hey people, here's the newest chapter, and this one will include the following:

1. It will introduce a key plot device i will be adding into the story.

2. Suzaku makes his first ever appearence (Suzaku: Yes!)

And that's all I'm saying for now, enjoy the rest of the story!

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Chapter 10: Suzaku

I was walking with Amaterasu and Shinji to the Gale Shrine the next day (we where in our wolf forms). Ammy and I both agreed to keep what happened the night before a secret, since if any of the others found out then it would be embarrassing. I thought back to what happened during that moment; how we didn't pull our hands back and just stared at the stars for a while before we went to bed. Thinking about that moment caused me to blush but I shook my thoughts out of it and focused on our goal.

We made our way to the Gale shrine and Ammy and I were surprised to see Kuninushi there…except he was sleeping... or rather, sleeping while sitting.

"*mumble, mumble* you will not beat me…*mumble* yes mom I'd like some more sake…" Kuninushi muttered in his sleep.

Amaterasu, Issun and I all sweat-dropped from this but I just shook my head and covered my eyes.

"I take it you know the guy?" Shinji asked.

"Long story," I said to him.

"How the heck did Kunin get all the way here?" Issun wondered.

We soon made our way to the entrance of the shrine but couldn't get past it because of a wall of fire around the door.

"Man, wish we had those Satomi Power Orbs," Issun said when he saw the fire wall.

"Yes, but I think Galestorm might be able to do the trick," Amaterasu said and used her Galestorm power to try and blow away the flames. It worked.

I yipped happily while Ammy just wagged her tail and Issun bounced happily. We began to go inside, but when I passed through the door an unbearable headache suddenly occurred. I thought I heard the others ask if I was OK but the headache was soon blocking out their chatter and a vision appeared before me.

I saw blood splattered all over the walls, the metallic floor and walls had lines that pulse a light blue. I also saw corpses of animals that looked to be divine creatures but now dead and had a faint yellow glow to their bodies. I looked up from one of the bodies to see someone approach me…

I gasped as soon as the vision ended, but the glimpses of the dead bodies were still burned into my brain. I then saw I was sweating when I saw droplets of sweat drip from my face and onto the floor. I felt something wet hit the side of my face and looked to see Amaterasu, her eyes full of worry.

"Wha-What happened?" I asked in a dazed tone.

"You were whimpering and Issun felt you had a headache then you blacked out, Amaterasu stayed here with you while I went to scout for a way to find Suzaku," Shinji explained as he appeared out of nowhere.

"Also Kunin appeared from behind and ran off, but I wouldn't bother with him," Issun added.

I looked at them then at Ammy, who had a warm smile on her muzzle that made my heart melt just by looking at it.

"Hey if you two wanna go ahead and kiss its fine by me, but we gotta take down a fire bird in case you forgot," Issun said to me and Amaterasu.

The two of us flushed a little red, but Ammy turned her snout, causing Issun to fall off and land in her mouth and closed it. I looked at Amaterasu as she let Issun out of her mouth and saw the Poncle completely covered in wolf slobber.

"Ugh, gross! I got covered in your slobber again!" Issun yelled as his aura turned fire-engine red and he bounced around angrily. Amaterasu, Shinji and I all started laughing from this little scene while Issun was now redder and angrier than before.

"Shut up!" Issun yelled.

We stopped laughing, a few chuckles here and there, and made our way into the Gale shrine. We walked towards a large wooden bridge with two windmills, which Amaterasu used Galestorm on, causing the fans to spin and the bridge to move clockwise with one end facing the direction we wanted to go to. We made our way past the bridge when I thought I heard the sound of wings flapping.

"Did you hear that?" I asked them.

"Hear what? All I here is your mouth," Issun retorted.

Just when I was going to tackle him I heard the sound of wings flapping again, but this time the others could hear it. The room was now engulfed in orange flames as a large body of fire swooped down in front of us. We all looked at the large creature before us as it unfurled its wings. I could only gasp in awe as I saw the huge phoenix in front of us let out a loud screech.

The phoenix had a mix of ruby red and flame orange feathers, along with bright yellow talons and markings on the wings that looks like fire.

"At long last we meet Amaterasu, Saruta, and I see you've brought the wolf that has been causing me a lot of trouble this past week," the phoenix said.

"I take it you're Suzaku?" Issun asked as he drew his sword, Denkomaru.

The phoenix chuckled, "Do you really believe you can stop me?" he asked amusingly.

"Well, we won't know until we try!" I said and charge at him.

"Ishimaru don't!" Amaterasu called but she was too late.

I had just jumped at Suzaku when he just flapped his wings and a huge gust of wind blew onto me, the wind was so powerful, and me being in the air, it sent me flying from where I was an I suddenly saw the abyss below the wooden bridge.

"ISHIMARU!" I heard Amaterasu and the others scream before darkness overtook me.

Amaterasu's POV

I watched Ishimaru fall into the abyss then turned to Suzaku, a burning rage suddenly appearing inside me.

"You…You're going to pay for this!" I yelled and charged at Suzaku. I swung the Life Beads at him, the beads turning into a whip and lashing out at Suzaku. I could feel my markings burning bright red with anger at Suzaku. Suzaku only had a few small cuts before he backed off.

"Bah! I'll deal with you later," he said and took off.

My anger suddenly iced over into fear and anxiety for Ishimaru as I ran to the edge where he fell off. 'Ishimaru…' I thought.

"Come on Ammy, we gotta go catch Suzaku before he escapes!" Issun said to me and tugged at my fur.

"What about Ishimaru?" I asked him.

"He'll be fine, he's been through a lot worse than this," Shinji told me.

I could see the reassurance in his eyes and the truth to his words. I nodded and we continued to catch up to Suzaku, but my heart was still concerned with Ishimaru, I only hope we can find him soon.

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With Ishimaru now somehwere underground, can Amaterasu and the others find him? And what was the vision about? Could it be linked to whoever Saruta is? Stay tuned to find out.