Chapter 2: Nani!
The girl ran for her life into the deep forest; one of her arms was bleeding, but she kept a good hold on her lightsaber. She knew that without her master, she could lose her life; lots of battle droids chased her, their shots barely missing her by inches; she called her master mentally while trying to dodge the shots.
She stumbled and fell because of a tree root that she hadn't seen. Her lightsaber fell a meter further, into the water. She swore mentally; another lightsaber she was destroying that week. Her master would kill her.
To make things worse, just then, some sort of portal opened and four boys fell on top of her.
"Aaaaargh!" she screamed under the weight.
They jumped three feet into the air. She punched the one who was closest and projected him into the tree (Kuwabara, he moves too slowly)
She turned a furious face towards the others. They seemed in shock.
"Who the hell are you?" Yusuke stuttered.
"If you haven't noticed, hell comes from the other way" she shouted at him. Fifteen meters tall heavy machines came towards them.
She attracted the sword in her hand and tried to activate it.
"Shit!" she cursed under her breath.
She started running into the opposite direction, ignoring the others.
Hiei climbed a closer tree and saw them.
"After her! She's right, these things are big" he shouted.
The others nodded and ran after her.
"Hey! Wait for us!" Kuwabara shouted after her.
She continued to run. Hiei and Kurama soon reached her.
"What are these?" Hiei asked in a threatening tone.
She stopped and listened, narrowing her eyes.
Her heart was beating like crazy. She looked right into Hiei's eyes, without feeling intimidated by the short demon.
"They're your worst nightmare"
Hiei smirked.
"Seriously, what planet are you coming from?" she asked him sarcastically
"Earth, of course" Kurama answered for him.
"Impossible. Earth was destroyed a long time ago"
"What!"
A few hunter droids came close to them. Hiei removed his sword, Kurama transformed his rose, Yusuke prepared his Reigun and Kuwabara activated his spirit sword. A few moments later, the droids lay destroyed in a pile.
It was the girl's turn to look surprised.
A bush on her right moved; she jumped in front of the boys and extended her hands, because they seemed to be ready to chop the next thing that came in their path.
"Master Qui-Gon!" she shouted running towards him
"Delanna, are you all right?" he asked worried.
"Yes, master"
"You're hurt. And where is your lightsaber?"
She showed it to him.
"Destroyed again? How many times do I have to tell you? The lightsaber is your life!"
"I'm very sorry, Master. I fell on the ground and my lightsaber fell in a swamp"
He smiled understanding and gave her another one.
"Here you go. And don't let this happen again."
"I won't"
He looked around and saw the other boys.
"And who are they?"
"They fell through some sort of portal and landed on my back which they put out, by the way"
"Oh… you're such a boy-magnet"
Qui-Gon chuckled. His new padawan (apprentice), the girl, never ceased to amuse him.
She turned a furious look.
"Calm down, Delanna. You walk on a dangerous path. And if I'm not mistaken, you owe them your life" he said pointing at the pile of droids.
"Right. Thank you very much for saving my life. Let's go now, master, before more droids come"
"Wait" Kuwabara shouted. "You have to apologize for punching me too"
She activated her lightsaber and pointed it at his neck.
"You're really starting to piss me off"
"Delanna…"
"Master, they are not ordinary boys. The Force is strong in two of them. The short one is highly skilled in sword fighting and this one had a weapon that looks like a lightsaber, only it comes directly from his hand. And they say they're coming from Earth"
"What are you trying to say?" he asked her calmly
"They could be Sith padawans. I'm sure the short one is a Sith. He's evil enough to be one"
Kuwabara and Yusuke laughed. Hiei punched them both at the same time.
"What is a Sith?" Kurama asked with curiosity
"Our enemy" she answered shortly.
"We're not your enemy" Kurama said with his usual soft tone.
"More droids" Qui-Gon warned them.
She took the lightsaber off Kuwabara's throat and stood silent, closing her eyes, listening.
"Use the Force, Delanna" her master whispered before they arrived.
She opened her eyes and started dodging bullets (laser blasts) with the sword, sending them back to the droids and destroying them. Then, she and her master cut off the rest of the droids. Hiei looked amazed by her grace in fighting with the sword. Even he had to admit that the girl could be a good adversary.
"Is any of you a Sith?" Qui-Gon asked them.
"No, sir" Kurama answered for them.
"All right, follow us then"
Later, on the ship, Delanna stayed on the pilot's seat and flied the ship; they had entered hyperspace.
Yusuke and Kuwabara looked everywhere, not believing that they were actually on outer space. Kurama smiled stupidly and Hiei looked like he was going to puke. Qui-Gon watched them slightly amused by their reaction.
"Wow! Wait till I tell Keiko I flew in a spaceship!" Yusuke shouted
"Yukina will see me as a hero!" Kuwabara shouted, flexing his muscles.
"Shut up or I'll puke" Hiei whispered.
"Hiei, are you OK?" Kurama asked him worried.
Hiei turned him a death look. (o.0 he's doing this to Kurama?)
"All right, boys, let's talk. How did you get here?" Qui-Gon asked them.
Kurama was the only one listening to the Jedi master.
"We were on Earth, as we mentioned earlier, fighting a dangerous enemy. Actually, we didn't get to fight at all. He said he will send us in a dimension from which we won't be able to return" he answered.
"When did this happen?"
"When?"
"Yes, when. I'm not sure if you know, but this is year 2450, calculated by Earth's old calendar"
"This means it's been almost 450 years since we left"
"So, not only you traveled in space, but also in time…"
Kurama looked down, trying to realize just what was happening to them. He felt like it was all a dream.
"If we weren't on Earth, where were we?"
"A planet called Zonama Sekot; it's outside the Republic."
"The Republic?"
"Yes, it's…hmmm, let's see. It's like a…country, with many cities. The main city, which is the capital, is called Coruscant. This is where we're heading now"
The ship started to shake.
"Delanna!"
"Blockade ahead!" she yelled.
"How many?"
"Fifty, I think"
"Shields up!"
Qui-Gon threw himself on the free chair. Kurama placed a hand over Hiei's shoulders. The little Koorime closed his eyes, thinking that he was going to die and regretting that he hadn't told Yukina he was her brother.
Yusuke and Kuwabara froze in their dance of joy and quickly ran next to Kurama and Hiei.
They had no idea of what would happen next, and their first shock came when the ship was hit.
DeeDee: Did you like it? Did you like it? Did you like it? Hiei: No. DeeDee: I expected that from you. Hiei: Baka. DeeDee: KURAMAAAAAAAAAAAA! Hiei called me baka! Kurama: readind a book Sorry, I have to write a report on this one and I must finish it today. DeeDee: sniff Not fair. Review, people and tell me Hiei is wrong.