A/N: Hello people!
This chapter is dedicated to Cade123(30th reviewer) and Foxluna(40th reviewer). Thanks! ;)
I don't own Inuyasha or Kamisama Hajimemashita!(I wish I did!)
I have no beta.
Enjoy!
Kagome woke early in the morning to go about her chores for the day. Briefly, she noted the cleanliness of the house as she moved through it, but didn't pay it much thought.
Outside, she set to sweeping the shrine, and polishing the statues. The sun was just rising over the city and she smiled and how pretty it looked.
When her chores were finished, she returned to the house and began cooking herself breakfast.
When Tomoe walked in the room, he was shocked to see her there, chopping vegetables. "You can actually do something," he commented.
She jerked, the knife slicing her hand.
"What a clumsy human. Cutting yourself with a knife," the fox tsked.
Kagome watched as the cut healed quickly and gave him a confused look, "What cut?"
Tomoe grabbed her hand and looked it over, flipping it around, this way and that. "I could've sworn you cut yourself," he mumbled.
Kagome pulled her hand away and gave him a weird look. "I think you need some rest."
Tomoe quirked a brow and watched as she made her lunch. She hummed a small tune, smiling to herself. Maybe she wasn't so annoying. She wasn't demanding that he cook for her and judging from her disheveled state, she'd been awake for a while, doing the shrine chores.
Maybe being her familiar wouldn't be so bad.
Kagome went and bathed, getting ready for school. Since Mikage Shrine was close to her school, she didn't have to take a train to get there. She just had to walk for a few minutes.
The school day was pretty normal. Nothing went wrong. It was at lunch time, that the girls all freaked out over something.
In the middle of the classroom was a white snake! The girls were begging for someone to kill it, and the boys were conveniently, not around. Kagome could feel the strange aura around it, and decided to help it out.
"Don't worry, it's probably a prank from the boys. I've got it," she said, approaching the creature.
It blinked as she held out her hand.
Everyone watched in shock as the snake nudged her hand, and slithered up her arm.
"I'll take it outside," Kagome said as she headed for the door.
Once they were alone, she frowned at the snake. "So, care to tell me why a shikigami is slithering around the halls of my school?" she asked.
The eyes went wide.
She found a secluded spot behind a large tree that was on the school grounds.
The snake tightened around her arm for a second before slithering to the ground. She waited, foot tapping.
The snake seemed to sigh as it began glowing. In its place stood a silver haired man with goldish/green.
What's with me and the silver haired hot guys?! I can make a harem!
"So, who are you?" she asked.
He was staring at her, like she was something amazing.
"Hello! You in there?!" she waved a hand in front of his face.
The man snapped out of it and grabbed her hand, "May I know your name?" He leaned forward, placing a kiss on her knuckles.
She blushed lightly, "Uh...Kagome. You?"
He smirked, "I am Mizuki."
She hesitantly, pulling her hand away.
"How were you able to tell that I'm a shikigami? Not many can you know," he asked.
Kagome looked at him, "I'm a miko."
His eyes went wide, "Really?"
"Yeah. Anyway, why were you here?" she asked, trying to get back on track.
He smiled, "I get lonely and I like to venture out into the human population every now and then. I feel safer when I'm a snake though."
Kagome frowned, "You can get killed that way. No more running around like that. Keep this form or don't risk it."
Mizuki reeled back from the authoritative tone in her voice. She was kind of scary. "Okay," he mumbled.
Kagome's arm tingled and she looked down to see a red line curving around her wrist. Pushin her sleeve back, she saw that it extended pretty far. Then, it glowed and turned into a snake. She frowned and turned to give Mizuki a look.
"What did you do?" she said in a serious voice.
Mizuki flinched, "Well, I thought that since you were so nice, you'd make a great wife."
"No."
Mizuki's face dropped, "But-"
"No, no buts! I'm not marrying. Besides, Sesshomaru won't be happy about this. Me might even kill you when he sees this," Kagome said, rubbing the marking.
Mizuki paled, "Sesshomaru? As in the Lord of all Youkai?"
She grinned, "Yeah, he's my brother."
"Please don't let him kill me! I'm just, really lonely!" Mizuki begged, falling to his knees.
Kagome looked around, hoping that he hadn't caught anyones attention. "Stay here!" she ordered and ran back to the school.
After some sweet talking and great acting, she was finally able to get an excuse to go home.
She returned and grabbed his hand. "Come on."
Kagome ignored the looks she received as she dragged the attractive man down the street. He seemed completely unaware of the looks he was getting because he was looking at her the whole.
Up the steps of the shrine and finally in the house, she sighed. "Okay, talk."
Mizuki looked around the room and frowned slightly. "You live on a shrine?"
Before she could answer, Onikiri and Kotetsu appeared out of thin air. "Lady Kagome, you're home early!" Kotetsu cheered.
"Yeah, Master Tomoe said you would be back later!" Onikiri added.
Kagome smiled at them. "Well, I came home because I needed to talk to someone."
The will-o'-the-wisps looked at Mizuki and gasped, "Snake!"
An aura filled the room and Kagome sat back, wondering what the hell was happening.
Tomoe appeared in a flash of blue fire. Mizuki backed away from him.
"You stupid snake, why are you here?!" Tomoe demanded, fire at the ready.
Mizuki waved his hand, several snakes appearing and attacking the fox. Tomoe's fire destroyed them easily.
Kagome watched as they swapped insults. What was wrong with them?
"Do you know each other?" she finally asked.
Tomoe growled, "Unfortunately."
Mizuki nodded, "Yes. We've known each other for a while. I have to ask, why are you living with him?"
Tomoe smirked, "She's the god of the shrine."
Mizuki blanched, "A land god!"
Kagome and Tomoe nodded.
Mizuki pointed to her in shock, "I was going to marry a land god who was also a-"
Kagome was quick to slap a hand over his mouth. She subtly shook her head 'no' and smiled. "Yep! You picked one hell of a person to mark."
Tomoe growled again, "Where did he mark you?!"
She held up her right hand to show him the red snake. His eyes burned in anger and he glared at Mizuki. "How dare you!"
Mizuki laughed uncomfortably, "Well, I thought she would be a good wife."
"Just because your god is gone, doesn't mean you can come and take mine!" Tomoe yelled.
Mizuki glared, "At least Lady Yonomori didn't abandon me for twenty years! She's actually dead!"
Tomoe hissed and his fox fire surrounded the snake. "At least I have a god to serve now. You're just a lonely little pet!"
"What would a wild fox like you know about serving? I was born a holy familiar, you're just a demonic smudge on the title 'familiar'," Mizuki countered with a sneer.
Kagome walked in between them, "Enough! Tomoe sit down!"
The power of the contract made Tomoe obey. He looked so confused as it happened. His body was moving on its own, without him controlling it must have been creepy.
She looked at Mizuki, "You sit too, and no fighting!"
He jerked and did as she commanded, sitting across from Tomoe.
She sighed, "Okay. Now, onto something important. You two being petty and bringing up hurtful things isn't going to resolve anything. Mizuki, can you get rid of this?"
Mizuki's eyes became comically large and tear filled. "You wouldn't like to marry me?" he asked in a pitiful voice.
Tomoe snorted, "I wouldn't allow you to touch her with your filthy hands."
Mizuki looked at Tomoe and smirked, "I already did! I rubbed my whole body against her too!"
"Stop it! I will call Sesshomaru here and have him deal with you both if I have to!" Kagome threatened, secretly enjoying how both froze. "I want to get rid of this marking. Sesshomaru can't see it nor can my son and my, brother. If you want to call him that."
Tomoe smirked, "They'll kill you for touching her!"
Kagome leveled him with her 'Sesshomaru' glare, "And they'll skin you alive for letting him!"
Both men looked down in worry. Neither wanted to die, especially at the hands of the Legendary Daiyoukai of the West.
Mizuki frowned, "It'll fade within the night, since we didn't do anything to make it stronger."
She cocked a brow, "Anything?"
"You know, anything!" he blushed.
"Oh!" she looked away. Awkward.
"Well then, you said that you were a familiar?" Kagome asked, changing the subject.
Mizuki nodded and smiled wistfully, "I was hatched by Lady Yonomori to be a holy familiar to her shrine. Her shrine was built at a river by a village of people who were trying to get rid of a curse. Because she was created to help people, she got her powers from the lives of the humans in the village. But when the villagers left, she passed on."
Mizuki sighed hopelessly, "I still maintain the shrine in hopes that maybe she'll come back some day. But I know it's a futile effort. Tomoe is right, I'm a lonely pet."
Kagome felt bad for him. His situation was very similar to Tomoe's. Both were alone for a long time, waiting for masters that wouldn't come back. But they still waited, and hoped. How depressing.
Kagome looked over at Tomoe to see him looking a little sad. His aura was laced with sadness, even though he looked mostly fine.
"You know, I think Yonomori wouldn't mind if you moved on. Why spend time in a place that makes you sad?" she told the snake.
"I've been there for many years. I have no where else Kagome," Mizuki said with a frown. "Besides, I like taking care of Lady Yonomori's shrine."
"Come and live here."
Tomoe fell over. "What?!" he yelled in horror.
Mizuki's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Really?!"
"No!" Tomoe whined.
"Sit!" Kagome smirked as Tomoe flopped onto his butt. Not as satisfying as sitting Inuyasha, but it would do.
"Yeah, we have all the space in the world!" she smiled at the snake familiar.
"No we don't!" Tomoe insisted, folding his arms with a pout.
"Yes we do!" she glared at him.
The fox and the miko glared at each other, trying to make the other back down.
"Thank you Kagome!"
Said girl looked over with a smile and froze when Mizuki leaned in and kissed her, his hands cradling her face. Another blinding pink light covered the room and Kagome was jerked away from the snake by Tomoe who was growling.
"You dirty snake!" the Gin Gitsune snarled.
Mizuki smiled and licked his lips, giving Kagome a wink. "I'm glad to have a new god. Please take care of me," he whispered.
Tomoe started to yell at the snake and Kagome walked away as the verbal spar escalated.
The are ridiculous!
A/N: Another chapter down! I did this sort of out of order, because I want Mizuki in the next chapter where Kagome meets another silver haired, golden eyed male. Can you guess who it is? Mizuki and he have some things in common. ;)
Let me know what you think!
Ja ne! :D
