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Author's Note: This is the first story that I've posted here. I hope y'all like it! I'm sorry that I leave you hanging……more soon if I get at least one review.
For the Love of Aoshi
A little girl sat alone in the dead of night, cold raindrops soaking into her skin. She shivered, and tried to pull her knees in tighter for more warmth, but to no avail. She sat alone like this for hours, but refused to cry. Her parents wouldn't want her to cry. After all, they had sacrificed their own lives just weeks before so that she could carry on.
"I have to be strong," Misao chided herself, "They would've wanted me to be strong, just like them."
Suddenly, her stomach started to rumble. The noise surprised her so much that she let out a giggle. It did wonders to cheer her up just then; she couldn't remember the last time she'd even so much as smiled since the fire.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of whispers above her head. It appeared as though there were three men: one on the roof of the government building she was leaning against, the other two still on the ground.
"Hannya, cover the front entrance," ordered the voice from the roof. This man sounded deadly serious and void of emotion. "Beshimi, you take the back entrance."
Neither of the two made an audible reply. They moved into their positions without a sound. Misao got up to investigate. She decided to walk to the front of the building so that she wasn't trapped in the back alleyway with a potentially dangerous man.
She slowly rose from the ground, trying to be as silent as possible. A chill ran down her spine as her back slid along the frigid and wet cement. As she rose to her full height her weight shifted to her delicate and tender feet, causing them to sink into the mud that had formed because of the downpour. Before moving, she quickly brushed away the clumps of long, messy black hair that had become plastered to her face.
The silence that hung over the scene was suddenly broken by hoofbeats and the clattering of carriage wheels in the distance. She heard the man on the roof jump down to the ground a moment afterward. This startled her into crouching back down into her previous position. The two men were whispering again, but Misao had to strain to hear.
"Our information was obviously wrong. The second shift wasn't supposed to arrive for another thirty minutes! If we leave now, we should be safe, though. Let's go through the back alleyway." Stated the commanding voice.
Misao suspected that they would go around the other side of the building like this "Beshimi" person, and was horrified when they did not.