Chapter 3: The Continuous Perversion

Master Skywalker believes if we are to finish this, than we have to get to the bottom of what keeps Exar Kun a spirit. He told us about the spirits of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda that would speak with Master Skywalker. However, these spirits eventually went away on their own from what Master Skywalker says. Hopefully I can help my apprentice deal with Kun, it seems his allure to the dark side might become a reality if he cannot control himself. He has dealt with tragedies of his own, so this is very possible if he is not able to restrain himself. Rosh seems to be enraged with the fact that he is not able to reach the rank of Jedi Master, yet his apprentice has reached Jedi Knight while he is one too. If he sees his apprentice with me, than his anger will push him too far, and might even disregard Durii as being his apprentice once. He might even become my enemy again. Kyle seems to be weak against Kun and this might hinder our approach towards finding a way to save my apprentice, the academy, and our lives. However, the Ewok, Ichi, seems to be without fear against this Dark Lord. Kyle said, Master Skywalker has much faith in this small Jedi. I guess he reminds him of his former master, because of his small but strong instincts as a Jedi so far. I can't believe it has been a couple of months since we started this investigation on Kun's weakness. I don't think Luke is going to move the academy until we finish this investigation, otherwise others who come to live here, or train here will end up being killed unless they agree to work with this spirit. I feel that it is about time I stop writing in my datapad and put it in it's respective drawer holder in my desk.

"Jaden, what are you doing?"

"Oh, just writing in my datapad."

"Well, we have to get everyone out of here now." As he starts to head out of the room I call out his name. Within seconds he comes back to the door and he stands in front of me. There is complete silence and soon the small swirly colored Ewok and the brown Bothan come into the room as well. Their sabers ignited and in a defensive position as they wait at the door. The small furball looks tiny to the brown dog like creature as they wait at the door. Kyle moves closer to the side of the wall as to keep himself in a defensive position.

"Kyle, what's going on?"

"I got to Ichi and Lisko in time, but there may not be enough time to save everyone. Luke is alright, he's dealing with Kun right now."

"NIM NUM KUTCHI!"

"The little guy here thinks we should help Master Skywalker."

"That's fine, we'll do that but we have to get everyone out of here. Kyle, what about Rosh and Durii, where are they?" Kyle looks at me with a shake of the head. I hope that he means that he does not know where they are, but that may not be the best situation. I soon begin to feel around the area in order to check where everyone is and what is going on.

"Jaden, Rosh found out about you and Durii." As I hear him say that, I can tell based upon why Rosh had been so distant from me these past couple of weeks. I could tell because during many meetings with Luke he would be extremely distant from him in his ideas and treatments. In fact, when he gained his next apprentice, he seemed to get him to be more aggressive. In fact, he tried to perverse other master's students to listen to him. It seems as though he has been touched by the Sith again, but I cannot tell.

"So, Rosh has turned to the dark side. I should have known, what is he doing?"

"Well, since you've been writing in your datapad he walked into the audience chamber to greet the new pupils being brought in. He had some of his minions stand around the chamber and seal the entrance. He calls himself Darth Destrus and has ordered all of the students to bow down to him. Once this happened Kun came in to deal with Luke and the two have fought their way to Luke's chamber. Rosh is killing the knights and masters that will not turn first, as he realizes that it will be too hard to fight the knights and masters. The padawans are an easy fight."

"I can feel it Kyle, but we have to save them. Lisko and I will go help Master Skywalker. Kyle, you and Ichi will grab the padawans and find Durii for me." He nods his head and I wave my right black hand toward Lisko as to get him to follow me. The brown creature behind the yellow lighted saber begins to follow me. As I reach for my silver handle on my belt, I bring it up to my stomach and leave the emitter out towards the air. As I press the red button on it, it ignites into a blaze of violet righteousness.

"Master, how can we deal with Kun if Master Skywalker can't?"

"We have to all work together." I turn to my young apprentice and look at him in the eyes as to see if he understands why I am asking him to come. I continue with a proud tone, "You are not weak Lisko. If the three of us can deal with Kun, then you will become a Knight. Kun is more than any of the Dark Jedi here combined."

"What about Rosh?"

"The Jedi and Sith were much more powerful back in the past. Besides, if Rosh has been training with Exar Kun, than this will be a slight problem, but we can deal with him."

"Are you sure about that?" I nod my head and we continue down the corridor only to see two young Jedi. They run up to us and begin to bring out their arms as to welcome us. I motion to my padawan to turn off his saber. He does so and the two of them hug both Lisko and me. I see my apprentice looking at the two small Jedi and look up over at the wall of the courtyard.

"Lisko, I need you to take these two students and get them out of the academy. Once you do, wait for Kyle and tell him until he finds someone willing to watch these kids that you are to keep an eye on them. Once someone does watch them come to Master Skywalker's chamber." As I start to head down the corridor I can tell he is not moving. I turn around and point to the courtyard and he still does not move. I bark the order again and finally the brown dog like creature grabs onto the students and heads out. After that I start towards the corridor and notice there are two people guarding Luke's chamber.

"No one is allowed to interfere with our master's disposal of the Jedi." I chuckle once I hear them say this as I ignite my violet saber and dispose with the two Dark Jedi within seconds. I try to go through the door, but it does not come up as it normally does as I try walking through it. I bring my saber down to the corners and begin moving it along the edges of the wall to open the door manually. As soon as I go from one corner to the next with my saber, I push forward on the door with the force. It comes down onto the ground and I can see the spirit of the Dark Lord's saber clashing with the Jedi leader's saber.

"Master Korr, help everyone who is in the temple escape."

"Not without getting you away from Kun."

Meanwhile as Lisko waits outside with the two children, they look up at him with the innocent look children always have towards those that leave a mark on them. Just as if he were their dad, they tug on his robe as to gain attention and comfort. He holds onto them tightly in order to make them feel as though he is not going to abandon them. He holds onto them as to not loose being part of this clan. He looks down at the two and sees a few Jedi coming up from the walls of the temple and notices a blonde female coming down. She has a student on her back and two students in each hand. She yells out to the brown Bothan, "Lisko, what are you doing over here. We have a group watching students to the east. I'll show you where they are."

"Wait, have you seen Kyle or Ichi?"

"Just a few seconds ago. They are fighting my old master at the moment. Right as they found me, Rosh came out of no where and sliced down one of the master's trying to get his apprentice to escape. Luckily, Kyle brought his saber towards Rosh's before he could strike at the student. He told Ichi to leave but he wouldn't. I decided I'd take these students away from Rosh and the Dark Jedi following him. I got these students out and now we're heading towards the residence in which the students and some of the masters are hiding at." He nods his head and the blonde woman lets go of the five students once she reaches Lisko. They begin to run as fast as they can towards the residence of where the Jedi are. As they run through the brush and forage, they begin to feel all of the forces within the temple to see if there are any left. Within seconds they reach the encampment and drop the kids off with a few others. There are not many there as it seems only sixteen are there, not counting the people that just came.

"Durii, thank the force you're back."

"How many more are left?"

"Is Dark Destrus being dealt with?"

"What's going on with Master Skywalker, is he alright?"

"Everyone quiet down!" The young brown dog like creature begins to show his anger from all of the questions that they cannot help from ask. Their panic seems to feed his anger more and more as his eyes begin to glow a fiery red. Durii begins to notice these features across his face and begins to rub his back to try and comfort him. He looks over to her face and then begins to shed salty water across his furry cheeks.

"It's okay, we're all stressed out Lisko." Right after she said this, he realized what Exar Kun said to him that night so long ago. Could he be right? Can someone so evil, someone so driven by hate be right about the Jedi and their teachings? My master originally did have me come with him, but now I have to help babysit these kids. Why couldn't he take the kids and let me go with him?

Meanwhile Darth Destrus is holding off his old master and the midget apprentice well enough. He barely evens uses two arms to strike blows at the blue and green blades of justice and safety. As he smiles and laughs all at once, he pushes the human with the blue saber across the floor. He soon hits the wall and his saber is thrown down the hall breaking in two. He sees the tiny furball in the corner and lunges for him with his bloody saber in his grasps. About to reach the final death blow upon the swirl colored Ewok, the master jumps between his old and new apprentice. The blade pierces through the stomach, but misses the small furball as he uses the walls to jump around and brings his saber to Darth Destrus's head. As he goes in for the final swipe Darth Destrus attempts to chop the Ichi in two. However, he uses the force to keep him in the air and slices Rosh's head into two hemispheres. Showing all of his cortexes from the inside, and falls down to the ground on his front. The small creature runs over to his master and brings his head up, looking down at the pierced stomach. He can see right down to the academy floor and just cries out his language to see if anyone will hear him and come to his aid. No one is coming, they've all been taken out of the academy except for Luke and Jaden.

"It's okay Ichi, soon I'll be one with the force. Everyone here has either turned, left the academy, or become one with the force. Jaden and Luke are still here, help the..."

"IOPO, IOPO!" Tears poor down his face as he sees his master's blood come through the sides of his lips. He looks up into the air and can feel that he is one with the force. As he stands up he ignites his saber running through the many corridors towards Luke's chambers, slicing at any Dark Jedi that come by. One by one, head roll across the floor, legs go by so that he can stick his saber in their stomachs. Within his mind he already knew that he could not let Luke or me die. Once he reached the chamber, he could see the door on the floor. As he looks through the door, he can see that Luke is on the ground, not moving and possibly unconscious. My saber collides with the aura's saber as it holds ground long enough for the swirl colored Ewok to break the glass that stands behind me.

"So, Katarn's student still lives. How unfortunate for him that his greatest students shall die at the hands of me, since they shall not be turned." But it is too late, I swipe at his saber, breaking it into two and leaving it without repair. He looks at me with his eyes a fiery red blaze of death that aims for nothing less than torture. As soon as he aims his fingers at me, I use the force to grab the unconscious Luke and fall through the open air glass. He turns around with his fingers extended to put the small furball under the deathly lightning that he planned on destroying me with. However, the small furball has left to, to acquire his master's body in order to give him a proper burial. Once Ichi notices the body is gone, he realizes that his body has also become one with the force.

Ichi, get out by jumping on top of the wall from the courtyard. It is the best way out. I will talk to you once you are free from troublesome times. I will explain to you how to destroy this thing.

"Nitchi Cho?"

Just do it! He runs to the courtyard as fast as he can. He jumps up into the air as high as his little legs can go, but with no avail. He decides to climb the wall as quickly as possible, using the force to attach himself to it like his hands and feet are suction cups. Once he reaches the top of the wall he falls down towards the ground and lets out a little cry from his tribal language. As he gets up he runs through the jungle within seconds before he comes across Luke and me. However, Luke is not too well as it seems he is dying.

"Ichi, I need your help." He turns to the side and notices where I am at as I am between a couple of rocks. He heads over there to get in between as to hide, just in case there were any Dark Jedi who he did not kill and are patrolling the area. He notices the gash on the blonde man's forehead and begins to rub it in order to see if the blood will stop flowing. Nothing does and I begin to sense if he is alright.

"Isi?"

"No, he's still alive, faintly. However if I heal him here, they'll notice we are here. But if I heal him a little bit before anyone comes after us, it might stop the bleeding. I don't know if it will stop his concussion, but it will give us some time. I need you to watch the area until then, got it?"

"Nub nub." As I begin to bring my hands above our leader's forehead, I begin to feel his thoughts at I try to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately nothing is coming up which is not a good sign. As I continue to use the force, I hear some rustling around the bushes nearby. I can tell they are tainted and I hear the Ewok's green blade begin to emit. They begin to lunge towards him left and right, but he takes a few of them down in a couple of seconds. I feel like I've left the three of us to die, but as soon as one of the Dark Jedi comes to stab his saber into Luke's head and my leg, I see the Dark Jedi's head roll down the side of the ground. The saber turns off and I can feel my padawan is here.

"I couldn't just let you die master." He begins to help the small Ewok destroy these two Dark Jedi and leaves they both finish them off, leaving them alive, but without limbs. Their sabers are just as severed as they are and begin to feel the pain that the Jedi feel now. The two of them see that I am pulling Luke out by the arm and his head is filled with blood on top, but it has ceased from spilling out more blood. The cells are beginning to clot, but I wipe the blood off by pushing it out with the force.

"Thanks for showing up Lisko. However, I could have dealt with that Dark Jedi myself. Anyway, please show us where everyone else is."

"Sure thing Jaden." He begins to run at lightning speed, and the two of us follow. With Luke on my back, I am slowed down a little, but it does not matter. As I can run faster then either of them even without Luke on my back. As it takes less then a minute to reach the encampment, I notice many padawans just lying around the area sleeping. Jedi masters and knights standing around watching the camp site. Once they notice who is alive, they run over to us to find out what has occurred. I bring Luke down to the floor and begin to continue my healing of him.

"Jaden, what's happened in there?"

"Durii, give him time to concentrate. Luke might die and he needs to help him now. If he doesn't have full concentration, we might loose our leader." Some of the padawans wake up to hear this, but most of them do not. Three masters head over towards where I am kneeling and begin to help me by reaching their hands out and doing exactly what I am doing. A couple of knights do the same, but not all of them as not many masters even know this technique. Within a few more minutes, I can feel that he has been fully healed. Regaining consciousness however might take more time. People have been trading off watching the perimeter of the encampment, in order to make sure no one is coming. Luckily no one has, and because of that, Ichi has been able to tell everyone what has happened.

"Jaden, thank the force you're alive. I'm so scared..." She brings her arms around me and begins to close tightly onto me. I bring my arms around her side too and notice that my robe is becoming soggy through the salt water on her eyes. As they continue to run down her cheek, the press onto my shoulder, making the robe heavier. I bring her head up to have her look in my eyes and reach down to her side, sway our bodies side to side.

"We're all scared Durii, but we cannot feed that emotion. You must understand that, otherwise that monster will have achieved what he wanted." She begins to nod her head, and I bring my lips to hers and our tongues move in all different directions between our mouths. As a few Jedi witness this, there is some rustling over by where Luke is lying down. We disconnect and bring our bodies toward where our leader is sitting up, rubbing his head.

"Where... Where am I?"

"Master Skywalker, your at the refugee encampment of the Massassi Temple. I was able to bring you to safety, as Ichi over here was able to create a diversion. When we fell through you're huge window, it took awhile before we got to the ground. Luckily, I was able to bring some of the ground up to reduce how long the fall would be. If it hadn't been for Ichi, we might've never escaped the temple."

"Why didn't Master Katarn go with him?"

"He's dead, he sacrificed his life to save Ichi's. Who in turn, killed Rosh before he could slice back at him as he intended to before."

"I see. So Rosh did not die as a Jedi, but as Darth Destrus. How unfortunate that his end had to come at a time when I planned on him to soon be a Jedi Master, based upon his growing strength. Even though it brought around a little of his own arrogance. For Ichi's bravery and servitude though, he deserves to be bestowed the rank of Jedi Knight. Now, we need to get off of here and over to Coruscant. I believe we will need an army to take Kun. However, I'm going to need to meditate and talk with my sister in order to get this message through. Please leave me to meditate in order to do this."

"Understood Master Skywalker." We begin to walk away from where Master Skywalker sits and soon my apprentice walks over to me. He looks at me with a cold look as though I betrayed him, or did something wrong. As though there was something I forgot to say just a few seconds ago in order to make him better then he is now.

"Why didn't you tell him about me saving you guys?"

"Because, I could've taken that Jedi and still helped Master Skywalker. Ichi could have taken care of them, and we would all still be here. Look, your time will come for you to attain the rank of Jedi Knight, but not now. Let's just get back to doing what is important, please." His eyes are flooded with rage, but he walks to the side as to show he is letting me pass at the moment. I feel his anger and am sorry for it, but he needs to understand my strong feeling of his unreadiness for what he would face if he becomes a Jedi Knight now. He is not ready, unlike Ichi I am not as good of a teacher as my old master. However, Ichi was taught by my old master and it would be wrong to not see the truth in that.

Later that night after Luke got his distress signal through to his sister, and all but a few Jedi were asleep, the brown Bothan began to hear the dreaded voice of the man who staged the attack today. The very man who reeks of evil and destruction within his masked aura and his very voice. He speaks to him in order to tear the brown Bothan's mind apart. In order to perverse him into his lies, the truths he cannot truly fulfill. Can't you see I was right Lisko. You will destroy them. It is your destiny and once you have done this you will have become stronger, and more powerful than you could have ever dreamed. Do this, become my apprentice and you will have everything you have ever wanted.

"No Kun, you are wrong. She cares for me, and my master is right about him not being as good of a teacher as Kyle. Jaden has not taught me as much as Kyle taught Ichi and because of that I know he is not as good. With that I can at least deal with not being a Jedi Knight. Just shut up you schutta."

Really, I thought with that kiss she gave your master that she belonged to him. Besides, you never had her to love you to begin with. You are a failure, it was she who needed to calm you down. It was you who could not deal with your own failures when you would train with your teacher. He is not weak, you are and if you want to become stronger you need me. He could have told Luke about you and you would have attained the rank of Jedi Knight. He lies to you, as many Jedi are weak and can easily attain that rank. You are just filling your head with Jedi philosophy that means nothing. You are the schutta my ill-tempered and ill-minded friend. It is you who needs to "shut up".

"For the last time, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"