My Every Day Is Supposed To Be Same As Always But...?! Part 4

MIKOTO

Eventually, we reached our destination. Even though I knew about Mikage shrine, it still gave me a spooky feeling.

Nanami froze beside me.

"....."

"It was a prank", she muttered.

She collapsed on her knees to the ground, "to think that what's awaits me is an abandoned shrine... this is like torturing someone who is already lost"

"Nanami, are you alright?", I asked her worriedly as I assisted her to stand up again.

Then she wrapped her hand on my wrist and pulls me behind to walk away from the shrine while she's still stomping her feet, angrily.

ヽ('ᄑ'メ)ノ

"I'll never trust another adult again!", she furiously said.

"Ah, wait! Nanami, why are we leaving?"

"Because we're tricked!", she furiously explained to me as if I'm an innocent child.

"Wait, Nanami", I tried to stop her since we're already a few footsteps away from the shrine.

"Onikiri and Kotetsu are supposedly here already to stop us, where are they??"

Just as I asked it to myself, we heard a voice echoed behind us.

"Mikage-sama ~"

"Huh? What was that?", Nanami asked me.

We turned around and another voice spoke behind us again, "Welcome back, Mikage-sama"

I felt spooked even though I'm already aware those are Onikiri and Kotetsu's tricks.

For the second time, we turned around again as we saw a wall of will-o-wisps blocking our path.

*follows*   *dash*   *pulls while escapes* ..🔥..🔥 ..・..''( ꒪Д꒪),､ヾ(。＞皿＜)シ "Ah, wait   "Wa-wait    "KYAAH!

Mikage     Please wait,    "A ghost -sama"        Nanami"      appeared" ↑                           ↑                      ↑ will-o-wisps     Mikoto            Nanami

"WAAHH !", we screamed and run into the temple in an attempt to escape but I got tripped and I accidentally pushed Nanami inside the temple when I stumbled.

Blaggs!

┌(＋_＋)┘

I fall flat onto the ground just outside the shrine's door. Then, we heard another voice coming inside the temple.

"Is that you, Mikage?", a man's voice echoes from the inside..

I hurriedly tried to pull myself up and set my eyes on Nanami's back who was frozen in fear from her place. Not far from her was a silhouette of a man hiding in the shadows.

"Where have you been all this time? You made me watch over the house for 20 years."

The man's silhouette became clearer until I saw completely his whole appearance. - A white-haired young man with white fox ears and white furry tails.

Even though I knew that it is just Tomoe, even from a distance his dark aura brings chills that ran down on my spines as I look at his scary eyes.

This is the true terror the fox-demon Tomoe can give in reality.

"Yo-youkai?", I heard Nanami uttered in fear.

                                  ﾊ _ ﾊ (ゝᗒロᗕ)ﾉ＼(◣ ᗣ ◢\ ) "GYAAHH!!"    "I'm gonna freakin'                                    kill you!! 💢" ↑                           ↑ Nanami               Tomoe

Reacting on my instinct, I shouted, "Stop! She's not Mikage-sama!"

"Huh ?", he uttered in confusion as he suddenly stopped in an inch before his claws touched Nanami.

              *stares* ﾊ _ ﾊ (ゝ⊙‸⊙)ﾉ＼(ⓛ⌓ⓛ\ ) ''• • • • •'' ↑                     ↑ Nanami          Tomoe

"Hey, Onikiri! Kotetsu!", he called and the two balls of will-o-wisps came beside the fox youkai.

The two passed beside me and talked in a chorus, "Yes, Tomoe-dono?",

                                      ﾊ _ ﾊ "This ain't Mikage (￢_￢)"

Seeing that Tomoe isn't aggressive anymore, I mustered all my strength back and hurriedly ran to Nanami, who right now was lying down on the floor in shock.

"Nanami, are you okay? ", I assisted her to sit up and let her back lean on me.

"No way !", the two spirits chorused before I saw their will-o-wisps form puffed in the air and changed back to Kotetsu and Onikiri's true form...supposedly, like what I'm expecting.

Wait, What?! Where are Kotetsu and Onikiri? I can't see them around.

My eyes still scanning around, I heard Onikiri's voice talked besides Nanami, "look Tomoe-dono, she has the Land deity's seal on her forehead"

"Her spirit feels like Mikage-sama's too", added by Kotetsu.

I stare at the space where I heard their voices, but can't see them.

So meaning, I can't really see spirits?!

Even so, I can still feel their movements so maybe this won't be much a problem.

"But she's not Mikage", cleared out by Tomoe then he looked at me. "And also the other girl only has faint spiritual powers."

"Eh? Spiritual powers? Me?", I confusedly asked for confirmation about what I just heard but Tomoe just gave me a cold shoulder and reverted his eyes back to Nanami who is still on shock.

"Hey, girl. Who are you?"

Noticing that the fox youkai is talking to her, Nanami's face turned pale once more.

"Mi-Mikoto.. This is.. this is..", she started to utter as she turns her head and looked at me.

"We walked into a demon temple!"

(((φ(◎ロ◎;)φ))) 🗯️

After calming Nanami down, I handed Tomoe the note drawn by Mikage-sama.

"It is true, this bad handwriting is really his", Tomoe said verifying the story I just told him.

"You said that he gave his house to you?", then he flipped open his folded fan.

"After I told him that I have nowhere to go, that man told me to live here", Nanami explained once more.

"While Mikage-sama said I could stay with Nanami", I added.

Tomoe sighed deeply.

I looked at Nanami and noticed her sparkling eyes.

hee hee...

I sneaked behind Nanami and whispered, ".. .he's Tomoe? He looks like a model"

"KYAH! Don't read my mind!", she screamed as she crouch and covered her ears.

I burst into a laugh.

"Bwahahaha! Nanami, you look so cute~!"

"Ho-how did you do that?", Nanami got curious.

Wow, so meaning I really nailed it!

*thumbs up* *embarrassed* (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵) ﻭ✧   ('-﹏-'；) "You're just           "Really?" easy to read" ↑                        ↑ Mikoto            Nanami

But actually, I just remembered it from the anime too~

"Eherm", Tomoe cleared his throat to call our attention.

He glared at us irritated while fanning himself faster.

"That man you met was the Land deity of this land", Tomoe started.

"This is it, Nanami!", I secretly cheered inside.

Then he added, "The fact that he has given you of the ownership of this temple means.."

" ヾ(｡^◇^｡)ノ ..that Nanami had inherited Mikage-sama's role as the Land deity", I excitedly butted in.

" Σ(||ﾟДﾟ)ﾋｨｨｨｨ EHH!?", Nanami reacted exaggeratedly.

I want to say more but too bad I can't reveal much any information to them by myself. It might have a negative effect on their life's story.

Tomoe glared at me more irritated, probably annoyed because his sentence was stolen by none other than ME!

                                           ﾊ _ ﾊ :;(∩'﹏'∩);:       (￣ヘ￣💢) "He's scaring me" ↑                      ↑ Mikoto            Tomoe

"Ahh, how should I explain it? Well, I just figured it out just now by myself... ahahah", I laughed awkwardly trying to save myself from any trouble.

Luckily, the atmosphere suddenly brightened up a little because of Kotetsu and Onikiri.

"Oh, what a joyous day! The Land deity has returned!!", the little voices echo in that dim place.

"Hurray !", I clapped happily with the two spirits even though I can't see them.

"Huh? Huh?", Nanami looked at the two spirits with a surprised face.

"We must prepare a feast immediately", Onikiri said then I just saw a meal floating on the air which I knew was carried by Onikiri.

"Please enjoy this meal, Land deity", this time it was Kotetsu who spoke while carrying another prepared food towards Nanami.

"You too, Land deity's friend. Eat, eat!"

Base on the voice, it was Onikiri who carried me a meal.

" (っ˘ ڡ˘ς) Eh~?May I?"

"HOLD IT!! Σ(-'Д'-ﾉ；) ", Nanami interrupted the two spirits.

"What? What? Me? Land deity? Like, a goddess? But I'm Momozono Nanami, a high schooler, a human being! When did I become a deity?", she asked the two spirits.

Though, to my eyes, she looks like just talking to a thin air except I can hear also the thin air's little voices.

"The exact moment you received this seal on your forehead!", Kotetsu and Onigiri chorused together.

"Seal on my forehead? You mean that kiss...that was the seal?" Nanami touched her forehead in disbelief.

Come to think of it, I do feel like there's something like energy coming from Nanami's forehead.

Meh, I'm just a normal girl here in this story. It's just my imagination maybe since I'm aware of it from the anime.

"And how about Mikoto, then?", Nanami looked at me and I felt the two spirits came closer to me. Atleast I can feel them.

"She seems to have a faint talent on spiritual powers...", Onikiri said.

"...but she seems it just a normal girl, nothing more", Kotetsu added.

"Hey, even though I can't see you two, it doesn't mean that I can't hear such rude comment. There's totally nothing wrong with being just a normal girl, you know?", I pouted.

"This kid is supposed to be a deity?! 💢"

Tomoe came closer to Nanami after he recovered his composture and lifted up her chin, "What can a filthy girl like you do?! Collect offerings, or, at best, weed the yard, right?"

"I refuse to accept that! 💢"

"But she has Mikage-sama's blessings!"

"I don't need her. Get them out of here!"

"Wait! You're being really rude, you know that? Actually, who the heck would want to make an offering at this rundown temple? I refuse to stay! 💢"

I just sighed helplessly as I watch them arguing and bickering at each other while the two spirits tried their best to consolidate the two, which I know was still impossible for now.

"Either she goes, or I go", Tomoe said before disappearing in the shadows.

"Hey! Wait a minute! ", Nanami tries to catch up but failed.

Sigh~

"Ne~ you two spirits are Onikiri and Kotetsu, right?", I called the attention of the two.

"Yes, how did you know us, Mikoto-dono?", the two said together.

"You can just call me Mikoto and I just remembered also, the one you calls Tomoe calls your names earlier too", I explained half the truth.

Because ever since the beginning I came here, I already knew more than they can ever think.

"For the time being, can you prepare a place for us to stay?", I asked them.

"With pleasure~!", the two agreed cheerfully without raising suspicion on me.