Chapter Four
Gekigami
Kai was growling at something that was in the Yoshpet Forest. I could not see what Kai was growling at, but when it growled back, the three of us could tell that it was big. Very big. The growl actually made Kai take a few steps back, and made me and Oki growl loudly.
I saw a pair of bright amber eyes shine through the shadows. Somehow those eyes seemed very familiar. A low growl came from the creature inside the forest. It was a friendly growl, and the animal started to come out of the forest. It was a tiger. A white tiger that had the same red markings I did as a wolf.
"Gekigami!" I ran forward, and pressed my muzzle into his shoulder. He still had the bow and lightning arrows on his back like he usually did.
I stepped back, and looked up at him. He was about two or three feet taller than me since he is a tiger.
"Amaterasu, you know this tiger?" Kai asked, still in her wolf form.
"Yes, Kai. This is the Thunder God, Gekigami. He is a really good friend, but can be a little scary at times." I replied to Kai. Oki and Kai seemed to relax when I told them that this tiger was a god.
"Amaterasu, I need to speak with you." Gekigami said after I stopped talking.
"That brings me to my question, what are you doing here, Gekigami? Shouldn't you be with the others on Celestial Plain?" I asked, turning to Gekigami.
"That is what I wanted to talk to you about, Amaterasu. I was the last God on Celestial Plain. Shortly after you left, an evil came, and scatter all over Nippon." Gekigami explained in a rush.
Not again! The last time that this had happened, I didn't have any of the brush techniques. This time I did, but what I wanted to know was what had made them scatter across Nippon.
"What exactly happened on Celestial Plain, Gekigami?" I asked, completely forgetting that Kai and Oki were still here.
"We were about to go down to the lake, but a sudden darkness swept over the entire area, and it was like we were grabbed and thrown down here once again." Gekigami explained. I started to think about what Oki had said about hearing something on the Ezofuji Mountains.
"Oki!" I said sharply, getting him to look at me.
"You said before that when Lechku and Nechku first re-awoke, you heard the sound of rattling chains, right?" I asked.
"Yes, it was right before the blizzard started. Why?" I shook my head and turned back to Gekigami.
"What do you need me to do?" I asked.
"Find the other gods. On your journey, the power of lightning will be your protector." Gekigami then turned and started walking back into the Yoshpet forest.
"Wait, what about you?" I called out.
"I will be staying here to protect Ponc'ton incase some monsters decide to harm our Celestial Envoys. Send the others here when you find them. But if they are protecting a town, village or a city, then tell them to stay there until this is all over. I have a feeling that Yami is not gone." With that, Gekigami disappeared into the forest.
