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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQWkOpCQfH
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaZmvDYb0N
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnlzLe1yR5
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SGKWWMkvP
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"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom!"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63outgiojC
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG6IojFhUA
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"It's...okay..." She started coughing out blood.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexzfDdB1fm
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIbC9YVQvh
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"Help!" I yelled tears starting to flood my eyes. "Help!"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l7b0yFEGh
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6mgaN404w
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"Mitsuko," she said. "I...love...yo...you." She died.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLjm51MIcO
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o1zxUKGov
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"Hello," the prince said.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjM0WZM9zq
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I just looked at him.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2oJHH0HIQ
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"Not one for conversation I see," he said. "Ryuu, can you take her weapons off for me?"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlid5DAOqbB
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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 14.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Tx3tfypWt
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE23XW4WpP
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He handed my weapons to the prince who handed it to one of the people beside him.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG7RypC3re
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"Doesn't look like she carries any poisons," he said after a closer examination. "You should be fine."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnNvr6q3zV
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhFdedx04e
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"I thought assassins always dealt with poisons," the kid said.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLX7m5ypno
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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."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vPGZE9RkX
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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."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LpUxxvZSD
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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?"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9h7lgiKjf
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"No," was my immediate response.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4lSJRbvnT
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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?470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErNzAV7upX
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhBW5sLfJ2
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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!?"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHb35i8DTl
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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."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbVVezuP6n
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"No."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHfkWcvBsA
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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!?"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFTiu889Vc
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"Why would I want that?" I asked.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6JwLcic9B
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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."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl7bEIMLmF
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"I could care less about them."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGlCd1Tr7T
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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."470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxajkrxVRB
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHUlm8r0LH
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E7Izexi2G
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBatxFbH2I
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"How long has it been since you last ate?" The kid asked me.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PGIJol7Ll
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr3ZG2Y0fh
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"5 days," I said.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaw3bGqwM8
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"What!?" The boy yelled. "How are you not dead!? I can only go a few hours without eating!"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCAg3Ddj8n
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsp3rQw1dH
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFwG7kTf1W
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRmjfCGOiM
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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!"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLc3DMNQVo
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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.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHJ28K8YTC
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"Kira," I said.470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUKtZjAFh9
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"Well, Kira," the prince said, "welcome to my personal special operations group!"470Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX8h7IOica
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