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One Week Ago, In a Galaxy Far Far Away
BB-8 rolled around the moisture farm on Tatooine, going about his day without a care in the world. Although, he did have to admit… there was a lot more sand to his liking, not to mention it gets everywhere and Rey has to constantly clean him every so often so it wouldn't junk up his system.
Though, he wasn't sure what was worse. Tatooine or Jakku, though he did think Tatooine was worse because of those droid snatching Jawas or those Tusken Raiders, which he so lovingly calls them "Desert clowns that sound like donkeys". Then there's Mos Eisley itself… which Rey mentioned she felt she was about to be attacked every time she goes there.
Luckily, there's no gigantic green space slug to make things worse.
Rey, meanwhile, was in the middle of sprucing things up at the old moisture farm. Sure, she donned the surname Skywalker, disowning the Palpatine surname and all, not to mention Luke and Leia gave her their blessing for using their name in their honor… yet, she felt as if she had a long way to go in order to actually call herself a Skywalker.
Not to mention she needed some help taking down her zombie grandfather with several force ghosts coming in and aiding her, much to the Emperor's dismay. She had to admit, Anakin did not hold back.
Still though, she was the last Jedi and she's making sure no one falls to the dark side lest we have another Jedi/Sith war on their hands… yet, she didn't feel worthy as she thought she was, considering she had trouble connecting with the Force Spirits.
Rey's stomach grumbled, snapping her out of her thoughts. Surely it couldn't have been lunch time already. She turned to BB-8 who was sweeping up some sand that got in the living room. "BB-8, you want to take a break and go get some lunch?"
BB-8 chirped happily as Rey let out a small smile as the two of them walked out and headed straight for Mos Eisley. Her least favorite place to go to yet it was the nearest city that she knew about.
The moment they walked in, Rey stiffened and took a deep breath as she and BB-8 walked toward a diner, the former keeping her head down while BB-8 was on guard. Not even he trusted this place as they walked into a building.
"Hey. We don't serve their kind here." A bartender said.
Are you serious? This building too? Rey thought in annoyance and turned to BB-8 with an apologetic look. "Think you can stand guard? I'm so sorry, I'll make it up to you."
BB-8 let out some reassuring chirps before his claw hand came out and pressed it against the top of his head, as if he was saluting and turned around to stand guard. Rey always found this amusing as she walked through.
As BB-8 stood guard, he turned his head and saw some Jawas walking through town. He let out some concerned chirping and tried to find a good hiding spot. He spotted a trash can and hopped inside, hoping they didn't see him.
However, a vehicle drove by and parked near the trash can as it proceeded to pick up the garbage and dumped it inside, dropping BB-8 with it, which completely surprised him. He didn't think Mos Eisley was decent enough to have a waste disposal to pick up after themselves.
BB-8 trudged through the garbage and hopped out, shaking off some dirt that got on him and let out a few annoyed beeps. However, as he got out, another gang of Jawas spotted him. He turned around and let out a few "Oh crap" chirps as he turned around and tried to roll away, but to his dismay, one of the Jawas had a Speeder and snagged him for himself.
The Jawa let out some unintelligible happiness as his fellow Jawas happily celebrated as they quickly took off in their Sandcrawler and rode away from Mos Eisley. The last thing BB-8 saw before the doors closed was some other Jawas going into the restaurant that Rey went into.
"Utini!" One of them cried happily as they danced around and wondered what to do with BB-8. One of them suggested tearing him apart and selling his parts to the highest bidder. Another suggested kicking it like a soccer ball.
Another was about to suggest another thing, until BB-8 tased these hooded devils and rolled away to make his escape, making sure not to get disabled by one of those fancy electric blasters as he calls them.
He then thought about trying to hack into the Sandcrawler and pilot it himself. Surely, if he can pilot an AT-ST and save Finn and Rose after the former destroyed that Chrome Dome, then surely, a Sandcrawler wouldn't be that hard to crack.
He made his way to the cockpit, sneakily tasing any unsuspecting Jawa to knock them out as he let out a few mocking and giggling chirps as he made his way to the cockpit, raising his claw arm and smacking the back of the pilot's neck to knock him out. He let out a few proud chirps as he tried to hack his way into the system.
…Only problem was, he quickly discovered that these hooded things have made it completely impossible to hack into. BB-8 let out a small beep before realizing that knocking out the pilot was enough to cause the Sandcrawler to pick up speed and was on a crash course to driving off a cliff.
BB-8 let out a few panicked chirps and quickly tried to find a way out, finding a window as he grappled his way up as one Jawa that he had tased got up with a groan. BB-8 turned to him and blew an electronic raspberry before hopping out, accidentally landing on a rock that bounced him off and knocked his head off.
BB-8 let out a groan as he snapped out of it and rolled back to his head, reattaching it effortlessly as he turned around and watched the Sandcrawler fall off the cliff. BB-8 turned around and rolled away while letting out a few innocent whistles, where he heard a loud explosion soon after that made him jump, and picked up the pace.
He didn't know where he was, but he was far from the Moisture Farm and he definitely was far away from Mos Eisley and Rey. Hopefully those hooded creatures didn't go in and torture the girl or, worse, electrocuting her and making her dance weirdly. He had to admit, she has some crazy and weird dance moves every time he pranked her by giving her an electric zap, which wasn't as powerful as, say, force lightning.
Well, the good news was, he wasn't in any sort of danger…
…Or at least, that's what he had thought when he heard the sounds of excitable warrior noises. BB-8 let out a groan. Of course he was in clown donkey territory.
He quickly hightailed it out of there the best he could, until a few Tusken Raiders intercepted him.
One of them gave BB-8 a quizzical look with a head tilt. BB-8 tried to ignore them but another picked him up out of curiosity. In annoyance, BB-8 tased him right in the face and made him drop him. He turned around and tased another guy between the legs for good measure. He let out a few sassy chirps and tried to go away… but another Raider angrily kicked him away.
They let out some angry roars and angrily shook their staffs as they swung them down onto the droid hard enough to leave some dents, not to mention kicking him like a soccer ball. BB-8 tried to fight back, but he was surrounded by these infuriating clown donkeys.
However, a bright light appeared before them which startled the Raiders as they quickly ran away. BB-8 turned around, noticing it was a portal. With a head tilt, he went inside, thinking it was a shortcut back to Rey.
Meanwhile…
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
Chiaki and Hajime walked around Mushroom Park, the both of them holding hands as they were chatting amongst themselves with smiles on their faces, when both of them spotted a portal opening up.
"Huh?" Hajime wondered as BB-8 came rolling out of the portal, which he let out some surprised chirps as he turned around to go back into the portal, only it closed on him.
"BB-8?" Chiaki wondered as she curiously approached him. "Hey little guy…" She whispered as BB-8 turned around. He didn't really trust her, yet he could tell that she meant no harm, which to him, was a nice breath of fresh air compared to the locals at Tatooine.
BB-8 cautiously approached Chiaki and examined her before letting her touch his head. Chiaki smiled, gently rubbing his head as she could have sworn he was purring. Chiaki smiled. "What are you doing all the way out here?" She asked as BB-8 let out a few chirps.
"Hang on, why is he so beat up?" Hajime wondered.
"I was beginning to wonder that myself… what'd you do?" Chiaki asked.
BB-8 attempted to chirp at them, explaining what had happened to him.
"Uh-huh… sorry, we can't understand ya that much." Hajime admitted, causing BB-8 to slump.
"Oh, but I think I know who will!" Chiaki said, gently picking him up. "Come on, I know some friends who will help out."
End BGM
Later, at the Future Foundation…
"Holy crap, BB-8?! He's a lot cuter in person!" Aoi gushed as she and Makoto proceeded to fix him up. BB-8 let out a bashful chirp when Aoi called him cute.
"Where'd you find him?" Kyoko asked.
"We found him at the park. He came out of a portal and he was completely beat up." Hajime explained.
"Interesting…" Kyoko mused. "I wonder if he got into a rough fight…" She said as Makoto and Aoi proceeded to get all the dents off of him and made sure to clean up all the sand off of him. Kyoko knelt down and gave him a small smile. "Hey, do you know what happened to you?"
BB-8 nodded and proceeded to let out a few beeps, but everyone tilted their heads. "...You'd think after we sometimes hang out with ROB and Game and Watch, we'd understand him." Hajime said sheepishly.
"Allow Ibuki to help with that!" A voice said as they turned to see Ibuki walking over. "Couldn't help but overhear ya."
"Oh right, you were in the other room helping Sakura with something." Makoto said as BB-8 proceeded to explain what had happened as Ibuki pulled out a green screen and plugged him in, causing the droid to look at her in confusion, and was also confused when said green screen started to show pictures.
However, he thought this was pretty cool so he went on and explained what had happened after the war with Palpatine, where they would see slides of BB-8's grand misadventure in Tatooine, complete with Jawas robot-napping him and him attempting to fight off the Tusken Raiders.
"...Oh, you poor thing," Chiaki knelt down and rubbed his head. "Rey must be worried sick about you."
BB-8 let out a few saddened chirps.
"Oh, you think she was probably killed…"
BB-8 nodded.
Chiaki smiled. "You know, I can take care of you."
BB-8 let out a few surprised chirps, perking up in excitement.
"Of course!" Chiaki smiled.
"Hey, how about that?" Ibuki smiled. "Welcome to the hero side, BB-chan!"
BB-8 turned to Ibuki in confusion. BB-chan? He's never heard that one before, though he did let out a few amused chuckles, seeming to like that nickname that she gave him. He even gave her a thumbs up in approval of said nickname. He then moved over to Chiaki and rubbed his body against him and bounced up excitedly.
Kyoko chuckled. "How about that? We have a droid allied with us now."
Aoi smiled. "A pretty cute one too! Though I wonder if we'll get R2-D2 with us at some point…"
BB-8 perked up at R2's name and tilted his head. He had to wonder if he was alright. He let out a chuckling chirp right after. Of course he'd be alright, it's R2. That sass master can take care of himself.
"Come on, we'll show you around Toad Town." Chiaki smiled sweetly as she and Hajime walked off with BB-8 excitedly rolled after them.
Meanwhile, back at Mos Eisley…
Rey walked out of the restaurant. "BB-8? BB-8!" She called out to him but he was nowhere to be seen. She raised an eyebrow and kept calling out to him, but the droid wouldn't come.
A sinking feeling overcame her as she let out a groan right after.
"Poe's going to kill me…"
Ibuki: Don't worry, Rey-chan! We'll take care of BB-chan!
I thought "Ya know, might as well make a Gaiden of how BB-8 got to the Mushroom Kingdom in the first place". This is about as Star Wars-y as it's gonna get in SRS.