27 BBY - [Coruscant; Jedi Temple]
Meanwhile, on a planet that was countless lightyears away from the planet that Naruto and Sasuke were on, there was a disturbance amongst a certain group of people.
On Coruscant, in the middle of the biggest city of the Grand Republic, was a temple, lived more than 10,000 Jedi, who were wielders of the Force that called this place their home, with Jedi Masters teaching their Padawans and younglings the ways of the Force in their daily lessons.
No, the disturbance didn't come from the fact that dozens of Star Systems just left the Republic, forming what they called themselves "The Confederacy of Independent Systems." No, the disturbance had nothing to do with politics. Instead, it was the Force itself, or rather, something disturbing the once tranquil pond.
In that singular, simultaneous moment, every single Jedi froze in their steps. Some were bathing. Some were training. Some were reading. Some were teaching the younglings. Some were meditating. Regardless, every single one of them felt a shockwave in the Force as if a large rock had suddenly been dropped into the pond, and they were the fish that were feeling the impact.
The younglings fell on their knees, unsure of how to deal with the wave of emotions that was overwhelming them. Fear. Anger. Hatred.
The Dark Side.
The knights and the padawans all stumbled on their feet as if an earthquake had rocked the land, leaving them gasping for air.
Meanwhile, up above, the Jedi Masters weren't doing much better. They all shuddered at the sudden wave of dark emotions. They all shivered at the feeling that most hadn't felt in many years, if ever.
The Dark Side.
"The Sith?"
Mace Windu closed his eyes to try to figure out through the Force what that was; the strong surge of power was still present, and what he saw was terrifying:
A large, fox with nine tails snarled as it roared in what he assumed to be in a rage. Its glowing, red eyes then looked at Windu, and he could look no longer.
One of the Masters, a small, Lannik male named Piell, put his hand over his head. "This presence…I've never felt anything like it before."
Another master, a Togruta female by the name of Shaak Ti, who wasn't normally the type to be easily rattled, found herself stunned by this anomaly.
"This isn't normal." She murmured. "It feels...so...different."
Yoda, on the other hand, was very calm, years of training keeping him focused and calm as everyone else was too busy chatting about what the new element could be.
"It must've been Dooku, no doubt about it."
"No, not even Dooku is that powerful." Plo Koon, a masked Kel Dor said, scratching his chin. "This is something far more powerful. Something far more...potent in the dark side of the force."
"Fear…"
All the other masters present in the room turned to the small, Grand Master, who spoke, his quiet voice instantly commanding their attention.
"Master?" Shaak Ti asked.
"Fear...hatred…" The small, green Jedi continued, before opening his eyes. "Anger...sadness." Yoda slowly listed. "The feelings of a boy. Pain, he is in. Terrible pain."
That honestly surprised many of the Jedi masters, their first assumption being that the source was coming from a Sith, but when Master Yoda named up the emotions, they began to wonder otherwise.
Windu snapped out of his shock quickly, silently noting that the last time the Grand Master felt something like this, it was with the future Padawan Skywalker, who, for some reason, was on Tatooine.
"Pinpoint the location we must." Yoda declared. "Of the source of the power, finding out we must."
"Somebody get to the communication center," Windu commanded. "We need to try and find out where this power is coming from."
"Not on a regular map, this will be found," Yoda said, gaining their attention again while standing up from his seat. He began to walk towards the exit. "The Jedi Archives, go we must."
"Why, Master?"
"Power like this, I'm familiar with." Yoda just kept walking as he thought back on it. "Felt this I never had, not since Padawan days of mine…"
This, again, stunned some of the other Jedi Masters. His Padawan days? That was almost over 600 years ago. Did the Grand Master know something the others didn't?
"Never felt this since…that terrible battle in Elementia."
[Jedi Archives]
Amid the Archives, many of the Jedi were still trying to cope with what they just felt through the force. Those who were more experienced quickly got a hold of themselves and were trying to help the younger ones who were struggling with the surge.
One of those who was helping out a young padawan was Jocasta Nu, who was comforting a young Togruta girl, who was covering her ears as she was tearing up.
"Be calm, young one." She whispered to her in a calm tone. "I'm here for you, nothing will happen."
"This anger, Master." The youngling shrieked, with tears falling down her cheeks. "Why is it so angry?" This was happening all over the temple, with Jedi Knights and Masters suddenly finding themselves trying to help the Padawans and the younglings from going into panic attacks, as they weren't prepared for such an intense wave of the Dark Side. It grew so bad that even the medical bay had to send droids into the Archives to help out.
A few exceptions to that was one Anakin Skywalker, who just got back with Obi-Wan Kenobi from a Senate meeting, and felt that powerful surge of the Dark Side just when they returned to the temple.
Stumbling, Padawan Anakin Skywalker had to take a moment to recover himself, alongside Obi-Wan. After a minute of meditation, Anakin was finally calm enough to finally analyze the situation in front of him. Anakin found himself dumbfounded by the amount of Jedi who were being helped by the others. "Master, have you seen something like this before?"
"No, Anakin." Obi-Wan calmly answered that question while observing the scene, quite stunned by this as he wondered where that surge came from. Just then, he noticed Master Yoda and almost all of the Council Members following the Grand Master walking towards the Holocron Vault.
Walking up to them was Jocasta Nu, who was quietly asking the Grand Master, "Master Yoda, that power...the Padawans, they-"
"Please, Master Jocasta," Yoda said while continuing to walk towards the vault. "The vault in, I must."
"If you say so." Master Jocasta stepped aside as Yoda walked up to the Holocron Vault.
Yoda raised his hand and unlocked the Vault with the Force. "Wait here, you must."
The other masters understood him and watched the Grand Master walk inside the vault alone. The moment the eldest Jedi stepped inside, the vault closed right behind him.