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Chapter 2: Kara X Anna X Eyes
(A/N: This scene takes place in the city where Gon met Leorio)
Not too far away, a redhead was behind the desk of a three-year old hotel.
"Hey Kara? Are you done yet?" she asked her best friend who was getting dressed.
"Just about. These contacts are giving me some problems."
"Remind me again why you wear them."
"Because if I see a spider, my eyes glow red."
"And you don't want to freak out Keitaro." Anna finished.
"Not until I tell him the truth."
"When will you tell him?"
"Soon. I'm thinking today. It's our six-month anniversary."
"You're so lucky to have a boyfriend like Keitaro."
"You'll have a boyfriend soon enough. Do you think he'll understand?"
"Yes. Unless he's a member of… you-know-what." Anna said.
"He's not."
"How do you know?"
"Because when I went over to his house last time, his sister answered the door and let me in. He was in the pool at the time and Kaida led me out to the backyard where the pool was. I saw him swimming laps and I noticed that his back was bare."
"No signs of 12 legged arachnids?"
"Nothing. But muscles." Kara sighed as she walked out of the bathroom behind the counter.
Kara had grown to become a beautiful young woman. To hide her true nature, she wore a black wig that went halfway to wear her hair was before, and blue-tinted contacts. Instead of the tribal outfit, she wore blue jeans and a blue polo shirt.
"You have a stray hair." Anna pointed to a stray blond hair.
"Sorry." Kara said as she took off her wig.
Her blond hair no longer fell to her waist, but instead to her shoulder.
"Why don't you look in a mirror when you put on your wig?"
Beneath the contacts, Kara's eyes glowed a bright red.
"Because now I look like someone I really cared about."
"Why won't you talk about? You'll feel much better."
"I guess. When I lived in Kuruta, I had a twin brother." She said as she fixed her wig.
"You never told me that."
"I used to pray every night that he somehow managed to survive. When I went back the next morning after the raid, when I knew it was safe, I saw the corpse of all my people. The only relief is that I couldn't find HIS eyeless body. But, it's been six years. They could have destroyed him somewhere else." She started to cry.
"I'm sorry Kara. I didn't know. I never should have asked."
"It's ok Anna. You were right. You didn't know. And in a way, it does help to talk."
"Now I know why whenever people try to pay with Scarlet Eyes, you ask to see their backs."
"Yeah. Anything for revenge. They WILL pay." She said as she pulled out a briefcase out from under the desk.
She opened it and the two girls looked in.
"50 eyes."
"I wonder who our next Genei-Ryodon victim will be."
"Hey Kara!" a young man walked into the hotel.
"Hi Keitaro!" Kara said as she quickly closed the briefcase.
"I know how much you hate the Genei-Ryodon,"
"More like loathe with a passion." She corrected
"Anyways, you'll be pleased to know…" he tossed a paper from York Shin.
Anna and Kara looked down at the headlines.
GENEI-RYODON DISBAND AFTER DEFEAT OF LEADER
"WHAT!" the two girls screamed as they read on.
ACCORDING TO ONE EYE-WITNESS, THE GENEI-RYODON SUFFERED UTTER HUMILIATIONS AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF RIGHT NOSTRAND'S BODYGUARDS. HIS NAME IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. THE ONLY INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT HIM, "AT LEAST I THINK IT WAS A HIM" THE EYE-WITNESS TOLD US, WAS THAT HE USES NEN CHAINS TO DEFEAT HIS FOES. APPARENTLY, HE USED ONE OF HIS CHAINS AND ATTACKED ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEMBERS AND THE LEADER. ALSO, THE WITNESS CONFIRMED THAT THIS "CHAIN-USER" WAS ONLY AFTER ONE THING: THE SCARLET EYES OF THE NOW EXTINCT KURUTA TRIBE.
(A/N: I know there was no eye-witness at that time, but the press needed something so I used when Kurapica killed Ubo)
"Well? What do you think Kara?" Keitaro asked his girlfriend.
Kara was staring at the article. She couldn't believe what it had said.
"Kara?" Anna asked. "Are you ok?"
"Is something wrong?" Keitaro asked her.
"Can you give us a few minutes Keitaro?" Anna asked.
"Sure." He said and walked out the door.
"Could it be?" Kara whispered.
"Are you upset about the last line?" Anna asked.
"No. This line." She pointed.
"At least I think it was a him?" Anna read out loud. "So?"
"My brother was constantly being mistaken as a girl."
"Do you think?"
"No. It couldn't be. It was just wishful thinking."
"Why don't you go out with Keitaro and tell him the truth? I can handle things here."
"Thanks." Kara said as she walked out the door.
TBC
Next time on Karapica:
We're back in the city where I met Leorio, and secrets are starting to be told. Next time on Karapica: Memories X Secret X Truth. Hey Leorio! Let's race!
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