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He didn´t knew what drove him to do this but there was no turn back now halfway on his way to his home planet kalee. He just wanted to see if everything was alright like they promised him it wasn´t like he doubt it well.. maybe he did but he just needed to see it. He wouldn´t say it aloud but he was homesick he didn´t felt anything other then rage in ages but now he was doubting everything and feeling nervous the closer his home planet came, he didn´t know what he was expecting honestly he knew his master would get mad when he finds out but he just had this feeling it was time for him to return to his home.
The jedi noticed the generals activity they had their eyes on him for a longer while now he was a big thread to them. They send obi-wan kenobi after him since he proved to be a good choice against the general together with his padawan anakin. They had followed them to the planet kalee it was a planet neither obi-wan or anakin had been on and of course intresting for obi-wan while anakin wasn´t that intrested he didn´t cared for it he wanted to fight the general even though he wasn´t ready for that not yet. They watched the generals ship making its way to land on the plant they would follow once they where sure they could land safely.
Grievous was in his habsuite when a droid informed him that they arrived their destination he sighted oh how he hated those useless droids he paced around in his room his arms crossed behind his back he started to regret his decision he couldn´t face his people like this how will they react ? they can´t possible accept him like this ! self doubt was eating him from the inside a situation he didn´t found himself in often the only feelings he felt after becoming who he was now where rage anger and grief. Outside his ship kaleesh where gathering around his ship being curious the clan oldest heard that their for long thought dead warrior returned to his home while he was gone general grievous gained respect on his home planet and was spoken of so often and now he was there their god warrior arrived home. Grievous couldn´t bring himself to even leave his habsuite he needed some encouragement he let the drones escort the clan oldest to the generals room they left them alone he even send his magma guards away when he turned to the oldest he knelled and lowered his head . The oldest starred at his form before walking up to him slowly his voice was not more then a whisper "Qyamn jai sheelal " the generals eyes looked up to him he was speechless "rise rise I`m not worthy enough that you kneel infront of me " the ancient language of his folk felt so good he let it sink in for a moment before standing straight up again he was barely taller than the oldest but he knew he lost high he would be smaller then the younger member of the clan he leaned into the touch when the other male reached his hand out to stroke over the side of his head.
"not worthy ? of me ? that´s ridiculous you are the one i´m not worthy of you " he reached out to lead the hand away from his head he sighted he shouldn´t have returned
the male chuckled "you haven´t changed in all of those years have -" he was cut off when the general turned his back to him coughing holding his hand up to signal the other to wait and excusing himself for it. The oldest seemed obviously worried and approached the cyborg slowly
grievous sighted and turned back to the male waving his obvious questions off "it´s fine it happens a lot actually since " he sighted " an accident " the older male nodded
"why are we wasting our time here ? your folk is waiting for you we will take care of you everything is prepared for you... general" he looked up to the slightly taller male "please it would be a honor "
"you think so ? how can I face them like this ? I´m a dishonor and a shame for our ancestors" he balled his fists it was all coming back and the wave of emotions where overwhelming he paced around in his room again but stopped whn the male reached out for his hand holding it up
" you aren´t you are our hero come out and see it yourself we will celebrate that our hero returned to his home now come come " he motioned for the door and the general followed silently when they stepped out of the ship he stopped taking a moment yet again the kaleesh suns where bright he needed to let his eyes adjust to the brightness and took in the nice familiar smell of his home planet looking down seeing all of the cheering people all of them more than exited to see the person they heard all of the stories from most of them only heard the stories they where all stunned to see the cyborg stepping out of the ship slowly almost hesitantly his arms crossed behind his back his long cape moving with every step he took. They walked the short way up to the clans small village next to him the clans oldest the leader a younger male approached him bowing before welcoming him and taking over to show him around a few kaleesh where following them around of course they where curious. He lead him to a small house made out of the ground they where standing on by the hands of kaleesh the house was offered to him while his stay on the planet " I would understand if you prefer to return o your ship instead "
the general waved his hand " I´m very grateful for such an offer and gladly accept it "for him it was clear that accepting this offer would mean sleepless nights for him still he couldn´t deny such an offer and he was honestly glad about it. he looked up to the clan leader he was just slightly taller than him that did surprised him but he would think about it another time. He had to deny their offer to take rest though he really wasn´t tired at all. They invited him to eat with the whole clan to get everyone to know he was there he nodded and followed the leader to the wash racks he wouldn´t mind taking a shower there it would feel nice he barely remember how it felt and he did hoped he could feel it like he remember it it was not like he couldn't´t feel that would be fatal in battle.
he took off his coat letting it stay outside with clothes of the other it was quite empty that was a good thing the rest of the clan was probably busy with preparing the meal he followed the male walked to one of the water holes stepping inside the general followed feeling the hot water around his frame he knew he couldn´t stay in water for too long but this just felt amazing he ignored all the pings and warnings he knew his limits himself. He watched the male he seemed so young and not experimented at all he watched young females and males alike walk inside offering to take care of them they all seemed eager to do so massaging them it wasn´t anything you could call dirty it was a normal and actually very appreciated act for a kaleesh they where very social beings and open for touch in their clans he really enjoyed this but he couldn´t wait anymore they had to talk but sadly he couldn´t really start a good conversation they got interrupted a young kalee hurried to them
"what`s the matter ? " the male looked up to him wanting to know the reason to why they got interrupted in such an important conversation
"two individuals are spotted on our land they might be simple thieves "
this got the generals attention he sat up " will you go for it ? i will go with you " he really wanted to he would like to see their new leader in action he coughed
"we will handle this please there is no need for the trouble " the leader had a lot of respect for him though he did wanted to gain the generals as well. Grievous was already on his way out
" I wouldn´t want to miss an opportunity like this now let´s not waste time " he dried up before taking on his coat again waiting for the young leader to catch up with him he moved his claws in the soft ground under him while waiting it didn´t took them long before the three males where on their way to the intruders
when they arrived the field they found the two creatures sneaking up to them and ready to attack but before the leader could do the finale strike from behind grievous grabbed him in mid air pulling him down just in time so he wouldn´t be sliced from a quick turning blue glowing light saber he stepped back and coughed again pushing the obviously mad leader behind him "Kenobi ! " the general growled " how dare you jedi scum !" the leader quickly realizing what was happening was going back to an attacking pose but grievous hold him back pulling out his light saber but managed to instead grab the jedi by his neck what seem to suprise both of them for a second " how dare you coming here jedi ! " he ignored the padawan in striking pose his eyes where fixed on the man who would bring his death if he didn´t kill him first
"well I .. expected anything but this question my dear general " he was the same like every time they met he never lost his calm state he was different from all of the other jedis but his words only upsetted him more he tossed the man to the ground and kicked his stomach "a-anakin don´t " he still hold his padawan off he couldn´t care less at the moment "even though the kick was unnecessary my dearest general" he stood up and cleaned his coat
the young leader hissed and spoke hurried " you know this jedi ?! what is the meaning of this "
grievous growled back using his mother language " i only know him from the battle field he is trying to kill me i have no idea how they came here "
"then we should kill them right here ! " the male hold his spear up and tried to attack it would be rude to stop his leader but his padawan did it one quick movement to slice the spear grievous crossed his arms behind his back
" your padawan is being rude kenobi dosen´t he know how to behave ? " he coughed again and the jedi had the guts to laugh he growled but let the jedi stand up again "kenobi i thought you had some honor and respect left in you "
"now I´m truly insulted general " he sighted and picked his lightsaber up again "you know why I´m here but it seems the situation is a bit ..unfitting " he hold his hands up looking at the clan leader "what´s the matter of this grievous this doesn´t loo like a business trip actually "
grievous growled at him " you know kenobi I always appreciated our little meetings but right now I don´t have time to mess with you this is my home planet and you insult my folk by standing on our ground you would deserve a quick death for this after everything that had happen on this ground "
"your wait what ? " he looked up to him disbelieving while the kaleesh hissed something he quite couldn´t understand " I always thought you are just another droid maybe a bit smarter " this earned him another blow with the metallic hand
" I am not a droid ! " he yelled and hissed loudly he grabbed his shoulder a bit too tight if you would ask kenobi and pulled him close" it´s unbelievable that you jedi don´t even know what had happen here and it disgust me but I´ll show you " he coughed took his light saber "You better make sure your padawan behaves you don´t stand a chance against us " he glanced at anakin. Kenobi moved his head and made thegrowling stubborn padawan hand out his lightsaber
"why don´t we kill them now ?! " the leader growled he didn´t understood why they should let them life they deserved death and nothing less ! but if it was their heros wish to let them life he would obey
"later " the general growled back " I know you are the new leader and it´s your choice but i would like to keep him for a day then we choose to kill them "
the leader eyed them he mistrusted them but he believed his hero and nodded "one day because it´s your wish but i would like to know why ..why taking this risk ? it will cause trouble "
grievous chuckled " because of the one thing i hate the most " he looked up to him "politic " he looked over to the padawan " they will make nice presents for the imperium also we want to know our planet safe don´t we ? he sighted he didn´t liked it as well but he had a feeling he couldn´t describe yetk
the leader nodded "let´s hurry back the rest will be waiting already " he sighted he kind of did understood the reasoning of the general "I will get a pair of cuffs once we are back "
grievous looked over to him " I´m sure our `guests´ will behave perfectly " he heard the padawan grunting in protest " even though i´m not so sure about this one " he coughed the rest of the way back to the small village was silent once they arrived a huge table was set up in the center of it and the talking increased when seeing the intruders kenobi never felt that small between the giant kaleesh
grievous sat down next to the oldest and the clan leader he took kenobi and anakin with him he wouldn´t leave them alone for one second he looked at the table full of the finest kaleesh food he sighted how it hurt that he couldn´t eat a single thing the leader stood up with a glass something likely to a whine was it filled with " on the return of our war hero the one who freed us from the souless bugs and the jedi the hero who won our war Qyamn jay sheelal ! The god of war !" the clan cheered loudly and the leader sat down again
anakin sneered and looked over to kenobi "what did the ugly thing said ? "
kenobi sighted and looked over to him " something about a hero qyamn jay sheelal if i understood it right " he looked at the food infront of him and looked around he was of an curious nature the clan started to eat chatting cheerfully he couldn´t made out much though it was to ancient he looked at the food infront of him again before looking up to grievous " can I ? "
grievous looked down at him he seems to consider the question before nodding watching the jedi taking one of the fruits to take a bite the padawan wasn´t interested in the food leaning back disgust clear ob his face it annoyed him he was able to eat and taste the rich good food of kalee and choosed not to even try it how insulting after a bit kenobi looked up to him he had so many questions written on his face he was total calm sitting next to the person who he would have fight for death or life without his weapon and without hope of getting out of there and the man had nothing better to do and try a fruit it confused him on so many levels but also impressed him in a way "it´s good" he said and grievous sighted
" i know " he coughed again leaning back a bit he would pay a lot to be able to just eat a tiny bit of it but he couldn´t never again how frustrating "our planet has rich food all of it is very good "
"so ? " the jedi looked up to him "you really can´t eat i guess then ? " how could he have the guts to stay this calm he would never understood the human
"what dose it matter to you anyways jedi it´s none of your business if I´m correct " he rolled his eyes and looked back to the others he might really was a little envious but he couldn´t change it now
the dinner took quite a while and his leader was also worried he disliked the food it had his flaws to be a cyborg a lot actually at least in his view but it was a good thing he was still able to take part of their rite he came for this he left after they finished he wanted to help cleaning up but was stopped in a second they would handle it so he waited and watched them build up the stage
kenobi was way to curious and talkative for him to be honest he sighted when he saw him opening his mouth again " what is next general ? " he heard anakin talking the whole time about how they would manage to leave even though he tried to be silent he wasn´t good at it kenobi keeps pushing him off he needed to see more always so curious
" you will see " he answered he was getting tired of the jedi and his questions it upsetted him how calm he could still be at least the jedi seemed to be satisfied with his answer and stood quite he seem to understood when they started well it was obviously now it was a fight duel one male on the stage could challenge another no matter who and they could show off how strong they where it was a fair play though no one would get seriously hurt and the clan cheered grievous sat in the front row with the jedi and padawan watching how fwmals colored the males faces when they walked up to fight their leader where on stage now taking every challenge it was quite fun the male looked down at grievous calling him up grievous chuckled and stood up "don´t do anything stupid jedi or you will regret it " he warned before walking up to the male who challenged him getting his face pianted on he stepped infront of the male letting his coat drop like he did when fighting kenobi anakin was starting again he would leave now but kenobi ignored him fixating his eyes on the cyborg
once he dropped his coat he waited for the other to attack it was an easy game for him to win against him still he liked to play taking a spear and they started moving fast grievous was faster he could douche all of his attacks the male wasn´t stupid he tried to avoide getting too close so they circled around each other with the heavy beat of huge drums they let their spears meet each other with such a force like they wheren´t holding back once he thought he fought long enough he grabbed his torso with his clawed feet lifting the male up to bring him down forcefully even though he was still gentle with him the mass cheered and grievous helped the leader to stand up who held his hand up he was the rightful winner and it wasn´t a shame to lose a fight against the god of war of course more wanted to try fighting him and grievous was busy for a few hours he won ever single fight of course he wasn´t getting tired but it was about time to stop grievous already made his way back down when a litte male climbed up yelling he wanted to challenge grievous as well and who would grievous be to ignore a challenge anakin sat up the grown males where quite rough to each other "he wouldn´t " kenobi looked over to him
"it would be rude to interrupt them it´s their tradition " he sighted and rolled his eyes he wouldn´t toss the toddler around would he ?
grievous seemed serious about this waiting for the females to paint his face he took a spear and walked around the toddler what started to worry the jedi a little but it was their tradition the toddler run up to him hitting his leg grievous stumbled and fall down a bit exaggerated they laughed and cheered for the little one kenobi smirked over to anakin who rolled his eyes and crossed his arms
grievous picked the toddler up calling out the winner of the fight he had to sat him down again when a coughing attack started again
the worried kalee took their hero in their care while the rest cleaned up the place working hand in hand
grievous commanded the jedi to follow with his padawan he wouldn´t leave them alone i fear of what they could cause to his men so they also had to follow when they brought him to what kenobi expected to be something like a health care center
once they arrived they let the jedi stay in a corner the hate in the kaleesh eyes for the two where clear to see even for a blind man and the mistrust was huge they won´t be able to make a move unnoticed. Even though they tried to shield most of what was happening he could still get a rather good view of it
a female taller then the general himself took off his coat and lied him down on a berth made out of kalees plants she leaned over him whispering things the jedi couldn´t understand and opening the generals chest he would have wished for a slightly better view not like his padawan who looked like he was going to vomit when he spotted the scene
the general stayed still he was seemingly relaxed and calm when the female stroke over his organs taking a look at them her face seems so serious so deep in tough something seemed wrong well of course it was the squished organs of the general needed serious medical attention but all the imperial medic could do was to repair his metallic frame after his accident so he lifed with it since it wasn´t really threading his life that badly but now here on kalee they could help even when not completely heal the general it will for sure help
what felt for anaking like years where merely two hours or so if kenobi read the time right on the planted grievous was back at their side leading them back to the place in the center of the village it seems everything they did played here the whole clan was thee sitting on the ground infront of each one a bowl with some liquid unknown for the jedi
grievous stopped them and showed them a place on the ground quite away from the group he gave them a bowl "stay here and don´t move or i will kill you jedi scum that´s what you are here for i will show you how wrong you are thinking you are saving everyone jedi " he crossed his arms again "see the truth now " he turned his back on them to walk to the group making sure to dig his claws into the soft ground beneath him
anakin grunted and wanted to go over to him this was a waste of time ! they needed to leave or take the general down and this was the perfect moment to kill this monster !
obi-wan hold him back " anakin don´t that´s not the right moment to make a move we should wait "
he moved away from his masters touch "we already missed the right moment to strike ! this is such a waste of time we need to get a way out of here master and you know this why are we still waiting ? he could kill us every moment we are defenseless ! " he tried to keep his voice down but that was one of the talents he really didn´t had
kenobi sighted " we are not dead yet right ? let us just wait and see what he got for us just look how many of them there are we still need to wait be patient my young padawan " he sat down and crossed his arms watching anakin to follow him before returning his concentration on the general
it was getting dark but it was still a nice warm temperature on the planet it was probably still very heated up because of the planets two suns kenobi had taken off his robe just shortly after they arrived not like his slowly melting padawan he chuckled amused but went silent when the sound of drums filled the air it was loud a steady rhythm he listen to it until everything fell silent again the clan leader stood infront of his clan his face painted just as colorful like the rest of his body he spoke an ancient kaleesh language
to the general himself the words felt so light and pretty in his mother language he listen carefully to every single word the praises of his leader for the clans best warriors and the general himself even though his real name stung like salt in an open wound he wasn´t used to hear this name to remember who he used to be and his family killed by the jedi lightsaber he felt all that coming up again his anger build up again this hate would never leave him but the cheering voice of their leader let him wake up again calm him down " we will be one in mind to connect to our glorious ancestors once again honoring the fallen " he said before throwing some dirt it was part of the rite and the drums started again
the kaleesh picked up the bowels and drank from them grievous glanced over to the jedi waiting for them to do the same kenobi didn´t hesitated when he took the hint like his padawan who was most certainly sure it was poison but he wouldn´t win against his master this time and once the liquid touched the padawans lips grievous filled him into himself he still had a working brain this will fulfill its use
it was a rhythm a song it kept going on the kaleesh moved slowly or was it just kenobis foggy brain he wasn´t so sure but when he closed his eyes he knew he could feel it weak but still it was there slowly it was coming to him the shared thoughts of the kaleesh they shared their history with them making them understand what an honor this was. It didn´t took kenobi much to make out the general and he did what he wanted he watched he stood silent seeing what had happen in front of his eyes like he had been there he saw one kaleesh quite huge
he followed this one meeting in secret with one of the females running around in the wild nature it was a pretty view before it changed again the faces where painted again it was a hunt one that would make them to grown if they succeeded the male he was following returned last but with the hugest they had ever seen of the beast and a lot of females where interested in choosing him for a potential mate. It all turned so fast almost to fast for kenobi but the next thing he noticed was the change from the view of the male with the female he recognized from earlier as a happy pair to a burning battlefield the male fought and he would never stop he hunted down the intruders he grow and became the leader of a whole squad everything was so fast but he could see it the male the hero how they called him turning the war to their side they where winning back their land it was a view he was used to the battlefield but this one turned out good didn´t it ? what was the generals reason for this but before he could break his mind over the question he got an answer one he might not have wanted. Jedi slaughtering down every single kaleesh in their way the scene was clear there was nothing but death and destruction the male came back in his view kneeling in the ruins of a house which hold his buried mate beneath it he tried everything but it was to late. Kenobi was confused he didn´t understand he had to get more information about this he never heard this he had to ask the senat what they knew about this ! The heros name he knew it it was a familiar name Qamn jay sheelal but why would he general show him this ? before he could get his answers he fall incautious it was too much for his human body and mind.
when he open his eyes again his view was still blurred slowly he could make out sounds.. music like before but just faster a more pretty song he tried to look up to see well he would say dancing kaleesh but more important a dancing or rather showing off general grievous he really wished for a camera right at this moment he sighted and tried to stand up just to noticed now he did in fact was cuffed to the ground he looked over to anakin who had this dammed i told you look on his face he sighted deeply answering before he could ask " we are not dead yet right ?" he rolled his eyes and watched anakin pull on his cuffs trying to get them off somehow
grievous noticed their wake walking over to them hands behind his back his mechanic steps where muffled by the soft ground he stopped in front of them looking down at them " I see you woke " he starred down at kenobi the man who was his death
"it was quite a nice nap here " kenobi smirked feeling a cool wind from behind him it made the generals coat move in the wind he looked up to meet his yellow eyes he could see the hate in them in each of their fights but now there was something more or his drugged brain still played tricks on him
the general chuckled only then kenobi noticed how much less he had coughed " if it is this comfortable I will let you stay here over the night then i didn´t came here to mess with you and now i don´t want to waste more time with you I will look after you in the morning " he turned around to return to the group but this time kenobi waited enough he had questions and he wouldn´t find those answers here he looked over to his padawan and nodded once they see a chance they will flee until this moment anakin will complain about what a waste of time this mission was but obi-wan could ignore it fixating his eyes on the new found hero who was dancing, teaching younger clan members and protected children of his clan qamn jay sheelal or better known as General Grievous.