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Chapter 7: Okkoto
It did not look good. Me standing over the carcass of the boar, his blood in my mouth. To them, there was no indication that their brother had been the one who had started it. Looking closely at the group of angry warriors, I saw that they had the mark of the Kitaro clan. Feeling a sense of dread, I looked at the boar head that lay at my feet. It was Kitaro. With a battle cry, full of anger over the loss of their leader, they charged me. And Naku. And Saria. Naku was unconscious from his injuries, and Saria could not even get of the ground with her crushed leg. As the boars charged, I felt anger consume me. The rest of the battle was a blur. I was vaguely aware of ghost-like tendrils wrapping around my body. I felt my fangs sink into a boar's throat, my claws disemboweling another, sweep of my huge tails crushing the leg bones of some of the boars around me. As I changed targets I constantly moved to protect my family, the boars kept pressing in. I was fighting like a Demon. But I could not hold on forever. After a matter time the inevitable happened. One boar got through my defenses and knocked me to the ground. I felt the tusks of the boars ravaging me, ripping me to shreds. ((Stop!)) The boars all froze and slowly backed away from me. Blinking away blood that threatened to eclipse my vision, some of it mine, some of it the boars. What I saw was a scene of carnage. Dead boars lay all around me. They were mutilated and not one of them had a drop of life in them. My white fur had so much blood on it that it looked crimson. I looked towards the where the sound of the voice that saved my life came from. It was an old white boar, with four tusks instead of two. He had over eighty boars behind him. They were not of the Kitaro clan. I struggled to my feet. I had managed to keep Naku and Saria alive, but I was badly torn up. ((Who are you?)) I managed to say, fighting to stay upright. ((I am Okkoto.)) he said. ((What happened?))
I told a story about an unprovoked attack without mentioning the evil tendrils and mad fury. While I did not tell him about my past, I revealed all I knew about the events leading up to the fight I had. ((A Demon…)) he muttered. Then he turned to what remained of the Kitaro clan. ((Proud warriors of the Kitaro clan, you are now mine. These wolves fought with him. He died an honorable death, as did all of your fallen comrades. Do not grieve the loss of your master. Join my tribe and live, guard my mountain.)) After a moment, most of the Kitaro tribe joined ranks with Okkoto's boars. Those who didn't were killed. Okkoto turned back to me. ((Come. We will get your brother and sister to the realm of the Forest Spirit. I assume you know where that is.)) I nodded, not telling him that I lived right next to it. ((Its waters can heal many injuries.)) he told me. I already knew that, but decided to play along. He fetched two of his strongest boars, and walked with me to the Shishigami's pool. After setting down my brother and sister in its healing water, Okkoto dismissed his two followers. Once they were gone he turned his attention to me. ((Now tell me what really happened.))
