The room was devoid of any furniture whatsoever, and the only life forms in the room were the two humans as they prepared to battle. Luke had not swung a lightsaber, at least to Anna's knowledge, since the traumatic events of Cloud City, but as far as she knew, Luke could've been practicing daily, working on his skills with his lightsaber. She had not used hers very much either, only on Dagobah. Even though she had used it recently, Luke had faced Vader in combat, something that she had never done before. She had never swung it at anything living, only at the targets that Yoda had used to train her. She had the skill set, but without ever putting it into practice before, she knew that it would be an interesting mock battle.

She held the handles of her double-bladed lightsaber tightly, her eyes scanning over each counter of the handle. She had not ignited the blade, but she knew that the time would be upon her soon. She looked over her shoulder at Luke, who was warming up by holding the handle of his lightsaber in his hand and swimming his arm around in a series of battle moves. She had yet to see the colour of his blade, as he had not yet shown her. She smiled as he paused for a moment to look at her.

"Are you done?" she asked in a tone that was almost condescending. Luke turned his body so that he was facing her.

"I suppose so," he said. "You?"

Anna looked down at the handle of her lightsaber and ignited the double blades. "Of course," she said, and turned quickly to face him.

"Do you need me to go slow with you?" she asked, and Luke shook his head.

"No, I want to see what you can do now with your new training," he said, and she smiled.

"Alright then," she said. "But don't complain when I take you down."

Luke brushed off her comment and ignited his own blade, which Anna was surprised to see that colour of. Instead of the pale blue of his original lightsaber, this one was emerald green. For a moment, she was transported back to her home, and to Dagobah, but only for a moment before she snapped her eyes back up to his face, which was also illuminated with a shadow of the green light that the blade gave off. She moved her hand so that her dual blades were held at a horizontal angle in front of her. Both her and Luke were waiting for each other to make the first move. Anna's mind was trying to tell her exactly which beginning move to use, but she tried to shut it off. She knew that the key to becoming a Jedi Master was to move on instinct and create the muscle memory and reflexes that would save her life in a battle. She also knew that shove the emotions in her heart and mind down to a place where they wouldn't interfere with her fight.

She spun around on her heels, her hair flying out in a delay behind her, and one side of her lightsaber's handle taking the lead on her commencing move. Luke moved his blade up easily to block the attack, but Anna didn't stop. She twisted her wrist and moved the end of her lightsaber that had been lagging in the first attack forward. Luke had to move quickly to counter the effect of the sudden attack from Anna, as the double blades were a great force to be reckoned with. He had not expected her to move to quickly with her deadly weapon. He jumped back slightly to dodge the flying pearl-coloured blade, and blocked it with his own green blade. The lightsabers hissed at each other when they connected with each other, and the miniature explosion that went off when was a perfect blend of a cream and emerald light. Anna stepped back as well to recover from her attack, and she smiled as Luke stood taller after he too had jumped back.

"That was an unexpected twist you've learned," he said, and he made sure to hint at the proud tone of his voice as she smiled.

"Thanks," she said, and moved quickly at him again, and he blocked her blade once more. They paused for a moment, their lightsabers snarling at the prolonged contact. Anna was the first one to break away, letting her double blades move easily in her fingers as she let the handle of her weapon dance around within them. Luke was able to block every one, but he was on the defensive side of things, which he hated. He knew that he had to move to the offensive, so he stepped forward after a blocked attack, making Anna step back. Her body curved away from the growling weapon in Luke's hands, and she blocked his lightsaber with one of her own blades. They didn't spend very long in the position that Luke was assuming in an attempt to push her down. She regained her position and fought him back so that her back could straighten up and the two of them could look at each other properly.

Anna's mind had shut off at that moment, and all she waned to do was to push Luke down to his back, and stand above him, victorious. All of her emotions and her feelings toward him were gone, and her body and muscles were reacting on pure instinct. She had nothing to lose at that moment, and went in on the attack, one of her blades leading her forward. Luke was expecting the attack and threw his lightsaber in front of his face to protect himself from the bright blade. Anna let her finger twirl her lightsaber around in her hand again as her second blade swooped in under her arm and Luke had to react in a split second to block it. Luke then moved in on his attack, and Anna was forced back a few more steps.

The two of them alternated their positions for a while until fatigue began to settle in on them. Obviously, the fight had been physically and mentally exhausting, and both parties were feeling the strain that hoisting a lightsaber and shutting down the mind placed on them. Luke was the first one to draw in his lightsaber, and he looked up at her as she too paused. Both of them were panting after the effort that they had thrown at each other, and her mind began to restart back into its usual form.

Anna straightened up and sighed, as her lightsaber disengaged.

"It seems the two of us are at equal skill level," she said. "My complete training and your real-world battle experience looks as though it balances."

"Apparently it does," Luke said as he watched Anna walk over to where her jacket was lying. It was the first time that Luke had been able to see the transformation that Anna had gone through while she had been on Dagobah. Her sleeveless shirt offered him the inside look as to how well she had bene conditioning. Her arms were well-toned, and looked as though she had been working on her strength quite a bit. She didn't look weak before, but now she looked as though she could take anyone down, and wouldn't go down herself without a fight. She picked her jacket up and shook it out before she turned to look back at Luke.

"We need to keep doing this," she said, and he walked over to her.

"Agreed," he said. "As soon as I get the call, we'll be on our way to rescue Han."
Anna nodded, clipped her lightsaber to her belt and slipped her jacket on. "When do you want to do this next?" he asked, and she shrugged.

"I'm open to anything," she said. "I've got nothing to do around here anyway, so I need to keep myself occupied one way or another."

Luke smiled, and Anna realized then how close the two of them were to each other. She leaned back slightly against the wall so that she was at a height slightly lower than Luke's eye level. She paused, waiting for something that she didn't know or truly understand, but whatever she was anticipating never came. Instead, Luke seemed to realize that he was quite close to her, and backed up slightly before he left the room.

Hope you guys liked that! I'm aiming for updates at least every week since I've got a lot of spare time on my hands right now, so hopefully there won't be any more really long delays!