Kanashii watched the events unfolding around her.<br/>Everything seemed to be happening so quickly, her mind and eyes strained to follow.<br/>Kari, Aryn, the mystery boy, Shine, Miki, the mystery girl.<br/><br/>"I don't want to watch." She whispered and closed her eyes, kneeling down and hunching over like a frightened child, burying her face in the top of Tsukikos hair.<br/><br/>She listened though, listened to the noise of battle and carnage, of allies and half friends all saying different things.<br/>She listened to the madness, the pain, the worry, the shock, could almost hear the pounding of every frantic heart in each person nearby.<br/>She could smell the panic of everyone around, something like sweat and stale breath.<br/>She could taste the fear, it tasted of iron and spilled blood.<br/><br/><strong><em>Why?</em></strong><br/><br/>Kanashii gasped, except the gasp -while initially intended to inhale air- actually forced the air out of her instead.<br/><br/><strong><em>Why?</em></strong><br/><br/>That wasn't Tsukiko's voice... and it didn't sound like any of the others.<br/>It was heavy and raspy, but definitely belonged to a female.<br/>Kanashii's entire body tensed up as she heard it the second time, it felt oddly familiar... and yet, she couldn't seem to place it at all.<br/>Nervously she lifted her head and looked around, had a third stranger appeared?<br/>She turned left, then right, then stood up and whirled around entirely.<br/>Everyone she saw, was everyone that had been there before.<br/>There was no new girl. No new woman. No one.<br/>Perhaps she had misheard the sound? Maybe mistaking wind for a voice? Or something to that effect?<br/><br/><em>The boy's leaving, go get him!</em>Tsukiko cried out in a panic.<br/><br/>"Huh?" Startled, Kanashii's head snapped to the rest of the group, they were headed inside.<br/><br/>"Oh... right." She nodded and stood, hurrying over to the remainder of the group, casting a worried glance at the injured ones and a curious glance at the two newcomers.<br/><br/>She was the last inside, darting in just as Shine looked about to check for stragglers.<br/>She heard the click of the lock behind her and immediately felt sick.<br/>Locks were supposed to be for keeping you safe. Keeping the bad guys out.<br/>Or were they really just locking the good guys in with something or someone equally as bad?<br/>She shook her head, no time for being ominous, not with injured half-friends.<br/><br/><em>"Go talk to the boy."</em><br/>"Later, Tsuki-chan. Kari-san and Aryn-kun are hurt."<br/><em>And? Since when did you become a medic? There's nothing you can do for them.</em><br/>"Moral support!"<br/><em>"Because you're</em>just<em>the person they want to see right now?</em>" Tsukiko scoffed.<br/>"Why are you being so mean all of a sudden Tsukiko?" Kanashii frowned, hurt by the dolls words.<br/>Tsukiko fell silent for a long moment. Kanashii was almost convinced she wasn't going to say anything at all.<br/>Until finally, she piped up.<em>".......Pms."</em><br/>"You're a doll!"<br/><em>"Don't judge me!"</em><br/>"You don't even have ovaries!"<br/><em>"You're just jealous."</em><br/>"Of what?"<br/><em>"....just take me to the boy Ka-chan, it's important!"</em><br/>"No!"<br/><em>"You don't want me to be happy Ka-chan? You don't love me anymore? I thought we were friends! Best friends! I thought I was your favorite? You won't give me this one favor? Out of all the years we've had together, Ka-chan?"</em><br/>Kanashii frowned, Tsukiko played her like a harp, plucking all the right strings to make pangs of guilt sound through her heart.<br/>"....Fine." Kanashii grumbled and started towards the boy, thrusting the doll out awkwardly, with her head downward, as if she were suddenly very self conscious.<br/>"....Tsukiko wants to play with you." She explained, her words an embarrassed mumble.<br/><em>"We have very important buisness to discuss! Tell him that!"</em><br/>"Tell him yourself." Kanashii hissed back under her breath.<br/><em>"Fine!"</em><br/>