Authors Note: Here is my first attempt at a crossover, it may be a bit slow and incoherent at times but will be worth it and improve later on. So in the reviews tell me what you like and tell me what you don't like.

Also Disclaimer: I do not own Samurai Jack or Arrow. All rights belong to their respective owners.

Chapter I: The Beginning of Something Greater.

The sun's rays shined on a vast grassland that seemed to go on for miles. There was not a single cloud in the sky as a light breeze crossed the land and gently blew on the tall grass. A lone figure walked along the fields, adjusting the kasa on his head so he could block the sunlight. With each step he took, it left subtle footprints in the fields and noises that would normally be too quiet for anyone to hear; however since he was the only one there they echoed through the field.

The man who was traveling this field name was Jack... Samurai Jack. And he was on a quest to get back to his land.

However, right now his mind was not on his quest or the threat of an imminent attack on his person. No, instead he was just basking in the warmth and tranquility that he rarely experienced as a small smiled graced his lips. Jack always enjoyed quiet, and peace over loud music and even louder city life. True, the cities themselves were a marvel as was its technology, but Jack did not care about this. Jack soul would always be most at ease in wide open areas with the only noise being the occasional hummingbird.

"It's time like this that gives me hope that Aku's evil has not infected all of the future." He thought, and right now it felt like he was at home, which made his contentment rise as he even started to whistle a tune his mother had taught him.

Unfortunately, his peace of mind was about to come to an end.

In the blink of an eye, a something that looked akin to a piranha jumped out from the grass. The only difference was instead of scales it had black steel plating and bright red eyes that looked like diamonds. Its mouth opened wide as it was already preparing to bite the samurai with its razor-sharp mechanical teeth.

However, Jack did not even blink. He merely acted.

In a flash he unsheathed his sword and sliced the fish in half as its oil and bolts spilled all over the ground as it landed back in the grass, its form concealed from sight. Jack slowly brought his sword upright and brought it mere inches from his face as he knew that there was more to come. There was always something else trying to kill him.

He closed his eyes as he waited, the winds picking up in speed and blew harder on the grass. Just as about ten other metal piranhas jumped out of the grass all heading towards him.

Again Jack did not react at first. He waited until they all got closer, and then struck.

One machine tried to bite him in the torso, but Jack quickly raised his sword and sliced it straight in the middle of its face cutting it in half. Two more tried going for his gut, but Jack sliced one in its side and swung a vicious slice at the other hitting it in its gut. Three sought to attack him all at once, soaring towards his chest, but Jack sliced all three of the robotic fish at once with one side slash from his sword. The robots all went tumbling to the ground, the oil from their bodies staining the grass. The last four tried to attack him from above as each flew down at him at high speeds, but Jack waited until they got closer and then struck his sword.

Just as one was about to bite him, he sliced it in half, and then immediately slashed down at the face of the next one coming at him, cutting through the metal skin like it was paper. The final two he hit them both at the same time with one horizontal swipe that made the robots inner wiring become exposed as sparks started to fly everywhere. The robots all fell into the grass as they to were concealed in the tall grass.

Jack slowly brought it sword back into his sheath... but not before thrusting his sword backwards and skewering a robot that tried to jump him from behind. Oil dripped down from the mechanical beast as Jack gently shook the thing of his sword before sheathing it.

Jack could not help but wonder why everyday evil tried striking at him when they thought he was vulnerable. It just leads to more mindless destruction.

He let out an irritated sigh as he continued walking; however, something caught his attention, a tiny little cough that came from somewhere in the field. He turned his head from side to side until his eyes locked onto a small figure moving in the grass. Deciding that it wasn't a threat, since if it were it would have attacked him already, he moved forward to see what it was.

As he got closer, he could make out the figure more clearly. It seemed to be a small child. A boy, which made Jack confused as to why a boy would be out in the middle of nowhere. However when he saw all of the boy's features he knew something was horribly wrong.

For the boy was a small brown child whose clothes were covered in dirt and blood and they seemed to be on the verge of falling apart at any moment. The boy himself was severely injured as he cradled one arm dripping with blood with his other arm. His face had several cuts in it, even more blood dripping down the side of his head.

And when the boy collapsed Jack became extremely worried.

Moving fast, Jack caught the boy with one hand by his back as he gingerly lowered him to the ground.

"Child, what has happened to you," Jack asked, as the boy slowly opened his eyes and started to wheeze.

"My... my village was... attacked." The boy said, before coughing violently and even spitting up blood which landed on Jack's robes. "By a demon.. who was as black as the darkest shadows... and could turn into many creatures." He said in between wheezes and Jack instantly knew who he was talking about.

"Aku," Jack said through clenched teeth. Had this demon actually attacked an innocent child and his home? His rage threatened to explode inside him as he clenched his fist hard enough to draw blood.

However, his thoughts were broken as the boy in his arms coughed again. "Please... the demon still attacks my home... I escaped... but my family... my family still fights." with strength Jack did not expect from such an injured boy, he grabbed Jacks robe tightly and lifted himself up so his face was inches away from Jacks as he pointed a shaky finger to the west. "Please ... Save... my... Home." And with one final feeble cough the boy's body went limp and fell to the floor.

Jack knew it was unlikely, but he was still hopeful as he checked for a pulse but was not at all shocked that the child did not have one. He let out a sigh as he closed the child's eyes. One so young, taken before his time.

And that only made his fury grow even more.

"This is the last life you shall ever take Aku." Jack thought as cold determination set in him before he sprinted as fast as he could in the direction the boy pointed.

If he had stayed he would have seen the boy smile as his features started to pale... He also would have seen his skin turn pitch black as his mouth morphed into a demonic smile.

"Fool." The boy said as his eyes seemed to become surrounded by fire.

A Samurai's Journey.

Sometime later Jack had found the village. But there was little left to call a village

The straw huts he assumed people lived in were little more than pieces of dust as most were crushed, utterly destroying them or others were set ablaze by black fires, little more than ash in the wind. Dozens of skeletons plagued the field as some of their heads and other bones were no broken, while others had dried blood all over them and even some held little skeletons in their arms which, to Jacks horror, seemed to be the bones of infants. The grass had turned to a dark gray and crumbled to dust beneath Jack's feet. All the leafs had fallen from the trees that surrounded the village and turned to ash while the trees themselves were dead as they looked like they may collapse at any time.

For a moment Jack felt sorrow consume him. Then the pain grew to anger and the anger coursed through his body as he punched the ground with such power that it left a small creator in it.

"I... I have failed." Jack said to himself as a remorseful frown crossed his face. "I am sorry little child." He continued just now realizing he did not even know the child's name. Though that matter was trivial right now, he had failed to defeat Aku again, and as a result, more innocent people have suffered. He had still not honored his promise to his home, to his family, to his father. He had still not saved even one of those people.

Were he not caught up in his own thoughts he probably would have heard or sensed the approaching black mass that moved on the ground. and he also would have know that the black mass had morphed into a large black tentacle and would have dodged it before it wrapped itself completely around Jack,

Unfortunately, Jack did not as he gave a cry of surprise as it finished wrapping itself around him.

"What-what sorcery is this," Jack said as he used all of his strength to try and break free but he could not escape.

"No sorcery samurai." A deep malicious voice Jack knew all to well said. In front of him, a stream of black liquid swirled in the air giving it the appearance of a black whirlpool before it took shape into the demon, Aku. "Only pure Evil, AHAHAHAHAHA." He gave his signature evil laugh as Jack Thrashed more violently at the tentacle holding him but once again to no avail.

"Aku," Jack said as he glared intensely at the monster in front of him.

"Yes, me. The shape-shifting master of all evil, conquer of worlds, Darkness incarnate, and other such titles that I am sure you are impressed by." He said as his lips moved into a feral smile. "And you samurai are finally at your end."

"There was never a boy was there." Jack narrowed his eyes at the demon. "This was all a trap to lure me out here so because you believed this location would distract me."

"That is right, young samurai," Aku replied. "I know you could not resist the "Waaa my village was destroyed and my parents are still fighting an evil monster" cry of a child," Aku said as he grinned at the anger that spread through the samurai's expression.

"Release me demon so that I may finally destroy you and rid the land of your plague!" Jack shouted, but Aku only laughed at the warrior's words.

"True the thought of fighting you did cross my mind, but then I thought NAH." He said giving a "no thanks" gesture with his hand. "You just stab me with that magic sword of yours. Which hurts, a lot."

Jack simply gave him a glare with anger filled eyes.

"So then I thought maybe I don't have to destroy you, perhaps I just have to send you somewhere far far away," Aku said, if possible his grin growing even more

"Do you mean to send me deeper into the future," Jack asked

"HA, you wish." Aku then rapidly bent down to the shorter man's height so that his face was inches from Jack's. "No, because if I did you simply come back again and again in a futile and very annoying attempt to vanquish me. No, instead I shall send you off not just to another time, not even another world, but to another dimension." When he saw Jack's eyes widen in horror, he let out a malevolent chuckle.

"Yes, that will be the ultimate nightmare for you wouldn't it samurai." Another chuckle. "To never succeed in your quest, to never avenge your ancestors and knowing that you failed them all and never get a chance for redemption." Aku then pulled out a black book from his pockets( Or from somewhere Jack did not know where. The demon didn't seem to have pockets.). "And all though it was tiring to learn the spell needed to do such a task, it shall be worth it to be finally rid of such a nuisance."Aku then laughed maniacally once more as he started to flip through the black books pages. "Now where was it exactly. Here? Nope. Recipe for little girls."

Jack once again tried his best to free himself but still he could not. He could move his arms, but he could not be free of this demons shackles. But he must! He could not fail all the people counting on him. He could not let his quest end here. He needed to free the future from this monster! If only he had his sword-!

His sword...

"Nope. A map that shall lead you to some hotel for monsters..."

As the insane tyrant kept rambling, Jack looked for his sword. His turned his head as far as he could and looked in every direction. After several moments of searching, he spotted it. It was right next to his feet. He had to act fast before the demon could find the spell. So he stretched his arm as far as he could, his fingers just inches away.

"I found- no wait, this is instructions on how to build a laboratory..."

Jack tried to grab the sword as he knew Aku would locate the spell soon. Sweat started dripping down his face as his fingers just now touched his sword.

"Ah, here it is," Aku said with a smile and Jack felt fear growing in him as the demon started chanting the ancient words. A pitch black energy soon surrounded the book as Jack knew he had to act fast. He could not fail the future, he could not fail the past, he needed to save everyone this demon has ever hurt. He prayed to his ancestors to give him strength. And he finally was able to grab his sword by the handle!

"Aaaand done." Aku said as he turned the book around to face Jack as his eyes widened. "So long samurai, it has not been fun. I hope you-.

"WAIT," Jack shouted, and Aku stopped talking before blinking and raising a curious eyebrow at the samurai.

"What?" Aku asked genuinely confused.

"...What's that sword in the middle of your book?"

"What sword in my-?" Jack knew he had to act now as Aku inspected the book. He aimed as best as he could and as fast as he could before pulling his arm back as far as he could. He chucked the sword with all his strength as it sliced through the air, hitting the book straight in the center. Aku's eyes widen in horror as the sword pierced through the ancient book and its pages.

"You-you fool, what have you-?! Aku never got to finish as the black energy that surrounded the book turned to dark blue as a beam of blue energy shot from the book straight into the sky as the book itself crumbled to dust. The sky blackened as it was covered in black clouds as lightning seemed to strike down from the heavens everywhere. The blue energy that had hit the sky had morphed from a beam to a spiraling vortex as it became faster before suddenly... it stopped. Nothing else seemed to happen.

"Well... that was anti-!" Aku never finished as a neon blue portal opened up a hundred feet from them as it started to suck up everything in front of it with the force of a hurricane! "O.K see ya." He quickly took the shape of a bat and attempted to fly away however he could not escape the immense force. At the same time, the appendage holding Jack evaporated into black spots the flew back to Aku. And now without anything holding him down Jack was sent flying backwards through the air straight towards the portal.

Jack quickly impaled his sword into the ground as deep as he could, which did slow him down, but he was still being pulled into the portal. His body was flailing violently against the severe winds, his impaled sword still moving towards the portal as Jack gripped his sword as tightly as his immense strength would allow. Unfortunately, one of the dead trees could not handle the fearsome winds and was lifted up from its roots and headed straight for the portal... And jack dead center in its path.

Jack could do nothing, except for looking on in shock as his eyes widened and the tree hit him,sending him straight into the portal.

A Samurai's Journey.

"So how did it go tonight Oliver," Felicity asked as Oliver entered through the door to his secret basement and walked down the stairs. "Did ya stick an arrow in anybody special."

"No, today was a quiet night." Oliver answered as he took off his hood and hanged his bow on the see-through glass container. "The only real crime I saw was a drug dealer, and I left him tied up to a street lamp. " A small smile crossed his face, and a touch of humor filled his eyes. "And I'm pretty sure getting shot with an arrow would make anybody technically special."

Felicity chuckled. "Technically I guess your right. By the way, Diggle wanted me to tell you that he couldn't go on patrol tomorrow cause he's got a hot da-." Felicity never finished because, at that moment, a huge earthquake swept through the building. The walls shook and the ceiling let out several groans as if the metal might fall under the powerful force. Oliver struggled to stay upright as he held onto his container to better balance himself.

"Felicity what's going on?!" Oliver shouted

"I don't know!?" She shouted back before turning back to her computer and typing a storm. "It feels like an earthquake and it sucks just as bad as an earthquake but I installed scanners to pick up early warning signs of any seismic activity after Malcolm's attack?!" She explained but never taking her eyes away from her screen as a plethora of data appeared on it. "So we should have know that- a 7.2 earthquake was coming, WHAT!?" She shouted as she immediately shot out of her chair and stood up, as best she could during an earthquake at least. "That is literally impossible the sensors in here should have easily picked up something that big?!" without warning Oliver suddenly leapt from his spot and tackled Felicity to the ground, just as a large chunk of concrete fell from the ceiling and crushed Felicity's chair.

They both slid on the floor on their sides until both stopped when they hit the salmon ladder, but Oliver took most of the damage as he hugged felicity tightly into his chest. They both stayed there for several more moments until the fierce thrashing stopped and the walls and ceilings stopped shaking.

Slowly both began to rise up as Oliver got to his feet first and offered a hand to Felicity.

"Are you alright." He asked

"Yeah I'm alright." She said as she took his hand and got up. "Thankfully your abs are rock hard." Upon realizing what she said, she felt her embarrassment grow as she quickly tried to amend what she said. "And when I say that I mean it in a matter of fact way and not any other way. And by any other way, I mean in a sexual type-."

"I know what you meant," Oliver said, cutting the genius woman's ramblings short. "Can you check to see what exactly happened." He asked

"Hold on for a moment." Felicity rushed to her computer and hoped over the hunk of concrete in her way. "Scanners show that the earthquake has passed though as to how a major earthquake happened without it setting off my alarms I do not know." Felicity then looked over her shoulder and saw Oliver had a questioning expression crossed his face. "What?"

"Why do you have sensors to detect earthquakes." He asked, putting a little emphasis on the word earthquake.

"Well like I said during all this mess I did it after Malcolm's attack so that in case someone tried another crazy scheme with an earthquake machine I could better detect where said machine is."

Oliver expression became slightly confused at her explanation.

"What you're the only guy who's allowed to be paranoid." She said as she raised her brow at the vigilante before looking back to her computer.

"Never mind, so what exactly did cause this, because, from the sound of it, this doesn't look very natural." Oliver looked over felicity's shoulder as she checked her readings.

"That's cause it isn't." She said. "See there have been absolutely no shifts in the tectonic plates, and there also would have been some smaller quake if this was the work of some earthquake machine. And also we weren't the only people hit, there were equally powerful earthquakes in Coast City, and Central City. But the weird part is that no one else felt or experienced anything like this."

Oliver felt a mixture of shock and worry start to rise inside him as he narrowed his eyes. If that were true that what caused this? Was it some new enemy. At first, he doubted it, but that thought seemed more likely by the second, so he still kept his suspicions in a corner of his mind. Right now, however, focus on one thing because he needed to assess the damage done.

"Do you have an estimate on how much damage was done," Oliver asked.

"Uhh, lets see." Felicity started typing again on her computer as she ran multiple programs. "Thankfully there wasn't a lot of damage for an earthquake this big, but there is still some significant damage here." A bright blue alarm with the words "Police scanner frequency" underneath it appeared on her screen. "The police are reporting several cases of people being trapped underneath destroyed buildings and multiple accountants of grand theft auto as well. So in addition to this being a terrible night, something tells me the traffic in the morning is gonna be even suckier."

Oliver let out a sigh before going to retrieve his bow. "Well this night just got more exciting," he said before putting his hood on. "Contact Diggle, tell him where the closest location of trapped people is. I'm gonna need some help tonight." Olive ran up the stairs and left Felicity downstairs.

"Welp, It's just me again all by myself except for my lovely computer. And I'm talking to myself again aren't I." She rambled. And as she sat there, she wondered what could cause such strange events; she felt worried because she really hoped it was another nut job who got his hands on an earthquake machine. But she was also... a little fearful of what might come, since whenever stuff like this happened, something bad always followed.

Well, whatever it was, Team Arrow would stop it... or whatever they were called would stop it.

A Samurai's Journey

Outside one of Starling City's abandoned warehouses, there was not a disturbance nearby except for the few screams of people panicking from the recent earthquake and for good reason. This district seemed fine since the only noise aside from the screams was the faint blowing of the wind.

Then the wind got stronger.

All of a sudden the wind became more ferocious as newspapers and garbage close by started to fly through the streets and the wind only got stronger. Soon the wind was moving at speeds as if there was a hurricane going on as some cars were even lifted off the ground for a moment. The wind then started to go towards the warehouse and it started to spiral around it, giving the wind the appearance of a thin tornado surrounding the building right before a beam of blue energy shot down from the sky and hit the ground right in front of the warehouse. And then the ground that was hit unleashed a tall portal that shot something out from inside it as it became clearer it was revealed to be Samurai Jack and he went straight through the air before falling on the hard concrete floor.

Jack slowly and shakily got up to his feet as he opened his eyes, his vision was blurry as he struggled to make out his surroundings. he tried walking but when he took a step his dizziness got the better of him as he collapsed onto one knee. He tried to remember what had happened. His memories were shaky, and the only thing that was clear was him going to a village...

And then he remembered everything. Aku's deception. The portal. Aku's words of him never honoring his family. Remembering what happened made him clench his fist in pure fury.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

His rage coursed through every fiber of his being as he let out a ferocious shout the echoed through the empty street. He punched the street with all his strength as a small trail of blood leaked from his fist. He ignored the pain as he let is mind be consumed by his anger.

He could not believe that he had been so foolish! Now he will never be able to complete his quest! All because he had been tricked by a maniacal tyrant."

"Calm down, you must be calm." He reminded himself, knowing he couldn't let his anger distract him from more important matters. He could not let his frustration plague his mind. He knew he needed to act rationally if he wanted even a chance to get back to his world. He was aware of this, yet he could not stop the anger boiling within him as it threatened to burst. Pushing past the pain, he was able to get to his feet at least.

"Where am I?" He asked himself, looking around as his eyes locked onto a towering column of smooth steel and glass so clear one could see their reflection in. They were tall, some almost as tall as the constructions Jack saw in the future. Little lights danced all over the building as Jack wondered what exactly it was built for. As he eyes traveled up the building, he tilted his neck so he keep his balance and his eyes saw a sign at the very top of the building.

Jack squinted his eyes as he was then able to make out exactly what the sign said. "Starling City, A city of stars"

And although Jack had no idea what this land, this dimension held in store for him he knew one thing. This journey would be unlike any other he or his ancestors have ever experienced. However, he was sure he could handle it.

Jack looked around for his sword and found it in the middle of the street. He slowly walked towards it with his breath coming out heavier and with more difficulty than he expected. He must have been more injured than he thought, but he did not stop as he bent down and picked up his sword.

"I will get back to my world... And I will get back to the past." Jack said, his determination growing before he walked off to explore what this new land had to offer.

And what trials it would bring with it.

Chapter I: End

Authors note. So please review, This is the first Fanfic I've done. I want to see what my readers thought, If you have any suggestions on any ideas for chapters or plot lines, then please go ahead and tell me through the reviews.

Also a couple of things I'm sure you guys have questions on. This is taking place mid season 2 or not. I don't know it may change. If you think there is a better time for this crossover to take place then please tell me.

As for if Aku made it with Jack through the portal... Only time will tell.

So this is The Black Mage Of Phantasm signing off. Read and review please.