Akus days had become boring, not even a hint of Samurai to make the mundane more interesting. Born from The Black Mass of Darkness, Aku was an evil, shape-shifting demon who took over the world and ruled it for countless eons, the arch-nemesis of Samurai Jack and the biological father of Ashi and her twin sisters. Aku took excessive pleasure in slave labor and enslaved countless races across the universe. Using his shape-shifting abilities Aku changed himself to the appearance of an old cranky hermit with green skin, white hair, and a black robe. Tragically, since Ashi was Aku's Daughter, Ashi "passed away" before she and Jack were married. That was seen in Episode XIII: Aku's Fairy Tales, where Aku attempted to make children admire him and told them tales that depicted himself as a hero and Jack as a villain. And Those warriors that just wanted to play their music, seeing the Equestrian Girls Universe as the perfect place. from, Aku was voiced by the late Mako Iwamatsu for the show's original run. Under the guise of Ikra, Aku and Jack formed a close bond (at one point, Ikra even saved him from drowning in quicksand). Aku appeared in both the handheld and console versions of Cartoon Network Punchtime Explosion as a boss character. Aku looked for one gem after another, in order to resurrect Cronus. These are the Time Lost, those that had no chance. Later on, it was confirmed that Greg Baldwin would voice Aku in Season 5. After he destroyed Scaramouche in anger, Aku casually attempted to leave the area until he noticed a familiar smell that came from Jack's companion, Ashi. While there both he and Jack get involved with some late-night activities together. Ashi reflects upon her mission and purpose as a Daughter of Aku and her sisters make sure she does not forget her place. They were killed in an explosion. Shadow gave the precise when and where. Hope for a new life, a new tomorrow, and a new purpose for their twisted origins. Cruel and domineering to all that he met, it was obey or be obliterated with Aku. They saw, and realized they couldn't let that lie. Although he was an absolute ruler of the world, Aku was not above paying bills in order to use services, like when he paid the phone bill that allowed Scaramouche to talk to him or ordered bounty hunters to kill Jack. After a period of indecision, Aku decided that it was best for Ashi to kill Jack. Struggling to reconcile the heroine she was born as with the dark thoughts creeping into her soul, her decisions will affect the lives of everyone she has ever known and loved, and the very fate of her and every other world. Long ago in a distant land, I Taylor The Shapeshifting Master of Heroes UNLEASHED UNSPEAKABLE GOODNESS But a foolish psychotic warrior stepped forth to oppose me. Aku was well known for being one of the most powerful characters in the series. Samurai Jack and the daughters of Aku 2017 Edgar-Games 19570 wachaa AwesomeBlossomPossum 5174 DADDYS LITTLE SUNSHINE GrievousAlien 28183 Master Of Darkness: Deception (credits) GrievousAlien 3135 Jack vs Aku (New version) Dark337 57374 Master Of Darkness: Deception - comic page 3 GrievousAlien 19117 Samurai FOOOOOL! Aku was a playable fighter in the console version as well. Aku particularly enjoyed doing this to great or powerful people such as the Emperor and saw it as the ultimate insult by allowing royalty to spend the rest of their lives as helpless slaves. Professor Venomous is being hunted by members of Black Hat's criminal empire along with being searched for prosecution by the Toon Force in the midst of a mini-Toon War on his world. Except, the all-powerful Aku is not the same as he remembers. Jack and Ashi have been traveling for weeks now. Aku had a more noticeably annoyed and fed up expression on his face and his attitude reflected that: where once before, he would have killed whoever had displeased him, in that state of annoyance. Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil.But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me.Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time, and flung him into the future where my evil is law.Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku.Aku. It was also shown that Aku was courteous enough to hold the phone while he waited for service to respond. The Fist that is sharper than blades by shribog reviews. But in this sceanrio, Aku never found out about the Guardian and his portal. As punishment, Aku encased the man in a crystal and forced him to watch as he slaughtered everyone that he loved, destroyed his kingdom, placed him within the depths of a mountain, and refused to grant him a warrior's death. He had a large range of powers and capabilities that made him almost unstoppable. Corrupted agents also made the lives of countless citizens worthless under Aku's regime. Let's Be Heroes), Fink & Professor Venomous (OK K.O.! Suddenly, the castle was covered in Aku's shadow. During his last encounter with Jack, Aku managed to stop him from jumping through the last known time portal and then subsequently destroyed it. Aku is the main antagonist of the series Samurai Jack. Trapped in an eternal stalemate with Jack, Aku began to develop a degree of apathy even towards his tyrannical rule. Aku could have been considered the Deuteragonist of the series as a whole (albeit a rare, villainous one), as while Ashi became that in Season 5. Which he has been John Stewart, Static, Kit Festo and numerous other comic book characters. ben10 originalcharacter rubyrose +10 more # 10 CTOP (Cartoon Tournament of Power) by "Longevity Chaser" 4.1K 84 14 Aku had the most focus in the narrative besides Jack. Aku also later received a phone call from the severed head of the assassin, Scaramouche, who learned that Jack's sword was missing and hoped to inform Aku. However, Dexter figures out that there is a bigger plan than meets the eye, so he teams up with many various characters to battle Mandark and many other villians, and eventually, the team will have to save the multiverse at all costs. It's a Franmouche spin on the episode "Four Seasons of Death" in which Scaramouche starts each season by shouting something at Francis.Fall: "Your plants are dying, babe! One boy must cast off the shackles of normality, build his TRUE family, become a man, save the world. But instead of having the creatures killed or imprisoned as he seemed to do to others in the past on a whim, Aku merely shouted at them to leave. Prior to Ashi sending Jack back in time to vanquish Aku's past self, the two seem doomed never to defeat each other, and while Jack had beaten Aku on numerous occasions, Aku merely transformed into a creature, retreated, and usually called out a taunt over his shoulder. How wrong he was.. Based off of Me-Mime's Paladin Aku AU, Aku has entered a portal that brings him to Jack's realm. Aku was outright unhinged, merciless and inhumane, to say the least, but had enough of an understanding of humanity in order to manipulate the feelings of others: Aku often blackmailed others in performing his will and then betrayed his promises to them once they fulfilled their services. Atrocities were a daily occurrence since Aku's rule, as he welcomed wanted criminals from across the galaxy, provided them with areas that were still fully occupied, and entrusted the new arrivals to wipe the inhabitants from the Earth. Yet with these proceedings, Aku finds a new way to make all hell break loose. a story of seven heroes wandering the amazing continent filled with recognizable heroes and villains and team up against the planet Fuse invading the earth. In the ensuing battle, Jack defeated and heavily injured Aku, which then forced him to retreat. During Jack's revelation to Ashi, he showed her how Aku had apparently spread the word throughout the universe that criminals were welcomed on Earth, which had made it a safe haven for some of the worst scum in existence. Jack has spent many grueling years trying to defeat Aku. The slaves of Aku's empire often died due to exhaustion or lack of food and were replaced with more slaves. fanfiction jack ruby rwby samurai weiss yang Table of contents Last updated Mar 14, 2017 Prelude: Another Explanation Episode I Episode II Episode III Episode IV Episode V Episode VI Episode VII Episode VIII Episode IX Episode X Episode XI Episode XII Episode XIII And Here We Are Again #307 jack Content Guidelines Report this story When the idea of destroying humanity is proposed, almost all gods are on board. With his new companion in tow, Jack is about to partake on a new adventure that will completely change his views on his own past.. as well as his future. So let us embrace the shadows, and brave the tempestuous night. He went ahead to create the perfect immortal girls because all his loved were eventually dying. The future seems bleak and hopeless, as the sun sets on our fate. Children, filled with it. tip: hetalia f/f sort:kudos, Due to the incredible support of the community, we've raised US$252,343.98 with an average donation of $32.14, and added 6450 new members this drive. Or will man fall before there makers? Almost every chapter or arc focuses on a new crossover and a KND sector interacting with them. This is a series of scenarios involving the High Priestess, the true antagonist of season five of Samurai Jack. Aku can stand several stories tall and a deep droning noise was often heard around him when he appeared. Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (2), El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (1), Samurai Jack & Scotsman (Samurai Jack) (1), Scaramouche the Merciless (Samurai Jack)/Original Female Character (1), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (4), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD (2), Sisterly-bond with other Daughters of Aku, Ashi reflects on her thoughts and identity, Scaramouche the Merciless/Original Female Character, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Ashi, however, decides Jack may have some value to them yet, before they take his life. Following the plan, Jack's mother escaped with Jack and the sword. When he was faced with opposition, Aku found enjoyment in slaughtering thousands of rebel armies with ease, and often made one's circumstances even worse than death if they still longed to fight him. Aku was as intelligent as he was powerful, and his cunning knew little end, from taking the form of a woman in order to trick Jack or manipulated various races into serving him. The Emperor told the Empress that it was time to enact the plan they had prepared for. After he was armed with the sword and a magical suit of armor, the Emperor plunged into battle against Aku. During that time, Aku also came to realize, much to his annoyance, that stories of Jack's experiences began to inspire relatively widespread rebellion against him. That want to live free of Aku's shadow. The idea that he and Jack would have to spend eternity fighting had gotten to Aku so badly that he actually split himself into two and had the other half become his therapist in order to do check ups on his mental health. Please consider turning it on! In the second to last episode of Samurai Jack, Jack and Ashi travel to the graveyard, only to find the Guardian's remains, and his time potral destroyed, certainly by Aku. But neither of them can predict the events that will test their resolves, ideals, and the very nature of their rivalry. Rule the universe including Earth as the almighty being (succeeded until Jack stopped him). Along the way, some will learn that the power of friendship is not restricted to heroes, some will overcome personal demons, and some will defiantly remain the same. However, not everything is at it seems, as even the flower and willow world can have thorns. Aku was Evil Incarnate; he embodied the very essence of an evil overlord. In the first episode, The Beginning, Aku's voice was low pitched, which made him seem more sinister. He could be seen early on standing in the city and rivaled a few skyscrapers in height. The few bastions for peace and hope typically remained out of Aku's wide field of vision. In Episode C, Aku seemingly welcomed Ashi as his own flesh and blood, and was even delighted by the fact that he had daughters of sorts. Final season rewrite. Samurai Jack Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. That depression appeared to have caused a degree of apathy in Aku, or at least unhappy resignation, as Aku apparently knew that the population of Earth was beginning to rebel against his rule, but he was either unable or unwilling to do much about it personally due to having lost track of Jack. Shes fifty years younger than you, babe. Written for Jashi Week: Timeless Tuesday. Before the final blow was struck I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future WHERE MY HEROICS ARE LAW. Saddle up kids it's gonna be a bumpy RIDE! Jack/Aku, don't like, don't read. In. CONTAIN. Aku fondly called Ashi "sweetheart" and himself as "daddy", but that choice of words could have been chosen to further upset Ashi and Jack. 1 chapter a week on Saturday or Sunday. But with the word of the princess of hell, a new plan is offered. Aku had always believed himself to be the most powerful being in the universe, killed, tortured and conquered millions of people, thinking that no one would ever be able to oppose him. Can the humans win? Aku constantly antagonized Samurai Jack: he often attacked him when he was weak, and other times defended himself from Jack's own gambits. It was implied that the fragment of the black mass is the very object that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, although the crash occurred in prehistoric Japan as opposed to the Yucatn Peninsula by a massive asteroid. 3 best memes on Sarah Jessica Parker @SJP fiery headdress at 2015 #MetGala : Human Torch - Fantastic Four Aku - Samurai Jack Goku -Dragonball Z 30 Apr 2023 19:02:47 First, they were many. Dexter McPherson creates a Dimensional Orb, which can allow him to travel into many multiverses at once, but Mandark takes the orb with the intention of using to take over the multiverse. When they failed to do so, the slaves were punished terribly and were sometimes executed, such in the case of the talking canines. However, during the battle, one small fragment of the entity was incidentally cut from the whole by Odin and was never burned away. Thank you so much! However, Aku then quickly became unhappy again due to the Scotsman mentioning Jack, returned to his castle, forgot to kill the Scotsman's Daughters, and missed the Scotsman's return as a ghost. Aku was also a frequent source of comic relief in the show, due, in prime, to his reactions to the things around him. 52 pages March 19, 2021 the13throse. "Winter: "FRANCIS! Except, the all-powerful Aku is not the same as he remembers. They, in some cases, had decimated occupied settlements that were inhabited by innocent, helpless residents without any scruples. (We also accept donations year-round, so you are able to donate whenever is convenient for you.). After he hoped to shake himself out of his boredom, Aku then nonchalantly destroyed most of the Rebel Army himself. She is the princess of the City of Aku and the daughter of Aku. Those slaves were often forced to build monuments in Aku's likeness and mined precious resources. An alternate timeline where In which Jack met Johnny in 2002, but went with him to the future after a tragic day. Jack is reunited with Ashi as both are transported back to the past where Jack finally destroys Aku, alongside his fortress, undoing all his evil in the future. Furthermore, lack of any divine intervention from the Gods allowed Aku to conquer Earth and rule its inhabitants with an iron fist. This is a series of one-shots and short stories that introduce and follow the adventures of the Third Gen KND. Dexter McPherson creates a Dimensional Orb, which can allow him to travel into many multiverses at once, but Mandark takes the orb with the intention of using to take over the multiverse. Expressing disbelief that his final plans have failed, Aku refused to accept defeat just before Jack delivers the final blow, After Aku's defeat, the time pocket collapses on him and Jack slices through him. Those that refused were often tortured and executed, as with the case of Jack's people and canine archaeologists. and then angrily told them to leave. But neither of them can predict the events that will test their resolves, ideals, and the very nature of their rivalry. He only travels, a poor means to escape his demons. But that is not all, for even worse evils conspire to bring about their own plans for conquest and doomsday. Samurai Jack Aku (Samurai Jack) Emperor (Samurai Jack) Empress (Samurai Jack) Ikra (Samurai Jack) Original Characters Blood and Violence Enemies to Lovers Humanized!Aku Humanized!Female!Aku Post-Canon Post-Finale Angst Trauma Love/Hate Dark Fantasy Arranged Marriage Suggestive Themes Unresolved Tension Human Aku Character Study When they finally defeated Aku they believed everything would work out, but man they were wrong Now they're all in a new timeline furthering the headache that is timelines and Reincarnation. Please consider turning it on! All he really knew was that during their clashes he would suddenly find himself.. longing for the other to do something more than to simply slash at him with that accursed blade. At one point, long after his last encounter with Jack, Aku's Castle was attacked by a large military force, which included an army of Scotswomen who were led by their father, The Scotsman. "Spring: Im going to die, babe!Summer: I am going to file for divorce.. He will get Jack for his actions one day but at the very moment he was focusing on different matters. As Ashi prepared to kill Jack, all of Jack's allies soon arrived and fought Aku and his forces in a grand-scale battle while Jack dealt with the possessed Ashi. im going to get kicked out of this fandom arent I? Eventually, Ashi freed herself of Aku's possession because of Jack's love for her, but also retained his powers. However, random circumstance and Scaramouche's undiplomatic nature conspired to prevent Aku from learning of Jack's plight. Excited with the news, an immediately reinvigorated Aku confronted Jack for the first time in decades with a full-bodied Scaramouche, only to discover that Jack had already recovered his sword. He even began to see a Therapist in a sense, split himself into two entities, and talked with himself. Aku then unleashed a vicious attack on the village. To put an end to everything and retake his underground operations, he must train under the tutelage of Cattus the Ultimate to reignite his latent power and bring down the supervillain. 2000 years into a dystopic future, Aku the Shogun of Sorrow struggles against boredom alongside his accomplices and minions. After he was confronted by the Scotsman, Aku either completely forgot to kill the Scotsman's Daughters, or simply didn't bother out of disinterest. Ashi could only watch in horror and Aku claws pierced through his abdomen he screeched in terrible pain. After Samurai Jack defeated his enemy and lost his love one, he tries to move on with his life . He only recalls a sense of hollowness and an unbearable feeling of shame after he awakes from them. Beyond the horrors of a cult with no purpose, a desperate cry for a demonic god, he sees wat should be impossible in a future with no hope. The quest for revenge against Aku goes on a brief hiatus when Ashi gets tired of Jack'smusk. The Emperor then attempted to grab the sword, but Aku captured him before he could reach it. Long ago in the vastness of space, a great, formless, mindless entity of evil arose. It's a fresh new start for the Third Generation of Kids Next Door. The night had fallen into darkness and the hunt for the Samurai had taken an interlude. they both just rly like watching the other show off), While everyone else is running and screaming, I just love being with you, Aku needs to learn THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. Now the samurai and the demon are forced to face the consequences of their actions and realize just how unprepared they are for what is to come. Samurai Jack (Cartoon) Explicit Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con M/M Work in Progress 16 Apr 2023 Graphic Depictions Of Violence Rape/Non-Con franmouche Scaramouche the Merciless Scaramouch the Merciless Francis the Mercenary Explicit Sex Implied/Referenced Suicide Emotional/Psychological Abuse Physical Abuse Violence Torture Where are they? Aku asked. Aku disguised himself as Ikra and Jill to get closer to him. After he was determined to learn from the catastrophe, and was aware that Aku would indeed one day return, the Emperor hatched a plan while orchestrating the events that would set Jack on his eventual years of training. In order to catch a criminal, sometimes one has to -become- the criminal. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Curious as to what exactly Jack is up to, Aku makes the decision to follow him, as a cat. However, in later episodes, Aku's pitch went higher. Aku was responsible for countless genocides, with cities, towns, villages, and small settlements being completely destroyed, alongside all their inhabitants, while nature itself was left to rot or was decimated in order to make room for Aku's strongholds. He went ahead to create the perfect immortal girls because all his loved were eventually dying. 446. While Aku seemed to have a soft spot for children at times, that seemed to be most indicative of his views of seeing immense value in not simply eradicating them, but rather to convince them via various means to view him as the "hero" of the planet and not Samurai Jack and make them useful servants in the future in order to shape successive generations. That also extended to the robots that were sent to kill Jack, as Aku had stopped caring about the new tech that his scientists had created in order to battle Jack and once told them: "And I care, because?". 21. r/samuraijack. Using his shape-shifting abilities, Aku changed himself to the appearance of a young woman with green skin, black hair, and a black dress. Rating may change since, Aku and dark themes go hand in hand. After he reveled in Jack's anger, Aku fled the scene after he transformed three baby goats into monsters, which Jack then butchered in his rage. Join. Thank you my wonderful friends who are letting me use their characters in my FF:Yerena who belongs to Snowykitten2001 on instagram <3Satina and Igni who belong to Natsucki3 on instagram ;3 <3, Ana and Ania are mineNebula played by SyrenoxThe Witch played by Dr. Glass, The demon somehow managed to escape their grasp. Thirteen Humans. Once he arrived at a black lake in the forest's center, the Emperor doused one of his arrows into the elixir that he was given and fired it into the black lake, with him believing that it would destroy the evil forest. Her thoughts consumed her like the dark clouds that blocked the stars from view. Gather to other worlds. These one-shots can be enjoyed without extensive knowledge of the Gameverse lore. He became orphaned once his mother died and his father sacrif. Despite his powerful abilities, Aku had a few weaknesses: One of Aku's aliases, Ikra was just one of several forms which Aku assumed in order to travel closely with Jack. Next final chapter 1000-1200. A collection of short stories centered around Jack, Aku and Akus minions. , , , . Aku disguised himself as Ikra and Jill to get closer to him. Forty years have passed, but the future has not changed. Work Search: I am very much in the "let's just see where it goes" stage, so things might change from beginning to later on. A fight to the finish, with everything on the line. Those souls corrupted and pure, those that served Aku and those that Fought against him. In Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, Aku made a last ditch attempt effort to save his existence and secure his rule in the future. This entity proclaimed itself with the name of Aku and thanked the Emperor for inadvertently helping him. Aku was entirely aware of his inability to defeat Jack and even lamp-shaded that in "Episode XLVIII: Jack versus Aku", which eventually discouraged him from fighting Jack further. The four times Aku seduced Samurai Jack, and the one time Aku seduced the Samurai for good. Aku instead got annoyed that the Mud Aliens had dirtied the floor of his lair and told them that he "just had it vacuumed!" Taylor Hebert gains the powers to summon anything from anything that is horror related in fiction. (OK K.O.! Aku was also dishonest and had no shame or remorse, and routinely went back on his word either to serve himself or simply for amusement. Perhaps the same tactic could work flipped. Needless to say, Aku's plan works about as well as you'd expect. Jack finds the fumbling blonde charming and accepts. (NOTE: newly added chapters may be rearranged before other ones, depending what I think the order of reading should be.). Aku then prepared to kill Jack in front of the whole universe, but was confused as to how he should kill him. In a castle, Jack was a young child and his father told him the tale of how he defeated Aku. Curious as to what exactly Jack is up to, Aku makes the decision to follow him, as a cat. This may or may not have happened to anyone and potentially everyone else from the future, as Aku's long-term conquest had shaped all their lives in some way or another; if they did exist in the new timeline, most would be very different people living in likewise radically, albeit positively, altered circumstances. Aku then revealed to Jack that he had destroyed all the other Time Portals in existence, which ostensibly ended Jack's quest to return to the past, which also inadvertently broke the seal that Jack placed on Mad Jack. Then came the After defeating the Grimm and capturing Roman Torchwick, RWBY decides to settle down until they dis Tainting The Innocent(Male Kid reader x Moth You were in the Forest when you accidentally attacked a woman in red.That's when your life changed epicvictory2025's RWBY watches Samurai Jack. (We also accept donations year-round, so you are able to donate whenever is convenient for you.). Samurai Jack | Demongo | Adventure Fanfiction Romance Oc X Canon Demon X Human. Thats it? Aku casually remarked to a giant robot corpse how his (last remaining) daughter had fallen in love and run off with his mortal enemy. Unexpectedly, the poison arrow's magic had the unforeseen effect of galvanizing the evil mass into a humanoid form: it gave it intelligence, sentience, and shape-shifting abilities. I don't know but it'll be fun and angst ridden to watch! Aku disguised himself as Ikra and Jill to get closer to him. Ironically, it was shown that Aku still, albeit indirectly, was capable of hurting Jack emotionally when his past destruction affected Ashi's existence since she was his daughter. Samurai Jack Slash. Having taken the responsibility of first watch, Ashi sat perched upon the branch of a tree in front of the cave she and her sisters were taking shelter in for the night. I want to show English readers a short English translation of a short fan novel I wrote from 2022. A similar action was performed shortly after Aku's true birth: he forced Jack's father, the Emperor, to watch him begin his reign of terror on his homeland. Additionally, Aku was shown at one point becoming upset with a group of mud creatures who, in presenting him with tribute, had dirtied a recently vacuumed floor. This was one he would never run from. This is a time for heros!..but also villains. Jack is confused when he sees Aku and Nebula fighting so he goes on a dangerous quest to get answers he is not prepared for. It leads him to believe the gods are granting him another chance at happiness. After 50 years of battling Jack, Aku's personality seemed to be largely unchanged and appeared to be more mellow, though he appeared to have sunk into something of a depression due to Jack's agelessness, which caused Aku to stop caring about being the ruler of the world. Both represented destruction of the environment to a dangerous degree. All except X-49 were eventually destroyed before the next generation of Aku's Army was developed: the Beetle Drones. In the past, the events of the first episode played out: Jack had just defeated and weakened the Past Aku, who promised that he would destroy Jack in the future, opened up a time portal, and sent Jack into the future. Ironically, despite Aku's fear of confronting him, Jack never manage to recover his lost sword, which rendered the samurai helpless against any potential attack by Aku. The Daughters of Aku capture Jack and attempt to extinguish an "evil" from their bodies. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. While he's usually presented as a serious and threatening foe, Aku was also a source of comedy in the show, due to his outrageous design and sometimes wise-guy behavior, that was supported by Mako's over the top voice-acting.
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