It was almost five days later when Obi-Wan finally stood in front of the Council to give his report. At first, he was worried he would be reprimanded for his murder of Palpatine but when he arrived he was congratulated. Apparently after Obi-Wan had collapsed and was taken to the Temple, Mace had gone through the office and discovered hundreds of plans for prototype droids and crafts. Ones that could easily have wiped out the Grand Army of the Republic in mere seconds. But what had really frightened him was the discovery of the control chips in the clones, and the command called 'Order 66'. It detailed a cataclysmic plan to execute all the Jedi and allow an Empire to rise up in the chaos. It had even made Mace Windu, master of the Jedi Order, sick to his stomach. If Obi-Wan had not done what he did, the entire Jedi Order would have been destined for complete genocide. It was Adi Gallia who handed him the press-release that had been engineered about the Chancellor's death:

Galactic Republic Press - 78.489.631432

Obituary for Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, head of the Galactic Senate of the Republic. Born on Naboo, he was an advocate for peace and universal rights. After serving in the Senate as the Nabooian Ambassador, he was elected to the position of Supreme Chancellor. From his position as leader, he led our republic through the beginning of the Clone Wars with grace and dignity. The Chancellor was hit by enemy fire while visiting with war refugees on Rellusa. A memorial is set for the first day of next week.

Obi-Wan fought the urge to snicker, 'an advocate for peace'? More like an ambassador for death. But if that's what it took to bury the whole matter, so be it. He wanted this to be behind him as quickly as possible. The Council had immediately reinstated his position when they received word of his passed medical assessments from Healers Rhosault and Oamiril. He was welcomed back with open arms to all areas of Temple life and given a month of leave. The war still raged, but the end was much closer now. Taria was the first one to visit him when he finally returned to his quarters, bringing enough food to feed a herd of banthas twice. They swapped stories and memories, indulging in laughter and friendship. Anakin and Ahsoka continued to visit often when not dashing around the universe on missions or recovering the medical bay. Cody continually checked up on him and Obi-Wan's 'mothering' continued to be a source of laughter and talk among the clone regiments for the following weeks and it has no plan to disappear for a long long while at least until it fails to make their general's cheeks blush the brightest scarlet in the galaxy. Obi-Wan taught more and more classes, rapidly becoming one of the top requested instructors on the register. All he could feel was Light now, the smothering dark was gone, the rain washing all traces of those embers away;

Rain soothes the burning soul, soothes the raging pain.

Let rain fall, and the Dark will never take all.

Such is the path of the Jedi, the path of embers and rain.