Mina didn't sleep the night, she wanted to get an early start at her escape plan. Although she was scared witless and nervous beyond imagination she gathered herself together and got ready to leave. Mina thought about waking junketsu up and putting him on just incase they ran into trouble. But if she happened to get spotted she would just tell them that she was going into town to buy more sewing supplies and be on her way instead of getting seen wearing him and leaving with no explanation.

She slung her sack of necessities over her shoulder which also held junketsu folded on top of the pile. She quietly knocked a couple things over in her room and opened a window to make it look like a fight took place so when they came to look for her they would assume that she had been kidnapped.

Before she left she spotted her old necklace on the bedside table that she had since she was a child. Before satsuki had found her. The necklace was a beautiful light blue crystal, the same color as her hair. The crystal was incased in a silver cage that kept it from falling off the silver chain above it. She grabbed the necklace and placed it around her neck, it was one thing she didn't want to leave behind.

Instead of leaving out the window, mina just walked out of her bedroom door and strolled down the hall acting like everything was normal. Luckily the halls were empty so nobody saw her while she headed for the nearest fire exit she was sure that didn't have an alarm. She slowly pushed the door open and silently closed it back into its hold. She sighed with relief of her successfully getting this far. Mina stepped into the large front lawn thinking she was home free when suddenly a bright spotlight hit her almost causing her to go blind. She already knew where it came from and as soon as it hit her and a flood of terrifying fear ran over her.

She looked up to see satsuki standing on the highest point on the roof looking down on her.

Her voice rang through her ears in a loud boom. "MINA TSUKINAMI ! "

*Fuck.* She thought to herself

"Did you honestly think you would get away with this stunt of yours?" Mina set down her bag and sighed. "How did you find out?" She asked nervously.

"I went to check up on your progress earlier today but when I looked through the crack of your door all I saw was you packing for your little trip. I just have one question for you Mina...why?"

Mina looked down at her feet, she didn't know how to explain her actions. "I...I didnt want to...but...it all started when I pricked myself with the sewing needle and accidentally dripped a little of my blood on junketu. We talked to each other realized that we were the same. Silenced, with nobody to share our feelings with. And...I felt bad when I thought about giving him up. So..."

Satsuki jumped down from the roof and landed not too far away from where mina stood.

"You talked to him? You fool. You felt sympathy for a piece of clothing?" Satsuki walked closer to mina and stopped right in front of her. "Cant you see that its just a monster wanting to be let out its cage?" Satsuki took her sheathed sword and slashed at mina's bag on the floor. Ripping it open and letting all its contents spill out, including junketsu. She picked up junketsu with the tip of her katana. Satsuki quickly steped towards mina and slashed her cheek with her nails creating a cut on her cheek. "Ow!" She dripped little drops of minas blood from her nails onto junketsu and watched as he awoke and moved around franically looking for more blood. "See, it was just using you. Its a monstrosity that doesnt care for anyONE or anything besides bloodshed." Junketsu calmed down and looked at his surroundings. "Mina? Wh-whats going on? Where is this place? Why is satsuki..."

"Junkets Im sorry...I didnt want you to suffer anymore."

"Mina..."

Satsuki gave a dicussed look at mina. "You think this thing actually cares for you? Your wrong, its just using you to get what it wants."

"Mina, don't listen to her!"

Mina felt torn, not knowing what to do. She didnt know what to believe, was junketsu really just using her?

Satsuki threw junketsu down on the ground with a swish of her sword. "But what did I expect. You were always so naive and full of foolish thoughts like pity, and trust. Even your hair color sickens me, it brings back memories of your mother."

"My...My mother? I have no memories of my life before I met you. I thought you said you found me abandoned and alone? How do you know my mother!?"

Satsuki lowered her head.

"Her name was Kaya. She used to work with my father in his research before he married Into our family. Even so, she still didnt give up on their work and she still came by once in a while and helped out while my father was working on creating his first kamui, junketsu.

But when my mother found out that kaya was pregnant, she planned on using her unborn child along with myself in her experiments.

Unaware of my mother's plans, she continued to work on completing the work with my father until it was finished. Soon after, she gave birth and my mother stole you away. She was in the middle of trying her theories of full synchronization of life fibers on you before your mother stole you away in the dead of night never to be seen again.

Leaving my mother no choice but to use myself in her experiments. When I was around six years of age we found you and your mother in a far away village. You had that necklace around your neck then as well. I assumed that your mother gave it to you after she left. With all the knowledge your mother held within her my mother had no choice but to end her life. She was about to end yours too, but I pitied you and took you in. I was much softer then. Somehow, the trauma caused your brain to block out these memories."

Mina fell to her knees, and cried. She had a mother. Her mother tried to save her. She lived happily with her for six years until...until Ragyo killed her. The kiryuins didn't save her like she was told, they took everything that she loved away and stole her. Junketsu was shocked hearing that mina's mother was partially responsible for creating him. He watched her cry and wrapped his sleeve around her arm to try and comfort her. "Mina..."

Satsuki stared at the girl on her knees while she wept. "Now you know the truth, so what will you do?"

Mina clutched the crystal around her neck. It was the only thing left of her mother, even if she didn't remember her. It was a symbol of her love.

All this only made her more passionate about leaving and taking junkets with her. She couldnt still stay there after knowing the truth. Mina placed her hand on her chest and tried to unbutton her shirt without satsuki noticing. "Junkets.." She whispered his name silently hoping to catch his attention and hopefully he'd notice what she was trying to do. He understood and nodded back. She grabbed him and quickly jumped back, gaining a large amount of distance from satsuki. As soon as she landed junkets grabbed onto her and they transformed with a puff of steam and many flashes of white light.

Satsuki sighed and held up her now unsheathed sword. "You stubborn fool, your becoming a nuisance."

Satsuki lunged at mina with her katana but mina thought fast and crossed her arms blocking the strike. Although she didn't expect the power behind satsuki's attack and the force alone was enough to send her flying. She hit the ground hard on the kiryuins front driveway and groaned from the pain of her landing. She placed her hands on the ground and tried to push herself up.

"Mina, are you ok? You need to get up. Shes coming."

"I know that." She grunted and tried to stand up.

She turned her head to see Satsuki slowly walking closer to her.

Mina stood up and planted her feet on the ground. She had no experience in fighting but she wasn't just going to stand there.

Satsuki yelled out to her.

"Just look at yourself. You don't even know how to use it properly!"

"Mina." Junketsu looked up at her. "Take off your necklace."

"What! Why?"

"Just trust me."

She did what junketsu said and took off her necklace. As soon as she did it grew ten times its size and thinned out so that its edges became thin and sharp. The silver which previously encased it formed itself into a handle for her to hold at its base. The necklace chain grew in size and dangled from the end of the handle. The piece of jewelry that she recently had on her neck became a gigantic, light blue, impenetrable, crystal sword.

Mina gazed at the weapon in her hand in shock. Satsuki herself seemed to be taken off guard by the transformation.

"I didn't realize it earlier, but your necklace and its chain are made of materials similar to ryuko matoi's scissor blade. I guess the research on life fibers wasn't all your mother picked up from satsuki's father."

Mina held up her new weapon and pointed it at satsuki, challenging her. "Well then, you wanna try this again?" She said with a now more confident tone.

The two ran towards each other at an enormous speed and their two swords clashed. As their swords the blast from the clash shook the ground below them. Satsuki didnt have on a kamui at the time but she was still incredibly strong. Mina still tried to over power her and pushed her back. Her goal was to try and push her far enough away so that she could escape. Satsuki jumped back and came at her again. Mina just dodged her strike and kicked her from the back. The kick sent satsuki into the brick wall on the side of the house. Mina took that opportunity to dash out of the scene. She got out of there so fast that by the time satsuki collected herself from the blow, she couldn't see her anymore. Meanwhile mina headed towards the poor side of the town in a straight springt hoping that satsuki wouldn't think of finding her there. Once she entered the town she hopped from roof to roof trying to find a place to hide. She spotted a dark alleyway and dove down. Catching her breath, she slid down the brick wall onto the floor and transformed back to junkets original form. Her crystal blade shrunk in size as well and turned back into the necklace her mother gave her.

"Mina..." Junkets looked up at her while she tried to catch her breath.

"W-Whats up."

"Did you really...Do all that...for me?"

"Would you rather have me hand you over to her and have us go on and continue to live our miserable lives seprately?"

"..."

"Thats what I thought. Now if I'm correct I heard that the transfer student lives with a back ally doctor somewhere around here."

Mina placed her hand on the wall beside her and stood up.

"Wait!" Junketsu squeezed her making her stop in her tracks.

"Hey! Whats the matter!?"

"Nothing...its just..."

"Dont tell me your embarrassed to see them?"

Junketsu didn't answer.

"I know you were in a lot of fights with them but you didn't have a choice back then. If it makes you feel better ill explain everything when we get there ok?"

"..."

"Ok then."

Mina reached up and grabbed a tan cloak that somebody had set on their window to dry and draped it over herself, concealing her hair and junketsu all at once. She walked out of the ally and started to look for the so called 'Back ally doctor' of the slums.