"Escaping fate"

Summary: Rikuo's sister, Nura Yuuki, is in danger… of becoming an Inugamigiyobu-Tanuki bride? As a threat from Shikoku appears and opposes the Nura Clan, its leader declares he was promised Yuuki's hand in marriage! What chaos will ensue as Yuuki tries to avoid becoming Tamazuki's wife? One-sided Tamazuki/OC

Warnings: Language; Rihan and Yamabuki are alive; Nurarihyon is dead; Tamazuki is over-obsessive; Etc.

Disclaimer: I don't own Nurarihyon no mago, I'm sure it would be a mess if I did.

Notes: I do hope you enjoy. I'm sorry if it isn't enough to satisfy you or there are some stuffs lacking or wrong. Anyway, enjoy.

Prologue

On the outskirts of Ukiyoe Town, a small group walked about. They were carefully examining the city at ground's eye view. "Where do you think she could be?" asked the black-haired one that stood at the head of the group. He was a very handsome— no, screw that! He was a DROP DEAD HOT!— youth. His jet black was perfectly positioned, flawless skin was pale, his bright smirk perfectly lit up his features, and— most notably— his bright, narrow, golden-brown eyes. His school uniform looked great on him.

"I don't know. All I know is she's here somewhere." said the one with brown hair. He was quite the decent looking youth, with his slightly long brown hair, his reddish brown eyes and bone white pale skin. His high school uniform looked perfect on him. Though, to be honest, the only thing that was a let-down on his appearance was the fact that his tongue hung loosely outside of his mouth, dangling right past his chin.

The one with dark blue hair, deep blue eyes and pale skin spoke up, "Uh… not to offend, but who are you talking about?" She wasn't all that ugly, she was actually a decent looking woman, with her long, dark blue hair, her equally blue eyes, and her pale blue skin. She was draped in a white kimono that puddle around her feet, held into place by a purple sash so it possessively hugged her body. "No offence or anything, I just wanted to know."

"Tamazuki-sama's bride." Replied the unsightly green one. He was a mess, his form was sickly, he was green from head to toe. All he wore was a brown loin cloth made from animal skins! His mouth was filled with sharp, yellow fangs and his eyes were cold and yellow. "That's who we're looking for, Kagibari-Onna, our commander's bride-to-be."

"'Tamazuki-sama's bride-to-be'?" Kagibari-Onna, the blue one, muttered, her eyes widening. "T-Tamazuki-sama is already engaged to someone?" Poor woman couldn't believe it, her dear commander is already engaged? "W-Who's that lucky bi— I mean woman?"

A small chuckle emerged from the leader of the group. The seven others turned to the teen at the head of the group, "Kagibari-Onna," he began, a smirk on his face, "The woman I chose as my bride is no one else than the Nura Clan's Sandaime, the lovely Nura Yuuki."

"So that's why you want to war on them?" The green one asked, "You want to wage a war on the Nura Clan and take them over so you can claim your bride, Tamazuki-sama?"

"It is, Gangi-Kozo." Tamazuki's smirk grew even longer at this, "But it's not just to claim Yuuki, I'm also warring on the Nura Clan so I can take them over and absorb them into my clan. And when that happens… our dream will be near its completion."

The group of eight had large smiles on their faces. Smiles of excitement and anxiety stretched onto their faces as they thought of what will happen once they take the Nura Clan, they'll have dominance over practically half of Japan when they take this clan, imagine that, practically half of Japan! And not just that, their leader, Tamazuki, will have his lovely bride at long last! The girl rumored to have beauty worth killing for, Nura Yuuki, will belong to Tamazuki-sama at last! The excitement is killing them so badly, they're itching to cause destruction!

Tamazuki looked at the city again, his smirk growing now from ear to ear. "Soon I will have fulfilled my promise to you, my dear Yuuki… Soon, I will rule over Japan… with the lovely you as my bride.

Nura Yuuki sat on the porch in front of her room, staring wistfully at the Sakura tree. As widely rumored, Yuuki was a beauty worth killing for, with her long black and white hair that ended at her thighs, tied together by a small knot at the end. Her skin was pale, as if it never saw the sun. Her eyes were a beautiful color of amber. Her lovely face was framed by her wavy black bangs. Her outfit consisted of a black yukata, a blue cloak with white flowers imprinted on it placed over her shoulders.

"I'm so tired…" She muttered to herself. The Sandaime had recently come from a fight at Mt. Nejireme, her opponent being the head of the Gyuki Clan, Gyuuki. The clan head had turned his sword on the heiress but had failed miserably, the battle ended in Yuuki's victory. Gyuuki was then charged for treason but Yuuki managed to convince the clan heads that Gyuuki was an essential part of the Nura Clan, being the one who stood at the western border. But sadly, the other clan heads still question whether she is capable of being the next commander or not.

Suddenly the wind picked up, carrying with it more than Sakura Petals. 'Soon I will have fulfilled my promise to you, my dear Yuuki… Soon, I will rule over Japan… with the lovely you as my bride.' When the wind died down, the green tea cup in Yuuki's hands snapped in half, spilling hot tea all over Yuuki's lap. "Ow… Ow… hot…!" She said to herself.

"The tea cup broke all of a sudden," Yuuki looked to her left, finding her brother approaching her. "That's a bad omen." Said Sandaime Nura Rikuo. He was overall drop dead hot, his black and white hair stood high and proud above the ground, defying gravity. His skin was pale and his eyes were the deepest, most beautiful color of crimson. His outfit was similar to Yuuki's, as it was a black kimono with a blue cloak over it. "Are you alright, Yuuki?"

"I'm fine… the tea is kind of hot and it burns though." Yuuki sighed, standing up and dropping the broken tea cup pieces onto the floor, cracking them more a bit.

"Go on and change then, I'll clean up the broken pieces." Rikuo said, to which Yuuki nodded and padded to her room to change. When she slid the door closed, Rikuo sighed and picked up the broken cup pieces, "A bad omen indeed." He muttered to himself, "I wonder what will happen this time? What will come for Yuuki?"

What disaster will come this time? Six years ago, a little girl almost stabbed their father, Nura Rihan, dead. Fortunately he managed to survive when Yuuki had taken her sword out on her and she ran away. Then two years later, one of the clan heads, Gagoze, went rouge and attempted on Yuuki's life in a desperate attempt to take the title of the Third. Then, just recently, was Gyuuki who tried her ability as a yokai.

"I can only hope it won't be so horrible like before already was…" Rikuo said to himself as he stood up, carefully cupping the cup pieces with the cloak over his shoulders to avoid injury. 'What will happen? I can't allow anyone to harm Yuuki… I just can't.'

Yuuki changed into a bright blue yukata with star patterns on the hem. The kimono had come from her birthday back when she was eleven, courtesy of Yamabuki Otome. She looked at her bed, where her favorite black yukata lay, the lower half drenched in hot tea. She sighed. That yukata was her favorite.

Her eyes wandered around to the lamp table, a smooth-surfaced stone stood there. She padded to the table, picking up the stone and then caressing the stone's surface. "Hm… I wonder how he's doing?" she muttered to herself, staring intently at the stone, "I haven't heard from him in years. I wonder how he is, that Tamazusa?"

A small smirk widened as its owner's eyes glimmered happily. The golden-brown glimmer in his eyes showed how excited and happy he was as he stared at his bride-to-be, her blue yukata looked perfect on her. He could only imagine her in white, walking down the aisle towards him. "I'm doing fine, my dear Yuuki…" He said to himself as his bride could reply, "But don't worry… we'll be together again soon. I promise."

So? Was it alright? Anything I need to improve in? Please do feel free to review!