"Come, Suiki!"
As Yato had called Suiki, Mizuki transformed into the Tsuki-no-Kagami, its reflection shining in the moonlight.
"Now what?" He complained, earning a glare of the two persons and one octopus.
The Tsuki-no-Kagami replied, "Chant this one, my master:
The mirror of the night,
Shining in the light,
Show me the answer I seek,
Show me my past I wanted to peek."
Yato looked at the mirror with a raised eyebrow. "Don't tell me, I am going to chant a lousy poem," he complained.
The mirror shuddered greatly, as Yukine slapped the head of his master harshly, using a chair to stand against Yato's height. "You idiot, you are hurting Mizuki's feelings! Just do it!" The male hafuri snapped.
Yato grumbled as he looked at the mirror. His reflection was shown on the mirror's surface, his short indigo hair was a little messy, fastened in his regal crescent moon headdress. His blue eyes shining like twin blue moons in the night sky, reminding him of the ocean. With a little hesitation, he chanted these words,
"The mirror of the night,
Shining in the light,
Show me the answer I seek,
Show me my past I wanted to peek."
Suddenly, the mirror shuddered and glowed brightly, making Yato nearly let go of the mirror in surprise, "Um, Mizuki?"
Before the four could blink, they were engulfed by a bright light and everything went white.
They opened their eyes and squinted to the new light that surrounded them, Hiyori was groaning in pain of the bright light hurting her eyes. As they adjusted their eyes to the surroundings, Hiyori and Yukine gasped and nearly puked in the horrible sight.
They are in a countryside, but there were blood and dead bodies everywhere, warriors, probably gods, were fighting against each other.
"Where are we?!"
"Welcome to Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto's past," Mizuki's voice was heard in the background, "You are inside the mirror's reflection, and this way I could let you see the past in any way possible. By the way, this is the Age of Gods of Men, and they can't see you, this is just a splinter of memories from Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto."
Yato looked around as his eyes saddened at the sight. May he be Tsukuyomi or Yatogami, bloodshed and death still follows him around. Maybe Izanami-no-Mikoto was involved in this 'curse' around Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto's existence as a payback of what Izanagi-no-Mikoto did to her.
Hiyori and Yukine widened their eyes as they behold the sight around them, "This is Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto's past?!"
Koro-sensei looked around, as his tentacles slithering. "This is the Age of Gods and Men, huh? The age where war was waged among gods," he mused, "Interesting."
"How can you tolerate watching this horrible sight, Sensei?!" Yukine had blurted out, face still pale from the horrible sight.
Koro-sensei let out a sad smile, "I have seen worse than this. Besides, I am a teacher of an assassination classroom. This wouldn't faze me now."
Hiyori and Yukine looked at each other, then at the octopus with a confused expression.
Suddenly, an arrow was flying on Hiyori's direction, and the girl did not noticed it, but Yato had.
"Look out!" Yato grabbed Hiyori on time, as soon as the arrow nearly reaches her head.
"Hiyori! Are you alright?" Yukine asked the poor girl, who was on top of Yato, who had blushed in the situation he is in. "I am alright, how about you, Yato?" As Hiyori looked at Yato below her blushing as heck, she had now realized the gravity of the embarrassing situation they were in.
"I am sorry!" She quickly stood up, her face reddening. Yato looked at her, still blushing, his headdress was skewering at his head.
Koro-sensei was turning pink, as he wrote something on a small notebook. Yukine was looking at them flabbergasted, while Suiki (Mizuki), who was in God knows where, was looking at them with shocked eyes.
"Um...can we just focus on the task on hand?" Yukine spoke slowly, annoyance graced his facial features. Koro-sensei helped the two stand, fixed Yato's headdress and smoothed Hiyori's hair in the speed of Mach 20, which the two never noticed because they were still blushing in embarrassment.
"Well, I just realized that you don't have to do that, Tsukuyomi-sama, for according to Mizuki-chan herself, this is just a splinter of memories from your past incarnation. That means, all of this is just an illusion," Koro-sensei pointed out a fact, but his round head was still as pink as the pink roses,"But I couldn't help but appreciate your love for Hiyori-chan. Nurufufufufu~"
"Shut up, you octopus! Or taste my full power of the full...I mean, crescent moon!" Yato blushed redder than a ripe tomato, as well as Hiyori. Koro-sensei snorted while Yukine chuckled a little bit, as he looked around and saw something. Or someone for that matter.
"Wait, I think I saw someone," he spoke loudly, gaining the attention of his comrades. Yukine pointed at a man who was covered in a white cloth, fighting against some gods, blood splattering everywhere. The man has apparently the same height as Yato, if not a little taller. Unfortunately, it was too far away for the four to see, so they couldn't make up who.
"Let me take a look," Koro-sensei's eyes suddenly extended as he made a 'Miooii' sound, earning a surprised expression from Hiyori, a glare from Yato and 'what the heck' remark from Yukine.
"I couldn't believe it," Koro-sensei's voice perked up as his zoom eyes had focused on the face behind the white cloth, "It is him."
Yukine perked up as he looked at the man intently as his eyes can go, "You mean that's-"
Hiyori finished Yukine's sentence, as her pink eyes widened in shock, "Yato's past incarnation?! The real Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto himself?!"
"Hey! You said that like I was a fake one, Hiyori!" Yato screamed comically at Hiyori, who had apologized for her words. The moon god squinted his blue eyes as he focused his view on his past incarnation.
"And he is more mature looking than his current one!" Koro-sensei added, making the young moon god's left eyebrow raised, screaming, "Excuse me, what the heck?!"
"Yes, that is my master," Mizuki replied, "Well, the old incarnation of my master. He was fighting alongside the Emishi gods at the war. At this time, I was in Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto's shrine after I was confiscated by Amaterasu-omikami at the time my master nearly killed her."
"Wait, what?!" Yato, Hiyori and Yukine spoke in shock as they heard Mizuki's revelation. Tsukuyomi nearly killed her sister?
"Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto was always obsessed in keeping peace, order and etiquette, even using force to achieve his goals. The ancient gods had said that it was his nature, for according to them, the moon will always be a reflection of the sun, and that means Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto, the god of the moon, will always be a reflection of his beloved sister, Amaterasu." Mizuki had replied, making Yato looked down. Hiyori and Yukine had noticed Yato's sad demeanor, and decided to comfort him.
"Who cares about that? Yato is not a reflection of Amaterasu-sama!" Hiyori snapped, making everyone widened their eyes at her outburst.
"Hiyori..." Yato could only looked at her in surprise.
Yukine nodded, "He may be a shitty master whose hands are sweaty as hell, and don't have money on a daily basis," he spoke before he was interrupted by a 'what the hell' remark by Yato. In annoyance over interrupting his speech, Yukine stomped on Yato's fancy slipper harshly, making Yato howl in pain.
"But he is his own god, and he tried his best to be the best god he could be. As his new exemplar, I will guide him to a right track!" Yukine declared, making Hiyori and Koro-sensei clapped, while Yato was still jumping in pain.
Mizuki smiled, "You will be going to be a good exemplar, Yuki-chan."
"Yuki-chan?" Yukine muttered as he had heard Mizuki's comment on the matter.
"Apparently, the rumors are true. Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto was fighting with the Emishi gods against Heaven. He had found out that Heaven was corrupted, as there were traitors in there. He knew it was useless to fight Heaven, as his beloved sister-wife, Amaterasu, a great goddess of the sun, was just a puppet to them, and he just wanted to save his older sister from their influence. But it was worth a try. Besides, Amaterasu hates his guts for killing Uke Mochi and rebelled against her.
As he was fighting against some gods and their shinkis, he had seen a familiar face in the midst of war.
'Father? Is that you?' The moon god had rushed to his father, Izanagi-no-mikoto. Tsukuyomi's indigo tresses, that reaches his knees and fastened in his crescent moon headdress, was covered in a large white cloth to avoid being seen by anyone above the clouds. His shining water sword, a shinki by the name of Mikazuki, is on the moon god's sweaty hand. He then bowed to Izanagi out of respect.
The four looked at the scene, as Yato spoke in a hushed tone, "Father is there too. I could feel the seething aura around him. He is really bent to reincarnate me and made me his puppet."
Koro-sensei closed his eyes and whispered, "What a terrible father. It was kinda the same situation as my student Nagisa-kun, but in his case, it was his mother."
Yato smiled serenely as he stared at his past incarnation and his father talking, his voice cracked, "Well, he told the truth in his trial, he just did it for love."
Koro-sensei was confused, "Love?"
Yato sighed as he unconsciously twirled Hiyori's brown locks, "After Amaterasu, Susanoo and I was born, he went away from Heaven's affairs, searching for lands to explore and help those who need his guidance and protection the most. He was grief-stricken after what happened to Izanami, so he distracted himself by travelling. While travelling, he met a woman, a human woman. She helped him, she even let him to her home and stay for a few weeks. In fact, he fell in love with her as time goes on, as she also loved him. But as a deity, he had to go and help other people, so he said goodbye to that woman, and promised to go back to her. But there is a war between gods and Heaven at that time, and the mortal world was eventually affected by the war that raged the lands. As the deities fought, the village that the woman lived was destroyed, and the woman perished in the attack, just in time Father came back to see her again. Of course, the woman was a mortal, so she never reincarnated and came back, leaving Father heartbroken. He mourned for her, and he had vowed to get revenge against Heaven and the gods for killing her."
Hiyori touched Yato's shoulder in comfort, continuing the tale, "So his plan was to use one of his three heavenly children against Heaven, but he couldn't use his daughter Amaterasu-omiikami, because he knew she would be protected by the Heavens as their queen. Susanoo-no-Mikoto was out of the picture because of his rambunctious and careless personality, and preferred listening to his deceased 'mother' he never even met. That leaves his son, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, to be the key in enforcing revenge against the Heavens. Adding to the fact that the siblings had their recent arguement because of the Uke Mochi incident, he thought the moon god was a perfect deity for his plan."
Koro-sensei nodded in understanding as his pinprick eyes stared sadly at the two men from afar. He knew how losing a beloved feels like, how he lost his beloved because he never saved her in time.
Hiyori proceeded to hold Yato's hand to comfort the distressed moon god, "At least you are free now, you are now back and claimed your birthright. He is now punished for what he had done to you."
Yato smiled as he held Hiyori's hand and squeezed it in reassurance, "Yes, I did. But I couldn't help but feel pity on Father after hearing his side. Love really changes all."
'Tsukuyomi-kun, my dear son!' Izanagi greeted his son with a smile in his face, dark locks flowing in the wind, 'What are you doing here in this place?' he asked his son, who was covered in the blood of some gods he has slain.
'I am helping the Emishi gods in fighting against Heaven,' Tsukuyomi replied, pointing at the skies above, 'They make my sister into a puppet that only follows to do for their own benefit, they are corrupted by the power they had given. Amaterasu was too kind to fight against them.'
'I see,' Izanagi mused as he smiled, 'Amaterasu was kind, that was her nature. As a sun goddess, she is tasked to spread light and prosperity to the land. How about you, Tsukuyomi-kun? You were just second inferior to her. Born to be nothing but a consort to your dear kind sister, a mere reflection of her light. How pitiful.'
The moon god narrowed his strikingly blue eyes, as he spoke, 'No offense, Father, but I am my own god from the start. I enforced order and etiquette my own way. Yes, I was destined to be a consort of Amaterasu, but it doesn't mean that I am always following her shadow.'
Izanagi laughed, as he looked at his son with amusement.
'Well, I could see that. By the way, I had heard a news from Takamagahara that you had attacked Amaterasu after you were banished, in fact, I had heard that Amaterasu ordered for your execution and reincarnation,' Izanagi sneered, making Tsukuyomi flinched, eyes looking at the ground.'It was a mistake I made. I shouldn't have been manipulated by my emotions, I shouldn't have. How can I enforce order and peace within my subjects if I became violent to the goddess who had it all?' Tsukuyomi replied with a strong tone.
Izanagi just shrugged as he stared at his son. Tsukuyomi looked at his sword and screamed "Revert, Mikazuki!' revealing a very petite young girl with straight chin length black hair and has deep purple eyes. She also wears a hitaikakushi, a pale coloured lipstick on her childish lips, a white robe adorned with a red and gold sash. She wears sandals on her feet along with white split-toed socks. She was smiling, looking at her master with a curious look in her young face.
"Is that Nora?" Hiyori inquired, as she pointed at the little girl beside Tsukuyomi, "I thought she is part of Father's shinki! Amd according to the stories, it was a shining golden sword! No one tells me it was a water sword!"
Yato nodded to confirm Hiyori's question, "Yes, that is Nora, apparently she is one of my former shinki as 'the oh-and-great' Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, she was just involved in the plot because she was brainwashed by Father into following him." he said this in a sarcastic tone, earning another slap on the nape by Yukine.
"WHAT IS THAT FOR?!" Yato glared at his hafuri, who just stuck his tongue on his fuming master.
"Oh and great, huh?" Yukine snorted, "More like lazy and mooching."
"SHUT UP, YOU UNGRATEFUL HAFURI!"
"Nora...as in a stray? What a weird name for a pretty child," Koro-sensei interrupted the bickering, as his yellow tentacles slithering.
Yato's eyes widened in surprise before looking at the octopus in amusement, "You are no Japanese, but your vocabulary and knowledge was amazing."
Koro-sensei laughed, "I am a teacher. I also study like a student would."
"Wow, that is amazing!" Hiyori spoke.
Yukine nodded in agreement, but he had composed himself, replied as he smiled, " To answer your question, Sensei, Nora is not actually her name. Apparently, Yato uses that term to refer to her in order to avoid calling the name he had given her, which is Hiiro. She had many masters to serve, and every shinki with more than one name (consequently, more than one master) is considered a nora."
"I have met her, that Mikazuki. I kinda like her, she had a happy personality, but ever since our master suddenly disappeared, we never heard of her. It was rumored she died. Apparently, she was not," Mizuki grimaced.
Izanagi looked at the girl with curiosity as the girl looked around her. "So your name is Mikazuki, dear?"
Mikazuki nodded as Tsukuyomi smiled, "Yes, Izanagi-sama, I am Tsukuyomi-sama's faithful shinki. I serve him with all my afterlife, and I am grateful he took me as his shinki."
Izanagi nodded, "Mikazuki...Crescent Moon, huh? A perfect name for a moon god's shinki," he said with a malicious tone in his voice.
Tsukuyomi noticed the malicious tone in his father's voice, "Don't even think of taking her away from me, Father. And to think that it was strange how you were here in a convenient time and place, where I happened to be present."
Izanagi sneered as his voice was dripping with malice, "So perceptive, no wonder. Well, you wanted to save your sister from the corrupted side of the Heavens, so why wouldn't you join me, my dear son? I wanted to get back at the Heavens and change the order of things. You and me, my dear son, let us rule the heavens and make everyone tremble in our presence. We could rule together. You could be king. We will overthrow your dear sister and make the Heavens obey us."
Tsukuyomi looked at his father like he had grown a second head. "Are you serious? You are going to overthrow Amaterasu?! Are you out of your mind?"
Izanagi turned around and stared at the battlefield, "I am serious, dear child of mine. By overthrowing your poor little sister, you could now enfore order your way, with no distractions, with no one trying to stop you. Isn't that what you want?"
Tsukuyomi held his chin in thought, while his shinki was pulling on his robes, making the moon god noticed her.
"Are you sure you are going to trust him, master?" Mikazuki whispered, "You may become a ruler, the King of Heavens and not just a consort, yes, but if you do that, is this going to make you happy?"
Tsukuyomi's blue eyes widened at the girl. Mikazuki's words stuck his heart. Of course, if he followed his father, he could be king of the Heavens, ruling with peace and order, but is this going to make him very happy?
He just wanted to let his voice be heard, he just wanted to ensure peace over the realm, he just wanted to help people.
And overthrowing his sister would not be a great idea. She deserved to rule the heavens, her radiance can shine throughout the lands, giving people guidance and hope. Without her light, everything will fall into darkness.
And Tsukuyomi don't want that to happen.
He looked up in the heavens and his eyes softened at the sight. Sometimes he just wanted to be like a bird, flying around the skies and flew away.
He closed his eyes as he had spoke with a strong conviction.
"No."
Izanagi looked at his son in confusion. "No?" he asked.
The moon god opened his eyes and glared at his father, "I won't let you."
Izanagi's red eyes widened in surprise before his expression turned into a sneer.
"Are you sure you won't change your mind?"
"You can't change my mind, Father. I would not let you overthrow Amaterasu. I will defend her from anyone, from the Heavens...and even from you!"
Izanagi sneered once again, his dark robes fluttering in the blowing breeze, "Do you think you could defeat me, child? I am your father, I made you. I CREATED YOU. You should obey me!"
Tsukuyomi screamed Mikazuki's vessel name as the said shinki transformed back into his sword, then he pointed the blade to his father.
"I guess you could never control me, Father. Not anymore," Tsukuyomi replied in defiance.
Izanagi fake sighed as he rolled his red eyes in annoyance, "Well, that leaves me no choice..."
Then out of nowhere, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto heard the sound of a huge gong, making him look up on instinct, the white cloth covering his long indigo tresses flew to the wind.
He just wished he never looked up.
The four of them looked up as they also heard the sound of the gongs.
Yato, Hiyori, and Yukine widened their eyes, as the memories of the death of a certain god flashed through their eyes.
The gods involved in the subjugation group was there, white cloth covering their idenities, as they looked at the moon god.
Tsukuyomi scanned them and he gasped in shock when his blue eyes keyed to someone.
The two of the three divine siblings, Amaterasu and Susanoo, were there.
And they were watching at him.
Oh dear, he was going to be excuted in front of his dear siblings.
A/N: Welcome back to the The God, the Teacher and the Moon, and welcome to the new chapter!
It has been a long time since I last upadated, and I am happy I got to update this story.
It was not supposed to end there, but this is getting too long. This chapter was actually been created last December, but it was just finished recently this March. The reason why? Well, first, I am starting to lose interest in Noragami. Second, I am now busy with college life. Lastly, I got a writer's block and lack of internet load. Yeah.
I had to remind you, this is considered to be canon divergent, that means what happened from Chapter 70 above did not happen, for it will now contradict the story. I love the Tsukuyomi Theory, but it seems we are now diverged from it, based on the updates. And yes, I have read the latest chapters, Yukine is now a nora named Hagusa(spoilers!).
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