Recap of Chapter One: Waka is passing through Kamiki Village when a dog steals his flute. The dog's owner, a little kid named Toshiro, retrieved the flute and, upon realizing that Waka was the Tao Master, invites him to stay the night in the village. Just then, Waka sees a prophecy that the Sun Goddess' reincarnation, whose name is Amaterasu, will appear. Waka agrees to stay the night, and sure enough, Amaterasu shows up that night.

LAST TIME:::

"Oh, bonjour my little bouncing friend. Is this the goddess Amaterasu?"

"Yeah, and how would you know we were here?" Issun shouted. He was a little green Ponacle and he was bouncing up and down on the great God's nose.

Annoying creature, thought Waka.

"I am a prophet," replied Waka.

"Ya half-baked prophet, whadya want with us?"

Waka drew his sword. "Can you defeat me, the Gods' gift to man, Goddess Amaterasu?" Waka challenged, pointing the blade at the wolf's face.

Chapter Two: The Prophecy

Amaterasu, who had been listening to the conversation intently this whole time, began to growl and bared her teeth.

"This is how I get my point across," Waka said, still pointing his sword at Amaterasu. "Literally."

The great white wolf lunged at him, but Waka smoothly dodged the advancement. "You are weaker than you used to be, Amaterasu," he commented. Amaterasu snarled louder.

"You gonna` take that, Ammy?!" the annoying little green bug shouted. Amaterasu howled in response. She then jumped at Waka again.

She just barely missed. Suddenly, a huge tidal wave came crashing down on him. Waka sensed that the Goddess had used a Celestial Brush technique. Maybe she wasn't as weak as he first thought, after all…

Waka got knocked to the ground, but only remained there for a few seconds before he got to his feet again. He then charged at the Goddess with his sword and slashed her side. She yelped for a swift second and fell back, but then regained her balance and flung her Divine Instrument at him. She missed.

At that moment, Waka foresaw another future event:

Both Sun and Moon must work together on a quest to destroy the 8-headed snake, which has come out of its 200 year sleep…the opposites must work with each other, and not against each other.

What?! thought Waka in shock as he drew back from Amaterasu. He didn't want the white wolf to distract him from his thoughts.

"What is it, ya half-baked prophet?" Issun taunted.

Waka hesitated. "I…foresaw something…and…it involves…Amaterasu and I to…kill Orochi."

"What?!" Issun exclaimed.

"Yes…that was exactly my reaction, my little bouncing friend."

"I don't believe you. You're just a half-baked prophet! How do we know that you aren't just making this up?!" The little green Ponacle drew his small little sword and Amaterasu growled at Waka.

Waka sighed. Speaking to Amaterasu, he said, "Ma Cherie, you know as well as I do that I don't have a good reason for making this up. I do not wish to do this any more than you, and I still believe that I don't need your help destroying the 8-headed Orochi. You are quite weak. Oh well, one can't dwell on past victories, I suppose."

Amaterasu was still in a fighting-stance. "Hey, Ammy, how bout' we ask a real prophet?" Issun suggested, eyeing Waka. Waka did not appear offended, which made Issun determined to do so.

"This is stupid, my little bouncing friend," Waka concluded with a sigh.

"Let's go to that weird lady in Agata Forest," said Issun to his travel companion. "What was her name…oh yeah, Madam Fawn. At least she gives real predictions!"

"Very well. Let's go," Waka said, eager to get this quest over with so that he could go back to being alone.

"Fine," Issun pouted. Waka was starting to wish that he hadn't stayed in Kamiki Village after all.

It took them the rest of that night and half of the next day to reach the cave in which Madam Fawn had set up her house. As they entered, they heard Madam Fawn's voice say, "You have arrived at last."

"Bonjour, Ma Cherie. Would you tell Amaterasu and Issun the prophecy so that they believe me?" Waka requested.

"Yes, of course. But, I require a small fee," said the old woman greedily.

"How much? Ya old hag, if you only knew how long we've been traveling just to hear this one stupid prediction…"

"Oh, I know," the woman cut Issun off. "I require 500 yen for my services. Hand it over if you want to hear the prediction."

Sighing, Issun handed over some yen to the lady. Ammy sat down on the floor, her eyes fixated on the female prophet.

"I forsee…" the woman began, "Both Sun and Moon must work together on a quest to destroy the 8-headed snake, which has come out of its 200 year sleep…the opposites must work with each other, and not against each other."

"That's the exact thing that I foresaw," sighed Waka to the bug and the wolf. "If you ask me, Ma Cherie, this whole trip was just a big waste of time and money."

"Any more words of advice, Madam Fawn?" Issun asked, ignoring Waka's statement.

"Yes…but I will require another 500 yen," she replied.

"No way!" exclaimed Issun.

"Oh, very well. I foresee…always trust what is seen of the future. You will know what I mean when the time comes. That is all for now."

As the threesome exited the cave, Issun started shouting at Ammy about how they never should have gone to Kamiki Village in the first place, and then Amaterasu proceeded to pick up the little green Ponacle in her mouth. A few moments later, she spit him out. He drew his little sword and pointed it at Waka.

"It's all your stupid fault that you waited for us in that stupid village!" Issun accused.

"It's not my fault that I can see the future and you can't!" argued Waka, who was already in a bad mood.

"Oh yeah? Well, you're just a half-baked prophet!"

"At least I don't charge a ridiculous price for a simple fortune!" Waka exclaimed.

"At least she's a professional!" Issun huffed.

"And whoever said that I'm not?"

"Me!"

"You, my little bouncing friend? And who made you an expert?!"

"Stop calling me little!"

"I am going to squash you if you don't shut up!"

"I'd like to see you try," challenged Issun matter-of-factly.

"My pleasure!"

Suddenly, Amaterasu, obviously tired of hearing the two argue over trivial things, broke up the fight by biting Waka's arm and then putting Issun in her mouth, growling.

Oh, what a pleasant start to their journey!

To be continued…

Thank you for reading Chapter Two: The Prophecy. I really hope you enjoyed it. Please, Please, PLEASEreview. I really love it when people review my work. It makes me feel very, very happy :). I'd love to thank everyone who has left a review.

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-Ratt9 (3/30/2009)

P.S.: It's not that I don't like Issun. I really do like Issun a lot. I am just trying to follow his personality. I do not actually think that Issun is annoying!!!!! :)