Ren thought she found an opening. Through layers of dark water her sensed faint lights which felt to be coming from the stars. With the body of Rokumon now almost lifeless in her arms, Ren only had a few more moments to spare, to make use of the additional lifetime that had been bestowed upon her younger sister. Ren groped, and then groped, clutching her teeth - the less than mouthful of air Rokumon had given her was quickly going stale, but she would not let go any of that. Obscurity was the way of ninjas; Ren was aware of that, and knew that they, like all of the assassins of the clan before her, will die unknown and unmourned. But now she had a cause; let it further shorten the already short sixteen years of lifetime allowed to her, but Ren's consolement that she was getting closer to her revenge, the venom of the Dark Age that had killed the peasant village girl a long time ago. And she would, as much as her quasi-superhuman powers will permit, will continue to cheat death, till the very moment of its arrival.
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