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Amaterasu made her way through the thick crowds of people. Issun sat impatiently on her head, he still didn't get what they were doing again.
Fortunately when they went through the constellation, it wasn't violent and ruff like the first. It was simple; they were carried up in a beam of light and then dropped down back in Nippon.
Within her days of being back in Nippon, she acquired the "Cat Walk" brush technique from Cat Call Tower. It was quite the adventure. She climbed up the tallest tower she had ever seen, and found many cats which the goddess assumed lived there. Not to mention all the cats that lived on the island at which the tower stood. Aside from that, she was able to buy lots of fish for the felines who helped her and Link find Issun.
She had already given Plumm some seeds, which he much enjoyed, but she did promise herself that she would give the cats a treat too.
Now, she was trying to find the right street to go down, to find all those cats. She tried picking up their scent, but there was too many smells in the air.
"Ahem." Suddenly she heard the sound of someone clearing their throat behind her. She whipped around, to see who it was.
"Hmm?" A person stood before her, and as she looked up she saw it was Link! Though he was a human.
"Oh, Link. Hi." Amaterasu said, despite knowing he couldn't understand her. She raised a paw and clawed at his green tunic.
"Oh, blue eyes. Didn't think we'd be meeting up so soon." Called out Issun from her head.
Amaterasu sat down on the stone ground as Link replied.
"Yeah, but what are you guys doing back here?" He asked, looking down at the two.
"I dunno, furball persisted on coming here again. I think she wants to feed all the animals we met." Issun replied with a shrug.
Link look muddled. "Oh... I see."
"Why don't you come with us, Ammy really doesn't know her way around here." Issun added.
Amaterasu barked enthusiastically after Issun's words.
"Umm, okay. Sure." He replied awkwardly.
Link then lead them to where the large group of cats lived. The cats were pleased to see them again. Especially Amaterasu. They purred loudly, and rubbed against her. Brushing their tails in her face and meowing with pleasure.
"Here, this if for all of you." Amaterasu put down a full bag of fresh fish before the cats. At first they sniffed it delicately, but as soon as one of them started eating, they all piled in. Amaterasu looked at them, and smiled with delight. They meowed their thanks and continued to chow down the slippery fish.
"Thanks Link." Said Amaterasu.
Though Link couldn't understand her in human form, she couldn't help but say thanks. She was grateful that he showed her where the cats were.
Amaterasu enjoyed watching the cats feast away. She could feel their happiness, it lit up in her, giving her just a tad more power.
"So what did you really come back for?" a familiar wolf voice suddenly asked.
"What?" Amaterasu jumped. She was so lost in watching the cats eat, she didn't even notice Link transform. She jolted her head up, and her eyes met with no other than Link's blue ones, but he was a wolf this time. When she suddenly saw him as a wolf, a certain feeling washed over her. She suddenly saw him in a different light when he was transformed.
It was a strange feeling, and she didn't know what to make of it. Though she felt closer to him in a way when he transformed. Perhaps he looked at her differently too when he changed. Or maybe it was just because she could now talk to him. She didn't know what it was, it was just... Odd.
Amaterasu shook her head and got back to reality. "Don't you need that shard to transform?" She then asked.
"I had it with me in my pouch." Link replied.
"Ahh." She responded, while turning her gaze.
"But what are you doing back here? Aren't you busy in... Nippon was it?" He asked, while he took a seat behind the eating cats.
"Well I promised to give them some fish, so I had no choice." She explained happily.
Link looked at the cats thoughtfully, did she really want to help the cats so badly? He questioned. Amaterasu was just... He didn't know, but if she really was a goddess, then... Well she wasn't like any divine being he had ever heard of. It was hard to believe that she was one.
"Oh, here." Amaterasu said all of the sudden, pulling Link out of his thoughts.
"I forgot to give this back to you." She began to paw at her collar, but struggled to remove it. She kept trying to claw at it but was getting nowhere.
"Aww furball, your never gonna get it off that way." Issun knelt down on her neck and strained to unfasten the buckle, it was just too big for him.
"Here, let me." Link reached out to her and grabbed the collar with between his teeth, carefully avoiding the spikes. He pulled back really hard as she lowered her head and pulled the other way. It was slowly coming off. Closer... Closer...
"Wait! Stop!" Amaterasu suddenly burst out.
Link immediately let go of the collar. He backed up and held a look of confusion at her.
"I just realized!" she started with a embarrassed smile. "I need it on still, well if that's okay."
"Hmm?" Link looked confused for a moment, but soon caught on. "Oh, sure... You can keep it actually. I don't really need it..." He then murmured quietly.
"Thank you." Amaterasu replied kindly, sounding very delighted.
Link hopped out of the fenced yard, from where the cats ate. She watched him leave and decided to follow him out.
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you have two collars buried?" She asked after she hopped out of the fence and landed beside him.
"Heh, that... Well, Zelda gave me this green one. And when I wore it, people thought I looked cute and... pet-able." He started with a raised wolf brow on the subject of_ him seeming cute to the people.
"Well you do look very stylish in it." Amaterasu commented. Half admitting and half teasing.
Link smiled, amused from her comment.
"You think?" He said while raising his head, and pretended to flaunt himself with the collar. Link didn't normally play around like this, but Amaterasu had a way of lighting the mood.
He shook his head and sighed blissfully. "Anyway, I found that spiked collar. For some reason when I wore it, people thought I was a vicious dog and stayed mostly clear of me. Whenever I needed people out of my way, I would wear it."
"But I don't really need it." He added.
There was a small pause. Amaterasu thought for a moment before answering.
"Well it didn't seem to work for me." She finally said with amusement in her eyes and face.
Link squinted his eyes and looked at Amaterasu for a moment. "I think your too likeable for it to work."
"Why thank you." she replied.
Amaterasu didn't know why, but when he said she was likable, it warmed her in a pleasant way. She didn't know the reason, but she liked the idea of him thinking she was "likable".
Amaterasu explained to Link, that she needed to go to Telma's bar to give Louise a fish. He agreed to come and show them the way. The town was decent sized, neither Amaterasu nor Issun remembered the exact rout to the bar.
With the collars hiding their true identities, they didn't have to hide in the shadows and worry about a riot starting. It really made it allot easier to travel around the town. There was no wonder why Link would wear them.
Amaterasu planned to keep the collar, she figured she would come back here again, and it might come in use, not to mention she felt it was kind of special as it was sort of a gift from Link. So she wanted to keep it.
They made it to the bar after a couple streets and turns, it was actually closer then she remembered. They approached the front of the building and stopped to look around, Amaterasu began to observe the area to find the fluffy cream color cat.
After not seeing her around, she guessed she was in the building.
"I'm going inside to look for her." Amaterasu stated as she walked to the door.
Link was about to protest, but decided against it. She had the collar on after all.
Issun bounced off Amaterasu head, and neared Link. "I'll just wait with blue eyes."
The goddess walked inside, so far she didn't get the boot. She walked up to a counter that stood much taller than her. She looked up to see a lady standing behind it, though she seemed to be busy and was turned around, her back was facing Amaterasu.
As Amaterasu looked across the counter, she immediately spotted Louise. She sat quietly atop the counter, and gracefully licked her paw, which she then rubbed her ear with.
Amaterasu barked to get her attention, but not loud enough to startle her.
"Oh it's you. What are you doing back here?" The cat asked.
"I just came to give you this." Amaterasu replied.
She stood on her hind legs and used the counter to help balance herself up. She then gently dropped a fish before Louise.
Louise licked her chops and sniffed it daintily.
"Thanks, but why give this to me?" The cat asked.
"It's a thank you gift for helping me find Issun, my friend." Amaterasu replied.
Louise nodde in understanding. She began to nibble on the fish, clearly enjoying it.
After watching her for a bit she turned around and decided to leave, but not before Louise spoke.
"Hanging out with Link again?" She suddenly asked.
"Yeah he is just outside." Amaterasu replied, while turning her head back around, now looking at the cat again.
With a mischievous look, she then continued. "Well don't fall too hard for him dear."
What? Amaterasu didn't really get what she was implying. She tilted her head slightly and questioned the cat. "What do you mean"
Louise looked away with a smile forming. "Oh never mind. Off with you then."
Amaterasu flicked her ear. She turned back around and trotted out of the building.
She met up with Link and Issun again who had patiently waited for her.
"Hey furball!" Issun started as he bounced up on her head again. "I was thinking, since we're here. We might as well do what we can. I was talking to blue eyes, and he says that there's some really big boulders blocking one of the routes to the town. I say you should destroy em! Think of all the people it could help!"
Amaterasu didn't need to consider it. Of course she would go and get rid of the rocks!
"Where are they?" She asked immediately.
"They're just outside of town. But can you really get rid of them?" Link was a little unsure on if she could destroy them, but then again... He thought back on when she cut the bridge, made a giant sword come out of nowhere, jumped super high and...
Okay maybe she could, but how?
"I' am Positive!" She replied with a bark.
As they went through the town, so Amaterasu could cut the boulders, she thought of what Louise said earlier.
Don't fall to hard for him dear... Was she implying that she "liked" Link? That wouldn't make sense. Link was just a friend, and besides, he was truly a human. She could never like him like that. No, Louise was just teasing. She must've thought that she and Link were something they were not and would never be.
When they got to the large boulders, Amaterasu knew right away that it would be an easy fix.
Link and Issun stood a good few feet away, as Amaterasu approached the rocks. They stood many lengths above her, but brought back memories of the big boulder which was placed in Kamiki Village by Susano.
She used her tail, which was stained with ink, and drew a line across the big wall of rocks. It cracked them in two and they fell hard and heavy to the ground. She next, drew a circle with a line cutting in it to make her famous and powerful "Cherry Bomb".
It exploded in a burst of color and fireworks, sending rock pieces flying everywhere! The wall of rocks which came from a land slide was blocking far in the road, she was going to need to make allot of bombs.
In the background Issun yawned. He knew this would take awhile.
After many explosions later, the rocks were no more than a few crumbles and pebbles.
Amaterasu huffed after all her work. "Well, they're mostly gone." She stated firmly.
Link looked at the few rock pieces that were left over. He still was amazed by her power, but this time didn't show it. "Thank you Amaterasu, this really helps allot of people."
She smiled cheerfully and swayed her tail back and forth. "It's my pleasure, and please, you can call me Ammy."
Issun bounced back over to Amaterasu, he jumped up on her black nose and began.
"Nice work furball! Man that was sure allot tougher than the rock at Kamiki Village, huh."
Amaterasu sat down and barked from her achievement of removing the rocks, and also was agreeing to Issun's words. She felt happy that she could help Link's world out, she wanted to help as many people and creatures as she possibly could.
Link needed to go to the castle now to talk to Zelda about the constellation, but decided to invite Amaterasu. He would feel weird just leaving her, and figured she would want to come too. He would stay as a wolf for now, until he talked to Zelda that is.
"Um, Amat_ I mean Ammy, would you like to come with me to the castle?" He asked, as Issun still rambled about something, while Amaterasu just looked at him as he bounced on her nose.
Just a second after he asked, she turned her head, acknowledging his words. "Yes, I would love to see the castle again." she replied.
"And I wouldn't mind seeing toots again, hehehe." Issun added.
Link narrowed his eyes at the poncle. Issun's words almost made a growl escape his mouth. That sprite certainly was a pervert!
()()()
In a short time, they made it to the castle. They didn't talk much on their way, and they easily manoeuvred through the castle town; despite how busy it was.
They padded up the big stone stair case that lead to the red carpet. high walls of the stone castle, towered above them. They reached the top and turned left, opposite of the way they went last visit.
"Wait, isn't Princess Toots that way?" Asked Issun as he pointed down the other way of the red carpet.
Link frowned from Issun asking the question. "You two can just wait for me over this way."
"C'mon furball, we'll go with him anyway. I mean we can't pass up another chance to see toots aga_" Issun was abruptly cut off by Amaterasu.
She grabbed him with her mouth before he could finish his sentence, she glanced embarrassedly at Link, and grinned apologetically for Issun's behaviour.
Link just raised his eyebrows, but then continued down the carpet, Amaterasu on his flank. They soon turned into another room, it had tall wooden doors like Princess Zelda's quarters. Link pushed them open with his head, and stepped inside.
Amaterasu walked in after him and had a look at the room. There was a bed, a small table, and a wooden shelf on the wall. If Amaterasu was not mistaken; it looked like a bedroom. She glanced over at Link, who seemed to be waiting for her attention.
He cleared his throat and began. "This is my room, you can wait in here if you like."
Link wanted to talk to Zelda in private, no annoying sprite to make some dirty remark about her, or whatever he might say regarding Zelda. He didn't mind if Amaterasu came, but if she came, the sprite would be there too. He decided his room was the best place for them to wait, there was nothing private in there, and they couldn't possibly get into trouble. There was nothing to disturb in his room.
Amaterasu nodded vigorously. She was unable to talk, do to Issun who she still held in her mouth.
Link gave her one last glance before quietly padding out of the room.
Amaterasu dropped the now slobber covered Issun out of her mouth and looked at him plainly, as if she had done nothing to him. He was red hot and glowing with fury.
"Why you!" Issun started furiously. "Haven't you learned to not cover me in wolf spit yet! I' am way to handsome for this treatment!" Issun blurted angrily, still glowing a furious red.
Amaterasu ignored Issun and silently huffed a breath. What could they do for now..? She asked herself as she slumped down to the ground. Still completely ignoring Issun's anger towards her.
"Bah whatever! What really makes me angry is Link!" Issun complained. "Doesn't want us to come, huh? Bet he thinks I'm gonna steal the princess away from him. Can't blame him for it though. I mean, who would want a hotty like her to be stolen away?"
Amaterasu puzzled at Issun's words. Did he think that Link liked Zelda in that way? She certainly didn't pick that up. Yet again, Issun was about as sharp as a marble sometimes, maybe he was the wrong one. Amaterasu's face scrunched up in disbelief as she rested her head on the ground and looked at Issun, who was on her nose.
"Ah c'mon, she's obviously a little more than a friend to him! Have you seen the dirty looks he's given me?" Issun questioned Amaterasu.
Amaterasu thought about it again, and considered it a little more this time. Maybe...
For some reason the idea rubbed her the wrong way and she didn't like it. The thought of Link looking at Zelda that way sort of disheartened her.
Wait a minute! She blurted out in her mind, as she shook her head. Why did she care about what Link thought of Zelda. There was no reason for her to be sad about who Link liked. What were these small but strange feelings that she was sometimes getting that were to do with Link? She didn't understand them, and it made her all the more confused.
She decided to get up and do something to get it off her mind, but before she could think of what to do, Issun started talking again.
"Ammy, let's check out one of those other rooms down the hall. I'm bored stiff in here!"
She partly agreed with Issun, checking out some rooms in the castle would be fun. She padded out the door and turned down the large and long hallway, which many rooms came off of.
She poked her nose in the one across from Link's and had a look.
It seemed like another bedroom. It had the same design and bed, and looked identical to Link's room. The only thing it was missing was Link's equipment and various items.
"Nothing of interest here." She said with a shrug, even though Issun could not understand her.
She went a few doors down, until she found a abnormally large set of doors, which had stuck out from the rest. They were big and heavy, and she had to work hard to push them open. She pawed at the doors with her black claws, and managed to push them open after a bit of effort.
As she slipped inside, Amaterasu was awestruck on what she saw. Towering book shelves stood high off the ground, they seemed to carry thousands of books. It was a circular room, with lots of light coming from all of the windows. The stone floor was painted with multiple colors to make a beautiful picture of a giant yellow sunshine with a blue sky background.
The room was colourful and looked interesting enough to take a peek at. There was a table and a couple chairs not far off which the goddess made her way to. She hopped up on a chair which was made of wood, and looked well polished. A velvety cushion was sewed on it which made a rather comfortable seat.
Amaterasu pulled her head back and looked up. the book shelves were so tall, and there were so many books. It was a mesmerizing sight.
As she brought her head back down, she looked at Issun who was bouncing up and down on the table.
"You know how toots said a white wolf once came to this land?" Issun began, not stopping one of his bounces for a word.
"It must've been Shiranui!" He concluded. "She said it was an old fable, so maybe someone back then wrote about it. Now that we found this library, I say we find a book about it!" Issun finished triumphantly, sounding pleased with himself for thinking of such an idea!
He bounced up on one of the little wood lips that stuck out from one of the book stand's shelf. All of the books were organised alphabetically, so it wouldn't be too hard to find a book of that old story. If one existed.
Issun jumped from the next book shelf to the next. Getting higher and higher. He jumped to the right a couple times and then took a hop down.
Amaterasu watched from the chair with her mouth gaped wide open. She was surprised that he hadn't fallen down yet, and hoped that he wouldn't.
"Let's see..." Issun muttered while jumping about. Issun took a few more jumps to the right until Amaterasu heard an "Ah!" from him.
"Here we are!" He finished. He somehow pulled a book out that was ten times his size, and threw it down with an aim for the table. Amaterasu still didn't get how he lifted such things.
The book landed with a loud thump, and stirred up some dust from where it hit the table. Amaterasu looked at it curiously and put her two front paws on the table and looked down at the thick old book.
"Adventures of the Wolf King" Amaterasu saw written on it, she couldn't read but she doubted this was it. "Hmm..." She mumbled suspiciously. Was this really a book about Shiranui? She had her doubts.
She pushed her nose into the book's pages and flipped it open. Amaterasu looked at some of the pictures, but they didn't seem to connect with Shiranui or a white wolf in anyway.
Issun looked down from up on the book shelves. "Well Ammy, do you think that might be it?" he shouted down at her.
They both stared at one another for an abnormally long moment, before Issun broke the silence. "Nah! Probably not, let me look again."
Amaterasu barked her agreement.
Issun continued his search as Amaterasu grabbed the book and set it on the stone floor. She sat back on the chair, and waited for Issun to hopefully find a book about Shiranui's visit to Hyrule.
After a moment of waiting, she finally heard him again. Another booked thumped hard on the table, making a thin cloud of dust near her.
Amaterasu peered at it, this time seeing the words: "Gracious God" the book had no picture, nothing told her what it might be about, but before she could peer inside it, another book thumped on the table, startling her as she flung her head back in surprise.
Another two books plummeted down before her, kicking up more dust from not being used enough, and probably sitting on the shelf for years with no one wanting to read them. This time though, Issun jumped down with them, and landed lightly on top of the old dusty books.
"Doesn't look like people fancy wolf books, huh furball." Issun remarked teasingly.
She huffed and let her mouth drop in an impression of dis-taste, showing her disapproval from the truth of his words.
"Okay." Issun began as he started flipping the books over to look at their covers. "Let's see here..." He opened up book after book, and flipped through the pages of each one.
All the books he discarded, she put them in a pile of "already looked at books" and continued watching him.
Finally after what seemed like ages to Amaterasu, he may have found the right one. She got up from her position on the ground and examined the book that Issun found.
"White Light Majesty." Issun read from the cover of the old book. He flipped open the first few page and his and Amaterasu's eyes immediately fell upon a picture of which was a white wolf, and a glowing, orange, orb, near him.
She guessed the orb was a poncle_ like Issun. She remembered hearing that Shiranui had a traveling companion like herself. Issun read through it, and explained to Amaterasu about some of the things Shiranui did. They learned that he not only helped the past hero of Hyrule, but saved him more than once too.
Though the book was old, had faded ink in many areas, looked as if it hadn't been read in decades, they still were able to learn a great deal from it.
Both the wolf and the poncle were enchanted by the information they absorbed from its pages!
Suddenly a small creaking noise tore their attention from the book to the large doors which entranced the library.
Link stepped in the room and padded towards them.
"I thought I told you guys to stay in the room?" He asked with a disapproving tone.
"C'mon blue eyes, you didn't honestly expect us to stay in there did ya? Take a look at what we found here!" Issun exclaimed to Link.
He shook his head but then peered at the book, he quickly saw that it was like the story Zelda told them. It actually reminded him on what they had just discussed.
()()()
"Ah, Link." Zelda spoke as Link entered her room in his wolf form. She immediately handed him the Master Sword so that he could transform back into a hylian.
"I suspect the goddess made it back to her world? What of the constellation?" Zelda asked as Link regained his natural form.
"Yes she did, well actually she came back. She's here now if you want to see her. But the constellation, it's still there. I think it's open to anyone." Link replied, fumbling with his words a bit.
"Hmmm..." Zelda puzzled. "Why did she return?"
"I don't know." Link admitted. "She had no major reason to."
"Interesting..." Zelda said slowly and continued. "We must be careful, I fear that having the worlds connected could lead to trouble."
Link shifted in his position, thinking on what Zelda said. The orange light of the fire flickered near him.
"You want Amaterasu to close the portal up?" Link questioned Zelda.
The princess turned and looked out the window before answering. "It might be best, that is if she knows how to seal it" Zelda replied.
Link nodded in understanding. He decided that after talking with Zelda, he would ask Amaterasu about sealing the starry portal, and if she even could.
"Link." Zelda began, as she turned back around to face him. "Do not enter her world unless it is utmostly necessary. We do not yet know how this all works, so be careful."
"I will Zelda." Link replied. "For now I will ask her about sealing the portal up."
And with that, Link touched the dark shard once again and transformed into his twilight form. He then left Zelda's room to meet up with Amaterasu and the sprite again.
()()()
"Check this out Ammy! This is why Shiranui left Hyrule!" Issun said to Amaterasu even though she was already looking.
Link looked too, and began reading it in his head. He was immediately disturbed by Issun who had begun to tell them about it.
"It says here that Shiranui had to seal the worlds because demons from Nippon were coming to Hyrule. They caused allot of problems and it soon lead Shiranui to sealing the worlds altogether." Issun finished.
Amaterasu nodded in understanding. Did that mean that could happen now? Would demons come to Hyrule because of the portal? She hoped the worlds could stay connected. Besides, she didn't even know how to close it.
"Ammy, it says here that Shiranui came to this world through the spirit gate." Issun stated as he read more of the book.
"Do you know what that is furball?" He asked dramatically. Amaterasu gave no reply and Link gave him and odd look, but he continued anyway.
"Never mind, you don't know about it. But it only brings misfortune when opened."
Issun went back to reading, but Amaterasu was now uninterested in the book. She backed down from the table and put her front paws back done on the ground.
"Uh, Ammy." Link began.
Amaterasu turned her head and brought her attention to Link who was standing near her.
"Do you know how to seal up the worlds?" He asked.
"Actually I was just thinking about that. And I honestly have no idea." She replied with a look of truthful unknowingness.
"Hmm." Was all Link said as he thought about her answer.
It was just as he had guessed. She didn't know how to close it, but perhaps it wasn't a bad thing. He had to admit he would feel a little sad if he could never see her again. They got along so well and he would miss her sweet and playful attitude. She liked coming to Hyrule, so maybe he could show her around. As Link thought about it, he figured it would be fun, he was generally so bored lately with nothing to do. This was a good opportunity to get to know her more and have fun!
Issun kept yapping at Amaterasu who starred at him with a bored face. Seeming to not care about what he was saying. Link couldn't blame her, Issun just seemed to not know when to shut his trap.
The glowing poncle hopped back on Amaterasu's head, and she started towards the door which exited the library.
"Amaterasu!" Link called out before she could leave.
She stopped just before the door and turned. He ran up and came before her with a sliding stop.
"Would you like to see more of Hyrule?" He asked.
She looked at him warmly but turned and continued out of the library and down the hall. "Sorry Link, but Issun and I need to go back to Nippon." she explained as she trotted away.
He followed her out and kept up beside her. "Oh, you're leaving so soon..." Link remarked sounding a bit disappointed. Which he kind of was for some reason.
"Yeah we have things to attend to. But I would love to next time!" She replied brightly.
Link watched as Amaterasu and Issun exited the castle doors, making their way back to Nippon. He felt a bit sad that Amaterasu was going so soon. He really wanted to show her more of Hyrule, and it would have been so much fun.
"Oh, well." he shrugged to himself.
He went back to the Master Sword so he could be a human again, but as soon as he transformed, something changed. It suddenly didn't feel like we was friends with Amaterasu in the same way as when he was a wolf. It He didn't understand it. Link never noticed this before, it was just this time. He decided not to think too much of it, but now he didn't feel particularly disappointed that Amaterasu had left so soon, not like he did before.
