Shai Yota Shrine Novels & Stories

"Honey!!!! Over there!" Kimberly excitedly shouts as they went out from the subway. They are heading to the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. "Look at that, honey." Nathan pointed. "I think it's a shark!" Kimberly said. "Really?" he was worried. "Haha, just kidding!" she laughs. "You're so mean! I thought you're serious!" Nathan pouts. "Hahaha! But I was serious... look!" she pointed on the name engraved. Whale - Shark "Yuchan"

For a moment she forgot all her pain and miseries as if nature had cast a spell on her. The waterfall tied and plunged into the depth of the crystal clear pool full of water lilies floating over it. Fireflies could be seen everywhere, the sound of frogs and other creatures were adding the cacophony in the ambiance. Lord Yong was puzzled at the site before him, it wasn't anything like he had expected. It didn't look like a shrine at all. He turned to look at Nyang in a state of entropic disarray. "Master, the shrine is to the right side of the waterfall. The path through the cave should lead us straight to it. Follow me," answered Nyang.

- Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer * * * * Ren Shibasaki didn’t turn around from his position before the gravestone of Tatsuya Fujiyama even when the sound of light crunch of gravel beneath shoes reached his ears. He merely stood there, eyeing the words engraved in the gravestone, with his hands stuffed in his pockets even when he knew Yuri and Tohya were both standing behind him. It was when Yuri sighed when he finally turned around. “I hope that we aren’t intruding,” she said apologetically.

"Very messy. And the shrine is holy ground. Very old. Very sacred. The kami, the gods there, don't like fighting. If blood is spilled, they'll punish everyone." "Can your spirit friends help?" Kai asked. "No. The shrine is too holy. You're alone once you go inside." They spent the day planning. Yuki showed them secret ways in. She taught them which statues were actually guards. "Remember," she said again. "No blood on holy ground. The kami will be very angry." When night came, they went to Meiji Shrine. It was huge, like a forest in the middle of the city. Old trees everywhere. Old buildings that felt powerful.