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depressedhatakekakashi · 6 months ago

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Hilltop Temple

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AU: God of Storms

For: @chaseha-wing

Perfect.

After weeks of scouring every inch in and around Tonika looking for the perfect spot, he’d finally found it. His old teacher had been the one to find it and suggested it to him when he expressed his annoyance at being unable to find a location, but how he finally found the spot didn’t matter at the moment.

What mattered what that he had found it, and it was perfect.

Better than he could have imagined.

“Here,” he declared, turning to smile at the man who had led him all the way from the castle to here. “We’ll build it here.”

“I thought you might like it,” his old teacher, Choza, smiled back. “I was just looking for a nice spot to read, but when you told me about your search, I remembered this spot.”

“A perfect spot to read,” Gai chuckled. Growing up he’d always watched as Kakashi always showed up for a visit with a new book in hand. Over the years he’d even selected some book he thought his friend would enjoy, and felt his pride swell whenever he saw Kakashi holding one of those books. “He would love it.”

“You speak as if you know the god personally.”

Remembering that not everyone knew the identity of his ‘imaginary friend’ Gai turned his back at his teacher and stared at the land in front of him. The hill wasn’t big, providing only enough space for one large temple or perhaps two small ones if he wanted to push his luck. The more he looked at it, though, the more perfect it seemed.

Kakashi had never been a big fan of showy items. As Gai grew up he’d noticed how his friend’s face scrunched up with a look of disgust whenever someone mentioned a huge offering to one of the gods, or even when Gai had told him about his father’s plans to build a giant temple dedicated to the god of storms.

One small temple, just big enough to fit an alter and perhaps one beautiful but simple statue, would be more than enough. Kakashi might still complain about it, but it was the least Gai could do.

He owed his friend the world after yelling at him for refusing to return his deepest most passionate feelings. If he’d known back then just who Kakashi really was he would have held his tongue.

He would have accepted that as much as he loved Kakashi, they could never truly be together.

He hadn’t though, and in his hurt, he’d lashed out at his friend. Sent him away from his room in with such hurtful words. He had come to accept that he may never be lucky enough to see Kakashi again, but now that he knew who he was.

What responsibilities he had.

The least he could do was ensure that he had a temple dedicated to him, no matter how simple it may be.

“Something small,” he reminded himself as he took a step forward. Once he was standing where he wanted the temple to start, he lifted his left foot and dug the heel as far into the ground as he could. The hole he’d created wasn’t too big, but it was deep enough that his builders would be able to find it easily. “It will go from here to…” looking forward he examined the area for a quick moment before rushing forward and once again digging his heel into the dirt. “Right here.”

“that’s not very big,” following Gai to the other end of his self created boundary, he examined his work. “Will it take up the rest of the hill?”

Thinking about it, Gai shook his head. “No,” he answered, assessing the area once more before bolding toward the centre of the hill. Once there he repeated his previous two movements and created a new hole with his heel. “It’ will go up to here. That way if we ever want to build another temple beside it there will be space.”

Not a lot of space, but enough for another small temple.

“It’s uncustomary to built temples beside each other,” Choza reminded him. “And to build a temple so small. Are you sure this will be sufficient?”

“It’ll be perfect,” he declared, a proud smile stretching across his face as he admired the view of Tonika from the top of the hill. “You read me all the stories of the gods growing up. What do you think he would like?”

“Well,” thinking it over, Choza sighed. “I think, as strange as it is. You’re right. The God of Storms isn’t known for being showy or even wanting recognition. It might be small, but this would be the first official temple dedicated to her-“

“Him,” Gai corrected swiftly, his smile growing soft as he remembered the fierceness with which Kakashi had asserted his gender after Gai would retell him the stories that Choza-Sensei had read to him, and which he later learned to read on his own. “We have a lot to fix.”

“We can’t just change the stories we know, your majesty.”

“No,” he confirmed with a nod. “But we can create new ones. Ones in which the god is portrayed in the right way.”

“And you know for certain this is the right way?”

“I do,” gazing out over Tonika, the village that he had taken responsibility of when he accepted his father’s crown, he watched as the tiny figures of his villagers went about their days. It was a quiet morning so many of them would be spending time with their families or visiting with friends.

Meanwhile, their King was standing atop a hill watching them from the spot where one day, not too far in the future, they would be able to leave offerings to a God known for watching over their village since its humble beginnings.

A God who asked for little in return of his unending support.

“It’ll have a statue,” he decided. “With dogs. He has eight of them, right?”

“They’re made of the very lightning that lights up the sky during a storm,” Choza repeated the words from one of those many stories he’d read. “The guardians of storms, and the God’s most loyal companions.”

“Then a statue with the dogs,” he decided. “He’ll like that. And a small alter right in the centre, but also…” glancing around the area he imagined the temple in its final form. Tall walls made from the tree’s that grew around Tonika, painted in soft green’s that matched the outfits Kakashi would always wear on his visits. The roofs would slant down like the other temples, but inside would be simplistic.

A small alter in the middle and benches along the side for people to sit and relax. There was no better design he could think of that would properly honour the god he’d come to know.

The god that he had learned over the years to adore, even at the cost of his own heart.

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Bright pink petals danced through the air, carried by the gentle wind all the way from the Sakura tree’s down below to the temple high above Tonika. Temari’s winds were working wonders, and Gai couldn’t help but feel thankful for them.

Without those winds he wouldn’t have such a wonderful view on Tonika with those beautiful pink petals floating across his view.

“Here!” he heard Enkai, the new king of Tonika whose coronation had been held just yesterday. Gai had attended that too, and it had been such a wonderful spectacle. Now here the king was, standing atop the hill that Gai had once proudly declared would be the new sight of a temple.

It had happened many lifetimes ago, but he could remember every little detail about that day. The outfit his old teacher had worn, the feeling of excitement that had swirled inside of him as he proudly laid out the boundaries for the temple.

Back then he’d been a prince with dreams of building a temple dedicated to the god of storms. Now, he was a god himself sitting on the rooftop of that very temple he’d dreamed up. The paint was peeling off the walls, and the statue of Kakashi and his dogs that he’d had built especially for the temple was worn down.

There were even spots on each of the dogs, usually on their heads or noses, where the stone had been worn down more than any other part of the statue because every time someone visited the temple, they made sure to pet one or more of the dogs.

A statue wearing down slowly with love from the villagers of Tonika. That was something he’d never imagined when he’d decided to build this temple.

“Are you sure?” the old Queen, Ayako, asked with an uncertainty that reminded Gai of his old teacher. “There’s not a lot of room here.”

“But it’s here,” Enkai gestured with his head to the temple that Gai was currently sitting on. “What better place is there?”

“It would have to be small.”

“What do you think he’d like?” Leaning forward, Gai listened closely to what Enkai had to say. “A big temple in the middle of Tonika, or a small temple here atop this hill beside a temple dedicated to his husband. They only temple in all of Tonika, might I remind you, that is dedicated to his husband.”

“Yes, I get that,” Looking over at Kakashi’s temple, Ayako smiled. “You know there’s old stories talking about his past lives. If they’re true, then that would mean that he was the one who had this temple built.”

“Even better!” Throwing his hands up into the air, Enkai grinned, his brilliant white teeth shimmering in the sunlight. “We could even attach them. Knock out a wall-“

��Whoe!” Ayako cringed at the suggestion. “We can’t just knock out a temple wall. That would be…I…”

At that moment the sky above began to darken. Clouds swirled together into giant dark masses, and within seconds the beautiful Sakura petals that had been floating in the air were replaced with the light patter of rain drumming against the ground.

“Dramatic,” Gai teased.

“They understand,” Feeling his husbands shoulder brush against his, Gai grinned. Kakashi always had a way of knowing just when to show up, and today proved to be no different. Right when Ayako and Enkai needed guidance, he’d come swooping in with the answer they needed to hear.

“Let’s ask him,” Enkai declared, laughing in his voice as the rain soaked into his hair. Rather than standing out in the rain with her successor, Ayako retreated under the roof of Kakashi’s temple for protection. “Should we build a temple to Gai here?”

Smiling, Gai turned his gaze toward Tonika. The village had grown since the day he’d stood atop this same hill and declared it the location of a new temple dedicated to Kakashi. Yet, in some ways, nothing had changed at all.

“It’s perfect,” he declared, that same sense of pride swelling up inside of him.

As the words left his mouth a crack of lightning split through the air and slammed into the ground directly behind Enkai. Enkai jumped forward, a look of sheer panic etched across his face as he turned to examine the damage. Staring at the ground, that panic melted away and the excitement returned in full force.

There, burnt into the grass, was a small but visible burn mark.

“I think that’s a yes,” He grinned, earning a tired sigh from Ayako.

“Of course it’s a yes,” she agreed. “But that doesn’t mean we should tear down the wall.”

Knowing his husband, Gai quickly held up a hand to stop him. “don’t.“ he warned.

“What, you don’t trust me?”

“You could hurt her.”

“Never,” on cue, Bull rushed past them and jumped down onto the ground. The sound of his feet hitting the ground crashed through the air. A sound that Gai recognized all too well, but which he’d never had the pleasure of seeing in action before.

Thunder.

Once he had landed, Bull turned around and bolted straight toward Ayako. Only when he was close enough to her did Kakashi dare to make him visible to the two mortals standing below them.

Ayako gasped when she saw the large bull rushing straight for her. “No,” she warned, but it was too late. Bull rushes past her, did a hard 180 just before the doors of the temple, and came running back. There was no opportunity for her to stop him, and the next thing she knew he was barralling straight into the back of her legs.

She fell back with a screech, landing with a soft thud on Bull’s back. grasping for something to hold onto, she buried her hands into his fur and held on for dear life. Bull kept going until they were back at Enkai’s side, the new King fighting back a fit of laughter as Ayako was dropped at his side.

“I did not agree to a surprise shower,” the old queen grumbled under her breath.

“We had no rain for thirty-one years,” Enkai reminded her through his laughter. “You’d think you’d miss the rain.”

“Listen, I met that man exactly three times and there’s one thing I can be sure of.”

“What’s that?”

Taking the opening, Kakashi lifted a hand toward the sky and swirled his finger. As he did so the sky grew even darker and the amount of rain that feel increased ten-fold. Within seconds both Enkai and Ayako were drenched.

“He’s a brat,” Ayako answered while pushing her soaking wet bangs off her face.

“And that,” Kakashi smiled down at Gai, his eyes scrunching in the corners. “Is my cue.”

Knowing what was about to happen, Gai moved himself to the other side of the temple and watched as another bolt of lightning struck, this time hitting the side of the temple facing the middle of the hill. The walls splintered and cracked, and as the two mortals watched with a mixture of horror and amusement the wall crumbled.

The rest of the temple was left virtually untouched, but it was now down a wall.

“I think we have our answer.” Enkai smiled triumphantly while admiring Kakashi’s work.

“You think?” Ayako sighed. “Well, then I guess it’s settled. We’re building the other temple up here.

“Perfect,” Gai smiled. There was no better place he could think of for a temple dedicated to him, than right beside the one he’d erected for his immortal lover.

#God of storms au #god of storms #GOS AU #Kakagai #God of storms Kakashi #Prince Gai #God of Humanity Gai

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depressedhatakekakashi · 2 years ago

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Today's been a rough day. Can i bum you for a God of Storms AU headcanon as a pick me up??

Boo bum day :/ i hope your day gets better for you 🥰🥰🥰

God of Storms au

Choji, the god of the Harvest, can often be found travelling between villages even during growing season just to see what each place is making. He loves watching the harvests grow, and picking out one’s that he really wants to see offered to him when the harvesting season arrives.

Karui is always looking through different books on war and politics that mortal’s create. She finds it interesting seeing how each mortal think things should be done, and books such as ‘the art of war’ are of particular interest to her because of how confident one or two mortals are in suggesting they know how things should be done for ‘the best outcome’

Karui can often be found hanging around Bee. Although she’s not known for dancing or creating music she does enjoy the sound of Bee’s music and finds it calming. She focus’ best when there is music playing around her.

Mito is (understandably) attributed with creating all things on the earth (water, mountains, etc) but finds it funny that the goddess of Rivers, Nakano is so insulted when a mortal suggests that she is the child of Mito or that her river’s were created by Mito. Some god’s would be insulted to find another god so angry about mortal’s suggesting connections between them, but Mito finds it kind of cute how Loyal Nakano is to her parents and how determined she is to ensure mortals know her parents are a mortal and the god of storms, not the goddess of the earth.

Kakashi has a terrible habit of messing with the star’s when Obito is trying to paint the night sky with them and Obito HATES it. Even if the two of them are not together, Obito will sometimes find things shifting without his command while he’s working, and he just knows it’s his brother laying somewhere trying to mess with him. The really annoying part is that it works, every- single-time.

On the reverse, Obito loves distracting the hounds when Kakashi sends them out, resulting in rain getting where it’s supposed to go late or not even getting there at all.

Naruto spends most of his time in the underworld when he’s not delivering messages. Other gods find the place unpleasant to be in, but Naruto likes it because Sasuke is there.

Sakura worships the goddess Tsunade, is in love with the Goddess Ino, and spends 80% of her life livid with the god of storms for either providing too much water for the garden and drowning the flowers, or not showing up at all. She absolutely has used her influence with Ino to convince her to drag Kakashi’s ass to the temple when the flowers are dying from a lack of water.

Any special requests? Gods you want to see or character’s I should add?

#God of Storms #God of Storms Au #GOS AU

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