Episode 1: Into the Dark
-Jedi Temple, Order 66-
"No…"
The young Jedi Master felt deep sorrow and pain through the force as he drop to his knee and nearly wail. He could feel the life disappearing throughout the temple as sounds of battle began to reach him. The Jedi had been betrayed.
"Master, what is happening?"
His Padawan asked. The brown haired young boy who is only fifteen years old does not possess the same amount of discipline and insight that he possess and fail to understand the underlying meaning to this attack on the Jedi Temple. The youn Jedi Master who is only twenty four years old knew what is happening very clearly.
The Revenge of the Sith is upon them.
It is not hard to conclude considering the dark presence of a Sith Lord emanating from a part of the temple, the part where Jedi lives seems to be extinguished in an alarmingly fast rate. The Master closes his eyes and a speck of tear came out. The door to the training chamber opens and clone troopers come rushing in. His Padawan, sensing the danger, drew his lightsaber and ignite it with a hiss. The clones were about to fire when the Master rose from his position and with a wave of his hand sends them all flying to the wall hard with the Force.
"Keep your lightsaber ignited. We'll about to receive more company."
The Master warns while the Padawan nodded. Like he said, more Clone Troopers of the 501st Legion came with blaster rifles trained on them. The apprentice leapt behind them and decapitates three Troopers while the Master uses the Force to knock aside the remaining Troopers but more are approaching. Knowing the layout of the temple well, the Master brought down the ceiling to block the Troopers' path. Despite the betrayal, the Jedi Master is not comfortable in cutting down the soldiers that have served beside him for years, although he knew he cannot avoid it forever.
The brown robed and hooded Jedi Master sighed. He had only received his Mastery a month ago and in two or three years he would recommend his apprentice for Knighthood. The war is also ending with Count Dooku dead and General Grievous on the run and hunted down by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Who knew things could become so wrong so suddenly. His apprentice follows him from behind, still holding his lightsaber in tight grip. What they need to do now is survive. The Padawan dispatch more clones along the way while the Master stick to using the Force to knock down more Troopers. Together, the pair is a formidable force that disables Clones as quickly as the Sith Lord dispatch the Jedis. It doesn't take them long to find themselves encountering another Jedi.
"Master Y…"
"Serra, where is Master Drallig?"
Serra Keto was about to greet the Jedi Master but he cut her off, more interested in finding out where his fellow Jedi Master are, though he has a good idea already.
"…My Master is preparing to face the Sith Lord."
The Jedi Master sighs. He will have to join him. He can't leave him alone. It's not that he doubt the Jedi Battlemasters' ability but the more the merrier as they say. And this is a Sith Lord they're talking about. There's a reason why they're so hard to kill even if there are usually only two of them. Such is the result of the Rule of Two.
"And what about you? Where are you going?"
He asks Serra.
"I'm going to delay the Sith Lord until my Master's preparations are complete."
She answered. The young Jedi Master nodded. But suddenly he sensed a warning through the Force and held out his hand. He stops a bunch of rubles that were being hurled at them. He held the rubbles mid-air and cast them aside.
"…Serra, Issei, leave."
"But Master!"
"It's my job to stop him. I will hold him back"
"No!"
The Jedi Master yelled at them.
"…I need you two to do something. There are still younglings taking refuge in the council room. Padawan Irina is also there to guard them but she can't hold out all the troopers alone. Retrieve them and lead their escape. Their life takes priority. Go!"
The Jedi Master push them away with the Force and then collapse the ceiling, trapping himself and the Sith Lord… for now. The Master then turn towards the Sith Lord that is leading the attack on the temple. He pull down his hood, revealing his brown hair and blue eyes now filled with sorrow. He cries as he look straight at the cruel yellow eyes of the new Sith Lord, someone he knew quite well.
"Is it really you, Anakin?"
"Yoshino."
"You… You've fallen to the Dark Side. How can you do this? How can you kill your Jedi brethren in cold blood?"
Anakin Skywalker did not answer his question. He just look at the young Jedi Master coldly and ignite his blue lightsaber. Seeing that there is no reasoning with Anakin, Yoshino drew his own lightsaber. That clash would be the last time the two meet and the last time Jedi Master Yoshino was ever seen.
-Somewhere in Space-
"Aaahhh!"
Issei screamed as he got out of his bed drenched in cold sweat. He saw it again, that nightmare, that day he would never forget for the rest of his life. Because he cannot sleep after seeing that dream again, he decided to meditate to calm his nerves. It has become a common occurrence for the past year since they were on the run from the Empire.
"Ise?"
Issei was broken out of his trance by the voice of Irina. The girl is the one who is currently piloting their ship. They went in shifts, the three of them. Him, Irina, and Serra Keto. They have stayed together after the assault on Jedi Temple. They used to have Younglings with them but had dropped them with Master Yoda when they meet up with the Grand Master and Master Kenobi who survives Order 66.
It was supposed to be just him and Irina but Serra decided to come with them saying that she can't leave them alone after what they've been through, especially with what they have in mind. They are setting their course beyond the Galaxy, even further than the Outer Rim though on the opposite direction of the Outbound Flight.
"Hey, Irina."
Issei greeted the girl who had been his childhood friend for as long as he can remember. At least one thing that remain constant in his life.
He and Irina were street rats in some backwater planet. They were always together since they were young. Their parents were gone and both of them can barely remember their faces. One day, Jedi Knight Yoshino and Jedi Knight Malkuth came and found them. Feeling Irina's strong presence in the light side of the Force, Jedi Knight Malkuth wanted to take her back to Coruscant. He never looked at Issei at all because Issei, despite also being a force sensitive, tend to let emotion get the better of him and is more aligned to the Dark Side.
It was Jedi Padawan Yoshino, the man who would become his future Master, who would take him in despite Knight Malkuth's protest. He is a kind and understanding man who believes in people's inherent goodness. That is not to say that he is naïve but he is the most understanding man Issei had ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Thanks to him, he is a Jedi. Thanks to him, he can still be with Irina.
And now he's gone.
Irina could feel Issei's pain and sadness through the Force. But even without it, Irina knew what Issei is thinking. She knows him too well to not notice.
"Still thinking about 'that'?"
Issei nodded. He can never lie to Irina even if he wants to. Irina then went to sit beside him on his bed and put a hand on his shoulder. Issei smiles. Just a single touch, even without the use of any Force ability, managed to calm him down. Irina's presence is what kept him from the Dark Side since the fall of the Jedi Order, the fall of his Master. Her presence in the Light Side is so strong that by being near her alone made him feel at peace.
"I still see it Irina, everything."
"It has been a year. Master Yoshino wouldn't want you to be like this."
"Yes… he won't. He will call me a stupid Padawan and take me to meditate for hours."
Issei chuckled lightly, remembering what his Master like to punish him with. Meditation is fine and all but doing it for more than twelve hours straight is not normal. And as a man of action, Issei hates being kept still, which makes it a great punishment for him. He could swear that his Master loves to meditate as much as Master Yoda, perhaps even more.
The atmosphere turns lighter as Issei began remembering some better days… until the ship shook heavily.
"What the…"
"An attack?"
Issei and Irina got up to their feet and immediately rushed outside. They found Serra trying her hardest to control the ship but it's useless as the ship kept shaking. But it's not an enemy attack like they thought.
"What is that?"
Irina had to ask when she look outside the cockpit. There in front of them and their ship is a large swirling black portal not unlike a black hole.
"That thing is what's pulling us in! The hyperspace suddenly got cut off and that thing appear."
"Can we do something about it?"
Issei asked. Serra shook her head.
"No, the gravity pull is just too strong. If we fight against it, the ship will just be torn apart!"
"Oh bugger."
Issei said as he curses the Force inwardly for who knows how many times since Order 66. The light freighter they're using was swallowed by the black hole, the three Jedi unable to do anything to escape.
"Ugh, reminds me of that time that Master left me to deal with a Bull Rancor."
Issei groaned as he try to stand up. He shook his head a few times to try to get rid of the dizziness. His body is in pain but at least he didn't feel anything broken. After having his vision restored and not seeing just blurs, Issei checked his surrounding, expecting to see the ruined cockpit of their freighter.
He didn't see it.
Instead he saw both Irina and Sera sprawled on the ground not far from him. He try to look around some more and saw nothing, no signs of their ship ever crash-landing, not even a single piece of junk that could be identified as fragment of a starship.
"By the Force, what happened to us?"
Issei asked no one in particular. But he let the matter slide for now. What is important are Irina and Serra. He went to them and woke them up with a wave of the Force. The two of them woke up feeling disoriented but fine for the most part. No wounds or internal injury. Their lightsabers are also with them. After letting them regain their senses, they began to talk about what is happening.
"Where are we?"
Irina voiced the question that's on their mind. They are on a roadside, a rather primitive one if the materials were of any indication. So they're on a planet that has not yet gone to the stars but is perhaps halfway. Not advanced enough but not very primitive either. None of them recognize a planet with that characteristic in the known galaxy. Then again, they did fly past the unknown regions.
"I bet you fifty credits that we're in another galaxy."
"Well, we did go past the unknown region. That hole must've transported us here. It's fortunate that we didn't die."
True that it's one thing they could be grateful of. Issei was prepared to die when they encountered that black hole. It looks like things turn out perfectly fine… well, not really fine. Their ship is nowhere in sight and he doubt that this world accepts Republic credit as money. But at least they're alive and that's what matters.
"Alright, first order of business would be to learn about this world's civilization. We'll need to blend in."
"That is an idea. We can think about what to do after familiarizing ourselves with this world."
Issei and Serra are in agreement. Strangely enough, Irina is silent on the matter. When he turns to his long time friend, Issei saw her looking at something far away. Suddenly, Irina broke into a sprint. Issei and Serra follows her when they felt it, a disturbance in the Force and the presence of the Dark Side.
"No!"
They heard Irina scream. When Serra and Issei caught up with Irina, they saw what made her scream. A young boy is being stabbed by a winged humanoid. The winged humanoid carries the presence of the Dark Side, and that is enough reason for Issei to move. Using the Force to enhance his speed, Issei appear in front of the winged humanoid with lightsaber in hand. The blue blade came to life and in a split second his blade is embedded in the chest of the winged humanoid. He slashed and the dark side user is cut in two.
"You're quick to take action and kill, just as usual."
Serra noted, though she can't blame Issei, knowing that she could sometimes be as impulsive, especially towards dark side users. Irina though did not care about that. She went straight to the boy who was stabbed, hoping to safe him. When she came to his side, she gasped. The other two Jedi join them and when they saw his face, they are also surprised.
It is the face of Issei himself.
"What in the… he's… me?"
Issei is the one most surprised by the similarity. Everything about the two of them is so similar that it's eerie. Suddenly, the boy stir and his eyes open for a while. Irina tries to apply some healing but it's already futile. She cried as she realize that the boy couldn't be saved unless they took him to a life support tank soon which they don't have. The boy try to reach out with his hand to Irina.
But instead, his hand found its way to Issei.
And the boy remembers nothing more as bright light engulfed the two of them.
Hyoudou Issei, infamously known as one of the perverted trio, woke up from his sleep somehow feeling much better than he had ever been. He let out one last big yawn before stretching his body and got up from his bed. The first thing he do is tidy up his bed. Then he went to wash himself and brush his teeth. All in all it's just a normal morning.
It was not until he got out from the bathroom and look out from the window that he found something wrong. The sun is just rising.
"Eh?"
The teen let out a sound of disbelief. He look at the clock and saw that it's still a few more hours until school. It's still dawn and this is when he start realizing that something is very wrong with him. He just realized that he didn't wake up to the sound of his anime alarm clock and also he never tidy up his bed so early in the morning.
And he definitely never woke up at sunrise.
"What the… is it because of that dream?"
Issei asked himself. He had this dream about being stabbed by his girlfriend, Yuuma, and then in his dying moment he saw a girl crying for him and someone who look very eerily like himself together with the girl. That is why he came to the conclusion that it was a dream. There's no way his girlfriend would ask him to die and then a random girl came crying for him. And he definitely couldn't have seen his doppelganger in his final moment.
"Ugh, maybe I should cut down on the porn or that might really happen… wait, what?"
Issei couldn't believe what he was saying. Cutting down on porn? That's like saying he will only eat once a day for the rest of his life! Now he's certain that something is wrong with him. Come to think of it, his body felt lighter than ever and more toned.
'Have you come to term with reality yet?'
A sudden voice from beside him made Issei jump in surprise. There sitting on his bed is a…
"Aaahh! A ghost!"
'I'm not a ghost! I'm still alive for your information.'
There sitting on his bed is a translucent figure that looks very much like a ghost would and he looks like him. The figure wore some kind of robe Issei had never seen before.
'So, it's nice to meet you, Hyoudou Issei. I'm Issei, the owner of the body you're currently in. Since we'll be seeing each other a lot from now on, let's try to get along.'
"…what?"
And so goes another one of my madness. This is a teaser, for now. Just got this brilliant idea about making Issei and Irina a Jedi. I was thinking about having Issei and Irina somehow transported to A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away but this version seems more interesting. Jedi Issei is a native of the Galactic Republic. An alternate version of Issei who became a Jedi. Irina is his childhood friend. If I have to say, they're somewhat like Ren and Nora from RWBY in terms of relation and past. Takes place a year after Revenge of the Sith. If this continue far, we'll be seeing NJO characters. I refuse to call the new movie trilogy as canons! For me, the Expanded Universe will always be the true Star Wars canon in my heart! That is the will of the Force!
So DxD Issei never called for Rias in this story and he died… physically at least. Jedi Issei and DxD Issei will be sharing a body and switching around. You'll know which one is which. One is a pervert while the other is a Jedi. Boosted Gear? Who knows where it is now. Does the will of the Force also transfer Boosted Gear to Jedi Issei's body? We'll see. The environment of DxD will of course change the three Jedi here and… ohh I'm gonna have lots of fun when Shidou Irina meets Jedi Irina. Maybe some other characters will join the New Jedi Order… not Luke's Jedi Order but Earth's Jedi Order.
Harem obviously, that or the pairing will be Issei x Serra Keto x Jedi Irina. It will be hard to be monogamous while sharing his body with the soul of his alternate self who is a good-hearted pervert.