Authors Notes: Well everyone this is it. The last Chapter...tell me in the reviews if you want to read more and perhaps I'll put up a new story :D
Slave Named Kid
Chapter 9
Slave No More?
Ezra walked into the kitchen and right up behind Kid. Kid smiled around at Ezra and smiled even bigger when she saw him smiling.
"So a little birdy told me Kanan is going to adopt you officially, so you don't have to call me Master anymore." Ezra said. Kid dropped the bowl full of veggies she was about to walk to the table with. Her smile gone, and she looked twice as surprised as he thought she would be.
"So...you won't be my Master anymore...?" She looked down at the veggies and sat down to pick them up. She never dropped a bowl, or pan, she hated to waste food knowing what it was like to go hungry. Truth be told for the past few weeks she's hardly ate at all.
"No no you don't have to."
"I see...I've got to...do some things..." She left the stove on, and the food was burning. She never did that. Was that her way of saying 'yay I'm not a slave I don't have to cook?' Ezra had a feeling it wasn't...he thought she was in shock. He let the force go along their connection and he felt...she was broken hearted. His smile slowly disappeared and he felt despair.
"Kanan...what happened?" Kanan shook his head and watched Kid walk into one of the turrets and sit down.
"Maybe we should let her think about this before bothering her again.
Later on that night when everyone was asleep Ezra walked over to the turret to hopefully shed some light on what had transpired between them earlier. She was awake watching the space debris go by. The gases made the sky turn different colors.
"Its all I can do for you." She whispered having saw his reflection in the window.
"Pardon?"
"I can see them...all of this...brand new colors I never knew existed. Its all because of you. So many planets, so many suns, all those stars...I have never seen these things before and I wouldn't ever have seen them if it weren't for you." She turned her seat around and looked Ezra in the eyes.
"I have nothing else to give you except my services. I haven't got any other way to say thank you. I could have been given to someone else who abused me, beat me, hurt me...but I was given to you...its all I can do...all I have is to be yours. I want to call you Master because of this. I could have called you Ezra all along, but I chose not to because...because your mine too." She said standing up putting her head on his chest.
"I am your friend Ezra Bridger...and your my friend and Master out of choice. I like my eyes this color. I do laundry and cook...because I choose to...I don't want to be lazy. I don't know how to be lazy." She said giggling to herself. "You could always help me with the dishes every now and then...you tend to leave yours on the table." She looked up at the ceiling shaking her head.
"Kid...I never did name you." He said putting his head on top of hers hugging her tightly.
"No...no you didn't."
"I think Bell would be prettier." He said sitting down on the ground.
"Bell...why Bell?"
"It means beauty." He ran his fingers over her hair. "So what do you think about being Bell Jarrus?"
"Oh I forgot about that! I just...I hope he didn't think I was rejecting him I just..." She sighed and sat back. "He's probably asleep right now anyways..."
"Not with how loud you were talking right next to my room. Have you two solved this? Cause I'd really like a daughter." Kanan asked.
"But what about Hera? You two aren't married yet."
Kanan cleared his throat and shrugged.
"Ah well we'll deal with that once the war is over. Id like to have a nice wedding somewhere quiet that isn't going to have a few siths pop up and ruin everything." Kanan said. "It'll come in time."
"I see..." Kanans eyes grew big and he looked over his shoulder at Hera who was smiling at him. "So thats what you were waiting for?"
"Well yeah wouldn't you?" Kanan asked.
"Sure..." She smiled at him as she went back on watch.
"Busted..." Ezra chuckled.
The huge luxury ship the senator had wasn't big but it was pretty.
"Wow..." Kid looked around at the pretty walls. C-3PO walked around the corner to see everyone standing there.
"It is good to see you all safe and sound. Senator Oragana is expecting you." He turned and walked down the hallway. Kid liked the way he looked.
"Why good afternoon Kanan. Its been a long time since we crossed paths. I was told you would like something of me by Asoka. Since you saved my daughter I would be happy to help."
"Well...we would like to adopt her."
"An adoption! I thought you were going to need supplies and ships or something. I was prepared to show you what we had...but an adoption...thats going to be easy...kind of disappointed." He laughed and looked around at his wife and daughter sitting down to have tea discussing what was to happen next.
"She was a slave when Ezra purchased her on accident. He asked for a lifter and the sold us this young lady."
"Yes sadly some planets out there still have slavery...my planet has freed any slave thats been in its care. We can do that while we're here...we can dissolve the connection if you like without hurting either the slave or Master."
Kids bottom lip quivered. She didn't want to be unconnected from Ezra, but she knew he did so she stepped forward holding out her hand to Oragana. Ezra took her hand and turned her toward him.
"Ezra Bridger don't force her if she doesn't want the connection." Oragana said only to be surprised by what happened.
"I want to keep you. Lets go see the sights, go to planets, watch the stars." Ezra said and smiled down at the girl who just jumped into his arms. Ezra fell back onto the floor. Kid made meowing noises and purred into Ezra as she nuzzled him. Ezra never saw her do this before. He had never seen her truely happy. Now she had permission to stay.
"Well heres the papers Kanan...sign this and place her name and she'll be just as good as yours."
"What is her name? We can't just keep calling her Kid."
"Bell...her names Bell."
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