I Never liked you

The war never seemed to end, Ei had unified the islands of Inazuma, but Watatsumi remained in the resistance even after solving Enkanomia's political problems by rescuing the children of the sun from the command of Dainichi Mikoshi's nobles and delivering to Orobashi. That old hag snake who he once tried to turn Makoto's kindness into an opportunity to seize the Shogunate from the Raiden family.

Orobashi took his punishment by having Enkanomya emerge from the abyssal depths and transform into Sangonomiya. Even after receiving divine forgiveness, the people of Sangonomiya still resist joining the Shogunate of Ei, mainly because she is responsible for carrying out the death sentence of Orobashi, the proclaimed goddess of the nation of exiles, and today, she resists under the command of of Sangonomyia Kokomi as the clan's priestess. The shogunate boiled down to a much simpler form, with Shogun Raiden Ei as Archon and Regent and his sister, Makoto Raiden, as Diplomatic Advisor and under them the commissions helped maintain order and law throughout all of the Inazuma.
For the whole week the climate between Watatsume and Inazuma has been heating up, Ei no longer had patience for Kokomi's negotiations, nor was she able to afford the inconveniences that the island had been bringing, she met with General Kujou Sara to organize a invasion.

“Kujou Sara, the forbidden texts of Ekanomiya cannot leave the sealed libraries of the city, gather a small troop of soldiers and we will enter Enkanomyia at dusk and check the seals of the sacred library.”

"The surroundings of Watatsumi are infested with Nobushis, it will be difficult to penetrate the abyssal city without being noticed and if we were seen around the library it might raise even more suspicions about the existence of the forbidden books"

"Don't worry Sara, I doubt the Nobushi will survive to spread rumors, but maybe you're right, maybe I should go alone and settle this for good"

“Perhaps a storm will cause the citizens to stay indoors and not roam around the island, allow me to go with you, to make sure there are no surprises...”

Ei thought about how he just wanted to put an end to this whole thing about forbidden scriptures and Celestia maybe Sara would really make the mission easier.

“We left at dusk”

Sitting on the throne, Ei dismissed the General with a wave and with a bow Sara left the room.

Ei just wanted it all to end, her head was exploding, all that duty of having Inazuma's fate in her hands was never what she wanted, it was in those moments when she wished that Makoto had been the twin that was born first, like that she could only do the things she liked, train in martial arts, spend the day reading books and visiting Narukami's temple to spend time with Saigu, it had been weeks since the last time she could visit her friend at the shrine, but all this war issue that has been dragging on for years, made Ei close herself even more to the pleasures of the things she liked and becoming more and more objective and impatient person, the only person who manages to pierce that layer of self-protection was Makoto who was even the one who convinced her not to execute the entire Sangonomiya clan on the day of Orobachi's punishment, Kokomi was just a child at the time, but if Ei had known the headache the priestess would give her.. .Ei pushed the thought out of her head, as much as she was fed up with this war and as much as Kokomi caused her so many problems, she would never have the courage to execute an innocent child just for the mistakes of her ancestors.

The night was approaching and Ei began to prepare for the incursion in Watasumi, instead of using the usual purple kimono, Ei opted for a more stealth garment, a black long-sleeved jersey glued to the body with a hood that, when used, left half the face in shadow and also black mesh pants under the lower part of the kimono, tied by an obi. When Sara arrived at Tenshukaku it didn't take long for Ei to put on his hood, grab his Hitotashi sword and with an electrical zap of milliseconds transported her and Sara directly to the doors of Enkanomyia without even saying “Hi” to the general.
It had been many years since Ei had seen the city, they passed through the ruins of the city as inconspicuously as possible, even knowing that the region was inhospitable, Ei knew that the Sangonomiyans were looking for something in the ruins of the city and Ei feared that they were the forbidden texts from Celestia, just as Orobachi tried to take the texts for himself, Ei would not be surprised if Kokomi also had the same intention.

When Ei and Sara arrived at the ruins of the library, Ei started looking for signs that the seal had been broken, they walked the entire length of the library and just as they were about to determine that nothing had been stolen, Ei saw two drakes disappear in a hole in the ground followed by a bright purple flash, Ei went towards the hole already unsheathing the sword and preparing for combat, when she reached the edge of the hole she saw that it was a small oasis on the level below, the grass was green and there was a small lake in which there was a stone pedestal in the center and on that pedestal protected by a dome of what seemed to be water, something seemed to be sleeping in the center, Ei approached the dome looking for the drakes that entered there before her, but no sign of the creatures so far.

When Ei approached the dome, she saw a small pink fox sleeping in the center, the fox had in one of its ears an earring made with an electro vision, and imagined that the flash she saw came from the vision of the small fox, Ei thought Stranger still that an animal could be the bearer of a vision, since naturally the animals that are capable of handling an element were born with this ability.
"Maybe we should take this fox back to Tenshukaku, he has a vision and it's so... strange that he's here in Enkanomiya after so long"

“This creature? Your Highness.... we don't know what this is, it could be dangerous”

"Dangerous? Come on, look at the size of it, is it a puppy? Anyway, Makoto keeps saying that she wanted a pet, and maybe it has something to do with what they are looking for down here.”

"It's really weird... maybe it's a weapon from Enkanomiya, a demon"

Ei looked at Sara with a raised eyebrow and then at the still sleeping fox and gave a small chuckle.

“PFT.. A weapon? This little thing? What did Orobachi want? Kill me with cuteness or laughter? Hahahaha, c'mon Sara, let's go back to Inazuma, Makoto will love it"

Carefully Ei removes the small sleeping fox from inside the dome and nestles it in one of the arms to try to keep it in the original position in which it was found, Sara put her hand on Ei's other shoulder and again with a ZAP they were transported to Tenshukaku .

"I'm going back to the barracks, if you need anything you can send for me your highness and... be careful with that... thing"

Ei waited until Sara left the main hall and went straight to the wing where her and Makoto's personal chambers were, looking everywhere for her sister.

“Makoto, Makoto, Makotooooooooo, look what I brought you”

Upon hearing those words, Makoto poked her head out of the room.

“Did you bring me something? From Enkanomyia?

Makoto looked excited, but slowly her face turned into doubt.

“Is it some weird weapon?”

"No..."

“Is it some mask… or weird artifact?

"No!"

“Ei, Is it some weird food ?”

"Do you want it or not?"

“I want it, but if it's dang...”

“Come here and get this thing already! And dango milk is the best thing ever invented, don't you dare!”

When Makoto looked down at Ei's arms, she was holding a fox so small her eyes filled with happiness.

“Eiiiii, what a cutest thing! Oh my god is she sleeping? Where did you get a PINK FOX???????”

“She was trapped in Enkanomiya, ever since I found her, she hasn't woken up yet, but I think... oh look she's opening her eyes”

Ei put the fox on the ground and the two sisters crouched beside it so they could see the fox wake up from a sleep that seemed eternal. The fox yawned and stretched and when he looked at Ei he hissed showing his teeth and tried to bite the finger that was resting on his knee, but Ei was faster and managed to get the finger out in time.

“Hey, take it easy tiger! Gez”

Makoto laughed at the sister who stood still protecting the hand that was attacked and when the fox noticed the presence of the other twin, it began to approach Makoto little by little and began to sniff the other sister, then the little fox passed between Makoto's legs and the sister began to run her hand over the fox's head to caress it, which was very well accepted. Ei looked at that scene and tried to do the same, but as soon as Ei approached again the pink fox hissed at Shogun and tried another bite.

"What the... that stinky fox... we're both literally THE SAME and how come he growls at me and lets you pet her?"

"Must be because she knew you were going to call her a stinky fox..."

"After years in the Enkanomiya underground, I don't think anyone would smell good"

“Stop being silly Ei, look how sweet this fox is!”

“Hm, take her to your room then, tomorrow we will try to find out why she has electro vision, maybe Saigu knows something”

Makoto hoisted the fox onto her shoulders to carry it into the bedroom and every time Ei entered her field of vision, she hissed with her ears flat and growled at Ei.