Disclaimer: The anime series, Naruto belongs to Mashima Hiro and the video-game, Okami developed by Clover Studios.

Written By: Moon's Phantom.

Rating: Ages fifteen and up.

Warning: Gore, violence, crude language and death.

Setting: Alternate Universe.

The Struggles

Book One: Awakening

Chapter Nine: Reflections

Moon

He'd say as easy as pie but he didn't know how to make any kind of food stuffs so…as easy as breathing then; they had basically just walked through the wooden doors of the largest building in the city, it was a rather small city compared to the one on Celestial Plains. It was more of a village really and it was rather odd. Every building was built from black rock that had brightly coloured carvings, the windows bore no glass and doors didn't exits, only doorways. The roof of each building was flat that all had chimneys of which a few had smoke drifting out.

The villagers all had all stared with their flowing, golden curtains of hair and very short physiques…abominations all of them. They were all paying the price for the unforgivable mistake of their first ancestor yet their leader – their Queen didn't appear to be, at least physically. The woman bore chalky skin, the same shade of white as Amaterasu's coat while her hair was a slightly darker shade of white and her pupil-less were very light lavender. There was a pair of horns protruding from the crown of her head that resembled rabbit ears, her thin lips were painted a dark crimson and she had a vertical scar on her forehead.

Everything about the woman screamed sinister, evil mainly her arura though – it was dark, completely and all past light or even grey areas were destroyed mercilessly. It was also extremely unstable at the moment; anything would set this female off.

Nevertheless, this woman wasn't one of them.

"Lord Wakwu, God of Gravity it has been a while, has it not?"

"Otsutsuki Kaguya, Former Rabbit Deity and now demon…it has. I haven't seen you since you broke that decree, that one about the consumption of the forbidden plant."

"Rules are meant to be broken besides I was just a normal rabbit with a title before I ate the silly thing. Now look at me!" She exclaimed, her red lips curving upwards in delight and stood to twirl in a circle – clothing and hair gathering everywhere. He said nothing in response and she slowly approached them, gaze solely focused on him. "Of course, I remember a time where you more than just looked at me."

"That was a long time ago, demon. I hear the moon has a new ruler and has taken something that does not belong to her."

"I did. He refused to leave the woman and become my husband so I merely tore apart his little family, he's son now belongs to me. He's quite special compared to all these others."

"How so?" He questioned and frowned when her gaze moved the deity standing at his side, moving in front of his student protectively. He should have forced the pup to stay with Sugawara using his powers instead of letting her stare up at him with those large silver eyes.

"You have a child?" She asked, changing the subject and studied the white wolf. She raised a brow when he denied it. "Yet she has the same form as you, dear Lord Wakwu."

"Otsutsuki, I have come to return Ushiwaka to his father. Give him to me."

"No, Ushiwaka is now my child since my own children have left me to rot." She stated with a dramatic sigh and placed herself on the pinked clothed throne she's been seated on earlier.

"Children?"

"Yes, three. Two precious boys and one little abomination, you know, those two boys are you're sons. They were born at such an inconvenient time too but are so powerful." Her words caused his breathing to stop – she may be evil yes however the one thing she was not, was a lair. "A part of me…and a part of you."

"A-and the girl?"

"She's not yours. I forced that weak man, Sugawara to be with me and I was gifted with my little abomination…but then, my beautiful sons took her from me! My own children took my baby girl! She was mine, she belonged to me!" The former goddess had gotten hysterical and curled up within herself, liquid rolling down her pale face. "And now, you've come to take Ushiwaka from me! You can't have him!"

One moment she'd been screaming on her throne and the next, she was suddenly in front of him. She swiped at his neck with a sharpened bone, her movements sharp and impulsive yet he managed to dodge by bending over backwards and rolling away into his student. The wolf merely chanced him a glance, before yawning indifferently and laying down – he barely dodge a second time when the demon tried to stab him in the torso. Next, she went for one his legs however he quickly appended her by stomping on her hand and keeping it there. She snarled, clearly not thinking at all and struggled to free her captured limb.

"Give the boy to me and I'll let you go, demon."

"No. Never! He's mine!"

It was obvious that the female was mentally unwell – to put it lightly and clear that she was suffering. In the past, her actions had always been calm and calculated. She wouldn't have acted this way unless someone had somehow purposely set her only weakness in her system which had always been impossible because of her damn paranoia. That wasn't the case here though; he could detect no means of foul play in her aura or the air so it must be the consequences of swallowing the forbidden plant. There are always consequences for anything and everything.

Should he put her out of her suffering?

She began to scratch at his leg like a frightened animal.

Was it his decision to make? Could he make it? Would he be able to kill his old lover…the mother of his unknown children?

Suddenly she glared up at him; revulsion pulsed through him and he couldn't help but stare as the vertical scar on her forehead slowly opened to reveal a large eye. The eye was coloured a raw red with black ripples of which turned, memorizing him – the world around began to fade away and it was the only object he could focus on. In the background, an angered growl was heard and his vision became blurred, his body soaring through the air.

He blanked out for a moment to awaken to a younger version of Sugawara standing before the former deity, a round mirror in his hand and his student in a stance beside the boy. Puzzlement washed over him when the air around the woman began to twist within itself, sucking and she squealed loudly thenceforth just vanished…he felt himself frown; it was as if she'd never been there in the first place.

"Well, Ma Cherie, that takes care of that." The boy said, chest puffing in pride. "Now I can return home and my father will get his rightful place back."

A pained groan left his lips, a throbbing formed in the back of his skull and he had numbly watched Ushiwaka hurry to his side, helping him ascend the ground. He barely acknowledged the moon-being, steadily reaching towards the item that had saved his life and took it from the boy's grip. He'd just found the right weapon for his student…

"kwu? Lord Wakwu!" A voice of a servant kept shouting within his ear, he sighed in irritation and slowly provided the being with his attention. The servant wasn't one of his own but one that belonged at the palace.

"What is it, Tobi? You usually show more respect."

"The King requires you're presence."

"I see, I will be there soon." He replied then lifted an eyebrow in question when the servant refused to go and he took a chance to examine the demon-boy; taller than the average mortal, sandy brown hair combed back into a low pony-tail and his only eye of which settled atop the bridge of his nose no longer glowed that striking fuchsia colour. His skin wasn't a dark tan anymore and his servant clothing sagged on his frame heavily.

"I know I'm not one for disrespect however I believe the King is wrong, it is not your fault my Lady Amaterasu is assumed dead."

"…you say assumed dead?"

"The sun continues to shine, Lord Wakwu." The boy stated it like it was fact and promptly vanished in a trail of dust, leaving behind one bewildered deity of gravity.

A/N

Okami Characters: Tobi, Okami Amaterasu and Ushiwaka.

Naruto Charcaters: Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Original Characters: Wakwu.

Ma Cherie (french) - my dear.

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