"You're the new guy."

Harry raised an eyebrow, watching as the young female Togruta walked up into the small cargo ship. She had a lightsaber attached to her belt, with a youngling/padawan braid wrapped around one of her white and blue headtails. She had blue eyes that roamed over him curiously, eying the lightsaber at his own belt with interest.

"Yeah, I suppose that would be me," Harry finally spoke. "Harry Potter. And you?"

"Ahsoka Tano. You're supposed to drop me off on Christophsis."

"Buckle in. It's just the two of us."

The clone pilot in the cockpit turned to look at them and Harry nodded, leaning back in his seat and pondering the situation they were about to fly into. The cargo ship rose up into the sky as he thought, setting off at hyperspeed around them.

Harry was about to see Anakin for the first time in three months and he figured that… They both would have changed since they had last seen each other. Anakin was fighting a war and Harry had undergone training under Master Yoda. It was like they had switched lives, Anakin to a war and he himself to more training.

But Harry sure as hell wasn't going to complain. He was looking forward to seeing Anakin again, maybe even finding a private moment to pull the other man aside.

Finding whatever he was sensing and the source of the darkness that was keeping the Jedi from looking to the future was important. Even now, he felt a slight itch in his mind, one that if he really thought about it, he had felt it when he was around Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Perhaps it was a side effect of having a horcrux in his mind or maybe not. It had alerted him to Dooku being in the small hangar back on Geonosis before Harry had seen the guy.

"Why are you going to Christophsis anyway?" Ahsoka asked, breaking into his thoughts.

"Mission for the council. Well, detour here then take off. You?"

"I'm going for Master Skywalker," Ahsoka said, glancing out the one window at the hyperspace tunnel then glancing back at him.

Harry's lips twitched up into a small grin. "I thought he said he wasn't going to take a Padawan."

"Master Yoda sent me."

Harry stared then rolled his eyes. "Of course he did. Well, I believe Master Skywalker will like you."

"Yeah?"

"He doesn't make friends easily," Harry offered quietly. "But you… if Yoda's sending you, he saw something in you."

"Well, let's go see our reinforcements," Obi-Wan remarked, gesturing up to the lone cargo ship that was coming in for a landing. They passed Cody helping one of his men over to the medics and other troopers keeping an eye on the horizon, watching for more droids. Rex was at Anakin's side, surveying his men. "Hopefully, Yoda will have sent more men."

Anakin nodded. "Master, we haven't been able to get through since the battle started last night. How would they know?"

They walked over to the where the small cargo ship was landing, stopped a few feet from it as it touched down.

"At least they sent supplies," Obi-Wan said, gesturing to the cargo ship.

The ship's engines turned off and the loading ramp lowered down, letting a female Togruta out and… Anakin's eyes widened, his heart skipping at least a few beats as Harry walked out behind the Togruta. Harry, his husband. He tried to hold in a smile and probably failed miserably but Harry did too, the man opposite him grinning widely.

"General Skywalker," Harry said, dipping his head in a nod.

"General Potter," Anakin returned, noting the lightsaber clipped to Harry's belt. He wondered what color it was, whether it was blue or green or maybe even purple. He wondered which lightsaber form Harry had worked on over the past few months. Happiness flowed down through the bond from Harry, bright emotion making Harry light up in the Force. His husband… Anakin grinned at the thought. "To what do we owe this visit to?"

"It's a detour. I am escorting her," Harry gestured to the Togruta. "I'm then taking off for a mission of my own. What's the situation here?"

"We're in trouble," Anakin said, looking right at Harry. "We've been trying to get through to the council, get them to send reinforcements."

"Looks like the council sent my new padawan with you," Obi-Wan spoke, dipping his head in a nod to Ahsoka.

Harry peered beyond Anakin and Obi-Wan, ambled over to where Cody was, hearing Ahsoka introduce herself behind him.

"General Potter."

"Cody."

"Who's the youngling you arrived with?" Cody asked, scanning the horizon beyond them. The buildings on either side of the street were all war torn, their windows blasted out and they all had scorch marks on the walls.

"Ahsoka Tano. She's suppose to be Skywalker's padawan," Harry offered, closing his eyes and stretching out with his senses. He could readily sense death permeating the area and he could see ghosts, of clones and of civilians. The ghosts were faint wispy things, wandering around listlessly. Seeing ghosts was a new thing ever since he had killed Voldemort and he was faintly weirded out by it. He idly wondered if he should write to Hermione in the spelled notebook he had brought with him, see if she had any information about it.

Cody huffed out a laugh through his helmet. "Commander Skywalker said he didn't want to take a padawan learner."

"Yoda sent her."

Cody nodded, turned to scan the end of the street again.

"Why are you here?" Cody finally asked.

"I was here to escort Ahsoka and then take off for a mission of my own," Harry spoke, shrugging. "I'll stay here and help out though."

"Commander Skywalker was pleased to see you."

"He should be," Harry retorted, grinning before narrowing his eyes at something. "We're friends."

Anakin watched as Rex and Ahsoka took off towards the heavy canons then turned around to see Harry perched against the doorway of their staging area. Harry was wearing jedi robes though with one difference, the armor that Anakin had seen him in on Geonosis was underneath it.

"What color's your lightsaber?" Anakin asked, as Harry walked over towards him, stopping in front of him. Anakin grinned as Harry's magic wrapped around the two of them, blurring them from view just a little bit. Enough to hide Harry as he reached out, stuck his fingers into Anakin's belt loops and yanked him into a kiss.

"Guess," Harry whispered, before pressing his lips to his. Anakin groaned, melting into the other man's body and stepping even closer. Heat coiled through his body and in the cool atmosphere of Christophsis, it felt wonderful. The bond between hummed with arousal, almost bouncing back and forth, increasing as Harry kissed a trail up Anakin's throat, ending in a deeper, hotter kiss on his mouth.

"Harry…" Anakin trailed off, tightening his arms around Harry's back to hold him in place.

"What?" Harry muttered, his green eyes lit up with mischief and happiness. "It's been a while."

Anakin almost yelped as one of Harry's hands made its' way under his robe, searching out skin and… It was almost electric, skin meeting skin, as Harry's fingers found their way to Anakin's waist, tracing light circles. He could feel sweat dripping down his back, sweat that wasn't from fighting just an hour ago.

"And we didn't even have a honeymoon," Harry retorted.

Anakin groaned, arching into Harry's hand as it moved downward, finding his cock and gripping lightly.

Harry let out half a groan as Anakin bucked up into his hand, the other man's head leaning against his shoulder. Harry's other hand was curled around his neck, running through the hairs on the back of Anakin's neck. He could feel Anakin's lips touch the skin on his shoulder, biting a mark into him as Harry moved his fingers over him, twisting lightly.

"I…" Anakin trailed off on a whimper, coming quietly, as Harry moved his fingers up. His toes curled in pleasure, sparks of heat flowing in his body as he bit a mark into Harry's skin, feeling the wizard come too. Their bond lit up, arousal and pleasure bouncing between them, heightening their pleasure.

Harry ran his fingers through Anakin's hair, gentling him through their release, hearing him breath heavily.

"That was quite a welcome," Anakin finally whispered, his voice low with pleasure and contentment. "I missed you too."

"Missed you too," Harry murmured back, pleasure flooding through his body. "I love you."

Joy came over the bond from Anakin and Harry grinned, laying a kiss on his forehead.

"Love you too," Anakin replied, finally glancing up and looking into Harry's eyes. "Now can I see your lightsaber?"

Harry unclipped it from his belt and was about to turn it on when they heard footsteps running towards them. Harry called his magic back in, the ward around them falling and letting anyone see or hear them.

Rex came running in, stopping in front of them. Ahsoka was right next to him, glancing back at the battle front worriedly. "General, the Seppies are back. This time with a shield."

Anakin groaned and exchanged a look with Harry. "Time to get back to work."

"Fine, Ahsoka and I will sneak past enemy lines somehow," Anakin spoke, staring at Harry and seeing his husband grimace at something. Harry was looking at the map of the city that they were in then glancing up to the oncoming droids. "Harry, where…"

"I'll fight alongside Obi-Wan," Harry replied. "I might have one or two aces up my sleeve for this."

Anakin nodded, looking at Rex briefly before turning to follow Ahsoka, his new padawan. Harry cleared his throat and Anakin turned back, watching as Harry thumbed on his lightsaber. Harry's lightsaber hummed to a life with a snap-hiss and Anakin's eyes widened.

Obi-Wan's eyes widened too and so did Ahsoka's. Rex definitely did a double take, his eyes narrowing before widening.

"Uh… That's certainly a color I've never seen before," Ahsoka trailed off, staring at Harry curiously.

"It's black," Anakin finally said, faintly.

"No, it's not fully black," Obi-Wan argued, gesturing to the saber. "It's got white veins running up it. How fascinating."

Anakin took a step towards Harry, peering down at his husband's new lightsaber. "That's awesome! I've never seen a black saber before!"

"There is one," Obi-Wan offered, shrugging.

"Generals," Rex spoke, gesturing to the fight behind them.

"Right. Anakin, you and Ahsoka should get going."

Harry grinned bemusedly, seeing Anakin slowly tear himself away.

Obi-Wan watched as the droids marched towards them, their rifles pointed at them. Harry was right next to him, glancing down to the street where the droids were and where the tanks were.

"Well, here goes nothing," Harry remarked, frowning but jumping off of the platform they were on and falling onto a big spider droid.

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and followed him, igniting his saber as he did. He heard Rex and the other men follow, their jet packs igniting as they flew down to the street to fight.

Harry whistled, drawing the attention of Rex and his men. "Go back to the big cannons. I'll cover you."

"Where's the other General?" Rex yelled, taking a shot at a super battle droid just as it came upon him.

"He's over there," Harry answered, gesturing up to one of the platforms. "Go!"

Rex didn't hesitate, shouting to his remaining men, and leaving Harry to fight alone. Harry could feel sweat dripping down his back but he ignored it, only raised his saber to the guard position as the droids came. He knelt down to the ground, drawing on his magic and the Force, the Chaos of magic and the Order of the Force and reached out, whispering a spell or two under his breath.

The ground rumbled and magic extended outwards, the raw, uncontained aspect of it rolling towards the droids. Harry took a deep breath and continued to pull on his magic, urging it to go blanket the droids. The instant his magic hit them, the droids stopped and instantly combusted, the raw magic interrupting their inner computer and destroying them instantly. It wouldn't work for tanks, as that would have required so much more power, but it worked for individual droids.

"General Potter!"

Anakin walked over to Harry, watching as Ahsoka got the men ready to go to where Jabba's son was being held. Harry was standing in the corner of everything, watching as Yoda and Obi-Wan talked. The wizard-Jedi's lightsaber was clipped to his belt and one of his hands was holding something.

"Hey, Anakin," Harry whispered, as he stopped beside him. "You're going to rescue Jabba's son."

"We need to use their routes," Anakin explained half heartedly. "If it was up to me, we wouldn't be talking to the Hutts, ever."

Harry's left hand reached over to grasp his right, squeezing in reassurance. Anakin sighed, wanting to lean into Harry, wanting to stay there.

"Where are you going?" Anakin finally asked.

"Mission for the council," Harry offered. "Yoda thinks I am a Jedi Sentinel, like in the days of the Old Republic, so I'm going to track down the Sith."

Anakin's eyes widened. "The Sith? What? I haven't heard anything about this!"

"It's only because I've faced scarier things," Harry returned, his lips twitching up into a small but weary smile. "Plus, I know what the Dark side is. The horcruxes from Voldemort, remember?"

"I know but that doesn't make you-"

"Anakin," Harry interrupted, his green eyes thoughtful. "I see ghosts. Doesn't that indicate something to you?"

Anakin stilled, raising an eyebrow. "You see ghosts?"

"I think I died," Harry said quietly. They both looked on as Ahsoka came running towards them. "When I killed Voldemort that day. There's something amiss with me but I'll be fine. I'm just worried about you."

"Don't be. I'm the Hero With No Fear."

Harry squeezed a little tighter. "This is war, Anakin. Be careful."

"You too."

Harry nodded, taking the thing that was on his other palm and placing it on the ground, muttering something under his breath. Anakin blinked as the metal thing grew and grew, turning into the ship that Harry had bought a few years ago.

"I have HK-47 with me too," Harry added. "I'll be fine."

"You better."

AN: If you guys go to this story and chapter on A03, there's a picture of what Harry's lightsaber looks like!