Chapter 28

Another Betrayal

Obsidian remained silent for a few minutes. He knew something that the others seem to have forgotten about him and Gakupo. There was something that Farren needed to know before she got to upset about the current situation. "He isn't dead… He only showed you what you had to do…" Obsidian said in her mind. Farren nodded her head slowly. The samurai staggered to his feet, the back of his head bleeding from his impact with the tree trunk. His chest and back were bleeding as well; the slash went from his collar bone to his left hip. He still bares the wounds that Adrian gave him also; the stab wounds to his lower back and stomach, and the fact that his right hand had been cut off.

"Kill that bastard!" Jack yelled to the other Legendary Warriors. Farren remained quiet while looking at the ground; her back was to the rest of the group.

"End this and you will free him," Adrian pointed out. Farren appeared in front of Gakupo again, her sword drawn.

"Forgive me…" she said to the samurai. She stabbed Gakupo through the chest narrowly missing his heart. Gakupo looked at her as his eyes returned to their former light blue luster.

"Thank you…" he panted. Gakupo fell backwards landing flat on his back. Farren looked at him and then closed her eyes trying not to cry; her sword's blade dripping blood.

"Did we win?" Jack asked her.

"What did I tell you that you had to do in order to win and free Gakupo?" Obsidian asked in Farren's mind. The samurai remained motionless on the ground as the mark on his forehead dissolved. Farren walked away from Gakupo slowly, pretty much ignoring Obsidian's voice; her ears and tail were down. "Farren, you haven't realized it yet, have you?" Obsidian asked again.

"What haven't I realized?" she asked him.

"If Gakupo were dead then I would not be talking to you right now…" Obsidian pointed out. Farren stopped walking suddenly at the mention of the link between Gakupo and Obsidian.

"You're right…" her mind said tot eh black-haired samurai. She turned around again and ran back to Gakupo, who still hadn't moved from where he landed.

"He's still breathing… but barely…" Obsidian said in her mind. Farren knelt down beside Gakupo on his left side.

"Gakupo? Gakupo, can you hear me?" Farren asked as she shook him lightly. The samurai's eyes flickered open slowly.

"F-Farren…? Is that you…?" Gakupo asked faintly, his gaze not focused.

"Why do you care for him?" Jack snarled at her. "He nearly killed us all!"

"Yes, it's me, Gakupo," Farren said ignoring Jack.

"Why do you bother with him?" Jack growled again. Obsidian appeared next to Gakupo briefly before disappearing again.

"Jack, I bother with him because he is my friend…" Farren answered at last.

"No, you love the motherfucker, even though he almost killed your ass!" Jack corrected her. "If it wasn't for Adrian's interference, you'd be dead!" Adrian walked over to Jack and punched him square in the face.

"Shut the hell up, Jack!" Adrian shouted.

"Thanks for doing that, Adrian, he was starting to give me a fucking headache," Farren said.

"He was giving me one as well," Adrian added in. jack hit the ground with a solid thud, his right hand covering his mouth.

"We seem to be falling apart…" Sakurajima said slowly.

"Yeah…" Farren agreed.

"And all because of me…" Gakupo muttered. He pushed himself up and then he realized the extent of the damage that he had suffered and he groaned in pain.

"Gakupo, you need to stay put," Farren said. "Sakurajima, can you bandage him up?" The Kitsune looked the wounded samurai up and down before she spoke.

"His wounds are too great for simple bandaging…" Sakurajima said.

"What can we do then?' Farren asked.

"The wounds to his back, chest, and stomach can be healed with your power over sunlight. As for his missing hand, he will have to learn how to fight with one hand…" the Kitsune answered.

"Right…" Farren muttered. She placed her right hand over Gakupo's chest and muttered something in ancient Greek. A small ray of sunlight shot from her outstretched hand landing on his chest, healing all of the wounds at the same time. Gakupo looked at his right wrist confused.

"Who cut off my hand…?" Gakupo asked in a low voice.

"Erm well…" Farren stalled. Gakupo looked at her questioningly. "You went after Adrian and he… had to cut your hand off so that you would release him…" The samurai touched the back of his head with his left hand and felt the stickiness of oozing blood.

"I'm a mess aren't i?" the samurai asked. "Who sent me after you lot?"

"Spirit sent you," Adrian answered.

"I wouldn't say that you're a mess per say…" Aquarius said gently. Jack stood back up, walked over to Gakupo with his sword drawn, and pointed the blade at the samurai's neck.

"I told you before that if you ever went after my friends, I would kill you," he sneered. The samurai didn't move nor did he object to the threat of the blade pointed at his throat. Farren walked up behind Jack and placed her sword at his throat.

"Let him go before I have to kill you, Zelpha," she warned.

"You care too much for an outsider," Jack pointed out. "You should have let Drake kill him." He lowered his sword slowly and Farren lowered her sword also.

"I wouldn't dare…" Farren muttered.

"You should have let Drake kill him," Jack repeated.

"Kill him for what?" Farren countered. "For being controlled by the Shadowbane? Kill him for being innocent?" Jack rounded on Farren fast and angrily.

"He should be killed for interfering in something that he has no idea about!" Jack spat. Farren walked forward until she was only a few inches away from Jack's face.

"He didn't interfere," she said with clear venom in her voice. "I allowed him to come into the camp, so this is my fault! Not his! So if you want to blame someone… then blame me!"

"You want me to blame my leader for something? Hmm… interesting," Jack sneered before he stabbed Gakupo in the stomach. "I think not." Farren quickly grabbed the sword before Jack could strike the fallen samurai again.

"Jack stop this before I have to banish you!" Farren warned. Jack reluctantly let go of his sword and lifted his hands up in some sort of surrender.

"Why would it matter?' he asked. "You prefer Gakupo to the rest of us anyway."

"To me, the Legendary Five and Gakupo come first," she countered with a glare. "I care about all of you first!" The samurai stood up and staggered forward slightly.

"I've messed up your friendship, haven't I?" he asked faintly.

"No, you haven't," Farren said with a glare, though it wasn't intended for Gakupo. "It's this bastard who's trying to ruin it!" Gakupo looked at Jack wearily before he fell forward onto his face; the wound to the back of his head causing his lightheadedness. "Sakurajima, Aquarius, and Adrian please get Gakupo back to the camp." The three nodded their heads, gently lifted the unconscious samurai up between them, and carried him back to their camp, which left Farren alone with Jack. "Listen here, Zelpha, you had better accept that Gakupo is with us before I have to do the same thing to you that I had to do with Drake!"

"Gakupo will never be apart of the Legendary Five!" Jack shouted. "He's too reckless! He almost killed Drake to begin with no wonder he turned on us!"

"He only attacked Drake because he tried to harm HIM! Open your eyes, Jack! It was Drake's fault that he was banished for trying to harm the innocent! Not Gakupo!" Farren exploded.

"You're excessively protective over him," Jack said offhandedly. "You don't even see what he is capable of if he were to let his powers run wild. He can't control what he has! And he never will!"

"SILENCE!" Farren shouted. The wind started to pick up around then quickly. "Either accept him or else you're out, Zelpha! End of story!" Jack flinched slightly but it was only momentarily.

"Do you what you want, Hawkins, you always do," Jack said. He turned his back on her and started to walk away.

"Pathetic bastard…" Farren muttered under her breath before she vanished and reappeared in the camp.