An Okami story: Rise Of the new Moons Darkness

(Chapter inspiration songs- the howling)

Chapter 2

“The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending
Of what we've begun?
Will we remember
What we've done wrong?

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
(Wanna be awakened right now”

(-The howling by Within Temptation)

Oki‘s eyes snapped open and he sat up, hand going to his shoulder as pain shot threw it. His crimson eyes flicked around the darkness before him. A voice echoed around him,

“The sky will stain red

The sun will die

The new moon will rise

Murder

Will follow”

Identical crimson eyes stared back into his own, as a large black and red wolf stepped out of the shadows it bore no mask, and a single white mark stood out on both of its sides the demon fang hung from its neck along with a necklace of black beads. A smirked was on the wolf’s muzzle showing it’s yellowed, blood stained teeth.

“Fear is your greatest enemy

But it is also

Your protection

So let the new moon be that,

Your

Fear

And befriend those enemies

And you will gain more

Than you could

Ever imagine”

It spoke looking at him, eyes burning with something indefinable. The wolf turned away. Oki looked over the wolf, eyes wide.

“Who are you?” he spoke softly. The wolf flashed him a grin

“Now is not the time to speak of who I am.

The real question is

Who YOU are

And who you mist sit beside”

Oki frowned slightly, not understanding. The wolf shook its head and looked up, there was no moon visible, but now Oki could see stars above him.

“There is no moon...where am I?” he whispered softly looking over the sky completely.

“You have just noticed?

And as to where you are,

You stand on the land that my mate owns,

And you must be leaving.”

The wolf turned away from him and flicked its tail. The world around him slowly disappeared, plunging him into darkness.

“Oki!” said a soft voice yet urgent voice. Oki growled softly feeling pain rushing threw his body and something wet and cold on his forehead. He opened his eyes, observing his surroundings. A white haired woman, who had divine markings, a white and red kimono, and also a gold sword that sat next to her wolf ears where on her head along with a ink colored wolf tail. What he immediately recognized on the woman was her eyes, they where a mix between gold and a red.

“Amaterasu?” he murmured. The woman nodded getting up and walking over to a table in the small hut which after a moment he recognized as Samickle’s. A moment later Amaterasu walked back over holding his mask, he frowned realizing he wasn’t wearing it

Elsewhere

Yami slunk out of the shadows orbs circling his neck lazily. He looked at the black she wolf that now sat at the base of the large tree, a tree that he recognized front the marks on the bark. It was the tree that his ‘mother’ would always be by.

A young wolf stared as a crimson masked fox sat in a large branch of a large tree, its five hoshi no tama circled its neck, 4 of them where black and held the kanji black, crimson, death, and revenge the last was the largest and it was a shiny black and glowed more than the others it held the kanji ‘Twilight’. The fox turned to him, her mismatched crimson and black eyes looked at him softly.

“yami! I have been worried! Where did you go?” her voice was rough in her kitsune form but still held the same tone he recognized from her human form

“Orochi and I where fighting. That’s all.” He murmured. A grin spread across her muzzle.

“ahh I see. Where are the others then?” she said standing up.

“Leachku and Neachku are playing with Crimson and Princess. Rao went off on her own and Blight was watching Orochi and I.” he watched as she leapt out of the tree.

“I’m a bit worried about Rao. She has been going off on her own a lot. But anyways, I need to talk to you Yami.” She paused frowning

“I need you to promise me, no matter what happens you will take care of you brothers and sisters.” Her voice was serious.

“Mother. What do you mean? What is going to happen?” he growled softly

“Yami! Just promise me.” She snapped eyes flaring

“I will, I promise” he whispered softly looking down.

“The rays of the sun will rip apart the darkness, with the flames of hell and the new moon you will find comfort.” The fox snarled one of the hoshi no tama around her neck flaming

‘Black only shines when she is troubled and in pain’ he thought backing away a bit.

“Yami leave. Go play with you brothers and sisters. I will have something for you in a bit.” She turned away from him going behind the tree. he knew the real meaning behind those words…

Yami’s eyes flicked to the black and crimson she wolf in front of him. ‘The others can’t tell but I can.’ He thought

“Yomi. I just wished to tell you that we should make our move soon.” The she wolf nodded tail flicking dismissively.

In kamui

The goddess and Onia now ran side by side threw Yoshpelt toward the spirit gate.

Amaterasu had had a feeling that they should go there. Amaterasu bolted ahead of him going threw the gate, he followed be hind her.