V.2-C.38│Lightsaber II│

'Of course, I just have to find these crystals for you first...' Anakin thought to himself as they would all then be prepared for their journeys to get their lightsaber crystals they had chosen.

Ultima-pearls, with which they would have to travel into the depths of the ocean to discover. They were perfect and would give off the same color and feel to what she would have had.

Ahsoka would keep her same design, if he remembered correctly from her counterpart of another universe, the only difference being that she would have these two crystals instead of healed crystals to act as the core of her lightsaber.

Not that he would bar her from deciding whether or not she wants it. She should be capable of doing so and if she really wants it, it is her decision.

He really doesn't like responsibility for the actions taken by others because he dislikes this. He will probably have to be responsible for others anyway, now that he has officially become the Emperor, but that is besides the point.

If Ahsoka is to become independent from him and the others, to have her truly become an adult, then he would need to start the process of getting her to make her own decisions. For herself as he wants her, no, just just her but everyone to know that whatever their choice is.

It is theirs to make and even with his influence, they should still think for themselves, well... for themselves.

Anakin didn't want to have to baby people but instead help them become, themselves. This was what he tried to do when he was teaching those within the Jedi Order, to make sure that they think outside of the ways the Jedi had usually taught them.

Obviously he tried to do this in a way that wouldn't be detrimental or worse, boring. He knew all too well about how some people that are known as teachers shouldn't even be considered as such because they were wholly incapable of doing so.

He did have his fair share of those types in his previous world and he would have to compensate for their failings when they taught.

Then there are what he wants for himself, of course he wasn't going to just use these two gems but they would be used for something much greater.

Mantle of the Force, and Heart of the Guardian.

Two crystals that had been discovered and recovered by the ancient being known as Darth Revan, the Sith, the Jedi, the everything in-between and all around pretty powerful Force user.

The Heart of the Guardian was an ancient crystal that was rediscovered on the surface of Yavin 4 by the Rodian inventor Suvam Tan some time prior to the Jedi Civil War. Possibly utilized as a lightsaber crystal by the redeemed Revan, it gave the blade of any such weapon into which it was installed a unique bronze hue and yellow core.

The Heart was one of two legendary crystals that Revan possibly obtained from Tan near the end of his quest to find and destroy the Star Forge, the other being the Mantle of the Force.

When placed within a lightsaber, it altered the properties of other crystals that the lightsaber carried in a positive way; this crystal created a fast yet devastating blade that was perfect for lightsaber combat.

It is believed that the Heart was involved in the founding of the Jedi Order. According to prophecies of the Order, the Heart would appear at the time of greatest turmoil and help in bringing the galaxy into salvation. However, the Sith also believed it to be an object of their heritage, which in turn would have brought about their domination of known space.

One might question why he wouldn't take these crystals for himself but give it to Ahsoka. It is simple, he was planning to do something even more crazy when it comes to his own crystals.

"So, uh..." Ahsoka started as Anakin was setting off with her, Aayla and Shaak to find their own lightsaber crystals. "When are we going to get there?"

In fact, even Barriss, never to be left out from the group had joined along with them because she didn't need to stay on Tatooine to finish her lightsaber. She was hard at work on her lightsaber crystal within her room with all of the instructions given to her.

Anakin didn't want to leave Padme behind but she would stay behind to take care of the politics with some aid from his mother and Jira. 'What a great wife.' He thought to himself.

"Where do you mean by where?" Anakin asked her having a feeling he knew what she is actually after.

"To get my lightsaber crystals of course." She said smugly as Anakin stared at her and as if realizing her mistake she supplied. "I-I mean, to get all of our lightsaber crystals, of course." She gave out an awkward laugh at the end here.

"That is right, we are getting ALL OF OUR lightsaber crystals and not just yours." Anakin put emphasis on 'all of our' because he is petty like that.

"Hey! There is no need to be like that." Ahsoka pouted here.

"I was joking with you." Anakin smiled and used his hand to rub her head.

"Stop that!" Even though she said this, she didn't actually want him to stop touching her, but instead treating as a child but Anakin wouldn't be doing that anytime soon. He already is slowly treating like someone with responsibilities but that doesn't mean she is ready to be an adult yet.

"What is the ruckus going on in here?" Shaak came into the room to see the master, apprentice duo bonding.

"Not really doing much, you having fun over there?" Anakin was referring to her isolation that while Anakin had encouraged her to become more social, that didn't mean she was an extroverted personality.

She would remain a loner most of the time simply because that was what she preferred and who is he to say what she wanted is wrong. If she just so happened to say she wanted him in the future, how could he possibly so no to that?

"For your information, I am." Shaak stated simply before looking to the other Togruta, Ahsoka. "I suggest you calm your emotions there young Ahsoka."

"I am not THAT young anymore." Ahsoka pouted some more as Shaak pointed out to her that she was projecting quite wild her feelings. "And I am perfectly capable of controlling myself..." She says as she draws in the uncontrollable feelings she was developing at rapid pace.

"By the way, I didn't come out here for nothing. I have some ideas regarding my lightsaber and was wondering on getting some input from the both of you." Shaak has already gotten her crystal, which was the Krayt dragon crystal from Tatooine.

It was the first stop the group had made and they had ticked off the crystal for Shaak off of their list. Anakin had gotten a Krayt dragon crystal for himself as well, but he wasn't just going to use that. He has much more to do with it and would require many other different crystals as well to do what he wants perfectly.

"Sure, I am sure that I will provide some ample advice." Anakin stated not including Ahsoka in his sentence, just to mess with her.

"And me as well! Whatever Skyguy can suggest, I can suggest better!" Ahsoka was positively overflowing with enthusiasm and wanted to make sure that Anakin knew that she could be his equal in whatever manner that she can.

'That is new...' Anakin thought to himself before saying. "Skyguy?"

"Yeah, I saw it in a vision and I think it appropriately should be used in this context." Ahsoka says smugly looking at him to challenge her on this.

No one questioned her ability to see things through Force visions at this point because that was very common with her. Seeing into an alternate timeline or a future that will never come to be because Anakin had already created ripples that would destroy this future.

Maybe.

'So full of energy... Is this what it is like to be young?' Anakin missed the part that he is also young. Forever. "Calm down there. This isn't a competition but to simply help Shaak here with her lightsaber adjustments. Right, Shaak?"

"Yes, of course it is." Shaak just rolled her eyes at Ahsoka's obvious infatuation to Anakin at this point and his obvious purposeful ignorance to it.

While it might seem a little weird for the Emperor of the Empyrean to suddenly leave after coronation, it really isn't considering he has been making Siri help him out more and more. He still has his multiple thought processors as well being put to use as there are numerous amounts of information being used, created, transferred and deleted.

Like the internet or any other virtual space, information isn't truly destroyed and is left somewhere to be recovered. One cant truly delete something but Anakin does get rid of alot of information that is not needed and only things that need to be kept, are kept.

Stuff that usually keeps an eye on the history of things, summaries of events and all kinds of other stuff. Then there are the insane numbers, pictures, videos and other forms of virtual or technological information kept on the matrix.

He doesn't only just have his droids, now turned synths store their consciousness on the matrix, which takes up a lot of space but he has also created alot of servers just for the common folk. Or anyone else really that wanted to use this type of technology and he upgraded it to be similar to the level of what he currently circulating the galaxy at large.

"By the way, you never did say where we are going first?" Shaak asked Anakin.

"Well, given the rarity of some of the crystals involved in the process, and we are the only ones going on this journey-" Anakin was interrupted.

"Wait, yeah. Why are we the only ones?" It was Ahsoka who interrupted him as he was going to continue. "Why not use some droids to help us on our search? Or even that cool looking army you had back there."

"Waste precious Empyrean resources just for you girls?" Anakin lifted an eyebrow but inwardly he knew that he would waste some resources if he really wanted.

"Yeah, I know that you would." Ahsoka answered with confidence, she was right but Anakin wouldn't allow her that.

"Of course..." Anakin left off only for Ahsoka to come in.

"Really?"

"Not."

That seemed to take the wind out of her sails as she started to mop about her predictions being wrong. He did this often because her foresight abilities were quite powerful, and he had tested her midi-chlorians before as well.

She had even more potential then Yoda, just as he but her count was still far out from his own. Not that any of that mattered because of the Dyad reinforcing itself and strengthen himself and those connected through the Force.

It did however say that she would most likely be the most powerful out of the Force-sensitive girls within all of them. Zannah included as while she is also strong her count only clocked out at 15000 per cell while Ahsoka has 18500 per cell.

"We may not be using droids for that reason, but we are also not using them because of magic." Anakin stated knowing full well that the crystal that you recieve or get for yourself would help one advance in the Force. It is supposed to be connected to the person who finds or creates it, meaning it would be personal.

Having someone else find it and bring it to you isn't exactly the best to your advancement in abilities within the Force.

"Magic?" Shaak questioned as she was still within the room. If it hadn't been mentioned already Anakin and the rest of them were actually aboard Jabitha because she could be considered the best ship in the known galaxy for her speed, cloaking abilities and even the power to use the Force.

It would be stupid not to use her to reduce the amount of time they needed to take to get their crystals.

"Yes, magic. Space magic in particular." Anakin stated as if what he said is common knowledge.

"Space magic? You aren't making any sense..." Shaak continued, confused.

"The Force, magic, space magic, psychic powers, all of the above refers to the ever present energy-field that likes to interfere with the lives of the living." Anakin supplied.

"Right... I think I will be going back to my room now." Shaak said as she retreated seemingly exposed to one of Anakin's quirks and also needing to get back to working on her saber as she was working through some things.

Meditation is not nice all of the time and some horrible stuff could be revealed, it also doesn't help that she is connected to Anakin. While Anakin can block off almost everything, he is most of the time, especially when in close proximity unable to hide his emotions.

'Dyads are incredibly annoying. Thank you mother Force.' Anakin thought to himself and said the last part through the Force which did get a response that felt like, the Force is laughing at him. Or something similar given it really isn't sentient and doesn't have proper intelligence.

"Where are we going first by the way?" Ahsoka asked as she too was also curious and is no longer mopping about being wrong, well she wasn't but Anakin didn't want to tell her that.

"Well, to find Aayla's crystal we would either have to go at it at random because it is found throughout the Outer Rim. Which we are in now, but that would waste alot of time considering their rarity."

"Then what are we going to do then." Ahsoka was confused, because what is she supposed to be doing? What about Anakin who is an Emperor that is basically on a holiday trip while everyone else is doing other stuff...

"We will stop over every planet the Force tells us to go too, then Aayla will have to continue to meditate when on a planet. As for the two of us? We can laze around as she will be getting hers first, well, second since we have gotten Shaak's already." Anakin said.

"So, we are looking Aayla's then?"

"Yes."

"What are we waiting for? Lets hurry up, I want to get my own as well and dont want to have to wait on Aayla." Ahsoka said as if she was in a hurry.

"Patience. I admit I dont have much myself but I at least have some..." Anakin said as Ahsoka grabbed onto him, holding him.

Ahsoka just doesn't say anything else and just pulls him to go and play a video game, that is virtual and connected to the virtual network of the Empyrean. It had quite the large amount of range.