Ash: Whew! Yep another 3' o clock wake up call.

Yumeì: I don't get you sometimes. Ridiculous! Waking up at 3:00 in the morning should be a sin!

Ash: That's it! You are not going to see Jesse for tutorials!

Yumeì: That quote wasn't from him anyways. I just blended his themes with mine.

Ash: *This is what happens when your sister fraternizes with the enemy. Beware!* I don't own anything except my story and OC's!

Yumeì: *Glare*

Zaire's View

Zaire raced down the hallway. She was supposed to tell the Tortallan girl, Kel, that the council was starting in thirty minutes. According to Yumeì-kin, she was still at the top of the tower. Yumeì-kin also mentioned something about the Tortallan girl being scared of heights...she wasn't sure. She had raced off after her orders and had barely heard the last part. She paused at the bottom of Isran Observatory. She didn't see the girl. Then she saw her slowly descend the spiral staircase. She was even paler than Shun-serei. Now that was saying things.

"Need help, Kel-viva?"

"What?"

"Oh, viva means life or sister. We address everyone here by either oku, kin, serei, or ruki. Sister, brothers, and people about your age group are usually called viva or rino. Nothing unusual when you think about it practically. In some distant way we are all related. Tabitha-kin said that."

Kel just stared at her. Zaire blushed. She had just spouted a bunch of unnecessary information.

"Er, sorry. I like information. And I hope this info will come in use later. It will, right?"

Kel just mutely nodded and continued slowly down the spiral staircase. Zaire watched for sometime before sitting and playing with nearby rocks. She wondered if all foreigners were this slow coming down the stairs. Then Yumeì-kin's voice went through her head.

"She is scared of heights. She may take a while to descend. Don't be impatient!"

That last part did not sound like Yumeì-kin. But she digressed.

"Are you down yet?"

Kel turned to face her.

"I don't even know who you are." Kel said blankly.

Zaire pouted.

"I knew I shouldn't have fallen asleep on the trip!"

Kel's eyes lit up.

"You're that sleeping figure that came with Yumeì and Shinoru! The sleeping guard!"

Zaire first stared at Kel, before protesting,

"I'm not a guard! And hurry up! The council's in twenty minutes!"

Kel paused at the bottom of the staircase.

"Wait, what?"

Inyuma's View:

Iyu continued to pace on top of the flat balcony. Nobody was going to be here for a couple hours. The guards were going to be well rested and perhaps wake up with a headache. Those were compliments from her. She hadn't lost any of her old skills. Whether that was good or not, she was not completely sure. But they were definitely useful. She fingered an amulet that hung around her neck. It was silver, but it reflected blood red in the dying sunlight. Or that could be her nervous, unstable mind. Or her mind remembering the day the prince gave the amulet to her. Bloody day, that was. Or... well the idea was clear. There were many possibilities on why the sun chose to be so cruel in color. Or why it chose tonight. Shaking her head she sat down, her legs giving way to utter tiredness. She didn't want to commit the deed tonight. Then she heard the yelling of two people. Looking down from the terrace, she spotted the Princess and...Shun? She saw the angry boy chase the crazy princess yelling something about,

"Don't you dare!"

Iyu knitted her eyebrows. Now that did not sound like Shun. Looking closer she could see the green specks, vivid in the contrasting red. She lowered the bow she had drawn. This was not her target. It was just Shinoru. Suddenly she felt a rush of horror. What had she almost done? She had almost killed the wrong target. Should she get the wrong person, she would never be able to get another chance at Shun, and her parents would suffer their captor's wrath.

Suddenly she heard a loud noise behind her. Drawing her bow, she aimed her arrow at the source. Then she dodged as a dart whistled past her ear. The now conscious guard, however, already raised a weird, piercing cry that was the alarm in Verithigo. It stopped abruptly as she put an arrow in his throat, but it was too late. She heard the angry, confused voices of alarmed guards. Cursing, She jumped the roof, and landed in a close by willow tree. But there were already soldiers on the ground as well. She was trapped. They had not spotted her but it would be soon. But they would soon. She backed up against the tree. Then she felt a hollow. Slipping inside quietly, she huddled up like the most insignificant ball in existence.

Tonight she murmered to herself, To live I have to do it tonight.

Yumeì: Will she do it? Well?

Ash: You can wait.

Yumeì: You know I can't!

Ash: Well too bad, because I have to sleep!

Yumeì: *Pouty Face* Review please! It encourages her to write more! AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!