Van awoke in a really playful mood; he saw that Hitomi's nightgown
was open around her shoulder. He kissed her all around her shoulders and neck,
trying to wake her up nicely.
Suddenly Van got a hand in his face, he looked at her, wide eye, about to ask why, when he saw that she was still sleeping.
"Ouch Hitomi, even when your asleep, you hit hard." Remebering the
one time that she slapped him in the face, that was the past now. He sat up still stunted and rubbing his
cheek. He saw her moving.
"So now she decides to wake up, after hitting me. WOMEN!!"
Her beautiful eyes slowly opened, looking at Van. She noticed that his hand was rubbing his
cheek and he looked confused.
"What's wrong?" she asked after a couple of minutes.
"Well nothing really. I had
a really great sleep, but when I awoke, I was slapped in the face."
"By whom?" she almost shouted at him, outraged.
"…" He was almost afraid to answer her.
"I'll kill the witch that did it!" she said jumping out of the bed
becoming a bit too overexcited.
"Hitomi?" he said carefully.
"What Van!?!" He blushed.
"Well…I…was trying to wake you up nicely… with some kiss's… and you
sort of swatted me in the face…it doesn't hurt at all…"
She sat down on the bed and started to laugh uncontrollably.
"I'm glad you find this so funny." Van said with his pride really
hurt.
"Oh Van, I'm not laughing at you. I was laughing at the way I reacted. I can't believe that I said that I
was going to kill whoever slapped you. What am I going to do?" She
still couldn't stop laughing. "I'm
really sorry that I hit you Van, will you ever forgive me?" She asked with a twinkle in her eye.
"NO! I challenge you to a duel!! HA HA!!" he said with a
threatening smile.
"Ok…I'll… be right… out." She said in between yawns.
~*~*~*~
They both met outside ten minutes later. Van carried swords, armor and a dummy. Hitomi walked up to Van and gave him a long hug and a quick kiss.
"Thank you… for teaching me. I know you don't want to, but thank you." She said as she kissed him on
the lips much longer than her other kiss.
"Then let's get started. Ok
we'll start off with some basic stretches, than I'll show you how to hold a
sword and defend your self. Later we
might try out some hand-to-hand combat. First… two laps around the castle." Van said with a grin.
"That's not a problem, catch me if you can." She said as she left
him standing there.
They went through the stretches, after a long chase. That took about them about thirty
minutes. Then they started with swords,
it was really hard for her because all the swords that Van had were really
heavy. He said that he would ask it his
blacksmith would make her a lighter sword. She knew that she would have to work on her upper body and arm strength.
She never got a hit on Van, but she got a lot on the dummy.
After vigorously sparing for two hours, (only somewhat on Hitomi's
behalf) they decide to start with some other basic hand-to-hand combat.
After about an hour of learning how to fight, she got in her best
fighting position and threw a punch at Van, who only moved away, at the last
second. He planted a kiss on her lips
and had her hands behind her back, so that she couldn't move.
"Heyyyy. That's not fair!"
"You never know what they might try." He said.
"Ya well..." she stomped on his foot as hard as she could, "Eat
that!" she yelled at him successfully.
"Now that's not fair!" he said as he held his hurt foot and sat on
the ground.
"Oh really now, that's not fair?" she came up to him and stood
right in front of him.
He, being very tricky, moved both of his feet right behind her
knees, so with little pressure she would lose balance. She fell right on top of him. "That's not fair either, Van. You cheated!!"
"I did? Oh well, that's
enough for today." He kissed her oh the nose and helped her to stand up.
"But I'm not tired or sore." She told him.
"I know, but if we keeping going, then your muscles will be very
sore tomorrow."
"Okay, I'm going to have a bath, and I'll meet you for breakfast in
the nook."
"Okay" I wouldn't mind having a bath myself… or maybe a bath
with her… what am I thinking?!? She
would probably be disgusted at the idea. Oh well.
~*~*~*~
Since Van had a quicker bath than Hitomi - who likes to take a long bath – he was waiting at the doors of the nook, when one of his advisors came up to him.
"Majesty? Lady Celena and
The Knight Caeli (*I'm not sure if
that's how you spell it, sorry if I'm wrong*) are due shortly. What are your plans for your fiancée?" Van
glared at him.
"Fiancée?" Van turned around, only to see Hitomi. Her face was full of confusion, anger and
alarm. "What does he mean Van?"
Van was about to answer her when his advisor, William, spoke
up, "You will address his Majesty as
Majesty, Lord or King Van, or you will face charges. And The King is engaged to the Lady Celena."
Van couldn't believe what he had just heard. Van was so furious that he shouted at his
advisor. "Get out of Fanelia, if you want to live." William went pale, he saw the Kings eyes and left without another
word.
"Hitomi…I…"
"I'm suddenly not feeling well" Hitomi said calmly. Too calmly, she was in shock. She turned around and ran back up the stairs
and to her room. Van chased after her
as fast as he could move.
"Hitomi, please wait!"
Hitomi reached her room, locked the door and fell onto the bed
crying. I don't belong here
anymore. The reason I came here left
me… I want to go home!!
"I want to go home!" she repeated out loud, not hearing Van calling
out to her.
Meanwhile Van was pounding on the door, it was locked and he was
afraid of what Hitomi might do to herself.
"Hitomi please, let me in. I'm so sorry. Let me in,
please. Let me explain." Hitomi please, I need you, I beg of you,
please.
There was no answer. Van was so afraid for Hitomi's life that he broke down the door.
When the door flew open what he saw in her room scared him, so
much.
A pillar of light engulfed Hitomi.
"Hitomi!!! Please don't leave me again!!!" NO she can't leave me again this time I
won't let her go!
As he reached his hand out and took hers the light faded away.
(*NOTE* Thank you everyone for giving me great reviews!! I know this chapter is really short but I
just had to leave it as a cliffhanger, so I'm sorry but I'll try to have
chapter 7 ready soon. Thanks for reading this! ^_^)
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