This is my first fan fiction. It is about how I think Ahsoka and Rex grew to love each other. Just a warning, it may take a while for the romance to actually start.
All Star Was characters belong to George Lucas
But before we start the story, I am pleased to introduce MONO-BROW MAN!
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Molly 1925 : For goodness sake Mono, please be polite! Anyway let's get to the story.
Beginnings
Today is a bad day to be a clone. The citizens of Chistophsis already dislike us for being, well, us. Its not surprising, there are a lot of people who don't appreciate us.
They say cloning is unethical, and therefore, we clones are abnormal, freaks-of-nature, and something to look down on. The prejudice is hard enough to deal with, but with the way our fights with the separatists have gone, they have even more reason to dislike us.
The struggles with the droid forces aren't our fault though, they are Slick's burden to carry, not ours. Slick, he was the traitor, not us.
He was the one to sell us out to the separatist scum, Asajj Ventress. First he gives classified information on an attack plan that resulted in a mission failure. Next he sets a trap for the generals - Jedi knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi. As difficult as it is to catch them by surprise, I won't give the traitor compliments for his near success. After all, he tried to frame a troubled clone, one of his brothers, for the treacherous deed.
Once his deception was found out, the traitor ran for it. In his zest to run us, Slick blew up the weapons Depot, almost taking Cody and me with it. thankfully he was careless in his hiding, left us a footprint to follow. After that we came up with a plan to trap him. The plan soon led to a fight where Slick admitted to his treason, claimed he was fighting for freedom.
When the Jedi asked about his betrayal, Slick called then the traitors. He said that they "enslaved" us and that he was "striking a blow for all clones." He also said he loves his brothers, that we were all too blind to see it.
We were all disappointed in him. His attack crippled us, leaving us little else besides the heavy cannons. To think I had ever thought of him as a friend, a comrade, a brother.
"Captain Rex!" I shake my head, there is no time for distraction now. Commander Cody is standing in front of me and he is looking none too pleased. "Stay sharp Rex, it looks like reinforcements are on their way." Now he grins and claps me on the shoulder saying, "Try not to let Slick get you down."
I grin back at him, of course he knew I was thinking about Slick, Cody is my brother. As he walks away, I can't help it, my mind drifts again, but not to Slick.
My name is Rex Everyone calls me that. I picked it out for myself when I was on Kamino. But it still slips into my mind every so often. While I am sleeping, eating, fighting, even talking. CT-7567, my code me, all that I am in a number.
A number I have grown to despise.
I am a soldier, not a droid. I have a name. Again, I shake my head, things will get better when I leave this planet. After all, the reinforcements will arriving soon.
Usually the coldness of space bothers me, but today I barely notice it.
Today is the day I become a Padawan to a great Jedi knight. I can't help the smile that slips onto my face. It disappears, however, when I see the admirals face. Yularen is not happy, his supplies can not be taken to the planet bellow us until I have arrived.
Suddenly, I am shivering, maybe my new master won't like me. He might see me and decide that I am too small to be a Padawan learner. Perhaps he'll look at me and decide to send me back.
The coldness seems to be stifling me, perhaps I should not have worn this outfit today, my top is doing little to keep me warm.
"Miss Tano, will you please pay attention!", Admiral Yularen's voice breaks me out of my panic, he has clearly been trying to get my attention for some time now. "We are about to enter the atmosphere of Chistophsis, you must prepare to possibly land in the middle of a battle."
I can't help flinching a little at his words. I am not looking forward to that possibility, but there is a chance that it will happen. I sigh and look up at Yularen, "I understand Admiral, just get us to the surface of Chistophsis and we will be fine."
I watch as the azure and jade planets seems to grow as we approach, the elegant crystalline buildings of Crystal city soon becoming visible.
I can't help but relax when I see that the fighting has stopped for a bit, perhaps this will not be to bad after all. Taking a deep breath I make my way to cargo bay and wait for the door to open.
To my relief, the planet is not cold like space, but it is not particularly warm either. Suddenly the door starts to open to reveal to a small group that arrived to meet the ship.
There are two men standing side by side in traditional Jedi attire, and there are clone soldiers standing stiffly behind them in two neat lines. There is also a astromech droid standing beside the taller Jedi knight. There are also other clone soldiers bustling about, obviously doing important tasks.
Looking at the two Jedi, I can't help but feel nervous. I am standing in front of the two best known Jedi in the galaxy for goodness sake! I look at them for a moment, then let go of the nervousness. 'There is no emotion, there is peace', I think to myself and walk briskly out of the ship.
The older of the two Jedi looks seriously at me, "A youngling?" he says in surprise. The other man looks at me as well and asks curiously, "And, who are you supposed to be?" The droid turns to me and beeps excitedly, clearly it is pleased to see a new face.
Once again, I can feel my anxiety rising, and once again I release that anxiety. In order to be a Jedi, I will have to let go of my fears and let the force guide me.
"I'm Ahsoka," I say confidently, "Master Yoda sent me. I was told to tell both of you that you must get back to the Jedi Temple immediately. There's an emergency." To my surprise my voice doesn't wobble, I sound determined, relaxed, completely confidant.
The younger Jedi frowns slightly, I could feel his irritation as he spoke. "Well I don't know if you've noticed, but were in a bit of an emergency right here." The mans voice sounds mildly annoyed, clearly he is unhappy. The other man immediately starts speaking, "Yes, our communications have been a bit unreliable but we've been calling for help.", this man is calm, unlike his companion.
I look at them as I speak, "Master Yoda hadn't heard from you so he sent me to deliver the message."
The younger Jedi sighs and turns away taking a few steps in the opposite direction, "Oh great. They don't even know were in trouble." his frustration is clear in his voice and his actions and his companion turns around to look at him.
Thinking quickly a solution quickly presents itself to me. "Maybe you can relay a signal through the cruiser that just dropped me off.", I say trying to be helpful.
The older Jedi smiles at me than at the other Jedi who simply shrugs his shoulders and looks at us.
The soldiers that are with them are ordered to retrieve the holoprojector from the ship and soon it is standing before us and the clones have dispersed to fulfill other duties. Soon a soldier clad in a officers uniform appears on the holoprojector and says stiffly "We're under attack by separatist warships, but I'll try to make contact for with the Jedi Temple for you. Stand by."
As we wait, I look at the two Jedi knights who are standing with me. The older one has neatly combed auburn hair ad and clean beard and mustache. His blue-grey eyes look calm despite the tenseness of the situation. The other man has thick light brown hair that will not lie smooth. This mans blue eyes showed impatience, unlike his counterpart.
Realizing that the Jedi were looking at me, I looked at the ground for a moment, feeling nervous.
Thankfully, Master Yoda appears on the holoprojector and everyone's eyes turn to look at him. "Master Kenobi, glad Ahsoka found you, I am.", The wizened Jedi Master says peacefully.
The older Jedi responds sounding slightly stressed, "Master Yoda, we are trapped here and vastly outnumbered. We are in no position to go anywhere or do anything. Our support ships have all been destroyed." Kenobi's voice is insistent and sounds strained. I think to myself, does war always make people act like this?
Yoda simply looks at him and replies, "Send reinforcements to you, we will -" The rest of the transmission crackles as transmission starts to fade. "Master Yoda?", Kenobi says sounding concerned "Master Yoda?!" Kenobi looks visibly anxious as the hologram of Master Yoda disappears. He then frowns and looks at the other man, who must be Master Skywalker, in concern.
The clone from before appears again saying, "We lost the transmission, sir. Another clone in an officers uniform stumbles it and takes the others place saying urgently, "We have to leave orbit immediately. More enemy ships have arrived. We'll get back to you as soon as we can." The transmission then fizzes out.
Skywalker frowns at the holoprojector, "Well I guess we'll have to holdout a little longer.", He says sounding irritated.
Suddenly my anxiety returns, and I feel the slightest bit cold. If this is the effect of war, then I don't want to be a part of it!
Kenobi looks over at me and his expression softens, making me realize I must look upset. "My apologies young one. It's time for a proper introduction." Skywalker looks at Kenobi walks to me and I say, "I'm the new Padawan learner, I'm Ahsoka Tano." I can't help but feel relieved as I hear myself, I sound calm, like a Jedi.
Kenobi then says calmly, "I'm Obi-wan Kenobi, Your new master". I look at him cautiously, "I'm at your service Master Kenobi, but I'm afraid I've actually been assigned to Master Skywalker.", I say pointing to the other Jedi.
The man looks stunned and says "What?" He then takes a defensive tone, raising his hands saying, "No, no, no.", laughing in disbelief as he walks around Kenobi, almost like he was hiding behind him. "There must be some mistake.", He then points at the other Jedi, "He's the one who wanted the Padawan." Both Kenobi and me look at him, my anxiety starts to increase slightly so I cross my arms and say, "No, Master Yoda was very specific. I'm assigned to Anakin Skywalker, and he is to supervise my Jedi training." To my relief I sound persistent, rather that upset."
Kenobi glances at Skywalker smiling, "But that doesn't make any sense...", Skywalker starts to complain as Kenobi interrupts saying, "We'll have to sort this out later. It won't be long before those droids figure out a way around our cannons."
Skywalker turns around and mutters irritatedly, "I'll check in Rex in the lookout post. Kenobi smiles and puts his hand on my shoulder, "You'd better take her with you. Skywalker sighs and walks away. I just smile and follow him. I can sense that Kenobi is up to something. Following my new Master I can't help wondering to myself, who is Rex?
Standing in the lookout post, I watch the for the all clear signal to be given. Finally, one of the men on the other station turns and raises his hand to make a fist. I repeat the gesture and turn away. I can feel my shoulders relax slightly, the last battle has left me tense. We lost a lot of good men out there today. If only we had more munitions! Once again I think of Slick, I hope that traitor will pay dearly for this.
Seeing General Skywalker waking this way, I go to meet him. I notice a young girl walking by his side, but focus on the general as he says, "Whats the status Rex? I respond quickly, "Quiet for now sir. They're gearing up for another assault."
I look at the girl that had been standing beside the general. She was young, no older than fourteen. Looking carefully I realized that she was a Togruta. Her skin wan a warm orange and her montrals and head tails were streaked white and blue. Her bright blue eyes shone with curiosity as she looked around.
She is beautiful, I think to myself, as I found myself saying, "Whose the youngling?" I flinch internally at my words. I sound too curios! The girl turns around, her eyes staring straight at me as she says, "I'm Master Skywalker's Padawan. The names Ahsoka Tano."
I can feel my heart race when she speaks. I didn't realize someone's voice could sound as sweet as that. But at the same time, I felt disappointed, she is a Jedi. This thought stuns me, I am a clone soldier, we're not allowed to have intimate relationships with Jedi or normal women.
I look at the general and say, "Sir I thought you said you'd never have a Padawan." This time I don't try to hide my confusion when I speak. The General looks at me and says, "There's been a mix-up, the youngling isn't with me."
The girl, Ahsoka, looks at him, irritation clear in her big, blue eyes as she snaps, "Stop calling me that!" Ahsoka points at the general and smiles as she says, "Your stuck with me Skyguy."
I can't help laughing as I feel joy over her comment. I have never heard anyone say something to the General like that. When I don't stop laughing right away, I cover my mouth and look away.
I can just see the general frown as he turns toward Ahsoka and snaps, "Don't get snippy with me little one." Hearing this, I almost stop laughing and think, 'this is not good.'
My hand freezes in place as the general continues, "You know, I don't even think your old enough to be a Padawan." I can feel my hand drop, now I'm serous. I can't help thinking, 'that was a bit harsh.' Surely there was no need to yell at the girl. She could be upset, and that bothers me for some strange reason. Why should it bother me if she gets upset? I am just a soldier.
Ahsoka continues looking at him as she says, "Well, maybe I not, but Master Yoda thinks I am." She smiles as she finishes taking, clearly pleased with her statement.
I smile as well, just a small one though. I'm glad she was not upset, I want her to be happy.
The general simply says, "Well your not with Master Yoda now. So if your ready, you'd better start proving it. Captain Rex," I stop smiling and stand at attention, blinking in surprise, "Will show you how a little respect can go a long way." He steps aside and gestures for me to do ... something. I step forward and stutter a bit "Ah, uh, right."
I smile nervously and my heart seems to be beating at twice the rate it should be. "Come on youngling.", I say with out thinking. I flinch slightly at the small frown on her face as she says irritatedly, "Padawan.", as she follows me.
Ahsoka walks next to me as I explain what was going on, and why it was happening. Eventually Askoka glaces at me and asked, "Have you thought about moving that line back, Captain? They'd have better cover that way." I can't help but feel pleased by the way she remembered my rank.
Turning toward her I say, "Thanks for the suggestion, but General Skywalker thinks there fine where they are. She look at me in a curios way and say carefully, "So, if your a captain and I'm a Jedi, then technically I outrank you, right?
She sound curios, so I simply say, "In my book, experience outranks everything." Asoka smiles at this and she cheerfully states, "Well, if experience outranks everything, I guess I better start getting some."
I smile back at her. I'm sure we will get along just fine. Ahsoka even sounds eager to start learning.
To my surprise and disappointment, she stop smiling and says, "Whats that?" Looking the ways she was facing, I could feel my smile slip. I shake my head, a frown takes its place as I say, "Not good, they got an energy shield. That's gonna make things damn near impossible. Suddenly I realize that the girl was still standing with me and say seriously, "If you want to get experience little one, it looks like your about to get plenty." I cringe internally at her nervous expression. She may not live long enough to get that experience, and for some strange reason, that truly upsets me.
This chapter is now finished, finally. Please give a review.
Mono-brow man : Wow, that's cute weirdo!
Molly 1925 : Manners Mono, manners! You must remember I came up with you, so I can get rid of you too!
Mono-brow man : I'm you best creation Mol, you can't ditch me bro!
Molly 1925: Wonderful, my creation has developed a cocky personality. I did not create him that way!