This is the moment many of you have been waiting for...the truth to Wakusei's past.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO GRAB YOUR TISSUE BOXES! THE TRUTH IS UPSETTING, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
-Waits five minutes- Ready? Good...on we go!
My World Comes Crashing Down
Waka spoke nothing but the truth but I knew after he had finished, I wished that I had never heard what he had told me. I felt the guilt creep up on me, that could soon destroy me if I wasn't careful. What he had said left Ayako and me in a traumatized state. Of most that had happened to the mortal world, the lives lost and the damage caused by the demons, that was my fault.
Waka's story had brought back memories, the good and the downright awful memory that had happened not too long ago, which has now grown big because of me. I had to live with that for the rest of my life now, and I cannot fight it off all the time. They say the past can catch up to you if you aren't careful but this is bigger than most bad moments. I also learnt that I wasn't alone at all. My family had been closer than I could've thought possible, one was sitting right in front of me since Kitsune attacked me and I never noticed.
I am now known as Wakusei, the son of the great sun goddess Okami Amaterasu and the Moon Tribe warrior Waka. I had never known that since Ranmyaku took me away but he did that because he was ordered to do that. The reason I was so wanted dead was because of whom my parents were. I cannot change that and I must always be prepared for the unexpected as I am on the top of the hit list from many demons. The reason why I became a demon was now clear to me, I remember now. A day I will never again forget.
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It was a beautiful day again high up where only gods and mythical creatures dwell. Mother and Father have told me that countless times but I don't complain. Life was perfect, as Dad had said when Mom couldn't hear, and that he never thought that he would be happy again after what he had been through. He had told me the story many times but I'm always fascinated by it, gods known as Celestials sound like they are related to Mom.
Fighting is also another thing that I like. Dad taught me, he enjoys teaching and is glad I learn well. He says all the time, expect the unexpected, I never forget that. What is to fear up here anyway? Mother says one day, I may be able to go down to see what the mortal world looks like. A great opportunity I thought, a chance for adventure and meeting other's except the same people. It may be just us three up here but that's all we really need.
The sky then changed colour and it looked red and turning into an evil crimson colour. Why is that happening? Mother told me the god's power was strong here and that it would remain beautiful all the time. I heard a sound, like howling but not a kind howl. Dad was active immediately and wasted no time in being alert on anything that changed. Mom wasn't too far away but she prefers to appear when the time is right, it was Dad's job to protect me according to him.
I saw a shadow appear and a wolf materialised in front of my eyes. A black wolf with sabre tooth teeth, bright yellow eyes that if you look straight into them you feel like your spirit will be sucked out, he was also huge and had four coloured balls circling around his body. I looked at the balls, as did Dad, and we froze. I knew by the way Dad described the balls that this was who I feared the most.
"Long time no see, Moon Tribe warrior." He said with a voice that sounded so empty, like there was no meaning in life or that there was no such thing as a purpose. "I see you have a little friend as well, or is there more to it?" He growled and I saw his teeth clearly, razor sharp and could kill anything if he really tried.
"You!? How did you escape the land of the dead!?" Dad was shocked as I was. The land of the dead was a place you could never escape from. If you were killed then you will be sent there and be decided where you should go, to paradise or stay there as punishment.
"A fascinating story I think you'll find." He showed nothing to show that he really cared. He looked half dead in my eyes. "I managed to make a deal with the god of death. He agreed to let me back into the land of the living but not without a cost. The cost was the loss of feeling."
"No emotions?" I asked. "To feel nothing at all? No happiness nor hate or even the wind blow in the background?" The black wolf shook his head.
"I feel nothing, emotionally nor physically. No pain can mean immortality. I have never forgotten the day I was humiliated by the sun goddess where she defeated me and I was left with nothing but disgrace."
"You filled this world with darkness and tried to take over, you can only be expected to be challenged or even defeated by a divine being." Dad argues with the evil being I knew now very well that I wasn't mistaken by who this black wolf really was. I could tell he cut a deal with the god of death and can now change from human form to wolf form like us and come back to the land of the living but feel nothing. It wasn't really a life in plain words, you are just an empty shell wandering around in the land causing problems and ruining people's lives as much as he can. This was no other than the evil ruler of darkness reborn, Yami!
"You only really came back to the land of the living to get revenge and be purified by that. To be once again honoured by the demons like you were in your previous life." I said and I crouched down low, knowing that Yami was intending to finish everybody's lives who were anywhere near him.
"That's a good way to put it. Now to get down to business." Yami then let loose a ray of light from one of the coloured balls and Waka and I had no choice but to leap out of the way different directions. The ray of light touched the ground and a big explosion rocketed through the grassland. Before I landed, a giant claw grabbed me! I never saw it coming but I looked up to see a giant black bat with an ugly face and red eyes.
Using the Celestial Brush with my tail, Mother's field of expertise you could say, and slashed his claws that then released me. I landed and I saw Dad run at Yami to try and attack him. He got a meter from him and was knocked back by an invisible force and Yami let loose another ray of light that blasted him into the sky!
Mother appeared and caught Dad but I knew that he wasn't uninjured. The bat demon flew towards me but I jumped on top of him and back off behind him. I grabbed Maruishi and stabbed the demon in the back. He roared with hate and it forced me to cover my ears with my paws. Yami took that time to try and hit me with his ray of light but Mother would not allow that. She ran towards me and pushed me away from the blast, which she then got caught up in!
I looked up to see Dad had stood up and was walking slowly towards Yami, he wanted to protect us but he was going to get himself killed! Yami let loose his ray once again and blasted Dad again into the sky! I couldn't bear to witness my own father's death in such a destructive way.
Mother appeared out of nowhere and ran towards Yami, she wanted to finish it. Yami's rays got to work once again and Mother turned to avoid it but it skidded along the floor and exploded when it caught up to her. I couldn't keep the tears from my eyes it was tearing me apart. To see your life being destroyed ripped apart in front of your eyes so young, so little, so new to the cruel world.
"Arrêter!" I shouted unable to bear it any longer. Yami did listen but showed no look of sadness of even grateful that he is killing my parents. He looked at me waiting for me to say what I wanted. "Leave them alone! Killing them would do you no good!"
"Revenge is what I came back to do, and I will get it." Yami replied but did no move. I started to understand how he thinks, he wants revenge on my parents, to tear them apart as they did to him. If I could bargain with him then maybe I could spare their lives, maybe even double-cross him without really breaking a promise.
"What if you could get revenge without killing them?" I suggested and Yami looked at me. "If you could really tear them apart emotionally and not just physically." Dad looked up at me a bit horrified that I said that but he then caught the message of my plan and didn't interfere. "I'm what they care about and if I were cursed then they might be devastated. Wouldn't that be a sweeter revenge?" Yami considered that for a moment and nodded.
"Indeed, it would be delicious. But what would you suggest would be the curse?"
"Turning me into a demon would turn me against them, they would never fight against me even if I were on the opposite side." I was starting to catch Yami's interest though later on I may rip myself to bits after this.
"No…don't do it!" Mother was shouting, trying desperately to change my mind but it's too late for that.
"Already they are devastated. You know their weakness, use it against them instead of the boring way of killing them." I said. Yami considered that and I saw the bat demon fly above him, waiting for orders it seems.
"Very well, young cub. This shall hurt but sooner or later you will become a demon and side with us. Ranmyaku!" At that command, the bat demon flew towards me! I did no move for that was part of the deal and took the brunt of Ranmyaku's attack. His teeth were like massive daggers and they tore into my chest, making a scar the shape of an 'X'. It hurt…like hell but I cannot fight back…that would mean breaking my word. The feeling of something moving inside your body…I felt often but couldn't stop it.
Ranmyaku threw me out of the way once he had finished with the 'blood transfusion' you could call it. I couldn't move…paralysed and only able to hear things happening. Mother's cries…Father's angry outbursts…the sound of wings beating…a flighty feeling like I was being lifted into the air and the voice of my nemesis…
"We shall meet again…in alliance."
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With that single piece of memory, I knew about my past. With Waka as my father, that meant I had Moon Tribe blood in me…but they betrayed the gods and maybe that blood had caught up to me and caused me to double-cross my own parents! Why should I live if I had done that? Sure I saved my parent's lives but I had caused thousands of other people to lose their lives and soon, I would have to turn against them. Everything bad people thought of me, I cannot complain or punish them for that for they are right. I'm nothing but a traitor!
I stood up and walked out of the room, Ayako following. I changed into my wolf form and walked on.
"Wakusei!" Ayako called out. "Where are you going?" I stood still with my back towards her. She shouldn't be around me, I should be out there wondering and keeping far away from civilisation as possible.
"You should go back home, Ayako." I said calmly but not my normal usual self.
"What!? Are you nuts!? I'm not leaving you here on your own! We are a team, we have always been a team since the day we met."
"I'll never make a good friend if I betray people. Go home and forget about me." Ayako was about to protest but I leapt at her and threw her to the side away from me. "Go and leave me alone!" I turned and ran. Ayako was going to follow yet again.
"Let him go." I heard Waka say. "We shall see him again later." Ayako must've joined him and watched me as I ran into the wilderness, away from civilisation. Somewhere I can keep away from people and maybe die as a wild animal…alone and with the dishonour I deserve.
NO WAKUSEI! WAKE UP! Oh uh...yeah anyway... you may be thinking 'DANG! I killed that evil bastard five times and he is still able to come back with a vengence!' But not as a gold fish this time but half human half wolf! Think Darcia in Wolf's Rain, whom I also hate. Yami...I must kill you a seventh time now! Six wasn't enough!
Next chapter may lighten things up a bit at the end but the start is once again upsetting for those who have feelings towards Wakusei. Lot's of pain but not sure about the blood bit yet.
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