Chapter 14

Breathe in and out, Okami. After talking with Archen, he had flown to the cities entrance but had stopped abruptly; the orange wolf was growing nervous. What if the humans refused to listen to him? What if they shot him on sight?.

Okami was too deep in thought as he didn't hear his friend fly right next to him; the animal had a worried expression on his face as he knew what the wolf was thinking.

"Are you ready for this, Okami?"

The orange wolf turns in the direction that he hears the voice in; upon looking up, he sees his closest friend Monster, who had also looked like he was nervous about what was to come.

"I will admit I am nervous about giving this speech, but this day is important, and I can't mess it up. Not while we are so close to freedom." Okami looked down as his ears went down as well; he took one last deep breath in and out.

The orange wolf flew higher into the sky as he entered the city; he lets out a loud screech which gains everyone's attention in the town. Okami was about to start his speech but is interrupted by the sound of news helicopters surrounding him.

This made him more nervous than he had been, but he continued anyway, not wanting something like that to stop him.

"Hello, Humans, Now please do not be frightened, for I am not here to harm any of you. I have never dreamt of doing something like that. Long ago, during the early centuries, Humans and Half-Animals once got along; they both helped each other get through life. When one of them would fall, the other would always help them back up. The Humans always knew the Half-Animals were an intelligent species and superior to their kind. One day that had all changed; one of the sides couldn't accept how life was anymore ad had attacked the other, Forcing the two species to separate and never cross worlds again. Do you know which side was the original and only traitor, Humans or Half-Animals?"

The orange wolf had stopped his speech with that question; he had been curious who the humans thought were the original and only traitors. It was evident that they were all going to say Half-Animals because everything was blamed on the existence of their kind, no matter the problem.

Just as the wolf had expected, every single Human from below had screamed his kinds name, "Half-Animals, Half-Animals." they all shouted; all of this had hurt the animal, but he continued anyway but not before he gave the crowd a simple laugh.

"Now, that is where you Humans get it all wrong. Humans were the original and only traitors. You see, your kind had become enraged due to the fact that your kind wasn't superior to mine. We were forced to flee from the city and accepted the hard cold truth that had come. We had never wanted the separation, and it is not our fault that we were born to be the superior species. We do this because it is what we were born to do; My species is only existing to protect your kind from going extinct; being betrayed by the kind that you have to protect hurts us more dearly than any problems that you humans have ever dealt with."

Okami had stopped his speech once more as he notices that the crowd had gone entirely silent, knowing that they had just witnessed the cold-hearted truth, and he knew that they could see all of the pain that he and his kind had gone through all of that time during the separation.

The orange wolf looked around him to see that the news helicopters were still there and recording him live; he thought that was good because all Humans who weren't out of their homes could see his speech.

"I'm not asking for you to have pity over my kind. I ask that you set my kind free, free from all of this suffering and pain that you have given to my people and me; we will do our best to protect and watch over you, humans, in favor of you treating us equally. I ask that my kind is allowed to live alongside you humans once more, not for experiments but instead in friendly terms. Any animal who chooses to stay in the city will have to follow the laws just as any human would have to. Our two species have just finished the first-ever recorded war in history, with the victory that my kind has earned; that proves that my kind is and always will be superior to your kind. Thank you for your time, Humans; we look forward to having peace with your kind again."

That was all the wolf had to say as he lets out a big sigh, knowing all of this had been a great success. Okami looked down at the crowd once more as he saw a little pathway with someone who had been waiting to speak with the orange wolf.

Okami hesitantly flies down to the male as he lands onto his hins legs facing the male; the man was an inch shorter than the wolf, but he didn't have to look down at the male at all.

The orange wolf tilts his head to the side; the male smiles at the wolf before speaking up to him.

"Hello, Half-Animal, I am what your kind would call a leader as I run this city. I had watched your given speech, and I've got to say that it had touched my heart. I am sorry for all of the wrong my kind has caused you, there is no taking back what we had done to you, but the most I can do is apologize. I will allow your kind to live alongside us again, but only if you live under the rules just like everyone else. If your kind breaks any laws, they will suffer the same punishment as any human would."

The man then turns to the humans who had been listening closely to their conversation before he speaks up once more.

"From this day forward, the Humans and Half-Animals will live in peace once more."

Okami was on the verge of tears as he had fallen to his knees; he did it. His kind was free from all of the pain they had experienced. And he couldn't have done it without the support of his friends.

He looked up to the sky before speaking to his parents in the animal language, "Mom, Dad, I did it. The one thing that you guys had wanted me to accomplish, this great day, happened all because you guys had pushed me until I believed I could."

The orange animal flies into the sky once again, giving his farewells to the Human species. He makes his way back to the village to tell the great news; some of the Half-Animals even started to make their way to the city to start a new life.

Mark had walked up to the orange wolf with a big smile on his face; he gave the wolf a big hug congratulating him on the one lifelong goal that he had accomplished.

"Okami, you did it. I can't believe that you did, a lot of things happened throughout our journey, but we made it."

The male pulls away from the orange wolf scratching the back of his head; Mark had been thinking about heading back to the city to start a new life of his own.

"Hey, Okami, I was thinking about heading back to the city to start a new life of my own. Once I've got everything settled, ill come and visit you. What are you going to do? Are you going to find yourself some love?"

The male had said that last part with a smirk on his face as he gave Okami a little nudge on the shoulder.

Okami looked over at Mark with shock; since when did Mark suddenly get into questions like these? The orange wolf looked down as his ears went down and soon spoke up to the male.

"I don't think I could ever fall in love; I mean, who would like a leader like me. I've got a lot of problems with me, and I don't think any animal would be happy to call me their Father."

Mark looked at Okami with shock, not expecting him to get this emotional. He had known that the animal was going through some tough times.

The male takes his leave as Okami walks to his home to get some rest; he had needed a lot of time to process all of the things that had occurred these past couple of days.

The orange wolf was proud of what he had accomplished; he was happy that his kind was free.

Okami had hoped that things would stay that way for as long as his species had lived.