Chapter 1: Back again
"oh Van" hitomi whispered as she stared out her bedroom window. It had been a year since she had left Gaea, but it had felt like centuries. She missed Van terribly. It felt as if her heart was shattering into a million pieces that only Van could pick up. She looked down at her tarou cards lying on her desk. When she had returned home, she had promise herself that she would never use them again. But know she felt a strange feeling come over her. Reluctantly, she torn her eyes away form the night sky and went to her desk. Taking a deep breath, she started to flip them down on her desk, and just as she was about to flip the first card over, her window burst open with a sudden strong wind (which was weird because before there was no wind at all) that blew the cards away and picked up Van's feather from her nightstand. Hitomi watch memorize by the floating feather as the wind carried it over to her and gently landed in lap.
"What? Does this mean something?" hitomi asked the empty room as she stared at the feather. Just looking at it brought back so many memories of Van. Hitomi put the unturned card back onto her desk so she could pick up her only memory of him. As clutched the feather to her chest, she closed her eyes and a tear slip down her cheek. "I miss you so much Van. " she choked out. Then an explosion of blue light erupted from the feather.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?" hitomi cried as her eyes snapped open. The brightness of the light blinded her from seeing. Screaming she held her grip on the feather as she was carried out of her bedroom and out into the night sky.
"Lord Van! Hurry up!" Merle shouted over the grassy hills of Finalia. Even though it had been a year since the girl from the mystic moon had left, to Van and many others, Merle was still the obnoxious, carefree, lovable cat- girl she was before. She had grown a little taller and her fur was now smooth and silky. With a picnic basket clutched in her hand, she bounced up the last hill, where you could see all of Finalia. Although Fanilea had been burned to the ground, Van had vowed that he would rebuild it. And in just a little over a year, the castle, markets and many houses had been rebuilt. "Wow, Fanilea sure is pretty." Merle said out loud. Just then a bright pillar of blue light came from the sky and carried down a girl. Screaming, Merle ran down the hills towards Van who was staring up at the mystic moon, something that he found himself doing a lot lately. It hung there, just staring back at him. "Hitomi" he mumbled. Once she left, he promised himself that he won't dwell on missing her, after all he had to rebuild his country. So he threw himself into it, whether it was buildings something, helping families get back on their feet or tending to the sick. With this he quickly became well known and loved by the people. He had changed too. He was still stubborn as ever, but he had matured more and gotten a kinder, less bloodshed, side to him. He had grown a lot, now towering over Merle. His hair had gotten longer and thicker, and he had devolved more a more muscular body and a darker complexion from rebuilding and spending countless days in the hot sun. But now that everyone decided to take a break from building, he had a lot more time on his hands, and everywhere he went something reminded him of her. He grabbed Hitomi's pendant, that he hadn't taken off since she gave it to him, and closed his eyes. When he finally heard Merle's screams, and he snapped his attention towards her.
"LORD VAN, LORD VAN! COME QUICK SOMETHING IS HAPPENING UP THERE!" Merle yelled and pointed to the top of the hill. Unsheathing his sword, Van ran up the last hill where a lifeless body lied in the grass. Even from a distance, his heart hammered in his chest and he could instantly tell it was her. "HITOMI!" he cried running up to her.
Much later, Van walked into his bedroom where Hitomi laid. He was worried, it had been hours since he found her, but she hadn't woken up. She had a pulse, and a near by doctor visiting the town had checked her out, saying to keep her warm and she should soon wake up soon. He leaned on the doorframe and looked at her as the sun came through the window, framing her face.
"She really is beautiful," Van thought to himself. He walked into the room and sat down beside her on the bed. Taking her hand he silently begged her to wake up soon.
LATER THAT EVENING IN THE CASTLE'S GARDENS
"Lord Van may I ask you something?" Merle asked. "Hmm, oh sure Merle." Van said. Him and Merle were on they're nightly walk in the castle's gardens and as usual he had been staring at her Mystic Moon and hearing Merle's voice brought him back to reality.
"Well" Merle started, "you wanted Hitomi to come back right, so why do you sound so down?"
Sighing, Van fingered the pendant before answers Merle's question. "Because I thought that if she was back here again then I could somehow stop the wedding and marry her instead."
"WHAT?!" Merle yelled, "Are you insane? Your advisors have been planning this wedding since she left! Why?"
Getting frustrated Van suddenly yelled, "Because I don't love her! I love Hitomi! Why can't any see that?!!" It was quiet for a while, then breaking the eerie silence Merle responded in a small voice, "How do you know that she still loves you?" Angry breaths escaped the King as he ran from the cat- girl and into his room where Hitomi was. He had never thought about that and it broken his heart to even think about it.
"LORD VAN WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN…." Merle cried as she ran after him. When she finally caught up to him, she saw him staring at Hitomi.
"Lord van" Merle said quietly, putting her paw on his shoulder. Turning around to face her he stared at Merle with the saddest eyes ever.
"Why Merle? Why is it that she finally comes back to me, and I'm just going to lose her again?" Van asked on the verge of tears. Merle hugged him and Van hugged her back, they stood there while Van cried for everything that was to be lost, and Merle to comfort him.
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"SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!" Hitomi cried, as she was ripped from Van's arms and thorough into a sea of darkness.
"VANNNNNNN!" she cried out, her arms extended waiting for him to grab a hold of them. 'Why is he just standing there like that?' Hitomi thought franticly. Blackness surrounded her as she slammed into something hard. The impact left her winded and confused. 'Where an I?' She asked herself. Hot tears ran down her face and spilled onto her shirt. Her head snapped up to the sound of someone scramming in pain.
"WHAT?!?" Hitomi cried as she saw Fanilea engulfed in flames. People's brunt corpse's littered the streets and those still alive were crying out for help in agony. It stank like rotten and burning flesh. Then she saw a figure running through the fire chasing someone. As they came into view Hitomi gasped as she saw that it was Allen and Van. Their swords clashed together as they battled.
"STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Hitomi pleaded to them, but they didn't hear her cries.
"I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID ALLEN!!!!!!" Van yelled as he block an attack.
"HA!" Allen laughed, "THAT IS IF I DON'T KILL YOU FIRST VAN!"
'What was going on?' Hitomi asked totally confused, 'Why is Allen and Van fighting and Fanilea burning again?'
"WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS? SHE NEVER DID ANYTHIGN!!" Van yelled again.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IF I COULDN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE COULD!" Allen replied. 'Who are they talking about?' hitomi wondered. Enraged by this Van attacked with all his force, driving the sword into Allen's arm. Screaming in pain, Allen jumped and spun around just missing Van's head by inches.
"NO! PLEASE STOP! I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE OF THIS!" hitomi cried. With this, a white light exploded, again blinding her.
"GASP!" hitomi sat up suddenly, gulping for air that her lungs badly needed. Sweat covered her and she felt like she had just ran the most difficult race in her life. She clutched the blanket on the bed as her heart raced. 'Was that a dream or a vision? But I haven't had a vision since I left Gaea' hitomi said. She blinked back the tears, and woke up from one nightmare, just to find herself in another. "Where am I?" hitomi cried as fear crippled her. She was defiantly not in her bedroom. She was in a canopy bed with soft white sheets that looked straight out a window to the sun rising. The walls were cobblestone and the floor was of some kind of dark wood. A desk stood across from the bed and held an un-lit candle and some papers. Beside the window was a door that led out to a balcony, where she heard voices come from. Ordering herself to calm down, she listened to them.
"So what are you going to do about the wedding?" asked a girlish voice.
'That voice,' hitomi thought, 'it sounds familiar.'
"I don't know." A male voice responded quietly. "I guess that there's nothing to do but marry Celena."
"Celena?" Hitomi whispered, "I know that name from somewhere-Allen's little sister? But that would mean…" Her thoughts were cut off by the girl talking again.
" But what about Hitomi?" the girl asked.
'How do they know my name?' Hitomi asked herself shocked, 'do I know them?'
"Like you said last night- there's nothing I can d-do." The boy's voice cracked.
The girl mumbled something that Hitomi couldn't make out. "Oh Lord Van" the girl said again.
"WHAT?!?" Hitomi cried out. "Van marry Celena?!? Why? It has only been a year, and he's forgotten about me already?" Hitomi hoarsely whispered. New tears filled her eyes as someone ripped her heart out of her chest and ripped it in two. The pain was unbearable. "I don't want to stick around and watch Van live happily ever after with another girl!" Hitomi said. Wishing with all her might, she threw arms in the air and cried out, "PLEASE SEND ME BACK TO EARTH!!!"
Hearing this, Van ran into the room just to see his Hitomi wrapped in a blue light and being carried out of the bedroom and gentle carried up towards the Mystic Moon.
"HITOMI!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME, I NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Van screamed as tears slammed down his cheeks. A pain that he had never felt before hit him like a brick wall.
"Yah right" Hitomi cried. "Why don't you just go to your new love, Celena!!!" New tears flowed down her face as she saw Van rip off his shirt and two beautiful angel-like wings came from his back. Usually Van would flinch when they pieced threw his back, but it was nothing compared to what he was feeling right now. His wings un-folded and he flew after her. They twisted against the strong breeze that had picked up. He focused with all his might to reached her. He was almost at her when the blue light flashed brighter and then disappeared with Hitomi into the sky.
"HITOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" Van yelled. She was gone, really gone. "Why?" he asked the sky, "WHYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!"
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With a bright flash, the blue light was gone, and Hitomi woke up in her bed.
"I'm home." She said without the least bit of happiness, "But was it real or all just a dream. Or a vision?" Totally lost and not being able to take anymore, she buried her hands in the face she let it all out. The pain, confused, hate, love, everything. She stayed like that for 10 minutes until she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Hitomi dear, are you ok?"
'Mom' hitomi thought. Wiping her tears away form her red eyes, she gathered herself up to open the door.
"Why Hitomi you've been crying! What's wrong?" her mom asked with concern.
'I never did tell anyone about Gaea.' Hitomi thought. It was like it was her little secret and she wanted to keep it like that. Trying her best to seem happier, (which wasn't easy when the one person that she truly loved, loved someone else. If it was real.) Hitomi replied
"Yah, sure, I'm just…really stressed about school and track."
"Are you sure?"
" Totally, also my physic teacher says that having a good cry ever now and then really helps the body and mind." Hitomi added lying through her teeth. But it must of worked because her mom smiled and told her to hurry or she'll be late from school, and left. Grateful that she believed her, Hitomi closed the door. Turning around she saw it, Van's feather sitting on the desk, with the sun shinning on it. Hitomi's voice got caught in her throat and all she could make out was a chocking noise as she burst into tears once more.
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So what do you think? Please read and review!!! I really wanna know what you guys think of it. Should I continue with it??? Any suggestions for the next chapter? Anything that you hated about it??? And I'm reallyyyyyyyy sorry about the spelling and grammar mistakes. (Spell check is awesome though!) Thanx! D_A. ^___^
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"oh Van" hitomi whispered as she stared out her bedroom window. It had been a year since she had left Gaea, but it had felt like centuries. She missed Van terribly. It felt as if her heart was shattering into a million pieces that only Van could pick up. She looked down at her tarou cards lying on her desk. When she had returned home, she had promise herself that she would never use them again. But know she felt a strange feeling come over her. Reluctantly, she torn her eyes away form the night sky and went to her desk. Taking a deep breath, she started to flip them down on her desk, and just as she was about to flip the first card over, her window burst open with a sudden strong wind (which was weird because before there was no wind at all) that blew the cards away and picked up Van's feather from her nightstand. Hitomi watch memorize by the floating feather as the wind carried it over to her and gently landed in lap.
"What? Does this mean something?" hitomi asked the empty room as she stared at the feather. Just looking at it brought back so many memories of Van. Hitomi put the unturned card back onto her desk so she could pick up her only memory of him. As clutched the feather to her chest, she closed her eyes and a tear slip down her cheek. "I miss you so much Van. " she choked out. Then an explosion of blue light erupted from the feather.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?" hitomi cried as her eyes snapped open. The brightness of the light blinded her from seeing. Screaming she held her grip on the feather as she was carried out of her bedroom and out into the night sky.
"Lord Van! Hurry up!" Merle shouted over the grassy hills of Finalia. Even though it had been a year since the girl from the mystic moon had left, to Van and many others, Merle was still the obnoxious, carefree, lovable cat- girl she was before. She had grown a little taller and her fur was now smooth and silky. With a picnic basket clutched in her hand, she bounced up the last hill, where you could see all of Finalia. Although Fanilea had been burned to the ground, Van had vowed that he would rebuild it. And in just a little over a year, the castle, markets and many houses had been rebuilt. "Wow, Fanilea sure is pretty." Merle said out loud. Just then a bright pillar of blue light came from the sky and carried down a girl. Screaming, Merle ran down the hills towards Van who was staring up at the mystic moon, something that he found himself doing a lot lately. It hung there, just staring back at him. "Hitomi" he mumbled. Once she left, he promised himself that he won't dwell on missing her, after all he had to rebuild his country. So he threw himself into it, whether it was buildings something, helping families get back on their feet or tending to the sick. With this he quickly became well known and loved by the people. He had changed too. He was still stubborn as ever, but he had matured more and gotten a kinder, less bloodshed, side to him. He had grown a lot, now towering over Merle. His hair had gotten longer and thicker, and he had devolved more a more muscular body and a darker complexion from rebuilding and spending countless days in the hot sun. But now that everyone decided to take a break from building, he had a lot more time on his hands, and everywhere he went something reminded him of her. He grabbed Hitomi's pendant, that he hadn't taken off since she gave it to him, and closed his eyes. When he finally heard Merle's screams, and he snapped his attention towards her.
"LORD VAN, LORD VAN! COME QUICK SOMETHING IS HAPPENING UP THERE!" Merle yelled and pointed to the top of the hill. Unsheathing his sword, Van ran up the last hill where a lifeless body lied in the grass. Even from a distance, his heart hammered in his chest and he could instantly tell it was her. "HITOMI!" he cried running up to her.
Much later, Van walked into his bedroom where Hitomi laid. He was worried, it had been hours since he found her, but she hadn't woken up. She had a pulse, and a near by doctor visiting the town had checked her out, saying to keep her warm and she should soon wake up soon. He leaned on the doorframe and looked at her as the sun came through the window, framing her face.
"She really is beautiful," Van thought to himself. He walked into the room and sat down beside her on the bed. Taking her hand he silently begged her to wake up soon.
LATER THAT EVENING IN THE CASTLE'S GARDENS
"Lord Van may I ask you something?" Merle asked. "Hmm, oh sure Merle." Van said. Him and Merle were on they're nightly walk in the castle's gardens and as usual he had been staring at her Mystic Moon and hearing Merle's voice brought him back to reality.
"Well" Merle started, "you wanted Hitomi to come back right, so why do you sound so down?"
Sighing, Van fingered the pendant before answers Merle's question. "Because I thought that if she was back here again then I could somehow stop the wedding and marry her instead."
"WHAT?!" Merle yelled, "Are you insane? Your advisors have been planning this wedding since she left! Why?"
Getting frustrated Van suddenly yelled, "Because I don't love her! I love Hitomi! Why can't any see that?!!" It was quiet for a while, then breaking the eerie silence Merle responded in a small voice, "How do you know that she still loves you?" Angry breaths escaped the King as he ran from the cat- girl and into his room where Hitomi was. He had never thought about that and it broken his heart to even think about it.
"LORD VAN WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN…." Merle cried as she ran after him. When she finally caught up to him, she saw him staring at Hitomi.
"Lord van" Merle said quietly, putting her paw on his shoulder. Turning around to face her he stared at Merle with the saddest eyes ever.
"Why Merle? Why is it that she finally comes back to me, and I'm just going to lose her again?" Van asked on the verge of tears. Merle hugged him and Van hugged her back, they stood there while Van cried for everything that was to be lost, and Merle to comfort him.
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"SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!" Hitomi cried, as she was ripped from Van's arms and thorough into a sea of darkness.
"VANNNNNNN!" she cried out, her arms extended waiting for him to grab a hold of them. 'Why is he just standing there like that?' Hitomi thought franticly. Blackness surrounded her as she slammed into something hard. The impact left her winded and confused. 'Where an I?' She asked herself. Hot tears ran down her face and spilled onto her shirt. Her head snapped up to the sound of someone scramming in pain.
"WHAT?!?" Hitomi cried as she saw Fanilea engulfed in flames. People's brunt corpse's littered the streets and those still alive were crying out for help in agony. It stank like rotten and burning flesh. Then she saw a figure running through the fire chasing someone. As they came into view Hitomi gasped as she saw that it was Allen and Van. Their swords clashed together as they battled.
"STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Hitomi pleaded to them, but they didn't hear her cries.
"I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID ALLEN!!!!!!" Van yelled as he block an attack.
"HA!" Allen laughed, "THAT IS IF I DON'T KILL YOU FIRST VAN!"
'What was going on?' Hitomi asked totally confused, 'Why is Allen and Van fighting and Fanilea burning again?'
"WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS? SHE NEVER DID ANYTHIGN!!" Van yelled again.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IF I COULDN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE COULD!" Allen replied. 'Who are they talking about?' hitomi wondered. Enraged by this Van attacked with all his force, driving the sword into Allen's arm. Screaming in pain, Allen jumped and spun around just missing Van's head by inches.
"NO! PLEASE STOP! I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE OF THIS!" hitomi cried. With this, a white light exploded, again blinding her.
"GASP!" hitomi sat up suddenly, gulping for air that her lungs badly needed. Sweat covered her and she felt like she had just ran the most difficult race in her life. She clutched the blanket on the bed as her heart raced. 'Was that a dream or a vision? But I haven't had a vision since I left Gaea' hitomi said. She blinked back the tears, and woke up from one nightmare, just to find herself in another. "Where am I?" hitomi cried as fear crippled her. She was defiantly not in her bedroom. She was in a canopy bed with soft white sheets that looked straight out a window to the sun rising. The walls were cobblestone and the floor was of some kind of dark wood. A desk stood across from the bed and held an un-lit candle and some papers. Beside the window was a door that led out to a balcony, where she heard voices come from. Ordering herself to calm down, she listened to them.
"So what are you going to do about the wedding?" asked a girlish voice.
'That voice,' hitomi thought, 'it sounds familiar.'
"I don't know." A male voice responded quietly. "I guess that there's nothing to do but marry Celena."
"Celena?" Hitomi whispered, "I know that name from somewhere-Allen's little sister? But that would mean…" Her thoughts were cut off by the girl talking again.
" But what about Hitomi?" the girl asked.
'How do they know my name?' Hitomi asked herself shocked, 'do I know them?'
"Like you said last night- there's nothing I can d-do." The boy's voice cracked.
The girl mumbled something that Hitomi couldn't make out. "Oh Lord Van" the girl said again.
"WHAT?!?" Hitomi cried out. "Van marry Celena?!? Why? It has only been a year, and he's forgotten about me already?" Hitomi hoarsely whispered. New tears filled her eyes as someone ripped her heart out of her chest and ripped it in two. The pain was unbearable. "I don't want to stick around and watch Van live happily ever after with another girl!" Hitomi said. Wishing with all her might, she threw arms in the air and cried out, "PLEASE SEND ME BACK TO EARTH!!!"
Hearing this, Van ran into the room just to see his Hitomi wrapped in a blue light and being carried out of the bedroom and gentle carried up towards the Mystic Moon.
"HITOMI!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME, I NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Van screamed as tears slammed down his cheeks. A pain that he had never felt before hit him like a brick wall.
"Yah right" Hitomi cried. "Why don't you just go to your new love, Celena!!!" New tears flowed down her face as she saw Van rip off his shirt and two beautiful angel-like wings came from his back. Usually Van would flinch when they pieced threw his back, but it was nothing compared to what he was feeling right now. His wings un-folded and he flew after her. They twisted against the strong breeze that had picked up. He focused with all his might to reached her. He was almost at her when the blue light flashed brighter and then disappeared with Hitomi into the sky.
"HITOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" Van yelled. She was gone, really gone. "Why?" he asked the sky, "WHYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!"
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With a bright flash, the blue light was gone, and Hitomi woke up in her bed.
"I'm home." She said without the least bit of happiness, "But was it real or all just a dream. Or a vision?" Totally lost and not being able to take anymore, she buried her hands in the face she let it all out. The pain, confused, hate, love, everything. She stayed like that for 10 minutes until she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Hitomi dear, are you ok?"
'Mom' hitomi thought. Wiping her tears away form her red eyes, she gathered herself up to open the door.
"Why Hitomi you've been crying! What's wrong?" her mom asked with concern.
'I never did tell anyone about Gaea.' Hitomi thought. It was like it was her little secret and she wanted to keep it like that. Trying her best to seem happier, (which wasn't easy when the one person that she truly loved, loved someone else. If it was real.) Hitomi replied
"Yah, sure, I'm just…really stressed about school and track."
"Are you sure?"
" Totally, also my physic teacher says that having a good cry ever now and then really helps the body and mind." Hitomi added lying through her teeth. But it must of worked because her mom smiled and told her to hurry or she'll be late from school, and left. Grateful that she believed her, Hitomi closed the door. Turning around she saw it, Van's feather sitting on the desk, with the sun shinning on it. Hitomi's voice got caught in her throat and all she could make out was a chocking noise as she burst into tears once more.
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So what do you think? Please read and review!!! I really wanna know what you guys think of it. Should I continue with it??? Any suggestions for the next chapter? Anything that you hated about it??? And I'm reallyyyyyyyy sorry about the spelling and grammar mistakes. (Spell check is awesome though!) Thanx! D_A. ^___^
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