"Very well," Toyohime smiled, closing her fan and raising her hand. "Let's see how you counter this," as she said that, Toyohime used her ability of manipulating the boundary between the fantastical and scientific sides of the moon, sending Kaiya to the airless scientific side.
Kaiya instantly sprung into action, holding what air she could carry from the fantastical version of the moon into her lungs and covering her mouth, closing her eyes as she attempted to picture a place in her mind. 'Simple trick…' she thought to herself, as her lungs slowly began to lose the oxygen she had preserved from the fantastical side of the moon.
Toyohime opened her fan over her mouth, sighing as she did so. "Appears she didn't have enough in her to be able to combat me," She said leaning her head on her shoulder. "What a shame -" suddenly, she was cut off by a tap on the shoulder, as Kaiya floated behind her with a smile on her face.
"Sorry to shock you," She said, taking her distance away from her with a few jumps. "You sent me over to an airless version of the moon, correct? Well, our Mars also has such a side to it that people can't usually breathe whilst on the surface. Apparently out leader created a split dimension where Mars has an airless side, and where it does not. Hiroko managed to learn to switch those two sides at will outside of the invisible city, one second it could be breathable, one second you'd die within seconds. The invisible city itself doesn't change, however." Kaiya said, before pausing and covering her mouth. "Oh, I apologise. I'm going on a little rant, aren't I? Well, Hiroko trained me to use my ability across those two dimensions by swapping them on the outside."
"I see," Toyohime said, lowering her fan to the side of her body. "Well, that's a rather interesting story of yours. However, may I ask what this ability of yours is?"
"Oh, simple teleportation," Kaiya said, shrugging as she did so. "However, I can link my ability to other people."
"Link your ability to other people?" Toyohime smiled, raising her head higher. "So you're the one behind the Martian's suddenly appearing on the moon without any prior signs of their approach?"
"Martians, is that what you call us?" Kaiya asked, curious as to how that name came into happening. "What a weird name. We simply call you guys 'Satellite Dwellers'."
"Everyone else calls us 'Lunarians'." Toyohime said, raising her fan over her mouth. "I'm not certain myself how that name came into being."
"Well, appears we've both been dubbed strange names," Kaiya said, biting the corner of her lip slightly. "Looks like we have some things in common."
"Perhaps," Toyohime smiled behind her fan, before raising it into the air. "But i'm afraid our chat has to end somewhere, Martian. Now, i'm afraid it's time to say goodbye." She said, as she began to lower her fan down. However, before she could completely lower it in a full motion, the fan disappeared from out of her hand, preventing whatever attack Toyohime may have been attempting. Kaiya held the fan in her hand, twirling it around in her fingers as she looked at it questioningly.
"We don't have these kinds of objects on Mars," She said, opening and closing the fan in a motion to try to understand how it operated. "Perhaps we live too far out in space to create such objects, despite us being the neighbouring planet."
Toyohime 'stood' still in the air, bringing her arm to the side of her and she stared down on Kaiya, who was playing with her fan in her hand. "How did you get that from me?"
"Oh, forgive me, I may have partly lied about my ability earlier," Kaiya said, opening the fan and waving it on her face as her hair blew slightly from the resulting wind. "Ah, that does feel quite refreshing. Oh, my apologies. Anyway, to elaborate more on my ability, I can warp absolutely anything to anywhere else in space. I could even send you to an airless vacuum in the middle of nowhere, if that was as I so pleased. Or even warp one of our twin satellites to your satellite, and cause them both to crash into each other and wipe out your entire population. Although, I am beginning to like you."
"Beginning to like me?" Toyohime asked, as her faced appeared a slight bit more flustered, before correcting itself to its normal colour. "Well, that is quite the scary ability. Why did you not attempt to throw me in the middle of a vacuum, if you claim to be able to do such a thing?"
Kaiya smiled, before copying what Toyohime does with her fan and moving it over her mouth. "We're gathering data on you 'Lunarians' as well as whoever may be on that rock down there, of course. We're trying to build an empire across space for our master here, and an empire is no good if everyone's dead, now is it?"
"Well, you do raise a fair point," Toyohime said, tilting her head to her side. "And it does appear I may have gotten unlucky with my opponent. It appears you have every way to be able to counter my skills."
"Oh, don't feel bad, Toyohime," Kaiya said, moving the fan away from her face with a more straight face. "We all get unlucky once in a while. Your still much stronger than me in a fight though. I've only ever trained in using my ability, rarely ever in anything else. I never needed to, nor predicted I would ever meet anyone so strong on the battlefield."
"I'm honored, Kaiya," Toyohime smiled, opening her hand out towards Kaiya. "Now, could I perhaps have my fan back?"
"Not right now, i'm sorry," Kaiya said, opening and closing the fan as she continued to look at it. "It appears your attack was based upon this fan here. Unfortunately Hiroko isn't with us right now so I have no idea what your weapon is about. Perhaps you could tell me what this is?"
Toyohime sighed, holding the edge of her hat as she pulled it down to the front of her head. "That fan has the ability to purify a large bamboo forest on an atomic level. Now, may I have my fan back? It appears it is useless to attempt to use it against the likes of your ability, however."
Kaiya nodded, throwing the fan into the air as she teleported it into Toyohime's hand, which she gripped opened herself, narrowing her eyes. "So, what is it that you want with the moon here?"
"The Martian leader wishes for us to begin conquering for a space empire. I have no idea why, however. I may be one of the highest ranks in the Martian army, even among the ministers. Third highest rank in the entire Martian army, in fact, only behind Hiroko and the leader. But it appears only the leader, and maybe Hiroko really understands what the leader wants," Kaiya sighed.
"Ah, I see," Toyohime said, raising her eyebrows questioningly. "Who is this leader of yours, by the way?"
Kaiya shrugged, shaking her head as she did. "I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. They're quite secretive about that information, or any information. Though, I have a request for you, Toyohime."
"Oh, and what's that?" Toyohime asked, tilting her head to the side.
"It appears both of our forces stopped fighting," Kaiya smiled, pointing down towards the battle beneath as both the Lunarian moon rabbits and the Martian army had paused their fighting to listen in to the conversation between the two of them. "Could you please halt the fighting here and get along for now? Your sister has already gained the upper hand in the south and i'd much rather have us stop this fighting. Especially since it appears the end may be in sight, even without our interference. However, i'll be the one to keep you from interfering with Hiroko's plans."
"What do you mean?" Toyohime asked, opening her eyes in surprise as she looked behind Kaiya, towards the lunar capital.
"We'll have to both see, won't we?" Kaiya said, also seemingly becoming a little more serious in her facial expression also.
Whilst Toyohime and Kaiya were speaking to each other, Hiroko was in the invisible city, walking up to a large door. She breathed in heavily, opening the door as it creaked open. Inside was a long corridor, and at the end, a girl was on her knees, locked in handcuffs that appeared to be imbued with magical power. Her eyes were closed, as her head was hung low.
"Good… it appears you're asleep," Hiroko whispered to herself, walking slowly through the corridor as she stopped in the middle. She stared at the girl at the end, her heart feeling heavy and arms feeling weak by her side. She turned her head towards a deck of cards hung on the wall, taking it off and opening it. Inside were cards imbued with magical power. She felt the top card in her hand, rubbing her thumb and finger against them, before looking up towards the girl in the cuffs.
Above the girl were two weapons, one appeared to be a spear with a ribbon hanging from the bottom of the tip, and the other appeared to be a sword, with a blue ribbon contrasting to the spear's red ribbon, hanging from the top of the handle. "Well, I hope you have a nice day. I'll come to visit you with the news once this is all done. I hope I can cheer you up with it."
With that, Hiroko turned her back on the girl, deck of cards in hand, and closed the large door behind her. She stayed still on the other end of the door for a moment, closing her eyes and muttering what could be amounted to a prayer to herself, before looking upwards and pressing a button on the chip within her ear. "Kaiya, I have what I need. Warp me to inside the Lunar Capital, near the palace."
"Understood," Kaiya's voice said through the chip, as Hiroko was warped to the palace, turning her head towards the doors immediately as she was and pushing them open, stepping through and looking forwards. She stopped at one end of a large hall, looking towards the other end as Lord Tsukuyomi sat on his throne.
"I hope you've not forgotten me, Lord Tsukuyomi," Hiroko said, fanning her cards out and closing her eyes. "It's been quite a while, hasn't it? I apologise for the sudden intrusion, but I trust you understand why these actions must have been taken."
Tsukuyomi stood up from his throne as he walked towards Hiroko. "Yes, I understand," He said, as he took a large sword from beside him. "It was not a matter of if you would attempt to gain land, it was only a matter of when you would attempt to. How is she doing, by the way?"
"She's doing as well as one could hope a girl who has been locked up for millions of years could be doing," Hiroko said, looking down as she brought her cards back into a stack formation. "You must defend the Lunar Capital with everything you have, as it's lord. And I have to fight for the Invisible Martian city as hard as I possibly can. It is a shame that the first time we meet in these millions of years is in battle, isn't it?"
"Indeed it is," Tsukuyomi said, raising his sword in a battle stance. "Perhaps, when this is over, we can discuss what has happened over this extensive period of time over a drink."
"Yes, that would be nice," Hiroko said, smiling as she too assumed a sort of battle formation. "I'm sure she would be happy to see you too. But, I can't have you running around the Martian City if this battle does sway in my favour. I'm sure you understand that, right?"
"Yes," Tsukuyomi said, closing his eyes as he walked closer to Hiroko. "Now, let us do battle. To see who's ambition is stronger, mine to protect the Lunar Capital, or yours to fight for the rights of the one you hold most dearly."
*Spell Card!* World Insight!
According to the Martian's Book of History on the Invisible City:
The two moons orbiting Mars act to sustain the powers in the Martian city, and is likely the reason why the city constantly remains invisible. As well as this, these two moons have constructs of magical power on them, which seem to focus on the Invisible City, providing magical power to the city. It is unknown to the citizens what this magical power is exactly used for, outside of the assumption that it may be one of the reasons why the city remains invisible, if not the single reason as to why it is so. However, if the magical constructs upon these moons are the only reason as to why it remains invisible, Martian's have realised that, beyond its creation some time ago, the leader of the city plays no role in sustaining or creating anything related to the city.
