Chapter Three
"Oh, Hitomi don't be so modest it sounded pretty good to me." Millerna said to her friend that had her head down.
Later after dinner that night Hitomi approached Merle in the hall on the way back to her room.
"Hey Merle wait up." Hitomi said catching up to her.
"What is it Hitomi?" Merle asked.
"Merle where are my things when Ruhm found me?" Hitomi asked.
"Oh…. Your things are in the closet why?" Merle said and started to walk away.
By this time Van was making his way down the same hall and over heard them talking.
"Merle wait a minute did you look at it?" Hitomi asked worried.
"No why?" Merle said turning around to look at her.
"No reason I was just wondering that's all usually you do." She said quickly. "Well good night Merle." She said and quickly found her door and entered her room.
"She still is one strange girl." Merle spoke out loud to herself.
"Merle what was that all about?" Van asked walking up to her.
"I have no idea." Merle answered.
"Well I'm going to go say good night." Van said as Merle entered her own room.
In Hitomi's room she went over to her closet and opened the door sure enough there were her things the scepter that she dropped as she was grabbed by Darkain her serving general. Next to the scepter was her royal crown with a the royal jewel in the middle it was a pink jewel that glowed at times which she didn't know or understand why. Then her eyes came across her kimono it was white with a gold design imbedded through out it. It had been washed and stitched up most likely by Ruhm's wife.
Hitomi picked up her scepter and it began to glow. Van decided to open Hitomi's door at this time.
"Hitomi…? Can I come in" Van said as he opened her door.
Hitomi gasped and threw the scepter on the floor of her closet and quickly shut the door.
"Van… what are you doing coming in with out knocking." She snapped at him.
"Hitomi what's wrong?" Van asked.
"Noting… it's nothing… I just getting ready for bed that's all…" she made up and excuse.
"Well I think I should go have Millerna check on my wound excuse me please." Hitomi said walking past him opening the door and leaving.
"What just happened here?" Van asked himself as she shut the door behind him. "Hitomi…?" he said then turned around and looked at the closet behind him he noticed a glow under the door then opened it.
"What is this?" he asked out loud picking it up as the glowing died down.
Hitomi went down the hall and turned the corner and waited a while then looked around the corner to see if Van was in sight she didn't see him so ventured back thinking he had left her room. Van heard the click of the door knob he turned to see that it was Hitomi.
"Well that was quick Hitomi." Van said as she was shutting the door behind her.
Hitomi heard Van's voice behind her and she froze gulping as the door finally clicked shut.
She turned to see Van standing there with her scepter in hand at this sight terror entered her face.
"Mind explaining this Hitomi?" Van spoke looking at the beautiful scepter.
This was what she had been avoiding she was hopping he would never find out she was hopping to hide this fact to him that she did have a responsibility to her people back on the mystic moon but now that she had returned here all she wanted was to stay and be with the man that she fell in love with all those years ago to be with the one who she had been desiring to be with for so long.
She took a deep breath then….
"Van… just forget you saw this forget you saw anything alright." She said grabbing the scepter from his hands as she did so it glowed in her hands then she threw it on her bed.
"Hitomi you are going to tell me what the heck is going on." Van said to her a little upset.
"Hitomi, you know I don't like it when things are kept from me." Van stated to her looking at her for an answer.
Hitomi looked out her window and up at the earth that hung in the sky then hung her head.
"Van it's a long story." She said with a sigh.
"I have time you know." He said to her still upset that she was keeping a secret from him.
"My country that I live in well some how I became its ruler Van. Then after I was crowned the general of the country became angry that Japan was now under a ruler after so long with out having one. He caused others to turn against me he tried to take over at any means necessary. Legend had it where I'm from that a ruler would come out of no where then that ruler would bring peace and prosperity to not only our county but the entire world after she would release her power. For some reason they think it's me…."
Hitomi finished not looking at Van afraid of what he would say, think or do.
Van had listened to every word shocked at the words he heard.
"By any force necessary you said." Van finally said. "Hitomi what did he do to you?" he asked hands in fists.
Hitomi turned to see Van and the look on his face and his hands.
"Van, don't worry I'm fine…" Hitomi said walking over to him to calm him down.
"He hurt you Hitomi that's how you got injured." Van said.
"Van it's not that bad really." She spoke up to him.
"Millerna didn't seem to think so." Van said. "Let me see it." Van said pulling her shirt up before she could move away.
"Van what do you think you're doing?" She shouted.
Van saw there was no bandage and no wound it was like there never was one.
"How can that be it was there I know it was?" Van said puzzled.
"It's because of this scepter and the combination of the crown still in the closet." She said to him sheepishly.
"They work together to keep me safe." Hitomi said going to the closet and pulling out the crown.
Van just stood there in aw he didn't know what to say. When Hitomi brought it over the two royal pieces matched each one glowing as it got closer to the other and was around Hitomi.
"I have found that I do posses some power but I don't know how to use it. I don't know how to whiled it yet." She spoke quietly.
Van stood there looking at her.
"Why didn't you want me to know about all this Hitomi?" he asked her.
"Because I want to stay here with you Van. I thought that if you knew about it then you would send me back. I do have a duty to my country now I am its ruler." Hitomi said hanging her head.
"Look Hitomi you came here on your own this time and I know you have been through a lot but I will leave the decision totally up to you weather or not you will stay. I want you to stay Hitomi I love you more than anything else on the planet" He said with a smile.
Hitomi smiled back but kind of not what she expected but she knew that Van loved her and only wanted the best for her what ever made her happy he would go along with.
Van then took her in an embrace soon there lips locked and Van didn't leave the room that night and it wasn't because Hitomi didn't want to be alone….
In the early morning hours Van woke up with one thing on his mind well two actually one he was thinking about asking Hitomi to marry him. The second was, is it right for Hitomi to just run away from her duty like that he himself could never do such a thing but then he had never had his own people and protectors try and kill him either?
Well here is chapter three all sorry it took so long I have been busy so I am up really late now getting this done for my readers tell me what you think please…. This chapter is short but it's longer than the last one hope you enjoy and happy holidays… bye now….
