Prologue

The first thing that filtered into her mind was the voices around her. Voices that sounded sincere and compassionate—but were actually scornful and condescending. She hated the sound. She wanted to tell them to shut up, but her limbs were too heavy and she couldn't speak at all…

"… poor girl, parents died…"

"—and she has to take care—"

"…little sister. It's…"

"—would take her in…"

"…don't understand how she can handle this…"

"… going to donate…"

"… part of an experiment…"

"Poor girl…"

Amu wished they would stop lying—drop their façade. She should have known that they would react like that… It was not too surprising, seeing as they were the 'inner circle' surrounding the Gozen, Head of Easter Corporations.

Amu's parents were part of the 'inner circle' too. Were.

They were gone now.

Only Ami was left with her. Only Ami, who loved her sister more than anything in her life.

"…probably separate the Hinamori sisters…"

Amu's blood froze. No! She was not going to be separated from her sister. Not ever! They couldn't force them to…

"…leave them alone… need each other after their parent's…"

Amu heaved a mental sigh of relief. They would not separate them. That was good. Amu drifted away as she thought of other things. Like, how she was going to deal with this situation now.