Chapter 4:
The fight

Finn and Jake walked sulkily away from the Candy Kingdom. Guilt was building up in their minds, and Finn was especially plagued by thoughts of Princess Bubblegum hating him forever if she ever found out the truth. The guilt began to overwhelm him, and as Jake continued forward Finn stopped in his tracks. Jake looked back and stretched his head towards Finn as his body continued forward.
"What's wrong man?" He asked in a caring voice.
"I can't just let that demon run free because of our mistake, it's not right!" Finn said with melancholy in his voice.
"But you heard the princess dude, we can't face him, he's too powerful."
"No man! I can't accept that! There hasn't been a challenge we couldn't handle man! I say we confront this guy and see how tough he really is!" Finn said punching the air in front of him.
"I dunno man…" Jake said cautiously
"Jake, we let this thing out and it's up to us to stop it!" Finn's face became more serious.
"Alright fine" Jake said with a pout, "Where do we start looking?"
Finn looked around slowly until he noticed heavy footprints in the ground, chains lay nearby. Finn pointed in the direction of the footprints "that must be where he ran off. We follow the footprints until we find him."
"Then let's move brother!" Jake said with a adventurous smile.
"Yeah! What time is it Jake?" Finn yelled
"Demon Hunting Time!" They shouted together as Finn jumped on Jake's back and they ran off, following the footprints.
When the two finally came to where the footprints ended, they found themselves at the base of a great lake surrounded by tall cliffs. They moved low behind some bushes, trying to remain out of sight in case the demon lord saw them. As they kept watch, Finn let out a quiet "there!" and pointed towards the top of the cliff. He was standing there, a dark aura surrounded him. He raised his hands and green light glowed around them, with a mighty yell he fired beams on dark energy into the water until it was bubbling.
"Oh man, he's cooking the lake. He's gotta be up to something totally evil" Jake said worried.
But before their assumptions were met, they heard a loud "YAAAAAAAHOOOO!" as they saw the demon lord, again looking like a human diving into the lake. His head appeared above the water with a loud "oooh man! That feels great! I haven't had a nice bath in years! Finn, Jake! You should totally come in, the water's great!"
Finn and Jake were terrified that he not only knew their names, but was aware of their presence. Finn and Jake stood up and walked into sight.
"Get out of there Juno and face me!" Finn shouted drawing his sword.
"What? No way. I'd cream you! You're like...a little kid." Juno said arrogantly.
Finn's face turned red with anger "DEMON LORD! COME HERE AND FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!"
The Demon Lord continued to swim, rubbing water under his arms and scrubbing his body. "Look, Finn, I know you're all gung-ho about a big fight, and just when things look their darkest something awakens within you and you beat me, but I assure you, that won't happen. I will kill you."

Finn wasn't used to this kind of treatment before. He had never encountered an opponent who boasted such power and yet was not eager to fight. Juno began swimming towards land and got out of the water. With a snap of his fingers, he was dry and clothes appeared on his bare body. Finn readied his sword as Jake grew about 8 feet and shaped his arms into muscles.
"Guys, look, I really don't want to fight you right now. I've been in prison for 20 years, and I'm a little burnt out from it. Can we maybe fight some other time?" Juno said with a strange sincerity in his voice.
"No! We're going to kill you right now, and banish your evil from the land forever!" Finn said
Juno let out a sigh and darkness consumed his body, forming his armor. He held out his hand and in a burst of black flames, the black katana appeared in his hand.
Finn charged towards him with a fierce battle-cry, slashing at him as hard and fast as he could. Juno blocked each blow as if they were nothing, moving as fast as the wind and never breaking his stance. Juno noticed Jake launching a mighty stretch-punch towards him, and quickly parried one of Finn's sword strikes and kicked him into the distance before ducking to dodge the punch. Without hesitation, Juno ran forward quickly swinging himself up onto the top of Jake's arm and running down it. Jake couldn't react fast enough and was met with a mighty kick to the face which sent him flying on top of Finn. Before either of them could get up, he was there; a foot on them and a sword pointed in their faces.
"You've seen only a fraction of what I can do and you're already beaten. How can you have any hope of defeating me?" He asked in a solemn voice.
"I…I just will!" Finn said, the kick was devastating but his spirit was not broken.
Juno let out a heavy sigh, and opened his hand; his sword disappearing in a burst of black flame. "You remind me a lot of me when I was a kid" He said as took his foot off them; then, as his armor faded from his body he walked off into the field before falling into the grass and lying down.
Finn and Jake looked up and then looked at each other.
"Hey Jake" Finn said.
"Yeah, Finn" Jake replied
"I'm seriously confused about what's going on."
"Yeah, me too. Is he evil or what?"
"I don't think so man. He's just lying there in the grass."
"We should go over there and see what his deal is"
"Totes."
Finn and Jake walked over and sat down beside Juno. Without hesitation Jake blurted out "Demon Lord, what's your deal man! Are you messing with us?"
"Yeah, aren't you supposed to be super evil and junk?" Finn asked.
The Demon Lord looked at them, closed his eyes and said "I'm not evil, and I'm not a Demon Lord. I'm a ninja, and my name's Jordan."
The two heroes gasped. "But Princess Bubblegum said…" but Finn was interrupted.
Jordan sighed "Princess Bubblegum doesn't know. She thinks I'm evil because the Gumball Guardians sensed my power…just…let me explain, from the beginning."