Wish ~Yato x Reader AU~

Chapter 15: Flashing Blackout

I guess I could have left when Mr. Sui took his leave, but I didn't want to. I didn't want to because I didn't want to stop. Stop taking pictures, that is. I was entranced and so focused, nothing but calmness swaddling me in a sense of quietude. Quiet. That was what it was. My mind was quiet and not loud like it usually is. I wasn't focusing on work or thinking about an escape to Tokyo, or stressing about my adult obligations. I was completely at peace and not thinking about a damn thing.

And was has spilled over to is.

Even now, bathed in the faint gleam of the night lights, I am still at perfect peace and contentment. With the water washing against the shore and the breeze roughly rolling in off the ocean, all is calm. And I guess that's why I've stayed this long. That's why I didn't retreat to my home above Seven once the sun vanished. That's why I'm still here. Peace.

I stuff my hands into my pockets and inhale deeply, allowing the salty breeze to clear my sinuses as it blows my hair back. Honestly, I could never find this in Tokyo. This type of peaceful quietness. I could never get this. Though...wasn't that the point of relocating to Tokyo? To not be surrounded by utter silence? I thought that was my objective and it still is, but this quiet...this one is nice. It's not the same silence that engulfed my childhood.

The hairs on my arms stand as my heart drops at the thought of that portion of my life. My childhood is somewhere I do not wish to revisit. Not now and not ever, really. It's not a part of my life that I fancy. If anything, it's a part that I rather bury deep, deep into the darkest confinements of my subconscious and never dig up. That's what I want to do, but I know better than to get my hopes up. That's not how my mind operates, after all.

I take another deep breath and am about to shuffle off when something catches my attention. It's in the sky, soaring through the clouds like a bird...but it's not a bird. It's too large to be that -far too large. And it moves like a...snake...slithering. It moves like a damn snake slithering through the sky. But how? Snakes can't fly and they can't get that big. I mean, I know they get big, but nothing in comparison to whatever that thing is. What is that, anyway?

I squint my eyes, staring up at the...thing in curiosity while I try to make my own deduction. Try being the keyword. I look and I observe, but I have no idea what it is. It's not a plane; it moves too fluidly for that. It's not a kite; I've never seen one that size before and it's too dark for that. It can't be a real snake; the last I checked; they don't fly. So, what could it be? I'm about to give up and walk away when it hits.

It's one of those things.

It's one of those auditory hallucinations that I know far too well. But...but how? How am I having one of those now? I took all the necessary precautions to avoid this situation, so I shouldn't be seeing this. Or hearing it. I hadn't noticed it at first, but the thing is saying something that is repetitive and disturbing. I can't make out what it's saying but it's definitely saying something. And that's all I need to send me into a panic.

I begin to hyperventilate and tremble, feeling my soul drain from my body. I could have sworn that I took my medication this morning. I remember I did. I remember dumping two pills from the bottle and knocking them back with water. I remember that. I took them. I did what I needed to, but then...why am I seeing this? Why?

I try to step back, but with weak knees, I end up tumbling back, landing on my bum, though it doesn't hurt. At least, I don't think it hurts. I don't feel any pain, so I can only assume there are no injuries. However, even if there are any, that doesn't matter. My concentration is utterly trained on the flying...thing.

Tears well up behind my eyes, the horror terrifying me. Even if I wanted to, I can't move. I can't get up...can't run...can't do anything. All I can do is sit here, shaking like a leaf on a tree blowing in the breeze. That's all I can do, and it pisses me off.

I squeeze my eyes shut and begin to silently chant a prayer, hoping for it to disappear. But that's when I hear it. The sound of feet knocking at the ground as someone runs, beckoning me to open my eyes. And I do. I open them and bring my stare up, watching as a figure dashes through the darkness, running up the rocks and leaping up from them. The figure seems to soar up, their body slicing through the air as they approach the thing. That's when I hear them.

In an assertive tone, the figure calls, "This is the Land of the Rising Sun! Your desecration shall not be allowed! Hear me! I am the god Yato! I now lay thee waste with the Sekki and expel thy vast defilement! I cleanse thee!" ("Rend", from the English dub of Noragami.)

There's a piercing sound that penetrates the once peaceful quiet, followed by a flash of light that is blinding, causing me to wince. However, despite the sudden flash and all that's going on, it's all brief. Before long, all that I just witnessed is once again replaced by the silence that had been here previously. Though, there is no celebration.

Because I black out.

**Bello my sweet lovelies! Well, I'm not incredibly proud of this chapter, but I did my best. We even got to hear Yato's signature Rend. I know what y'all are thinking. "Y/N should know who that is!" Relax. Be still my lovelies. This book is just now rolling. Anyway. I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Thank you so super duper much for everything! Y'all are the bee's knees! Wuv yous!! <3**

-Noel Ross