Unbeknown to our heroines, the fairies of the nearby wood were in the middle of their own dilemma. As they spoke, the two fairy queens were meeting once again for a rather...well...heated discussion. They met by the tallest ancient oak in the forest, both accompanied by a few of their subjects. They , like all fairies, wore clothes constructed from whatever could be found in their forest home. The royals both wore a tiara and bright multicolored makeup on their faces made from the native herbs .They stood opposite each other ,glaring. The wild chestnut haired queen spoke.

"Hey Nyamo..." she said with an intentionally false air of friendliness.

"Yukari." The raven haired queen replied.

"So, are ready to give me that kid yet?"

"If that's all you wanted to ask me about then my answer from before still stands; Forget it!" She turned to walk away but in a quick flash of light was quickly face to face with yukari.

"Can you at least listen to me for a minute before you-"

"I heard it all before." She sent her a flying a few feet away with a wave of her hand. Her entourage began to charge but were stopped by Yukari.

"All I want is to take care of some little kid you picked up before he was eaten by a pack of wolves less then a week ago! I'm not even gonna do anything bad to him! All I want is to make him my little subject!I'll take good care of him!" Yukari said.

"What do you need him for you've got plenty of subjects and all of them will be more then happy to bear children once they can get married. Besides, I have a responsibility to take care of the little guy. He was crying when I found him surround by those wolves. And when I saved him he was still so scared that I had to comfort the poor thing for hours. He likes me now and he's growing fast. I can't leave him now. Besides, you can't handle a kid and you don't need him. So why are you being so insistent?"

" What I want from him is none of your stinking business. Just let me take care of him and stop being stupid!"

"You're the one who threw a tantrum when I told you no the first time. And because of that the forest and the kingdom are suffering." Nyamo pointed up towards the sky. Above their heads was a mass of swirling green clouds.

"The longer you keep fighting with me the closer we come to a horrible storm of destruction and pestilence. Don't you think that is a bit more important then a disagreement about who gets to take care of one human boy? "

As she spoke Nyamo's fairies encircled Yukari as they prepared to strike.

"SO STOP ARGUING!" Yukari rose her arms and the fairies were blown away. Yukari's fairies took that moment as an opportunity to strike but before they could even get close to the queen, they suddenly froze and were lifted into the air as Nyamo raised her index finger.

"Yukari, we have been friends for decades. I'm willing to stop fighting as soon as you are."

"Give me the kid and we can stop fighting."

"I told you, no!" Nyamo put the airborne fairies down as they regained the ability to move. She turned to her henchwomen "Fairies! Away! We need to try and find a way to stop that storm." She and her entourage transformed into glowing green orbs as they flew away.

"FINE! LEAVE! SEE IF I CARE!" she began to walk away stomping. She turned to her servants as they began to follow her . "Beat it! I've got thinking to do!"

Up in the nearby trees a pair of fairies sat. One was a small woman with wild brown hair and wild eyes. Near her was a taller woman with long brown hair and a pair of glasses made by herself from a combination of forest materials and fairy magic. She gave a sigh as she began to stand.

"This is getting out of hand." she said.

"Aw c'mon Yomi!" Her companion said "These two fight all the time!"

"But never this bad, Tomo! If this continues we could be in serious trouble.."

Her friend gave a giggle "You're so cute when you're worried." She began to cuddle with her but was turned away.

"Be serious!" Yomi responded.

"What's wrong? You're never this uptight."

Yomi looked away from her as she spoke. "The newest prince failed again. This was the last one from anywhere nearby. "

"Aw geez. When'll that old fart learn that when he rejects princes as much as he does it creates problems for us too?"

"so far we've only got one hope. Chiyo the White is working on a solution."

"Chiyo the White is helping? Sweet!"

As you may have gathered, a sorceress of my standing is pretty famous among the fair folk. They have even taken part in my exploits themselves over the years as a matter of fact.

"I hope she can find a solution." Yomi said worried.

Tomo put a hand on Yomi's shoulder.

"Quit worrying! I promised you that we would get married and we will! Trust me."

"You always say that" Yomi said with a frown.

"C'mon," Tomo responded heartily "Give me a smile." Yomi turned and gave a weak grin.

"There we go!" She went in for a kiss as they held each other close. Yomi's smile grew a bit as they parted. " First things first ,though. We've gotta do something about this whole pesti-thingy."

"Pestilence. You're right though. Let's go try and help Nyamo. I doubt Yukari will listen to reason"

they jumped from the tree and transformed. They flew through the woods unaware of what was about to unfold over on the other side.