It was a dark, cold night as sorrow had filled the village. The events that had taken place just hours ago still lingered in Okami's head. How could he do something like that, and how could he possibly be forgiven for the things he had done.
His protector form was currently speaking to him, but he couldn't focus on any of his words. He had separated himself from Solstice to collect his thoughts.
"Okami, are you even listening to me." Okami snaps out of his dreadful thought as he hears Mamoru speak to him once more.
"Sorry about that Mamoru, I just can't stop thinking about the occurrence that had happened in that fight just hours ago." Mamoru understood the poor wolf's grief.
"Remember what your mother had said, Okami, you cant control Kyoki, that's for sure. You have to control his power. For that is why you feel yourself pull away; his power is currently too much for you to handle."
Mamoru was right, but only if he could get Kyoki to talk to him. It would help him learn more about his power to control it better. They have the same amount of abilities, so that isn't a problem; it's how strong his body is. He could crush something with the squeeze of a hand, but for me, it would take more force.
"Kyoki, speak to me. How can I contain your power? I need you to help me in this war, but I need you to talk to me so we can work this out for that to happen." a lot of thoughts were flowing through his head as he remembered what Kyoki had done to both of his friends.
"̴̘̳͌̄̋Ī̸̖̤ͅt̸̪́̒͝s̵̞͚͒́̎ ̷͈̈́̄͒n̴̖͒̀ŏ̸͖̯̂͝ẗ̴́ͅ ̶̡̰̱͋̇t̴̖̝̫̕͝h̴̭̾̓͛a̴̡̢̐͑̽t̵̠̙́̑̐ ̸̣̽͘ȋ̷̝͚͂̽ ̴͓̲̌̍d̶̟͙̎ô̴͓̊̆͜n̵̝͙̍t̴͔̪͛ ̷̲̋ẅ̶̟͕̳́̀ä̴̹́n̸͈̭̣͆͗̕t̸̑͜ͅ ̶̠̱̱̌͛͘t̸̀͜o̴̖̭̓͋͋ ̶͕͒̃̋ș̴͛́p̶̯̫͚̉ḛ̶̠͋ͅà̶̲̠̓̈́ḱ̷̜̣,̸̦͈̂̍̌ ̷̜͓̓̈̃ṁ̵͇̳͜y̸͔̫͊͐ ̵̻͈̈́v̸͙̙͊̀̽o̶͉̗̞͂̋͝ḯ̵̲͓̕c̷̜͖̏͜e̶̺̓̀͝ ̵̣̫̹̈̀̿h̸̆͜͠ǘ̷ͅr̶͉̉ț̴̍͐̐s̵̳̖͊͠ ̵̭́̏̅m̷̢̛̩̰̄̎y̶̢̠͖͛̈́̕ ̷̱̓t̶̰̝̎̃͘h̴̨͎̎̒ȑ̶͍ò̴̗̻á̵̢̡t̸̳̯̓͜.̸̰̎ ̴̱̪͑̚͜s̴̹̜͖͐ǒ̷̞̞̞͊̈́ ̵̲̪̳̓͊I̵͕͇̒͛͠ ̶̬̬̯̇̓ḓ̵̗̙́̅ǒ̵͓͋̕ͅn̸̝̪͊̈́'̷̱̱͍͂̾̕ţ̷̜͎͛͛̕ ̴͚̗̂ͅs̶̥̑̾p̸͈͖̾͛e̸̼̐̔ǎ̸̭̱̟̈̚k̷̩̑̈́́ ̶̥̺̭̋̃̈m̷͍͇̈́̕͠u̷̡̧͈̓̉̈c̸̘̖̅̚͝ḩ̸̮̯̿͋.̶͚̋̒"̸̫̉͠ kyoki's crackled voice spoke to Okami, the orange wolf didn't know the condition of the insane form, so that's why he had been silent all this time, it was because his voice hurts him.
"Can you at least tell me how to control myself, how to train myself to control your power?"
The orange wolf wanted to know how to create a bond with this insane form; he didn't want to bring harm to his friends anymore; his heart had started to ache knowing that Mark was dead, and so was Monster.
I'm a Monster and nothing else; no one could prove to me otherwise.
He had felt sorry for the things that he had caused his friends; he missed them.
All the laughter they had spent with each other had turned into a quiet and broken atmosphere.
"̸̫̹̽Ỏ̵̖͔̂k̸̘̬͊̈a̶̖͍̚m̴̭̌ị̷̟͌͠ ̸̮̊l̵̦̏̚i̸͙̪̒̈́s̷͌ͅt̸͈̽e̵̺͕͒n̷̪̍̈́,̷̼̦̌͑ ̸̩̽̅i̴̹̎ ̶͍̈́͘d̷̪͔́͝o̴̫͒̿͜n̸̫̅̕t̵͚͈̒̚ ̵̳̥̾q̸̠́͊u̶̦͙͌i̶̯̭͊̔t̴̘̜̂̆ȅ̶͖̬ ̸̝͊͆k̸̝͗͝n̴͙̎o̴͎̅̽ẅ̶̡̺́̚ ̷̧̎̚h̸̲̃o̵̢̘͐w̷̜̥̑̈́ ̶̣̑̿t̶̞̑ó̴̳̊ ̷̨̻̚ć̴̜͎̈́o̸̹̫͊̍n̸͖̳͒͛t̶̢̑̆r̴͉̼̿o̶̮̅͘l̵̢͌ ̵̛̝̜m̵̤͔͂͌ỳ̴̨̝͂s̷͔̑ḛ̸̎l̵̟̀͝f̷̱̈́͠ ̶̬̓̕͜e̴̠͆̕ͅi̵͎̕t̴͈͛ȟ̵͈͙͗é̴̳̭r̶̘̜̎,̴̠̪̂͘ ̵͖̐͜ḃ̶̨̆o̷̠͛̎t̴͉̅̍h̵͍̋ ̷͔͍̈m̷̢̙̌e̸͈̟͠ ̵͓̔̈a̷̘̿ṉ̶̜͛̀d̵͍͍̒̕ ̵̦̋̌y̴̭͈̓͐o̴̧͔̔u̷̱̙̍͛ ̸̮́̈́ẹ̷͔͐͝q̸̢͎̎u̴͘͜ǎ̷͈̩͠l̷̳͊̽l̵͈͑y̴̔̑͜͜ ̵̭̻͝h̶̆̂ͅä̴̤͔v̸͈͓̉̏ę̴͈̇̅ ̴̳̋̂t̴̳̳̑̆ǫ̷̭͋ ̶̫̭͂t̷̤͝r̷̤̀͜ȳ̷̦ ̸̧̦͐̈́a̶̛̜̎n̵̳͈͒͒ḍ̵͋̔ ̶̤̅c̵͖͌ŏ̵͚͇̈́n̵͔̊t̵̤͔̿̈́r̷̪̀̉ỏ̷̪̜l̷̡͍͒ ̷̝̠͂̏j̴͓͖̄͛u̶͕̝͛s̶͇̝̔t̸͙͍͐͂ ̷̺́̈́m̷̤̀̕ē̸͉͖̓.̶̮͌̓"̷̯̗̾͋ Okami could tell that Kyoki was already having a tough time speaking as his voice was becoming dry and more crackly.
Okami just laughs at the insane form; they would for sure be learning how to control themselves.
How could the other wolves see him as the highest animal if he couldn't even control himself?
"You don't have to worry about speaking anymore, Kyoki; take a break. I'll talk to you about this another time."
Silence once again roamed the dreadful night sky as both of Okami's forms went to their own worlds, thinking of the future events that could take place.
Okami felt wet tears start running down his face, for no matter what he did, he couldn't keep all of the negative out of his head.
The orange wolf was too deep in thought to even notice Solstice leaning against the mouth of the cave, worried for the wolf.
He had felt the same way when he had killed his parents and had hurt Monster badly. He had distanced himself from Monster for ten years, just from all of the sorrow he had felt.
Okami wasn't handling it much better than he had. Mark, Monster, And himself were all that he had, for he had lost his parents at such a young age just because of one person.
Solstice had cleared his throat, gaining Okami's attention; the grey wolf could see newly fallen tears and dried tears at the same time.
"Hey, Okami, how are you feeling? I've got some good news and some bad news for you. I thought you would wanna know."
The orange wolf had gotten up, walking to the grey wolf, he wiped his eyes, containing himself as he waited for Solstice to continue what he was saying.
"Good news, Monster isn't dead; he had survived your poison. But the bad news is that he is sick. He can barely move. I don't think Kyoki ever had the motivation to hurt my brother; there are different kinds of poisons that animals can use. I think Kyoki had mixed up his regular poison with paralysis poison, which doesn't kill the target but makes them sick and unable to move."
Okami's eyes went wide; he wanted to see him. He wanted to apologize for what he had done to him.
Okami tells Solstice to take him where he was being held, which was an infirmary area that Mark had initially had made for when the village was filled with Okami's future pack.
Upon entering the infirmary, Okami could see Monster laying on the closest bed to them as Mark was on the other one.
He knew that Mark didn't make it, but bandages were wrapped around his entire body just if there was a chance.
"Hey Monster, I brought Okami just like you wanted. I'll leave you two alone to talk." Solstice speaks up with a smile on his face as he takes his leave.
Monster slowly opens his eyes; the orange wolf could tell right away that he was hurting as tears started to flow down his face.
Monster could feel his sorrow; he smiled before speaking up to the orange wolf.
"Your okay, Okami, this isn't your fault. Kyoki is learning how to control himself; if he didn't, I would be dead. Nothing will happen to me. The poison should wear off eventually."
Coughs start to emerge out of Monster as he asks Okami to hand him his water. As doing so, he helps the grey wolf takes a sip of his water.
"Hey, Monster, do you think Mark will ever wake up. I saw what Kyoki had done to him, but I'm not sure any human could survive a wound like that."
Okami says as both of the wolves look over to Mark's still body that has yet to move.
"Solstice told me about you and your mother's conversation; remember what she said to you before she disappeared." Okami soon realized what he meant, Her power; whenever I would get hurt when I was younger, My mother would heal me.
I could close Mark's injury and hopefully revive him. The other forms and I just need to work together to make it strong enough.
Okami walks over to Mark's side as he lets out a sigh before placing his hands on Mark's wound. The orange wolf whispers words to himself as all of the forms work together; Okami had to believe in himself; he had to contain himself and not lose himself to the power he was receiving.
The area where Okami had his hands placed started to glow. As a mist-like substance came out of his eyes.
Okami keeps whispering to himself, trying to contain himself, just a little longer, I can do this. Growls emerged, but nothing happened; he was doing it. He was controlling himself and working together with his other forms.
After a while, Okami notices that Mark's wound had closed. Okami had waited in the infirmary for an hour, just waiting for Mark to wake up.
Okami had felt like he failed and that Mark would never wake up. Coughs were heard coming from Mark's direction. Okami snaps his head as he rushes to his side.
"Oh my God, Mark, please wake up. I need you to be here. I don't think ill be able to win this war without you." Okami starts crying once more as he grips onto Mark's shirt; he suddenly feels a hand rub onto his fur.
The orange wolf looks up to Mark as the male soon speaks.
"You did it, Okami; I knew you could. Like I said before I had died, I'm not mad at you, and I never will be. Healing me was the first step on controlling yourself, the last step to controlling yourself is to not turn with the noise. But I know you can do this, Okami. I mean, we have made it this far, am I right."
Monster smiles at the two of them, happy that the orange wolf had passed the first stage of his controlling. It was awesome to see everyone have so much hope for him; it would help boost the wolf's confidence.
The silence was broken with kyoki taking form as Okami left, all of the males were beyond scared, but the insane form soon spoke.
"̶̼̳̊D̷̗̜̥̈́o̶̭͎͂n̴͓̝̹̐̆̅t̴̹̆ ̶̧̌b̵̜͑é̵̢̤̂ ̴̘̩̍̐̏s̵̞̦̃̓̒c̶̫̖̜̃͐̿a̴̹͋r̴̭̗̙͂̅͘e̷̪̻̱̍̈͝d̵͕͛,̴̻̰̽ ̷̛͖̳̃̄f̶͈̭͊̃͝o̵͎̙̽r̸̝͒̐͜ ̷͍̠̤̕i̴͖̗͊͝ ̶͈̬̭͒͝ā̸̛͙͎̌m̷̗͓̒̈̕ ̴̼̜̌a̶̦̭̖̔̀b̷͕̰͒͛͗l̸̟̳͗̀ẻ̸͚ ̶̺̰̋͛̋ẗ̸͚͔o̸͔̱͌̒̚ͅ ̶͇͋c̸̡͝ơ̵̢͎͖n̴̨͎̉͠t̷̤̮͐͜͠r̸̡̪̃͝ȯ̶̟̗̑̕l̴̢͚̆̅̀ ̵̦̤́̎m̸͓̠̪͋ỷ̸̙̤̈́̈́s̷͚̾e̵̼̮̿l̵̝̕f̷̭̰̎ ̴̻͙̟̊̀̀f̵̪̈ǫ̵̱̆͝ŕ̷̠̚ ̷̡̎̐̊n̶̺̼̊̽̕͜ö̵̮́͘ẅ̶̘̠́͠.̴̻̤̆̅̕ ̵͔̒i̵̭͊ ̸̳̀k̵͓̾̉ṋ̶͂̓o̴͇͑̉w̴͓̹͆͊ ̵͔̐̽s̵̜̈́̄̉o̶͉̔m̵͚̂ẹ̵͚͚̾͘ó̷̹̰̟n̴̼̗͙̍͆ḛ̷̇̈́̕ ̸͔̫̟̍̚ẅ̸̛͔̲̳́h̴̢̟̅o̴̰̞̫̔̂͋ ̴͚̭̉̏c̴̰͈̓õ̵̞̉͠u̶̫̎l̶̜͂̄͝d̷͕͑ ̵̢̛̍͛h̷̲̲̓̉e̸͎̜͔͒a̷̤͚͋̑l̴̛͇͝ ̵̲͂̈́͘M̷̛͚͕̞̌o̸̬͈̹͋͘͝n̷͎̊͝s̷̻͖̈́t̶͔́͂̂ë̶́͒͜r̸̛̼̯ͅ,̷̭̜͋͛̕ ̷̡͕̲̓s̵̙̳̆͗͗h̶͉́ȩ̸̩̋ ̴̡̌ͅw̷̛͔͇͎͗͝ä̵̱̮́ͅs̵̠͂̄͜ ̴̬͉͙̿ȁ̸͖̌n̴͓̎̔̅ ̶̱̀o̵̬͇͛͛́l̴̼̪͇͛̐͆d̶̦̅̈́͑ ̵̳̙̉̈́f̷͛̇́͜r̶̦͎̀ͅi̵̛̼e̸͖̫͌̉͒n̵̗̓̌̑ͅd̸̺͍̏ ̵̺͖̋̿̃ò̴̥͆̀f̴̮̬̔̋̚ ̶̘̓m̸̡̭͍̃ḭ̵̰̝́͒̐n̵̮̯̑é̴̮̞͝.̸̺̈́"̷̹̄
Both males nod as they decided that Okami would go alone since they weren't currently in the best health right now
Kyoki shifts back into Okami, who was wondering what had just happened. His insane form just came out and controlled himself; the orange wolf believed he could learn to control himself now. He had smiled at that thought.
"What is the name of this wolf, Kyoki. And where is a possible place I can find her."
The orange wolf had asked the insane forms, waiting for an answer from him.
"̶̩̤̈́H̸̤̀͗e̴̢͒r̸̲̹̓ ̵̛̪̝n̴̬͌ä̵̼͔́m̶̱͙͐̀ě̸̙ ̵̤̆i̶͍̼̒̀s̶̙̃ ̵̹͒ͅṈ̶͗ͅi̴̜̅̓g̴̳̓h̴̼̑͋͜t̵̩͍̏ ̸͉̀S̴̙̿̈́l̸̘̱͒a̶̱̱͆͂s̴̹̒͋h̴͕̾ë̷̮̯́r̶͉͒̈,̴̨̦̏̚ ̷̧̞͝s̵̟̿͗h̵͙̾e̴͙̅̉'̶̥́ś̴̝̎ ̸̲̹̑͗b̷͓̝̈́̚l̷͕͐i̵̘̔n̷͖͈̍d̷̛̘͠ ̵̩͛b̴͔̼̈́u̸͉̎t̷̡̡̛̃ ̶͔̜̚c̷̄̒ͅa̷̻̎n̷̟̎͠ ̸̖̔͋s̴͚̃͝e̶͚̋̀e̸͈͊͊ ̸̠͂̋g̷̖̠̕r̷̠͒e̷͍̯̽͑a̴̦̓t̸͈̤̉ ̶͓̺͝t̵̜̬͑̑h̶͙̹̔r̸̟̝͑̃ơ̴̹̝̚u̶̡̝̿͝g̵̳̑ͅh̷͈̋ ̶̢͖͆t̸̯̋ḧ̷̨́̌e̷̟̽̓ ̷͍̒̄͜s̸̖̀͌c̵͇̍̌e̵͉͊͘ͅn̸̳͊̑t̴̥̙͗̎ ̵̥̂͠o̶̥̘̽̇f̷̧̱͂ ̷̭̏̂b̶͕̿l̶͉̰̆̈́ō̶̟̅ṓ̶̟̖d̴̺͕̈́͐.̷͖͊ ̸̤̑͝l̵̝̏a̷̺̗͛s̴̢̏ͅt̴̠͋́ ̸̧̼͋t̴̼͘i̴͕̋͐m̴̤̯̓͝ḝ̴̟̋ ̸̹̍̈w̴̯͒e̵̜̝̐̉ ̷͈̞̄w̴̼̺͒͆e̸̙̮͋r̴̖̲̿̅ȩ̵͉͑̑ ̵͚́̃t̷̹̊͊o̸̢̩͌̀g̷̰̫̉͠e̴̹̓̚͜t̴̳̻̒͒ȟ̸̨̀e̶̞̾̈́r̷̨̕ ̴͙͍͂̒ẃ̸̠͚é̴͉͜ ̸͕̟͑̐w̶͎̐ó̶̼͠ṵ̸̘́̀l̸̰̅͊d̷͔̤͊͝ ̷̛̤̠̈́à̶̠̮l̶͖͐͗w̶̮̉a̴͔̗͆̐y̴̼̿s̵̘̑̔ ̵͕̆̔ģ̶͙͒o̵̹̣͊ ̸̖͓̓̉t̶̜̂͛o̸̡̎ ̷̻̰̈́t̸͉̺̀͂h̵͒́ͅẹ̴̈͝ ̸̥̣̊̽a̴̺̍͛ṉ̴́͒c̵̗̄i̸̗͑ë̴̩́́ṅ̸̦t̵̼̚ ̸̘́r̴̙̪̓ủ̷̱̩̕i̵̢̾n̵̢͑̆s̴̻̘̀͋.̸̲̀"̷̘̚
Okami nods to Kyoki's answer.
It was almost midnight, so the wolf decided that it would be best for him to get some rest before he would head out onto his long journey.
I trust Kyoki, but can this wolf called Night slasher help us.
Does she have the power to heal poison from another animal? She would be a great help if she would live in our village. Then again, any willing to fight with him would gladly let them live in his small town.
He pushed away his thought as he slowly felt himself fall into a deep, much-needed sleep.
I promise you, Monster, I will help you be your usual self again