Clarvoyant Eyes

Summary: Many envy Lacus. She's beautiful, smart, rich and can easily befriends with people. Many thinks she's perfect but for her, she's not. She lives a normal life with her friends but everything changes when her father decided to marry again and when she met Kira.

Chapter 18- Predictions

Their stay in the ranch was quite enjoyable. They've been there for five days and they keep repeating and doing the same thing from the first day until now. They ride horses but every day that passed they keep getting better and better especially Cagalli but Miriallia is still better than her. They go to picnic for lunch, pick flowers from the meadow, Walk in the steep mountain side, play in the river and take pictures of them. They also help in cleaning and cooking. But it can't be help that they were starting to get bored, they want to try new things.

One night when Miriallia and her other friends were outside beside the fence looking in the dark sky they asked her if they could go to the mountain and camp there even for one night to experience forest life. "Don't even dare going to that mountain." She said in a scary way. Cagalli who's walking with Lacus heard their conversation and decided to join them. She sits in the ground listening to her story. "They say there live a wicked witch in the forest and she gives curse to people who try to enter her territory." She continued. They start to tremble in horror except Cagalli.

"I don't believe that story of yours." She said proudly standing up from the grassy ground to Miriallia's front. "There aren't witches. Besides do they have proofs about that curse?"

Feeling hurt and embarrassed for making her look like a dumb. She's piss as she answers. "It's proven, once there's a man who entered the forest and he never came back, they said he was killed. Another one is when that witch came to the town and begs for food, no one gave her even single bread. After she left, the town encountered a terrible misfortune. A storm came and destroyed it. The people suffered in drought and illness. When she visited again, a tornado came and destroyed many houses." She said proudly.

"It's just a coincidence; many places encounter more storms and more tornadoes. And the death of the man is so predictable, he may have died from an illness or fell from a cliff. You're a little child in mind Miriallia if you believe those stupid stories." Defended Cagalli. The two starts to argue and debate, everyone starts to stick with who they believe in right, sadly only one stick with Cagalli for Lacus leaves them quietly after seeing Miriallia's grandmother feeding the cats and dogs from their excess supper outside the kitchen. She left without their notice for they were busy.

She folded her arms in coldness as she stands before Miriallia's grandmother. She looks at her pets as they enjoy their meal; one cat seems to resemble Kira (her cat) she somehow moves closer to it as she smiles in an unexplainable manner. How cute. She thought smiling and swaying until she remembers Miriallia's grandmother's presence.

"You seems to be happy my dear." Said Miriallia's grandmother after her noticed with full greetings of joy. "Are you enjoying your stay here?"

"I do." She answers with all her heart.

"I think they're starting to get bored, that's why they set their minds in arguing." Said Miriallia's grandmother looking at them but didn't take it seriously. Lacus turned to them but caught her attention again. "I'm going to visit the home for aged tomorrow…"

"Can I come with you?" she asked immediately without letting her finished her statement. She then put her hand in her mouth realizing how rude she was for interrupting her. "I'm sorry…" she said shyly thinking about her mistake.

The grandmother laughs from her little mistake. "Do not feel guilty; I guess you're just excited. I would like to ask you, would you like to come with me? Miriallia always write me and keeps telling that she and her friends sometimes visits and helps orphaned kids. I do hope you'll answer yes for helping kids is the same as helping aged people."

Lacus answers her immediately with a yes and went to her friends to convinced them to go with her as Miriallia's grandmother went in and leave the convincing to her. When she came, it seems like the argument is already done. Miriallia's group went in first leaving Cagalli with her teammate. "How's the debate?" she asked curiously praying that Cagalli wouldn't remember that she left.

"You left us in the middle of our debate." She said with her hands on her hips, so much with Lacus feeling guilty. She wasn't interested in what they are doing that's why she didn't joined. Cagalli spare Lacus' abandonment as she answers all her question before going back to their respective rooms. Lacus laughs hearing their childish dare game, Cagalli encouraged her to join but she just refused for she already gave her word to Miriallia's grandmother. When morning came, Cagalli wasn't there anymore including the others. The workers there told her that they left before the sun rise.

She's left with no choice but to go alone. The ride a bus going to the town and gets down in front of their destination. As they knock in the door, an old lady is sneaking at them from a near window. Lacus wave her hand but the old lady just close the curtain making her feel a little ashamed as she smiles to her self. Suddenly a young lady opens the door and greeted them with a joyful aura as she smiles in excitement seeing Lacus while they're walking in. "A volunteer! At last!" she said loudly hugging Lacus merrily. After some seconds she withdraws her arms away. "I'm Murrue Ramius, an experienced nurse working here."

Miriallia's grandmother left her with Murrue for she has something important to do. Lacus moves her eyes from left to right and up and down. The place seems alright and normal but as Murrue tour her around, she starts to pity the old people. Some are on wheelchairs for they cannot walk or somehow unable to walk without support. They look alright in the outside part but if you look beyond them, you'll find them lonely, broken, and incomplete. They miss their family who only visits occasionally but some were seldom visited and if they were unlucky nobody waste time for them. She caught sight of the old lady who's looking at her before they entered. She stares at Lacus and doesn't remove her eyes; during that time she wishes that they'll soon move to another area to avoid her creepy unexplainable stares. "You'll die!!" she shouted at last at Lacus breaking the silence while pointing her fingers with terror as she shakes terribly in her wheelchair. Murrue and Lacus stops as the old lady make a scandal with many people looking at them. Murrue rushed to the old lady trying to calm her but she keeps staring at Lacus horribly like she's some kind of a killer.

"Calm down, please…" begged Murrue with the help of the other volunteers. They gave her water to drink. Lacus stood in her place a little scared as to what the old lady said, but she somehow doubt her words, she's a little too old and maybe she's just depress from her family's abandonment.

The lady calmed down somehow until she again caught sight of Lacus face she again starts to act hysterically like she's being possessed. "You're doomed!! I sense demonic aura surrounding you!! You're doomed to die, doomed for suffering!!" she continues saying those words as she acts it with her eyes enlarged pointing her two hands to Lacus like a zombie."You're so unfortunate… unlucky…" she said slowly. "You'll just bring misfortune to your love ones!!" she cried again. Lacus can't take her word any longer, she tried to be calm and ignore her words but the more they beg her to stop the more she scares her. She wants to run but decided to talk to the old lady instead to clear everything.

"I don't know what you're talking about…" she said making the old lady stop and listens as she speaks. "About death… misfortunes or anything related to bad luck… I'm starting to get scared so please stop it. I'm begging you." Finished Lacus putting her left hand above her chest trying to convince the old lady.

"I'm sorry…" said Murrue gently walking to Lacus. "I'm sorry in behalf of her; you wouldn't mind what she told you didn't you?" she continue. She puts her hand behind Lacus tenderly to comfort her better. She smile back to Murrue like she' telling her "I don't believe the old lady" much to Murrue's joy but disappointment to the old lady seeing them in front.

"Do not go home…" interrupted the old lady horribly. "I tell you, do not go home…" she said finally before moving her wheelchair away from them as the other volunteer in charge of her apologized to them and followed the old lady away.

After the miserable incident, Lacus starts to forget what happened earlier and decided to do her works there but it's visible in her face that she's somehow affected. "You shouldn't take her words seriously Lacus." Lacus looks at Murrue. "You know, that old lady is a fortune teller before and most of her predictions were correct."

"Then why shouldn't I believe in her?" she asked. "If most of her predictions turned right?"

"You know, you shouldn't depend your life on fortune telling. They just serve as a guide for people who's afraid of the unknown future, If you believe in yourself you wouldn't waste time listening to them, right? Besides all things can be change, it depends on the person… You are the one who's in control of your life not her predictions." She said winking at Lacus trying to ease her worries. "Show her that you're not unlucky but very lucky."

With her words, Lacus continue her works with a more joyful aura. Lacus seems to enjoy helping old people. She helps in feeding them, she hears stories from them on how their got there or what they do when their still young. She sometimes laughs at their funny jokes but when she encounters corny she just smiles to avoid lowering their self esteem. When their about to leave, the old lady who made a scandal shows again with a look of pity towards her. She just ignores her as she's looking behind the couch. Murrue hugs her again tighter than before then gives her a give away bracelet which they give to every volunteer. She put it in her wrist and shows it to her proudly. "I promise Murrue, I'll be back." She said in a low voice that only she and Murrue can hear. With this, they left with some old people waving their hands in gratitude.

When they got home, she goes straight to their room and saw Cagalli leaning in the table with her hands folded sleeping. Knowing she's also tired, she didn't wake her and just climbed to her bed and decided to sleep for that tiring day. It's a bit creepy hearing those words. To ease her self from worrying, she gets her portrait and look at it while singing.

Meanwhile, Flay's starting to get closer to Kira. She always visits in the restaurant and talks to him whenever he serve her. Kira's a total gentleman, though he knows what happened between Flay and Lacus. Even in the presence of Sai, she still entertains Kira. When Kira's not working she tries to make a conversation with him, she seems to like him. She's a nice person after all only that she envies many people and when she wants something, she'll not stop until she gets it. One time when Tolle is talking with him, she gave him many tasks leaving Kira alone. Though most of his time is with Flay during that week, he didn't forget about thinking of Lacus whom he knows now is having a great time.

End of the Chapter

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