Mikari Ookami Age: Three (Memory#2)

Only one more day until Christmas and the whole clan was in high spirits, especially Mikari. Not only was it a time to get presents, it also allowed her to act as a big sister to her siblings at their first Christmas. Though she had one more thing she had to do before heading home like she always does. After grabbing some 'Snowdrop Flowers' in the snowy frields of the compound gardens. Mikari quickly made her way to the hollow, empty 'Kyushu Volcano' of the Land of Rock. The one reason was to meet the clans God and her vaourite one of that who is also a tailed beast: the Gobi no Houkou.

Back when Mikari was about 1 year old, her parents took her to this very special volcano to introduce her to something that is treasured by the Ookami clan. Through a cave by the side of the volcano was an entrance to inside the volcano. Inside, instead of lava or hot gas, was more of an indoor greenhouse. There were many kinds of flowers with rows of cherry blossom trees on both sides of a mini path. And finally a giant oak tree at the end of the path with a tiny shrine in front ot it.

As my family brought me infront of the tree, my father introduced me to our clan's God for the first time. "Alright furball be on your best behavious in here all the time ok? Here is where the God of our clan resides. He has always watched over us wherever we are even if we're not in the Village Hidden in the Rocks. So no matter where you are, he will always guide you through all your troubles and-ARE YOU LISTENING MIKARI?" Kai exclaimed.

During his whole speech about the Gobi no Houkou, Mikari was in front of the giant oak tree just poking it. "Ohayooo! Gobi-kun you here? Me wanna see you!" she said with a happy tone and a waving tail. Then she was dragged back to the shrine by her father. Mikari could see the anger on his face. "Mikari you should know better and you should know by now to listen to me." Kai said furiously. Slightly crying, Mikari said, "G-gomenasai. Me wanted to see Gobi-kun."

As usual, Kai could not stay mad forever at his daughter. He gently picked Mikari up and said, "Don't cry dear, Gobi no Houkou wouldn't like to see you cry especially me ok?" With a sniff, Mikari said, "Okie dokie smokie." Orihime who was putting some flowers by the shrine went to the two and said, "Lets go home, we'll come back again." And so they walked hom with Mikari saying a bye-bye a final time without feeling the eyes of a creature in the giant oak tree.

That was over two years ago and Mikari still came to the mini temple almost everyday with some flowers and a story to tell as well. She gently placed the flowers by the shrine and sat down. "Ohayo Gobi-kun. It's been awhile. Actually a few days heehee." she said with a giggle to the tree. Even though shes never seen her so called god, she knew he was in here somewhere, watching her.

Up above in the highest branches of the oak tree was a giant creature with its gaze on Mikari. This beast was of course the Gobi no Houkou himself. Being the giant-dog demon with snow, white fur and piercing red eyes. And of course his famous 5 tails, each holding one of the five elements, hanging off the branches he was lying on.

He knew of this so called Mikari Ookami. Heck she basically came here every day for the past 3 years talking about herself and her day to the tree. Gobi didn't think the small Ookami even knew he was there above her. But he made sure to always have an illusion up just in case since the child was tricky at times.

Though he was annoyed with the girl at the beginning, Gobi grew accustomed to the visits and enjoyed them. He grew fond of the girls personality especially when she somewat talked to him with respect yet like he was a normal creature and not a demon. It was strange to him, but he could truely say he loved her like she was his pup and would do anything for her.

Underneath the giant tree the Gobi no Houkou was perched in, Mikari laid down trying not to crush the flowers below her. With a happy sigh, she began to tell Gobi her day and whats been going on. Telling him about the Christmas plans going on and she even told him about her little wish telling Gobi not to say a word which he silently promised yes.

After about an hour of relaxing, Mikari's wolf ears twitched. She could hear voices nearby and their scents were different. Gobi no Houkou felt the disturbance coming too and growled quietly. Sitting up, Mikari saw a group of ninjas swarm in through the volcano entrance and by their strange, different symbol on their headband, they were definantly strangers.

"This is definantly the place boys! No other place like it!" said a sinister voice from the group. A man with a built, dark body came to the front of the group whom Mikari guessed was the leader and the one with the voice before. She couldn't make out much from him or the others since they all were wearing masks and stuff yet on the face of the front man was a scar of three claw marks on his right, green eye.

"Alright! Put the bombs everywhere men! We have to drive him out if we wanna get our prize!" the leader said. From this the group of men spread out all around setting up all kinds of bombs in the sacred, garden shrine. "Oi! What are you doing here!" Mikari yelled out finally standing up in view.

The big man looked down at her and said, "Oh what do we have here? A little mutt it seems boys!" he yelled out with the men laughing along. Mikari glared and said, "I'm a wolf dammit! Now answer the question!" Big man laughed at this and said,"Sorry kid. But we're here to take the tailed beast with us for our own needs. So run along unless you wanna get hurt." Mikari gasped loudly and had wide eyes on her frozen figure.

Gobi no Houkou was very pissed off for a few reasons. One, they were gonna blow up his home. Two, they wanna capture him for something which could be anything. And lastly, the man threatened to hurt Mikari which is a big no no with Gobi around. He was gonna rip these guys to shred but couldn't with Mikari close by. But he knew soon she would go run for help from the clan...he dearly hoped.

While the men were setting up the bombs, Mikari's figure was shaking like crazy with her head down and eyes closed. These guys were gonna destroy everything that Gobi had left. They can't do this to her friends home...she wouldn't let it happen! Now with that thought in mind, Mikari ran infront of the oak tree with her arms out. And when the men looked at her, they saw her fangs out and her eyes blazing mad.

"I...won't let you...I won't...let you...destroy this place!" she screamed out. As her words rang out in the volcano, a mass amount of chakra came from Mikari and surrounded her. Not only that, but sparks of lightning started flying all around too. The force of this energy pushed the men away from the bombs and almost all the way to the exit.

"Hmmm interesting power there kid. But what's the point. Your protecting a demon that should die!" the leader exclaimed. "Your wrong!" Mikari said. "Gobi is no demon. He's my friend! And I will not let you destroy his home or hurt him!"

Gobi watching all of this was very surprised. He never expected Mikari's power level like this at a young age. And also, he never expected to be called a friend by the little Ookami.

"Then die you bitch!" the leader said charging at her. Mikari ran at him on all fours with chakra on her hangs and feet resembling claws. With incredible speed, she was able to slash his arm completely off. But when he didn't respond to any pain, she went to bite his leg off. Right before she could rip it off, the man grabbed her with his other arm.

He held her up in the air infront of him. "Sorry mutt. But that's not gonna work." Out of her eye, she say his side with no arm be surrounded with a dark, black chakra. Right there another arm was formed but instead of a hand, it morphed into a giant axe. "Ja ne mutt."

Then all mikari felt was pain swarm over her body. Looking down she saw the axe arm piercing rght through her chest into the other side. She did not scream from pain, he eyes just dialated. And when she was thrown at the tree with blood everywhere, she did not cry. All she could say was "Gomenasai" to Gobi before going unconscious, as death would slowly consume her.

As the man laughed, the Gobi no Houkou snapped. He let out a piercing howl that shook the earth. Tails aflamed with the elements and eyes ablazed with anger, he jumped down infront of Mikari. Oh how pissed he was, nothing could stop his anger as the elements destroyed almost everything around him. His tails whipped around, killing the ninjas or pushing them to the exit as they ran away. Then when his eyes were set on the leader, the Gobi started to concentrate the elements in a ball form. But before he could fire the attack, the leader teleported away knowing he couldn't get the Gobi at this strength.

With all the ninja's gone, Gobi finally calmed his fury down. With his illusion, he transformed himself into a normal, wolf form. He went to Mikari, who was shielded by his rage, and put her on his back. Gobi used his speed to get Mikari to her home for he knew she was a thread away from death and there was only one way to save her.

Back at the house, Orihime and Kai had just put the twins to sleep, They knew that tomorrow was a big day and that Mikari should be back soon. Then when a knock was heard at the door, Kai went to open it but wasn't expecting the view he saw. Right infront of him was a wolf with 5 tails and his daughter bleeding on its back. Gobi didn't wait for the man and went straight for the living room where Orihime was.

Orihime quickly took Mikari in her arms when she saw her and tried to heal her with chakra. Kai finally came to the room asking questions in a fury. "What the hell happened to my daughter! And who the hell are you!" "Hm you should recognize your God fool and there's no time to explain but you must do something for me!" Gobi barked back.

Astonished by the fact that this was the Gobi no Houkou, Kai and Orihime said that they will do whatever he says after hearing what happened. Gobi quickly explained what happened and asked, "Now seal me into Mikari if you want to save her!" "But Gobi no Houkou, you told the clan you would never be sealed for any reason?" Kai said shocked though he really wanted his daughter to be saved. "I know...but Mikari has taught me to protect those you care about. I just can't let her die yet, she deserves so much. This is my love to her like she has shown me everyday so i must repay her!"

With that, Orihime and Kai started the sealing jutsu, when Mikari regained consciousness. "Gobi-kun..." she said weakly at him. "Don't worry Mikari." Gobi said. "Your gonna be alright and this way I'll always be with you. So then you'll always be protected." "So your not leaving me...I've still got stories to tell you." "No I will never leave you...we're ohana so nothing will seperate us. And you can tell me stories everyday or just talk about your life." Mikari smiled at his words. "Ja ne for now Gobi-kun..." "That's Gobi no Houkou little one."

Then with a final howl, the Gobi no Houkou was sealed into Mikari Ookami to save her life. Even though she was now a jinchuuriki, it didn't matter. She was happy to have the Gobi with her, making her more powerful and never alone. So it was a pretty interesting Christmas to the Ookami clan who helped fix the shrine as a sanctuary for all to admire.