Chap. 5: The Truth Revealed

Well, maybe it's good that I'm blind again. Maybe now I don't have to look at the faces of the very suspicious Flock.

We landed on the rooftop of a shop and I knew everyone was staring at me as I landed too.

"Alright Iggy. Spill it. Something's going on, and I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty sure now that we didn't have a party the other night." Max said.

"Same here." Came Fang's short reply.

"Yeah, I mean, what was all that? Those explosions? There was no way that was a bomb! I mean, I don't know how to make a bomb and all, but I know what it looks like when one explodes, and that wasn't anything like a bomb exploding. Sometimes there wasn't even any fire, just craters forming all of a sudden! And You kept kicking and punching at something, but we didn't see anything, and what was with that girl? You two acted like you could see something. And… And I swear I thought I saw you looking with perfect clarity! You didn't look like you were just looking in general directions, you were looking. Actually looking, like you could see!" Nudge's voice caught in her throat, and I could tell she was crying.

After a bit of silence, Gassy spoke up.

"Sorry, man, but I gotta admit I'm with them…" Gassy said, and I felt a pag. But then he continued. "But… I'm not against you. If… if you can see again, I'm happy. We're just worried is all. What Nudge said was true, you were aiming for something. And now that I think about it, I think I remember you doing something similar the other night."

"Iggy, I'm happy too if you can see again, if you really can... but... if you're seeing things… You need to tell us. I can take you to my mom, and she can-"

"He's not just seeing things!"

Everyone blinked in surprise at both Angel and Gassy- Gassy looking at Angel in surprise as well. Then Gassy went back to looking determined.

"Max," he said, unusually authoritative with the leader of the Flock. "I can understand that you might have thought that the first night, but not tonight. There's clear evidence that he wasn't just seeing something. That other girl saw something too, and I'd bet my wings on it that it was the same thing."

"Max, he's right." Angel said, who was also authoritative, though with her, it wasn't that surprising by now. "If what Gassy said doesn't convince you, than trust what I have to say. I can see into his mind and I see that he has seen something. It's… It's some kind of monster, and he was fighting one the other day. At first, when we woke up, I was confused, because I had thoughts of what actually happened, and thoughts of what was made up. I had thought that it was because of the supposed party that I was having the other thoughts, but I'm sure now that that's not the case."

Silence. Again, I felt a pag, but this one was of gratitude for the two youngest members of the Flock.

"Iggy… is this true? Is there really something… some monster…?"

I looked in their direction, my face set. "Yes."

"And… huh… No, it's not possible…" Max said, as if a bit disappointed.

"What?"

"I was going to ask if you could actually see. But obviously that's not the case, because we can tell right no-"

"No, I can see. Not right now, no, but… there are times when I can see."

There was a gasp from everyone but Angel.

"But how…? And why is it only some of the time?" Fang spoke up when Max failed to continue.

"I don't know why yet. It only started the other night, so I've not really gotten the chance to figure it out. And it's never the same amount of time. Sometimes it could last a whole class period, and others, only five seconds. And then sometimes, it's either really strong, or kinda foggy, and dark, like I'm looking through black died water."

"And what about that guy…? The one from lunch." Max finally got out.

"Ichigo?"

"Yeah, you said that he was partying with us last night. That he was the only one that didn't pass out besides you. Was he really involved last night…? Because I didn't see him, and we've never met him before lunch."

I nodded. I'd forgotten that they'd not been able to see Ichigo that night, because he was a… oh, what did he call it…? Soul Reaper…? Yeah, that was it. Maybe it was best not to tell them that part yet.

"Ah, yeah, he was around." I said evasively. I'd have to talk to him and his friend tomorrow about all of this. I don't think it was possible to keep such a thing secret. Perhaps for other humans it was easy, but for a group of paranoid, observant, mutant kids… not so much.

I could tell that Max must be staring at me, knowing that I was being evasive. Just as I was preparing myself to explain about how I couldn't explain, she finally spoke. "Huh… Well, I'm tired, and I need to sleep. Can we please just find a place to rest?"

There were sudden groans of agreement from the others. I was actually pretty sour myself, having just fought against that beast.

The thought of that girl came to mind and I said tentatively, "Um… if you guys don't want to be too picky… That girl back there that was fighting along with me… Uh… She offered for us to stay at her place. She's trustworthy too… I can't really tell you how I know, but I just do. You can have Angel examine her if you want…"

There was silence as the others waited for Max to make the call.

Finally, "Alright… I guess it couldn't hurt… But keep your guard up."

We took off again, and backtracked to the girls house. They had me walk up to the door- they'd seen which apartment she'd gone into.

While walking up the steps to her door, I got my vision. I smiled. There was really no end to how much I loved getting my vision back. It sucked that it kept going out, but that just increased my joy when it came back.

When I got to the door, I knocked and a few seconds later, the door opened to surprised brown eyes.

"Hey there… Um… so… We kinda… thought about your offer, and were wondering if-"

"Of course it's still there!" the girl said, her eyes lighting up with joy. She stepped back to let them in. "Come on in."

They all crowded into the slightly small living room.

"Ah, sorry it's not very big… I live alone, so I don't really need that much room…" Orihime said.

"It's fine. We appreciate your kindness." I said, and looked at the others- they looked surprised when they saw my eyes, which probably held a focused look. Something that they'd never seen me have since the day I lost my eye sight to the experiments.

I then looked around the apartment, and realized there was something in the air, something that smelled… really good.

"What is that…?" I asked sniffing a bit.

"Oh, you're probably smelling my dinner. Rice and bean stir-fry with honey, terioky, and curry mixed in, and also some soba noodles." The girl said, smiling.

I really didn't know what all of that was, aside from rice, honey, terioky, and I think I'd had curry once… But whatever it was, it smelled good.

"Smells good…" I said.

This seemed to make the girl excited. "Really?! No one has ever said that about my food!" she pouted cutely and went one, "They always say that I make and eat the weirdest things, but I've never had a problem with them."

I smiled, and thought of all the weird things we'd had to eat in the past. When you had to survive on desert rat, or the leftovers in a restaurants garbage bin… Well, you learned not to be picky. But this wasn't even in that caliber. This smelled great. He almost wanted to ask for some, but didn't want to be rude.

"If you want, I can make you some?" Orihime said smiling.

We all blinked hungry eyes, and smiled.

"Well... if it's not too much trouble…" I said.

"No, no! Not at all! I enjoy cooking, and I'd be only too happy to." She then skipped off to the kitchen, but then came back, a look of worry on her eyes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry I forgot! If you want to take a bath, it's just down the hall there." And then she was back in the kitchen.

"I think she good." Gassy said smiling. "What about you Angel…?"

They all looked to Angel, questioningly.

Angel nodded. "She is… but…."

"But…?" Max asked, suspicion immediately in her eyes and voice.

"I don't know, there's a place in her mind… I'm only getting foggy images. Their suppressed, like she's trying not to remember them. Their bad memories. I think there from her childhood. I think I can get through though… I… I'm seeing something now… Wait… No… No that can't be…" While her voice was a bit flat, there was shock mixed into it as she looked at me.

"What…? What's wrong?" I said, feeling uneasy.

"She… Her parents… They're…" she seemed to be concentrating, and then gave a small gasp, and her eyes, which had the look of vague suspicion turned into surprise.

"Iggy, her parents are your parents."

AN: Man, am I evil. That's the second chapter to a story that I've written with a cliffhanger.

So what do you guys think? Did ya see it comin'? Or did you think I was gonna have them get together? :3 Sorry it was a short chap, but this seemed like the best place to stop.

R&R and tell me what you think. ^_^