The next day it was announced to the world. A tournament to find the strongest of the gods. The winner would be the new god for ‘Princess’ Elizabeth, and get ultimate ‘bragging rights,’ in the words of the Princess. This caught the interest of Neko and Kitsune especially. The mortals began to make bets on who the winner would be. Some would get into fights over who’s god was best. The world erupted in a five-way religious war. However, it wasn’t their fight that mattered, but the fight of the Five Gods.
The animal gods didn’t really want to fight. They had been friends since the beginning of their everlasting existence. But they were nothing but servants to their Lord Tatsu, and what he ordered is what would be so. They spent their last few days together, knowing it would be over the moment the battle began.
Tatsu returned to his castle the night before the battle. He had left Elizabeth at her house, to see her family. When he flew up to the gates, Neko was waiting for him. He thanked him for the opportunity to show his strength, but also asked him why he’d want it that way. The two looked down to the world of the mortals. They were fighting each other, trying to prove their god was best. A meaningless fight, when the gods were created equal. Why would Tatsu start that?
He didn’t know. He had no idea. He just... wanted to make her happy. Before Neko could say any more, Tatsu began to walk away. He said he felt weak, and wanted to lie down. The Creator of the universe and all that is good. The dragon of limitless arcane power, feeling weak. This, above all things, caught Neko’s attention.
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