"To the right!"

Jacen was already lunging right to avoid being skewered by the turquoise blade that just barely sizzled by him.

"Shut up, Jaina!" he yelled playfully. "You're making it hard to concentrate!" He swung his own lightsaber to block Tenel Ka's blade.

Tenel Ka didn't slow, but spun to bring her saber around the other way.

Jacen ducked and tried an uppercut.

Tenel Ka jumped smoothly out of the way.

"Yeah, Tenel Ka!" It was Tahiri this time.

Jacen grinned at her subtle expression of mild annoyance.

"Yeah." He swung again. "This is why I didn't want them to come."

"Yes." Tenel Ka grunted. "I did not invite them."

"You blaming me?" Jacen asked, flipping over her.

"Perhaps." Tenel Ka replied as she turned to parry.

"Nope." His blade met hers in a loud clash. "I think Jaina must've been snooping in my mind last night."

"Ah. Aha." Tenel Ka nodded.

"Siblings." Jacen muttered, shaking his head.

Tenel Ka shrugged. ยก" I would not know." She swung hard.

Jacen jumped back, surprised that he hadn't seen that coming.

"You were not paying attention." Tenel Ka supplied.

Jacen mock-glared. "Stay out of my mind."

Tenel Ka looked surprised. "What?"

Jacen shook his head. "Nothing." He mumbled, hoping none of his immediate family had heard the reference.

Luckily, Jaina was the only one around, and she didn't seem to have noticed anything.

"How much longer can you stay?" Jacen brought his lightsaber up to block another advance.

Tenel Ka shrugged. "Ileysa is becoming restless, but she will survive."

Jacen grinned, suddenly rushing at her.

Tenel Ka was not fooled. She ducked quickly out of the way, managing to only receive the mild end of Jacen's blow.

"Ha! It worked!" Jacen crowed. "I got you off balance!" he lunged again.

Tenel Ka had nearly resolved her in-equilibrium, but Jacen's saber met hers with such force, it knocked her to the ground.

Jacen grinned down at her. "I believe-"

Tenel Ka suddenly rolled, knocking his feet out from under him.

Jacen went down with a thud, his mind reengaging just in time to flick Tenel Ka's blade out of his line of sight.

Tenel Ka went with the momentum, spinning around to face him again as he scrambled to his feet.

"Do not assume that because I am down, that I am defenseless." She told him, easily parrying the sloppy sweep he made at her.

"Yeah." Jacen leapt over her. "Not likely to make that mistake again."

She almost smiled, turning again to face him

"Ok, so now we really fight." Jacen panted, sweat dripping off his brow.

Tenel Ka eyed him for a moment, then in a flurry of motion, ran at him.

Jacen danced out of the way, catching her lightsaber on the tip of his.

Tenel Ka twisted the handle, making it appear as if her blade was wrapped around his.

Jacen knew what she was going to do, though, and spun his grip with hers to disentangle the two sabers.

He would later wonder if that was why he never saw her feet moving.

He stared up at the ceiling, attempting to figure out how he had come to be here.

Tenel Ka stood over him and brought her blade within a narrow inch of his throat. "Point."

Applause echoed through the practice gym.

"Whoo-hoo!" a voice taunted. "Jacen got beat by a girl!"

Jacen groaned. "Who let him in here?"

Tenel Ka was busy glaring across the room in the general direction of the voices source. "I do not know, but I would greatly enjoy finding out." She extended her hand to him.

Jacen took it and pulled himself up. "Thanks." He turned his head to look at the group of spectators.

Jaina was glaring daggers, stalking toward Kyp Durron.

"It would not appear that it was your sister who invited him." Tenel Ka mused.

Jacen shook his head. "No. Not really."

They couldn't hear the words, but the expressions on the two pilots faces was enough to know weapons within a standard click were unsafe.

"Think we should go break it up?" Jacen asked with a sigh.

"No. Look." Tenel Ka pointed.

Jag and Tahiri were already quickly approaching the arguing Jedi.

"So nice not to have to be the only peacemaker around here." Jacen muttered, watching as Jag and Tahiri separated Kyp and Jaina.

Tenel Ka smiled at him, something that he was beginning to almost expect. "It is not that you are the only one so much as you are the best one." She said softly.

Jacen smiled back. "Thanks." He picked up his lightsaber off the ground. "All right. I'll bet Uncle Luke has enough of the kids to last him three lifetimes."

"Or four." Tenel Ka agreed.