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Chapter 6: The First Demon
A year after my first practice session with Saria, I felt happier than I had ever felt before. Our pack, though it was only three wolfs strong, did everything together. We hunted, played, and explored together. We would venture out into the woods, but so far we had only seen Kodamas, the little tree spirits, and on occasion both the Shishigami's night form. We did almost everything together. Every night, desperately wanting to sleep with my family, I stood guard above them, only sleeping when they were awake. We had a comfortable routine, but it was getting old. We decided to move out, and look for other creatures. After only two thirds of a days travel, we encountered the boars. As we walked into a clearing, we heard a pounding noise. Reacting on instinct, I dove as far to my left as I could. I felt something clip my flank. It was painful, and it drew blood. As I hobbled up I saw a boar. Even bigger than I was, he had charged me. I took the time to look around. Saria was nowhere to be seen, and Naku was lying on his side in the grass. I could see some of his ribs sticking out of his side. Broken. He was badly injured. ((Damn boar! Show yourself, you coward!)) I roared. The boar stomped into the clearing. His tusks were still wet with Naku's blood. ((Brainless pig! What the hell are you doing?!)) He looked at me with eyes full of hatred. ((They did it! You will all suffer! Die!)) he roared madly. Without warning, snake-like tendrils started to whip put from his side. They reeked of evil. As the tendrils started to consume his body, I noticed that he had what appeared to be three our four sticks lodged in his stomach. I lunged for the boar. Some of its tendrils lashed out at me, burning though my fur and on to my skin. I ignored the searing pain and tackled him. He was too heavy for me to completely tip over. But he rocked a bit. I bit him on the neck. Hard. He squealed in pain. As he backed off, wounded, I felt elated. I had won! But then the boar came back into the clearing, holding Saria in his jaws. He dropped her to the ground. And then he stepped on her. The pressure crushed the bones in her legs, and she let loose a howl that could be heard from miles. Suddenly, I felt a burning in the places the tendrils had touched me. Charging forward, I grabbed his head and shook it so hard with unnatural strength, that it came half off. He toppled to the ground, no signs of his cursed tentacles anywhere on his body. I turned to my brother and sister, in the process of deciding which was more badly hurt. As I turned to Saria, I saw another boar behind her. And another. And another. I looked around the clearing. I was surrounded by boars. Over a hundred of them.
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