These are just little random one-shots that I will be doing about the relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. They will be updated as often as I can, and if any wants me to expand on any of them or if you have a prompt for me, just say in the review :)
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"I assume that there's a reason for why you've brought me down here Master?"
Master Yoda smiled softly to himself as he taped his way towards the crèche, closely followed by Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. "Someone I want you to meet. Interesting I think you may find him."
Qui-Gon Jinn very maturely, did not roll his eyes (outwardly anyway) as they strode down the corridor. "I'm not sure I should be leaving Xanatos alone. He's going through a difficult time at the moments. "
Yoda wisely chose not to say anything. Silently, the pair crept past the main sleeping area where the younger initiates were spending the night, however as they headed towards the older initiate area, Qui-Gon heard an automated voice from around the corner.
'On the clearest of nights, when the winds of the Inner Rim were calm and peaceful, the great merchant ship with their cargoes of Adegan crystals, felt safe and secure. Little did they suspect that they were pursued by…pirates!'
Qui-Gon glanced at Master Yoda and frowned, "Is that-"
"Your favourite story when you were younger, was it not, hmmmm?" asked Master Yoda as they turned around the corner. Huddled against the wall was a young boy, only around 2 or 3, with his eyes firmly focused on a holo-book. Images of speeders and ships flew out of the book, with the automated voice describing the events.
'And the most feared of all these pirates, was the notorious Captain Nathaniel Flint. Like a Krayt dragon, overtaking its prey—'
"Past your bedtime it is, Initiate Kenobi…." Gently scolded Master Yoda, "Have another dream, did you young one, hmmm?"
Slamming the book shut, cutting off the voice, the young child sprang up and toddled over to the two masters, "Yeah, it was weally scawy and I couldn't sleep again!"
"Hmph, so decide to read you did, hmmm?"
Kenobi nodded eagerly, clearly not worried about being in trouble, "Yeah! Dis one about piwates!" The child glanced between the two amused Jedi Masters, "You wanna wead wif me?"
Yoda gently tapped the boy on the leg with his gimmer stick, "Sit down you will and stay, we might."
Kenobi beamed and sat back against the wall, waiting semi-patiently as Yoda sat beside him. Before he could open the book, Yoda pointed up at Qui-Gon, "Master Qui-Gon's favourite story, this is."
Qui-Gon inwardly sighed as the small child patted the space besides him, his eyes widening in a silent plea. "How big can those eyes get?" muttered the Master as he slowly lowered himself to the ground, "Okay, but only for a little while."
Kenobi beamed at him, before opening the book again.
'Like a Krayt dragon, overtaking its prey, Flint and his band of renegades swooped in out of nowhere. And then, gathering up their spoils…..vanished without a trace. Flint's secret trove was never found , but stories have persisted that it remains hidden somewhere at the farthest reaches of the galaxy, stowed with riches beyond imagination-the loot of a thousand worlds….'
Qui-Gon smiled softly as the child listened intently to the story, practically vibrating with excitement as the story drew to a close.
"Tweasure planet!" whispered Kenobi.
Realizing that the child was no longer focusing on the book, Master Yoda gently removed the book, closing it as Master Qui-Gon lifted Kenobi off of the ground. "I think it's time for young initiates to go to bed now…" he whispered, smiling softly as the child buried his face in the older man's neck.
"How d'ya fink he did it?" How did Flint come out of nowhere and vanish wifout a twace?!"
Qui-Gon, despite his earlier misgivings about the situation, gently patted the boy's back soothingly. "I have no idea little one…" Before the child could answer, the Jedi Master dug his fingers into the boy's sides and tickled him mercilessly, chuckling as Kenobi squirmed and giggled, with Master Yoda watching fondly.
As they approached the youngling initiate area, Qui-Gon began to rock the child back and forth in an attempt to send the child off to sleep. Creeping into the main sleeping area, Qui-Gon gently lowered Kenobi into the lone empty bed, between another human boy and a Mon-Calamari. "Where do you fink tweasure planet is Master Yoda?" asked Kenobi sleepily, as Qui-Gon softly tucked the child in.
Master Yoda shook his head, "Legend, treasure planet is young one. Think about it, you should not."
The small Master quietly headed out of the door as Kenobi pouted, "I know it's weal…" he whispered, smiling as Qui-Gon chuckled warmly.
"Master Yoda isn't right all the time young one…"
"So tweasure planet does exist?!"
"It very well might child. Now sleep…" whispered Qui-Gon, entering a small amount of Force suggestion into the words.
As his eyes began to slide shut, Kenobi managed to force one last thing out, "M'name's….Obi-Wan…"
Secure in the knowledge that Keno-Obi-Wan was sleeping, Qui-Gon carefully tiptoed out of the room and met with Master Yoda outside of the initiate area. "The Force is very bright with him…" greeted Qui-Gon, "…I've never seen anything quite as bright."
Master Yoda nodded in agreement, "Strong with the Unifying Force, he is. Plagued by visions, which keep him awake."
"At such a young age?"
"Yes. A hard life, he may have. But bright, he still remains."
"What do you see in store for him?"
"Clouded, his future is. See clearly I cannot."
Qui-Gon frowned at this, finding it hard to imagine anything but a happy future for the small child. As he was thinking, Master Yoda continued, "Know only this, I do. Your future, tied in with his, it is."
Qui-Gon shrugged, "Who knows, maybe when Xanatos becomes a knight, I'll take on another padawan learner…but by that time, he'll probably have been chosen."
"The future, always in motion it is. Be sure of nothing, you should. Meet again, you and Kenobi will. Remember this night, you must."
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Almost 10 years later, Qui-Gon found himself smiling at the memory as he and his new padawan headed back to Coruscant from Bandomeer.
"Master?"
He twisted around to face Obi-Wan and raised an eyebrow as a silent signal for the teen to continue. Obi-Wan twisted his fingers into his robe for few minutes before blurting out a question, "Did you only take me on as a padawan learner because of the bomb incident?"
Qui-Gon frowned at the memory, but shook his head nonetheless, "No. Whilst I admire your determination and your willingness to sacrifice your life in order to save others that was not why I chose you. You may not remember this little one, but we met a long time ago…."
"We have?"
"Hmmm, yes. You were only a small boy then…but I suspect that's when a bond first formed between us."
"B-but then why didn't you do anything earlier? If we had this bond?"
"Stubbornness, little one. I was too stubborn to accept what the Force was telling me."
"And now?"
Qui-Gon smiled gently at his student, "Now, I accept that I was wrong. And I am going to devote myself to teaching you and getting you to knighthood…not matter what."
