Naruto sat in his room with his eyes closed, sleeping. For the past few weeks, he has been traveling through the galaxy, finding Mandalorian warrior clan's that were spread throughout the galaxy. He had already found 4 that had joined him. He did encounter a few that refused to join him, but he had dealt with them. His base had also grown thanks to the resources that he had raided. The base was built all underground and the best thing was that the Moon of Mandalore was the perfect place for mining resources. He now had a very small Droid Factory underneath the mountain creating 50 Droids a day, nothing big, but it was better than nothing. Expansion would have to wait. For now he needed to get the Moon under his control, which meant bringing in the Republic to discover Vizsla and his position in the Death Watch. The Duchess was very predictable. She would require someone with pacifist views to take the position of governor for Concordia and what better person than a former Jedi? With the position of governor and the Death Watch rip for his taking, he would have control of Concordia, leaving him to create as many Droids he wanted to, while giving false reports to the Duchess. Death Watch would be his, the largest Mandalorian organization. His warriors already stood at 500 strong and his small Droid army stood at 600 strong. He had a few HK series, which were sent out as bounty hunters.

"Bo, ready a Mandalorian warrior for a sabotage mission. We are going to frame Mandalore." Naruto ordered.

"You got it." She said through the communicator. Now he turned his attention to a different problem, Pantora. The Trade Federation had blockaded the Moon and was demanding that the Pantoran's pay up. Naruto knew that the Trade Federation was working with the Separatists to force Pantora to join them. He had other plans. He knew that senator Riyo Chuchi wanted to help her people, but the senate would take forever to help, or won't help and the Republic couldn't do anything as the Trade Federation wasn't doing anything wrong, they knew that the Trade Federation was working with the Separatists, but they had no proof. So he was going to help the Senator, in exchange for her leaving the Republic and becoming a neutral system and he knew that the Pantoran's would love that. The war was getting out of hand for some people. By making Pantora a neutral system, he could get a secret alliance with them, and allow him to build bigger Droid armies and ships to be stationed there. This would allow his fleet to be built up, away from the eyes of the Republic and the Duchess and it helped when he knew Chuchi from past missions.

Getting up, he exited his room. He had a Senator to meet.

Coruscant, A Few Days Later:

Senator Chuchi was having a hard time. The Trade Federation had blocked her planet and demanded that they pay up and now, the chairmen's daughters were kidnapped. She didn't know what to do and things were getting worse as time went on.

"The Trade Federation is behind this, but how do I prove it?" She said to herself.

"Maybe you are in need of some help?" She heard a voice as the door to her room opened. She knew who this person was.

"Naruto?" She asked with a light blush.

"Yes Chuchi, it's me." He answered with a small smile. She approached him and hugged him.

"I am so glad to see you. They told us you were expelled from the order and after that you just vanished." She said, Naruto sighed.

"A lot has happened. I know what's happening to your home world and I am here to help." Naruto said. Chuchi lightened up. Naruto could be a great help.

"Thanks." Chuchi said happily, however before she could speak any further, Naruto stopped her.

"Chuchi, before I help you, I need your help." Naruto said. Chuchi stopped and raised an eyebrow. She nodded at him to continue.

"I need you to declare Pantora a neutral world." Naruto said to her shock.

"What? Naruto you know that would cause my world to lose Republic support and we need Republic support, now more than ever!" She stated, clearly shocked at what he said.

"Chuchi… the Republic is corrupt, you know it. Also… the Chancellor, Palpatine, is not who he is. He is a Sith, he killed my parents! And he has a plan that will destroy the Republic and kill all those who oppose him, even the senate! I know this because of the Force, but that is not evidence enough to prove that he is to everyone, not even the Jedi. They will claim me to be crazy and most likely hunt me down. Listen, if you declare Pantora to be a neutral system, and ally your-self with Mandalore, no one will dare step into your system. I am planning to build an army of Droids and Mandalorian warriors and I will take Mandalore myself. I can offer your people protection. It takes years for the Senate to do anything, you know that! If your planet is invaded or a civil war ensues, the Republic won't be able to do anything! Their forces are already spread too far out dealing with outer and mid rim planets that are rising against the Republic. Think about it." Naruto explained. Chuchi wanted to argue, but what Naruto said was true. The Republic was stretched too far out, even now if her home world was attacked, the Republic would be too late to help, but Naruto was planning a war, a 3rd faction, but the Chancellor… Was he right about that? Now that she thought about it, the Chancellor had always interfered with Jedi related businesses and even war related issues. If the Chancellor was a Sith, then that meant that her people were going to become his slave when he did try whatever plan he had.

"If what you even say is true, I don't have the power to make it a neutral system. I am just a senator. The Chairmen holds that power." She stated.

"Then I will have the Chairman removed." Naruto said, once again shocking her.

"Naruto! What is wrong with you? Killing the Chairmen? Are you crazy?" She questioned him.

"Chuchi… lives are at stake… trillions of lives are at stake. Many will die and many more will become slaves to the Sith. I am willing to trade one man's life to save many more. These are drastic times and action must be taken." He countered.

"I know, but… must we really kill the Chairmen? Why can't we just remove him from power?" She asked him.

"I can try that and get you in power, but… you might not like it." Naruto said. Chuchi's face told him to say it.

"I can have two Droid ships to 'attack' your home world. This would cause your people to lose faith in the Republic to better protect them and the faith in the Chairmen fall. The last Chairman was more aggressive and because of his blunder, the people of Pantora have been watching the new Chairmen with open eyes. One slip up and he would be removed from power. Once that's done, you can move in and secure the position for yourself. Your people grow tired of the war and it would be easy to back out the Republic and become a neutral system." He offered.

"You are going to have my people attacked?" She asked him in outrage.

"No, I won't. I'll only attack a ship yard. This should rally your people against the war and you and I both know how much the current Chairman supports the Republic." Naruto countered, it was a sound plan, but was she going to follow through?

"I don't know Naruto… this plan… how am I not sure this is all some kind of plan of yours?" She asked him. She had known Naruto for some time and from what she could gather, he was always a quiet and down to Earth kind of guy, even if he was quiet and not emotional.

"You don't. You know me better then the Jedi do and you even know the reason why I became that emotionless man… but I found myself. I lost my path a long time ago, I lost sight of who I was, but I found myself and now I know what I want to be, my goal and my goal is to be Mandalore. I want to create a faction, a system that defends its members." Naruto answered. She now knew that he wanted to create a faction that would only defend and attack when provoked. Something that had never exited it, as all great Empire's or major factions had attacked neutral systems for conquest.

"So what you want is… peace?" She asked.

"I want peace, yes, but just because I want it doesn't mean that I won't wield a big gun. The idea that peace can be maintained without a military is foolish. War will always exist, all you need is a spark, an idea, a philosophy, a reason and it will come into being. Military's will always be needed, soldiers will always be needed, but the difference is how you use it." Naruto answered/explained. He would not be a fool like the rest. You needed a shield and a sword to defend one's people.

"Ok… but will the Chancellor not try to stop my systems withdrawal from the Republic?" She asked him. Naruto had a thoughtful look on his face.

"No, he may try, but he doesn't have the power to prevent a system from leaving, besides, Pantora is a very minor system to him and is barely under any threat, the Trade Federation blockading right now is just the old man's plan to keep the war on-going." Naruto answered. It was true; the old man was only stalling the war for his plans.

"Ok… I'll go along with your plan, but please be careful…"She said, with the last part under her breath.

"Don't worry, you just get ready and leave the rest to me, besides, the Jedi will have something else to worry about." Naruto said with a smirk. Chuchi didn't know what he meant by that, but she let it be. She would trust him more than anybody right now. With everything done, he turned around and left the office, with his hood on.

Jedi Temple:

"This is a serious matter. A Republic base was sabotaged a few days ago and the cause was a Mandalorian warrior." Windu said, playing the hologram of a Mandalorian warrior attacking the Republic base.

"What do you think about this new development?" Kit Fisto said. This was new, but new didn't mean good sometimes.

"We believe that Mandalore is building an army for the Separatists." Plo Koon suggested. Kenobi tensed up at that.

"Now hang on, Mandalore is a neutral system, they have no reason to build an army." Kenobi said. Anakin and Asoka were standing by, listening, but Ahsoka's thoughts were somewhere else, Naruto. She just knew that he was framed, in her mind; no Jedi would betray the order! They just couldn't! But Naruto was always different. He was Mandalorian by birth and he was Force sensitive and from the information they had on him, he was never like this. His behavior changed just a few months before the Clone Wars. What caused the change?

"Ahsoka?" Anakin asked, breaking her out of her thoughts.

"A-ah yes master?" She asked him. He gestured her to the door.

"Come on, let's go." He said as they both left the chamber. They weren't on this mission, it was Kenobi's mission. As they walked through the hall's of the Jedi temple in silence, Ahsoka finally spoke up.

"Master… you knew Jedi Padawan Naruto?" She asked him. She noticed him tense up.

"Yes… I knew him; he was just about two years older than me." Anakin answered.

"Then why was he still a Padawan? Shouldn't he have been a Knight or a Master by now?" She questioned him. She could feel her Master tense up as they walked.

"Well… I don't know why, but he was never given any of the trials for them. They said it was his behavior or rather his emotional behavior." He answered, but she could hear the hesitation in his voice.

"Is there something that you're not telling me Master?" She asked with a raised eyebrow, however before she got the chance to question her Master; they were stopped by one of the Masters.

"Master Skywalker, you are needed for a mission, so please follow me." And with that, he was off to another mission; however Asoka was not pleased with her question being unanswered.

"Something doesn't feel right… Master must have some kind of history with Naruto." She thought she was going to get to the bottom of this. Naruto seemed like a normal weak Jedi, but to those who had seen him in the few battles he had fought in, he was a powerful Jedi. He only seemed weak because unlike other Jedi's, he didn't show off or talk about his tales. He kept everything to himself, including his emotions.

Mandalore, a Month Later:

Obi Wan had arrived on Mandalore a few days ago, however things were not going well for him or the Republic as a whole. The first thing was that the Duchess was not being very helpful, completely rejecting the idea of Mandalore having an army, the second was that the Separatists had attacked Pantora. Pantora was already getting tired of the war and with the Trade Federation blockade it made it worse.

The Chairmen's daughters were saved, held by the Seperatists as hostage, however the Chairmen was removed from power due to his incompetence for the short time he was in power, however the newest Chairmen or rather Chairwomen, elected was Senator Chuchi herself. He had worked with her in the past and she seemed like a very good choice, he had faith in her. However then came the biggest shock. Pantora had withdrawn from the Republic and retracted its alliance as well. The next big thing that happened was that the Pantora's parliament was dissolved and all power was given to the Chairwomen, Chuchi.

This was a shock as he would have expected people to oppose such an action, however that was not the case, as Chuchi's speeches rallied the people to support her actions, stating that in times of war, the parliament be dissolved and all power given to the leader of Pantora. Chuchi now had unlimited power in her hands. She then proceeded to join Mandalore as one of the 200 neutral systems, making it now at 201 neutral systems. Now he sat here as he heard the constant yelling in the throne room of the Duchess. He had indeed found the Death Watches hideout and it turned out that Vizsla was the leader of this Death Watch. He had defeated him, but Vizsla got away. Now, here he was, in the room as these politicians droned off as to who was going to be the next governor of Concordia. He spotted that the Duchess had enough of it.

"Quite! I will not have this senseless fighting going on in this court! As for who will be the governor of Concordia, I know a man who could be." She stated. Obi Wan raised an eyebrow, who could she be talking about? Seeing everyone's gaze fall on her, she cleared her throat.

"The man lives on Concordia and was a former Jedi. From the information I have on him, he is a rather peaceful Jedi, one that would rather not get caught up in a war and keep the peace like a true Jedi." She said, jabbing at Obi Wan.

"And who is this former Jedi you speak off?" Obi Wan asked, with a tick mark on his forehead, though he had an idea who this former Jedi was.

"His name is Naruto, no last name known, but he was a former Jedi, a peaceful Jedi." She answered with her head held high.

"Why would you give such a position to a Jedi? He's fought in a war you know." Kenobi questioned.

"Yes, but when I met him, he seemed different, he seemed tired of the war. He lives on Concordia, peacefully." She stated.

"But he does have a small number of Droids." Kenobi said with a smirk.

"Yes, but he has them for his own security as Concordia does have some… rogue elements." She countered. She nodded towards the guards and they nodded and went and headed to bring Naruto.

"Now then, we will have to continue this when former Jedi Naruto arrives and a guest that is here on a visit." She said as Kenobi raised an eyebrow.

"Who is this…'guest'?" Kenobi asked. He did notice everyone in the city getting ready for something, like a welcoming party, however before she could answer the communicator went off.

"Duchess, senator Padme's ship has entered the system." The guard said over the communicator. Obi Wan raised an eyebrow, what was senator Padme doing here?

"Good, have her ship land at pad 6." She ordered as she shut off the communicator. With that, she got up and walked out. Obi Wan however just sat there looking on while stroking his beard like always.

With Naruto:

"Sir, a Naboo ship has exited out of hyperspace and is currently heading to Mandalore." A Droid reported as Naruto stood in his command station.

"Also, you are receiving a transmission from Mandalore." The Droid reported.

"Patch it though once I exit the base." Naruto said, truing around and headed outside. He pulled out a holodisk, then the transmission was put through.

"The Duchess requires your presence." With that the transmission was cut. Naruto growled. Now he had to go see the Duchess. Sighing, he headed to his ship.

"You two, come with me." Naruto said as he passed by two Commando Droids. Entering his ship, the ship floated up slowly before it shot into the sky and headed for Mandalore.

With the Duchess:

"Ah, Senator Padme, it's good to see that you have arrived without any trouble." Satine greeted her.

"It's nice to see you as well." Padme greeted back, but before they could do anything, they heard a ship land, a Republic ship.

"I wasn't aware that another Senator was coming here." Padme questioned.

"Oh no, this isn't a Senator." As soon as she said that, two Commando Droids walked out and following them was a hooded man. Padme and her guards quickly took a defensive stand.

"Droids!" Padme said as she pulled out her blaster pistol.

"Senator Padme, stand down, these Droids do not belong to the Separatists." Satine stated before things went south. Padme and her guards didn't listen though.

"What are the Separatists doing here?" Padme asked the hooded man. The hooded man stopped and looked at her. He balled his fist before he took a deep breath. The past was just that, the past.

"I don't know who you think I am, but I am no Separatist… Senator." Naruto said, pulling his hood down. His face was emotionless, but they could all see the hidden anger in his eyes. The Duchess could also see that Padme's face was pale as paper, like she had seen a ghost. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to have called them both here at the same time.