Chapter 1
Hi! Author-San here! But you could call me Rei! Before this fanfic starts I want to point out a few things:
1. This story contains Yuri or Shoujo-Ai or whatever you call it so if you don't like it why are you here anyways?
story is heavily inspired by "Into The Forest Of Fireflies" so I recommend you go check it out.
story's main pairing is NozoEli. But if you squint hard enough you might see some other parings.
4. This story MIGHT have some OOC (I have lots of crap to say)
5.I don't own the LoveLive! Series (Which is kinda obvious)
With all that said. Please enjoy.
Nozomi Toujo. What comes to your mind when you hear that name? Some people just assume it's someone famous because of the fact that you mentioned a name randomly. Other people just assume that this person "Nozomi Toujo" is an average girl. But in fact, Nozomi Toujo isn't average. She, Nozomi Toujo-San. Can see spirits.
Well it all started when Nozomi was just a little child. Problably around the age of 2 to 3 months old. Anyways, she used to live in an apartment with her parents before. Imagine this: Mr and Mrs Toujo had just recently gotten married and had a child. Yes. That child indeed was Nozomi. They bought a really cheap but nice apartment in the Kansai area and thought they would live happily ever after. Now children, the keyword here is THOUGHT. Little did they know that the apartment was so cheap because the owner there was the victim of a murder case. People would not dare venture into this apartment on summer nights because it was rumored to have a ghost haunting the apartment around this time of the year. Anyways back on topic, Mr and Mrs Toujo thought it would be a good idea to put the baby they had in the room where the previous owner had died. Because of this, Nozomi would see the victim's ghost walking around the room back and forth. The ghost, for his own amusement gave Nozomi the ability to see spirits and ghosts. He would then watch the little child cry at the sight of him. On the other hand, Mr and Mrs Toujo had no idea why little Nozomi was crying each summer night. Screaming and crying every time Nozomi heard the wind or something simple like that. Since they could not stand Nozomi crying each night in summer. So, they decided to send Nozomi to her grandparents' place in the countryside each summer. Since then, Nozomi had the gift of seeing spirits and ghosts. Oh yeah, she still visits her grandparents' place each summer.
One time when Nozomi was 6 years old. She heard of a rumor that in the countryside, there was a forest haunted with different kinds of spirits. Since Nozomi wanted to see this for herself, she ventured into the forest alone. Little did she know, there was also another rumor that whoever ventures into the forest alone will never find their way out.
(Nozomi's POV)
Ahh...I think I'm lost….why did I come to this forest again? Ah right! I wanted to see spirits! I used to see this spirit before in summer when I was younger. He was a really nice spirit! He would often tell me jokes and show me different tricks! But I couldn't see him any longer since my parents sent me here each summer for some reason...I wonder why? Anyways, Ahhh! I'm lost! Wait...How did I get lost in the first place? Ahh I think I remember that tree...I think I should follow...That path?
(Back to 3rd person POV)
Nozomi, for the first few minutes tried to find her way out. But being the 6 year old girl she is, she quickly gave up. Nozomi then sat in a clearing and cried….She probably cried for like 10 minutes straight Idk.
"Hey midget! Why are you crying?" Nozomi heard a voice say. She quickly looked around. But to her surprise she saw no one. "Psst midget! I'm up here!" Nozomi heard the voice say again. She quickly look up only to see a girl with blonde hair tied in a high ponytail wearing a Japanese ceremonial mask. She looked like she was an average high school girl. But something about her was a little off.
"Hey midget? You lost? In that case I'll help you out!" said the girl. She jumped down from the tree and looked at Nozomi. Nozomi almost immediately stood up and tried to hug the girl. But to her surprise, the blonde dodged it and Nozomi fell face first onto the grass. "Hehe sorry, you can't touch me..." said the blonde.(Just imagine the song "Hammer Time" playing right now :D) "C'mon! I said I'll show you out remember? So follow me!" said the blonde. Without a moment to waste, Nozomi got up and followed the girl.
"Hey Onee-chan? Why can't I touch you?" asked Nozomi as she walked with the blonde. "Well you see...I'm a spirit. I'm actually quite surprised that you could see me. Odd huh?" replied the blonde. Nozomi looked surprised for a second then said," Huh? But if you're a spirit then how come you could walk like that? Shouldn't you be floating or something?" asked Nozomi. "Well...I'm not really a spirit...But I'm not really human either. I'm kinda in between you know? Spirits raised me when I was a human but since I hanged around them so much I kinda became one of them. The sad thing is, even though I'm still technically part human. Humans can't touch me. If they touch me then I'll just….disappear….like forever I guess?…..It's kinda like dying but like...For spirits like me." the blonde replied back. Nozomi then realized how close she was to making the blonde disappear and started crying….again….
"Ahhh….Don't cry please...I'm not good with children..I'm sorry..." the blonde said. "It's alright Onee-chan. It's not your fault….." Nozomi said back sobbing. "Mhm.. C'mon let's continue. It's gonna be dark soon." the blonde said with a bright smile on her face. They soon reached a shrine that was at the entrance of the forest. "Hey? Onee-chan? I still haven't introduced myself! I'm Nozomi Toujo! Aged 6! I live in the Kansai area and I'm just here to visit my Grandparents' place! What's your name Onee-chan?~" Nozomi said with the most goddamn idiotic grin you could think of. The blonde just stared back and said,"Did you make any friends here yet?" Nozomi just stared back and shook her head. "Would you like to meet me here again tomorrow so we could play together?" the blonde asked again. Nozomi put on the brightest smile she had and said," Mhm!". As Nozomi started running back she heard a voice say," By the way, my name's Eli." When Nozomi looked back at the shrine she saw that this mysterious "Eli" had already disappeared. "Eli huh?" Nozomi said to herself with a grin. Then continued running back to her grandparents' place.
And that was the beginning of their friendship.
Ahh~ It took me 2 days to write this short chapter~ I'm so sorry if it's kinda short...I'll try my best from now on. :D
