Here's the second chapter! Hope you guys like! Please read and review. =)
Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa or Okami. It would be awesome if I did…but no.
As the water slowly drained from Orochi's lair, Amaterasu stared at the travelers.
An amber-eyed boy wearing a traveler's cloak had his arms wrapped around girl roughly about his age. Her startled eyes were jade-green, and long locks of auburn hair hung down over them. Her clothing must have been made by an expert – Amaterasu had never seen something so fine.
The man who had destroyed one of Orochi's heads was the tallest of the group. His black hair was spiky; his narrow eyes a dark crimson in color. One of his strong hands clutched a long-sword. It was still dripping with Orochi's blood.
Beside him, was the last traveler, the second-tallest, was thin and blonde. A fluffy white cloak hung sopping wet from his shoulders, and he peeled it off with a sigh. "Why does water have to be so…so wet?"
"Er, who are you?" Issun said, sitting on Amaterasu's head, right between her eyes. All of the travelers' attentions were suddenly drawn to the wolf.
"That mutt can talk?" The red-eyed man said.
"Ammy's not a mutt!" Issun cried indignantly. "She's a wolf! And I'm Issun, the Wandering Artist!"
"She doesn't look like any wolf I've ever seen," the blonde man mused. "If you ask me, she looks like one of Sakura's feathers." He glanced at the girl, still clutched in the boy's arms. "Red and white, hmm?"
"What are you talking about? It looks plain white to me," said the red-eyed man.
"It!" Issun cried. "Why, I never heard such- Wait, can you see Ammy's true form?" The sprite suddenly looked interested.
The blonde shrugged and grinned slightly. "I just see a red and white wolf with a giant…flamey…thing on her back." He flapped his hand in the Divine Retribution's general direction. "By the way, my name's Fai. The kid's Syaoran-"he gestured to the amber-eyed boy, "That there's Sakura, and – he's Kuro-tan!" The blonde swept his hand towards Kurogane, grinning gaily, while the red-eyed man roared in protest.
"My name's Kurogane, idiot mage!" he shouted. "Get it right for once!" Fai laughed and dodged a swipe from the samurai's sword.
"What's a mage?" Issun asked curiously. "Well, I suppose that doesn't matter. This here's Amaterasu, by the way." The sprite patted the wolf's head, winning him an annoyed growl. "We should probably get it of here. If it's anything like last time Orochi\ was killed-"
As if on cue, the entire cavern shuddered. Several rocks fell and crashed to the ground - Amaterasu stepped back just in time to avoid a particularly large one. She growled and darted towards the cavern's entrance, weaving through a barrage of falling rocks. Suddenly she paused and turned back to the group, gesturing with her nose.
"I can take a hint," Kurogane growled, sheathing his sword and running after the wolf, followed by Syaoran and a still-dazed Sakura. Fai went last, sparing one last glance at Orochi's eight bloody heads. He suddenly leaned down and reached into fire's mouth with a grimace. After a moment, his hand came out, clutching a bloody, curved fang.
Fai stood and sprinted after the rest of the group.
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Amaterasu sat on a rock, tail curled around her paws, watching the moon cave crumble. The travelers were sitting around her. Kurogane was the only one not watching the cave fall. He was rubbing his sword repeatedly against the grass; his face becoming more annoyed by the second.
"What sort of blood is it?" he roared at last. "It's not coming off!"
"Kuro-puppy's just not strong enough," Fai sang. Kurogane glared at him.
"Give me your cloak, maybe that'll be easier…"
"No, Kuro-rin! That's mean!"
"It's too hot here anyway, mage, you won't need it!"
"Kuro! No!"
Suddenly, a white thing shot out of the hood to Fai's cloak. "Kuro-daddy just isn't any good at housework!"
Kurogane paused in mid-lunge at Fai, his mouth agape.
"Well said, Mokona," Fai praised, grinning at the odd white creature. It looked something along the lines of a rabbit, but had a single red jewel in its forehead, and a similar jewel hanging from its right ear.
"What is that?" Issun asked, his voice a mixture of astonishment and curiosity.
"Mokona is Mokona!" The creature said in a sing-song voice. It hopped onto the rock where Amaterasu was sitting, ears perked up. "Are you a god?"
Kurogane almost fell over. Fai didn't look surprised. Sakura looked amazed, and Syaoran looked utterly fascinated.
"Yeah, she is," said Issun, surprised. "How'd you know?"
"Mokona sensed it!" The creature said, jumping up and down with pleasure.
"A god?" Syaoran looked interested, his eyes fixed on Amaterasu. "Really?"
"They don't believe you, Ammy, show them!" Issun said. "Use one of your ink-brush techniques!"
The wolf hadn't moved since she had begun to watch the moon cave fall, but now she sprung to life. With a movement of her tail, so quick that it was impossible to see exactly, an orb of fire leapt into the air from nothing, as though conjured, and blazed brightly.
Syaoran and Sakura gasped, their eyes washed golden from the light.
"Did you say ink-brush powers, Issun?" Fai asked. "Is that how she does it? She uses her tail to…" He waved a hand limply in the air.
Before Issun could open his mouth to reply, Amaterasu leapt over to the magician. She wiped her tail against the ground, the tip dripping with black ink. When she moved to sit slightly further away, a symbol was inscribed against the ground.
"What's that?" Syaoran asked, leaning closer.
"That," said Issun, "Is one of the thirteen ink-brush powers. And that, along with the other techniques, possibly just saved all of Nippon."
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So dramatic! You guys have any ideas why Fai took the fang? I'm not telling. =P
Well, maybe I will if you review. =)