Hey Guys! I had this idea and this WAS going to be a one shot but I got inspried and thought; eh? Why not? I thought it would be cute giving that Tomoe will be unexperienced and yet a little wild..
Plus I'm sick so I have A LOT of free time! XD
Here Is My New Story; The Fox and The Village Girl
Mikage sighed ad patted the foxes head as he slept peacefully on the porch outside; It was rather late and even though Tomoe drank only one cup of Sake his new familiar had conked out and was now whimpering in his sleep.
He looked tired but in a way that made since giving all that the teen had been through in the past two months; one of those things was become a familiar; which was a large thing t handle in everyway possible.
Giving that the fox was only a young yokai didn't help matters; by his appearance he could be seventeen, No eighteen years old if he was a human. The blond god sighed and chuckled to himself quickly.
Another thing had been discovered that Mikage and the rest of the shrine decided to keep quiet about; and that was Tomoe was the blood son of the marrige god through an affair. Mikage himself wasn't expecting this and he remembered his mother's cain when she found out he had fooled around with a female Yokai.
Oh how it hurt..
Mikage sighed and looked at the teen; he had become a familair and gained a father in such a short time. Other things had happened to him as well and that was the fact that he lost someone important to him. Sadly the boy was not allowed to remember this until a certain time in his life.
Tomoe left out a whimper and a long whine escaped his mouth due to the cold of the night. The god couldn't help but chuckle.. he was innocnet and yet he wasn't. It made sense in a way to look at the teen as a son.
It was easy and now it felt completely right once Mikage found out the details. The god pulled the teens haori over his body and made sure he was warm before grabbing the sake tray and standing.
He didn't have the heart to tell him to get up and go to bed; he would let the teen sleep and dream about who knows what. He was probably dreaming about girls or something, giving he was at that age. Mikage shook his head and started to go inside quietly.
It was bright; to bright... Tomoe moaned and moved slightly; only to fall off the edge of the proch with a loud thud; He moaned as his back landed on the harsh ground and he looked up at the sky in pure hatred.
Maybe because it was raining and he landed right in a puddle that soaked him down to his undergarmets. The fox slowly sat up and shook his hand to clear mud and slime from it. he gagged at the feeling of the water seeping into his clothes and he cursed as he stood and made his way towards the door.
Thank goodness the shrine wasn't locked, ( Which had happened before when he had to... Um.. Relieve himself. ) The fox stepped in and stood in the doorway with sopping wet ears and a ticked expression.
Two months in the shrine and they still didn't seem to notice he was standing there moping. He growled loudly which snapped Mikage out of his thoughts and Inari out of his News Scroll.
The god blinked when he saw Tomoe with muddy water seeped into the seat of his pants; his ahir was soaked and he was shaking from the cold. Inari blinked a few times before bursting out into continious laughs. He snorted and pointed as Mikage stood up and put a blanket over Tomoe's shoulders.
Tomoe glared at him for letting him sleep outside in the first place; he was a father right? What type of father did that!?
Inari caught his glare and then smirked," He's probably just upset he didn't wake up beside a tanuki."
Tomoe let his death glare be directed towards Inari befre mumbled, " You have no idea."
Mikage hit him in the head and Tomoe glared at him; The blond god sighed and then with perfect cheer, placed his hands on his hips and smiled.
"Tomoe, Go take a bath!" He smiled and started to push Tomoe to the back room. When they got there the god pulled out the large bathtub whiel Tomoe stood in the corner shaking like a rebelious leaf. He was glaring and the air was cold from his atittude.
Thats when Mikage heated the water and poured it in before looking at Tomoe and smiling.
" You clothes are in the closet like always; Heat up." He smiled and walked out the door, but before he could get out completely he smirked and said," I'm having you go to town today!" Then he walked out as Tomoe let out a surprised gasp and turned towards the door in hatred.
He took the blanket off and began to strip as he fumed to himself. How dare his father do this! It was his day off... And not to mention Tomoe knew what he was trying to do! It had started two weeks ago when his father got a stupid idea to try and set him up in a relationship..
With a human.
Tomoe ground his teeth and ran his hands through his hair; letting water dribble off his hands and onto the floor. He was mad and angry. He had just stopped acting like a murderer and now his father was trying to get him to look at a girl!
The fox got in the tub and moaned at its warmth before sinking down to his chin. It felt nice and the water was so very warm.. He closed his eyes and then sighed at the lavendar scented water.
Knowing him he wouldn't have had this.. Not something like this; It was too nice and sweet smelling. Tomoe knew this all to well. His hands were stained with the blood of many and his body had touched many. He was filthy to say the least...
He sunk down lower until the water was over his nose; to be truthful he didn;t even know why he was at the shrine, but then again it was strange. He had met his father and now had a place to live..
For the first time in his whole life; He had a place the he could grow used too. No one was hunting him down, no one was trying to kill him or take his life away. Mikage had told him not to long ago when Tomoe was ahving a hard time coping with what he did.. He said..
" Even Black be washed to White.." He never knew what that meant.. But it was the same in many ways. It meant that no matter what he did; he had a second chance to redo his life. Yes, He couldn't take back what he did.. Not any of the lives he took; or all the women he forced himself onto. No, He coudln't take that back.
it stung like a knife and every once in a while when he heard a human say, I hate you? He felt nostalgic as if he had heard that before and it wounded him deeply. As if the hole in his heart was something caused by this..
The feeling was horrible to say the least. It had only been two months afterall.. And he still had headches that brought tears to his eyes. Mikage said they were migrians but Tomoe didn't understand. He never had them before and it was driving him insane.
His chest would hurt as if something was missing; something that was more important then anything.. but the teen couldn't understand it. It was like everything was gone and yet he gained more...
Tomoe sighed as he rubbed his skin with the soft soap; it soaked in and he sighed at the nice sent of apples and vanilla.
He needed to relax and try not to think about the match making crap his dad was trying to force onto him. No, The fox was shove that away fro now and pretend like it wasn't happening to him. He would relax and sigh... In the comfort of his new home..
Inari sighed as he stared at Mikage annoyed, " Stop meddling in that kids life!" He spewed. he knew what Mikage was doing; he was hoping that he would meet someone nice and have feelings. Inari sometimes wondered if Mkage saw Tomoe as his blood relation or another client.
Mikage gapsed melodramictally in shock and shame," I do not meddle!" He screached and dabbed at his lips, " I help make love.." He smirked as Ianri gagged.
" That sounded cruel and wrong.." Inari narrowed his eyes in hate at Mikage's compliments. This was worse then the last week when Mikage had two girls come over so that Tomoe could see them.
The teen was annoyed and then later in the day the girls thought it would be fun to trap Tomoe in the hallway and flirt with him. It turned out horribel to say the least, one girl even went as far to lick Tomoe's ear. The teen was mortified and he told Mikage if he ever saw another female in the shrine he would kill her in the spot.
Mikage had laughed nervously before pushing the girls out. Inari knew one thing about Tomoe and that was his ears were off limits. In more ways then one; even when he got in trouble Mikage would hardly ever yank the foxes ears.
When he did it caused Tomoe great pain and Inari was shocked when the fox let tears spill at the severe pain. The god truly had no clue that fox ears were so sensitive even to the smallest of all pinches; but then again..
Mikage had bony fingers..
Inari shuddered and suddenly felt bad for the teen who was being embarrassed daily by them both. He had to put up with them and his new shrine duties. He was still training and inari had to make sure he was doing everything correctly.
When he didn't do something good enough the fox woud redo it; even if Inari told him he did his best. The floors were spotless because of the other day and that was probably why Tomoe had fallen asleep so easily on the porch.
He was new to the duties of a familiar so when he worked it was a little hard on him. Inari wasn't sure if he liked the fox over working himself and causing him and Mikage worry. Somethimes it was like Tomoe didn't sleep at all and both Mikage and Inari knew that was bad for his health.
They weren't sure what to do with him expect tell him to slow down. He worked so hard and it was hard to even imagine him hurting himself because of it. Plus his yokai powers kept the shrine alive and standing. It sucked the fox dry each day and Mikage would often order him to go sleep.
Tomoe would grumble but it was for the best. Now Inari was trying to understand what Mikage was up to exactly. He knew Tomoe was hated in the village and everytime he went was a risk on his life. They knew what he did to all the other villages surrounding them and Tomoe was judged greatly for it. Even the gods were against him.
The god sighed and looked at Mikage after a moment of silence, " What are you planning?"
Mikage looked at him with a twinkle in his eyes, " Nothing really... Maybe fate will plan something."
Inari rolled his eyes, " Your the one that ties couples fates, Idiot."
Mikage smirked and took a sip of his tea. He chuckled lightly to himself as he breathed in and stomping footprints sounded in their ears. The sound grew louder and Inari flinched..
Here he came..
Tomoe had dried himself off and got dressed. He was angry for some reason; one was that he did't want to go to the village.
He was recovering from something that he didn't want to mention and the men that did it were elders of the village below. It was dangerous for him, even if he was the son of a god.
The fox sighed and walked into the living room where the gods ceased their talking. He found himself glaring at them, and then out the shrine's window, It was raining and Tomoe know he had to go and walk in that crap.
His ears flattened and a irritated growl left his mouth. His tail flicked about and he snapped his head towards Inari and Mikage before grabbing his Haori half coat and slipping it on his shoulders.
His black yukata with light red underlay and a bright blue haori was what he wore. It all contianed beautiful butterfly designs and his tabi had a redish colored sandle. It was like red wood; not painted but natural.
Tomoe looked out the window and shuttered before pulling it open and being blast in the face by a cold wind. It seeped through his clothes and he knew he had to hurry or he would freeze.
"Mikage I need the list.." Tomoe muttered.
The god nodded and pulled out a list before handing it to the fox teen. Tomoe looked it over and sighed; confirming they really did needs these items. He shoved the list in his pocket and started out the door. It was only sprinkling and the ground was sopping wet with thick mud.
Tomoe ground his teeth and quickly walked to the stone walk; carefull so he didn't slip, then he walked down the stairs slowly as that his sandles didn't make him go backwards. He had already broken his collar bone on these steps before so he was being extrememly careful.
The fox finally reached the bottom and soon walked until he was in the village. He paused atthe tree line and swallowed. Last time he went he was threatened with a whip and dogs; something he wasn't to keen on.
Tomoe walked forward and slowly made his way to a booth. It was a good booth and the man actaully sold him items that weren't ruined like everyone else. He knocked on the sign and waited before he saw an older man hobble over.
The man smiled and then looked aorund before looking at Tomoe, " You should hide those ears of yours. It makes you an easy target, it does.." He wagged a wise finger and Tomoe chuckled lightly. His laugh rang out as he shook his head.
" I can't.. I am the only one here who has white hair afterall." He smiled lightly and then looked at the booth items," I need some tea.. Green tea; and." he looked at the list and sighed, " Some ingredients for dumplings."
The man nodded as he started ot pull things off the shelf; he started to messure and pour and for Tomoe was greatful to say the least. Last tim ehe was here the man walked him hoe after Tomoe got beat up pretty badly; then he scolded Mikage for not watching Tomoe in such a harsh neighborhood.
The man sarted to hand Tomoe his purchase when Tomoe felt something make contact with his head. He yelped and winced when he felt a cut form on his temple. Tomoe ground his teeth and slowly turned around to see a few of the stuck up elders that liked to push him around. He swore inwardly and then put on a fake smile.
" Ah hello. " He smiled lightly and the men scoffed at him. He looked younger then all of them; plus he acted younger.. His body was younger. He was a young teenager surrounded by men and dangerous objects.
He Swallowed harshly as the leader laughed, " I see you feel better from that little blood bath we gave you two weeks ago, neh, Fox?"
Tomoe grimaced, He remembered the pain and it still imbedded itself into his side. He had been stabbed from behind and it was something he didn't want to dwell on at all. It was sickening and it made his stomach turn with bile and nostalga.
"Um." He paused, " I shoudl be going home; Father is waiting." Tomoe choked out as kind of he could and turned to leave. Sadly the man tripped the fox and he fell into the mud. Tomoe maoned, knowing where this was going and to soon? He felt their fett kicking his sides.
He coughed and quickly grabbed a mans leg and yanked him down in the mud as well. The man fell and Tomoe quickly bolted through the whole that he made in the circle. The fox started to run through the huts and tried to find his way to the shrines steps.
Tomoe winced as he looked aorund and then froze when he heard a man curse at him. His ears flattened and he quickly bolted through a small opening only to be stopped by a rough stop.
The fox ' Oof'ed And fell straight forward in a a large pile with a... Who knows what. His hands landed beside a females head as his legs straddled her wasit; His eyes grew wide and he was met with bright brown ones.
He opened his mouth as his mind panicked and went into overdrive. Aw crap! It looked liek he was trying to rape her! He swore and yelped in shock when the girl moved underneath him and made his face burn in embarrassment.
He mouthed his mouth to say somthing when the girls sweet eyes turned blinked as she gripped his Yukata and made him gsp as she pushed him back off of her with force.
" Get off me! PERVERT!" She sqeeled and hugged herself, mostly over her upper half and gripped a leg in the other, " Your a pervert!"
Tomoe felt hismelf glare at her as he stood," I am not! Your the one that was standing in the way!" He screamed.
She glared back and he blinked in shock, " I wasn't the one thats wasn't looking where he was going!"
Tomoe swore," WHY YOU!"
He stopped when he heard a girl call out to the girl in the distance, She said, " Nanami! Who's that?"
Tomoe at the girl and snarled hsi lip, " WATCH IT NEXT TIME!"
"Your an idiot!" She spewed, " I was watching where I was going! Your the one that was in the way! BAKA!" She ground her teeth and pushed him back. Tomeo growled and her attention was drawn to his ears and tail.
She blinked, " A Yokai?"
Tomoe froze and then gasped when a man behind him screamed out, Get back here you dirty rotten murderer, Tomoe!' He winced and shoveed past the girl as he ran towards the shrine. Little did he know that he fan fell out of his sleeve and landed beside the girl.
Nanami blinked as wathced as the men appraoched her, She knew if they saw this they would question her. She swallowed and grabbed the beautiful piece of art and stuffed it into her sleeve.
When the men passed by, They looked and went on in the direction of where that , ' Tomoe' Jerk went. The girl sighed heavily and gripped the fan before pulling it out and looking it over. It was really pretty and it seemed to glow..
It made her body feel comfortable and she wondered why. Her friend walked over and huffed out, " Nanami.. Don't talk to him like that.'
Nanami snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her friend oddly, " Why is that?"
"Didn't you hear?" Her friend gasped," That is thr Ex-Demon Tomoe! He's the son of the god who lives on the mountain."
Nanami deadpanned, " You mean that hill we try to call a mountain?"
The girl glared at her and then looked down at the fan in Nanami's hand. She went pale and then pointed at the mountain in fear," Take that back! Its that demons object.." She muttered and then took off running in a different direction.
Nanami furrowed her brow and looked at the object, It was well taken care of.. She wondered.. Why would someone be scared of something like this? And if he was the son of a god then why was everyone scared of him?
She pouted and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear; then she started to walk to her hut. She would return it in the morning.. Thats all she had to do was return in the morning..
Tomoe ran into the shrine cussing like an idiot. He was soaking wet and blood was on the side of his face. Inari gasped as did Miakge as they rushed forward; Mikage started to fix up Tomoe's lip while Inari got a towel and scrubbed away.
Tomoe coughed and tried to push them away in hatred. He had enough for today! Enough!
" THAT IDIOT! HAS MY FAN!" Tomeo fumed and slammed the door loudly. Mikage blinked.
Tomoe had onyl realized it had fallen out when he got to the top of the steps; his head was pounding from being held under water for two minutes and his lip was bleeding from constant blows to the face. His life was horrible to say the least.. But his fan? He dropped it when he stumbled onto that girl!
The fox started to swear to himself very rapidly in his native tongue, leaving Inari and Mikage baffled by all the words he could say in Yokai and Japanese. The fod stopped and glared at them.
" Who has your fan?" Mikage said calmly as he inspected Tomoe's cut. Tomoe hissed in pain as a cloth seeped up the blood. his tongue ran over the cut and he hissed as the healing embedded down..
Mikage shook his head, " Stop licking it Tomoe... It makes it hurt more." He scolded the fox and handed him the wet cloth.
"That idiot!" Tomeo spewed , " She was a ... A.. BLOCKHEAD!" He threw the rag at a wall and Mikage ducked it before going...
'SHE!?"
Inari gasped, " GIRL!?"
Both of them screamed, WHAT!?"
Tomoe glared at them and crossed his arms over his sopping wet body. he growled from under his throat and then made his way to his room to change... He didn't have time for this! He wanted his fan back but there was no way he was going back to the village..
Mikage giggled and jumped in circles as he danced around Inari with pure glee. He was dancing and showing off his godly glee when Inari slapped him across the head and glared.
" One girl does not mean anything, Idiot." He snarled as Mikage landed on his back and started to giggle on the floor.
" He met a girl!" He sgealed again leaving Inari with a major headache.
The Next day
"Remember what to do if you feel threatened?!" Her friend begged her as she placed a Obi on her Kimono. Nanami nodded and told her friend she would take care, and heed her warning. The brown haired girl clutched the fan in her hand and mad eher way towards the shrine..
They called it sacred and highly lifted up in the village, so why did they treat the gods son like crap? She pouted but realized his haulty atittude. Maybe that was the reason; He was a jerk and no one liked him?
She made her way up the stairs and paused, It was starnge she had walked up the stairs before in so many different times; and yet... She knew that a monster lived on the top of the hill.
The girl swallowed and tried to rember her friends warning. She had too or she would be stuck in fear.. Nanami sighed heavily as she made it to the top and walked to the side door where a proch was.
She rolled her fingers into a fists and knocked lightly. Thats when it was answered by a Blond haired man with kind eyes. She knew who he was and smiled lightly.
" Ah , Mikage." She smiled and did a little bow in respect.
Mikage smiled and shooed the bow away with a hug, " Little Nanami! My have you've grown!" He cheered lightly and then looked at her concerned, " It everything alright?"
The girl blinked and realized she had been standing idioly for no reason. She blinked and pulled out a fan. Mikage saw it and went rigged; his know ody tensing in shock. Then all you heard was a gasp and a,
"WHAT THE CRAP!? WHY ARE YOU HERE!?"
Nanami looked throught the door and saw The teenage demon from yesterday. He was wearing a familiars utfit and his hair was brushed better; giving that he wasn't being pushed around and toppled over. She blinked and then narrowed her eyes.
" I came to give-" Before she could finish her sentence Mikage pulled her in and smiled like a father,
" Tomoe! You didin't tell me you met Little Nanami!" He smiled and sat the girl down at the table. She glared at Tomoe as the god sat his son across from her. They both glared each other and Nanami tossed the fox towards the fox.
He caught it and glared even deeper, Probably because she threw it without care. Mikage swallowed in the tense atmoshpere and stood, " Let me go get the tea?" He laughed nervously before he ran off humming the wedding march.
Tomoe caught this and growled loud enough for Mikage to hear. The god shut up and swallowed from the kitchen. Thats when Nanami stood up. She heard his growl and she knew it was not anything close to being human. She glared at Tomoe.
" Well, Your welcome for your fan; Bratt." She spat out and started for the door but Tomoe and grabbed her hand twisting it harshly. She gasped out in pain as the fox glared at her.
" What did you call me human?"
" Bratt! Your even scared up like a bratt!" She chewed out and let sparks fly in the air. Tomoe suddenly paused and let his tongue run over his cut. It wasn't his fault that he was always the target. She didn't know! SHE DIDN'T KNOW! He growled like an animal gone wild but Nanami froze at the look in his eyes,
His teeth bared in anger as he continued to sqeeze her arm; The girl forze and directed her gaze the foxes mouth..
'Remember. If you feel threatened; This trick has been something that has always stopped a demon. It is like a mark of purity; from where they can not show you harm'
Nanami blinked and reached forward in desperation. She gripped the foxes hakama and pulled his head to hers. omoe froze in shock and his feral look disappeared. His eyes shot to her mouth and he gasped slightly in mouth touched his in a chaste Kiss and Tomoe froze. His tail went limp and his ears flopped over in shock at the sweet taste. She tasted like strawberries... And sweet cream.. He let her kiss him, much to his dismay. Stupid, teenage hormonal body!
He whimpered in shock as she sucked harshly and then pulled her mouth away. The foxes face burned and he heard his Father gasp; this only made Tomeo blush more from the sudden conduct. Then Nanami glared at him and shouted,
" Demon! You can no longer harm me!"
Tomoe blinked but didn't feel anything happen. The only thing it was... Was that.. The kiss made his heart speed up and his hand released hers.. he didn't know what to do; this blockhead in front of him kissed him.. And he didn't want to admit the most disgusting. He swallowed as his mouth went dry from the sudden use, and the want for more..
Inari then ran in and saw Tomoe as red as a beat, Nanami as ticked as a hornet and Mikage crying with tears of joy...
'So.." He choked out at the awkwardness, " This is how the fox has to meet a village girl?"
They all looked at him and Tomoe swore loudly; his hands still shaking.
' Curse his fan and The village, Period.'