This story starts at about the beginning of the Tatsuya and Miyuki's third year at First High. First story. Read and review please! Criticism is accepted but no flames!
Birds chirped in the sakura trees outside of the Yotsuba family's main house.
Yotsuba Maya was contemplating what to do about the oncoming Ten Master Clans Selection Meeting.
There was no doubt that the Yotsuba would be voted again into the Ten Master Clans. It was more about the fact that this time, she would have to announce the heir of the Yotsuba House.
She sighed.
Maya had a niece and a nephew attending their third year at First High School.
Shiba Miyuki and Shiba Tatsuya. They were her deceased sister's children who lived on their own now.
Born eleven months apart, Tatsuya was older than his little sister and dearly loved her. In fact, Miyuki was the only one Tatsuya felt any feelings for. Maya felt wary about Tatsuya. His only loyalty was to Miyuki and his power rivaled her own.
She bet that he could overpower and kill her in a duel right now. Yes, she needed to keep a sharp eye over him. To do that she would have to make sure that Miyuki was loyal to the Yotsuba at all times – meaning that Maya needed to reveal Miyuki as the heir to the head of the Yotsuba House.
But if the other houses didn't support her, she needed allies. One thought came into mind. The Yatsushiro. It was the only other clan with a female clan head, not that Maya was a feminist. She already had a good relationship with Yatsushiro Yume, the clan head.
The Yatsushiro were from the Eight Institute, which specialized in the Four Fundamental Interactions: the gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear force. Yume specialized in gravitational and electromagnetic magic, meaning that she was also very powerful.
But that wasn't what Maya was focused on. She was more focused on the fact that she knew Yume had a daughter. She heard her talking about her daughter from time to time, bragging about how powerful she was. If Maya remembered correctly, her daughter specialized in the strong nuclear force, meaning that her magic allowed her to tear apart an atom's nucleus, literally producing nuclear power.
Yes, that daughter of Yume's would provide a great marriage alliance to Tatsuya. The Yatsushiro would provide great allies to the Yotsuba in case of that Saegusa Koichi not approving of Maya's heir.
She chuckled softly to herself.
"Hayama," she called her butler, "tell Miyuki-chan and Tatsuya-kun to come over to visit this weekend. I have some important news."