The Samurai and the Assassin

Jack and Ashi felt the light took them somewhere else. Same thing happened to Ami and Scaramouche. It did took them somewhere but it was home. The four appeared to the place where Jack joined Oblitus in his deceiving quest.

The people from that town all ran as they thought the sun have decided to smite them.

Jack opened his eyes and recognized the town. "I've been here before."

Ashi opened hers and saw the terrified civilians. "Really? Where are we anyway?"

"This is the place I first meet Oblitus and offered me this quest of his. But in the end, it was all a lie."

Scaramouche commented. "This is your time, right? It looks lame, babe."

Ami took the robot's jaw off to shut him up.

The former assassin looked around and see a lot of innocent people, scared and worried. "We need to get out of town. I'm pretty sure the dark entity will attack any time."

"Agreed." The samurai said. "The monster has the gem of time. He can be anywhere or any time."

They immediately left the town and head to the nearest forest. Ashi asked. "So, what's the plan? How are we going to defeat this creature?"

Ami wanted to let them know. "This entity can manipulate time, you know. He can revive the dead. Even dead gods."

"I know that." Jack said. "Let me think."

Before he could think of a plan, someone approached them with an idea. "We can use these." It was the knight that the samurai fought. He has returned and he has the two gems and the gauntlet.

"YOU!" Jack drew out his katana. "You have come to stop us!"

Ami and Ashi prepared their weapons against the knight.

"Wait! Let me explain!"

The two assassins attacked him and gave him fatal blows. However, their attacks were not effective when the knight possessed the red gem. The two women retreated but the samurai stopped them. "Explain? What are you going to explain? Asking forgiveness for the immortal lives that you took? Killing gods for the sake of power?"

"I know my crimes, samurai. I just found out the one who led me to this path has joined the enemy. The enemy who caused suffering to my beloved kingdom and to my beloved queen."

Ashi whispered to Jack. "He's like you."

Jack replied, "No. I would never do that."

"Really? You took this dark entity's quest to save me. Is that right?"

"Why are you whispering?" Ami asked. "It's not the right time to whisper."

The knight watched the three whispering, guessing they'll forgive him. "If you want the gems, I can give it to you. You can use it to fight the entity."

The samurai denied his offer. "We don't need the gems. We already have a weapon to harm him." He wield his magic katana, the mystical sword that destroyed the evil entity Aku. "I can use this to destroy this creature's illuminating eye."

The knight was not sure about the samurai's plan. "Sure. If you can jump high enough to get to his eye... I mean, he's height is changing. We're not even sure what his actual size be."

"We?" Ashi pulled out a dagger and placed it on the knight's unprotected neck. "You tried to kill Jack."

"Yes. I made a mistake. But he's not dead. Well, technically, I didn't kill him."

Jack stopped her. "Ashi, put down your weapon. We'll give him this chance to redeem himself."

The knight was glad to hear his decision. "Thank you, most forgiving warrior."

"Just one chance." The samurai wanted to make it clear. "If you betray us or me, I will not hesitate."

"Got it."

"Alright. Time for some introduction." The samurai said. "I'm Jack. This is Ashi and her sister Ami." Then Scaramouche wanted to say something but his voice was blocked. "And that one is a tin can."

"Jack?" The knight didn't realized it at first. "Your name is Jack? My name is Jack, too."

Ashi was surprised by that fact. "Oh boy..."

Then the samurai clarified. "Actually, Jack is not my real name. I just kept my real name a secret when I was at the future."

Now everyone had no idea Jack was not his real name.

"That sucks." The knight said.

"What's your real name then?" Ashi glared. "You didn't tell me before our wedding."

The samurai chuckled nervously and scratched his head. "Well, you didn't ask."

Oblitus scanned the River of Time, looking for the samurai and his companions. His twin did something to it. "Where are you? What did you do?"

The Guardian of Time snickered. "If you want to see them, go into the river and find them yourself."

"Fine!" Oblitus summoned his Shadow people from the Great Void. Thousands of Shadow people answered their master's call. One of them wore a hood and a blue mask.

"Kill the samurai and everyone who protects him!" The dark entity gave his command and the shadow people executes it. With the Guardian of Time in chains, the river was unprotected. The shadow people freely jumped into the River of Time to find the mortal warrior.

The shadow people's presence in the River of Time changed the atmosphere of the universe. Ashi and Ami can feel it. The two Jacks noticed it too.

"Are you alright, Ashi?" The samurai asked.

"Are you maidens alright?" The knight asked.

"Are you going to free me?" Scaramouche asked them.

Ami answered to the robot. "Sure. But you don't have the body."

The machine laughed. "Ha! You thought I need my body? Baby, you have no idea what this head can do."

Suddenly, from the bright sky, they saw a large thick of darkness fell to the forest just a mile away from them. "They're here." The knight prepared his armor and sword embed with the red gem's power.

The samurai raised his katana and formed a battle stance.

Ashi and Ami did theirs as well. With their demon powers, they summoned their own weapons using the black demon fluid on their bodies. Ashi got two daggers and Ami got a katana.

Scaramouche asked his captors. "Hey, can you let me go? I can help!"

"No. You better stay put." Ami stated.

Across from the next forest, from the edge of the wide grass field, the shadow people made their appearance and saw the four people standing still ready to face them. Their smoking shadow form killed the grass as they step on it. They bring death and decay all around them. And they will use it against the four.

The samurai wanted to check first. "Alright. It appears their touch can kill you. Be mindful."

Ashi said. "My sister and I are alright with it. We are part demon anyway."

The knight added. "I have armor with infinite power. It protects me from any decaying magic."

"Okay then. That's means I'm the only who should be watching out." The samurai realized.

Before they attack the enemy head on, Ashi asked. "Before we fight them, I want to know something."

"What is it?"

"What's your real name?"

"Stay alive and I'll tell you."

Ashi smirked. "That's a deal."

The shadow people conjured their own weapon in different shape and sizes. They even changed their form into big creatures or adding multiple arms. The four mortals began to run towards the legion of shadow men with their rage and battle cry. Ashi and Ami yelled as they ran. The samurai doesn't remember she can scream like that. But the knight was impressed knowing these girls show ferocity and determination in battle.

"I hope they'll be okay after this." The knight said.

"Just watch and you'll see." The samurai replied.

The sisters ran faster than the two men and first to able to attack the dark legion.

As Oblitus watched the four mortals fought his shadow people, he heard his twin chuckled. "You think these four can do any good? You think they can stop me? I have the Eye. I have the complete control of Time."

The prime entity of Time Horatius answered to his dark twin. "You don't have the complete control of Time. You can't stop the river. It will keep on flowing and it will all lead to one end."

"Then I'll put a dam on it."

But then a bright red light emerged from the great Void. Oblitus turned around and saw the great Entity of Power standing before him. His presence meant something and its big. Oblitus cannot believe it. "No. Why are you here, Pyralis?"

Horatius said. "Because there's a new hero in this story. He came to watch it."

"No. NO!" Oblitus cannot believe it. "The samurai gets to be the unstoppable hero in the story?"

Pyralis disagreed, indicating its not the samurai. It's someone else.

Both entities were confused by Pyralis' action. But Horatius liked surprises.

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