A/N: And another chappie!
Disclaimer: I do not own Okami, the wonderful Capcom does.
Yumi POV:
I feel my face and it's cooled down now. It had been three minutes since Waka had given me my prophecy and we had walked to the path that led to the broken bridge. Honestly I did not know what his prophecy meant but I always blush when it comes to love. We proceed and find Kokari and Ume by the river. Kokari has a rope on the other end of a broken bridge.
"Hey! I lassoed the rope to the other side. Look!" Kokari says. Suddenly Susano comes rushing down the river on a giant log yelling something.
"Hey, you there! Get that rope out of my way!"
"Huh? Susano? What's going on?" Issun asks.
"My new secret technique - Imploding Barrel, Flying Monkeys - was a flop. I ended up being washed downstream on this tree trunk!" Susano responds.
"Here he comes! Hold onto that fishing pole, kid!" Issun warns Kokari.
"No wait, let go of it!" Issun says suddenly.
"No you guys, I said let go!" Issun repeats himself.
"Ammy, Yumi use your Celestial Brushes, quick!" Issun yells as Ammy, Kokari, Ume, Waka, Issun and I get pulled onto the log with Susano in the back. Ammy focuses on the left side of the log while I focus on the right side. I quickly see an open Konohana Blossom and make a line to the bud to a hook on the right side with my brush. Ammy, seeing this does the same when she sees one, or I assume does. I almost immediately see another Blossom and do the same. The process repeats itself until my side is done. I look over to Ammy's side and there is only one vine to a hook. I help her doing another vine and then she gets the last one. The log stops itself just before the log falls over the waterfall and the log flings us back and I end up face forward in the dirt. I slowly get up and see everyone standing. What the potato? How did I end up face first-
"Phew... I thought we were goners... But it all worked out. Just look at that new bridge!" Issun says happily.
"Did I do that?" Kokari says astounded.
"Heh heh, that's right! It was all you, kid! I don't know what was eating you, but... You'll never get anywhere in life running from adventure! You should thank your doggie for teaching you that!" Issun says calmly.
"I couldn't have done it without you, Ume. Thanks!" Kokari says very happily.
"Hey, where'd pops go? I'm sure it'd take more than that to kill the guy. He's bound to pop up somewhere again!" Issun says. Then Kokari pulls me aside. I start to blush badly.
"Ummmmmmmm...I never learned you and your friend's names..." Kokari says shyly.
"Oh! My friend's name is Amaterasu and I'm Yumi." I say shyly too.
"Wait...Amaterasu? That's a gods name though...Oh I get it she was named after a god!" Kokari says.
"Umm...yeah that's why!" I say nervously.
"So umm...Yumi...Why did you steal that key?" He asks. I sigh.
"Well because, there was this huge monster down there and well I didn't want you to get hurt...Oh! I-i mean we didn't want you to get hurt!" I say as my blush deepens. Then I notice that he had been blushing ever since he had pulled me over to the crevice in the mountain wall.
"Yumi! We need to go already!" I hear Issun yell.
"Uhh sorry gotta go!" I say quickly. I rush over to where Ammy, Issun and Waka were waiting.
"Hmmm...this will make a good bridge! Let's go guys!" We climb over the large trunk and get on top of the log. We then hop off and the log and continue ahead.
"Taka Pass lies ahead. Great plains in the mountains. Let's prepare for the worst... But hope for the best! Well, let's get going, ya big furballs!" Issun says. Ammy and I nod and we head to Taka Pass.
"So, Taka Pass has been cursed, too... I bet we'll find a withered Guardian Sapling around here." Issun says while examening the cursed zone. We head down the path and see a sign. I read it aloud.
"To the famous tree, Cherry Breeze" I say. We look to where the sign points. It points to an old path. We head down it and see a crack in the wall. I offer to do Cherry Bomb and bomb the crack. We enter a medium sized cave with a wooden ramp leading up and around. We follow the wooden ramp and exit the cave. We are now back in open curse zone daylight and follow the path. We come across a wooden bridge that has many planks missing. Ammy uses Rejuvenation on the bridge and we cross.
"Yay another one!" I say happily.
"Wait let's return to our wolf forms Ammy!" I say urgently. Ammy nods and touches her YinYang symbol while I touch my crystal. We shine white light then return to our wolf forms.
"May I?" I ask Ammy. She nods. I carefully draw the circle and blossoms surround the tree and light is everywhere. The curse zone practically disintegrates.
"I have never..." Waka says in awe. Ammy nods.
"Let's go." She says.
"Oh, let's go to Kusa Village!" Issun says. I nod. We head down the path and back to the sign. We follow the path until we reach a sign saying: 'Straight Kusa Village' and we follow. We head up the path and enter Kusa Village. And the first thing we see is blackness and Ammy and I feel our powers depleting.