A stairway through glassdoors By:Tequ!ni

Chapter 1: the wind that dries tears exists somewhere

I will not bother to blab you full, I'll do that at the end of the chapter, just one thing. Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I own nothing, so you not sue.

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A half year went by since the end of the series, it's summer and we're in Hitomi's bedroom the time is 10:27 pm:

She had lied to not only him, but also to herself, she had torn her heart into tiny pieces and threw them away...she hadn't wanted to go back to earth. She had wanted to stay with him forever. She had felt so secure whenever he was near her, but now .nothing she felt lonely and joyless, she didn't care what happened around her. In school she wouldn't even pay attention anymore, she would just stare out of the window all the time in hope of seeing the planet again that she had found love on.

Tears started to trickle down Hitomi's pale face as she took out the white feather from it's hiding spot in the wooden box she kept in the drawer of her nightstand. Letting her fingers glide over it's surface she savoured it's smooth and silky texture. "Van I want to be with you so much. I'll find a way to come back to you."

She let it glide over her cheek and her lips. A shiver ran down her spine as she imagined the feather to be Van's hand on her cheek and his lips on hers kissing her pain and loneliness away. She held the feather close to her heart.

Standing up she kissed the feather lightly and laid it on her pillow and walked over to her door to switch off the lights so she could get another night's dreamless sleep. She stopped half the way and glanced over towards her tarot cards which were laying on her writing desk.

She had promised herself to never us them again but couldn't bring herself to throw them away. Then suddenly a strong gust of wind came through her open window, causing the papers and tarot cards on her desk to flutter through the room and onto the ground.

"That's great, just great," she sobbed with a fake laugh. Hitomi knelt down and started to gather the papers. But then she saw the cards.nearly all of them were lying face down on the carpeted ground save for five : Il Monde (the world), La Carrozza (the chariot), L'Imperatore (the king), La Imperatrce (the empress) and L'Amore (the lovers).

Hitomi's face lit up she gathered the five cards and held them close to her heart. "The time has come, Van I'm coming back." Just because she wouldn't use her cards again, didn't mean that she would stop believing in their powers. With that she stood up, not caring about the papers that were shattered everywhere. She placed the cards beside the white feather that surprisingly was still on her pillow.

Hitomi rushed over to her cupboard, pulling off her nightgown in the process and throwing it on the ground. She grabbed the first thing that came to her mind, her school uniform. She grabbed a brush from nearby and brushed her hair a bit. It had grown a little, so she pulled it into a very short ponytail. Satisfied, she went over to her bed and pulled out her running shoes from underneath it and put them on.

Hitomi picked up the five tarot cards and Van's feather and sprinted out of her room, down the stairs and out of the front door without looking back a single time. She stopped running when she arrived at Yukari's house. Sure enough there was still light inside, because her parents always came home very late from work. She went to the front door, placed the five cards on the doormat, pushed the bell button and sprinted away as fast as she could. Yukari would understand it. Hitomi had told her everything about her adventures on Gaea. Everything about Van and Allen and the guymelefs. Yukari had told her that she believed her, but Hitomi thought that she didn't buy her story, but she would certainly believe it now. Her mother would understand too, she just knew she would.

She kept Van's feather, she would need it.

She was out of breath now and slowed her sprint into a walk a few streets further down. Her destination was the train station. There wouldn't be driving a train, but to follow the rails was the fastest way to her school. She would run a little and then walk again until she was there. On the train it would normally take her half an hour to get there, but now it took her nearly two hours. It was almost completely dark, so she stumbled a few times and one time she fell and the pointy stones cut open her left knee and the palm of her right hand, but it stopped bleeding after a few minutes. It still burned and dirt was mixed with the blood, but she didn't care.

It was 0:42 when she reached the school gates, she saw it on the big clock. She was tired now, but she wouldn't rest before she was in Van's arms again. Hitomi grabbed an iron bar next to her and started to climb over the gates. When she was on top, she jumped down on the other side and winced a little when her left palm touched the hard pavement. She stood up and walked towards the track field. She had run the hundred meters last time the blue light appeared, so she would do it again.

Hitomi walked up to the whit line that showed the end of a hundred meters. She unfolded her left hand, where she had kept the feather and laid it onto the white line. She was surprised that the feather wasn't dirty, because of the dust and sweat in her hands. She jogged back to the starting line and put her feet into the metal starting points.

She murmured under her breath, "steady.ready.GO". Hitomi sprinted as if the devil was after her, her entry mind observed in one thought: Van. His raven black hair, his ruby eyes, his gentle smile and his white angel wings. She smiled to herself when she saw the feather explode into sparkling droplets of light. They joined together and the familiar pillar of blue light shot towards the sky. She jumped into it and shouted, "Van I'm coming!" Then a warm feeling engulfed her and she lost her consciousness as she was swept away to Gaea.

Far, far away, Van de Fanel, king of Fanelia was sleeping a dreamless sleep until the pendant around his neck pulled him into a dream-like vision. He saw the pond where his parents had met so long ago. Then a blue pillar of light shot down from the sky above and he could see a person levitating downwards. As soon the light was safely on the ground, the light disappeared. The person didn't move, she just lay there in the thick moss.

The Van woke up, "Hitomi.she's back!". This moment the pink stone started to get warmer, warmer, "hot, hot, hot!". Van tore it off in just the right moment, because it was now glowing red and give off some sort of steam until it turned black and became a pile of ashes on his bed sheets. He brushed it away quickly and jumped out of his bed. 'I haven't got time to worry about this yet. I've got to find her.' Van raced out onto his balcony and without thinking jumped down. He concentrated a few seconds and then felt the familiar pain, as his brilliant white wings ripped out of his back. Soon he was ascending a few metres and built up speed. He knew where to go.

After a minute Hitomi started to come to and sat up. Her first reaction was to look up at the sky. Sure enough the two twin moons hung high over her head and glowed proudly in the deep blue nightsky. "Gods I'm really back, I can't believe it, " Hitomi whispered to herself.

Then she heard his voice, calling her name. "Van, I'm over here," she looked in the direction of which she thought he would be coming, but she only saw darkness between the trees in front of her. Van could already see her. She obviously thought that he would come out of the woods. He smiled to himself when a thought crossed his mind. He silently landed two metres behind her.

Then she cried out again, "Van!" Followed by a sad whisper, "Where are you?" "Right here." Hitomi couldn't believe her ears. She turned around and her mouth forming an 'o' of surprise, her hands clasping over it. "Hi, Hitomi."

tbc..

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A/N: Soooooodale, ich hoffe euch hat's gefallen.
I hope you liked the first chapter of my new story.

I haven't decided yet if I'll make this all mushy mushy love love, or a longer story with a new evil coming up.

It would be very nice if you *glances at little button in the left corner* told me in your reviews what you would like to read. But one thing is for sure, it will be a Hitomi/Van.

Thanks, a wonderful day to you all. Tequ!ni

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