A/N: I just want to tell you that this story will mainly focus on Obi-
wan and Kali. Most of you know what happens between Ani and Padme so
you don't need me rehashing the movie. I hope you like this. I wrote
most of this on Christmas day after watching the film (my Grandmother
bought it for me for Christmas) Thanks for the many reviews. I'm glad
so many people enjoy this story.
Chapter Five: Departures
Yoda sat meditating in a special room set aside for the council. The lights were turned down and the light sound of rain hit the small window that allowed some light in. The walls and floor were hues of blues and purples, intending to make a calm, serene feeling. The seats were round and low to the floor and were also calm colors of blue.
The old wizened troll sighed and opened his eyes. Even the colors of the room could not placate his dreadful thoughts. Dream-like visions had been coming to him. Visions of death of many Jedi, visions of pain and blood, visions of a dark figure slashing though people like they were air. Even worse was the vision of a man in a dark robe that laughed an evil laugh that froze the Jedi master to the bone.
There was only one vision that was not sown with the dark side, and that was one of four children.three girls and one boy. The young boy reminded the old master of a young Anakin, only slightly different. One of the girls had brown hair and seemed connected in a way to the blonde boy. She had a power inside her that wasn't pure Jedi, some of it was pure will. The other brown haired girl did not seem to have much of a connection to the previous two. Yoda sensed a strong will and a strong Jedi power inside her as well. It was her eyes that were over powering. They were a bluish green and seemed to radiate the power hidden within. Her sister, or so Yoda had assumed, had red hair and green eyes, but was equally powerful as the other three. Those four together would be a force to be reckoned with. They gave Yoda hope for the future, but still he remembered the chilling visions as well.
Master Mace Windu sat thinking in front of the four Jedi. In his opinion this crisis with the Chancellor was getting worse as time went by. Now Senator Amidala was involved. He was waiting for Master Yoda to speck.
"Bad this is." Master Yoda commented. "Send Senator Amidala off planet we must." Mace nodded in agreement.
"She must go secretly to Naboo, with Jedi Guards. Anakin and Qui-gon, you shall go with her."
"But who will track the bounty hunter that tried to kill her?" Anakin exclaimed. Yoda chuckled.
"Young padawan, miss the other two, you are. Find the assassin Obi- wan and Kali shall." The young man relaxed. Mace frowned. The boy had an unnatural attachment to the senator for a Jedi. It was more then concern for a public figure. From the look he got from his old friend, Qui-gon also knew about this attachment and felt at ease about it. Mace wondered if that was such a good idea.
Owen Lars sat on the ground outside the farm looking towards the double sunset. Shmi had been gone for about three days by now and it was starting to look hopeless that they would find her at all, let alone find her alive. Beru walked up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder. It had been a hard couple of days for them all. Chriggs was inside, unable to walk with his amputated leg. Owen had made a hover chair for his father to use when he had healed enough to use it.
"We will see her again, Owen. You must always have hope that things will turn out for the better."
"Your right, but why is it so hard to believe that. Sometimes I wished her son were here, the Jedi. He would know what to do. So.so would my brother. Though I hate to admit it, sometimes I miss him. He was only a baby when they took him, so he most likely will have no memory of me, but sometimes I wish I could see him again. Just to see what he turned out to be."
"Maybe you will someday. Remember Shmi said Anakin told her he would come back someday? Well, maybe your brother will too."
"My brother must already be a knight, if he's not a AgriCorps farmer or dead already. He would be 35 now I think. Most Jedi are knights by the time they reach their thirties."
"Who knows, Owen. We don't that's for sure. But we must always have hope or we never will survive." She sat behind him and leaned her head on his shoulder and the two watched the remaining sunset in silence. **
"I don't like the idea of running away." Padmé stated as she returned from handing her duties over to Jar Jar. "Especially so close to the arms vote." She quickly walked to her closet and took out some of her favorite outfits.
"I know." Anakin replied. Padmé decided not to tell him ho uncomfortable it made her to have him near. He was definitely attractive and she liked him a lot. All the reasons that may cause her to lose all reason and just walk up and kiss him passionately. Of course she would not do that.
"Are you going to be ready soon?" Qui-gon asked as he walked into the room. " The earliest transport leaves in two hours."
"I shall be ready, Master Qui-gon." Padmé replied as the Jedi master pulled Anakin away. Anakin looked back at her with such a look that made her blush. She hoped he hadn't heard her thoughts a moment ago. And to think Kali had to go though this all the time.
Padmé was indeed ready when the transport was to lift off. Obi-wan and Kali had ridden the air taxi with the three to the station to say good-bye. The three men stood off to the side talking with the Captain while Kali, Dormé and Padmé said their goodbyes.
"I'll miss you Milady." Dormé said as she held Padmé tight.
"I'll miss you too, Dormé. I wish this didn't happen. You will have to represent me in the senate, Dormé. Help Jar-Jar as much as possible."
"I will." She said. The two hugged once more before Dormé left to go to a senate meeting. Padmé and Kali then said their goodbyes. Kali was made to promise that she would update Padmé on the findings. Soon Anakin, Padmé and Qui-gon left Kali and Obi-wan standing waving to their friends. To the average person, it seemed as if a family was departing.
**
Obi-wan walked into the dinner. He looked around and spotted Derk in the backroom kitchen. He smiled as the robot came around and asked what he needed. Once the robot had called to Dex, the large alien turned his head towards the front and smiled largely as he saw his old friend.
"Obi-wan!" He said. "Please, take a seat. I'll be right there." Obi-wan smiled and took a seat in a near by booth. True to his word, Dex arrived in a few seconds and squeezed into the opposite seat.
"So where's Kal?" Dex asked. He was one of the few who knew what the two felt for each other. He knew mostly from the way the two acted around each other. Besides, he was quite fond of the young Jedi girl and always saved her a piece of his chocolate pie, which she loved.
"She's at the library, researching."
"Well, how can I help you Obi." Obi-wan rolled his eyes at the nickname Qui-gon and Kali gave him.
"I need you to tell me about this?" Obi-wan brought out a dart and showed it to the alien.
"Oh.." The alien studied the dart for a few seconds. "It's from Kamino. Haven't seen one of these since I hunted in the highlands. It is instant death. Saw someone kill something with that. Very painless since it is so quick."
"Kamino?"
"Yes. Those Cloners made it.
***
Kali stared into the computer monitor. She could find nothing resembling the dart that had killed the bounty hunter. She wondered if Dex would know anything about it. She switched to her other search. This search was more fruitful.
The separatists group was run by a man by the name of Count Dooku, a former Jedi and Qui-gon's master. Kali didn't really trust the man, Jedi or not. He seemed to radiate Sith tendencies to her and that scared her.
"Padawan Jinn, the library is closing now." came the librarian's robot.
"Thank you TC-9." she said before turning her terminal off. She walked out into the hallway and walked towards the apartment she shared with Obi-wan. Suddenly out of nowhere a masked man attacked her. She lit her light saber and sliced the gun aimed at her.
"Kali!" came a call. Mace Windu had been patrolling the hallways when he had seen the attack. He rushed to her side, calling other Jedi Knights. They immobilized the man and took him to Yoda for questioning while Mace questioned Kali.
"Why did that man attack you?"
"I have no idea. I was just walking back to my room from the library when he attacked."
"Has this happened to you before?"
"Well, twice, maybe three times."
"Padawan Jinn, from now on I want you only to leave your quarters if a Jedi Knight is with you. It appears that someone is after you and I would prefer you alive." The older Jedi smiled reassuringly, although it was not convincing.
Kali nodded and walked towards the temple and her rooms. Why would anyone want to kill her?
****
Kaleli was fuming when Jango Fett entered her private chambers for their scheduled meeting.
"You failed, bounty hunter, to kill her or the Senator, so therefore I shall not pay the amount I promised until you do!"
"I tried sending one of my best men to kill her but she was too fast. I could try the worms I used on Senator Amidala. That should end this."
"Sometimes, you really are an idiot. SHE IS A JEDI. She will sense the worms before they killed her. If she fails to, Obi-wan will and frankly I want to get those two APART not together. She has already been grounded to her apartment unless she is accompanied by another Jedi, most likely Obi-wan."
"Is there any methods you would suggest milady?" Jango Fett asked the sith princess.
"There is one method that is not sensed by Jedi senses almost till it to late. Serine Poison."
"But that is highly expensive and highly rare."
"I know. I shall pay for it, you just have to find a way of administering it. She should be here for the dinner my Father is having for the Jedi. I shall after her a special drink, and knowing her she'll accept to be polite and I shall tell the servant near me to get the waiter by your name and you shall come with the drink and poison her."
"Sounds like a plan, milady. I shall see you tomorrow for the money."
****
Obi-wan arrived home late in the evening after talking with Yoda. The master had wanted to talk with him a bit before he left. Apparently Yoda knew about how Anakin felt for Padme and warned him about it. He also said that while love was not forbidden, it was after a point and Anakin's obsession with Padme was beginning to bridge on that.
Having not eaten anything at Dex's he was hungry. He found Kali in the kitchen warming up the take out meal she had gotten for them. She had already eaten her salad, but she had gotten him a bantha steak sandwich, which was his favorite tattooinian dish. She however did not know he was back yet so he sneaked up behind her and wrapped his arms around, pulling her so close she couldn't turn around and know it was him behind her.
"Guess who?" he asked into her hair, to mask his normal voice. She just smiled. She knew whom it was but decided to play a game.
"Anakin?" She felt him shake his head no on her head. "Umm...Master Sherak?" Another shake, this time more stressed. Of course by this time she was really smiling. She knew the rumors about her and Anakin, but she had only recently found out that Micas Sherak, a Correllian Jedi, liked her. She also knew how much Obi-wan disliked the other Jedi. It had something to do with when the two were both padawans themselves. "Master Windu?"
"No." He said into her hair again, starting to realize what she was doing.
"Is it Obi-wan?" She said.
"Yep." He said and turned her around to give her a hug, but she decided she had other plans and pulled him into a kiss. He was shocked at first and thought he should push her away. But then the fact that he had wanted to kiss her took over and he kissed her back. After a minute or two of kissing, although it only seemed like a second to him, Kali stepped away.
"Welcome home." He just smiled and was about to pull her back to him when the timer on the microwave went off, taking their attention off themselves and to the food she had placed in the heating device. She brought the meal out and the two sat down at the counter dividing the kitchen from the working area and living room.
"Did you find anything out about the dart?" She asked sipping on a mug of hot chocolate she had made herself. She had also made Obi-wan some tea and that sat with his meal across from her.
"Not much. The analysis droids had no idea what it was so I went to Dex. He says that it appears to be a dart from the cloning planet of Kamino."
"Really?"
"Yes. The problem is that when I looked it up on the Achieve maps in the Jedi Library, it did not exist there. Yoda seems to think someone erased it."
"Most likely. I never really liked the Librarian. She is good at finding information but when it comes to her library she is too self- confidant. I tried to tell her last year she should code in some defense programs that scan the achieves for points of when anyone used them so she could make sure nothing happened to them."
"Well, Yoda has asked me to go to Kamino and see what exactly is going on there."
"You mean we." Obi-wan smiled.
"Of course. Although from what I hear from Master Windu, you are having more attacks." Now his face was solemn. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"Oh, for goodness sake! You sound like Master Windu. No one is after me. What you worry-warts should really be doing is think of more security for Kaleli Palpatine. She must be the one they are after."
"People do come after Jedi you know."
"Yes, But I severely doubt they would waste their time on a padawan who has nothing special about her and has a lot of overprotective friends. I don't even want to know what Ani and Dad would do if they knew."
"May I ask what is going on between you and Anakin?" Obi-wan said in an off manner, although he was very interested in what she said.
"Nothing besides what we have had between us from the start. We are only friends. I guess the rumor mill has started up again that we are getting together." She rolled her eyes. "The only thing more ridiculous is the rumor I am getting together with Sherak." She shuddered. Obi-wan smiled though he tried to hide it.
"And who would be someone you could see yourself with." Kali mumbled something. "What."
"You." She said so low but covered up by saying Mick Martin, another Naboo padawan. But Obi-wan had already heard what she had said.
"Why me?" Her eyes got big.
"You heard that?"
"Yes."
"I think your cute, that's all." She lied. She had been in love with him since she knew what love was, which was a very long time. Possibly from the day she met him.
"Well." He said, walking around the counter, deciding to do something he normally wouldn't do. "I like you to." He whispered into her ear and proceeded to kiss her the way he thought she should have been kissed. She of course responded to it and wrapped her hands around his neck. He moved them to the couch where they continued until the com unit rang. They very reluctantly let go of each other and Obi-wan left to answer it while Kali sat on the couch still in shock. "Hello?"
"Hi Obi!" It was Anakin, on Naboo.
"Hi Ani."
"Any updates?" He asked.
"No, we haven't conformed the origins of the dart yet." the com unit was inside Obi-wan's bedroom so Kali had no idea what was being said, although at the moment she was too busy reliving what had just happened.
"Didn't the Driods identify it?"
"No, they couldn't find a match." Anakin swore. He then decided to change the subject.
"Padme wants to know how Kali is."
"Good."
"Thats all?"
"She's fine." Obi-wan was trying not to let too much into the conversation, but Anakin could pick up that even if he was only on another planet. He started to smile really big.
"So you finally kissed her." Obi-wan just stared at Anakin, making him smile even more. "You did, didn't you? Hey Padme, Obi-wan and Kali finally got together!" He told someone off the holo-screen and Obi could barely hear a voice say 'about time' Anakin turned back to Obi- wan.
"All right, I finally got to telling her I liked her and then I kissed her." He knew full well Anakin was going to ask for details.
"Just that you like her? I know full well you're in love with her, just tell her. She wouldn't mind. Personally, I think she's in love with you too." Again, Obi-wan heard a voice in the background. "Padme wants to talk to Kali, ok? I guess she wants to talk girl stuff because she has said she wanted to talk to her alone and has kicked Qui-gon out already."
"Alright I'll get her." Obi walked out of the room. "Kal, Padme wants to talk to you." Kali nodded and stood up. She walked past Obi-wan, but he still managed to pull her into another kiss, although incredibly shorter then the others. She walked in and shut the door. He walked to the couch and laid down on it. He ended up falling asleep soon after since he was so tired.
**
"So what did you get out of Kali last night?" Anakin asked as he took out the picnic items from the basket. They were out near a waterfall having a picnic in the tall grass.
"Well, apparently they kissed before, in the Jedi gardens. According to her it was more a friendly kiss then anything else. I guess that changed." She smiled. "They really belong together, Ani."
"They do, I agree. But this relationship is going so painfully slow! Do you know she told me she was going to marry Obi when we met. That was ten, almost eleven years ago. That's a slow relationship."
"He had to wait till she grew up. It is a lot more acceptable for an 35 year-old and a 20 year old to date, but not a 25 year old and a 10 year old. Plus I think sometimes the best relationships build on themselves and that's what's been happening these past years. They had to build yep to the point where they could love each other like they can now."
"Still it is going way too slow. If I were him, I would ask her to marry me now."
"Can Jedi get married?"
"Yes. I looked into it. There is a special ceremony that they do."
"That's nice."
***
Obi-wan and Mace Windu walked along the path to the hanger. Kali had gone ahead and checked a plane out and got it out on the platform, ready to take off. Mace had wanted to talk alone with Obi-wan.
"We need you to contact us with as much information as you can. We want the senator to be safe."
"I'm sure Anakin will make sure of that. He is in love with her." Mace nodded.
"Like you are with Kali?" Obi-wan stopped and looked at the older master.
"Does everyone know?" Mace laughed.
"No, although it is fairly obvious what you feel for her."
"Isn't it against the code to love someone?"
"Not exactly. Just you cannot allow that love to draw you to the dark side. The codes are to guide your life, not control it especially not how you love. No one can control falling in love with someone. There are many Jedi who have."
"Really."
"Yes. Many of the best fighting pairs have been lovers. Like your former master and Tai. You don't have to hide what you feel for Kali, Obi. You just have to make sure that the love you two share guides you in your Jedi practices and does not lead you to being a Sith or a Dark Jedi. Besides, Yoda approves of it, so who can fight that." Mace smiled at the younger man. "Now what you need to do is tell her how you feel truly and get this mission completed." Obi-wan smiled.
"Thank you." he said as they reached the plane. He got in and Mace watched as they took off. He wondered if they even knew how important their love for each other would be in the scheme of things. Yoda knew that and Mace could see it happing. Those two were made to be together.
Chapter Five: Departures
Yoda sat meditating in a special room set aside for the council. The lights were turned down and the light sound of rain hit the small window that allowed some light in. The walls and floor were hues of blues and purples, intending to make a calm, serene feeling. The seats were round and low to the floor and were also calm colors of blue.
The old wizened troll sighed and opened his eyes. Even the colors of the room could not placate his dreadful thoughts. Dream-like visions had been coming to him. Visions of death of many Jedi, visions of pain and blood, visions of a dark figure slashing though people like they were air. Even worse was the vision of a man in a dark robe that laughed an evil laugh that froze the Jedi master to the bone.
There was only one vision that was not sown with the dark side, and that was one of four children.three girls and one boy. The young boy reminded the old master of a young Anakin, only slightly different. One of the girls had brown hair and seemed connected in a way to the blonde boy. She had a power inside her that wasn't pure Jedi, some of it was pure will. The other brown haired girl did not seem to have much of a connection to the previous two. Yoda sensed a strong will and a strong Jedi power inside her as well. It was her eyes that were over powering. They were a bluish green and seemed to radiate the power hidden within. Her sister, or so Yoda had assumed, had red hair and green eyes, but was equally powerful as the other three. Those four together would be a force to be reckoned with. They gave Yoda hope for the future, but still he remembered the chilling visions as well.
Master Mace Windu sat thinking in front of the four Jedi. In his opinion this crisis with the Chancellor was getting worse as time went by. Now Senator Amidala was involved. He was waiting for Master Yoda to speck.
"Bad this is." Master Yoda commented. "Send Senator Amidala off planet we must." Mace nodded in agreement.
"She must go secretly to Naboo, with Jedi Guards. Anakin and Qui-gon, you shall go with her."
"But who will track the bounty hunter that tried to kill her?" Anakin exclaimed. Yoda chuckled.
"Young padawan, miss the other two, you are. Find the assassin Obi- wan and Kali shall." The young man relaxed. Mace frowned. The boy had an unnatural attachment to the senator for a Jedi. It was more then concern for a public figure. From the look he got from his old friend, Qui-gon also knew about this attachment and felt at ease about it. Mace wondered if that was such a good idea.
Owen Lars sat on the ground outside the farm looking towards the double sunset. Shmi had been gone for about three days by now and it was starting to look hopeless that they would find her at all, let alone find her alive. Beru walked up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder. It had been a hard couple of days for them all. Chriggs was inside, unable to walk with his amputated leg. Owen had made a hover chair for his father to use when he had healed enough to use it.
"We will see her again, Owen. You must always have hope that things will turn out for the better."
"Your right, but why is it so hard to believe that. Sometimes I wished her son were here, the Jedi. He would know what to do. So.so would my brother. Though I hate to admit it, sometimes I miss him. He was only a baby when they took him, so he most likely will have no memory of me, but sometimes I wish I could see him again. Just to see what he turned out to be."
"Maybe you will someday. Remember Shmi said Anakin told her he would come back someday? Well, maybe your brother will too."
"My brother must already be a knight, if he's not a AgriCorps farmer or dead already. He would be 35 now I think. Most Jedi are knights by the time they reach their thirties."
"Who knows, Owen. We don't that's for sure. But we must always have hope or we never will survive." She sat behind him and leaned her head on his shoulder and the two watched the remaining sunset in silence. **
"I don't like the idea of running away." Padmé stated as she returned from handing her duties over to Jar Jar. "Especially so close to the arms vote." She quickly walked to her closet and took out some of her favorite outfits.
"I know." Anakin replied. Padmé decided not to tell him ho uncomfortable it made her to have him near. He was definitely attractive and she liked him a lot. All the reasons that may cause her to lose all reason and just walk up and kiss him passionately. Of course she would not do that.
"Are you going to be ready soon?" Qui-gon asked as he walked into the room. " The earliest transport leaves in two hours."
"I shall be ready, Master Qui-gon." Padmé replied as the Jedi master pulled Anakin away. Anakin looked back at her with such a look that made her blush. She hoped he hadn't heard her thoughts a moment ago. And to think Kali had to go though this all the time.
Padmé was indeed ready when the transport was to lift off. Obi-wan and Kali had ridden the air taxi with the three to the station to say good-bye. The three men stood off to the side talking with the Captain while Kali, Dormé and Padmé said their goodbyes.
"I'll miss you Milady." Dormé said as she held Padmé tight.
"I'll miss you too, Dormé. I wish this didn't happen. You will have to represent me in the senate, Dormé. Help Jar-Jar as much as possible."
"I will." She said. The two hugged once more before Dormé left to go to a senate meeting. Padmé and Kali then said their goodbyes. Kali was made to promise that she would update Padmé on the findings. Soon Anakin, Padmé and Qui-gon left Kali and Obi-wan standing waving to their friends. To the average person, it seemed as if a family was departing.
**
Obi-wan walked into the dinner. He looked around and spotted Derk in the backroom kitchen. He smiled as the robot came around and asked what he needed. Once the robot had called to Dex, the large alien turned his head towards the front and smiled largely as he saw his old friend.
"Obi-wan!" He said. "Please, take a seat. I'll be right there." Obi-wan smiled and took a seat in a near by booth. True to his word, Dex arrived in a few seconds and squeezed into the opposite seat.
"So where's Kal?" Dex asked. He was one of the few who knew what the two felt for each other. He knew mostly from the way the two acted around each other. Besides, he was quite fond of the young Jedi girl and always saved her a piece of his chocolate pie, which she loved.
"She's at the library, researching."
"Well, how can I help you Obi." Obi-wan rolled his eyes at the nickname Qui-gon and Kali gave him.
"I need you to tell me about this?" Obi-wan brought out a dart and showed it to the alien.
"Oh.." The alien studied the dart for a few seconds. "It's from Kamino. Haven't seen one of these since I hunted in the highlands. It is instant death. Saw someone kill something with that. Very painless since it is so quick."
"Kamino?"
"Yes. Those Cloners made it.
***
Kali stared into the computer monitor. She could find nothing resembling the dart that had killed the bounty hunter. She wondered if Dex would know anything about it. She switched to her other search. This search was more fruitful.
The separatists group was run by a man by the name of Count Dooku, a former Jedi and Qui-gon's master. Kali didn't really trust the man, Jedi or not. He seemed to radiate Sith tendencies to her and that scared her.
"Padawan Jinn, the library is closing now." came the librarian's robot.
"Thank you TC-9." she said before turning her terminal off. She walked out into the hallway and walked towards the apartment she shared with Obi-wan. Suddenly out of nowhere a masked man attacked her. She lit her light saber and sliced the gun aimed at her.
"Kali!" came a call. Mace Windu had been patrolling the hallways when he had seen the attack. He rushed to her side, calling other Jedi Knights. They immobilized the man and took him to Yoda for questioning while Mace questioned Kali.
"Why did that man attack you?"
"I have no idea. I was just walking back to my room from the library when he attacked."
"Has this happened to you before?"
"Well, twice, maybe three times."
"Padawan Jinn, from now on I want you only to leave your quarters if a Jedi Knight is with you. It appears that someone is after you and I would prefer you alive." The older Jedi smiled reassuringly, although it was not convincing.
Kali nodded and walked towards the temple and her rooms. Why would anyone want to kill her?
****
Kaleli was fuming when Jango Fett entered her private chambers for their scheduled meeting.
"You failed, bounty hunter, to kill her or the Senator, so therefore I shall not pay the amount I promised until you do!"
"I tried sending one of my best men to kill her but she was too fast. I could try the worms I used on Senator Amidala. That should end this."
"Sometimes, you really are an idiot. SHE IS A JEDI. She will sense the worms before they killed her. If she fails to, Obi-wan will and frankly I want to get those two APART not together. She has already been grounded to her apartment unless she is accompanied by another Jedi, most likely Obi-wan."
"Is there any methods you would suggest milady?" Jango Fett asked the sith princess.
"There is one method that is not sensed by Jedi senses almost till it to late. Serine Poison."
"But that is highly expensive and highly rare."
"I know. I shall pay for it, you just have to find a way of administering it. She should be here for the dinner my Father is having for the Jedi. I shall after her a special drink, and knowing her she'll accept to be polite and I shall tell the servant near me to get the waiter by your name and you shall come with the drink and poison her."
"Sounds like a plan, milady. I shall see you tomorrow for the money."
****
Obi-wan arrived home late in the evening after talking with Yoda. The master had wanted to talk with him a bit before he left. Apparently Yoda knew about how Anakin felt for Padme and warned him about it. He also said that while love was not forbidden, it was after a point and Anakin's obsession with Padme was beginning to bridge on that.
Having not eaten anything at Dex's he was hungry. He found Kali in the kitchen warming up the take out meal she had gotten for them. She had already eaten her salad, but she had gotten him a bantha steak sandwich, which was his favorite tattooinian dish. She however did not know he was back yet so he sneaked up behind her and wrapped his arms around, pulling her so close she couldn't turn around and know it was him behind her.
"Guess who?" he asked into her hair, to mask his normal voice. She just smiled. She knew whom it was but decided to play a game.
"Anakin?" She felt him shake his head no on her head. "Umm...Master Sherak?" Another shake, this time more stressed. Of course by this time she was really smiling. She knew the rumors about her and Anakin, but she had only recently found out that Micas Sherak, a Correllian Jedi, liked her. She also knew how much Obi-wan disliked the other Jedi. It had something to do with when the two were both padawans themselves. "Master Windu?"
"No." He said into her hair again, starting to realize what she was doing.
"Is it Obi-wan?" She said.
"Yep." He said and turned her around to give her a hug, but she decided she had other plans and pulled him into a kiss. He was shocked at first and thought he should push her away. But then the fact that he had wanted to kiss her took over and he kissed her back. After a minute or two of kissing, although it only seemed like a second to him, Kali stepped away.
"Welcome home." He just smiled and was about to pull her back to him when the timer on the microwave went off, taking their attention off themselves and to the food she had placed in the heating device. She brought the meal out and the two sat down at the counter dividing the kitchen from the working area and living room.
"Did you find anything out about the dart?" She asked sipping on a mug of hot chocolate she had made herself. She had also made Obi-wan some tea and that sat with his meal across from her.
"Not much. The analysis droids had no idea what it was so I went to Dex. He says that it appears to be a dart from the cloning planet of Kamino."
"Really?"
"Yes. The problem is that when I looked it up on the Achieve maps in the Jedi Library, it did not exist there. Yoda seems to think someone erased it."
"Most likely. I never really liked the Librarian. She is good at finding information but when it comes to her library she is too self- confidant. I tried to tell her last year she should code in some defense programs that scan the achieves for points of when anyone used them so she could make sure nothing happened to them."
"Well, Yoda has asked me to go to Kamino and see what exactly is going on there."
"You mean we." Obi-wan smiled.
"Of course. Although from what I hear from Master Windu, you are having more attacks." Now his face was solemn. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"Oh, for goodness sake! You sound like Master Windu. No one is after me. What you worry-warts should really be doing is think of more security for Kaleli Palpatine. She must be the one they are after."
"People do come after Jedi you know."
"Yes, But I severely doubt they would waste their time on a padawan who has nothing special about her and has a lot of overprotective friends. I don't even want to know what Ani and Dad would do if they knew."
"May I ask what is going on between you and Anakin?" Obi-wan said in an off manner, although he was very interested in what she said.
"Nothing besides what we have had between us from the start. We are only friends. I guess the rumor mill has started up again that we are getting together." She rolled her eyes. "The only thing more ridiculous is the rumor I am getting together with Sherak." She shuddered. Obi-wan smiled though he tried to hide it.
"And who would be someone you could see yourself with." Kali mumbled something. "What."
"You." She said so low but covered up by saying Mick Martin, another Naboo padawan. But Obi-wan had already heard what she had said.
"Why me?" Her eyes got big.
"You heard that?"
"Yes."
"I think your cute, that's all." She lied. She had been in love with him since she knew what love was, which was a very long time. Possibly from the day she met him.
"Well." He said, walking around the counter, deciding to do something he normally wouldn't do. "I like you to." He whispered into her ear and proceeded to kiss her the way he thought she should have been kissed. She of course responded to it and wrapped her hands around his neck. He moved them to the couch where they continued until the com unit rang. They very reluctantly let go of each other and Obi-wan left to answer it while Kali sat on the couch still in shock. "Hello?"
"Hi Obi!" It was Anakin, on Naboo.
"Hi Ani."
"Any updates?" He asked.
"No, we haven't conformed the origins of the dart yet." the com unit was inside Obi-wan's bedroom so Kali had no idea what was being said, although at the moment she was too busy reliving what had just happened.
"Didn't the Driods identify it?"
"No, they couldn't find a match." Anakin swore. He then decided to change the subject.
"Padme wants to know how Kali is."
"Good."
"Thats all?"
"She's fine." Obi-wan was trying not to let too much into the conversation, but Anakin could pick up that even if he was only on another planet. He started to smile really big.
"So you finally kissed her." Obi-wan just stared at Anakin, making him smile even more. "You did, didn't you? Hey Padme, Obi-wan and Kali finally got together!" He told someone off the holo-screen and Obi could barely hear a voice say 'about time' Anakin turned back to Obi- wan.
"All right, I finally got to telling her I liked her and then I kissed her." He knew full well Anakin was going to ask for details.
"Just that you like her? I know full well you're in love with her, just tell her. She wouldn't mind. Personally, I think she's in love with you too." Again, Obi-wan heard a voice in the background. "Padme wants to talk to Kali, ok? I guess she wants to talk girl stuff because she has said she wanted to talk to her alone and has kicked Qui-gon out already."
"Alright I'll get her." Obi walked out of the room. "Kal, Padme wants to talk to you." Kali nodded and stood up. She walked past Obi-wan, but he still managed to pull her into another kiss, although incredibly shorter then the others. She walked in and shut the door. He walked to the couch and laid down on it. He ended up falling asleep soon after since he was so tired.
**
"So what did you get out of Kali last night?" Anakin asked as he took out the picnic items from the basket. They were out near a waterfall having a picnic in the tall grass.
"Well, apparently they kissed before, in the Jedi gardens. According to her it was more a friendly kiss then anything else. I guess that changed." She smiled. "They really belong together, Ani."
"They do, I agree. But this relationship is going so painfully slow! Do you know she told me she was going to marry Obi when we met. That was ten, almost eleven years ago. That's a slow relationship."
"He had to wait till she grew up. It is a lot more acceptable for an 35 year-old and a 20 year old to date, but not a 25 year old and a 10 year old. Plus I think sometimes the best relationships build on themselves and that's what's been happening these past years. They had to build yep to the point where they could love each other like they can now."
"Still it is going way too slow. If I were him, I would ask her to marry me now."
"Can Jedi get married?"
"Yes. I looked into it. There is a special ceremony that they do."
"That's nice."
***
Obi-wan and Mace Windu walked along the path to the hanger. Kali had gone ahead and checked a plane out and got it out on the platform, ready to take off. Mace had wanted to talk alone with Obi-wan.
"We need you to contact us with as much information as you can. We want the senator to be safe."
"I'm sure Anakin will make sure of that. He is in love with her." Mace nodded.
"Like you are with Kali?" Obi-wan stopped and looked at the older master.
"Does everyone know?" Mace laughed.
"No, although it is fairly obvious what you feel for her."
"Isn't it against the code to love someone?"
"Not exactly. Just you cannot allow that love to draw you to the dark side. The codes are to guide your life, not control it especially not how you love. No one can control falling in love with someone. There are many Jedi who have."
"Really."
"Yes. Many of the best fighting pairs have been lovers. Like your former master and Tai. You don't have to hide what you feel for Kali, Obi. You just have to make sure that the love you two share guides you in your Jedi practices and does not lead you to being a Sith or a Dark Jedi. Besides, Yoda approves of it, so who can fight that." Mace smiled at the younger man. "Now what you need to do is tell her how you feel truly and get this mission completed." Obi-wan smiled.
"Thank you." he said as they reached the plane. He got in and Mace watched as they took off. He wondered if they even knew how important their love for each other would be in the scheme of things. Yoda knew that and Mace could see it happing. Those two were made to be together.