A/N: Anything in parenthesis after foreign words is just the translation so that you guys don't have to do it yourselves. Thought I'd make it easy on you.
Chapter Twenty: Cuckoo... I mean Dooku! is back...
"Kon'nichiwa watashinonamaeha Obi-wandesu. Kyō wa genkidesu ka? (Hello my name is Obi-wan. How are you today?)" Kai spoke slowly, carefully pronunciating each of his words.
"Kon'nichira watashinonameahah Obi-wan Desu Kyo ra genkidisu kay?" Obi-wan looked rather pleased with himself as he slaughtered repeating what it was that Kai had said.
Kai shook his head, exasperation flooding through him. "No... not even close. Its Kon'nichiwa watashinonamaeha Obi-wandesu. Kyō wa genkidesu ka."
Zane wandered into the room right then, eyebrow shooting upwards as he looked between the two. "We've only been back for two days and you're already stealing Obi-wan's name."
"Actually, Kai was just trying to teach me how to greet people and introduce myself to new people in your native tongue." Obi-wan blinked slowly as he glanced over at him, wondering vaguely when exactly did he walked in to get that idea.
Zane sighed as he plopped down on the floor, quickly sitting in a meditative position. "I see... I know this might come as a surprise to you, but I have been thinking things over, and I'm sure that Kai here will agree with me... but we possibly should try and figure out a way to get us back home. As much as I love learning new things, I do miss my little brother, friends, and girlfriend."
Obi-wan promptly wrinkled his nose. "You have a girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"I... really don't see it."
"He does. Pix is cool." Kai decided to interrupt the interesting conversation that was taking place in front of him. "Course Sky's a million times cooler."
Obi-wan glanced over at Kai, confusion flooding him. Zane noticed and promptly heaved an exasperated sigh. "His girlfriend."
Obi-Wan quickly stood up, his decision suddenly made up. "I'll see what I can do about getting you guys home. It's been awhile since Dooku has tried taking you two back, so now might be the safest time to send you home."
"K. Thanks Obi-wan." They spoke in perfect unison once again, relief flooding off of them. As soon as the door closed behind the Jedi, Kai turned to face Zane, his face almost bored. "He just jinxed us? Didn't he?"
Zane merely nodded in agreement, even as Falcon flew up to him, landing on his shoulder. "I'm afraid that according to Falcon, there has been increased activity connected to Cuckoo in the area."
"I thought that was my name for him!"
"Can't argue with facts."
Kai groaned as he cracked open his eyes, confusion flooding him. What...happened? One minute he and Zane were chuckling over the little nickname they gave the guy that started this entire adventure, the next he was waking up in what looked like a ship's cargo hold, inside of a human sized cage. Of course, out of this entire situation, the fact cages big enough to hold people in them was what had him really hang up on. It reminded him of that time when... No! He wasn't going to think about that!
"Psst... Zane? Can you hear me?" Kai whispered loudly into the semi-dark room, crossing his fingers that Zane wasn't too far from where he was at.
A groan from somewhere off to his left caught his attention, followed by a familiar voice whispering back to him. "I am all right. I have adjusted my eyesight to make up for the lack of light back here. I believe I see a sign of sorts not that far from you. Can you read it, or do you need your reading glasses?"
Kai bit back a snapping retort on how ninjas don't need reading glasses, even as he leaned forward to try and scan the words on the worn out sign that was truthfully leaning against his cage. "It's pretty worn out... the letters a big enough for me to see without my torture devises, but I still can't make out what it says due to wear and tear on it."
"Bother. I was hoping that might have been a clue there. Perhaps if I zoom in on it, I could read it." Zane volunteered, though there was worry edging his voice.
Kai shook his head, leaning back against the back of his cage. "Negative. It's on the left side of me... the same side you are on. All you can see is the back side of it."
"I know. I was hoping though tha..." Zane suddenly fell silent, startling Kai. It only took a minute before he heard what it was that made his best friend fall silent. Footsteps. Headed straight for them.
Kai tilted his head, figuring there was about two different sets of steps. Meaning two different people headed right their way. Tensing slightly, he braced himself to make a run for it if necessary... The sign shifted, moved out of the way, revealing someone that was covered head to toe in some sort of armor. Dooku was standing behind him. Kai blinked once, before blurting out the first thing that came to his mind. "Watashi wa mada anata o kakkō to yonde imasu! (I'm still calling you Cuckoo!)"
"Thank you Llang Hutt. I will take it from here." Dooku looked completely unfazed about whatever it was that Kai had just yelled at him. Seeing as he didn't know how to speak their native tongue, that makes sense.
A/N: *crickets chirp loudly* Oh well... something tells me that you all are very confused about something that Kai and Zane chatted about that totally didn't happen to get responses out of you all...
