Hey y'alls. I'm back with another fanfic. I always delete my others when I get bored of writing them, sorry about that. Maybe this one will last longer. :P -FangirlFrenzy

"Oh, Tomoe! I love you!" Lady Nanami exclaimed, running and jumping into his arms. Tomoe smiled, which was a pretty rare occurrence. Yes, they were in love. And Tomoe had just proposed. To Lady Nanami. To get married.

And here Mizuki was, sitting in the back corner, sulkily watching it all go down. He had a slight attraction to Lady Nanami, he mustn't lie, however he discovered he wasn't going to get his way this time. He was happy for them, though, they had both been through alot and deserved happiness.

It was watching them when he realized something: He should probably stop being Lady Nanami's familiar. Mizuki had a feeling that Tomoe would not appreciate someone other than him protecting Lady Nanami, his soon to be wife. What would he do then, once he was no longer a familiar? He would have to go back to his old shrine. This made him even more depressed.

Mizuki let out a sigh. He waited until the fox left the land god alone, which took a while, and walked up to her.

"Lady Nanami?" He asked.

"Yes, Mizuki?" She said, in a dazed and faraway voice.

"I…" He paused, "I am going to stop being your familiar."

This shook her out of her stance. Lady Nanami had always been a thoughtful one. "What..? Why?!"

"Well, I do not want to interrupt you and Tomoe. Don't worry though, I will be fine. I have a home to go home to." He smiled gently. That was partly a lie. He did have a home to go to, however it was not a very happy one, like the Mikage Shrine.

"Mizuki.. You will not be a bother. I will always welcome you here." She said, in that soft voice that once made his heart skip a beat.

She had made him sure of his decision. He had to leave. "No, Lady Nanami, I must leave. I'm sorry, but this is for the best." He gave her a hug.

Does he still love her? Mizuki must have, for it was very tough for a yokai to fall out of love. Maybe he didn't, and he just felt a need to protect her. She had been very kind to him, and Mizuki respected her for that.

During this time of him thinking, he had packed up his stuff, which wasn't much. He had said his goodbyes to the shrine spirits, Lady Nanami, and the fox. He sighed once more, now outside the Mikage Shrine and looking back at it.

Oh, how happy he had been at this place. Now, he would have to find new happin-

"Watch out!" A woosh of wind and Mizuki was suddenly on the ground, a force on top of him, he blinked wildly. What had just happened?

A girl, about Nanami's age, jumped off him. "Ahh, jee, I'm so sorry, sir! Wait a sec, follow me, come on!" She said quickly, pulling him up and started running. Mizuki was still confused. He heard heavy footsteps behind them. He turned around, seeing 3 huge men trailing.

"Wait, what's happening?" He shouted.

"Just follow me!~" She said in a cheerful singsong voice. They had turned many corners when Mizuki had realized that the men weren't chasing her anymore.

"Hey.. They're not...following you anymore.." He said in between pants.

"Oh.. yeah." She grinned and pumped a fist into the air. "We lost them!"

"Uhm, first of all, could you explain what is happening?" He asked, tilting his head. Her other thin and bony hand was still latched onto his.

She seemed confused for a second, then it must have came back to her. "Oh, I forgot to explain it to you. So,~ I was exploring the city, when I must have trespassed some weirdos land, and they started chasing me, so I jumped off these stones, and landed on you." The girl almost seemed proud of it. "Since I knocked into you, I decided that I would take you out to eat, as an apology."

Mizuki blinked. Yokai did not eat food. "Shoot." He thought, "What am I going to tell her?

"Ahh, actually, I am not too hungry right now.." He said, scratching the back of his neck. She looked at him.

"Could I buy you something from the store?"

"Naw, I don't need anything."

"Well, I've gotta do something to apologize." She looked down and dug at some dirt on the path with her faded and old converse shoes.

Then, Mizuki had an idea. The reason why he had hated the old shrine was because he was lonely, so he would be happy if he had a friend, right?

She looked kinda dirty, like she hadn't showered or cleaned her clothes in a while. Now that he had a better look at her, he could see that she wasn't bad looking. The girl was thin, almost too thin, and had dark brown hair with a boyish hair cut. She also had a pack on her back. She could be homeless. Maybe this was a really good idea.

"How about…" He pretended to think, then smiled a little, "you become my friend." She blinked.

"Okay."

"Wow, that was easy. I hope this girl isn't loose or anything."

"Ahh, another question: Do you have a home?"

"No, why?"

"How cliche. Just like a manga."

"If you want, you can live with me."

She thought about it. "I mean, you are almost a complete stranger, but it is better than living in the streets. I will live with you!"

"Okay." He paused. "Let's go home then." And oh, how it felt so good to say that to someone. It was sudden, he would admit, but he was desperate for someone to talk to, just someone to be with. He couldn't stand being alone. It scared him to death. Maybe, just maybe, this was his path to happiness.

There you guys go, the first chapter of my story. I know it is a little cliche and fast-paced, but I will be trying to make it less of that as the story progresses. ;)

Thanks for reading! -FangirlFrenzy