The statement that Taro had said was terrifying. To Soujiro, who had
recently remembered that it had been long since he's visited the little
tot, it was uneventful. It isn't likely that the doctor would allow him to
leave, since he is sick. Did Taro mean something else?
THE WANDERER'S EYES
(Chapter 16:The Revelations of the Many Faces)
Taro grunted, "He's just too young."
"What do you mean? He could still come here and see this, er-" Soujiro said, unsure of what he meant himself.
"He's heard of this from his sister. She often told him stories that weren't exactly real, but it was believable. As skeptical and stubborn as she was, she hadn't any right to prevent her brother from being one too. Luckily he's not the type."
Taro clenched his hand in fury; "I can't stop thinking about bringing him here because he has a sad case. It's just that, well, the problem. The problem is that he can't see anything. He's blind; and now, without seeing anything at all, he'll die."
Soujiro felt like he had been struck by lightning. Soushi is going to die? Why? He's just too young!
"You mean to say he's going to die?! Why didn't you tell me?"
Taro explained, "I'm not a professional doctor. I'm just learning. One day, I went to see him. I think it was yesterday when he yelled. He had a dreadful case of pneumonia. I knew he'd catch it sometime, I just hate his parents for having him HIV positive. Now he isn't immune."
"Is that bad?" Soujiro asked, having no knowledge whatsoever about the field of medicine.
"Yes," he grieved "It's bad. He'll die soon."
Soujiro forgot about the wonders of the underground cave. It was too depressing to enjoy their stay when someone that's close to their heart is dying.
"I took you down here because I want you to help me think. I don't know what to say or do to the poor boy. I asked him once what he wanted out of his whole life. He wished he could fly. He also said he wished he could be fish. I joked around him a bit, but it was no use. He'll be dead before grandad would be here."
He suggested to Taro, "Why don't you tell Sai? She'll know what Nagi would do."
Taro raised his eyebrow in disbelief, "You think I'd ask a ghost to help me?"
Again, he had been thunderstruck. Sai couldn't be dead, could she?
"B-B-But.."
He was stunned and sweating. He knew she was real. He even grabbed her hand once and ghosts aren't solid. She's not misty in appearance either.
"Liar! Just because you hate someone doesn't mean you have to be so, so-"
"What are you saying? It's true. She died a couple of years back. Nagi died a year before her. You can't expect me to link the world of the dead to ours. That's physically impossible!"
Soujiro couldn't believe what he heard. She wasn't dead, she just couldn't. How could he have talked to her and even confronted her without being cold or smelling an old musty odor.
Taro told, "Sai was about to be married when she died. We just found her body wearing her bridal gown lying on the ground as if she had been bitten and ripped into shreds."
Soujiro remembered. The bride that kept chasing him, the one that kept calling him "Gyen Maten" It was Sai! So that would mean. Who was the person he made friends with?
"You-you're saying that Sai wasn't, er, with Soushi or is she?" Soujiro asked to be corrected.
"Nagi's his sister. Sai's brother was long dead before anything else happened. Sai and Master Gyen were so close, but Gyenryu also favored her best friend Nagi. He only finds her odd in the fact that she loves the rain."
Soujiro understood even more. Nagi was the one he always talked to and mended his wounds. The main thing is: How was he able to converse with them and why was Nagi using the name Sai all the time to call herself?
Taro continued, "Nagi went a bit crazy when the doctor didn't believe her once. She claimed she saw a lion out her window. The doctor said she was only hallucinating. I knew the gods were on my side. Karma. She became so insane she called herself Sai because of Sai's cocky and arrogant attitude that it's so hard to believe anything she says."
It was another thing Soujiro understood only then. Taro seemed to be into telling the history of the patient-friends of his.
"Nagi died almost the way Sai did. She almost got poisoned, but not that. She had tuberculosis, but I don't think that was it. Sai tried to find out what happened. All there was to be used as evidence was a bloodied cross and her neck having those bites. I say it's wolves. There's also lots of bruises and wounds on her. Then, a year after, Sai died of the same thing. Other girls died the same way. I even heard that Yuri died while I was away."
Soujiro felt sorry for him. He was so in love with Yuri that it seemed Taro and her were one. He didn't understand one thing still: How was he able to confront those apparitions?
"I think Master Gyen and Soushi went mad too. He kept saying that we should check the chessboard in your room as evidence. I say it's bafoonish. Soushi said his sister couldn't have died. He always plays with her in the storm. Poor kid."
"It's true, though," Soujiro defended "There is something in the chessboard. You ought to know it could hold notes inside. Soushi was right too. I could also see those two. I've even confronted Sai- I mean Nagi- more than thrice! You should believe me!"
He sneered, "He's just sad that his bride-to-be was dead just a minute before they were to be wed. Don't trust him. You've heard him hollering."
"That's because Kitsune put a-" Soujiro stopped. He saw a woman who had wings dig the ground and he felt weak yet strong. He collapsed and fell back. He didn't become unconscious, only weak.
"No, Kitsune couldn't have killed any of those girls. She's not that strong. Maybe she is strong enough, but I doubt it."
"Then, what do you suppose did all this?" Soujiro proclaimed.
"Soujiro, my friend, there are many mysteries in the world. None of them are closed to those who have an open mind."
His eyes blinked hard and they made him fall a bit somnolent. He arose in his room, with a wet napkin on his forehead. The lamp by his bed nearly blinded him. He somehow understood the past of the strangers that became his acquaintances. He saw a figure right out his door. IT beamed bright, white light and it was brighter than his lamp. She was a woman, and she had wings.
He spoke to it, "Who are you?"
"I am no one in particular. I am an angel," She sang.
He recognized the voice. It was the first he heard before Dr.Kirashime first talked to him. It had a lovely voice and it uttered "De profondus clamo adite Domine".
"I met you before, but you said something which I presumed Latin. What did it mean?"
She smiled, "I've given you a gift. It is a gift that you cannot just take for granted. You are able to see what other people can't. I wanted you to understand what love was. I wanted you to understand what hate was. I also want you to understand forgiveness and acceptance."
"You haven't succeeded. You just gave me a curse. You made me see terrifying things."
"You're a post-cognit (post-cognitive) and you'll learn a lot with your responsibilities. Right now, you've learned nothing yet. It was because there is something bothering you for the past few days."
He blushed again. He felt stupid for blushing then and there. She'd know what he was up to. Would she?
"I know what your heart feels. You are in love, Sou-kun."
Soujiro blushed again. The truth was, he was in love. The one thing is, if he'd want to tell the angel who it was.
THE WANDERER'S EYES
(Chapter 16:The Revelations of the Many Faces)
Taro grunted, "He's just too young."
"What do you mean? He could still come here and see this, er-" Soujiro said, unsure of what he meant himself.
"He's heard of this from his sister. She often told him stories that weren't exactly real, but it was believable. As skeptical and stubborn as she was, she hadn't any right to prevent her brother from being one too. Luckily he's not the type."
Taro clenched his hand in fury; "I can't stop thinking about bringing him here because he has a sad case. It's just that, well, the problem. The problem is that he can't see anything. He's blind; and now, without seeing anything at all, he'll die."
Soujiro felt like he had been struck by lightning. Soushi is going to die? Why? He's just too young!
"You mean to say he's going to die?! Why didn't you tell me?"
Taro explained, "I'm not a professional doctor. I'm just learning. One day, I went to see him. I think it was yesterday when he yelled. He had a dreadful case of pneumonia. I knew he'd catch it sometime, I just hate his parents for having him HIV positive. Now he isn't immune."
"Is that bad?" Soujiro asked, having no knowledge whatsoever about the field of medicine.
"Yes," he grieved "It's bad. He'll die soon."
Soujiro forgot about the wonders of the underground cave. It was too depressing to enjoy their stay when someone that's close to their heart is dying.
"I took you down here because I want you to help me think. I don't know what to say or do to the poor boy. I asked him once what he wanted out of his whole life. He wished he could fly. He also said he wished he could be fish. I joked around him a bit, but it was no use. He'll be dead before grandad would be here."
He suggested to Taro, "Why don't you tell Sai? She'll know what Nagi would do."
Taro raised his eyebrow in disbelief, "You think I'd ask a ghost to help me?"
Again, he had been thunderstruck. Sai couldn't be dead, could she?
"B-B-But.."
He was stunned and sweating. He knew she was real. He even grabbed her hand once and ghosts aren't solid. She's not misty in appearance either.
"Liar! Just because you hate someone doesn't mean you have to be so, so-"
"What are you saying? It's true. She died a couple of years back. Nagi died a year before her. You can't expect me to link the world of the dead to ours. That's physically impossible!"
Soujiro couldn't believe what he heard. She wasn't dead, she just couldn't. How could he have talked to her and even confronted her without being cold or smelling an old musty odor.
Taro told, "Sai was about to be married when she died. We just found her body wearing her bridal gown lying on the ground as if she had been bitten and ripped into shreds."
Soujiro remembered. The bride that kept chasing him, the one that kept calling him "Gyen Maten" It was Sai! So that would mean. Who was the person he made friends with?
"You-you're saying that Sai wasn't, er, with Soushi or is she?" Soujiro asked to be corrected.
"Nagi's his sister. Sai's brother was long dead before anything else happened. Sai and Master Gyen were so close, but Gyenryu also favored her best friend Nagi. He only finds her odd in the fact that she loves the rain."
Soujiro understood even more. Nagi was the one he always talked to and mended his wounds. The main thing is: How was he able to converse with them and why was Nagi using the name Sai all the time to call herself?
Taro continued, "Nagi went a bit crazy when the doctor didn't believe her once. She claimed she saw a lion out her window. The doctor said she was only hallucinating. I knew the gods were on my side. Karma. She became so insane she called herself Sai because of Sai's cocky and arrogant attitude that it's so hard to believe anything she says."
It was another thing Soujiro understood only then. Taro seemed to be into telling the history of the patient-friends of his.
"Nagi died almost the way Sai did. She almost got poisoned, but not that. She had tuberculosis, but I don't think that was it. Sai tried to find out what happened. All there was to be used as evidence was a bloodied cross and her neck having those bites. I say it's wolves. There's also lots of bruises and wounds on her. Then, a year after, Sai died of the same thing. Other girls died the same way. I even heard that Yuri died while I was away."
Soujiro felt sorry for him. He was so in love with Yuri that it seemed Taro and her were one. He didn't understand one thing still: How was he able to confront those apparitions?
"I think Master Gyen and Soushi went mad too. He kept saying that we should check the chessboard in your room as evidence. I say it's bafoonish. Soushi said his sister couldn't have died. He always plays with her in the storm. Poor kid."
"It's true, though," Soujiro defended "There is something in the chessboard. You ought to know it could hold notes inside. Soushi was right too. I could also see those two. I've even confronted Sai- I mean Nagi- more than thrice! You should believe me!"
He sneered, "He's just sad that his bride-to-be was dead just a minute before they were to be wed. Don't trust him. You've heard him hollering."
"That's because Kitsune put a-" Soujiro stopped. He saw a woman who had wings dig the ground and he felt weak yet strong. He collapsed and fell back. He didn't become unconscious, only weak.
"No, Kitsune couldn't have killed any of those girls. She's not that strong. Maybe she is strong enough, but I doubt it."
"Then, what do you suppose did all this?" Soujiro proclaimed.
"Soujiro, my friend, there are many mysteries in the world. None of them are closed to those who have an open mind."
His eyes blinked hard and they made him fall a bit somnolent. He arose in his room, with a wet napkin on his forehead. The lamp by his bed nearly blinded him. He somehow understood the past of the strangers that became his acquaintances. He saw a figure right out his door. IT beamed bright, white light and it was brighter than his lamp. She was a woman, and she had wings.
He spoke to it, "Who are you?"
"I am no one in particular. I am an angel," She sang.
He recognized the voice. It was the first he heard before Dr.Kirashime first talked to him. It had a lovely voice and it uttered "De profondus clamo adite Domine".
"I met you before, but you said something which I presumed Latin. What did it mean?"
She smiled, "I've given you a gift. It is a gift that you cannot just take for granted. You are able to see what other people can't. I wanted you to understand what love was. I wanted you to understand what hate was. I also want you to understand forgiveness and acceptance."
"You haven't succeeded. You just gave me a curse. You made me see terrifying things."
"You're a post-cognit (post-cognitive) and you'll learn a lot with your responsibilities. Right now, you've learned nothing yet. It was because there is something bothering you for the past few days."
He blushed again. He felt stupid for blushing then and there. She'd know what he was up to. Would she?
"I know what your heart feels. You are in love, Sou-kun."
Soujiro blushed again. The truth was, he was in love. The one thing is, if he'd want to tell the angel who it was.