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Days passed.

Miku wanted to focus on the plan, she really did. But the thoughts and questions were weighing her head down, and, as much as she hated to admit it, her heart as well. She dragged herself back and forth, from the cell, the marsh, the smelly cafeteria. She tried to work, she tried and forced herself to appear happy and fine, but the same feeling, that horrible feeling nipped at her continuously. It refused to stray away, and every time she returned to her cell, the feeling started to gnaw harder. And when it bit harder, she was well aware of the eyes on her back, restless and worried eyes watching her as she tried to sleep. Eyes that appeared to be glaring out hatred towards her. Yet this hatred seemed wobbly and uncertain, as if it was unsure if it really wanted to hate. But this really couldn't have bothered her anymore.

Miku, seated on her ledge and curled up, attempted to count the stars instead of watch Mikuo fiddle around. The stars glinted lazily in the hazy night sky, and most were shadowed by the dark clouds and smoke. The smoke that came from the village, which were full of humans. Humans. Mortals. She wondered what they were like. Having something other to think about than the arrogant Kin sitting in front of her, she gladly decided to wonder about how Humans lived. They were fragile, like little glass dolls. That's why the guards wore all that armor. And they got sick easily, and lived a very short life. Poor humans. She wondered how they felt when they found themselves wrinkling up, thick hair turning grey and thin. Humans weren't really the best sort of species out there, and yet they rounded every 'beast' up and forced them to work for them.

Miku huffed angrily. How could they? They were plain, old, simple and weak mortals, so how did they find the power to capture all of them? There must have been more humans than she thought. Still agitated, she looked back out of the window, where the milky lights in the sky seemed to calm her. She looked down at Mikuo. She wanted to get a closer look at the moon and stars, but...

Mikuo looked up. Miku shuffled next to him, leaning out the small window. "What? I can't even look at the sky, now?"

"Pest." He growled, although it wasn't as snappy as before. Trying to avoid staring at her slender legs balancing next to him, he looked down. What exactly had she done that day? The question had been bugging him day and night, but he could never come up with a right answer. She couldn't have possibly brought his memories back, especially not the ones of him as a child, old and forgotten ones, disappearing in the rear of his mind. It just wasn't possible.

"Hah. you don't mean that."

He glared at her, angry and confused. "..The hell? You know I mean that. And I do. Ugh." He crossed his arms and turned away, knowing and swearing that she was an annoying little prick. Her voice carved itself into his mind again, and as much as he tried to refuse it, the deepest part of his mind whispered "I don't."

"Oh, please. I know when someone's tell-" She paused, and she looked at him in surprise. He looked back in equal astonishment, and then realized it was too late as he caught sight of her blue eyes. "I know when someone's telling the truth... Or a lie." She took in a breath.

Mikuo turned away immediately. "No. Dont be stupid." He paused, debating on whether or not to add "Ah, but you already are", before he remembered how strong her grip was. He decided not to. "It's not possible. Only Sirens can do that. And Sh- You know. We're just Kins."

Miku frowned. Perhaps not. But she remembered what Gakuko had said. Perhaps she was much more than that.

...

"You. Lumiere."

Luka raised her eyebrows at him, but followed him behind the shady corner nonetheless. "It's Luka." She said, before smiling sweetly at him. "Please take your claws off my arm. I assume you want to talk?"

"Of course I want to talk, fish." Mikuo growled, refusing to release her arm. "And you're not going anywhere until you answer my questions." He looked over her, behind the mossy wall, where creatures were talking and shouting, eating and sleeping. Lunch wasn't that different from when you were in your cell, especially if you had windows to look into the other side. Nobody seemed to be paying attention to them.

"Is this about Miku?" She asked excitedly.

"Well, yes- I mean, no! N-No, but... Agggh." He took a deep breath, gripping Luka's arm tighter, although she didn't seem to mind. He breathed out, ears and tail twitching angrily. "Yes. Fine. It is. I just want to know what you know about her, since you've... Been, ugh, spending... Time with her. You know." He waved his free hand, trying to think up something else to say.

"Mhmm."

Mikuo sighed. "Hey. L-Look, whatever you're thinking, you're wrong. I just... Need some answers! Okay? Is that so bad." Luka smiled again, and he huffed. "There's just some stuff I want to know. She's been... Acting weird lately. I-I mean, not that I'm bothered. Hey, if I can make it worse, that would be great." He lied. He released her arm, twiddling his fingers, completely forgetting all about whether she would run away or not.

"Sure." She crossed her arms. "Well? What d'you need?"

"Okay... Look, Miku..." Mikuo trailed off, trying to come up with words, any words, anything that would have made sense, but as her image settled in his mind, the words were shot up and jumbled as if they were in blender. Luka looked at him expectantly. "J-Just... Okay. Fine. I think there's something wrong with her... Or something like that."

If Lumiere had heels, Luka would have been rocking on them, swinging back and forth slightly. She still seemed to be capable of doing that with a tail. For some reason she stayed quiet for a few moments, a bemused, but rather insulted look on her face. "Well... There's something wrong with all of us, don't you think?" She finally said, smirking.

Mikuo shook his head and groaned. "N-No! That's not what I meant!" He dropped his voice to a whisper, even though they were out of anyone's earshots. "Listen. When she looked in my eyes, it kind of looked like she was in a trance. Under a spell. Dreamy, uncertain..."

"Dreamy?" Luka repeated and found herself trying not to laugh. "Well, perhaps that's what happens when she looks in your eyes, hmm?"

"Sh-Shut up and listen!" Mikuo hissed and spluttered, trying to swipe at her arm. "Look! And when she did, I kind of felt... Invaded. Like she was staring into me. Into my mind. She found out I was telling a l- I m-mean, she found out I wasn't telling the truth about s-something! And then, she looked harder, and her eyes got all dull... And I remembered something from my childhood... Something I'd forgotten a long time ago..." He looked downwards. "A memory that made me feel ashamed, I think..."

This caught Luka's attention. Her eyes widened. "Wait... Ashamed?" She asked in alarm. Mikuo nodded. She turned back to the tables, where she could make out a purple-haired lady talking amongst a crowd. "...Was she right?" She murmured.

Mikuo caught her looking back, and tilted over to see what she was looking at. She pushed him back and turned around. He growled at her. "Geez. Who was right?" He asked grumpily.

Luka looked at him as though he was something vaguely disturbing, and then winced as there was a crash and angry muttering. "Hmf. I never said that person was right." She attempted to catch his gaze, but, as she had predicted, he looked away immediately. "If this is true... Ah, we'll have our work cut out for us. And you - be a good boy and keep quiet." She turned her tail and swished off, Mikuo returning to his table, trying not to look at her.

"Oh-" Luka looked down in surprise to see what she had bumped into. Two little girls, long hair tied into twin tails stared back up at her. "Well now, aren't you two adorable? Sorry about that. Where do you two sit? Is anyone looking out for you?" The girls said nothing and simply stared at the Lumiere. Her face darkened when she realized what was going on.

"They just came in." Two voices said at once. Luka moved back as two blonde kids grabbed the girls. Rin looked up in alarm, moving away immediately, keeping one girl in her arms. "Rinto!" She smiled cheerily, but there was a sort of panic in her tone, as though she wanted to get away from him. "Hey~ Did the other one wander to you?"

Rinto smiled weakly and nodded, letting go of the girl she was holding and let her wander back to her sibling. "Y-Yeah... I guess they both ran off looking for each other..." He looked longingly and glumly at her hand, and then nodded.

Luka beamed at the two of them, and wiped her forehead. Wait a minute.. Was she sweating? She looked at Rinto, who seemed to be practically glowing with happiness as he gazed back at Rin. She, although looking equally happy, looked like she had been standing under the Sun for too long. "It's... Kind of been a while since we talked, huh?"

Rin sighed as she let the two girls reunite. "Eh. Stupid guards won't let us stay together for too long, huh?" She looked down.

Luka's smile started to twitch, before Rinto moved closer, and the heat became stronger. "Rin... Sometimes I wish I wasn't a Solin, you know..?" He smiled briefly, reaching out as though he were about to take her hand, but kept himself back.

A look of happiness and discomfort crossed Rin's face as she backed away. "No. Just be what you were born to be as." She stood up and pulled the girls with her. "We'll be fine and you know that." She winked.

"Okay okay." Luka cut in. "Look, as cute as this is, I need to talk with her. And people. So you just be on your merry way..." She shoved him away gently, but as her palm touched his skin, a burn shot up her arm, fire tingling her fingertips. "Ohmygoshwhat-" She sprang away. "Ow!"

Rinto looked upset. "Sorry, Miss... I'll go now." He turned and walked away.

Rin watched him leave, as Luka watched her, before she noticed the leaves and vines tangled around her appeared burnt and without water for too long. "Rin!" She exclaimed in surprise. "What happened to all your leaves?" She touched one, and it crumbled into ash beneath her fingertips. Luka recoiled quickly, staring at the blonde girl is alarm and dismay.

She looked unhappily at Luka. "Rinto's a Solin. I'm an Earthein. I cant handle too much sun, let alone fire." She held up a hand, which looked sun burnt. The leaves and vines coiling that particular arm were charred and burnt. "But whatever. It doesn't matter. Let's get back to our table." Forcing a smile, she seemed like a happy young kid again as she ran off with the two girls.

"S-So, hold on just a minute!" Luka called as she went after them, falling onto a seat next to Miku as soon as they had reached their table. Miku looked at the twins suspiciously. "These two just came in, right? And you just went and claimed them for yourselves?" Rin smiled sheepishly as Kaiko attempted to moisturize her leaves. "Alright. Well then, what are their names? And what... What are they, exactly?" The sister on the right looked a little older. The two had long, sharp ears and a bushy tail, both a light ashy-grey color, but tipped light blue at the end. Luka's eyes darted to her side, but refocused somewhere else in the crowd. "Kitsune?" She suggested.

The older girl shrugged, and pointed at herself. "Chu!" She squeaked.

"Th-They're adorable!" Lenka said happily.

Chu bent her head, and pointed at her sister. "Yan." ((Guess where I got their names from? lol))

"Hm... Chu and Yan, huh?" Luka swung her tail around and placed it under the table, leaning her head against her palms. "So... You both appear to be Kitsune, but... They're usually white. And their tips are red... Ah, I suppose they come in different colors, right?" She patted Yan's head, and she purred affectionately. "Haha, oh, what cuties!"

Miku squinted at them and said nothing. Their air felt familiar... In a way she didn't like. She turned back to her food and ate. She didn't like those sisters, the way they stared at everyone with their round eyes. It was as if they could have been plotting something evil, using their cuteness to assume innocence. She didn't trust them, or their smell. It just didn't fit. Luka noticed Miku looking a little more grumpy than usual, and remembered what Mikuo had said. She had brought back a memory, something that had made him feel ashamed. And not just him - she had done it to Gakuko as well. But how? Kins didn't have this kind of ability. Perhaps when they had grown several thousand years, they could attempt to learn, although the results would not have been as satisfying as this. And it seemed like she wasn't aware of this strange ability either. What could this mean?

"Speaking of which," Luka piped up suddenly. "You two aren't quite snapping at each other so much anymore, now are you? A sudden urge to be nicer?" She gave Miku a teasing smile, although the thoughts in her mind were whirring. Maybe if she could find out a few things...

Miku looked flustered and extremely irritated at the same time. "Absolutely not!" She scoffed. "We've just learned how to hate each other quietly."

"Oh? Is that so?"

"Of course. No way I'm getting along with that brat."

Luka frowned and turned back. Miku was too sharp for this anyway. If she pressed too hard she'd get suspicious and shut down completely. Perhaps she would soften a bit as time wore on. After all, time would smooth everything down eventually. Luka had been watching.

That time was coming soon.

What what.

I actually wanted to write more lol but I think this is good enough, right? I'm getting this sudden urge to write this story! Although I still haven't came up with a plot yet lol this is just still the introduction?

omg

this is going to drag along forever isn't it-

pff it's not my fault (okay technically it is but) these two are so stubborn! Ugh i hope I'm not boring you with all the blocks of text XD