7. Does the Search End Here? - The Blind Village Girl

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Ky weakly opened his eyes to find himself staring at a wooden ceiling. The sun rays softly passed through the translucent curtains that hung against the fragile windows. He slowly and painstakingly turned his bandaged body to the right. A few short cabinets rested against the wall a few inches away from the door. The cabinets had glass panels as doors so that its contents could be seen from the outside. The first cabinet had a miniature library of thick books and maps. The second shelf contained relics and collectibles that belonged to the owner of the large tree house which he was currently residing in. The third shelf really caught his attention . . . aside from the numerous piles of organized papers and study guides, a familiar little music box lay in the midst of the piles of papers.

"That's . . ." Ky was unsure whether not he was delusional. His mind must have been playing tricks on him. Suddenly, the knob on the oak door wiggled as a young, blue-haired girl walked into the room. Ky remained quiet as his eyes rested upon his visitor.

"You are awake . . . how are you feeling?" the girl spoke softly. She turned around to face the young knight on the bed. Ky made no reply. He looked straight into her eyes and noticed that she had no pupil and a pale gray-blue eye color. She was blind.

"Excuse me . . . are you okay?" the girl spoke again with her hands folded on top of each other.

"Um . . . yes . . . I'm fine," Ky simply replied. Bizarrely he waved his arm in front of her to see if she was really blind. She made no gesture to his absurd action, so Ky figured she was really blind. "You're blind, Miss?"

"Oh um . . . Yes. I cannot see you . . ." The girl replied.

"Then, how is it that you don't need to walk around this room with a cane or a stick?"

"I know this house very well. Do you feel any pain?"

"No I don't . . . but, how did you know I was awake?"

"I heard you breathing. Your breathing pattern sounded different when you were sleeping, so I figured you were awake," the girl said smiling. Ky could not help but be curious of his "nurse" is she indeed was the one taking good care of him.

"How long have I been here, Miss?"

"We found you yesterday . . . it looked like you got attacked. My friend and I took you here."

"Gears . . ." Ky said appallingly. He tried hard to remember the events of the previous battle. Everything was a blur.

"You . . . You hate Gears?" the girl said taking a few steps closer to the boy.

"Hate them? If only there was a higher degree for the word 'hate.' Maybe 'despise' is the right word to describe them. 'I despise them'."

"Despise . . . I . . . Maybe I should go . . ." the girl hurriedly rushed to the door, but before she could make it out of the room, Ky called out to her.

"Hold on, Miss . . . What is your name?"

"My name . . . you don't need to-"

"I want to know," Ky said taking a long glance at her. She slowly turned her head to face him.

"My name is Dizzy . . . what is yours?"

"Ky. Ky Kiske. It's nice to meet you, Miss Dizzy," Ky said politely. Dizzy frowned and left the room. Ky rested his head against the pillow. Where was he? Was anyone looking for him?

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Downstairs . . .

Dizzy walked slowly down the stairs, mentally counting each step she took. As soon as she made it to the bottom floor, she was greeted by Kimi.

"Dizzy!! How is he!?! Is he dead!?!" little Kimi said screaming.

"He's okay . . ." Dizzy smiled.

"Dizzy, he can't stay here. He's from the Holy Order. He might attack us because we're not humans," said and old gnome standing next to her. "To him, we're just unusual little creatures. He'll laugh at us and think that we're an abomination."

"Yes sir . . ." Dizzy replied as she made her way to the kitchen. Dinner was to be served in a few minutes, and it was her turn to prepare it. As she chopped the vegetables carefully for the soup, Ky's words repeated over and over again in her head . . . "I despise them" . . . She tightly closed her eyes and held on the key pendant that rested on the necklace around her neck. It was the necklace she found lying on the battle-worn area that they found Ky in. "I'll return it to him later . . ." she thought.

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Ky tried hard to fall asleep again. Luckily, the most sleep that he got that afternoon was fifteen minutes. At least it was better than no sleep at all. The pain grew all over his body, and soon it became hard for him to lift his arms. He did not acknowledge how many hours had passed until he noticed that the room got darker. A knock was heard on the door, and Dizzy entered the room with a tray of food in her arms.

"Um excuse me . . ." Dizzy paused when she heard him trying to stand up. "No! You mustn't!!" Dizzy placed the tray on the desk nearby and rushed to Ky's side. She placed one hand on his while her other hand rested on his shoulder. Both felt an awkward rush when both their hands touched. It felt so familiar.

"A blue-haired girl gave it to me years ago. I never got her real name since now I know you're not the one I'm looking for," Ky said sternly. Jam pouted again. In Jam's point of view, after seeing someone as young and handsome as Ky would've made any girl long for a boyfriend like him. She could clearly see he wasn't interested in her.

"Okay... But what do you mean a blue-haired girl?" Jam asked directly.

"She's blue-haired. She had a music box that would only open with this key," Ky answered.

"Dizzy..." Jam's voice trailed off.

Jam stared at Ky with a look that made him think he did something terribly wrong.

"Um.. Is Dizzy the one I'm looking for?" Ky asked trying to start another conversation.

"I guess so..." Jam muttered . . .

"It's . . . y-you . . ." Dizzy said as light tears streamed from her eyes. Ky looked back at her as his breathing accelerated. Without hesitation, he pulled the girl to his chest, and when they fell back unto the bed, he landed a kiss on her soft lips. Despite all the pain he felt in his limbs, Ky knew it was totally worth it. Dizzy did not try to lift herself up since Ky was on top of her. She wanted this to happen. Ky held her hand tightly as the two enjoyed a short kiss.

"You have no idea how long I've been looking for you," Ky said resting his head on her chest. "I looked everywhere for you."

"Ky . . . You still remembered that?" Dizzy said hugging Ky tightly.

"Of course . . ." Ky whispered into her ears.

"I want to see you again . . . I really want to see you . . ." Dizzy cried as tears trickled down her cheeks. Ky lifted her pale hand to his cheek.

"You're hands are so warm," Ky said closing his eyes. "I missed you."

"I didn't think you'd find me,"

"Let's start over, right here," Ky said softly as he kissed her lips again. Dizzy couldn't help but be happy. However, one thing kept her apart from Ky . . .

"Gears . . ." Ky said appallingly. He tried hard to remember the events of the previous battle. Everything was a blur.

"You . . . You hate Gears?" the girl said taking a few steps closer to the boy.

"Hate them? If only there was a higher degree for the word 'hate.' Maybe 'despise' is the right word to describe them. 'I despise them'."


Here it is! The long-awaited chapter ^_^ sorry it took a WHILE. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!