[center][b][color=7bcdc8]Xeviiy Sinclair[/color]
[color=7ea7d8]Leon Athos[/color][/b]
[b][color=f7976a]Coruscant[/color][/b][/center]

Leon felt the same as Anna did, he hoped that the Mandalorians weren't about to bring war to their door step, sure there was quite a few years of peace, but in the grand scheme of things, it was relatively short, especially if another war was on the horizon. The younger 'pups' of the Republic however seemed to want a chance to prove themselves in battle, be remembered as great heroes like Leon sort of was, hell he even felt that way when he joined the military, though it hadn't been glorious like he had imagined, it left a lot of scars on him that even to this day, he still dreams about.

He was broken from his thoughts as they started to get their food from the cafeteria, seeing the gray blob slowly fall onto his tray, it may have provided all the nutrients and vitamins they needed, but they could have at least mad it taste better. He glanced over at Xeviiy who was picking her own food, mostly sticking to a few fruits that they had before going over to a table and taking a seat.

Xeviiy glanced at the gray blob that was supposed to be food, poking it as it's gelatinous form jiggled a bit, part of her face that was visible giving off a grimace, looking up to when Anna spoke to her, unable to help but giggle a little when she said the food wasn't that bad, only for her face to give her away, “Yeah, clearly it doesn't taste that bad.”

Leon smirked when he knew what Anna was referring too, “Hey, if some mysterious hero leaves a candy bar for me on my tray when I'm not looking, who am I to decline it.” Xeviiy smiled as the conversation going on, the two of them reminding her of her parents, perhaps that's why her curiosity towards them peaked when she first saw them in the Temple.

“Well if the great Major is everything he's described as, I don't know if I'll be able to best him so easily, it's actually fairly funny, earlier today when I was training, I didn't actually want to fight, but after meeting you, something in me is just burning to see how I stack up, strange I know.” Xeviiy responded, her remark addressing the both of them.

Leon let out a small chuckle to Anna's remark, then said to Xeviiy, “It's actually not all that strange, it might be because you're wondering how I'm like a Jedi, but I serve the Republic, using their methods and teachings and weaponry rather than the Order's.”

“Well to be honest, I do find it a little odd, I mean even though your outer force abilities are limited, surely you could have still stayed with the Order, right? To rarely use the force however, I don't know if I'd be able to do such a thing.”

“When I left, I felt I wasn't good enough for the Order, not good enough to be a Jedi with my limited abilities, the Republic showed me that I didn't need that stuff to be great and in doing so, it made me realize I could have stayed with the Jedi, it perhaps sounds strange, but when I was your age, I felt I had to be like the other Jedi and when I wasn't, I thought myself a failure and left them, do I wish to return to the Order? Sure, but not right now, not when I'm with the Republic, it would be a disservice to them for all they taught me.” Leon responded in a more serious tone, Xeviiy understanding a little more why the man left, at times she felt like she wasn't measuring up to what a Jedi was supposed to be, so she could relate to him on that account.

Xeviiy nodded her head, the three of them soon finishing their meal, “So, ready for that sparring match you wanted?” Leon asked with a cocked smile, Xeviiy nodding eagerly. He lead them to a training room where a few recruits and privates were at, some of them practicing their combat skills on training dummies. “So how are we going to do this? You with a vibroblade or...” She trailed off as Leon smirked, “Oh, I have a treat for you, didn't think I'd ever use this again.” He went over to his locker, putting in the code for it and it popping open to reveal his training equipment, inside on the floor of the locker was a small, toolbox sized container.

Leon opened the container, inside revealing various parts that looked like random tool pieces, that was until he started to reach out to them with his mind, Xeviiy's skin starting to get some goosebumps as she watched the pieces slowly float into place, small sparks going off as the pieces combined one by one, then fully coming together with a crystal at the heart of it. The final spark going off when the entire lightsaber hilt was completed, “Y-You still have your lightsaber?” Xeviiy asked, rather shocked as was Anna, “Yeah, I kept it as a reminder of the Order, plus a lightsaber is part of a Jedi and to lose it is like losing a piece of one's self, right?” He smirked to her, Xeviiy nodding, but with a determined cocked smile of her own.

He lead her over to an area outlined that was for practicing hand to hand combat or sword combat, depending on the participants, they both went to opposite ends as Anna stood outside the sparring area, Xeviiy pulling her hilt from her lower back with the force, the turquoise blade shooting out near her arm, “Ah, I see you use the handling of Shien with the Soresu form, huh? It's an interesting combat style.” Leon spoke up, he point his hilt down as a golden blade ejected out, the little commotion that the lightsabers made quickly got the attention of the others in the room and they quickly went over to watch.

“Yeah, the hilt style works best for me.” She merely responded as she got ready for Leon, glancing over when the 'pups' started to comment, [i]'Is that Major Athos?'[/i] One in the crowd asked, [i]'Yeah, but what's he doing with a lightsaber? He's not a Jedi, is he?'[/i] Another responded with a question of his own. “Hey, focus on me, not them.” Leon spoke to Xeviiy, she quickly returning her attention to him, “Right, sorry.” Leon soon got ready to begin the match, giving her one last word, “Also don't hold back, alright?” Xeviiy nodding, a little nervous but also excited.

He soon quickly bolted towards Xeviiy, his body infused with the force allowing for quicker sprinting, something that shocked Xeviiy as she began to block his attacks, this one she could easily tell, it was a variation of the first form, Shii-Cho. His attack was relentless, but she knew that she couldn't just sit around and block forever, not if earlier that day taught her anything; she quickly rolled away from his attack, using the force to push him as she did so just to get some breathing room before she went on the offensive as well.

Leon blocked her attacks as the crowd watched on in awe as the two's blades danced through the air, the familiar noise they made when they went through the air and then clashed with each other, crackling and minor sparks came off as they struggle with one another. Leon wasted no time in going into his Ataru form, quickly once more slamming his blade against hers, once more gaining the advantage as he forced her to slowly go back. It was no wonder he was somewhat of a legend amongst the other soldiers, if this is what he was capable of in just a sparring match, what was he actually like in a war?

He found an opening when his last attack smacked her blade away from her center for just a split second, more then enough time with his heightened abilities to charge into her, sending her off her feet and skidding a few feet away. She panted a little as she started to get up, he was really good, but from how he was standing, it seemed like he wasn't even trying, “Had a good break?” He taunted her when finally managed to get to her feet, a drive in her flaring up as she used the force to push her towards Leon, her lightsaber clashing with his once more as she tried using Djem So, a form she only studied through recordings but never actually practiced, so it was sloppy, but she showed great promise with it.

Leon was actually surprised to see her change in form, he studied all of them when he had been with the Order, so to see her, someone who clearly favor a defensive form and go into an offensive one was rather surprising to him, but he could see that it was sloppy, which told him she used it little or not at all.

Xeviiy feigned to the left, Leon trying to anticipate her movement, only to see at the last second her right hand coming in on him, a blast sending him off his feet and sliding away from Xeviiy; alright, that he had to give that one to her, it was pretty clever. Xeviiy smirking as shallow breaths escaped her, “Seems like you're the one who's taking a break.” She taunted back to him.

Leon cocked a grin as he quickly got to his feet, “I can see why you're with the Jedi, you're pretty clever.” He retorted back.

“Well recent training as given me a few pointers.” She smirked at him, going into her Soresu form once more.

He closed the short distance between them once more as the crowd looked on in awe, not believing that a Major of the Republic was having a sparring match with a Jedi, sure they learned how to fight with bladed weapons, but a lightsaber was a different matter and had a different weight to it than a standard vibroblade. His Ataru form once more was unleashed onto Xeviiy, something she knew she couldn't continuously block every time they clashed, she had to find a way to get out of what was starting to be a repeating cycle.

She noticed that with his offense, there wasn't much defense, mostly at his feet, if she could plan a maneuver that got him off his feet again, she could perhaps disarm him and with the match, no doubt it'd be impressive that she bested a high ranking officer such as him, even with being a Jedi. She went to swipe at his feet when she had an opening, expecting him to jump to avoid the attack, then she could use the force to send him through the air again and then obtain his lightsaber, effectively allowing her to win the match.

That plan however didn't go as she expected, rather than jumping to avoid the attack, he spun around it as well as her, slamming his elbow of his cybernetic prosthetic into her back, making her stumble a bit. She winced as she felt his arm slam into her back, though Leon did his best to make sure he didn't hit her too hard, that arm of his had an added bonus of more strength to it, something he had to adjust too when he first got it.

“You...weren't supposed to do that.” She panted a little as her arm went behind her back, rubbing the spot that had been hit.

“Perhaps you should have thought what other moves I would have made.” He responded with a smirk.

Xeviiy hastily went towards Leon once again, though her sight started to act weird, flashing a different image of what she was seeing for a split second, she ignoring it and then right as she was about to strike, saw the man that she had fought in the vision earlier in the day and then quickly halted her attack, jumping back from Leon, shaking her head to try and clear it, something that he found strange.

“Hey, you alright?” He asked with a tilted head, finding it odd she would cancel her attack and back away from him.

“Y-Yeah just...never mind, let's continue.” She answered back, deciding to go on the defensive with Soresu once again, but only because she didn't know what was going on.

Leon nodded, closing in on her, flashes switching between Leon and the man in the vision, something that was making Xeviiy unfocused from the fight as she blocked the attacks, a constant switch from Leon then back to the man and so on as she shook her head to try and clear it once more. A strong attack from Leon sent her weapon from the weak grip of her hands to the ground, something that Leon hadn't expected as he was in the middle of his combination attack, Xeviiy in an instant froze as her sight changed to the man again, staying there longer this time.

Leon expected her to quickly retrieve her weapon to block his attack, but her fear at her altered sight caused her to throw her arms up to block the attack; his eyes widened, she'd be cut in two if this hit and his forward motion couldn't be stopped now. He swiftly deactivated his lightsaber, just in the nick of time where it was his fist that made contact with her arms rather than the blade, it sent her sliding across the polished floor before hitting a wall that stopped her.

He made his way over to her as did Anna and the crowd, “Hey, are you alright?” He asked the shivering girl that was still curled up. She slowly looked up, her head finally clear, before taking Leon's hand when he offered it to her, helping her to her feet, “I..I don't know what happened, my head...I...” She spoke, still a little shaken and then Leon reach out with the force, retrieving her weapon and handed it to her, “Come on, I think it's time to take you back to the Temple.” She nodded as she took her weapon, placing back on her lower back and then started to walk with Leon and Anna out of the training room as the crowd parted to let them pass.

He wondered what that was all about, perhaps he'd have to speak to who her current master was, perhaps her training took more out of Xeviiy than even she thought, it wasn't clear, though he knew he had to find out, she couldn't be like this when they went on the mission they were assigned, not that he lost faith in her, he just didn't want to see this up and coming Jedi cut down so young in her life.