Hey guys, sorry for not posting any last week. I wasn't feeling well but I'm getting back on track. Here's Kylo's chapter.

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Chapter 26:

By the time Kylo caught up with Rey, she was pretending that she was no longer upset. When he tried to talk to her about it she avoided the topic all together. He hadn't meant to hurt her, just his mother. In all honesty Kylo had intended on the Skywalker line dying with him. Kids had never been a part of his plan, especially after the dream that Zroyais has invaded. Then again neither had falling in love with a light Force User.

With Cade, Zer-o, Essie, Liki and Gear gone they both had more free time than they would have liked. Rey used that time to hang out with her friends minus that cocky pilot bastard. For which Kylo was eternally grateful because he had a feeling the next time he and Poe Dameron ran into each other wouldn't be any different than the last time and he didn't want to upset Rey any more than she already was.

Kylo once again found himself wandering the jungles of Olara. Though fighting beasts didn't have the same feel now that he'd spent weeks training with other Force Sensitives. He was beginning to think that Olara had lost all of its excitement and danger in the weeks he'd spent with the others. At least until he came across the leader of the Olaran Tigers again.

The giant male still bore the marks from his and Kylo's first fight as well as a few new ones. Kylo wondered what could be strong enough or dangerous enough to take on the tiger. The male seemed angrier than before and charged at Kylo right away. Kylo dodged the giant mass of fur by sidestepping while pushing it in the opposite direction using the Force.

Kylo got a clearer look at the tiger and saw that there was something sticking out of its side. Kylo held the tiger still with the Force and went over to it. The male was struggling, his powerful jaws snapping in Kylo's direction, his paws trying to swipe at Kylo.

As he got closer to the beast the smell of blood got stronger and through the thick orange fur Kylo could see a spike of some kind. He knelt down next to the beast and was torn between putting it out of its misery and saving its life. The darkness in him told him to put the pitiful beast down but Rey's light told him that he couldn't eliminate such a powerful beast after it had put up such a good fight against him.

In the end he knelt and ran his large hand over the side of the beast until he felt the warm stickiness of blood and sharp metal protruding from the fur. He held it very still with the Force while he wrapped his hand around the piece of metal and pulled. The tiger let out a painful whine before passing out.

Before Kylo could get a good look at what he had pulled out of the tiger, blood began to pour from the wound to soak the ground around him as well as Kylo's pants. Panic began to settle in as he felt the beast's life energy leaking away. Luckily he recalled a conversation he overheard between Eshreal and Zer-o about the medicinal properties of the swamp clay and the leaves of more than a few plants around here. Kylo found a stick and wide flat leaf and then went to the swamp to gather some of the clay.

It felt so strange to be helping someone other than Rey but it also felt good. After gathering what he would need, he rushed back to the fallen giant that had yet to regain consciousness. With care he ground some of the pain relieving leaves up along with some that would act as antiseptic and added them to the clay. Then he packed the wound tightly with the clay and leaf mixture and while the clay was still sticky he took a piece of one of the leaves and pressed it to the wound.

Kylo was relieved when the bleeding slowly stopped. He sat there with the beast monitoring its breathing and heart beat until he was sure it would be okay on its own. Then he took a look at the thing he had pulled from the tiger's side. It appeared to be the head of a harpoon of some sort.

It was definitely man-made. He ran his fingers over the metal and picked up images of two men dressed similarly to bounty hunters roaming through the jungles of Olara. It seemed that the base's defenses were doing their job even though Olara was no longer just inhabited by the Resistance. It appeared that poachers had come to the tropical planet.

Kylo opened the bond enough to tell that Rey was alone. She must have been feeling for him because she looked up as though she could see him immediately. A soft smile graced those lovely lips and Kylo wished he was there kissing her.

What's going on, she asked, seeing the blood on his hands and clothes. There are poachers on the planet. I have no idea how no one noticed them before now but I'm going to capture them and bring them to my mother, Kylo said. Okay. Do you want me to go tell Leia, Rey asked. Yeah, there could be other wounded animals out here and I can't handle the clean up on my own, he said and began walking toward where the tiger had come from.

Rey was moving toward the base now.

Others?

Kylo nodded and allowed her to relive the last 15 minutes or so that he had spent saving the tiger. He could feel Rey's joy at watching him save a life instead of take one and was slightly annoyed by it. He knew he shouldn't have been but sometimes her goodness could be a little much for him.

I'll gather some supplies and meet you out in the field after I tell the others, Rey said and her side of the bond slid closed.

She hadn't kept it open since that day in his mother's office and at times it left Kylo feeling alone again. He didn't like it but he would give her space until she gave in or he couldn't take it anymore. Which wasn't going to be too much longer.

Kylo had made it through the entire jungle that was south from the base when he came upon a field of flowers. It would have been a nice spot to take Rey on a normal day but today the peaceful spot pissed Kylo Ren off to no end.

He had found the poachers. They had rounded up one of the female Olaran Tigers, 3 cubs, a few of the other large predators that he had fought when he first got to the planet and Zer-o's Nexu. Shira recognized Zer-o scent on Kylo and began whining and trying to get out of the cage that they had her in. Kylo had to make these men pay. How could he ever face the group if he let their pet be taken by poachers, not even First Order poachers either.

The two men were sitting around a fire near a freighter ship with their backs to the animals in cages. They were eating and drinking like this was a camp out and they weren't illegally poaching animals.

Kylo pulled his lightsaber from his hip and ignited it. He hid his presence in the Force and went around slicing the sides off of the cages. He watched as all of the animals scattered through the field. Once he was certain that he was alone with the men he put his blade away.

I rescued the animals that they had captured so be wary on your way to me. I'm getting ready to take them out, he silently sent to Rey. We are not far from you. Leia would like to talk to them, Rey said and Kylo paused.

Extending his senses using the Force, he could hear five sets of footsteps.

I thought you were coming to help me with the animals. I would have delivered them to her when I was done getting information from them. You didn't have to bring her with you, he said and began moving toward the men.

He was crouched as low as his long legs would allow as he crept through the grass. They had harpoons and blasters within reach. He really didn't feel like being shot at the moment. Kylo took a step and suddenly a twig snapped loudly enough that the celebrating men heard it and sprang into action.

One grabbed a harpoon gun and the other a blaster rifle. They both aimed in Kylo's direction but it didn't take a genius to realize they were pointing their weapons at something just beyond Kylo. He heard a low rumble and turned to see the giant male Olaran Tiger. The beast was staring at the two men with evil intent in its eyes.

The man with the harpoon gun turned to the other and said, "I thought you hit it with the harpoon!" "I did," the other exclaimed. "The son of a bitch is harder to kill than Kylo Ren," the first man said raising the harpoon to shoot at the tiger. "You have no idea," Kylo said standing to his full height and seeming to appear from nowhere.

The two men screamed like children. The man pulled up at the last minute and the harpoon when straight up into the sky. Kylo reached out with the Force and caught the spear before it could potentially hurt someone else.

Kylo held the metal spear in the air for a second before tossing it to the ground and advancing on the males who had dare to speak his name. They were shaking in their boots as the tiger that Kylo had saved came to stalk beside him. They made for quiet the frightening pair and one of the men took off running.

Kylo looked down at the tiger who immediately took off after the runner. The man with the blaster rifle began back peddling and stumbled, landing flat on his butt. Kylo snatched the blaster rifle from him and tossed it into the distance as the tiger jumped on the back of the man who took off running. A terrified scream could be heard shortly after.

Kylo looked down at the remaining poacher whose face had gone deathly pale and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. The scent of terror leaking from the man was enough to make Kylo want to puke. For poachers, these men were certainly cowards.

"Do you know who I am," Kylo asked in a menacing voice. "You…you're…you're Kylo Ren," the man at Kylo's feet stuttered. "Yes I am and this planet is my refuge. Therefore, you being here is a problem," Kylo said looming over the man.

The man started trembling as the bright red blade cast blood colored shadows on everything.

"Who sent you here," Kylo demanded. "No one! We thought this planet was uninhabited so my brother and I decided to come here to collect exotic animals to sell to the new Supreme Leader of the First Order for the fighting pit he's putting together," the man stumbled over his words and the distinct scent of urine filled the air around them. "That's it? No one knows that you came here," Kylo asked as he got ready to kill the man. "No sir. No one knows about our trip here and I swear I won't tell anyone that you are here," the man pled.

Kylo raised his lightsaber.

"KYLO!"

Rey's voice caused the darkness in Kylo's mind to recede enough that he was able to think more clearly. He extinguished his blade. Rey ran to his side and put her hand on his arm. The others were far behind her. He sighed and looked to where the tiger was currently clawing the other man.

"Gods, is that tiger eating a man," Finn's voice came from somewhere behind them. "It would appear so," Leia said in a slightly annoyed tone. "The beast was injured by these men and they'd taken his mate and their cubs. I thought it was only fair if he got to hurt at least one of them," Kylo said and could feel them all stare at him. "That actually sounded like a human thing to say," Rose sniped.

Kylo glanced at the woman but didn't say anything. He knew she didn't like him from sharing Rey's thoughts and memories but it didn't bother him because she was still friends with Rey. That was all that mattered to Kylo.

"According to this piece of filth, Hux is putting together a fighting pit. They were stealing predators to sell to him," Kylo reported.

The man was still sitting on the ground in a puddle of his own filth. Leia walked over to the man and looked him over. Upon seeing that he was unharmed she nodded to Kaydel who came over with a pair of cuffs. She slapped them on the man and Finn pushed him to his feet.

"Can you get that tiger to stop eating that man," Rose asked Rey.

Without waiting for her to answer Kylo shooed the tiger away using the Force. As soon as it was gone Rey ran over to the man and began checking for a pulse. Kylo knew the moment she found it.

"He's alive," she called. "Where are those newbies with that damn bacta," Finn said absently as he brushed passed Kylo.

His mother and her lackeys ran over to where Rey was kneeling beside the poacher. In the distance he could hear people running. Help was obviously on the way. Kylo stood away from the group as rebels came out with a stretcher and loaded the injured man onto it before retreating to the base.

His mother didn't even look at him as she passed him. Rey came and threw her arms around him. Her friends gave him dirty looks as they headed toward the base. He looked down at her.

"You're not angry with me," he said, slightly surprised. "Of course not. I'm glad you're okay," she said. "Why wouldn't I be? They were just humans. It's not like Zroyais sent his men after me. Besides sweetheart you're the only one who could kill me now, remember," Kylo said.

Rey smiled up at him.

"Do you want go sit in on the interrogation," she asked. "No. I am sure they don't want me there," Kylo said with a grimace as he looked after the group of retreating figures. "We could go run through some training drills. We haven't done that in a while," she suggested, and he nodded.

Together they walked toward the clearing that they had been using as the sparring ground for their students. Kylo let her feel her way through his thoughts and emotions from the afternoon on the way. He could tell that she was proud of him for helping the wounded tiger.

"Don't think I am becoming a goodie-goodie like you either. I just couldn't stand to see such a powerful warrior die by the hands of poachers," Kylo said. "See something of yourself in him," Rey asked as she began to warm up and stretch. "Maybe," Kylo said joining her in her warm up.

Kylo really didn't want to talk about it. He'd saved the animal and allowed a man to be mauled by it. That covered both the light and the dark sides of him. What more was there to say.

"So are you gonna keep him as a pet," Rey asked with a goofy smile on her face. "Sure. It can curl up at the foot of our tiny bed every night and you can take it for walks every morning before starting your chores," Kylo said with a snort. "Domestic life requires at least one pet," Rey laughed.

He gave her a look that said they were still far from domestic life.

"Well, sweetheart let's see if you've kept your edge being back among your friends," Kylo asked standing and falling into his unarmed fighting stance. "You're the one out here saving animals," Rey said and moved forward to attack right away.

Kylo took measured steps back dodging each of her blows easily enough but he could tell she was just testing to see how serious he was. He decided to turn things up and notch. After he dodged 4 punches in a row, he counter attacked with a body shot that knocked the air out of her lungs and left her on her butt on the ground.

She coughed and frowned as she looked up at him.

"That wasn't fair," she said. "If this were a real fight you wouldn't be worried about it being fair you would be fighting for your life," he responded.

Rey couldn't argue with him there. So when he reached down to help her up she swept his legs from under him so that he fell back. Rey tried to scramble to her feet but Kylo caught her. He pulled her back so that he could crawl over her.

"That was a dirty trick but now I have you right where I want you," he said in a serious tone but could feel the smile threatening to split his face. When their faces were even, Rey leaned up and kissed him before asking, "How do you know this wasn't my plan from the beginning?"

Kylo laughed and placed kisses all over Rey's face before moving lower to kiss her throat.

"GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF HER," an enragingly familiar voice called from the edge of the clearing. "Is that Poe," Rey asked from under Kylo. "Who else would say something like that? If you don't want me to hurt him, I would suggest you stop him before he does or says anything else," Kylo warned. "I'm going to hurt him, if he keeps it up," Rey said.

Kylo rolled off of her and helped her to her feet in time to see Poe Dameron marching toward them. When he reached the couple, he shoved Kylo as hard as he could but Kylo barely rocked on his heels. Kylo sent him flying a short way with the Force.

"What's your problem now," Kylo asked in a bored tone. "You! You will always be my problem," Poe said getting up to go and shove Kylo again.

Rey stepped into Poe's way. Kylo didn't think that was a good idea because if the pilot shoved or even touched Rey, Kylo wouldn't be able to hold back the rage steadily building inside of him. Thankfully Rey didn't seem to be in the mood for his bullshit either.

"What do you want, Poe," Rey demanded. "I want you to wake up and see that he is a psychopath! I want him to be locked in a cell before he can hurt or kill anyone else! I want things to go back to fucking normal," Poe exclaimed.

Rey rolled her eyes. Kylo stood back and just watched. He wanted to see how far Rey would go to defend him. Not that he wanted to drive a bigger wedge between her and her friend any more than their relationship already had. He was just curious.

"This is as normal as it gets, Poe. I love Ben Solo and Kylo Ren, my eyes are open. Hell I loved him before he took me to the Vengeance, not that I would have admitted it to anyone at the time. Besides, Kylo hasn't done anything since he'd been on Olara," Rey said. "I saw that poacher! I saw what he did," Poe said. "You saw what a wild animal defending his territory did. Kylo just saved the tiger and didn't stop it from doing what it would have done whether we were on this planet or not. Before you come accusing Kylo of things how about you learn all of the facts first," Rey snapped.

Kylo thought Rey's words would knock some sense into the rebel. Instead it seemed to piss him off more. He pinned Rey with a hard look.

"I'm sure it looked that way to you but he unleashed that thing on the poacher and it tore him to shreds. We aren't even sure he's going to make it!" "WHO CARES POE!? THE MAN WAS POACHING DANGEROUS ANIMALS FOR THE FIRST ORDER TO USE IN THE FIGHTING PITS THAT HUX IS IMPLIMENTING AS PUNISHMENT," Rey screamed at him.

She took a step closer to him, poking him in the chest with her finger.

"Normal people are going to suffer at the hands of the First Order and Zroyais and all you care about is what I'm doing with Kylo! Get over it and yourself," Rey said.

Kylo could tell that she was fighting back her tears so she wouldn't cry in front Poe. Rey shoved passed Poe. Poe turned to her and reached out. Kylo was at his side before he could act on whatever he was going to do.

"I wouldn't even think about it, if I were you," Kylo said placing a hand on the slightly smaller man's shoulder. "I don't give a fuck what you think," Poe said furiously. "I know that and I even understand. If tomorrow Rey decided that she did want to be with you I would never be able to understand why. But with that being said, you're supposed to be the good guy, Dameron. You're supposed to be there for her no matter what, you're supposed to be her friend no matter what. And right now all you are doing is showing her how much better off she is with me. You are acting like the bad guy," Kylo explained.

Poe's anger was spiking until he started listening to what Kylo was saying.

"Has Rey ever shown any romantic interest in you? I'm gonna take a guess and say no. Unlike Finn, who had an even bigger crush on my girl than you do now, he was able to put his own feelings aside to take into consideration what Rey wants and what she thinks is best for her. All you are doing with your bitching and temper tantrums is showing her how much you don't respect her or how little you think of her. I love Rey and I would do anything for her. If she asked me to leave this galaxy, I wouldn't hesitate. It might kill me to leave her behind but I would do it because she asked me to," Kylo continued.

Poe was a little slow but as Kylo's words began to register he began playing their last few interactions with each other over in his head.

"Are you saying that I'm being a bad friend," Poe asked incredulously. "No I'm saying you never were her friend. You were friendly to her because you thought eventually she would fall for you. Now that you know that you have no chance of being with her, your true feelings are showing. I might have been a villain in the traditional sense. You're proving to be a typical asshole bad guy who only becomes friends with her a girl so that she'll sleep with you," Kylo said and walked off.

He had helped the pilot way more than he should have. But only because Kylo hated to see Rey so tore up. If he didn't help fix things with her and Poe, he might have to kill the pilot. Which actually sat better with Kylo than helping him be friends with his Rey anyway…

So what do you guys think of Kylo saving the tiger just for it to maul one of the poachers. Speaking of poachers, what the hell Hux. And does Poe finally get what an asshole he's been being? I guess we'll see...

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