Sorry for being so long for updating this book. This was an idea I recently came up with.

Krownest

It has been almost 2 months since the Ghost crew and Rebels have made significant damage to the Empire. However with the Empire secretly working on some kind of mysterious weapon Ursa Wren has called the Ghost crew for a debriefing.

Everyone of clan Wren and The Ghost crew stood in the Throne room for the debriefing. "My scouts have reason to believe that the Empire is transporting special materials on board this transport on the planet one of the moons of kashyyk" Ursa explained showing an image of the transport and its escorts.

Once Ursa finished her debriefing Hera asked "Countess do we know what kind of supplies are being transported". Ursa signed in disappointment answering "No our spies haven't been able to find out that much, but the resources aren't what we're after. What we're after is the Intel that the main transport is carrying. Unfortunately Clan Wren is unable to spare any troops to retrieve it".

Hera shared that disappointment because she replied back "Same here Senator Mon Mothma is having my crew assigned to another mission along the out reaches of the galaxy".

"We can spare Stahl though" Scarlet blurtly interrupted getting glares from the crew even Kanan mysteriously. Ursa however sparked hope from that asking Hera "Can he?".

Hera rubbed the back of her neck hesitant to answer. She looked over at Stahl who hid in the back corner of the room with Ketsu to stay away from the mando's for approval. Stahl gave a slight nod.

Hera then shifted her attention to Ursa saying "We can spare him". Ursa smiled at the wonderful news giving her gratitude "Thank you Hera. However I'm sure you crew member will need transportation. I'll have Ketsu take him".

Upon hearing that some of the crew couldn't help but smile. Ketsu didn't mind taking Stahl, but Stahl being himself had to remark "Really I gotta babysit she man again" earning himself a playful elbow to his ribs.

After that the debriefing ended with everyone going back to their usual posts. Ketsu went to Ursa to get the coordinates of the transportation while Stahl walked over to where the others were.

"Thanks for taking this mission Stahl" Hera said giving a weak smile because they could have used them for their mission. Stahl gave a smile joking "It's not like I had a choice" giving a smug look at Scarlet who laughed and shrugged her shoulders.

"Well anyways I hope your mission goes well" Kanan told Stahl getting a slight nod. Sabine joked with Stahl saying "Try not to cause too much of a ruckus with Ketsu while your on the mission Stahl" making everyone chuckle. "Sure thing" Stahl told her before he heard Ketsu yell "Come on hater we have to go".

Stahl quickly said his last goodbyes running to the Shadow Caster jumping on the ramp as Ketsu was pulling up from the ground. Ketsu flew the ship into space entering hyperspace shortly after.

Shadow Caster

Once the Shadow Caster had entered hyperspace Ketsu got up from her seat and joined Stahl who was meditating in her common area. She sat in front of him staring at his concentrated face. It looked so straight, boring, it was almost enough to make Ketsu laugh. She held it in however.

Stahl sensed her feelings because he began teasing "You know rather than staring out my funny face you could do something useful flat ass". Ketsu teased back "Nah I'd rather look at someone stupidly funny to make this trip interesting" making them both smile.

Stahl even opened his eyes to look at her smile. It was just as beautiful as the other times he saw her smile and yet it was just as special each time. The same way was for Ketsu. In the recent missions that they had spend together on their relationship had improved greatly. The two occassionally talked to each other. The two had become really close.

After about 27 minutes of the two talking and teasing the ships Navi-computer began to beep indicating that they were 5 minutes out from their designated target.

Ketsu instantly went into focused mode pulling up a hologram of the transportation. "So this is the main transport that is carrying the data. Its surrounded by other transports that look like it along with twelve tie fighters." Ketsu began explaining with Stahl paying little to know attention because if he knew her as well as he thinks he did Ketsu was going to suggest a dive drop with her ship.

Sure enough he was right because Ketsu explained "So here's the plan I'll take the Shadow Caster and drop down just above the main transport. That is when you jump off onto the transport and secure the data. After that I'll swoop down and pick you up". Once she was done she shut down the holograms asking "Any questions" making sure Stahl wasn't planning anything that he would do.

Stahl stared at her blankly for a few seconds before yawning scratching the back of his neck saying "No I don't have any questions. It just sucks you know". Ketsu didn't realise that she had walked into a trap when she asked "What sucks?".

Stahl mentally smiled saying "Well it's just that this mission is kinda important and I thought your flat ass would be going with me instead of hiding out in your ship". Through the whole time Ketsu heard Stahl her mind raced with what she was hearing. Stahl was calling her a coward saying that she wasn't brave enough to go with him on the mission.

What really set her was when Stahl said "Guess even someone like you can lose their nerves". On instinct Ketsu got up in his face saying "I haven't lost my nerve to fight those damn buckets. If I need to go down there with you to make sure you don't screw up then so be it suicide boy" not realizing what she had gotten into.

When she did realize what had just happened Stahl patted her armor saying "Well I'm glad that your just as willing to do this as I am" laughing in triumph as he walked to the refresher.

Ketsu was left in the middle of her common area dumbfounded. This wasn't the first time she had fallen for Stahls tricks and every time she mentally hit herself for falling for it over and over.

The Shadow Caster came out of hyperspace shortly after. Ketsu walked up to the controls feeling a mixed amount of emotions as she piloted the ship towards its rendezvous.

Once Ketsu set the Shadow Caster to hover over the coordinates she joined Stahl down at the open ramp. She had grabbed her best spear for this mission because she felt like she would need it.

Ketsu looked over the edge seeing the transport in the distance. She then heard Stahl ask her "Wanna play a game Flat ass?".

Ketsu looked at Stahl curious asking "What kind of game". "Who's the better killer. Whoever stacks up the most kills wins" Stahl answered leaning against the wall to be able to keep an eye on the transport.

As he did that Stahl could sense that Ketsu had been entriged by his idea because she asked him "What does the winner get". Stahl smiled saying "Whatever they want" sensing Ketsu smiling underneath her helmet. She then said "deal" sticking out her hand which Stahl gladly shook.

The two looked back at the horizon seeing the transports right under them. The two quickly shook their nerves loose before they jumped.

As the two neared the transports one of the tie fighters neared them. Stahl took out his lightsabers and began somersaulting until he cut through the tie.

As the ship exploded into shards Ketsu smiled at Stahls competitiveness remarking "Show off". Stahl responded back with "What's that I can't hear you over the taste of me winning". "Yeah you better enjoy it while it lasts" Ketsu whispered to herself as she refocused on the main transport.

As they neared it Stahl had decided to take the liberty of destroying 3 more tie fighters making Ketsu only at more anxious to win. As the roof became more visible Ketsu could see that Stahl's actions had made the Empire aware of their arrival. There were 5 stormtroopers stationed on top of the ship.

The Stormtroopers soon caught site of the two and began shooting at them. That was when Ketsu began feeling worried about their way of approach.

She looked at Stahl yelling "Stahl!" in which he grabbed her arm and forced pushed 3 stormtroopers off the transport while also slowing their descend rapidly.

The two came in for a rough landing but took their arms shooting the other two stormtroopers. As the dead bodies flew off the transport Stahl took out his lightsabers and began cutting a hole into the ship. During that Ketsu modified her spear into a rifle and kept watch for any other Imperials.

As Stahl finished up the hole he felt a cold piece of metal against his neck. Stahl looked up to see Ketsu holding the spear against his neck waving a finger saying "Ladie first Stahl".

"Dirty Mando" Stahl chuckled at her earning him a "Whatever I got to do to win" from Ketsu and a light cut on his neck.

Stahl backed away from the hole saying "I'll meet you at the hull" which Ketsu nodded and jumped in the ship. The sound of blaster fire and yelling could be heard from inside the ship which was making Stahl very anxious because he knew or at least predicted what was going to happen if Ketsu won.

Stahl turned and ran full sprint toward the hull of the ship. Once he reached it he didn't waste any time and jumped up in the air with lightsabers activated spinning with them aiming at the ship.

Stahl was able to cut inside the hull easily and saw two pilots who saw Stahl and tried to grabbed their blasters. They weren't fast enough before they both had Stahls sabers piece through their bodies.

As the lifeless pilots fell Stahl took a data tape and installed it into the panel putting in the access codes for the transfer. After he was done typing in the code the door behind him hissed open.

Stahl didn't even bother to turn around because he already could sense that it was Ketsus presence. "So how's your body count Suicide boy" Ketsu asked as she inspected the two dead bodies. "I have a total of 10, what about you flat ass?" Stahl asked monitoring the transfer hearing Ketsu smugly say "I counted a total of 22 kills. Nothing too hard though" making them both chuckle.

During the process the transfer had gone smoothly, however as the data was almost complete the two heard from the ships radio "Shuttle craft 21fa we need. a report on the rebel infestation. Are the packages still secure? Are you all still holding out?". Both of the rebels looked at each other not knowing what to do about the situation.

The two soon heard the contact say "I repeat what is the situation of the rebels". Ketsu quickly got a very devilish idea.

She walked over to the radio taking off her helmet speaking into the mike "This is shuttle craft 21fa we have sustained heavy losses. The rebels have infiltrated the cargo room and their.....oh now its him.....the hidious jedi. PLEASE HELP.....SEND REINFORCEMENTS." shooting the radio after.

Stahl just stood there confused and insulted. His face though made Ketsu giggle as she answered his unannounced question "More bodies for the competition" putting her helmet back on. Ketsu then grabbed her spear and as she began walking back towards the hole she was stopped by a blue saber that was uncomfortable close to her neck.

She looked over at Stahl asking "What are you doing". "What I'm doing is going back to the top to get my kill count higher. Your going to stay here and make sure that the data is secured once finished" Stahl answered.

Ketsu couldn't believe that Stahl would dare to stop her from taking down her buckets she called for. "Excuse me boy but last time I checked you aren't the boss of me and I'm the one who called those stormtroopers so I should be the one to earn those points" Ketsu complained getting her a "True, but you also stole my kills from me and called me hideous. That kind of stuff hurts" from Stahl who put a hand on his heart acting wounded.

Even though Ketsu didn't want to argue with Stahl she reluctantly agreed going back to the panel. Before Stahl went up top he told Ketsu "Don't feel too bad flat ass. You wouldn't have beaten me anyways" jumping up just in time to dodge a stun shot.

Seeing the jet troopers approaching from the other ships Stahl walked over to the middle of the ship activating his lightsabers taking his stance.

The first wave of Stormtroopers barraged Stahl with blaster fire. Stahl spun his connected sabers around hitting the energy currents away from him or back to their original owners.

Stahl moved all over the ship so it would be easier for him to dodge currents and also be able to stack up on more kills. During that time Ketsu was forced to watch the stray energy currents that zoomed past the window and the jet troopers feeling left out. She desperately wanted to get in on the action if it weren't for this data being so important for Clan Wren.

As Stahl finished off the last of the Stormtroopers he heard Ketsu say from his comm link "Data transferred and secured. Time to leave". "Got it get back up top" Stahl acknowledged running over to the last trooper shooting him down. Stahl mentally counted all the troops that had fallen and summed up a total of 20 kills. This was still behind what Ketsu had, but who was to say that Ketsu needed to know that.

When Ketsu was topside standing next to Stahl he took his lightsabers and cut the ships engines. As the ship began to descend he scooped Ketsu up bridal style looking around at the incoming ships.

When Stahl figured out how he was going to do this he told Ketsu "Hold on" and jumped before she had time to answer. As Stahl flew through the air and onto other ships the Tie fighters shot at him trying to make sure that they didn't escape.

More jump troopers joined them following behind Stahl as he jumped onto another ship. Ketsu modified her spear into its rifle form shooting back at the troopers hitting most of them stacking up to 32 kills.

Stahl jumped off and on ships for what felt like forever for him since he was starting to get tired from all the jumping along with holding Ketsu. But once the Shadow Caster was in sight Stahl jumped over to the ship that was the closest. Stahl then focused the force into his feet to help him be able to make it.

Stahl soon jumped covering a huge amount of distance putting a huge gap between them and the incoming ties. Stahl just barely landed on the ramp of the Caster, but it wasn't time for them to rest just yet.

Ketsu swiftly ran to the flight stick moving the Shadow Caster into the planets atmosphere. Stahl took the controls for the turrent shooting at the incoming ties hitting 3 of them. The ship soon entered hyperspace leaving the TIES and any other Imperials far behind them.

The two relaxed taking in a deep breath from all the excitement that had just happened. Ketsu joined Stahl in the Common area sitting next to him asking "How was that for entertainment". "Wasn't half bad" Stahl responded looking at her. The two quickly broke down into laughter as they saw how sweaty and exhausted each of them were.

The two laughed for a while before Ketsu got serious asking "So about the game, how many bodies did you stack". "You first, ladies first remember" Stahl said wanting to know how Ketsu had done. Ketsu rose her chest up proudly saying "I earned myself a 35 kill count".

This made Stahl drop his jaw at how many kills Ketsu had got. Ketsu waited for Stahls answer in which he lied saying "40" in a serious tone. This left Ketsu in shock,  she couldn't believe that Stahl had gotten that many kills.

She cursed herself out for allowing him to get all those kills to himself, but she honored the rules of the game asking "So what do you want as your reward".

Stahl thought about that for a moment before he looked at Ketsu with a smile bringing his face close to hers asking "I can have anything I want right?". "That's right anything" Ketsu answered feeling herself getting a bit flushed as Stahl brought his face closer seductively whispering "Anything" lightly rubbing his hand against her cheek.

Ketsu nodded as she felt her body get hot from Stahl getting so close. Ketsu expected a kiss from Stahl, but what happened next nearly threw her mind off.

Stahl moved his hand over Ketsus lips saying "I want peace and quite while I meditate" leaving Ketsu in a dazed state. She couldn't wrap around what had just happened, one moment Stahl was acting all seductive as if he was about to make a move towards her, and then the next thing he just shuts her down saying he wanted peace and quite.

Ketsu didn't know whether Stahl was messing with her or playing hard to get. Either way she obeyed what Stahl had wished and walked over to the flight controls to give him some space.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'm thinking about doing a sequel but I want to know if you all would prefer that or not. Until then however.....
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