Kirameku had woken up, made herself breakfast, and gotten ready for school. She left a note for her mom, like she always did on school days. He mom worked the nightshift at her job, so she never had to wake up early. Kirameku grabbed her sunglasses, cane, and a set of keys. She put on her shoes and left the house, locking the door behind her.
~*~
During lunch, Kirameku sat with Hari.
"Did you bring Yugure?" Hari asked.
"Yeah." Kirameku took Yugure out of her book bag, and showed her to Hari.
"Have you tried the Layer?" Hari asked looking intently at her friends Angel. Hari had been obsessed with Angelic Layer since it started. She had seen a lot of Angels, and her friend's looked no different from professional Angels. She even had the privilege of seeing the Angels of some Champions.
"Yeah, and I won!" Kirameku smiled.
"Really? I'd like to see you fight!" Hari said as she handed Yugure back to Kirameku.
"I got my Angel Card too! I'm gonna enter in the Official Tournament, so if you can get tickets, you can see me fight there!" Kirameku said as she put Yugure back in her book bag.
"Sure! Sign-ups for the tournament are today. You going?"
"They're at the stadium, right?"
"Yeah. I'm going so I can see who else entered. You can come with me if you want."
"That'd be great! My mom's working all day, so that would work out."
"Ok, I'll call my mom and tell her!"
~*~
Hari and Kirameku walked up to the desk for registration.
"You're gonna have to tell them everything. Its you're Angel." Hari patted Kirameku on the back as her friend walked up to the desk.
"Hello, miss. Is there something I can do for you?" The man behind the desk asked.
"Yes, I would like to enter in this years Official Tournament." The man looked at Kirameku, noticing her sunglasses.
"Alright, I'll need your name, and the name of your Angel."
"Zouge Kirameku, and my Angel, Yugure. And yes, I'm blind." She sighed as she heard the man type.
"Ok, you're all set! The preliminaries start three days from now." The man smiled as he watched Kirameku walk away. Hari then walked up to the desk, and cleared her throat.
"Hello Shouru-san!" Hari smiled at the man behind the desk.
"Well, it's about time you came!" He laughed. "I have the roster so far, and after the preliminaries, I'll get you the Tournament's Official roster." He handed Hari a piece of paper and watched the tow friends leave the building. As soon as the left, he picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Chief Mihara? It's Shouru. You know the Angel Card we sent out to Zouge Kirameku?"
"Yes…what about her?"
"She just came to sign up, and she was…well…" Shouru fell silent for a moment.
"Spit it out Shouru!"
"She was blind."
"Really?" Icchan rubbed his chin. "This will be interesting…"
~*~
Kirameku had made it through the preliminaries, and was ready for the tournament. None of the other Deus' knew she was blind. She wanted to keep it a secret because she thought that if they knew she was blind, they would go easy on her. Summer vacation rolled around, and it was time for the tournament to begin.
"I'm going with Hari to the stadium!" Kirameku shouted upstairs to her mom. She put on her shoes on, and tilted her heads towards where her sunglasses should be. She didn't wear them for the preliminaries, so she decided not to wear them for the tournament.
She grabbed her cane, her excuse being she had weak legs, and ran out to Hari's car. She got in the back seat, and out her cane on the floor. She said hello to Hari's mom and Hari.
When they got to the stadium, the two girls smiled at each other, waved, and went their separate ways. Kirameku entered the waiting room and sat down. She sat for a little, and suddenly her face scrunched up. 'Wow…that is some strong perfume…' She thought.
"W-1, Zouge Kirameku?" Kirameku stood up and followed the lady.
"In the East Corner: Deus-Tategoto Kinoko, Angel-Zeon!" A short girl, who looked about 7 or 8 walked out, with her Angel resting on her arm. Her Angel had bright purple hair and a bright pink tank top, with a matching skirt. Her out fit was trimmed with bright green lining, and she wore her hair half up with a bright green bow in it. She smiled as she took her seat and put on her visor.
"In the West Corner: Deus-Zouge Kirameku, Angel-Yugure!" Kirameku walked out with Yugure sitting on her shoulder. She walked straight out, using her can to find the seat. She put her cane on the ground, and sat in the chair. She put Yugure in her lap, and put her visor on. The chair was raised, and the announcer yelled into the microphone.
"Angels to the Layer!"
"Zeon, light the way with your neon colors!" Kinoko threw Zeon towards the Layer. As soon as she entered, Zeon opened her eyes. "Angel fall-in!" Zeon floated softly towards the surface of the Layer. She landed, and stood, waiting.
"Open the world's eyes! Show them what we can do, Yugure!" Kirameku adapted this as her entry. 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!"
Both Angels stood still. Kinoko was staring at Kirameku. Kirameku's head was looking straight, until finally, Yugure charged. She didn't go too fast, and stopped as soon as her Deus heard the ruffling of clothes. Zeon had jumped behind Yugure, and thrown a punch. Yugure dodged, and threw her leg out, and connected with Zeon's stomach. Zeon quickly recovered, and did a back flip to get back to her feet. Yugure charged again, and threw her hands in front of her, doing a front flip, and slamming her feet into Zeon's jaw.
Zeon recovered, and began to run around Yugure in circles. To anyone who could see, it would look like there were 15 Zeons. But this didn't bother Kirameku because she could tell where the real one was. Yugure looked around her, and finally, her eyes widened. She charged into the border of illusions around her, and as she reached it, she crouched down on the ground.
She stuck her elbow out, and after a few seconds, she raised her elbow, which connected with Zeon's chin. It sent the Angel flying, and when Zeon finally hit the Layer, she flopped lifeless onto the surface.
"Yugure wins!" The crowd erupted as the seats were lowered. Kirameku took off her visor, and got out of her seat. She grabbed Yugure and her cane. She walked over to the side of the Layer, and shook hands with the other Deus.
"Great match." The other Deus smiled.
"You too." Kirameku didn't know that Kinoko had created an illusion. She just thought that Zeon was running in circles. They both smiled as the exited the arena area. Kirameku turned her head towards Yugure, who had been put on her shoulder.
Kirameku smiled at the tiny Angel. "Thank you." She whispered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~
I'm going to be going on vacation for a week and three days, so this is the last update for a while. Ok, here goes: Yes, Misaki is entering this tournament, and only one other Angel Kirameku is fighting is mine. The others are all original CLAMP Angels! I'm sorry that I won't be able to update!!! I hope this'll hold you off! ^.^