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Text in ( ) that are in bold are counted as Authors Notices or notes. DON'T IGNORE THEM! Lol.

AN: First of all, I know I spelt 'Miyako' wrong…so I will fix that in this chapter. You know Tetsuo's language is bad, you know there is always some form of senseless violence…and you should also know that there are some references to Okami in this too. So…onwards!

Tetsuo Take Ato Niban Kikai

Part 12: The Sad Tale Of A Gods Demise.



"His name was Tenson Atoshimatsu. And he was our god." Kyubi announced, forcing himself upwards and out of his seat.
Everyone in the room just stared blankly at the kitsune; some looking at him in confusion whilst others just didn't know what to think.
Tetsuo, on the other hand, was the only one who actually made out what Kyubi was trying to say.

"You're trying the fucking tell me, that Donikoto thinks I'm your god!? That's a load of crap!" Tetsuo barked as he was giving Kyubi the evil eye.

"No need to look at me like that. If you don't want to hear the rest of the story; then fine. I have more important things to do right now." Kyubi answered, looking down at the raven-haired 20 year old.
Still eager to hear the rest of the story, Tetsuo grabbed Kyubi's robe and yanked the kitsune onto the floor. Clicking his fingers at the fox-mans face as if to tell him to get on with it.

"You're persistent, aren't you?" Kyubi chuckled, before brushing some of his white hair aside so he could see well and clear once again.
The others also sprung off their previous seats and sat down on the floor, almost as if gathering around a campfire to listen to ghost stories.

"Tenson was the god of the mountain which protected my people. He was the son of Gama-Sennin; god of medical magic and drugs…and Seiobo; the 'Queen Mother Of The West'. My people saw him many times when they visited his parent's shrine in the mountains to go and pray for his mother to help the land's peach trees blossom. The families of the sick or injured would pray for his father to heal them." Kyubi began.

"A dear friend of mine, rest his soul, had a very sick mother after Gouka (He is the demon which possessed Donikoto) first attacked our village. He ventured up to the shrine and prayed for Gama-Sennin to heal his mother, but her illness only got worse. He visited the shrine every day and even sacrificed some of his own blood to help save his mother." Kyubi added, sulking slightly as he spoke.
He fell into a sudden silence and began chanting old-Japanese, before praying himself for a brief moment.

"…HELLO!? Wake up fuck-face! You haven't finished the story yet!!" Tetsuo growled, fidgeting with the fur on Kyubi's robe.
The kitsune reawakened from his prayer, nodding to himself as he continued to mutter old-Japanese to himself.

"What is fucking wrong with fox-face!? Has he gone mad!?" Tetsuo barked, directing his irritated anger towards Kiba.
A bad idea on his part.

"For your information, you disrespectful little shit, Kyubi always prays whenever he mentions his dead friends and family!!" Kiba barked back, sending one of her clenched fists into the human upper-arm of the 20 year old sat beside her.
Tetsuo yelped once her fist made impact, and continued to curse under his breath as he started shuffling away from her, rubbing his now sore arm.
But now he was sat closer to Kyubi, who had just stopped talking to himself, and was also greeted by a fist into his cyber-arm.
Usually it would hurt the attacker, but Kyubi was different…he used some sort of magic to enable Tetsuo to feel actual pain in his robot arm.
Tetsuo was now rolling across the floor, in quite a bit of pain, cursing and screaming how he'll get back at them one day.

"After Donikoto 'died', I became the new Shaman of my village since I was born with the gift to heal minor illnesses and injury, I hurried to the aid of every single being that needed my power and I cursed those who posed a threat to my homeland. Donikoto trained me in all the basic arts and some forms of advanced magic before he died. One of the more 'advanced' spells he taut me was how to bring feeling into things that just couldn't feel, like the servants of Gouka who where like the living dead…when my people fought them their attacks did nothing, but after Donikoto and I used the 'feel' spell the demons felt pain like all living things. The pain caused them to die horribly…a fate they most certainly deserved. Just like the pain you feel right now; it is deserved." Kyubi explained, resuming his story once Tetsuo had settled down and stopped cursing.

"Now…my friends' mother never got better. Her suffering drove him to madness, causing him to be engulfed in the darkness which Gouka brought onto us. Corrupted by the idea that the Gods where ignoring him. He lost faith, and as a result he transformed into a servant of darkness and joined Gouka in spreading the very illness which harmed his mother." Kyubi added.

"…and what does this have to do with this 'Tenson' guy and what's going on in Neo-Tokyo now??" Kaneda questioned, sounding a little baffled by all the information that was being crammed into his feeble little mind.

"The rumour which Lady Miyako started…about the dead coming back to life again…it is true. Everyone killed by Donikoto over the past five years will be brought back to life and be turned into his servants…if they have no faith in the Gods, that is." Kyubi explained.
Kaneda just nodded in agreement before looking at Kei and shrugging, obviously still not understanding anything.

"But after he became corrupted, his father said a young boy…about seven years old in appearance, entered their home. His skin and hair as white as snow, bright yellow eyes that cried the purest of tears on the sick mother…and in an instant, she was healed. Even injuries caused by old age where gone." Kyubi began.

"Before my poor friends father could approach, the boy fled and ran into the mountains…crying. He wasn't seen again for some time." Kyubi added.

"It was several years later when Gouka attacked again and destroyed the holy temple, killed all the priests and poisoned the holy spring…a young man, with similar features to the little boy appeared and cleaned the spring with nothing but his bare hands. He gathered the bodies of the dead and laid them in the spring, before using an unknown force to rebuild the temple. Right before our eyes the shattered building was reformed by nothing! And a day after the dead where placed in the spring, they raised alive once more and in peak condition. The magical display was breathtaking, so much that Donikoto believed the young man to be a deity. It was then that Donikoto dubbed the young man 'Tenson Atoshimatsu; God of the mountain'."

"We saw him countless times after Gouka's attacks, where he would rebuild the damaged buildings and heal the sick or injured…he wouldn't revive anyone but priests or holy people though. But once Gouka was sealed away, we never saw him again." Kyubi finished.
Tetsuo began cursing under his breath once more, obviously finding the story hard to believe.
The others didn't seem to understand the story much either; but it was needless to say that the age of myths wasn't really in their interests. They all thought Donikoto was something recent…not a being over a thousand years old.
As for this 'Tenson' character; he seemed more unreal as Kyubi told his story. Perhaps if people in this age actually believed in the Gods things would be different.

"Unfortunately…an inexcusable event occurred. Someone messed with the sacred sword Gouka was sealed away in, setting him free once more. The first thing Gouka did after being freed was kill Gama-Sennin and Seiobo to prevent the 'seal magic' ever working again, luckily he never found Tenson so a glimmer of hope still remained." Kyubi began once more.

"But the one event led to disaster after Donikoto lost faith once the Gods where killed; believing that Tenson was dead too made him mentally weak enough for Gouka to possess him. That was when Gouka became Donikoto, the demon which you see in your dreams Tetsuo." Kyubi added.

"That doesn't answer my question though…WHY the fuck does he appear in my dreams anyway!?" Tetsuo growled.

"Since Donikoto feeds on negative memories and emotions; it is highly likely that you are his next target for possession. After all, you wield an inhuman power and have so far lost most of your memories…the possible negative ones at least. Donikoto was possessed because of his powerful Shaman skills, so your powers will be the sole reason for him haunting you. At least, that's my opinion." Kyubi answered.

"…" Tetsuo stared blankly at Kyubi, possibly expecting a little bit more of an explanation than that from the kitsune. With all his knowledge of Donikoto and his familiars he was expecting one big lecture about it.
But what can you expect from someone so mysterious and secretive?

"I'll take you to see Lady Miyako tomorrow. She'll be able to tell you exactly why he's targeting you alone…I know why he haunts me…but I would rather not say why." Kyubi added.

"He haunts you too, Kyubi?" Kiba questioned.

"Yes. But as I have already said…I refuse to say why. The memory alone is haunting." Kyubi answered, getting up and sitting back down in the chair.

"Why won't you tell us? I mean…one of us might be able to help you. Haven't we always watched out for each other, Kyubi?" Kiba asked, getting up herself and kneeling beside the chair Kyubi was sat in.

"Lady Miyako forbids me to further damn myself over the matter; so I cannot say why anymore." Kyubi answered before rubbing his tired eyes.

"Whatever…just finish the story off." Tetsuo shrugged, waving his hand in circles whilst looking over his shoulder…obviously not bothered about that Lady Miyako or Kyubi's problems.
Kiba growled under her breath as she gave Tetsuo a solid death stare, whilst Kyubi just yawned before continuing his story.

"Donikoto began to savagely rip the land of all its life in his desperate attempt to hunt down and kill Tenson; using every trick in the book to lure him out of hiding. Because of Tenson's fear and constant hiding, the mountain sent down bone-chilling blizzards that froze many of my people to death. Donikoto used his new found skills to turn my homeland into an icy wasteland, inhabited by no more than one hundred kitsune warriors."

"The weak perished in the severe cold; the elderly, young women and even the children all died. The last female warrior died during Donikoto's last attack on our home; the last time we stood up to fight him. Many of us died in the onslaught; but the beast had yet to show us its true form. So the real bloodshed had yet to even begin." Kyubi paused for a brief moment and prayed, before resuming his story.

"I was there, leading the last members of my tribe to fight…"

FLASHBACK!

"…and I was the strongest out of them all. But could not fight myself; a dark fog clouded my judgement and I was unable to even help lead my people into battle."

"Kyubi, we need you to lead us into the battle! Gouka Donikoto is sitting on our doorstep, mocking us! We have run into peril because of that monster! The least we can do is try to avenge the deaths of our loved ones…or die a warrior's death, not as cowards!" boomed a very old, scarred kitsune.
An incredibly young Kyubi was sat in a fur-covered throne chair with his head in his hands, surrounded by Shaman tools and strange weapons.
This was the Shaman-hut, the place where the sick or injured would be healed.

"Master Kinaki, I…I can't confront that beast." Kyubi whined.

"Do not fall into the darkness like your previous teacher, Kyubi! Loose faith and you loose everything! Focus and you will find your power again!" Master Kinaki barked.
Kyubi just sulked and ignored Kinaki, rubbing his head tiredly.

"Master, can we not just fight the beast ourselves?" asked one of the kitsune warriors, one of the many that where scattered around the Shaman-hut.

"If we step outside without Kyubi, the Gods will not be able to protect us. We would be fodder for the monster!" Another kitsune warrior interrupted.

"We are fodder just sitting here! Lord Tenson, please save us!" cried another warrior.

"Suddenly, the entire room broke out into desperate prayers and cries for help. Usually the gods would respond with a sign of some sort…but Tenson was still young and probably didn't know what to do. I eventually broke free of my grief and silenced them all. I was greatly irritated by how terrified we all where. I just had to do something…anything."

"Just shut up! All of you! Do you really expect a young God to help you in such a dire moment!? If his parents where killed so easily just think of how afraid he is right now! He won't show his face!" Kyubi barked, throwing himself out of his throne and into the centre of the chaos.

"Have you gone mad Kyubi!? You don't say such things about the gods; especially in your position as lead Shaman!" Master Kinaki barked back.
All the warriors stopped their prayers and watched the two argue, some sitting on the floor with their hands together whilst others cowered in corners or alongside one another.
The place was in a right mess.

"Can't we do something for once where we don't have to rely on anything spiritual!? A young God won't dare show his face against such a monster, so he is of no help right now! Can't we use something else!?" Kyubi growled.

"The only thing we know how to use is faith! We charge into battle with the faith in our lord and they protect us and give us strength! It has been that way for thousands of years!" Master Kinaki barked, drawing his sword and directing its pointed edge towards Kyubi.

"If we went to fight with just that, we wouldn't last five seconds! Tenson is too young to do anything like his parents! He is mentally weak!" Kyubi growled, pushing Master Kinaki's sword aside.
Kyubi huffed as he made his way to the front door, all the warriors getting to their feet and grabbing the nearest weapon before following the Shaman outside.

"Master Kinaki was the chief of our village…and master swordsman of the K-Warrior Troops. He would have slain me if I didn't pack up my courage and go outside…it's bad enough being called pathetic and weak, but being called a traitor would have been too much. If you lost your faith you where a part of Gouka's army, so you had to be killed before you killed anyone else."

Once outside, the sheer cold of the blizzard hit them bang in the face…they wouldn't last long out there in their human forms, but they wouldn't be able to fight effectively in their fox forms.
Master Kinaki, now waving his sword around as a warm-up, stood alongside Kyubi…who was gazing over towards the forest surrounding the village, but mainly directing his attention to the Eastern side of it…the holy mountain which contained 'the Shrine'.

"Has he found him?" Master Kinaki asked, the icy weather not nearly affecting him as much as the other warriors.

"No…but he's found us." Kyubi answered, drawing his sword slowly to keep his fellow kitsune warriors calm.

"Even if Lord Tenson is mentally weak, I have a great deal of faith in him…our faith gives him power…he already has more than enough to bring Gouka to his end, I saw the potential when I witnessed him as a small boy; back when he use to play in the fields. He will come and he will fight with us." Master Kinaki explained before getting into his fighting stance, sword held by his side and eyes directly focused in the same direction Kyubi was facing.

"He won't show his face…he's not ready for battle, and he knows it." Kyubi answered before getting into his fighting stance.

"A gut-wrenching roar sounded, indicating the blood-thirsty monsters presence was near. The younger warriors cowered, the older ones prayed…and Master Kinaki stayed firm with the idea that Tenson Atoshimatsu would show up."

END FLASHBACK!

"…Well? Did he show up Kyubi?" Kiba asked, looking up at the kitsune in anticipation.
Kyubi remained silent and sighed heavily.

"I'll take that as a no." Kiba blurted out.
Tetsuo just huffed and crossed his arms, before being whacked across the head by a frustrated Kaneda.

"Come on old fox-face!! Don't leave us on a cliff about it!!" Kaneda cried out like some typical spoilt brat, Kei now distancing herself from him that tiny bit…obviously suffering from embarrassment of being with the little dork.

"He showed up…but by the time he arrived many of us had fallen. But it was a very good effort from those warriors; they managed to sever two of Gouka's heads…the lion head and the serpent head. Without those two heads, Gouka could not poison anyone…and he also lost about twenty percent of his power." Kyubi answered, resting his head on one of his hands as he spoke.

"…wait a minute…who the fuck is Gouka again!? I thought this was about Donikoto!" Tetsuo yelled, obviously not paying any attention.

"Did you not listen to a single word of my story!? Gouka IS Donikoto! Gouka was the first form! Now pay attention!" Kyubi barked, before coughing and continuing his story.
Tetsuo just cursed under his breath once again and folded his arms.

"As I was saying…two of Gouka's heads had been severed and many of the remaining warriors where killed…"

FLASHBACK…AGAIN!

"…the battle was taken to the very edge of the forest, up the mountain and close to the shrine…we fought on the Cliffside, just east of the shrine's entrance."

"Aim for the weak point…attack his eyes!!" yelled Master Kinaki as he guarded many heavy blows from the monsters ten tails, the remaining warriors leaping at the last head of Gouka in constant attack formation. But to no avail.

"Little did we know that the wolf head was Gouka's main head, and it was the most powerful part of his entire body. Usually in the mythological age, the symbol for power and wisdom lied within creatures' tails…but Gouka was the first demon we came across that had his strength lie in his head."

Kyubi swung his sword at the demon in a fit of rage, but the beasts massive claws acted as a counter blade and easily prevented the kitsune from attacking successfully.
In an attempt to at least weaken the beast further, Master Kinaki leapt away from the furious attacks from the monsters many tails and jammed his sword deep into Gouka's neck.
The head roared monstrously before summoning a mysterious wind to blow all the kitsune warriors away from its body; a dark fog emitting from the wound in its gigantic neck began to cloak the beast as it howled and roared in agony.
The beasts head stumbled down and collapsed to the ground along with the rest of its body, vanishing into the dark fog.
The roaring stopped and all went silent.

"We thought that was it…that that was the end of Gouka and his evil…but the truth was not that; what followed next was one wave of darkness out of many to come."

"Good work men! The beast finally succumbed to its fate; let tonight be one to remember! Let those who fell know that their deaths have been avenged, and that they did not die in vain!" Master Kinaki cheered, patting many of the surviving warriors on the back.
Kyubi, on the other hand, was still restless and in a weary fighting stance.

"Don't celebrate too soon…I still sense a great evil." Kyubi announced.

"What are you talking about? We saw the beast meet its end!" Master Kinaki laughed.

"Are you not wondering why this evil fog has not yet dissipated? And where the beasts' body has gone?" Kyubi questioned, still concerned over the remaining warriors safety.

"Hmm…yes, the fog is of slight concern. But Gouka's body most likely vanished by the hand of the gods, they must be trying to remove him from our land." Master Kinaki laughed again, many other warriors joining in the laughter to relieve themselves from the thoughts of that traumatic battle which they just took part in.
But the laughter was cut short once the fog swirled together in the centre of the area which the beast fell, gathering together and forming what looked like the original Donikoto (the kitsune form) only he was wearing a dark robe with a hood…and was wielding the sword which Master Kinaki jammed into his neck.

"Foolish creatures, you maintain faith in a being that will not save you…now with your last remaining hope gone you will witness the full extent of my power as I unleash darkness onto the world!" the demonic Donikoto laughed as he swung his sword towards the ground, causing masses of dirt and evil aura to spew from the area which he struck.
Before the kitsune warriors could attack, Donikoto used some form of telekinesis to strip them of their weapons and knock them all backwards into the nearby boulder pile.
Some of the warriors where cut and injured very badly by their own weapons, as was Master Kinaki who was the first to feel Donikoto's wrath.
His very own sword was jammed into his left arm, the cold air increasing his pain and blood loss.
Everyone was feeling the effects from the climate now that they had open wounds and injuries; it was only a matter of time before they froze to death let alone got butchered by a demon.

"It looked like we would meet our end right there, his power was too great for anyone to handle…"

Before Donikoto could strike a fallen Kyubi with his own weapon, a piercing white light appeared right in front of the demon and blinded him, sending him stumbling backwards and away from the kitsune.

"…but that was when he showed up."

The light dimmed down to reveal a young man, about the same age as Kyubi, stood motionless as if to protect the kitsunes who lied injured behind him, a comforting white light which eased their pain emitted from his snow-white body as the blizzard slowly dimmed down to a gentle snow shower.
Donikoto roared in agony as the pure light robbed him of his eyesight; a fierce wind blowing the demon further away from the kitsune warriors and caused him the drop the weapon he was about to strike Kyubi with, whilst the warriors remained unaffected by the strange events.

"It's Lord Tenson! He has come to save us and banish Donikoto!" cried the kitsune warriors, who where aiding Master Kinaki back to his feet.
Kyubi got to his own feet and regained his strength, the white light seemed very…comforting and had a strange healing property to it, and he felt fully rejuvenated with energy.
Before Kyubi could regain the dropped sword Donikoto had stolen from him; the young man picked it up himself and tossed it aside, sending it hurtling into a nearby boulder.

"It was said that Tenson hated the idea of having others fight beside him…so it was the only known reason as to why he made sure none of us got to our weapons. Whilst he was present, Donikoto could not touch us anyway, so we didn't need to defend ourselves against him."

The young man then commenced with a series of ninja-style combat moves on the beast, just as a warm up before he finally decided to tap into his powers.
Donikoto's eyesight had completely dissipated, so for once he was at a great disadvantage.
At least, that's what everyone thought.

The young man leaned forward, before screaming at the top of his lungs towards the demon, a mysterious wind circling around him…slowly blowing around his shining white skin before it finally glowed a blaze of light, the wind growing ever stronger as the white light fully engulfed the young mans body.
Donikoto roared in rage before finally figuring out the location of his new foe, leaping at him with his claws drawn and teeth bared sharp.
Just before Donikoto could make contact with the young man, an invisible barrier hindered his approach before the strong wind-like aura sent him backwards once more.

"Donikoto had yet to show his true form…but Lord Tenson didn't hesitate to show his right away. Just like his parents, he knew that he had to eradicate the evil quickly before it stretched beyond his capabilities."

The young man, now no longer screaming, stood upright once again…his body still engulfed in white light, bright crimson red markings covering around seventy percent of his body…only now his entire back seemed to emit a strange white aura of cloud, with blends of crimson red and sparkles of drifting light floating upwards from each strand of aura.

"The anomaly of 'cloud aura' was dubbed as being the 'Gods tendrils'. A set of slim, winding and glowing energy that covered the entire back of the God; from a certain angle it looked like Tenson was on fire…but the tendrils where just harmless flows of his energy that had to be emitted, just to prevent him from having an 'energy overflow'…which would have driven him to madness."

The young man, now confirmed to be Tenson Atoshimatsu at full power, began his swift onslaught on Donikoto.
Moving faster than a blink of an eye, Tenson hacked, whacked and sliced at the demon…who was much taller than himself…with tremendous ease.
But once Tenson had dimmed down his attacks (thinking Donikoto was incredibly weak made him think about going easy on him. He basically got very cocky.) Donikoto started to reveal his true form.
The demon removed the black cloak and once again summoned that mysterious black fog, which wrapped around his body, turning him from the flesh and bone kitsune…into a metallic lycanthrope-like creature.

END FLASHBACK!

"That's how he looked in my dreams!!" Tetsuo interrupted, jolting to his feet.

"He talks to you in that form!? I always thought he'd try to hide himself with that black cloak like he always has done…" Kyubi questioned in a shocked tone, no longer appearing tired and bored.

"No…he doesn't fucking talk to me in that form. He taunts me in his shitty black robe thing…he appears in that metal like form in my OTHER dreams." Tetsuo answered back, before slowly sitting back down on the floor.

"…what other dreams?" Kyubi asked, raising an eyebrow slightly before resting his head on his hand again.
Tetsuo just shook his head and waved a hand tiredly at the kitsune, obviously not really sure himself.
Kyubi rolled his eyes before starting the story again.

ANOTHER FLASHBACK! It's getting annoying now, isn't it!? Hehe.

The battle began once more…Donikoto's eyesight was still gone; but his senses where unearthly, he could feel creatures presence and pin point where they where without looking. That was displayed by his armour now fully covering his eyes, and how he quite easily leapt for Tenson and attacked with full force.
Fighting tooth and claw against bare strength, Donikoto and Tenson got into a very tight lock with their hands…pushing each other back and forth to see who would stumble down first, just to test one another before they could finally unleash their wrath.
Tenson, still being cocky from earlier, held back his power so much that he was easily hauled into the air and thrown towards the nearby Cliffside, one of his arms dangling down over the edge whilst the rest of his body remained in the snow.
The metallic demon approached from behind as the young deity tried to get to his feet, the kitsune warriors watched on…unable to do anything because Tenson got rid of their weapons.
Well…except one.
Donikoto grasped Tensons head from behind using his huge claw-like hands, hauled him off the ground and dragged him closer to the edge of the cliff…the young deity grasping the demons arm with all his might as he tried to overpower Donikoto, but it was no use.

"Foolish child." Donikoto muttered as he looked down at the young deity, who was still struggling to get free from the single handed grasp on him.
Just before Donikoto could release his grasp on the frantic Tenson, Kyubi had grabbed a nearby rock and whacked him on the back of the head.
The attack did nothing but anger the demon enough to toss Tenson into Kyubi, sending them both flying into the nearby wall of the mountain.
Kyubi was badly injured again, were as Tenson was back on his feet in and instant to fight again.

"They were at it for ages…but Tenson was exactly what I thought he was…he was young. He was too young to fight a demon with that much evil power. But even though his snow-white skin was stained with his own blood, and he was covered in scars and injuries…he fought on. It was only when he lost consciousness that we finally figured out what he was trying to do…he was buying us time to go into the temple and get the 'Seirei Sword' so Master Kinaki could seal Donikoto away again. If he was busy fighting Tenson then we could easily go and get it, but…"

Tenson laid head-first in the snow, his eyes firmly shut and his body…completely motionless.
Just seeing the amount of blood covering that snow-white body, and how the snow seemed to be absorbing it…it looked like a scene from a horror movie.
Donikoto decided to finish off what he had started; grasping the unconscious deity by the back of the neck (but turning him around so he could grasp the front instead) he slowly carried him towards the edge of the cliff and tossed him over.

"Just as Master Kinaki left to get the Seirei sword, Donikoto had turned his attention to us…and it looked like Tenson wouldn't be coming back to help us."

Donikoto began to slowly make his way towards the kitsunes, who where all cowering in terror after seeing their last hope just get thrown over the cliff.
If a God couldn't beat this monster, nobody could.

"You foul beast!!" Kyubi barked, getting to his feet after regaining enough energy from the attack he received earlier.
Donikoto began to laugh under his breath as he began to get into an attacking stance, ready to finish off the remaining members of the tribe…

"But unlike his parents, Tenson wasn't going to roll over and die so easily."

Donikoto instantly perked back into alert mode once he heard the struggling cries of the young deity come from behind him…turning around to see if he was hanging onto the cliffs edge, Donikoto was surprised to see Tenson stood right behind him. He was huffing and panting, firmly clasping a supposedly broken right arm.
He looked like a corpse…blood was flowing from his mouth, nose and many open wounds. Especially from the right arm; blood was even draining into one of his eyes because of a gash on his head, making it look bloodshot.
Donikoto wasn't shocked to see how he managed to get back up the mountain, but he was shocked to see how he was still alive even in the condition he was in.
Tenson gave out one sharp battle cry before charging once more at the stunned Donikoto, who was too slow to react to the young god grasping him around the waist with both his arms.
Even though it was apparent that Tenson was in tremendous amounts of pain from just using the right arm alone, he maintained the tight lock on Donikoto in order to prevent the demon from using his own arms to fight.
That was when Donikoto heard the sharp battle cry from master Kinaki, who was charging with the Seirei sword high in the air…ready to impale the monster and, unfortunately, the young god who was preventing its escape.

"We didn't have to persuade Master Kinaki to do what he did…because he knew he had to do it regardless of whether Tenson was there or not. If sealing Donikoto away meant restoring peace back to our world, then we all knew that Tenson would have sacrificed everything in order to make it happen. Even his own life."

Donikoto and Tenson both had the Seirei sword impaled through their bodies, Donikoto shrivelling back into the dark fog before being sucked into the sword…whilst Tenson (once the sword was removed from his body) fell onto his side and cried softly, obviously in great amounts of pain.
All the kitsune warriors didn't stop to celebrate, instead, they gathered around the battered and bruised god.
Master Kinaki knelt beside the fallen youngster and stroked his head, but all Tenson did as a response was let out a harsh cry as he slowly began to loose his heavenly glow and crimson markings.
Kyubi approached and knelt beside him also, before chanting in his kitsune-Shaman language as he glided his hand over the injured deity.

"He wouldn't let us touch him…probably because the pain he was already experiencing was bad enough. But after about five minutes he just cried out that he was Tenson Atoshimatsu, and that he would see me again later…then he just closed his eyes and drifted away from us."

END FLASHBACK! That's it. No more flashbacks for now, I promise!

"After he passed away we placed him inside the shrine and sealed it with a special magic…then my tribe all decided to head south and settle amongst the humans. Master Kinaki threw the Seirei sword into the shrine before I sealed it, after leaving the village we sealed the entrance to there too…because of all the constant killing we couldn't bury the dead, so it was inhabitable." Kyubi finished, before sighing heavily.
Kyubi then got out of his seat and stretched, before rubbing his hands together.

"That's it. After twenty five years Donikoto escaped the seal and began lingering in the darkness, nobody knows what he looks like now. But me, Lady Miyako and Akira tried to finish him off thirty five years ago…but failed…then I joined Oni's gang in hope of finding the real chosen one. About five years ago I saw him in his weak stage, but I was too late to reach him." Kyubi sighed with relief, directing his gaze towards Tetsuo in general after glancing at everyone else in the room.

"…but I won't let that happen again. Not after he has gotten that second chance." Kyubi finished, smirking afterwards as he chuckled slightly.
Tetsuo just huffed and got to his feet, before heading towards the stairs and muttering under his breath.

"Nice story…but I have to be alone now…I need to go and fucking forget about all that pointless stuff and make use of the good stuff." Tetsuo teased as he stood with his back facing everyone else.

"What the hell is your problem!? Old fox-face just told you everything you wanted to know and you act like some stubborn little shit! You really haven't changed!!" Kaneda barked, getting to his feet and shaking a fist angrily in Tetsuo's direction.

"Why should you care anyway!? You've got nothing to do with it, so get lost!" Tetsuo barked back, still not looking at anyone.

"Kaneda has a point, Tet. Kyubi used some of his valuable time to tell you that story, and you just say 'that was good, now I'm gonna forget it'!? If you're upset about something, then just tell us!" Kiba yelled, rushing over towards the stairs so Tetsuo could hear her VERY clearly.
But he didn't answer.

"That does it. I'm taking you to Lady Miyako tomorrow; if you won't tell us anything, then she will." Kyubi blurted out.

"Do whatever the fuck you want…I have to think about something…alone." Tetsuo growled before heading upstairs to his room, slamming the door behind him.
He slammed it so hard that dust from the ceiling rained down, causing Kai to spas out over why his shirts keep getting dirty.

"That arrogant little jerk!" Kiba hissed.

"He's more than arrogant; he's a totally disrespectful fuck-face! Even I paid attention to fox-faces story, and usually I don't listen to things like that!" Kaneda barked, before cracking his knuckles.

"I can hear you, you know!!" Tetsuo yelled from his room upstairs.
As a response, the angry duo just stuck out their tongues in the direction of Tetsuo's room upstairs.
Kyubi brushed off the little dust that had settled on his robe before adjusting it slightly, wandering past the others so he could get to the front door.

"You guys keep an eye on him for a while. I'm going to see Lady Miyako to tell her the good news." Kyubi instructed.
But before anyone could ask what this 'good news' was Kyubi had already left.
Oni had re-entered just as Kyubi left, a cigarette in his hand.

"Yo…are you lot done in here!? Cause in one hour I've got Poker in here with Joker!" Oni boomed. (Don't hate me, I'm funny.)
Kaneda, Kai and Kei cleared off instantly when they heard Joker was coming over…but Kiba had no choice but to stay…she was a member of the gang and she had to make sure Tetsuo didn't try to leave. (There are a lot of 'K' names in this, huh?)

"Lady Miyako…I believe the being that is Tenson Atoshimatsu reborn has been in direct contact with Donikoto in the past few days. I will bring him to you tomorrow, but please my Lady…do try not to get him worked up. He does not handle it very well."

"Very well my young Kitsune friend. I can not wait to see him again…I do hope you take care in bringing him here, as the military are searching for him ever so desperately. We have not a moment to lose!"

END OF CHAPTER 12.

AN: I made sure this one was longer…for many reasons. Reasons you shall not know about! It will ruin everything if I told you why. Also, I had difficulty accessing my PC so sorry about the long wait. I also start college again soon so chapters won't be put up as often as before! SORRY!!! Um…I'll give you a cookie if you forgive me!!
Nah…forget it, I'll just leave you with the teaser.

Teaser for next chapter

"It breaks my heart to hear you remember so little, Tenson."

"I already told you, my name is TETSUO!"

"As I said before; you will remain greatly weakened until you can remember everything about your past."

"What the fuck!? You just told me about---"

"That was your recent life. I am talking about your PAST LIFE. I am unable to help you remember that, for it is beyond my power…but in time your memories will return…along with your marvelous strength. I can not wait to see you in full throttle again, Tenson!"

"You stupid old bat! My name is TETSUO!!!"