Warning: Character Death! Yeah...I have some writers block... and HW ewwwwwwwww. R&R

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"Do you know why I collect stuffed animals?" She asked as she gestured to the many soft creatures adorning her walls. He shook his head no. She gave a sad broken smile and looked up at him with a faraway look.

"They help me retain some of the innocence that has been taken from me. They cannot give me back my child hood or even an ounce of what was lost, but they help me remember that there are still others out there who have that innocence. I want to protect them. I want them to have what I can never recover. I was never a child.

"My mother says she hears the faint echo of my laughter but the truth is that she is only dreaming of a laugh that has never been and will never be." She glanced at the small bear in her arms.

"Yes. I was never a child. The dark shadows have staked me since birth and have finally swallowed me whole." She gave a bitter smile and killed her beloved cousin.

The mission was finished.

She felt no remorse or relief in his death. It was simply a job and this only brought her closer to her goal.

Long ago she locked up her emotions. In her world they were useless.

"It was nice talking to you Nii-san. Wish I could say we can do it again." She said as she exited the house. She had left no trace that showed she was still alive. They took her for dead, but she was not ready to disappear.

They would all look at her shocked when they would meet her well and alive wearing the much hated black robe with red clouds.

She would fight her friends killing some in the process. In the end it would be him who would give the finally blow. His blond hair would cast a shadow on his eyes as he watched his friend lay on the floor with a peaceful smile on her face. She looked far more content than any other moment he had seen her and it brought tears to his eyes.

Yes, she had never been a child as that path was stripped away from her long ago, but at death she would revert back to that innocence where she could not protect herself. Her childhood may never be restored but she had gotten a glimpse of that innocence as she fought her once lover.

She welcomed death.


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