Kazubisha??

I might have come to this one a little later than I did with Yato and Hiyori. I think I really started shipping this when Bishamon exiled Kazuma for helping Yukine. The pain on both of their faces was so heart-breaking and I just knew that I could not stand them being separated again. XD

It’s… complicated? Honestly, this pairing hurts so much worse than Yatori. Aging is one thing–there are ways around that in the Noragami-verse ~~like dying~~, but the obstacles that separate Kazuma and Bishamon seem so much harder to overcome. Which is kind of silly because we know that gods and their shinki can pretty much be in committed relationships ala Kofuku and Daikoku, so it’s not like it’s impossible… But unbelievably enough, KazuBisha feels less likely to get a happy ending to me than Yatori does… Still, the pain of hard ships is a glorious thing…

Neither one of them has all the answers. They absolutely complete each other–each one needs wisdom the other can bring to the table. In some ways, they are actually VERY similar to each other: they both have trouble understanding the feelings of others, and neither one of them really knows where to draw the limits. They definitely balance each other out, and when they are together and able to talk things through, they make the best choices because they make choices together. I also adore how parental they are over the rest of Bishamon’s shinki–Kazuma reminding Bishamon to spread her attention evenly… Cute…

~~Everything~~ What makes me saddest is Bishamon’s complete obliviousness to Kazuma’s feelings. It’s absolutely not her fault–she’s a goddess of war, romance and reading others’ feelings is not really in her nature. Like Kazuma mentions in “Beside the Crimson Stain,” to some extent, she’s just not capable of loving in a human manner. I don’t think that means that she’s not capable of learning how to love, but that any human who ever entered a relationship with her would do so knowing that it is going to hurt because she isn’t human and the ways she would show love in return might not ever really fulfill a human being’s need for empathy and affection. She could learn, but it would be an agonizing process while she did. Personally I feel like Kazuma’s “I would certainly sting my master” if he got into a relationship with her isn’t just because of his notoriously impure thoughts… I think he recognizes that the pain he might experience from feeling as if the depths of his adoration aren’t returned would also hurt Bishamon in turn. I don’t think I could enter into a relationship if I knew that I would hurt the person I was with because of factors that were completely out of their control…

I’ve read like a handful of KazuBisha fics so I don’t think I’ve really found anything that annoys me yet.

~~Suffering~~ I think I would prefer AUs for this pair, especially the “fish out of water” type AU where one or both of them are out of their normal element. Someone please write me a “Kazuma gets shipped off to Army boot camp and totally falls for his smokin’ hot trainer who kicks ass and takes names and ain’t got no time for romance. Good luck impressing her, four eyes.”

lol Yato. Either one of them. Also I think grown-up!Ebisu and Bishamon could have been kind of cute in the total opposites can’t figure out how they went from friends to something else way. ~~Or if Bishamon reincarnates, chibi!Ebisu/chibi!Bishamon toy ship??~~

Kazuma finally gets over his reservations and realizes that causing your loved one pain is part of life–that no relationship is without its hardships and moments of suffering–and that by being with Bishamon in a different way, he might actually help her grow more as a person than he currently is. Objections out of the way, he goes charging in and swoops Bishamon off her feet with a big damn kiss and she’s just like ?? what is? going on? And for a second she’s going to misinterpret things somehow but everybody else is like “ABOUT DAMN TIME” and “WHEN’S THE WEDDING” and oh ohhhhhh Kazuma likes her
and she’s terribly embarrassed

OMG OMG WHAT DO I DO NOW then she gets her determined face on like I CAN DO THIS I WILL BE THE BEST THERE EVER WAS; 2000 BEES AIN’T GOT NOTHING ON ME *walks away without a word to go read every book she can find about dating and being in a relationship because she’s been alive for literally thousands of years and has never been on an actual date* BUT IT ALL WORKS OUT GUYS and they raise their 50 adopted children + pet lion forever and ever, the end!!

~~Kazuma wishes there was spooning of any variety going on…~~ Just as a girl with really long hair, I can tell you it’s more comfortable to be the big spoon because having someone roll over on your hair or getting your hair tangled in their buttons etc. is tortureeeee. XDD (But for reals though, Kazuma seems like he would be a professional grade big spoon.)

Bishamon was ill for a long time, so I imagine that she didn’t really have that much energy to do a lot of extracurricular stuff. I think back then, Kazuma’s favorite thing was probably the days after Bishamon recovered from particularly bad bouts and was able to walk around the estate and interact with all her shinki. Nowadays, I think they probably both enjoy trying new things–going places they’ve never been, trying new foods together, finding trinkets to bring home for the other shinki…

Rawr! Bird!