Author's Note: I've updated my other stories so go check them out, without further a due, onto the story.
Between meditating, exploring the ship, and sleeping the three days on the Naria went by in a blur for Daniel. He did have a few conversations with Zela, but with him not having any social experience outside the facility, they were mostly one-sided. Daniel would ask questions about certain aspects of the ship and Zela would answer them to the best of her ability. One thing neither of them talked about though, was their pasts. He never brought it up but when she did he would instantly become interested in something else and redirect her attention to it as well. Daniel didn't want to but the instructions from the Masters were clear. Never reveal your true identity to anyone. So even though Zela didn't seem like a bad person, he couldn't disobey his instructions.
Eventually they arrived in the Sol System. "Hey, kid we're entering the Sol System." she said over the intercom. Daniel was in the main hold meditating when Zela's voice came over the intercom, informing them of their imminent arrival. He stood and held out his arm for Jorgen to fly and land on. Once he was situated they made their way to the bridge.
Once they arrived, Daniel got his first look at his home world in 10 years. Though he never admitted it to anyone, he still had nightmares of that night. They were just passing the outer ring of defenses when the com system fired off. "Incoming freighter this is Terra Command, please state the nature of your visit." a man said. "This is the Naria, carrying passengers from Organization HQ." she replied. "Of course, landing coordinates are being transmitted as we speak." he said.
Sure enough, the Navi-computer beeped and a list of coordinates started scrolling across the screen. "Roger that, coordinates received and confirmed." she said. "Acknowledged, welcome to Terra." he said before he cut the channel.
Zela piloted the Naria skillfully to the landing zone and set her down. She lowered the boarding ramp, and then turned to Daniel. "You going to be ok here on your own kid?" she asked with genuine concern on her face. He nodded "I'll be fine, but I appreciate your concern." he replied as her turned to leave. Time seemed to slow down for Zela. She watched his retreating back as he made his way to the boarding ramp. She then made her decision. "Hey Daniel, wait." she said standing. He turned to look at her as she made her way to him. She pulled out a blaster and handed it to him. "Here, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I sent you off unarmed." she said with a slight blush as she looked away.
Daniel was surprised by her generosity and accepted the weapon. As soon as he touched it he sent a mental pulse through it. It was a pretty standard blaster, though a little old, it was in surprisingly good condition. "Thank you." he said as he pocketed it. Zela's blush deepened as she turned back to the cockpit. "Yeah well, don't go spreading it around." she said in a gruff tone. Though Daniel could sense her true emotions and smiled at what he sensed. 'There are still some good people in this galaxy after all.' he thought. 'I agree, though I don't think she sees it that way.' Jorgen said. 'Yeah.' Daniel said with a sad sigh.
Daniel exited the ship and looked around the landing pad. It was a private pad meant for council personnel exclusively. He spotted the exit and walked towards it. As Zela watched him go she couldn't help but grimace. 'I hope he'll be ok.' she thought. Daniel stopped and looked back at the ship and waved, then turned back to the exit and left. When Zela saw him turn back to the ship and wave she got the sneaking suspicion that he had heard her thought, but quickly dismissed it. Though he was an elf so maybe… she killed that thought before it could properly form in her mind. She sat back down in her chair and launched off a message to her contractor. She leaned back for a moment then her com panel beeped. She accepted the message and felt her eyes bulge. The amount of money that had been transferred to her account was enough to buy one of the new YT-1300's, plus all the same upgrades that was on her YT-1000, plus plenty left over to keep her afloat for the next three years. She turned and looked at where Daniel had disappeared. "Just who the hell are you?" she asked herself.
Daniel hadn't spent any time outside the Enclave which served as The Councils HQ, so when he stepped off of the landing pad and into the spaceport, his mind was assaulted with all the thoughts and feelings of the different species. It was almost overwhelming, but after a moment, his mind began to filter the unimportant information that he was receiving. He slowly turned his head and allowed himself to become immersed with all the different people, observing then and making mental notes about them.
After he had accumulated enough information about his surroundings, he made his way to the exit of the spaceport. When he exited the spaceport terminal, he had to cover his eyes at the bright sunlight that assaulted him. Once his vision adjusted to the light he took a look around and gasped. There were so many colors, not just skin tone, but clothes and hair as well. He looked around with a dumbstruck expression on his face. 'Have you ever seen so many colors before?' he asked. 'Never.' Jorgen replied with awe in his voice.
They noticed a bus stop and Daniel remembered that the pamphlet had told him to wait at a bus stop for his ride. He walked over to it and waited. Soon what could only be described as a rattling deathtrap rolled up to the stop. Literally rolled, the damn thing actually had wheels, 'I thought they switched to anti-grav years ago.' Daniel said. 'Apparently not.' Jorgen quipped. 'Apparently.' Daniel said.
As the bus approached he noticed that he couldn't feel the person who was driving it. This puzzled Daniel so he concentrated on the driver. He opened his eyes in shock, he couldn't feel him because he was hiding himself, he couldn't feel him because there was nothing to feel. It wasn't like he was a hole in the Force, more like the Force avoided him, and his mental shields were unlike anything Daniel had seen except from the Masters.
As Daniel pondered this new development the bus stopped in front of him and the door opened. He had to stifle a shudder as he felt a chill run down his spine. The man was wearing a blue conductor's uniform with a lit cigar hanging loosely from his lips, but that wasn't what made him shudder. It was the eyes, those glowing white eyes that looked like they could look directly into your soul and judge you. "You going to Youkai boy?" he asked in a gravelly voice. "That depends sir, is this the bus to Youkai?" Daniel answered the Bus Driver's question with another question. He only chuckled and gestured over his shoulder with his thumb. "Climb aboard." he said.
Daniel nodded and climbed aboard the rickety death trap. He moved to the very rear of the bus in order to be as far from the driver as he could get. Daniel didn't know what it was, but something about him set him on edge. He sat down just as the bus started to move. 'Not to seem rude, but I believe a change of clothes would greatly benefit our attempt at infiltration. Your robes would make you stand out.' Jorgen said. Daniel nodded at Jorgen's logic and thought of the spell he would need. He pulled out his wand and waved them over his Jedi robes and they changed.
Instead of light tan and brown Jedi robes, he was now wearing combat boots, cargo pants, plain shirt, belt, and a light trench coat, all blue-black in color. With his transformation complete, he put his wand away and began to meditate. He was in deep meditation when he felt the world change. He opened his eyes and looked around. When his eyes had last been open the sky had been blue, there had been some green in the parks, and there had been buildings aplenty. Now, it almost looked like the barren wastes of Korriban. Almost. There were still trees, but the sky was overcast, and the water was blood red. 'I don't think this is normal.' Jorgen observed. 'We've spent the better part of our lives inside. We really don't have a grasp on what is or isn't normal.' Daniel pointed out.
The bus stopped and the doors opened to allow Daniel off of it. When he reached the last step the bus driver called out. "A word of warning kid, Youkai can be a very terrifying place." he said. Not wanting to be rude, Daniel turned to the driver and bowed. "I'll keep that in mind, thank you for the ride." he said as he turned and walked away. The bus driver chuckled and closed the door. "They really don't make'em like they used too, hope the school doesn't change him." he mused as he drove away.
As the bus drove away, Daniel looked around once more and took it all in. If Daniel had watched horror movies, he would have thought that the area looked like the set to a bad horror movie. As it was, he had studied many different battles and other such things, and the area looked like an ancient battlefield. With the dead trees, the blood red water, the overcast sky and the gravestones, one could wager that a battle had been fought here and the specters were still waging the battle, even in death.
Daniel took all of this in, took a deep breath, and started walking down a path that had been worn in the ground. As he was walking, he sensed someone approaching from behind at a relatively fast speed. He stretched out his mind to this newcomer to discover their intentions. What he found was a person, female, who was almost in a panic. She was weak from something and was dizzy, and thus had no control over something called a bike. Daniel contemplated what he was going to do when he heard her call out. "Look out!" she cried. Making a split second decision and allowing the Force to flow through him, Daniel back flipped over her and grabbed her under her arms lifting her off of the careening vehicle.
Jorgen had flown off of Daniel's shoulder with an indignant screech when he had started his flip, and was now circling over them. "Are you alright?" Daniel asked, both Jorgen and the girl. 'Next time give me some warning before you pull a stunt like that!' Jorgen replied hotly. "I'm fine." answered the girl. Daniel let her go, took a step back and looked her over. She had bubblegum pink hair and was wearing a green blazer, green skirt, white dress shirt, and a red tie. When she turned to him, he noticed that she had emerald eyes. She was pretty, any other man would have called her beautiful but Daniel had grown up around Elven maidens and this girl's beauty paled in comparison. Thought if Daniel was forced, he would have admitted that there was something…intriguing, about the girl before him.
"I'm sorry I suffer from anemia, sometimes I have dizzy spells." she said smushing her index fingers together, turning her head, and blushing. Jorgen then decided that he was going to have his revenge at that moment. He dive-bombed Daniel and cut his face with his claws. 'There, now we're even.' he said smugly, hovering over him. Daniel grabbed his face and looked angrily up at Jorgen. 'Fine.' he said. "Oh my gosh, are you ok? Did that bird hurt you badly? Here let me get that." the girl said quickly pulling out a handkerchief and advancing on Daniel. "It's not that bad." Daniel said wiping the blood from the scratches.
As the girl approached he noticed that she was wearing a black choker with a silver cross with a red jewel in the center hanging from the choker by a couple of chain links. She stopped about a step away and moved the handkerchief up to one of the cuts when her eyes bulged. "Oh…wow…" she said softly. Daniel was confused by her statement and raised his eyebrow at her. "What?" he asked. "That…scent…" she moaned as she stepped closer to him. Now Daniel was utterly confused and a little concerned for her sanity. 'Jorgen you smell anything?' he asked. 'Other than your blood, nothing out of the ordinary.' Jorgen replied. Daniel then took a whiff and couldn't smell anything out of the ordinary either. "What are you talking about?" he asked again. She took a step and was pressing herself up against him "I can't help myself, you see… I'm a Vampire." she said as she bit him.
Moka was damn near blown off her feet. The latent power in his blood was enough to make her completely forget where she was, what she was doing, almost her name it was that powerful. It was damn near god-like. She was so engrossed by his blood that she didn't feel the small amount of liquid dribble down her leg.
Daniel was stunned for a moment and it took all of his self control, training and his Master's orders to not draw attention to himself to keep him from running the girl through with his swords. Instead he settled for shoving her away and dropping into a combat stance while Jorgen dive-bombed her, screeching wildly. Daniel slapped his hand over the area where she had bitten him and was relieved to find the puncture marks already closing. The wound didn't really bother him. It would have been simple to seal it; it was what she had said right before she bit him that had caused him to freeze. "What the Hell?!" he yelled out of surprise, shock.
She was cowering on the ground covering her head with her arms, trying to protect herself from Jorgen. 'Let her up Jorgen, I need to talk to her.' Daniel said. Jorgen looked at him like he was crazy, well as close as a look as he could get being an eagle. 'Are you crazy?! She could attack you again!' he yelled. 'She wasn't attacking me and you know it.' he replied. Jorgen grumbled, but ceased his attacks and returned to Daniel's shoulder.
Moka realized that she wasn't being attacked anymore and she slowly, tentatively lowered her arms from her head. She looked around in fear and her eyes landed on Daniel with the eagle that attacked her on his shoulder. She got her first good look at the guy who she had drank blood from. He was wearing an entirely black outfit; black trench coat, black pants, black shirt, black shoes. But the more she looked at him, the more she noticed that his clothes had a slight blue sheen to them. If she were true to herself, she would have said that he was gorgeous. His face was regal. As though it was carved from ivory, yet it had a slight rugged look to it. He also had these soul-piercing blue eyes and black hair. She looked at him with both fear and horror on her face at what she had done and his reaction to it.
"I'm so sorry! My body reacted on its own, I couldn't stop myself!" she said with a pleading tone in her voice. Daniel could tell by her tone and by her signature in the Force that she was sincere. Then he did a double take. What he felt from her confused him. Daniel could feel the dark-side inside her, yet from what he could tell she wasn't evil. This revelation threw him for a loop. 'Have you ever found something like this Jorgen?' he asked. 'No but some of my ancestors have.' Jorgen replied. Then a wave of surprise flew across their connection 'She's a Youkai!' he yelled.
Daniel instantly dropped into a combat stance and prepared to draw his swords. 'Wait, you said yourself that she didn't feel evil, she just has the dark-side inside her. Youkai are born of the dark-side.' Jorgen explained. Daniel was still apprehensive of the girl, but he moved his hands away from his swords. "I apologize, you surprised us, but that doesn't excuse us from our reactions." he said holding his hand out to her. She was surprised, confused, and still afraid of them and their intentions. When Daniel decided that she wasn't going to take his hand, he pulled it back and took a step back. "Again we're sorry." he said and walked away.
Moka watched him walk away 'I wonder who he is? And that blood… such power…' she thought. Just thinking about it made her shiver in ecstasy. She stood up and walked towards the school, following Daniel when she stopped. 'Why did he sound like there were two of them?' she wondered then continued on her way. When he arrived at the school, he took in the school and raised his eyebrow. The school, if you could call it that looked like it was run down and should have been condemned years ago. 'If the inside looks as bad as the outside, I'm going on strike.' Jorgen said. Daniel silently agreed with him, but pressed on to the orientation in the main gym.
Dragon and Rider were both pleasantly surprised when they discovered that the inside of the school was comparatively modern compared to the outside appearance of the school. They entered the gym and Daniel's Force Sense was overwhelmed with the amount of dark-energy in the room. He staggered and nearly fell from the overpressure but Jorgen reacted quickly and shielded Daniel's mind so that he could get his bearings. 'Well, I think it's safe to assume that we know what the Academy is for.' he said as he sat in an open chair and brought his own mental shields up, allowing Jorgen to concentrate on himself. They sat through the hour long orientation and pretty much committed what the headmaster said to memory so that their report was as comprehensive as possible. The priest, he had the look of one and therefore Daniel classified him as such, dismissed the freshmen and they exited for their first class of the day.
Daniel couldn't stop looking around at all of the Youkai. There were so many and he could tell what they were by making quick passes on their minds. 'If I wanted to, I could subtly take over the entire school and absolutely no one would be able to stop me. Well except maybe the priest.' he commented. 'Yes, it would be horrible if a Fallen Rider or a Dark Jedi managed to get in here. They would have an army at their command.' Jorgen said. Daniel didn't want to think along those lines so they walked to their homeroom in silence.
When they arrived they took a seat at the very back of the class and closed his eyes pretending to fall asleep and allowing his senses to observe the entire class. 'The Master's would have your head if they could see you now.' Jorgen said. 'Probably, but they can't see me.' Daniel replied. Eventually the class started and their teacher entered. Daniel didn't even need to see into her mind to see what type of monster she was as her ears poked out through her hair and her tail swayed back and forth. "Good morning class, my name is Nekonome-sensei and as you already know this is a school for monsters." she said cheerily. Daniel nodded and watched the class for reactions. "Now, between Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and the myriad of alien species in the galaxy, we Youkai need to be able to hide more effectively now more than ever. That's why in this school you will be taught how to blend in with them." she continued. "Heh, what a load of bullshit. We should just kill them all, then rape all the pretty girls." one student said.
Daniel stiffened and had to keep his anger in check and not let out a feral growl at the guy's last statement. He also had to bite back the comment that had been forming on his tongue. When he was growing up, Vrael had ingrained into Daniel that women were supposed to be respected, and protected at any and all costs, whether they wanted it or not. Daniel also had this instinctual need and desire to protect women; he attributed that to his biological father.
So it was a relief that Nekonome-sensei was able to dissipate the tension in the room. "Ah you must be… Saizou Komiya. Unfortunately, they outnumber us by a ridiculous margin, and then you have The Council and Jedi…" she trailed off and Daniel saw her shudder and felt everyone else in the room give off unbelievable amounts of fear and terror. Even Dick-Face let slip a small amount of fear. This threw Daniel for a loop. 'What could The Council and Jedi do to cause this amount of fear and outright terror to be present?' he asked. 'Honestly I have no…' Jorgen started then stopped in thought. Then Daniel felt a massive amount of horror and revoltion from across their link. 'Jorgen?' Daniel asked. Jorgen remained quiet.
Nekonome shook herself out of those thoughts and continued. "Besides, if any Elves, Humans, Dwarves, or any of the other races managed to get in here they would be killed." she said. Dragon and Rider both inwardly flinched at her statement. 'What would drive these creatures to such extremes?' Daniel asked but Jorgen remained silent. At that moment he felt a familiar presence at the door. It opened and revealed the girl who had bit him "I'm sorry I'm late, I got lost after the opening ceremony." she said. "That's ok, come in and introduce yourself." Nekonome said. As the girl stepped in Daniel could feel the change in atmosphere in the room.
All the guys were drooling after her as if she was a piece of meat to be won, as the girls looked on in jealousy. She bowed "My name's Moka Akashiya, and I hope we can be good friends." she said. "Just find a seat and we'll continue." Nekonome said. Moka turned to her and did a small bow "Ok." she said. She turned back to the class and looked over it. Almost all the guys wanted her to sit by them, but if she was honest they all creeped her out. Then she noticed that only one person wasn't looking at her. The one in the very back of the class who looked like he was sleeping. Moka then noticed that there was an eagle on his shoulder and his outfit was blue-black. It was the same guy that she had drunk blood from.
She slowly made her way over to him and noticed that the chairs around him were empty. The reasoning was because both Dragon and Rider used subtle methods to dissuade anyone from sitting near him. Daniel made a split second decision as she approached. The now named Moka finally stopped infront of Daniel and was about to speak when he beat her to the punch. "No, the seat is not taken, and Yes, you can sit there." he said without even opening his eyes. Moka's shoulders slumped and she began to leave when her brain finally processed what he said.
Daniel could feel the confusion rolling off of her in waves "What?" she asked. Even her voice was laced with confusion. Daniel opened his eyes and looked at her. Moka looked away with a slight blush when her emerald eyes met his soul-piercing blue ones. "In response to your first question, as to whether or not the seat is taken; the answer is no, the seat is not taken. To answer your second question, whether or not you can sit there, yes you can." he explained as he closed his eyes again.
"Oh." she said simply as she took a seat. Daniel could feel the killer intent through the Force, but the one emotion that hit him hardest was lust. He followed the emotion to its source and was unsurprised when he found Saizou at the end of it. Daniel scowled 'Women aren't tools to be used.' he said angrily. Jorgen silently agreed with him. Daniel heard his name being called so he opened one eye and spied the teacher. "Why aren't you wearing the school uniform?" she asked, her ears twitching. He sighed "I was unaware that there was a school uniform." Daniel stated simply with a shrug. "Ok, just go to the student store and pick one up when school lets out." she said. Daniel nodded, and then went back to pretending to sleep but really committing everything she said to memory.
Sometime later the class was dismissed and Daniel went to find a secluded spot to think. 'In all honesty, we've completed our mission. We know what the school is and the purpose of the school. But I can't shake the feeling that there was a double meaning for the mission.' he said. 'I agree I feel that we haven't discovered the true reason for our coming here.' Jorgen said. 'Do you think the Master's knew what Youkai was from the beginning?' he asked. 'It is a possibility.' replied Jorgen. Daniel sat for a moment then looked up when he felt a tremor in the Force.
Moka was sitting alone on a bench by a vending machine, though it looked antiquated. She had a can of tomato juice in her hand and she felt uncomfortable. The reason was standing behind her. Saizou was accosting her and Daniel had had just about enough of him. Daniel stood and Jorgen flew off of the tree branch that he was perched on and landed on Daniel's shoulder. Daniel made his way over and caught the last part of the 'conversation'. "Come on babe why don't you hang out with me?" Saizou said with a sneer. Moka shifted uncomfortably "I don't want to." she said softly. Saizou's eyebrow twitched and Daniel could feel anger start to flow from him.
Saizou reached out a hand "You're coming with me whether you like it or not." he said with a scowl. Right before his hand could touch her shoulder it was caught in a vice like grip and he could feel his wrist bones groaning against the pressure. "I believe the lady said she didn't want to go with you. I suggest you comply with her request." Daniel said calmly. "Yeah? Who are you punk?" Saizou asked with a sneer.
Daniel then heard some of the other students talking. "Hey, isn't that Saizou?" "Yeah." "Isn't he one of those rouge monsters?" "Yeah, I heard he was sent here because he caused too many problems in the outside world. Raped too many women I think."
Daniel bristled at the last comment. "I think you need to leave." he said calmly to Saizou. Saizou inwardly winced as the pressure on his wrist built up. "Yeah, you're going to…" "You will leave here." Daniel said cutting him off with a wave of his hand. Saizou suddenly gained a fare off look "I will leave here." he said walking off as Daniel released his wrist.
As Saizou walked off, Daniel took a long and deep breath as he tried to calm himself. Moka was in shock. This guy, who she had seen three times in one day, had helped her when no one else would. He turned to her and gave a small bow "Ms. Akashiya." he said as he turned to walk away. As he was walking away he felt a small pressure on his arm. He had felt her approach but he had no idea she was going to touch him. "Wait." she said softly. He turned to look at her. "Why did you help me?" she asked. "Two reasons really, the first, I felt I needed to do something to make up for this morning. The second, it was the right thing to do." Daniel replied easily.
They continued looking at each other until Moka had to look away from his gaze. "If that is all, I bid you a good day." he said giving her a small bow and turning again. She looked up at him as he walked away and suddenly it seemed as the world slowed. She had two choices, let him walk away and return to her solitary lifestyle and probably have to deal with Saizou again. Or go with him and probably never live a simple life. She made her decision. "I never caught your name." she said. He stopped and looked at her "It's Daniel." he said. "Do…do you want to hang out?" she asked nervously.
Daniel thought for a moment 'Go with her, if nothing else it will prevent that bastard Saizou from getting close to her. Besides who knows, you might actually enjoy it.' Jorgen said. "Sure." he said walking up to her. Moka squealed in joy, grabbed his arm and dragged him away.
Little did either of them know that that one event, that one gesture of kindness, would have lasting effects on the galaxy for millennia.
Author's Note: And so the second chapter of my mega-story has been completed. I wanted to get the fight with Saizou in this chapter but I figured that it was dragging out long enough. Besides now I can dedicate an entire chapter to it. Next chapter there will be some major revelations and other stuff. Side Note: I will be adding many more different worlds after he gets out of Youkai. Have fun and stay safe out there. Review as you see fit.