Where My Heart Lays - Yatori Fanfic [Abandoned, Read Desc.]

CHAPTER 9

Hours and hours had passed as Yato had just sat there, with nothing to say and nothing to do. It seemed hopeless to him now. His father was finally going to be able to fulfil his dreams. The only question he had was..

"How?"

His father turned around to look at him, in surprise and in curiousity. "How are you even doing this? It doesn't make sense that nobody from up there has managed to stop you. How are you even doing all of this?"

He began to smile as Yato explained his question more. "Well you see, that's where the fun part comes in.."

"Of course, you're correct. There's no way that I would be able to get away with any of this if Amaterasu was watching over. But you see, that's part of the whole process." He turned towards the flaming mess behind him. "Izanami's brush, that's how I did it. Imagine being able to claim every single phantom in sight to do what ever you want them to do at whatever time. Well, for the past few months I have gone round collecting as many as possible all for this one moment. Of course, I didn't tame every single phantom on the planet at once, but those phantoms who I did manage to grab spread a single message to every single phantom they could find – to block heaven's viewpoint of the Earth and create as much havoc as possible."

Yato stared at him in shock. "But how the hell is it possible to lead every single phantom on Earth in such a short amount of time?? Most of them aren't even yours!"

"OH MY GOD, DON'T YOU SEE IT? These phantoms are mine and they have always been mine! Do you really think that any of this is natural? To have to have Heaven send gods to kill these unwanted phantoms that control humanity? Those types of things have never been natural! I am the reason gods have had to travel down from heaven to do these types of things."

It suddenly all clicked together. His father, as always, was the reason that all of the disruption had happened. For his entire life, Yato had been manipulated into helping him stand here at this exact moment on this exact day. Even killing phantoms was just a waste of valuable time. He felt like nothing but a tool, a slave.

"Anyway, that's enough of the storytime. Nora, put him away" he enthused, as the shinki locked Yato into some tiny prison-like 'room' behind the rocky walls."

"I'm.. I'm going to kill you!!!"

"You know I would be the one to kill you first.."

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Time passed and passed as Hiyori looked around the find Yato. She'd already walked miles, with the occasional break in some shelter when the hail came down but she couldn't sense him anywhere. His scent was completely gone, even in her phantom form.

Her breathing became heavier and heavier with each step.

'Where is..'

'Where is he??'

It was at that moment when she began to have the worst thoughts. What if he was cities away? What if he was hurt?

What if he was dead?

It was at that moment when tears began rolling down her eyes. She worried for him, more than she ever had worried in her life. All of those times that he made her smile and laugh, all of those memories that she refused to forget with him, all of that time that he was there for her just made things, so much.. more depressing.

She'd never felt that way about anyone so strongly before. To her, he was just perfect. So why.. why did he run away like that?

Suddenly, her legs collapsed on the floor, refusing to move no matter how hard she tried to make them do so. She ended up staying sat down there as she began to break down.

"YATO!!" she cried in a strained voice. She couldn't stop. She couldn't do anything.

He wasn't anywhere..

It was at that moment that everything around her turned black