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There was no need to think of an answer for Hitomi if it ment she would be able to approve, all she wanted to do now was to stop Yuki before she had a chance to trap everyone killing them. In her mind her life had been through so much since she could think back, everything from The Black Rose assasions to the quells, becoming a rebal and awaken a spirit that resided in her all this time.....what would a life as a apprentice be like? Perhaps with this it would be a chance to forget the past and take down her sister before it was too late, she vowed to guard Eve through this and wasnt going to give up, with the guidence of the rose reaper failure wasnt an option. Hitomi stayed lowered but spoke softly,"This is an honor to be taught by in my books a legend in, I shall serve you as I serve for Eve and i shall not fail you." Thinking about not having a life of her own didnt even bother her and all she could think about was trying to get out of this and end Yuki's reign of destruction before it had to come to having to kill her just to do so. It was all set in mind and Hitomi looked in front of her forgetting the past behind her though many things were going in her mind especially for Everest, she had not seen her niece since then and started to think of what is happening to her with Yuki's new behavior but knew she would have to deal with that later until she was strong enough to fight her sister if need be.

At that point Hitomi was amazed but didnt last long, in her mind she couldnt think of using magic being only half and not only that using the elements would be hard since she couldnt tell what to use, her sister had the powers over the shadows but really didnt know if it was possible for her to do. Ketsueki's voice lingered around her,You only think you cant do anything is because you dont try remember the time you were face to face with Sara?.....you show such power it was just as equal to Yuki....so powerful that your marks were visible and eyes were the most deepest shade of blood red. With that seen I believe you can do it just try. Hitomi nods and felt safe enough to remove her headband without the worry of Yuki seeing and could feel a force within trying to rise while on the outside her moon was glowing a dim red, Ketsueki's power was finally coming through again. Without her even lifting her hand the daggers latched to her leg started to to glow dim red as well and lift out of it pouch, once shoulder length all she does is nod slightly and they flung right pass Dracko and pinned themselves into the trees. As soon as they landed they vanish in a red mist and come back to Hitomi, it look alright for the moment till she regained foucus but didnt realize her daggers were coming right at her and she ducks for cover as they land inches from her arms,"Ok I have no idea what happened but I think I went somewhere for a moment." Hitomi had the look of fright and confusion as she looked down to see red marks like Yuki's covering her body.

Finally a good distance from getting burned Hitomi watched in curiosity as the flames dance around Drako's hand along the blade,"Indeed that is something there, five hundred years or more your still legendary to us Lokchaions now if only Yuki could see that now she's probably not even noticing whats to come.....think of it the rose reaper appears once again to stop her of all people I bet she'll be terrified then again theres Kurai...." Thinking back Ketsueki told her his brother vanished from his senses awhile back but when it come to evil they have ways of lingering back, it had to be the cause of Yuki's new hatred and increase in power. "I must say this now before I forget....what about Eve? do you think she'll mind this help now that she has issues herself, I try not to get her angry for some reason I get chills when shes angry, not sure why." Hitomi jumped onto a high branch a bit out of drako's reach and decides to try something now getting a better hang onto the whole element theory thought it would be nice to try an ambush,"For being a deathbringer and all thats hardcore in the making, then again he says the years have hit them perhaps...." A smile comes on her face getting a risky but a way to give him a spook, taking small steps she reaches higher up out of view and hangs by her legs by the branch holding her dagger close to her wrist ready to take aim as her energy leeched around her hand. Just before thowing a creeky cracking noise alerted her attention and all she do was look a second before the branch gave weigh and Hitomi tumbled down with it, using her fingers she anchored onto the trunk just enough to slow her fall but fell with a thud growling under her breath,"So much for the art of surprise, some assasion I am.......I fall out of trees."

Hitomi got up brushing off dirt and spots the two but says nothing and realizes what was happening, it was Scarlet's voice that was heared and knowing Dracko hasnt seen her since that tradgic day this was a snock and enjoyment all at the same time. So the stories are true....even after so many years and fables this is truely a happy time for him, true givien such a grim description he was only really hurting inside till now, thats what I call love. She kept her distance and let the two stay where they were and letting him enjoy hearing the one thing he was lost with for so many years, thinking about it this was how she felt the day she finally told Yuki that she had a sister and was swelled in happiness for being reunited and sadness for missing many memories she could of shared. Now with the powers clashing that bond was slowly starting to break but within Hitomi there was a chance to reverse the damage and brings things back to order but for the meantime she felt happy for Drako since he too was happy beyond anything else.

Hitomi nods and follows a decent distance from him, in her mind this was all going fast but on the bright side of things it was a closer step to outsmart Yuki in her own game of wits. "I may have lost my freedom in life but if it means ending the chaos we live in then switching the life of an assasian to an apprentice is worth it all." Hitomi switched so many lifestyles before and ended up fine but somehow this particular switch was a little bit more grim then the last few times, even with Ketsueki and Drako aiding her something was troubling her. Retaining focus into reality she caught up with him but said nothing more staying quiet.
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The nightshade palace was quiet and dark inside and out, not one servant dared to enter Yuki's chamber to only fear her wrath upon them. Deep within the wall a small light flicker dancing on the walls of the shadows where Yuki was in deep thought in her father's study watching the flame from the candle burn slow observing every drop of wax fall. She had been in a deep sleep ever since the encounter with Azelus and the separation of Kurai, somehow within her slumber her dreams were shrouded by dark feelings and the sense her reign of ruling over the universe was coming to an end and possibly her life as well,"I've done well so far....the universe is in the palm of my hand and even those who never fled the quells are even foolish enough to continue on but why?.....why is that feeling still here that something greater then me is coming soon."


It was there Yuki kept the hunch Eve will be the cause of her fallin power but knowing Yuki's tricky ways her trap seemed almost fool proof at finally eliminating Eve and her little clan she had formed once they hit the ice realm she was waiting to send out the worse of it. Everything seemed to have been coming together for her even with Kurai out of the way it seemed she found the hatred in her heart and it was coming out, all seemed to have been coming into place yet her mind wasnt calm and worry still lingered in her mind till she looked to the desk at a lone black rose in a vial, it reminded her of Scarlet and the past she had with her,"Ah Scarlet with you gone things have changed drasticly, I remember you saying before I would never be great but I guess you were wrong....since your death I rule everything and nothing could be better." remembering back from her days as a servant and apprentice started to amuse Yuki taking off the worry,"Its true you have taught me well and what was evil in the world and how to stop it however.....darkness is quite a useful tool in power even if death is included." A smile creep onto her face thinking that everything would go her way and nothing was going to stop her as long as she had the power she gained from Kurai and from her father's gift of vanity and the many spells and incantations she read from the family dark magics book.

Yuki crept out of hiding and gazed out the window looking over Lokchaos, nothing moved but the wind and the sky was the hue of blood red, the same way it did when her father raided other nations. Fire burned farther away glowing radient to the moonlight that was in its phase of the nightshade curse being almost black as the one on Yuki's forehead along with her marks. Outside in the hall Everest heared her mother talking amongs herself and quietly looked inside but stood where she was, Yuki turns to see her but stares at her cold,"Dont be scared my dear mommy can take care of anything that would cause harm to you....momy can do anything." Everest tried to say something but the words didnt come out, she was too afraid at the one person she called mother and scurried off quickly.

Once the room grew quiet it remained that way but the tenseful grasp of fear was in the room and Yuki was feeling it all, sliding down from the dresser she didnt know how to process the event that just happened. "Impossible.....she could of unless I was seeing her spirit......and she heared everything?!...evry little detail I said about her and now she warns me that she'll kill me if need be,...." Yuki stayed on the ground sweating from the fright nearly growing pale thinking about the same worries that bothered her before, only this time she heared it from Scarlet herself in spirit and she wasnt kidding from the way she looked when she scared her. It was there she wished Kurai was still with her to tell her everything was fine and she would grasp everything in her path that would want to let her fall but now she was alone with all the power she could imagine yet she let a spirit get the best of her till she was literally on the ground. "I cant....I cant have a little scare get to me, besides I'm just as equal in power as of Scarlet even more ruling everything......enough! I cant let small things bring fear to me till I break down and thats what these people want me to do is fall, well then I say let them try....lets see if Eve and her clan can even pass my trap and I truely want to see the oh so powerful spirit Scarlet Knight take me down and out of this world."

She grabbed hold of the dresser's side gouging them with her now sharpened nails and stands showing both anger and a bit of intrest being challenged in such a way,"If Scarlet wants me to fall its going to take a lot to even drag me to the ground." Thunder crashed through her room as rain came down heavy dimming the night sky of it reddish hue, Yuki steps into the balcony resting on the railing in full rage ready for a fight but refrains from going any further and follows her original plan. "They should be getting close to the ice realm very soon, the trap should work of at least cut her clan's number down....but still.....even if Eve isnt killed she'll be coming here next but it wont matter because I'll be waiting for that death battle and it shall be her and Scarlet who will perish." Rain pounds onto her as she looks above the horizon then to the sky and shouts out to all of Lokchaos,"I shall finish what Sara had tried to do, I will defeat the Lucifer angel, Scarlet Knight!"

The thundering sound that Yuki believed was thunder finally calmed as did the rain but her anger on sending her wrath to Eve's clan kept growing, in her mind she had a sense there was something coming thoughout Lokchaos and one word etched in her mind.....rebellion. "So....Lokchaos, the capital city might turn on their ruler eh?...I think not! messing with me will end in instant death to those who would even dare try, lets see who wants to test my paitence." At that point a knock was heared on her door where a guard pokes his head through,"Your highness, you must come to the throne room for a sentencing of possible rebels we arrested." Yuki groans from what she hears but was curious to know who it was daring already to bring her down so she aruptly stolls to the throne room and sits waiting for the captured to arrive, one by one each rebal was sent to their knees to face her and by simple markings were able to tell where they came from, two Iioans from Iios, a Phamtroian from Phamtrois, two beings from Earth, and three Lokchaons.

"They were caught in the act of turning against your majesty, question still lies how they were able to penetrate your barrier but we believe the Lokchaons were hiding them in the capital your highness." She looks at the eight at each expression telling what they were feeling most being pure hatred towards her while the two from Earth by the look were a couple were in fear of what their fate was to be,Yuki stands,"You eight have been captured by my men for being caught in the act of rebellion.....do you have anything to say for this?"
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Hitomi looks around and sees the improvement of the clan of how the number grew so quickly, with that plus being taught by a legend it almost looked as they were going to get out of this whole mess and with enough will bring back Yuki to her senses and all will be alright. The storm hit a calm wall and the group broke in pairs for nessesities and were to come back once it started to get worse, Hitomi with the reaper's permission went to scavage alone took to the rocky terrain careful not to fall but knew a few edible plants and numerous herbs that would be useful for burns and infection."Well at least I can come back with a full pack if I climb a bit higher....I definatly know the fruits up there." She climbs another ten feet but stops as if someone slammed her head with a baton and kneels trying to ease the pain, without her noticing her eyes became a solid purple and soon her vision went out not becoming blind but she was starting to see in the eyes of someone else. Seeing the familier sites Hitomi realized in shock who's eyes she was seeing in, none other then her sister Yuki. Scalet did this to her once but was puzzeled of why she was within the eyes of her sister and what she was doing, all she was seeing was eight people surrounded by guards moving into the capital main square and feared what was next.
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With Everest by hand Yuki walks protected by a guard on each side as they are seated watching all eight rebals walk to the center and lined up, in the bitterness of her heart she was sentencing for them to be executed by firing squad so to send a messege towards the people watching in Lokchaos that rebellion against her would end up to this violent demise no matter where they came from. She watches as each are blindfolded and sent to their knees though most of them remained silent while the couple huddled as much as they could to each other crying under ther blindfolds knowing it was the end for them, the caption of the imperial army comes in front of them while the squad prepared, "You are being sentenced to death by firing squad for the act of rebellion....any last words before you die?" It grew quiet for a few moments then one of the Iioans lifted his head,"You may put us to death but it wont end what we tried, true we leaders were planning but fear and death will come to you Queen Yuki!, Scarlet Knight has returned to us and vows to eliminate you and your evil grasp to this once peaceful Universe....may she show no mercy towards you as you spend your days in the darkest part of the Netherworld....pray she shows no mercy to your blackened heart like the late King Cyrus." Yuki's eyes narrow towards him and nods to the caption who shouts out the command, one by one each falls dead on the square and the crowd says nothing and slowly deminishes. Yuki looks to the vioence satisfied and looks down to Everest whos eyes were wide in fear tears coming down scared from what came to those people, "You see my dear Everest...there are people out there who would try to kill your mommy and who knows do to you, that is why mommy decided to kill them for you." Yuki takes one more look to them and walks with Everest back to the palace.
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Hitomi shouts at the top of her lungs as she watched the bloody display being done, tears streamed from her face watching those innocent lives being taken by Yuki with the bitterness of herself,"Why?....they didn't need to die dear sister....you would murder the innocent some not even part of the shadow realm so you could sent out a messege!?.....your not the Yuki I truely remembered, I'm seeing a ruthless, dark, muderous tyrant....I'm seeing father!" Soon Hitomi's sight returned and she could see the storm was starting up again and had to get back fast, grabbing her pack she leaped down the rocks onto the ground, she had no idea if she should tell her teacher or even bother to tell anyone at all fearing it would brew something up and cause another problem. Lightheaded from her experience she sees the group only feet away and rushes over forgetting she still had tears in her eyes.