Disclaimer: I don't own any Akira Kurosawa's movies or the Star Wars franchise! They belong to their respective owners! I only own my OCs!
AN: I just plan for this to be a one-shot thing. Maybe I'll make it into a story. We'll see!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
It has been twenty years since the death of EMPEROR PALPATINE and the destruction of the SECOND DEATH STAR at Endor. The REBEL ALLIANCE has taken the Imperial capital of CORUSANT, thus ending the GALACTIC EMPIRE once and for, and establishing themselves as the NEW REPUBLIC. However, remnants of the Empire remain, battling for control of the galaxy.
As the New Republic fight the threat of the IMPERIAL REMNANT, another war takes place in the unknown regions. On the planet of SENSOU, a group of Force Users known as the KURO KISHI were the once protectors of the wise emperor of the TSURUGI EMPIRE. For nearly 5,000 years, the Kuro Kishi have brought peace and justice to all of Sensou.
However, the emperor has died and the Kuro Kishi are being hunted down as enemies of the new RYOKU EMPIRE, by the rival sect of SHIROI RYOUSHI, who lead the forces of the Ryoku Empire. Led by the Kuro Kishi, KAGE ISEI, the BLACK REBELLION begins their assault on the Ryoku Empire. Recently they have one a major victory, yet the Ryoku Emperor possesses something of great value.
In the hands of the Ryoku forces is a mysterious artifact, a HOLOCRON. Hoping that the holocron will allow him to defeat the Ryoku Empire, Kage has stolen it from the Ryoku forces, and is now on the run...
Sensou, a planet so beautiful, yet tainted by war. It's forest were a prime example of it. The forests had tall trees, patches of grass with a variety of animals and critters all over the place. Despite its beauty, many battles were fought here, all of them that affected the history of this planet. Now, a lone figure rode a speeder bike through the forest.
The figure wore dark gray armor over his jet black bodysuit. He wore a chest plate along with round shoulder guards, gauntlets, and boots. His head was covered by a dark gray helmet that was made up of a block shaped headpiece with plates covering the left side, right side, and the back of the head. His entire face was covered by a jet black visor. He wore a black cape that hung from his shoulders down to his knees and black fabric hung from the gray belt with the black square buckle down to his ankles. This figure was Kage Isei, leading general of the Black Rebellion.
On his speeder bike was a small pouch that contained the cube shaped holocron. Kage knew that Ryoku forces would be behind him soon, so he sped up, hoping to reach his destination. He knew they only wanted the holocron, but they only knew it was a Kuro Kishi who took it. None really knew who he was. All Kuro Kishi wore armor that looked pretty similar, so it would be quite difficult to tell who was who. However, Kage heard more speeders behind him. It could only mean that the Ryoku forces were behind him.
Upon hearing blaster fire, Kage turned around for a second to see five beings wearing the standard Ryoku trooper armor: fully decked in dull gray armor with round helmets that only had a black visor over their faces. They all had blasters in one hand, shooting at Kage. He did his best at evading the blasts, but one of the blast grazed past his right shoulder. 'Need to get out of here!' he exclaimed.
He noticed narrow pathway with tree roots all over the place and he immediately headed for there. A little maneuvering helped Kage to get through the path and avoid hitting any of the large roots. His pursuers were not so lucky as Kage heard five explosions from behind. He grinned underneath his helmet as he noticed he was reaching the end of the pathway. However, his grin disappeared once he finally reached the end.
He found himself in encampment of Ryoku troopers. All of them, except for a small group, had blasters in their hands, while the rest had vibroswords. Immediately, Kage tried to turn his speeder bike around to go back into the narrow pathway, but found it blocked by Ryoku troopers with their guns pointed at him.
"It's the Kuro Kishi!" one of the soldiers announced. "We have him surrounded!"
Kage cursed. It seemed like there was no way out.
"YO!"
Kage turned around to see who said that. It was someone he hadn't seen in quite sometime.
The figure wore golden armor underneath the white bodysuit. He had a golden chest plate along with gauntlets and boots, and extending from his round shoulder guard were round, thick, golden plates. The figure wore a red hood over his head as well as a red visor over his eyes and a white mouth plate over his mouth and nose. He wore a long red cape from his shoulders that extended to his knees. Around his waist was a black belt with a black slit in the long, rectangular white buckle.
"If it isn't Kage Isei!" the figure announced as he walked into the open space.
Everyone else immediately went on their guard at that name. They all either pointed their blasters or vibroswords at him. However, Kage smiled as he got off of his speeder bike. "General Hikaru Yaiba." Kage walked towards the figure, now identified as Hikaru.
"Stay back!" Hikaru ordered his men. "You guys aren't a match for him!" Once his men back away, Hikaru turned to face Kage and laughed. "Such a rare occasion! I regret not meeting you on the battlefield!"
Kage chuckled. "I feel the same way!"
The two warriors let out a heartful laugh that shocked Hikaru's men. Kage was the leader of the Black Rebellion and Hikaru was the leader of the Ryoku forces. One was a Kuro Kishi, the other was a Shiroi Ryoushi. These two were suppose to be apart of the two greatest opposing order of warriors on Senjou, yet they treated each other as good friends. Such was an event rare in history.
Once their laughter subsided, Kage looked at Hikaru. "How about a fight? If I win, I can go with the holocron. If you win, you can keep it."
"With pleasure." Hikaru nodded. "What weapons?" he asked. "A lance? Blaster? Vibrosword?"
Kage merely pulled out his lightsaber hilt. "A saber should be just fine."
"Very well then," Hikaru said as he took out his own lightsaber hilt.
Kage activated his lightsaber, revealing his black blade. The men stared at it in awe. The Kuro Kishi were known to have black lightsabers. Hikaru activated his own, and a white blade protruded from it. The Shiroi Ryoushi were well known to have white lightsabers, to signify their opposition to the Kuro Kishi, since white is suppose to be the opposite of black.
The two warriors stared at each other they raised their lightsabers. Tensions rose between the two. Then, they both charged at each each. White and black blades collided against one another.
Hikaru struck at Kage's left side, but the Kuro Kishi swung his black lightsaber around to block the slash. The Shiroi Ryoushi struck at his opponent's head which was blocked again before Hikaru sent a horizontal slash at Kage. The Kuro Kishi parried it before he swung his own lightsaber at Hikaru's head, which would have cleaved it off if he didn't raise his white lightsaber in time to block it. Kage noticed Hikaru was left open, so he sent a telekinetic blast, forcing him back. Hikaru stood up straight as he raised his lightsaber. "You've gotten better," he commented.
"I've been practicing," Kage stated, smirking underneath his helmet.
Hikaru went back onto the offensive, slashing and thrusting his white lightsaber, but the Kuro Kishi blocked every attack that his opponent could throw at him. After blocking another slash, Kage backed away with both hands on his lightsaber, the black blade pointing towards the ground in front of him. Hikaru took notice of the stance. "A new technique?" Hikaru questioned.
"One that won't fail," was Kage's reply.
Hikaru grinned. "Lets test that!"
With that, Hikaru charged at Kage. When Hikaru thrust his saber forward, Kage raised his black lightsaber to parry the thrust. The Shiroi Ryoushi tried again, but his opponent countered the slash with a parry. This time, Kage launched on the offensive, immediately arcing his black saber upward, and sending Hikaru's white blade into the air. "What!" the Shiroi Ryoushi exclaimed.
Before Hikaru could react, Kage sent another telekinetic blast that sent him sprawling on the ground at the same time his lightsaber his the dirt. He was about to get up, but stopped, seeing the black blade a few centimeters away from his neck. Hikaru's men mouth were widen open in shock. Their own general was defeated by the leader of the Black Rebellion. Kage smirked. "I win."
"Finish me then," Hikaru said.
Instead of doing Hikaru's request, Kage merely deactivated his lightsaber and hooked it onto the belt. Kage turned around and walked towards his bike. Hikaru stood up and shouted, "Kage!"
Kage turned around and replied, "We'll meet again."
He turned back around and headed for his speeder bike.
"KAGE!" Hikaru called out. "KAGE!"
The Kuro Kishi said nothing as he got on his speeder bike and rode away. Kage's job was done. He got the holocron and could use it to win against the Ryoku Empire. However, that might take a while...
AN: This scene here is based off the fight scene in Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" (a great movie I should mention, and what gave Lucas inspiration to make Star Wars). I wondered what would happen if you combined some Star Wars elements with Kurosawa movies and you got this. Oh and here's translations for some Japanese words I put in there:
Kuro Kishi=Black Knight, Shiroi Ryoushi=White Hunters, Kage Isei=Shadow Power, Hikaru Yaiba=White Blade, Sensou=war/battle, Ryoku=Power
That's all-Raika out.