Chapter 9
Kira pedaled at full speed away from the park. The tears running down her face stung in her eyes. Her was running away from her current situation. She realized she couldn't handle the task Sora had passed on to her. It was all too much for her.
She was also crying from what happened with Genmu. He didn't deserve her screaming at him like she did. Plus, he was probably now suspicious of what she had said before she fled. There was going to be a lot of questions for her later.
She saw the sign to the gravel path that led to her high school, The Imperial School For The Gifted. She followed the path, feeling the gravel under her tires. She glanced behind her. There was no Genmu following her. Thank God.
But, when she turned back, she screamed. She was heading straight for a light post. It was too late to turn and save her. She had to take the blow. The front of the bike crashed head on into the post. She flew off, landing on the gravel on her side. She felt a stinging pain. She looked at her right arm. It was slowly bleeding.
She began to cry harder. What nothing going right for her? "Why?" she yelled.
"Maybe if you watched where you were going, you wouldn't have wiped out," a voice told her. It was a girl's voice, sweet and innocent. She turned her head right. She saw a girl wearing almost the exact same uniform, except that the socks, tie, and skirt were dark green. Her curly silver hair was tied in pigtails by red ribbons. A silver crescent moon hairpin was carefully placed in the left pigtails. Her sparkling blue eyes gave her a look of comfort. This was Luna Nightingale, Kira's other best friend.
Kira wiped the tears off her face. "Good point."
Luna held out her hand for Kira. "Come on, sunshine. The faster we get you to the nurse, the faster you will stop bleeding."
Kira grabbed her hand as Luna helped her off the ground. Hand in hand, they walked inside the school. Everything was perfectly white. Too bad Kira's blood was staining the freshly waxed marble floor.
As they turned the corner to the nurse's office, a girl appeared by Luna's side. She wore the same uniform with the addition of a chain on her skirt. Her boyish spiky red hair, adorned with a black headband, paired well with her aquamarine eyes.
Luna scolded, "Cordelia, go away. We have a problem."
Cordelia gasped when she saw Kira's arm. She took Kira's free hand into hers. "Nope. I'm going too! I, Cordelia Knight, am going to be a good friend."
Kira smiled a tiny grin. It was a happy feeling knowing people cared about her health. She let them guide her to the nurse's office. A place Kira was familiar with. She was always getting hurt somehow. The pristine white walls were comforting to see.
She sat on the metal and waited for the nurse. As they waited, Luna asked, "You all right?"
Kira answered, "Other than my bleeding arm, yeah." Of course, she was lying. She was far from all right. She was a nervous wreck.
Cordelia hugged her around the waist. "Don't worry! Nurse Mayweather will patch you right up. Look, there she is!"
A young woman entered the room. She wore a pair of white scrubs with her brown hair tied in a bun. "Well, well. School only started a week ago and you're already in my office this year. What happened, dearie?"
Kira replied, "I crashed my bike into a light post and hurt my arm pretty badly."
The nurse gently grabbed her injured arm. "That is bad. Let me wrap that up for you." She reached inside a drawer to get some gauze and bandages. She placed the gauze on the wound. Then, carefully wrapped the bandage around her arm. "There you go. Now, run along dearie."
Kira looked down at the ground. The tears started rolling again. She jumped off the slab and headed for the door. Luna stopped her with a gentle grab of the wrist. "Kira, what's wrong?"
She shoved her hand away. "You wouldn't understand. None of you would." With that, she left a confused Luna and Cordelia to go to first period. She was right, no one would understand. Destiny was making sure of that.