Anakin and I were called into into a meeting with Obi Wan and master Yoda the second we set foot on the cruiser. Apparently it seemed Jabba the Hutts son had been kidnapped and we were being as fined to track the huttlet down. Anakin didn't seem best pleased with this development, though I can't blame him with his background regarding the Hutts. I can only image what kind of hell his childhood must've been as a result of that savage crime family. The plan was made for Obi wan to go ahead to meet with the Hutts while me and Anakin along with our new padawans went after Jabbas son...which would be interesting to say the least...
"...well, not the break I was hoping for." I heard Anakin mumble with a sigh as the both of us left the conference room by the bridge and headed along the halls towards our rooms to change for the bounty to come and clean up. I understood what he meant, after our mission to Christophsis I was hoping we'd get to return to Coruscant and finally get married. But seems the force had other ideas.
"I agree, though at least they're not splitting us up just yet." I hummed while running a hand back through my fallen hair as we headed for a cross section in the halls. At some point I was hoping we'd get a chance to discuss the new matter of our padawans. Since we now had to young lives to look after our relationship was about to get a lot harder, a long with a number of others things.
"I'm glad of that to, with everything going on I wouldn't want you out there alone." Anakin responded with a sigh as we came to a halt, leaning back against the near wall and facing me with those gorgeous eyes of his.
"...truthfully I wouldn't want to be out there without you either." I replied with honesty, looking his way with a small smile. The idea of being pushed into this war alone was beyond daunting, especially now with a padawan to think of. Having Anakin around again after so long just gave me and sense of comfort nothing could replace. I hope he knows just how much he means to me...
"Come here Angel," He said softly while opening his arms to me. I guess my worry was present across my face given the kind gesture of care directed my way. Only hesitating for a moment i stepped forward, feeling his strong arms wrap round behind my shoulders as he pulled me close. Anakin made me feel like this was were I belonged, in his arms safe and protected from the rest of the galaxy. Without thinking I snuggled further into his chest like those far away nights on Naboo, feeling as he rested his chin over my head with a sigh. "...I promise I'll always be here to protect you..." Anakin whispered softly as his arms continued to embrace me with warmth.
The relaxing moment ended however when somebody cleared there throat nearby, the pair of us both tensing in the moment before hastily separating. Turning I noticed Master Kenobi stood with his arms folded across his chest and something of a reprimanding expression.
"I do hope I'm not interrupting anything." The man spoke eloquently as I glanced aside in embarrassment.
"Not at all master...I was just comforting (y/n)...this being her first battle and all." Anakin quickly responded with a casual air about him. How he managed to never get stressed out by these things I'll never understand. Sheepishly I nodded to confirm his story as Master Kenobi glanced my way sceptically.
"...For both your sakes I hope that's true." Obi wan replied after a moments silence, his words filling me with nerves. Was it possible he knew about our feelings and was giving us a warning not to take this any further, or maybe he was just being overly cautious. Either way it was to late considering when we return to Coruscant Anakin and I are to get married. Provided we do get back to Coruscant.
"Of course Master," Anakin replied as though wha the man was saying was obvious. Yet another thing I'll never understand about my fiancé, his ability to lie. "...I thought you'd left for Tattooine already? Aren't you supposed to be making contact with Jabba to inform him we're bringing his smelly son back?" He went on to ask with a wave of his hand. I turned and raised a brow towards him.
"Smelly?" I questioned with a bit of a confused laugh. No one had said anything about the Huttlets smell so I just presuming Anakin had his own undoubtedly intriguing reason behind the word choice.
"Why wouldn't he be smelly? He's a Hutt." Anakin responded with a shrug as though the question was absurd. I laughed a little and shook my head lightly with an eye roll. I'm sure what he was saying was some form of racism but at this point I wasn't going to argue it.
"Yes, I'm my way to leave right now as a matter of fact, it was your two Padawans that stopped me...they have quite the number of questions about the both of you." Master Kenobi replied giving the pair of us a nod that did not fill me with confidence. Left to their own devices among the troops I'm certain Ari's already causing trouble, not so sure about Ahsoka but they did seem mischievous together. Giving a small groan I rubbed my head.
"Thanks for the heads up Master Kenobi I'm just off to hide in a storage closet...how long would you say the journey to Teth is..?"| question in complete seriousness. I didn't fancy being quizzed on every aspect of my life right now. Anakin gave a laugh from behind me and stepped forwards into view.
"Come on (y/n), they're just kids how difficult can it be?" My fiancé's over confidence had stuck again as he gave a boasting smile my way. There are many things Anakin Skywalker can do, but handle two teenage girls used to causing mischief i fear is not one of them.
"...Anakin you've never taught youngling, they're a nightmare I promise you." I responded in a mumble while hugging my arms around myself.
"I'm sure they can't be that bad, come on let's go, see you around master." Anakin replied and before i knew it his hand was around mine pulling me away towards the main hanger where most of the clones gathered after mission to talk and such. It was quite possibly the busiest area of this cruiser, and definitely where our padawans would be.
"...where did the 'padawans slow me down' Anakin go? I miss him..." I whined as we went round a corner. Again Anakin gave a laugh and looked back my way with those bright blue eyes. He smirked a bit while continuing to lead me down the halls.
"How bad do you miss him?" He asked with a mischievous glint to those beautiful ice lake eyes. I knew immediately what he was getting at and rolled my eyes.
"...bad enough to kiss his ugly mug." I responded with a bit of a smirk as we came to a halt by-oh guess what, a supply closet!
"Ugly..? Well he's definitely not coming back now...but I'm here your here, what do you say we take a break and get to some good old fashion making out in this handy dandy supply cupboard." Anakin spoke with a needy seductiveness, eyes remaining fixed in mine as he smirked and learnt in for a kiss. But considering this was a very public place and Obi Wan had just given us a warning I stepped back.
"Anakin no, I'm not getting in a cupboard with you." I spoke clearly as I placed my hands on his chest and gave a frown at his insinuation. Anakin pouted like a child that had just been told play time was over and it was time for work. What am I saying, that's exactly what it was happening here!
"...I have a child for a fiancé..." I unknowingly spoke allowed as the realisation dawned on me.
"Hey! I'm not a child!" Anakin protested in a way that kind of forced my point. Though I mostly just tired not to laugh as he frowned down at me. "And what's wrong with the cupboard? It's big enough, private, and clean." He went on the further complain while folding his arms in a grumpy fashion up over his chest.
"...you and I have very different definitions of the word 'clean'," i responded with a sigh while running my fingers back through my hair. Honestly any passer by probably would've thought me the elder here if they didn't know better. "Anakin we're not 'making out' in the closet." I added in the same firm tone as previously.
"Why not?" He responded with a slight whine that caused me to roll my eyes.
"Because it's immature, we're jedi not high schoolers, and quite frankly you've set the bar rather high after staying at Lux, now come on we have padawans to babysit." I responded before taking his wrist just as he had done to me earlier and leading him off further towards the hanger without giving him even a second more to protest. As expected Anakin was reluctant to follow but luckily for me he seemed to give in with a defeated sigh.
"You're fussy you know that? Any other girl would jump at that opportunity." He mumbled still evidently put out I wouldn't jump in a cupboard with him for a quick snog. It was at times like these you could see just how childish Anakin Skywalker really was on the inside. At his words I turned and narrowed my eyes back towards him with a bit of a frown.
"I'm not any girl sand man I'm you're fiancé, so unless you want no physical contact until our wedding I suggest you drop the subject." I instructed just as we reached the hanger, letting go of his wrist and watching as he gave it a rub.
"Yes ma'am..." He sighed in defeat before sauntering past me having clearly brushed the whole matter off. "Come on then, like you said we have padawans to find." Anakin hummed back towards me as we entered the busy area. Inside the hanger was a multitude of clones deck officers droids and other various workers. And in the middle of it all I could just make out our two padawans.
"Well here we go.." I thought as I approached the group of gathered clones while it seemed Anakin stepped to the side to talk to some scouts not from out unit. For all his talk it really did look like he was leaving me to take care of Ari and Ahsoka. Typical..
"Master!" Ari cheered while dashing across to me as soon as she'd seen I was there. The young girl was practically bouncing with joy and she stopped before me with her blueish green eyes all a glow. I'm guessing whatever happened after she ran off wasn't to bad then. That reminds me, I should remind her how reckless that was. "Master (n/n) is it true we're going on a mission to rescue Jabba's son...?" The girl asked while giving a curious tilt of her head while her eyes remained on me. Well it could've been a worse question I guess.
"Yes we are, we're on our way to Teth right now I believe." I replied trying to sound as professional as possible. Being a master...it really had me on edge about how I acted.
"I heard you were surrounded by droids, how did you get the shield down?" I nearby clone asked towards Ahsoka causing Ari to look round to her friend with a grin. Something happened didn't it.
"Ari I wanted to talk to you about earlier-
"Sorry master can it wait, this is the best bit." The girl interrupted before dashing back, not giving me the change to discuss how dangerous her earlier actions were. I gave a sigh and watched her weave her way back, actually some what relieved I wouldn't have to do any 'master padawan talks' just yet. As I stood and folded my arms I noticed Anakin come over to stand beside me.
"What's going on here..?" He asked while looking ahead towards the two padawans and the group of clones curiously.
"Your guess is as good as mine, let's just listen." I replied with a shrug.
"Ok so there was this wall behind him with a hall in the middle," Ahsoka begun to say excitedly with several energetic hand gestures indicating the wall. "So me and Ari pulled the wall down on top of the droids destroying them and saving the general." She explains seeming very pleased with herself while some of the clones give light hearty chuckles. I glance round towards Anakin and raise a brow with a bit of a smirk knowing full well being saved by two youngling must've hurt his huge ego just a little. Sure enough he rolled his eyes a bit and stepped towards the group. Me? Well I was just proud of the pair for being so inventive...though I did follow my embarrassed looking fiancé.
"Is that true sir?" Rex asked with an equally surprised look to mine as he turned to look towards Anakin.
"Well...most of it..." Anakin replied a little reluctantly appearing to want to brush the subject off. But now where's the fun in that?
"What do you mean most of it Anakin? Which parts aren't true then?" I persistent in questioning gaining everyone's attention. I was probably being a little to familiar with my fellow jedi but hopefully everyone would being distracted by the anecdote. Anakin gave my a mock-annoyed look before shrugging with a wave of his hands.
"Fine they did all that-but I had it well under control." He responded in confident protest that I didn't believe for once second given how embarrassed he'd looked mere moments ago.
"Is that true girls?" I asked the two padawans while raising a brow that asked for honesty. Anakin was now giving me a bit of a glare with his back to the pair but i chose to ignore him and instead urged the two teenagers to reply.
"Well, if you found being surrounded by droids under control, yeah sure master-no offence master Skywalker." Ari responded towards me with a small laugh before quickly looking Anakins way with a hint of guilt. That girl cared to much about his ego I swear, it was sweet though.
"Don't worry he doesn't take any," I replied on Anakins behalf giving him a small victorious smile as i placed my hands on my hips. "Well it would seem we're training quite the pair of heroes aren't we?" I went on, now just seeing how long Anakin was going to allow me to keep talking. Answer, not long at all.
"Alright that's enough of that, back to work everyone." He instructed to the troops, stepping round to face them all again. Sure enough the troopers began to disperse of to complete their various tastings.
"Never thought I'd see the day someone dared to show up the general." I heard none other than Captain Dice chuckle harmlessly from a step behind me. I looked round and gave the man a smile.
"It's a handy skill I'll admit...though never try it unless you want to face a stroppy teenager." I joked back with a whisper.
"I heard that." Anakin's voice called across from nearby even though he had his back to me. Still laughing a little I waved the trooper away and walked forward to join my now probably agitated co-general. Oh gods i should've thought of his mood sooner.
"...am I going to regret that later?" I asked as I stopped beside him and raised a brow. Anakin sighed and looked round my way eyes softening from the previous glare but still sharp enough to let me know he was planning something.
"...yes you are," He mumbled lowly before turning to look back at our padawans. Though just before he turned back a got a strange feeling he really had planned something. However turning to the two girls his mood seemed to brighten a bit as he clapped his hands together. "Right, now let's get to it, we arrive in a little while yet so until then I heard you had some questions?" Anakin spoke with a generals clarity as the two girls looked round with bright mischievous smiles. I tried not to look nervous as I stepped up beside the man, folding my arms across my chest once more to give a more professional look. Ahsoka and Ari shared a glance before looking back to the both of us.
"...is it true you were both at the battle of geonosis?" Ahsoka started by asking with bright curiosity in her eyes. Truthfully that particular even seemed years ago now, however I'm guessing for them it seemed far more current.
"Yes we were, (y/n) and I both fought on the front lines and went on to dual count Dooku." Anakin replied on behalf of us both with a matter of fact nod while I just stood in silence and looked between him and the girls.
"Is it true that count Dooku took master (y/l/n) then?" Ahsoka went on to ask while taking a small step forward as she spoke. My heart dropped a little at the question it not being a moment I wished to remember. Anakin to seemed to stiffen slightly at the mention of our devastating separation and glanced my way for a moment before clearing his throat.
"...yes that's also true...the count took (y/n), uh, hostage, for the start of the war but with some effort we managed to bring her back safe and sound." Anakin spoke professionally in response despite the difficult subject matter. It surprised me to see him act so mature all of a sudden, he seemed to be taking to being a master quite well after all. He was doing a far better job than I suspect I could.
"...any more question?" I asked a little more softly while stepping forward and a little closer to Anakins side, seeking comfort in his presence. The two girls looked at each other again and I felt that small wave of dread hit me once more as they nodded before looking back our way.
"Master Skywalker how come you call (n/n) (y/n) rather than general (y/l/n)?" Ari asked with a mischievous flint to her eyes that led me to step slightly away from my fiancé. Like I believe I mentioned before, this girl was awfully observant when it came to trivial matters of gossip. Anakin however didn't seem fazed at all, though that shouldn't have been surprising considering the lie he told his own master earlier.
"The same reason you call her (n/n), we're good friends." He replied expertly with a simple shrug. However it didn't look like Ari was done which made me worry slightly as to just how much she'd figured out. The girl folded her arms over her chest and took up a confident stance.
"Then what's with the bracelet? It's from (n/n) right? I mean it has to be, it her padawan braid, so why are you wearing it master Skywalker?" She went on to ask while nodding to Anakins wrist wear the gift I had made him sat. The gift in itself was harmless but given that it contained my padawan braid I'd clearly made it to personal. I internally cursed while turning to look at Anakin with worry, surprised when I saw his demeanour hadn't changed. Anakin stood there confident as ever and looked to the bracelet casually with a small smile.
"This? Oh well this was a birthday present, just because we're Jedi doesn't mean we can't give gifts on special occasions." He answered nonchalantly while looking back across from the bracelet to the girl. His casual attitude astounded me and yet also filled me with awe.
This right here was the man I loved with all my heart, and he was all mine.
Just then the alert alarms began to go off indicating we were coming out of hyperspace above Teth. Seeing how Ari still didn't look convinced it appeared we'd been literally saved by the bell. Troopers started rushing by to load into their transporters while we looked round.
"Well, looks like we'll have to finish this later, for now we need to load up with our squads, Ahsoka you're with Rex and I, Ari, 'general (y/l/n)' and Dice." Anakin instructed in a more formal manner towards the pair before giving me and nod and leaving with Ahsoka trailing behind. This left me and Ari to head across and join captain Dice at our transporter.
'See you on the surface love.'
Anakins voice rang through my head as we took off causing me to smile slightly as I clung to the overhead handles.
'Not if I see you first'
I responded as we exited the hanger.
Next stop, Teth.
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Hope that was alright, trying to get back in the swing of things again after my break, should be back to normal posting from now on.