Chapter Four

"Systems online…"

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"You gotta new Hyperdrive I see," Naruto gave a small smirk as a rather detailed holographic image of a beautiful woman appeared on his hologram projector. The blond gave a shrug as he smiled softly at her.

"The old one was starting to leak," he responded before he raises a brow. "How are you feeling Cortana?" he questioned, leaning back in his seat. Cortana gave out a stretch as she smiled at him.

"I'm feeling rather refreshed. Haven't felt like this since I was created, thank you." Naruto nodded his head as she tapped her chin. "Though I can't really say I wasn't hoping for…"

"I'm working on it love," Naruto cut her off gently. "It's not easy trying to figure out how to transfer data and all that junk into actual flesh," Naruto sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Even I have my limits, and as time goes on they only get worse." Cortana gazed at him almost worriedly.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…"

"Don't worry about it," He waved her off but she wasn't convinced. "I made you a promise, and I plan on keeping it. I plan on keeping all my promises," he said, more to himself as he looked out towards the window to see nothing but trees. Cortana just studied him, knowing he was swimming in guilt.

"How long have I been out? What's changed?" she wondered, sitting down and Naruto hummed to himself. He was probably thinking how long it has been, he does often lose track of time.

"Ten years maybe? Nothing has changed much," he shrugged as he continued to think it over. "Been doing a bit of recon, keeping eyes open and what not," Naruto said with Cortana frowning. "They're growing, quite fast actually," He then stroked his chin in thought. "Republic is still standing, just elected a new Chancellor who I'm pretty sure is a Sith Lord," Naruto threw in, causing her brow to raise.

"Oh? A Sith Lord as Supreme Chancellor? How did that get passed the Jedi Council?"

"My guess is they're too busy being puppets to sense it," He felt earning a chuckle. "I don't know nor do I really care. But what I do know is that Palpatine is going to be a piece in this game. When his use has ran out, I'll dispose of him." Cortana smiled, hearing the tone of finality in his voice. "Oh and I took on an apprentice."

"Did you now?" Cortana wondered, sounding genuinely surprised. "That is unexpected. Figured you'd wait a bit longer." Naruto just closed his eyes as he smiled.

"That was the plan. But the Force called me to her," Naruto said, as if nothing else need to be said. "She tried to rob me," Naruto laughed while Cortana couldn't help but find amusement in his words. "But she's a good kid. She has that drive that I'm looking for. But at the same time she can be a little hard headed and annoying," he grumbled while Cortana smirked at him.

"But that's what attracts them to you, otherwise they'd be boring and we both know how much you detest boring," Cortana snickered, the blond scratching his cheek in thought, he had nothing to say. She was right. He didn't like boring at all, and it's only gotten worse as time has gone on. Yeah, he enjoyed to relax and be at peace…but not for too long. His being hungered for battle, excitement, a challenge…even if he was cursing to the heavens all the while. He is just trying to learn not to bring so much strife into his life because of his desire for a challenge. It is no longer fun when a loved one is lost because of his desire for challenges. Which is why he left for ten years.

"You said ten years…" Cortana spoke up, her nod being an answer. "Have you moved it?" she asked with a raised brow. Naruto shook his head as he leaned back in his chair.

"I haven't had the chance too. I just decided to head home which brought me to the Outer Rim where I found Sia on Nar Shadda," he explained as he then looked out the window gazing at the trees. "You think it's timed to be moved?"

"Yeah, just in case."

Naruto remained silent as he gave it some thought, "Where would we move it too?"

"I don't know, but I'll figure it out once we have it," Cortana told him as she was in thought. "But for now I need a data update," Naruto gave a nod but he gave her a light look of knowing.

"We'll get you a full update once we get home." he assured which she understood, considering the circumstances. "For now you should get yourself reaqauinted with the ship," Naruto smirked and Cortana hummed, that was a good idea. However they were on a time crunch.

"That's fine but that can take a day or two, can we really spare that right now?" Naruto stood as he gave a shrug.

"Not really, but what's more important to me is your well being. I know how you are when you don't feel like your in control," Naruto gave her a look and she pouted a bit. "Besides if its gone, its gone and we hunt it down. If its there, then its there and everything is fine." Cortana gave a slow nod, understanding his point. "So get to work. Oh and I'm sending in someone you can show the ropes too."

"What do you mean?" Cortana questioned, raising a brow. Naruto smirked at her but didn't answer as he left. "Naruto! What the hell do you mean?!" she barked at him, but was completely ignored. Naruto chuckled lowly to himself as he headed down the hall and came across a new addition to the Party.

"Artoo," Naruto called, getting the droids attention. "Head to the cockpit, there is something in there that you should meet and I want you to get acquainted with," Naruto ordered and the droid gave a whir of beeps and whistles. "No she isn't a idiot like 3P0," Naruto laughed while Artoo gave a few more beeps. "I'm pretty sure you guys will get along. She's going to help you get familiar with the ship." Artoo gave another whistle before he rode off to the cockpit. "Interesting droid." Naruto smiled as he continued on his way and came to Sia's door which wasn't closed all the way.

Looking inside, Naruto could see she was meditating. Her eyes were closed as she held a rather blank expression on her face, her arms crossed. "Hey Jinx," Naruto called out, entering the room. But Sia didn't answer him, still within in her meditation. Naruto slightly raised a brow, "Jinx." There was still no answer and he couldn't help but frown as he waited for a response. He knows she heard him, he knows she can sense him, he knows she knows. But yet, here she was ignoring him once again, something she's been doing the last several days since they left Naboo. Not only was her ignoring him turning into a thing, but even the flow of their conversation and banter that he usually enjoyed with her had become short and tart. He could feel an underlying layer of irritation coming from her, but he couldn't figure out why.

No, correction. He couldn't be bothered to figure out why. He was so in tune with the Force he could get Sia to speak to him and tell him what's going on with her, without her even knowing he made her. The fact she is just starting to get a handle of the Force and is a child didn't make it any better for her. But he didn't have the patience nor the care to do too much. She was upset with him about something, that much was clear. But he wasn't going to force her to tell him. He knew from experience, that with children, forcing them to do something they weren't ready for or didn't want to do only gave him a headache. So when Sia is ready to talk, he will be ready to listen. However while he may not have the patience to figure out what's wrong, he did have the patience however to deal with her how he normally did and wait her out. He knows that Sia is naturally impatient, he was the same way once upon a time. And the only way to defeat an impatient person, was to be patient. That's how Kakashi and Jiraiya both dealt with him.

Finally, Sia's pink eyes opened and she gave him a look as if asking what he wanted. "We're having Lightsaber training," he told her. Sia rolled her tongue in her mouth as she glanced away from him with a mutter that wasn't exactly quiet.

"I don't feel like it today,"

"That's too bad." Naruto shrugged as he made a hand sign and there was a light gust of wind that blew, but most importantly sweeping up Naruto and Sia. The next moment Sia knew was…

SPLASH!

"Hehe, oops."

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Sia screamed enraged as she burst from the river, soaking wet. If it was possible Naruto though he saw some steam coming off of her from how hot she was. Naruto just stood there completely dry while she cursed him out in several languages that he was sure she picked up off the streets. Huttese, Rodian, oh was that mandalorian? "Stupid grahburg hotesh idiot!" she finished with a huff, trying to dry herself off with the use of the Force, but it was proving a bit difficult.

Naruto watched her, his brow raised as he took in her insults, able to feel the bite behind them that usually isn't there. How interesting. "Alright, you done?" he asked and she simply huffed at him with a glare, slicking back her hair. "Good. Here," Naruto said as he tossed her what looked to be a saber. She caught it, then looked over it with a small frown.

"This isn't my saber…"

"No, it's one I just built you for training specifically," Naruto explained to her and she was curious as to what the difference was. "Meaning when you get hit, you won't lose an arm…it will just hurt enough to motivate you not to get hit, but keep going." Sia held the training saber then looked to him.

"You mean if I get hit."

"If you want to set yourself up for disappointment, sure, why not?" Naruto chuckled and she simply glared before activating the saber which was blue. Naruto eyed her, then he pulled out his own training saber, a brilliant red coming to life. "We're going to go through all the forms first, then start to blend them. Understand?"

"Yeah."

"Good." Naruto then took Sia by surprise as he was upon her in just a moment, and brought his saber down on her. Just barely she managed to make an overhead block, but the strength and weight of his attack made her knees buckle. Naruto then quickly surprised her by using his free hand to push her with the Force, sending her back into the water. Naruto waited as Sia came back sputtering as she gave out more curses, her pink eyes wishing death upon him.

"No fair! You didn't say anything about using the Force!" she complained but Naruto gave a smirk along with an uncaring shrug.

"No I didn't. But I don't have too, I'm a Shinobi…what's fair when your in a battle to the death?" Naruto raised a brow with Sia closing her mouth, just glaring at him. "As a Shinobi you use anything to stay alive and gain victory if it's in your moral compass. While I might use my own arm to deflect your attacks, someone else might use an innocent child," Naruto shrugged while Sia looked disturbed by that. "It's happened. Not all Shinobi are the same. I knew one Shinobi who fatally stabbed through his partner to kill his enemy, claiming she was of no use to him if she got captured. Nothing personal." Naruto chuckled while Sia was quite astonished. "What a guy," Naruto laughed, shaking his head.

Looking to Sia he gave her his usual somewhat serious look when he was giving a lesson. "My point is Sia, in the life of Shinobi there is not such thing as fair or honor. You do what you need to win and stay alive, and you assume your enemy is going to do the same. So you prepare for any and everything, and if you aren't prepared, you adjust or you die. That simple, understand?" Naruto stressed and Sia took a deep breath as her eyes focused.

"Yes Sensei."

"Good, now lets try again."

"Again."

"I-I can't…"

"Well that doesn't matter, because we're not finished yet," Naruto said as he stood before an exhausted Sia who lied on the floor. His training saber continued to hum while he also held hers, considering he disarmed her. Sia had minor burn marks all over her body, showing the amount of times she had been hit, while Naruto was perfectly fine. They've been training for hours to the point where it was completely dark, only the crimson light from training saber being a source of light. "Get up Sia," Naruto commanded and Sia growled as she stood up with a pained grunt and glared at him.

"Enough already! I'm done okay! I don't want to do this anymore!" Sia yelled at him with Naruto simply listening. "We've been doing the same thing for hours and hours! I'm tired! I'm hungry and I just want to take a shower and relax!" Sia finished as she huffed and puffed, glaring at Naruto who held a blank expression. He then took a deep breath, closing his eyes and Sia figured he was trying to maintain his patience before giving her another command. But to her surprise he opened his eyes and gazed at her.

"Alright, fine." He then turned around and walked off. Sia blinked as she watched him. That was it?

"That's it?" she called out, but he didn't answer her, going back to the ship. Sia frowned, not sure how to take this but she didn't question it any longer. In pain, she followed after him, going to the ship. Once she was in she expected some kind of sneak attack, or maybe a lecture but she received nothing, just silence, she didn't even know where he went. Figuring the coast was clear, she began to do what she had been wanting to do.

Relax.

And relax she did…for way too long. She had expected Naruto to inform her it was time to train the next morning…but he didn't, in fact she slept in which was odd because he never let her sleep in. When she had finally woke up and realized she overslept she went to go find him and ask why he didn't wake her up. But he wasn't even on the ship. She tried asking R2 but he was too busy with something else. She then went to go look for him, but didn't find him, she couldn't even sense him. So she just went back to her relaxing. But her relaxing turned into boredom, and she waited for Naruto to tell her it was time for training. But she didn't see him for the entire day.

The next morning she woke up at the usual time and waited for him so they could train. But she waited and waited and waited and waited and waited some more, but there was no sign of Naruto. She checked his room, but he wasn't there. She checked the Cockpit, nothing. She checked his work station, zero. She tried searching for him, but couldn't find him. It made her wonder if he had even come back from wherever he went. So she was stuck once again to her own devices which brought back her boredom because she had not a real idea of what she was doing. So she just meditated until she fell asleep.

What woke her up was the sound of the ship's engine turning on, and the rather quiet yet soothing hum of the ship. Curious, she stood up and began to explore heading to the cockpit where she found an occupied seat. "Sensei?" Sia questioned, catching his attention, but he didn't look to her as he flipped on switches.

"Hey." Was his dry greeting before he spoke, "Cortana, set the coordinates, R2 while she's doing that, ready the shields please," Naruto commanded while he made sure everything was alright.

"Wait, we're leaving?"

"Yeah."

"What about my training?"

"What about it?" Naruto shrugged as he glanced to her. "You wanted to relax remember?" he reminded and her eyes widened slightly. "Hope you enjoyed it. Now sit down somewhere, we're taking off in five," he warned. Sia sat down somewhere though she was curious and couldn't help voice her question to her sensei.

"Where are we going now?"

"There is a temple that I need to visit," Naruto answered simply which piqued her interest, though she held a frown on her face. "So that's where we are going." Sia's frown didn't disappear as she realized that he didn't say anything more about it. Honestly, it kind of ticked her off even more because here she was, once again out of the loop.

"Well, why are we going there?"

"We should be able to get there in a three days or so," Cortana spoke up, appearing on the projector for Sia to see. She was surprised to see the beautiful AI while Naruto simply gave a nod. From the corner of her eye she saw Sia and turned to greet her, "Hi! You must be Sia, I've heard quite a lot about you."

"Yeah, likewise," Sia said a bit dryly though she glanced to her sensei. "If Cortana is fixed doesn't that mean we can seriously start my training now? That's what was holding us up in the first place remember?" Sia reminded and Naruto gave a nod.

"Yeah, and I tried. But you wanted to relax, so now you can." Naruto told her and Sia's eyes widened, confusion starting to form.

"Wait…what do you mean?"

"You don't want to train right? Just relax? Well now you can," Naruto shrugs, not even looking to her. "You're training is being placed on hold until I feel you are ready and more mature enough to focus," Naruto revealed and Sia's eyes got even bigger, as she stood up from the chair. Cortana looked somewhat surprised by this, looking between the two while Sia tried to argue. "It's not up for discussion Sia. If you want training, find it from someone else. But I'm not continuing your training, because you're not ready."

"You're serious!?" Sia yelled out in clear defiance, but Naruto didn't budge, simply going back to the controls. "Naruto!" she called, fear settling in her heart and she took a step forward, about to spill out her heart but…she was too prideful. She couldn't bring herself to apologize or admit she was wrong, because she wasn't! It's his fault! He's just being overdramatic! All she wanted to do was rest and now he's going too far. "Fine!" she screamed out, a harsh glare on her features. "I don't want your dumb training anyway!" with that she ran out the room, leaving Cortana and Naruto.

"Wow," Cortana whispered as she looked to Naruto who didn't seem bothered in the least bit. "I swear, the attitude in teenagers is getting younger and younger," she commented, earning a soft chuckle from Naruto.

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Doesn't look like the planets changed much."

Naruto didn't voice a response as he made adjustments to the ship, it's been nearly four days since they set out for this nameless planet. And in the four days Naruto has done nothing but meditate, pilot, and catch up with Cortana. He hasn't seen Sia once, not that he really cared. He even got along well with R2, seeing that he really was different from other Astromech's, which was a good thing. Even Cortana agreed. "Then I still have to tread carefully," he muttered which Cortana nodded in agreement.

"Are you sure you don't want coordinates or anything?"

"Wouldn't do me any good," Naruto answered honestly, "Unless the device you have in mind is made out of some good tech, the signal is just going to get jammed anyway," the blond shrugged as he grabbed his cloak. "The Force will guide me," Naruto assured as he headed out the cockpit, "It always has. Keep the engine running, I want to leave as soon as I can," Naruto grumbled while Cortana waved him off.

"This isn't my first time Whiskers," She reminded him with a dry look. "I know the routine. Just hurry up will you? This place still gives me the creeps," she said looking out the window to the hazy jungle. Naruto gave a nod as he walked out, "Be safe!" she threw in. Naruto gave a light grunt in response as he grabbed a gas mask on his way out, but before he did he was somewhat surprised to see Sia standing beside the exit ramp. He looked her up and down to see that she was dressed, "You're coming?"

"I didn't get dressed for my health," Sia returned quietly. Naruto gave her a look before he gave a gesture with his head.

"Grab a mask," he ordered and she did so while he opened the ramp. Sia adjusted her mask and they walked out together, being greeted to a rather thick fog that had a yellow tint in color. "Still thick as hell," Naruto complained to himself as he started walking, "Stay close to me." Sia said nothing as she simply followed along, the ramp closing behind them. Upon getting her footing on the ground, Sia grimaced a bit…it wasn't exactly firm, uneven, moist probably.

As the two walked, the young girl looked around to see nothing but hazy vegetation. For whatever reason, she could see that the jungle had an overall scary like vibe to it. Nothing looked innocent, or peaceful. It just felt as if someone or something was going to jump out at her and attack. She doesn't try to reach out with the Force, having a feeling that it would just make her uncomfortable. Well, more uncomfortable. Looking to Naruto, she sees that he is easily moving ahead which prompts her to walk fast in order to fall in step with him.

Neither of them speak to each other, though Sia does her best not to trail too far behind; in fact she is less than a foot away from Naruto while also keeping her head on a swivel. She has never seen such a dense thick dark forest before…well, then again, being an Naboo was her first time seeing actual healthy vegetation. But she is pretty sure these plants aren't supposed to look like this. "Why are we here again?" She suddenly asks, her voice slightly muffled through her mask. Naruto doesn't answer her immediately as he walks leisurely, obviously knowing where he is going. "You said we were looking for a temple?"

"That's right."

"Okay…why?"

"There is an artifact of great importance there, and it needs to be moved," Naruto says in a matter of fact tone, just as he stops. Sia stops as well to see they are surrounded by large bushes, which she finds strange considering that they just came from an open path, but now there is none. Before Sia can voice her concerns, her master waves his hand and she watches as a path is opened due to the plants in front of them dying immediately.

"W-whoa! What did you do?"

"I took away it's life force," Naruto says as he pushes on, stepping over the dead plants. "It's an advanced technique, but it is only as strong as the users will," Sia gazes at his back as she listens to his explanation. "It's not a technique I recommend," he mutters a little. Sia hums as she looks back towards the plants that he just killed, only to see the path they made…vanish. "Forward Sia, it's not safe to look back."

"R-right!" Sia nods as she turns forward nervously only to see that he is a few feet ahead. "Hey! Wait up!" Quickly she catches up, now beside him. "So this artifact…what is it?" Sia looks to him to see if he is going to answer, and to her surprise he does, though his tone tells her he isn't exactly thrilled to be talking about it.

"It's a stone, a powerful stone that is an inconsistency in the Force," the man says with a small scowl. "It can cause mass destruction if not used properly, so for that reason I move it every so often so it's location isn't locked on. Because there are lots of people looking for this stone…" Sia hums, that makes sense, but it only breeds more questions. She wonders what is the stone exactly, what does it do exactly, who are these people who want it? But for now she is more concerned with,

"Well why are you guarding it?"

"Just because I don't want it, doesn't mean I want other people to have it," Naruto doesn't say much else about it, but Sia is still on the subject.

"What the hell does this thing do?"

"Why so many questions?" Naruto decided to ask, even giving her a curious glance. "This is the most you've talked in the last week," Sia doesn't respond to him, as she just looks ahead. Naruto waits for her to respond but she never does, so he hums quietly. "The Stone bends reality. However it requires ambition, a strong will…if not, the power will consume them and they will turn to dust." Sia whistles in response, pretty impressed that something like such exists.

"How did you come across it?"

"It's part of the reason why my planet was destroyed."

Sia pauses in her step upon hearing this though Naruto continues on. A frown mars her face as she feels a bit guilty, but then she begins to catch up with him. As she nears him, a shiver runs down her spine while she feels a pair of eyes stalking her. Turning her head, she flinches when she sees something jump from the shadows to pounce on her with a roar. Out of reflex she braces for pain, but it never comes. Opening her eyes she sees the strange six foot monstrous creature crushed into a ball then tossed by an unknown force. Blinking, she turns to see Naruto waiting for her patiently.

"Keep up."

"R-right!" Sia agrees as she follows him, though the two continue on in silence for several more minutes. This time around Sia is on high alert while making sure she stays close beside her master. But what feels like minutes, now feels like hours and Sia can't help but begin to noticeably slow down. "S-sensei, wait…" Sia calls, gaining his attention. "Can we take a break? We've been walking for hours!" Naruto doesn't say anything at first as he looks forward.

"The gas is starting to get to you, we've only been walking for twenty minutes," Naruto says, his tone matter of fact. Sia blinks, completely surprised and confused, "The temple isn't far ahead." Naruto then walks over to her, and in a single movement, she is on his back, much to her quiet embarassment. Sia grumbles to herself, but she ends up relaxing, enjoying hanging off of him. "Why have you been so upset with me?" Naruto questions, breaking the silence.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Sia denies casually, brushing him off. Naruto just snorts, and she can picture a smirk on his face but in reality, he doesn't have one.

"My point exactly."

Sia remains quiet, not answering as she gathers her thoughts. Deciding to swallow her pride, she speaks up, "How come you never told me you are a Jedi?" Naruto furrows his brow very slightly, but he relaxes. Now it makes sense.

"I was a Jedi, and because you never asked."

"What the hell?! It doesn't work like that Naruto!" Sia growls, "That is something you tell to someone up front you idiot!"

"Perhaps, if I was currently a Jedi," Naruto responds with a shrug. "But I'm not. And to me, it's nothing worth boasting about or sharing right off the bat. But I'm not ashamed of it either, which is why if you had asked…I would have told you. Simple as that," Naruto explains which Sia rolls her eyes, now even more upset. "But I didn't tell you, because I didn't feel it was important," he shares honestly.

"It is important! Very important!''

"I see that now, I'm sorry." The rage Sia felt suddenly dies as she did not expect that. She honestly expected more smart-ass comments or for him to brush her off. But to apologize so easily? It was so…Naruto. "I know how you feel about Jedi, I should have told you sooner instead of letting you learn it from someone else. I'm sorry. But now that you know, does it change how you feel about me?" Sia felt like a toad was in her throat, because even though it sounded like a simple question, there wasn't a simple easy answer. She couldn't just say yes, or say no, because her answer isn't yes or no.

"I…"

"We're here," Naruto cuts in, and Sia focuses on front of her to see that they were standing at the steps of a rather large dome like building. It was made out of aged stone, looking abandoned and covered in moss and fungus. Naruto set her down then began walking up the stairs, the doors to the temple opening revealing darkness. However Naruto did not falter or hesitate, walking into the darkness without fear. Sia follows her master, but isn't as confident, making sure to hang on to him as they waded through the dark abyss and she wonders if Naruto had built the temple himself.

"This temple is a trap," she hears Naruto's voice cut in. "It's immersed in the Dark Side of the Force, stay close." Sia nods, but oddly enough feels as if she is being watched once again. As she stays by him, they encounter random traps that she can't see at all but knows would have easily killed her if it hadn't been for her sensei. Then she feels him stop, so she stops too and she hears what sounds like slowly opening doors. The doors open revealing a dimly lit round room which is completely empty. Naruto approaches the center of the room and Sia stays back watching. As he steps forward a pedastal begins to rise from the ground, the pressure in the room suddenly increasing. Sia strains underneath the pressure, finding it hard to breathe but she watches Naruto look completely calm as the pedestal rises, offering a small box.

With a wave of his hand, the box opened and the entire room began to glow red. A shiver runs down Sia's spine as Naruto pulls out some kind of container that looks to be made out of some kind of metal, and traps the glowing red stone inside. It's then Sia feels movement and she quickly hurries over to Naruto, who turns just as a large group of dark blue armored men wielding blasters storm in, circle around them and aim, ready to fire. "Um…" Sia then looks to her sensei who doesn't seem fazed just as they hear foot steps and following in is a black robed masked figure who stops before them.

Sia and Naruto study the person, who has the build of male. Dressed in head to toe in black clothing and a black robe, he also wears a black helmet that reminds Naruto of a Mandalorian. There is silence as the two black robed figures gaze at each other, neither moving until a chuckle comes from the stranger, their voice altered into a deep tone full of bass. "I must thank you for retrieving the gem, I have been trying effortlessly for months," Sia frowns as she glares at them an who then extends his hand. "Now, please. Hand it over."

"Who the hell do you think you are jackass?!" Sia scowls as she honestly feels offended. Then looks to her master who holds a blank expression on his face, staring at the man who still has his hand out.

"This is your only warning," Naruto speaks finally, his tone calm and controlled. "Let us pass, or face the consequences." Sia glances from Naruto to the masked man, who simply chuckles, taking back his hand.

"I can't do that," the man says with a small shrug. "And to answer your question youngling, my name is Jinsei and I am a Commander of the Divine Will." Sia narrows her eyes for a moment, trying to see if that name rung a bell or anything. Once it didn't she grunts and crosses her arms giving him a uncaring look.

"Never heard of ya."

"Hang around Uzumaki here, and you will learn," Jinsei responds out of amusement and for some reason Sia began to feel unsure of herself. "Once more Uzumaki…the gem," Jinsei orders as he raises his hand, a signal for his men to fire. "Or do you want to risk losing another apprentice," then as if glancing over to Sia, he mentions, "And one so young too." Sia doesn't want to take her eyes off the man who is clearly their enemy, nor does she feel exactly safe being in such a hostile situation with so many guns in her face, but she does for a second look to her master to see if there is any emotion on his face. But she sees nothing. Not even a hint of concern or fear, which only creates more questions in her mind.

Without warning, Jinsei's men fire, but the moment they do so…

BOOOOM!

"Eh?" Sia opens her eyes to see that they are no longer in the temple or anywhere close to the explosion. In fact, looking around, she sees she is by Naruto's side still! In the ship! "W-wait! Did we just run away?!" Sia demands just as Naruto walks off, telling Cortana to get them off planet. "Naruto!" Sia calls, chasing after him "Why did we…"

"Sia, go man the guns!" Naruto cuts her off as he sits in his seat. "We're fighting our way out of here," while a little bit annoyed, Sia goes off to do as ordered just as she feels the ship readying the engines to take off. "Cortana start looking for a clear path for hyperspace," Naruto orders as he floors the engines, flying the ship to get past the atmosphere but as they do so they are currently being fired at by incoming Star Fighters. "Artoo, triple up those shields!" Naruto barks out, his eyes focused purely on everything coming at him while manuevering as best he can. While Artoo is readying the shields for a third time, Sia is focused on destroying any Fighter that comes within her line of sight. "Hang on tight gang!" Naruto warns, piloting the ship through the oncoming fighters while making it through the last layer of the planet. "Thrusters!" he voices which Cortana pushes on and the ships thrusters blast them through the atmosphere and into space.

"Holy shit! What is that thing?!"

"Tsk, Star Destroyer," Naruto responds to Sia as they all look at the Star Destroyer that is waiting for him, their guns at the ready. "Cortana how is that Jump coming along?"

"It was fine, till this asshole showed up! They are too close for us to make the jump!"

"Roger that!" Making a sharp turn to the left, Naruto stomps on the gas heading to free space, deciding to go around the Destroyer that began to shoot at them. "Set the coordinates!" Cortana however seems unsure, and even voices her opinion.

"Uh…are you sure you want to do that?"

"Just do it!"

"Fighters are coming in hot! And there are lots of them!" Sia informs as she sees Star fighters swarming out from the Star destroyer.

"Just keep shooting!" Naruto barks back as he focuses, his mind beginning to block out all distraction as well as his eyes. The constant hum of the ship and the blaster fire they were taking as well as the screams of the Fighters zipping past or exploding turned into silence. His sapphire blue eyes began to glow, the Rinnegan pulsing to life with an omnious glow.

Sia who is still doing her best shooting at the Fighters coming at them, takes notice of a strange physical distortion beginning to form. "W-wait a second…" Sia breaths as she sees an actual vortex begin to form in the middle of space and then there was a loud boom. Sia's eyes widened when she sees than an actual Black Hole had been ripped in space, bringing in all the Fighters that aren't strong enough to fight it's pull. As the enemy is being pulled into mysterious oblivion, the Destroyer too begins to being pulled in. "S-sensei are you seeing this?!"

Naruto doesn't respond, too focused. His Rinnegan glows bright while tears of blood run down his face. "It's ready!" Cortana voices and Naruto punches it, making the jump into Hyperspace. Once they do, he closes his eyes allowing Cortana to take over the controls while he holds his aching head. "Naruto? Are you okay?" she asks concerned as he manages to stand but only on shaky knees.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine," he breathes slowly while he hears Sia's excited steps come from down the hall. He hears Sia's demands on what just happened, but just before he can answer her, the room suddenly goes dark.

"S-sensei?!" Sia gasps as she watches him crumble, but catches him. "Naruto?! Naruto!?" she shakes but he doesn't budge, but she looks to Cortana who appears.

"Sia take him to the med bay!" Sia nods as she tries to pick him up then, something in her head clicks. She then looks to Cortana in confusion,

"We have a med bay?"