Momozono Nanami promised to herself that she would never get married though, she had feelings for Tomoe. Youkais live for a long time while humans have short life span. Tomoe had always been protecting Nanami which was kind of burdening to her, for she had thought that no one was capable of protecting this fearsome fox yet benign protector.

It was dawn when Nanami woke up as she heard an explosion outside the shrine. She rushed to her feet to see what was happening. Nanami saw Tomoe using his fox fire against a powerful youkai whom she had shared some of her secrets before. Tomoe had no choice but to fight his old friend, after all it was his duty to protect his master as a shrine familiar. Tomoe was badly injured. When Kirihito was about to give his final blow, Nanami blocked his path, spreading her arms.

"I won't let you hurt Tomoe!"

Kirihito responded, "You're getting in the way land god. Give me Tomoe."

"Over my dead body!" She shouted on top of her lungs.

Although he did not want to hurt Nanami, for she also cherished her, he pierced the sword right through Nanami's shoulder.

"I won't kill you for today Tomoe." Kirihito fled.

Blood rushed rapidly down from her left shoulder. She fell on the ground to where the unconscious fox familiar was. Tomoe slowly opened his eyes and saw the stars twinkilng in despair. He fumblingly got on her knees and saw his master right next to him bleeding and weak. In a jiffy, he mustered his strength to bring Nanami back inside the shrine.

"You idiot! You mustn't die. You have your duties to fulfill," Tomoe angrily said to her in tearful eyes. "You act strong but you're not."

"W-what're you sayin'? Ah-I won't die of course." Nanami smiled to him and wiped his tears with her bare hand and said, "…have n-never seen such a beautiful crying face."

After saying all those words Nanami suddenly fainted.

The human girl had always foreseen Tomoe's frown and sad face with tears running down his cheeks in front of her corpse. She knew that she would die first before his very eyes. She was trying so hard not to show him her feelings. Well, that was actually pretty hard for her to hide how happy she truly was every time they were together.

Nanami woke up and found herself beside Tomoe's bed. Unknowingly she smiled again. She reached for his face, but Tomoe opened his bulging eyes.

"Glad you're awake now. It has been three whole days since…" he stopped.

Nanami touched his lips with her fingers and moved it around his face.

"Don't speak. I wanna look at you and remember your face forever." She said in soft voice.

Tomoe's schema recognized the word "forever". There is no such thing as forever. He embraced Nanami and felt a twinge inside his heart. The world is so damn unfair.

Nanami finally regained her strength and got back to making some talismans, but the obnoxious fox would not allow her to work and would likely do the job for her. Indeed he was acting strange and Nanami did not like it. Afternoon, Nanami was studying for tomorrow's exam (she got zero in a previous examination in English) when a sudden drop of blood flowed down from her nostril. She got scared and thought of her health. Am I abusing my body too much? Does my power have something to do with my poor health? I am not sick, right? Am I going to die now? She got frustrated of her thoughts.

She then talked to herself, "I want to be with Tomoe, but to be with him forever is impossible. Life is so unfair or so I am simply unlucky."

She took a deep sigh and smilingly declared to her innerself, "I want to spend my remaining days here on Earth happily with him!"

Tomoe actually heard her from the kitchen. Later on, he went near the adjacent walls in the dining room to tear the first page of the Calendar. Before he could rip it off from the spiral string, an encircled day caught his attention. Nanami's birthday.

He grinned and whispered in the air, "The perfect day to confess."

The awaited day came. Nanami got back from school, hopping and humming freakishly. She amazingly, doubtfully, unbelievably passed the seemingly heaven-sent set of tests, and as she entered the shrine, confetti flashed towards her face. She was surprised to see Mizuki who went to visit her previous master with balloons and gallons of sake, Kurama with one hundred bouquets of flowers, Hinemiko with Koutaro, the Dragon King with her wife dressed in long kimono and Tomoe on his very normal get up. She was delighted to see everyone on that day.

"Happy birthday Nanami-chan!"

So they had a feast. Nanami was really pretty that night, thanks to Hinemiko's beauty skill. She was dressed in white kimono with floral patterns. Tomoe and her are both dressed in white. While everyone was having fun, Tomoe grabbed her wrist and led her to the shrine's pavilion. The grand pavilion was decorated with flowers, and butterflies fly around the place. A red carpet was extended from the place to the dome. It was really beautiful. A perfect place for a wedding.

Nanami asked Tomoe, "Why are we here?"

The handsome white fox surprisingly kissed those luscious lips of her. She melted as she could feel the warm sensation on her flesh. A shade of white enveloped the surrounding in serenity as both embraced each other dearly. Their heartbeat served as music to their ears and their warmth ignited the restrained feelings that should have long been present.

"That's my answer."

He pulled something from his chest-it was a small box. He opened it and there the young master saw a diamond ring that shone beautifully like the moon. The happiness she felt can't be painted on her face yet the compulsion, overflowing of mixed feelings, made her cry. Tomoe took the round object and put it on Nanami's finger.

"Won't get married? From now on we are bind to be together forever. As your husband I promise you that I will always protect and love you as my wife."

He smiled dearly and so Naname, she was totally lost in words. Tears started to run on her red cheeks. They could feel each other's warm embrace. This is the best gift ever.

Love moves in mysterious ways. it is the most conniving conqueror of all time, you will never know if you are the next target... I know, I have been conquered, but it's not that I've been defeated. I am infected and corrupted by this incurable disease. The body may turn into dust, for the soul is pure, but love is eternal. I am not afraid to face what the future upholds since I would never regret living in this world full of misfortunes and greatness. Embracing my destiny, I know that you're my life and everything. Live on, remember me so that memories will carry on as history of our love... the fox undauntedly married his master...

Everyone threw the flower petals on the them.

"Congratulations to the new couple! Long live!"

Tomoe carried Nanami to their bedroom. What happened next was already expected to happen for newlyweds. Nanami may be human but with the help of Mikage-sama she was able to live longer than expected. She and Tomoe had many offspring. They had 8 little bubbly children with cute furry fox-like ears.

"I love you Tomoe."

"I love you Nanami."

They kissed passionately that they absolutely forgot about the kids watching them.

END?

I have decided to make another story related to this where Yukiji, the fallen god, fur ball and others are included with having a plot relevance, and this time it's not gonna be a one-shot crap. Thank you all for following my first ever fanfic... I've never thought that there are a lot of you out there who like KH so much as I do. A big thank you for liking this one, and for of that I'll make a new one. (.,~~,©. /) I love you all and I love Julietta Suzuki for this wonderful manga.

Jya ne! 3