Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Star Wars. Just this story.

Authors note: Time for Wookies! And, to clarify, this isn't the battle that we saw in the movie. This is actually a little bit before Yoda even arrives on the planet.

About the teddy bear: for those who don't quite get it (I may have disguised it too well). It literally is Rei's little piece of Shinji. It serves as a connection between them when he's away. Hence Rei hugging the bear, and Shinji feeling it.

And to Eric, who brought up a good point: By general, I mean field general. He is a general by the same terms that the jedi are(Obi-Wan is called General Kenobi by the clones for example). Just wanted to clear that up. But, Shinji will resolve this whole thing for me so...

P.S. Again, thanks for the reviews.

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"You really promoted me to General?" Shinji asked. He was having a holographic conference with the Jedi Council. It was tomorrow, and Shinji still couldn't believe it.

"Yes," replied Mace Windu. "We felt that we needed a competent, brave young lad like yourself."

"What exactly am I supposed to do as General?" asked Shinji

"Well for starters," began Mace, "You no longer have to be on the battlefield. You can lead your men from somewhere else. Also, you no longer have to stay with just the 501st. Now that you're a General, you will simply be sent on missions that need you. Which means that you could be in charge of any number of Legions at once. You can also sit in at political meetings involving the war, in which you will be allowed to be a key speaker. But becoming a General is your choice." Shinji tried to absorb all of this information. The idea of him as a General was strange to him. The jedi saw the look of confusion on his face. "Think about this," said Mace, "We will call you again in an hour to hear your decision." The hologram disappeared. Shinji sat there staring at the blank wall, and wondered what to do.

They were hours away from the Wookie home-world known as Kashyyyk, and they only had a third of their force with them. Yesterday, Commander Red had departed in one of the Acclamators and headed off to a mission on Kamino. And Captain J0-5h had taken the other on a mission to Coruscant, simply as a defense measure. That left Shinji and Alex with the Venator. Shinji couldn't imagine simply commanding the clones from afar, especially not in a battle as important as the one coming up, and in a situation where every soldier would count. The Wookies were a great ally to the Republic, and had recently come under attack by the CIS. Shinji knew that he should be on the battlefield fighting side by side with the Wookies in this, their hour of need. On the other hand, Shinji being a General could have its advantages. Political meetings like the ones Master Windu had mentioned would probably take place on Coruscant. And in Shinji's mind, Coruscant meant Rei. Shinji had a lot to consider, and only an hour to do it in.

He began meditating. He found that it helped him to calm down, so as to think clearly. And he needed a clear head, because he knew that once he made his choice, there would be no turning back. He would be stuck with whatever he chose. He thought for a while, but it didn't take long for him to make his decision. He continued meditating, so that he could keep his choice clear in his mind, without having to think of the other choice. The hour was up before he knew it, and the Jedi Council contacted him once more. "Have you made your decision?" asked the holographic Mace Windu.

"Yes," replied Shinji, "And my answer is no."

"What?" asked Mace, seemingly confused.

"No," Shinji repeated. "I can't abandon my men. I need to be here with them, and not directing them from the sidelines. I need to be on the field with them. I thank you for the offer, but I can't accept it. I'm going to stay a commander." The Jedi Masters all looked at Shinji in surprise. But as surprised as they looked, Shinji was more surprised when Yoda smiled.

"General material the boy is," said Yoda, "And general, the boy shall be."

"What?!" exclaimed Shinji, "Master Yoda, I can't-"

"Here me out you must," Yoda interrupted. "Only said certain things about the rank of General, we did. If General you are, then choose you may." Shinji looked at him in confusion.

"We told you only a small part of what a General can do," explained Mace. "As a General, You alone make the decision. You choose if you want to stay with your men or leave them. You choose wether or not to fight in battles. We made you a General, because we needed someone like you to have a strong place in the army. However, what you do with it is strictly up to you." Shinji thought for a moment.

"Alright," he said. "I accept the rank of General. But, on a few conditions."

"Alright," said Mace, "What are your conditions?"

"First," said Shinji, "Where the 501st goes, I go. And vice-versa. No matter what, I'm staying with them. And second, I don't think I'll be participating in meetings. And if I have to, it'll have to be through a communicator. Is that alright?" The Jedi Council looked at him, impressed. He hadn't really asked for anything, other than being allowed to stay with his men on the battle-field, and not being made to sit through meetings. The Jedi could identify with his second request all too easily. They didn't like politicians or their dreadfully boring meetings that much.

"Fine that is," answered Yoda. "Not for much did you ask, and easily arranged what you asked for, is. Accepts your decisions and terms, the Council does." Shinji saluted, and the hologram disappeared. All that was left for Shinji to do now, was wait to get to Kashyyyk.

888

The Shinji hologram in the Council Chamber disappeared. The Council had been quite pleased with his initial response of 'no'. "Shinji's a very selfless boy isn't he?" said Obi-Wan. "Not wanting to be a general, because it could mean leaving his men."

"Yes the boy is quite noble," said Mace. "He knew what he would be giving up by not accepting the job. He could've been out of harms way, but didn't take it. He could've had a lot of free time due to meetings, in which he could just enjoy himself on Coruscant."

"Don't forget Senator Ayanami," said Kenobi, "He seems to be quite taken by her. He could have chosen Coruscant and been able to spend time with her, instead of spending that same time being shot at."

"Yes," agreed Yoda, "Took the difficult path he did. Chose what he felt was right over what he wanted, he did. Very noble, the boy is."

"Are you still sure we shouldn't tell him?" asked Obi-Wan. "He manipulates the Force unconsciously. He jumped off of a cliff and came out fine, with his unknown use of the Force. If he knew how to use the Force properly-"

"No," stated Yoda firmly. The subject of training Shinji in the Jedi Arts was a subject of debate in the Jedi Council. Some, such as Obi-Wan and Shaak Ti, were all for it, even if he was too old. They had done the same for Anakin. However, some of the elder members such as Yoda and Plo Koon were against it, having been against training Anakin as well. And the rest, Mace Windu included, were undecided. The only difference between the cases was Obi-Wan's promise to Qui-Gon, and Qui-Gon's insistence that Anakin was to fulfill the Prophecy.

"But why?" asked Obi-Wan.

"Three reasons, I have," replied Yoda, "Too old he is, as was Anakin. But most important, the second reason is. In the Grand Army of the Republic he is. Under Palpatine's control he is. Trust the boy I do, but trust the Supreme Chancellor, I do not."

"And the third reason?" asked Obi-Wan.

"In love, the boy is," answered Yoda. "Forbid marriage, the Jedi Code does. Always there, the temptation will be. And strong enough Shinji will not be, to resist it." It was true, and Obi-Wan knew that.

"Still," said Obi-Wan, "It doesn't feel right to keep it a secret from him. If his father hadn't been in the way, he could be here with us now. And besides, for the last few years, he's been undergoing the same trials that any padawan would, even though they were purely by chance. Just moments ago, he practically aced the Test of Self. And Master Yoda, I know that you've been training him a bit in secret."

"Only in lightsaber training it was," Yoda said defensively. "Yet a good point have you, Master Kenobi. When over the war is, tell him we may. But odd it is, that see the boy trained you would. Against Anakin's training you were."

"True," admitted Obi-Wan. "But, there is another difference between Anakin's training and Shinji's besides the promise I made to Qui-Gon. We managed to actually sense Shinji. He was four years old, a bit old for the age limit true, but it could still have been successful." Yoda had to admit, Kenobi was right. They had sensed a powerful presence in the force that day. They traced it to the source and had found Shinji. The Force had been triggered in him by the death of is mother. The child was only a little bit older than the code permitted, but he was incredibly Force sensitive. However, two things were in the way of him being accepted into the Jedi Order as a youngling. The fact that he had already experienced serious loss, and his father.

Gendo Ikari had been devastated by the loss of his wife. He said that Shinji was all he had left to remember her by, and would not allow him to be taken away from him and be trained as a jedi. However, the jedi couldn't help but notice when Gendo all but abandoned his son. They were moved with pity for the poor boy who was now not only parentless, but also unable to be taught by them. During the training of a jedi, one of the lessons was to accept loss. Shinji couldn't be taught this now, as it was learned later in the Jedi trials as part of the Test of Self. Even though they were unable to help him accept the loss of his mother, the Jedi did manage to help him a different way. They provided friendship and guidance. Shinji would come to the Temple in his spare time, in which he was allowed to participate in some of the lessons.

Over the years, his sensitivity to the Force subsided very much. He still had it, but it was almost impossible to detect. The jedi had not fully understood it, but believed that it could be triggered by something once again, as it had been before. For example, when he had seen that small group of soldiers who were about to die at the bottom of that Geonosian cliff, the Force had reawaken in him. While he himself jumped off of the cliff to save his comrades, the Force had saved him by cushioning his landing. Ever since then, the force had helped him escape more dangerous situations then one. While he only had half of the Force sensitivity that he had shown when he was young, it had seemed to merge with his battle instincts. So to his credit, Shinji wasn't completely reliant on the Force to help him in dangerous situations like the Jedi seemed to be. The Force was there simply to lend a helping hand when needed. Luckily, Shinji's natural skills covered most things, so the only time the Force was needed were times like when he had just avoided the sniper fire while retrieving that holocron on Geonosis, and his waking up as Derren had entered Rei's room.

About a year ago, during one of Shinji's breaks, Master Yoda had taught Shinji the art of meditation. During a session when they were meditating together, Yoda sensed the force suddenly surge inside of Shinji. He asked Shinji what he was thinking of as he meditated, to which he had replied, "My mother." Yoda made a discovery that day, about Shinji's connection to the force. It was his mother, Yui Ikari. When she had died, she had somehow become one with the Force, and so was able to help her son. The presence of Yui within the force, combined with Shinji's natural Force sensitivity had been what had caused both of these surges. It seemed that whenever the thought of his mother entered his mind, the Force entered him, through her.

And just a week ago, Yoda had sensed another surge, more powerful than any he had felt before. It felt like Shinji, but Yoda thought it impossible that it could be him. He was on Felucia, far too many star-systems away to be felt. But, as Yoda meditated, he received a vision. It was of Shinji dying. A creature was attempting to kill him, and he was losing consciousness. Yoda was somehow able to see into his mind, though he wasn't sure how. He saw Shinji thinking of Rei, and the promise he had made to her. His promise to Rei had awaken the Force in him once again. It affected the creatures as well. They saw Shinji killing his attacker, but instead of attacking him, had run. The Force had been so potent in those moments, the Acklay had sensed it and ran from him. However, as good as he knew Shinji to be, Yoda still had doubts.

Shinji was now very used to seeing violence and death, wether he wanted to or not. He had experienced the pain of loss. He had also ruthlessly taken life from beings that were running away from him, even if they were Acklay. And finally and most prominent on Yoda's list of doubts about Shinji becoming a jedi, was his love for Rei Ayanami. Although Yoda secretly wished for Shinji to be trained, as Obi-Wan did openly, he knew that there were far too many risks attached. However, Shinji's conference with them had changed Yoda's mind about one thing. He felt that it was safe to tell Shinji of the Force's presence within him. He knew that Shinji might want the training. But he also knew that Shinji would accept it if the Jedi said no.

The debate was now closed, or in any case almost completely resolved. Obi-Wan could accept Shinji at least knowing about his use of the Force, even if the training couldn't come with it. Obi-Wan bowed respectively to Yoda, and then left the Chamber. Yoda needed to leave as well. He had been here only to observe Shinji's response to becoming a General. He was now headed to Kashyyyk. He hoped he would make it there in time to help Shinji, the 501st, and the Wookies. But he had confidence that Shinji would be able to handle the situation on Kashyyyk, for long enough until Yoda arrived at any rate.

888

Shinji didn't like what he saw outside at all. A CIS capitol ship was right between them and Kashyyyk. And that wasn't all. The ship was guarded by two Banking Clan Com Ships. Shinji quickly got in his armor (which had been repaired recently, as well as strengthened), grabbed his guns, and headed to the hanger. Clones were running about the area, jumping in ships, and taking off. Alex was about to get into an ARC-170 when he saw Shinji approaching. "Don't worry sir," he said throwing Shinji a salute, "I've got it covered. I'm going to lead this operation."

"What?" asked Shinji, "I thought I was going to lead this operation, like I always do."

"Sir?"

"And don't call me 'sir' Alex," said Shinji, "It's just me, Shinji. There is no 'sir' involved."

"Huh?" said Alex. This wasn't the first time Shinji had surprised him. "But you're a General now sir. You don't need to go into battle. You can just stay here and-"

"Alex," said Shinji, cutting him off, "It doesn't matter if I'm a General now. I'm not going to sit here and make you do all the work. And please don't call me sir. Just call me Shinji."

"Is that an order?" asked Alex.

"No," replied Shinji. "It's a request."

"Alright then," said Alex, getting into his ship. "What should we do first?"

"Take out the Com Ships," said Shinji, running towards his Starfighter. Alex took off and, moments later, Shinji followed. There were droids everywhere. He could see Alex leading a squad of clones in attacking one of the Com Ships. Shinji started heading for the other one. "This is Shinji," he said over the communicator, "I need some support. I'm heading towards a Com Ship. Concentrate your fire on it. Over."

"Yes sir," came the response. Two ARC-170's and a V-Wing flew in behind him.

"Lock on to the Com ship," said Shinji. "As we approach, I want the ARC-170's to attack the front and back ends. Do so only at 500 meters. The V-Wing will follow me until 100 meters. Then, you go up, and I go down. You attack from the top, and I'll attack from the bottom. Is that clear?"

"Sir Yes Sir!" In seconds, the two ARC's broke off and began their attack. In another few seconds, Shinji and the V-Wing also split apart and began their attack. The plan was a success, and the Ship was destroyed. Alex and his squad were successful as well. Shinji noticed the CIS's ship guns pounding away at the 501st's Venator, and quickly radioed his squad.

"Our next target is the CIS guns," he said. "Take them out quick!" He and the clones closed in on the guns. Shinji was getting close, when suddenly a Vulture went flying straight in front of him, firing at and destroying a nearby ARC-170. Shinji pursued the droid and started firing. The droid started spinning. It dodged every shot, and then looped back behind Shinji. It fired two missiles at him. He looped around, attempting to dodge, but the missiles followed him! 'Oh great,' thought Shinji, 'They're using heat seekers now.' He kept up his pursuit of the vulture droid, the missiles right behind him. He noticed a slight delay in the missiles' movement. That was all he needed.

He came up right on the droids tail and moved to the left swiftly. The missile didn't maneuver fast enough, and began following the vulture. The missiles slammed into the droid, which sent it spinning. It slammed straight into another droid. Shinji looped back and went to rejoin his squad. Suddenly a call came. "Shinji, this is Alex," the voice said. "The CIS shields are up. We can't touch it. We need to get a squad inside. We tried sending an LAAT, but it was shot down." Shinji took the hint.

"Alright," he said as he turned his Starfighter around. "I'm heading for the hanger. Meet me there ASAP." Shinji sped towards the ship and landed. He hopped inside the nearest LAAT. An ARC-170 landed and Alex jumped out. He ran over to the LAAT and got in. "Hey!" Shinji called out, "Pile in!" A good number of clones got into the LAAT, some manning the guns, and the rest filling all of the available cargo space. Shinji took off. He made the ship go as fast as possible, so as to try and avoid fire. But it wasn't fast enough. The LAAT was soon taking fire from all sides. The only thing saving them was the ship's heavy armor. The clones who were in the side guns fired back, hoping to drive some of the attackers off. Alex, who was sitting co-pilot, began firing as well, hoping that the guided missiles would be able to draw some fire away from the ship. Some of the droids actually fired at the missile, knowing that it could cause heavy damage if it made it into the hanger.

Shinji was able to make it into the CIS ship. He landed, and he and half of the clones jumped out. The rest remained behind to guard and repair the ship. Shinji and his squad, which was made up of Alex and some clone marines, fought their way into the internal systems room. Alex took out the life support, two marines destroyed the engines, and Shinji blew up the shield generator. Because Alex had destroyed the life support, they only had minutes to get off of the ship. Shinji was about to leave, when he saw something lying on the ground. It looked like a holocron. Shinji picked it up, and then got a call from Alex.

"Shinji!"exclaimed Alex, "Where are you? We need to leave now! Droids are crawling all over the hanger!"

"On my way!" replied Shinji as he raced towards the hanger. Alex was right. It was crawling with droids. The clones were doing there best to defend the LAAT, but they were facing far to many droids. They dropped one by one. Shinji hurled a thermal detonator into the droids. It exploded, and Shinji started running towards the LAAT. The droids began firing at Shinji. He kept running and dodging, making his way to the ship. He jumped into the cockpit and started it up. A droid with a rocket launcher fired at the LAAT. Shinji was almost out of the hanger when it hit. It hit the right wing, and heavily damaged it. 'Uh-oh,' thought Shinji as he flew towards the Venator. "Guys," Shinji said over the intercom, "You may want to grab onto something. This is going to be a rough landing!" The clones grabbed onto the bars above them. Shinji flew into the hanger, and the ships artificial gravity took over. They began leaning heavily to the right. Shinji tried to land it. It scraped across the ground, sending sparks flying. It was still technically a safe landing though. Shinji quickly got out of the LAAT and made his way up to the control bridge.

"Direct all fire at the CIS ship," Shinji said to the pilots. Then he grabbed the main communicator, which sent out a signal to all of the clones' starfighters. "Attention!" he said, "The CIS capitol ship's shield is down. Ignore the fighters and direct all fire at the ship. Repeat, direct all fir at the CIS capitol Ship." Shinji looked out the window and watched his plan successfully being carried out. The CIS ship actually blew up because of the extensive fire. The Starfighters outside began making their way to the planets surface.

They had broken through the CIS defense.

The real battle was about to begin.

888

Shinji looked across the water, a gentle breeze blowing through his hair. Through the thin mist, he could see them coming. His helmet was at his side, and his rifle was strapped to his back. He looked at the oncoming droid army, and shook his head.

"Just look at them all," he said. "There are so many of them." A Wookie next to him gave a low growl. "I am not!" exclaimed Shinji. Shinji had only been on the planet for an hour, but he had taken to the Wookie language like a duck to water. "Chewbacca you take that back!" Chewbacca just laughed and grunted. "I am not a wuss!" said Shinji, "I'm just saying that there is an awful lot of droids! We're outnumbered five to one!" Chewbacca growled agian. "No, no!" exclaimed Shinji, "I didn't mean it that way! I have absolute faith in your fighting abilities! I'm just concerned about the number of droids." Shinji looked back at the droids. They were closer now, but they hadn't started shooting yet. Chewbacca gave a low, soft growl. "See? You're worried too."

The clones and Wookies had been working most of that last hour on wooden barricades. Their main objective was to protect an oil refinery that was located right here. If that was destroyed not only would the Republic be missing a major source of fuel, the death toll would be catastrophic. There was a lot of oil here and if it exploded, well... Shinji didn't want to think about it. There was a Wookie village nearby. That would be a lot of dead innocents if the 501st didn't do their job right.

The droids were very close now, only 15 yards from the beachhead. Luckily, that holocron that Shinji had found was actually the droid battle plan. They had been spending the last hour studying it, and had taken the necessary defensive precautions. Shinji put his helmet on and readied his gun. He was going to be leading the army from the front, with the help of Chewbacca, Tarrful, and Alex. They had built wooden barricades all around the beach. Even though they were only wood, they were still very sturdy. The trees that grew on Kashyyyk were strong, just like the Wookies. In fact, it seemed to Shinji that everything on this planet was strong. It was an absolute pillar of strength, one that couldn't be allowed to fall. The droids reached the beachhead, and began firing. The Wookies gave out a great roar, which mingled with the 501st's battle-cry. They began to fire as well.

Most of the droids, at least at this moment, were super battle droids. There were a few engineers, some assault droids, and a sniper or two. There were no droidekas, at least not yet. Shinji also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there weren't any Magna Guards. Shinji kept firing, taking down one droid after another. The mission, at least at the moment, was to defend the beachhead. Shinji took out a grenade and shouted out, "Grenades! Now!" He and several clones threw their thermal detonaters into the oncoming droids. They exploded, causing massive damage in the droid ranks. Chewbacca followed the example and roared out. Several Wookies performed Shinji's maneuver flawlessly. But despite their efforts, the droids kept coming. It was then that the Wookies showed their true strength.

The droids were covering the beachhead. One got up right in front of Shinji and before he could react, Chewbacca grabbed it, and then ripped it apart with his bare hands. It was incredible. Every time a droid got too close to a Wookie, it would meet the same fate. And that was if the droid was lucky enough to get close. The Wookies were excellent shot's, and made each bowcaster bolt count. Shinji was beginning to have a positive outlook on this battle. Well, until the Tank Droids showed up at any rate.

They came speeding through the water, firing at the beachhead. Shinji ducked down, as one reached the beachhead and ramped off of the barricade, crushing it in the process. Shinji looked up to see three more coming, followed by... No it couldn't be... Yes, it was. The Tank Droids were being followed by droidekas. Dozens of them. Shinji looked back and saw the Tank Droid heading for the oil refinery. Luckily, it was behind a heavy metal seawall, as well as the sturdy wooden defenses that they had built earlier. But, they wouldn't last long.

"Fall back!" Shinji yelled, "Get behind the seawall! We need to protect that refinery!" The 501st and the Wookies began running as instructed, firing at the droids who had managed to get past them. As they passed it, they took the opportunity to throw grenades at the Tank Droid. They managed to destroy it, but knew it was only a matter of time before the others got there. They got behind the seawall and shut it tight. They were safe from tanks and any other vehicles now, but not against infantry. There were two doors, one on each side of the seawall. And they were jammed. The controls had been destroyed by stray blaster fire. Some technicians were working on it, but they couldn't get it done fast enough. Droids began pouring through the doors, blasting as they came. Shinji began firing.

He blasted like there was no tommorow, which there might not be if the droids got past him. For once, he wished that he had the EVA with him. But it was still up in the Venator. Shinji hadn't even thought about it until now. 'Well, too late now,' Shinji thought as he fired. The droids kept coming.

Suddenly, three destroyers pulled up. And they weren't alone. They were being lead by a Magna Guard. They fired at Shinji, and he rolled out of the way behind a large boulder. He waited a few seconds, and then threw a grenade. His timing was perfect. The droidekas' shields ran out right as the grenade exploded. However, the Magna guard had rolled out of the way, just in time. Shinji shot at its staff immediately, remembering how much trouble the last one had caused him. It hit, and the Magna guard discarded it. It pulled out its BULLDOG and started firing. Shinji dodged and fired back. The Magna guard dodged as well. Shinji tried to fire again, but nothing happened. Click-click. 'Oh no,' thought Shinji, 'Not again.' The Magna guard fired at him. Shinji dodged and tried to pull out his pistol.

It wouldn't move! There was some hind of fungus growing there, keeping it in place. 'The fungus must have been from when I fell in the water earlier,' thought Shinji, as he dodged yet another shot from the Magna Guard. Shinji had fallen in the water while helping to build on of the barricades. And then... Click-click. The droid ran out of ammo. Shinji rushed at the droid. He did a sweeping kick, catching the droid off guard. The Magna guard found itself in the air. Shinji grabbed its foot and did an over-the-shoulder throw, smashing the droid into the ground. 'Thank goodness for all that martial-arts training,' he thought. The Army trained all of the troopers in hand to hand combat. Shinji hadn't been trained much, as most of it had taken place on Kamino when the clones were being raised, but he knew enough. The droid tried to get up, but Shinji stopped it. He started spinning the droid around by the ankle. He spun around for a few seconds, and then released his hold on the droid. He actually managed to send it a couple of yards through the air, and into the mud.

The droid got up again, and rushed at Shinji. It delivered an uppercut into Shinji's jaw. If he hadn't been wearing his helmet, that blow could've broken his jaw. Shinji fell to the ground. The droid grabbed him and hauled him up. It jabbed him in the stomach. Shinji's armor absorbed most of the blow, but it still almost completely winded him. The droid dropped Shinji, who landed on his knees at the droids feet. The droid tried to finish him off with one quick blow that would go through Shinji's helmet, and into his skull. The droid struck, but Shinji moved out of the way. The droid stumbled forward a few steps, due to the strength it had put behind the attack. Shinji kicked it in the back of the head, completely knocking it over.

Shinji pulled at his pistol, finally wrenching it free from its holster. The magna guard tried to get up, but Shinji fired. He fired about eight shots into it, just to make sure. The droid didn't get up. Shinji grabbed his rifle and headed out to find some ammo. He found an ammo crate, loaded up, and returned to battle. He looked towards the oil refinery. 'Oh no,' thought Shinji. There were a dozen or so droids headed right for it! Shinji ran to defend it. He fired, which caught the droids' attention. they fired back and he dodged. He made his way there, destroying five droids as he went. Unfortunately, there were still seven left. And even Shinji found it difficult to fight seven droids in such an open space. They started firing at him, and the only place to dodge was right behind the oil refiner. He rolled behind it and tried to come up with a plan.

If he stayed there, the droids would destroy the machine, causing the oil to explode. If he used it as cover, it would still explode. Shinji thought about it, and realized he had only one option left. His last resort. He took the metal cylinder off of his belt. He activated the blade. He looked out from behind the machine. The droids were planting explosives. They didn't care about being blown up. They were salvageable. They knew that they could be rebuilt or repaired, or even placed in a knew body. Why just last week, Unit 456's hard drive had been put inside of a vulture droid.

Shinji ran out from behind the machine and attacked. The droids tried to fire, but it was too late. Shinji destroyed the two nearest droids, and blocked a shot from the third. It went directly into the fourth, and Shinji destroyed the third. The last three didn't do any better then the others. Shinji deactivated the lightsaber and went to work. He needed to defuse these bombs.

"What was that?" asked a clone voice. Shinji turned around to see Alex standing over him. "Was that a lightsa-?"

"Shh!" said Shinji. "Be quiet and help me with these bombs." Alex kneeled down to help. "Were you the only one who saw it?" asked Shinji.

"Yes," replied Alex, "There weren't any other clones around. But was that a lightsaber? How'd you get it?"

"Doesn't matter," said Shinji, snapping wires, "Just don't tell anyone that you saw it ok? I can only use it in emergencies like that one. Is that clear?"

"Sir Yes Sir!" said Alex. Shinji sighed. Again with the 'sir' thing. Oh well. Shinji and Alex defused the bombs. They turned around, only to see an ever increasing amount of droids puring through the doors. Then suddenly, the seawall came down! The droids had used the controls to bring it down, and then destroyed the controls. Four tank droids were waiting outside. They rolled in. Shinji took command of the situation.

"I need rocket launchers here now!" he yelled above the fray. Several wookies and clones rushed over to him. Shinji divided them in half. "Alright," he said, "Group A, you fire first, then duck down to reload. Group B, while group A reloads you fire. Group A, you then fire while B is reloading. Understood?" A mix of Yes Sir's and growls replied. They started firing at the Tanks. Shinji's plan worked perfectly. "Just keep doing that!" Shinji said, "I need to go organize the attack. Will you all be okay?" Again, a chorus of Yes Sir's and growls answered him. He ran off to find Chewbacca. He found him with a group of clones and Wookies, who were being pinned down by heavy fire. Shinji rushed over to them, firing at the enemy. The droids turned their attention towards him, allowing Chewbacca's unit to tear them apart. Shinji ran over and started organizing things. He took a quick assessment of the soldiers. Five troopers, three sharpshooters, four engineers, two heavy troopers, and eight Wookies. Of the Wookies, three had rocket launchers, and the other five had bowcasters.

Shinji began formulating a plan with Chewbacca. "I think we should find Tarfful," said Shinji. "Then, we should start striking guerilla style. If we can-" Chewbacca cut him off with a growl. He growled out his plan. "That is a good a plan," said Shinji, "But a bit risky don't you think?" Chewbacca had suggested a more frontal assault on the droids. He said that they should attack the small peninsula which was serving as the droids base. It was where all of the vehicles were, so Chewbacca was thinking of hijacking some of them and attacking the droids from the rear. "I still think we should find Tarfful first though," said Shinji. Chewbacca agreed.

They fought their way through the battlefield, searching for the Wookie General. They found him, leading a well organized defense against the droids that were coming in through the seawall. They met up with him and leant a helping hand. As they were fighting, Shinji told him about both his and Chewbacca's plans. And of course, Tarfful sided with Chewie's plan. "alright fine," said Shinji, "Have it your way." Of course, executing Chewie's plan would require surviving. And between the seemingly endless sea of droids and the slowly depleting 501st and Wookie army, surviving didn't seem likely. Eventually Shinji, Chewbacca, Tarfful, and their small unit, found themselves being forced back. They fought as hard as they could, but it didn't look like it would be enough. Shinji knew that this was it. He grew very sad, thinking of the wookie village that was located nearby. Without the 501st's help, the village would most likely be destroyed and the Wookies enslaved. He was also sad, because he knew that he wouldn't be able to see Rei again.

However, despite his premonitions of defeat, he fought on. The very least he could do was take out as many droids as he could, before the inevitable happened. Then suddenly, Shinji's hope was restored.

A green blur, moving an incredible speed, launched itself through the droids. Shinji had never seen anything move that fast! The Blur zig-zagged through the droids, causing absolute chaos amongst their ranks. And out of nowhere, clones appeared. Some of them where from the 501st and the rest were from the 41st Elite Corps. The 41st were being led by Commander Gree, and the 501st reinforcements were being led by none other than Red. The Blur kept coming, demolishing droids as it made it's way to Shinji. The Blur stopped moving, and it only took Shinji and the two Wookie commanders to recognize him.

"Proud I am, to stand by the Wookies in their hour of need," said Master Yoda. Shinji couldn't believe it. He had never seen Yoda move that fast, let alone jump about the way he did. "Oh Shinji," said Yoda, "Doing well you are. Take it from here I will." Yoda was about to jump back into the battle.

"Master Yoda, wait!" Shinji said.

"Hmm?" Shinji explained Chewbacca's plan to Yoda. "A good plan it is," said Yoda, "But need it we will not. Rest you three must. Done enough today you have. Take it from here, Yoda will." Shinji saluted, and Yoda leapt into the droids.

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With the timely arrival of Master Yoda, the 41st Elite, and Red's part of the 501st , The droids were forced to retreat. Chewbacca was a little bit disappointed that he wouldn't be able to use his plan, which he knew would have been successful. But he was glad that Yoda had arrived when he did. Shinji, Chewie, Tarfful, and Yoda were sitting around a campfire. They were discussing tomorrow's battle plan. Shinji had the holocron with him, and they were putting it to good use. They looked at the list of droid strategies on the holocron, and were devising counter plans for each one. Shinji and Chewbacca also described that day's events, to help identify what kind of droids they were up against, as well as estimate the numbers of each kind. After much discussion, as well as a few heated debates (mostly between Shinji and Chewie), they finally managed to create a defense for each and everyone of the droids' predicted moves. That was the wonderful thing about droids: they were predictable. They weren't very good (possibly incapable) at making plans on the spot.

With all of the planning out of the way, Shinji went to bed. However as he slept, he had a strange dream. There were lightsabers. Hundreds of them, all green and blue, with the exception of one purple one. Suddenly, a red lightsaber appeared. It began fighting the others. It destroyed two blues, two greens, and the purple. Then, one of the blue lightsabers turned red, and began attacking the others, while the first red lightsaber disappeared. One by one, the lightsabers fell, until only two remained: the second red one, and a blue one. The two began fighting, and suddenly the scene was covered with flame. The blades clashed, striking each other again and again. The blue one defeated the red one, which fell into the fire. The blue lightsaber disappeared. The original red lightsaber came and pulled the other one out of the fire. Only now, the shining silver handle that had once been there, was a sleek black color.

Shinji did not understand the dream at all, and it disturbed him almost to the point of waking up. However the dream, or rather, nightmare, disappeared. It was replaced by a much more pleasant dream. He saw Rei, in a white dress. She looked happy. He looked around and saw several people he'd never seen before, but he felt like he knew them. He saw one person he knew. It was Chewbacca, but he seemed much older now. He was sitting with a small group of people that Shinji felt he knew very well, though he knew he'd never met them. Everyone seemed very happy, and soon the worry his previous nightmare had given him went away.

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Man, what was all that about? First a delve into Shinji's past, revealing why the jedi hadn't found him in time. And then Shinji's astounding grasp of Wookie language! Plus two dreams, one disturbing and the other happy, though still just as strange. What do they mean?

Next time! Utapau Invasion: Shinji vs.Greivous!

P.S: Don't get used to that /\, I'm only going to do that sometimes.