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Tenjin did not look surprised at all as 5 people barged into his temple.
He sat stood there casually and calmly, watching as the sakura petals swayed from the wind.
"So, you've defeated Fujisaki?" Tenjin asked calmly as he slowly turned to face his guests.
"You knew." Yato stated, a little surprised.
"Of course. I am the God of wisdom." He chuckled slightly and then straightened out again.
"I also have a pretty good guess why you guys are here." Yato nodded, glancing silently at Hiyori for reassurance. She nodded slightly at him and he stood forward, clearing his throat.
"We had a deal, Tenjin. If I destroy all the masked ayakashii, you will teach us a way so that Hiyori and I could stay together." He grasped her hands tightly when he finished, squeezing her hand slightly.
Tenjin fell silent as he put his fan against his mouth.
Then he gave out a humorous laugh.
"Oh my, I never thought you would actually fall for that." He continued laughing uncontrollably, clutching his tummy. Yato stared at him, not fully understanding, or rather, not wanting to understand.
"I-I don't..." He started.
"Of course, of course. You were too blinded by your need to be with Iki-san." He gave out another chuckle.
"Well you see, there is no way for a god and a human to be together. I merely said that so you would destroy the root of the masked ayakashii." Tenjin turned away from them, his voice smiling.
"Now then, I need to go finish my work." He excused them and then disappeared in his temple.
"W-Wha...? B-But...He..." Hiyori stumbled on her words as she couldn't comprehend what just happened. There was no way Tenjin would lie to them. She trusted him, too.
Yato let go of her hand silently and walked away, his eyes not visible. He turned around and started walking away.
"Y-Yato!" She called after him desperately, but he paid her no mind and continued walking at a fast pace.
Daikoku, Kofuku and Yukine stayed silent on their walk home. Of course, they could have teleported home, but Yato apparently wanted to take a walk.
When they finally got home, Yato didn't utter a word as he crept up the stairs. The slam of the door was evidently heard as Hiyori flinched a little.
Sadness welled up in her chest as Tenjin's words echoed in her mind.
"Well you see, there is no way for a god and a human to be together."
It couldn't be. There has to be a way someway or another. Surely a god has fallen in love with a human before.
She didn't even realize as her body dropped to the ground and her violet tail swirled around behind her, mimicking the growing tornado inside of her.
Kofuku patted her lightly on the shoulder.
"I think it's best if you go talk to Yattie-chan." She whispered and have Hiyori an encouraging push. Hiyori gave a shaky nod before she went upstairs, knocking softly against the door.
Not hearing a response, Hiyori twisted the door knob and peeked inside to find Yato sitting crisscrossed on the floor, his head looking down so his long bangs would cover his eyes.
"I'm sorry." Hiyori blinked.
"Why?" She whispered softly as she crouched down, only to see tears running down his face.
"I can't keep us together. There's no way a god and a human can be together." He mumbled and hastily wiped his tears with the back of his hand.
"It isn't your fault." She tried to convince him, only to get a furious shake from the god.
"If I had only cut our connections, then we wouldn't be like this. You would get your life back." He sniffed several times and his tears only fell some more.
Hiyori shook her hand and placed both her hands on his cold cheeks, forcing him to look at her.
"If you cut our connections, then we both wouldn't be happy. I have already grown to love you, Yato, and if you cut that then it would be no different than ripping my heart out." She said gently.
"We both wouldn't be happy." She repeated again, wiping his tears with the pad of her thumb.
"You would." He whispered huskily, hiccuping.
"Yato—" Hiyori was starting to feel anger. How could he say she would be happy not remembering him?
Then he kissed her. A sweet, tender kiss that told her that he would always be by her side, that he understood, that he loved her.
"Yato..." She whispered gently.
"I promise I'll find a way for us to be together." He whispered and kissed her hand sweetly.
She only nodded, too flushed to say anything. They made their way downstairs, hand in hand, and gave the others a reassuring smile.
"So~" Kofuku spoke.
"How about we go ask some other gods whether they know about a god or goddess who can help Hiyorin and Yattie?" Kofuku asked cheerfully, obviously pleased of her brilliant idea. Daikoku nodded proudly at his goddess.
Yukine also nodded in approval.
"Or we could ask others if they ever heard of this situation." Yukine added and glanced at the couple kindly.
The first person who popped up in their minds was of course, Bishamonten.
Kazuma was beyond surprised as the five people called for his mistress and they also seemed quite desperate. Knowing that he owes Yato his life, Kazuma didn't question as he told them to wait outside while he went to get Bishamon.
"Kofuku-dono, Yato, Iki-san and their shinkis are here?" Bishamon asked as she watched the ripples of her huge bath.
Kazuma nodded and bowed formally.
"Please let me get you a towel and some clothes, Viina. You'll catch a cold like that." Getting a slight nod from the goddess, Kazeuma bowed again before exiting.
Bishamon was clearly annoyed by her 'guests.'
"What makes you five come here, to my temple, of all places?" She spoke loudly, directing her glares mostly at Yato.
"W-Well um...You see..." Hiyori glanced around at the rest before taking a deep breath.
"We wanted to ask whether you know a way for a human and a god to be together, or if something similar to our situation happened before." She explained.
Bishamon leaned on her palm in a thinking position.
"I don't recall something like that happening before..." She responded, taping her long index finger on the table as she tried to think.
"Kazuma? Have you heard of something like that?" Bishamon asked, turning to her head to her guidepost.
Kazuma crossed his arms over his chest, his brows creased.
"Perhaps..." He started but shook his head.
"What is it?" Yato pressed as he leaned in closer on the table.
"It's nothing. I thought I recalled something from a book I once read, but I'm not sure. I'll try to find it again." Kazuma said apologetically.
"Have you asked Tenjin-dono?" He asked.
"We have...But he said there is no way for a god and human to he together." Yukine answered, a sad look on his face.
Kazuma nodded slowly and slumped in his chair.
"If the God of Wisdom says that...then..." He looked at them apologetically.
"I'm sorry we're no help. If we find something, we'll tell you right away." He turned to his goddess.
"Right, Viina?" Bishamon nodded slowly but growled at Yato.
"We'll be taking our leave then." Yukine said as they stood up and thanked Bishamon.
"Ja ne, Bisha!" Kofuku waved enthusiastically before heading back to their house.
"It's too bad they didn't know anything." Daikoku said as he lit his cigarette, sucked in a large gulp of smoke before blowing it out.
Kofuku nodded her head as well.
"Yeah...It's too bad. Maybe we'll find another person~" She give Yato and Hiyori a reassuring smile.
"Yeah. I'm sure everything will work out." Yukine smiled and gave them a thumbs up. Hiyori hugged him thankfully.
"Kazuma, what are you doing?" Bishamon asked as she heard the shuffling of books in the study.
"Kazu—Kazuma!" She exclaimed as she saw bits and pieces of paper, along with countless books, lying on the floor in a mess.
"What are you doing?" The now annoyed goddess asked harshly as she made her way across the room to her shinki, careful not to step on anything.
"Ah, Viina! I'm sorry about the mess, I promise to clean it up lat—" The shinki apologized quickly as soon as he saw Bishamon coming towards him.
She waved him off.
"Just tell me what you're doing." She ordered flatly, lifting her head up since Kazuma was on a ladder, reaching a high shelf. His arms were stacked with heavy and old books.
"I was just thinking about Yato-san and Hiyori-san's situation. I was sure I read of it somewhere..." He trailed off as he continued reading the titles of the books stacked on the shelf.
Bishamon sighed in defeat.
"I don't recall having a book like that." She rested her hands on her hips as she looked at the two story high bookshelves.
Kazuma chuckled a little.
"You hardly read these books, Viina. I wouldn't expect you to remember something like that." He slowly leaned to the side a little, reading the titles of the books more to the right.
"Humph." She crossed her arms harshly, showing her crossness.
"Anyways, don't you think you're overdoing it a litt— Kazuma, watch out!" Bishamon screamed as Kazuma reached for a book that was out of reach and lost his balance on the ladder.
The ladder rocked back and forth a few times, with Kazume stumbling on it, trying to balance it.
BANG!
Bishamon closed her eyes as he fell, afraid to look. As soon as she heard the loud bang of him hitting the floor, she ran to his side and inspected him.
"Are you alright, Kazu?" She asked worriedly and dusted off his hair a bit.
"I found it!" Kazuma didn't respond to her as he excitedly opened the book he was searching so desperately for.
"'God's Story?' What kind of name is that?" Bishamon asked curiously as she eyed the utterly worn out book. It looked much older than anything else in the study and it had a funny smell to it as her shinki flipped through the pages.
"It was written by an old god long ago. He already died though." Kazuma explained as he flipped through the chapters.
"His story was the same as Yato-sans." Kazuma added as he stopped at a page. Bishamon leaned over so she could look at the page as well.
"What is this!?"
Sooo~ Cliffhanger! This is by far the most popular story I've written so far. There are 39 reviews, 50 followers, 47 favorites and 10,412 views with just 9 chapters! I don't think I got that many followers, favorites and views in 12 chapters! Gosh I'm so proud of you guys! (Though I'm also really proud of myself :P) Please keep supporting me!
Anyways, what do you think will happen? What's written in that book? It's so mean of Tenjin to mess with them like that... Suggestions, comments, criticisms are all very, very welcome. Reviews make me feel loved, so please give some love to this lonely writer!
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