Wakasa.
若 Waka - "Young", 狭 Sa - "Narrow"
5'11, No set gender taken-, Kitsune - Kiko,
Ex-gate stone guardian with Kazehiko.
Nine-Tails, Wandering Kitsune Nyōbō
Once of Two, the pair of them guarded a mountain shrine long left to time and age. As they were born and young for their duty, it wasn't much of a memory they could share in perfection. Due to their growth being slow in such lands, the worshippers they had at the time were minimal and their prayer offerings to Inari just enough. They remained in such a place for years to come and when they both grew their second tails, their shrine had long been abandoned by the humans. It wasn't by desire but by natures choice. The mountain paths they claimed for worship overgrew, collapsed and suffered natures movements. Earthquakes and landslides made it terribly dangerous for humanity to reach their Shrine and in turn, they deemed it unsafe to continue such things.
Thus, lost to nature, the shrine was overgrown, consumed by the Earth and so were their statues. Kazehiko, was able to be move first - and though he could, he didn't flee right away. He waited in the time of low worship for Wakasa to awaken like himself. It took several years, the flourishing natural energy of the mountain untouched replaced the worship, and soon enough he rose from his pedestal. Kazehiko there to greet him and with the pair of them free of their duty - they moved across the world.
Carrying the messages of humans to Inari, back and forth, through cloud, fog and rain. Their fur sodden and their paws ache, but their hearts full for quests complete. They took to the skies and grew tails in easy tandem, one mission, two, four, hundreds. They didn't complain too hard, but they did slow near the seventh hundredth year… Humanity as grown so well, worship was plentiful and delightful, but their curiosity for the world grew with their trails.
Duty of messages slowed, their wonder too much and within such, they began to mingle. Their interests vary, the excitement shared and some clashed, but it was enjoyable. They became different, learning opposites and the same and in turn they began to see things differently. Their wants and goals in life were not just about serving Inari-sama themselves but to discover the world what it was too. So, it was spoken in full, on long moonlit nights over sake and inarizushi. Promises to fulfil their goals of their nineth tails and to travel where ever it was their hearts wanted to go.
Within the next few years, they split, no longer travelling together as a duo and singular… After all, with the birth of their nineth tails, they were no longer servants of Inari but welcomed amongst their family. Kiko - he was and Kazehiko, Tenko. They held different duties, but they were all the same, evolved and powerful like the rest. They took their time to reach this level, but it was worth it.
Wakasa; enjoys his life on his solitude, though he longs for a mate and home and hearth, he ventures with adoration of humankind in his heart and loves to seek out the new and wonderful. Fan dancing a passion, turned career - he, like many Yokai hide amongst humanity with flare. Famous for his stage-performances and theatrical characters of Maiden and Priests - he is very busy during Festival seasons. Working alongside humans and yokai alike, he takes pleasure of weaving stories through his body and travelling the world upon foot with intense observation.
The world was still so young and still offering them so much - Wakasa could never deny his wanderlust and continues to this day with his performances. Even if he has to play his own nephew or son over the long-long years of being in the same Dance Troupe turned Multimillion Company.
