Sorry dis is so late 0_0 Thanks for da review Kingster 0517!! Haha yeh ill try and make a longer chapter this time, glad u like it!! And thank you Cowgree! Yes I had meant to change Ashitika's character, for the sake of the story mostly (making him calm and reasonable would be boring). I might consider those ideas, thank you; I'm always open for suggestions!! =)

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San awoke for the second time that day, still feeling rather tired she vaguely wondered whether the past events had been a dream, she glanced at her surroundings hopefully. She was still in the cursed prison room.

She sighed warily; She had lost all the strength in her body, mainly due to the lack of food. She glanced at her arm, which was starting to look very tasty again. she shook her head fiercely. Hunger was starting to dominate over her thoughts again.

Suddenly something beside her stirred slightly, she realized that Ashitika was still asleep beside her with his head resting on her shoulder, her face softened slightly and a small smile crept over her features, as much as she hated to admit it, he looked rather cute.

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Moro was extremely worried now, where on earth was Eboshi?!?! She stared longingly at the door; all she wanted was to see her daughter, to make sure she was okay, as that too much to ask?!

She tried to gain control over herself; she didn't want another war like back when her dear husband had died. She convinced herself that this was for the best; after all, she didn't want to lose another loved one for the sake of violence.

Suddenly she heard a loud shriek " WERE IS HE!!!" a young girl ran over looking worried and a little annoyed " have you seen my brother anywhere? He's been missing for the past three days!!" she cried flapping her arms wildly, giving Moro the Impression that she thought she was a headless chicken.

Moro however silently looked at the door " your brother and my daughter have been locked in this room together in a desperate attempt to get them to co-operate together" she explained, the girl stood silently for a while, then giggled " you mean that weird looking girl he was fighting with a while ago?" she shrieked again, Moro felt slightly angered that annoyed that anybody would call her gifted daughter weird, " but they'll NEVER get along!!" the girl continue happily " they'll kill each other!!" the girl began to laugh, Moro suddenly felt that she wanted to spend no more time with this girl " I have to go find miss Eboshi now" she said before running down the hallway.

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The girl smiled to herself, hidden somewhere underneath her nightgown (which she always wore) she had hidden the key to the prison, having stole it from her mother that morning while she was sleeping.

She stared up at the big door, took a deep breath, " Hey is anybody still alive in there?!" she whispered getting as close to the door as possible so her voice would be heard. First there was a silence, and then a scrambling noise, " Is that you Kaya?!" she heard her brother's voice reply anxiously, "Yeah, its me, now listen," she muttered as quietly as she thought needed " I have the key to this prison thing and I'm gonna let you out, but you're gonna have to lay low for a while, I suggest hiding somewhere in the forest, and you might wanna stick together, just to be safe," she heard footsteps approaching and panicked, " There's no time to now so I'll have to do it tonight, that way I can lead you out through the secret passage under my bed" with that she pulled away from the door to find Toki staring at her curiously. " Hi there Toki," She said casually, " what are you up to?" Toki looked at her suspiciously but finally having found no signs of guilt said " nothing, I was going into town though, wanna come?" feeling relieved, Kaya accepted and they walked away together.

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Kaya tip toed down the hall making sure her feet made not the slightest sound. She approached the door, " hey," she whispered to the door, " I'm here, you guys ready?" after hearing two mumbles of acknowledgment she unlocked and quietly opened the door, sure enough, there were the two captives, she turned and, after whispering for them to follow ran down the hallway.
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They came to the end of the passage and crawled out to find themselves at the corner of the forest, " well this is where I leave you," Kaya muttered. San muttered a thank you and turned to go, Ashitika however turned to his sister with an expression of curiosity and gratitude, " why did you help us?" he inquired, Kaya smiled at him, and said " lets just say I know what its like to be locked in a room for a really long time with somebody I cant stand" with that she gave him a quick hug and scrambled back into the dark passage, Ashitika stared after her for a while then followed after San into the dark forest.

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Well there you have it, longest chapter yet! ^^ Sorry if its not very
funny, I'll work on that!
Not very romantic either but well get to that later on
Review!!