Star Wars: A new Fate
A Star Wars x Fate Stay Night fanfiction
Author's note: all Star Wars movies start like this "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" meaning that this is all WAY in the past, in a different galaxy, therefore my story will showcase this. I hope my modicum of knowledge of Star Wars will be enough to satiate the fans, also it may not be entirely canon as I will use legends as well, just FYI. Also I don't own neither Star Wars (disney) nor Fate/Stay Night.
FYI I made some changes to the first 2 chapters, I may have left some spelling errors but do forgive them, I am writing on my smartphone after all.
Also, who said Jocanda? It is JOCASTA NU! I even went to read the 2017 Vader comic to check.
Also, to the french reviewer: Merci pour votre gentil commentaire, j'espère que ce chapitre vous plaira
So, without further ado…
Chapter 4: The Rage of a Sith is not easily quelled.
3 years ago
Lord Vader kept himself conscious as he was transported for healing and repairs, he could barely move let alone breath.
He used his time as he was being transported to break down and analyze what transpired in the mere 3 minute exchange with that boy.
First were the two paired swords, each looked like it complemented the other, they were made of a material that could withstand a lightsaber, said minerals are rare, craftsmanship of said blades was also a factor, probably mandalorian? Unlikely, save for if asked by the one who commissioned it, the boy seems too young so maybe he stole it?
Unlikely, as he had a second set, which he did not know or even see from where it came.
Then it was that last attack.
The projectile that shredded the Force that he used to shield himself by attempting to push the projectile away.
While it could not veer it, it did slow it down… which was why he had survived, if said weapon could do this while diminished in power… What could it do at full strength?
The other factor was the one who was using it, as such his arm strength would be lacking.
It seems fortune smiled on him today.
It made him sick.
It is not fortune one should rely upon, but on one's own skill and the Force.
The Force was torn apart by the weapon, it was not it who saved him that day.
There were many people and droids involved in both healing and repairs of his life support armor, the humans were unable to state just how ridiculous of a notion it was that a mere projectile could have done as what was seen on that trooper's unauthorised HUD cam, apparently he was, of all things Live Streaming.
Still reality was staring them in the face, and with the facts laid bare they analyzed the sheer kinetic force that the projectile was flying at and how many RPS (revolutions per seconds) was it rotating at.
The Emperor was also interested in the fact that it managed to partially tear away at the Force.
However, any hope of recovering such information was dashed, as the projectile itself dissipated not even a minute after in motes of golden dust.
Present day
The emperor had ordered for a bounty hunter to be sent out, however he also made an offhand mention to send more bounty hunters, just in case.
When the emperor said those things, it was best to be not taken as a suggestion but as an outright order.
And so in a planet close to the outer rim, at an orbital station, a cowboy looking bounty hunter received his new mission.
"So this here be… my new bounty eh? Seems they are making them younger each cycle" Cad Bane said.
"It would seem so master Bane, however, the amount of credits seem quite high, and if the data given to us is true…" his droid, a techno-service droid named TODO 360 said.
"Quite, but the bounty is quite nice, maybe we should bring his son as well, he could use field experience" Bane said "The bounty is a child, and looks like he is quite good to mess that Sith Lord if what my Intel said is no joke, having the boy with us should lower his guard, he would not expect that." He concluded.
He saw an image of the twin blade the boy used, the material was unknown but theorized to be of mandalorian origin.
"Seems like I might just get some fine souvenirs from this bounty" Bane said as he looked at the blades displayed on the message.
He was a blaster for hire, but he sure knew about his blades and the exotic design, added to the fact that it was made of a material that resisted lightsaber attacks, made it MUCH more tempting.
The bounty did not specify to bring the weapons in, so he figured he could use the weapons and NOT ask for a bonus. The weapons would be MORE than enough.
"TODO, do an image search for the bounty… I will talk to his son, it would do him some good for training" Bane said.
It took several days, but they found a lead, a boy with the exact specifications had hit a match, was treated for an unknown malady aboard a shuttle for a couple of weeks, the med-droid memory had been wiped clean, or so they thought, there are methods to recover data, they were tedious, but they worked.
It seems the boy was running a high fever, suffering from spamasmic shocks, but it had no discernible cause, it was as if his body was convincing itself that it was happening.
"Or maybe….something else?" The boy said.
The boy, Jango Fett's cloned offspring Boffa Fett, put in his 2 creds in.
"A interesting theory, if so… could it be due to him being a force sensitive person? But then the cause WOULD be apparent, maybe you might be onto something." Bane said as he tipped his hat, the ship was in control of TODO while they discussed the ways to get the boy.
"If he is a Jedi padawan, the usual tactics should work," Bane said "however… due to hearsay and rumors, I believe he may not be… a traditionalist in that regard."
Bobba was confused.
He showed Bobba exactly the aftermath of Vader's encounter with the boy.
"So, are we using me to lower his guard? You do know planning is mostly useless against them, it seems as the Force gives them precognition, at least to a limited degree" Bobba said.
"Yes, which is why we gonna use an experimental tech in you, we gonna alter your memories and make you into a sleeper agent, once you get into the best position to capture him, dead or alive, we strike as the brainwashing will be undone, that way he will not be alerted, there are other methods, but I rather save as much creds as I can, I will use them if it becomes necessary" Bane said.
They scrambled their ship's ID and promptly secured themselves a base of operations on this moon.
Bobba was still garbed with his mandalorian armor, since he was new on this moon he should be fine, and with his memory altered he should be able to do this.
Bane was concerned, this tactic is flawless against jedi, and the boy, even if he was as strong as to be able to force Vader back… should be easy to capture. He was a padawan, all jedi are basically from the same mold.
What neither Bane nor Bobba had expected was Shirou's innate Structural Grasping magic.
Once he saw the history of Bobba's knife he told Ashoka and both absconded to the cave they used for training.
2 weeks later
Bane was quite temperamental, it had grated against his nerve that prey this young had managed to stay far from him, he had tried searching, using all his technological gadgets to track him, but they all ended up at the exit of the city into the badlands.
They picked a date when the wind was a little strong, so their footprints would be covered up eventually, and due to the lateness of the realization, for all intents and purposes, he had vanished from Bane's reach.
He had a decision to make, stay and pursue… or loose face.
"No way I am bested by a wet behind the ears brat"he muttered as he pulled a holomap.
He ran a scan and noted a small location just far enough to make it in a night by foot, it would take mere hours on a speeder.
The boy would be a melee fighter, judging by time he shouldn't have been able to make his own lightsaber, so blasters were fine, still, having a slugthrower would be a good idea. Plasma grenades and contusion bombs would also be handy.
Bobba, who was now back to normal, would cover the rear, according to the probe, there was no exit, just a single entrance.
"Smells like a trap" Bobba said.
"Indeed… keep your eyes peeled boy, and cover mah rear" Bane ordered.
Bobba set his electrovisors at all spectrums, ready to blast anyone other than Bane who walked out.
"YOU!!" Bobba heard Bane shout.
Inside the cavern
"Nice to see you again" Ahsoka said as she deflected Bane's blaster fire.
"So you still live… and being torn in mah side, if you weren't so annoying I might be impressed… might" Bane said. "Now tell me, where is the boy?"
A kick to the chest, Bane found it hard to breathe.
He went for his contusion granade but a small dirk had just pierced and disabled it.
He was shoved back into one of the walls and then 4 blades stuck on it around his neck and around his dominant arm.
"Tell the one outside to come and surrender," Shirou said.
"Are you sure you are a jedi? This was simply VERY brutal for a young boy to come up with, I doubt the togruta girl came up with it…" Bane said.
The blades began to dig deeper into his neck, the boy was NOT bluffing.
"Bobba, stand down boy and get in here… we got ourselves a… situashion" Bane said.
2 hours ago
Shirou and Ahsoka had prepared themselves for the eventuality of someone coming to search for him.
It had taken a couple of years, but someone had to come.
And so, instigated by Shirou, they set a series of traps. Using knowledge from certain weapons I. his Reality Marble, he made many simple, yet highly efficient primitive traps, which, with the use of runes, enhanced their effectiveness.
The intruder set off many of the traps, and the original warning one as well. Due to that, they knew he came with less than good intentions, the traps activated one after the other, no matter the technology used, they had no knowledge of magecraft, and while bastardized, they served quite well, as many of his items got damaged. And also got lost for a bit while they monitored him.
He had really well honed skills, he instinctively avoided the most damaging traps with no conscious knowledge. That spoke of experience.
However, the less lethal traps were in no way less detrimental. They harassed and encumbered Bane, he even got a few minor injuries, but it made him waste time and resources.
"Tarnation!" He yelled as he dodged a nasty barrage of darts and a few pierced his trademark hat.
"That was my favorite one" he said with a grimace
He then took his blaster and begun to shoot at strange and not organic looking, he destroyed only a small number of the traps, as many were still mystical in origin, specially the one that confused the senses, that one Shirou got from the rune witch when he traced Gae Bolg, he had to say, she was quite the taskmaster.
He was sure that if she saw this… he would be beaten black and blue, a mercy really, but he still gave a small prayer for Cu… who had to actually DEAL with her.
Bane used all his experience, skill and cunning to finally reach the deepest parts of the cave, where both lay in wait, Shirou hiding in the shadows while Ahsoka acting as vanguard.
The rest… went as it was described.
Present time
Bobba looked left and right, there were many symbols of unknown origin etched into the wall and he felt a strange energy surrounding them.
Shirou then spoke "Who sent you for us?"
Bane felt compelled to speak the truth… probably a Jedi mind trick, but he was strong enough to resist, however he felt UNABLE to lie.
"I am afraid I can't do that, I may be a blaster for hire...but I do have my code, I can't give you that, besides… what makes you so sure it was for both of you?" he said.
He tried to remove the bindings but it was useless… not only that but he was thoroughly searched and stripped of ANY weapon and gadget he carried, same for Bobba, but there were no physical bindings on either of them.
The thing is, he was not tied… yet he was unable to move.
He did not notice the single blade piercing his and Bobba's shadows.
"It was from the empire… wasn't it?" Ahsoka half asked, half stated.
Bane gave a dangerous glare.
"Well, since you found us, the only thing we can do right now is leave."Shirou said as they began to close shop.
Bane was taken back, they were not worried about him escaping?
"You will be set free in 2 to 4 days… until then do your best" Shirou said as they left the cave.
Bane was BEYOND furious, he was outdone with simple traps, and was now left to their own devices, unable to move.
Bobba was taken back, also unable to comprehend how it all happened.
They asked TODO, before leaving to come for them in 2 days should they not show up by then…
So small mercies.
All their gear, save for credits and a few grenades and the odd blaster, it was whole.
"This is beyond humiliating, but remember this boy… no matter how prepared you can be, things like this can and will happen, be thankful that this was a survivable experience, as you would be unlikely to find many like this, learn from this and prepare yourself even for failure, as to minimize it"
Bobba took those words to heart.
"Also… that boy… I might be mistaken but.. he is WAY more dangerous than anyone I ever met so far" he said.
"How so?" Bobba asked.
"Not even once was he worried for his life, he was fighting with the certainty that he would die… yet that did not stop him, people like that… they are a whole different type of troublesome." Bane said sagely.
Indeed, he was someone who would not mind exchanging his life in order to make sure the enemy would not be able to harm anyone else.
It was only due to the boy not wanting to kill that they were both alive.
"The bounty was too good? No, if anything I should ask for it to be raised, this boy is fine prey indeed" Bane said with a rare smirk.
This kid, he was a Jedi, but thought and fought like a bounty hunter… not bad, not bad at all.
"Did you slip the tracer on him?" Bane asked.
"Of course I did," Bobba answered.
"Good," Bane said.
Ahsoka and Shirou had to bid their farewells… the boss actually gave them a hug, he was a real hardass, but he was a big softie deep inside, thanks to Shirou's intervention they managed to protect the planet's fertility, regardless of the empire's attempt when using a crop that intentionally destroyed the nutrients of the soil.
Thanks to Shirou' reinforcement on fertilizer the ground began to thrive once more even with the damn crop. The Empire, while furious, couldn't really do anything, they were still getting the crops used to feed their soldiers, it was just unfortunate that they couldn't get extra creds from them by selling the special fertilizer… it would just provide enough nutrients for the growing of the crop, but nothing else would be able to grow as it would suck it all up.
The fertilizer they managed to concoct was many times stronger than the one they would attempt to sell them, more than what the crop would need, leaving plenty of nutrients for later use in the soil.
The amount he had made would last at least 5 more cycles so they had time to research and develop something as good in the meantime.
Vader's private room
"P-please lord Vader… calm...urg!" A non descriptive soldier pleaded as he was being force choked by Vader himself.
The poor soldier tried, but failed to free himself from that… he died in a pathetic way, his body evacuating itself at death.
Vader was furious, somehow, someone had ordered a bounty on the boy, he did not wish for the emperor to obtain that boy, he became crucial to his plans.
However, he always believed in contingencies.
"Come to me… my apprentice" Vader called out.
A man came from the hangar as he used the force to push away the TIE fighter out of his path.
"I have an assignment for you," Vader said.
The apprentice knelt down and looked at the holographic image of the target.
"Hunt him down, bring him here, or kill him, let nothing or anything stand in your way." Vader said.
The young teen looked up at him, "As you command… my master"
Chapter end.