Yeah... It's basically Okami Naruto-style...
Flames will be used to roast marshmallows. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own either the Naruto series nor the Okami series.
Long, long ago, a tiny village known as Heionouka lay nestled in a grove of proud and beautiful cherry blossoms.
Each and every tree around the village was honored as a god, however, the village was not without its dark secrets.
To satiate the hunger of Orochi, a fearsome cave-dwelling beast, a young maiden was offered as a sacrifice at the annual festival. With the body like a mountain and eight mounted-on necks the size of tree trunks, its blood-red eyes alone were said to curse anyone who gazed into them. No one dared to disobey the horrific beast.
When the night of the sacrifice grew near, a mysterious white wolf appeared outside the village.
This wolf, its coat as brilliant as snow, was dubbed Shiranui. The wolf kept a watchful eye on anyone who ventured outside the village, and made a habit of patrolling the streets at night. People assumed the wolf to be a familiar of Orochi.
One villager took it upon himself to face the fearsome Shiranui. The warrior Shikarura attempted many times to challenge the wolf, but his attempts were thwarted by Shiranui's swift movements.
Before long, the night of the accursed festival had arrived. A white plumed arrow heralded the coming sacrifice; Piercing the sky, the arrow sunk its shaft squarely into the home of Terumi, the village's loveliest and smartest maiden. Shikarura, harboring a secret love for Terumi, was enraged by this sign and determined to put an end to Orochi once and for all, traveled to the beast's cave in place of his beloved.
The Moon Cave, a place as dark as evil itself, served as Orochi's home. As Shikarura stood bravely in front of the entrance, a beast appeared, eyes glowing crimson on eight thrashing necks. Orochi stood tall before him, anxious for another sacrifice, but Shikarura leapt with incredible grace and swung his blade valiantly. On and on he sliced into the moonless night, but Orochi's hide was like steel, not even leaving a scratch...
At long last, Shikarura, his energy spent for the intense fight, dropped to his knees, fatigued and gasping for breath. He knew he was staring death in the face, but it was then that the wolf appeared. As if to protect Shikarura, it stood its ground before Orochi, its coat shining brilliantly in the darkness of the cave.
Alas, it was Shiranui, the wolf that dwelled outside the village, baring its fearsome claws as it leapt at Orochi, which reared its terrifying fangs for battle yet again. The two beasts struggled wildly and thrashed in the darkness, the spectacle mysterious and frightening as it continued. Shiranui summoned gusts of divine wind to counter Orochi's flames and as it closed in on Shiranui, sharpened claws glistening, a giant tree suddenly sprouted forth and shielded the wolf.
Shiranui fought gallantly to gain the upper hand, however Orochi was protected by a mystical power and was not easily bested. Shiranui, covered in gashes and coat dyed crimson, stood exhausted before the mighty Orochi. It saw a chance to strike what would be the final blow, but Shiranui refused to give in and with its last ounce of strength, the majestic wolf gazed heavenward and unleashed a mighty howl. Suddenly, the black clouds overhead dissipated and the light from above glinted off Shikarura's sword as a beacon of hope.
Guided by his sword, Shikarura, who had been taking shelter in the shadows, stood proudly to face his adversary. Channeling all his strength into his scarred and battered arms, he ferociously leapt toward Orochi, his sword poised high. The golden sword danced in his hands like a puppet and, one by one, Orochi's fearsome heads separated from their owner. Orochi's broken body collapsed in a lake of its own blood and, in that instant, the curse that plagued the villagers was lifted and the sun shone once again as the battle subsided.
Shiranui had succumbed to Orochi's poison and struggled to breathe before Shikarura scooped the wolf into his arms and returned to Heionouka, but when they got to the village, Shiranui was no longer moving. The head of the village gently stroked the wolf's head and, in response, Shiranui let out a hoarse and pitiful bark before closing its eyes, as if it were going to slumber. Peace had at last returned to Heionouka Village and in honor of Shiranui's heroic exploits, the people of the village erected a shrine and placed a statue of a wolf within it.
Shikarura's sword was christened by the villagers as "Tsukuyomi" and placed inside the Moon Cave, looking forward to an age of endless peace...
However, this is not the end of the story, for there is more to this tale than most people know.
One-hundred years had passed since Shikarura and Shiranui's heroic exploits.
It happened so quickly, that no one in the village even took notice...
A foggy, dirt Sandō sparsely lined with trees that lead to stone stairs, a large stone and tiled Torii-styled Haiden, and an entrance to a cave, but it looked darker as the sun was setting. However, when one looks deeper into the cave, the dark and foggy room which held a Honden with a large, dark bell and a sword sheathed in the stone doesn't hold a god, but a demon, for this place is the Moon Cave.
But one lazy and somewhat cowardly male, whose shadowed face and body depicted that he was about eighteen years of age, came to this resting place of evil to prove that the legend of Orochi was merely folklore and nothing more.
When he stopped, he examined the blue sword before he quietly said to himself, "Is this legendary sword, Tsukuyomi? The same blade that banished the dreaded Orochi? ...Nah, it couldn't be, for it's just a troublesome legend..."
The figure then completely drew the sword without any effort, but when he did, eight pairs blood-red eyes landed on the figure, which caused him to drop the sword out of surprise and fear. As soon as the sword made contact with the ground, a dark-purple swirl of evil power came from the place the sword once was, freeing the evil power thought to be dead forever. The figure ran away from the evil power and crimson eyes, but tripped half-way across the room and turned his head, now looking at one of the large, shadowed creature's heads face-to-face.
It then said, reptilian voice low and scratchy from lack of use, "O he who seeks power... He who has broken my bonds, speak the words, 'I wish darkness unto the world'. Utter that prayer unto me and unleash my true power..."
The figure stay silent before he got back up and ran for his life, which caused an enraged roar to course through the beast's domain before the monster followed as best as it could after the figure. The figure was faster though, for he was half way down the Sandō when the beast collided with the stone Torii-styled Haiden, one of the eight head hit against it really hard before the seven others destroyed it, freeing most of the body out the cave but not far from it before it sent its dark power over the country of Heiwakokka.
The figure made it back to Heionouka, unaware that he was seen and followed, before the dark power started spread, but after an earthquake and a loud, angered roar, a dark wind pasted, which caused plants to die, animals to disappear, and people to turn into statues, making life stand still.
A horrible tragedy suddenly swept over the land!
However, there was one village that seemed to escape the terrible curse, for Heionouka Village enjoyed the protection of their sacred tree.
It is here that the real story begins...
The statue dedicated to Shiranui stood as chaos, literally, swirled above the village, boulders carried by the wind like they were blades of grass and tsunamis raging the once calm sea, before the wind hurled a large boulder towards the shrine. Just as it was about to collide, a wood sprite with cherry-blossom pink hair that was mostly in a bun, but her long bangs reached to about her waist, eyes that were greener than any leaf or blade of grass, divine smoke around her, triangular, dangling blue earrings, light pink kimono with gold highlights, deep purple-pink obi, and an opening in the front that, along with a leafy-accent, made her light skin-toned cleavage look like a peach in most Japanese art-works.
Said wood sprite puffed her cheeks out in a huff of annoyance as she said aloud, "How annoying! This just as the prophecy of doom predicted. Why have these demons continue to ravage this land?"
She turned to the statue and continued with, "I must act quickly, for there's little time. My powers have diminished over the years of protecting this area, so I don't have much energy to keep doing so..."
The sprite drew a magical circle which the Divine Instrument, Divine Retribution, appeared in the center of before the sprite said, "Amaterasu-sama, now is the time, please shine your divine light upon this broken and corrupted world!"
The sprite threw the Divine Instrument up into the air, but it redirected its path and landed on the back of the wolf statue, a ring of fire surrounding the outer-edge of Divine Retribution before the statue came to life.
But instead of a wolf, a young maiden of about nineteen with pale skin, dark eyes, long snow-white hair with spiky, but cloud-like wispy-looking bangs that spanned her back completely and was tied near the base of her spine, wolf tail and ears, claw-like fingernails and toenails, and had red markings all over her body. Her outfit consisted of a white kimono with a short skirt-part, the ends of the sleeves were accented with black cloth and red thread, the tops of the sleeves were red, slitted and connected to the main part of the kimono by crisscrossed thread that showed some of the skin of her upper arm, black fingerless gloves that had a middle finger loop that kept them in place, the flaps of the kimono were lined with red cloth and was held firmly in place by a simple, bow-less red obi, a pair of black shorts under the kimono since the way the kimono feel exposed most of her left leg, and simple straw sandals adorned her feet. Divine Retribution was secured on her hip along with a bottle of ink and an ornate brush made from the fur of her tail and enchanted bamboo.
The girl gave a happy wolf-howl and shaking off her head rapidly, which caused a glittery substance to shake loose from her hair, before the wood sprite said, "Such divine white light! Such beauty and grace that could only belong to the mother and origin of us all, Amaterasu-sama. Seeing you resurrected for a statue and being in your divine presence brings great joy to my spirit, for your brave sacrifice one-hundred years ago sealed away the evil that once plagued this area..."
The pinkette wood sprite sniffled and wiped away the tears of joy after her short speech, but Amaterasu inwardly rolled her eyes and yawned lightly before curling up and pretended to sleep, thinking about the male she wanted to see the most after her one-hundred years of absence.
The wood sprite's eye twitched lightly from her rising anger and impatience, but she stayed calm as she said, "Amaterasu-sama, please gaze above you and take in the condition of the land and sky... Since your untimely departure from this land, it has been ravaged by demons and monsters, but it just recently worsened to the point of pure chaos. Please use your power to banish the darkness and punish the ones responsible for this madness..."
Amaterasu perked her ears at the statement and expanded her inner sight to see that the wood sprite was speaking the truth, before she thought with a grin, 'I haven't been around for one-hundred years, so I'll explore, kick demon-ass, and get to find him all at the same time...'
Amaterasu saw the wood sprite's kimono wiggle slightly, before the sprite inquired, "Huh...? What's this? Has something snuck it's way into my kimono?"
This made Amaterasu look at the sprite more closely after her question and found that the sprite was quite attractive, for gods and goddesses, being around for a long time and seeing many beautiful things and creatures, unwittingly develop bisexuality. The sprite laughed, something tickling her inside her robe, and Amaterasu found it to be a pleasant sound, before the thing that caused the laughing bit popped out her kimono and landed in front of the sprite and Amaterasu. To most it looked like a bug, but Amaterasu knew that it was actually a male of the Poncle people, a race of very tiny people whose hats resemble insects to keep hidden from enemies.
The sprite said in an exasperated voice, "You again, Naruto?"
The Poncle male named Naruto got up before he said, louder than necessary and bouncing around a lot, "Itai, itai, itai~! Mou~! Sakura-chan, for a sprite, you sure make a big deal outta things! I was just making the conversation more interesting!"
The wood sprite, now known to be Sakura, then said angrily, "That doesn't mean you can sleep in my clothes, you dumb bug!"
Naruto then yelled, "I told a thousand times, I'm not a bug, I'm a Poncle! The great wandering artist, Uzumaki Naruto!"
Amaterasu, fully sitting up straight while watching with an amused look on her face, before Naruto continued with, "It won't be long 'til you're bowing at my mighty brush skills!"
Naruto pulled out a scroll and threw it at Amaterasu, who caught it with ease and opened to see an excellent ink painting of Sakura, but she had a feeling that Naruto didn't really drew it himself for she recognized the art style right away.
"Better than the real thing, right?", Naruto asked cockily, but before Amaterasu could answer, he bounced towards her and landed in between the folds of her kimono right above her breasts and asked, "What's with you, Kemari-chan? You look like you'd rather be anywhere but here..."
Amaterasu felt a vein on her forehead pulse from anger, before she grabbed Naruto by the scuff of his shirt and dangled him many feet above the ground, for if she dropped at the height she was holding him at, it could seriously injury or kill him.
But he merely shouted angrily, "ARE YOU FREAKIN' NUTS? A GUY AS HANDSOME AS ME SHOULDN'T BE HANDLED SO RUDELY! THE GREAT ORE-SAMA TAKES OFFENSE TO THIS! I WILL USE MY SWORD, KIRUSUMI, ON YOU IF YOU DON'T LET GO OF ME THIS INSTANT!"
But a sudden and loud roar which was very, and unpleasantly, familiar to Amaterasu, which made Naruto's anger vanish as he asked in a fearful voice, "W-w-w-what was that?"
"O great goddess Amaterasu-sama, I have used almost all of my energy to protect Heionouka Village, but they still live on, for their spirits lie safe in my fruit on the tree. Cut the fruit free and the village will be restored." Sakura said before she disappeared in a swirl of cherry blossoms and reappeared as the guardian tree, Konohana, but it looked withered, weak, and on the verge of death and she continued with, "I trust in you and believe you will lead us down the right path..."
By that time, Amaterasu now had her palm face and Naruto was standing in the middle of it as everything happened, Naruto itching for adventure and Amaterasu knew she had to bring peace back the world.
Naruto then said, "So the tree's back to normal, eh? Sakura-chan said a lot of weird things, but I do know that we need to cut the fruit with everyone's spirits in down. Thing is that it's so high up, that we're gonna need a special power to get it down and end the creepy darkness that's surrounding the area..."
Amaterasu nodded, knowing that all of her powers had left her in her involuntary absence, and placed Naruto on the top of her head, before her light, sweet voice said, "Looks like we're gonna be stuck together for awhile Naruto-kun, so it's best that you know my name, which is Amaterasu, but you may call me Asuka."
Naruto nodded before he asked, "With the characters meaning 'fragrance of the bright day'?"
Amaterasu nodded, before Naruto continued with, "So Asuka, ready to go?"
"Yup," Was all Amaterasu said before she quickly walked into the doorway of light where they would continue onward.
Yosh! Got it done! :3
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