(Ezra Pov)

Somewhere beyond the galaxy

"Where am I?" My memories start to resurface inside of my head. I remember now. The mission, the dark mysterious figure who saved me, my friends, the black hole generator, my death and Sabine the love my life in which I sacrifice myself so she could live. Now I only see pure blackness. Is that how the afterlife look like?

"Wait a minute, am I actually dead?" Why do I feel pain all over my body? I thought that you didn't feel anything in the afterlife. I feel something brushing my nose, It's tickling me. "where am i" I see a bright light penetrating my eyelid. I open my eyes to see grass all around me as I was lying on the ground. With some difficulty I manage to stand up, my legs were still sore.

When I manage to stand up, My eyes went wide from the sight that I saw. The sky was purple and I couldn't see any sun up there. The trees around me were made by some kind of brown crystal with golden color the air feels different, It's lighter, more clean somehow? Behind me was the Star Destroyer broke in half. It crashed in a lake. When I approach it, I realize that the water was green but not green as if it was rotten. It was a key lime green, I could even see the different rocks through the water. I crouch down on the floor, took a handful of water and drank it. The water tastes normal, It didn't have any salt in it. It was perfectly clean. While continuing to drink, a small fish jump out of the water and attach itself on to my face. I scream and try to remove it. Once it was out of my face, I had a better look at him. It has two antennas on his back with webbed feet. " Well, that's not something that you see every day."I look behind me, far away from the Star Destroyer, I see a temple on top of a mountain. I feel something strange about this place, It's calling me. I feel the force telling me to answer his call. Without thinking, I started to walk toward it.

While I was walking, I took my time to observe my surroundings. Everything looks peaceful, the wind blowing on the leaf, the sound of birds whistling inside the tree, the different kinds of animal that I have never seen in my life. I had my eyes close, focusing through the force to have a better look at my surrounding but the force act differently on this planet. I have a hard time to focus on it. I felt something strange beyond the force. I sensed some kind of dark energy on this planet. This strange energy is crossing with the force. " What kind of energy is this? I never felt this before?"

When I reach the mountain, I look up to see a giant stair leading up to the temple. "Great, I need to climb all these steps to reach the top. this should be fun" I thought sarcastically. Once I finally reach the temple, I fell to the ground from exhaustion. I was breathing heavily, my heart was pounding fast inside of my chest and my legs were sore. I couldn't move anymore so I decided to lie down and rest. "Karabast! I hope that I will never have to do this again. My legs can't take it anymore"Once my heart calm down and that legs weren't hurting anymore, I stood up in front of a giant gate. There were two statues of the giant flying lizard on each side of the gate. "What kind of animal is this. I keep seeing it everywhere, in my visions and now in this strange place. Maybe this temple is connected with my visions somehow"

Suddenly the gates open revealing a giant training yard with weapon stash around the walls of the gate. There were dummies in the middle of the yard. At the far end of the training yard, there was the temple. " Is anybody here?" I yell. It seems that the temple was empty. I reach the temple door and open it, revealing a giant hallway. There was a soft carpet covering the floor. The wall was covered with colorful paintings of nature; paintings of lake, forest, animals... All around the room had armors on display. Armor that I never saw before, some of them looks heavy and some look lighter. Their style is unique, I wonder who made them?

On the ceiling, there was a painting of a battle. On one side there were humans, wearing the same type of armor as those inside the temple. On the other side there were a different kind of species. They were so much bigger and stronger than the humans. Their skin was red and they had curl horns on their head. Above the battle, there were three persons on the side of the humans. They are a young woman, a young man and an elder. On the other side, there was a man wearing a full body armor. He had two blades coming out of his gauntlet on each arm. Fire was coming out of his body.

At the end of the room, was a fountain. In front of it was an orb standing on top of a pedestal. The moment I put my hand on it, I felt the force spread through my body, making the orb glow. The water from the fountain was drained out, revealing a staircase which leads beneath the temple.

I was in the same place from my vision. The cave where I saw the monks kneeling down on the ground, bowing their head in front of the armor. The same armor in which my mysterious savior wore. I wonder if he was trap on this planer just like me. I never knew if he managed to escape the blast radius or not. Maybe, he has the answer that I'm looking for.

While I was walking toward the armor, I felt multiple presences around me but I couldn't figure out where they were hiding. When I touched the armor, Visions started to fill my eyes. I saw fire everywhere. My home planet was completely destroyed, the fire was consuming it. I could hear screaming inside of my head. The scream of people in agony. They were running away from whatever danger was coming toward them. I could see the body of dead people lying on the ground. The scent of death was all around the city. I couldn't stand it anymore, I wanted the vision to end but they still continue to appear in my head. The next thing I saw, was a battle in Coruscant. The ghost crew was there with Ashoka, Rex and Wolffe. They were fighting off the invaders. The invaders are the demons that were drawn on the ceiling. They were trying their best to push my the invaders but they were too many and too strong to be pushed back. They managed to break inside of the capital, killing everyone inside, no matter who they were, Senator, adult, children. That didn't matter, they all share the same fate; death. Then he came, the armored man with blades coming out of his gauntlet. He was the man in charge of the assault.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" That voice I heard this voice before. Yes, it was the same demonic voice that I hear during my second vision. He was the spirit who contacted me. "Who is he?"

Kanan tries to strike him from behind in which he sensed his intention. He turns around, grabs his lightsaber with his hand and sends a powerful force lightning that went through his body, burning the surface of his skin.

"NNNNNNOOOOOO" I scream. I couldn't believe it, my master who spend hours training me in the ways of a Jedi. My master who became, through our time together, a father to me, just died in front of me.

"AAARRRGGHH" I heard Zeb roar before attacking Kanan's killer. He uses his AB-75 bo-rifle to strike him. Every attack he did, wad easily block by the armored man. He tried to do a verticle strike at his face. The armored man locks his bo-rifle between his blade and uses his second double bladed gauntlet to break his weapon. Once weapon broke, he went for his ribs with hand. but before he could hit him, two blades pierce through his stomach.

" ZEB" I scream his name. I didn't want to be there anymore. I just want to be back with my family but I wasn't. I was still stuck in this vision.

The figure felt a small burn on his back. He turns around to see Sabine and Hera aiming their gun at him. He dodges every shot from them. He was too fast, for them to keep track of his movement.

slash*

Everyone stop. The armored man behind them with blood pouring down his gauntlet. Hera covered her throat with her hands. Blood was coming out from her fingers. Her eyes rolled behind her head before she collapses on the ground.

"Please stop this, I can't stand it anymore"

Sabine had tears on her face. She was furious now. She gave everything she got to kill him. She uses her double pistol, her grenades, shock bombs, anything that she could throw at him. But it didn't matter, he would not die. Sabine uses her jetpack to get the high ground while firing at him but that didn't stop the demon. He jumps into the air, he grabs her by her throat and slams her on the ground. The impact was so hard, that it broke her back

"AAAAAAHHHHH" she screamed from agony.

The demon stood in front of her, enjoying to see her pain. He grabs her face. " DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE TOUCH HER. I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DO" I screamed. but he didn't hear me, he continues to grab her by face and making her look at his eyes. He pierced her eyes with his thumb, making her tremble under his grip. She tried to escape his hand but she was in too much pain to budge him. He grabbed her throat and twisted it, killing her instantly.

"NNNNOOOOOOO" I screamed

I detach my hand from the armor and fell to the ground. I had tears in my eyes. This vision was the worst of them all. I just saw my entire family being slain by this monster.

" Ezra Bridger. Finally we meet each other" I hear someone speaks my name. I look up to see the monks all around me. I immediately stood up and try to grab my lightsaber to defend myself. I don't know who they are, I won't let them hurt me or my family. When I was about to grab my lightsaber, I realized that it was gone. "It must have surely broken when I pierce the power cell with it."

" Relax, we want you no harm. We aren't your ennemi" He told me.

" Who are you" I demanded.

" My name is James Mori" he gave me small bow. " And I'm part of the Koto clan."

" Where are we?" I wanted to know which planet I was trapped on

"We're in the Nexus"

" The Nexus? Where is that" I was confused

" The nexus is a passageway between our world and theirs" He said

" Who's their? Who are you talking about? I ask

" The yokai. They are creature from another dimension. Their leader, as you might know him, is the tengu" My eyes went wide. I know this name. It's the name of the spirit who I saw killed my family. " It's the name of..."

" The name of the spirit who contacted you, Yes I know. I saw him too." He interrupted me.

" Who is he?"I ask

" I will tell you in do time, but for now I suggest that you get something to eat. One of my warriors will show you the kitchen. You can eat anything you want. Once you're done, join at the main entrance of the temple" He said.

Since I'm stuck in this world, I decide to follow his instruction. Maybe, finally I will have the answer that I was seeking.


I was on my knees, in the middle of the main hall where the fountain was located. In front of me was James who also on his knee. He was in a deep meditation, we didn't talk for few minutes. Without opening his eyes, he pointed, with his finger, the three persons in the paintings. "Do you know who are they" He asks

" No" I respond

" They are called the Ones. They the representative of the of the Force. The daughter represent the light side, the son is the dark side and the father is balance. They are the most powerful force wielder in this galaxy. They were born about a million years ago." He said

I was looking at the picture blown away by this news. " And the tengu represented what?"

" The tengu represent the Unbalanced, chaos and death. This painting represents a great battle between those four, one million years ago." He said

" How did you know all this"

" Because I was there"

" WHAT!. but that means that you are a million years old. How can you be still alive?" He gave a small laugh at my reaction. I still couldn't believe what I heard.

" Make yourself comfortable. This will be a long story"


This story began way before your time or my time.

The Force didn't always exist. Before our universe, before the Force, There was only the void; Pure emptiness. Life didn't exist back then.

One day, there was a massive explosion through the void which causes the creation of our word, and with this world the Force was born to bring balance to our universe. But our world wasn't the only world that I was created during the explosion. While our world was in formation, It's counterpart was also been created; The underworld or as you may call it, the word of chaos.

This world was consumed by a dark energy called the demon blood. In contrary to the Force, The demon blood was bringing chaos and unbalance to his world.

For centuries our world and the underworld was living in harmony, they mostly stay away from each other since they couldn't match. The only thing that was connecting them, was the nexus which was created during the explosion. It serves as a passageway between those world. Sometimes their energy will leak from each other which could cause a disturbance in the Force or in extremely rare occasion, can created a hybrid.

As time went on, the demon blood was becoming more hungry for chaos. His world wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger. He needed another world to bring chaos. Unfortunately for us, we were this world that the demon blood wanted to consume. To accomplish his goal, he created a powerful being who serves as his representative for his world. This being was the tengu. For many years the tengu assembled an army of yokai(demon) to invade our world since he couldn't physically enter our world because he wasn't compatible with our world. It's like water and oil that doesn't mix together. The force had sensed the demon blood intention and decided to defend itself from his army of demons. So the Force also created three powerful being as his representative. Those three were the Ones. They were created to protect our world from the wrath of the tengu. Even those three couldn't physically enter the underworld.

During the upcoming battle, Life was being formed. There was already a few sentient beings that were created. Among all of them, there was the humans, the Chiss and finally the Arbelan. The Ones made contact with all of us to explain the outcoming disaster that will fall abound us if we didn't stop the Yokai.

The Chiss were a highly intelligent species with technologies that were a beyond their time. The Arbelan were the ones who you saw, wearing those yellow robes as a monk. They have mastered it the art of ninjitsu. An ancient art martial art in which it concentrated on how to kill a man efficiently. They learn to use ther internal energy to increase their overall physical strength. Also, they learn the art of stealth; On how to sneak behind enemies' wall to assassinate your target. Out of all of us the Arbelan were best fighter. Also the Arbelan were divided into four clans; the Koto clan, the Kioski clan, the Hobo clan and the foot clan. As for the human, we were not the best fighter or the most intelligent species but we were more numerous. Perfect to created more soldier. We were all working together with the Ones to prevent the tengu from consuming our world. The Chiss were in charge of construction our weapons and armors and the Arbelan were in charge of training us in their martial art.

I was one of their students. At thirteen years old, I was trained in the art of ninjitsu by the Koto clan. I learn different technique on how to kill a man, and also how to use my body energy to deliver powerful strikes to my enemies. The Ardelan people were impressed by my progression. I was quickly mastering their every skill. I was becoming the best among their student. At twenty-one years old, I was granted the rank of master and I was fully integrated into their clan. I was fully a member of the Koto clan. As the war was approaching the Ones needed more powerful warriors. We weren't enough in their mind. So they decided to teach a certain of people, who were Force-sensitive, in the way of the force. They learn how to use the force to sense their surrounding, to connect themselves with the world around us. I was part of their student. Once I had reached my rank of master in ninjitsu, the Ones took me away to train me in the way of the force.

After many years of preparing ourselves we were ready, well at least that's what we thought. As the Yokai were marching towards us through the Nexus. We were standing at the end of the Nexus. Blocking the passage towards our world. The battle lasted for hours. The Yokai were far stronger than us but with the training of the Arbelan and the Ones. We manage to fight them off. We were using the force to help us fight against the demon blood. In the beginning we thought that we could win. Even if they outnumbered us, we were better fighter and with the Chiss, we had better armor and weapons than The Yokai. We managed to force them to retreat. We thought the war was over and that we had won; big mistake. As we were celebrating their retreat we failed to releaze that they didn't give up the fight. It was just a tactical retreat. We heard a scream from the sky. We all look up to see dragons coming toward us. Dragons were mystical creature that originated in the underworld. Those dragons were burning our men. It took us a long time, but eventually, we managed to defeat those creatures. Unfortunately, it wasn't the end of the battle. After the dragons were killed, the Yokai became to charge at us again but this time, they were numerous than us. He couldn't defeat them all. The only reason of why he managed to survive was the Ones. As the Yokai was running toward us, The Ones use all the energy from the force to create a massive Force shield that stopped the Tengu's army to enter our world. We survived this battle but we all knew that was just the beginning. They will try penetrated the force shield or find another passageway for them to infiltrate our world.

For the next months, we were treating our wounds. We were all trying to figure out, how to prepares ourselves for the next battle. The Force shield wouldn't be able to protect us for internity, We needed to find a plan. While we were preparing, We discovered that a small group of Yokai managed to enter our world. I was sent by the Ones to investigate the way that the Yokai used to enter our universe. During my investigation, I discover that the Nexus wasn't the only passageway between our world. There were others but on a much smaller scale. Leaks where the demon's blood was pouring out on our world. They couldn't teleport an entire army but they could use it to enter a few demons. Those passageways are called Axus.

The Chiss thought that we should use those Axus to our advantage. We could enter some of our men to infiltrate their world. Since the Ardelan were the best in the art of stealth, The Koto clan and I were sent to the underworld. We had one mission; to kill the tengu. When we were transported to the underworld my eyes went wide. Their world was pure chaos and death. The ground was broken, the sky was red, flames and lava were everywhere. Even the Yokai were in a state of chaos. They were fighting each other, I even saw some of them eating themselves for hunger but also for pleasure. The climate was always changing; Sometimes it was calm, sometimes the ground was shaking, releasing a cloud of smoke which will blind everyone. After a couple of days of hiding and searching. We discover the location of the tengu. He was resting in a castle surrounded by mountains. Among all of them, there was an active volcano behind the needed to infiltrate his castle fast because we learned his plan on how to infiltrate his army pass the Force shied. It was an ancient ritual where the subject will divide his or her soul in four-part, one part will stay inside the host and the others will insert inside three dark Kyber crystal; which originated in their world. He will install those crystals inside the principal Axus, which are located in Mandalore, Coruscant and the Chiss homeworld. The demon's blood from that crystal will link them together, creating a wormhole, a passageway between our world and the underworld. We needed to stop this ritual but it will not be easy. We needed to enter Okla's lair. Those were small creature that could devour a man in seconds. Alone they didn't present a threat but together well... that's another story. I lost a lot of my friends back then. Not many managed to survive their we exited their lair, we infiltrated the tengu quarters. He was inside of his throne room. He resembles a Yokai but he was much bigger, stronger and faster. his skin was made of lava rocks with fire and smoke all around his body. The tengu had begun the ritual, he was transferring a part of his soul inside of a dark Kyber crystal. But before he managed to complete the ritual. I grab my sword and pierced the dark crystal, causing a massive explosion. I heard the tengu scream of pain and of anger before attacking us. One of my brothers tried to use his kusarigama chain to tied his arms around his body, but tengu saw his intention. He grabbed the chains, spin it while my brother was still holding the chain which causes the chain to wrap around his neck and yanked his head off. The rest of my clan launched at him, attacking him in all direction. But he was too powerful, he managed to block all of their attacks with no problem. Quickly one by one, we were wiped out completely until I was the only one left. I tried to pierce my sword through his heart but I was stopped by him, he punched me in my chest, sending me crashing into the wall. I was surprised that his punch didn't actually hurt me. There was no bruise, no broken ribs, nothing. When I stood up, the rocks wrapped around my legs, frozen me in place.

" HAHAHAHAHA. You fool, you thought that you can kill me. HAHAHAHAH"

When he stabbed me in my chest with his hand. I fell something pouring through my body. Something painful. I could see my blood becoming dark with smoke coming out of it. I lost the color of my eyes(blue) and it was replaced by pure blackness. With a roar, I managed to break myself free my chain and send a powerful force blast at him. He was sent flying into the wall.

"What was that? How did you manage to survive?" the tengu was surprised

I just stood there, shock from what I just did. It wasn't the Force that I felt when I push him away. This time, it's was the demon's blood. I could feel it through my body. I could sense the unbalance and the chaos from this place. How don't know how but I managed integrated the demon's blood inside of my system. But before I could comprehend what happened. The tengu launched at me. I did a quick sidestep, dodging his attack. I was blocking and dodging his every attack. Because of the demon's blood, I was faster and stronger. I had a better sense of my surrounding and a better understanding of my enemy intention, I could see glimpses of his mind. Eventually, the tengu quickly catch on since he had better knowledge of the demon's blood. He went to grab me by my face with his hand, I grabbed one of his claw, twisted and use the momentum from his attack to send flying across the room. While he was still lying down I jumped into the air to strike him on his face, he stops my sword with one finger before punching me in the face. When stood up, he levitated a giant piece of rock from the ground, sending it flying toward me which I didn't have time to dodge it. The rock crashed on top of me, immobilizing me. He came near me, grabbing my right arm before breaking it. I screamed in agony, trying desperately to free myself while he was laughing at my misery. By using the pain from my body, I sent a powerful shockwave, making the ground shake which caused the castle structure to collapse on top of us.

I use this distraction to run toward Okla's lair. I could hear the tengu scream from frustration, realizing that I was gone. Inside the lair, I kill every Okla who were in my way. With the demon's blood, I could sense their presence better in the darkness. But still, some of them managed to claw on me. Once I exited the lair, I went through the Axus, escaping the underworld. It took me time but eventually, I managed to return back to my clan. When I arrived there, I collapsed on the ground. I was barely alive, I was using the force to help me heal my wound. My clan took me and treated me.

I told the Ones about the tengu plan for using the principal Axus to create a passageway between our world. The foot clan was in charge of protecting the Axus in Mandalore. Without our knowledge, the leader of the foot clan, Oroku Saki, or better know as the shredder had another plan. Out of all the clan of the Arbelan, the foot clan was the most brutal and the most dangerous. The others clan didn't really interact with the foot clan. They mostly thought that the foot dishonorable clan but since they some of the best fighter of their kind. The Ones let them fight with us. So when the shredder discovers the demon's blood leaking out of the Axus. He wanted to learn how to control it. He spent months extracting the demon's blood and studying it. He wanted to learn how to use this newfound power to defeat the Yokai. He knew that the Ones wouldn't approve of his action to study the demon's blood because it could corrupt the mind of the subject.

Since the tengu's plan of inserting his soul inside of the dark Kyber crystal had failed he needed another plan to bring his army into our world. Since he had lost a part of his soul during the explosion, he couldn't redo the ritual because he wasn't whole anymore. If he had redone the ritual, his mind would have broken. He needed to find another way. Luckily for him, he had an opportunity. He senses the shredder trying to learn how to wield the demon's blood. He decides to contact him through the demon's blood. The more the shredder was studying the demon blood the more his mind was becoming corrupted by his power. The tengu used this to slowly infiltrate his mind. Since he couldn't physically enter our world, he will use the shredder as a vessel to infiltrate our world.

As for me, I was trying to learn how to wield the demon's blood. According to the Ones, I was a hybrid between the force and the demon's blood. This phenomenon is rare but not impossible since the demon's blood and the force could link together because of an Axus. But still, this was a rare thing. Most of the time, when the Force and the Demon's blood floating inside of living being, the subject die. But in extremely rare case, the two can mix together creating a hybrid. So the day where I destroyed the dark Kyber crystal, The demon's blood had mixed with the Force inside of my body, making me a hybrid. When my people hear about my condition, they started to call me Purotekutā which mean protector. They believe that I was sent by the universe to protect our world against the Tengu.

One day, I was with the Chiss people inside of the capital palace. They had constructed a new weapon that we could use against the Yokai. It's called a nuclear bomb. It's a massive bomb that could radius of 20 miles but that wasn't the best feature about this bomb. On impact the bomb will release radiation into the air, poisoning everybody inside of the 60 miles radius where the bomb landed. We would have gas mask that will protect us against the radiation. As we were talking the foot clan attack us. Through the shredder the tengu had managed to corrupt the mind of every member of the foot clan. They wanted to have access to the Axus which was located under the palace. We managed to fight them off, stopping them for using the Axus to create an access point for the Yokai.

I immediately left the Chiss planet to warn the other's clan about the foot clan. When I arrived there, I was devasted. The foot clan had let an assault against Arbelan, killing everyone except for few members of my clan. Once the remaining members of my clan were safe and sound, I went to Mandalore without warning the Chiss, the Ones or the republic, to face off the Shredder. I wanted my revenge.

Once I arrived there, I was ambush by the foot clan. In my mind, I was fuel by rage. I wanted to make them pay for what they did to the Arbelan who had accepted me as one of their own. They became my family and I wanted to honor their death by killing their murderer. The Axus was located underground, more specific in krownest. When I was I front of the Nexus, Shredder was there but it wasn't him. The Tengu had managed to possess his mind, able to walk into our world. We had a long battle. Neither of us wanted to abandon the fight until one of us was kill.

" You can't kill me " He said before lunching at me. He went for my throat with his double-bladed gauntlet. I rolled away, dodging his attack. I use the force to grab a giant rock and throw it at him. He punched the rock with hand, breaking the rock in pieces. I threw a smoke bomb into his face, blinding him for a few seconds. I use this opportunity to stab him in his chest.

" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" He laughed. I realized that he wasn't actually there. He had created a projection of himself.

In reality he was in the Nexus, behind the force shield that The Ones had created. As the Ones were distracted by the foot clan who attack them in their homeworld. They had failed to notice that the tengu had infiltrated our world. He uses the demon's blood to destroy the force shield.

With the Force shield down the Yokai army charged through the Nexus. Chiss and the Republic were already there to fight off the invader. As the yokai were attacking the front line, the shredder was behind his enemy, killing them one by for me I needed to be there to help the Chiss and the republic. So I use the Axus to teleport into the underworld. Then I use their world to access the Nexus. As the battle between the Yokai and Our kind continue, The chiss were preparing their new weapon to be launch. As for me, I ran past everyone to assist the Ones against the tengu shredder.

I ran behind, striking his back with my sword. He turns around to send a fireball at me. I jump into the air, grab three ninja star and throw it at him. He blocks all of them with his gauntlet. The son extended his hand sending force lightning at him. The tengu absorbs the lightning, sending it back at him. I levitated a piece of the ground with the force and threw it at him. Shredder grabbed the piece of ground with his hand, and threw it at the daughter, rendering her unconscious. Then he spat fire with his mouth toward the father in which he created a force shield to protect himself. As he was spitting fire at the father, I went behind him, stabbing him in his chest. He yells in pains before turning around and returning the favor. I dodged his strike but I was force push away. As we continue to fight the tengu, we quickly realize that we couldn't defeat him. He was too fast and too powerful for all four of us to defeat him. As our battle continues, the Chiss were ready to launch the nuclear bomb at the Yokai. The Chiss warn the Republic to run away and to their gas mask the bomb explodes

" Ready...Fire" a Chiss commander told his soldier.

As the bomb exploded, Millions of Yokai die by the impact or by the radiation. The Ones had created a force shield around us to protect us against the explosion. The Tengu was caught inside of the impact radius. We thought that he was finally dead but we were wrong. As the smoke was dissipated, we saw the tengu walking toward us. We knew at this moment that the spirit of the tengu was too powerful to be destroyed. We didn't know what to do. Until I had a brilliant idea.

During my training with the Ones, I have learned to the force was floating inside of our blood. So my plan was that if I could make the tengu drink my blood, then the Demon's blood and the force will mix together. If the tengu didn't become a hybrid of the force and the demon's blood, then He will probably die.

I took a water bottle and fill it with my blood. I gave the signal to the Ones and they started attacking him. As the tengu was distracted I went behind, remove his mask and poured down my blood inside of his throat.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA" the tengu yell in pain. He fell on his knee and grab his throat with his hand as his body was becoming ash.

We had defeated our enemies. For days the republic, the Chiss and the lasts members of the Arbelan were celebrating this victory. We had defeated the tengu... well that's I thought during that time.

After so many years had passed since our victory, I noticed that I wasn't aging at all. I still look like a middle-age. The Ones had noticed and wanted to find out the reason that I wasn't aging. While I was searching for answer, I began to have vision. Vision of the underworld. One day, as I was practicing my ninja skill, I saw him; The tengu. He was in front of me in his original form, before he possessed Oroku Saki. He just looked at each other. No one spoke a word. As I gazing into his red eyes, his body became to change. He turning to me. In the beginning, I was confused until the lightbulb went on inside of my head. The reason why I wasn't aging was because part of his soul at transferred inside of my body. When I broke the dark Kyber crystal during the ritual, a part of him went inside of my body without me knowing. I thought in the beginning that demon's blood merges with my body, and not the soul of the tengu. So in reality the tengu wasn't was just stuck as a spirit inside of the underworld. The tengu told me that one day he will return and will have his revenge.

Once my vision ended, Me and the Ones went back inside of Nexus, to place where we neutralize the tengu. Once there, we located his armor since he was turned into ash. When I touched the armor, I could still sense the tengu spirit inside of it. which means that he could be brought back from the dead. We needed to make sure that this will never happen. I decided to make sure that the tengu wouldn't return, that I will kill myself. The problem was that I couldn't kill myself no matter how hard I try. Every time I try stab myself. There was a force shield that will prevent my knife to pierce my body.

I needed to learn more about the ritual to know how to break the spell which means, I needed to enter the underworld. But first we need to secure the armor of the tengu in case some of his followers will try to revive him. Once the armor was hiding, I enter the underworld to search for answer. For many months I was in the underworld ready every book I could find, I even interrogate some members of the foot clan, who were completely possessed by the demon's blood. But still, I couldn't find any information on this ritual. Until, I find an ancient cave under the volcano that was next to the collapsed castle of the tengu. Inside of the cave, I found the tengu journal where he wrote every information on the demon's blood or the force. In those writing, I discovered informations on the ritual. According to his journal, he didn't only use the ritual to create a passageway between our world, he also was doing it to achieve immortality. It said that the only way to kill the individual who separated his soul, you will have to bring them all back together before killing it. So this was the answer I was looking for. I needed to revive the tengu before killing it which mean I will lose the demon's blood. Even if I hated it, Without the demon's blood, I couldn't defeat the tengu. But this time he would be more powerful since his soul we be whole again. He wasn't even at his full potential but still, Me and the Ones had a difficult down to neutralize him. I can't even imagine his power if his spirit was whole. I don't think I would be able to defeat him even with help of the Ones.

For the next centuries, I would stay in the Nexus, keeping a eye for any of the tengu followers who wanted resurrect him. For this, they need my body and his armor.


(Ezra pov)

I was completely speechless, I didn't know what to say. After this story, I still had a question in my mind." What is any of this, have to do with me?"

" Because you're a hybrid between the force and the demon's blood" he said

"WHAT...are you sure?"

" Yes I'm sure, I sense the demon's blood floating in your vein" he said

" How...?" I was confused

" The demon's blood was inserted inside of your body, the moment you activated the sith temple in malachor. This Temple was another Axus that could be used to enter the underworld. A long time a sith lord had discovered the demon's blood. He spent years,without my knowledge, studying on this strange dark energy. He created a holocron where he installs the demon's blood in it. So when, you activated it, the demon's blood mixed with your body but instead of killing you, you became a hybrid. That's why you were having strange vision. The tengu had sensed this and now he wants you out of the picture."

" Why? I'm barely a fighter" I said.

" Because you are a hybrid which me you're a threat to is plan to resurrect and to consume our world, just like me. For a long time, I didn't kill him because I had to resurrect him in other to do that. I didn't want to take the chance since I wouldn't have the demon's blood to defeat him. Even if the Ones were there to help me, he would still be too powerful for them if his soul was whole, He wouldn't have any restriction on his power." He said

" If the Ones couldn't be able to defeat him, Why do you think that I will be able to? " I ask.

" Because I had seen you in the past. For many centuries The Tengu and I saw a vision of a young blue-eyed boy, who will have the power to defeat the tengu shredder. You are the only Hybrid that I discover since the end of the war. Somehow, you're link between our world and theirs. I believe that you will able to defeat him, even if his spirit will become whole again. I plan,for a long time, to train you in the martial art of ninjitsu, the force and the demon's blood. You will be the next Purotekutā that will protect our world against the Tengu. Your duty will be to stop his followers to ressurect your training will be complete, I will tell you the location of his armor."

" Why do I have to protect his armor? I mean that the armor is hidden and that you are here. You have years of experience with the demon's blood. so... They couldn't revive him with you fighting them." I was stuttering, I was nervous and afraid that I had to fight off an evil spirit from another world.

" Yes it's hidden but for how long. And as for me, I can't protect it for much longer. The demon's blood had bad side effects. Which are that the more you use the demon's blood the more your body his breaking down. In the beginning you might feel that you are undefeatable, but with time, you start to feel your body weakening since we were never meant to have the demon's blood inside of us. Even if I use the Force to help myself heal, I still feel my body breaking down. That's why I never really use the demon's blood except when it was absolutely necessary. My time is close to ending, and with my death the spirit of the tengu will return to the underworld, Which means that they will only need the armor to resurrect him. If they happen to resurrect him, then you will need to be ready when the time comes or else your vision will become a reality."

"the vision...Kanan...Zeb...Hera...Sabine my love" I couldn't let this happen. I couldn't let them die. I need to protect them. Not just them but also the whole world. With a new sense of purpose I look at James and said" Alright, I will be your student. I will not let this monster destroy everything that I love"

He looks at me with a smile on his face. I could see a glimmer of hope in his eyes "Good, then you training should begin tomorrow."