Yeah I'm back again. I'm so glad I was FINALLY able to edit my previous chapters. having that new export thing was like getting the answer to my prayers. YAY!!! Anyway, here's the next chapter. Hope you like it!


Chapter five
The Eyes of a "Demon"

"Okay Kaira, you can sleep in this room here in the bed next to mine," Ruby offered gesturing to two beds on an overhang in the main room. "It'll be nice to have another girl here. It'll be like a sleepover!"

"I never said I would stay here," Kaira pointed out. "I'm only staying until I find out more about this Garron."

Ruby fell silent, slightly taken aback by the comment, but not letting it show. The others sat down in the few chairs they had in the room, or (if they were too slow to get to a chair) they sat on the floor close enough to hear what Kaira had to say.

"So tell us what you know." Blank insisted rudely. "What did he mean when he said 'the man who destroyed your home'?"

"He meant exactly what he said." Kaira's expression darkened. "Before I came to live with the Gerudos, those are the people that raised me, a man named Garron appeared on their island. Although the Gerudos are good fighters, he was too much for them to handle. He took control of their small society, enslaving them. They were forced to do his every command. And when they refused, the penalty was death. So they did what they could to keep their lives. Until one day he just left. I was never told why he left, maybe they don't even know why he left. But anyway, after being slaves to this man for seven years, the Gerudos' were finally set free, to live as thieves once again. Unfortunately, that's all I know."

"Thieves?" Marcus asked

Kaira blinked. "uh, yeah. Do you have a problem with my being a thief. I'm not gonna steal anything from you people. From the looks of it, you don't have anything worth stealing anyway."

Baku laughed. "As much as I resent that comment, we don't care that you're a thief. It just so happens we are too."

"Really? What an odd coincidence." The girl looked around the run-down house Tantalus lived in. "Well, if you're all thieves, then you must be really bad at it; 'cause there's nothing of any value here."

Bakuglared at Kaira, but kept his composure. "Well, the only way I can think of finding anything else out about this guy," Baku decided, "is if we go to this island of Kaira's."

"uhh…" Kaira tried to say something, but was cut off in mid-sentence.

"That's a great idea Boss!" Cinna butted in. "I say we go."

"Well…" she tried again.

"Then it's settled," Blank had interrupted this time. "Let's go!"

" . . . " Realizing she wasn't going to get her say, Kaira gave up on trying to talk. She then got up and walked towards the door.

"Where ya goin' suga'?" Ruby asked her, finding it slightly rude of her to just get up and leave, yet still speaking in a polite and welcoming voice.

"I . . . just want some fresh air. Thought I'd go for a walk if that's okay."

Ruby could see in Kaira's eyes that something was bothering her. And although Ruby's first impression of Kaira wasn't that great, she still wanted to make her feel welcome. Curse my good heart! Ruby thought to herself. "…May I join you?" She reluctantly asked.

"Sure. Whatever…"

Getting up from where she was sitting, Ruby walked out the door of the clock tower with Kaira. The two of them walked along the theatre district sidewalk, Kaira looking around in fascination at the titanic city.

"You seem preoccupied with the scenery. I take it you've never been to Lindblum before." Ruby's eyes followed Kaira's as she scanned the city, staring at the marketers and the people who still roamed the streets buying from them. Even at this time of night, the streets still flowed with people, not nearly as many as there were during the day, but still more than Kaira was used to.

"No. I haven't." She paused to glance once more at her surroundings, her eyes stopping upon the huge castle standing tall in the distance. "I've been to so many different places…but none of them compare to this. Your city is huge! Are those air ships?" She asked as she stared up into the night sky.

"yup! I guess you're not familiar with those either, since Lindblum is one of the only cities that has them."

"Well, I've seen them before; but not up close."

"Oh, you'll like riding on them. They're so much fun!"

"I prefer...other ways of flying."

"Oh. You mean those wings of yours. Yeah, Blank told us about those wings."

"Blank?" Kaira paused to think. "He's . . . the one with the red hair right?"

Ruby nodded, smiling. "Don't worry. You'll get to know who everyone is eventually."

"Question." Kaira stated.

"Yes?"

"What's the deal with the belt around his head?"

"Oh, you mean Blank?" Ruby started laughing.

Kaira stared at her and smiled. "What?" she asked.

"It was just a funny question, that's all," Ruby replied, trying to hold back her laugh.

"Well, I think it's an ask worthy question. I mean, it's not everyday that you see someone walking around with a blindfold on,"

"That's true," Ruby looked up at the stars filling the otherwise empty sky. Then she turned her head back to Kaira. "He's always worn that, except at night. Sleeping with it on would probably be very uncomfortable. But he's been wearing it since before I even met him and the rest of Tantalus."

"Yeah, but why?" Kaira persisted.

"Well, he has . . . per say unusual eyes. I don't really know much about them myself; I've always felt rude asking him about it, so I just don't ask. But I have talked to Marcus about it. Back when I first met them, I found it just as strange as you do, so one day I asked Marcus about Blank's blindfold, and he told me about how they can, in a way, possess him."

"Possess him?"

"Well, not really possess him, but that's the only way I know how to put it. Sometimes Blank can open his eyes and not have any trouble at all, however other times he opens them and goes rampant. At least that's what Marcus said. He told me it happened once when Blank was six, back when he first joined them. Obviously, since he was only six, he couldn't really hurt anyone; but it was still strange that it would happen at all to someone. But he's blind anyway, so it doesn't matter that he can't open his eyes. And he doesn't like people to see them, so as long as he's got his blindfold on or he keeps his eyes closed, he's fine with it."

"Why doesn't he like people to see his eyes? What do they look like? Have you ever seen them?"

"You sure are curious about Blank, aren't you?" Ruby implied.

"Err …uh … w-well you're the one who brought him up in this conversation!"

Ruby just stood there smiling suggestively at Kaira.

". . . oh, just answer my question!"

Snickering slightly, Ruby then continued with her story. "He doesn't like people to see his eyes because they're…not normal looking. People wouldn't accept him if they saw his eyes, they would think he looks like some kind of…demon or something. In fact, people who have caught glimpses of his eyes have called him a demon before. He wont admit it, but he's afraid of rejection. Not to mention, ever since the time Marcus told me about, Blank has been afraid that if he opens his eyes, he might end up killing someone."

All fell silent for a minute or two, as Kaira and Ruby both thought about the conversation, and about Blank's "demonic" eyes. The two continued walking on, not even realizing they had gone in a circle and were now almost back to the Clock Tower.

The two moons had yet to rise and still the sky was lit with the lights of the city and the lights of airships. Ruby watched the marketers getting ready to close up for the night as Kaira stared up into the starry sky, fascinated by it's beauty.

"I thought you said you didn't know much," Kaira broke the silence, looking over at Ruby, smiling.

Ruby smiled back. "I guess I knew more about Blank than I thought I did."

The two girls arrived back at the "house" to find that everyone else had already gone to sleep.

"Well, it is late," said Ruby. "We should probably go to sleep to." Ruby decided she had completely changed her mind about Kaira. Kaira wasn't the stuck up snot that Ruby thought she was. In fact, Ruby actually liked having her around to talk to. Not that she didn't have other people to talk to (I mean she lives with so many people). She found it real easy to talk with Marcus about any of her problems. But Ruby found it nice to have a girl around to do things with for once.

"Yea, you're right," Kaira looked down at the floor thinking about what it would be like to go back to her previous home after all these years. She was apprehensive about the whole idea.

"Somethin' wrong darlin'? You look worried."

"No," Kaira lied. "I'm just tired that's all."

"Yeah, me too. Well, let's get some shut eye."

Ruby turned off the light and the two of them hopped into there beds

"Good night Kaira," Ruby quietly called to Kaira, laying in the bed to the left of Ruby's bed.

". . . good night . . . "

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Sorry I took so long getting this chapter to ya. Once again I got side tracked with other things (can I help it if I'm obsessed with ?) lol. Please leave a review to let me know what you thought. If you've got any suggestions on how to make it better or what you think I should change, please tell me in your review. THANK YOU!