<span style="font-family:Quintessential">Xiu could feel her breath getting caught in her throat. Her father had told her that she was to be promised to some lord surrounded by water and how safe she would be. First he spoke of telling her of a tutor to sharpen her abilities and the next she was being married off like some mistress! She was beginning to hate the limitations that her father put on her as a woman and as his daughter. Surely he wouldn't do the same to her elder brother and if her mother was still alive.. The thought made Xiu's eyes narrow and after a heavy breath she continued running. The young shinobi was fast and due to this, she had been able to evade even some of the seniors that had been training longer than she had been alive.. But that was a story for another day.<br/>
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Her grey eyes looked from left to right, hearing footsteps on each of her sides and before they were able to close in on her she jumped up and landed on a branch before she could hear cursing beneath her. They were closer than Xiu would have liked but she simply gave a shake of her head as she pushed herself faster. As she looked over her shoulder she could see they were not her father's men.. But that of Rossalyn. With a heavy swallow Xiu knew that she couldn't stop and she felt her breath quicken. <br/>
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As Xiu looked down she could see some sort of man down by the grass picking something. Was there seriously some sort of botanist here in the middle of the meadow? Xiu felt like she had been running for hours and she could feel herself getting winded. As she stopped down by the man she felt her back press against the tree and he seemed not to even budge his stance let alone what he was doing. The shadow princess watched him for what felt like forever but just as quickly she twirled around the trunk and a sudden immediacy hit her features.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff"> "I know.. You don't know me. And I have no reason to ask something so ludicrous of you but.. You have to help me, please."</span> <br/>
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Xiu could hear their footsteps nearing and as she stared at him she noted his elven ears and her bun began to come undone as she reached out toward him. Two men came from behind her, robed in white and ornate gold as they restrained her arms. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff4d">(Excuse us sir. We have this woman you see, she escaped her captivity. Nothing to see.) </span>They began to turn away from the unknowing man.. How was he supposed to know that she had never been caught? How was this stranger supposed to piece together that she ran away from the shackles of her home? Xiu shook her head and fought against them before feeling them kick at the back of one of her knees. A cry escaped her and her eyes found his, regardless of how reluctant he may have been to look at her.<br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"Pl-Please I'm.. I'm begging you."</span> It was the first time for Xiu to be on her knees at the mercy of someone else, but she had nothing else. She couldn't help struggling against them and as much as she tried to conjure the darkness that was sealed inside of her small form Xiu let out a frustrated cry. She was losing patience and before she could have an answer they were beginning to drag her away, heels dragging on the ground. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"I'll.. I'll do anything!"</span> It was almost like her eyes had a swirl of dark purple in them in an instant and she balled her hands into fists as they slammed a fist into her stomach causing her head to dip and she let out a heavy cough. <br/>
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Xiu knew that if she had the power to stop them that they would be on their knees. It was only a matter of time before she was able to truly harness the power within her breast and she would do anything to know that she wasn't a hollow shell like everyone had been saying her entire life.<br/>
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