#also i fucking HATE kugaha

[catt-crossing]

reading the noragami manga and got to suzuha's part and 😭😭😭😭

[imnotsorryforanyofthis]

Quirkless Advantage

Chapter fourteen: Take me out on a date first

Warning: Lots and lots of cussing…..

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These chapters are going to be stupid and short. Enjoy reading!

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I drive home and get out of the car. I walk up the stairs to the apartment and open the door. I see Aizawa sitting on the couch and the empty to-go box on the coffee table. I go over to it and pick it up to throw it away.

He also got grilled cheese and tomato soup, what a coincidence.

As I go into the kitchen and throw it away, I hear Aizawa.

"So, how was your date?"

I go to my room and drop off my backpack, then I go back to the living room. "First of all, it wasn't a date," I say sitting next to him on the couch. "Second of all, it was fine. Haru owed me lunch because I missed lunch because of him," I say and he nods.

After about an hour or two, Aizawa gets up and stretches. "I'm going to bed. My class starts their internships tomorrow so I have to see them off," he says as he starts to walk towards his room.

They're already doing internships. Is it really that far into the anime? Wait... the...Hero Killer...Stain...Oh, no...

"Tell Midoriya, Todoroki, and Iida to be careful," I say as Aizawa opens his door and he turns around confused. "Make sure to keep an eye on Iida especially," I say and he nods his head in understanding. He knows that I can't say everything.

When he shuts his door I sigh and move on the couch so my back is resting on the arm rest and my legs are laying across the rest of the couch. I lean back with my arms stretching on either side of my head.

My back has been killing me for some reason.

I hear my phone go off and I sigh loudly as I move up to reach for my phone that is on my lap.

Him...again...

"So about that date," Dabi text says.

"What about it?" I text back.

"How about we go somewhere in two days?' He responds.

"Sure, but I'm not going somewhere unless I know what that somewhere is," I text back and wait.

After a couple of seconds he finally responds, "It's somewhere in Hosu city."

No... not there...that's where all of that happens. Maybe if we go there during the day.

"Ok, but where in Hosu city and what time?" I finally text back.

"Meet me at the coffee shop at 3. Then I'll tell you where we are going," he responds.

I shake my head and text back, "Yeah no, not going to work. Tell me first."

"Don't you trust me?"

I laugh out loud, "I would rather trust Izaya Orihara from Durarara than ever trust you."

"I don't understand that reference."

"Well, I would rather trust Orochimaru from Naruto than ever trust you."

"I don't know that reference either."

I sigh, "You uncultured swine," I say to myself.

"Ok then, I would rather trust Kugaha from Noragami than ever trust you."

"Wow, you think I'm worse than that guy? That hurts."

I smirk, "You read the book that I was going to buy. Well, I guess more than the first one because he doesn't appear until later."

"I guess it wasn't too young for me."

I laugh quietly and finally get off the couch. I walk to my room and shut the door.

"Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in two days," I text.

He leaves me on read.

Typical boy...

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The next day was normal. Went to school, talked to Haru... well, more like Haru talked to me, went to work after school, and went home.

I have no idea what to wear for our, ...I hate that I'm going to say this, ...date. I don't even know where we are going to go. Great job Tsuna...That's definitely not a little worrisome. It's just going somewhere that you don't know with someone that you barely know and the thing you do know about him is that he's a villain that has hurt and definitely killed multiple people...Yeah, great job Tsuna, you know how to pick them.

You know what? I'm going to wear whatever the fuck I want. Screw him...not anytime soon... but I wouldn't mind... ANYWAYS, back to figuring out what to wear.

I pick out a light pink shirt, blue overalls, and my signature yellow rain boots. My hair is getting in my way of trying to get the straps of the overalls over my shoulders.

I should really get a haircut soon.

Not wanting to deal with my hair anymore, I put it up in two buns on the top of my head.

Isn't that hairstyle called space buns or something? I think so.

I grab my phone from my bed to check the time and see that it is 2:40. "Shit!" I say running out of my room and to the front door. "Where are you going?" Aizawa asks me from the kitchen. "I'm going out with a friend," I say, putting on my boots. Aizawa only responds by saying ok and I run out of the door.

I can't use the car since Aizawa has to use it today so I took the bus to the coffee shop. I arrive late and see Dabi leaning against the wall of the building. He's looking down at the ground, and every once in a while he checks his phone, only to sigh afterwards.

I try to walk quietly towards him.

"You're late," Dabi says before I get close to him. He doesn't look up, "I thought that you were going to not come." "No, I was trying to figure out what to wear actually," I say and he looks up. "Cute outfit," he says smirking. I walk closer to him, "So, where exactly are we going?" "Well, like I said before," he says and starts walking with me, "We are going somewhere that is in Hosu city." "Yeah, I already know that," I look over at him and roll my eyes, "I guess I'm not going to be able to get an answer out of you." Dabi looks over at me and smirks, "Nope."

We get on a train that takes us to Hosu City.  I think it is the same train that will get attacked later tonight. We get off the train after about thirty minutes. We walk down the street and stop in front of a building.

It's an arcade.

I look over at Dabi, "You are taking me to an arcade?" "Yup," He nods and opens the door for me.

The arcade looks like it wasn't updated since it was built. It mostly had the original arcade games with some new ones. Dabi surprisingly buys us both tokens and hands half to me.

"So, what game do you want to play first?" Dabi asks and I shrug.

I suddenly see Pac-man in the back corner and run over to it. I hear Dabi walking behind me. "Well, I guess you made up your mind. I bet you I will have a higher score than you," Dabi says. "Oh don't get too cocky. I bet you 50 dollars that I will win," I say, putting my hand out for him to shake to seal the deal. He takes my hand and instead of shaking it, he yanks my hand towards himself. Because of the force, my chest is against his. "Deal," he says, letting go. He moves to the game, "I'm going first." I don't say anything and just wait until he is done.

It takes him about 30 minutes until he loses.

"There's no way that you are going to beat that score. I'm at the top of the scoreboard," Dabi says and I roll my eyes. "Like I said before," I lean in closer, my face a few centimeters away from his, "Don't get too cocky."

It takes me about 30 minutes to beat him.

"How the fuck are you so good at this game?" He asks and I smirk. "Because...I'm a natural," I say. He looks at me like he doesn't believe me and I laugh. "I used to practice all the time so I could beat my parents at it," I say.

"You know everything about my past but I don't know anything about you. I believe it's only fair if we know each other's pasts," Dabi says. "There's not much to say," I say walking away from Pac-man and to a random game that I don't recognize. "Both my mom and dad are alive and together still. I have a little sister. Oh, and I have a cat," I say starting the game. He goes to the game next to me that is the same game.

"Do you miss your parents?" Dabi asks and I hesitate to play the game so it makes me lose. "Yes," I hesitate to say. "Do you miss your family?" I ask and he stops moving and looks at me. "You know the answer to that," he says. I shake my head, "Actually no, I don't," I say and he sighs. "Sometimes," He finally says. "I don't even know if my family knows that I'm gone," I say sadly. "I'm sure they do. You are too... well, you... for them to not notice you are gone," He says smirking at me.

Him and his stupid smirking.

After a couple of minutes, we started to continue to play again. Dabi beats me at all of the newer two person shooter games but I beat him at the older type of games. I decide to look at the time after a couple of hours and notice that it is late. "We should go. I need to get home before it gets too late," I say and he nods. We walk out of the arcade and start walking down the street. I notice that it is dark outside. Great...

Dabi stops suddenly and pulls me behind a building.

I feel like I'm getting deja vu.

My back is against the wall and Dabi is hovering over me. "What the hell-" I start to say but he stops me with his hand over my mouth. "Be quiet," He whispers, "There's a lot of pro heroes out for some reason." He releases his hand from my mouth. I try to hit his shoulder but before I can, he grabs my wrist and pins it down to the wall next to the side of my body.

He gets closer.

"Really? This again?" I ask, raising my eyebrow. "Well, don't try to hit me then," Dabi says a few centimeters away from me. "What are you doing? I thought that there were heroes out right now so wouldn't it be smarter for us to go right now?" I ask and he nods his head. "Yes, but we're fine if they can't see us." He says and lets go of my hand.

He leans his head in closer.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

I know what he's doing...

"Take me out on a date first. That's what you said and I did," he says.

"Yes, I did say that, but no to that," I say and gently push him back. He sighs but says ok and steps back.

"I really need to get home," I say and he nods.

I start to walk out from behind the building but stop.

"Fuck it," I whisper to myself and turn back around.

Before I think too much about it, I walk up to him and put my lips on his right cheek. I lean back to look up at him and smirk when I see his eyes wide. "You actually thought I was going to actually kiss you on the lips," I say smirking. "Don't you think we would be going a little too fast?" I say teasingly.

He just stands there shocked, not saying anything.

I just walk away.

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Chapter 89-2 thoughts

HA HA WOW WHAT A FUN CHAPTER AM I RIGHT

Also, hey, it’s me, the blog formerly known as kurisuumakise. I changed my URL slightly since last month! Anyway, spoilers under the cut~

Kazuma used an incantation against Yukine, and I was under the impression they only worked on ayakashi. I think his ayakashi form is coming out because of his emotions acting up (like how when Nora transformed in front of Hiyori a few chapters ago), but weirdly it doesn’t look like the crow from before. More like a cat.

(also want to throw back to my 89 thoughts where I wondered how stable Yukine’s new powers were. fuck.)

Could it also be the god’s greatest secret? Like, Yukine learned his past without his name breaking, but it still seems like his memories are peeking out from the cracks.

“He’s actually crying, isn’t he” stab me with a rusty fucking knife I hate this an unbelievable amount

Yato’s words “There’s only one thing I can do to save him, even if I have to do it by force” concerns me. What is he referring to? The blow he/Kazuma lands on Yukine at the end of the chapter? Something else?? He already apologized, and he’d never release him, so I’m afraid to speculate on What it could be if it’s not the aforementioned blow.

Speaking of, I have no idea what happened there. But I’ll get to that, I want to talk about Ebisu first

Apparently if they can find the sorcerer’s grave and destroy it, they can kill him. This is eerily similar to Yukine destroying his own grave (the fridge) a couple chapters back. But also, hello, Father backstory? ARE WE FINALLY GETTING AN EXPLANATION?

To recap, here’s what we know: He was a human, heaven/gods did some wrong to him, he died with a grudge, escaped Yomi, gained godlike powers along the way (whether it’s directly because he escaped Yomi or something that happened during/after his time there remains to be seen), and can now name shinki with a brush and hop bodies every lifetime.

If they defeat Father, I wonder what will happen to Fujisaki. Is his soul dead? I kind of hope it’s not so he can apologize for all the shit Father pulled while using his body.

anyway back to Yukine sobbing hours

we KNEW Adachitoka went full pain mode on Yukine seeing Yato as his father. but HOLY SHIT the way he insulted him, and imagined even at the beginning that Yato was being condescending and arrogant, just cut me deep to my core. He’s replaced all the fond memories he has with Yato with the terrible ones he has from his life. After all, one year of good memories can’t override 14 years of abuse...

Yukine, my boy, Yato loves you so much, he’s not the piece of shit you’re imagining, PLEASE,

We saw a bit more of his father’s face now, and I think I’m right in saying he looks rather young. It’s hard to tell, but to be the father of a 14 year old? (And however much older Yuka is?) He’s not exactly...aged.

“If I raise my hand against him, I’m no different from my dad!” and all my homies started crying. No, but really--the verbal confirmation that Yato also sees himself as a father to Yukine, and as such refuses to hurt him. Adachitoka has to stop oneshotting me with these sad quotes. “That boy loved people” “So even now my father is still killing me” “Come home, Yukine” and on and on with this FUCKING MANGA

okay so. The Hurt. Let’s start with the positives--Yukine didn’t lose his hand or any of his fingers. Looks like it got cut pretty badly, but I would have screamed if they pulled a Kugaha with him.

Also, he reverted from that weird catboy form and is now back to being emo. Is that because he got his feelings back under control?

I have a nasty feeling “I did it” referred to Yukine thinking he killed his father finally. ughhhhhh.

“I did it” could also refer to Yato attacking Yukine with the way it’s laid out on the page. I hate it here.

anyway Yato got stabbed through his stomach, looks like, and since Kazuma seems to be taking the same injuries, he probably has that wound too.

WHO WANTS TO BET THAT INSANE AMOUNT OF PAIN WAS WHAT WOKE BISHAMON UP. WHO WANTS TO FUCKIGN BE T. I swear if she comes to them only for Kazuma to die in her arms I will scream so loud Adachitoka will hear it in Japan aND THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THEY DID

As stated, I have no idea what to make of Yato attacking Yukine. I really hope Kazuma was the one who did it, since Yato JUST said he refused to lay a hand against him and Kazuma has insisted fighting is the only way. And god knows we love blaming things on Kazuma. But then Yato’s eyes went blank, just like when he lost control and almost killed Bishamon. Plus he said “That tree is...” and most people have (I think rightfully) speculated that’s where he buried Yukine’s body, so naturally he’d want to protect it. But enough to draw his sword against him?

I don’t know but I assume they’ll explain it next chapter

how many times can I say “they’ll explain it next chapter” and then the manga fucking ends and I still don’t know jack shit I’m putting on my clown makeup as we speak

Either way, Yukine still thinks Yato attacked him. And either way, Yato will blame it on himself. they have a LOT of apologizing and therapy to go through once this arc is over

Yato dying right above Yukine’s final resting place is a horrible fucking turn of events and I really wish literally anything Else had happened

anyway. The question remains, where will Bishamon go? Will she be able to track Yato and Kazuma down based on his pain, and save them? Or will she join Ebisu and the others in their research? Or neither? Maybe she’ll get Nana to have a weapon?

I think Hiyori and Nora are heading to Yato anyway, so with any luck they’ll find him and be able to save him. Hiyori becoming a doctor shoutout? anyone?

Or maybe they’ll meet up with Bishamon there and help Yato and Kazuma while she tracks down the sorcerer. I don’t know that she’s in any condition to fight, but [honks my clown nose] we’ll see next chapter

90 is coming a bit early next month, the 3rd for me, and I can’t tell if that’s better or not. Rip the bandaid off early, but also. idk if I can take it. That remains to be seen.

Another thing that remains to be seen is whether this is the most painful chapter of the manga for me. Right now it feels like it’s on par with 71, but time will tell. Especially since 71 at least had Yato and Yukine being ride or die for each other, and this time it focused on the “die” part.

Father naming Yukine was the midpoint of the Nora arc (this arc) to me, so now I think we’re getting close to the end. I really don’t see what else there is to accomplish now that Yato’s gotten hurt so badly. Maybe he’ll be in better shape than we thought and still able to go after Yukine? He got roughed up pretty badly fighting Takemikazuchi in the last arc, and his neck got sliced open that time too. But it’s really hard to tell the extent of the damage from just one panel. Obviously he couldn’t chase after Yukine. Then again, he did also just get concussed.

Yato can you please go one damn arc without suffering grievous injuries this is bad for my heart.