Hihi again all! Been working on a new fic, centered mainly around Chimitsu and Jack-chan, and I figured I'd give you all a lil' teaser while I work out the notes and start the first chapter. I may be a bit slow, finally got some work and that cuts into my writing time, so chapters may be longer between each other than was done for "Star of the Elements." Enjoy the teaser and I'll be back soon to write more! Btw - standard disclaimers concerning the characters of SMJ. They're not mine. I just wish they were. :P Chimitsu and the Elementals as well a the Star of the Elements, those are mine, so please don't swipe 'em without permission, 'k? Oh, and the lyrics to "Give A Reason", sung by the talented Megumi Hayashibara, is from Slayers. It's not mine either, but it's a kickin' tune...I'd suggest finding an .mp3 or some such file of it somewhere to listen to as you read, otherwise you might not follow the imagery too well. ;P - TN
*opening riffs*
Various shots of Jack, Chimitsu, Aku, Mad Jack, the Scotsman, and other cast members...
Chimitsu wheeling around in surprise, looking at someone, the camera panning up to Jack, appearing to be fresh out of the bath/shower...
Various images of Chimitsu meeting the Scotsman and his clan, being introduced by Jack...
Chimitsu herself proving her strength, throwing one of the Scotsmen with ease...
Images of other cast members standing along with Jack and Chimitsu, then a shot of the opposite side, Aku and all his cronies, fading into...
Memagurushii jikan no mure ga(Hectic time's crowd is)
Hashiri nukeru machi wa sabanna(Running, escaping the savannah street)
Jack and Chimitsu run across the desert along a dusty, rutted road, looking dirty and as if they have been on the run for some time...
Kawarugawaru shuuru na nyuusu(Alternately surreal news)
A newspaper lays out on a bar table, being looked at by bounty hunter robot droids in a metropolis, reading about Jack's unbelievable skill and ability to stay out of Aku's reach....
Asu ni nareba dare mo wasureteru(Tomorrow becomes forgotten to everyone)
Jack and Chimitsu sit out on a hill, looking up at the stars, losing themselves in the vastness of space as they talk, though you cannot hear what they are saying, though it appears to be lip synching to the lyrics...
Ikiteiru, ima ikiteiru(Go, now go)
Jack, at the ruins of his former childhood home, reaches out a hand to a battered-looking and teary-faced Chimitsu...
Sonna naka de nani ka o motome(Because that sort of relationship demands something)
Aku ordering countless bounty hunters and droids after Jack, showing them his and Chimitsu's images on one of those electronic wanted posters...
Mogaku you ni nukedasu you ni(In order to struggle, in order to excel)
Kono chikara o tameshite mitakute(Choose to test this power)
A battle-battered Jack, struggling to keep up in battle against numbers of bug droids, then a cut to him standing alone on the battlefield, the bugs laying scattered in several pieces behind him as a result of his swordsmanship...
Kitto doko ka ni kotae aru umarete kita kotae ga(For surely somewhere an answer is being born, the answer is north)
Jack and Chimitsu, traveling into the frozen north, apparently in seach of answers from a distant, isolated being...
Hito wa minna sore o motome(It demands that everyone's a person)
Everyone, from the tribe, to the dogs, to the Scotsman's clan, all uniting against Aku at Jack and Chimitsu's lead...
Yarusenai nogasenai yume ni mukau no(Helplessness does not set free the dream I approach)
Jack slamming his blade into the ground in frustration with an unheard yell, flashbacks of his childhood and lost family and home of the past...
Kizutsuku koto wa kowakunai dakedo keshite tsuyokunai(I'm not afraid to experience pain, however, never will I not grow stronger)
Chimitsu holding a beaten, battered, bloody Jack, glaring towards an unseen enemy off to her side angrily, furiously, eyes sparking....
Tada nani mo shinai mama de kuyandari wa shitakunai(Only nothing does not occasionally do it because mourning is not preparation)
Jack laying out a map before the Scotsman, a Woolie, and a few others, apparently pointing to a location, possibly Aku's lair, Chimitsu is oddly absent...
Here we go! Go! Hashiri tsuzukeru dare ni mo tomerare wa shinai(Here we go! Go! I continue to run and don't stop for anybody)
Mad Jack, in biker mode, speeding along a deserted street, flanked at each side by two bounty hunters, aiming guns at him...he grins at them and pops a wheelie as they start shooting, taking each other out instead of him...
Mirai no jibun e to give a reason for life todoketai(I want to reach my future self and give them a reason for life)
Jack coming up behind Chimitsu, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder through her wings, pulling her close, saying unheard words to her, seemingly in sync with the music lyrics...
*riff*
Various images of Jack and Chimitsu sparring...
A few shots of Mad Jack in a bar, a shadowy silhouette identical to Chimitsu's sitting off in the shadows next to him...
Hakarishirenai ooki na yami ga(Unfathomable, great darkness is)
Oto o tatete mukattekite mo(Building and going toward sound)
Aku, in the form of a great shadow, heading from his castle towards where Jack and another, possibly Mad Jack, are fighting...
Asa ga kureba dareka ga ireba(If tomorrow gets darker, if someone is let in)
A woman that appears to be Chimitsu with black wings, kneels before Aku, either awaiting orders or begging for forgiveness from him...
Kokoro ni aru zetsubou wa keseru(For the heart to live, despair is changed)
A frustrated Jack pulling himself up off the ground, leaning on his sword, pulling it out of the ground, driving himself on, the Star of the Elements around his neck, going from very dim, to glowing brightly with his determination...
Motto tsuyoku imeeji shite hohoenderu jibun o(Imagine a stronger, smiling self)
Shinjiteiru omoi sore ga(That is the believing memory)
Jack looking rather frustrated and worn out, eyes closing, thinking back to his childhood, young Jack smiling as he hugs his mother...
Nani yori mo dare yori mo yume ni chikazuku(Out of what and who that gets closer to the dream)
Chimitsu, Jack, and a few others who made it through a heavy first wave of droids, approaching Aku's castle, Aku looming overhead, all of them looking determined...
Gooru ni motaretari shinai tatoe, tadoritsuitatte(Although I am struggling to not rely on my goals)
Jack leaning against a tree, thinking first of his family, although he pushes it out of his mind...
Atarashii yume ga kitto watashi no senaka osu kara(The new dream is surely from my back's support)
Jack slowly looks up, the image of his family being replaced by an image of Chimitsu's cheerful, laughing face...
Here we go! Go! Hashiri tsuzukeru dare ni mo tomerare wa shinai(Here we go! Go! I continue to run and don't stop for anybody)
Chimitsu rushing into battle, brandishing a 5' long nodachi, her preferred choice of weapon, cutting down bounty hunter robots...
Mirai no jibun e to give a reason for life todoketai(I want to reach my future self and give them a reason for life)
A shot of some graves, though we don't know whose, then cut to Jack, filled with a battle rage, leaping towards Aku to cut him down...
*Interlude/riff*
Jack and Chimitsu, walking along, the backgrounds changing behind them from desert, to tundra, to metropolis, to jungle...
Kitto doko ka ni kotae aru umarete kita kotae ga(For surely somewhere an answer is being born, the answer is north)
Jack, traveling alone towards another forboding destination, apparently in search of Chimitsu...
Hito wa minna sore o motome(It demands that everyone's a person)
Another shot of a number of races rising up in rebellion against Aku and his bounty hunters, who seem to be wanting to retreat, but can't...
Yarusenai nogasenai yume ni mukau no(Helplessness does not set free the dream I approach)
A furious Chimitsu, breaking free of two would-be captors, taking to the air with her white wings spread, her nodachi blade in hand, rising high above them in escape...
Kizutsuku koto wa kowakunai dakedo keshite tsuyokunai(I'm not afraid to experience pain, however, never will I not grow stronger)
Mad Jack slapping Chimitsu hard across the face, Chimitsu looking back at him, glaring, eyes sparking hatred and defiance at him...
Tada nani mo shinai mama de kuyandari wa shitakunai(Only nothing does not occasionally do it because mourning is not preparation)
Aku stroking his beard, appearing deep in thought, an image of Jack and Chimitsu on his little screen behind him...
Here we go! Go! Hashiri tsuzukeru dare ni mo tomerare wa shinai(Here we go! Go! I continue to run and don't stop for anybody)
Mad Jack, shirt off, hair down, slamming a woman that looks like Chimitsu up against the wall, kissing her savagely in what appears to be the beginnings of a love scene...
Mirai no jibun e to give a reason for life todoketai(I want to reach my future self and give them a reason for life)
Jack slowly pulling Chimitsu in for a kiss, her wings extending and wrapping around them, blocking the view shortly after their lips meet...
*ending riffs*
Another shot of Mad Jack on his bike, speeding down a deserted highway, leaving some pursuers in the dust...
Jack and Mad Jack fighting, sparks flying from their blades, both wounded in places...
And finally, fading out on Jack walking along, alone, off into the distant dawn, sword at his side, off into another adventure....