Chapter 4

The tension was quite high in the room and everyone could feel it, hell, they could almost see it. The cause was Padme and Naruto.

"Now than, I believe that it is time we begin." Satin said as she walked inside and sat on her throne chair. Padme was the first to speak.

"Duchess, if I may ask, why is he here?" Padme asked, point at Naruto who was sitting in of the chairs with his two Commando Droids standing next to him.

"Ah yes, Naruto, I have summoned you here because I was wondering if you would like to be the new governor of Concordia." She said, much to Padme's shock. No one saw Naruto's hidden smirk, everything was going according to plan.

"With all due respect Duchess, he is a Jedi and he's not even a Mandalorian. How can you give such a position to someone like that?" Padme questioned bad call there.

"And that is where you are wrong. He is a former Jedi, and unlike most Jedi's, he enjoys peace rather being on the frontlines of a brutal war. He is also a Mandalorian by birth and blood. He is the perfect man for a position like that." Satine countered. Naruto however had anger building inside of him. How did Padme forget so easily of his heritage or even the fact that he was now a former Jedi?

"But he's not even qualified for a political position-" Padme was cut off as Naruto stood up.

"Senator, why are you so much against me on this matter?" Naruto questioned with an emotionless look, but to her, she could see the anger. To be truthful she was quite afraid of him right now.

"N-no, it's just that Mandalore and Naboo have a good relationship and I was just keeping the well being of Mandalore in mind." She countered.

"Well then, let's leave that up to the Duchess. If she thinks I am up for it, then I will accept the position as Governor of Concordia to keep the peace." Naruto said, turning towards the Duchess. Padme herself looked at her. Satine already knew her answer.

"I feel that he is well qualified for such a position." Satine gave her answer.

"Well then, there you have it." Naruto said, sitting back down. Naruto was celebrating over the little victory over Padme.

"Now then, let us all leave for a quick lunch and after that, I can show Naruto his new office, you all are welcomed to join." Satine said as she got up and led everyone to a different to eat. As everyone was heading there, Padme pulled Naruto over.

"Naruto, what are you doing here? And why were you expelled?" Padme questioned him, but she flinched at Naruto's cold gaze.

"Why what do you mean Senator? Have you forgotten that I am Mandalorian by birth? As for me being expelled… I would have thought that your husband would have told you that, which is if you haven't betrayed him as well." Naruto answered, while saying the word husband with venom. A look of disbelief fell on her face.

"I would never betray Anakin!" Padme yelled in a hushed voice. Naruto narrowed his eyes at that.

"Really… last time I checked, you betrayed me, my trust and my love." Naruto said in a cold voice.

"You know why I did that… I have loved Anakin and still love him." She countered.

"Then you didn't have to pretend to love me back then. You lied to me and in return to sleep with another man? I am surprised you haven't betrayed the Republic." Naruto said in a dark voice.

"That was a long time ago, Naruto please forget the past, I still think of you as a friend." She pleaded. Naruto however turned around and headed to the other room.

"Too bad, you broke our friendship the moment you broke my heart. You are nothing more than just another Senator." Naruto said.

"Then what is Anakin to you? Is he not a fellow Jedi like you? You and Anakin have fought side by side! Naruto, please, let go of this childish jealousy. You have to move on…" Padme questioned/begged. Naruto chuckled darkly and it was at that moment that she knew that Naruto was a different man.

"A fellow Jedi… do you really take me as a fool? I know that he has been influenced by the dark side and has even used it before. I know many things about both of you. How do you think that the Jedi console will feel knowing that one of their best is married to a Senator? How do you think that Senate will feel about that? Anakin would be either forced to leave the Order or he would be told to leave you. I wonder which he will choose. This isn't about a childish jealousy… I trusted you and you betrayed that trust. I have moved on from that past and from you. I don't care what you and Anakin do or whatever happens to both of you. You are dead to me Padme and the only reason I worked with him was because of the war and because we were Jedi's." He questioned/explained. A look of dread fell on her face, what happened to Naruto?

"You wouldn't…" She said. Naruto looked at her before turning back around and heading to the other room.

"Oh I would." He whispered loud enough for her to hear, confirming her fears. Naruto was now a wild card. He was different somehow and she didn't know what he would do, she didn't even know what she would do now. Maybe Anakin could help.

A Few Hours Later:

"Duchess, I would like to put in a request. I would like for all the guards to be replaced by my Droids at the Governors palace on Concordia, no offense to the guards there, I just feel better to have guards that I know and programmed, besides, I am sure those guards would be better suited here, on Mandalore, for the protection of the people that is. Death Watch might have been stopped for now, but they will return." Naruto requested/asked. Satine had a thoughtful look on her face.

"I would allow that, if and on if, your Droids carry stun weapons, not blasters." Satine offered.

"That would be acceptable." Naruto said with a nod. He could feel Padme's displeasure about this whole event. Everything was going according to his plans and dare he say it was going better. His forces of Droids were growing and his Mandalorian warriors were too, the next thing to do was get Death Watch under his control and he knew how to do that. Chuchi had allowed him to build his Droid armies in the Pantora system, away from the eyes of the Republic and the Jedi. The next thing to do was go to Kamino. He had heard news of a few Clones attacking their Jedi Generals out of nowhere. One of them was being sent to Kamino and he was going to retrieve that Clone. That Clone might hold the key to that old man's plan.

"Well then, I should be going now, I have some moving to do after all." Naruto said as he turned around and left the building heading back to his ship. Once he had left, Padme turned towards Satine.

"Duchess, are you sure you can trust him?" She asked. Satine gave her a strange look.

"Why are you so against him taking that position? I have read his files from Obi Wan. He is very good with politics. He's won more battles with words then battle and he prefers to live in peace. Besides, he was a Jedi once. He is perfect for a job like that." Satine assured and that is what worried Padme the most. While Naruto was a very calm man, he was also a very deadly one. He has great control over his emotions and as such, he was one hell of a politician with his poker face and bluffs, he was also a great gambler as well. If there was one thing that worried her more than that about him was that he knew secrets, a lot of secrets. About her, Anakin, the Jedi's, the senate. He at dirty on many, but unlike a fool, he used those secrets when the time was right.

With Naruto:

"Head to Concordia, I am going to Kamino." Naruto said as he went to the docking bay and entered inside the cockpit of a star-fighter. Once he was in, he de-docked. The star-fighters unfolded and its engine came to life. It formed a B like shape. This was the A/SF-01 B-wing Star-fighter.

"This fighter is impressive, it's slow, but this fighter has greater firepower and it even has its own Hyperdrive. I would ask why the Republic doesn't field such a star-fighter, but then again, the Republic doesn't have the money or the time for such a star-fighter to be produced." Naruto said to himself. This was the only B-wing in existence, and he had acquired it… well… more like stole it. The Republic didn't know who stole it and they were not going to waste time going after something that wasn't going to do anything, besides, the B-wing project was cancelled long ago over the V-19 Torrent Star-fighter. He had changed the colour of the fighter into black and orange. Punching in some numbers, he entered Hyperspace and took in a deep breath. Padme had brought up some bad memories. Of a time he was young and innocent… of time when he wanted to be accepted, but ship used him like he was a tool, a means to an end.

"I will be no one's tool… I will show her… what a Mandalorian can do… what a Mandalore can do!" He though. The ship exited out of Hyperspace and right before him was Kamino.

"Attention unknown ship, this is restricted space, leave now or be shot down." He heard a Clones voice. He then took in a deep breath, he hoped this work.

"This is Jedi Knight, Naruto. I was sent by the console to assist in any kind of training for the Clones." Naruto said. Naruto hoped that this works. From his experience with Kamino, they did only one thing, produce Clones. Sure they kept up with the war news and all that, but never with Jedi News, so had they had no way of knowing that he was expelled or that he was promoted.

"Understood commander, you are cleared to land." The Clone stated. Naruto smirked. Oh yeah, they knew nothing. He landed in one of the many hangers of the city that was built on Kamino's sea of endless storms. Exiting, he made his way through the white halls of the Cloning city and to Cloning chambers. Entering, he started to go scan every growing Clone in the tubes.

"There have been a few Clones that have had this happened and they all said they remembered nothing and kept repeating the same thing. Physical scans indicated that nothing was wrong with them physically and stress was not a factor since they were breed to withstand it. So that leaves with one last place to look…" He thought as the scans picked up something inside the heads of the later developing embryos.

"Bingo… inhibitor chips… slay old man… you have inhibitor chips inside these Clones. He wants an army and what better army then that which is led by Jedi's. He's going to have these chips make the Clones turn on their Jedi Generals." Naruto though. Copying all the information he could, he started to make his way back to the ship, but when he rounded the corner, he was greeted with the sight of Jedi Master and Jedi Knight Shaak Ti and Aayla Secura.

"Shit…" He though.