I Am Your God: Yazuki's B Rank Exam

In spite of the fact she had died in the past more than once, Jiyu still did not enjoy meeting her end whenever it happened. Despite knowing she would be coming back, especially since she hadn’t formed any contacts since her first mistake. Dying? Still was not a very pleasant experience! The fact someone would revive after they were kill did not take away the throbbing pain of their fatal wound right away and this time she had been stabbed through the chest, near her heart. Kazehime got lucky, though since it seemed she simply died by bleeding out the regeneration had not taken too long and she was ready to go back into life any second she wanted. However the Inugami was kind of sick of dying, her optics staring down at her own reflection in the river she was kneeling. Honestly, it was hard looking at the black markings proving her inugami status, every day she was reminded of how abnormal she was, the fact she really did not know what she was anymore. Thus Jiyu decided there was going to be something different this time, she would get more control, for some reason she just wanted a change this time, so she was going to make one for herself! It was no trouble to stand there and focus on doing little things like changing her tail to a pretty purple color and morphing her knee length hair an exact matching lavender, her eyes shifting to the same shade before becoming brilliant rubies. Of course? Jiyu thought her optics were some shade of brown since her eyes could not perceive the color red since she shared her vision with the canine species. At the least her new body was ready to get going and return to the normal realm, she had business to attend to there. “So this is where he lives?” the young mage had simply walked but she quickly went from her personal realm to the cave of the man she blamed for her most recent experience with death. “Raijin Isn’t Home Right Now.” the canine heard the somewhat mew like voice of an exceed looking down to see the black feline. “That’s fine, I’ll wait, you want some sushi while we sit?” the cat narrowed her eyes slightly suspicious but clearly the temptation of a fish was “I guess you can stay, just for one fish, though,” Kazehime smirked slightly and walked towards the scent of a pantry opening it to pull out a fish and simply leaving it open as she cut up the fish against some plate she had, preparing sushi for the feline. As Miva was left to eat the fish? Jiyu wandered back towards the final room of the hallway she had found when looking for the fish, entering it casually and noting it was likely Raijin’s bedroom for the scents and the little decor she could make out. Right now? It was a waiting came for the bastard to get back home and a slight bit of hoping he didn’t go telling the Guild she was dead or something.

He stood still in the storm, meditating on a new failure that had gripped him. He had caused it in his eyes, but he could not find her body... Jiyu had helped him with a few demons that got loose on a local village, but it seemed that him warning her had caused more damage than good. He thought she hadn't seen them, but the easily distracted Jiyu turned to him instead of towards her target. The rain's speed increased as the drops became more pronounced, the thunder rolling deeper and the Lightning starting to strike more often. His eyes were closed, and for once, he was shirtless upon the top of the cliff, no armor, just his black pants and his boots, as he meditated thinking of what had happened. He had wandered over to see if he could help raise her, but there was nothing left. There was no body with a wound, she was just gone.

The torrent increased as the failure sunk in, but the conflicted emotions of whether or not she was actually gone still remained. She obviously was stabbed through the heart. Yazuki had seen several people supposedly die though and not actually leave, but the blood, the gore and the pain he was feeling over it were a little much for him. After some time meditating, he turned into a lightning bolt and landed near the mouth of the cave, a deep loud crack of thunder resonating in the area. Something felt... off. There was a visitor here and he could feel it. A voice came to him once again, one he recognized as Raijin's. Careful with this one. There is more to her than you know. Be nice grunted the old orcish looking god. This felt familiar though, as though this person was someone he had once known or met, yet he was too distraught to make the connection. "These fish are SO GOOD!" he heard Miva exaggerating in the cave, which made him think that it had to be someone she knew as well. Obviously not someone from Black Rose, as she was rarely around. As he walked into the cave, his tattoo exposed upon his washboard abs, His auburn hair soaked and the scar that anyone who knew him would identify him instantly came into view in the steady lacrima light. He stood in shock, as this woman didn't look anything like anyone he had ever known, and he was confused to see Miva getting along with someone so well that was a complete stranger. She usually didn't like visitors while he was out and about, so seeing this stranger here was more of a shock than the fact of her getting along with her, as even if Miva liked someone, she usually still chased them off after a while. He looked around, seeing that it seemed like this person had made herself at home without his permission. This irritated him slightly, as this was his home and where he spent most of his alone time. He crossed his arms and looked at Miva with a slight cough, who looked at him with eyes wide. She dropped the fish and started trying to push Jiyu towards the door, whispering to her, "Quick before he starts to question why I let you stay." She then followed it up with a separate, far different response, but Yazuki had already seen past this.

"I told you to get out of here, you... weird fish loving person, you! Trying to tempt me with fish, what do I look like!" She shouted, then whispered to Jiyu "Just go along with it you can come back any time."  Yazuki laughed slightly at the way she was acting, shaking his head.  "Can I help you stranger? Seems you have made yourself at home quite nicely. If you need to stay out of the rain, you are more than welcome to stay. Miva can sleep on the floor since she is being so rude," he stated as he glared at Miva, why frowned and stopped trying to push the woman.

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When the demon slayer came into the cavern he called home the most notable thing would be how the lighting was different from normal. Instead of an amber hue brightly burning flame being lit somewhere in the confines of the stone structure? A white or yellowish light was ebbing in a faint pulse through the place, emitting from a simple light lacrima placed in the middle of the cave where the fire would normally be lit. While it provided no warmth, Jiyu was much more than comfortable sitting around with Miva while she ate sushi without the fire being right there. Anyways the woman was knelt on the ground with her tail laid over her own lap, perfectly comfortable and at home in the place that belonged entirely to someone else. It was kind of one of her skills to not give a single damn about all of this, mostly because she was still infuriated at the man she was waiting for.

         "Oh he's not the one who will be questioning things here." the friendly canine seemed to change into a hunter when she set eyes son Raijin, her crimsons glowing in the low light as she narrowed her gaze and stood slowly with the exceed's paws on her lower leg, in the end, Jiyu crossing her own arms and cocking her hips slightly staring straight ahead. "I will be staying tonight, but not because of the rain." she felt her anger at him getting her killed rise once more and the lacrima she had lit up shattered all of a sudden, tiny crystals lying dead on the ground all of their magic fleeing back into the world energy. Jiyu glanced at them and sighed slightly, realizing she was letting her black magic reign freely again and that she should get her emotions under control before she caused a cave in or something bad with her shroud of bad luck. "You see." she made a slightly sour expression tilting her head to the side as she crossed her finger's in front of her her black rose mark clear against her pale skin since she was only wearing a bra top and set of flimsy pajama pants. "You got me killed earlier tonight Raijin, and I am cross about it." she had not introduced herself yet, lavender tail laying limp against her legs as she walked to stand right in front of him and stare definitely up at him with crossed arms. It was then the black markings that Jiyu had reappeared on the inugami's face, in the normal black shade, almost a dead give away to her identity.

"Even immortals don't like feeling blades through our hearts, though it just missed mine, which is how I was able to construct a new body so quickly. Tell me, why did you think I didn't know they were there hmm?" she was just mostly cross over the fact she had been stabbed it was her least favorite way to die so far, it was so sharp and sudden, yet it lasted and even now she could feel a slight ebb in her chest. At the feeling returning? She placed her hand near her heart groaning slightly and sighing out. Jiyu realized she didn't know much about making her own new body so maybe she came back out of her realm a little too soon and she had internal damage still trying to heal itself or something. "Sit down so we can talk, and we're fine in the dark." she did not need him lightning some fire and making her pass out because of it.

Yazuki stood paralyzed as he realized she had indeed died, but came back. In some ways this would normally be a relief, but Yazuki hated failure, and this was yet another one. As the lacrima had shattered, Miva used her catlike sight to find the dharma, knowing Yazuki loved the light of it if the fire was not lit. she rolled it over at the lady talked, and as it set in this was Jiyu. He eyes widened just a little bit as she realized it, as she had heard from him what had happened. "See, no body, she revived, just like i said. Told ya you were worrying over nothing you big sob."

Yazuki felt the dharma strike his leg and instantly caught it with one hand, starting to infuse it with lightning energy to get it to glow. as it slowly started to glow, he could make out her features a bit more, but he couldn't take his eyes off how oddly she was dressed still. Then a thought came across his mind that distracted him from his failure. He wasn't trying to change the subject, but the question burned quietly in his mind, growing louder until it finally came out of his mouth. "You wear as little clothes as I do, is there a reason for this? I mean, I prefer to be shirtless, and my name isn't technically Raijin by the way. I have always ran around shirtless before i received my armor other there," he stated, pointing over at the robes that Nightken has purchased for him. He had noticed her running around scantily clothed for some time, but he never knew why. He knew her magic caused some major destruction, but he still had to question it.

The thought of her staying the night and Frey arriving was a little uncomfortable for him, as Frey still hadn't learned her urges yet, and he was having to try and tell her, but the stubborn girl wouldn't listen. While she was older in her form around him, it was still a little awkward for him. He did truly care for her, but there was just that block in his mind still, as he had finally come to terms with the fact that it wasn't a dream anymore and it had actually happened. This realization made him blush, very shortly afterwords thinking about her, seeming to stare off in to space for a moment because of it. The night his whole life seemed to be ending was the night he had lost his innocence, to someone that he truly cared for, but he thought it all a dream and nothing more. Her kiss had sparked a desire in him he still didn't know how to deal with. If he would have realized, he never would have went as far as he did, but Frey hadn't helped. The pure instincts of the moment were not something either of them regretted, but he still wondered if that was all he wanted from him. He snapped back to reality, looking back at Jiyu.

"I'm sorry, I spaced out. Fine, you can stay but, I do have to warn you if Princess shows up you are not to harm her or bother her please," He looked at her with a hardened face, not wanting to have to tell her why he was so protective. If she knew anything about Frey, he didn't want the troubles. He wanted to keep her name back, just in case there was any question about who she was, but he wondered what this woman would ask about her. He then bowed his head and continued.

"And I am sorry. I didn't realize you knew that demon was there. I was just trying to make sure that didn't happen, but I misjudged. I owe you." He closed his eyes, a sullen look on his face.

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The feline was quick to catch onto what was going on and it made the young woman rather happy with the little kitty. As opposed to people? Felines were always very clever and she admired that about them, suddenly her face reddened slightly as she thought about cats, one kitty to be exact, one she couldn't wait to spend another night with once she explained why she changed her appearance to him again. Marschal was not going to be happy if she told him someone caused her to die again, so telling him directly why was out of the question but hopefully, he loved her enough to accept that sometimes she would not always look like the same woman he fell for because she hated looking at herself. This time when she looked in reflective surfaces? She felt attractive and alive again, heck even in the barely reflective surfaces of the lacrima shards she liked how she looked now.

"My clothing, really that's your first question?" she snorted slightly as her tail wagged in amusement, eyes lightening slightly as a giggle escaped her throat noticing how he stared at her. So long as he didn't touch? She once more enjoyed being stared at, which was something she had not honestly enjoyed fully for a few years, even though she looked nothing like herself, she felt like herself again so this was good. "HEY! I liked this pair." her body jerked violently her chest bouncing in her polka-dot bra as the heart patterned pants she was wearing suddenly became shorts and her crimson gaze glared angrily at the remnants of the legs on the ground. "That is why I run around like this, The wind will strip me if it's unpleased with what I'm wearing and if it's upset it will just shed everything." the female leaned against the wall behind her as the pain she had experienced earlier finally started easing up some, smiling about the fact her body and power seemed to be just fine.

"Princess? It does no good to tell me someone's name if I haven't met them directly I can't remember people until I smell them." and the blank expression on her face was proof of how truth her statement was, one hand rising to play with her lavender hair, enjoying how soft the newly regenerated locks were. Then she grew a slightly sadistic smirk as he admitted what she was about to tell him, ending up looking like she was kissing her own hair because she didn't bother dropping it before bringing her clawed hand up to her mouth to drown out the giggle she emitted. "Yes you do owe me, I dislike dying very much, it never gets any easier. So consider yourself in my debt until you get the chance to make it up to me and I'll teach you to avoid causing such an error again, just don't make me any promises, not even a promise to not make me promises." part of her statement was going to sound weird, but hopefully, he listened and didn't swear or promise, she didn't want to contract someone else due to how badly her first contract had went.

His thoughts still muddled about Frey, He tried to pay attention to what the woman was saying, but he eventually put his back up against the wall and slid down to a sitting position as he talked to this woman. When he had seen her in action, she seemed very powerful, but she seemed so... frail. He thought back to the way she fought the demons, not wanting to get in close. She had amazing power behind her, but she still died quickly, which made him wonder if her immortality had anything to do with it. He knew full now she was able to come back, but letting her suffer again was out of the question. He didn't need more guilt trips as he went through his days of life, as he already felt horrible about a lot of different things that had occurred just in the last year alone. He looked at her as she played with her hair and talked and seemed to like the attention, but his mind kept going back to Frey. He looked down, blushing harder as he still didn't comprehend why. She and him had shared a night together, and it had been something of a haze, but she seemed attached, and actually surprised that she wasn't around more. Though to be honest, she was a princess. The sheer fact of the matter was, his concern started to show on his face, as inside he started to... miss her? He shook his head and tried to dismiss it but it stuck in his mind too tightly, not letting it leave. He tried changing the subject in his own mind, Raijin laughing as his head suddenly felt the ring of the god creeping in. Classic. My chosen has fallen in love. So sweet. Raijin's babblings put a frown on Yazuki's face as he looked up at Jiyu, not fully hearing what she said.

"I won't let harm befall you again until you feel my debt is repaid. If ever you have need of me, simply ask." He looked back at the opening towards the back of the cave, and once again his mind wandered as he growled at himself, realizing that he had a guest but couldn't get her out of his mind. Was the god correct? Was this love? He had wanted a connection with someone for a long time, but with Frey? She meant a lot to him, and he had fretted about her for a long while before finding out that Princess was indeed Frey, even sinking further into anxiety than he had ever gone before. He needed to get his attention back on Jiyu though, he thought, as he looked up and figured out something to say at last.

"Where would you like to sleep? I have two beds, you are welcome to Miva's," he stated, receiving dirty looks from the feline.

"You don't want to sleep in that bed, things happened in that bed I just know it," she stated, looking over at Jiyu. "He couldn't use his own bed he had to use mine. Rude, don't you think? All with this girl named Frey that he thought had died on him. Well, maybe you should watch out too, never know."

Yazuki blushed further as Miva brought this up, looking away. He didn't feel ashamed about what happened, he was just embarrassed that he hadn't made it back to his own bed in time. He had been too weak, and he didn't realize life was happening, it was all such a dream at the time. He looked back up to Jiyu, his face still beat red and his breathing uneven. Miva had set up a very awkward situation, as she normally did.

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She was actually starting to feel weakened once more as he sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall opposite of her in the dim light of his charged armor. Both of her hands rose to clutch where she had been stabbed before, a small sharp intake of breath showing the sudden wave of pain, proof she had rushed this regeneration and the reason she hated dying, her death wounds lingered as pain for some time before the agony vanished. At least the last two times? She had been hurt so much over her whole body that she could convince herself that it didn't hurt because her whole body felt the same way, she hated this one because she had to think about it until the stabbing sensation faded away. The pain caused her to even have a light sweat on her brow.

"Ask." she giggled slightly at the statement and smirked with a stern expression in her bloody optics. "I'll be telling you" the female spoke in her voice and noticed it sounded different all of a sudden. Clearly? This seemed to shock the female as she cleared her throat and seemed to whisper a few phrases to make sure her voice was normal once more. Jiyu had been unaware that she could change her voice before this moment, but it was a good thing to know, especially if she needed to change who she was entirely for some reason. "But you won't be able to protect me from harm entirely, it's impossible." the female sighed slightly and flinched before she even did anything. Within seconds? The smell of her blood would fill the cave as she simply dragged her hand across the rough ground, lifting it up to show several cuts had been made and it was not the sort of scrapes you normally cut from the ground it looked as if someone actually took a ragged knife to her hand. "My body is weak, so even getting up from the ground wrong can hurt me." it was why being immortal was kind of a plus, because she doubted she could live a full life even under prime conditions without danger from her job. "But that's fine I regenerate pretty quickly." the female wiped her hand on her pants to display the fact the cuts on her hand had already almost stopped bleeding and were actually slowly closing themselves up. "So if I do get hurt while you're paying back your debt, just protect me while I recover or heal me, I will not be treated as if I'm someone who needs to be kept from being harmed in the first place. Alright? I don't hide behind people." she worked hard to become strong so even as a range fighter she could aid her allies and quickly get them out of harm's way, focused on becoming strong to take down enemies before they were a threat.

"Actually." once they spoke of where she would sleep and offered her a place in a legit room and such? The female downcast her head as if to hide whatever expression she was making in response. "I'll just take a blanket for out here so I don't hurt myself if I roll around." it was too late for her to make it back to Black Rose tonight and she was not going to get far until the stabbing pain finally went away entirely. Yet she was not comfortable with going beyond a door to the bedrooms, they could lock her in one of them! "And I don't think he's rash enough to touch a taken woman." she had glanced to the side with a sad smile as she spoke and suddenly the wind user seemed to look really lonely. Tonight she knew that she'd have trouble sleeping because she wasn't in his arms, but it was to be expected after all she'd been through.

Yazuki frowned as she said tell you, as he didn't like the little bit of rashness he felt coming through. Jiyu seemed well and he did owe her though, so he dismissed it. It wasn't like she was a Princess like Frey, who had the right to be that way, though recently, it seemed her attitude towards him had changed. He pondered if it was because of their new connection. The fact that Frey had treated him differently than before certainly seemed to fit the fact that maybe she did... love him? He shook his head more vigorously than before. He looked towards the corner and pointed at a blanket that was there in the pile below the shelf, which he usually kept there in case someone crashed for the night, looking at Miva as if to say get it ready. Miva, though normally against it, happily did so for Jiyu, having taken a liking to the lady. She laid the blanket out neatly and took her time matting it out, a bit smile across her face. "Yeah, but Yazuki is great. He really cares a lot. He will take good care of you, no worries, but he won't do all the work. Found that out the hard way. I just try to point out his mistakes and his shortcomings, keeps him humble. He saved me you know? From the brink of death." Miva's eyes had a twinkle in them having realized Jiyu would be around a lot more often. She really liked her sushi, and liked her company as well.

Yazuki was still deep in thought. Why couldn't he get her out of his head?! What was possessing him to think about her so much? His powers were growing, and concentrating on learning his new techniques should be the most important part of his life right now, but all he could think about was Frey. He frowned as he realized he needed to work on some new techniques, something fresh and new. He pondered what he could do differently with lightning, something unique like what Zeno had done when he had trained him. Zeno had progressed faster than he could have ever hoped, but he wouldn't master the arts of lightning as he was trying to do. He started distracting himself from Frey as the blanket was ready and Jiyu laid down for the night. He put on his gear and went back to his meditation outside, this time, to think of a new way that lightning could be harnessed. He needed to find something new, something unique. He wanted to learn how to do something only he could figure out, but what? The thought tormented him for a while, until he finally retired for the night. He walked back into the cave, Miva having curled up with Jiyu, sleeping snugly next to her new friend. Yazuki smiled as he realized that this would be a good thing, as Miva wasn't the best at making friends, but maybe, just maybe, this is what she needed to lighten up a bit.

While her comments earlier had hurt a little bit, he still cared for the exceed, but he wished she would be a little less harsh. He hadn't figured it out quite yet, but he was sure something would change soon, he could feel something strange coming on, and his abilities seemed to be more affected than anything. He walked back to his bedroom and stripped for the night, thinking of what he could do, or what this new change he was feeling was. It wasn't until he awoke in the morning that he truly understood.

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