayla, how you doing?"
"Naruto? What are you doing here? You should be in the Jedi council room, and - why are you free!?"
"I kinda escaped and I'm running from the masters. I also wanted to say goodbye before I leave."
"What do you mean, leave? Actually, what do you mean, escaped?" she said while puling out her light saber.
"I mean that I'm leaving the planet shortly, and by escaping I mean I jumped out of the window," he said while blocking her blade with his brand new green one, while using the yellow one to try to get her away from him.
"Where did you get those light sabers?" Aayla demanded.
"Well, I sort of killed two Jedi to get away," he said sheepishly.
"WHAT! How could you?" she yelled in anger, and pressed the attack, forcing him back several steps.
"I'm sorry, it was the only way I could escape," he said in a sad tone. "Now please step aside so that I can leave, I don't want to hurt you."
Aayla was surprised that he would ask her something like that, and that he didn't want to hurt her. They were in a standstill when the large doors to the garden opened with a hiss, and in ran almost all of the available Jedi. They saw the Sith and Aayla fighting, and were about to intervene, when they heard a large boom and saw a ship similar to that of General Grievous, only larger and painted black and red. They saw that it had no pilot.
Naruto saw that his ride had arrived, and he smiled and decided to be bold. Moving faster than Aayla thought possible, he jumped inside the swing of one of he attacks, grabbed her wrist and wrenched it sizeways, forcing her to drop her lightsaber.
Then, with the air around them full of blowing leaves and petals being churned by ship thrusters, he came in close and kissed her.
Everyone, even Master Yoda, had their eyes the size of dinner plates and their mouths open wide. It got even worse when they saw Aayla return it. After what felt like hours, but was in reality just a couple of seconds, they separated and Naruto jumped onto his ship.
"Well, it's been fun, but I do have to leave, so have a nice day!" He was about to jump into the cockpit when he heard someone yell
"How is it possible that you got the transmission to your ship, if you were under lockdown?" yelled Anakin.
In response Naruto said two words that shocked everyone "Probe Droid."
[Flashback-Republic ship holding cell]
As they were talking Naruto looked at the droid and whispered, "Execute Order 19."
The droid nodded and flew off. With that, Naruto continued to talk to Aayla.
[Flashback end]
With that Naruto smiled, jumped into the cockpit, winked at Aayla, who blushed, and flew towards unknown space as the Jedi watched helplessly.
TO BE COUNTINUED
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