The Council

<The Highlands>

In a room engulfed in darkness, there were 6 lights of different colours in a circle barely illuminating the faces of kitsune.

"Do we know what caused the disturbance?" A man under the red light spoke and in response, everyone grunted.

"From what my team could find, it came from Alenia city, but due to the nature of it no one was able to pinpoint the location." A female kitsune from the purple light spoke up sharing more details on what they were actually talking about.

"You know who else is in Alenia City?" A male kitsune from the green slight spoke in a tone as if everyone already knew the answer.

"Oh you mean my sweet Tomoe? I know she is the sister of the archnemesis to our fake religion, but she isn't smart." A female kitsune from the pink light interjected licking her lips as she seemed to remember something quite lewd from the past.

"Tch just because she was your ex-girlfriend of a hundred years doesn't mean you know how she is now, it's been almost 200 years since you broke up." A male Kitsune spoke from the orange light clearly annoyed with pink.

"We can't deny that she would have access to that research." The red light kitsune had a stern voice as they could not write anyone off yet no matter what their opinions were of a person.

"Why don't we go find out ourselves? We still have Sebath who is still licking our boots." Another female kitsune from the blue light suggested using someone quite familiar.

"He is reportedly injured and none other by Tomoe since he had the audacity to face her on her land." The green kitsune who seemed to know Sebath reported that he actually wasn't available for the time being.

"That idiot, I know he still has a grudge against her, but to be so reckless… he really is starting to show his age." The purple kitsune shook her head as if it was a common occurrence for Sebath to take the stubborn route.

"Yeah well, after he had a daughter it seems like his age began to catch up to him." The pink kitsune scoffed at this partly blaming Kasumi for his downfall.

"Enough about him, we need to investigate the disturbance that was felt. If the data proves correct then a kitsune has achieved deity-level magic and you all know what that means." In an authoritative voice, the red kitsune tried to make them realise the gravity of the situation and what they need to do.

"We know almighty sir wrath, I can go pay Tomoe a visit, I'm sure she would love to see me again." The pink kitsune had lust written on her face clearly having other intentions.

"Does anyone have any objections?" The red kitsune let out a sigh since he wanted to refuse, but in reality, she was the best choice to go see her. Even though they may be exes, they did not break up on bad terms meaning there is a chance that Tomoe may open up.

"Can we even trust her? From what I remember they broke up because she joined the council." The orange kitsune didn't trust Pink and wanted to object, but he didn't have a good reason other than bring up her past.

"Does that really matter? Plus if it is Tomoe who achieved deity-level magic then I doubt she would have stayed in Alenia." Purple knew that Pink wouldn't be that stupid to betray them and if anything made the most sense that she approaches Tomoe.

"Tch." orange leaned back in his chair with nothing to say in response.

"Alright with that said we will leave Tomoe to you. Now I would like to send some kitsune spies to be stationed in Alenia, I assume no one has any complaints." Red looked around the room and everyone stayed quiet.

"Good, now is there anything else that we wanted to discuss before I end our meeting."

"Sakura, is there any update on her daughter?" The green kitsune flicked something across the table. Stopping in the middle, a picture of a silver hair kitsune with orange eyes appeared.

"Why are we bringing her up again? We know her daughter was killed by the father." Blue gave a confused response since the case has been closed for years.

"Are you sure?" Green clicked his fingers, switching the image to a hooded kitsune with bright orange eyes and silver strands of hair coming out from the side of the mask.

"Who is to say that is Sakura's daughter? There are many kitsune with the same hair and eyes." Purple found the conversation pointless as they already made sure that there was no offspring.

"Let him finish." Red squinted his eyes wanting to hear more as it seemed like Green hadn't finished.

"Recently a girl enrolled in a university under the name Ayame Sakura and from a little personal investigation she had been living at Tomoe's shrine until recently. Now I don't think it's too hard to assume that she is working under Tomoe's assassination organisation." Giving context as to why he was bringing up this random girl, the heads of all the council members nodded.

"You can leave that to me too, if what you say is true then it is highly likely to be Sakura's daughter and if not, Tomoe has just named her child after her sister which sounds more believable." Pink was intrigued and since she was already paying a visit, it wouldn't hurt to find out what was going on with Ayame.

"Interesting, if you find anything report back straight away, it is highly likely she is unaware of her mother's research but if this… Ayame is then you are free to kill her." Red gave the order and Pink nodded her head.

"Did you need me to dig up the death report? The child in her stomach was incinerated alongside her body." Purple stood up from her chair finding it unnecessary to entertain the idea that Sakura's daughter is alive.

"You know full well Sakura was known for her tricks, she was able to fool us for hundreds of years until we got her to marry our bait." Green knew the records didn't lie, but with there being so much left to discover about magic it was completely possible that she preserved her child.

"Whatever, but don't be surprised if it turns out to be Tomoe's daughter or just someone else's." Purple waved her hand, disappearing from her seat.

*Sigh* Red sighed as he hadn't dismissed the meeting, but it was about over anyway.

"You're all dismissed, I'll organise some personnel from the intelligence division to send more people to monitor Alenia. Have any objections see me in my sanctum." Red gave the okay for everyone to leave and so the lights turned off one by one.

"I shall get to work then, going to see an old friend after all." Pink giggled as she made her exit from the meeting.

The room fell silent leaving only Red and Green still seated in the meeting room.

"You have something to say?" Red raised an eyebrow wondering what green could possibly want to talk about.

"I want permission to speak with Ronin." Green had been investigating himself and the only other person that knew Sakura was Ronin her husband.

"Do whatever you want, but know that if he breaks free you will be killed." Red couldn't care less as long as Green followed the proper procedure.

"Of course." Green smiled and he too vanished from the meeting room. Red shortly followed leaving the room completely empty.

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<Pink POV>

"Ehh Ayase, you are seeing your ex-girlfriend?" A barely clothed female kitsune that was lying down on a bed, rolled over looking at Pink.

"Yes I am, but do not worry, this is for work. It isn't like I suddenly miss her or anything." Now being in proper light Ayase could be seen wearing a revealing kimono dress which would make anyone take a double take wondering how none of her assets are being exposed.

Her hair was a bright pink and her eyes had a certain emptiness to them. However, when the female kitsune spoke a slight pulse emerged from Ayase's eyes revealing a heart outline that would last a couple of seconds.

"I know darling, but do be careful." The kitsune let out a sigh knowing she wouldn't do anything to cheat, but it still was a point of concern.

"How about I give you a treat before I leave?" In a blink of an eye Ayase appeared right in front of the kitsune's face, but this time her eyes were constantly pulsing making a vivid image of a heart in them.

"Ahh~ you know I can't so no to the god of love." As if Ayase heart eyes were being imprinted onto the kitsune, she slowly lost control of her body and began to move on its own.

"Good girl~." Ayase positioned herself on the bed letting her magic do the work for her, controlling the kitsune in doing anything that Ayase desired.

'Let's see if you can resist my charm this time Tomoe.'