Soldier of the Jedi

by DragonKnightRyu

There is a Jedi that is not like the rest, he was a Knight at the age of 16, considered a prodigy in the art of lightsaber combat, he was trained by a group of Mandalorians in their art of war, he follows a different code than the rest. He is Ryu Hisanga

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not Own Star Wars or any of its affiliates, they belong to George Lucas and any writer he allows, I am not one of them.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Radio"

"Force Talking"

"Blah blah blah" Language other than Basic i.e. Mando'a(Will be using it a lot) or a ships name.

Flashback/Dream

"In simple terms that man was the best. Not an elite, or a top ranking fighter, he just was the best warrior of his kind. While we respected each Jedi we worked with none compared to Ryu Hisanaga, not Skywalker, not Yoda, not even Windu could match this man in pure unrefined combat, he was a verd(1), a Mando, like us. Shame that Order 66 came down, poor chakaare(2), those clones never stood a chance against him."

-Unknown Clone Supercommando on Jedi Knight Ryu Hisanaga.

Chapter One: The Soldier of the Order

Coruscant, Jedi Temple

Yoda smiled as he watched the younglings in the nursery play with their toys and learn very basic Force manipulation through them, he often enjoyed coming down here, sometimes watching, sometimes interacting with the children, sometimes he behaved no better than the children much to the amusement and exasperation to the caretakers. He suddenly paused his musings when he felt a familiar ripple through the force 'Ah, Returned he has,' he thought to himself as he left the nursery after bidding goodbye to the children and the caretakers 'Well, I hope he is.'

Yoda's cane tapped as he walked through the halls of the Jedi temple extending greetings to the various, Younglings, Padawans, Knights and fellow Masters making his way to the likely destination of the source of the ripple. Entering the cafeteria he looked swiftly around and spotted his target. He look quite out of place amongst the other Jedi, he was around 6'1" in height, tall for the age of Sixteen, with short militaristic brown hair with the most unique eyes Yoda has ever seen with his human species, the one on the left was jade green with golden flecks while the right was gold with green flecks and had a trio of scars running over the eye. His outfit definitely was out of place as both his tunic and cloak were missing their sleeves revealing his toned muscles and a pair of Beskar(3) armguards, Yoda knew that the armguards were bulky for a reason, for instead of carrying a traditional lightsaber this teen had integrated his lightsabers into his gauntlets, he also wore a pair of Chrushgaunt(4) Gloves to protect his hands and as a weapon, though he wasn't wearing them right then and instead of the usual pants of a Jedi he wore armored pants styled after Madalorian armor and is again made using Beskar, another small secret that Yoda was privy to was the the man also wore a vest under the tunic that has Beskar woven into it for further protection and the cloak had cortosis woven into it for protection against lightsabers. This was Jedi Knight and current Weapon Master Ryu Hisanaga.

"Go, how did you mission?" Yoda asked as he clamored up on the seat across from Ryu.

Ryu grinned at the diminutive Jedi Master "Well enough I suppose," he said "Considering that di'kutla(5) governor only wanted me to run my Jetii'kad(6) through the protesting nobles, he saw the light in the end however." Yoda stared at him "Shortly after I 'explained' to him that I was not his personal Kyra'mud(7)."

Yoda chuckled softly "Aggressive you are always so," he commented teasingly "Happens I suppose, when one lives with the Mandalorians."

Ryu barked out a short laugh quickly covering his mouth to keep the food he was chewing on in. The pair continued to chat as Ryu describe how the rest of the mission went when a new pair entered the cafeteria Ryu looked up as he felt a familiar force single and grinned "Qui-gon!" He called out standing and strode over to the tall Jedi "My vod(8)!"

Qui-gon smiled as his friend came up to him and clapped his shoulder in greeting "Ryu it's good to see you again," he said "I've been so busy I haven't had the time to come and see you when you were free."

Ryu waved him off as the pair grabbed their food and led them to his table where Yoda was beginning to eye Ryu's uj'alayi(9) and snatched it out of Yoda's reach "No touchy ba'buir(10)." Ryu ordered as Yoda pouted "Calista only sends me couple every month, and I ain't sharing." Qui-gon Chuckled as the younger of the pair shifted uncertainly "Is that your ad'ika(11)?" he asked Qui-gon.

"Yes, Obi-wan this is Ryu Hisanaga, a good friend of mine," Qui-gon introduced "Ryu this is Obi-wan Kenobi."

"Nice to meet ya ad'ika," Ryu said as he shook hands with Obi-wan "How's it been with Qui-gon so far?"

"It's been well sir." Obi-wan said politely causing Ryu to make a face.

"How old are ya ad'ika?" he asked.

"Fourteen in a couple of months sir." Obi-wan replied slightly confused.

"Then don't call me sir," Ryu ordered as the two elder Jedi watched on amused "I'm only three years older than you."

Obi-wan stared at him in surprise as Yoda and Qui-gon began to laugh "What?" he finally said "Than are you a Padawan as well?"

Ryu grinned and shook his head "Do I look like one ad'ika?" he asked gesturing to himself "I've been a Knight for about three quarters of a year now."

"A stir you have caused already too," Yoda added with a chuckle "Mandalorian tactics many Jedi use not."

Ryu scoffed "Ah those old alore(12) are just afraid of changes." He stated as he took a bite of his cake and moaned in pleasure "I'm something that they haven't seen before so it's natural their afraid, it's sentient nature to fear the unknown."

Yoda nodded sagely before jumping out of his seat "True, that unfortunately is," he admitted before sighing deeply "off I am to oversee the Younglings training."

Ryu waved "Tell the ad'ike that ba'vodu(13) will be swinging by later." He said and Yoda tottered off before finishing the last of his cake and brushing his hands off and stood up "Good seeing ya again vod, Nice meeting ya ad'ika." He said before he ambled off giving good natured waves and greetings to familiar people as he went.

"What language was he speaking?" Obi-wan asked as his brow furrowed in thought "I never heard anything like it."

"Mando'a," Qui-gon answered "The Mandalorians language, he picked it up when he worked with a group of Mandalorians after his Master's death, not to mention several other things."

Obi-wan looked even more confused at his Master's explanation "Aren't Padawans supposed to immediately return to the Temple after their Master's death?" he questioned in a confused tone looking at his Master intently.

"Well I think that's a story Ryu would be the best to tell," Qui-gon instructed "He wouldn't mind telling you the story, in fact he rather enjoys telling it to the Younglings as a source of inspiration, so ask him sometime."

Obi-wan nodded absently as he turned back to his food and began eating like any other teen in the Galaxy, piggishly.

Ryu's quarters

While most Jedi quarters are spartan in design with a few personal items that were gifts, found or made they all had a calming feel to them. Ryu's was generally accepted as not so calming type room as he had enough equipment to outfit five full Madalorian squads, in other words he could arm the entire Jedi Temple and still have enough guns to spare for a squad of army regulars. Blasters, pistols, slug throwers, vibroblades, Echani make, Mando make, Verpine make you name it he probably had it stashed somewhere in his room legal or illegal. He also had some personal knickknacks such as a picture of him standing with a Group of Mandalorians with each member of the picture wearing full Mando armor without their helmets, a stand holding his Dark green black trimmed Mando armor and a final picture of him in his Mando armor standing with his arm around the shoulder of an attractive violet eyed, red headed human female wearing white Mando armor with red trim.

Ryu yawned as he shrugged off his cloak and threw it in the general direction of his sitting area before removing his Chrushgaunts and armguards before placing them on his armor/weapons rack and changed his pants to something more comfortable. Just about to head to the 'fresher for a shower his holonet comm on his desk beeped informing him of an incoming call. He hit the receive button and immediately smiled as the red-head from the picture appeared in her armor with her helmet tucked under her arm "Calista!" he said brightly as he smiled at her "I wasn't expecting you to call till tomorrow, not that I'm complaining."

"You better not be ge'verd(14)," she replied with a sultry smile "We got a mission starting tomorrow so I thought it be best to call ya now. Got to say I'm glad I did." She added as her eyes swept his naked upper half as he had removed his tunic revealing his scarred chest.

Ryu grinned at her comment "Can't wait to see ya again for real cyar'ika(15)." He whispered softly smiling at her lovingly "To hold you in my arms and-"

"Better stop now before I break into the Temple and rape you." She warned teasingly as a blush crept along her cheeks.

"Hey I wouldn't complain," Ryu protested jokingly "But then again we'd get a ton of noise complaints from my neighbors."

Calista laughed with Ryu "Yeah that would suck, on the plus side you'd be back with us." She countered making him smile.

"As much as I would love that, I want to try and get the order to change its views first." He said in a mix of sadness and resolve.

Calista sighed "And I knew that from the very beginning, I'm willing to wait for those vows from you," she reassured "Better not make me wait too long Jetii(16)."

"Yes ma'am," he replied quickly with a grin "I love you my ka'rta(17), never forget that."

"I love you too." She replied with a loving smile that he matched before they both signed off.

"I don't know what funnier, that she would try and break into the Temple to have sex with me, or that she would actually be able to pull it off." He said to himself as he chuckled and made his way to the shower.

Next Day, Training/Sparring Rooms

The next day found Ryu in the training rooms surrounded by a group of the older Younglings that were around nine years in age "Alright ad'ike I want all of you to split up into groups of two, this person will be your partner for the duration of this exercise," Ryu ordered "But there is a twist to this, you have to partner with someone you barely know, or someone you dislike, don't try to fool me because I'm too smart for that."

The younglings grumbled as they did as they were told and soon they were grouped in pairs. Ryu grinned at them all as he went to each pair and cuffed their legs together with a 50cm long chain "Now you are going to be doing a two-on-two spar with an opponent of my choosing," he explained "I'll leave it to you to figure out what the point of this exercise is for."

Obi-wan and Qui-gon watched in one of the observation ports off to the side along with a few other Masters, Knights and Padawans watching as he paired the pairs off and gave them the signal to begin, Ryu walked amongst the pairs often pointing out flaws or giving pointers on a better way to use a particular style. When Qui-gon saw that the matches where slowing down he motioned for Obi-wan to follow him and entered the Arena as Ryu discussed the purpose of the exercise with the Younglings "Does one of you wish to try and explain what this exercise is for?" he asked pleasantly smiling encouragingly.

One of the younglings hesitantly raised her hand and spoke when Ryu gestured to her "Was it to get us adjusted to the fact that as Jedi we will have to work and depend on people we dislike?" she asked nervously.

"Absolutely right!" Ryu exclaimed proudly "I felt that your regular teachers don't stress this enough so I designed this training program to help you learn to trust someone you may dislike or not even know, You will be put into these situations throughout your career as a Jedi and you need to be ready for that." He smiled at the younglings "Do you have anything to add Master Qui-gon?" Ryu asked over his shoulder.

"Just that he is absolutely correct in the fact that you will work with not only your friends but your 'rivals' and people you barely know." Qui-gon agreed before pushing Obi-wan forward slightly "My apprentice has a question for you though."

Obi-wan gulped and shifted nervously while Ryu waited patiently "Well, wanted to know why you travelled with a group of Mandalorians instead of returning to the Temple after your Master died." Obi-wan explained.

Ryu smiled and made a gesture for the younglings to sit down before he sprawled onto the floor himself with Qui-gon and Obi-wan joining him shortly "Well the story begins close to two years ago when I was your age Obi-wan." Ryu explained before he launched into the story.

Flashback

A fourteen year old unscarred Ryu is seen sitting beside one of the pools in the Room of a Thousand Fountains meditating wearing a regular Jedi outfit with his two lightsabers hanging from his waist as he floated in a meditative position "Ryu!" his Master Jolee Korudis shouted catching his attention, Jolee was a middle aged human male with a receding hairline to his short salt and pepper hair with Storm Grey eyes "We have a mission so get yourself ready alright?"

Ryu grinned up at his master "Sure thing Master." He responded easily as he slid into a standing position and jogged off to his room to collect his equipment before meeting his master in the hanger and boarding their personal ship the Jedi's Fang "So what's our mission?"

"Recently a survey team went missing on Dxun while they were investigating a possible area where they could set up a research outpost," his master explained "They lost contact last week and asked for us to investigate."

Ryu nodded his forehead creased in thought "But isn't Dxun incredibly dangerous?" he asked "Because I remember researching it once out of curiosity and every source I read said that the moon was imbued with the power if the Dark side."

Jolee nodded "That is true," he said "Many Dark Lords were buried on Dxun by the people of Onderon, that is one of the reasons we are being sent, the Masters fear their might be a Dark Jedi there that attacked the survey team."

"So why send us and not a group of Knights?"

Jolee smiled at his apprentice's question "Simple," he replied "I'm the current Weapon Master and with you as my apprentice they believe we'd be the best suited to deal with it if the Dark Jedi attacks."

Ryu grinned and nodded as their ship blasted away into hyperspace.

One Week Later, Dxun

Ryu sat at the controls of their ship as he guided the Fang down to the last known coordinates of the Survey team "Looks like it's near some kind of fortress," he commented as they neared an ominous looking fortress "Do you think it's one of the Sith tombs?"

"I don't know," Jolee answered honestly as he stared at the imposing structure "But it's a good place to start."

Ryu nodded as he landed the ship at the survey base camp that was already becoming overrun by the local Fauna "Looks like they didn't just up and leave," he said looking at the team's shuttle "That also rules out raiders."

Jolee nodded in agreement and they disembarked from the ship both of them feeling uncomfortable as they felt the force swirl around them darkly "The air feels tainted," he commented "Be very mindful of your feelings Ryu, and remember what I taught you."

"There is emotion but peace as well, anger with kindness, passion with love." Ryu recited making his teacher smile "I remember Master."

"Good, let's go." The pair began their trek through the jungle making their way to the fortress, Jolee led the way slashing at the foliage with a machete to clear the way and make their progress slightly easier while Ryu did his best to push the creatures away using the Force. Jolee whistled when they arrived and stared up at the imposing structure "Have to hand it to the Sith though," he said "They know how to be imposing."

Ryu chuckled weakly at the joke as they strode up the stairs to the main entrance feeling the darkness around them growing more with each passing step, passing the wide open door they entered the main hall and immediately froze, sitting there in a pile was the dead survey team. Walking up beside them they inspected their wounds "Lightsaber wounds," Ryu declared as he pointed at one of the holes the entire area surrounding the wounds was charred and blackened "Only type of weapon to cause slashing wounds like this. Looks like the council was right, there is a Dark Jedi here."

Jolee nodded his agreement and motioned for Ryu to follow him, the pair made their way deeper into the fortress with Jolee leading the way until they reached what would either be the burial place or a throne room, Jolee nodded to his apprentice who delved into the Force and gathered it into his hand and started compressing it to a critical point before pushing his hands out towards the door freeing the highly compressed Force in that direction blasting the doors down with a massive concussive force(18) followed by Jolee leaping through his viridian colored blade active as he searched for the Dark Jedi and spotted him kneeling in front of a tomb. Ryu quickly followed his Master in and activated his dual blades, the one in his right was dark blue while the one in his left was silver.

"So the Jedi finally have come to kill me huh?" The Dark Jedi stated as he rose to his feet and turned to face them, he was bald with pale skin and the yellow eyes of a Sith, he was completely clad in black robes "My name is Ignal, who will I be killing today?"

Jolee frowned at the Sith "Jolee Korudis and my apprentice Ryu Hisanaga." He said cautiously as he held his saber defensively in front of him.

"A pleasure to meet the two of you," Ignal replied pleasantly before snapping his red bladed lightsaber on and leapt at them with a Force powered leap "Now it's time to die!"

Jolee met the red saber with his viridian as Ryu charged at the Sith from the side his twin sabers flashing dangerously only to be repulsed by a Force push from the Sith sending him into the wall. Jolee broke the deadlock and slashed at the Sith's side only to be blocked as the Sith coolly transitioned into the Makashi lightsaber form meant for lightsaber combat and held his ground parrying each of Jolee's attacks before he moved into the Ataru form and flipped over Jolee his lightsaber block from his attempts to decapitate Jolee. As their fight continued the pair constantly switched between multiple forms hoping to overpower the other in their duel. When Ryu finally returned to the land of consciousness he saw his Master deadlocked once again with the Sith before Ignal broke the deadlock "You are indeed worthy of the title Master Jedi," he complimented "but this is where it ends!" Ignal proceeded to then attack Jolee using the Force Lightning only for Jolee to catch it on his blade.

Ryu stood up and proceeded to gather the Force into his hands for another Force Blast when Ignal spotted him and sent some lightning arcing over to him forcing Ryu to roll out of the way. Abandoning his previous plan Ryu ignited his dual sabers and charged alongside his Master and used his connection with the Force to put up a barrier against the Sith's next attack, Ryu strained himself against the massive attack trying to keep it at bay while his Master charged at the Sith only to be overpowered and sent flying once more as Ignal blocked Jolee's attack once more "You're a Weapon Master aren't you?" Ignal asked curiously as they pushed against each other "It's pretty easy to tell as your Padawan is the one focusing on the defense against my Force attacks, that is one of the many flaws of a Weapon Master, not enough knowledge of the Force defenses." Ignal then proceeded to lash out with the Force knocking Jolee away before he breathed in and launched out a Force empowered scream that nearly deafened the two Jedi.

Jolee rose unsteadily to his legs and held up his saber once more as Ignal kept his distance, Ryu rose himself shortly after in slightly better condition having erected a Force Barrier at the last minute damping the attack slightly. Jolee charge once more only to be pushed away by the Dark Jedi while Ryu used the distraction to launch his own Force Push that was Blocked completely by Ignal's Barrier. Ignal turned to the teen and analyzed him "Strong that one is," he stated appreciatively "He'd make a good apprentice." Jolee let out a roar as he recklessly charged at the Sith only to get caught in a Force Choke at the last minute.

"Master!" Ryu shouted as he leapt to his Master's defense only to be casually pushed away by Ignal.

"RYU! RUN INFORM THE-" Jolee's order was cut off as Ignal snapped his neck an amused expression on his face as he watched Ryu's horrified expression transform into an angry before it became a determined one.

"Yes," the Sith hissed "Give into your anger, let the Dark side flow through you." He suddenly paused his smile ceased as he felt something off from Ryu before he hastily erected a guard from a Force empowered blast Ryu launched.

"There is anger but also peace," Ryu recited calmly "There is hatred but also forgiveness," Ryu quickly gathered another Force Blast and launched it before leaping at the surprised Sith with his sabers blazing "The is darkness but also light!" he collided his sabers with Ignal's single one and reached out with the Force and grabbed his Master's Fallen saber and sent it at Ignal's back activating as it flew through the air only for it to explode as Ignal destroyed it through the Force before he pick up Ryu with the Force and threw him hard into the wall.

"You surprised me there brat," Ignal stated as he walked towards Ryu as the teen slowly lost consciousness "You will make an excellent apprentice." The last thing Ryu saw was his Master's broken corpse as a tear slid down his face.

Weeks Later

Ryu didn't know how long the Sith had been torturing him, to Ryu it felt like it had been years as he hung in one of the Rooms in the Fortress. He had long since partitioned himself with the Force as an desperate attempt to prevent his fall to the Dark side. As he looked around his cell he dimly remembered Ignal saying something about intruders in the hopes of being able to crush the teens hope, Ryu didn't react, he never reacted after he partitioned his mind. Suddenly he heard footsteps, they weren't Ignal's, they were heavier and more of them.

Looking up he heard the footsteps pause in front of his door and heard some shuffling before the door creaked open revealing five people clad in Madalorian armor, the first wore black armor with Silver trimming and held a basic blaster rifle with several obvious modifications on it, another wore white armor with red trimming and had a pair of blasters in her hands and a vibroblade at her waist with a short cloak hanging over one of her shoulders, the third member had dark green armor with black and red trimming and had his biceps uncovered showing heavily muscular arms he was carrying a nasty looking light repeater with heavy modification and had a slug thrower at his waist, the final member had tan colored armor with brown trimming around the helmet's visor that also sported an antenna, his rifle that he was holding looked like a modified version of the rifle that was used by the Tusken Raiders had a blaster with a larger than average scope on it.

"What the hell!" the obvious leader shouted in shock at the sight of Ryu hanging from the ceiling with several nasty looking scars across his chest "Hey Ad'ika you alright?"

"Does he look alright to you alor?" The female asked sarcastically. As she entered the room behind him "who the hell is he? He's not even responding to our presence. Maybe he was tortured to the breaking point?"

"Who knows," the one carrying the Tusken rifle said "Should we take him down alor?"

"Calista, take him down and see if you can get him in the world of the living," the leader ordered and the white armored female Mandalorian stepped forward and began to take Ryu down "Valken, Valane you're with me to finish scouting, Calista radio us when you get him awake."

"Vorer(19) alor." Calista responded with a nod as she let Ryu down and laid him down on the ground. After they left she proceeded to try everything to 'wake' him, slaps didn't work, shaking didn't, neither did shouting or pinching. Calista frowned beneath her helmet as she stared at Ryu before an idea hit her, taking off her helmet she leaned over him and proceeded to press her lips against his.

Subconsciously Ryu was aware of the pain and her trying to awaken him and it wasn't until he felt the lips press against his did he actually respond to something. He suddenly jerked violently in surprise making Calista back off with a smug smirk on her face as he spluttered and blushed a crimson red "First kiss?" she asked teasingly as she put her helmet back on "Alor, our friend is awake now, had to use some special measures to wake him up though."

"Alright, we're on our way back." The leader informed before the link shout off and shortly later the three other Mandalorians entered the room "Good to see ya awake ad'ika," the leader commented as he looked Ryu over "Mind telling us who you are? I'm Fallern Sinai, the one with the miniaturized artillery piece is Valane Trikos, while the one with the modified Tusken rifle is Valken Tier, I see that you've already met Calista Shea."

"I'm Ryu Hisanaga, Padawan of the Jedi Order," Ryu said with a groan as he stood up "I was captured after a Dark Jedi killed my Master, he was trying to break me into becoming his apprentice, so I used the Force to Partition my mind to resist the torture."

Fallern nodded his understanding "So these must belong to you than," he said pulling out a familiar pair of hilts "Found them in that Dark Jedi's armory, my team was sent here to secure a base for training Mandalorian recruits, seems like we may have a similar goal, after all this dar'jetii(20) will probably oppose us setting up camp here."

Ryu nodded taking up the hilts and activated the sabers to make sure they worked "I think I can agree to that," he said calmly as his eyes flashed with a deadly glint making Fallern grin under his helmet.

"Right than, Valane you're on point let's find this chakaar." Fallern ordered as the said Madalorian hefted his repeater and took the lead.

"If I remember correctly he should be in the lower level tomb," Ryu suggested as they moved "That's where we found him the first time."

"Right, you heard the Jetii," Fallern responded "Let's move it boys and girl!"

The group quickly found their way to the tomb and Valane whistled in admiration to the blown in door "Damn fine work on that." He said approvingly making Ryu smirk.

"One of my gifts is being able to compress the Force and use it in a blast technique, pretty much a localized bomb." He explained quickly as Valken looked in.

"Looks like he's meditating alor, orders?" he reported looking into the room around the edge of the doorway.

"Ad'ika, can you keep him occupied," Fallern asked turning to Ryu who nodded grimly "Alright, do so and we'll give you a hand to create an opening for Valken to take his head off."

Ryu nodded again and entered the doorway catching Ignal's attention "Oh, you finally escaped did you," he asked amused "So have you finally decided to join me?"

Ryu's only answer was to launch a Force Push that Ignal quickly deflected before Ryu leapt forward with his sabers flashing and collided with the Sith's saber and started pushing against him "I will never join the Sith," he snarled "Ironic really, for this tomb will be your grave."

Ryu pushed himself out of the way as Ignal used the Force to try and attack him when Valane entered the room and leveled his repeater at the Sith "Hey chakaar," he shouted "Knock Knock!" Ignal leapt out of the way as the modified repeater turned the wall into slag while Calista and Fallern entered and opened up with their respective weapons keeping Ignal busy while he deflected them.

Taking the opportunity Ryu began to gather the Force into his hands, compressed it, than unleashed it at Ignal forcing him to jump out of the way or become a smudge on the destroyed wall behind him. Valane kept pounding away with his repeater as he slowly destroyed the walls as Ignal kept leaping around and deflected the blaster bolts that Calista and Fallern fired back at them only for their Beskar armor to absorb the bolts with little effect. Ryu leapt forward and engaged Ignal as the Mandalorians paused in their fire to reload their weapons keeping the Sith busy for awhile and disengaged as the Mandos resumed fire, they continued this strategy for about a half hour until when Ryu was in a deadlock with Ignal's back to the door that Valken was sitting in waiting for his moment to strike, taking the opportunity he pulled the trigger and fired a bolt right to the back of the Sith causing him to stagger and allowing Ryu the chance to literally disarm him.

Falling to his knees the Sith stare defiantly at the young Padawan and his companions "You may have beaten me child," Ignal snarled "But the Sith will never die out."

Ryu stared blankly at the Dark Jedi as he place his lightsabers in a scissor around his neck "And the Jedi shall be waiting." Ryu stated simply before removing the Sith's head. Ryu panted as he stared at the fallen corpse his eyes glazed over as the Mandalorians joined him "Master." He whispered softly before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and collapsed.

Couple of hours later, Mandalorian Camp

Ryu groaned as he slowly opened his eyes catching the attention of the four Mandalorians sitting around the fire "So the ge'verd awakens," Fallern said as Calista helped Ryu sit up "You alright?"

"I think so," Ryu said as he shook his head lightly to clear the cobwebs from his head "I guess I was weaker than I thought from the torture."

Valken snorted "Ad'ika, most Mando would still be trying to sleep off the torture that it looks like you went through." He said with a smirk "I'd say he's as close as a Jetii would get to being a Mando."

Valane nodded in agreement "Most Mando wouldn't be able to take on a Dar'jetii in CQC either." He added "Hey alor maybe we should teach him how a real warrior fights."

Fallern seem to actually contemplate this idea "A Mando Jetii that would be pretty damn scary." He mused and looked at Ryu "What say you ad'ika you want to be a Mando?"

Ryu stared at them as his Master's words echoed through his head 'The Jedi Order is flawed, we need to change our ways if we are to survive the coming darkness, the council may believe that the Sith are dead, but they are not, they will return, for without darkness there is no light, and without light there is no darkness, it is the never-ending circle of the Force, so learn Padawan, do not learn just the Jedi's way,learn other ways as well.' Ryu grinned at Fallern "A Mandalorian trained Jedi huh, those Sith will never know what hit them." He said and held out his hand to the Mandalorian captain who grasped it as the three other Mandos gave a short cheer and Valken pulled out a small keg of Alcohol.

"First lesson ad'ika, is to learn how to hold your alcohol." He said as he opened it up "So bottoms up!"

End Flashback

"So let me get this straight," Obi-wan said incredulously "Not only did you accept their offer because you thought it be interesting, but the first thing they taught you was how to get drunk?"

Ryu and Qui-gon both laughed "Let me tell ya ad'ika, it's very hard to out drink a Mando," he stated "So how hard do you think it would be to out drink a Mando trained Jetii?"

"In the report that part was not." Yoda said amused as he approached the group "Interesting it is."

Ryu simply shrugged before turning back to the Younglings "Alright, now there was a hidden message there," he informed "What was that?"

"That we always need to be prepared?" One of the students suggested "And that the Force is about balance between light and dark?"

Ryu nodded gravely "Yes, while peace is a good thing we must never lax in our guard," he lectured "Because they, not necessarily the Sith, will strike while our pants are down, the Jedi are keepers of the peace, but we are not omnipotent, we all feel emotions, and the key to being a successful Jetii is to control your emotions, not block them off, not git, you have some studying to do if I'm not mistaken," he ordered waving his hands in a shooing motion as they rose grumbling "Another successful trait of any being is intelligence so learn young ones learn!"

Yoda chuckled as the Younglings walked off heading to the classrooms for their lessons and turned to the remaining three Jedi "Have a mission I do, for the three of you, it is." He said seriously all amusement gone from his face.

END CHAPTER. REVIEW OR THE MANDALORIANS SHALL ATTACK YOUR PLANET!

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Definitions, If you haven't noticed yet Ryu uses a lot of Mando'a(Madalorian language) in his regular speech, and since not everyone knows Madalorian I will be educating you. If I misspell a word or get the definition wrong let me know, I am always open to constructive criticism.

1- Verd: warrior

2- Chakaare: Pluralized Bastard, Bitch, moron ect. Base form Chakaar

3- Beskar: Mandalorian Iron, only thing aside from Cortosis that can withstand a lightsaber.

4- Chrushgaunt: Armored Gloves using Beskar Iron

5- Di'kutla: a Harsher word for Idiotic or foolish

6- Jetii'kad: Lightsaber

7- Kyra'mud: Assassin

8- Vod: Comrade, Brother/Sister

9- Uj'alayi: a very dense, very sweet cake made from crushed nuts, dried fruit and spices, and then soaked in a sticky scented syrup called uj'jayl. Colloquially known as an Uj cake.

10- Ba'buir: Grandfather/mother

11: Ad'ika: Child(Both male and female), Ryu uses it as a reference to Padawan or often uses it to call Obi-wan 'kid' ranking as it's the closest alternative in Mando'a, plural ad'ike.

12- Alore: Leaders, bosses, ect, plural of alor

13- Uncle/aunt, plural bavodu'e

14- Ge'verd: Almost Warrior, Ryu's nickname in the Mando squad he travelled with

15- Cyar'ika: Beloved, darling sweetheart, all that mushy stuff.

16- Jetii: Jedi, Calista sometimes calls Ryu this when she is absolutely serious.

17- Ka'rta: Heart

18- Not sure if this is an actual Force technique so for now I'm calling this Force Blast until someone corrects me, and if I am wrong than please do correct me.

19- Vorer: Affirmative, to accept

20- Dar'jetii: Dark Jedi, no longer a Jedi