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As much as she regretted it, she was a trained killer and kill she would do. She thought of what was required of her to keep Chiho alive and receiving treatment. All right, she did lend them to other Sekirei because she understood what it was like to do something for one's Ashikabi, but they were the only exceptions. Normally, she wouldn't wear her costumes outside the floor Chiho was on, because they were for Chiho and Chiho alone. She was in a bear costume today, holding Chiho as they sat next to each other in the garden surrounding the hospital. Even if she couldn't save Chiho from death, she could at least be there for her and cheer her up a little at least.
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She could fight other Sekirei that's what she was born to do, after all, protect the most precious person from what might await them. It was making her more and more desperate to actually do something to save her precious one. She couldn't cuddle with Chiho in the middle of the night like the others could with Minato. She wasn't like Kazehana or Musubi or Kuu, who had their Ashikabi, Minato, right there. Living in the hospital with Chiho was unfortunately not an option. Sure, to others, Chiho was just this eternally ill girl who was always in the hospital, but to Uzume, she was her life. She liked the idea of protecting her, of saving her, of using her skills to keep the most precious person in the world safe. Uzume wouldn't have said she was an affectionate person, but she liked Chiho. Or at least that's what Uzume thought, anyway. Chiho had a voice that was soft and gentle, one that made someone instinctively want to step in and protect her. "Uzume," Chiho said, and even if Uzume wasn't a Sekirei and Chiho her Ashikabi, she would have listened to her anyway.