[hider=Pointless]"If things carry on the way they have so far, the princess and half her guardians will be dead before we even get through Omi," Yuki answered, beginning to play moves faster and faster as she fell into well-rehearsed patterns to get the start of the game going faster. Enough familiarity with basic shougi would make it clear enough that Yuki's illusory opponent was being more cautious, as compared to Yuki's own moves. Just how much time had she spent playing this game to run two entirely different playstyles at once? "Too many injuries from a few ninja and sheer brute force; if so little can overwhelm your defences, I doubt the princess is anywhere near adequately defended."

The princess's appearance, and warning, didn't seem to bother the samurai all that much. She seemed more interested, now, in pouring sake from bottle to a dish also stashed inside the board.

"Princess, the amount of men it would take to bring me down could never sneak up on anyone."[/hider]