A Celestial Envoy's Tale
Note: I do not own anything related to Okami or anything made by clover or capcom…I think you get the picture
Note: The second paragraph belongs to the makers of Okami
"This is a story that very few people now about. I have been graced to have come to know this tale by heart. Listen well, I shall only tell this once.
There is a legend about a god who is said to of lived long ago. People came to call this god, Okami. Okami would soar through the grassy plains like the wind, quietly watching over the verdant lands. One fateful night, tragedy came crashing in! The warmth and peace that submerged the land under the protection of Okami was torn. Only one village was spared, Kamiki Village to be exact. Only because a wood sprite named Sakuya was dwelling there. Sadly, she became distressed by the large scale of the immense darkness that filled the lands. Then with the last bit of breath she had left she preformed the revival ceremony. Drawing the ancient god Amaterasu and breathing the essence into the statue of Okami. So to this very day Okami is still restoring the forgotten lands of ancient times, still setting out on a quest to fight the darkness in these lands.
What happened during now and back to the days when Amaterasu was reawakened you ask? Well it is a long story but I will tell it to. Listen good 'cause I shall not say it again.
Amaterasu was reawaked after 100 years of a dormant sleep, unfit to fight, Ammy had no recollection of anything. She had no idea of the celestial brush techniques or of the celestial envoy. Ammy had forgotten everything. That is until she met an envoy name Issun.
He had heard of Ammy many times from his grandfather. His grandfather was Ammy's previous form's envoy. The little bug like creature jumped out of Sakuya's shirt, she was unaware of this, and jumped on Ammy's head. He then told her about the brush techniques and how he was going to travel all across Nippon with Ammy so he could master the techniques then flee. Ammy didn't mind, she could use a friend. So the two started off on their journey.
The first place they came across was the part of Kamiki no one could see except Ammy, Issun, and of course Sakuya. They then went into the light filled cave and entered a valley. It was a valley never seen before and was a very I guess you could say spiritual valley. There they came across their first of many celestial brush techniques. This one was called Rejuvenation, it held the power to restore dismantled objects to their former shape. They then used that brush to fill the river called Stardust River or something along those lines.
Then they came across a shrine, and in the shrine was the statue of the great hero Nagi. It is said that Nagi was the brave adventurer that help Ammy's previous form defeat the dreaded Orchi. There they mastered the second brush technique called Power Slash. It holds the power to slice through almost all objects. So after regaining two of the many more brush strokes Ammy and Issun headed back to Kamiki. Once they got back they came to find that Kamiki was covered in darkness. That's when they mastered another brush stroke called Sunshine or sunrise I can't remember, it's been so long. It's power does what the name entitles, it creates sunshine. Soon after they made the sun there was no more darkness. But there was still turmoil.
Everyone in the village was still upset and scared. No one would really acknowledge that Ammy had saved them from being turned into stone forever. But the reason why is for a later part in the story. So after they made sure that Sakuya was okay they headed into the village. There they talked to the ungrateful towns' people and they ended up making friends. In fact they made friends with all the people of the village. Some were Kushi the sake brewer, Susano the great descendent of Nagi, and Mr. and Mrs. Orange. There was also a little boy with a dog who later will become a hero and a very important dog and of course the little boy's mom, who Ammy tricked and dug up all ten of her turnips without once getting bonked on the head. They had great fun in the village but then they had to go away for awhile to another place.
This place was called Shinzu Field, I think it was. Well anyways that was there first encounter of a curse zone. These curse zones were horrible places to be in. If you were human you would be turned into stone. This is also were they saw the second of many Guardian Saplings. These trees were giant cherry trees that overlooked the villages' they inhabited and they protected it form evil. Seeing that they had no way of reviving it they began to look around. They then came across a valley called Hana Valley.
It was cursed to but they ended up finding a baby sapling. They finally figured out how to make the sun shine so the tree would grow. With that they learned their fourth brush stroke. This was called Greensprout-Bloom, this has the power to bring life back to withered trees. So with learning that they used it on the sapling and it brought it back to life. Cherry petals then flew out of the cave and swept away the darkness just as Okami swept through the fields. In a blink of an eye the cursed zone was gone.
They then headed into the field with knowledge of how to save the tree. After they preformed greensprout they headed back to Kamiki to see if Sakuya was feeling better. To the looks of it she was feeling much better. She even had on a new outfit, which looked almost like a bikini. Issun really seemed to like her new look, but once again they had to cut their visit short. With a short good bye they headed back to the field to check out everything.
Everything seemed fine, there were a few curse zone gates filled with demons, but they took care of those easily. They made even more friends, some were a dojo master, a nameless man, a monk, and a fireworks technician. As soon as they talked to the fireworks man, they mastered yet another brush stroke called Cherry Bombs. This is the power to make bombs come out for the fragment of time and space. This came in handy many, many times.
Well I think I should take a break now. You should go and stretch your legs or something while I rest. I will tell you more soon, so don't get discouraged, okay?" said the mysterious narrator
I hope you liked it! Please review to your liking. Thanks to capcom and clover for making a great game.