^Chapter 1- Iris^
~*~ And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
Your the closest to heavean that I'll ever be
And I don't wanna go home right now ~*~
"You said you'd come back... You said you would never abandon me. You, you said you loved me." The newly graduated Hitomi Kanzaki said, looking up into the sun that was about to set, letting the world fall into darkness. "Why did you not keep your promises?" silently she let a single tear roll down her pale cheek, not wanting to cry over him anymore. She had done too much of that in the past two years. Hitomi, was no longer 15, she was 17, getting ready to go to university in America. Two long years since she had last looked upon her love. Now the only time she could see him was in her dreams, that was not enough for the demanding teenager. At the moment she was standing in the same spot that Van Fanel had brought her to her heaven- Gaea. That wonderful place that seemed so good, so perfect that it shouldn't be real. Yes, she was in her old track stadium, still hanging on to the last thread of hope she had. Hoping that Van would come out of that pillar of light, holding out his hand. As she stood dreaming about his return, that seemed like it would never happen, her cell phone rang. Quickly she rummaged through her small back pack, knowing who it was that was calling. "Hello." Hitomi spoke into her cell phone that was smaller than her palm, making finding it even harder. "Hitomi Kanzaki! Your supposed to be at my house right now, getting ready for Amano's party!" her best friend yelled at her, like usual. This was nothing out of the ordinary. "I know. There was something I wanted to do first, I'm on my way right now. It only takes me ten minutes to get ready anyway, unlike you." Hitomi joked. "And what is that supposed to mean?" Yukari said jokingly. "Anyway, just hurry up. The party starts in half an hour. I found the cutest outfit for you, I can't wait to see what it looks like on you!" Well at least Yukari was excited about the party. Hitomi wasn't quite as "happy" as her friend, she didn't know what would happen tonight. She had said something to her boyfriend that she was regreting a great deal. One promise. It was the one promise that she made to the wrong man, the promise should have been made to a different man, a man she had been told many times by her best friend to forget she ever knew him.
~*~ And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight ~*~
"Well, I'll let you go. You better run over here." Yukari said before hanging up on Hitomi. She couldn't help but look back to the track, almost like she thought that he was there, waiting for her. It ended up like every other time she looked back. Nothing. No one, just dirt. "I know you'll come back for me. I just hope I'm still here when you do." The ground was cold, it had just rained making everything damp and sticky. The sky was darked and looked as though it was crying in the far east, and coming closer. Hitomi crossed her arms over her chest trying to get a little warmer. Fall was coming. Once fall came Hitomi would take a plane over to New York and there she would start university. It was so far away for her. She had never left Japan, she wasn't sure if she could handle being so far away from her home. When Hitomi found herself on Yukari's doorstep she was a bit surprised. Her feet had tooken her, her mind hadn't even been thinking of where to go. Hitomi didn't bother to knock or ring the door bell, she let herself in as always. She knew the drill, leave her shoes at the door, walk down the hallway, say hello to Yukari's parents who were almost always in the kitchen making something or other, and then up the stairs and take a left and you were in front of her door. Once again not bothering to be polite, because that would take energy that she didn't have, Hitomi walked into the pink room. She personly didn't like pink, and hated how half the things in Yukari's room were pink.
"Finally! I thought you were going to run here. It took you fifteen minutes to get here and it usually takes you ten minutes from the track." she stated looking at what Hitomi was wearing and shaking her head. "How did you know I was at the track?"
"Where else would you be? Your always waiting for that man with wings to come back to you. I told you that it would be better if you just forget him. Now, change into this. Isn't it cute!" she knew Yukari was right, she knew that she should just forget him, but how could she? How could she forget his raven black hair, or his magnificent wings, and most of all his intense chocolate brown eyes.
"It's so, reavealing. I don't know if I'll wear it." Hitomi said staring at herself in the mirror with a questionable look on her face. She was now in a short black mini skirt and a very low cut ruby red halter top. It did go very good with her hair though. It was parted on the left side, her bangs covering most of her right eye. It came down to her shoulder but was layerd also. A couple of weeks ago she had dyed it a darker brown and streaked it red. "It looks great on you! Don't even think about changing out of it. Here are some red thong sandles you can were, they go with your shirt." Yukari commented. It definatly wasn't the sort of thing that Hitomi would go out in, she liked wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt or hoody, casual wear. "I guesse. It's not really me though. I never wear this sort of stuff, it's so reavealing." Hitomi commented. "I know, you already told me it's reavealing. That's what Amano likes, you know that."
"Yah, I know he likes it but I don't." she seemed sad, depressed. Hitomi wasn't quite sure if she was or not. "Don't you want to make him happy?" Yukari was getting on Hitomi's nerves. Ya, sure she was a great friend but she didn't know when to stop, she always had to push it. "Well I think I should try and make myself happy before I go around making everyone else happy. I don't even think I should have started dating him, I mean I'm moving to Ney York in a week. I'm just going to have to break up with him in the end!" ~Uh oh. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Stupid Hitomi!!~ "What are you getting at Hitomi?"
~*~ And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am ~*~
"Nothing, I'm sorry. I've had a bad day, I'm just being a little bit bitchy. You get to do it all the time so don't complain." Hitomi quickly coverd with a giggle. "Uh! Hey, I have my reason's too." she tried to sound as though she actually did have a reason to be a bitch. "You only get p.m.s so often" she was still laughing at Yukari who didn't have a comeback to Hitomi's last comment.
"Oh, let's just go over to Amano's already! We don't want the party to start without us, now do we?" ~Oh, yes I do. Oh well, I don't think I really have a choice. Hmph.~ "Alright." Hitomi definatly didn't sound excited.
For the ten minute car ride to Amano's house Yukari talked about her newest boyfriend- Rick. Hitomi stared out her window, all of her friends words were drowned out by her own thoughts. Thoughts about going back to Gai, about Van. It didn't matter what she tried to do, it always ended that she was thinking about Van instead of her task. She couldn't help it though, even if she tried to put all her thoughts and concentration in it, he would suddenly pop into her head and that was it. Suddenly Yukari was shakking Hitomi's right arm, "Hitomi? Hello, were at Amano's come on!" ~Wow, we are at Amano's.~
"I'm comming, I'm comming." Hitomi was at the door when she remembered that she had forgotton her back pack in Yukari's car. She spinned on her heel and headed back for the small blue sports car. "What are you doing Hitomi? Your being even weirder than usual." she sounded like she was getting a little fed up already. "I'm sleeping over here, I just forgot my bag. Don't worry I'm fine."
"Ooooo!!! So, are you gonna'..... you know." Yukari asked with a sly smile, holding on to the door knob. Hitomi stood there for a few seconds before it hit her. "What?! Yukari!!! NO! Well, I don't think so anyway... I told him I would, but I'm having second thoughts now." Hitomi was surprised that even Yukari, her best friend, would think that. "Come on, if ya' did, bet that would be the best birthday gift he would have got." she was still smiling at her friend. Hitomi didn't say anything, she moved Yukari's hand of the door knob and walked in.
She weaved her way through all the teenagers dancing. Hitomi was personally disgusted by how some of the girls there were dancing. Continuing her way across the huge living room, she met eyes with a boy from the football team, soon he would be going to some football collage. He seemed to have a very big crush on Hitomi. He smiled at her and gave her a wink with his left eye. Not wanting to be rude, she smiled back. It seemed like it took hours to reach the other end of the room. Now it wouldn't be quite so hard to put her bag in Amano's room. Quickly she walked down the familar hall, that ended in stairs. At the top of the stairs was one door, that door was Amano's bedroom. Once she reached the top of the stairs she slowly opend the door, unsure if Amano was in there or not. Hitomi hadn't yet seen him, not that she really wanted to. ~This is going to be a very long night. I'm not even in the mood to party. I haven't been lately though. The urge to see Van is getting stronger... It's hurting me more and more each day, I miss him so bad...~ Startling Hitomi, Amano hugged her from behind. Luckily she was already in his room and didn't fall down the stairs.
"You finally got here. I thought maybe you weren't comming. By the way, you look great." his deep voice echoed in her head. Turning around and looking into his eyes she replied, "I wouldn't miss this for anything. I've been waiting all day for your party to start." ~Well, that was a quite a large lie. The one time I don't want the day to go by fast, it does. Now it'll take forever for the night to end. Typical.~ "Stay in her for a minute, I want to talk to you." Amano's voice was different now, it was so serious and unfamiliar to Hitomi. "O-kay..." Amano took Hitomi's left hand and led her to his bed. They both sat down facing each other. Hitomi did not like sitting down while wearing her skirt, to her she was showing a little too much leg. "Something's bothering you. Lately you've been different, unusual. What's wrong?" There was a long pause, Amano was looking right into Hitomi's emerald eyes, searching for an answer. Not being able to stand his peircing gaze she looked down at the floor. "Uh... I'm going to change out of this and back into my jeans and t-shirt." He didn't understand what Hitomi was about to do, he wasn't prepared.
Soon she walked out of his personal bathroom, now wearing a pair of loose fitting, fadded blue jeans and an old black roots hoody, with a pair of navy blue Sugi skate boarding shoes. For some reason now Hitomi was more comfortable talking to him. She wasn't sure if it was just because she was in her regular clothes or what, but she knew what she had to tell her boyfriend, for three months, was going to be hard. Sitting down beside Amano again she spoke, softly, "This isn't easy for me... I don't want to go out with you anymore." Hitomi blurted out the last part sending a look of shock on Amano's face. "What? I don't get it Hitomi?"
~*~ And you can't fight the tears that ain't comming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movie's
And you bleed just to know your alive ~*~
Tears started to find their way out of her eyes, "I'm sorry, but I've never really loved you. There's this other guy... He's the one I love. To me, your only a friend." the tears were flowning steadely out of Hitomi's eyes now, slightly smugding the black eye liner.
"I think you should go now." those were the only words that Amano could say, he definetly wasn't prepared for this, anything but this. She grabbed her bag and ran to the door. Soon she was weaving her way through the crowd again. Hitomi's gaze was fixed on the front door, so she didn't notice that Yukari had seen her. Yukari had also seen Amano walk down the stairs with a depressed look on his face, he was headed straight for a cooler full of beer.
Her feet pounding against the cold, wet cement. It had just finished raining, Hitomi was going to the only place she could think of right now. She had a feeling that he would be coming soon also, that wasn't the only gut instinct she had though. Something was wrong, something was very wrong. Her lungs felt as though they would burst, long distance running was not for her, she was a sprinter. Ignoring the pain she kept running, hopping that Van would be there, that things would be o-kay. There was one last corner before the track, her heart was racing. Suddenly she stopped, and fell to her knees. The tears were not gently rolling down her cheeks, no, they were streaming down her face, each one burning her skin for unknown reason's. "Van... I miss you, I need you! Why haven't you come back?" she whisperd to the sky. A light rain started to fall down, it was as though the heaven's were crying for her, like they felt her sorrow, her pain. The rain had come back, almost all day it had rained. Pulling all her strength together she made her way to the spot where Van had come out of the pillar of light. Her legs felt like jelly, but she still made it to the other side of the feild. There she stood looking up into the sky, getting wetter and wetter as time went by. "Hitomi Kanzaki! How could you! You arrogent bitch! Do you know how much you hurt him? Say something!"
~*~ And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they's understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am~*~
Hitomi turned her head to look at Yukari who was also crying in the rain. "You don't understand, I love..." she started. "NO! Hitomi, just forget about him! He isn't real! How could you do that to Amano? Let alone on his 18th birthday." Yukari screamed at Hitomi, her voice was getting drownend out by the rain. The rain was falling harder now. "Fade away. Just fade away. This worked last time, come on. I don't want to stay here, all I'm doing is hurting others, no one will care if I go away. I'm tired of living here, I don't want to live without you Van. I can't do this anymore. I can't." she whispered to herself. "Hitomi... I'm sorry, I..." it was Hitomi's turn to inturpt Yukari. "Don't be sorry, I'm the one who's sorry. All I've ever done is hurt others, I don't deserve to be your friend anymore." Saying these words hurt Hitomi and it also hurt Yukari to hear them.
Out of nowhere a pillar of light appeard, letting a man with angelic white wings come out, making him look more like an angel then he already did. "Van? It's you! It's really you!" Hitomi ran up to him and hugged him, making sure he was real. He was, it was her Van, he had finally come back, her gut feeling had been right. Hopefully her other gut feeling was wrong. "I missed you so much!" she was able to say through the uncontrolable tears. Van pushed her away slighty, and then said in a voice full of seriousness, "You must come back to Gai immediately. You have to help save Fanelia."
"What? Me? What can I do... wait a minute, what's happend to your country?" ~Stupid gut feeling. This is going to be something bad, I just know it. There it goes again.~ Soon images of burning villages and places having bombs dropped down on them flooded her head. "In the past two years Zaibach has made over 15 floating fortresess. Lately they have been dropping highly explosive bombs all over my country, they have been burning villages, they even have been getting suicidle soldiers to go to places with younge children and set off bombs. They are killing my country! I have to sit back and watch them die. We have tried attacking them but we are not strong enough, the other countries are not helping because they do not want to send their men to their death. Everyday more and more of my people are being murderd, and you are the only one who can save them. Folken will not agree to meet with anyone but you. He want's to talk to you, you have to convince him to stop these attacks. Please Hitomi, please help my people." There was such a strong look of pain and sorrow on Van's face. Hitomi couldn't belive what she had just been told. She knew that she had to go back with Van, she had to help save his country. She turned to look at Yukari who was silently standing there, amazed that he was real. "Hitomi, I'm sorry I didn't belive you." you couldn't tell if she was crying or not because of the rain. "It's o-kay Yukari. I have to leave now though. Tell Amano that I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt him, I just... had to. He'll be happier without me anyway. I'll miss you Yukari, I promise one day I will come back to see you." she had ran up to Yukari and gave a large hug, resting her head on Yukari's left shoulder. "I will tell him, I promise. Good-bye Tomi'. I'm going to miss you so much."
"Buh-bye." with that she turned around and walked towards Van. "I'm ready to go." he nodded in agreement and picked her up in his arms. In a matter of seconds the pillar of light engulfed them, as they were sent to Gai, once more.
To Be Continued....
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^*chibi usagi2*^
~*~ And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
Your the closest to heavean that I'll ever be
And I don't wanna go home right now ~*~
"You said you'd come back... You said you would never abandon me. You, you said you loved me." The newly graduated Hitomi Kanzaki said, looking up into the sun that was about to set, letting the world fall into darkness. "Why did you not keep your promises?" silently she let a single tear roll down her pale cheek, not wanting to cry over him anymore. She had done too much of that in the past two years. Hitomi, was no longer 15, she was 17, getting ready to go to university in America. Two long years since she had last looked upon her love. Now the only time she could see him was in her dreams, that was not enough for the demanding teenager. At the moment she was standing in the same spot that Van Fanel had brought her to her heaven- Gaea. That wonderful place that seemed so good, so perfect that it shouldn't be real. Yes, she was in her old track stadium, still hanging on to the last thread of hope she had. Hoping that Van would come out of that pillar of light, holding out his hand. As she stood dreaming about his return, that seemed like it would never happen, her cell phone rang. Quickly she rummaged through her small back pack, knowing who it was that was calling. "Hello." Hitomi spoke into her cell phone that was smaller than her palm, making finding it even harder. "Hitomi Kanzaki! Your supposed to be at my house right now, getting ready for Amano's party!" her best friend yelled at her, like usual. This was nothing out of the ordinary. "I know. There was something I wanted to do first, I'm on my way right now. It only takes me ten minutes to get ready anyway, unlike you." Hitomi joked. "And what is that supposed to mean?" Yukari said jokingly. "Anyway, just hurry up. The party starts in half an hour. I found the cutest outfit for you, I can't wait to see what it looks like on you!" Well at least Yukari was excited about the party. Hitomi wasn't quite as "happy" as her friend, she didn't know what would happen tonight. She had said something to her boyfriend that she was regreting a great deal. One promise. It was the one promise that she made to the wrong man, the promise should have been made to a different man, a man she had been told many times by her best friend to forget she ever knew him.
~*~ And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight ~*~
"Well, I'll let you go. You better run over here." Yukari said before hanging up on Hitomi. She couldn't help but look back to the track, almost like she thought that he was there, waiting for her. It ended up like every other time she looked back. Nothing. No one, just dirt. "I know you'll come back for me. I just hope I'm still here when you do." The ground was cold, it had just rained making everything damp and sticky. The sky was darked and looked as though it was crying in the far east, and coming closer. Hitomi crossed her arms over her chest trying to get a little warmer. Fall was coming. Once fall came Hitomi would take a plane over to New York and there she would start university. It was so far away for her. She had never left Japan, she wasn't sure if she could handle being so far away from her home. When Hitomi found herself on Yukari's doorstep she was a bit surprised. Her feet had tooken her, her mind hadn't even been thinking of where to go. Hitomi didn't bother to knock or ring the door bell, she let herself in as always. She knew the drill, leave her shoes at the door, walk down the hallway, say hello to Yukari's parents who were almost always in the kitchen making something or other, and then up the stairs and take a left and you were in front of her door. Once again not bothering to be polite, because that would take energy that she didn't have, Hitomi walked into the pink room. She personly didn't like pink, and hated how half the things in Yukari's room were pink.
"Finally! I thought you were going to run here. It took you fifteen minutes to get here and it usually takes you ten minutes from the track." she stated looking at what Hitomi was wearing and shaking her head. "How did you know I was at the track?"
"Where else would you be? Your always waiting for that man with wings to come back to you. I told you that it would be better if you just forget him. Now, change into this. Isn't it cute!" she knew Yukari was right, she knew that she should just forget him, but how could she? How could she forget his raven black hair, or his magnificent wings, and most of all his intense chocolate brown eyes.
"It's so, reavealing. I don't know if I'll wear it." Hitomi said staring at herself in the mirror with a questionable look on her face. She was now in a short black mini skirt and a very low cut ruby red halter top. It did go very good with her hair though. It was parted on the left side, her bangs covering most of her right eye. It came down to her shoulder but was layerd also. A couple of weeks ago she had dyed it a darker brown and streaked it red. "It looks great on you! Don't even think about changing out of it. Here are some red thong sandles you can were, they go with your shirt." Yukari commented. It definatly wasn't the sort of thing that Hitomi would go out in, she liked wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt or hoody, casual wear. "I guesse. It's not really me though. I never wear this sort of stuff, it's so reavealing." Hitomi commented. "I know, you already told me it's reavealing. That's what Amano likes, you know that."
"Yah, I know he likes it but I don't." she seemed sad, depressed. Hitomi wasn't quite sure if she was or not. "Don't you want to make him happy?" Yukari was getting on Hitomi's nerves. Ya, sure she was a great friend but she didn't know when to stop, she always had to push it. "Well I think I should try and make myself happy before I go around making everyone else happy. I don't even think I should have started dating him, I mean I'm moving to Ney York in a week. I'm just going to have to break up with him in the end!" ~Uh oh. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Stupid Hitomi!!~ "What are you getting at Hitomi?"
~*~ And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am ~*~
"Nothing, I'm sorry. I've had a bad day, I'm just being a little bit bitchy. You get to do it all the time so don't complain." Hitomi quickly coverd with a giggle. "Uh! Hey, I have my reason's too." she tried to sound as though she actually did have a reason to be a bitch. "You only get p.m.s so often" she was still laughing at Yukari who didn't have a comeback to Hitomi's last comment.
"Oh, let's just go over to Amano's already! We don't want the party to start without us, now do we?" ~Oh, yes I do. Oh well, I don't think I really have a choice. Hmph.~ "Alright." Hitomi definatly didn't sound excited.
For the ten minute car ride to Amano's house Yukari talked about her newest boyfriend- Rick. Hitomi stared out her window, all of her friends words were drowned out by her own thoughts. Thoughts about going back to Gai, about Van. It didn't matter what she tried to do, it always ended that she was thinking about Van instead of her task. She couldn't help it though, even if she tried to put all her thoughts and concentration in it, he would suddenly pop into her head and that was it. Suddenly Yukari was shakking Hitomi's right arm, "Hitomi? Hello, were at Amano's come on!" ~Wow, we are at Amano's.~
"I'm comming, I'm comming." Hitomi was at the door when she remembered that she had forgotton her back pack in Yukari's car. She spinned on her heel and headed back for the small blue sports car. "What are you doing Hitomi? Your being even weirder than usual." she sounded like she was getting a little fed up already. "I'm sleeping over here, I just forgot my bag. Don't worry I'm fine."
"Ooooo!!! So, are you gonna'..... you know." Yukari asked with a sly smile, holding on to the door knob. Hitomi stood there for a few seconds before it hit her. "What?! Yukari!!! NO! Well, I don't think so anyway... I told him I would, but I'm having second thoughts now." Hitomi was surprised that even Yukari, her best friend, would think that. "Come on, if ya' did, bet that would be the best birthday gift he would have got." she was still smiling at her friend. Hitomi didn't say anything, she moved Yukari's hand of the door knob and walked in.
She weaved her way through all the teenagers dancing. Hitomi was personally disgusted by how some of the girls there were dancing. Continuing her way across the huge living room, she met eyes with a boy from the football team, soon he would be going to some football collage. He seemed to have a very big crush on Hitomi. He smiled at her and gave her a wink with his left eye. Not wanting to be rude, she smiled back. It seemed like it took hours to reach the other end of the room. Now it wouldn't be quite so hard to put her bag in Amano's room. Quickly she walked down the familar hall, that ended in stairs. At the top of the stairs was one door, that door was Amano's bedroom. Once she reached the top of the stairs she slowly opend the door, unsure if Amano was in there or not. Hitomi hadn't yet seen him, not that she really wanted to. ~This is going to be a very long night. I'm not even in the mood to party. I haven't been lately though. The urge to see Van is getting stronger... It's hurting me more and more each day, I miss him so bad...~ Startling Hitomi, Amano hugged her from behind. Luckily she was already in his room and didn't fall down the stairs.
"You finally got here. I thought maybe you weren't comming. By the way, you look great." his deep voice echoed in her head. Turning around and looking into his eyes she replied, "I wouldn't miss this for anything. I've been waiting all day for your party to start." ~Well, that was a quite a large lie. The one time I don't want the day to go by fast, it does. Now it'll take forever for the night to end. Typical.~ "Stay in her for a minute, I want to talk to you." Amano's voice was different now, it was so serious and unfamiliar to Hitomi. "O-kay..." Amano took Hitomi's left hand and led her to his bed. They both sat down facing each other. Hitomi did not like sitting down while wearing her skirt, to her she was showing a little too much leg. "Something's bothering you. Lately you've been different, unusual. What's wrong?" There was a long pause, Amano was looking right into Hitomi's emerald eyes, searching for an answer. Not being able to stand his peircing gaze she looked down at the floor. "Uh... I'm going to change out of this and back into my jeans and t-shirt." He didn't understand what Hitomi was about to do, he wasn't prepared.
Soon she walked out of his personal bathroom, now wearing a pair of loose fitting, fadded blue jeans and an old black roots hoody, with a pair of navy blue Sugi skate boarding shoes. For some reason now Hitomi was more comfortable talking to him. She wasn't sure if it was just because she was in her regular clothes or what, but she knew what she had to tell her boyfriend, for three months, was going to be hard. Sitting down beside Amano again she spoke, softly, "This isn't easy for me... I don't want to go out with you anymore." Hitomi blurted out the last part sending a look of shock on Amano's face. "What? I don't get it Hitomi?"
~*~ And you can't fight the tears that ain't comming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movie's
And you bleed just to know your alive ~*~
Tears started to find their way out of her eyes, "I'm sorry, but I've never really loved you. There's this other guy... He's the one I love. To me, your only a friend." the tears were flowning steadely out of Hitomi's eyes now, slightly smugding the black eye liner.
"I think you should go now." those were the only words that Amano could say, he definetly wasn't prepared for this, anything but this. She grabbed her bag and ran to the door. Soon she was weaving her way through the crowd again. Hitomi's gaze was fixed on the front door, so she didn't notice that Yukari had seen her. Yukari had also seen Amano walk down the stairs with a depressed look on his face, he was headed straight for a cooler full of beer.
Her feet pounding against the cold, wet cement. It had just finished raining, Hitomi was going to the only place she could think of right now. She had a feeling that he would be coming soon also, that wasn't the only gut instinct she had though. Something was wrong, something was very wrong. Her lungs felt as though they would burst, long distance running was not for her, she was a sprinter. Ignoring the pain she kept running, hopping that Van would be there, that things would be o-kay. There was one last corner before the track, her heart was racing. Suddenly she stopped, and fell to her knees. The tears were not gently rolling down her cheeks, no, they were streaming down her face, each one burning her skin for unknown reason's. "Van... I miss you, I need you! Why haven't you come back?" she whisperd to the sky. A light rain started to fall down, it was as though the heaven's were crying for her, like they felt her sorrow, her pain. The rain had come back, almost all day it had rained. Pulling all her strength together she made her way to the spot where Van had come out of the pillar of light. Her legs felt like jelly, but she still made it to the other side of the feild. There she stood looking up into the sky, getting wetter and wetter as time went by. "Hitomi Kanzaki! How could you! You arrogent bitch! Do you know how much you hurt him? Say something!"
~*~ And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they's understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am~*~
Hitomi turned her head to look at Yukari who was also crying in the rain. "You don't understand, I love..." she started. "NO! Hitomi, just forget about him! He isn't real! How could you do that to Amano? Let alone on his 18th birthday." Yukari screamed at Hitomi, her voice was getting drownend out by the rain. The rain was falling harder now. "Fade away. Just fade away. This worked last time, come on. I don't want to stay here, all I'm doing is hurting others, no one will care if I go away. I'm tired of living here, I don't want to live without you Van. I can't do this anymore. I can't." she whispered to herself. "Hitomi... I'm sorry, I..." it was Hitomi's turn to inturpt Yukari. "Don't be sorry, I'm the one who's sorry. All I've ever done is hurt others, I don't deserve to be your friend anymore." Saying these words hurt Hitomi and it also hurt Yukari to hear them.
Out of nowhere a pillar of light appeard, letting a man with angelic white wings come out, making him look more like an angel then he already did. "Van? It's you! It's really you!" Hitomi ran up to him and hugged him, making sure he was real. He was, it was her Van, he had finally come back, her gut feeling had been right. Hopefully her other gut feeling was wrong. "I missed you so much!" she was able to say through the uncontrolable tears. Van pushed her away slighty, and then said in a voice full of seriousness, "You must come back to Gai immediately. You have to help save Fanelia."
"What? Me? What can I do... wait a minute, what's happend to your country?" ~Stupid gut feeling. This is going to be something bad, I just know it. There it goes again.~ Soon images of burning villages and places having bombs dropped down on them flooded her head. "In the past two years Zaibach has made over 15 floating fortresess. Lately they have been dropping highly explosive bombs all over my country, they have been burning villages, they even have been getting suicidle soldiers to go to places with younge children and set off bombs. They are killing my country! I have to sit back and watch them die. We have tried attacking them but we are not strong enough, the other countries are not helping because they do not want to send their men to their death. Everyday more and more of my people are being murderd, and you are the only one who can save them. Folken will not agree to meet with anyone but you. He want's to talk to you, you have to convince him to stop these attacks. Please Hitomi, please help my people." There was such a strong look of pain and sorrow on Van's face. Hitomi couldn't belive what she had just been told. She knew that she had to go back with Van, she had to help save his country. She turned to look at Yukari who was silently standing there, amazed that he was real. "Hitomi, I'm sorry I didn't belive you." you couldn't tell if she was crying or not because of the rain. "It's o-kay Yukari. I have to leave now though. Tell Amano that I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt him, I just... had to. He'll be happier without me anyway. I'll miss you Yukari, I promise one day I will come back to see you." she had ran up to Yukari and gave a large hug, resting her head on Yukari's left shoulder. "I will tell him, I promise. Good-bye Tomi'. I'm going to miss you so much."
"Buh-bye." with that she turned around and walked towards Van. "I'm ready to go." he nodded in agreement and picked her up in his arms. In a matter of seconds the pillar of light engulfed them, as they were sent to Gai, once more.
To Be Continued....
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