A\N: Hey all you Okami fans! Ok this is my first fanfic so… yeah… but I have been writing for years (don't mean to sound gloaty… if that's a real word I don't know) lol but enjoy! Oh, and I have found out that it's easier to write about Issun than it is Waka. Oh, and another thing: Ammy can talk and Chibi (who can talk to) is also in here. Well, I'm ganna shut up and write, and all you have to do is sit back, read and review. OH! ONE MORE THING! I do not own Okami. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this now would I? :P

Gods

Wolf- Amaterasu (100 year incarnation of Shiranui second to save Nippon) Power: Sunrise, and all other 12 brush techniques; Female

Wolf- Shiranui (first to save Nippon) Power : Sunrise, and all other 12 brush techniques; Male

Wolf- Chibiterasu (son of Amaterasu and grandson of Shiranui, third to save Nippon ) Power : Sunrise, and all other 12 brush techniques; Male

Dragon- Yomigami- Restoration god (fix)

Tiger- Gekigami- Lightning god

Cat – Kabegami- Wall goddess (climb walls with her symbol)

Phoenix- Moegami- Fire goddess

Water Snake- Nuregami- Water goddess

Pig- Bakugami- Cherry Bomb god

Sheep- Kasugami- Mist god

Horse- Kazegami- Wind god

Monkey- Sakigami- Flora god; Bloom (revives trees and nature)

Monkey- Tsutagami- Flora god; Vine (control vines from Kakahona blossoms)

Monkey- Hasugami- Flora god; Water Lilly

Rat- Tachigami- Power Slash god

Ox- Itegami- Blizzard god

Rabbit- Yuigami- Crescent Moon goddess

Prologue

The Sun Goddess Amaterasu yawned in boredom in the Celestial Plain as she used her 13 brush powers to help Nippon; blowing wind in Kusa Village to keep the Demons at bay. She summoned rain to keep the land fertile for growing crops.

Amaterasu sighed and laid her head on her paws. She missed her friends she made in the land of mortals.

Issun, the annoying, perverted, 1-inch green bouncing bug, but an amazing painter; Sakuya, the nice wood sprite whose spirit resides within the great Konohana tree. Whose roots are spread throughout Nippon as magnificent Cherry Blossom trees to keep peace.

Kushi, was the sake brewer in Kamiki Village, and she is also Sussano's wife.

Sussano, the descendant of the legendary hero Nagi, but for some reason, he keeps calling her his 'brother-in-arms'.

30 years have passed since her departure into the land of mortal; when she and Issun saved the land from the dreaded 8-headed serpent, Oroichi and the Yami, the god of darkness.

She longed to see Issun and everyone down in Nippon.

Issun used to call her Ammy for short or Furball. He was also quick tempered which was amusing.

Then there was Oki, the Oina warrior who saved his blizzard ridden village of Kamui with the sword Kutone. He, like everyone else in his village could shapeshift into over sized wolves.

"What's wrong ma cheri?" asked the French accented voice of her husband who was also a prophet; he also enjoys teasing Issun to no end.

"Waka!" yelped Amaterasu. "You startled me."

"My apologies. Now what's wrong?"

"What? Nothing."

"You can't hide anything from me Amaterasu. We've known each other for what? 300 years? Plus, I can read you like a book."

She looked away crossly.

"Is it your little bouncing friend?" Waka asked meaning Issun.

She flattened her ears and Waka chuckled.

She heard a thump and then her favorite song. Looking over she saw that Waka was sitting cross-legged in the grass and was playing his flute which was also a glowing green sword.

The song he played always calmed her. You know what they say? 'Music calms the savage beast.' In this case, the beast was a white wolf with crimson markings who was also the sun god.

"Waka?"

Waka stopped playing. "Yes ma cheri?"

"Where's Chibiterasu?"

"Chibi? I don't know my love." They called Chibiterasu Chibi for short.

"Chibi!" called Amaterasu called. She listened hard for his reply.

"I'm right here. No need to yell." Said a young voice from behind.

"Chibi, where have you been?" she asked

"Practicing my brush techniques," he said. "See?" he waved his tail and drew the symbol for Power Slash; which is a horizontal straight line across anything you want to cut. In this case, Chibi chose a tree, which was actually cut halfway through. "Dang it!" he cried, his tail dropping.

"Tough luck son." Said Waka. Chibi looked almost identical to his mother. The only difference was size.

Waka clapped his hands and said, "How about we go to Nippon?"

"The land of mortals? Sounds like fun." Said Chibi.

Waka, Chibiterasu and Amaterasu walked to the Ark of Yamatao. Waka, being of the Moon Tribe is the only one who knows how to fly the legendary ark.

Only seconds seemed to pass and Ammy could see Kamiki Village.

A/N: Well that's the prologue! Tell me what you thought. Loved it? Liked it? Hated it? Wondering why I'm asking all these questions? So am I! R&R please! If you don't, oh well. I'll still write this fan fiction because someone somewhere likes this and I get mad of I'm reading a good story and they discontinue it because of something stupid. Oh, and I'm writing this out in a journal first so I can work on this at school and then put it up here. Thanks for listening to me ramble! Bye now! *poofs away in a bunch of cherry blossom petals*