"May I present her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria." Kurama said.
As Kurama and Hiei bowed, the "Maria" echoed throughout the room. Even the tapestries shuttered in response to the name, as Kurama and Maya exited the hall they bickered.
"Puu we are going to Paris!" Maya said.
"The dog stays." Kurama said.
"What are you talking about, the dog goes." Maya said.
"The dog does not go." Kurama said.
"I say he's going." Maya said.
"I'm allergic to dogs." Kurama said.
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A a breeze seemed to carry the echo up to the rafters. The Reliquary glowed behind Kuronue, unnoticed as he looked down at the trio below. Smoke wisped ominously from its top.
"Maria. Yeah, just one problem there fella, Maria's dead. All the Romanovs are dead. They're dead, dead, dead, dead ..." Kuronue said.
A Minion emerged from the Reliquary, hovering beside Kuronue.
"... Am I right my friend. I mean, how could that be Rah ... Aah ... YAAAAGH!" Kuronue screamed as Minions poured forth from the Reliquary, eagerly reaching toward Maya but disappearing in a puff of smoke inches from their unearthly home..
"Oh, come on now. Am I supposed to believe that thing woke up after all these years just because some guy claims she's a Romanov?" Kuronue said.
The Reliquary glowed bright, shaking violently.
"Okay! Okay! I get-the message! Enough already with glowing and the smoke people!" Kuronue said, spooked.
He took another look at Maya, far below.
"If that things come back to life it must mean Maria's alive." Kuronue said.
"Just leave the dog." Kurama said.
"I am not leaving the dog." Maya said.
" ... and that's her." Kuronue said.
"Come we've got a train to catch." Hiei said.
The Reliquary took off like a rocket, dragging Kuronue with it' They dove straight-for the floor, Kuronue covered his eyes as he crashed through the floor.
"Whoah! ! !" Kuronue said.
The Reliquary pulled him down into the icy water pulling him further and further down. He hit the bottom of the lake and was now in the soil under the water, continuing to do down.
He continued to go down further into the earth at a tremendous speed.
"Mayday, Mayday. Hey I ooh, ooh,,ooh, waah, ooh yuck, yuck, wow, help, oh,,oh, oh, oh, hot it's hot, aah, oh oh ... wow ..." Kuronue said.
