Chapter 29
Battle of the Odds
Sakurajima, Adrian, and Aquarius have laid Gakupo down by the now burning fire; Sakurajima has tended to the rest of his wounds. Adrian looked up at Farren as she approached them. "So where's Jack?' he asked his cousin.
"He wondered off somewhere after I had a go at him…" Farren answered with a sigh. "The selfish fucking bastard…" She walked over to a tree while muttering under her breath.
"What did he do after we left?" Aquarius asked her. Farren grunts and didn't answer as she stared at the ground. The samurai grunted in protest as he woke and tried to move. Farren looked up and at Gakupo, who groaned in pain as a sword went through his stomach from thin air. Farren immediately stood up.
"GAKUPO!" she yelled frightened. Jack appeared in front of Gakupo as Farren ran down towards them with her sword drawn and at the ready. "ZELPHA!" she yelled. Jack made another sword appear in his hand and stabbed it through the samurai's stomach. Farren ran at Jack swinging her sword at him, which he dodged easily. Farren aimed another strike at him, but he dodged again as Adrian and Sakurajima take the swords out of Gakupo's body causing him to groan in pain. Farren once again glared at Jack.
"You fight like a two year old, Hawkins," Jack said snidely.
"I could take on two of you at once if I wanted!" Farren countered. Drake appeared on Jack's left side
"Oh, really?" Drake asked. Farren looked from Drake to Jack and back again.
"So you finally decided to show yourself again, eh Drake?" she asked him.
"What's it to you, Hawkins?"
"It means that I can take both of you ON at once!" she declared. Gakupo's other sword flew out of nowhere and she caught it with her free hand. The samurai himself staggered to his feet and walked over to Farren. "Gakupo, you need to stay back." The samurai touched her forehead with his left hand; his body disappeared from view, she blinked in confusion at this. The two samurai spoke to Farren through telepathy.
"Let us help you in some form…" they said together in her mind.
"All right then," she answered with a smile.
"I lend you my powers over Fire and Light," Gakupo said in her mind.
"I lend you my powers over Darkness," Obsidian added in.
"Thanks you two," her mind replied back as she felt the energy surge through her.
"You are very welcome," they both said at the same time. Farren smiled and turned to face Jack and Drake. The two looked back at her in turn.
"Did the coward of a samurai flee?" Drake sneered.
"He's so pathetic that he needs a woman to defend him," Jack said cruelly.
"Both of you are wrong," Farren interrupted. "He lent me his strength so that I can defeat you both. He didn't flee. Another thing, he doesn't need protecting, he protects me!"
"It seems like you've been protecting him more than he's been protecting you," Drake input.
"Shut up, you son of a bitch!" Farren cursed her former friend.
"He is a worthless samurai that should perform Hara-kiri on himself," Jack sneered.
"Geez, can you guys stop with the talking so that we can start fighting…?" Farren asked as she lowered her swords. "That is unless you're too scared to fight me because you know that I will beat both of you…!"
"We will soon see," Drake said as he drew his sword. He readied himself for a fight and Jack followed suit. Farren got ready to fight as well knowing Drake and Jack will pull all the stops just to win.
"Gakupo, Obsidian, are you both ready?" Farren asked the two samurai in their minds.
"We were born ready," they answered immediately.
"Then let's go!" she said with a grin. Drake and Jack charged at their former leader. Farren charged at them with her swords at the ready. Drake's sword grazed her right side and Jack's sword grazed her left side. Farren jumped into the air, spun around, and aimed her swords at their heads. Both boys ducked under the blades. Farren landed on the ground, skidded to a halt, and looked at them.
"Let me try something," Gakupo said in Farren's mind.
"Be my guest," her mind replied back.
"Although this may seem a bit weird for you…" Gakupo warned in her mind.
"Why's that?" her mind questioned him.
"You will see," Obsidian said to her telepathically. Gakupo took over Farren's body, which took on the appearance of the purple-haired samurai as he took charge.
"What the –?" her mind questioned in shock.
"It is an illusion created by us sharing your body," Obsidian said in her mind.
"It lets someone know who has control of the body at the moment," Gakupo said in Farren's mind.
"Right…" Farren said in their minds. Gakupo confronted Drake and Jack. The two deserters ran at the samurai with their swords at the ready. Gakupo lifted both of his arms up into the air and fire surrounded his body. Both boys swung their swords at the samurai. Using his own influence, Gakupo caused Farren's body to take on the form of the black sphinx that Drake unlocked for him.
"Gakupo has control of that body now…" Drake growled.
"That's not good…" Jack muttered.
"Damn straight it isn't!" Farren said telepathically to Gakupo and Obsidian. The samurai sphinx confronted Drake and Jack again but this time with a loud echoing roar.
"Gakupo's pissed…" Obsidian said in Farren's mind.
"He's very pissed," Farren agreed telepathically. Drake and Jack nodded at each other and then ran at Gakupo.
"He has to be in order for him to take on this form early on in a fight," Obsidian said through telepathy. The sphinx dodged the pending attacks by taking flight.
"Good luck to them then," Farren said. Drake jumped after the sphinx with his sword at the ready.
"Yeah, I'd say," Obsidian agreed. The sphinx smacked Drake out of the air with his left massive paw. Drake landed roughly on the ground but got back up again.
"Stupid Neko…!" Drake hissed as he dusted off his clothing and picked up his sword again.
"Call me that one more time and I'll rip you limb from limb," Gakupo growled angrily. Drake and Jack looked at each other momentarily with a smirk.
"They wouldn't dare…" Farren uttered.
"You don't want to see my true form," Obsidian said, knowing what was to come next.
"You're a stupid Neko!" Drake and Jack said simultaneously.
"Yep… they said it…" Farren said with a shrug. Gakupo switched places with Obsidian who took on his true form of a black dragon. "Whoa!" Farren breathed in surprise.
"He's a dragon huh?" Drake grunted not amazed.
"Yeah I told you that you wouldn't want to see my true form," Obsidian said telepathically to Farren ignoring Drake's comment. The black dragon landed in front of Drake and Jack shaking the ground around them.
"You look awesome!" Farren said in the dragon's mind. The dragon's scales glistened in the light of the fire and the others realized that he wasn't a Black Dragon, but in fact he was an Obsidian Dragon; one of the forgotten Jewel Dragons.
"Thank you," came the dragon's reply. Drake and Jack ran at the dragon, who swatted them aside with his tail as his wings opened wide. The two deserters skidded away and then ran at him again. "You two are no match for me," he said to them in a hoarse voice. He flapped his wings causing the boys to be blown backwards. They landed roughly on their backs and the dragon laughed at them. "Farren?" Obsidian said in her mind.
"Yes?" came her reply.
"Would you like to finish this up?" he asked her.
"I would love to with much pleasure. However, I shall go at them with both sunlight and wind!" she declared.
"Do as you please," the black-haired samurai said in her mind. Obsidian let Farren take control again and her body returned to normal. Farren stood still as yellow flames surrounded her left-handed sword and a green tornado surrounded her right-handed sword. She shifted her footing slightly before she launched herself at the two boys; they dodged the attack quickly. Farren jumped high into the air and crossed her arms over her chest. She then flung open her arms and a huge wave of sunlight combined with wind shot from the blades of both swords heading straight for Drake and Jack.
They tried blocking the attack, but it failed. Farren landed on her feet on the ground and ran past them; slicing their stomachs with her swords. She stopped about five feet behind them. They both yelled in pain as the swords dug into their sides and then the collision on the wave hitting them. The two were sent backwards, past Farren, and into two trees before they landed flat on the ground.
Gakupo watched silently as Farren finished the two off, though she didn't kill them. Farren stood up completely unharmed by the wave. The samurai separated from Farren's body and fell to his knees. He was still bleeding heavily from the wounds that Jack inflicted on him earlier.
