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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNl3d0D9bj
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheiwyzCKBG
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"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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVi30yy5pX
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYaFtHdssJ
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"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3Jm47rvo5
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv492tPozt
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"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl0EIolpcz
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsvGuQwdoc
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"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySVqNcCYD3
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU2jsqkd3f
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"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWARdRnQGV
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM4dtje8Zf
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"Hello," the prince said.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjDKvvOTAX
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I just looked at him.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfay869Qbb
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"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpmhVKeWuK
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"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 14.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoWxXObZQ2
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMILCTJfR4Y
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He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWflxYIx9C4
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"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAZ58HKzJg
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I noticed that the prince was avoiding the use of his left shoulder. Probably because I put a knife in it.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5vqJzQCoR
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"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbbBJbHHsp
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"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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWPt7F0R8T
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"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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeT3x1GEj7
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"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?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMjjzNJsK0
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"No," was my immediate response.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6okosHUvW
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"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?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3z8pSWXdO
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"Then kill me here," I said. If I was going to be killed anyway, I'd rather die sooner than later.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX8vZ1y8sv
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"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!?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuKBbhJHTG
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"There's no use in fighting him," the last of his 4 men said. "He's to stubborn to let you go."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUKLhu9XpJ
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"No."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGnPeujjvq
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"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!?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEZQHDPwF8
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"Why would I want that?" I asked.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeyE9yqZvZ
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"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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVC4sBB8v8
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"I could care less about them."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kQDc9fK44
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"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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLj1xcWtX8
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kUXktlX3T
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsUhzRlrd1
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4CG6dBgt0
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"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELlU55M4uy
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I thought back. I hadn't eaten on the pirate ship or the day before I left or the day that I got here.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8pyNDP9Cc
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"5 days," I said.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcS52nSTBK
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"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynvVxOmG2C
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"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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTOAdwfO2k
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"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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUZ84Yn3Nu
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"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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBK2qYioOX
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"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!"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4hCougoRI
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"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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3wqwK33pL
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"Kira," I said.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cPqq4DMlv
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"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrU04LY8qaT
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