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Chapter 2

Yato rushed all the way back to Kofuku's shrine half carrying half dragging Yukine, but due to the Shinki's small size, he basically carried him despite the shivering boy's mumbles of protest.

When they arrived, Yato didn't bother to stop to greet Daikoku who had been just preparing to make dinner. In fact he'd nearly ran into the guy.

"Is everything okay?" Daikoku had asked, noticing Yato rushing his soaked Shinki upstairs.

First Yato shoved the kid into the shower room, to use the water to cleanse any blight that possible could've occurred when being in the jaws of that Ayakashi, and to clean up any injuries he likely had obtained.

Yato waited impatiently for Yukine to be finished.

When the Shinki tiredly exited, Yato grasped the kid's wrist and pulled him into their attic.

"Ow! Would you give me a break!" Yukine exclaimed as Yato made him sit down and began checking his injuries.

"Sorry." Yato apologized. "Just let me treat these cuts you got from the Ayakashi." Yato added.

Yukine let out a tired sigh...Yato picked up on how shaky it had sounded.

His first thought was that his kid was cold, but then he also realized that as they had raced home, the sun had started to set just a little before they'd arrived. Clearly the kid was tired and cold and had definitely been stressing about them getting back before dark, no matter how hard the kid tried not to. Plus he'd already been dragged down into the freezing water, and deep enough that it had been quite dark under there. So of course the kid was overwhelmed and stressed out.

Knowing he had to get his kid as comfortable as possible Yato got to work pulling out bandages and things to clean the Shinki's injuries.

"Ow! Yato!" Yukine exclaimed as Yato wrapped the Shinki's injuries with bandages. "Ow!"

"Calm down Yukine! Stay still or something...!" Yato said almost as if he were speaking to a cat, like he didn't think Yukine was going to calm down but saying it anyway, and then after a moment he added. "I'm done okay?"

Yukine sighed and tiredly stared down at the small bandaids and some bigger bandages that now covered his injuries.

"I'm still-" Yukine started, his voice tired and quiet.

As Yukine finished his sentence with, "cold" he felt a huge fluffy blanket drop down on him.

"Already ahead of you kid." Yato said.

Yukine looked up at the delivery god tiredly, he was too tired to smile or say thanks, but he figured Yato could already feel his appreciation.

"Now...Time to grab you some dinner and get you to bed." Yato told him, his expression hard to read, until Yato gave Yukine a gentle smile.

Yukine opened his mouth to call the delivery god an idiot or something involving the god's Stinky tracksuit, but all that came out was a yawn.

"I'm going to ask Daikoku when dinner will be ready and then I'll bring some up for you. I'm also going to try to get dried off as well. I'll be back kid." Yato said, patting the Shinki affectionately on the head and then shoulder.

"What's going on? Are you two alright?" Daikoku asked as Yato came back downstairs.

"Fine...just some small trouble on a job." Yato replied not overly wanting to retell the whole thing. Especially how he actually accidentally dropped Sekki.

It had mostly been all his fault that this had even happened, this time. So he knew he had to make sure his kid was alright.

"Is dinner ready? I need to bring something up for Yukine. Preferably something warm. " Yato asked.

"Well it's almost ready, but hey, what happened? Is Yukine alright?" Daikoku asked.

"We ended up in the lake fighting Ayakashi. He's cold and a little beat up. He'll be fine." Yato answered quickly.

"Hm...alright. You look pretty cold and wet yourself. Why don't you go get changed?" Daikoku suggested.

"Because I have to get Yukine warmed up and ready for bed first." Yato answered pulling a face, wondering why Daikoku even needed to ask such an obvious question.

"Alright. But you might just make him colder dripping that stinky water you're covered in all over the place. Go get changed and I'll bring up some dinner for both of you, okay?" Daikoku offered just wanting the delivery god to go clean up and stop dripping that dirty lake water all over his master's Shrine's floor. Not to mention he had a bad feeling that he'd be the one that was going to have to mop it up.

"Alright, sure. Make sure you do it quickly though. Yukine's freezing cold!" Yato answered liking Daikoku's plan...as long as he didn't take too long.

"Got it." The Shinki grumbled in annoyance as Yato ran to the shower to wash off.

Yato hurriedly washed up and fixed up any of his injuries and blight while he was at it. Then, when he was finished, the delivery god rushed back into their room.

When he entered the room he saw Yukine curled up right where he'd left him, but in a slightly uncomfortable awkward position if the kid was trying to sleep.

"You feeling any better?" Yato asked the shivering Shinki.

Yukine suddenly glanced up at Yato, his face tired and blank, as if he had just been drifting off to sleep.

"We should get you to bed...but you should try to stay awake until after you've had some dinner." Yato said.

"So not only did he drag his Shinki out in the cold on more jobs than the Shinki seemed to want to do, but he dropped the Shinki in the freezing water in its Regalia form. He had to dive down several times before recovering it." The stranger that had been watching the accident said to the rest of their team. "Is it possible it could've just been an accident? I'll admit that it seemed kind of bad, but there could easily be a mistake here." The stranger suggested.

"No Kaiyo. We've been observing Yato for a long time now. He's the reason I've started the SPS. We've finally gained approval from the council, and I believe it's time to confront him, and let someone know what's going on, be it Yato or the Council, but we have enough evidence and proof of the god's issues, and I don't think he's able to handle taking proper care of Shinki. One of us will have to report to the council. It's time we stop that former god of calamity from mistreating his Shinki, we have enough evidence, I'm sure we can put an end to all of it now." The leader spoke.

"Are we going to go give him a chance to changed his ways when we make sure he's aware of his wrongdoings? We gave the last two a fair chance to change their ways and keep their Shinki." Kaiyo said.

The leader gave a look as if she thought that to be a ridiculous idea, despite others have having a second chance once they were spotted mistreating their Shinki.

"I'm not sure it's necessary in this case." The leader answered, a dark look in her eyes.

"But...if I may," a man spoke up clearing his throat. "I think although this man sounds horrible, that it could cause problems for us to not give him a fair chance." The man pointed out. "Despite his past and ongoing problems, I think we don't really have an option not to give him a chance. Doesn't seem right to me." The man added.

"I agree." Kaiyo told the man.

The leader paced a few steps before letting out a sigh of frustration.

"Very well. One of you will go inform him that he's created trouble with us, and will point out everything that needs to change. If he agrees, then go along with him and make sure he fixes everything he's doing wrong, but if he refuses or fails, we turn in our findings and we take his Shinki and find it somewhere better to stay." The leader instructed.

"Alright." The man nodded.

"So, who wants to take this case and deal with the god of calamity?" The leader asked.

"But if he fails...won't he start a war, or a slaughter or something?" The man asked when no one raised their hands.

"We'll find a way around that. Does anyone want to go help the god of calamity's Shinki?" The leader asked trying to word it better.

"Former god of calamity, apparently..." Kaiyo corrected, earning a glare from the leader.

Still no one raised their hands.

"In that case-" The leader started.

"Wait!" Kaiyo exclaimed.

The rest of the SPS glanced at her.

"I'll do it." Kaiyo said.

The leader turned around and shook her head slightly.

"Are you sure you want to take this one?" She asked.

Kaiyo nodded.

"Very well. Everyone go back to their work." The leader said.

The team began to clear the meeting room. Once they were alone, the leader handed Kaiyo a thick file.

"There's everything we've collected about the god of Calamity. Read through it, and then you can seek them out since they're always at a different Shrine because that god of calamity is such a minor god, he forced his Shinki to be homeless as he himself is." The leader explained.

"Alright. I'll get to work right away." Kaiyo answered, wondering if she would regret taking this on to try help help that Shinki and the master that she had been sure she'd heard was trying to be a god of fortune instead of calamity, become a better master so that the SPS wouldn't take away his Shinki. Assuming the god was less of a monster as the leader of SPS had always made him out to be.

"Ma'am?" Kaiyo started.

The leader glanced back at her.

"You...you don't have something personally against this guy that's been why you've been trying so hard to keep him away from Shinki, do you?" Kaiyo asked.

"It's not your job to question my reasons. You are supposed to look at the facts. It's obvious enough how unsafe the man is. As for the Shinki's safety...we have it recorded that he actually revealed the god's most guarded secret to one of his own Shinki years ago, not to mention how he murdered so many of Bishamon's. Trust me, all god's of calamity are just trying to bring more pain and conflict to the world. We can't trust them." The leader answered.

Kaiyo nodded horrified at the news.

"Also, don't speak of anything to do with a god's greatest secret in front of any Shinki." The leader added.

"Of course. I'd never forget that, don't worry." Kaiyo assured the leader.

"Good luck." The leader said. "Stay safe."

"I will." Kaiyo answered.

"Dinner's ready." Daikoku grumbled as he brought two plates of food up for Yato and Yukine.

"Thanks." Yato replied taking the plates and giving one to Yukine. "That was quicker than I thought." Yato added.

"Why you!" Daikoku exclaimed.

"Hey Daikoku! Hey Yatiii! I'm baaaack!" Kofuku's voice rang happily from downstairs.

Daikoku sighed, he really didn't have time to deal with Yato's lack of manners right now.

"Just make sure you take down the dishes and wash them. But Yukine can wait until tomorrow if he wants." Daikoku said as he turned to leave.

"For five yen?" Yato asked.

"No!" Daikoku argued. "I already made you the food, you can wash your dishes."

Yato made a slight grumble, but as soon as Daikoku had left the room his thoughts drifted back to Yukine and everything that had happened today.

"You're quiet..." Yukine's tired voice said softly after a long moment of silence. "You haven't started eating either."

"And you finished your food pretty quickly, time for bed." Yato replied quickly, mentally scolding himself for focussing so much on his mistake from today than on his Shinki.

"Wha-"? Yukine started as Yato took his empty dish in one hand and then set it down and quickly but gently grabbed the Shinki and practically dragged him onto the bed. "Yato..." Yukine mumbled in annoyance.

"What is it?" Yato asked.

"I haven't even brushed my teeth yet." The teenager replied tiredly.

"Oh right!" Yato realized as he facepalmed.

Yukine moved to get up and Yato watched the boy leave. Then the delivery god sat down and picked up his fork, picking at his food, until finally he decided he might as well eat it while Yukine was getting ready for bed, then, when Yukine got back, Yato could make sure he'd managed to get everything ready for Yukine.

Suddenly Yato heard some voices speaking from the staircase. He put down his finished food as he started to eavesdrop.

"Yeah...thanks again for dinner. Goodnight Daikoku, night Kofuku." Yukine said his voice still tired sounding.

"Goodnight Yuki!" Kofuku called up to the young Shinki.

"No problem. Goodnight Yukine." Daikoku replied.

The voices went quiet there as Yukine's footsteps became louder. Yato set his plate down more carefully and hurried to the door, and as he started to open it...

...the door swung open and hit Yato in the face.

"Ow!" Yato exclaimed as he back away from the door, suddenly feeling his chest ache and fear of both himself and Shinki's startle.

"S-sorry!" Yukine exclaimed. "Why'd you stand on the other...never mind." Yukine sighed. He was too exhausted to scold Yato for stupid things right now.

Yato watched as the Shinki went straight for the bed and collapsed onto it.

Yato hesitated, then approached the Shinki.

"You feeling any better?" Yato asked.

No answer.

"Yukine? You feeling any better?" Yato repeated.

There was a muffled noise from under the blankets, but Yato could quite be sure what the Shinki had said.

"Yuki-" Yato started as he leaned slightly closer to hear better.

"Go away...I'm tired..." Yukine's voice moaned tiredly.

"Oh...uh...right." Yato replied back away slightly.

After a moment Yato spoke up again, just once more. "You'll feel better tomorrow. Get some sleep Yukine."

With how exhausted Yukine was, Yato hadn't expected a reply.

"I'm trying to." Yukine muttered.

"Sorry. Goodnight Yukine." Yato replied.

"Goodnight..." Yukine whispered.