A/N: Hello! I've finally decided to write this, because I've been thinking about it for the last few months, and only now have I gotten the courage to actually make it happen.
This is exactly what it seems. A regular fanfiction with the anime and the fangirl. I know it's rather mainstream, but I wanted to do this kind of fanfic correctly, since I know it can be done! But if I won't be getting any support, I'll probably drop it... I need motivation people!
Oh and one other thing: this story is also up on Wattpad, just so you know.
Disclaimer: I do not own Noragami! I don't, okay?
Chapter I
As I finally cut off the last piece of string from the soft fabric, I pulled away my hands and admired the little doll with satisfaction. This is the third time me making a Ciel plushie, and I gotta say, I keep getting better and better. The buyer will certainly be pleased. Just look at those wonderful eyes! They are so on point! The most cutest thing this is. But of course, all of my little soft dolls are adorable. That's the first thing I'm good at. The second one?
Well, that's not too hard or strange. The answer is a mini black laptop, lying on my soft bed besides me. The urge to let my imagination run loose and free my inpatient fingers was getting the better of me. And my adorable little children are waiting for me.
...Yeah, that didn't sound creepy at all...
Let me explain before you think I'm some sort of freak or a pervert. I'm a writer. It is actually quite uncommon for people my age to be able to call themselves that. But I can. And what I meant by children is that the main protagonists are three little cuties with psychological problems. See? I'm perfectly normal. Sorta. Almost. Yeah.
To be honest, I have more problems and flaws that anyone would care to count. Let's just say I'm not a people person. For some odd reason they tend to dislike me even before they have seen me. The feeling is mutual though, so I'm not complaining.
Anyway...
After some time of immense story creating, I glanced at my wall clock and my heart fell to my feet. Oh come on! Again?! I'm late again. My teacher is gonna kill me. She already dislikes me putting it softly, so now I'll be walking to my funeral. Great.
I quickly shot up from my bed and frantically searched for my forest green bag, not forgetting to grab my beloved Yato doll and tying it on the soft handle of my messy backpack. This was like advertising myself. This specific toy was my pride and joy, so I chose it to be my advert. I create these dolls for money you know. It's pretty good business if I do say so myself.
"Heterant!" As I walked into the classroom the teacher, our homeroom teacher actually, dispatched her speech and yelled in my direction. "You're late again!"
Yeah no shit Sherlock I thought sarcastically.
"Forgive me, teacher." I said politely with synthetic honesty. I can't have her hating me more, right?
"Go and take a seat. I'll report this to your mother later." The woman said coldly and looked away from me. Of course she would report it, even though my other classmates don't get the same punishment. But I try not to trouble myself for that. Life's too short for that.
"...interrupted me, next month the school is organizing a special trip because of our school's one hundredth birthday. And since our class won the competition for it, we're going to visit Japan for a week. All expenses have already been paid." The teacher spoke and my interest was immediately peaked to put it lightly.
Are you kidding me right now?! Japan?! I've been saving money for it since grade school, and now we're actually going there?! This has officially made my day. And no way in hell will anyone stop me.
"Hey Marbel, you're gonna go, right?" An annoying voice reached my ears as the lessons were finally over.
"Well obviously." I retorted and rolled my eyes. "I would be a fool if I didn't."
"I see..." Regina, my classmate murmured. "I still don't really understand your obsession with those cartoons."
I stridently sighed and looked sharply at the girl before me.
"If I was some other random fan, I would have been offended by your remark. But since I'm not, I'll explain to you again. The shows I watch are called anime, it stands for Japanese animation. It's not the same as American or similar animation, so don't mix them. In my opinion most anime have amazing plots, characters and many more, but I'm not gonna go on about it, because I have already told you all of it." I explained it again with a cold and sharp tone. "Happy?"
Regina just sighed and shook her head lightly. God, what is wrong with this girl? Why does she always bothers me?
"And are you going on that trip?" I asked indifferently, packing my bag. I knew I should still be tactical.
"Of course." She nodded. "I'm actually really interested in their mythology and even if I wasn't, Japan is still a magnificent country."
"True." I smirked.
"Alright then, I'll be heading home. Don't forget that we have an exam tomorrow, don't spend all your time on those shows of yours.",Regina said seriously as if she was scolding me.
"Since when did you became my mother?" I hissed and with my bag on my shoulder exited the classroom, without hearing what the girl left inside said. Seriously, what's her problem? So annoying...
Ah, at last the long waited day has come. And on a very good time indeed. The weather for the upcoming week in Japan should be quite good. And it'll be also spring, which is simply awesome. Japan in spring is the best.
As I was packing my violet colored suitcase for the trip, my phone on the bed rang it's enchanting melody. Dancing my way to it, I swiftly grabbed the device and glanced at the caller ID before answering. It said that it was an unknown caller, which made my heart jump a bit. I only hoped it'll be what I wanted it to be.
"Hello! Marbelle Heterant speaking, how may I help you?" I chirped into the phone. Of course I don't answer like this to all calls, only to unknown ones. It saves me the trouble of questions like 'is this that and that?' and so.
"Uh, yes, hello." An unsure feminine voice came from the other end. "Is this the person who makes the dolls?.."
"Yup! That's me!" I said cheerfully. "Will you be making an order?"
"Uh, yeah. I would want one... Uh... One..."
"Don't be shy, spit it out." I chuckled lightly. "We're all with the same interests here."
"I guess you're right. Then could you make one... One plush of Yato and..."
"Good choice!" I said as I quickly scribbled down the order. "And?'
"And one Hiyori?.."
The pen in my hand froze.
"It won't be a problem, will it? I saw that in your website that you haven't made that kind yet, but you can, right?"
"Uhh..." Now it was my time to stutter. But I had to quickly regain my composure. "Yes, of course! There won't be any problems with that!" I chirped again. "Is that all? Or would you like a third one?" I asked lightly.
"No, just the two."
"Alrighty then! Would you please tell me your contacts?"
The girl on the other end dictated her name and her address so that I could deliver the toys to her directly. I usually do that if the buyer is not too far away.
"So in total that would be sixteen euros." I announced as I finished writing. "But the delivery will be delayed because I'll be absent the next week. Is that alright?"
"Uh, yeah. I just need to have them by the end of this month."
"Then there's plenty of time." I chuckled. One doll took me about four to five hours without breaks to make, so it won't be a problem. "Thank you for calling! Have a nice day."
"Goodbye."
With that she hung up. I stared at the screen for a few moments with my synthetic smile before it dropped. Hiyori huh... To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of her. No, that's putting it too lightly. I sincerely despised her. Why you may ask? Well, my dear friend, I have too many reasons to count. But to sum it up she's just too perfect. Girls like her doesn't exist. She's like a fricking OC from a fanfiction for crying out loud! What the actual...? Whatever. It's only my opinion, I get that many people love her. Well I don't, sue me.
Sighing, I started to look for the necessary materials for the toys. I'll probably bring it with me and do them on that trip. Don't get me wrong, I love sewing and seeing my creations at the finale, I'm just not too keen on making the characters I don't like. But hey, I'll do whatever I can to satisfy my customers.
"Hey, come sit with me." Regina tapped the seat next to her on the plane. She had a firm expression planted on her.
"Goddammit Regina, why do you keep bothering me." I grunted as I looked around for other empty seats.
"I'm not bothering you, I'm looking out for you that you wouldn't cause any trouble." She said without even blinking. Seriously, what is wrong with that look?
I threw a sour look at her. "For fuck's sake, are you my mother or something? Is there something I don't know?
"Language Marbel. " She sharply ordered. "Stop being so stubborn and just sit down. It's pointless to look for other seats, there aren't any left besides this one."
I honestly wanted to punch her. What the hell does she think she is?! Goddammit, she's more annoying than Hiyori...
Grunting, I did as told and took out my orange headphones. No way in hell am I chatting with this girl all the flight to Japan, na'ah.
Seeing as Regina wanted to say something about me listening to music, I beat her to it.
"And shush! Don't you dare interrupt me when I'm in my happy world. If you do, I swear to God, you will never see the light again." I hissed threateningly and placed the device on my head, turning on a random song on high volume. This is gonna be one long flight...
"Alright class, today we'll be visiting the Kumano shrine." The teacher announced when all of us were gathered in the meeting room at the hotel we were staying for the past four days. "The bus is leaving in twenty minutes, so you all better be ready by that time." The woman shot an irritated look at me. I don't get what's her problem, it was the staff's fault I was late the last time. Such a troublesome woman. "We'll be back at the hotel at around seven pm, do be ready for a long day."
"Yes, ma'am!" The class said in unison and departed to their rooms to get ready. As all of them being sixteen years old or more they are pretty well mannered. I like my class. Not that I'm friends with anyone there, they're just bearable to be around with.
After about half an hour we were all seated in a rather large bus and were heading towards the mentioned shrine. Obviously the gods here hate me, because once again I had to sit near that annoying little twit. And when she was excited, it was even worse.
"Do you know which major god resides there in folklore?" She asked me brightly with sparkling eyes. Of course I don't, stop messing with me. "Susanoo-no-Mikoto, or just Susanoo. I don't know if that's how it's pronounced but similarly to that. He's the god of storms and sea. Also he's somewhat considered to be a trickster god."
I glanced at her for a moment before speaking.
"Well someone did their research." I said indifferently. "Haven't heard of such god before."
"I could tell you his whole story if you'd like." Regina's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Please don't." I moaned. It wasn't that I didn't like Japanese mythology, I loved it in fact, but I just couldn't stand her voice.
"Fine then." She huffed and looked away. With a relaxed sigh I put on my earphones and proceeded to listen to my favorite group.
Two hours has passed and we were still going around that shrine with a guide and listening to many many stories and myths. For me, sure, it was somewhat interesting, but I can't even begin to talk about how Regina looked. I don't even... Whatever.
The site itself was really beautiful. At this time of the year it exceeded all expectations. The colors, the texture, the combinations... Simply marvelous. Though I was growing rather bored of these stories and wanted to wander around the site by myself, alone. So naturally when the opportunity arose, I took it and dispatched from my group, taking a completely different route down the mountain. Should be fun.
But I already told you that the gods hate me.
"Where do you think you're going?" An annoying voice startled me from behind.
"Jesus fricking Christ, don't scare me like that." I hissed when I finally regained my composure. "And that's none of your business, I do what I want.'
"Well don't expect me to just let you disobey the rules." Regina retorted.
I just rolled my eyes and proceeded to go down the road.
"Hey, stop! Come back!" She yelled at me as she ran behind me
"Stop telling me what to do!" I shouted back.
"I have to report you, you know!"
"Then come with me for fuck's sake." I grunted. "And you won't need to do any reporting."
"Huh? What? Are you crazy? I could never disobey the rules!"
"You already did, dumbass." I rolled my eyes at her. "Take it or leave it."
Regina seemed frustrated as she thought it over. Hurry up girl, I don't have all day...
"F-Fine!" She finally stuttered out. "But just to keep you out of trouble!"
"Yeah, whatever." I scoffed and proceeded to go down the road, Regina right behind me.
"Hey, I think I see a cave!" I suddenly said and pointed to a fairly large cave entrance. "Let's go check it out!"
"Let's not..." The girl behind me seemed really unsure about my proposal. "This place is completely off limits, we shouldn't be here! It's forbidden by law!"
"They wouldn't have prohibited this place if they didn't have anything to show." I smirked as I quickly made my way to the stone entrance.
The cave itself wasn't too fancy. But what I found amazing is that there was a still as glass pool inside it. The water almost seemed black to the lack of light. It was enchanting.
"Hey, Marbel, let's go back. I don't like this place..." A somewhat scared voice of Regina reached my ears. "This is way too creepy..."
But I didn't listen to her. It seemed as if the water was calling for me. Praying me to come closer to it. And I did just that. I wanted to touch it. I wanted to touch that glass like structure and see for myself what exactly is it.
As I was just a feet away, thunder roared outside. Regina eeked and ran my way. Soon after rain started pouring like from a cran with occasional lightning lighting the sky.
"This is weird..." I murmured as I looked at the thick wall of rain outside. "I could have sworn it was sunny just five minutes ago."
"You do know that were inside Susanoo's residence, the god's of storm and sea?" The other girl stuttered out scared.
"Don't tell me you believe that." I scoffed and turned back to the still unmoving water before me. Yes, it was definitely calling for me...
And all I needed was to touch. I needed it.
But as my fingers connected with the smooth surface, the water began trembling wildly. I knew something was wrong and I had to get out of here, but I couldn't lift my hand from the water. It seemed like it started to suck it in.
And the next thing I knew I was covered in black water and I could hear distant screams.
A/N: Aaand that's the first chapter! Hope you liked it! Please be so kind and reviewww! Thanks!