Alright, here we go everyone! Last chapter of this story before the transition to An Arc Jinchuriki! Know that like with this story, I'll be working on that one for the full month of August. This will give me ample time to work on each chapter, and I'm certain that it'll help each one come out perfectly. For now, though, I'd first like to give a few replies to those of you who reviewed.
DJ Rodriguez: YES! FINALLY, SOMEONE ELSE WHO UNDERSTANDS MY PLIGHT! Honestly, I don't understand what it is with all those Yaoi fanboys out there, but it's just toxic sludge waiting to pollute your mind! Very displeasing to my eyeballs! And thanks for answering my questions. You always have the best answers for them.
tpowe15: I'll certainly try to find a way to get Calvin together with those two.
legoryan4579: Your wish is my writing! (Hah! Ed, Edd n' Eddy reference!)
Before we get started on the chapter, I want to give thanks to God for giving me the words I needed to write this chapter and have it updated as soon as I did. Now, without further ado, let's do this thing!
*I still don't own Calvin & Hobbes, or Star Wars: The Clone Wars!*
*Speech Key*
"May the Force be with you." = Normal Speech
'May the Force be with you.' = Thinking
"May the Force be with you." = Force Ghost Speaking
"May the Force be with you." = Someone Yelling
"Haha haha! You lose, General Kenobi!" = Separatist Droid Speech
Building Lightsabers!
As Calvin and Hobbes took their trials to find their Lightsaber crystals, Qui-Gon was doing a little meditating of his own. Namely to check up on a few things within the will of the Force. It seems like there's more to the appearance of his two newest apprentices than he could have thought. And the Force knows about this. These two have a great destiny to fulfill alongside Anakin Skywalker, and he didn't even know about it until just now.
How could he not have seen it. The prophecy of the Jedi Order is not centered around a single person like he initially thought it was. It's centered around three! Well, two humans and one tiger who started out as a stuffed animal, but that's beside the point. Either way, these three are destined to bring about balance to the Force, and not simply destroy the Dark Side like the rest of the Jedi Order seems to think.
'Just what is it you have planned? Why call upon these three young ones to bring about balance?' Qui-Gon mentally asked the Living Force.
Suddenly, Qui-Gon felt something. He smirked as he registered it as the arrival of his two apprentices. Standing up, Qui-Gon saw two different portals open up in front of him. One billowing with light, the other flooded with darkness. He knows exactly who went through which portal, and the sort of tests they took.
Running through the light portal was Hobbes, panting in exhaustion as he skidded to a halt in front of Qui-Gon. His fur looks a little ruffled and he seemed to have a few dings and bumps here and there, but otherwise, Hobbes seemed okay. But Calvin just calmly walked out of the dark portal soaked in his own blood, his body covered in lacerations from his earlier battle.
"Master Qui-Gon, you'll never believe what just - OH MY GOD! CALVIN, WHAT HAPPENED?!" screamed Hobbes as he saw the state Calvin was in.
Calvin just sighed and tried to wipe the blood off of his face from a smaller, more shallow cut. All it did was cause it to smear.
"Let's just say I had a bit of a struggle with my inner darkness and leave it at that." Calvin groaned, feeling the aches and pains in his flesh.
He sank to his knees as he knelt in front of Qui-Gon. Reaching up to the crystal around his neck, Calvin removed it from the cord and presented it to the spirit of the Jedi Master. While Hobbes wasn't happy about how lightly Calvin treated his wounds, he followed his example and presented the orange Lightsaber crystal he'd found in that temple.
"We have found our crystals, Master Qui-Gon." Hobbes said.
"Yes, I can see this. Both of you have gone through great trials to obtain your crystals. Those experiences you had, they were tests to show you some things you needed to learn." Qui-Gon explained.
He gestured to Hobbes and placed a hand over the tiger's heart.
"You, Hobbes, have passed all of the trials in one, and gained great courage because of it. Not only this, but the Force saw fit to promote you to the rank of Jedi Knight."
Hobbes remembered that happening in the temple where he fought against that guardian. It seemed to be quite surreal to him, how he had to fight against that man just to prove he had the makings of a Jedi Knight.
Next, Qui-Gon gestured to Calvin.
"Young One, while you were not promoted to Jedi Knight like Hobbes has been, you still faced a great trial that has helped you attain balance between the light and the darkness within you. You have passed the Trial of Spirit, where the Force had you search deep inside yourself in order to face down your inner demons. And from the look of things you've succeeded, despite taking one heck of a beating in the process."
Calvin hummed in thought while narrowing his eyes at the unintentional mention of his darker half. Mad Calvin. Just what else could that guy have been made from within him? Surely it wasn't just his inner hatred. There had to be more to it than just that.
"And so, you have both passed your trials and harvested your crystals. Now is the time to build your Lightsabers. Now, you must know something before we begin. An old Droid by the name of Huyang may have a record of every Lightsaber ever made from the time HE was first programmed, but the Force knows of every Lightsaber EVER made by both Jedi AND Sith! And the warrior who fashioned them!"
As Qui-Gon explained this, a huge fog appeared above them that showed several different Lightsabers created by many of the Jedi and Sith of old. It astounded the two as they witnessed so many different weapons appearing out of thin air like this. But then again, they might just be for display.
"Which will you choose? A simple grip? The curved approach? Double-Bladed, perhaps? One inlaid with the bone of the Cartusion Whale? pastillion Ore, or Black Onk? Well…?"
Neither young pupil said a word. They were too busy being amazed by the sheer amount of Lightsabers and Protosabers that had ever been created. It was a treasure trove of knowledge about the many weapons that were ever created by the Jedi and the Sith. As Qui-Gon stood up and activated his own green Lightsaber, he continued on with his lecture.
"From the Battles of Rashfond to the Peacekeeping of Poliock, to the upcoming Clone Wars, a Lightsaber is a Jedi's only true ally next to the Force. But how do they work? Hm?"
Qui-Gon picked up Hobbes' crystal and looked at it intently as he studied its own latent Force energies. He could tell that Hobbes' crystal was very powerful, and would need the appropriate machinery to properly channel that power through the Lightsaber he intends to build.
"Now, you have brought the crystals for your Lightsabers, but they are completely useless unless you can give them life. Tell me, do you know how to awaken the Force within the crystals?"
Upon receiving two negative shakes of the head from both human and feline alike, Qui-Gon smirked as he thought about the fun he was going to have teaching these two about using the Force. Just like the many incidents he remembers having during Obi-Wan's training. Like that time where he had Obi-Wan practice meditating while using the Force to levitate over a lake in the temple gardens.
The poor boy had lost his focus when a squirrel landed on his shoulder and jumped off to another tree, causing him to fall into the lake and wind up soaked. Qui-Gon had laughed at his Padawan's misfortune before Obi-Wan used the Force to pull him into the lake and soak him.
"Then we should begin with the basics and work our way up from there. Before we construct your Lightsabers, you will need to tell me a few things. We'll start with you, Hobbes. Hold out your hand, if you please?" Qui-Gon instructed.
Understanding that while this method may seem unorthodox to Hobbes, he knows that Qui-Gon knows what he's doing. So he held out his left hand as Qui-Gon continued to instruct him.
"Describe what you see your saber to be."
"Hm. Honestly, I can't really imagine what it looks like right now. I didn't give it much thought until now." Hobbes said.
"No, no, no. Not what you imagine, but what you feel in your hand. Concentrate; what will make you strong in battle and humble in retreat? What connects with your Force?"
Hobbes closed his eyes and began to let the Force guide him. He reached up with his other hand as he closed his hand as if holding a staff or a spear. The answer was clear to him now.
"The material feels like wood to me. With some metal here and there."
"Ah yes, wood. Not a common choice. And only wood from a Brylark Tree is as strong as metal. Let me see, where would we find that all the way out here? Far from anywhere? Deep in the galaxy?"
The natural holographic projections of all the Lightsabers vanished as Qui-Gon began rifling through several drawers and shelves for the parts he was looking for. Thankfully, the Force has no shortage of Lightsaber parts, so he doesn't have to worry about running out. It's organizing them that's the real hassle.
"Let me see… what do we have? Let me see, let me…"
Qui-Gon began mumbling to himself as he quickly began to look for the parts among all the other junk he has piled up around his work station. What can he say? He's a pack rat.
"Ahhh…! I wondered where I put that!" Qui-Gon said, picking up a White Lotus Pai-Sho tile.
He looked in a different set of shelves before pulling out a photo album filled with old pictures of himself and his old master back when Qui-Gon was still a Padawan. Some of those photos being rather embarrassing.
"Oops! That's not mine!"
It took a bit more searching, but at long last he found the parts he was looking for. An assortment of Lightsaber parts that were perfect for the sabers he knew Calvin and Hobbes are going to build. The Force told him so.
"Ah! Look what we have here!"
Qui-Gon removed the drawer from its compartment and brought it over to where Calvin and his feline companion were waiting. After setting down the parts, Qui-Gon began to use the Force in order to create a non functioning Lightsaber hilt as an example for them to follow. Calvin and Hobbes watched in amazement as each piece was meticulously put into place, and knew this would be a lot harder than it looked. By the time he was done, he had created a near perfect replica of Anakin's current Lightsaber.
"It is my job that before you two leave Earth Prime you will have everything you need to build your Lightsabers, and the knowledge of how to do it. So let us begin. There is much more work to be done." Qui-Gon said.
After the boys had picked their parts and decided on what Saber they wanted to build, they both went to a quiet place to construct their Lightsabers, knowing it would be important for them to have absolute focus.
Hobbes found himself a nice shady spot under a cropping of rocks with all of the pieces he'd need to construct his own Lightsaber. Once he had his parts neatly organized, he kneeled down and closed his eyes as he began to focus on the creation of his saber. As the parts began to levitate, Hobbes sensed that his crystal was much thicker than most other Lightsaber crystals he's seen. And as a result, through the Force, the crystal neatly broke itself in half down the middle as the Lightsaber parts began to encase them. And constructed rather quickly, this Lightsaber was.
It was almost an exact replica of the folding Double-Bladed Lightsaber that the warrior Hobbes fought against used. However, the hilt itself was made mostly from the wood of a Brylark Tree, while it had the same folding mechanism in the middle so it folded neatly. This way, Hobbes' Lightsaber would be less cumbersome when he moved on all fours. Perfect for an Apex predator like himself.
Hesitantly, Hobbes reached out to grab his Lightsaber. He was surprised, however, when it just gently levitated into his hands. As he activated the twin blades, orange blades of pure plasma erupted from the emitters. Hobbes noticed that unlike the sabers he used in his trial, these blades seemed to be stronger and gave off a deeper humming sound than the others. He gave his new Double-Bladed Lightsaber a twirl to test the balance of the weapon before extinguishing the blades as he found the weapon to his exact specifications.
Nodding in satisfaction, Hobbes folded his new Lightsaber and clipped it to the utility belt that Qui-Gon had given him. He then proceeded to make his way back to Qui-Gon as Calvin was building his own Lightsaber.
While Hobbes had chosen a cropping of rocks to build his saber, Calvin decided to build his out in the open sun on a patch of sand that likely used to be a beach. He laid out the parts of his Lightsaber and his crystal, knelt down, and began to meditate. Just like what happened to Hobbes, Calvin began to call upon the Force so he could build his Lightsaber.
Unlike Hobbes who build a Double-Bladed Lightsaber, Calvin's saber was a classic single blade design, and was made from bluish-silver metal instead of wood. Once it was complete, Calvin called it to his hand and ignited a blue, unstable blade of plasma, giving his Lightsaber blade the appearance of having a serrated edge.
Calvin smiled at the sight of his Lightsaber. With it, he would honor his granddad and bring honor to the Jedi!
*To Be Continued…*
That's all for this chapter. And come Wednesday, it'll be the end of my updating it for a few months, as I'll be working on other stories in the meantime. But for now, here's a few questions I'd like you guys to answer, if you don't mind.
1. ) Should Calvin have a warrior's rivalry with General Grievous?
2.) Should I give Calvin and Hobbes special Force powers such as Battle Meditation?
3.) What series of Astromech Droid do you want Calvin and Hobbes to have? (R-Series and BB-Series droids are acceptable)
4.) What style of clothes should Calvin have as a Jedi? Please give a brief description.
5.) What should I do for a big entrance when Calvin and Hobbes go to Geonosis? Transmogrifier Gun, or playing bagpipes like The Scotsman from Samurai Jack?
Thank you guys so much for reading! May the Force be with you, and have a great day!