Unfathomable Love (L/M EU with AU twist) Post. Tying the Bond (the AU begins for real :)

Good morning Jayd

How was the trip? Good I hope

ANd yup, Mara one-woman rescue team got them all ;P

Thanks for the comments, and let's see what happens next

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 1

The moment that she had reached her boyfriend's location, Mara had
understood that she only had seconds left to save his life.

Then, Luke's strength had given up on him, allowing the animal to finish his
attack, and the seconds had been up. Hastily, she had wrapped her right arm
around her neck and behind her left shoulder, then, praying the Force that she
would indeed control the weapon well, had thrown it forward the way Luke had
taught her the last time that she had been at the academy.

Forcing herself to not think about the first times when she had hit anything but
her practice targets, Mara focused her mind on her objective: the poeni's
throat, which was just between Luke's own throat and his right hand---

To her eternal gratitude, she hit her mark, and only her mark. The predator's
body painfully slid down Luke's back, worsening his injuries--- then she spotted
the incoming reinforcement. While Luke slumped to his knees in obvious torment
and shock, she deftly caught her returning weapon, then pushed her boyfriend out
of the way with her foot as a new predator leaped down from the overhead tree.
"Get down!" she urged him, then slashed widely with her weapon.

The second predator never knew what hit him before it joined its companion in
the other world.

Upon witnessing the death of yet another companion, the three remaining animals
leapt down toward her at the same time. She caught one with a thrust of her
lightsaber while her left hand reflexively went to her belt and pulled a
vibroblade from it before she activated it and threw it at the head of the
slowest attacker.

She then pivoted on her foot and prepared to skewer the last attacker with her
blade.

Luke's green blade saved her from collecting a claw injury on the leg before the
Jedi Master's weapon bisected the dangerous creature.

Then it was over, and the two of them were standing under the rain, breathing
heavily from their latest battle.








For a long moment, Luke stared in awed and disbelief at his girlfriend,
who had just displayed skills that were truly worthy of a trained Jedi Knight.
However, more than the level of abilities that she had just used with apparent
ease, what truly puzzled him was her presence at his side.

At first, he had thought that he was already dead and imagining her there, then
he had thought that he was just having a very bad nightmare. The moment that
she had been threatened by the predators though, he had not taken any chances
with his imagination and had intervened.

He had thus discovered, thanks to his painful injuries 'and' her shining, warm
Force-presence, that he was neither dreaming nor dead.

Yet it was impossible, he reminded himself. Mara was on Kessel, not caring
about... "Mara?" he asked, hesitatingly stepping closer to her. "Is it... is it
really you?" he inquired even as his adrenaline receded from his body once
again.

He slumped down to the muddy ground, too weak to stand, too spent to fight
against his current status. That thing had gotten him good, no matter if its
claws had been poisoned or not.

Before he had fallen completely down though, a warm, strong 'wave' wrapped
around his torso and kept him from falling before it pulled him back to his full
height. Mara slung his right arm around her shoulders, pulling an hiss of
complaint from his lips as she did so, then another when she set her hand on his
opposite hip to further support his weight.

"It's me, farmboy," she answered him, then took on a scolding tone, "and if I
didn't love you as much as I do, I'd leave you here until you learn to take
better care of yourself."

That was Mara all right, Luke admitted to himself while he groaned at her
ungentle yet welcome pull on

 

The trip was.... a trip. Good as far as those things go.

YAY!! She's getting through to him!!! No smooch yet...

*sighs*

Eh, they'll be stuck in a temple by themselves....

 

It's convenient to have all those temples at hand on Yavin4. ;p

 

*levitates thread*

 

Good afternoon you two Oh, yes, very handy, those temples are As for smooch... trust those two to get to it before the end of part 1 ;P

Thanks for the comments, both of you Hope your fun continues with this new addition

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 1

Mara meant to argue further with Luke, but the moment that she noticed how his
dimly-lit features contorted again in pain, she subsided. "You better be right
about that one, Jedi," she warned him, then checked him once again for signs of
poison.

Just like the last time that she had seen him in a similar state, the animals'
claws had not been poisoned. The creature had merely been intent on getting
some of him for lunch. Still, she mused while she felt him check himself up
with the Force, the similarities between his injuries while on S-932, and now,
were almost eerie.

Both times, his attackers had done quite a job on his shoulders and back, and
both times, it had happened when he had been---

Suddenly understanding what her boyfriend had been doing tonight, she turned her
head toward his and stared deeply into his barely seeable eyes. "You were
cutting back on the Force once again, weren't you?" she scolded him knowingly.
"Just like on S-932, you did not want to be a Jedi anymore."

Caught red-handed, her lover cringed at her insight, but he could not go very
far from her at the moment. He tried to avert her knowing eyes.

"Why?" she asked him in a way that warned him to not shy away from the truth of
his motivations.

For a long moment, only the still falling rain and the squishing sound of their
boots in the mud punctuated the silence.

"I..." he finally began hesitantly, then changed attitude as they broke through
very light foliage. "We're here," he informed her.

Turning her focus away from her friend, Mara checked for herself the nature of
their destination.

The temple was built a very similar design of the main temple, except that it
seemed to have been truncated half-way up. Nearby, a small waterfall was
filling the silence with its constant sound of falling/running water while she
could see, thanks to her luma lamp, that it was plunging into a small lake that
was filled with clear-blue waters.

Despite what her friend was hiding from her, and despite the annoying rain that
was still drenching her to the bone, she couldn't help but marvel at the beauty
of the small sanctuary that had been uncovered by her boyfriend.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" he offered.

"Yes," she nodded, then turned her warning eyes toward him once again, "but
don't try to detract me from our previous topic, farmboy. You still have much
explaining to do, and we have the rest of the night," she smiled thinly at his
discomfiture.

Half-carrying, half-dragging his still weakened self, they headed toward the
still impressive temple, then up the short stairs that were leading them inside
the construction proper.

Despite her lover's assurance that the temple had been useless to Kun because of
its peculiar shape, Mara probed it twice before they went inside.




TBC soon


Love
SJ

 

Hello. I'm only on page 21 but so far it's really good!!! I hope I can be up to date reallly soon but we'll see what DRL has in store for me. I hope to be finished by next weekend. *crosses her fingers and heads back to read more pages*

J&J

 

Nice post Temples are handy on Yavin ..

 

*giggles*

Yay!!

Mara's always right.

Like me!!

 

He he they will be able to rest.

 

Good evening everyone Hello J&J Nice to meet you, and glad to see that you're having fun catching up Hope you'll continue to have fun Yup, temples are real handy, and Mara's very often right (except about her own feelings about how far she can trust Luke ... as for getting some rest, do you really think that those two can get any rest when together ;P

Hope your fun continue, all of you , and thanks for the continued interest and feedback; it helps me to escape DRL then and again by coming around to have fun with you

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 1

Once inside, she set her luma on its highest setting, then, after sitting him on
a log, pulled his shirt off of his body and used it as makeshift cleaning rags,
then bandages.

As if aware that he would soon fall in a healing trance, she did not give him
much leeway in his requirement to explain his actions. He had no choice but to
answer her.

So he did.

When he admitted to her that he had wanted to die mere seconds before she had
saved his life, he shocked her so much that he got the distinctive feeling that
she would punch him hard in frustration if he weren't already in bad shape.

In the end, she thankfully resorted to glaring daggers at him. "What's wrong
with you, Skywalker?" she asked him angrily. "First, you wanted to be locked
away for your straying to the Dark Side, then you told me that you had to
embrace your emotions even though you're a Jedi, and now you go straight down in
the dumps because I wasn't here with you? Get a grip, farmboy."

"I know," he sighed, then ran his hands through his hair and tried to wring
water out of them. "I know... I'll have to be wary about that feeling next
year, but this year," he continued, subdued, "I wasn't ready for it. I just
couldn't deal with both yours and my family's desertion on my birthday."

"And to think that I almost burst my engines trying to get here on time for
today," his girlfriend grumbled in dissatisfaction about his selfish attitude---
then rubbed a little too hard against one of his deepest cut.

While pain flashed throughout his spinal chord and up to his brain, Luke
accepted that it was her way to punish him for what he had been thinking about
her while she had, in fact, not been uncaring nor unconcerned at all.

"I'll remember that next time that I have to work very hard to convince the
others that I must come here for Jedi matters. I'll remember that very vividly,
Jedi," she grumbled unhappily.

At first, Luke reflected that he had really miffed her for good this time, then
he caught a stray thought from her tumultuous senses and froze. Mara was not
only distraught by the fact that he had doubted her.

She also thought that he had begun to doubt her honesty about herself and Lando.

Aware that it was his turn to intervene in his lover's feelings before their
misunderstandings escalated too far, he turned around and took her hand in his.
"Mara," he began gently, warmly. "I admit that I couldn't imagine why you'd
want to return to my boring life," he said honestly, "but I never, 'ever',
thought that you would break my trust by frequenting another man. Especially
not with Lando around," he added, a smirk of male confidence tugging at his
lips.





TBC soon

Love
SJ

 

KISS KISS KISS KISS KISS!!!!!!

WANT A KISS!!!!

*stomps foot childishly*



Pweeaaasee......

*flutters eyelashes*

 

Sorry for taking this long to reply.

Nice as usual. keep it up.

 

Hello Jayd and Zoombini

Sorry for the late reply... DRL is not easing up, can't foresee when I'll have more to post, but I do at the moment

Kiss kiss kiss ;P Indeed

Hope you have fun once again, and thanks as always for the continued interest; it means a lot to me

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 1

At first, Mara averted his piercing, understanding eyes as they plunged into the
core of her worries as she had done with him, but when he mentioned exactly why
he had begun to depress about their relationship, she looked up in reciprocal
understanding.

While she herself had mistakenly thought that Luke doubted her faithfulness to
him, her lover had once again begun to doubt himself and the reason why she had
fallen in love with him even thought she had still wanted to kill him.

Raising herself on her knees until she was at eye level with him, she cupped his
handsome, tired face with her two hands, then locked her jewel green gaze with
his. "We make quite a couple, farmboy," she commented lightly, then kissed him
with all her forgiveness, relief, and love. *We'll have to stop feeding those
doubts the way we do,* she added as she felt his arms wrap around her chest,
pulling her closer and between his spread-apart legs.

*Agreed,* he sent her, then hitched her up on his lap where they were more
comfortable to kiss and hold each other as close as they could.

"Personally," she breathed against his lips, "I'll start by giving you the
exhaustive list of all the reasons why I will never stop loving you and seeing
you in my dreams, farmboy," she reminded him, then captured his luscious lips
once again.

*And I will prove to you that I trust you to the end, my love,* the young Jedi
Master returned.

Through their bond, Mara felt his spirits soar from under his gloom, which
almost instantly dissolved as if it had not almost caused his death once again.

He would be all right now, she sighed to herself as they slowly slipped down
from their seat and searched for a comfortable spot where they would be able to
lay down and revel in their new reunion.

Which had happened just mere minutes before the end of his first birthday with
her.






Nearby, hidden in the realm of the Force, Anakin sat on a fallen block of rock
and watched the two soul mates has they efficiently undid what had almost ruined
Luke's life not so long ago.

Yes, he nodded to himself seriously, his son would be all right.

But for how long?, he added next as he considered his son's reactions of the
past months.

Ever since he had parted company with Mara, more than four months ago, Luke had
easily fallen prey to his glum whenever he had thought about the fact that he
could not be with his girlfriend.

The glum had not been permanent, and had disappeared when the young woman had
called him, or when the young Jedi's companions had provided him with a
distraction about the missing red-head, but the rest of the time...

Anakin had tried over and over again to warn his son, to go to him in his dreams
to share with him what he knew about the emotions of glum and disappointment.

He had tried to break through the barriers of their two realms to tell him that
he was once again beginning to walk down the path of the Dark Side, that unlike
direct seduction, those emotions would slowly corrupt him, inconspicuously
leading him one emotional step after another toward what would eventually become
anger, hatred, and fear...

He had never been able to contact him, not even through dreams about what he
could become if he kept dwelling into 'that' type of emotions.

At first, Anakin himself had felt frustrated and angry at this new challenge.
He had wanted so much to spare this difficulty to his son that he had not
realized how he himself had already been giving into it... until Yoda and Obi-
Wan had warned him about his motivations, then that while they could influence
some events, they could not teach everyt

 

, I am soooo sorry *tries to hide her face in shame*, that I fell so much behind, but DRL kept me terribly busy!

But now I was finally able to catch up!
Great post as always SJ!

And it was really time that Mara 'knocked' some sense into Luke!
But now they are finally together again and it's time for a little bit .

Oh, and I can't hardly wait when Mara will give Luke his birthdaygift!

 

Must really be frustrating for Anakin to watch Luke wallow in his glum mood and descend into the dark without being able to do anythingbut watch.

 

Good evening GoodTwin, Zoombini Thanks for the comments, both of you Glad you had fun once again

GoodTwin, about DRL, I really can't blame you, can I? At least, my own DRL gives you time to catch up I guess it makes it all right, huh? As for Mara's birthday gift, hope you like it ;P

Zoombini: Oh, yes, it's quite frustrating for Ani to be stuck like that about that situation, but then again... He must also really heal himself from his bad habit to try and shape things and people the way he wants them to be... that is still Vader in him, the desire to control everyone and everything...

Once again, thanks for the comments, hope you enjoy the explanations of the first part... and the beginning of the new fun ride for those two



Tying the Bond
Part 2: The Birthday Gift
by SJ 09-2003/

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The next morning, Mara Jade awoke to the feeling of her lover's warm chest against her bra-covered one. They were together once again, she sighed in bliss, oblivious to their actual location.

She had dreamt of awakening with Luke for so long, had literally prayed the Force to allow her to return to him... She didn't mind about the particularity of their bunk, of their surroundings,... of the time that had gone by them while they had been asleep.

She was with Luke; everything in the galaxy was as it should be.

Then, as she awoke further, she grew aware of the very hard quality of their bunk, then of the cool humidity that was enveloping her scantily-clad body. Frowning at the unusual sensations, even for a detour by the Jedi academy, she peeped an eye open--- then the other followed suite as she realized that they were inside what looked like a decrepit, unused and mold-filled temple.

Where were they?, she wondered, pushing herself on her elbow. Her ears then picked up on the quiet murmur of a nearby waterfall and the events of the previous night came back to her.

She had first gone after Luke upon hearing that he had been in the jungle alone, had saved his life from predators, then they had found refuge in a truncated temple that was located near a waterfall. They had also shared their common misconceptions of the past months, had forgiven each other, had combined their Force powers to heal Luke's back and shoulders as much as they could, then they had resumed their relationship where they had left it the last time that they had been together, aboard the Yavaris near the Maw.

Despite all the difficulties that had arisen in her life throughout the past week, she had managed to be present for Luke's birthday, as she had promised herself when she had discovered that his special day was coming closer.

On the other hand, she hadn't given him his gift yet, or rather, she smirked as she focused her gaze back on her still dozing lover, she hadn't given him his 'true' gift, the one that she had lovingly organized for him and couldn't wait to share with him.

She was very glad that despite their strong bond, he hadn't found that thought in her mind yesterday; she had been very tempted to tell him about her special present for him, but she had changed her mind when she had imagined the face that he would make if he didn't know what she had in mind before they actually got to his gift's location.

Today though, she promised herself, she would put the first phase of her gift into motion.

She would take him for a trip to the aquatic resort of Sealand on Marinesa.

But first, she smirked as she leaned closer to his irresistible, boyish features, she had to wake him up, then they both needed a good clean up to get rid of the mud that they had collected throughout their trudge under the ra

 

Yay!

 

Will they be going scooba-diving?

 

[whiny_voice]I want to go to Marinesa, too!![/whiny_voice]

 

Rawr.... Smart girl, Mara is.

 

I'm on pg 40 now. It's taking longer than I thought it would to get through it. *sigh* I'm getting there though! I don't know if I'll be able to read anymore this weekend but you should expect me caught up sometime this week, don't hold me to it though.

J&J

 

Hello everyone

Thanks for the great feedback; it's wonderful to see that you're having fun even though the posts aren't as fast as they used to be

About the scuba-diving... I'm not telling, but they sure will get wet ;P

J&J, don't worry about how long it takes you to catch up... I, hmmm, well, did overdo it sometimes with the writing ;P, and right now is your chance to really catch up since DRL holds me away from the keyboard as much as it can

Still, I managed to escape a little ;P

Here's more, hope you enjoy it too

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 2

At first, Luke wasn't aware of his surrounding, instead drifting in a state of
utter bliss, then a delightful touch grazed his lips while a small weight
pressed itself against his side.

A familiar weight, his more conscious brain commented to him while his arms
reflexively wrapped around the other's very familiar presence. That movement
had become second nature to him in his dreams; it was always like this when he
was dreaming about Mara--- and he started awake when he tightened his arms
around her and realized that she really was with him, that he wasn't dreaming
once again.

"Good morning, farmboy," the beautiful Jedi woman smiled at him before leaning
closer and resuming the kiss that he had involuntarily interrupted.

*Mara?* he sent through the Force---- and stilled in shock as he felt beyond
doubt that his lover was once again with him. How?, he wondered first, when?...

Then the events of the previous night came back to him. She had come to his
rescue in the nick of time, saving him from a most imminent death because he had
been down in the dumps... and had given up on her and life, he remembered
shamefully.

He had doubted the truth of her love for him... and it had led him to do
something that he would acidly regret right now.

"Mara?" he asked again, breathless as he briefly interrupted their once again
ravenous kisses. "Is it really you?" he asked, still worried that he was only
having a very vivid dream.

Locking her jade gaze with his blue ones, the young woman smirked at his
incertitude. "Is this a repeat of last night, farmboy? Or do you want me to
repeat my list of reasons for loving you?"

The moment that his girlfriend mentioned the list of qualities that she had
enumerated to him until he had felt like a puddle of goo thanks to her
underestimated perception of him, Luke quickly shook his head and resumed their
embrace.

He wasn't dreaming; even his subconscious wouldn't be able to come up with all
the adjectives that she had used to describe him as if he were... well...
perfect. But he wasn't perfect, he began---- then moaned in surprise when she
pinched him in the ribs with her nails.

*Do you really want to go down the dumps again, Jedi?* she warned him, then
before he could argue, continued: *You are more than what you see in yourself,
and no matter what you will do, I will always consider you as the best companion
I could ever hope to find.*


*But---* he tried to object.

She silenced him by lowering her hands on his body until he realized that he had
to yield or else she would repeat her loving/torture treatment of the previous
night until he agreed with her.

"Ok---ay!" he gasped, "you're right, I'm belittling myself. I won't do it
again," he added earnestly when she didn't show any sign to not torture him with
unending pleasure once again.

"Good boy," his devious girlfriend smirked, pecked his lips once again, then
pulled away from him. "What says we wash away all that mud now?" she offered
him, changing the topic of their conversation.

Luke gazed down at her, then at himself; mud was indeed still caked all over
their legs and discarded shirts. Besides, he shrugged to himself, he hadn't
started his day that well in a long while---

Suddenly remembering that he had told Kam that he would be back for the morning
lessons, he reached out and snatched his chrono from his discarde

 

*giggles*

Mara and Luke are in luuuuvvvvve.....

 

they are going for a dive.

 

Good evening you two

Yup, they're in love, and they're going for a.... hmmm ;P very private dive... but don't worry, I have another, more clothed one planned for Marinesa ;P

Thanks for the comments, the two of you, and hope you'll enjoy the next part, with the reason why Leia didn't call the previous day

Disclaimers and thanks, see first post of part 2

A few hours later, they finally returned to the academy. The students had
gotten started on their day, the older students helping the younger ones as they
had practiced regular exercises of levitation and concentration instead of
trying new ones.

Despite this positive adaptation to their teacher's absence though, Kam Solusar
was almost impatiently waiting for them to return.

Frowning as he felt his friend's set of mind, Luke hastened his steps as he and
Mara walked closer to the behemoth temple. He finally came within sight of the
taller man, who sighed in relief when he saw him, uninjured.

"Luke, at last," he welcomed him, then exchanged a quick glance with Mara. "So
you were right after all, huh? He was in trouble."

"Never trust Skywalker to not find trouble," his girlfriend retorted, ribbing
him in the hips where he had been clawed less than twenty-four hours earlier.

Despite his healing status, Luke couldn't help but hiss in complaint against the
sudden, strong pressure.

"That's what Leia said too," Kam answered to Mara--- interrupting Luke's chain
of thoughts about his own answer to that comment.

"Leia??" he asked, aware that she hadn't called him the previous day. "You
called her for that?" he inquired in slight rebuke.

"No, but she called this morning," the other answered, then turned around and
invited them to go inside the temple with him. "She was worried about you and
us already, so when I told her about your nocturnal escapade, and the message
that Mara had just transmitted to us---"

"She called???" Luke gaped, at a loss for composure all of a sudden. His sister
had called him today, but not yesterday??

"She called as soon as she could," Kam nodded. "As I said, she was worried
about you and us."

"You mean the Academy?" Luke frowned, trying to decipher his sister's strange
attitude. Worry about the Jedi school? What had prompted her to think that
they were in danger?

"Yes. They weren't able to raise us for the past two days," his friend
explained seriously. "Apparently, the relay station had gone awry, but before
they could figure out that this was the problem and fix it,... your sister
feared the worse about you," he finished, locking his gaze with his teacher.

As if he were aware of what had gone through his mind the previous day, Luke
realized.

"That doesn't surprise me from her," Mara agreed in the silence while she
mentally gripped his hand in reassurance.

She had told him last night that Leia and Han had not abandoned him either, that
they had probably had had good reasons to not be able to call him. She had been
right, he realized even as the last remnants of his glum faded away and
dissolved completely from his heart. Leia had tried to contact him, to share a
part of their special day with him...

And if he had tried to call him on his own, he rebuked himself more sternly, he
too would have discovered the technical problem and would have understood why
his friends couldn't contact him...

How stupid he had been to think that----

A sharp pinch in his ribs interrupted his private session of self-depreciation.

*Haven't you had enough of those thought already?* Mara asked him pointedly
through their bond.

Right, he nodded sheepishly, he did not want to resume his state of the previous
day, and his negative thoughts were the insidious path that drove him toward
glumness. "When did she call?" he inquired out loud.

"Less than two hours ago," Kam answered. "I promised her that you would call
her the moment you arrived."

Both Luke and Mara could only agree with this decision; the three o