Authors note- I have suddenly discovered that I am not quite as good as transitioning as I thought. I'm happy that people are enjoying this story since i enjoy writing it. Actually, the more i think of it the more I can actually make connections between the Okami universe and the bleach universe. For instance, I don't think its hard to believe that Tama and Bakugami could have been the progenitors of the Great Shiba clan or a connection like that.

Review are always appreciated.

Over the next few days, Soul society had been hit with one of the worst storms recorded. It was the sort of deluge that would leave you soaked and freezing if you so much as stuck your head out a window. The sky was grey as stone and it was difficult to tell the passage of time. In fact, some of the captains took advantage of the rain to either catch up on paper work or to postpone it.

Ukitake was watching his fish swim about with interest. There was so much rain that his back yard had flooded and his koi had been released from the confines of their pond. His third seats had just attempted to convince him to come back inside. They practically smothered him in blankets. He was pretty sure they would've drowned him in soup too if "Yukishiro" had not arrived.

Word had spread through out the gotei 13 that someone new and mysterious had joined them. 'Yukishiro' had been regarded with fear and distrust by some, and awe by others. Ukitake had discovered the side effects of the bento box that she had given him and was taking full advantage of it. It was currently being used to curtail any attempts that shinigami women's association would slip into his food. He was quite flattered with the attention but he could really do with out having his picture taken spontaneously.

At any rate Komamura had been unable to give any details regarding their special guest, details of his stories having been lost to time. All he could say was that this spirit had appeared before them in the midst of a catastrophe fought along side one of their own, stopped an apocalypse, and that it was female. Then he straight up asked the spirit about her purpose but was unable to get anything more then vague descriptions regarding a bug or a hiding place. How trouble some.

There was also the issue with the situation regarding his officer. The rain was so bad that the message system had been slower down to an agonizing crawl. He had sent out an appeal earlier and had yet to hear back from the central 46. He suspected the rain may have something to do with this. If the appeal was turned down then he would have to resort to drastic measures.

Soi Fon was not in a good mood. The onmitsukido headquarters had flooded form the rain. She had the area prepared for just about everything, except for rain. She was currently trying to salvage as much of the documents as she can and failing miserably. The ink in the papers had ran and she couldn't get her wet hair out of her eyes. She had the misfortune of sitting to close to the window when the rain forced it open. She huffed when she realized that she would probably have to rewrite most of the files.

She had missed the meeting a few days ago and she had caught up on what she had missed. She noticed a familiar outline by her window and noticeably brightened. It was the wolf again.

She scoffed when Captain Komamura actually said that 'Yoruichi- sama' was a spirit older then Soul Society itself. Beastclan folklore was not something to be taken seriously and should not be the subject of captain's meetings. She was still embarrassed that she lost her composure after seeing her old mentor again. She had yet to get any answers out of the wolf regarding her animal appearance.

"Yoruichi. Please tell me why you are a wolf? Did that bastard Urahara do this to you?" She demanded for the second time.

The wolf merely looked at her and shook her head. -No. He did not.-

"How did you get like this?"

-I hope you will realize that your attention is misplaced. I am not your beloved idol.-

"Did he rob you of your voice?"

-I don't believe you are able to understand me.-

"Do you hate me?" She pleaded "Please answer.."

-No I do not. I enjoy your presence and I wish you well. Are you alright?- sighed the wolf.

This rather onesided conversation would continue to occur for the next few days ending when Amaterasu patted the captain and sparred lightly. It had been mostly touch and go. Amaterasu was impressed with the captain's agility and Soi Fon was also impressed but not surprised at the speed and agility of the wolf.

Amaterasu knew this would probably not end well for her once the captain discovered the truth. She wished Soi Fon could actually hear her, but it seemed that her mind was too preoccupied to really understand what she was saying.

Amaterasu sat on the roof of one of the barracks. She was looking at a tall imposing cliff, Soukyoku Hill. It was only a matter of time until the big showdown began. Deluge probably wouldn't put out the great flaming bird, but it would certainly weaken it along with the foundation it stood on. The added bonus was that the flooding would bog down the whole system and buy time. That should be enough to stir the pot so to speak.

The rain didn't bother her as much as it did the shinigami. Most shinigami were able to shunpo, the rain put a stop to that because it was so heavy that many of then had trouble seeing beyond the end of their zanpakuto. The also had trouble entering places that were down hill since the majority of those had been flooded. The holy water also interfered with the flight of hell butterflies and the functions of the Senkaimon.

But thanks to the rain Amaterasu could run on water. She had been making a great deal of money on a ferry service too since people liked their packages and paper work dry and arriving in a timely manner. She had to be careful because the nobles kept shoving money at her to move them up the priority list. One of them even tried to cut in line and steal someone else's lily pad and use his zanpakuto as an oar as an attempt to go faster.

Omaeda quickly found out that it didn't work. The lily pad ferry was only as fast as it was because Amaterasu had been pulling it like a sled. He was also too heavy to sit on an non enforced lily pad with out sinking it. In fact, he sank right up to his waist and had to be dragged out by his very irritated captain who had arrived to have something delivered.

"C-CAPTAIN"

"Is there anywhere i can go with out you embarrassing me?!"

The only other shinigami who did not have trouble with the weather was Captain Hitsugaya. He simply froze the water where ever he needed to walk. His headquarters were similarly kept dry with ice barriers. He still stared at Amaterasu in shock. The boy was still beating himself over the fact that he had not noticed a white wolf coming into his office.

Eventually her powers waned again and the storm had went away. The flooded pathways dried up. Fish were returned to their respective ponds. Normal life reasserted itself. Rukia Kuchiki is retrieved from the living world and locked up.

Until one day, the sky exploded and once again Seireitei was enveloped in chaos second only to Amaterasu's appearance.

Amaterasu smiled. -It has begun-