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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXDqEapqtU
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeTMAciMcs
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL7nCJ4KF9
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPS8AcCFJg
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"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU9OApIogO
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4gAcExvEs
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"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhuyqLcxZG
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYICn0Tacf
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"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2Jz2DLcOn
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx0rWdW0gb
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"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz9wrocPk7
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7Y7baEiNh
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"Hello," the prince said.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV0g7q2JnU
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I just looked at him.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCDbjVoqpk
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"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibsCJvHF7e
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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 14.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJUgY8K2le
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIpwS4ghBP
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He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTYIl92OTP
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"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODE4CufTvt
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSErT17t1QV
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"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMXJDSVCly
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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."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVJlR7KkWL
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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."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gglq4mbrj
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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?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxQlS6Z8oE
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"No," was my immediate response.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKNA4GP91X
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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?433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS4jUhID7Z
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyn3IGkjvo
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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!?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPaJXYf4R1
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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."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmmttJm5Ao
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"No."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSvFoCbnGc
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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!?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSh9Udo7VpW
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"Why would I want that?" I asked.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAAfBystOa
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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."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp0SgGLQ3F
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"I could care less about them."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HavnMdhRt
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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."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJlERLx5gk
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Qxft7Nck5
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoFMxvKSi3
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPfHETfzYz
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"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2gb5Mm8Nr
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFZYeFb0qt
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"5 days," I said.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYovuMt9v7Z
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"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60ZeKprSX9
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhTRpQ1oFH
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtAnL7vbhc
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9r54nXl92q
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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!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds0jHJ23Jt
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmG353YX41
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"Kira," I said.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC8O8ekMhO
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"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshUsKD9Q03
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