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❁ཻུ۪۪ ━ ❝ Have the gods blessed you, or cursed you?

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"Blessed.. from the gods?" (Y/n) asked the bald man as he nodded his head, taking a sip of his green tea. "Indeed, at first when I saw you I thought that you were another ordinary kid, but when I caught the glimpse of something glowing on your back I checked it and it was the symbols of the ten gods." The head priest, Shigeru Yoshiyuki, explained to the confused child.

(Y/n) tilted his head to the side and hummed, "So... what am I?" (Y/n) asked him surprising the head priest. The man with long black hair, pale skin, and green eyes, Shinji Gorou, scoffed. "You're a human, duh." Hitting the male on the head Gorou began to cough on his food as the male on the left side of him smiled over at the small boy.

"Sorry about him, he just lacks any form of common sense." The man, Shin Sora, apologized to (Y/n). Sora had tied up red hair and black eyes, his skin a beautiful chocolate color as he had a white kimono and golden haori just like everyone else.

The head priest coughed in his hand and glared at Gorou before looking back at his left at the shy boy. "You are a human, yes, but you are more special than that." The head priest explained and picked up a dumpling.

"Isn't he just so cute!" A man with long brown hair, golden eyes, and pale skin exclaimed as he tried to grab the cheeks of (Y/n) only for Gorou to stop him. "Keep your dirty hands off that kid, you pervert." Gorou scoffed as the man known as Nobuyuki Fumio pouted, rubbing his hand in an attempt to soothe it.

"You're such a meanie!" Fumio exclaimed and began to shove rice quickly into his mouth, his eyebrows furrowed as he ignored his fellow comrade, Gorou. Gorou smirked and leaned back on his chair, crossing his arms. "That's my job." Gorou chuckled as Fumio continued to glare at him while eating his white rice.

The man on the right of Gorou sighed and looked back at (Y/n), his stare making the small child uncomfortable. "You're skinny. Eat." The man known as Mitsuo Keiichi stated as he picked up a dumpling from his plate and dropped it over towards (Y/n) empty plate.

Looking down at his empty plate (Y/n) blushed and avoided eye contact from Keiichi. "T-Thank you..." (Y/n) thanked him and grabbed the dumpling with his chopsticks only for his chopsticks to fall on the floor along with his dumpling.

"I'm sorry, I-" Putting his chopsticks that were carrying his own dumpling Keiichi huffed and pushed it closer towards (Y/n). "Just stop talking and eat, brat." Keiichi ordered (Y/n) as he quickly did so and ate the dumpling from Keiichi's chopsticks.

"Aww! Look at that! Keiichi-Kun is being nice to a kid! How cute- Akk!" Getting cut off by Keiichi who hit I'm on the head Fumio huffed and began to rub the hurting spot on his head. The head priest laughed at this and looked over at (Y/n) as Keiichi and Fumio began to yell at each other. 

"Now, all that I know is that you have been blessed by the gods and that I had found you at the doorsteps of our temple. That is all that I know, everything else you have to find out by yourself." The head priest stated as he went back to eating his dumplings. (Y/n) looked down at his hands as he clenched them. 

"Shigeru-san, why can't I remember anything?" (Y/n) asked him in making everyone stop bickering. The head priest looked back down at him and gave him a sad smile. "I don't know, but if that is what the gods wanted, I think that whatever happened to you that it was best to forget." The head priest replied, looking away from him and back to his plate. 

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(Y/n) stood face-to-face with the shoji door, his heart beginning to exhilarate unexpectedly. Putting his hand on top of (Y/n) shoulder the head priest smiled down at him encouragingly. "Don't worry, all that you need to do is go in there and pray to the gods and hope that they will give you the answer that you seek." The head priest reassured him, letting go of his shoulder. 

Glancing over at the bright moon (Y/n) took a deep breath and exhaled, clutching onto the only thing left of his past; a blood moon necklace. 'Alright... here goes nothing.' Sliding the door open (Y/n) stepped inside and slide it back closed. Looking up at the huge shrine (Y/n) took a step inside and then another, walking towards the foot of the shrine. 

Kneeling once at the foot of the shrine (Y/n) put his hands in a praying position just like the head priest taught him and closed his eyes. "Oh, mighty gods, please listen to my request. I ask of you to let me know of why you gave me such gift, and what I should do with it. I am greatly confused on what I'm doing here and why, so please, I beg of you," Bowing down deeper as his head hit the floor, (Y/n) sucked in a deep breath. "tell me what my purpose is!" (Y/n) yelled, finishing whatever that was. 

Soon after, the room became silent as the sounds of crickets were the only thing that he could hear. 

Opening his eyes, (Y/n) chuckled and got back to a regular kneeling position as he smoothed out his hair. "I knew that you wouldn't answer me. I was right, Shigeru-san is just a man with a good imagination." (Y/n) shook his head and tried to get up only for a soft and gentle voice to stop him. 

"You didn't even give me a chance to explain..."  A soothing voice spoke up, surprising (Y/n). Looking around the room (Y/n) saw nothing only for the voice to speak up again. "Here, you dummy." The soothing voice spoke up again, but this time it was coming from the statue in front of (Y/n). Looking back at the statue that he was bowing towards just a couple of seconds ago, (Y/n) saw mist coming out of it making him reel back in surprise. 

"W-What the...?" (Y/n) mumbled as he heard the mysterious person huff. "How rude, not even a hello." The mysterious person complained making (Y/n) blush in embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry! You just surprised me is all! I'm Katsuo (Y/n)-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're the person who's gonna save humanity or something." The mysterious person yawned making (Y/n) sweatdrop. "Well, anyway... I'm Tsukiyomi, the God of the Moon." Tsukiyomi introduced himself making (Y/n) freeze for a second.

"God... of the Moon?" (Y/n) whispered as the supposed god made a huff in approval. "Yep, that's my deal. Though, just saying hi is not what I was forced to come here for." Hearing the god began to mumble words under his breath (Y/n) tilted his head. 

"Look, here's the deal. Us gods decided that we were done watching our people die so we decided to choose someone to help deal with the problem. So for some reason, my boss decided to choose you right before you were going to die." The Moon God sighed. 

"So... what I'm trying to say is that you're going to go and kill all of the demons possible. Or, just kill Kibutsuji Muzan to be more precise." The Moon God explained to him, though, this only made (Y/n) more confused. "What are these "demons" that you speak of, Moon God?" (Y/n) questioned him making Tsukiyomi groan. 

"These, "demons", are things that used to be human only to be turned by the demon progenitor into demons who now only seek the pleasure of devouring human flesh." The Moon God explained to (Y/n), the sound of crunching coming from Tsukiyomi.

(Y/n) tightened his hold on his blood moon necklace as he looked back over at the Moon God statue. "So... how do I kill these demons?" (Y/n) asked him making Tsukiyomi groan louder. "Look, kid, all that you gotta do is practice with God's Breathing until you turn 20, and then everything will play out from there, okay?" Tsukiyomi stated. 

(Y/n) nodded, "Okay! Though, how do I perform this "God's Breathing"?" Silence followed after that question only to be broken by things crashing on the side of Tsukiyomi. "You'll find out! That's all! Bye!" Tsukiyomi yelled making (Y/n) slightly panic. 

"Wait-!"

"BYE!"

Staring at the statue of Tsukiyomi (Y/n) sighed and got up, bowing to the statue. "If that's what my saviors, that gods command, then I shall follow." (Y/n) proclaimed and turned away from the statue, sliding the door open and closing it behind him as Shigeru lead him to his room. 

Opening the sliding door, Shigeru lead him inside and slid the door closed, but not before whispering a good night. (Y/n) sighed as he crawled on top of his futon and pulled the covers over his body, already too tired to even move. 

Rolling to his side (Y/n) looked at the wall as his eyes became droopy. 'God's... demons... I can already feel how tired I'm going to be once I start working.' Yawning, (Y/n) closed his eyes unaware of the plump red eyes longingly staring at him, a happy smile on his pale face. 

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