Power. That was the vibe rolling off the man in front of me. He stood above me, as I kneeled in respect. For respect was the one thing that I truly did feel for him. He created an empire out of soil, nothing more than the people. He was truly a great Emperor. The First Emperor of Kou stands before me as I can do nothing but bow.

"You wish to make an alliance between Kou and Yoro?" His voice rang across the courtroom. He had two sons standing behind him, and his wife right next to him. All their gazes were hard, except one. But even his held curiosity.

"Yes." My answer was firm and confident.

"If your King wished to make an alliance, he should've come himself." Yeah, he should have. Instead he sent me, the 'black sheep' of the family. I tightened my hand around my fist, as an answer ran across my mind.

"Emperor, would you like the truth or a lie?" I looked up at him. My imperial purple eyes met intense blue eyes.

"Would you lie?" One of his sons asked. It was the one that looked a bit more childish than the other.

"Depends on if you wish for a lie." I bowed my head slightly. It was silent for a few seconds, until the powerful voice rang out,"Truth."

"My King, no offense to you Emperor, thinks of you lightly." I could feel the slight anger in the room, the rukh were fluttering.

"And what do you think of all this?" The older son asked. I took a deep breath, then looked up,"I think you are not to be taken lightly at all, Emperor." A flash of curiosity crossed his eyes.

"Why is that? What good is out of this alliance that you wish to make with us?"

"It is clear that you are still a new country, however despite being new you hold great power when it comes to the army. You, Emperor, have a powerful army that would put most to shame. As for my opinion on the trading, Emperor, we are both army powered Nations. Except mine specializes more in knowledge along with Magoi Manipulation. Not to mention we are both on opposite sides of this country. We both have been gaining Nations at incredible speed. With each of us on either side, trapping the smaller nations between two great nations, the chances of them running reduces. Also, we both receive different things when it comes to our ports. We have stuff you don't receive at yours, and you have stuff we don't receive at ours. Emperor, the trading that could happen between our Nations could be the most efficient next to Ballbad and Reim, along with the unity of powerful nations could make us almost unstoppable." Too many words for my liking, but seeing him thinking about made it worth it.

"This decision will take time, you are welcome to stay as long as you like." Was the only answer I received. I bowed my head and took my exit. I could feel my nodashi shift against my bare skin as I walked out of the room. My personal guard was waiting for me outside the doors. He bowed when he saw me, and walked along side me as I headed anywhere but my room.

"Princess, you sure talked a lot today." His voice said. I turned to look at him, and his heterochromic eyes stared into my eyes.

"Seems that I did." My dress dragged against the floor everywhere I walked. It was a simple white kimono underneath a very beautiful scarlet red kimono coat that had light pink and white flowers at the bottom of the sleeves and dress. My obi was black, and basic. I didn't like clothes like these. They were hard to move in and they made me feel trapped. My hair was rich black had reached my hips. Half of my bangs on the left side were pulled back and held in place with a purple butterfly clip. The bangs faded in with my hair, and my right side bangs went if to the side and curled along side my cheek. I had a stray strand that went down between my eyes and over the bridge of my nose and stopped when it was slightly over it. My black hair complimented my eyes, or so I've been told.

"Princess," the dark brown hair guard called out.

"Yes?"
"Do you know where you are going?" I shook my head.

"I see." I continued to walk down the confusing hallways, until,"Princess!" I turned around with my guard to face to certain princes coming towards me. Both had kind smiles on their faces as they got closer. Unfortunately, I could feel mine remain the forever stoic expression it bore.

"Our apologies, it seems we haven't introduced ourselves." The older looking one said. He bowed slightly,"My name is Hakuyuu Ren, and I am the first imperial prince." Thought so.

"Hello, I'm Hakuren Ren, the second imperial prince." He to bowed. My guard, along with me bowed,"My apologies, for I have not formally introduced myself. I am Mikazuki Ametsuchi, the third princess of Yoro." I then gestured to my guard,"And this is Takashi, my personal guard."

"Ametsuchi?" Hakuren asked. I nodded.

"I thought your last name would be Jimmu." Hakuyuu said. I stood up and looked at them. I was a head shorter that Hakuren, so I had to look up a bit to meet their gazes, considering the distance between us.

"If I was a boy, then yes, my name would be Jimmu." Hakuren looked even more confused.

"You see, Prince Hakuyuu and Prince Hakuren, in my country if you are a girl, you receive your mother's maiden name. If you are a boy then you receive your father's name. It is of no exception even in the royalty household."

"Oh~" Hakuren smiled in understanding. Hakuyuu looked at me and said,"So your mother's maiden name was is Ametsuchi."

"Yes."

"What a pretty name you have. Both first and surname." He smiled kindly at me. I felt my cheeks heat up a bit and looked the other way immediately.

"Thank you." I mumbled. I heard chuckling and looked at the second prince,"Want us to show you around?"

"I couldn't possibly ask that of you, Prince Hakuyuu and Prince Hakuren." I bowed.

"Nonsense, we're not busy today anyways." He smiled and started leading the way. I followed him with Takashi behind me, and Prince Hakuyuu next to him. Standing directly next to him made me feel shorter than I really needed to.

"The way you spoke today," Prince Hakuren started,"Sounded as if you have done this before." Prince Hakuyuu finished. They were both looking at me now. Getting his question, I shrugged slightly,"Rarely do I speak in front of high ranking people, let alone an Emperor."

"Why's that?" Prince Hakuren asked. I looked to the side,"Because I am the 'black sheep' of my family." Was all I said. Prince Hakuren looked as if he was going to ask more, but a young voice cut him off.

"Ren nii-san! Yuu nii-san!"

"Hakuryuu, don't run." I looked and saw two young children run towards them. One was a young boy, and the other was a young girl. She was clearly older, and was clearly going to be a beauty when she was older.

"Hey there Hakuryuu." Prince Hakuren smiled and picked up said child. They both smiled, and the young girl looked my way.

"Onii-san, who is that?" She asked. Prince Hakuyuu smiled and patted her head,"Hakuei, this is the princess of Yoro." I bowed to Hakuei,"It is a pleasure to meet you Princess Hakuei." She seemed taken aback. Then she smiled, and bowed back.

"Thank you, and what is your name?"

"Mikazuki." I stood up after that. She continued to look at me, and I could feel another gaze on me. I looked at the young Prince Hakuryuu, and bowed,"Pleasure to meet you, Young Prince Hakuryuu." He blushed a bit, but then bowed back, with Prince Hakuren's help.

"Princess Mikazuki, can we call you Mika nee-san?" Hakuei asked.

"If that is what you wish." She smiled,"In that case, I hope to see you around Mika nee-san." She grabbed Hakuryuu's hand and led him further down the halls. Takashi was still standing stone still.

"Your siblings," I started, gaining the attention of both Princes,"they're cute." This earned a smiled from Prince Hakuyuu and a laugh from Prince Hakuren.

"They are, aren't they." Prince Hakuren smiled. Prince Hakuyuu continued to stare at me,"Do you have younger siblings?" I nodded.

"Do you not get along with your siblings?" Prince Hakuren asked, a slight furrow in his brow. I could see Takashi shift slightly. Showing his sign of concern in this topic.

"Only the older ones. I think I get along pretty well with the younger ones." I shrugged slightly.

"Oh." Prince Hakuren said. I then took a look at my surroundings and noticed that we were in a garden. I looked around everywhere. It was extremely beautiful.

"How pretty." I mumbled without knowing.

"It is isn't it." Prince Hakuyuu smiled. I looked at one of the many peach trees. A slight breeze passed through. Gently taking my hair with it along with some blossoms from the tree. It was so calming.

"Princess, my apologies, but you have some things that you wished to finish." Takashi's voice brought me out of my thoughts. I looked at him, then sighed.

"You're right, thank you, Takashi." Prince Hakuren and Prince Hakuyuu looked at me confused. I bowed,"My apologies Princes, however it seems that I have somethings that I must do. Thank you for your time today as well. I deeply appreciate it."

"No problem. It was nice talking with you." Prince Hakuyuu said, and Prince Hakuren smiled,"Hope to see you tomorrow."

After that I walked back to the hallways that led to my room.

"Takashi,"

"Yes, princess?"

"No, nevermind. My apologies." I said as I continued to walk to my room,"It is no problem, princess."