Smurfed!
"IMPOSSIBLE!" shouted the Minotaur in rage. "How could she have beaten him? She's just an apprentice, and yet she has bested her own master!"
"No Minotaur, It is you she has beaten." Lady Light told him. "Do not mock me, wench. I am still you captor, it is I who have the power to rule the cosmos." he threatened. "Your anger shall destroy what you seek to control Minotaur. Even now you seek destruction. What will happen if the people and creatures of this world attempt to defy you?" she asked. "Then they shall die!" was his simple answer, "They will either obey me, or be destroyed by me."
"You will not have the swords of light Minotaur, and even if you did it would do you no good." Lady Light said to him. "It will mean the end of you, and the beginning of the reign of pure power." he said, smiling wickedly at her.
Hours now passed as Sam and Smurfette sat with each other, catching up on what had happened to the other and just spending time with each other. The other Smurfs busied themselves with the things on the wall, smiling and laughing all the while. "So Lady Light is trapped by the Minotaur himself?" she asked. "Unfortunately yes, and if we are to obtain any peace, we must stop him, but for now, we just wait." he told her, and brought her head to rest on his shoulder. "How many of those waves of light have you found anyway?" he asked. Smurfette wrapped her arms around his waist, pulling him closer to her so as not to lose him again, "Four, my first one was the blue rainbow wave, or in Japanese…" she started, "The 'Ao Nijiha'." they both finished. "You speak Japanese?" she teased. His laughter vibrated his chest, to which she found strangely comfortable. "The second one I smurfed was the red one, it represents my determination." she said. "The 'Aka Nijiha'." he translated. "The third was the green for courage, and the yellow just now was from my happiness." she told him, hoping to hear their Japanese names. Obligingly he said them out loud, "The Midori and the Kiiro Nijiha's, respectively." Silence surrounded the two of them as they enjoyed their company. "So what does the Ao Nijiha represent?" he asked suddenly. Smurfette blushed a bit, it had been too long since she had said this to him, "My love." she whispered. Sam smiled and squeezed her shoulder gently, "No matter what happens Smurfette, I love you." he whispered to her. "I love you to." she whispered back.
She found herself relaxing once again, not to sleep but from relief. When he used his free hand to lift her chin so that he could see her face, she gazed into his deep blue orbs. The distance between the two slowly shrank, and would have disappeared if not for Blacksmith Smurf, "Hey Sam!" he said, interrupting them. Smurfette returned her head back to his chest as he dropped his face in frustration, "Yah Blacksmith?" he asked. "I just finished a pair of swords for Smurfette, and seeing as how you're going to get the Swords of Light back…" the Smurf said, until Sam interrupted him, with a surprise for both Blacksmith and Smurfette, "Actually I'm not. Smurfette has awakened their power, not me. It is she who will continue to possess them until we can free Lady Light." Smurfette lifted her face off of him, looking him once again in the eyes, "But these are your swords, they belong to you." she said. Sam placed his free hand to her cheek, "No Smurfette, they belong to you now, I never had the power to do what you did. But now we can fight side by side. I will take the swords that Blacksmith has forged for you and I will use them to protect you at all cost, fighting right there by your side." and with that, he sealed the deal with a kiss, silencing Smurfette's argument. "O…K…" Blacksmith gawked, and turned to fetch them. He returned the moment the kiss ended, and before they could begin again, he cleared his throat. Laying the swords out in front of him with the palms of his hands, he formally knelt down to present them, "The Crystal Light Swords, Sam." he said and bowed his head. Sam stood, escaping Smurfette's grasp, and picked up the Katana, before drawing it out of its scabbard and held it up, examining the blade.
The sword he saw, was of a blue hew, the same design on the blade to the Swords of Light decorated the blade to this sword. The hilt was almost identical to his old swords except for the crystal blue color. The handle was wrapped in a silvery colored fabric, and the pommel was again of light blue. Like his Swords of Light, this sword possessed a small pearl set into the blade near the hilt. "It looks like the Swords of Light." he told the Smurf. "An attempt to duplicate its power." Blacksmith told him, still kneeling with his head down. Sam swung the sword through the air, listening to it sing as it cut the wind. "They are very good swords. I will honor you by using these blades to protect everyone." Sam said as he slid the blade back into the scabbard, and took the Wakizashi from him. Skillfully he tied the Wakizashi to his belt, and slid the Katana into place. Bowing to Blacksmith, he spoke with his eyes closed, "Thank you, my friend." and sat back down next to Smurfette. Smurfette almost immediately engulfed him in her arms again, while Blacksmith stood up and turned from them, leaving them alone.
"I'm happy to see Smurfette smiling again Papa!" Brainy said as he turned back to the script on the wall. "Yes, so am I!" Papa said as he watched them cuddle. "Brainy, have you translated the entire scroll yet?" Papa asked. Brainy froze in his reading, and shot straight past Papa in a hurry, "Oh smurf!" he gasped. Papa smiled at his helper's missed steps, "Hehe, I guess even Brainy can lose his train of thought." Papa said to himself. "Sam would you go with Brainy, you can read Japanese fluently and it may help to speed things up."
"Sure Papa Smurf. Come on Smurfette, I want to feel the sun on my skin." Sam said, and the two of them stood up to go catch up with Brainy. Quickly descending the stairs, the met up with Brainy outside, Sam noticed that he stood frozen with a look of disbelief on his face. As they turned the corner, they found out why, the cart that held the scroll, was engulfed in flames. "What happened?" Smurfette called out. "It's gone, the scroll. It was in there." Brainy whispered in disbelief. "Brainy, what happened?" Sam asked as he grabbed Brainy's shoulders, turning him from the burning cart. "What happened?" he repeated. "The Minotaur, I saw him smurf back into the shadows, he did this." Brainy rambled, tears falling from his eyes. "Focus!" Sam yelled, "Now, what were you doing with this scroll?"
"Translating." Brainy said in slight shock. That shock quickly melted into realization, "Translating!" he repeated and pulled the pad of paper from his hat. "I wrote down all of my translations here in my note pad." he told them. "Let me see." Sam asked, holding out his hand. Brainy didn't ask any questions, instead he handed the pad right over and Sam glanced at it, quickly reading each page. "You were almost done." he said as he handed back the pad of paper. "Thank you Sam, but I'm afraid that there was more than that." Brainy admitted. "Do you remember any of the Characters?" he asked. "Only a few, and I'm not sure what they mean." the bespectacled Smurf admitted. "What did they look like?" Sam asked. Brainy closed his eyes trying to remember the shape of the characters, and drew them in the dirt. The characters themselves looked unfamiliar to Brainy, and that was why he asked his mentor. "Final attack!" Sam read, "Was there anything more to that?" he asked. "Not that I remember, I'm smurfily sorry." Brainy apologized. "Tch!" Sam scoffed, "At least we know that there's more, just wish we knew what it was." he said. "We'll just have to keep smurfing to find out, right?" Smurfette said to him. Sam nodded and placed a hand on Brainy's shoulder, "You did great Brainy, thank you." Sam made a sharp turn, facing Smurfette, "Now Smurfette, we are going to keep practicing until you can use all four of those Nijiha's smoothly, no excuses!" he said, his eyes focused but his mouth turned up in a smile. Smurfette, saluted him, "Yes sensei!" she said and turned to find the perfect place.
End of Chapter.
