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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Obi-Wan smiled as he watched Luke and Leia walk away, arms wrapped around one another as they fell naturally into their sibling role.
"Over, it is…" sighed Master Yoda, smiling up at Obi-Wan, "…peace, we have."
Nodding, Obi-Wan felt his gaze fall onto his ex-padawan. The Sith who had caused him so grief over the last twenty years. Anakin was staring back at him, guilt written all over his face as tears brimmed in his eyes.
"Obi-Wan, I-I-"
Obi-Wan held up his hand as a silent signal for Anakin to remain quiet. Master Yoda remained quiet as the other two Jedi stared at each other.
Finally, Obi-Wan waved Anakin closer, before pulling his old padawan into a hug. "I forgive you…"he whispered into the young man's ear, "…I forgive you because I know that it was Darth Vader committing those atrocious acts, not the young pod-racer I taught and raised since he was ten."
At the beginning of the hug, Anakin froze up….but upon hearing that he was forgiven, he would have collapsed, were it not for Obi-Wan's arms around him. Slowly, he began to hug his old master back, tears of relief brimming in his eyes.
"Thank you…" he whispered, "…thank you Master."
Pulling away from the hug, Obi-Wan grinned at the younger Jedi. "You don't have to call me Master Anakin…you are no longer my student. Obi-Wan is fine."
Anakin nodded gratefully. His eyes then focused onto something behind Obi-Wan, causing him to beam in joy. "Obi-Wan…" he whispered gleefully, "…Obi-Wan it's-"
Before Anakin could finish, Obi-Wan span around….to see his old Master standing behind him, arms out-stretched as Obi-Wan found himself running towards the man.
"Master!" he cried out, as he slammed into Qui-Gon, instantly wrapping his arms around him.
Silently, the pair held tightly onto one another. They were given their peace by Master Yoda (who moved to watch the celebrations) and Anakin (who went to watch his children).
"I'm sorry…" whispered Obi-Wan, "….I'm so sorry."
Obi-Wan flinched slightly when he felt his old Master pull away from the hug, however, Qui-Gon gently encouraged Obi-Wan to raise his head. "Sorry for what little one?"
Fresh tears began to pour down Obi-Wan's cheeks at the sound of the once-forgotten voice. "I t-tried to teach him…I tried to be a good mentor but all I did was drive him towards the Dark Side."
"No…" Qui-Gon gently scolded, "…Anakin made the decision to join the Dark Side, and he also made the choice to kill Sidious and bring an end to the battle between the light and the dark. You have done nothing wrong Obi-Wan."
Clearly Obi-Wan didn't believe him, but Qui-Gon chose to ignore this…for the time being. Gently he placed an arm around his ex-padawan's shoulder and led him away from the celebrations. "I have someone I'd like you to see…" he began, "…I think this will cheer you up."
"I'll be happier with my old hair line."
"…You can change it you know. How do you think Anakin looks so young and not….crispy."
This made Obi-Wan chuckle as he closed his eyes. Within seconds, Qui-Gon could finally see traces of the young man he'd once called Padawan.
Obi-Wan sighed in relief as he rolled his shoulders, "That feels so much better…" he groaned, "…I finally feel like myself again."
Qui-Gon hummed in agreement, remaining silent as the pair continued to stride further into the wooded area. When he was sure they were alone, Qui-Gon stopped in his tracks and spun around to face Obi-Wan.
"I have a surprise for you little one…" he exclaimed, grinning as Obi-Wan rolled his eyes.
"If it's another rock-"
"No, no, no…" interrupted Qui-Gon, "…but you have to close your eyes alright?"
Groaning slightly under his breath, Obi-Wan obliged. He heard someone walk up behind up him….it wasn't Qui-Gon. His old master had a very soft step, but this was almost…military like.
"Okay little one, you can-"
Before Qui-Gon could even finish his sentence, Obi-Wan span around, his eyes wide in hope. Upon seeing who was behind him, he beamed in joy.
Cody didn't appeared to have aged a day, his scar still prominent by his left eye. The ex-clone commander was dressed in his traditional, resting clothing and seemed very nervous when Obi-Wan stepped closer.
"I-I'm sorry…" whispered the clone, "…I-I'm so sorry."
Obi-Wan shook his head, reaching out and pulling Cody into a hug. "No. You have no need to be sorry. You and all those other clones had no choice, you are not to blame for what happened!"
"I almost had you killed!"
"But I wasn't….your men could have killed me easily, but they didn't. You all had some control over your actions…however slight."
Cody nodded, clearly not believing the Jedi. Rather than continue the argument, he pulled Obi-Wan into a kiss…ignoring Qui-Gon's chuckle behind Obi-Wan.
When they pulled apart, Obi-Wan frowned, running his hands up and down Cody's arms. "H-how did you-"
"Die?"
Obi-Wan nodded as Cody shrugged. "I was in the first Deathstar…the one that your student blew up."
"What?!"
"I was glad to be honest. After Order 66, I felt like I had nothing to live for….I saw you, you know."
"Pardon?"
"On the Death Star, when you came to rescue the Princess…I saw you sneaking around."
"Why didn't you say anything….or do anything?"
"….I was scared. The last time we were together, I gave the order to kill you. I didn't how you would react…."
Obi-Wan thought to himself for a few moments, before shrugging. "I don't know how I would have reacted…it doesn't matter now anyway. You're here and you're the Cody I remember."
Cody pulled him into another hug, pressing his lips to Obi-Wan's forehead in relief. Still clutching onto the Jedi, Cody glanced at Qui-Gon and nodded his thanks.
Qui-Gon smiled and simply waved his hand in a 'don't worry about it' gesture. As he moved to leave the two alone, Obi-Wan twisted his head around to stare at his old Master. "H-how did you-"
Interrupting, Qui-Gon shook his head. "The Force helped this to happen, not me little on."
"B-but, you were the one who led me to Cody!"
"True….the Force led me to find him, so that I could lead him to you when the time was right. I kept an eye on you for a long time Obi-Wan, long after I was gone. The relationship between you and Cody was the one thing that made you truly happy after I was gone….so the chance to reunite you two was the right thing to do."
Obi-Wan grinned, releasing Cody so that he could hug his old Master. "Thank you…" he whispered, "…thank you."
The group stood in silence for a few moments as the victory celebration music echoed around them.
There was finally peace.
