Total silence filled the air. And then one sentence...
"Kill her," said Ryuga. "Or better yet, let me do it."
I tried to run forward, but Tsubasa held me back. "Not yet," he whispered into my ear.
I wanted to kick him. Why was he letting them do that to Hikaru?!
I watched as the twins grabbed Hikaru, and carried her to Ryuga. I didn't know why, but Hikaru was laughing the whole thirty second trip over.
"Do you know why I want you dead?" he asked the girl, who was now sitting on the ground in front of him, with a gun to her head.
She looked him square in the eye, and said, "Maybe because you have no taste."
I was shocked. "Hikaru, now's not the time to be pushing him!" I cried.
She looked past him, to me. "On the contrary," she said, "I find this the perfect time to see what probable nonexistent guts he has."
"What are you talking about?" the Dragon Emperor demanded. "Tell me."
Her eyes went back to his. "You have either two options. One, you'll go all the way, and kill me now. Or two, the option I think you'll choose, you'll realize that you don't have the guts to go that far, and you'll be the weak one, and let me live."
"Well, too bad you're wrong."
I heard the sickening sound of the trigger being pulled.