Prologue Part 1:

Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In this land, the skies are not the limit; no indeed, for the skies themselves are bound, ruled, used and controlled by a race of winged youkai-the Icarus. Now these akuma can be divided into three main types:

Nekomata:- cat demons with wings. They appear humanoid, with tails and cat ears. The nekomata have their own skybase, as expected. This gigantic, floating citadel is stationed above a place the humans call 'Konohagakure'. Konohagakure-or Konoha for short-is like a back-up ground base for the nekomata in times of war or, more oft, when they are too lazy to fly.

-XIII-

Senju Tsunade sighed. She didn't really like being Hokage. Sure, the job had it's perks but the amount of paperwork wasn't worth her time. The blonde gave the office a suspicious look-over as she sneaked a sip of sake. Then she noticed the letter. It sat there innocently as if it had done nothing wrong. She glared at it before taking another sip of sake. She read through the letter again, although now, she nearly knew it by heart.

"To Senju Tsunade-hime,

I am pleased to inform you that in the course

of one of our many diplomatic dealings, I, Haruno Sakura,

Jyuudaime Kage of Ataraxia and Leader of the 15th Stealth Corps Covert

Operations Unit, etc, etc have by unanimous consent and by

lawful agreement been engaged for marriage to Aizen Sousuke, Supreme Overlord of Hueco Mundo and the Hollow Army, PHD, etc, etc on the 30th of November in the 150th moon of the Leopard.

In light of these recent events, we cordially invite you, as well as your retinue and advisors to be present at the wedding ceremony and also at the erection of the Hikari no to symbolize the uniting of two kingdoms, after which there will be an informal dinner among the Heads of Nations. I sincerely hope you attend.

-Sakura

P.S: Please, please show up, Shishou, I don't wanna be stuckwith a bunch of stuffed shirts all day! God, if I have to spend another day with Yama-ji lecturing me about my wise descision for 'THE GREATER GOOD' I'll go bonkers! BONKERS I TELL YOU!"

The blonde sighed. 'Ambition's always been your strong point. I just hope you can handle it, Sakura.'

She sighed once more before picking up her kanji brush to compose an equally stiff and formal reply. It was unlike her, but since it was her student, she would always give Sakura support.