Tales from Singing Mounain
Tale 2: Genji and the Shishi Gami
"Genji! You leave with my blessing, but you must understand that the world off the mountain is vast and dangerous. You will see very strange and wondrous things in your travels. And many strangers may either trick you or help you, so you will be gambling with your trust and innocence. There may be those who will try to take benefit from your life, so keep those arrows close at hand. Beware, Genji, of this world you know nothing about."
Genji nodded his head at the memory of Moro-sama's words. He and Yume were just leaving the den, and heading down the mountain. He hardly even left, and he was feeling homesick. He wanted to go back to the village, say it was a joke.
Oh, no, guys. I'm not leaving the mountain on a fool's mission. I'll never reach the Emishi village. The raven tribe would never help me. This inner demon will never be clensed.
He pulled his mask over his face to hide his sadness from Yume. He looped his bow around his back to hold it in place, then he jumped onto the wolf's back and sat up straight.
Yume whimpered slightly, and looked up at Genji.
"What's wrong?"
Genji shook his head at her, and scratched at her neck in comfort. Yume growled a little, then turned her head away.
"Even when you don't talk, you lie badly."
He smiled nervously, shifting on her back. She was getting better at detecting his feelings. That was a sign that she was maturing into a fully grown wolf. Maybe she wouldn't be a permanant puppy as she grew.
Yume stopped when they reached the Shishi Gami pool. She looked around, sniffing at the moss on the ground. Genji looked around too, seeing the calm waters and giant trees of his home.........perhaps for the last time.
**Yume.......let's go.**
"Yeah." Yume agreed, walking into the water. When her feet couldn't touch the bottom of the lake, she started swiming. Genji let his feet get soaked in the water as the rest of him remained dry. Looking into the clear depth, he really started to feel homesick. He reached into the pool with a cupped hand, and sipped at the cool water.
Suddenly, Yume whimpered and stopped swimming. Genji's head immediatly shot foreword to see what frightened the wolf. He too froze in awe.
The Shishi Gami, a god with the body of a dear and the face of a human, was walking towards them. It slowly walked on the water as though it was solid ground, making small ripples on the surface. Genji's heart started to quicken pace, and he held it tightly with one hand.
'The demon is reacting.......that's normal. Evil naturally gets frightened of life deities.'
The life god stopped walking right in front of them, Yume whimpering and dog paddling to stay afloat. Genji looked around them, seeing the mossy beaches around and before them. The Shishi Gami refused to move.
Genji stared into the god's blue eyes with his own pink ones.
**Shishi Gami-sama, move aside. Yume and I are leaving the mountain.**
The god seemed to smile at the boy, but otherwise, it didn't move.
"He won't let us go......" Yume cried, barking in fear. Genji just got frustrated.
**Shishi Gami-sama...........let us pass! We're leaving, and you can't stop us!**
The god tilted his head slightly.
**Listen to me carefully, young warrior,** the god spoke in his native language, **your journey will be long, and hard. No clear answers will be the right answers. Your solution lies in a place you cannot reach as you are now.**
Genji blinked a few times, then the god continued.
**Afterward, your real journey will begin; you will be chosen from a select few. What you will endure, I do not know, but you must use all your strength for the trials and tests the journey will lay before you.**
Genji scratched his head.
**Sir.....you aren't making any sense. What are you trying to say?**
The god's smile faded slightly, making only a little opening of its mouth.
**What I say has no meaning to you now, but in time, you will see for yourself.**
Genji jumped off Yume's back, and swam around the Shishi Gami.
**I don't have time for this! Goodbye, Shishi Gami-sama!**
Yume swam after him in fear.
"Genji! Wait for me!" she barked. The god calmly walked beside Genji.
**What a rude, young warrior you are, to show disrespect for his god.**
Genji looked up at him.
**Forgive me, but I'm in a hurry. And I have no time for nonsense, even if it comes from you. Now leave me alone.**
**I see. You are your mother's son. As well as your father's.**
Genji stopped swimming, and looked up at the spirit in surprise.
**WHAT?! You knew my mother?!**
**You are in a hurry. You do not wish to talk to me, and I cannot stop you from leaving the mountain. Farewell, Genji.**
The spirit walked away, leaving Genji floating in the water.
**Shishi Gami-sama..........you knew my father too?! Who was he?**
"Genji!" Yume called from the lakeside. "Come on! Let's go!"
He looked over to her and waved before swimming to her. Just as he got out of the water and shook himself dry, he heard the howling. He looked back the way he came, and up into the sky. All the wolves of the mountain were howling into the starry sky, saying goodbye to their beloved Genji.
He smiled, then hopped back on Yume.
**Right. Let's go then.**
"Yay!" the wolf cheered, trotting into the woods. "Let's go!"
By the time they left the mountain, Genji looked back at the woods. Behind him, he could see the shape of the Night Walker, slowly strolling across the mountain and towering over the trees. Genji waved a hand goodbye to the spirit, and turned foreword to watch the land before him.
**I will cure my demon from my body, then head straight home. Then, I'll find out the truth about my mother and father. No more secrets! I'll get all the answers first thing!**
That's the spirit! his guardian cheered. We'll take care of everything when we get home. Now, we just have to deal with this demon.......
Genji smiled to himself as Yume continued running into the night.
**My journey will be long and hard.......but in the end, I will find purity and truth..........and my mysteries will be solved.**
((Author's note: Well, that's my second tale, short and sweet and it's GENJI! Okay, so this is the plan: I am accepting fanworks for this project, so for those who want to write a little something about Genji, Masq, Cell, Moro-sama, or someone on Singing Mountain, give it a go. As long as it's fun for the whole family, I'll except it.
((On another note, I'm holding a small contest:
ADOPT A WOLF PUPPY CONTEST!
By the time "The Silent Prince" began, Ghen and Tori are proud parents of their first litter. They have seven puppies. You, the reader, are allowed to create a character from ONE, and only ONE, puppy. That's one puppy per creater. Give it a name, a personality, a color, and any kind of trait. The first seven I recieve through reviews gets their puppy seen in Silent Prince (around the end, so be patient), and in a Tale from Singing Mountain. I wish I could give a better prize, but that's the best I can do. So, send in your puppy profiles and have your very own wolf puppy!
((Okay, that's all. I hope to hear from all you readers soon! Masq, signing off!))
Tale 2: Genji and the Shishi Gami
"Genji! You leave with my blessing, but you must understand that the world off the mountain is vast and dangerous. You will see very strange and wondrous things in your travels. And many strangers may either trick you or help you, so you will be gambling with your trust and innocence. There may be those who will try to take benefit from your life, so keep those arrows close at hand. Beware, Genji, of this world you know nothing about."
Genji nodded his head at the memory of Moro-sama's words. He and Yume were just leaving the den, and heading down the mountain. He hardly even left, and he was feeling homesick. He wanted to go back to the village, say it was a joke.
Oh, no, guys. I'm not leaving the mountain on a fool's mission. I'll never reach the Emishi village. The raven tribe would never help me. This inner demon will never be clensed.
He pulled his mask over his face to hide his sadness from Yume. He looped his bow around his back to hold it in place, then he jumped onto the wolf's back and sat up straight.
Yume whimpered slightly, and looked up at Genji.
"What's wrong?"
Genji shook his head at her, and scratched at her neck in comfort. Yume growled a little, then turned her head away.
"Even when you don't talk, you lie badly."
He smiled nervously, shifting on her back. She was getting better at detecting his feelings. That was a sign that she was maturing into a fully grown wolf. Maybe she wouldn't be a permanant puppy as she grew.
Yume stopped when they reached the Shishi Gami pool. She looked around, sniffing at the moss on the ground. Genji looked around too, seeing the calm waters and giant trees of his home.........perhaps for the last time.
**Yume.......let's go.**
"Yeah." Yume agreed, walking into the water. When her feet couldn't touch the bottom of the lake, she started swiming. Genji let his feet get soaked in the water as the rest of him remained dry. Looking into the clear depth, he really started to feel homesick. He reached into the pool with a cupped hand, and sipped at the cool water.
Suddenly, Yume whimpered and stopped swimming. Genji's head immediatly shot foreword to see what frightened the wolf. He too froze in awe.
The Shishi Gami, a god with the body of a dear and the face of a human, was walking towards them. It slowly walked on the water as though it was solid ground, making small ripples on the surface. Genji's heart started to quicken pace, and he held it tightly with one hand.
'The demon is reacting.......that's normal. Evil naturally gets frightened of life deities.'
The life god stopped walking right in front of them, Yume whimpering and dog paddling to stay afloat. Genji looked around them, seeing the mossy beaches around and before them. The Shishi Gami refused to move.
Genji stared into the god's blue eyes with his own pink ones.
**Shishi Gami-sama, move aside. Yume and I are leaving the mountain.**
The god seemed to smile at the boy, but otherwise, it didn't move.
"He won't let us go......" Yume cried, barking in fear. Genji just got frustrated.
**Shishi Gami-sama...........let us pass! We're leaving, and you can't stop us!**
The god tilted his head slightly.
**Listen to me carefully, young warrior,** the god spoke in his native language, **your journey will be long, and hard. No clear answers will be the right answers. Your solution lies in a place you cannot reach as you are now.**
Genji blinked a few times, then the god continued.
**Afterward, your real journey will begin; you will be chosen from a select few. What you will endure, I do not know, but you must use all your strength for the trials and tests the journey will lay before you.**
Genji scratched his head.
**Sir.....you aren't making any sense. What are you trying to say?**
The god's smile faded slightly, making only a little opening of its mouth.
**What I say has no meaning to you now, but in time, you will see for yourself.**
Genji jumped off Yume's back, and swam around the Shishi Gami.
**I don't have time for this! Goodbye, Shishi Gami-sama!**
Yume swam after him in fear.
"Genji! Wait for me!" she barked. The god calmly walked beside Genji.
**What a rude, young warrior you are, to show disrespect for his god.**
Genji looked up at him.
**Forgive me, but I'm in a hurry. And I have no time for nonsense, even if it comes from you. Now leave me alone.**
**I see. You are your mother's son. As well as your father's.**
Genji stopped swimming, and looked up at the spirit in surprise.
**WHAT?! You knew my mother?!**
**You are in a hurry. You do not wish to talk to me, and I cannot stop you from leaving the mountain. Farewell, Genji.**
The spirit walked away, leaving Genji floating in the water.
**Shishi Gami-sama..........you knew my father too?! Who was he?**
"Genji!" Yume called from the lakeside. "Come on! Let's go!"
He looked over to her and waved before swimming to her. Just as he got out of the water and shook himself dry, he heard the howling. He looked back the way he came, and up into the sky. All the wolves of the mountain were howling into the starry sky, saying goodbye to their beloved Genji.
He smiled, then hopped back on Yume.
**Right. Let's go then.**
"Yay!" the wolf cheered, trotting into the woods. "Let's go!"
By the time they left the mountain, Genji looked back at the woods. Behind him, he could see the shape of the Night Walker, slowly strolling across the mountain and towering over the trees. Genji waved a hand goodbye to the spirit, and turned foreword to watch the land before him.
**I will cure my demon from my body, then head straight home. Then, I'll find out the truth about my mother and father. No more secrets! I'll get all the answers first thing!**
That's the spirit! his guardian cheered. We'll take care of everything when we get home. Now, we just have to deal with this demon.......
Genji smiled to himself as Yume continued running into the night.
**My journey will be long and hard.......but in the end, I will find purity and truth..........and my mysteries will be solved.**
((Author's note: Well, that's my second tale, short and sweet and it's GENJI! Okay, so this is the plan: I am accepting fanworks for this project, so for those who want to write a little something about Genji, Masq, Cell, Moro-sama, or someone on Singing Mountain, give it a go. As long as it's fun for the whole family, I'll except it.
((On another note, I'm holding a small contest:
ADOPT A WOLF PUPPY CONTEST!
By the time "The Silent Prince" began, Ghen and Tori are proud parents of their first litter. They have seven puppies. You, the reader, are allowed to create a character from ONE, and only ONE, puppy. That's one puppy per creater. Give it a name, a personality, a color, and any kind of trait. The first seven I recieve through reviews gets their puppy seen in Silent Prince (around the end, so be patient), and in a Tale from Singing Mountain. I wish I could give a better prize, but that's the best I can do. So, send in your puppy profiles and have your very own wolf puppy!
((Okay, that's all. I hope to hear from all you readers soon! Masq, signing off!))