Seventh Daughter of the Dragon King

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[Name]: Kosuiryo
[Age]: Hundred years old
[Gender]: Female
[Appearance]:

[World]: Kosuiryo's world is one of fantasy and lore in the Heian period of Japan, in which Japan was called Nippon. Therein exists dragons of all kinds (earth, water, air, fire), demons which exist under the Ultimate Lord, Yami, Force of all Darkness, the demon lords, the gods above (Susano, Amaterasu…) and large, intelligent creatures which either rein over the weak with violence or sit aside from human society, content to be alone.

[History]: In the Heian period of Nippon (Japan), Kosuiryo is the seventh daughter, and youngest child to Watatsumi, the Dragon King and Otohime, the Dragon Queen. Kosuiryo and her six sisters live with her parents and their aquatic retinue in Watatsumi's underwater Ryugujo (the dragon palace), which had been given to Watatsumi by the first Dragon King, Ryujin. The royal Dragon family lives in servitude to the Centipede, a terrible water creature who controls the waterways of ancient Japan. The Centipede allows the Dragons to live, so long as they produce no male heir who could rightfully go against the Centipede to take back the Dragon King's watery throne. And after daughter after daughter being born, Watatsumi is confident that he and his family will remain safe from the Centipede's wrath.

However, when Queen Otohime becomes pregnant with the next Dragon child, Kusuiryo has a prophetic dream by the water gods. It takes place during her mother's third month, and that is when Kusuiryo knows that the baby in her mother's belly is male, thus, will provoke the Centipede into attacking the Ryugujo. Fearing for her family's lives, Kosuiryo asks the water gods what she should do, with only nine months or less to follow before her mother births Watatsumi's first son.

The water gods tell Kosuiryo to seek a land-dweller who is strong, wise, and brave. Only he can stop the Centipede. Kosuiryo takes the water gods' advice and goes to the land above her home. That land is the place of Seta Bridge, not too far a distance from Ryugujo, and constantly crawling with merchants and warriors going this way and that throughout Japan. Kosuiryo sees the opportunity for finding her land-dweller hero, and shifts into her dragon form, knowing that only a brave individual would dare to stay upon the sight of a mighty dragon. Her appearance on the bridge scares everyone and they flee immediately from Kosuiryo's sight.

Dejected that no brave warrior had been among those crossing the bridge, Kosuiryo asks the water gods once more for help, but when they do not answer, Kosuiryo realizes that the fate of her family lies in her own hands. So she devises a cunning plan, and climbs up onto the bridge and lays herself across it, making a maze of sorts with her long body that leads to the other side of the bridge. Having left enough room for a person to weave their way alongside her body to get to the other side of bridge, Kosuiryo believes that this test will bring her better results than her first test.

Many a warrior and merchant turn away from the bridge after Kosuiryo starts her test. They are too fearful of Kosuiryo's scales, which are sharp and can cut through water (and skin) like knives, and her tons, which can poke holes in the land and instantly kill five bold men at a time (though this is in theory, as Kosuiryo has no intention of killing anyone). Months pass, and Kosuiryo falls into a slumber, tired with the disappointment of not encountering her brave land-dweller, and exhausted by keeping her dragon form on land (as she is a Water Dragon, she requires annual dips into water to maintain her energy).

She does not wake until Queen Otohome's eighth month of pregnancy, when Kosuiryo is awakened by the sound of someone walking past her head. She opens her eyes, and finds herself staring at the stoic, tense-shouldered Fujiwara no Hidesato. He holds Kosuiryo's stare for a minute more before turning his back to the Dragon child and continues crossing the bridge. But before he can cross the bridge completely, an elated Kosuiryo transforms back to her human form and calls out to Hidesato.

Hidesato is stunned by the lovely young woman replacing the large, shining dragon in its place, so Kosuiryo beckons Hidesato forward and begs the lord to listen to Kosuiryo's story. The princess tells the lord that she is Dragon Princess Kosuiryo, and is the daughter of Dragon King Watatsumi and Dragon Queen Otohime. She then tells Hidesato about her family's servitude to the cruel Centipede, and how the Centipede had kept at bay by her Kosuiryo's mother producing no sons to take the Dragon throne. But now that Otohime will bear a son, the Centipede will come after the Dragon family and surely destroy all that Kosuiryo holds dear.

"Please, brave lord, help me save my family!" she begs. Hidesato is moved by Kosuiryo's words and agrees to help, getting down on his knees to swear protection to Kosuiryo. It is in that moment that Kosuiryo believes she falls in love with Hidesato -- his bravery, his courageousness, and his nobility have great effect over Kosuiryo. But as soon as she thinks she is in love, does Hidesato rise, and Kosuiryo is brought back to the graveness of reality. She does not waste any time in bringing Hidesato to Ryugujo, where they are ambushed at the gates by the Dragon guard. They attempt to part Hidesato from Kosuiryo, all while reprimanding Kosuiryo for worry her family by leaving without telling her parents, but Kosuiryo gruffly and loudly uses her power as Dragon Princess to silence the guard and orders them to bring Kosuiryo and Hidesato to King Watatsumi and Queen Otohime.

The King and Queen are furious with Kosuiryo for leaving as she had, but are very much puzzled by Hidesato. Kosuiryo tells her parents that the Centipede must be stopped, for she received a vision from the gods that the baby in Queen Otohime's belly is a boy child. She continues to tell her parents that this boy child's birth will incur the Centipede's wrath, and most likely, destroy everything that the Dragon family holds dear, which is why she left so abruptly for the surface and returned home with the courageous Hidesato. The King and Queen are surprised that the gods visited their youngest child, but are both elated and fearful of the reveal of their first son.

Kosuiryo calms her parents' nerves, and proceeds to introduce Hidesato to King Watatsumi and Queen Otohime, followed by the eventual procession of Kosuiryo's older sisters. Once introductions have been made, King Watatsumi takes Hidesato away to forge a battle plan. For four days, King Watatsumi and Hidesato study the knowledge they know of the Centipede, and using that information, devise their attack. All the while, Kosuiryo nervously waits at her mother's side, anxious to know the decisions her father and her savior are discussing. When they finally emerge from the war rooms, Hidesato and King Watatsumi are all the more courageous and confident in their attack plan.

Because King Watatsumi is bound by the Centipede to remain out of action, the fate of the Dragon family rests entirely upon Hidesato. Five days after Hidesato first arrived in the Ryugujo, the plans are put into effect. Kosuiryo, her sisters, and her mother are herded into the safety of the deeper recesses of the Ryugujo, surrounded by all kinds of guards of King Watatsumi's court. King Watatsumi calls the Centipede to Ryugujo, making sure to appear unsuspicious and only welcoming. He prostrates himself before the Centipede, while Hidesato notches his bow with an arrow.

He shoots three sacred arrows at the Centipede, each one piercing the Centipede's eyes, blinding the horrible creature. He then fires an arrow to the Centipede's heart, killing the horrible creature of the waters. Hidesato aids King Watatsumi in severing the rest of the Centipede's corpse, destroying all vestiges of the Centipede and its ilk.

Hidesato receives a celebration to end all celebrations in the dragon palace, complete with food, music, stories, singing, and other wonders. It lasts a week, in which Kosuiryo excitedly shows Hidesato about Ryugujo, telling him the stories of her ancestors who had built Ryugujo with their own hands and the sides of underwater mountains and shells. She takes joy in each smile and laugh that Hidesato makes, and by the end of the week, Kosuiryo is very much in love with Hidesato. Something which does not go unnoticed.

At the end of the week, Hidesato expresses a desire to return to his home, prompting King Watatsumi to make a proposition for Hidesato. Kosuiryo is elated when her father offers Kosuiryo's hand in marriage to Hidesato as reward for saving the Dragon family. Hidesato politely declines, saying that, though Kosuiryo is beautiful and would make a lovely wife, Hidesato already has a wife, and he must return to her swiftly, with haste as soon as he returns to land. Kosuiryo is crushed by the new knowledge, but when she bids Hidesato goodbye, she waves him farewell with a smile, still thankful for all that he has done for her family.

Kosuiryo's brother is born two months later, and he is named Tatsuboshi by Queen Otohime. It is Kosuiryo who has the honor of holding Tatsuboshi during his presentation to the Dragon court, and proudly bestows her fealty to Tatsuboshi, that she will be an ever dutiful and helpful advisor to Tatsuboshi when he takes the throne when he is older.

[Personality]: Kosuiryo is a very gleeful child. She's almost always smiling and always tries to think the best of people, and not the worst. She can be described is a happy ball of Water Dragon almost twenty-four seven, as she looks out at the world with big, eager eyes that take in everything around her and want to go everywhere that land stretches! Unfortunately, as a princess, she is unable to go wherever she may please. Especially not when she's not only a princess, but she's a Water Dragon princess to boot. As princess, she must stay with her family, serve in the royal court, tend to her people, all from the safety of Ryujin as was intended for the Dragon princess before and so on and so forth. But while Kosuiryo loves her family, her Water subjects, and Ryujin, she wants freedom to leave the waters when she so pleases. To eat all the delicious Surface food. And to meet all the amazing Surface people like Hidesato. She's voices these excited desires herself, and for them, she receives disappointment, as she is reminded of her nobility and of the uncertainty in how the Surface would perceive Kosuiryo -- a beautiful young Dragon princess would be a valuable hostage prize for monsters and greedy humans -- even though Kosuiryo herself braved several months on the Surface to find Hidesato the first time.

But naysayers don't phase Kosuiryo, despite the many "no"s she receives, she continues to daydream. Of the people. Of the kimonos. Of the food. Of the trees and the animals that aren't fish! Where her kimono is dry by the light of the sun gifted by the goddess, Amaterasu! Kosuiryo wants so badly to be a fish out of water that she'll resort to sneaking away to the closest fishing village, disguising herself as a normal human girl to talk with the humans and learn more about the Surface world. Kosuiryo delights in all forms of the mundane -- something so simple as a fork would get her excited, as she would study the prongs and imagine gulping down an entire bowl of noodles. She marvels at the coin currencies, and purchases little trinkets with the gold she's hidden away in her peasant's yukata. Things like sake bottles and teacups she relishes, there is no such thing as a drink Underwater, and whenever she visits the Surface, she always is sure to purchase a cup of green tea before returning to Ryujin.

When Kosuiryo feels scared, that's when she gets stubborn. In an almost childish manner, she stiffs her upper lip and openly questions or attacks whatever is the source of this fear. This stems from when Kosuiryo was little, and how, she being the youngest, was tormented constantly by the pranks of her big sisters who did whatever they could to spook the poor Dragon princess. As Kosuiryo grew, she learned to attack whatever attempt her sisters made, and though she often ended up with bruised knuckles and a tear in her kimono, she learned that fighting back always made her sisters drop their "amusing" game. So she repeats this methodology with everything else, and though she's encountering more adversarial being than her sisters, she's managed to put up a good fight. With the only attack strategy she knows, Kosuiryo swats and hits and kicks and then turns into her Dragon form and terrorizes any potential enemies to the point they up and leave Kosuiryo be, resolving to never have an encounter with a ferocious dragon ever again. This is also a defense mechanism for Kosuiryo. Whenever she's feeling especially scared, she transforms into her Dragon form and waits out the worry worry worry storm, all curled up in her Dragon skin.

When Kosuiryo is sad, she tends to weep openly, crying into her large kimono sleeves, despite all the mucus and the fat, rolling tears that the crying produces. Kosuiryo believes tears be beautiful, and when she cries, she is still beautiful as she believes herself to be. The reason for this appreciation in such a sad sensation is that, Underwater, there are no tears. The only equivalent of tears is the shaking of the eyes, but on the Surface, tears are dramatic and public. Another sensation Kosuiryo is amazed by, as when she looks into her reflection in the water or a mirror in the village, she can see the sadness showing much more clearly on her features. Despite the drama tears may cause, Kosuiryo prefers to express her emotions openly, as she refuses to let anyone limit her -- whether Underwater or on the Surface. Besides, she finds that by expressing her sadness, she lets whoever made her feel sad understand why.

Just as Kosuiryo expresses her joy loudly and openly, she expresses her anger, irritation and other impacting negative emotions with low, almost quiet responses. She doesn't throw tantrums or scream her outrage -- rather, she glares. She stands stock still and narrows her eyes at the offending person or persons and remains absolutely quiet, refusing to give rebuttal or even a comeback -- Kosuiryo knows that talking back can lead to a graver situation if anything's in compromise or could provoke no reaction in the slightest, proving to be a waste of words. Kosuiryo prefers to not even react openly to grave actions, as she doesn't want to provide encouragement with any participation of any kind, and because she does not want to use the same dirty tactics against her enemies -- to be like her enemies? It makes her stomach sick to think of ever being horrible and selfish and so very lonely -- there is not a vengeful bone in her body, as she needn't concern herself with the after, only focusing on the moving on and making that return to happiness and contentment.

[Abilities / Strengths & Weaknesses]: Kosuiryo is a Water Dragon. She has two forms -- the form of person and the form of a Water Dragon. As a dragon, Kosuiryo stretches one-hundred-eight feet in length (that's about the size of one of our airplanes) with sharp scales which can slice skin right off the bone (though Kosuiryo has never tried this fact for herself) and even slice bone as well. Her abilities range from a high powered geyser beam which can pound even earth four feet deep, instantly killing targets -- to advanced speeds on land and superior speeds in the water. She can shift waters to her will, causing waterspouts, large waves (nothing Tsunami size as her parents are capable of summoning) and complete shift in water currents. She can also bid water to act as extra limbs, but only when she is near a source of water.

As a person she retains several of her Water Dragon abilities. She can still bid water to act as limbs, attacking, hitting and grabbing, as well as she retains superior speeds in the water, as well as retain her strong swimming legs for Surface physical activities.

[Limited Powers]: Because a plane-sized dragon would just not do on a ship, Kosuiryo will lose the ability to transform into a dragon. Similarly, she will receive a downgrade of her powers, as an almighty dragon princess tends to damper the fun of mindless chaos and spontaneous hijinks.

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♦ Post: The Surface world is so fascinating! These -- these -- these forks -- like a fork in the road! -- are so inventive! They are meant to part things, yes? They are wonderful for combing my hair.

And then there is this drink which some friendly humans have given me. It is so warm and sweet and I wonder how you make such a wonderful thing. It gives me a feeling like I'm walking on the top of the surf.

I do not know why I was brought here, but I must tell my host "thank you", as I am so delighted to be able to explore the Surface. Ah, but I do hope you have sent a letter to my mother and father, telling them that I am well and that you mean me no ill will. It would be best, since they did not take my last unannounced disappearance so kindly.

I am so happy that I think I am a little dizzy. I will just rest here and calm down.

Kosuiryo is a very gleeful child. She's almost always smiling and always tries to think the best of people, and not the worst. She can be described is a happy ball of Water Dragon almost twenty-four seven, as she looks out at the world with big, eager eyes that take in everything around her and want to go everywhere that land stretches! Unfortunately, as a princess, she is unable to go wherever she may please. Especially not when she's not only a princess, but she's a Water Dragon princess to boot. As princess, she must stay with her family, serve in the royal court, tend to her people, all from the safety of Ryujin as was intended for the Dragon princess before and so on and so forth. But while Kosuiryo loves her family, her Water subjects, and Ryujin, she wants freedom to leave the waters when she so pleases. To eat all the delicious Surface food. And to meet all the amazing Surface people like Hidesato. She's voices these excited desires herself, and for them, she receives disappointment, as she is reminded of her nobility and of the uncertainty in how the Surface would perceive Kosuiryo -- a beautiful young Dragon princess would be a valuable hostage prize for monsters and greedy humans -- even though Kosuiryo herself braved several months on the Surface to find Hidesato the first time.

But naysayers don't phase Kosuiryo, despite the many "no"s she receives, she continues to daydream. Of the people. Of the kimonos. Of the food. Of the trees and the animals that aren't fish! Where her kimono is dry by the light of the sun gifted by the goddess, Amaterasu! Kosuiryo wants so badly to be a fish out of water that she'll resort to sneaking away to the closest fishing village, disguising herself as a normal human girl to talk with the humans and learn more about the Surface world. Kosuiryo delights in all forms of the mundane -- something so simple as a fork would get her excited, as she would study the prongs and imagine gulping down an entire bowl of noodles. She marvels at the coin currencies, and purchases little trinkets with the gold she's hidden away in her peasant's yukata. Things like sake bottles and teacups she relishes, there is no such thing as a drink Underwater, and whenever she visits the Surface, she always is sure to purchase a cup of green tea before returning to Ryujin.

When Kosuiryo feels scared, that's when she gets stubborn. In an almost childish manner, she stiffs her upper lip and openly questions or attacks whatever is the source of this fear. This stems from when Kosuiryo was little, and how, she being the youngest, was tormented constantly by the pranks of her big sisters who did whatever they could to spook the poor Dragon princess. As Kosuiryo grew, she learned to attack whatever attempt her sisters made, and though she often ended up with bruised knuckles and a tear in her kimono, she learned that fighting back always made her sisters drop their "amusing" game. So she repeats this methodology with everything else, and though she's encountering more adversarial being than her sisters, she's managed to put up a good fight. With the only attack strategy she knows, Kosuiryo swats and hits and kicks and then turns into her Dragon form and terrorizes any potential enemies to the point they up and leave Kosuiryo be, resolving to never have an encounter with a ferocious dragon ever again. This is also a defense mechanism for Kosuiryo. Whenever she's feeling especially scared, she transforms into her Dragon form and waits out the worry worry worry storm, all curled up in her Dragon skin.

When Kosuiryo is sad, she tends to weep openly, crying into her large kimono sleeves, despite all the mucus and the fat, rolling tears that the crying produces. Kosuiryo believes tears be beautiful, and when she cries, she is still beautiful as she believes herself to be. The reason for this appreciation in such a sad sensation is that, Underwater, there are no tears. The only equivalent of tears is the shaking of the eyes, but on the Surface, tears are dramatic and public. Another sensation Kosuiryo is amazed by, as when she looks into her reflection in the water or a mirror in the village, she can see the sadness showing much more clearly on her features. Despite the drama tears may cause, Kosuiryo prefers to express her emotions openly, as she refuses to let anyone limit her -- whether Underwater or on the Surface. Besides, she finds that by expressing her sadness, she lets whoever made her feel sad understand why.

Just as Kosuiryo expresses her joy loudly and openly, she expresses her anger, irritation and other impacting negative emotions with low, almost quiet responses. She doesn't throw tantrums or scream her outrage -- rather, she glares. She stands stock still and narrows her eyes at the offending person or persons and remains absolutely quiet, refusing to give rebuttal or even a comeback -- Kosuiryo knows that talking back can lead to a graver situation if anything's in compromise or could provoke no reaction in the slightest, proving to be a waste of words. Kosuiryo prefers to not even react openly to grave actions, as she doesn't want to provide encouragement with any participation of any kind, and because she does not want to use the same dirty tactics against her enemies -- to be like her enemies? It makes her stomach sick to think of ever being horrible and selfish and so very lonely -- there is not a vengeful bone in her body, as she needn't concern herself with the after, only focusing on the moving on and making that return to happiness and contentment.

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In the Heian period of Nippon (Japan), Kosuiryo is the seventh daughter, and youngest child to Watatsumi, the Dragon King and Otohime, the Dragon Queen. Kosuiryo and her six sisters live with her parents and their aquatic retinue in Watatsumi's underwater Ryugujo (the dragon palace), which had been given to Watatsumi by the first Dragon King, Ryujin. The royal Dragon family lives in servitude to the Centipede, a terrible water creature who controls the waterways of ancient Japan. The Centipede allows the Dragons to live, so long as they produce no male heir who could rightfully go against the Centipede to take back the Dragon King's watery throne. And after daughter after daughter being born, Watatsumi is confident that he and his family will remain safe from the Centipede's wrath.

However, when Queen Otohime becomes pregnant with the next Dragon child, Kusuiryo has a prophetic dream by the water gods. It takes place during her mother's third month, and that is when Kusuiryo knows that the baby in her mother's belly is male, thus, will provoke the Centipede into attacking the Ryugujo. Fearing for her family's lives, Kosuiryo asks the water gods what she should do, with only nine months or less to follow before her mother births Watatsumi's first son.

The water gods tell Kosuiryo to seek a land-dweller who is strong, wise, and brave. Only he can stop the Centipede. Kosuiryo takes the water gods' advice and goes to the land above her home. That land is the place of Seta Bridge, not too far a distance from Ryugujo, and constantly crawling with merchants and warriors going this way and that throughout Japan. Kosuiryo sees the opportunity for finding her land-dweller hero, and shifts into her dragon form, knowing that only a brave individual would dare to stay upon the sight of a mighty dragon. Her appearance on the bridge scares everyone and they flee immediately from Kosuiryo's sight.

Dejected that no brave warrior had been among those crossing the bridge, Kosuiryo asks the water gods once more for help, but when they do not answer, Kosuiryo realizes that the fate of her family lies in her own hands. So she devises a cunning plan, and climbs up onto the bridge and lays herself across it, making a maze of sorts with her long body that leads to the other side of the bridge. Having left enough room for a person to weave their way alongside her body to get to the other side of bridge, Kosuiryo believes that this test will bring her better results than her first test.

Many a warrior and merchant turn away from the bridge after Kosuiryo starts her test. They are too fearful of Kosuiryo's scales, which are sharp and can cut through water (and skin) like knives, and her tons, which can poke holes in the land and instantly kill five bold men at a time (though this is in theory, as Kosuiryo has no intention of killing anyone). Months pass, and Kosuiryo falls into a slumber, tired with the disappointment of not encountering her brave land-dweller, and exhausted by keeping her dragon form on land (as she is a Water Dragon, she requires annual dips into water to maintain her energy).

She does not wake until Queen Otohome's eighth month of pregnancy, when Kosuiryo is awakened by the sound of someone walking past her head. She opens her eyes, and finds herself staring at the stoic, tense-shouldered Fujiwara no Hidesato. He holds Kosuiryo's stare for a minute more before turning his back to the Dragon child and continues crossing the bridge. But before he can cross the bridge completely, an elated Kosuiryo transforms back to her human form and calls out to Hidesato.

Hidesato is stunned by the lovely young woman replacing the large, shining dragon in its place, so Kosuiryo beckons Hidesato forward and begs the lord to listen to Kosuiryo's story. The princess tells the lord that she is Dragon Princess Kosuiryo, and is the daughter of Dragon King Watatsumi and Dragon Queen Otohime. She then tells Hidesato about her family's servitude to the cruel Centipede, and how the Centipede had kept at bay by her Kosuiryo's mother producing no sons to take the Dragon throne. But now that Otohime will bear a son, the Centipede will come after the Dragon family and surely destroy all that Kosuiryo holds dear.

"Please, brave lord, help me save my family!" she begs. Hidesato is moved by Kosuiryo's words and agrees to help, getting down on his knees to swear protection to Kosuiryo. It is in that moment that Kosuiryo believes she falls in love with Hidesato -- his bravery, his courageousness, and his nobility have great effect over Kosuiryo. But as soon as she thinks she is in love, does Hidesato rise, and Kosuiryo is brought back to the graveness of reality. She does not waste any time in bringing Hidesato to Ryugujo, where they are ambushed at the gates by the Dragon guard. They attempt to part Hidesato from Kosuiryo, all while reprimanding Kosuiryo for worry her family by leaving without telling her parents, but Kosuiryo gruffly and loudly uses her power as Dragon Princess to silence the guard and orders them to bring Kosuiryo and Hidesato to King Watatsumi and Queen Otohime.

The King and Queen are furious with Kosuiryo for leaving as she had, but are very much puzzled by Hidesato. Kosuiryo tells her parents that the Centipede must be stopped, for she received a vision from the gods that the baby in Queen Otohime's belly is a boy child. She continues to tell her parents that this boy child's birth will incur the Centipede's wrath, and most likely, destroy everything that the Dragon family holds dear, which is why she left so abruptly for the surface and returned home with the courageous Hidesato. The King and Queen are surprised that the gods visited their youngest child, but are both elated and fearful of the reveal of their first son.

Kosuiryo calms her parents' nerves, and proceeds to introduce Hidesato to King Watatsumi and Queen Otohime, followed by the eventual procession of Kosuiryo's older sisters. Once introductions have been made, King Watatsumi takes Hidesato away to forge a battle plan. For four days, King Watatsumi and Hidesato study the knowledge they know of the Centipede, and using that information, devise their attack. All the while, Kosuiryo nervously waits at her mother's side, anxious to know the decisions her father and her savior are discussing. When they finally emerge from the war rooms, Hidesato and King Watatsumi are all the more courageous and confident in their attack plan.

Because King Watatsumi is bound by the Centipede to remain out of action, the fate of the Dragon family rests entirely upon Hidesato. Five days after Hidesato first arrived in the Ryugujo, the plans are put into effect. Kosuiryo, her sisters, and her mother are herded into the safety of the deeper recesses of the Ryugujo, surrounded by all kinds of guards of King Watatsumi's court. King Watatsumi calls the Centipede to Ryugujo, making sure to appear unsuspicious and only welcoming. He prostrates himself before the Centipede, while Hidesato notches his bow with an arrow.

He shoots three sacred arrows at the Centipede, each one piercing the Centipede's eyes, blinding the horrible creature. He then fires an arrow to the Centipede's heart, killing the horrible creature of the waters. Hidesato aids King Watatsumi in severing the rest of the Centipede's corpse, destroying all vestiges of the Centipede and its ilk.

Hidesato receives a celebration to end all celebrations in the dragon palace, complete with food, music, stories, singing, and other wonders. It lasts a week, in which Kosuiryo excitedly shows Hidesato about Ryugujo, telling him the stories of her ancestors who had built Ryugujo with their own hands and the sides of underwater mountains and shells. She takes joy in each smile and laugh that Hidesato makes, and by the end of the week, Kosuiryo is very much in love with Hidesato. Something which does not go unnoticed.

At the end of the week, Hidesato expresses a desire to return to his home, prompting King Watatsumi to make a proposition for Hidesato. Kosuiryo is elated when her father offers Kosuiryo's hand in marriage to Hidesato as reward for saving the Dragon family. Hidesato politely declines, saying that, though Kosuiryo is beautiful and would make a lovely wife, Hidesato already has a wife, and he must return to her swiftly, with haste as soon as he returns to land. Kosuiryo is crushed by the new knowledge, but when she bids Hidesato goodbye, she waves him farewell with a smile, still thankful for all that he has done for her family.

Kosuiryo's brother is born two months later, and he is named Tatsuboshi by Queen Otohime. It is Kosuiryo who has the honor of holding Tatsuboshi during his presentation to the Dragon court, and proudly bestows her fealty to Tatsuboshi, that she will be an ever dutiful and helpful advisor to Tatsuboshi when he takes the throne when he is older.