Legend of the Sorai

A/N: So it's been a while since I wrote last. school does that to people. especially those of us in college. There's a few chapters left to go before the big finale. and then this series is finished.

Chapter 9: Tangental Defragment

Somewhere in Space

Dragon

After leaving, we had transformed into our true nature, that of the Dragon. It felt good being rid of the frail human form, even if he was second best to us. The Dragon's Tail sword he carried, was still a part of us, as our rage...we're not sure to be precise what exactly our rage actually is. Tattooine was so uninviting and inhospitable for life to exist at all, the fact that those had lived there, barely living was intriguing, though before we had fully left, we gave an essence to the wind to make clouds and rain, restoring life once again, like we once knew was there. Our first thought was that of our beloved, why we loved the woman of flight, this Kestral, we're not sure, but the human part of us loved her when we faced off against the Kas-Tal-Muerto-Ja, the changer of what should be, including death, as best as his name could be translated as. Whoever was affecting everything would have to answer to us, human form or dragon form. But the usurper had her, and was using her to bargain with us. We were not bargainers, we hit first, and apologized later, if ever. When we finally saw ships that the humans of the usurper, bunched in flights of 3 to 4, we knew we had found his homeworld. The ships did not see us, only the flame that came before and after. So as we spread through the first flight, we destroyed them enough so that they would die, but at the same time. We then used our abilities as a spatial creature to figure out where we were. When we saw that the usurper had them stationed in four quadrants at space exit jumps, we destroyed the remaining ships, we knew there were others, in the inner realm, but this would give the puny ones coming after us some breathing room, the human did this part, while I was not happy, we both agreed that ambushes are not entirely all that fun. We then targeted the planet and displaced ourselves there, bypassing anymore destruction we'd have to cause, leaving that for our puny friends in their mobile weaponry.

As soon as we hit planet, I became myself again. "Well," muttered Dragon to himself, "That was pleasant, now I know what it feels like to be of two minds."

Dragon upon reforming now looked more dragonoid then human, partially because of his hands which had claws, and his eyes, but otherwise he felt human. The Dragon's Tail was across his back, Red and black, symbolizing the symbols of the Clan of Harulua.

Byss

Blending in was going to be an important thing, we had to figure out how to. Our eyes, would give us away as a being of power, luckily, we had our shades from our human time, and put them on, plus the clothes we had blended as well. Other things mattered to me as well, however blending was the primary one. Finding the Emperor's Palace was the next one. My outfit that I had selected with my sword across my back, marked me as a merc, thankfully the tattoos that we had would be seen as just decorative art. Now, besides that, I was set. I had managed to find a blaster rifle off the street...okay, a guy tried to mug us, and we killed him. simple. I wore shades, to disguise the fact that my eyes were not human. however I knew that there was a simple way to check if I was human in an instant, if there psychics around, or the emperor's personal force users.

I spotted them before they spotted me, actually I smelt them before they even knew I was there, and the fact that I could smell anyone was surprising, but then there was one clan, one group out there that had a smell, of evil incarnate, well evil, but they were evil. very evil. The Zal Zlack clan, also known as the Snakes. They were avatars as well, but they were different, usually there is one avatar left after the group is destroyed, however with the Zal Zlack, they were different, they were spirit creatures, inhabiting human bodies, they had power and were not afraid to use it. The uniforms they were wearing, black with a black X though it meant only one thing, that they were in the service of the Emperor, and judging by the fact that they were all over the planet from what my senses told me, Palpatine really wanted to capture me. I could capture one of them, but in the end that would be a useless venture. a really useless venture.

I strayed down an alley, and I was right, there was someone following me, I checked and it was one of them, but he was a lowly, and judging by the looks, a messenger. the thing about the Zal Zlack clan was they were the only group that had a caste system, if you know your snakes, you know that Gardner snakes are the lowest, the highest are the type that can kill, Boa's and Anaconda are the muscle/enforcer types, the venomous type like Rattlers and the others with fangs are the brains. they had sent a Gardner after me, which was hilarious, in some aspects, and sad in the other. I could kill him and assume his identity and get into the emperor's palace and get Kestral. so I kept walking, til we were out of sight of anyone and anything.

"You'd better have a reason for following me Gardner," we said, since we had dampened our field, we were able to block his telepathy, but at the same time mimic, so no reinforcements would show up.

"You know what I am?" asked the creature in a surprised voice. He sounded human. the lowlies never had the "s" impediment that the others had, "not many can, we're the normal ones."

"You need to learn to mask your presence, all your friends do," we said, "we felt and smelt you when we arrived, and if you want to spook someone, don't be 'there' if you know what I mean."

"Who are you?" he asked, not realizing he was talking to the shadows as I had come up behind him.

"I am The Dragon," we said, as we slit his throat. the blade was a spirit blade, so it not only killed the host, but the spirit as well, ensuring no one ever found out. This is why assassins during the Kimari wars were able to assassinate the Bird Clans and the Jungle clans, because of these blades, history called it the war of Discordia, those of us who were around called it the Kimari war, the blades are called Kimari.

Assuming his shape and form, we left, we had changed him to look like us, so in the event that he was found, they'd think we had died.

Coming back to the main road off the alley way, we were surprised to find troops walking down the walk way, more specifically, troops with priests leading them, each squad had a priest, then I realized why they were so familiar, they were followers of Origin, with Priors leading them. They were working for the Emperor as well!!!

Three stepped away from their squad and came towards me in the alley, which I carefully backed down, hoping they weren't going to kill me. One Prior and two clerics as the warriors were called. the two clerics stood at attention outside of the alley whilst the Prior came towards me.

"Wha...wha...what," was all I could gulp.

"For the sake of the Light," said the Prior, "Shut up,"

We blinked, a Prior working for the light, this was news, then I had to remember the whole convergence of realities and the differences between the shows and reality, okay, with the exception of Palpatine, who was evil, in both, maybe things were different.

"You know very well that this is the stupidest get up for you Dragon," said the Prior in soft undertones, making it clear that I shouldn't raise my voice, "I could see right through you, and I'm sure the other Snakes would have as well."

"I'm thinking on my feet here Prior," we said a tad tensely, "they have the woman I love, I

came here full of rage, that's fueling me doing this right now."

"That's what Palpatine wants," he said, "That's why the Followers of Ori are here, we're going to help put a stop to this, we're just the vanguard, the rest of the Light will be here shortly."

"Oh crap," I muttered, "I'm in for it now, especially from Tyronis and Phoenix."

"I don't know about that," said the Prior, "But you did cause a stir in command with what you did, though they do appreciate your destruction of the outer defense fleet, makes it easier to hyper through, though the inner fleet will be tougher to deal with, plus whatever other ships come to the Emperor's aide, plus space weaponry."

"How many ships came?" I asked.

"Just one," said the Prior, we have three Squads on board, large ones, each one with two Priors, the rest of the group is at Balsalvis, waiting for orders."

We stared at him, "The Ori are the ones who took Balsalvis?" I hissed, "That's....well...It was close to Byss, I'm surprised it wasn't better defended."

the Prior grinned, which coming from an old guy with the power of a 'being' that was scary in itself, "they had good defenses, but we subdued the planet in a total of ten minutes, they're weapons are powerful, they did best our fighter craft, well the first wing, til we finally used the ships cannons to do the damage, then things were...easier, the whole planet didn't like the idea of surrendering, so we dusted them."

the whole planet, I liked killing, but on a massive scale, that was hideous, even in war.

"But here is the thing Dragon," said the Prior, whose name as he said it to me, was Lu-ui, "You are going to have to surrender to Palpatine to get Lady Kestral back."

We looked at the Prior with a mix of astonishment and speculation, "Do what?" we asked.

"He has Kestral brainwashed into thinking that she and you have served Palpatine for most of your careers, she believes you to have been captured, and reprogramed by the rebels, she also believes the two of you to be married, which isn't far from the truth, Palpatine's brain hacks are good. that's why you have to confront him, and let him capture you, we're pulling out as soon as this conversation is done with, the rest of the Alliance fleets will disappear as well, the less you know, the easier when he brainwashes you."

"How will I remember anything?" we asked.

A gold coin appeared in his hand, I recognized the emblem, a blood bond stone, used for forging or erasing memories, apparently the Prior knew what he was doing, "You will place your hand on the coin, this coin has been modified to take what it needs, all you need to know is the code to re-sequence, which it will tell you, but you will forget, until the time is required. All fleets and allies are disappearing for the alloted time you need as well, which we believe is a month. In this time, you will work for the Emperor as the brainwash dictates, but you will have dreams, which will be part of the sequencing effect, but you won't remember the dreams. The dragon part of you will be hidden from you until the appointed time."

We placed our hand and felt the surge of power as part of us went into the coin.

"This is Lu-ui," said the Prior, "It's done, send out all fleets, and give the general retreat, beam me up in five." a voice acknowledged on the other end, and the squads on Byss disappeared in Rings.

"Rings?" I muttered.

"Modified," he said, "Now go Dragon."

we walked out of the alley way, as he beamed up as well, saluting me. As i left the alley, we changed, into the Gardner snake being, masking our true spirit and made our way to Palpatine's hideaway.

The one thing about Byss is that it is generally a dirty place, everywhere, and very crowded, a planet that could essentially if we were on earth be considered Third World. we followed our nose, and after a three hour search, found the castle that belonged to the Emperor. For some reason it felt to easy, but then we realized, our powers had diminished, and part of us was in a blood stone. We walked to the doors, and walked in. the guards hassled us a bit, but seeing we were a messenger, let us through. The Throne Room was located in the center of the castle, guards everywhere, both human and Snake, and I swear I saw some demonic elements, but didn't want to do a check, as it would give me away. At the entrance to the throne room were the royal guards, the Blood Guard as they were called, all in red robes and everything, as we walked towards them, they looked at us, and pulled out their blades.

"Stand to and reveal yourself," the leader said, his black stripes on his right shoulder revealing him to be a Captain.

we had checked the identity card of the Gardner we had killed, and stolen it, thankfully it was on us, so we gave it to the lowly that came out from behind the partition.

"He's a messenger sir," said the man, "Gardner snake, he's here to see the emperor."

"I don't think so," said another voice. we all looked to see a purple robed man walking from a room off to the side of the throne room.

"Mo-yi," said the Captain, "What is the meaning of this?"

"He's hiding something," said the man named Mo-yi, "I feel it."

The messenger looked at Mo-yi and his captain, and back at me, and back at the other two.

The purple robbed man was a bit taller then us, but something was unsettling about him, then we saw it, the cylindrical weapon at his side, a saber, he was a force user, probably one of the dark Jedi that Palpatine had trained.

"He's not a snake, he carries himself too properly, for a grounder," said Mo-Yi."

"Well," we said, as our facade disappeared, and our sword appeared in our hand, our power glowing, "It's nice to know someone can recognize."

His hands came up and his sword came to life, a red-hewed blade, judging from the crackling the crystal was giving off, pretty powerful. thankfully our sword could withstand everything. He came at us fast, and we dodged...actually we jumped, flipped, and then blasted him in the back with a ball of power. He went down on that one, his blade slipping form his grasp. He grunted, and tried to force choke me, that just annoyed the heck out of me, so I blazed, and my claws came out, as we holstered the sword and flew at him. he got out of the way, but not before we ripped him hard on the shoulder. he was bleeding heavily with that, but ignored it, and concentrated his power again, trying to use the objects around him, and crush me. I could hear the Captain mutter, "Not again," as he and his men lay down to avoid the carnage. everything this Mo-yi threw at me I avoided or used against him. Finally getting annoyed, I did the three finger sign for death and gutter-balled him. He went down surprised, looking pissed. The Captain and his men, looked at me and opened the doors to the Throne Room.

"Palpatine," we said as we came in, blazing with energy, "Give us Kestral, you fiend, release this universe from your thrall, surrender your will!"

Palpatine looked at me, then came down from his perch, with Kestral looking at me, "Finally, my love," she said, "You return."

Palpatine smiled then I went down, as I saw him standing on top of me, smiling, energy blazing in his eyes, his hand on my head, "Forget."

I fell asleep.