Okami: The Selected One

Chapter One Somewhere in the part of the earth 02-05-1998 Manhattan Valley New York City "A new one has been added unto us" Alpina, the midwife announced excitedly. "Awooof!! Awoooof!!!" The werewolves howled in excitement. Just then, the moon shone mightily upon the face of the earth meaning the moon goddess was happy with the child and a sacrifice needs to be made in celebration. Unlike other times, the moon was shining with its maximum force, thereby illuminating the whole earth. This has been the first to ever happen in history as the moon has never illuminated the earth like this. "There is more to this child" The priest concluded as he stared to the moon. "Who is he?" He asked rhetorically as he maintained his gaze to the moon. 02-05-1998 Sara Homes New York City "The first one is out, push!" The midwife gently told the woman in labor who was obviously in pain. It was not an easy struggle as the woman cried with tears falling from her eyes terribly as she pushed with all her might. "Aaaaaaah!" She pushed with all her strength. Then the second baby came. It cried terribly as it escaped from its mother's womb. "Congratulations. “ The midwife announced as she smiled to the woman who was previously in labor. The woman smiled back with a 'thank you' expression. The midwife went further to give instructions to her assistants on necessary steps to take. She looked at the woman again and smiled , then she left the room. After her babies had been cleaned and her husband had been ushered in, she was given the children. She smiled at her husband and he smiled at her and then, she diverted her gaze to her children, her seeds, her creations. They are so beautiful" The woman who was previously in labor; Hannah smiled as she held her children’s hands. They were deeply asleep. "Of course! They look so much like you." Her husband, Aaron smiled back as he struggled to hold back the tears. The tears of joy trying to break free. His wife noticed it and smiled again raising her hand and gently grazing his cheeks. "Congratulations, you are now a father, after so long. After all these years. We are now parents!" She announced, tears falling from her eyes and her, gently wiping it off. "Yes my dearest." Her husband smiled back, reciprocating her love, grazing her cheeks too. She leaned in and they kissed. Just as they were still engaged and engrossed in their special moment, they heard a shout. What was going on? The couples wondered. Then they came in, the least expected or maybe the uninvited visitors. "Stop them!"Everyone in the maternal home yelled as the werewolves made their way into the rooms. The police were immediately alerted. All efforts were made to stop them but they seemed to be like some superhuman whatsoever. " No! Somebody help me!" Hannah screamed as she watched the werewolves make their way towards the delivery rooms. They invaded everywhere. The maternal home was in chaos and everyone ran to protect their lives. Security agencies tried all they could to stop the werewolves but the werewolves kept devouring them. Few of the werewolves made their way towards Hannah’s room while the others kept killing and destroying. "Stop them" Hannah cried out as she watched them progressing towards her, then she closed her eyes. Her husband tried to stop them but then, she heard a tear of flesh. Opening her eyes, Aaron was on the floor lifeless. Turning to her right, she realized one of her newly delivered baby was gone. The werewolves were about to leave and just like magic, the bullet penetrated one of the werewolves. They believed they had seen werewolves? Well, now, they were about to see the angry werewolves as the werewolves turned back in anger devouring everything possible. She froze in shock trying to decipher what just happened. As if pained by the whole situation, her little baby began to weep, bringing her back from her reverie. "No!" She screamed and heard her voice echoed back. She painstakingly stood up, carrying her baby. There were corpses all over. Bodies of midwives, assistants to the midwives, security agents, patients as well as other people were littered everywhere with blood stains everywhere. "No!" She screamed again. Manhattan Valley The Luna who had just delivered a child held the baby in her hands and stared at his face. The child was a male child. What she and her husband ; the Alpha king had always wanted. Her two children; Ama and Amora giggled as they stared at their little brother. She smiled as she watched him too. Finally, her fears were gone, she had no reason to worry, she had a son, she had produced an heir, The next Alpha king. While still in thought, she felt uneasy. Her husband and the warriors were supposed to have arrived. “Isn’t the Alpha King back yet?” She questioned one of the maids. “No, Your Majesty” The maid answered. Of course, she knew if the Alpha King had arrived, there would have been drumbeats and rejoicing everywhere but everywhere was unusually quiet.. She heard numerous footsteps and knew for once that her husband had arrived. Out of excitement, she dropped the child and ran out to welcome her husband but there was no drumbeat neither was there any form of rejoicing. She could tell from the warriors’ countenances that something was wrong “What is the matter? I demand to know. Where is Leo? Where is my husband?” Hera asked as she saw the devastated look on the werewolves’ face. They had gone on the journey to get the human child together with Leo but she could not find him amongst them. She ignored the child and searched for him amongst the pack that had gone on the journey but still could not find him. “Where is my husband? Where is Leo? Where is the Alpha King?” She yelled angrily. “Is this some sort of trick? If it is, stop it immediately. Where is the Alpha King? I command you to speak now!” She yelled as her voice broke down. Tears began to flow from her eyes. Just then, a wooden cart was driven in with Leo, the alpha king lying on it. “What is this? Is this some joke? Is my love tired that he had to sleep on the journey? Why is he lying on this cart?” She asked as she searched the eyes of the warriors for answer. “My Lord, your royal majesty, it is me, your queen, your Luna, your wife Hera” She knelt by his side. The priest shook his head in sorrow. “I am sorry Luna, the Alpha king is dead, we lost him” One of the warriors bowed his head in sorrow. “Be quiet!” She yelled angrily “How dare you speak blasphemy against the Alpha king? How dare you wish His Majesty death?” She turned back to the corpse of her husband. “My king, you wanted a male child, right? Remember you said you would be so happy to see him succeeding you and being the next Alpha king?” She lied on his chest. “Look how betrayal encompasses you, look at them” She pointed at the warriors “They all want you dead. I want you to pass an order to punish them so as to serve as a lesson to others not to engage in blasphemy. Leo, prove to them that you are a king” She shook him as tears rolled from her eyes. She was quick to rub off the tears as she assured herself that he is not dead. The priest shook his head again, watching a love story being buried. “What happened?” He questioned the chief warrior, Brandolf. “We succeeded in carrying the human child and we were about to leave. All of a sudden, one of the humans shot the Alpha king four times. We quickly vanished from there and tried to bring the Alpha king here to save him but the Alpha King requested we took him to the Avanaa forest instead so he could complete the sacrifice for his son. We pleaded with him to let us save his life first as he could have another son again but he refused. The sacrifices took a lot of time as His Majesty performed it slowly because of the pains he felt from the injuries. We pleaded with His Majesty but he refused to heed our plea as he was determined to save his son’s life at any cost even if it meant sacrificing his own life. After the sacrifice, he requested us to put him in a wooden cart and with a smile on his face, he breathed his last” The chief warrior, Brandolf explained. “Hera” The priest placed his arm on Hera’s shoulder “He is gone” He sighed. She stared at him in shock like she never heard the word ‘dead’ before. Before she could say a word, her husband’s corpse was wheeled away in the cart . “This child” The priest thought out loud and shook his head “Who is he? What is he? Bad luck?” The priest asked rhetorically. “Where is the child? Bring him to me” Hera ordered as she sat on the floor, still trying to inform her spirit that her husband is no more. Her mate was gone, gone forever, to be seen no more. “Here Your Majesty” A midwife brought the son. He was deeply asleep. She gave a fake smile before bringing out a knife. “No!” The priest held the Luna’s hand. She tried to set herself free in order to kill the child. “What are you doing?” He questioned as he collected the child from her with the help of some warriors. “You are trying to terminate the life of our next Alpha king? “ He questioned. She laughed hysterically and looked at him. “This thing? The future Alpha king? This murderer? The future Alpha king? Your future Alpha King? You are mistaken. He killed my husband. He killed the Alpha King. He is responsible for Leo’s death.There is no way he can be the Alpha king. Never! A murdered can never succeed my husband” “Luna, have a grip of yourself, he is your son!” Brandolf yelled in disbelief. He had always known the Luna to be protective of her two female children and she had always wished to have a son. He wondered what could make her want to kill her son, her answered prayer, her granted request. H stared at her in disbelief “Yes, he is my son and after killing him, I’ll kill myself for bringing such a misfortune to this world” She yelled angrily trying to break free from the warriors’ grip. The hatred she felt for her son was indescribable. She obviously loved her husband more than her son and even more than her life. “Mother!” Her two female children, Ama and Amora cried as they watched her but unlike other times, her heart remained solid like a rock. For the first time, she was not moved by her children’s tears. All she wanted was to see her son gasp for life as she sucks out every bit of life out of him and subject him to a t*****e, the emotional t*****e she felt at that time. “Until three days from now, we don’t know what type of child he is. If he is evil, the moon goddess would take him back but if he is good luck, she will place three small marks on him” He informed the Luna “Why can’t she take him now? I don’t want him” She spat angrily. “Let go of me” She ordered to the soldiers holding her. The soldiers looked at the priest and he nodded in affirmation. “I don’t want to see him and I don’t care what he is. He is not my son” She spat angrily before taking her two children in.