Hitomi no Hikari
(Eyes of Light)
An Aura story
Shugo...I'll be waiting for you
Somewhere, far in the depths of cyberspace, a small girl sleeps on a comfy bed while holding a patched-up teddy bear. Her hair is like pure silver, skin like white porcelain. Not long, she stirs in her sleep. The girl pulls her satin sheets closer to herself. Pictures of dear friends fade in and out of her dream. She dreamed of her awakening. Dreamed of how Tsukasa looked when she first saw the 'world'. She smiles because she has friends. But with friends...she has enemies. Morganna. The child suddenly wakes and rises from her sleeping position. She looks around for anybody near. The poor girl sighs and pouts. Now she knows, with wakefulness comes loneliness.
A young boy walks around a doorway corner. Quickly, he hides behind the bedroom wall. A few minutes passed and no sound is heard. The boy gave a sigh of relief and happiness.
"Cool! Now I can check out Kaz's new game!! I hope it's not boring like those other crappy games."
Tsukasa is never here anymore. I wonder what she's up to.
Not a moment later, Aura's moves her feet to the side, off the bed, and onto the grass. She straitens her dress and plays with her hair.
Since Tsukasa isn't here, I guess I should take a walk and leave my teddy behind.
"Wow! This is cool." The boy looked at his surroundings in amazement. "I'll just play for a couple of minutes and--"
I hear a voice behind me. It's not familiar to me. I wonder who it is.
Her feet turned herself around. She gazed into cobalt eyes. A boy of the same size as the girl stood in front of her. This was the first time Aura met another person. A smile appeared on the boy's face. A smile that she'll hold dear to her heart.
"Hello."
Hello...This word is not very well known to me. What does it mean? What should I say? Maybe I should say it back.
"Hello" She said back, a little hesitant. The boy seemed to get more excited by the second.
"Uh, do you wand to play with me?"
"Play? With me?"
"Yup! You see, I'm new to this game and I'm only going to be on for a few minutes. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do and...I don't want to be alone..."
So he's alone too??
"...so that's why I want you to play with me."
The small girl thought for a while, then smiled.
"Ok! Let's play."
"Cool! My name is Shugo Kunisaki. You can call me Shugo. What's yours?"
"I'm Aura."
What was supposed to be a few minutes of a quick look and go turned to be hours of fun and games. Aura taught Shugo how much she knew about the 'game' and Shugo told her about himself in the real world. And...
"You know what? I want to be a real hero! I wanna be really strong so I can protect my friends...
Friends
...and my sister, Rena!!"
I wonder if I could be his friend.
"Shugo..."
"Huh? What is it, Aura?
The young girl turned to the open boy, her very first 'found' friend. She smiled to him. "What's a hero?"
"WhAt!!!" The boy surprisingly jumped out of his sitting position on the grass. "You mean you... but how could..." Shugo looked at the girl and saw that she was sincere. He thought for a while. "Hmm, have you heard of Robin Hood?"
"No." The girl said with a little bit of perplexity in her voice.
Shugo almost fell down at her answer. "No??? Man, do your parents tell you stories at night?"
Aura looked away for a while with a confused look. "I...don't think I...have parents..."
The boy looked back at her, albeit saddened. Then-
"Aura..."
The girl looked to him as if the last question he asked didn't matter.
"How about..." Just as the boy started his new question, he noticed the sky darkening. The mock stars started to peek from the twilight sky. Shugo knew he had to go soon. "Uh, how about I tell you about a hero story?"
She blinked twice, no three more times. Slowly, the lonely girl smiles and nods thankfully. Shugo chuckles and gives her a thumb up.
"Alright! But- where to start..." Shugo looks around the forest area while thinking of a familiar story. His midnight eyes caught onto something glistening, water-like. The young boy smiles brightly as an idea appears in his mind. "Ah! I'll tell you the story of the Lady of the Lake!!"
First Dream Sequence enD
Disclaimer: Some of the words in the story are based on the third vol. of the .hackLotT book. I don't own the characters in the story.
Author note: I wanted to write this story ever since .hackdusk (legend of the twilight) I'll have the next story really quickly!! I love this story and I love the Aura/Shugo pairing. I can't believe that there's only a few out there T.T ...well, this is going to be the story that will top all other Aura/Shugo stories!!!!!!!
Oh! Review me!! Starving artists need inspiration from readers!!!!!!!