This story was a bit unintentional, altough I kinda took my time thinking about writting it and I hope you'll like it. Enjoy the first chapter for now and don't forget reviews are always welcomed. Stay tuned. Oh and I wanted to mention that this story ain't gonna be for kids... even if right now it might not seem like it... I'm just saying. I repeat: I would like to continue from where the anime left off, although I really am a fan of the manga, because otherwise the story wouldn't have a rational meaning. Thank you:)

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"Tomoe... where are you?" shouted a dark haired, brown eyed girl, running around the shrine, half dressed trying to button the shirt and pull her shoes on at the same time, being watched by two spirits who, of course, where doing their best to remind her from five to five minutes that...

"Nanami-samaaaaa! You're going to be late for school!" Kotetsu, one of the spirits, yelled.

"I know but if I could find that dumb fox to give me my bento already, I wouldn't be!" the girl growled, rushing down the hall.

"Who are you calling a dumb fox, if I may ask?" a man quizzed intrigued. He was gorgeous, a handsome guy, who looked around the age of twenty, tall, well built, bright purple eyes, just like amethysts, bobbed, white haired, pale skin, with two ears and a fluffy, snowy tail fitting on his body, like a fox's, who was standing in the doorway, distorsing his beautiful face in anger at the words thrown at him by the human girl running from one end of the hall to another.

"N-No one... Just give me my lunch, I already missed the train."

"Silly you. It's all your fault for not waking up earlier and preparing your own meal."

"I thought that was your job!"

"Oh! And where is it written that one of the duties of a familiar might be this?"

"..."

"You're lucky I accepted to take care of you, otherwise you'd definitely be dead by now, who knows where! You'd do well to remember that if it weren't for me, you would be a yokai's meal by now! Leave already to your precious school!" the demon gasped angrily in one breath, narrowing his eyes, striking her with fierceful gazes.

The poor girl felt her feet pinned down in the ground by his harsh words and, with a racing heart, an awful chest pain along with the aching knot in her throat, Nanami just replied with the best smile she could fake, as glimmering drops of agony made their way in her eyes. She shut them quickly though and turned around throwing a goodbye on the way, so he wouldn't see her. At least that's what she thought.

The Land God rushed towards the station and, thankfully, she made it in time, jumping on the train while it was moving. There was something about her familiar that she couldn't quite put her finger on, but what was it? She felt a chill run down her spine remembering that since their little "incident" after the festival, he wasn't quite the same. Or has the girl changed too and she wouldn't even realise. It's been a month or two since that, but, anyway it might be, Nanami thought that it was best to talk to him about this as soon as possible, because she couldn't shake the feeling of insecurity around that man and it was like she started to get... frightened by him. Distracted by her own thoughts and nothing else, the girl didn't actually realise when she arrived at the school yard, where she was practically disturbed byher concerned friends.

'Stupid Tomoe... why is he so frickin' mean? Since that time... when we-'

"Momozono! Where were you?" her redheaded comrade, Ami, quizzed.

"I... was... not feeling so good... and I don't think I am going to either... I'm going back..."

"But you just arrived!"

"What's up, girl? Did something happen? You want us to come with you?" Kei, her other colleague, asked concerned, checking her text messages from time to time.

"No! No problem! Don't worry, you guys! I'll be fine!"

"Ok. You better go straight to the shrine. We'll come by later to check up on you..."

"Thank you for your concern, but really... I'll be ok. I just need some time alone."

"Fine then... Take care..."

The girl nodded at her friends' last words, ran down the stairs and back towards the shrine, but, along the way, she thought of doing something fun by herself for a chance, so she changed directions, heading right in the opposite way from her home. Nanami knew her familiar would be as mad as he can get for this, but why would she care? After all he was the one who almost shooed her away and made the poor soul feel helpless. So, she dashed to the closest coffee shop to relax a bit before her journey she had planned for that day.

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"Hm? What the...? That idiot. She's one problem after another..."

"What is the problem, Tomoe-dono?"

"The moron forgot her cat hat."

"That's a problem! We should be heading out to find her!"

"You go! I'm busy." the fox demon said and turned around to do what seemed to be dinner. Where these really the duties of a familiar? To take care of a helpless child, feed her, shelter her, of such a gentle soul in a fragile body who could break anytime with no particular reason. All this made the yokai fall in the depth of his mind, thinking about all the motives for which he helps her so much. The demon, indeed, had it's reputation of a blood thirsty killer, 500 years ago, after which he was tamed by his first master and Earth Diety, Mikage. But afterall, he was still a criminal and he still hated humans, so this thought really intrigued him, how could he show his face to the others who knew him like that, literally taking care of his master. And thinking about falling for such a puny being, angered him even more. Maybe it wasn't such a good thing that he kissed her after the festival and maybe it was a bit late to rectify himself, but better late than never, right? It wasn't fair to love a human and that was final.

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"Kurama-dono!" the two spirits gasped.

"Hm? What are you doing here?" the redheaded tengu looked puzzled at them.

"We are looking for Nanami-sama! But we can't find her!"

"I don't think she even came to school..."

"This is bad..." trembled Kotetsu.

"It's very bad..." continued Onikiri.

"Hey... calm down." the tengu said rising from his seat, heading towards the door. "We'll find her." and ran towards the rooftop, where he spread his black feathered wings and fled above the town, in the search for his friend.

"What should we do?" the other two shouted in his back.

"Go to the shrine and tell that damned fox to move his ass here!" Kurama sighed, grinding his teeth in worry. 'Nanami, you fool... Where are you?'

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"HA HA HA HA HA! YAY! This is definitely much more fun than at school or at the shrine!" the Land God shouting, while riding one of the best roller coasters held by that amusement park. She suddenly remembered about the time when she was scared to do this, so it was actually Tomoe and his childish behavior that encouraged and brought her here. It was a bit weird for her to ride alone, but the girl was willing to take a risk, to do something on her own, to really do something by herself.

'Let's see, now... we have the carousel or bumper cars... hmmm... decisions, decisions... Why not both?' she whispered to herself with a colorful grin, becoming more and more enthusiastic about how this fun day just started, still feeling traces of the adrenaline while on the previous ride. Before choosing something else, she took a short break while eating popcorn and pink cotton candy like the little cute and sweet child she was, after which the girl ran relentlessly towards the carousel, with no care in the world.

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"Tomoe-dono!" two wisps flew with full speed down the shrine hall.

"You're back... What's with all the ruckus? And why do you still have the hat I gave you?"

"Nanami-sama..." they panted heavily, barely speaking. "We can't find her! Kurama-dono said she never even made it to school!"

Their words stroke a chorde in the yokai's heart, as he stumbled to his feet, in fear for his frail master. It took him only one second to think about all the horrible things that might have happened to the poor girl, abducted, beaten, abused of, maybe even killed by now. He couldn't simply clear the dark cloud, fogging his mind, so easily, as he was trying to figure where to search for her first.

"Fox Fire! Find Nanami!" he then shouted unthinkingly, being prepared to look for her restlessly, after which he made himself scarce too. He fled towards the sky to get a better view, but somthing felt a bit too odd... There was a mist all over the town that was actually thickening with every second passing, but he didn't hesitate, as instead trying even harder to find her. And, as he was at it, something made way in his head again, something about the Earth Diety he was serving, that kind of made him stop a while to process deeply on the fact that maybe it has some connection to the behavior she had before leaving for school. He hoped that it had at least the slightest link to that, so nothing worse would be encountered. Tomoe thought that maybe even he was the cause for her acting this morning, which led to a scary change in his mood, feeling sorry, but also mad at himself that he was an asshole to her. Besides, what was his reason for talking to her like that? Just two words? Dumb fox? Was he that low to listen to such a taunt and afterall she's been calling him like that since they've know eachother, but actually, it was something else... something like a wish to restrain himself from being so nice to her. Although, even remembering the reasons for which he wanted to do that, the demon couldn't shake off the feeling of being pained for what he did to her and it was way too much for him to bear, so, the second she was found, he would apologize to her properly and promise to stop behaving like a complete dumbass.

It was late, as the Sun and the cold air were starting to set as well as the fear of not finding their precious Earth Diety. The cool breeze was easily brushing his face and even all the good thoughts he had until now, leaving him with only a shiver of saddness because of his useless searching. Through all the thick fog, he could notice a black figure a few metters in front of him and, knowing who he was, the yokai rushed over.

"Finally. I was waiting for you!"

"Instead of waiting you could've just looked for her."

"Are you an idiot or what? I was, but then I sensed you coming and I stopped."

"I would've rather have you still doing that! But oh, I'm sorry you're way to busy fantasizing about her and how to get her to like you! Tell me how many wet dreams have you had with Nanami until now, huh? A thousand? A million?" Tomoe growled angrily, as his right hand was lighten blue, subtily threatening the other yokai.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? Huh? I helped you search for her, even though I'm not her familiar, you are, you friggin' moron! And instead of just rattling about how incompetent she is you should've taken better care of her and maybe teach her how to do that herself for a chance!"

"You are getting on my nerves, crow!"

"Retarded fox! That what you are! You don't deserve to be her familiar! You're to busy drinkin' sake and fucking those whores at the red light district! Maybe you could teach yourself a lesson. Maybe you're the incompetent one, not her. And maybe this happened because of you! Ever thought of that?!"

"That's it! I'm gonna fuckin' kill you for that, you dumbass!" Tomoe yelled dashing towards the tengu, full speed, his arm shimmering even brighter.

"I wanna see you try, you useless fox!" Kurama couldn't help but responde to his threat, approaching even faster, preparing for a hot blooded fight.

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The very well searched for Earth Diety was taking her time at the amusement park having fun, laughing, taking from ride to ride, feeling good, at least one day without having to be a god, nor a highschooler. It was time for her grand finale, because the girl was waiting for this moment for some time now and she bought a ticket for the mystical ferris wheel. Being almost dark outside, she could clearly see all the lights of the town, beautifully glittering in the sky, leaning forward to see them better, but of course, the girl knew a better view wasn't quite possible, instead standing still and not blinking, trying to not miss anything. Her mouth was opened and her eyes widened in amasement, as the scene was so gorgeously printed in her mind. But something suddenly made her pout, like a thick, foggy cloud that was approaching her and the girl could barely see anything anymore. All she could think about was the fact that she couldn't get another glimpse of the brilliant view that was offered to her, a few minutes earlier. And a shiny blue dot caught her attention, making the poor girl curse in exasperation and it seemed to her like a Fox Fire:

"Tomoe, you jerk! Not even a fuckin' day huh-" but the cabin suddenly shook her hard, before the wheel stopped moving at all and making her mind scramble at once, when hearing the speaker inside.

"Ladies and gentlmen, please do not panic. We are facing a bit of technical difficulties, but there is nothing major. So please stand still and under no circumstances are you to open the doors. Thank you for understanding."

'What? No fucking way! I'm at the top for fuck's sake!' the girl gasped shivering and yet another stubmble upon her cabing woke her up quickly. 'It took him no time to get here... I might as well thank him for that...' she thought as someone slightly opened the door, although an unrecognized figure made it's way inside.

"T-Tomoe... Sorry for running away, but I just wanted to- Huh? Who are you? You're not Tomoe..."

"No little god I'm not. I'm just your worst nightmare!"