Samurai Jack and the Other Girl

Based on the TV Series Created, Produced and Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

Screenplay by TheTexasPowerhouse

CONTENT WARNING!

Sequences of Violence

Mild Innuendo

FanFiction Rating: K+

Setting: Two months after Aku returns

ACT I - SCENE 1

[In the black silence, we suddenly hear cackling from Aku.]

Aku: Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[A light shows a grand idol of Aku made of wood.]

Aku: Yes! This replica has a great likeness of this world's new ruler! But, there must be more! Many, many more! Work! WORK! GET TO WOOOORRRRK!

[The light goes out as we hear many whips lashing out and cracking, accompanied by men, women, and children screaming.]

[We see a whip being unleashed from a cloaked minion.]

Minion: Move that block!

[CRACK! A little girl screams in agonizing pain. This is the very same girl that chased grasshoppers in the fields with Samurai Jack only a few short months ago as we have seen in Episode XIX. The Cricket Girl is in worn-down rags and appears to be pushing a wooden level attached to a stone block on the dirt, along with several women, men and children.]

The Girl: AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

[The block is slowly dragged in a vast cavern by about eight other civilians using sticks attached to it. The civilians are being driven by four ghastly minions with whips.]

Minion: Move it! GO!

Woman: AAAAAAHHH!

Man: ARRGH!

[We see a close up of The Cricket Girl, straining to push with a tear in her eye. The camera swiftly zooms in on her head.]

[FLASH! We see a flashback….a golden field. We hear a cricket chirp. Then, the top of the seven-year-old Cricket Girl's head pokes out from below the field surface, and it runs deeper into the field.]

[We see a side shot of The Girl's feet running, covered by her cute, golden-colored dress.]

[We see another shot of The Girl's head running through the golden field.]

[We see the silhouette of The Girl running through the field. Then, she stops and pokes her head out of a patch of wheat with a smile. We hear a cricket chirp. She looks down the field and smiles.]

[We see a cricket on the ground of the field. The Girl leaps on it, slowly opens her hand, but comes up with nothing. She hears another chirp, smiles and run towards the chirp.]

[From a patch in the field, we see The Girl running from left to right, again from right to left from a further distance, and once more from left to right closer towards the camera.]

[We see the cricket hopping up a path in the field. The Girl gives chase.]

[We see two crickets landing next to each other. Suddenly, young Samurai Jack and The Girl leap to grab, but the crickets hop away. Little Jack and The Girl stand up and look at each other in awe.]

[Little Jack looks in awe at his unexpected surprise.]

[The Girl, initially in awe, closes her mouth to be polite in front of the young prince.]

[Little Jack smiles at his new acquaintance.]

[We see both Little Jack and The Girl start in silence for a moment, but then they get distracted by a cricket that hops between them.]

[Little Jack and The Girl watch the cricket hop away. The Girl and Little Jack smile at each other. They want to join forces in their pursuit.]

[We see Little Jack and The Girl run up the field together.]

[We see a cricket on a mud puddle hop away as Little Jack jump into the puddle and get his kimono stained, much to his regret. The Girl arrives at the scene. Jack notices her. Suddenly, The Girl hops into the mud puddle, as if it was nothing and runs past Little Jack. Little Jack smiles at the humorous situation and follows The Girl.]

[We see The Girl and Little Jack smile at each other as they run along the fields.]

[In the fields, among several hopping crickets, we see The Girl and Little Jack jump above the field top and back down into the field, several times.]

[We see, in a widescreen image, a single cricket hopping down the field, with The Girl and Little Jack giving chase.]

[We see Little Jack and The Girl give chase in the field. Suddenly, The Girl grabs Little Jack's arm and stops. She points to another part of the field, seeing something. She goes to where she pointed. Little Jack follows her.]

[We see a cricket on a blade of wheat spreads its wings and chirps as it flies away. The Girl can only watch as it flies off.]

[From above, the camera zooms out as we see The Girl watch with her surprised mouth open as the cricket flies off.]

[Little Jack sees what happens as The Girl closes her mouth in disappointment.]

[Little Jack approaches The Girl with his hands behind his back. The Girl looks back at him.]

[Little Jack smiles with his hands behind his back.]

[Little Jack presents a cricket in the form of paper origami.]

[The Girl opens her mouth in surprise.]

[Little Jack smiles as The Girl takes the gift. Suddenly, The Girl plants a light kiss on Little Jack's cheek, much to his surprise, and she runs off.]

[We see The Girl run away from the fields and towards the kingdom.]

[The Girl keeps running into the town.]

[We see a Father resting in chairs on the front area of a home. A toddler boy plays with a ball in front of the house. The Father looks up the street.]

[The Father sees The Girl run towards them.]

[The Father greets The Girl with hugs and smiles.]

[The Girl shows the origami cricket to her Father.]

[Initially surprised, the Father smiles.]

[The Girl smiles amorously as she looks back at the field where she came from.]

[FLASH! We see The Cricket Girl with a pick-axe that is far too heavy for her. She is pounding at the crystals inside the mine, along with a few other men and women. The Girl is in tears as she strains in picking up the axe. The image fades to black.]