It's a Date, Then?
Yue sat around a low table with her guests, drinking an exotic tea blend from an equally exotic cup - the thing was made of porcelain and had no handle, much unlike the bone utensils used in the Northern Water Tribe. The princess breathed deep - the slightly nutty aroma of the tea filling her nostrils. "There's a Water Tribe story, one about a polarbear-wolf. They look so similar to polarbear-dogs, and a mother with one surviving cub used that to her advantage. She sat among the tamed polarbear-dogs, playing along so that the foolish humans would feed her as well so she might nurse her cub - and that's truly all she did. Not once did she let her true, violent nature slip in front of the humans - even when forced to swallow her pride and submit to a spicies she saw lower than herself."
Madara scowled, grumbling something about 'those damn Nara,' while the priestess - and such a pretty thing she was - eyed him with an odd sort of expression. Eventually, Aruna sighed and met Yue's gaze.
"Please, princess, speak plainly."
Yue set down her cup, the fragile porcelain clinking perhsps a bit too harshly. "Very well then. I want you to answer me truthfully - who are you really, Uchiha Madara?"
Madara sighed, running a hand through the untamed black mass attached to his head. "My name is Madara. Uchiha is..... for sentimental value. I'm the firstborn son of the creature sitting on the dragon throne, legally deceased."
Yue narrowed her eyes. "I see. Swear to me in the name of the spirit your people favour so that you will understand no circumstance bring harm to my tribe."
The child born of fire smirked in a way that made his face entirely too punchable. "I, Madara, swear before Agni that I mean no harm."
Yue glared, her lips twisting into an unattractive frown. "That's not what I said."
Madara crossed his arms over his chest. "Forgive me - or don't - but I will not leave myself defenseless."
This time, it was Aruna who scowled. "Prick."
Princess Yue hummed. "Fine. But you know, such a secret makes for tantalizing gossip. Perhaps an eel-hare's weight in gold will allow me to remember how important it is to keep this secret?"
A bright tongue of flame bloomed from Madara's mouth as he stormed out. Yue rested her chin in her palm, smiling. "Lady Priestess, the moon is full tonight. If you'll accompany me this evening, I'd like to show you something that may interest one as spiritually inclined as yourself."
A pretty flush decorated Aruna's smooth, earthen skin and stars twinkled in her eyes. "That sounds lovely, Princess."
With a gray cloak draped over her form, Yue snuck through the city to rendezvous with a certain priestess. A smile in place of a verbal greeting, Yue led Aruna to a round wooden door. Aruna followed the princess through, and immediately stopped short - breath caught in her throat. It was so unbelievably warm, not only that, but also one of the most beautiful things the priestess had ever seen.
"This," Yue said, removing her cloak, "is the spirit oasis."
Aruna removed her parka, glancing around. "It's..... lovely."
Yue approached the two fish swimming in the oasis, kneeling in the soft grass. "I thought you might like to be here for this."
Tui set down the rule book that she had absolutely no trouble understanding. Nope, no trouble at all. "Oooh! See you guys later, we're being summoned."
La set down her cards and offered a lazy two-fingered salute before vanishing, her wife in tow.
Agni scowled at his cards as if they had personally offended him. "This game sucks."
Vayu leaned over, two of his hands braiding feathers into his husband's brilliant red hair while the remaining two were holding a tea cup and sending gusts of wind just strong enough to mess up Dangun's hair, respectively. "Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza? What kind of game is that?"
The entity known as Kali observed the entity known as Sang-je. "It is indeed peculiar. How did you come across such a..... bizzare game?"
Sang-je stroked his beard. "While in the other plane, I encountered a small, chaotic child. I asked it what it's favorite game was, and here we are."
Nügua smoothed out her husband's hair. "Huh, weird."
Tui and La surged forth from the vessels they left on the mortal plane. The moon cooed, moving to pinch Yue's cheeks. "Oh Raava, you're so cute! La, La honey, look at her!"
La hummed, nodding along. "Indeed, she's certainly one of the more adorable one's we've blessed in the past few centuries. But it's only been a month since we've seen her, dear."
Yue, words slightly warped due to her stretched cheeks, spoke to Aruna. "Lady Priestess, these are...... this is Tui and La."
Aruna, for her part, had a great talent for compartmentalization. Being used to only speaking with the well-mannered messangers of Agni, she was doing an excellent job at not freaking out. "I- uhm- A pleasure to meet you?"
Tui nodded, stepping away from her blessed. "Anyway, did you need help with something? Feel free to keep us all night - I'd rather skip out on whatever new game Sang-je bought over."
Aruna blinked. "Oh, that's right! Is *that* what you're here to ask them?"
Yue nodded and La looked over both girls. "Oh, there's something you want to know?"
Yue hummed. "One of your blessed, I'd like to know where he is. I've been told he's a young man with red eyes."
Tui clapped her hands together. "Oh! You're talking about Tobi! He's on Kyoshi Island right now. But if you're asking, Madara must be here?"
Yue tilted her head. "What? How....?"
Aruna looked vaugely stunned, and at a general loss for words.
La tapped her chin in thought. "He's one of Agni's blessed."
A snicker from Tui. "And Tobi's fated one."
La sighed. "But they still hate each other, dear."
Yue hummed in thought while Aruna blinked owlishly.
"Huh."