The Fury touched down on the plateau above the Yavin IV jungle, Kyradia sat awkwardly in the copilots seat fidgeting, it was weird to be back here she hadn't been here since the fight with Revan. So many things were different back then and so much simpler but then again that wasn't always a good thing. She looked around the cockpit, Andronikos and Ashara were in the other two seats just like old times at least she'd been able to recover that bit of the past. It had taken some convincing to get Andronikos to accept Ashara back onto the ship he was still mad about her leaving but Kyradia managed to get through to him.
"so should i just wait here with the ship" Andronikos had been less than pleased when she told him this was a force users only mission, clearly he wasn't quite over it.
"yeah here seems good come on Ashara we gotta get going" Ashara got up and followed her out, she seemed just like her old self Kyradia was thrilled to have her back but also relieved. Ashara always had a way of getting through to her when her emotions were taking over she needed that right now, they stepped out of the ship and onto the stone plateau. All the memories were coming back now last time she was here she was talking with… Darth Marr she felt her hand start to shake and quickly stopped it with her other hand.
Ashara stopped as she caught site of it "Mas- Kyradia are you alright"
"yeah no i'm fine i just was thinking about last time i was here" she attempted a smile but didn't really know if it was convincing
Ashara looked somber now "oh right a lot of people who were here are missing now" Kyradia had never really admitted it but she really looked up to Marr he represented the sort of empire Kyradia had dreamed of. It wasn't just Marr though so many people were here that she hadn't seen in years. Kyradia thought about this all for a bit before remembering why they were here.
"yeah well there's no point on being down lets go find that temple" Kyradia perked up as she began to lead Ashara down towards the forest
within an hour or so Kyradia and Ashara were deep in the jungle hacking through the trees with their lightsabers, a magnificent flash of purple and yellow as they cut through the branches
"i always really liked the forests of Yavin" Ashara said while cutting through some vines "it's so peaceful here"
"yeah i remember you saying how you loved the landscape" Kyradia did remember Ashara had really enjoyed their time on Yavin, apart from the fighting Revan part of course " you know you could probably open a temple here if you wanted" Ashara went bright orange with that oops that wasn't the intention
" wha-i do-don't know about that i'd be rubbish at teaching" Kyradia knew she would be great she was just nervous
"hey you taught me plenty" Kyradia grinned hopefully that was true Kyradia had learned a lot of patience when training Ashara. Kyradia continued to cut through the dense jungles, hopefully Ashara didn't still think she was awful she was trying very hard to be a better person.
"so where are we going I've been meaning to ask you said something about a temple" oh god Kyradia knew this question was coming it was so complicated to explain and to do without making herself seem bad but she had to be truthful right?
"well we're heading to the temple of a friend of mine from the alliance" hopefully that was sufficient explaining it would be long.
"you're working with Jedi in the alliance" Ashara was beaming clearly she was pleased that Kyradia was no longer a kill Jedi on site kind of sith which was something
"uhhh well sort of" she technically didn't know she was working with her for most of it and now…
"what jedi" damn it she was trying to avoid that question why was Ashara so inquisitive, wait she always was that's why
"uhhhh Master Kavaraa" Kyradia didn't make eye contact with Ashara, before the alliance was around Kavaraa and Kyradia had been rivals and Ashara knowing she had worked with her may see Kyrdaia as weak she had been hiding it purposefully as a result. Kyradia felt a sudden pressure from behind her wha- she turned to see Ashara was hugging her " um why are you hugging me?" this was not the response she was expecting
"i can't believe you buried the hatchet with her i'm so impressed with you" this hug was going on far too long but she did feel a lot better about the scenario knowing Ashara was fine with her having worked with their old enemy.
"well a lot really changed when the eternal empire attacked it made a lot of us do things we wouldn't normally do" The hug was still going but finally she relented thank god
"yeah i guess it would do that" Ashara was smiling in that inquisitive i'm gonna ask you about everything kinda way Kyradia had to do something
"hey come on lets keep moving we're losing sunlight" let's end this conversation before she had to explain more stuff
"yeah sure"…
