Resist: Oh my Chapter 20! Well folks don't forget about the poll that is on my profile, it still isn't too late to vote for what you want to happen in the future.

Echo: I think this chapter is going up in the Hall of Dramatic Events. Don't you guys agree?

Oni & Green: Mhmmm

Arthur: I agree as well. Remember readers, Resist and Echo don't own Star Wars.

Resist: Echo, would you care to do the dramatic Star Wars introduction for this chapter?

Echo: With pleasure *cracks knuckles* Jedi Younglings Arthur and Meela have been dispatched to hunt down the dangerous criminal Bartu. Undercover, these soon to be Jedi Padawans discover more than what they set out to. *cough* Enjoy!

Arthur, wearing one of his bounty hunter suits from his closet on the ship, ran through the crowd of people, dragging someone along. Blaster shots flew past his head as he bobbed and weaved through the crowd of scrambling citizens, "We have to keep moving. We can't let those clones catch us, or our cover for the Jedi Council is blown!" he shouted back to the person he was dragging along with him.

The Togrutan grunted, "I wish the local police were informed of our mission!" She applied pressure to a gunshot wound on her right leg as Arthur dragged her.

Arthur rounded a corner and was surrounded by even more people if that was possible, but it allowed for more cover and they could finally slow down, after building up some distance. He slowly made his way through the traffic, and noticed the clones also walking through the enormous crowd looking for them, "They are boxing us in" he whispered back to Meela, "This is going to be tough to get out of."

"We need to switch disguises and quick!" Meela claimed, looking around. She spotted a small bar about a block down and pointed. "We could go in there and practically vanish."

"Good idea," replied Arthur as he led them toward the bar. Once entering, they made their way to the back. They parted ways and each entered a restroom so they could change out of their armor and into civilian clothes to blend in. Arthur quickly got his civilian clothes on and left his armor in his stall.

Meela reappeared, having done the same. She now wore a garb similar to that of her people on Shili, complete with jewelry and charms decorating her montrals and lekku. The Togruta took a glance at Arthur's attire and smiled.

"What?" he asked checking himself, "Did I put it on backwards?" he asked. "No," Meela laughed, "I think I look older than you now." She gave one look at her own clothing and then back at him again, "Yep, definitely not sixteen anymore."

"Well I guess I look like fourteen and not seventeen, almost eighteen" he said, his birthday wasn't too far from now. He took the lead and led them out of the bar and noticed that the clones were now making their way towards them, and he had little time to think. He thought of an idea, and knew it was bad. "Meela, do you trust me?" he asked cautiously.

"Why would you ask me that?" she asked casually, glancing at the clones, "Of course I trust you." She had no idea of his intentions and looked back at the bar completely oblivious.

Arthur took another quick glance at the clones, before turning to face Meela, "Whatever I do, don't fight it ok?" he asked, taking one more look over his shoulder. The Togruta then frowned and turned to her partner, "Arthur, what are you talking ab-"

Before she had time to finish her sentence, Arthur had closed the distance and cupped her face, as he brought his lips to her's in a passionate kiss. Meela barely squirmed at first, shocked, but when she saw the clones out of the corner of her eye, she focused on the kiss.

Two clones looked around the crowd, inspecting civilians. When one of them spotted Arthur and Meela, he froze and then moved on, clearing his throat from the awkward scene.

Arthur couldn't see what was happening behind him, since his back was toward the clones. He lowered his head and started to kiss Meela's neck, giving her a better view of the clones. As he did so, he moved his hands to her sides and moved them up and down slowly, "Are they still watching?" he asked, as he continued his motion.

At first, the female Padawan gasped and almost pushed Arthur away. But then she closed her eyes, Arthur's question not even registering in her head yet. She placed her right hand on the back of his neck, the other on his right arm. The Togruta bit her lip and tried to remember what he had asked.

Meela opened her eyes and leaned to her left a bit, scanning the crowd. The clone who had seen them was definitely gone now, his partner with him. The Togruta spotted a group of clones heading into a shop in a hurry. "We're in the clear," she said, "They're heading in the opposite direction."

Arthur stopped the kiss and stepped back some, "I...uh...sorry. I..won't judge if I get...a lights-s-saber to the s-s-stomach" he said to her, obviously flustered from the whole sequence of events. Meela breathed out and tried to alleviate the awkwardness by chuckling, but it came out weak and nervous. She adjusted her headdress and glanced around, blushing considerably. "Don't worry, I left my blade on the ship," Meela said shyly.

"Well uh, we can't go back there yet, cause they'll be all over the shipyard still. Just blend in for now till the heat dies down?" he questioned, waiting for her opinion.

"And if they come back?" Meela inquired, looking up at Arthur with expectant eyes. Arthur just looked at her with a small smirk, "We'll think of something" he said, before he could stop himself. "Kissing worked, I guess," Meela said before turning to pretend like she was inspecting the crowd. Gulping, she nodded back to the bar, "We could go back in there. They don't know what we look like and have already moved on from there."

"Whatever you want to do. It get's too dangerous if we stay in one spot too long" he said, starting to make his way back toward the bar.

"Agreed," Meela said, following him. She placed her hand in the crook of Arthur's elbow, trying to play the part as best as possible. "Does this mean we have to drink, too?" she asked with humor.

"Not if you don't want to" he said, slightly moving closer to her unconsciously. "Good," Meela giggled, "Cause I'm underage and very uninterested." They entered the bar and moved to a table in a corner, out of the way of drunk people passing by or trying to sell them something. The loud, pulsating music made Meela flinch as her sensitive montrals throbbed.

"You alright?" Arthur asked, noticing her flinch slightly.

Meela smiled and nodded, shifting in her seat. "It's just the really loud music," she shouted, "And everything else." Patrons were shouting, laughing, and joking about as well, adding to the noise. Not to mention, there was also the occasional sound of glass shattering somewhere in the crowded bar.

"Come on" said Arthur as he got up from his seat, and took her hand, he lead them back outside, "Well this looks familiar" he mumbled, but he knew she heard him. Meela subconsciously gripped onto Arthur's arm tighter and looked around for the clones. "I wonder if it's safe to go to the shipyard again?"

"I think it should be safe" he said, as he started in the direction of their ship.

(Shipyard)

Sure enough, there were clones all over the place. However, it seemed as though they had already inspected most of the ships. Luckily, the Younglings' ship was registered under the Galactic Republic, thus it was likely passed over. Meela walked up to the craft and reached out to make sure no one was in there. "We're in the clear," she said, not sensing any Force signatures.

"Let's get out of here then," said Arthur looking at her. He picked up his pace so they could quickly leave, but to also hide his blush he gets now whenever he looks at her. Meela nodded and boarded the ship after Arthur. "Gonna miss that set of armor I left behind," she said humorously. The Togruta was trying to mask her blush as well, but again, her voice came out shaky.

Arthur gave out a slight chuckle, but he was also a bit shaky when he did so, "I'll go up to the cockpit and get us rolling" he said, trying to make up an excuse to leave.

"I'm going to change out of this," Meela said, gesturing towards her attire, "Bounty hunters don't usually dress like this." She quickly turned and headed off towards her quarters without giving Arthur a chance to reply.

Arthur watched her leave, being mesmerised by her. Once she was out of sight, he took a deep breath and headed to the cockpit to get them underway. After making all the preflight adjustments, he piloted the ship out of the hangar and plugged in the coordinates to return to the Jedi Temple to inform them of Bartu's condition.

Meela emerged from her room about thirty minutes later, having showered and gotten dressed. She kept a few of the jewelry pieces from the civilian clothing tucked underneath her uniform and armor. Luckily for her and Arthur, the Jedi Council had supplied them with a couple spare sets incase incidents like today happened. The Togruta made her way to the cockpit, not sure what to say to Arthur about the whole ordeal.

Arthur sat in his pilot chair with one hand on the controls and another hand playing with the necklace that was around his neck. His hand was playing with the ring that was strung on the necklace that he now always wore, since finding his mother's ring on his last trip back to Delphon.

Meela opened the door to the cockpit and found Arthur sitting in what looked to be a bout of boredom. She cleared her throat and waited for him to turn around. On her way there, she had made up her mind on what to say.

Arthur spun around in his chair at the sound of Meela clearing her throat, "You look nice" he said, then he felt a blush start to form, so he quickly spun around and went back to toying with his mother's ring on his necklace.

"Oh," the Togruta said, startled, "Thank you. Um, I actually came up here to talk to you about something."

Arthur still had his back facing her and in his chair, but he was still listening to her completely, "What about?" he asked enthusiastically, though he had an idea what is was about. "I, uh," Meela muttered, looking anywhere but at Arthur, "I just wanted to apologize for my reaction to the, uh, whole kiss thing. It was my first kiss, so I didn't know what to expect." She stopped and looked at Arthur, hoping he wouldn't laugh at her.

"It's alright," he said spinning around to face her, "I didn't really know what I was doing either. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable" he said, only occasionally making eye contact with her. "Oh, no, no, no," Meela started, eyes wide and waving her hands, "It was nothing you did, it was just the situation. I liked it, er, uh, I mean, it wasn't uncomfortable. I…" The Youngling shut her mouth and felt her face heating up. Her montrals darkened and she felt the wave of embarrassment wash over her.

Arthur raised an eyebrow at her, "You liked it?" he questioned. Surprised himself that she wasn't stabbing him with her lightsaber for kissing her earlier. Meela's eyes widened slightly and she sighed. "I, uh," she took a deep breath, "I did, even though I'm not supposed to, I did."

Arthur got up from out of his seat and took a couple steps toward her, "So you liked it even though it's against Jedi Code to do so? This is not the Meela I know" he said, trying to crack some of the awkwardness that was forming.

The Togruta took a step back in response. "At least I know that it is forbidden," the young woman said softly, almost a whisper, "Just because I liked it doesn't mean I'm going against the Code."

"And what would be breaking The Code, Meela?" Arthur asked, now thinking he scared her by taking those few steps closer. Meela looked him up and down before closing the gap between them. She reached up and touched the side of his face with the tips of her fingers. In a mere second, they were back to the scene by the bar. Meela kissed him with the same passion that he had kissed her before.

Moments went by and the Togruta pulled back. "Doing that," was her only response. That was the last thing Arthur expected, and wasn't really sure what to say, "Uh...um…Is that so bad though?" he asked, giving her a smile. Meela looked away in thought before smiling, "No, it's not."

After hearing those words, Arthur closed the distance that Meela had created from stepping back and locked lips with her again. He closed the distance so quickly that when he put his arms around her. Meela was forced to take a few steps back, taking Arthur with her, until she felt the wall behind her. The Togruta let out a small yelp from the impact, but her focus then turned back to the kiss. She wrapped her arms around Arthur's neck and pulled his face closer to hers. Arthur then started to pick up where he left off last time and started to kiss her neck. But this time, there was no clones to look out for.

Meela's eyes were half closed now and she bit her lip, wondering if she was just daydreaming again. Ever since it had happened, she played the first kiss over and over in her head, and now it was here again. All thoughts of following the Jedi Code had left her mind.

Arthur continued to kiss Meela's neck, but moved his arms down to her hips and drew small circles just above her hips with his thumbs. The Togruta flinched from the contact, slightly squirming in Arthur's hands. Her mind was in a jumble at the moment, senses a mess.

Arthur sensed her squirming against him and quickly stopped what he was doing to her. He backed away with a red face and looked at her apologetically. "I, I'm s-sorry" he said putting his hands up, hoping she would forgive him, "I took things too far" he said, his voice weak and he didn't sound his like his normal self.

"M-Maybe we should get ready to go back out there again," Meela said gently, turning away from him. "Let me know when we're out of hyperspace."

Arthur looked slightly depressed, and solemnly nodded, "Yeah I will" he said. By judging the way Meela answered him, he felt he went too far and now regretted not having control over himself. "Arthur," Meela called out, about to step out of the cockpit, "I definitely liked it this time."

Arthur smiled at her, "You sure?" he asked cautiously, "I felt you squirming and thought I crossed the line" he said. He was glad that she didn't seem upset about it, but wanted to just make sure before he dropped the subject. "I was enjoying it, trust me," Meela said with a smirk before she left the cockpit. Arthur smiled at her before going back to his pilot seat and stared out the viewport, feeling the best he had ever been in a long time.

Arthur stared out at the view of hyperspace, but it quickly came to an end and in front of him now was Coruscant, a planet that he had become relatively familiar with now, whether it was for good or not so good reasons. He then realized that he had to go get Meela, so he got up from his seat and headed down the hall to her door, and raised his fist to knock, but stopped not sure what to say after he knocked. Thus, Arthur stood there with his fist in the air trying to formulate something to say.

A hiss suddenly brought him from his thoughts as the door opened in front of him. Meela bumped into Arthur, not seeing him at first. Gasping, she fought to balance herself and looked up at him in shock. "I guess we're out of hyperspace then?" she asked with a knot in her stomach. Arthur composed himself, then looked down into her eyes, "Yeah, just got out a couple seconds ago and was just about to knock on your door" he said, running a hand through his hair, trying not to look embarrassing in front of her.

"Uh, who's piloting the ship?" Meela asked, a smirk spreading across her face. Arthur face palmed and ran for the cockpit, shaking his head, and he plopped into his seat and began their landing. Meela laughed and paced towards the exit of the ship, smiling stupidly the whole way. Who would have known this mission would bring them this close?

Arthur brought the ship to a halt in a hangar bay that was connected to the Jedi Temple and made to get out of the ship, "Time to give our report to the Council" he said, "With my luck, Master Kao will be there and things will be awkward" he said, though the last part was more directed toward himself than Meela.

"You imply that you have luck, Arthur," his fellow Youngling said teasingly, "You're going to need a miracle at this meeting."

"I didn't do anything wrong though" he said, mostly to himself, but also toward Meela. He was running scenarios in his head as they walked to the Council Chambers. "What if she is there? Would I even be able to think straight? She'd probably wouldn't give me any slack even if I did mess up. She'd just keep her emotions masked like always" he mumbled, as he started slightly babbling on to himself.

"Did you ever see Oni as a big sister?" Meela asked abruptly, stopping Arthur. Arthur gave her a questioning look, by slightly leaning his head to the right and raising a brow. "Why?" he asked. Meela sighed, "If she was one to you, think of her that way when we walk into that room. Don't treat her like an adversary, but an ally and friend. She'll sense that from you and be more lenient, trust me."

Arthur and Meela reached the doors to the Jedi Council and Arthur took a deep breath and placed his hand on the doors, and he pushed them open, revealing the wise and powerful Jedi Masters in their seats, waiting for them. The master's seats were in a semicircle and Arthur and Meela walked into the middle of that semicircle and bowed, giving their respects.

A certain brown-haired Jedi Master stood out above the rest, a look on her face that was unreadable. Either something had happened during her time away from Coruscant, or she was disturbed by another matter. Nonetheless, she dipped her head towards her former Padawan, proud that he had chosen to stay within the Order even during the darkest of times. She looked around before wrapping her robe further around herself, almost as if it were suddenly colder in the room.

Master Yoda gave a nod to the two Younglings as well, telling them to give their report of their mission. Arthur cleared his throat and began, "Meela and I headed to Delphon to dig up any helpful information we could on Bartu, and it turned out he was doing some business in the capitol, so we headed there. While doing surveillance, we might have made ourselves known and a shootout took place. Bartu and most of his goons were killed, while others and also us fled from the clones that arrived on the scene" Arthur stated to the Council.

"This situation is quite unfortunate," spoke Master Mundi, "Did you find information that leads to other wanted criminals?" Other members of the Council did not look displeased but rather sympathetic towards the Younglings. Not every mission ends in success, especially covert tasks under extreme pressure.

"No master. We came to a dead end on new information regarding other criminals, that is part of the reason we came here. To see if there was another criminal you wanted us to go after" stated Arthur. Oni looked at Arthur with approval. He has come a long way with speaking to the Council since he first stood before them. "Master Kao recently had a run in with a highly wanted criminal," Windu said, gesturing for the woman to explain.

Kao locked gazes with Arthur, exhaling slowly. Arthur looked at his former Master with a saddened face, but he quickly gave her his undivided attention, as did Meela. Clearing her throat, the Jedi Master spoke. "On Hoth, Commander Green and I encountered a renegade clone deeming himself Mandalore the Resurrector. Unfortunately, the commander fell in combat to him and we were unable to apprehend the deserter."

Arthur's eyes slightly widened, but he kept in control when he spoke, "Where is the commander now?" he asked as calmly as he could. Oni masked all emotion with her typical stoic face. "Green is undergoing surgery for the stab wounds inflicted from the fight here on Coruscant." The Jedi Master then looked away from the conversation as if her comment was casual and barely affected her. But something else was troubling her and seemed to draw her away.

Arthur was relieved of the news and let out a breath, "Do you have any information or a plan for us to follow?" asked Arthur, looking at Master Kao, but his question was directed toward the whole Council. Oni adjusted her robes once more and looked out at the Coruscant sunset, a gleam in her eyes that was slowly dying. And it wasn't because the commander almost passed on a few days ago.

This time it was Master Kenobi clearing his voice. Master Kenobi looked at Arthur with a smile, cause like Master Kao, Kenobi was able to see Arthur grow and he now saw his former student accepting his role in the Jedi Order with no hesitation or vocal outbursts. Kenobi stood and straightened himself out. "We have a plan to make both of you part of Spar's gang. We will send you in undercover and your job will be to earn their trust and mention a heist that the two of you have been planning for quite sometime. However, when Spar and his gang show with the two of you to complete the heist, I'll be there with Commander Cody and some clone reinforcements to attempt an ambush and possible arrest of Spar and his gang" Kenobi said, laying out the plan for the Younglings.

Oni turned to look at Arthur when she heard these words. "Sergeant Smoke and his team will be assisting Kenobi and his men due to their knowledge of Spar's tactics," Kao said calmly, though she did not like the idea at all. However, she wanted someone to be there that Arthur trusted and would keep him safe at all costs. The Jedi blinked a couple of times before gazing off into space once more.

Arthur bowed in respect, "Then we shall take our leave and prepare for this undercover assignment then" said Arthur, as he and Meela bowed to the Council and turned to leave. Master Yoda looked around the room and nodded. "Dismissed, the council meeting is," he said. The Masters stood and bowed to one another. As they began to disperse, Oni made way for the hall, intent on speaking with Arthur. Something told her that she may not see him until after his mission is complete, so she wanted to take the opportunity now in case anything happened.

"Arthur!" the woman called out as soon as the doors opened and her former Padawan came into view. Arthur stopped, as did Meela, and they both turned to see Master Kao walking toward them. The woman smiled at Meela. "Good job, young one," she paused, "May I speak with Arthur alone?" The Togruta nodded respectfully and left, not suspicious at all.

Oni watched her leave for a moment, making sure she was out of earshot. The Jedi Master still spoke in a whisper. "I am very proud of you, Arthur," she said, "You have come such a long way since we first met over a year ago."

"Thank you Master" replied Arthur, he looked up at her, as if he wanted to say something, but he stayed quiet and let his former master continue. "Those things said," Oni sighed, "I do not wish to overlook things. I want you to know that you can always talk to me about anything, Arthur. I could tell that being away from Mia distracted and frustrated you. How did things go between the two of you when she joined you and Meela?"

Arthur frowned, "Not so good. She and I wanted a relationship, but with there being long gaps between the times when we get to see each other, it wasn't healthy for either of us to try and make our long distance relationship work. After landing on Delphon, we said our goodbyes till the next time we run into each other" Arthur said, looking away from his former master.

"I heard the use of "we" a lot there," Oni gave a half smile, "Is that how you truly felt about your situation Arthur? The last time we spoke of this, you seemed content with a long distance relationship." Arthur looked down and slowly shook his head, "I wanted to make it work, but she wanted something steady and I offered to leave The Order for her, but she wouldn't allow it" he said, at a mumble.

Oni smiled, "And Meela helped you mend the wounds, correct?" She stopped and placed a hand on Arthur's shoulder, "I know you're both tied to each other, but know that when you receive your Padawanship again, you two may be just as distant as you and Mia, if not more."

Arthur, kept his gaze at the floor and nodded his head slowly, "She isn't my rebound girl" he said calmly, "I know we have that bridge ahead of us, I just have to find a way to cross it" he said, sincerely to her. He was already trying to find a way to cross that bridge, but he couldn't find one, and he put that weight solely on himself.

"Cross it together," Oni said, "Trust me, if you try it alone, it will never work. When Green and I-" The Jedi Master stopped and looked away, a flash of emotion on her face before she masked it, though, not quick enough.

Arthur raised a brow at her, "Green and I what?" Arthur asked, who picked up on the emotions that his master didn't quite mask in time. Oni's face tensed up and she bit her lip, trying to look away from her former Padawan. Glancing around the hall, she found that they were all alone. "Arthur, what I'm about to tell you must stay between the two of us," she said in a firm whisper. Arthur only nodded his head, not wanting to say something accidently too loudly and draw attention to them, especially Meela's.

"Arthur, on Hoth…"

Echo: Hehehehehehhee! Cliffhanger!

Arthur: Awww come on! Don't leave me hangin'!

Resist: *rolls eyes at Arthur* That's what cliffhangers do, and you deserve it after that pun.

Oni: I take back my comment about being proud of you *rolls eyes as well*. You all are going to have to wait for what I'm about to say. Not even the writers know.

Echo: uhhhhh….pretty sure we know…...we wrote the script *looks at Resist* Right?

Resist: Yeah, we are what's the word that means we know what happening all the time for every character?

Green: Omniscient.

Resist: Yeah, that's the one. Anywho, don't forget to drop some reviews on what you guys think about the story and see you all next chapter! Also please check out my profile to vote on who you want Arthur to end up with at the end, Meela or Mia