The Fallen Order

Chapter 12: In My Arms

" I have thought about her for so long. Longed for her for so long and now here she is curled up in my arms."
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*Anakin's POV*

Like ravenous dogs, Ashoka and I circled each other. Each of us is a predator seeing the other as prey. Waiting for that right moment.

I stared unemotionally at her trying to think of my perfect first strike and I know she is doing the same.

Her twin blades rest easy in her hands, her fingers ready to light them up.

The younglings and the council sit around the carved-out ring, all their attention is drawn on us, waiting to see who will make the first move and who in the end will emerge victorious over the other.

The perfect attack strategy appears in my mind and I light my blade signaling that I am ready.

As I expected she lights her blades and races towards me.

She may be fast but my additional years of experience give me an advantage and I easily block her attack. Using her strength I push her back.

She stumbles slightly from the force of the push and I take this opportunity to strike.

We dart back and forth attacking and blocking attacks. And I just say I am very impressed by my padawans improvement over the years.

The younglings watch in awe as our blades dance together.

She tries to attack my legs but I expected that and I move to her blind spot and knock her to the ground.

I hover my blade by her neck and she takes this as a sign that she has been defeated.

" Good fight." I smiled.

I reached my hand out and she took it. I pulled her up.

" You got lucky." She shrugged.

I cup my ear in my hand.

" You hear that Snips,"

" What?" She asked.

" It's the excuse train passing by." I chuckled.

She clenched her hand tight into a fist and swung at my shoulder.

I shifted my body, her fist just missed my shoulder making her even angrier and I of course just laughed.

" Learned a lot I hope you all did. Dismissed you all are." Master Yoda said.

The younglings bid us all farewell and then hurried off back to the spot where they hang out after training. They probably just do more training. Poor kids. 

" I will defeat you next time Skyguy." Ashoka vowed as she walked away along with the rest of the council.

" You would have to get some enormous power in order to do that Snips!" I yelled at her, but not in an angry way.

I could faintly hear her mutter something in Troguti but I couldn't understand what she was saying.

Probably something very Ahsoka-like.