The chapters are going to be more interesting from this point on.
Moro paced on the top of her den. This time the humans had gone too far. They had begun to cut down the trees and gather the iron under them. A meeting of all the god tribes was being held to find a way to stop the humans.
Moro was worried about the war meeting. She knew that San was now old enough to hunt and fight properly and that meant she was old enough to attend a war meeting.
The wolf god knew the other gods wouldn't like that Moro had kept San a secret all these years. Nago, the leader of the Boar Tribe, would more than likely attack San. But Moro knew that San had been given the gift of the gods from the Forest Spirit; thereby she was under his protection. The marks on her face were proof enough.
Ookami ran towards the den Feng and Xin on either side of him. The two mates looked at each other and it was understood. Moro looked back into the den.
"San, we are leaving. Hurry up or you will be left behind." lightly growled Moro.
San ran out of the den, spear and dagger in hand. All the wolf-girl wore was a loincloth and skin shirt. San had outgrown the clothes her mother had found for her and until they could find more she had to make dew with the loincloth and skin shirt.
The three and a half foot tall six year old climbed onto her eldest brother's back. The Wolf Tribe ran to the war meeting. San was holding tightly to Feng's fur as he ran.
They stopped behind some bushes. Ookami and Moro told their pups to wait until they called them to join in the war meeting. The two adult wolves disappeared behind the bushes.
San quickly made sure her dagger was at her side and she had a good grip on her spear. She then tightened her blue arm bands and placed a few locks, of her dark brown chin length hair, back behind her dark blue head band. San wanted everyone to see the three red triangles that covered each cheek and the center of her forehead.
"I think I heard mother call us. San get on my back, and Xin try not to make a fool of yourself. We are the last of the Wolf Tribe, the most powerful and ancient of all the god tribes." stated Feng.
Xin growled at his older twin brother.
"I don't have to listen to you. I'm old enough to look after myself and uphold the honor of the Wolf Tribe." insisted Xin.
San was growing impatient.
"Can you two finish this off later? This is my first war meeting and I won't have either of you disgrace our tribes honor, or our parents honor, by arguing over things the apes would find stupid." hassled San.
Feng and Xin closed their mouths and walked through the bushes. All the god tribes noticed as the two white wolf twins walked through the bushes, but none of them expected to see a little human girl with them.
A bore began to squeal. San guessed in was Nago, since he was the largest and most powerful looking of the boars gathered in the clearing. Moro growled and silenced the angry boar.
"Silence yourself you insolent pig. The girl is my daughter, San. She is under the protection of the Forest Spirit. To attack her would mean going against the wishes of the Forest Spirit. He gave her the god's gift. She is a god and a member of the wolf tribe." growled Moro.
The other gods silenced themselves and took no more notice of San, all except for the boar tribe who kept one eye on her at all times. Nago walked to the center of the clearing.
"Enough with these distractions. We know why we are here, to find a way to get rid of the humans. I say we strike them in the heart and fight to the finish. Who is with me." squealed Nago.
The thirty-some members of the Boar Tribe Nago had brought with him squealed in agreement with their leader. The made his of a fox got the gods attention.
The fox jumped out of a tree with a smaller fox at his side. The older fox was slightly taller than San, had blood red fur and nine tails. The smaller fox was three feet at the shoulder, had fire red fur and blood red eyes.
San recognised the smaller fox as Volos, her friend and the future leader of the Fox Tribe. She then knew the nine tailed fox was Karna, Volos father and the current leader of the Fox Tribe.
"Lord Nago you cannot expect us to give up our lives just for one battle. The humans will be ready for us. Though none of us will admit it the humans are getting smarter. We must use cunning to outsmart them and I will not have my entire tribe destroyed until I know it is the right time to strike." announced Karna.
Karna and his son jumped back into the trees with the rest of their tribe. A large male bear with black fur entered into the conversation. The older gods knew this dear was Kanji, the new leader of the Bear Tribe, which lived farther south of the Forest Spirit's domain.
"I have not much to say. My tribe come from farther south and the humans are not a problem to us there. My tribe will be willing to fight for the Forest Spirit, but only if he for asks us to help. Otherwise we will stay in the south and have nothing to do with the humans." insisted Kanji.
San could hear her mother mutter something about the bear tribes being cowards and dumber than the apes. Speaking of the apes, their leader was about to speak.
Every god knew that the Ape Tribe was the dumbest of all the tribes and the most like the humans. The apes couldn't even talk properly, but the leader of the Ape Tribe was different.
He was called Mizaru, and he was smarter than all his tribe put together. Mizaru could talk normally and actually knew how to fight, unlike the rest of the apes who just planted trees and ran at the slightest noise. And unlike the other apes, Mizaru was respected by the other gods, to an extent.
"I come to speak for my tribe. We are until the other gods of the forest. We are not strong like the bears, fast like the wolves, as skilled in battle as the boars, as cunning as the foxes, or as close to the Forest Spirit as the deer's. But my tribe is still important. We plant the trees and keep the forest alive. Though we can offer no help if the humans attack." stated Mizaru.
Once Mizaru was done speaking a large deer stepped forward. The deer didn't look like the Forest Spirit, just a normal deer. The deer gods were the only tribe with their own language and had no leader. The female deer god who was speaking was the best speaker of the other gods' language, but she still spoke like the apes.
"My name Yoshi. I of Deer Tribe. Represent me's tribe. We no fight. Forest Spirit not want. Live peace with human. Live peace." stuttered Yoshi.
Yoshi walked back to her tribemates and began to speak in her own language. San noticed Yoshi and some other young deer smile at her. The deer gods seemed to be the most excepting of her, than any of the other god tribes. Volos had not even looked at San during the entire war meeting.
Ookami and Moro finished stating that the Wolf Tribe would fight against the humans, but they would only attack those who entered the forest and not attack their village head on like the boars wanted to.
San climbed onto Feng's back as the other gods began to depart. She knew she had a long way to still go if she was going to get the other gods to respect her and see her as a member of the Wolf Tribe. But San was willing to take the challenge.
Finally know the other tribes I added. They are the fox tribe, the deer tribe and the bear tribe. Will still add other gods and animals if you request them. Comment if you like the story.