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Points of View
Chapter 8
The Story Behind Her Eyes
"Ye poor child! Now tell me how this came to be so that perhaps I can help where your modern doctors could not." Kaede helps Melissa sit down near her, the group of friends now gathered together in the old priestess' hut.
Melissa sighs softly, she hadn't even told Kagome how she had come to be blind yet. She fidgets uncomfortably in the awkward silence, what didn't help was that she was only able to remember parts of how it happened and had to heavily rely on what her sister had told her.
Noticing her discomfort, Elly places a hand on top of hers, murmuring softly to her. "I'll tell them if you like."
Melissa nods jerkily as tears threaten to spill down her cheeks, thankful for Elly's support.
Sensing her distress and smelling her tears, Shippo hops back up to her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her neck for a moment before pulling her glasses away and wiping away her tears with a small piece of cloth and earning a weak smile for his efforts.
Seeing that Shippo seemed to know what he was doing, Elly turns back to look at the old priestess and the rest of the group. "Outside of Kagome and I would think, Inu Yasha, do you guys know what a car is?"
Sango nods carefully. "Yes. Kagome told us what it is when she got her license. She was very excited about it."
Elly sighs softly, glad that she wouldn't have to describe it to them. "Well, here's what happened..."
Flashback
"Melissa... please tell me we're almost home!" Despite the fact that Elizabeth was a Tomboy, this storm that they were driving in was starting to make her nervous. They had left the mall just as the storm they were currently driving in had started. Neither on of them had wanted to be stuck there when the worst of it hit, regardless of how much they liked spending their time there.
Melissa glances over at her younger sister, giving her a comforting smile. "Don't worry, Elly! We'll get home just fine in just a few more minutes, you'll see!"
Elly relaxes slightly, rubbing her arms as if suddenly chilled. She still felt a bit doubtful. "I don't know... I have a bad feeling about this..."
Melissa looks at her funny. "I told you we're going to be fine, so quit worrying! So, are you going to call Kevin when we get back?"
"No. We talked this morning, the relationship's off..."
Elly didn't sound too concerned, but Melissa knew her better than that. "It was him, wasn't it?"
Elly sighs softly. "He said I was more of a man than he was... pardon me for working out... sheesh."
"Well that's rude of him!"
Elly shrugs. "Doesn't matter. It wouldn't have worked out much longer anyway. I like wolves and he likes bears."
Melissa was about to respond when a bolt of lightening strikes the hood of the car, a small branch of it somehow managing to break away from the main bolt and going through the windshield to strike Melissa's glasses, immediately causing her to black out at the wheel.
Terrified, Elizabeth grabs the wheel and somehow manages to land them in a ditch, remarkably not hitting any other cars in the process.
End Flashback
"...the doctors removed her bandages two weeks later. They, being the so called good doctors they were, apologized and gave her their sympathies as they told her the news before removing them. Her care was completely totaled since it rolled a few if not several times before coming to a stop on its wheels near the bottom of the ditch. The only thing that kept us from landing on the roof was a tree we had come up against. The doctors also said we were lucky that outside of Melissa's blindness that we had come out of it with only a few cuts and bruises instead of loosing our lives which could have easily happened." Elly spits out the last sentence in anger and disgust. Lucky! If you called being blind for the rest of your life lucky!
"Elly..." The sound of Melissa's soft voice brings her back to herself. "It's ok. Let it go. Don't forget, everything happens for a reason."
Elly sighs, running her fingers back through her hair in aggravation. "I know. It's just so frustrating sometimes! You're just so nice and kind, why did it have to happen to you?"
"Let it go Elly..."
"I won't let it go!" Elly jumps to her feet, spinning to glare down at her sister with tears in her eyes. "You used to talk about getting married and having kids! You used to make such beautiful drawings and paintings! You even talked about selling them someday! Sure you can still have the kids that you once wanted so badly, but now you'll never get to see how beautiful they are!" Not wanting anyone to see her burst into tears, she quickly turns and runs from the small hut.
With tears slowly running down her cheeks in the shocked silence at Elly's outburst, Kagome moves to take her place next to Melissa. "Don't worry, Melissa. I'm sure there's someway we can help. There has to be... Inu Yasha, could you please go follow her? I don't want her getting hurt out there, but be careful to go slow so that she can have some time to herself."
Inu Yasha rises to his feet, popping his neck and shoulders before leaving, dragging a reluctant Miroku along with him. "I'm already on it, Kagome."
"Why do I have to go! She seems to be able to handle herself just fine without us tagging along to baby-sit her!"
"Because I decided that ya are and that's all there is to it! You just don't want to go 'cause you're scared of her!"
Kagome wraps an arm around Melissa's shoulder as Miroku's protests fade away, giving her a quick squeeze. "It'll be okay. I know there's someone who can help."
Sango looks at Kagome as she moves to sit closer to them. "The only problem is whether or not they will help us." There was only one that she knew of that could help, it was also just the problem of who it was.
Sesshoumaru, who owned and knew how to wield the Tenseiga. The only sword in existence that, if used properly, could heal one hundred demons or humans with one swing.