"Lets have some time alone... shall we?" Anakin asked the question to Shaak, whom was considered the loner of the group, and it was all self-imposed, but she wouldn't mind just having Anakin around.
"Really?" She asked in a tone that was quite seductive, as usually when the two spent some alone time with each other, it would somehow end in a bed where they would do some very exhausting 'activities'...
Well, exhausting 'activities' that would mainly exhaust Shaak as Anakin had stamina that is unending.
"And I dont mean having some of our 'alone time.' I mean that we should do something else other then doing it all of the time we are with each other." Anakin said as while he didn't mind, he is sure that a relationship built solely off of sex wouldn't last.
"What are we going to do then?" Shaak didn't have much concept about how a romantic relationship is supposed to be like and she had just decided to marry Anakin because she loved him. Simple, but not exactly prepared is she for a bond of that level.
"So you have not done much? No shopping or going out into Tatooine and just exploring the city or anything else?" Anakin was not too surprised but it still did seem weird she didn't even at least try activities outside of her comfort zone.
It is fine to have one and all, but with the level of isolation she has it only made sense why she didn't put much thought into leaving the Jedi. In fact, her unattachment to anyone within may have played a key factor in her leaving and her attachment to Anakin was all she needed to leave.
The thing, however, is that she also upheld the Jedi ideals for a long time, before he had come to start transforming the way she thought about things through either discussion or him simply being there.
"What do you mean? I think that I have done an adequate amount of stuff during my lifetime." Shaak responded, seemingly offended that Anakin would say she was inexperienced. Well, she was inexperienced when it came to certain 'factors' which was something that surprised Anakin, but at the same time, it really shouldn't given her character.
She did have experience in other matters, an example being her skill with a lightsaber, and not in that way, but a genuine lightsaber. She was heralded as someone that was kind of unmatched with the saber and combat with a saber, of course of her own generation.
Now she would most certainly give even Dooku and Yoda a run for their money in saber skill alone. It is a good thing that Anakin likes to stay trained and upto date on his skills, which in turn helps the others as well.
All of his women kind of use him as a training droid instead of actual training droids, and he can see why they would because he always mops the floor with them. He had been trying to hold himself back, but at some point his very, very smallest amount of power level is still enough to equal all of those he is bonded to at the same time.
Sometimes there would be days where Anakin gathers all of them to fight him at the same time, something that seemed to increase as the days want by. It would seem that they all enjoyed trying to beat his smug face up together more often than not and even then, they would still lose.
He would sometimes even say, "Yes! Let all of your hate fuel you!" and he would chuckle madly like some sort of super villain.
It was certainly an interesting experience.
"Of course you are experienced, more so now that you have spent time with me." Anakin smiled at that as he could see she was a bit shy at his statement. "However, you dont really go outside to see the world and while I dont want to force you to do anything, I am only here to suggest that maybe we could do something other than trying to make babies."
"Don't get me wrong." Anakin made a gesture and pulled her closer to himself. "I wouldn't mind continuing with those activities if you so desire..."
"However, that is on the condition that you try to do some of the 'normal' things girls usually liked to do." Anakin continued.
"Like?" Shaak questioned fully anticipating such a thing, having no hesitance at all when Anakin talked about the 'reward' she would get if she complied, but she wasn't about to stop the negotiations early.
She was going to milk him for everything he's got, or at least die in pleasure trying. 'Wait! Bad thoughts! Save that energy for later Ti!' Shaak thought to herself as she was being a little pervert.
"Well, things like going on a date, even just having me follow you around as you buy things in the shops, then forcing me to carry said things. Isn't that just sound so intriguing?" To be honest Anakin didn't want to do something like that, because it was a pain and while he didn't exactly consider it a waste of time because one was spending time with a loved one, that didn't mean that very same time couldn't be used to do something of greater importance.
"You know I am not like other girls. I would never really want to do those things." Shaak said.
"Not like other girls?" Anakin raised an eyebrow as this seemed to be a play on how women somehow always thought of themselves as unique in someway, when they may very well be a basic bitch.
"Of course not, but... I do, DO things differently and you know this." Shaak replied.
"I do." He nodded his head in reply.
"Then, if you really insist that I try some things that regular people do, I could try it out. Only for you however, since you seem to be so worried about me being a loner."
"No. I know that you have friends and confide in the others, but that doesn't mean that I dislike what you do. That would just be silly of me and kind of contradictory right? I know that being the Emperor of the Empyrean isn't exactly what alot of you would have liked for me..." Anakin knew that the girls didn't exactly want him spending time on being the Emperor, but because he manages his time extremely well and has access to using multiple thought processors, he is able to make time for all of them.
Not just make time, but even have extra time of his own to do his own things, because he wouldn't be spending every minute of his day with one of them, and neither would they spend every waking second being around him.
That would just be silly, as it may be somewhat true that their worlds revolve around him in a sense like a star that creates its own gravity, that doesn't mean they dont have things of their own to do.
"Well, that is only obvious. I think the difference here is that you are able to make time compared to other successful men. It is hard to do what you do and I know of this, and so does everyone else." Shaak responded before putting her hand on Anakin's check.
"Is it really that bad that I dont want to go and do things everyone else likes doing?" She had a fake expression on her face that spoke of disappointment and hurt.
"That wont work on me. Your acts are pitiable compared to the faces Padme is able to pull off." Anakin thought of her act as cute.
"Well, duh~ It is only natural that she has a better poker face than eye. She is after all the person who has delved into the world of politics, while I am just an anti-social Jedi, no, not Jedi anymore but instead an anti-social Force-sensitive." Shaak replied.
"You know that I dont care too much in the end, but you are somewhat something that doesn't make any sense." Anakin said.
"Oh? And how do I not make sense." Shaak said nodding her head.
"Logically speaking-" Anakin started only to be interrupted.
"No, no, no. None of that. Come, lets go back into my room and allow me to suck that tense energy out of you." Shaak started to pull him into her room, not caring about anything else and having one goal in mind.
Sighing, Anakin gives up on trying to make her more social, because it would seem that there really was no problem. "I guess... Whatever, I think I have had enough of trying to talk you into doing something and it is obvious that you only want to do these things with me, or otherwise doing things with the Force."
"I love you Shaak, just the way you are." Anakin said all of a sudden.
That stops her right in her tracks, as they were going deeper into her room. She turns around to gaze into Anakin's eyes, eyes that she would stare into for eternity, but she was just being dramatic here.
"Can you say that again?" She looked to him and wanted to here those words again, it was because it was rare for Anakin to say the words 'I love you.'
He much preferred expressing his feelings through his actions, because words dont exactly do it for him, while it was something that women in particular said all of the time. Mostly about everything as well, not that they actually loved things to the same level, but it was still something to take note of.
"Really?" Anakin asked.
Shaak only nodded her head and awaited for Anakin to give in to her request. He sighed, before saying it once again, just as she had requested as it wasn't really that hard to say these words but it wasn't something he wanted to say all of the time as well. "I love you."
"I love you too." Shaak smiled as she then started to drag him over to her bed. "And I am sure that you will love me more for what is about to happen next."
"I am sure that I will..."
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"Well... that was... interesting." Obi-Wan said as the Jedi that had left on their trip to Tatooine had just come back, as they were taking their sweet time coming back.
They may have left immediately, but before they were given any orders or created their own orders to follow when it came to the war, there was nothing. They may have known about the war between the Separatists and the Republic was now back to full scale, but they were taking their sweet time coming back.
None of them within wanted to exactly go back to war again, especially after they were not tasked to anything and just explored what it was like on Tatooine. Mace was even swayed into wanting to stay, while the others also had similar thoughts of wanting to stay there.
It was alluring, something that drew them in was the balance and vibrancy of the life and Force of the planet.
This group, Yoda, Yaddle, Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Quinlan Vos, Luminara Unduli and Plo-Koon were in for a shock and surprising return. Specifically they would recieve word that the Empyrean had somehow went to war within the short two weeks they had stayed on Tatooine and then their short delayed trip back, where the Empyrean would then proceed to win.
"Yes..." Qui-Gon responded as they hadn't received any news, but as soon as they got back it was as if their communication devices started to explode with the messages sent to them.
Anakin had deliberately sabotaged their communication for the short time it would take the Empyrean to take over the Hutts. It was done because he didn't exactly want them to turn back around and then start demanding explanations from him.
Not that he would give them one, but it was one less headache to worry about, especially now that he had won and had done so with minimal lose to life.
"Well... He is your apprentice Master Windu." Qui-Gon wanted to shirk the blame of helping 'raise' Anakin in a sense all too Mace.
"What? No, I think it is best that he was following in your footsteps..." Mace of course gave that responsibility right back, as if they were the ones that had lead to Anakin doing this.
"Enough, I think this is." Yoda finally spoke up as he started to rub his forehead at the things they had discovered. "Contemplate, need not Skywalker's actions. Empyrean problems separate they are from the Republic."
At this point Yoda has had enough trying to keep tabs on Anakin, because it would seem that they were failing at even that. He would rather that they focus their efforts of the war between the Separatists and Republic, while simultaneously trying to use their restored or slowly restoring foresight abilities to identify the Sith Lord within the senate, that Dooku had spoken about.
"I think that I will go back to my quarters now and start contemplating my life choices." Quinlan said and started to head off without so much as a proper goodbye, where Luminara also started to slowly walk away from the awkwardness of the situation.
"Right! I just remembered that I have some things to do-" Obi-Wan seeing what the other two Jedi Masters had done, tried to get away himself, only to be stopped by Qui-Gon.
"Oh no you dont. I think that you will be needed in some other things, the war is back on dont you know?" Qui-Gon said in a no nonsense tone.
Sighing, Obi-Wan replies. "Ok."
"Right, Master Qui-Gon Jinn is. Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, be redeployed you will." Yoda said.
"Right..." Obi-Wan didn't seem to enthusiastic at this declaration.
The rest of the time, they would all regain their bearings and Yoda would go into a small meeting with both Qui-Gon and Mace so that they could discuss some things in private. Specifically to do with Anakin, while Plo-Koon and Yaddle went their own directions, with their own thoughts on the matter.
Especially Master Yaddle, that was contemplating what she should do, specifically she was questioning herself and what she was doing within the Jedi. She would some time later have an epiphany that going to and joining the Empyrean Order was probably the best course of action. This would come from the Force itself and she would go there later, her role undetermined in the grand scheme of things.
Then there is Plo-Koon who had similar thoughts, but was mostly focused on Ahsoka's wellbeing and could see that she was fine. He did however have a feeling that things were going to change, and the Force wasn't the one that was going to remind him.
Obi-Wan was sent back to continue his job out on the battlefield.
Luminara and Quinlan both had their own thoughts, specifically to do with Aayla and Barriss. Did Quinlan really not want to be there for his surrogate daughter, and did Luminara really not want to be around what she had started to consider as family?
Only time would tell, and how their thoughts would start to affect their actions within the Order, whether this lead to them leaving and convincing others to leave with them, or to become staunch in their beliefs within the Jedi Order.