Chapter 2 – Miss General

Admittedly, Anakin could see why Ahsoka had been placed as his Padawan; she was reckless, head- strong and very confident in her abilities. He grudgingly realised that Obi-Wan always said the same things about him and it would make sense that he would be given a Padawan with his traits; not only just to get a taste of his own medicine.

After the battle on Christophsis, Anakin decided he was willing to train her; if she really was anything more like him, she would become a very capable Jedi in her own right.

At this current time, they were on their way to Teth in order to rescue the son of Jabba the Hutt. The very thought of having to go to Tatooine afterwards had Anakin on edge. He was watching Ahsoka talk to some of the Clones in the Hangar and it appeared they were all getting along. As he continued to do this, he started getting an incoming call on his comlink, "How can I help you Admiral?"

"General, you have an incoming call from the Jedi Temple, it is General Kenobi," at first Anakin was confused, wasn't Obi-Wan on his way to Tatooine right now? "I am, of course, referring to, uh, Miss General Kenobi."

Anakin could only find humour in this; with the war ongoing, every Jedi earned a rank amongst the military. This included the Guardian Mothers who all rose to the rank of General by default. The hilarity in this is that it makes two General Kenobis. Any non-Jedi member of the military preferred to use these ranks when addressing the Jedi and so, the Clones started calling Sulani, Miss General Kenobi. Sulani minds very little as she sees it for what it is, a way to tell her and her brother apart in terms of reference. Admiral Yularen still found it a little awkward to call her this, however. "I'll be on the bridge in a moment Admiral."

"Anakin, it is good to see you, it has been a while since I last saw a Holo-Image of you," Sulani greeted him as he entered the room.

"Haha, very funny, but it is good to see you Mother Sulani," Anakin replies, a broad smile across his face.

Very few people will ever experience the full force of Anakin's care and respect; Mother Sulani was one of those very few. She had done more for him than most, and she was especially there when he lost his mother. Besides Padme, Mother Sulani was the only one who knew the truth of what happened. He never even had to tell her, she just knew and the fact that she was simply there for him instead of telling the Council meant more to him than anything. "What can I help you with Mother?"

"I assure you, this is not a business call for I'm not calling to discuss your mission. I'm actually calling to talk about Ahsoka. How is she going?" as she speaks, Anakin could see the twinkle in her eye, even through the hologram.

"You and Obi-Wan had something to do with this, didn't you?" he asks with a resigned sigh.

"Oh Anakin, quick to point fingers aren't you, though I will admit that it was to some degree Obi-Wan's idea, I was the one who suggested it be Ahsoka. She is one of my own younglings; I've raised her since she was three years old, and so I know her very well. More than I know you and that says something. You haven't answered my question Anakin," she prompts, that gleam still in her eyes.

Anakin sighs before answering, "She's reckless, that's for sure, though I admit that recklessness was useful on Christophsis."

"Yes, she is reckless and many other things I'm sure you've realised," she chuckles. "Remind you of anyone does she?"

If Anakin was talking to anyone else, he would have rudely talked back, but this was Mother Sulani, so he replied honestly. "She's like a female version of me when I was that age."

"Oh who are you kidding Ani, you're still like that, you're just better at controlling some of your reckless urges," she responds, an unvoiced scoff in her tone. "That aside, I'm sure you noticed her positive qualities."

"I have, she is quite capable and she has a smart head on her shoulders, I'll give her that. I see why you suggested her for me though; she never would have made it as anyone else's Padawan."

A wide smile lights up her face, "Yes, I honestly could not think of a better pair. You will be able to teach her things that no one else can and vice versa. However, I do believe you have a mission to prepare for and men to debrief, so we can hold off the rest of this conversation for another time."

"Yes, I do. When are you going to join us out here, Miss General Kenobi?" he asks with a little smirk on his face.

"Let me tell you something, the day any of us Guardian Mothers join the front line, that's when you know things in this war have hit an all time low on our end," she replies, a look between amused and worried on her face.

"I suppose you're right, I better get back to winning this war so that I never have to hear you've joined us," he answers, and while thinking about it, he hopes she never has to come out on to the battlefields.

"Yes, good bye for now Anakin, you look after yourself and you look after Ahsoka, she is your responsibility now."

"Of course Mother, I'll talk to you again soon," and with those words, the connection is closed and Anakin makes his way back to the hangar to debrief his men.

Sulani was leaving the Chancellor's office alongside Yoda, greeting Padme with a smile as she did; the news was troubling. If Anakin and Ahsoka did not get the Huttlet back to his father, things would not go in their favour for much longer.

Sulani spent the trip back to the temple thinking about all the ways things could go wrong, and it was as they were nearing the temple that Sulani suddenly got one of those feelings. It was not a disturbance in the Force per se, but one of those gut feelings that did not bode well and the feeling led towards her small link with Padme. "Hmm, bother you, something does?"

Of course Master Yoda could sense her unease immediately, "Forgive me Master, but after dropping you off at the temple, there is something I must check on."

Master Yoda starred at her for a few seconds before sagely nodding his head, "Go you must, to where the Force wills you."

"Thank you Master."

After dropping Master Yoda off at the temple, Sulani quickly made her way back towards the Senate Building using the unlawful speeding she picked up from the numerous times of being Anakin's passenger. Upon arrival, she quickly made her way to the lifts, and after reaching the correct floor, made her way towards Padme's office.

She enters the room only to find Padme's protocol droid, C-3PO, anxiously shuffling from side to side, "Where is Senator Amidala?"

"I am afraid Mistress Padme is out right now, but-" C-3PO is interrupted by his internal communicator being answered. "At last you've answered; oh I've been so worried. Wait, who are you? You're not Mistress Padme."

This is when Sulani notices that the Holo-Image is a battle droid and certainly not Padme, and it is not long before Padme's voice comes screaming through the audio, "Threepio, get help. I'm being held by Ziro the Hutt."

"You're in trouble," C-3PO unnecessarily comments. "I knew it, ah, wait wait."

With those last words, it was clear that the droid on the other end cut off the communication. "Threepio, what in the world is going on?"

At first he looked hesitant, but he quickly realised she could help, "Mistress Padme learned that Master Anakin was in trouble and that the negotiations with the Hutts might fail. She went to see Ziro the Hutt to try and re-establish communications with Jabba."

Sulani had to restrain herself from face-palming as it was very un-Jedi like and could only think that that sounded just like something Padme would do. She was going to get herself killed one of these days. "Okay Threepio, lets gather some of the Guard and go get her before something worse happens."

Sulani was now with several Coruscant Guard Troopers as they made their way off the Nabooian ship that C-3PO had landed for them. The clones had their guns at the ready and Sulani had her lightsaber in hand. With C-3PO walking up the back, Sulani led her group into the establishment. Upon seeing a few guards in their way, she had the group pause as she slowly made her way up behind the one nearest to her. She activates her lightsaber just in time to stop the guard from turning to her, the saber itself aimed at his heart. "I strongly suggest you and your friends let us through and no one gets hurt, hmm?"

Not feeling in the mood to take on a Jedi, he and his group quickly nod their heads, letting them proceed. They quickly found the door they were looking for, this time guarded by a droid who they had no qualms taking out. It was certainly a big enough explosion to get the attentions of everyone in the room. C-3PO sticks his head a little around the corner, trying to be a bit funny he asks, "Is anybody…home?"

Sulani could faintly hear Padme call out to him in surprise before sending her troopers in ahead of her. She walks calmly into the room, her lightsaber still alit and watches as the clones quickly take out the droids. Padme even took out one of her own, stealing their gun and then helping the troopers to surround Ziro the Hutt. "Stop Ziro," Padme calls to him as he tries to flee. "Stop right where you are."

"Mistress Padme, are you alright?" C-3PO asks as he walks towards her. "Were we too late?"

"Threepio, your timing was perfect."

"Oh thank the maker, I'm so relieved."

Sulani smiles as she makes her way over, "Seems I may not have even been needed, you handled yourself well as always Padme."

Padme was shocked to see her, her eyes following as Sulani clipped her lightsaber back to her robes. "Mother Sulani, this is a surprise."

"Yes well, I happened to be looking for you when Threepio managed to get through to your communicator. It has certainly been a while since I stretched my legs, I couldn't resist."

Ziro quickly spotted her too, "A Jedi? Well this is just perfect."

This reminds everyone that he needed to be handled, Commander Fox the first to speak, "Should we arrest the Hutt Senator, General?"

Ziro tries to excuse himself, "I had no choice. Dooku said he'd kill me if I didn't help him kidnap Jabba's son. You have to believe me, I love that Huttlet."

Padme replies with a little disdain, "Oh, I believe you."

Thankfully, it was not long before Padme was able to get Ziro to contact his nephew to explain the circumstances and she quickly arranged the treaty with Jabba. After Padme shares a few, not very subtle, words with Anakin and Sulani greeted Ahsoka, things were tied up and ready for another day.

Sulani was glad to see that Anakin and Ahsoka were getting along; they were both in one piece as well, thank the Force. Sulani just knew that they were going to be in for some interesting adventures from now on.

A/N: And here we have the rest of the movie, after this chapter, we will now move into the series, woohoo.

So, I will say this, the majority of the episodes will only cover one chapter each, however, arcs will be a different story. Say an arc or an event lasts two episodes, I'm going to write out the whole arc and see how long the whole things is, I may split it in two or three. So who knows, most of the first episode in the arc could be one chapter and a little of it in the next with the rest of the arc in that second chapter. I'm sure I've gotten a little confusing, but you'll see what I mean the further in this story gets.

Enough mind-boggling today, see you next time.

Seza, out.

P.S. I'm writing this with little sleep and in the middle of the night, while also rushing a little cause I have to wake up really early for work and I'd like to sleep, so I apologise for any mistakes.