For this particular chapter of the story, things may get a bit confusing for the first half, but it won't last long. Aside from that, I hope you enjoy the chapter.


Jack had finally reached the other side of the portal. He looked around the area, everything looked greener, he then heard a sound to his left. He turned to face the sound and was utterly shocked. It was him, before he had been plunged into the future! (To make things easier, I will call this Jack, Past Jack. As for the Jack the story has been following, he will be known as Future Jack. Ok, just needed to clear this up).

Future Jack approached his past self, his past self looked a bit less muscular than Future Jack. He also had less scars. Past Jack then noticed Future Jack's presence. Jack's eyes widened in shock.

"Who are you!" Jack questioned.

"I am you! Aku plunged me into the future but I have returned!" Future Jack answered.

"You lie! You must be a demon sent by Aku!" Jack hissed, he took out his sword and swung it at Future Jack, who simply stood still, a calm expression on his face. Jack's sword made contact, but it did not damage, it didn't even pierce Future Jack's skin.

"What?! But how?!" Jack said.

"I told you, I am you from the future!" Future Jack responded.

"If what you are saying is true, then I must have failed to defeat Aku." Jack said, falling to his knees.

"That is why I have returned, we must work together to defeat Aku, once and for all!" Future Jack announced, reaching for Jack with his hand. Once their hands touched, a bright light emitted from their hands, the light engulfed them both. Once the light finally died down, only one Jack stood, he had the appearance of Past Jack, but he had both his Magic Sword and the Scotsman's sword.

With a motivated look in his eyes, he continued toward the village, to his home.


Aku was sitting in his lair, he knew that Samurai Jack was coming and he was waiting. Suddenly, a wormhole had been ripped open on his chamber, Future Aku had stepped out of it. Future Aku was a bit taller than Past Aku, but they looked nearly identical. Past Aku looked surprised to say the least, but he shrugged it off.

"I'm guessing you are me from the future?" Aku asked.

"Hahaha! You are correct! It's good to know that even back in this time I was always smart and handsome!" Future Aku said heartily. The two Aku's laughed together before Future Aku became serious.

"I'm sure you are well aware of the Samurai by now." Future Aku said, Past Aku nodded. "During my, or rather, your first battle with him, we are very nearly defeated though before the final blow was struck you tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future."

"I see, one obvious question I need to ask, what is the future like?" Past Aku asked.

"Most of civilization is under my rule, though there are a few who dare to oppose me, I mean us. This is why I do not like these kind of scenarios." Future Aku answered. "Anyway, that same Samurai has returned to the past to defeat you, which would destroy me as well. To prevent this from happening, we must team up!" Past Aku looked satisfied with this suggestion, the two Aku's began laughing again, they shook hands, causing a dark cloud of energy to form, engulfing them both. The two laughs began to sound like one demonic laugh.


Jack (since there's only 1 Jack now, he'll just be called Jack again) arrived in his village. The people there looked like they were struggling to survive. He looked around for his parents, nearby, a young woman saw Jack. She looked at him closely for a while before she finally recognized him. She ran up to him.

"I - it's you!" She said, Jack turned to face her, he didn't recognize her at first, but her eyes seemed familiar to him. This woman's eyes were a bit large, they seemed full of life, though the hope had nearly drained from them.

"Do you remember me?" She asked, Jack couldn't answer. "Perhaps this may jog your memory." She reached into her pocket and took out a paper grasshopper. When Jack saw the paper insect, he began to remember, this woman was the same girl that Jack met when he was playing in the fields as a child. Jack smiled at the woman and the two hugged.

"It's very good to see you after all these years. Though I don't think we formally met." Jack said.

"I don't think we have. My name is Kiku, and it's absolutely great to meet you again." The woman, Kiku, greeted.

"Likewise." Jack replied, formally bowing to Kiku. "My name is Jack."

"You haven't been here in a long time. Where have you been?"

"I have traveled around the world, honing my skills so that I may finally defeat Aku and restore peace." Jack answered, Kiku looked surprised but a bit doubtful.

"Aku has decimated this village, we struggle to survive. Every day more and more people die. Sadly, we don't have much hope left..." Kiku admitted, Jack looked mortified. He took a good look around, sure enough, Kiku was right. There were only about 40 people out of the hundreds that use to live there. That's when he remembered who he was really here to see.

"Please excuse me." Jack said, he then went off to go find the people he was looking for, his parents. Kiku watched him go, she seemed happy to see him after so long.


Jack found his old home, inside was his father, he looked old and weary. He looked up and saw Jack, his eyes went wide with shock and joy.

"Father..." Jack choked out. He went over to his father and embraced him, tearing up a bit.

"My son..." Jack's father cried, the two separated, Jack's father described what had happen since Jack had left to train around the world, about Aku nearly destroying the village. He directed Jack to an underground room that was almost untouched after Aku's attack. There was a crate on one end of the room.

"This is the armor I wore when I had first faced Aku, so many years ago. It is your destiny to do what I could not." Jack's father said, he opened the crate and brought the armor out, it looked like traditional Samurai armor. Jack put the armor on, it was a perfect fit, both swords Jack had began to glow a little bit but neither of them noticed.

"One thing I must ask Father, where is Mother?" Jack asked, his father looked looked down and began to weep. Jack instantly caught on and he began seething with rage. He was about to go and take his frustration out and Aku and end everyone's suffering, but his father stopped him.

"Wait, my son! You must remember to keep a level head. Rashness brings success to few and torment to many."

This made Jack remember his battle against Mad Jack (or Evil Jack). He was defeated by Jack regaining his peace of mind and forgetting about his anger. Jack and his father left the chamber and bid each other farewell. Jack was just about to set off on his quest before Kiku caught up with him.

"Wait Jack, before you leave there is something I must do." She said, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and embraced him.

"Please return safely." She pleaded. Jack let her go and then he finally left.


This is the point of the story where the plot is really going to pick up. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.