Asakura Chronicles
"Excuse me but did a kid named Thomas Asakura come by here today?" Anakin asked the waitress droid, as he and Ahsoka enter the diner.
"Yeah! He just got here some time ago. Dex should be in the kitchen doing the kid's haircut" the droid replied.
"Alright. Thanks!" Anakin said, heading towards the kitchen doors.
"I didn't know Dex did haircuts" Ahsoka said.
"Sure he did. I use to go here when I was a kid to get my haircut plenty of times" Anakin replied.
"GWAHAHAHAH! DIE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE! DIE!" A loud and terrifying voice boomed through the diner, giving people a chill down there spines.
"What the... I thought Dex was giving someone a haircut?"Anakin asked the waitress droid
"He is honey! Though they were in there for some time" The droid replied.
"C'mon Ahsoka. Let's go check if Dex hasn't..." Anakin stopped his sentence when he passed the doors to see a messy kitchen with iron walls stained with grease. In the middle of the kitchen was a large Besalisk with four large arms standing behind a turnable chair. There were boots dangling from the seat and next to the boots were large, noticeable red stains on the floor. "...killed him"
"That's right! Die! You stupid, little, showoffy..."
"DEX!"
The alien turns around to see Anakin, whose speechless while having his lower jaw dropped and Ahsoka, who covered most of her face with her hands to block the horror that's in front of her. There were four things the Besalisk was holding in each of his four hands: a brush, a hair dryer, for some strange reason a wooden hammer and a pair of scissors that has a red liquid dripping off the blades.
"What are you doing?! I thought you were giving him a haircut! Not completely maim him!" Anakin exclaimed.
"What are you talking about? I am giving him a haircut! See?" Dex turned the chair to their direction to show Tom with a decent haircut and has a red liquid dripping off his face while he holds a large sub sandwich.
"But... all that stuff you said about dying. You weren't killing him?" Anakin asked.
"Kill him?! Why would I kill a paying customer?! I was talking about his hair! It was all dirty and filthy when he came in here. Not to mention there were hair strands sticking out all over like they were a bunch of show offs"
"But... those stains on the floor!" Ahsoka said, pointing at the red globs on the kitchen floor
"Oh, that was my bad. I was eating this sub while Dex was giving me a haircut and I kind of spilled some of the sauce in the sandwich" Tom explained.
"Okay... but what about that stuff on your scissors?" Anakin asked, pointing at the red stained scissors Dex was holding.
"Oh! You see Tom was moving while he was eating and I accidently cut off a piece of bread from his sandwich, which was dipped in the sauce. I told him not to eat it while I was working on his hair" Dex said, giving Tom a serious look.
"Yeah, but I promised I pay you extra if you let me" Tom replied.
"Well now you have to pay me more for the mess you made on the floor and for my scissors"
"Uh... one more thing" Anakin said.
"What is it?" Dex asked.
"Why do you need a hammer to give him a haircut?" Anakin asked, pointing at the wooden tool Dex was holding.
"Uhhhh... no reason" Dex replied, tossing the hammer aside.
"Sorry about the mess Dex. Will this be enough?" Tom asked, giving him a handful of credits.
"This will do just fine. Nice working with ya kiddo" Dex said, counting the credits in one of his hands.
"So, what do you want big mouth?" Tom asked, giving Anakin an annoyed look.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. Well, I thought back at the temple we got on the wrong foot. So why don't we start all over, forget that all happened and reintroduce ourselves" Anakin said, giving a very unconvincing smile as Tom just stares at him with a bored look.
"Hmmm... I don't think so" Tom replied, getting off the chair and headed for the exit as he finishes off his sandwich and grabs his lightsaber and lightsaber staff
"W-why not?"
"Why? Because... your an idiot. And I don't hang out with idiots, especially with you" Tom said, giving Anakin a more annoyed look.
"What?! But you hardly even know me!" Anakin replied, now getting even more angry.
"I know enough. Just enough to know that you are an idiot. If you think just because your a Jedi Knight and this so called Chosen One is one of the reasons why I should show some respect to you, then you are completely mistaken. Respect isn't earned because of titles or some prophecy they were told. People earn their respect through their actions they commit themselves and if there doing it for the right reasons. And so far, all you have done today is just disappointing. That's one of the hundreds of reasons why your an idiot"
With Anakin now red in the face, Tom then looks at Ahsoka and gives a sad look.
"What is it?" Ahsoka asks.
"She doesn't remember me. There's no point into getting her to remember me. It's like I said, it's probably for the best" Tom sadly thinks to himself.
"It's nothing. See you two later" Tom says and exits the room.
"There's that sadness again. The same sadness back at the platform" Ahsoka thinks to herself, remembering the feeling she felt when the secret hideout/base was attacked.
"That little... I am so getting back at him" Anakin muttering to himself.
"I don't know. Maybe we should leave him alone. Master Kenobi said that he has a plan on getting more information on those imposters so we shouldn't..."
"I was planning to give that kid a second chance but now..."
"Ya know..." Dex interrupted, still counting the credits he's got in his hand.
"...that kid may not show it at times but he's as wise beyond his years. When he started training at the temple, he already became a prodigy at the age of three. He use to be such a happy little squirt, always full of energy"
"How do you know so much about Tom and his training in the temple?" Ahsoka asked.
"I knew the Jedi that was responsible for him, as well as the one who discovered him as when he was little. You should know him Ani. The Jedi I'm talking about was Qui Gon Jinn" Dex said
"Obi Wan never mentioned that kid knew Qui Gon" Anakin replied
"Yeah, he discovered him before he found you on Tatooine. Anyway, because of him being a prodigy, everyone at the temple didn't quite accepted, well everyone except Qui Gon that is. So when he died, Tom was kind of a loner. You of all people can understand what that's like, especially you Anakin" Dex said, looking at Anakin who gives a look that shows that means he understands
"Look, I understand that what he said can be hurtful but try to understand, even if it's just a little, that kid really means well. Just promise me and Qui Gon that you'll look out for him"
A few hours later...
"I am so getting back at him" Anakin said, after he, Ahsoka and along the way, Rex started following Tom when he stops at a park and starts to relax by laying his back on the grass.
"I thought you promised Dex that you'll look after him" Ahsoka said, hiding behind a cliff about a few inches away from Tom with Anakin and Rex.
"Don't worry. After he gets what's coming to him, I'll start being a bit more nice to him" Anakin replied.
"Uh... sir? Why am I here exactly? I don't even know what's going, who this kid is or why you even brought me here" Rex said.
"I'll tell you as soon we're done here. Now, Ahsoka go do your thing!"
"My thing? And what exactly is my thing?" Ahsoka asked
"Your charm! Come on, you can tell the way he was looking at you that he was so into you"
"I don't think he was looking at me because he's interested in me. He seemed sad..."
"Well we won't find out unless you go out there and do your thing"
"I'm not doing it! Why can't we just leave him alone?"
"Okay, do this one time and I promise I'll be nice to him next time and you'll never have to do this again. Please Ahsoka. This'll mean so much to me"
"No! Go do your own dirty work!"
"Alright fine! Rex, get in there!" said Anakin to Rex
"What? What am I suppose to get?"
"I don't know! Just get his attention, get him over here, then I'll let him at it!"
"Let him at what?"
"You'll found out when you bring him here! Now get to it!"
"Don't do it Rex! Its not worth it!" Ahsoka warning Rex
"Ahsoka, be quiet!" said Anakin
"Look sir, I really gotta go back to the men. Remember, we got a mission to Naboo starting tomorrow" Rex replied
"What's with you two? I thought you would have my..."
WHACK! Anakin was interrupted when his head was whacked by Tom, using his lightsaber staff while being blindfolded
"Alright! I think I got the pinata!" Tom said, removing his blindfold
"OWW! That wasn't a pinata you hit! That was my head!" said Anakin, placing his hands on head
"Really? No wonder I mistaken your head for a pinata. Your head is so empty that anyone can easily mistaken it for one" said Tom, increasing Anakins' rage as he walks away
"Okay! That's it! You and me need to have a talk!" yelled Anakin, going after Tom
"Fine. I was getting tired of waiting for you to come out of hiding. By the way, it's not cool to send your padawan and your second in command to weasel in some info about me. Though, it is something a idiot like yourself would do, so it's expected" Tom replied, increasing Anakin's rage.
"Alright! I give up! What's with this obsession of calling me an idiot?! I don't even know you..."
"Oh, but I know you, Anakin Skywalker. I looked you up while I was checking those video's that showed the imposter's and their crimes and I gotta say, I found some very interesting stuff. Like... an unauthorized interrogation of Poggle the Lesser" Tom said, slowly getting up.
"I only did that to save Ahsoka! To get information that could and did save her life!" Anakin replied
"That's what it said on the record. I thought you were the type of person who would do anything to protect those close to him. Or at least that's what I thought. Until a certain incident with Rako Hardeen occurred. When Obi Wan faked his death and you wanted revenge. And you wanted it so badly that you not only risked your Jedi career, but also Ahsoka's career"
"What does that..."
"If you truly did care about her, then you wouldn't let get her involve in something like that and you wouldn't let her risk her future as a Jedi" Tom told Anakin in a very serious tone and also making Anakin feel even lower
"And since we're already on the Hardeen subject, let's ask ourselves if Obi Wan was killed by that bounty hunter and you did get revenge by killing Hardeen, what would happen? Would it bring an end to the deaths around the galaxy? No. Would it bring an end to the Clone War? No, it wouldn't. But to a more important question, would it bring back Obi Wan back to life? Of course not"
"OKAY! I get it! What I did was stupid and..."
"Stupid? Stupid?! That's not the word I would use! The fact is Skywalker, is that you never ask yourself "then what?" You never think these things through! But now to a more important subject: you letting your past get the better of you. I know about your actions and how'd you react when the people of Kiros was captured by Zygerrian slavers! I know you came from a life of slavery but last time I check, your not a slave and your not Obi Wan's padawan anymore! Your a Jedi Knight! And so far all you've proven is that you still think that your a slave on Tatooine and your still an apprentice to Obi Wan! I'm surprised that they don't put you on a leash! I wonder... what Qui Gon and your mother would think if they knew about this!"
When Anakin stared at Tom in anger and his fists tightened, readying for a fight, the two Jedi sensed a strange presence and looked the other way to see two exact copies of Anakin and Ahsoka, growling at them and staring at them, with an intent to kill.