Disclaimer: Here I go again, I do not own Fairy Tail or Star Wars
Authors note: It feels good to be writing a story. For those who have come for the new season of Shadowrunner of Void, I am sorry to disappoint you but this is not what you're looking for. Now I might post a few chapters of the new season but I will primarily working on A Jedi in Fairy cloth.
I hope readers will enjoy my new story as I continue to post chapters. I want to shout a word of thanks to my editors Undeadmonkey8 and my new editor LordofMadness for helping me. Enough of the author's note, time for some story.
Chapter 1:
Prologue
Eight Years before the Clone Wars . . . Coruscant, Twenty miles from the Jedi Temple
"Wait, hold on." The hooded woman fell to one knee breathing hard.
The hooded man that was holding her hand fell to her side, "We don'thave time. They know we are here and they are coming. I can feel it."
The woman's voice grew a bit angry, "Thanks for worrying about your wife . . . or your future child." She put a hand on her round belly.
The man's voice grew angry along with the woman's, "If I didn't care about you or the child do you think I would be here?!"
He instantly regretted what he had said to her, he grasped her hand tighter and his voice softened, "I-I'm sorry. Love, do you want me to carry you?"
His answer was her wrapping her arm around the back of his neck. He wrapped one of his arms around her back and the other under her knees then took off running with her.
As the woman bounced in his arms she let a smile show through, "Doesn't this remind you of our mission back on Felucia?"
The man let out a laugh, "Those were Acklay, not Jedi. And you weren't with child."
Her face then grew dim, "Do you regret secretly marrying me?"
"No, never did, never will. I love you."
"And what about the baby?" She asked quietly.
"I have killed many people, this child is the only good thing I have brought into this galaxy. No regrets."
Her head fell against his chest, "I picked a good husband, didn't I?"
The two cloaked figures ducked and weaved through crowds and alleyways avoiding any security they saw along the way. After a few minutes of running, the two finally reached their destination, a alleyway that was away from prying eyes and earshot of the common people.
"Where is she? She said she would meet us at these coordinates!" The man hissed.
The woman looked around worriedly, "Maybe she was delayed or they know what she was up to and stopped her?"
"You don't give me enough credit do you?" A Miralukan appeared from around a corner. They were female from their looks and voice, which was hidden by her heavy robes. This Mirilukan was different from any other, their naturally blind eyes had been replaced with augmented ones giving her the ability to see as any normal human could but still retain the Force Sight that was her birthright.
"Etro! Thank the Force!" The man sighed with relief.
"You do know the amount of trouble I will get in if I am caught aiding you?" She asked questioningly.
"I'm sorry but there is no one else we can turn to for help that we trust." The woman replied.
There was a brief pause, then the man asked simply, "Please."
Etro rubbed her eyes and sighed, "I can't say no to you guys, but I do this and all debts are repaid. Understood?"
The man and woman simply nodded, "Good. Now you may want to put her down. I am going to have to rough you up a little bit to make it believable."
He set his wife down away from him and prepared himself for what was about to happen. Green lightning shot out of Etro's fingertips and wrapped itself around the man's body causing him to writhe in pain.
The woman was about to yell out 'stop' but kept it down and endured the horror of hearing her husbands screams of pain. Once the man was moderately injured, Etro stopped and moved over to the woman.
"Thankfully I won't have to hurt you if you didn't resist. I'm going to need your lightsabers and your heirloom." Etro extended her hand toward the woman as she started rifling through her pockets.
She slowly extended her hands toward Erto not wanting to give these precious objects up. Etro smiled softly, "Don't worry, you have my oath that he will get these when he is older."
A tear streaked down the woman's face, "Thank you, we owe you so much."
Etro made her way over to the man and relieved him of his lightsaber too, "No, now we are even."
They heard footsteps coming from every direction, Etro quickly activated her golden greatsaber and pointed in the general direction of her friends, then loudly; and with obvious remorse, said, "I hereby placed you two under arrest for breaking your oaths to the Jedi order and the Grand Republic."
()()()()
Jedi Temple holding area
The ray shield activated separating the two occupants inside from the group of Jedi and security personnel standing by the entrance to the cell.
"You two are a disgrace to the order. If I could have it my way, you two would be exiled without a trial." Commented one Azuran Jedi.
"Doesn't really matter. They are going to be exiled anyway, they have no chance. Hope you two have fun knowing your names will be struck from all records and being thought of only as a failure." Added a Veknoid.
"Look at them huddled together there in the corner. Maybe they should be split up just to-" Started another before a Kel Dor walked up to them.
"That is enough out of you. Begone all of you." The Kel Dor waved them off.
All but one of the Jedi bowed, "O-of course Master Plo Koon." All but the one who didn't bow quickly left.
Plo Koon walked over and placed a hand on the remaining Jedi's shoulder, "It must be difficult to see them like this Etro. I am aware of your close friendship with the two of them."
Etro continued to look at the two quiet figures comforting themselves in the corner, "It is Master. It was even harder hunting them down."
Plo Koon shook his head, "I am no longer your master, I have thought you thoroughly and you still exceeded my expectations during your trials."
Erto looked at one of her hands and watched as green energy surged lightly around it, "And I thank you for training me, it's also because of you that I am well respected among the Jedi."
He nodded, "I only helped slightly. Teaching you Electric Judgement has helped you subdue many criminals and bring them to justice."
"I just never thought that I would have to use it on a friend." Etro added with bitterness in her voice.
"Sometimes it is necessary. Have you discovered what they had done with their lightsabers or her heirloom?" Plo Koon asked inquisitively.
Etro's head shook slightly, "No. They must have hidden them in case they managed to escape and then come back for them."
The Kel Dor nodded and then started to walk away , "Pity, what we could have learned from that holocron."
Once he was a fair distance away, Etro pulled the small cube from one of her pockets and studied it for a second before looking at her two friends in the cells who were staring intently at her. She nodded and pocketed the device as she caught up with Plo Koon.
"Any word on when the child might be born?"
Plo Koon thought for a moment, "Within a week or two if the doctors were will be moved to a more 'accommodating' cell which can in a few seconds can be turned into a delivery room."
"Will he be able to stay by her side?"
"As long as he doesn't cause any problems." Plo Koon responded without breaking step.
It was time for the question that had been bugging her, "And what of the child?"
"Well if they are connected to the Force, they will stay here and be trained as a Jedi. If not, the child will go with the parents."
Etro fell to one knee, "Master Plo Koon, if the child is Force sensitive I request that I be the one to train them. I beg of you, allow me to train them."
Plo Koon rubbed the back of his head, "I don't know. I know you're close with them as I said before, will you allow personal feelings to interfere with the child's training?"
"No, I swear it. Please grant me this one wish . . . please."
There was silence between the two before he sighed, "I'll see what I can do but no promises, alright?"
Etro rose from her knee and bowed deeply, "Thank you master."
()()()()
Four days later, Jedi Temple holding cells
The childbirth went off without a hitch, Etro stood with Plo Koon close to the three. The woman held her baby close to her, although this is what they had hoped for, giving up the child was tough for her.
"We have run our test and have found he is indeed connected to the Force." Plo Koon stated but was not yet finished, "His midichlorian levels are extremely high, surpassing even a few on the council."
The man spoke up, "Could he be the one to fulfill the prophecy?"
Plo Koon shook his head, "No, while he is indeed strong in the force there is another who's midichlorian level surpasses his."
"I see." The man replied then was about to speak up again but Plo Koon interrupted him.
"The child will be well looked after, you have my word." Doubt in the man's eye vanished, he knew he could trust Plo Koon, he was most honorable, even among the Jedi. "It is time, Etro if you please."
Etro nodded and walked over to side of the bed which the women lay after giving birth. The father kissed the child's head gently as did the mother and had one final hug together before the woman slowly handed Etro her third, final, and most precious belonging, her child.
Etro took the child gently out of the woman's and held it there looking at its peaceful face. The woman said one last thing before the two walked out, "His name is Ryu."
Etro let out a tiny laugh, "You named him after your grandfather?"
The woman eyed her husband, "It was hard enough to convince this fool not to make his first name Krayt."
"Krayt? As in Krayt Dragon?" Plo Koon let out his own laugh.
"See! Plo Koon thinks it's stupid too." The woman said back to her husband trying to hold back the oncoming tears.
"Well I thought it sounded cool." The man replied also trying hold back the tears.
"Master, I have a official name for the child, Ryu Krayt Nezuma. So that he may carry a name from both parents and so I can be his guardian and teacher."
"And you swear that your feelings won't interfere with his training?"
"This I swear on my very life."
9 years and 367 days later, one day before Ryu's tenth birthday, two years into the Clone Wars
Jedi Archive Bio on Padawan Ryu Krayt Nezuma
Sex: Male
Age: Nine years old
Height: 4ft 5in
Weight: 91 pounds
Eye color: Dark green(inherited from father)
Hair type/color: Wavy silver(inherited from mother)
Other notable features: Well built(for a nine year old), scar on upper right back from blaster malfunction(right shoulder has 'twangs' of pain but very rare), braided hair on right ride of his head to signify his rank as Padawan
Background: Ryu K. Nezuma is the son of (reducted[exiled]) and (reducted[exiled]) whose guardian now is AriannaNezuma (Prefers Etro) who also serves as his Jedi Master. Ryu was born on Coruscant in a Jedi Temple holding cell. His parents were soon exiled for breaking their oaths to the Jedi order and the Republic shortly after his birth. He lived among the other younglings until he was old enough to become Etro's padawan. (It should be noted, had Master Plo Koon not intervened, Ryu would have most likely been kicked out of the order). Ryu's life became considerably more difficult through Etro's constant and difficult training routines, some witnesses report that Ryu was doing some difficult tasks for a child of his age while Etro 'lazed about'. But it is this harsh training that has made Ryu a strong individual physically, mentally, and in the Force.
Personality: Ryu is rather cold person. Hardly talking to anyone and rudely brushing off anyone who tried. Multiple disciplinary measures have been taken to change his attitude but with no success. There have been multiple incidents where teachers have had to split up a fight between Ryu and another student. When asked what started the fight Ryu would usually respond with, "I heard them talking behind my back" or "They were giving me a mean look". These incidents quickly led to Ryu separating from the class during training periods and going so far to ask the teachers to be his practice partner (rather rudely some teachers have put in their report). When not in class, Ryu often practices his lightsaber techniques and trying to learn to fight with two sabers at once. When not practicing, he is sitting in his room and just meditates on his bed remaining silent for up to four hours at a time only coming out of his room for food. The other younglings and some teachers call Ryu 'The child/kid with no smile'. Further measures will need to be taken to improve his attitude if he hopes to become a Jedi.
Force Training:
Alter: Ryu has displayed remarkable and adept skills in Alter training, able to move objects much larger than himself and being able to sustain them in the air for extended periods of time. Currently attempting to learn more advance Alter techniques from his master.
Control: All Jedi have there ups and downs, Control is Ryu's downside. His ability to trick the minds of weak targets have been few and far between and has shown no progress in any other ability related to control. Suspicions among other Jedi suspect that it is due to Ryu's state of mind. If he was able to improve his state of mind then his Control skill would probably improve drastically. Although, further training in Control has been discontinued on Etro and Ryu's request
Sense: There a line between Ryu's Alter and Control skills, and Sense is it. Ryu has above average ability to feel distortions around and sense when something is near. But unlike the other younglings, Ryu has quite a few visions in varying degrees. Sometimes he can tell exactly where the vision is and the time it takes place to sometimes getting only one word out of the experience. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but Ryu's visions have a tendency to happen at any given point in time. There has been recorded instances of Ryu breaking down in class due to a sudden vision. We know that visions are not to be taken lightly and had the teacher record Ryu during his visions. From what we can glean from his visions, they have a roughly ninety-two percent accuracy. For a two month period, Ryu went through intense Sense training in order to better control the visions. The visions still come but now rarely cause him to lose control. Only instances of the vision including pain now causes him to break down. Ryu visions extend to the future and past, through this he had learned that his true parents were exiles. Anger issues rose after this event.
Lightsaber training: Fights with lightsaber reversed in hands, as if you were plunging a small knife down. Spends many hours training with his lightsaber and shows real promise in dual-wielding lightsabers. Quickly shot to the top of his class in lightsaber combat, like his father before him. He has already started blending two styles together, Form IV known as Ataru or Way of the Hawk Bat and form V known as Shien/ Djem So or Way of the Krayt Dragon(There are those who think this isn't coincidence in him choosing that form). There are issues in his fighting, his fighting sessions were analyzed and statistics show that his fighting style is three-hundred percent more aggressive than the next student, probably a result of him using the two most aggressive techiques. Records also indicate Ryu trying to access the restricted form VII known as Way of the Vornskr or has some have come to call it 'Ferocity Form' but has (thankfully) been denied. Serious issues could arise if not dealt with.
Other notes:
Severe disciplinary measures needed in order to change Ryu's attitude
Now proficient with dual lightsaber combat
Has developed a "friendly" relationship with Padawan Maverick Tsudik, whether they are friends is unknown. Maverick says that they are only 'acquaintances that hang out together from time to time'.
Visions are mostly under control now
Creates his own sets of Jedi garments for environments, a few of his creations have been catalogued for future use by other Jedi
Keen interest in lightsaber crystals
Surgery may be indeed to fix right shoulder if condition ever worsens
Despises parents for being exiles, has only led him to more anger problems
It is currently unknown whether Etro has been trying to change his attitude
Suspension from Jedi Order is under consideration
Current location: Currently aboard the Unyielding Dawn above the planet Graylin 33under his master, Jedi Knight Arianna Nezuma.
Aboard Space Station Unyielding Dawn in orbit around Graylin 33
Ryu shifted around in his sleep, sweating up a storm and soaking the bed sheets. Mumbling could be heard escaping from his lips, the words were clear, "Goodbye master."
A loud metallic knocking woke him from his slumber and moaned when he look at the time. A familiar voice came through the door, "Ryu? Come on dude wake up. It's midday already, well midday according to Galactic Standard time anyway."
Ryu took one of his pillows and smothered his face in hopes it would drown out the sound, eventually the knocking stopped and Ryu fell back to sleep. A few minutes later Ryu awoke to the hissing of his room door sliding open and knew who it was. The pillow was lifted to reveal the midnight black shoulder-length hairedMiralukan who was his master.
"Time to get up sleepy head." Etro stated cheerfully with a wide grin of her face.
Ryu lifted his head and looked toward the kid in the doorway. "I hate you Maverick." Ryu coldly said before his head fell back down onto the pillow.
"Get up, they are serving lunch and I know how you are if you don't eat lunch." The cheerfulness had left Etro's voice.
Ryu remained silent and closed his eyes, snoring could be heard from him a couple seconds later. Etro brought a chop down hard on Ryu's forehead, Ryu awoke enraged and leapt at his master throwing a punch at her as he did. A short burst of green electrical energy erupted from Etro's fingertips and caught Ryu by surprise. He fell to the ground with a large thump and remain motionless.
Etro shook her head, "Jeez Ryu, you could learn to lighten up. After lunch, come to my room. I have an early present for you."
Etro left and Maverick crouched down beside Ryu, "You looked a little cooked there buddy."
"Bite me."
"So he does talk today. Come and get dressed, don't want to go to lunch in your underwear." Ryu looked at himself, his boxers was the only article of clothing he had on, plus one sock.
Before Maverick left, he turned around and tossed a wrapped object he had pulled from his pocket toward Ryu, "I know it's your birthday tomorrow but me and my master are being moved and I might not have time to give it to you tomorrow. See ya at lunch."
The present landed Ryu's bare back as he laid there on the cold ground, he found it oddly soothing and comfortable. A couple minutes later he reached around to his back and grasped the present. He brought around to his chest as he rolled to his back and sat up slowly. The present was cylindrical in shape and was more or less about the same length as a standard lightsaber. Although it had a wider circumference and weighed quite a bit more than a lightsaber.
Ryu unwrapped the present unceremoniously tossing the paper to his side. The present was a pair gauntlets that were obviously too big for his arms. He slid on the gauntlets and stuck his fingers through the fingerless gloves that came with it, the gauntlets bounced around on his arms and the gloves flopped around on his hands. He looked questioningly at the material that the gauntlet was made of, he hadn't seen it before. It obviously wasn't made out Plasteel, which he recognized from Clone Trooper armor, this material was much tougher. He thought for a few moments and stood in shock, what these gauntlets were made of was Mandalorian metal. He remembered once reading about how scarce this material was, how did Maverick get his hands on two gauntlets in perfect condition, and why did he give it to him of all people? He decided he would ask him face to face later.
Ryu slipped into his Jedi garments which he designed personally to match the garments of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He had met Obi-Wan twice and was able to talk with him one on one for a while, he looked up to Obi-Wan in his own and therefore gave him proper respect whenever he would talk to him. Although these garments weren't the only ones he owned, Ryu had designed several types of clothing for himself for different environments on his free time.
For now, Ryu wore his standard garments which others called his 'Kenobi garments'. He slipped the gauntlets into his bag and hoisted the bag onto his back then clipped his two training sabers to his waist. Ryu's door slid open to reveal the metallic corridor and the reinforced window that separated him from an endless vacuum.
A group of three clone troopers in their combat armor walked with their helmets off, all their faces were the same yet different. He noticed they were heading in the same he was but maintained distance from them, Ryu tended to do that with everyone he could. From what he heard from their conversation, they were fresh recruits recently assigned to this station but were hoping for a position to serve on the front lines.
"Better here then there." Ryu mumbled to himself. He closed his eyes but continued walking, he had taken this route many times before and knew it by heart. Many sounds could be heard as Ryu walked through the corridor, the occasional intercom message to all members on board, the sound of metal on metal as protocol droids of many shapes and sizes roamed through the halls, the hissing of doors opening and closing, the sound of a elevator beeping when it reached his floor. He snapped his eyes open just before he ran into the back of one of the clones, they all waited as the people in shuffled out before shuffling themselves in.
Once in, the one who appeared to be the commanding officer of these group of clones hit the button on the panel, floor seven which is where Ryu was going. Ryu quickly isolated himself in the back left corner of the elevator, the doors slid shut and the elevator gave a slight jerk as it started to move. The clones started talking amongst themselves again until one of them noticed Ryu standing in the corner.
"When did that kid get in the elevator?" All the troopers gazes shifted to Ryu which made him slightly more uncomfortable.
"Oh him, we passed him in the hall. Didn't you see him?" The commander answered.
"No, I have my sights on the food that's going to be in my belly." Joked the one who spotted him.
"Is food all you have your mind on? Seriously though, who is the kid?" Asked the third trooper with a warhawk hairstyle.
"He is a youngling to that one Jedi Knight, I think her name was Metro?" The commander thought.
"Her name is Etro, and I'm a Padawan not a youngling." Ryu coldly corrected him.
"Sorry, I only heard her name in passing." The commander replied.
"Whatever." Ryu let his head thump against the elevator.
"Jeez, some manners this kid has." Ryu eyed the second trooper, the one who didn't see him in the hall, "I thought all Jedi were kind hearted."
The one with the Warhawk but in, "Show some respect man, he may not be a full fledged Jedi but the stuff they sometimes go through, it's rough." Rage slowly bubbled through Ryu.
The second trooper made fake crying sounds, "Boo hoo, poor little Jedi going through harsh training. It takes more to become a Trooper than a Jedi." Ryu tried holding the encroaching rage back.
"Can it trooper!" The commander snarled.
"I could probably go through Jedi training in a month, only if I had freak parents like his."
Ryu snapped, he gathered his energy and slammed the trooper against one side of the which left an imprint. Then quickly flung the trooper to the other side and left another imprint. The trooper then crashed to the ground as Ryu released his grip, the injured trooper remained motionless but made soft moaning sound which indicated he was still alive for the time being. Ryu was initially confused, he had attack the man for insulting his parents but Ryu hated his parents. He looked to the entrance of the open elevator and saw Etro which a expression of extreme anger.
()()()()
Etro's room
"You assaulted a clone trooper! Have you gone mad?! Do you know what's going to happen to you? You're definitely going to be suspended, and with your current attitude I don't see you being reinstated any time soon." Etro paced back in forth in front of Ryu who sat with his head hanging low, "What do you have to say for yourself?"
Ryu remained silent for about half a minute thinking, he thought and thought. He wondered why did he attack that trooper when insulted his parents. The family he never met and hated for being exiles. It didn't make any sense no matter how much time he thought about it. Then started crying. He just let loose the water works, he stood up knocking the chair over and dove his face into Etro's chest, "I don't understand! I don't understand! Why don't I understand?!"
Etro's was taken back, not only has Ryu never asked her for comfort but she has never seen him cry, ever. "What's wrong? What don't you understand?"
"I was managing to hold back my rage but when he insulted my parents, I just lost it. But why? Why?! I hate my parents! I hate their very existence but why did I go into a fit of rage when that man insulted them." Etro was still recovering from the shock of what she was seeing from Ryu but once she did, she crouched down and pulled him into a hug.
"Hush, child. It's alright. I know what is wrong with you." Ryu managed to stop the tears and look Etro in the face as she explained, "You may hate your parents, but deep in your heart you do love them."
"That's impossible. I feel nothing but hatred for them." Ryu replied.
"If that's the case, then why did you attack that man when he insulted them." This caused Ryu to think before he responded but again he could not figure out why, "See, they may be the parents you hate. But they are your parents."
Ryu's head hung low once again, "Am I a bad person?"
"Yes." Etro answered simply, causing a frown on Ryu's face, "But, I believe that you have a kind heart hidden away somewhere in that chest of yours. All you need is a little shove in the right direction."
Etro stood up and retrieved two cylindrical objects from her pockets, "Your parents wanted you to have these when you were older, I think you're old enough. If you really hate your parents that much then you can get rid of these in any way you see fit."
Ryu took the lightsabers from and walked a couple paces away from Etro, his sight never breaking from the sabers in his hands. He assumed is two handed saber combat form and activated both, one shot out a beam of black light that seemed to shimmer, the other a bright white that slowly pulsed much like a heartbeat.
"The black one is your mother's, it uses a Dragite Crystal. The white is your father's, it contains a Krayt Dragon Pearl."
Ryu's face shot back to Etro, "A Krayt Dragon Pearl? Are you serious?" Etro nodded slowly, and Ryu continued, "My father killed a Krayt Dragon?"
"He was an excellent fighter, you show promise of inheriting his skill, he too trained in Form IV and Form V. Your mother was an expert in using the Force in multiple ways and it would seem you inherited her Alter skills. Although she did not have visions like you did. And you seem to inherit your father's Control skill, he was . . . lacking in his ability to properly use the Force except when he channeled it through his lightsaber."
Ryu remained silent as questions start to fill his head, "I thought Dragite Crystals were only purple."
Etro shrugged, "Someway or another she managed to find a black one with the effects of a Dragite Crystal."
"What did my father do with the other Krayt Dragon Pearl? There had to at least be two."
"Given to Plo Koon who helped him fight it, what he did with it I do not know."
"Is there a meaning between the white and black sabers, or is that just coincidence?"
Etro rubbed her chin, "Well, your parents were ones for balance. Other than that, purely coincidence."
"Wouldn't I normally get these when I turned twelve and wouldn't I assemble them myself?"
"Yes but as I said, I think you are old enough for these and I am going to have you construct both later. But now it is time for your final gift." Etro started rifling through her pockets again.
Ryu's eyes widened in horror and fear quaked through his voice, "What did you just say?"
Etro was puzzled by the sudden amount of fear, "I said it was time for your final gift."
Ryu quickly bolted out of Etro's room and into the steel corridor then stopped a few feet from the window, Etro quickly joined him and stared out the window with him. A few moments passed before Ryu said with fear filling his voice, "They're here."
Several Separatist war ships suddenly dropped out of Hyperspace and continued onward toward the station. Alarms started blaring seconds later and military personnel could be heard sprinting past them running to their stations. Multiple fighter squadrons could be seen launching from the stations bays flying toward the oncoming enemies. Ryu continued to stare at the ships, "I'm going to die."
"What are you talking about? What do you mean you're going to die?" Etro asked calmly.
Ryu turned to Etro slowly, "I had a vision in my dream last night. When I get in a escape pod, I am going to be sucked into a black hole that will envelop this station and the planet."
"You're crazy, the Separatists don't have that kind of technology!" Etro shouted.
Ryu looked Etro right in her eyes, "Master, they found a Mass Shadow Generator and they intend to use it. Makes sense doesn't it, they would need many more ships to destroy all the stations orbiting the planet."
Etro stared at her apprentice awhile longer before sprinting back into her room and gathered everything she could quickly. Ryu walked in calmly but quickly, if he was going to die he wasn't going to roll over and cry about it. He slung his bag on and it gave a strange metallic chinks as parts inside the bag moved around.
Etro gave a quick confused look, "What in the name of the Force is in that bag?"
Ryu moved the door waiting for his master, "Lightsaber parts."
"To make how many?!"
"Maybe five or six." Ryu replied calmly watching the station personal run this way and that.
"Why?!" Etro stuffed what she needed in her pack and ran to the door alongside her Padawan.
Ryu merely shrugged, "When I would settle down somewhere when I was old and grouchy-"
"Grouchier." Etro quickly commented as the two of them sprinted down the hallway toward the nearest console with station wide broadcast.
"Whatever, I want to hang these lightsabers around my room with different crystals from where I have been."
Etro took a look Ryu they were running and broke out laughing, "I've heard you talk more today than you have within half a year."
"Probably the last time too." Ryu said gloomily.
Etro put a hand on his shoulder as they stopped next a control panel that linked up with station wide broadcasting, "I will do everything to keep you alive, even if it costs me my life."
"Don't bother, my visions are correct."
Etro started quickly typing on the console, "Mostly, they have about a ninety two percent chance of being right."
Ryu was stunned, "No one ever told me, I just assumed they were always right."
"Well now you know." After a couple more taps on the console Etro managed to open a station wide broadcast, "This is Jedi Knight Etro, the Separatists have access to a Mass Shadow Generator and intend to use it on this planet. For those who don't what a Mass Shadow Generator is, all you need to know is you need to evacuate now if you want to live."
A few seconds past before another broadcast from the captain came through on the intercom, "All hands, abandon this station. I repeat, all hands abandon this station."
Ryu and Etro proceeded to the escape pods on their deck when ran into Maverick, "Maverick, where is your master?"
"I don't know Master Etro, I haven't seen him anywhere since lunch. Wait, what is the Separatist ship doing?!"
Ryu shot his gaze out the window near him and saw a flaming hulk of a Separatist heading right for the station, "All hands, brace for impact."
The flaming wreck slammed into the station causing massive tremors around the station, then the ship exploded. Once it detonated, explosion knocked everyone off their feet. Ryu landed on his scarred shoulder and gripped it in pain as he rolled on the floor trying to push past it. Even though he was the most in pain of the three of them, he managed to stand up before the other two and glance out the window. Had they been one deck lower, they would all be dead.
Ryu's head shot toward the ceiling when he started hearing metal tear, the ceiling was coming down on them and the other two hadn't gotten up yet. Ryu blasted his master with a quick pulse of Force energy causing her to slide to safety unharmed, he then grabbed Maverick who was at his feet and jumped as far back as he could just before the ceiling came down.
Maverick let out a cry of pain as his leg became pinned under a large sheet of metal, pipes and electrical wires, "Hey Ryu I'm stuck, stop trying to pull me out!"
Ryu let go of his comrade's garments and moved to the debris then focused his energy. He put as much energy as he could in trying to lift the debris but even as powerful as he was in moving objects with the Force, he was only ten and therefore wasn't strong enough to lift it with his current abilities. The debris only shifted slightly as Ryu put everything he had into lifting it.
"Ryu!" Came a voice from the other side of the debris. He looked to see Etro through a gap in the debris holding a cube object.
"This belongs to you." Etro thrusted the object through the gap and guided it with the Force until it rested in Ryu's hands, "If you live through this, then you better take care of that thing. If it breaks, I'll kill you."
Ryu didn't recognize what the device was at the time, he pocketed it as his master bolted down the hallway toward the nearest escape pods. Then he turned his attention to a trapped Maverick who had grim look on his face, "Leave me, there is no way you can get my leg out from under this without some heavy duty equipment."
"Fine." Ryu activated his white saber and looked down at his companion, "If that's the case then we'll just leave the leg here!"
Maverick screamed at the top of his lungs as the saber severed his left leg just below the knee, there was no blood due to the lightsaber cauterizing the leg as it went through. Ryu deactivated the lightsaber and placed it on his hip, then he threw Maverick over his shoulder and started sprinting to the next closest escape pod area.
Maverick continued to scream in pain as he bounced on Ryu's as he ran down the corridor, "Why didn't you leave me you idiot?!"
"I'm not leaving a friend behind."
Maverick's pain ceased for a second out of initial shock of what Ryu just called him, "I may have misheard you the intense pain that you cutting through my leg caused, what was that?"
Ryu sighed angrily, "Anyone who can put up with me is more than an acquaintance."
"Ryu . . . I don't know what to-" Maverick stopped speaking as intense pain returned to his severed leg. They both remained silent aside from Mavericks moans of pain as the station blew up and fell apart around them, one thing was for sure, they were running out of time and rather quickly.
Ryu ran around a corner to the escape pod row, pods one through seven had been launched and only pod eight remained. He quickly moved inside the pod and set Maverick down, quickly strapped him in, shoved Maverick's bag into his friend's arms then moved to another seat for himself.
A hand gripped Ryu's cuff and pulled hard, the young Jedi bounced on the ground and came to a halt as he hit the other end of the hallway. The clone trooper from before stood in the entrance of the pod several feet away, pointing a blaster pistol directly at Ryu's head.
"What are you doing you stupid idiot? We can get out of here now!" Ryu screamed at the soldier.
"I'm getting out of here, not you."
"I thought I injured you badly!"
The trooper smiled, "Bathing in bacta will fix anything given enough time. Now hold still you little shit." Ryu pushed himself to his feet and charged the man but stopped cold when he heard a blaster shot. Several more shots went of and the rogue clone jerked with every bolt that hit his body. The warhawk clone stood about a dozen feet down the hallway wielding an blaster auto rifle with a steel rod piercing through his gut.
Ryu quickly ran over to the shoulder and quickly helped him onto the pod, "Thanks for the save."
The clone groaned, "Don't mention it, he was an asshole anyway."
Before the soldier strapped in, Ryu pulled the rod out of the man's gut so he could properly strap in and tossed the rifles into his hands, if the trooper was going to die it was going to be with a gun in his hands. Once he was in himself and his arms wrapped around his bag, the clone slammed on a button. The pod doors slammed shut sealing themselves as they did, there was a large jerk as the pod shot from the exploding station and out into the safeness of space.
So they thought.
The injured clone laughed, "Here we have a injured clone trooper bleeding from the gut, two Jedi Padawans, one missing part of a leg and the other with anger issues. We could be a traveling show."
Ryu sighed and shook his head, "Shut up."
"Woah, calm down kid. It was a joke, learn to lighten up why don't you. I don't want you throwing me around in this small pod." The clone laughed and coughed up blood, "Well that's not good. Hope we get picked up soon, I rather not bleed out."
"From what it looks like, our fleet is kicking droid ass." Maverick managed to say before being overcome by pain again.
Ryu let his head fall back onto the padded seat, he concentrated his thoughts on his master, "Master? Can you hear me?"
Silence
"Master, did you make it out alive?"
Silence
"Master?!" He screamed inside his head.
"What?" Came back Etro's voice, sounding annoyed, "I was patching an injured technician up. I'm fine, how are you?"
"Fine, got out with Maverick and another clone although both of them are injured." Ryu replied.
"That's good to hear, looks like there wasn't a Mass Shadow Generator after all. It's good that we sounded the alarm to evacuate though."
Ryu mentally cursed himself, he had been so focused on what was happening that he forgot about his dream. Everything was the same from what happened to what was in his dream. Except the clone trooper, he wasn't in the dream when he died. Maybe it was a good sign, a sign that his vision was avoided.
"Our ships are mopping up the last enemy ship now. Wait, the last ship just launched something toward the planet before it was destroyed. It's going to collide with an escape pod!"
Ryu's vision was happening
Ryu braced himself as the projectile slammed into his pod causing it to spin out of control while the object continued hurtling toward the planet. The pod rested so it was facing the planet, everything from the final part of his vision was falling into place.
There was a small flash of green energy on the planets surface for a fraction of a second. Then the entire planet was suddenly engulfed in green energy and started to tear itself apart, but then strangely it stopped again. There was several seconds of nothing happening. And once those brief seconds were up, a black hole appeared and started engulfing the planet .
The pod lurched forward toward newly formed black hole, Ryu only sat back and watched as he got closer to his doom. There was nothing he could do, the pod was caught in the black hole's gravitational pull and there was no escaping it, certainly not in a escape pod, which was ironic. Ryu sent one final message to his master, but it was different from the one in his dream. He was going to die so he could damn well send any message he wanted to regardless of what some vision say he said.
The message was, "Goodbye master . . . and thank you for everything."
Sweeeeet. First chapter done in a new series. I hope this first chapter is well received, I have put a ton of work into this chapter but it isn't always that way. So anyway, I have started a new series and I am probably going to separate the Fairy Tail arc's much like I separated Shadowrunner of the Void. I have so many plans for this series and a lot of the fun will happen in Edolas. Can't wait. I also have plans for Ryu to use magic, don't worry. I have to editors who are going to make sure it's not Mary Sue, and who says its going to be easy for Ryu. It's going to be fun kicking this kids ass around a quite a bit. And his attitude isn't going to change for quite a while also.
I realize that Plo Koon discovered Electric Judgement during the Clone Wars but Iset it so he learned it a lot sooner. Yes I know, Ryu=Dragon, not a coincidence. The Jedi wouldn't usually tolerate Ryu's behavior but thanks to Plo Koon, they managed to kick him to Padawan status and be someones problem so they didn't have to deal him.
For those who don't know or understand, here is a simple breakdown of the Force variants:
Alter: The physical manipulation of the universe, i.e Move object, Force lightning, Force jump, anything physical really.
Control: This relates more to control over yourself (Which Ryu cannot do) then controlling others but through training you can expand it so you could control other, although you have to combine Control and Alter together, that's where mind control is. Force ghost, Force Healing, and Cloak of Shadow are prime examples of Control powers.
Sense: Think that you're broadening your senses, able to feel what's around. Kind of what Luke did in A New Hope, well it is what he did. It also includes physically enhancing oneself, such as enhanced reflexes. Force Sense, Postcognition and a favorite of mine, Shatterpoint are all examples of Sense.
The suspension, the drama, the . . . i don't know. How will Ryu, Maverick and Warhawk guy get out of this alive? And how the hell does Ryu actually get to Earthland, I know but do you? Anyway join me next time on
Chapter 2
Two Pairs of Dark Green
Stay Classy, RoguePizza out.
