"So these are the ice caves of Ilum huh, I never thought I would see them" Eijiro said
"And why is that?" Aizawa asked looking back as he had the padawans open the door to the area where the actual crystals were
"I'm only a member of the guardians of the Whills" Eijiro said
"I see, care to explain the Mandalorian?" Aizawa asked
"I'm not sure, he just showed up on Jedah one day with his mechanic looking for a pilot, and since I had trained as one I went along with him. Turns out he's been looking from the lightsabers of those who lost their lives during the Jedi Purge. He's gathered a fair few. Upon arriving on Dantooine he discovered Master Mandalay and this crew of Padawans and the youngling. Since then we've been keeping them safe while continuing our mission" Eijiro said
"I see, do you have room for one more?" Aizawa asked
"We have room for a whole army" Eijiro said
"Very well, I may have to come with you, so I can train the youngling and the other padawans" Aizawa said as he looked at the waterfall which was nearly ice a tenth of the way down.
"Alright" Eijiro said
In the caves Eri was looking around when she spotted something in the distance, a blue sparkling. She went to walk over to it when she heard the ice crack underneath her boots so she eased off a bit and looked around for a path to reach the crystal when she heard the scream of the wind which made her remember the attack on the temple making her curl up into a ball and quiver. She was frightened that someone may find her, so she just sat there waiting
"Help me" she whimpered before she looked up and noticed that even though she could hear the past that didn't mean it was happening right now, so she got back to her feet and slowly made her way along the path that was set before she could feel the fear well up inside her again
"She's been in there awhile now" Sen said
"She's a Youngling, and she's taking part in the Gathering, meaning she's not going in there and back out" Aizawa said before looking over at the Mandalorian again
"Problem Jedi?" he asked
"I'm just trying to see if I can pick who you are" Aizawa said
"Good luck with that" Mandalorian said
"So you are him, aren't you" Aizawa said shocking those gathered
"You don't have anything to prove that" Mandalorian said
"I'm sure now, call it a feeling in the force" Aizawa said
"You're bluffing" Mandalorian said
"Am I?" Aizawa asked before he went back over to where the entrance had closed up more
'They can never know who I am' the Mandalorian thought as he walked over to the temple entrance and looked out for Imperial troopers.
Eri was still scared as she heard the screaming winds as she continued to panic, thinking she would be attacked soon. So she hid in the dark and cowered
"I'm scared" Eri said before she looked around before she remembered something "Fear leads to anger, Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. These are all paths to the dark side
"Eri" Mirio's voice echoed in her mind allowing her to get up and wiping her eyes. Suddenly she saw a bright light in the distance making her smiled before she ran off smiling as she knew where her crystal was now. What she didn't know was what coming from outside the caves
Izuku had drawn his vibrosword and stood watch before he felt a chill in the air. So he grabbed his rifle and used it scan the horizon when he spotted a ship coming for them, the ship was a Pre-Imperial Cruiser from Naboo, but he recognised the sigil on it
"Great those guys, what are they doing here?" he asked as Ochako ran out
"Who are those guys?" Ochako asked
"Bounty Hunters who work for Neito" Izuku said
"Who?" Ochako asked
"Neito Monoma, he's the head of a criminal syndicate dubbed the Blades of Dusk who deal in trafficking Spice, humans, weapons that is his sigil" Izuku said 'Plus he's a former Crimson Dawn member"
"But why is he here?" Ochako asked
"Why else, he knew that the Jedi had to come here eventually" Izuku said "But I know of only one person who can accurately track those who are force sensitive"
"Who?" Ochako asked before two bounty hunters were deployed
"Aoyama and Sato huh, she wouldn't send those two without a proper reason, but that's good for us"
"Why's that?" Ochako asked
"These two are the dumbest" Izuku said "Meaning that she's got no one else to spare"
"I'll see how Eri's doing and keep them inside" Ochako said as Izuku took up a sniper's position
"Good idea." Izuku said
Aizawa was getting antsy since most of the ice had covered the doorway
"Do you think she'll make it?" Kirishima asked
"She should" Yui said
"I hope so" Aizawa said
"We have a major problem" Ochako said
"What?" Mirio asked
"Bounty hunters from the Blade of Dusk" Ochako said
"They found me" Aizawa said
"What do you mean?" Sen asked
"I've been trying to lose them for months now, which is why I haven't been able to meet up with you at all" Aizawa said
"That's not good" Kirishima said
"But according to our Mandalorian friend, the two that were sent aren't exactly the best of the group's soldiers" Ochako said
"Aoyama and Sato then, great those nerf herders" Aizawa said rolling his eyes
"Go, I'll stay here to get Eri when she walks out of there" Mirio said
"We may not have a choice" Ochako said
"Come on you two" Izuku said as they slowly climbed up the wall. Sick of wait Izuku pulled out some thermal detonators and dropped them down "HEADS UP!" he shouted
"Huh?" Sato asked looking up just before the detonators exploded
"It seem we have underestimated the Jedi" Aoyama asked as he pulled out a blaster and fired upwards. Sato grunted and started to climb fast with Aoyama covering him until he reached a ledge and stood on it. Once he had a firm platform to stand on Sato pulled out an old PLX-1 portable missile launcher and fired
"Oh cr" Izuku said as the missile exploded near him sending him back into the temple
After what seem like hours Eri was standing in front of a small spire of ice, there sitting on the peak was a small ice like crystal which Eri was about to take when she faulted
"That not you crystal is?" a voice asked
"Yes, but I'm worried" Eri said
"What worries you" the voice asked
"That I am not ready to join the order, especially in this time of turmoil" Eri said
"Worry not you should, for the force is with" the voice said
"I am a Jedi, the force is with me no matter what" Eri said and closed her eyes to make sure she could feel the force inside the crystal "I am ready" she said as she slipped the crystal into a pouch and noticed that there was a slide to the entrance on the other side. Smiling she slid down the slide happily before running upon seeing the entrance. Only stopping upon sensing a disturbance
"How did they get inside?" Yui asked as she pulled out her lightsaber and activated it alongside Aizawa making his blue lightsaber make the left side of the room glow while the right side was illuminated by purple light. Aizawa checked behind him and saw the waterfall had nearly frozen all the way close, but he also could sense Eri who was right there hiding
"We have to get rid of these guys but how" Kaminari said
"Hello, Jedi if you would be so kind as to surrender" Aoyama said
"Seriously, why should we surrender to you?" Mirio asked as he saw the blonde dress in lavender and silver point to his companion who was clad in mustard armour who had a Heavy Repeater cannon aimed at them
"Because we have a beacon that is linked to an orbital bombardment system and with just a word that bombardment will commence" Aoyama said
"So what?" Kirishima said as he pulled out his Lightbow and aimed at Sato who them aimed back at Kirishima. Izuku had snuck back inside was hiding amongst the ice
"This" Aoyama said thrown several grenades out stunning the group including Izuku
"Fierfeks" Izuku said blacking out
"Hello, Mr Mandalorian, hello" Eri said
"What happened?" Izuku asked as he woke up
"They knocked everyone out and took them" Eri said
"How long ago was this?" Izuku asked
"I don't know, I came out as soon as they left, but I was trying to wake you up" Eri said
"Okay, so we're behind them, luckily I know where they're heading." Izuku said "Did you get it?"
"Yep" Eri said smiling as she held out the small crystal
"Good job kiddo, now we have to catch up with them" Izuku said
"But how?" Eri asked
"I placed a tracker on Mirio" Izuku said
"We got the Jedi you wanted" Aoyama said to their boss
"And the Mandalorian?" their employer said
"We blew him away" Sato said
"And his corpse?" the voice asked
"We didn't see it" Aoyama said
"You realise, he can stop us now right?" the voice
"HE would, if we didn't sabotage his ship" Aoyama said
"Good work, you know where to head to right?"
"Of course" Sato said
"We'll be there soon" Aoyama said smirking as the Jedi were in the cargo hold of his ship as Sato punched in the co-ordinated for the jump to lightspeed.
G'day Guys Grizz here And this is the chapter that Eri gets the first step into building her lightsaber and Aizawa watching the waterfall gate, I actually watched the Clone Wars episode about it. Now one of the biggest changes was that the Jedi weren't going to be caught but that's what happens when you go on break for a week. But in that week I watched the new Star Wars Movie and half of the Mandalorian show and they were both good, now next chapter I'll fill in a ton of backstory for Izuku
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside and Happy New Year
