Jinn left Yoda to find Xanatos. He wanted to put forward to the young knight, the plan Yoda had just gone over with him.
When he told Xani of the plan, he at first became irate and indignant that the council was trying to set him up, as he put it.
"Qui-Gon I am not doing this. I wanted to be a Knight two years ago but now… If the council is to choose my padawan then…"
"No! You do not have to keep Kenobi, if you choose too then that is fine. They want to know how you will handle a mission and a make-believe padawan in tow. I am sure they think you will fail, but you won't. I will see to it."
Xanatos looked at Jinn with hatred in his eyes, but the master did not or refused to see the look of disgust that Xani had for his former master. He did not need his master for anything now. Very soon, he thought, he would be more powerful than the Great Qui-Gon Jinn; but in a different scheme of life; his life, the one he had plotted with his "garden friend" to follow.
//Once I have reached my goals, he will see who needs help!! //
"I don't want this."
"You have no choice. I accepted it for us."
"Do you have that right master? I mean I "am" an adult. Should not I have had some say in my own future?"
"An adult with no rights in the Jedi realm until this probation is lifted. Now ready your things we will be leaving in the morning. I thought we both wanted the same thing for your future, for you to be a Jedi knight."
Jinn left an angered Xanatos. That anger already turned to the little boy who would be in his care.
/This is his fault. Master Yoda wants Jinn to take him so badly he willing to set me free. Thinks time spent together will convince Jinn to take Kenobi, the little idiot, as his apprentice. I will show him. Knighthood is not even on my agenda any longer. I have far bigger and better things to occupy myself with now.//
Yoda met Master Jinn and Xanatos in their respective apartments. The three then proceeded to the Initiate quarters.
Kenobi and Chun had become aware of the fact that the only master that had not chosen a padawan was Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Chun was still very confident about being chosen. He was even more confident about being chosen now because Jinn would have to choose between Obi-Wan and himself.
//The "small fry" doesn't have a chance. Now that my only competition is that scrawny little brat.//
Bruck Chun sat on his bed, basking in his obvious success at becoming Master Jinn's apprentice. He did not know then how wrong he was.
He glanced up from where he was sitting to see the entourage of the two masters and one knight enter the initiate's quarters, Bruck wrongly assumed it was to announce that he would be chosen by Jinn to be his apprentice, while Obi-wan would have to start packing for Bandomeer.
A smile of success spread over Chun's face only to be replaced by a look of atonishment as he listened to Master Yoda's plan for them.
When Master Yoda explained to the two boys what was to happen and that they would be going on their first mission with their master hopefuls, Bruck could not contain his excitement especially when he found out he would be paired with Master Jinn.
//Now he can see my true worth. Knight Xanatos has a way of making Obi-Wan look like an inept fool. On this mission he will probably be more successful at showing Master Jinn how unworthy Kenobi is. In the end I will officially be chosen as Master Qui-Gon Jinn's apprentice.//
Kenobi on the other hand seemed to slink back into the shadows, trying to grasp what Master Yoda was telling them.
//Xanatos, I don't want to be paired with Knight Xanatos. I am not even sure any longer I would even want to be the apprentice to Master Jinn. The stories of him are not ture. He is just like his former padawan. Maybe he is worse. I am not sure I want to be a knight, if this is the road I have to take to become one.//
The little boy sucked up his fear and tried to release it into the force. The only place it went was to Master Jinn's very core of existence.
//There it is again. The boy is emitting waves of unwarranted fear. What does he have to fear. If it is some misplaced, misguided fear of Xani, he should know that with me on the mission, I would allow no harm of any kind to come to him.//.
In that instance Jinn was struck with the stark realization that Obi-Wan did not only fear Knight Xanatos, the initiate feared Master Jinn as well.
//The child clearly does not trust me to protect him.//
After everything had been settled and most everyone in the temple had returned to their quarters for the night. Knight Xanatos Crion ventured out to the gardens.
That night in the same gardens as before Knight Xanatos met with the stranger who still hid in the shadows.
If someone had been out there they would have heard a low rumbling of laughter.
"This is perfect I tell you. I don't care if you like it, do it. Jinn will end of with the Chun child as his padawan and you will have destroyed anything in the Kenobi that would make him think he could be an apprentice. Yes after this mission he will indeed be on his way to Bandomeer."
"I do not know what you think is so funny. I have to spend at least two weeks with Jinn and that little brat. I won't do it. I don't care if I ever become a knight now. I have things outside this temple I have to do. The only reason I am still here is to tie up lose ends with Jinn and do away with this Kenobi for you!!"
A black robed arm reached out through the darkened shadows and grabbed Xanatos.
"I will not tell you this again. We are going to do things my way and right now. I think Master Yoda may have hurried our goals. Now do it. Go where it is you are told. Just see to it, that Kenobi is or looks like more of a clumsy fool than he is appearing right now. Do not and I mean do not let Jinn see his worthiness, because it is there. It just has to be brought out and from what I can tell of your Master Jinn, he just might be able to help the boy. You are there to be very sure he doesn't. Understand?"
The shadowed figure released his grip on Xanatos, who had been fighting for his very breath.
"Very well I will do it. Nothing better go wrong on this trip. Like I said before Yoda is trying to trap me to show Jinn what kind of person I am. I will have to be very careful to do what you ask and still not let Jinn know I am doing."
"I am sure young Knight Xanatos that you are very resourceful. Think of something."
With a blink of an eye, the figure in the dark exited the gardens without a sound, leaving Xanatos with his thoughts of how to break the Kenobi boy without Jinn realizing he was doing it.
//Maybe he is right. I will go along with the council and Jinn's little plan. This could be fun. I just have to be careful how I do it so Master Jinn does becomes wise to me trying to thwart Kenobi's attempt at apprenticeship. I don't have to worry about Kenobi telling anyone. It is his only chance at being chosen, even though he won't be, at least by me; but he will be on his best behavior. He wouldn't dare go to my former master on this mission with an accusation me mistreating or abusing him. Between my former master and me hounding the child, he'll barely be able get any words out of his mouth when his stuttering affliction overtakes him. Oh.. And I will be very sure that it returns. By the time he returns to the temple, he'll be lucky to be able to ever regain understandable speech.//
Knight Xanatos left the moonlit gardens laughing to himself. This was going to be more amusing than what he first anticipated; or so he thought…..
PEACE ewen
When he told Xani of the plan, he at first became irate and indignant that the council was trying to set him up, as he put it.
"Qui-Gon I am not doing this. I wanted to be a Knight two years ago but now… If the council is to choose my padawan then…"
"No! You do not have to keep Kenobi, if you choose too then that is fine. They want to know how you will handle a mission and a make-believe padawan in tow. I am sure they think you will fail, but you won't. I will see to it."
Xanatos looked at Jinn with hatred in his eyes, but the master did not or refused to see the look of disgust that Xani had for his former master. He did not need his master for anything now. Very soon, he thought, he would be more powerful than the Great Qui-Gon Jinn; but in a different scheme of life; his life, the one he had plotted with his "garden friend" to follow.
//Once I have reached my goals, he will see who needs help!! //
"I don't want this."
"You have no choice. I accepted it for us."
"Do you have that right master? I mean I "am" an adult. Should not I have had some say in my own future?"
"An adult with no rights in the Jedi realm until this probation is lifted. Now ready your things we will be leaving in the morning. I thought we both wanted the same thing for your future, for you to be a Jedi knight."
Jinn left an angered Xanatos. That anger already turned to the little boy who would be in his care.
/This is his fault. Master Yoda wants Jinn to take him so badly he willing to set me free. Thinks time spent together will convince Jinn to take Kenobi, the little idiot, as his apprentice. I will show him. Knighthood is not even on my agenda any longer. I have far bigger and better things to occupy myself with now.//
Yoda met Master Jinn and Xanatos in their respective apartments. The three then proceeded to the Initiate quarters.
Kenobi and Chun had become aware of the fact that the only master that had not chosen a padawan was Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Chun was still very confident about being chosen. He was even more confident about being chosen now because Jinn would have to choose between Obi-Wan and himself.
//The "small fry" doesn't have a chance. Now that my only competition is that scrawny little brat.//
Bruck Chun sat on his bed, basking in his obvious success at becoming Master Jinn's apprentice. He did not know then how wrong he was.
He glanced up from where he was sitting to see the entourage of the two masters and one knight enter the initiate's quarters, Bruck wrongly assumed it was to announce that he would be chosen by Jinn to be his apprentice, while Obi-wan would have to start packing for Bandomeer.
A smile of success spread over Chun's face only to be replaced by a look of atonishment as he listened to Master Yoda's plan for them.
When Master Yoda explained to the two boys what was to happen and that they would be going on their first mission with their master hopefuls, Bruck could not contain his excitement especially when he found out he would be paired with Master Jinn.
//Now he can see my true worth. Knight Xanatos has a way of making Obi-Wan look like an inept fool. On this mission he will probably be more successful at showing Master Jinn how unworthy Kenobi is. In the end I will officially be chosen as Master Qui-Gon Jinn's apprentice.//
Kenobi on the other hand seemed to slink back into the shadows, trying to grasp what Master Yoda was telling them.
//Xanatos, I don't want to be paired with Knight Xanatos. I am not even sure any longer I would even want to be the apprentice to Master Jinn. The stories of him are not ture. He is just like his former padawan. Maybe he is worse. I am not sure I want to be a knight, if this is the road I have to take to become one.//
The little boy sucked up his fear and tried to release it into the force. The only place it went was to Master Jinn's very core of existence.
//There it is again. The boy is emitting waves of unwarranted fear. What does he have to fear. If it is some misplaced, misguided fear of Xani, he should know that with me on the mission, I would allow no harm of any kind to come to him.//.
In that instance Jinn was struck with the stark realization that Obi-Wan did not only fear Knight Xanatos, the initiate feared Master Jinn as well.
//The child clearly does not trust me to protect him.//
After everything had been settled and most everyone in the temple had returned to their quarters for the night. Knight Xanatos Crion ventured out to the gardens.
That night in the same gardens as before Knight Xanatos met with the stranger who still hid in the shadows.
If someone had been out there they would have heard a low rumbling of laughter.
"This is perfect I tell you. I don't care if you like it, do it. Jinn will end of with the Chun child as his padawan and you will have destroyed anything in the Kenobi that would make him think he could be an apprentice. Yes after this mission he will indeed be on his way to Bandomeer."
"I do not know what you think is so funny. I have to spend at least two weeks with Jinn and that little brat. I won't do it. I don't care if I ever become a knight now. I have things outside this temple I have to do. The only reason I am still here is to tie up lose ends with Jinn and do away with this Kenobi for you!!"
A black robed arm reached out through the darkened shadows and grabbed Xanatos.
"I will not tell you this again. We are going to do things my way and right now. I think Master Yoda may have hurried our goals. Now do it. Go where it is you are told. Just see to it, that Kenobi is or looks like more of a clumsy fool than he is appearing right now. Do not and I mean do not let Jinn see his worthiness, because it is there. It just has to be brought out and from what I can tell of your Master Jinn, he just might be able to help the boy. You are there to be very sure he doesn't. Understand?"
The shadowed figure released his grip on Xanatos, who had been fighting for his very breath.
"Very well I will do it. Nothing better go wrong on this trip. Like I said before Yoda is trying to trap me to show Jinn what kind of person I am. I will have to be very careful to do what you ask and still not let Jinn know I am doing."
"I am sure young Knight Xanatos that you are very resourceful. Think of something."
With a blink of an eye, the figure in the dark exited the gardens without a sound, leaving Xanatos with his thoughts of how to break the Kenobi boy without Jinn realizing he was doing it.
//Maybe he is right. I will go along with the council and Jinn's little plan. This could be fun. I just have to be careful how I do it so Master Jinn does becomes wise to me trying to thwart Kenobi's attempt at apprenticeship. I don't have to worry about Kenobi telling anyone. It is his only chance at being chosen, even though he won't be, at least by me; but he will be on his best behavior. He wouldn't dare go to my former master on this mission with an accusation me mistreating or abusing him. Between my former master and me hounding the child, he'll barely be able get any words out of his mouth when his stuttering affliction overtakes him. Oh.. And I will be very sure that it returns. By the time he returns to the temple, he'll be lucky to be able to ever regain understandable speech.//
Knight Xanatos left the moonlit gardens laughing to himself. This was going to be more amusing than what he first anticipated; or so he thought…..
PEACE ewen