Muahahaha I had read the omake of omake! It is so good! Now I am all motivated to finish this story!
Nurarihyon no Mago is created by Hiroshi Shiibashi sensei!
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"Tsurara... Tsurara..." The snow maiden heard someone calling her name. She opened her eyes and found herself in an unfamiliar room which was decorated entirely in white. Kana was sitting beside her.
"Iegana san..." Tsurara moaned as she sat up.
"Tsurara, are you alright?" asked Kana, helping her, "Oops... I hope that you won't mind me calling you Tsurara. After all, we are going to be family members!" Kana beamed happily.
"Wh...What?!"
Kana held up her left hand. It had a golden band on her ring finger. "Rikuo had just proposed to me!" Kana grasped Tsurara's hands, "From now on, please take care of me."
Tsurara felt her heart was being stabbed by the words. She looked at the beautiful girl in dismay. The latter seemed to be glowing in heavenly happiness. "I must have died and now I'm in hell..." she thought.
"Wait a moment! Rikuo had proposed to me too! Look!" Tsurara turned towards the voice. It belonged to Yura. She was walking towards them, holding her left hand up.
Tsurara stared at Yura in disbelieve, "What... is going on...?"
"Ha! You both are being delusional! Even if you are his wives, I will still be the first in his heart!"
Zen smirked at the girls.
"Zen sama! When were you here? Wh..wh..what do you mean? First?" Tsurara asked in shock.
"Yeah! What do you mean by first? Rikuo sama trusts and always relies on me!" Once again, a new voice appeared. It was Aotabou. "Every valentine day, he will give me chocolates after school!"
Tsurara's jaws dropped to the ground. "Aotabou too? ...This must be my personal hell..."
"Oh that~ Those chocolates must have been given by Kana and the onmyouji girl. Rikuo gave them to you because he had mine! Hahaha!" Zen laughed.
"He did not give mine! They must be Yura and Zen's!" Kana retorted.
"No way! Rikuo kun said he will cherish my gift to him with all his heart! My shikigamis can vouch for it!" Yura brought out her shikigamis who were nodding their heads.
In the midst of this din, Tsurara heard a very familiar voice called out to her. "Tsurara..."
Tsurara walked out of the room and saw Human Rikuo holding hands with...Youkai Rikuo...? Youkai Rikuo caressed Human Rikuo's cheek tenderly and lifted up his chin. Tsurara stared at the 2 Rikuos with wide open eyes.
"Oh my gosh! They are going to kiss?! Wwwwwhhhhaaaattttt... Hmmmmm... Actually, being in hell is not bad," Tsurara pondered.
The light behind the two Rikuos became brighter and brighter. She shielded her eyes with her hands but it was still too glaring, forcing her to shut her eyes tightly.
"NNnnoooooooooo! I want to seeeee!" Tsurara thought.
"Yuki onna. Yuki onna." Tsurara opened her eyes and saw Kejourou looking down at her anxiously. "Kejourou, are you in hell too?" Tsurara asked weakly. "Of course not! Touchwood, I am still alive," She rebuked Tsurara gently. "You seemed to be having a bad dream. Come, drink some water. You must be thirsty." Kejourou lifted up Tsurara's head slightly and held a glass of water to her lips.
Tsurara took a small sip and Kejourou laid the former's head back on the pillow. Tsurara looked around her. She was lying on a futon in a traditional japanese room. Cold air surrounded her even though the strong sunlight was beaming in through the windows.
"How are you feeling, Yuki onna?"
"Good... but just can't feel any energy in my body..."
"You silly girl. Did you know that you almost had a heat stroke?" Kejourou scolded. "if it's not because of the lake, you could have died."
"...lake...?"
"You must have fallen into the lake when you fainted. Zen sama said the water had cooled down your body temperature. We were so shocked to see you floating passed us like a big slab of ice. Kappa immediately went to fish you out of the water."
"... I'm..sorry... ...Where am I..?"
"One of the mountain huts on Mount Fuji, which Zen sama had recommended. Rikuo sama was going to bribe the hut keeper to cancel the climbers' reservations, so that you can recover in peace."
"Waka... bribed?"
Kejourou laughed. "Yes, bribed. Kubinashi and I were surprised too. Thankfully, the hut keeper recognised Rikuo sama when Waka went to the half youkai village for rehabilitation. He let us stayed in one of their personal hidden huts on the 9th station. It's interesting to know that all of the hut keepers are from the half youkai village."
Kejourou leant closer to Tsurara and smiled mischievously, "You should have seen Rikuo sama. When Sasami found him, he was kneeling on the ground in utter despair. She told me it was a look that she would never forget and completely pained her heart to see him in that form. Sasami told him that you were found, and he ordered her to bring him to you at once *laugh* Do you know that Waka held you so tightly when he saw you? He totally refused to let you go and had been staying beside you for more than a day. I had to shoo him away and told him to get some sleep as you would be very worried to see him getting sick. Come to think of it, Gozumaru and Shouei were..."
Tsurara, in her groggy mind, did not listen to all what Kejourou had said. She closed her heavy lidded eyes and drifted off to sleep with the help of Kejourou's soothing voice.
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Hehehe thank you for your kind reviews!
After researching, I now wish I can climb mt fuji and stay in the huts, despite my fear of heights and that the huts are absolutely crowded during summer.