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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDeyffc5sR
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqpA1MSOR0
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UuKy1ugvG
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7Il1JCUi5
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"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ6ATz46te
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB0W2ZneyT
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"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcjQGnN8Mi
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOIwBcKRoM
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"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSRufjtHBw
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHBaKQuHMR
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"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhsn1gwfUS
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa43pvGZ81
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"Hello," the prince said.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIEXh9hzwh
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I just looked at him.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5XLLYsS7r
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"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTtuB6W1SA
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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 14.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk9uNjzGgZ
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIVD6Mq2kQ
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He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObq5CJ83fI
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"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qZa5UyTYh
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANghjR4vtx
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"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuHLSI59B4
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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."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SwOLSItWp
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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."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMeTUBEZUp
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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?"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0svoIC2Dr4
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"No," was my immediate response.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDileUze2s
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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?447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUN43m9fEW
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEEypRC9KX
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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!?"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvno9KheXvg
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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."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9VQBFPskG
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"No."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp54pXfY1V
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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!?"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGca26tixTI
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"Why would I want that?" I asked.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynsdIGTqOR
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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."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84zs7Uq4T0
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"I could care less about them."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XTRv0gYzE
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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."447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQBGjSzpZd
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2gWmIT425
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyDnnKFF4b
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmkQFQnHUv
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"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlpxsyNVcO
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5o4nmDUiw
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"5 days," I said.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1Y61LxJay
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"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRPZEmUYXN
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5LvhFG9aB
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb12ausoE77
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtTWINrEQb
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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!"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLUiT7Rkxl
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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.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuESGEG9RB
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"Kira," I said.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXZrxy91BH
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"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5abNagR9bP
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