How is Obi doing with his mini apprentice in Alive But Lost?
The
holocron bounced against his hip as he bore it openly alongside his
saber, a small smile on his lips as he passed several Sith.
Some
of them only nodded while other had a knee jerk reaction to seeing
the former amnesiac abductive with what was clearly a Sith holocron
on his belt as he moved about. Obi-Wan knew that some members were
still suspicious of him but those who really mattered, Qui-Gon, Yan,
Feemor, Xanatos and Anakin, they trusted him with no suspicion and
only worry for his health attached.
The
combination of Jedi meditation and Sith techniques were also aiding
him in recovering his memories slowly and steadily and for all the
pain it had brought people, Obi-Wan couldn’t help but be a tiny bit
grateful.
Grueling
and clinical as it had been, his Jedi training was proving to be
quite useful.
Especially
when training Anakin because that little troll was proving to be
quite the handful as he was a clumsy little thing, his body growing
and therefor sending him tumbling ass over heels quite often if he
rushed or during sparrings.
If
Obi-Wan was to take a guess, he would be choosing the form ataru for
the young man with his high energy levels but maybe…
shien might fit him better.
Anakin
could be aggressive, he didn’t like to lay in wait and ambush and
preferred to create his own openings to attack.
Yes
the way of the krayt dragon could do him better, a mix of
defensiveness and yet also combined with attack that would stop him
from becoming restless and Obi-Wan was sure if he asked one of the
battle masters of the temple then he could be taught.
Or
at least lay the foundation for Anakin so he could later on choose if
he would go with the classical shien form or develop it further for
djem so.
One
was more suited for blocking blasts while the other was more for
blade to blade battle.
‘It
wouldn’t be so bad to teach him both.’ Obi-Wan mused to himself
as he finally arrived at the language classrooms, knowing that Anakin
and his class were getting tested on huttese and he was rather sure,
thanks to the blonds unfortunate past, that Anakin was going to be
quick and brilliant in the spoken version of the test.
His
spelling might need work however and would take longer time.
But
still, Obi-Wan would rather know what he would need to work on
further with his apprentice and a good basic in huttese would allow
Anakin to learn both aqualish and rodian easier since the structured
similarities in the languages were very similiar and he grinned
brightly when the door opened to let the class out finally, Anakin
following Dara out with a gloomy look on his face only for the blond
to brighten up when he saw Obi-Wan.
“Master!”
He cheered, pulling from the pack of classmates to race into
Obi-Wan’s chest.
Wrapping
his arms around the boy, Obi-Wan chortled, eyes flashing yellow
unknowingly and comforting a few of the Sith watching. “Hello there
little troll, I’ve come to drag you to train.” He teased gently,
laughing when the boy groaned.
“Please
tell me we’re doing saber practice, my butt is numb!” Anakin
stared up at him with wide eyes. “We’ve been testing for two
hours and I swear my butt is going to fall off if I have to sit
more.”
Poking
the boy in the forehead, Obi-Wan smirked. “Patience is a virtue,
you may have to remain still for much longer come ambush missions but
luckily for you, we are indeed going to do saber practice as I think
I know which form to teach you finally.” He teased warmly, his
smirk softening to a gentle smile at Anakin’s excitement.
“You
do!?” Anakin latched onto Obi-Wan’s hand and pulled him, eager to
get to one of the sparring salle.
Letting
the boy pull him along, Obi-Wan felt the warmth of the sun through
windows and the chattering of Sith around them, a sense of peace and
safety settling in his bones.
He
was home with his family surrounding him and he was finally, finally
free
to be who and what he was.