Chapter 30: The exquisite tapestry that is fate
AN: Hello readers! We just wanted to say thank you to everybody who has kept up with our fanfiction. We have had a blast writing it, and I hope you have enjoyed reading it! I'm putting this here to let you know that this story is almost over! Just a few chapters left :) It will probably be done by the end of the summer. Maybe. But until then, enjoy reading!
The three lions before our heros were so majestic and beautiful, our heroes couldn't utter a word. They instinctively knew that the Lion in the middle that had just spoken was the Alpha. The King of all Lions. Aslan himself.
"WE BRING YOU HERE ON AN URGENT HOUR. YOUR WORLD IS IN GRAVE DANGER. AND WE, THE GREAT COUNCIL OF LIONS, CANNOT STOP ROBERT OF SPONGE."
Our protagonist fell to their knees before the Great Council. All except for Kakyoin, who was stupid.
AN: WOAH ITS THE COUNCIL OF LIONS! THEY WERE MENTIONED IN CHAPTER THREE! IN ROBERTS ORIGIN STORY! BUT DIDN'T"T ROBERT KILL THEM? KEEP READING TO FIND OUT!
"AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY GUESSED, WE, THE COUNCIL OF LIONS, ARE DESPERATE. NORMALLY, WE WOULD ELIMINATE ROBERT OF SPONGE OURSELVES AND IMPRISON HIM ONCE MORE. BUT WE… WE ARE NOT AS POWERFUL AS WE ONCE WERE. NOW WE MUST USE DULLARDS LIKE YOU TO KILL ROBERT."
Kakyoin had had enough. He didn't like councils and he didn't like lions. Seeing the Council of Lions was almost unbearable for him.
"If you need us so much, why didn't you free us from Robert's influence? For weeks we were under his control… and he was making damn fools out of us! And let me guess, while all of this, you all were chuckling to yourself, watching us be toyed with! You-" Kakyoin was cut off by the Lion on the left whose name was Simbaa.
"SILENCE, YOU JIBBERING PRIMATE. IF YOU ARE REALLY SO CURIOUS, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW WE DID HAVE SOME LAUGHS WATCHING YOU AND YOUR SILLY FRIENDS. NOW SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH BEFORE I KILL YOU WITH A CANNON."
"Like… a canon camera? You'll kill him with a camera?" Zuko asked, wide eyed.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU MONGREL." said Mufasa, the lion to the right of Aslan.
The Council of Lions was cruel, but only out of kindness.
"SILENCE, YOU LUDACRIS FOOLS!" Aslan roared. "YOUNG ONES… EVERYDAY YOUR WORLD IS CONSUMED A LITTLE MORE BY ROBERT OF SPONGE. WE, THE COUNCIL, WERE TRICKED BY HIM. YOU WERE AS WELL. THE COUNCIL HAS SHED MANY TEARS. CHILDREN LAMENT AND CRY FOR THEIR DEAD FAMILIES. ALL EATEN ALIVE BY ROBERT. WHOLE CITIES HAVE BEEN EATEN."
The Gaang hung their heads in shame.
"NOW YOU ARE THE ARMY OF THE COUNCIL OF LIONS. YOU ARE WARIORS!" Aslan screamed.
But suddenly, someone stepped forward! It was… Jotaro!
"Hold the hell up you, Lionly dumbasses. I've got some freakin' questions."
"WHAT IS YOUR MENIAL QUESTION, YOUNG ONE." Aslan inquired.
"Well, that bastard Robert gave us fake memories and made us do things, right?" Jotaro grumbled in an edgy but cool way.
"YES. ROBERT INFLUENCED ALL OF YOU. IT WAS AN EASY TASK, CONSIDERING HOW WEAK YOUR MINDS ARE," Aslan spat. He was so angry, he began to cry.
"It would be real nice if you used your magic and shit to tell us what memories were real or fake," Jotaro said.
"Why would they do that?" Kakyoin snapped, "And what do you mean by 'us'? You are the only one that's had fake memories."
"Shut the fuck up Kakyoin. Now, tell me which of my memories are fake. It's so freakin' painful not knowing. I've had so many sleepless nights, wondering about my true past. Wondering about my Papa… Wondering who I am!" Jotaro howled up at the sky.
"WHAT MEMORIES ARE YOU SPEAKING OF?" Simba screamed at Jotaro Kujo.
"Well, was my father really eaten by a Lion? And is Jay the blue Ninja really my brother? Was all that true?" Jotaro inquired.
The council of Lions erupted into lionly laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHSHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHSHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHSHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHSHSHAHAHA!" The council of Lions cackled like a snake.
"YES AND NO. WELL, FROM A CERTAIN POINT VIEW. JAY WAS NOT YOUR LITERAL BROTHER BY BLOOD, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. SOME WOULD SAY THE BONDS OF FELLOWSHIP AND MANHOOD MAKE YOU AND JAY BROTHERS. AND AS FOR YOUR FATHER, HE WAS REALLY EATEN BY A LION. IN FACT, IT WAS MUFASA HERE THAT ATE HIM. UWU" Aslan answered once he was done laughing.
Jotaro was shocked. He fell to his knees. Kakyoin, Katara and Zuko looked at Jotaro with pity.
He felt a lump in his throat. It had been a long time since he had thought about his father's death (he lied about having sleepless nights). He had managed to convince himself that the memories were fake, and that his father was living happily with his mother. But it was all a lie. Jotaro felt his fists clench, as if they did so on their own. He felt blood red rage burning like an angry inferno in his heart. Without warning, he threw himself at the council.
"It's, like, pretty freakin annoying that you would do that. It kind of pisses me off. Good grief." Jotaro screamed as he bit Aslan.
A.N: WOAH THIS IS VERY INTENSE. REMEMBER WHEN JOTARO'S DAD GOT EATEN BY A LION? IT WAS A VERY STRONG MOMENT.
"SILENCE YOU FOOL." Aslan shot a cannonball at Jotaro's shoed foot.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Jotaro yelled.
"JOTAROOOOOOO!" Katara yelled. Jotaros foot was crushed. Bones and blood were everywhere. Katara used her waterbending to heal Jotaro. But now Jotaro just had a stub for a leg. It was ugly asf. Katara personally found it really unattractive.
A.N: OKAY WOW THIS IS VERY SYMBOLIC. MAYBE JOTARO HAS CARRIED AROUND THE PAINFUL SCARS OF HIS PAST BUT NOW IT IS AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL WOUND HE CAN FINALLY HEAL FROM HIS PAST? A VERY DEEP METAPHOR? But idk man.
"ONLY TRUE FOOLS CHALLENGE THE COUNCIL." Aslan said. Katara stood up.
"Forgive him, O Lions. I mean, you did kill his father. The pain of loosing a parent is no joke. My… my mother died when I was little. But, if you don't mind me asking, why did you kill Jotaro's father?" Katara shook as she faced the council.
"WELL HE HAD A MAJOR VICTIM COMPLEX AND WAS OBSESSED WITH INVESTIGATING THE GOVERNMENT. SO, AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING, HE BEGAN TO FIND TRACES OF US. LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS FINDING GOVERNMENT THINGS, BUT HE WAS FINDING US. OF COURSE, WE MEDDLE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS FROM TIME TO TIME. AFTER AWHILE, HE GOT ANNOYING. HE WAS VERY PERSISTENT. SO MUFASA WENT DOWN TO EARTH TO EAT HIM. A SHAME HE DID IT INFRONT OF HIS YOUNG SON, BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE." Simba said.
"O Lions… I have… just one more question." Katara's voice shook. "Before you brought us here… one of our friends… died. Aang. Where is-" Katara was interrupted.
"YES, THE DEATH OF THE AVATAR IS UNFORTUNATE. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW. THE FIRST ONE IS WHEN THE AVATAR DIED, THE AVATAR SPIRIT DID NOT MOVE ON." Aslan said. Katara was shocked.
"W-what? How is that possible?" Katara stammered.
"THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE REASONS. PERHAPS ROBERT HAS ALREADY TORN AND EATEN SO MUCH OF THIS WORLDS FOUNDATION THAT THE AVATAR CYCLE IS BROKEN FOREVER. OR AANG HAD SUCH A CORRUPTED SOUL THAT THE AVATAR SPIRIT SIMPLY ROTTED. PERHAPS A COMBINATION OF BOTH."
Katara fell to her knees. No new avatar? ...But the avatar is the beacon of hope for this world! What will I do…? Katara took a deep breath.
"Where… where is his body?" Katara's voice quavered.
"I ATE HIS BODY. BUT HIS SOUL WAS SO TWISTED I COULD NOT GET IT DOWN MY GULLET. SO I PUT HIS SOUL IN A JAR, BUT IT STARTED TO GROW." Mufasa pulled back a curtain to reveal a small jar. The jar was filled with beige slime. The Gaang gasped.
"IT SEEMS AANG IS GROWING HIMSELF A NEW BODY OUT OF PURE WILL POWER." Mufasa said. The Gaang gasped in shock and happiness. But Kakyoin was secretly angry. He hated Aang, and wanted him dead forever! But sometimes you just do not get what you want.
The Gaang simply stood, shock in their hearts. This 15 minute meeting had changed their lives forever. They reflected on all they had been through over the past few weeks. Friendship and other twisted emotions had grown perhaps. But now they knew… this was the endgame.
This… this is it. I feel so much shame for all those weeks I wasted. I disappointed myself, I should have been responsible. But I wasn't. But it doesn't matter now. I have to fight… for my brother. And for Aang. And maybe once this is all over, I can find who I am. And what I want. Katara thought.
This whole ordeal had been pretty freakin annoying. But at least I got some answers about my Papa. Too bad about Avdol and Polnareff though. I gotta beat Roberts ass so I can get my grandfather back. Then I can go see my mom. Good freakin' grief. Jotaro Kujo thought.
This has been a whole waste of my time. And to think I could have been in Liverpool frog grooming this entire time. Well after this I can always fall back on one of my old gigs… I've been wanting to revisit bank robbery for a while… Kakyoin thought.
As the what was left of the Gaang thought these cryptic poetic thought, the council of Lions began to sing in harmony. The beige Aang gelatin squirmed in it's jar. The music of the council passed through the marble into the Gaangs feet, filling their minds with warmth and sun from a day far away from where they were. Full of hope. This is just a snippet of what the council sang.
The leaves flow down your face
Just like super bass
Yuh yuh
The jazzy will welcome you
Into a hair salon to die
The road goes ever ever on
There and back again
Back to the park leaves
Underground mind
Vocal percussion coming from my mind
Yuh yuh
On a whole nother level
Just like super base
A n g e
Yuh yuh
The tapestry has brought you here
your fate \
yur fateEEEEE