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General Obi-Wan Kenobi had heard a number of strange things throughout his Jedi career. Most, believe it or not, having to do with him. You weren't the padawan of Qui Gon Jinn and not talked about. The old master was known for his…oddness. Of course, Obi Wan didn't see it as fair. He wasn't his master, and on top of that, it wasn't right to speak ill of the dead.

Yes, General Kenobi was no stranger to idle gossip. He eventually started to ignore it completely, something he had become quite good at.

However, when even Anakin began giving him strange looks, Obi-Wan found himself back in the wheel. It had to have been half true for his former padawan to believe it, whatever it was. To think that Anakin's troops would talk about him! It was border-line ludicrous. He had only been on the ship for a week and the men had already started spreading rumors.

And so, Obi-Wan began his investigation. Surely it wouldn't be too difficult to put a stop to…

"Should we be worried?" Anakin made sure to keep an eye on the two figures conversing in the center of the room. Couldn't be too careful, even in public. "I mean, it's just…wrong."

Anakin chanced a glance in his padawan's direction, only to quickly look back to the center of the room. At first glance she seemed just as worried as he was, but Anakin knew better than that. She was hiding how much fun she was having with the whole fiasco.

There had been numerous reports - or sightings by passerby - that Obi-Wan was having some sort of relationship with Commander Cody. Anakin had laughed when he first had heard it; it was ridiculous! How could a Jedi like Obi-Wan have a relationship with anyone? He was master Obi-Wan for Force sake!

One afternoon changed Anakin's strong beliefs however. He was headed to meet his former teacher when he noticed he already had company…

"I agree," Ahsoka finally said. She scooted a little closer to Anakin before continuing in a whisper. "What should we do? It's against the Jedi code. What if the council found out?"

Anakin felt his breathing stop. He didn't even want to imagine the ruckus that would cause. "That's not going to happen. There's only one logical way to fix this,"

"And that is..?" Anakin stood, causing Ahsoka to do the same.

"Break them up, of course." It was obvious. He couldn't very well just walk up to Obi-Wan and tell him to stop what he was doing…it would be hypocrisy on Anakin's part. Not that anyone would know that…

Ahsoka didn't look impressed. "…Master, are you serious?" She looked at the couple and frowned. "What if you're wrong? What if there is nothing going on between them and we're all wrong?" There was something in her voice that made Anakin think she wanted it to be true, which made him feel something he couldn't quite describe.

"What are you saying, Snips? I know what I saw.." Anakin shivered at the thought. He quickly wiped it from his mind.

Ahsoka shook her head, her padawan braid hitting her neck. "I'm saying we need to investigate. Look, I don't doubt you, I just think it'd be better if we found out for sure before we did anything…rash."

Anakin found himself proud of the young woman. She was pretty smart. "I see. So, how do we go about this?" Ahsoka smiled, something that made Anakin uneasy.

"I've got the perfect inside guy."

"I beg your pardon, sir?"

Ahsoka crossed her arms. She wasn't going to keep all the fun to herself. "C'mon, Rex! All you have to do is ask Cody about Obi-Wan."

Rex seemed to not understand. Ahsoka waited patiently for his response, however. "Ask him about General Kenobi? Like how he is or what? I can't see why you can't ask General yourself - "

"No, it's not like that. Listen, I'm doing some investigating here on behalf of Skyguy. He's worried about master Obi-Wan." Ahsoka moved her eyebrow muscles suggestively, hoping Rex would get the hint. Surely he of all people had heard the rumors, they came from his brothers after all.

Rex definitely got the hint. His tanned skin visibly turned red as his eyes grew wider. "Wait, I can't…that's none of my business, and besides, you can do it yourself. You're far more sneaky." Ahsoka didn't like that answer one bit. She sighed, putting her hands on her hips.

"Rex, please? I need help! Skyguy's busy, but I promised him I'd help him out." She was only half lying. Anakin didn't exactly make her promise, she just wanted to have some fun. Anakin was busy though, so she had to go at it alone. Well, not if Rex would help her out. "Please?"

There was a moment of silence. Rex wasn't looking at her, which made her nervous. He finally sighed, and she waited for him to speak. "Alright, alright. But just this once, got it? I'm doing this to help, nothing more."

Ahsoka smiled. "Thanks, Rex!" She paused, looking around to see if anyone was near, and made herself closer to him. "Now, what you need to ask is…"

Rex had never been on a mission quite like this one…

Of course, whatever he was doing was hardly considered a mission. It was more like a weird game Ahsoka had made him agree to join. Rex didn't care what anyone said, Jedi were the strangest people he had ever met…

…or maybe Ahsoka was just the weirdest person he'd ever met, he wasn't sure. He looked up at the room number and tried not to run away.

Keep it together! This is important… He paused, realizing he had just called it - the "mission" - important. He was losing it in a bad kind of way…

Rex took a deep breath and knocked on Cody's door. The hollow sound sounding that much more hollow in that particular moment. Maybe no one was in? Hopefully if anyone was in, it was just Cody...

Rex didn't want to think of that however, so he waited until Cody would open the door. When no one came to the door for a whole five minutes, Rex began to realize how much he didn't want anyone to. But Ahsoka made him promise and he was already there, so he knocked again; this time louder. There was another pause, but the door slid open to reveal a very tired looking Commader Cody.

"Rex? What are you doing up so late?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes with the palm of his hand. Rex hadn't even realized it was so late - he was so wrapped up in getting the task over with he hadn't noticed. It was insane, really, the thought of the whole thing. Why would Cody be in any kind of relationship - that wasn't brotherly - with General Kenobi? Rex doubted that Jango Fett had any genes that would produce such a bizzare quality in any of the clones...

"Are you alright? What's wrong?"

Rex sighed as he pulled a hand over his shaved head. There was no need to worry Cody over something so stupid. "I'm sorry, I just needed to ask you something." He's gonna slit my throat...I hope this is worth it.

Cody stood a slight bit straighter, something Rex tried not to feel bad for. "What can I help you with? Is there some kind of trouble?"

"No, I just wanted to ask you something about General Kenobi. He's been acting...strange lately." Rex wanted to hit himself in the face. He hadn't noticed anything too strange about the man, well, he didn't until after he was told some very interesting information about him. Rex usually didn't doubt his men, but there were always exceptions.

"Ah," Cody started, his face softening. Rex tried not to notice, but it was damn hard when he was inches away from him. "He's just been under a lot of stress lately. No offense to General Skywalker but he has caused a good bit of problems as of late."

Rex laughed as genuinely as he could and nodded. "That's true. He always seems to do that." Along with his little padawan sidekick..the little devil! General Skywalker had been causing some trouble lately. Nothing too bad, just the usual Skywalker stuff. That's why General Kenobi had been moved to watch him for a while.

"Is it that noticeable? Do you need me to tell him?" Cody seemed completely concerned with the General, which wasn't so odd. It was just Rex had heard too many things to ignore the way he talked about General Kenobi. It was almost too much...

"Eh, well, yes. It's not so much as it's a problem. It's just that the men are noticing and they won't shut up." That was half true...Oh, by the Force he was becoming just like Ahsoka! When did he lie at all? To anyone? Especially a brother?

Cody smiled. "I see. Well, don't worry. I'll be sure to tell him." He paused, seeming to remember something, his smile growing wider. Rex felt extremely uncomfortable at that moment. He did not want to believe Ahsoka was right...there was no way in Hoth it was possible!

"Now that I think about it, it wasn't worth me waking you up for." Rex was feeling something he rarely ever did - self-conscious. Why? He had no clue. Maybe it was the way Cody looked everytime he mentioned General Kenobi...

It's not true, dammit! Rex gave the best smile he could at that moment and hoped he didn't look too nervous. Cody smiled back however, and shook his head.

"No, no. It's fine. Better now than when I was busy." Rex felt some of the nervousness dissapate and bowed his head slightly.

"Well, g'night then."

"'Night, Rex." And with that, Cody shut his door, leaving Rex with a lot of unwanted thoughts...

There were no words to describe it. Obi-Wan couldn't place the emotion he was feeling as he walked briskly down the hall toward his room. He did his best to ignore the stares and glances he recieved from others. What he had heard mintues before had shaken him more than anything had in a long while.

It wasn't some suicide mission he was to be sent on by the council, he could handle that. It wasn't Anakin flying off to Force knows where to find his missing R2, that was tolerable...

No, this was by far the most bizzare thing he had ever faced.

Accusation. Yes, he had been accused of things before, but never something as odd as what he was facing at that moment.

How long had everyone been talking about it? Surely the council would dismiss anything so absurd if they heard anything of it. Obi-Wan had never felt this way in his life. It felt...he couldn't place it. How was he going to deal with it?

Obi-Wan entered his room and began pacing. It was actually funny when he thought about it. He wondered if Cody had heard anything about it. Probably not. Of course, he hadn't seen the man since the day before. Maybe he had heard something.

Hoping to find some answers, Obi-Wan left his room.

Cody felt as if everyone in the room was staring at him. He had no clue why, either. The sensation left him feeling nervous and slightly agitated. He decided to ignore it, though. He had work to do.

"Ah, there you are." An all too familiar voice called to him. Cody turned, seeing General Kenobi walking toward him, a small smile on his face. Cody noticed everyone in the room had stopped what they were doing and were looking - very intently - on himself and the General. He was tempted to tell them all to get back to work but decided against it. Maybe he was being too paranoid?

Kenobi continued to smile, ignoring the looks. "We need to talk," he said, pausing to take a look around. "Privately, if you don't mind."

Cody nodded. "Yes, sir." He had no idea what the General needed to talk to him about that was so important, but he didn't mind. The man had become a good friend over the last several months and Cody enjoyed his company. The man had risked his life for his own more times than Cody could count, something he was baffled by. The thought of a Jedi worried for a clone's safety boggled Cody's mind.

The two walked out of the room, which had grown deathly silent, and into the hallway leading to the private rooms. Cody knew where Kenobi was taking him and knew whatever he wanted to discuss was important. "Sir? Is something wrong?"

General Kenobi chuckled and turned his head in his quirky way. "Well, not in the way you're expecting." Cody didn't like the sounds of that at all.

They finally reached Kenobi's room and entered. Cody was glad his helmet was on; he didn't want to show how nervous he was. What could be wrong? Was there an enemy near? No. If that were the case Kenobi wouldn't just be telling him about it, he would be telling the entire ship.

Before Cody could speak a word, Kenobi spoke. "Cody, have you heard anything about you and I having a relationship?"

The bluntness of the question left the Commander speechless. What the hell was he talking about? "Uh, no sir." He paused, realization hitting him like a punch to the gut. "Have you?"

Kenobi turned around, fully facing Cody. "Why, yes I have. The crew seem to think we're secret lovers." The smile on his face made Cody freeze. He did not like where Kenobi was going with this...

"Where did they get that?" He was trying hard to keep his composure in front of a commanding officer, a Jedi, but it was hard when he was being accused of being something he wasn't. Well, Kenobi wasn't helping in the slightest, and Cody found himself not wanting to know what the other man was thinking. "I mean, how? We aren't even - "

"Calm down, Cody." Kenobi paused and let out a weary sigh. "I'm just as shocked as you are. It's ridiculous, really."

"What should we do?" Cody wanted to make them clean the ship top to bottom with nothing but rags but decided to let Obi-Wan think of a way to fix it. He was far better at it anyway.

"Well," he started, suddenly sounding tired. The General began rubbing his temples with one hand and sighed. "We need to make this right. I don't think everyone realizes how serious this rumor is."

Cody could believe it. Master Obi-Wan was a Jedi, after all. Attachment was forbidden in the Order, and having a relationship with a clone was definately an attachment. The Commander had never been accused of much of anything, especially being or having a lover. He hadn't even thought of being with anyone, especially a man. It was a strange, almost overwhelming feeling.

There was a somewhat heavy silence in the room. Cody stood straighter, looking straight at the General. "Yes, sir."

Ahsoka was hoping Rex's little errand for her would make something happen.

But it didn't. The next couple of days produced nothing from either Cody nor Obi-Wan. The young woman sighed, leaning against the chair she was sitting in. Why did she always have to do things herself? If there was any sort of relationship going on between them, she would know by the end of the week. A good goal, she thought.

If not, then she would be bored out of her mind, hoping something else would happen. Being stuck on a ship full of men was boring. They never had much drama. Sure, there was the occassional fight over the showers, but nothing too interesting. When she was still at the temple, she had seen plenty of drama between her peers - the girls, anyway. They would always complain and bicker at each other, getting into the occassional smack down...

So now that Ahsoka had something to sink her teeth into again, there was no passing up the chance. She knew how serious rumors could get, especially among Jedi, but she could still have her fun. The Council wouldn't believe something so out there.

Ahsoka stood from her seat, bored of watching everyone talk amongst themselves. The padawan couldn't talk to Anakin, he was busy. Rex was nowhere to be found. That only meant one thing left for her to do...

It was surprisingly quiet in the personal halls. No one was in their rooms at the moment, or if they were they were sleeping. Ahsoka noticed that the troops liked to sleep a lot. It was understandable, however. Anyone would be tired when fighting a war so widely spread. They seemed to be in a different system every week.

Which room was Obi-Wan's again? Ahsoka wondered as she continued walking through the empty corridor. She had heard Anakin mention it once the day before, and wanted to do some more investigating. There was nothing better to do. She then realized she didn't know what number Cody's room was. What if they were there? She'd never find them then.

Ahsoka was about to round a corner when something hit the ship. Hard. She was thrown into a nearby wall, falling to the floor in an ungraceful heap. She quickly stood, knowing she needed to be at the bridge of the ship. They were being attacked.

Breaking into a run, she headed for the upper part of the ship. Through the second hall, another hit to the ship sent her flying into another wall, this time face first. She had no time to brace herself, and felt her nose take a lot of the impact. Ahsoka picked herself up into a sitting position, after sliding to the floor, and began rubbing her nose. Luckily it wasn't broken. She gave herself a minute before standing, trying not to cry.

Finally, she stood, continuing her desperate attempt to reach the bridge. Just as she made it to another corridor, she heard a small noise. She stopped, looking for the source. Someone had gasped, but where were they? It didn't take long to find out...

Ahsoka stared for a moment, not fully understanding what she was seeing. It was Obi-Wan, but somehow he seemed...off.

Oh. Ahsoka felt her eyes widen. Two pairs of eyes stared back at her, just as wide as hers were.

Master Obi-Wan wasn't alone. It took Ahsoka a moment to realize someone was pinned under the Jedi, and not in a fight kind of way...

It was Commander Cody. The two were pressed against each other, Cody trapped between Obi-Wan and the wall. Ahsoka noticed Obi-Wan's hands pressed into the other man's chest plate keeping they're upper half away from each other, while Cody's arms were glued to the wall helplessly. The two's lower halfs, however, was a different story...Ahsoka felt her face heating up.

Their mid-sections were, since their top halfs weren't, touching. Pressed together, more like. One of Obi-Wan's legs were wrapped around one of Cody's, while his other was inbetween the clone's legs. At first, for a split second, Ahsoka dismissed it as an accident. The ship was being hit, and she had trouble keeping on her feet...

But there was no way this was an accident. They were, for lack of a better word, busted. It was written all over their faces. It was a strange feeling...

"A-Ahsoka, this isn't - " Obi-Wan began, sounding more flustered than she had ever heard him sound. It was almost an empowering feeling, but she kept that to herself. She was about to retort, noting Obi-Wan was pushing away from Cody, when the ship jerked again, and she was sent flying again. This time, fortanutely, she didn't hit a wall. She stood, almost falling over once again.

The two had fallen in a similar position than they had just been in. Commander was on top of General this time, though. Cody's head was on Obi-Wan's chest, his arms wrapped around the Jedi's waist. One of Obi-Wan's legs, once again, were in between Cody's, his knee rising above their bodies.

Ahsoka stood there, speechless. What was this feeling she was experiencing? She'd never felt it before. Of course, she'd never seen two people so intimately...pressed together, either.

So it was true. General Kenobi and Commander Cody were in a relationship. Ahsoka didn't know what to expect - she was half way convinced that the rumors were just that - rumors. She continued to stare until the two separated, standing awkwardly. Cody pulled on his helmet and Obi-Wan managed a smile.

"We've no time to waste," he paused, no more flustered General, "we have a ship to defend." Cody said nothing; he was radiating embarrassment. Ahsoka only nodded in response.

As the three ran toward the bridge, Ahsoka found herself thinking about the two men with her in a different light...and liked it. A lot.

...was that bad?

End of Chapter One

(Silly, silly, silly...Tell me what you think! Oh, and this is not an actual romance..lol I really felt like putting something up, and I didn't feel like writing anything new at the moment, so I pulled this up. I really can't promise when this'll be updated, so don't hold your breath. I had to share though! Sorry!)

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