What if?: One Death

Jedi and Sith

Both of them wet, rode back to the palace on the speeder. Maul had his arms wrapped around Obi-wan. Obi-wan had to resist to lean back into Maul. He looked out of the corner of his eye to see Maul's head resting on the back of his shoulder. Obi-wan suppressed his sadness, he had to tell Maul that he wasn't allowed to have relationships. No Jedi was. Obi-wan knew that Qui-gon was in a relationship once, but he never knew how it ended. Qui-gon would tell him just that never who it was or when or how it ended. Obi-wan figured that the Council must have found out, because from his time as Qui-gon's padawan, him and Qui-him were never paired with another Jedi Knight or Master with or without a padawan. It had only always been him and Qui-gon.
The idea of a relationship actually scared Obi-wan. He had heard stories and seen Jedi get kicked out of the Order if they formed any attachment other than a master and padawan bond. Here he was in love with his apprentice that's also not a Jedi, but was a Sith. He was in love with the enemy and he wanted absolutely no one to hurt him. It frightened him more because with the bond they had now, Obi-wan had been getting urges to just attack anyone with little provocation. He had nearly snapped when Maul was growling when he met Satine. When he and Satine were out earlier looking for Maul, Obi-wan nearly attacked a Mandalorian who just spoke with an attitude.
Obi-wan had no clue what he'd be like if he gave into his feelings for Maul.
"Master, what's wrong?" Maul asked as Obi-wan stopped the speeder in the hanger that also held the ship they would be leaving in.
"There is something you should know Maul." Obi-San said trying to sound calm, but he knew Maul spotted out the sadness in his voice. It was the first conversation they since the bridge and it hurt Obi-wan that he had to tell Maul. He led Maul onto the ship and he found dry clothes on the ship for both him and Maul on the pilot and co-pilot seats.
"What is it Master?" Maul asked and he watched as Obi-wan picked up his set of clothes from the seat and set them aside.
"Tell me Maul, can you recite the Jedi Code?" Obi-wan asked him
"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force." Maul recited without hesitation
"Do you know what it means?" Obi-wan pressed on
"Not exactly master." Maul answered him and Obi-wan pinched the bridge of his nose trying to figure out how he would tell Maul.
"Sit on the floor Maul." Obi-wan said doing what he told Maul and Maul followed.
"What do you want to tell me master?" Maul asked with a bit a hesitation. He could feel Obi-wan's scaredness and hesitation and it had effected him as well.
"Maul, when you kissed me you had caught me off guard." Obi-wan started and Maul could feel his hearts sink as thoughts about being left to someone else was coming into Maul's mind.
"But, I want you to know that I feel the same way about you." Obi-wan said looking off to the side not able to look Maul in the eyes.
"W-why are you saying like it's something bad Master?" Maul could feel his stomach twist, his chest started to feel heavy.
"Because it is Maul." Obi-wan said as calmly as he could looking into Maul's eyes. He had to make sure Maul knew he was being serious about this.
"I was raised as a Jedi like you were raised as a Sith." Obi-wan's throat had became dry and he felt like he was going to puke if he said anything more.
"Master?" Maul spoke when Obi-wan went silent.
"Being a Jedi means that you have to follow the Jedi Code, and in that code it tells Jedi that they are not allowed to form attachments to anyone... no bonds outside of the Master and Apprentice bond." Obi-wan said with his body shaking as he explained it to Maul.
"Master!" Maul felt his hearts drop into an endless void as Obi-wan finished his sentence. He was pleading, begging that there would be some kind of happy contradiction to what his master was telling him.
"I have already broken so many rules Maul." Obi-wan continued
"No. Master. Please." Maul had crawled over to Obi-wan. He was begging as if his life had depended on it.
"You can continue being my apprentice Maul, but that's as far as I am allowed to let it go to." Obi-wan reached out to touch Maul, but pulled his hand back. He was afraid that if he touched Maul, that something bad would happen like Maul would break.
"No, master." Maul watched Obi-wan's hand come close to him. He needed his touch to calm down, but he felt like he was falling when the hand pulled away. "No, it doesn't have to be like that. We don't have to deal with the Jedi anymore! We can live on Dathomir! You won't have to be a Jedi, I won't have to be a Sith. We don't have to be master and apprentice. We could be us! We could be together! Dathomir is a neutral planet, the Jedi council has no reason to be there if you're not a Jedi. Master please! We could be happy." Maul begged Obi-wan. Obi-wan knew that even if he gave up his title and position as a Jedi it could possibly make their situation worse. They're situation could possibly be worse already.
"Obi!" Satine shouted out in the hanger and Obi-wan felt Maul shift and this one was angry and ready for a fight.
"It's not that you can't be with me, it's that you won't be with me that it isn't it?! You chose her over me! Didn't you!?" Maul shouted at Obi-wan standing up.
"What? No!" Obi-wan said standing up.
"She's the reason why you won't be with me, not the Jedi Code!" Maul claimed "Isn't she?!" Maul shoved Obi-wan to the ground snarling at him.
"Maul, stop this now! Calm down!" Obi-wan snapped at him. Maul took out the lightsaber that he took from Master Windu.
"If I get rid of her, than you'll be able to be with me won't you?" Maul asked his body shaking. Obi-wan could sense that this wasn't the Maul he knew that was talking it was one of the darker Mauls.
"You will not hurt her Maul!" Obi-San stood up taking out his own lightsaber. "Satine is not the reason at all!"
"Stop protecting her Master! I know she's the reason! And once I'm done with her we can go to Dathomir away from all of this. Away from the Sith and the Jedi." Maul snarled at Obi-wan and Obi-wan knew he was going to have to fight Maul to prevent him from killing Satine or anyone else.