They found her quickly, Amaterasu wasn't exactly hiding. According to Yuuka she was a magician, someone sent by the church to capture one of them both. He didn't think twice when he saw the girl in the royal robe and attacked her when they spotted her. He wanted Yuuka to realize how strong he was, so far it had only been failure when she got to see him. It was very bad luck for him, he had to prove her wrong. So far everything for him had been easy, but now he was playing in another league, his power alone was not enough to win.
He leaped and took momentum by using the wind around him. It was a fast strike but with a lot of power into it, if he did this to the ground a small city would have been destroyed. Though the Japanese magician just shielded her face with her sleeve.
Yuuka laughed when the bones flew out of his hand, even his arm got broken. The robe was harder than anything he had touched ever in his life. A little kid hitting a stone with the momentum of a truck. He took the pain and attempted to punch the girl once more with his left hand but she dodged and gripped his fist.
–Every time. Is this the way of greeting someone? –Accelerator didn't understand a thing, the girl held his hand with such care, but he could not get free from her grip. Her vectors could be moved but they moved back on their own.
–Like I am greeting you
–Oh. Sorry boy I'm not talking to you. I apologize for the hand, if I knew you were that strong I would have dodged –The dark haired lady looked at Yuuka who was still laughing
–Perhaps you should give him a hand!
–You just fooled this boy into hitting me to make that pun?! It isn't even funny!
–You know each other?! She is right this isn't funny! –Amaterasu had released him, he was starting to feel the pain in his hand now that the adrenaline was gone
–It isn't funny to you both. But I think this is pure comedy. What brings you here Amy?
–You already know it. Just ask directly if you want it that bad.
–Yuuka puffed her cheeks –Alriiiight! What did you bring me for my birthday?
–Accelerator had fainted now from blood loss
–I forgot about your student… Let's take him to a hospital if you don't want him to end like Kasen
–Now that would look really cool on him!
–Yuuka I'm burning your gift if we don't take him
–She even ran to retrieve Accelerator. The blood had stained his clothing but not Amaterasu's. Every layer of her clothing was a walking church on their own, she wasn't paranoid but it was a gift from her friends. She liked the care it was done with, Amaterasu was a very sentimental person, the same reason why she allowed Yuuka to call her Amy.
They left him in the hospital after explaining to him the reason she was there. She had came to Academy City to celebrate Yuuka's anniversary of taking a human form and keeping it, practically her birthday. The main reason why she did it was because Amaterasu's last name was Kazami, literally they were sisters.
The surname was not exclusive to Yuuka. Kazami is the way the Rudra call themselves, wind watchers. Those you could foresee disaster by their expressions only, mainly because they were the most powerful family in the universe. After them came the Adyita, whose surname was in fact Yakumo, their influence was higher than that of the Kazami. Last there came the Yamaxanadu, the creators. A Seraph is a piece of god's mind with an incarnated form.
The families were very isolationists, the servants rarely recognized someone from the other faction. The three families were in fact parts of god's mind, it is impossible for so much to be contained into a single personality. God had divided himself into three, Catholics saw them too, the Rudras were the "father" the personality who ruled in times of yore. Adyitas were known as the "son" who were not at all derived from the destroyers but were equals. The creators is the part of god that rarely is mentioned the "holy spirit" they were the ones who created the world, Adyitas created the boundaries among things to turn that shapeless blob into a universe, Rudras made sure nothing that could threaten their creations stayed for too long.
Rudra, the ego of god, divided itself into four pieces (who made them the piece with the least members, Adyita was divided in 10 and Brahma (creation) into hundreds of pieces). Consciousness, instinct, personality and memories. The consciousness was Amaterasu, which made her the wisest, instinct was Tezcatlipoca, hot headed which brought his demise later on, memories was Tsukuyomi who was called Hares by humans, he was the smartest of them all and applied everything he knew into fantastic technology (there is a reason why high end technology is always deeply rooted in war), Yuuka, the one who took more time to embrace a shape, was the personality. That latest piece of knowledge was something Index should not know.
She was aware of the green haired being part of god, but she could not know that she was the one whose behavior was the closest to the complete being. Index preferred to think Amaterasu (who for her held another name) was the one who carried personality. That information had never been written and it is only known to the Rudra themselves, not even the Adyita know that. In a small parenthesis it is worth mentioning that Yakumo Yukari was not one of the 10 pieces of the respective personality of the trinity but a blood born daughter of one of them.
Amaterasu held Yuuka very dear, and her sister loved her back as well, for a reason she had a garden of sunflowers. Not even the fact that Yuuka was staying in a human city was going to stop her from doing her yearly visit. The room Yuuka stayed in sounded too austere for her sister, but it was something she never minded, of course we are talking about the aristocrat who liked to get her hands dirty with mulch during spring.
Amaterasu got a wooden box out of her robes and opened it. Inside there were some dried flowers which only grew in Amaterasu's home. When dried they could be either turned into a silk-like fabric which was tougher than anything on earth, which was the material Yuuka's umbrella was made out of. The other use was distilling them to extract magic ore, which could be later on used in tools (it was ironic how humans used this mineral turned into fibers to then create their "walking churches" however it is harder to come by the raw flower than the magic ore which was widely used by the gods who later on gave it to humans). Another way of getting smaller amounts of magic ore is by extracting it from dragon blood, but dragons are way too hard to kill.
Also there some metal boxes (plain tin) filled with rare teas. For humans they could be used for healing or getting to live for grossly long amounts of time, for people like Amaterasu and Yuuka they were just very tasty treats.
Some books of plain human fiction which Yuuka enjoyed reading, and at the bottom of the box there was a red plaid two piece suit; a skirt and a vest. There was a white shirt for the outfit and a yellow tie. This was not a gift but rather a favor Yuuka had asked for, during the incident with Reimu and the Imagine Breaker, where her mind was locked in a human body (the personality of god was left blind drifting away in the void). The suit she had was turned into shreds, it was a good thing she wasn't wearing it at the time.
Tsukuyomi had made it for Amaterasu in Yuuka's behalf, he was the one who made the clothing for Amaterasu too, he didn't use flower paste but silk from worms who were fed solely on those flowers. When he was asked for the favor was when he found out about what was happening in his little experiment with humans (he never cared much about them anyway). He didn't like the fact that his sister had walked so freely into his plans and changed them, but it wasn't something he could change. His plans with Academy City and Aleister Crowley were not as important to him as his sister's well being. He was a strategist but he still gave his family more importance than anything else.
She was happy to finally have her set of normal clothing back, even though she could not use it because she was required to wear the uniform at all times.
Yuuka had taken with her sister's help all the items from the box. It was odd how they even fit inside such a small thing. The bed was completely covered, in Yuuka's opinion one can of tea would have been enough. She prepared the kettle to drink some of it while she put on her new yellow tie in the uniform. It didn't match at all but she preferred it that way. Amaterasu was smelling around in the room, there was something that bugged her, she then got out of the room and started walking in the hallways. It was forbidden for anyone to have guests, Yuuka had enough problems sneaking her sister into the building.
Now she was following the girl in the white junihitoe so she could hide her when anyone came by. She stopped sniffing in front of a door and opened it, what had those two done to get such bad luck? Or perhaps it was good one. Amaterasu was never too disciplined either, she didn't like making people feel uncomfortable. But anyone would tell the queen of the gods she was being rude by walking into places with no permission.
Mikoto and Kuroko's room… Yuuka sighed and walked in behind her sister.
–I'm sorry! She just ran off… –the two girls were staring blankly at the two intruders, one of them was wearing a layered robe and a golden crown, a very weird person indeed. The other was wearing the same thing they did but from experience she was just as eccentric in their minds. The two girls had an opened box of chocolates in front of them, Kuroko was even holding one. The white clad girl with long dark hair reached for one and put it in her mouth.
–You can't just do that! –Misaka was sparkling inside of the room, the girl with the chocolate was lost in the taste with a smile
–I apologize… She just likes chocolate too much… –Kuroko was more delighted that Misaka was so mad about that girl stealing the candy she bought for her beloved sister.
–Then buy your own! You can't just walk in and eat whatever you like
–Isn't that what this earth is for? Everything is laid out so you can get whatever you want from it.
–That doesn't even make sense! –Misaka found this girl even more annoying than Yuuka.
–It does. I see there are wind generators all around the city, you just put them here and took the wind's energy, just how it is supposed to be. Water flows in the rivers and you come and take it from fish. They have more than they need. –Misaka had a tic on her eye
–Who is this? –Yuuka smiled ashamed, the world was indeed made that way (after all they were involved in the making of it), but they had to follow the strange rules humans put over it.
–I will repay you the chocolate… Again I apologize. This is Amy, my big sister. –Amaterasu was about to open her mouth and say her whole name when Yuuka placed another slab of chocolate inside of it.
–You are not sorry! You are just feeding it to her! –Yuuka sighed.
–Amy could you give them a coin? –She was not carrying gold since Touma told her about the true value of those things, the true value for humans that is. Amaterasu reached inside of her robe looking for it.
–You think a coin will do? I bought Belgian truffles! –Kuroko jumped in the discussion but all her rage was gone along with Misaka's when they both saw Amy placing a golden coin on the table. They were now filled with awe. Misaka took the coin, some sparkles came out of it and her hands, gold is known to have a very good conductivity. She could tell if it was pure, or just painted nickel.
–… Isn't this too much for two chocolates?
–I thought chocolate was more expensive… Imagine how hard it is to get a tree to grow the bean, then the bacteria involved to turn it into cocoa. –Amaterasu was right, but she saw the worth being valued by how hard it was to make chocolate from nothingness compared to gold (just 92 protons with some neutrons, electrons were negligible).
–Well the bean is grown in a country with a hot environment, then you just leave the seeds there to rot… –Misaka answered thinking Yuuka's sister was not very smart. Yuuka answered now annoyed.
–Well it is easier to make gold, you just need a big explosion, while carbon needs more care. Then how hard it is to make that carbon into a plant? How hard it is to make a plant create the bean? How hard it is to make the right bacteria to ferment the bean! How hard it is to grow plants with high amounts of sugar? Now imagine how hard it is for those things to happen together! Gold just needs a lot of energy, to make chocolate, you need skill.
–But to us it is easier to get the bean. You sound as annoyed as a person whose credit had not been taken in count. Like you were the one who made cho… –Misaka got quiet after she realized what she said. Sumireko had told her about Yuuka's legendary skill with plants, was this girl the one who actually made the cocoa tree?
–I see you bought this as a gift for your friend. You were offended when you thought the value of the gift was less than it truly was. Don't you thing you had made the same thing from taking gold as being more worth than chocolate? A gift with its value not taken into care, it just becomes a vulgar thing, an insult to the person you cared so much about –Misaka saw how she had misinterpreted this girl. Amy was careless, but far from being a fool.
–If chocolate is a gift who was it made for? –Misaka didn't have to ask this, though Kuroko had not yet seen it. She took her little friend's shoulder and shook her head. They had given them enough hints. Yuuka had created the tree for her sister. Probably had made it after her personal tastes, a treat made specially for someone to like, she would forget about the environment if she ate something custom made for her own tongue as well.
–I guess it is an insult for an insult. We apologize as well… Can we please be left alone in the room? –Amaterasu was about to grab another piece when Yuuka dragged her off the room by force.
–I'm sorry too… I hope the coin is enough to repay the offense done to your own well beings –She didn't talk about the value of the items eaten, but about offending them.
Amaterasu was puffing her cheeks, she wanted more and her sister had not allowed her to take more. She didn't understand why, after all the tree was indeed made for her, if anyone had to feel offended it would be her from them taking the product of a species she owned by right. She didn't even mind about the gold, after all it was made in the stars (which she created at will), Yuuka was right, it took more effort to make chocolate than making gold.
They left the school sneaking from teachers. Which was very strange to her, why would Yuuka hide from humans like that anyway? Once out they walked around the city, it was time to celebrate, they were rarely together and they wanted to take the most out of it. That place looked boring at night, there was literally nothing, a city for students who go to bed early. What about those who didn't need to sleep? No wonder why Yuuka was amusing herself with that white haired.
–Sis you told me there might be a clue to where my maid had gone? –Amaterasu was laying on her sister's back when they were walking.
–I think so… I might have heard wrong –Just to mention Kazami are not omniscient as many people believe, they are omnipotent but the omniscient ones were the Yakumo.
–Can we go check? Maybe in the way we can find at least a restaurant… I'd like some sake too
–Good luck… I have found none in this place. –If they did people wouldn't sell it to two girls looking 15 and 17 years old respectively.
–Too bad… Well let's go, I miss my cute little pet. –Yuuka nodded and headed for Touma's apartment.
