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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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Mad Jack

Eki rose from her seat and straightened her skirt. I watched her for a moment before standing as well. By now, a few bounty hunters had indeed filled the bar, most of them talking noisily.

"I'm heading on back to report to Lord Aku. You comin' with?" she asked.

"I think I'll ride back."

"All right. See you there."

She disappeared in a fluffing of black feathers, leaving me alone in the bar to think for a few seconds. I noticed a few bounty hunters in the corner, looking my direction, speaking in hushed tones. I ignored them and ordered a quick shot of sake before turning and heading out the door.

I walked over to my bike, chasing away a couple of punk kids hanging a bit too close to it before climbing aboard. I revved it up, not hearing some footsteps coming my way. Yeah. Nothing like raw horsepower.

"Hey! You!"

I paused and looked up, seeing several of the bounty hunters standing there, all leering at me. I gave them a quick, sharp look before slipping on my sunglasses, intending on leaving. Yet three of the larger ones blocked me, much to my dismay.

"What do you idiots want?" I asked.

"The money Aku's got on your head."

He held up one of the electronic wanted posters with my orignal's likeness on it, shoving it in my face.

"That'd be you and we aim to collect." he said.

"I don't think so."

"And just why not?"

"Because it's not me you're after."

They took a look at me, then looked at the poster the leader held, and all burst into uproarous laughter. I sighed a little and rolled my eyes. Stupid bounty hunters.

"Aha...now if that ain't a coincidence. This looks like you, so we say it must be you." he said.

"That's not me, so if you would excuse me, gentlemen. I must be on my way."

I revved my bike and started to move forward, only to be pushed back by the largest of the bunch. I growled a little in warning, my katana hanging from my hip. It was within easy reach if I so wished to use it.

"It's you...Samurai Jack."

This was more than I could stand and I lowered my sunglasses a bit, peering over the rims at the hunters.

"The name's Mad Jack." I snarled.

"Ok, so, you had a name change. We're still gonna collect."

"I don't think so."

I backed my bike up almost onto the sidewalk, revved it, and sped forward full speed, ramming the blocking hunters out of the way. I sped almost onto the opposite sidewalk, turning sharply at the last second. I turned my head towards them, seeing the looks of shock on their faces.

"If you boys want your money from Lord Aku, you're gonna have to catch me first!" I cried before speeding off as fast as I could go.

I sped off down the streets of the city towards the desert, half hoping I'd lose them, half hoping they'd catch up so I could toy with them a bit. Sure enough, it wasn't long before I heard the roar of engines behind me. I glanced back, grinning upon seeing the small group taking chase.

With a laugh, I sped out of the city onto the dusty desert road, the hot wind tearing into my hair. Ah, yes, I was going to have playmates today. I watched as one of them dared to pull up alongside me, drawing a large gun. I laughed again, amused at the thought of them shooting me. A gun couldn't hurt me any more than any other mortal weapon could.

But I could hurt them. Oh yes, I could hurt them a great deal.

I let him ride alongside me, making him think he'd actually had a chance to match my riding skill. When he began to take aim, I drove with my left hand, reaching over with my right. He hadn't seen the katana I carried and it was going to cost him.

In one swift strike, I lashed out, taking his arm and the gun it held. He roared in pain before wiping out, skidding off the road into the sand. I chuckled softly as the others closed in, one pulling up alongside my left.

"You're gonna pay for that!" he roared over the engines.

"I highly doubt it!"

I switched to my left hand, driving with the right now. I made several quick slashes before speeding ahead, watching his bike explode in my rearview mirrors. I'd slashed open his fuel lines and a stray spark from the sand scraping along the metal of his bike had ignited the tank. But that was only two. There were still some more.

I switched my blade back to my right and pulled a 180, turning around to face them. I hardly paused to rev the engine before speeding towards them, katana in hand. One of them took the challenge and met my charge, seemingly playing a round of chicken with me.

I laughed, enjoying this. If he was stupid enough to risk a crash with me, the only one who'd lose would be him. I was immortal, I'd survive, but...my bike wouldn't and I wasn't about to ruin a perfectly good motorcycle.

I watched as another came in on the other side, just a little bit behind the other. I chuckled softly to myself as I closed in on the first, slashing his tires out from under him. I didn't even pause, quickly switching to the left hand and slicing its owner in half before skidding to a stop.

The last two were closing in, the shock clear on their faces upon seeing what was left of their partners. I sheathed my katana and watched them through my sunglasses as they approached.

"Impossible! You're going to pay for that, samurai!" the leader roared.

I simply laughed and revved the engine of my bike, preparing to take off again.

"If you want me, then come get me!"

I sped away back down the road again, hearing them take pursuit. Soon, they'd pulled up alongside me, each aiming a submachine gun at me. I grinned, letting them keep pace, knowing that I could escape at any moment I wished it.

They took aim, being careful to stay on the road and keep me in their sights at the same time. At the very moment they were about to fire, I revved my engine and pulled upwards into a wheelie, speeding away, leaving them to fire their guns into each other. Once I'd come back down, I took a brief glance back to see that they'd taken each other out before looking back to the road and speeding away, leaving them in the dust.

Once I'd left them behind, I used a bit of magic to warp myself to the outside of Aku's castle, where I came to a stop. I put the bike in park and dismounted, heading on up, watching the bike fade away to my castle, not being allowed to stay on the grounds of Aku's castle. My boots clicked hollowly against the stone steps as I made my way up to the castle and inside to Aku's audience chamber, finding the other Elementals having already gathered there.

I found Ekirei standing off to the side with her wings folded against her back as she leaned against a pillar, watching as Lord Aku spoke to some bounty hunters. Why he didn't just stop relying on them to catch my original, I didn't know, but I didn't dare interrupt him, either. I walked over to Eki, who turned her head my way and smiled slyly.

"About time you got here, warrior. What took you?" she asked.

"Traffic."

She snickered and I gave her a look.

"Bounty hunter traffic, if it makes you feel any better." I said.

"What, they after your cute little ass?"

"Not after my ass, no. I don't think they were the types to be after my ass. What's Lord Aku doing with those hunters over there?"

"Special reward. Seems he's tired of our failures and is sending some of his own bounty hunters out as well. He's offered more than the usual amount of money for the capture of the white samurai and the Wind Elemental."

"Typical. Did you make a report yet?"

"Did it the minute I got back."

"What was his reaction?"

"Pissed as usual, but he likes the idea, so he's not gonna kill us today, thankfully."

I snorted and folded my arms, watching Lord Aku give the bounty hunters orders, showing them a poster with my original's and Chimitsu's faces on it. I wondered why he didn't also post a warning to not go after myself and Eki, but I had a feeling the demon would enjoy watching us take down some bounty hunters. Either that or he hoped that the hunters would take us out so he wouldn't have to do it the next time we failed.

"So he's gonna let us go ahead with our plans?" I asked.

"Seems that way, MJ. The others certainly seem happy to get out of this fortress and do something besides sit around on their butts."

"Or in Lord Aku's bed, in Fuki's case."

She chuckled nastily and quickly quieted down.

"Actually, we'd better not let Fuki hear that. I heard she'd gone and killed some minions for gossipping about her occupying Aku-sama's bed and making jokes about it."

"Nice. I can bet that Lord Aku was willing to forgive her seeing as how he thinks she's such a good lay."

"Something like that."

I smirked and stood there next to her, watching as the bounty hunters took off, all eager to collect the bounty on my original's head. Lord Aku turned to the magical screen behind him, where a frozen picture of my comatose original and Chimitsu was. I couldn't quite make out where they were, but it looked like some sort of laboratory. Heh. Could it be that Chimitsu was foolish enough to try to take him to a hospital?

With a sigh, he turned back around, stroking his beard, his brow furrowed in concentration. Ekirei and I stood there quietly, waiting for him to give us orders or at least dismiss us. Finally, he shrank down a bit to acknowledge us, his eyes studying myself and Ekirei.

"So, my prodigal son returns." he said upon seeing me.

I gave him a respectful bow immediately, keeping my eyes lowered to the stone ground just before him.

"Forgive me, my lord. I simply did not feel it necessary to waste my teleportation energies in my arrival."

A flimsy excuse, but he seemed to buy it for the moment.

"You are most fortunate that I still need you and your wasteful lover's services or I would have you both terminated for your insubordination."

I winced a little, but ignored it, knowing that he could kill me with a thought if he decided to change his mind, the Dark Elemental Circle be damned.

"My most humble apologies, my lord. It shall not happen again."

I could feel his eyes upon me, knowing that he didn't fully believe me, but he instead dismissed me, rather than reprimand me further. Inwardly, I sighed in relief, happy to know that I would live to battle my double another day. I'm sure it had more to do with keeping the Dark Elemental Circle intact than anything else, but I was not about to be ungrateful.

I slowly rose from my bow, sensing the others behind me. Ekirei stood the closest to me, while Fuki seemed to be the most aloof, standing almost within the shadows nearby. If not for protocol, I would have been most happy to slip an arm around her waist.

"Ekirei has brought to my attention a reason for sending you all out into the world and not just after the white samurai." he said.

"And what reason would that be, my lord?" Netami asked huskily.

Aku gave her a sharp look and I held back a laugh at the idea of her being unnerved by him. Rumor had it that she, too, would occasionally occupy his bed, but only when Fuki was not available or had not been enough for him. Not exactly an image I wanted to have in my head, but he'd reprimanded her publicly, keeping her lust in check.

"The samurai and the Wind Elemental's powers have grown stronger as time has gone on. I know that they are recovering somewhere, but unfortunately, my divinations to their whereabouts have been blocked. The image you see behind me is all that I can get."

"What could be causing their strength to grow so?" Fuki asked.

"I am not entirely certain, but I fear that the power of the Star of the Elements is somehow becoming active."

"How is that possible?" Ekirei asked.

"I do not know. The Wind Elemental has all the pieces, but as far as we know, she has not yet given it to the samurai. The power sleeping within him should not be awakening."

"We must get that amulet away from him, then, before the power awakens in him completely and he becomes unstoppable." I said.

"Indeed. The five of you must go out, spread over the world, bring about chaos and destruction, and draw them from wherever they hide. With innocents dying, the white samurai will not be able to stay hidden for very long. His own honor and that of the Wind Elemental will demand that they come out to help."

"And when they do, we'll be there to catch them off guard and bring them to you."

"Yes, but need I remind you that I do not expect any further failures from you. You and Ekirei have failed me enough. Go and do not return unless you have the white samurai or the Wind Elemental!"

The five of us immediately bowed and retreated once he had disappeared into mists. While my original was taking time to heal his body, we were taking the time to make our own plans. By the time he had recovered enough to seek us out, we'd have caused enough chaos over the world to make it nearly impossible for him to find us.

With a laugh, I turned to Ekirei and kissed her hard, reaching up to lightly caress the sensitive spot between her wings. I could care less about what the other three did, but I was going to have so much fun causing havoc with her at my side. Minamoto was going to regret ever daring to break Eki's spell and Chimitsu was going to regret ever daring to help him.
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