Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars, it belongs to George Lucas. The only thing I own is Kionne, so yay for me! Sorry for the breaks in the story, because I had them pretty good and didn't notice it wasn't working until it was to late, so I'm gonna fix that. I don't own Inu Yasha, belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. By the way, Marin is actually based on a friend and whatever Marin does, it's a good bet that she does it in real life, but there will be some originality in there to brake away from the actual person.

Story breaks are the four pairs of "Xa" that you're gonna see.

Thanks to all reviewer/readers. I'm going to do the response at the beginning… for once:

Kazzy: You're absolutely right! J/Z ALL THE WAY! Err… Best not to get me started. I agree that OC's are sometimes hard to warm up to but, Marin really isn't mine. Like I said, she's based on one of my friends. Thank you!

Neo-Paladin: Thank you, there really isn't enough J/Z out there… I better stop before I start to rant again.

DathomiranAuthorRoamer: Thanks for your support. Again, I shall say… J/Z ALL THE WAY! I'm glad that you liked Marin and Kionne. I thought that Jaina would need an apprentice who would try and keep her out of trouble. Note the key word is 'try'. I thought it would be kinda fun to mix in a little anime; besides Marin wouldn't be Marin if there wasn't any anime. And I would post this on TF.N but, that's where all the good authors are and I'm definitely not up to their level yet. Haha, Jag is evil, there is no doubt about it. Yay, you play the violin! Did you name yours? 'Cause I named mine… Rossini. Hmm… well I never could resist such good bribery as chocolate, so… without further ado…

HERE IT IS!

Chapter Two: First Day as Roomies

(Jaina's apartment, 30 minutes later)

Jaina palmed open the door and waltzed in, with the others following her.

"We'll have to key the door to let you palm in, but for now, I'll just give you the code, 'kay?" Jaina said.

"Yeah, sure," Zekk said. "Thanks, Jaina, but you didn't have to do this."

"Don't worry about it. That's what friends do for each other right?" Jaina asked.

She glanced over to see his reaction and gave a small smile when she saw his nod. The apartment was normal sized; it had an average sized room with a kitchen/dining room off to the side. Then there was a hallway that led to the bedrooms and the fresher. Jaina's room was the first on the right, with Kionne's opposite of hers. The room after Kionne's was the 'fresher and parallel to that was Jaina's office.

"Zekk, you're gonna stay in my room, but you're going to have to wait a few minutes, 'cause I gotta move all my stuff into my office," Jaina said.

"That's suitable, Master, considering you barely spend any time in your own room anyways," Kionne quipped.

"Ha ha, very funny, Kionne," Jaina said.

"I know, isn't it?"

Jaina rolled her eyes and muttered, "Brat."

"Jaina, I don't want you to go through too much trouble, I'll sleep in the office."

"Nonsense, you're a guest and besides, Lowie's slept on the cot in there and it's probably still covered in Wookiee fur. I wouldn't subject anyone inhaling Wookiee hair all night," Jaina said and rushed to her room and started grabbing her stuff. Zekk followed blocked her in the door way.

"Jaina, I can't let you move out of your room just for me. You stay here, and I'll sleep on the Wookiee fur cot."

"No way, you're a guest. I'm going to sleep on the Wookiee cot and there's nothing you can do about it."

Zekk opened his mouth to protest again, but was cut off by Kionne saying, "Just let her have her way. She always gets it in the end anyways."

Zekk laughed. He turned to look at Kionne and said, "You know, I think I'm going to get along very well with you." Zekk turned back to look at Jaina only to find that she had slipped past him into the office. "Hey, hold on a minute, I didn't say that you could move into the office."

"Well, I said I could move into there, and my word overrules all," Jaina said.

"Wow, you really haven't changed, have you, Jaina?" Zekk asked.

"Duh."

Zekk stuck his head in her office. It was pretty small with a cluttered desk in the center, a filing cabinet in a corner, and a Wookiee size cot in the other corner. Zekk raised an eyebrow when he saw Jaina open one of the drawers in the filing cabinet, grab a handful of flimsies and dumped them on the floor. He watched her dup another stack before saying, "Jaina, you're making this room messier that it already is."

"I know, I'm clearing these out so I can put my clothes in them," Jaina said. She turned around and walked past him out the door.

Jaina finished emptying out her dresser and started on the closet when Zekk came in. He sat on the bed, watching her for a moment. Then he called out, "Since you're being obstinate about sleeping in your office just leave the stuff you don't use on an everyday basis in here, 'kay? I don't wanna make you give up your whole room."

"You're not—"

"Just do what I say."

For once, Jaina actually listened and did as she was told.

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(Jaina's apartment, still; around 1:16 am)

Zekk came ran out of his room and jogged into the 'fresher. When he came out, Zekk saw a light still coming from Jaina's office. Curiosity got the better of him and he knocked on the door before entering. Jaina was poring over a datapad, with other strewn across the desk.

"Jaina, what are you doing?"

Jaina jumped and looked up at him. "Huh? Oh, hi, Zekk, I'm just going over all the crap I missed."

He sat down on the cot and glanced at it. On closer examination, you could actually make out the strands of ginger fur that was littered on the blanket. There was even a bit on the pillow. The cot, itself, felt hard and uncomfortable.

"You should get to bed," Jaina stated, still looking at her datapad. She glanced over at a piece of flimsi every few seconds, as if checking the two. Then, she picked up another datapad and compared it to the one she held in her hand. Jaina made a "tsking" noise and shook her head.

"I could say the same to you."

"I slept all the way to Commenor. I'm good for a while."

"Really?"

"Yes, oh sith, I almost forgot! Tahiri gave me holos from her wedding. I got extra copies and I thought that you might like them since you couldn't go." Jaina rummaged around in her desk for a few moments before triumphantly pulling out a data chip. She tossed it to Zekk and he caught glancing over it for a moment.

Both looked to the door when they heard someone knock. Kionne stuck her head in and said, "Okay, kiddies, time for bed."

Jaina raised an eyebrow. "Kionne, you're the one who needs all the sleep, and what are you doing up?"

"I woke up to use the 'fresher. Master, please go to bed. I don't wanna have any more difficulties waking you up than I already do."

"Okay, I promise you that I will get to bed soon," Jaina said.

"Good, thank you." Kionne pulled her head out of the doorway. Zekk looked at Jaina with a raised eyebrow.

"What?"

"You mean you still are hard to get up in the morning?" He seemed to be very amused and was slightly smirking at her. "And you have your apprentice wake you up."

Jaina blushed and looked down at the datapads on her desk. "I can't help it. Sleeping is so much better than being awake. Honestly, you don't have to do anything except for snore every now and then."

Zekk laughed. "You have a very, umm, weird definition of sleep, Jay."

Jaina laughed a bit and smiled. "I know, and speaking of sleep, get the hell outta my room. I'm going to bed."

Zekk chuckled as he walked out.

XaXaXaXa-

The morning was very slow. Jaina was in a nasty mood until she had her morning cup of caf. Zekk had found this highly amusing until he got a forkful of eggs launched into his face. Before he could retaliate, Kionne came in and told Jaina the time. And so, 5 minutes before she had to be at work, Jaina was rushing out the door with Kionne in tow, leaving Zekk and Marin to amuse themselves.

"Master, what are we going to do today?" Marin asked. She was sitting backwards in the couch watching as Zekk wiped the remainder of the eggs from his face.

"Well, we're going to send Master Skywalker a report on our mission and work on your blocking," Zekk said. "Then after that I have

Marin made a face. Zekk laughed and ruffled her hair. "Can't we just go to the Otaku convention that's on planet? It'll be much more fun!" She swooned as she thought of the amber eyed dog demon. "Inu Yasha!"

Zekk rolled his eyes. "You do know that he's not real, right?"

"What! How dare you speak such a way about Inuyasha! He's real!"

"Whatever you say, but we're still going to practice on your blocking."

Marin grumbled and looked around for her lighsaber before following him out the door.

XaXaXaXa-

Marin was bored; there was no way around it. Zekk had left her there before he went off to report on their mission. At first she had been happy to be left alone in a new place. She explored the apartment and learned where everything was. After that, Marin had tried to meditate, read a book chip, sleep, and watch the Holonet; but nothing seemed to work.

Her state of bored thoughts was interrupted by the door sliding open and Kionne walking in. She smiled at Marin and sat down on the couch next to her.

"Hello, Marin; what are you doing here with out Master Zekk?"

"Zekk left me here 'cause he thought I would get bored at the meeting, but I'm bored here. So, what are you doing here?"

"Jaina sent me home because she's giving some of the trouble-makers in her squadron punishment work. She told me that what she was going to make them do was embarrassing enough without having a 13 year old watch."

"Mrow." Marin looked around the room before an idea struck her, literally. She had absentmindedly tried to call her manga chip of Inu Yasha to her and it whacked her in the noggin. She looked at it and the glow lamp above her head turned on. She turned to Kionne. "Why'd you turn on the glow lamp? It was bright enough in here already."

"Oops sorry." Kionne turned off the light.

"Meow, Kionne, I have an idea. There's this convention on planet and I was wondering if you'd like to come with me."

"Okay, but, don't we have to ask our masters?"

"Umm… how about we just ask Jaina? Zekk's probably too busy right now."

Kionne nodded and walked over to the comm unit. She dialed Jaina's number and it started ringing. After 3 rings, Kionne got the answer of, "What!"

"Umm… MastercanMarinandIgotoaconvention," Kionne said all in one breath.

"Can you repeat that?"

"I said-"

"Hold on a minute," Jaina interrupted. Kionne could hear shouting in the background that was soon joined by her master's voice. The shouting went on for about 3 minutes longer before it all went suspiciously quiet. "Okay, now what were you going to say."

"Can Marin and I go to a convention today?" Kionne asked.

"Where is it?"

"Let me check." Kionne looked at Marin who held up a poster. She squinted and scanned it until she saw the date. "It's on the west side of town, in the convention room of the Shell Dance hotel."

Kionne heard Jaina sigh. "Alright, you two can go. Just come down here first."

"Yes Master."

Kionne turned off the comm and looked over to Marin. She was dressed in a tight fitting black and pink armor with a red sash around her waist and an old fashioned katana sword strapped next to her lightsaber. She had a boomerang on her back and a black-haired wig with a ponytail. Kionne raised an eyebrow at her friend. "What are you wearing?"

Marin looked at her in shock. "I am dressed as the great demon slayer, Sango! Now, time to get you into your costume."

"Wah?" Kionne backed away into a corner and was trapped.

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(Twin Suns headquarters, Jaina's office)

Jaina burst out laughing when the two girls walked in. "What in Emperor's black bones are you two wearing," she managed between laughs.

Marin grinned and Kionne blushed. Marin had gotten Kionne to wear a white shirt, called a haori (a haori is a shirt that has two slits wear the seams meet at the top and you normally wear it over a kimono), that was over another shirt called a kimono. Her pants wear wide and they showed a bit of the white kimono. On her back were a bow and a quiver full of arrows. Marin had tried to get Kionne to wear a black wig but Kionne drew the line right there. The only modern thing on Kionne besides her boots, was her lightsaber, which hung in its customary olace on the left hip.

"Marin made me do it, Master," Kionne said, shooting a glare at Marin. "Otherwise, I would be in my normal clothes."

"I wish Master Zekk would've let me go this morning," Marin said wistfully. "I would've had so much fun giving him a character to dress up as."

Jaina chuckled. "I'd pay big money to see that. And speaking of which, does Zekk know where you're going, Marin?"

"Mrow, can't you just… tell him for us? Please?"

"I don't-"

"What the sith!"

The girls turned to the door and saw Zekk walking in as it closed. He was looking at Kionne and Marin with an expression that said he didn't know whether to laugh or be embarrassed. He gave Jaina a questioning glance before looking back at the two girls.

"Master, we were just talking about you," Marin said. "Can I go to the Otaku convention with Kionne?"

"Wasn't that the thing you were trying to get me to go to earlier today?"

"Yes."

"I guess you can go, as long as it's okay with you, Jay." He shot Jaina another questioning look and received a nod for his answer. "Well then, I want you back at Jaina's at 2100, is that clear?"

"Yes, sir!" Marin gave him a mock salute before running out of the door, dragging Kionne out after her.

XaXaXaXa-

(Jaina's office, Zekk's POV, sorta)

After Kionne and Marin left, Zekk collapsed in a chair across from Jaina. He saw her smile at him and opened her mouth to say something, but got cut off by someone knocking at the door.

"Come in," Jaina called. When she saw who it was, Jaina grimaced and said, "On second thought, you can stay out."

The person walked into the room regardless. It was a man that had blond hair, gray eyes, and the classic good looks that most females swoon over. He flashed Jaina a charming smile that turned into a sneer when he saw Zekk. "Who is this exactly?"

"He's my best friend and also one of the people you sent me to retrieve. Zekk and his apprentice are staying with Kionne and me for a while," Jaina answered.

Zekk remained silent as he processed the first few words of her sentence. 'He's my best friend', so that's were he stood in Jaina's life. He had been wondering that one for a few kriffin' years; it's not like he would be anything more to her. The familiar uprising of melancholy was fought down when Zekk felt Jaina's Force presence. He decided that he would just observe what would happen in this exchange unless he was spoken too.

Although Jaina's face remained impassive, Zekk felt her hostility and strong dislike for the man in the room. Zekk, himself, started to feel antagonism towards the man. For some reason unknown to him, Zekk felt the need to divert Jaina's attention away from the stranger who she was currently glaring at.

"Ahh… so who is he and why is he staying with you?" Zekk decided that he was going to call this man Mr. Pompous-Hutt-Licker. The name just suited him in Zekk's mind frame.

"His name's Zekk and it isn't any of your business as to why he's staying at my home, General." Jaina hated this guy. It was official.

The man waved his hand dismissively. "I was just concerned about the welfare of my best and favorite squadron leader." Jaina and Zekk both rolled their eyes. "I also wanted to know if you have the roster down for your squadron."

"I have it right here, sir. But there's one little problem, I came up 3 short, due to casualties from our last few fights." He heard the carefully disguised pain in her voice. Jaina's presence was flickered also flickered with passing pain and guilt. He'd have to ask her about that later.

"Very well then, we can discuss the candidates for your open spots over dinner tonight, maybe?" What the kriff! Couldn't the man wait until Zekk wasn't in the room to ask her out?

"Sorry, sir, I'm regretfully unable to dine with you this evening." Zekk snorted at this. Mr. Pompous-Hutt-Licker looked shocked, then angry.

"And why is that?"

"Oh, you know, I gotta get this and that done, watch that one show, and do my laundry; you know, all that normal stuff," Jaina replied sweetly. The look on Mr. Pompous-Hutt-Licker's face was priceless. Zekk had a hard time holding in his laughter.

"Fine then, decide for yourself who you want in your damn squadron, I don't care." With that, he walked out of the room and let Zekk finally burst into the laughter that had previously been held in.

Once he had calmed down, Zekk looked back to Jaina to see her staring at him with an amused expression on her face.

"Enjoyed the show?"

"Oh yes, and you must tell me, what was stuck up that guy's butt?"

Jaina burst into a fit of laughter before answering. "It might be that that was the 16th time I've turned him down for a date."

"Really? Wow, judging by his attitude I would've have thought it was more."

Again, Zekk's statement was first met by Jaina's laughter. "Yes, well, he annoys me so much that every chance I get I take him down a couple of notches in front of his superiors and others."

"Well, if you want, you can complain to me and try to lower him farther down than I already think of him, on our way back to your place."

Jaina smiled and nodded before she quickly grabbed a few things off of her desk, ushered him out of the room, and locked her office door. She took the arm that Zekk had mockingly held out for her and they chatted on their way to Jaina's quarters.

TBC-

I don't really think this is that good of a chapter, but oh well. I at least hope that you guys liked it! Review if you want, and chocolate to all of those that do read it! Don't forget, I will allow flames, but no putting down the pairing or Zekk.

Next Chapter: Kionne and Marin have fun at the Otaku convention and J/Z bonding!