This chapter was inspired by James Arnold Taylor (the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi) reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which can actually be found on Youtube. There was this one part where James says, "Oh, the noise, noise, noise, noise - ANAKIN!" I sort of lost it when I heard that...so...

Happy reading!

Oh, the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise!

"Master," Ahsoka said when the two reached the training room, "shouldn't we go to a different place? It seems that this one is occupied." She gestured to the group of younglings crowded around Obi-Wan, who seemed to be reading a story to them. (At least, that's what Anakin could make out.)

Anakin waved a hand at his apprentice's words. "Nah," he replied carelessly. "Obi-Wan won't mind – neither will the younglings. I think they'd actually be excited to see some up-front Padawan and Master action, don't you think?" Ahsoka rolled her eyes and crossing her arms, responded, "Well, I guess – but they look…kind of excited about what Master Kenobi is telling them."

"So…Obi-Wan tells them a story, we train. No problems!" Anakin countered. With that, he strolled into the wide space. He heard Ahsoka giving a small, exasperated sigh, but moments later, the Togruta was at his side. She cast another uneasy look over at Obi-Wan and murmured, "I really don't think it'd be fair to practice. I mean, the younglings didn't even look at us when we came in – it'd be rude to disturb –"

Smirking, Anakin interrupted loudly, "Obi-Wan?"

The former master stopped reading aloud and turned to look at Anakin. "Yes?" he asked simply.

"You wouldn't mind if Ahsoka and I trained a bit, would you?"

There was a pause.

Then, one of the younglings whispered, "What happened next, Master Kenobi? What did the Grinch think?" At those words, the other younglings quickly chimed in.

"Yes, Master Kenobi! We wanna know more!"

"What do you think the Grinch is gonna do?"

"Can we please continue the story? Please? With light sabers on top?"

Obi-Wan smiled down at the children. Then, turning back to the story, simply replied, "Don't be loud and avoid being a disturbance." Anakin beamed at his former master. He whirled around to face Ahsoka, who looked skeptical. "See?" Anakin simply said, pointing to Obi-Wan. "He says it's okay."

"He said don't be loud and avoid being a disturbance," Ahsoka replied flatly. "Hate to break it to you, Skyguy, but I think light saber dueling counts as 'being loud' and 'being a disturbance'."

…Anakin decided not to listen to Ahsoka.

Activating his light saber, the older man grinned and spread out his arms. "Come on, Snips!" he said. He held his weapon in front of himself and with an impish laugh, added, "Give me your best." Ahsoka shook her head tiredly, but when Anakin didn't show any signs of giving up, she sighed and activated her own saber. "If we get into trouble for this, I'm blaming you," she grumbled, and dove at Anakin.

The first few minutes went by quickly – there was the occasional grunt of surprise from Ahsoka (and sometimes Anakin – sometimes) but for the most part, Anakin figured this duel was going smoothly. His Padawan was learning quickly, as Anakin had noticed in the last few weeks. That was certainly a relief. And the younglings seemed to be too transfixed by Obi-Wan's storytelling, too, so that was good.

But then Anakin decided to do something a bit…well, noisier than the already-loud clashes of the sabers.

"Hey, Ahsoka!" Anakin shouted over his shoulder. He grabbed one of the training droids and calling on the Force, held it up in the air. "Catch!" He directed the large figure over to Ahsoka, who yelped and ducked before it could hit her. She glared at Anakin, saying, "That was uncalled for!"

"Are you going to say that to your enemy, Snips?" Anakin asked cheekily. He pushed the droid back to Ahsoka, who rolled over on the mat to avoid it again. "Of course not," she was saying, "but I think I'm allowed to let my guard down in – gah, Master! – training sessions!"

"Wrong!"

Anakin motioned the droid to come back to Ahsoka – and this time, the Togruta slashed it down with a solitary swipe of her weapon. She let out an indignant huff and whirled around to look at Anakin. "You know," she said, frustration clear in her voice, "I think we've got enough training in for today!"

"News flash, Ahsoka," Anakin replied, casually spinning the hilt of his light saber in his hands. He stopped the motions and letting out a light laugh, added, "You don't decide that."

Without warning, he started to run towards the younger girl, ready for any defensive block from her and then –

"Oh, the noise, noise, noise, noise – Anakin!" Obi-Wan's steady reading had come to an abrupt stop. Stunned by the sudden outburst, Anakin actually came to a stop, causing Ahsoka to slam into him. At that, the younglings tittered gleefully. Both Master and Padawan cringed and turned to Obi-Wan. "Yes, Master?" Anakin asked, deactivating his light saber.

"I think you're done for the day," Obi-Wan said, giving a subtle nod out the door.

Anakin groaned. "Master –"

"Nope, I think he's right!" Ahsoka quickly chirped, grabbing a hold of the older man's elbow. She flashed a bright smile at Obi-Wan. "Sorry for being such a bother, Master Kenobi! Er…happy reading!"

Anakin, needless to say, had to stifle his complaints as he was led out the training room by Ahsoka.

A/N - Hee. :3

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