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Bodies litter the blood soaked ground around the feet of a man with piercing crystal eyes, practically glowing with a lust for Calamity. A sword in hand, drenched in the blood of fallen innocents; he wanders on waiting for more wishes to come along. One day he heard the worst of the worse, a wish that would make an enemy out of a fellow God. But what was he to do, if the price was right? Either way, at this point he had no fucks left to give and was bored as all hell. The Regalia called himself Kazuma from Bishamon's beloved Ma clan. Apparently one of them had blighted her and that caused indiscretion among the whole lot of them. When he arrived on the scene it was like a horror movie. Bodies upon bodies of Regalia had meshed together creating a giant Akayashi. "It looks like they've devoured her, there's nothing left to do here but let it go." He stated coolly but as he turned around; the young punk, Kazuma exclaimed. "I can see her, right in the heart of it! She's still in there! Please, Yatogami! Please, save my master!" That damned kid's begging was annoying; so with a heavy sigh, Yato went to hacking away at the obscene beast all the while a pleading war Goddess cried out mournfully for her "family."
At the time, Yato had no idea what a real family had felt like, but now eyes his eyes flickered open from that horrible recollection of a nightmare; he stared at his "family" as they all happily discussed what they were going to do once he had woken. The people who made wishes to him before, terrible wishes; would always remember him as a God of Calamity. For centuries, The God Yabokou would be in textbooks as a murderer. That was not too farfetched from those times, but now he had one firm believer as he tried to change his title. He wanted to be better, to become someone great; for her. His original story had turned to dust, but this story he believed would be pure gold. He hadn't sparked any suspicion yet so he quickly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep as he listened to their conversation. Yukine seemed a bit subdued as he spoke which didn't seem out of place considering the fact that Yato had just run off for a month with Nora but as Hiyori spoke Yato began to feel at ease. He was sure she had questions of her own but for the time being she sounded extremely grateful about him making it back home alive. Kofuku tried to sound like her usual cheery self, but there was an underlying tone of worry in her voice. Diakoku didn't speak, like, at all which was strange for him. Though, they had lost one. Ebisu. The name crossed his mind like a heavy anchor and his eyes shot open again only to find Hiyori sitting right in front of him, wringing out a cloth to probably put it on his forehead.
Noticing his eyes opening, her eyes widened slightly in surprise before she smiled; that smile that spoke volumes to him. She remained silent and continued as she was to not let on that he was awake yet. What did that mean, what was the purpose of not announcing it? He let the idea run through his head as the others rose from the table and began leaving the room. When Hiyori was the only one left she placed her hands on her folded knees and looked down at him with a smile, but her eyes were so sad. He hadn't expected that and it felt like there was a hot iron poker piercing straight through his heart. "… Hi." Was all he could manage. She had been the one to call his real name, to save him again. He owned her so much more than he thought he could ever offer. "Hi again." She said lightly, nearly a whisper as she leaned in closer, causing heat to rise up in Yato's cheeks. "Wh-what is it?" He asked in a quiet fluster and she just smiled. "I will kill you, the next time you do that to us." Her words were stone cold and serious but the pain in her eyes, the strain you could hardly catch on to in her tone; he knew she was hurting terribly and just acting strong. In that moment so many different thoughts ran through his mind. He wanted to move, to act, to try and quell the storm inside her heart but he knew he couldn't. Not right now since he was the one who caused it.
He felt the tears stinging at the corners of his eyes and with her being so perceptive she had caught onto them to. She raised her hand slowly toward his face and used the tip of her index finger to wipe a tear from the eye closest to the floor, slowly dragging the finger down his cheek in a caressing manner. "No tears from my God today. Smiles only, you owe us that much at least." Her God? Was it just his imagination, or did she just really claim him? He didn't want to get the wrong idea so he sat up slowly and shifted to where he was facing her directly and so close that their knees were touching. "What was that first part?" He asked in a meek whisper as tears still threatened to pour over. Her head tilted curiously as her smile faded for a moment. "What? I said no tears from my God…" When she repeated herself she had finally realized how that sounded and her face became red and hot as her hands flew to hold her cheeks. "Now, wait. Don't get the wr…" Though she was only midway through her sentence, she was cut off. Before she realized it, he had leaned in closer, closing the final bit of distance between them before his hand flew over her mouth and he pressed his lips against it. He spoke from there as his face heated even more than it had before. "Thank you, Hiyori Iki; for saving me again, and never giving up on me." His voice was so low, but she had caught every word before his hand slipped from her mouth and it was kept shut once more, but this time with an actual kiss. I may not know much about any of this, but I do understand one thing. This girl is invaluable, and I love every piece of her.
[ Okay guys! Sorry this one doesn't really have a correlating song. It was going to be Centuries by Fall Out Boy, but I need a bit more time to think on that one. This was just a little something I thought of while I rewatched the last few episodes of season two. My next fic-lit should be about Kofuku x Diakoku, at least I plan on it anyway. I adore those two! Anyway, let me know what ya think! MUAH! ]
