4. Forgiving (1/2)

rila: sorry, there isn't a whole lot of romance in any of these. i'm not sure i'll be touching on anything heavy, simply because their relationship isn't like that. it's more of leaning on one another when they need it and a bond of well-earned trust and protective nature towards each other. there are sprinklings of affection, but nothing explicit.

explanation: takes place after the altar of mortis. though she might not remember it and i won't write her going to the darkside, i wanted to sort of push upon the fact that it had to have effected her to a degree and changed her a bit.

disclaimer: do you think i'd be writing things like this if i owned it? the answer is yes, yes i would. :p

chapter description: her words are fire and

imstone, and for a moment, he genuinely fears her.

he had never seen a battle turn tide so quickly. one moment they were winning, the next his

others were falling around him right and left, cries of pain reaching his ears before they fell silent. ears ringing from the chaos, he swung around, both weapons raised, ready to unleash hell upon whoever was cutting through his

others.

what he saw had him staring in disbelief before his eyes narrowed, a wave of dark, bitterness sweeping over him. it was a jedi - an unfamiliar one, swinging a

ight blue lightsa

e through the soldiers. the look on his face was of dark amusement, and he moved to intercept the jedi - only to be beaten by a blur of orange and green.

it was ahsoka, both lightsa

e and shoto activated. her expression was one that he had never seen on her before - an expression of absolute fury. blaster bolts from the remaining droids had his attention shifting, and when he looked back, both jedi were gone.

he could hear, however, the faint hum and clash of sa

e against sa

e, though it was soon lost in the fray. when it fell silent, however, the sound of choked pleas