SEEING YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME

Chapter 3C: Daytime and Nighttime Trips

Disclaimer: Nurarihyon no Mago characters are not mine. Also, the last name of Wakana is just a fictional name that was added for the purpose of the story. There are also some original characters created for the purpose of the story.

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Author's note: The story is slightly different than usual. However, I will not move away so much. The overall plan is to end up in the same story. About the onmyoji characters, wait and see.

By the way, Chapter 3 will be broken into three parts unlike Chapter 1 and 2. I guess it can get noticeably hard to read when it gets too long. Again as a slight warning, some personalities can get a little OOC but I'm trying to really make it all fit the main plot. Hope you can bear with it for a while

Rihan walked towards the exit, the direction Wakana took off a while ago. He purposefully left a little later as to not arouse any suspicion from the rest of the student body, or at least with his class. With his signature look, one eye closed and his trademark smirk, he went to the students who were manning the exit area. He had one aim of course, to find the woman who ran away from him. He definitely had some explaining to do.

"Yo. How's everything here?" Rihan coolly asked. He should ask first about the status of the job then proceed to his personal agenda. He can't have people thinking about things, not that he'd mind.

"Rihan-sensei!" One of the students, going by the name Yukina greeted him. "We're doing fine, the haunted hall is a big hit to the student."

"Really?" He smiled.

"Yeah, Rihan-sensei. They said they even saw small demons walking around the place and a headless warrior." The other student, Akira added. "The pres and the committee must have pulled all the stops."

Good job Nura clan. Rihan thought to himself and made a mental note to give them something in return when they get back home today.

"Great. Congratulations!" Rihan commended, the students gave him a polite bow in return. "Oh yeah, I was going to ask about Koizumi. Have you seen her?"

"Wakana-chan?" Yukina asked. "Yeah, she was in a hurry a while ago. I think she proceeded that way sensei."

"Oh, great. I was gonna ask about the LED candles. Some of them had problems inside." Rihan smiled sheepishly, purposefully acting the reason out.

"Oh, okay sensei. I'll go look for her." Akira was about to leave when Rihan placed a hand over his shoulder.

"It's okay. You guys need to stay here, I'll look for her. I'm on my way to the faculty room anyway." Rihan noted, adding another excuse just in case.

The two students nodded and bade him a nice farewell. They returned to their duties and Rihan proceeded to the direction that he was pointed to. Luckily, after a few minutes of walking around the school, he saw Wakana. Unfortunately, she was with a teacher. It was the theater club coordinator. He backed off a little bit to give them some time.

Perhaps she's being asked to help in the play tonight. I'll go back after 30 minutes. Rihan thought. He proceeded to get some things first in the faculty room.

After 30 minutes, he went back to the stage area. He looked around and noticed that Wakana was no longer there. He looked around again and saw the theater teacher. He walked towards him and to inquire about his target.

"Kinomoto-sensei." He greeted.

"Ahh, Nura-sensei." Kinomoto returned the greeting. "Congratulations, it seems that your haunted hall is a big success."

"Thanks." Rihan accepted the commendation gracefully. "I'm sure your play would be great too."

"Oh, I'm actually pretty nervous about the play. Hopefully we can pull it off." He replied.

"I'm sure you can. By the way, have you seen Koizumi?" Rihan asked. "I was looking for her regarding something, and a student pointed me to this direction."

"Yes, she went to help Honou-sensei with the fireworks display tonight. I think she might be in the storage area." Kinomoto replied.

Rihan nodded. He gave Kinomoto a tap on the back as a good luck sign and proceeded towards the storage room. He hastened his pace and managed to meet Honou-sensei in the storage area.

"Oh, Nura-sensei." The purple eyed, female teacher greeted him. "What brings you here in the storage area?"

"Well, I was looking for Koizumi. The class coordinators have been looking for her but since they can't leave the area, I had to look for her personally." Rihan lied.

"Oh, she was here a while ago. I asked her to bring some of the fireworks to the bonfire area for tonight. I'm sure she will be back in a while." Honou replied. "But since you're here, can you help me with these?"

Honou placed a big box of fireworks in the arms of Rihan. He caught the box and looked at her expectantly, as if waiting for instructions. Honou said.

"Please deliver them to the bonfire area, Nura-sensei. They're setting up the event as we speak." Honou instructed. "Thanks a lot!"

Even without agreeing, she already thanked him. He might as well deliver it. He's bound to see Wakana in the bonfire area helping their committee set-up the fireworks. He walked towards the direction of the open field. A group of students met up with him and directed him to the place where he can put down the big box.

"Wow! That's a pretty big box, Rihan-sensei." Toshiro commended, one of the student council members in-charge of the fireworks. "I never thought you were that strong."

"Ahh, It was not that heavy." Rihan smiled, well it was heavy, but he doesn't need to say that. "By the way, Toshiro, have you seen Koizumi?"

Rihan was looking around and she was nowhere to be found. Toshiro nodded.

"Yes sensei. You missed her. She left around 10 minutes ago saying that she needed to go back to the storage.

Rihan grumbled to himself. That girl was pretty good in hiding from him, or rather avoiding him. The circumstances were in her favor today. He almost wanted to think that she had some kind of ability wherein she can just vanish and never to appear again, kind of like him. But then again, she's human, not demon.

Hmph, definitely, I'll find her. Rihan proceeded to go back to the storage room, thinking that she might go back there and they might meet at that area.

Wakana sat in the roof top area of the school. She didn't even realize that she reached that area since all that was in her mind was to run as fast as she can. The heat in her face is still there, the raging heartbeat is still there, she could not even breathe. She placed her hand on her chest as she panted from the over exertion. Leaning on the wall, she slowly slid down pulled her knees towards her body and embraced it.

She properly hid herself at the backside of the door leading to the rooftop. The afternoon sun was very visible in the rooftop. Since their class's haunted house opened a little after lunch, the timing was pretty perfect. She has been hiding from their so-called teacher.

"Idiot…" she thought. "But I don't know who the bigger idiot is…"

She felt a growing blush creeping on her face. She shook her head wildly, remembering how close his face was, how warm his lips were, how absorbing his gaze was. Everything about him was something unworldly. The moment was too…

Perfect.

But, that doesn't remove the fact that they were at school. He was the teacher and she was the student. When it sank to her, that unknowing feeling of embarrassment, that difficult feeling of knowing that it would not last, and that spur of the moment rationalization was something that struck her too strong that she didn't have a choice to but run away.

True enough, she couldn't even begin to think how she managed to avoid him. Perhaps, when she ran out of that room, she immediately went towards the other class's rooms to check their activities. She also was called by one of the other teachers and was asked to help prepare the materials for the final play that will be held tonight. Another teacher asked her to help her get the fireworks in the gym and set-up the bonfire.

At least that part worked for her. She immediately followed all the instructions in an attempt to run away, which was a normal course of action by someone who just got her first kiss from the person that she least expected to get it from. She shook her head in an attempt to clear the memories, but somehow someway, it seems that her body was not obeying. She could feel her face getting flushed every time her brain reminds her of the moment.

"Ugh…" Wakana groaned. "Forget, forget, forget, forget!"

She closed her eyes while shaking her head violently as if trying to shake her memories away.

"What do you want to forget?"

Wakana was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts when a male voice spoke to her. Worried that it might have come from the person that she has been avoiding for she immediately raised her eyes only to be met by a man, who is pretty tall, not as tall as Rihan, but pretty tall. His short red hair shone bright in the orange sky. He had deep green eyes looking straight at her. He's wearing a black suit, a white polo shirt inside, partnered with a red tie. He sat knelt on one leg and smiled warmly towards her.

"What do you want to forget, hime?"

His eyes glistened as he said those words. Wakana's eyes widened, her long hair (due to the extensions) swayed in the afternoon breeze. Her embrace loosened a little bit, her kimono smoothly flowing. He tilted his head as if in a questioning gaze towards her.

"Haha, it seems like you don't remember who I am." He smiled, Wakana looked at him questioningly.

"Um…am I supposed to?" Wakana asked, curious.

The man stood up and then looked at her with a wide smile. He extended his hand towards Wakana who was still sitting down looking up at him with a curious gaze.

"Tsuchiya…" He started, "Tsuchiya Sakuya."

Wakana's eyes widened as he said his name, her hands falling to the ground looking up at him. That name was a name she never heard from a very long time. This man, he's…

"Yes." His warm gaze changing rapidly to a killer's stare, his smile hanging into an evil smirk almost snickering as if purposefully hiding his lauching for the past time.

His movements were pretty fast, his hands suddenly moved towards her neck, startling her. She fell to her back, lying down on the ground, his hands laced on her neck and his eyes glaring intently towards her. She was frozen in fear.

This guy…

Though she could not remember specifically who he is, fear struck her body as if it remembers what the mind cannot. Her body was frozen, she could not even scream for help, his hand suddenly moved to her mouth to cover it.

"We don't want you screaming anytime soon." He smirked, laughing to himself. "Sleep tight…princess…"

Wakana felt her sight blurring. She could still see the sunset and this man's evil grin. But her mind and body is slowly getting numb. She felt his hand loosen from her neck as she started to lose consciousness. She felt really scared and for the first time in her life, she could only think of one name. As she closed her eyes, her one thought was only towards one person.

Rihan…help…Rihan-sama…

Meanwhile, Rihan was still looking for Wakana. He was pointed in various organizations, directions, whatsoever. He felt that he already memorized the entire fair grounds because of what everyone did. He was about to go back to the haunted hall area to check if she already came back when he was met by, none other than, the class president…

"R-rihan-sen-sei…" He said panting heavily, he was bent down hands on his knees.

"Sousuke?" Rihan looked at him questioningly with a quick observation.

Sousuke's body was trembling, he was panting heavily as if in a panic and he ran a good distance. Rihan looked down a little bit to check him quickly if he was injured or something. He noticed that he had a few scratches.

"What happened to you?" Rihan pointed out the scratches and bruises, despite the bad blood, he was concerned.

"It's nothing. Sensei, Wakana is in trouble…" He looked up, eyes looking very scared. Rihan's eyes widened.

"Where is she?"

"In the rooftop…" Rihan looked up, tempted to just jump up and vanish in thin air, but held himself, his student is there looking at him.

"Thanks. I'll take care of it." Rihan answered him. Sousuke merely nodded.

Rihan ran inside the building and then vanished. He was using a different kind of footstep almost similar to Shukuchi or Shunpo. In a few seconds, he was already at the rooftop door. He kicked the door open and saw a scene that made his blood boil.

Wakana was unconscious in the hands of a redhead guy standing almost at the edge of the building. His eyes were looking intently at his direction. His sadistic grin plastered in his face. Rihan gritted his teeth.

"Well, well if it isn't none other than the head of the Nura clan…" Sakuya teased. "I am honored."

"Who the hell are you?" Rihan's voice was dripping in venom, his gaze shifting from the man to the woman in his arms, subsequently checking if she was wounded or not.

"Honestly, it's really none of your business." Sakuya shook his head. "But, to commend you for your effort, let's just say, I'm Wakana-chan's fiancée…"

Rihan's eyes glowered. What the hell?! Who is this guy?

"Ooh, scary, scary…possessive demon, are you?" Sakuya smirked. Rihan's eyes slightly widened.

Is this man, able to… Rihan thought to himself.

"Pimpom! That's right. I can read your thoughts." Sakuya waved his finger. "Like you, I am a half-demon, and the demon part came from my mother-side. This ability is a thank you gift from my deceased father."

Rihan drew Nenikirimaru. He was raging mad. His insides were curling as if in fury. His mind was getting blank, he didn't know what came to him. He was definitely not afraid, but something about him declaring himself as her fiancée made him lose his cool. Sakuya faced him mockingly.

"You know the rules Nura. Once you lose your cool, you lose entirely." Sakuya took out one hand from her grip of Wakana, who he was carrying princess-style.

"Hand her over." Rihan warned.

"Oh, and why would I do that?" Sakuya asked, feigning a confused look. "Like I said, this is my woman."

Rihan vanished using his fear. Sakuya smirked. As he attempted to slice the opponent into half, he was met with another sword, a pure black sword laced with fire. It suddenly breathed fire towards Rihan's direction and he jumped back in defense.

"Meikyo Shisui." Sakuya remarked. "It works well, if only I can't read your mind."

Rihan was slightly stunned, amused, and at the same time annoyed. But like an experienced warrior, he cannot put his guard down. He readied himself for another attack only to be surprised to see his opponent hide his weapon and then carried Wakana with two hand again.

"This is boring, Nura." Sakuya shook his head. "I'll give you a deal. This woman is mine for all intents and purposes. But…I'll give you a chance to fight for her."

Rihan didn't wait for him to finish, he rushed in one fell swoop but alas, he simply jumped to the other side of the building completely avoiding him. This time, he was in higher ground and looking down at him with an annoyed gaze.

"Oi, you bastard, let me finish while I'm talking." Sakuya hissed. "The Nura Clan's arrogance is really impossible. That's why…."

He vanished from the top and appeared right next to Rihan, his hand touching the black haired man's shoulder. Rihan's eyes widened, he barely saw anything.

"…Your clan has the tendency to lose your most cherished things…" He whispered, vanishing after saying it.

He only reappeared in the upper area with his back towards Rihan and his gaze on the opposite. He continued.

"It's not hard to find us, Nura." Sakuya muttered. "But, all I can tell you now is that…"

He looked back, now completely transformed. His hair longer than it should be, his eyes gleaming in red, his fangs a little exposed. His skin as white as it could be making his red firey hair appear brighter than usual. He carried Wakana close to his body using only one hand he drew her close making sure that she would not fall off. On one hand he held his weapon, the demon sword, Maken. It was clad in full black, seething with killing intent. It was protected by a veil of fire…

"I am Tsuchiya Sakuya, a half-demon, half human, from the Kagatsuchi lineage." He sneered. Rihan's eyes widened.

Kagatsuchi? The Fire God? He was against a god?!

How in the hell did this happen to them?

Sakuya smirked. Just after a few minutes, he vanished into the thin air leaving Rihan standing there a little frustrated. He didn't know what came to him, was it fear? No, honestly he wasn't really intimidated in facing a god. The logic was simple, if he was up against a god, he might as well be better than that god.

But…

What made him more afraid was that…

Wakana was there.

He's afraid of losing her.

He's confused with his feelings.

He didn't know what to do.

In this point of his life, he formed a fist, hard enough that his hands were bleeding.

He could only form one word to describe himself…

"Idiot…" He sneered to himself, angry and disbelieving.

To be continued.

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