Thank you to the 22 people who reviewed the last chapter and I am sorry if it doesn't seem too original. I have tried my hardest to change everything but, like I mention later on in this chapter, some things cannot be changed. Also, there are OCs in this story, which is another reason why it is AU. Here is the next chapter and I hope that you like it.

Chapter 10

Obi-Wan and Anakin dashed into a huge hangar with cranes and control panels, tug-ships and workbenches. They found Dooku inside, standing at a control panel, working some instruments. A small interstellar sail ship sat nearby but Obi-Wan was focused entirely on Dooku with his Padawan at his side.

"You're going to pay for all the Jedi you killed today, Dooku!" Anakin yelled.

Obi-Wan grabbed Anakin's arm. "We move in together," he said. "You slowly on the—"

Unfortunately, like last time, Anakin didn't listen to him as he glared at Dooku. "I'm taking him now!" he shouted, pulling himself from Obi-Wan's grip before he charged ahead.

"Anakin! No!" Obi-Wan cried dashing forward as Dooku blasted Anakin with Force lightning and sent him flying into the wall. Before Dooku had a chance to recover, Obi-Wan skidded to a halt at his side before slowly calming himself and moving in a more measured and defensive manner.

"As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours," Dooku sneered.

"I don't think so," Obi-Wan countered falling into a ready stance that he utilized often during the clone wars last time before he realized what he was doing; lightsaber held back in a one-handed grip, angled forward with the left arm held parallel, his fingers pointed to Dooku in challenge and the dominant foot positioned back.

Dooku lashed out with Force lightning but, pivoting to one side, Obi-Wan blocked the lightning easily. Dooku smiled before igniting a red-glowing blade.

Obi-Wan fell into the ready stance again before walking around Dooku like an animal circling its prey. Dooku followed the movement although his eyes held curiosity and a bit of surprise.

"Never would I have thought, considering your master used Ataru, that you would take to Soresu, Obi-Wan," he said.

"Perhaps it is because it plays better with my strengths," Obi-Wan replied while, inwardly, he cursed. He knew the only reason he fell into this particular ready stance was because he was so used to doing so during the clone wars and it was the first stance that came back to him once he was faced with Dooku. Even after over twenty-years of little to no saber practice, it seemed that everything Obi-Wan learned before and after the moment in time where he arrived from the future came back to him. It came back to him so gradually that Obi-Wan wasn't aware of it until now. He couldn't change it now nor could he distract himself with his thoughts so he merely put his mind back into the duel, stepped slowly forward before swinging his blade from left to right.

However, Dooku stabbed his red blade beneath the blue then lifted up and Obi-Wan's blade went flying harmlessly high of the mark. With a slight reversal of the wrist, Dooku stabbed straight ahead and Obi-Wan had to throw himself backward. He and Dooku battled back and forth but Dooku, seeing Obi-Wan was utilizing the defensive form, took advantage and went on the offensive.

Obi-Wan, having changed pace at some point during the duel, expected this and slammed his blade hard into Dooku's. He then leapt backwards before somersaulting over Dooku slashing down toward Dooku's head but Dooku blocked the blow easily and whirled around nearly slicing Obi-Wan in two had he not blocked the blow when he did.

Obi-Wan knew Dooku was definitely a better duelist, even if Anakin had beaten him in the future, but he still fought onward. He used the skills he had obtained during the clone wars before fighting back the onslaught from Dooku's blade. Obi-Wan tried his hardest to defeat Dooku but he knew that, while it had caught Dooku off guard, the form he decided to use wouldn't be enough to defeat his devastating attacks.

Blast, no wonder defeating Dooku wasn't that easy on the Invisible Hand,Obi-Wan thought grimacing as he attempted to block the devastating thrusts Dooku was aiming at him.

"Master Kenobi, you disappoint me," Dooku taunted. "You caught me by surprise by your ready stance but you still disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such high esteem."

Obi-Wan took a deep breath to center himself in the Force.

"Come, come, Master Kenobi," Dooku said lips curling into a wicked smile. "Put me out of my misery."

Obi-Wan didn't let Dooku's taunt reach him as he released a slow breath before he exploded into motion coming on again fiercely, his blue lightsaber flashing all about. He kept a better measure of his cuts; reversing his angle often, turning a wide slash into a sudden thrust, and he soon had Dooku backing, the red blade working furiously to keep Obi-Wan at bay.

Unfortunately, Dooku remained in perfect balance while Obi-Wan realized, a few seconds too late, that he had made the same mistake he made last time; he was too far forward. Blast it, he thought as Dooku went on the offensive, his red lightsaber stabbing and retracting so quickly that most of Obi-Wan's cutting parries hit nothing but air. Obi-Wan had to jump back and then back again and again, as those thrusts moved ever closer to hitting home.

Dooku stepped forward suddenly, stabbing low for Obi-Wan's thigh. However, Obi-Wan, remembering what had happened last time and determined not to make another mistake that might cost him the duel as his last mistake nearly had, angled his blade upward instead of downward toward his thigh. Dooku was shocked when the blade, suddenly retracted, thrust up high and across the other way, was blocked by Obi-Wan's blade.

"Impressive," he said before he stabbed again at Obi-Wan's right shoulder but Obi-Wan blocked the blow. However, that didn't meant he was able to block the next blow. Retracting his blade, Dooku stabbed along its original course but, when Obi-Wan went to block, it veered off and, instead of stabbing into Obi-Wan's right thigh, it stabbed into the left.

Obi-Wan stumbled backward, tripping and crashing hard against the wall but, even as he fell, Dooku was there, his red blade rolling over and inside Obi-Wan's blade, and with a sudden jerk, he sent Obi-Wan's lightsaber bouncing across the floor.

"Rather impressive blocking that move almost as if you knew it was going to happen," Dooku said coolly.

Obi-Wan struggled to push himself to his feet. But you altered that last move. I should have expected that was going to happen. Dooku wasn't called one of the best swordsman in the Jedi Order for nothing, he thought. He took a deep breath and pushed the thought to the back of his mind.

"And so it ends," Dooku said but, before he could bringing the lightsaber down hard on Obi-Wan's head, Anakin's lightsaber caught it with a shower of sparks.

Dooku reacted immediately, backpedaling and turning to face Anakin. "That's brave of you, boy, but foolish. I would've thought you'd have learned your lesson."

"I'm a slow learner," Anakin replied coolly and he came on then, so suddenly, so powerful, his green blade whirling with such speed that he seemed almost encased in green light.

Obi-Wan swallowed before pushing himself up slightly but a spasm of pain from his leg sent him back down again. He sighed before turning his head to watch Anakin as his Padawan continued to duel Dooku. The duel occurred just as it had last time and Obi-Wan realized there was nothing he could do to stop what was going to happen next. Self-consciously, he had tried to stop what would happen to Anakin by defeating Dooku but he had made a simple mistake, a single mistake, and now it would cost Anakin.

'Just because you know the future, Obi-Wan, does not mean you will be able to change everything in the past,' Qui-Gon's voice whispered into Obi-Wan's mind.

"I almost beat him, master," Obi-Wan whispered watching as Anakin continued to fight before he stretched out with the Force to pick up his fallen lightsaber. "Anakin!" He called before tossing him the lightsaber. Anakin caught it but didn't break off his attack.

'I know, Obi-Wan,' Qui-Gon's voice said gently, 'but you made a mistake and it cost you the match. That was not said to hurt you or to criticize you but to remind you that everyone makes mistakes and some of those mistakes could end up being costly.'

Obi-Wan swallowed knowing his former master was right.

'Obi-Wan,' Qui-Gon said gently, 'remember that anything and everything you do will have an impact on the future but also remember that some things are meant to happen and no matter what you do, you cannot change those events.'

Obi-Wan knew Qui-Gon was right in that as well; the Battle of Geonosis, for example, occurred exactly as it occurred the first time around. And the duel between Dooku and Anakin, it looked as though it was going to turn out exactly as it had last time even if it pained Obi-Wan to think about how the duel ended.

'You will never know which events cannot be changed until after or when they occur,' Qui-Gon said gently. 'But, also be reminded, the Force sent you back to this time because it felt you could make the necessary changes to change the future into a better one. The Force did not send you back to change every little thing.'

Obi-Wan, still watching Anakin and Dooku duel, nodded. "I understand, master," he said quietly. He felt a gentle nudge from his former master before his former master's presence left his mind.

Obi-Wan swallowed as he watched Dooku relentlessly thrusting at his Padawan keeping Anakin stumbling backward. Obi-Wan knew what would happen next and he was helpless to stop it as Dooku stopped and Anakin, almost on reflex, turned back on him, roaring and slashing hard.

"No!" Obi-Wan cried softly watching as Dooku, in a clean slash, sliced through Anakin's arm at the elbow sending it and the lightsaber flying away. Anakin collapsed on the ground with a cry of agony as he grabbed his severed arm before he was sent skidding across the durasteel ground to come to a halt at Obi-Wan's side.

Obi-Wan stretched out a hand to touch his apprentice before taking a deep breath while at the same time asking the Force why it was that this, he glanced at the wound, was meant to happen. He was so focused on his Padawan and making sure Anakin was all right other then the missing arm, that he didn't notice Yoda's arrival.

"Anakin?" he whispered in an attempt to get Anakin conscious again.

Anakin stirred before moaning in pain before his eyes fluttered open; their azure depths glittered with agony. Obi-Wan again wondered why it was that this was meant to happen until he remembered Anakin's knighting ceremony.

In a flash, he understood.

While he didn't like it, Anakin losing his arm and coping with its' lose is what allowed him to pass the Trial of the Flesh, one of the five trials he would have to take in order to become a Jedi Knight. Now Obi-Wan understood why this was an event he couldn't prevent.

Anakin turned to gaze at Obi-Wan before slowly sitting up clutching his severed arm eyes blazing with agony. Obi-Wan put an arm around his brother's shoulders to hold him steady as the two of them watched Yoda and Dooku's duel.

"Fought well, you have, my old Padawan," Yoda congratulated Dooku.

"The battle is far from over!" Dooku stubbornly argued. "This is just the beginning." Reaching into the Force, he took hold of one of the huge cranes within the hangar and threw it down at Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Both of them reacted instantly, lashing out with the Force to try and catch the crane. However, both of them were too exhausted and, even working together, they couldn't stop its crushing descent.

Yoda intervened. He grabbed the crane with the Force and held it fast, but in doing so, he had to release Dooku. Dooku wasted no time, sprinting away, leaping up the ramp to his sail ship. As Yoda began to move the fallen crane harmlessly aside, the sail ship's engine roared to life and all three Jedi watched helpless as Count Dooku blasted away.

Obi-Wan helped Anakin to his feet even though his leg was screaming in agony and the two of them stumbled over to join an exhausted Yoda who had his gaze fixed on the ground as he leaned on his gimer stick. Padmé rushed into the hangar before running to Anakin and wrapping the wounded young man in a tight, desperate hug. Obi-Wan smiled as Padmé gently kissed Anakin on the cheek and he glanced at Yoda but the diminutive Jedi Master didn't seem to have noticed.

"A dark day, it is," Yoda said quietly.

Obi-Wan sipped at the cup of tea as he gazed at the city-planet that ranged out beyond the clear transparisteel windows of the apartment he shared with his apprentice. The battle of Geonosis was over; many, many Jedi had died, the Clone War had officially begun and Anakin was, by now, happily marrying Padmé Amidala on Naboo.

While Obi-Wan was happy for his brother, and still wondering why it was that Qui-Gon wanted him to make sure those two got married, he couldn't help but feel a pang of longing. He thought about Siri; the beautiful blonde Jedi he had fallen in love with only to lose when Magus killed her. He cared about Siri but he doubted he could do anything about it; he was pretty sure Siri didn't feel the same way about him anymore. Besides, they were both Jedi; even if they wanted to try to make it work, they couldn't without having the entire Jedi Order know about it.

Shaking his head, Obi-Wan found himself wondering if Anakin would come to him and tell him about the marriage. He had informed his Padawan that he was happy for them but he wasn't sure if his Padawan caught the hint he had given him. Obi-Wan supposed he would have to wait until Anakin returned from Naboo.

At least now, he could focus on figuring out what to do about the upcoming war and, more importantly, the end of the war. He was determined to stop his brother from making the mistake that destroyed the future. So much happened during the Clone Wars last time and Obi-Wan realized that much of those events aren't likely to be stopped. There were too numerous and Obi-Wan was only one person.

And, like Qui-Gon had said, just because the Force sent him to the past to fix the future doesn't mean the Force wants him to change every single thing.

Obi-Wan sighed as he finished the tea before standing up and walking to the little kitchenette. Putting the cup of tea away, Obi-Wan decided to leave his room and get some exercise.

Walking down the winding and twisting corridors of the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan was surprised to find himself near a training room where younglings over the age of ten but younger than the age of fifteen were training. There were Twi'leks, humans, Rodians and many other species but Obi-Wan found himself curiously examining one of the younglings.

An orange-skinned large blue eyed Togruta who was sparring with a dark haired human near the edge of the group. He smiled faintly as he gazed at Ahsoka Tano as the young Togruta continued to battle against the dark haired human. Jedi battlemaster Cin Drallig was also watching the younglings fight before he turned his gaze to Obi-Wan.

"You're welcomed to come and watch, Obi-Wan," he said gently. "Unless you have a mission..."

"No, the Jedi Council gave me a couple of days to rest and recover from Geonosis," Obi-Wan said stepping into the large, circular room as the younglings continued to battle.

Drallig nodded and returned his attention to the younglings.

Obi-Wan continued to examine the younglings as they continued to practice their lightsaber combat techniques. He noticed Ahsoka, like last time, utilized the reverse handgrip while she fought and she seemed to be very adept even if she only had the simple training the Jedi battlemaster gave them. It was up to the master of the specific Padawan as to what to teach the Padawan once they were chosen.

Obi-Wan smiled faintly in remembrance of Christophis when Anakin was first introduced to his 'new Padawan'. He briefly wondered if he should let that happen as it did last time but decided that if Ahsoka just 'happened' to run into Anakin before...

Obi-Wan watched as Ahsoka sidestepped her opponent's training blade before bringing the yellowish training saber down on the blade. She leapt backwards when her opponent retracted the blade and thrust it at her.

"Very good, Initiate Narak," said Drallig. "Initiate Tano, keep your defenses up."

Ahsoka, lips pressed together in determination, nodded. "Yes Master Drallig," she said before she blocked the blow aimed at her head. Obi-Wan nodded to himself; she hadn't let Drallig's words distract her as she continued to fight against her opponent.

They fought onwards for several more minutes before Drallig called a stop. "All right, that's enough for today," he said. "You can put your lightsabers away and return to the crèche."

"Yes Master Drallig," the younglings said in unison.

Obi-Wan stood up before watching the younglings put their training sabers away and began walking out of the room. Ahsoka, he noticed, was walking at the back of the group speaking quietly with the youngling that Obi-Wan briefly recalled was named Jenica Narak.

"Hello Master Kenobi," Jenica greeted him as she and Ahsoka glanced up clearly just sensing his presence.

"Hello young ones," Obi-Wan replied. "May I speak with you for a moment, Initiate Tano?"

Ahsoka frowned before nodding and she murmured a goodbye to Jenica before walking over to join Obi-Wan. "What did you want to talk about, Master Kenobi?" she asked.

"I just wanted to tell you to always listen to the Force, youngling, always trust in your abilities, and never let your emotions get the better of you. If you do this then I believe you will become a great Jedi," Obi-Wan said before he stretched out a hand and gently patted her shoulder.

Ahsoka nodded. "I will remember, Master Kenobi," she said quietly before she turned around and jogged after Jenica down the corridors.

Obi-Wan watched the youngling jog away before he turned around and began making his way back to the apartment he shared with his apprentice.

"Obi-Wan?"

Obi-Wan cracked his eyes open before gazing around; he hadn't realized he had fallen asleep on the form couch. He had returned to his room after practicing his lightsaber techniques in one of the training rooms and had lied down for a minute but, apparently, he had fallen asleep. Five days had gone by since the Battle of Geonosis and Obi-Wan knew that today would be the day his apprentice returned from Naboo.

"Yes Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked turning gray-blue eyes over his shoulder and the back of the couch as his apprentice walked into the living room before sitting down beside him on the couch. He looked refreshed and happier than Obi-Wan's seen him in a long time. Obi-Wan smiled inwardly as he thought about all that has transpired since he returned to the past. Shmi Skywalker still being alive; the event on Tatooine that caused Anakin to brush the dark side never occurring; the marriage of Padmé and Anakin occurring with no interference and Obi-Wan was merely scratching the surface of how much he could change.

Anakin hesitated. "On the gunship," he said quietly, "when we were chasing after Dooku and you asked that clone to contact the clone who fell with Padmé so that I could speak to her and assure myself she was all right. I just wanted to thank you for that."

"There is no need for thanks, Anakin," Obi-Wan assured his apprentice.

"But you've done so much for me recently," Anakin said softly. "It was because of you that my mother is alive and all right and you let me reassure myself that Padmé was all right. I don't think I can ever thank you enough for that."

Anakin was silent for a long moment. "My mother sent a message with Master Tachi," he added softly. "My mother told me that she loved me, she wished the best for me and she hoped that I would become the greatest Jedi Knight I can possibly be. And master..." he looked up with a fiery determination in his eyes, "...I will not fail. I will become a Jedi Knight that both you and my mother can be proud of."

Obi-Wan touched Anakin's shoulder. Oh Anakin I am already proud of the Jedi Knight you will become, he thought. Out loud, he said, "So how was Naboo?"

Anakin stiffened before he looked down. "It was great, very relaxing," he said.

"I'm sure. And how is Senator Amidala?"

"Fine, glad to be home."

Anakin was doing his best to avoid the subject, Obi-Wan knew, and Obi-Wan wondered if that was because even though he told Anakin he was happy for him, Anakin still didn't trust him enough to tell him about his marriage to Padmé.

"I bet she was. I bet she was upset that the War Creation Act was passed," Obi-Wan said.

"She was a bit but, with the size of the droid army, she realized that it would be better for the Republic to have a fighting chance since it's unlikely we'll be able to solve this problem through peaceful negotiations."

"Not likely no," Obi-Wan agreed before he paused for a moment as he decided on how to approach the subject. He was very subtle but he couldn't think of anything that could get his stubborn apprentice to open up to him. He decided he would steal a page from Anakin's book and be blunt about it.

"So how was yours and Padmé's wedding?" he asked casually as if he was asking for the time of day or for what the weather was like outside.

Anakin stared in utter shock, speechless for several long moments as he tried to gather his thoughts together. "How'd you know?" he exclaimed.

"You told her you loved you while we were on that gunship after Dooku and she did kiss you twice, once in the arena and once after we fought Dooku. It really wasn't that hard to put two and two together," Obi-Wan said with a faint shrug.

Anakin just stared before he looked down. "Are you going to tell the council?" he asked.

Obi-Wan felt hurt that his Padawan would actually think he would betray his trust in him by telling the council. Briefly, he wondered if that was the reason why Anakin never told him the truth the first time around. "Anakin," he said softly, "have I been such a bad master that you really think I would betray you like that?" He tried to hide the hurt in his eyes but a spark appeared in his gaze briefly before it disappeared.

"No, Master, you're a great master," Anakin protested glancing up sharply. "It's just..."

"You broke the Jedi Code and you believe it is my duty to inform the Council of that," Obi-Wan finished for his apprentice with a sigh. "But I won't tell the Jedi Council about you and Padmé."

"Why?" Anakin asked suddenly.

Obi-Wan was silent for a long moment as he thought about how to answer. "I will not tell the Council, Anakin, because you're my brother, I love you and I cannot betray my own brother like that." What he said was the truth and Obi-Wan felt saddened that he didn't realize that until it was too late.

Anakin's eyes went wide before he looked through the window as if he was attempting to come up with a response. "You're my brother too, Obi-Wan," he said softly lifting his azure eyes to gaze at Obi-Wan. "I love you too."

Obi-Wan smiled inwardly even though he couldn't get the gleaming yellow eyes, the tendrils of hatred, the burning body out of his mind. A shiver of fear shot down his spine and he quickly fought to release that fear into the Force hoping Anakin didn't sense it.

Anakin glanced at him. "Are you all right?" he asked.

"I am fine," Obi-Wan replied before he stretched out a hand and placed it on Anakin's shoulder. "Let's go spar."

"All right," said Anakin before the two of them got to their feet and left the apartment.

To Be Continued in Part 2

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: I think the second version of this chapter is better than the first version

Darth: second version?

Blaze: I didn't like how the first version was turning out so I redid it. I like this version better

Obi-Wan: is there going to be more Siriwan in the next part?

Anakin: and Anidala?

Blaze: well, since I can't write romance to save my life, it'll probably just be simple, brief stuff

Obi-Wan and Anakin: oh

Anakin: and Siriwan? Obi-Wan, are you going to break the Jedi Code?

Obi-Wan: er…(Leaps into Mace's Mustang and takes off)

Anakin: hey! Wait! I want an answer! (Steals Voldy's broom and chases after Obi-Wan)

Mace: (shakes head and sighs) I don't even want to know (walks off)

Voldy: that's my bro…(Gets run over by Obi-Wan as he continues to flee from Anakin)

Blaze: (laughs) please review and I will post Chapter 11 as soon as I possibly can but I doubt it'll be anytime soon since I'm attempting to gather my thoughts together. A lot of what will happen in part 2 will be extremely AU and may only follow TCW loosely although I may use episodes. So, yeah, please review and sorry for repeating myself.