Summary: Pirates, slavers and what? Time for a fight but not your normal one.

Notes: Hello everyone and thanks for reading! Sorry about moving the battle back a chapter but it would have made chapter 3 way too long for me, and it would have made me feel rushed. So here you go! Read on! The battle chapter awaits you. And there's something extra at the end.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)


It was Blossom Fall who first heard the name Republic.

: Hey Night, check this out: "said" Blossom as she sent Night the conversation that the Slavers were having.

: Interesting. This will be fun. How about we help them out a bit? :

: How so? :

: Well, they will probably attack at noon or in the evening so at those times we cause a ruckus. It's almost noon anyway and I'd like to do something. Sound like a plan? :

: Yes, and one that I like too. This will be hilarious.:

: Yeah. Oh! Let's start with the "slave" they threw in here last night.:

: Definitely, and when the Republic arrives give the signal.:

: This is going to be fun... Hey Bloss I just got an idea. :

: What? :

: Let's ask if they will let us join them.:

: Join them? Why?:

: Go after pirates, criminals, other slavers, etc. We also might be able to find the others too.:

: I'd like that. Sounds like a plan. :

: I hope the Notorious Nine is there. :

: That would be one of the best things ever to happen to me. :

They grinned.

It was noon.

There was a scream, One dead "slave" on the floor.

Howling filled the air.

The Republic attacked right after that.

Chaos.


They heard a scream right before they started the attack. After that they heard a bunch of... Howling?

"Do you think the slaves found out we were on the way here somehow? And do they have animals here as well?" asked Ahsoka.

"Maybe, or that was a slave being whipped."

"No" said Saber "that was a death scream but the other definitely sounded like an animal."

Suzie gasped.

"I think she's right" said Lopmon, "I can hear a lot of shuffling inside the building."

"Well then let's use this to our advantage and get this over with as quickly as possible" said Aayla.

The group of 9 had already jumped to 16.

They burst into the base with relative ease on their side, though the clones had a good bit of trouble on theirs.

Renamon cast her perception filter, allowing them to attack the guards without being seen. Most of them provided rear support while Kurapika, Killua, Hawkeye, Mustang, Turuiemon and Gargomon attacked. Since the six had ranged attacks and were invisible the pirates had no chance.

That's when things got interesting.

They had reached about 1/2 of the way to the center of the base when the resist dropped. All the guards they saw were either dead or dieing. Every last one of them was ripped to shreds or mangled beyond belief.

"What the hell did this?"

"I have no clue."

"Keep your eyes peeled."

"Killua,"

"Yes?"

"Would you scout ahead? There's to many of us to be quiet and we don't want to get caught in the crossfire of whatever did this."

"Sure." Killua took off down the deserted corridor.

Renamon let her filter fall.

They followed quietly behind, putting the dieing out of their misery. You couldn't fix a torn jugular, broken neck or spine. Well Alluka could but she wouldn't help anyone that she deemed evil.

Shirou was quite mad but Saber, Anakin and the Hunters knocked some sense into him. He grudgingly backed off after a while when he realized that there was no changing their minds.

It had been a while when Killua called them up. They followed his trail that he left; scratches on the walls.

There was two teenage girls (Both are 15) surrounded by a bunch of slavers and pirates, of various species. Very few were still alive and they were all badly injured.

There was blood everywhere.

The two girls didn't seem to notice that they had an audience, but they did glanced over towards where they were standing.

: Renamon put her perception filter back up: said Rika to Saber.

It took a good deal of concentration to speak telepathically with Shirou or Saber but it was possible. Saber and Shirou could speak telepathically, to each other, with little effort though.

They stood watching the 5-2 match with interest though neither side seemed to be doing anything, other than staring, at the moment.

The girl in blue, who was facing their way, suddenly grinned. They watched in with interest as she jumped forward, towards the pirate, then with shock as she turned into a wolf. The other one followed suit and within a few seconds all the pirates and co. were dead.

The group of 16 looked on in shock.

The two wolves looked over at them and tensed, so Renamon dropped her filter as to not seem suspicious.

The two girls switched back into humans.

"Well" said Anakin "it looks like they did our job."

"That's a great way to introduce yourself Master."

"Well sorry Ahsoka"

"Just let me handle this" said Aayla.

"I'm Aayla, this is Anakin and Ahsoka, all three of us are Jedi. Shirou and Saber, plus Gon, Kurapika, Ging, Killua and Alluka are not Jedi but work with us. The others are partnerships of Henry and Terriermon, Rika and Renamon and Suzie and Lopmon they aren't Jedi either."

"Yeah, we recognize you nine. You the Notorious Nine" said the girl in red.

: Well Bloss?:

:...:

"I'm Blossom Fall but please call me Bloss or Fallen."

"I'm Nightrun, but you can call me Night or Runner." "

Ok since introductions are over I'd like to ask you two something."

"Sure"

"Where are the rest of the slaves?"

"In the cafeteria, they barely fed us and they aren't used to hunger so we captured there first so they could eat"

"Ok but you don't look affected by hunger"

"No we're not, we're wolves. All we need is to bask in the moonlight at night and we're good for a month."

"Oh..."

: You guys know what's going on? :

: Not a clue: sent Henry :they look like wolves from our world but those can't turn into humans and aren't near as big.:

: Except for Dire Wolves: chimed Terriermon.

"And we also have a question for you guys."

"Ok, ask away"

"We'd like to join you so we can help you take out other pirates, slavers, etc."

"We'd have to ask Master Yoda but if he says yes I guess you can..."

: Where did that come from?:

:I don't know master.:

Blossom Fall nodded and but Nightrun jumped and let out a short howl.

: We're going to have to get another set of rooms added to our "block" when we get back.:

They had a group of rooms that had been linked into one big "block" thus the nickname.

The two girls turned around before reverting into their true forms.

Blossom Fall was a white wolf, with green eyes, but seemed to have a halo because her fur had red tips, red waves seemed to ripple across her fur as she moved. In areas where hair was closer together, like in the lines of her face and the crock of her leg appeared a bright but faint red.

Nightrun was pure black wolf with amber eyes and had white flecks in her fur that seemed it appear and disappear constantly, in a random pattern, there was also an amber line of what looked like war paint beneath both her eyes. The white marks seemed to emphasize her eyes and gave her an ever changing expression.

They were astonished by their size; their shoulders matched Anakin's which made them a bit taller than him, if you included the ears. Their grace and beauty impressed even Aayla and Kurapika. They had never seen such a beautiful animal before let alone a predator.

The two wolves lead them through the base. After a few minutes of walking they came to the cafeteria area.

Blossom Fall and waved for Nightrun to wait with the newcomers so she could talk to the other former slaves. A minute later she stuck her head out the door and flicked her muzzle for them to come it.

Nightrun jumped up from where she had been lying and skittered through the door, over to a group of little girls who promptly piled onto her. She laughed as she went into her human form.

Anakin and the other Jedi went about talking to the slaves while Henry and Rika called Rex and told him to bring in the gunships so they could get all the slaves to the Resolute.

It didn't take long for the clones to get there and soon all the slaves were on their way to the Resolute after which they would head back to Coruscant.

It took about 3 days to complete the mission and return to Coruscant.

The slaves were going be put under the supervision of Chancellor Organa, Padme and Chuchi. The three would help then with whatever was needed for them to get back on their feet or return to their previous lives.

It took three gunships to get everyone in the new group back to the Jedi Temple.

2 Hours Earlier (On the way to Coruscant)

The group of eighteen had slowly made its way to the back corner of the hangers where everyone was sitting on boxes and talking, Terriermon and Gon were pestering Saber. One about her life as King Author the other about her sword and power, but Gon had quickly joins Terriermon in asking her about being a king.

Killua was watching them out of the corner of his eye while he and Alluka talked to Anakin. They wanted get her powers know so nothing bad would happen.

Kurapika and Aayla were talking but Ging was just watching everyone. He wasn't a social type.

Bloss joined in with Kurapika and Aayla but Night was taking a nap.

Everyone grew quiet when her teeth grew into fangs and she let out an inhuman growl. Even though she was still in her human form she was growling like only a wolf could and it scared them to death.

Bloss gasped and run over to her and started shaking her.

"We have to wake her up right now!" She shouted "if we don't she might kill someone!"

As she said that Night stood up in her sleep, now a wolf, her face was contorted into a solid mask of rage, her eyes were open but seemed to be focused inward. She lifted her head and started to howl, it grew in power till they couldn't hear anything but it, not shouts, their own thoughts, nothing. Then it grew in pitch, their ears began ring. Soon the sound made them kneel, then fall down, roll over and clasp their ears.

Why can anyone else hear it? Wait we can think now? Thought Anakin.

Nightrun was still howling and was about to reach the inaudible range when they heard it.

: Nightrun don't do it! : called out Bloss.

They couldn't move, the sound had paralyzed them.

: What would Willow Breeze and Blazing Wind think?! Or Moon Flower?! Opening the Gate will kill everyone here, including you!:

Night stopped howling, lowered her head and collapsed.

They all lapsed into unconsciousness.

Nightrun's Nightmare

It was hot, humid and they were in a forest.

Felucia.

"What the hell" said Rika "here again!"

"Shit" said Blossom.

They looked at her.

"What did she do?" asked Suzie.

"She brought us into her nightmare"

"Why?"

"I don't know. It probably happen when she stopped opening The Gate. And don't ask what it is."

"What do we have to do to wake her up?" asked Aayla.

"Find her, catch her and not get killed"

"Sounds like fun" said Killua

"Que the explosions"

"What..."

BOOM!

A seventeen year old boy came running out of the woods (they were in a small clearing) followed by a bunch of pirates. He was jumping all over the place and dodging their shots with seemingly superhuman ability.

He had red hair and green eyes. He was wearing a red long sleeve shirt with a black half sleeved jacket and dark blue jeans. The boy suddenly stopped and spun around, turning into a wolf.

He was a dark red wolf with green eyes and long claws.

He charged the pirates before jerking his head up (he still kept charging) and lunged forward, spitting out a huge flame.

"Blazing Wind" said Blossom Fall.

The flame cooked all but one of the wolf's attackers. Said pirate got up to try and escape but a grey wolf with amber eyes and a white mane came barreling out of a bush.

She latched onto his neck and bit down, blood squirted everywhere. Memory Nightrun and Blossom Fall came sprinting out of the woods behind her. The real Nightrun was racing after them, shouting indescribable words.

"Hey" it looks like we might get out of here sooner."

"I'll get her" said Killua.

He activated his Godspeed mode and sprang over to her and gave her a quick burst of electricity. She fell to the ground with a yelp, when her head hit the ground everything went black.

End of Nightmare

After a few seconds of darkness they woke up. The nightmare had taken 3 hours. They were sitting up when Night groaned and sat up. She rubbed her before looking at them.

"Shit" said Nightrun

"I had a nightmare didn't I?"

"Yep."


Notes: There something interesting at the end. I wonder what the full nightmare is? Who is Willow Breeze? Blazing Wind? Where are they? Will we ever meet them? The "slave" was a spy for the slavers to thwart any escape attempts. And to fit the entire team (Notorious Nine) they combined a set of rooms into one big one. A normal one would have two bedrooms a small kitchen and a living room, also small. Or at least that's how I think they are, if I'm wrong oh well it's an AU story anyway. Currently there are 3 rooms that are part of the "block" with the one above "in progress"