Chapter 2: The Prologue of Ancient Times and The Birth of The Ninja Warrior: Part 2
(Greetings loyal followers and welcome to the second part of the prologue of this revised and modified story. This chapter was pain in the posterior to get done because the data of the history of my OC that was modified, and recalibrated, had got corrupted, and didn't feel too motivated to write after losing everything I had but I'm back and ready to write. If you're a returning or new member, please go back and read chapter 1. Some details has been changed. Those who can't understand my translations, know that I don't know the meanings and I'm merely using google translate to write. Without further ado let the story begin.)
Four years has gone by as the being known as Scorpion started shaping his own destiny. The years had been kind to him as he stood a height of 5'5 at the age of 12. During those four years, Scorpion made it his mission build himself up year by year. The first year was spent doing menial jobs for peasants to build a reputation in the village and build enough money and experience to build his own house in just a year. How was this possible? It started when Scorpion was testing theories on his power. He wanted to gain experience on multiple things as if he was in two places at once. Through trials and errors, he was able to create bodies made of his physical and spiritual chi. The drawback was that his power was cut by half for each body he made and he only had enough power for five of them.
However, Scorpion found an advantage in the drawback as he learned that the clones can regain his original power through training. After catching his breath from splitting his power, Scorpion began wondering if it truly worked due to them staying stationary. Without an order, the copies began touching the ground and breathing the air until one of them spoke to Scorpion saying that the body multiplier test was a complete success. Scorpion was surprised since he was thinking inside his head making him realize that he had a hive mind with his mind hive as well. With that done, Scorpion gave them orders to gain civilian experience in jobs by transforming into any of the people who were consumed while learning to conceal their chi and train to boost their power to create more bodies as well.
The reason he stated this was based on a theory he wanted to test and plan he had in motion. The theory was that if he made clones out of spiritual chi, he would gain spiritual refinement and mental control and if he made clones out his physical chi then he gains the physical experience and muscle memory. However, it could be dangerous because it could double the stress, pain, and tiredness of the body and mind exponentially. But, due to his repeated adapting the first time he trained in stealth, his healing factor, and the fact that he can't feel pain anymore, he could continue on.
A week of nonstop training was his breaking point by himself but with five clones it would be cut down so he might as well gain the full experiences of both but had to be extremely careful and train only twice a week and perfect his stealth every day and night. The reason why he doesn't just use evolving chi to get this training done as quickly as possible was because he didn't want to become arrogant and dependent on his power because as a ninja, he was to become humble yet deadly, modest yet brutal, calm yet murderous and most important of all, balanced. He will not survive anymore.
This time, he will live.
Six months go by since Scorpion began training. For twice a week, his multi-bodies and him (A/N: Happy for that grammar correction you arrogant pests?!) worked themselves to the bone with physical and spiritual training. Spiritual training was harder because unlike physical training he didn't know any so he had to create some from scratch. Going through flaws, trails and errors, he learned the art of recharging his physical and spiritual chi through meditation. It took a total of 5 hours for him to charge at full power, but like all abilities, he must find it and work at it like a muscle and it will charge faster after each use. Once the energy of the bodies was depleted, they would turn into platinum, gold, or sapphire balls of energy before shooting back into the original body proving his theory correct of gaining the experience, fatigue, strained muscles, and the increase in his reserves.
Scorpion had never felt such a level fatigue since unlocking and organizing his mindscape but the training paid dividends. The other half of the year was spent learning how to conceal his power, perfect his stealth, learn the full layout of the village from its shortcuts, hidden passages, caves, and its wilderness. In those six months, he perfected his survival training, he was stealthy enough to hide and conceal his power from provost level samurais and on how to take care of himself. His power had increased to the point where instead 5 of clones he could create 20 and can now train vigorously every day instead of just two now that his control was advanced. He used his clones to build experience in civilian skills like how to cook, clean, hunt, build, forge, farm, heal, and other important things.
After that was done, he would later build an information broker to collect any details that will help him keep up with what's going on in the world. With 20 clones working on different branches of jobs for six months gained him a lot of experience and income. With it, he was able to buy an acre of land and tools to build his own house, indoor plumbing, electricity, farm, blacksmith/laboratory, and training ground and all of this was done in just a mere year without using evolving chi. Speaking of his chi, he learned that he can activate and deactivate any adaptation his evolving chi upgraded on him which helped him since when he bled out, the blood doesn't melt the ground causing craters to form.
The second year was spent on completely mastering stealth and energy concealment, start his energy detection training and his elemental affinity training to see if he can unlock those as well. Six months later with his multi-body technique, he became a master of the art of stealth and energy concealment that no one in the village could feel, see, or hear his existence and increased his multi-body technique to 50 bodies. During those six months, Scorpion had broken into multiple clans and the royal palace a total of 7 times copying information, clan secrets, and ancient history. He also found out why the princesses stopped visiting him. Their fathers had forbidden them to never speak to him again since they were above his status.
The daughters had pleaded, but this only enraged the fathers and stated that if they visited him again, he would be executed and they were to be stripped of their samurai career and wedded. Back to the training, some would ask, how does someone gain that much experience in that little of time? Despite being created as a prodigy, here's the answer: Citadel 626-4-12's revolution period is 372 days which equals 1 year, while its rotational period is 36 hours which equals 1 day. 31 days equals 1 month and 3 days every month in which he uses the last 3 days for rest and 7 days equal 1 week. Scorpion had developed a training program where he would train twice a day, every day, with 11 clones, 10 for training and 1 to help heal and recharge his body, mind, and spirit once he fused back into one and restart it all over again.
In conclusion, Scorpion would train with a total of 20 clones while the final clone builds his energy back up, ready to train again and would gain 20 days of experience a day, every day. If you multiply 20 days a day of training into 7 days, it would equal 140 days of training done in a week which is over 4 months in a week. 6 months equals 186 days. In those six months, if 20 days a day of training is multiplied with 186 days, it will equal to 3,720 days of training done in 186 days which is 6 months. Then, divide 3,720 days by 372 days into years and the answer would be 10. So, in conclusion, Scorpion has done 10 years of stealth and energy concealment training in just six months. Once again this was done without the E.C. or evolving chi for short. This was hard work and dedication.
The next six months were spent learning his elemental affinity and energy detection skills. His primary affinity was earth, the secondary was lightning, the third one was water, the fourth one was fire and his worst affinity was air. Each day was spent training on a single element and the last day would be used for energy detecting. The training order went like this; earth on the first, lightning on the second, water on the third, fire on the fifth, air on the sixth, and energy detection on the final day. Each day was trained with 10 clones. In those six months with his training plan, (A/N: Just read the paragraphs above) each training day gained over a year or 400 days of experience in just six months.
With that experience, he can sense any living energy source within a 1000-meter radius, mastery of the earth element, the expertise of the lightning element, equal advancement of the water and fire element and proficiency of the air element. Due to his bodies being made with more S.C. than P.C. or spiritual chi than the physical chi for those two years, his spiritual chi became more powerful than his physical chi. The third year was spent balancing his chi, while his clones created his own martial art with the copied information he had borrowed from the black and white samurai clans. The first martial art was called "Wing-Chun," which focused on close combat striking and trapping techniques. The second art was called "Taekwondo," which focused on powerful high-speed kicks or strikes.
The third martial art was called "Boxing," which focused on punches, strikes & feet movement. The last five martial arts styles he copied were Wrestling, Hapkido, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, and Capoeira. For the martial arts training, he created 4 clones that had more physical chi than spiritual for each style. two was to learn the katas, stances, and techniques while the other two studies and correct the weaknesses and flaws of each style and fused what suits him to create his own Martial art. In just a year his chi was perfectly balanced and gained 4 years of experience of his martial art styles and due to his high IQ and prodigy talent, his fused style was a quarter-perfect but he considered himself a warrior apprentice in the 10 warrior ranks.
What were the 10 warrior ranks?
The 10 warrior ranks are a system of ranks in the ancient history stone tablet hidden underneath the palace's treasury written by ancient warriors of all races that shows the ranking system of those with power, skill, and/or technique. It also showed hidden abilities that are specifically designed for certain races including humans and also explains the agriculture, monumentally historic landmarks, and world wars that were going on in the past that was dated back 5 million years ago. Seeing such vast history buried and forgotten, Scorpion decided that this vast history will be his prized possession. So, with his clones help, he had made large 2 scrolls that had the equivalent space of a one-thousand-page book in historical and alphabetical order.
The first scroll would be called "Citadel History" and the other will be his and his alone called "Ability encyclopedia" which will be his most guarded treasures. Anyway, the first rank was called "Potential Warrior," which is the rank of an average citizen with no fighting experience. The second is "Warrior Apprentice," which is the rank of the citizen starting their warrior life. The third was called "Basic Warrior," which is the rank when one master the basics of their chosen path and truly begins to walk the way of the warrior. The fourth was called "Journeymen Warrior," which is the rank warriors has gained experience from defeats or successes and learn from them to become better. The fifth was called "Professional Warrior," which is the rank when one sometimes rarely makes mistakes but is very close to becoming a master.
The sixth was called "Master warrior," which is the rank of one whose perfected their craft and have become a role model to fellow warriors alike. The seventh rank is "Grandmaster Warrior," which is the rank when one reaches the epitome of mortal potential and is considered very wise. The eighth rank was called "Ultimate Grandmaster Warrior," which is the rank of when one wishes to go beyond mortal potential wanting to reach supernatural levels. The Ninth rank was called "Warrior Champion," which is the rank of when one has the powers, skills, and/or techniques compared to gods. The tenth and final rank was called "Champion of Champions," which is the rank of when one is the TRUE survival of the fittest. The top of the chain. The one that surpasses the gods. The one who is freedom.
That rank is what Scorpion strives to achieve. To become freedom itself and rule this village. This he swore or die trying. The final year was spent perfecting his elemental affinities with his body numbers increasing from 50 to 100. Due to the power increase, his perfect control was shot and had to restart control exercises all over again. In that one year his power and control skyrocketed with 20 bodies doing control training once a day instead of twice had gained him 20 years and the other 80 in rows of 16 that focused on doing elemental transformation gave him full mastery of Earth, Lightning, Water, Fire, and Air with 16 years of experience to the point that he can use any element almost instinctively, combine elements to create new elemental powers and gained a huge amount of power with his multi-body technique upgrading again to 200 bodies.
Just as a reminder, this was still done without using the evolving chi. However, this training also came with a powerful consequence. The consequence was when he was outside the village training his elements, samurai, Yōkai, and other mystical beings felt the energy and marched their way to his location. He was barely able to get out of there as the war took thousands of samurais and supernatural beings' lives. Was this his fault? Definitely. Should he care that they were dead because of him? Probably, but he didn't care because 3 out of 5 of them were slave owners, pedophiles, murderers, and more. So, with that extreme power-up came with an equal sacrifice that Scorpion never wishes to cause again. Now focusing on the present, Scorpion was traveling around the village and this time he was shopping.
Why was he shopping? He was shopping for certain types of fabrics and metals to finally build his ninja gear and weapons. He decided that he would make ancient metals that were locked away due to safety and forbidden reasons. With all his currency spent on purchasing very expensive metals, fabrics, and periodic table ingredients, Scorpion returned home and got to work in his blacksmith/laboratory. In just a month with 10 copies of helping him with the intense testing, welding, forging, and experimentations. he finally created ancient metals fused from periodic element ingredients with instructions from his citadel history scroll. The first metal that he created was called "Promethium." This is the given name of two metal alloys called "Depleted Promethium" and "Volatile Promethium."
The depleted promethium was a highly dense and sharp metal that was said to slice through a dragon's scales and flesh like butter and protects the user from damages that travel 5 times the speed of sound and when alloyed with titanium and vanadium, it forms a near-invulnerable metal. The volatile promethium was capable of generating and absorbing near-limitless amounts of energy and can be used as a power source for many gadgets. The reason that the metal was forbidden is because the volatile component of promethium causes circulatory poisoning and can cause the person that is using it horrific mutations and could destroy the cellular structure of the human body. Luckily, Scorpion had a Level 2 healing factor that was fast enough to destroy the mutagens that affect his body.
Plus, due to his PhD levels of science, chemistry, engineering and genetics, he was able to carefully decontaminate the radiation from the metal alloys and combine both of them to create TRUE promethium. The second metal that he had created was called; "Thoitium." This metal had the amazing ability to copy any organic or inorganic matter to the sub-atomic level and turn into it making the metal edible or inedible and with further studying of it, it also can to turn into a liquid or gas form. Scorpion knew that with this metal and more testing, he could solve village hunger and feed every starving orphan on the street but right now he wasn't focused on the village. He decided on the idea of fusing these two metals together and see if he could gain the best of both.
With careful precision, Scorpion had created a brand-new metal that he named; "Chromium." This was his masterpiece. This metal had the abilities of all of the Alloys that it was fused from and the durability was increased drastically. However, it also gained two new abilities as well. For example, it gained the ability of magnetism which attracts and repels anything with a magnetic force and the other ability of the metal is the ability to create an endless supply of the metal. In other words, it was able to generate more of itself. Scorpion knew that what he had created was a mere accident but he was not going to look a gift horse in the mouth and he was going to put the metal to good use. Five months passed and instead of using the Chromium as only a foraging tool, he also genetically fused Chromium in his body, mainly his bones and eyes.
With his control of the earth element and his E.C., he gained the abilities of both the metals and its alloys. But the best part is what happened to his eyes. When he had looked at a mirror, his eyes were completely solid gold with a multitude of crimson red kanji traveling in rows of columns downwards. While testing to see if his new eyes gained any ability, he learned that what he sees, his eyes would do a laser scan and create a holographic projection showing extremely detailed blueprints of how it was made and what was needed to create it for himself. It was absolutely phenomenal! Such a phenomenal power had to have a phenomenal name. In the end, he dubbed his new eyes "The eyes of Matrix." With his eyes and body modified, he used the rest of the other metals and fabric materials to create his own weapons and uniform.
It was flexible enough to give him a freedom of movement but just as durable and strong as a dragon's scales. Speaking of dragons, During the 4½ years of training, Scorpion had made weekly visits talking and learning about the Dragon Gods. They were both surprised that in just 4½ years his power went from above average to rivaling a high-master level samurai. Scorpion had told them what's been going on in the village, the things he had learned and what he did. Some of the stuff he told them made them enraged but the other stuff brought smiles to their faces seeing that there was some good going his way. One time he had asked them both what was a parent supposed to be like.
This was something they both knew that Tarkata would never talk about due to his past being the only thing that truly caused him pain and for him to finally share that pain with them meant that he was trying to give more of his trust to them. They explained to him that parents were to take care and coddle their children; To make them feel loved and support them in what they think is right and to push them to become better than their predecessors so that they would never make the same mistakes that caused them too much suffering. They also explained that it was also the child's job to do the same for his family because they would do the same for him and show the same compassion and trust to one another.
They also explained that there are some families that use each other for their own gain had warned him about the signs. After learning about it, Scorpion thought very long on it and when he finally made his choice, he asked them something so innocent and so pure that it brought joy to Yin and filled Yang with extreme happiness to his heart. "Will you be our mother/Will you be our father?" Scorpion had asked this with a tone of wanting and hopefulness in his eyes. Without missing a beat, they both agreed and then celebrated his birthday which was on the month of Shí-Yue the 31st or October 31st to the best of their ability by teaching him the history of the universe and the secret of how to reach godhood while Scorpion told them all about his past and what he's been through and how he was saved by the princess while befriending her and her same gender mate.
6 months go by as Scorpion, now the age of 13, has built his trinity of chi to the complete level of control that he was now able to use the correct amount of power to help him battle for longer periods of time, he also graduated to the 3rd warrior rank after he mastered all the martial arts' basics, intermediates, and advance levels. However, due to inexperience against other warriors and other skills that needed to be learned and perfected like Weapons training, Sorcery training, and Sealing training, he didn't consider himself ready to graduate to higher rankings yet so he decided that he would organize all he had done and changed the structure of his martial art and made them into skill sections of what his martial art entails which would be called "Asurion-Ninjutsu." With it, he would create 25 disciplines but he only created 17 so far.
The first one was called: The art of archery techniques. The art of sticks and staff's techniques. The art of strategy techniques. The art of Guerrilla Warfare techniques. The art of hand-to-hand techniques. The art of espionage techniques. The art of meteorology techniques. The art of disguise and impersonation techniques. The art of escape and concealment techniques. The art of sword techniques. The art of geography techniques. The art of stealth and infiltration techniques. The art of spear techniques. The art of sealing techniques. The art of hand-seal techniques. The art of balance techniques. And finally, the art of medical techniques. With those 17 skills, Scorpion calculated he would have those mastered by the time he was 30 even with natural talent and high IQ. But, with the multi-body technique, the time will be cut down.
But for now, he would focus on creating the Asurion style of Ninjutsu and his hardest training is about to begin. 8 more years passed and at 21, standing 6'3, Scorpion has become known as the most famous and deadliest ninja in the village. How was this possible? Here's what happened. Rewind back all the way to his 13th birthday. Through multiple brainstorms with the voices in his head, he came up with eight more disciplines to finally perfect his martial art. The first one was called: The art of chemistry. The art of throwing weapons techniques. The art of the five senses training. The art of weapons techniques. The art of deception techniques. The art of sorcery techniques. The art of meditation techniques. And finally, the art of ascension.
With the final pieces connected to his martial art, he began to perfect his style but would not work on the last discipline until his body and power is strong enough to handle it and would be considered a hidden discipline. Due to his semi-mastery of 12 skills in his martial art, he only focused on perfecting the other disciplines. With 15 clones working on 4 disciplines twice a day for a year starting on his 13th and ending until his 18th birthday. Now that he was 18 years old, his martial art was near-perfect. If 15 clones training twice a day which equals 30 clones every day gaining 30 years a year of experience in each discipline didn't make someone a master than you're a fool for believing it didn't and his body spamming technique reached 420 bodies. After that, he stopped training because the only way to truly master his martial art was to gain experience. Now he would start creating his ninja uniform and start his career by having his disguised doppelgangers hand out pamphlets requesting his services to do menial chores, rescues, and/or elimination of bandit territories.
In just 3 years, word has spread around the village about the ninja as Scorpion gained many titles to his name which include; The Blind Demon; The Sliver Shadow; The Phantom Zombie; The Hollow Enigma; Out of all those titles, there is but one title that define who and what he is, "Trinity. The Ninja Warrior." In those 3 year, some civilians looked to him as a hero for the struggling, weak, and oppressed while other civilians, samurais, and criminals saw him as a vigilante, a demon, or a threat to their business and hired samurais and fighters alike to deal with him but all that did for him is gain the needed experience as he defeated honorable warriors, arrogant fools, and slain those that needed to die.
Scorpion had advanced and refined his chi so much that he became spiritually aware of the afterlife and was able to see ghosts that few others couldn't and spiritual elemental creatures that roam the planet. He also learned about the hidden abilities discovered in his mind's soul due to entering his mindscape and exploring every nook and cranny of his subconscious realm. In a mere week, he unlocked the ability called "Hidden Extrasensory Perception" or "sixth sense" which gives the user the ability to acquire information by means independent of any known senses or previous experience and unlocking his mental powers. The tablet of ancients talks about the sixth sense coming in a multitude of variations of mental abilities. Testing out his mental powers, he found out that he had telepathy, telekinesis, and clairvoyance. With more training and exploring of his mind he would be able to unlock more abilities and techniques.
Not only did he fight for the living he fought for the deceased as well. The spirits he helped spread the word about him as well, spirits came to him for his help to ascend to the spirit realm and as payment, he wanted their knowledge. He wanted to learn their history and what they learned from their experiences. He learned swords styles like Iaido, Iaijutsu, Battōjutsu, Kenjutsu, Tachi-Dori, and Kobudo. He learned of the effects on spirits that stay in the mortal realm for too long and different species of spiritual lifeforms. For now, he had decided to put the mental training on hold since he was mainly focused on gaining experience. He also earned another title from the dead which they called him "The Purifier" due to his purifying blood and skills in purification techniques of being able to purify suffering souls or banish malevolent spirits.
But, none of this was the interesting part.
The interesting part is that the royal palace sent the princesses to eliminate him. How did he know this? It was simple. He had doppelgangers in the council disguised as the next politicians to take the seats of former corrupt politicians due to being slain. He had members that ran the military and civilian council against the corrupt council numbers so that those that commit crimes and create outrageous laws couldn't do them anymore due to votes reaching impasses. Corrupted samurais and civilians whined and begged the emperors to do something about eliminating Scorpion but the disguised council members wanted to invoke a parley with Scorpion stating the usefulness he can be to the village if he joined them. The emperors overruled that decision immediately due to the unbridled hatred they had for Scorpion for what he did to their military, their subjects, and their village.
Ever since he appeared, the unwashed masses saw him as a beacon of what one is supposed to be and a choice of what kind of warrior someone is supposed to be. Even uncorrupted samurais speak of him in a good light and wish to battle him just to test their strength and those that have fought him in battle and came back to tell the tale had spoken of him like he was a wise and superior being and made blasphemous suggestions of what would the village be like if he was the emperor. It was like Scorpion had spat on the emperors faces, stating that their rule was a joke and that he would be a better emperor than them. This had caused them to become paranoid and tyrannical in their rule and was distrustful of everyone and made it a law that anyone spoke good things about the ninja would receive severe punishment.
They will not take that lying down and they would solve this by sending their heirs to take care of it but warned them that if they failed, they will be stripped of their ranks and become housewives. As the girls left, they were unaware that the emperors would send their most trusted samurai to kill Scorpion and the princesses since they pose a threat to their rule. Instead of leading them on a wild goose chase, Scorpion gave them coordinates to his acre of land and what time he'll be there after sealing all of his accessories, then destroying his house and laboratory. The sun began setting as the stars rose in the slightly darkened sky as he soon felt the power levels of the princesses entering his land. Seeing them years later did wonders for their figures and their power levels were equivalent to that of the Emperors' top guards. Ami had asked was he the one they were looking for before Yumi lightly scolded her stating that this was the person.
Scorpion kept his true identity to himself so that he could test their abilities. Ami tried to be the gentle negotiator saying they wanted to bring him in for his arrest but Yumi had to be the serious one stating that they were here to kill him on the orders of the emperors and the royal council. Scorpion had merely nodded as he asked on what grounds which they explained that he was responsible for the deaths of 23 Black samurais, 27 White samurais, and 350 civilians. Once again, he nodded and stated that if they wish to slay something that's already dead then they better find his weakness and with that, the battle began. The battle lasted for 25 minutes with the land destroyed and the princesses laid about in a crater with major wounds, and broken metal jabbed in their skin or face missing vital areas.
Scorpion didn't win the battle unscathed as he suffered wounds slightly worse than the girls as he had two fingers, and one hand missing but he was standing. He was barely winded from the battle and seemed to have the calmest expression Ami and Yumi had ever seen despite the injuries and that's what pissed them off. They threw everything they had trained so hard for at him and he returned it tenfold and they lay defeated by a man. It was basically telling them that the hellish training and beatings they took to get strong and build the needed respect for all women was all for naught because men will always be better since he only used physical combat with a rare usage of elemental enhancements.
It was degrading.
While Ami remained silent due to making mistakes often and wallowing in her defeat, Yumi had lost any composure she had from being defeated for the first time to demanding him how much he was holding back. Scorpion had merely raised an unseen brow wondering how did she know but was amused that she was showing a different emotion besides arrogance and that she knew he was holding back a bit. He answered that he was fighting them at 50% of his power which was somewhat true since he didn't call back all of his bodies since they were spread all around the village and some are in the council because if he did then he would have fought them at 10%. But it still didn't take away their hard work and dedication. This answer, however, did not seem to please them. In fact, it seemed to destroy their spirits.
They had an extremely hard time trying to cause a minor wound on him for over 10 minutes. When they unleashed their full power, they were able to damage him more than he did to them but he was still standing and fighting and to know that he had more power left meant that he was just playing with them the entire time. Scorpion continued to stare at them as they quietly seethed, unaware that they were feeding their negative emotions to him which he used to convert into his reserves. Scorpion had asked them why do they hold such anger which caused them to angrily look at him. Yumi, being the serious one, groggily stood up with a cracked katana demanding him to use his full power. Scorpion stated to her that her limit was reached and she had no more to give and to try next time.
He said it as a fact and as a warrior that respects her willpower but she saw it as arrogance and superiority over her gender. This misunderstanding made her lose the rest of her calm personality as she screamed in suppressed rage as she charged at him, wildly trying to slice him. Scorpion merely dodged as she started ranting her problems about the male gender. She exclaimed how the samurais treated them like trash because they were women and was tired of never being taken seriously and declaring her hatred of all men. Scorpion innocently asked including him which she once again misunderstood it as mocking as she exclaimed especially him. She verbally assaulted him stating that the male species of humanity are a stain on the world and why they were going extinct.
She ranted that men were nothing but low self-esteemed, arrogant, sexist, hypocritical, animals that subjugate women at any cost to feel superior. At this, Scorpion stated that she was doing the same thing as males were which stopped her as she began growling. Scorpion viciously and logically pointed out the same flaws she was doing like the males she hated as he stated that she has low self-esteem as well if mere words can cause her to lose her focus, how she was arrogant thinking that instead of solving this conflict with democracy she instead charged headfirst into battle thinking it would be over quickly, of course it wouldn't have worked but it was the thought and the principals that counts, how she was sexist against all males due to the few that made her suffer, and how she was balling her fists and growling like an animal ergo making her a hypocritical coward that is too scared to confront her pain and her mistakes.
He stated that the only way to feel better is to accept her pain, improve from her mistakes and rise above the hate and don't let the pain control her and to become stronger. Instead, she let her own pain and rage consume her and cause her to always be under the control of the ones who made her suffer. Tears pooled like a waterfall down Yumi's eyes as her mind and morale snapped like a twig as she screamed in madness trying ever so desperately to kill him as she repeatedly roared "Die" to him, over and over. Ami watched and wept as her beloved broke down in sorrow and humiliation after hitting the ground next to her from catching an uppercut from Scorpion who merely watched on as she bawled, unaware that he was absorbing her emotional energy again and recharged his power up to 70% since he knew if he took all of it, she will become suicidal or lose her sanity.
He then turned his attention to the stump that was his right hand as liquid metal oozed out the stump and solidified into a skeletal hand. chrome flesh, muscles, tendons, veins, and blood regenerated from the leftover biomass he had left, the healing factor that he upgraded with his E.C. from basic to advanced was healing his slight fatigue and injuries leaving only fading scars. After that, he turned his attention back to the girls asking them do they still wish to battle. Ami looked at him shocked and terrified as his major wounds healed, his aura blazed from his body and how Yumi seemed to suddenly start shaking like she was extremely cold.
Ami exclaimed why was he doing this to which he replied that they started it and that he was just feasting on the spoils of combat. She started bawling exclaiming about why was he just playing and to just end them already. While absorbing her negative energy to charge his reserves to 80%, he stated why would he end them when he was having too much fun. Against her better judgment, she tried getting up and fighting him which she later regretted as Scorpion countered her with a knee to the side of her head, dropping her to the ground like a brick. Seeing that she was down for the count, he picked her up by her back with his foot and kicked her back to where Yumi laid.
Seeing how much they both were suffering; the girls crawled toward each other and begin sobbing in saddened humiliation while hugging each other. Scorpion walked toward the two before sitting with his legs crossed and stared at them as they wept. They turned to him and asked why was he doing this? What had they done to him to get humiliated like this? He stated that he had to knock that arrogance and self-pity out of them. He also explained the real reason that her and Yumi were sent to fight him was to weaken him enough so that their fathers could send someone else to deal with him since they thought that when they fought him, they would both die and the others would take the credit and the thrones will not be given to females to which their fathers agreed upon by them not becoming empresses.
They didn't want to believe any of it but deep in their subconscious where they bottled their most intense feelings, there was a part of them screaming at them that everything he said was the truth and that part kept getting stronger and stronger while the part in denial tried to fight back but slowly began backing down from the lashing of common sense and hatred spewing from the other part of their minds. While they having a mental crisis, Scorpion said two names that immediately stopped all the thoughts. "Yamasaki Lightbridge and Tanaka blackheart." (A/N: You'd be foolish if you don't know which color, they are a part of.) Why did those names cause such a reaction? It was because those males were honor guards and the trainers of the princesses and the ones the princesses would be married off to if they ever failed an important mission.
What were Honor guards?
Honor guards were the top 10 most powerful black and white samurais in the village. They are handpicked by the emperors with the 10s being the weakest and the 1s being the strongest behind the emperors. Numbers 10s to 5s were considered grandmasters and advanced grandmasters, 4s to 2s were legendary grandmasters and the 1s were the True grandmasters. They were also the ones who lead their own divisions. They were above the laws of the civilian and military council and only follow the emperors' orders. Scorpion has fought and killed the 10th white and black honor guards who turned out to be the sons of the princesses' trainers. Why did he kill them? Let's just say they had a fascination with children.
Speaking of the devils, two stronger power levels began making their way towards them and just as Scorpion predicted, it was the sixth strongest honor guards in the village. Scorpion could taste the terror from the girls just by seeing their trainers/abusers. The males mockingly insulted the girls about their failure to kill the fool to which Scorpion replied saying that the girls truly deserve the rank of being honor guards than those failures they called "sons." They didn't take too kindly to that as their power flared. Although they were only the 6th most powerful honor guards, they were also the most brutal samurais in the village. They have always beaten the princesses until they were broken and their fathers cared nothing about it and said get stronger or drop out. No matter how strong the girls got, it always ended the same with them on the ground writhing in agony while they laughed and berated them.
To say they were terrified to go through another beating would be the understatement. Scorpion had turned to the girls stating that now was a time make a choice that will forever change their lives. It was either prove to the honor guards right and try to kill him and live a life of abuse, false hope, and lies knowing that their fathers will marry them off or "unintentionally" kill them sooner or later due to them going back to being beaten dogs caged up by their masters. Or, they team up with him and finally put their abusers into the grave they deserve and finally grasp the keys to their own destiny. The males laughed arrogantly about how weak he was asking women for help and ranted about how all women were nothing but child-bearing laborers and that they will never be considered a warrior or equal to men.
However, Ami and Yumi were awed that Scorpion was willing to ask for a woman's help but were nervous about the choices. Could they really give up all they worked so hard for to fight with their enemy or prove their abusers right about how they'll fall in line and just be naïve morons following orders like a tortured slave? In the end, they made their choice...They will stand with Scorpion. To hell with their fathers, to hell with royalty, but above all else, to hell with Yamasaki Lightbridge and Tanaka blackheart. Seeing that they sided with him, Scorpion unsheathed the two katanas from his back, tossing them to the girls, and shot tendrils of chi at them.
After healing them and recharging their respective power sources and strength back to full health and beyond their normal capacity, He told them to have fun while he stayed behind and rested since his reserves were depleted. He then stood in a pose with his hands balled and barely touching the sides of his index fingers as his body entered a meditative state to charge his power in the naturally faster way to build his reserves while closing his eyes. Building up his power to 100% would take 2 hours which told him he would have to make his meditation speed faster to cut down that time. The girls appeared to be dominating their trainers with his power which proved to him that his 50% reserves plus the 30% emotional energy he absorbed from the girls were enough to battle the trainers with a slight superior footing and advantage.
Scorpion was impressed as he watched the girls engaged in the battle for 20 minutes in which they decided by playing with the males' pride until they flip out in rage while damaging them. But he knew that this would not last long and a mistake because the trainers had enough and activated their full power. Seeing them transform made Scorpion realize what the honor guards had done, they had activated their "Samurai State." The Samurai State is a form in which a Grandmaster level warrior can enter a state that substantially multiples their base power by 10 times and unlocks new abilities. In some cases, the user does not transform, but the power received from it still allows them to match or even rarely surpass standard-level gods.
Just as he thought that, another 20 minutes later the princesses were beaten to unconsciousness and now the corrupted honor guards turned their attention to him. He knew for a fact that he charged up only 50% which made them stronger than him by 20% as they were above half the strength due to their battle with the princesses. This was going to be a little while as this will be a fight for his life and so began the battle of his life. It was a 30-minute battle of Ninja versus Samurais in a battle of absolute brutality. The honors guards truly gave Scorpion the battle experience he needed to finally come close to graduating to the 7th warrior rank and stand toe to toe with Grandmaster level warriors. This time, he had no more to give as he exhausted all of his chi except the excess needed to stay alive.
His wounds were catastrophic as this time his arms were sliced off, had slashes all across his upper body and a horizontal slash across his eyes completely blinding him. But he paid them back in kind as he took one hand and one eye from each of them while he was on his knees signifying that he was defeated with two swords jabbed into his stomach and heart. Seeing that they defeated Scorpion, they began mocking him stating that if he had any last words. Scorpion began using psychological warfare stating that killing him won't bring their children back as their souls were his, he explained how he beat them until they were broken, hearing them scream for their daddies help and crying why must they suffer.
He continued taunting them and described to them how he showed no mercy as he slowly ate the skin off of their flesh and bones and imitated the screams of their dead sons, horrifying and angering them at such a level it caused them to go deranged with grief and rage. So instead of killing him quickly they just started torturing him unaware that their emotional energy and kinetic energy from attacking him and the battle was being absorbed exponentially due to activating his absorption ability and converting it all into evolving chi. Before the energy could end up triggering his manic state, Scorpion used the energy and began evolving again. After violently cutting him open exposing his rib cage and slowly beating white heart that was spewing blood like a fountain, they once again mockingly ask for his last words to which he replied by vomiting all of his blood on them.
Normally this wouldn't affect them if Scorpion hadn't disabled his acidic effect on his blood but he activated it and used the E.C. to create modifications and an upgrade. The modifications had biologically created acidic sacks and tubes in his throat to enable him to spit out a ball, wave, or needle size glob of acidic blood while the upgrade merely increased his healing factor core's level of speed and efficiency to the next level. Both samurais fell to the ground screaming in agony as Scorpion's eyes rapidly healed as he saw that both samurais' skin and flesh began melting as they gagged and retched blood, gunk, and bile. A minute later they were nothing but a bubbling pool of melted flesh, bile, and acid. Scorpion merely watched them as the stumps of his arms slowly began healing.
The weapons that were lodged in his body clattered to the ground from acid burns as the holes in his body and exposed flesh and bones were healed while his arms began healing the flesh on his healed bones. 15 minutes later he was fully healed but he was all out of power and completely spent so he couldn't fight anymore but this was the greatest battle he ever had and he hoped that he would have more such as this day. Ami and Yumi finally regained consciousness and what they saw made them vomit from the smell and sight of it. Turning to the princesses, Scorpion thanked them for the battle and he began walking away before the girls yelled for him to wait and asked who was he. Seeing that it was of no consequence he took off his broken mask. What they saw was a handsome young man with black, short-cropped, Ivy-league hair with red frosted tips with a long tail of hair tied into a pony tail that looked about as sharp as the tip of a spear. He then spoke of who he was.
"We are the warrior that is the day and night. But you know us as the demon that is me, Scorpion and the human that is us, Zalgo Asura and we have created a warrior race known as "Trinity, The Ninja Warrior." Your primary tormentors have become their natural form and now comes another choice to make. You now have the keys to the doors, when the time comes, will you open them and take what is yours or will the doors stay locked behind cowardice and denial. The choice is yours. Until then heiress Ami and heiress Yumi. This has been the words of the ninja warrior."
With his final words, he walked away and disappeared under the setting sun and the night of stars has begun.
Two years had gone by since that battle. During those years Scorpion has mastered everything about Asurion-Ninjutsu except the hidden discipline and with 20 clones working on mental abilities once a day every day gained him 20 years of experience in a year and was now a master telepathic and telekinetic to the point that he could hear the surface thoughts of people 30 miles away that he could turn on and off at will. He could levitate, fly, and lift over 1000 tons with his telekinesis, create telekinetic projections that could travel 1000 yards and upgraded his clairvoyance to the point he could see into the past learning ancient history, ancient powers, abilities, and landmarks at will and could see into the future as well but he didn't rely on it because the future was never set in stone. He also unlocked abilities like danger detection, teleportation, Telepathic Shadow, Astral Projection, Psychic Shield, and Dowsing.
Due to the help of ten thousand minds in mental training, he was able to gain full control of his inner realm, enter his mindscape in seconds instead of minutes, able to recharge to his full power in thirty minutes while meditating but charges to full power passively in an hour. Due to his home being compromised, he destroyed it and relocated underneath the east side of the village. The reason how he got there was due to his mastery of the earth element, he had created passageways and a 500 by 500-meter cave under the region, the reason why he was there was because this was where his new home/training ground/laboratory was located. The base was located close to the east region's outer gate which led out to the outside world and was wide open with no barrier to stop who or whatever came in which he did.
Scorpion couldn't tell whether lady luck was truly a blessing or that humans were lazy. When he had entered the east region, he was met with 100 different monsters of different races and the demonic energy that floated around which seemed to be semi-sentient and tried its hardest to be absorbed and corrupt him. Scorpion had easily laid waste to them and due to his training, his mind could not be read or could be possessed but was wearing a purified coat of energy just in case he became mentally weak. He also came to a discovery. For every monster he killed, the dangerous energy was absorbed into the dead bodies and they were resurrected with their power and natural abilities doubled. This was truly a battle that Scorpion truly needed to finally master his Manic State.
After he had finished his HQ, he would go up and lay waste to them, then head back underground until they were resurrected the next day. This battle lasted for 7 months with his Manic state active to the point that 50% of the east side was destroyed. In those seven months, he gained nearly perfect control and extended the duration of his M.S. or Manic state. He could stay perfectly in control of his madness state for 60 minutes but this power-up came with consequences. Since he kept fighting, more supernatural beings kept showing up and after each one was slain the energy in the air began to grow stronger due to the semi-sentient energy trapping the souls of the dead and using them to resurrect cadavers more powerful than before causing the barrier to form cracks and began losing energy.
With everything he learned, he concocted a plan of purifying the entire region by using the ley line of the planet that has limitless power. With his mastery of seals, precise tweaking and rechecking of each seal making sure nothing went wrong, he created a sealing formula that was designed to absorb all the negative energy and purify it. With earth being his main element and his dowsing ability to sense any energy source, he found one of the planet's ley line in the middle of the region and got to work which took an entire month of careful seal creations to get done. After the formula was stable, he activated it. The formula covered the entire east region and the way that it works is the seals in the formula will use the ley line as a power source and his power as a key to the ignition would absorb the corrupted energy and souls and seal them so that they wouldn't escape.
With his techniques in purification the seals in the formula would conjure a dull glow signifying that the energy or soul was being purified. When the glow is very bright, it will begin pulsating then end with booming sound meaning that the process was done purifying and then he would release the energy and the souls back into the environment. The corrupted souls that have sensed that its energy was rapidly depleting began to fight off the pull but it was too strong. Sensing that time was limited, hundreds of souls banded together mutating and resurrecting the deceased cadavers and fused together to create an 80-foot tall Onryoki to kill whoever or whatever that was taking away their power. Scorpion had sensed the massive amount of energy and saw the creature heading its way towards him.
He was shocked that the creature's level of power surpassed his power but not if he called all his bodies back to him, but that still surprised him. He had read about monster rank classes and how many samurais it takes to put one down. judging by its power it was easily an S level monster that would take 10 master samurais or one grandmaster samurai to slay. Scorpion knew that if the creature tampers with the central controller of the seal formula, it could be the end of him and every person in the village. Making a doppelganger with half of his power to keep the seal stabilized, he went to battle. 12 hours later, the decades of built up energy was fully absorbed. Shredded and tattered clothing blew in the wind as Scorpion stood drenched in a mixture of red and gold blood.
As he stared into the sky watching as the hundreds of corrupted souls become purified from the releasing of the seals his clone released as the souls soared around him, the souls phased through him giving him their utter joy, happiness, gratitude, and peace for finally freeing them from their suffering. As Scorpion was embraced and entranced by the positive feelings, his hatred slowly decreased and his E.C. become a level of calm he never felt in his life. After what seems like years in a dream, the souls began exiting out the front east gate and disappeared into particles in the sky ascending to the spirit realm. Scorpion was stunned that he could feel his other emotions a little more but the hatred was still stronger. Luckily, the experiences remained giving him more control over his hate and insanity.
With that done, Scorpion summoned more of himself and got to work on fixing the entire region and closing the gate. 4 months later marked the end of the year as the east region was fully operational. Homes, schools, temples, shrines, and hospitals were cleaned, repaired, reinforced and restocked with the appropriate necessities. The gate has been closed and reinforced, crops were flourishing, jobs were available, clean water and electricity ran through the region and fresh meat, fruits, vegetables, and grains were ready to be sold. The beauty of the eastern side of the Shadow Forest Village was reborn. The stage is set and the final play is almost ready. He will stand, fight, and work with people who follow him. He will rule with an iron but a humble fist, he will give those that were dealt bad hands a chance to unlock their potential.
He will unite all under his rule and way of life. He will give those that were lost a chance of redemption and snuff out those who abuse, rape, and sacrifice those that can't defend or those that didn't agree. This was not a story of a superhero; This was a warrior's ambition and something that was bigger than himself and if those that are innocent warriors that wish to protect their families get in his way, he will defeat them and if they're stubborn and arrogant he will cripple them or snuff them out and accept their hate.
The world will now know his names of three.
The next two years is when his eighteen-year plan has finally come together. What was the plan? When he learned to make clones and naturally recharge his power, he came up with plan to secretly rule the village by sending clones into the civilian and military academies and rising through the ranks until they were close to the positions of power then he would start his ninja career and started killing corrupt politicians, bandit territories, slave owners, and corrupt military officials. With them eliminated, he would discreetly take over their government and build and an army of ninja warriors, male and female. He took people that were oppressed, enslaved, and struggling by feeding them, giving them a roof over their head and training them to unlock their chi and aura which was another way to call spiritual chi.
However, he only gave them the two since he thought it would be foolish and dangerous to give them the third one. With all that power, the military and political officials were free of corruption, started supporting equality for both genders, abolishing slavery, racism, and sexism, promoted freedom of speech and press, protection and preserving of the environment and creating a tax system that perfectly taxes the right amount of money from the upper and middle classes and use it to get the poor and orphans educated and healthy enough to get jobs and finally banning the drafting program in the military. There were some that disagreed with it but couldn't do anything to stop it. If those that performed racial or sexism activity would experience public beatings with kendo sticks, tax evaders spend five years in prison, slave owners got the death penalty, and crime was reduced by 80%. When people had asked why the sudden changes, the reply they got back was this.
"I embraced the Nindō."
What is The Nindō?
The Nindō or "The Ninja way" is a philosophy that Scorpion created that focuses on free will, the art of controlling and using negative emotions in positive ways, the willpower to endure hardship and to balance being humble, modest, and empathetic but direct, assertive, and emphatic to attain enlightenment in the ninja way. He also made a creed that went with the philosophy and the creed goes as follows:
For those that embrace corruption's mud.
The hidden warriors will flay your blood.
We are the night, we are the day.
Combat is our right, Corruption is our prey.
We are the good, we are the evil.
We are the freedom to those that are equal.
For those that wish to join our symbol.
Follow the path of the Ninja's Nindō.
In that eighteen-year time, 18% of the population or 324,000 people had come under his rule and 15% or 48,600 of that 18% population he ruled were Ninja warriors. The males were called "Shinobi" while the females were called "Kunoichi" and with their base of operations ready for them, he renamed the east region "Chrome Dynasty." With everything done it was time to conquer and the first thing he did was destroy the barrier which alerted the entire village. At the royal palace, the military and civilian council were in an uproar as the princesses and emperors listened on what could have caused this catastrophe. Seconds later, the council doors were opened and in walked the person that the entire council had known as "The Dropout."
Scorpion had stated to the council that he was responsible for the destruction of the barrier, purified, and fixed the entire region that was now under his jurisdiction and would now be addressed as "Lord Scorpion." To say that the emperors were livid was like saying a killer whale was harmless. What was left of the corrupt council ordered his death for treason but were rebuked by Scorpion stating that due to the emperors destroying the lease and contracts of the land it was considered his by conquest and if they were to attack him or anyone under his jurisdiction and his land then he had the right to declare war. This had quieted the whole room. Everyone knew that they had one war that tips from side to side but to have another war, a civil war at that, was not something they needed. But some idiot decided to defy Murphy's Law and taunt him.
"You and what army?"
With of snap of Scorpion's fingers, 30 ninjas appeared in the council with weapons at the ready. What shocked everyone was that they were hidden in the room the entire time and no one suspected a thing. Scorpion stated to them if 30 of his warriors were able to stealthily enter the guarded room, what could close to 50,000 of his warriors could do? The corrupt council members balked in horror and fear while the neutral council members which were Scorpion's clones in disguised were ready to play their parts to seal the deal. The disguised council members suggested that since Scorpion has gained the land through conquest and that the documentations of the land were destroyed, then by right of conquest it was his land to rule. The corrupt council members agreed. Before the motion could be carried, the emperors hypothetically put their foot down.
They spouted to him that he had the gall to invade their palace, take away a land that never belonged to him, killed their honor guards and he dared to go to war with the greatest warriors on the planet? They would not take this lying down. The war was declared, they promised him that they will snuff out his ninja warriors and make him watch as they massacre everyone that follows him to set an example. Scorpion nodded and said something that confused them.
"The doors have been sealed shut, your destinies chained by the status quo, the time has come. Will you open the doors and embrace the unknown to find your answer or forever stay imprisoned and wallow in pathetic pity as you wonder what could have been? Should you face conflict, stay in the shadows or die alone and forgotten."
This confused everyone since they had no idea who he was talking to. The emperors thought that he was talking about them unaware that Scorpion was directing that to the princesses that were conflicted before nodding to each other and then to him. Scorpion's eyes had narrowed, seeing their answer before replying to the emperors that this was coming years before he showed up, this is merely him giving them the push and as soon as he wins the civil war, he will make sure the take the thrones and fix the corruption they let fester and grow. With the war being declared, Ami and Yumi both got up catching everyone's attention before walking towards Scorpion and turned to their fathers who had a look of outrage on their face as Scorpion put his hands on their shoulder and vanished into smoke with the rest of his ninjas following suit.
A year goes by as the civil war raged on. The royal palace has lost 70% of their region to the ninjas and their casualties were higher than the ninjas due to underestimation, sabotage, traitors in their circle joined the ninjas' side and the 5th, 7th, 8th, and 10th honor guards were slain. The emperors knew that if that the ninjas were going to win, their army's morale was low, and they were on their last legs. The emperors knew what they had to do but they really did not like it. They had to release the first honor guards. How was this bad for them? Here's where the story of the honor guards come into play. 200 years ago. There were only 5 honor guards for both Emperors instead of ten. The difference between them and the other honor guards is that they're positions have never been usurped, nor have they died since they were selected.
How was this possible? The answer lies in both chi and aura. Due to the endless amount of mystical energy that engulfs the planet, mixed with billions of years of evolution across countless species. The lifespan of the human race was 1000 years. Taking some of the dragon's chi or aura, one is able to increase their prime lifespan immensely to 100 millenniums. The reasons the emperors didn't like them was because they were women, they were stronger than them, they were the only ones that knows the lifespan technique from 200 years ago when the people that knew died out and the fact that they're the mothers of their daughters. 200 years ago, the mothers were nothing more than slaves to the past emperors to do with as they pleased.
The science and research department of that time were testing the jewel fragments from the dragon gods to see if their mystical power could be transferred and ingrained into human DNA but they needed test subjects. 2000 slaves were offered up and used by the scientists that worked fast at fixing the flaws and the drawbacks and were now able to safely ingrain the power into humans. Of the 2000 slaves, 99.9% were killed except for 2 which were their mothers. Their mothers had cooperated with each other and came up with a plan to rid the emperors and upped their acting to be an obedient slave. When they acted like good slaves, the emperors, in their swelling ego would reward them and made them become the first honor guards.
They were trained by the very best and in 20 years, they were strongest in the village and in 100 years, they were one of the strongest on the planet and that is when their plan was put into action. Banding together by themselves, they launched a rebellion taking out the research teams, slaying the other honor guards and emperors and destroyed the secret to longevity. However, their rebellion caused an untold amount of damage to the village as a whole and was part of the reason the east side of the village was sealed off and taken over by the Yōkais. They got their revenge and their freedom but it didn't last long. Two low-level samurais fled and coward in fear when the massacre began. These two were bottom of the barrel samurai. They were lazy, disobedient, arrogant, and were consider jokes to their respective samurai branch.
When they heard about the honor guards and emperors' death and the secret to longevity was lost, they were livid and terrified so they came up with a plan to wait until the slaves were weakened and defeat them both and become the supreme ruler of the village. They were known as Matsumoto and Naoki. Two things went wrong with that plan. First, both of them had the same idea and when they met, they despised each other. And second, even though the female samurais or "Onna-bugeisha" which is what the females were called were found in a weakened state. The Onna-bugeishas still dominated them and beat the arrogance out of them as they were a slip off the cliff away from death. However, there is an old saying that goes, "Evil finds a way" and find a way it did.
In a foolish and dangerous attempt, they forcefully activating their Samurai State...for five seconds. Those seconds were enough to surprise the Onna-bugeishas and for them to land a major and very lucky blow on them that knocked them out of commission while the cowards writhed in agony from the drawback of using a power, they not ready for and a form they never experienced. This was the scene that reinforcements arrived to. Two of the most powerful women in the world taken down by the weakest jokes in the army just as their samurai state deactivated. Normally a logical person would think that the Onna-bugeishas were surprised that the two jokers got really lucky and paid the price for using a form they were not ready for. But no, the weakest samurais ever graduated went from failures to master prodigies hidden in the shadows.
Time goes by as they rose to fame and fortune. Both of them became emperors of their respectful branch while the Onna-bugeishas were imprisoned, branded with control seals and raped by the emperors and in that unholy matrimony, two princesses were born. Since they no longer know the life extending technique the dragon gods were now used as an extra power for them to use now that people can be born with chi. Back to the princesses' problem, since only the military and civilian council knew of it and the emperors encouraged them. The military and civilian council made their life a living hell while their mothers were shell shocked and forever imprisoned where only the emperors know council. Thus, ending the "Onna-bugeisha rebellion." Now the emperors had no choice but to release them.
When they were released, a shockwave shook the village that extended to a hundred-mile radius. With their release another year of war flew by as the emperors were back in the game with the ninjas and now the war was like a balancing scale. Each side would rise than fall, going in a continuous circle that could never end. Scorpion wanted to end this war and he knew of only one way to end this once and for all. It was time to release the dragon god. During the two-year war, Scorpion had told the princesses about the history of their mothers and to say they were livid and filled with sorrow was an understatement. Filled with vengeance and determination to free their mothers they did something they had never done for no man.
They willingly got on their knees and begged him to make them stronger and he agreed. In those years Scorpion had them unlock their second respective power source and with a strict training regime they were able to balance their energies and unlock their samurai state. Since they were no longer Samurais, they decided change the transformation name to "Shin Ninja." They also got learn more about Scorpion and soon they both fell in love with him but didn't have the courage or time to tell him due the war and the fact that they feared he would reject them or he only choose one of them unaware that Scorpion already knew about their infatuation. Although Scorpion spent most of his time leading the war and training his soldiers, he took his training 50 times harder than his soldiers.
He trained to the absolute limit with his body spamming technique immensely increasing the technique to 1000 bodies and rivaled the power of the Onna-bugeishas also completely mastered his manic state to the point that he desensitized himself from the negative effects of the transformation and balanced it with positive energy. The transformation also multiplied his physical, mental, and spiritual energy capacities to 50X the amount his manic state had and the chaos of his power and emotions has achieved absolute control.
The new form called "Chaos Control" was born.
The Final Battle is set. The players are ready to test their mettle in what would be the bloodiest civil war in the world. Scorpion called forth his best ninjas and commanded them to gather their divisions and begin to set out to free the Dragon God, Yang. With the correct seals and the combined power of Scorpion and his Armada. The celestial chains that drained and entrapped a dragon god became nothing more than rust and the dragon rip off the shackles like paper before barreling through the cave creating a giant hole and roared to the heavens as power exploded out of him that could be felt around the entire planet. The power was astronomical as the entire armada stared in awe. However, Scorpion knew that this wasn't even close to the dragon's true power. what they felt was merely a drop of water in the ocean.
With the dragon god on their side, the ninjas were easily able to take back all the territories and the regions leaving only the north region which was the samurais last line of defense. The emperors had gone insane now that they were right back to being conquered as this time the honor guards were slain. The members of the council revealed they were traitors and slayed the rest of the council members and escaped to the ninjas. The dragons were freed and their armies surrendered. All that was left was the emperors and the enslaved Onna-bugeishas. Scorpion, who was followed by Ami and Yumi entered the palace and what they saw...Well, more what Ami and Yumi saw than Scorpion made them feel pity for their fathers.
The emperors had completely lost their sense of sanity. They looked like they went through a firestorm and were clinging to their crowns and thrones like it was their lifeline. What they weren't aware of was that Scorpion had repeatedly tortured them mentally with his telepathy increasing their paranoia, their fear, and their rage. With their increased emotions, Scorpion would feed off all of it leaving only a growing madness. Scorpion stated to Ami and Yumi that they will deal with their fathers while he'll deal with their mothers. The Onna-bugeishas were already in battle formations as Scorpion dashed at them, dodging their attacks before grabbing onto both of them and vanished into silver flames. It was now only fathers and daughters in the throne room and the atmosphere in the throne room was beyond its original palpable frequency.
Seeing the state of the fathers' sanity caused a very small part of them to feel sadness for them and they tried to persuade them to surrender but their fathers were too far gone in madness to even listen and so with that the final battle began. An hour later, the entire palace was destroyed the emperors lay dead by their daughters' feet who were in their ascension form as they looked down as the light faded from their fathers' eyes. There was no longer any hatred, just disgust and pity in the princesses' eyes. The freed dragon gods landed in the wreckage and wanted to know where was Scorpion. Before they could answer, an extremely loud boom erupted from the north and the winds howled. 5 minutes later, the winds had calmed and all was silent. Feeling that Scorpion might be in danger, Ami and Yumi commanded the surviving army toward the north and to help with the dragon gods already ahead of them.
When they got there, they were baffled and in awe of what they saw. The land was completely destroyed. Flames burned dying trees, chunks of earth were ripped from the ground and thrown in random directions and clouds split in different directions. However, none of that could even compare to what they saw. A trench that stretched beyond the length of the great wall of china went on for miles. It was beyond mortal comprehension to consider that those three were truly that powerful to cause this massive trench. As the army made their way to where the dragons were located, they saw their leader in tatters and shreds of clothing and armor, every weapon he had in his arsenal was broken and chrome colored blood oozed from the major cuts of his wounds.
Ami and Yumi rushed to asking if he was okay. Scorpion looked to them before pointing at the ground making the both see that their mothers lay on the ground defeated and heavily bleeding and were from their control seals. The girls rushed to their mothers' side and called some of the medic ninja to help stop the bleeding. They stopped the bleeding and healed the wounds but the seal that controlled them had a backup seal that injects an unknown neurotoxin in them. Scorpion got to work by commanding his army to send their injured to hospitals, round up the deceased for a proper burial and funeral and to get all the homeless into shelters until the village is the rebuilt. A population of 1.8 million people decreased by 49% leaving nine hundred eighteen thousand with 10% or 91,800 warriors left in this broken and dying village, but, him and his ninjas won.
The Kagemori Civil War has come to end.
A week has passed since the end of the civil war as the village was rapidly being rebuilt, remodeled, and reinforced with Scorpion's blueprints and schematics to make the village 10 times more beautiful, clean, and uncorrupted than the last 200 years. At a nearby hospital Ami and Yumi were in a room with their mothers who were on life support. The neurotoxin in their system was known as "Scehhifin." This neurotoxin was considered the slowest but extremely painful death in the world. The symptoms of the neurotoxin were Alzheimer's, Decayed Lacerations, and concrete Transmutation. The cure for the neurotoxin was called the "Mandrake antibiotic." Unfortunately, the key component to making it died two hundred years ago. The doctors gave Ami and Yumi's mothers a week to live. Ami and Yumi cried in sorrow while their mothers comforted them. During the week, the girls learned their mothers weren't even human to begin with. Ami's mother was a succubus named Asoka and Yumi's mother was a Nymph named Yuhina.
However, the weeklong exposure began and it was pure agony to them but they were still alive. The Alzheimer's and decayed lacerations took effect 3 days ago and the transmutation was up to their chest in the last 4 days. Ami and Yumi couldn't handle seeing their mothers dwindled into madness and turned to rotten stone and called a doctor to release them from their life support and end their suffering. Just as the doctor entered the room, so did Scorpion in civilian clothing. Scorpion looked to the dying patients, the weeping girls, then towards the doctor and commanded the doctor of the status report. The doctor gave the diagnostics of what they were suffering through, the missing component of the mandrake antibiotic that is needed to cure them and their professional opinion of how long they will live. At this, Scorpion narrowed his eyes in suspension with a growing hate and wondered if someone was manipulating and taking all the hard-earned medical supplies he gathered and made.
He demanded what component was missing. Sensing the dangerous tone. The doctor tried to calm down his lord and stated everything he's given to them was accounted for but the component they need is basilisk antivenom but the creature became extinct 200 years ago. At this, Scorpion picked up a nearby measuring cup and put his upper jaw on the edge of the cup as white venom began filling the cup to the brim. After he finished. He ordered the doctor to get to work on purifying it and have the dosage calibrated. With a bow, the doctor took the pitcher of venom and headed straight for the medical research section. Scorpion turned his attention back to the girls who immediately embraced him as they wept in joy and thanked him for everything.
Scorpion, as usual, just hugged them back and stated that what he did was just him paying his debt to them for getting him out of the desert and for their service and now they can rule this village. After he dislodged himself from them, he walked away. 2 weeks flew by the as village was once again running at full capacity. New council members were elected as they governed and fixed the civilian and military branches corruption, new laws were passed, forced segregation was illegal, new clans were made and everyone had food, shelter, ready cash, and health care. Inside the rebuilt palace in the throne room, Ami and Yumi were talking to their mothers, Asoka and Yuhina. As they spoke, Scorpion entered the room and stated that the village assembly was ready to hear their announcement. The girls nodded and thanked him. Before he was about to leave the girls called him back to talk with him.
Scorpion merely shrugged and walked toward them. 15 seconds of awkward silence rained until Asoka broke it asked him how was he doing. Scorpion respond that now that the village was fixed, He was now planning on turning the colossal trench into a wall for tourist attraction, security headquarters, and a home/temple/shrine for the dragon gods in very middle of the wall. He stated by the time the wall would be completely finished by himself with his modifications including his continuous training, he would be done in 100 years. This impressed them before Yuhina asked why would he continue training now that he was one of the strongest beings in the world and why don't he settle down with a lover.
At this, he chuckled which shocked Ami and Yumi since they never heard him laugh or be human before and to see him so at peace and full of life made them want to find and gut whoever made him the way he usually is. Scorpion began explaining that although he was one of the strongest in the world, he was aiming for something much higher than that and to gain that higher plane, he must surpass the power, skill, and technique of gods and become freedom incarnate. The Champion of Champions. All four women were in awe of his powerful declaration and were moved by his will to grow. Amy and Yumi thought that they couldn't love him anymore than they do now but they were wrong while Asoka and Yuhina's level of respect and loyalty increased with their species nature telling them to submit to this man.
Scorpion then explained about he wasn't able to take a lover because he was not able to give them the same amount of love, they give him and it would all be a lost cause. He stated its just better to pay all the debts he owed to people tenfold. Ami and Yumi's hearts shattered like glass. All the time they spent together, the ups and downs they had with each other, the obstacles they done to finally get where they were and everything, he's done for them and their village was to pay back a debt he thought he owed to them from saving him from the illusive desert, bringing him here, and helping him make his own name? How can anyone hate someone like that? The answer is...you can't. This made all of them realize something about Scorpion. He was beyond temptation, He was beyond arrogance, He was beyond everything that makes a human faulty.
A better statement...he was beyond them.
However, this had shattered their hearts like glass because he considered a relationship a lost cause. This caused Ami to exclaimed why would them loving him would be a lost cause. Scorpion stated two reasons. The first was that Yumi and her were already together and since they have the emotion, envy, an emotion he didn't have in his genetics since it was a useless weakness, it would cause conflicts and end in an emotional tragedy. That is why he swore off monogamous relationship since he would rather just make those that wish to be with him happy by getting them involved with someone else instead of fighting over him like a prize meant to be won. He was above those petty and pathetic quarrels.
They considered what he said was sound logic and that they could find a solution to it but the second reason is what made their heart burn to ashes. He stated that the second reason is that a multitude of parts of his mind have an extreme hatred to them. If they weren't sobbing before, they were weeping now. The mothers hugged them while glaring at him. As soon as they did, the glares immediately turned into expressions of fear and terror while stopping Ami and Yumi's weeping as well as Scorpion glared at them with look of absolute madness as his murderous force slammed into them. He quietly explained after everything that this world and its creations had done to him, he had every right to burn this entire world out of existence and to see them break down like they were suffering more than he had suffered and once more assuming the worst instead of asking for a reason was disgusting and disrespectful. He also stated that this fault increased his hatred of them and that if they assumed it again and lower his trust and likability with them, they would die regretting it.
He stated when Ami was about to get raped, he was content to just watch while killing both her and the male but the consciences in his head had debated on whether to help you or kill you with the male. It was the very first time he used his murderous force for good instead of for just pure insanity, he received good fortune for it. He watched, he learned, he adapted, he became, and he surpassed. With all the good fortune he scratched and clawed at to earn? He deciding to share some of it with those that stood by his side, payed all the debts that people have done out of their lives tenfold. However, that alone wouldn't cure the hatred of his murderous force. He may have perfect control of it but it will always be there because it was the only thing that kept him alive and if he lost it, he would lose his sense of self and would fade from existence.
They girls bowed their heads in shame and apologized to him for their disrespect and thanked him for every he's done and were truly glad that he was in their lives. The murderous force vanished and Scorpion's expression reverted back to calm. He then asked if they had any more questions or was time to get to the assembly. This time, Yumi had a question. A question she wanted to know since the day Ami brought him to the village. "What happened to you to make you be like this?" Scorpion did nothing but stare at them. They were unaware that he was having an inner debate with his other minds that were split into groups of four. The first group was still enraged at the disrespect and wanted retribution while the second group although agreed with the disrespect, they vouched that they don't have dulled emotions like they do and if the girls learned more about them then they would understand.
The third group disagreed and stated that he didn't have to answer to any of their questions He defeated them and were stronger than him. Although the minds were filled with biased opinions, Scorpion would admit that the groups had some major points. However, it was the fourth group's advice that gave him his conclusion. The forth group stated to just merely worry about himself and if he wished to tell them or not, go ahead. They also explained that if he tells the them and they reject him, then he moves on with his life, he already paid his debts and had the emotional memories and experience to be human and have no problem being by himself or with people that accept him for who was. However, if they still wish to be with him even when he has a hatred of all life, then this would be his chance to learn about the one emotion that many people seem to think that was stronger than hatred and insanity and also the fact he would be going against the Nindō he created.
With the mind meeting adjourned, Scorpion closed his eyes and sighed before opening them again and stated that he would tell them but he would lay down some ground rules. The first rule was that they didn't interrupt while he told them. The second rule was that they will not get the full story because there are very sensitive secrets that he will take to his grave and beyond no matter how much he trusted them and that they should respect it since they too have secrets have that should stay buried. The final rule was that what he tells them will be under an iron clad oath and if they tell anyone he didn't give permission to. No matter how much he cared about them, he would kill them. With the rules set he asked if they were emotionally and mentally ready for the responsibility because there will not be no going back.
The girls could feel the weight of responsibility on their shoulders. However, their curiosity had won them over as they nodded. They will immediately regret that. Scorpion then began his tale on the day of his creation, the H.E.L.L. Foundation, subject #106, project E.R.M.A.C., the years of endless experimentations, mutations, torture, and deaths he experienced, the lives he taken, the escape attempts, the destruction of the foundation and his prime directive that the foundation physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally programmed into his body, blood, heart, brain, and soul. With that, the story was told and now another question needed to be answered as he told them now that they see the lost cause he was to their happily ever after, do they still wish to be with him?
Asoka and Yuhina had to turn away from him but he could see them trembling rapidly and he could smell the salty tears flowing from their eyes and could hear the quiet and rapid gasping. Ami and Yumi were a different matter. They were bawling. They couldn't comprehend how can he still function and do all the things he's done. Scorpion sighed before telling them pull themselves together and that it was all in the past and to get ready, their announcement would begin in 5 minutes. With that, Scorpion left the throne room as the four women cried from the emotional stress and tragedy that had befallen him. Five minutes later, the entire village was inside the palace courtyard waiting for the princesses and their lord with the dragons sitting across from each other on top of pedestal thrones that Scorpion made for them. A minute Scorpion appeared on the palace balcony with the princesses and their mothers soon appeared on the balcony as well.
The assembly began with the princesses stating that the 200 years of corruption that has caused the plummet of their race was finally free and now changes were to be made. The first change they made was that from now on, there will no longer be two rulers that segregate the village, civilian, and military. There will now be just one ruler of complete monarchy and that they will not take the throne. This shocked everyone, including Scorpion. At first, he thought that they were spitting the debt he paid for but then they explained all the faults that they as humans have been done to each other. How this racial and gender hatred and arrogance has caused the near extinction of their race while the Yōkai banned together lay waste to them. They then told them about the pain their mothers went through and what they went all because the corruption.
They admitted in shame that if they had usurped the emperors, due to their hatred of men in general and women who were with men, nothing would have changed and things would have gotten worse as they took out all their pain on the ones not responsible and the cycle would repeat itself over and over until there was nothing left which made them unworthy to rule. They continued on to explain however there was one person that deserved to be emperor, one person that has perfected control of their hate and one person that was the first male that had opened their eyes, gave them their mothers, cleansed the village, given them hope and finally the person they gave their love, heart, mind, body, and soul to use as he please and today is his birthday.
"He is the Ninja Warrior."
When the girls stated that he would be emperor, he could honestly say that he didn't expect it. He was perfectly fine with them ruling because he was not going to stay in the village much longer if they didn't want to be with him. However, for them to give up their royalty just for him and proclaim their everything to him as the entire village cheered chanted his name as they both walked up to him and gently grabbing both of his hands and placed light kisses on them before they kissed his lips as they poured all of their love onto him completely overwhelmed him due to the emotional energy that shot passed his hatred like a bullet causing his hatred for once in his life be satisfied and the emotion of happiness to bloom. As they the girls finished, for the second time in almost 13 years, the expression on Scorpion's face changed into an expression that the girls wanted to see and that people will rarely see again.
A smile of Divinity.
(Chapter End of Part 2)
(Another chapter done, and much more to brainstorm and modify. The next chapter will be the final prologue and then get to what my readers really want. Until next time, farewell.)