~* Kasumi's POV *~

"Kasumi! Kasumi!"

I opened my eyes to see Nanami staring at me worriedly. I propped myself up with my hands and yawned. Rubbing my eyes, I looked around. Oh yeah, I slept on the floor.

"Nanami, never wake Kasumi up," Tomoe said sternly. I narrowed my eyes at her angrily. She woke me up from my peaceful slumber! How dare she?!

"She has quite the temper. You better start running," my brother smirked. I stood up, glaring at the Land God. I growled at her and emitted a fox fire on my palm. Her eyes widened in fear before she bolted. Meh, too lazy to get her. The blue fame disappeared as I walked towards my brother.

"I'm hungry, make me breakfast," I grumbled, taking a seat. He scoffed, narrowing his eyes at me.

"Go make it yourself," he waved off.

"Fine but don't blame me if I burn the kitchen down like last time," I smirked, recalling when it happened. It was when I was with Kurama, a long time ago. I wanted to learn how to cook so I asked my brother to teach me. He complied with my wishes and taught me. But the second he left me alone, flames appeared suddenly and I burned the whole kitchen down. Tomoe banned me from the kitchen. It was an accident, I swear!

"Get away from the kitchen! I will make breakfast," Tomoe said before making me food. I smiled smugly. I knew that would work!

"Thanks," I muttered as he gave me a plate of pancakes. He knew how much I loved them. I gasped in shock as I noticed something. He turned around alarmed, staring at me worriedly.

"You forgot the maple syrup!" I whined childishly. His look of panicked was replaced with a glare. He handed me the syrup bottle. I thanked him before completely drowning my pancakes with maple syrup. With that, I devoured my mountain of pancakes.

"See you later!" Nanami called as she was about to leave for school but was stopped by her familiar. Tomoe held up the cat hood and her lunch.

"Sorry but I'm not going to bring the hood. I'll be fine without it," Nanami said nervously, handing the hood back. Tomoe immediately protested.

"See you later!" Nanami exclaimed, leaving without the hood, defying Tomoe's request. I laughed as my brother stared after her looking absolutely dumbfounded. I teased him about how he was a terrible familiar but he simply ignored me.

I wanted to stay at the shrine all day and catch up on the gossip in the human world but noo! Tomoe said that we have to follow Nanami the whole day because she has no hood on. There goes my free day...

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I sighed in boredom as I stared at Nanami from a tree nearby with Tomoe. Her life is really boring. I wish I was back in the underworld. All I did was party and drink with hot yokai's. But that is way better than watching a school girl.

I closed my eyes, wanting to rest for a little bit. With that, I slowly drifted off to sleep.

.....

"Lady Kasumi!"

I snapped my eyes open and sat up. "I'm awake!" I exclaimed, looking around, alarmed. Onikiri and Kotetsu were staring at me. I narrowed my eyes at them. They woke me up! I was having a good dream!!

"Lady Nanami appears to be going somewhere but we cannot wake up Master Tomoe," Onikiri stated, pointing to a sleeping Tomoe. My eyes hardened. They woke me up so I could wake up my idiot of a brother?! I growled in frustration before taking my anger out on Tomoe.

I leaned near his fox ears before screaming. "WAKE UP!" I shouted before yanking his ears painfully.

His eyes flew open and he clawed at me, making me let go of his fox ears. He snarled at me while I bared my fangs at him. Yep, you can totally see the brother and sister love, right? Not.

"Nanami is leaving, we have to follow her, remember?" I sneered, still grumpy for being woken up. Tomoe sighed but nodded in agreement.

We followed her to the roof but hid in the shadows, making our presence unknown. My eyes widened as I noticed Kurama was there. Tomoe and I exchanged glances before turning back to them.

"What do you want, Kurama?" Nanami asked, in her hand the note she received from him. He must have realized she is a Land God...

They talked for a few minutes, mostly about how Nanami hates him and Kurama is asking why. I rolled my eyes. When did he become so arrogant? But knowing Nanami, she put him in his place before leaving him. I giggled quietly. Ooh, Kurama just got roasted!

Kurama narrowed his eyes at her as he left, his eyes fixated on her forehead. He must see the mark of the Land God...

His black feathered wings appeared from his back. Tomoe and I took a step forward, revealing ourselves but Kurama was too deep in thought to notice us. I remember how I used to be so fond of his gorgeous wings. I shook my head, trying to erase those thoughts. Now is not the time to be thinking about that!

He suddenly froze, finally noticing our presence. I smirked. So it begins...

Tomoe kicked Kurama from behind sending him crashing to the ground.

"Found you, damn yokai," my brother smiled slyly. Kurama turned around and stared at him in shock.

"You...!"

"To think you would find out Nanami was a god so quickly," I giggled, immediately grabbing his attention. I hid most of my face with my fan, the only visible thing was my sharp slitted eyes. His eyes widened in shock as he noticed me.

"Kasumi," He murmured, aghast. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Don't say my name so casually," I snarled, throwing fox fires at him. He spread his wings and dodged them, flying up in the sky. I growled in frustration. Stay still!

Tomoe leaped into the air, attacking him while I stayed on the roof, waiting for him. He finally flew down, trying to get away from Tomoe.

I smirked and stood in front of him. He tried to take a step towards me but I stared at him, using my power to make him immobilized. He cannot move at the moment thanks to my ability...

Tomoe place an enchanted leaf on Kurama's forehead. "You wanted to become the Land God?" my brother questioned. The leaf suddenly started to glow before Kurama's body started to shift into something else.

I gasped as I noticed Kurama was now an ostrich. This was not the plan! We were just supposed to scare him off not turn him into this!

"You wanted to become the Land God. Once I feed you to Nanami you will be part of her flesh," Tomoe smiled venomously, a fox fire ready in his hand. Wait, what?! He can't kill Kurama! Even though I hate him I don't want him to die!

Tomoe threw the blue flame at Kurama. His eyes widened before he bolted, running away with the fox fire still hot on his heels. He ran off the roof, into the hallways.

I turned to my brother, my eyes narrowed angrily.

"What were you thinking?!" I shrieked. He shrugged nonchalantly, not caring about the fact that Kurama might die. I sighed in frustration before running after that ostrich. I ran through the hallways, trying to track down that ostrich.

I finally found him. Kurama was still running away from the blue flame. My eyes widened as I noticed a boy about to get run over by Kurama.

"Watch out!" I tackled the boy to the floor, barely dodging that damn ostrich. I turned to the boy, staring at him worriedly while he looked at me in shock. He had hearts in his eyes as he stared at me fondly.

"Are you okay?" I asked, pulling him up. He nodded, his eyes looking dazed. After making sure he was okay, I continued to chase Kurama.

I took out an enchanted leaf and kissed it softly, thinking of where I wanted to be. I was zapped from my previous place and was now in front of Kurama. He didn't notice me and kept on running, about to knock me over.

I threw myself at him and tackled him to the ground. I waved my hand over the fox fire making it disintegrate. I sighed in relief before turning to the ostrich that was staring at me in shock and relief.

"Get up," I instructed. Kurama got up before I shoved him into an empty room. I closed the door and locked it. I narrowed my eyes at Kurama, analyzing what he looked like. He does not look good as an ostrich.

I chanted foreign words. Kurama shifted back into a crow tengu. He eyes held fear as he remembered what it was like to be an ostrich.

"I thought I was a goner," he whispered. A giggle escaped my lips as I stared at his expression. His eyes snapped to me and his eyes softened.

"Kasumi-" he tried to say but I raised my hand, stopping him. "Don't say anything."

I noticed the scratch on his face and my eyes widened. I suddenly felt guilty for some unknown reason.

"Come on," I sighed and yanked him up. I held his hand as I made him sit down. I noticed as his grip tightened right before I let go. That was odd... it was like he didn't want to let go of my hand.

I cleaned his wound before applying the antibiotic. Kurama continued to stare at me which made me shift uncomfortably. I covered his wound with a band aid, finished fixing his scratch.

I took a seat beside him, debating if I should ask him the question I wanted to ask for a very long time. I noticed that Kurama was also struggling with his words.

"Why did you leave?" I asked softly. He turned to me with wide eyes.

"I didn't leave you," he stated. I turned to him, my eyes narrowed. Liar! He did leave! I opened my mouth to yell at him but he stopped me.

"Can we meet up tomorrow? I promise I will explain everything," Kurama said, his eyes hopeful. I remember how I used to blush just by him looking at me. Too bad I'm not the same me from before.

"Fine, we'll meet tomorrow," I agreed. He smiled.

"I will have a car ready to pick you up at the Mikage Shrine at 12," Kurama stood up. I stood up as well.

He took my hand and kissed it sweetly. I blushed bright red. Wait, why am I blushing!? He smirked, noticing my reaction. I looked away, avoiding eye contact.

I watched as he walked towards the door, opening it. He paused for a moment before turning around.

"Thank you, Kasumi," He said making my eyes widened. With that, he walked out the door. I stood there, not being able to comprehend what just happened.

Wow, did that just really happen?

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