Disclaimer: I do not own Kannazuki No Miko.

A/N: This is my first real attempt at writing a fanfiction. I got inspired by all the amazing fanfictions so, here goes nothing. Oh, and keep in mind that English is not my native language. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1


When Kurusugawa Himeko woke that morning she felt as though the sun shone brighter than usual. She had a very good feeling about this certain day and she woke up all by herself, which was really extraordinary since she was famous for her bad sleeping habits. Her best friend Saotome Makoto usually calls to wake her up, but not on this certain day.

Himeko sat up and stretched her arms and looked at the watch on her table. It was 7:00 am. She almost gaped at it as if it was something out of this world. Himeko lay down again quite unladylike and closed her amethyst eyes hard. Go back to sleep Himeko, there's no way you can be up this early! She opened one eye and peeked at the watch again to confirm that it was indeed 7:00 am. After letting out a small sigh she sat up, put on her slippers and walked to the kitchen. Himeko lived alone in her house located in Tokyo. She bought it one year ago, with her own money she had been making from her being a famous singer. Three years ago she had been discovered at a talent show and was now quite famous all over Japan, she was currently 19 years old.

Himeko opened the refrigerator and poured some juice in a glass. She sat down at the table and smiled slightly as she remembered Mako's reaction after her first real performance.


"Himeko!" Makoto was jumping up and down, trying to catch her friend's attention, but it was impossible. Makoto was standing in the middle of the cheering crowd. Himeko had just performed for the first time since she got discovered and was about to leave stage. They all loved it, loved her, her performance was excellent. Makoto sighed deeply and athletic as she was, she pushed herself through the masses of people and decided to simply call Himeko on her cell phone.

Himeko was getting changed when she noticed her cell phone vibrating. She smiled as she read "Incoming call from Mako-chan" and answered cheerfully. "Hi, Mako-chan! What did you think about the performance?" She asked, expectantly.

"Oh, it was great! You sure can sing, but it's really surprising though." Makoto had never really heard Himeko sing before, only once or twice in the shower, but the water subdued the sound, but now she truly thought it sounded great.

"What's surprising?" Himeko asked wondering what was surprising about her singing.

"You're kidding right? I mean come on, you singing in front of a crowd? That means PEOPLE and lots of them too." Makoto raised an eyebrow for emphasis, even though Himeko couldn't see it.

Himeko thought for a moment and realised that Makoto was talking about her natural shyness and fear of standing in front of people.

"Ah, uh.. well, I don't know, it's different with singing, I don't really think about it that much. Himeko said, a bit surprised herself as she hadn't thought about it before. Why was it different with singing? She usually gets all flustered in front of too many people.

"Well, that's good then but.." Makoto said and smiled mischievously. ".. you really shouldn't wear a skirt that short next time though. There were a lot of guys up front and you gave them quite a show and I'm not referring to the singing." She said teasingly and even though she couldn't see Himeko, she knew that she was blushing big time and that made her grin.

"Mako-chan! Don't say such things!" Himeko cried out with a face red as a tomato. She could hear Makoto laughing and blushed even more, yes it's possible since it's Himeko.

"Well, you did really well though, but I have to go now. Something came up, see ya!" She hung up and Himeko sighed deeply.

"Probably some cute boys as usual." She couldn't help but smile at Makoto's antics.


Himeko drank her juice and put it back in the refrigerator. Why is it that I'm not shy when I sing anyways? She shrugged the thought off and went to take a shower when the phone rang loudly. Probably Mako-chan.

"Hello?" She picked up the portable phone and went to sit in her comfy sofa.

"Hey, Himeko. I'm sorry for calling this early." Came the familiar voice, but it was not Mako-chan's. This was a male voice.

"Hi, Oogami-kun! It's fine, you didn't wake me up or anything." Himeko knew how weird that must have sounded to Souma and suppressed a giggle.

"Oh, that's great.. wait, what?!" Souma sounded quite perplexed and Himeko couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Yeah, I know it's totally weird! I woke up with this good feeling too, really strange." Himeko said amused.

Souma still hadn't recovered from the fact that Himeko was being up this early.

"Uh, hello? Oogami-kun?" Himeko hoped he hadn't died from the shock or anything, yes Himeko being up early was THAT unusual. When the initial shock was over Souma replied, still a bit taken aback though.

"Yeah, sorry.. I'm just really overwhelmed.. I was asked by Makoto to call you and wake you since she went running earlier than usual and said she would call later instead, but I guess I didn't really have to." Now he felt kind of stupid for calling and rubbed the back of his head, then he thought of something that made him forget all about Himeko being awake this early and all.

"Oh, I almost forgot! I heard something about this upcoming music competition and the jury from the competition will come to your show tonight and probably ask you to participate!" He was excited, because it was a really prestigious competition and that showed how popular Himeko was and he was happy for her.

"Ah, and I heard there's an awesome prize for the winner, don't know what though." He added quickly.

"Wait, how, when, what..?" Himeko was really confused now.

"The annual Ongaku competition!" Souma replied eagerly.

"T-the Oongaku competition?!" Himeko nearly shouted. The Ongaku competition was the biggest and most prominent music event in Japan, held in Tokyo each year and not just anybody could participate. All the previous winners of the Ongaku competition are considered musical geniuses. Himeko was really shocked, well anyone would be.

"Yeah! Isn't that what you want? You love to sing so I really think you should participate." Souma said matter-of-factly.

"B-but, I can't, I don't understand, why me?" Himeko was really taken aback and unconsciously grabbed the nearest pillow and held onto it.

"Because you're truly amazing Himeko, you're voice's really unique and you got "it"." Souma said encouragingly and just then he heard the door open and close and someone in the hallway. Mako is back. "Mako just got back, I think she would like to speak to you. But really, you should participate Himeko. Oh, here she comes now, I'll talk to you later, bye."

"Bye, Oogami-kun and thank you." Himeko heard Souma and Makoto exchange some quick words she couldn't make out and then she heard Makoto's familiar voice, cheerful as ever.

"Hey, Himeko! You're up early! Why's that?" Makoto didn't sound too curious or surprised though.

"Hi, Mako-chan. I don't know.. this day has turned out to be really weird." Himeko let out a small sigh and released the pillow that she was now aware of.

"Hmm, you sound nothing like your usual positive self, I know what might cheer you up!" Makoto said with a smirk. She had a great plan.

"Uh, okay.. what would that be, Mako-chan?" Himeko really needed to get her mind of the competition, so anything would do.

"Let's go shopping!" Anything but that. Shopping with Mako-chan was the same as treating Mako-chan, Himeko had the credit card after all. "Mako-chan.."

"Oh, c'mon Himeko, it'll be fun! You don't want to sit there thinking about the competition all day, now do you?"

"What? You know about the competition too, Mako-chan?" Himeko sounded anxious. "Fine, I'll go "shopping" with you." She noticed that the time was 7:25 am. "I'll meet with you at the station at.. 9:00 am, okay?"

"Great! See you then Himeko." Makoto said optimistically and hung up.

Himeko let out a small sigh and made it to the shower. After a nice warm shower and a whole lot of singing, Himeko had calmed down and was back to her usual happy self. Humming she went to her room drying her hair and putting on a white pair of jeans, a pink tank top with a white print on saying "Happy" and her trademark ribbon, a white one. Then she went to the kitchen, still humming and made a big breakfast with bacon, fried eggs sunny side up, toast and juice. After her breakfast she looked at the watch and it was now 8:40 am. Perfect timing, that's also unusual for me. She brushed her teeth and put on her sneakers and went out, the station wasn't that far from her house and she could walk there in 15 minutes. Himeko picked up her mp3, put in her earphones and started singing.


Makoto was already standing there and when she saw Himeko, she smiled and started waving. Himeko waved back and approached her best friend with a smile.

"Oh, so you found some happiness after all? I told you, this would make you feel better" Makoto said with a confident grin, noticing the smile and the tank top.

Himeko just rolled her eyes at Makoto and smiled. "Let's go."

They arrived at the big shopping mall and of course there were a lot of people and where there were a lot of people, there were also a lot of fans. So needless to say Himeko was recognised by many fans and had to write autographs several times. Himeko was writing an autograph for a six year old girl, when Makoto said that she would take a look in a store that had caught her interest and that she would be right back. Himeko simply nodded and directed her attention to the little girl. "There you go, Akira" She winked and smiled. The little girl beamed and stuttered forth a "t-thank you" and ran back to her mother who was standing a few feet away, she nodded in Himeko's direction and smiled appreciatively. Himeko smiled back and after waving to Akira she saw something that caught her interest. There in a window she caught sight of a book about the Ongaku competition and its history. She entered the store and went straight to where they kept the books, but to her dismay she noticed that they were keeping them on the top shelf and she would have to tiptoe to reach one. So that's what she did and once she got a hold of one she tried to bring it down, but her hold on it slipped. Himeko closed her eyes and waited for the book to fall, probably on her head, but it never occurred. Carefully she opened one eye and noticed that someone had caught the book midair one second before it would crash on her head. Himeko laid her amethyst gaze on her saviour and the first thought that popped up in her magnificent head was, beautiful.


NOTE: That's it folks! Hope you enjoyed, please review and tell me what you thought, take it easy on me, kay? ;) I'll try to update as soon as possible (if you like my story and want me to that is) though it might take a while, because school's pretty hectic right now, but if you encourage me I'll see what I can do! Oh, and for those who wonder, ongaku is simply the Japanese word for music and it's not a real competition.

Have a nice day y'all!