//Safe in the hands of God, she walks an apostle

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[Hinamori walks brightly, step assured and confident, over the border of Nueva Las Noches. For the first time in weeks, she's smiling a full, real smile - a smile that compliments the blue sky all around her, innocent and honest and true. She's kitted out in her Las Noches uniform, walking through the No Man's Land and headed for Neutral and

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[Her expression switches clearly back into a smile as he asks her that, remembering the home she had to go back to. The father she had there.]

I'm staying in Las Noches, Kira-kun. I belong there.

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[Sees that, and her own expression drops a little.]

Kira-kun.. please don't be angry..

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[Flinching away a little with every word, yet never taking a step. Defiant, she squeezes hold of his hand. She'd come because he was a friend - no matter how much more painful it was for the both of them, she couldn't feel satisfied until he knew, until she'd told him personally. ]

I'm sorry, Izuru. I couldn't just leave you behind without telling you the truth.

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You don't need me to be here to be happy, Kira-kun. You can do that without me here.

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Then I'm a selfish person...

[Her answer is quiet, and she still wears that small smile.]

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... I love you, Kira-kun. I love all of you. That won't change, wherever I am. It'll never change.

[And with that she turns, letting his hand drop and walking carefully away.]