Prologue- I'm Who!

By TheBigWhiteWolf

Disclaimer: I do not own Okami, and I would suggest you do not sue me, as it would be a waste of your time and money. I have too much of the former and none of the latter.

Alex Harper could be considered by most people's definition normal that is if you look past the obsessive interest in all things magical and fantasy related. A 16 year old boy, who had short brown hair, green eyes, was slightly freckled and stood at an average height of 5'9". He didn't have many friends and those he did hang out with were mostly his D&D (dungeons and dragons) buddies. Alex head seem to almost permanently be stuck in the clouds, always fantasizing about being a part of such magical worlds. Truth be told Alex found his real life to be boring which is why he could only hope something interesting and magical happens.

Alex parents have managed to book them a trip to Japan during vacation time. This is why on his first trip to Japan Alex gets caught up in the story of Amaterasu. Wanting to know more about the Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu he happens upon a shrine that held a legend concerning the God. While he was there he came across the biggest cherry tree he had ever seen, a small cave in the tree held a statue. Alex couldn't help but gape at this and it made him wonder about times back then and how he would like to be part of it. He closed his eyes to take it all in when suddenly he felt like he was falling.

Sakuya the wood sprite was using a sacred ritual in order to revive the Sun Goddess, and was directing that magic towards a wolf statue. She was surprised by the sudden appearance of a child, who was in the direct path of the spell she just unleashed. Alex who just had a rough tumble saw a green circular object heading straight for him. He put his head down and arms up to shield himself, but instead the object circled him and planted itself on his back gouts of flame circling it. Immediately afterwards Alex felt his body changing, short brown hair became white, waist length, and wavy, his skin became pale almost white, his features became more feminine as did his figure, slightly larger than average breast developed, and he undeniably became a she.

Also to note she had large wolf ears on her head, a tail that looked more like an ink brush on the end, large almost black eyes, and red marks that tattooed her body, though these paled in the shock that he was a girl.

Looking at his slender and feminine fingers Alex almost screeched in her higher pitch voice "What's happened to me? What's going on here?"

Sakuya looked on at the quite beautiful young woman before her; this wasn't what she had meant to happen. From what she could make of the situation the interruption of the ritual had cause this child to become the incarnation of Okami Amaterasu.

"Great Mother Amaterasu, I have summoned you and asked that you help us in these dark times." She said in her rather high pitch voice

Alex interrupted from further examinations looked at the source of the voice, a being that she was sure wasn't human, other than the fact that she barely touch the ground. She had stylized black hair, a peach blossom complexion and ample bosom wrapped in a pink kimono.

Utterly confused Alex said "Are you talking to me?"

Sakuya nodded "Yes, I have summoned Amaterasu, origin of all that is good and mother to us all."

Alex scrunched her face and held the bridge of her nose as if she were getting a headache, which wasn't too far off "Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait, just wait a minute! Your trying to tell me that I'm Okami Amaterasu, the Japanese Sun Goddess?"

A flicker of confusion ran across Sakuya's face as she said "I don't know of this Japanese you speak, but you are the one known as Okami Amaterasu, or more accurately her current incarnation. I sought to revive Amaterasu, but your arrival interrupted the ritual, causing her spirit to flow into you."

Alex didn't know what to make of this, She likely wasn't in (what will be) Japan anymore, she has somehow become a wolf girl, and on top of all that she's told that she may be the current form of the Sun Goddess. Alex always wanted to be part of a world where magic and demons still existed, where Gods walked the Earth, though he never saw his self in this particular role. She realized that this was her dream, and was also aware that the phrase 'be careful what you wish for' may have more merit than she thought. She thought about it before apprehensively deciding to fulfill her duties as Amaterasu, after all somebody has to do it.

All that thinking only took her a few seconds as Sakuya waited patiently for her to respond. Alex stood from where she was seated, realizing she was only a few inches shorter than her original 5'9". She was wearing a kimono-style shirt that clung to her body, the sleeves were long, and loose as they hung at her side. Her pants similarly fitted her, being loose at the cuffs, the outfit was mostly white with black ink symbols all over, and a large red sash was wrapped around her waist and tied into a bow on her back, though her feet were left bare.

She looked around finally taking in her surroundings, she was in a small clearing with a bunch of rocks and the same massive tree she seen before all this happened, only it was bare of any foliage and seemed dead. Surrounding the clearing was a swirling darkness that looked every bit as menacing as it probably was, with large rocks and debris caught in it.

Turning to Sakuya she asked "What is all this, what's going on?"

With a sad look on her face Sakuya said "A great evil has awakened, and has spread itself far, corrupting all that it touches."

She was going to say more when a tiny figure with a green glow spoke from between her breast "Hey, what's with all the racket, can't a guy sleep here?"

Sakuya screech then swatted him away "Issun you…bug, what do you think you were doing in there!"

"First off I am not a bug!" said the now bouncing red ball "Secondly I was sleeping." Issun than notice Alex and said "Whoa, who's the beauty?" then he noticed the darkness and shouted "Hey what happened to Kamiki village?"

Sakuya was still upset with the little creature but said "This is Okami Amaterasu, I have summoned her to asked that she save us from the evil that threatens these land. With what little power I had left I sealed Kamiki into that fruit to protect it." She said this pointing to what looked like a big peach with a swirl symbol on it, hanging on one of the tree's branches "To release it you must cut the fruit down, I have done all I can, I can only point you in the right direction." She said this gesturing towards a gateway of light, which is exactly where the cave in the tree was.

She faded away in a shower of flower petals, leaving a still pretty confuse Alex wondering what to do.

"So you're supposed to be the great Amaterasu." Said a rather unbelieving Issun

"Hey! It happened to me and I'm still having trouble believing it." Snapped an irate Alex

"What do you mean?" said Issun, having been asleep the whole time, so Alex explained everything "So you're saying that you're from the future, magically appeared here, and that you're a guy turned Goddess." She nods, he sighs "Well kid, either your nuts or something serious is going down. Looking around its leaning towards the latter, so I'll tell you what kid, seeing as you seem a little lost, me Issun the Magnificent Wandering Artist, will accompany you for now, seeing as I know my way around."

"Oh thanks!" she said in relief "I was afraid I was going to be stuck in this alone."

"Don't mention it Ammy."

"Ammy?" questioned Alex

"Well Amaterasu is a bit of a mouthful so I'm calling you Ammy for short."

The newly dubbed Ammy shrugged in indifference and headed towards the portal. She was a bit cautious not knowing what awaited her on the other side, but she steeled herself and went through.

Author's note: I been thinking about this story for a while now and figured I might as well take a crack at it. It's going to pretty much follow the game with a few twist, let me know if you like and if you don't, I can't help you, constructive criticism(note the emphasis)is appreciative. I will be updating as often as I can.