Chapter 1: A Galaxy Divided

Striking swiftly after the Battle of Geonosis,

Count Dooku's droid army has seized control of

the major hyperspace lanes, separating the Republic

from the majority of it's clone army.

With few clones available, the Jedi Generals cannot gain a foothold

on the Outer Rim Territories, as more and more

planets choose to side with Dooku's Seperatists.

While the Jedi and the Republic are occupied fighting

a war, no one is left to keep the peace.

Chaos and crime spread rampantly, and the innocent become

victims in a lawless galaxy.

Crime Lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's son has been kidnapped

by a rival band of pirates. Desperate to save his son,

Jabba the Hutt sends out a desperate

call for help.

A call the Jedi...are cautious to answer.

Coruscant, the Chancellor's Office...

"His Majesty Jabba the Hutt requests any who can provide assistance in the rescue of his beloved son." Came the widespread message issued by the Hutt, one that many by now were privy to."Any information regarding the kidnappers is to be sent to him immediately."

Chancellor Palpatine's response was swift. "We must help Jabba. This is the opportunity we've been waiting for. The Jedi MUST rescue Jabba's son."

In the office with Palpatine were Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Luminara Unduli, as well as Jedi Knight Naruto Namikaze.

Mace regarded the Chancellor with a frown. "I do not like it. Dealing with criminal scum such as Jabba leaves a bad taste in my mouth."

Naruto nodded. "Not to mention the fact that he's a Hutt...I really hate Hutts."

The other Masters nodded, and Palpatine looked distraught. "Come now, Naruto, my old friend. Surely you can put aside your dislike for the species in order to save an innocent, correct?"

Naruto sighed. "You know me too well, Chancellor. I'll be willing to do it, but ONLY because it's a child. I don't like it when children get involved in the affairs of adults." He frowned, thinking back upon his own dark past. No, children should NEVER be involved in adult matters.

Mace sighed also. "Regardless, this is a dark day for the Republic."

Palpatine gestured for them to walk. "I agree, my friend. Yet, what choice do we have? The Hutts all but control the Outer Rim, and we will need access to their hyperspace lanes in order to move our troops. Count Dooku has seen to that."

Plo Koon broke his silence. "There is more to this kidnapping than what lies on the surface. There is some underlying plan in motion. We must tread lightly on this matter."

Luminara nodded. "I agree. I suspected the same thing, and I can bet Naruto, Mace, and even the Chancellor could assume as much. One does not just commit a heinous crime such as this for no purpose. There is always something to gain from such acts."

Palpatine nodded. "Then it be for the best that you send as many Jedi as you can."

Mace shook his head. "Impossible. The droid army under General Grievous has our forces spread too thinly. The only Jedi we can spare..."

Naruto thumbed his chest. "Would be me."

Mace nodded. "Yes. We can also use Revan and Kenobi, as they have just captured the planet Christophsis."

Palpatine thought for a moment. "...Very well. Then contact them immediately." He turned to Naruto. "I will expect your departure within the hour. We cannot afford to wait any longer on this matter."

Normally, the Chancellor would never be allowed to become involved in Jedi affairs, nor would he be allowed to order as such. However, this was a special circumstance, and all Jedi present let the matter slide.

"Right away." came Naruto's reply, and he left the room in a shunshin, much to the displeasure of Mace and the mirth of Palpatine.

"I hate it when he does that."

Aboard the Republic Flagship Negotiator, the admiral approached the holotable, where the visages of Grand Jedi Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu hovered.

"What can I do for you, Generals?"

"We need to make contact with General Kenobi."

"We've been unable to reach him. It could be a solar storm, or they could be rebooting their communications. I'm sure the blackout is temporary."

Yoda spoke up." A messenger, we are sending. With important orders for General Kenobi, this one carries."

Mace picked up where he left off. "Make sure the messenger gets there as soon as possible."

The admiral nodded. "Yes, sir. As soon as we load relief supplies, ammunition, rations, and bacta."

Yoda shook his head. "No time, there is. Immediately, the message must be sent."

The admiral paused, seeming to mull over the request. "I understand, sir. I will personally see to it that an unloaded ship be ready to drop the messenger off as soon as they arrive. I will then return to pick up my reinforcements."

"In a matter of moments, the messenger will arrive. Make haste, commander. Not on our side, time is."

On Christophsis...

R2-D2 squealed in terror as a blaster bolt flew past his dome, sending him scurrying behind a rock. Clone troopers began taking cover in alarm, as red laser flew over their heads and struck fallen rock and debris.

Racing forward, Obi-Wan leapt over fallen spires and came to a screeching halt as he saw what lay before him. He turned to Revan, who had just gotten there with HK-47, the droid already pulling out his various weapons of death and dismemberment.

"Why in the bloody hell did I let her bring that along? Oh, right, cause it's good at killing things, and this is a war. No better time to cause massive amounts of death and destruction, right? Fuck my life."

Shaking his head, he pointed to the assembling mass of machinery. "They're baaaaaack~"

Revan groaned. "What is this, the fifth assault this week? Why don't they just give the fuck UP?"

"Obvious but Necessary Statement: They are droids, Master. They do not know the meaning of give up."

Revan leveled a glare at HK. "Be useful and go play with your weapons."

"Ecstatic Statement: OF COURSE, MASTER!" Without warning, HK began to skip towards the enemy, causing both Revan and Obi-Wan to drop their jaws in utter bewilderment. What's more, he seemed to be humming a jolly tune as he tore into the ranks of battle droids with nary a care in the world, blasters alight with bolt after bolt of blue and red death, his grenade launcher smoking as he continued to lob thermal detonators into their masses.

"Did you just-"

"Yeah."

"Was he really-"

"Yeah."

"...That's going to scar me for life."

"Me, too."

"On another note..." Obi-Wan rounded on Revan. "I TOLD YOU this victory was too easy! We NEVER should have sent the ship back for supplies!"

Revan huffed. "It wasn't MY idea to send the ship back!"

Obi-Wan shook his head and turned to the clones, most notably one with yellow paint on his armor. "Alright, men. Second wave incoming. Cody, you and your men take your positions." He turned around to regard the advancing droids, a frown on his face as Commander Cody shouted out orders to his troops.

Revan turned to a specific clone, blue paint adorning his helmet and armor. "Rex, you and your men follow me." Without waiting, she rounded on her heel and sprinted forward, Commander Rex and his troops rushing to catch up.

All around the bridge, battle raged. Clones lined up behind ragged strips of rubble and pelted the oncoming droids with waves of blaster bolts, assisting HK in cutting down swathes of machines. Bombardments from AV-7 Anti-vehicle Cannons, aka Republic Heavy Platforms, took out massive chunks in the droid lines, yet as always, their numbers far made up for their inferior tactics, as they merely reformed their ranks and kept coming.

The Octuptarra Combat Tri-Droids, aka dwarf spider walkers and Super Battle Droids pounded the rubble the Republic forces hid behind, chunks of rock and plastic flying though the air as both sides relentlessly traded fire, the occasional scream or grunt of a clone piercing the air as a few bolts found their marks. The oppressive sound of the heavy cannons echoed through the air as they continued their barrage, several dwarf spider walkers on the receiving end collapsing in a pile of smoking metal and sparking wires, some exploding outright before their legs toppled over onto the sea of battle droids.

As the droids continued to come closer and closer to their embankment, Cody briefly turned to regard Obi-Wan, the Jedi deflecting bolts left and right. "Namikaze should have attacked by now! Where the devil is she?"

Obi-Wan smirked. "Don't you worry about Revan. Second only to Naruto, she's the strongest person I know. She knows the plan!"

High above the bridge, Revan emerged on the rooftops with Commander Rex and his men. She gave the bridge a quick once-over, and nodded to herself.

Rex regarded Revan. "What's our plan of attack, Ma'am?"

Looking over her shoulder, Revan grinned. "Follow me." With that, she leapt off the rooftop, making a beeline for the nearest dwarf spider droid, landing on top of its' head and igniting her dual lightsabers, laughing as she deflected blaster bolts back to several other spiders, watching them explode in a shower of molten metal and debris.

Calling out his orders, Rex ignited his jetpack and leapt into the fray, his men following in short order as they dove straight into the middle of the pack, their blasters ablaze as they wiped out surprised droids left and right.

The advanced section of droids stood no chance, as Revan and Rex cut them apart from the middle, tearing through the flank and pinching the forward forces between them, Obi-Wan, and Cody. With a cry of advance, Obi-Wan lead the charge, several clones being struck down as they moved from their cover and engaged the droids, close-quarters combat now available to either side. The heavy platforms kept up their bombardment, obliterating whatever flank was left, then focusing on the middle of the remaining droids, hammering them relentlessly until scrap was all that remained. The new flank fell fast to Rex and his clones, their training more than making up for their smaller numbers.

Revan finished the spider droid she was atop, and leapt forward to carve a wicked gash down the middle of the next spider droid, it groaning before toppling forward. She used the dying machine as a springboard, and leapt backwards, hopping on the heads of several SBD's and landing on the last spider, flinging her saber to remove one of its' legs as her other carved off the second one, causing it to slam to the ground hard. She leapt off it, and called her lightsaber back to her in mid-air, laughing as she sliced a surprised B-1 Battle droid in half diagonally.

Behind one of the downed spiders, Revan met up with Obi-Wan. "So, how'd ya like that one? Pretty good, huh?"

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes, and peered out from behind their cover. "Yeah, can you do it about three more times? Then we might stand a chance."

As HK made his way over, he looked out and decided to comment on their situation. "Statement: While this unit is not one for pessimistic talk, it believes we are in dire straits."

Revan looked out and groaned. There were at least several thousand more battle droids, and at least a hundred or so more walkers, with about 50-60 AAT's and 20 or so NR-N99 Persuader-class Droid Enforcers.

(A/N: The NR-N99's were the spearhead of the armored Seperatist forces during the Battle of Kashyyyk, near the tail end of the Clone Wars. They were the tanks with tread similar to the military tanks we use IRL.)

They'd only terminated the advanced force, and that consisted of about 250 or so battle droids, and around 5-6 walkers. While numbers did not guarantee a battle won, it sure as hell gave one side an advantage, and the overwhelming numbers the droids had in this case was proving to be a big advantage for the Separatists.

"Well, unless we get reinforcements soon, we're SOL and JWF." said Revan.

"Come again?"

"Shit out of luck, and jolly-well fucked."

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes again. "Oh, splendid. Well, we might as well assume the position, since we haven't been able to contact the admiral. They're probably jamming our transmissions."

Revan chuckled. "Since when did you get a sense of humor?"

Obi-Wan gave her a look. "Since I met your idiot of a husband."

Revan laughed outright, even as she deflected several blaster bolts back to their owners. On the other side of the field, the commander of the droid army pulled his head out of his personal tank. "Why are we stopping?" he growled.

Indeed they had stopped. As the AAT's had begun to advance, they'd encountered more and more resistance, as the clones operating the heavy platforms began focusing on them instead of the droids, pegging one with each shot. On top of that, the large amounts of debris and Octuptarra chassis' made it all but impossible to pass.

"We cannot get past their cannons, sir. They keep tearing our troops apart."

The commander blinked. "Cannons? This is no good. We must pull back and set up our deflector shields."

The droid nodded, and terminated the link, immediately issuing the order for retreat.

As the droids began to pull back, Revan inwardly sighed. "We JUST held them off that time. Where the fuck are our reinforcements?"

As if to sate her ire, a dropship flew overhead, cheers from the clones adding to her already uplifting spirits.

Obi-Wan grinned at her. "Does that answer your question?"

Revan punched him lightly in the shoulder. "Can it, flyboy."

Obi-Wan shook his head. "It's about time they came back, though. Now we can get our reinforcements. Fresh troops, fresh supplies...it looks like our problems are solved, for the most part."

Revan nodded. "Yeah, and perhaps they brought your new padawan with them."

Obi-Wan nodded. "Yeah, and perhaps they-wait, what?"

Revan smirked. "You'll see."

Obi-Wan paled. "YOU DIDN'T!"

Revan said nothing as they neared the dropship, Obi-Wan's pleas falling on deaf ears. The ramp came down, and Revan's eyes brightened, before she ran towards the ship and leapt upon the unsuspecting individual.

"Rev-OOOF!" Naruto said, his sentence brutally cut off as his wife tackled him full-force, slamming him onto the durasteel floor. Several chuckles were heard from the clone pilots as Revan nuzzled Naruto like a cat with a scratching post.

"Naru-kun, I missed you SOOOO much!" she squealed, and Naruto merely mumbled a reply that was muffled by his wife's impressive breasts. She asked him to repeat himself, and he mumbled a "Get off of me."

Huffing, she sat up, dragging the poor man with her as she continued to snuggle with him. "What? I've been gone WEEKS, and all I get from you is a 'Get Off'? I thought you loved me?"

"I love you, dear, but I don't love you choking me. Last I checked, it's bad for my health. Air, and all that good stuff you need to live."

She swatted him on the shoulder before grinning. "Trust me, when I'm done with you, air is going to be the LEAST of your-"

"Not to interrupt your monologue, dear, but we DO have company." Naruto gestured to the side.

Revan scoffed. "Please. It's not like Obi-Wan hasn't-"

"Excuse me."

Revan froze as a distinctly feminine voice graced her ears. She blinked, and Naruto sighed. "Rev, this is Padawan Learner Ahsoka Tano. Ahsoka, this is my lovely wife, Revan."

The youngling bowed, and Revan had the grace to blush profusely. "Pleased to meet you, Master Namikaze."

"Er...the pleasure is all mine, dear." She quickly got off her husband, who snickered as she shifted uncomfortably from the overzealous display of affection she just gave.

"Please don't take what I did the wrong way, Padawan. I was merely-"

"Don't apologize, Master. I understand. He is your lifemate, after all."

Revan blinked, and Naruto snickered even more. She hushed him with an elbow to the side. "Er, yeah. Lifemate." A second elbow shut Naruto up again, his giggling getting on her nerves.

The three disembarked, and went over to Obi-Wan, who blinked upon seeing Naruto and Ahsoka. "Naruto, I didn't know you were coming. Actually...I didn't know a youngling was coming either. I..." He sighed. "Being out of the loop sucks."

Naruto slapped his back, causing him to stumble forward. "Get used to it, Ben. Fate is fickle, Destiny is uncertain, and Karma's a bitch. Now, shut up so we can get to work."

Revan laughed while Obi-Wan glared at him. "Ha-ha. So, I take it your the padawan Revan requested?"

Ahsoka nodded. "Yes, I was sent by Master Yoda to deliver an important message. He needs the two of you to come with us back to Coruscant immediately. It's an emergency."

Revan blinked, while Obi-Wan shook his head. Revan's face took on a serious frown. "What the hell? In case you haven't noticed, WE'RE in a bit of an emergency ourselves!"

Obi-Wan nodded. "Yes, our communications have been rather unreliable, but we've been calling for help."

Ahsoka frowned. "Master Yoda hadn't heard from you, so he sent me to deliver the message."

Revan scoffed. "Well, fuck. They don't even know we're in trouble. Just great."

Naruto poked her in the shoulder, feigning indignance. "Oi, I'm here, aren't I? Whatever you've got, I can handle it, no sweat."

She rounded on him and hugged him tightly. "I completely forgot about how awesome you are, sweetie. Now , can you do me a really big favor?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "How did I know this was coming?"

She poked his nose, and he wrinkled it in distaste. "Shush. Now, I need you to be a dear and decimate the opposing army for me. Can you do that?"

Naruto sighed. "What are the stats?"

Obi-Wan just stood off to the side, taking it all in like he'd seen it a hundred times before (In reality, it was only 98). Ahsoka just stood there and watched them plan out a one-man suicide run like it was common practice, and he did it all the time.

Obi-Wan placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. Naruto is more than capable of what's about to take place. Trust us."

She nodded. "Is there anything else?"

Obi-Wan thought for a moment. "Yes. Did a cruiser drop you off, by any chance?"

She nodded, and he smiled. "I'll need to get in touch with them."

In orbit above Christophsis...

Three Banking Clan Comm Ships were firing upon said cruiser as they spoke, the lone ship letting loose every cannon at its' disposal in retaliation. While they had superior armament, once again numbers proved to be the turning point in the battle, and the cruiser was steadily losing strength.

"Shit, this is bad. We've GOT to get back and pick up our reinforcements! We've got to get out of here!" roared the admiral. "Begin plotting course for the jump to lightspeed."

One of the commanders received the incoming message from the surface, and groaned as he heard their request. "We're under attack by Separatist warships as we speak. However, I'll do my best to make contact with the Jedi Temple for you."

Naruto nodded. "That's all we can ask, commander."

The clone nodded. "Gimme a sec." Off-screen, he pressed a few buttons, and after several tense moments, Master Yoda's visage appeared.

"Master Kenobi. Glad Ahsoka found you, I am."

Revan strode forward. "Let's dispense with the pleasantries. We're trapped here, and VASTLY outnumbered. We are in no position to be going anywhere unless we receive some reinforcements. Our supply ships have all been destroyed, as it stands."

Yoda nodded. "Send reinforcements, we will. A-" The transmission wavered, flickered, then abruptly cut off.

Revan pounded the holotable. "Shit."

Aboard the cruiser, the shields on the ship were weakening faster than they could be restored. Holding onto the sides of the table, the commander patched in the signal, and was rewarded with the visages of the Jedi.

"We've lost the transmission, sir-" he began, but was interrupted when another commander strode into the comm room.

"We have to leave orbit immediately. More enemy ships have just arrived, and are locking on to our critical systems."

The commander nodded. "I'm sorry, but we have no choice. We'll get back to you as soon as we can."

With that, the link was terminated, and Naruto sighed. "So much for reinforcements, huh?"

Revan slammed her fist on the holotable again. "Blasted droids."

"Peeved statement: I am a droid, Master."

Revan groaned, and rubbed her temples. "You know what I mean, HK."

Naruto patted her shoulder. "Now now, hon, let's not forget our manners."

Obi-Wan nodded. "For once, he's right." The indignant reply was ignored, and Obi-Wan walked over to Ahsoka. "Proper introductions first. I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi. This is Naruto and Revan Namikaze, and HK-47. Revan will be your new Master."

Ahsoka shook her head. "I'm Ahsoka Tano, Padawan Learner. I'm at your services, Masters, and I don't mean to offend, but I've been assigned to you, Master Kenobi, not Master Namikaze."

Revan grinned, and Naruto blinked for a second, before he burst out in laughter. "Ben? Take an apprentice? THAT is a good one. He can barely keep himself out of trouble!" He was promptly smacked in the face with a flying piece of rubble, and he dropped like a stone, Revan shaking her head as Obi-Wan lowered his hand.

Turning back to Ahsoka, he shook his head. "I'm sorry, but there must be some mistake. Revan was the one who requested an apprentice."

Revan clapped a hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder. "There's no mistake, flyboy. I put your name on the application."

He rounded on her. "YOU DID WHAT?"

Ahsoka nodded. "She's right. Master Yoda specifically stated that I am to be the apprentice of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and that he will be the one to supervise my training."

Obi-Wan, for his part, merely gaped like a Quarren out of water. "But I...Revan...you...this isn't...I don't even-"

Revan slapped his back, making him stumble much like Naruto did. Speaking of which, said blonde was finally recovering from the massive block of permacrete that had been unceremoniously shoved into his maw, spitting out a few teeth and chunks of rock as he stood. The rest merely stared at him, and he shrugged.

"What? They'll grow back."

Obi-Wan sighed. "Well, no point in standing around. Those droids are bound to figure out a way around our cannons. I'm going to go check on Rex at the lookout post."

Revan stopped him before he left. "Ah-ah-ah, make sure to take your padawan with you, Master Kenobi."

Obi-Wan merely growled at her, then nodded. "All right. Come along, Ahsoka."

She nodded, and followed. As he left, he heard Naruto's parting remark. "Aww, don't they look so cute together?"

Obi-Wan growled. He wondered idly if tossing Naruto off a cliff would be considered justifiable homicide, but thought better of it.

Revan would carve his face in, after all.

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRREEEEEE'S JOHNNY!

I kid, frightened children in the back of the room. It is merely I, your humble story writer. I took one look at the current list of episodes in ST:TCW, and decided that I'd make an entire separate story for it. It's basically just picking up from where the other one left off, so no worries. You have missed nothing.

Ch. 1 is all finished, now I just have to work on Ch. 2. The toils I go through to make you guys happy...such a price I'm willing to pay.

Ja Ne,

Sgt. Assassin