Kaminari Arukimasu is a Hengeyokai who has sought to learn the secrets of "the Void," otherwise known as the fifth, binding element. He has a strong protective nature, and has earned his name (Thunder Walker) for his large form and heavy step.
~ Daryk's Departure ~
The black cat slipped through the velvet glove of night in ethereal silence, padded feet leaving none but the faintest of traces of his passage, as a ghost on the wind.
Outwardly, he was calm, serene, and controlled...the essence of the perfect hunter, returning from a successful kill.
Within, his soul was a writhing, chaotic mass of fathomless queries and hungering guilt.
He had succeeded where his fellows had failed, and yet he felt no pride in it. There was no pride to be had in such an act that had made Daryk so bitterly despise him. He hated that he had succeeded where Daryk had not...it was not right! Now this man, a Gaijin that he had wished to protect and befriend, was nothing but a memory lost in the fog of time.
He had seen Daryk's departure from the woods...oh yes, he had known what was happening. In the deepest recesses of his heart, he knew that Daryk could no longer bind himself with meaningless honor...or the ties of honorable friends.
Nothing had been done to stop his departure, for there were no words that would mend the weeping wound in Daryk's pride and self belief.
A low, mournful mewl breaks past his blood-flecked lips into the night; a single wish to carry Daryk on his way.
"Forgive me, Daryk san...and forgive yourself..."
As his friend's form fades into the shadows, a part of Kaminari knows it is unlikely that he will ever be seen again...but he will hope and pray always that he is wrong.
Kaminari Arukimasu is a Hengeyokai who has sought to learn the secrets of "the Void," otherwise known as the fifth, binding element. He has a strong protective nature, and has earned his name (Thunder Walker) for his large form and heavy step. 
