Author's Note: Here is the next chapter in my fanfic. Here we will see Anakin break off his relationship with Padme. How will she react? Read on and find out. Some other interesting things will also happen. This chapter will be a bit longer than the previous one so I hope you guys like it.

Chapter Two: The Confrontation

A huge battle raged in the Jedi Temple. Jedi, both masters and padawans alike, were killed by soldiers in white armor. Anakin, however, could not move. He was powerless to stop the slaughter. Suddenly, he saw a figure in a dark cloak with a hood walk through the hallway and cut down several Jedi with a blue-bladed light saber, laughing all the while. The figure approached a doorway, several of the soldiers on either side of the door standing at attention. The figure entered the room where he knelt before another figure in a dark hooded robe. Anakin was unable to see the face of the second figure, but the first figure pulled back his hood, allowing Anakin to see his face. He did not recognize the face of the man, however, and did not have time to think about it before the standing figure began to speak.

"You have done well, Lord Vader. Now go and bring peace to the empire." The first figure stood and left the room and as the image began to fade, the last thing Anakin heard was an evil, cackling laugh.

Anakin woke with a start. It was all just a dream. But was it just a dream or was it a premonition, a vision of the future? Surely it couldn't be anything more than a dream, could it? Before he could think too deeply about this, Anakin felt a stirring beside him. Ahsoka woke up and looked at him.

"Anakin? What's the matter?" she asked him.

"Nothing, it was just a dream" he replied, though he wasn't quite convinced of that. He saw that the sun was already up. "We should probably get up anyway. I want to train with you today, and there is a personal matter I need to attend to."

This got Ahsoka's attention. "What personal matter?" she asked.

"I will explain everything to you later, I promise, but for now we need to train." He replied. Ahsoka reluctantly agreed. She was extremely curious about what Anakin might be up to, but she knew better than to question him about it. He would tell her when he was ready. The two of them got ready, then left their shared quarters to head for the part of the temple dedicated to training.

They arrived in one of the training rooms. There were a few other Jedi in the room, but otherwise the two were alone. They began by practicing various light saber moves and combat styles. As Anakin was having Ahsoka practice a particularly tricky maneuver, he noticed the other Jedi had left the room and the two of them were now completely alone. Anakin grinned to himself and walked up behind his padawan.

"Here, let me show you how to do it" Anakin said and he guided her arms from behind, very obviously pressing his body against hers while he did it. Ahsoka had been so focused on completing the maneuver that she hadn't noticed they were alone so when Anakin grabbed her from behind she gasped, afraid they would get caught. She then looked around and noticed that they were, indeed, alone. She smiled and, with Anakin's help, completed the maneuver. Then she turned around and looked at Anakin.

"You're such a good teacher" she said in a seductive voice, then she leaned up and kissed him. Anakin responded by wrapping his arms around her and deepening the kiss. After several seconds of this, the two were forced to break apart when they heard someone coming. Not two seconds after they broke apart, master Plo Koon walked into the training room, nodded to the two of them, and proceeded to perform a series of exercises Anakin only vaguely recognized. The two of them quietly sighed and realized they would have to wait until they were alone to enjoy each other's company.

After a couple hours of training, Anakin and Ahsoka decided they had enough for the day and went back to their quarters. "That was exhausting" Ahsoka remarked as she made her way towards the refresher. "I need to freshen up, care to join me?" she asked innocently, turning and looking at him.

"As tempting as that is, Snips, there is that personal matter I need to take care of" he told her.

Ahsoka frowned and replied "And I suppose you're still not going to tell me what it is?"

"I told you, I will tell you everything once it's done" he replied "but now I need to go."

Ahsoka once again frowned but didn't say anything else as she walked into the refresher and closed the door. Anakin shook his head and turned to leave. He went to one of the hangers and got in his speeder. He then went to Padme's apartment building. He got out of the speeder and walked into the building over to the turbo lift, nodding to some Naboo royal security guards as he went. He got in the turbo lift and pressed the appropriate floor button. As the turbo lift was rising, Anakin went over what he would say. He tried to decide how he should phrase what he was about to tell Padme before he eventually decided to just wing it. As the turbo lift came to a stop, Anakin took a deep breath and prepared to confront his wife. He exited the turbo lift and walked up to the door to Padme's apartment, where a Naboo guard told Padme over comlink that he had arrived. Well, here goes nothing he thought as he walked into the Apartment.

"Ani!" Padme said when she saw him "It's so good to see you." She ran up and hugged him, to which he hugged her back. "How's Ahsoka? I'm so glad you were able to find the real person responsible."

"She's fine, thanks for defending her in court" Anakin said.

"Of course, she has always been a friend" Padme replied. "So what are you doing here? Did you just come to talk about the trial?" Padme asked as she moved to kiss him. Before she could, however, Anakin held out his hand to stop her.

"Padme, we need to talk" he said. When she saw how serious his expression was, she only nodded and waited for him to continue. Well this was it, no sense beating around the bush, might as well just get it over with. "I don't think we should see each other anymore."

To say that Padme was surprised by this would be an understatement. She stared at Anakin in shock for a few seconds. When she finally could force herself to speak, there was anger in her voice as well as worry, frustration, and numerous other emotions. "You mind telling me why?" she asked.

"Our relationship isn't working out. All we do is end up fighting most of the time and I sense that if we continue like this, it will bring both of us nothing but pain" He said.

Padme once again stared at him for several seconds, unable to form words or fully process what he was saying. When she did, she finally replied "You think I'm gonna let you break off this relationship because we fight a lot? Then you don't know me very well. Anakin I love you!"

Anakin turned away from her and responded with pain in his voice. "I know, and I'm sorry. Our relationship is finished." As he said this, he started to walk back towards the door.

When he was about half way to the door, Padme called out behind him. "It's Ahsoka, isn't it?" Anakin stopped in his tracks.

"What did you just say?" he asked without turning around.

Padme walked up behind him. "Don't you think I've noticed the way you look at her? You're in love with her aren't you?"

Anakin realized that after everything the two of them had been through, he had to at least tell her the truth of why he was leaving her. "Yes" he said in barely more than a whisper.

"Anakin, she's a just a kid, not to mention a Jedi like you" Padme said.

"She feels the same way" Anakin said simply. "She was going to leave the Jedi order after the trial. The only way I could convince her to stay was to reveal my true feelings for her." Padme had no response to this revelation. She simply stood there staring at him. "I never wanted to hurt you, but I have to leave you. I love Ahsoka and she loves me."

"Anakin wait, don't go please!" Padme begged but Anakin had already made up his mind.

"Goodbye Padme" Anakin said. Saying nothing else, he walked out of the apartment door with Padme staring in disbelief at his back. Anakin then got back in his speeder and made his way back to the Jedi temple.

When he got back to the temple, Anakin parked his speeder and went to find Ahsoka. He found her meditating on the floor of their quarters. He walked inside and sat on one of the beds, waiting for her to finish. After about ten minutes, she opened her eyes and stood up. She walked over to him and kissed him. He kissed her back, glad for her affection after his confrontation with Padme. After several seconds, the two of them broke apart.

"So Skyguy, did you take care of your 'personal matter?'" Ahsoka asked.

"I did" he replied.

"Are you gonna tell me about it?"

Anakin sighed, then sat down on the bed. "Yes, I said I would tell you so I'll tell you." Ahsoka sat down next to Anakin and looked at him expectantly. "So you know I once had a crush on Senator Amidala when I was a kid right?" She nodded. "Well, what you didn't know was that those feelings were reciprocated." Ahsoka looked at him in surprise. Was he saying what she thought he was saying? Anakin saw the look of surprise, then confusion on Ahsoka's face and decided he should elaborate further. "The two of us were in love and we were married shortly after the clone wars began." Ahsoka jumped off the bed and turned to look at him in surprise.

"So you two have been married for almost three years? Were you ever going to tell me this?" she asked, there was a slight hint of betrayal in her voice.

"I never told anyone, not even Obi-Wan" Anakin said. "The only others who know besides Padme are Artoo and Threepio. You are the first person I have ever told."

Ahsoka sat back down when Anakin told her this. She was not quite sure what to make of this situation. "So the personal matter?" she asked.

"I went to break off my relationship with Padme" Anakin replied. "I chose you, I will always choose you." He was unsure how Ahsoka was taking this news, but hopefully she wouldn't take it badly. She just sat there, staring at nothing for several seconds, then several minutes. Anakin was worried that she was angry at him and was about to say something when she suddenly turned and kissed him fiercely, wrapping her arms tightly around him.

They broke apart long enough for Ahsoka to pant out "I love you Anakin." She then resumed kissing him, to which he responded eagerly, glad she wasn't mad about his deception. After several minutes of this, they finally broke apart but stayed close. They were both glad for each other's presence.

Finally Anakin turned to Ahsoka and spoke. "We should do something."

"Like what? Ahsoka asked.

"We should go out to eat somewhere" he replied. Ahsoka smirked and pretended to be indignant.

"Anakin Skywalker are you asking me out on a date?" she said.

Anakin blushed. "Yeah, I guess I am" he said.

"I'd love to" she replied. Before they could do anything, however, Anakin's comlink beeped. He groaned and was half tempted to ignore it but figured it might be important.

He pushed the button on the comlink and answered "what?"

"Anakin, this is Obi-Wan. Could you and Ahsoka come to the war room please? We have a bit of a situation."

The comlink went dead and Anakin sighed. "Well, I guess our dinner plans will have to wait. We should go see what the emergency is." Ahsoka nodded and the two of them walked out of their quarters and made their way to the war room.

Author's Note: Well a bit of a cliff hanger at the end there. Sorry if you think the story has been slow so far but it will get more exciting in the next chapter, I promise. Please review and let me know what you guys think of the story so far. The next chapter should be out in a couple days so be on the lookout for it.