Author's Note: Greetings, all. Well, I'm going to go off on a mild tangent now, feel free to skip if you don't really care. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Ókamiden. But there has always been one thing I never quite understood about it. And that is, why Chibi is there in the first place!
I get that perhaps developers of Capcom were trying to reference Jesus in the whole "For God so loved the world that he sent down his only son," way, but this ain't any regular god. This is Ammy we're talking about! She's hot-headed! Impulsive! Always itching for a fight! Why in all of Nippon would she ever send someone else to fight for her? And why, out of all the possible candidates, would she choose Chibi, huh? Chibi, who is her baby Brush God son who doesn't even know how to read?
So I've made a fic using my own head-canon to answer that ginormous question. /End tangent. Just one more thing, before I get to the good stuff, a disclaimer. I know that Capcom can't really sue me, but I feel obligated. I'm only going to say it once though.
Disclaimer: As you all know very well, I do not own either Ókami, or Ókamiden (If I did, I wouldn't ever have left open such a plot hole, so why would I be writing this?) I don't own any of Capcom's things, except for this storyline. Blah, blah, blah. You heard me confess it, and I'll never say it again in this fic.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, enjoy the show!
For the most part, things were going very well on the Celestial Plain. But, although unbeknownst to those who dwelled there, the land below was not. This particular outing had never been supposed to result in a fight. Sometimes things just don't go as planned. But, for better or for worse, come dawn the next day this very trip would have changed the history of Nippon forever.
Amaterasu had just finished showing her son, Chibiterasu, the art of how to dodge attacks, otherwise known as Fleetfoot. The godly pup had learned quickly, and the sun was just beginning to set by the time that they'd finished.
The two set out into the dusk, and Chibi raced around, practicing Fleetfoot around Cherry trees and berry bushes as they headed back towards the cave where they lived. The pup snagged his fur on some brambles as he twirled by. Whimpering, he gathered his mother's attention and she reversed course to come and free him. In the darkness, neither of them saw the Demon Scroll that was approaching them.
Once Chibi was tugged from the brambles, a spew of characters and red smoke engulfed them and the pair made a grand appearance in the Demon Realm. Instantly, Ammy dropped into a crouch and shoved her son behind her. The mighty wolf goddess snarled at her opponents; two Dogu.
Chibi gaped at the demons. What are those things? He thought, he had a chance to find out, Amaterasu attacked in a flurry of movement, with much tail lashing and head-butting. Chibi eagerly equipped his own Divine Reflector. Okay, so maybe I don't exactly know how to use this thing, but I can find out! He reasoned, running forwards before a strong, unexplained gust of wind buffeted him out of the fray.
Frowning, the pup sat down. But I wanna help! I can fight! The baby Brush God got distracted and looked around in fear and slight awe, as this was his first trip into the Demon Realm. Mom's stories were right, even the air's murky with evil! …I wonder how she can even see down here. With that thought, the pup suddenly had the answer for what he could do to help his mother.
Using the only brush technique that he knew, Chibi aimed towards the sky, barked to get Ammy's attention, and swished his tail around in a circle. Up at the top of the two's demonic cage, nothing happened. Meanwhile, on ground level, many things happened in an instant.
What? Why didn't it work? Chibiterasu's world seemed to be falling to pieces. He swished his tail around and around in a few more futile attempts, But….I'm the son of the sun goddess! How can Sunrise not work for me? Had Chibi known that in the Demonic Realm the sun never shined, could never shine, undoubtedly he wouldn't have been concerned and not felt obligated to do what came later. But then where would Nippon be?
Meanwhile, with Ammy's attention distracted, one of the Dogu saw an opportunity to strike. It shuddered for a moment, and teleported behind the sun goddess. The demon swung his sword, ramming the metal into Amaterasu's skull and knocking her down. The other Dogu gleamed with an ominous purple light and conjured up small blades to send them flying towards the sun goddess. The flying daggers forced open new red stripes on Amaterasu's pelt.
Ammy snarled stubbornly and regained her paws, but one of the Dogu's flying blades doubled back and headed right for Chibi. With two flicks of her tail, a strange mist filled their arena, stirring the godly pup from his shocked state. Amaterasu was on the move in an instant, ignoring her injures and pushing her son out of the knife's way just as time caught up to them.
Amaterasu summoned the mist again and lashed out with her rosary at a shining blue crack in the wall of the Demonic Realm until it glowed red. The sun goddess shoved Chibi through the portal. The last thing the pup saw before he disappeared was his bleeding mother turning back to roar at the two Dogu as the last of the fog evaporated. Mom!
It wasn't long after that when the confused and frightened pup had stumbled out onto the glory that was the Celestial Plain when Ammy made a reappearance, but to Chibi it must have felt like it was ages.
I can't believe Mom just got rid of me like that! I could have helped! ….I really hope that she's alright, the pup knew that his mother could handle herself, but couldn't help but feel worried, and angry about his helplessness in this position. In those next few minutes, Chibi occupied himself by alternating between fuming and fretting.
After those next few minutes, Amaterasu stumbled out from thin air, bleeding heavily and panting. She limped over to Chibi and collapsed. "No! Mom, Mom! Are you alright?"the pup barked, diving towards her and covering his mother with licks. "You gotta be alright!"he whimpered before springing to his paws, looking around and running around wildly. "Where are those no-good, rotten demons? I'll flay them!"he declared hotly, spinning around to face the sun goddess.
The pup could have sworn he saw a wolfish smile flash over Ammy's face, just before she passed out. Chibi pelted back towards his mother, nuzzling his face in her flank and not moving for some amount of time. He didn't stir until he heard the pounding of hooves and felt the ground tremble beneath him.
Author's Note: Who could it possibly be? Really, I bet you have no clue. I wouldn't guess for him to play a part in this fic either. Anyway, there's one part posted. I'll put the next ones up in the days following. Nice reviews are appreciated, but criticism is incredibly welcome. I want to get better, be as harsh as you like. I really don't have anything else to say, so farewell!