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"Force Talking"

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Flashback/Dream

"Beautiful, Graceful and Deadly, the three words that describe a Mando women, Calista embodies all three to the extremes, I tell ya seeing her and General Hisanaga on the field together was some downright scary shit."
-Mandalorian Supercommando on Calista Shae during the Clone Wars

Chapter Two: Meeting the Family and Tomb Spelunking

Obi-wan stared slacked jawed at the ship sitting right in front of him in one of the Temple's Hanger Bays, it was a Correllian YG-4210 Light Freighter painted in a dark green pattern with crimson red slash marks across it giving it a fearsome look, however it was very far from stock as it had a quad turret on the top, a pair blaster cannons and what looked like a missile tube on the bottom "She's a beauty ain't she?" Ryu asked walking up behind Obi-wan and clapping a hand on his shoulder "Obi-wan meet Tal Verda(1), my baby."

"Wow." Was all Obi-wan could say in amazement as he stared at the ship.

"Looks like you've added some things since I last saw her." Qui-gon commented as his eyes drifted to the quad cannons.

"Gar serim(2)." Ryu said with a grin as the boarding ramp lowered and picked up his duffel and led them into the ship and pointed out the rooms they could use "Not the best rooming but I make do."

Qui-gon shook his head with a laugh "You would make do with a rock on the ground so long as you had some of that tihaar(3) or ne'tra gal(4) that you drink." He countered making Ryu laugh.

"Ahh vod your not still upset about that night are you?" Ryu asked with a teasing grin as he threw his duffel into his regular quarters where it landed with a solid thunk signifying something heavy was in there. "I told ya to take it easy on the stuff, but no you had to be the big bad Jetii and down half the bottle in one go."

Qui-gon grimaced at the memory "I never thought that Master Yoda could be so... evil." He finally said with a shutter as Ryu laughed.

"Here's a secret vod," he said in a mock whisper "We all are that evil." Ryu howled in laughter as Qui-gon glared at the young knight as the trio made their way to the cockpit while Obi-wan grinned secretly at the information he was receiving about his Master.

Ryu settled himself in the pilot's seat and gestured for Obi-wan to take the co-pilots seat "C'mon ad'ika I don't bite." He said teasingly as Obi-wan hesitantly took the seat with an encouraging nod from his Master "One of the First things you'll probably notice is that the cockpit would be more similar to that of a star fighter than a freighter." Ryu said switching into his instructor mode "Now this will change a lot of things as the person in the co-pilot deals with the Hyperspace routes and turret control, while the seat that Qui-gon is in is the status systems and communications, takes some getting used to but in the end it is a lot more streamlined than other freighters."

Obi-wan nodded his understanding "So what Planet are we going to?" he asked so that he could plot out the Hyperspace route.

"Idonis." Ryu said simply with a vacant look "My home world believe it or not." He reached over the consol and brought up a holo image of the planet "It's an Outer Rim world without a a government in place and the only law is your blaster. Surprisingly enough Farmers actually make a good living here, mostly because it's so expensive to ship foodstuffs and such out their compared to grown on planet." He spun the image around and zoomed into a patch of ocean "The records that we had uncovered say that the tomb is in this area, probably an unexploded or undiscovered island." He grinned over to Qui-gon as he lent back "And the bonus is that you may be able to finally meet the aliit(5)."

Qui-gon raised an eyebrow "Oh really?" he mused "Should be an interesting night." Ryu grinned viscously as he eyed Obi-wan who began to get nervous "No corrupting my apprentice Ryu," Qui-gon said sternly making Ryu pout and Obi-wan to sigh in relief only to pale at his next words "At least wait until he's sixteen will you?"

Hour Later, Ryu's Quarters

Ryu sighed contently as he stepped out of the shower and dried himself off and dressed in a simple tunic and pants before flipping on his commlink and connected to Calista's Commlink "Ryu! I didn't expect to hear from you so soon." She purred when she picked up.

Ryu grinned "Well in addition to wanting to hear your ever so sweet voice, I got a mission with Qui-gon and his ad'ika," he said "And it just so happens to be on Idonis."

Calista blinked in surprise "Really," she asked a smile breaking out on her face before she frown "Unfortunately we're pretty occupied in cleaning out a Kyr'tsad(6) movement here, little Chakaare are really hard to find now, they completely dropped off the map."

Ryu grunted in acknowledgement before an idea hit him "Have you checked these coordinates?" he asked sending them through the commlink.

"Isn't that just a giant patch of water?" she asked in confusion.

"We the Archivists believe that the tomb of Revan is at those coordinates, give or take a couple of miles." Ryu informed as he sat on his bed and leaned against the wall "Me and the other two are being sent in to investigate it."

Calista hummed "I'll talk to alor and see what he says," she said before smiling "But you better stay around long enough for us to meet up with you."

"I understand cyar'ika," he reassured breaking into a smile "I'll be counting the minutes."

Calista chuckled "See you then." She said softly before breaking the link.

Ryu sighed as he placed his head against the wall behind him and placed the commlink on the on the bedside table before settling himself in and drifted off to sleep.

Dreamscape

6 Months after Joining the Mandalorians

Ryu grunted as he impacted the ground and forced himself to rise onto his unsteady feet, he hadn't changed much over the six months he had been with the Mandalorians other than putting on some muscle and changing into some loose clothing that he wore while training. He held his vibroblades in a defensive manner against his current opponent, Alita Riza, Valane's lover, she was around 5'10" with black shoulder length hair, onyx colored eyes and tanned skin, she was currently wearing some regular loose clothing but her form fitting black gold trimmed armor was close at hand as she and Ryu sparred. "You still show hesitation when going for the killing stroke Ge'verd," she criticized "Your opponent will not show you any mercy so why should you show them mercy?"

Ryu didn't answer as he leapt forward and feinted to the right only to strike from the left surprising the female Mandalorian slightly before he spun low and struck out with his other vibroblade forcing Alita into the air and leapt up with a roundhouse kick that was blocked with the flat part of the vibroblade. The pair separated when the landed with Ryu panting heavily while Alita simply was breathing slightly quick "Alright I think that's enough for today!" Krista Raez, lover to Valken, she had her shoulder length brown hair in a single braid with viridian eyes and had a light tan, shouted as she walk over wearing her own form fitting sky blue lime green trimmed armor her helmet was near the campfire that was crackling merrily "The others should be returning soon."

"Cool," Alita said suddenly relax and energetic, it had taken awhile for Ryu to get used to that when he first met her "So Ryu have asked Calista on a date yet?" she asked slyly while Ryu was taking a drink of water.

Ryu spit out the water with a cough of surprise and blushed heavily "B-but that's against the Code." he protested weakly.

Both Alita and Krista frowned at the young Jedi "Oh really?" Krista asked "And what is it you feel when you're near her? Or when she comforts you after one of your nightmares? How about when you touch? Or when she's hurt?"

Ryu bit his lip as he looked down to the ground and sat down on a log next to the fire, his thoughts where in disarray 'There is emotion, but peace, anger with kindness, passion with love.' His master words rang through his head 'The current order is flawed, fighting for Galactic peace is all well and good, but it doesn't give the Jedi something personal to fight for, only love can do that, love and passion are similar, but exceedingly different, with passion you will never want to let go, but with love, love you will accept differences, changes, even death without losing yourself in it, love is supporting each other more than anything.'

The two Mandalorians sat quietly as they watched Ryu, they were used to this, he would sit there and think over what they told him and compare it to his own experiences "I do care for her," he admitted finally "But I, I am not certain if it's passion or love."

Krista smiled slightly "Do you want to possess her?" she asked bluntly and when Ryu shook his head she smiled widely "Than it's highly unlikely that you are feeling passion, from my own experiences passion is when you want to possess something completely and not wanting to share it with anyone."

Alita nodded in agreement "Consider yourself lucky that you've found someone you love unconditionally early in your life," she said "Many never find it at all."

Ryu smiled softly and looked up when they heard the roar of engines in time to see their friends arrive on swoop bikes returning from their mission, Ryu smiled at the sight of Calista in her white armor and waved his greeting as she took off her helmet and smiled at him. "How'd the mission go?" he asked as Calista took a seat next to him.

"It was too easy," she moaned as she stretched out "Just a bunch of undertrained mercenaries and a cowardly politician. How was your training?"

Ryu snorted as he began to disassemble one of his lightsabers to make some adjustments "How do you think?" he asked "I got my ass handed to me, I guess without the Force the Jedi really are crippled."

Calista smirked at him "Ahh so the Jetii finally realizes his own morality." She teased lightly elbowing him.

Ryu laughed "My morality was never in question," he countered "Only my sanity." The pair shared a laugh as they sat by the fire enjoying each other's presence Looking around Ryu smiled when he realized that the other had 'conveniently' occupied themselves with something away from the campfire leaving the pair on their own "Hey Calista," he said setting down his semi-constructed lightsaber getting the red head's attention "I came to a pretty big realization recently."

Calista raised an eyebrow and looked at him "Are you going to tell me you love me?" she asked jokingly with a chuckle only to stop when Ryu looked at her seriously, and blushed when he nodded "Holy crap, well to be honest I've definitely have become attracted to you." She admitted looking back at him "What about your Code?"

Ryu shrugged "The current Order is flawed and needs to change in order to survive the coming storm," he said "That is what my master told me and I believe him, one of the things I realized is that without something personal to fight for we will be buried in the sands of time."

"So what you're saying is?" Calista asked impatiently crossing her arms.

Ryu smiled as he leaned towards her "It means fuck the Code." He whispered right before their lips met.

End Dream

Idonis, Mandalorian Camp

Calista woke up with a smile on her face as she remembered her dream of when Ryu admitted his feelings to her, the rest of the night the others had teased them relentlessly about their relationship and didn't stop even after Ryu dumped water on them all using the Force. Stretching she stood up and yawned catching Fallern's attention "Finally up sleeping beauty?" he asked teasingly as he tossed her some dried fruit.

"Well I didn't want to wake up from that dream so yes I did sleep well." She countered with a smile as her leader chuckled "So have you come to a decision?"

He nodded "I've already sent Valken and Krista to scout the area Ryu provided us, they should report soon." He said "Looking forward to seeing your cyar'ika?"

Calista blushed lightly "Yes," she admitted "With him busy with the Order and me with our work it gets hard just to spend some time together without interruption."

Fallern hummed in agreement "Well this will be our last mission for awhile so you should be able to spend some time with him on Coruscant." He mused with a secret smile.

Calista openly smiled at the elder Mandalorian and moved to check her equipment when Fallern's commlink beeped "Fallern here." He said and listened "Understood, fall back to camp," he ordered before closing the commlink "Looks like Ryu's info is right, there is something there, and a whole lot of Kyr'tsad to go with it."

Calista nodded "I'll get a hold of Ryu." she said and pulled out her commlink

Tal Verda, Cockpit

Ryu sat in the cockpit with Obi-wan and Qui-gon as they came out of Hyperspace over the planet of Idonis "Welcome to Idonis, home to Pirates, Mercenaries and most recently Kyr'tsad."

"The Death Watch is here?" Qui-gon asked an slight alarm.

Ryu nodded grimly "That's why my aliit are here," he said "To remove them, thankfully they don't have the access to the Beskar like we do for our armor." As he talked he guided the Tal Verda skillfully down to the planet and passed over the Mandalorian Camp "They've agreed to help us in exchange for helping them remove the Kyr'tsad, who have set up camp at a certain tomb we are looking for."

Qui-gon nodded "And I highly doubt they are willing to negotiate." He muttered as Ryu landed the Freighter at the edge of the camp.

"Just watch yourself ad'ika," Ryu said to Obi-wan with a grin as the boarding ramp lowered "I might not actively try and corrupt you, but they will."

"So you've finally arrived have you Ge'verd?" Fallern asked as Ryu stepped down and clasped hands with him tightly "Good to see you alive and well."

"Good to see you too alor." Ryu said grinned as he looked over Fallern's shoulder and winked at Calista who smiled brightly at the young knight "These two are Qui-gon and his ad'ika Obi-wan, Qui-gon, Obi-wan this is Fallern Sinai, the captain of one of the most degenerate, ragtag group of Mandalorians you will ever meet."

"Careful Ge'verd," Calista said teasingly "Alor can still wipe the floor with you in the battle circle."

Ryu grinned at her "This lady here is Calista Shae, she's the squads current slice and dice expert, meaning she can throw me around the ring with that vibroblade of hers when she feels like it." He introduced and gestured to the other four Mandalorians "In order those are Valken Tier and his lover/partner Krista Raez, next up is Valane Trikos and his lover/partner Alita Riza."

The commando's raised their hand in greeting as their name was said and were grinning ear to ear as Obi-wan looked at them in something akin to awe "See something you like ad'ika?" Alita asked in a sultry voice causing Obi-wan to blush heavily and stammer an apology while the others laughed.

"So what's the situation?" Ryu asked as they got settled around the campfire to plan out the strike.

"They're holed up pretty damn well," Fallern commented "They have a couple of patrols and snipers atop of the temple itself, all in all, hard to attack easy to defend, especially since they are in the middle of the ocean."

Ryu hummed in agreement "What do they have for anti-air?"

"Several turrets are placed around the temple exterior, they all seem to be automated." Valken said "Are you thinking of taking the Tal Verda?"

Ryu nodded "what other choice do we have?" he asked "This is a combat drop situation and the Tal Verda is pretty heavily armed."

Fallern grunted in acknowledgement "True, but do you have a plan for attacking them?" he asked.

Ryu frowned in though "We could do a straight decent drop and take out the anti-air," he mused "Then me, you, Calista and Krista can go in one group while Qui-gon and the others are the second group."

"That sounds like a sound plan," Qui-gon said in agreement while the Mandalorians nodded in agreement "When should we do this?"

"Dusk tomorrow," Ryu suggested "That's the time they'll be switching out patrols."

"Alright than," Fallern announced standing up "Dusk tomorrow it is, be sure your ready."

With that the group stood up going in their own directions, Ryu and Calista slipped into the Tal Verda and headed to Ryu's room, once the room was secured Ryu grabbed Calista and kissed her deeply "God I missed that," he breathed once they separated and smiled at her "Good to see and hold you again cyar'ika."

"Mmm, same to you Ryu," Calista agreed as she nestled into his chest "Are we just going to sit here or are you going to reassure me that you do love me Ge'verd." Calista teased after a minute of just holding each other.

******WARNING LEMON ALERT, DON'T LIKE THAN SKIP TO NEXT ALERT!******

Ryu grinned and helped her with removing her armor while kissing at each newly exposed piece of flesh until she was just in her under garments, straightening he brought her into another kiss and while they engaged in a tongue war she pulled off his shirt pulling apart briefly so that he could get it off completely. Once his pants were off Calista wrapped her arms around his neck and lifted herself up wrapping her legs around his waist as she kissed him deeply. Moving over to the bed he laid her down and worked at removing her bra while they continued to make out. Calista broke the kiss to moan when Ryu began to knead her bare C-cup cup breasts, grinning he began to kiss down her neck going lower until he reached her breasts, looking up he smiled at the blissful look on her face and captured her right nipple in his mouth making her gasp.

"By the Force." She moaned in pleasure as she ran her hands through his short hair urging him to take more of her chest into his mouth which he happily complied with while one hand kneaded her opposite breast the other trailed downwards and began to stroke her dripping core eliciting another moan from Calista "I want you Ryu," she moaned out "Please enough foreplay."

Ryu complied and pulled off her panties before pulling off his own boxers, he hovered over her his cock above her entrance, leaning down he kissed Calista deeply before pushing himself in with a growl-like moan while Calista arched her back lustily moaning his name, Ryu continued to thrust into her picking up the pace as he went much to her vocalized pleasure as she rocked her hips back at him matching his vigor "F-Fuck," she groaned in pleasure as she felt his member grind into her at a rapid pace "Ahn, Ryu-u-u-u!"

Ryu grunted as he felt her constrict around his member pushing him to his limit as he unloaded into her, Panting he laid next to her for a bit as they basked in the warmth of their orgasm before Calista rolled herself on top of him with a sultry smile "We're not done yet cyar'ika," she purred as she ground he hips against his eliciting a moan from her lover "We've got all night to... catch up."

******LEMON IS OVER... For Now...******

Campsite

Obi-wan looked around as he noticed that two people were missing "Were did Calista and Ryu go?" He asked curiously.

"Ah, the two probably went to go catch up in private," Valane dismissed with a wave "Their good friends so they like to spend some alone time together when they get the chance."

Obi-wan nodded in understanding, missing the frown that played across Qui-gon's face. Feeling a tap on his shoulder he looked up to see Fallern standing there and with a jerk of his head he indicated for the Jedi to follow him "Their not catching up with each other are they?" Qui-gon demanded once they were out of earshot.

Fallern frowned at the large Jedi "I think it doesn't concern you Jetii," he warned "You and your thrice damned council would never realize how much that ad'ika needs her just to keep his sanity in check." Qui-gon raised an eyebrow speculatively at the Mandalorian "Have you ever been tortured by the Sith boy?" Fallern asked "Have you ever seen that boy without something covering at least his torso?"

Qui-gon frowned at the Mandalorian "But he doesn't seem all that effected by it," he countered "I've heard him make jokes about it."

Fallern sighed heavily and stared off into the distance "For the first month whenever he would sleep he'd wake up screaming his head off," he explained darkly "The only time he would stop is when Calista, bless her heart, would comfort him," he looked over to Qui-gon with his grey eyes reflecting the distant light of the campfire "Thankfully as time went on he began to get the nightmares less and less to the point where they are rare, but I can tell you this Jetii he still depends on her, she is the light that staves off the dark so to speak. Besides," Fallern continued "It's like he has always said, your order needs to change with the times, if you don't you'll burn with the flames of time."

Qui-gon remained where he was as Fallern returned to the camp frowning as he thought things through 'Has he really been that close to falling?' he asked himself as he looked through his past interactions with Ryu looking for any hints of it 'But why didn't he inform the council?'

'Because they would force him to choose between the love of his heart and the love of his family,' a voice answered in his head 'and as the saying goes 'aiit ori'shya tal'din', Family is thicker than blood.'

Qui-gon sighed as he turned back to the camp 'For now it doesn't matter,' he mused 'I'll talk to him about it later.'

Next day, dusk, Revan's Tomb

Alden Nediale, a member of the Kyr'tsad, sighed and shifted in his black Mandalorian armor while he stood on post during his watch shift "Why in the hell does alor have us watching the ocean?" he asked his watch partner Mikhail Horus "I mean this place ain't on the map so who's gonna find us?"

Mikhail snorted "True," he agreed with a grunt "Besides these farmers are cowards, even if they find us they won't do anything."

Alden sighed again as he looked up to the darkening sky and frowned, a speck in the distance that looked like it was growing, but no sane pilot would ever attempt a straight decent drop, would they? "Hey," he said elbowing his partner and pointing up "Am I hallucinating or do you see a ship doing a straight drop as well?"

Mikhail looked up and swore "Siit tal(7)," he shouted as he reached for his commlink "This is station four we've got incoming!"

Just then all hell broke loose, several concussion missiles impacted the still activating Anti-Air emplacements just as the quad turret atop of the Tal Verda started spraying the guard and sniper posts with laser fire forcing the commandos stationed there undercover while others were killed outright.

"Damn Chakaare," Alden swore as he and Mikhail took cover behind a boulder as the Tal Verda landed "I recognize that ship, it's that damned Mando trained Jetii."

"Tch, so those bastard ori'ramikade(8) called in a Jetii huh." Mikhail noted as they waited for the ramp to lower their guns trained on the ship "Well let's give them a cheery welcome."

Tal Verda

"Will this really work?" Obi-wan asked skeptically as he and the others prepared for combat.

"Have faith Padawan," Qui-gon soothed "They are completely ready and have done this before, correct captain?"

Fallern snorted as he slid his helmet on and smacked the side of it "Please Jetii," he said "We invented this maneuver."

"If I remember correctly alor, I invented the move, you just take credit for it." Ryu said as he stepped around the corner dressed in his Dark green black trimmed Mandalorian armor with his helmet under his arm.

Obi-wan's jaw dropped at the sight of the young knight fully dressed in Mando armor and armed to the teeth with a blaster rifle two blaster pistols and various grenades all over his body, his saber gauntlets already strapped to his arms "By the Force." He muttered making Ryu grin as he slid his helmet on.

"Thanks ad'ika," he said in amusement "Oh remind me when we get back to Coruscant that I have the armor you wanted ready vod."

Qui-gon nodded and drew out his lightsaber in preparation "Is everyone ready?" he asked looking around and received nods of readiness.

"Alright then," Fallern grunted and shifted his rifle "Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur(9)."

Obi-wan looked to his master for a translation "Today is a good day for someone else to die," Qui-gon translated "An old Mando saying."

Just then Ryu hit a button on the wall and the section of the wall exploded outwards as Valane surged forward and laid down suppressive fire with his repeating blaster rifle killing any foolish enough to be in the open, Qui-gon was the next to exit as his green lightsaber flashed out batting away the laser bolts of the returning fire from the surviving snipers, Valken was next as he raised his Tusken Rifle and started picking off the snipers while Obi-wan covered him and Alita who joined Valane in suppressive fire.

"Right, team one on me!" Fallern shouted as the group made their way to the tomb's doors firing at any unlucky sod that peeked out "Hisanaga breach that door!"

"Vorer, Alor!" Ryu confirmed as he started gathering the Force between his hands "Get clear!" he shouted as the threw the Force directly at the door blasting it in crushing the troopers behind it with the concussive force of the blast alone "Clear!"

Tomb Interior

"Al'verde(10) they have breached the tomb's door!" One of the Kyr'tsad reported hurriedly to a black armored Madalorian with gold trimming "A team of four Ori'ramikade are making their way here as we speak."

"Calm down Ad'ika," the commander ordered as he stood in front of a tactical display showing the battle outside "What damage could four men, even if they are Ori'ramikade, possibly do to a akaata(11) of the finest Kyr'tsad produced?"

"Al`verde," a gruffer voice called out calling the pairs attention to another Mandalorian dressed in dull grey armor with crimson trimming "You best not underestimate these ones, I've faced them before and the one in green and black armor is the most dangerous of them."

The commander snorted "Whatever Grison," he rebuffed "They will fall today."

Grison shrugged as he turned and walked away "Just don't come crawling to me when you die." He called out over his shoulder.

Tomb halls

"Fire in the hole!" Ryu warned as he lobbed a grenade down the hallway before taking cover from the blast killing a pair of Kyr'tsad "Damn Chakaare, their dug in tight alor!"

"Just keep up the fire," Fallern retorted "They don't have true Beskar'gam(12) like us, so they'll fall eventually."

Ryu's response was to whirl out into the hallway leveling his blaster rifle while Calista aimed around the corner with her blaster pistols and rained laser bolts on the defending troops forcing them to take cover as Fallern and Krista advanced and took cover before they started firing themselves "This is Qui-gon," their communicators crackled to life "We have secured the landing zone and have begun to eliminate the forces outside of the tomb."

"Understood vod," Ryu confirmed "We're making our way to the command center now to eliminate their leader, once he's down the others will drop like flies."

"Understood." Qui-gon responded before signing off.

"Hisanaga!" Fallern called out "You and Shae show them the meaning of CQC!"

"Vorer alor!" they both answered as Calista drew her vibroblade and Ryu activated his hidden lightsabers before they both charged with Ryu in the front knocking away any bolts that came at them, in seconds the pair were on the defenders as Ryu literally carved his way through them, armor and all while Calista severed arms and heads while she aimed at the lightly protected joints of the armor. All to soon the defenders were nothing but corpses on the ground as the quartet strode through the doors of the command center.

"How is this possible," the commander asked as he the four Ori'ramikade stood in front of him and his three guards "We are the best of the Kyr'tsad so how is it a bunch of Jetii lovers are able to defeat us?"

Ryu snorted "Because unlike you we are willing to change with the times," he explained "The times have changed since the ways of old, you have one chance, surrender."

The commander stared at them for a minute before he moved to grab his pistol only to be thrown across the room by Ryu telepathic push. The room snapped into action as Ryu leapt after the commander his twin blades blazing while his squad mates went after the guards. The commander was quick enough to bring his own vibroblade to bear against Ryu's twin blades and the two entered into a contest of strength "You will never defeat me Jetii." The commander swore as he broke off trying to get Ryu off balance.

Instead of falling forwards Ryu ducked under the follow up swing that the commander launched with massive force hoping to decapitate the knight only to be met with a kick to his midsection that sent him stumbling back and was thrown again with another Force push sending him sliding across the floor with a loud scraping sound "See the future can you?" Ryu asked in a manner reminiscent of Yoda "Certain the future is not, shifting it always is. The words of Master Yoda of the Jedi council, and I adhere to those words every day of my life, for you can never know what tomorrow brings!" he shouted as he leapt forward and slashed lowed causing the commander to stumble back before driving his saber straight into his heart killing him.

"Not bad Ge'verd," Fallern complimented as he stepped around the dead body of the guard "I just finished scrambling their communications and tactical plans, the rest should fall quickly."

"Vorer Alor, I'll begin clearing them out, C'mon Lista let's show'em what we can do." He confirmed as he and Calista strode out the door and began to clear out the enemy forces.

Hours Later

"Damn, finally cleared those Chakaare out," Alita groaned as she sat down in the rec area of the Tal Verda "What'cha looking at their Ryu?"

Ryu was sitting at one of the tables with a schematic in front of him along with droid parts "Found a rusted droid with an intact memory core in the armory," he explained "These schematics were beside it and I thought I might as well take a look at them."

Qui-gon hummed "It surprises me," he mused "I always thought that the tomb of Revan would feel, darker than it does, in fact, I don't sense the dark or the light here."

"Not surprised," Ryu commented "Revan after his memory wipe and redemption was more of a Grey Knight than a Dar'jetii, or Jetii, plus I think there might have been a reason behind his fall to the dark side."

"A reason behind it?" Obi-wan asked in confusion "What reason could there be, the records clearly state that he feel because of a lust for power."

"The things about records ad'ika," Fallern began "Is that they are from another's perspective, and since it was a Jetii who wrote them, so their perspective was was influenced by their skewed views."

"Remember, Revan could of easily took back control of the Sith fleet after he regained his memories, but he didn't, and after the final battle he vanished into the unknown regions, not even the rise of the three dark lords Sion, Nihilus and Treya, the lords of Pain, Hunger and Betrayal, and shortly after defeating those three lords the Exile vanished into the unknown regions after Revan, never to be seen again," Ryu explained to the Padawan in his lecture mode, with his rough Mandalorian accent gone and seriousness filling his voice "Until now where we find his tomb, without a body, this was more of a memorial than a tomb, unfortunately unlike I hoped there was no holocron that I could use to prove or disprove my theories."

A sudden yawn from the young Padawan brought about a round of chuckles from the gathered group "Off to bed with you Padawan," Qui-gon commanded lightly as he made a shooing motion with his hands "There will be time to discuss the past and philosophies on our return to Coruscant tomorrow."

Obi-wan grumbled a bit as he slid out of his chair and made his way to his room with another yawn "We best be off as well and report to Mandalore." Fallern said as he stood up with a stretch "You heading to Coruscanta(13) with Ryu and the Jetii Calista?"

"Yup," she confirmed "Figure it'd be cheaper than catching a ride from Keldabe."

Fallern nodded as he and the rest of the Mandalorians waved goodbye and left the Tal Verda leaving the three alone in the rec area.

"Go ahead and ask you question vod," Ryu commented looking up at Qui-gon with an amused smirk "I know you well enough now that I can tell when you have something to ask me so just spit it out."

Qui-gon gave a ruthful chuckle at his friends bluntness "Well, I need to know for certain," he began settling a serious gaze on Ryu and Calista "Are the two of you in a relationship?"

Ryu sighed deeply as he set down the droid part he was fiddling with and faced Qui-gon with a completely serious face "We are," he confirmed "And before you go off on a tangent on how it is against the code let me explain it first." Ryu looked at Qui-gon who nodded after a moments consideration "As you know during the time I was held prisoner by the Dark Jedi Ignal I partitioned my mind to separate my conscious and my body, this was to prevent the pain and anger of losing my master combined with the torture from affecting me, what isn't known about partitioning is that it still affects you, just differently, I felt the torture, pain and anger in my dreams as my body and mind became one again, so basically I lived through those moments again, but without the partition to save me from my emotions," Ryu lent back into his seat with a deep sigh as he recalled the dark nights and dreams that plagued him, Calista placed a hand over his and gently squeezed reassuringly making Ryu smile at her "Whenever they would wake me from those dreams I would lash out blindly at anyone around me in a panic, except for Calista, there was something in my fevered mind that recognized her, later I realized that it was a seed of love, Qui-gon, never in my life have I felt such a powerful emotion when I hold her in my arms after a mission, or being separated for extended periods of time, at first I was afraid it was passion, but a friend explained to me the difference, passion is the wish to possess, a very dangerous emotion for Jedi and non-Jedi alike as it drives us into greed and fear of losing that person or object, love feels similar, which is why many confuse passion for love, but love is extremely different, with love you accept the differences, the flaws and even death itself, if Calista were to die right now yes I would grieve and be saddened, but I would not allow myself to fall into despair, as that would dishonor my love for her, Qui-gon, even we Jedi need something to encourage us to live and to return home, I will admit that we do serve a great cause, but what is that cause to a person who who has no personal stake in it, the code that we currently follow does not allow us to be ourselves, that is why I follow the old code like my master."

Qui-gon frowned in thought "But still Ryu," he argued "Going against the code like this, when the council finds out they will force you to choose."

Ryu sighed "I realize that vod," he stated wearily "But I have a feeling that Master Yoda already knows, and suppose until you experience it for yourself you would never understand my position."

Qui-gon sighed as he stood "I'm sorry Ryu, you are like a brother to me but I must bring this before Master Yoda at the very least." He apologized with his voice heavy with regret.

Ryu smiled bitterly "I don't blame you vod," he said "Even if I am kicked from the order you are still my brother."

Qui-gon smiled sadly at the young knight before heading to his room "Are you sure it's safe to let him do that?" Calista asked worriedly looking over to her lover.

Ryu chuckled "Maybe maybe not," he sighed "But like I said, even if I caste out of the order for this, he is still my family as much as you and the others," he let out another chuckle "In fact if that were to happen I would ask him to preside over the exchange of our vows."

Calista smiled wryly at Ryu and stood up dragging him with her "Well no sense in worrying about it now is there," she said as they made their way to Ryu's room "C'mon let's get some sleep."

END CHAPTER

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1- Tal Verda: Blood Warrior, Ryu's ship.

2- Gar serim: That's right, you got it, ect.

3-Tihaar: A strong spirit made from fruits

4- Ne'tra gal: Black ale

5- Aliit: Family, clan ect.

6- Kyr'tsad: Death Watch, a Mandalorian sect that wishes to return to the ways of old.

7- Siit tal: Sith's Blood

8- Ori'ramikade: Supercommando

9- Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur: Today is a good day for someone else to die.

10- Al'verde: Commander

11- Akaata: Battalion

12- Armor

13- Coruscanta: Coruscant