Destiny

A New Start:


Anakin burst down the corridor, he had rushed down numerous flights of stairs and countless hallways in his frenzied rush to catch Ahsoka, her Silka Beads rapidly swung side to side in his tightly enclosed fist as he swiftly dashed across the smooth floor, clearly Ahsoka in her desperation to avoid contact with anyone was running as well, fleeing out of the Temple and his life.

Panting, his feet catching the floor in loud thwacks in his desperate race to find her before she forever vanished from his life, faces blurred before him, some wearing expressions of fear, others of concern, some he recognized others he didn't, he forgot them as quickly as he passed them. He was almost to the outer courtyard that led out of the temple square, there at the lower edge which led up the path to the temple were transport ships that maintained a busy venture catering to numerous visitors and temple staff alike, taking them to and fro with an impressive efficiency.

As he ran down a grand hallway he dove to the left pushing himself through a curved archway which led directly to the outer Jedi courtyard.

He saw her, she was walking at a fast pace about fifty meters ahead of him, she had nearly made it past all the intricate stone pillars and past heroes forever captured in gleaming bronze.

"Ahsoka, Wait!" He shouted, his voice echoing off all the brilliant stone, as she heard him her pace began to slow as she could feel him sprinting toward her, he closed the distance to her slow moving silhouette, his face burning from the exertion of catching up to her.

As she came closer into view the scene that had taken place only minutes before rushed into Anakin's mind as he tried to make sense of it and what he could do about it.


Anakin and the rest of the council that had participated in the now concluded investigation stood in the majestic circular council chamber.

Anakin distanced himself from the rest, even Yoda and his brother Obi Wan... They hadn't believed nor cared enough to save Ahsoka, he was apart from them in this matter and perhaps he would be separate from them in many things to come...

Ahsoka stood a few feet from them, the masters all looked at her as they stood motionless in a crescent semi circle, she trembled slightly with her eyes cast down...

Anakin could see the pain of betrayal etched into her unusually stoic face, her eyes spoke volumes... She had suffered much these last few days and had been brought to the edge of ruin because of the cowardice of the council and the corruption in the had been to the edge of despair and at the limits of her endurance when the clones had finally managed to stun her and bring her in to stand trial.

He watched her stand mute, he could not longer keep his words in as he felt her pain lance through his heart.

"Ahsoka... I am so sorry." His words rang with sincerity and regret as he continued to look lovingly at her.

"About everything..." He continued as her gaze finally met his, the liquid cyan of her beautiful eyes holding him...

"You have our most humble apologies little Soka..." Plo Koon murmured to her, a slight trace of shame coloring his normally firm and sure voice.

"The council was wrong to accuse you..." Plo gave off the true impression of being grieved at his actions as his hands made a repentant gesture before he clasped them back together with apprehension.

Saesee tiin suddenly spoke up.

"You have shown such great strength and resilience in your struggle to prove your innocence" He spoke boldly and without shame... the first yet not the least who showed not even a grain of remorse for their blunder...

"This is the true sign of a Jedi Knight..." Ki Adi Mundi added in a soft tone as he stared at Ahsoka.

"This was actually your great trial, now we see that... We understand that the force works in myserious ways." Mace began, his words were hurting Ahsoka nearly as much their initial decision to sell her out to the senate for a pat on the head, fierce anger began boiling in his blood.

Anakin watched her, paying more attention to her than the other masters.

At their words her face hardened as she folded her arms across her breasts and began to glare at them with slight consternation.

"And because of this trial you have become a greater Jedi than you would have otherwise..." Mace finished. 'He was clearly covering his ass' Anakin thought, Mace was trying to give them the impression that this had been the will of the force rather than a massive mistake, yet they tried to squirm out of tasking responsibility as they had done so many times before... Mace tried to spin this into some mystical event rather than owning up to his actions and admitting that he and the others had made a mistake...

'The arrogant bastard' Anankin thought to himself as his fists clenched, if Ahsoka was angry it was nothing to the furious storm raging through Anakins heart, bleeding into his veins.

Yoda suddenly began to speak in his odd but insightful accent.

"Back into the order... You may come." Yoda said this as if to make ammends for his blunder, he did have a slight trace of sadness echo in his voice, Anankin couldn't be mad at him... He trusted the wise old master and Obi Wan, but he refused to forgive the rest of them even Plo Koon.

Anakins teeth were still clenched in fury as Ahsoka continued to stand there motionless but not expressionless.

His anger faded away as he leaned from side to side in nervousness, he knew the thoughts racing through her head as the spineless council tried to make amends with their mostly insincere bull shit.

He stepped closer as he began to passionately speak.

"We're asking you back Ahsoka." The "we're" was like poison in his mouth but he continued.

Reaching to his side he pulled out her Silka Beads... He had retrieved them after they had unjustly confiscated them from her, he gazed at them as he brought them out palm first in front of her as he took on a pleading look and the tone to match it.

"I'm... Asking you back." He said this, his voice and body taking on a vulnerable cast.

She stared at the beads, a conflict raging in her eyes... In her soul. She unfolded her arms as many emotions leapt across her lovely face, her eyelids closing slightly as she deliberated... She continued to stare down then gaze back up into his face, finally her stare locked on the beads dangling from his hand...

She looked up at him, her vivid eyes becoming distant as she struggled with her decision... He gazed at her intently then looked down at the beads, urging her to take them and to remain with him... He needed her so much it hurt, he needed her to stay...

Anakin watched as her hand quickly rose but hesitated a foot from his, she slowly maneuvered it the rest of the distance as her face glazed over in pain. She brought her other hand under his as she clasped the back of his glove firmly... He began to panic and he guessed her decision...

'NO!' He screamed within himself as he watched her slowly clench his fingers into a fist over the pristine beads...

Ahsoka looked up, tears brimming in her eyes as she gave him a loving look... A look that said everything... Anakin felt his heart shatter into small razor sharp fragments that imbedded into his soul, His eyes widened in agony as shock gripped his face...

'Ahsoka... No, no...' The words raced through his mind as his eyes began to burn at her rejection, it was just like in the labyrinth of pipes he had chased her through, she had shown her doubt in him then and now she was doing something infinitely worse, she was leaving him... 'She can't do this to me!' He thought as despair poured through his mind.

"I'm sorry master... But I'm not coming back" She said in a low heart broken tone...She released his hands pushing them slightly back towards himself, he stared in anguish, tears threatening to escape the prison of his eyes...

Ahsoka quickly rushed out the door as he stared, dumbfounded...

His gaze slowly sank to the floor as the implications of her words struck home... He would never see her again, never hear her voice again, her laugh, her cry, her comforting words... he would never see her liquid cyan eyes staring at him, eyes that spoke to him, eyes that held more meaning for him than anything else in the world...

At these thoughts, he rushed to the door unwilling to let it end, not noticing anything else as he followed her path, unwilling to let her vanish from his world.


"Ahsoka! I need to talk to you!" He bellowed as continued to close the distance between them... His mind raced and fumbled to find a solution that would make her stay with him, 'she just couldn't do this!'

She finally slowed, turning to face him as he nearly ran into her.

"Why... Are you doing this?" He said slowly, out of breath as he panted from the short marathon...

She widened her arms in exasperation as her gaze captivated him.

"The council didn't trust me." Her piercing words belied years of experience she had with the councils ridiculous antics...

Anakin understood, but she clearly didn't. She didn't see why he was here...

"So how can I trust myself?" Her words raced through him, he was getting frustrated.

'Do you not see me here Ahsoka?!' He trusted her, yet she refused to trust in herself... It had dawned on him long ago how much he loved her, and now that love had blossomed into something that he simply could not deny, it was why he had followed her out, he was absolutely unwilling to lose her.

He leaned forward fiercely slapping his hand to his chest.

"What about me?!" He asked, desperate for her to acknowledge that he trusted her explicitly.

"I believed in you! I stood by you!" He nearly shouted in her face. Had she already forgotten how he alone had saved her?! How he alone had risked it all to find the evidence that led to her exoneration?! Could she not see how much she meant to him?

His heart ached at her betrayal.

She glanced up, her shame and grief turning his ocean blue eyes molten, she gave him the same look as she had when he had forcibly explained in the tunnel how much he trusted her... He couldn't bear the tendrils of agony gripping his heart.

"And I'm grateful for that... But this isn't about you." She told him firmly.

'Not about me?! Like hell!' He thought to himself, frustration causing his eyes to smolder as she continued.

"I can't stay here any longer..." She looked away grimacing.

"Not now." She finished with a broken expression.

This was happening to fast, he didn't have time to think of a way to keep her with him, he had just saved her and now he was losing her all over again!

"The Jedi Order is your life, you can't just throw it away like this! Ahsoka... You are making a mistake..." It was the truth, but he wasn't saying it for the Order, he was pleading with her for her own sake and his... He would do anything to keep her alive and to make her happy, he knew that her leaving would make her miserable and he wasn't willing to let her suffer that.

He glanced at the ground, feeling as if daggers were slowing being pushed up under his ribs.

Ahsoka looked up at him... conviction coloring her voice.

"Maybe..." Her words hung in the air as he glanced back at her with stinging eyes.

"But I have to sort this out on my own... Without the council..." Her bewitching eyes turned away as she hung her head, her gaze tracing the patterned stony ground.

"And without you..." She finished, it was like a hot blade being thrust right through his heart, he choked back tears, if he let even one fall then he would be on his knees and unable to do anything about this damnable situation.

His tone became calm as he forced his emotions back, he had made up his mind and knew what he must do.

"I understand... More than you realize... I understand wanting to walk away from the order..." He growled in a soft tone, he envisioned all the times he had come to within a breath of leaving.

'Yes...' He thought to himself, this was for the best.

Facing away from him she glanced back at him over her shoulder.

"I know..." She whispered, the floodgate now broken, water began streaming from her eyes.

Anakin watched her begin slowly walking away, staring as she began to walk down the stairs, leaving him forever... How could she do this to herself and to him?

'I can't lose her... Not now...' His heart was breaking as her shadow became elongated in the waning sunlight. This was it, the culmination of four years and nearly unforgivable heart break started his feet moving. Slowly he began walking forward then his pace became a frantic gait, he swiftly overcame her as she reached the bottom of the stairs.

As she turned to look at him, tears dripping from her face, he rushed to her and nearly picked her up as he hugged her. She gasped slightly as her arms slowly began to wrap around him, he was weeping and thus couldn't yet speak.

"Anakin..." She croaked in a broken voice.

"Ahsoka, I can't lose you..." He told her, laying himself completely open, his vulnerability even shocked himself.

As his tears leaked onto her neck she was rigid in shock, then her grip tightened across his back, she clung to him as the flux of the emotional trauma fused them together.

"Anakin... I'm not coming back, I already tol-" He interrupted her.

"I know." He choked out.

"I'm coming with you, there's nothing left for me here..." He confessed, his heart was throbbing with the pain.

"Ahsoka, you are the only reason I'm still alive, your the only reason I've stayed with the Order these last few months... I lost my faith in them a long time ago." The truth of his words surprised her.

"But, but what about Padme?" She leaned back in his arms as she asked, her white patterned eyebrow creased in puzzlement, she was clearly still a bit dazed from his decision to come with her, she hadn't expected him to drop everything and follow her.

Shock raced across his face as his body went momentarily rigid.

"How... How do you know about that..." He demanded in a calm voice.

"Anakin..." She murmured, looking away.

"Everyone knows... Just nobody has said anything about it. Obi wan always made it clear that the subject was off limits, especially around you... He told me that the council had convened over it and that they had decided to do nothing in light of your past because of how old you were when you were trained..." Ahsoka's words made his jaw drop.

'Everyone? Everyone knew?!' The thought made him go cold all over, however the feeling rapidly faded as he remembered that it didn't matter anymore, it made no difference now.

"I guess I'm not as clever as I had believed..." He muttered, releasing her, tears still clung to his stoic cheeks. He sighed as he turned around facing away from her, staring into the distant horizon.

He reflected on visions of him pummeling that smug lech 'Clovis' and of Padme shrieking for him to stop... The agonizing memory of her telling him that they needed to separate, At least for a time.

"Padme and I have been... Separated, for months, Ahsoka..." Her gaze bored into his back as her eyes widened in incredulity, Ahsoka knew him well, she had known of his inability to let anyone go.

"There was a man, I don't know if you remember him...'Clovis'." Anakin spat out the name with Venom.

"Padme was spending way too much time with him, even though she was on "assignment", they were becoming far too close... This wasn't the first time she had spied on the man." The remnants of that burning anger seeped into his blood at the memory.

"She was far too close to him and like before I had to rescue her because she needlessly placed her life in the hands of that wretch." Anakin's faced burned with the memory of Clovis, words echoed in his head about how they had been close and worse how he had seen him kissing her.

He turned back to Ahsoka, the hurt making his eyebrows crease.

"I became jealous because she was taking such an interest in him whether she was acting or not, she had been close to him once... a long time before. And..." Anakins mechanical hand tightened into a fist at the memory.

Ahsoka continued to gaze at him, hesitant to speak.

"Anyways... I caught Clovis as he was about to kiss her, We... fought. I laid into him without restraint, Ahsoka" He whispered the last part with shame...

Ahsoka's features became sympathetic as she suddenly cupped his clenched fist in her comparatively small hands, his gaze rose to meet hers with a penitent expression.

"I nearly beat him to death, I fear I would have if Padme hadn't screamed at me to stop. Before I came back to my senses it was all over. Everything was over..." She continued staring at him, her mouth frowning at the scene in her mind.

'If this is going to work then I need to tell her everything' Anakin thought to himself as he forced himself to continue.

"I didn't want her around that man, he was clearly into her and she wouldn't listen to me even when I pleaded, even demanded that she not see him." Padme's foray still pricked him even though he had long since broken it off.

Ahsoka's face tensed at hearing this, she knew that something had been up with them both but still she never would have imagined Anakin leaving Padme. She had always liked the senator, even though she had been jealous of her at times... Ahsoka had always striven to suppress the urge of secretly wanting Anakin for herself, regardless of her efforts to bury those feelings; they always seemed to pervade her thoughts. It often hurt her knowing that such hopes could only come to nothing.

"After Clovis sacrificed himself to save Padme, she wanted me back... I couldn't take her back though." Ahsoka stared at him in confusion though she still remained silent.

"I had come to realize how little I trusted or loved her anymore, I felt betrayed by her and it broke something deep within me, something that I had thought could never be destroyed." Anakin relaxed his mechanical fist as he swiftly took up her hands in his, his eyes were now smoldering, his sapphire gaze was making her knee's weak.

Anakin didn't release her from his penetrating stare, he was filled with a singular intent.

She was starting to get nervous at what she feared was coming yet she also longed for him to say it... She loved him, of course, but engaging in that love was altogether another matter.

"I couldn't go back to her, Ahsoka. Because... I love you." His words slammed into her like a sledgehammer, he was studying her face as his own took on the most vulnerable cast she had ever seen.

'Oh no...' She panicked, she didn't know how to respond even though she felt much the same.

"I should have told you in the tunnel but I feared you would die, I was afraid to have you know the truth..." His eyes glazed with pain as she longed to embrace him.

"I have always trusted you, Ahsoka and I couldn't bear it if you... If you left me." His eyes shimmered as the words she had feared and longed for tumbled from his smooth lips as her gaze lowered from his eyes to his masculine Jaw... She felt completely safe around him, a comfort that had never waned, not even for a second since she had first met him.

She watched as he continued to speak the words that she knew would change her forever.

"Ahsoka... I love you." He told her again, her heart was beating spasmodically, even faster than it had during her exhausting evasion of the clones.

Inside she was in ecstasy but her face remained rigidly passive, she didn't know what to say or how to react. Ahsoka had never planned for this impossibility...

He breathed out in an agonized sight at her reaction. Her breathing was rapidly accelerating at the intensity of her emotions.

She absorbed his words into her psyche, it all made so much more sense now, how he had pushed himself beyond human endurance for her sake and for so long... Ahsoka thought back to all the times they had been there for one another and at how he never gave up on her, how he always strove to save her... All the looks, the banter and all the painful experiences they had shared.

The pain that coursed through her body as she thought of leaving him was beyond endurance... It would be more than just leaving him... Ahsoka knew it would crush him if she forsook him now...

She had loved him for years and It had been a love that went beyond the normal range of compassion even for the love an apprentice had for their master... It was one of the reasons she had ran from him during the investigation rather than asking him to join her in the quest for the truth to prove her innocence, she couldn't bear the thought of him dying with her...

She knew that Anakin had misapplied the meaning of her evasiveness, he had seen her reluctance as being faithless to him, but she couldn't have told him the truth... She wished he had told her earlier though she wasn't sure the outcome would have been different. Now the opportunity had arisen and she knew that this was her only chance to make both their dreams become reality...

Anakin groaned inwardly... Now he had done it, she didn't love him... He could feel what was left of his heart crumbling into ash, he feared that another dark chapter was about to be added to his life, he had lost nearly everyone he loved...

'This is it...' He thought to himself as he prepared to release her and walk back up the temple steps in absolute solitude, leaving her to whatever path she chose, the look on her face told him that she didn't feel the same way though another part of his mind thought otherwise, his bond to her was fueled by the force and it cautioned him to stay put. He glanced over at where the perimeter of the temple ended, there were a few assorted shafts that dropped down into the lower levels of Coruscant...

'Maybe I'll go jump off one...' He thought as tears began to fill his eyes.

Surprised he widened his eyes as Ahsoka's grip on his hand tightened, life rushed back into his heart as her other delicate fingers swiftly came up cupping the side of his face. Her fingers moved in a small motion as she traced a soft pattern on his smooth cheek. Her eyes which had been filled with sorrow and tears before were now warm and glowing, instead of liquid cyan they suddenly reminded him of the soft blue glow from his Lightsaber's vivid blue aura.

Ahsoka closed the distance between them as her lips met his, he was motionless only for a moment until he pressed against her, releasing her hand as his own slid behind her, one supporting her back as the other gripped the back of her head, his fingers left impressions in her Lekku as he opened his mouth letting her tongue slide across his near perfect teeth, he started breathing rapidly through his nose as he picked her. Her legs crossed behind his back as he continued to kiss her passionately... His heart was healed, he was filled with hope for their future. He groaned at the feel of her slender body pressed against his own... His heart hammered loudly as his skin began to blaze, radiating heat with the intense emotions of love and libido coursing through his malleable body.

Ahsoka was nearly blinded with the sensation of his lips on hers, on his hand which held her as he had picked her up, her tongue explored the interior of his mouth, she never knew how much Anakin had meant to her until he had forced her to search within herself... Those four words he had confessed unto her had changed everything... She now saw all the times she had saved his life, had clung to him and had thought of him as merely being the planting of the seeds of their love... They had grown into a small but steady tree over the years in the soil of their hearts... A tree which had two roots and could not be separated...

She gasped as he picked her up, in the dimming light of sunset he pressed her against the base of the left sentinels statue letting her weight return to her legs as he pressed against her forcing her back into the slab of smooth rock... His fingers slid over her back as he traced the motion of her spine, she sighed with the feeling as their lips continued to conform to one another as they shared each others breath...

Her hands reached to the back of his head as she gripped his hair in the exultant passion racing through her body, it culminated as a roaring flame between her legs... She could feel his rock hard member press into her thigh as the clung together... He wasn't able to reach into her pants because of belt cinching her tight tube top to her body... That didn't stop him from feeling her up as best as he could, it felt amazing either way...

Anakin was lost in a world of bliss as his lips moved down her Jaw slowly reaching her neck as she gasped, he kissed the side of her head, her Lekku as he brought his wonderful lips down her throat to her collarbone... If he kept this up they were going to end up embarrassing themselves... A fierce hunger, an all consuming need was beginning to consume her will, she could feel her slit clench with the sensations of his lips on her damp neck...

"Ahem." A voice to their right caused them both to pause and break away slightly, they looked up in Alarm...

Anakin groaned inwardly as he stared at the figure.

"So... You were going to leave without saying goodbye?" A grin suddenly spread across Obi Wan's face. A look of sadness yet calm acceptance was painted on his face, one of his hands smoothed his beard as he stared at Anakin and Ahsoka, they were still partially locked in their passionate embrace.

"Master?" Anakin said cautiously...

"Ah Anakin, I knew that the moment you followed her out that there was a good chance I would never see you again..." Obi Wan's calm voice made him feel a bit of remorse... He hand't even thought about Obi Wan as he made his decision to leave with Ahsoka...

"Master Kenobi... I am sorry, I left without saying a word to you..." Ahsoka spoke up as she felt the same vestige of guilt.

"Don't be sorry... I would do the same were I in your shoes... The council's actions were inexcusable..." Obi Wan suddenly turned his head, he stared into the far distant Horizon...

"Ever since Satine died I have less than sure about many thing." Obi Wan began to confide in them his own doubts.

"Something is wrong with the Jedi and the Senate... Though I don't want you to leave Anakin, I think it might be best for both of you... Someone wanted Ahsoka dead and I find it too great a coincidence to believe that Barris just decided this all on her own..." His fears showed on his face.

"The Chancellor is very interest in you Anakin, I think there is a connection, and that Ahsoka was targeted as a way of getting to you..." Anakin first looked surprised then as his eyes glanced down he began to think of the pattern events in the last year or two... They were odd...

"Master, if you had these suspicions then why didn't you inform us in the Council Chambers?" Anakin began to say but he was cut off.

"Because I could sense Ahsoka's desperate need to leave... I was waiting to see which way this would go before I did anything... Even though it grieves me it is by far the best option right now, both of you need to go into hiding." Melancholy seeped from Obi Wan's eyes... Satine's death had really hit him hard.

Obi Wan walked up to them both and put one hand on each of their shoulders.

"I wish you the best of fortune..." A tear swiftly raced down his face, disappearing into his beard, as he began to turn away Anakin stopped him with a hand to his forearm.

Obi Wan looked backed confused as Anakin suddenly enclosed his old master in a tight embrace.

"Thank you for everything Obi Wan, for understanding..." Anakin thanked him solemnly.

After Anakin released him Ahsoka likewise gave him a crushing hug.

"We'll miss you master..." Ahsoka's tone was fracturing with emotion again.

Obi Wan looked down as they stared at him.

"Master..." Anakin said knowing that this may very well be the last time he ever spoke to Obi Wan.

Obi Wan looked up again still with the uncharacteristic grief dancing behind his eyes.

"Come with us... Leave the Order, come make a new life with us..." Anakin pleaded.

Obi Wan looked sorely tempted... But finally he grinned, looking at Anakin purposely, with a grateful tone he answered his apprentice.

"Anakin, I can't. My place is here, I have already given everything I have to the Order, it is where I belong... But thanks for the offer... There was a time I would have taken you up on it, but it is long since past my old friend." He collected himself as he took a deep breath, looking to them both he said his farewell.

"May the force be with you both..." He said as he began to make his way back to the temple, they watched him ascend up the stairs and fade from view.

"No matter what I am losing someone today..." Anakin whispered as Ahsoka reached out and clasped his hand in comfort.

After a minute of standing there in solace he looked over at her, a sad yet grateful look in his eyes, he turned them toward the path that led to the transport ships.

"Come on snips, lets go." He said as he put an arm around her waist, She nodded as they both began to walk down the path, leaving the Order and everything else behind them.

"Where do you think we should go master?" She asked, not really caring much as her distracted eyes belied the turmoil of emotions burning in her, though she did think on the location to an extent.

"Anakin". He told her his eyes still facing forward.

"What?" She quickly asked, confused.

"Just Anakin, I am no longer your master, Ahsoka..." He said, his shoulders staying nearly stationary as he kept walking, he seemed to be brooding on distant dark things.

As she focused on the feeling of his arm around her most her worries melted away, thinking about the future she began to grin with slight eccentricity.

"Anakin..." She murmured as he glanced back down at her.

"Hmm?"

"Thank you... For coming with me..." His distant eyes suddenly smoldered at he looked at her, it drew her in as she reached up as she gave him a quick kiss, he followed her mouth back not letting the contact end for a few wondrous moments.

"Ahsoka, I would have followed you no matter what happened, you are the only thing that keeps me going anymore... I can't lose you... " His vulnerable voice pierced her heart, she reached her own arm around his waist now as she squeezed his side for a moment.

Ahsoka felt comfort in his words, but also worry with how attached he was to her... She wasn't immortal, what would it do to him if she died...And what would it do to her if she lost him?" She groaned slightly at how much her body ached at the thought... Even running from clones and her master had been much less taxing than such fears...

"Have you decided where were going yet?" Her words were curious rather than impatient.

"I can't think of anywhere I'd like to go... Do you have any ideas?" He asked her his eyes returning to their distant pondering.

Ahsoka thought about all the planets they had been to, she searched in her heart for one she had liked enough to return to...

"Home..." She muttered softly, distant memories playing in her mind as she pondered her limited memory of her home planet.

"Shili?" She could see the idea of living on peaceful planet with few dangers didn't immediately appeal to him.

After a few moments of him deliberating she added.

"I can't think of a safer place to settle down... To put this war behind us." Her words hung in the air as he continued to think about the implications of living on a peaceful planet.

"Ahsoka... We're Jedi... Or at least we were an hour ago... Are you sure your ready to give up our lifestyle? We could be mercenaries or bounty hunters even, hell we could even be respectable security guards, imagine what people would pay to have two Jedi protecting them" He winked at her mischievously

"I don't want to fight anymore, I just want to go home Anakin, I don't know why I have such a desire to return to Shili but I feel as if the force is calling me there" Her weary voice caused him to pause momentarily.

"If Shili is where your hearts set then we'll go to Shili... If I have to become a low life farmer to be with you Ahsoka then that is what I will be." A brilliant smile radiated from his face.

"I don't think you'l have to worry about that." She grinned back at him as she moved her left hand over to his right, lacing their fingers together... She could hardly wait to get him alone.

"There are giant beasts on Shili, people have to stick together to survive even with advanced technology... I killed one to earn my Silka Beads..." She confided in him.

"That reminds me..." He muttered as he stopped in the middle of the path unexpectedly. He pulled her Silka Beads out from a pouch on his belt.

Her heart lit up, she had already accepted that the should never wear them again... Tears came to her eyes as he motioned for her to learn her head down.

"Don't ever take these off again..." He said firmly even though she hadn't been the one to remove the beads. She felt complete having them dangle behind her Lekku once again, she threw herself at him hugging him tightly enough to knock the wind out of him, as he gasped slightly she breathed in his wonderful scent... It was a good musky odor that filled her with need.

"Uh Anakin..." She asked more quietly than necessary as she tenderly looked up at him.

"Yea Snips?" He answered in the same quite tone, teasing her with the nickname.

"Before we go to Shili we should..." Her face burned red as her sentence cut off.

Anakin noticed her burning face, he grinned catching her meaning...

"Yea." He laughed.

"We can go stay somewhere for a little while before we go. We won't leave until we are good and ready, I still have a lot of credits on me." He was grinning ear to ear with the implications of her unfinished question.


An hour later they found themselves in a luxurious apartment Anakin had called it a 'parting gift to ourselves for all we have sacrificed for the republic', the room was exceptionale as it was located about ten kilometers away from the Jedi Temple and even further from the Senate building...

As Ahsoka dwelt on her trial she began to shiver with the feeling of having a hundred people glaring at her hungry for her blood... She would never step foot in there again if she could help it, she grimaced at how she was nearly sentenced to death because of her treacherous "friend" Barris. Ahsoka had never suspected Barris however Barris seemed content to use her as a scapegoat and call it justice. How was killing your own friends justice?!

She sighed trying desperately to think about something else.

They were about a hundred and forty stories above the surface level which spoke volumes to the expense of the housing...There were two beds, one kitchen, one bathroom and a living room, she was standing in the living room staring out to the east through a tall glass paned window, the living room had a large curved couch which faced the northern wall, the bedroom was to the south... It also had a few panes of glass which showed the city... Luckily for them the glass was one sided so that nothing from inside the cozy apartment could be seen through the glass... She blushed at the idea of having passersby in their speeders staring at shock at the events taking place behind the windows...

The walls were a beautiful uniform of Arsenic, the dark grey absorbed the light but without diminishing the aura of the place... It felt warm and comfortable. The floors were a kind of self cleaning carpet the same shade as the walls, the place might be seen as oblique but to her it was rapturous, the view outside was incredible, though of course she preferred the view she had often gotten from the bridge of the republic cruisers, The beauty of space was something many took for granted but not Ahsoka.

Anakin walked into the room staring at her as sidled up to her...

Ahsoka suddenly felt weak with dread for the questions she was about to ask him... She shouldn't need to ask him anything now but she had to be sure.

"Anakin, are you sure you want to be with me? I know how much you enjoy being a Jedi and fighting..." Her voice was etched was sadness, Ahsoka felt like she was stealing his future...

"Ahsoka, I love you, that is all that matters. I already told you that I would be willing to go anywhere or do anything for you, Love is rarely rational... I should know. Even though Love can sometimes cause pain and suffering that does not mean that we shouldn't indulge in such things." The wisdom of his words made her look at him with a speculative expression.

"You really mean that? You would love someone even if it hurt you? Or someone else?" His eyes shifted downward.

"Without Love we are nothing Ahsoka, love is what brings meaning to our lives... When I was a kid I loved to pod race but the real motivation for me engaging in such a dangerous sport was so I could earn enough money to buy my mothers freedom... I loved her." His eyes took on a grim cast as rage kindled in them.

"I returned to Tatooine ten years later after having visions of her suffering, of her calling out to me for help... I found her..." Ahsoka was studying his face, she reached out her thing hand placing in on his arm for comfort.

"She died in my arms... The love I had for my mother caused me terrible pain, it also caused the death of many of her killers... Does that make the love evil?" He suddenly locked into her eyes, she puzzled over the complex question.

"The Jedi say attachment is wrong because it clouds our judgment..." Ahsoka replied, Anakin knew that she didn't believe that nonsense since she was clearly attached to him...

"The Jedi are hypocrites, they are attached to many things including people... It is not possible to be without attachment, even droids form attachments to some extent and a droid has more wisdom than some of the Jedi Masters..." Anakin's voice became bitter with anger.

"I couldn't believe what Mace told you, how he was trying to twist his own mistakes as being some hidden test from the force..." One of Anakins fists began to clench much as it had in the council chamber.

Ahsoka squeezed his arm, she had seen the rage burning in Anakins eyes when the other masters were speaking... She had been angry herself...

"I wasn't pleased either Anakin... I left remember?" She reminded him.

The look of anger and its subsequent shadow left his face, he smiled as he turned his head, putting the side of his head on top of her Lekku in a gesture of affection...

Ahsoka was pondering what the council had told her, she could still hardly believe that only a few hours ago she had forsaken everything, even Anakin though she should have known that he was too stubborn to let her get away from him. She mused about how much better her life would have been if she had fallen for him sooner...

His fingers rubbed into her lower neck tenderly, she moaned softly at the feeling, her muscles slowly unknotting at his precise ministrations as the lights of the city shone through the numerous panes of glass which made up the entire wall, the Jedi Temple shined in the distance as it did every night...

Now that she was alone with him Ahsoka could hardly restrain herself, she turned to him as his lips curved tempting her to lean in. She kissed him deeply, she tilted her head up whispering breathily into his ear "I want you in me." wrapping her arms around his neck pulling him down into a passionate kiss...

Her words made him chuckle, the breath of his laugh mingling with their kiss.

"As you wish, my lady." His teasing manner only inflamed her swelling need for him.

His hand roamed over her concealed belly, he grabbed her Lightsabers putting them into one hand, with a look of feigned consternation he unclasped her belt latch with the force, dangling it flew a couple feet away falling to the floor, she giggled at exaggerated demonstration. She reached out and grabbed his own blade, testing it's hefty weight in her fist as she grinned up at him.

They had retrieved her lost Lightsabers before Anakin had booked the apartment, the scene at the Republic Military Headquarters had been tense considering that a good portion of the clone staff had been part of the effort to track Ahsoka down, she hadn't said a word to any of them as they had retrieved her lost weapons from a security station deep within the building... It had been awkward.

"We better put these away before someone get's hurt." She put special significance into the last word...

Anakin lifted all three sabers again with the force, placing them gently on a table in the back bedroom, his lips suddenly returned to her, his hands reached down gripping her tube top, as she lifted her arms straight up she looked at him with a lusty look in her eyes.

'I've wanted to do this for so long, now that I am I can hardly believe it..." Anakin sighed to himself, he began pulling her top off, her sumptuous breasts spilling out of it... He stared at them...

He couldn't have formed more perfect tits in a thousand years, they were a dazzling deep shade of grey crimson which matched her arousing tan skin, lust filling his eyes as he leaned forward kissing her nipples as he gently squeezed her supple mounds between his strong fingers, she leaned into him as sex began to throb with the need of him, his tongues against her slick flesh filled her with an uncontrollable desire, as he started to lightly teeth her nipples his hands lowered smoothly down her belly to her pants, he reached under the elastic grey fabric his finger sliding down as they reached her smooth wet lips... He rubbed his first two fingers up and down her letting her clit slide between the narrow space between them.

"Oh god..." She moaned at the intense sensation pulsing between her exquisite legs.

Putting one hand behind her bottom and the other around her back he picked her up, carrying her to the back bedroom which had just enough light coming through the windows to see everything in grey shade as he lovingly kissed her, this time his tongue explored her mouth however he was a little too vigorous and he accidentally sliced the roof of his tongue on one of her sharp teeth, she could taste the blood and instead of pulling back he kissed her more fiercely... it was so erotic that she couldn't help but be swept away in the all consuming nature of the kiss, her heart was pounding so hard that it was like drum beats in her head, he gently laid her down on the bed which had black sheets and two pillows near the frame, he wiped a drop of blood from the corner of his mouth, he chuckled at what had just happened, it was a laugh filled with desire but not with much humor as he leaned down sensually undoing the buckles on her boots as she closed her eyes, sighing at the feeling of him removing her gear... It was a pleasure all its own the feeling of him removing her clothes, revealing herself unto him.

Anakin was nearly in a trance with the overpowering need, his Jedi training kept him just above the water making it so that he could take his time enjoying this lovely creature rather than ravishing her in an untimely fashion and thus ruining the experience for both of them... He loved her so damn much it hurt and this feeling only increased the more of her skin his memory drank in... He was like a famished man who was now feasting on the most sumptuous of foods... He grinned at his own joke.

Ahsoka her eyes still closed as she felt his fingers unclasp the last of her boot buckles, groaned with impatience wanting his hand to continue his erotic rubbing... She felt one then both of her boots slide off her small feet then his hands were at her waist pulling her pants down, she bent her legs making it easier for him remove them... She heard the noise of fabric on metal, opening her eyes she saw him begin to remove his glove from his mechanical hand but then he realized that it would be better if the glove stayed on, he looked at her apologetically... Ignoring the look she stood up and walked over to him, she took off both of his gloves, she stared at the metal of his artificial hand...

It was golden and slim, the fingers slimmer than normal but the function of it was intricate and sufficient for any task, even this one... She wasn't repulsed, it was a part of him and thus she loved it... She stood by him reaching up as she kissed him mashing her breasts against his tunic, he sighed in bliss as this time her kissing traveled down his neck, she removed his belt and then his top.

Anakin's rigid muscles gleamed in the faint light as Ahsoka stared at him, her right hand extended as she ran her smooth fingers over his corded bulk, he moaned slightly with the sensation of her hand running over him.

She proceeded to slowly pull his pants down, he kicked his boots off as she continued to pull, his fully erect cock was pushing through his boxers, she grinned lustfully at the sight.

Ahsoka grabbed his hard cock through the thin fabric making him groan, slowly moving her hand up and down until the friction made him pant with unfulfilled need, in a quick motion he removed his boxers from his waist nudging them a few feet away with his left foot, Ahsoka was also breathing hard at the sight of him...

She wasn't good at making such estimations but she was sure that he had to be a good seven inches long which was pretty imposing to her, more wetness greeted her at the thought of it inside her...

Smiling impishly up at him she quickly kissed him passionately before grabbing his arm and pushing him onto the bed... the bed was fairly large, making it easy and comfortable to lay flat, she crawled over his legs resting one knee between his as she bent down grasping his cock, it twitched with his heart beat and that knowledge alone caused her wetness to abound even more,.

Ahsoka looked up at him as she slowly moved her tongue over his throbbing tip making him moan softly. She paused as she listened to his reaction, suddenly she moved her mouth over him, sucking lovingly as she slowly put more and more of his thick shaft deeper into her mouth.

Anakin tilted his head back staring up at the ceilng as he was nearly driven into delirium at the sensation of her perfect mouth taking in his rigid member...

"Ugh" he grunted as her teeth lightly grazed his shaft near the hilt, her tongue slightly rubbing and twisting over his length as her lips pressed down on him, she had just begun and already he was coming close to his climax... Ahsoka gripped his sack a little too tightly causing a bit of pain as she continued to suck him down repeatedly...

'Where in the blazes did she learn this?' He thought, however in the heat of the moment he didn't really care... She was his now, just as he was hers, that was all that mattered anymore...

As his cock repeatedly slid through her wet grey lips, slightly plunging into her throat he instinctually reached forward grasping her Lekku as he guided her down onto his cock until her angle was just right.

He started moaning no longer needing to guide her to achieve the absolute most pleasure from her ministrations...

"Ahsoka, ugh... I am about to..." She suddenly patted his thigh as she looked up, her eyes consumed in a lusty glint making him understand that she wanted him to cum in her throat...

She started to suck him down faster and faster making a wet sound as she breathed through her nose in a muffled moan, her moan sent vibrations through his cock making him gasp with the added sensation.

Anakin began to tense and with an unfathomable burst of ecstasy and uncontained pleasure that shot through his cock and lower spine, he exploded into her hot wet mouth as she suddenly clamped down tightly while being careful not to bite him.

After his member flexed he moaned with feeling of his seed rushing out of him as she swallowed once then twice.

Ahsoka slowly sucked as her lips released his cock, it was drenched in saliva and cum... His rapid breath began to slow as she wiped her lips as she laughed a little bit at his expression.

"Ahsoka... Wow, just... You are amazing" His words spluttering as he eyed her in awed shock, He never knew that she was so skilled in such things...He leaned forward and not caring he kissed her deeply now making her go onto her back, giving himself time to recover as he saw to her pleasure.

Ahsoka felt smug and joyous as she gave him so much pleasure, she had nearly blushed at her own boldness especially at how she had swallowed his...

Her face reddened as her maneuvered her onto her back where he had been laying mere moments before... She bit her lower lip in anticipation for what he was going to do to het, she longed for him to start having already tasted the beginning of his skilled foreplay...

Anakin gazed down at Ahsoka as she laid on her back, her breasts heaving steadily with her easy breathing, his hand rested between her petite legs as he continued what he had started before, rubbing her clit between his finger as he kissed her sweat slicked breasts and all around them, 'it's her turn to moan' he thought to himself with eager determination in his rush to make her feel the joy of sexual gratification that he knew so well. His fingers maintained their intricate pattern until she was panting, he quickly slid his index finger deep into her wet silken flesh, parting her elastic membrane as it squeezed in response. He was hard already as he nearly moaned with the feeling of her pussy sucking on his finger, he slowly moved it out, instantly replacing i with his middle and ring finger... He had learned this technique through much experience, he grinned at the vivid memories now glad that Ahsoka was the one featured in this chapter of his life.

Ahsoka nearly screamed at the feeling of his fingers in her as he began to curl them inside of her hitting a very tender spot on the roof of her slit.

The powerful pleasure from the movement was incredible, her head buzzed with the accumulating emotion and sensation his fingers ignited within her, she arched her back slightly causing her to move towards him which pushed his fingers even deeper in her, Anakin sighed in lust as his hand began to pull upwards in a quick rhythm that when combined with his continually curling his fingers nearly caused her to pass out from the sheer ecstasy of it.

Ahsoka lost herself in the feeling as he was entranced in the motion of her exquisite body...There was a continual wet sound that aroused both of them the longer it continued, suddenly the sensation of his curling fingers intensified ten fold as he began rubbing her clit in a similar fashion as before with his free hand, she had no idea anyone could feel this much pleasure at one time and after only a mete minute of the unrelenting pace she began to violently orgasm, causing her whole body to shake as liquid pooled over his exposed hand...

She nearly screamed at the sensation her whole body trembling with unfathomable ecstasy...

Anakin sighed lustfully at her reaction she saw and grinned invitingly, he was fully recovered now as he stared at her breasts as they repeatedly heaved from the exertion...

He gently grabbed both her thighs as he moved her legs apart affording him an excellent angle into her slightly swollen labia. He leaned forward as he licked her up and down a few time, rolling his tongue around her clit making her gasp and squirm... She wasn't the only smug one anymore, his smirk kept her heart racing as she started into his smoldering blue eyes.

Engrossed with the overpowering libido consuming him he gripped his long slick member in one fist the other resting on her inner left thy as he slowly tilted it into her perfect slit. The feeling of her warm flesh squeezing around his cock was enough to make him moan her name.

"Ahh Ahsoka", she likewise was moaning at the feel of his thick member splitting her open.

Ahsoka could hardly believe what they were doing, but it felt so right and she had longed for this for so long, he was fulfilling her most base desires as she fulfilled his... She didn't feel regret only joyous love as their flesh became one...

Anakin slowly pushed into her, feeling her delicious flesh part as he continued his downward plunge, her membrane was a perfect shade of garnet, it's beauty intensified his lust the longer he gazed at it...

Soon he was in as far as he could go, pausing for a moment as he enjoyed the incredible sensation of his member being squeezed by vaginal wall, sighing at the feeling he slowly extracted himself, her lips clinging to his member as if in protest until he suddenly and ruthlessly pushed into her again, it was accompanied by a squelch that matched her immense wet need for him. He began to expertly delve into her silken depths as she began to pant at the fire burning through her as she needfully observed him repeatedly penetrating deep within her.

After a particularly deep thrust, Ahsoka could feel his cock push slightly against her womb. She grunted in both pain and a burning ecstasy... to have him so deep in her was filling her with even more wetness.

Anakin enjoyed the sounds of her breathing being halted every time his member slid down to its fullest length, her short breaths matched the pace of his lustful motion, his hand reached down and began rubbing her clit causing her to cry out as his fingers matched the rhythm of his excessive drilling.

Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open causing her pants to become louder which added to his needful excitement.

Ahsoka leaned her head up, her liquid cyan eyes staring at the vulgar action, the sight causing the sensation to feel more vivid, she could intimately feel the corded veins in his thick cock rub against the sides of her pussy which significantly increased the pleasure as she continued to watch him delve into her tight clit over and over again.

The feel of her body pressed against him was making him lose all sense of self control, how his sack slapped against her as his member slid down her tight crevice was causing him to pant, he barely got enough air from the fierce exertion, his mouth wide open as he occasionally groaned... She would also match his rhythm, every time he pushed down into her her muscles would clamp so that as he pulled out her, her vaginal walls would grip his cock causing an explosion of pleasure as he felt each of her bumps rub over his shaft... he was gonna cum and long before he planned too, he decided to make the most of in...

Anakin paused, Ahsoka looked up in impatient confusion, she clearly hadn't wanted him to stop, he grinned reassuringly as he leaned down a bit more while he was still in her so that his cock angled upward so it was more aligned with her waist hips. This would hurt him a little bit but it was worth hearing her screams of pleasure.

Ahsoka moaned loudly as he started thrusting into her again, his member was now hitting her special spot causing her eyes to bulge in uncontained ecstasy, her moaning continued which was what he had hoped as he continued to rapidly delve into her small cardinal frevice.

Anakin was very glad that the room he had requested had sound proof walls, it made it all the more enticing just for this moment...

Ahsoka was completely overcome by the feeling of him smashing into her most sensitive and tender spot, she could feel his cock hitting the roof of her vagina causing the skin to bulge outward ever so slightly.

She could barely breath through the intense torrent of sensations that were pounding through her, it captivated her mind filling it with a bursting fire that spread pleasure throughout her body, the pleasure culminated in her pussy as she gasped and screamed nearly silently as she started to cum.

He could feel her tightening and knew that she was beginning to orgasm again, he gritted his teeth as he thoroughly and repeatedly impaled her on his long member, the feeling of her sucking him back as the vacuum it created when he pulled out was making him blind with the burning sensation, he tensed up, suddenly without warning and before he even began to orgasm he exploded into her as she moaned loudly, his orgasm came late but it was so strong that it left his cock flexing long after the last drop of cum had spread into her...

They both recovered their breath, sweat condensed on the flesh of their slick bodies. Ahsoka looking into his eyes slowly groaned as he his cock slid gracefully out of her, it had acted like a stopper and consequentially white fluid started to slowly stream down her as it spread over her delicious looking thighs and down her supple bottom, he couldn't help but beam as he expressed his satisfaction with her... She was by far the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, her heart and mind matched her body and he would never be able to leave her...

He firmly pressed himself to her as he leaned forward between her legs as he kissed her passionately and deeply before resting his head between her breasts as she wrapped her arms over his head, enclosing him in herself... He felt comfort and contentment in her embrace...

Ahsoka put her hands over his head, curling his hair between her fingers... She had always wanted to do this since she had first seen Anakin... She looked down at his naked flesh joined to hers in a tight embrace, she sighed in contentment.

"Wow... Anakin..." She said as she stared at him, a pleasant look warming her eyes, she could feel the vibration of his chuckle as a lustful grin played around her lips, he looked up grinning back at her.

He suddenly crawled over to her side, reaching around her as she turned to face him, he leaned over kissing her deeply until they were both gasping for breath.

Love blazed in her eyes as she stared at him, he returned the look as he smoldered at her, the passion in his deep burning blue eyes taking her breath away... After continually gazing into his eyes for some time, her eye lids began to droop as she drifted off into blissful sleep, Anakin reached over and gently turned her around, he pressed lush body against him as he enclosed her, one arm cradling her shoulders as the other rested over her belly.

Anakin watched her sleep for a time, he rested his chin behind her neck as her body conformed to his. He kissed her Lekku, her brow and lastly her neck as he soundlessly whispered near her concealed ear...

"I will love you now and forever Ahsoka..." Anakin watched the lights of the many ships on Coruscant form shadows on the walls and bed as she slept on, the sight outside the window could not be more majestic... A tear of joy dripped off his cheek as he mused, his eyelids lowering as peacefully drifted off into the sweet dreams of unfettered sleep.