Chapter 1
A Tired Samurai
It had been a long and tiring day for Jack; first he had to save a group of children from a new brainwashing station made by Aku, while there he had a run-in with the Scotsman. Apparently his brother had said something to offend his wife, which caused a rampage. Reluctantly, Jack had stepped in to mediate the situation. Since the Scotsman's bonny wife hates Jack, their plan only half-worked.
The second she spied Jack, her rampage turned to him, drawing her ferocity from the Scotsman's brother. Jack caught a faint "Thank you!" from the Scotsman as he escaped the wrath of a woman who clearly held a grudge. Once he was safely away from the psychotic woman, he managed to stumble upon a small village under siege by Beetle Bots.
Annoyed, he laid waste to the horde and slipped away from the elated villagers before they could cause too much of a ruckus in his favor. With head aching and body covered in cuts and oil, a thoroughly disgusted samurai traverses through the dense forest that covers the area before coming to a serene waterfall.
Humming happily, Jack undressed and dove into the cold water. Once the last of the oil had been scrubbed off, he decided to meditate, taking up a sitting position on a rock beneath the waterfall, letting the cascade ease his troubled mind and soothe his pained body.
He had no idea she was there. The stress of the day's events had taken their toll, clouding his judgment. She felt herself blush when he disrobed, looking away as he got into the water… her water. She looked down at a small rope necklace adorned with a blue shell-shaped pendant clutched in her delicate hands. The word was bitter on her lips as she repeated it over and over, remembering back to the days before Aku, and back to the day she had been sealed away to wait for the one destined to rid the world of the evil that was Aku.
She looked back at her hero, so close yet so far away. 'I need him to find me.' She thought, pressing all her hopes into the small amulet before hurling over the waterfall. Now all she had to do was pray he found it before Aku did, and hope he reached her soon, she was so tired of being cooped up in her small prison.
