Author's Note: Sorry for the short-ness of it all. I will definitely try to make Ch. 7 much longer.

Ch. 6

"Look, I'm sure you'd make a wonderful Jedi, but I can't take you with my friend and I. It's too dangerous for someone who doesn't know how to use the force properly and we're going to be too busy to keep an eye on you. Besides, by most Jedi standards, you're far too old to be trained." Maicah decided to spit out all the excuses she could think of all at once instead of one by one. To each of these, Kyle shook his head in disagreement, clearly not getting the point.

"But he's so smart. He'd learn quickly! And he's only 28, he can't be too old to learn things about the force!" Dumond cried out, defending his brother who didn't know what to say at this point.

"I'm sorry, but I ca-..." Maicah's sentence was cut off by a deep, smooth voice behind her.

"Woman, are you a Jedi?" The voice asked, making her let out a frusterated sigh and glance up to the ceiling.

"Yes, I am." She continued looking up at the ceiling, hoping that if she didn't make eye contact with whoever it was, they would go away.

"Then prepare to die." The deep voice said harshly. Maicah spun around, lightsaber in hand as the silver and deep red colors clashed against one another. With her free hand, she sent the other dark robed Jedi who stood to her attacker's right flying back. Kyle and Dumond watched in shock for a moment before Kyle ran at the thrown back Jedi with his sword. Dumond gasped, unsure of what he could do.

Maicah's attacker slashed at her with his saber viciously, but she dodged and blocked each slash with agility and grace. After he realized his slashing wasn't working, he stabbed at her, but she unsurprisingly dodged it and sent a kick to his gut. He stumbled back a few steps, now defending himself against her lightsaber attacks. After a few more minutes of this, a silver light protruded from the back of the dark Jedi's chest and he dropped to the ground with a few choked gasps for air. Maicah immediately hopped over her foe and ran for the other dark Jedi who was ungracefully swinging his lightsaber around, attempting to kill Kyle. Either this Jedi was horrible with his weapon or Kyle was amazingly well at dodging swords and the like because the Jedi had not made contact with Kyle except for a singed pant leg.

Kyle jumped out of the way as the Jedi turned to Maicah, recklessly swinging his saber towards her now. All she had to do was duck to the ground and kick the Jedi's feet out from under him and he was done. She made sure his death was quick as she stood to her feet then dusted herself off.

"Brother! Help me!" Dumond's familiar voice cried out, making both Kyle and Maicah spin around. The first Jedi Maicah thought she had killed was standing behind Kyle's little brother, his left hand on the boy's shoulder and his saber, red light beaming, in his right. Everything began to move in slow motion as Kyle began to run for the Jedi, screaming for him to leave him alone. Maicah lifted her hand, attempting to bring the Jedi's saber to her by use of the force, but he was too quick. He sent her flying back very far, as she had done to his now dead partner, and her back crashed hard against a wall. A sick smile made it's way to his face as he lifted his saber, sending it through Dumond's chest and his own body as well. The Jedi dropped to the floor, truly dead this time. Dumond struggled to stand, but also fell as blood met the floor from his wound, landing in his brother's arms as Kyle threw himself to the ground to break his brother's fall.

"Dumond, hold on. We'll get help, okay?" Kyle whispered, cradling his brother in his arms.

"Don't hate him, that's what he'd want you to do. And don't avenge me. Just...just be a Jedi. Protect...others from...this." Dumond managed to get out the words before his breathing slowed to a stop and his body became limp. Kyle stared in horror, shaking his head in disbelief. This couldn't be happening, not to his young brother.

"Dumond. Dumond, wake up." Kyle whispered again, tears beginning to fall from his eyes as his brother didn't respond. He hugged the lifeless body of his brother as he broke down and sobbed.

"For you, Dumond. I will become a Jedi for you, my brother. I promise." He whispered to Dumond between sobs as if he were still there.

"Kyle, I am so sorry. I should have been more prepared. I should have prevented him from hurting your brother." Maicah spoke quietly, seated across from Kyle at a small table in the cantina. Kyle shook his head, his eyes filled with pain from the event that had taken place only a day ago.

"It's not your fault, Maicah. Do not blame yourself. Don't ever blame yourself." He paused for a moment before continuing. "Please, Maicah, let me join you. I need to become a Jedi now. It's not something I just want anymore, it's something I absolutely need. I made a promise to him, you know. I have to keep it. Please, I beg of you." Kyle was not a begger, he never was and he would never be. But he knew he needed to ask Maicah for this favor.

"What of your family?" Maicah was originally going to say no, but had stopped to think about it. If it really meant that much to him, what could it hurt? She could train him in her spare time and keep him on the ship when they were to do dangerous missions.

"Dumond was the only family I had here." Kyle responded quietly, looking down to the table. Maicah decided to leave it at that for now, not wishing to go into anything too emotional for him at the moment.

"We leave today once Revan is ready. Last night, I told her what had happened and she decided it would be wisest for us to not stay as long as we had planned. I'll help you move whatever you have onto the ship." She saw tears begin to form in Kyle's eyes and became uncomfortable. She wasn't sure if they were tears of joy or grief, but she assumed they were for both. In fact, she assumed right.

Kyle stood from his seat and looked down at himself. "This is all I have to bring."

Maicah also stood from her seat and headed for the exit. "Very well. Let us get Revan then."

Kyle followed Maicah closely as she left the cantina and walked through the hallways. He knew not what to expect in this journey he would be going on, but he could tell that it would be big. Well, it had to be big if it involved two of the greatest Jedi known to the galaxy. But no matter what, he was determined to become a Jedi. Not just for himself, but for his beloved brother.