Italics-Flashback.
Bold- Padawan/Master Bond.
Disclaimer- I do not own Star-Wars or anything relating to it.
Obi-Wan kept his expression carefully neutral as he stood beside his Master in the Council Chambers, allowing his mind to wander back to the events that had taken place over the past month or so. A couple days after his Master had told him to practice meditation in order to control his emotions Tahl had woken up from her stay in the Healer's Wing. With Tahl's recovery looking up, Obi-Wan started to see more of his master, but it was much different then it had been before Bandomeer. Qui-Gon was very impersonal and cold towards him, never giving him an indication if what he was doing was correct or if he was doing it wrong, their Master/Apprentice bond was also weak only becoming active when one of them was feeling particularly strong emotions.
The mess had only gotten worse when things had started to go missing around the temple and they had been assigned to find out what was causing it. When they found out that Xanatos was responsible Qui-Gon had lost all semblance of control and chased after him like a man possessed leaving Obi-Wan to deal with Bruck Chun, and the kidnapped Bant. Luckily the brief amount of time he had spent using Form II had allowed him to surprise Bruck allowing him to disarm him, literally, and free Bant. He had brought both of them to the Healer's Wing and left to find his Master, catching up with him as he was heading towards the council chamber.
"Why is it you are here?" asked Yoda with a knowing look in his eye.
"I am here to ask for permission to track down Xanatos" came Qui-Gon's reply, "He is dangerous and must be apprehended."
"And what if we were to refuse this?" asked Mace Windu, "Other teams of Jedi can be sent after him you do not need to be involved."
"I will go regardless of the Council's wishes, I feel that it is the will of the Force for me to track down my Ex-Padawan" replied Qui-Gon.
"Go you shall then, you and Padawan Kenobi to track down Xanatos, do not allow personal feeling to interfere you must" came the answer from Yoda as he stared intently at his former Padawan, as if knowing what his next words were going to be.
Qui-Gon shifted under the stare and spoke "Alone I will go, I do not feel that Obi-Wan can control his emotions well enough to participate in this mission."
Obi-Wan bowed his head and felt the tears well up in his eyes, it was unfair that he would be cast aside by his Master on his personal mission for revenge. He swallowed and banished those feelings into the Force he would deal with them later. He returned his attention towards the murmurs of the Council waiting for their reply, just in time to hear Master Yoda's sharp retort."Go you shall then, much will have changed when you return, hope you will be happy with this decision in the future."
With a sharp turn of his heels Qui-Gon strode out of the room heading towards the hanger bay for a transport, not once looking at his Padawan.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath as he let the rejection of Jinn wash into the force and turned his attention back towards the Jedi Council, preparing to be assigned more courses to help with his emotional control by the Council as his Master thought it was such a big problem.
Yoda let out a sigh as he witnessed the foolishness of his Padawan and turned his attention back to Obi-Wan, lacking emotional control, hmmph and he was a Wookie! The boy had just been casually dismissed by his Master and was now standing waiting for the Council's decision, probably thinking he would be assigned more classes to achieve his Master's wishes. "Foolish is my old Padawan young Kenobi, not your fault this is" Obi-Wan blinked as he heard Yoda speak "Take you as my Padawan I will, partly my fault this is, thought Qui-Gon would overcome his issues in order to train you I did, come let us go" Yoda spoke as he hopped out of his chair and headed towards the door.
"Yes Master Yoda" Obi-Wan heard himself say, still in a daze over the fact that Yoda would be taking over his training and that he was not such a failure after all. He blinked as he realized he was still standing in the same spot, blushing he hurried after Yoda falling in behind him and regulating his steps so he did not outpace his new Master.
Obi-Wan let a smile grace his face as he lay in the bed provided by his new Master and remembered the conversation that had followed after exiting the Council Chamber..
Waiting for his Master Yoda to be seated, he then asked the question that had been bugging him since they had exited the Council Chamber. "Master Yoda I have a question" he stuttered feeling embarrassed to be asking this.
"Ask you shall and seek to answer I will" he heard Yoda reply.
"Not to be rude, but I do not understand why you chose to take me as a Padawan, I am not that impressive and was only just barely able to be a Padawan Learner on Qui-Gon's grace alone, I would have thought that I would be sent back to Bandomeer if i did not meet Qui-Gon's expectations" he asked.
"Humble you are, one reason this was for my choice, another being my part in pushing you two together. Thought you would work well I did, fix Qui-Gon's fear of attachment I thought you would, and he would teach you the Jedi-Arts I hoped, mistaken I was."he was grateful when he heard Yoda's answer, it helped assure him that it was not just the fact that he needed a Master that was getting him taught by Yoda. "
Thank you Master Yoda."
"Thanks I need not, my pleasure it will be. Apprenticeship with me, abnormal it will be, duties I have as Grand-Master various instructors you will have."
Obi-Wan felt fear grip him as he heard this, he did not want it to be like his time under Qui-Gon. But he let out a sigh of relief when he heard the next thing Yoda said. "Anytime you need me come you shall, never to busy will I be for you, remember this you shall important it is. Rest you should, tomorrow training you will begin, meet me here you shall at six in the morning you will." With a bow and a grateful thanks once again to his Master he left the room to get some rest for tomorrow.
Grinning once again he checked the clock and seeing that it was five in the morning jumped out of his bed and went to get prepared for the day.
With a grin on his face Obi-Wan walked down the hall towards the room in which he was told to meet Yoda in, pushing open the door he spotted Yoda meditating in the corner of the room, quietly walking towards him he sat down and began to meditate. "Patient you are, good this is" he heard Master Yoda say as he opened his eyes "talk we must of what you have learned, and explain I will the abnormalities of your apprenticeship."
"I am on track with my age mates in all courses that must be taken by Padawans, I have also begun to study Form II as I find it works much better for me then form IV does, other then that the only other knowledge I have that would be unexpected for Padawans of my age is my slight skill in Force Deflection which I began to study from the archives on my return from Melida/Daan as it would have been especially helpful against anyone using blasters."
"Form II you say? Choose this you did because?" asked Master Yoda with a look in his eye that told Obi-Wan he might as well explain his full reasons for choosing it.
" The fights with Xanatos on Bandomeer, Form IV does not work well for me and I was learning it because it was what Qui-Gon would teach me, but after fighting for my life so soon I want to be prepared if I have to fight someone who uses a lightsaber against me later for what ever reason." Obi-Wan said quietly feeling ashamed that he would be preparing to fight fellow Jedi, as they were the only ones that used lightsabers because the Sith were extinct.
" Hmmm, thought this I did, understandable it is to want security, many trials you faced in your short time with Jinn, helpful Form II was against Bruck yes?" Yoda asked.
Obi-Wan blushed as he realized that Master Yoda must have deduced his reasoning before this conversation even started, " Yes it was, I do not know how it would have turned out if I had not been practicing Form II in the month leading up to my confrontation with Bruck, he was always the better duelist between the two of us, my change of style allowed me to incapacitate him quickly and with minimal damage to either of us except for his lack of hand."
"Acceptable that is, further training in form II you will undertake, Cin Drallig I will speak to in regards to this. Develop on your own Force Deflection you will, good choice to learn it was. Differences of your apprenticeship discuss we will now, mornings meet we will here and meditate and discuss progress we will, afternoons divided between your classes they will be, and evenings will be spent on personal development or with fellow Padawans" Yoda spoke.
"Yes Master" Obi-Wan replied.
" Missions we talk about now, my position restricts my movement it does, until prepared for solo missions very few shall we take, most missions you take will be for senate, guarding them you shall, in 1 year time ready we will see if you are for missions on Coruscant." Obi-Wan grinned as he heard that, well it would not be as exciting as doing missions Off-World, this would allow him to get ample time for training and still do missions.
"Time to break your bond with Qui-Gon it is, replace it with one between us we shall, ready are you?" Yoda asked. Obi-Wan straightened as he heard that, taking a deep breath he sought out the bond with Qui-Gon, inspecting it he realized that it looked very weak, as if a breath would destroy it. Steeling himself he broke off the bond and was surprised to not really feel anything at all, shrugging he turned his attention to Yoda and nodded his head. Opening himself to the force he felt Yoda's mind touch his and start to anchor itself to his, a few minutes later it was done. Seeking out the bond with Yoda he was surprised to see how strong it looked compared to the one he had with Qui-Gon.
"Master?" he sent across the bond and started when he heard "Yes Padawan?" he gaped in amazement when he heard that, noticing Yoda's questioning look he began to explain." With Master Jinn, it was never words the most I could get through the bonds was emotions and only when they were particularly strong ones."
"Unusual that is, bigger mistake the match between you and Qui-Gon was than I expected" Yoda stated. " Off to lessons you must go, talk to you this afternoon about form II lessons I will." With a quick bow and good-bye Obi-Wan set out towards his diplomacy class.
Elsewhere Qui-Gon was sneaking into an Off-World building looking for information on Xanatos, due to the covert actions he was taking his shields on his mind were at full power, so he never noticed when the weak bond between him and his Padawan was broken. He would not notice until he returned to the Temple in a years time after fruitlessly seeking out Xanatos.
Next chapter will be a Time skip I think with Flashbacks, as it will set Obi-Wan up to do solo missions around Coruscant.