A/N: A little limey around here, so if you're squeamish to that kind of stuff, sorry. It's only for a little while.
DISCLAIMER: (I can't believe I haven't put one!) I don't own Star Wars KOTOR, though that would be awesome! I'd make Revan a girl and she'd always be with Carth so I could have Candorous. Tee-hee….
Chapter Seven: Looking To The Fields
Half an hour later, Revan awoke once more. Her neck was stiff and she figured Carth's would be too. Looking up, she smiled toothily as the pair of hazel eyes staring back.
"Morning, Beautiful," Carth once again traced the remnants of scarred tissue across Revan's face.
"Good morning," Revan pulled herself up wearily from Carth's chest and turned around. His larger-than-usual bangs were hanging over his eyes, annoying Revan greatly. She leaned over and brushed them out of the way so she could see both of his large, round opals. "Did you sleep ok? Your neck isn't sore, is it?" She laid a hand on the back of his neck lightly, as if seeing if there was any tension. She rubbed her fingers across the very tense skin, effectively working out any kinks in his neck. Carth just chuckled, resting his own hands on her arm.
"I'm fine," He whispered. Letting out a breathy chuckle, Revan got off the bed and reached for her hair brush. "Your hair is beautiful, you know that?"
"It's too long," Revan smirked playfully. "It got in the way too many times fighting Shinrii."
"And you still won easily." Carth commented. Revan put down the brush and went back to Carth on the bed.
"And I'd win again, if I had to," She murmured, kissing him on the cheek before buzzing off to the mirror. Carth stared in shock. He hadn't expected that for a while.
"You kissed me," He stammered, sliding off of the bed and sidling up to Revan. The Jedi gasped, spinning around and leaning on him.
"Really?" She asked. "I'd better make sure," She pecked him on the opposite cheek. "Yeah, I'd say that's a kiss."
Carth laughed, a nod escaping his neck.
"Except you missed." He taunted. A smile spread uncontrollably across his face and he chuckled. He knew what he was making her do, and that's what was so fun about it. He would only have to see if she'd go along with it.
She did, of course.
"Seriously?" She asked, fake shock running through her vocal cords. "Then you're going to have to show how, I can't seem to remember."
She was playing her own game, Carth figured. He normally wasn't into giving up so early in their games, but he really wanted her. Really wanted her.
So, without much else, Carth kissed her. His lips pressed up to hers abruptly and her arms slinked around his neck, pushing him further to her. She began helping, allowing his tongue to pass into her mouth and take in its fill of her as it wanted. She felt his own arms sliding around her waist, pulling her upwards to reach him better.
Revan had closed her eyes, anticipating the kiss. Her nimble hands weaved through his hair, getting a good grip to hold her position. Carth leaned Revan over onto the bed, pinning her down strategically. With deft fingers, Carth began to unclip Revan's robes….
Revan chuckled through their passionate lip-lock. She knew what he wanted. She could always tell what he wanted, especially when it got that far. But she really knew what he wanted because she had been craving the same thing.
A smile swarmed over Revan's face after a quick moan, and she placed a pointed finger between Carth and her lips.
"Not now," She said solemnly, smiling. Carth moaned.
"Why not?" He asked slyly. "It's not like the Hawk, no one will hear us in this big house."
Chuckling, Revan went on. "One, because you're funner both when I make you wait and when you do it at night."
"Funner? Is that even a word?" Carth tried to change the subject.
"It is now. Two: you have work to do today." Revan held two fingers up to keep Carth on the same page she was. Three reasons, she was on number two. Carth nodded.
"Understandable, though I could always skip a day," He received an effective slap on the shoulder from Revan. He shut up.
"And three is that Reese and I have to look for someone today, and I have to cut my hair." Revan said, still smiling. "So we'll do it tonight, ok?"
"Well, that sounds ok," Carth got up, pulling Revan with him. "Where are you and Reese heading?"
"We aren't going off-planet, if that's what you're asking." Revan reassured, hearing Carth's sigh of relief. "The person we're looking for is on this planet, we just don't know where."
"Well what's their name; maybe I could help." Carth wrapped an arm around Revan's shoulder and hugged her close.
Revan hesitated to answer, unsure if she should tell him.
There's no harm in telling him a name, child. He will know it sooner or later. Kreia advised.
Are you sure it's ok? Revan asked, still stalling.
Very.
"Masa Tekka is her name." Revan stated. "She's fourteen."
"I'll research on it today if I have time," Carth said, ruffling up Revan's hair.
A knock at the door ended their flirting. Revan sighed, finding her way through the house to open the portal to the outside world.
"Coming!" She reassured the person. She grabbed the doorknob and opened the door.
The Exile stood in the doorway, her smile broad and Atton standing beside her groggily, their fingers intertwined.
"You coming?" She asked. "It is 1000 hours you know."
"It's already that late?" Revan asked, slipping to put shoes on. "I wasn't watching the time! I'm sorry."
"So worries," Atton yawned, leaning his head on the doorway. "I don't even know what we're doing, but Reese got everyone from the crew involved."
"Really?" Revan finished her battle with the shoes triumphantly and grinned at her friends. "You got everyone from your crew to help us?"
Reese nodded, pushing her blonde hair away from her face.
"Don't go to sleep, Rand." Reese pushed him slightly, waking him from his doze.
"I'm not!" He whined, settling back down, snoring before his head hit the wall.
"We had a long night." Reese excused.
"Oh!" Revan clapped her hands together, realizing what Reese's words meant. "Did you have fun?"
"The best…." Atton drowsily said, smirking. Reese turned red.
"Yeah," Carth sauntered into the room. "You'd better go." He hugged Revan. "I'll see you at dinner."
"Alright," Revan hugged back before sprinting out the door behind Reese.
"So," Reese smirked as she walked, breaking the long silence they had going. "Did you and Carth have fun yet?" She sent herself into a fit of giggles, making Atton sigh.
"Women…" He breathily said, resting his arms behind his head.
"No, last night we crashed after the Battle, and then this morning I stopped him." Revan smirked also, placing a hand over her eyes to avoid eye contact with a now flabbergasted Reese.
"You denied him sex?" She asked, stressing the word like it was a god. "Why would you do that to yourself?"
"Ha-ha," Revan said slowly. "I'm making him wait until tonight. He's a lot better then."
"You're still mean, whether or not you're still a Sith Lord, you know that, right Ma'am?" Atton laughed. Revan shot him a look.
"What's with the Ma'am? I haven't been above you in an army in—" She stopped herself, eyeing Reese. They stopped walking as Atton sighed once more.
"She knows, Ma'am." He clarified. Reese exchanged glances from Atton and Revan. A smile raced across her face.
"You mean the whole Jaq Rand thing? Yeah, I know about that." Reese waved it off. Revan shrugged.
"Nonetheless," She stated. "You don't have to call me Ma'am anymore. Just Revan. And if you're took uncomfortable with that, then Willow Sana will suffice."
"Sure, Revan." Atton said. "Just don't act surprised when the Zabrak calls you 'Admiral' for the umpteenth time, ok? He still hasn't gotten off of the general thing with Reese."
"Nice," Revan laughed, reaching the Hawk. She wound her way around the place and found her way to the main hold. Everyone was piled in there.
"Who are we looking for?" Candorous asked impatiently.
"Hold on a minute," Reese scolded. "We'll get to that."
"We're looking for a Masa Tekka. She's fourteen, and I have absolutely no clue what she looks like." Revan said.
"Alright," Visas said. "You want us to make a thorough search of the world?"
"Yes, but we'll do it slowly." Reese ordered. "Mical and Mira will search here and in the Jedi homes. This child is Force-Sensitive, so she could be in the Jedi enclave for all we know."
"You don't know what she looks like," Mira snarled. "But you know she's a Forcee?"
"It's a long story, and I don't have to desire to tell you." Revan sniffed in snootily and looked away from the bounty hunter.
Kreia chuckled inside Revan's mind. Nor the years required….
What?
It's nothing, dear one. You and I are more a like than we remember.
"Visas and Bao-Dur will look through the rural areas of the place. There could be a chance they don't know she can use the Force and she is stuck inside a farm house."
"I will do as you ask." Visas bowed.
"The last time I saw her," Revan stated, "Nine years ago—she was in the possession of a farm woman by the name of Mari. Start by looking with her."
T3 beeped his response, making Revan smile.
"Yes, I'll equip you with shields and some better supplies before you set off." She said, patting him on the head. "I think I've finally found a blaster you wouldn't mess up after the first battle."
T3-M4 beeped in slight annoyance.
"Correction:" HK stated. "Do not blame that on me. We would have been fine just blasting them from behind, but you insisted that secrecy was better. It's your own fault you got shot in the blaster before I could react."
Reese was now the one laughing.
"And I told both of you not to go." She stated. "So it's both of yours faults."
"You two need to start getting along a little better, since you're going to be searching for the child in the technological part of the planet. Can you behave around each other long enough to try to locate her?" Revan smirked. "Or shall I remove something as collateral?"
Her remark earned a "Meep!" from both machines. They nodded their agreements and were silent.
"Great. Now, we need the rest of you to find out about the Sith. We need to know if this girl has been taken into their custody or not." Revan grazed her index finger past everyone else. "And possibly why they attacked us."
"We already know that," Atton said, putting his hands in his pockets. "They wanted you."
"I know that," Revan pouted. "But we need to know why. Most of the Sith consider me a traitor. Why would Shinrii be after me?"
"Because Kai'Sek told her to, obviously." Mira crossed her arms and spat the words.
Revan bristled largely. She clamped her fists together.
Temper, child. Temper.
I know, I know.
"Mira," The Exile stated. "That was unnecessary."
"Alright," Revan interrupted. "Let's get to work."
"Wait," Bao-Dur stated. "Admiral, where are you going?"
"Me, Atton, Candorous and Reese are going to do our own searching." Revan said. The Mandalore beamed. "Everybody clear on what we need to do?"
"Yes," Came the reply. Candorous ushered Revan to the hangar.
"Let's go," He said. "I need out of here."
Revan giggled as she was dragged out from the ship and across the fields. Atton and Reese marched after them, chatting quietly about the things they had done the night before.
"So where are we searching?" Candorous asked. "Hopefully somewhere we can make use of our fighting skills."
"Most likely," Revan smirked, placing her hands behind her head and sighing. "After we cut my hair we're going to go to the Coruscant fields."
"The fields?" Reese asked, cutting off their own conversation, much to Atton's discontent. "Why would she be there?"
Revan chuckled.
"Because that's where I would be."
-----
Carth walked through the halls of his building, checking up on everyone and making sure their jobs were problem-free. People were tracking the mysterious attack of the Sith from days before.
With nothing else for Carth to do, he sat himself in front of a computer and turned it on. He pushed his hair put of his face and streaked it backwards so it wouldn't go back.
Carth thought of Revan. She could make him so aggravated at times! Making him wait to have his fun… why should he? He'd waited at least four years already. So, the least he could do for her was look up the name she provided to him. He jumped when a voice in his head disturbed his thoughts.
Be careful of this, boy. Knowing the face to that name will lead to complications if used wrongly.
"What?" Carth turned around, grasping a hold of his vibrosword. The old, solid, knowledgeable voice rang through his head as he realized that no one was in the room with him.
Looking for me throughout the room you reside in will bring you no avail, boy.
"Who are you?" He asked quietly, hoping no one could hear him.
Boy, talk through your head like the dear one does. It causes fewer problems that way. Just let the words you wish to speak to me roll through your mind and I shall understand you.
Carth peered around the room, making sure no one was trying to play tricks on him, then sighed.
Like… this?
Yes, boy. Like that.
Carth shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair once more. What a day this was turning out to be.
What is it you wanted?
I have already instructed you in that. For the dear one's sake, be careful in what you uncover.
Dear one? Who is that?
She has many names, Boy. Never mind, just go on. I shall be here to guide you.
All guides must have a name. What's yours?
Ah yes, a name. Though I cannot tell you mine yet, boy, you may choose one. Now go on with the search for Masa. I'm sure the dear one will need it.
By the way the voice was talking; Carth guessed she was speaking of Revan. She was the only one who had mentioned Masa to him. Although, Reese seemed pretty eager to get their search underway.
Shrugging, Carth turned his attention back to the screen. Blue lights illuminated off of his face, and he squinted in the new light to see. With deft fingers, he ordered in a world-wide search.
"ID AND PASSWORD." The words sprang up at Carth instantly. He shrugged once more, pressing in his long-remembered password and ID.
"WELCOME ONASI, CARTH. WHO IS IT YOU WANT TO SEARCH FOR?"
Carth typed in the name Revan had supplied him with: Masa Tekka. The screen went blank slightly and little dots surrounded the blue, showing it was searching for something.
A knock came at the door as the search went on, making Carth jump slightly.
"Come in," He said, surprised at the shakiness of his voice. The door swished open and Bastila Shan strode in, brown Jedi robes swaying and her hair tied tightly in its bun.
"Carth," She said. "You've been in here for an hour. Who are you searching for?"
"An hour?" Carth looked at the clock. It read 1200 hours. He had spent at least and hour in the room, talking with the voice and searching for Masa. How could that have happened?
When one first starts off talking with others that people can't visualize, it takes a while to say what one must say. It will get better in time. The voice instructed him.
"Oh, well…." He said. "I was just searching for someone."
"Really?" Bastila sauntered over to the computer and studied it. "Who, may I ask?"
"Willow gave me the name this morning." Carth started. The computer beeped, and words flashed up on the screen.
"MASA TEKKA FOUND. CLICK ON RECORD OF CHOICE:"
"Masa?" Bastila gasped. "You're looking for her?"
"Why does everyone know who Masa is but me?" Carth asked. Bastila ignored the question, clicking on the record labeled "LOCATION".
She quickly read the circumstances and nodded.
"Right," She said, pulling her hair out of its bun. "I'm going into the Coruscant fields."
-----
Revan fingered her now shoulder-length hair, twirling it around in her fingers as Reese quickly braided part of the back for her friend. The cool grass cooled their legs as they kneeled onto the ground.
"I can't believe you cut off all of that long hair…." Reese whined as she speedily spiraled a lock of Revan's hair into a braid. When she was finished, she knotted the bottom and set it back on Revan's head.
Revan's hair was parted into thirds, with one sixth from each third tied inside the tenacious tress.
"I had to, General." Revan sighed. "Did you see how many times I faltered battling Shinrii because of it?"
"Well, that won't happen anymore," Candorous stated, fingering on his blaster. "Can we please go now?"
"Yes, yes." Atton said, walking away with the Mandalorian. Reese and Revan stood, quickly joining them.
"So where do you want to start looking?" Reese asked.
"Let's see…" Revan placed a finger to her lips and sighed. "Where's that cave we found on the schematics page?"
"We found twelve caves in this area, Revan." Atton scowled. "Don't tell me we're going to search every single one?"
"Ok, I won't tell you we're going to search every single one, but we are anyway." Revan smiled at her own corny joke.
"Hey, at least we can get us some more crystals." Reese shrugged.
"Well, you certainly aren't going there without me," The voice startled all of them, and Revan jumped backwards a little. Bastila ran up to them with her lightsaber constricted in her hand.
"Bastila, don't do that!" Atton gasped, holding his chest.
"Excuse me, but I didn't mean to startle you." She stated. "You should have told me you were searching for Masa, Willow. I would have been more than happy to help, you know."
"I was hoping you had stayed with Carth, to tell the truth. How did you know we were here?" Revan asked, helping her Jedi friend to where they stood.
"I caught Carth searching for the child's location, and he found that she was here." Bastila explained, replacing her lightsaber back into her belt loop. "You're going to need all the Jedi you can get."
THE END!
Ok, I updated. The next chapter they'll actually find Masa, and Carth will get to have his fun. So stop pressuring me for more fluff, please? n.n Review please, and I'll update as soon as I update Just Like Me, if not before.