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It was a surprisingly normal day, which couldn’t be said a lot of times in a temple full of stressed Jedi’s, over achieving padawans and excited younglings in the middle of a Galatic War. The Jedi council sat in discussion of on going missions and briefing over who to sent to where, it was until curiosity got the best of Depa Billaba and she asked “Obi-Wan, why do you wear those bracers in your arm?”
Obi-Wan, who had just been in the middle of a conversation with Shaak Ti, froze. Nobody had noticed the bracers that had been adorning his arm for a few months now, and if they did they probably guessed it was part of the armor he wore out in the field or part of his normal attired, but leave it to Depa to ask about them now.
Obi-Wan did not want to have this conversation, not because it was anything bad, but because it was embarrassing. And yet, it seemed now every member of the council turned their attention to Obi-Wan. Kit Fisto was the first to speak up. “Huh, I hadn’t even noticed until now” he said, focusing on the brown leather bracers that were most definitely not the ones issued for the Jedi. “Are those bite marks?”
Obi-Wan felt his cheeks heat up. Mace Windu raised an eyebrow, curiosity in his tone. “Care to explain Kenobi?” “ No, I very much wouldn’t ” he thought, but Obi-Wan realized there was probably no way for him to escape this conversation. Clearing his throat, Obi-Wan finally spoke. “This are due to…, Anakin’s and Ahsoka’s biting problems…”
There was silence for a moment, but Obi-Wan could see the grins and curiosity spreading across his fellow Jedi’s faces. “Biting problems?” Plo Koon repeated the sentence, but Obi-Wan could hear the amused tone in his voice. “I can partially understand young Tano, but Skywalker? How could he even managed to leave indents like those behind?” Ki-Adi-Mundi, who sat at Obi-Wan’s other side, gestured to the bite marks on his bracers, which at a closer look were tangibly different. A few were full sets of sharp teeth’s, others were sets of canines and only briefly could you see the more human like bite.
“How do I explain this…” Obi-Wan trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck as he tried to find a way on how his arm became a chew toy for his padawans. “A story I think, in order is…” Master Yoda said, ears twitching as he leaned in closer, ever curious to know the chaos his lineage always seemed to get itself into.
“Well…”
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“Anakin I swear if you bite me one more time I will ground you” Obi-Wan Pulled his hand away from Anakin’s mouth, who he hadn’t even realized had gotten a hold of it until he felt the sharp canines bite into his arm. Anakin looked both annoyed and offended. “You can’t ground me! I’m nineteen and not your padawan anymore” he argued, and Obi-Wan rolled his eyes, wondering how Shmi ever dealt with Anakin at a young age. “By all means, you aren’t an adult yet, and I still have full legal custody over both you and Ahsoka, which means I’m fully allowed to ground you, and unless you want to sit beside Ahsoka and do some work, I suggest you stop”
Ahsoka, who was sitting in the sofa of their living quarter, glared at Obi-Wan before turning back to her datapad, which Obi-Wan had sent her to do some work on. She too, had been grounded a day ago for the same exact reason, and Obi-Wan was honestly getting tired of the teeth indents in his arm, especially because sometimes both of them bit hard enough to draw blood.
Obi-Wan hadn’t been that surprised that Ahsoka had a biting problem, it was common with young togrutas, especially ones like Ahsoka who’d grown up in a temple and wouldn’t hunt for food like the rest of her kind would. But he should have honestly been more surprised than he was when Anakin started biting him as well. When Anakin suddenly gave himself sharper canines with the force only a few weeks after meeting Ahsoka, Obi-Wan wasn’t entirely surprised. It hadn’t been the first time Anakin had used the force to slightly modify some aspect of himself, actually it hadn’t even been the first time Anakin had given himself sharper canines, he had done so a few times during his padawanship, and Obi-Wan had just learned to not be surprised, after all Anakin was the child of the force, there was no limit to what he could do.
What did surprise Obi-Wan was when Anakin gain the biting habit as well. During those other times Anakin had given himself sharp canines, he never had a biting problem, but then again he never kept them as long as he did now, so maybe if he had back then he would have eventually developed it. Still, Obi-Wan’s arms became the victim of his padawans biting, and he was starting to get tired of it.
Anakin grumbled something under his breath and went into the kitchen to grab something. Obi-Wan sighed and closed his eyes, fingers rubbing at his forehead trying to loose the developing headache that was like his best friend when it came to dealing with anything Anakin and Ahsoka related. “ I should probably get them some actual chew toys ” he thought, at least then his arms would be free from the biting. Obi-Wan wished he could wear the bracers he wore out in mission, the few times either of them have bit him with them on, Obi-Wan was quick to find out he wouldn’t feel anything, they did leave some bite marks on them but among all the other scratches and dent they were barely noticeable. They stopped biting at him with them on anyway, not only was it unsanitary but the hard protective material hurted both of them.
Actually, that wasn’t a bad idea…
Obi-wan could order some on the holonet, ones that match his normal robbed attire he wore out in the temple. Leather could probably work, the material was strong enough so Obi-Wan wouldn’t feel a thing, but also soft enough that Anakin nor Ahsoka could hurt their teeth’s on. Making his decision, Obi-Wan was about to search for his datapad when he felt a familiar sting on his arm.
“ Anakin! ”
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The laughter going off around the council room could probably heard outside the doors. Depa was the loudest of them all, tears falling from the corner of her eyes. Obi-Wan just sat there with a small smile, as embarrassing as it was, even he had to admit it was a little funny, leave it to him to become a chew toy for his padawans.
“I can’t believe I never realized Skywalker had canines! I don’t even know how you’ve made it so far with those two” Kit Fisto laughed, and Obi-Wan couldn’t help but chuckle. “With lots of patience my friend, Force knows how many times I’ve wanted to rip my hair out with Anakin alone” he admitted, the embarrassment fading away as he joined in with the laughter.
“Wait, are we not going to talk about the fact that Skywalker has used the force to modify parts of himself?”
This was going to be a long conversation.