Call of the Moon
Chapter 12 – Moonlit Fury
Okami finally made it to the surface after being yelled at by a hashihime and laughed at by a tsuchigumo. She flew high above the canopy and looked around the Gensokyo nighttime skies in an attempt to locate Kamiko. Okami found her floating above the Forest of Magic. The moonlight youkai's attention was fixed upon the Hakurei Shrine in the distance.
Okami flew towards Kamiko at top speed and stopped when she noticed Okami. Kamiko stared at Okami with an unamused look. "I thought I killed you," the moonlight youkai spoke.
"Do I look dead to you?" Okami replied coldly.
Kamiko scoffed and folded her arms. "What is that strange aura you have surrounding you?" she asked, taking notice of the faint white aura surrounding Okami. "Something is different about you."
"I know who I am now," Okami said simply. "Now I've a question for you. Why do you want to destroy Gensokyo? We have done nothing to you."
Kamiko gritted her teeth and clenched her fist. "Nothing, you say? Nothing?! This world has destroyed my life, it's caused everything to go wrong. Humanity, existence… it's all worth nothing!" the moonlight youkai yelled, her eyes glowing brighter. "I used to be a little naïve youkai like you. Until I made the mistake of falling in love, and the man I loved betrayed me. And do you know what I did?"
Okami did not answer, but instead stared blankly at Kamiko.
"I killed him, that's what!" Kamiko shouted. "And then I realized something. I liked it. Killing, destruction, despair. Every moment of it. And I knew that every being in this miserable earth deserved a death by my hand."
"I can't let you threaten my friends. I won't let you threaten Gensokyo. If I have to die, then I'll die protecting all I love," Okami declared, her aura glowing brighter under the full moon's light.
"If you're going to get in my way, then you will be the herald to the destruction of this world! I'm going to start with you!" Kamiko yelled, a mad gleam in her eyes. She flew directly at Okami, who dodged the youkai's lunge and counterattacked with a kick to the head.
Okami summoned several energy orbs and sent them towards Kamiko, who raised her arms to block off the barrage. Kamiko growled and summoned a beam of moonlight and aimed it directly at Okami. "Moonlight Burst!" Kamiko yelled, releasing the beam. Okami instinctively grazed the laser. Even though it did not make contact with her, Okami's could feel some of the moonlight being absorbed into her body. But the intense concentration of it would be far too much for the young wolf to handle. She'd probably explode if she tried to absorb Kamiko's moonlight attacks.
"I'll destroy you!" Kamiko roared, summoning several more lasers and firing them at Okami.
Okami flew in a wide arc away from the lasers, and then closed in on Kamiko. She focused energy to her fist and threw a right hook at the moonlight youkai. She released the energy as the punch connected with Kamiko's side. The punch sent her flying backwards several feet. Okami followed up with several blasts of energy.
"I suppose I'll just name my attacks now…" Okami muttered as she charged up energy. "Reflection of Light!" Okami executed several quick flying kicks that all left trails of danmaku behind her. She aimed her kicks closer and closer to Kamiko, narrowly missing her each time. With one last kick, she kicked Kamiko right in the abdomen.
"AGH!" Kamiko yelled in pain.
The moonlight youkai grabbed Okami's leg and flung her off. Okami struggled to regain her balance, but managed to regain stability in flight. Kamiko summoned a bright light in her arm, and when it faded, the sword was in her hand.
"I'm finished messing with you," Kamiko muttered. She swung the blade in a wide arc, shooting a wave of energy towards Okami. The wave moved so swiftly, that Okami was hit in the right arm, tearing off her sleeve. Blood seeped through the wound left by the attack. Okami's hand flew to her arm, clutching it tightly. Okami charged her other arm with energy again and flew towards Kamiko, ignoring the pain. Okami drew her arm back and flung an energy charged punch at Kamiko.
The moonlight youkai was hit right in the face, but she managed to grab onto Okami's arm and stabbed her in the stomach.
Okami coughed out blood, her eyes widening. Scenes of her nightmare flashed before her eyes, the desolate landscape that used to be Gensokyo, the ruins of the Myouren Temple, and the corpses of all her friends.
"You will die here tonight. I'll make sure of it." Kamiko spat.
