They stood across from eachother , On one side was the grand master of the jedi order . His green saber held beside his face , Illuminating both himself and the area around him in the light cast by the blade .

On the other was what appeared to he an empty set of robes holding a black steel sword , Two glowing red orbs glowing with sinister light within the hood of the robes .

The hum of yodas saber was accompanied by the soft pattering of rain droplets around them , The jedi master refusing to release his gaze off the hooded robes .

There was no meed to signal the other , Their experience spoke for itself as the robes blistered , Gliding across the ground with the speed of a phantom towards the jedi master.

With a devastating thrust , The sith blade carved a trench through the ground past the jedi master .

But it never hit its target , As the jedi leapt nimbly to the side , Blade raising whilst he took made to end the duel quickly by Thrusting towards the robes abdomen .

The shade stepped back , It's arms spreading wide as he jumped back slightly, The green blade of the alien passing by his stomach harmlessly .

Thus began their would be deadly dance . Yoda a twisting whirlwind of jumps , Skips and spins with his saber a blur of green light.

And the shade , Raining down devastating blows from all directions with the finesse of a master swordsman.

A wild flurry of sabers , The likes of which would make jedi and sith green with envy , Was accompanied by the hisses and colliding beams of light that represented the collision of their two blades.

Neither of them seemed to move , With yoda spinning and Bouncing yet landing where he previously stood . He neither pressed the attack nor was he put on the defensive.

And the diminutive jedi knew , Deep down with a furrowed brow , That he was bring played with. For this creature before him danced with skill equal to his own , It's black blade a shadow that cast a wall of darkness between the two of them.

It didn't step back , Nor to the sides or forward , Instead it simply moved its arms , A blur even he troubled to see , It's wrist moving in directions and poses one would find hard to perform even witb less restrictive clothing such as a robe.

A lean to the right had the sith blade passing by yodas ear , Less than an inch from taking off the top of his skull as small , Fine hairs were shaved from the side of his head.

Attempting to press the attack , Yoda leapt to the right , Yet found himself followed by the seamless footwork of his opponent.

His strikes were deflected with precision parries , Any thrust he made as easily guided off the the side and responded to in kind by an equally devastating thrust he was forced to bounce around.

' A dangerous opponent this thing is ' Yoda found himself back in his starting position , Blade pointed at the still robes infront of him , It's blade simply held off to the side as they regarded eachother .

" Skilled you are , A dangerous enemy you would have been " Yoda complimented as he brought his saber back to the side of his face , The robes simply shrugging . The orbs in its empty hood appearing to contort in a shape similar to how eyes would squint.

" I could say the same ... for someone of your age atleast " The robes shrugged and turned their blade downward once more , The red hue around the steel blade casting a subtle crimson hum of energy along the steel.

" Shall we take this up a notch " The robe raised its off hand , Yodas keen eyes noticing the tree trunks around them cracking and creaking , The trees around them beginning to rise from the ground.

" Let's make this abit more interesting " And with a heave of its off hand , The trees were sent Careening into the skies , Where they were suspended momentarily before they began to fall back to the ground.

" Hmph " Yoda grunted and leapt at the robes , His blade passing by harmlessly wide as the robes tilted to the side.

The two of them jumping back as a tree slammed down apon their previous position.

Their leapt up , The robes fluttering onto the tree whilst yoda landed across its trunk .

He leapt at the things head , Spinning wildly as he did so in an effort to saw clean through its head .

Yet the thing bent back at an impossible angle , The jedis blade passing by harmlessly as the creature reached up during yodas leap , Grabbing yoda by the base of his robe and using its deceptive might to reverse the orientation of yodas leap , By throwing the jedi master towards the ground across the newly deforested ground.

Yoda wasn't fast enough to react , Despite landing on his feet . He was unprepared for the thing to already be apon him , Simply bursting through a falling tree between them and swiping his blade downwards apon yodas position.

With barely any time to defend , The master chose to leap to the side , The base of his robes being sliced off in the process , And a clean slice through the base of his foot.

He winced slightly as he landed , His blood leaking from the wound , Hopping to the side slightly as he created distance between the two of them.

Pulling his blade from the newly created hole on the ground , The robes turned to yoda with a mocking slowness , The jedi master limping slowly.

" Are you going to get that ... we have time " The robes simply gestured to the grand masters foot . The small alien squinting in thought .

" My thanks " Yoda took the chance, Focussing his hand over the gash in his leg for a moment, Keenly aware that at any moment , The thing could cover the distance he had created and open uo their next round .

" It no worries , I want to fight you at top shape afterall , Whats the fun in fighting a weak opponent " More trees crashed around them , The thing simply flicking

its wrist to divert the trees that would fall on them .

" Better " Several long moments of silence past before the thing asked , Keenly aware that yoda had easily healed himself and was actually using the spare time to come up with a plan ti defeat him.

" much " Yoda replied humbly , Before beginning anew with a deceptive amount of power , Leaping forward at the robes with speed as he twirled left to its open side.

The residual glow of yodas blade left trails in the air , His speed such he was a blur to the eyes .

And yet he was easily intercepted , The thing bending out of the way of the strike with mocking ease as it batted yoda to the side.

Landing on the ground with a huff , The grand master didn't dare stop his attack , Turning around and leaping to the opposite side of the robes.

Raining blow after blow relentless strikes on all sides of his opponent as fast and powerfully as he could .

His efforts , against any other opponent would have allowed him a swift victory . Yet here he was , Being stalemated by something long since dead .

The things defences held strong despite his onslaught , Black blade parrying with ease and finesse one could only hope to acquire over their lives.

Each block it made was akin to trying to overpower a rancor , Each parry was like flowing water .

Leaping high , Yoda somersaulted over the things head , Thrusting at its back with the tip of his saber .

Yet , Even before his eyes , At the speed they were moving. The thing became a smear of dark fabric , As it turned far faster than anything had the right to . And the winds around him agreed , As the atmosphere around the robes became alight from the friction of the things impossible turning speed.

It's blade bat away yodas thrust , The robes smoking momentarily from the burning friction , And it responded by catching the remainder of yodas robes on the tip of its sword , Twisting its blade to twirl the fabric into a nice firm grip .

It rounded , Facing away , Grabbing the hilt of its sword with two hands and sling the sword over its shoulder as fast as it could .

And because yoda was caught on the tip of the sword , The jedi master could do naught but follow the present shaped path the sword followed .

Both heard the tearing of fabric , yodas robes giving way to the force of the swing, Sending the jedi master sailing into the air and onto the ground not ten metres away.

Landing hard , But with perfect balance , Yoda turned to face the robe , Only to find it gone from its previous position.

The warning of the force was all yoda recieved , Ears Prickling as he turned to see the robe now behind him facing away .

It rotating the sword in its grip to face yoda , Thrusting backwards towards the jedi grand master spine.

Such a move would have sliced any knight or below in half from the unexpected relocation of the man , Yet yoda was no knight.

And responded by leaning to the side , Watching with keen eyes as the shining clean surface of the blade passed harmlessly by his wide green eyes.

Using the chance, Yoda leapt at the things arm , Slicing downwards towards its extended arm . Yet the thing responded by letting go of its weapon , Turning slightly to catch said weapon in its other hand as yoda passed by.

With a hint of annoyance and respect , Yoda looked towards the cowl of the things robe , eye twitching in annoyance as he drew apon the force with the maximum his not so meager abilities would allow .

And as he fell towards the ground , His small fist punched towards the figure with an open hand .

The force push that followed churned the ground around them , A repulse , A shockwave exploding from his hand as he tried to force push to figure away.

Yet to the grand master shock , The force push simply passed over the being like a gust of string wide , With it only tilting its head to the side in mock amusement .

" Was that meant to do something ... I'll show you how it's done " The thing raised its now free right hand , The empty gauntlet it wore curling in on itself as the force grew heavy in the clearing.

Yoda landed in a huff , Both alarmed and worried as a visible distortion curled around the things gauntlet .

" boom " The thing said before Thrusting it's right hand in yodas direction.

The grandmaster made the wise decision of leapt clear to the side just as the thing thrust forward , And watched with alarm as a repulse of energy tore the ground apart , Turned trees to dust and blew boulders apart , Flattening everything as far as the eye could see in the direction the thing had thrust its hand in .

On the other side of the force push , Far away , Threes blew off of a cliffside , The cliffside being blow apart as the push distorted the air and atmosphere in that general direction.

' A terrible threat ... this being is ' Yoda slowly turned his head to face the empty robes , A fierce determination rising over his features as he called the force to his aid , Now more desperate than ever.

With new found determination and speed , Yodas tempo exploded into new power.

Leaping at the thing and Thrusting forward with all his might, It stepped away , It's sword spinning wildly as it batted away yodas perfectly balanced and executed strikes .

Leaping and spinning , Yoda bounced off a tree and around the back of the robes, Yet the thing continued to be annoyingly adept at following his movements, Each strike being parried or guided away with ease.

Each counter was placed just in the way it needed to be to have yoda pause , Redirect himself and alter his movements , Always interrupting his tempo as he tried to continue a continuous streams of attack , Yet its timing was impeccable as he was continuously stopped from doing so .

Anticipating it's next movement , Yoda thrust his blade wide to the right, Hoping to catch it off guard and strike in a combo he hadn't used yet .

Yet , Much to his chagrin and slight disappointment, He found a boot planted directly in his stomach , A miscalculation on his part for he had obviously let himself defenceless in an effort to truck the robed thing , And paid the price for it as his small body was sent once more Careening into the muddy ground far off.

Yoda landed with a tumble and roll , Coming to a stop soon after as his turned off saber sat in his hand.

Slowly he cast a look of respect and weariness at the robes , The thing simply standing where it had previously been , Having not tried to press its advantage .

Silently he observed it , The two of them regarding eachother before the thing seemed to slump slightly.

" It appears that is all you can do for now ... " The thunderous words echoed from within its hood , As the blade it held was released from its hand.

Yoda watched the blade simply sink into the ground ,Vanishing as if it had never existed in the first place .

" Sadly it appears you have nothing else to show ... Unfortunatly ... I am a man of my word " The thing turned away , It's hood raising in to regard the skies and venator above , ignoring the small amount of rain above " You may go "

Seeing its non hostile stance, Yoda rose from the ground to regard the thing suspiciously .

" Searching we are ... " Yoda made to discern its intentions for the moment.

" I am aware ... he is to the east , Now leave me I have things to do ... Do put on a good show , I might find amusement in your little battle " The robes dismissed the grand master , Raising its hand to ppint directly atvthe direction dooku was in.

Realising he was pressing its patience , Yoda turned eastward , Incling his head as he shuffled in the direction the thins finger was pointed in.

" Don't die jedi , The denisens of yavin aren't kind to those that die here " The haunting voice of the robes bellowed before releasing a mocking laugh, Yoda looking over at the robes as the thing had once more transformed into the demented avian creature that leapt into the skies to fly off in the direction of anakin and kanya , Dodging and weaving in and out of the fire from the venator above.

" HAHAHAAAAHAHAA " The sinister laugh vanished into the distance over the foliage far away from Yodas gaze .

" Hm " Yoda shook his head and continued shuffling in the direction of dooku , Feeling for the other jedi who were by now landing far off in the distance.

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CHAPTER COMPLETE .

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