A/N: I do not own Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I just wrote this as an AU where two important characters were absent from this scene. It is not tied to Boots To The Ground at all.
In The Nick of Time
Obi-Wan Kenobi was desperate.
He had received a message from Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore. It appeared that her worst fears had been realized- and then some.
Black Sun, the Death Watch, and a host of criminal organizations from across the Outer Rim had joined together under one flag- and at the helm was Savage Oppress.
No, that wasn't right. Oppress was the enforcer for his big brother- the apparently never-been-dead Darth Maul. As in, the Sith apprentice that had killed Obi-Wan's master, Qui-Gon Jinn, in a desperate battle to free Naboo.
Obi-Wan had flown out to Mandalore (without Council permission; there'd simply been no time) to rescue the Duchess, who had asked for transport to Coruscant to request military intervention.
Obi-Wan, in his haste, had "borrowed" the Twilight, Anakin Skywalker's busted-up-but-somehow-still-flying B-Wing.
The mission had gone well enough… but the Twilight had been shot down by Maul before they could board.
Now, Obi-Wan was pleading with Maul to spare the Duchess. Maul was having none of it.
"I won't kill you," Maul intoned, "but I will make you share my pain."
With that, Maul pulled Satine toward him using the Force. But just as he was about to impale her, Maul gurgled, as a new voice spoke.
"Aw HELL no."
Obi-Wan looked up in shock, as Anakin Skywalker stood between Maul and Oppress, in full Mandalorian armor, one lightsaber buried in each of their chests. Satine fell to ground, rubbing her neck in relief.
Anakin withdrew his sabers, as a green mist wafted from Oppress' corpse. Anakin pointed his sabers at the various guards around the room.
"Anyone else?"
The guards threw their weapons down. After all, if Anakin Skywalker had managed to infiltrate their ranks, and get the drop on two Sith wannabes, did they have any chance?
They might have, were it not for Ahsoka Tano hiding in the rafters, absently waving her hand around the room, the Force swirling about. Ahsoka was using it to plant a mental suggestion in the guards:
You will throw down your weapons. You will raise your hands in the air. You will dance until you drop.
As the guards did just that, Anakin simply said, "Obi-Wan, the next time you sneak offworld to rescue a Duchess, please invite me along for the ride; circumventing the Council's orders is my forte."
Satine then ran over and kissed Obi-Wan. It wasn't chaste, either; Anakin had to admit that Obi-Wan was almost as good a kisser as he was, what with Padme and all.
The Jedi managed to get Satine offworld safely this time. A week later, a full contingent of clones rained hell on the criminal organization Maul had worked hard to build.
In that time, two couples, two droids, and a teenage Togruta visited a run-down chapel in one of Coruscant's lower levels. On that day, Obi-Wan Kenobi married Satine Kryze. Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala served as best man and maid of honor, respectively. Ahsoka Tano was the ring bearer.
Anakin was proud to fill the role Obi-Wan had two years and three months ago for him at his own wedding.
Anakin mentally spoke to Obi-Wan: Now, Obi-Wan, comes the fun part of all this: the wedding night. I am shipping you two so hard, but I haven't figured out a proper name for you guys. SatiWan? Obitine? There we go! Obiti-
ANAKIN! was Obi-Wan's only reply, as Ahsoka burst out laughing. Padme followed suit, knowing full well that Anakin was trolling Obi-Wan. Again.
