Even though later than usual, the next chapter is out!
Sorry, I was just too lazy and tired yesterday.
Also, this Chapter gave me quite some trouble as i wanted to upload it. So, if there's only one big block of text, interrupted by lines, it's FanFiction's fault, not mine!
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You know what I own. TerraKH owns Jack!
"Nice work. Great, Chewie! Great! Always thinking with your stomach." Han said angry as they hung in the net, high up in the air.
"Will you take it easy? Let's just figure out a way to get out of this thing. Han, can you reach my lightsaber?" Luke said and tried to reach something on his side.
"Okay, who is touching my butt?" Luriél suddenly asked.
Sora tried to move his hand, but immediately felt that it was pressed against something soft.
"Might be me… Sorry…" he said embarrassed.
"No, it's not you Sora…" Roxas, who stood right next to Sora as the net went up, said with a face as red as Kairi's hair "You're touching me…"
"What am I touching?" Sora asked and squeezed a bit.
As Roxas yelped in pain, he realized what part of his Nobody he was touching.
"Oh god… I hope you didn't like it… I'm not gay, you know?" Sora immediately tried to defend himself.
"Hey, who kicked me in the back?" Riku asked from the other side of the net.
"Not me!" Kairi, who was next to him, immediately said.
Sora was a bit confused "But if none of us did this who-"
"Jack!" the whole group realized as they heard the suppressed cry of panic from their friends.
A few seconds later, the net ripped open and they all were dropped to the ground.
"Ahw, how cute!" Kairi exclaimed suddenly.
As Sora looked up, he knew why his secret crush said this. They were surrounded by dozens of brown, teddy bear like creatures that pointed their spears at them.
"Wha-? Hey! Point that thing someplace else." Han said angry and pushed the spear of one of the bears away.
"Did we just get caught by teddy bears?" Jack asked in disbelieve, still gasping for air.
As an answer, he got a spear pressed against his throat "Okay! Not teddy bears!"
"Hey!" Han said angry and wanted to pull his pistol, but was stopped by Luke.
"Han, don't. It'll be all right." The Jedi tried to calm down his friend.
The small creatures went through the group and took their weapons from them, including Sora's Oblivion. He summoned it to scare the small bears, but regretted it immediately as he was then stabbed in the arm by one of the more nervous Creatures.
"You can be lucky you're so cute..." Sora muttered angry as they took his weapon away.
Jack, who still head a spear on the throat, didn't give the animals his sword without a bit of a struggle between him and the little bears.
As the small creatures saw 3PO, they gasped and looked in awe at him. As he spoke something in their language, they dropped to the ground and praised him.
"Do you understand anything they're saying?" Luke asked surprised.
"Oh, yes, Master Luke! Remember that I am fluent in over six million forms of communication." 3PO explained, still confused by the reaction of the small creatures after seeing him.
"What are you telling them?" Han immediately asked him.
"Hello, I think... I could be mistaken. They're using a very primitive dialect. But I do believe they think I am some sort of god." The robot said, while the Ewoks praised him.
R2 and Chewie were amused by this, as where Sora and Roxas.
"You don't get a god complex now, do you?" Jack asked serious.
"Would be the last thing we need right now…" Riku added.
"Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this?" Han suggested annoyed.
"I beg your pardon, General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper." 3PO excused himself.
"Proper?" Han and Jack asked in unison.
"It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. The droid explained
Han moved threating towards the golden robot "Why you-"
Several spears pointed at him and brought Han's effort to harm C3PO to has an end.
"My mistake. He's an old friend of mine." Han explained as he held up his hands.
The Ewoks then proceeded in tying the group, except 3PO and the two girls, on poles.
"What do you think you are doing?" Jack asked angry as they tried to tie him up too.
Two more Ewoks came to aid their companions.
"Fuck off!" Jack exclaimed angry as he kicked one of the small creatures in the face.
"Jack! How could you!" Kairi said angry about his behavior.
He immediately glared at the Princess of Heart "You aren't tied to a pole by a small teddy bear, so shut up!"
"Jack!" Sora now said angry.
Even though his hands were already tied to the pole, Jack still managed to hold the Ewoks at bay with his feet.
"You know what? You ugly rats won't take me alive! Screw Marek and everything, you have to kill me to tie me on that pole!" Jack yelled, but struggled to hold the "rats" off.
"Jack just shut up!" Luriél sighed as her and Kairi's hands were tied to the litter the Ewoks made for their new god.
The tallest of the Ewoks came closer to Jack and picked up a big stone "Yeah, crush my head with that stone! You won't make me your hostage! You dirty little ra-"
With a loud thud, the Ewok slammed the stone against Jack's head and knocked him out.
"Well, can't say he didn't had it coming…" Han said as they all were lifted up and carried away.
"So, Vader. You just came down here to get your bastard?" Illusion asked as he caught up to the dark lord.
"You… know nothing." Vader only replied and entered the elevator he waited for.
As the door closed, Illusion stopped it and stepped in too "Hey, wait a second"
With the use of the force, Vader pushed the white haired man out of the elevator again "Don't you dare!"
Illusion started to chuckle as he stood up again "Now I get it… you feel something for that kid, right?"
"You know nothing. A henchman of Xehanort is a mindless slave!" Vader growled angry.
Illusion casually whipped of the dust from his cloak "You just made two mistakes. One, I'm no henchman of Xehanort, I came here by my own, not under his order. And two, I know everything about you, Anakin."
Suddenly, Illusion's feet lifted off from the ground and he floated in the air, the air in his lungs getting pressed out slowly.
"You are indeed blind, dear Vader. As soon as your bastard joined Sidious at the "Dark Side", he will have you killed by your own son, but you probably knew that already." Illusion said with a chuckle.
Now the pressure on his throat started to get higher and he started to suffocate.
"And if you kill me, you'll follow immediately. So, choose wisely." He gasped.
Vader looked down on his chest and saw a knife floating exactly over his heart. With and angry grunt, he dropped Illusion down again "Neither Xehanort nor the Emperor know from your lies… yet. Don't interfere with me in any way and my lips will be sealed…"
"Huh, didn't know behind this tin can is a real person…" Illusion said amused and knocked on Vader's helmet with his bat.
"Don't provoke me!" Vader said warningly.
Illusion just waved as he entered the elevator and the door closed behind him.
As the procession reached the village of the Ewoks, Jack came to consciousness again.
"Look, sleeping beauty woke up!" Luriél said teasingly.
"Shut up Lulu…" Jack muttered "Have I missed something?"
Sora glanced at him for a moment and then turned away as good as possible.
"He decided he wouldn't talk for a while…" Roxas explained him.
"Okay…" Jack said confused "And why?"
"Beats me." Roxas said with a shrug.
The procession stopped in front of the biggest hut of the town.
Han was placed on what looked like a barbecue pit, while the girls were lead into the biggest hut and the others were leaned against trees.
"I have a really bad feeling about this." Han said uncomfortable.
Everything went silent as the medicine man of the Ewoks came out of the hut and inspected their prey.
A second, rather big Ewok followed him and inspected Luke's Lightsaber and Sora's Keyblade curiously.
The chief then turned around and said something to 3PO and then pointed to the others.
Ewoks now started to place firewood under Han.
"What did he say?" Han asked, slightly panicking.
"I'm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor." 3PO explained to him.
Suddenly, large drums started to play and everybody looked at the entrance of the big hut.
Out of it came Leia, in new cloths, followed by Kairi and Luriél who now also had their cloths decorated with flowers.
"Leia!" Luke and Han exclaimed relieved.
Even though Kairi and Luriél tried to stop her, Leia ran towards her friends, but was stopped by the raised spears of the Ewoks.
"Your Royal Highness." 3PO greeted her and was joined by Chewie and R2.
"But these are my friends. 3PO, tell them they must be set free." Leia told the droid desperate.
3PO said something to the chief and the medicine man. The medicine man then barked some orders and a group of Ewoks started to put more firewood on the pile.
Somehow, I got the feeling that didn't help us very much." Han said sarcastic as he looked under him.
"I swear, if I die this way, it's your fault Sora!" Roxas muttered angry.
"And I always thought you like fire…" Sora said with a grin.
"3PO, tell them if they don't do as you wish, you'll become angry and use your magic." Luke told the golden droid.
3PO looked a bit confused at the young Jedi "But Master Luke, what magic? couldn't possibly-"
"Just tell them!" Luke ordered.
The droid did as ordered and said something to the Ewoks, scaring them.
The medicine man stepped forward to challenge his new god's claims.
"You see, Master Luke; they didn't believe me. Just…" 3PO said disappointed, but in that moment he started to float around.
He didn't notice at first however and continued talking "... as I said they wouldn't. Wha-wha-what's happening! Oh! Oh, dear! Oh!"
The Ewoks fled in terror form the now rotating chair.
"Put me down! He-e-elp! Master Luke! R2! Somebody, somebody, help! Master Luke, R2! R2, quickly! Do something, somebody! Oh! Ohhh!" C3PO said, spinning around.
The chief quickly yelled orders and the Ewoks cut their hostages down.
After they all reconciled, a group of Ewoks gathered around Chewie and marveled his hight.
A bit later, they were all lead inside the hut of the chief to celebrate that they were now part of the tribe and 3PO told their story so far in the language of the Ewoks.
Jack however was still outside of the hut and watched Sora, who was watching the sky for over an hour now. Somehow, Jack already knew something was wrong.
"You know, these things are nothing to be afraid of." Riku told him.
Jack looked annoyed at him "I bet you already know the next thing I'll say…"
Riku laughed "Okay, but tell me, why are you afraid of them?"
"I'm not afraid of them!" Jack grunted angry.
"Oh, c'mon, everybody is afraid of something! It's normal!" Riku said and leaned on the railing next to Jack "Sora's afraid of snakes and Kairi is afraid of spiders…"
Jack sighed "Maybe I am, but why should I tell you?"
"Because you are my friend too? Come on, let's go in and have some fun with the others, Okay?" Riku asked and offered Jack a bottle filled with an alcoholic beverage the Ewoks brewed.
After taking a sip, jack sighed again and turned around "Fine, I'll go in…"
As they entered the hut, Kairi passed them, with a few fruits in her hand.
"For Sora…" she answered as she saw Riku's puzzled view.
She quickly made it to the platform Sora sat on and sat down next to him.
Sora looked for a moment at her and then looked up to the stars again.
"What's wrong with you tonight?" Kairi asked worried as she offered him a fruit.
Sora took it after a few seconds, took a bite and then looked up again.
"I wonder which of them is home…" Kairi sighed and leaned her head against Sora's shoulder.
He shrugged and took another bite of his fruit.
"Are you ignoring me?" Kairi asked angry.
This time, Sora didn't react at all.
Kairi forced him to look at her "Hey I asked if you ignore me!"
She was surprised as she looked deep in his eyes. They were so familiar, but yet so unfamiliar.
"In one of these romance movies you used to watch, the guy would kiss you now…" Naminé commented form her spot in Kairi's mind.
Kairi figured that Sora wouldn't be that kind of guy and decided to make a move first. She moved her face closer to his, so she could feel his breath on her skin, and slightly closed her eyes.
Through her almost shut eyes, she saw that Sora closed his eyes too and moved closer to her.
Suddenly however, his head turned and he looked over to something.
Kairi followed his line of view and as she looked back at him, Sora was already walking away.
As Luke wanted to crawl down to the ground, he felt a presence behind him.
"I already felt that you are corrupted by the Dark Side…" he said with a sight as he turned around "Am I right, Sora?"
Sora was standing there, Keyblade in hand, but didn't say anything.
"You can't stop me… So go back to Leia and the others." Luke told him calm.
"No." Sora told him with a strange voice.
"Turn around and go back." Luke told him again.
Sora shook his head "No mind tricks on me, Luke…"
"What do you want?" Luke asked confused.
"You." Was all Sora said.
"Sorry, but I need to go…" Luke said and the rope he tied around Sora's leg pulled the teen in the air.
"What the?" Sora asked confused as he realized where he was "Uhm, help?"
The next day, they were lead to a ridge overlooking the massive shield generator by two Ewok scouts.
"The main entrance to the control bunker's on the far side of that landing platform. This isn't gonna be easy." Leia said after she looked at the installation for some time.
"Hey, don't worry. Chewie and me got into a lot of places more heavily guarded than this." Han said with a smirk.
The two Ewoks started to talk in their language to 3PO.
"What's he saying?" Leia asked the protocol droid.
"He says there's a secret entrance on the other side of the ridge." 3PO translated.
"Well, then I guess we go there." Sora said determined.
After a while, they reunited with the rest of the strike squat and where spread over the area. They all looked down on the Bunker that lead to the generator.
"What's that guy doing down there?" Riku asked as one of the Ewoks crawled on one of the speeder bikes the Scouts had standing there.
"Looks like a good distraction to me…" Roxas answered after he looked too.
The Imperial scouts ran towards the Ewok, but didn't reach him, as he shot away with the speeder bike.
Three of the scouts jumped on their own bike, while the last one just watched them from his post at the door.
A few moments later, Han sneaked up behind the last guard and tapped him on the shoulder and then quickly ran around the corner of the bunker.
There, the Rebels already waited for the guard.
Han and the others then returned to the door and he tapped out a pattern on the bunker's control panel.
As the door opened, Han and Leia quickly peaked inside.
After a few moments, they signaled the others that they could enter.
They quickly took over the control room of the generator and brought them away.
"Han! Hurry! The fleet will be here any moment." Leia said after she looked at a screen.
"Charges! Come on, come on!" Han urged and Jack tossed one over to him.
They were busy placing the charges as Imperial troops entered the control room.
"Freeze! You Rebel scum." the Commander of the Imperial ordered.
"Actually we're no Rebels." Sora said as the troops took away the blaster Han gave him.
"Tell that our boss!" The commander spat out.
They then were lead out of the bunker, where even more Imperials waited for them.
"All right, move it! I said move it! Go on!" the Commander ordered and poked Sora in the back.
"Hello! I say, over there! Were you looking for me?" 3PO waved from beyond the clearing.
"Bring those two down here!" the Commander ordered his men.
The scene quickly escalated as the sound of a horn came from somewhere and hundreds of Ewoks attacked the Imperials.
The Keyblade wielders quickly summoned their weapons and knocked the two soldiers that had Jack and Luriél's weapons out.
They all threw themselves into the battle while Han and Leia tried to open the door to the bunker again.
Luriél put one of her sickle's away and picked up the blaster of one of the soldiers she just brought down.
Suddenly, something hard hit her in the side and threw her to the ground. She clutched her now bleeding side in pain as she was pulled to her feet again.
"Look who's that!" Illusion said amused.
Luriél gasped surprised "No…"
"Oh, didn't expect me here, did you?" Illusion asked her "But now you get your punishment for fleeing my brothel!"
Right as Illusion was about to bring his bat down on Luriél to smash her skull, a phone rang somewhere.
With a sight, Illusion turned the bloody club into a phone and then picked it up.
"Who is it?" he asked annoyed.
After a second, he started to grin "We'll be there immediately."
He then threw Luriél to the ground "You're lucky today, girl."
"Marek!" Jack's shout came from nearby, followed by a blast of fire.
Illusion deflected it casual and summoned a Corridor of Darkness "Sorry, Jackie. Not today."
As Jack brought down his sword, Illusion was already gone.
"Damn it!" he cursed and then looked at Luriél's bleeding side "Oh damn."
He did his best to heal her, but had to stop as they were surrounded by Imperial soldiers.
Sora suddenly leaped over the soldiers and managed to knock some down.
As he dodged a blaster shot with a backflip, he disappeared in a flash of light, as did Jack and Luriél and the others of their group.
Out of nowhere, a wall was in his way and his head slammed against it.
"Sora!" he heard his friends exclaim.
"Are you alright?" Riku asked him as he got on his feet again.
"Sí… uhm Yes." Sora said still dizzy.
After he realized where he was, he dashed away, followed by the others.
"Why did you bring us up already? They need our help!" he yelled angry at the captain.
"We have bigger problems now." Cid answered him.
"But they are going to die down there! And up here too!" Sora tried to convince him.
"They are fine. We need to-" Cid tried to say, but was interrupted by Sora.
"They could help us against Xehan-"
Cid slapped him across the face so he shut up "Listen, we can't help them any more than we already did. And now, we need to leave!"
"But why?" Sora asked confused.
"Because we just received a distress call." Aqua, who was also on the bridge, explained.
"And what did it say?" Kairi immediately asked.
Cid hesitated for a moment "Radiant Garden is under attack."
As allways, I hope you liked it!
I'm happy to announce that this story has now over 100.000 words!
Never thought I'd write this much!
Till then!