Another Stray God [Noragami x Reader]

Chapter 15: A Nightmare

"What's your name, little one?" An old man looked at your small stature as you uncomfortably fidgeted with your fingers.

"I'm... I'm (y/n)." You answered with your small voice. "Who are you, oji-san?"

He patted your head and gently smiled at you. "You can call me (f/n) or if you want to you can call me father from now on since I'm taking care of you."

[Btw, (f/n) means father's name in case you don't know. I forgot to add it in the reminders earlier hehe~]

"Father it is then!" You cheerfully exclaimed.

"Look, look, Father! I've made my first shinki!" You introduced the ash blonde haired boy beside you to the old man happily. "His name is Sora and I call him Sorata."

"That's amazing, (y/n). Take good care of him, got it? You also Sorata, please watch over (y/n) when I'm not around." Your father reminded.

"Right!" The two of you agreed and looked at each other with wide smiles on your faces.

Your father watched you from afar as you and Sorata were playing with the other young shinkis.

"Father, is it wrong to kill?" You suddenly asked him.

The old man was surprised of your question. "Why did you ask that, (y/n)?"

"Someone said that humans do bad things and were punished because of that. Then us being the gods pass judgement to them and take their lives." You explained innocently. "Father, is it wrong for us to kill humans? If gods do bad things, then who punishes us?"

That was the first time you saw your father angry and it's also the first time he has raised his voice to you. "Who told you that, (y/n)?! Is it those two?! Let me talk to them!"

"But Father! Yato and Hiiro doesn't have anything to do with this! It's their father who told them that." You defended the two  and started to tear up. "Please don't take my friends away from me."

"(y/n), do you know who punishes gods?" Nora asked you with the same calm expression she always have. "Gods punishes their fellow gods. Those who have sinned will die. It's what the heavens do. They pass judgement to those who didn't abide by their rules."

"Gods kill other gods?" Your big innocent (e/c) eyes stared at her in wonder. "But Father said killing is bad."

"Unless it's inevitable." Sorata muttered beside you.

"(y/n)..."  Your father weakly called out your name as he reached his hand to you. "Don't go over to that side. Come back here, (y/n)."

"Father, your clan has done something wrong." Your (e/c) eyes glowed as a storm formed in the dark sky. "Killing you is inevitable."

Your eyes shut open, waking up from your nightmare. Dried tears have formed in the corner of your eyes before you removed it with your fingers. You looked outside and realize it's still early in the morning. 'I don't think I can go back to sleep after that dream.'

Riku, Yukine, and Yato are still sleeping deeply around you on their own futons so you decided to check on your website first to see if you have any jobs.

"None again?" You silently muttered and then sighed. You decided to take a walk around the city without waking up the three when you went outside.

You stopped after seeing a familiar mask with an eye symbol drawn in it lying at the middle of the road. "This again? Nora and Rabo used this masks often. Where did it came from anyways?"

"Do you want to know, (y/n)?" You immediately backed away as you heard the familiar mysterious voice while he chuckled at your reaction. "There's nothing to worry about. Riku isn't with you, right? I'm not going to hurt you either, (y/n)."

"What are you doing here, So- No, you're just a Nora from now on." You coldly glared at him.

"I'd rather have you call the name you've given me before, (y/n)~" Sorata said with a sweet smile on his face, one that he used to wear when you first met him. "But looking at the situation now, I guess you hate me so much, don't you?"

You remained silent and continued on giving him a nasty look as he sighed in defeat.

"I'll gladly gave you a very important clue, (y/n)." He continued. "Bishamonten is in danger and if my guess is right, Kazuma, her shinki, might accidentally drag Yato and that half ayakashi girl into this mess."

"That reminder coming from you, you'd do something after this, right? Do you think I'll still believe your lies?" You told him, cautious of your surroundings.

He smiled once again, hiding his true emotions within the grinning mask. "That's so cold of you, (y/n)~ It's all up to you whether to believe my warning or not." Although his expression says the opposite, his red eyes clearly shows the grief he's truly feeling due to your cold attitude towards him as he disappears into thin air. "Well then, I'll see you again sometime, (y/n)~"

You sighed in relief after he vanished and turned to the rising sun on the horizon. "Can I still trust him?"

Afternoon came...

"My name is Suzuha. You are?" A boy with brown hair reaches his hand to Yukine for him to shake it.

"I'm Yukine. Nice to meet you, Suzuha!" The blonde haired boy cheerfully introduced his self and shake Suzuha's hand.

Unknown to them, a certain stray with long white hair and dark skin are watching them behind the growing sakura tree while holding a mask with an eye symbol. "Perfect. With this I can start my plan."