Inspired by 5 Words #24
Yamato stared up at the massive squid towering above his ship. The creature wrapped on long tentacle around the mizzenmast and pulled itself aboard. Its suckered arms spread out over the deck like the roots of an ancient tree. One giant eye focused on Yamato as a horrendous beak appeared. The creature trembled all over and let out an earsplitting screech.
Yamato stood with his feet apart, hands grasping the red sash around his waist. He held his ground as the blast of squid breath blew away his toque.
There was a calm silence.
“Hah! I am Yamato of the Seven Lands and Nine Seas. You are trespassing in this atoll and terrorizing the citizens. I cannot tolerate mistreatment of the innocent.” He pulled a cleaver from his sash and pointed it at the squid. “Leave now!”
Again, there was silence.
The squid’s amaranthine skin flashed cobalt and scarlet. With lightning speed, a deadly tentacle exploded from the sea and whistled through the air at Yamato.
For a moment, time seemed to stop. Yamato narrowed his deep-set eyes and spoke in a low tone.
“You have been judged.”
The chef became a blur of light as his kitchen knife flashed left, right, up, and down. He reappeared with his back to the squid.
The monstrous creature was paralyzed, frozen like a hideous statue. Yamato returned the cleaver to his sash as the squid collapsed into ribbons of calamari.
“The food you have provided clears you of your debt to the people.”
Writer, Editor, Student - Tyler M Deal 