Chapter 1

Salvette Omnes!

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Nunc Fabula Leges!

It had been a long few days, Yato decided. Ever since Tomone quit, he'd been a bit lonely, but he didn't have time for that. He had to go find Milord the cat.

"Milord!" He shouted again as he walked down the street. Finally, he gave his voice a rest and kept walking.

He walked past a few girls and watched the last one pass him. To his surprise, the girl turned to watch him pass by as well, clearly not thinking much of him. Then he looked past her and his heart leapt with joy. Finally! "Milord!" He proceeded to charge out into the street without even bothering to look both ways first.

Just as he reached the cat, a pair of hands met his back and he was shoved out of the way of a speeding bus. There was a thump, and then he landed on the sidewalk. The tracksuit-clad god gasped and looked back.

It was the same girl who'd seen him. Her body lay in a crumpled heap in front of the bus, unmoving. What have I done?

"HIYORI!"

"NOOOOOO!"

Her friends rushed out towards her.

"Hey! What happened?" A man asked.

"A girl jumped in front of the bus!"

Then panting caught his attention and his head turned to the side, where he saw the girl sitting there right next to him, pink tail waving around behind her in agitation.

"That's dangerous, you know! Jumping into the street like that! You could've died!"

He stared at her in a bit of astonished shame and then remembered. "Oh, err, more importantly…" He looked back into the street.

She turned around and froze.

"Hiyori? Hiyori?" Her friend was kneeling over her limp body, shaking it. "Say something, Hiyori! Hiyori!"

"Is she alright?"

"I just called for an ambulance!"

"Huh? Huh? Huh!? Wha…!?"

She proceeded to go into shock and pass out, returning to her own body. He watched dumbly as the ambulance took her away before realizing what happened. A girl just nearly died to save his life. He should at least thank her, but the ambulance already left.

And so, the underappreciated (in his opinion) god began the long process of tracking her down to find her and say his thank-yous.

He finally found her in a hospital at midnight. Painfully aware of his lack of a Regalia, and noticing she was reacting to the voices of ayakashi, he did the sensible thing and teleported directly to her.

It was just bad luck that he would up in her bed, but he didn't care. "You can hear the voices of the far shore?"

He gave her a cat-like smile.

She proceeded to shriek like a banshee and move like a cat (on all fours and everything) to the couch where she arched her back and hissed demonically at him. For a moment, he wondered if she was an ayakashi herself and tried to calm her down. "Guess you're okay if you can move like that."

She, thankfully, calmed down. "You're that guy!"

"Thanks for this morning!" He stuck his tongue out at her and winked. "I didn't really need help avoiding that bus," he stood up and walked over to the other couch, "But you're the first human to ever help me."

"Wh-who are you?"

He turned and smiled at her. "I'm a god."

She grabbed her phone and curled up. "Hello, police? There's a weird guy in a jersey who says he's a God."

CRAP! "Wait, wait wait! I really am a genuine, bonafide, member of the gods! I'm the Yato God!"

"Yato God?"

For a moment, from the way she said it like she'd heard it before, his heart soared…

"I've never heard of that God before. Not even once."

...Before it was cruelly smashed into a thousand pieces.

"Well, I'm kind of an up and coming stray god right now," He tried to defend himself (in a rather self deprecating way), "But just you watch! I'll soon be known far and wide! I'll become a god that everyone will bow and wish to! And then… I will someday stand as this land's highest god!"

Hiyori, despite being slightly creeped out by his laugh, thought the whole thing was just so ridiculous it had to be true. She couldn't help but find the guy to be a bit cute, like a fluffy house cat that thinks they're king of the world.

He erupted into a coughing fit and interrupted himself.

"It's going to be a rough night tonight, plus this place is crawling with them." He murmured, looking concerned. "I can't really stick around without a sacred treasure."

Then he started eating her snacks.

"Nora's already in use tonight, so…"

"Wait, that's for me!"

"Hey, what's your name?" He asked.

"Hiyori. Iki Hiyori."

"Hiyori," He tried the name. "Alright, I've made sure you're okay."

"Huh?"

He walked at a bit of a rushed pace to the window and stood on the sill. "See ya!"

"Wai…"

He then jumped out the window.

Suddenly, her body felt heavy, and she fell asleep.

The next day, it was almost as though nothing had happened at all. She woke up in the hospital, was discharged from said hospital, and went to school just like any other day. It was hard to believe this Yato person had even existed. Perhaps he was just a hallucination, just like everyone around her was saying.

As she walked to her class, two familiar voices called out to her. "Hiyori!"

She smiled at the two speakers. "Ami! Yama!"

"Are you all better now?" Ami asked.

"Yeah." Hiyori nodded happily.

"Man, I'm glad you didn't get hurt." Yama shoved her playfully.

"Sorry for worrying you." Hiyori apologized.

"Jump into the street again and I'll smack you with a Jungle Savate." Yama joked.

"I bet she wouldn't mind a smack from her dear Tonto." Ami teased.

"Oh you." Yama laughed.

Hiyori suddenly stumbled, feeling tired and weak. She fell to the ground.

"Woah, Hiyori!" Yama gasped.

"S-sorry." Hiyori responded, getting up. "I suddenly get really drowsy sometimes."

"Huh?" Ami asked.

"Were you up all night playing video games?" Yama asked.

Hiyori rubbed the back of her neck and laughed sheepishly.

As the day continued, similar incidents occurred. It was finally after school had gotten out that her friends finally confronted Hiyori about it.

"Are you okay, Hiyori? You seemed kinda out of it today." Yama asked her.

"Yeah. I've just been really sleepy."

"Maybe you slept too much in the hospital?" Ami suggested.

"The accident was just the other day." Yama commented.

Hiyori stopped, something attracting her attention.

What she'd experienced had not been just some hallucination or weird dream. It had happened. This poster. Yato had been looking for the cat on this poster. Everything was clearer than ever now. If I find this cat, I'll find him! Hiyori realized. She'd find him.

Noticing she'd stopped, her friends paused. "What is it, Hiyori?" Yama asked.

Ami's eyes found the poster. "Oh, it's that cat from the other day!"

Believing that she would follow them, they turned to continue.

Hiyori turned and gave a loud cry of, "Milord!"

Her friends looked back, confusion written over their faces.

Hiyori turned to them. "Sorry, you guys. Go on without me."

"Huh?" They asked.

"I must henceforth locate Milord." She declared. And with that, she turned on her heel and ignored their incredulous exclamations, too absorbed in her current task to care much.

If I find the cat, I find Yato. Then I can get some answers.

So, how was it? The real AU will begin next chapter, this is just the long prologue for it. I would keep going, but I think cutting it now is a good idea. I hope you keep reading, because things get interesting next chapter.

Valette Mea Amici!