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Sarah gripped her lightsaber tightly as she watched Dooku speed away. She then ran to Anakin. His tunics were still smoking slightly from the Force lighting, and was in obvious pain from hitting the rocks. Obi-Wan staggered to his feet and stumbled over to his Padawans, trying to ignore the searing pain of the lightsaber burns. He put his hand on Sarah's shoulder and said, "You did well, young one."
It was then when Obi-Wan heard the tapping of a cane across the way, and he turned and saw Master Yoda hobbling towards them, surveying the damage as he went. When Yoda reached the smoking remains of the disc, a thoughtful look crossed his face, "Hmm, surrounded by the dark side this was. Good it is that destroyed it was."
Yoda then looked to the three Jedi. He ushered them onto his ship, Obi-Wan carrying Anakin, and they made their way back to Coruscant, a journey that would take some time. Obi-Wan and Sarah told Yoda what had transpired with Dooku, and the Jedi Master looked pensive. He looked at Sarah and said, "Check on young Anakin, you should." Sarah nodded, and both she and Obi-Wan rose, but Yoda held up a clawed hand, "young Kenobi, speak with you I must." Obi-Wan sat back down as Sarah exited.
"Fought well, your young Padawan did," Yoda said. "Ready for Knighthood soon is she, I think."
Obi-Wan nodded again, not knowing what to say. "A great asset, the clones were," Yoda said. "Without them, survive you would not have. End so quickly, the battle would not have."
"But Master Yoda," Obi-Wan said, "what does it all mean? With Dooku?"
Yoda turned his large eyes to Obi-Wan, "Hmm, speak to you, did Dooku?"
"Yes." Obi-Wan paused a moment, "he wanted me to join him. He said many things, about Qui-Gon."
Yoda did not offer a direct reply to Obi-Wan's comment. "A terrible shame was it to lose Dooku. Think do you, that to the dark side he has gone?"
"At first I thought that perhaps..." Obi-Wan hesitated, "At first I thought that it may be true, but truthfully, I did not sense the dark side in him."
"Hmm," Yoda said. "Puzzling this all is. Concerned I am."
There was another moment's pause before Obi-Wan opened his mouth to speak again, but he hesitated. "More to say, have you, Obi-Wan?"
Obi-Wan was entirely unsure how to approach the Jedi Master's question. Finally, he closed his mouth. His concerns about Anakin and Sarah did not seem to be appropriate in the midst of this serious discussion of war. "No, Master."
Yoda nodded, "Time it takes, Obi-Wan, to see things clearly."
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Sarah walked quickly away from the small room on the ship where they had been meeting with Master Yoda, and once a safe distance from Obi-Wan and Yoda, she practically ran to the room where Anakin was. He was resting on a sleep couch, but his eyes flew open when he heard her open the door. When he saw Sarah, his mouth broke into a large grin.
She grinned back as she walked to him and knelt next to where he lay. "How are you?" she asked, concerned. He grabbed her and pulled her into a deep kiss. When they broke apart, both of their faces were flushed and he said, "I'm better now that you're here...and now that we're not facing death by huge beasts or a droid army."
She smiled back. "We're going back to Coruscant. But I'm sure that we'll be facing death soon enough by an Obi-Wan lecture."
Anakin rolled his eyes, "Can't wait. I suppose that perhaps we shouldn't have just left Padme to be captured."
"Perhaps not." He then sat up, though it was painful, and pulled her onto the sleep couch with him. He held her, and they lay there for a long while, simply enjoying being in each other's arms. She leaned her head back to look at him. "Are you sure you're okay?"
He once again kissed her deeply and said, "Better than ever."
She had a sly grin as she said, "I'm glad," and then leaned in for another kiss. They continued on avidly, Sarah running a hand through Anakin's short hair. Anakin found his hands gently moving down her back until they rested on her waist. They carried on like this for a few moments, so absorbed in each other that they did not even hear the approaching footsteps.
When the door suddenly slid open they broke apart as though an electric shock had traveled between them, and Obi-Wan strode in, followed closely by Yoda. Obi-Wan's mouth immediately fell open when he saw the compromising position that his Padawans were in. Yoda's gaze traveled knowingly between the two young Jedi.
Coming to her senses, Sarah quickly stood and straightened her tunics and hair. Obi-Wan was still speechless. Yoda had an amused look in his eyes as he said to Anakin, "Feeling better, are you young Skywalker?"
Anakin's face flushed a deep red. He cleared his throat, "Much better, Master, thank you."
Obi-Wan still stood rigid. He continued to look back and forth between his Padawans, and his earlier suspicions were confirmed. Finally, he seemed to regain his composure as he said, "We will be landing shortly."
Anakin and Sarah both nodded quickly, and Sarah quickly stepped out of the room, her cheeks as red as Anakin's. Anakin avoided eye contact with both Masters and he stood, ignoring the pain that still persisted all over his aching body, "I will go check the controls and landing gears."
Obi-Wan could not bring himself to speak, so he gave a small nod. As soon as Anakin was out of the room, Obi-Wan sank onto the sleep couch with his hands in his head. "Oh Force...Oh Force," he muttered, apparently having forgotten entirely that Yoda was still in the room.
Yoda hobbled over to Obi-Wan and whacked his shins with his gimer stick. Obi-Wan cried out in shock and pain. Yoda just stared at him, "Pull yourself together, you must, Obi-Wan. Deal with such behavior I will not."
Obi-Wan massaged his aching shins. "Master Yoda," he said pleadingly, "I- I don't know what to do. I have tried to be a good Master. I've trained them for ten years, but nowhere, nowhere, did anyone ever tell me what to do about something like this."
Obi-Wan buried his head in his hands again, and Yoda's eyes gleamed with amusement. "A good Master you have been, Obi-Wan. But remember, you must, that young are they. Though powerful, direction they still require. Not unusual is it for attraction to come between two young Jedi...remember I do, a few particular attractions of your own when younger you were."
Obi-Wan looked up in surprise, "Master Yoda, I can assure you that I never-"
Yoda whacked him again, this time with more force, causing Obi-Wan to yelp in pain. "Lie to me you should not, Obi-Wan. Blind I am not."
Now it was Obi-Wan's turn for his cheeks to redden. Yoda continued, "To allow this to continue, I do not think is wise. Talk to them you must, Obi-Wan."
"Master Yoda, I do not know what to say," Obi-Wan looked at Yoda earnestly.
"If search your heart you do, find the words you will," and with these words, Yoda departed, a glint of hilarity still shining in his large eyes as he tottered out of the room.
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A/N: Sorry for the awkward moments...personally, if I were Anakin or Sarah, Obi-Wan and Yoda would definitely not be my first choice to walk in during a bit of a snogging session, although I suppose better those two than say...Mace Windu. Anyway, I hope this chapter was a little more lighthearted, as the past few have been somewhat serious. More to come soon!