Hi guys! ElementalGoddess-san1…LATE! Sorry! I had lots of testing at school and I just finished my other fanfic about two days ago, check it out. It's a Kid Icarus fanfic . It's called Elements, so ya. Anyways I'm gonna shut up now, so enjoy chapter two.~~~
A moment ago, Nanami felt a chill down her spine. She ignored the strange feeling and turned her attention to climbing past boulders in her way towards the dark forest ahead that was covered in snow. She could see a faint glow deep in the trees. 'That's where I'm heading.' She thought to herself.
Tomoe and Mizuki kneeled in front of Himemiko. But Himemiko was too surprised to see the two familiars had come to pay a visit- and without their master.
"Tomoe? Mizuki? " she said as she stood up. "What's happened? Where's Nanami?" she questioned.
Tomoe grimaced.
"Nanami's in trouble, Lady Himemiko," Mizuki paused. "Her soul is stuck in the past but her body is still here. We need your help."
Lady Himemiko was silent for a moment. "Nanami chan is…" Her head dropped and she held her face. "What is it you need?" she asked quietly. Tomoe looked up.
"We ask you watch over her body while Mizuki and I go back to find another travel time incensor," Tomoe said, his voice was cracking.
Himemiko's eyes went dull. "I was afraid you'd say that," she walked closer, " I am very sorry. I can not help you this time."
Tomoe and Mizuki were at loss of words.
"My kingdom is undergoing a crisis. There are unknown demons terrorizing the people. I am…sorry." Himemiko muttered. She looked like she was at the verge of tears. The two familiars just stared, confused whether to understand or to feel angry. Tomoe stood up and bowed.
"That is alright. We thank you for your time, Himemiko sama." Tomoe walked out the door as Mizuki stood, said his goodbyes and followed.
Himemiko sighed. "Right when I promised I would always be in your debt," she looked down at the floor. " I promised I 'd help you."
Tomoe cursed to himself once they were out of the lake. Mizuki sighed as he stood staring at nothing, hoping a plan two would pop into his head. He suddenly got an idea but hesitated to share it with Tomoe. He finally let it out.
"I'll take care of Nanami chan while you get her back. You go find Isohime and go get Nanami back." Tomoe turned his head and stared at Mizuki.
"I don't know if I can trust you with her body," he narrowed his eyes. Mizuki rolled his eyes. "I won't do anything." Tomoe continued to stare at Mizuki and finally nodded his head.
"Fine. You better do it right, snake."
"Of course. I am her familiar after all."
Nanami felt like it was the wrong choice to go through the forest.
"It's like a maze in here!" Nanami cried silently. She watched her surroundings and halted to a stop and looked at the ground. There were footprints…her footprints."
"Ehhhh?" Nanami cried, frustrated. " I was going in circles!"
She turned a different direction, making sure she wasn't following her footprints and brushed a tree branch away. Her eyes widened in surprise. There was someone walking away. He held a lantern in his hand. 'That guy must know where he's going!' Nanami thought to herself.
"Excuse me! Can you help-"she tripped on a tree root and face planted to the floor. She could hear the snow crunching as someone came closer. She rose her head slowly. In front of her was a boy wrapped in layers of clothing. He had full untamed black hair covering his face. He held a lantern in front of him. Nanami's eyes widened in surprise. He had violet eyes! Nanami felt her cheeks grow hot. The lantern made his face look pale.
"Who are you?" the boy said timidly.
"Um," Nanami stood up quickly. "I am Momozono Nanami! Nice to meet you." she lifted her hand in front of the boy. The boy just stared at Nanami's outstretched hand. She realized she was in the past so shaking hands wasn't used yet. She turned red but soon the boy grabbed Namami's hand with an unsure expression.
"My name is Kurosaki Akira, " said the boy as he pulled his hand away. "What are you doing out in the middle of the forest alone?"
Nanami didn't know whether to tell him the truth. "I guess I just lost my way past. Can you guide me to the nearest village?" she asked.
Akira was quiet for a while. "Ok." He tilted his way at one direction and Nanami followed him.
Tomoe stood at the edge of Isohime's cave. He hesitated for a second and wondered if he really should have left Mizuki to care for Nanami. He sighed and walked in. From a distance a voice was heard.
"Oh my, is it really you Tomoe?"
Tomoe growled silently. A girl with aqua green hair was leaning into Tomoe.
"What is it you search for?" said Isohime as she clutched Tomoe's kimono. Tomoe pushed her head away.
"Hag, I came to get the time travel incensor." he said angrily.
"Mean as ever!" Isohime cried. She turned around and rummaged around a pile of junk. She brought out a pottery. The incensor. Tomoe reached for the incensor and Isohime pulled it back.
" Nothing is free, you know. " Isohime said, her face was twisting into a grin. Tomoe crossed his arms.
"Well, what do you want?" Tomoe asked impatiently. Isohime came closer to him and this time grabbed his scarf.
"How about a kiss?" she giggled. Tomoe blinked and frowned.
From the outside of the cave you could hear Isohime scream. "SO CRUEL!"
Mizuki sat at the edge of Nanami's limp body. He looked at her face and saw her cheeks were pale. He sighed.
"I am a horrible familiar, aren't I Nanami."
At that moment Tomoe came into the room. He held the time travel insencor in his hands.
"Tomoe how did you get that from Isohime?" Mizuki asked. Tomoe was silent. "What did you trade?" Isohime asked again.
Tomoe smiled. "She was generous to give it to me for free."
Mizuki blinked. "For free?" Mizuki found it strange Isohime would finally give something away. Tomoe broke his thought.
"Come on. I have to get Nanami as soon as possible." Tomoe said.
Mizuki nodded and took the pottery from Tomoe's hands.
Akira lead Nanami to a smalle village incompassed with trees.
"This is Tsuki village." Akira said. Nanami scanned her eyes around. The village was like a festival. There were Japanese lanterns rimmed on the little shops. There were adults walking around in thick clothings holding childrens hands. Nanami could hear the children begging their parents for takoyaki since it was cold.
"Wow. This village looks so peaceful!" Nanami smiled. Akira flinched at those words.
"Well, it's not so-" Akira was cut off by a bang and someone screaming in the distance. 'Oh no," Akira thought to himself. Before he knew it Nanami was running towards the bang.
"Momozono!" Akira screamed. He cursed at himself for being a coward and ran after Nanami.
Tomoe was in the middle of the forest. He saw footprints on the ground and decided to follow. He felt a strong wave of miasma. "Nanami."
Nanami ran through streets and past people that were too frightened to follow towards the sound. She could here Akira running after her, telling her to slow down. She knew she was getting closer because of the crowd around something. Nanami pushed through and found someone leaning down and had a knife at what seemed to be at a geisha's throat. He was clearly angry. He was starting to graze his throat.
"You really shouldn't hide where he is at. Now, let's try this again. Where is he?"
The girl was crying but stayed quiet.
"Time's up." said the man. The girl cried out. Nanami threw herself in front of the man.
"Stop!" she yelled out. The man pulled his knife away from the geisha and stood up. I felt a chill up my spine when I saw his face. He had pale skin and blood red hair. He wore a necklace of bones and what scared her the most was his large horns on his head.
"You!" He said angrily. Nanami blinked in confusion. Akura reached out to grab Nanami. She felt paralyzed and suddenly someone wrapped their arm around her waist. She was twisted around until she was behind someone. She looked up to see silvery white hair.
"Tomoe?" she whispered.
Tomoe turned his head with an expression that scared her more than that horned man.
"You and I have to talk when this is over. " he muttered. Nanami gasped at his tone. She peaked over his shoulder at the man. His eyes were wide and his mouth was wide open.
"Tomoe?" he said. Tomoe stepped back.
The man smiled. "It is you. I've missed you friend." He took a step closer. "I see I've found your little girl friend to, eh?"
"Don't even think about it, Akura." Tomoe sneered.
The man chuckled and crossed his arms. "Ah, protective over her as well."
Tomoe said nothing and the man's eyes went dark. "I see."
He threw knives and Tomoe dodged, bringing Nanami with him. The townspeople screamed and separated. Akira stood there, dumbfounded. Tomoe broke into a run, dragging Nanami with him.
"Wait! Tomoe- Akira!" Nanami grabbed Akira's hand and now Tomoe was dragging along Akira.
Akura yelled hysterically and ran after Tomoe, but Tomoe was on a chariot of fire and barely missed Akura- ous grasp. Nanami watched as Akura's figure was getting smaller and smaller and sighed in relief. They landed and Nanami at last felt safe until Tomoe suddenly had her face and was pinching her cheeks.
"Nanami! Explain to me why on earth you would come here! Especially if that stupid snake is 'watching over you'.
"I was bored Tomoe! You never let me go with you! What could I do?"
Tomoe pinched her cheeks harder. "Why you little," he muttered. Nanami squealed.
"Tomoe, let go of my face!"
Tomoe obediently let go of her face and rose it at his faces level and blinked. He turned his attention to Akira.
"Who are you?" Tomoe asked quickly. Akira flinched.
"Ah, Kurosaki Akira."
He bowed and could hear Tomoe whisper to Nanami.
"When did he get here?" he asked quietly.
"He helped me so I couldn't let him stay there with that weird guy." Nanami responded.
Tomoe sighed. "Well, we better leave."
Nanami nodded her head and walked to Tomoe's side. She stopped and gasped. "Let's take Akira with us!"
Tomoe nearly choked. "What?"
"I think we should take him with us!" Nanami repeated.
"Are you-" Tomoe didn't finish. Nanami walked in front of Akira.
"Akira would you like to come to the future with us?" Nanami asked.
"Really? I can come?"
"Yeah!" Nanami smiled, overlapping Tomoe's no.
"Nanami, we are not taking him with us." Tomoe said impatiently. Nanami grabbed his scarf and was inches from his face. "Yes, we are."
Tomoe called Akira over and they were all sent back to the present.
Mizuki was surprised to see Nanami and Tomoe were back. Tomoe rose and sat up. Nanami tried to do the same until she cried out in pain. "Nanami chan!" Mizuki cried out gleefully.
Tomoe looked away from Nanami's stare. "I can't believe you, Nanami." He muttered. Everything was silent until there was a scream outside of the room.
"Oh no. Akira!" Nanami gasped.
Soooooo sorry that took me forever. I apologize. I was working on my other fanfic and then I had school and finally it's a weekend. Shout out to that fanfiction, Elements, if you like Kid Icarus. Hope you enjoyed. Oh yeah, in case you were wondering, the village name, Tsuki, it means moon, just thought it sounded cool. Takoyaki is like a flour stuffed with octopus, shaped into a ball... Also they call each other by their last name…except Nanami isn't calling Akira Kurosaki. I'm trying to make this sound as japanesish as possible U. Anyways review for me. PLEASE! Haha. If you have any questions, anything you'd like to see in the story and what not, don't hesitate to ask! I promise I'll try not to take so long. Xl Till next chapter!
~ElementalGoddess-san1
