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This is the first of many stories that I created. They take place between incidents and are here to flesh out the characters and the world, as well as to use for future plot points.
Mima was rushing to her house as fast as she could. She had to rush out of Makai before the portal closed, and now she had to rush back to her sanctuary that was her home before Yakari noticed her. For that reason she was flying under the tree lines, despite it slowing her down. As she neared her home, she knew something was up.
Her home was both vast and located near the edge of the forest of magic that was closest to the forest surrounding the shrine. As such it was prime realest for youkia with a bone to pick with the shrine maiden. She had not only built it into a hill, with a door way being the only indication that her house was there, but she had also used several spells and seals to make her door way look like a normal surface of the hill to anyone but the few she trusted enough to keep the placement a secret.
The door itself was slotted perfectly into the hill, with a bit of pavement out in front to enter from. It was a very fine and smooth wooden door, and it did not have a layer of dust. And that was what worried her, because she had not been home in 4 years, meaning someone had taken refuge in it. This is bad. No one who knows about my home would use it when I'm away, and… yep the seals are still in place. A powerful Youkia must have been using it, and without my focuser I stand no chance. I hope my vault had been broken into yet.
Mima quietly opened the door and floated inside. To her relief, no one was in the main room. Despite being in a cave, the insides look like any other houses, with wooden walls that were colored a pale white, and furniture such as chairs and tables. She quickly moved across the room, dodging the furniture, before making it the rightwing hallway. She went down the hall way before she came to a metal door that leads to her vault. After spinning the dial a few times back and forth, she opened the door, which made enough noise that anyone in the house could hear it open. The hall ways were twice the width of the doors, so she had enough room to open it all the way.
When Mima entered the large vault, she was relived to find that no one had entered it since she left last, thanks to the thick layer of dust. She quickly crossed the vault to the back wall to grab her focuser, a silver staff with a crescent moon blade at the tip. As she was grabbing her staff, she heard her bedroom door slam. Now confident that she can take on the youkia, she exited the vault, closed its door in a slam, and moved down the slowly rest of the hall way. She turned left at the corner, and reach her door at the end of it.
Without any hesitation, she flew open the door and pointed her staff at the intruder. To her surprise, it was not a ferocious youkia, but a little girl covering herself with a pillow on Mimas bed. The girl looked eight or nine. She has blond, slightly curvy, long hair, yellow eyes, and wore a pink Yukata that was covered in dirt.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in my home?" Mima questioned slightly intimidating while lowering her staff.
"T-this is your home! I'm sorry please don't eat me." Said by the frightened little girl.
This is perfect, I can use this girl to give "her" some more trust after being gone for so long. Mima thought to herself. "What are you doing her instead of at the relative safety of the village?" Mima continued to question.
"I-I ran away from home and youkai chased me and I hid in here and please don't eat me!" The girl said franticly.
There goes that plan. I can't use her in a ritual because Yukari will relies I'm alive when I do, and more importantly, Shinki will hate me when she finds out I killed a young and defenses child. Plus I'm curious about her and how she saw though the seals.
When Mima looked back at the young girl, she was surprise to find her at her hands and knees begging at Mima. "Please don't eat me. I will do anything. I will clean up this place. I will help-"
"Relax, I'm not going to eat you." Mima interrupted "I'm become curious of something about you, so you can stay the night." Mima laid her focuser onto the wall near the door.
"Thank you miss ghost lady."
Mima cringed a little at the name. "First off, I'm a human and you will address me as such. Secondly, you will addressee me Miss Mima until I say otherwise"
The young girl stuttered "O-okay Miss Mima"
"Now give me your name and your hand"
"M-Marisa k-Kirisame." The girl said as she nervously lifted her arm. Mima cupped Marisa hand around her hands, checking for magic. She felt nothing. She checked with other magic. Nothing. This girl named Marisa had no magical affinity. She could not use magic.
"Strange." Mima said aloud.
"What is?" asked Marisa, now a bit more comfortable with Mima.
"Nothing of importance right now." Mima answer. Mima began to think about the situation as she said that. How did she get through my seal without any magic prowess? It's probably my seals acting funny to someone without magic, as only youkia and magically gifted humans come around these parts. Regardless, I will reset my seals, as well as adding in some magic I learned in Makai. Today has been a long day though, and I'm tired, so I will focus on it tomorrow.
"Why don't we go to sleep so we can discuss something in the morning?" Mima asked Marisa. Without waiting for a response, she led the young girl to a guest room further down the hallway. After saying good night, she went back to her own room. After finding that all her cloths were dusty, she went to sleep with what she was wearing, knowing that tomorrow would be a busy day for her.