Ok Chapter 12 is here! Enjoy!

Chapter 12: Believe in Us.

Anakin's POV:

Ahsoka and I arrived back on Coruscant a few minutes later. I picked her up again as the ship docked.

"You know, you don't have to carry me. I'm fine." She whispered.

"Yeah, but I want to." I smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"You're so sweet," She blushed.

"I love you." And I carried her back up to our dorm. We received lots of strange glances, but I didn't care.

Ahsoka don't worry about them. You have nothing to be ashamed of….I hope…. I said nervously through our bond.

Of course I don't. I love you. I felt my face flushing a little red, so I turned away from her. She giggled, and I carried her in my arms the rest of the way. Once we reached the dorm I put her down close to me, and rocked her back and forth, slowly. She leaned her head in against my chest and I held her gently. She sighed and it sounded sad.

"What's wrong Ahsoka?" I asked softly. She stared up at me, her eyes holding back a few tears.

"What will we do if the council splits us up; if I get a new master? Or we even get expelled?" She stuttered a little. I rubbed her back slowly.

"Ahsoka, I'll be honest with you. I don't care what they try and do to us. I love you more than anything. If….if you want to leave me to continue your training and become a Jedi Knight, I underst-" I was cut off as suddenly her arms wrapped around me very tightly.

"I will never leave you." She whispered so I could only just hear her. I tightened my hold on her as well.

"And I will never leave you." I felt her happiness and we stood like this, just holding each other. A few minutes later my stupid comlink beeped and ruined the perfect moment. I growled, lowly.

"Its ok," she said, looking into my eyes. I kissed her lips quickly and answered the comlink.

"Skywalker here." I said bluntly.

"Skywalker," It was Windu. I frowned. "You and your Padawan are to report to the Council Chambers to discuss some…actions that occurred on the mission. Come immediately." He ordered.

"Yes Master, we will be there shortly." I ended the transmission. I felt Ahsoka's nervousness about the situation. I turned back to her and lightly put my hands on either side of her face as I towered over her.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not going to let them take you away from me. I promise you." I vowed to myself I would protect her for the rest of my life, and make her the happiest she could possibly be, even if that mean that she didn't want me anymore. I just wanted her to be happy.

"I love you so much…" She buried herself in my chest and I circled my arms around her protectively. No one would hurt her, or they would pay the price.

"I love you too, my beautiful." I held her close for a few seconds.

"Come on, let's go see them try to separate us." She said with confidence. I chuckled. As we walked she kept her distance from me like we normally would, but I decided that we should have to hide. We have nothing to be ashamed of. I held her hand in mine and reassured her that we didn't have to hide anymore. She smiled, and we walked hand in hand up to the chambers. When we arrived, I stopped us just before we were about to enter. I said it through force bond; I didn't want the council listening in on this.

Ahsoka, I just want you to know, they…may threaten to expel us for being together. I just don't want you to feel pressure into being with me. So if you want to continue on without me, just say so. I will be expelled and you can live your life-

I was interrupted as her lips were pushed forcefully on mine. She kissed me vigorously and passionately. I enjoyed the kiss.

Anakin, there is nothing I want more in life than you. I'm not leaving you. Ever. I don't care what you say or do to anyone, you would never hurt me. And I am never going to leave you, or hurt you. I love you more than I have ever loved anyone or anything. I…I can't live without you…

I kissed her again, slowly and passionately. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be all hers. I would never be worthy of her love.

I can't live without you either… I admitted.

Then I guess that we have an agreement Mr Anakin Skywalker. She said, mockingly. I chuckled.

I guess we do Miss Ahsoka Tano. I gave her one last quick kiss and we entered into the chambers, still hand in hand. We walked into the centre of the room. I stood slightly behind Ahsoka, my arms around her waist. It made her feel more comfortable when she was nervous.

"Skywalker," Windu started. Here we go…I thought sarcastically. "You have broken the attachment rule, by being romantically involved with your Padawan. Do you object?"

"No." I said strongly. I just had to give it all to then. I had nothing to hide.

"The consequences will be severe. Considering you are the chosen one, and you are both very strong with the force, we cannot expel you. Therefore, we will be taking your Padawan away from you." I growled. No one is taking her away from me. "You will be a solo Jedi Knight and she will be given a new Master. Perhaps one with more…self-control." I wanted to kill him. I wanted to make him beg for mercy. I stepped in front of Ahsoka.

"She is not going anywhere, without me. She is my Padawan, and I will protect her." I said in defence.

"You forced her to be with you?!" Another Master shouted.

"No! I would never-"

"Pin him down!" Before I knew it I was on the ground with three Masters holding me down. I could hear Ahsoka screaming for me.

"You know what?! Maybe we should expel him!" Windu shouted.

"No kill him! He's probably raped poor Ahsoka!" Another Master shouted. I tried to tell them the truth.

"I would never harm her you bastards - Argh!" They pulled my hands behind my head. They were about to pull harder until-

"STOP!" I heard Ahsoka scream at the top of her lungs. Everything stopped as all eyes were on her.

"Listen to me! He did not force me to be with him. He did not rape me. Heck, he didn't do anything I wasn't comfortable with him doing! I am with him by choice! Leave him alone! Let him go! If you're going to kill anyone kill me!"

"No!" I yelled back. "Don't you dare touch her!" The Masters weren't paying much attention to me, they were too shocked at what Ahsoka had just said. So I pushed them off and ran to Ahsoka. I stood in front of her and she wrapped her arms around my waist from behind. I could tell the Masters were shocked and angry, you could see it in their faces.

"Resolved, this mess cannot be. Expelled from the Jedi Order, you both are." Master Yoda said. I knew that I would probably have been expelled either way, but Ahsoka wasn't expecting it. She moved next to me and gasped, her hands over her mouth. I sighed. I turned to Ahsoka to make sure she was ok with this one more time.

"Do you want to stay?" She swallowed hard and shook her head.

"Are you sure?" I didn't want her leaving if she wanted to stay. She wrapped her arms around my torso as a reply. I circled my arms around her and nodded.

"Skywalker, Padawan Tano, you are both now stripped of your status' and expelled from the Jedi Order forever. You cannot return ever again once you step foot out of the temple. You are dismissed for the last time." Windu said. They seemed pretty relaxed about watching the Chosen one and his Padawan walk away from them. Heck, we could become Siths and then what would they do?! It was too, easy. It's like they weren't really saying goodbye. I gave them a cold stare as I left with my arm still wrapped around Ahsoka. The doors closed loudly behind us and we walked with our heads down back to our dorm. We received a lot of glares and whispers form other Jedi but I just shook it all off. Ahsoka was the only thing that mattered to me now. She was my reason to live. We walked back in silence and stepped into the dorm. Ashoka sat on her bed with her face in her hands.

"I can't believe they actually expelled us…And before you ask I don't want to stay, I'm going with you." I chuckled and sat down next to her before kissing her monteral lightly.

"I'm serious Anakin. I'm never going to leave you." Her face became sincere as those words escaped her mouth and I smiled.

"I'm never going to leave you either." I said truthfully.

"So no more of this kind of talk?"

"No more." She smiled and I pecked her lips.

"Well, I guess we should get packing." She said happily. I was confused as to why exactly she was so happy. We were just expelled. She felt, happy.

"Why are you so happy Snips?" I asked curiously.

"I know probably shouldn't be happy about leaving the order but…now I get to spend the rest of my life with you! We can go somewhere by ourselves wherever we want, I can do all the sketching I want, and we can even raise a family!" She blushed a little. I wrapped one arm around her.

"Have I ever told you that you're absolutely amazing?" Without any warning whatsoever I picked her up and spun her around the middle of the room. She squealed but then enjoyed it. Then I realised too, that this new chapter in my life was going to be the best time of my life, and I had to savour it while it lasted. That reminds me, I'm going to need to find some time to find a ring soon…

I put her down close to me and didn't take my arms away. I stared into her happy blue eyes, and I wished that I could have her forever in my arms.

"So listen, I'm thinking…Naboo?" I asked. She nodded.

"Ok, well lets finish packing." I finished packing my bag, then looked over to Ahsoka. She was basically jumping on it trying to get it to close. I laughed and went over to help her.

"It won't close stupid thing!" She exclaimed.

"Ok look I'll try and close it you zip it up." I pushed my whole chest down onto it and Ahsoka managed to get the zipper around.

"Finally!" She shouted.

"Snips how much stuff do you have?!" I laughed again.

"Not that much!" She defended. I smirked at her.

"What?"

"Nothing. Come on lets go." I grabbed the bags with the force and pulled them along behind us. We walked straight towards the doors of the temple with no second thoughts. We didn't stop to say goodbye to anyone, we would never be returning here. We stopped at the huge blue and white doors. Ahsoka looked back through the doors, many Jedi had stopped to watch us. She breathed a sigh. She smiled and turned back to me.

"Ready?" I asked quietly.

"Ready as I'll ever be," We held hands and stepped out of the temple. At that very moment as I stepped outside the cell of rules, respect, and loyalty, I felt free. I felt like myself. I've never felt so alive and pure. Ahsoka must have felt it too, we both gaped.

"Wow, I feel so-"

"Yeah, I feel-"

"Pure."

"True." We finished each other's sentences as we walked towards the Twilight. I don't even know if we were allowed to take that ship, but again, we weren't part of the order anymore. This was going to be our new life.

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