Ethereal slumber- Raiden shogun x Tomo

Chapter 24

Ei fluttered her purple eyes open, as she saw Neko beside her. She sat up and asked "Neko, what happened earlier? Did the treasure hoarders did something to me?" Neko did not answer and just stared down.

Ei then swayed her hand at her face, hoping that she was just spacing out "Neko? What are you looking at? Why are you ignoring me?" Ei asked but no response was heard.

Ei stared at the direction Neko was looking and... saw her body laying down on the couch.

Ei quickly stood up, as she never seen this kind of particular dream before "Wha- huh? What's going on?!" Ei panicked, as she tried touching Neko but her hand just gone through her feline body.

Her panic was soon replaced when someone touched her shoulder. Ei turned around to see Tomo. Ei hugged him tightly and asked "Tomo!What's happening right now?! Am I dead???" Tomo rubbed her back "Don't worry, Ei. You're not dead, well you almost died earlier. You're just in a coma state for now" Tomo explained and Ei let's him go from her embrace "D-daichi... is his spirit still here?" Ei asked looking around "Yeah, just follow me" Tomo said and exited the room with Ei following him.

They were then outside of the shrine, as they walked to the back of the shrine. Tomo stopped at the uneven patch of dirt with red spider lilies surrounding it and a cat sitting next to it "Here's Daichi" Tomo patted Daichi's head "Daichi!" Ei exclaimed and hugged the feline "Thank you Daichi for lending me your body... and I'm so sorry to see you pushing daisies too early" Tomo said, as Ei stood up; still holding the feline in her arms.

"I want to spend one last moment with Daichi before he leaves" Ei said and Tomo followed her to a bench. They sat down and stared up at the sun rising "Kawatare will be here later tonight to escort Daichi to the afterlife" Tomo mumbled "Tomo..." Ei spoke making Tomo gaze towards her "How are you going to watch over me? Are you planning on possessing another animal?" Ei asked and Tomo hummed "It's going to be difficult for me to find a body. Daichi is the only one who doesn't run away from me because he's my cat" Tomo said "Some animals are scared of you? What for?" Ei asked and Tomo shrugged "I don't know the reason why they run away and hide" Ei puts a finger under her chin and came up with a idea.

Ei snapped her fingers making Tomo look at her "How about stay in the plane of euthymia with me for a mean time" Ei suggested and Tomo had a questioning face "What's the plane of euthymia?" Tomo asked while tilting his head "Well you see... the body that I'm using is not me, it's a puppet that I made named; Raiden Shogun because if I use my real body; it will turn to ashes. The plane of euthymia is where my consciousness lives and it's just like your dreamworld" Ei tried to explain it to him and Tomo nods

"So Raiden Shogun and you are not the same... is the plane of euthymia inside of the Shogun?" Tomo asked and Ei nodded "Yes. It's like another dimension, and it's only welcome to people who I'm interested in" Ei said "How am I going to get inside of euthymia?" Tomo asked and Ei thinks for a moment before coming back "Maybe... when I'm about to wake up, you should follow me inside of the puppet" Ei said.

Tomo had visible confusion written on his face at the topic plane of euthymia "Is that going to work?" Tomo asked "We will never know unless we try" Ei said "h-how is this going to work? You're like going to pull me inside of the euthymia with you, where you're in the verge of waking up?" Tomo tried understanding it and Ei nodded "That's right" Ei said "I'm going to kill myself if it actually worked" Tomo mumbled "Isn't that called; double dead?" Ei giggled and Tomo laugh "That's a good and a bit racist joke" Tomo commented.

After the past hours, Ei and Tomo were dead of boredom, as they lack of ideas to do while waiting for someone to pick up Ei from the Asase shrine. Tomo cracked his neck and Ei sighed "When are they gonna arrive here in Asase shrine? It's been like an eternity of waiting" Ei mumbled and Tomo puts his arm on her shoulder "How about we take a stroll just outside of Asase shrine" Tomo said and Ei nodded.

The two of them were now walking near the shores, as Ei heard Tomo humming a song and singing it out loud "Wherever you go, i won't be far to follow~ oh, I'm gonna love you so~ You'll learn what I already know~ I love you means you're never, ever, ever getting rid of me~" Tomo sang and hummed the rest.

Ei clapped her hands and Tomo blushed "Your singing voice is good. What song is that? I never heard of it before" Ei spoke and Tomo scratched his head "It's a song that I heard years ago but I forgot some parts of the song" Tomo and Ei then saw guards coming to their direction, as Kojou Sara and Yae Miko have finally arrived.

They then marched up to the shrine to pick up Ei and bring her back to Inazuma City. "They're finally here" Tomo said and continued "Let's follow them home" Tomo held Ei's hand, as they followed the group to the shrine.

Ei let's go of his hand, as she approaches Daichi; giving the cat one last kiss to say farewell.

Yae Miko bowed at the cat priestess and Kojou Sara was carrying the Raiden Shogun. "Ei, let's go now" Tomo said and looked at the goddess hugging the feline and waving goodbye to it.

Ei then linked her arm with Tomo, as they followed the group back to Inazuma City.

———————————————————————
It's a bit too late but Ei and Tomo wanted to do the trend💗