Author: Merula
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4
Rating: PG
Warnings: Yaoi, AU (fusion with Star Wars), OOC.
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and Star Wars are not mine.
Hanma Schism Prequel
His stomach fluttered slightly. It was normal to feel a bit apprehensive, he reassured himself, even as he tried to squash the feeling. Standing alone in the center of the Council would make anyone nervous. Reminding himself to control his breathing, he met their appraising looks with his own unconcerned one. He was either ready or he wasn't- there was nothing he could do at this point to change the outcome of this meeting.
"So, Master Odin, you feel that Heero is ready?" The oldest of the council members asked the man that stood beside Heero.
"He has passed the final tests, Master Shoak." Heero's master answered. "So, yes."
The old Jedi master looked appraisingly at the young man in the center of the room. "Do you feel you are ready, Heero?" The weight of the question was obvious. Heero flicked his eyes up and met those of the council member.
"Yes, Master, I do." His tone was flat; no emotion betrayed his eagerness or fear. The youngest of the council members frowned. Jedi were not supposed to have no emotion at all- why did this one try to hide his so strongly? He tapped his fingers against his stick thoughtfully and suppressed a smile. He would learn.
"Does anyone object?" Master Shoak waited for a moment. The room was silent. "Very well then. Knight Yuy, swear the oath."
Heero spoke the oath in the language of the forefathers. He swore to uphold the precepts, to fight only when no other route was available and to preserve the balance in the force.
Shoak nodded to Odin. He stepped forward and took a hold of Heero's padawan braid. With a quick flip of his wrist, he cut it off and gave it to Heero.
Heero accepted it gravely and then turned back to face the council.
"You are one of us now, young Jedi. Be worthy."
"I will." Master Shoak turned to Odin then, with a faint smile.
"We have an assignment for you, Master Odin. And we want you to take your former apprentice with you. It will require all of your unusual skills."
"I am pleased to serve the council in any way I can."
"There are rumors, rumors from a trustworthy source, that the Temple of the Hanma Sect has been discovered on the second planet of the L'anthan system."
Heero blinked. The Hanma Sect had left the Jedi Temple over three hundred years ago. No one had figured out what had happened to them.
"The L'anthan system is on the outer rim, away from the attention of the Republic." Odin observed. "It would have been an ideal place for them to hide."
"According to our source, none of the heretics are left, and the reports say that the temple is in ruins."
The word heretics was said without any trace of anger. It was a simple statement of fact. The Jedi who had created the Hanma sect had disagreed with the teachings of the Jedi Order and had left. It was not an unheard of thing- the Jedis had fragmented many times over the centuries.
But the Hanma sect had included several of the historians. And they had taken some of the Jedi holocrons with them when they had fled across the galaxy.
"We request that you go to the location of the temple and investigate. Your contact is an old friend of yours who operates out of there now." Master Shoak raised a small data disk. "This contains the information you will need. Do you accept this mission, Master Odin?"
"I do."
"Yuy?"
"Accepted"
The data disk spun in the air to land gently in Odin's hand. "We ask that you leave at once."
"We will," Odin placed a hand on Heero's shoulder.
"The force be with you."
OWARI
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