*I don't own Jaina, Kyp… you know the drill.

*You all (eh... most) asked for it, so here it is – a sequel to Reparation

*I'm trying to keep it from being too AU…

*Don't hate me too much!

*Oh, um… Wedge is a little more… not friendly as such, but cordial? towards Kyp than in the books… I guess… sorry. :P I noticed it when I wrote the last part…

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"Where is she?"

Wedge glanced up from his datapad at Kyp, a faintly annoyed expression on his face. "How did you get in my office, Durron?"

Kyp ignored the question and glared at him. "Where is she?" he repeated.

Wedge feigned innocence. "Where's who?"

Kyp glared at him again and opened his mouth to snap an angry retort, but sighed instead and fell into the chair in front of Wedge's desk. "Jaina," he said quietly.

"Ah. Lieutenant Solo has been granted an indefinite amount of leave by Colonel Darklighter to return to her family."

"But where?" Kyp asked, insistently.

Wedge spread his hands and shrugged. "That's classified. Can't tell you."

Kyp narrowed his eyes. "Back to Master Skywalker, right? Wherever he is."

"That's classified, can't tell you."

Kyp rolled his eyes and sat back. "What about the Solos?"

"That's-"

"Classified, got it. But I'm supposed to go and meet with Master Skywalker anyway, so I need to know where he is."

Wedge paused and looked thoughtful for a second. "I supposed I could comm Luke and ask him about you…"

Kyp's face cleared. "Great, that'd be great."

Wedge shrugged. "OK, will do."

There was an awkward pause, before Wedge grinned wryly. "Well, shoo shoo, then. I'll call him now."

Kyp stared at Wedge incredulously. "'Shoo shoo'?"

Wedge simply stared at Kyp pointedly and, muttering under his breath, he stood up and left, slamming the office door behind him. Wedge grinned to himself and turned to the transponder, keying in the code to the Errant Venture.

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Wedge glanced up at the door after ending the holo-call, and half-smiled to himself. Grabbing the data card out of his datapad, he stepped over to the door, hesitated, then pulled it open in one sudden movement.

Kyp half-stumbled, half-fell into the room, then quickly straightened himself out, brushing his clothes down.

"Luke says to give you this datacard with the co-ordinates to the Errant Venture and docking procedures for the ship."

Kyp accepted the card, turning it over in his hand, and then looked back up at Wedge. "The Errant Venture? Isn't that Booster Terrik's ship?"

"That's classified, can't tell you."

Kyp rolled his eyes. "Right. What else did Master Skywalker say?"

"Only that he'd be happy to talk to you." Wedge grinned suddenly. "I don't think he's seen the holo-reports yet."

Kyp stared at Wedge, horrified. "Ho- holo-reports?"

Wedge grinned again and waved Kyp away. "Go on, off to the Venture. I'll be glad to get rid of you and your Dozen."

As the door shut in front of him, Kyp continued to stare at it. "Holo-reports?!" he yelled at it.

His only answer was a soft chuckle.

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Jaina flipped the canopy of her X-wing open and stood up, pulling her helmet off. She studied the group of people surrounding her fighter for a moment, before jumping down to stand a few feet away from them.

Her mother was studying her with a frown, and her father had a strange expression on his face – confusion mixed with a little anger, which Jaina suspected was not directed at her. Not exactly, if the expressions on her brothers' and uncle's faces were anything to go by.

Jacen looked confused, but also happy to see her. Anakin and Luke shared the same amused expression, which scared Jaina more than her father's anger.

"Uh… hi, everyone." Jaina suddenly frowned and looked round again. "Where's Aunt Mara?"

"She's still in the med-bay," Luke told her, then added, "with your cousin."

Jaina's eyes widened. "I've got a cousin now? Oh – wow! Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl?"

Luke grinned. "A boy, and his name's Ben. You can go meet him in a minute, but…" He smiled wryly. "This lot want to welcome you first."

Jaina nodded and turned back to her family. Jacen stepped forward and hugged her quickly. "Welcome back, sis. Hope everything's… OK."

Jaina was puzzled slightly, but then Leia moved forward to hug her as well. "You OK, Jaina?"

"Uh… yeah, Mom. I'm… fine."

Leia stared at her, slightly dubious. "You're sure? I'm just a little worried… The other day…"

Oh, sithspit. "Yeah. I'm sure."

There was a slight pause. Suddenly, Han shook his head. "I'll kill him."

Jaina groaned inwardly. "What are you talking about, Dad? There's-"

"I swear I'll kill him, for even thinking about laying a hand on my daughter. I'll blast him to pieces and send him to the Vong in a box."

If there had been any convenient walls beside her, Jaina would have hit her head against one. "You don't have to do anything. It's OK, really. Besides, the Yuuzhan Vong prefer their sacrifices alive."

"Well, then I'll-"

"Dad! Stop it. I've dealt with it." I think, she added silently to herself.

"If Jaina says she's OK, then she is," Anakin spoke up.

Jaina turned to thank her little brother, but froze at the grin on his face. Oh no. He's finding this funny? Groaning inwardly again, she shook her head and looked back up at her father. "It's been a wonderful welcome, and I'd love to stay and hear more death threats towards Kyp, but I think I should go and see Aunt Mara now."

And with a smile and a wave good-bye, Jaina walked out of the hangar and down the corridor.

She returned five seconds later to ask Luke where the med-bay was.

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"Oh, Aunt Mara… he's beautiful…"

"I knew I liked you better than Anakin." Mara grinned at her niece, but Jaina could see the shadows behind her eyes. The disease was gone for good now, apparently, but Mara was still exhausted.

"Well, of course. Who doesn't?" Jaina laughed.

"Oh, I can think of a certain blonde-haired green-eyed girl who might fit the bill there," Mara said lightly.

Jaina frowned, thinking for a moment, then gasped in surprise. "Tahiri?"

Mara nodded. "I think they're trying to keep it fairly secret, but it's obvious to everyone onboard."

"Anakin and Tahiri… Wow, that makes so much sense, now I think about it…"

"Doesn't it?" Mara agreed. "A whole lot more sense than another couple I can think of."

This time, Jaina wasn't so slow to pick up Mara's meaning. "There's nothing in that." Jaina had spent the whole journey back to the Errant Venture thinking about it, and had decided she was glad Kyp had left when he did. She didn't want that with him, not really. "It was just… he just…" Jaina shrugged.

"Oh, I know that… But the Holonet doesn't."

Jaina groaned. She should've known there would be a holo-reporter somewhere in that hangar. Wasn't there always a reporter? "What are they saying about it?"

"You haven't seen it?"

Jaina shook her head. "I've been in hyperspace most of the past day. Even when I'm not, I don't listen to the Holonet in my X-wing."

"Ah. Well, they love it. It's all over the 'Net." Jaina swore she could see a faint grin on Mara's face, an echo of the amusement Anakin and Luke shared. "Never mind that you guys blew up a worldship, that you made it into and out of Vong space and won. All they're talking about is Kyp Durron, mass murderer, and Jaina Solo, daughter of heroes. It's everywhere."

Jaina looked round, but there was still no wall near enough for her to bang her head on. "No wonder Dad was so angry."

"Angry doesn't begin to describe it. You should have seen him when the report first aired. Luke had to practically drag him out of the Falcon."

Jaina stared at her aunt. "You find this funny. It's not funny! It's… it's stupid, and annoying, and- stop laughing!"

Mara choked as she tried to stop laughing, but managed it eventually. "Ah, I'm sorry, Jaina. I think it's as stupid as you do, but I can't help it. It's just hilarious. I can't wait until Kyp shows up, and Han sees him. Hope I'm out of the med-bay by then – though, maybe I'll see them bring Kyp in if I'm not."

"I can't believe this. The worst moment of my life, and my own aunt, my Jedi Master, is laughing about it." Suddenly, Jaina remembered something else Kyp had done. "He asked me to be his apprentice, you know. Before the battle."

Mara choked again, but not with laughter this time. "He what?"

"And I almost accepted," Jaina added more quietly.

"You what?!"

Jaina told Mara what Kyp had said, back by that tree on Chandrila. A lifetime ago, it seemed to her now. "I told him I'd think about it. I never did decide."

Mara stared at her niece, shock and something that looked like betrayal in her expression. "But you're my apprentice."

"I know." Jaina's voice was soft and sad. "But I didn't know whether you would get over your illness. I guess… I didn't think it would be fair, making you deal with that, a new baby and an apprentice. So I took Kyp seriously. Which, as you know, turned out to be a huge mistake."

Mara suddenly looked – not angry, not indignant, not even amused like earlier. She seemed… thoughtful. "Maybe it wasn't as huge a mistake as you think."

"What? You want me to become his apprentice?"

"Force, no! You're my apprentice. It would never be a bother, no matter how much else I had to deal with…" Mara flashed Jaina a quick grin. "I'm back to thinking about mass murderer and daughter of heroes."

Jaina stared in horror at her aunt again and groaned, burying her face in her hands as Mara laughed once more. "You're terrible. You're a terrible aunt."

"You know you love me anyway."

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