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War Of Shadows	By : TurtleNinja Category: +S through Z > Samurai Jack Views: 3353 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Slowly, I opened my eyes, finding myself back in the dungeon. I was almost relieved, except that I knew that I was still chained and that Aku could come for me at any moment. My body ached all over and my soul was not much better in terms of how much my heart ached for my lost family and people.

I lowered my head, knowing that there was nothing to do now but hang here and wait for the end to come.

Suddenly, my ears caught the sound of high heeled shoes clicking on stone and it was getting close. I looked up through my hair that had since been torn from its topknot, wondering if it was perhaps Ekirei returning to torment me further. I watched the door carefully, waiting, not at all expecting what I saw.

There, illuminated by the eerie orange lights behind her, stood Chimitsu. She was wingless and wearing a different set of clothes this time. Instead of the green blouse and white skirt, she wore a purple blouse with a shorter black skirt that revealed much of her slim legs. On her feet were a pair of elegant black heels that clicked noisily on the stone ground when she walked.

I closed my eyes, trying to deny that she was there. It was impossible. She was wingless, a mortal now, how was it that she could have made it all this way into Aku's fortress without being harmed? Yet the sound of the clicking heels walking towards me was no illusion.

Looking down through the curtain of hair, I could see the heels as she stopped right in front of me. Gently, she tipped my chin up so that I could look at her, her eyes showing her usual compassion and cheeriness. She was even smiling at me, clearly relieved to see me again.

I swallowed hard, feeling the fear rise in my chest. I had seen her lose her wings, seen her struggle to fight against a mob of humans without her power. If she could not fight her way through that, then how could she have fought her way through countless minions to this dungeon?

Something did not feel right about this. Even I would have had some trouble fighting my way down here, yet she did not appear to have even a scratch upon her pale skin. The only way she could have come this far was if she was Aku or Ekirei, a thought that I did NOT wish to think about.

In no way did I ever want to face another Ikra.

Slowly she leaned up closer to me and I could not resist, finding it hard to believe that she was really here, safe and sound, and had come for me. I closed my eyes as I felt the petal-soft lips on mine again, praying that this was no illusion or trick of Ekirei's. That it was honestly, truly Chimitsu standing there, gently kissing me.

I responded warmly, urgently, very much wanting to believe that it was her there safe and sound, even without her wings and her power. It looked and felt like her, even kissed tenderly like her. I desperately wanted it to be her and not some illusion, even though an illusion seemed so much more likely.

I could feel her hands on my face, her fingers sinking into my hair a bit as the kiss began to get a bit more desperate. I did not know what to think or believe now, torn between wanting it to be Chimitsu and fearing that it was Aku or Ekirei. A part of me felt stronger as a result of such a kiss, as if I could break free from these chains if I wished it, but I did not understand how this could be, especially when it could be coming from my mortal enemy.

But she was so soft, so warm, and I could smell the scent of a soft spring rain radiating from her. There was no mistaking it. She was here.

You wish it was you and dear little Chimitsu there kissing like that, don't you?

Ekirei's words from the night before ran like ice down my spine and once again, I debated on whether or not I had wanted it to be Chimitsu and myself in their shoes. Did I want to kiss her so lustfully? Would she want to be kissed like that? I had the chance, but I was still so very uncertain.

Slowly, she pulled away, gazing into my eyes with a gentle smile on her face as she lightly caressed my jaw.

Behind her, I heard more footsteps approaching and saw the silhouettes of Ekirei and Mad Jack approaching. They entered the dungeon, eyes showing a bit of disbelief upon seeing Chimitsu, but slowly smirked. Damn...they knew exactly what I knew, that she was human and that they could kill her now. I tensed, which drew Chimitsu's attention and she turned around, facing them.

"Welcome, Chimitsu. Come for your samurai, I see. A pity that you can't do a thing to save him now." my double said.

As if on cue, Eki held up a hand and fired a green orb in our direction at blinding speed. I could not move and there was no way that Chimitsu could block it or get out of its way in time. This was it. We were going to both die and there was nothing we could do about it.

But, it seemed that Chimitsu was unafraid.

As the orb closed in, she stood a few feet in front of me, her left arm raised and crossed over towards her right shoulder. Stupid! She was going to try to block it and take the brunt of its force for me! She was going to be killed instantly!

*SWAT*

I stared at Chimitsu in disbelief as she smacked the green orb aside as if it was an annoying toy, sending it flying down another corridor, where it exploded and took out a good portion of the wall with it. Impossible! I had faced those orbs before and knew that no mortal could ever do such a thing.

Mad Jack and Eki stared at her in shock, also wondering how a mortal could have deflected a killing strike like that. The silence that had fallen upon the dungeon was deafening. Nobody moved, nobody even seemed to breathe. The only one who did not seem at all shocked by this was Chimitsu herself.

Suddenly, the back of her blouse split apart into tattered threads as two white wings sprouted from her back. I stared, my eyes wide at the sight. She had lost her wings. I had seen them disappear with my own two eyes. Eki had known and said that Chimitsu was human, that she could never regain her wings and her power as the Wind Elemental.

Yet she stood there before me in her green Chinese-print dress, her white wings whole and unfurled behind her, blocking our doubles from getting to me.

"That's impossible! She lost her wings! She was human! A pitiful mortal! She can't do that!" Eki cried in frustration.

They began to run towards us and I tensed, knowing that there was no way Chimitsu could keep them both at bay. Yet, she did not have to. She sent them back with a short burst of wind and then, miraculously, my katana appeared in her hands.

"Chimitsu-chan...how?" I asked.

"No time to explain. First we fight, then I'll explain after we've gotten out of this hellhole."

I held still as she unsheathed the blade and aimed it in my direction. I swallowed hard, realizing that she kill me in an instant with it and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I swallowed hard and closed my eyes, bowing my head in what I knew was going to be certain defeat.

In one clean strike, she shattered the chains holding me. I dropped to the ground and quickly got to my feet, taking only a split second to shrug my shoulders to get the circulation going in my arms again. She had freed me. She could have struck me down and she did just the opposite.

Now there was no doubt in my mind that it was Chimitsu, although I was not the only one who had realized this. Mad Jack and Eki were beginning to recover from the initial shock of seeing her, too. Chimitsu wasted no time and tossed my katana to me, the blade shimmering in the light of the dungeon.

I caught it effortlessly, relieved to have it back in my hands. Whenever it was not at my side, I was uneasy. I always felt safer whenever it was at my side or close at hand within easy reach. Chimitsu unsheathed her nodachi from her back and spun it around in her hands expertly as the others closed in, heading immediately for Ekirei.

That was just fine with me.
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