Windy Wayfarer
Chapter 2: The Battle
Disclaimer: I do not own Samurai Jack or any of the characters involved except Guardian W. Wind
The Samurai and the Wayfarer walked among a wasteland, approaching a large black citadel.
"Are you ready?" the Wayfarer asked
The Samurai nodded slowly, and lifted his head to glare up at the top of the citadel.
The Wayfarer followed his gaze "He'll be there, do not worry." He replied
"I know." The Samurai replied
The two of them then entered the citadel. Inside they found that the people were enslaved and were being worked to death. The witnessed an act of abuse as one of the shadow drivers whipped a bowl of water out of an old man's hands.
The Samurai and the Wayfarer charged forward and dealt with the driver and three others. The Samurai knelt down and looked the old man in the eyes.
"Father…" he said
"Son…" The old Shogun replied
"What has happened to you?" The samurai asked "Why are you so old?"
"Aku, Aku has worked all of us beyong life." He replied, then smacked his son with two fingers on his head
The Samurai looked at him confused "You should not have come." The shogun explained
"I had to." The Samurai replied
"Hello lord." The Wayfarer said stepping out of the shadows and bowing his head
"You!" The shogun said weakly "What are you doing here?"
"Your wife, m'lady, asked me to watch over the boy. I have returned here with him now to help defeat the evil known as Aku, as well as to ask a favor when he was old enough and trained."
"Then you have been sent on a death mission. No one can defeat Aku unless they have-"
The Samurai closed his eyes and drew his blade, the magical gleam silencing his father
"The enchanted sword…" he finished
"I know this well m'lord. We have procured all that is need to defeat Aku. It will be done, and you will be freed." The Wayfarer answered
"Thank you… Wind." He said before he collapsed and one of the other slaves caught him.
"Wind?" The Samurai looked at him curiously
"My name, I have become known as that due to my disappearing and reappearing only when power is needed, much like the wind itself, that and it is my true name. Guardian W. Wind, though your father doesn't know that…" Wind explained
The Samurai nodded then looked above
Wind again followed his gaze. "Come, we have work to do."
"Yes…" The Samurai replied
The two made their way up to the top of the Citadel, where they found Aku waiting for them in his pit of fire.
"So, the Samurai returns, and does the Wayfarer?" Aku asked glaring at the cloaked figure "I owe you for your wound you inflicted on me all those years ago. It has yet to heal!" Aku shouted showing a small gash on his arm.
"Like the wounds inflicted by an angry wind, the destruction may disappear, but the wound never completely heals, for nothing is completely the same." Wind explained
"You brat!" Aku shouted at him
"Aku!" The samurai interrupted
"Ah… Samurai. How are you?" Aku asked
"I have come to free my father and his people." The Samurai explained
Aku stared at him for a moment, then laughed "I would like to see you try!" he said inbetween laughs
The Samurai drew his blade and Aku immediately stopped laughing "The mystic sword!" He said
"You know of this blade?" The Samurai asked
"Yes, that accursed blade, forged by the ancients to banish evil long ago." Aku explained
"Then you should know this spear as well." Wind said as he drew the wepon from his back
"Ahhh! Do not remind me of that weapon!" Aku shouted
The Samurai looked to Wind confused
"I will explain when this is over." Wind answered
The Samurai nodded "Prepare yourself Aku!" He said before jumping and shouting as he descended onto the king of darkness. Aku transformed into a large flying creature as The Samurai landed on the other side of the pit. Wind disappeared and a small tornado appeared next to the creature interfering with its flying. The tornado turned into Wind and he stabbed the creature in the chest.
Aku yelled out before he transformed again and became a large cobra. The Samurai leapt at him and slashed Aku across the chest making his shout out again, and transform into a scorpion. Just as he finished and he glared with a grin at the samurai Wind drove his spear through the spine of the scorpion. Aku shouted out again and turned into a puddle on the ground. Wind jumped from the top of his spear bringing the weapon with him.
"Is it over?" The Samurai asked
"No, though my weapon is powerful, only the mystic sword can destroy Aku." Wind explained turning.
The Samurai turned to the puddle and approached, drawing the sword above his head. The puddle shifted into Aku, as the demon tried to slither away. The Samurai lifted his sword higher.
"This is the final blow Aku. With this, I will end you." He said
"No Samurai, I will not lose here. Not yet anyway." Aku released an echoing scream that formed white rings that flew over Wind and the Samurai. They expanded forming a portal.
"What magic is this?" The Samurai asked
Suddenly he and Wind were sucked into the portals. As they traveled through the dimension they felt themselves being torn apart and stitched back together, they landed in the middle of a street, both of them wielding their weapons. Wind sheathed his and the Samurai did the same.
"Where are we?" The Samurai asked
"We are in the future Samurai." Wind replied
"What?" The Samurai asked when suddenly a crushing noise interrupted him.
The pair turned around and before them was a large creature that was eating the ground. The samurai and Wind jumped away heading up the pit they were in, The samurai landed on the creature, drew his sword. Stabbed it in the head. And jumped away as it exploded. They landed on another street, where there were three oddly dressed people.
"Man, that was off the hook!" One of the shouted
"Jack that amazing man." Another said
"Jack that was incredible." The third said
"Jack-"
"Jack-"
"Jack-"
Wind sighed