In The Eye of The Beholder: Chapter 3
"Sunday!" Kirameku shouted as she jumped out of bed, grabbed her newly made Angel, and ran downstairs. She woke up after her mom did, which was very unusual. She had spent most of the night lost in thought. Thinking about Yugure, and the Official Tournament.
"Goodness, you're up late…" Kirameku's mom said sleepily.
"Yeah, I was up most of the night." Kirameku yawned sat down at the table.
"Do you have your Angel?" Her mother asked as she out breakfast on the table.
"Yeah. Hari helped me a lot. She made the skirt, and helped me set parameters and all that stuff." Kirameku held up her brand new Angel.
"She's beautiful." Her mother sighed. She looked carefully at the shirt, and saw that no stitches had gone astray. "What's her name?"
"Yugure."
"What a beautiful name…" The two began to eat breakfast, and suddenly Kirameku thought of something.
"Mom, can you drop me off at the Piffle Princess?"
"Today too? What for?"
"Well, they hold mini tournaments, and I thought I could enter one."
"Ok, I guess so." They finished breakfast, and cleaned up. Kirameku went upstairs, got changed, brushed her teeth (and did other sanitary stuff), and went downstairs again. She put her shoes on, grabbed her sunglasses and her cane, and shouted to her mom, "I'll meet you in the car!"
Her mom was soon in the car with her daughter, and they were off, once again to the Piffle Princess.
"Mom, I should have something coming in the mail. It's called an Angel Card, and it allows me to fight in official tournaments."
"Ok, I'll watch for it!" Her mom smiled as they pulled up to the Piffle Princess. Kirameku kissed her mom goodbye, grabbed her cane, put on her sunglasses, and got out of the car. Her mom watched as her blind child walked off towards the path of fame.
Kirameku walked straight to the back of the store, and went up the escalator. She was bumped a little as she tried to find the desk. 'I can't ask anyone…I'd get too nervous…and they'd probably stare at my eyes...geez...I need to be a little less anti-social...' She proceeded to wander, until she finally found the desk.
"Excuse me..." She called.
"Yes?" The lady behind the desk smiled.
"I would like a ticket to a match."
"Here you go." The lady handed Kirameku a ticket after typing on the computer for a moment.
"Thank you."
"You'll be on Layer 5."
"Which one is that?" Kirameku asked so she wouldn't look stupid going to the wrong Layer.
"Right in front of you is Layer 3, and if you turn right, Layer 5 will be right there."
"Thank you." Kirameku turned right, and found the Layer. She handed the announcer her ticket, and the announcer turned on her microphone, and asked for Kirameku's name.
"Zouge Kirameku."
"And you're Angel's name?"
"Yugure." Kirameku sat down, and took off her sunglasses. She sat Yugure in her lap, and put on the visor. She opened the wings on the side of the visor, and waited.
"Angels to the Layer!" Kirameku never thought of an entry line, so she had no idea what to do. Luckily the other person went first.
"Emerge from the shadows! Kurayami!" The Dues threw her black-clad Angel into the Layer. Kurayami spread her arms out in mid-air. "Angel, fall-in!" Kurayami then crossed her arms in an X shape over her chest, and drew her knees up to her chest also. She did several flips in the air, and as she fell towards the Layer, she did a head dive, hands out. She landed on the Layer in a handstand then did a back flip onto her feet.
"Open the world's eyes! Show them what we can do, Yugure!" Kirameku had quickly thought of an entry line off the top of her head. She threw Yugure into the Layer, and Yugure opened her eyes. She spread both of her arms out, and crossed her legs. "Angel fall-in!" Yugure began to spin as she descended towards the Layer. She finally landed, and she had gathered up so much speed that she continued to spin. She slowed down and did one last spin, and flung her crossed leg out to get balance back. She then stood, one leg out, and slightly behind the other.
"Angelic fight!" Kurayami didn't move, and neither did Yugure. Kirameku could tell generally where the other Angel was, but she wasn't exactly sure. Finally, the other Angel charged and Yugure put up a guard. Suddenly, the other Angel leapt high into the air. Kirameku knew she leapt into the air, but couldn't tell if she was coming down. She waited for a moment, until she heard a rustling of clothes.
Yugure bent over, and threw her leg out, but the other Angel didn't come straight down on Yugure, she landed right below Yugure's leg, and kicked her square in the jaw. Yugure flew backwards, barely managing to stay in the Layer. Yugure picked herself up, and put up another guard. 'What is she doing?' The other Deus thought. 'She should've been able to see Kurayami coming down in front of her…' She looked at Kirameku, and noticed that she wasn't looking at the Layer, she was looking straight ahead. 'What is she doing?' Kurayami charged again, and the other Dues was looking at Kirameku as well as her Angel.
Yugure charged also, and grabbed the fist that Kurayami threw at her. She then did a one-handed handstand, and grabbed Kurayami with her feet, while still holding her fist. She then let go of Kurayami's fist, and spun her around, and when she let go, Kurayami went flying out of the Layer. The other Deus noticed that Kirameku wasn't looking at the Layer for the whole time.
"Layer out! Yugure wins!" The small crowd surrounding the Layer cheered as Kirameku took off her visor, and grabbed her Angel. She put her sunglasses on, and grabbed her cane, which she had laid down on the floor next to her chair. She walked over to shake hands with the other Deus.
"Great match." The other Deus said, looking at Kirameku's sunglasses.
"I'm blind." Kirameku could tell the other girl was staring at her.
"I hope to fight you again sometime." The two girls smiled at each other, and both walked away from the Layer. Kirameku could tell people were looking at her, and she could even hear some whispers. She ignored them, and walked downstairs. Soon, the Official Tournament would start, and she would be able to show the world her abilities.