Writers note:

Hey all! I'm back with two new chapters!Hoorray!I'm really sorry for the long wait, been role playing a lot lately, not to mention my friends and family have been attacking me. Summer ish fun no doubt.

Well, like the past 29537432875438 chapters, no beta-reader. I keep freakin' bugging him, but he's just so lazzzyyyy and booked up with worrrrkkk. And I don't really know any bigger Star Wars nerd than him. So... The chapters may seem a tad funky, but dun blame me, blame him! xDDD

Naw, I'm kidding, he's a busy guy.

Well, enjoy!

Chapter six: A little bit of information

"Is that all?" Asked a droid waitress.

Shika nodded her head with a smile and the droid rolled off to the kitchen, Shika's gaze then slowly fell to her table as she sighed. She had just returned to Coruscant moments ago, she landed her fighter on a landing pad near Dexter's kitchen, which was the area she currently was. She folded her arms and set them on the table as she slowly shifted her gaze to the window she sat next to, she stared at the bustling city with a blank expression; the thought of the Jedi Council lying to her still echoed around in her mind, she didn't know what else to think about. With a long drawn out side she returned her gaze back to the table. What was she supposed to do now? Wait until another Grievous sighting and go after him to get more information? Or go ask the Jedi Council themselves if they are truly lying to her?

Then her head snapped up.

The Jedi archives! The archives would have everything about Riku stashed there! If she was just able to get one shed of proof that Riku wasn't dead, then that would be proof enough that the Council was lying to her. But it will have to wait, she thought as she watched the droid waitress place a plate of food before her. Shika thanked the waitress and began eating her breakfast with a pleased smile on her face. The food was great, as usual. Dexter was an awesome cook, each time she'd come here she it was never a disappointment for her.

After her small feast, Shika returned to her Jedi Starfighter and climbed in, she then allowed Eleic to pilot it back to the hanger bay near the Jedi Temple. Once arriving, Shika jumped out of the cockpit and droids ran over, helping Eleic out of the wing of the ship. Shika first fixed herself, to make it look like she just went for breakfast, then she began walking, Eleic rolling behind her. She then came to a halt once seeing the Clone Troopers ship already docked, troopers were buzzing about it, loading it up again. Shika looked over and saw Windu and Obi-wan speaking to Commander Cody. She then felt nervous, what if Cody knew? What would Obi-wan do? And more importantly, what would Master Windu do? She swallowed hard and slowly backed up, only to back up into something. Shika spun around in shock to see a Clone Trooper was the thing she bumped into.

"Ma'am!" He said loudly, Shika quickly pressed her hands onto the area of his helmet where his mouth would be.

"Shhh!... Are you Daniel?" She whispered. The trooper nodded." Good. You didn't tell Cody about me being on the Endor moon did you?" The trooper shook his head as a reply. Shika removed her hands and sighed in relief before looking over at the group a little ways down the hanger, they didn't seem to notice her. She grabbed Daniel and dragged him behind a larger ship." Thank goodness they didn't hear you…" Daniel then removed his helmet so he could scratch at his chin for a moment.

"Sorry about yelling, ma'am. I just thought… I was surprised to bump into you. I thought I was never going to see you again." He said as he placed his helmet under his arm. Shika stared at him with an odd look, as if she didn't understand." Not… Because you're a girl or anything, it's just I… Figured we could become friends and go… Kill stuff together." His voice was jumpy and a bit shaken; Shika chuckled to that as she patting him on the arm.

"You're a funny trooper, you know that? You act so different from the rest, yet you still act the same, it's weird." Daniel smiled a bit, and then he shook his head.

"Right. Um. I don't want to hold you up or anything," He stuttered as he backed up from her." I'll just be on my way! Heh." He attempted to let out a chuckle but it ended up coming out as a faint gurgle sound. Shika watched, trying not to laugh at him. He continued to back up until backing up into some empty boxes, they all fell over onto the hanger bay floor, he spun around and looked at the mess, and then he looked back to Shika." Heh. Empty boxes." He pushed them aside with his leg and turned to Shika again, he gave her a slight wave before turning his back to her, muttering something about being a total moron and how she was a Jedi.

Shika smiled as she placed her arms in her cloak sleeves, Daniel was a strange trooper alright, he seemed clumsy and nervous, and she also sensed a great deal of emotions running through him. She grinned and wandered out from behind the ship; she noticed that Obi-wan and Windu were gone, along with the other troopers that were in the hanger bay. She shook her head and began walking again; Eleic was following right behind her.

She walked up the stairs to the Jedi Temple doors, her gaze lowered to the ground, Jedi walked passed her, padawans and masters, younglings and knights. Eleic was lagging behind; he was having a difficult time attempting to climb the stairs. Once reaching the top of the stair case she quickly shifted towards the entrance, she pressed the doors open and wandered in side, with Eleic right behind her, hoping she would get to her room before anyone noticed her. She got a little ways into the tower before Obi-wan called out to her.

"Shika!"

She closed her eyes and bit her lip before turning around with a warm smile." Hello Obi-wan." She replied as she watched the Jedi jog over to her. Eleic just rolled passed the two as it headed for Shika's room.

"I've been looking for you everywhere! Where have you been?" He asked as he brushed the hair out of his eyes as he took small breathes. Shika took quick glances around the area, trying not to make eye contact with Obi-wan.

"Well… After master Yoda and master Windu told me I shouldn't follow the General anymore… I went to Dexter's for breakfast." She replied. Obi-wan gave her a confused look.

"I went there and he said you hadn't dropped by." Shika's head jerked to Obi-wan.

"Uh. You didn't let me finish!" Obi-wan waited." I went for a curse around Coruscant before that, you know, to clear my head and all that." She gave out a flat chuckle. Obi-wan stared.

"Shika… I'm sensing a great deal of confusion going on inside you… Did something happen to you while you were… Out on your curse?" He asked. Shika stared back at him, his question sounded a little forceful, as if he wanted her to tell him something, but yet he didn't know what he wanted her to say. With a deep breathe Shika answered.

"Obi-wan, you and I are close friends right?" Obi-wan nodded." And you're on the Jedi Council?" Obi-wan folded his arms and raised an eyebrow.

"Shika, you already know the answers to these questions." Shika coughed slightly.

"Well… If the Jedi Council was hiding something, hypothetically, and they were hiding that something to protect the Jedi, for a better view, let's say me. Would you, a long time friend of mine, tell me whatever they were hiding if it had to do with me?" Shika watched Obi-wan's eyebrows narrow slightly, as if he were trying to come up with a reply to her question. Shika waited patiently before quickly saying." You know what, never mind, it was a stupid question!" She then turned from Obi-wan and quickly shifted down the hall. Obi-wan went to ask her to stop before he paused; he sighed deeply and watched Shika leave.

Shika walked right up to her bedroom door, it slid open and she stood in the doorway, Eleic looked over at her and beeped, she only backed up from the door, allowing it to slide close. She turned from the door and began walking down the hall again; she remembered what she was originally doing in the first place. As she descended through the long halls she came to a much larger door, as she approached it the door slid open and she wandered in side.

She was in the library.

She shifted across the room, past younglings and Jedi, past the librarian, she quickly moved towards the computers. Once arriving, she sat herself down in one of the chairs and began typing furiously, windows popped up after another; this went on for about two hours before she finally stumbled upon Riku's data file. She then entered the file and began reading it out loud to herself.

"Name, Riku Saraiha. Age, 122. Rank, Jedi Knight. Race, Psyricoe… Padawans, Latin Sunrider, Namui Kri'tak, Shika Cloudrunner." She looked through the information on her former master. Apparently a Psyricoe was a human with mind using capabilities, the race was rare to come by because of they're near extinction during a battle held on their home world, they could age up to 490 years old before dying of old age, maybe even longer if they attempted to stay alive.

It was odd though, Riku never mentioned her own race, nor did she bother to tell Shika about her past padawans, it was like she got her padawans to Jedi Knight and went to find a new apprentice, as if she didn't care for them. She stared at the screen as she began to read out loud again." Riku had disappeared many months after her newest apprentice Shika Cloudrunner had achieved the rank of a Jedi Knight. The Council had said that Riku had gone to Dagobah in search of the two missing Jedi, Latin Sunrider and Namui Kri'tak... After not returning for several months, the Jedi assumed she suffered the same fate as her former padawans." She leaned back in her seat, her former padawans where the Jedi that had gone missing? Is that why Riku went to Dagobah?

She remembered that the two Jedi were sent to Dagobah for research, no one knew what really happened to the two Jedi when they did not return, and the Council did not want to put any Jedi in danger if the two Jedi were killed. But the Council never explained the disappearance of Riku as clear as they did for Latin and Namui, it was like she just vanished into thin air, and the Council didn't even do anything about it. Come to think of it, she thought, Riku disappeared about a few days after Dooku left the Jedi order. So could Grievous be telling the truth? Was all the stuff he told me really true?

She let out a soft sigh as she ran her fingers through her hair, causing her bangs to be pulled back into her hair. Things were starting to make a little more sense, but there were still many things she didn't understand. If Riku really did go with Dooku, why did the Council lie to her about it? Was it really because they didn't want to lose another Jedi? Or was it simply because they thought she couldn't handle the pressure if she had to come face-to-face with her master? Mainly the girl was torn to ways, she didn't know if she should trust the people she's followed since her arrival at the Jedi Temple, or if she should trust some Jedi killing cyborg that she's only acquainted with.

She pushed herself up from her seat and closed out her files, and then she began wondering towards the library doors again. She was planning to go meditate on this whole matter, but wouldn't Master Yoda be in the meditation room? He was always in there, and he would certainly sense her confusion and start asking her questions, so where was she to go? She hated meditating in her room, being Eleic was always in there, beeping and whistling, and he never liked leaving her room unless he really needed to. Maybe the training room? If it was empty she could meditate in there, it was often quiet when there wasn't Jedi busting and cutting things up in it.

She left the library and entered the halls again, she wandered down countless halls until arriving at a good sized door, it slid open and inside was a large room, racks on either side of the walls held practice droids, a large window was set on the other side of the room, and this big open area was empty, not a humanoid soul in sight. Her lip curled back into a faint smile as she walked towards the window, she sat down on her legs a little ways away from the half opened window. She folded her hands onto her lap and closed her eyes, she took a deep breathe and slowly let it back out.

Her meditation began.

She sat there for hours, thinking loads of things over, not just the Grievous matter, but her family concerned her mind as well, as did the Jedi Council, and Obi-wan finding out about her last meeting with the General. Anakin and his strange recent meetings with Padme; and for some strange reason, Daniel occupied her mind. The problem was she couldn't keep her mind focused on one things; it was multiple things she thought of all at once, it was enough to give her a headache.

Her eyes shot open once hearing a faint tapping sound coming from the window, she stared in awe at it before getting to her feet and slowly walking over. What kind of lunatic would tap on a window this high up? She pressed a button next to the window and the blinds lifted up, floating there was a small ball shaped droid, it was tapping against the glass at Shika, as if it wanted to get in. She pressed another button and the window lifted up, the droid flew in and buzzed around the room. Then it flew at Shika, a small hatch opened and a hologram pad slowly poked out.

"A messenger droid…" She muttered as she grabbed the pad from the droid." Thank you." The droid made a small beep before it flew out of the window. Shika pressed both buttons and the window closed and the blinds fell over it. As that happened Shika walked away from the window, she was observing the small pad, she then pressed a button on it and a blue hologram of a cloaked woman appeared on it.

"Greetings, Shika, I am Darth Shebika. You know me as the sith warrior on Kashyyyk, But let us get to the point, shall we?" Shika tilted her head as she listened." This letter is an invitation for another meeting, just you an me, no Jedi, no Sith. You are to tell no one of this meeting or this letter, it is just a matter I must settle with you and you alone. Of course, General Grievous will be attending, seeing as though you still have many things to ask him. The meeting will take place on Kamino when the suns on Coruscant have set; I hope to see you there." The image then faded. She stared at the small round hologram pad for a moment until her head snapped up; two young padawans had just entered the room, chatting away until noticing Shika.

"Uh. We weren't disturbing anything, were we?" Asked the young padawan girl. Shika smiled and shook her head.

"No. Not at all, I was just leaving." Before the padawans had a chance to ask why she was in the room, she had already left.

She quickly ran down the halls towards her room, she had to move quickly if she was to be ready for this meeting. And it was on Kamino? Why in the world would they pick Kamino? That question would have to wait. She ran into her room and right to her window, she stared out it for a moment. The suns were just three hours from setting. Good, she though, this will give me enough time to regain a little more energy. She then sat down on her bed and waited, her R4 unit watched her from his spot at the end of her bed.