Chapter 2 Jack and Little Emerald pt 2
Forest
Emerald felt her head felt her head throbbing. She could hear many things though nothing that she knew about. No cars, no electricity, no nothing. She slowly opened her eyes to see a completely different place. She was amazed. A liquid substance flowed near her. The buildings seemed to be shorter and had branches that were covered in some green stuff. She tried to stand up and she kept feeling a similar green stuff on the ground, which seemed pleasant for some reason. She then felt something moving her hair, and made a calming sound. She calmed down a bit then she heard someone getting closer.
It was a being unlike anything Emerald had seen. It was wearing some sort of white robes, its hair was black and tied in a knot. He had some sort of destabilizer on his hip and wore some weird shoes, and he had some sort of blue creatures on one of his arms.
Emerald quickly moved behind a tree trying to maintain a safe distance.
"I see you are awake now. The call me Jack. What is your name." asked Jack
"My name is Emerald." said Emerald as she kept her hiding spot
"I brought some food and water for you." said Jack sitting down putting the fish and the water next to a fire.
Emerald slowly moved to sit near the strange creature. She then saw him place the fish near the hot spot. She slowly moved her hand only to get burned.
"Careful. You could burn yourself with fire." "Fire?" "Yes. This is called fire." "Does everything else have a name?" "Yes. That is called a river it flows with water, I caught the fish there, we are in a forest filled with trees, we are sitting on grass, and the wind is blowing." explained Jack
Emerald was taken aback for this. She even began to smell something really good. She followed the smell back to the fire and saw that the fishes were already cooked.
"That smells great." "Now we eat."said Jack handing Emerald a fish.
Emerald wondered what to do. She saw Jack opening his mouth and taking chunks of the fish and then moved his mouth and then he did something with his throat and the chunk. Emerald then did the same only to get her tongue burned. She got up and ran around making Jack laugh in silence. Jack then stopped Emerald on her tracks and gave her some water. She didn't know what to do so Jack showed her. He took a sip and then swallowed the water. She then did the same thing and it was a whole new thing for her. She then tried to eat again and she loved it.
"This is amazing. Mr. Jack. If we had this in Homeworld we..." Emerald then got depressed.
Jack was about to ask what was wrong. He heard something. A pack of bounty hunters riding wolves. The bounty hunters were armed monsters with guns. Emerald was frightened and hid behind Jack.
"Samurai Jack. Aku has a bounty on your head. We have come to claim it." said the leader of the Bounty hunters.
Jack merely stood up calmly putting the fish down. Emerald stood in fear.
"Emerald run to the river when I say go." said Jack with a reassuring voice
Jack slowly grabbed the hilt of his sword, and then the bounty hunters jumped at Jack. Jack just stood there. Emerald jumped to the river like Jack told her. She turned around to see what had happened.
The world seemed to have slowed down. Jack pulled out his sword and jumped up dodging the first attack of the bounty hunters. He then proceeded to slice the weapons and the first two bounty hunters. He then did a duck and did an upper slice taking the robot wolf's head and the cyborg arms of the third bounty hunter. The leader was next. He jumped pulling out his guns only to meet a vertical sword slash, making the bounty hunter explode. The damage was done and the other bounty hunters soon joined their leader.
The explosion behind Jack only made Emerald be even more impressed. She had never seen let alone meet someone with this kind of skill. She was left with her mouth open. Jack walked up to her and helped her to her feet.
"Are you alright?" asked Jack
Emerald began to cry and hugged Jack. After a while they moved away from the place where they were before, and Jack got ready for bed. Emerald had a weird look on her face. She recalled all of the events. This being had defeated no destroyed four better armed warriors. She then pulled out all her courage and said what was on her mind.
"Teach me." "Excuse me." "Teach me how to fight. I saw all you did. Please. I'll do anything." "Why do you wish to learn how to fight." "I... I just need to." said Emerald
Jack just made himself comfortable, and closed his eyes.
"Go to sleep."
Emerald did the same thing he did, but got nothing.
The night passed slowly for Emerald the events of the last few days still fresh in her mind. Jack had gotten up and woke her up. Even though he knew that she was awake.
"Will you teach me now?" asked Emerald.
"No." said Jack as he began to walk.
"No. What do you mean no?" asked Emerald following Jack.
Jack simply walked with no worry. Emerald followed him closely behind. They walked for hours and only stopped when they ate or when Emerald needed to rest.
Plain
Jack and Emerald arrived at a plain and Jack suddenly stopped making Emerald crash behind him.
"What's wrong why did you stop?" asked Emerald
Jack grabbed his sword and like lightning cut two sticks. He sheathed his sword and then he picked the two sticks. He turned and gave one to Emerald. Emerald became worried because with his hat on she could not see what he was looking like.
"I will ask you again. Why do you want me to train you?"
"Because I need to get stronger." responded Emerald
Jack simply hit her on the head. She merely rubbed her head, and then she grabbed her stick with both hands and began trying to hit him. Sadly she was blocked every time with little effort. She tried jumping and landing a hit. But Jack merely used the stick to send her flying behind him. At this moment as she was getting up the wind began to blow.
"Why do you want me to train you?"
"Because I need to fight. RRRRAAAAHHHH!"
Emerald began yelling as she sent several attacks towards Jack. He merely blocked or stepped aside to avoid her attacks.
"He who walks with aggression, walks with no dignity."
"What!? I just want to know how to fight."
"Why? Everyone wants to be stronger. But why must you become strong? That is the question."
Emerald had had it. She gathered all her strength and made one last swing. As the sticks got closer and closer the sky gets filled with lightning and rain pours down to the earth. The two sticks clash Emerald's shatters. She drops to her knees and begins to cry. Jack just stands there listening.
"Because I don't want to lose anyone. I lost Onyx and now I am alone. Please help me I lost everything please." cried Emerald while punching the ground.
"Perhaps I will understand better if you tell me everything." said Jack helping Emerald to her feet.
Emerald told Jack the story and by the time she was finished the sky had cleared.
"For what you seek you will need more than just strength. Your training begins tomorrow."
Emerald was happy beyond anything. She began jumping out of pure joy.
That night
Emerald was trying to get to sleep but it still alluded her.
"Master, how do you sleep? I have never slept."
"You must first relax. Get comfortable and then let your mind flow."
With these final words Emerald began to feel tiered and she suddenly found herself sleeping.
