Through His Golden Eyes

Chapter 3: Getting to know you

Rachel's POV
I woke up, and got dressed, the bed I slept in last night was soooooooo, comfortable. I almost fell asleep, the second my head hit the pillow. I came out of my room, stretched my arms, and yawned
Me:"good morning."
I said to no-one in particular, everyone seemed to be in a room that I assumed to be the kitchen, I walked in and saw Ira, Bel, and Marmo, all sitting at the table, eating pancakes, Ira noticed me first,
Ira:"oh, hey Rebecca. There's some more pancakes for you over there."
He said while pointing his thumb at the counter behind him, I walked up to the counter, and there were two pancakes, on a plate, and they were surprisingly still warm, I took the plate of pancakes, and sat with them at the table,
Marmo:"so Rebecca, who sent you here?"
Me:"ummmm..."
I could only think of one thing,
Me:"oh, uhh, I'm really just a student right now, my teacher sent me here for a few days so that I can see what being a mercenare agent will be like."
Marmo:"I see, well, I hope you enjoy your time here."
Bel stayed silent, and Ira nodded, agreeing with Marmo, as he stuffed his mouth with pancakes like a little kid, I sighed,
'Oh Ira, sometimes I swear you're a three year old.' I thought as I looked at the icy/blue haired boy, I giggled, but not loud enough for anyone to hear me, finally, breakfast was over, me and Ira decided to hang out for the day, because Bel and Marmo had to take care of something important, although, I didn't know what that "thing" was, me and Ira were walking down the streets of Splendorious, it was actually pretty calm out, peaceful even.
Me:"Ira?"
Ira:"hm?"
Ira turned his head to face me,
Me:"do you know what Marmo and Bel are doing?"
Ira:"no I don't, should we, check it out?"
Me:"...no, I don't think we should, if they didn't tell us then it must be dangerous or something."
Ira:"...you're right, I guess I should trust my teammates a bit more... So, what do you wanna do?"
Me:"hmm, you wanna go to earth later? And maybe before that, we can go bowling!"
Ira:"ok, sure."
We walked for awhile in silence before I finally spoke again,
Me:"Ira? Have you ever been helped by your enemy?"
Ira:"huh? Why?"
Me:"I'm just wondering, so have you?"
Ira:"...yeah...yeah I suppose I have."
Ira said, looking embarrassed,
Me:"well, what happened to you to make them help you?"
Ira:"...*sigh* there were two mercenare's named Gura and Riba, since I was much younger than them, they used to make fun of me a lot, and eventually, their words, turned into violence. So one day, when I was sitting at the hideout, they told me to get lost, but I was an idiot and didn't listen, after awhile of trying to kick me out with words, Gura picked me up by the hair and threw me face-first into the bowling alley, I teleported away, and ended up flying over an ocean, I was really mad so I started yelling to myself, and soon, a storm had started, and I...uh..."
Me:"...you what?"
Ira:"uhm..."
Me:"huh?"
Ira:"I, may or may not have been struck by lightening...hehe."
He laughed, nervously
I stared, wide eyed at him, I couldn't believe that he actually survived being hit by lightning! I mean, how many people do you know that can actually do that? Although, he isn't exactly human, is he? Ira still looked embarrassed by the fact that he was saved by a Glitter Force warrior,
Me:"..."
Me:"it's ok, everyone has their bad days!"
Ira:"I guess you're right."
Me:"so, should we go?"
Ira:"yeah."
We walked back to the hideout and bowled until the sun began to set, then we went to earth, we had teleported to a lake, it was officially nighttime now, I looked around, feeling as though I had been to this lake before, Ira had begun skipping rocks as I looked around, then I remembered,
Me:"oh! I've been here before!"
Ira:"r-really?"
Me:"yeah! My parents used to take me here all the time!"
Ira:"seriously? They actually let you come to earth?"
Me:"oh uh, y-yeah."
Ira:"what do your parents do now?"
Me:"oh, they're really busy nowadays, but I still get to hang out with them all the time!"
Ira:"cool."
Me:"uh, what do your parents do?"
Ira:"huh? Oh..."
Ira looked sad for a moment, but then answered my question,
Ira:"I never really got to meet my parents."
Me:"..."
Me:"I'm so sorry, I had no idea."
Ira:"it's fine."
Me:"...what...happened to them? To your parents."
Ira:"...they were murdered. Some crazy lunatic came into the house and killed them, but luckily, whoever that person was, didn't find me."
Me:"..."
Me:"so, who took you in?"
Ira:"Bel did, he was best friends with my dad, and he had come to the house to visit that day, but he found my parents dead in the house, and had heard me crying. He'd been taking care of me ever since."
Me:"and what about the person that killed your parents?"
Ira:"t-they were never found."
Me:"oh."
I said, sadly, I looked at him, and saw that he had a sad smile on his face, but he couldn't keep the smile for long, soon, there were tears falling down his face. Without thinking, I cupped his cheek with my hand and wiped his tears with my thumb, he seemed surprised that I had done that, but he just ignored it and let me continue.

Ira's POV
Rachel, or, "Rebecca" had looked at me, sadly for awhile, before cupping my cheek and wiping tears that I didn't even know were there, I looked at her, but I just let her continue, there was no point in trying to hide my feelings now that she's seen me cry, I guess it did sorta hurt me that I never knew my parents, but at least I didn't die along with them, I doubt that that's what they would've wanted. The person that had murdered my parents was still out there, and that kills me to this day, I had stopped crying now and I stood up,
Me:"ok, that's enough about death, we should probably go before Bel and Marmo get worried."
Rachel/Rebecca:"uh, yeah, ok."
We teleported back to Splendorious and I had started to walk back to the hideout, expecting Rebecca to follow me,
Rachel/Rebecca:"Ira..."
I stopped and looked at her,
Me:"yeah?"
Rachel/Rebecca:"are you sure you're ok?"
I smiled at her and said,
Me:"yeah, I'll be fine...Diamond."
Rachel gasped,
Rachel:"h-how'd you know?"
Me:"hehe, c'mon, I'm not dumb, the way you were acting, was DEFINITELY not like a new agent."
I laughed,
Rachel just stared at me for a moment, with a worried expression on her face,
Me:"hm? Don't worry, I won't rat you out."
Rachel sighed in relief,
Rachel:"but wait, why won't you tell?"
Me:"let's just say, I wanna repay you for saving my life that one time."
Rachel was still in her mercenare getup, of course,
Me:"so, why are you here, anyways?"
Rachel:"oh uh, my teammates thought that you guys were acting strange, so they sent me to find out about it."
Me:"o-ok, so all I need to do is help you find out what Bel and Marmo are doing, and you'll be on your way, simple."
Rachel:"yeah, easy."
Me:"mhm, we'll follow them tomorrow morning, after they leave, ok?"
Rachel:"ok, it's a deal then!"
We shook hands, got back to the hideout, and went to sleep.

3rd person POV
Little did they know, that the criminal that took Ira's parents lives, was right under their noses the whole time.