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______"… So you mean to tell me, you were brought here to save the Princess?" Van said, raising an eyebrow. Allen nodded and Van crossed his arms across his chest. " So what are me and Meruru here for?"

______Allen shrugged. " Beats me. Your stupid pendant probably got Earth and whatever-place-this-is mixed-up. Or maybe there’s a creature out there in this galaxy named Hitomi too. You never know Van…"

______" Oh shut up, Allen!" Van said glaring at him," For all you know, the Princess is your sister and zip…there go all your dreams of night-long seduction. Besides, how sure are you that you aren’t here to save an alien princess---"

______" The Force chooses it’s people in it’s own mysterious ways. The main thing is that it choose you to be a part of this future so whatever your role might be in this whole war, well…you’ll just have to accept it and figure out ‘why’ later. Right now I need you to man this ship and get us to the Death Star!" Obi Wan said solemnly as he peered out the window. " Oh and by the way, the Princess is known to be one of the most beautiful creatures in the galaxy."

______" You mean she's an animal..a..a creature?!" Allen said, his face falling.

______" Allen, I never said she was an animal…I said creature!"

______" Yeah birdbrain, there’s a difference," Van said smirking," Or if she is an animal, well, you’re both gonna suit each other perfectly anyway!" Allen glared at Van and opened his mouth for a snappy retort when Meruru suddenly exclaimed: " Oh my gosh! What is that?!"

______Van and Allen looked to where she was pointing and both of their jaws dropped open at the same time. " That’s the Death Star," Obi Wan said, his voice more monotone than a sack of potatoes. Allen turned to him, an incredulous expression on his face.

______" Y-you expect us to go in there?!" he sputtered," That looks like a giant bowling ball!" Van shook his head, backing away from the controls. " There’s no way I’m going into that thing! One movement from that thing and we’ll be as flat as pancakes!"

______Obi Wan sighed. " Sorry fellows, there’s no more time for backing out now. You’ve got the universe at stake here. You promised to help….be a true man and get out from under those chicken feathers!"

______Van gulped and looked at Allen.

_____ Allen gulped and looked at Van.

______Meruru jumped up and down, scratching the couch.

______" Alright…fine…for the princess… what’s the plan then?" Allen said slowly.

______Obi Wan smiled. " I knew you’d see it my way! Okay, this is what we are going to do…" He drew out this long tube of parchments from his coat, threw out a few hammers, saws, nails, screw drivers, screws, scissors, incisors, knives, a fork, two spoons, a paint brush, a few superspace hammers ™ etc. etc…until finally he dropped a small map scroll on the table. " Okay that’s the plan," he said, motioning for them to unroll the scroll. All three just continued to stare at him.

______" What are we going to do, make a cabinet or something?" Van said, raising an eyebrow.

______" What is this, ‘Obi’s Hardware Store??!" Allen chimed in.

______" Just how much space do you have in there, mister?!" came from Meruru.

______" I meant the scroll, you idiots!" Obi screamed in exasperation. He gathered up the junk on the table and threw it back into his coat in a huff. " …annoying brats!" he mumbled under his breath. Keeping an eye on him, Allen picked the scroll up from the table and opened it to check its contents. Looking over his shoulder, Van and Meruru decided to scan the map too.

______Half an hour had passed…

______…and Allen was still stuck trying to figure out the nearest shortcut to the Princess’ chambers. Obi Wan was getting more and more annoyed by the second. " Damn it!" he exploded. " Don’t you know east from west?!" He grabbed the map and shoved it in Allen’s pocket. "Take it with you, alright! We’re never going to get anything done at this rate! By the time you finish there probably wouldn’t be anymore Princess!" He grabbed the controls and steered the ship towards the back entrance of the battle station…in the most haphazardly manner possible! Van and Allen collided with each other as they landed on the platform in an ungraceful ‘screech.’

______" You are the worst driver in history, old man!" Van said, surprised he was still in one piece. Obi Wan shrugged.
" Hey, I’m a Jedi, not a pilot!"

______All three proceeded to step off the ship and on to control grounds. " Okay," Allen said as they hid behind the ship’s exterior. " We’ll just split up, knock out a few soldiers, steal the princess and meet back here at the ship. Easy. First one to find the princess gets to kiss her…deal?"

______Van snorted. " Typical of you to say that! Well, you can kiss her for all I care. There’s only one girl that I….that I err.. I uh…ummm…well…"

______" Alright, alright," Meruru said in a rush. She dragged him along with her before he could continue reminiscing about cherished memories of girls from mystic moons. He usually got annoying when he was in his rambling state.

______Allen looked at his companion and drew out his sword. " Ready to kick some butts, old man?" Obi Wan drew out his light saber and nodded. " As ready as I’ll ever be…. And stop calling me old man!" Allen grinned and they both proceeded to find themselves some new disguises. After knocking down two soldiers passing by, they both quietly snuck in and began the search for the princess, opening all available doors.

______" Pervert!" *smack

______" Get out you dirty old man!" *whack

______" You peeping tom!" *smack

______" What are you looking at, you phidophile?!" *whack

______" You beast!" *smack

______" Hentai!" *whack

______" Baka! Get out of my room!" *smack

______" Out, you old swine!" *whack

______Rubbing his cheek, Obi Wan looked at Allen as they neared the next door. " Your turn," he said, stepping aside. Allen bit his lip and reached for the knob. " You know, maybe we should knock first, y’know… just to avoid erm, problems with the ladies." Obi Wan rolled his eyes. " Just open the damn door! "

______Just then a loud maniacal laugh sounded from within and Allen hastily backed away from the door. " Forget it!" he said shaking his head," That’s one lady I don’t want to tangle with!" Obi Wan sighed. " Do I have to do this all myself?!"

______He quickly reached for the door knob before letting out a small yelp and retrieving his hand back. " Damn, that thing’s hot!" he said blowing on his fingers. Allen looked down at his companion’s gloves and was surprised to find it had burnt through. " What in the world is she doing in there?!"

______They suddenly heard a loud ‘whoosh from within, almost like the sound of a blow torch. Looking at each other they both hurried down the corridor. " I don’t know," Allen said walking faster," but I sure wouldn’t want to stick around and find out!"

______They turned to the next bend and slowly approached the first door. " Okay, who’s going to do it?" Allen said, eyeing his companion. Obi Wan shrugged and stepped back. " I’ve had my share for the day!" Allen sighed and proceeded to open the door. " It’s locked," he said, relieved.

______" Then we’ll just have to do something about it now, won’t we?" Obi Wan said before shoving his foot firmly into the door. With a loud crash, the door swung open, a large hole in its interior. " Well aren’t you coming along?" Obi Wan said, turning back to see Allen just standing there, a stupid expression on his face.

______" Uh—uh..yes, of course!" Allen said quickly, entering the room. A shaggy looking man with glasses slowly raised his head up to look at the noisy intruders. His two companions swerved their head to the right and blinked out a small greeting. Obi Wan raised his light saber to the man’s throat and the man blinked back at him, saying quite calmly:

______" What do you want…?"

______Allen moved from behind the old man and dropped his sword. " Dryden, what are you doing here?!" Dryden tipped his glasses and gave him a fixed stare. " I was about to ask you the same thing."

______Allen narrowed his eyes. " Are you here to steal the princess from me?!" Dryden raised an eyebrow at him quizzically. " I’m here because they stole my R2 and C3 units for some reason… I don’t know what!"

______" What’s an R2 and C3 unit?"

______Dryden sighed. " I just figured that out myself. Sit down," he said motioning to the chair across the room. " This is going to be a long story…"

______Van looked around nervously, clutching the small laser shot gun to himself. So far so good, butstill no sign of the Princess yet. Damn it. How did they expect him to find her when Allen had the stupid map?! Well, I hope they remember to make good use of it, Van thought silently, instead of going around and making ‘ which-is-the-lucky-door?’ guesses.

______Nah, they’re not that stupid, Van thought, pushing the thought away from his mind. Concentrating instead on his own predicament, he slowly moved forward, beckoning Meruru to follow behind him.

______" Van-sama, I’m scared," Meruru said softly," I have a very bad feeling about this…"

______" Relax Meruru," Van said in an assuring tone, " The princess is around here somewhere. We’re doing good so far. No one’s discovered that we’re intruders yet."

______Meruru bit her lip. " I wouldn’t be too sure about that…" Van turned to look at her. "…there’s a weird clacking noise coming from behind."

______Van stopped to listen for any sounds. Meruru was right. For some reason, he could hear clacking noises coming from behind them… and it was getting louder and louder. Before they knew it, a whole troop of soldiers were heading their way. " Intruder!" one of them shouted as the rest began surging forward.

______" Oh sh*t!" Van said, grabbing Meruru’s hand and making a run for it. There was a door enclosure up ahead and Van tried to reach it before the soldiers could catch up to them. Meruru panted heavily behind him. " Slow down Van, I can’t run that fast. The armor’s too heavy!"

______" I can’t!" Van gasped as he slammed his fist on top of the red button beside the door. He slid in as Meruru continued running in to catch up to him. " Hurry Meruru!" Van said in panic as the door began to close. " Van-sama, I…can’t…"

______" Meruru…!"

______" Get the princess! I’ll be alright!" she screamed before a soldier grabbed her leg, " VAN- SA---"

______" MERURU!" Van screamed as the door closed completely, locking the cat girl on the opposite side. " Meruru!" He banged his fist on the door. He tried looking for an opening switch but to no avail. He put his ear to the door, trying to see if he could hear her voice.

______"RRRAWRRR!! LET GO OF MY PANTY! GET OFF MY TAIL!"

______Van jumped back in surprise then smiled. She’ll be okay, he thought, grinning. In the meantime, he had to find the princess and he had to find her fast! The guards had figured out that they were here and it wouldn’t be too long before more than just a troop of soldiers would come looking for them. Walking down the corridor, Van stopped midway as the sound of clacking footsteps reached his ears once more. Looking around frantically, he rushed to one of the metal doors and pushing the buttons he entered the room just in time to see a bunch of soldiers rushing around the corner. Pinning himself to the wall he waited until they had left before he let out a small breath of relief.

______Turning his head, Van realized that he wasn’t the only one in the room. There was a person sprawled out on the couch, back facing him, dressed in a very white linen robe. This must be the princess, Van thought, narrowing his eyes. But just to make sure…

______" Put your hands up above your head!" he ordered the person. The person did not stir, nor even move a single muscle. Van bit his lip. " I said ‘put your hands above your head!"

______The person remained in place as she asked him, after a brief moment of silence. " What makes you think I’d take orders from you?"

______Van raised his gun up and loaded it, loud enough so she could hear it. " Because…because if you don’t I’m going to shoot you!" he told her roughly. " Now get up!"

______The person laughed. " Go ahead. You think I’m afraid of you?! Go ahead… shoot me! Make it easier for the both of us. Just pull the trigger!"

______Van grunted. This girl was going to be much harder than he thought. " Don’t play games with me, missy," he told her in a fierce voice as he butted her with the laser’s point." Now stand up!" The girl pushed herself up from the bed slowly, her arms in the air. " Okay now turn---"

______Before Van could finish what he was saying though the girl had spun around and had aimed a low kick against his groin. Groaning Van dropped the gun and stumbled recklessly on to the floor. The girl quickly picked the gun up and pointed it in Van’s direction.

______" I think you should know though," she said slowly," Just for the record, I’m not the princess."

______Van looked up and his eyes widened in amazement.

______" Hitomi! What are you doing here??!!"

______The girl blinked back at him and cocked her head warily to one side. Gun still in hand she moved forward and pulled the helmet from the top of the soldier’s head which she immediately dropped after she took a good look at who the soldier really was. She hastily dropped the gun along with it.

______" Van?!" she said in disbelief . " Is—is that really you?"

______Both of them stared at each other for a few minutes before rushing into each other’s arms. "Van!" Hitomi said with relief," You don’t know how happy I am to see you!"

______" Not half as happy as I am to see you Hitomi!" Van said, holding, her tight. " I was beginning to think we’d never see each other again… I—I thought about you a lot and I well, I…"

______" I missed you too, Van," Hitomi said softly, burying her face on his chest. " It’s been two lonely years without you. Sometimes I just regret leaving and---"

______" Shhh..’ Van said putting a finger to her lips, looking down at her lovingly, " Time’s past for all regrets. We’re here together now and that’s what’s important, isn’t it?"

______" I just wish we could stay like this forever, Van. I wish sometimes that time would cease; that the world would stop turning…just long enough for me to be with you, for us to be together…"

______" Two souls that are connected," Van said softly, brushing her cheek as his face inched closer and closer to hers," will always be together, Hitomi…"

______Hitomi tilted her face up to look into Van’s eyes and in that instant their lips touched, softly at first, sweet as a summer’s kiss. Van’s arms went around her waist as she encircled her own around his neck. They continued kissing, putting their pent up emotions on to that single kiss. Hitomi felt the heavens escalate above her, as if they were in the middle of a billion shooting stars.

______" Van," Hitomi whispered in between the kiss.

______" Hitomi," Van whispered back, softly brushing his lips against hers, suckling her lower lip slowly which elicited a small sigh from her.

______The two lovers remained in their locked embrace, oblivious to the world around them. It really seemed as if time had stopped existing for them. What mattered was that single shining moment where they both held each other and would never let go….ever…

______" VAN!!! What the hell do you think you’re doing?!!!" The door slammed against the wall as Allen barged in angrily. Van and Hitomi immediately let go of each other, jumping away from each other in embarrassment. " I thought you said there was only one girl you’re adept to kiss…now I find you kissing MY Princess!!!"

______" I…well…"

______" What’s Hitomi going to say about this?!"

______" Say about what?" Hitomi said looking up at Allen, her cheeks still flaming red.

______" Hitomi?!" Allen sputtered in surprise," What are you doing here?! Don’t tell me you’re the Princess we’re going to save?!"

______" If I knew I would tell you, Allen, but in fact I’m wondering myself why I got sent here by that damn light column. As for this Princess…how did you know about her? Can you tell me something about her."

______Allen shrugged. " We’re only here cause this old man said it was essential that we save the Princess. By the way Hitomi, this is Obi Wan Kenobi and well…you remember Dryden right?" Hitomi nodded briefly at the Duke but her gaze remained on the old man. " Did you say Obi Wan Kenobi?"

______The old man nodded. " Yeah, that’s me." Hitomi clapped her hands excitedly. " Then you’re the man the Princess was looking for…look, she was holding a letter addressed to you before she died."

______" What?! The Princess is dead?!" Obi Wan said in disbelief. " But…but…the spies reported that the princess was on board this ship. I don’t understand---"

______Hitomi blushed. " I think they were meaning me," she said sheepishly," For some reason their all convinced that I’m the Princess because they found me inside her room. Of course I tried to tell them that the dead woman lying at their feet was the princess but somehow they didn’t want to believe me. Even her servants believed I was the Princess. " Hitomi grimaced. " I take it her loyal subjects never even saw her face!"

______" Wh-what?!!" Obi Wan sputtered, " But—but..the disc is with her…it’s top secret information. We’re all going to die if it falls into the hands of the enemy!!" Obi Wan grabbed Allen’s shirt and was shaking him hard," Die, I tell you….DIE!!!"

______" Oh, you mean….this disc?" Hitomi grinned, flipping up a metallic disc in front of him. Obi Wan snatched it out of the girl’s hand and quickly hid it in his coat. " Watch it girl! This is pretty heavy stuff. Don’t go flashing it around just anywhere! You never know whether they’d have spy cameras or not!!"

______Hitomi shrugged. " Whatever….Can we just get out of here? This place is giving me the creeps!"

______" Hitomi’s right," Allen said ," We’ve got to get out of here as soon as possible. It won’t take them long to finally pinpoint our location so let’s sneak out slowly, okay. They probably wouldn’t notice us that way…"

______Allen slowly opened the door and the group proceeded to tiptoe down the hallway and out to the ship’s landing area. " So far so good," Allen whispered, grinning at the rest, " By the next turn we’ll be at the space dock we’re out of here before they’d even realize it!"

______" Hold it right there! You’re under arrest in the name of the Emperor!" A soldier said behind them…. his troop right at his back. The group sweatdropped and Hitomi gave a large gulp. " You were saying Allen?!"

______" Alright, so I was wrong! Who cares! Guys, let’s get ready to party!" Allen chortled drawing his sword. Van stood in front of Hitomi, protecting her as the enemy attacked. There was a large clang of sword against sword and the battle flew by--- so fast it was hard to see who was winning or losing. After all, the troops were fighting against two of the most prestigious swordfighters in Gaea…as well as an experienced old Jedi Knight….

______" Hyaaah…..ughn…erm….rgaaaah! Die scum, die!!!!" Allen screamed as he beat one of the soldiers and charged towards the troop’s captain. In one swift move, the enemy was able to dislodge the sword from Allen’s hand and send it flying towards the other end of the room. " Uh-oh," Allen said as he slowly moved away backwards, " I think it’s time to retreat…"

" Use the Force, Allen! The sword Yoda gave you…use the…saber!" Obi Wan screamed in mid-battle with two charging idiots.

______The light-saber! Allen thought frantically, bringing it out and pointing it towards the guard. The enemy shifted a little but when he realized that Allen wasn’t going to do anything with it, he grinned evilly and began charging at the blonde swordsman. K'so, Allen thought, I can’t get this stupid thing to open!

______" How do I work this thing?!!" Allen screamed as the captain cam closer and closer. " Just switch it on!" Obi Wan screamed back. The enemy leaped and raised his sword in the air, ready to slash him into pieces.

______Here goes nothing," Allen thought, closing his eyes. He gripped the handle tightly and raised it overhead. " You’re dead mea---aurghhh!!!" he heard the man scream before a loud ' thud 'reached his ears. Opening one eye, Allen sighed in relief as the soldier lay on the ground a large gash in the middle of his stomach. He looked down at the flourescent blade shining within his hand. " Man, I could get used to this kind of thing!" he said cheerfully.

______" Allen-san, stop stalling around and get your butt in the ship before more troopers come!" Obi Wan screamed from where he was standing beside the ship’s door. " Okay, okay, I’m coming!" Allen said raising his hands in defeat and making a mad dash for it, hearing the clacking sound of a dozen more footsteps getting frighteningly closer and closer.

______" Wait!" Van said, stopping abruptly before getting into the ship, causing Hitomi to bump her face right into his back.
" I forgot all about Meruru!" Running back towards the metal doors Van called back, " Hitomi, tell the others to go ahead. Meruru and I will follow later!"

______" Van, wait!" Hitomi shouted back but he was already out of hearing distance. Biting her lip, Hitomi looked back to where Allen and Obi Wan were taking control of the ship and making her decision, she pressed hard on the door button, quickly jumping out and locking herself out of the ship. She turned back towards Van’s direction and sprinted after him, hoping to catch up to him in time.