We have a bunch of construction going on in our house and it's not fun. There's drywall dust ALL over the house. And some of it is on my room so I can't even go take my nap.

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The council told me I had two months to find a new Master or I would be sent to Agri-Corps. I wasn't happy about that because it wasn't up to ME; it was up to the Master really. If someone who is a good Master asked me, of course I would accept. But I wasn't sure if I was READY to have another Master just yet. Many Masters watched me at my lessons and probably thought I was gifted. But I had been traumatized after Master Kulo was killed so maybe they thought that I wouldn't be able to do some of the things a Jedi needed to do. Word was ALL over the Temple about Master Kulo's death. Guhoa had gone to war and we had failed, but the word out was that Master Kulo DID know what they wanted. He didn't even know WHAT they had wanted.

Master Jinn came and went. He wasn't around the Temple much, but when he was he would sometimes ask me to spar with him or come visit a friend out on the Coruscant streets. He had become a friend almost, and a good one. He didn't ask about Master Kulo at all, he had been there and he knew what I was dealing with. I think he thought I blamed myself. At times I did, but not always. Master Kulo wasn't considered a good Master, but he was. He was a great Master and I think I'm the only one that really knew just HOW great he was.

My friends didn't seem to notice that he was gone, but most of them didn't like Master Kulo. Bant had a few jokes about how he looked like he wanted to take charge of the galaxy. He did like to be in control, but I don't think he would have ever done that. Bant still joked about it and I didn't mind because it made me smile, even laugh sometimes.

Since we didn't have time to get Master Kulo's body there wasn't a traditional Jedi funeral. It was so strange to me, because he was such a great Master, but he didn't have any friends. I had never met one. Maybe that's why he was like he was. I was still trying to figure him out, twelve years after he took me as his apprentice.

Master Jinn was so different from Master Kulo. He didn't seem to care my attitude or even the look in my eye. Master Kulo never let me get away with an annoyed look. In a way, I was glad Master Jinn was so different. I couldn't stand to be reminded of Master Kulo now. He had his place in my heart, yes, but I didn't want to think of him anymore than I had to.

In my classes the Masters wouldn't speak of Master Kulo, but one day Master Futa was talking about death and she just briefly asked me how I felt about Master Kulo. I didn't know how to explain it. He was in a better place and wouldn't want me to grieve for him, but I couldn't help it at times. When she asked me, at that one moment, I wasn't sure what I felt.

The months passed and I just hadn't found a new Master. A few had asked me, but I didn't feel anything coming from them. I felt more like they felt sorry for me than anything. I started to wonder if I would find a Master before my time was up.

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Within the last week of my time at the Temple, Master Jinn and I returned from a short mission on Coruscant. He told the Council that he wanted to take a Padawan Learner. The competitions were to be held two days later.

Master Futa convinced me to fight in them, because my time was almost up. I watched in silence. Master Jinn starred at the other students, they noticed just as I had, and that's when they began to make mistakes. This almost made me smile, his gaze was very distracting, but Master Kulo had always told me that nothing should distract me from the moment when you are fighting for your life. I was fighting for my life and I was up next.

I bowed to the Council and to my opponent. And then we began. My opponent was just like the others. He had noticed that Master Jinn was watching him and he began to make mistakes. I felt Master Jinn's eyes on me as I flipped backwards. His gaze didn't distract me now, I was used to it. It was more like he was forcing me to concentrate. Maybe that's what was going on inside me… I wasn't sure, but I knew that Master Jinn saw something in me. And in that moment, I saw something in him too.

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After the competitions were over I was talking to Bant when Master Jinn walked in. He smiled at Bant. "I'll talk to you later," I said.

She smiled. "Okay, good job, Obi."

That almost forced me to smile again. She left and Master Jinn and I were left alone. He was studying me. "You did well out there," he said finally.

"Thanks. It was my last chance before I get sent to Agri-Corps and I wanted to be proud of that last fight." Something inside me changed in that moment. I took a deep breath and let it out. Master Jinn was there, right in front of me, but he was somewhere else too.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi, I would like to know if you would be my Padawan."

I gapped. There had been other Masters there that day and I didn't think it would be Master Jinn asking me. I didn't expect anyone to ask me, but especially not him.

It seemed like forever between the time he asked and the time I finally snapped back into it. It still seemed weird for me to accept, but I felt it was the will of the Force. I smiled. "I would be honored to."

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And I had to move ALL over again, but this time Master Jinn was there to help. I think he had me in mind when he first told the Council. Of course, I'm not sure because I would never ask him, but I was pretty sure. Or maybe he just realized it when I was the only person who didn't fall flat on my face when he was staring at me. I didn't know.

We had our first mission on the planet of Tyune. It was pretty simple, even if I did have to put up with Bruck Chun and his Master. I did catch Master Jinn smiling at me a few of the times I gave Bruck a really fast and smart comeback. I don't think he knew that I could be like that at all. As far as he knew I was the quietest Padawan in the galaxy.

On the way to Tyune Master Jinn hardly watched me at all. I don't think he really cared as much anymore. He knew what I was capable of and that really felt good to me. While he was more sensitive than Master Kulo ever was, he was pretty strict too. He wasn't OVERLY strict though. And that was different for me.

I was learning to read Master Jinn's moods now, as I had Master Kulo's. He didn't mind my sarcasm, as Master Kulo had. He was very different. And he was definitely less irritated. He didn't mind if I didn't finish my studies exactly when he wanted me to. And he didn't mind if I wasn't perfect. There was just something about him. Maybe the reason Master Kulo was ever my Master is so that I could find Master Jinn. I didn't really know the ways of the Force, or even think I ever would, but I felt that Master Jinn was the Master I was supposed to be with.

Our mission on Tyune was successful and we went back to the Temple. Master Jinn and I got along better than Master Kulo and I ever had.

Maybe all of it was just the will of the Force. Me leaving my parents as an infant, becoming Master Kulo's Padawan at just two years, going to Guhoa, getting captured, Master Kulo dying, and then Master Jinn asking me to become his Padawan. I don't think I'll ever truly get over Master Kulo's death, but I knew that Master Jinn was the Master the Force wanted me to be with. And I was happy.

There was a huge difference between them. The two different relationships. One was more anger-filled and it wasn't tightly bound. And the other was perfectly bound, or as perfect as it's going to get.

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The End

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Okay, I just decided to add that last little paragraph, just for the heck of it. Let me know if you all want a sequel! I will write one if you want me to. You can give me a few ideas too, I don't have any right now so if you give me one and I like it I will write about it, and give you credit for the idea too.