All right, due to circumstances beyond my control, I have been unable to continue my story, "Yamiokami Densetsu" for some time. By now, the topic is dead and buried; the last update was August 28 for poo's sakes! So rather than risk getting yelled at for necroposting, I've devised that the continuation of the story be posted in a "Part Two" of sorts, continuing the story where it left off. You can find the previous twenty-one chapters here:
http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=1939.0And now... a brief recap....
Sigma was the Daishishou, or grand master, of a clan of ninja called the Yamiokami (Dark Wolves). All members of the Yamiokami were Garoujin, alternatively known as Garouotoko - a species of evolved wolves who were anthropomorphic. Living their life in peace with the ancient peoples of Japan, recent events had caused modern man to learn of their species as well as others, and chose to wage war on them. Sigma, whose real name is Inukawa Sousuke, has lead the Yamiokami as a defense force against the invaders, but the humans' numbers grow by the day. Taking the initiative to recruit other anthropomorphs from other countries, Sigma leaves his cousin Runa in charge of the clan and set sail on his own.
Approximately a day or so later, Sigma encounters a large amphibious beast known as Lusca. Lusca tells Sigma that he has somehow appeared in the Atlantic Ocean, despite having left Japan just a short time ago. Lusca also indicates that Sigma is nearing his destiny, and Sigma finds the drive to push onward. Upon nightfall, Sigma dozes off, only to be assaulted by a pirate. The pirate appears to be a Garoujin, but has large wings as well - and is known as a Dracopyre. After a grueling battle against the pirate, Sigma finds himself fighting to a draw, until she pulls a gun on him. She then abducts him, chaining him to the deck of the ship. He then learns her name is Kaizoku, and she has two crewmates - Monk the silent gorilla, and Sal the boisterous bulldog. Being forced to serve as their cabin boy - albeit the fact that he is not allowed to see the inside of the cabin - Sigma is left to continuously scrub the deck. At a moment of rebellion, Kaizoku slashed at Sigma's left eye completely out of its socket.
After several days of torture, Sigma is caught off guard when Kaizoku shoots Sal dead in his tracks. Stranger yet, she did it to save Sigma's life. As Sigma mulled over the events that had transpired, Kaizoku and Monk went along their day without a care about their slain crewmate. Sigma decides he needs answers, and Kaizoku explains that she had dreamed that the two of them were friends - and Sigma notes that her demeanor had changed. Overstressed from the events of the last few days, Sigma passes out and cracks his head on a crate, and is out cold for two days. Waking up in the slain Sal's bunk, Sigma stresses even further over the time he has lost on his quest. The ship lands on a Florida beach, and Kaizoku leads them to the village of the Homoursae, a tribe of bear anthropomorphs who specialize in magic and technology. They encounter Bartholomew, a friend of Kaizoku and Monk's, and the four of them head to the Homoursae shaman, Douglas, to heal Sigma's wounds.
Sigma is shocked to learn that Douglas' apprentice, Tatianna, is a human, since their species were at odds with them. Tatianna elaborates that she saved Bartholomew's life when they were younger, and had been accepted into the tribe as his sister. Douglas and Tatianna take to healing Sigma with elaborate magical concoctions, and all the while, Kaizoku held onto his paw tightly. Upon Sigma's awakening from the magic-induced slumber, Kaizoku decided to see her old friend, the Homoursae leader Laoban Fell. Bartholomew regretfully told her that Fell had died, but she could meet the current Laoban, Fell's brother Siguma. The four of them went and met him briefly, then went to the market to stock up on supplies. Returning to the ship, the crew was horrified to find threatening graffiti on the vessel. An enraged Kaizoku stormed off to see Siguma again, with Monk, Sigma, and Bartholomew in tow. It is there that Sigma realizes that Siguma was the one who vandalized the ship, and a fight ensues. After Siguma is knocked out of his cabin, Sigma slices him open to reveal a human sorcerer inside the fur. The sorcerer is a skinwalker named Hotma, who skins anthropomorphs and wears their pelt, effectively becoming them. Kaizoku becomes fed up with Hotma and kills him with a single shot.
Monk is taken to Douglas to heal the injuries he sustained in the battle with Siguma/Hotma. Tatianna approaches when they are about to sail off, and tries to convince them to take her with them as their medic - which they eventually do. After nightfall and the rest of the crew had gone belowdecks, Sigma sat alone on a crate, pondering recent events, as he did often. Kaizoku suddenly appears and seduces Sigma, dragging him back down the stairs to her quarters.
Upon daybreak, it has seemed that Sigma has warmed up to the pirate captain, and the two spend their time cuddling on the deck. Monk takes to sailing the ship, and Tatianna later appears on the deck to relax. A pesky seagull appears and bites the human girl. Suddenly more birds approach, as does a gigantic anthropomorphic fowl, the bird god Vineeta. Vineeta claims the crew has broken his law, and he attacks them. During the course of battle, Kaizoku is knocked off of the ship and into the sea, and Sigma dives in to rescue her. Pulling his beloved from the depths, Tatianna takes the two of them belowdecks and begins treating Kaizoku, who has stopped breathing. Despite her best efforts, the pirate passes away, enraging Sigma to a level of negative emotion completely foreign to him. Although Monk was almost even in his fight with Vineeta, Sigma suddenly plows into the bird with anger and slays him.
Tatianna tells Sigma and Monk there is a way to bring the captain back, but it would involve going to Hell and persuading the Lord of the Dead to release her soul. Sigma volunteers for the quest, and Tatianna conjures an elaborate spell to send him there. She also gives him Hell Bank Notes, the monetary unit of the Underworld, which would serve him well down there. Once in Hell, the ninja approaches the Lord of the Dead's palace, which is guarded by two monstrous Oni (ogre-like demons), Gozu and Mezu. He is instructed that to go inside, he will have to best both of them in battle, unarmed. After being beaten brutally, Sigma eventually tricks the two Oni into knocking each other out, and makes his way inside. Sandora, a disheveled human-like woman with grotesquely bad hygiene, leads Sigma to Enma, Lord of the Dead. Enma agrees to resurrect Kaizoku if Sigma completes another task, and he tells the ninja that her true name is Noritou Einjeru. Sigma is instructed to go to a store within Hell called Xenliao Xangdian, purchase some items with the Hell Bank Notes, and light them on fire in front of The Chamber of Wind and Lightning.
Sigma does so, and Kaizoku is granted her life back. After a romantic reunion, the two of them leave the cavern of Hell, and instantly return to their earthly bodies. After much more romanticism, the crew attend a rendezvous on the deck for dinner. Before they can finish, they are approached by yet another anthropomorphic bird. This is Bennu, the son of Vineeta, and he has come to thank Sigma for slaying his corrupt father so he can ascend to the throne of god, and offers his services as an ally to the crew if the need should arise. After Bennu's departure, Monk and Kaizoku come to realize that they are nearing Panama, Monk's homeland, of which he bears bad memories.
