Chapter 3: On Coruscant
"Master, they're gaining on us!" she shouted
"Did you miscalculate the distance?"
"Uh…sorry, master. Stupid math"
"We have to get past them and then make the jump to hyperspace again"
"Master, I…"
"Your arm is hurt. You won't do any good here. Stay with the boys"
She muttered something like 'I'd rather fight a Sith than stay with them', but listened to her master.
Kurama made room for her to sit between him and Kuwabara, but she ignored him and sat a few meters away from them.
She turned her head and looked at them. Hiei still looked like he was sick, so she frowned. She still didn't trust them, especially because she knew what they were capable of, but she knew that a Sith would never get space sickness.
This boy had to be a weakling; maybe he was just…evil by nature.
"We didn't get to know each other" Kurama started, trying to start a conversation. "My name is Kurama and they are Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei"
She raised her head and narrowed her eyes.
"I don't care who you are. You can't come in here, ruin my training and expect me to be friends with you"
"You don't have to be that cold" Kuwabara interrupted
"Yes, I do. I am a Jedi padawan. This is my training, my life. I don't make friends. Love is forbidden to us, and so are affection and possession. Also I can't afford to get annoyed. I have to be calm, always to think…and you come here and ruin my harmony"
"We saved your life!" Yusuke yelled
"Nobody asked you to do anything. If you can't help playing hero, I suggest you pick a princess or something"
"You were about to die!" Kuwabara yelled.
"And I would have died in honor, like a padawan has to. I would have died in mission!"
"Do you really wish to die?"
"Do YOU?" she asked him with a dangerous tone
"You don't have to be so aggressive, we won't hurt you" Kurama said with his usual soft tone.
"Like you could"
"Don't blame us for what happened to your parents" Hiei said
"How did you…"
She activated her sword and pointed it at his neck.
"I can read your mind" Hiei answered calmly.
She deactivated her sword and sat down.
"She almost killed me for wanting her to apologize and she forgives the shrimp! What kind of justice is this?" Kuwabara muttered
"I didn't forgive him. A Sith would have beheaded him already. I'm not like a Sith. This is your first mistake. At the third one you die, Hiei"
"Hn. Like you could actually kill me"
"Hn. Stay away from my mind or I'll tear you to pieces"
"Urameshi, I can't even tell who's worse; she or Hiei" Kuwabara whispered.
"All right, we're in hyperspace now!" Qui-Gon said cheerfully. "So, how are you doing, boys?"
Hiei ran to the toilet while Kurama sweat dropped.
"He doesn't seem to handle space-travel to well. Don't worry, we'll treat him when we get to Coruscant" Qui-Gon assured him.
Yusuke and Kuwabara stared blankly at Delanna.
"She's scary!" Kuwabara squeaked.
"I'll give you a tip. Don't show your powers around, okay? These are hard times for us and if they learn about your powers, you will become their targets. They can easily kill you or turn you into Sith and then I would have to kill you. I'd hate to have to do such a thing, but we made an oath to destroy anyone that uses the dark side of the Force" Qui-Gon told them calmly. "And forgive Delanna, she's not too friendly. She's too preoccupied with her training and the Force and she usually scares the strangers that want to get close to her. It's her way to defend herself…but don't worry, she's not a bad person. You'll see"
Hiei returned with a hand holding his stomach.
The ship landed on a Coruscant space-port, close to the Senate. The Jedi and the four new boys descended from the ship. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked everywhere enthusiastic and exclaimed every time they saw something new (like, every five seconds). Kurama followed them silently, trying not to look too surprised. A pale looking Hiei (even paler than usual) followed Kurama. The redhead turned around and caught Hiei just in time before he touched the ground. Kurama lifted the fainted form of Hiei on his back and carried him all the way.
Everyone got into an elevator of the old Jedi temple, a temple that had kept its tradition for many and many years; the four boys received a room that was designed especially for guests.
They had to wait a few days for the Council to reunite; most of the Council members were away with business, most of them meaning to bring peace into the Republic and to help conserving it.
Qui-Gon left Delanna with the boys, so she gave them a tour of the Temple.
Kurama's eyes shone when he saw the vast library with all those books full of important knowledge; Hiei was still sleeping; Yusuke and Kuwabara were getting bored, so she led them to a different area with computers and technology and showed them what could be done on Coruscant; the two boys spotted a fun park close to the Temple and left there before anyone could stop them. Delanna had told them something before leaving.
"If you get into any kind of problem, tell Kuwabara to activate his sword and say 'Jedi business, go back to what you were doing'; but try not to use this though. The masters will know"
Kurama stayed in the library for two hours or so. He was hungry of all the knowledge about other planets and civilizations.
Delanna went to check upon Hiei; he was unconscious and appeared to have some sort of sickness. She talked with Qui-Gon, her master, about his health and he showed her what medicine to use in him.
She went into the room and put down everything she had brought with her.
Hiei breathed normally, but he was still asleep.
"Hiei, can you hear me?" she asked him almost whispering.
His eyes shot open and he tried to get up.
"How are you feeling?" she asked him
"…my head is exploding…"
"Stay still"
She touched him with some sort of a metal thing and some rays came out of it. Hiei jumped three feet high.
"What are you trying to do, onna?"
"I'm just trying to figure out if it's space sickness or something more" she told him. "This is a diagnosis device (DD) and it won't hurt you. So come down here"
Hiei came close to her carefully.
"If you try anything funny, onna…I'm faster than you" he said pointing at his sword.
"I'll have to remember this" she said smiling.
Hiei let her use the DD on him.
"Well, you seem to be pretty fine" she said. Drink this and you'll feel better."
"Where
are the others?"
"Yusuke and Kuwabara went to a fun park
and Kurama is reading in the library. Do you want me to take you
there?"
"Yes"
"All right"
He stood up and put his black cloak on. She led him the way. Hiei saw other Jedi passing by, droids, children learning to fight…
Delanna passed by a classroom where a small and old Jedi was teaching youngsters to dodge laser bullets without seeing them.
"How do they do that?" Hiei asked her
"They are using the Force"
"What is the Force?"
"I don't know if I'm allowed to tell you"
She entered the room and master Yoda signaled the young padawans to stop.
"Master Yoda, excuse me for the interruption"
"Delanna Ro'tara, troubled you are?"
"Master, Hiei asked me about the Force. Knowing only so little about them, do you think it would be wise to tell them?"
Yoda closed his eyes.
"Too old and too much anger inside him I feel. None of them will be instructed. But tell them about the midiclorians, you can" Yoda answered
"Yes, master" she bowed.
Hiei frowned.
'What do you mean instructed? I don't even want to be instructed' he said mentally to her.
"Delanna!"
"Yes, master Yoda?"
"Those two…in trouble they will be. Find them, you must. Before they lose their lives"
Delanna and Hiei took an elevator.
"We will tell Kurama first"
"We can take him with us. Kurama is very wise and he can help" Hiei said
"Neither of you is coming with me. I put them in this situation, I'll get them out of it. Besides, I'll have to use the Force to find them"
"Or my jagan"
"Your what?"
"Third eye"
They arrived into the library and spotted Kurama looking inside a philosophy book.
"Hiei, you look better"
"Come on, we have to save the baka" Hiei told him.
"The baka?" she asked them.
"He calls Kuwabara 'baka'" Kurama explained. "But Yusuke is with him"
"You two are not coming" she stated. "It's too dangerous and you don't know this world. God, how could I be so irresponsible? I thought they'll be fine!"