Here's the next chapter – sorry for keeping you waiting o-0; I've been really busy with college work this week. I would have had this up on Wednesday like I said, but I was delayed with college work – I have a ten-page research paper due at the end of the month for my JAVA programming class and I have been successfully procrastinating on it I really need to start working on it but the internet on my home computer isn't hooked up yet (mumbles angrily ::lazy dad won't get off his but and either 1. get the wireless stuff for the computer like he keeps saying he will OR 2. just hook the stupid thing directly to the router so I can get his help with my paper at home::) and I want his help find the material I need for the paper. sighs dejectedly oh well... At the moment I'm at school taking care of this chapter. I plan on having the next – and last – chapter of this story up by my 17th b-day, which is May 23 – the Sunday after this coming Sunday. I can't wait till then 17! I can't believe it. Anyway... enjoy the chappie!
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I do not own star wars or it's characters – the only ones I own in this chapter is Kida, her mother, and the name given to Jango Fett as an alias.
Chapter 4
A few hours later, Obi-wan arrived at Kidakakash's quarters to find her pacing infront of an open window leading to a balcony. As soon as he walked in the room through the already open door, she stopped pacing, smiled, and turned to him saying, "Hello Obi-wan, come on in." He smiled in turn and replied, "Thank you. What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
She sighed and as she turned to walk to the balcony she said, "There is much to talk to you about, Ben." Then she leaned on the balcony rail and looked out over Corusant as Obi-wan walked over her side. She then began and said, "I loved my father, Geearoo Horato, even though he was gone most of the time. When he was home we would play and just spend time together as much as we could. My mom and I would look forward to him coming home and were always worried that he would be killed while doing his work.
"Then about ten years ago my father's attitude changed for the worse after a big job. At first I didn't notice it because he was almost always moody and tired when he got home from a job. After a while I noticed that he didn't spend as much time with us while he was home and he was gone more and at longer intervals. Although I was worried, I didn't ask him about it because it was an unwritten rule in our house that no one was to talk to him about his jobs unless he brought it up first.
"When he came home about a month after my mother's death and sold our home he told me to either go with him or where I wanted. I told him that I would go my own way and wished him well. After he packed up his ship and I had followed him to his destination on Kamino, I found out why he had changed so much over the last ten years. He had a home on Kamino and had been working with the Kaminoians. I also found out that not only did he have a son, my younger half-brother, but also that the name I had known all my life was an alias to cover who he really was.
"After that, I left Kamino and headed here. During my journey here I felt a dark wave of sadness and pain wash over me as if I had just lost someone very dear to me. When I arrived here I heard of the battle on Geonesis and then it hit me that it was on the day of the battle that I had that feeling. I now know that my father had been killed in that battle. I miss him Ben, but I know that his days had been numbered since that day ten years ago when his attitude had changed so mysteriously." As she spoke Obi- wan looked at her curiously and when she finished, he asked, "Why do you tell me this?"
Kida looked at him and said, "Because my father was the bounty hunter Jango Fett, whom I'm sure you've met, and his son, Boba Fett, is my brother." She then smiled in amusement and said, "You know what's interesting is that my father was killed by a Jedi and I've become the very thing that killed him."
After a couple minutes of silence Obi-wan said, "I feel for your loss Kida, but I sense that there is more to what you want to tell me but somehow you can't bring yourself to say it." Kida just sighed and looked away from him saying as she did so, "You're right Ben. You have only known me since that day on Setack, but I've known you since I was little. I've watched you and Qui-Gon defend those who needed defending.
"I've even watched as you helped to protect Padmé when she was queen of the Naboo. I watched with sorrow as Darth Maul destroyed Qui-Gon and you destroyed him in return on Naboo. I've watched as you went through the trials and became a Jedi Knight. I've watched Anakin as he learned the ways of the Jedi under your watchful eye. Ever since I first saw you I've, well... loved you. I know it sounds ridiculous but it's true.
"My mother taught me the rules for a Jedi and I've followed them all my life, but since I wasn't an official padawan I was free to fall in love without actually breaking the rules. My mother knew of my feelings for you and told me it was just an infatuation and that they would go away as I got older and more mature but apparently she was wrong.
"You probably think I'm silly to tell you this but I can't lie to myself any longer and I know that if I keep it to myself I'll go crazy. Ben I'm going to tell you something only one other Jedi will ever know. The mother of Anakin's children is Padmé. Anakin and Padmé love each other and will marry secretly if they haven't already. Don't take it too hard Obi-wan, it is the will of the Force and I've foreseen that Anakin will be the traitor that I mentioned earlier and will become the Sith Darth Vader who will kill you." Ben looked at her questioningly and asked, "Why will Anakin betray the Jedi, Kida?"
She turned to him and said, "Well not only will he be tempted by Sith but there is a darkness in him he has had since he was born. As he has gotten older it has become harder for him to control this darkness and when he is tempted the darkness inside him will rise to the surface. Don't take it to heart Obi-wan, Luke will help his father to redeem his soul before Anakin dies. Ben in several months I will need your help. When Anakin returns you need to keep him busy and away from Naboo and Padmé. If you don't he could find out that Padmé will have his children and it could endanger their lives and the future of the galaxies."
Obi-wan nodded his head in agreement as he said, "You're right Kida, I will keep him busy when I see him again. What are you going to do from here on?" Kidakakash smiled and replied, "I'm going to Naboo to talk to Padmé about her children and Anakin. I'm leaving later today so I'll see you later." Ben then smiled at her and said, "Okay I'll see you around then Kidakakash." They then bowed to eachother and Kida watched as Obi-wan left the room, using the force to close the door when he left.