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As the Klingtonian planet was being taken by the imperials, Narthaus decided that he wasnt going to be near those idiotic Cornelians. With his superior skill he was able to escape detection and follow a big ship through hyperspace. He was following behind The Palpatine. He could sense who was on board the Shuttle ship. It was Daniel Masaki, "The fighting wills..." He said to himself.
He spoke to Masaki through the force, "Hello, I have been looking for an expert on fighters. You see, I was in repair bay when two of my friends where debating about a fighter. One said, 'The engine moves the fighter.' The other said 'The fighter moves the engine.' What do you say about this matter?"
I scoffed as the 'voice' asked me. "It's the engine, of course!What else could it be?"
"Ah your all wrong! It neither, the mind moves. So you need to ask yourself this, do you want it to stop?"
"Huh? What?" I asked confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing really, just the fate of your life. But what is one life? Nothing. But you are one of the few, you are one of the men who will shape the Universe. It relies on you. I'd have to tell you, Its pretty sad such a brave warrior as yourself has left the battle when it hasnt finished. You still have one last foe to fight. You will recognize him soon enough, but I must first ask you the question, are you ready for it?

The twins were asleep as I contemplated this, in the bunks set up for long trips. I remembered a man long ago, an old Jedi named Justin, who showed me a part of my destiny. A destiny that either left me or I left it. So, the universe still needs me...what can I do by oblige?

"All right. I'm ready." I said to whoever owns the voice. Whoever this foe is, he's going to have to watch his step, because I'm coming for him!

The twins were asleep as I contemplated this, in the bunks set up for long trips. I remembered a man long ago, an old Jedi named Justin, who showed me a part of my destiny. A destiny that either left me or I left it. So, the universe still needs me...what can I do by oblige?

"All right. I'm ready." I said to whoever owns the voice. Whoever this foe is, he's going to have to watch his step, because I'm coming for him!


"Ah good!", Narthaus replied,"I see this is the right place and time. Those are two strong factors in destiny, There are a million Alexander the Greats, a Million Pattons, A million Daniel Masakis, but most never get to achieve their glory for they have to be in the right place at the right time. Looks like your the one, Ill see you in a moment."

He manuvered the fighter behind the shuttles docking bay and hit the eject button. The window popped off and he pushed off into the docking bay. He than ran to the airlock and went through....

I obliged him by closing the airlock back up after him and repressurizing the docking bay. It's a little cramped with the X-wing, but Rocky the astromech greeted the man with a twittering greeting and opened the inner door for him.

"Fool! NOW YOU DIE!!" As Narthaus rushed forward with his sword unslung at the enemy, he swung it around his enemys head and used the gained momentum to swing behind Daniel and get it in a headlock, "NOOOOOOGGGGIIIIEEE!" He screamed as he scratched the little punks head, the Robot in the corner looked with disbelief as a giant bead of sweat appeared on his "face" ....

"Fool! NOW YOU DIE!!" As Narthaus rushed forward with his sword unslung at the enemy, he swung it around his enemys head and used the gained momentum to swing behind Daniel and get it in a headlock, "NOOOOOOGGGGIIIIEEE!" He screamed as he scratched the little punks head, the astromech in the corner looked with disbelief as a giant bead of sweat appeared on his "face" ....
"Waaaah!" I yelped, my head caught up in a noogie, but I manage to disappear in a small puff of smoke, replacing my body with a rug.

I was a couple meters behind him, checking my rattail to see if it hasn't been hurt. "What the hell was that for?!" I yelled, glad I set the ship on autopilot.

The commotion woke up the twins.

"Hey bro, who's the new guy?" Taylor asked peeking out with Jacob, kunais in hand.

"Waaaah!" I yelped, my head caught up in a noogie, but I manage to disappear in a small puff of smoke, replacing my body with a rug.

I was a couple meters behind him, checking my rattail to see if it hasn't been hurt. "What the hell was that for?!" I yelled, glad I set the ship on autopilot.

The commotion woke up the twins.

"Hey bro, who's the new guy?" Taylor asked peeking out with Jacob, kunais in hand.

"Oh, that!" Narthaus replied, "I was swinging my sword at you, I was expecting you to block it, but when you didnt I just used the momentum to teach you a lesson."

Narthaus looked back and forth looking for the other person who had spoken to him. He than looked down.
"Wow! I heard that Kaminos was pumping out clones, but I didnt expect perfection on this scale." He then preceeded to examine the twins. "You guys do realise they have pills for being short?"

He then looked towards Daniel,"Your enemy is alot stronger than you think, it will take a while before your ready, do you want to got through with it? I understand you have to take care of your twins, and they can come too, are you ready?"

"Oh, that!" Narthaus replied, "I was swinging my sword at you, I was expecting you to block it, but when you didnt I just used the momentum to teach you a lesson."
"Oh, right." I said. Huh, I could have sworn I would've been able to block it...

Narthaus looked back and forth looking for the other person who had spoken to him. He than looked down.
"Wow! I heard that Kaminos was pumping out clones, but I didnt expect perfection on this scale." He then preceeded to examine the twins. "You guys do realise they have pills for being short?"
Taylor suddenly twitched, and a vein popped on his head. He instantly turned from 12-year-old Jedi to galaxy's scariest short guy. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT ENOUGH TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH THE BUGS?!"
Jacob had to hold him back before he launched himself at Narthaus.

He then looked towards Daniel,"Your enemy is alot stronger than you think, it will take a while before your ready, do you want to got through with it? I understand you have to take care of your twins, and they can come too, are you ready?"
"Yeah, I'm ready." I said, wondering what I'd need to do to face this enemy. "By the way, what's your name?"

"Oh, right." I said. Huh, I could have sworn I would've been able to block it...


Taylor suddenly twitched, and a vein popped on his head. He instantly turned from average 12-year-old to galaxy's scariest short guy. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT ENOUGH TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH THE BUGS?!"
Jacob had to hold him back before he launched himself at Narthaus.


"Yeah, I'm ready." I said, wondering what I'd need to do to face this enemy. "By the way, what's your name?"

He looked at Taylor, "Hey calm down little buddy, it was a joke and if you want to take down your enemys you need to do it calmly, The Old Gun slingers used to say,'Its not the fastest hand in the west, but the calmest.' And the samurai even said, 'A angry man will eventually defeat himself in battle.' Keep that in mind."

He than looked at Daniel, "My name is....... Darth Vader! Nah! Just kidding, they call me Narthaus. Klington Super Soldier Project Numero Uno. We'll go to the Black Order because you need to check up on some thing, and make sure its quick."

He then turned around to the twins, "Hey, to make you guys feel better I will show you how I am short. You see Klington wanted the benefits of a big intimidating soldier when things got Primitive in combat, thats where I am now: 7 feet tall. But they also wanted A small soldier for other operations. So they put a small muscle in my spine and some protective bones for the nerves there. And now I can make my spine sink and crunch together or expand out. Let me show you." With that Narthauses back began to crack, CRACK! CRACK! SNAP! and he reached a height of about 5.3 Feet Tall. "He then looked at the twins, see, I can be short too." And with that he cracked his back a couple times again and returned to his full height. He then took a seat waiting for the ship to reach its destination.

He looked at Taylor, "Hey calm down little buddy, it was a joke and if you want to take down your enemys you need to do it calmly, The Old Gun slingers used to say,'Its not the fastest hand in the west, but the calmest.' And the samurai even said, 'A angry man will eventually defeat himself in battle.' Keep that in mind."
"I keep telling you, brother." Jacob shook his head. "But do you ever listen, no!"

Taylor just pouted and sat on a chair.

He than looked at Daniel, "My name is....... Darth Vader! Nah! Just kidding, they call me Narthaus. Klington Super Soldier Project Numero Uno. We'll go to the Black Order because you need to check up on some thing, and make sure its quick."
"It won't take long." I said. "I just need to make sure Naruto my second in command is doing all right there. You might see my grandfather and sister around."

He then turned around to the twins, "Hey, to make you guys feel better I will show you how I am short. You see Klington wanted the benefits of a big intimidating soldier when things got Primitive in combat, thats where I am now: 7 feet tall. But they also wanted A small soldier for other operations. So they put a small muscle in my spine and some protective bones for the nerves there. And now I can make my spine sink and crunch together or expand out. Let me show you." With that Narthauses back began to crack, CRACK! CRACK! SNAP! and he reached a height of about 5.3 Feet Tall. "He then looked at the twins, see, I can be short too." And with that he cracked his back a couple times again and returned to his full height. He then took a seat waiting for the ship to reach its destination.
The twins and I went white at the sounds.

"That's sick!" Jacob groaned. Taylor just held his lunch tight. >.<

"Ugh, I hate the sound of bones cracking..." I muttered.

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Soon enough, the shuttle arrived at the Waylord system, where elements of Admiral Pellaeon's Battlefleet protects it from enemies outward. With the IFF code on, I made for Mount Tantis, where the HQ is.

I have a few things I need to do, as the shuttle landed at the hangar bay, and I disembarked.
1. Check that we have adequete supplies for the next trip.
2. Write up the report of the battle.
3. Make sure the HQ is still in one piece (laugh).

Narthaus got off the Shuttle and went out into the cold air. He took a deep breath and sighed it out. He began to walk around the mountain. He walked over to a gloomy looking young women with her hair tied back. She looked to be 15. He walked up to the girl and said, "Hello mam, wheres the Black Order building?" She mumbled something as she walked away. "Ah! Cheery people!" Narthaus said sarcastically.

Narthaus got off the Shuttle and went out into the cold air. He took a deep breath and sighed it out. He began to walk around the mountain. He walked over to a gloomy looking young women with her hair tied back. She looked to be 15. He walked up to the girl and said, "Hello mam, wheres the Black Order building?" She mumbled something as she walked away. "Ah! Cheery people!" Narthaus said sarcastically.
"It's right here, doofus." Fiona mumbled quietly, then headed into the forest to self-train.

Meanwhile, I typed up the report of the battle, and then sent it to Naval Command. They'll collaborate the report with Rommel's then file it for future historians.

Once done, I walked out of the office, and ran into an orange-jumpsuit clad young man.

"Oy, Naruto, how are things around here?"

"Oh, fun as always." He smirked, whiskers alert. "Everything's still in one piece. Oh yeah, and I broke up that child-slave ring for ya."

"Cool, thanks." I said. "So how's Fiona?"

Naruto grew a bit sadder. "Cold."

"..." I sighed. It's going to take some time, if ever...

Meanwhile, Patriarch Alex Masaki was walking down the hallway, when he noticed a new person (Narthaus). "Hello."

"It's right here, doofus." Fiona mumbled quietly, then headed into the forest to self-train.

Meanwhile, I typed up the report of the battle, and then sent it to Naval Command. They'll collaborate the report with Rommel's then file it for future historians.

Once done, I walked out of the office, and ran into an orange-jumpsuit clad young man.

"Oy, Naruto, how are things around here?"

"Oh, fun as always." He smirked, whiskers alert. "Everything's still in one piece. Oh yeah, and I broke up that child-slave ring for ya."

"Cool, thanks." I said. "So how's Fiona?"

Naruto grew a bit sadder. "Cold."

"..." I sighed. It's going to take some time, if ever...

Meanwhile, Patriarch Alex Masaki was walking down the hallway, when he noticed a new person (Narthaus). "Hello."

"Ah! Your the first one to actually confront me and say something that borders anywhere near politeness. I presume you are Daniels grandfather, age usually breeds these things in to a man." As he reached out to shake Alex's hand. "Oh, I nearly forgot! My name is Narthaus, you?"

"Ah! Your the first one to actually confront me and say something that borders anywhere near politeness. I presume you are Daniels grandfather, age usually breeds these things in to a man." As he reached out to shake Alex's hand. "Oh, I nearly forgot! My name is Narthaus, you?"
"Jedi Master Alex Masaki, at your service." The old man shook his hand. "So what brings you here?"

"Jedi Master Alex Masaki, at your service." The old man shook his hand. "So what brings you here?"
"War," Said Narthaus, "Its the one thing that keeps the galaxy from stagnating and the one thing that holds the same value for my destiny."

"War," Said Narthaus, "Its the one thing that keeps the galaxy from stagnating and the one thing that holds the same value for my destiny."
"Interesting." Alex said seriously. "And does this destiny have something to do with my grandson? I can see you didn't just come here to talk of war..."

"Interesting." Alex said seriously. "And does this destiny have something to do with my grandson? I can see you didn't just come here to talk of war..."

"Destiny..." Replied Narthaus as his faced shifted to a thinking expression, "My destiny may have something to do with your grandsons destiny. They say will has the power to control destiny, those with alot of it, the will to win, proceed, fight, they can control their own destiny. But some do have alot of will, and dont know where to direct it. Maybe my destiny is to change your grandson's destiny. It may be for the better, it may be for the worse. Who knows?"

"Destiny..." Replied Narthaus as his faced shifted to a thinking expression, "My destiny may have something to do with your grandsons destiny. They say will has the power to control destiny, those with alot of it, the will to win, proceed, fight, they can control their own destiny. But some do have alot of will, and dont know where to direct it. Maybe my destiny is to change your grandson's destiny. It may be for the better, it may be for the worse. Who knows?"
Truly, this is a man who knows... Alex said, respect growing from him. "My grandson has a strong will himself. He was once slated to become the next Emperor, and wouldn't do badly, either. But that's before the Sith came and destroyed all he held dear, his father and his home planet, and perhaps soon, his mother..."

Alex looked sadly at the sky. "There is not much I, as his grandfather could teach him anymore. He is a Jedi, but his destiny, I don't know whether he has the strength to restore what was lost to him. Perhaps...someone could teach him a new way to regain his confidence which has been lost since his father fell to Emperor Palpatine...he's never been the same since...someone like you, I suppose..."

Truly, this is a man who knows... Alex said, respect growing from him. "My grandson has a strong will himself. He was once slated to become the next Emperor, and wouldn't do badly, either. But that's before the Sith came and destroyed all he held dear, his father and his home planet, and perhaps soon, his mother..."

Alex looked sadly at the sky. "There is not much I, as his grandfather could teach him anymore. He is a Jedi, but his destiny, I don't know whether he has the strength to restore what was lost to him. Perhaps...someone could teach him a new way to regain his confidence which has been lost since his father fell to Emperor Palpatine...he's never been the same since...someone like you, I suppose..."

"Its possible..." Narthaus said, "Confidence would have worked in the begining, if reinstilled in him it would have helped him to maintain his destiny. But he lost his confidence and it has been gone for a long time. Now he trys to make up for it by slowly changing his character. He will have to unlearn alot and than relearn. He will have to trash the bad, and embrace the good."
Narthaus looked towards the ground. He then looked into the eyes of Alex, "For years we have been searching to make a great warrior by gentics. Fools. All one has to do is refine himself. Perfection is much more interesting, and powerful, when reached by the imperfect."

"Its possible..." Narthaus said, "Confidence would have worked in the begining, if reinstilled in him it would have helped him to maintain his destiny. But he lost his confidence and it has been gone for a long time. Now he trys to make up for it by slowly changing his character. He will have to unlearn alot and than relearn. He will have to trash the bad, and embrace the good."
Narthaus looked towards the ground. He then looked into the eyes of Alex, "For years we have been searching to make a great warrior by gentics. Fools. All one has to do is refine himself. Perfection is much more interesting, and powerful, when reached by the imperfect."
Alex nodded. "In other words, Daniel must relearn what he has forgotten: the Masaki's highest creed: Keep the Light shining, for when evil rears it's ugly head, the forces of Good gather together time and time again. And they will push back the darkness with the shining of the light."

Alex nodded. "In other words, Daniel must relearn what he has forgotten: the Masaki's highest creed: Keep the Light shining, for when evil rears it's ugly head, the forces of Good gather together time and time again. And they will push back the darkness with the shining of the light."

Narthaus smiled. "You do realize that is one of Klingtons creeds? Our flag is in the night sky, and in the middle of it is a rising sun. On the sun it says, "Calignious Consolar Lustri", thats ancient Klingtonian for: "In the dark, the light shines." I find that quite interesting, and since I am in the Emperors family, I guess we both share the same creed."

"But, on to business, I suppose that Daniel must indeed relearn these things. And I know just the place to do it. An interesting world on the outer rim, very little investigated, but the creatures have adapted and evolved strangely utilizing the force to their very needs. Some can stop the force. Some can control it with great ability. It will be an interesting place to train."

Narthaus smiled. "You do realize that is one of Klingtons creeds? Our flag is in the night sky, and in the middle of it is a rising sun. On the sun it says, "Calignious Consolar Lustri", thats ancient Klingtonian for: "In the dark, the light shines." I find that quite interesting, and since I am in the Emperors family, I guess we both share the same creed."

"But, on to business, I suppose that Daniel must indeed relearn these things. And I know just the place to do it. An interesting world on the outer rim, very little investigated, but the creatures have adapted and evolved strangely utilizing the force to their very needs. Some can stop the force. Some can control it with great ability. It will be an interesting place to train."
"Very interesting. Sounds like Myrkr." Alex said. "What of the twins, currently being apprenticed to Daniel? The threesome are rather close."

"Very interesting. Sounds like Myrkr." Alex said. "What of the twins, currently being apprenticed to Daniel? The threesome are rather close."
"Ah the twins!" Narthaus said smiling, "I know just how to handle them! Daniel will be working hard and some of his activities must be done on his own, so I can provide adequate training for all of them."

"Ah the twins!" Narthaus said smiling, "I know just how to handle them! Daniel will be working hard and some of his activities must be done on his own, so I can provide adequate training for all of them."
"Very good." Alex smiled. "Would you like anything from the cafeteria?"

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Finally, I was done with the paperwork and reading of the latest reports from my operatives and signing them off. I was ready to head off again, checking to make sure the shuttle is stocked up with provisions for a while.

"Very good." Alex smiled. "Would you like anything from the cafeteria?"

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Finally, I was done with the paperwork and reading of the latest reports from my operatives and signing them off. I was ready to head off again, checking to make sure the shuttle is stocked up with provisions for a while.

"Why not?" Narthaus said as they walked towards the cafeteria.

"Why not?" Narthaus said as they walked towards the cafeteria.
Soon, I reached the cafeteria as well, picking out oriential-style food and chopsticks. As I sat down with my command team, I noticed Grandpa and Narthaus walking in, talking and laughing like they're friends forever. Grandpa does love to make a friend.

Narthaus walked over to the Cafeterias food bar and began to pick out his food. He picked some mash potatos with gravy, some top ramen, a grilled cheese, some cake and 20 metal forks.

Narthaus walked over to the Cafeterias food bar and began to pick out his food. He picked some mash potatos with gravy, some top ramen, a grilled cheese, some cake and 20 metal forks.
"Narthaus! Over here!" I waved to him.

"Narthaus! Over here!" I waved to him.

Narthaus said, "Hey!", as the three walked over to the table to begin to eat there food, as they sat down Narthaus asked, "So, what do you already know?"

Narthaus said, "Hey!", as the three walked over to the table to begin to eat there food, as they sat down Narthaus asked, "So, what do you already know?"
"You mean in my skills? Lots of things." I said. "From stealth, to fighting, I know quite a few techniques for many a situation, even ones where I can fight even in a Force-deprived location."

"You mean in my skills? Lots of things." I said. "From stealth, to fighting, I know quite a few techniques for many a situation, even ones where I can fight even in a Force-deprived location."

Narthaus walked away and came back with two tea cups and a pot of tea. He put one near Daniel as if to say this is yours. He then began to pour the tea, he kept pouring and pouring until it was overflowing and kept at it even then.....

Narthaus walked away and came back with two tea cups and a pot of tea. He put one near Daniel as if to say this is yours. He then began to pour the tea, he kept pouring and pouring until it was overflowing and kept at it even then.....
"Uh, why are you overflowing the tea?" I asked, looking for a napkin to deal with it.

"Uh, why are you overflowing the tea?" I asked, looking for a napkin to deal with it.

"The cup is you, the water is your knowledge and ego. In order to learn you must empty your cup and learn anew. Now empty your cup...." Replied Narthaus, "If I tried to teach you when you are already full, it would spill over, so empty your cup."

"The cup is you, the water is your knowledge and ego. In order to learn you must empty your cup and learn anew. Now empty your cup...." Replied Narthaus, "If I tried to teach you when you are already full, it would spill over, so empty your cup."
"And how do I do that?" I asked, then something klicked in my mind and I smiled. Master Yoda, thou art thy reincarnation?

As they finished eating they headed out to the Shuttle to pack up, and to prepare everything. As they were packing, Narthaus turned to Daniel and said, "Give me your mirthril shirt, you wont need it in training, I will give it back to you when its over, after you learn that the force is the strongest armor...."

As they finished eating they headed out to the Shuttle to pack up, and to prepare everything. As they were packing, Narthaus turned to Daniel and said, "Give me your mirthril shirt, you wont need it in training, I will give it back to you when its over, after you learn that the force is the strongest armor...."
I mulled it over, deciding that I'll have to just trust my own self. "Alright."

I pulled off the shirt, and folded it up, putting on a regular thin shirt in its place and then my T-shirt and finally my field tunic (military green, but I packed a Jedi field tunic as well) on top. Won't be needing much more clothing than my boxer shorts, anyway. Then I put on my white bandanna, tying it nicely around my forehead. Cool.

I checked my weaponry. Kunai pouch, check. Shuriken holster, check. Lightsaber, fully charged and blue gem nicely snuggled, check. That's all I'll need.

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The twins are ready as well, having already packed the same amount of stuff as I have. We're the Masaki Brothers, and we're in the game. I chuckled at that thought.

Then, we headed to the shuttle itself...

I mulled it over, deciding that I'll have to just trust my own self. "Alright."

I pulled off the shirt, and folded it up, putting on a regular thin shirt in its place and then my T-shirt and finally my field tunic (military green, but I packed a Jedi field tunic as well) on top. Won't be needing much more clothing than my boxer shorts, anyway. Then I put on my white bandanna, tying it nicely around my forehead. Cool.

I checked my weaponry. Kunai pouch, check. Shuriken holster, check. Lightsaber, fully charged and blue gem nicely snuggled, check. That's all I'll need.

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The twins are ready as well, having already packed the same amount of stuff as I have. We're the Masaki Brothers, and we're in the game. I chuckled at that thought.

Then, we headed to the shuttle itself...

As the bunch hopped into the shuttle, Narthaus began typing in coordinates. The planet was a small planet on the outer rim, unpopulated and neglected. The planet had creatures who used the force to there advantage and creatures who cancelled out the force.
Narthaus said to Daniel about the planet, "A few years ago we Klingtonians tried to colonize that planet, but were attacked by some fearsome creatures and we had to leave it. The dragons we brought to the planet still remain there, or so I assume. It will be an interesting challenge."

With that they went out into space!

As the bunch hopped into the shuttle, Narthaus began typing in coordinates. The planet was a small planet on the outer rim, unpopulated and neglected. The planet had creatures who used the force to there advantage and creatures who cancelled out the force.
Narthaus said to Daniel about the planet, "A few years ago we Klingtonians tried to colonize that planet, but were attacked by some fearsome creatures and we had to leave it. The dragons we brought to the planet still remain there, or so I assume. It will be an interesting challenge."

With that they went out into space!
Almost as soon as we left the atmosphere and the gravity well, I pulled back the lever and we jumped into hyperspace.

Several hours later...

"Reversion to realspace in 5 minutes!" The computer chimed in.

"Zzzzzz...huh? Oh." I woke up from a bit of a doze-off. "Ok. Hey, we're ready to revert!"

5 minutes later, we jumped out of hyperspace and into the faraway system.

As they reverted to realspace Narthaus took control of the vehical. He slowly guided it down to the planet. As they landed, Narthaus said, "Here we are!" Everybody looked down at the planet and could see it consisted of a dense forest. Not as bad as Kashyyyk, the wookie homeworld, but it was still one big forest.

Five Minutes Later....
The door of the shuttle slowly opened and out came the entire group, they slowly began to follow Narthaus as he walked out into the forest. As they slowly began to descend into the forest, Narthaus turned around and said, "First, we must find a shelter." He looked around, "We'll need some firewood." He mumbled.
He than unsheathed his sword and tossed it to Daniel,"We need fire wood, I want to see if you can cut through that tree with one stroke." He said as he pointed at a moderatly thick tree.

"All right." I said, testing the weight of the sword. Heavier center of gravity than a lightsaber, but nothing to worry about. I went into a stance with the sword, and with the speed offered by the Force, sliced it right through the tree. For a second, it looked like I missed, because the tree was still standing. But soon, it began to fall down, the halves neatly cut. Timber!

"Not bad." I smiled.

Narthaus jumped out and stopped the log with his hands. He slowly dropped it onto the ground. And said, "Lemme see my sword." Daniel tossed it too him and Narthaus used it to chop the log into fourths, he gave one to everyone in the party and than looked up at a mountain. "If I remember correctly, theres a cave system up there, lets go!" He said as they slowly began to embark towards the mountain.

Not to be outdone by the Master, the twins and I jumped up to the trees, and hopped from one big branch to another. It's faster than walking, too.

20 Minutes Later....
The Masakis were sitting in the cave with a nice fire lit talking about things. When Narthaus walked into the cave with a heavy breath. He shook his head, and mumbled something about not allowing that tommorrow. He then layed down and said, "Better get to sleep. We're getting up early."

"Sorry about that, Master." I smiled as he came up to head us to bed. "Tree-jumping is the one of the very first things we're taught in the academy, 'cause it helps with balance and speed, as well as coordination. It's as instinctive as breathing to us."

The twins and I then used our small bags as pillows and soon went off to dreamland.

Narthaus was climbing up the mountain again after a night of "exploring," while the Masakis slept. Clang!, the sound echoed as Narthaus dropped a bag of the metal Cortoris on the ground. "Wake up!" He yelled as the Masakis all got out of bed. "We're going for a run this morning, so hurry up and get ready...."

The metal sound vibrated into our ears and I woke up a little sooner than the twins.

"Ugh, these hours are killers." Taylor griped, and wiped sleep from his eyes.

Soon enough, we headed out with Narthaus on the predawn run.

They ran long and hard. When one of them would stop to walk, Narthaus would go up to them and say, "Jedis don't stop!" And they would keep running. Narthaus personally hated this kind of training, but it was particulary essential to them. Too many masters focused on the Force, this was important, but it deprived strength, speed and endurance as well.

After a while they stopped and were allowed to rest for a bit. Narthaus walked over to Daniel, "Go back to the cave, I will see you there soon."
He than walked over to the twins and handed each of them a wooden boken with a flat blade and 2 rebreathers. "Follow me." He said. They than walked to a big lake, and Narthaus showed them how to swing the sword and get water resistance on it. "Your goal is to get as fast with these bokens underwater as you can on land with a normal sword." With that he told them to begin, and made a mention about goofing off and punishment. After he was finished and observed the twins using the bokens correctly, he headed for the moutain...

As he walked into the cave he said, "Hello Daniel!", And than began to walk towards the back of the cave insinuating a "follow me." They soon reached a spike coming off of the ground. It had a sharp point on it and looked leathal. Narthaus pointed at it and said, "I want you to focus the force into your finger, and than sit up on this spike. Dont touch the spike with your finger, use the force as an extention of your finger. Im going to help you get you balance on it, from there you will have to use the force to keep yourself there."
10 Minutes after struggling like crazy to get Daniel on the thing....

"That looks about good. Stay there for a couple of hours." With that Narthaus left the cave to go and spar with the twins underwater. It would force them to increase there speed to keep up with him and a normal blade.....

A couple of hours?! I thought incredulously, as I poured Force energy on my finger to keep myself up in the air. Doing that on the ground is one thing. Doing it with the possibility of getting your finger pierced is something totally different, and don't you forget it! But this is training, so I had to stick with it. Sweat dripped from my face like a leaky faucet as I struggled to keep myself up. It's no easy feat when one wrong movement will cause a slip and you'll fall down and have to get back on it...

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Get as fast on land with a sword...yeah right, how are we supposed to do that? Taylor griped, as he and Jacob were underwater sparring with the flat bokkens.

Yeah, I see what you mean, brother. This is crazy! Jacob replied, and broke off a lock to catch his breath.

They thought they got the hang of it after a while, until Master jumped in the water with a regular blade and attacked them. The twins had a tough time matching the old man in speed, and were soundly defeated.

A couple of hours?! I thought incredulously, as I poured Force energy on my finger to keep myself up in the air. Doing that on the ground is one thing. Doing it with the possibility of getting your finger pierced is something totally different, and don't you forget it! But this is training, so I had to stick with it. Sweat dripped from my face like a leaky faucet as I struggled to keep myself up. It's no easy feat when one wrong movement will cause a slip and you'll fall down and have to get back on it...

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Get as fast on land with a sword...yeah right, how are we supposed to do that? Taylor griped, as he and Jacob were underwater sparring with the flat bokkens.

Yeah, I see what you mean, brother. This is crazy! Jacob replied, and broke off a lock to catch his breath.

They thought they got the hang of it after a while, until Master jumped in the water with a regular blade and attacked them. The twins had a tough time matching the old man in speed, and were soundly defeated.

As the Twins started to slow down, Narthaus encouraged them to keep at it.

As the Twins started to slow down, Narthaus encouraged them to keep at it.
The Twins then attacked together, starting another round of blows towards the Master. Unbeknownst to them, they were getting slightly faster than they were before, as they fought the Jedi Master...

A few hours later.....

The Twins and Narthaus were done with training for the day as they started to walk back to the mountain....

As they entered the cave, Narthaus ran and jumped into the air with a kick at Daniel, he retracted his leg at the last second and landed softly on the ground in front of Daniel. He than said, "You've done well, lets get some shuteye."

"Waaa!" I yelped, as I thought Narthaus was going to attack when he came in, but he stopped and said the wonderful words as I fell flat on my face. "Ow..."

Curling my finger up and down to loosen it up, I took my position on the bed again, feeling a bit on the hungry side. I've used a lot of energy in keeping up on one finger on the pin.

Narthuas woke up and walked outside to see the Masaki brothers standing outside. "You guys learn fast eh?" Narthaus said, "Ok, lets start with lap again! This time on your hands!" As they "ran" the Masaki brothers couldn't help to keep there balance and needed Narthauses help many times to keep balance. After the ususal laps Narthaus split the twins and Daniel into groups. "Ok," he said as he turned to the twins, "Go back and keep working on your speed. Probably another week and you'll be there." Narthaus said as the twins let out a great sigh hoping for something better.
He then turned to Daniel, and pulled out a sledgehammer from behind a bush. "Take off you shirt and focus all of the force on your ribs..." He said with a bright smile.
"The goal here is, to get to the point where you dont need the force anymore to guard your ribs. We will take away a little of force after every 100 hits with the sledgehammer. This will probably take a couple of weeks because your skin and bones need to heal to grow stronger, but after this, you will be able to take a hard hit to the ribs and kill your enemy in surprise that you didn't even flinch."
"Ready? 1....." Said Narthaus
"Owwwwwwwwwww!"

A Few Hours Later....

I was still on the ground, moaning and clutching my chest in agony. "What...the...hell...was...that...for?!" I gasped. Try to kill me, will you?!

I was still on the ground, moaning and clutching my chest in agony. "What...the...hell...was...that...for?!" I gasped. Try to kill me, will you?!

"Keep at it! 2......"

A few weeks later.....
(OOC:We'll continue this later... ;))

Two weeks later...

After 2 weeks of the sledgehammer exercise, Daniel was begining to feel no pain and sustain no real damage in the rib area. This was in part to the constant smashing of the ribs with the sledgehammer, and Narthaus using the force to speed the healing of the ribs and to regulate it regrowth to make it stronger. The ribs had gotton so strong that they had made a thin connection of bone over each open spot in the rib cage. Narthaus remarked, "Now thats how you get a bone implant without breaking the skin! Wait......" He remarked as he realised how much Daniel bleed on the first few days.( ;) ) The skin around the rib area was as tough as leather.
For the Masaki Twins, they got through there first week with flying colors, Narthaus wanted to increase there speed slighly, so he took 4 rings of about 40 pounds and placed them on the Twins wrist and gave them another week to practice. They are incredibly fast now.

The day started off with the Masaki Brothers giving off an air of hapiness to move on to the next step of training. They went down into the forest again and the Masaki brothers began running there laps already used to the routine. After they were done, Narthaus split them up into groups again. He sat down with Daniel, "Today, I have to give the twins something new to do. So excuse me if this lesson is short. We are going to develop your senses fully. You will be able to hear like a blind man, but still keep your sight. And all the like. We will not be using sight. It is the strongest sense and therefore we will not concentrate on it. For today, I want you to focus on your ears only. Close your eyes, and listen, focus on what you hear. Do not use your Force Sense, we will focus on that later." And with that he left Daniel with his eyes closed and his ears alert.

He then went to the twins, and threw them there wooden bokens. There faces lit up with horror at the fought of another day at speed training. "Dont worry, we're not doing that anymore!" Narthaus said to relieve the twins, "Ok, hold those bokens with both hands and do an upward block. When I say switch, draw the sword back and then put it up in the opposite direction, unless Im standing on it. Make sure you face each other." With that Narthaus jumped up onto the sword, and it almost collapsed downword. "Switch!" As the Twin he was facing pointed his sword in the opposite direction, he jumped onto his sword. He kept at it for a few hours.....

Blindfolding myself with a cloth to help out, I did what he said, trying to heighten my listening sense with each passing moment. I focused each ear to listen for the sounds of nature...

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Little by little, the twins got the hang of what he was doing, and worked at keeping Master up in the air while he stood on their swords. This is to ensure solid blocks and strikes for them when they go against foes.

Ooc: Bump!

Sorry we'll continue this tommorow.

Bump!

OOC:
What we trained afterwords:

All senses
Sledgehammer exercise on the chest
Speed exercise
force
blah blah blah


I may post the IC thing.