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He woke to a jarring motion. As he slowly opened his eyes, he could make out the blurred image of a ceiling. As he slowly glanced around, his eyes adjusted and everything came to sharp focus. Someone was next to him... Who is it? As he swept the room, his eyes caught the beautiful image of Leia. Leia... What is she doing here beside me? Wha... Wait a minute! Suddenly, all the events from his escape from Jabba's Palace came back to him. He quickly glanced around again. Yes, he was onboard the Millennium Falcon.

As soon as he moved, Leia stirred. Her eyes opened and when she caught sight of Han, she shot up and smiled. "It's about time, sleepyhead." She teased as she hugged him.

"Leia... Wait. Where's that bounty hunter?" Han said as he suddenly recalled the mysterious bounty hunter.

As he got up to try to look, Leia pushed him back down.

"Why Han, can't you guess who the bounty hunter was?"

"Uh... no..." As Han tried to think back to the manner in which the mysterious bounty hunter had addressed him.

"Han, that bounty hunter was me." Said Leia as she stared at Han's face in amusement, waiting for the hilarious reaction she knew she was going to get.

The Emperor had allowed him to wander around provided he did not leave the planet. So, he was at another one of his trips around Coruscant.

It was nothing like he had ever seen before. There were plenty of things that caught his attention and hours were spent examining each and every one of them. From the tall buildings that surrounded him to the many shops on every street selling things he had never seen nor heard before.

There was general contentment in the faces and eyes of all those around him. But was this really the case? Had he just scratched at the surface of the many layers of Coruscant? There was contentment in the people he see, but the whole atmosphere was still tense and still, as if everyone is waiting for something to happen. Stormtroopers were everywhere, guarding, watching, and preventing. People keep avoiding them as much as possible.

"Ow" a little girl said as he accidentally bumped into her.

He was just about to apologize when the girl's mother came and whisked her away, not looking at him in the eye.

Yes, there was something definantly wrong about Coruscant. Something that is hidden deep within, where everybody is afraid of strangers, stormtroopers, and very likely high officials of the Empire.

Luke suddenly got the feeling of being watched. As he turned around, there was a woman half hidden in the shadows watching him intently. But before he could approach her, she turned and seemed to melt away in the dark shadows of the buildings. Luke decided to follow her. Unbeknownst to him, there was another woman watching him. Sent to watch his every move by her master.

Her name was Mara Jade.

Lando and Chewie were sitting around at the controls each deep in their own thoughts. When suddenly they were launched out by a sudden startled and perhaps a bit strangled scream.

"WHAT!!!"

"I guess Han just woken up and discovered Leia's part in his little rescue." Choked out Lando as he struggled to control his laughter.

"Rwwooowww" agreed the wookie as he too laughed.

"WHY DID YOU RISK YOUR LIFE TO RESCUE ME?!?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT JABBA COULD'VE DONE TO YOU IF YOU WERE CAUGHT???"

"OF COURSE I DID! BUT I LOVE YOU AND I DON'T FEAR JABBA!"

"WELL YOU SHOULD. YOU-" the conversation suddenly ended.

"I wonder what they are doing right now." Wondered the gambler.

"Rrowl" agreed Chewie.

"WHAT" Han exclaimed as he processed what Leia just said. "WHY DID YOU RISK YOUR LIFE TO RESCUE ME?!?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT JABBA COULD'VE DONE TO YOU IF YOU WERE CAUGHT???" he yelled, angry at her for risking her safety for him. Also angry at himself for almost causing her capture and perhaps torture.

"OF COURSE I DID! BUT I LOVE YOU AND I DON'T FEAR JABBA!" she yelled back not at all regretting her dangerous decision and enjoying the dumbfounded expression on Han's face.

But the ex-smuggler recovered quickly and quickly shot back.

"WELL YOU SHOULD. YOU-" he was interrupted by a sudden kiss by Leia ending his tirade.

An eventful day indeed...

AN: PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!! I know this is very short and very late, but I have an excuse for that. Homework and projects. Got a civics project due next Wednesday and an English project due next Friday. Teachers love to torture students. Not to mention I didn't know what should happen next so I was stuck. But anyway, thanks for all the previous chapters reviews. And to say this before I forget, does anyone want to help me with the grammar stuff of the story? I still have trouble figuring out past and present tense and everything in between. Just email, IM, or post it if you're interested. And expect a lot of long period delays between stories. That said, on to replies to reviews I haven't answered yet...

Allyanna – I'm glad you thought so. Hope you liked chapter 7.

Princess-Aiel – Thank you for your continued support.

Stocktonwood – It's ok. Yes, it should be interesting...

Pokey1984 – WOW!!! That's a lot of typing. Thanks for the constructive criticism, support, and suggestion. Yeah I know. Short chapter. But maybe next time I'll finally get it right.

Jellyman plus Squirt – Nice suggestion. I will try to take my time. Sorry about writing out plus instead of the symbol in your name but I couldn't get Fanfiction to upload the symbol.

Mo – glad you think so. I update as soon as I finish with last minute corrections and replies so that depends, this time it was very long. Very sorry about that.

Sage-Doomhunter – thanks for the encouragement

BDV – glad to see a new reader and thanks for reviewing

Nicolae 216 – sorry this update is the shortest one of all yet. I'll try to make more time to work on this story. Glad to see you like this story.

I think that's all of the replies. Sorry if I missed you.