"No."

Cody paused as he went to knock at the door as the General's voice rang out from the start.

"Absolutely not!"

Slowly, Cody retracted his arm.

"I will do no such thing."

What-

"Stupid."

The-

"That's worse than one of Anakin's plans!"

Kriff?!

"Oh, really?"

Steeling himself, Cody knocked swiftly on the door. His hand had only just returned to his side when the door opened to reveal the General. With a glance, Cody summarised that no one else was in the room.

"I was talking to my kyber crystal."

Wait, hold up. "What?" Cody asked, before quickly adding, "sir."

"My lightsaber has a plan it wants to be done, but it is idiotic and foolish," Obi-Wan huffed, before glancing at his now rocking table, "it's true! And now she's giving me the silent treatment."

"If what you say about Jedi and their lightsaber crystals are true, sir, then I am sure that the plan wasn't like a General Skywalker plan," Cody stated, watching as the lightsaber rocked on the table, swaying in place.

"Flattery will get you nowhere, Commander," Obi-Wan stated before his mouth dropped and he turned to face his lightsaber.

"Anything wrong, sir?"

"My lightsaber has decided to talk to me again, preening and almost singing," Obi-Wan sighed, "she has expressed how much she prefers you over me."

"Is that even possible?"

"It's not meant to be," Obi-Wan sighed as he walked more into his room and allowed Cody to follow into the room.

The door closed with a resounding click as Cody bit his lip to stifle his smirk. "Well, lightsabers and their Jedi certainly do take after each other, sir."

The General spluttered while the lightsaber seemed to have done a happy jiggle.

-----

"Master, where is your lightsaber?"

Obi-Wan blinked before he looked down at his hip. The clip had nothing attached—just karking great. Closing his eyes and reaching out, he felt the shimmer of his crystal in The Force. Opening his eyes, he went out and called the hilt to his hand.

No hilt came.

"Er, Master?"

Bitting back a groan as he closed his eyes, he commed Cody.

"Sir?"

"Are you two clicks to my left?"

"Yes, sir."

"Do you see my lightsaber?"

"Yes, sir," Cody answered, "do you need me to collect her?"

Her?! Anakin thought, what was the Commander going on about?!

"Yes, please. She seems to be in a grump with me."

"Still."

"Pardon?"

"She is in a grump with you still." And if by the slight laugh that followed, Cody knew he exact look that Obi-Wan was doing.

"Master, if your lightsaber is upset with you, why would it allow someone else near?" Anakin asked, remembering crystals could become very unstable if they have a falling out with their bonded-person.

"Because she likes Cody at the moment," Obi-Wan sighed, "we had an argument, and she thinks Cody sided with her."

"Her?"

"All crystals have a gender, Anakin," Obi-Wan stated, shaking his head, "you should know this already."

"How?"

"The same way your male," Obi-Wan stated, "or at least I believe so," he then mused.

It was then that Cody arrived next to them, sliding under the blaster fire, "you raised General Skywalker, you should know, sir," Cody stated.

Anakin's face lit up as he spluttered.

"True," Obi-Wan smirked.

"Your blade, sir," Cody offered the lightsaber hilt with one upturned palm.

"Thank you, Cody," Obi-Wan nodded as he took back the hilt into his hand.

"Form three-point five?"

"We need a better name for it," Obi-Wan nodded as he jumped over the blockage, Cody following shortly after.

Anakin peaked his head over to watch as Obi-Wan created a shield with his blade, redirecting the hits to the enemy or the floor as Cody fired over his shoulder

It was like Ahsoka and Rex's sword and shield, yet- more deadly, more dangerous. It was almost terrifying to watch how quick they dismantled the line of enemies facing them.

And they just kept talking like normal!

-----

"Sixty-two."

"What?" Cody asked, not pausing in his blasting.

"Sixty-two down," Obi-Wan grinned, looking back at him briefly.

"Half it, you got a blade and The Force," Cody scoffed, staying over the General comm hearing his vode laugh at the two's conversations.

Obi-Wan huffed before he grabbed Cody's blaster replacing it with his lightsaber and proceeded to take out the rest of the enemies they were facing using the blaster.

"What?!" Cody almost squeaked as he looked down at the hilt in his hand and the blaster in the General's grip.

"Blasters, while uncivilised, are not beyond use," Obi-Wan stated as he fired on more droids, feeling the 212th flanking up behind them.

"What?!" Cody squeaked again, moving the blade in a pattern he recognised Obi-Wan using countless times to block the upcoming bolt.

"Does this even it?"

"No!"

Obi-Wan only shrugged as he swapped oven the weapons again and finished the last droids.

"You're familiar with the Commander's blaster, sir," Waxer smirked.

"A blaster is like any blaster," Obi-Wan stated, "hard grip, a light stroke of a finger."

Anakin groaned into his hands.

-----

A glint caught his eye, shining in the low light—the silver of a Jetii'kad. Walking over, Cody picked up the hilt in his hand, recognising the style and comming the General.

"Yes, Cody?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Are you missing your lightsaber?"

There was some rustling as Obi-Wan looked, "it does seem that way."

"Where are you?"

"Talking with Anakin in his quarters."

"I'll be over."

"On the Resolute."

Cody sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "On my way, Cody out."

-----

Cody sighed again when Rex was the one that met him when he got across to the Resolute.

"I was under the impression that you were unable to come over," Rex frowned.

"I was," Cody sighed before muttering, "The Force has other ideas."

"What?"

"The General and his Jetii'kad has had a fallen out, they are not on speaking terms," Cody stated.

"And this is relevant-?"

"They are using me as a peace-maker," Cody stated, pointing to the hilt attached to his hilt, "the lightsaber is preferring me over the General and is making it very clear."

"Force voodoo," Rex muttered.

"Well said."

-----

The comm exploded into colourful insults and swearing - many, many different languages. And looking forwards, the men of Ghost Company could see why. Cody had been thrown to his feet, although no explosion or blaster fire.

It happened three more times during the mission before one of the vode saw what happened.

The General's lightsaber, every time he tried to call it to his hand if it wasn't within a metre of him, it would fly at Cody instead, often with enough force to knock the Commander from his feet.

And the Commander seemed to know why, if his continued swearing was to go by.

-----

The briefing room went silent as Cody stormed in, caked black with mud, a silver glint in his hand. They watched as he thundered to Obi-Wan, thrust what now revealed itself to be Obi-Wan's lightsaber into the man's hand and went on his less than merry way—presumably to the showers. But not before sending the High General a scathing look that just spelt disappointed and upset at Obi-Wan.

"What was that about?" Anakin asked.

"He didn't seem that pleased," Plo mussed.

Wolfe's shoulders were shaking in a way that meant he was trying not to bark with laughter.

Rex didn't try to hide his sniggers and was nearly collapsed into Ahsoka, who was equally collapsing into Rex with her giggles.

Anakin now lost his attempts and was leaning against the briefing table as he laughed.

Obi-Wan felt like the Galaxy was against him at that very moment.

-----

"Commander, why is the General's lightsaber on your hip?"

Cody blinked before looking down, and sure enough, the lightsaber was clipped to his hip.

"So?"

"The crystal has fallen out with the General, and has expressed that I am nicer than General Kenobi," Cody sighed as he explained, firing a few over shots for his teammates.

"So why do you have it?"

"She is giving the General the silent treatment and keeps trying to stay with me," Cody stated, growling as he shot down more droids.

"Her?" Waxer asked.

"The crystal is a female crystal; it seems."

"How is that possible?" Boil asked.

"Force osik." And as Cody looked back at the men, he could see that they all agreed that phrase summed it up nicely.

-----

Access denied

"What?" Obi-Wan muttered as he tried to get out of his quarters.

Access denied

"Hold up..."

Access denied

Obi-Wan growled as even the medical override didn't work. Reaching out with The Force, he locked onto the door hinges and pulled.

Denied

"What?!" Obi-Wan growled as something stopped him from exiting using The Force.

Beep beep

Looking down, Obi-Wan saw that he had an incoming transmission.

"Sir," Cody's voice came over the comm, "until you have made up with your lightsaber, you are not leaving the room."

"You can not just lock me in here, Cody," Obi-Wan stated.

"I can, and I will," Cody retorted, "your falling out is providing a lot of danger."

"Danger?"

"What do you think happens when you are disarmed, and I keep being knocked around by a lightsaber?"

Obi-Wan stayed silent as he thought.

"Men's lives are put at risk," Cody growled, "that petty argument could cause lives to march away."

"I- I hadn't thought about that."

"That much was clear, sir," Cody sighed, "so, please, for the men's sake, makeup with your lightsaber."

"Will do, Cody," Obi-Wan agreed, nodding as he shut down the comm. He turned to overlook his desk, placing his lightsaber so that it faced him as he took a seat. "So, how do we begin."

'By apologising! You-' and this is where we decided to bleep it out, sorry.

"That wasn't very nice," Obi-Wan frowned.

The crystal huffed and sent back the feeling of disappointment at Obi-Wan.

"You're disappointed in me?"

The hilt rolled sadly.

"I didn't mean to upset, insult or disappoint you," Obi-Wan stated, looking at his hands, "I wasn't prepared to do that plan because a lot was based on luck, and luck can not win this war."

That was a strong feeling of disbelief/how are you one to talk/and huffing.

"I truly mean it when I say I want to make it right," Obi-Wan stated, watching he hilt roll to look at him, "if your plan gave more concrete to the war, then I would have found a way to do it."

Disbelief/sorrow

"I'm speaking the truth, you can feel it."

Acceptance

"I don't want there to be anything between us that causing harm to others. If it has to stay, then it stays between us."

Confusion/longing/happiness

"And it can't involve Cody any more than it already has."

Pouting/sulking/agreement

"So, you want to run that plan by me again?" Obi-Wan asked, "we can make adjustments so that it works better?" He then offered.

The lightsaber's song trilled as it jiggled happily. Acceptance/happiness/agreement.

"I knew we'd get to it," Obi-Wan grinned before wincing, "deserved but did it have to be so hard?"

Finality

"Fine, fine," Obi-Wan huffed.

-----

"Commander?" Waxer asked as he approached Cody, "have you seen the General?"

"Sorting things out with his lightsaber."

"He finally realised something needed to be done?" Waxer's voice rang with disbelief.

"No," Cody stated, shaking his head, "I locked him in his room and made the two talk."

"I guess that works..."

"It did," Cody smirked behind his helmet.

"Why isn't he out?"

"Part of the negotiation was that they had to go over the suggested plan that caused the disagreement," Cody stated, "that is what they are doing now."

"They negotiated to be friends again?"

"It's the General. I would be surprised if it didn't."

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