The next morning, I wake and meet Qui Gon. "Good morning, Master."

"Good morning, Padawan," he responds. "The Queen has made it clear that she will not be discussing leaving until this evening, so there isn't much we can do until then. I will stay with her and her security, and you are going to get to know this city better. All the entrances, exits, possible defense positions."

"Yes master," I reply.

Not sure exactly what to do, I decide to seek out Zanni. Then again, I don't know where she is. I pass one of the Queen's security guards, Jase, in the hallway, and stop him. "Do you know where Zanni is?"

He gives me a look over, then smiles. "She's off duty for a while. You could probably find her at the wrestling games downtown."

"Ah, yes. Thank you." I nod farewell to him and head for downtown, not sure what exactly the wrestling games are.

As I near downtown, I see a cheering crowd of mostly young men. I walk up to one on the fringe of the crowd. "What is this?"

He blinks at me. "The wrestling games."

I push my way through the crowds to the front, to see that they are all gathered around a sort of wrestling ring. On the dirt, is Zanni and another young man, circling each other. The young man suddenly lunges, and Zanni lets him take her, but hits him hard on the back with her elbow, and he immediately cringes in pain, letting her get away. She lets him regain his breath, and then he lunges at her again. This time, she flips him, but he's quick and he flips her over his head, leaving them both on the ground. He quickly straddles her to pin her, but she flips him, reversing their position.

"Amazing, isn't she?"

I start at the sudden voice next to me and turn to see E'Riq, another one of the Queen's personaly security guards. "What?"

"Isn't she amazing?" He nods at Zanni.

I laugh. "Yeah, she sure is."

"It's funny, I think she's the only girl who's had a bunch of guys fall in love with her after being beaten up by her."

I turn back to him. "What do you mean?"

Now he laughs. "Buddy, just about every guy hereabouts makes moon eyes at her whenever she walks by. Or haven't you noticed? It's funny though, she won't date. Trust me, I've tried." He winks and gives me a nudge.

I look back at Zanni. She is wrestling on the ground with her opponent. Finally, she comes to be on top of him, and keeps him pinned to the ground for ten seconds, winning the round.

She helps the guy up and takes him over to the side and sits him down. Taking a corner of her shirt, she wipes away the blood coming out of his nose, and I can see her talking to him, smiling.

A guy from across the crowd yells, "Come on, Zanni, choose your next opponent!"

She stands and turns around, scanning the crowd. "Who will challenge me?"

No one responds, and she smirks. "Oh come on. Nobody wants to try fighting a wittle girl?" she asks in a mocking voice. Her eyes come to rest on E'Riq.

"E'Riq? What about you?"

He laughs and yells back, "Hah no! Don't want to get my ass kicked again!"

Her eyes scan over and past me, then suddenly come back to me. Her smile widens. "Obi-Wan Kenobi! What about you? I'm sure a great Jedi like yourself could take me."

The guys around me start pushing at me, urging me to accept the challenge. "All right!" I yell above the crowd, and step forwards.

She puts up a hand. "No light sabers, buddy. Unlike you, we don't fight with weapons. We do it the old fashioned way."

I smile take off my robe, wrapping my light saber in it and handing to it E'Riq.

I step into the "ring" and face her.

"Just like old times, eh?" she says under the noise so only I hear.

I nod. "Just like old times."

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I smile at Obi. His blue eyes twinkle merrily, and we start to circle.

I lunge, but he easily sidesteps me, and I land on the ground behind him. The guys around us let out a moan, and then start cheering for Obi. I swing my legs and flip so I'm standing once again. Obi shrugs innocently. We circle again, and this time I wait for him. He lunges and grabs at my upper arms, keeping me from being able to use my arms, and pulling me to the ground. We wrestle around, until he pauses, and I take the opportunity to jump back up on my feet.

I can see that by now he's breathing heavily. He lunges at me again, and I trip him, sending him sprawling. He grabs at my legs, and pulls me down to him, and he roll around again, but I finally come out on top, and keep him pinned for ten seconds, winning the round.

I hold out my hand to help him up, and he grabs it. Suddenly he jerks, pulling me down to the ground next to him. All we can do is lay there laughing.