名 - Name
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When she opened her eyes, there was nothing but dark void around her.
She didn't know where she was.
It took her a while to come to any sort of sense.Then she realized- she doesn't know who she is either.
" Where am I ?" a question came out, directed to no one. It bothered her.
It bothered her that, she accepted that she didn't know what to make of this whole situation.
As her mind started to clear a bit more, the darkness began to fade. She could make out what was around her slowly. It was a field under a starry sky. So it's night?
Does that explain the darkness?
It seemed to have rained. The grass was wet under her bare feet. And there were small puddles here and there.
She knelt down beside one to see her reflection. She must know what she looked like.
The water was clear enough to not show a blurry image. A face of a young woman appeared there.
A rather ordinary face. Brown bangs covering most of her forehead and loose, shoulder length hair carelessly flowing behind.
She stared at her reflection for a long time, the pair of emerald green eyes looking back at her . She doesn't remember anything at all.
How old was she? How long has it been...
" You there- a voice called out, tampering her flow of thoughts.
A man had appeared beside her. All dressed in white garment. He had beautiful long silver hair and a pitying expression on his face.
He didn't look like any normal person.
" How long have you been here? " He asked.
A strange question. She thought. Who was he? Won't he introduce himself? Or even ask who she was? Then again she doesn't know herself. And she doesn't exactly know the answer of his stated question either.
" I- I don't know--
" Is that so? "
It was a different voice, she suddenly noticed that there was another man. A few feets away from them, long black locks and intense red eyes giving off an intimidating aura. In fact something about his whole demeanor made her wonder why she didn't notice him before.
Then it striked her, as if it was natural.
" Are you... a Kami? " she asked.
His expression was ambiguous. Then he stated.
" I am Takemikazuchi, god of thunder and swords. I'll make an offer to you. Lost soul who now has no where to go, I'll give you a place- do you wish to be my shinki? "
" Master, I still recommend you should give it more thought. " The previous one requested.
" Kiun, I've made up my mind. If I let her wander around she may get attacked by an Ayakashi. If things don't work out... we shall see what we can do later- for now lets hear her out." He remained the same.
The young female was awe and confusion. Her memories are foggy, she didn't know what was going on, she didn't really know what a shinki was.
The task of a shinki was also unknown, though she felt it would likely mean being under this god's wing. But something deep inside was telling her, she had no where else to belong.
Because she was no longer alive.
She fell on her knees, her eyes teary for who knows what reason. She begged in a shaky voice. " Yes-- please... give me a name..."
" Very well then." The thunder god announced.
" Thy name is Aya, thy vessel be Ri*
From now on- you're Ayami, I make thou servant of mine-
Come Riki! "
A flash of white and she felt like her body became like air .It was surprising to feel so light, like she was materialize into particles.
It created a sense of relief followed by a throbbing pain in her heart. She couldn't stop her tears from overflowing anymore.
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[ Given name- Aya (あや, アヤ)- "colorful" or "beautiful"
Ayami (理美 ,あやみ ) Beautiful Color ]
*And yes, the concept of the kanji characters used for naming in Noragami are very vague to me. I'm just starting to learn japanese so I hope you guys can excuse me if I mess up things, which I probably will.