Stone

~LAST CHAPTER~

"If asked by another player, and the original player who asked, fails, both loose life point's and are inflicted with pain."
Azuka nodded.

"Very well."
"Well, shall we begin with this 'world' then?"
Naraku asked, wiping his hand over the foxfire, which easily gave way.
"By all mean's."
Azuka said, her eyes glowing. Naraku nodded his own eyes glowing black. Both began to glow, Azuka baby blue, and Naraku black. Power exploded and gave way to a world, young and innocent, captivated in the twisted mind's of evil and good.
Darkness plunged into the innocence of the world, corrupting it, and morphing it's features.
While baby blue hope caressed its harsh scars with riddles and surprises.

~Chapter Three~


Azuka walked through two Extremely large stone door's, with tribal colors and designs on it.

Walking into the side of the great Howl Rock Mountain, she stopped and marveled at the beautiful sculpture's that littered the great halls, most were of battle scenes, or of great lady's and lord's.

Walking up some white marble stair's, that was at least a half-mile up.

At the top, were two even bigger double doors. There were no markings, but a giant, blue moon.
She pushed open the door's, revealing another great hall. This hall was wide and tall enough for her true form, three time's of its normal size to fit in. She walked down the hall, feeling almost dwarfed by the sheer size of the halls. Each door, that was as tall as the wall's in the hall, had a smaller door inside of it, making it capable for someone to enter in his or her true form and in his or her humanoid form.

Stopping at the end of the hall, which was the Tousho family hall, she pushed the door's, revealing a room, filled with a maze of hall's.

(A/N: Imagine Lord of the Ring's, the hall underground, where Gimley's family used to live. Ya know, with all the pillar's n shit?)

It was the idea of her father's, great, great, grand mother. The hall was littered with empty room's, door's that lead in circle's and hall's that lead to the side of the mountain, or a cliff off the mountain.

She walked around the hall, opening door's that lead to more part's of the great hall till she came to her room in the great rock, next to Sesshomaru's and across from her father's.

The room was decked out in white, and silk. In the middle of the room was a giant bed, capable of fitting two of her true forms.
The bed was covered in large, small and medium white and soft lilac, silk pillows. The sheets were white silk, with beautiful lilac flower's spread over it in a beautiful design.

On either side of the giant bed, were night stand's, with beautiful lilac ball lamp's. Scattered around the room, hung on the walls were lit torches.

At the foot of the bed, to here right was a fire place, large and lit with warm flame's. Before it was a large, white, bear skin rug. Sitting on it, were two lilac colored sitting pillows.

On the entire left wall, were bookshelves of books and scroll's.

She walked to a large white oak wardrobe and pulled out a white kimono, a lilac and white obi, and a lilac hair tie.
Walking to another door in the room, that lead to a hot spring, she bathed in a pool with lilac's and Sakura leaves in it, with oil's.
Once she was done, she dressed.

The kimono trailed softly behind her, the tips of the sleeves and the right side of the collar was dusted in lilac.
She tied the obi’s around her waist and re-attached her sword's.

Braiding her hair, in a long braid, she tied it off with the lilac ribbon.

She put some soft purple eye shadow on and clipped a baby purple bracelet on each wrist and the tip of her tail.
She walked back to her wardrobe and opened a drawer, pulling out the crest of her family.

It was an opal, wrapped in a silver clasp, with baby blue stone's for eyes above it, hanging on a silver chain. She slipped it over her neck and walked out of her room, back through the maze, and back pout into the large, great hall.
Instead of turning left, from the way she came, she turned right.

At the end of the great hall, were door's that was bright baby blue.

She pushed them open, revealing a long table with all the great lord's and lady's of the White clan.
The current lord of the white clan stood up to greet her. He had long white hair that he kept in a loose ponytail. He wore a white kimono, with white tips on the sleeve's and a yellow dusted collar.

He bowed to her and she bowed back. His eyes were a dark honey, almost brown.

"Lady Azuka, first child of the great Inutousho, what brings you to the great rock of the white clan?"
Azuka dropped to her knee and closed her eyes, bowing her head.

"I have come with a warning, my lord. I asked permission to ask the clan's for understanding and support."
The current leader smiled, he had female like features, as did most of the males in the white clan.
"Then state your proposal."

He said, closing his eyes and sitting back down. Azuka stood and made her way to the head of the table, every gold and brown eye on her.

"Great lady's and lord's of the white clan, I come before you with a warning and a proposition."
She said, clearly, year's spent as the daughter of the great lord gave her the ability to speak to a mass of people without so much as a stutter.

"The warning I bring to you today, is that Naraku, as you know, is threatening to bring down all humanity and destroy the world today as we know it. I have struck a deal with the hanyou abomination. We both will choose five warriors to enter a world, that both he and I create. The warrior’s will enter the world by entering a state of unconsciousness. I will take full responsibility on the well-being of each of my warriors. I come here to ask you to allow me to go through with this plan, as of now, this might be the only way that we can defeat Naraku once and for all."

As soon as she was done, and stepped back. The room erupted in murmurs and gasps. The leader stood, silencing them.
"Silence."
He said, then turned to Azuka.

"Lady Azuka, I think I might speak for all in asking, what exactly are the rule's, how will this go about?"
Sighing, Azuka closed her eyes then proceeded to re-tell the rule's and obligation's. Once it was over, a lady stood. She wore a black kimono, with white dusted tips on her sleeve's and collar.
She had light gold eye's, almost yellow.

"Lady Azuka, if I may. Once the 'game' is over, will the warriors retain their current state of mind?"
Azuka nodded.
"When I say, that they will battle inside a world of the mind. It will be in my and Naraku's head. They will simply be astral projected inside."

The woman nodded and sat down again. This time a younger lord stood. He wore a bright green kimono, with yellow tip's and collar.

His white hair was braided.

"How will this go about? As in saying, when will this take place?"
"In three day's."

The room once again bursts forth with whisper’s, the leader held up his hand.
"Enough."

He turned towards the room.
"Will we give her our blessing, and warrior's?"
Azuka lifted a hand.

"I have some already picked out."
"Name them."
A lady called out.

"I have chosen both my brother's, and a human."
"A human?"

The lady blinked. Azuka nodded.

"She is the reincarnation of Madoriko, she is a priestess with magnificent power's."
The woman nodded.

"Fine, I wish to send in my daughter."
She pointed to the woman in the black kimono, who had spoken earlier. The woman stood and bowed.
"My name is Sakura, I am skilled in Ninjitsu, Battojitsu, and Jujitsu. I give you my sword I battle if you'll have me."

Azuka nodded.

"I accept your offer, young lady."
A man stood, he wore a white robe, with a black obi.
"I too give you my axe."
Azuka nodded.

"That's five, I have my chosen warrior's."
She said, looking at the current lord of the white clan. He nodded.
"Fine, you may use the rock for how ever long you need to train your warrior's. The clan give's you full support, lady Azuka."
Azuka nodded and bowed.

"Demo-Arigato."

She said, walking out. Once she was out, she could hear the argument's and debates over the situation. She sighed.
'At least I gave them something to talk about for a while.'
She smiled as her foxfire formed a chess bored. She moved her night forward.

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Naraku was in the middle of bathing when a blue chess bored appeared before him, the knight moved forward, he smirked and moved his pawn, his first one, forward once more. He wouldn't reveal anything as of yet. he wanted all his surprises to be kept on the down low until they were called upon.

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~Azuka~