DISCLAIMER: I do not own Aku although sometimes I wish I did because I like
him best mwahaha! I simply am borrowing him for this little descriptive
piece. I have also pinched the story in general from the start of the first
Samurai Jack episode…it's not of my invention so don't even think it is
^_^.
NOTE: This is a descriptive piece so don't expect much, the whole point is me trying to see how well I can do description as I consider it a weak point. Please no flames about tiny little details I may have changed. If I stuck entirely to the cartoon that would just be boring and pointless hehe. If people like this I have also written out my own take on when Aku attacks the town soooooo I can put that up soon if you want.
1.1 Awakened
An ominous sun rose steadily over the parched valley. Its rays crept slowly along the dried veins of the soil. The valley was aching for water but once again it failed to appear. The soil cracked in sorrow doomed to remain bone dry.
Nothing grew here, well nothing that was truly living. The ashen trees were just empty shells. Broken, split, some fallen with their last desperate grasp for water, these trees littered the valley floor. Not one had leaves only twisted branches reaching in desperation for the red morning sky.
The vein like gorges in the soil snaked towards each other and congregated at the base of a very different tree. This one was pitch black and towered like a skyscraper above the pathetic trees that circled it. It only had branches at the top; the body and base were bare, as cracked as the inferior specimens around it. It was firmly rooted in place; the lengthy roots were sewn several times into the blistered soil. This tree was different; it was alive.
The valley groaned as a dark ball rolled over the disc of the sun blocking the vital but saturated rays. Storm clouds stampeded overhead in a long train; teasingly they did not offer rain. The clouds split as a jolt of sharp electricity plunged through the sky into the wasteland. It travelled along the veins, many trees along the way succumbed to this assault and fell to the ground shattering as flames engulfed their dead shell.
A burst of brilliant energy shot from the eclipsed sun and wrapped around the black tree as electricity
snaked forward to those tangled roots. The two energies met, forever entwined around the master tree and sucking each other's energy to give life, the life this tree had begged for.
The disc of the moon retreated killing the energy blast while the slight cooling breeze banished the storm clouds. Unfortunately the short energy burst had been enough. The tree began to move, it rose taller casting a hideous shadow over the ashes of its former companions. Its shape was altered now, the sides flowed curvaceously until it drastically thinned at the base. The string thin roots tore at the dried valley that held them prisoner; slowly unthreading as the creature rose. Once up-rooted the growth stopped and there was a deadly silence.
The wind blew stronger now causing the gown like rags at the base of the being to flap – a sound that will have chilled the hearts of many on such a lonely day. It raised one of its bony arms and curled the razor sharp claws towards the palm as the sensation of touch slowly filtered through its body like pins and needles. The thing was focusing on this arm trying to allow site to return faster. Then it turned…
…Anything standing behind it the moment it turned will have been struck with the numbness of terror. The surviving trees closest to it groaned with age as even they in their death like state were in fear. Their roots suddenly rotted and they fell in respect to the former master tree.
This amused it. A nightmarish permanent grin widened on its dark green face on seeing this action. Its hateful round eyes were ringed with fire, the stand out feature of the being but also its dreaded weapon. The grin turned to a sneer causing its sharp white teeth to protrude even more out of its red mouth. The wonder of memory returned, cascading through the creature's cruel mind. It continued to inspect its arm and then twiddled part of the flame-coloured beard that rested against its long neck between the index claw and thumb. The numbness of stasis had not quite worn off as movement for now however slight was quite painful.
The sky darkened in sorrow at the awakening of this demon. The wispy cirrus clouds reached out of pity towards the peaceful town beyond the valley; the town that those horrid eyes flared up in anger at as they fixed on it with rage.
" So…once again Aku is free…now it is time that my revenge be completed…" it sneered to itself in a low spiteful voice. The thought of revenge made it laugh, it was hungry for carnage and despair.
" Soon this valley will run red with the blood of man!" it hissed clenching a fist as the emotion of anger completely seized its thoughts.
It transformed into a black cloud, a sign of sorrow and floated menacingly towards the town cackling to itself in time with the single crack of thunder that roared overhead.
The demon reached the boarder of the town and slowed its advance. The vegetation became ghost white and died as the cloud settled to reform; the demons touch was as deadly as it chose it to be. A loan cow had strayed from the cattle herd and was unfortunately on that same patch of vegetation. It aged dramatically, calling out in distress as Aku touched it. The skin folded inwards clinging until the poor animal was practically skeletal. With one last gasp it coughed up a stream of blood and collapsed at the foot of the now reformed Aku who chuckled with triumph.
The townspeople were completely unaware of the return of this crafty, murderous, tyrannical demon. They would live to regret their ignorance and many would die horribly for it…
NOTE: This is a descriptive piece so don't expect much, the whole point is me trying to see how well I can do description as I consider it a weak point. Please no flames about tiny little details I may have changed. If I stuck entirely to the cartoon that would just be boring and pointless hehe. If people like this I have also written out my own take on when Aku attacks the town soooooo I can put that up soon if you want.
1.1 Awakened
An ominous sun rose steadily over the parched valley. Its rays crept slowly along the dried veins of the soil. The valley was aching for water but once again it failed to appear. The soil cracked in sorrow doomed to remain bone dry.
Nothing grew here, well nothing that was truly living. The ashen trees were just empty shells. Broken, split, some fallen with their last desperate grasp for water, these trees littered the valley floor. Not one had leaves only twisted branches reaching in desperation for the red morning sky.
The vein like gorges in the soil snaked towards each other and congregated at the base of a very different tree. This one was pitch black and towered like a skyscraper above the pathetic trees that circled it. It only had branches at the top; the body and base were bare, as cracked as the inferior specimens around it. It was firmly rooted in place; the lengthy roots were sewn several times into the blistered soil. This tree was different; it was alive.
The valley groaned as a dark ball rolled over the disc of the sun blocking the vital but saturated rays. Storm clouds stampeded overhead in a long train; teasingly they did not offer rain. The clouds split as a jolt of sharp electricity plunged through the sky into the wasteland. It travelled along the veins, many trees along the way succumbed to this assault and fell to the ground shattering as flames engulfed their dead shell.
A burst of brilliant energy shot from the eclipsed sun and wrapped around the black tree as electricity
snaked forward to those tangled roots. The two energies met, forever entwined around the master tree and sucking each other's energy to give life, the life this tree had begged for.
The disc of the moon retreated killing the energy blast while the slight cooling breeze banished the storm clouds. Unfortunately the short energy burst had been enough. The tree began to move, it rose taller casting a hideous shadow over the ashes of its former companions. Its shape was altered now, the sides flowed curvaceously until it drastically thinned at the base. The string thin roots tore at the dried valley that held them prisoner; slowly unthreading as the creature rose. Once up-rooted the growth stopped and there was a deadly silence.
The wind blew stronger now causing the gown like rags at the base of the being to flap – a sound that will have chilled the hearts of many on such a lonely day. It raised one of its bony arms and curled the razor sharp claws towards the palm as the sensation of touch slowly filtered through its body like pins and needles. The thing was focusing on this arm trying to allow site to return faster. Then it turned…
…Anything standing behind it the moment it turned will have been struck with the numbness of terror. The surviving trees closest to it groaned with age as even they in their death like state were in fear. Their roots suddenly rotted and they fell in respect to the former master tree.
This amused it. A nightmarish permanent grin widened on its dark green face on seeing this action. Its hateful round eyes were ringed with fire, the stand out feature of the being but also its dreaded weapon. The grin turned to a sneer causing its sharp white teeth to protrude even more out of its red mouth. The wonder of memory returned, cascading through the creature's cruel mind. It continued to inspect its arm and then twiddled part of the flame-coloured beard that rested against its long neck between the index claw and thumb. The numbness of stasis had not quite worn off as movement for now however slight was quite painful.
The sky darkened in sorrow at the awakening of this demon. The wispy cirrus clouds reached out of pity towards the peaceful town beyond the valley; the town that those horrid eyes flared up in anger at as they fixed on it with rage.
" So…once again Aku is free…now it is time that my revenge be completed…" it sneered to itself in a low spiteful voice. The thought of revenge made it laugh, it was hungry for carnage and despair.
" Soon this valley will run red with the blood of man!" it hissed clenching a fist as the emotion of anger completely seized its thoughts.
It transformed into a black cloud, a sign of sorrow and floated menacingly towards the town cackling to itself in time with the single crack of thunder that roared overhead.
The demon reached the boarder of the town and slowed its advance. The vegetation became ghost white and died as the cloud settled to reform; the demons touch was as deadly as it chose it to be. A loan cow had strayed from the cattle herd and was unfortunately on that same patch of vegetation. It aged dramatically, calling out in distress as Aku touched it. The skin folded inwards clinging until the poor animal was practically skeletal. With one last gasp it coughed up a stream of blood and collapsed at the foot of the now reformed Aku who chuckled with triumph.
The townspeople were completely unaware of the return of this crafty, murderous, tyrannical demon. They would live to regret their ignorance and many would die horribly for it…