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When you think of history's greatest warriors, you think about met whose armor can withstand even the most heavy damage, brutes whose weapons are so sharp and massive that they can cleave into three or more people in one swift move, men whose very names struck fear in the hearts of giants; men like Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Leonidas of Sparta, Julius Caesar. These men were known throughout history as great warriors.
But there was one fact that was ignored in the history of warfare: that there are woman warriors that are just as ruthless and powerful, such as Fu Hao of China, Ahhotep of Egypt, and the Trung Sisters of Vietnam. But there is one tribe of female warriors who were well known in ancient times for their brute strength and many numbers. These women were known by one word: Amazons.
Within a massive throne room, a young woman paced across the marble floor. Dressed across her dark skin she wore a black halter top accented by yellow feathers, a red breech-cloth held in place by a white sash and a belt made of teeth. She carried a simple wooden staff, topped with a crescent–shaped piece of wood, on which hung more feathers and three small bones. Part of her long blue hair was dressed up in a bun. In her right hand, she dragged a designed wooden staff along the floor.
This has been a very tense time for her. Her prediction had came to light sooner than she had expected; and on the very day after her readings with the stars. They have told her that there would be a large commotion soon. And she had been informed this morning that there was an intruder lurking around on the island from the shores. Outside influence was prohibited in a place like this. So she had sent out her most skilled warrior to deal with this situation. Now she just needed to hear from her to ensure this problem was solved. Of course, she would not need to wait any longer, thank goodness, because the Captain of the Guard, Capt. Valentine, entered the room.
"A report, please?" the woman asked as she stopped pacing.
"You won't have to worry anymore, Mabel," Valentine said matter-of-factly, a proud glint in her eyes, "The intruder had been eliminated."
The woman, Mabel, sighed in relief, "Thank goodness. Our people will remain safe. And I take it you have your 'trophy' to confirm it?" Valentine suddenly looked uncomfortable.
"Well... I didn't actually manage to bring his head back..." Mable quirked a brow.
"Hmm?"
"We were dueling on a landscape out by a cliff in the ocean. And in its conclusion, the area gave in and collapsed under him, dropping him into the ocean. I highly doubt he would survive from the fall." replied Valentine. Mable's eyebrows rose an inch.
"Wait, did you say you and he were in a duel?" she asked curiously, "How is that possible?"
"He seems to have some sort of power similar to the stones we wield. As I experienced a strange red glow on his right arm, he had somehow managed to evade my attack." Explained the captain.
"Valentine, this simply cannot do!" Mable said sternly, eyebrows frowned and clutching her staff in both her hands, "If this person has this kind of power, then how would nature do him in? He may have survived and continued his way to our village as we speak!"
The warrior gasped in horror, "I... I didn't think about that!"
"Find the intruder and bring him back here before the princess finds out he is still wandering about! We cannot allow him to bring chaos onto her people!" demanded Mable, eyes turning into narrow slits with barred teeth. Valentine gave a quick nod of the head.
"Of course..." without another word, she left the room, leaving Mable once again on her own.
'We have been safe from the outside world for a long time. Please don't allow anyone else to take our princess away...' she thought worriedly, drawing small circles along the floor to preoccupy her mind.
The sight of rushing water was the last thing Jason saw. Now he was staring at a ceiling of golden straw. He stood up from a mattress and looked around his new surroundings. He was inside a small room. It was dark, but could barely make out its appearance because of the sunlight seeping through the cracks of the only window that was next to him. He could not remember how he got here. The last thing he remembered was falling at least five stories to the ocean, and that was that. There was a dull throbbing in his head, as if someone had knocked him out with a mallet and nearly every part of his body snapped and crackled with pain. He groaned and closed his eyes for a second, briefly testing the movement in his fingers, wrist, ankles, feet, and neck. Well, at least none of his limbs were lost after his fall. That seemed to be the only outlook that kept him sane at the moment.
He suddenly heard a creak a distance away as he saw a door open and a young woman with dark-silver hair styled in in an arching ponytail came in. She wore what seemed to be a blue top with black tiger stripes that stopped above her stomach. There was also a mini skirt around her waist with the same design. She also wore golden bands around her wrists. Jason, slightly alerted, tried to sit up but was held down due to the pain.
"Don't get up yet," the girl said, her pupils sharpened, "Your wounds are still healing. They'll reopen if you move too much." She placed a pan of water on the table next to the bed and wrung out a towel that came from it, "We found you near the shores and you were in very bad shape. You were lucky we found you when we did, They could have gotten worse if they were left unattended." she sat on the bed next to Jason and looked at him with chocolate-brown eyes, "My name is Chakra. What's your name?"
"Um... It's Jason," the Signer answered, "Pardon me for asking, but where am I?"
"I thought you weren't from around here," the girl named Chakra smiled faintly, "You're in my home in the Kyria Village."
"Kyria Village?" asked Jason.
"It's one of our joints settlements in the Amazon Isles."
"Amazon... Wait, you mean 'Isle' as in 'island'?" Jason cried out as he quickly stood up; but the injuries he sustained had him on his back once again, a grunt and a hiss or two escaping his throat.
"Told you not to get up," deadpanned Chakra, giving a 'I told you so' look, "And yes; we really are living on a small island. You seem like such a strange person. Are you an outsider?"
"If by outsider, do you mean someone that lives outside of this island?" Jason asked. Chakra nodded, "Then yeah. I never been to an island before. I usually stick to a multi-cultural district on the outskirts of Japan. You seem like and interesting person too." he said, smiling politely.
Chakra smiled, "Thank you. I would really love to share our customs with any visitors that come here. But...I'm not sure you would like what I tell you." She looked at her hands warily, unsure at the most.
"Any particular reason?" but before Jason could receive his answer, a loud, drawn out boom echoed inside the room from outside. It sounded primal, like it was from a wild animal. Jason had to cover his ears to avoid having his eardrums wrecked, though he gritted his teeth as the prickling numbness of his arms sent small shocks along his nervous system. When the roar ended, he put his ears back down, "What was that?" he asked bewildered.
Chakra look across the window with a distant glance in her eyes, "She's back... And this early?"
"Who's back? What are you talking about?" Jason had caught Chakra's attention as her eyes were brought back to him, brown eyes trying to look as soft as silk.
"Huh? Oh, uh, nothing," the girl stood back up and went on her way to the door, "Listen, I have to step outside for a moment. Please, whatever you do, do not step outside this room. Understand?" Jason nodded, "Thank you. I'll only be for a moment." with that, Chakra went out of the room, leaving a slightly dumbstruck Jason behind.
Jason wondered what was so important that Chakra had to check to make sure that the black-haired duelist had to stay in this room? Of course he still needed to heal, but what just happened seemed to be urgent. Whoever Chakra was talking about, it was a safe bet she was important, to say the least. She must have known the person well to be hasty to leave. Although he was told to stay put in here, Jason could not help but be curious. So what is the harm of just scoping out this person? It was settled; he stepped out of bed and went out the door.
It took him a while to leave the house through the nearest window he found. That was when he realized that said house was a small one-floor structure made of hay and straw, and it stood on what seemed to be thick bamboo sticks. Behind him he spotted a forest of very tall trees roughly twice the height of the settlement he was in that ran across the area, even past several more houses made of the similar material. Jason heard a cluster of excited murmurs from the other side of the house he was possibly standing behind. When he peeked around the corner to the source of the voices, he spot a group of people standing around at the front. They were all female with fur attire of different colors. Even the children were wearing dresses made of animal fur. By the way they were clustered in front of the houses, they may be anticipating a parade of some sort. What could they be waiting for?
It was then that all of the townsfolk bent down and knelt to the ground. That supported Jason's hint that someone very important was heading this way. Looking closer, he can see a small flight of women carrying wooden, iron-tipped spears advancing across the dirt road between the spectators. Jason's better judgment told him that this was a division of warriors suited for collateral purposes; security, to put it simply. The question was, who were they protecting? He saw no one else walking in front of behind this platoon.
Suddenly a low growl throbbed behind him. Somehow Jason could pick up a similar frequency from a while ago, a feral and animalistic beat from when he heard that loud roar. He slowly turned his head to the source of the sound. And as he took a good look, he had wished he had never had.
Standing just a few feet from Jason was a large White Tiger almost as tall as him, glaring at him like a piece of meat with its fierce green eyes. The beast began to trail around him like a shark while Jason tried to moved away from it, not taking his eyes off it for even a moment. They stopped moving when they both stood in each others' place. Jason could think of nothing to get out of this mess; he now wished he stayed in bed.
Things seemed to get worse when he heard a rustle of leaves right behind him. Without thinking, he spun to the source of the noise when he was then knocked back by an anonymous force, slamming him onto his back. Jason's head was spinning from the impact; and even worse, he was pinned to the ground by some smaller beast, perched on top of him like a cat. However, he drew back out the sunlight in his eyes and ruled out that the thing sitting on him was actually human. Her natural blue hair hung from her head in large pigtails. For a moment he was awed by how the sun did well on her heavily-tanned skin, but was pulled back to the predicament at hand when a low growl escaped through her teeth.
Jason tried to voice something out before the girl stood up off her and roughly lift him by the collar. She was fairly short for his knees to barely touch the ground, "What are you doing outside your homestead?" she snarled. Jason tried to answer, but was slammed back onto his back with a surprise amount of force, "On second though, don't even bother speaking! There's absolutely no excuse for your kind to be wandering alone without your master present...!" the girl released him, and stamped on his chest to pin him down. She then flexed out her right hand, revealing her set of nails, seemingly manicured and sharpened, "It's very unfortunate that I would have to discipline you!" the young lady prepared to strike until...
"Wait!" both Jason and the girl turned to see Chakra who shouted to her, along with a crowd of on looking villagers. Chakra rushed over to Jason's side and knelt before the blue-haired woman, with her head hanging low as if she was bowing, "Please forgive him, your highness! He was just doing a bit of yard work for me in the backyard! It's not his fault!"
The girl glared at Chakra and then back at Jason. After a moment of reluctance, she drew her nails back and released him, "Consider yourself lucky..." she walked to the giant tiger and mounted on it's back, before turning her attention to the pleading Chakra, "I strongly advise you keep him on a short leash from now on." with that, the tiger carried the girl away into the forest. When everyone else had left the area, only Chakra and Jason were left alone.
"I told you to stay in bed, Jason!" Chakra scolded; she searched around Jason's bandages and found a few red patches, "And look at you! Some of your wounds reopened!"
"I'm sorry, I was just curious..." Jason said.
Chakra sighed tiredly, "It's alright, let's just get you inside and get you patched up again..."
Later, Jason and Chakra were back in the guest room, the latter just finishing adjusting Jason's injuries, "There, all done." She said, wiping some of Jason's split blood off her fingers with a damp cloth.
"Thanks," Jason said.
"You're welcome," Chakra looked away, as if she wanted avoid something. However, Jason was persistent.
"You do understand that I still have some questions that need answering, don't you?"
Chakra sighed, "I thought I could keep you hidden until I could find you a way off this island, but I supposed this can't be helped..." she then turned back to face him, "That girl you met back there, the one with the tiger, her name is Alina; better known as the White Tiger."
Meanwhile...
The large tiger carried the girl named Alina across the vast forest until the made it to a stone over water bridge. From there it bolted across the extension until the eventually reached a large stone structure. It was like where the ancient roman emperors lived, a giant palace made of pure marble. The tiger passed the large coliseum, then across the front of the courtyard and the white tiger stopped, allowing the girl to dismount. She walked towards the entrance where she was met with several maidens lined up on either side of her all of them bowing. The warrior and sage stood at the entrance as well, also bowing.
"You may stand," Alina said; the two obeyed.
"It is good to see you again," Valentine greeted, "How was your trip-?"
"I'm in no mood to talk, Valentine," Alina snapped as she walked towards the opening doors, "All I want to do now is have a long bath; and I'd appreciate it if no one disturbs me."
Valentine and Mabel watched as Alina was followed by her tiger into the palace, before the doors closed behind them, "As you wish, your highness." Sighed Valentine.
Alina and her tiger walked down the corridors of the magnificent, marble statues of herself and other powerful-looking warriors (all female) and the skins of animals draping across the walls. When she reached a large room, two Amazons bowed before her as she entered the room, closing the marble door behind her. Pressing her back to the door, she undid her pigtails and she shook her head, aqua-blue hair spilling past her shoulders and curling and twirling across the plains of her back like a waterfall. The tiger nudge her hand with it's huge and furry head. She was rewarded with a stroke along her ears.
"Honestly, Nila, why does today feel more difficult than the last?" she asked, walking across the giant room with long and elegant strides. Nila trotted along behind her, fallowing her to a giant room that had a large tub in the middle of it. The large tub was being filled and a liquid that smelt faintly sweet was being poured into the water by a young man at the age of fifteen with tangerine-orange hair and bright green eyes. His lanky but still tall form was clothed only in a animal-skinned loincloth that reached his ankles, a green-leafed headband pinning down his long bangs and framing his freckled face.
"Boy, is my bath ready?" barked Alina. The young man flinched before he turned and bowed to the warrior, his body trembling with fear but his voice trying to sound obedient without mixing up his words.
"Y-Yes, my lady. I've drawn it with the freshest of herbs picked from our noble grounds, your highness." he said with a shaky voice. His mistress looked at him steadily, trying to find any deceit in his words. When she did not, she nodded.
"Very well. Off with you." she said, a snarl hidden in her throat. Nodding and bowing once more, the boy left with quick steps and hurried breaths, leaving the queen to herself.
With the help of Nila, Alina de-robed and she stepped into the warm spring water, her nostrils filling with the sweet scent fruit and spices and causing her whole body to go lax. Holding some of her hair back, she dived her head into the warm water and she then resurfaced, sweet water damping her hair and causing skin to tingle. Her white tiger laid next to the edge of the water, her paw swiping at the water's surface with curiosity. Alina gave a sort of twitch of the lip.
"You've never really liked swimming. Even as a cub." she said. Nila gave a grunt and Alina spared a chuckle.
"You seem to be the only one who knows how to make me laugh," she said softly. Sitting up a little, she ran her fingers through her wet hair, a sudden frown now on her lips, "I wonder if we'll be able to do this again once we see the likes of Helios."
Nila gave a growl and her owner patted her head soothingly, "I know, I loath him as much as you do. But how must we keep our race alive without him and his despicable Gargareans? No, he is needed. Even if he is a pig-headed, disrespectful rat. He and men are all the same. Inhumane creatures that spoil the land that I walk on." she splashed the water a bit, looking up at the ceiling with narrowed eyes.
"Speaking of such, why can't I still shake off that bad feeling I have on that slave boy with black and grey hair?" she pondered and pondered this. So long that her skin had pruned in the water.
Meanwhile. . .
"So you're basically saying that she's the leader of your tribe?" asked Jason, taking a bite out of one of the apples Chakra had bought him.
"Yes. She is the fiercest and most powerful Amazon of the tribe. Not only are her battle skills and speed are at best, but her terrifying rule can send hundreds of warriors to their knees." said Chakra, offering him another apple from her basket.
Declining it, Jason finished the one he had in his hand, "What about that tiger of hers?" he asked.
"She is a tiger Alina had raised ever since she was a cub. Her name is Nila, and if she even had another second with you, your skin would have been ribbons by now, and she would be gnawing on your bones." she warned. Jason's skin prickled at the though of that. Being that wild-cat's latest chew toy was definitely not on his to-do list. It was a good thing he had a few other questions.
"Hey, you said I was doing some yard work to save my life back there, right? Does that mean I'm not the only male here?" he asked. Chakra nodded.
"Alina does allow a few of the males born into the tribe to become warriors for the neighboring tribe or to be slaves for this tribe. She still has a great dislike for them, though." she said. Jason cocked his brow.
"Neighboring tribe?"
"Yes. The Gargareans. An all-male tribe that lives just past the mountains across the island. On sacred terms, we send a few of our women, and they send a few of their males, so that new life can be born next Spring. They are ruled over by their leader, King Helios," the young girl scrunched up her nose suddenly, as if she smelt something disgusting, "Personally, I like neither him, nor any of the other Gargareans. All of them are just monkey-brained, leech-ridden barbarians. I still wonder why her royal highness has kept in good terms with King Helios." she said, shaking her head. Jason nodding understandingly and he suddenly stood up from bed.
"Jason, I swear if you even step one foot out of this hut, I will take this simple dagger and-"
"I know, I know," assured the young man, rolling up his sleeves and rubbing his hands, "I may not know how I got here, and you may have saved me back there that one time, that doesn't mean some of those Amazons will come here and check to see if I'm, actually working. So I need to play the part while I'm stuck here. And relax, I just want to get some exercise and I feel perfectly fine now, see?" he bended down and maneuvered himself until he was hand standing, swinging his legs a little in emphasis. Getting back to his feet, he looked at the Amazon expectantly, "Sow what's my first chore?"
'Why is he so stubborn?' wondered Chakra, shaking her head before standing up and grabbing a empty bucket by the doorway and handing it to Jason.
"Fine. There's a stream close by here, just past the trees on the East. Can you please go grab some water from there?" she asked. Nodding with the bucket in hand, Jason walked out of the hut and he walked along the mossy and grassy floors until he reached the East trees.
The rooftops of the trees crossed over each other with thick branches, flora and fauna all around him with cicadas chirping and birds of prey ready to peck at them. Jason stepped over thick tree roots and he made his way across smooth stones and rocks until he reached a babbling stream, water crossing and twisting like vines. He stopped when he saw probably the first male he saw on the island. Even with his tall built, orange hair, and pale skin, the guy didn't look dangerous. When he stepped on a twig, the boy jumped and he dropped his own bucket in the water.
"Aw man, sorry about that. Here, let me get it." apologized Jason, already sprinting into the shallow water and retrieving the bucket. He held the bucket to the other boy, watching him take it uneasily.
"Th-Thank you." he mumbled, already on his knees again and collecting water into the bucket. Jason crouched next to him and he began gathering his own water. The other boy looked at him with a curious face.
"Hold on, you're that stranger that everyone is going on about. The one that Lady Chakra saved from Lady Alina." he said. Jason looked at the redhead with a small shrug.
"Guess I am. Oh yeah, my name's Jason, by the way." he said.
"My name is Michelangelo. Pleasure to meet you, Master Jason." he said. Sweat rolled awkwardly down the duelist's forehead at the new title.
"Er, Jason's just fine. No need for that 'Master' thing or whatever." he said. Michelangelo nodded.
"Very well. Jason it is." he said, pulling up his bucket of water and pulling out the stones and weeds that swam in water.
"Hey, Michelangelo?"
"Yes?"
"Hope this doesn't bother you or anything, but are you a, uh. . . . You know. . . Slave?" asked Jason. The green-eyed young man nodded without hesitation.
"Yes, been a slave ever since I was five-years-old. I've served under Lady Alina as one of her aids," Michelangelo suddenly had a nervous face, "Th-Though, her highness does scare me a little with her wrath." he added with a small yet squeaky laugh. Jason lifted his own bucket and he plucked out the stones in his water.
"She's that scary, huh?" he asked. The redhead gave another laugh.
"I rather not respond to that. I do not wish to become the next of the Royal guards' practice targets." he said. Jason's eyes widen.
"Is that how they punish you around here?" he asked. Michelangelo looked at the sky thoughtfully.
"Either that, or decapitation. Or being sent to be fed to the lions and tigers."
Jason gave a shiver, trying to brush away the three new entries to, 'A-Thousand-Ways-To-Die'.
"Wow, that's harsh." he said, almost trying to laugh it off.
Michelangelo joined him and the two laughed for a bit, "Pardon me for asking, but who would be your master?"
Jason tried to think of a story of why he was here. He couldn't exactly tell him that he woke up here because of some cosmic dragon, "Oh? Well, she's not exactly as special as Alina, but she's a real nice person. She took me when I had no one else and I serve her in return."
"Consider yourself lucky. It's been a long time since my Lady had treated me like that," Michelangelo stood, "Well, I have to get going. I don't want to keep her waiting."
Jason watched as he redhead soon disappeared into the forest, 'She must really be tough to get him so afraid. Makes me wonder what she would do if she ever catches me...'
Meanwhile, Maybel was back in the large throne room, unable to rest from the constant pacing she was doing. And just like before, Valentine entered through the double-doors, "Have you found him yet?"
"No! I searched the entire forest! It's like he vanished!"
"Then search the forest again! He couldn't have gotten far! We can't face Lady Alina when we can't find the intruder who is supposed to be a threat to her!" but then she heard a low growl near the entrance of the room. It looks like they were found out.
Jason was walking back to the hut with the water in tow. He kept himself in mind of his recent talk with that Michelangelo person. By what he was told, Alina seemed to be a very fierce individual; especially with that tiger she had around her. He would hate to find out what would happen if he were to catch her on a bad day.
He had finally made it to Chakra's hut. There were a small group of people gathered around the entrance. What could possibly be happening there. Jason weaved through the crowd and made it to the doorway. The first thing he saw when he stepped through the doorway almost made him dropped his bucket, as he stepped back out.
The tiger known as Nila stepped out the door growling at him. It glared at him with the same predator's eyes it used the first time it met him. Jason was stuck in place as one wrong move would set off the tiger. He then found out that if Nila was here then her master must not be far.
"I thought I smelled a rat when I first saw you..." Jason looked behind him and found Alina standing behind him in front of the crowd. Close behind her were Valentine and Mabel.
"You are charged of treason against the Amazon Kingdom!" the warrior announced as she drew her sword and pointed the blade at Jason, "You are ordered by word of Princess Alina herself to follow us back to her palace for interrogation! Refusal to do so will come severe consequences!"
Jason was in bigger trouble now than he thought. He thought he could hide among the villagers until he could find a way to get off this island. But now that he has been found out, he may never return home. But perhaps if he came along quietly and explain himself to the princess, then maybe she could help him. There were no other options he could think of, "Alright, I...I surender."
"A wise decision," Valentine returned her sword to her sheath, "Constrain the miscreant!" Before he had the chance to debate, a golden chain quickly enclave around Jason and fasten itself over his upper body, clamping his arms to his torso. The sudden surprise forced Jason to his knees, "Our Lady thanks you greatly for your cooperation," Jason could hear footsteps and was sure that his captor was approaching him. When she passed him, Jason could not believe what he was seeing. It was Chakra who was his captor. The one who bound him in this chain was the same person who found him and took him in.
"It is a good thing you decided to cooperate when we told you of the fugitive; you save yourself a lot of trouble from her highness," Mabel said as Chakra approached them, "You may give him to us now. We can take it from here."
Chakra turned towards the captured person. She then tugged hard on her chain and pulled Jason towards her. She held the two of then face-to-face. Her eyes he saw were cold and calculate, instead of the kind and gentle eyes he thought were hers. Chakra leaned up closer to the Signer as she whispered something in his ear.
"Please endure this Jason. It will all be over soon, I promise..."
Alina was given the chain as Jason was now held by her, "Soon you'll learn what happens to those who threaten me and my kingdom." the princess mounted ontop of Nila and bolted out of the village. Unable to break the chains, Jason had no choice but to be dragged across the ground as the Amazon Princess raced towards the palace...
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