Tamamo-no-Mae 1

The Fox Woman. The incarnation of the Nine Tailed Kitsune.

Long time ago, She embedded herself in a rock, known as Sessho-seki.

She did not expect to be actually sealed by an Onmyouji in there.

Should this be broken, the sealed spirit will be freed.

March 05 2022

The thing people feared has happened.

The rock broke.

The people are divided, those who feared the return of the spirit, and those who paid no attention to it; it's merely just the rock being so old that it broke, they say.

Who knows who's right or who's wrong.

We'll ask our Fox friend!

It's a pleasant night within the woods, in the middle of it, a woman lies sleeping.

The moonlight illuminated her skin, clothes and fox ears...?

Oh, she have fluffy fox ears and tail!

I wonder who could this woman be.

her clothes resembles that of from medieval era.

The woman then slowly opened her eyes.

" How long has it been? " she asked herself.

She herself has no idea how much time has passed since her slumber.

She slowly started getting up, followed by a really long yawn along few stretching of her back and arms.

Her ears started moving as well.

" What's this? it's really noisy. " Said the Fox Eared Woman upon hearing the modern vehicles.

She begun her move and headed for the closest town.

I wonder what she'll do here?

Finally, she got out of the forest, what greeted her eyes were unbelievable to her.

lot of things has changed since her slumber.

lights filled the town, almost as if there's no night.

The sight amazed the Fox Woman.

How will she make her move here?

Returning back to our protagonists.

The feast went really well. The God and Goddess sent their newly appointed servant off to his home escorted by the Moon Princess.

They're back from where they came from, the rooftop of the building.

Strangely, the time here seems like it didn't move at all.

this intrigued Hikari.

" Why does it feel like time didn't pass at all? " i asked.

I looked at Kaguya who was sitting in her Divine Treasure waiting for an answer.

" That's because Unseen Horizon isn't bound by time. basically, it's beyond time, everything that happens here can move and can be frozen in the perspective from Divine Realms. "

I see, that makes sense then.

alright, about time i go home.

If I'm correct, Lord Takemikazuchi's blessing should be on effect now.

i looked from above the building, it's 4 floors above.

I calmed myself down. and then i jumpe—

i couldn't.

i still have doubts.

i guess I'll just take the stairs, which are in ruins now—

ah.

I'm falling.

Kaguya has pushed me down.

" AAAAA— "

i screamed.

" What are you screaming for? this should be nothing for you, focus! focus! "

Seriously?!? ahhh whatever!

i started focusing as she said and prepared for my landing.

Boom—! the sound from my impact.

I opened my eyes.

" I-I'm fine? "

This is amazing. i checked my palm, knees and everything.

There's no scratch at all, i didn't even feel any shock or pain.

I looked above to where i fell from and there was Kaguya descending herself.

" See? there's no time to hesitate! "

I guess that's true.

i held my bag tightly.

" So, i should be really fast now right? "

i smiled to Kaguya as i asked my question.

" Well, yeah. " she responded

" Great. "

I started doing a stance, the stance runners do before they sprint.

3

2

1 — BOOM!

A strong shockwave was sent to every directions, namely a sonic boom.

unfortunately, awakening the neigborhood.

" What, another explosion?! " a faraway person said.

Right, the Building from earlier is categorized as an explosion incident huh.

explosion incident...

i sprinted as fast as i could.

all things appeared really slow to my eyes.

the fallinh leaves, the cars, the airplane above the skies. almost as if they're frozen in time and before i could even notice, I'm already home.

Awesome!

" 1.24 second " said Kaguya who was already there when i arrived.

The light in my eyes lit up.

That fast huh!

wait what—?

i turned my head to right side and looked above, there was the girl who i supposedly have left back in the broken down school.

" How are you here already?! "

Is she faster than I am?!

i mean, that's no surprise given that she's been fight Phantasms for some time but...

" I entered the Unseen Horizon and made an exit here, time is different after all~! "

She looks really happy about this.

" That's no fair! "

Yeah, it's no fair to cut the distance using a literal timeless realm!

I let a sigh out.

whatever I guess, it's not like I'm competing with her anyway.

I let it go and entered the house.

" I'm home "

i took my shoes of and greeted my family and unexpectedly my mother came rushing to hug me. a really tight hug.

" Thank goodness you're okay! "

she's crying already. why is that?

There at the back were my two sisters.

" I was really worried about you, your school has been reported to have explosions and you haven't returned home yet... I thought I'm going to lose another family again "

so that's why.

i raised my arms and hugged her as well, apologizing to her.

" I'm sorry for making you worry, as you can see I'm completely fine. "

tears were flowing like river from her eyes, she must've been really worried.

can't blame her, my father died from an explosion after all. her trauma must've been triggered.

My elder sister approached me, what's with the long face?

" Umm, you know, I'm sorry for what i said about the explosion in your school earlier, i didn't think it would actually... "

Right, she joked about it this morning.

" It's alright, none of us could've actually predicted that, cheer up! "

my little sister went to join us as well, she's just 6 years old but this must've been scary for her too.

We stayed like this for some time until mother invited me to eat.

She cooked my favorite dish today, she said.

I can't ask for anything better.

What a pleasant night.

I'm still stuffed from the feast from earlier but there's always a room for another!

The rest of night was filled with nothing but laughs from my family.

I also thought I was going to die so this view really makes me happy that i survived that.

i wonder what would've happened if i didn't get out alive from there? the thought of it pains me.

I remember the sight of my mother from when my father died, day and night all she did was cry.

they're childhood friends you see, they've been together since they were 5 years old.

It's almost like a bird losing it's wings, unable to fly again.

But I'm glad she's able to laugh and smile again, really.

It would also seem that i have to transfer to a new school again.

My mother has already handled everything and I'm ready to go the day after tomorrow.

It's time to sleep.

I entered my room and lied on my bed after taking a shower.

i relaxed my body and immediately, everything felt heavy.

I'm more tired than i thought, i see.

Then, good nigh—

Knock, knock, knock.

Coming from my door.

Huh? i wonder what is it? just when I'm about to sleep.

i stood up, my back feels really heavy now.

i reached for the doorknob and opened it.

" What is i— " hey hey hey! what is this?!

When i opened my door, it wasn't my sisters or mother or anything.

You must be kidding me!

Kaguya greeted me a good evening.

And she's wearing Pajamas already!

And I noticed that she's actually with my mother.

" What are you doing here?! " i asked, what is she really doing here?!

i need to calm down and process this situation slowly.

" As you can see, I'll be staying with you. "

what? who decided that?!

" Be kind to her okay? " said my Mother.

How is she so calm about this?! heck why did she even bring her in!

My other left as soon as she said her words.

" Don't worry about it, i have controlled your family's mind so that they would let me stay, and by the way i introduced myself as your lover so that they wouldn't be suspicious of it, the mind control effects can go down after all. "

Wait wait wait wait! who even does that?!

" Anyway, we have a long day tomorrow, let's go to sleep already. "

Yeah, i couldn't refuse her.

That's how i started living with her.

How did things come to this?

I just stopped thinking about and went to sleep.

unfortunately Kaguya has already occupied my bed so I slept on the floor.

I never should've accepted that after all!

too late to regret, I'll just have to live with this now.

Is she not even concerned that she's sharing a room with a man?! like, what if she gets attacked by a bad wolf! damn it!

although i wouldn't actually do that you know, she's still the girl admire.

Such thoughts are not allowed! it's forbidden now!

i slept for the night.