Artificial 4: A Very Foxy Tale

Chapter 3: Yuzuhara's Life

The party continues at the mexican restaurant where I hitched a ride on the back of Zoey's motorcycle,
feeling the summer breeze in my face as we blaze across the highway.
"Awkward question, but has Lars ridden on the back of this before?"
I somewhat have to yell since the helmet and the sound of the wind muffle my voice.
"Unfortunately, so. Our rides tend to get very uncomfortable, hint, hint, nudge, nudge."

I could feel my face turn beat read as it suddenly got hot in my helmet.
I can't believe Lars has been getting boners while riding with Zoey.
As a matter of fact,
I wouldn't even be surprised if he rode with her and made an advance,
then again, I don't see Zoey as the type to let a man ride with her and hold on by her boobs.
Ugh, don't jump to conclusions,
Yuzu, assumptions cause drama and drama breaks friendships.
Speaking of drama,
my mind wonders off to my sister Amaterasu and her first husband, Tsukuyomi.

Tsukuyomi was always an asshole growing up.
He treated everyone around him like they were beneath him,
and that was something me,
Amaterasu, Susanoo'o,
and father Izanagi didn't tolerate it.
Father Izanagi had a "unique" parenting style,
to say the least.
So early into the marriage,
Tsukuyomi had to learn how to be a "proper gentle god,"
which meant stop looking down on your siblings,
stop being abusive to me and Amaterasu specifically,
yeah, he loved to hit us or knock us downstairs when we were kids.

Susanoo'o took up for us,
but the man had a temper,
which often resulted in fights between the two,
from fist fights and kicks to grappling and wrestling.
After Tsukuyomi returned years later,
I thought he changed for the better,
but in reality,
it only taught him how to quell his blood lust and keep quiet about his thoughts. Amaterasu had a one-sided marriage, Tsukuyomi very much loved Amaterasu, but she never did love him.
Instead,
her love was for Susanoo'o whom I will cover in a sec.

Amaterasu's marriage lasted for ten years,
maybe less,
I don't really remember those years all that well as my husband and I were having the best time ever.
Every day was almost sunshine and rainbows.
Sure,
we had our ups and downs.
We had spats even,
but we worked through them.
Vittorio sometimes lets us use him as a soundboard to work through our problems.

Then you have Amaterasu,
and while she had a kid named Nowi, Amaterasu felt no romantic attraction towards him.
Amaterasu did,
however,
do what any mother would do and nurture her child,
take care of her child.

In between my love life and hers,
I trained both my husband and Vittorio how to sword fight,
Vittorio always carried his Tachi facing down like in popular media,
me and my husband always had our Tachi's facing up.

Anyway,
back to my darling little sister.
One day,
she pissed off Susanoo'o,
and they played a game to determine a winner.
Izanagi,
for whatever reason,
threw Susanoo'o out the heavens.
Little sister took his sword and made three goddesses,
and Susanoo'o made five gods from her necklace.

Thinking he won,
he celebrated,
but Amaterasu turned it on him and said because he used her item and her his, then she owns the five gods and him the three goddesses.
This enraged Susanoo'o,
and he was never seen again for quite some time.
Meanwhile,
with Izanagi,
he held council with the Elder Gods called Kotaoamatsukami and held a festival,
and by festival,
I mean, a blood bath tournament meant to entertain all the gods, and this is where things get weird, so try to follow along.

Seth Thompson pops in from nowhere and lives with us for ten years!
But wait,
I hear you say,
how is Seth here in the past if he existed in the future?
Well, other than the obvious time travel, I don't know nor question this.
The next question I hear you ask is if Vittorio is Seth Thompson's previous life, then how can the same soul exist at the same time in 2 different locations.