Chapter 5: Thirteen Years Old
Hiroshi had become my best friend. We did everything together. I had learned about some medicines, like those that cure a sword piercing by a darkness, but nothing that cures blindness by a darkness. Hiroshi told me that the princess had an extensive knowledge of medicines and magic. The thing was that I had an abnormal fear of girls, not my toran or chika, but other girls. I didn't want Hiroshi to think I was a wimp, so I found every excuse not to talk with her. He bought it, until now.
"Hey, c'mon, Hiroshi. I.uhhh.have homework to.uhhh.do," I said nevously.
"Oh no, I am NOT falling for that again, Kotaishi! You're talking to Princess Lei!"
"Aww why?"
"Don't you want to find a cure for your sister?" he asked. He stopped pushing me.
"Yeah."
"And Princess Lei has the answer right?"
"Yeah."
"So go talk to her." He resumed his pushing.
"Ok! Ok! Ok!" I yelled stumbling forward. He stopped pushing me again and let me walk down the hall. We were in the hall just outside Princess Lei's room.
I turned around to look at Hiroshi for confidence once more then I turned back around. I raised my hand and knocked on the door. The door opened up to reveal a lavender haired girl with large, soulless, ebony eyes, and porcelain skin. She wore a tube top red dress with silver trimmings.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"I-well.yeah," I responded. 'Uhhh.I wanted to ask you if you knew the cure for darkness blinding."
"Come in," she said. She opened the door wider to let me in.
"Thanks."
"So who is the victim?" she asked as she thumbed through a large book on a stand in the middle of her room.
"My chiko, Leilani."
She stopped at a page and searched for something. "Ah, here it is," she said, "You need some Kloaté."
"What's that?"
She tuned around. "It's an element usually found in planets with lots of water and humanoid inhabitants."
"Oh." That was all I could say. I was stunned at her knowledge.
She continued as she walked to sit on a chair on the far side of her room. "Unfortunately, the planet quickly dies. Within a few days the sky will turn a red color. Within a few months the water will completely recede, plants will wither, and all life forms will die."
That was bad news.
"Where will we find a p-planet like that?" I asked. My phobia was setting in again.
"There is a planet called Earth, but it's a year's journey."
"Ok. As soon as I finish my training."
"Sure. In about five years. Maybe I can learn more about this Earth."
"Ok then, it's set." I wanted to get this over with. My phobia was becoming unbearable.
She walked over to the door and opened it for me. I walked out as casually as possible until I heard the door shut behind me. Then I ran.
I reached Hiroshi.
"So, how did it go?" he asked.
"Ok," I responded.
"Did you find out what you needed?"
"Yeah."
I had to do this I had to go on. I had to find the cure for Leilani. So I went on a little longer.
Hiroshi had become my best friend. We did everything together. I had learned about some medicines, like those that cure a sword piercing by a darkness, but nothing that cures blindness by a darkness. Hiroshi told me that the princess had an extensive knowledge of medicines and magic. The thing was that I had an abnormal fear of girls, not my toran or chika, but other girls. I didn't want Hiroshi to think I was a wimp, so I found every excuse not to talk with her. He bought it, until now.
"Hey, c'mon, Hiroshi. I.uhhh.have homework to.uhhh.do," I said nevously.
"Oh no, I am NOT falling for that again, Kotaishi! You're talking to Princess Lei!"
"Aww why?"
"Don't you want to find a cure for your sister?" he asked. He stopped pushing me.
"Yeah."
"And Princess Lei has the answer right?"
"Yeah."
"So go talk to her." He resumed his pushing.
"Ok! Ok! Ok!" I yelled stumbling forward. He stopped pushing me again and let me walk down the hall. We were in the hall just outside Princess Lei's room.
I turned around to look at Hiroshi for confidence once more then I turned back around. I raised my hand and knocked on the door. The door opened up to reveal a lavender haired girl with large, soulless, ebony eyes, and porcelain skin. She wore a tube top red dress with silver trimmings.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"I-well.yeah," I responded. 'Uhhh.I wanted to ask you if you knew the cure for darkness blinding."
"Come in," she said. She opened the door wider to let me in.
"Thanks."
"So who is the victim?" she asked as she thumbed through a large book on a stand in the middle of her room.
"My chiko, Leilani."
She stopped at a page and searched for something. "Ah, here it is," she said, "You need some Kloaté."
"What's that?"
She tuned around. "It's an element usually found in planets with lots of water and humanoid inhabitants."
"Oh." That was all I could say. I was stunned at her knowledge.
She continued as she walked to sit on a chair on the far side of her room. "Unfortunately, the planet quickly dies. Within a few days the sky will turn a red color. Within a few months the water will completely recede, plants will wither, and all life forms will die."
That was bad news.
"Where will we find a p-planet like that?" I asked. My phobia was setting in again.
"There is a planet called Earth, but it's a year's journey."
"Ok. As soon as I finish my training."
"Sure. In about five years. Maybe I can learn more about this Earth."
"Ok then, it's set." I wanted to get this over with. My phobia was becoming unbearable.
She walked over to the door and opened it for me. I walked out as casually as possible until I heard the door shut behind me. Then I ran.
I reached Hiroshi.
"So, how did it go?" he asked.
"Ok," I responded.
"Did you find out what you needed?"
"Yeah."
I had to do this I had to go on. I had to find the cure for Leilani. So I went on a little longer.