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"Missing?!" Queen Miyoko yelled when she heard Hibiki and Mamoru had gone missing.

"Yeah." Yukiko said, "Sasame let them go."

Kairi nodded in agreement and Sasame looked at the two of them. Lying, spoiled, little brats.

"Well Sasame?" The queen said with her arms crossed. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Sasame said the only thing that came to his mind. The thing he was trying to make clear. "It's not my fault."

"Here we go again." Haya said and slapped her forehead

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In a certain part of the garden:

Hibiki sat down against the trunk of a tree with Mamoru who yawned loudly and curled up a little.

"Tired?" Hibiki asked her little sister.

Mamoru nodded. "I'm sleepy."

"Okay, want to go inside?" Hibiki asked her Mamoru, who shook her head rapidly. "Okay," Hibiki told her and held her on her lap. "Just sleep for a while."

Mamoru laid against Hibiki and fell asleep almost instantly. Hibiki watched Mamoru sleep like a baby and started to feel a little drowsy herself. Her eyelids started to get heavy. Oh, what the hell. Resting her eyes wouldn't hurt.

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About an hour later:

The queen was furious. How could Hibiki pull Mamoru out of Training?! Who did she think she was? Her mother? She had the guards, her daughters, and the knights searching high and low for them.

"No sign of them yet your majesty." A guard came and told her.

"Well keep looking." she ordered and sent the guard away.

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"How did we get dragged into this?" Haya asked then tapped Sasame on the head. "Oh yeah, someone had to accuse the babies."

"Let it go sis." Ryo said and looked under bushes that Mamoru could hide under. "I can't believe I'm going to say this... but I believe you Sasame."

"You do?" Sasame asked, surprised. Ryo nodded.

"Why don't you believe me?" Yukiko asked with her hands on her hips.

"Because I've seen your work." Ryo answered. "I have taught you well Yuki. A little too well."

Kairi giggled. "I believe that." Yukiko hit her younger sister on the head. "Oww!"

"That's enough!" Haya said then rubbed the top of Kairi's head. "Now, stop horsing around and find Mamoru and Hibiki."

"But I'm tired!" Kairi whined.

"You weren't tired just a second ago." Haya said firmly and pushed Kairi in another direction. "Now march!" she pushed Yukiko with her. "You too missy!"

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Kairi and Yukiko walked together looking around for their missing sisters. "Where could they be?" Kairi asked.

"I don't know." Yukiko told her. "And I really hope we don't find her. We should never go looking for them."

"I know...hmm."

"What's 'hmm' mean?" Yukiko asked and stopped walking.

"Hibiki gives Mamoru whatever she wants, right?"

"Yeah...so?"

"And takes her wherever she wants too."

"What are you getting at, huh?"

"Where's Mamoru's favorite place to play or hide?"

"In the garden by the big tree."

Kairi broke off into a run. "Let's go!"

Yukiko ran after her. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"Cause you're not smart like that!" Kairi laughed and ran faster as her sister tried to grab her.

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Hibiki frowned in her sleep when she felt small hands trying to wake her up. "Go back to sleep Mamoru." she mumbled.

Kairi shook her head and picked up Mamoru and put her on her back.

"Let me try." Yukiko said then yelled into Hibiki's sensitive ears "Wake up dammit!!!"

Hibiki jumped up high and was breathing heavily. "You tryna' kill me?!"

"Perhaps." Yukiko told her.

"You little...!!!"

Kairi stopped her. "Hey! Insult and cuss at each other later! Mama's gonna kill us if we don't get back!"

Hibiki blinked and looked at her watch. "Oh, damn!" she picked up Mamoru and Kairi and started to run.

Yukiko ran after her. "You could say that again." she yelled.

A/N: done and done. Almost don't with the entire story. R&R please.