Nura's Golden Days

Fandom: Nurarihyon no Mago

Rating: T/15+ (negotiable-maybe up in later chapters)

Genre: Humor/Drama/Romance

Pairing: Nura Rihan/Nura Rikuo

Summary: Blasted away by the force he can't imagine before, Rikuo finds himself thrown to the past, where Rihan's still alive and devastated because of Yamabuki Otome's disappearance. Can Rikuo bring his spirit back alive once more? It's his mission now… while trying to find a way to go back to his own time.

Disclaimer: Nuramago belongs to Shiibashi Hiroshi-sensei. Luna only borrows the characters to play with.

Warning: slight incest (of Rihan/Rikuo—maybe this is the most warning that we have to be careful of), foul language, might be oOC in some cases, AU (kinda, because it's time-travel), blood and violence (hopefully, it won't be much), etc… (will be stated in later chapters)

A/N: Guuuh! It's the result of the polling! Yes, 'Nura's Golden Days' won a vote over 'Kill the Curse!' It seems people want to see how I can work Rihan/Rikuo out! (For 'Kill the Curse!' voters, don't worry. I'll still make that fic, but I won't be able to do that while updating 'My Brother is Oyabun!', 'Nura's Golden Days' and 'Girl's Speculation', so you have to wait for a little longer until I finish one of them, okay?).

Okay, readers, we meet again in Nuramago Fandom! I know you've been dying to read this since I posted the planning. So, please… enjoy your time reading! *love*

Chapter 1: The Great Dragon of Fujiyama, Ryuujin

…Sevenfold… eightfold…

The Yamabuki Rose blooms… but not a single fruit it bears…

…Such sadness….*

0oo—Rihan x Rikuo—oo0

Morning, March 11th, 2011…

Nura Rikuo, a sandy haired boy with dark chocolate eyes, the Third heir of the notorious Youkai Family—Nura Clan, blinked up at the sudden change of atmosphere in the air as he was walking to his school. He stopped walking, tilted his head aside, and then looked up at the clear sky above his head.

"What's wrong, Waka?" Yuki Onna, a snow youkai with long, dark-bluish hair and golden-amber colored eyes, who was walking beside him also stopped to look at her master with slightly tilted head as well. Right now, she was in her disguise as Rikuo's school friend, Oikawa Tsurara, so her eyes were in dark blue color.

"Ah, no… I just felt something shift in the air…," Rikuo fixed his glasses up after scratching his cheek, a sheepish smile on his adorable face.

"Huh? What shifts where?" Aotabo, the degenerate priest wearing a blue robe, a youkai that actually had a big muscular body, but now was also in disguise as Rikuo's friend as 'Kurata', asked his young master as well, looking around like he tried to find the object of what Rikuo was saying earlier.

"Um… maybe it's just my imagination," Rikuo said, wondering slightly if his instinct was trying to tell him something or if it was just that… unexplainable imagination. "Whatever, let's go to school with full spirit today too!" he thrust both his arms up to the sky while shouting in full spirit and the two attendants besides him copied his action with the same fervor.

"Wait a second, Rikuo!"

Someone's annoyed voice was heard somewhere from behind, and Rikuo had to stop to look back, just to be greeted by the irritated looking Gozumaru, a young youkai with short dark brown hair almost black and deep sapphire blue eyes, and Mezumaru whose face was, like always, covered by that damn horse skull. He always wondered if Mezumaru also had a bishounen face like Gozumaru. If did so, why covered that up? What a waste….

"Gozumaru? Even Mezumaru is here... What's wrong?" Rikuo snapped from his useless reverie and then ran to their direction.

"You forgot your damn lunch," Gozumaru scowled while Mezumaru was thrusting Rikuo's lunch box into the younger boy's hands.

"Oh, thank you," Rikuo's face brightened at that. No, he didn't mind the impolite way of speaking. He was used to it, having to live inside a house full of Yakuza Youkai. Rikuo's sweat dropped a little at the thought.

"Jeez, be a little more alerted. Your clumsiness is troublesome," it seemed Gozumaru enjoyed teasing and harassing Rikuo in whatever way he deemed possible, but Rikuo was grateful with his consideration to only do that when they were alone, or at least not in front of his other attendants or the generals.

"Sorry," Rikuo said with a sheepish happy smile and Gozumaru clicked his tongue, averting his gaze from the adorable sight in front of him. Of course Gozumaru also found Rikuo's face endearing. Who didn't?

"Rikuo, can we come to play in your school too?" Mezumaru asked suddenly, earning Rikuo's attention.

"Huh? We're not going to his school since we already delivered his lunch!" Gozumaru scolded his head assistant while Rikuo was blinking at him, a little confused.

"Why do you want to play in my school?" Rikuo asked then, rather suspiciously. He couldn't afford the youkai from his family making trouble in his school, could he?

"Isn't it okay?" Mezumaru ignored Gozumaru's protest as he hugged one of Rikuo's arms while grinning animatedly. "School is interesting place," he said, looking at Rikuo's eyes expectantly, though no one would know that since he still had the skull covering them.

Rikuo wondered how Mezumaru could see with his eyes always got covered like that… Probably there were holes somewhere on the skull, where he could peek out.

"Mezumaru!" Gozumaru's loud shout brought Rikuo back from his train of thought, again. Lately, he had been musing on his own and wondering about a lot of things in the strangest time ever, like right then. "We don't have time for playing around, you know!" the sapphire eyed youkai reprimanded the younger one with long dark blue hair in two pony tails, totally looking annoyed at the childish act.

"Gozumaru is no fun! Stingy! Bald!" Mezumaru threw a tantrum while stomping his foot like a five year old.

"Who are you calling bald, you childish, immature skull-horse!" Gozumaru then, seemed not wanting to lose in the verbal fight (yeah, they hated losing in everything), yelled back in earnest.

A big bead of sweat rolled down from the back of Rikuo's head watching the banter between the two young youkai from Gyuuki Clan. They were always so interesting to look at when they lost their cool, but how come they could fight over something so trivial was beyond him.

Well, as long as they promised him to behave…. "Okay, you can come to my school," Rikuo smiled, wanting to end their insignificant fight so he could continue his walk to school.

"Yes!" Mezumaru jumped in joy while Gozumaru was protesting some more, now directing it at Rikuo's irresponsible permission.

"The last time we went there, Gyuuki-sama almost ate use alive!" Gozumaru reasoned with pale face**.

"That's because you forgot to give Rikuo his lunch box, right?" Mezumaru pointed his finger at Gozumaru's chest.

"WHAT! You're the one who wanted to play around first in the first place, distracting us from our job! You MADE us FORGET!" Gozumaru shouted louder, pointing back at Mezumaru's chest, not accepting the blame.

"Yes, yes, enough. Both of you are to blame, now let's go." Rikuo then hugged their necks, one in each arm, to stop them for yelling too much. It was getting embarrassing and they bothered the other passersby, though Rikuo was still wondering why those humans didn't do anything seeing the youkai. Maybe it was because they were in human form.

"Wha—! We haven't finished our argument ye—!" Gozumaru and Mezumaru were protesting some more as they were being dragged away by Rikuo to walk on.

"Come on, now. Yuki Onna and Aotabo are waiting. Besides, if I have to listen to your 'married couple's banter' much longer, I will be late for school," he grinned teasingly at the two youkai and both blushed hearing that.

"Who are you calling a married couple!" both yelled at Rikuo at the same time, looking totally annoyed and embarrassed, while Rikuo just laughed aloud, totally amused at that.

Yuki Onna and Aotabo looked at each other with clueless wondering looks after seeing the exchange between the three young boys.

0oo—Rihan x Rikuo—oo0

Kiyo Junior High School, 8.15—

"Good day, Rikuo-kun."

Rikuo widened his eyes and dropped his bag when he saw the least expected person he thought would see again in near future. "Keikain-san!" he stared open-mouthed at the short girl with straight short black hair and dark grey colored eyes. "I-I thought you wouldn't be back for another month…," he said nervously as he picked up his bag from the floor.

"I thought so too, but my brother said I'd better go back to Ukiyo-e and watch the activities of the youkai in this area…," Yura sighed as she fell into step with Rikuo to their class. Yuki Onna and Aotabo were no longer there since they had to 'appear to' go to their own class. "He wouldn't listen even though I said you'd be here to do that, so my presence wouldn't be necessary. He still doesn't trust you guys from Nura Clan not to cause troubles for human… sorry," she looked genuinely guilty and feeling bad when she said that.

Rikuo smiled small at her honesty. "No problem. I'm just surprised to see you so soon after what happened in Kyoto. But, I'm glad to have you back. Keikain-san is my friend after all," he said with a cheery smile and Yura blushed slightly.

"Thank you," she said shyly, looking happy.

"Then, hurry up and go to class! Everyone will be delighted to have you back as well!" Rikuo grinned joyfully and grabbed Yura's hand before he pulled her to run to class immediately.

"Wah! Not so fast! Rikuo-kuuuun!"

0oo—Rihan x Rikuo—oo0

Kiyo Senior High School, Rikuo's Class, 8.20—

"Oooh! Keikain Yura-san!" Kiyotsugu was the first to notice the loud entrance of Rikuo and Yura to their class and his attention quickly spot Yura's feature beside Rikuo. "You're back already!" he looked surprised and delighted at the same time.

"Yura-chan!" Kana, Saori and Natsumi also looked astonished, but also happy.

"Welcome back, Keikain-san!" Jiro also said with a wide grin for having their friend come back to them after a long while in her hometown, Kyoto.

"I'm back, everyone!" Yura looked excited facing everyone from Kiyo Cross Supernatural Investigation Squad.

"It's been awhile, right? How are you?" Saori hugged the shorter girl happily.

"I'm fine. Saori-san as well, looks healthy and fresh," Yura smiled at her, hugging back.

"How is Kyoto, Yura-chan? Are the youkai still running rampant at night?" Natsumi also asked while holding her hand.

"Well," Yura scratched her cheek sheepishly with her other hand as she glanced at Rikuo who was sweating profoundly when the subject of the fight in Kyoto was brought up. She chuckled at his direction before answering. "Thanks to my family and friends, Kyoto is relatively safe for now."

"Th-that's great!" Rikuo said hurriedly, smiling widely as well to change the subject immediately. "We should throw a welcome back party for Keikain-san!" he said, getting a very bright idea.

"Ooh! Very brilliant, Nura-kun! You're such a nice person!" Kiyotsugu supported the idea immediately.

"You're right, Kiyotsugu!" and of course Jiro, his side kick, also supported Kiyotsugu's opinion.

"Then, how about we go somewhere to celebrate?" Kana then offered, "like… restaurant or—…," but before she finished, Kiyotsugu already broke out his, as usual, ridiculously forceful idea.

"We're going to expedition to Fujiyama!" Kiyotsugu shouted in spirit while raising both of his hands to the ceiling.

There was a moment of brief silence before everyone "EEEEEEEH!" shouted in shocked, totally flabbergasted.

"Wait a—! That's too sudden…!" Rikuo was about to protest when Kiyotsugu grabbed his hands.

"Nura-kun! What do you think the most awesome celebration for an Onmyouji who had just come back from restoring the peace in her hometown?" he asked.

"E-eh?" Rikuo was caught off guard by that sudden question.

"That's right!" Kiyotsugu clenched his fist with serious super confident look.

"I haven't said anything!" Rikuo of course protested, but was totally ignored as Kiyo continued his monolog.

"We have to bring her to a place where the realm of GOD is thick to recover her strength!" Kiyo totally answered his own question and everyone's sweat dropped at him. "And Fujiyama is always the right place to seek for spiritual power because it's the most religious spot where people are still worshiping The Great Dragon of Fujiyama, Ryuujin. Yura-san will definitely feel re-energized after she goes there too!" He then turned his face at Yura and held her hands now. "How about it, Yura-san?" he asked with sparkling expectant eyes.

In front of Kiyo's glib and confident manner, no one could say otherwise. "S-sure, Kiyo-kun," she said nervously.

"But, to just go like that without preparation is…," Rikuo almost protested again, but like always, he was totally dismissed.

"Then, it's decided!" Kiyotsugu threw a punch in front of his body in full spirit. "We'll visit the Great Dragon Shrine in Fujiyama today after school!"

"Heeeeeh?" Everyone in the club groaned at that.

"Ah jeez…, Kiyotsugu is always so reckless…," Rikuo could only sigh in exasperation because really, their Squad leader was such a handful human.

"Rikuo-kun," Yura then called him in a whisper, trying to be discreet, but Kana saw the gesture and stared at her and Rikuo when the chocolate haired boy turned his face at Yura.

"Yeah," Rikuo moved closer to Yura.

"Actually, there's something I want to check out in Fujiyama as well. Will you help me?" she asked slowly.

"Youkai-related?" Rikuo whispered back and Yura nodded. "Okay, no problem," he smiled at her and Yura smiled back in relieved look.

"What are you guys whispering about?" Kana suddenly interrupted their secretive conversation, making both Rikuo and Yura jump a little.

"Ah, it's- it's nothing, Kana-chan, ahaha," Rikuo said quickly while laughing nervously. "Right, Keikain-san?"

"Eh? Ah, um. Yes, it's nothing," Yura hurriedly backed him up with it, since they couldn't really share Rikuo's true identity to their other human friends.

"Hmm…," Kana was narrowing her eyes at Rikuo and Yura suspiciously, but then she sighed and let it go. "Okay, then…." She then went to Saori and Natsumi to plan what they would bring to this time expedition.

"That's… that was close…," Rikuo sighed long while a bead of sweat breaking out his cheek.

"My heart's beating so fast…," Yura put her hands in front of her chest while sighing as well.

Both boy and girl then looked at each other before they chuckled and laughed together in total amusement, earning a funny look from their other friends.

0oo—Rihan x Rikuo—oo0

Nura Clan Main House, 14.30—

"To Fujiyama?" Yuki Onna, Aotabo, Wakana and Nurarihyon asked in surprise after Rikuo told them where he was heading to so soon after arriving home from school.

"Today the school finished early, so we want to… I meant, Kiyotsugu wants to go to Fujiyama for celebrating Keikain Yura-san's return to Ukiyoe," he explained.

"Fujiyama, huh? Isn't that where the Great Dragon lives?" Nurarihyon chuckled, remembering his past.

"Grandpa, you know about Ryuujin-sama?" Rikuo asked while he was packing his overnight hiking bag because he got a feeling that they would stay the night in the open this time.

"Of course; he's quite famous in the spiritual world after all," Nurarihyon said. "He's dangerous and very strong, but he rarely shows himself because he thinks it's a hassle," he snickered at that.

"He's a God, right?" Rikuo asked again.

"That's right. He's a god of nature, Rikuo. A center of earth energy where the fears, hopes, prayers and beliefs of every creature, youkai and human, are accumulated together becoming one deity. He can control five elements of nature, time and spaces as He likes. He's incredibly powerful, the most powerful God in Japan. You can learn one of two things from Him if you manage to meet Him. But behave in front of Him. He's such a sensitive deity sometimes. He has a temper too and can destroy anything He wants if He deems it deserve to be," Nurarihyon said while smoking his pipe.

"He sounds so scary. I hope we don't see Him at all," Rikuo mumbled while listening to his grandpa's explanation with half ear.

"Waka, I will go too!" Yuki Onna said suddenly, surprising Rikuo.

"Ah, sure… Well, you should go actually. Oikawa Tsurara is one of Kiyo Cross Squad members, right?" Rikuo smiled at her and she squealed happily.

"I'll prepare my bag as soon as I can!" Yuki Onna then stood and excused herself to go to her room.

"Then, I also go too," Aotabo said as he also stood and left.

"Well, be careful when you're hiking there, Rikuo," Wakana said with a smile.

"Okay, Mom. What do you want me to bring back as a souvenir, Grandpa, Mom?" Rikuo asked then before he went outside to go to the Squad's meeting place.

"If you find Ryuujin-sama's facial hair, bring it back to me," Nurarihyon said with a smirk.

"A non-impossible souvenir," Rikuo corrected his own words while narrowing his eyes at Nurarihyon in annoyance. The small old man then laughed seeing his grandson's rather scandalized expression.

"Then… Fujiyama dumplings will be great, Rikuo," Wakana chuckled at the exchange between Rikuo and his grandfather.

"Okay, Mom!" Rikuo smiled cheerily at her. "Then, I'm going!" he then dashed to go to the meeting place. Aotabo and Yuki Onna would follow him some minutes later, but right now, he was pretty excited too since this was the first outing after he and his friends went back from Kyoto.

"Despite being the Nura Clan's Sandaime, Rikuo is still such a brat," Nurarihyon shook his head at Rikuo's antics while chuckling.

"Ah, but Grandpa, Rikuo is still fourteen year old boy. I think it's totally justified," Wakana giggled beside him, stroking her shoulder-length straight chocolate hair slowly.

Nurarihyon laughed at that. "That's right; he's still a human brat after all…."

0oo—Rihan x Rikuo—oo0

Road to the station, 15.15—

Rikuo was running to the station. Kiyotsugu said they would use Sinkansen to get to the nearest station to Fujiyama, and then they would walk to the shelter for the hikers.

"Huh?" On the way, once again, Rikuo felt the air around him shift, making him slow his running and look around wonderingly. "What was that… just now…?" he tilted his head aside in confusion. He felt that twice already, that strange feeling of the air around him shifting, like something was moving in lightening speed that he couldn't exactly see or point what it was.

Once, maybe Rikuo's imagination, but twice…? Rikuo couldn't help feeling his gut twist in uneasiness.

"What's with this bad feeling?" Rikuo looked at his hands and thought for a moment before he shook his head. "Eeei! It's not the time for spacing out! I've got to go now or the train will leave me!" he decided to send that strange bad feeling to the back of his head and moved forward to his initial destination.

That was when he felt that the ground move.

Rikuo widened his eyes, feeling like he was about to collapse. He steadied himself fast and covered his head with one hand while the other was balancing his stance to prevent himself from falling down to the ground. "Wha—? Was I about to pass out, just now?" he couldn't help asking himself in confusion. But, there was no sick feeling or cold sweat on him. Yet, for some unfathomable reasons, he was wobbling… badly.

Rikuo was still trying to steady his equilibrium when it hit him. It wasn't him who was wobbling. It was indeed the ground, trembling, rocking, and making his grounding unstable too.

It's an earthquake!—Rikuo's mind shouted in alarm. The other passerby around him also began to shout and scream as the tremor on the ground escalated to the level of the asphalted road and some cemented building starting to crack.

"Eeeeeh!" Rikuo started to panic now, since this was really big! The ground was shaking so severely that the crack on the buildings and road got wider, and some of parts of the buildings were starting to fall down as well to the ground.

"Wait a—! Seriously? A big earthquake right now?" Rikuo tried to stay away from the spot nears any buildings to avoid the crumble.

"KYAAAAAAAAA!"

Rikuo was surprised hearing the horror scream from just beside him as he turned to a woman with working outfit.

"What's wrong?" Rikuo asked in worry, but the woman's body was trembling so bad, and her face so pale while her hand trying to point at something up at the sky.

"T-that…!" she almost couldn't speak, her face so frightened that Rikuo just had to follow her gaze direction and when he also looked up to the sky, he widened his eyes so hard he thought his eyeballs were going to pop out of their sockets.

"That's a lie… right?" Rikuo couldn't help being stunned, totally shocked as he saw it.

Up in the sky was a very big scary monster with long form which was glowing with golden light, equipped by strands of lightening thundering around viciously, six pairs of long, thin feet equipped with sharp looking claws, three on each foot, two pairs of big clapping wings, golden-red shining eyes and a big mouth with long sharp fangs and teeth inside…

It's the first time I see… a monstrous youkai with a body that big…!

"Oi! Look at that! That's a…! TSUNAMI!" Another person screamed in total mortification as he pointed up at the sky too.

Rikuo saw it too. The clear blue water rising up to the sky, and it was about to sweep the entire Tokyo.

That's a lie…!

Everyone began to run like crazy, trying to get away from the chasing water on the shaking ground. Some fell, some continued running, some broke down and cried, and Rikuo could only stand there in stunned silence.

Then it got worse as the monster began to roar so loudly, so deafeningly veracious that Rikuou thought his eardrums would explode from the sheer intensity.

But more importantly… he couldn't help feeling, Am I going to die here?

"Wakaaaaa!"

But then, the voice of Yuki Onna and Aotabo entered his shocked awareness and he snapped back from his train of thought to reality. He saw his attendants running towards him while the snow youkai was trying to create ice barriers here and there by freezing the water up on that sky which was filled by the form of that monster.

"Yuki Onna! Aotabo!" Rikuo shouted at their direction worriedly.

"Waka! We have to get out of here, quickly!" Aotabo was the first to arrive in front of him and offered his assistance to run away.

"But…, my friends…! They're all in the station!" Rikuo's face paled severely as he realized that those guys wouldn't be able to make it out alive with this quake and tsunami this big. Everything in Tokyo, no, in the entire Tohoku would be swept away. Everyone would die…! "I have to stop it!" he then looked at Aotabo stubbornly.

There was no way would he run away by himself, leaving everyone else to die here!

"But Waka! It's impossible! That youkai is too big to handle by yourself!" Aotabo shouted at him hard, trying to convince him to run because, honestly, even Rikuo was wrapped up by the monster's fear. He would be swallowed up alive!

"But…! Everyone will—!" Rikuo was still not convinced because he thought, even if he had to die trying, he would still try his hardest to protect everyone, human and youkai, from whatever monster it was causing the 'disaster'.

"You can't Waka!" Yuki Onna screamed at him as she was still trying to hold on onto her spirit power to stop the Tsunami. "At least… if everyone was here with you, we can try something! But you're alone right now! We can't let you die here! Aaaah!" The ice she was making was cracking.

"Yuki Onna!" Rikuo and Aotabo shouted anxiously as the ice broke down and she was almost swallowed by the water. "No way—!" before she reformed the freezing process while panting heavily.

"Rikuo-kun!"

Rikuo turned as he heard someone call his name. It was Yura, still in her school uniform, running approaching him.

"Keikain-san! No! Don't come here! It's too dangerous!" Rikuo tried to stop her but it was futile as she already arrived there, panting with very worried expression.

"I… came to save you!" she said, still breathing hard before she pulled out her Shikigami.

"That's impossible, Onmyouji-girl! This monster is too big and powerful! I don't know what he's but… it's the first time I see a very big youkai like this!" Aotabo said frantically.

"I know! But that…, that's not a youkai!" Yura shouted back in distress.

"Not a youkai?" Rikuo widened his eyes in surprise. Aotabo also dropped his jaw in shock.

"Look at that thing closely! His monstrous strength and power! His frightening 'fear'! His majestic golden glow! He's coming with the nature!"

Upon hearing Yura's panicked explanation, Rikuo widened his eyes even more as it dawned on him that this 'monster' was nothing like a youkai at all.

"Looked at every aspect…, He's the legendary Great Dragon of Fujiyama, Ryuujin, a God," she finished with beads of cold sweat rolling down her face.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!" and Rikuo couldn't help screeching in total shock and mortification at that revelation.

End of Chapter 1

Tbc…

Additional Notes:

*I take this directly from the first episode of Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyo, the poetry at the beginning of the second season Nuramago anime ^_^

**This is a reference to mini-drama track inside the 6th Character CD (Gozu, Mezu, and Gyuuki), the third track, I believe. It's very funny and I adore those two's adventure in Rikuo's school XDD.

A/N: Heyaaaa everyone! Once again we meet at the first chapter of a new story! I know; you probably want to complain why the first chapter looks so much like a beginning of an adventure instead of a humor or romance or even drama. Moreover, it's a cliffhanger. I know some of you hate cliffhanger, so do I, but it thrills me too, imagining what happens next. But trust me! This is only the first chapter.

Also, you probably notice that my chapter isn't as long as usual. I get the feeling that reading a very long chapter tires your eyes quickly because lately, I feel the same too, so I decide to make shorter chapter with more frequent updates. That way, you'll still be able to read with enough time to recover from the tiredness of reading.

Okay, enough with my explanation. So, what do you think of the first chapter? *grins* I know you knew what I was writing here, the 'disaster' I meant. And I know you'd been dying to type some of your thoughts too in this. SO please… do yourself a favor and push that 'review' button! XDDD Your comments, supports and even critiques will help me improve my writing skill!