AN: Hi guys! As I post this I'm up to over 500 views, that's halfway to a thousand! I never thought that I'd make it this far, so thank you. And again I'm sorry that I'm posting this so late.

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SaintsFan1- Considering what I have planned in the next chapter, Rey's attitude towards Kylo might just change. But you'll have to wait and see. I agree that something should happen to Hux, don't worry he'll eventually get what's coming to him. I'm glad that you liked that Kylo was insecure, he really just needs someone to understand him. I'm so glad that you like it!

C.Z.B.- I'm so happy that you feel that way about this! It really means a lot considering that barely any of my friends and only like 2 of my family members support me with this. So thank you and thanks for the favorite. I'm glad that I made you feel special, I want to acknowledge every follower and reviewer so that they know how much this means to me. And yeah, I thought that switching between the two of them would help you guys get a better sense of their emotions and thoughts.

Thank you so much to everyone who reads this, thank you thank you. :)

I think it's about time to start chapter 8 don't you?

Chapter 8

Kylo had awoken to a loud banging on his door. He slowly got up and went to go answer it. As he opened it he saw Hux in front of his doorway, he rolled his eyes. Why would he bother him so early in the morning. "You better have a good reason for waking me up at 5 o'clock Hux."

"There are enemy fighters approaching." Whatever tiredness was on his face was quickly gone.

"What! How is this possible?"

"The Resistance has sent more fighters and is having them inspect the planets around their system for bounty hunters and any threats."

"I see, I'll meet you on the bridge in 10 minutes. Have the bounty hunters surrounding the planet intercept them. Do not let them land on this planet."

"Yes sir." Hux left to go and contact the bounty hunters. Kylo quickly put on his uniform and went to the bridge. Why does the Resistance always have to ruin everything? Although he was amused that they were afraid of a few meaningless bounty hunters who didn't even go back to their system.

As he reached the bridge there were people everywhere trying to decide what to do about the fighters. Everyone's heads turned as Kylo came in and stood around them. "What's the status General?"

"The bounty hunters are keeping them at bay, but we don't know how to keep them from coming back." Kylo thought about this, but he remembered something. One of the bounty hunter's ships was quite large and it could hold an x-wing.

"Inform Vise Venin to pull one of the fighters into his ship on a tractor beam. Once aboard I want him to interrogate him why they're here. And if they ask about them, have him say that the bounty hunters are using this planet as a base of operations, and that they wish to be left alone. That should satisfy the simple minded pilots."

"Of course sir." Kylo watched the scene play out in front of him, the Resistance kept trying to enter the planet's atmosphere, but they hired good hunters for a reason. After a while Vise's voice came on the intercom. "I've captured a fighter, I'm going to interrogate him. You know General that this costs extra, I don't always let enemy fighters onto my ship you know."

"Of course, you will receive the extra payment when the job is complete."

"Perfect. I'll inform you of the outcome as I release him."

"Very good." As the transmission cut off he could only hope that they would buy their story. The other x-wings were starting to put up a fight because of what happened to their little friend.

Their efforts were a waste of time. They were vastly outnumbered, and didn't stand a chance. The room was silent as everyone held their breath. "This better work Ren."

"It will General, just give it time." Everyone tensed up as they saw the x-wing leave the ship's hangar on the screen. Hux immediately contacted Vise.

"Vise, what happened? Did he buy it?"

"Yup, he was a real sucker. I punched him a few times, and pointed a blaster at him. After that he sang like a bird. He apologized for their actions and blah blah blah."

"Did he say that they'll leave Subterrel alone?"

"Yup, after I said that we only attacked them for defensive purposes he promised that the Resistance wouldn't bother us. I swear these guys are so gullible, they'll believe anything you tell them."

"Excellent, you'll receive your extra pay when your done with your shift."

"Thank you General, it's a pleasure doing business with you." The line was cut off and everyone let out a sigh of relief knowing that the weapon would remain hidden. Kylo turned to Hux, as much as he hated to admit it he was good at his job.

"Excellent work General."

"Thank you Lord Ren. I'll inform the Supreme Leader about the attack."

"Very well." As Hux left the room he went up towards the window and looked out. He could see the mines and production facilities all over the place. It was an astonishing view, the First Order can accomplish so much in a short amount of time. They were more powerful than ever, it was only a matter of time before they would take over the galaxy.

His thoughts wandered onto Rey, she was still sleeping. She fascinated him, she didn't want to join him, yet she came to him for comfort. She had so much potential bottled up into that small body, he only hoped that she'd allow him to let it out.

He was anxious about confronting her, should he go to her or let her go to him? He didn't want to startle her, but he didn't want to raise any alarms either. When he would meet her he'd need her to leave willingly, he didn't want to put her unconscious again.

He pushed these thoughts out of his mind, he didn't need to focus on them right now. He was still tired so he decided to go make himself a cup of caf. He entered the makeshift cafeteria and headed for the breakfast bar.

There were several stormtroopers in there eating, they all turned to look at him as he passed by. He made his cup, grabbed a few things to eat and sat at an empty table. He took off his helmet and he could see a few troopers look at his scar. He payed them no mind, it was hard not to notice it.

He'd gotten used to the fact that people would stare at him, it wasn't often that he took off his helmet. It pleased him that people forgot how young but brutal he was. He sat in silence and took his time eating. He could feel Rey start to stir in her sleep, soon he felt her presence.

"You're up early."

"There was a situation that I had to handle."

"What kind of situation?"

"Let's just say that I had to deal with a nuisance."

"Well is it resolved?"

"Yes, they won't be any trouble for now on."

"May I ask who you are referring to."

"You know I can't tell you Rey."

"I know, I know. You don't have to say anymore." He paused. He wasn't sure if he should bring up the traitor or not. He might as well take a chance.

"So, uh how's your little friend?"

"Oh Finn's doing much better. Why do you ask?" He was hesitant to answer, he didn't know if he should tell her how he felt.

"Well, uh, it's kind of hard to explain."

"Go on."

"Alright, fine. I thought that if you spent so much time with FN-2187 that you'd somehow forget about me. I read your thoughts when you found out he was awake, and my fears were correct."

"Kylo I was just excited to see him in a long time. Trust me, I can never keep you out of my head for long. You have nothing to worry about. I did contact you didn't I?"

"Well yes. I guess you're right."

"Good, I better go I have to meet with Luke."

"Right. Good luck with that."

"Thanks, I'll need all the luck I can get." He heard a slight chuckle come from her and he couldn't help but smile. He had to keep it hidden from prying eyes though, the last thing he needed was to have rumors going around about him going soft.

"Remember Rey, I'm always here if you need me."

"I know Kylo. I know." He felt her leave and he just sat there staring at his food. He finished with whatever was left and put the tray away. He put his helmet back on and went to do his duties for the day.

As Rey left breakfast she tried to take the long route to the clearing. She was hesitant on meeting Luke, she didn't know what to expect. As she made her way to the clearing she saw that it was completely empty. Luke was nowhere to be found, she tried sensing if he was near but couldn't find him.

"Master! Master where are you?!" There was no response, Rey was starting to get worried. What if something had happened to him, or what if he didn't want to show up. Suddenly she heard a noise behind her and she turned around. Standing in front of her was Leia. "General do you know where Luke is?"

"He's back at the base. He thinks you should take a break from training."

"But why? If this is about what happened yesterday it was an accident. I just needed to let my anger out." She was getting scared, why was he avoiding her?

"I believe you dear I do. He just thinks that you're becoming too powerful too fast. He thinks by taking a break you'll be able to collect yourself."

"But how for how long? What if something bad happens and I'm not properly trained for it?"

"I don't know Rey, that's up to Luke not me."

"So let me get this straight. Luke doesn't want to train me because I'm becoming too powerful. And instead of helping me to control it he's decided to stop training me altogether."

"Rey, you have to understand that he only wants to protect you from yourself."

"Is that what he told Kylo when he began to hold back on him? Huh?" Leia looked taken aback at the mention of her son. "Yeah, he told me what Luke did to him. He said that he'd do it to me eventually, I didn't want to believe him I really didn't. But it came true anyway. You guys might think he's lying but he's not, well from what I could tell anyway."

Leia didn't respond. When she finally did her eyes were pleading with her. "Rey, please don't blame Luke. He thinks that by helping you it will all become too much for you to handle. You're very strong with the force Rey, he wants to have you pace yourself, take it one step at a time instead of all at once."

Rey looked hurt, Luke was afraid of her power, she could see that Leia was as well. "I know what this is really about. It's because I used my anger to help me become stronger. That was just a one time thing, but if he won't listen that's his problem. I want to train with him Leia, I want to master this gift. But if he won't let me, why should I even use it at all."

"Rey please, be reasonable. We don't want to lose you, you've become like a daughter to me." Rey stopped at her words. She did view Leia as the mother she never had, she was the closest thing to a family that she had. But she couldn't let that stop her from making her case.

"I'm not mad at you Leia, and I'm not going to the Dark Side. The fact that it's all the two of you had been implying to just hurts me. It makes me feel that you don't trust me and Luke not training me just hurts your case. You think your helping me, but you're only hurting me. Just keep in mind that if something happens to me, it's on the both of you. It'll fall on Luke more than you, but still you were involved. I'm sorry."

Rey left the clearing to go and find her friends. She only hoped that out of everyone on this base Leia will understand what she's going through and try to reason with Luke.

As the base entered her sights, she tried to spot her two friends. Soon enough she found the two of them working on Poe's x-wing. "Hey guys." The two looked up and Finn was the first to answer.

"Hey Rey. Is training over already?"

"Yeah, you were in the woods for a couple of hours yesterday." Rey sighed, she didn't want to talk about it, but she knew that they wouldn't leave her alone if she didn't.

"Luke didn't show up. Leia said that I needed a break because of what happened yesterday."

"Yeah Poe told me about that. I guess that's understandable, trying to process a training session around that is pretty difficult." She didn't want to tell them the truth so she just went along with Finn's idea.

"Uh huh. So uh, what have you guys been up to?" Poe was the one to answer her.

"Not much really. We were just preparing the fighter for the move."

"I thought we weren't leaving for like 3 more days."

"Yeah, but I'd rather have it done now so I don't forget about it. I don't want something to happen while I'm flying."

"Right do you guys need any help?"

"That'd be great. You can help Finn, I don't think he knows what he's doing."

"Yes I do!"

"I'd be more comfortable with Rey helping you."

"Alright fine. Yeesh." Rey laughed at their little banter.

"Haha relax Finn I can teach you a few things." They worked on the fighter for the rest of the day. It felt good to be around her friends and have her stress leave her. As she entered her room she collapsed on her bed.

She was about to close her eyes when she felt him.

Kylo's day was so boring that he would've taken a blaster to the head. There was nothing to do other than his usual duties, other than that he couldn't do anything. He didn't like the feeling of being cooped up, so he decided to train for a few hours.

He practiced his lightsaber techniques on a couple of practice dummies, might as well stay loose. His responsibilities took up the majority of his time, it was nothing too exciting. Just checking progress on the weapon and developing a plan of attack. Training took up the rest of the day.

He went to his room and decided to talk to Rey for a little bit, he sensed that she was stressed earlier. He entered her mind and sure enough she let him in. "So how was your day?"

"Getting straight to the point I see."

"Well I can feel that you're tired. I don't want to keep you up for long."

"Well in that case, it was very uneventful."

"Really, nothing happened with Skywalker?"

"No, he didn't even show up for training. Leia did and it was only to deliver a message."

"And what was the message?"

"Luke said that I needed a break from training because I'm becoming too powerful in a short amount of time. He said that I needed time to collect myself so that I wouldn't be overwhelmed."

"And do you believe this reasoning?"

"No. I know that he's just afraid of the power that I have. It's because of what happened yesterday, but he doesn't seem to want to listen. You were right Kylo, I shouldn't have doubted you."

"It's okay. To tell you the truth I didn't expect him to just stop training you. I thought he'd only spar with you or show you minor things. I wasn't expecting this."

"It's fine, you were still right. But don't get any ideas about training me just yet."

"Alright, I won't yet. But that doesn't mean that I won't bring it up later."

"I figured as much. So how was your day?"

"Pretty boring. There's not much to do besides my normal responsibilities and training. I don't like just sitting and doing nothing, it makes me antsy."

"Yeah, I know where you're coming from, I can't sit and do nothing either." He was surprised at this, the two of them had something in common.

"Well would you look at that, we have something in common."

"Huh, I guess so. But don't think too highly of it, that's probably the only thing we share."

"I don't know Rey, I see a lot of myself in you."

"Gee that's sooo reassuring." He couldn't help but laugh at her sarcasm. "Alright what's so funny?"

"Nothing. It's just your sarcasm, the way you said it was amusing."

"Oh is it now, maybe I should use it more often. It seems to make you laugh, it might come in handy in a fight."

"Oh ha ha, very funny Rey." He heard her laugh, he thought the way it sounded was kind of cute. He couldn't help but laugh along with her. "I haven't enjoyed myself like this in awhile."

"Well, I'm glad to be of assistance." He chuckled at her statement. "It's getting late. I better go to bed, I have a long day of pretending to train tomorrow."

"Very well."

"Night." He felt her leave and he started drifting off to sleep. All the while thinking about how his supposed enemy somehow made him reveal his laugh. He had kept it hidden for years, only to have it emerge by just a few simple words.

AN: What did you guys think? I thought that it'd be nice to have a funny moment between Kylo and Rey where they enjoy themselves before things all go haywire with the planet exploding.

Please feel free to review, hearing what you guys have to say really brightens my day. And if you have any suggestions, don't be afraid to say them.

I would've posted this chapter earlier in the day but I was getting ready to leave for work as soon as I loaded it. I'll try not to update as late tomorrow.

I'll see all of you guys in the next chapter. Later!