Y(our) Eyes

Written By: ladyluck1668

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"There was something so familiar about those dark brown eyes, but he just didn't know what."

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Chapter 1

"You can't just...it's not right. It just isn't right."

Masquerade thought that he was done with being stumped. He thought that the original Brawlers' victory against him all those years ago would be the one and only time that he would be stumped. After all, he hardly brawls anymore, except for a few occasions, just for the fun of it. As fate would have it, he just had to be stumped again, and by the last person on earth, no, the entire universe, that he thought would stump him; his former alter-ego, Alice Gehabich.

Now, Alice has surprised him many times. From her unwavering courage to her never-ending kindness, he's seen them all. However, this time's a bit different. And he certainly thinks that there has to be a limit on how kind someone could be. Especially in a situation like this.

"Please, Masquerade. Just...don't you think it's terrible? To lose your eyesight just like that?" The orange-haired girl choked out, for her throat was dry from crying for so long.

The white-caped blonde looked away from her, unable to look into her dark chocolate eyes. Shun had been in a deadly battle that had nearly left him dead. The raven-haired male had acquire deep wounds from the fight, all of which would heal in time, but there were some wounds that couldn't heal, even with time. His opponent left him caked in his own blood and scratches and wounds on Shun's bakugan, but his opponent's bakugan was so strong that it was able to slash both of Shun's eyes, leaving him blind and unconscious. For the past week, ever since that battle, everyone was worried about the ninja, although no one took it as hard as Alice did.

Ever since the battle, Alice could hardly sleep. The thought of not being able to help Shun in any way made the Russian girl paranoid with guilt. She could not help him at all; she was neither a surgeon like Masquerade nor Fabia Sheen, Shun's girlfriend, the person that Shun doted on the most. It was nearly impossible to get pass Fabia to go visit Shun; she was always there by his side, clutching his hand like a protective wall. Even at night, it was hard to sneak in to visit him; Masquerade was forced to bring in a cot for Fabia to sleep in alongside Shun in his room, because Fabia refused to leave the hospital. Because Alice did not want to interrupt Fabia's duties as Shun's girlfriend, she thought of an idea that would help her friend, though it was risky and needed the permission of a surgeon. And Masquerade would not allow it.

"Alice, please." Masquerade's once surprised tone was now laced with worry. "It isn't right. You have two perfectly fine eyes and I know that you want to help Shun, but...it just isn't right. Besides, if Shun and the rest find out about this, how do you think they'd react? Do you really think they'd let you donate an eye for him?"

Masquerade knew of Alice's intentions to donate one of her eyes to Shun, but he was still holding onto hope that there would be another eye donor. Preferably one that was deceased and not one with two perfectly fine eyes. Unfortunately for the blonde, searching for an eye donor in Wardington was proving to be challenging and none have offered.

"Please, Masquerade." Alice croaked out, voice wavering a bit to keep from crying. "Please, just let me help him. We don't have to let the others know. They-They won't know if we don't say anything."

"You don't think they wouldn't notice? You'd have to wear an artificial eye or an eye patch for the res of your life!" He said, exasperated, turning on his heel, ready to head towards Shun's room. "I need to go check up on Shun and I'm going to pretend that this conversation never happened."

Masquerade didn't get very far before a thud stopped him in his tracks, causing the caped male to turn back to notice that Alice had slumped onto her knees, her dark eyes clouded with tears as she tried to calm her voice.

"P-Please just let me help him. Just this once! I-I haven't been helpful to him ever...and...now he-he needs help. Please Masquerade...I'm begging you...please let me help Shun!"

Said male inhaled while closing his eyes-though it was unnoticeable due to his large mask-as he opened his pursed lips to give the poor girl an answer. And he knew, that no matter what he was going to say, he was going to regret it very much.

End of Chapter 1