Though sleeping in a net hanging 10-15 feet above the ground wasn't quite the most comfortable place, I've been in worse. I quickly fell asleep and had a dream that night.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdETMri6Cc
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LHRUy9ppD
I looked into mom's dark red eyes. Each day, they got darker and darker. She had been sick and people refused to take care of her because of me. Her daughter, who looked like a demon because of her bright red eyes. They locked us in a tower and carved demon into my back at the age of 13. I didn't care though. As long as mom was here everything would be fine. That's always what she said while she put me to sleep.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0yjbK7y5D
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOE5LAqi39
"Everything's going to be alright," she cooed. She brushed her fingers through my hair. I pretended to fall asleep and watched her lay down and fall asleep beside me. I opened my eyes and sat up next to her. I always spent the night watching her incase she stopped breathing. That's how I got my habit of sleeping during the day.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoozm15LLA
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB5IVw5BQZ
For a while I thought she was fine. Then "that" happened. She was reading me a book in the small part of the tower where we had been locked away. Suddenly blood started to fall out of her mouth and onto the book.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHtU31RQVZ
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVkHhCQOHZ
"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HXIpHmPgH
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW5LVgvUmb
I watched her slowly fall of the chair. She brought her hand by her mouth and rubbed some of the blood away. She put her hand on my cheek, forgetting about he blood.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyINK1ntfXn
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuL2ICA9VQ
"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasYFnkjUxV
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakzpalwWXV
I ran to the locked door at the side of the room. I tried to rip it open but it wouldn't budge. I gave up and started banging on it.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQhzTkaU4f
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVoYuZjJRk
"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALzRamMxA5
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpUUUniWIx
But nobody was there. And even if someone was they wouldn't want to help the girl demon and her mom. I watched mom slowly fade away.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99Q4vGMaNy
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeabY9rtWR
"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N8CZ123b0
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6lOXnwocT
That was when I woke up. I looked down and saw 5 of the people from yesterday looking up at me. The prince was one of them.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXMFVukIty
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZImfR402kg
"Hello," the prince said.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQMlj5opi9
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGyNzonFRc
I just looked at him.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj7r6pCcxB
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9AJfKIBje
"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7blrSggYg
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthUQoDkC2v
"Yes sir!" Said a little boy standing by the prince. How did someone this young get into the king's court? He looked like he was only 14.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZftelfQWs
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQreQL5OUMX
He jumped up and gripped the net with his left hand and disarmed me with his right. Because I was tangled in the net, I couldn't do anything about it.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRdYCFlwMq
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpbNQzRsO4
He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XlcETsbZU
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vCxM0DrRT
"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsvw9ITR0s
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6M4BO7fe3
I noticed that the prince was avoiding the use of his left shoulder. Probably because I put a knife in it.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrI2885PX6
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPGZujk883
"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKgpDr4yqo
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz3kPHUpDj
"Most do," said one of the others. I think he was the one holding my wrists yesterday, mostly because his right arm was wrapped tightly. "I guess this is just a weird one."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiesMmdkTY7
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyTIyUoQ3j
"It would have been smart to take poisons with you," said another one of them. He was probably the oldest. Maybe 35ish. "If you had we would've been dead by now."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4qttAGqr2
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEFirIannM
"Okay Miss Assassin," the prince said looking up at me. " I have a proposition for you. You are clearly very strong and fast. You see these 4 men standing around me. This is my special operations team. They are the 4 strongest men in the country, until you came around. I would like you to be the 5th and final member of my special operations team. So. What do you say?"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryLmHI2mf9
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsw3ytzOM7
"No," was my immediate response.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3g98t1rq3
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3Sd1k8C6d
"What!?" For some reason he was surprised that I said no. "Why not!? Would you rather just go back to your country and be killed for not completing your mission!? I'm not going to let you go back to your country just to be killed!" Why was he so stubborn?487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7phcaQwAJ
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERvZo6WY5V
"Then kill me here," I said. If I was going to be killed anyway, I'd rather die sooner than later.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1py0A0Pmf
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CTmXSyoDN
"No!" He yelled. "That's not the point! Why are you so set on dying anyway!? Why can't you just stay here and live!?"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhShE6gODv8
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV9iLd2TXN
"There's no use in fighting him," the last of his 4 men said. "He's to stubborn to let you go."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZfyRSty3F
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV5w9T8423
"No."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudqdQ8M79j
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXwQAYg3VJ
"Okay," the prince said. He started to think and suddenly got an idea. "How about, if you stay here, I'll give you a reason to smile!?"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdzX0oUdqq
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcugBtk3lwp
"Why would I want that?" I asked.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GK0vvAD7r
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhR8XKWMEA
"Because it's so much more fun to smile than to be all grumpy like that!" What is he so stubborn!? When I say no, I mean no! "And besides," he said finally getting serious, "there may be some secrets to your countries history that you may want to know."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mTIPujH4S
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEdpxBoMQp
"I could care less about them."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmKjDS3RMr
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn9WjPQ6xb
"Your so hard to deal with!" He was like a little kid. "Is there anything you really want that I can give you in exchange for your strength."487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPnIJqxlrJ
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3jWJvTqr3
I thought about it for a second. Suddenly my stomach began to gurgle. A sly smile came onto the princes face. "How about we talk about this over some food? Sho, can you cut her down?" He said to one of his men.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeUTBR7nlN
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjAxJpFZCZ
They led me through the halls in the Capitol. I got lots of terrified looks from maids and guards. That was to be expected though. I was a foreigner from the country they were at war with and had bright red eyes.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLxwPOpsho
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXV0TVDvgm
They walked me into a small room with a table in the middle of it. They had a chef bring in lots of gourmet foods. I looked at the food. I could be poisoned but after all the effort he put into trying to recruit me and not wanting to kill people, probably not.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3JnHPM4ZS
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxnJd9msw8
"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbRUettabO
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmuztSnYRK
I thought back. I hadn't eaten on the pirate ship or the day before I left or the day that I got here.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lN3ZuJC1N
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpRqG2HNOe
"5 days," I said.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpF4YWaKyv
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar0G3lJCYQ
"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBYkFZyuL5
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG87cyBybrz
"You can eat all you want," the prince told me. The people around me started to eat. They looked like they were having fun though. I took a bite of the food. It tasted so good! I though about his earlier proposal. Maybe being apart of their little group wouldn't be so bad.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHMDJtsYbH
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4uIjGJ9qB
"I guess," I said, "it wouldn't be so bad to stick around for a while." At least until everything calms down in my own country.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4OOnPoxEp
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPoH29VoE5
"I knew you'd come around," the prince said. "It's good to have you. I may be the prince, but you can just call me Ko." I started taking in the features of the people around me. Ko had blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He always had a huge smile on his face.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNbW5vOocT
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWpsROuDHC
"I'm Ryuu!" The killed yelled. He had green eyes and wild red hair that fell to a little above his shoulders. "He's Sho," Ryuu said pointing to the one who cut me out of the tree. I noticed that he had a scar going over his left eye. "And he's Nao," Ryuu said pointing to the one that was holding m wrists earlier. He had bright purple eyes and dark brown hai that was combed perfectly down the sides of his head. "He doesn't talk much and he's kind of scary at first but you'll get to know him eventually!"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5H6OiXgM2
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1YIeod37o
"And I'm Toshi," the older one said. He had white eyes, they were rare but not quite as rare as red eyes. He had light brown hair.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrnVO4DrUE
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6xd0xqtKp
"Kira," I said.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvBytszm1o
487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis3lEfz2t8
"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZj2VNgK7E
8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡligaronNRN 維尼

216.73.216.239