Chapitre 10: 3 Years

Gears of Fate moved as 3 Years went by...

On a simple plain stood two figures facing each other; The tall one wore a black cloak and mask that hid what was underneath, the other one was 5' 7"(170cm) and wore a simple black robe.

The one who wore the robe had moderately long hair in a ponytail, two parts hanging loosely on the sides of his face and ending just below his chin. He had a light tan; His face sharp and delicate which belonged to a teenager. He was handsome and lean, his body filled with explosive muscles hidden under his outfit. His eyes glowed a dark red color as he focused on the other figure. He was the 14-year-old Leo. The other figure was Darth Nihilus.

The tension was quite thick and it was obvious the two were going to battle.

Leo's connection with the dark side of the Force had grown by leaps and bounds, he could easily gather great power in no time and he did; He willed it and a considerable amount of power flowed through him from the dark side. The power gathered for a few moments and he smiled.

Leo suddenly lifted his hand and guided the power to lash out through his hand in the aimed direction, a giant destructive wave was unleashed toward Nihilus. 'Force Destruction.'

The wave annihilated anything on its path and approached the other party in an instant, a great amount of dust rose up, Nihilus jumped away and avoided the attack.

Leo smirked as dozens of boulders around him rose and deformed, slowly changing shape, and in mere seconds becoming spears of stone, they launched toward Nihilus who had just landed on the ground.

Nihilus could not evade the attack so he summoned his power and used Telekinesis to change their direction. The stone spears hit the ground farther away with massive force with a rumbling sound, a massive cloud of dust rose.

Before Nihilus could attack, blue lightning descended upon him. Leo imagined Lor-Vetan in his head and used the Hatred he remembered to power the lightning and aimed it at Nihilus.

A transparent shield appeared and blocked the lightning from reaching Nihilus. "Your hatred is far too weak, my apprentice." Echoed the ghostly voice of the Sith Lord and reached Leo's ears.

Leo stopped using Force Lightning and took out something from within his robes. A bright red Lightsaber came to life in his right hand. He felt its incompatibility through the Force, 'I need to make my own lightsaber soon...'

Darth Nihilus paused for a moment and brandished a red Lightsaber of his own, "Come at me with all you have."

Leo smiled confidently as his eyes twinkled and dashed toward Nihilus with superhuman speed, he had let the power of the Force flow through him and willed it to enhance his body, the two lightsabers collided as the two began dueling. Leo could instinctively tell where Nihilus was going to attack and how thus his body would move on its own and do impossibly agile and dexterous movement to intercept and counterattack.

Leo exchanged a few blows and jumped back, 'Since I put so much time into mastering the force, I only mastered Form 1 and grew adept at using form 3 and 5 for Lightsabers... He can crush me at close combat...'

he used Telekinesis to make more dust fly around and turned off his lightsaber. He used the Force to manipulate the light and sound around him, effectively creating an invisible cloak around himself. 'Force Cloak.'

He virtually disappeared from the battlefield in between the clouds of dust. Nihilus remained at his position silently, seemingly frozen.

Suddenly the red Lightsaber came to life behind Nihilus and swiped from left to right with tremendous force and speed. Leo became visible, as his other hand used Force Lightning.

Nihilus casually backflipped and dodged the Lightsaber as he used his own lightsaber to block the lightning. "Force Malestorm..." Whispered Nihilus and Leo instantly backed away.

A massive wave was released in all directions and blew back everything in sight, it also electrocuted anything it touched. It slowly created a small crater with Nihilus at the center.

Leo managed to get far enough to avoid the wave and he suddenly vanished again, a thick cloud of dust hung in the air that helped him.

Suddenly, he appeared above Nihilus and used his Lightsaber with all his enhanced strength to deliver an overhead swing, it was the falling avalanche of Form 5. Nihilus used his own and blocked it. They came face to face, Nihilus said calmly, "You need much training to wield a Lightsaber as a master, however, your Force abilities are worthy of a Sith Lord."

Leo smirked and his eyes began glowing an intense red color, "You flatter me, teacher." A powerful destructive wave was released from Leo, 'Force Devastation' This was Leo's self-created move that unleashed Force Destruction in all directions very similar to Force Maelstrom.

Nihilus used Force Barrier to block the wave but he was blown a dozen meters back regardless. A crater was also created from that; This crater was deeper since this wave was far more destructive compared to Force Maelstrom.

'Force Cloak.' Leo vanished again.

Nihilus found the combination of Force Cloak and Leo's sudden powerful surprise attack quite an annoyance to deal with. He felt his apprentice approach from behind and turned around and released Force Lightning.

Leo appeared and turned on his Lightsaber to block the lightning with difficulty, 'His is so intense while mine lacks this potency... I need to somehow channel more hatred... But how?' he thought and willed the Force around him to form a barrier.

'Force Barrier.' It blocked the lightning and he enhanced his body beyond the limit for additional speed and moved out of the way.

'Force Cloak.' he vanished but didn't delay and jumped to attack from above. He also used Telekinesis for something as he delivered another overhead swing with all his power. 'I can't do a prolonged lightsaber battle due to the difference in skill so I have to do quick burst swings and kite around...'

Nihilus was tempted to use Force Storm aimed at Leo but stopped himself since it was not a life and death battle.

Nihilus gripped his Lightsaber tightly and blocked Leo's swing, his feet dug deep in the ground from the force behind the attack but he blocked it. Nihilus shifted his center of gravity that caused Leo to lose balance momentarily.

Leo smiled! 'Force Image.' He manipulated the light around himself with the same technique as Force Cloak and created a second cloak nearby that instead of turning beings invisible, made an image of himself.

It didn't fool Nihilus obviously since it was made right in front of him, he slashed toward the real Leo but his hand was stopped. He gazed at his hand and saw a dozen rocks holding a formation that imprisoned his hand.

He used telekinesis to blow away the rocks and swung again but when he looked again, he couldn't tell which Leo was the real Leo since he could have changed position in that 1 second moment.

Both Leo's attacked with lightsabers but one was fake. Nihilus chuckled, "Good. You have become strong... But you have a long way to go still... The Force shows me the difference... You need to fool the Force as well..."

Nihilus changed to Form 3 and easily blocked Leo and pushed him back, he slashed the image and it shattered. Nihilus used force lightning and Leo managed to barely block it with his lightsaber.

Nihilus used his other hand that held the lightsaber to slash at Leo, he had to disengage somehow but he was not strong enough. He used Force Barrier and managed to block the lightning with difficulty and evaded the lightsaber of Nihilus. He had to jump back to get some distance.

"It is time I stop being defensive and attack you... Enemies won't give you time as I did so you can use your Force abilities..." said Nihilus and attacked with frightening speed.

Leo used his enhanced senses, 6th sense, and all his skill but he only managed to last for a dozen exchanged before Nihilus's Lightsaber was stopped in front of his neck.

Leo sighed, "I lose again..."

Nihilus turned off his lightsaber and said, "You focus too much on the Force... If you master all forms of Lightsaber battle and develop your own; Master all techniques of the Force, only then, will you become strong enough to face me at my peak. You also need your own lightsaber... However, as you are currently, you are indeed worthy of the title 'Darth'..."

Leo was taken aback, Nihilus continued, "I can't teach you more... The rest you must train yourself. From now on, You are Darth Maleficus and no longer my apprentice; However, I do not wish to remain as I have no longer... I will wait for your return to raise us, Sith'ari..."

Leo nodded, "I see. Then our 3-year training has come to an end, Teacher."

Nihilus nodded and walked off... Leo was a little surprised just how fast the past 3 years went by. He spent most of it training with the Sith Lord, of course, he traveled to get supplies and Force Devoured a dozen people once in a while.

Leo thought as he returned to his ship, 'It feels a bit surreal, 3 years of training with him and suddenly he leaves... In any case, I have completed my training; I mastered many Force techniques and abilities and created a few of my own, Sona tutored me on many things thus I acquired a lot of knowledge and skill. I modified my own Spaceship a year ago and installed a lot of upgrades and named it, Calamity. Dia got control over all Tatooine a few months ago... It is time I begin with my plans. 1st I need to finally build my own Lightsaber...'

The 3 years were not that eventful for him, he spent half his time training with Nihilus and the other half studying with Sona on various subjects. He was selfish in nature so he didn't really care about Nihilus and saw him more as a tool. Nihilus also didn't interact with him much outside of training and teaching, it was a deal between the 2 like 'I train you and you raise me later...' so he felt nothing except a little pity since he thought he could perhaps learn a bit more.

These 3 years of training made him feel much more confident.

His eyes were completely indifferent and cold, an aura of power and confidence was being released by him naturally as he entered the ship and sat on the pilot seat. Sona and R2-S69 doing their own duties.

The black Star courier named 'Calamity' was modified to the extreme by Leo. It had the best Hyperspace drive, cloaking device, radars, scanners, laser cannons as armaments, powerful shieldings and Engines and etc.

It turned on and swiftly left the planet surface, in a matter of a few seconds it left the atmosphere of Korriban and entered Hyperspace, its destination, Tatooine.

Meanwhile, the number one target of Jedi and many bounty hunters throughout the whole galaxy was none other than Leo Vanis. The Jedi and republic were looking for him since he was the only lead they thought they had of the hidden Sith Lord.

He smiled coldly as his eyes glowed a terrifying red color when gazing at the Hyperspace through the window of his ship, 'I shall plunge the galaxy in the darkness of my shadow. I, Darth Maleficus, have descended.'

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This was a practice match so I didn't write too many details. I will write serious fights with as many details as possible for full immersion.

Force Devour is the name of his ability from now on.

Darth Nihilus and many other ancient Sith will make appearances in the story, It is full-on prophecy time and etc. so don't worry. We are just starting.

You have many questions for sure and they will be answered in the next chapters. The plot is only just beginning.