He didn’t know when or how, but he found himself there. He scanned his memories and found nothing; he observed his surroundings and noticed that he was in a forest. He walked through the lush greenery and approached a lake which sat in the middle of the forest, he put his hands in his red jersey jacket’s pockets - which have white stripes on the sleeves - for cover but he found something. He paused momentarily. He found a gun, no, an ‘Evoker' a memory long forgotten echoed in his head before it disappeared.
“An Evoker.” He called out so he could remember it clearly through his eidetic and photographic memory and not forget it from the sea of thoughts.
He put it back in his pocket and continued his approach towards the lake and once he did, he looked down. Average, slothful, red. Those are the first words that came into mind when he looked at his own reflection through the lake's interference. His appearance was that of someone in his late teens to his early twenties, black hair and eyes with a healthy pale was his physical features along with his clothing being a pair of blue slippers with white socks, dark red trousers, a black T-shirt and a red jersey jacket which contained white stripes on the sleeves. All in all, he didn’t look particularly special. He stared at his own reflection in hope to find something, but he found nothing.
He inwardly sighed as he wanted to temporarily name himself just in case for any possibilities he comes across someone in this forest. He closed his eyes in contemplation, searching a name which suited him; he wasn’t looking for his old name as he knew instinctively there would be no use for it and searching for his memories would be a good temporary goal to strive for.
“Hmm...” He grumbled out “’Yato' for stopped night.” He decided as it was appropriate in his situation; his night stopped because he woke up in a new world which was currently in the day. “And... ‘Noragami’ seems to fit it perfectly, for some reason...” He mumbled in affirmation as he remembered the fact that ‘Noragami' means ‘stray god' which relates to himself perfectly since he was currently a ‘stray' in this new world, and the fact that he is only aware of his current life therefore makes him the protagonist or god of this one life.
“Yato Noragami.” He stated his name to no one particular as he stared at his reflection even deeply, hoping for something to happen, and to his morbid surprise something did happen.
[Are you going to be staring at yourself all day?], A sarcastic voice from the inside of his own head asked to which he in response looked around but found no one.
“Who?” He asked to inquire more information to which he got an answer which was unsatisfying.
[Shouldn’t you already know?], The snark in the voice was easily recognisable.
“No, I don’t.” He responded to which he could visibly feel the frustration of the being in his head.
[Then remember, stupid dumbass.] He responded which made Yato's eyebrow twitch in annoyance, but it was soon broken when he turned his head because of a nearby commotion.
“Dogoo.” A weird blue blob looked at him, he stared back.
[What unholy abomination is this? Although, me talking about something unholy is ironic.] Yato decided to ignore the voice in his head for the time being as he looked at the creature in confusion.
“What?” He questioned as he looked at the weird creature.
“DOGOOOOOO!” It let out a warcry as it flung itself towards Yato who jumped back just in time; it attacked numerous times and Yato could do nothing but continuing to dodge.
He thought back to the Evoker in his pocket and decided to pull it out and aim at the weird blob which only spoke the words “Dogoo" – hence why he would call it “Dogoo" from now on – and then he closed one eye and pulled the trigger.
BANG
He missed. Well, that was annoying.
[It’s not like the movies, you idiot, you should open both eyes and with your arms raise it in your line of sights with a slightly hunched back.] Yato did as the voice in his head said so and pulled the trigger [Yeah, like that.]
BANG
“DOGOO!” It cried in pain as it was shot.
“Name?” Yato asked the voice in his head seeing as it was intelligent – if not – more intelligent than even Yato who still remembers that his IQ was somewhat high.
[Name's “Shadow The Hedgehog", remember it or don't; that’s your choice.] The grumpy voice responded to which Yato nodded. Good to know.
“DOGOO!” The blue blob took Yato's distraction as a taunt and bashed itself onto him, which surprisingly hurt quite a bit as Yato was forcefully pushed back. Ouch. He inwardly groaned as he moved away from the annoying blob.
[Take care of it; I’ll teach you more, if you do.] Shadow ordered to which Yato raised an eyebrow. Surprisingly supportive, Yato inwardly noted.
[Obviously I am, you Red Idiot; if you die, I die. Simple as that.] Shadow's sarcastic voice rang out in his head. How... reassuring... He snarked.
Yato dodged the Dogoo and fired a shot multiple times.
BANG BANG BANG
It’s around half way till it’s dead. He observed.
[How are you not done already? It’s taking way too long; just shoot it in rapid fire by just holding the trigger.] Shadow spoke as if, no, he was looking down on Yato which annoyed him slightly. Oh and shoot myself in the head by accident in the process? He sarcastically responded to which he got a genuine answer from Shadow which made him raise an eyebrow.
[Yeah, shooting yourself would probably do more good than harm anyway.] Shadow spoke genuinely as Yato was contemplating if Shadow knew he said it the wrong way but eventually just decided to go along with it.
“Sure, why not?” He thought sarcastically as he raised his Evoker to his own head; he wasn’t intending to actually shoot himself, but he did.
BANG
I am thou... Thou art I... From the—
It suddenly cut off. Well, that was useless.
[WHAT, HOW?! IT ALWAYS WORKS! Unless...] It seems he figured something out [I’m gonna go AFK for a while, don’t die in my absence.] AFK? Yato raised an eyebrow as he inwardly noted that there was apparently a keyboard in his head to be away from.
“Ok.” He decided as he then held down on the trigger as he aimed at the Dogoo.
DADADADADADADADADADADA
It sounded more like a submachine gun than the pistol it was from a few seconds ago. The hell? He raised an eyebrow at the absurdity of the situation.
“Dogoo...” It spoke it’s final words as it died.
Well... My day just can’t get any better, can it? Yato sarcastically murmured inwardly only to realise something.
“Shit, did I jinx it?” He murmured as he then shook his head but then...
THUNK
“GUHAAA!” He gasped out in pain as something heavy just dashed into his back. Shit, that hurts. He groaned as he picked himself up from the grass and looked at his opponent. It was the blue blob from before, except it was big. VERY, VERY BIG.
This is the boss battle, isn’t it?
It tried to dash towards Yato again, however he evaded the moment he saw it wobble slightly. He raised his Evoker and fired.
BANG
Not that much damage, huh. Annoying... He inwardly gritted his teeth in annoyance.
“DOGOO!” It dashed this time, however this time Yato didn’t dodge in time as he was flung into the air and crashed into some trees.
“Ow.” He muttered as he picked himself up and aimed his Evoker once again.
DADADADADADADADADADADA
He sprayed down on the trigger in rapid fire, only to notice that it was only damaged by a little under a quarter. That’s annoying.
He jumped out the way as he felt a gassy presence just past him by a hair's breadth. Why is he so fast for something so big? He thought as he morbidly noted that he may have just thought of an innuendo.
DADADADADADADADADADADA
Not like he had anything but firing it once at a time and rapid fire.
“DOGOO!” It screamed enraged as it dashed towards Yato who saw it coming as he evaded it just in time.
So, I’ll have to evade it before it can move. He noticed.
DADADADADADADADADADADADA
He shot more bullets in rapid fire, but eventually he decided to give his gun a break and just continuously dodge since his Evoker was overheating. The Evoker was definitely not meant to be used as a continuous weapon, and given by the name it’s probably trying to ‘evoke’ something.
He dodged, he fired, he dodged, he fired, he dodged, he fired, he dodged, he fired. He was stuck in an infinite loop of continuously shooting and dodging, even as the Evoker began to overheat and scald his palm. However, seeing it half way dead let him know it was for a good cause.
“DOGOOOOOOOO!” The giant blob let a primal roar as it seemed to be enraged and it’s speed increased as it suddenly dashed at breakneck speeds.
THUNK
Yato's body went flying once again. What’s with this world? Why do they have such strong monsters which look weird? Why does this thing even exist? He asked himself multiple questions as he was stunned and dizzy.
“DOGOOOOOO!” He gave off a warcry as it leaped towards Yato who regained his bearing just in time to dodge. That was close.
“It’s attack patterns changed.” Well, that’s annoying.
Yato kept on dodging – allowing his Evoker to rest – as he began to analyse it’s attack patterns. He did get hit sometimes but he quickly evaded the next incoming hit.
Hmm... It’s using such flashy moves, when is it gonna run out of juice? Yato thought as he continued to dodge and evade the monster; he reached into his pocket to pick his Evoker up again and then resumed to shoot it.
DADADADADADADADADADADA
Again. Submachine gun, how? He just couldn’t get around how a pistol-like structure sounds like a submachine gun. In fact, how am I even using this? I’m not recharging using a new magazine nor am I... using a... battery...
“That’s it!” He blurted out in surprise. Battery, that’s it, I’m the battery; that source of my core which feels steady but is steadily being drained. That’s my battery!
“Then how about...” He murmured as he dodged and got it to stay still momentarily by shooting it in the eyes; he then put excess energy into the gun and fired it.
KABOOOOOOOM
There was a tiny crater on the place the boss Dogoo was. I kinda feel sorry for it...
He shook his head. Anyway, I need to find my way out of this place. He decided as he walked past the crater and used trees and bushes as a way to hide, whilst he headed towards what he perceived as the north.
Soon, he made it out of the forest. He looked around and found that in front of him were some rocky landscape, however past that he could see a beach with some sand and on the left of that he saw a really futuristic city which was unfairly large.
“Such a pain...” He murmured as he realised that his journey to the city was going to take a while. Yato looked up to the sky and saw that the sun was beginning to set, so he did what any normal person would do and found the safest and most stable tree and climbed a branch.
“Oh yeah... What happened to Shadow?” He murmured as he closed his eyes and began to doze off.