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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

Slowly, I opened my eyes, staring up at a sunroof, through which I saw nothing but darkness and stars beyond. Darkness. I loved it. I embraced it. I was empowered by it.

Rolling over in the kingsized bed I lay in, I turned to look at my clock, noting that nightfall had occured several hours ago and that I had been asleep for some time. Pushing aside the clock, I rolled onto my back again and continued to stare up at the stars. I sighed softly, wondering why it was that I'd been reborn.

Already I had failed once to destroy my original for Lord Aku and it seemed reasonable that he wouldn't have resurrected me if he didn't see potential or have a reason for it. I was not the only one that he'd employed for this mission, either. Four women had been designated as my associates, all with powers similar to my own.

There was first the sickly looking Hideri, who disgusted me from the start with her starved looks and clothes that seemed to be two or three sizes too big for her. From what I understood in the haze of memories implanted in my head shortly after my rebirth, she had power to induce famine and starvation. I kept my distance from her, although it wasn't hard when she seemed to retreat into the corner and hide herself within a tattered cloak.

Next was the dark, silent Fuki, the Elemental of Death. She said very little to anyone, staying close to the shadows, but not too close out of fear of Aku's ability to slip in and out of them. She was the least threatening out of all of them, hiding within her heavy black cloak and staying mostly to herself, almost as much as Hideri, if not more. We only saw her when Aku requested us in his presense at the same time.

Next was the seductive Netami, Elemental of Lightning and ruler over the emotions of Lust and Jealousy. Can't say I hated her right away because she was rather sexy, but there was a dangerously cruel air about her that kept me from approaching her for any length of time outside of being ordered to. I found her mildly irritating, but not to the extent of wanting to keep her away forever. Out of the four, she could at least hold a halfways decent conversation before it turned into one about sex and playing with pathetic mortal emotions.

Lastly was Ekirei, the one I wished that I could have been rid of, but couldn't. First off, she was the duplicate of the Elemental of Wind, Chimitsu, giving Eki the command over sickness and injury. Secondly, because she had failed to bring my original to Lord Aku, he resurrected me and I had to work with her because she'd already faced our targets twice.

Beautiful, yes, but highly irritating and I disliked her from the start. She immediately attached herself to me, trying to seduce me as quickly as she could once I had awakened. I had chased her out of my mountaintop mansion some hours ago before going to sleep, but it was hard telling where she'd gone.

I closed my eyes, thinking back to when I had first opened my eyes to find myself in Aku's lair before him, disoriented and without any memories of what had happened in my previous incarnation.

Opening my eyes, I found myself once again whole and back in Lord Aku's presence. Something felt out of place, besides the fact that I was as naked as a newborn. Perhaps in a way, I was a newborn. All I had known was that I was the double of a man known as Jack Minamoto and that I had a failure weighing on my head concerning him.

Slowly I stood, my legs shaking beneath me as I rose. Immediately, a pair of slim hands draped a silk robe over my shoulders, allowing me to slip into it and tie the sash. I looked briefly over to the owner of those hands, getting my first good look at a saucy blonde number with black wings and green eyes. Instantly, I disliked her, choosing to ignore her for the moment as I looked back to Lord Aku.

Without hesitation, I bowed low on my knees, touching my head to the floor in traditional samurai style for one asking for forgiveness for failure. I stayed there for some time, waiting for Lord Aku to command me to stand. It was agonizing to be humiliated this way, particularly before a group of women.

"Enough with the melodrama already. You need not beg for my forgiveness any longer." he said.

I slowly rose, keeping my eyes lowered to a spot at the edge of the deep cavern from which Aku arose when summoned. I didn't dare look him in the eyes, even if he told me to stop begging for his forgiveness. I waited, not daring to speak first.

"You are no doubt wondering why I have brought you back." he stated.

I dared to glance up at him a bit, peeking through a few strands of hair that had fallen in my face, not daring to move to push it away.

"The thought had crossed my mind, my lord."

"You would have remained in oblivion had I not needed your abilities and presense to aid your associates with."

"What sort of abilities?"

"Fool! You possess the dark duplicate of the samurai's sword and every ounce of skill that he does. The last time, you had come so close to destroying him, only to be destroyed instead because you were only a personification of his dark emotions."

I furrowed my brow, having no memory of this whatsoever. Surely I would have remembered fighting this samurai before. Off to the side, the woman with black angel wings smirked and I shot her a warning glance, deciding to deal with her later, knowing that to strike her down in my lord's domain would be an unforgivable breech of etiquette.

"I don't understand, my lord. I have no recollection of this whatsoever." I said softly.

"What?"

He looked me over before cursing several times in Japanese in frustration.

"Your memory has been erased! Something had to have gone wrong in your rebirth for this to happen. Very well, then. I will simply have to restore them myself." he said.

Before I could react, his hands snapped out, shifting into a smaller form and holding my head between them none too gently. Instantly a flood of memories poured from my mind into memory, flashes of the man known as Jack and the battle between us. How I had been born from his anger and Aku's magic, only to be destroyed when he had conquered his emotions. Without such emotions, the magic couldn't keep the solid form created to personify them. Me.

Finally I understood what Lord Aku had meant, but what still didn't make sense was that something felt different this time. I still felt a connection to Jack, but it was different, more solid and less reliant on his emotions somehow. I didn't understand it fully, but if Lord Aku wished me to know, then he would soon tell me.

As soon as he had released me, I fell to my knees, my head spinning.

"Now you see why I need you and your skills, but that is not the only reason I saw fit to restore you." he said.

"My lord...what...else did you....want me for?"

"I want you to meet your four associates, whom you will be working with at some point or another. Fuki, Netami, Hideri, and...Ekirei, who is the double of the Wind Elemental, Chimitsu. Because she failed..."

The saucy blonde with the black wings immediately bowed in a similar manner to how I had done before Aku waved her away back into line with the others.

"...I realized that the samurai had grown more powerful than I had previously thought and brought you back to bring the four of them into their full power."

"I mean no disrespect...my lord...but why....would my rebirth bring them into full power?"

"Because they are Dark Elementals, as are you. Without you, the circle of Dark Elementals was incomplete and they did not have their full abilities and could not adequately deal with the samurai and the Wind Elemental."

"I...see..."

"When you are rested, I will send you on your first mission. For now, your time is yours to do with as you wish. Ekirei, see to it that he gets to his home and rests."

The blonde once again bowed, less formally than before, but still more respectfully than I thought was necessary.

"Yes, Aku-sama." she said.

In a black swirl of shadow, Aku disappeared and the other three women that had stood a few feet beyond the blonde Ekirei, retreated into the depths of the shadow demon's lair. She gave me a looking over before turning and picking something up from a nearby rock outcropping.

I gave her another look before taking the clothes from her, including the sword that was lying across the top of the pile, setting them down on the ground. She sat back on a rock, watching me, her wings folded against her back. I could see desire burning in those green eyes of hers, ignoring it as I untied the robe and let it drop to the ground, watching it vanish in a weak teleport.

Ignoring her stare, I dressed in the clothes she had brought me, slipping the katana into a special belt that came with the outfit. Leather, nice, though the black t-shirt needed a bit of work and I reached up, ripping the sleeves off in one swift motion before slipping it on. I tugged the jacket on and gave Eki a look.

She appeared to ignore it and took my arm, initiating a teleport.

"Let's go. Your castle awaits." she said as the teleport took us away.

It was a bit disorienting at first, but once I had regained my bearings enough to look around, I had to say that I was quite impressed with my new surroundings. Not that it took an awful lot to do better than Aku's domain. It appeared to be a dark Renaissance styled castle surrounded by mountains and had a very forboding path leading up the mountain to it. Perfect. Just the way I liked it.

"Not bad. Lord Aku's got style." I said, turning to the blonde.

She grinned and took a few steps towards me before wrapping her arms around my shoulders and giving me a very hungry kiss. I was mildly surprised, but who was I to resist? I wrapped my arms around her waist and eagerly responded, my tongue parrying with hers.

I could feel her fingers working their way into my hair at the nape of my neck and I debated on whether or not she was worth my trouble. The thought of bedding her was a tempting one, but it was obviously what she wanted and despite her being a deliciously good kisser, I still did not much care for her company.

Slowly she broke the kiss and gazed into my eyes, the lust very apparent in the twin green orbs.

"Mmm...is that how you greet every good looking man you meet?" I asked.

"Only you and that's not all I can do to greet you."

"I'll bet."

She smirked wickedly and trailed a finger down my chest, drawing a small shiver from me, but that was all. I had no time for her seductive games and I was tired from my rebirth. Despite how I rather enjoyed her caresses at the moment, I forced the feelings back and my expression faded away into a cold one.

"You make it sound as if you've got someone else waiting for you up there in your bed." she said poutily.

"Hardly. Not when I've just been reincarnated."

"Then why don't you let me make you feel good?"

"Because you ain't my type. Now, if you don't mind, Eki, I do believe Lord Aku only wanted you to make sure I got here and got my rest. You have done that, now it is time for you to leave."

I turned and headed up the marble stairs to my bedroom, ignoring her expression of frustration and anger. Of course, my words alone were not enough to deter her and she hurried to follow me, her heeled boots clicking on the floor. She was going to be a helluva bitch to work with if she couldn't take a fucking hint.

"Oh, come on now, Jack, darling, is that any way to treat me?" she asked huskily.

I forced back a growl as my hand closed around the doorknob to my suite, pausing as I felt her hands on my back.

"First off, I'm not your darling and secondly...."

I whirled around, caught her hands, and slammed her up against the wall across the hallway in one swift motion, drawing a gasp of surprise from her as she stared up at me. I didn't give a damn if her wings hurt or if she felt like pissing herself, I just wanted some decent rest so my mind didn't feel like hazy mush when Lord Aku summoned me to give me my orders.

"You have done your job as Lord Aku has commanded of you so there is no further need for your presense. In other words..."

I leaned down closer to her, getting up in her face as threateningly as I could.

"Kieuseru.[1]" I finished threateningly in Japanese, knowing damn well that she understood it.

Her expression hardened as I let her go and backed away towards the doorway to my suite, watching as she rubbed at her wrists. She stepped away from the wall, fluttered her wings a bit, and folded them against her back as she glared at me.

"Fine. Be that way, Jack, but you're gonna regret it." she said before disappearing, littering my floor in black feathers.

I shook my head and turned around, opening my doors and heading inside, pausing only to strip down as I made my way over to the bed. Finally some peace and quiet. Hardly taking time to push back the blankets, I flopped down and curled up, dozing off.

Slowly I opened my eyes, peering into the darkness of the stars above. No word had arrived from Lord Aku as of yet and I felt no hurry to haul my ass out of bed. I stared at the stars for a few moments before rolling over onto my side with the intention of going back to sleep.

Yet something stopped me.

I rolled back over onto my back, turning to look towards the other side. Someone was here, I could feel it. I slowly reached for the katana that lay on the floor beside me, the blade naked and its scabbard resting on top of my clothes on a nearby chair.

They were close now and drawing even closer by the second. Who would dare to be so bold as to come all this way up here and disturb me while I slept? Lord Aku himself would have sent someone instead of leaving his lair to see me himself and no human would be stupid enough to come all this way.

I knew of only one being brazen enough to come up here and disturb my sleep.

Snatching up my katana in a quick motion, I sprang out of bed and lunged towards the shadows, colliding with a slim, feminine figure. I kept my balance as they fell back and up against the wall, bringing my katana up against their throat while keeping them firmly pinned. A second later, a magical orb of light flared up overhead, illuminating their features.

"Ekirei...I should've known. What the hell do you think you're doing coming up here and disturbing me after I told you to get lost?" I snarled.

The blonde's features melted away from a startled expression into a smirk as she reached up with one hand, pushing the katana away from her throat. I allowed it, knowing that since she was an Elemental, I couldn't hurt her any more than she could hurt me.

"Nice to see you, too, Jack."

She looked my naked body up and down appreciatively before grinning nastily at me. Reaching up, her fingertips traced the tattoo on my right shoulder, a kanji letter meaning demon. I tolerated this, watching the lust in her eyes.

"Akuma[2], nice. It fits you." she said.

"Hn. I'd say thank you, but I doubt you're here for trading fashion tips with me."

"Hardly. Really, Jack, if you wanted a rough fuck, all you had to do was ask." she said.

I rolled my eyes and let her go, taking a few steps back, ignoring her continuous stare. She straightened, her wings fluttering a bit before folding against her back.

"What do you want, Eki? If you're here to harass me, then piss off. If you actually have a reason for being here, then state it and get lost." I said.

"If that's how you're gonna greet me, then perhaps I should leave and let Aku-sama destroy you for failing to answer to your orders."

"He's got orders for me?"

"Yes, but if you're going to be so rude, I don't see any reason for me to give them to you."

"Actually, I do. If you don't give them to me, it won't be me that Lord Aku destroys for it. It'll be you because you refused to give them to me so I couldn't answer."

Her eyes showed minor surprise before melting away into cold anger.

"Fine. He's waiting for you in his private chamber. You'll get your orders there." she said before teleporting away, showering my floor in another round of black feathers.

I shook my head as I was once again enveloped in darkness before turning around and turning on the lights with a sigh. I picked up the scabbard and sheathed my katana before dressing, glancing longingly at the bed and wishing I had a bit more time to rest. But, of course, duty before pleasure and Lord Aku was not one to be kept waiting.

Slipping the katana into the special belt holster, I gathered my energies and made the teleport back to the demon's lair.
--------------- [1]kieuseru= a very rude term, essentially meaning "fuck off"
[2]akuma= demon
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