Out of the 4.5 million, two million Points were deducted from Kai's backpack instantly.
Kai felt an incredibly burning sensation within him, around his chest region.
It burned so hot that even he winced at the unannounced pain.
Yes. He had forgotten.
When Kai had left the Random World of Harry Potter, Selene had been resting inside his heart. So there she would appear after unlocking, it seemed.
The burning sensation vanished as fast as it had appeared.
Suddenly, a silvery-white mist seeped out of Kai and took on a familiar appearance.
Even though she was 6 feet long, Selene was sleek, lean, and otherworldly beautiful.
Her scales looked like that of a dragon, alternative black and yellow ethereal rings of light pulsating along her length.
Her one eye was pitch black and the other murky yellow; blind in both.
However, in the middle of her head, there was a vertical slit, hiding a third, grayish eye - the petrifying gaze of a Basilisk!
The only trouble was she had somehow gained three personalities, each weirder than the other.
Selene slithered up Kai's body, coiled herself around his shoulders and neck, and flicked out her forked tongue, kissing Kai's chin.
-Master,- she hissed. -Have we arrived?-
Kai's eyebrows shot up.
-How much time do you think has passed, Selene?- he hissed, sensing something was wrong.
-Humph!- Selene snorted out a hiss, gaining a temper. -I am no Cersei, master. Don't play with me, asking time as if I am a child. We just left the Harry Potter Random World.-
The corners of Kai's mouth twitched.
So that's how it is, he thought, shaking his head inwardly. For Selene, not a single moment has passed, just like all Contestants outside the Tournament's purview. Sigh!
Then began a lengthy discussion between Red and his loyal magical creature as he let her catch up to the proceedings.
-Oh!- Selene hissed, yawning, the inside of her mouth pitch black. -Well, you should have begun with it, then, master.-
She's acting like such a brat! What's up with her? Kai wondered, narrowing his eyes. Is she in puberty or something? Tch!
-You unlock Murasame, master,- Selene hissed, slithering off Kai's shoulders. -I am going to take a look at this Samurai and see if he has a soul or not.-
Like master, like pet.
Selene hadn't even met Jack, yet the first thing that had come to her mind was to kill him.
-You stupid!- Kai spat, pulling her by her tail.
Selene bared her fangs at Kai.
-Don't pull me like that!- she shouted, coiling on the floor. -I am just going to have a look. That's all.-
Kai buried the rising anger and took two deep breaths.
-Go, then,- he hissed. -I am warning you! Do nothing stupid.-
-Yeah, yeah,- Selene hissed, bursting into a cloud of mist. -I just want to see... who is this motherfucker who judged your tea terrible?-
As he saw the Ghost Basilisk vanishing into the floor, Kai sighed. "Unlock Murasame."
A million Points vanished from his backpack instantly.
Space rippled and a long Katana, with a red hilt, appeared on the table in front of him.
The moment Kai saw her, his breathing quickened.
Kai grabbed her by the hilt and ran his fingers across her length.
"As beautiful as ever!" he praised, his bloodlust seeping out, melting into the bloodthirsty sword. "I hope you are itching to kill, Murasame. Hahahaha!"
Since the Sword Spirit, Ayin, had tampered with it in Kai's Reality Marble, Murasame had gained a will.
One could even say that she was just inches away from becoming a semi-sapient existence, just like the Cursed Hat of Vanity.
However, she was bound to not reach that level, for the Systems would never permit it.
And what happened in the Reality Marble could never be repeated.
Still, that small sentience, that bloodthirsty will, was enough for Murasame to recognize Kai's aura, making her thrum in reply.
Now, he had another one and a half million Points left.
Not enough to unlock anything substantial, but...
Kai had been exploring the entire island not only to spy on the enemy activities, but he had also done so to imprint selective images in his mind.
Images that he could later use to teleport via the Sling Ring.
As the points vanished, the Sling Ring appeared out of thin air.
Kai threw both the sword and the ring into his inventory before falling into a contemplative state.
1.1 million Points... Kai rotated the onyx ring on his right hand's ring finger and thought hard on it.
"Unlock Dementors and all Pokeballs."
Almost all headquarters were patrolled by a unit of Dementors.
Having his own Dementors would come in handy later on, Kai analyzed.
On the other hand, Kai wasn't sure about Pokeballs capturing Pokemon of the Original One Army.
First, Kai had already confirmed that his Glitch didn't work on them.
Second, to capture a Pokemon, Kai needed to defeat it using his own magical creature.
Now, Selene could replace the need for magical creatures, but would the System take the fight itself into account or not?
Kai wasn't sure about this, either.
One thing he was sure of was that there were Legendary Pokemon on the Island.
And he had Eon Soul Dew, just waiting to devour them like an ever-hungry beast.
The only thing was that he needed an enormous amount of points to even consider unlocking this Item.
Four Pokeballs appeared in Kai's hands.
And, with a biting cold, four Dementors materialized, feeding on his happiness.
Kai's reptilian eyes gained a colder look. He stored the Dementors in the Pokeballs as the Shadow Space storage won't work while crossing dimensions.
Island X and the Samurai's Hut were separate dimensions, to begin with.
Suddenly, a notification appeared in front of him, the Smartwatch voicing it out for him.
Candidate Red, as the magical creature, Ghost Basilisk, is independent of your existence, you must buy a Life Halt Capsule for it separately, if you wish to half its aging.
Couldn't it tell me this sooner? He complained inwardly. What if I didn't have ample points on me right now? Little fucker!
Spending two hundred thousand Points, Kai bought two Life Halt Capsules.
Now, he only had 440,000 Points left.
As the Points were stackable, Kai just left them as it is.
Kai suddenly shot up and ran out of the hut.
In the distance, where the Samurai had told Kai to come, he could see a blurry crater, with Jack's white figure standing tall at its edge.
With a dense foreboding, Kai's figure vanished and appeared near the crater.
A white, scaled serpent was lying deep in the crater, squirming, bleeding from its mouth.
"Your pet?" Samurai Jack asked, looking at Selene.
Kai's eyes had gone bloodshot.
One moment, Kai was standing opposite Jack, with the crater between them.
In another, he melted into the surroundings like wind before appearing behind Jack, Murasame raised high in his hand.
Kai's eyes narrowed into needles, sensing Jack dodging to the left.
He changed the sword path mid-attack, his muscles ripping and straining, unquestioningly believing his Instincts; his Observation Haki.
Alas! Samurai Jack's figure didn't even stir.
Much less needed to be said about him dodging, as Kai had predicted.
The power behind Kai's slash was so much that even he couldn't control it. Not after already changing the attack's path once.
It didn't come as a surprise that Murasame passed by Samurai's left, cutting nothing but air.
As if time had stagnated, Jack's head turned to look into Kai's eyes, the one-cut-killer still tracing a powerful path toward the ground.
Then the fist arrived.
Another crater appeared, right next to the one with Selene.
In this crater, deep within, was Kai, his face swollen, his jaw broken, and his eyes rolled back into his head.
"Instincts," Samurai Jack said, standing between the two craters, "are not infallible, Kai.
"Today, I will teach you how to control micro-movements of a body, fooling those who can glimpse the shadows of near-future."
Kai's jaw creaked as the HP generation kicked in, Jack's words ringing in his ears like a nightmarish buzz.
Thirteen years after entering the 3rd Stage of the Tournament of Worth, Kai's training began under the tutelage of Samurai Jack, the Supreme Commander of the False Ones.
This year, he was thirty-one!
AN: Selene's image is available on Pat