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The Books of Oyja II: Jash
Chapter 1 Patrol

It was dark and a young woman with brown hair and a generous smile was standing in front of a man. This man was younger than her and had just become a Jedi Knight. Their love was true, but he had ambition that would kill everything he loved. The woman screamed as the man became a thing in a black cloak, as his humanity was lost. He felt extreme rage.

I woke up with a start in my sparse bed. I wondered, for a while, about the dream. It had been haunting me since I had asked the Dreamlords why Padawan Kiem left. Dreamlords are simply Tenju Communicators. Kiem had left to find her life. She had forsaken the Tenju Path. I could see no logical reason to do so. True, I had once been against the Tenju but I now saw the light.

I walked over to a mirror. The mirror showed my *correction* androgynous *end correction* body. I was a mix between a male and female Twi’lek. I had a male lekku, which was big and curled all around my neck. I also had two female lekku. Those were the only features that would show you any indication what gender I was. I had given up my gender so I didn’t really care. Even though my body shows the pretense of gender, it is a false one.

After a few preparations, I went out of my room. There were a few Slaves going to the lower levels, to put away their cleaning utensils. “Hello, Tenju.” They each greeted me. I was always excited to be reminded of my rank, of the result of my hard work. My Padawan ,Edji, had been very loyal and had become a Tenju. Others suggested I train another Padawan, but I felt the calling of a single life, a life in which I could live peacefully.

I reviewed what today would bring and I remembered that I was assigned to patrol the middle of the city. There had been a number of disturbances near the area. I dearly hoped it wouldn’t be like my first patrol with Padawan Kino.

“Oyja Tenju,” A Slave said to me. “Would you be needing any transportation? A Dewback can be called here shortly.” I nodded my approval. “When would you be needing it?”

“Now.” I replied and let the Slave lead me to the Dewback that had been well taken care of. I then called on the air to carry me up. It was wonderful to converse with the air. Taking the reins of the Dewback I set off to the middle of the city. Business was doing very well today. Many different species were gathered, all buying different items.

I got off the Dewback and allowed it to find the local stables. The buildings were dusty brown, as though they were losing all color. Walking around I noticed nothing different. But then I noticed someone in a dark suit. The person sent shivers through my being, my lekku started to waver.
“State your name and business.” I said and the man stared at me.

“I am Darth Vader and I…” Vader than started lifting his right hand. “I do not need to take commends from-” Darth was suddenly out cold; nothing could match the power of a Tenju. It sounds like a very pompous thing to say, but it’s true. I checked over the body and called for the Tenju nearest that could take Darth Vader back to where he belonged.

I understood enough about my powers to know they are a very useful and dangerous thing. I could speak to plants and machines but, in turn, I could be betrayed by them. I had found another of the universe’s deep secrets. I hated the embarrassment of being fooled by an electron, but I had finally found out ways to trick them and had become yet more powerful.

I remembered Kiem and her lovely face. Her youth seemed to be untainted by the evils of this world. She wasn’t naïve, anything but, and had a great attitude towards life. She respected all aspects of it. Kiem’s only problem was the denial of Tenju truths. She believed that Master Tenju was a fake, or at least not as great as we thought him to be.

The greatest thing that Kiem had pointed out was an anagram of Sith. We had just begun learning about these evil people. She, of course, had made the studying a little more exciting. She had made the word Shit out of Sith. I had replied, “That explains everything.” We both had a big laugh. She understood me and I her.

Another creature, a Gungan by the looks of it, came up to me. He looked very scared. “Yousa knowsa where thisa is?” I breathed a sign of relief; of this one I would only have to direct him to the nearest portal.

“Go straight and take the third left. You’ll see a…” I searched through my mind. “Rodian. He’ll give you directions as to what to do then.” The Gungan thanked me, than went on his way.

Kuhn Tenju had kept in contact with me. We weren’t really ‘friends’, but we did like to talk to each other. It wasn’t as if we wanted to build walls around us, so we talked. Recently, we had talked about the gladiators battling in one arena. We guessed who was going to win.

Edji Tenju had grown distant from me. I had heard that he was one of the people who opened and closed portals. It was a great job, though I thought it must get boring sometimes. I looked up from my daydreaming and saw a dark blue cloak.

I felt majesty flow from the figure and dance in the air. It was a female. I could feel it. It also felt like Kiem, but also of other people. I could feel people I had met before I became Oyja Tenju, when I was Carrie Minaz. I didn’t want to speak for fear of breaking the spell.

“Oyja Tenju,” It said in a voice that seemed to flow sunlight. “We make you an offer of light to take away night.”

“What are you?” I asked. “Who are you?”

“We are heart. We are soul. We will never leave you. Turn back from the path you have taken!”

“What brings you here?” I asked and all went silent.
* * *
“You say it’s a collection of minds?” Liem Tenju asked. He is a Yuuzhan Vong and a very dear friend of mine. I nodded. “There are few creatures that are like that. All are mostly dead.”

“Yes, I know. Master Tenju would never allow one of them to come in, without forewarning.” I went to a window. “Which means it’s breaking the rules and must be found out.”

“But it’s also your friend, if it speaks the truth. Which means you have to wait for it to come back.”
I didn’t like this option but Liem was wise and I always had trusted him in the past. “But it’ll be hard putting this past behind me.”

Author’s Note: I am proud to present book II of this series! Read book I so you can have better info on the characters. I know it’s weird to have a character *correction* who is androgynous *end correction*, but it gave it up for the sake of going forwards. Please do not confuse this with hermaphrodites! They are two different things! Hermaphrodites have both genders, not the lack of any!

Description
The Books of Oyja II: Jash
Chapter 1 Patrol

It was dark and a young woman with brown hair and a generous smile was standing in front of a man. This man was younger than her and had just become a Jedi Knight. Their love was true, but he had ambition that would kill everything he loved. The woman screamed as the man became a thing in a black cloak, as his humanity was lost. He felt extreme rage.

I woke up with a start in my sparse bed. I wondered, for a while, about the dream. It had been haunting me since I had asked the Dreamlords why Padawan Kiem left. Dreamlords are simply Tenju Communicators. Kiem had left to find her life. She had forsaken the Tenju Path. I could see no logical reason to do so. True, I had once been against the Tenju but I now saw the light.

I walked over to a mirror. The mirror showed my *correction* androgynous *end correction* body. I was a mix between a male and female Twi’lek. I had a male lekku, which was big and curled all around my neck. I also had two female lekku. Those were the only features that would show you any indication what gender I was. I had given up my gender so I didn’t really care. Even though my body shows the pretense of gender, it is a false one.

After a few preparations, I went out of my room. There were a few Slaves going to the lower levels, to put away their cleaning utensils. “Hello, Tenju.” They each greeted me. I was always excited to be reminded of my rank, of the result of my hard work. My Padawan ,Edji, had been very loyal and had become a Tenju. Others suggested I train another Padawan, but I felt the calling of a single life, a life in which I could live peacefully.

I reviewed what today would bring and I remembered that I was assigned to patrol the middle of the city. There had been a number of disturbances near the area. I dearly hoped it wouldn’t be like my first patrol with Padawan Kino.

“Oyja Tenju,” A Slave said to me. “Would you be needing any transportation? A Dewback can be called here shortly.” I nodded my approval. “When would you be needing it?”

“Now.” I replied and let the Slave lead me to the Dewback that had been well taken care of. I then called on the air to carry me up. It was wonderful to converse with the air. Taking the reins of the Dewback I set off to the middle of the city. Business was doing very well today. Many different species were gathered, all buying different items.

I got off the Dewback and allowed it to find the local stables. The buildings were dusty brown, as though they were losing all color. Walking around I noticed nothing different. But then I noticed someone in a dark suit. The person sent shivers through my being, my lekku started to waver.
“State your name and business.” I said and the man stared at me.

“I am Darth Vader and I…” Vader than started lifting his right hand. “I do not need to take commends from-” Darth was suddenly out cold; nothing could match the power of a Tenju. It sounds like a very pompous thing to say, but it’s true. I checked over the body and called for the Tenju nearest that could take Darth Vader back to where he belonged.

I understood enough about my powers to know they are a very useful and dangerous thing. I could speak to plants and machines but, in turn, I could be betrayed by them. I had found another of the universe’s deep secrets. I hated the embarrassment of being fooled by an electron, but I had finally found out ways to trick them and had become yet more powerful.

I remembered Kiem and her lovely face. Her youth seemed to be untainted by the evils of this world. She wasn’t naïve, anything but, and had a great attitude towards life. She respected all aspects of it. Kiem’s only problem was the denial of Tenju truths. She believed that Master Tenju was a fake, or at least not as great as we thought him to be.

The greatest thing that Kiem had pointed out was an anagram of Sith. We had just begun learning about these evil people. She, of course, had made the studying a little more exciting. She had made the word Shit out of Sith. I had replied, “That explains everything.” We both had a big laugh. She understood me and I her.

Another creature, a Gungan by the looks of it, came up to me. He looked very scared. “Yousa knowsa where thisa is?” I breathed a sign of relief; of this one I would only have to direct him to the nearest portal.

“Go straight and take the third left. You’ll see a…” I searched through my mind. “Rodian. He’ll give you directions as to what to do then.” The Gungan thanked me, than went on his way.

Kuhn Tenju had kept in contact with me. We weren’t really ‘friends’, but we did like to talk to each other. It wasn’t as if we wanted to build walls around us, so we talked. Recently, we had talked about the gladiators battling in one arena. We guessed who was going to win.

Edji Tenju had grown distant from me. I had heard that he was one of the people who opened and closed portals. It was a great job, though I thought it must get boring sometimes. I looked up from my daydreaming and saw a dark blue cloak.

I felt majesty flow from the figure and dance in the air. It was a female. I could feel it. It also felt like Kiem, but also of other people. I could feel people I had met before I became Oyja Tenju, when I was Carrie Minaz. I didn’t want to speak for fear of breaking the spell.

“Oyja Tenju,” It said in a voice that seemed to flow sunlight. “We make you an offer of light to take away night.”

“What are you?” I asked. “Who are you?”

“We are heart. We are soul. We will never leave you. Turn back from the path you have taken!”

“What brings you here?” I asked and all went silent.
* * *
“You say it’s a collection of minds?” Liem Tenju asked. He is a Yuuzhan Vong and a very dear friend of mine. I nodded. “There are few creatures that are like that. All are mostly dead.”

“Yes, I know. Master Tenju would never allow one of them to come in, without forewarning.” I went to a window. “Which means it’s breaking the rules and must be found out.”

“But it’s also your friend, if it speaks the truth. Which means you have to wait for it to come back.”
I didn’t like this option but Liem was wise and I always had trusted him in the past. “But it’ll be hard putting this past behind me.”

Author’s Note: I am proud to present book II of this series! Read book I so you can have better info on the characters. I know it’s weird to have a character *correction* who is androgynous *end correction*, but it gave it up for the sake of going forwards. Please do not confuse this with hermaphrodites! They are two different things! Hermaphrodites have both genders, not the lack of any!