[center][h2][color=ed1c24][i]Kimiko Maita[/i][/color][/h2][hr][@Crimmy][@Savo][@GarlandDaHero][@Suku][/center]
[color=ed1c24][i]Gone....[/i][/color] Kimiko stared after the mass of pink and green and death, nearly every ounce of her will being drained from her. [color=ed1c24][i]He's... he's gone...[/i][/color] She had done what she could, even put herself in harm's way for him, and it was all for naught. She stood still, staring at the evil that surrounded them, unable to force herself to move, even in self-defense.
[h3][i]Whoosh![/i][/h3]
Kimiko felt herself being forced aside as a searing wall of flame charged past. For the first time since the insectoid monsters had appeared, Kimiko looked around, finally seeing the full state of the danger they were in. This new arrival had arrived barely in time to keep her from becoming little more than a pile of ashes, while Kagami's aggression held little sway over these foes. Indeed, there was almost nothing that Kimiko could do. They were dead. 

[i]"We need to run."[/i] The suggestion was simple, especially for one such as Yamamoto Kaede, the President of the drama club. Kimiko expected no less from the head of such an organization, although the exercise would certainly end in futility. If one knew that fighting was impossible, flight was the natural secondary response. What happened when flight also proved useless?

In either case, now was not the time to argue. Kimiko simply nodded and began running, the destination up to Kaede. She cared little about what happened now. Alex was dead. Suzune would follow. And then they would come for her. There was nothing she could do. 

They would all die here, immolated, bitten, destroyed.

Defeated.

[color=be0b0f][i]"What is your name, my child?"[/i][/color]

Kimiko glanced around. Kaede was not looking at her. Alex was nowhere to be seen. No other male voices were around. She stopped running, letting the others continue on their path. [color=ed1c24]"My... my name... My name is..."[/color] How had she forgotten something so simple? Something her father had called her every day of her life. And her mother... Why couldn't she remember her mother? And her father... he was tall? Kimiko shook her head, forcing the cobwebs away that pulled her from the despair in her heart. [color=ed1c24]"No... I can remember. I [i]will[/i] remember! My father is a great priest of the Dawn! I am his daughter, the priestess of Amaterasu! My name... it is...[/color]
[h3][i][color=ed1c24]"I am Maita Kimiko, Dancer of the Dawn, and Bringer of the Sun! You shall know my name!"[/color][/i][/h3]
She shouted, the anger, frustration, and despair all leaving through her words. She stood facing the creatures that followed, steadfast in the hallway, her resolve once again returning to her. Unbidden, she spoke the words at the same time she heard them, as if reciting a phrase she had learned long ago. Her body moved, her feet taking the stances she had practiced so many times, wielding the practice blade before her.

Tei. [color=be0b0f]I AM THOU...[/color] Shin. [color=be0b0f]AND THOU ART I.[/color]
Chi. [color=be0b0f]A PROMISE UNFULFILLED[/color] Rei. [color=be0b0f]SHALL BE REALIZED IN THEE.[/color]
Ko. [color=be0b0f]WELCOME ME INTO THY HEART,[/color] Gi. [color=be0b0f]FOR I AM YATSUFUSA[/color]
Chu. [color=be0b0f]THE POWER OF SATOMI[/color] Jin. [color=be0b0f]RESIDES IN THEE.[/color]