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you can find friends in the oddest of places
Ahsoka was happy to say that as she grew older, her skin grew thicker. Which meant Anakin's insults no longer drove her up the wall.
Anakin scowled as he crossed his arms, "When I slashed your face I took away the vision of your left eye, but I had no idea I made you stupid too."
"Congratulations for hurting all three of my feelings, Anakin." Ahsoka said flatly as she placed the last of the power cells into the Silver Tempest. "But I can rest assure you that I'm not an idiot."
She had just returned from walking Rey back to the half destroyed AT-AT she lived in. It wasn't the best living condition but Rey reassured Ahsoka that it was home. Anakin made a small smart remark and at Rey's sudden head turn, the two wondered if she could see him. However she made no indication that she could nor did she respond to him, so the two left it alone.
"You traded your lightsaber to a seven year old kid." He gritted his teeth at how calm she was.
"I traded one of my lightsabers." Ahsoka corrected him and adjusted her goggles once she was done with her work. Her ship came to life almost immediately and she grinned at her success. "And if you want to get off this planet, then I needed those power cells."
Anakin huffed. "And what if she ends up stabbing herself in the eye? If she dies, it's on you Snips."
"You're awfully concerned about a child you don't know and yet you've slaughtered younglings her age." Ahsoka snapped, the bitterness and anger oozing out of her voice and suddenly the argument became more personal than she'd like. "So who has more blood on their hands? Me or you?"
She covered her mouth once she realized what she had said but she made no move to apologize.
Stubbornness ripened with age.
"You're right." Anakin said tightly. "And I'm sorry."
He doesn't talk to her for a while after that. But Ahsoka did try to get her lightsaber back when realizing what she did was rather stupid.
Something didn't sit right with her once she tried to leave Jakku without it and Ahsoka hoped she could buy it back from Unkar Plutt or whoever Rey sold it to.
After hiding her ship as best as she could, she set off to the Graveyard with her walking stick and an emotionally constipated Anakin following behind her. He briefly shot her a questioning look, not understanding why they were heading back but she ignored him.
When they reached the Star Destroyer from earlier, Ahsoka was shocked to see Rey's form standing by the large hole. As she got closer, she could see the anxiety on the little girl's face and Ahsoka's pace slightly became faster.
"Rey?" Ahsoka called out as she squinted.
The little girl's face brightened and she jogged up to the Togruta. "You two returned!"
"Two?" Ahsoka paled. "You can see him?" she pointed her thumb at Anakin.
Rey frowned as she looked between the both of them. Ahsoka became aware of her lightsaber in Rey's hand when the little girl began to fidget with it.
"Am I not supposed to?" Rey asked shyly.
"N-No, actually it's great you can see me." Anakin grinned and moved forward to kneel in front of her. "It means you're—"
Ahsoka hastily interrupted him, "Rey is there a reason you came back here?" the last thing she needed to deal with was a force sensitive child.
He gave her an annoyed look as he stepped back.
Rey blinked twice before she held out the lightsaber, "to give this back. I couldn't give it to Unkar Plutt. I can sense this means a lot to you."
"You hear that Snips? She sensed it." Anakin drawled as Ahsoka grabbed her lightsaber.
Ahsoka honestly wanted to stab him.
It was the first words he said to her since their argument. Ahsoka wished he stayed quiet. Maybe if she ignored him hard enough, he would disappear.
An idea she'd been trying out since their unexpected reunion. With no success, unfortunately.
"Thank you for returning it to me, Rey. But how are you going to eat?" Ahsoka grimaced as Rey shrugged.
"I can look for other junk. There's a bunch of ships I can scavenge before the sunset." Rey said optimistically.
It was almost hard to watch.
"Why don't we help you?" Anakin suggested before Ahsoka could high tail it out of there.
Ahsoka couldn't get a single word in before they were somehow on the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Ravager. It was a shock that Anakin even entered it. His voice was hollow as he walked beside Rey, telling her the story of the once feared ship. Ahsoka refused to listen but she caught a name in the middle of their conversation.
Rae Sloane.
"Her name sounds like mine." Rey whispered yet it was pointless since her voice echoed through the large ship.
Anakin snorted, "it's a good thing you're nothing like her."
Ahsoka silently agreed. Anyone a part of the Empire was not on her friend list.
Anakin included.
After an hour of looking for junk pieces and Ahsoka almost becoming acquaintances with a large metal piece of the ship that resembled a spike, the three began their trek to Niima Outpost once Rey's net was filled.
"Are you two new to Jakku?" Rey asked as she walked in-between Ahsoka and Anakin.
"I visited once." Ahsoka.
A sudden memory of Ahsoka trying to find survivors from the Battle of Jakku invaded her mind and she pushed it away as hard as she could.
"Never been." Anakin.
He was already dead.
"You'll like it once you get used to the sand." Rey hummed. If she noticed Ahsoka's shoulders had become tensed, she didn't say anything. "I've only been here for two Standard years but it's the only home I know and remember."
"I hate sand." Anakin groaned immediately.
Ahsoka rolled her eyes and refrained from face palming. Here we go.
Rey laughed and shook her head, "I hate it too. It gets everywhere."
"See, Snips! She gets me!" Anakin pointed at Rey and looked as if he wanted to hug the girl.
"Glad to know we found your long lost clone, now let's go." Ahsoka inhaled deeply as she gave him a dry look. "The sun is setting and if I see another Star Destroyer, I'm going to scream."
Anakin crouched down to whisper into Rey's ear. "Grandma needs her nap."
"I heard that." Ahsoka snarled and swung her hand to hit him.
Out of instinct, he immediately stepped away to dodge the oncoming fist and he grinned as she stumbled.
Rey looked at the two with a delighted smile stretching her lips from ear to ear and she silently hoped her new friends would stay on Jakku with her.
Forever.