My goodness, it has been AGES since I posted let alone even considered finishing and editing this chapter! There's no action in this chapter, but there is certainly a certain someones thoughts about what this pursuit may really be... *smiles evilly* Anyway, this is the first chapter of Pursuit and therefore it is the first chapter in the sequel focusing on Anakin and Ahsoka's part of the story. I hope you enjoy and forgive me over my small hiatus.

To The Brink Pursuit: Tracking.

'Master… I won't disappoint you.' Anakin shook his head, ignoring the sandy blonde strands of hair brushing over his face in the harsh wind high up on the rocky porch where the master had decided to camp for the night and let his ever eager padawan, who had protested, rest.

Ahsoka was, in some forms, very similar to him; ever eager to bound into action, reckless – though with just a bit more thought and rationality about her actions than himself – and relatively impatient in tense situations. Master Luminara Unduli informed him over the Togruta's loss of self-control when she leapt in front of Nute Gunray in interrogation and held her emerald blade dangerously close to the Neimodians throat. The Chosen One had then proceeded to tutor Ahsoka in controlling her impatience to which she made a small, but non insulting, quip about his own patience to which he laughed off before setting her into meditation, another activity they both happened to dislike.

This tugged at the corners of the grim Jedi Knight's lips as he turned to look over his shoulder and find Ahsoka levitating a small rock off of the ground and in front of her entranced face, cerulean eyes never leaving the rock, instead of sleeping.

"Why aren't you resting, Snips?" Anakin asked as he stepped over to where she was sitting cross-legged.

"I'm not tired." The padawan replied trying to stifle a yawn.

Anakin snorted. "Snips, I'm not going to believe that for one moment. You'll need your strength for tomorrow when we continue our search for Vizsla."

"But, master…"

"Ahsoka." The padawan was wise not to challenge the authority in her master's tone of voice. The man was stubborn; when he felt you needed to do something necessary he would not fall back on his decision until whoever protested relented. And if that didn't work then he was keen to accomplish things anyway, hence his growing popularity with the council, particularly Mace Windu who always settled the Jedi with a piercing gaze.

Ahsoka huffed as she broke her manipulation of the Force and let the rock fall, ignoring the thunk it made when it collided with the equally rocky surface they would be sleeping on. She laid in a fetal position and pulled the thermal blanket up to her chin, wrapping the Force around her in a cocoon of extra heat against the biting wind as she cushioned her head upon her hands. She couldn't help thinking before her shields went down that for Anakin this was a personal vendetta more than justice.

Anakin watched as she slowly allowed her eyes to droop closed and waited until her breathing slowed to deep inhales.

After a quick recon of the surrounding foliage he decided that it was safe to finally lower his guard as he suffocated the flames of the camp fire in between them out with a subtle nudge of the Force before allowing darkness to settle around him.

The sun rose high in the following hours, rousing Anakin from his slumber with its radiant warmth. He smiled as he groggily blinked the remaining sleep from himself and slowly rose to his feet and stretching the kinks out of his back and arms as he rolled his neck in full circles giving him a sense of comfort from the liberation of his body from stiffness.

Anakin tried not to associate the sun shining down upon his face with Tatooine as he squinted his sapphire eyes at the burning star. This sun was different to him; warm and brining a sense of joy rather than blistering heat that made people pour with perspiration and suffering from dehydration. He remembered as a boy the first time he felt the rays of the sun shining down on him from a different point in the galaxy. That was when he arrived on Coruscant for the first time as a nine-year-old boy. It was very much like this one, and looking away finally to gaze at the trees painted in gold at the tips, he allowed another small smile to grow.

Just then another rustling disturbed him as he sensed Ahsoka's tired presence ripple through their bond as the foggy mist of sleep was wiped from her mind.

"Morning, 'Soka."

"Morning, master…" The young padawan mumbled, stretching her arms haphazardly before rising to her feet herself and treading lightly to stand beside her master. "Hungry."

Yet again, in the few short hours they had camped here, Anakin snorted again in another bout of amusement. "You and me both, Snips," he chuckled, laying a hand on her shoulder before walking over the burnt chars of firewood and disposing of them, replacing the spot it previously commandeered with a fresh mount and setting fire to that before finally grabbing the pot, pan, cutlery and food for them both.

After cooking the meal they consumed small Nerf steak tendons with vegetables, deciding to save the nutrient bars for their journey later that day.

"All right, let's head out of here before anyone who we don't want trailing us stumbles upon us here." Repeating the exercise of clean up once more they made sure that they had whatever they needed packed before continuing their search.

As she followed her master through the terrain, pushing through foliage, sliding under and jumping over debris as well as clambering in trees with the perfect speed and dexterity of a Jedi, Ahsoka couldn't stop the hook in the front of her mind yanking her conscience towards the possibility that this was to Anakin not a search but a hunt.

VOILA! (probs spelt that wrong but I'm not french! Even if I got a C in GCSE...) There we have it! The first chapter of the sequel featuring Anakin and Ahsoka talking, eating and sleeping! And wasn't it fun to watch them as if it was an episode of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Jedi style! :D Anyway, hope this was okay and that you enjoyed. I wasn't going to leave you hanging forever! I will have another update for you all by Christmas when the school holidays start. Okay, it starts on the 21st but I CAN DO IT! ;D