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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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I did not get a very restful sleep that night. Even though I had been exhausted from the long day of traveling through the desert, I was too tense over the situation with Chimitsu to rest well. She seemed so gentle and kind one moment, then forward and cheap the next.

What little I was able to sleep was filled with nightmares and memories of her darker half as my mind struggled to make sense of her previous actions. Each time I awoke, I found her curled against the tree, still asleep with her wings wrapped around herself. I wanted to take comfort in the sense that she had not moved all night, sleeping as innocently as I was trying to do, but my gut instinct refused to accept her sleeping figure as fact that I could trust her.

Around dawn, when the first glow of morning began to peek over the horizon, I awoke to find that Chimitsu had disappeared. Knowing that the evil double had shown up when Chimitsu herself had been separated from me, I was unable to fall back to sleep, though I tried. I closed my eyes, but all senses were on full alert, preventing me from a truly restful sleep.

Soft voices filled my mind, speaking gently to me, almost soothingly, though I struggled to ignore them. I did not want to open my eyes and find Chimitsu's double standing over me or have another encounter with her as I did before. Try as I might, I could not ignore the feeling of another's presense in the area, but whether or not it was Chimitsu herself would rely on my opening my eyes and finding out.

"Jack.....Jack Minamoto....."

I did not want to open my eyes and answer to the voice, to find out who was speaking it, even though it sounded like Chimitsu. The only difficulty was which Chimitsu was speaking it. Was it the Chimitsu with the white wings or her dark, seductive double?

The voice grew more insistent and I could no longer ignore it. It was not a dream, nor were the hands that were gently shaking my shoulders. I would have to find out who it was sooner or later and I would rather have it be sooner and get it over with than drag this out.

Reluctantly, I opened my eyes, peering through the darkness at the shadowed figure standing above me. It had wings, meaning it was Chimitsu, but I had yet to see if they were white or black. I had a bad feeling that they were going to be black when I was finally able to see them clearly.

She knelt down before me, allowing the light flowing through the branches to fill the area, revealing that her wings were indeed black and her clothes were the same revealing ones I saw on her the previous day. I mentally cursed myself for not having the strength to face her sooner, knowing all along that she would return and find me no matter where I had gone.

"About time you woke up, samurai." she said, grinning wickedly.

"You...."

I began to reach for the sword, only to have her heeled foot kick it away out of my reach. She grinned and pressed closer to me, so close that I could smell the scent of roses heavily about her, feel her breath tickling my face. There was an intensity in her dark green eyes, but there was a menacing feel about them that was not there in Chimitsu's. Something was wrong, something was different, but was it Aku's control?

"I told you I'd return for you when you least expected it." she said.

"You are wrong. You made the mistake in telling me that you would return for me. I have been waiting for you to show yourself again ever since that morning in the oasis."

"Tch. That was two days ago, so what?"

"Another mistake. Not only did you tell me you would return, but you returned so quickly without patience."

"Who says I didn't have a reason for it?"

"And what reason could you possibly have for making such a mistake?"

"Whatever makes you think I'm going to tell you?"

"You are too cocky to keep a secret plan secret for long."

"Maybe. Maybe not. I will tell you one thing, though. I'd be a fool to stay away from such a sexy bishounen[1] like you for very long."

I had enough. She was only playing around with me and would not answer my questions unless she felt like it. I had no time for such foolishness with her, not when I had to find out what had happened to the innocent Chimitsu.

With a growl, I shoved her back and rolled away in the direction of my katana, snatching it up as quickly as I could. She landed hard on her backside in a graceless heap before pulling herself up into a crouch, appearing to ready an attack. Slowly, my hand reached for the handle of my katana, closing around it.

"So you like it rough, do you?" she asked with a nasty grin on her face.

"I never said anything about wanting to be rough. You were the one being threatening, not me. Now what is it that you want with me?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"What? Your blatant seduction and trashiness?"

"Trashy? How dare you!"

"If the shoe fits..."

Her face turned bright red for a moment before she appeared to settle down and smoothed out her outfit. Her wings fluttered a bit before settling against her back as she pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. I had not yet drawn my katana, only readied myself for the attack that I knew would be coming.

"Well, if you want to be that way, Jack, then I guess I have no choice." she said.

"No choice? No choice for what?"

"No choice but to bring you back to Aku-sama[2] piece by piece."

"Do that and it will be you that he destroys. We both know- everyone knows- that I am more valuable to your lord alive, that he will not allow anyone to destroy me before him. I, on the other hand, have no intention of allowing him or you to destroy me."

"So you want to do this the hard way? All right, then, so be it. I could have saved you so much pain and suffering, but now you lost your one and only chance to go quietly and spare yourself."

"I highly doubt that you ever intended on doing this the easy way. None of Aku's minions ever do. Believe me, there is nothing you or Aku can do to make me suffer any more than I already have."

"Oh, is there now? Aku-sama seems to think otherwise."

"Let him do his worst. Even his worst would be nothing I could not handle."

"You say that now, samurai, but you haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg. My lord has plenty more up his sleeve and to underestimate him, well...that's your problem, now, isn't it?"

"Perhaps, although if you fail, it will be your problem as well."

Her nonchalant expression melted away and hardened into one of cold, deep hatred as her wings flared out behind herself. Her anger caused her power levels to rise up, but it also made her very susceptible to attacking blindly, which would make her easy to defeat. I drew my katana and held it ready, knowing that an attack was inevitable now.

"We shall see. For now....SHI-NE![3]"

I had been expecting an attack to come from her wings in the form of a burst of wind as I had seen her do before at the village, but the threatening position of her wings had been only a feint. Before I could react to block or dodge, she threw her hands out in front of herself, sending out a orb of green energy in my direction. It struck me squarely in the chest, sending me flying backwards until I struck the thick trunk of a palm tree, slumping to the ground on my rump.

Baka![4] I should have been able to see the attack before she had thrown it instead of thinking she could only attack with her wings. I pulled myself to my feet as she headed towards me, barely leaping out of the way as another green orb came my way, shattering the palm tree into splinters. I cursed softly, realizing that she was as quick as she was seductive.

The next one, I managed to block, using my katana to deflect it back in her direction. She snarled as it knocked her off her feet, sending a few feathers flying from her wings. Once more she pulled herself up, a slow smirk curling on her lips.

"All right, Jack, I'll give you that free shot. But now I'm done toying with you." she said.

I shook my head and readied myself for another blast, deflecting the first one off into the trees to my right. A dark, sadistic glint shimmered in her green eyes as she held up her right hand, forming a smaller green orb in it. I took a step back, waiting for her to throw it, ready to deflect this one as well.

"Catch." she said, throwing it.

This one was oddly slower than its predecessors and I moved to block, intending on sending it back her way with my katana. Yet I should have heeded the glint in her eyes, knew that she had something else in mind for this orb, even though it had appeared to be identical to the previous ones. I swung down, my blade catching it, almost to the point of slicing it in two.

But once again, I had underestimated her cunning.

As the steel of my blade connected with the incoming orb, a sharp jolt of power raced through my body like lightning. I gasped, my breath catching in my throat as the pain increased, twisting my agonized body into ordinarily impossible positions. Slowly my katana slipped from my fingers, even though I wanted to keep my grip on it, unable to keep it from falling.

Forcing myself to look up and see through the pain, I dared to look in Chimitsu's direction, seeing a twisted, sadistic expression on her face. She was enjoying my pain, watching me suffer, making no move to stop the magic that was taking its toll on my body. I could feel my blood pounding in my ears as I struggled to hold back a scream of agony. I would not allow her the satisfaction of seeing how much pain I was in.

Even through the pain, I could not help but think that this all failed to make any sense whatsoever. Chimitsu herself said that she was the spirit of compassion, yet this twisted version of her showed nothing of the sort. If she was the spirit of compassion, then how was it that she could do this to someone? I would have thought that any such Elemental ties would have prevented her from doing what she was doing.

Finally, she tired of watching me struggle to escape the magic and threw me against another tree, where I slumped to the ground. The magic she had used faded away, leaving my body weak and my mind hazy with pain. I shook my head a little, struggling to push myself up onto my feet and find my katana so I could fight, but it did not take much for her to push me back down to the ground.

"Now, Jack, I would have thought that you would have had enough of this pain for one day, so why are you asking for more by getting up?" she asked with a cruel undertone to her voice.

I looked up at her weakly, meeting her green eyes and seeing a mocking pity in them.

"Why do you think that I would simply sit here and let you have your way with me?" I asked.

"Foolish human. I could have my way with you anytime I please. It's just more fun this way."

"Then get on with it!"

She blinked and leaned back a bit, giving me an amused look.

"One would almost think you're enjoying this, samurai. Is that it? Is that why you weren't much of a challenge for me?"

"You only wish I was enjoying this. I have no time for your games and you are wasting your time in playing them in trying to get what you want from me. Either finish the job or leave. I have more important things to deal with."

"Oh, you mean that little quest of yours? Sorry to bust your bubble there, Jack, but I can't let you continue that. You've been a thorn in Aku-sama's side for too long and it is time to remove you."

"You are not the first one to try and keep me from my quest. How many predecessors do you think Aku has sent out after me?"

Her face reddened with fury and in a flash, her hand lashed out, backhanding me harder than I thought she was capable of. I growled softly as my head snapped to the side, forcing myself to hold back my own anger. If I allowed myself to show her my anger, I would be as weak as she was.

"Insolent mortal! Do not mock what you do not understand! If not for Aku-sama's decree that you be brought to him in one piece, I would tear you apart where you stand!" she roared.

I leaned back against the tree, unable to move, daring to take a glance in the direction of where my katana lay, soot streaking its scabbard. Chimitsu's eyes caught my glance and looked over briefly at it before returning her gaze to me. Holding out her hand, she drew the blade into it telekinetically, turning it in her hands before me.

"Is this what you want, samurai? Your precious little sword? I don't know what you'd want with such an insignificant hunk of metal. It's already proven useless to you against me." she taunted.

This was more than I could stand. I lashed out with what little strength I had left, attempting to knock her back and take my blade back, even though I knew it was foolish of me to try while I was so weak. She gave another of her shrill laughs and pushed me back down firmly on my backside, setting the katana down to my left, just out of reach.

She grinned and knelt down, sitting herself down in my lap, her short, tight skirt barely covering what needed to be covered. Her hands lightly caressed my face, the nails trailing lightly down my cheek. One hand reached up, untying the ribbon holding my topknot up, tossing it aside near my katana, my hair spilling down about my shoulders.

"Shh....you're already weakened, why make it worse? You know that I could do anything I wanted to you right now, whether that be destroying you or taking you to Aku-sama. Frankly, I'd rather have some fun with you before taking you away." she said softly.

She lightly caressed the side of my face with the back of her hand, her thumb lightly brushing against my mouth as she leaned forward with the intent of another kiss. Even if I had the strength to fight her advances, there was no way that I could, being trapped between her and a tree trunk. I tried to crane my head out of the way, but she simply chuckled and held me still as she moved in, kissing me hard.

I reached up to push her away, struggling to get away as her tongue slipped between my lips, only to have her hands push mine back down before settling on my chest. I had to stop her, if only I could find one last burst of strength to push her away. Whatever magic she had used on me, had drained any reserves of energy I had left and I could only sit there and endure the shame.

Suddenly, she jerked away, screaming out in pain. I opened my eyes to find her standing a few feet away, one black wing hanging limp and useless. Feathers liberally littered my lap, as well as a small spray of blood.

Looking up, I saw none other than Chimitsu, the Chimitsu with the white wings, standing there with her nodachi drawn.

"Touch him again, bitch, and I'll cut off more than just your wing." she said, her expression completely cold.

As impossible as it was, there were two Chimitsus standing there, one dark and seductively evil, the other pure and innocently good. With the exception of the wing coloring and demeanor, they were physically identical, which certainly explained a great deal of why I was so confused since seeing the darker one nearly two days ago. If she had been watching us, she waited until the real Chimitsu had gone, trying to trick me into thinking Chimitsu herself was not who she was.

"Shit! You...were supposed to be gone long enough for me to take him back to Aku-sama." the double snarled.

"And you wasted your time by playing with him like a cat with a mouse, trying to get into his pants. You could have been back to Aku's with him by now if you'd only stopped acting like a bitch in heat that couldn't wait to get him laid. You do know that purity such as his can't be broken by short skirts and breast implants, right?"

This only seemed to infuriate the double more and she fired a blast in my direction, one that I knew I would not be able to avoid. But, fortunately, I did not have to. Chimitsu calmly stepped in front of me and knocked the green orb aside with the hand not holding her nodachi.

The double was panicked now, the fear very evident in her eyes. If she was a true double, then she would be as armed as Chimitsu herself was, but she had been taken by surprise and her plans spoiled. She was unable to fight the enraged Chimitsu and had already been disabled from flight, which meant she was restricted to the ground now.

"Onore....[5]" she snarled softly.

She looked to me, then to Chimitsu, and took a step back, knowing that she was in no condition to fight us both. She had no plan, was restricted to the ground, and Chimitsu had already proven herself quite capable of deflecting any magical attacks, even if I could not. Chimitsu herself never faltered, calmly keeping her ground before me defensively, her nodachi in both hands, ready to strike.

"Consider yourself lucky for now, samurai, but your pretty little angel-bitch can't protect you forever!" she cried before vanishing in a fluffing of black feathers that fluttered to the ground and disappeared.
--------------- [1]bishounen= pretty boy
[2]-sama= honorific, usually used for one's lord/superior and gods/goddesses
[3]shi-ne= from shinu, meaning "to die"
[4]baka= stupid
[5]onore= an insulting term, roughly meaning "Why you...?!" or "Damn you!"
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