Thursday, November 4, 2004

   ullo there.
this is going to be another one topic post. however, that doesn't mean its gonna be short. ^^
today is my free day, so im catching up with some work. for my music tech, i have to compose a three minute piece of music to a brief that i can choose. So im going to write some theme music for "Speak no Evil, See no Evil,"
cool huh? if i can figure out how to post it online, i will.

ne hoo, the main topic of my post:

"SEE NO EVIL SPEAK NO EVIL" CHAPTER SEVEN!!!
finished it up last night. if you dont have time to read it all now, copy and paste it and read it later. if you are a follower of See No Evil, I cant begin to insist how much you read this chapter. its very important. enough rambling, here we go...

CHAPTER 7: THE ACCIDENT…

It was coming towards the end of summer. We had a week left. We had had a wonderful summer together, but it was soon time for Kida to return for her second semester of her final year at high school. And I still had to decide whether to take up the Chief on his offer. I didn’t have long to decide.
I was mulling over this fact during breakfast. Kida was still dozing in the guestroom and Cain had already left for work. I rubbed the scars where my eyes had been. For some reason I was really depressed this morning. Perhaps it was something to do with the fact that it was all coming to an end.
Suddenly the door creaked open and Kida padded into the room. As she got close, our bond connected and I could see myself sitting cross-legged on the floor, eating breakfast. I automatically felt a little better, as I always do whenever the symbiosis between Kida and I was active.
“Morning…” Kida stifled a yawn.
“What ever happened to getting up early?”
“Hmm? Oh, I figured, cuz its summer…”
“That’s a bad habit to get into y’know.”
“ Whatever…” Kida went over to the mirror to examine herself. Even with bed hair and dishevelled appearance, she still looked radiant.
There was a knock on the door and Kida went to answer it.
I sat in the darkness briefly, shoving my personal problems on the back burner. When Kida returned, I could see she was holding a package. It was the package you get when you order photographs.
“What’cha got there?”
“It’s the film I used up when we were at Yokosuka.”
I tried to remember what she had taken a picture of when she got a photo out and looked at it so we could both see.
In the picture Kida had her arms thrown round my shoulder enthusiastically with the biggest ever smile on her face, whilst I was facing slightly away from the camera with a slight smile on my face.
I remembered when she had taken that photo. I smiled as the memory returned.
“Aww. That’s a really nice photo of you.”
“And you. You look really happy.”
“Its because you where there with me.”
We shared a small kiss, and then Kida went and took control of the bathroom.
I help the picture in my hands, trying to draw strength from it. Although I couldn’t see it without Kida’s eyes, I had the mental image in my head and that was precious. Especially if…
“Stop it.” I told myself. “Worry about that later.”
I was still sitting there when Kida came out of the bathroom. As our symbiosis turned on again, Kida was in front of a mirror. I could see myself in the background, but the image of Kida was enough to distract my mind from that.
She was wearing a dress, a new one. It was white and it started at her chest and flowed down to her shins. She was wearing new shoes as well and her hair was done up so that half of it fell across her face and the other half was done up behind her head to fall loosely across her back.
“Do you like?”
“Well, well. What’s the occasion?”
“You and I are going on a date. Now.”
“Um…really?”
“Yes. Its all been arranged. I had Cain help me out for some of it. We’re going to the Akamatsu Restaurant in Goto for lunch.”
“You’re kidding me right? That’s the most expensive restaurant in Goto.”
“It’s my treat. You’ve looked after me so much whilst I’ve been here. And I have to go back to school soon, so we won’t see each other regularly. So lets make some memories to take with us, huh?”
I smiled. “Sure.”
Kida smiled back. “Great. Go and put something decent on. The car is picking us up at midday.”
I froze. “Car?”
“Yeah. It’s too far to walk and I didn’t want to get the train. Its part of my treat. Just the two of us. And the driver, of course.”
“Did um, did Cain arrange this?”
“No. I did this part by myself.”
“Oh. Okay.” I paused. “Are you sure, cuz I don’t you going too extravagant on me…”
“It’s fine, really. Go on, hurry up.”
I sighed and went to find a shirt. “It’ll be fine.” I told myself. “Don’t blame her, she doesn’t know. You can do this.”
But I was shaking as I closed my door.

* * *

Noon came all to quickly for me. The car pulled up outside.
“Its here, lets go!” Kida sounded so happy that I felt guilty about objecting. I put if off. And got in the car.
“Its fine.” I told myself. “See. No problems. Nothing wrong. It’s not like every car does it. It was an accident. One time thing. Yeah. No problems. Im cool.”
“Isn’t this exciting?”
“Yeah.” I forced a smile, but I could feel my hand shaking. I clenched it, then put on my seat belt. The car pulled off smoothly and onto the road that led out of Shinoi. The car picked up speed but it was still riding smoothly.
“Hey, this isn’t so bad. I think I can do this.”
“Y’know, Seraph.”
“What?” I kept my voice low, so as not to confuse the driver.
“When I mentioned the trip, you seemed a bit reluctant at first. But now you seem to be enjoying it.” She grabbed my hand and squeezed it. “Im glad Im getting this time to spend with you.”
This made me both happy and sad. If I was going to tell Kida, it had to be now.
“Kida…”
Suddenly the car swerved and the driver yelled out.
“HEY, WATCH WHAT YOU’RE DOING! FOOL! ALMOST HIT US!”
Suddenly a memory I was desperately trying to keep chained up broke loose and surfaced in my conscious mind. I started shaking.
“Seraph? What’s wrong?”
“Sorry bout that folks.” The driver was saying, but his voice was faint. All I could hear were cutting saws and ambulance sirens. And my own heart beat louder and louder.
“Stop the car.”
“What?”
“STOP THE GOD-DAMNED CAR!”
The driver, to his credit, pulled over and stopped. I wrenched open the door and got out. I stumbled across the side of the road, fell on my knees and threw up.
“Seraph?”
A hand was placed on my shoulder. I whirled round.
“DON’T TOUCH ME!”
I started then. I was looking at myself, stressed and agitated. It was enough to make me pause.
I swallowed. “Sorry Kida. But I can’t do this.”
I extended my stick and headed off back to Shinoi.

* * *
I didn’t go back to the house. Instead I headed to the other side of town, to the train station. I got on a train to Goto and when I got there, headed to the gym. The trainers there recognised me and guided me to the weight machines.
I pounded the weights for an hour before a familiar voice halted my angry and frustrated actions.
“Seraph pounding the weights. Not a good sign.”
“Ryoko.”
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you in here.”
“What are you doing here?”
“Im visiting my parents. Thought I'd stop off here, say hi to the guys.”
“That’s right, you used to work here.”
“So, where’s Kida? I thought you and her had a date today.”
“We did.”
“And?”
“You know about the accident, right?”
“Yeah.”
“It left me with a car phobia. Kida organised a car to take us to the restaurant. “The Akamatsu,”
Ryoko gave out a short whistle. “Nice…”
“Yeah. Anyway, I was coping till some fool almost hit us. I couldn’t take it anymore. I got out the car, and now Im here.”
“And Kida?”
“Im not sure…”
I was cut short by a slap across my face.
“Hey! What was that for?”
“You mean you just left her high and dry?!” Ryoko yelled.
“I couldn’t face her after I acted.”
“Oh jeez Seraph, use the brain you was blessed with. You mean you haven’t told her about the accident?”
“I…I can’t…”
Ryoko sighed.
“I realise I don’t know how much it affected you Seraph. But you can’t let something like that govern your whole life. At least you should tell Kida these sorts of things. I know for a fact she arranged this date out of the kindness of her heart, especially for you. And you don’t even know where she is?”
I couldn’t see Ryoko’s face, but I knew it would have that look on her face she used to get whenever she caught Koji doing something stupid back in Junior High.
“You have been blessed with a beautiful girl, and a unique link with her. And you can’t even see how lucky you are to have her.” She sighed.
“I sure am glad im not your girlfriend.”
I was silent. Mostly because I knew she was right. I didn’t even deserve Kida. What right did I have to treat her like this?
I felt something nudge against my arm.
“Here.” I took the object. It was square and one side felt glossy.
“It’s a photo of you and Kida. It fell out of your pocket whilst you were exercising.”
I knew what photo it was. The one I got this morning. I could still see it in my minds eye.
“Thanks Ryoko.”
We hugged.
“You’re welcome.”
“I gotta go find her.”
“You gonna be alright getting home?”
“Yeah. Take care.”
“Yeah. You too.”
I headed for the train station.

* * *
KIDA:
By the time I had awkwardly communicated to the driver that we no longer required his services and apologised, Seraph had long gone. I hurried back down the road to Shinoi. I made my way back to Seraph’s house, but he wasn’t there. I checked every room. No one. I was alone. I sat down on the sofa and started to cry. I realised something had gone wrong with Seraph during the car ride. He had seemed agitated all morning. I should have asked him what was wrong. Why did he just blow me off like that? And where was he now? I was so confused and upset. I wanted to yell out loud, but I couldn’t. I wanted to call my mum, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t do any of that without him. And he was gone. I sat down at the piano and pounded my frustrations out in heavy rhythms, which gave way to sad melodies. Thoughts continued to pound in my brain and I had no way to let them out except through music. I don’t know how long I pounded the black and white keys but eventually my fingers grew more and more clumsy and eventually ceased their dance. I put my head in my hands and cried, great heaving sobs. My anguish was so much that I didn’t hear the door open, nor feel the familiar tingle spread through my body. I did, however feel two powerful arms curl around me and a head lay to rest next to mine.
“Im so sorry.” Seraph’s voice whispered in my ear, also tinged with sadness.
I turned and hugged him back. Then I pounded him, but my fists had no force behind them.
“Where the hell have you been? I’ve been worried about you! You have no idea how much embarrassment I felt trying to communicate to the driver…” All my thoughts and feelings of the past hour came cascading out. Seraph’s embrace absorbed all the abuse with quiet patience until I fell quiet.
“Kida.”
I looked at him.
He took a deep breath.
“You know I was in an accident when I was fifteen right?”
“Yes.”
“We were going out for dinner together. My parents, Cain and I. It was to be our last dinner together before my parents went away overseas. We went in a car. On the way to the restaurant, we were hit by another car. Dad and Cain got away with bruises. Mum had her leg broken. But I was nearest the point of impact. I was trapped in the car for an hour. Luckily the rest of me got off Scot-free. But when the accident occurred, I was facing the window. Two shards of glass embedded themselves in my eyes, all the way back to the retina, or so they tell me. The pain was intense. They had to remove my eyes in an operation. There was no way to remove the glass otherwise. Ever since then I’ve had a phobia of cars. I can’t even go near one without feeling the pain in my eye sockets. And I don’t normally like to talk about it. You weren’t to blame for today. You had no way of knowing. It was all my fault for being so closed about it.”
“No. I understand.”
“You’re not mad?”
“No, Silly. You got in that car for me, even though you’re terrified of them. Im so honoured you would do that for me.”
Seraph was silent for a second, then we hugged each other even tighter.
“I guess we’ve missed our booking at the restaurant, huh?”
“Yeah. We don’t have to pay though. It’s only if we use the table.”
“That’s alright then.”
“I guess.”
“Im sorry. I guess I ruined your plans. Let me make it up to you.”
Seraph stood up and pulled me gently after him. I followed, intrigued.
He led us outside, and up to the shrine. He then took me around the shrine and up a small pathway.
“I haven’t been up this way in ages. I hope its still here.”
He led us down a small pathway off the main path to a small clearing. In the middle of the clearing stood a tree, large and powerful. Seraph put his hand in a hole in the tree and tugged something. From the top of the tree came a rope ladder. He ushered me up.
“Is it safe?”
“Perfectly.”
At the top of the tree was a small platform. It was old and weathered but still firm.
“There.”
From the platform, we could see over Shinoi and the neighbouring peaks. In the late afternoon sun, they looked beautiful.
“Oh, wow.”
“I know. This used to be my hideout spot. Whenever I wanted to get away from the house, I used to come up here. No one else knows about it. Except you. I haven’t been up here since I lost my sight. Im surprised it’s still here.”
We marvelled at the view.
“Not quite the perfect date we had in mind, huh?”
“Any date with you is perfect.”
Seraph let out a small sigh.
“What?”
“There’s something else I’ve been meaning to tell you. Back when we went to Shimizu the first time, when I had to go to the office, I was given a job proposal.”
“Yeah?”
“The Chief wants me to go to this years world summit, and be our reporter there.”
“That’s excellent! Wow. What an opportunity. What’s the matter with it?”
“Well, after the summit, he wants me to stick around in that area, be their international correspondent.”
“Right?”
“I could be gone for a year. Maybe more. I might not see you again.”
It suddenly hit me.
I was going to lose Seraph…

TO BE CONTINUED…

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intense, nich? Next chapter is the FINAL CHAPTER!!! i can't wait for it, and i know whats gonna happen !!

ne hoo, please read!! if you're not a follower of "see no evil" i apologise for it taking up most of my post.

heres a random question instead for you...
Q:
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"


my answer...: um...sorry? i thought it was a detonation switch. how was i to know it set off the sprinkler system?

thought:
A woman went to the doctor and said
"I have a bad back"
Doctor said: "its proabbly arthuritus" (sp?)
Lady: I want a second opinion.
Doctor: Okay...you're ugly as well...



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