The King's Return
The Christmas Scheme Commences
"Why the hell would you try to devise this plan on Christmas, exactly?" She asked curtly through the phone piece as she walked down the sidewalk toward Homra's bar for the usual meet to discuss her conversations with the Blue King. "Well, it seemed to be the best choice, and I believe that Hisui would chose the same night due to the fact that he knows most of our member would want to be celebrating Christmas. It almost seems too obvious a choice, really." Reisi spoke sarcastically and she could almost see the grin his was wearing to accompany the words. "I suppose that is true, but still! It's my first Christmas back. Damn, this sucks." Kourai heaved a sigh as Yata came gliding by her on his skateboard and he turned to wave with his big, goofy grin before he continued on toward the same location as she was headed. "I will discuss it with Anna and the boys and get back to you. Until then…" With that, she ended the call and ran her fingers through her long silver hair as she thought about the commotion this tactic may bring on.
When she arrived at the bar she paused for a moment with her hand on the door knob and took a deep breath in before exhaling and opening the door with a wry smile. Immediately Izumo frowned, but no one seemed to notice that she seemed worried. It was only natural; she'd been hanging around that bartender since his high school years. Anna also noticed her wry smile and looked worriedly at her mother. "Mama, what did Reisi say?" Anna had never used a last name basis for anyone, no matter what or who they were. Kourai sighed as she set her bag down on the bar, took a seat on one of the stools, and spun around to face everyone while still keeping Izumo in sight as well. "Well, he believes that the Green King will make his move for the Slates on Christmas. I can easily see where this is the best tactical idea and I agree with him. So the plan is to join up and attack them head on that night. He plans to…" Before she could finish, her phone rang and it was Reisi once again. She answered, listened and replied very little before she hung up again. "Turns out, we will need our top players to go and meet with him and the Silver King, now." She said calmly as she rose from her seat once more. "Izumo, Yata. You two are going. The rest of you fall back and try to gain as much Intel as you possibly can while we're out." The order seemed easy enough as Yata and Izumo gathered their things and started making their way to the door. Anna rose from her seat and looked at the boys left behind. "Please do as she said, we will be back soon." Her small voice seemed so unfitting of a King, but all of them knew that she was quite capable. Kourai moved to Anna's side to take her hand before they too head out the door together after the boys.
Later that day
Kourai, Yata, and Izumo were all sitting at the bar laughing about the stupid Coffee Table Knights theory Isana had come up with while at the meeting after briefing the boys on what was to go down on Christmas and Anna sat, staring into one of her marbles as she looked over her two friends and her mother. Yata and Izumo were in their usual garb but the color of her mother's fur trimmed coat, and ankle length dress had her mesmerized. Before, she had hardly gotten to see the color pink, but her mother had a tendency to favor the light pink pastels with the lightly tanned color of her coat. The fur was exquisite shades of white and gray and the balance with her flowing silver hair was beautiful. "So pretty." She whispered lightly with a small smile on her lips before she placed the marble on the counter to dance around. "I've decided we will keep in contact through these…" Anna stated methodically as she pointed to the marble. "I can transmit each conversation telepathically through them. Sound good." Kourai's eyes darted to her daughter, wide and full of pride. She had no idea her daughter had that ability and it did make her quite happy to hear so. She nodded with a bright smile as the boys followed suit. With that, Anna grabbed her marble, rose from her seat, and headed to the rooms to go to bed. It wasn't long after that when Yata chose to do the same, giving the two of them a sleep wave as he headed off to bed. "So, did you know Anna could do something like that?" Izumo asked Kourai as she turned back around on her stool to face him after waving Yata goodnight and she smiled, shaking her head. "I had no idea, but it's a useful trick, and really nice to hear honestly." She said with a light chuckle.
Izumo joined her in the chuckle and shrugged. "Well I guess that means that no one really knew what little Anna was capable of until she became a King." But why would they have had to know? Mikoto was very good at protecting her and keeping her safe while in his care. Kourai thanked him for that every night before bed. He may be dead, but he was never fully gone for any of them, his memory continued on in each of their hearts and minds. It was then that Kourai thought about the day they had all been lured out by the Greens and grinned. "Hey, remember when the Blues fought with us against those Green thugs? You would not believe what I got to witness." As she spoke, her grin became more sinister and she almost had an evil red queen look on her face. "Fushimi was totally jealous of Yata and I. It was classic!" She slapped the counter as she laughed out loud and Izumo grinned. "Is that so? Well, so it begins. The jealousy games." He also knew exactly how Kourai would reply to that. "Oh yes, and let the games begin!" She replied with that wide sinister grin as she thought about how to provoke him more at their next meeting.
[ Author's note: Well, I had a wonderful weekend meeting the voice actor of MIKOTO at Magic City Comic Con! It was such a good time! I know this chapter is a bit short, but it got right to the point. I also know I'm straying from what actually happened in season two a bit, as I've mentioned, I hated how they went about things. Can't wait for the next chapter! Please RxR and I will love you forever! ]