Here is chapter 3. Welcome to Nippon. There are some characters you mean recongize here.

Note: * symbol mean the person thought.

I do not own Okami.

The last thing Kevin remember was holding on to Flora until he slip out of her hand and vanish; next thing he know he open his eyes and got a bright light hurting his eyes. He got from his feet and notice the moment he touch the floor with his hand it was grass. He opens his eye and notices that he a wide, open-space field that is close to the ocean. As he try to find out where on Earth is he, he got tackle by a tall, guy with a long pony-tail, wearing a blue, sleeveless shirt with a japans' word on it, while carry a long stick and a box that is stripe on top of it. Kevin got up and helps the guy get up on his feet and give him his stick back.

Kevin "Hey, are you okay?"

Ida "Yeah, thank for helping me up. Sorry for hitting you, I guess I was too fast to see you. Name is Ida by the way." The guy talk so fast, Kevin had to listen very careful and hope he didn't miss a single word he said.

Kevin "Um, you're welcome. Wait, may you tell me where am I?"

Ida "What do you mean where you are? You are in Shinshu Field, part of Nippon." Kevin mind just stop working; he had never heard of Shinshu Field or Nippon. Which mean he must not even be on earth, but has the sky and the sun, so what does that mean?

Ida "Look, it getting dark and I don't think you want to stay when it get dark. There is a village known as Kamiki Village right close to here, so just follow the trail and it will lead you there."

Kevin "Thank a lot. Say, have you seen a strange girl around here?"

Ida "No, you are the only person that is strange. Now if you excuse me, I have a delivery to do."

Kevin "Yeah, thanks you and wishes you luck on your delivery." As Ida ran off, Kevin follow the trail Ida asks him to follow. *Kevin: Where are you Flora? Please god, make sure she be okay.*

Meanwhile...

Flora, now a serpent, faces the mysteries man, trying to see what under the hood, but fail instead. The man lifts the stick and pointed at her.

Mysteries man "You just came right on time, demon." Flora got surprise, yet confuses what the stranger calls her. *Flora: What did he said... demon?* "I was beginning to worry if you weren't coming, but I guess I was wrong."

Flora "W...Who are you? Where am I? And what happen to my body?" She begins to wave her tail around, meaning she was scare, though try to hide her fear from the stranger but fail.

Mysteries man "I see you are confused of your situation, and I guess you have no memory of who you really are. But you must understand that you must relax and listen to me for now. And don't worry; I didn't come to hurt you." *Flora: Yeah, that the least of my concern as of now*

Flora "So, who are you and where am I?" She began to talk calmly as her body stop shaking and her heart began to slow down.

Mysteries man "My name is not important, but if you like, you may call me Myth." *Flora: What can of person call himself that! Myth? He should just stay being mysteries man than that.* "Also, You are no longer living the world you once knew. Were in Nippon, a small land where legends and myth are real, like you." This got Flora attention and made a bit confuse.

Flora "What did you mean when you call me demon? I am a human, not a demon."

Myth "No, you were born a demon, but you decide to take form a human and live among them. But destiny has call you to become what your really are; a demon born from evil." Flora felt like a knife stab her in a heart; then her blood were being to boiled out of rage as show in her eyes.

Flora "That not true, I was born human, not like this! I want to turn back and go home right now; everyone is worry about me, even Kevin. Wait, Kevin was with me through that portal, where is he?"

Myth "He here, but somewhere else. So are the three demons that came with you."

Flora "Wait, you mean those three that attack me and Kevin from home?"

Myth "Yes, and because of them, they release evil beyond our imagination. You see, when they were in the portal, the dark chi in it mutant and evolve the demons into far worst demons and made them powerful, like the portal turn you back into a demon. Now, we need your help to stop them and save our world." Flora was amaze by this shocking result, but realize that she can't do anything at all; she just a teenage girl who just turn into a snake.

Flora "Look, just as much as I like to help, there nothing I can do. I just want to go home and find Kevin." Myth rub his head from her answer, but then look at her with a serious look, if she can see his face.

Myth "Listen, if you want to find your friend, you have to save the world and stop the demons. Only then the portal will open and you can return home. You have no other option in this situation."

Flora "But how can I beat them with no arms or legs. I am just a serpent." She lay on the ground, knowing that she can't really do anything by slither around the floor.

Myth "No, you are no ordinary snake; you are the descendent of the Orochi, the eight-headed snake demon."

Flora "Wait, who that?"

Myth "As much as I love to tell stories, we do not have time." The sky began to go dark and noise was coming from the forest. "You must find the eight elements, only then can you defect the three demon brothers."

Flora "But how can I find this eight elements?"

Myth "Just feels them and you will find them. One of them is right here" Then before Flora a glowing letter appear in front of her. The japeness letter glow red and mean fire. "Take it quickly before they come." And then like that the stranger was gone. The noise began to get louder; Flora began to get worry and decided to touch. Then her body was cover in golden armor while a helmet appears on her head with with the symbol of fire on top of it. Then two green imps jump from the tree and ran toward Flora. She began to panic as she has no idea how to fight them at all. Then as one of them get close, she felt a surge of power coursing through her body and then breath fire at one of them. The other imp jump in the air to attack her, but then her body move on its own and just grab the imp by the leg. She throws the imp to the wall and breathes fire at it, finishing the last one. Flora just amazes how she fought the imps, even if she has no idea how she learn to fight at all. Then Myth returns out of nowhere and claps his hands.

Myth "Well done, but that was just the training; the real battle will come soon."

Flora "How did I do that?"

Myth "Well that simple; your blood. You demon blood know how to fight and your body just learn it from it. Now that you have the fire element, you can do thing more than just breath fire, but I will teach you another time. The other seven are in different area and you must find them to get stronger."

Flora "Okay, but I can't do this all by myself. I need help."

Myth "That is why I shall join you on this journey, and just maybe we will find Kevin on the way there."

*Flora: I guess I have no other choice. Look out elements, I will find you all* Myth picks her up on his shoulder and begins their journey of the other elements.

Meanwhile...

Kevin has finally reached the village and to his surprise, the village is surrounding with lot of cherry trees. Then he saw a strange man who wield a golden sword and just witness the man cutting the entire stuff puppet in just one second, in such speed. He decided it was time to met the man in person; as he got close, the man turn and pointed his sword at Kevin, only to find he was a real person.

? "Oh, sorry about that. Thought that you were a stuff puppet." The man lower the sword and Kevin relax a bit.

Kevin "Yeah, people been doing that for a while. So how did you do that in such speed?"

Suasson "Ha, there nothing that I, Suasson the greatest warrior of all time, can't do. It takes great training and willpower does all that. Say, I never seen clothing like you're before, are you a tribe I never heard of here in Nippon?" *Kevin: Oh that right, I can't just tell them where I from. This could actually be the past, or maybe not but can't risk It.*

Kevin "Um, am from a small village all the way from the island from here."

Suasson "I never heard of a village far from there. There are villages at the north, south, west and east side of Nippon, but no village in any island." Suasson began to get suspicious of the strange boy and this so-call island village.

Kevin "Well, um...that because we never leave the island because, um, demon! Yeah, all because of demons. Kevin tries to conceive his lie from Suasson, but Suasson look deeply into his eye, to see if Kevin was telling the truth. Luckily, Suasson is not good at telling was is true and just smile.

Suasson "Well you don't have to worry about demons; because they are long gone few mouth ago. Thank to the sun goddess and me, including other people that strangely can't remember."

Kevin "Sun goddess? Who the sun goddess?" Suasson just open his eyes widely open, because he is shock to hear someone who doesn't know the sun goddess, causing an awkward moment.

Suasson "Whoa, you must be living under the rock for not knowing what happen from the last few years ago. Well you see..." But as he looks up the sky, he notice the sun is going down, which he suddenly jumps up and his face was cover in sweat. "Oh no, I forget to met her to help her out. Am afraid I must leave, but don't worry I will return to explain later." Suasson run off in incredible speed, going the direction Kevin went from Shinshu Field.

Kevin decided to take a walk around the village, seeing the wonderful view from the waterfall to the small island; it was like he was dreaming, only real. Then he notice a huge cherry tree, decided to have a better look at it and climb up the stairs. As he reach the tree, he notice these large, stone-like door close to the tree, and when he pass the stone the sky turn black and the tree open a glowing gate inside the tree. The right above him came a puff of pink smoke and then a women wearing a pink kimono and a purple wrap that almost look like a cloud around her shoulder, while they are lefts on her hair and on her chest. She had a long, black hair that is tied at the back with two strands parting to the sides at the front of her face. She looks at Kevin and her face told him that she is not happy at all.

? "Ah, you must one of them; the one I had sense that causes this land in pain."

Kevin "Whoa, wait a sec lady, I didn't cause any pain. I didn't mean to make anything or anyone to be in pain in the first place."

?"Doesn't matter if you didn't mean harm something or not, because of you and the other one that came here, darkness has begun to spread and soon the whole world will be consumed by it."

Kevin began scratching his hair, having no idea what on earth this lady is trying to say at all, but somehow he and Flora were involve with this *Kevin: Wait a sec, does this mean that those guy that attack me are also here?*

Kevin "Look, I have to admit I have not a clue what is going on here, but since it kind of my fault for all this, just tell me how to fix it." The lady once frown face began to slowly become a smile, as if hope had finally come to her after all this time.

? "Actually, there is something you can do. There will be someone who will arrive here at Shinshu Field, and I like you to join her on this journey to save Nippon and vanquish the one responsible for this. If I am correct, defeating the one who cause all this will return you and your friend back to where you came from." The last sentence got Kevin attention.

Kevin "Wait, can you tell me where she is?" But the lady only shack her head as his answer.

? "Am afraid not. Something is disturbing my magic, making it harder to find her, as if something is hiding her presence. Is this friend very important to you?"

Kevin "What, no. She is just a friend of my, that all." Though in his mind, he hasn't seen her since childhood, then he met her again, only now she is what people call her 'The Ice Queen', and now he lost her in a strange world; everything is coming to him to quick and just wish it end now.

? "Aright, you should go and met her before she leaves Shinshu Field."

Kevin "Um, thank for the info. Oh wait, I didn't ask your name."

Sakuya "People know me Sakuya. It was nice knowing you. May the cherry blossom guild through your journey." And then she turn into a petals of cherry blossom and flew away to the winds. Kevin soon leaves the tree and the sky return, while follow the lady word and return back to the field.

Meanwhile at a dark castle over the sky, it was dark and was hard to describe the inside and outside of the castle, only three figures clouded by darkness, sitting in their individual throne chairs within the hallway.

Stranger on left side "So those two have arrived at last. It only took those three and a half a year to finally arrive, I was worry they will never come."

Stranger on the right side "So does this mean we can kill them now? It been too long and all I been doing is sitting here and just having to listen to you guys."

Stranger on the middle "Silence the both of you! Now then, we just wait and see what happen. But first, send in the generals and protect the elements. This should be interesting."

Hope you enjoy it. Comment me if i made some mistake or has some idea's.