Shangri La Pt. 1

8: Await

Izumi was in deep thought as she sat there trying to think of who these 'guests' would be. 

'Pisces did say it would be someone I know, but there aren't a lot of people that I know outside the East. If it's other members of the Emerald Clan then it wouldn't be bad, and I could see if Emra's doing okay. But if it's not the Clan, who else could it be?' Izumi thought. 

"Izumi~ Izumi!" 

Izumi snapped out of her thoughts and looked up to see those peaceful and beautiful Sapphire Blue eyes staring at her. 

"Y-Your Ladyship!" 

"Were you in deep thought again?" Pisces teased. 

"Y-Yes, I'm sorry..." Izumi said, feeling guilty.

"Hmph, there's no need for you to apologize, I'm sure a lot of things have been going on for you to try and catch up. But I'm sure more events will happen really soon." Pisces said. 

"Soon? H-How soon, Your Ladyship?" Izumi asked. 

"They should be arriving any day now. Which reminds me, do you think you can find the Princess and have her come here, I need to speak to her urgently." Pisces said. 

"Y-Yes, Your Ladyship. But if I may ask, do I really know who these guests are? As in, are they members of the Emerald Clan or the White Lotus Organization?" Izumi asked.

"Hmph, it's neither of the two, but you will know them soon enough. Our guests will be staying here for some time, so you will get used to their presence." Pisces said. 

"I-I understand, Your Ladyship. I will go and retrieve the Princess." Izumi said, with a bow. 

"Thank you, Izumi! You really are a trusting friend and servant to me!" Pisces said happily. 

'If I really was your friend, wouldn't you have told me who's coming here?' Izumi thought, leaving the shrine.

Princess Yaoyorozu sat there trying to calm her nerves and trying not to think about this Arranged Marriage. She remembered what Pisces told her the last time she spoke to her about this. 

"I'm sure you two will gain trust and be a lot closer once you get to know each other more too." 

'Still, three months isn't that long enough for me to fall in love with someone. Arg- why did the Great Pisces want to get involved with something so trivial too? This is frustrating.' Momo thought.

"Princess, are you alright?" 

Momo jolted as she looked up to see those soft brown eyes and round face, it was Uraraka. 

"Ah- yes. I'm just thinking of some things..." Momo said. 

Jiro knew how the Arranged Marriage distressed the Princess and Jiro could tell there wasn't anything that could be changed. 

'When she came back and told me the Great Pisces was the one who determined all of this and how there was already a letter sent to the Prince, I knew Momo wasn't going to be happy. I just hope that all those things people have said about the Prince aren't true.' Jiro thought.

"Hey Ochako, didn't you have to serve for the Great Pisces a few days ago?" Tsuyu asked. 

"Yeah, and she's a lot different than Momo of the Empress. She doesn't ask for a lot and..." Uraraka paused.

 "And what?" Mina asked. 

"The Great Pisces hid her face the entire time from me. Not just her entire face, but every time I came to see her, she was a Koi fish. I thought it was weird and it was just strange how she's able to live here as a mystical being." Uraraka said.