I don't own Okami.
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Riku looked down at the large white dog in front of him. The dog, in response, wagged its tail. He kneeled down to pet it (Her? It did look kind of feminine) and brushed away a tiny bug resting on her snout.
Kairi was delighted when she saw the dog, "Oh! You found a puppy, Riku!"
Riku was about to point out that the dog was obviously no longer a puppy when he heard an unknown voice.
"Excuse me!"
Riku looked around for the source of it, but couldn't see anything. He shrugged and had turned back to Kairi when the bug suddenly leaped off the ground and back onto the dog's nose.
"Some people are so rude!" Riku realized that the voice was coming from the tiny bug.
Riku looked at it for a moment, "What are you? Some kind of strange heartless?"
"Of course not!" The bug looked as insulted as it was possible for something the size of your thumb to get, "I am the great Issun, the wandering artist! And this here is Ammy."
Kairi giggled, "Nice to meet you, Ammy! I'm Kairi, and this is Riku!" Amaterasu licked her face in response.
"And we're leaving." Riku didn't like this "Issun" very much, and promptly decided the less time spent with him the better.
"But the puppy, Riku! Can't I play with her a little longer?" Kairi put on her best pout, but Riku had already started walking away, and his back was turned.
Kairi looked at Amaterasu sadly, then got an idea. She whispered something in Ammy's ear, and stood up. "Bye, then."
Riku heard Kairi walking behind him, but something was off. He turned around, but didn't see anything besides Kairi sulking and the white dog off in the distance. He didn't look back again until they were back on the Gummy Ship where Sora was waiting.
"Where'd you get that?"
"Get wha-" Riku turned around to see the white dog standing beside Kairi. He looked back up at Kairi for an explanation.
She was beaming, "She followed me home. Can I keep it?"