Oh, For the Love Of!

KamiHaji day 1 ship day

"Mikage?" Nanami finds the Land God sitting in the parlor relaxing with a book. "What is all the racket going on outside?"

"I believe it is Tomoe, Mizuki, and Kirihito discussing something heatedly."

With fists clenched at her sides, "Eh! What are they fighting about now?!" The young woman is ready to storm out there and given them all hell.

"Oh, if I had to guess it has something to do with you my dear," he smiles and finally looks up from his book. "You are what those boys usually fight over."

"Kami, I can't even think of what it could be over right now."

"It is the age-old question that haunts many a young man, Nanami chan. I would leave them be if I were you."

"Age-old question?" Exhale, "never mind," shaking her head, "I can't do that, they might scare away patrons. I'll go tell them to stop or take it elsewhere."

After Mikage wishes her luck and returns to his reading, Nanami stalks her way out to the front porch. She was sort of used to Tomoe and Mizuki bickering constantly for her attention but now Kirihito too? Ugh, ever since they had saved him from Izanami in the Underworld he's been popping up unexpectedly and she had no idea why. They weren't friends for starters, Tomoe was starting to suspect who he truly was, but simply disliked the guy ever since he found he had tried to kiss her. But this was the first time he had shown up at the temple. Was he trying to sneak in and got caught? Maybe that's what the argument was about.

The shouting grows louder the closer she gets to the door, yes, this needs to be stopped now for she could clearly hear the voices of Tomoe, Mizuki, and Kirihito, 'Kurama too?'

Sliding the door open with a harsh slam, Nanami launches into a tirade of her own, pumping her fists at them. "Are you trying to scare people away?! What are you guys all fighting about now?!"

The three men freeze in mid fight mode, Tomoe with his hands blazing of fox fire, Mizuki suspending a stream of water from the nearby purification basin that quickly disintegrates when he hears Nanami screaming, and Kirihito with a simple tanto dagger clasped in his hand. Kurama who appears to have been trying to break it up also pauses and they all turn to look at her. He is the first to back off as she storms her way over.

"Kirihito what are you doing here?! Tomoe, Mizuki, you two really need to stop being at each other's throats!"

"He started it!" They all point at each other

"I don't care who started it! Just stop it!"

She is so furious, that even when Kurama walks over to her she is poised to strike. He puts his hands up, "Nanami chan, you can quickly settle this fight, all they want to know is which of them do you prefer."

"Eh?" She turns and looks at the three men. "Tomoe and Mizuki fight for my attention, but Kirihito too?"

"Apparently so."

But Kirihito steps up first, "I do not have any feelings of the sort for you."

"Liar!" Tomoe and Mizuki cry out. The fox yokai lighting his hand on fire again, "if that's the case why they hell do you keep showing up wherever Nanami is? You must be following her!"

"It is true," the dark-haired man responds without emotion, "but I simply find her intriguing."

Now it's Mizuki who counters, "I don't believe you either, you've tried to kiss her once, and succeeded a second time…"

Nanami stiffens, "how did you find out about that Mizuki, I-I never told anyone that part."

"You did what!" Tomoe roars and takes a swipe at the man, "you bastard!" Kurama and Mizuki grabbing his arms to hold him back.

"You should just leave Kirihito," Kurama advises, "Just get out of here and don't come back."

"Tch," he grins and puts his blade away, "Just remember, you can't watch her all the time!" then disappears down the hill.

Kurama exhales and let's go of Tomoe along with Mizuki, "that's one down. He gives me the creeps too, Nanami chan, you sure know how to attract them."

Startled, her whole body flushes at the insinuation, it's not like she tries to gain anyone's attentions, most of the time they seem to just gravitate to her or wants something from her and it's frustrating. At one point she had lumped Kurama into that pile but lately his attentions have changed.

With the girl a bit flustered now, "Nanami chan," Mizuki takes the opportunity to get closer to her, "will you just tell Tomoe you like me better, so he'll leave me alone."

But Tomoe pulls her away from the graspy little snake, "Don't touch her!" he growls, ears pinned back, "you're just as bad as Kirihito! First you trick her into the marriage binding then kissed Nanami when she was unconscious to force the familiar spell! She's just too nice to kick you out of here!"

Mizuki crosses his arms and huffs, "that is because I do love her…"

"You had barely known her! You are just a sad, lonely, pathetic, irritating little snake!"

"Tomoe, you don't have to pick on him either!" Nanami pulls out of his grap, but when Mizuki tries to grab her arm instead she steps away from them both. "You two are both aggravating."

Kurama who stood back during the latest fireworks, "Nanami, do you prefer Tomoe or Mizuki, if you just tell them it may stop the fighting."

"I doubt it," she rolls her eyes.

"No…" Mizuki cries out

"…Tell us the answer!" Tomoe finishes the retort and the two men look at her expectantly.

"I-I…" she puts up her hands, her face is heating up and red blotches are popping up on her cheeks, "t-this is not fair to make me say it!"

"So, you do like one of them, don't you, Nanami chan?" Kurama teases the girl, "it's pretty obvious to me, I mean I see it all the time being surrounded by adoring fans." He holds both her arms gently, forcing her to face them. "Look at the poor saps, they deserve to know how you feel."

"But," head dropping, "I don't want to hurt one of their feelings…"

"It's me!" Tomoe points at Mizuki, pushing his finger into the man's chest.

"No way, Nanami chan likes me better!" returning the gesture.

"You are dreaming snake boy, Nanami likes me more than you!"

"I don't think so, you perverted kitsune!"

Tomoe grabs Mizuki's yukata, "who you callin' a pervert!"

"Okay, how about drunkard!"

"Why you little! Nanami… Eh," Tomoe look to where she was just standing, "where did Nanami and Kurama go?"

"See you scared her off!" Mizuki pushes away, huffing and running off to search for them. "Nanami chan?!"

From a distance, high in the sky, but where they can still watch the two guys as they searched the shrine grounds, Kurama had whisked them away by her request. "You know, eventually you should just tell Tomoe you love him."

"I will," she exhales, "but when I'm ready."

He laughs, "this is why I don't want to fall in love, it's so much work!"

"Oh please, I know you are Ami are getting closer too!"

"I am n… Fine, then let's just keep these secrets between us."

"Deal."