Rex walked into the mess, shoulders straight and ready- and there Anakin was. Luckily, he was looking down at a datapad.

I can work with that.

"Yes?" Rex asked, wincing as he assumed a sassy pose.

Anakin doesn't look up and apparently doesn't question his non-captioness. He just waved him closer.

"Rex- LOOK at what I found!" Anakin exclaimed loudly. "I just called Snips so she should be here shortly!"

Rex muttered a silent prayer to the maker. Great. JUST great.

Rex sighed, rolling his eyes," Yeah? What is it."

Suddenly Anakin burst out laughing," A-a Baby tooka! AND A BABY NEXT!" He spluttered between laughs," PLAYING TOGETHER!"

Rex blinked slowly, now feeling in the PERFECT sassy mood. Maaaaaaaaybe he would play along… a little too well.

"THAT'S what you called me here for?" Rex sighed, hands-on-hips. Anakin was infatuated with the screen and didn't turn his eyes away.

"YES!" Anakin exclaimed," THEY'RE PLAYING TOGETHER!"

Rex rolled his eyes again, then froze as he heard the door slide open behind him.

"You called, Sir?"

Rex's brows furrowed in confusion and whipped around.

"I honestly can't decide whether to facepalm… or…" Rex said, completely mystified. Because there before him, was the very Ahsoka Tano, who was currently wearing a helmet that the top had been cut open to fit her montrails. What caught his eye, though, was the blue stripe running through it.

Ahsoka tilted her helmet towards him and stiffened to attention," Commander." She said, in a PERFECT Australian accent.

Rex facepalmed, all coming clear.

"I'm off duty- just call me Ahsoka."

Ahsoka sighed," Yes sir."

Then Anakin burst into laughter," Ahsoka! Rex! Watch this!"

Rex gave him a sideways glance, then spoke to Ahsoka," Skyguy here found a cute video or something. THAT'S why he called us here."

Ahsoka looked at Anakin for a second," Sir?" She asked tentatively," Shouldn't we be doing better things than this?"

Anakin gasped, eyes still glued to the screen," NO! Well… we DO have to meet Obiwan at the temple with Cody…" He looked at the chronometer on his datapad and yelped," RIGHT ABOUT NOW!"

He stood up and bolted out, calling out behind him," REX! AHSOKA! MEET ME THERE IN FIVE SECONDS!"

Ahsoka gave a world-weary sigh as Rex grinned madly," Race you there?"

"Sure, kid."

Rex got a head start, running as fast as he could, but Ahsoka, obviously being so buff from Kamino's training, beat him there in the end.

"No fair!" Rex complained, coming to a stop behind Anakin.

Ahsoka smirked some," Kid, you have the Force."

Rex blinked," Oh yeah."

They were now outside the Jedi temple, walking up the stairs together.

"OH MY GOSH!" Anakin gasped," THE TOOKA JUST GAVE UP HIS HOME FOR THE NEXU!"

Eyes rolled. Albeit secretly from Ahsoka. The doors to the temple opened and Obiwan and Cody walked out, deep in conversation. Anakin ACTUALLY looked up from his datapad.

"Obiwan!" He greeted, coming up to him.

"Anakin. For ONCE you're on time." Obiwan quipped lightly, smiling,

"I have a GREAT reason I was gone though!" Anakin insisted, shoving the datapad under his nose," A TOOKA AND A BABY NEXU ARE FRIENDS!"

Obiwan sighed, then caught a glimpse of the screen," Wait- are they hugging?"

"YEAH!"

Cody sighed from beside him and moved to stand next to Rex.

"So this is the type of day it is." Cody sighed.

"Yeah, Skyguy really shouldn't look at that sort of stuff." Rex agreed, eyeing the Jedi.

Cody did a double-take, leaning back," Uh- you okay Rex?"

"I… am not Rex. I'm Ahsoka."

"Yeah!" Ahsoka pitched in," I'm Rex. I think you have your helmet screwed on too tight there, Cody."

Cody sighed and stepped up to his General," Er- General Kenobi? We have a situation."

"Not now Cody," Obiwan waved him off," The Tooku is HUNTING!"

"But it's… Hypothetical situation 103."

Obiwan jerked back from the datapad to turn his full attention to Cody," What-?" Then his eyes fell on Ahsoka who was at attention, and Rex who was rolling his eyes at them.

Obiwan whipped back around to Anakin," Anakin! Do you see this?"

But Anakin was too in love with the Baby Tooka to look up and now was cooing at the screen.

"It's no use," Obiwan said, turning back from them," WE need to get to the bottom of this. Grab Fives as well."

Cody nodded, eyeing his brother," Yes Sir."

(A few minutes later, in the Jedi Temple Cells, with Fives)

Obiwan smiled kindly at Fives," You are the number ONE mischief-maker in the 501st. Is that right?"

Fives smirked, eyes sparkling," Yes sir! Very proud of it too!"

Obiwan nodded, pressing his hands together," Then you can tell me what's happening with your Commanding officers."

"Anakin? Well he is obsessed with the Tooka since he found out that Senator-"

"NO!" Obiwan said, sharply," Ahsoka and Rex."

Fives laughed," OH THEM! No idea."

Obiwan gave him a look.

Fives smiled innocently.

"I'll give you more paperwork."

"OKAY OKAY OKAY- I can explain."

"Please do."

"Okay, so-"

(Earlier)

Rex gazed at the cards in on the table in horrified awe. This CANNOT be happening.

"WE BEAT. YOU AT SABACC IN YO FACE!" Fives shouted, doing a happy dance around the table," WHOOOOOOO! I GOT AN IDIOTS ARRAY!"

Rex came out of his shock and smacked his head on the table," Yeah. You did it. At last, you did it." He said muffedly from his Fives induced faceplant.

Jesse grinned madly," And now," He said gleefully," It is time for the payment." Fives held up his hand for silence, which Hardcase completely ignored, him in the middle of cackling like a maniac.

"Let us remember," Fives said solemnly," The day that I beat the Captain of the 501st at his own game."

There is silence.

"AND NOW HE PAYS UP!" Fives crowd loudly. Rex took a deep breath and looked up wearily.

"If you make me do something stupid-"

But Hardcase laughed, slapping him on the back," Oh no, Rex. WE make the rules now!" Rex narrowed his eyes half-heartedly, but, deep in his soul, he knew it to be the twisted truth.

"Fine." He bit out," WHAT do you want from me?"

"Well!" Hardcase started evilly, before he paused, blinking," Er- I didn't think that far in." Jese rolled his eyes at him, then also paused.

Fives turned to them and shook his head," Honestly guys! You act like you have NO faith in my Sabacc skills at all!"

"We don't."

"I think you cheated somehow."

Fives looked affronted, then remembered the task at hand, and whipped around to Rex, leaning in close," I have dreamed of this moment… for so long!"

Rex blinked, "I'm… That's just creepy."

"You didn't expect it?"

"I wouldn't put it past you," Hardcase said, not at all bothered by this news.

"Uh- That's… creepy even for me," Jesse admitted, eyeing him. Fives waved them all off, forming a huddle with Jesse and Hardcase.

Rex rapped his foot impatiently- but it was really a cover for… fear.

All in the 501st knew what happened when those collaborated. Luckily, either Rex or Anakin was there to stop them from unleashing their full maniacdom. But this time- Rex suppressed a shudder- they had free reign.

FREE REIGN! It wasn't natural. There was a hierarchy in LIFE that kept people like these ones in order. But now… Rex's eyes widened… IT WAS ALL CRUMBLING! LIFE ITSELF WAS DYING NOW!

Before more thoughts on how UTTERLY wrong this one entered his head, as Fives turned back around. Fives eyes… they were practically glowing with evilness.

Rex swallowed," W-what did you decide?"

Fives smirked, stepped closer to Rex, and whispered it in his ear.

"Kriff no." Rex choked on a disbelieving laugh.

Fives looked him in the eye, dead-serious," Yes."

Rex stood up suddenly, glaring at all of them with all the Captain seriousness he could muster," If you make me do this, you will ALL be on sanitation duty for the rest of the war."

"I'm okay with that."

"Sure."

"That doesn't prolonge my sentence." Fives grinned before gesturing to the hallway, "Shall we?"

(Now)

Obiwan raised a bow," And tell me, Fives, WHY would Rex agree to do such a thing?" Fives turned dead-serious, leaning back in the single chair that was in the room, wincing away from the white light above him.

"Oh General," Fives said softly," There are unspoken rules about such things."

"Oh really?"

"Yes," Fives eyes drifted off in memory," Tell me, have you ever seen Cody do the dab?"

Obiwan blinked," No."

"EXACTLY! Unspoken rule of this galaxy."

Obiwan gave him a look and turned to Cody, who had just entered.

"Cody. Do a dab."

"Er… Okay?" And behold. *Angel chorus* Cody drops their head into the bent crook of his arm, while raising the opposite arm out straight in a parallel direction. He… DABBED!

Fives made a choking noise and covered his eyes," Y-you broke the unspoken rule!"

Cody blinked as Obiwan smirked," Anyways, you may continue."

Fives took a shuddering breath," Okay-"

(Later than earlier?)

"Shhhhh!"

"I will kill you. Slowly."

"Nah! You love me!"

"..."

"See!"

Rex gave his brother a deep, dark and foreboding look that spoke only of death and destruction. Fives only grinned, stepping out of the shadows and rounding the corner.

"Almost here!" He called behind him as he walked further ahead. Rex muttered a few choice Mando'a curses before slipping around the corner after him. Rex glared at the back of the same trooper as they came onto the 501st Commanders Room.

"I can't believe you're making me do this." He hissed as Fives did a grand bow, gesturing to the door as an invitation.

Rex's eyes narrowed but he did indeed let the door slide open and step inside after Fives.

"Now where," Fives mused out loud," Would she keep them?" Then he grinned and flung open some draws," Now I'm not cruel, Rex." Fives said as he shifted through the draws.

Rex raised a brow, highly doubting that and highly disliking where this was going.

"I won't make you take your armour off." Fives continued as he opened another draw.

Turning to the closet to join in the search, Rex let out a sigh of relief.

"Good. Cause I don't care what blackmail you have on me, I would NOT do that." Rex said, feeling majorly uncomfortable as he began feeling around the closet.

"It's not like you have much choice," Fives said proudly.

"I could just succumb to the humiliation?"

"Er- no. You would sooner crawl in a hole and die." Then Fives suddenly let out a horrified squeak as he opened the third draw, shutting it instantaneously.

"Do I wanna know?"

"No."

They continued searching until Rex found it. Fives bounded up to him and yanked it out of the closet.

"Put it oooooon!" Fives instructed, grinning widely.

Rex looked at it and turned bright red before whipping to Fives," Vod, from brother to a brother, please don't make me do this!"

Fives sighed deeply and shook his head," Then you would deny my dreams coming true!"

"You are one messed up trooper."

"Awww! Thank you! Wait! We need a girls name for you… Er REGINA!"

Rex took a deep breath, trying not to murder him. Okay. I can do this.

(Now)

Obiwan moved to stand a little closer to the door," You are heartless."

Fives shrugged," I'm not going to deny it."

"..."

"Shall I continue?"

"Please."

(Later than earliers early! HA! I nailed that one.)

Rex took a deep breath as Fives counted off the rules on his fingers.

"One, you have to go all for it. Maneristics, Sass, cluelessness, accent-"

"Oh no." Rex laughed in a voice a pitch too high," Oh no no no no NO. I am NOT doing ANYONE's accent."

Fives took an involuntary step back at Rex's laugh, and decided, for Rex's sanity, to be lenient on this one.

"Okay, no accent."

Rex looked relieved, then sighed," Next rule?"

"Two, You CANNOT listen to senior officers when they ask you to stop. Three, you must NOT tell anyone why you are doing this and finally," Fives slapped Rex on the shoulder, grinning," Have fun."

Rex blinked in slow, slow succession.

"I win!" Fives grinned.

"What?"

"You BLINKED!"

"Yeah… so?"

"I WON THE STARING CONTEST!"

Rex facepalmed. "Really? That's it! I hereby band you from EVERYthing sugary on this ship!"

"Yes. And that is just mean!" Fives pouted.

"..."

"Oh yeah! Regina! Anyways- shoo!" Fives pushed him towards the mess," Anakin is in there and has called for you!"

Rex looked at the mess that seemed to have turned ominously dark.

"Er- pass."

Fives gave him a look, and his eyes turned black," You promised, Rex."

Rex took a look towards the ominous mess, and then back to the ominous Fives.

"MAKE your decision," Fives growled darkly.

Evil mess. Evil Fives. Evil mess. Evil Fives.

So he chose the mess.

(Now)

Fives grinned in fond memory," So THAT is what happened!"

"Cody," Obiwan said in a flat voice," Assign Fives to the 212th cleaning duty as well."

Cody nodded whole-heartedly and pulled out his datapad, then sighed," We can't, Sir, he's already on here."

"ANy other legion in need of a cleaner?"

"Er- nope. He's doing all of them."

Obiwan gave Fives a look of weariness, disdain, and half-impressiveness," You do go all out."

Fives grinned, smoothing back his hair," No other way to do it."

"So," Obiwan said, getting back to the original topic," Why is Ahsoka doing it?"

"That isn't my doing." Fives said, sounding a bit disappointed," But I DID hear that Barriss was cowering in her room today- so I bet she had something to do with it."

Obiwan nodded," Cody, grab Barriss."

"Yes Sir."

Cody soon arrived back with Barriss in tow, who was, as always, in perfect visible poise. Her force presence though? A nervous wreck.

"Fives." Obiwan said flatly," You may leave."

"WHOOOOOO!" Fives crowed, running out waving his arms.

"So…" Cody said, confused," We're just going to let him go?"

"We need to fix this, first."

They both turn to Barriss and Obiwan gestured to THE chair that they had found in some random warehouse.

Bariss sits, hands folded neatly in her lap," If I may ask, Master Kenobi, why am I here?"

Obiwan considered the padawan," I think you know-"

"I'LL CONFESS!" Barriss exclaimed," It started like this-"

(Earlier at the same time as the first earlier)

Ahsoka sighed deeply, sinking slowly in her chair on each extended note.

"I. Am. So. Bored." She groaned, slapping her head on the table. When no one miraculously came over to appease her boredom, she stood up. "If no one will help me with my boredom- I will have to fix it myself." She concluded.

Then, luckily for any poor soul she might have come across, Bariss walked in at that exact moment.

"Ahsoka!" Bariss greeted with a smile," How are you?"

Ahsoka sighed in remembrance," I'm bored! Come help me!" Bariss nodded and Ahoksa pulled her by the wrist back to her table.

"I don't know what the KRIFF I should be doing!" Ahsoka exclaimed as they sat down. Bariss's eyes widen.

"Language!"

"That still doesn't solve the problem!"

Bariss sighed, it being clear that she would get nowhere this way, and that it was probably better just to give her an idea.

"What if you start doing Role-play or something?" She offered, but Ahsoka only raised a brow.

"What's that?"

Bariss smiled, "Act out or perform the part of a person or character!"

Then Bariss' smile was wiped off of her face as a small, but clearly ominous glint shone in Ahsoka's eyes. Bariss swallowed, moving back ever so slightly away from her friend.

"Er," Bariss said nervously," What do you think?"

Ahsoka leaned back in her chair slowly," I think," She smiled," Imma start Role-Playing." Standing up, she smiled again, running through the halls until she arrived at the 501st bunker.

"Echoooooooo!" She called into the halls. Troopers turned vaguely in her direction, saw the glint in her eye, then turned away. Ahsoka could hear the call echoing down the halls. Then there was a sigh and a head poked out of the mess.

"Commander," Echo said seriously," Before you say anything, I REFUSE to prank someone, tie anyone up, make them do something against their will, or go to the beach."

Ahsoka skipped over to him then paused," What's wrong with the beach?"

Echo's eyes drifted off in memory and he sighed, "Sand."

"Wait! The Sand speech worked? You ACTUALLY hate sand now? Anakin has a convert!" Ahsoka gaped.

Echo laugh, "No, the sand speech. Last time it took three hours to explain the diagram."

Ahsoka scrunched her face in memory," Oh yeah. Then on the way back, there was another lecture."

"Exactly."

"He did give out free 'Sand is Bland and should only be canned' pins!"

"Yeah. Whoever came up with that name though…"

Ahsoka narrowed her eyes slightly.

"And what did you need, Ahsoka?" Echo deftly avoiding that subject with a smile.

Aaaaaaanyways!" Ahsoka continued, before giving him the puppy eyes. "I need a spare helmet and marker and YOU are the guy who has that sort of stuff!"

Echo blinked," I'm not."

Ahsoka winked," Of course not."

"Um…"

Ahsoka winked bigger, "So? Where might I NOT find those things?"

"I don't know?"

"I know you know."

"I don't."

"Yooooouuuuuuu doooooooooo!" Ahsoka stressed, winking in slow-motion because Echo clearly must have missed it before.

"I've got… somewhere to be…" Echo nodded slowly, backing up," I've got to be… somewhere. That isn't here… REX'S OFFICE" Then he scurried away.

"I KNEW you could help me out!" Ahsoka said cheerfully, now having a destination in mind. Bolting the opposite way, she peeked around both corners before slipping into Rex's office. Ahsoka looked around that suddenly grinned, turning to the blind and slowly pulling it over the door dramatically. Then, she did something so had always wanted to do. She started cackling.

(Now)

"So…" Obiwan asked suspiciously," How do you know what happened with Echo?"

Barriss shrugged," Er- we have this thing… Basically we complain about our best friends to each other. He told me about… Ahsoka's escapade."

Obiwan nodded slowly, stroking his beard," I see."

"I'll continue then?"

(I'm too lazy this time. Ya get it.)

Ahsoka sat crosslegged on the floor of Rex's office, tongue sticking out the side of her mouth, as she coloured in the last line and held up her prize.

"Perfect!" She beamed," And now!"

She carefully put the helmet over her head, then she stopped confused, as the helmet didn't move further.

"Huh?"

Ahsoka walked up to the mirror and laughed. Her montrails! It balanced the helmet on the ends of them, it didn't even fit over her head! Then she frowned. This wouldn't help her Roleplaying…

"Accessories!" She said in a sing-song fashion and darted out of the office and to the barracks.

(Now)

"and that's all I know." Barriss finished," May I leave now?"

Obiwan nodded,"YOu may, padawan."

Barriss scurried away and Obiwan turned to Cody," I know how to fix this."

"Good. How?"

"Sugar."

Cody blinked slowly," Siiiir?"

Obiwan chuckled," No- I haven't lost it. But what is the one thing both would give up their charade for?"

Cody's eyes widened in realization," Oh."

"Yes."

…

"I REFUSE TO SIR!"

"MAAAAAAASTER!"

Obiwan grinned, sitting them both down in the mess hall.

"If you give up… this. I will give you… CHOCOLATE!" Obiwan immediately whipped out a LARGE Lindor bar surprise.

Rex and Ahsoka exchange a glance," DEAL!"

a/n So if you liked this :) Go read PseudonymGal's story and KarajeJinsta's story! Cause this is part of a tri-series!