Point of no Return

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza looked up at the Baudo-class star yacht and nodded. It was simple and efficient and just within his price range. With the remaining credits he had from his time spent with Ranth he had just enough to buy this ship and enough to buy fuel to get to Dathomir, he hoped.

"Alright I'll take her. Get the paper work ready and I'll meet you inside," Yurza told told the salesman that had been showing the Sith around the lot. "I want to take one more look around her."

He took one more lap around and then made his way back over to the sales office. He sat down in front of Jarth, the Gungan that had been pitching the ship to him and smiled as he was handed a data chip. "Alls yousa files on der Misster. And she all filled up for yousa trip."

"Thank you Jarth. And you mentioned that the transport would be able to make it to Dathomir on the fuel?"

"Yesa, but itsa going to be close."

"I understand. Well thank you for your time and thank you for the ship," Yurza said as he stood up and walked away. He tried to even his steps though his heart was pounding. Finally he was leaving Naboo and getting to Dathomir. The fellow Sith he had met weeks earlier had invited him to a gathering of Sith and he was determined to get there. Traveling around with Ranth was nice enough, but to get back into the fold and shape the galaxy had his head swimming in ecstasy. So much that he didn't notice anyone else around.

[Sudoku]

"Hello."

A female voice purred from his left. Half hidden in the shade of another ship, Sudoku gave a slight wave of her hand, a shy smile on her lips. She wore a simple white t, dark shorts and boots. With one finger, she pushed her dark rimmed glasses up her nose.

"Going off world?"

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza turned around, barely even paying attention to the woman until he got a good look at her. True that there hadn't been much time for women in his life, but there was something about this one that just called out to him. He couldn't tell if it was her clothes, voice or her sense of shyness. Normally he would have just shrugged and walked on by, but something made him stop.

"Yes. That was my intention. Why do you ask?"

[Sudoku]

"I need a ride. To Dathomir."

She slipped out of the shadows, moving slowly towards him. She carried a single bag, the strap hanging off her shoulder, a raggedy jacket with several Imperial badges on it draped over her arm.

"Do you believe in destiny?"

[Yurza Magus]

"Only in the destiny that a man forges for himself," he replied as he took a step back. Something about her was off, but he couldn't pin it down just yet so he wanted to be cautious. Throw in the fact that she was wanting to head to Dathomir, the same place he was heading, and all his mental alarms were going off.

"What would a young girl like yourself need from Dathomir? It isn't a very frequented place from what I've heard."

[Sudoku]

"It's not something I need, per say, it's something...that's drawing me there. I'm meant to go there, the Force wills it."

Sudoku didn't care about the stigma given to Force users - she was one, and it had dictated most of the actions she'd taken in her life. Yuzra could feel her reach out, touching his mind with the Force. Soft, almost finger-tip like sensations spilled up his spine, her smile growing. She spoke to him telepathically.

<i>"There's power on Dathomir, and I want it."</i>

[Yurza Magus]

He smiled and relaxed somewhat. Atleast now he knew what it was that he was sensing about this woman. She's Force sensitive. All that time running with Ranth, staying hidden. I forget that there are still others out there.

"Yes there is," he replied aloud. "Though I hardly believe that you are one for that power little girl. It is not a toy to be playing with."

Yurza turned around, intending to leave her. He had barely gone two steps before stopping and looking back over his shoulder. Something in his gut told him that he should give her a chance. After all there were so few Sith left in the galaxy and they should unite. The time for just two of them ruling is over. Vader knew that when he set up the academy that trained him and others.

Yurza turned back around and looked her up and down. She did have the connection with the Force to consider besides her physical attributes. "And just how were you planning on getting there? Just asking and hoping someone would be nice enough to say yes?"

[Sudoku]

Her smile slipped, for a second, then returned brighter than ever. She didn't follow after him as he turned around - she knew she wouldn't have to. She shrugged.

"The Force would, and did, provide a way. It's meant to be." Sudoku walked over to him, reaching up and brushing a stray strand of his hair back behind his ear. Her body pressed gently against his, her voice soft and sweet. "This "little girl" is more powerful then you think...Take me with you, and I'll show you."

[Yurza Magus]

He chuckled as he spun away and held out his hand towards his newly purchased ship.

"Very well then. You can come with me if you dare, but there is one condition. With the amount of fuel I have and the distance it should take only four days. There isn't much food since I was only planning on making this a one person trip, but there should be enough if we ration since I'm in no particular position to go out grocery shopping," Yurza said.

[Sudoku]

"Hmph."

The last thing she wanted to talk about was groceries. She snaked an arm around his, drawing herself close to him once again.

"So...how many beds are on this ship? I mean...we will need something to do to during those four long days."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza smiled as he turned his head to look at her. "If they get my request right then there should be only one. I hadn't planned on bringing anyone else. So I had them remove anything extra. I was going to use the extra room to brush up on my training."

[Sudoku]

"Training can wait..." She purred, leading the way towards his ship. Sudoku all but skipped up the ramp, Yurza being dragged closely behind. She made her way to the cockpit, sitting on the arm of the pilots' seat. He was pulled by the scruff his shirt, close enough for her to wrap a leg around his waist. Her breath was hot on his neck as she wrapped her arms around him.

"You know, we should really christen this ship. Properly."

[Yurza Magus]

His smile was charming as he pushed back a few stray strands of hair that came loose as he was half dragged to the cockpit. "And just what did you have on your mind?"

[Sudoku]

With a short laugh, she pushed him backwards, sending both of them tumbling to the floor. Her soft lips pressed hard against his as she kissed him, hands tearing through his shirt, nails dragging along his skin as she tugged at his belt...

It wasn't long before they'd moved from the floor, to the control panel, the pilots' seat. Every room, every position she could think of, till they finally dropped exhausted on the bed. Sudoku leaned over him, kissing him gently and biting his lower lip.

"Mmmm, I think I know what we're going to be using that extra room for..."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza leaned up and smiled.

"Well that wasn't exactly what I had in mind for this flight, but seems like more fun than just training...umm...wait what did you say was your name again?"

[Sudoku]

"I didn't..."

She brushed her bangs out of her eyes, kissing his chin. Her head rested against his chest. "Names' Kyashi, but most people know me as Darth Sudoku..."

She traced his jawline with a finger, grinning sheepishly. "And what's your super secret Darksider name?"

[Yurza Magus]

"Yurza is my name. I have no other title. I chose not to take a Darth name so that I would not be tempted to use it."

[Sudoku]

"Aww." Her lower lips stuck out in a slight pout. "Darth names are fun though...They make you seem more powerful and dangerous then you might actually be."

She slipped out of the bed, putting her glasses back on. "We should be going...shouldn't we?"

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza jumped up to his elbows and waited quietly for a moment. Something was missing and then he figured it out. The engine wasn't even running yet.

Blast! We haven't even taken off yet!All that time wasted...,he thought. Then he looked over at Sudoku. Atleast it wasn't entirely wasted.

He got up out of the bed and slipped his pants on. As he walked out of the small room, he reached up and pulled his hair back into a ponytail and looked over his shoulder. "Feel free to look around while I get us up into the air."

Twenty minutes later, Yurza sighed relief as he watched his new ship fly out of the atmosphere and into the black. "Finally on my way to a new destiny."

[Sudoku]

She walked softly up behind him, naked with an armful of clothes. Leaning over his shoulder, she caught him talking about destiny... a smile curled her lips as she planted a kiss on his cheek.

"We're both on our way to a new destiny." She rested her head on his shoulder. "It's going to be so wonderful..."

[Yurza Magus]

"You have no idea," he said as he turned in his chair to see he naked before him. He hadn't noticed it before, but now, looking at her. He could admire the curves of her body, which he could tell that she was either naturally blessed with, or went to great lengths to keep in such shape.

He reached over and pulled the ships hyperspace lever down and was amazed at how the the glow of hyperspace reflected off of her body. "Well at least this trip won't be dull training like i had expected."

[Sudoku]

She stretched, arching her back and sighing happily. Her smile remained as he mentioned training.

"I don't do much...physical training. Not beyond what we did today, anyway. I specialize in manipulation of the Force, so I don't feel the need to mess about with fighting." She made a face then, scrunching up her nose. "It's just not for me. I'm a lover, not a fighter."

[Yurza Magus]

"And pretty good from what I've seen so-far," he replied before standing up and stretching for himself.

[Sudoku]

She laughed again, this time admiring his own physique. He had quite the body, and his skills as a lover were very satisfactory, to say the least. She resisted the urge to pounce on him for another romp, turning to look out the front view-screen.

"So...I suppose this is where we tell each other about ourselves, unless you wish to remain a mystery man."

[Yurza Magus]

He chuckled before falling back in his chair and kicking his feet up on the arm rest of the other chair. "I guess it would be nice to know who just gave me that wonderful ride. So what's your story? you claim to be a Darth, so that means that you were trained and I find the thought of your training only taking place on Naboo hard to conceive. So please, enlighten me."

[Sudoku]

"The Darth thing? That's a joke. I don't believe in the Sith teachings...As for training, my mother taught me some, but most of it has been trial and error. I've had followers, young ones who I'd found through the will of the Force, but there was nothing of worth there. Then there was the whole dying thing," Sudoku shrugged. "I don't fit into the mold of a Sith or a Jedi. It all seems a little too mindless-sheepy to me. The Force is my guide, and that's all I really need. It provides."

[Yurza Magus]

"Dying?" He asked. His eyebrows perked up at that mention. "So you've died before?"

[Sudoku]

"Yeah," she pointed to a small scar on her stomach. It was a thin white line, barely noticable on her pale skin. "My apprentice shot me, and left me for dead in the middle of a Naalol winter. Imps showed up, took me to Rigton and fixed me up."

Another shrug. "I suppose I wasn't technically "dead", but it gave him one hell of a scare when I showed up on Coruscant looking for him."

[Yurza Magus]

"Ahh...I thought you meant you had actually died," he replied as he took his feet from the arm rest and put them on the floor. "Seat?"

"Well mine is a bit different. I was born to Jedi parents on Plawal. The Empire found us and Vader commissioned for a small Sith Academy to teach the younglings. We all thought that one day we would take our place at his side. It wasn't till much later that we learned we weren't the only academy that he had commissioned. He used us all to carry out covert missions that needed a Force user's touch."

"Later on, I was frozen on such a mission and there I stayed until a spice trader found me and thawed me. I stayed with him till I ran into a man named Jeseth bumped into me and invited me to Dathimor. So here I am."

[Sudoku]

She curled up on his lap, not the arm rest, playing with his hair. "Being woken up like that must've been wierd, worse than almost dying. I would never want to be frozen."

She glanced up at him, twirling the end of his ponytail around a finger. "Is Jeseth the monster with the wings, or the woman?"

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza looked at Sudoku as if she had suddenly grown another head. "Excuse me? I think we might be confused. The person I saw was a man, though he did have long hair. I didn't see any wings though..."

[Sudoku]

"Hrm. I guess that was just an exaggeration then..."

Her lips turned down into a slight pout. She'd secretly been hoping her vision had been literal -- somehow, a monster seemed to justify all the power she had felt. Her disappointment was clear in her eyes when she looked back up at him.

"Sorry...had a vision. A monster with wings, two women. You and another man, Yuri. I guess I took it too literally."

[Yurza Magus]

"Ahh," he said nodding his head. "That would explain it. Prehaps then you did see him. Not in his physical form perhaps, but his true self."

[Sudoku]

"Maybe."

She pulled herself closer to him, kissing his chin, his lips, before slipping off his lap. She glanced at him over her shoulder, smiling that shy smile.

"I'll be in the bedroom, if you're in the mood for more training."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza watched her walk away, her hips swaying and smiled to himself. The truth was that he would like to start his training again, but she was tempting.

What to do, what to do? He thought to himself. Then a thought occurred to him and he smiled. Prehaps she can be both. A test of endurance maybe?

The Sith got up and ollowed after Sudoku and smiled as he walked into the bedroom. There he stopped in the doorway and leaned to the left to rest. "How about a friendly little endurance competition?"

[Sudoku]

She was folding her clothes, setting them on her bag that she'd grabbed on the way to the bedroom. She settled on the bed, stretching out across it on her stomach, head on her hands. His smile was contagious, she couldn't help but return it.

"Meaning?"

[Yurza Magus]

"Meaning," Yurza said as he sat on the edge of the bed. "That we have a few days till we arrive. Why not use the first two days to get better...acquainted with each other."

He laid a hand on her thigh and smiled. "The first one to fall out will be the other's servant till we arrive on Dathomir."

[Sudoku]

"Hmmm." She grinned as his hand slid a bit higher..."I suppose that would be a good way to pass the time. And I would love to have you waiting on me hand and foot."

She laughed, leaning up plant a small kiss on him, before dragging him down on to the bed...

[Yurza Magus]

Forty-six hours later...

Yurza fell over onto his side grasping for air. Only two hours to go before the forty-eight mark and he couldn't move. There had been a few breaks only for the needs of bodily functions, but other than that nothing. The two had been going at each other the entire time, but he had nothing else to give. The Force was strong, but he couldn't live on nothing but the Force forever. Especially doing so much physical activity. He need sustenance. He needed rest.

He rolled over onto his back, relishing the breeze from the ship's climate control system. The bed was drenched in sweat and sticking to his back as he tried to get back up to finish before falling back down.

[Sudoku]

"You're not giving up are you?"

Sudoku rolled over, her head resting on his chest. She walked her fingers up to his face, brushing away a sweat-drenched strand with a pout. She was exhausted, sore...and in heaven. She'd never had so much fun. Ever. But, she knew they both couldn't live on "love" alone.

"I'm hungry."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza looked over at Sudoku like she was crazy. Did she really expect him to get up after that?

"Are you serious?"

[Sudoku]

"But I'm HUNGRY!"

Her pout got bigger, as a slight gurgling growl came from her tummy. She straddled his stomach, kissing him, grinning.

"And if you've given up, then you're my slave, and you should make me a sandwich."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza gently pushed her off of him as he used the rest of his strength to swing his legs over the side of the bed.

"Fine," he said as he reached down and grabbed his discarded pants and pulled them on. He stood up and took a few shakey steps before finding his center of balance. "Anything particular or just whatever?"

[Sudoku]

"Whatever."

She rolled over, getting up and out of bed. She could feel her own legs trembling as she took a step, and grabbed onto his arm for balance.

"We can eat and then clean up."

[Yurza Magus]

Yurza mumbled as we put his other hand up to steady her as well. He then left the room and returned a few moments later. He was holding two plates with identical sandwiches.

"Here you go. Nerf steak on rye bread," he said handing her the plate before sitting on the edge of the bed to enjoy his first meal in 2 days.

[Sudoku]

"...Thanks."

She took the plate from him - while he was gone, she'd pulled on a long, dark colored t-shirt. Now she sat cross-legged on the bed beside him, taking a big bite of the sandwich. They sat in silence, savoring their first few bites of food they'd had in days. Sudoku swallowed, picking at the crust of the rest of her sandwich.

"You know...you don't have to be my slave for the rest of the trip."