I've seen Korra, its lovely! If you didn't watch...sucks to be you
Dalek; its complicated...
Sage; Please don't remind me...
Now then, lets continue to look at the past of Tasukeru Yuki, and her connections to the storyline
Last chapter recall
As the meeting concluded, the elders and Kenmeina quickly dispersed into icy mist, quick to spread the news amongst the Yuki-Onna, leaving the sage in the snow with little Tasukeru, who had finally gotten a shape out of ice.
"Oh..." The little girl said cutely, as the Sage looked over at her, quickly recovering her head "Your pretty"
The sage smiled at the compliment "I'm nothing special. You..however, are. Your the future of your kind, the heir of a new age of Yuki Onna" the sage knelt down in the snow "I sense, no..I know, your play a part in the crusade, to make things right in the world"
"Right!" Little Tasukeru said cheerfully as the sage chuckled.
Little children; human, demigod or Japanese spirit known for killing lost hikers by freezing them, were so cute.
"Here" the little girl handed the sage what she had made of ice. The sage noted it, and smiled.
It was a crystal clear, ice heart.
"Thank you...and may you one day find someone, who you will give your own heart to, one day"
Yuki-Onna village many years later
One might refer to this era by many different terms.
To one world its 2007
Others call it, Titan's Curse
No matter what you call it, its a lot later, and we see a lot of hustling in the village, with the plans of Ragnarok in full play, with the tricks of the Norse at play here in the land of Yokai
The aged bodies of the Yuki Onna's lovers were now in their prime once again, just like the honored dead of Valhalla, just with a bit less killing and feasting in a daily cycle of carnage that would have made Ares blush.
However...you didn't see them that much...or their mates for that matter...well lets just say that their was a population boon in Yuki-Onna numbers ever since Ragnarok invited them to join.
While it was nice for the Yuki-Onna who had love...for the one who didn't have anyone to wait for, mother or father, it was just painful.
On top a hill overlooking the Yuki-Onna village, we see Tasukeru frowning, a traveling sack over her shoulder, now looking like the normal Yuki-Onna teenager, ice based jewerly, black hair, pale skin, though she is comparability shorter.
Apparently, she got that from her father...the man who abandoned her mother, and caused her to die of loneliness.
But this...it was too painful. To see all the happiness of her fellow Yuki-Onna, a closeness that she could not feel.
The love of families.
Why should she fight for the happiness of others? She had made long due with her empty life, devoid of the love of families.
They had things to gain from attacking the Olympians...she had none.
At least...she didn't think she did.
Mount Othrys, some time later
There some things that are known to be painful
Holding up the sky was horrible
Watching someone you cared about do it, hurt more, particularly if you knew what it felt like.
The blond, sickly looking Luke Castellan of the Titan Rebellion felt that way, having held the sky and watching the prone form of Annabeth Chase hold it up as well bothered him...but she had to. It was bait to lure that brat of a goddess, Artemis, to hold up the sky herself.
The brat of a goddess was one of the smarter Olympians, she wanted to deal with the Titans quickly. Thus, she had to be dealt with quickly before she actually got them on a war footing.
Without her, they could conquer the fools while they were still arguing.
However, Luke shivered as if he felt a sudden chill, as if a Hyperborian was breathing down his neck. Drawing his sword, Backbiter, he found a female with pale skin and ice in her hair behind him.
Luke narrowed his eyes "Khione?"
Tasukeru rose her eyebrows a fraction "Your ice goddess...no. My understanding of your mythology is limited...but isn't some large titan supposed to be holding up the sky...and not some surfer chick?"
Luke glared at her offended "she is not a surfer chick"
"Really...she looks like one?"
"Shut up!" he drew Backbiter and stabbed it at her...however her body turned all misty and the blade harmlessly passed on through as she reformed behind him, as a pair of ice daggers formed in her hands.
Luke glared at her "If your not Khione, or a demigod daughter of her...then what the Hades are you!"
"I am a Yuki-Onna"
"There is no such thing!" No other myths existed, so said his lord Kronos. He had asked about that...and after being mentally assaulted, or perhaps the better term of mind raped, by said titan, he never asked the question again.
"I can assure you that I am one...I will admit however that as much as you know little about me, I know little about the Olympians? We could fight, which would just be long and painful for the both of us, you can't hit me and I cannot harm you, or we could talk"
Luke smirked, this could be a chance to get another ally, or at least keep one away from the Olympians. So, snapping his fingers he conjured up two chairs and took a seat.
"Now then..."
"Yuki, Tasukeru Yuki"
"Luke, Luke Castellan...now then the Olympians are..." it was at times to talk to someone who was not a flesh eating monster or a mildly twisted Titan.
After the talk, while she didn't join the forces of Kronos, she had a quite...negative view of the Olypians, which manifested when she next
He (Younger Orion) heard his mom calling for him, and a lot of rustling. It also sounded like a giant eagle, but it might just be a concussion.
Shivering, he realized it had just dropped another 20 degrees...was this hypothermia?
"Are you okay" a female voice whispered. Orion moved his eyes to their limited agree with his concussion to spy a girl. It might be his concussion, but she looked sort of odd. She had black hair, that appeared to be done up in a ponytail by hair bands made of ice. She was wearing a ice blue winter jacket, baggy pants of a white color and brown snow boots, with a light green backpack on her back. She was short, with pale Asian looks. Orion groaned.
"Urg...I hit my head on something..." he began, before the girl knelled down in the snow around him, before removing a first aid kit from her back, and applying bandages to some of the wounds.
"What, did you get run over by a bear or something? You look like a wreck" now that he thought about it, she had a slight accent, as if English wasn't her first language..
"Tasukeru Yuki" she said. Orion looked at her weakly.
"In this country, is it not the tradition to give your name to be polite. May I know yours?" Orion was finding it harder to stay conscious.
"Orion, Stele" he fainted, just as his mother rushed to his side, covered in dust.
"ORION!" She ran to her son, as Tasukeru rose her eyebrows.
"You seem to care about your son a lot, Artemis" Artemis froze at her statement, and not from the cold "Or do you prefer Diana? Cynthia? Mistress of Jakelopes?" Artemis stood up to her adult form height, wielding her ski poles like dual blades.
"How do you know who I am!" Tasukeru had a blank face.
"Our kind knows all about those who have led to our near extinction, and those of many others" Artemis looked confused at this statement. "Your western civilization covers the world, like a Kudzu vine in Alabama. Constricting the other lands, slowly suffocating those who existed there long before you" Artemis still appeared confused.
"What are you talking about? The only others that exist are the Egyptians, and the nutcases of the House of Life locked them up a long time ago..."
"Baring the odd exception" Tasukeru frowned "Your not exactly the goddess of politics, so I can understand why you might miss things. But your foolish miss views will lead to your destruction" Artemis glared down at this strange person.
"If you hadn't been helping my son, I would kill you now. But, I believe you need to talk!" Artemis flew at the girl with both her Celestial Bronze ski poles, before a huge ice crystal rose up to block the attack.
"Ice?" Artemis blinked as she was forced back. The ice shrunk down, by the movement of Tasukeru's hand.
"Daughter of Khione?" Artemis questioned. Tasukeru laughed.
"A demigod? You think I'm a demigod? Nah, I'm just a draft dodger" a icy wind started blowing, as Tasukeru vanished. Artemis blinked in confusion.
"That, was new"
The next time, however, she had seen more, and expanded her opinion.
However...there was something about this place...not here but somewhere else in the land of government fearing, gun loving hotshots, run by the worst gods that she had ever seen maturity wise...that garnered her attention.
Perhaps someone...who attracted her.
That boy she saved...Orion Stele. Perhaps...he was the one
Okay, I will be returning to the main story, I just wanted to give Tasukeru some more character, and taking a short break from the main story, in my opinion, gave her just the opportunity to do so.