Aiko slowly pulled her arm away from Tasuki's firm grip and rubbed at it soothingly. "As I tried to say before, I am the original seishi of wings. You merely took my place because I was born a female, and Suzako did not approve of that. If you want me to prove it to you further than the symbol, than I challenge you to a race." Tasuki just blinked at her with wide, purple eyes, but he still seemed to absorb what she had said. Aiko walked up to Nuriko and removed her hair ribbon; she tenderly folded it, and placed it in one of Nuriko's hands as she brought it up with one of her own. She then took one of the many robes that Nuriko was wearing and began to place it on herself, leaving a shocked look upon Nuriko's face. "What are you doing?!" Tasuki shouted up at her. As she finished wrapping it around herself, she turned towards him and tugged the knot tightly when she stopped. "I'm simply evening the odds. You'd be too slow to keep up with me if I did not add weight to myself." Tasuki clenched his fists tightly and growled underneath his breath at her mocking figure. Aiko seemed to slowly glide down the stairs and when she reached the bottom, she put a slender hand upon Tasuki's broad shoulder and patted it slowly. "Let's start," she began as she removed her hand and then slowly walked over to a large map spanning an entire small wall near the stairs of Hotohori's throne. She studied it carefully and then pointed to one spot just outside the doors of the main room, "We will start there," then she slowly let her finger follow a path she acknowledged to be the course and finished at another spot near the pond where Miaka had gone to when she had first started to get to know Nuriko, "And end there. I believe it to be a fair and simple course, enough to show you my moves, are you ready for it. oh! That reminds me, I never caught your name, what is it?" Tasuki just frowned, crossed his arms, and looked away from her with the expression of a stubborn child. Nuriko came down the stairs and walked over to Aiko. "He's obviously called stubborn," she joked as she gave Aiko her ribbon back, "His name is Tasuki." Aiko looked at the ribbon in her hand and then gave it again to Nuriko. "I shan't be needing that for the race, it'll give me more success. With my hair flailing around me, it'll give him more le-way so he can at least keep up with me during the race," she smiled proudly. A sharp growl of frustration came from Tasuki, as he waved a finger at Aiko's face. "Let's get this over with so you can stop mocking me and obviously see that I'm far more advanced and skilled in the subject of speed then you'll ever know or be!" he shouted at her, obviously aggravated. She laughed whole- heartedly and then began to walk to the main doors. "So it shall began now. Nuriko, please wait at the outer pond for us, it shouldn't take to long for me to meet you there," and with that, Aiko left through the doors and awaited Tasuki, who came stomping out after her, anger steam rising from him.