The Sound of Snow

Foreword

     Y'all ever think about the time we first met Yukiné and immediately fell for his punk attitude? Ever think about when Yato named him and we caught those teasing flashing glimpses of his life before he died? Well I do. A lot. In fact, I've spent the past three years thinking about it and coming up with this headcanon about who Yukiné was before he was... well, Yukiné.

     Let it be said, I am an avid fan of the manga, and good-NIGHT the anime is so missing out! (Seriously, why can't y'all put together a petition to see season three of Noragami with just as much enthusiasm as you have towards trying to see dem aliens???) As a manga reader, I've noticed the latest chapters tauntingly creeping towards what may be a big reveal of Yukiné's canonical past. However, if the manga does end up confessing his true name or his life before death, then I haven't read it as of the writing of this fanfiction. So if you are reading this in the future and you already know the canon version of Yukiné's past life, then just think of this as an AU headcanon from someone who got left waiting for way too long.

     And for those of you who have for some ungodly reason only been able to watch the anime (bless your heart,) here's a quick note before you keep reading: The manga reveals this thing called the Gods' Secret. This secret is the memory of a human ghost's life before death. When we saw those flashing glimpses of Yukiné's life, that was the Gods' Secret being transferred from Yukiné's memory into Yato's. When the memories are transferred to the master, the servant can't recall them anymore. This protects the shinki (or regalia, as they are called in the anime) because on almost every occasion when a ghost does remember their own past, the dismay that comes with realizing the pain of their death and missing the life they had is so intense it immediately corrupts and blights them until they become a lost cause, aka an ayakashi (phantom.)

     (Also, at the end there is a reference to a character named Sakura who was in the manga but not the anime. Long story short: she was a shinki Yato found and named when he was a kid and it was her goodness that inspired him to reject his "father" who had raised him to be a god of calamity. [Remember that Fujisaki turd guy we all hated because he kissed Hiyori and then in the last episode we found out he was the Crafter aka Yato's parent? Yeah, well, you need to read the manga so you can hate him even more and find out why we manga readers have unanimously dubbed him the endearing nickname "trash dad."])

     But I digress. Basically my fanfiction is about how Yukiné lived and died. It's a tragedy, just warning you. And it's told through Yato's perspective as he has received the memories because I sure hope my poor snowflake never remembers these things. I don't want to lose him all over again :,(

P.S. – for those of you wondering, the title is a play on Yukiné's name. The word "yuki" means "snow" in Japanese. And the character used for the "né" which Yato brands all his shinki with translates to "the sound of." So you could say Yukiné means "the sound of snow."  

     Thank you for your time! I sincerely hope you have as much fun reading as I had writing. God bless!

~ R. S. Swasso