It was one of those regular days. And yet, something was different. Mizuki had gone to pay his respects to his old goddess, Yonomori. The shrine spirits, Kotetsu and Onikiri, were out shopping for Tomoe.
That just left, Nanami and Tomoe alone.
Tomoe had been confused about different things lately. Since their return of Kurama mountain and the year god shrine, He had had mixed feelings about Nanami. So he busied himself with cleaning the shrine. He was in deep thought, when suddenly he heard his name.
"To-mo-e!" said the land god behind him.
How Nanami managed to get behind him without his knowledge was something he would never understand.
Maybe I'm loosing my touch.
Tomoe turned to look at his goddess. She was in her normal lounge around the house clothes, black sweater with a skirt. Her smile was just as bright as always.
"What is it Nanami?" Tomoe inquired
"Nothing. I just wanted to see you." She grinned from ear to ear.
Tomoe couldn't help but slightly smile. He didn't understand it but, he loved her.
Nanami was at the edge of the door, when Tomoe thought He'd done enough laundry. He followed after her inside. There was something about her today. She seemed...happier than usual.
"So how long will Kotetsu and Onikiri, as well as Mizuki be gone? Do you know?" Nanami asked.
"The spirits may get lost so it will be awhile, and as for that snake, who the heck cares." He answered.
Nanami rolled her eyes at his last statement. She would never get why Tomoe always got so agitated about Mizuki.
They both sat at the table as Tomoe poured her a cup of tea. It was calm and peaceful, but awkward as well.
"Hey Tomoe," Nanami started.
Tomoe looked at her and said, "Yes Nanami?"
"What exactly happened at the year god shrine?" She asked, curious of the answer.
Tomoe was stunned. He had thought that Nanami hadn't remembered anything.
"Why do you ask?" Tomoe questioned.
"Well, I sort of remember something. It's hard to say who or what it was, but i heard the words they said." She answered.
This was going down hill very fast.
She remembers?! That's not good! Not good at all!
"What is it that this mystery person said?" He asked, trying to sound casual.
"They told me i would become the head of a household more...rowdy...than i could imagine." She explained.
Those were my words! Why did she have to remember my words?!
"Sounds about right if you ask me. That snake, the spirits, and the shinigami are all very rowdy."
At The mention of him, Nanami glanced at Mamoru. He was asleep on a pillow, and from the looks wouldn't be waking for a while.
"I guess your right, But why would they also propose to me?" Nanami was very calm about this, but she was the only one.
NO! She remembers the propose i said! This isn't good, she's going to start figuring it out!
Tomoe had to try and breeze over the subject: "Well i can't imagine why anyone would. Why would someone want to marry someone so weak and lazy?" He said.
A vein popped in Nanami's head.
"You know, your right. But at least they were more thoughtful than a certain Idiotic fox i know!" Nanami replied. He was such a jerk. Though, this also saddened her. He was still basically telling her there was no way in heck that they could ever have a chance.
Tomoe sat there. He realized his words were a little harsh, but it didn't hurt until he gazed at Nanami. She looked really upset. Almost if not close to tears. She tore at his heart.
He stood from the table, and headed to his own room. He thought it best to leave her alone, when suddenly after he heard Nanami mumble something, he stopped, unable to move.
"Nanami?" He asked, still paralyzed to where he stopped.
"Kneel." came her voice. It was strong, unwavering.
As Tomoe was forced to kneel beside his master, he wondered just what sort of thing did he get himself into? She still had her head down, and she wasn't looking at him. He was in for a lot of hurt. Then, Nanami turned. She had a mask of fury upon her face, and by the looks of it, the fox wouldn't be getting away anytime soon.
"Tomoe, do you know more than your saying about what happened at the shrine?" Nanami asked. She was getting a little scary to be honest.
"Uh, what would give you that idea, dear Nanami? I would never lie to my master." Tomoe avoided her gaze. She was catching on far to quickly and he couldn't move.
"Tomoe. I order you to tell me what happened at the year god shrine." She used her sacred word to make him talk. She couldn't beat it out of him so she had to go with magic.
"While at the shrine, we each had to go into the torri gates. You went first, with the snake and i to go next. After we exited, you still had not come so we entered your torri gate. In the torri gate, we looked for you, and suddenly a child about five years old appeared and the snake said that was you. We followed as your memories played through of what had happened so long ago. We saw you meet your father, he gave you something before saying he would be gone for a while. We then tried to confront you, but instead you kicked the snake, called him a kidnapper, and ran. I came to the conclusion that it was definitely you and The snake was crying that he already said that.
"We then kept going and ended up following you to where ever your mother was. She was being talked to by people who she owed money to and after they theft you ran into her arms. The snake and i had watched and i realized why you hadn't spoken much of them at all. Your father had left you, and your mother had stayed just to die. i could sense she was not going to live much longer.
"She held you in her arms and told you about being gone one day, and told you to never trust your father. She asked you to always stay single and healthy and you agreed. We watched as your memory's of her death came. After some time we tried to get your attention again. The snake tried to convince you that he was your favorite familiar, but believed you didn't remember him. You said you did then called him a kidnapper again before running into me. I held you in my arms and played along with the snake being a kidnapper, and i flew off.
"For sometime you were playing with my ears and still said you wanted to even when i let you down. I was looking for the exit, when i noticed the scenery was strange. i realized that it was anything you had seen before. I gave you all the things you desired, and at last we ended up on a beach as the sun went down. You said the day was over, but you didn't want to go home. you said nobody was waiting for you. That you had to be all by yourself. I figured out what you truly desired and told you where you would be in the future. "Only for the time being, in a few years when you are older, you will be the head of a household more rowdy than you can imagine."
"You took this as that you would be married and you would make a new family to replace your old one, whereas i told you that was not what i meant, with you following that you would never get married. I asked you why, with you answering that you had bad luck with men and that you were going to stay single instead of counting on them. i told you that you did not have bad luck but that you were a poor judge of character. I told you to-"
Tomoe just barely stopped himself by slamming his hand on his mouth. the words were still fighting their way out. He was in the mother load of trouble. He looked at Nanami, and she was blushing. He was still speaking even though it wasn't understandable. Among his incomprehensible words, The words of 'i love you' came out and you could almost understand them.
Nanami stared at him. So, that's what happened. He was the one who told her of the future. But, wait! That also meant he had propo-
Her thought were caught off as she heard words among his mouth. Most of them not understandable, but she definitely heard them.
"Silence."
Tomoe's hand moved and his mouth clamped shut.
"Tomoe, did i just hear you say, 'I love you'?" Nanami didn't think she was mistaken and by the look on his face, she had heard him correctly.
