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"Wait… mama, you never told me I had a brother," Natsu trembled as her mother embraced Hinata, who looked torn between letting her go to her daughter, now who he knew was his sister or continue hugging her. She felt so warm, like the sun that shone above their heads. He had always wanted to hug his mother and didn't even know if she had survived…
Until now.
He had a mother and a sister. Did that mean…
"Your father died after Natsu was born. I'm so sorry Shouyou," his mother whispered as she broke away from him, her thumbs reaching to wipe away the tears that he didn't know were streaming out of his eyes. Ukai and Sato stood neary, Ukai running a hand through his hair while Sato looked like he rather not disturb this precious moment as Natsu said, "Onichan?"
Hinata's heart nearly broke at the words as he turned to face her when Natsu yelled, "Why did you leave us?! After dad died, we were turned in to the Hutts because of a deal he made with them! He owed them money and he paid with his life. Mum and I had to go through so much… if you're with the Jedi, the protectors of the galaxy, why didn't you save us?"
"Natsu, please," her mother begged as her daughter sobbed, her hands moving to rub her eyes as she glared at her brother, her eyes the same brown as her brother's now filled with rage and resentment before turning to run into the house, her footsteps bouncing off the walls as Hinata's mother hung her head low, her face worn from so many years of slavery and servitude now showing on her young face. Hinata's heart twisted as he thought of what he could have done when he was on Tatooine. If he had known they were his family…
"Come inside. Have some rest before you decide what you need to do," his mother said as she gently led him by the hand into the house, the young Padawan allowing her to do the same as his companions followed suit.
The house was sunk into the ground, an open air allowing fresh cool air to come in and ventilate the house. Open archways lead to various different rooms, including a kitchen and what appeared to be a garage, a whirring sound filling the air as Natsu worked on something inside, trying to push away her anger of the new revelation. Hinata used to do that at times, stealing a ship to fly with Kageyama or tinkering with Ennoshita on the various ships he had in his collection. Guess they were more alike than he thought.
"Pardon the intrusion. We won't be here very long, Mrs Hinata," Ukai said as Hinata's mother guided them to sit around a table. Hinata's stomach rumbled at the thought of food being served considering Sato and Ukai weren't the best hosts or cooks, his mother laughing at it as she waved her hand.
"Don't worry, I was told to take good care of you boys. Please, call me Mika. Calling me Mrs. makes me sound old," she smiled as she went to busy herself in the kitchen. As they heard the clattering of pots and pans being moved before hearing the sound of food being cooked, a sweet scent wafting through the air, Hinata moved his hand as he lifted the tumbler holding water into the air and began to fill out drinks for everyone as Ukai grumbled about being the only one not being able to do tricks like that.
"If your grandfather was one of the most powerful Jedi ever lived, why can't you do it?" Sato grunted as Ukai looked close to slamming his cup on the table.
"Can you not?! Not everyone is capable of it! I can do something minor, yes, but I can't do shit like using a lightsaber, not like I want to with my trusted blaster."
"Ukai-san, did Master Sugawara send you here knowing that they are my family?" Hinata asked, his eyes downcast as he looked at the water floating in his glass. Natsu's words still stung from earlier and he wondered if he could ever reconcile with her about it, if she would even listen to his explanation. He didn't choose to be taken away as an infant and leave them behind, all alone to face the world of slavery on a dessert planet in the Outer Rim.
"Master Sugawara Koushi was the one who saved us from slavery," Mika said as she walked through the door, hot food in her hands as she placed them in front of the men, Sato and Ukai immediately digging into it as she sat down at the head of the table near her son. She watched as her son looked at the food, his eyes watering at the sight of home made food by his mother, something he thought he would never get.
"Thank you for the food," he whispered as he clasped his hands together before digging into it, slowly shoving the food into his mouth as he tried not to cry at how good it is.
"Master Sugawara never said anything about freeing you guys," Hinata said as they ate, Mika watching her son stuff his face full as she laced her fingers together.
"He wanted to keep it a secret. He knew that we were going through a rough time after your father died and he wanted to do something about it. While he only revealed to me about being a Jedi and how he wanted to help free us, he didn't want to risk breaking the truth to you as Jedi are not allowed to be with their families. He brokered a deal with our master to free us if he won a certain race, and that's what happened," she smiled as Hinata recalled the race of the lifetime. He and Master Sugawara had been posing as a man with his nephew visiting the Outer Rim for the Boonta Eve festival when Sugawara suddenly had a mad suggestion.
When his master had asked him to participate in the Boonta Race, he had been elated on it despite not having had any idea how to ride a podracer. He remembered Natsu jumping up and down as he stepped into it, her small body barely coming up to the side of the podracer as he built it from scraps he had found in the junkyard. Master Sugawara had just said he was investigating some underground activities and that Hinata should do something fun in the meantime but he never knew that he had helped set his own family free.
"Hinata! I'm going to be a pilot one day, just wait and see! I will build my own spaceship and fly out of this sandbox, see the galaxy with my own eyes!" she smiled as he patted her head. At that moment, Hinata had wondered if he ever had a sibling somewhere out there in the stars, waiting for his arrival. Little did he know she had been right there all that time.
After the race, which Hinata had barely won considering how dirty the others played on the field by using the Force to disengage one of the thrusters of the podracer in front of him, Natsu had been in tears about how he had to go back to Coruscant. Now Hinata wondered if she would ever want to talk to him ever again.
"Natsu is a strong girl, stubborn though at times, much like her father. I assume you're like that as well, Shouyou," Mika grinned as Hinata blushed red as Ukai and Sato finished their meals.
"While we're here, let us help with the farming. It's the most we can do for intruding you."
"Don't worry! Although I could use a pair of extra hands. The other ladies in the area would be so jealous when they find out I have three handsome men on the farm helping me out," she smirked, her smile the same as one whenever Hinata was up to mischief like stealing some things from Tsukishima's room or ditching meditation sessions to go sit on the roof and watch the sunrise with Kageyama. His heart turned at how Kageyama was now, his bond feeling more taunt by the day, now not being able to communicate with Kageyama at all.
"Go talk to your sister. She might need help with the little project she's building out back," Mika said as she placed a hand on Hinata's shoulder, a small smile on her face as her hand moved to cup his cheek.
"You've grown so much, Shouyou. Even though I never had the chance to see you grow, I'm so proud of you that you've become a Jedi," she whispered before moving away, her hand wiping some stray tears before hauling Sato and Ukai back topside as Hinata was left to do the dirty dishes.
As he felt the water rush over his hands, he tuned himself in with the Force, feeling his surroundings. It felt so peaceful out there, unlike the port of Mos Eisley he had first visited all those years ago. While there was nothing but sand, at least they were safe from the people who tried to harm them in the past, lost in their own little world as they survived. He could feel his mother through the Force, her energy lively and happy as Sato and Ukai grunted as they dragged machinery across the sand. As he finished toweling dry the final dishes, he made his way to the garage, the noises having become significantly softer now as he raised a hand to knock it, sensing Natsu was still inside.
She felt resentment but also sadness and sorrow about never having had a brother.
"Natsu! I brought your food," Hinata called as he rapped on the door, the door slowly swinging open as a pair of brown eyes very much like his own peeped through, followed by a scowl that reminded Hinata of Kageyama when he was debating of doing something like picking the milk out of the vending machine when there were two milk side by side. He never knew what was the difference anyways; both tasted nasty.
"Come in," she mumbled as she let him step through, his jaw dropping as he saw the speeder she was constructing. The vehicle was made out of cobbled materials but she had given it a nice coat to make it look like it had been bought from a shop. A black metal finish was nearly done, stray circuitry lying on the floor as Natsu wiped some grease from her face before moving to take the food from Hinata, not caring that she had grease as she picked up the food and bit into it. Hinata chuckled at how he normally did that as well, much to the dismay of his Master, thinking of how many times he had been warned of grease poisoning, if that even existed.
The sound of Natsu munching on her meal filled the air with awkward silence, Hinata's eyes darted around trying to think of something to engage in a conversation with as his eyes fell on an unfinished droid in the corner. It was missing an outer skeleton, its circuitry showing through making it look like a freak of nature.
"Hey Natsu. Are you going to finish the droid?" he asked as Natsu looked from her meal.
"Too busy with the speeder. I can't get him to work either," she muttered as Hinata walked over to the droid, his eyes running across its body as ideas came to mind. His hand moved to grab a wrench and he began to work on the circuits, his hands moving as Natsu watched him work. A small smile tug on his lips at how he felt like he was doing something useful now, a slight feeling of relief of being able to busy himself with his hands filling his heart as he turned to Natsu for a brief moment.
"I bet I can finish this faster than you finish painting that speeder."
"What?! No way! That thing took me months to build!"
"Last one to finish goes without dinner!"
"Hey no fair!"
The two siblings ran into their separate projects and tinkered well into the evening, the suns starting their descent in the horizon when they finally finished, both of them collapsing onto the ground to lie back to back with one another, giggling as they admired their handiwork. Hinata didn't really care that Master Sugawara would have an aweful row with him for getting grease stains all over his tunic as he looked at the droid, now waiting to be activated with a smooth silver plating around it while Natsu's speeder now shone a metallic black, all ready to go.
"That was fun! I never worked with anyone on building something before!" she grinned as Hinata laughed, thinking sadly of the amount of times he had done the same thing with Kageyama, only that they flew more than build back on Coruscant. Will he ever be able to do those things again with him with Kageyama falling deeper into the dark side?
"Hey, Onichan! Let's go for a ride!" Natsu squeaked as she grabbed Hinata's hand, dragging him to pull him onto the speeder as she pulled herself up to sit in front of him.
"Hey! That's dangerous to sit two people on a speeder!" he squawked as she threw a helmet on his head before fastening hers on, grinning as she cranked up the engines and the workshop began to fill with a low hum.
"That's what these are for!" she squealed as the doors opened before them, Natsu hitting the ignition as they shot off into the sandy plains of Tatooine, Hinata's yells of protest filling the air followed by Natsu's mad giggles. They shot across the sand, Hinata trying not to get sand in his mouth as Natsu laughed in front of him. Her small frame was now relaxed, her smile on her face so wide it could split her face apart as they rode on, the suns shining above their heads beginning to set as Natsu yelled.
"This is the best thing ever!"
As the twin suns of Tatooine set above their heads, Hinata remembered the words of the prophecy he learnt not too long ago of twin suns and darkness meeting as one, bringing a new era of the Jedi into the galaxy.
He was the boy born beneath twin suns.
Kageyama was of the darkness.
He was the only one who could bring Kageyama back.
And he will, in due time.
…
When they finally reached home, Hinata found Ukai and Sato flashing lights into the darkness, hitting their faces as they nearly lost their balance on the speeder as Ukai yelled, "Where the hell were you?! I thought you got abducted or something! There's tusken raiders out there who would like to pick kids like yourselves if you go running in the dark!"
"Keishin, the Tusken Raiders wouldn't dare come here considering the defenses Natsu had put up around the area," Mika sighed as she watched her son and daughter get down from the speeder, their hair windblown as Sato jerked to the Torino.
"You got a transmission from your master," he said as Hinata nodded, moving to bring Natsu down from the speeder before ruffling her hair.
"I will be back in a bit," he promised as he jogged up into the ship, the interior already starting to fill with sand as Sato climbed in with him along with Ukai, who groaned about having to clean the ship first thing in the morning. Sato went into the cockpit and punched a few buttons, bringing up a hologram of Master Sugawara, his image flickering slightly from the bad signal.
"Hinata! Thank goodness you're safe! Is Ukai with you?" he asked as Hinata nodded.
"Yes Master. Where are you?"
"We're in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Don't worry, we're safe. The Stormtroopers have cleared out. Master Azumane needed some emergency treatment and is now recovering, although he's itching to go rescue Nishinoya, which brings me to the next agenda. We're going to rescue the other Padawans, who are now being held captive on a Star Destroyer. From what the droids here have told us, they captured Padawans and members of the Service Corps, hoping to bring them over to their side and expand their army but I don't think any of them will yield just yet. Master Kenma has tracked down the location of the Star Destroyer and we will be going there as soon as Ennoshita has refueled. Also, Kageyama may be on that ship."
"Kageyama may have done some things that can never be forgiven but he was trying to protect you and us, which was why I had you taken off the planet in hopes you will remain safe in case the Knights of Shiratorizawa decided to break their promise and come after you. Kageyama should be safe for now but he's in the hands of Oikawa Tooru, a Jedi Knight who went rogue years ago after his squad was wiped out."
Sato flinched at his words, his muscles tensing as Ukai placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down as Master Sugawara continued.
"I will send you the coordinates to the ship. We will meet in 24 hours and will storm it and bring home the others. Daichi said that we will be able to bring them all home if we work together and that we can bring Kageyama with us. But if Kageyama doesn't want to…" Master Sugawara muttered as Hinata said, "I will make that idiot come home. Don't worry."
Master Sugawara smiled as he looked to the back, Hinata turning to see Mika standing at the entrance of the ship, bowing her head low as Master Sugawara nodded back.
"I'm glad that you are safe, Master Jedi. Thank you for taking care of my son. I know he can be a handful at times."
"He sure is," Master Sugawara laughed as Hinata blushed, his master returning to serious mode as he said, "I will see you soon, my Padawan. May the Force be with you."
"And with you, my Master. Suga-san," Hinata said as the transmission ended, Hinata turning to his mother as Natsu came up beside her, her eyes still shining form their ride as she said, "Are you going back again?"
Hinata slowly walked towards her, his heart sinking at the thought of having to leave her and his mother again. As he knelt down to hug her, she gave his cheeks a good pinch as he squawked, his mother and comrades laughing as she slapped him hard on the face.
"Make sure you visit us sometime, ok?!" she snapped as Hinata hugged her tight, warm tears seeping into his tunic as he turned to kiss her on the forehead. He could feel the Force in her, not as strong as a Jedi, but still in there somewhere, reaching out for him wherever he was in the galaxy to keep him safe. The same was with his mother, her warmth now enveloping him even as he said goodbye to them, trying to keep back the tears as they stepped onto the ground, waving as Hinata and the others took off to the skies.
"So this is what love feels like," Hinata thought as they blasted off into space, ready to bring home those who were lost and bring about a new order of Jedi to the galaxy.
…
"Kageyama, come home," Hinata whispered as he held out a hand for him to take. Kageyama's body shook as he gritted his teeth, his lightsaber in hand as he whispered, "I can't. I sinned to much. I will never be accepted back into the Jedi."
"I will always forgive you. You're my best friend Kageyama."
"I let so many people die. I was willing to kill for you…"
"Kageyama, please. Come home. To me. To everyone. To Karasuno."
As the dream faded away, Kageyama woke up to tears streaming down his face and his body sweaty as he wiped his face, wishing he could take away everything he had done.
Hinata…
Hinata…
Hinata…
Please, don't leave me.
Can't have a star wars story without the iconic scene of the Binary Twin Sunset of Tatooine from a New Hope right hehehehe. I was pretty glad I managed to fit this random side story into this story and hope it provides a little bit of fluff and thoughts on how Hinata now knows that his family is safe and sound (and I dunno why but since we never know what Hinata's father is like as well as Hinata's mum, always thought this might be an interesting way to portray them).
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