Anthro Star Wars

[Regulus]

"You do?" Nala asked. "I... I didn't expect you to say that, Simba. I mean, if we don't go to Naboo, I don't know where we would go. The force will guide us. And the force is leading us to Naboo, for some strange reason."

[KingKovu44]

Simba found himself once again looking into Nala's eyes once again, but forced himself to focus. "The time for diplomacy is over. Naboo needs warriors," he said.

[Regulus]

"Not just Naboo, but the whole Republic. We need an army. A grand army. If the Sith are to build superweapons, we need superweapons. If the Sith are to have dreadnaughts, we need dreadnaughts too. We don't even have a fraction of the military might that we need to hold against the Sith. Something needs to be done about that," Nala continued.

[KingKovu44]

Simba motioned to her, Balto and Jenna. "Come on, we can discuss this on the Ebon Hawk," he said.

[Sixshot1988]

Rafiki stopped them by holding his walking stick out to impede their path. "I urge Caution Simba. This merely be a ruse to hide a greater danger." The Master said.

Meanwhile Kovu returned with HK-47.

Suddenly Kovu fell to the ground in pain as did the rest of the cubs. Balto meanwhile lost his Balance, but was caught by Rafiki. "Naboo was bombarded from above, just like Taris." He said, slowly regaining his Balance. "I am sorry, but their was nothing we could've done." Rafiki sighed in grief.

By this time they made their way to a war room. where a hologram of Scar appeared. "Hello My old, decrypted Master." The exiled Jedi said as Rafiki's eyes narrowed. "Scar." He said, clearly unnerved that his fallen Padawan, turned Mandalorian raider was contacting him.

"It is now Lord Mandalore." He said. Kovu's rage threatened to boil over as he saw Scar sullying the armor. "dar'manda osik!" Kovu shouted as Kopa, kiara and Vitani held him back.

"I see I struck a nerve." Scar said as Kovu calmed somewhat.

"Well then, perhaps this might help deepen your pain." He said as two Mandalorian raiders held the beaten, but still living body of an older lion, Candorus Ordo. Kovu and the others were shocked. Their adopted father was alive!?

"I'll be waiting for you, but I'd hurry if I were you. I'd so hate to be responsible for leaving you orphans." He said in a mocking tone before vanishing.

" We're Coming father." Kovu said as they started to run towards the exit.

"No, I can not allow it." Rafiki said. " we cannot risk all of you just to save one life." He said.

" But he's our father!" Kovu shouted.

" I am well aware of that, I'm sorry." He said, hanging his head.

Kovu, Kopa, Vitani, Kiara looked at each other.

"Then we're going without your approval!" Kovu said as they, and HK-47 ran out of the war room.

[KingKovu44]

Simba was shocked about everything he had just heard. "Do we go after them?" he asked.

[Regulus]

"I'm going to go meditate on this, for a little while," Nala said, as she started walking to the jedi temple, feeling overwhelmed by the situation.

[Sixshot1988]

"No, we must focus on stopping the Sith." Rafiki said saddly. "Their bond to their father is a weakness the sith exploited." He said.

Balto didn't like the word weakness being used, but they did have worse things to deal with. A new Mandalore had arose, one loyal to the sith.

Kovu and the others made their way to their Father's Ship, which had been impounded by the Jedi.

The Guard alerted Master Rafiki.

"Master Rafiki, Kovu and the cubs are stealing the Kandosii!" He said.

"Let them Go, it is their ship after all." Rafiki said.

" We can't let them go, they'll be killed!" Balto said, running after them.

Meanwhile.

" My ad'ike will never come to you deceiver!" The captive Mandalorian said.

" Oh they will, and they will turn to the darkside." Scar Replied as he bowed before Darth Khan.

[KingKovu44]

Simba looked at Balto. "Perhaps it's time we went to the Chancellor and told him what what needs to be done. I refuse to let another world meet Naboo's fate. They will have a long period of rebuilding ahead of them," he said.

Jenna looked at her two friends. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Simba. Who knows what the Sith will do next? It's time for the Republic to use it's army," she said.

[Regulus]

Meanwhile, Nala went to the jedi temple, seeking guidance from the force. She sensed the cubs were going to be in pain. She felt the destruction of Naboo. Wondering how she could put an end to the Sith conquest, she went to the jedi archives.

She found no evidence of the Mandalorians constructing planet killing battlestations. The Sith troop's armor in her vision looked Mandalorian in origin, as with the ship designs, but not the superweapon.

"So this is how Coruscant will fall. From the enemy within," she thought, as she began to wonder whether or not she could trust the Mandalorian cubs.

Nala left the temple immediately to tell Simba about her findings.