A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR PRINCESS MONONOKE! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE MY OCS!
Chapter 12: Wolves to Boars
The next morning, the others woke up to Yusei's urging. They sat up. They were honestly surprised how comfortable the ground was here. They didn't even have any sore muscles or stiff bones.
Yusei handed each of them what seemed to be a cooked piece of meat. "This should sustain you for a while."
He immediately began to eat his. It was a tough piece of meat to chew, but each human managed. While Yusei seemed to have no problem eating it.
"Where did you even get this meat?" Crow asked.
"Killed a couple large rabbits," Yusei answered. "Cooked the meat since you guys can't have it raw."
"Can you have it raw?" Luna asked.
"Yeah," he answered. "Used to be the only way I had it. But cooked meat is okay. On rare occasions I'll eat the meat cooked, if I want to. I had to cook it for you guys anyway. So why not just have mine cooked as well?"
"True enough," Jack agreed as they finished.
They turned as Moro walked up with her two wolf pups at her side. Yusei immediately stood and was in front of his friends. A herd of giant boars came up.
The lead boar immediately told the wolves who stepped forward a bit more, "We are here to kill the humans and save the Forest. Why are the humans here, Moro?!"
"Humans are everywhere these days," she answered. "Go back to your own mountain. Kill them there. The man with black hair, I know you've heard of. His name is Yusei, he's the Prince of the Spirits."
"We know of the Prince of the Spirits, so we will not harm him. But we will kill humans here! We will save this forest. What are the other humans doing here?!" the lead boar retorted.
"They were guided here by another godly force. The Forest Spirit gave them his blessing to be in the Forest. He told me directly. I know you heard of it. Whether through his calls or the Kodama. He spared them. They are not our enemy!" Yusei explained.
"Forest Spirit spared them?! Spared the lives of those lonesome runts?!" the leader exclaimed seeming angry as they all gave shouts of anger. "Why didn't he save Nago?! Was he not the guardian of the Forest?! Why?!"
"The Forest Spirit gives life and takes life away," Moro told them. "Life and death are his alone. Or have you boars forgotten that?"
"You lie!" the leader boar retorted. The humans there were getting tense, not sure what to do. "You must have begged the Forest Spirit to spare their lives! But you did not beg for Nago, did you?"
"Nago was afraid to die," Moro answered as Yusei glared warningly. "Now, I, too, carry within my breast a poison human bullet." Yusei looked at her alarmed and worried. "Nago fled and the darkness took him. I remain and contemplate my death."
Yusei ran up to his mother. "Mother, please ask the Forest Spirit to save you."
"I have lived long enough, Yusei," she told him gently. "Soon, the Forest Spirit will let me rest forever."
"All these years, you've defended the Forest Spirit. He must save you," he argued.
"You are not fooling us!" the lead boar cut in angrily. "Nago was beautiful and strong. He would not have run from anything! You wolves must've eaten him!"
"Quiet!" Yusei ordered. "Watch what you say, you filthy pig!"
They turned as an old looking, grey boar came up. He was quite a big larger than the rest. Moro seemed relieved to see him as the other boars made way. "Okkoto…" the mother wolf greeted. "Finally, a boar who will listen to reason."
The boar walked up to the humans and Yusei told him, "Lord Okkoto, wait. You shouldn't hurt them."
The mighty boar looked at Yusei. But he was more sniffing her. "Ahh…" he greeted. "You are the legendary Prince of the Spirits. Moro's once human child. And, in a way, a child of the Forest Spirit." That surprised the humans a bit.
"You're blind," Yusei commented, seeming a bit surprised as the boar blew some air on him.
"Stand back," Okkoto told the Prince of the Spirits. "I will not harm them unless they show harm."
Yusei slowly stepped away, surprising his friends. They were a bit worried of what exactly this boar would do to them. Okkoto stepped up to the humans and sniffed each of them.
"I believe you all," the seeming to be lord of the boars stated. "The Forest Spirit's energies and scents have been placed on each one of you through his gifts. You have been welcomed among us. Why, though, I am not certain. But you are not our enemies. As for Nago, I have heard of what happened myself and I have learned the rumors to be true. Along with his death." The other boars looked down sadly. "But you cannot bring anymore humans into this forest. Or I will have to kill you."
"You cannot win against the humans," Moro told him. "Their guns will destroy you all."
"Look on my tribe, Moro," Okkoto told her. "We grow small, and we grow stupid. We will soon be nothing but squealing game that the humans hunt for their meat."
"You'd risk everything on one last battle? That's just what the humans want," she responded gently.
"I do not ask for the help of the Wolf Tribe. Even if every one of us dies, it will be a battle the humans will never forget," Okkoto replied. He then walked off with the boars.
The wolves, Yusei, and the group of humans then noticed the Forest Spirit standing on the water, drinking it a bit. Yusei whispered the mighty god's name gently and in respect. It looked at them before leaving the area.
"Come with us for now, humans friends of Yusei," Moro told them. "You can introduce yourselves at our home. You'll be staying there until we can find a way to get you back to New Domino."
They nodded and followed her, Yusei, and the two wolve pups up the mountain into a cave high on a hill of rocks. There, the humans properly and respectfully introduced themselves and they talked for a while, Moro asking most of the questions. Eventually, night fell and the group went to sleep.