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~Ace & Sabo~

Kira sat on a branch above two boys. She could hear them chatting about some money they had been saving in order to buy a pirate ship. The whole notion of two young boys saving money for a pirate ship made her smile. She looked through her silk drawstring bag for the kiseru but as she took it out, she fumbled with it and it dropped. It hit against the branch the boys were on before falling to the ground.

"What was that?" One of the boys said. Kira peeked down at them, holding on to the branch so she wouldn't also fall.

"Sorry about that." She said down to them, startling them both and nearly making the blonde fall from the branch.

"Who're you?" The black haired boy asked her.

"It is not polite to ask for ones name without first giving your own." She replied.

"I don't care if it's not polite, who're you?"

"If you won't give your names first then I guess who will never know who I am."

"My name is Sabo," said the blonde, "and this is Ace. So who are you?"

Kira smiled, "My name is Kira. Now, could ones of you find my kiseru? It's what dropped a moment ago."

"Why should we?" Ace asked. Kira looked at him and couldn't shake the feeling for familiarity. She knew that she had never met him before but there was something about him.

"Well, you don't have to; I just don't want to get down at the moment. It's quite nice up here. I'll just have to live without it a short while." She said as she sat up and leaned back against the truck of the tree.

"Sabo, perhaps we should move our money. We don't know who she is, she might steal it." Ace said in a harsh whisper.

"I have no reason to steal your money." Kira said loudly so the boys below would hear, "In fact, I have no reason for money."

"How do we know we can trust you?" Sabo asked.

"You don't, and you have no reason to. But like I said, I have no reason for money. I have enough to get by and carrying that much money would be a bother."

"Ace, I don't know why but I feel we can trust her."

"You serious? We have no idea who she is."

"There was this story I heard once about this woman who wore only kimonos. If you ask her who she is, she would never give her name until you gave yours. If you meet her for a second time and remember her name, she will help you or something like that."

"I'm guessing you don't remember the story properly." Kira said.

"I didn't exactly hear the story properly."

"Not surprising, my story has become a distorted legend."

"Can you tell us your story?" Ace asked.

"The moment I remember myself, I promise I will tell you everything." Kira answered, sadly. Even to her, her story was lost.

"How can you not remember it yourself? It's your story."

Kira stood up and jumped down to the branch below, "It doesn't matter. If I ever remember I will return so I can tell you boys but now I feel it's time I should leave. I'm beginning to feel wary."

She jumped down to the ground and picked up her kiseru, "Goodbye boys. Until we meet again."

And with that, she walked away.