A/N so sorry for the wait, I've been buisy, actually doing stuff. God, whatta concept, but now seeing as my doing stuff has left me broke... heh heh heh... love the J-Pop and manga! Must work to get more... muahahaha... yeah, and then my new story I posted up kinda sux, and I got my first flame... blah...

Ok, I promise to be nicer to Ani and Padmé. It'll be hard, but I guess I can do it!

Note to Kaminari- I did not 'nick' your Kamanari-ness, I only 'yoinked' it. Yes, there's a difference. Ask Mini-Bean for guidance.



"Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!" Bekah exclaimed, looking around the street. Qui-Gon had momentarily stopped in front of a cantina, and Bekah had never seen so many... interesting looking aliens. "That one looks nice! I wonder if he'll be my friend!" she said with a big grin and pointed at one particular alien, this on was named Sebulba.

"Bekah, no harassing the other species." Qui-Gon pointed out.

"I'll play nice!" Bekah protested.

"Bekah, please." Padmé said. Bekah scowled and followed Qui-Gon, her head down. This would have been perfectly fine, had that certain alien not get up, and walk right in front of Bekah, who in turn tripped over him.

"Talk about ironic!" Bekah growled. "Hey, sorry 'bout that man." Sebulba glared at her for a moment, and then was about to lunge, when little Anakin showed up. He said something in another language (Bekah now wished that she was in possession of a Babel Fish) and Sebulba looked somewhat insulted, then glared at Bekah.

"Next time, you ain't gonna be so lucky!" he said in Basic, and then waddled off.

"Don't pick a fight with him, he's the toughest guy out here." Anakin said.

"Hello again Anakin!" Padmé said happily. Anakin smiled at her. The two had a "moment."

Sand began to blow up around them. Cold tan grains swirled, making it difficult to see.

"You all better come to my place!" Anakin said and lead the way.




"So then, I was like 'Oh my god!' and she was like, 'No way!' and I was like, 'uh huh'!" Kae said.

"So all girls talk like that where you're from?" Obi-Wan asked. He had enough of Kae's girl talk, more importantly; he was tired of hearing her talk all together.

"No. Just the weird super-preps."

"Super-preps?" Obi-Wan asked, taking out a pad of paper. If he was going to be subjected to such torture, he could at least make a good entry on these, "Super-preps" as they were called.

"I don't like them. They think they're so cool, and they are so into themselves. They never pull their own weight, and they make fun of me." Kae said, a scowl on her face. "They think they know everything!" Obi-Wan gave her n look, this was a side of Kae he'd never send before; and wasn't quite sure he wanted to see.

"I know everything!" he said suddenly.

"Pardon?"

"I said that I know everything!"

"I heard that part. So, then if you're so smart, what is everything?" Kae asked.

"42."

"Pardon?"

"42."

"No, I got that bit. What's the big about knowing everything?"

"That's it. The answer to life the universe and everything! Its 42." Obi-Wan said, looking rather smug and proud of himself.

"If you weren't a Jedi, I wouldn't believe it. HEY! I WOULD HAVE NEEDED THAT FOR MY MATH FINAL!"



"Errm... Qui-Gon, I think we're missing someone..." Padmé pointed out. Anakin looked around, and then back to Padmé.

"No, I don't think we are." Qui-Gon said, "we started with..." he counted on his fingers for a moment, "we have 4, we started with 4. Perfect!"

"Alright then. Wow, do we seem a bit peppier than before?" Bekah asked.

"Yes, very." Anakin said.

"Odd." Qui-Gon said. "Well, I suppose we can wait out the storm at Ani's place, you don't mind if I call you Ani, do you?"

" 'course not!"

"Good. Then we can go back and steal the stuff we need from Watto's."

"Stealing? I don't know if Her Majesty would approve." Padmé commented.

"What Her Majesty doesn't know won't hurt her." Bekah said.

"Alright, then I don't' approve."

"What else is new?"

"I would help, but I have to pod race tomorrow!" Anakin said.

"Pod race?" Bekah said, suddenly perking up. "I like pod races."

"But my racer's broken. I can fix it! I have too! The Bonta Eve Pod Race if the most important!" Anakin explained.

"Yeah! The Hutt's 'll be there and everything!" Bekah added.

"And how would you know this?" Padmé asked.

"Educated guess?"



"What do you mean by this whole 42 thing?" Kae asked, now that the sandstorm was over, she had decided to play in the sand. She had tried to talk the Handmaidens into helping with a sand castle, but they didn't want to dry out their skin.

"I already told you, it just happens to be the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything."

"Erm, yes, yes you did say that. I just don't understand." Kae replied, rolling her eyes, expecting it to be wholly obvious that what he was saying went in one ear and out the other.

"Well, did you know that Aldeeran is actually a rather large computer?" Obi-Wan asked.

"No. If I did, would you be explaining it to me?"

"Point taken. Well, Aldeeran is actually a large comouter."

"Ya don't say."

"Pity though, the mice have got to be furious. Its going to be destroyed in about 50 years to build an intergalactic bypass. They're creating a wonderful ship to destroy it though, I believe its called the Death Star. Rather morose name though." Obi-Wan explained. Kae took a handful of sand in her fist and cocked an eyebrow.

"Pardon? Mice?"

"Hello!" another, rather dull and gloomy voice said.

"Henry? What are you doing back?" Obi-Wan asked, with just a hint of disappointment in his voice. He was hoping that Henry might get lost.

"I feel neglected. There I was, in the droid shop, and then everyone left and deserted me. THE HORROR. I thought I'd never see any of you again. Pity."

"How tragic..."




A/N Ok, so this isn't nearly as funny as the rest, actually, it rather sucks, but now that I have extra time on my hands, I'll be able to update sooner!