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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW19CJApuw
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH9mqas7ql
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqQvTKIklv
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wLq6KMWKS
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"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zJHGqZL8B
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFxHP41a83
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"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2ewVxvy8X
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJgqAA5dzj
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"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd6x6JjhcX
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKJbrNz2g9
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"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTjSQQPITi
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDsUcVvr8f
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"Hello," the prince said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV283uCxt8W
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I just looked at him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHFonlZsdz
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"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPQBzfDs6y
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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 14.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuD7Id606u
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVnGORTBAV
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He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2BXGucKeK
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"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7xlgTzoAN
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BqhD5SZ27
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"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtn0jnkBsU
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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."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17ZXxK81uR
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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."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XD46wqtSb
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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?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDg94wuK4c
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"No," was my immediate response.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrxbBLqYpR
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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?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuYfI081mp
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXX9JO3h0ga
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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!?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZolnELxZT
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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."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnSOWBzF6n
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"No."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHqfbjXQg8
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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!?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtGsHHBszH
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"Why would I want that?" I asked.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ06EBZ0Y1U
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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."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5UeUP7If1
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"I could care less about them."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuUUnM4YRr
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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."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoORmMYnIww
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPlL8gmTul
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoUIbAVDV3
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJw19rwAX2
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"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3IDqiwSVY
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g3hH1J945
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"5 days," I said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR06PaZ8632
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"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJaydF0JyJ
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6o9C9HbQw
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HxHpv8ERz
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK8EdvZVNj
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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!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEGdpLSLu5
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dBblF67XY
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"Kira," I said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLBt0Yzh5y
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"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7eCHAdcr8
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