Kimi no Kakera
	 Volume 2
	  Chapter Three

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Kimi no Kakera
Chapter Three

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Icoro: Wow...  what a creepy
	dream...

[It really was a weird dream...]

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<<Commander: We are actually searching for something called a "hitogata."

[I was chased by the Warmonger Tribe, and fell off the cliff down to the Lower World...]

<<Icoro: I wanna go...
	Looking for a sun!

Icoro: {Oh gosh, why am I blushing over a stupid dream...?  It's morning, I've got to wash my face, draw some water, prepare breakfast and attend to my morning duties.  I'd better hurry,
	or Gramma will be angry...}

<<Shiro: Why don't we go looking for a "sun"?!

Icoro: {Still...
	It was a...  LITTLE exciting, I guess...}
	Oh no!
	Can't stand around, I'd better roll up the futon, or Gramma will...

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Icoro: (UGYAAAAAA)

Kuro: And so~  When you fell asleep, we had no choice but to enter this temple, and then, and then...
	And then these evil spirits jumped out like GRAAAAAA~

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Kuro: And then Shiro was like GRARARA and went FWOOM~
	And then the Warmongers busted in like BROOOOOM and went BLAAAAARGH...

Icoro: That doesn't make any sense!  Explain properly!!
	What do you mean, evil spirits?!  GEEZ!!
	Where am I?
	Why are we locked up in here?!
	And wh...  where...
	Where is...
	My f...  friend...  Shiro...
	Where did he go...?
	(one night, and already my only friend is gone...)

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Kuro: I don't know~  He just disappeared and left us behind!
	That heartless little vermin!
	It was like he had completely forgotten who we were!

Icoro: S...  stop it.  I don't want to hear you saying these mean things.
	I know Shiro is forgetful, but that just CAN'T be true!
	You're LYING!!

<<Shiro: Because you're the first person
	who answered "friend."

Icoro: {He's the first person...
	I've ever called a friend, too.}

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Kuro: Ohh...  Princess Icoro...
	I can see the Upper World from out of that window...

<<Mataku: Icoro...

<<Shah: Princess Icoro...

Icoro: I don't...  wanna see it.
	{It wasn't a dream...  it was real.
	I actually left the royal domain...
	I can never go back...
	I can never...  go back...}

Kuro: And when all those weird kids with masks on surrounded us, that's when those three Warmongers showed up, with a bunch more troops!

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Icoro: I see...  so they were after the "Hitogata," after all.

Kuro: What should we do?!  At this rate, they'll be chasing us forever!

Icoro: Don't ask me!  I don't know what to do...!

Kuro: This is what you get for letting Shiro trick you!

Icoro: But...  but...  I didn't...!
	{What should I do...  I only lied about my necklace "piece" being a "Hitogata" to keep my brother safe...}
	I mean...

<<Icoro: Ah...

Icoro: {And after all...
	I lost it when we fell down to the Lower World...}

<<Mother: Listen to me, Icoro.
	See this "piece" of Mommy?
	This little piece has been handed down for generations.
	Anyone will know that you're the princess when they see it.
	It's a very precious pendant...

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<<Shah: PRINCESS
	ICORO!!
	In this country, those without these "pieces" are not treated as human beings.
	They are shunned by their people and cast out for eternity.
	So how can you forget such an important thing on your washstand?!
	Each of these pendants are unique.
	They are irreplaceable.
	Each tribe has their own particular shape.
	They can also indicate one's status or rank.
	The princess's piece is an especially important artifact, created at the birth of our kingdom...
	If you were to lose this most valuable object, Princess Icoro...

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<<Shah: You would become an "inhuman creature"!

<<Icoro: "Inhuman creature" sounds really really scary...
	Waahh...  Waaahhh...

[That's right...  I have committed a fatal mistake...]

Icoro: {How could I have lost my piece like that...?}

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Icoro: {I showed it to those weird Warmongers...  and then I just LOST it..}

Commander: (what?)

Kuro: And then we got caught by those masked kids, who call themselves the Resistance!
	We escaped from the Warmongers because they showed us a secret passage!
	They might have an impressive name, but they're all just little turds!  The same age as you!  I don't know what they're resisting, but given the way they acted around the Warmongers, 
	they oughta be DEAD, that's what!

Icoro: (turds?)

Kuro: Besides, they're criminals~ Defying the system our kingdom works on!  They lock up the nobility in this cold, dark, smelly room...  That's just too far, even for an unlikeable little
	brat like yourself, Princess Icoro!
	They might be kids, but criminals are criminals...
	They should be EXECUTED as traitors to...

Yona: Did someone say we're traitors that need to be executed?!

Kuro: [Pretending to be a doll]

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Yona: You better not be sayin' bad things about us, or you'll pay!

Icoro: Who...?

Yona: We might be kids,
	but we're still the RESISOMETHING fighting to protect our town's temple!

Icoro: You mean...  Resistance?  (uh...)

Yona: Yes!!  RESISTANCE
	We're so great!  We're the best!
	We are valiant champions of justice who lay our lives on the line for any noble cause that we can!

Icoro: Do you understand anything you're talking about?

Yona: ...not really...

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Yona: Don't tell anyone, or I'll kill you!

Icoro: EEEEK!!

Yona: Anyways, just don't insult us.  I want an apology!!

Icoro: ...sorry.

Yona: As long as you understand.
	I figured you'd be cold, so I brought some coal for the heater.

Icoro: {First I thought she was cute, now she's just scary...}
	Coal?  The heaters here don't use Energy?

Yona: Nope...  this is our hideout, we don't have anything fancy like that.
	Where were you born?  Don't you know anything?
	Okay, this is a secret between you and me.  We're secretly using this building called a "school" as our base.
	Now, the secret is, this is on a real high hill outside of town, so nobody comes around here.  That's why it's a secret.

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Yona: It's a secret base!  Perfect for the secret Resistance!  (ahahahaha)

Both: {...sure as hell ain't a secret anymore...}

Yona: Well, the heater is ready.  Warm yourself up!
	So then, one day, both the Politick Tribe and the Warmonger Tribe came to our town, together...
	They told everyone, "You have to leave!"
	You can't just say that and have it happen, right?  But they kept threatening us...
	And all the adults eventually broke down.  It was pathetic...  they did whatever they were told, like slaves...
	Everyone, grown-ups, kids, even our goats, all got put into camps.
	And then all the brave kids escaped!  Now we're fighting back!!

[I see...  that explains why this town is empty when it should have been bustling...]

Icoro: {So they have free rein to do whatever they want in the Lower World...
	...but why this town?
	Does it have anything to do with the "Hitogata" those three soldiers were looking for...?}
	So...  why did it happen to your town?

Yona: Hmmm?  Because we have the "Spirit"...  (hey, this is cute)

Kuro: (tug)(crack)
	{uaargh!}

Icoro: Spirit?!

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Yona: Yeah!  It lives in the giant stone the temple you broke into houses.
	Our town's Guardian Spirit...
	It's warm,
	and bright...
	And makes everyone happy...

Icoro: {Huh?  Isn't that...}

<<Mataku: Icoro...  is the sun really that warm and bright?

<<Icoro: Yes, it made people happy, in the days of old.

<<Mataku: Gee, I wish I had a sun.

<<Icoro: Just wait, Mataku, when I grow up, I'll get one for you...

<<Mataku: Yay!

Icoro: {Could it be...?!}
	Uh...  uh...

Yona: That's what they say!  Although I don't remember it all, cause I heard it when I was a baby...

Icoro: Hey, is that...?!
	Is that thing called a "sun"?!

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Yona: Sun?  What's that?  Never heard of it...

Icoro: Oh...
	{Oh well...  I guess a sun won't be that easy to find...}
	Never mind...  (my mistake)

Yona: Never mind?!
	Don't make fun of me!  The Spirit's power is great and mighty!
	So mighty that the bad guys are trying to use it to shoot off a great big huge gigantic CATFISH!

Icoro: {Catfish?}

Yona: The stone holds amazing power and...

Imza: YONA!

Yona: I-Imza...

Imza: ...Yona...  I told you not to tell any outsiders about the "stone"...

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Imza: Move, Yona!
	We can't let anyone who knows the secret of the stone live!!

Icoro: H-huh?
	You're kidding, right?!

Yona: Stop, Imza!
	Her friend saved my life!

Icoro: {Friend?  Does she mean Shiro?
	How did he save her life?}

Imza: ...all right then.  You can do what you want with her, Yona.

Yona: (GEEZ)  She's my guest, so...

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Yona: If anyone's gonna kill her, it's gonna be ME!!

Icoro: Ack...  (not again...)
	{A k-k-k-knife...
	A knife...?!
	What is WRONG with these kids?!  They're going to kill me...!
	Mommy...  this must be punishment for having a dream.
	Mommy...}

<<Mother: ...were you bullied again, Icoro?

<<Icoro: Waaaahh!

<<Mother: A princess can only cry for the sake of her people.
	And you can only laugh for the happiness of your people.
	You can't cry in front of them.  It'll only make them worried, won't it?
	You have to be brave!  For your citizens, Icoro!

Icoro: {Mommy...}

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Icoro: K...
	K...
	KNAVES!
	I am Icoro, princess of this kingdom!!  How dare you turn your blades upon me!!

Both: PRIN...
	CESS?

Icoro: I will forgive you this instance, as you are but children.  However, should it happen again...

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Imza: BFFFF!!  A princess!  Gyahahahaha!

Icoro: Huh?
	Wh-
	What?!

Imza: If you're a princess, show us your piece!

Yona: Yeah, it must be a real nice one.

Icoro: {Oh no...  and I lost it...}

Imza: Look!  Mine has the emblem of the proud Nakcha people on it.

Yona: Mine too!  It has the embel of the proud Nakie people!!

Icoro: M...  my, my p...  I l-lost it and...

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Icoro: Hya...
	Ah...
	Wha-
	Huh?

Imza: You little THIEF!  How could anyone just LOSE their pendant?!
	What were you doing in our temple?!
	Speak truthfully!  NOW!!

Icoro: Waaa!

Imza: Or I'll kill you, false princess!!

Yona: Imza!  (don't hurt her!)

Imza: Okay, fine.
	I'm Imza, leader of the Resistance.
	This is my sister, Yona.
	Sorry for locking you up in here.
	I don't know how much this little blabbermouth told you yet.  We're at an extremely important time.

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Imza: You and your friend might have saved my sister's life...  but thanks to your interference, our long-planned strategy...
	to bring back our "Spirit" by sneaking it out of the temple through the secret tunnel has been ruined.
	Don't worry.  If you behave until the Politick Tribe's experiment is over, we'll let you go.  Our friends are on edge, too.

Icoro: ...P-Politick Tribe experiment?
	What is that?  What are you talking about?  What experiment?
	Flying?
	Catfish?  They can't fly!
	I don't get it!  I don't get it!  Waaaaah!

Imza: (why is she crying over that?)
	Where did you come from...?  You really DON'T know anything...
	It's an experiment...
	to put a giant catfish into space with the power of the Spirit!

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Icoro: Catfish...?  Spirit?!
	{What are the Politicks and Warmongers doing?!}

Imza: We're not real smart cause we can't go to school...
	But we know that we're right, and they're wrong!!
	What they're trying to do...
	Is resurrect the lost "Science"...
	A demonic experiment that defies the gods.

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Soldiers: So this is the Captain's unit.  Wow...
	They all look so tough...  (...I'm scared)
	And we almost burned to death in that old temple...
	If they hadn't heard the commotion and come to help, who knows what could have happened...?

Commander: I can hear you.
	Fools!  This is all YOUR fault for taking so long to get rid of one little kid!

Soldiers: But still!

Commander: Don't cry, Warmongers!  You're pathetic!!
	It's just one kid...

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Soldiers: I'm surprised the Captain's base is all the way out in the sticks...
	This base is the one undertaking the "Great Experiment," isn't it?
	It sure is large...
	Compared to his, our squad is...
	Totally...

Commander: (jeez) I can hear you!

Soldiers: But...  where's that you-know-what hiding?
	Yeah, all I can see is mountains!

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Soldiers: Mountains to the left, mountains to the right...
	(Idiot!)  They're hiding it, of course!  It's a huge experiment that could change the course of our kingdom!
	No, you're an idiot!  Don't act like you know what you're talking about.  You didn't even go to school!
	Neither did you!
	It's hard to believe that we were so close to almost ruining that grand experiment...  scary.
	But who would have thought that old temple held something so important to it?
	We could be court-martialed...
	Yikes...

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Soldiers: What's wrong, Commander?  We have to hurry...
	The Captain called for you himself, didn't he?

Commander: Hey...  why don't you guys come with me, after all?

Soldier: No way...  if he's gonna chew you out, don't drag us into it!

Commander: Why not?!  You're my soldiers aren't you?!  Obey your commanding officer's orders!!

Soldiers: But...
	It was YOUR idea to go search for the "Hitogata" in the forbidden royal grounds!  (yeahhh)
	AND it was your idea to invade the temple!

Commander: (you traitors...)
	G...  gimme a break!  I didn't think it was going to turn into such a disaster!  I mean...

Captain: Is that you, Major?  Come in!

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Captain: And?
	Is it true that you started this ruckus in my territory, Major?

Commander: ...yes.  (gross...)

Captain: Hahahaha, well, I must say that even I was surprised that my allies would come and attack a critical location within my own borders!

Commander: Ehehehe, yes, I...  I didn't think that run-down old temple was so important...

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Captain: SILENCE!!  Your duty is find a "Hitogata"!

Commander: Y...  Yes, sir!

Captain: Is your duty to play around with those KIDS in the Resistance?!
	HUH?!

Commander: N...  no, sir...
	B...  but listen!  I...
	I found the Hitogata!

Captain: What?
	That's not funny!  How could you find it that quickly?  Shut up.
	The Warmongers and Politicks have turned this country upside down searching for it.
	So how would a little girl like you...

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Commander: I figured it out!  The...  the royalty had it!
	So I...

Captain: Hah!
	If the royalty had it, why would we have to go through all this trouble searching for it?

Commander: It's true!  The princess herself had it, and while I was chasing her...

Captain: Oh come on, you can make up a better story than that, can't you?  We're not even allowed into the Upper World without permission...
	Unless...?  "While you were chasing her"...?  Don't tell me you were also responsible for that commotion up in the Upper World last night...
	...Beth...  listen.
	Go back home...

Beth: ...please don't call me "Beth," big br...  Captain.

Captain: Okay, I know the royal family is nothing more than a bunch of cowards.
	We can just play it off by pretending that nothing ever happened...  but Beth...
	You shouldn't be...
	worrying Dad so much...

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Captain: Besides, does this Hitogata thing...
	even exist?
	Nobody knows what it actually looks like.
	Even Dad.
	Last year it was still in transit when that train accident happened and it disappeared.  We don't even know if it was real or not.
	The Politick Tribe keeps bugging Dad to find it, but they never tell us anything substantial about it.
	Maybe not even the highest of their members knows what it is...
	And they're just trying to find it so they can survive for a little while longer...
	Wouldn't that make our dad just a senile old man? (ha ha ha ha)

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Beth: D...  don't make fun of Papa!
	His Excellency the general only joined hands with those power-mad Politicians for the sake of our future...

Captain: I told you, he's going senile.
	We are only born to fight and die.  It is our fate.
	We don't have a future to begin with.  It's just...
	STUPID.
	What's the point of gaining life when there's no place for you to live...?  (haha)
	I'm happy just fighting, you know?
	I don't care about the Hitogata or the Great Experiment...  but if Dad orders it, I'll do it.
	Still...

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Captain: I don't like that thing, either...  It smells fishy to me...

Beth: CAPTAIN!
	If we are done talking, may I have your leave?
	I have a Hitogata-carrying princess to catch, so...

Captain: Seriously Beth, you shouldn't be risking everything if all you want is the accomplishment.

Beth: Thank you for the warning, CAPTAIN!

Captain: She looks like her...  such a shrew.
	{The princess has the "Hitogata"...?  Impossible...}

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Captain: A "Flying Whale"...
	What a monster...

Beth: {Curse him!  Curse him!!  I've never been so insulted before!
	I am a proud and mighty child of the Warmonger Tribe!
	With the "Hitogata," we will no longer be destined to die out...
	I must catch those kids!  They've got to be nearby!}

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Icoro: Sniff.  Sniff.  What's going on here?
	I wanna go back home.
	If this is a dream, I wanna wake up.

Kuro: {Oh boy.  This sure is a load of trouble we landed ourselves in...
	Princess is getting homesick, and with us on the run it doesn't look like there's any light on the horizon...  (she's gloomy enough as it is...)}

Icoro: {Daddy,
	I was the princess...  and I didn't know a thing about our kingdom...
	I studied so much, and I knew nothing...
	What should I do...?  I just don't know anymore...}

<<Icoro: D... demonic experiment?

<<Imza: That's right.  One to revive the lost "sciences."
	Don't you remember the proclamation the Politick Tribe had a while ago?

<<Icoro: What do you mean by "catfish"?  What does it have to do with that Spirit of yours?

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<<Imza: Well, we weren't educated, so we don't know what that huge thing really is...
	All we know is that it looks like a giant catfish.
	It's a plan that began with the king and is now being carried out by the Politicks and Warmongers...

<<Icoro: {Huh...?  How can that be...?}

<<Imza: Our town was destroyed to create that thing...  that's why...
	All we can do is fight!

<<Icoro: B...  but...  this is the nobility's castle town, isn't it?
	How could that...  what are the adults doing?

<<Yona: Nobility?
	Castle town?
	Adults?
	You're so STUPID!
	The nobility hasn't done a single thing for us!

<<Imza: Yona!  Knock it off.

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<<Yona: The mayor sent appeal after appeal to the king saying, "Save us!  Save us!"

<<Icoro: {Huh...?}

<<Yona: And nothing ever came out of that!  The king just keeps lazing about in his castle in the Upper World!

<<Icoro: {Huh...}

<<Yona: The mayor and everyone in the town hall was killed.

<<Icoro: {Wha...  wha-?}

<<Yona: All the smart adults who were against them turning our town into an experiment were killed!
	They massacred us!

Icoro: {...Daddy...  did you know this was happening?
	Why didn't you save your people in need...?}

<<Father: Icoro, I want to show the people of our kingdom the future,
	by solving the mysteries of the legendary "sun"...

Icoro: {Was that a lie...?
	I can't take it anymore!  Everyone's a liar...!
	I hate Daddy, I hate Shiro, I hate everyone...!}
	(hic)(hic)

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Yona: O-TAY!
	TIME TO EAT!
	I thought you must be hungry, with nothing but tea to drink.
	So I brought some food!

Icoro: I,
	don't want food...
	Not hungry...

Yona: Ahahahaha!  I bet you ARE hungry, if your tummy-tum growls when you said "food"!

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Yona: C'mon, eat up!  As much as you can!

Icoro: {Pathetic...  a princess with her stomach growling...}

Yona: Although we only have so much, hahahaha.

Icoro: {She sure laughs a lot...}

[Lucky...]

Icoro: {I wonder if all kids in the Lower World are like this...}

<<Kids: What kind of princess doesn't even smile?
	She's a Hitogata.
	What's a Hitogata?
	That's what kids who don't have all their emotions like crying and laughing are called.
	Talk about ominous.
	Don't play with her, or you'll catch the Hitogata, too.
	The royal family must be doomed, with a daughter like that...

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Icoro: {It's not my fault.
	Do you have any idea how happy I would be, if I could smile and laugh?
	I don't know how to smile.  I've never smiled in my entire life.  How do you do it?
	Every time I try, it just hurts so much I feel like crying.}

Yona: Hey...

Icoro: {I mean, I sure wish I...}

Yona: Helloooo?
	What's with the long face?
	Eat up!  Your food's gonna get cold!!  (here)

Icoro: Oh!  Sorry, I was just...
	Ah!
	It's...  curry rice!

Yona: Huh?  Curry...?

Icoro: Yeah!  M...  My favorite!
	{Ohhh...  I haven't had curry since New Year's...}
	Huh?

Yona: (Pfff!)
	(Gyahahahahahahahahaha)

Icoro: Huh?
	Why?
	What?  Who?

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Yona: You're so DUMB!
	How would we get rice?!
	You don't know ANYTHING, do you...?

Icoro: Uh...

Yona: You see that?  It's ground-up corn topped with a curry made from potato starch.
	It's pretty good, try it!  This is like a feast for us.

Icoro: {This isn't...  curry...}

Yona: The only person who gets to eat rice now is the king!  Not just rice, but flour, too...  he gets all the stuff he wants from our taxes...

Icoro: {Huh...?}

Yona: At the king's house, they eat yummy food every day.
	It's all so extravagant!
	Curry,
	and roast beef, and sushi...
	Every single day!

Icoro: ...b...  but...

<<Icoro: All we have
	is rice and radish, so make sure you eat it all.

<<Mataku: 'kay.

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<<Mataku: Icoro, is this all our food for today...?
	I'm still hungry...

<<Icoro: Shush!
	You're eating gifts given to us straight from the people!  Don't complain about it!
	Bear with it!  Here, you can have some of mine!

Icoro: {No...
	No...}
	N-no...

Yona: And you know what else?  Inside the castle it's bright, and warm...
	Just like a heater...

Icoro: W-well...
	{No...}

<<Icoro: Back then, the "sun" made the outside as bright as a lamp,
	and as warm as a heater.
	...It made the world filled with hope for the future, and people lived long lives.
	Everyone lived happily, believing in the day to come...

<<Mataku: Gee...  I wish I had a sun...  or even...  just a little piece of one...

Icoro: {No...
	No...
	We don't have anything like that...
	We want it, too.
	We want it enough to cry...
	so much that it kills us...!}

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Yona: But I'm not jealous at all.
	I heard the princess is so spoiled...
	That she's a Hitogata who's never smiled once in her life.

Icoro: {...no...}

Yona: Kekekeke.  I'd rather be poor than be a Hitogata.
	You shouldn't pretend to be the princess, or you'll catch her Hitogata, hahahaha!
	Oops.  Imza will yell at me again if I talk to much.
	Quick, eat up while it's still warm...

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Icoro: ...I can't
	eat this stuff.

Both: Huh?

Yona: Huh?
	Uh...

Kuro: {Princess...?}

Yona: Y...  you don't like it?  I'm sorry.  (I sure like it, though)
	Oh well, this is our last meal anyways, don't worry about it!

Kuro: Huh?

Yona: We're putting our final plan into motion tonight!!

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Icoro: Final...?

Yona: Yep.
	Tonight's plan was a failure and the temple got burned down, so they took the Spirit back to their base.

Icoro: {The Spirit was taken away...?  Because of us?}

Yona: So now we're gonna risk it all and make a surprise attack!

Icoro: {Huh?}

Yona: And kill all of 'em...  bang bang bang.

Icoro: {What?!}
	Do you mean...  the Politicks and Warmongers...?

Yona: Yep!!

Icoro: J... just you kids?

Yona: Uh-huh!!

Icoro: {What is she talking about...?  Kids can't do that all by themselves...}

Yona: And then, and then... we're gonna get our town and get Mommy and Daddy back, and...

Imza: Yona...!  You'd better shut your little trap...!!

Yona: Aaaaah!  I'm sorry, Imza!

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Icoro: T...  tha...  that wasn't my fault...!  I didn't...  ask her...  she just started talking!
	And...  and I didn't eat any of your food...  on purpose...
	Please...  please...
	...don't kill me...

Imza: C'mon,
	let's go, Yona.  We have to start the plan early.  No time to waste.
	(za)

Icoro: (whewww) (bump)(bump)(bump)

Imza: Your food...
	Yona got some of her friends' portions for you by saying that it was her fault you were feeling sad.

Yona: Ah...
	Imza...

Icoro: Ah...

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Icoro: (sob)(sob)(sob)
	(sob)(sob)
	(sob)(sob)
	Wahhh...
	Hic.
	Wahhh...
	Ahhhhhh...

Kuro: What's wrong, Princess Icoro?  Why have you climbed all the way up there?
	It's dangerous, sitting there...

Icoro: Wahhhh!
	Wahhhhh.
	{I can't take this anymore.
	How can my life be so pathetic, when I'm the princess?
	Because I can't laugh like a regular human?
	Because I'm a Hitogata?}

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Icoro: {Even a Hitogata like me wishes...}

<<Yona: C'mon, eat up!

<<Mataku: Icoro!
	Icoro!

<<Shiro: Shiro's lookin' for a Hitogata!

[...Hitogata...]
[What is the "Hitogata" that Shiro's searching for?]
[Does it have anything to do with the Hitogatas like me, who can't smile, or Shiro, who can't cry?]
[Why are the adults searching for this Hitogata, too...?]
[The country's only going to die underneath the snow, anyways...]

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Kuro: Princess Icoro, tell me!  Why are you crying so?
	I was worried for a while, but now it looks like we can go back to the Upper World!
	The Warmongers will kill all those little brats.  Serves them right~  (kekekekekekekekeke)

Icoro: {...I don't care.  I just don't care anymore!
	I hope this filthy world just disappears!
	I hope those Politicks and Warmongers just kill each other off!!}
	Sniff...
	Wahhhhhhh!
	{I want to go home!!
	I don't care about the "sun" anymore...
	I don't want it!
	Still no signal...
	Mataku...
	I want to go home...}

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Shiro: You makin' those salty thingers again?

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Shiro: ...so THEN...
	those whatchamacallem tribes came busting in like ROWRRRRRR  (like ROWWWWWWRRR)
	And they said I was their foe, so I went WHAM CRASH BANG and beat 'em up.
	Somehow this fire went up like FWOOOM all of a sudden, and the next thing I knew...
	more of those whosits tribes came in like HIYAAAA and then it was like CHAAAA...

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Icoro: You're not making any sense at all!
	What is WRONG with you two?!  GEEZ!

Kuro: Princess, please settle down!  If you get too excited, your nose will begin bleeding again!

Icoro: Ack...

Shiro: Boy, your nose sure bleeds a lot.

Icoro: (oh yeah...?)
	I don't want to hear that coming from you!!
	Just be quiet and let me fix you up!

Shiro: Umph!

Icoro: Oh my gosh, look at these wounds!!

[...honestly...  these look terrible...]
[Poor guy...]

Icoro: How can you do these things that get you so hurt?  Knowing you, you probably got involved in something completely reckless again.

Shiro: ...I forgot.

Icoro: What a dummy!
	...dummy...  did it hurt...?

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Shiro: Ehehehe, Shiro never "hurts."

Icoro: {Why is it...
	that whenever Shiro smiles, my heart aches so much?
	Is it because I'm jealous...  that I've never been able to smile because I'm a Hitogata...?
	Or,
	Is it because those smiles...  seem so horribly sad to me...}
	Shiro...
	I...
	Umm...
	Um...

[I was so...  lonely...]

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Icoro: Ugh.

Shiro: YUMMY!
	How DO you make those things?!

Icoro: (he did this before, didn't he)
	...I told you last night, these are called tears...

Shiro: Tears?!  Lucky you!

Icoro: {This is so disgusting...}

Shiro: WOWWWW  They're so sparkling and pretty!

Icoro: You're so filthy!  WAHHHHH
	{Why?  Why can't I be honest in front of Shiro?
	There are so many things I want to say to him...}
	...Shiro...
	Um... I...

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Icoro: I...  Um, I...
	I was...
	so lonely...

Shiro: Huh?  What'd you say?
	Anyways, can I eat this stuff here?!

Icoro: He's not listening...
	He's concentrating on the food...
	Listen!  Shiro...  I...

Stomach: (GROWLLL)

Icoro: {Yikes!}

Shiro: What was that sound?!
	You got a pet under there?!

Icoro: GYAAAAAA GYAAAAAA GYAAAAA
	S...  Shiro, I...

Shiro: Hey!  Lemme see.

Icoro: N...  no...

Shiro: You sure are weird!  Whatcha got under there?!

Icoro: No...  listen to me...

Shiro: Is it a turtle?  Or a cow?  Oh, I know, a frog!  Ribbity-ribbit frog!  You got a frog inside your frog panties?!  Wow, that's so neat!  That's so cool!

Icoro: I...

Shiro: Huh?  You tryin' to tell me something...?

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Icoro: YOU IDIOT

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Shiro: Yummeeee

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Kuro: {Uh-oh, there she goes again with the sulking...  still a child...} (even if she seems to be keeping it together...)

Shiro: Hey, can I really eat all of this?

Icoro: ...I don't wannit.

Shiro: Grampa told me that you feel better after eating a whole lot!

Kuro: You don't need any more energy than you already have (and who's that Grampa already)

Shiro: {So much water coming from her eyes...
	So much...}

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<<Icoro: WAAAH!
	WAAAAAAAHHHN!!

Shiro: {So much...}

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Kuro: Are you eating MORE?!  Cut it out...

Shiro: Y-you know what?!  I want all the energy I can get!!

Kuro: Huh?

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Shiro: I'm gonna!
	Go for a little run!!

Kuro: Huh?!
	G...  go where?!

Shiro: I dunno, but it's important, so I gotta go...

Kuro: Shiro~!  Wait...!
	W...  what are our names?!

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Shiro: Icoro and
	Kuro?

Kuro: It's the opposite!!

Shiro: H...  huh?

Kuro: You see, Princess Icoro~  He has completely forgotten ALL about you!  I was right!

Shiro: Sorry!  I'm sorry!!  I can be forgetful, but...  but!
	I came here because I could smell the good smell of a friend!!

Kuro: ...or was it the smell of curry...

Shiro: Hmm?  Oh?
	Really?
	Anyways...  I have to get going!
	It's an important promise I made!

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Icoro: {Important promise...?}

<<Shiro: I'm looking for a Hitogata.

Icoro: {Shiro...  is it that important to you...?
	Is this promise that much more important to you...  than me?}

Kuro: What's this promise?  You always forget everything!

Shiro: I don't know!  I don't know, I just believe in it!

Kuro: You can't make a promise about something you don't know.

Shiro: You're crazy!  A promise is a promise, and if I believe in something, then I believe in it!!

Icoro: ...and if...

Shiro: Huh?

Icoro: ...and if you're wrong...  what happens then...?

Kuro: Princess Icoro...?

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Icoro: If you're wrong...
	What do you do then?!
	{What if you're wrong...  about everything...
	about yourself, the things you believe in, the things you've learned...
	What if you're wrong about all the things you hold dear in your heart...?}
	Umpf?!
	Ohhh... y-yuck...  (not again...)

Shiro: You're so silly.

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Shiro: If we're wrong, we can always look again!

Stomach: (GUUUUUU)

Shiro: PFFFF!  What the heck IS that noise?
	It's like you really do have a frog inside your frog panties.  (ahahahahahaha)

Kuro: (kekekekeke)

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Icoro: Sh...  shut up!
	Look!
	That's the sound of my stomach!  What's wrong with that?!
	Even a princess gets hungry!
	I'm not spoiled at all!
	What's wrong with that?!
	I know it's pathetic and embarrassing, but my stomach will growl like anyone else's when I'm hungry!
	I...  I haven't had a single thing to eat since the scraps of last night's dinner!!
	What's wrong with that?!

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Shiro: Here.

Icoro: Uh...

Shiro: If you want it, just say so.  Gosh, what a weirdo.

Icoro: Huh?  B...  but...
	But...
	{But...}
	(gulp)

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Icoro: W...
	Waah!
	Ah!
	Aah!
	Mmm...
	Mmm...
	Mmmgh!
	Ah...

Kuro: Princess...

Icoro: But...
	Mmf...
	But...
	But I...
	But...
	But...
	Mm... mmmg,
	Mgwaaah!
	AAH!
	But...  AAAH...

Shiro: Hey, guess what?

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Shiro: I'll find a "sun," I promise.
	And then I'll give it to you.

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<<Icoro: I wanna go...
	Looking for a sun!

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Icoro: {...Shiro...?!}

<<Mataku: Icoro, I wish I had...  just a little piece of a sun...
	And then...

Icoro: B...  but...
	...but what if you can't find it...?

[...and maybe, just a little bit of light would pierce the darkness in my brother's eyes...]

Icoro: W... what if...

[Maybe then I would be able to smile,]

Icoro: What if it turns out you're wrong...?!

[Just maybe!]

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<<Shiro: Maybe everything
	will turn out all right...

Icoro: I...
	I don't want it!!
	{I want it!!}

 - Chapter Three End -