Finest Troopers;

Small laugh left the young Padawan as he watched the batchers FIGHT amongst each other, brothers arguing ( Wrecker being the loudest ). It had become a COMMON occurrence, and though Hiro was new to their mix, he didn’t MIND it - he just stood out of the way. The only one he couldn’t seem to really get through to was their SNIPER - Crosshair. To be honest, Hiro wasn’t sure if he WANTED to - the guy was mean and cold, but he watched him protect his brothers from the most impressive distances and, though he knew Crosshair would never admit it, he did see brotherly affection between he and the others… in his own way. Needless to say, the misfit Padawan had seemingly found a home within their own defective cluster ( mostly hanging around Tech, which likely made it insufferable for Hunter and the others ). He hadn’t expected to be allowed to LIVE with them, but after the events of his own Master’s betrayal, Hiro had been GRATEFUL for Master Shaak Ti taking him in. He still was.

Large eyes pulled their gaze from the brothers across the way, focusing instead on his Master. “ Eh, they’ll manage. They don’t fight so much as just BICKER. Most brothers do. ” He could recall arguing with his own ( but, those were memories better left behind ). Arms crossed, fingers idly twisting at a loose thread in one of the sleeves. He’d changed since he last saw his Master - wore BLACK and RED with skulls and ninety-nines - one of the team… or so he HOPED. “ Things are going great, ” he reported, smile twisting into something more of a grin, “ These guys are SO far out of the norm… I like it. They don’t think I’m WEIRD or FUNKY or TOO SMART. Actually, Tech’s smarter than me, so it’s nice to have a challenge when it comes to working things out together. ” Lowering his arms, he swung them idly. 

“ We get sent on a lot of missions, though. I think this is the first break we’ve had since… ten or so missions. These guys are NON-STOP, but Hunter’s been keeping me well-trained with physical combat. His hand-to-hand is REALLY strong. Wrecker helps with explosives and Tech has been helping me train with my FOCUS. Crosshair… helps me with lightsaber training. His SHARP shooting skills are perfect for blocking and defense drills. ” He forced a laugh. Sometimes he wasn’t sure if the sniper was aiming for him for REAL or not - but, judging by the small twitch of a smirk he’d seen last time, maybe NOT. “ They’re not really USED to a Jedi being around… but they’re doing their best. ”

@garsfinest​​ ░ continued from HERE.

              She offered to be his master for the council to allow him in the order; however, she’d seen a potential with having the young man work with Clone Force Ninety-nine. She had been fond of Ninety-Nine himself; his loss would be seen as nothing more than tragic. A trooper who had only wished to do his duty like his brothers... The only compromise that she could see with him was to have him on maintenance. Same with the other defectives... but they were another story entirely after the attack on Kamino. Pondering this, however, needed to wait til she wasn’t busy listening to her padawan’s report. There was a reason she let him go with the Ninety Nines. She knew one day this war would have to end and she would have to help him learn the ways of the jedi. It was inevitable that he not become too attached to the ways of war.. which was why the ninety nines were requested back at Kamino.

              Fingers that were curled at her chin moved away as she glanced back to the squad of ninety nines and back to her new padawan. “While I am happy you are getting along well, Hiro... I do need to be teaching you more. I must request that you stay for this deployment of theirs for lessons.” He was a padawan. He needed to know how to be a jedi not a soldier. She could teach him that while he was here, but she couldn’t teach him everything if she wasn’t there to. That wasn’t the way that a student needed to learn. She was certain Hunter would need a break every now and then as well. It had been a while since he had been here and she was on Kamino overseeing the training of the troops. But she was requested to return to Coruscant with her padawan in tow. It meant that she needed to be sure that he was present for the peacekeeper part of the job.

@hamadaxfighter :\\ Meme;

             Her gaze was focused on watching the troopers before them, hands folded behind her back as she read the squad she left in charge of watching the young one. She knew their leader to be good at reining in the others, having been watching them for a while.Brow ridge shifted upwards, attention moving to the much smaller one beside her. She knew the batchers tended to be... targeted. Frequently attacked, bullied... The most she could do.. was to give them some form of kindness when she saw them.

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            This Padawan almost reminded her of them. Someone that didn’t quite fit in with the rest, not exactly seeming to find a place. Not a bad thing, individuality was just as important to the jedi as it was to the clones... there would be no one better to teach that to than the clones that were so different they themselves struggled to find their place. “They may argue, but in the end, they always come together again, do they not? Overcoming differences is necessary in life. Are most jedi not all different species with different customs?” Their traditions could take place while still following the code. Something she  also knew on a very personal level. “How is everything going with Clone Force Ninety-Nine?”