Warning: There is a point in this chapter where it gets fairly sexual. I'll create a break in the story to warn those that don't want to read anything like that. I've never written anything like this before, but it kind of just flowed when I was writing the chapter.

Chapter 27: Plans of the Exodus

The mapping system said that it would take about three days for the Rogue Shadow to make it back to Khan in the Ganghis district. Ryder was sitting inside the infirmary the whole time because he wanted to know about Murdoch and Skibo's fight and talk to Blair when he woke up.

While he was waiting, Katie walked in and placed her hand on his shoulder. "How are your wounds healing?"

"They're getting better," Ryder responded dully.

She grabbed his face and turned it towards her, "Look. I know you're going through a hard time, but me, Nero, and even Hunter are your family too. It hurts us to see our leader like this. Talk to me about it."

Ryder smiled and said, "Thank you, Katie. That means a lot. I need to be here for these guys when they wake up, but I promise. I'll talk to you later."

Katie gave a smirk then kissed Ryder on the cheek. She left the room, and Ryder went back to waiting for one of the three injured to wake up.

Murdoch was the first to wake up of the three. His face was a lot paler than what Ryder remembered.

"I'm glad you're awake, Murdoch. You've been asleep for about twenty-four hours now," said Ryder.

Murdoch rubbed his head upon hearing this news.

"How're you feeling?"

Murdoch looked around the room letting his eyes and mind adjust to realizing where he was. The walls and ceilings were steel, but a bright light shone over his head. To his left was Skibo and someone else he didn't recognize.

"Damn, Ryder. I got my ass kicked."

Ryder laughed. "Don't push yourself, Murdoch. You were pretty banged up when I found you."

"Really? Cause I feel great right now to be honest," replied Murdoch.

Ryder paused to think. "Say Murdoch, what powers do you have?"

He looked at Ryder confused. "I'm only a Shinigami. You know that." Murdoch paused and stared at Ryder. "Why? What makes you ask?"

Ryder scratched his head and said, "It might be nothing, but when I found you, there was some black liquid oozing from your wounds, and when I picked up a little bit of it, it flew right back to your wound like a magnet."

"Wow," Murdoch said. "That's never happened before."

"Do you mind telling me what all went down during your fight?" asked Ryder.

"No problem," complied Murdoch. "Ha, can we go somewhere else though?"

Ryder took him into the main hold and sat him down on the couch. He walked to the kitchen and grabbed two glasses of ice water. "Okay, so how did it begin?"

Murdoch told him that they had fought someone that could open chakra limiters in his body, possessed the Sharingan, and was a Shinigami. He never revieled his Zanpakto to Murdoch, but Murdoch just knew that it was one. The last think he remembered was some sort of technique that created a mini moon which produced an extremely bright light. Once the light was produced, Murdoch said that his body started to hurt extremely badly. That his mouth and skin started to sting and burn. Then the enemy attacked him. That was all that Murdoch could remember.

"I see. Sounds like he could use the eight inner gates. He'll be trouble in the future. But back to you. I want to try something out on you," said Ryder.

Murdoch agreed out of curiosity.

"Okay, stand up," Ryder said to Murdoch. He did so. Ryder grabbed a kunai and Murdoch's hand then placed the kunai in it.

He looked Murdoch in the eyes and asked, "Are you ready?"

Murdoch nodded then looked at his palm.

Ryder sliced his palm waiting to see if blood or this black liquid would come out. Right when the flesh opened, the two immediately saw red, but when the blood ran from the wound, the two realized that it was black. However, the black liquid wasn't runny. It stayed where the wound was. Slowly, the black liquid seeped back into Murdoch's body leaving a closed wound.

"What the fuck?" Murdoch was confused yet astonished. "Did that stuff just heal me?" He rubbed his hand wondering what the black liquid was.

Ryder rubbed his head and said, "Yeah, I think it healed you down on Luminous too." He put away to kunai saying, "I'm curious to know if this is a new power of yours. Do you think that it had something to do with the mini moon?"

Murdoch put his arms around his head, "I don't know, but there's only way to find out."

"Okay, well next full moon you're going outside," said Ryder.

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Katie yelled out to Ryder from the cockpit, "Someone's vitals just spiked in the infirmary!"

Ryder looked at Murdoch and said, "Let's go see who woke up." The two got up from the couch and turned the corner into the infirmary. Sitting up in his bed was a pale teenager with black hair that was long enough to cover parts of his eyes. Running down his eyes as a turquoise green line.

Ryder walked over to the bed and put his hand on Blair's shoulder saying, "Blair, do you remember me?"

Blair looked Ryder up and down then glared at Murdoch.

"This is Murdoch," said Ryder. "He's a part of my team too."

Quicker than a blink of an eye, Blair unsheathed his Zanpakto and sliced Murdoch in half. Murdoch's torso flew up into the air and back towards the door.

Ryder quickly activated his two lightsabers and pointed them at Blair. "What the hell was that for?!"

The black liquid from Murdoch's torso and legs began to ooze out from his flesh.

"Say something," yelled Ryder!

"Why… Why… How the fuck am I still alive," muttered a voice behind Ryder.

Ryder spun around to see Murdoch's legs slowly drag towards his torso. In-between the two body parts was the black liquid that had formed into fiber-like ropes that connected the two body parts. Ryder looked over his shoulder at Blair, then back at Murdoch and knelt by his side.

"Does it hurt?" asked Ryder.

Murdoch grimaced and said, "Not really. It just feels strange." Murdoch looked down at his two body parts being put back together, chuckled and said, "I guess we know what the black liquid does now."

Ryder stood up and walked towards Blair, grabbed his shirt and shoved him into the wall. "What was that all about?"

Only one phrase crept from Blair's mouth, "A bat knows when a vampire is lurking."

Ryder let Blair go and said, "What do you mean, Blair?"

"He's an ultimate vampire," replied Blair. "Like I said, a bat always knows when a vampire is around."

Blair looked down at Murdoch and said, "I figured that you didn't know that you were one, so I helped out."

Murdoch slowly sat up and rubbed his stomach. "You could've just told me instead of slicing me in half."

Down the hall, Katie's voice could be heard saying, "Ryder! I need your help in here!"

Ryder looked at Blair and said, "Since you know so much about this, why don't you start informing him on his powers. I mean you are a part of the team now." Ryder left the room and went into the cockpit.

"It's Gambino," Katie said pointing at the monitor.

Ryder sighed and said, "Yes, Master?"

"How far away are y'all?" he asked

"Three days, sir."

"Hurry back. We need you to teach three classes. A hundred students in each," finished Gambino as he turned off his end of the communicator.

Ryder sat down in the co-pilot chair releasing a large sigh of breath. Leaning his head towards Katie he said, "I thought that was going to go a lot worse than what it was."

Katie smiled at him and said, "Well let's just hurry and get back. The sooner we leave, the better." Katie turned her head back towards the space that the ship was flying in.

Three days later, the Rogue Shadow began lowering down at the Council's Academy base.

"Take it down easy," Ryder said to Nero. The starship gently glided into the hanger. "Okay, Katie and Blair come with me. We have to go report to the Council."

Ryder threw his pack over his shoulder and looked at Nero, Murdoch, and Skibo saying, "Make sure the place is tidy before you leave. Then go rest. All of you deserve and need it." He pressed the button that lowered the loading ramp and began walking down it.

Blair had on his usual white robe with black trim and his half helmet. Ryder was wearing his khaki shorts, ninja sandals, and a blue shirt with a high collar.

Katie was the main show of the group. Her cut off black top, that really just looked like a sports bra, showed off her developed chest. She wore short khaki shorts with a flannel tied around her waist. Katie had gorgeous, tan skin and black hair pulled up in a pony tail.

Walking through a hanger full of ships and other students was something Blair had never done before. "What is everyone doing in here?" asked Blair.

"These are either students just wandering or workers repairing the ships here. Katie here, is probably the best that's at this base. You won't be a student. We'll just have training sessions to improve your skills," explained Ryder.

At the door that led to the elevator was the hanger manager, Blake, the berserker. "Look what the cat dragged in," he yelled at Ryder laughing. "You sure did reel in a gloomy one here," he said pointing at Blair.

Knocking his hand down to his side, Ryder said to him, "I wouldn't do that. He's already sliced Murdoch in half."

Shaking his head, Blake said, "He truly is a part of your crew, isn't he?"

"Fits right in," said Ryder grinning as the doors to the elevator shut.

Blair looked at Ryder and said, "Is everyone here like that?"

Ryder tilted his head from side to side and said, "Somewhat. Some are nice, but a lot are douchebags."

"Look, Blair," said Katie. "When we get in front of the Council, don't say anything unless they ask you something, and even then, me or Ryder are going to try to talk for you."

With a blank face, Blair asked, "Why?"

"If they find out that your smart and not a dumb war machine, they'll take you as one of their own warrior slave. Make you do their jobs and what not," said Ryder.

"So, basically what you're doing for them," replied Blair.

"No," sneered Ryder. "I joined them on my own, and I have a plan. A plan that they're falling for."

"Doesn't seem like it," said Blair as the elevator doors opened. The room was lit up with torches that surrounded five chairs that looked like thrones. Three people were sitting in them. Ryder and Katie walked towards the center of the room, so Blair followed behind them. The three knelt down as a sign of honor.

"Is this the seventh Shadow, Ryder?" asked Gambino.

Ryder stood up and said, "Yes. This is Blair, the Shadow of the Dragon. He is a hollow."

Dr. van Hoosier, with his Sharingan activated, stared at the black hole that was on Blair's neck and said, "That explains the hole." The doctor kept eying him. "What's your power?"

Before Blair could say a word, Ryder responded saying, "He's still a little shy from being a slave and all, but when he releases his Zanpakto, he grows wings like a bat."

"Simple," muttered Stacy to herself. "So, cliché."

"You don't think that the hollow could be useful?" asked Gambino.

"Precisely," she said. "He'd be the weakest of our slaves."

Gambino flipped his hand and said, "Fine. Any other news, Ryder?"

Ryder cleared his throat and said, "Yes. Denzel wasn't the one in charge of the factory. It was Khilor. Him and his partner did a number to my team, and honestly barely got away without dying."

"Well, I think I speak on the behalf of the Council when I say that I'm glad you didn't," said Dr. van Hoosier.

"Thank you. Also, we did not come across a titan with the ability to armor itself," replied Ryder.

"I see," replied van Hoosier. "Seems as if ISIS had already moved him."

"One of my apprentices found something that you might be interested in, Ryder," Stacy said.

"And what's that?" he asked.

"I don't think you'd like it if I said it out loud," Stacy said.

"Oooo. Ryder has some sneaky secrets," Gambino said.

"You'll find me in my office, if you want it back. Now go," she said shooing them away with her hand.

"Thank you, Serqet," he said bowing. Ryder, Katie, and Blair walked into the elevator, and the doors shut behind them. Ryder pressed the ground floor button.

"I hate meetings with her," said Katie rubbing her temples.

"Don't worry," said Ryder putting his arm around her. "She's not gonna get what she wants with me." Ryder kissed Katie on her head.

"Does she really have something for you?" asked Blair.

"Maybe," replied Ryder. "A lot of the time she just wants to have sex with me."

Katie glared up at Blair and said, "But he's mine."

The elevator doors opened and the halls were full of students going from class to class. Suddenly, Ryder could hear and feel a loud vibration flowing through the academy. He looked down at Katie and said, "Do you feel that?"

She looked around and said, "Feel what?"

"Damnit," Ryder said. "She has a holocron."

"Stacy?" asked Katie.

Ryder nodded.

"You can get that later," she said. "I need your help with your upcoming class."

"Okay, let me take Blair to his room first. Meet me in my office," he told Katie. She nodded then headed to his office.

Ryder turned to Blair and said, "Okay, well, we're actually close to your room. Follow me."

The two headed down the hall and around a few corners. On the door read a three-digit number, "481." "Here you are," said Ryder. "Meet me in the hanger at six in the morning," he said. "Do you remember where that is?"

Blair nodded.

"Okay, then make yourself at home. Murdoch is across the hall if you have any questions."

"Thanks, Ryder. See ya tomorrow," said Blair as he walked into his room and shut the door.

Ryder smiled. I'm sure he's a lot happier, he thought to himself. Ryder hurried off to his office.

Ryder opened his office door and walked in to see Katie sitting at his desk. "What is it you're working on?" Ryder asked.

Katie looked up at Ryder and said, "You have over three hundred students new in this class. That's a lot."

Ryder smiled and said, "Yeah, that's a lot of kids we have to convince to come with us."

Katie smiled and stood up in front of Ryder. She took his bag and threw it to the ground.

Ryder looked at Katie and said, "Hey, be care—," but before he finished, Katie was on her tippy toes with her lips attached to his.

She pushed Ryder onto his couch then took the flannel off from around her waist. Ryder leaned back as she straddled his thighs. After a few minutes, Katie pushed Ryder onto his back. She grabbed his hands and placed them on her waist, then leaned down on him and began kissing again.

Suddenly a knock was heard at his door. "Damnit," Ryder said. "What do you want?!" yelled Ryder.

"Master Ryder, the Council has asked for your presence up in the sky loft. Some news about a holocron," said the voice.

Katie crawled off Ryder and sat against the side of the couch. "I'm sorry, Katie, but I have to go."

She shook her head and said, "That's fine, but I'm going to sleep in your bed. I'm tired, and its late." She got up and went to Ryder's room with her flannel.

Ryder stood up from the couch and fixed his hair. "Okay, I'm coming," he yelled from his side of the door! Ryder grabbed his bag and opened the door.

An astromech droid sat there then said, "You can go up to the ninth floor. That's where they're waiting for you."

Ryder said, "Thanks." Then walked towards the elevator.

The elevator doors opened to the sky loft, and Ryder stepped out and looked around but saw no one. "Hello?"

"Over here, Ryder!" yelled a voice from around the corner.

Ryder walked over to where he heard the voice coming from, then saw Stacy in a king-size bed with a holocron on the nightstand. "Glad you made it," she said in a soft but strong voice. "Why do you have your Sharingan activated?"

"I'm here for the holocron," said Ryder. "They kind of do that when I get nervous or on edge."

*THIS IS THE WARNING FOR 'M' RATED CONTENT*

Stacey sat up and let the red covers fall from her body. She had nice blonde hair that fell a few inches past her shoulders, and her chest was very developed. She threw her legs to the side of the bed and walked in front of Ryder.

"Why don't you come over here with me? I can help ease that nervousness." She grabbed Ryder by the bottom of his shirt and began walking him to the bed. She pushed him down on the bed then crawled on top of him.

She gently kissed him on the lips. "Did you forget to activate your genjutsu?" she asked Ryder.

He nodded slowly.

"Good," she replied with a seductive smile.

She slid both hands beneath his shirt then pulled it over his head. Ryder tried to stop her, but he couldn't summon enough strength to do so.

As she laid down on his chest, the two began kissing. Her chest felt amazing against his. She kept kissing him and slowly kissed down his chest until she got to his pants. Her eyes looked up at Ryder as she slid out down his zipper and unbuttoned his pants, sliding them down too. With a menacing smile, she crawled back up to Ryder's waist and straddled him.

Ryder felt nothing but pleasure as Stacey rocked back and forth while straddling his manhood. After a few minutes, Ryder could feel her hypnotic powers wearing down, so he took advantage of the situation. He grabbed her waist and pulled her to him quickly locking lips. He kissed her hard and passionately until another idea popped into his head.

Ryder slowly got up and turned Stacy over on her stomach. He brought her knees up closer until she was on her knees and forearms. Her big, white ass waved in the air. Ryder smiled as he indulged himself in everything that Stacy had to offer.

*This is the end of the "Warning" content*

When the two were finished and too tired for anything else. Ryder turned Stacy towards him and flexed his Sharingan, putting her under a genjutsu that would make her believe that this was all a dream. Ryder wiped his forehead and reached to grab the holocron on the night stand. He stood up, got changed, and left the room with Stacy passed out in her bed.

Ryder got to the ground floor and walked towards his office. He unlocked the door, opened it, then walked to his room where he found Katie, half naked, asleep. He smiled, stripped to his boxers, and climbed into the bed with her.

She felt him climb into bed and rolled over, smiled, kissed him, then went back to sleep. Ryder threw his arm around her and fell asleep too.

The next morning Ryder woke up to his usual 6:00 AM alarm blaring in his ear. The classic sound of an alarm clock was one of his least favorite sounds, but it got him up and out of bed. He rolled over to see Katie, but she wasn't there. A piece of paper took her place on his bed.

He reached over, grabbed it, and read, "Good morning! I was called early to work on a few ships. I'll see you later though! Xoxo Katie." Ryder smiled and put the note on his nightstand.

Getting out of bed, Ryder immediately headed to his bathroom. The door slid open. The bathroom wasn't very big. It was only a sink, toilet, and a shower inside a room that was a little bigger than a walk-in closet. He threw off his boxers and hopped in the shower.

While washing, Ryder couldn't keep his mind off the holocron that he took from Stacy's last night. It was red, but it didn't feel like the other dark side holocrons. He felt a soothing malevolent aura come from deep inside it. It scared him a little bit to open it.

"Hahaha," laughed Anakin from within. "You're more of a man than me if the only thing that you're thinking of from last night is that holocron."

'Shut up,' replied Ryder.

You know. I might be a Sith Lord, but I know that her hypnotic powers wore off. You could've stopped, but you didn't. Then you came back and kissed Katie goodnight. I wasn't even bold enough to cheat on my girl," said Anakin.

"What makes you so talkative now?" asked Ryder.

"Well, you never take my advice or even want my help. I didn't even know why I chose you anymore. But last night reminded me. There's a darkness in you that you don't even realize. We're more alike than you even think."

"I let you use me as a vessel just to receive power from you. That's it," explained Ryder.

Ryder forced himself not to think about it anymore.

'So, three classes with a hundred students in each. I don't even know what the classes are about,' he thought. Suddenly, the bathroom door slid open while he was still in the shower.

"Hello?!" Ryder yelled out. He didn't hear anyone, but then the sound of wheels rolling across the ground revealed who it was. "R2, is that you?"

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"What?! Why wasn't I told that my class is in twenty minutes? Did Gambino tell you what the class was," he asked?

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Ryder palmed his face. "I'm teaching a defense class?"

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"At least 'Swordplay' and 'Unique Jutsu' are interesting," said Ryder. "I'll hurry up and get over there," said Ryder. "Go ahead and meet me in the auditorium."

R2 left the bathroom and strolled to the classroom that Ryder's defense class was in. Ryder on the other hand, took a few more minutes to get ready. He dried off from the shower and went to his room to change. He put on his white shorts and navy blue hoodie. On the back of the hoodie was a black circle with two red rings inside the circle. Attached to his belt was his red lightsaber.

Walking towards the classroom, he saw a lot of students running down the hall and around a corner on the right. "Damnit, that's where my class is, but I don't feel like running," he muttered to himself.

"I'm right there with you," said a voice from behind Ryder.

Ryder turned around and saw a guy in a black trench coat. His hair was half blonde and half black. He was no rush as he casually walked towards Ryder.

"I'm assuming that you're Master Ryder?" he asked.

"Yep, and I'm assuming that you're in my class?" replied Ryder.

"That's right. I'm in three of yours. The name's, Cam. Cam McKracken," he said holding out his hand.

Ryder shook his hand and said, "Good to meet you Cam. And what's your power?"

Cam chuckled and said, "You'll just have to wait and see."

The two rounded the corner, and Ryder's room was the right there on the right. Cam quickly slid in front of Ryder and walked into the room then said, "You aren't late if you beat the teacher to the room." Ryder smiled in return as he walked in.

The majority of the students in the room were talking to one another. The seats were set up like movie theatre seats with ten seats per row for ten rows. "Hush up everyone," said Ryder putting his hand high in the air. "Welcome to your Defense class."

A student in the back raised her hand. She was around the same age as Cam and had dark brown, curly hair.

"Great. The class nemesis. What is it?" asked Ryder.

She awkwardly smiled, "My name's Molly Teel. And, this is the advance defense class. Also, all of us are in your three classes."

"Great," said Ryder. "Sorry y'all. I was told that I was teaching this class only a few days ago, so I don't have much prepared."

"Then why not wing it from your experience," said a voice in the middle. Ryder looked at who said that. "I mean, you're experienced. Literally, there are legends about you, but I'm not so sure if they're true anymore."

"Okay, I'll take you up on that suggestion. Now, why don't you come down here and help me," said Ryder.

A boy with blonde hair wearing blue gym shorts, tennis shoes, and a white, Supreme shirt. In his hand was a sheathed sword. "And what's your name?" asked Ryder.

"I'm Sam Fontana. A Shinigami."

"Ah, a Shinigami. So, you're familiar with swordsplay?" asked Ryder.

"Yeah, but I'm not very familiar with your Jedi techniques," Sam said.

Ryder went behind his desk and grabbed a spare katana. "That's fine. That is why you're in this class."

Ryder turned to face the other students. "With the assumption that all of you are familiar with common swordsplay, and if you are someone that doesn't use a sword, it won't hurt for you to learn. There are a total of seven Jedi techniques. All of them serve a different purpose." Ryder turned to Sam who was now at the large, open space in front of the students. "Unsheathe your sword."

Sam did as told and held it in front of him. "I will be teaching you a technique called, Makashi. Also known as Form Two. It is based on good footwork and counters. Now pay attention."

Ryder looked at Sam and said, "Attack me."

Sam nodded. He lifted his sword over his head and swung down at Ryder. Quickly, Ryder knew that Sam was going to use a style close to Form Five because of his first strike. Ryder slide his right foot back and turned to his side. His sword was vertical in front of him and deflected Sam's downward swing. The indirect contact put Sam off balanced, so Ryder spun so that his back was touching Sam's back. He then took his sword and pushed it behind him.

Sam stopped his movement and realized that the tip of Ryder's katana was touching his back. "That's your first lesson with Form Two. Always keep your balance because you want your opponent to lose their own balance. It's the key to using this form, and it also key in the basics of survival." Ryder saw everyone in the room writing down what he just said.

He turned to Sam and said, "Thanks for demonstrating with me. Now, you can return to your seat." Sam walked back to his seat in the middle of the rows.

Ryder then lunged forward and thrusted his katana forward with his free hand in the air. Next, he raised his hand up with his sword pointed down. Then he lunged and thrusted forward again but a little higher than last time. He pulled his sword back close with it tilted upwards. Then raised his wrist and dropped his blade down low.

After that stance, Ryder looked up at his students and said, "That is the stance practice for this form. I'll do it one more time very slowly. Be sure to record or do whatever to memorize these stances. Remember, the best way to defend against sword fighters is to know their forms in and out. Even though people might not use these forms explicitly, they unconsciously do." He then ran through the stances one more time.

Ryder turned to his desk and put the katana on top of it. "Now, for some real practice. We're going out to the training grounds. All of those who are not shinobi will work on their Makashi forms. Shinobi will come with me and learn new jutsu… I take that back, I want everyone there to see how these jutsu work, so that you can defend against them and know their weakness. This is a powerful jutsu and the best way to defend against an attack is to?" Ryder asked his class with his arms up insinuating a response.

"Know the attack," responded his class in unison.

"So, everyone pack your bags and follow me." Ryder walked out the door with one-hundred students in line behind him.

While walking to the training grounds, Cam found his way past the girls who wanted to be close to Ryder because of his looks. "Master Ryder," he said.

Ryder looked over his shoulder and said, "What is it, Mr. Mysterious?"

Cam laughed a little, "Is there a way for me to learn jutsu even if I'm not a shinobi?"

"That means I need to know what your powers are," Ryder replied.

"Fine," he said. "I'm a Nen user and a Shinigami. Arrancar to be exact."

Ryder opened the doors to the outside training ground. He kept walking and talking saying, "I think that there might be a way. It won't be the traditional way, but you might be able to if your Spiritual Pressure is strong enough."

Cam kept walking, but Ryder could tell that he was in deep thought. "So, you're saying that I could transmute my reiatsu into an element or something like chakra?" asked Cam.

"Possibly. I've never seen it done before, but it could work," said Ryder.

The whole class arrived at the training grounds. The training grounds was a large field. On one side of the field, four-foot tree stumps with targets attached to them. Away from the large field, a make shift city stood for real-time training purposes.

"Okay, everyone, gather around," announced Ryder. The class closed in around Ryder. "This is called the Rasengan." Ryder held out his palm then suddenly a blue sphere of swirling energy appeared.

Ryder looked at a tree close by him. He immediately sprinted towards it and pushed the blue sphere into the tree. The bark and wood began to fly off violent, and all that was left was a short stump.

He turned and looked at his students then said, "The Rasengan is an extremely dense and fast spinning sphere of your own chakra, or spiritual energy, that you hold in your palm. It's a highly destructive jutsu that takes a lot of practice to master."

One of his students was staring intently at his own hand as if he was trying to conjure the blue sphere. "It isn't something you can just make appear. What I'm about to show you are the steps on how to make it," explained Ryder.

Ryder grabbed a water balloon of the same size of his Rasengan and held it in the palm of his hand. "First, I want you to focus on spinning and rotating the water inside to the point where the balloon pops." The water in Ryder's balloon began to spin and spike from the inside of the balloon. Within a few seconds, the balloon popped.

"Next, you'll grab one of these rubber balls of the same size." Ryder grabbed a rubber ball of the same size from a box next to him and held it in his palm. The rubber ball began shaking violently as it took on different shapes. "This is how you will generate the power in a Rasengan." The rubber ball then popped as its pieces flew in all directions with a few almost hitting some of the students.

"Finally, you need to learn how to control its power and shape. This step includes a normal balloon," Ryder explained. He reached into a separate box and pulled out a blue balloon the same size as the other balls and balloons.

"I want you to do the same thing," he said as the rubber balloon began stretching and taking on odd shapes. "But, you can't pop it. You will have to learn to compress the power within the balloon." The balloon sat in his palm contorting its shape without popping. The students watched on in amazement.

"Okay, now I want every ninja and z-fighter to grab a balloon and begin trying to pop it," Ryder said to everyone. "Everyone else, begin working on building up your spiritual energy, reiatsu, soul energy, or whatever you use. You'll do this by doing those kind of attacks over and over again. Grab a partner and get to work."

Ryder walked over to Cam and said, "Follow me. Let's see if we can figure this out for you." The two began walking away from the class and over into the forest behind them. Within the forest was a circular area that had trees either cut down or blown away from attacks.

"A buddy of mine will be here in few seconds to see if he can help us along with learning this. We've never thought of something like other spiritual energies learning other spiritual energy's techniques." Ryder turned to face Cam.

"I guess first things first. Do you know what kind of Nen user you are?" he asked. Cam shook his head.

"Okay, give me a second," Ryder said back. He reached inside his bag and pulled out a jar. Ryder walked over to a close by river and filled it up with water. From a nearby tree, he took a leaf and placed it on top of the water. The leaf sat afloat, dancing as the wind brushed by it.

"Here, hold this in your hands." Ryder handed the jar to Cam who firmly grasped it and stared at the leaf.

"Now, close your eyes and focus on the jar. See the jar full of water with the small leaf sitting on top of it." Ryder waited a few seconds. "Now, picture yourself pouring your very essence, your Nen into it."

Keeping his eyes closed, Cam did as he was told. His face began to turn red as he concentrated harder and harder. After about a minute, the water began to turn an orange color, and sweet smell came about.

"Good job, Cam. You can open your eyes now," said Ryder. Cam opened them and they immediately widened.

"Wow," he said softly. He looked up at Ryder and asked, "What's this mean?"

"Well," said Ryder studying the water. "Since it changed colors, that means you have an Emitter's power. However," Ryder said as he leaned in a little closer. "Do you smell that?"

Cam nodded.

"Take a sip of the water in the jar. See if it tastes the same or if it's just a new smell."

Cam grabbed the leaf and tossed it away. He held the jar up to his mouth and slowly drank a little bit of the water. Quickly, his eyes widened as if shocked, and he brought the jar of water down from his mouth. "I don't distinctly know the taste, but it's really sweet!"

Impressed, Ryder said to him, "Wow, this means that you are an Emitter and a Transmuter." Seeing how Cam had no idea what he was saying, Ryder chuckled then continued explaining.

"With your powers of an Emitter, you will have an easy time separating aura from their body. Then with a the power of a Transmuter, you can mimic the properties of an element or something else with your aura. For instance, you can make your aura look and feel like fire, water, or even electricity. This also means that you can make your aura look and feel like chakra," Ryder explained to Cam.

"Damn. This is badass," said Cam. "So, do you think that I'll be able to perform the Rasengan?"

Ryder nodded and said, "I think that you could do that and even improve upon it. You don't even need your Arrancar powers to do this. Now there are a lot of Arrancar attacks that would be beneficial to know, but you have two great Nen abilities. Especially when paired with one another."

Just then, a male with flippy, brown hair who looked about twenty jumped down from a nearby branch. He was a little shorter than six feet tall and was in great shape. He wore Jordan's, black gym shorts, and a white and red t-shirt that had a Nike logo on the front. "I see you're a Nen user," he said.

"And an Arrancar," replied Cam proudly.

"And I could still kick your ass," said the stranger. "Is this the guy you want me to teach?" he asked.

Ryder nodded then looked at Cam. "This is Austin Evans. He a good friend and we've been on a few missions with each other before. He's a Nen user too. He's a Transmitter, Conjuror, and a Manipulator. Also, I've trained him to become an expert swordsman. He's going to teach you how to use Nen. There's no one better here that can do this, so listen to him and do whatever he says."

Cam nodded then said, "Got it. Sorry about that, Austin. I shouldn't be too cocky."

Austin smiled and laughed saying, "Don't sweat it man. All we got to work on is your ability to make those statements mean something now!"

Ryder looked at Austin and said, "I've got to go check on the students and see how they're doing. Don't hurt him too badly." Austin gave him a thumb up then Ryder vanished into the trees leaving them behind to train.

After about one hour of being away, all the other students were still working on their water balloon. They were able to just barely make the balloon shake and change shapes. Across the field, Ryder could see someone with blonde hair wearing an orange, unzipped pullover sitting on a tree stump talking to one of the students.

Ryder walked over to the two and said, "How's it going Master Colby? Is there something I can help you with?"

Colby turned to face Ryder and said, "I see you're trying to teach them the Rasengan. That's a pretty powerful jutsu."

"Never hurts to have it in your arsenal," responded Ryder.

"Can you do it?" asked Colby. The student working on popping his balloon chuckled.

Ryder smiled at that reaction and said, "Of course." Ryder held out his palm and blue sphere of dense chakra appeared. Slowly, the blue ball shrank down to where it was about two inches in diameter. The student looked on in amazement.

'How could he do that so effortlessly,' he thought.

Ryder turned to a stump that was about five feet tall and twenty yards away. He glanced at Colby then back at the stump then threw it at the stump he was aiming for. Completely shocked that Ryder had thrown his Rasengan, Colby jolted up and watched as the Rasengan disappeared.

"Ha! How can you say that you can do that jutsu when –," but Colby stopped talking when all of the sudden something collided with the stump absolutely tearing it to shreds and causing a moderate explosion.

Ryder smirked at Colby.

"Ah, I see," Colby responded. "You mixed it with a chakra nature that made it disappear," Colby said then giving a little laugh. "You never fail to amuse me." Colby began walking back to the base with his hands in his pockets.

He turned around and said to Ryder, "Remember, you're making them into soldiers for us. Don't forget that." Colby disappeared from Ryder's sight when he finished that sentence.

Ryder looked back at the student who just so happened to pop his water balloon right then. "Hey! Good job Tucker," Ryder said to him. "Now go get a rubber ball."

These training exercises happened for a continuous four weeks. Through the help of Ryder, a large portion of them could perform the Rasengan now. A small few of them even learned the Chidori as well. Ryder walked around the training grounds satisfied with the progress all of them had made. The majority even looked up to Ryder as their own Master or Sensei because of how understanding and nice he was to them. Along with that, he had taught them all many jutsus and techniques that they all could use.

One of the students, after completing his Rasengan training, felt a weird pulse in right hand. His fingertips to be specific. He didn't know what to make of it. He wasn't sure if it was dangerous or what, but he knew that his Sensei, Ryder, could handle whatever it was. He could see him walking around the training ground about fifty meters away, so he walked up to him.

"What's going on, DP?" Ryder asked.

"Well, after learning the Rasengan," DP began to say. "I've been feeling something pulsing in my hand towards my fingertips. I don't know what it is."

A little confused, Ryder said to him, "Here. Place your hand on mine and let me see if I can sense anything." Ryder held out his hand towards DP.

DP placed his fingertips on Ryder's palm.

Suddenly, Ryder saw a bright flash that completely blinded his vision. All he saw was white.

Slowly the white faded and a dark and ominous scene appeared. Ryder could see a hard, rocky ground with a few boulders around. He could feel a steady rain fall from the cloudy sky. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning lit up the sky and the scene around him.

He could see a multitude of bodies lying lifeless on the ground. Two people, a stranger with a green cloak of energy around him and the other stranger having a red lightsaber with a red smoke that looked like a large rib cage constantly around him, were fighting a man wearing white pants and a white button-down shirt. None of them looked familiar.

The two seemed like they could not get solid or effective hit on the man wearing all white. The man in white's laugh crackled loudly as the other two began tiring out. Another lightning bolt cracked causing another white flash that blinded Ryder for a few moments.

This time, when his vision returned he saw the stranger that wielded the red lightsaber standing confidently next to the man dressed in a white suit. They were in the middle of a green field with two others standing face to face with them. One of them was the other stranger that was fighting the man in the white suit. All of them nodded, then they turned and headed in separate directions. The stranger with the man in a white suit walked inside of a space ship, and the other two walked towards a group of about ten others. Behind them was a large building that looked like an abandoned hospital with a large dirt area right next to it. A bright flash of white light blinded Ryder once more.

This time when his vision came back to him, he was down on a knee with his hand rubbing his eyes.

"Master! Are you okay?" asked DP over and over again.

Ryder slowly raised up to his feet and said, "Yeah, I just got really light headed."

"Was it because of me?" DP asked.

"No, I just need to go rest," he said rubbing his head.

Just then, Austin appeared and said, "Don't worry DP, I've got him. Go back to training." DP did as was told, and Austin began walking with Ryder back towards the door that led into the base.

"What was that about?" asked Austin.

"I don't know," Ryder said. "I think I just need some rest though."

"Yeah, you've been going at it teaching these kids. I mean damn. Learning the Rasengan in a month. That's impressive enough," said Austin helping Ryder into the base and through the hallways to his room.

"By the way, Austin," said Ryder. "I'll be leaving for another mission in a week or so. Watch over the students while I'm gone. Try and teach them a few things. If anything bad happens, keep them safe and out of harms way."

"Got it man. No need to worry about them," Austin replied. The door to Ryder's room slid open, and Ryder flopped onto his bed. Austin left the room quickly afterwards.

When the door slid closed, Ryder sat up, crossed his legs, and shut his eyes. He figured that what he saw was connected to the Force, so he knew meditation was the best way to decipher what he saw.