At first, I wanted to write an ecchi fanfic starring just Murasa, but by the end of the chapter, it became a fanfic about the bizarre lives of the surrogate family that is the Myouren crew. And now part of me wants to try and BS a way to resurrect Myouren himself. I'm sure Byakuren would be ecstatic and the rest of the crew would be awestruck to meet the guy the temple was named after. Anyway, I hope you enjoy Murasa's perversion in the beginning of this fanfic and a mellow start to a silly and fast-paced fanfic.

So bored…

Nothing to do except stare at the stars…

"Argh, I can't take this!" Murasa leapt up to her feet. Surely there was something to do somewhere to pass her time. On the other hand, it was three in the morning. Being a ghost and all, it wasn't like Murasa really needed sleep. Perhaps somebody else was awake at this hour. Walking into and throughout the halls of the Myouren Temple, she started doing a mental checklist of who else may be awake at three in the morning. Let's see, now…Hijiri has that meeting with those Taoists later today so she'll be asleep so that she can be at her best in case things get violent. Shou would be going with her, and where Shou goes, Nazrin's sure to follow. Ichirin's asleep with her head literally in the clouds and Kyouko passed out, and I was the one that had to carry her to her bed. Which only leaves… Nue. Even in regular circumstances, Nue was the most likely to be awake at this time aside from Murasa herself. So Nue it would be. Perhaps Murasa could set up a harmless prank on her? That would be a fun start to her day when the receiver of the prank woke up later today if she were asleep.

Murasa turned a corner to where the bedrooms were. There were eleven in all, with the crew of the temple occupying the seven near the back; the other four had four beds each for any youkai that needed a place to stay, and they were all empty at the time. Byakuren's room was all the way in the back, and Shou and Nazrin had the rooms across from each other, right next to Byakuren's. The next two rooms down were Ichirin and Kyouko, and after that…Murasa and Nue. The ghostly captain kneeled down in front of Nue's door; she had to make sure her victim was asleep before setting up a prank, or else it wouldn't work. And Murasa's eye looked through the keyhole to find Nue…slept in the nude? Yes! Murasa was now facing one naked Nue Houjuu, sleeping with her face away from the door and her ass pointed straight at Murasa.

"Ohh…" How Murasa wished she had a camera. Nue slept in the nude. Who would've guessed it? For now though, she had to quietly open Nue's door. Halfway open, and Murasa was slipping in. What kind of prank should she do? Something that trapped Nue in her room? Or maybe something that forced her out right when she woke up, exposing the naked Nue to everybody? …Murasa wasn't that cruel, something simple would-

"Hey! What're you doing!" The sudden shout at Murasa echoed off the walls of the hallway, easily enough revealing the identity of the shouter. Kyouko Kasodani; sweeping extraordinaire.

"Kyouko!" Murasa leapt out of the doorway at Kyouko's sudden shouting, accidentally slamming the door with her. "Pipe down! It's three in the morning!"

"You're sneaking into Nue's room!"

What happened in Nue's room…

Nue wouldn't have noticed the quiet opening of her door. She wasn't a heavy sleeper, but she wasn't exactly easy to wake up either. It took something loud, like the slamming of a door, to wake her up. So Nue, sleeping in the nude, wouldn't have noticed a fully awake (and dressed) Murasa creeping into her room. Until…

"Hey! What're you doing!"

"Aah!" Nue's eyes shot open the second she mistook the shout for that of a highly experienced youkai hunter in her dream. It was only a dream, so Nue quickly drifted back to sleep…

SLAM!

Once again was she woken up! And this time she fell right out of bed, flat onto her face with yet another slamming noise. "Dammit," she muttered. Now she wasn't even tired anymore, and it was three in the morning! Getting up to her feet, the groggy nue knew that there was only one person who would be up at this hour aside from herself. One person. Storming for her door, Nue shouted "Murasa!"

Currently…

"You were sneaking into Nue's room!"

"Damn right you were," Nue shouted, slamming her door open. "What the hell are you doing, sneaking into my room at three in the morning? Well?" No answer from Murasa. Only stares. Kyouko was awake, too? That made enough sense; she was the one that woke Nue up first with her shouting. The Myouren Temple's janitor also seemed speechless, giving Nue the exact same stares as Murasa. "Answer me, Murasa! And you too, Kyouko! Why are you yelling at three in the morning? There are people sleeping at this hour!" That last sentence came out far louder than Nue meant, and before long every other door was opening, with everybody stopping and staring at Nue…even Byakuren was giving her weird stares.

…

…

"What," she asked curtly. "What are you all staring at?"

"Nue," Murasa said. "U-Um…" Don't look down…don't look down! Don't…dammit, I looked down!

"Hey, I'm up here!" Then the realization struck her. She forgot to cover herself before coming out to yell at Murasa! Now she was turning the same red as her wings over her entire body and shaking lightly. "Q-Quit…don't stare at me! Look away, avert your eyes!" This was probably the single most embarrassing moment of Nue's entire life. And it was all Murasa's fault.

"Well…it's a compliment, really…" Murasa's eyes were still locked onto Nue's breasts, and it was taking all of her self control to not look further down. "I-I mean…you've got a really nice figure!"

"…" Time to use her form-changing powers for the best use they'd seen in the last couple of months. Nue bulked up one of her arms to a degree that could be called ridiculous, followed quickly by a rib-shattering punch right into Murasa's chest, sending the sailor right through her door and leaving a Murasa-shaped dent in her bedroom wall. Not even a half-second later, Nue's arm shrunk back down to normal size and was used to slam the door behind her as she ran back into her room. The sheer embarrassment drove her to tears. How would she face any of them again? All they'd see was that girl who came out completely naked that one night, wasn't it? If ever there was a time when Nue wanted Murasa's head on a silver platter, it was now.

Eight in the morning, Byakuren's office…

"I'm sure you two know why you're here," Byakuren said.

"Yes, Lady Hijiri," Nue and Murasa said together.

"We'll start with Nue; I'm sure you're still very embarrassed and don't want to be seen by anybody, even in your fully dressed state."

"…" Nue's face turned bright red just from Byakuren mentioning her being fully dressed.

"I understand that you were angry that you were woken up in such a manner; I most certainly would be as well. However, yelling that loudly at three in the morning and waking everybody up…especially when I have an important meeting later today, just…-yawn- isn't really a good example of how to act around here."

"Understood," Nue said softly. "It won't happen again. I'll make you some coffee to apologize."

"Nazrin's already preparing breakfast for everybody, and Murasa will be joining her soon enough. You can go now; I'll tell Nazrin to just leave your breakfast at the door if you still don't want to see anybody."

"Thank you." And in just seconds, Nue was out of that room, and glad to be. She could have sworn that Murasa was still giving her funny stares. Some nerve, that sailor had, staring right at Nue's breasts like that! Her chest wasn't even her best physical feature, in her opinion! It was her hair; her perfectly straight, jet-black hair that reached just below her shoulders. Or even her ruby red eyes, but not her small chest! The worst part was that now that she thought about it that way, the way Byakuren was staring at her…with such a huge chest of her own… Note to self; buy a bigger bra. She'd just have to change her form to have bigger breasts was all. Problem solved.

"And now for you, Murasa." Byakuren didn't look particularly happy, but still pleasant regardless. "May I ask what you were doing, sneaking into Nue's room at three in the morning?"

"Well, ma'am," Murasa started. "I was getting really bored and lonely, and-"

"Please, just stop there. I know how sailors can get and I don't want to start my day with this kind of talk."

"Wh…What? …wait, no! Oh, hell no! Jesus, no, how could you even…that wasn't at all what I was thinking of!"

"…oh. Then…-yawn- by all means, continue."

"I was going to set up some kind of prank in her room; just a simple little harmless thing to get a good laugh out of the morning, when I saw that Nue…u-um, sleeps naked. I was sneaking into her room, and Kyouko from out of nowhere asks me what I'm doing, and yells at me because I'm sneaking into her room. Why isn't she in trouble, again?"

"Because that was good looking out. Sure, Kyouko may be a bit loud, but we can't tell a youkai of echoes to quiet down, can we? I'll have a word with Kyouko after I see the Taoists, but for now, go help Nazrin prepare everybody's breakfast, okay?"

"Sure thing."

"Don't forget the coffee. Especially not today."

"Aye-aye, ma'am." Most of the time the two were on cooking duty; Nazrin's mice plus Murasa's experience as a sailor meant some of the finest meals for their simplicity. The thing about the mice was a closely-kept secret, though; only Murasa, Nazrin, Byakuren, and Shou knew about the mice in the kitchen. As Murasa started toward the kitchen, she thought about how awesome Nazrin's mice were; that they were able and willing to bathe themselves before helping to prepare food. That was why Myouren Temple food was still healthy. It was also why there was almost always a shortage of cheese.

Ten minutes later; Myouren Temple dining room

"Looks great," Byakuren said happily. "Let's dig in, folks!" No Nue at the breakfast table today. That was to be expected; she was embarrassed half to death from this morning's rather exposing scene. Byakuren just hoped she didn't do anything stupid…

"Byakuren," Shou asked between bites of her eggs. "Do you think we should save some of this breakfast and bring it with us to the Taoists? I hear their gatekeeper has quite an appetite."

"…I believe you may be onto something here, Shou. Let's see, if we each gave up one item from our plates, it would make a decent meal, so I'll pass on my…bacon."

"Add this biscuit," Shou said, handing her leader the biscuit from her plate. "I'm usually pretty full after I eat the eggs so it's fine."

Nazrin stared at her plate carefully. All of her stuff was delicious, so she wasn't sure what to pass on. "Just…take whatever you want. I can't decide." The second Byakuren's hand reached out to grab something, though, Nazrin shouted "No no wait!"

"…okay." Byakuren sat back down. Nazrin had plenty of time to pick out a food to give to the Taoists; Byakuren didn't have to leave until one in the afternoon and it was only a quarter after eight now. "Murasa, you…" Murasa was rather limited in her choice. A lot of the shopping for the Myouren Temple's groceries were done at a market in the Human Village that bought most of its foods from Kourindou, and in front of Murasa was four things. A bowl of cereal, a plate of waffles, a glass of orange juice, and the box for Murasa's cereal of choice; she picked it because the guy on the front was a pirate and it reminded her of the ocean.

"I'll give them the waffles," Murasa said. "All of them."

"If you say so…"

Crunchitize me, cap'n!

Haha, Murasa's bowl of Captain Crunch aside, I may have individual chapters star different characters living in the Myouren Temple. For example, this one was pretty focused on Murasa, and the next one might be more centralized around Nue or Byakuren. A simple and freeform fanfic like this is a great way to build my own interpretations of the wonderful team living in the Myouren Temple, like Murasa's perversion at the start will tell you and how embarrassed Nue got.

This is a very light fanfic with no traces of darkness yet, and I really hope it stays that way for future chapters. The Myouren crew is a happy bunch; you can't really write a dark fanfic about them no matter how hard you try.

And just for fun, here's what everybody's eating. Shops that buy their supplies from Kourindou is a great way for me to BS any dish possible, so kudos to me XD

Byakuren: Bacon, steak, waffles, coffee (so grown-up!)

Shou: Eggs, biscuit, coffee (small eater, I think)

Murasa: Captain Crunch, waffles, orange juice (obvious "child" of the group)

Nazrin: Grilled cheese sandwich w/ syrup (fucking delicious), pancakes, eggs, bacon, cheese slice, apple, milk (wtf huge breakfast)

Ichirin: Apple, banana, orange, orange juice (vegan Ichirin?)

Nue: Steak, bacon, eggs, milk (anti-vegan Nue!)

Kyouko: Cinnamon Toast Crunch, orange juice (REAL child of the group!)