<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4682b4"><i>I don't think that was the right word...but I can think of no better one. </i>Hearing the word 'own' left a sour taste in Hikaru's mouth, which only worsened when she heard Kyre's plan of putting them in a safe house.<br/>
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<i>Tsukiko, I don't wish to be trapped again. We only just got free!</i> Though she had been calm and patient enough trapped on that plane the thought of going back to that nothingness after breathing fresh air and standing on solid ground again for the first time in five hundred years was horrifying and put her on the very edge of panic. <br/>
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She wanted to live again, see the world once more. She wasn't going to be locked up again in some tiny safe house. Of course, she above anyone, saw the importance of it. She knew he was only trying to help them, but she also thought he didn't understand, just how powerful the two sisters were. Together they could level entire kingdoms! Though Hikaru would never let that happen. All she wanted was freedom. She would be perfectly happy with the clothes on her back and Tsukiko at her side. They could sleep under the stars, and wander through the daylight hours.<br/>
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Thankfully she knew her sister would feel the same, and already she was lecturing the elf. A small smile played around the corners of her lips. But her eyes were hard as they lit on their 'savior.' Making it clear she felt the same as her twin.<br/>
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At least on the matter of hiding. The death of the remaining five, however, was a different matter, she absolutely detested it. The thought made her shiver and she was glad of Tsukiko's gentle hands leading her towards the cave mouth, and her promise of taking them where Hikaru could neither see nor hear. <i>Thank you dear one. It hurts...to hear them...to see death and be able to do nothing to stop it.</i> Standing in the mouth of the cave she waited patiently for her sisters return, while she pondered their new master.<br/>
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“Tell me...Why were they trying to kill you?” She asked curiously, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. She wanted to know just who they were indebted to. Just what kind of man was commanding them. Some of it she knew had to do with her sisters absence. Already she felt the urge to purge sin.<br/>
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Before he could answer her twin was wrapping her arms lovingly around Hikaru. “I'm glad...I never feel whole without you.”<br/>
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<i>No. I wish to walk. Its been so long. I want to feel the ground beneath me</i>. Turning in her embrace she hugged her sister, her forehead resting against the others. <i>But I thank you for the offer</i>. Placing a kiss on each cheek she untangled herself from her sisters arms and moved to one side, linking her arm in one of her sisters. <i>We shall not be separated</i>. She said with a light laugh and sparkling eyes.</span>