Family
Chapter 219 Chi Concerns
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
In the lair of the Cult of Aku, the Daughters of Aku were training with their weapons. Each of the Daughters was skilled in various ninja weapons though they each carried a weapon on their own personal choosing. Ashi and Ami used kusarigamas, Avi had a katana, Ali had two Sai, Ani had a kanabo, Ari had a naginata, and Aki had twin butterfly swords. The Daughters had been training for hours, when the High Priestess summoned them to her.
"My daughters soon you will set out into the world and kill a person who brings disgrace to Aku and is unworthy of inheriting any of his empire. This person is a child of Aku, but unlike you she lacks the skills of a cold hearted warrior, so she will bring ruin to the empire. That person is named Chi." Said the High Priestess as she pulled out a picture of Chi from her robe and showed the Daughters.
The picture showed Chi in her short kimono holding a microphone and smiling. Ashi and the others were a bit stunned by the picture. They have heard about Chi, but this was their first time seeing what she looked like. Chi couldn't have been more then 10 or 11 years old, while all the Daughters were about 18. Ashi cast a look at her sisters who all seemed a little uncomfortable about killing a child, especially one that was technically their sister and a fellow child of Aku.
"Mother...is this truly a wise thing to do? Chi is a child of Aku like us and is younger then me and the others. Since my sisters and I are Aku's first born children, we would be the ones to inherit his empire. Aku is the father of fathers surly we can work something out and evenly divide the empire between us and Chi to share." Said Ashi.
"Oh...my dear sweet Ashi, trying to protect a sister." Said the High Priestess with a hint of sarcasm before she violently slapped Ashi across the face.
Ashi stumbled a step back from the slap and put a hand to her face, but did not cry out. She had insured harsher treatments from her mother.
"Chi is not your sister! She may be a child of Aku, but she is weak. You have been trained as warriors since you were born, you embraced the darkness of Aku, and his fire roars in each of you. Chi is the embodiment of all of Aku's weaknesses before he purged them from his own body and now Chi's existence threatens to weaken Aku and the empire. You would settle with dividing the empire amongst yourselves and someone, who has not worked as hard as you?" Said High Priestess.
"But...won't killing her anger Aku and bring his wrath down on us?" Asked Ami.
"Aku will not know what we did. Once Chi is removed and you present yourselves to him, he will eventually forget about Chi as he takes a liking to you. Will even come up with a false killer and kill them to avenge Chi and put Aku's mind at ease." Said High Priestess.
"That...seems wrong." Said Ashi.
"It is for the good of us and Aku. This is our destiny. Chi must die." Said the High Priestess as she walked over to a nearby fire pit and dropped the photo of Chi in it.
The Daughters watched the photo burn to ashes. The High Priestess turned to her children.
"Your dismissed."
The Daughters headed towards a cave that served as their room. Ashi on the other hand headed towards the chamber with the Aku statue and looked up at it. The Daughter said a little prayer to her father asking for any form of guidance and success for the future. Oh how Ashi longed to be in the presence of her father along with her sisters, so they could bask in his magnificent glory. Ashi rejoined her sisters in their room to rest. The eldest daughter walked over to a segment of the wall and pulled off a fist size slap of rock revealing a small hole that showed the world outside. Ashi looked though the hole and saw the night sky filled with stars. She took a moment to behold it's beauty and then she step aside to let each of her sisters take a look through the hole to look at the star filled sky. Soon they would see the world and claim their destiny. The Daughters would show they were the true children of Aku.
In Aku City, Chi was doing pedicures with Samantha and Nyx. Ying and Alcor were out exploring the palace grounds.
"So Chi is there a reason you haven't told your dad what that fortune teller told you about seven assassins?" Asked Samantha.
"I don't want to worry him. If I told him about what the fortune teller told me, he would keep me in the palace and forbid me from leaving. I wouldn't be able to explore the multiverse and search for Mimi if I was stuck here." Said Chi.
"That's true." Said Nyx.
"Your going to tell her how you really feel?" Asked Samantha.
"I...am. I'm going to tell Mimi, I love her and I'm going to do everything in my power to protect her from her father." Said Chi.
"Your not afraid of Him or the assassins?" Asked Nyx.
"Nope. My powers are kicking into gear and I'm ready to take on the world. Besides I have all of you guys backing me up, so I'm pretty optimistic about the future." Said Chi.
"Not to sound like a downer, but what if Mimi...doesn't love you back in the same way you love her." Said Samantha.
"I've...thought of that and though there's a possibility that Mimi doesn't love the same way back, I need to let her know how I feel for both her sake and my sake. I need to tell Mimi how I feel because if I don't, I would never look at myself the same way again and I would regret not tell Mimi about my feelings for the rest of my life. Mimi needs to know that there's a person out there that cares for her and...if she just wants to be...friends, I can live with that. I...just want...Mimi to be happy." Said Chi.
"That's deep." Said Nyx her eyes wide with awe.
"You...know it's kind of funny. One of my father's nicknames is the Shogun of Sorrow, yet I don't want to cause anyone any sorrow. After hearing what happened to Mimi and you two, I don't want anyone to go through any form of pain like that ever." Said Chi.
"We all have to face some kind of sorrow in life Chi. You can't be happy all the time. Sadness can sometimes be just as important as happiness. You just have to not let it drag you down and move forward and life will eventually get better." Said Samantha.
"I...guess your right, though life seems kind of unfair to some people." Said Chi.
"Life's not always fair. Sometimes you just have to endure it." Said Samantha.
"You know what let's go out and have some fun and enjoy life! I want to hang with my stepsister and my best friends, not seat around and talk about depressing stuff." Said Nyx.
"Your absolutely right! Let's go live in the moment!" Said Chi.
The three girls gathered Ying and Alcor and headed into the city to do some sightseeing.
In the shopping and restaurant district of Aku City, three travelers had just arrived through the use of dimensional scissors. These three were Marco, Pony Head, and Kelly. Marco was looking at a video he got from Star, that she and Buff Frog had visited this dimension at one point and had gone to a restaurant called the Da Samurai's bar for a quick bite of nachos. The bar seemed to be occupied by battered and beaten warriors. Buff Frog had been challenged to an arm wrestling match by a fat hairy creature and ended up winning, while Star filmed and cheered him on. Then a strange dark creature with blue flames on his head and a long cape burst in and made a dramatic entrance into the bar.
"I have returned! I, Demongo, have come to collect the souls of the greatest warriors!"
Demongo looked at the crowd of beaten and battered with a frown.
"But, I see, I have come to the wrong place!"
With that said Demono left the bar.
"What a freak." Said Star as the video ended.
Marco and his friends went to the bar to search it and ask the customers if they saw anything happen to Star and Buff Frog, but their search and questions turned up nothing. The group was fixing to move on, but Pony Head wanted to go look at one of the shops. Marco reluctantly agreed and they went inside. Pony Head went over to the music section, where she saw a cardboard cutout of Chi along with some new CDs. A speaker was playing Chi's music and Pony Head began to grove to it.
"Oh man this music is off the chain! I'm totally buying a CD!" Said Pony Head as she grabbed a CD and went to buy it.
Marco was looking through some postcards with Kelly, when a large ape like alien bumped into him.
"Sorry." Said Marco.
"Oh your going to be sorry." Growled the alien, who happened to have a sort temper.
The alien threw a punch at Marco, but he ducked beneath it and the blow knocked down the display rack of postcards.
"Look man I don't want any trouble and I should warn you I know karate and have taken down guys larger then you." Said Marco as he raised his fist.
"Don't worry Marco, I'm right behind you." Said Kelly as she appeared besides Marco holding a sword.
"Alright a fight! My man Marco is going to drop this chump!" Said Pony Head as she floated over with a bag hanging from her horn.
The alien was fixing to attack, when someone interrupted him, by someone he didn't expect.
"What is going on?" Demanded Chi as she and her friends stood by the stores entrance.
"Oh my gosh! It's Chi!" Cried Pony Head excitedly.
The alien paled and smiled nervously at Chi, while Marco addressed her.
"I was just looking at postcards, when this guy bumped into me and then he started attacking me."
"It's true." Said Kelly.
"I can explain!" Cried the alien, but was silenced by a glare from Chi.
"Zip it! You going to apologize and clean this mess up, or I'll summon the guard to deal with you." Said Chi.
The alien paled and quickly turned to Marco bowing his head.
"I'm sorry for bumping into you and attacking you! I was out of line!"
"It's ok." Said Marco.
The alien went about cleaning up the mess as Marco and his friends went over to Chi and her group.
"Thanks for that." Said Marco.
"Your welcome, it's no problem." Said Chi.
"OMG! Can I have your autograph and take a picture with you?" Said Pony Head as she dropped her bag and pulled the CD out with her teeth.
"Sure." Said Chi as she took the CD and signed it.
Pony Head got Kelly to hold her cellphone to take a picture of her and Chi.
"Oh this is so awesome! Thank you!" Said Pony Head.
"Anything for a fan." Said Chi.
Marco and his friends thanked Chi and left the store.
"What an interesting group." Thought Chi as she and her friends went about their day.
Outside the store Marco opened up another portal and he and his friends went through it to continue their search for Star and Buff Frog.
To be continued.
