Chapter One

"Sensei…"

"Yeah?"

"Why the hell did we come to a fucking Desert Planet?" A young girl who looked to be about ten or so glared at her teacher who currently finished his checking his ship. The girl wasn't very tall, barely standing at five feet. She had short messy neck length platinum blond hair, which paled in comparison to her Master's wild golden mane.

"Sia, what have I told you about cursing?" her master sighed, his blue eyes wandering over to her with a knowing yet bored chastising look. He looked over the pretty young girl whose vibrant pink eyes avoided his. She had a fair smooth complexion and was wearing plant pants with dark red boots and a red sleeveless shirt tucked into her utility belt. The girl gave a quiet grumble, while he went back to overlooking the Freighter ship. "Shit," he grumbled.

"You just cursed Sensei!"

"I'm a fucking adult," her sensei responded without much care. Sia grunted at the unfairness of it all as she crossed her arms. "And we're here for several reasons," her Sensei said as he finished up his look over. "Tatooine is the closest world we could stop at for repairs. Second, a change of scenery. And lastly, you remember our talk of shatterpoints?"

Sia furrowed her brows as she gave it some thought. "You mean when certain Jedi can see points in a person or conflict that could shape their lives?" Her sensei gave a small shrug and she groaned. "Why are you shrugging Naruto-sensei?"

"Because, you're close enough," Naruto Uzumaki answered as he patted down his black robes. Sia looked over her master, wondering how he wasn't hot in all that black. Besides his hooded robes which were burnt orange, he wore all black. Black shortsleeved robes, black pants, black boots. "The second part of that is Galactic focal points. Through my travels, I have noticed there are certain planets that are the focus and cause of many galactic events. Places such as Coruscant, Kashyyyk, Corella, even this dust ball," Naruto gestured. "Besides, there's always something happening on Tatooine." Naruto smirked out of amusement.

"If you say so," Sia grumbled. "Doesn't change the fact that it's fucking hot here," Sia huffed quietly to herself and Naruto simply let that one pass. Sia then looked towards the ship she had deemed her home for the past year, the Kunoichi. It was beautifully crafted, painted orange black and crimson. But it was obvious that the ship needed repairs.

"Don't look so down Jinx," Naruto spoke up, using her nickname which caught her attention. "After a year of nothing but practicing using the Force, we can start your Lightsaber training," he smirked which caused her to visibly perk up. She couldn't help but finger the hilt at her belt. Not that long ago, Naruto had pulled out a massive box from somewhere, filled with Lightsaber parts. After showing her a quick demonstration on the basics in how to construct one, he left her alone telling her to let the Force guide her. Several hours later, Sia had built a short bladed lightsaber. The hilt was made of a peculiar type of white metal, wrapped around red leather, the grip styled to be held in a reverse grip. It was a pretty cyan color.

She was proud of her creation, however she one day hoped to have a blade as beautiful as her masters. His hilt was intricately made, a black and platinum sleek hilt that was somewhat curved like a Katana hilt, 32 centimeters in length with an interesting circular guard. She's only seen her sensei use his lightsaber a handful of times, and every time he called upon the blade she was always mesmerized. The blade that shot out, wasn't just a beam of light, but actually looked to be an actual curved edge sword. It's a black blade from plasma with a gold core and giving off a white glow, extending to 153 centimeters. It truly was a sight to see. "Sensei, what are we going to be doing?"

"Well," Naruto sighed, running his hand through his hair. "We need to repair and update the ship a little bit. So I'm going to have to buy another one then break it apart. Also I need some new parts for Cortana," Naruto muttered in thought while Sia thought of a brilliant idea.

"Why don't we just buy a new ship?"

"Because I like mine," Naruto answered plainly. Sia rolled her eyes, of course he did. "The question is how are we going to get money," Naruto muttered to himself. He never really had a use for money, or lots of it really.

"Ooh! We can try gambling! You have amazing luck you know!" Sia pointed out which Naruto couldn't really disagree with. Sia began following her Sensei to the nearest point of civilization, her hands behind her head as her Sensei hummed to himself.

"I wonder if they have Gladitator matches here…"

"You should trust my judgment your Majesty, Tatooine is our best bet."

Queen Amidala gave a soft sigh as she turned her eyes away from Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who was ignoring the protests of her guard, Captain Panaka. She gave a slow nod, which earned a thin smile from the Jedi before he turned to exit the room. Obi-wan Kenobi, Master Jinn's padawan furrowed his brow slightly, ignoring the irritated guard Captain's huff of indignity as he turned to follow his master.

Honestly, Obi-wan was uncomfortable with the idea of going to Tatooine, aside from the obvious distrust of it's rather colorful inhabitants that is. He had always been more mindful of the future, looking forward with caution as opposed to how his Master preferred to look into the moment. Living Force indeed. But everytime Obi-wan reached out to the desert world, he got an odd...sensation. He had no other word for it besides feeling.

It was dark, but not necessarily evil if he was able to gauge it properly. It was more of a twilight if he had to put it to words, and Ancient. It felt old, so very old...not even Master Yoda had a presence quite like that. He sighed again and stopped, looking out a small view port to the all consuming blackness of space. He had no idea what the future would bring...but he could feel the Force urging himself closer, so he did not relay his concerns to his Master. Though he doubted the Master would listen anyways.

Only time would tell what the future held, as the force wasn't giving any secrets out.

"Sensei...what the hell?"

Naruto looked away from the Pod racer he had acquired, to look at Sia who held an exasperated expression on her face. "What? You don't like it?" he wondered as he looked over the pod. It wasn't a Swoop bike but it was close enough in his opinion. "It's not finished yet, not even close, but it should look pretty badass by the time I'm done with it," Naruto smirked as he stroked his chin. "I'm thinking about adding a flamethrower…"

"Where the hell did you even get this?" Sia demanded with a brow twitch. They had been on this dustball for about a day, her sensei mysteriously disappeared once she started her meditation and now...this. Naruto shrugged as he overlooked his latest project, his face rather thoughtful and untroubled.

"The original owner, no longer needed it."

"It's a good thing your not a Jedi huh?" Sia grumbled with Naruto's brow twitching. "What do we need this thing for? You planning on merging it with Kunoichi or…"

"It doesn't work like that Jinx," Naruto muttered causing her to roll her eyes. She didn't know technology and mechanics and all that jazz. She is just a Stick Up kid from Nar Shadda...or at least she was. "I'm going to be racing it. There's some big race or something coming up. I plan to win it."

"Oh yeah? And they just let anyone in?"

"Their Hutts. Long as you got money, you can get anywhere."

"I thought you didn't have any money?" Sia raised a brow with Naruto nodding his head.

"I don't. But the Force is just as good," Naruto grinned causing her to face palm. Yeah, he definitely isn't a Jedi. "Anyway, this Race is the day after tomorrow, which is just enough time to trick this baby out."

"Wait..what about my training?" Sia demanded with a groan as Naruto waved her off. "Don't shoo me away! You've barely taught me anything combat wise!" Naruto glanced to her as he gave a shrug.

"Force Manipulation requires much more hands on training. Combat is best learned when you're in the middle of it," Sia could only huff while Naruto rolled his neck and gave a short sigh. "Fine since you're being such a big baby. Draw your weapon," he ordered, causing her to blink in surprise and she did, drawing out her short saber. "I think it would be best to start you with Ataru, considering your short blade at the moment."

Sia nodded in understanding as she began to ready herself. Naruto had taught her all six forms, well at least the basics of them. "As your training progresses and you get used to combat, you'll learn to adjust the forms to your personal style. For now I just recommend Ataru because it's simple. Lets you get in close, use your smaller stature to full effect, and all those damn flips you like to do make it hard for you to be targeted." Sia could only laugh while Naruto smirked. "Ready?" he wondered as he reached for his saber.

"Wait Sensei...what form do you use?"

"Can't really say," Naruto muttered honestly. "I personally use a blend of all 14 forms. I adjust depending on my opponent. Sometimes there is a call for more Vaapad, other times it could be Soresu," Naruto shared with Sia humming in understanding, then she caught something he said.

"Fourteen? I thought there were only seven."

"There are. Seven Jedi, Seven Sith." Naruto supplied with Sia blinking a bit. "Like I said, I blend them together and adjust if I need too. I call it the Uzumaki Form," Naruto chuckled with Sia rolling her eyes.

"Why because you made it?"

"Perhaps, but mainly because of it's unpredictability," Naruto shrugged and she looked interested. "No one can read your moves, if they don't know how you will move," Naruto shared, earning a thoughtful hum from Sia. She will definitely keep that in mind. Just as she thought her Sensei was being an idiot again, he showed her he was everything but. well mostly. "Now, enough talk…" the younger blond ground her teeth together, tightened her grip on her blade before launching herself at her Sensei.

Three hours later, Sia's stamina finally gave out and she dropped to the hot sandy ground gasping for air while sweat trickled down her body. "D-damn it!" she panted just as Naruto clipped his saber back to his belt, not winded in the least bit, though he was amused.

"You did better than last time, which I say is an improvement," Naruto smiled as he glanced over to his clones that had been working on the Pod the entire time. "You're learning, which is good. Keep it up, and you'll be just as good as me in no time. Maybe." Naruto teased causing her brow to twitch. but despite the teasing, Sia couldn't help but smile at the praise. Nobody besides her Sensei had ever told her she was good at anything.

"Thank you, Sensei," Sia thanked once she finally picked herself up from the sand. Naruto affectionately rubbed her head before nodding over to the city,

"Now be a good girl and run off to the junk shop. There are some parts I need," he muttered after getting a report from a clone. Sia could only grumble which Naruto ignored as usual, "I scouted around earlier, and there's a junk shop run by a Toydarian named Watto. Should have everything you need," Naruto informed, supplying her with a list. As Sia huffed and got going, she paused.

"Wait!" turning around she looked to her Sensei. "How the hell am I going to pay for any of this shit?" Naruto hummed as tapped his chin in thought which only ticked her off further.

"I don't know. Be creative, just don't get arrested or kill anybody. Well, I'm rather lax on the last one. Sometimes you do what you got to do," Naruto chuckled a bit darkly which only crept out Sia. "Don't jinx yourself Jinx!" Naruto waved as Sia swore up and down, taking the walk into town.

"Damn idiot."

"Hit him on the nose!"

Sia turned just as she ducked inside the Junk shop and a pit droid came flying towards her. With ease, she thrust out her palm, Force pushing the little droid clean across the room into the wall. To the casual observer it looked simply like a rather strong palm strike to the droids nose. The rooms other occupants looked at the droid, then the crack in the wall where the droid hit, then at Sia. She just shrugged, "I have a thing about personal space," she muttered. The three, a teenage girl, a boy around her age and a Gungan all blinked in unison, taking a step back. The older girl shook her head, sighing a bit, "Who are you?"

"None ya business," Sia answered a bit gruffly, which Padme quirked a brow at. Sia then looked to the boy and raised a brow, "You work here right?" she asked her fellow kid who slowly gave a nod.

"Who says I don't work here either?" The girl inquired with a raised brow and Sia glanced to her.

"You're too clean," she pointed out which caught the older girl off guard. "The Gungan doesn't look too comfortable around these electronics," she couldn't really blame him. "Which only leaves the kid. Slave I'd guess judging by his age and dirty look," this seemed to annoy the boy as he glared at her.

"I'm a person and my name is Anakin!"

"I don't care what your name is," Sia huffed as she put a hand on her hips. "I need to talk to your boss, I have a rather stupid large order to fill and I'm wasting daylight." Anakin gazed at her and her brow twitched. "Today please!" she snapped and the boy yelped before running out back to find Watto. The older girl looked at the younger one and frowned,

"Don't you think you were being a little mean?"

"Look lady, I don't have time to be nice alright," Sia said rather irritably. "I'm hot, I stink, I'm dirty, I'm hungry and I have sand in places that there shouldn't be," Sia whined a bit. "So pardon me for my attitude! But I hate this stupid planet!" The older girl and the Gungan simply took another step back from her. "Plus there is a Sandstorm on it's way and I would like to be back to my ship before it hits."

"You have a ship?" The brunette questioned and Sia raised a brow, wondering why this girl was trying to get into her business. She didn't sense any ill intent from her, but still.

"Well, it's not my ship. Just where I'm staying," Sia answered just as she saw Anakin walk back into the shop, flanked by an irate Toydarian and a middle aged human male. The Toydarian was angrily flapping his wings, he was glaring at the human beside him.

"And I said no money, no deal!" The blue alien stopped and looked over at Sia, who eyed him. He was quite disgusting too look at. "And you, what business is so important as to interrupt me when I'm with customers?" Sia who held a neutral expression, doing her best to not let her attitude run wild.

"Because I actually pay for your services," going into her back pocket, she pulled out a datapad, handing it to the Toydarian.

The winged alien scanned the list, "The droid parts I have in stock, as well as the Hyperdrive," Sia nodded in understanding while the alien paused, glancing to the elderly Jedi who was watching with preceding detached interest. "But the rest of these ship upgrades I don't have. However…"

"Yeah?"

"He," the Toydarian pointed to the old man who Sia eyed up and down. "Is in possession of a ship with no Hyperdrive. From the model he told me it is, you would be able to scavenge everything you would require," Sia grunted in thought. She really didn't want to deal with more people than she needed. That would take too much time.

"Well I will deal with that with them then," she muttered. "For now, I want everything you have, and delivered to the location marked on that datapad." Watto nodded, waving her off.

"Fine fine girl, but do tell me how you were going to pay?" Watto demanded as his wings buzzed irritably. Sia reached into her other back pocket, and withdrew five small black objects, causing the Toydarian to gasp. "Is that...are those…"

"Five Flawless Krayt Dragon Pearls. I believe they should cover everything, and maybe a bit more for a later date."

The Toydarian nodded, then scooped the gems from her hand, before buzzing off into the back, "It's been good doing business with you!" he called out over his shoulder. Sia then turned her attention to the next target, the old man.

"You have something I need...and I now have something you need." Sia tilted her head a bit. "Qui-Gon looked at the young girl, appraising her. The Force seemed to swirl around her, but there was something...attached there. It was odd to say the least. But even more odd was the fact that he could see a lightsaber hilt on her hip, but yet he did not recognize her face.

"It seems we are at an impasse."

"Yeah, but I don't plan to be for very long. So how about a deal old man?" Sia grinned a bit, the two being watched by Anakin, and the girl. Qui-gon, now amused, crossed his arms while raising a brow.

"Oh? What kind of deal do you propose?"

Sia rolled her neck a bit, a tick she picked up from her Sensei as she smirked. "Well, it's more of a bet, than a deal." she watched the Jedi, which she had no doubt this man was. She then looked outside to where her Sensei was, working on his pod. "The Boonta Eve Pod race is coming up rather shortly," she said looking back towards Qui-gon. "We each pick a participant to win, we bet what we have. My hyperdrive against your ship, on the winner. Interested?" she smirked and Qui-gon gave a small smile, and thought briefly of the visions the Force had given him of the young slave boy earlier.

"Accepted."

It was a normal Tatooine morning the day of the race. Blindingly, excruciatingly hot. Padme and Qui-Gon walked towards the seating area with the girl trying to spot Anakin, who she found. However she was trying to figure out this mysterious competitor that Qui-Gon was betting against. She felt it was very unwise for the Jedi to bet the fate of their ship with a little girl. But what did she know right?

Padme figured the competitor would be the only other human, who was in the fifth row. She looked towards the rather viscious looking Podracer, a man standing beside it checking it over. What gave him away was his wild mane of gold that sat on his head. She couldn't really tell what he looked like, but besides his hair that wasn't anything very special about him. But then again, Anakin is nine and is expected to win this thing, through fate or something like that.

"Yo…" she heard out of nowhere, which caused Padme to nearly jump in surprise and she looked to see the younger girl from the junk shop, standing not too far away from her giving her a smirk. "You're an easy scare aren't you?" the girl teased her and Padme blushed as she calmed herself down.

"I am not!" she defended but then frowned, "I never caught your name."

"Because I didn't give it," the girl snorted but she extended her hand. "But my name is Sia," she introduced herself. Now that she had gotten food, rest and a good shower, she was much less irritable than the other day. The girl shook Sia's hand with a small smile.

"Padme," the older girl introduced herself. Their attention was given to the sound of opening horns, indicating the race was about to begin. Padme glanced to Sia who held her arms crossed as her pink eyes were focused on a certain blond. "You don't seem worried," Padme spoke up, "Not afraid your Sensei might lost at all?" Qui-gon who had remained quiet perked at the questioned posed by Padme, he too was curious.

"Not at all. My Sensei is a lucky guy, but along with that luck is skill," Sia smirked. "He won't lose." Hearing this made Padme feel uneasy and she glanced to Qui-gon who tried to keep the unease off his face as well. Neither of them had time to speak as another horn went off, signaling that the race had just begun. The starting flag fell, and Naruto's pod roared to life. Several other racers screamed, too distracted by the sudden noise to realize that Naruto was already several yards ahead on them and steadily increasing.

Sia whistled in appreciation while Padme's jaw actually dropped. Qui-gon uttered a few of the more colorful examples of alien language he had picked up along his travels, which earned quizical eyes. He coughed into his hand, looking away, calming himself. "Well it's just the start of the race. Plenty of time for Anakin to catch up." Sia's eyes traveled from her Sensei to the pad in her hands to continue watching the race and she smirked.

"Sure he does."

During the race at several key turns, Naruto would slow down his pod right before gunning the engines and blasting past the other races once more, sometimes leaving them in smoke from the fire blasting from his engines. On the last corner before the final straightaway in the course, a floating camera buzzed in and got a close up shot of Naruto just before he overtook Sebulba who was coming up with all kinds of ways to murder the man toying with him. Naruto held a bored expression on his face as he raced, as if he was taking a stroll.

Naruto's lead continued for the next two laps, until it came down to the last corner once again, Sebulba had pulled ahead and was determined to stay that way. Close behind him was Naruto, who didn't look worried in the least bit. Trailing behind them was Anakin who finally managed to catch up. The Dug broke out into a cold sweat as he heard that…monster of a podracer engines roar once more. He dared glance to see what was going on in his rearview and saw the podracer gaining on him, as if about to go right through him.

Seeing that the yellow haired human wasn't making any moves of trying to pass by Sebulba, the dug actually panicked and swerved out of the way with a scream. His right engine ground into the earth, and promptly exploded. The race ended with Naruto coming in first, Anakin second and Gasgano in third. Sia who had already predicted the outcome made her way to her Sensei who hopped out of his pod, dusting himself off. "You're cruel Sensei!" she laughed with Naruto simply smirking.

"Oh whatever do you mean Jinx?" Sia's brow twitched, then the two noticed a different mood settle over the others. "What's up with them?" Naruto questioned with Sia giving a shrug as an air of dismay hung in the air. It kind of reminded him how he and Sakura would get whenever Sasuke was mentioned. Naruto hummed as he looked over the boy who had come in second, this is the one Sia told him about, being his competitor for the parts he needed. "C'mon Jinx," Naruto beckoned her as he headed over to the group.

"Ooou! Are we going to gloat and rub it in their faces?!" Sia hoped with a big grin but only earned a bop on the head from her Sensei. "Ow! What was that for dummy?"

"It's not good to be a Sore winner Jinx," Naruto grumbled at his apprentice who rubbed her head with huff. "Hey," Naruto spoke out, earning the groups attention. Sia crossed her arms as she took notice how Qui-gon seemed to study her Sensei, while Padme looked awestruck but she didn't know why.

Padme however knew exactly why, because while she assumed the blond was a normal looking guy, he was everything but! He was incredibly handsome! The way his wild hair blended with his tanned smooth looking skin, his jaw structure, his full lips, the whisker marks on his cheeks that gave him an adorable look! But what had her was his eyes, she couldn't help but feel lost in those blue pools. Not to mention there was a considerable height difference. Here she is at 5'5 and he had to at least be 6'0, maybe 6'1?

"H-hi," Padme spoke out first, trying her best not too drool. She might be a Queen…but she was still a hormonal teenage girl that was very much into handsome men. This guy was clearly a few years older than her, probably nineteen or so, but the way he carried himself was not that of a boy. But a fully mature man, and that probably attracted herself even more to him. "I'm Padme," she introduced, holding out her hand.

Naruto looked upon the girl with a calculative gaze and he gave a charming smile to her, the girl was beautiful he had to admit. It was clear though she wasn't from this planet, like Sia had mentioned. He could have sworn though he saw the girl gain hearts for eyes once he smiled at her and shook her hand. "Naruto," the blond introduced himself before looking to the boy, not even glancing to the Jedi who was still studying him. "Anakin, right?"

"Yeah," the boy frowned, he really didn't want to be a sore loser but…he couldn't help it. He wanted to help his new friends out so bad, not to mention prove his pod was the best and win the credits for his mom! So yeah, he was super bummed out he let everyone down.

"You put up a good race kid, I'm impressed," Naruto praised which took both Sia and Anakin by surprise. Naruto then looked to the Pod, "You built this Pod yourself?" Naruto wondered with Anakin slowly nodding his head. "Even more impressive," the blond mentioned as he looked over the Pod. "Though you didn't win, you should be proud of yourself Anakin. There aren't many kids your age I know who has such talent, and I'm not talking just about racing."

"T-thanks," Anakin said, actually meaning his words. He was really caught off guard by this guy's praise. He expected him to come over and gloat and rub in how he lost…not this. Naruto then scratched his cheek as he could still feel the fact they were bummed out.

"Mind me asking…just what exactly did you guys have on the line again?" he wondered, now finally addressing Qui-gon with a curious look since Anakin was just a child, Padme was too love struck and Shmi was just as lost as Anakin. Which only left the Jedi who assumed a thoughtful expression rather than the studying one moments prior.

"They bet their ship, which is ours now…" Sia grinned but Naruto bopped her on the head. "Ow!"

"Quiet Jinx," Naruto chastised causing her to huff. He then pieced it together. A Jedi and a girl not from the planet putting their fate with a boy who appears to have talent and looks to be a slave. Not to mention the disappoitment that they lost. "You're stranded here, aren't you?"

"Yes we are," Qui-Gon nodded, folding his arms. "And it's even worse now because like your young friend said, the ship now belongs to you and we are still without a Hyperdrive." Naruto hummed in thought as he then glanced to Anakin and his mother.

"And lets say Anakin won," Naruto proposed, "What exactly would he be getting besides a few credits?" Naruto questioned as he glanced back to Qui-gon who stiffened a bit as he then glanced to a curious Anakin and Shmi.

"I waged with Watto the boy's freedom," Qui-gon muttered which surprised Shmi and Anakin, "For the pod," he gestured to Anakin's pod. Naruto gazed at him before he looked over Anakin in thought. He then ran a hand through his hair before he spoke.

"I'm going to be nice, I'm going to talk to the Toydarian," Naruto stated as he looked to Shmi and Anakin. "Consider yourselves free. Pack your things, you're leaving this dustball. Sia, go with them guide them to the ship, get them settled in," Naruto told her, surprising her even more. He then looked to Qui-Gon, "I'm going to help you Jedi, simply because you tried to help this boy. If your stranded, we'll take you where you need to be." Naruto informed before he turned around to leave, heading for Watto.

"S-sensei! You can't be serious! Where are you going?!"

"To Negotiate."

Darth Maul was not one who could be so easily surprised, and in those rare moments that he was…it generally resulted in something becoming dead. So you can only imagine his reaction when he heard a voice behind him, before he even felt a presence.

"Yo."

Twin Crimson blades burst to life, and the Zabrak warrior rushed forward to slay who dared sneak up on him. However before he could even get a good swing in his legs suddenly gave out and he fell face first into the blazing hot sand, burning his face just a little bit. Maul hissed in pain but he didn't let out a scream, no…the scream came when his bones felt as if they were breaking and he was forced to sit up, floating in the air. It felt his heart was going to explode while his chest was caving in.

His pained yellow eyes tried to focus on his assassin to see it was a man wearing an orange cloak, holding a single hand up in a rather lazy grip. "I knew I felt darkness near," he heard the man chuckle. "Like I said, something is always happening on Tatooine," Maul grit his rotten teeth as he tried to block out the pain or even try to free himself with the Force, but it was no use.

"What a piece of crap," Maul heard the man mutter and noticed he was inspecting his lightsaber. "It looks so dull and basic. Not made for sand, probably not water proof either," The man studied the saber. "Hopefully you are more skilled enough to actually make this junk work for you." The man then lowered his hand and the pain began to subside for Maul who fell to the ground but still couldn't move. "I'm not going to kill you little Sith, even though I should, probably save me a headache or two," Maul's pride was now wounded, was he just spared? "Instead your going to send a message to your master."

A snarl of fury etched onto the Sith's face was tell enough to answer that question. "An Old Legend will no longer be just a Legend. The one both the Sith and the Jedi feared will return and none shall stand in his way. So either back off, or fall from his blade." With that said, Maul once again felt pain course through his body but it began to travel into one core place…his brain. Once again Maul let out screams of agony and pain before blood trickled from his nose and he fell unconscious in the sand. With his message given, the hooded figure began to leave, dropping the crushed lightsaber.

"Pitiful."

"You're finally back,"

Naruto raised a brow as he approached his ship to see Sia waiting for him on the ramp. It's been several hours since she last saw him and she had started to worry for him, not that she would actually admit it. "Where have you been?"

"Oh I decided to just take a stroll," Naruto shrugged with a chuckle. "Came across something interesting, was amused with what I found," Naruto said a bit cryptically and Sia waited for him to share…but he never did. "Have our guests settled in?" he wondered with Sia's brow twitching.

"Yeah. Sensei are you sure about this? I mean we don't know these people and now we're being a taxi service?" she questioned with Naruto giving a small shrug.

"I don't see nothing wrong with it. Besides its not like they are staying with us indefinitely," he told her. "We're just giving them a ride to wherever they need to go and head on our way."

"Which is where again?"

"Coruscant," Naruto answered honestly. "There are some parts I need for Cortana. Coruscant is the place that I can think of that may have them," Naruto shared his idea. "Plus I felt bad for winning. I mean, they needed the ship much more than we needed parts."

"But they're Jedi…"

"I didn't do it for the Jedi Sia," Naruto assured her. "I did it for me. Trust me, this is going to play out in my favor in the coming time," Naruto chuckled as he rubbed her head while he walked past her. "For now, suck it up, and play nice." Sia gave a cute pout as she followed behind her teacher, bringing up the ramp as she did so.

"Whatever you say Sensei…"