A/N: This is my take on the ending of The Wrong Jedi. I used the actual conversation as well as some of the scene descriptions, but I have added my own work to it. Everything you read is not absolutely accurate, but what I've taken of the episode is, so beware of spoilers. Enjoy!

POV: Anakin Skywalker

She'd been through so much in such a short amount of time. It was heartbreaking to watch her run away from me at every moment I'd caught up with her. I had never doubted her innocence from the beginning. I had been determined to bring the one who'd framed her to justice, determined to keep my Padawan safe from whatever cruelties lie waiting for her. She didn't deserve to be cast away from the Jedi. We were her family; I was her family.

I stood in the Senate, my heart beating beyond explanation. Ahsoka stood in shackles before me, Padme defending her. I had finally completed my promise to her. I did prove her innocence. I knew it was right and she was relieved that I'd helped her. I was disappointed in Barriss for doing this to someone so innocent, so pure. I should've known all along that someone here had been behind it. Ventress was changing her ways and I remembered her words when we'd talked earlier. She sneered and told me I had abandoned Ahsoka. The words crushed me as though as building had collapsed over me and had come down on me.

I sat in my quarters, waiting for Ahsoka to come to me for a private conversation that we needed to have. She knew I needed to talk to her. She knew. My heart writhed inside of me as I waited moment after moment until that door opened. I lifted my head and looked at her. She frowned at me before I held my hand out, indicating that I wanted her to come closer.

She came to me and took my hand. I smiled up at her and her solemn expression didn't change. "Ahsoka," I whispered, my voice breaking as I tried. She collapsed onto my lap, crying against my chest like I knew she needed to. "You're okay, Ahsoka." I stroked her montrals and lekku, not knowing what to tell her that would comfort her.

I pulled her legs over mine, resting them on my bed. I knew she'd talk to me when she needed to. I wrapped my arms around her and held her, ensuring her that I'd keep her safe. She had her rank stripped and I feared that she wouldn't come to me after the trial in the Senate. I had to leave at the request of the Council and I told her to meet me. I feared that her promise to come was just a sympathy response, but she'd come.

She cried for the longest time and I knew she needed it. After being on the run and having us chase her down and believing no one trusted her all this time, I knew beyond words that she needed the release. She knew I trusted her and she believed I was the only one to trust her. She had my support, Obi-Wan's support, and Padme's support. None of us would allow anything to happen. When Padme told me about the penalty of death… I was furious. This was my Ahsoka. No one could take her from me. I wouldn't let anyone take her from me.

She eventually calmed down and was able to sit up and stare at my face. I gently wiped her tears away, rubbing her cheekbones before giving her a weak smile. "I'm sorry for everything. I'm sure it was hard on you, Anakin. I –"

"Do not worry about apologizing. It's the Council and the people who should be apologizing to you. They accused you. They didn't trust you." I held her against me and gently kissed her forehead. "I always believed it wasn't you. I always believed in you, that you weren't at fault."

She wound her arms around my waist, gently running her fingers up and down my back at a slow pace. "I know you did, Anakin. You were the only one I could ever rely on. I didn't think I'd make it out of this alive, but you…" She trailed off and I smiled, a few tears pricking my eyes before I shut them. She lightly pushed herself off of me and stared at my face, lifting her hand to stroke my jaw. "You saved me like I knew you would. I knew from the start that you wouldn't let me down and you didn't."

It made me feel better to have her see all of this in such a light. I never would've let her rot in that prison cell nor would I have let Tarkin get his way with the death penalty. None of this was Ahsoka's fault. Ahsoka was the sweetest, most amazing girl in the galaxy and I'd made a promise to protect her since the day she'd come into my life. "I love you, Ahsoka. I'd do anything for you." She gave me a half smile and her eyes lit up. "Which reminds me…"

I took her hand and she gave me the most confused look of the day. She intertwined our fingers. At this point, neither of us cared if anyone saw us. She wasn't a criminal and I had proved it. I led her to the Council chambers and she tugged me back when we got to the door. "Anakin, what are we doing?"

"You'll see," I whispered, smiling widely. She looked skeptical, but allowed me to take her inside. Obi-Wan, Windu, and Yoda stood before us with a few other Masters. The smiles on their faces bothered me considering that we'd gotten into this mess as a result of them not trusting her. I took her to stand before them and then I stood beside them. They praised her up and down and I felt like she was getting a self esteem boost after hearing everything, about how much she'd done that made her valiant and worthy of being called a Jedi Knight. She looked at me and I pulled her the second half of her Silka beads from a compartment on my belt before stepping forward. I held my hand out and smiled at her. "I'm asking you to come back."

She stood there and stared at my hand, going back and forth between it and my eyes. She reached forward before enclosing my hand with both of hers, rolling my fingers up into my palm. My smile faltered and I stared at her, shocked. The next few moments were a blur as my heart shattered. I thought she'd come back to the Order with us after her name was cleared. I couldn't believe that she was doing this. She said, "I'm sorry, Master, but I'm not coming back," before turning on me and walking out.

The Masters behind me were in as much disbelief as I, but I blamed them for this. If they'd once shown even an ounce of trust in regards to Ahsoka, she might want to be part of this 'family.'

I couldn't register anything until the door came to a close, then I darted out of the room and down several halls leading to the exit of the temple. I was several feet beyond her, but, as soon as I got outside, I found her. "Ahsoka!" I cried out, chasing her down. "I need to talk to you!" She slowed down until finally stopping. I was practically out of breath when I caught up to her. "Why… are you doing this?"

She gave me a look of defiance, before appearing exasperated. "The Council didn't trust me." Her eyes saddened as she crossed her arms over her chest and turned away from me. I couldn't bear seeing her like this. It hurt my heart so much… "So how can I trust myself?"

"What about me?" I asked, pain in my voice as I stared at her. "I believed in you; I stood by you!" My anger flared. I'd done so much to get the Council to trust her, to prove her innocence, and she was giving all of this up.

"I know you believe in me, Anakin, and I'm grateful for that…" She seemed to get sadder with every word she said and it hurt me. "But this isn't about you." Her eyes met mine with a painful gaze. "I can't stay here any longer." She looked like she feared how I'd react to this and I was trying to contain myself so much more than I was letting on. She turned away from me and her voice got quieter. "Not now."

"The Jedi Order is your life." I was trying to grapple for the right words to say to her to make her stay here. "You can't just throw it away like this! Ahsoka, you are making a mistake."

"Maybe," she replied, her voice sounding a little better as I stared at her painfully. She looked assertive as she continued on. "But I have to sort this out on my own without the Council…" The sadness in her eyes grew deeper until she turned away from me. "Without you."

I stared at her, trying to keep my tears in. She'd come to me earlier and I'd let her cry it all out. Maybe that was just so she could prepare herself emotionally for this conversation. Nothing could've prepared me for this conversation. It was too painful to hear her say she didn't need me anymore. I slowly turned away from her, lowering my head. "I understand," I finally said, not wanting to admit that I did. I didn't want to admit to her that I'd felt this way so many times before. "More than you realize," I breathed, closing my eyes. "I understand wanting to walk away from the Order."

With our backs to one another, she strikingly responded, "I know."

I didn't expect that from her. My eyes widened and I quickly turned to face her as she began to walk away. I stood there, dumbstruck. I didn't think she'd understand anything. I'd never told her about me wanting to leave the Order. Maybe she just knew I'd do it one day. She had to know that Padme and I had been married at one point. Maybe she'd been counting the days just waiting for me to leave her for Padme. What Ahsoka didn't know is that I loved her. I chose her over Padme because Ahsoka and I had so much more in common. She understood me better than anyone else because she acted the same as I did.

Ahsoka and I had similar impulses, similar reactions, everything. She continued walking away from me and I finally snapped out of it. I looked down, hurt that she was leaving me. I could feel her pain bursting out of her like explosions on a cruiser. It was that intense.

My feet felt like they were stuck in the ground until I finally forced myself to stop being an idiot and move. "Ahsoka, wait!" I screamed, breaking the barriers that held me back from moving. I darted after her and she slowly, but surely, spun around to face me. I stopped in front of her again and she stared up at me with tears in her eyes as well as a stream running down her face. Her lips were trembling and I could see that she didn't want me to hurt, but she needed to go.

Once again, I acted on impulse. I didn't give a damn who saw this. I didn't give a damn about repercussions. I didn't give a damn about anything except for Ahsoka. I grabbed her face gently, but quickly. I lowered mine to hers and closed my eyes, kissing her luscious lips passionately. I rubbed her jaw as I continued to kiss her. She fought back at first because she was upset with everything that happened as of late. I couldn't blame her. She just wanted me to let her go so she could handle everything on her own and not have to worry about people not trusting her.

I was surprised when her hands held my hips and she began to kiss me back. She practically attacked me and I could understand that. I felt her happiness as she kissed me vigorously. I was surprised when she started moving us, not letting our lips part. With my eyes closed, I couldn't tell that she moved us towards the stairs. I opened my eyes as she pushed me down onto my back on the first huge step, breaking the kiss.

I stared up at her, hurt. She smiled at me with more tears in her eyes before lowering herself down towards me, straddling my waist. She leaned forward and continued to kiss me just as she had moments earlier. I held her left montral and her right side gently, rubbing each part with my thumb. My head hit the concrete a few times because she kept lifting me up by pulling back and then by pushing down on me. I didn't care though. I'd take all the pain in the galaxy for her to keep her safe.

I liked being at her mercy. I liked the way she was kissing me. I'd dreamt for so long about how this would feel and I was finally getting to taste her beautiful lips. Her fingers tangled up in my hair until we were finally out of breath and she pulled away from me. She hovered above me, staring into my eyes. I lifted my hand from her waist and wiped her tears away, smiling at her. "What are we doing?" she whispered. "We can't do this, Anakin. You can't do this."

She started to move away, but I gently gripped her wrist, not wanting her to go. "Ahsoka, I don't care about the Jedi. I care about you. I want to be with you." She stared at me with wide eyes, not knowing how to respond to that. I couldn't expect her to. Like earlier, nothing would've been able to prepare her for this. "I love you," I whispered.

As a reward for telling her the truth after nearly three years of being with her, albeit Master and Padawan, she kissed me as she had before. I loved this side of her. This side was something I'd never seen before. I thought she felt something for Lux Bonteri prior to this and that alone made me keep my distance. I'd never wanted to influence her into staying by my side when she could be happy out there in the galaxy. I'll admit. I was jealous of him back on Onderon. I could tell that she'd had feelings for him and it took everything in me to not kill him on the spot. I wanted Ahsoka to love me, not him.

I wanted to be Ahsoka's guardian and protect her from all the evils this galaxy became infested with. I never wanted anything to hurt her. I'd failed her on numerous occasions, but I always wanted to make things right for her. I always wanted her to know she was my first thought after waking up in the morning and the last thought I had before going to sleep at night. Ahsoka brought me to a place where I never thought I could be after losing my mother on Tatooine. I never thought I'd be so happy and alive as I am with this young girl.

She paused in her kisses and I opened my eyes, barely looking at her. "Anakin, I love you, too." She began to cry happily. I knew it was out of happiness because I could sense it emanating from her. "I love you so much. I've always loved you."

She allowed me to sit up and hug her. I rubbed her rear lek and back gently. "I've always loved you, my Snips." I kissed her cheek and smiled, a few tears escaping from my eyes. "I always will."

We separated and she stared at me, knowing that what we were doing was against the way of the Jedi. She'd already told the Council that she wasn't coming back. She'd told me that she wasn't coming back. "Anakin –"

I pressed one of my mechanical fingers against her lips, shushing her for a moment. "Listen to me, please." I moved my finger away slowly and watched her as she gave me all of her attention. "I understand what you said. I hate the Council for not trusting you. I've loathed them for arresting you, for hurting you, for everything. I've wanted to protect you from all of this." I sighed, closing my eyes. "I've never stopped wanting to protect you." I opened my eyes once again, staring at her beautiful face. "If you're not staying here, then neither am I. I'm going with you if you'll let me." I gave her a hopeful look, hoping she'd let me come along with her to wherever she planned on going.

She smiled widely and nodded. "Anakin, I never wanted to leave you. I just can't stay here where I've lost the trust of so many people. The Council, the Senate…"

I stroked her cheek lightly and kissing her jaw. "I'll keep you safe from them. I promise. We can leave this place. We can leave the Jedi. We can leave everyone and go somewhere that no one will ever look for us."

Her smile faltered and I gave her a concerned look, not understanding what had just happened. "I can't make you leave, Anakin. That's selfish of me. You've given your life to the Jedi. Don't throw it away. You're so close to becoming a Master."

"There's no point in becoming a legitimate Master if I have no apprentice to guide," I whispered.

"You're really… willing to go? You'd leave all of this for me?"

I kissed her sweetly before talking again. "I'd do anything to stay at your side."

I could see it in her eyes. She'd never imagined that someone like me would leave the Jedi Order for her. She never imagined that the Chosen One would give up his destiny, his way of life, the only life he'd ever known. She smiled, tears coming to her eyes once more. I couldn't help my own tears. She had that effect on me. Her beauty paralyzed me and her happiness brought me to tears of happiness myself. She got up and I moved with her, never wanting to leave her side as long as I lived.

She smiled and took my hand, intertwining our fingers. I kissed her one more time before she whispered, "Come on, Skyguy." I smiled, my heart warming at the nickname she'd given me so long ago. We slowly stepped down the stairs of the temple, neither of us removing the lock we had formed with our fingers. This was the beginning of a new life for the both of us. I felt so much weight lift from my shoulders and I relaxed as we continued on.

The time we spent together would be precious. I wouldn't waste a moment of it. I loved my Snips and she loved her Skyguy.