"They´re coming", Isana said as she opened her eyes.
"Prepare the troops", Isana said and stood up from her chair.
"Yes, my master", Icy said and bowed to her.
"What about her?" Icy asked. Isana spitted to ground and had a very displeased look on her face.
"Let´s keep her locked up, I don´t want to use her, unless we really have to. I want her to suffer a little bit longer", she said and made very cruel smile.
"Yes", Icy said vey pleased.
"Is this it?" Rikuo asked as he looked a big Ice castle in front of them.
"Yes, this is the ice clan´s, head-out", Kurotabo said.
"So, master what is the plan?" Aotabo asked.
"The plan is to take down Isana, I don´t care who kills her, as long as in the end we kill her, then the rest of her clan you can take down", Rikuo said.
"And the Ice triplets?" Kubinashi asked. Rikuo thought for a second then answered.
"You can kill them too", Rikuo said and opened the doors.
"Isana Easly! I answered to your calling! Show yourself!" Rikuo yelled. Then Isana appeared in front of him laughing.
"So you came, little boy", Isana laughed. Rikuo looked at her with a dull expression.
"You think you can win?" Isana asked and then a huge army appeared behind her, including the Ice triplets.
"We can easily defeat someone like you", Rikuo said with very confident voice. Isana looked at him with very fierce expression.
"Kill them! Kill all of them!" Isana yelled with rage. Then her side attacked and so did Rikuo´s side.
The fight was fierce, but Rikuo´s side was strong they didn´t lose in strength, but they were greatly outnumbered. Isana didn´t participate in battle she just sat, looking at the battle from high place, with Icy. At the middle of the battle Rikuo sensed, someone very familiar to him, under ground the castle.
"Tsurara? What is she doing in here?" Rikuo thought and then looked at around him. His side was very strong and the battle was even. Then he jumped to Kurotabo.
"What is it, master?" He asked as he stabbed to one man down.
"I have to step out for a while", Rikuo said as he at the same time kicked one men down.
"Why?" Kurotabo asked.
"Why, you ask. Does that mean that you can´t win without me?" Rikuo teased.
"Of course not!" Kurotabo said.
"Don´t worry I will come soon back", Rikuo said as he jumped away and run trough the closest door.
"Master?" Icy said as she noticed Rikuo leaving.
"I know", Isana said.
"What are you going to do?" Icy asked.
"Nothing. Let him go, he can´t do anything anyway. That girl is already mine", Isana said and smiled a very cruel smile.
Rikuo ran through the corridors trying to locate Tsurara.
"Tsurara where are you?" Rikuo thought as he ran forward. Then he ran to a small door which let to underground. He smashed through it and kept on running. Then he came to the dungeons, which were full of ice. He tried to look Tsurara from everyone of them, until he got to the sell at the end of the room. He smashed trough the door and held his breath when he saw her. She was hanging from the wall. Her wrist´s and ankle´s flesh was almost completely torn of, which told that she had been hanging there very long. Most of her clothes were torn of and her body was full of wounds and scratches. He was full of rage when he saw her like that. He cut her immediately down from there. He took the coat off which was on his shoulders and wrapped her to it. Then he hugged her tightly against his chest.
"Yuki-Onna?" He whispered, but she didn´t respond.
"Tsurara? Tsurara…everything is fine now I´m here", Rikuo said as he lifted her to his arms and walked away.
"Hmm…interesting", Isana said.
"What is it?" Icy asked.
"Our little guest found our girl", Isana said and stood up.
"Icy take the command, I´m going to step out for a while." Then Isana disappeared. Icy nodded and joined the battle, they were losing very badly.
Rikuo walked very slowly and tried not to move Tsurara very much. Tsurara was breathing, but very slowly.
"What? Am I been carried? By whom?" Tsurara thought as she slowly opened her eyes. At first it was very hard for her to figure out who it was, but when she realized she was shocked.
"Master Rikuo!" She yelled and Rikuo was so surprised that he almost fell down.
"Tsurara, don´t surprise me like that", he said and smiled to her.
"Why are you here?" Tsurara asked and looked at him.
"I´m here to kick that bitch Isana´s ass", Rikuo said very confident. Tsurara was shocked and grabbed his clothes. Rikuo surprised and looked at Tsurara.
"What do you think you´re doing! You can´t win against her! She´s the one who defeated the clans in north! You…" Tsurara preached and was caught up by a sudden cough fit and she coughed blood.
"Are you alright, Tsurara?" He asked and looked at her very worried. He stopped and put her down. Tsurara just coughed blood.
"What am I gonna do with you? You have wounds all over your body and you´re coughing blood, and you´re still trying to worry about me", Rikuo said and laughed.
"Wounded?" Tsurara asked and seemed just now to notice her wounds and looked at her hands. Rikuo was shocked when he noticed Tusrara´s surprised eyes as she looked at herself.
"What has she done to you?" He asked and bit his teeth together. Tsurara looked to the ground and grabbed his arm, just as if she was looking comfort.
"Don´t worry, Tsurara, I´m going to protect you", he just said and hugged her very tightly.
"Aww! Isn´t that sweet!" A voice said from the shadows. Rikuo and Tsurara were both surprised, when Isana appeared in front of them. Tsurara´s eyes got full of fear when she looked at her.
"Now, Tsurara. I would like you to kill Nura Rikuo", Isana said and Tsurara´s eyes got full of fear. Rikuo looked first at Tsurara, and then at Isana, and then again Tsurara.
"What does she mean by that, Tsurara?" Rikuo asked.
"It means that that thing in your hand belongs to me!" Isana yelled and pointed at Tsurara. Rikuo looked at Tsurara as she started to shake in his arms.
"Tsurara! I order you!" Isana yelled and lifted her hand, so that she revealed the contract mark in her arm. Then Tsurar started to yell from pain and she fell to the ground. She yelled and struggled from pain.
"Tsurara!" Rikuo yelled as he bend down to her side, then he noticed the contract mark in her arm, it was glowing.
"Tsurara, you are…" He started but couldn´t finish the sentence.
"That´s it Tsurara!" Isana yelled and laughed.
"Stop it!" Rikuo yelled and unsheathed his sword.
"Ha haa! There´s nothing you can do, Nura boy! Except die in here, by the hands of your beloved subordinate! Tsurara, this is an order! Change in to your true form and kill Nura Rikuo with everything you have!" Isana yelled like crazy.
"True form?" Rikuo said and looked at Tsurara. She was still on the floor and in pain, but she was looking at Rikuo.
"Master Rikuo! Kill me!" She begged with tears in her eyes.
"I order you, Tsurara!" Isana yelled again.
"No!" Tsurara yelled as she tired to resist, but her body was weak and she couldn´t resist long. Then she looked at Rikuo the last time and apologized. Then a huge ice pillar captured her inside it. For a second was very quiet, until a huge light came out of the ice pillar and it shattered into pieces. Inside the pillar came out Tsurara, but she had changed. Her body had grown and so had her hair, it was still the same colour though. She was wearing a light blue dress, which had no shoulder straps. She was very beautiful. As she landed to the ground she opened her eyes.
"That´s right, Tsurara. Kill him", Isana said very pleased. Then a blade started to form in her hand. Rikuo knew that he should draw his sword but he couldn´t. He was shocked by the beauty in front of her.
"So this is what Grandfather meant, when he said he couldn´t move. But this is weird I have never felt this way", Rikuo thought as he dropped his arms.
"Haha! Lost the will to fight, hu! What a coward!" Isana yelled and laughed. Then Tsurara moved and Rikuo closed his eyes, but the strike didn´t come.
"What the hell!" Isana yelled and Rikuo turned around. Tsurara had stabbed Isana.
"Why? How can you do this to your master!" Isana yelled with rage. Tsurara had empty and clod eyes.