Prologue: Death of a Ninja...Rebirth of a Sith

"Why!? Why do you waste your time trying to save me when I don't want saving!?" Sasike roared.

"Because you're my friend," Naruto said smiling, he looked into the eyes of Sasuke who held nothing but contempt, while he showed nothing but kindness, but in reality he was pissed that he had just tried to kill Sakura.

It was then they charged at each other once again, battling until neither could properly stand. It was then that they pulled out their ultimate prized jutsu's, Naruto his Rasengan, Sasuke his Chidori. It was then that the Shinobi 11 and their Sensei's appeared to watch the battle, Ino helping Sakura and Gai helping Kakashi. They were just about to clash said Jutsu when Naruto felt the world go slow as his mind went into overdrive.

[Naruto OST: Decision]

"Why? Why does he hold such hatred? I see in his eyes that he is in truth lonely, he has lost everything, but in reality everyone loved him, he was symbol of hope to them, he was the one who Ino-chan and Sakura-chan loved, maybe even Hinata-chan," were Naruto's thoughts as he thought of all the depression of his life.

"Sure I've protected, but I could never keep my promise, maybe…maybe just this once…I can do something right…"

"Stop this war before it beings...and save my friend in the process…"

With that to everyone's shock, Naruto snuffed out his own jutsu and allowed Sasuke to plunge his attack deep into his chest.

"NARUTO!" screamed the group of shinobi, none of them could understand why he had just taken the blow. They ran to the two but froze upon seeing Sasuke's face.

Instead of the evil grin that they expected, they now saw a face of horror and shock.

"S-Sasuke…" Naruto said, coughing up blood.

"Why…why didn't you dodge the blow?" Sasuke asked his best friend, his dulling eyes widening in horror.

"So you would believe my sincerity…" the group listened, frozen in their spots as he spoke.

"You have people back in the village who love you…" Sasuke's eyes began to tear up. He had lost his brother, and now his best friend was fading fast. By his own hand, and yet here he was trying to console his killer.

"I…I know that Sakura-chan and Ino-chan do…" Naruto spoke, his eyes watering with tears, admitting to his long time rival that he stood no chance against him when it came to the girls who had cared about him since they were all young.

Sakura and Ino had gone wide-eyed, had he just given them up? To Sasuke? The boy who had always asked one or the other out on dates, who never allowed himself to be beaten by Sasuke…had given them up? Even after Saskura had said she loved him? Though that was an attempt to get Naruto to give up on his promise…all the good that did.

"Sakura-chan said she loved me…but I know the one that she and Ino-chan truly love is the one who I am happy to call my brother… all of you, accept Sasuke back…that's my last wish to all of you…" his eyes went wide when suddenly a great fire appeared out of nowhere bearing down on the group.

In that moment, they saw the final act of love and true strength that was Naruto Uzumaki, when multiple Narutos poofed into existence and grabbed each of the Shinobi and carried them to safety, the original throwing a shocked Sasuke out of harm's way.

"NO! NARUTO!" shouted many of the group as they watched a smiling Naruto get blasted by a great wave of fire, all that could be heard was a scream of pain and then an explosion as the fire hit.

The whole group watched in horror as the lake was on fire, Naruto nowhere to be found, Sakura, Ino, and Hinata all hit the ground crying their eyes out as the blonde who had cared and protected them over and over was gone, his last act was to save them one last time.

So distraught were they by the sudden and violent death, that none were prepared for Madara to appear and whisk their charge away via Kamui. The Uchiha once again gone, and beyond their reach.

[Undisclosed Location: Samuel Kim Music: Anakin's Suffering]

Naruto awoke finding himself in total darkness, he tried to look around when he realized not only was his burning flesh so painful so he could not move, but all of his limbs, save his right arm and hand were gone.

Seeing this horrific truth, he immediately began to break down, he realized that his dream was over, that he was forever without the chance to be a shinobi, let alone Hokage.

He wished he was dead.

And yet...he wasn't...and even if the flames or the Chidori to the chest hadn't killed him, he should have drowned beneath the depths of the lake.

Naruto then began to realize that he was in some sort of cavern, he tried to look around at where he was but all he could find was darkness. He then felt…a presence, as he tried to sense it, he realized there were several, one was black and utter darkness, he felt utter terror when he sensed this one.

A second entity was just as dark, but in another way, this one was more mystic darkness rather than the sadistic and terrible one he sensed before.

"Ah, so you have finally awoken," the voice said, and surprisingly it didn't fit the darkness he felt. It sounded like a concern grandfather speaking about his grandson.

"How are you feeling my boy?" asked the old man's voice as he came out of the shadows, his appearance was rather unremarkable, he just looked like an old man that he might see around town, kind of reminded him of his jiji the Hokage back home.

"I…I'm in pain…I can't move…my arms…my legs…" he said with a raspy voice, the fire had burnt his throat and lungs and even managed to damage the deal where he could not get as much help from Kyuubi as he would prefer.

"Yes, you are in pain child, but we may be able to help with that," said the second voice, that of an elderly woman, but it was strange, as if there were a second voice behind her own…one of a monster…

She came out and it was clear she wasn't human, her head was in the shape of an oval, and had black and white paint covering it, she had eerie glowing green eyes. She had red hair and what appeared to be two tendrils made from her red clothes swaying from her shoulders.

"H-how? Unless you mean to kill me…I'm useless now…" he said more to himself than to them.

The old man smiled, this would be too easy, but he kept his grandfatherly appearance up.

"No dear child, we would never think of doing such a thing to you! We honestly wish to help you," he said kindly.

"H-how?" he asked them in shock and disbelief, but he knew if he were given a chance, he'd take it.

"We are from a place with powers even vaster and far more powerful than your own land," he explained, "We have technology that allowed people to be given metallic limbs that were far stronger than the original for example, or heal normally fatal wounds."

Naruto was enthralled, "Please…can you give me those things you were talking about? I'll do anything."

The two smiled, "Of course child, we would be honored to help the vessel of the nine-tailed fox,"Naruto's eyes widened, "Yes, we know of the burden you carry, and don't fret, for we are not limited fools like the people who dwell in your home."

He relaxed after that, "We do have a request however," he said, "We wish to take you as our apprentice, teach you the knowledge we possess, the powers we command, the respect that we had wherever we went."

At that Naruto was on the verge of tears: to have knowledge, power, and respect was more than he could dream for.

And to have the chance to have it despite his injuries...was too good to be true.

"I'll do anything, I accept your offer happily," he told them.

It was then that the grandfather slowly started to be replaced by the feared dark lord.

"Very well," he said, his tone now cold, "But understand this, we will not be friends, you will very possibly grow to hate us, but if you can survive, then you will have a power greater than even your Sage of the Six Paths."

"I am ready," he said, his voice determined, despite being burnt alive he still was as committed as ever.

"Very well, your first lesson starts now, as the process to repair you commences, you will be operated upon to make you stronger, faster, more powerful than you've ever been, however our technology does not repair seals, so you will be on your own in that regard. Therefore, we will put you in life preservation armor, this will allow you to walk amongst the living once more, and it can be used to terrifying effect. One has taken what remains of the great Sith Empire and has perverted it, you will return it to its former glory," the old man said.

After a few moments of thinking, Naruto felt he had nothing else to lose, and everything to gain.

"Alright, but can you tell me your names?" Naruto asked.

"Certainly, I am Darth Sidious, this is Mother Talzin, but you will refer to me as Master and Mother Talzin as Mother," he said in his Sith Voice when he created Darth Vader for the first time, he too sounded like he had multiple dark voice speaking as one.

"Very well…my masters, let's do this," Naruto said determinedly.

"Very well, your first lesson shall be in pain," Mother Talzin, "therefore you shall not be knocked out for the procedure, this is twofold."

"The first is so you gain a high tolerance for pain, you shall need it for the training we will give you, the second is for your first lesson, pain leads to anger and aggression, this gives you power, it is the essence of power, when you fear for the safety for those you care for, you respond with aggression in order to protect them." Sidious spoke, he felt it uncanny that like his former apprentice, he would fall into darkness through the will to protect his loved ones. But this boy had been hated all his life, he would be the perfect one to bring back the Sith. He would have to thank whoever it was that brought this predicament upon the boy.

"Yes, my Master," Naruto spoke again, his raspy voice filled with determination despite what he just heard.

"Good…good," Sidious then took in a raspy breath which turned into a growl, "The Force is strong with you, a powerful Sith you will become, henceforth, you shall take up the mantle of my former apprentice, for the father of the new Sith Empire you shall be. You shall be known as Darth…Vader."

[2:20]

And so the procedure began, and it was by far the most painful thing in his life, having his nerves exposed due to the fire. Lord Sidious and Mother Talzin watched as the droids did their work, watched as the boy screamed in pain for the first few minutes, but then the screams became growls, items began to shake from the power the boy was calling upon. Sidious and Talzin looked at each with grins upon their faces.

The perfect pupil was before them, another Chosen One.

And so the final step of the procedure began, Naruto was encased in a suit of armor identical to the one of his predecessor. The title given to him was for two reasons, one was because the name was perfect for the one who would bring back the Sith, Darth Vader, or "Dark Father" as translated from the Sith Language.

It was then Talzin went behind him and using her witchcraft knocked the boy out, she then entered his mind and began to toy with it like she did Darth Maul, though this time instead of removing memories and demented thoughts, she placed them, twisted his memories into dark things, the bright things were gone, all that remained were dark, horrid, depressed memories. Memories that would feed his rage and power, feed his fear, his pain, his hatred. Furthermore, she took something that none but the two of the masters new. The Soul of Darth Vader himself, without the weakness to the light that Anakin Skywalker possessed. They placed the soul of the Sith inside Naruto's mind, further pushing Naruto into darkness, and now with a bonded mix of himself, and the fiercest Sith the galaxy would ever know.

It was then she added her own mix of things into the armor, filling them with the dark side of the force, in essence she made it a living armor, having a symbiotic relationship with its master, where the old Vader armor had places of nothing but leather, she placed black plated armor of Sith metals on top, the faults of the first armor were removed, his gloves became as black gauntlets with claws on the end, claws that could rip through a man's throat in a single swipe. His Black Cape was now tattered and torn at the edges, it had metal weights at the end of the cape which could be used as a blunt weapon as well. All in all this was a new and improved Darth Vader.

She then held the helmet aloft before putting it over the former blondes head, the helmet sealing tight, she then took a long finger tapping his head.

"Arise Vader, reborn Dark Lord of the Sith!" she shouted it was then the mechanical breathing began, then table tipped upward and set Vader up where he could just walk off the table. His head hung as he remained still.

"Lord Vader…can you hear me?" Sidious said in his grandfatherly voice.

A moment went by with nothing but the breathing of the armor echoing throughout the room. Then the response came.

"Yes Master," Naruto…no…Darth Vader, responded. His power shook the foundation of their hideout.

"Rise Lord Vader! Rise and take your proper title as Dark Lord of the Sith!" Sidious ordered.

Instantly the hideout shook with ten times more ferocity than before, and the whole room began to get crushed from the power that the Sith was emanating. He ripped himself off of the table, letting out a Force Roar, a roar so powerful that it shook everyone in the Elemental Nations to their core, they may not have heard the roar of rage, but they felt the malice shadow their hearts.

[End Soundtrack]

[Yavin IV]

Many years in the past, Luke Skywalker awoke with a start, his body covered in sweat.

"What happened?" Mara Jade asked her husband, she had not seen him like this in a long time. Not since the Yuuzhan Vong had come and gone.

"Darkness…I sense a great darkness washing over the galaxy. I don't know it's form, but whatever it is we need to act quickly to prevent its rise..."

AN: SURPRISE!

Hello everybody! So I know I only said I'd post the previous stories, buuuuut I kinda lied.

See I had written this story a few years back and never posted it. A few days ago I actually found it hidden away in my system and decided this was perfect for "Revenge of the Sixth!"

As mentioned, the Naruto Sauron story takes precedent, but I will post and tweak a few chapters here and there so this story keeps going.

It will have bits of Legends, Canon, and a little bit of other ideas from my own "Creative Idiot Box" lol. I truly hope you guys like it! As always please follow and review, or shoot me a PM for questions and the like. I love hearing from yall on ideas, questions, and advice.

Until the next one: May the Force be with you!

Seriously though, God Bless, and be safe out there!