29Apr24
Good afternoon everyone, I am back from being busy and have gotten into the grove with my change of scenery so lets go.
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"Kurama"
Ch.19 Missing
-Hailstorm in orbit over Coruscant a week later-
Naruto stared out at the busy space lanes, watching ships come and go in mass. He was alone on the observation deck which was located above the bridge, and he was contemplating a dilemma that he had. He had been contacted by his granddaughter, telling him that his other wayward granddaughter had escaped along with her friend. He wanted to hunt for her, but he had also been contacted by Riyo Chuchi telling him that the Pantoran Prime Minister's daughters had been kidnapped. She wanted his help in the matter, and she had already been denied by the Jedi Council.
Naruto could once again defy the council, but he would have to do so alone. Of course he was still kind of forbidden from stepping foot on the surface of the planet so she would have to come to him. He also was dealing with her feelings with him, he was no longer the unaware boy he used to be when he became a Genin. He was not opposed to having a relationship, but the girl was about the same age as his new student and that bothered him a little. Though as it stood, he probably would not find anyone more around his age or from the same era as him. Chuchi was an adult by galactic standards so Naruto would give the relationship a shot if Riyo wanted to go forward.
Naruto turned on his commlink and hailed the bridge officer on duty.
-Yes General?-
"Contact Senator Chuchi and tell her that I will help her, and that she has permission to come aboard. Contact me again when she is on approach."
-Copy General, it will be done right away.- The bridge officer cut the communication and Naruto went back to watching the flow of ships around the planet until he was interrupted by his commlink yet it was too soon for Riyo to be here.
Naruto turned on his commlink and Sira appeared in hologram form.
"What do I owe the pleasure of getting a call from my daughter?" asked Naruto.
-Father, I have a bit of news, the council and the chancellor should be contacting you soon about this, but you are being promoted. You will have the newly formed tenth division under your command. The Ninety-Fourth will still be directly controlled by you along with the Thirty-Third Armored legion, I am to be put in charge of the Sixtieth Recon legion, and another Jedi by the Name Siri Tachi will be leading the Twenty-Nineth Airborne legion. You will also be given six more Venators and two Acclamators, along with a handful of Consular class frigates. All of them new, so you'll have to name them. Also the new troops you will be getting are almost all new as well as those legions had high casualties in their last battles. Their Jedi Generals were lost as well.-
Naruto was stunned, he never figured that they would give him more responsibility, especially after he terrorized the chancellor.
"What do they want from this?" Naruto asked skeptically.
-I don't know, I would assume that they see you as capable of leading men. Your long list of results and experience speaks for itself.-
"I don't think that is the reason. I have a feeling that they want me to be too busy to cause any more issues like I did when the Chancelor brought that huge problem to Coruscant. Oh well, it won't work, I can be in multiple places at once." Said Naruto.
-I don't think that is the reason father, but you should be getting a call from them soon, I will be back home making sure that the base is ready for the new ships and to get the new guys to switch out their armor. Though we're going to have to repaint the armor so no one confuses the legions. I will see you soon father- Sira's hologram fizzled out as she cut the connection.
"Well, this is going to be an interesting talk… maybe I'll just speed up the process." Said Naruto as he walked to a nearby terminal and started to press in the council's communicator's number and then waited. Eventually Kenobi, Yoda, Windu, Plo-Koon, and for some reason Anakin showed up in the hologram.
"What a surprise, did you finally lose your mind and put Skywalker on the council?" Naruto asked.
-No, he's here explaining where his padawan has gone, apparently she's following in his footsteps in getting into trouble.- said Obi-wan looking amused.
"Well hopefully he's taught her how to handle trouble, but that is not what I am calling about. You all seem to think I am ready to handle more responsibility, why?" asked Naruto a little annoyed.
-We are losing battles and too many men due to many Jedi's inexperience in war. You have experience and we hope that when you work with many others you can show them how to efficiently lead their men. Though before we send you to teach, we are expecting an attack on Kamino soon, so we are sending your fleet to help defend the planet.- said Mace.
"Ok, I'll reroute my old Padawan from home to Kamino along with Siri Tachi." Said Naruto still looking annoyed.
-More, have you to say?- Asked Yoda.
"Yes, I believe my time will be better served if you send the Jedi that need to be taught along with two Companies of their troops to my planet to be taught. That way I can create scenarios that will not result in mass casualties. I can commence that after the threat to Kamino is deemed no longer an issue. I also believe that this has been done to make sure that I am too busy to return to Coruscant, perhaps to not cause another deserved incident." Naruto stated blandly at the end.
-A good reason that is, yes, but not the one that we used. The Chancelor, his reason it is.- said Yoda, ignoring the last part of Naruto's statement.
"Figures, well sucks to be him, it won't work." Said Naruto cryptically.
-Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember that you want to keep your home world's location a secret, wouldn't sending Jedi and clones to your planet defeat that purpose?- Asked Plo-Koon.
"If they went directly to the planet yes." Said Naruto gaining many confused looks. "They will jump to a beacon on the route to my planet, and there they will meet my hammerhead that will slave their navicomputers to theirs and they will jump to my planet. I don't have to worry about anything as the virus I spread around the galaxy is still active and corrupts any data that could lead back to my home." Said Naruto disregarding the astonished looks.
"Now if that is all, I will order my men and my new fleet to Kamino, I will join them shortly."
-Going somewhere, are you?-
"I have an errand to run, shouldn't take too long." Said Naruto as he cut the call off before any more questions were asked.
His wrist comm unit started beeping again at that moment, and Naruto was contemplating giving it to his daughter again. "What is it?"
-Sir, the senator is on approach and will be landing in bay three, spot five.-
"Thank you, is that all?" the clone said yes and the call cut out.
Naruto exited the observation deck and slowly walked towards the hanger, but he was run into by Rem, who was running down an intersecting hallway and fell flat on her ass when she hit the solid wall that was her master.
"Well, you want to explain what you are doing running full speed on my ship?" asked Naruto a little amused at the fact that this wasn't the first time she had run into him.
"My apologies Sensei, but I came to inform you that we have be-"Been ordered to go to Kamino, I know." Naruto interrupted.
"Who told you?" Rem asked a little glum that someone had stolen her thunder.
"The council."
"Ah."
"I have some business to attend to before I can go to Kamino, you are in charge until I get back, get the fleet into position and wait for futher orders, though if they attack before I get there, target the command ship first." Said Naruto.
"Errr… Sensei why not put Zule in charge, she is older and has more experience?" asked Rem.
"Because you need experience, and you are the one that has a bit more control over your emotions. She still has too much anger in her, and that clouds her judgement." Said Naruto.
"What about Sira or Master Tachi?"
"Sira has enough experience and Blondy will be there to supervise, but it is your show, I look forward to see how you do." Said Naruto as he went through a pair of blast doors that closed behind him. eventually Naruto made it to the hanger and saw Riyo in front of her new ship along with Buttons and Ashoka.
"Well, so this is where pretty boy's student ran off to, following in your Master's footsteps indeed." Naruto snarked.
"Well, I couldn't just ignore a friend's plea for help, even if the council will probably punish me for it." Ashoka said.
"And that is why when we are finished with this errand, we will be going to the council and I will be taking all the blame." Said Naruto shocking both girls.
"Why?"
"Because I am you senior, technically I am supposed to stop you from doing something like this, but since I planned on doing this too, there is no point in having you take any blame. I'll just say that I brought you along or something to that effect." Said Naruto walking up the ramp of the sleek new ship.
"Buttons, how does this ship handle?" asked Naruto.
-Statement: The ship handles like a brick in atmosphere Master, but is better updated to her needs rather than that old hand-me-down Mistress Chuchi once had.-
"Not the worst thing to get I guess, could have gotten something like what Skywalker uses." Naruto said as he turned a corner in the ship and went out of view.
"So, I wonder how long it will take for him and Skyguy to team up and cause all sorts of havoc?" said Ashoka with a smile.
"Probably soon if I had to guess, and your council will probably try to keep them far away from each other as soon as it happens." Said Chuchi as she and Buttons followed Ashoka up the ramp.
-Questioning Statement: I still wonder what you see in Master to make you attracted to him.- Buttons off handedly said causing Ashoka to whip her head around to stare at Riyo in shock.
"You like that old fossil?" asked Ashoka astounded.
"M-Maybe." Stuttered Riyo while glaring at Buttons.
-Statement: Mistress, there is no maybe, you are… what is it you carbon based lifeforms say… Head over heels.- by now Riyo's face was a very deep shade of blue from embarrassment.
"You do know that Jedi can't have relationships right?" asked Ashoka still looking shocked.
"And how many times have I told you that I could care less about the new rules that the Jedi put in place many years after I had my incident?" Asked Naruto causing everyone minus Buttons to jump in surprise.
"You knew that she liked you?"
"Yup, in fact I was planning on taking her to meet my Grandkids, and if we get far enough, go take her to visit my home world. Though that is up to her and whatever we have on our schedules." Said Naruto ushering the group into the cockpit.
"You do know she is way younger than you right?" asked Ashoka.
"That was one issue that I brought up, but she seems to not mind. Besides, where the hell am I going to find someone around my chronological age?" asked Naruto as he piloted thee ship from the landing zone and out the airlock of the old warship.
"That… is fair, you're really fine with this?" Ashoka asked Riyo.
"Yes."
"Look at the bright side maybe with almost all of your mentors in relationships of a sorts, perhaps you will get into one as well? Perhaps a particular now deceased separatist senator's son?" said Naruto with a knowing smile.
"H-How did you know about that?" stuttered Ashoka.
"Well it seems the lovely senator from Naboo and her Husband have very loose lips when drinking, both are lightweights, at least Kenobi and Tachi held their alcohol better, but not by much." Said Naruto smirking.
"Wait, Padme is married?" asked Ashoka.
"Yup, though if you want to get anymore information on that, you better ask her." Said Naruto with a shit eating grin on his face as Ashoka looked peeved at not being told information that was now really bothering her.
"you can't just drop that info and not elaborate more, that's just evil." Whined Ashoka.
"Take a guess, you've been around her the most, you should know fairly easily, and if you can't figure it out, it would seem there is a holotable over there so you can contact her.." Said Naruto pointing to a side room away from the cockpit, which Ashoka immediately scrambled over to, in order to get the information she wanted.
"You could have just told her." Said Riyo.
"Not my business to tell, besides he should have told her already. I'm just speeding up the process." Said Naruto grinning at the younger girl before the ship jumped into hyperspace.
Ashoka came back into the cockpit with an annoyed look on her face after a few minutes.
"Did you get the answers you were looking for?" asked Naruto already knowing the answer.
"She said we would talk when we got back to Coruscant." Ashoka tersely said.
"Well, It's not something easily said over a holocall, not safe either." Said Naruto knowing very well that the channels are not secure.
"Whatever." Ashoka grumbled.
"Whatever indeed, Don't worry that discussion will be had, or I will get involved." Said Naruto. "Now, Get comfy, this trip is going to take a while." Said Naruto leaning his seat back and closing his eyes.
"You do know that there are beds in the next room?" asked Riyo.
Naruto cracked open an eye. "I am aware, but there are only two, and unless you want to share, I'll be fine right here." Said Naruto.
"I…Never mind." Riyo bashfully said and exited the cockpit, Ashoka followed close behind.
-Observation: It seems Mistress is too shy to try to go forward with her plans.-
"I know, if it takes too long, I'll probably give her the push she needs." Said Naruto.
-Statement: That is going to need to be a very big push.-
Naruto snorted at Button's statement.
-Over Pantora, approximately a day later-
-Unidentified Vessel, this is Trade Federation ship Thirteen Zero Five, identify yourself.-
"This is Pantoran Shuttle Stargazer, The senator wishes to parlay." Said Naruto as he pulled the shuttle closer to the massive ship.
-Senator Chuchi? You are cleared to board, proceed to bay two. Our delegation will meet you there.-
"Stargazer copies, we will proceed to bay two." And Naruto cut communication with the ship.
"That was too easy for my liking." Said Ashoka.
"They probably think Riyo is here to say that the chairman has agreed to their terms." Said Naruto carefully guiding the GX1 short hauler into the landing area.
"Why not let them believe that we are here to tell them we are thinking about joining the separatists?" Asked Riyo.
"Sounds good, If that doesn't work, I could help out with negotiations." Said Naruto flipping the switch that engaged the landing gear as the ship touched down in the oversized freighter's hanger bay.
"How can you help out?" asked Ashoka.
"I'm filthy rich, and to be honest if I wanted to, I could buy a few resort planets outright with what I have on me, if I go home and retrieve my stash, I could probably buy a whole star system with a bit left over." Naruto said mumbling a bit at the end. Both of the girls were shocked into silence.
"What? You didn't think that the few hundred-year-old, last of his kind would have a massive amount of wealth? My planet was raided by the Sith, but they didn't get much. Plus every Sith planet, fortress, ruin, or anything else I went to, I raided it of it's valuables. Mostly searching for what they took, some of which I still haven't found. The most worrisome being experiments and supplies from a deranged scientist from my world. I also worked as a bounty hunter off and on during my travels when the order was pretty much destroyed by the Sith Triumvirate."
Riyo regained the ability to speak first and said sternly. "I will not have you paying for a debt that is bogus just to appease the ones who blackmail us."
"Who said anything about actually paying them? I could simply fund a legal investigation that will put a hold on their attempts to legalize their blockade and allow trade to resume." Said Naruto.
"That will cost you even more than just paying off the fictional debt that they made up, I won't allow it."
"Fine, I could just bully them into submission if your plan doesn't work." Said Naruto as he powered down the ship.
"You are the most un-Jedi like Jedi that I have ever met." Riyo huffed.
"And I assume that is why you like me so much." Said Naruto grinning a bit.
Ashoka on the other hand was still stuck on the fact that Naruto was beyond filthy rich. "You…. so much money."
Naruto flicked her forehead making her yelp and break her out of her catatonic state. "Not entirely correct, While yes I do have an abundance of credits, my wealth is mostly rare minerals, gemstones, and precious metals." Said Naruto getting up from his seat quickly shedding his cloak, and took of the upper portion of his armored tunic and his sleeveless undershirt revealing his toned yet scarred torso.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ashoka shrieked turning away, as did Riyo at first but tried to sneakily peek at the old Jedi who was now taking the armor plates off of his pants.
"Relax, all I'm doing is disguising myself as her pilot and maintainer. You already look like a servant, so they will be none the wiser that there are two Jedi on board. And dear, if you want to look, you don't have to hide it." Naruto said embarrassing Riyo at being caught looking.
Naruto cut his thumb and wiped a smear of blood across one of the many small tattoos on his arm which were many interconnected storage seals. Almost instantly a puff of smoke obscured everyone's sight for a second, and when it cleared, Naruto had a mechanic's jacket and an oil stained shirt in his hands.
"This will do." Said Naruto as he put the shirt and jacket on and smeared a little of the oil from the shirt on his face. He also pressed a few buttons and a hatch at the bottom of the ship opened to reveal a piece of equipment that neither one of the girls recognized.
"Um, what are you doing to my ship?" asked Riyo.
"Putting on a show." Naruto grinned as he exited the cockpit followed by the girls and Buttons. Before they got to the ramp, Naruto stopped and let Riyo and Ashoka descend the ramp first followed by Buttons and himself.
The four walked up to the delegation that waited for them, two Neimoidians, one who Naruto assumed was in charge of the ship, and the other possibly in charge of the blockade.
"Senator Chuchi, to what do we owe this pleasure?" asked Sib Caney.
"I bring word from the Chairman of Pantora." Riyo Answered.
"The chairman has finally decided to agree to our terms?"
"Not exactly, the chairman wanted to inform you of an impending alliance between Pantora and the Confederacy of Independent Systems." Said Riyo.
"The chairman is planning to join the Separatist Alliance?"
"If that were the case, would you remove your blockade from Pantora?"
"If that were the case, the chairman would have to go before the senate and renounce the republic, and then we can discuss how quickly we can resume commerce."
"Very well, I will contact the chairman and we can discuss the finer details of the terms later this evening."
"Agreed, now you and your servants may stay as our honored guests, and will be shown to your rooms. Though your pilot will have to stay with your ship." Said Sib.
"Will you be fine here?" Riyo asked Naruto.
"Yes Madam Chuchi, I'll be fine here, you take care of yourself though, I still don't trust the Federation after what they tried to pull on my home planet." Naruto said confusing his friends, but intriguing Sib.
"If you don't mind me asking, what planet do you hail from pilot?"
"Naboo." Naruto curtly said as he made his way to the open hatch to pretend to fix the equipment.
Sib recoiled at the answer, he then wordlessly spun around and walked out of the hanger followed by the ships captain and his friends. Riyo turned to look back at him and he just waved back.
Naruto had some time before he enacted the first part of his plan. While he was pretending to fix what he knew to be the auxiliary power generator, Naruto seamlessly preformed the shadow clone and transformation technique with out any smoke clouds. Around him were his hundreds of his clones transformed into the insects that the Aburame clan used, may Shino and his clan rest in peace. The clones scattered into the many vents and openings in the hanger, and they stowed away on some of the other ships in the hanger bay.
Naruto then started to scan his surroundings as to what he, himself could do. There were quite a few guards in the hanger just for him and from what he could tell, none of them noticed his clones at all. But that got Naruto wondering as to why they had so many guards watching over him, as he was in their eyes just a pilot/maintainer. Then Naruto noticed that they all started to be replaced by the Trade Federation's security droids. Perhaps he could have a little fun with this if they don't attack him first.
"Hey Droid, come help me with this." Yelled Naruto pointing at the nearest droid.
-Who me?- asked the droid pointing at itself.
"Yes you bucket head, get over here. I need an extra pair of hands." Said Naruto waving the droid over.
The droid kept it's blaster in it's hand, but advanced towards Naruto.
-What do you want me to do?- asked the droid.
"I want you to hold this right here." Said Naruto holding a cable that had 'come loose'. Naruto gave the droid the cable, which the droid pretty much dropped as it was heavier than it looked. "Hey careful with that, Hey you four, come over here and help your buddy." Naruto ordered the other droids to help their friend to hold up the cable so Naruto could weld the cable ties back in place, only for them to find out that Naruto had also welded their hands to the inner hull of the ship.
-Hey what are you doing?- asked the lead droid.
"Well I assumed that your boss ordered you to dispose of me correct?" asked Naruto.
-Uhhhh, maybe?- said one stupid droid.
"Well you lot are going to tell me where I can find the senator's daughter." Said Naruto.
-Why would we do that.- One of the droids asked defiantly.
Naruto then ripped the head off of the droid that questioned him.
-Uhhh, she's in the detention area.- Said one of the other droids. "Thank you for your co-operation." Said Naruto before tearing off the rest of the droids heads.
Naruto quickly tore the droid's arms from their stuck hands and tossed them behind a stack of crates. Naruto also hid behind the crates and made a blood clone to take his place.
Naruto then used the camouflage technique that his godfather taught him and jumped into a nearby vent that was left open for reasons Naruto could care less about.
Naruto then crawled through the vents quieter than a mouse and eventually dropped down into a long hallway that Naruto assumed led somewhere important, so he followed the corridor until he saw Ashoka and Riyo pass a guard with some trouble and decided to follow. Though instead of mind tricking the guard like they did, he simply gave a mental nudge for the guard to move for a second to stretch his legs. Naruto then silently followed behind the girls disposing of droids and the ships security cameras that they were not paying attention to.
Eventually the girls were growing restless as they were turning up nothing after the checking four wings of the detention area with six more to go.
"This is the fifth area that we've checked and there is no sign of the chairman's daughters."
"Can't you sense where they are? Isn't that something you Jedi can do?" asked Riyo and Naruto had to hold back a snort. Tracking someone by sensing them is not something a padawan of this era could do on demand like those from the days of old.
"It's not something I can just turn on or off." Again Naruto had to surpress a snort. With enough training she should be able to do it on a whim, but pretty boy is mainly worried about teaching her how to survive in combat and not the other aspects of the force.
"We'll just have to keep looking." Said Riyo.
To be fair, they were getting closer and his clones had started to return from their assigned missions. After they deposited the sealing scrolls into storage they burst and the memories returned to him.
Though unfortunately they got wise to the missing droids and sent a bunch more to investigate. His clone allowed them to kill him after a struggle, and they were advancing on the detention level with his clone's body.
It would be a few more minutes until the girls came upon the final door of the wing.
"Let's hope she's in this one." Said Riyo before the door opened to reveal two droids and one of the chairman's daughters.
Ashoka jumped in igniting her saber, taking off the head of one of the droids followed by disabling the blaster of the other and finally cutting the droid in two.
"Senator Chuchi, How did you find me?"
"It's a long story, where's your sister?" asked Riyo.
"I don't know, we were separated."
They were interrupted by the sound of metallic footsteps outside of the cell. Ashoka stepped out to see Sib Caney followed by B-2 battle droids which two of them looked to be carrying a body.
"It seems like you were not here to do what you said. Your pilot is dead, and you all will be next. Stop them!" said Sib as the droids carrying the clone's body tossed it to Ashoka's feet causing Riyo to gasp. Ashoka was ready to pounce on the droids, but they suddenly fell to pieces, and Sib was hoisted in the air by seemingly nothing until Naruto canceled his camouflage.
"It seems that you have some explaining to do Separatist." Said Naruto.
"How?" asked Sib as he looked at the pilot that he thought was dead.
"Well an old technique from my home, very useful when you need to leave a body behind to make people think you're dead." Said Naruto as the clone dissolved into a small puddle of blood.
"Now You and your little flunky that's on his way here will spill both of your guts to the senate on why you're working with the CIS, or I can pull it out of your head leaving you a drooling mess for the rest of your days." Said Naruto leaking a bit of KI out to scare the scumbag.
Sib didn't get the chance to say anything as a bunch of Neimoidian guards surrounded them followed by the ship's captain. Naruto dropped the Separatist on his ass and backed up.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"You've been holding one of the Charman of Pantora's daughters as a hostage on your ship." Said Ashoka.
"What?! Sib Caney what is she talking about?"
"I-cough, want my litigator." Said Sib.
"We are businessmen, we deal in trade and commerce."
"Perhaps you business is war profiteering." Said Riyo.
"How dare you."
"I dare because you claim to have no knowledge, yet here is the Chairman of Pantora's Daughter on your ship, held by your administrator!" Riyo said heatedly. "Ah, I understand your position, but I doubt the rest of the senate will."
"Blackmail!"
"No, business, but I can be persuaded to defend your unfortunate circumstances to the senate, if you were to remove your blockade of Pantora." Said Riyo.
"I will see what I can do." Said the captain before he and the guards tried to take Sib with them.
"Ah, leave him. I have some question that needs to be answered." Said Naruto revealing his saber.
"Ah… yes Master Jedi." Said the captain before he scampered away.
"Now Sib, you have some explaining to do, and don't try to lie, if I don't like the answers given, I can pull the answers from your mind. It would be very unpleasant for you." said Naruto picking the frightened Neimoidian to one of the empty cells.
"Err, Naruto what are you doing?" asked Riyo.
"Ah, sorry about that dear, this wont take but a moment to see who he was taking orders from. I apologize about the damage to your ship, I will fix it before we leave." Said Naruto smiling at Riyo who was staring him down.
"What did you do to my ship?" she asked a little cross with him.
"I may have welded some droids hands to the inner hull to trap them."
"What am I going to do with you?" asked Riyo facepalming.
"You'll probably kiss me after I give you more ammunition to use against the Trade Federation, you could probably get them to pay very handsomely to fix all the damage that they caused to your planet." Naruto said with a very cheesy smile on his face.
"Possibly, but we'll talk after you get the information." Said Riyo with her arms crossed looking none too pleased.
"…..Fair enough, I wont be long." Said Naruto as he drug Sib into one of the cells and started in on him.
"Senator Chuchi, who is that?" asked Chi Eekway.
"That was Jedi Master Uzumaki." Said Riyo.
"Ah, so he's the one you've been talking about so much, he is a handsome one." Said Chi grinning at Riyo.
"Yes, though he is a handful." She said looking embarrassed.
The group paused as they heard Sib Caney's fearful shrieks and then silence.
"Are you sure that he's a Jedi?" asked Chi.
"He is, but he is a bit unorthodox in his methods." Said Ashoka shivering.
"Perhaps you can elaborate?" asked Riyo.
"His actions are those of a subsection of Jedi Sentinel called a Jedi Shadow, which walk on a darker path than most Jedi. His punishments are… intense, he had my master and I go through multiple illusions to not fall into traps so easily like we did when that Dark Side spirit had us chained up. He was ruthless." Said Ashoka looking very pale at the memory.
"That sounds inhumane, why does the council or the senate let him do that?"
The door to the cell opened to reveal Naruto dragging a limp Sib out of the cell.
"They stay out of my way because what I do is very effective, and there is nothing they can do to stop me… not that I would go too overboard. So far no one has been hurt, maybe mentally scarred, though they are better off by my training." Said Naruto.
"That remains to be seen." Said Riyo.
"You can ask any of my troops, Markus, Mouse, Sira, Rem, Pretty Boy, and Tiny here. But enough about that, it would seem that Sib here was under orders from his superiors who in turn had orders from both Douku and Gunray to pressure the planet to switch sides." Said Naruto.
"Really, that is some damning information, it would maybe get the senate to force the Federation to fix the damage they caused." Said Riyo walking up to Naruto and quickly pecking him on the cheek.
"Well I suppose we need to head back to Coruscant. We have some work to do." Said Riyo waking away blushing a bit with Chi and Ashoka following her. Naruto caught up after sealing Sib away in a prisoner scroll.
"So I've been meaning to ask, where is Buttons?" asked Naruto.
"I sent her back to the ship."
"Errrr." Groaned Naruto.
"What?" asked Riyo.
"You will see." Naruto said looking tired.
It didn't take long to get back to the Stargazer and piled up in front of the ship was a mountain of droids with Buttons still fighting a few that were left.
"Ah…. So that is what you meant."
"Yup."
-Joyful Statement: Mistress this is the most fun I've had in ages, thank you for sending me back here to look for Master.- said Buttons as she destroyed the last of the remaining B1 battle droids.
"Well, it seems that she is still effective." Said Naruto.
"I thought that was a protocol droid Senator Chuchi?"
"You are half right, I tweaked it to be a bodyguard for Riyo." Said Naruto.
"That's some bodyguard." Said Ashoka.
"Yup." Was the only thing Naruto said before he boarded the ship.
-Council chambers a day later-
"So let me get this straight, you boarded a Trade Federation ship under the guise of the Pantoran Senator's pilot, sneak around the ship, saved the Chairman's daughter, interrogated the head of the blockade who turned out to be a Sepratist, destroyed many of their droids in the process, and drug Skywalkers Padawan into the trouble too." Said Mace looking agitated.
"Yup, that just about sums it up." Said Naruto.
"We also have reports that the other ships along with the one you were on are missing much of their cargo and a few of their ships. Did you have anything to do with that?" asked Kenobi.
"No I did not, I was there only to help the Senator to retrieve the Chairman's daughter and remove the blockade." Said Naruto lying through his teeth.
"It was your Idea to drag Padawan Tano with you?" asked Shak-Ti not believing a word he said.
"Well I couldn't take mine along as she had to move the fleet to Kamino, and she was close by, so I brought her along." Said Naruto clearly not caring that he was caught in a lie.
"Well, it seems that there is nothing we can do that will affect you or you will listen to, other than telling you to leave as you should be somewhere else. Now go, you are dismissed." Said Mace just really wanting to be done with this meeting.
"Well I bid you a good day you grumps." With that the clone of Naruto dispelled causing a cloud of smoke to fill the chambers.
"He did that on purpose." Even Peill Said gruffly while coughing.
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01Jul24
This took way too long, but life happens. Tell me how I did as I wrote most of this over a few months when I had time and energy so it may have not meshed well.