#KICK..AKUS...AAASSS

[joebuscus1031]

Through the darkness there is hope

Samurai jack fanfiction Plot: jack guides Ashi as she travels through the psyche of her mind to break free from aku’s control over her and be free from his evil essence

We are taken to the outside of aku’s fortress, small gusts of wind filled the area slowly scattering debris across the wasteland. We the slowly pan up to the sky where there appears to be an eclipse slowly blotting out the sun we then her a scream of unimaginable pain.

We are taken in side of the fortress when we see jack is chained to a wall where the minions of aku one at a time beat jack senseless with various weapons, while aku watches from his throne smirking and cackling with amusement.

Ashi, still in her twisted demon like appearance watches emotionlessly. Aku then rises and slowly drifts over “I never thought this day would come samurai, for years…I have watched you suffer from the comfort of my domain but it was only emotional suffering…I always said to myself it wasn’t enough” Jack slowly raises his head as blood drips down from his nose a mouth. intense wounds, cuts and bruises filled his body as he pants from exhaustion. “Don’t get me wrong samurai It brings me great joy to torture you mentally and emotionally…however nothing beats seeing you like this” as he chuckles maniacally.

“Alright aku, you got what you wanted…you don’t need her anymore…just…let her go please” he begged in a shaky voice as if he was desperately trying to hold back his tears. All he wanted was to see her face again and stare into her eyes that once had so much life in them which now are soulless and corrupt. “And why would I do that foolish samurai ? She is my daughter after all” infuriated jack shouts “daughter? DAUGHTER!? You had nothing to do with her upbringing ! You were never there, the life she had before….me..was constant abuse both mentally and physically not to mentioned brainwashed into thinking you’re some sort of god…. her new life was just beginning until you corrupted her and twisted her into demon she is no-” before he could finish aku pierced through his shoulder with his finger letting out a grunt holding back his screams “samurai listen to me, who you see before you now is my daughters true self..the Ashi you knew was merely a shell, containing the real her….nothing more”

As his finger slowly pulled out of his shoulder he let out a grunt in pain. He lifted his head once more to see something that shocked him, tears began to slide down Ashi’s cheeks…and one thought crossed his mind…he knew, the real Ashi was still in there trapped and aware of what was happening. Seeing that gave jack hope that there’s still a chance to save her

“Now samurai, I will take my leave…I must make preparations, your death will be going public so anyone who has had hopes of opposing me will shatter after seeing there savior slain in front of there eyes” as he maniacally laughs “Now my lovely daughter I will leave him in your hands while I am away make sure he doesn’t do anything he might regret” ignoring the tears flowing down her face he then leaves the two of them.

As jacks gaze returns to Ashi he is slightly startled to find her standing right in front of him watching him emotionlessly. He then narrows his eyes “Ashi….I know you’re still in there somewhere…you can still fight it” as she slightly tilts her head. “Do not worry Ashi, I went through something similar years ago and was able to break free…it was hard but I persevered, do not lose hope….fight it from within” they both stared into each other’s eyes until jack let out a sign and closed his eyes “do not worry I will not let you do this alone…I shall guide you ashi” he then goes into a meditative trance. We then seeing Jack from Ashi’s point of view from inside her her head. The real Ashi kneeling in anguish as she sees her lover bloody and beaten. tears uncontrollably rolling down her face and hands over her eyes “why…why couldn’t you do it jack…I asked you but you refused….I mean I understand why but (sniffles) I would rather die than seeing you suffer at the hands of aku” as she continues sobbing black essence begins to slowly creep up her body trying to take over her fully. Angered by aku she gets up and runs toward her eyes frantically banging on them as if she were trapped behind a glass wall with no escape. “God pleeease…don’t hurt him anymore..I can’t-” she is then cut off by another voice “you know… this is all your fault” she slowly turned around to see visions of her sisters with their wounds still visible on them from when they fight Jack. Ashi stared with a look of horror and disbelief “What ? How are yo-” “if you would’ve just killed him like our intended purpose.. you wouldn’t have developed feelings for him…now look at you… look at what It had to come to” “Stop” “Instead, now our father has to use you as a puppet to get the job done” “STOP !” “And now you get to watch as father slays him !” “stop, stop, STOOOOP !!!!” Her sisters look at her with expressionless faces “stop what Ashi ?” The dark essence continues to creep up. “Do NOT call that horrid fiend my father” “Then what is he then huh ? I can’t believe choose this scum over your own family! You deserve what you’re going through !” As they narrow their eyes into a glare, The essence moves more quickly up towards Ashi now reaching her neck “no no NOOOOO JACK !” The black mass has now seemingly consumed her…“its so cold…I can’t see anything” she says in a shaky voice “Jack I am truly sorry, you were the One thing that gave me joy in my life and now you’re gone”

The silence is almost deafening…until she heard a faint voice in the distance that sounded familiar calling out to her..“Ashi..ashi….ashi !” A white dot appears it is Ashi’s eyes as it slowly zooms out we see the outline of Ashi’s body which is white but the rest of her is black just like her surroundings. “Jack ?…JACK ?! Is that you ?” She looks down at her self and realizes that she is in the body of her eight-year-old self with her original hair. The voice calls out her name again, this time she was certain it was Him “JACK ! I hear but I can’t see you ! Tell me when you are” “follow the sound of my voice Ashi ! I will guide you” She then begins to float towards the direction she hears him looking around for some visible sign of him… she then here’s the voice of her mother “you truly are weak” Ashi pauses and clenches her fists “NO ! You are not weak, Pay no mind to her… you’re one of the strongest people I’ve ever met” Ashi slowly turns back towards the direction of Jack’s voice “you were just as useless and pitiful as the samurai is” Ashi then in a stern voice replies “you don’t get to tell me what and who I am” “you dare speak to your mother in such a manner” Ashi’s eyes then narrow as she grits her teeth “you may have given birth to me…. but you’re not my mother in anyway shape or form… no mother in their right mind would put their child through what you put me and my sisters through …begone !” She floated in the one spot for a moment until she couldn’t hear the voice anymore and then continue forward towards Jack.

She continued on until she saw a shimmering light in the distance, she leaned in forward to move faster “come, Ashi you’re almost there just a little further” but then she felt the darkness rising back up again like water she struggled for a moment as she tries to swim her way through, until she remembered something Jack had said to her “ if you open your eyes and let go of the hate.. you will see the truth” her heart then began to beat from determination, “for jack” she said softly as she continued to swim toward the light picking up speed. Faster and faster she swam until she felt the solid ground beneath her feet and slowly start walking up toward where the light, her eyes slowly widened as her view was fixated on none other than Jack…his eight year old self “ashi…you made it” as a innocent smile grew across his face, Ashi did the same as her eyes grew teary. Jack then held out his hands “come” Ashi then slowly one step at a time began to approach him by her fourth step she had realized she is now in the body of her 13 year old self and so is jack. She continued forward and by her ninth step she was in her appearance when she first met him and so was he (beard and all) as she drew closer to her final steps she held out her hands as her hair flowed back down to her current hair style.

Till finally she felt an overwhelming warmth as both of them grab each other’s hands she opens her eyes to see jack (clean shaven and top knot) smiling back at her. The darkness around them dissolves as it’s replace by light. She knew that the light was a representation of the kindness in her heart and her never ending love for jack, she smiles “jack” “Ashi” they both embrace as the light engulfs their vision. When are then taken back to the real world where jack opens his eyes to see ashi convulsing as the darkness that seemed permanently attached to her started to melt off of her body. The last part of her to be freed was her head as she desperately gasped for air and collapsed to her knees. She felt unpleasant feeling rising through her esophagus that felt as thick as mud, she then vomited out a black substance…it was the rest of aku’s essence. Aku who was still making preparations all of a sudden was in pain, he had sensed that something was hurting him indirectly “arrggh what the hell is this ?!?” His widened as it dawned on him what had just happened “noo…Nooo….NOOOOOO !!!” He bolts to the area of his domain where Ashi and jack are. As the last drop of dark essence left her mouth all of it started to evaporate away, she was panting uncontrollably catching her breath “Ashi ! Are you-” he is then cut off by the sounds of crying, she slowly looks up at him, tears pouring down the sides of her cheeks “you found me” she said in a soft spoken voice, jack lets out a light chuckle “oh Ashi…you weren’t that hard to find” as he smiles ashi slowly stands up her legs still wobbly from the ordeal makes her way toward jack and puts both of her hands on his face “my god, they’ll pay for what they done to you” as she looks at all of the wound on his face and body “do not worry about me…I’m just glad I get to she your beautiful face again” Ashi still with tears rolling down her face says “I love you…I love you so much jack” their lips lock as they kiss passionately in relief and joy.

“It was you, it was always you who gave me the will to live and go on and to never lose hope…I don’t know how I could have ever forget that” “The same could be said for you…. you’ve save me more ways than you know Ashi” they look into each other’s eyes until ashi realized she need to act quickly “wait what are you doing ?” “What does it look like ? I’m trying to get these chains off of you” she struggles for a bit and realizes something’s off about them “Ashi these aren’t normal chains they’re cladded with aku’s essence” Ashi’s eyes narrow she then slowly turns her head around and her gaze glances upward to see Jack’s sword is unguarded… quite foolish of the shogun of sorrow to leave such a weapon unattended…she then smirks as she slowly walks away “wait Ashi where are you going ?” She turned around and chuckles at him “I’m going to get your sword back, free you, then we’ll kick my “fathers” ass”

End

Everything after that aku appears and then fights Ashi and try’s to prevent her from get jacks sword. then you can pretty much put together what happens after that… I have an idea of how it would go down afterwards but if you guys want to hear that let me know.