Chapter 2 Training and Trials
After a visit to Padme, Anakin and Ahsoka returned to their quarters in the Temple. Anakin had too much in his brain and was unwilling to train Ahsoka for some time since he was tired. Anakin went to his room and dropped on the bed.
"It is so interesting yet it seems bad. All this…"Ahsoka was thinking about the conversation, trying to engulf the information in her little head; after a while Ahsoka decided to relax and went to have a shower.
Master Yoda was meditating in his room when suddenly he saw the future. He was shocked and then sensed a disturbance in the Force. "No, this cannot be! First Sith, now some extra Galactic invaders?" Yoda was not too happy about it. For almost nine hundred years he dealt with different conflicts but this was too much even for him.
Yoda called other Council members and the Masters started discussing the matter. Upon hearing the news they were not very happy and Yoda saying that Sith will soon reemerge as well as alien invaders will start a new war… On top of that, Yoda sensed that those invaders would be immune to Force powers and would be a powerful and dangerous threat.
"What should we do, Master Yoda?" One of the masters asked.
"Difficult times are but more difficult they soon will be. Gather our strength we should. Train more Jedi we must. More Masters and Knights we need. The foe is very powerful indeed"
"I will select a group of padawans, who will be knighted. After that, we need to really come up with a plan"
"Train harder we should. More emphasis on fighting skills we must place. Defeat the enemy we will"
"I nominate to promote Anakin Skywalker for the rank of Jedi Master. He is one of our best swordsmen"
"Skywalker is not yet ready. The boy has conflicting emotions; he is not yet ready to be a Jedi Master"
"Thank you Mace, you are always so optimistic and pleasant about people. Seriously, his personality aside, he is one of the top choices. I believe if we grant my former apprentice the rank of Master he will start behaving more seriously and he do his best"
"I don't trust the boy; I don't think he will handle the responsibility"
"Mace, common. I think Anakin will do fine. Look how he teaches Ahsoka"
"Master Ti, this is precisely what I am talking about. In case you did not hear about this that once when we were on a mission, I asked her if she was ready; padawan Tano instead of "Yes, Master" said "Does the Hut smell bad?" And you want Anakin to give that attitude to other younglings?"
"Who are other possible candidates for promotions?"
The Jedi Council meeting continued. Anakin and Ahsoka spent many days of relaxing and after that they started their intensive training under Darth Sidious. After only a couple days, Anakin was able to create Force Lightning, on fourth day his lightning actually was very powerful and on eighth day Anakin was able to create a temporary Chain Lightning. Darth Sidious was impressed.
Anakin's fighting skills also improved. Anakin was now fighting even better in his Djem So style but now he started including some Juyo elements in his swordplay, which made his style even more powerful and aggressive.
Ahsoka was improving with her skills and she finished learning the basics of all seven forms and improved her Shien. Ahsoka was becoming a formidable warrior, once upon Sidious's request she though Ventress and defeated her; after the two ladies went to a bar.
After three weeks of intense training Anakin became a really powerful Force user. His Mastery of the Force was not yet on the level of Palpatine or Yoda but he was getting there. Ahsoka clearly became a powerful padawan. Anakin decided to place a request for her trials.
In the evening of the end of third week since Anakin learned that Palpatine is the Sith Lord, the two Jedi came to a training room and saw Masters Yoda and Windu standing there. Mace was unsure that it was wise for Ahsoka to take the Trials but because Anakin insisted Mace went to proceed. Ahsoka was left alone in the room and her Master, Mace and Yoda went to the room, from which they could watch how Ahsoka was doing. The program has started.
Ahsoka saw a man with a red face looking at her. His face had many black tattoos and he had some horns; Ahsoka understood that it was a Zabrak. She saw that the man activated his lightsaber and two red blades exited it. He jumped towards the girl and started fighting in Juyo Form, as Ahsoka recognized.
The Togruta performed a couple of Soresu defensive moves and then proceeded with fighting in different styles. She ended with her favorite unorthodox Shien although soon she transferred into Djem So. With her lightsaber pointing back at forty five degrees, she proceeded with powerful strikes and soon caught Zabrak's lightsaber in two. Her opponent went into double lightsaber attack.
Ahsoka jumped back and using the Force collapsed a big rock on her enemy. Unfortunately, he destroyed it and then attacked Ahsoka again. The girl threw her lightsaber, which cut one of Zabrak's arms and now he had one arm with one lightsaber to fight with. Ahsoka jumped back and then Force pushed her opponent away. After that, she got her lightsaber back and continued the fight.
Ahsoka noticed that her opponent did not prefer to fight with one saber; however, his skills with one were still impressive. Ahsoka continued the fight and soon found herself in a lightsaber lock stance. She took her other hand and Force pushed her opponent away. The next thing she saw that the program ended.
The Togruta soon found herself standing in a middle of the circle where the Masters looked at her and decided that she was now worthy of being a Jedi Knight. Yoda cut her braid and Ahsoka now was happy of being a Jedi Knight. Anakin smiled too, he was now a Jedi Master, a thing he always wanted.
"Anakin, I need to talk to you"
"What is it Obi Wan?"
"You received a seat on the Council."
Anakin could not believe what he heard. He was very happy now. Anakin and Ahsoka went to spend the evening with Padme. They past month was a hard one and the two really needed a break.
