Finally I got it finished! Lol, I've been baking and cooking a lot for Thanksgiving- which reminds me, Happy belated Thanksgiving to any of you who are in the USA, :) and to everyone- I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Last time, on A Not-So-Normal Week 2: Grievous was secretly a baker, but Anakin will never know, and Princess Lillia (along with her Christmas pals) said goodbye.

This time, on a Not-So-Normal Week 2: Anakin and Ahsoka get into a fight, and when a certain senator's attempts to help fail, how will a strange paintball game help our two Jedi be friends again?

A Not-So-Normal Week 2

Chapter 7: Skyguy Doesn't Like Ukuleles

Two days after Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan returned from Yuriallie:

Anakin and Ahsoka were in a bit of a situation. The two were getting on each other's nerves, and it was seeming there was no end in sight. Now don't get me wrong, the Master and Padawan duo were the closest of friends, caring deeply about each other. But you know those days, those little quarrels and annoyances where it seems no matter that you do, it bothers the other.

"I'm trying to work, here, Snips! Leave me alone!" Anakin snapped as Ahsoka sat across from him at the table strumming a small ukulele -which she didn't even know how to play-.

"This is the dining room, Skyguy. I have as much right to be here as you." Ahsoka replied. She strummed an off-tune chord.

"So? That doesn't mean you can sit there and annoy me." Anakin said, crossing his arms.

Ahsoka completely ignored him. "Listen to this song I wrote-" She began to play her ukulele poorly, since she had no idea how to really play it, "Skyguy doesn't like ukuleles, so I will play all day and all night, until he rips out his hair and screams," She sang.

"Ok, that's it, Snips!" Anakin jumped up from his chair.

"Yikes!" Ahsoka shrieked, and she ran away from Anakin. The Padawan ran all the way to Obi-Wan's quarters.

"Ahsoka? What are you doing?" Obi-Wan asked her.

"Shush! Hide me!" Ahsoka hid behind Obi-Wan's back.

Anakin burst in. "Where is Ahsoka?" He asked Obi-Wan.

Ahsoka began to play her instrument again. "Skyguy doesn't like ukuleles-"

Anakin shoved Obi-Wan out of the way and grabbed Ahsoka's ukulele. "Yeah, I sure don't like ukuleles!" He smashed it on the ground and it broke.

"Great! Now you broke it!" Ahsoka cried. She grabbed the broken instrument and frowned at her master. Then she walked away.

"Phew, that takes care of that," Anakin muttered, brushing his hands off.

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes. "That wasn't very nice, if you ask me."

"Well no one asked you. I'm leaving." Anakin said, and he left.

Obi-Wan sighed. Sometimes Ahsoka's feisty personality and Anakin's more aggressive personality clashed. Would they ever learn?

Anakin came back to their shared quarters and saw Ahsoka fiddling with another type of instrument. "Oh great. Snips, what is that?" Anakin asked her.

"A violin." she replied. She used the bow and made a horrible sound on the instrument.

Anakin cringed. "That is way, way, way too annoying. Get rid of it."

"Nope!" Ahsoka said stubbornly, creating another annoying sound.

Anakin growled and Force pulled the violin to himself. He sliced it in two with his lightsaber and went back to his papers.

"HEY!" Ahsoka shouted. Angry at her master, she grabbed one of his papers and ripped it into a zillion pieces.

"Ahsoka!" Anakin yelled furiously.

"You started it!" Ahsoka cried.

"You're so annoying!" Anakin exclaimed.

"I don't know how much more of this I can take!" Ahsoka groaned.

"Me neither!" Anakin shouted.

"I have an idea then." Ahsoka pulled out a can of red paint. "This is my side of the room, and this is your side." She said, creating a red paint line dead center in the room.

"Yeah. Stay on your own side, Snips!" Anakin said firmly.

"I won't have a problem with that, Skyguy." Ahsoka replied with a deep frown. She made sure to taunt him with his much hated nickname.

"Neither will I, Snips." Anakin said, putting a considerable amount of emphasis on "Snips."

The two crossed their arms and refused to speak to one another.

Suddenly they heard a knock at the door.

Anakin was about to get it but saw the doorknob was on Ahsoka's side. So with a scowl he went to his side of the dining room.

Ahsoka opened the door. It was Padme.

"Padme!" Ahsoka said, hugging the senator.

"Hello, Ahsoka. How are you?" Padme replied.

"I'm good, I guess." Ahsoka said with a shrug.

"And how is Anakin?" Padme asked.

Ahsoka stopped cold. A frown returned to her face. "I suggest you ask him. I'm not talking to him right now." she crossed her arms.

"What?" Padme was shocked. "Why not?"

"I said to ask him about it!" Ahsoka repeated.

"Fine," Padme crossed over the line and found Anakin. "Ani, why is Ahsoka not talking to you?"

"I'm not talking to her either," Anakin said as he continued to look at his papers.

"Why not? What ever happened?" Padme asked.

"She was being annoying with her instruments." Anakin said.

"That's all?" Padme couldn't believe what she was hearing. She went back into the other room and found Ahsoka again. "Ahsoka, what did Anakin do you that you won't talk to him?"

"He broke my instruments." Ahsoka said.

Padme sighed. She began to come up with a way that the two could become friends again. "Would you like to go to lunch?" She asked.

"Sure, that sounds fun." Ahsoka said.

"Good. Be right back," Padme went into the dining room. "Ani, would you like to come with me to lunch?"

"Oh, sure!" Anakin replied.

Padme went to the door. Ahsoka and Anakin followed but suddenly saw each other. "You!" Anakin and Ahsoka exclaimed.

"I'm not going to lunch if she's going!" Anakin said, turning his back to Ahsoka.

"And I'm not going if he's going!" Ahsoka said, crossing her arms and turning her back to Anakin.

Padme sighed. That hadn't worked as planned. "Let's just go for a walk then. You don't have to speak to each other if you don't want to."

Ahsoka rolled her eyes. "Fine."

"Yeah, fine, I guess." Anakin muttered.

So they went out, Padme was in the middle, since Anakin and Ahsoka didn't want to be anywhere near each other.

"So," Padme said, trying to start some conversation, "what have you two been up to today?"

"Tell Ahsoka she's really mean and annoying." Anakin said to Padme.

Ahsoka heard him and frowned. "Tell Anakin he's an evil instrument breaker!"

"Well tell Ahsoka she's a paper crusher!" Anakin said.

"Well tell Anakin he's really mean!" Ahsoka shot back.

Soon Padme was left out of the equation completely and the two argued face to face.

"We never would be in this situation if you wouldn't have played that annoying ukulele!" Anakin shouted at his Padawan.

"It's not my fault! You could do your 'work' in your room!" Ahsoka shouted back.

"You're so immature!"

"Am not! You're just mean!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"ARE TOO!"

"ARE NOT!"

"ARE TOO!"

"Anakin! Ahsoka! Please calm down!" Padme yelled.

But they didn't listen.

"Well maybe I should just not be your Padawan anymore!" Ahsoka cried.

"Maybe that would be good!" Anakin shot back.

"Please, people! Listen up!" Padme cried.

But they still didn't listen, and were suddenly interrupted by Aayla, Kit, Shaak, and Ki-Adi. They were all in some sort of competition type game.

"Ahsoka, Anakin, Padme, you have to join us!" Calls Kit. "Join Team Blueberry!"

"No! Join Team Strawberry!" Shouts Ki-Adi.

Ki-Adi and Aayla were on Team Strawberry and Shaak and Kit were on Team Blueberry.

"We don't really have time-" Anakin started angrily, but was cut off by Aayla.

"Come on, you can join our team!" She said.

"But we don't-"

"Nonsense!" Cried Ki-Adi. "Join our team!"

"Not all of them can join your team, you losers! Someone's gotta join our team!" Cried Kit.

Without giving Anakin, Ahsoka, or Padme a say in it, they played rock paper scissors to decide who would be on what team.

When they had decided, Padme and Anakin were on Team Strawberry, and Ahsoka was on Team Blueberry.

"Oh, good," Ahsoka said with a frown, "I wouldn't want to be on his team."

"Yeah, we need to keep the teams even." Said Shaak.

Ahsoka looked over at her master, who was apparently discussing a plan with the rest of the team, and frowned angrily at him. "What is this game about anyway?" She asked.

"It's kind of a mix between paintball and laser tag," Kit explained, "we go into our dark studio and shoot glowing paint at each other."

"And I take it you're quite competitive about it, huh?" Ahsoka pointed out, observing the secret planning that went into all of it.

"Yep. Whichever team gets the most points gets the privilege of taking the other team's most-hit player and putting them on a stage to openly rapid-fire paintballs at them." Kit said, adjusting his helmet. "Here, you're gonna need this," He handed Ahsoka a thin, protective white jump suit and a helmet.

"Thanks," Ahsoka mumbled, and she went into the other room to change.

On the other side…

Ki-Adi had just gone over the same information with Anakin and Padme.

"Good thing Ahsoka's on the other team," Anakin said, "it wouldn't work to have her on this team."

Padme rolled her eyes. "You two really need to make up and get along again."

"No." Anakin said stubbornly.

"Guys, we need to focus." Aayla said. She handed Anakin and Padme protective jump suits and helmets similar to those on the other team.

So Anakin and Padme put them on and they went into the battle room. They were on one side and the other team was on the other.

Anakin saw Ahsoka on the other side and stared coldly at her. Ahsoka stared back just as angrily.

The lights went off and the dark, glowing black light dimly lit the room. Anything brightly colored glowed.

A robotic voice came over the intercom. "Start in three, two, one," and a loud buzzing sound was heard.

Ahsoka took cover behind a barrier and looked out. She couldn't tell who was who by just looking, however some had distinctive ways to find out, such as Aayla's headtails. She took a shot and a glowing paintball hit her target's leg.

The victim whirled around and spotted Ahsoka before she could hide. They took a shot and it hit Ahsoka in the arm. Ahsoka quickly hid behind a defensive barrier. She hadn't been aware that paintballs hurt that much.

On the other side of the battle, Anakin looked over to the other side. He had seen someone get hit and retreat to a barrier. Those on the other side all had ways to figure out who they were right away, and he saw Ahsoka get hit. Ha, ha, he thought, she's going down. But he didn't know why it somehow hurt him so much inside.

He saw someone come out from hiding and shot several paintballs rapid fire style. They hit various places and a couple hit somebody. He looked up at the score board. His team was winning!

The battle dragged on. Ahsoka was hit in lots of places with the glowing colored paint. She was very sore, and was pretty sure that anywhere she got hit would have a nasty bruise later. What was even worse was that part of her headtails were left open, and she had taken a couple bad hits on them.

Several minutes, lots of paint shooting, and more hits taken later, the buzzer sounded, and the battle was over. Anakin looked up at the score board. His team had won!

"Yeah, high five!" Aayla shouted, high five-ing her teammates.

The other team came over. "Good game, guys." Kit said, shaking hands with the other team.

The droid voice announced, "Now we will tally up the score. Please stand by for losing player on losing team." What it meant of course, was who was going to have to stand on the stage while everyone shot at them.

"Player 3, please go to stage." The voice said.

The losing team, Team blueberry, looked around. "Who is player 3?" Kit asked.

"I am player 3." Said a quiet voice. They all turned and saw Ahsoka step forward.

Anakin stared in horror. Ahsoka walked slowly onto the stage. Team Strawberry got in position. They were about to shoot paintballs at Ahsoka, but suddenly-

"STOP!" Anakin jumped on stage and got in front of Ahsoka.

"Skywalker! Get down from there so we can get good aim!" Shouted Aayla.

"I will not let you hurt my Padawan!" Anakin declared.

"But that's part of the game, Skywalker." Aayla replied, crossing her arms.

"Then let me take her place." Anakin said.

Everyone gasped. Ahsoka took off her helmet and looked at Anakin with her big, shiny blue eyes. "You mean it, Master?" She asked.

Anakin looked at Ahsoka. He saw she was cradling her arm, and her lekku were dotted with bad bruises. She shouldn't have to go through any more. "Yes, I mean it."

"I'm sorry I got mad at you, Master." Ahsoka said quietly.

"I'm sorry too, Snips." Anakin replied.

"Friends?" Ahsoka asked, her voice but a whisper.

"Friends." Anakin said.

Ahsoka hugged him. "You're the best master ever,"

"Thanks, Ahsoka," He whispered.

Ahsoka hopped off stage. She couldn't bear to watch as Anakin's own team -minus Padme, who refused to do it- shot the paintballs at him. She couldn't believe that he had chosen to take that pain- just to save her.

When it was over, Ahsoka and Anakin went back to their quarters. They were both very sore, but Anakin was the most.

Ahsoka collapsed on the couch and let out a long sigh. "That was tiring," She mumbled, closing her eyes.

"Yes, and painful." Anakin said, sitting next to her.

"I can't believe you took my place," Ahsoka said quietly. "I really am very thankful."

"Well, you know me, I just couldn't allow them to do that to you." Anakin said.

"Yeah. But thank you again." Ahsoka said.

Anakin took her hand. "You're welcome."

"Should we clean up that red paint line?" Ahsoka asked. "I can't believe we did that."

"Me neither. We should have listened to Padme," Anakin said.

"Yeah." Ahsoka said, "But I'm glad we're friends again now."

"Yes." Anakin agreed.

Ahsoka and Anakin cleaned up the paint together.

When they were done, they heard a knock at the door.

"After you, Ahsoka," Anakin said, motioning for her to open the door.

"No, after you," Ahsoka said with a smile.

"I insist, after you," Anakin said.

"No, no, I insist! After you," Ahsoka said.

"No, I in-"

The door opened by itself and Obi-Wan came in. "There is a such thing as being too polite, you know." He said, coming over to them, "Especially when people are waiting at the door."

"Sorry, Obi-Wan," Ahsoka said.

"Yeah, I guess now we were being too nice to each other." Anakin said with a laugh.

"What happened to you two anyway?" Obi-Wan asked, observing their bruises.

"Glow-in-the-dark paintball." Anakin replied.

"Ah, I never have liked paintball."

"I never had played, but I don't like it now," Ahsoka said, gingerly stroking her arm.

Obi-Wan chuckled. "Same thing that happened to me, young one."

Ahsoka giggled, then sighed. "So, what did you come over for?"

"I wondered what you two had been up to, given you were arguing this morning." Obi-Wan said, leaning his elbow on a shelf.

"We're friends again. Right, Skyguy?" Ahsoka said with a smile.

"Right!" Anakin declared.

They all laughed.

"So what should we do then?" Ahsoka asked.

"OH NO!" Anakin cried.

"What's wrong, Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked.

"WE'RE BORED AGAIN!" He wailed miserably.

Ahsoka giggled. "It's no big deal, Master! Let's do some more things in the magazine!"

"Oooh! Goodie, yes, let's!" Anakin exclaimed, hopping up and down.

Ahsoka stared at him as if he'd gone crazy and pulled her magazine out of her pocket. She scanned the page and read, 4, have a contest to see who can hang upside-down the longest. "That sounds fun," She commented, closing the magazine.

"I'm not doing that." Obi-Wan stated simply.

"You have to, Kenob's!" Anakin said.

"No-"

"YES!"

"Fine." Obi-Wan muttered.

"You wanna go first?" Ahsoka asked him.

"Alright." Obi-Wan said with a roll of his eyes. "Might as well get it over with. I still think this is a bad idea."

So they set up a rig that would hang them upside-down, and put Obi-Wan in it. He stayed in for about a minute then got out.

"I'm finished." He said simply.

"That wasn't long at all!" Anakin cried.

"I don't like hanging upside-down." Obi-Wan replied.

"Fine, well I can stay in a lot longer." Anakin said. They helped him get in the rig and he hung there, upside-down.

"Master, your face is turning red," Ahsoka said worriedly as she watched Anakin hang there.

"That's what happens when the blood rushes to your head, Ahsoka." Anakin said, still hanging there.

He stayed for a couple minutes longer than Obi-Wan, but then wanted to get out since he couldn't take it anymore.

"My turn!" Ahsoka declared. She got into the rig with the help of Anakin and Obi-Wan.

"Ahsoka… why is your face turning purple?" Anakin asked.

"Probably same thing as you," she muttered, taking a sharp breath.

"Are you holding your breath?" Anakin inquired, confused.

Ahsoka nodded.

"Why?"

"Can't talk," Ahsoka said quickly before holding her breath again.

Anakin watched as Ahsoka stayed longer than them all, her face deep purple and looking quiet unnatural. Anakin eventually made her get down since she had already won and he wasn't sure how much more she could take.

Anakin helped Ahsoka off and she collapsed on the ground. "I feel weird," She mumbled.

"I think that was another one of the strange ones in the magazine." Anakin said.

"I see sparkles…" Ahsoka murmured dazedly.

"What?" Anakin said, but Ahsoka passed out.

"I knew this was a bad idea," Obi-Wan muttered.

"Why didn't you say that before we did it?" Anakin cried, putting Ahsoka on the couch. He knew he had to keep her head up so the blood could flow back to her body.

"I did." Obi-Wan replied. He went into the kitchen and returned with a cold cloth for Ahsoka's head.

Obi-Wan set the cloth on Ahsoka's head and she jolted awake. "Who what where what why?" she exclaimed, panting and looking around wildly.

"You passed out." Anakin replied with a chuckle.

"I did?" Ahsoka asked breathlessly.

"Uh huh." Anakin said.

"Did I win?" She asked.

"Yep, you sure did!"

"Oh, good." she said, leaning back on the couch. "Let's never do that again."

Anakin grinned. "What's the next thing in the magazine?"

Ahsoka pulled the magazine back out of her pocket and looked inside. 5, Wait until it snows, then make a beach in the snow.

"Aw, that's gonna take forever to wait for it to snow!" Anakin wailed, looking outside and seeing it was bright and sunny.

"Yeah," Ahsoka said with a sigh. She went over to the window and looked out.

Suddenly the whole sky clouded over and it began to snow.

The three exchanged glances.

"SNOW TIME!" Anakin shouted.

A little behind the scenes look- I actually rewrote this chapter before i posted it. In my old version, Ahsoka and Anakin forgive each other before the game, but then I realized it would make a lot more sense the way it is now, so I changed it. :) 'Hope it was for the better! :D and stay tuned for chapter 8!