Olya / cardcaptor girl's notes: I'm sorry that I'm not updating every day, but my life is so busy, and I'm trying to manage everything at a time. Lots of pressure. I hope you'll like the chapter and I also have to note you, that you should see all the different kinds of hints along the lines of this story. Please give me an opinion, and if I have mistakes, then please forgive me. I proof read the chapter and I tried my best to fit the characters. Thanks to the website: Dual Potential, hosted by Kay Willow - I know about the character personalities much better. (^_^) Hiead: "Oh come on with the story already! Ikhny and I are waiting!" Ikhny: "Yeah, like totally do it!" Olya / cardcaptor girl: "Okay, here's the eighth chapter."
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Back in her favorite place, the observatory, Ikhny had spent quite a while, not daring to come out. The girl tried her best to convince herself that it wasn't even her fault, but…Mick…he must have felt awful too. Ikhny's gaze came up to meet a space view.
"Hi." The girl with brown eyes smiled, as she turned around to face the blue eyed teenaged boy, who apparently had just entered observatory.
"Hello Zero, what are you doing here? I've never seen you come in here before."
"Yes…but…I wanted to talk to you." He said, as he came closer to lean on the fence.
"Oh? About what?" But Ikhny knew already.
"Everything…I know that we weren't friends much, but still… all of us miss you…even he does…I mean who wouldn't?" The girl turned to face Zero instantly.
"He…he does?" she said in a hopeful voice.
"No…I just made that up for you to feel better." Zero smiled, as he sat on the floor and looked downward. Ikhny sighed loudly in sadness. "But I'm sure Gner misses you in his own strange-little-twisted way…The bastard is a human after all. I mean there are got to be *some* emotions left in him."
"That's very sweet of you to say, Zero." Ikhny smiled, as the girl finally understood she had one more friend in GOA, besides Kizna.
"Do you miss him even a little?" The reply came in a form of a deep-loud sigh, followed by a chuckle of pure obviousness, which was showing off of Ikhny's face in many features. It was evident, wasn't it? The girl already missed her ex-partner; even if it was only day one of their separation. The question was: did Hiead miss her? Did he even think about her for a second? "So you *do* really miss him."
"A little bit." The girl's face became slightly pink, although it seemed that she wasn't aware of it.
"If you say so…I say you miss him a lot, even if he doesn't deserve it."
"Zero-"
"It's too bad you decided to give up on Gner too soon, though…" Zero's face suddenly became more serious, a bit too serious.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean – everything! Everything is different from now on; Gner has another partner now."
"Oh I almost forgot, who is she? What is she like?"
"Oh, she's wonderful…wonderful bitch, that is." Zero paused, as he looked Ikhny straight into the eyes.
"What are you saying?"
"The girl is psycho, Ikhny. She doesn't give a damn about anybody…I tried to joke around with her, but ended up on the floor under her knee."
"Come again?" The girl with brown eyes couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Yes, what you heard. It appears to be that her father has some powerful EX, which results in super strength, and so she is strong too, although she doesn't have any EX whatsoever…this is so confusing. Kizna told me she tried to bond with that girl, but there's no avail."
"And Hiead? How is he dealing with her?" Ikhny watched as Zero stood up from the ground to look at her.
"Oh he is happier than ever…at least from what I've seen,"
"Oh…I see." Ikhny lowered her head in misery.
"But I don't think that's what he needs, Ikhny." continued Zero. The girl looked up at him in question. "I think what he needs is someone to care for him…the way you did."
"Thank you for such wonderful words…but why are you so attentive to Hiead's problems all of a sudden?"
"Uhh…umm…I'm not!…it's just that, his problems are still a part of you, whether you want it or not."
"I- I wouldn't look at it that way...I think he's better on without me, I was just destroying his dreams. You, Hiead, Kizna; all of you want to be together with Goddesses…and I…I've never bargained for it."
"What do you mean? Everybody wants to work with Goddesses!" Zero exclaimed, as he pictured himself piloting Ernn Laties once again.
"No, my parents always wanted me to work with a Goddess," Ikhny looked up at the space window. "But my real dream is to be a doctor."
"Speaking of doctors and crazy-empty-minded paramedics: do you want me to do something with him? Twist his neck? Break the kneecaps? Or maybe I could-"
"No! No, Zero, please don't…Mick – he didn't mean that. He only did what he did, because he thought I was going to die, which I will, considering – I will NEVER go out of this room ever again." Ikhny giggled softly, as she recounted the incident, which happened about thirty minutes ago. The main thought of it made her want to puke. Firstly, she, of course felt embarrassed, but soon the feeling faded, and was replaced by sympathy for the boy who only tried to help her.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Alright then, I have to go now. Clay, Yamagi and I and going to run an additional practice."
"Bye, Zero. Say hello to Kizna from me."
"I will." The blue eyed boy turned around and walked out, waving his hand. This was sure a complicated situation, but somehow the high spirited teen knew, everything would come to be fine in the end.
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Weak, weak, weak.
The ruby eyed boy chanted the words like mantra over and over again in his mind. All of them, all of these stupid cowards were so weak, and dumb – they didn't even see it themselves.
Weak, weak, weak.
He shouldn't be thinking so much about everything…not good.
"Very not good…" Hiead muttered to himself darkly, before continuing the chant: "Weak, weak, weak…idiots."
And he's becoming pathetic too. No, not yet.
A picture of that boy in cafeteria, bringing his mouth down to meet's the girl's…Ah, so that's what Allecto defines by a word 'partner'. Very interesting, indeed. Who would have thought…oh damn, I start to sound like that Clay idiot.
Weak, weak, weak.
All of them. All of them make these pathetic little friendships, happy-hoppy kissy-sappy…It's good that he wasn't any of those things…those things would just bring him down. He was a strong pilot-to-be. That Tarria-person was good at what she did. Too good. She didn't give a jack about his problems…just what he needed, just what he needed…
Weak, weak, weak.
Hiead cornered another hallway, as he came to a place he never thought he would come to. A place, which *she* made him love. An observatory. Damn her, his ex-partner. This was becoming too much of a pressure for him. No, he didn't care for any of them, of course… And surely he would stop thinking about things so much. The door to observatory slid open to welcome him in.
Weak, weak, weak……….. Allecto…
TO BE CONTINUED…
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