A/N- Hey guys! School recently started, and I also got a job (!), so life has been hectic. As always, thanks you reviewers! And please, don't forget to tell me what you thought; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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CHAPTER SIX

Karavi broke the silence as she wiped the akul's blood off of the knife. "We do not have much time." She pointed at the storm and continued, "You need to find shelter. Not a metal ship," she adding quickly, looking at the thing with disdain.

The man in blue armor looked at her, then at Ahsoka, then back at Karavi. "This is so weird," he murmured.

Karavi glanced at the storm clouds, and said, "We must hurry!"

Ahsoka merely nodded and looked at her friends. They immediately straightened up. Ahsoka looked at Karavi, and gave another slight nod. She must be in as much shock as I am, Karavi noted, her breathing unsteady.

Making sure that they were following her, she took off at a sprint. The air cackled around them as the storm approached. Karavi looked behind her, and saw they were keeping up well. She pushed forward a little harder, straining against the little time they had.

As they reached the village, the air exploded in a terrifying storm of light and sound. The ground shook with the force of it, and the rain started to come down. Karavi lead them to her pod, holding up the flaps and said, "Inside! Hurry!"

The three men rushed inside. Karavi set to work as quickly as she could, pulling the flaps down to protect the pod. She was suddenly aware of Ahsoka doing the same on the other side. She grinned at her. Ahsoka grinned back, the shock draining off her face as the rain poured down.

Karavi held up the door flap and let Ahsoka in, following as quickly as she could.

Luckily, Karavi's pod was her parents', and could easily fit five people. The men had taken their helmets off and were looking at Ahsoka and Karavi with wide eyes. Karavi knew that the men were clones, so the fact they all looked uncannily similar wasn't strange to her. She had expected it.

What was strange to her was Ahsoka. Ahsoka. She had grown so much. All Karavi wanted to do was take her little sister in her arms and hold her there forever. Ahsoka also wore an akul tooth headdress, although hers was much simpler than Karavi's.

Ahsoka looked around the pod and instantly felt a warming comfort. This was her home, her true home, and she knew it immediately. The worn floor was still the same as it was when she was young, and the old drawings on the walls were the same. The roof was stained black from years of smoke. She shivered; to say the least, it was haunting.

Karavi kneeled, aware of their eyes on her. She pulled out a platter of food, and handed to the man sitting closest to her. "Thimiar meat is an... acquired taste, I must warn you. We don't have much option here in the scrublands." She met Ahsoka's eyes and smiled, passing her a platter of fruits instead. Ahsoka grinned and took it.

"Thanks for saving us!" One of the clones exclaimed as he bit into the meat. Karavi raised her brow as he scarfed it down. Not many outsiders liked the dry, bitter taste of the thimiar.

"Yeah, we would have been bantha fodder if you hadn't have come along!"

Karavi smiled at the men and replied, "It was my duty."

There was silence in the pod as the group listened to the pounding of the rain and ate.

"Alright, I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Karavi glanced at the man who had suddenly asked. He had short blonde hair, cropped close to his head. He was the one who had blue markings on his armor.

"Rex! Geez, watch it!" Ahsoka snapped at him, picking up a fruit and rolling it between her fingers. 'Rex' shrugged and bit down on a fruit, waiting for Karavi's answer.

Karavi looked at him and replied, "My name is Karavi A'ashi'k, chief of the great Tano tribe." Even as she said it, she knew that they wanted more answers than that. Karavi glanced at Ahsoka; it was up to her whether or not her men should know.

"{Can you still speak our tongue, little one?}" Karavi asked quietly.

She looked down and said hesitantly, "{A little. I haven't had much need. Sometimes Master Ti and I talk like this, but...}"

Karavi took a piece of fruit from the platter in front of her and said, "{I understand. Now, It is up to you to let them know.}"

Ahsoka looked thoughtful, and bit off a piece of fruit. The three men glanced at each other, confused and evermore curious. "{Not yet.}" Ahsoka finally replied.

Karavi nodded and said, in Basic, "I have been the chief of this tribe since my father passed away, six years ago. Two days ago, my scouts found Separatist droids wandering the scrublands. Is this why you are here?"

Rex nodded and said, "Our ship was shot down on the way, though. Only us four survived- me, Commander, Matchbox and Wires here."

Ahsoka continued, picking up another piece of food, "My Master had to stay behind on Coruscant, so the Council sent me to investigate the actions of the Seps."

Karavi smiled and said, "We've also been keeping an eye on them. Jex, one of our hunters, has made sure that they make no move on any tribe in this area."

They continued talking throughout the storm, waiting for the booms of thunder and hisses of lightening to pass. Karavi kept looking at Ahsoka, and Ahsoka returned the glances. Both were insatiably curious about the other, but they didn't want to speak in front of the clones. Karavi was sure Ahsoka had a good reason to keep it a secret from them.

After three hours of discussing the war, the men finally drifted off to sleep. Karavi cleaned up the leftover food and tossed it into the small fire. Ahsoka moved the men away from the fire. Karavi noticed an almost doting, mother-like attitude that Ahsoka took with them.

She sat up and breathed, "{Ahsoka.}"

Ahsoka sat next to her sister and replied quietly, "{Karavi.}" After a moments hesitation, she placed her small hand on Karavi's lekku, with her other hand resting on her sister's shoulders.

Karavi did the same. The sisters watched each other, the light from the fire dancing between them, casting shadows.

Ahsoka removed her hands from her sister and reached into her pack. Karavi watched as she dug around in it, waiting. Finally, Ahsoka found what she was looking for and brought it out to the light.

Karavi gasped softly as the small bone pendant twisted in the light. The blue paint had been rubbed off from years of use. She recognized the clumsy carvings of her own hand from when Ahsoka left for the Temple.

She took it in her hands and stared at it, before throwing it aside and wrapping her arms around Ahsoka. She felt her sister's small body and lekku, as Ahsoka threw her arms around Karavi and pressed her face into Karavi's shoulder.

"{Welcome home, little Ahsoka.}"