JUNGLE DAYS: MONKEY ASSAULT

 -.This short story takes place 1 year before the 1st arc (Beginnings).-

Among the countless species that inhabit the Amazon rainforest, primates are considered one of the most intelligent and cunning animal orders. Their great intellectual capacity allows them to form communities, social classes, norms of behavior and even alliances between different races. However, this same intellect makes them susceptible to committing atrocities such as revenge, abuse, killings and even wars. Actions that, ironically, resemble those of humans...

The Naka'i and the Kwa'tta have been rival races since both sides can remember. No one knows how or when the conflict began, but one thing is certain: the aversion between them hasn't dropped a bit since then. And unfortunately, Y'shaati knows from an experience, that this may never change.

Y'shaati was swinging through the treetops when a group of depraved monkeys suddenly appeared...

"What kind of Naka'i be you, girl? You even be monkey at all?"

"Hey! Let go! Take your filthy hands off Y'shaati!"

"Hmmm, girl have no fur... have no tail either, hahaha! Ook ook!"

"Look look, her feet be different too. This no foothands. Skin be pale like marble... hmmm, hmmm, oh and very soft! Tastes good too, Ook ook ook!"

"No! Ugh, stop that! Stop touching, pervs!"

"Ohhh and why have long, yellow fur on head? You be really ugly female, you know? Hahaha!"

"What!? Shut up! You gonna pay for this... hmmngh!?"

"No! You shut up and lick, hahaha!"

"Hmmngh!! hmmpff!!"

"Ook ook ook! Also have no fangs, can't do anything to defend! You be our slave toy from now hahahaha... Uh? What you doing?"

"Euuggh... Enough! Leave... Y'shaati... ALONE!!"

The blonde girl managed to shake them off and free herself from the Kwa'tta when her strength suddenly increased in just a matter of seconds. Then, she acrobatically managed to hold on to a vine before falling. The monkeys crashed into the ground. Infuriated, the feral girl dropped to the jungle soil as well to have her revenge. The monkeys face changed completely...

"What? how? How you be stronger than us!?"

"You gonna regret what you done, you damn Kwa'tta!"

"No! Get away, awful beast!"

"Beast? Y'shaati no beast, Y'shaati be Naka'i!"

"No! You not be Naka'i nor any kind of monkey... you be a freak!"

"Freak?"

Just then, the Kwa'tta simply ran away. Visibly hurt by their insults and mistreat, the blonde girl decided to return home, not before approaching a small puddle of water near there and watch her sad reflection...

"Y'shaati... freak...?"

JUNGLE DAYS: MATING SEASON

 In the Amazon jungle, the gift of life is the most sacred and pure event that can happen. New souls are blessed by the will of Goddess Yacuruna at the very moment they arrive in this world. However, for this miracle to occur, the creatures of the rainforest go through a fertility ritual, commonly known as "mating season", and the way to carry it out is different in each species...

During certain times of the year, Naka'i monkeys take a joint journey to Y'vyra, the sacred tree of primates. In this place, the young adult Naka'i males face each other in wild fights for the females. The males who are proclaimed victors in these confrontations are granted by the elders the right to choose any females they desire to copulate with and start their own family to have offspring.

Upon reaching sexual maturity, one of Y'shaati's most fervent wishes was to be able to become a mother, so each mating season, she was always excited and hopeful that maybe some strong male Naka'i could finally choose her as his partner.

Unfortunately for her, no male monkey has ever considered the blonde girl as an ideal mate due to the "hidden truth" behind her...

During those days, Y'shaati's body is filled with hormones and her sex drive is higher than ever, which leads her to behave in very suggestive and naughty ways... a behavior that always ends up bothering more than one of her Naka'i brothers. As a consequence of this, the answer is always the same: indifference.

Because of this, she is always scolded by the elders, and her powerful carnal impulse ends up being released in a bitter and lonely session of auto-satisfaction.

Mating seasons pass by, and rejection becomes just another reason that makes her sob at nights, thinking that she is destined to never be able to fulfill her long-awaited wish...

JUNGLE DAYS: A MONKEY GIRL'S DIET

 Life in the amazon jungle is ruled by a single law: the survival of the fittest. Eat or be eaten. All the creatures that inhabit this beautiful, but dangerous paradise know that waking up another day is a precious gift from allmother Yacuruna. However, this young human girl raised by monkeys who skillfully hangs from the vine with her toes sometimes refuses to obey the natural order of this place.

Since she was a baby, Y'shaati was breastfed by Naka'i females, just like all the other monkeys pups of her age. As she grew up, her diet began to be based on a wide variety of fruits, seeds, herbs and insects. She was always happy to climb trees to taste a juicy mango or to use sticks to eat some termites from an old log.

However, upon reaching teenage, the Naka'i elders knew that soon she would began to feel curious to taste something else: meat. She was human after all, and they feared her predatory instinct would awake, unleashing her dormant wild side. To avoid this, the Naka'i asked the Uturuncu, one of the biggest felines in the amazon, to instruct her in the art of hunting.

At first, the girl was truly excited to learn everything about being a predator. But then, the day she claimed her first prey, something changed in her. When she saw the blood of the baby Tapir she had killed, splattered all over her hands and body, she knew this wasn't her thing, although she couldn't deny the truth... the meat was delicious.

From that day, she decided that she didn't want to kill to survive, so she swore never to hunt or kill any animal unless it was extremely necessary. She would continue to feed and live like a true Naka'i.

But life in the jungle is relentless, and you never know when you'll have to kill to live another day...

JUNGLE DAYS: TRAINING WITH K'UNO

 -.This short story takes place 4 years before the 1st arc (Beginnings).-

The blonde girl fell on her back after being pushed by the huge arm of the gorilla that stood in front of her. She was inches away from falling from the high thick tree branch where both trained, which would have meant a fatal injury to her.

Her master was very tough, but fair... he knew that she possessed innate talent and skills for combat since that day the girl demonstrated it by beating the most experienced tahuayos in previous wrestling matches.

"Again... focus strength and weight to charge at K'uno. Don't fail. Push off K'uno...", the gorilla said. Y'shaati nodded.

Motivated, the girl immediately reincorporated her posture by planting her knuckles on the ground, and quickly launched herself at him. Surprisingly, the slender girl's strength was almost as formidable as that of her master's. Both struggled for a few seconds holding each other's hands. Suddenly, K'uno was overcome by the untamed strength of his apprentice, making his right foothand to slip, losing balance and pushing him off the branch. Fortunately, the gorilla managed to grab a smaller tree branch underneath, saving him from falling.

Y'shaati looked down at her master, hooting with a smile on her face for having defeated her master. However, K'uno remained calm and composed...

"Combat not over! Finish combat... defeat K'uno!"

"What? But Y'shaati win. Master defeated... Y'shaati not want to hurt master...", the girl answered.

"Not listen? K'uno far from defeated! Charge at K'uno again and finish K'uno..."

Confused by his attitude, Y'shaati reluctantly prepared to leap from the branch to attack her master... and just then, the girl jumped down to pounce on him and end the fight once and for all...

In a extraordinary way, the gorilla catched his pupil by her face with his huge left foothand in the air, just before she could give him the last blow.

Y'shaati desperately tried to free herself from K'uno's grasp, with no success. The girl kicked wildly and spreaded her toes while she felt the air running out from her lungs. When she was about to pass out, the gorilla released his hold, leaving Y'shaati to fall and crash into the ground. Luckily, the jungle's soil was just a couple meters down from there.

Trying to catch her breath, the girl layed completely exhausted on the grass. Soon after, K'uno dropped from the heights, landing safely next to her. The gorilla gazed down at his apprentice, dissapointed...

"Not fair! Y'shaati beat master... master cheat! Master not respect rules!", the blonde girl claimed.

"No rules in the jungle, pup. Never underestimate opponent... use environment... use hands, feet and toes to attack, defend and change course of combat...", K'uno said as he turned around.

"Wait! Y'shaati want to try again! Master fight with Y'shaati!", the girl pleaded.

"No... training over... Y'shaati still much to learn...", K'uno answered as he slowly walked away...